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Joe,
If Mr. Taylor was the President of Ghana, you will be say the direct
opposite of what you are saying. We are praying to get rid of a man who is a
cancer in that country, Liberia and you talking about international law?
Where is the international law to prevent the U.S. and British troops from
invading Iraq? Ghana Government supposed to hand the man over to the UN.
Joe, we got the shoes on our feet in Liberia and we know how painful it is
right now. We need that cancer out of our country(Liberia) so our people can
be in peace once and for all!!!!!!!!
Thanks.
Kervin Soko
Political Activist,
United People's Party of Liberia
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>Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 17:15:55 -0500
>
>This is ridiculous!!!
>
>Is it doing the right thing at the wrong time or just an issue of square
>pegs in round holes or simply lack of respect and knowledge about Africa
>and
>Africans. Under which international law will the Ghanaian authorities
>arrest
>the sitting President of a Sovereign Nation.
>
>I wish an indictment had been issued to Jacque Chirac to arrest George Bush
>and Tony Blair at the G8 conference on the killings of innocent Iraqis
>under
>the pretext of searching for weapons of mass destruction.
>
>Proper things should be done properly and at the right time.
>
>
>Joe
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>
>U.N.-Backed Court Indicts Liberia Leader
>
>By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY
>Associated Press Writer
>
>June 4, 2003, 10:14 AM EDT
>
>FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- A U.N.-backed war crimes court indicted Liberian
>President Charles Taylor on Wednesday, accusing him of "the greatest
>responsibility" in the vicious 10-year civil war in neighboring Sierra
>Leone.
>
>Prosecutors at the Sierra Leone court issued an arrest warrant for Taylor
>in
>Ghana, where he was making a rare trip out of his own country to attend
>peace talks with Liberian rebels.
>
>Ghana authorities said they had not yet received the arrest warrant.
>Minutes
>after the indictment was made public, Taylor appeared at the talks' opening
>ceremony in Accra, Ghana's capital.
>
>Looking tense, Taylor stepped away from his motorcade and walked slowly
>into
>the conference hall with other west African officials. He made no comment
>to
>reporters.
>
>The indictment, and arrest warrant, set up a potential showdown between
>prosecutors of the U.N.-endorsed court and Taylor.
>
>West African mediators were expected to be reluctant to see Taylor taken
>into custody after they had invited him to Ghana for peace talks.
>
>The indictment accused Taylor of "bearing the greatest responsibility for
>war crimes, crimes against humanity and serious violations of international
>humanitarian law" during Sierra Leone's civil war.
>
>Taylor, Liberia's warlord-turned-president, is widely accused of backing
>Revolutionary United Front insurgents as they fought their 10-year campaign
>for control of Sierra Leone's diamond fields and government.
>
>The Sierra Leone rebels killed, maimed, raped and kidnapped tens of
>thousands of civilians. Rebels made a trademark of lopping off the hands,
>feet, lips and ears of their victims.
>
>Military intervention by the United Nations, the west African nation of
>Guinea and former Sierra Leone colonial ruler Britain ended the war in
>January 2002.
>
>Americans and Britons are serving as prosecutors for the Sierra Leone war
>crimes court, which earlier indicted rebel leader Foday Sankoh, already in
>custody.
>
>Taylor is fighting a 3-year rebel campaign in his own country. Rebels have
>left Taylor in control of only about 40 percent of his country, including
>the capital, Monrovia.
>
>Sierra Leone's war crimes tribunal differs from those of Rwanda and
>Yugoslavia in that its proceedings will be held in the country and include
>a
>mix of local and international prosecutors and judges. The court was
>created
>by an agreement between the United Nations and Sierra Leone.
>
>Copyright © 2003, The Associated Press
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>A follow up.
>
>www.ghanaweb.com: General News of Wednesday, 04 June 2003
>
>
>Charles Taylor Slips Out Of Ghana
>
>Liberian President Charles Taylor left Ghana after attending the opening of
>peace talks for his war-ravaged country, heading for home only hours after
>a
>UN prosecutor in Sierra Leone indicted him for crimes against humanity.
>
>Taylor was seen off by the Ghanaian Foreign Minister Addo Akufo-Addo and
>Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the secretary general of a west African grouping
>organising the Liberian peace talks along with a UN-backed group.
>
>The Liberian leader took a Ghana Airways flight to his capital Monrovia,
>accompanied by his 52-member entourage.
>
>Earlier Wednesday, a special court probing excesses during a brutal civil
>war in Sierra Leone indicted Taylor for "bearing the greatest
>responsibility
>for war crimes, crimes against humanity and serious violation of
>international humanitarian law in Sierra Leone until November 13, 1996."
>
>The Liberian president was already under UN sanctions for allegedly backing
>Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels, notorious for
>recruiting child soldiers and hacking off people's limbs in the brutal war,
>which raged from 1991 until January last year and claimed up to 200,000
>lives.
>
>Ghana's foreign minister told AFP he had not received the indictment.
>
>"It was drawn up three months ago, the timing is unfortunate. It is an
>embarrassment for us and could destabilise the talks," he said.
>
>The peace talks were the first time that the Liberian belligerents were to
>sit face to face.
>
>The opening ceremony of the parleys was attended by the rebels from the
>Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel group but
>boycotted by the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), a new insurgent
>movement holding more than half of Liberia.
>
>Taylor's forces now control only three of Liberia's 15 counties.
>
>Liberia's 18 registered political parties and civil society groups will
>also
>take part in the talks, set to be brokered by former Nigerian president
>Abdulsalami Abubakar, and which the parley's Ghanaian hosts said could go
>on
>for two weeks.
>
>Taylor, a warlord in Liberia's civil war that raged throughout the early
>1990s, came to power after winning elections in 1997, the year that the
>seven-year conflict ended.
>
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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 10:18:52 -0400
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Ghana's refusal to carry out a UN request or mandate has far reaching international implications. People and countries must not arbitrarily decide to flout an international order simply because they want to be the nice guys on the block. Ghana must also not forget that the rebel incident is not unique to Sierra Leone and Liberia alone. Like the military coups that plagued Africa in the 1960s, this phenomenon (rebel incursion) is bound to spread to other parts of Africa. Therefore, reciprocity being such an important rule in international politics, we hope Ghananians would understand when Sierra Leone, or any other African country for that matter, dsecides not to comply with mandates like this, especially when Ghana is affected.
I rest my case.
Uncle Ben
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AFRICA FEST 2003!!!!
It is our effort to safeguard and share with the Wisconsin Community the
diverse heritage and traditions inherent in the rich cultures of AFRICA.
dubbed: AFRICA IS NOT A COUNTRY.......!!!!
The African Association of Madison, Inc. invites each and everyone to the
festival
The tentative schedule:
Saturday, August 30, 2003
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center
1, John Nolen Drive
Madison, WI
**** 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Festival Main Stage Performances
Cultural Exhibitions
Arts & Crafts
Vendors/Exhibitors
**** 7:00 pm to 12 am
GRAND BALL AFRICA
featuring MOST VARIETY DJ LASISI's All-Africa musical parade
Gate: $10.00 min. /individual
It is our festival! The festival will be what we make it! We must make it
real!
Your festival committees are working very hard to showcase our best.
With budget constraints around and all over, your donation/contribution
towards this festival is highly needed. Your tax-deductible donation will
help defray the expenses of Africa Fest 2003. Please make your donation
payable to "African Association of Madison, Inc." and send to:
P. O. Box 1016
Madison, WI 53701
Tel: 608-258-0261
With much appreciation, we thank you.
Sincerely,
Ray Ade Kumapayi
Chairman, The Festival Planning Committee (FPIC)
Africa Fest 2003
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COUNTRY.......!!!!</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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size=3><STRONG>The African Association of Madison, Inc. invites each and
everyone to <SPAN class=712181915-05062003>t</SPAN>he
festival</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><STRONG><FONT
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>1, John
Nolen Drive</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Madison,
WI</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Cultural
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><STRONG><SPAN
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Crafts</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><STRONG><FONT
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am</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>GRAND
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><SPAN
class=712181915-05062003>It is our festival! The festival will be what we
make it! We must make it real!</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><SPAN
class=712181915-05062003>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><SPAN
class=712181915-05062003><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Your festival committees are
working very hard to showcase
our best.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><FONT><STRONG><SPAN
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over, y</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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class=358581021-06082001><STRONG><SPAN class=712181915-05062003>our
</SPAN>donation/contribution</STRONG></SPAN><STRONG> towards this
festival <SPAN class=712181915-05062003>is highly needed</SPAN>. Your
tax-deductible <SPAN class=358581021-06082001>donation</SPAN> will help
defray the expenses of Africa Fest 200<SPAN
class=712181915-05062003>3</SPAN>. Please make your donation</STRONG><SPAN
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"African Association of Madison, Inc." and <SPAN
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>P. O.
Box 1016</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Madison,
WI 53701</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Tel:
608-258-0261</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><SPAN
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><STRONG><FONT
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=155090116-06082001><STRONG><FONT><FONT
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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 11:51:02 -0500
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Please, let us be objective in our analysis on International Issues. I am
still waiting for a quote from the International Law Commission of UN which
mandates any country to effect the arrest of the Sitting President of
another Sovereign Nation. Emotions and personal sentiments do not help in
solving any problem.
The fact that Sadam Hussein was ousted by the so called coalition forces on
the pretext of searching for WMD does not justify the credibility of their
action. Tell me whether there was any UN sanction for Iraq's invasion and
occupation by those who deemed it fit to pursue a regime change in Iraq. If
the so called powerful nations of the world will not respect the UN which
was established by them but will continuosly prefer to undermine its
integrity, then that is unfortunate.
How did Slobona Milosovic end up the at the ICJ. He was arrested by his own
people when he was kicked out of office by his own people. That is
International law. You do not instigate another country to arrest another
country's president. That is tantamount to declaration of war by the country
effecting the arrest.
Efforts are being made to pursue peace in the West African community by its
leaders, please, let us give peace a chance.
Thanks and have a good day.
Joe
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www.ghanaweb.com: General News of Thursday, 05 June 2003
Coup Attempt Foiled
MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia's President Charles Taylor said on Thursday a
coup attempt sponsored by foreign powers had been foiled, just after the
former warlord had been indicted for war crimes while attending peace talks
in Ghana.
"While the conference was going on in Accra certain actions were being
perpetrated in Liberia...the attempt was foiled because the general of the
army refused," Taylor told state radio after returning to Liberia's capital
Monrovia.
"Contacts were made by certain embassies near the capital to senior Armed
Forces of Liberia personnel but they did not accept their proposition,"
Taylor said. "As in every organization, there are weaklings. Some succumbed
to that process."
Taylor is a former rebel who started a brutal civil war in Liberia, which
cost 200,000 lives in the 1990s, to end years of dictatorship. He won
elections in 1997 but his former enemies launched a revolt in 2000.
The Ghana talks are aimed at pushing Taylor and the rebel Liberians United
for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) and Movement for Democracy in
Liberia (Model) to strike a truce, paving the way for a government of
transition.
But it was Taylor's links with rebels in Sierra Leone's civil war in the
1990s that caught up with him on Wednesday. A U.N.-backed court indicted him
for alleged war crimes during the war, in which he supplied weapons in
return for diamonds.
VICE-PRESIDENT DETAINED
After the indictment was served, there were rumors in Monrovia that Taylor
had been arrested and panic gripped the capital. Civilians raced to their
homes, shops and banks closed and soldiers spilled onto the streets.
Military sources in Monrovia said that the U.S. embassy had contacted
vice-president Moses Blah and told him to take over, because Taylor would
not be returning from Ghana. Blah has since resigned and is being held by
the Liberian authorities.
The U.S. embassy was not immediately available for comment.
"(Blah) will be explaining in the next few days to the nation and the world
what perpetrated this action on his part," said Taylor, adding that 30
senior government officials had been involved in the failed coup attempt.
Liberia has had close ties to the United States ever since the nation was
founded in 1847 by freed American slaves. Taylor did not accuse any foreign
embassies by name and referred to the United States as Liberia's "best ally"
on Thursday.
Soon after rumors of his arrest circulated in Monrovia, Taylor went on
national radio from Accra on Wednesday to say he was free and would return.
The head of an elite security force also spoke on state radio, calling on
soldiers to remain in their barracks and for civilians to stay at home.
Taylor said on Thursday that Liberia's cabinet would be asked to resign at
the end of next week to pave the way for a government of national unity,
once the peace talks had ended.
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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 14:04:38 -0500
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There is a story here from Voice of America at
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=72D33F5E-1C62-45B9-A869E1008B89C43E#
where the UN Court officials admit tacitly that they made a mistake by not notifying the Ghanaian authorities before hand. However, they wished Ghana would have done the right thing by arresting Taylor as soon as the indictment was announced.
Well, I am not an international law lawyer but I think something went wrong in coordinating this whole thing. Coordination - at least Bush and Blair coordinated their lies 'perfectly.' I am not so much bothered about arresting the sitting president of another country in or by Ghana, but if the whole world (including me) want to get Taylor that badly, they should not blame it on Ghana.
As they say in Texas, "does Ghana have a dog in this fight?" Maybe, I don't know.
No matter how long the night, the day will come.
>
> Wrom: WTQTIPWIGYOKSTTZRCLBDXRQBGJSNBOHM
> Date: 2003/06/05 Thu AM 11:51:02 CDT
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> Subject: Coup Attempt Foiled in Liberia
>
> Please, let us be objective in our analysis on International Issues. I am
> still waiting for a quote from the International Law Commission of UN which
> mandates any country to effect the arrest of the Sitting President of
> another Sovereign Nation. Emotions and personal sentiments do not help in
> solving any problem.
>
> The fact that Sadam Hussein was ousted by the so called coalition forces on
> the pretext of searching for WMD does not justify the credibility of their
> action. Tell me whether there was any UN sanction for Iraq's invasion and
> occupation by those who deemed it fit to pursue a regime change in Iraq. If
> the so called powerful nations of the world will not respect the UN which
> was established by them but will continuosly prefer to undermine its
> integrity, then that is unfortunate.
>
> How did Slobona Milosovic end up the at the ICJ. He was arrested by his own
> people when he was kicked out of office by his own people. That is
> International law. You do not instigate another country to arrest another
> country's president. That is tantamount to declaration of war by the country
> effecting the arrest.
>
> Efforts are being made to pursue peace in the West African community by its
> leaders, please, let us give peace a chance.
>
> Thanks and have a good day.
>
> Joe
Aggo Akyea
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Joe…If anything, I will be the first to agree with you that emotions should not crawl into this argument.
Rather than ask for precedents establishing the arrest(s) of sitting African heads of state, let is deal with the question of whether Heads of states in office enjoy immunity from jurisdiction for International Crimes.
Let me humbly state that International criminal law clearly states that functional immunity cannot be granted to state officials that have committed crimes under international customary law. In other words, national courts must never accord functional immunity to a Head of State (nor to any other official) for CRIMINA JURIS GENTIUM. Further, under international law, there is no immunity for crimes against humanity. Certainly, you will agree with me that Charles Taylor has committed crimes against humanity both in Liberia and Sierra Leone, and for him to continue to masquerade as a head of state, with the tacit approval of some states, is disturbing; it prolongs the instability of the entire sub region.
Since you have doggedly asked for precedents, let me treat you to some: the first is the case of Noreaga of Panama. He was a sitting Head of State when the United States whisked him away to jail in the US.
There is also the Pinochet case. Pinochet was arrested in Britain because, according to Spain, he had committed genocide, terrorism and torture of Spaniards in Chile and Chileans during his 17 year rule.
Finally, the best known landmark case so far is the 1948 Nuremberg trial of Nazi German officials for crimes and genocide. If any thing, my friend, the Nuremberg Trials established that there are some things that are so wrong that they are wrong everywhere, and can be punished by any court. The Charles Taylor issue is no exception.
Ben
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>>> [log in to unmask] 06/05/03 02:04PM >>>
There is a story here from Voice of America at
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=3D72D33F5E-1C62-45B9-A869E1008B=
89C43E#=20
where the UN Court officials admit tacitly that they made a mistake by not =
notifying the Ghanaian authorities before hand. However, they wished =
Ghana would have done the right thing by arresting Taylor as soon as the =
indictment was announced.
Well, I am not an international law lawyer but I think something went =
wrong in coordinating this whole thing. Coordination - at least Bush and =
Blair coordinated their lies 'perfectly.' I am not so much bothered about =
arresting the sitting president of another country in or by Ghana, but if =
the whole world (including me) want to get Taylor that badly, they should =
not blame it on Ghana.
As they say in Texas, "does Ghana have a dog in this fight?" Maybe, I =
don't know.
No matter how long the night, the day will come.
>
> Wrom: WTQTIPWIGYOKSTTZRCLBDXRQBGJSNBOHM
> Date: 2003/06/05 Thu AM 11:51:02 CDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Coup Attempt Foiled in Liberia
>
> Please, let us be objective in our analysis on International Issues. I =
am
> still waiting for a quote from the International Law Commission of UN =
which
> mandates any country to effect the arrest of the Sitting President of
> another Sovereign Nation. Emotions and personal sentiments do not help =
in
> solving any problem.
>
> The fact that Sadam Hussein was ousted by the so called coalition forces =
on
> the pretext of searching for WMD does not justify the credibility of =
their
> action. Tell me whether there was any UN sanction for Iraq's invasion =
and
> occupation by those who deemed it fit to pursue a regime change in Iraq. =
If
> the so called powerful nations of the world will not respect the UN =
which
> was established by them but will continuosly prefer to undermine its
> integrity, then that is unfortunate.
>
> How did Slobona Milosovic end up the at the ICJ. He was arrested by his =
own
> people when he was kicked out of office by his own people. That is
> International law. You do not instigate another country to arrest =
another
> country's president. That is tantamount to declaration of war by the =
country
> effecting the arrest.
>
> Efforts are being made to pursue peace in the West African community by =
its
> leaders, please, let us give peace a chance.
>
> Thanks and have a good day.
>
> Joe
Aggo Akyea
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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 17:21:49 -0500
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
The fate of the Liberian crisis has attracted many Liberians and leaders from around the world, following the latest indictment of Liberian ruler, Charles Taylor on criminal charges. Many are asking repeated questions as to what will happen to Taylor upon his arrest. Legal minds both in Liberia and the international community are pondering over the alleged criminal charges against Taylor by the United Nations backed criminal court in Sierra Leone. What are the legal implications and consequences? How can Liberia transition from a state of anarchy to a state of peace and tranquility? What can Liberian political parties and peace loving organizations do to arrive at a peaceful solution? What is the essence of forming a transitional government for free and fair elections?
Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to introduce Mr. Samuel Kofi Woods, a Liberian international human rights lawyer. Mr. Woods is expected to meet with all concerned Liberians residing in the state of Wisconsin this Friday and Saturday ( June 6 & 7) to discuss the current Liberian peace initiative as well as some insights on the current indictment of Charles Taylor.
Mr. Woods currently runs the Foundation for International Human Rights and Dignity (FIND) based in Sierra Leone. FIND serves as legal arm for most refugees across West Africa. It can be recalled that Mr. Woods resigned his position as a human rights lawyer for the International group of Human rights lawyers in order to form FIND in Sierra Leone. The Liberian human rights activist has worked on many human rights abuse cases for underpriviledged individuals and groups in Liberia, Sierra Leone and other parts of the world. He formerly served as director for the Catholic and Justice Commission in Liberia. Upon receiving death threats from the current Liberian ruler, Charles Taylor and his henchmen, the human rights activist left Liberia to continue his humanitarian work in Sierra Leone.
In addition, Mr. Woods is also expected to meet with administators at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. TRIO, a student support group at the University of Wisconsin in Madison conferred the Dr. Pfhaler Award of Excellence on the Liberian human rights activist for his continued effort to serve humanity. A representative received the excellence award on behalf of Mr. Woods on May 1, 2003 at the University in Madison.
Meanwhile, Liberians in Madison, Milwaukee and other parts of the state of Wisconsin are gearing up this weekend to catch a glimpse of the human rights lawyer.
For more detail on the upcoming meeting, please contact the following people:
Mr. Isaac Settro, coordinator at 608-276-8994 or email [log in to unmask]
Mr. Alex Redd, coordinator at 608-275-3817 or email [log in to unmask]
We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do right.
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Thanks=2C Uncle Ben=2C for the great exposition on Taylor=27s criminal in=
dictment=2E I was just about to explain to Joe similar legal ramification=
s that justify the UN backed criminal court decision to issue a warrant o=
f arrest for Cahrles Taylor=2E
Liberians and Sierra Leoneans will never forget the pain and agony Taylor=
inflicted on them over the years=2E I will never forget how Taylor and h=
is henchmen kidnapped and tortured me for uncovering the truth behind the=
murders of the Dokie family in Liberia=2E
It is time for justice! Let it reign!
Alex Redd
We must use time creatively=2C in the knowledge that time is ripe to do r=
ight=2E
----- Original Message -----
From=3A Ben Weller =3CBantujazz=40AOL=2ECOM=3E
Date=3A Thursday=2C June 5=2C 2003 3=3A07 pm
Subject=3A Re=3A U=2EN=2E-Backed Court Indicts Liberia Leader
=3E Joe=85If anything=2C I will be the first to agree with you that =
=3E emotions should not crawl into this argument=2E
=3E =
=3E Rather than ask for precedents establishing the arrest(s) of =
=3E sitting African heads of state=2C let is deal with the question of =
=3E whether Heads of states in office enjoy immunity from jurisdiction =
=3E for International Crimes=2E
=3E =
=3E Let me humbly state that International criminal law clearly states =
=3E that functional immunity cannot be granted to state officials that =
=3E have committed crimes under international customary law=2E In other =
=3E words=2C national courts must never accord functional immunity to a =
=3E Head of State (nor to any other official) for CRIMINA JURIS =
=3E GENTIUM=2E Further=2C under international law=2C there is no immunit=
y =
=3E for crimes against humanity=2E Certainly=2C you will agree with me =
=3E that Charles Taylor has committed crimes against humanity both in =
=3E Liberia and Sierra Leone=2C and for him to continue to masquerade as =
=3E a head of state=2C with the tacit approval of some states=2C is =
=3E disturbing=3B it prolongs the instability of the entire sub region=2E=
=3E =
=3E Since you have doggedly asked for precedents=2C let me treat you to =
=3E some=3A the first is the case of Noreaga of Panama=2E He was a =
=3E sitting Head of State when the United States whisked him away to =
=3E jail in the US=2E
=3E =
=3E There is also the Pinochet case=2E Pinochet was arrested in Britain =
=3E because=2C according to Spain=2C he had committed genocide=2C terrori=
sm =
=3E and torture of Spaniards in Chile and Chileans during his 17 year =
=3E rule=2E
=3E Finally=2C the best known landmark case so far is the 1948 Nuremberg =
=3E trial of Nazi German officials for crimes and genocide=2E If any =
=3E thing=2C my friend=2C the Nuremberg Trials established that there are=
=
=3E some things that are so wrong that they are wrong everywhere=2C and =
=3E can be punished by any court=2E The Charles Taylor issue is no =
=3E exception=2E
=3E Ben
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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 17:55:18 -0500
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I thought you might find this article interesting.
--Emilie
>===== Original Message From "Hornbuckle, Del" <[log in to unmask]>
>=====
>
>FYI. You may have heard that we (black people) lead the nation in
>charitable giving.
> From the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
>
>Del Hornbuckle
>
>
>This article is available online at this address:
>
>http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v15/i14/14000601.htm
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Reference and Francophone Studies Phone: 608-262-3647
Memorial Library, Room 262A FAX: 608-262-8569
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728 Madison, WI 53706 U.S.A.
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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 20:59:23 -0500
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A few weeks ago, the first group of families participated
in the Health and
Well-Being of African Immigrant Children and their Families
study. We had a
wonderful time and are extremely grateful for their
participation. We are
writing to invite additional families to join us in our
discussions.
As you know, the African Association of Madison and the
African Women’s
Association have joined with the University of Wisconsin
Medical School in a
national project to learn more about African families in
the United States.
In order to learn more about Africans in the United States,
we are writing
to invite you and other members of your family to
participate in a
discussion.
The discussions we are planning will take place on June 7,
2003. They will
be conducted in small groups and you will only be asked to
provide
information with which you feel comfortable. We are
planning to talk with
you about topics such as social support, well-being, issues
of concern to
you and other community members, as well as the transition
to the United
States. Our discussions with you and other family members
who wish to come
are designed to help provide information to health care
providers,
educators, social workers, and others and will help us to
develop strategies
that may make the transition to the US easier and provide
access to
community resources for African families in many cities.
The discussions will last approximately 90 minutes and will
include
refreshments. The information that you provide will be kept
strictly
confidential and will only be used for research purposes.
No identifying
information about you or your family will ever be published
or released to
anyone.
At the conclusion of the discussions, we will offer each
parent and teenager
$20 for spending time with us and helping us with our
project. We will also
give you some information about how to help your child and
your family as
well as where you can call to get further information.
Parents will also be
offered a gift certificate ($10) to Borders Bookstore for
any younger
children that participate in the discussions. Professional
child care will
be provided for children who may be too young to
participate in the
discussions.
Your views mean a great deal to us and the success and
quality of our
discussions depend on your willingness to meet with us. We
have enclosed a
card for your convenience that you can send to us if you
are interested in
participating. We will also be following up with you by
telephone in a few
days to answer any questions about the discussions.
We hope you can participate and invite you to call us at
(608) 265-5996 or
(608) 263-4937. We can also be reached via email at
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[log in to unmask]
Thank you very much for considering our request. We look
forward to meeting
you.
Sincerely,
Gloria Johnson-Powell, M.D.
Associate Dean and Director, Center for the Study of
Cultural Diversity in Healthcare
Sherrill L. Sellers, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 21:00:57 -0500
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Study: Women Pregnant With Boys Eat More
By EMMA ROSS
AP Medical Writer
June 5, 2003, 7:29 PM EDT
LONDON -- Women pregnant with boys tend to eat about 10 percent more
calories a day than those carrying girls but don't gain more weight, new
research indicates.
The study, published this week in the British Medical Journal, appears
to explain -- at least in part -- why newborn boys are heavier than
girls and suggests that signals between the fetus and the mother drive
the appetite during pregnancy.
Boys are on the average 3.5 ounces heavier at birth than girls. The
study by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and the
Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, is the first to examine
whether that difference could be due to the mother eating more.
The scientists assessed the diets of 244 American women one week before
they came to the hospital for a routine prenatal checkup at 27 weeks of
pregnancy. All the women later gave birth to normal-weight babies at
full term.
The researchers found that women who gave birth to boys were consuming
about 10 percent, or 200, more calories per day than those who went on
to bear girls.
Yet the amount of weight mothers gained during pregnancy did not differ
between those who had girls and those who had boys.
"This sounds undoubtedly driven by the fetus," said Kent Thornburg, a
fetal physiologist at Oregon Health Sciences University who was not
connected with the study.
Thornburg said the findings do not necessarily mean that boys are
heavier solely because their mothers eat more.
"That would lead to the conclusion that the more a pregnant woman eats
the bigger her baby will be and that female babies would be larger if
only their mothers ate more," he said. "A more realistic hypothesis is
that fetuses stimulate the appetite in their mothers in proportion to
their requirement for optimal growth."
Scientists do not understand exactly what causes appetite to increase
during pregnancy, but the study's findings suggest there is a chemical
communication between mother and fetus so that males can grow faster
than females, with the mother being signaled to eat more to enable that
growth, Thornburg said.
Thornburg said the findings could be relevant to the recently discovered
relationship between growth in the womb and the risk in adulthood of
illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes.
"A decade ago, we thought that the primary risk for chronic disease in
any apparently healthy baby was solely the result of genetic endowment
from parents," Thornburg said. "We now know that the access to nutrients
by the fetus is important in determining prenatal growth rate and thus
lifelong health."
The study's authors said their results indicate that male fetuses may be
more vulnerable than female ones to problems linked to fetal nutrition.
* ___
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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 21:01:08 -0500
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My goodness we are missing the point.
I have not doubted the fact that Charles Taylor might have
committed crimes against humanity, neither did I say that
he can not be prosecuted for such crimes thereafter.
My only concern was the timing for the issuance of the
indictment. Available information indicates that Ghana was
not informed of any indictment of Charles Taylor prior to
his coming to Ghana, read the story posted by Aggo from VOA
website. The following is an excerpt;
A U.N. backed court in Sierra Leone has expressed its
regret that Liberian President Charles Taylor was not
arrested while he attended the start of Liberian peace
talks in Ghana. The court indicted Mr. Taylor Wednesday,
when he was in Accra, for crimes against humanity for his
support of rebels in Sierra Leone's civil war.
A spokesman for the U.N. backed war crimes court for Sierra
Leone, David Hecht, acknowledges that he did not alert
Ghanaian authorities that the court planned to indict Mr.
Taylor.
"I think the concern was that if you'd advise them before,
then the word might have been leaked out and he might not
have come," he said. "Charles Taylor might not have come to
the peace talks so we could have jeopardized them in that
way. So I don't think we wanted to be bringing a long
document beforehand, but we certainly unsealed the
indictment and got the document to them for his transfer
and his arrest at a time which would have been possible for
them to have held him but they decided not to do that."
David Hecht forgets that there are laws in each country
which need to be followed. Can you believe that the
indictment of Charles Taylor had been on the table of the
prosecutor since March 7, 2003??
The International Criminal Court under whose jurisdiction,
charges can be brought against Head of States for crimes
against humanity is yet to be fully recognized as an organ
of the UN because only sixty or so countries have rectified
the Rome Statute which established the court. Guess what,
the US and China are not signatories to the Rome Statute
and therefore not bound by the laws of the International
Criminal Court. Don't ask me why?????? Think about it, they
probably will be the first culprits to appear before the
court.
Noriega was arrested by American forces when they invaded
Panama and was charged with illegal acquisition of wealth
through drug trafficking but his attorneys established that
he made his money by serving as a double agent for the CIA
and the Cuban Intelligence.
Pinochet was arrested in Britain after he was kicked out of
office as the President of Chile, he was then a senator,
immune from Chilean laws.
The Nuremberg trials were on Nazi Generals and officials
who were no longer in power because they had been defeated
in the WAR and were more or less prisoners.
International Law does not permit the interference in the
internal or external affairs of any country by another
country but countries keep flouting these laws. It is
unfortunate for an UN body to embroil one country in the
wranglings of another and jeopardize the process of
Peace!!!!! The timing was wrong.
So Alex Redd, there are no legal ramifications, the Sierra
Leone War Crimes Tribunal has every right to issue
indictments to anyone afterall no body is above the law, we
are all equal but some are more equal than others. That is
the reality.
Ciao.
Joe
On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 17:31:10 -0500
ALEX LAGIA REDD <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks, Uncle Ben, for the great exposition on Taylor's
> criminal indictment. I was just about to explain to Joe
> similar legal ramifications that justify the UN backed
> criminal court decision to issue a warrant of arrest for
> Cahrles Taylor.
>
> Liberians and Sierra Leoneans will never forget the pain
> and agony Taylor inflicted on them over the years. I will
> never forget how Taylor and his henchmen kidnapped and
> tortured me for uncovering the truth behind the murders
> of the Dokie family in Liberia.
>
> It is time for justice! Let it reign!
>
> Alex Redd
>
> We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time
> is ripe to do right.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ben Weller <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thursday, June 5, 2003 3:07 pm
> Subject: Re: U.N.-Backed Court Indicts Liberia Leader
>
> > Joe…If anything, I will be the first to agree with you
> that
> > emotions should not crawl into this argument.
> >
> > Rather than ask for precedents establishing the
> arrest(s) of
> > sitting African heads of state, let is deal with the
> question of
> > whether Heads of states in office enjoy immunity from
> jurisdiction
> > for International Crimes.
> >
> > Let me humbly state that International criminal law
> clearly states
> > that functional immunity cannot be granted to state
> officials that
> > have committed crimes under international customary
> law. In other
> > words, national courts must never accord functional
> immunity to a
> > Head of State (nor to any other official) for CRIMINA
> JURIS
> > GENTIUM. Further, under international law, there is no
> immunity
> > for crimes against humanity. Certainly, you will agree
> with me
> > that Charles Taylor has committed crimes against
> humanity both in
> > Liberia and Sierra Leone, and for him to continue to
> masquerade as
> > a head of state, with the tacit approval of some
> states, is
> > disturbing; it prolongs the instability of the entire
> sub region.
> >
> > Since you have doggedly asked for precedents, let me
> treat you to
> > some: the first is the case of Noreaga of Panama. He
> was a
> > sitting Head of State when the United States whisked
> him away to
> > jail in the US.
> >
> > There is also the Pinochet case. Pinochet was arrested
> in Britain
> > because, according to Spain, he had committed genocide,
> terrorism
> > and torture of Spaniards in Chile and Chileans during
> his 17 year
> > rule.
> > Finally, the best known landmark case so far is the
> 1948 Nuremberg
> > trial of Nazi German officials for crimes and genocide.
> If any
> > thing, my friend, the Nuremberg Trials established that
> there are
> > some things that are so wrong that they are wrong
> everywhere, and
> > can be punished by any court. The Charles Taylor issue
> is no
> > exception.
> > Ben
> >
> >
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Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 01:24:16 -0400
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Liberia's internationally respected human rights lawyer, Samuel Kofi Woods arrives in Madison, Wisconsin today. The human rights activist is expected to meet with Liberians. The Human rights activist is spending his brief vacation time this weekend with Liberians to discuss mechanisms responsible for the current Liberian crisis as well as some suggestions to restore law and order in the country.
Mr. Woods currently heads the Foundation for International Dignity (FIND), based in Sierra Leone. FIND provides legal services and research aimed at upgrading the livelihood of refugees fleeing war zones in West Africa and beyond.
The meeting with Mr. Woods begins Friday, June 6 at 9:00pm at the home of Isaac Settro: 2438 High Ridge Trail in Fitchburg, WI.
Contact Isaac Settro at 608-2768-994 or email [log in to unmask] for details on the meeting.
All Liberians and interested individuals from the African community are wholeheartedly welcome.
Thanks for attending.
Alex Redd
V/P Liberian Association of WI (LAW)
We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do right.
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Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:43:21 -0500
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Malawians mull democracy decade
By Raphael Tenthani
BBC, Blantyre
This month 10 years ago Malawians achieved a historic metamorphosis.
After enduring three decades of uninterrupted one-party dictatorship
under the late Hastings Kamuzu Banda and the former ruling Malawi
Congress Party (MCP), Malawians said "enough is enough".
In June 1993, under intense pressure from donors, Dr Banda called for a
national referendum asking Malawians whether they wanted a continuation
of his one-party system of government or they preferred a multiparty
democracy.
Malawians decisively voted for the latter, thereby heralding a new dawn
of democracy.
Taking stock
As part of the commemorations, a group of scholars, politicians,
religious leaders, civil rights activists and donors have converged on
the capital, Lilongwe, to take stock of what has been or has not been
achieved during the past 10 years.
We have achieved some freedom of expression
Catholic Monsignor Boniface Tamani
The meeting has brought together Malawians of diverse political views
from political exiles who fled Dr Banda's autocratic rule to the late
dictator's loyalists who fought so gallantly to retain the one party
system of government.
As you would expect, the ruling United Democratic Front is quick to list
the democratic plusses in the past 10 years.
Dr Bingu wa Mutharika was recently controversially anointed by President
Bakili Muluzi to be his successor when he retires after serving his
constitutional two five-year terms next year.
For him Malawi has achieved a great deal.
"The first five years of independence was essentially one of transition,
the second five years was a period of consolidation," he says
"So the challenge for Malawi now is one of development and how we can
empower the ordinary Malawian in the street."
Kate Kainja, the secretary general of the former ruling Malawi Congress
Party (MCP), admits some strides have been made but says there is still
a lot of work to do.
"There is still a lot of discrimination," she says. "For example if you
belong to the opposition you are not likely to be supported in your
economic activities. For me that is a major headache."
Below par
Religious leaders, notably the Catholic Church, were credited to have
been the first to criticise Dr Banda's authoritarian regime.
Monsignor Boniface Tamani of the Catholic Church is Chairman of the
Public Affairs Committee, a grouping of religious leaders which comments
on socio-political issues in Malawi says the country can do better.
"We have achieved some freedom of expression. For example the judiciary
is exercising its independence somehow, but these are things that need
protecting," he said.
The monsignor said all Malawians had a responsibility to safeguard these
freedoms, demand their rights and make their leaders accountable.
"I think we haven't come to that level yet and that is one of the
requirements of democracy."
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Published: 2003/06/05 16:59:18 GMT
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FYI - Regarding the on-going debate whether Ghana erred by letting Charles Taylor slip away, please follow the links to a documentary report at American Radio Works website. The report, which is rather long, was featured on National Public Radio today so I have excerpted only two paragraphs below.
Thanks.
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AMERICAN RADIOWORKS
INVESTIGATING SIERRA LEONE
by Michael Montgomery and Deborah George
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David Crane told the law students one of his biggest challenges could be over the court's jurisdiction. Historically, heads-of-state and top officials have had immunity from foreign courts. The UN tribunal in The Hague was able to indict Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic - but that court has special authority from the UN Security Council. In going after a state leader like Charles Taylor without explicit UN authority, David Crane is breaking new ground in international law, and other governments could find that troubling.
"States see this as potentially becoming a quagmire in which states are grabbing each other's leaders," explains Madeline Morris, a professor of international law at Duke University and a senior legal counsel to the prosecutor's office. "If it's okay to indict, arrest and to potentially convict and incarcerate the head of state or other high official of another country, if one country can do that to another country, then we're in a very different arena then we've been in the past in international relations."
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Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 17:35:42 -0500
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Of course, the Ghanian Government did the right thing. Only thinking =
people could have risen above the fray to act accordingly as they did. We =
know we have leaders in Africa whose brain cells are wired correctly.=20
>>> [log in to unmask] 06/04/03 07:03PM >>>
Joe,
Good luck with your international law argument. Remember Sadam? He was a
"sitting sovereign president". Where was international law? "Regime
Change", my friend. Besides, if a sitting sovereign is accused of or has
been involved in crimes against humanity, I think s/he should lose that
protection of "a sitting sovereign president". I support Ghana's
decision not to arrest him only because he was a guest of the govt. of
Ghana. He was invited by the government of Ghana. To turn around and
arrest would have been a gross betrayal of trust. Besides, if Ghana had
executed arrest Liberia could have spun out of control.=20
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This is ridiculous!!!
Is it doing the right thing at the wrong time or just an issue of square
pegs in round holes or simply lack of respect and knowledge about Africa
and
Africans. Under which international law will the Ghanaian authorities
arrest
the sitting President of a Sovereign Nation.
I wish an indictment had been issued to Jacque Chirac to arrest George
Bush
and Tony Blair at the G8 conference on the killings of innocent Iraqis
under
the pretext of searching for weapons of mass destruction.
Proper things should be done properly and at the right time.
Joe
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U.N.-Backed Court Indicts Liberia Leader
By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY
Associated Press Writer
June 4, 2003, 10:14 AM EDT
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- A U.N.-backed war crimes court indicted
Liberian
President Charles Taylor on Wednesday, accusing him of "the greatest
responsibility" in the vicious 10-year civil war in neighboring Sierra
Leone.
Prosecutors at the Sierra Leone court issued an arrest warrant for
Taylor in
Ghana, where he was making a rare trip out of his own country to attend
peace talks with Liberian rebels.
Ghana authorities said they had not yet received the arrest warrant.
Minutes
after the indictment was made public, Taylor appeared at the talks'
opening
ceremony in Accra, Ghana's capital.
Looking tense, Taylor stepped away from his motorcade and walked slowly
into
the conference hall with other west African officials. He made no
comment to
reporters.
The indictment, and arrest warrant, set up a potential showdown between
prosecutors of the U.N.-endorsed court and Taylor.
West African mediators were expected to be reluctant to see Taylor taken
into custody after they had invited him to Ghana for peace talks.
The indictment accused Taylor of "bearing the greatest responsibility
for
war crimes, crimes against humanity and serious violations of
international
humanitarian law" during Sierra Leone's civil war.
Taylor, Liberia's warlord-turned-president, is widely accused of backing
Revolutionary United Front insurgents as they fought their 10-year
campaign
for control of Sierra Leone's diamond fields and government.
The Sierra Leone rebels killed, maimed, raped and kidnapped tens of
thousands of civilians. Rebels made a trademark of lopping off the
hands,
feet, lips and ears of their victims.
Military intervention by the United Nations, the west African nation of
Guinea and former Sierra Leone colonial ruler Britain ended the war in
January 2002.
Americans and Britons are serving as prosecutors for the Sierra Leone
war
crimes court, which earlier indicted rebel leader Foday Sankoh, already
in
custody.
Taylor is fighting a 3-year rebel campaign in his own country. Rebels
have
left Taylor in control of only about 40 percent of his country,
including
the capital, Monrovia.
Sierra Leone's war crimes tribunal differs from those of Rwanda and
Yugoslavia in that its proceedings will be held in the country and
include a
mix of local and international prosecutors and judges. The court was
created
by an agreement between the United Nations and Sierra Leone.
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A follow up.
www.ghanaweb.com: General News of Wednesday, 04 June 2003
Charles Taylor Slips Out Of Ghana
Liberian President Charles Taylor left Ghana after attending the opening
of
peace talks for his war-ravaged country, heading for home only hours
after a
UN prosecutor in Sierra Leone indicted him for crimes against humanity.
Taylor was seen off by the Ghanaian Foreign Minister Addo Akufo-Addo and
Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the secretary general of a west African grouping
organising the Liberian peace talks along with a UN-backed group.
The Liberian leader took a Ghana Airways flight to his capital Monrovia,
accompanied by his 52-member entourage.
Earlier Wednesday, a special court probing excesses during a brutal
civil
war in Sierra Leone indicted Taylor for "bearing the greatest
responsibility
for war crimes, crimes against humanity and serious violation of
international humanitarian law in Sierra Leone until November 13, 1996."
The Liberian president was already under UN sanctions for allegedly
backing
Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels, notorious for
recruiting child soldiers and hacking off people's limbs in the brutal
war,
which raged from 1991 until January last year and claimed up to 200,000
lives.
Ghana's foreign minister told AFP he had not received the indictment.
"It was drawn up three months ago, the timing is unfortunate. It is an
embarrassment for us and could destabilise the talks," he said.
The peace talks were the first time that the Liberian belligerents were
to
sit face to face.
The opening ceremony of the parleys was attended by the rebels from the
Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel group but
boycotted by the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), a new
insurgent
movement holding more than half of Liberia.
Taylor's forces now control only three of Liberia's 15 counties.
Liberia's 18 registered political parties and civil society groups will
also
take part in the talks, set to be brokered by former Nigerian president
Abdulsalami Abubakar, and which the parley's Ghanaian hosts said could
go on
for two weeks.
Taylor, a warlord in Liberia's civil war that raged throughout the early
1990s, came to power after winning elections in 1997, the year that the
seven-year conflict ended.
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Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 15:13:08 -0500
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African Nations Cup qualifiers
Follow our LIVE coverage of all Nations Cup qualifiers for the 2004
finals in Tunisia.
1230 GMT - Seychelles 2-1 Zimbabwe (Group 6) RESULT
1300 GMT - Zambia 2-0 Tanzania (Group 3) RESULT
1330 GMT - Botswana 0-1 Libya (Group 9) RESULT
1430 GMT - Namibia 2-1 Chad (Group 12) RESULT
1445 GMT - Uganda 0-1 Rwanda (Group 13) RESULT
1500 GMT - Niger 1-0 Guinea (Group 2) RESULT
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Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 18:39:37 -0500
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Troops Battle to Defend Liberian Capital
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Associated Press Writer
June 7, 2003, 6:27 PM EDT
MONROVIA, Liberia -- Explosions and machine-gun fire echoed in Liberia's
besieged capital Saturday as President Charles Taylor's forces fought
rebels pressing on the outskirts, sending tens of thousands of desperate
residents to the U.S. Embassy seeking sanctuary.=20
"This city is not for the taking," a defiant Taylor said in an interview
with The Associated Press as he calmly directed Monrovia's defense.=20
Early morning artillery and machine-gun fire in western suburbs drove
residents from their homes, raised the specter of street fighting in the
capital's crowded center and prompted terrified Liberian civilians to
throng the gates of the U.S. Embassy.=20
Bearing foam mattresses and other hastily gathered belongings, the
masses huddled shoulder-to-shoulder in the rain on a muddy, rocky hill
outside the embassy compound, asking for help from America -- from where
freed slaves sailed in the 19th century to found their war-ruined
country.=20
"Send the Marines to guard us," cried Spencer Suku, a student. "The
place we are in now, only God can save us."=20
Fighting eased markedly by afternoon, as rebels announced a cease-fire
concerning humanitarian groups.=20
The rebels, urged on by U.S. authorities, pledged to stop their push on
Monrovia for the time being. Many displaced residents trickled slowly
back home from the U.S. Embassy, bundled belongings on heads.=20
Liberia's main northern-based rebel movement has rolled south to set
siege to the capital this week, their strongest move yet to depose
Taylor -- a former warlord indicted Wednesday on war crimes by an
international tribunal in Sierra Leone for his involvement in a 10-year
war there.=20
In a rare interview, Taylor vowed he would prevail over the insurgents.=20
"We think that we're going to have it very difficult," Taylor told The
AP. But "I think they will be beaten back," he added, seemingly
unruffled by his dwindling territory. "This force that came to Monrovia
is not greater than God."=20
Fighting raged even after rebel delegates at a peace conference in Ghana
promised Friday to ask their fighters to lay down their arms so talks
could proceed, according to Mohammed Ibn Chambas, executive secretary of
the regional bloc mediating the talks.=20
Chambas said government negotiators also recommitted to the
negotiations, which were scheduled to continue Monday.=20
Late Friday, the State Department ordered the evacuation of all
non-emergency personnel from its Monrovia embassy -- where security was
tight Saturday.=20
Crowds of Liberians -- with little food or water -- pressed against the
gates of a nearby U.S. diplomatic residential compound, chanting "open
the gates, open the gates."=20
"At least so we can enter the children," pleaded one man, Bobby Jacob, a
23-year-old wallet vendor. "The children are suffering."=20
Insurgents have in recent days taken control of Monrovia's seven refugee
camps, which housed some 115,000 people displaced from their homes by
earlier fighting. Nearly the entire west African country -- with an
estimated one-third of its 3 million citizens homeless from years of
fighting -- is now cut off from international aid.=20
The already dire humanitarian situation in Monrovia is deteriorating,
said a U.N. World Food Program spokesman, Ramin Rafirasme, in Dakar,
Senegal.=20
Monrovia "is a city of over 1 million. If a peaceful solution or a
cease-fire isn't found soon, we're talking about a major humanitarian
disaster," Rafirasme said.=20
The Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy, or LURD,
insurgency has battled since 1999 to oust Taylor, who was elected
president in 1997, a year after a devastating seven-year civil war
ended.=20
Taylor sparked Liberia's war in 1989 with a failed coup attempt and
emerged the strongest warlord from the conflict, which killed hundreds
of thousands.=20
As Taylor visited Ghana Wednesday for the opening of the peace talks,
the joint U.N.-Sierra Leone court unveiled its indictment accusing him
of trafficking guns and diamonds with Sierra Leonean rebels, who killed,
raped, kidnapped and maimed tens of thousands of civilians during a
decade of terror there.=20
Taylor cut short his visit and returned to Monrovia that day, an
international arrest warrant issued in his name. Ghanaian authorities
made no apparent attempt to arrest him.=20
On Saturday, Taylor dismissed the indictment as an effort to undermine
him.=20
"Let's not kid ourselves, it's about politics -- to have me thrown off
so the Liberian people could try to turn against me," Taylor said.=20
Taylor has said there had been a coup attempt, supported by unidentified
embassies, while he visited Ghana. Vice President Moses Blah and two of
his bodyguards were detained in the attempt.=20
Taylor said Saturday the coup try "would have murdered thousands, maybe
hundreds of thousands of Liberians here. God did not permit it to
happen."=20
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Battle Rages in Apparent Mauritania Coup Bid
Updated 10:45 AM ET June 8, 2003
By Ben Salem
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (Reuters) - Street battles raged through
Mauritania's capital Sunday in an apparent coup against a pro-Israel
president who has cracked down on Islamists, and residents said rebel
soldiers had entered his office.
Heavy gunfire continued around the city center as a column of smoke rose
into the sky above the president's palace. It was the most serious
threat President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya has faced since taking
power in a 1984 coup.
Residents near the palace said dissident troops moved into Taya's office
after his guards fled.
"The soldiers told us they could not hold out any longer," said one
resident a few hundred yards away.
State radio had earlier announced that Taya was back in full control and
appealed on people to be calm, but it stopped broadcasting about 45
minutes later.
Sources close to the president of the sparsely populated Sahara desert
state, which straddles black and Arab Africa, said Taya had been in a
safe place with his family since fighting erupted around 1:45 a.m.
Residents said they believed the uprising had been staged by young
Islamist officers from an armored unit and the air force. A plane
circled briefly over the city center, drawing fire from the ground, but
it was not clear whose side it was on.
"Dozens of people have been wounded and the hospitals are doing the best
to cope," said one resident.
Hundreds of prisoners escaped from the central prison after their guards
disappeared in the chaos.
BUBBLING TENSIONS
Tensions have been bubbling in the almost exclusively Muslim country
since the U.S.-led war on Iraq. The government has cracked down on
suspected Islamists and politicians close to ousted Iraqi leader Saddam
Hussein.
Thirty-two Islamic leaders were charged this month with threatening
national security. Police sources said they were suspected of links to a
foreign network of Islamic extremists. The charges made no reference to
that.
There is widespread displeasure in Mauritania at Taya's longstanding
ties with Israel, which are as close as those of any Arab leader. In
1999, Mauritania became only the third Arab League state to establish
full diplomatic relations with the Jewish state.
Israel has given Mauritania help with agriculture and is also building a
new hospital. Diplomats say that the Israelis also provide discrete
assistance with security.
Mauritania has also long been prey to its ethnic division. About 30
percent of the population is black and the rest are either of Arab or
mixed descent.
Taya, expected to stand in presidential elections later this year, has
kept a tight grip on power. Human rights groups often complain the
government's methods are heavy-handed.
The former French colony of fewer than three million people supports
itself through iron ore mining and fishing, but there have been recent
discoveries of offshore oil reserves.
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Those who live by the sword will die by the sword.This is a centuries old timeless proverb.I hope that Charles Taylor this time around will have a taste of his own medicine. Having met and interacted with some Liberian dissidents in The Gambia, as the editor-in-chief of The Daily Observer which belonged to Kenneth Best,(a familiar name to the Liberian community) I have a pretty good idea of the pain and suffering that Mr.Taylor brought on his country.
I think we Africans should raise money here, start a highly trained African army and start a huge military base in South Africa from where we will deploy to overthrow, to decapitate and to neutralize any government that visits misery on its people.I am certain millions of young African men across the continent will sign up for this noble duty for the interest not of any particular tribe,group or country, but for the interest of Black Africa. It goes without saying that the African male is the ultimate fighting machine with a physiological prowess that is superior to any human-being that God ever made.
The other thing that concerns me is that despite all the hype about human-rights, American foreign policy is driven purely by narrow self-interests. We should respond to this by defining our foreign policy around our own interests too. This means we have to re-negotiate business deal with all those mining companies doing business in Africa; Anglo-American,Texaco,Exxon,Shell, British Petroleum, Elf and a long list of other multi-national companies. To-date these companies have gotten away with murder, by paying small bribes to government officials across Africa just so they can stay in business there at the expense of the poor. A case in point is the now embattled tribespeople in the oil-rich Niger delta in Nigeria whose only demand is a share of the wealth from the oil rich ancestral homes. In a case like this, African army like the one I envision, will deploy quickly, take over the oil rigs and refineries until a new contract that centers around the interest of all Nigerians, in particular the people of the area is re-negotiated before the companies are permitted to proceed with their operations.
Finally, it is not a mistery why the continent MOST blessed with resources is also the poorest.If any African out there thinks that the so-called developed world gives a damn to what happens to us and our people,you sure are living in a dream world. We had better start to organize ourselves and do something. And so I say to the African Association,you organize your dances flowing with beer and music, you will never see a person like me as a participant. If we organize around political issues that will help our beloved Africa out of the deep freeze it has languished in for the past 40 years, no one will emmerse themselves in the cause more than me.
Felix Ossia <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Troops Battle to Defend Liberian Capital
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Associated Press Writer
June 7, 2003, 6:27 PM EDT
MONROVIA, Liberia -- Explosions and machine-gun fire echoed in Liberia's
besieged capital Saturday as President Charles Taylor's forces fought
rebels pressing on the outskirts, sending tens of thousands of desperate
residents to the U.S. Embassy seeking sanctuary.
"This city is not for the taking," a defiant Taylor said in an interview
with The Associated Press as he calmly directed Monrovia's defense.
Early morning artillery and machine-gun fire in western suburbs drove
residents from their homes, raised the specter of street fighting in the
capital's crowded center and prompted terrified Liberian civilians to
throng the gates of the U.S. Embassy.
Bearing foam mattresses and other hastily gathered belongings, the
masses huddled shoulder-to-shoulder in the rain on a muddy, rocky hill
outside the embassy compound, asking for help from America -- from where
freed slaves sailed in the 19th century to found their war-ruined
country.
"Send the Marines to guard us," cried Spencer Suku, a student. "The
place we are in now, only God can save us."
Fighting eased markedly by afternoon, as rebels announced a cease-fire
concerning humanitarian groups.
The rebels, urged on by U.S. authorities, pledged to stop their push on
Monrovia for the time being. Many displaced residents trickled slowly
back home from the U.S. Embassy, bundled belongings on heads.
Liberia's main northern-based rebel movement has rolled south to set
siege to the capital this week, their strongest move yet to depose
Taylor -- a former warlord indicted Wednesday on war crimes by an
international tribunal in Sierra Leone for his involvement in a 10-year
war there.
In a rare interview, Taylor vowed he would prevail over the insurgents.
"We think that we're going to have it very difficult," Taylor told The
AP. But "I think they will be beaten back," he added, seemingly
unruffled by his dwindling territory. "This force that came to Monrovia
is not greater than God."
Fighting raged even after rebel delegates at a peace conference in Ghana
promised Friday to ask their fighters to lay down their arms so talks
could proceed, according to Mohammed Ibn Chambas, executive secretary of
the regional bloc mediating the talks.
Chambas said government negotiators also recommitted to the
negotiations, which were scheduled to continue Monday.
Late Friday, the State Department ordered the evacuation of all
non-emergency personnel from its Monrovia embassy -- where security was
tight Saturday.
Crowds of Liberians -- with little food or water -- pressed against the
gates of a nearby U.S. diplomatic residential compound, chanting "open
the gates, open the gates."
"At least so we can enter the children," pleaded one man, Bobby Jacob, a
23-year-old wallet vendor. "The children are suffering."
Insurgents have in recent days taken control of Monrovia's seven refugee
camps, which housed some 115,000 people displaced from their homes by
earlier fighting. Nearly the entire west African country -- with an
estimated one-third of its 3 million citizens homeless from years of
fighting -- is now cut off from international aid.
The already dire humanitarian situation in Monrovia is deteriorating,
said a U.N. World Food Program spokesman, Ramin Rafirasme, in Dakar,
Senegal.
Monrovia "is a city of over 1 million. If a peaceful solution or a
cease-fire isn't found soon, we're talking about a major humanitarian
disaster," Rafirasme said.
The Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy, or LURD,
insurgency has battled since 1999 to oust Taylor, who was elected
president in 1997, a year after a devastating seven-year civil war
ended.
Taylor sparked Liberia's war in 1989 with a failed coup attempt and
emerged the strongest warlord from the conflict, which killed hundreds
of thousands.
As Taylor visited Ghana Wednesday for the opening of the peace talks,
the joint U.N.-Sierra Leone court unveiled its indictment accusing him
of trafficking guns and diamonds with Sierra Leonean rebels, who killed,
raped, kidnapped and maimed tens of thousands of civilians during a
decade of terror there.
Taylor cut short his visit and returned to Monrovia that day, an
international arrest warrant issued in his name. Ghanaian authorities
made no apparent attempt to arrest him.
On Saturday, Taylor dismissed the indictment as an effort to undermine
him.
"Let's not kid ourselves, it's about politics -- to have me thrown off
so the Liberian people could try to turn against me," Taylor said.
Taylor has said there had been a coup attempt, supported by unidentified
embassies, while he visited Ghana. Vice President Moses Blah and two of
his bodyguards were detained in the attempt.
Taylor said Saturday the coup try "would have murdered thousands, maybe
hundreds of thousands of Liberians here. God did not permit it to
happen."
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<DIV>Those who live by the sword will die by the sword.This is a centuries old timeless proverb.I hope that Charles Taylor this time around will have a taste of his own medicine. Having met and interacted with some Liberian dissidents in The Gambia, as the editor-in-chief of The Daily Observer which belonged to Kenneth Best,(a familiar name to the Liberian community) I have a pretty good idea of the pain and suffering that Mr.Taylor brought on his country.</DIV>
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<DIV> I think we Africans should raise money here, start a highly trained African army and start a huge military base in South Africa from where we will deploy to overthrow, to decapitate and to neutralize any government that visits misery on its people.I am certain millions of young African men across the continent will sign up for this noble duty for the interest not of any particular tribe,group or country, but for the interest of Black Africa. It goes without saying that the African male is the ultimate fighting machine with a physiological prowess that is superior to any human-being that God ever made.</DIV>
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<DIV>The other thing that concerns me is that despite all the hype about human-rights, American foreign policy is driven purely by narrow self-interests. We should respond to this by defining our foreign policy around our own interests too. This means we have to re-negotiate business deal with all those mining companies doing business in Africa; Anglo-American,Texaco,Exxon,Shell, British Petroleum, Elf and a long list of other multi-national companies. To-date these companies have gotten away with murder, by paying small bribes to government officials across Africa just so they can stay in business there at the expense of the poor. A case in point is the now embattled tribespeople in the oil-rich Niger delta in Nigeria whose only demand is a share of the wealth from the oil rich ancestral homes. In a case like this, African army like the one I envision, will deploy quickly, take over the oil rigs and refineries until a new contract that centers around the interest of all Nigerians, in particular the people of the area is re-negotiated before the companies are permitted to proceed with their operations.</DIV>
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<DIV>Finally, it is not a mistery why the continent MOST blessed with resources is also the poorest.If any African out there thinks that the so-called developed world gives a damn to what happens to us and our people,you sure are living in a dream world. We had better start to organize ourselves and do something. And so I say to the African Association,you organize your dances flowing with beer and music, you will never see a person like me as a participant. If we organize around political issues that will help our beloved Africa out of the deep freeze it has languished in for the past 40 years, no one will emmerse themselves in the cause more than me.<BR><BR><B><I>Felix Ossia <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Troops Battle to Defend Liberian Capital<BR><BR>By ELLEN KNICKMEYER<BR>Associated Press Writer<BR><BR>June 7, 2003, 6:27 PM EDT<BR><BR>MONROVIA, Liberia -- Explosions and machine-gun fire echoed in Liberia's<BR>besieged capital Saturday as President Charles Taylor's forces fought<BR>rebels pressing on the outskirts, sending tens of thousands of desperate<BR>residents to the U.S. Embassy seeking sanctuary. <BR><BR>"This city is not for the taking," a defiant Taylor said in an interview<BR>with The Associated Press as he calmly directed Monrovia's defense. <BR><BR>Early morning artillery and machine-gun fire in western suburbs drove<BR>residents from their homes, raised the specter of street fighting in the<BR>capital's crowded center and prompted terrified Liberian civilians to<BR>throng the gates of the U.S. Embassy. <BR><BR>Bearing foam mattresses and other hastily gathered belongings, the<BR>masses huddled shoulder-to-shoulder in the rain on a muddy, rocky hill<BR>outside the embassy compound, asking for help from America -- from where<BR>freed slaves sailed in the 19th century to found their war-ruined<BR>country. <BR><BR>"Send the Marines to guard us," cried Spencer Suku, a student. "The<BR>place we are in now, only God can save us." <BR><BR>Fighting eased markedly by afternoon, as rebels announced a cease-fire<BR>concerning humanitarian groups. <BR><BR>The rebels, urged on by U.S. authorities, pledged to stop their push on<BR>Monrovia for the time being. Many displaced residents trickled slowly<BR>back home from the U.S. Embassy, bundled belongings on heads. <BR><BR>Liberia's main northern-based rebel movement has rolled south to set<BR>siege to the capital this week, their strongest move yet to depose<BR>Taylor -- a former warlord indicted Wednesday on war crimes by an<BR>international tribunal in Sierra Leone for his involvement in a 10-year<BR>war there. <BR><BR>In a rare interview, Taylor vowed he would prevail over the insurgents. <BR><BR>"We think that we're going to have it very difficult," Taylor told The<BR>AP. But "I think they will be beaten back," he added, seemingly<BR>unruffled by his dwindling territory. "This force that came to Monrovia<BR>is not greater than God." <BR><BR>Fighting raged even after rebel delegates at a peace conference in Ghana<BR>promised Friday to ask their fighters to lay down their arms so talks<BR>could proceed, according to Mohammed Ibn Chambas, executive secretary of<BR>the regional bloc mediating the talks. <BR><BR><BR>Chambas said government negotiators also recommitted to the<BR>negotiations, which were scheduled to continue Monday. <BR><BR>Late Friday, the State Department ordered the evacuation of all<BR>non-emergency personnel from its Monrovia embassy -- where security was<BR>tight Saturday. <BR><BR>Crowds of Liberians -- with little food or water -- pressed against the<BR>gates of a nearby U.S. diplomatic residential compound, chanting "open<BR>the gates, open the gates." <BR><BR>"At least so we can enter the children," pleaded one man, Bobby Jacob, a<BR>23-year-old wallet vendor. "The children are suffering." <BR><BR>Insurgents have in recent days taken control of Monrovia's seven refugee<BR>camps, which housed some 115,000 people displaced from their homes by<BR>earlier fighting. Nearly the entire west African country -- with an<BR>estimated one-third of its 3 million citizens homeless from years of<BR>fighting -- is now cut off from international aid. <BR><BR>The already dire humanitarian situation in Monrovia is deteriorating,<BR>said a U.N. World Food Program spokesman, Ramin Rafirasme, in Dakar,<BR>Senegal. <BR><BR>Monrovia "is a city of over 1 million. If a peaceful solution or a<BR>cease-fire isn't found soon, we're talking about a major humanitarian<BR>disaster," Rafirasme said. <BR><BR>The Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy, or LURD,<BR>insurgency has battled since 1999 to oust Taylor, who was elected<BR>president in 1997, a year after a devastating seven-year civil war<BR>ended. <BR><BR>Taylor sparked Liberia's war in 1989 with a failed coup attempt and<BR>emerged the strongest warlord from the conflict, which killed hundreds<BR>of thousands. <BR><BR>As Taylor visited Ghana Wednesday for the opening of the peace talks,<BR>the joint U.N.-Sierra Leone court unveiled its indictment accusing him<BR>of trafficking guns and diamonds with Sierra Leonean rebels, who killed,<BR>raped, kidnapped and maimed tens of thousands of civilians during a<BR>decade of terror there. <BR><BR>Taylor cut short his visit and returned to Monrovia that day, an<BR>international arrest warrant issued in his name. Ghanaian authorities<BR>made no apparent attempt to arrest him. <BR><BR>On Saturday, Taylor dismissed the indictment as an effort to undermine<BR>him. <BR><BR>"Let's not kid ourselves, it's about politics -- to have me thrown off<BR>so the Liberian people could try to turn against me," Taylor said. <BR><BR>Taylor has said there had been a coup attempt, supported by unidentified<BR>embassies, while he visited Ghana. Vice President Moses Blah and two of<BR>his bodyguards were detained in the attempt. <BR><BR>Taylor said Saturday the coup try "would have murdered thousands, maybe<BR>hundreds of thousands of Liberians here. God did not permit it to<BR>happen." <BR>Copyright © 2003, The Associated Press<BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, visit:<BR><BR>http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/aam.html<BR><BR>AAM Website: http://www.danenet.wicip.org/aam<BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------------</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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U.S. Hunt for Iraqi Banned Weapons Slows
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By DAFNA LINZER
Associated Press Writer
June 9, 2003, 3:33 PM EDT
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. military units assigned to track down Iraqi
weapons of mass destruction have run out of places to look and are
getting time off or being assigned to other duties, even as pressure
mounts on President Bush to explain why no banned arms have been found.
After nearly three months of fruitless searches, weapons hunters say
they are now waiting for a large team of Pentagon intelligence experts
to take over the effort, relying more on leads from interviews and
documents.
"It doesn't appear there are any more targets at this time," said Lt.
Col. Keith Harrington, whose team has been cut by more than 30 percent.
"We're hanging around with no missions in the foreseeable future."
Over the past week, his and several other teams have been taken off
assignment completely. Rather than visit suspected weapons sites, they
are brushing up on target practice and catching up on letters home.
Of the seven Site Survey Teams charged with carrying out the search,
only two have assignments for the coming week -- but not at suspected
weapons sites.
Lt. Col. Ronald Haan, who runs team 6, is using the time to run his
troops through a training exercise.
"At least it's keeping the guys busy," he said.
The slowdown comes after checks of more than 230 sites -- drawn from a
master intelligence list compiled before the war -- turned up none of
the chemical or biological weapons the Bush administration said it went
after Saddam Hussein to destroy.
Still, President Bush insisted Monday that Baghdad had a program to make
weapons of mass destruction. "Intelligence throughout the decade shows
they had a weapons program. I am absolutely convinced that with time,
we'll find out they did have a weapons program," he said.
The Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency said work will resume at a
brisk pace once its 1,300-person Iraq Survey Group takes over.
Ahead of the war, planners were so certain of the intelligence that the
weapons teams were designed simply to secure chemical and biological
weapons rather than investigate their whereabouts, as U.N. inspectors
had done.
But without evidence of weapons, the CIA and other intelligence agencies
have begun reviewing the accuracy of information they supplied to the
administration before the March invasion of Iraq. Government inquiries
are being set up in Washington, London and other coalition countries to
examine how possibly flawed intelligence might have influenced the
decision for war.
"The smoking guns just weren't lying out in the open," said David Gai,
spokesman for the Iraq Survey Group. "There's a lot more detective work
that needs to be done."
The group will work more along the model of U.N. weapons inspectors.
Future sites in the search will be compiled from intelligence gathered
in the field, and the teams will be reconfigured to include more
civilian scientists and engineers, Gai said.
Several former U.N. inspectors from the United States, Britain and
Australia, who know many of Iraq's top weapons experts, will also be
brought in.
Led by Keith Dayton, a two-star general from Defense intelligence, the
Iraq Survey Group is settling into headquarters in Qatar rather than
Iraq. However, it will maintain a large presence of analysts and experts
on the same palace grounds outside Baghdad where the weapons hunters are
based.
Several dozen staffers have moved to the palace and into other
buildings, now being turned into classified document centers, living
quarters and office space for the Iraq Survey Group.
With prewar intelligence exhausted and senior figures from the former
regime insisting Iraq hasn't had chemical or biological weapons in
years, Dayton's staff will be starting from scratch.
"We've interviewed a fraction of the people who were involved. We've
gone to a fraction of the sites. We've gone through a fraction of
thousands and thousands and thousands of documents about this program,"
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said Sunday.
Intelligence agents and weapons hunters have been speaking with
scientists and experts for the past month, but those interviews have not
led the teams to any illegal weapons and none of the tips provided by
Iraqis have panned out.
U.N. inspectors spent years learning the names and faces of the Iraqi
weapons programs. But in postwar Iraq, the Bush administration cut the
organization out of the hunt because of recent assessments that
conflicted with Washington's portrayal of Saddam's weapons.
Relations soured further amid reports that U.S. troops failed to secure
Iraq's largest nuclear facility from looters.
This week, a U.N. nuclear team returned to Iraq to survey the damage at
Tuwaitha -- where 2 tons of uranium had been stored for more than a
decade. They began scanning the facility and its equipment for leaking
radiation and signs of missing uranium.
One weapons team, specializing in nuclear materials, has been tasked to
accompany the U.N. experts until they leave on June 25.
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 08:30:38 -0500
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Multistate outbreak of monkeypox in persons exposed to pet prairie dogs
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An extensive multidisciplinary investigation in Wisconsin, Illinois, and
Indiana has identified cases of febrile rash illness in persons who had
direct or close contact with recently purchased ill prairie dogs. Scientists
at the Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, Wisconsin, recovered viral
isolates from a patient and a prairie dog and demonstrated a virus
morphologically consistent with a poxvirus by electron microscopy (see
<http://research.marshfieldclinic.org/crc/prairiedog.asp>
for electron microscopy images).
Preliminary results of serologic testing, polymerase-chain-reaction
[PCR] analysis, and gene sequencing performed at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on 6-7 Jun 2003 indicated that
the causative agent is monkeypox virus, a member of the orthopoxvirus
group of viruses. Results of additional evaluation at CDC by electron
microscopy and immunohistochemical studies are consistent with the
finding of an orthopoxvirus. These findings represent the first evidence
of community-acquired monkeypox-like infection in the United States.
Further characterization of the virus is in progress.
Human monkeypox is a rare zoonotic viral disease that occurs primarily
in the rain forest countries of central and west Africa. In humans, the
illness produces a vesicular and pustular rash similar to that of smallpox.
Limited person-to-person spread of infection has been reported in
disease-endemic areas in Africa; the incubation period is about 12 days.
Case-fatality ratios in Africa have ranged from 1% to 10% -- for
additional information about monkeypox, see
<www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no3/hutin.htm>
As of Sat 7Jun 2003, cases of suspected monkeypox had been reported
among residents of Wisconsin (17), northern Illinois (1), and
northwestern Indiana (1). Onset of illness among patients began in early
May [2003]. Patients typically experienced a prodrome consisting of
fever, headaches, myalgias, chills, and drenching sweats. Roughly one-
third of patients had nonproductive cough. This prodromal phase was
followed 1-10 days later by the development of a papular rash that
typically progressed through stages of vesiculation, pustulation,
umbilication, and crusting. In some patients, early lesions have become
ulcerated. Rash distribution and lesions have occurred on head, trunk, and
extremities; many of the patients had initial and satellite lesions on palms
and soles and extremities. Rashes were generalized in some patients.
After onset of the rash, patients have generally manifested rash lesions in
different stages.
All patients reported direct or close contact with prairie dogs, most of
which were sick. Illness in prairie dogs was frequently reported as
beginning with a blepharoconjunctivitis, progressing to presence of
nodular lesions in some cases. Some prairie dogs have died
from the illness, while others reportedly recovered.
In May [2003] the prairie dogs were sold by a Milwaukee animal
distributor to 2 pet shops in the Milwaukee area and during a pet "swap
meet" (pets for sale or exchange) in northern Wisconsin. The Milwaukee
animal distributor had obtained prairie dogs and a Gambian giant rat that
was ill at the time from a northern Illinois animal distributor. It is
unclear
whether other retail outlets are involved. Investigations are under way to
trace back the source of the prairie dogs and the Gambian giant rat and
determine if distributors in other states might be involved. Animal
species susceptible to monkeypox virus may include non-human
primates, lagomorphs (rabbits), and some rodents.
On the basis of preliminary findings from this investigation, it appears
that the primary route of transmission may be from infected prairie dogs
to humans as a result of close contact. However, the possibility of human-
to-human transmission cannot be excluded at this time. As a precaution
until additional information is available, the measures below should be
followed.
General Prevention
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Avoid contact with any prairie dogs or Gambian giant rats that appear to
be ill (e.g., are missing patches of fur, have a visible rash on the skin,
or
have a discharge from eyes or nose). Wash hands thoroughly after any
contact with prairie dogs, Gambian giant rats, or any ill animal.
Diagnosis
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Physicians should consider monkeypox in persons with fever, cough,
headache, myalgias, rash, or lymph node enlargement within 3 weeks
after contact with prairie dogs or Gambian giant rats. Inform the treating
physician or other clinician of the animal exposure.
Veterinarians
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Veterinarians examining sick exotic animal species, especially prairie
dogs and Gambian giant rats, should consider monkeypox. Veterinarians
should also be alert to the development of illness in other animal species
that may have been housed with ill prairie dogs or Gambian giant rats.
Treatment
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No specific treatment recommendations are being made at this time.
Smallpox vaccine has been reported to reduce the risk of monkeypox
among previously vaccinated persons in Africa. CDC is assessing the
potential role of postexposure use of smallpox vaccine as well as
therapeutic use of the antiviral drug cidofovir. [A newswire report states
that one of the victims had been vaccinated against smallpox back in
1972. - Mod.JW]
Reporting
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Health care providers, veterinarians, and public health personnel should
report cases of these illnesses in humans and animals to their state or
local health departments as soon as they are suspected.
Submission of Specimens from Patients with Suspected Monkeypox
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Procedures recommended for collection of samples for diagnosis of
potential monkeypox disease are essentially the same as those for
diagnosis of the related orthopoxvirus diseases, vaccinia and smallpox.
For information regarding collection of serum specimens and lesions,
please refer to the smallpox laboratory testing guidelines at
<www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/lab-testing>. Consultation with the
state epidemiologist
<www.cste.org/members/state_and_territorial_epi.asp> and state health
laboratory <www.aphl.org/public_health_labs/index.cfm>
is necessary for submission instructions before sending specimens to
CDC.
Additional Information
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For more information contact your state or local health department.
Additional information and recommendations will be released as they
become available. Updated information will be posted on CDC's
monkeypox Web site
<http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/monkeypox/index.htm>
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Lies, Lies and more Lies. This is a history that dates back centuries. The latest is the allegation that the monkeypox desease came from Africa; and yesterday evening news actually pinned it to the"big Gambian rats". How in the hell did a "big Gambian rat" get to Wisconsin and Illinois anyway? I know I did not bring one,nor did any other Gambian as far as I know. I had to call Channel 3 news last evening to tell them they got their news all wrong.We do not have monkeypox in the Gambia and by the way,this is the very first time I have ever heard of the word "monkeypox".
There is a never ending need, an obsession I can say to make the blackman and the world around him look bad. Thsi has been going on for centuries.Oh yea, there is an army of knuckleheads out there who feel so little, so threatened by the black male, that over the centuries they have done everything in their power to make him look less human.
In pyschological terms this translates to the exact opposite. The insecurity of being less and feeling less than the black person is alive and well and is driving the way blacks are being treated here in America and in Europe.
This latest allegation that the prairiedog got their monkeypox from a Gambian rat,is just an extention of this historical media and antropoligical campaign to smear Mighty Africa once again.
The genie is out of the box now and we know why you do what you are doing to the black man.
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<DIV>Lies, Lies and more Lies. This is a history that dates back centuries. The latest is the allegation that the monkeypox desease came from Africa; and yesterday evening news actually pinned it to the"big Gambian rats". How in the hell did a "big Gambian rat" get to Wisconsin and Illinois anyway? I know I did not bring one,nor did any other Gambian as far as I know. I had to call Channel 3 news last evening to tell them they got their news all wrong.We do not have monkeypox in the Gambia and by the way,this is the very first time I have ever heard of the word "monkeypox".</DIV>
<DIV>There is a never ending need, an obsession I can say to make the blackman and the world around him look bad. Thsi has been going on for centuries.Oh yea, there is an army of knuckleheads out there who feel so little, so threatened by the black male, that over the centuries they have done everything in their power to make him look less human.</DIV>
<DIV>In pyschological terms this translates to the exact opposite. The insecurity of being less and feeling less than the black person is alive and well and is driving the way blacks are being treated here in America and in Europe.</DIV>
<DIV>This latest allegation that the prairiedog got their monkeypox from a Gambian rat,is just an extention of this historical media and antropoligical campaign to smear Mighty Africa once again.</DIV>
<DIV>The genie is out of the box now and we know why you do what you are doing to the black man.</DIV></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 14:05:21 -0500
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Subject: IN SEARCH OF PROFITABLE CONNECTIONS
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BBC NEWS: June 9, 2003
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IN SEARCH OF PROFITABLE CONNECTIONS
By Briony Hale
BBC News Online business reporter, Accra, Ghana
Can the internet be of economic benefit to poor countries? Do we have unrealistic expectations about the power of the internet?
In the latest in a series on Africa's web ambitions, BBC News Online's Briony Hale asks whether the internet is delivering on the promise of increased prosperity
ACCRA, Ghana: Astonishingly, Ghana's capital city of Accra boasts about 500 internet cafes, roughly six times as many as London.
"They're dating, they're being entertained, they're sourcing educational materials," says Mark Davies, founder of Ghana's biggest cyber cafe, when asked how surfers are making use of his 100-terminal facility.
Later, he adds that many are desperately trying to find a way of getting themselves out of Ghana, whilst others are engaged in the notorious, fraudulent activities more usually associated with Nigeria.
And the vast majority of Ghanaians are logging on for the sole purpose of e-mail, using the internet as a much-needed alternative to the expensive and frequently dysfunctional phone system.
Such anecdotal evidence throws serious doubt on the promise that being connected to the world wide web can help alleviate poverty.
False hope?
"There are lots of assumptions that being connected to the internet will in some way create a more equitable life," says Dr Robin Mansell, new media fellow at the London School of Economics.
"But there is little proof that the people who have internet access are striding ahead of their non-connected peers."
Many experts are starting to agree that the digital divide - when defined as mere access to the internet - has been vastly overstated.
While the home and office connections enjoyed by Westerners is unparalleled, a reasonable proportion of African city-dwellers have some sort of access to the web.
The explosion in the number of internet cafes - admittedly sometimes home to just two or three terminals - in Accra is testimony to that.
But the goal of improved prosperity, greater business opportunities and increased participation in the global economy - promised by UN secretary general Kofi Annan amongst others - is still a rarity.
'Beautiful internet'
Linda Yaa Ampah, a clothes designer and entrepreneur who last year exported $40,000 worth of stock to Africans living in the US, is an exception to the norm.
She was advised to get an e-mail address after handing out international mobile phone numbers to American customers at a fashion show in Accra.
"I went to an internet cafe and I couldn't believe it when I realised I could get an address for free," she says, adding that she had little knowledge of computers and presumed e-mail accounts were very expensive.
A few years later, Linda employs an army of 50 tailors to meet her orders and attributes her success to her humble hotmail account.
Americans are wary of long distance telephone calls, she says, but perfectly happy to e-mail their orders. 70% of business is now generated through e-mail from the US.
"The internet is beautiful, easy and clear," she says, "I wouldn't have got nearly so far without it."
Empowering?
In addition to such financial success stories, there are also many intangible benefits of the internet for developing countries.
There is the empowerment that comes from being able to research any subject and the increased knowledge of the wider world, helping poor people become what development agencies call "information rich".
But this improved knowledge has also contributed to the exodus of many of Africa's most skilled workers in search of better opportunities abroad, the so-called brain drain that is frequently mentioned in debates about Africa's economic problems.
And the internet has also cemented Africa's image of corruption, the image it is trying so hard to ditch.
Broken promises
At Ghana's biggest internet cafe, BusyInternet, there are signs by every terminal prohibiting the wide array of illegal cash-seeking activities that first emanated from Nigeria.
But the cafe's owner admits that, in the early hours of the morning, the fraudsters are almost certainly to be found amongst his customers.
Dr Richard Heeks, a lecturer on Information Systems and Development at the University of Manchester, is amongst those who believe that the problem of the digital divide is over-estimated.
But he is equally adamant that, where the internet has arrived, it is being used for social rather than productive reasons, and doing absolutely nothing to alleviate poverty.
For Ghana's 500-strong internet cafe owners, there is at least a new business opportunity to exploit.
But for the vast majority of people, the internet is failing to deliver on its promise of prosperity.
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Published: 2003/06/10 11:43:25 GMT
Ghana airways seeks divine intervention
By Kwaku Sakyi-Addo
BBC, Accra
The staff of Ghana Airways have now turned to God to keep the airline in the skies after trying every management trick in the MBA curriculum.
Last week the management and staff held a three-hour prayer session where they sought celestial intervention in the desperate affairs of one of Africa's first national carriers.
They sang, prayed and cited the scriptures under the direction of a Ghanaian evangelist who flew in from London.
Ghana Airways owes more than $160m to a variety of creditors.
It is unable to keep up with payments and the government, which wholly owns it, says it cannot bail her out.
The money is wanted elsewhere.
A wing and a prayer
Ghana airways owns five aircraft, but only one is in the air.
It is a DC 10 which does the long haul flights to Europe and America.
But it has no in-flight entertainment.
The airline has a stronger presence in West Africa where a lease aircraft hops to national capitals - from Lagos to Dakar.
Yet it is notorious for not flying on time or not flying at all.
Sometimes there is no money to pay for fuel.
Still, it employs nearly 1,500 people. It has more drivers than it has vehicles and more typists than keyboards.
Every few months there is a new management and a board chairman, but none of them have managed to keep Ghana Airways from its free fall.
Now that it has run out of options, Ghana airways hopes to take off on a wing and a prayer.
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Ghana has after all the past 15 or so years not leart its lesson yet. What a disgrace? Before they start flying, they should first learn to walk. If they instead concentrated on what they have plenty of, perhaps it would have given them a different outcome.
Rather than continue to consume resources in an airline that ought to be ditched rather than make to kiss the sky, Ghana should be investing in and working towards being the CHOCKLADE capital of the world.
Chocklade eating is a multibillion dollar global industry, yet the two countries that produce 99.9% of the cocoa used in making the product,Ghana and Ivory Coast, hardly see a damn dime of cocoa money; and certainly not the poor farmers who produce the cocoa.
Ghanas other resource a reservoir of dynamic and highly educated people once a becon of light for the entire black African continent,have siply melted away; gone the way of ancient Rome and Greece.
My suggestion is for Ghana to bring the "chocklade companies" to Ghana rather than sending the cocoa to America,Europe,Asia and Australia. Make the chocklade,send it out to the world and let the world enjoy.Besides this will mean a boom industry for the hospitality industry as executives from around the world fly in to Accra to do cocoa business.
African governments do not give much regard to make makes economic sense because they are ALL consumed by all the stupid things that will make them look good here and now. Their reasoning is that what makes sense does not in the short run produce significant beneficial outcomes for their selfish political ambitions. Their minds are not wired for long-term planning because it does not fit their narrow-minded political objectives.They do not care about the people. Only their political careers matter to them.
How I hate the air of god-like importance they project to their own people, that I just want to wail an obscenity at the top of my lungs.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!
Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/2978026.stm
Published: 2003/06/10 11:43:25 GMT
Ghana airways seeks divine intervention
By Kwaku Sakyi-Addo
BBC, Accra
The staff of Ghana Airways have now turned to God to keep the airline in the skies after trying every management trick in the MBA curriculum.
Last week the management and staff held a three-hour prayer session where they sought celestial intervention in the desperate affairs of one of Africa's first national carriers.
They sang, prayed and cited the scriptures under the direction of a Ghanaian evangelist who flew in from London.
Ghana Airways owes more than $160m to a variety of creditors.
It is unable to keep up with payments and the government, which wholly owns it, says it cannot bail her out.
The money is wanted elsewhere.
A wing and a prayer
Ghana airways owns five aircraft, but only one is in the air.
It is a DC 10 which does the long haul flights to Europe and America.
But it has no in-flight entertainment.
The airline has a stronger presence in West Africa where a lease aircraft hops to national capitals - from Lagos to Dakar.
Yet it is notorious for not flying on time or not flying at all.
Sometimes there is no money to pay for fuel.
Still, it employs nearly 1,500 people. It has more drivers than it has vehicles and more typists than keyboards.
Every few months there is a new management and a board chairman, but none of them have managed to keep Ghana Airways from its free fall.
Now that it has run out of options, Ghana airways hopes to take off on a wing and a prayer.
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<DIV>Ghana has after all the past 15 or so years not leart its lesson yet. What a disgrace? Before they start flying, they should first learn to walk. If they instead concentrated on what they have plenty of, perhaps it would have given them a different outcome.</DIV>
<DIV>Rather than continue to consume resources in an airline that ought to be ditched rather than make to kiss the sky, Ghana should be investing in and working towards being the CHOCKLADE capital of the world.</DIV>
<DIV>Chocklade eating is a multibillion dollar global industry, yet the two countries that produce 99.9% of the cocoa used in making the product,Ghana and Ivory Coast, hardly see a damn dime of cocoa money; and certainly not the poor farmers who produce the cocoa.</DIV>
<DIV>Ghanas other resource a reservoir of dynamic and highly educated people once a becon of light for the entire black African continent,have siply melted away; gone the way of ancient Rome and Greece.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>My suggestion is for Ghana to bring the "chocklade companies" to Ghana rather than sending the cocoa to America,Europe,Asia and Australia. Make the chocklade,send it out to the world and let the world enjoy.Besides this will mean a boom industry for the hospitality industry as executives from around the world fly in to Accra to do cocoa business.</DIV>
<DIV>African governments do not give much regard to make makes economic sense because they are ALL consumed by all the stupid things that will make them look good here and now. Their reasoning is that what makes sense does not in the short run produce significant beneficial outcomes for their selfish political ambitions. Their minds are not wired for long-term planning because it does not fit their narrow-minded political objectives.They do not care about the people. Only their political careers matter to them.</DIV>
<DIV>How I hate the air of god-like importance they project to their own people, that I just want to wail an obscenity at the top of my lungs.</DIV>
<DIV>GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Story from BBC NEWS:<BR>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/2978026.stm<BR><BR>Published: 2003/06/10 11:43:25 GMT<BR><BR>Ghana airways seeks divine intervention<BR>By Kwaku Sakyi-Addo<BR>BBC, Accra<BR><BR>The staff of Ghana Airways have now turned to God to keep the airline in the skies after trying every management trick in the MBA curriculum.<BR><BR>Last week the management and staff held a three-hour prayer session where they sought celestial intervention in the desperate affairs of one of Africa's first national carriers.<BR><BR>They sang, prayed and cited the scriptures under the direction of a Ghanaian evangelist who flew in from London.<BR><BR>Ghana Airways owes more than $160m to a variety of creditors.<BR><BR>It is unable to keep up with payments and the government, which wholly owns it, says it cannot bail her out.<BR><BR>The money is wanted elsewhere.<BR><BR>A wing and a
prayer<BR><BR>Ghana airways owns five aircraft, but only one is in the air.<BR><BR>It is a DC 10 which does the long haul flights to Europe and America.<BR><BR>But it has no in-flight entertainment.<BR><BR>The airline has a stronger presence in West Africa where a lease aircraft hops to national capitals - from Lagos to Dakar.<BR><BR>Yet it is notorious for not flying on time or not flying at all.<BR><BR>Sometimes there is no money to pay for fuel.<BR><BR>Still, it employs nearly 1,500 people. It has more drivers than it has vehicles and more typists than keyboards.<BR><BR>Every few months there is a new management and a board chairman, but none of them have managed to keep Ghana Airways from its free fall.<BR><BR>Now that it has run out of options, Ghana airways hopes to take off on a wing and a prayer.<BR><BR>© BBC MMIII<BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings,
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Ghana airways seeks divine intervention
By Kwaku Sakyi-Addo
BBC, Accra
The staff of Ghana Airways have now turned to God to keep the
airline in the skies after trying every management trick in the
MBA curriculum.
Ghana has run out of options and the sky may no longer be the
limit
Last week the management and staff held a three-hour prayer
session where they sought celestial intervention in the desperate
affairs of one of Africa's first national carriers.
They sang, prayed and cited the scriptures under the direction of
a Ghanaian evangelist who flew in from London.
Ghana Airways owes more than $160m to a variety of creditors.
It is unable to keep up with payments and the government, which
wholly owns it, says it cannot bail her out.
The money is wanted elsewhere.
A wing and a prayer
Ghana airways owns five aircraft, but only one is in the air.
It is a DC 10 which does the long haul flights to Europe and
America.
But it has no in-flight entertainment.
The airline has a stronger presence in West Africa where a lease
aircraft hops to national capitals - from Lagos to Dakar.
Yet it is notorious for not flying on time or not flying at all.
Sometimes there is no money to pay for fuel.
Still, it employs nearly 1,500 people. It has more drivers than it
has vehicles and more typists than keyboards.
Every few months there is a new management and a board chairman,
but none of them have managed to keep Ghana Airways from its free
fall.
Now that it has run out of options, Ghana airways hopes to take
off on a wing and a prayer.
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Joe,
Tell me, why so many viruses now? We now have - West Nile, SARS,
Chickenpox, monkeypox, cowpox, smallpox, bigpox etc. What are we doing
differently? You all in virology better start doing something before all
the animals get their poxes.
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Subject: Multistate outbreak of monkeypox in persons exposed to pet
prairie dogs
FYI
Multistate outbreak of monkeypox in persons exposed to pet prairie dogs
- ---------------------------------------------------------
An extensive multidisciplinary investigation in Wisconsin, Illinois, and
Indiana has identified cases of febrile rash illness in persons who had
direct or close contact with recently purchased ill prairie dogs.
Scientists
at the Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, Wisconsin, recovered viral
isolates from a patient and a prairie dog and demonstrated a virus
morphologically consistent with a poxvirus by electron microscopy (see
<http://research.marshfieldclinic.org/crc/prairiedog.asp>
for electron microscopy images).
Preliminary results of serologic testing, polymerase-chain-reaction
[PCR] analysis, and gene sequencing performed at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on 6-7 Jun 2003 indicated that
the causative agent is monkeypox virus, a member of the orthopoxvirus
group of viruses. Results of additional evaluation at CDC by electron
microscopy and immunohistochemical studies are consistent with the
finding of an orthopoxvirus. These findings represent the first evidence
of community-acquired monkeypox-like infection in the United States.
Further characterization of the virus is in progress.
Human monkeypox is a rare zoonotic viral disease that occurs primarily
in the rain forest countries of central and west Africa. In humans, the
illness produces a vesicular and pustular rash similar to that of
smallpox.
Limited person-to-person spread of infection has been reported in
disease-endemic areas in Africa; the incubation period is about 12 days.
Case-fatality ratios in Africa have ranged from 1% to 10% -- for
additional information about monkeypox, see
<www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no3/hutin.htm>
As of Sat 7Jun 2003, cases of suspected monkeypox had been reported
among residents of Wisconsin (17), northern Illinois (1), and
northwestern Indiana (1). Onset of illness among patients began in early
May [2003]. Patients typically experienced a prodrome consisting of
fever, headaches, myalgias, chills, and drenching sweats. Roughly one-
third of patients had nonproductive cough. This prodromal phase was
followed 1-10 days later by the development of a papular rash that
typically progressed through stages of vesiculation, pustulation,
umbilication, and crusting. In some patients, early lesions have become
ulcerated. Rash distribution and lesions have occurred on head, trunk,
and
extremities; many of the patients had initial and satellite lesions on
palms
and soles and extremities. Rashes were generalized in some patients.
After onset of the rash, patients have generally manifested rash lesions
in
different stages.
All patients reported direct or close contact with prairie dogs, most of
which were sick. Illness in prairie dogs was frequently reported as
beginning with a blepharoconjunctivitis, progressing to presence of
nodular lesions in some cases. Some prairie dogs have died
from the illness, while others reportedly recovered.
In May [2003] the prairie dogs were sold by a Milwaukee animal
distributor to 2 pet shops in the Milwaukee area and during a pet "swap
meet" (pets for sale or exchange) in northern Wisconsin. The Milwaukee
animal distributor had obtained prairie dogs and a Gambian giant rat
that
was ill at the time from a northern Illinois animal distributor. It is
unclear
whether other retail outlets are involved. Investigations are under way
to
trace back the source of the prairie dogs and the Gambian giant rat and
determine if distributors in other states might be involved. Animal
species susceptible to monkeypox virus may include non-human
primates, lagomorphs (rabbits), and some rodents.
On the basis of preliminary findings from this investigation, it appears
that the primary route of transmission may be from infected prairie dogs
to humans as a result of close contact. However, the possibility of
human-
to-human transmission cannot be excluded at this time. As a precaution
until additional information is available, the measures below should be
followed.
General Prevention
- ------------------
Avoid contact with any prairie dogs or Gambian giant rats that appear to
be ill (e.g., are missing patches of fur, have a visible rash on the
skin,
or
have a discharge from eyes or nose). Wash hands thoroughly after any
contact with prairie dogs, Gambian giant rats, or any ill animal.
Diagnosis
- -----------
Physicians should consider monkeypox in persons with fever, cough,
headache, myalgias, rash, or lymph node enlargement within 3 weeks
after contact with prairie dogs or Gambian giant rats. Inform the
treating
physician or other clinician of the animal exposure.
Veterinarians
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Veterinarians examining sick exotic animal species, especially prairie
dogs and Gambian giant rats, should consider monkeypox. Veterinarians
should also be alert to the development of illness in other animal
species
that may have been housed with ill prairie dogs or Gambian giant rats.
Treatment
- --------
No specific treatment recommendations are being made at this time.
Smallpox vaccine has been reported to reduce the risk of monkeypox
among previously vaccinated persons in Africa. CDC is assessing the
potential role of postexposure use of smallpox vaccine as well as
therapeutic use of the antiviral drug cidofovir. [A newswire report
states
that one of the victims had been vaccinated against smallpox back in
1972. - Mod.JW]
Reporting
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Health care providers, veterinarians, and public health personnel should
report cases of these illnesses in humans and animals to their state or
local health departments as soon as they are suspected.
Submission of Specimens from Patients with Suspected Monkeypox
- --------------------------------------------------------------
Procedures recommended for collection of samples for diagnosis of
potential monkeypox disease are essentially the same as those for
diagnosis of the related orthopoxvirus diseases, vaccinia and smallpox.
For information regarding collection of serum specimens and lesions,
please refer to the smallpox laboratory testing guidelines at
<www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/lab-testing>. Consultation with the
state epidemiologist
<www.cste.org/members/state_and_territorial_epi.asp> and state health
laboratory <www.aphl.org/public_health_labs/index.cfm>
is necessary for submission instructions before sending specimens to
CDC.
Additional Information
- ----------------------
For more information contact your state or local health department.
Additional information and recommendations will be released as they
become available. Updated information will be posted on CDC's
monkeypox Web site
<http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/monkeypox/index.htm>
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By ED JOHNSON=20
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June 10, 2003, 4:19 PM EDT=20
LONDON -- A court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man hanged
for murder 53 years ago after a statement from another man admitting to
the crime was discovered in police files.=20
Judge Bernard Rix decried "a miscarriage of justice which must be deeply
regretted" in overturning the conviction of George Kelly.=20
Kelly was executed on March 28, 1950, after being convicted in the
shooting death of a Liverpool movie theater manager, Leonard Thomas, 44,
during a burglary in March 1949.=20
The Court of Appeal overturned the conviction, citing evidence unearthed
in police files in 1991 that was not presented in the original trial.
The document, a 1949 statement to Liverpool police, identified another
man as admitting to the murder.=20
After the evidence was found, the case was referred to the appeals court
by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, an independent body which
considers possible miscarriages of justice.=20
Tuesday's ruling also overturned the conviction of Charles Connolly, who
had pleaded innocent to murdering Thomas but guilty to robbery.
Connolly, who was jailed for 10 years, died in 1997.=20
"We regard the circumstances of Kelly and Connolly's trials as a
miscarriage of justice which must be deeply regretted," Rix said
Tuesday.=20
He said the case against Kelly, who was 27 at the time of his arrest,
was entirely circumstantial and lacked any forensic support.=20
"If Kelly can't safely be regarded as a murderer, Connolly can't safely
be regarded as his accomplice," he added.=20
Orlando Pownall, an attorney representing the Crown Prosecution Service,
declined to speculate why police failed to disclose the 1949 statement
and said nearly everyone involved in the trial had died or could not be
traced.=20
"It is not proposed by the Crown to dwell on any conspiracy theories ...
Whether it was deliberate or not, it is clear that many, many
individuals were aware of the existence of that document. That document
survived," he said.=20
"George Kelly's brothers made efforts on his behalf from the time of the
conviction in 1950, and there was nothing that could be done," said
Robin Makin, an attorney representing the Kelly family. "There is
tremendous concern about the way in which matters were handled at that
time."=20
The last two hangings in Britain took place in 1964. Parliament passed a
moratorium on the death penalty in 1965, and finally abolished it in
1969. Treason remained, in theory, a capital offense until 1998.=20
Copyright =A9 2003, The Associated Press=20
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 18:40:51 -0500
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What good does it do him now?
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Court Overturns Hanged Man's Conviction=20
By ED JOHNSON=20
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June 10, 2003, 4:19 PM EDT=20
LONDON -- A court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man hanged
for murder 53 years ago after a statement from another man admitting to
the crime was discovered in police files.=20
Judge Bernard Rix decried "a miscarriage of justice which must be deeply
regretted" in overturning the conviction of George Kelly.=20
Kelly was executed on March 28, 1950, after being convicted in the
shooting death of a Liverpool movie theater manager, Leonard Thomas, 44,
during a burglary in March 1949.=20
The Court of Appeal overturned the conviction, citing evidence unearthed
in police files in 1991 that was not presented in the original trial.
The document, a 1949 statement to Liverpool police, identified another
man as admitting to the murder.=20
After the evidence was found, the case was referred to the appeals court
by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, an independent body which
considers possible miscarriages of justice.=20
Tuesday's ruling also overturned the conviction of Charles Connolly, who
had pleaded innocent to murdering Thomas but guilty to robbery.
Connolly, who was jailed for 10 years, died in 1997.=20
"We regard the circumstances of Kelly and Connolly's trials as a
miscarriage of justice which must be deeply regretted," Rix said
Tuesday.=20
He said the case against Kelly, who was 27 at the time of his arrest,
was entirely circumstantial and lacked any forensic support.=20
"If Kelly can't safely be regarded as a murderer, Connolly can't safely
be regarded as his accomplice," he added.=20
Orlando Pownall, an attorney representing the Crown Prosecution Service,
declined to speculate why police failed to disclose the 1949 statement
and said nearly everyone involved in the trial had died or could not be
traced.=20
"It is not proposed by the Crown to dwell on any conspiracy theories ...
Whether it was deliberate or not, it is clear that many, many
individuals were aware of the existence of that document. That document
survived," he said.=20
"George Kelly's brothers made efforts on his behalf from the time of the
conviction in 1950, and there was nothing that could be done," said
Robin Makin, an attorney representing the Kelly family. "There is
tremendous concern about the way in which matters were handled at that
time."=20
The last two hangings in Britain took place in 1964. Parliament passed a
moratorium on the death penalty in 1965, and finally abolished it in
1969. Treason remained, in theory, a capital offense until 1998.=20
Copyright =A9 2003, The Associated Press=20
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:51:15 -0500
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14th Annual Juneteenth Festival
A program of the Nehemiah Development Corporation
Juneteenth is a day for African Americans to celebrate the common
heritage and culture of black people and share this rich treasure
with the whole community.
Theme: Our Testimonies: African American Oral Tradition
SATURDAY, June 14, 2003
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
PENN PARK on the south side of Madison
(at the intersection of Fisher & Dane Streets...East on Buick Street
off South Park)
The celebration begins with a youth parade at 10 a.m. that will leave
from Fountain of Life Church, 633 W. Badger Rd., and end at Penn Park.
Heritage exhibitions * Food booths *
Vendors * Church tent *
Main stage entertainment * Children's tent *
Toddler's tent * Teen tent
** MEET US AT THE PARK **
HERITAGE SCHEDULE (What's Happening Under the Heritage Tent)
10 am - NOON "I'll Make Me a World" video series
NOON - 1:30 p.m. Juneteenth Opening on the main stage
CELEBRATE AFRICAN PEOPLE (1:35 - 2:35)
1:35 - 1:40 African National Anthem (Led by Dean Makuluni,
African Languages and Literature)
1:40 - 2:00 African Storytelling (Koso Weller & Dean Makuluni)
2:00 - 2:15 African Drumming (Djam Vivie & Friends)
2:15 - 2:35 Taste of Africa (Ginger Beer, Beignet, Kacklo, Acara,
Oleh Oleh, Samosa, Mandazi, & Rice Acara)
DJ Lasisi & African Music
Sponsored by the African Women's Association
CELEBRATE CARRIBEAN PEOPLE (2:40 - 3:40)
2:40 - 2:45 Variety of Caribbean National Anthems
2:50 - 3:10 Caribbean Folk Tales
3:10 - 3:20 Jessica Gaspar & drummers
3:20 - 3:40 Taste of the Caribbean (Caribbean Punch, Rice & Peas
with Jerk Chicken and Plantain)
DJ Lasisi & Caribbean Music
Sponsored by the Caribbean Association of Madison
CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICANS (3:45 - 5:00)
3:45 - 3:50 Black National Anthem
3:50 - 4:10 Elder Speak with Mr. James Braxton and Mrs. Bennie White
4:10 - 4:20 Nina Simone video
4:20 - 4:40 Tribute to the late Nina Simone (Roxanne & Michelean Johnson)
4:40 - 5:00 Taste of Soul Food
DJ Lasisi & Nina Simone songs
JUNETEENTH DESSERTS BAKE-OFF
5:00 - 6:00 Four categories: Pies, Cakes, Puddings, & Other
6:00 p.m. Heritage closes
Welcome to the African Bazaar with hair-braiding, henna,
face-painting, wood carving, African and African American clothing,
batiks, and doll house demonstration. Bake Off has $50.00 first place
prize and $25.00 second prize. Heritage Coordinator is Fabu Mogaka.
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<div>14th Annual Juneteenth Festival</div>
<div>A program of the Nehemiah Development Corporation</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Juneteenth is a day for African Americans to celebrate the common
heritage and culture of black people and share this rich treasure with
the whole community.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Theme: Our Testimonies: African American Oral Tradition</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>SATURDAY, June 14, 2003</div>
<div>10 a.m. - 6 p.m.</div>
<div>PENN PARK on the south side of Madison</div>
<div>(at the intersection of Fisher & Dane Streets...East on Buick
Street off South Park)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The celebration begins with a youth parade at 10 a.m. that will
leave from Fountain of Life Church, 633 W. Badger Rd., and end at Penn
Park.</div>
<div><br></div>
<blockquote>Heritage exhibitions * Food booths *</blockquote>
<blockquote>Vendors * Church tent *</blockquote>
<blockquote>Main stage entertainment * Children's tent *</blockquote>
<blockquote>Toddler's tent * Teen tent</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<div>** MEET US AT THE PARK **</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>HERITAGE SCHEDULE (What's Happening Under the Heritage
Tent)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>10 am - NOON<x-tab> </x-tab>"I'll Make Me
a World" video series</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>NOON - 1:30 p.m.<x-tab>
</x-tab>Juneteenth Opening on the main stage</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>CELEBRATE AFRICAN PEOPLE (1:35 - 2:35)</div>
<div>1:35 - 1:40<x-tab> </x-tab>African
National Anthem (Led by Dean Makuluni, African Languages and
Literature)</div>
<div>1:40 - 2:00<x-tab> </x-tab>African
Storytelling (Koso Weller & Dean Makuluni)</div>
<div>2:00 - 2:15<x-tab> </x-tab>African
Drumming (Djam Vivie & Friends)</div>
<div>2:15 - 2:35<x-tab> </x-tab>Taste of
Africa (Ginger Beer, Beignet, Kacklo, Acara, Oleh Oleh, Samosa,
Mandazi, & Rice Acara)</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>DJ
Lasisi & African Music</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Sponsored by the African Women's Association</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>CELEBRATE CARRIBEAN PEOPLE (2:40 - 3:40)</div>
<div>2:40 - 2:45<x-tab> </x-tab>Variety of
Caribbean National Anthems</div>
<div>2:50 - 3:10<x-tab> </x-tab>Caribbean Folk
Tales</div>
<div>3:10 - 3:20<x-tab> </x-tab>Jessica Gaspar
& drummers</div>
<div>3:20 - 3:40<x-tab> </x-tab>Taste of the
Caribbean (Caribbean Punch, Rice & Peas with Jerk Chicken and
Plantain)</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>DJ
Lasisi & Caribbean Music</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Sponsored by the Caribbean Association of Madison</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICANS (3:45 - 5:00)</div>
<div>3:45 - 3:50<x-tab> </x-tab>Black National
Anthem</div>
<div>3:50 - 4:10<x-tab> </x-tab>Elder Speak
with Mr. James Braxton and Mrs. Bennie White</div>
<div>4:10 - 4:20<x-tab> </x-tab>Nina Simone
video</div>
<div>4:20 - 4:40<x-tab> </x-tab>Tribute to the
late Nina Simone (Roxanne & Michelean Johnson)</div>
<div>4:40 - 5:00<x-tab> </x-tab>Taste of Soul
Food</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>DJ
Lasisi & Nina Simone songs</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>JUNETEENTH DESSERTS BAKE-OFF</div>
<div>5:00 - 6:00<x-tab> </x-tab>Four
categories: Pies, Cakes, Puddings, & Other</div>
<div>6:00 p.m.<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Heritage closes</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Welcome to the African Bazaar with hair-braiding, henna,
face-painting, wood carving, African and African American clothing,
batiks, and doll house demonstration. Bake Off has $50.00 first place
prize and $25.00 second prize. Heritage Coordinator is Fabu
Mogaka.</div>
<div><br></div>
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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 02:47:01 -0400
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Hello Everyone,
I am proud to introduce Mr. Kofi and Mrs. Sandi Bekoe. Mr. Kofi Bekoe arrived in Madison from Ghana last April to joined his wife Sandi in Madison.
The couple would like to be part of the African community here. Let's welcome them wholeheartedly!
Contact information: 5726 Russett Rd.Madison, WI 53711
Phone: 608-278-8472
email: [log in to unmask]
Thank you,
Alex Redd
We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do right.
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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:27:27 +0000
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From: kervin Soko <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Coup Attempt Foiled in Liberia
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Joe,
There was no planned coup in Liberia. You don't know Taylor is filled with
fake statements to take attention away from the real issue(indictment). The
real action should have taken place right in Ghana by U.N. arresting him.
Ghana, every one will agree did the right thing to let him go back to the
Liberia wher he created his mess and be arrested there. Arresting him in
Ghana for us would stop the ongoing blood shed we are witnessing now.
Foday Sankor of Sierra Leone was delt with in similar manner but it was by
the Sierra Leoneans themselves in Free Town. Samuel K. Doe of Liberia nearly
escaped Monrovia through the C.I.A. and the Ghanian arrangement at the port
of Monrovia but an insider of the port made a call to rebel leader, Prince
Johnson of the Independent National Patriot Front of Liberia on his base in
Cardwell to come and arrest Doe. That day, Sept. 9, 1990, Samule Doe was
arrested and subsequently executed. See the video tape in title "Liberia,
America's Step Child". Come to my house and you will see it. For Foday
Sankor in Sierra Leone, watch the video tape in title "Cry Free Town". Joe,
these and many more reasons are why we are saying Taylor should leave!!!
Thank you Dr. Ben Weller, we read your article and we are on the same page
with Sierra Leone cause for lasting peace. Foday Sankor is gone and his main
man, Charles Taylor has to follow!!!!!!
Long live the people of Sierra Leone! Lone live the people of Liberia and
long live the Mano River Union!!!
Sincerely,
Kervin Soko
>From: Joe Brewoo <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)"
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Coup Attempt Foiled in Liberia
>Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 11:51:02 -0500
>
>Please, let us be objective in our analysis on International Issues. I am
>still waiting for a quote from the International Law Commission of UN which
>mandates any country to effect the arrest of the Sitting President of
>another Sovereign Nation. Emotions and personal sentiments do not help in
>solving any problem.
>
>The fact that Sadam Hussein was ousted by the so called coalition forces on
>the pretext of searching for WMD does not justify the credibility of their
>action. Tell me whether there was any UN sanction for Iraq's invasion and
>occupation by those who deemed it fit to pursue a regime change in Iraq. If
>the so called powerful nations of the world will not respect the UN which
>was established by them but will continuosly prefer to undermine its
>integrity, then that is unfortunate.
>
>How did Slobona Milosovic end up the at the ICJ. He was arrested by his own
>people when he was kicked out of office by his own people. That is
>International law. You do not instigate another country to arrest another
>country's president. That is tantamount to declaration of war by the
>country
>effecting the arrest.
>
>Efforts are being made to pursue peace in the West African community by its
>leaders, please, let us give peace a chance.
>
>Thanks and have a good day.
>
>Joe
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>www.ghanaweb.com: General News of Thursday, 05 June 2003
>
>Coup Attempt Foiled
>
>MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia's President Charles Taylor said on Thursday a
>coup attempt sponsored by foreign powers had been foiled, just after the
>former warlord had been indicted for war crimes while attending peace talks
>in Ghana.
>
>"While the conference was going on in Accra certain actions were being
>perpetrated in Liberia...the attempt was foiled because the general of the
>army refused," Taylor told state radio after returning to Liberia's capital
>Monrovia.
>
>"Contacts were made by certain embassies near the capital to senior Armed
>Forces of Liberia personnel but they did not accept their proposition,"
>Taylor said. "As in every organization, there are weaklings. Some succumbed
>to that process."
>
>Taylor is a former rebel who started a brutal civil war in Liberia, which
>cost 200,000 lives in the 1990s, to end years of dictatorship. He won
>elections in 1997 but his former enemies launched a revolt in 2000.
>
>The Ghana talks are aimed at pushing Taylor and the rebel Liberians United
>for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) and Movement for Democracy in
>Liberia (Model) to strike a truce, paving the way for a government of
>transition.
>
>But it was Taylor's links with rebels in Sierra Leone's civil war in the
>1990s that caught up with him on Wednesday. A U.N.-backed court indicted
>him
>for alleged war crimes during the war, in which he supplied weapons in
>return for diamonds.
>
>VICE-PRESIDENT DETAINED
>
>After the indictment was served, there were rumors in Monrovia that Taylor
>had been arrested and panic gripped the capital. Civilians raced to their
>homes, shops and banks closed and soldiers spilled onto the streets.
>
>Military sources in Monrovia said that the U.S. embassy had contacted
>vice-president Moses Blah and told him to take over, because Taylor would
>not be returning from Ghana. Blah has since resigned and is being held by
>the Liberian authorities.
>
>The U.S. embassy was not immediately available for comment.
>
>"(Blah) will be explaining in the next few days to the nation and the world
>what perpetrated this action on his part," said Taylor, adding that 30
>senior government officials had been involved in the failed coup attempt.
>
>Liberia has had close ties to the United States ever since the nation was
>founded in 1847 by freed American slaves. Taylor did not accuse any foreign
>embassies by name and referred to the United States as Liberia's "best
>ally"
>on Thursday.
>
>Soon after rumors of his arrest circulated in Monrovia, Taylor went on
>national radio from Accra on Wednesday to say he was free and would return.
>
>The head of an elite security force also spoke on state radio, calling on
>soldiers to remain in their barracks and for civilians to stay at home.
>
>Taylor said on Thursday that Liberia's cabinet would be asked to resign at
>the end of next week to pave the way for a government of national unity,
>once the peace talks had ended.
>
>
>
>
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>
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Subject: Re: ** Meet Us At the Park for Juneteenth this Saturday **
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- Wilmot
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Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:51 PM
Subject: ** Meet Us At the Park for Juneteenth this Saturday **
14th Annual Juneteenth Festival
A program of the Nehemiah Development Corporation
Juneteenth is a day for African Americans to celebrate the common =
heritage and culture of black people and share this rich treasure with =
the whole community.
Theme: Our Testimonies: African American Oral Tradition
SATURDAY, June 14, 2003
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
PENN PARK on the south side of Madison
(at the intersection of Fisher & Dane Streets...East on Buick Street =
off South Park)
The celebration begins with a youth parade at 10 a.m. that will leave =
from Fountain of Life Church, 633 W. Badger Rd., and end at Penn Park.
Heritage exhibitions * Food booths *
Vendors * Church tent *
Main stage entertainment * Children's tent *
Toddler's tent * Teen tent
** MEET US AT THE PARK **
HERITAGE SCHEDULE (What's Happening Under the Heritage Tent)
10 am - NOON "I'll Make Me a World" video series
NOON - 1:30 p.m. Juneteenth Opening on the main stage
CELEBRATE AFRICAN PEOPLE (1:35 - 2:35)
1:35 - 1:40 African National Anthem (Led by Dean Makuluni, African =
Languages and Literature)
1:40 - 2:00 African Storytelling (Koso Weller & Dean Makuluni)
2:00 - 2:15 African Drumming (Djam Vivie & Friends)
2:15 - 2:35 Taste of Africa (Ginger Beer, Beignet, Kacklo, Acara, =
Oleh Oleh, Samosa, Mandazi, & Rice Acara)
DJ Lasisi & African Music
Sponsored by the African Women's Association
CELEBRATE CARRIBEAN PEOPLE (2:40 - 3:40)
2:40 - 2:45 Variety of Caribbean National Anthems
2:50 - 3:10 Caribbean Folk Tales
3:10 - 3:20 Jessica Gaspar & drummers
3:20 - 3:40 Taste of the Caribbean (Caribbean Punch, Rice & Peas =
with Jerk Chicken and Plantain)
DJ Lasisi & Caribbean Music
Sponsored by the Caribbean Association of Madison
CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICANS (3:45 - 5:00)
3:45 - 3:50 Black National Anthem
3:50 - 4:10 Elder Speak with Mr. James Braxton and Mrs. Bennie =
White
4:10 - 4:20 Nina Simone video
4:20 - 4:40 Tribute to the late Nina Simone (Roxanne & Michelean =
Johnson)
4:40 - 5:00 Taste of Soul Food
DJ Lasisi & Nina Simone songs
JUNETEENTH DESSERTS BAKE-OFF
5:00 - 6:00 Four categories: Pies, Cakes, Puddings, & Other
6:00 p.m. Heritage closes
Welcome to the African Bazaar with hair-braiding, henna, =
face-painting, wood carving, African and African American clothing, =
batiks, and doll house demonstration. Bake Off has $50.00 first place =
prize and $25.00 second prize. Heritage Coordinator is Fabu Mogaka.
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<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>14th Annual Juneteenth Festival</DIV>
<DIV>A program of the Nehemiah Development Corporation</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Juneteenth is a day for African Americans to celebrate the common =
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whole community.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Theme: Our Testimonies: African American Oral Tradition</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>SATURDAY, June 14, 2003</DIV>
<DIV>10 a.m. - 6 p.m.</DIV>
<DIV>PENN PARK on the south side of Madison</DIV>
<DIV>(at the intersection of Fisher & Dane Streets...East on Buick =
Street=20
off South Park)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>The celebration begins with a youth parade at 10 a.m. that will =
leave=20
from Fountain of Life Church, 633 W. Badger Rd., and end at Penn =
Park.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Heritage exhibitions * Food booths *</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Vendors * Church tent *</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Main stage entertainment * Children's tent *</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Toddler's tent * Teen tent</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>** MEET US AT THE PARK **</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>HERITAGE SCHEDULE (What's Happening Under the Heritage =
Tent)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>10 am - NOON<X-TAB> </X-TAB>"I'll Make Me a =
World"=20
video series</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>NOON - 1:30 p.m.<X-TAB> =
</X-TAB>Juneteenth Opening on the main stage</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>CELEBRATE AFRICAN PEOPLE (1:35 - 2:35)</DIV>
<DIV>1:35 - 1:40<X-TAB> </X-TAB>African =
National=20
Anthem (Led by Dean Makuluni, African Languages and Literature)</DIV>
<DIV>1:40 - 2:00<X-TAB> </X-TAB>African =
Storytelling=20
(Koso Weller & Dean Makuluni)</DIV>
<DIV>2:00 - 2:15<X-TAB> </X-TAB>African =
Drumming (Djam=20
Vivie & Friends)</DIV>
<DIV>2:15 - 2:35<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Taste of =
Africa=20
(Ginger Beer, Beignet, Kacklo, Acara, Oleh Oleh, Samosa, Mandazi, =
& Rice=20
Acara)</DIV>
<DIV><X-TAB> =20
</X-TAB><X-TAB> </X-TAB>DJ =
Lasisi=20
& African Music</DIV>
<DIV><X-TAB> =20
</X-TAB><X-TAB> =
</X-TAB>Sponsored by=20
the African Women's Association</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>CELEBRATE CARRIBEAN PEOPLE (2:40 - 3:40)</DIV>
<DIV>2:40 - 2:45<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Variety of =
Caribbean=20
National Anthems</DIV>
<DIV>2:50 - 3:10<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Caribbean Folk =
Tales</DIV>
<DIV>3:10 - 3:20<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Jessica Gaspar =
&=20
drummers</DIV>
<DIV>3:20 - 3:40<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Taste of the =
Caribbean=20
(Caribbean Punch, Rice & Peas with Jerk Chicken and =
Plantain)</DIV>
<DIV><X-TAB> =20
</X-TAB><X-TAB> </X-TAB>DJ =
Lasisi=20
& Caribbean Music</DIV>
<DIV><X-TAB> =20
</X-TAB><X-TAB> =
</X-TAB>Sponsored by=20
the Caribbean Association of Madison</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICANS (3:45 - 5:00)</DIV>
<DIV>3:45 - 3:50<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Black National =
Anthem</DIV>
<DIV>3:50 - 4:10<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Elder Speak =
with Mr.=20
James Braxton and Mrs. Bennie White</DIV>
<DIV>4:10 - 4:20<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Nina Simone=20
video</DIV>
<DIV>4:20 - 4:40<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Tribute to the =
late=20
Nina Simone (Roxanne & Michelean Johnson)</DIV>
<DIV>4:40 - 5:00<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Taste of Soul=20
Food</DIV>
<DIV><X-TAB> =20
</X-TAB><X-TAB> </X-TAB>DJ =
Lasisi=20
& Nina Simone songs</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>JUNETEENTH DESSERTS BAKE-OFF</DIV>
<DIV>5:00 - 6:00<X-TAB> </X-TAB>Four =
categories: Pies,=20
Cakes, Puddings, & Other</DIV>
<DIV>6:00 p.m.<X-TAB> =20
</X-TAB><X-TAB> =
</X-TAB>Heritage=20
closes</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Welcome to the African Bazaar with hair-braiding, henna, =
face-painting,=20
wood carving, African and African American clothing, batiks, and doll =
house=20
demonstration. Bake Off has $50.00 first place prize and $25.00 second =
prize.=20
Heritage Coordinator is Fabu Mogaka.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>--
</PRE></X-SIGSEP>
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>< =3D=3D >< =3D=3D >< =
=3D=3D =20
>< =3D=3D >< =3D=3D ><BR>Anita =
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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:53:58 -0500
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Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: TOO BAD
MATHEW
GHANA AND OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES MUST
LEARN HOW TO FLY ( EFFECTIVELY & EFFICIENTLY) .
ONE OF THE BELIEVES OF DOW THEORISTS IS THAT
TRANSPORTATION IS BACKBONE OF ANY ECONOMY.
SIMPLY PUT -----WE HAVE TO GET COCOA AND OTHER
RAW MATERIALS TO THE MARKET,WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BUY AND TRANSPORT LATEST
TOOLS
TO THE FARM etc----etc
TOO BAD THAT THE MANAGEMENT CALLING FOR
PRAYERS FORGET THAT " HEAVENS HELP THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVE". THE YORUBAS
WILL SAY
"MAKOJA MI OLUGBALA----------"
THANKS
LASISI
I
----- Original Message -----
From: mathew jallow
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: WHAT A BIG SHAME ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Ghana has after all the past 15 or so years not leart its lesson yet. What
a disgrace? Before they start flying, they should first learn to walk. If
they instead concentrated on what they have plenty of, perhaps it would have
given them a different outcome.
Rather than continue to consume resources in an airline that ought to be
ditched rather than make to kiss the sky, Ghana should be investing in and
working towards being the CHOCKLADE capital of the world.
Chocklade eating is a multibillion dollar global industry, yet the two
countries that produce 99.9% of the cocoa used in making the product,Ghana
and Ivory Coast, hardly see a damn dime of cocoa money; and certainly not
the poor farmers who produce the cocoa.
Ghanas other resource a reservoir of dynamic and highly educated people
once a becon of light for the entire black African continent,have siply
melted away; gone the way of ancient Rome and Greece.
My suggestion is for Ghana to bring the "chocklade companies" to Ghana
rather than sending the cocoa to America,Europe,Asia and Australia. Make the
chocklade,send it out to the world and let the world enjoy.Besides this will
mean a boom industry for the hospitality industry as executives from around
the world fly in to Accra to do cocoa business.
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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:55:55 -0500
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"Heaven helps those who helps themselves" is unscriptural and wrong. The
Bible says, "I lift mine eyes to the hills, from whence comes my
help." "Trust in the Lord and lean not to your own understanding."
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"Heaven helps those who helps themselves" is unscriptural and
wrong. The Bible says, "I lift mine eyes to the hills, from
whence comes my help." "Trust in the Lord and lean
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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:07:35 -0600
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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From: Mariama Ross <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: WHAT A BIG SHAME ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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On 6/10/03 2:37 PM, "Aggo Akyea" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Story from BBC NEWS:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/2978026.stm
>=20
> Published: 2003/06/10 11:43:25 GMT
>=20
> Ghana airways seeks divine intervention
> By Kwaku Sakyi-Addo
> BBC, Accra
>=20
> The staff of Ghana Airways have now turned to God to keep the airline in =
the
> skies after trying every management trick in the MBA curriculum.
>=20
> Last week the management and staff held a three-hour prayer session where=
they
> sought celestial intervention in the desperate affairs of one of Africa's
> first national carriers.
>=20
> They sang, prayed and cited the scriptures under the direction of a Ghana=
ian
> evangelist who flew in from London.
>=20
> Ghana Airways owes more than $160m to a variety of creditors.
>=20
> It is unable to keep up with payments and the government, which wholly ow=
ns
> it, says it cannot bail her out.
>=20
> The money is wanted elsewhere.
>=20
> A wing and a prayer
>=20
> Ghana airways owns five aircraft, but only one is in the air.
>=20
> It is a DC 10 which does the long haul flights to Europe and America.
>=20
> But it has no in-flight entertainment.
>=20
> The airline has a stronger presence in West Africa where a lease aircraft=
hops
> to national capitals - from Lagos to Dakar.
>=20
> Yet it is notorious for not flying on time or not flying at all.
>=20
> Sometimes there is no money to pay for fuel.
>=20
> Still, it employs nearly 1,500 people. It has more drivers than it has
> vehicles and more typists than keyboards.
>=20
> Every few months there is a new management and a board chairman, but none=
of
> them have managed to keep Ghana Airways from its free fall.
>=20
> Now that it has run out of options, Ghana airways hopes to take off on a =
wing
> and a prayer.
>=20
> =A9 BBC MMIII
>=20
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This is not good news, although I can't say I'm surprised. The bigger issue
for me is that I have plans to fly from Dakar to Accra in late July and as
far as I know, Ghana Airways is the only way to do it. Does anyone know of
another airline connecting those two cities?
Mariama Ross
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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:09:51 -0500
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Subject: Re: Fw: TOO BAD
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DON'T GO TO WORK,STAY AT HOME,MANNA (FOOD)
WILL FALL FROM HEAVEN.
THANKS
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To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: TOO BAD
"Heaven helps those who helps themselves" is unscriptural and wrong. =
The Bible says, "I lift mine eyes to the hills, from whence comes my =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>WILL FALL FROM HEAVEN.</FONT></DIV>
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<A href=3D"mailto:[log in to unmask]" [log in to unmask]>Vera =
Crowell</A>=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:29:21 -0600
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From: Richard Yarl <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: HEARTFELT THANK YOU!
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Good afternoon, friends.
On behalf of Richard Yarl, Jr., we extend our most heartfelt
thanks and appreciation for being part of his memorable and
successful high school graduation celebration on Sunday,
June 9, 2003.
Cheers and remain blessed!
Richard Yarl & Family
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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 21:11:32 -0500
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Don't be worried. "Million Air", a South African firm operates the route
for Ghana Airlines.
-----Original Message-----
From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mariama Ross
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 12:08 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: WHAT A BIG SHAME ! ! ! ! ! ! !
On 6/10/03 2:37 PM, "Aggo Akyea" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Story from BBC NEWS:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/2978026.stm
>
> Published: 2003/06/10 11:43:25 GMT
>
> Ghana airways seeks divine intervention
> By Kwaku Sakyi-Addo
> BBC, Accra
>
> The staff of Ghana Airways have now turned to God to keep the airline
in the
> skies after trying every management trick in the MBA curriculum.
>
> Last week the management and staff held a three-hour prayer session
where they
> sought celestial intervention in the desperate affairs of one of
Africa's
> first national carriers.
>
> They sang, prayed and cited the scriptures under the direction of a
Ghanaian
> evangelist who flew in from London.
>
> Ghana Airways owes more than $160m to a variety of creditors.
>
> It is unable to keep up with payments and the government, which wholly
owns
> it, says it cannot bail her out.
>
> The money is wanted elsewhere.
>
> A wing and a prayer
>
> Ghana airways owns five aircraft, but only one is in the air.
>
> It is a DC 10 which does the long haul flights to Europe and America.
>
> But it has no in-flight entertainment.
>
> The airline has a stronger presence in West Africa where a lease
aircraft hops
> to national capitals - from Lagos to Dakar.
>
> Yet it is notorious for not flying on time or not flying at all.
>
> Sometimes there is no money to pay for fuel.
>
> Still, it employs nearly 1,500 people. It has more drivers than it has
> vehicles and more typists than keyboards.
>
> Every few months there is a new management and a board chairman, but
none of
> them have managed to keep Ghana Airways from its free fall.
>
> Now that it has run out of options, Ghana airways hopes to take off on
a wing
> and a prayer.
>
> C BBC MMIII
>
>
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This is not good news, although I can't say I'm surprised. The bigger
issue
for me is that I have plans to fly from Dakar to Accra in late July and
as
far as I know, Ghana Airways is the only way to do it. Does anyone know
of
another airline connecting those two cities?
Mariama Ross
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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 21:32:49 -0500
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Alex, there is a Chair of the Outreach committee. Please pas that
information to Dr. Weller or myself. You do not speak for the African
Association and your broadcast message is not appreciated. Pass the
information to the right person. You have no authority in the African
Association.
-----Original Message-----
From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ALEX LAGIA REDD
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:47 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
Hello Everyone,
I am proud to introduce Mr. Kofi and Mrs. Sandi Bekoe. Mr. Kofi Bekoe
arrived in Madison from Ghana last April to joined his wife Sandi in
Madison.
The couple would like to be part of the African community here. Let's
welcome them wholeheartedly!
Contact information: 5726 Russett Rd.Madison, WI 53711
Phone: 608-278-8472
email: [log in to unmask]
Thank you,
Alex Redd
We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do
right.
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 00:48:24 -0400
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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From: ALEX LAGIA REDD <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear Amegashie,
I'm not sure whether you are suggesting that each and every subscriber of this listserv must pass all communication concerning happy news about fellow Africans through the AAM for approval before going public. Below is an explanation to prove that your last email statement is an error of judgement and, hence urge you to patiently read through my response with empathy and rationality.
First of all, I am a member of the AAM Outreach committee and also former AAM secretary-general. Therefore it behooves me to make clear the reason behind my latest note of welcome on behalf of the Kofi Bekoe family in Madison.
By virtue of my current status as member of the AAM Outreach committee, I strongly believe I have the full right under the policy of this listserv to welcome or make reasonable announcement that intends to create mutual relationship among community members.
The Kofi Bekoe family had asked me to let the African community, particularly the Ghanian community, know about their presence in Madison. And since I do not have a directory of individual Ghanian community member, I thought it wise to communicate via this mass medium. The family did not specifically ask to become member of AAM; they asked me to make connection with Ghanians as well as other Africans here. This does not necessarily mean that I should contact individual members of the AAM since I have at my disposal the listserv to share the new information.
In addition, my note via this listserv is not an act of stealing any show away from you or the AAM as a whole and, therefore, in no way suggest that I am speaking on behalf of the AAM. I also reserve the right, under the policy of this listserv, to make profound announcement about new happenings in our community. The essence of this listserv is to disseminate new information without hinderance.
It can be recalled few months ago and, of course lately, I forwarded some African family members information to you, Anita for inclusion with the AAM. I did so because those family members expressed interest about AAM. Hence, I was obliged to contact the appropriate people at that moment because those family members wanted to know more about the AAM and its activities. This latest case about the Bekoe family is an isolated one.
I accidentally came across the Bekoe family at a local grocery store where they expressed their willingness to meet fellow Ghanians. They did not directly ask me to connect them with the AAM, instead they were more interested in connecting with fellow Ghanians in Madison.
If, for any reason, you would like to know the new family members just call or email them, instead of you misintepreting my email message, which is solely designed to make connection with people. It does not in no way violate any policy or norm! My attempt is an act of goodwill.
This brings to the fore that I do not intend to speak on behalf of AAM but rather a kind gesture to exchange new information with fellow community members.
Let it be clear that the AAM does not have any monopoly over the expression of happy news regarding family members in our community. In the past many subscribers have posted welcome statements about family members' arrival and departure. Why is it now that Alex Redd's latest note of information regarding the Bekoe family seems to raise your eye brow? I am curious to know as to why you publicly asserted that "I have no right or authority to pose welcome information on behalf of a family" when infact, you are the one who asked me to serve as a member on the AAM Outreach Committee. I'm not sure if you are suggesting that each and every subscriber of this listserv must pass all announcements regarding fellow Africans to the AAM for approval before going public.
I, therefore, conclude that your last email statement is an error of judgement and must be corrected in accordance with conventional etiquette.
Thanks for reading,
Alex Redd
Member, Outreach Committee
AAM
Madison, WI
We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do right.
----- Original Message -----
From: Godwin Amegashie <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:32 pm
Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
> Alex, there is a Chair of the Outreach committee. Please pas that
> information to Dr. Weller or myself. You do not speak for the African
> Association and your broadcast message is not appreciated. Pass the
> information to the right person. You have no authority in the African
> Association.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
> [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ALEX LAGIA REDD
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:47 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I am proud to introduce Mr. Kofi and Mrs. Sandi Bekoe. Mr. Kofi Bekoe
> arrived in Madison from Ghana last April to joined his wife Sandi in
> Madison.
>
> The couple would like to be part of the African community here. Let's
> welcome them wholeheartedly!
>
> Contact information: 5726 Russett Rd.Madison, WI 53711
> Phone: 608-278-8472
> email: [log in to unmask]
>
> Thank you,
>
> Alex Redd
>
>
> We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do
> right.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:20:47 +0600
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
Sender: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
From: Ann Marie Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family ( Rebuttal to Amegashie's statement)
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Okay guys, I think we are all old enough to read between the lines of your
communication and know that there is more to it and that it has very little,
if any, to do with the AAM. Please try and settle whatever is bugging you
two, in private.
Have a good day.
Ann Marie
----- Original Message -----
From: "ALEX LAGIA REDD" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family ( Rebuttal to Amegashie's statement)
> Dear Amegashie,
>
> I'm not sure whether you are suggesting that each and every subscriber of
this listserv must pass all communication concerning happy news about fellow
Africans through the AAM for approval before going public. Below is an
explanation to prove that your last email statement is an error of judgement
and, hence urge you to patiently read through my response with empathy and
rationality.
>
> First of all, I am a member of the AAM Outreach committee and also former
AAM secretary-general. Therefore it behooves me to make clear the reason
behind my latest note of welcome on behalf of the Kofi Bekoe family in
Madison.
>
> By virtue of my current status as member of the AAM Outreach committee, I
strongly believe I have the full right under the policy of this listserv to
welcome or make reasonable announcement that intends to create mutual
relationship among community members.
>
> The Kofi Bekoe family had asked me to let the African community,
particularly the Ghanian community, know about their presence in Madison.
And since I do not have a directory of individual Ghanian community member,
I thought it wise to communicate via this mass medium. The family did not
specifically ask to become member of AAM; they asked me to make connection
with Ghanians as well as other Africans here. This does not necessarily mean
that I should contact individual members of the AAM since I have at my
disposal the listserv to share the new information.
>
> In addition, my note via this listserv is not an act of stealing any show
away from you or the AAM as a whole and, therefore, in no way suggest that I
am speaking on behalf of the AAM. I also reserve the right, under the policy
of this listserv, to make profound announcement about new happenings in our
community. The essence of this listserv is to disseminate new information
without hinderance.
>
> It can be recalled few months ago and, of course lately, I forwarded some
African family members information to you, Anita for inclusion with the AAM.
I did so because those family members expressed interest about AAM. Hence, I
was obliged to contact the appropriate people at that moment because those
family members wanted to know more about the AAM and its activities. This
latest case about the Bekoe family is an isolated one.
>
> I accidentally came across the Bekoe family at a local grocery store where
they expressed their willingness to meet fellow Ghanians. They did not
directly ask me to connect them with the AAM, instead they were more
interested in connecting with fellow Ghanians in Madison.
>
> If, for any reason, you would like to know the new family members just
call or email them, instead of you misintepreting my email message, which is
solely designed to make connection with people. It does not in no way
violate any policy or norm! My attempt is an act of goodwill.
>
> This brings to the fore that I do not intend to speak on behalf of AAM but
rather a kind gesture to exchange new information with fellow community
members.
>
> Let it be clear that the AAM does not have any monopoly over the
expression of happy news regarding family members in our community. In the
past many subscribers have posted welcome statements about family members'
arrival and departure. Why is it now that Alex Redd's latest note of
information regarding the Bekoe family seems to raise your eye brow? I am
curious to know as to why you publicly asserted that "I have no right or
authority to pose welcome information on behalf of a family" when infact,
you are the one who asked me to serve as a member on the AAM Outreach
Committee. I'm not sure if you are suggesting that each and every subscriber
of this listserv must pass all announcements regarding fellow Africans to
the AAM for approval before going public.
>
> I, therefore, conclude that your last email statement is an error of
judgement and must be corrected in accordance with conventional etiquette.
>
>
> Thanks for reading,
>
> Alex Redd
> Member, Outreach Committee
> AAM
> Madison, WI
>
> We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do
right.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Godwin Amegashie <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:32 pm
> Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
>
> > Alex, there is a Chair of the Outreach committee. Please pas that
> > information to Dr. Weller or myself. You do not speak for the African
> > Association and your broadcast message is not appreciated. Pass the
> > information to the right person. You have no authority in the African
> > Association.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
> > [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ALEX LAGIA REDD
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:47 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
> >
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I am proud to introduce Mr. Kofi and Mrs. Sandi Bekoe. Mr. Kofi Bekoe
> > arrived in Madison from Ghana last April to joined his wife Sandi in
> > Madison.
> >
> > The couple would like to be part of the African community here. Let's
> > welcome them wholeheartedly!
> >
> > Contact information: 5726 Russett Rd.Madison, WI 53711
> > Phone: 608-278-8472
> > email: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Alex Redd
> >
> >
> > We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do
> > right.
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -----
> > ----
> > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, visit:
> >
> > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/aam.html
> >
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> >
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:13:47 +0000
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
Sender: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
From: kervin Soko <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family ( Rebuttal to Amegashie's statement)
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gentlemen,
What goes around surely will come around. Liberian Association of Wisconsin,
INC. is restricting all information from anyone in the community to be
channeled through its medium of communication. If they think they have such
right/mandate which I think they do not by the LAW constitution, then of
course, the AAM has the same right/mandate to put the same restriction on
any communication that has to do with it's community.
Many communications have been giving to LAW to dissimate to the Liberian
community the President, Mr. Augustine Tatus and his officials have refused
to inform the community. The information include, the Miss Liberia Pageant.
Mr. Lasisi is a living witness for that and the latest is about the Men's
Breakfast Meeting for all Liberian men in Madison that was held on Saturday,
May 3, 2003 at the Bethany United Methodist Church. My man, You live by the
swoard, you will die by the same swoard and what goes around will surely
come around and bite you!!!
Thanks.
Kervin Soko
>From: Ann Marie Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)"
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family ( Rebuttal to Amegashie's statement)
>Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:20:47 +0600
>
>Okay guys, I think we are all old enough to read between the lines of your
>communication and know that there is more to it and that it has very
>little,
>if any, to do with the AAM. Please try and settle whatever is bugging you
>two, in private.
>
>Have a good day.
>
>Ann Marie
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "ALEX LAGIA REDD" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:48 AM
>Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family ( Rebuttal to Amegashie's statement)
>
>
> > Dear Amegashie,
> >
> > I'm not sure whether you are suggesting that each and every subscriber
>of
>this listserv must pass all communication concerning happy news about
>fellow
>Africans through the AAM for approval before going public. Below is an
>explanation to prove that your last email statement is an error of
>judgement
>and, hence urge you to patiently read through my response with empathy and
>rationality.
> >
> > First of all, I am a member of the AAM Outreach committee and also
>former
>AAM secretary-general. Therefore it behooves me to make clear the reason
>behind my latest note of welcome on behalf of the Kofi Bekoe family in
>Madison.
> >
> > By virtue of my current status as member of the AAM Outreach committee,
>I
>strongly believe I have the full right under the policy of this listserv to
>welcome or make reasonable announcement that intends to create mutual
>relationship among community members.
> >
> > The Kofi Bekoe family had asked me to let the African community,
>particularly the Ghanian community, know about their presence in Madison.
>And since I do not have a directory of individual Ghanian community member,
>I thought it wise to communicate via this mass medium. The family did not
>specifically ask to become member of AAM; they asked me to make connection
>with Ghanians as well as other Africans here. This does not necessarily
>mean
>that I should contact individual members of the AAM since I have at my
>disposal the listserv to share the new information.
> >
> > In addition, my note via this listserv is not an act of stealing any
>show
>away from you or the AAM as a whole and, therefore, in no way suggest that
>I
>am speaking on behalf of the AAM. I also reserve the right, under the
>policy
>of this listserv, to make profound announcement about new happenings in our
>community. The essence of this listserv is to disseminate new information
>without hinderance.
> >
> > It can be recalled few months ago and, of course lately, I forwarded
>some
>African family members information to you, Anita for inclusion with the
>AAM.
>I did so because those family members expressed interest about AAM. Hence,
>I
>was obliged to contact the appropriate people at that moment because those
>family members wanted to know more about the AAM and its activities. This
>latest case about the Bekoe family is an isolated one.
> >
> > I accidentally came across the Bekoe family at a local grocery store
>where
>they expressed their willingness to meet fellow Ghanians. They did not
>directly ask me to connect them with the AAM, instead they were more
>interested in connecting with fellow Ghanians in Madison.
> >
> > If, for any reason, you would like to know the new family members just
>call or email them, instead of you misintepreting my email message, which
>is
>solely designed to make connection with people. It does not in no way
>violate any policy or norm! My attempt is an act of goodwill.
> >
> > This brings to the fore that I do not intend to speak on behalf of AAM
>but
>rather a kind gesture to exchange new information with fellow community
>members.
> >
> > Let it be clear that the AAM does not have any monopoly over the
>expression of happy news regarding family members in our community. In the
>past many subscribers have posted welcome statements about family members'
>arrival and departure. Why is it now that Alex Redd's latest note of
>information regarding the Bekoe family seems to raise your eye brow? I am
>curious to know as to why you publicly asserted that "I have no right or
>authority to pose welcome information on behalf of a family" when infact,
>you are the one who asked me to serve as a member on the AAM Outreach
>Committee. I'm not sure if you are suggesting that each and every
>subscriber
>of this listserv must pass all announcements regarding fellow Africans to
>the AAM for approval before going public.
> >
> > I, therefore, conclude that your last email statement is an error of
>judgement and must be corrected in accordance with conventional etiquette.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for reading,
> >
> > Alex Redd
> > Member, Outreach Committee
> > AAM
> > Madison, WI
> >
> > We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do
>right.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Godwin Amegashie <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:32 pm
> > Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
> >
> > > Alex, there is a Chair of the Outreach committee. Please pas that
> > > information to Dr. Weller or myself. You do not speak for the African
> > > Association and your broadcast message is not appreciated. Pass the
> > > information to the right person. You have no authority in the African
> > > Association.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
> > > [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ALEX LAGIA REDD
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:47 AM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
> > >
> > > Hello Everyone,
> > >
> > > I am proud to introduce Mr. Kofi and Mrs. Sandi Bekoe. Mr. Kofi Bekoe
> > > arrived in Madison from Ghana last April to joined his wife Sandi in
> > > Madison.
> > >
> > > The couple would like to be part of the African community here. Let's
> > > welcome them wholeheartedly!
> > >
> > > Contact information: 5726 Russett Rd.Madison, WI 53711
> > > Phone: 608-278-8472
> > > email: [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Alex Redd
> > >
> > >
> > > We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do
> > > right.
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > -----
> > > ----
> > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, visit:
> > >
> > > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/aam.html
> > >
> > > AAM Website: http://www.danenet.wicip.org/aam
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > -----
> > > ----
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > ---------
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> > >
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> > >
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> >
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:29:20 -0500
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
Sender: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
From: Hedi Rudd <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: 90 Madison fourth-graders and eighth-graders might flunk
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Is there any way of finding out:=20
1) The race and income level (or whether they are low-income) of the =
children (a breakdown would be great)=20
2) How many, if any, are in Special Education and if none are...what are =
the guidelines on passing children in Special Education as it relates to =
the new guidelines.=20
I ask for my own knowledge and also on behalf of those who are doing =
advocacy for Students of Color in MMSD. It isn't asked as an indictment, =
but to see how the numbers play out and to learn from them.=20
To be honest, my daughter passed 3 years of middle school after doing NADA =
(nothing). She was simply passed, even when I asked for her to be held =
back, because I knew she was getting off easy. She has since told me that =
she regrets those 3 years and that thinking about it makes her depressed, =
she admitted however "Why should I have done it any differently, I passed =
didn't I?"=20
I have mixed feelings on holding kids back, but I know it was always a =
threat for me and while I wasn't the best student, I knew I needed to =
focus if I wanted to graduate. I worry that if if there are new standards =
and guidelines, is enough being done to support students in actually =
meeting and attaining the goals? Especially now with cuts in Special =
Education, with no mention of a plan to review the current Special Ed =
system.=20
I have a real concern about the current state of minority education, =
especially the relationship between Special Education and Minority =
Education - the two shouldn't be thought of in the same vein, but they are =
and that is a huge problem. My daughter, who is ED (versus LD) also said, =
"I knew they didn't want me there, they would see me in the hall and tell =
me to go to class, but it was just to get me out of the hall and out of =
their face, not because they actually wanted to see me succeed." This =
isn't necessarily how all her teachers felt, but it was her overall =
feeling about staff/administration in general and it is too bad.=20
If anyone could answer my questions, I would appreciate it.=20
Hedi=20
90 Madison fourth-graders and eighth-graders might flunk=20
11:20 PM 6/11/03=20
Doug Erickson Education reporter=20
Thirty-two Madison fourth-graders and 58 eighth-graders will be forced to =
repeat those grades this fall unless they successfully complete summer =
school, according to the school district.=20
The students are the first to be stung by a state law that eliminates =
automatic promotion at grades four and eight. If the students don't boost =
their skills this summer, they'll flunk.=20
It's a significant, high-stakes change - flunking has been rare in =
Madison. Only one fourth-grader and four eighth-graders were held back =
after the 2001-02 school year.=20
However, the number of students at risk is less than half what the =
district predicted. The 90 fourth- and eighth-graders represent 2.4 =
percent of students in those two grades.=20
"We're really pleased that the numbers are low because we don't want to =
retain any child," said Assistant Superintendent Rita Applebaum.=20
She attributes the lower number in part to efforts by school staff to =
intervene early in cases where students were falling behind. At some =
schools, this meant after-school homework clubs and personal attention =
from a guidance counselor, she said. =20
The law, which took effect for the 2002-03 school year, instructs school =
districts to consider state test scores, teacher recommendations and =
student academic performance in setting promotion policies. Each district =
sets its own criteria.=20
In Madison, eighth-graders must earn a 1.67 grade-point average in each of =
four core subjects - reading, math, science and social studies - or score =
at least basic or above on the state standardized tests in those subjects. =
Fourth-graders must earn at least a 2 on a 1 through 4 grading scale in =
each of the core subjects or score at least basic or above on state =
tests.=20
The six-week summer school session starts Monday. Participation is =
optional.=20
Madison's school year ended Friday. Many suburban districts are still in =
regular session and haven't determined the number of students in danger of =
flunking.=20
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:28:38 -0500
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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From: Lasisi <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: 90 Madison fourth-graders and eighth-graders might flunk
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DOUG ERICKSON OF THE STATE JOURNAL
WHO WROTE THE STORY MIGHT KNOW.
OFFICE OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
WILL HAVE THE INFO.
MADISON SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE WILL KNOW.
THANKS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hedi Rudd" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:29 AM
Subject: 90 Madison fourth-graders and eighth-graders might flunk
Is there any way of finding out:
1) The race and income level (or whether they are low-income) of the
children (a breakdown would be great)
2) How many, if any, are in Special Education and if none are...what are the
guidelines on passing children in Special Education as it relates to the new
guidelines.
I ask for my own knowledge and also on behalf of those who are doing
advocacy for Students of Color in MMSD. It isn't asked as an indictment, but
to see how the numbers play out and to learn from them.
To be honest, my daughter passed 3 years of middle school after doing NADA
(nothing). She was simply passed, even when I asked for her to be held back,
because I knew she was getting off easy. She has since told me that she
regrets those 3 years and that thinking about it makes her depressed, she
admitted however "Why should I have done it any differently, I passed didn't
I?"
I have mixed feelings on holding kids back, but I know it was always a
threat for me and while I wasn't the best student, I knew I needed to focus
if I wanted to graduate. I worry that if if there are new standards and
guidelines, is enough being done to support students in actually meeting and
attaining the goals? Especially now with cuts in Special Education, with no
mention of a plan to review the current Special Ed system.
I have a real concern about the current state of minority education,
especially the relationship between Special Education and Minority
Education - the two shouldn't be thought of in the same vein, but they are
and that is a huge problem. My daughter, who is ED (versus LD) also said, "I
knew they didn't want me there, they would see me in the hall and tell me to
go to class, but it was just to get me out of the hall and out of their
face, not because they actually wanted to see me succeed." This isn't
necessarily how all her teachers felt, but it was her overall feeling about
staff/administration in general and it is too bad.
If anyone could answer my questions, I would appreciate it.
Hedi
90 Madison fourth-graders and eighth-graders might flunk
11:20 PM 6/11/03
Doug Erickson Education reporter
Thirty-two Madison fourth-graders and 58 eighth-graders will be forced to
repeat those grades this fall unless they successfully complete summer
school, according to the school district.
The students are the first to be stung by a state law that eliminates
automatic promotion at grades four and eight. If the students don't boost
their skills this summer, they'll flunk.
It's a significant, high-stakes change - flunking has been rare in Madison.
Only one fourth-grader and four eighth-graders were held back after the
2001-02 school year.
However, the number of students at risk is less than half what the district
predicted. The 90 fourth- and eighth-graders represent 2.4 percent of
students in those two grades.
"We're really pleased that the numbers are low because we don't want to
retain any child," said Assistant Superintendent Rita Applebaum.
She attributes the lower number in part to efforts by school staff to
intervene early in cases where students were falling behind. At some
schools, this meant after-school homework clubs and personal attention from
a guidance counselor, she said.
The law, which took effect for the 2002-03 school year, instructs school
districts to consider state test scores, teacher recommendations and student
academic performance in setting promotion policies. Each district sets its
own criteria.
In Madison, eighth-graders must earn a 1.67 grade-point average in each of
four core subjects - reading, math, science and social studies - or score at
least basic or above on the state standardized tests in those subjects.
Fourth-graders must earn at least a 2 on a 1 through 4 grading scale in each
of the core subjects or score at least basic or above on state tests.
The six-week summer school session starts Monday. Participation is optional.
Madison's school year ended Friday. Many suburban districts are still in
regular session and haven't determined the number of students in danger of
flunking.
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Godwin Amegashie's email protesting Alex's posting concerning the arrival here of a new African family,is the most ridiculous piece of message I have ever seen in this site.
Although I would agree that Mr. Reed has a tendancy to sometimes post rambling messages that bear little or nor value in furthering the interest or the activities of AAM, we do not have the authority to restrict his right to express himself.
By the same token,to say that people intending to post certain messages have to inform Mr.Godwin or Mr. Weller is not only a form of censureship, it is the ultimate in bureaucratic red tape.
This is unacceptable.
Mr. Godwin has to understand that control in management is not necessarily synonimous with efficiency;on the contrary, it may actually stifle it.
I do understand that Mr. Godwin wants to try new things and institute management styles that will advance AAM's interest during his year of tenure, but this route may lead to more ristrictions and that cannot be tolerated one bit.
Furthermore, you may need to go back to the drawing board and re-draw the responsibilities of the Outreach Committee.I do not see any reason whatsoever why announcing the arrival of a new person to Madison has to go to any Committee before posting to site. Makes no sense to me. We are not going to allow censureship,unreasonable restrictions or oppressive controls of any kind...........................................None..nope zipo..nada..hani..darah..rien. If I am blocked out by the site manager, this will only confirm what I am saying here.
Godwin Amegashie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Alex, there is a Chair of the Outreach committee. Please pas that
information to Dr. Weller or myself. You do not speak for the African
Association and your broadcast message is not appreciated. Pass the
information to the right person. You have no authority in the African
Association.
-----Original Message-----
From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ALEX LAGIA REDD
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:47 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
Hello Everyone,
I am proud to introduce Mr. Kofi and Mrs. Sandi Bekoe. Mr. Kofi Bekoe
arrived in Madison from Ghana last April to joined his wife Sandi in
Madison.
The couple would like to be part of the African community here. Let's
welcome them wholeheartedly!
Contact information: 5726 Russett Rd.Madison, WI 53711
Phone: 608-278-8472
email: [log in to unmask]
Thank you,
Alex Redd
We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do
right.
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<DIV>Godwin Amegashie's email protesting Alex's posting concerning the arrival here of a new African family,is the most ridiculous piece of message I have ever seen in this site.</DIV>
<DIV>Although I would agree that Mr. Reed has a tendancy to sometimes post rambling messages that bear little or nor value in furthering the interest or the activities of AAM, we do not have the authority to restrict his right to express himself.</DIV>
<DIV>By the same token,to say that people intending to post certain messages have to inform Mr.Godwin or Mr. Weller is not only a form of censureship, it is the ultimate in bureaucratic red tape.</DIV>
<DIV>This is unacceptable.</DIV>
<DIV>Mr. Godwin has to understand that control in management is not necessarily synonimous with efficiency;on the contrary, it may actually stifle it.</DIV>
<DIV>I do understand that Mr. Godwin wants to try new things and institute management styles that will advance AAM's interest during his year of tenure, but this route may lead to more ristrictions and that cannot be tolerated one bit.</DIV>
<DIV>Furthermore, you may need to go back to the drawing board and re-draw the responsibilities of the Outreach Committee.I do not see any reason whatsoever why announcing the arrival of a new person to Madison has to go to any Committee before posting to site. Makes no sense to me. We are not going to allow censureship,unreasonable restrictions or oppressive controls of any kind...........................................None..nope zipo..nada..hani..darah..rien. If I am blocked out by the site manager, this will only confirm what I am saying here.<BR><BR><B><I>Godwin Amegashie <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Alex, there is a Chair of the Outreach committee. Please pas that<BR>information to Dr. Weller or myself. You do not speak for the African<BR>Association and your broadcast message is not appreciated. Pass the<BR>information to the right person. You have no authority in the African<BR>Association.<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: AAM (African Association of Madison)<BR>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ALEX LAGIA REDD<BR>Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:47 AM<BR>To: [log in to unmask]<BR>Subject: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison<BR><BR>Hello Everyone,<BR><BR>I am proud to introduce Mr. Kofi and Mrs. Sandi Bekoe. Mr. Kofi Bekoe<BR>arrived in Madison from Ghana last April to joined his wife Sandi in<BR>Madison.<BR><BR>The couple would like to be part of the African community here. Let's<BR>welcome them wholeheartedly!<BR><BR>Contact information: 5726 Russett
Rd.Madison, WI 53711<BR>Phone: 608-278-8472<BR>email: [log in to unmask]<BR><BR>Thank you,<BR><BR>Alex Redd<BR><BR><BR>We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do<BR>right.<BR><BR>------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>----<BR>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, visit:<BR><BR>http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/aam.html<BR><BR>AAM Website: http://www.danenet.wicip.org/aam<BR>------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>----<BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, visit:<BR><BR>http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/aam.html<BR><BR>AAM Website: http://www.danenet.wicip.org/aam<BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------------</BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr SIZE=1>
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Godwin Amegashie's email protesting Alex's posting concerning the arrival here of a new African family,is the most ridiculous piece of message I have ever seen in this site.
Although I would agree that Mr. Reed has a tendancy to sometimes post rambling messages that bear little or nor value in furthering the interest or the activities of AAM, we do not have the authority to restrict his right to express himself.
By the same token,to say that people intending to post certain messages have to inform Mr.Godwin or Mr. Weller is not only a form of censureship, it is the ultimate in bureaucratic red tape.
This is unacceptable.
Mr. Godwin has to understand that control in management is not necessarily synonimous with efficiency;on the contrary, it may actually stifle it.
I do understand that Mr. Godwin wants to try new things and institute management styles that will advance AAM's interest during his year of tenure, but this route may lead to more ristrictions and that cannot be tolerated one bit.
Furthermore, you may need to go back to the drawing board and re-draw the responsibilities of the Outreach Committee.I do not see any reason whatsoever why announcing the arrival of a new person to Madison has to go to any Committee before posting to site. Makes no sense to me. We are not going to allow censureship,unreasonable restrictions or oppressive controls of any kind...........................................None..nope zipo..nada..hani..darah..rien. If I am blocked out by the site manager, this will only confirm what I am saying here.
Godwin Amegashie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Alex, there is a Chair of the Outreach committee. Please pas that
information to Dr. Weller or myself. You do not speak for the African
Association and your broadcast message is not appreciated. Pass the
information to the right person. You have no authority in the African
Association.
-----Original Message-----
From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ALEX LAGIA REDD
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:47 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
Hello Everyone,
I am proud to introduce Mr. Kofi and Mrs. Sandi Bekoe. Mr. Kofi Bekoe
arrived in Madison from Ghana last April to joined his wife Sandi in
Madison.
The couple would like to be part of the African community here. Let's
welcome them wholeheartedly!
Contact information: 5726 Russett Rd.Madison, WI 53711
Phone: 608-278-8472
email: [log in to unmask]
Thank you,
Alex Redd
We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do
right.
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<DIV>Godwin Amegashie's email protesting Alex's posting concerning the arrival here of a new African family,is the most ridiculous piece of message I have ever seen in this site.</DIV>
<DIV>Although I would agree that Mr. Reed has a tendancy to sometimes post rambling messages that bear little or nor value in furthering the interest or the activities of AAM, we do not have the authority to restrict his right to express himself.</DIV>
<DIV>By the same token,to say that people intending to post certain messages have to inform Mr.Godwin or Mr. Weller is not only a form of censureship, it is the ultimate in bureaucratic red tape.</DIV>
<DIV>This is unacceptable.</DIV>
<DIV>Mr. Godwin has to understand that control in management is not necessarily synonimous with efficiency;on the contrary, it may actually stifle it.</DIV>
<DIV>I do understand that Mr. Godwin wants to try new things and institute management styles that will advance AAM's interest during his year of tenure, but this route may lead to more ristrictions and that cannot be tolerated one bit.</DIV>
<DIV>Furthermore, you may need to go back to the drawing board and re-draw the responsibilities of the Outreach Committee.I do not see any reason whatsoever why announcing the arrival of a new person to Madison has to go to any Committee before posting to site. Makes no sense to me. We are not going to allow censureship,unreasonable restrictions or oppressive controls of any kind...........................................None..nope zipo..nada..hani..darah..rien. If I am blocked out by the site manager, this will only confirm what I am saying here.<BR><BR><B><I>Godwin Amegashie <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Alex, there is a Chair of the Outreach committee. Please pas that<BR>information to Dr. Weller or myself. You do not speak for the African<BR>Association and your broadcast message is not appreciated. Pass the<BR>information to the right person. You have no authority in the African<BR>Association.<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: AAM (African Association of Madison)<BR>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ALEX LAGIA REDD<BR>Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:47 AM<BR>To: [log in to unmask]<BR>Subject: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison<BR><BR>Hello Everyone,<BR><BR>I am proud to introduce Mr. Kofi and Mrs. Sandi Bekoe. Mr. Kofi Bekoe<BR>arrived in Madison from Ghana last April to joined his wife Sandi in<BR>Madison.<BR><BR>The couple would like to be part of the African community here. Let's<BR>welcome them wholeheartedly!<BR><BR>Contact information: 5726 Russett
Rd.Madison, WI 53711<BR>Phone: 608-278-8472<BR>email: [log in to unmask]<BR><BR>Thank you,<BR><BR>Alex Redd<BR><BR><BR>We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do<BR>right.<BR><BR>------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>----<BR>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, visit:<BR><BR>http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/aam.html<BR><BR>AAM Website: http://www.danenet.wicip.org/aam<BR>------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>----<BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, visit:<BR><BR>http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/aam.html<BR><BR>AAM Website: http://www.danenet.wicip.org/aam<BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------------</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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Mr. Jallow,
You are correct but this is the same Alex, who does not want what he is
doing to happen in the LIBERIAN ASSOCIATION. If he doesn't like it then he
should not do it to others. We are sorry the newly arrived family has to be
caught up in the mess.
Let us put it behind us and move on. Long live the AAM and long live the
people of the AAM community!
Thanks.
Kervin Soko
>From: mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
>Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:10:29 -0700
>
>Godwin Amegashie's email protesting Alex's posting concerning the arrival
>here of a new African family,is the most ridiculous piece of message I have
>ever seen in this site.
>Although I would agree that Mr. Reed has a tendancy to sometimes post
>rambling messages that bear little or nor value in furthering the interest
>or the activities of AAM, we do not have the authority to restrict his
>right to express himself.
>By the same token,to say that people intending to post certain messages
>have to inform Mr.Godwin or Mr. Weller is not only a form of censureship,
>it is the ultimate in bureaucratic red tape.
>This is unacceptable.
>Mr. Godwin has to understand that control in management is not necessarily
>synonimous with efficiency;on the contrary, it may actually stifle it.
>I do understand that Mr. Godwin wants to try new things and institute
>management styles that will advance AAM's interest during his year of
>tenure, but this route may lead to more ristrictions and that cannot be
>tolerated one bit.
>Furthermore, you may need to go back to the drawing board and re-draw the
>responsibilities of the Outreach Committee.I do not see any reason
>whatsoever why announcing the arrival of a new person to Madison has to go
>to any Committee before posting to site. Makes no sense to me. We are not
>going to allow censureship,unreasonable restrictions or oppressive controls
>of any kind...........................................None..nope
>zipo..nada..hani..darah..rien. If I am blocked out by the site manager,
>this will only confirm what I am saying here.
>
>Godwin Amegashie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Alex, there is a Chair of the Outreach committee. Please pas that
>information to Dr. Weller or myself. You do not speak for the African
>Association and your broadcast message is not appreciated. Pass the
>information to the right person. You have no authority in the African
>Association.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ALEX LAGIA REDD
>Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:47 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
>
>Hello Everyone,
>
>I am proud to introduce Mr. Kofi and Mrs. Sandi Bekoe. Mr. Kofi Bekoe
>arrived in Madison from Ghana last April to joined his wife Sandi in
>Madison.
>
>The couple would like to be part of the African community here. Let's
>welcome them wholeheartedly!
>
>Contact information: 5726 Russett Rd.Madison, WI 53711
>Phone: 608-278-8472
>email: [log in to unmask]
>
>Thank you,
>
>Alex Redd
>
>
>We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do
>right.
>
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>
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>
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:48:55 -0500
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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From: Dzigbodi Akyea <[log in to unmask]>
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Sorry, it's not the new Ghanaian family which is caught up in the mess. =
It
is those of us who suscribe to this list who are. Like Ann Marie said, =
if
people have personal scores to settle, please do so privately.
Thanks. =20
Cheers: dzigbodi.
-----Original Message-----
From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of kervin Soko
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:53 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
Mr. Jallow,
You are correct but this is the same Alex, who does not want what he is
doing to happen in the LIBERIAN ASSOCIATION. If he doesn't like it then =
he
should not do it to others. We are sorry the newly arrived family has to =
be
caught up in the mess.
Let us put it behind us and move on. Long live the AAM and long live the
people of the AAM community!
Thanks.
Kervin Soko
>From: mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
>Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:10:29 -0700
>
>Godwin Amegashie's email protesting Alex's posting concerning the =
arrival
>here of a new African family,is the most ridiculous piece of message I =
have
>ever seen in this site.
>Although I would agree that Mr. Reed has a tendancy to sometimes post
>rambling messages that bear little or nor value in furthering the =
interest
>or the activities of AAM, we do not have the authority to restrict his
>right to express himself.
>By the same token,to say that people intending to post certain messages
>have to inform Mr.Godwin or Mr. Weller is not only a form of =
censureship,
>it is the ultimate in bureaucratic red tape.
>This is unacceptable.
>Mr. Godwin has to understand that control in management is not =
necessarily
>synonimous with efficiency;on the contrary, it may actually stifle it.
>I do understand that Mr. Godwin wants to try new things and institute
>management styles that will advance AAM's interest during his year of
>tenure, but this route may lead to more ristrictions and that cannot be
>tolerated one bit.
>Furthermore, you may need to go back to the drawing board and re-draw =
the
>responsibilities of the Outreach Committee.I do not see any reason
>whatsoever why announcing the arrival of a new person to Madison has to =
go
>to any Committee before posting to site. Makes no sense to me. We are =
not
>going to allow censureship,unreasonable restrictions or oppressive =
controls
>of any kind...........................................None..nope
>zipo..nada..hani..darah..rien. If I am blocked out by the site manager,
>this will only confirm what I am saying here.
>
>Godwin Amegashie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Alex, there is a Chair of the Outreach committee. Please pas that
>information to Dr. Weller or myself. You do not speak for the African
>Association and your broadcast message is not appreciated. Pass the
>information to the right person. You have no authority in the African
>Association.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ALEX LAGIA REDD
>Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:47 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
>
>Hello Everyone,
>
>I am proud to introduce Mr. Kofi and Mrs. Sandi Bekoe. Mr. Kofi Bekoe
>arrived in Madison from Ghana last April to joined his wife Sandi in
>Madison.
>
>The couple would like to be part of the African community here. Let's
>welcome them wholeheartedly!
>
>Contact information: 5726 Russett Rd.Madison, WI 53711
>Phone: 608-278-8472
>email: [log in to unmask]
>
>Thank you,
>
>Alex Redd
>
>
>We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do
>right.
>
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>
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UNION OF NIGERIANS IN MADISON AREA
[UNIMA]
PRESENTS
SUMMER RECEPTION PARTY!
AAM members are invited to our UNIMA Reception Party!
UNIMA organizes these receptions for new Nigerians within the community. It
is also an opportunity to socialize and meet with our youths & college
students, honor our recent graduates and network with compatriots and
professionals in our midst. Come and enjoy an evening of fun AND taste the
delicious cuisine. All this and more at the UNIMA Reception scheduled
below:
WHEN: SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2003
TIME: 6:00 P.M. TO 12:00 MIDNIGHT (DINNER WILL BE SERVED AT 7:30 PM)
VENUE: EAGLE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER
611 EAGLE HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY HOUSING
MADISON, WI
MUSIC: YOUR MOST VARIETY DJ LASISI
GATE: FREE !!!! (DONATIONS ARE WELCOME!)
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!!!!
RSVP:
Ego Enemuoh 608-257-6435
Abiodun Lesi 608-236-0316
Uche Okpara 608-233-2848
Wale Onabule 608-242-5658
Madu Enwemnwa 608-274-9099
Ray Kumapayi 608-825-6660
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<DIV><SPAN class=842334515-11092001></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><SPAN class=842334515-11092001>PRESENTS
</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=842334515-11092001></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><SPAN class=842334515-11092001><SPAN
class=731440716-16122002><FONT color=#0000ff size=2> <SPAN
class=230143315-03062003><STRONG><FONT color=#00ff00 size=4>SUMMER RECEPTION
PARTY</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT color=#00ff00 size=4><STRONG>!
</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=230143315-03062003><FONT size=3><SPAN
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</SPAN>invited to o</SPAN>ur UNIMA Reception Party!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3><SPAN class=230143315-03062003><SPAN
class=270470420-09062003>UNIMA organizes these<SPAN class=035012320-09062003>
re</SPAN>ception<SPAN class=035012320-09062003>s</SPAN> for new Nigerians
within the community. </SPAN>It is <SPAN
class=035012320-09062003>also </SPAN><SPAN class=270470420-09062003>an
opportunity to socialize and meet </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=230143315-03062003>with our youths & college students,
honor our recent graduates and network with compatriots and professionals in
our midst. <SPAN class=842334515-11092001>Come and enjoy an evening
of fun AND taste the delicious cuisine. </SPAN>All this
and more at t</SPAN><SPAN class=230143315-03062003>he UNIMA
Reception scheduled below:</SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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class=230143315-03062003>JUNE </SPAN>21</STRONG></SPAN><STRONG>, 200<SPAN
class=230143315-03062003>3</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=842334515-11092001><STRONG><FONT
size=3>TIME: <SPAN
class=230143315-03062003> </SPAN><SPAN><SPAN
class=230143315-03062003>6</SPAN></SPAN>:00 P.M. TO <SPAN
class=230143315-03062003>12</SPAN>:00 <SPAN
class=230143315-03062003>MIDNIGHT (DINNER WILL BE SERVED AT 7:30
PM)</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=842334515-11092001><STRONG><FONT
size=3>VENUE: <SPAN class=230143315-03062003>EAGLE HEIGHTS
COMMUNITY CENTER</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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611 EAGLE HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY HOUSING</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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MADISON, WI</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=842334515-11092001><STRONG><FONT
size=3>MUSIC: YOUR MOST VARIETY DJ
LASISI</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=842334515-11092001><FONT size=1><SPAN
class=731440716-16122002><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=842334515-11092001><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=731440716-16122002><STRONG>GATE</STRONG></SPAN><STRONG>: </STRONG><SPAN
class=731440716-16122002><FONT color=#0000ff> </FONT><STRONG> FREE
!!!! (DONATIONS ARE WELCOME!)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=842334515-11092001><FONT
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=842334515-11092001><STRONG><FONT size=3>WE LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!<SPAN
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><EM>Ego Enemuoh</EM><SPAN
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size=2> </FONT></SPAN><EM>608-257-6435<o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
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style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>608-236-0316</EM></FONT></FONT><FONT
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style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>608-233-2848<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>608-242-5658</EM></FONT></FONT><FONT
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style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>608-274-9099<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 16:13:59 -0500
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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From: ALEX LAGIA REDD <[log in to unmask]>
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Kervin,
Why argue to prove any point to you when you do not understand Jalloh's salient point nor my main point of argument that Godwin is attempting to stifle free expression. The AAM has no designed policy that prevents subscribers from posing happy news about new arrivals in Madison.
Jalloh and Ann Marie including others have read between to figure out that Godwin's approach is wrong. "There is more to it" as Ann Marie said in her last email. But this medium is not the place to rudely target people you perceive as foe, rather is a place to share improtant information free of biases. In this case you and Godwin are on the wrong path.
This listserv is not a playing pool to grudgingly settle harbored scores with people. It is meant to create a forum for sound debate and to share viable education that will benefit fellow subscribers.
You may elect to use the Liberian Association listserv to venge your frustrations on Alex and not the AAM listserv. Simple as that.
We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do right.
----- Original Message -----
From: kervin Soko <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:52 pm
Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
> Mr. Jallow,
>
> You are correct but this is the same Alex, who does not want what
> he is
> doing to happen in the LIBERIAN ASSOCIATION. If he doesn't like it
> then he
> should not do it to others. We are sorry the newly arrived family
> has to be
> caught up in the mess.
>
> Let us put it behind us and move on. Long live the AAM and long
> live the
> people of the AAM community!
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kervin Soko
>
>
> >From: mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
> >Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:10:29 -0700
> >
> >Godwin Amegashie's email protesting Alex's posting concerning the
> arrival>here of a new African family,is the most ridiculous piece
> of message I have
> >ever seen in this site.
> >Although I would agree that Mr. Reed has a tendancy to sometimes post
> >rambling messages that bear little or nor value in furthering the
> interest>or the activities of AAM, we do not have the authority to
> restrict his
> >right to express himself.
> >By the same token,to say that people intending to post certain
> messages>have to inform Mr.Godwin or Mr. Weller is not only a form
> of censureship,
> >it is the ultimate in bureaucratic red tape.
> >This is unacceptable.
> >Mr. Godwin has to understand that control in management is not
> necessarily>synonimous with efficiency;on the contrary, it may
> actually stifle it.
> >I do understand that Mr. Godwin wants to try new things and institute
> >management styles that will advance AAM's interest during his
> year of
> >tenure, but this route may lead to more ristrictions and that
> cannot be
> >tolerated one bit.
> >Furthermore, you may need to go back to the drawing board and re-
> draw the
> >responsibilities of the Outreach Committee.I do not see any reason
> >whatsoever why announcing the arrival of a new person to Madison
> has to go
> >to any Committee before posting to site. Makes no sense to me. We
> are not
> >going to allow censureship,unreasonable restrictions or
> oppressive controls
> >of any kind...........................................None..nope
> >zipo..nada..hani..darah..rien. If I am blocked out by the site
> manager,>this will only confirm what I am saying here.
> >
> >Godwin Amegashie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >Alex, there is a Chair of the Outreach committee. Please pas that
> >information to Dr. Weller or myself. You do not speak for the African
> >Association and your broadcast message is not appreciated. Pass the
> >information to the right person. You have no authority in the African
> >Association.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
> >[[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ALEX LAGIA REDD
> >Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:47 AM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
> >
> >Hello Everyone,
> >
> >I am proud to introduce Mr. Kofi and Mrs. Sandi Bekoe. Mr. Kofi Bekoe
> >arrived in Madison from Ghana last April to joined his wife Sandi in
> >Madison.
> >
> >The couple would like to be part of the African community here. Let's
> >welcome them wholeheartedly!
> >
> >Contact information: 5726 Russett Rd.Madison, WI 53711
> >Phone: 608-278-8472
> >email: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> >Alex Redd
> >
> >
> >We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe
> to do
> >right.
> >
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 16:39:10 -0500
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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From: ALEX LAGIA REDD <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family ( Rebuttal to Amegashie's statement)
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Kervin,
Your claim that LAW is withholding certain from you is completely frivolous for the following reasons:
1) LAW does not have any established guidelines or policy that make specific reference to the listserv
2) You are still subscribe as a potential member of LAW and therefore you have thr right to pose relevant information on LAW listserv.
3) Information regarding the Liberian Beauty Pageant was characterized as illegitimate in the eyes of LAW and therefore we reach a decision to exclude the leadership's role since proper protocol was not followd by you.
4) If you have any reason that Mr. Tatus is witholding information, please write the secreatry first since he is the custodian to share all relevant information to the Liberian community.
5) It is unwise to discuss about Liberian leadership on the AAM listserv.
Hope you understand.
Alex Redd
V/P LAW
We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do right.
----- Original Message -----
From: kervin Soko <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, June 12, 2003 7:13 am
Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family ( Rebuttal to Amegashie's statement)
> gentlemen,
>
> What goes around surely will come around. Liberian Association of
> Wisconsin,INC. is restricting all information from anyone in the
> community to be
> channeled through its medium of communication. If they think they
> have such
> right/mandate which I think they do not by the LAW constitution,
> then of
> course, the AAM has the same right/mandate to put the same
> restriction on
> any communication that has to do with it's community.
>
> Many communications have been giving to LAW to dissimate to the
> Liberiancommunity the President, Mr. Augustine Tatus and his
> officials have refused
> to inform the community. The information include, the Miss Liberia
> Pageant.Mr. Lasisi is a living witness for that and the latest is
> about the Men's
> Breakfast Meeting for all Liberian men in Madison that was held on
> Saturday,May 3, 2003 at the Bethany United Methodist Church. My
> man, You live by the
> swoard, you will die by the same swoard and what goes around will
> surelycome around and bite you!!!
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kervin Soko
>
>
>
> >From: Ann Marie Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)"
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family ( Rebuttal to Amegashie's
> statement)>Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:20:47 +0600
> >
> >Okay guys, I think we are all old enough to read between the
> lines of your
> >communication and know that there is more to it and that it has very
> >little,
> >if any, to do with the AAM. Please try and settle whatever is
> bugging you
> >two, in private.
> >
> >Have a good day.
> >
> >Ann Marie
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "ALEX LAGIA REDD" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:48 AM
> >Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family ( Rebuttal to Amegashie's
> statement)>
> >
> > > Dear Amegashie,
> > >
> > > I'm not sure whether you are suggesting that each and every
> subscriber>of
> >this listserv must pass all communication concerning happy news about
> >fellow
> >Africans through the AAM for approval before going public. Below
> is an
> >explanation to prove that your last email statement is an error of
> >judgement
> >and, hence urge you to patiently read through my response with
> empathy and
> >rationality.
> > >
> > > First of all, I am a member of the AAM Outreach committee and also
> >former
> >AAM secretary-general. Therefore it behooves me to make clear the
> reason>behind my latest note of welcome on behalf of the Kofi
> Bekoe family in
> >Madison.
> > >
> > > By virtue of my current status as member of the AAM Outreach
> committee,>I
> >strongly believe I have the full right under the policy of this
> listserv to
> >welcome or make reasonable announcement that intends to create mutual
> >relationship among community members.
> > >
> > > The Kofi Bekoe family had asked me to let the African community,
> >particularly the Ghanian community, know about their presence in
> Madison.>And since I do not have a directory of individual Ghanian
> community member,
> >I thought it wise to communicate via this mass medium. The family
> did not
> >specifically ask to become member of AAM; they asked me to make
> connection>with Ghanians as well as other Africans here. This does
> not necessarily
> >mean
> >that I should contact individual members of the AAM since I have
> at my
> >disposal the listserv to share the new information.
> > >
> > > In addition, my note via this listserv is not an act of
> stealing any
> >show
> >away from you or the AAM as a whole and, therefore, in no way
> suggest that
> >I
> >am speaking on behalf of the AAM. I also reserve the right, under the
> >policy
> >of this listserv, to make profound announcement about new
> happenings in our
> >community. The essence of this listserv is to disseminate new
> information>without hinderance.
> > >
> > > It can be recalled few months ago and, of course lately, I
> forwarded>some
> >African family members information to you, Anita for inclusion
> with the
> >AAM.
> >I did so because those family members expressed interest about
> AAM. Hence,
> >I
> >was obliged to contact the appropriate people at that moment
> because those
> >family members wanted to know more about the AAM and its
> activities. This
> >latest case about the Bekoe family is an isolated one.
> > >
> > > I accidentally came across the Bekoe family at a local grocery
> store>where
> >they expressed their willingness to meet fellow Ghanians. They
> did not
> >directly ask me to connect them with the AAM, instead they were more
> >interested in connecting with fellow Ghanians in Madison.
> > >
> > > If, for any reason, you would like to know the new family
> members just
> >call or email them, instead of you misintepreting my email
> message, which
> >is
> >solely designed to make connection with people. It does not in no way
> >violate any policy or norm! My attempt is an act of goodwill.
> > >
> > > This brings to the fore that I do not intend to speak on
> behalf of AAM
> >but
> >rather a kind gesture to exchange new information with fellow
> community>members.
> > >
> > > Let it be clear that the AAM does not have any monopoly over the
> >expression of happy news regarding family members in our
> community. In the
> >past many subscribers have posted welcome statements about family
> members'>arrival and departure. Why is it now that Alex Redd's
> latest note of
> >information regarding the Bekoe family seems to raise your eye
> brow? I am
> >curious to know as to why you publicly asserted that "I have no
> right or
> >authority to pose welcome information on behalf of a family" when
> infact,>you are the one who asked me to serve as a member on the
> AAM Outreach
> >Committee. I'm not sure if you are suggesting that each and every
> >subscriber
> >of this listserv must pass all announcements regarding fellow
> Africans to
> >the AAM for approval before going public.
> > >
> > > I, therefore, conclude that your last email statement is an
> error of
> >judgement and must be corrected in accordance with conventional
> etiquette.> >
> > >
> > > Thanks for reading,
> > >
> > > Alex Redd
> > > Member, Outreach Committee
> > > AAM
> > > Madison, WI
> > >
> > > We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is
> ripe to do
> >right.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Godwin Amegashie <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:32 pm
> > > Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
> > >
> > > > Alex, there is a Chair of the Outreach committee. Please pas
> that> > > information to Dr. Weller or myself. You do not speak
> for the African
> > > > Association and your broadcast message is not appreciated.
> Pass the
> > > > information to the right person. You have no authority in
> the African
> > > > Association.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
> > > > [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ALEX LAGIA REDD
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:47 AM
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
> > > >
> > > > Hello Everyone,
> > > >
> > > > I am proud to introduce Mr. Kofi and Mrs. Sandi Bekoe. Mr.
> Kofi Bekoe
> > > > arrived in Madison from Ghana last April to joined his wife
> Sandi in
> > > > Madison.
> > > >
> > > > The couple would like to be part of the African community
> here. Let's
> > > > welcome them wholeheartedly!
> > > >
> > > > Contact information: 5726 Russett Rd.Madison, WI 53711
> > > > Phone: 608-278-8472
> > > > email: [log in to unmask]
> > > >
> > > > Thank you,
> > > >
> > > > Alex Redd
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is
> ripe to do
> > > > right.
> > > >
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> > > >
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 18:39:08 -0500
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Subject: FW: Botswana top in good governance
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Botswana top in good governance
Botswana has been ranked the least corrupt African country in a list
compiled by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Tunisia, Gambia and South Africa followed Botswana as the countries with
the best standards of governance.
Nigeria and Chad were named as having the worst public institutions.
"The index is a very important component of our assessment of a
country's competitiveness and overall prospects for economic growth",
WEF economist Fiona Paua said.
The Swiss-based organisation graded 21 countries on the rule of law,
impressions of corruption and the enforcement of contracts.
The WEF draws its evaluations from a survey of business leaders in the
countries concerned.
This year WEF received about 2,000 responses for the survey.
The survey looks at law enforcement and corruption, combining the two to
give an overall ranking on good governance.
South Africa was dragged down in law enforcement because of its high
rate of organised crime.
Zimbabwe, which is facing a political and economic crisis, was ranked 16
and judged to have the least independent judiciary.
All the countries where the survey was carried out are partners of the
WEF's global competitiveness programme.
The rankings were announced at the opening of the WEF's Africa economic
summit in the South African city of Durban.
About 650 African parliamentarians and international business leaders
are meeting there to promote investment and development in the world's
poorest continent.
Anti-corruption campaign
The rankings were released at a time when the European parliament has
been holding hearings into payments made by international oil companies
to African governments.
The hearings are part of a campaign to bring in a law requiring
companies to reveal the money they pay governments for operating in
their countries.
The European Parliament's spokesman on corporate responsibility, Richard
Howitt, said companies were under pressure from corrupt governments not
to reveal how much they pay in taxes and licensing fees, so that the
money can be siphoned off for personal enrichment.
Story from BBC NEWS:
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economist
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<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
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draws its evaluations from a survey of business leaders in the countries
concerned. <br>
This year WEF received about 2,000 responses for the survey. <br>
The survey looks at law enforcement and corruption, combining the two to =
give
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South Africa was dragged down in law enforcement because of its high =
rate of
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countries where the survey was carried out are partners of the WEF's =
global
competitiveness programme. <br>
The rankings were announced at the opening of the WEF's Africa economic =
summit
in the South African city of Durban. <br>
About 650 African parliamentarians and international business leaders =
are
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poorest
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African
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<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
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European Parliament's spokesman on corporate responsibility, Richard =
Howitt,
said companies were under pressure from corrupt governments not to =
reveal how
much they pay in taxes and licensing fees, so that the money can be =
siphoned
off for personal enrichment. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 23:22:07 EDT
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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From: Ben Weller <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: AAM Addition
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The AAM has two new members. Ms. Tina Jones gave birth to two boys, Abou and
Ali yesterday. Babies and mother are doing very well. The proud father,
Abdul, is very happy.
Congratulations to the family.
Ben Weller
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:47:42 +0000
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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From: kervin Soko <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
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Sorry, the message is already out there. What goes around will come around.
Let us FORGET IT and move on.
Thanks.
Kervin Soko
>From: Dzigbodi Akyea <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)"
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
>Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:48:55 -0500
>
>Sorry, it's not the new Ghanaian family which is caught up in the mess. It
>is those of us who suscribe to this list who are. Like Ann Marie said, if
>people have personal scores to settle, please do so privately.
>Thanks.
>
>Cheers: dzigbodi.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of kervin Soko
>Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:53 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
>
>Mr. Jallow,
>
>You are correct but this is the same Alex, who does not want what he is
>doing to happen in the LIBERIAN ASSOCIATION. If he doesn't like it then he
>should not do it to others. We are sorry the newly arrived family has to be
>caught up in the mess.
>
>Let us put it behind us and move on. Long live the AAM and long live the
>people of the AAM community!
>
>Thanks.
>
>Kervin Soko
>
>
> >From: mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
> >Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:10:29 -0700
> >
> >Godwin Amegashie's email protesting Alex's posting concerning the arrival
> >here of a new African family,is the most ridiculous piece of message I
>have
> >ever seen in this site.
> >Although I would agree that Mr. Reed has a tendancy to sometimes post
> >rambling messages that bear little or nor value in furthering the
>interest
> >or the activities of AAM, we do not have the authority to restrict his
> >right to express himself.
> >By the same token,to say that people intending to post certain messages
> >have to inform Mr.Godwin or Mr. Weller is not only a form of censureship,
> >it is the ultimate in bureaucratic red tape.
> >This is unacceptable.
> >Mr. Godwin has to understand that control in management is not
>necessarily
> >synonimous with efficiency;on the contrary, it may actually stifle it.
> >I do understand that Mr. Godwin wants to try new things and institute
> >management styles that will advance AAM's interest during his year of
> >tenure, but this route may lead to more ristrictions and that cannot be
> >tolerated one bit.
> >Furthermore, you may need to go back to the drawing board and re-draw the
> >responsibilities of the Outreach Committee.I do not see any reason
> >whatsoever why announcing the arrival of a new person to Madison has to
>go
> >to any Committee before posting to site. Makes no sense to me. We are not
> >going to allow censureship,unreasonable restrictions or oppressive
>controls
> >of any kind...........................................None..nope
> >zipo..nada..hani..darah..rien. If I am blocked out by the site manager,
> >this will only confirm what I am saying here.
> >
> >Godwin Amegashie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >Alex, there is a Chair of the Outreach committee. Please pas that
> >information to Dr. Weller or myself. You do not speak for the African
> >Association and your broadcast message is not appreciated. Pass the
> >information to the right person. You have no authority in the African
> >Association.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
> >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ALEX LAGIA REDD
> >Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:47 AM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Meet New Ghanian Family in Madison
> >
> >Hello Everyone,
> >
> >I am proud to introduce Mr. Kofi and Mrs. Sandi Bekoe. Mr. Kofi Bekoe
> >arrived in Madison from Ghana last April to joined his wife Sandi in
> >Madison.
> >
> >The couple would like to be part of the African community here. Let's
> >welcome them wholeheartedly!
> >
> >Contact information: 5726 Russett Rd.Madison, WI 53711
> >Phone: 608-278-8472
> >email: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> >Alex Redd
> >
> >
> >We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that time is ripe to do
> >right.
> >
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What is good for the goose is equally good for the gander. All men are equal
but some are more equal than others.
Have a good day and a wonderful weekend. See you at Juneteenth.
Joe
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US attacks Belgium war crimes law
The United States has renewed controversy within Nato over Belgian
legislation which makes foreigners vulnerable to prosecution for alleged war
crimes.
American Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned that Washington would
block further funding for Nato's new headquarters in Belgium until the legal
threat was withdrawn.
US authorities have been outraged by complaints brought against General
Tommy Franks - who commanded US forces in the Iraq war - and other officials
under laws that allow Belgian courts to try war crimes wherever they are
committed around the world.
In another development on Thursday, the United Nations Security Council
granted US peacekeepers another year of immunity from prosecution by the
International Criminal Court (ICC) by 12 votes to none.
Speaking after a meeting of Nato defence ministers in Brussels, Mr Rumsfeld
said it did not "make much sense to make a new headquarters if you can't
come here for meetings".
According to the BBC's Jonathan Marcus in Brussels, it was an unusual and
blistering attack upon one of America's Nato allies - a sign that there are
still some serious tensions that from time to time break through to the
surface.
Belgian 'surprise'
The case against General Franks was filed by a left-wing lawyer on behalf of
a group of Iraqis injured or bereaved in the war.
It followed similar complaints brought against former President George Bush,
Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Colin Powell for their
role in the first Gulf War.
Reacting to the US outcry, the Belgian Government rushed changes to the laws
through parliament which mean any such complaints can be transferred to the
country of the accused if that nation has a fair and democratic legal
system.
Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt referred the General Franks case back to the
US last month, although the attorney Jan Fermon is appealing on behalf of
the 19 Iraqis bringing the case.
Belgian Defence Minister Andre Flahaut said he was surprised by Mr
Rumsfeld's warning, insisting the General Franks case had been rejected by
his country.
Mr Rumsfeld has said American military and civilian officials need
assurances they could come to Brussels without facing "harassment" from the
Belgian courts.
UN endorsement
The US itself put forward the UN Security Council resolution which extends
the immunity of states which have not ratified the ICC's founding statute
from its jurisdiction for a second year from 1 July.
Reach of ICC
90 countries have ratified the Rome treaty that established the court
139 countries are signatories to the treaty
The extension was approved grudgingly as almost every speaker in the debate
highlighted the unlikelihood of US peacekeepers ever being in a position
where they were prosecuted by the court.
Three of the 15 Security Council members - France, Germany and Syria -
demonstrated their disapproval by abstaining.
Earlier, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan warned that the legitimacy of
peacekeepers would be undermined by recurrent extensions to their immunity
from the jurisdiction of the ICC - the world's first war crimes court.
America is also currently drawing up agreements with individual governments
which bar them from surrendering US nationals to the court and has signed
nearly 40 such agreements to date.
'Principle'
The deputy US Ambassador to the UN, James Cunningham, welcomed the approval
of his resolution but added that, "like any compromise, [it] does not
address all our concerns".
Germany, a principal proponent of the court, said its abstention was "a
matter of principle".
Even the UK indicated it had differences with one of its closest allies over
the issue.
"Whilst we understand US concerns about the International Criminal Court, we
do not share them," said its Ambassador, Sir Jeremy Greenstock.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/2985744.stm
Published: 2003/06/12 21:29:50 GMT
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Congratulations, Tina & Abdul.
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The AAM has two new members. Ms. Tina Jones gave birth to two boys,
Abou and Ali yesterday. Babies and mother are doing very well. The
proud father, Abdul, is very happy.
Congratulations to the family.
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Madison) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] <b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Ben Weller<br>
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Ms. Tina Jones gave birth to two boys, Abou and Ali yesterday. =
Babies and
mother are doing very well. The proud father, Abdul, is very happy.<br>
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Greetings, Friends.
We wish you and yours a very happy,
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Cheers and remain blessed!
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Lord Have Mercy!!! What is happening in our country? I trust this won't =
pass here in Wisconsin...(hint, hint!!)=20
Hedi=20
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Religiously oriented groups that provide federal =
preschool programs could refuse to hire teachers based on their faith, a =
House panel voted Thursday in approving a scaled-back overhaul of Head =
Start.=20
The bill would give eight states -- not all 50, as the Bush administration =
wanted -- greater control over how they run the nation's preschool program =
for the poor.=20
Overall, the bill aims to expand academic expectations for children, =
require more teachers to have a college education and improve monitoring =
to ensure students emerge ready for kindergarten.=20
But the religion provision, added Thursday by the House Education and =
Workforce panel on education reform, is the latest to cause a partisan =
divide over a program that has helped roughly 20 million children develop =
literacy and social skills.=20
The bill has an anti-discrimination clause, but it would not apply to =
groups in hiring people whose religion could affect the organization's =
work. The idea is backed by a court ruling and intended to keep religious =
groups from dropping out of the federal program, said Rep. Mike Castle, =
R-Delaware, the bill's sponsor.=20
"Faith-based organizations cannot be expected to sustain their religious =
mission without the ability to employ individuals who ... practice their =
faith, because it's that faith that motivates them to serve," Castle =
said.=20
Democrats failed to get to strip the language.=20
"To have legislation that would try and convince faith-based institutions =
and organizations that they ought to discriminate -- I don't understand =
it. It's amazing to me," said Rep. Danny Davis, D-Illinois.=20
The bill, approved in a party-line vote, now goes to the full committee. =
Head Start is up for reauthorization, meaning Congress and the president =
can rewrite it.=20
The bill's pilot program would allow eight states to take federal Head =
Start money and merge it with their own spending to better coordinate =
preschool services. It would be open only to states that have shown a =
financial commitment to preschool and that agree not to drop their own =
spending if chosen. States would also have to prove students show =
improvement.=20
Critics fear a declining federal role will drop standards, and that Head =
Start will lose its comprehensive mission of health, nutrition and =
parental involvement.=20
"We appreciate the fact that they have limited it, but we are still =
opposed to it," said Maureen Thompson, a consultant for the National Head =
Start Association. "We think it is the first step in dismantling Head =
Start as it has worked and served children for 38 years."=20
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Wisconsin health worker suspected of monkeypox Case would be first such U.S. human transmission in U.S. By TODD ACKERMAN
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Medical Writer
A health care worker in Wisconsin may have contracted monkeypox from a human patient, which would be the nation's first such incidence.
Wisconsin officials said Thursday the virus hasn't been confirmed in the worker, but tissue specimens have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The worker has been isolated.
"The worker had no contact with an animal and became ill after caring for a person with a suspected case of monkeypox," said Dr. Herb Bostrom, director of Wisconsin's bureau of communicable diseases. "She had respiratory symptoms and a short-lived smallpox on the back of her hand consistent with monkeypox."
In another case, Dr. John Melski, a dermatologist at Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, said a medical assistant is suspected of getting the disease after helping treat a 3-year-old girl May 22. The girl was later diagnosed with monkeypox.
"She held the child when the child was brought in and may have had contact with the infected lesion," Melski said. He said the medical assistant's boyfriend has some similar symptoms, but it's unknown how he may have gotten sick.
Monkeypox, the exotic African disease that has spread from pet prairie dogs to humans, is typically and most effectively transmitted from animal to animal. But it can pass from human to human, as it has in Africa.
The U.S. government Wednesday recommended smallpox shots for people exposed to monkeypox, including pregnant women and children; banned the sale and distribution of prairie dogs; and prohibited importation of all rodents. A Gambian rat is believed to have spread the virus to prairie dogs.
The CDC also issued a list of signs and symptoms to determine which patients have monkeypox and to help in its investigation of the potentially fatal viral disease.
Lab tests have confirmed 12 of the 62 suspected cases of monkeypox under investigation in four states. These include Indiana, with 28 cases; Wisconsin with 21; Illinois with 12; and New Jersey with one. Fourteen of the patients have been hospitalized, but none has died.
The smallpox vaccine, 85 percent effective against monkeypox, can prevent the disease up to two weeks after exposure to the virus. It's most effective in the first four days.
But Bostrom was skeptical of CDC's recommendation that exposed people get the shot, saying the Wisconsin health department will continue to identify those who've been exposed, monitor those providing care for ill victims and act promptly to limit spread of the disease.
"Although known to provide some immunity against monkeypox, the smallpox vaccine has the potential for serious side effects such as encephalitis and heart problems," said Bostrom. "In addition, the CDC has not provided final guidance on this experimental use of smallpox vaccine."
Texas has had no suspected cases of monkeypox, though its source went through the state. Federal, state and local authorities have linked the disease to Gambian rats imported from Ghana, West Africa, in early April by a Texas pet distributor. The prairie dogs also came from Texas, one of 15 states where infected prairie dogs are being sought.
The signs and symptoms of monkeypox are considered similar to those if smallpox -- a rash consisting of raised bumps and pus-filled blisters, a fever of 99.3 degrees or higher, headache or backache, sore throat, cough, and shortness of breath -- except it causes swollen lymph nodes. The illness typically lasts two to four weeks.
Monkeypox is a rare disease that occurs mainly in the rain forest countries of central and west Africa.
In Africa, monkeypox is fatal in as many as 10 percent of those who contract it. Before smallpox was eradicated, the equivalent figure for that disease was 30 percent.
"This monkeypox outbreak is another reminder that in today's world, infections we don't know anything about can be a threat," said Robert Couch, a professor of molecular virology at Baylor College of Medicine.
"The once-popular notion that the only things we have to worry about now are cancer and heart disease is wrong. We have to continue to be vigilant about newly emergent infectious diseases."
Aggo Akyea
"If you identify a problem, be sure to suggest a method of solution."
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<P><EM><A href="http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/nation/1950468">http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/nation/1950468</A><BR></P></EM>
<H2>Wisconsin health worker suspected of monkeypox </H2>
<H3>Case would be first such U.S. human transmission in U.S. </H3><B>By TODD ACKERMAN </B><BR><B>Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Medical Writer </B>
<P>
<P>A health care worker in Wisconsin may have contracted monkeypox from a human patient, which would be the nation's first such incidence.
<P>Wisconsin officials said Thursday the virus hasn't been confirmed in the worker, but tissue specimens have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The worker has been isolated.
<P>"The worker had no contact with an animal and became ill after caring for a person with a suspected case of monkeypox," said Dr. Herb Bostrom, director of Wisconsin's bureau of communicable diseases. "She had respiratory symptoms and a short-lived smallpox on the back of her hand consistent with monkeypox."
<P>In another case, Dr. John Melski, a dermatologist at Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, said a medical assistant is suspected of getting the disease after helping treat a 3-year-old girl May 22. The girl was later diagnosed with monkeypox.
<P>"She held the child when the child was brought in and may have had contact with the infected lesion," Melski said. He said the medical assistant's boyfriend has some similar symptoms, but it's unknown how he may have gotten sick.
<P>Monkeypox, the exotic African disease that has spread from pet prairie dogs to humans, is typically and most effectively transmitted from animal to animal. But it can pass from human to human, as it has in Africa.
<P>The U.S. government Wednesday recommended smallpox shots for people exposed to monkeypox, including pregnant women and children; banned the sale and distribution of prairie dogs; and prohibited importation of all rodents. A Gambian rat is believed to have spread the virus to prairie dogs.
<P>The CDC also issued a list of signs and symptoms to determine which patients have monkeypox and to help in its investigation of the potentially fatal viral disease.
<P>Lab tests have confirmed 12 of the 62 suspected cases of monkeypox under investigation in four states. These include Indiana, with 28 cases; Wisconsin with 21; Illinois with 12; and New Jersey with one. Fourteen of the patients have been hospitalized, but none has died.
<P>The smallpox vaccine, 85 percent effective against monkeypox, can prevent the disease up to two weeks after exposure to the virus. It's most effective in the first four days.
<P>But Bostrom was skeptical of CDC's recommendation that exposed people get the shot, saying the Wisconsin health department will continue to identify those who've been exposed, monitor those providing care for ill victims and act promptly to limit spread of the disease.
<P>"Although known to provide some immunity against monkeypox, the smallpox vaccine has the potential for serious side effects such as encephalitis and heart problems," said Bostrom. "In addition, the CDC has not provided final guidance on this experimental use of smallpox vaccine."
<P>Texas has had no suspected cases of monkeypox, though its source went through the state. Federal, state and local authorities have linked the disease to Gambian rats imported from Ghana, West Africa, in early April by a Texas pet distributor. The prairie dogs also came from Texas, one of 15 states where infected prairie dogs are being sought.
<P>The signs and symptoms of monkeypox are considered similar to those if smallpox -- a rash consisting of raised bumps and pus-filled blisters, a fever of 99.3 degrees or higher, headache or backache, sore throat, cough, and shortness of breath -- except it causes swollen lymph nodes. The illness typically lasts two to four weeks.
<P>Monkeypox is a rare disease that occurs mainly in the rain forest countries of central and west Africa.
<P>In Africa, monkeypox is fatal in as many as 10 percent of those who contract it. Before smallpox was eradicated, the equivalent figure for that disease was 30 percent.
<P>"This monkeypox outbreak is another reminder that in today's world, infections we don't know anything about can be a threat," said Robert Couch, a professor of molecular virology at Baylor College of Medicine.
<P>"The once-popular notion that the only things we have to worry about now are cancer and heart disease is wrong. We have to continue to be vigilant about newly emergent infectious diseases." </P><BR><BR><DIV>Aggo Akyea <BR><BR><STRONG><EM>"If you identify a problem, be sure to suggest a method of solution."</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:44:41 -0500
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This monkeypox must like the letter G. =20
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June 13, 2003, 2:46PM
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/nation/1950468
Wisconsin health worker suspected of monkeypox=20
Case would be first such U.S. human transmission in U.S.=20
By TODD ACKERMAN=20
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Medical Writer=20
A health care worker in Wisconsin may have contracted monkeypox from a =
human
patient, which would be the nation's first such incidence.=20
Wisconsin officials said Thursday the virus hasn't been confirmed in the
worker, but tissue specimens have been sent to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The worker has been isolated.=20
"The worker had no contact with an animal and became ill after caring =
for a
person with a suspected case of monkeypox," said Dr. Herb Bostrom, =
director
of Wisconsin's bureau of communicable diseases. "She had respiratory
symptoms and a short-lived smallpox on the back of her hand consistent =
with
monkeypox."=20
In another case, Dr. John Melski, a dermatologist at Marshfield Clinic =
in
Marshfield, said a medical assistant is suspected of getting the disease
after helping treat a 3-year-old girl May 22. The girl was later =
diagnosed
with monkeypox.=20
"She held the child when the child was brought in and may have had =
contact
with the infected lesion," Melski said. He said the medical assistant's
boyfriend has some similar symptoms, but it's unknown how he may have =
gotten
sick.=20
Monkeypox, the exotic African disease that has spread from pet prairie =
dogs
to humans, is typically and most effectively transmitted from animal to
animal. But it can pass from human to human, as it has in Africa.=20
The U.S. government Wednesday recommended smallpox shots for people =
exposed
to monkeypox, including pregnant women and children; banned the sale and
distribution of prairie dogs; and prohibited importation of all rodents. =
A
Gambian rat is believed to have spread the virus to prairie dogs.=20
The CDC also issued a list of signs and symptoms to determine which =
patients
have monkeypox and to help in its investigation of the potentially fatal
viral disease.=20
Lab tests have confirmed 12 of the 62 suspected cases of monkeypox under
investigation in four states. These include Indiana, with 28 cases;
Wisconsin with 21; Illinois with 12; and New Jersey with one. Fourteen =
of
the patients have been hospitalized, but none has died.=20
The smallpox vaccine, 85 percent effective against monkeypox, can =
prevent
the disease up to two weeks after exposure to the virus. It's most =
effective
in the first four days.=20
But Bostrom was skeptical of CDC's recommendation that exposed people =
get
the shot, saying the Wisconsin health department will continue to =
identify
those who've been exposed, monitor those providing care for ill victims =
and
act promptly to limit spread of the disease.=20
"Although known to provide some immunity against monkeypox, the smallpox
vaccine has the potential for serious side effects such as encephalitis =
and
heart problems," said Bostrom. "In addition, the CDC has not provided =
final
guidance on this experimental use of smallpox vaccine."=20
Texas has had no suspected cases of monkeypox, though its source went
through the state. Federal, state and local authorities have linked the
disease to Gambian rats imported from Ghana, West Africa, in early April =
by
a Texas pet distributor. The prairie dogs also came from Texas, one of =
15
states where infected prairie dogs are being sought.=20
The signs and symptoms of monkeypox are considered similar to those if
smallpox -- a rash consisting of raised bumps and pus-filled blisters, a
fever of 99.3 degrees or higher, headache or backache, sore throat, =
cough,
and shortness of breath -- except it causes swollen lymph nodes. The =
illness
typically lasts two to four weeks.=20
Monkeypox is a rare disease that occurs mainly in the rain forest =
countries
of central and west Africa.=20
In Africa, monkeypox is fatal in as many as 10 percent of those who =
contract
it. Before smallpox was eradicated, the equivalent figure for that =
disease
was 30 percent.=20
"This monkeypox outbreak is another reminder that in today's world,
infections we don't know anything about can be a threat," said Robert =
Couch,
a professor of molecular virology at Baylor College of Medicine.=20
"The once-popular notion that the only things we have to worry about now =
are
cancer and heart disease is wrong. We have to continue to be vigilant =
about
newly emergent infectious diseases."=20
=20
Aggo Akyea=20
"If you identify a problem, be sure to suggest a method of solution."
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This monkeypox must like the letter =
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face=3DTahoma><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original =
Message-----<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> AAM (African =
Association of
Madison) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] <b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Aggo Akyea<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, June 13, =
2003 4:36
PM<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> =
[log in to unmask]<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> MONKEY POX =
ORIGINATED
FROM GHANA?</span></font></p>
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face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
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<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><em><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>June 13, 2003, =
2:46PM</span></font></i></em></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><em><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><a
href=3D"http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/nation/1950468">http:/=
/www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/nation/1950468</a></span></font></i>=
</em></p>
<h2 style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3D5 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>Wisconsin health worker suspected of =
monkeypox </span></font></b></h2>
<h3 style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3D4 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:13.5pt'>Case would be first such U.S. human =
transmission in
U.S. </span></font></b></h3>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>By TODD
ACKERMAN </span></font></b><br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle =
Medical
Writer </span></b></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>A health care worker in Wisconsin may have =
contracted
monkeypox from a human patient, which would be the nation's first such =
incidence.
</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Wisconsin officials said Thursday the virus =
hasn't
been confirmed in the worker, but tissue specimens have been sent to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The worker has =
been
isolated. </span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>"The worker had no contact with an =
animal and
became ill after caring for a person with a suspected case of =
monkeypox,"
said Dr. Herb Bostrom, director of Wisconsin's bureau of communicable =
diseases.
"She had respiratory symptoms and a short-lived smallpox on the =
back of
her hand consistent with monkeypox." </span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>In another case, Dr. John Melski, a =
dermatologist at
Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, said a medical assistant is suspected =
of
getting the disease after helping treat a 3-year-old girl May 22. The =
girl was
later diagnosed with monkeypox. </span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>"She held the child when the child was =
brought in
and may have had contact with the infected lesion," Melski said. He =
said
the medical assistant's boyfriend has some similar symptoms, but it's =
unknown
how he may have gotten sick. </span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Monkeypox, the exotic African disease that =
has spread
from pet prairie dogs to humans, is typically and most effectively =
transmitted
from animal to animal. But it can pass from human to human, as it has in
Africa. </span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The U.S. government Wednesday recommended =
smallpox
shots for people exposed to monkeypox, including pregnant women and =
children;
banned the sale and distribution of prairie dogs; and prohibited =
importation of
all rodents. A Gambian rat is believed to have spread the virus to =
prairie
dogs. </span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The CDC also issued a list of signs and =
symptoms to
determine which patients have monkeypox and to help in its investigation =
of the
potentially fatal viral disease. </span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Lab tests have confirmed 12 of the 62 =
suspected cases
of monkeypox under investigation in four states. These include Indiana, =
with 28
cases; Wisconsin with 21; Illinois with 12; and New Jersey with one. =
Fourteen
of the patients have been hospitalized, but none has died. =
</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The smallpox vaccine, 85 percent effective =
against
monkeypox, can prevent the disease up to two weeks after exposure to the =
virus.
It's most effective in the first four days. </span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>But Bostrom was skeptical of CDC's =
recommendation that
exposed people get the shot, saying the Wisconsin health department will
continue to identify those who've been exposed, monitor those providing =
care
for ill victims and act promptly to limit spread of the disease. =
</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>"Although known to provide some immunity =
against
monkeypox, the smallpox vaccine has the potential for serious side =
effects such
as encephalitis and heart problems," said Bostrom. "In =
addition, the
CDC has not provided final guidance on this experimental use of smallpox
vaccine." </span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Texas has had no suspected cases of =
monkeypox, though
its source went through the state. Federal, state and local authorities =
have
linked the disease to Gambian rats imported from Ghana, West Africa, in =
early
April by a Texas pet distributor. The prairie dogs also came from Texas, =
one of
15 states where infected prairie dogs are being sought. =
</span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The signs and symptoms of monkeypox are =
considered
similar to those if smallpox -- a rash consisting of raised bumps and
pus-filled blisters, a fever of 99.3 degrees or higher, headache or =
backache,
sore throat, cough, and shortness of breath -- except it causes swollen =
lymph
nodes. The illness typically lasts two to four weeks. </span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Monkeypox is a rare disease that occurs =
mainly in the
rain forest countries of central and west Africa. </span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>In Africa, monkeypox is fatal in as many as =
10 percent
of those who contract it. Before smallpox was eradicated, the equivalent =
figure
for that disease was 30 percent. </span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>"This monkeypox outbreak is another =
reminder that
in today's world, infections we don't know anything about can be a
threat," said Robert Couch, a professor of molecular virology at =
Baylor
College of Medicine. </span></font></p>
<p style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>"The once-popular notion that the only =
things we
have to worry about now are cancer and heart disease is wrong. We have =
to
continue to be vigilant about newly emergent infectious diseases." =
</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Aggo Akyea <br>
<br>
<em><b><i><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>"If
you identify a problem, be sure to suggest a method of =
solution."</span></font></i></b></em></span></font></p>
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So there is a rat called Gambian rat? I never knew. Why didn't they say so rather than putting us Gambains on the defensive edge? The way the news was communicated,it was clear that even the news readers were conveying the impression that the rats were actually from the Gambia. So now the monkeypox disease came from Ghana, transmitted by a Gambian rat, that was imported to Texas, that in some way had a randezvous with a prairie dog,that somehow spread the disease to Wisconsin and Illinois. What Garbage.!!!! What a tall tale.!!!. What is the matter with these people who spread these inaccurate facts ?
To tell the truth,I have never seen anyone infected with this disease. Not in The Gambia, not anywhere else in Africa; never EVER.
NO, MONKEYPOX IS NOT FROM AFRICA. NO NO NO NO. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT. Next disease please!
Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
June 13, 2003, 2:46PM
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/nation/1950468
Wisconsin health worker suspected of monkeypox Case would be first such U.S. human transmission in U.S. By TODD ACKERMAN
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Medical Writer
A health care worker in Wisconsin may have contracted monkeypox from a human patient, which would be the nation's first such incidence.
Wisconsin officials said Thursday the virus hasn't been confirmed in the worker, but tissue specimens have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The worker has been isolated.
"The worker had no contact with an animal and became ill after caring for a person with a suspected case of monkeypox," said Dr. Herb Bostrom, director of Wisconsin's bureau of communicable diseases. "She had respiratory symptoms and a short-lived smallpox on the back of her hand consistent with monkeypox."
In another case, Dr. John Melski, a dermatologist at Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, said a medical assistant is suspected of getting the disease after helping treat a 3-year-old girl May 22. The girl was later diagnosed with monkeypox.
"She held the child when the child was brought in and may have had contact with the infected lesion," Melski said. He said the medical assistant's boyfriend has some similar symptoms, but it's unknown how he may have gotten sick.
Monkeypox, the exotic African disease that has spread from pet prairie dogs to humans, is typically and most effectively transmitted from animal to animal. But it can pass from human to human, as it has in Africa.
The U.S. government Wednesday recommended smallpox shots for people exposed to monkeypox, including pregnant women and children; banned the sale and distribution of prairie dogs; and prohibited importation of all rodents. A Gambian rat is believed to have spread the virus to prairie dogs.
The CDC also issued a list of signs and symptoms to determine which patients have monkeypox and to help in its investigation of the potentially fatal viral disease.
Lab tests have confirmed 12 of the 62 suspected cases of monkeypox under investigation in four states. These include Indiana, with 28 cases; Wisconsin with 21; Illinois with 12; and New Jersey with one. Fourteen of the patients have been hospitalized, but none has died.
The smallpox vaccine, 85 percent effective against monkeypox, can prevent the disease up to two weeks after exposure to the virus. It's most effective in the first four days.
But Bostrom was skeptical of CDC's recommendation that exposed people get the shot, saying the Wisconsin health department will continue to identify those who've been exposed, monitor those providing care for ill victims and act promptly to limit spread of the disease.
"Although known to provide some immunity against monkeypox, the smallpox vaccine has the potential for serious side effects such as encephalitis and heart problems," said Bostrom. "In addition, the CDC has not provided final guidance on this experimental use of smallpox vaccine."
Texas has had no suspected cases of monkeypox, though its source went through the state. Federal, state and local authorities have linked the disease to Gambian rats imported from Ghana, West Africa, in early April by a Texas pet distributor. The prairie dogs also came from Texas, one of 15 states where infected prairie dogs are being sought.
The signs and symptoms of monkeypox are considered similar to those if smallpox -- a rash consisting of raised bumps and pus-filled blisters, a fever of 99.3 degrees or higher, headache or backache, sore throat, cough, and shortness of breath -- except it causes swollen lymph nodes. The illness typically lasts two to four weeks.
Monkeypox is a rare disease that occurs mainly in the rain forest countries of central and west Africa.
In Africa, monkeypox is fatal in as many as 10 percent of those who contract it. Before smallpox was eradicated, the equivalent figure for that disease was 30 percent.
"This monkeypox outbreak is another reminder that in today's world, infections we don't know anything about can be a threat," said Robert Couch, a professor of molecular virology at Baylor College of Medicine.
"The once-popular notion that the only things we have to worry about now are cancer and heart disease is wrong. We have to continue to be vigilant about newly emergent infectious diseases."
Aggo Akyea
"If you identify a problem, be sure to suggest a method of solution."
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<DIV>So there is a rat called Gambian rat? I never knew. Why didn't they say so rather than putting us Gambains on the defensive edge? The way the news was communicated,it was clear that even the news readers were conveying the impression that the rats were actually from the Gambia. So now the monkeypox disease came from Ghana, transmitted by a Gambian rat, that was imported to Texas, that in some way had a randezvous with a prairie dog,that somehow spread the disease to Wisconsin and Illinois. What Garbage.!!!! What a tall tale.!!!. What is the matter with these people who spread these inaccurate facts ?</DIV>
<DIV>To tell the truth,I have never seen anyone infected with this disease. Not in The Gambia, not anywhere else in Africa; never EVER.</DIV>
<DIV>NO, MONKEYPOX IS NOT FROM AFRICA. NO NO NO NO. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT. Next disease please!<BR><BR><B><I>Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote: </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">
<P><EM>June 13, 2003, 2:46PM</EM></P>
<P><EM><A href="http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/nation/1950468">http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/nation/1950468</A><BR></P></EM>
<H2>Wisconsin health worker suspected of monkeypox </H2>
<H3>Case would be first such U.S. human transmission in U.S. </H3><B>By TODD ACKERMAN </B><BR><B>Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Medical Writer </B>
<P>
<P>A health care worker in Wisconsin may have contracted monkeypox from a human patient, which would be the nation's first such incidence.
<P>Wisconsin officials said Thursday the virus hasn't been confirmed in the worker, but tissue specimens have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The worker has been isolated.
<P>"The worker had no contact with an animal and became ill after caring for a person with a suspected case of monkeypox," said Dr. Herb Bostrom, director of Wisconsin's bureau of communicable diseases. "She had respiratory symptoms and a short-lived smallpox on the back of her hand consistent with monkeypox."
<P>In another case, Dr. John Melski, a dermatologist at Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, said a medical assistant is suspected of getting the disease after helping treat a 3-year-old girl May 22. The girl was later diagnosed with monkeypox.
<P>"She held the child when the child was brought in and may have had contact with the infected lesion," Melski said. He said the medical assistant's boyfriend has some similar symptoms, but it's unknown how he may have gotten sick.
<P>Monkeypox, the exotic African disease that has spread from pet prairie dogs to humans, is typically and most effectively transmitted from animal to animal. But it can pass from human to human, as it has in Africa.
<P>The U.S. government Wednesday recommended smallpox shots for people exposed to monkeypox, including pregnant women and children; banned the sale and distribution of prairie dogs; and prohibited importation of all rodents. A Gambian rat is believed to have spread the virus to prairie dogs.
<P>The CDC also issued a list of signs and symptoms to determine which patients have monkeypox and to help in its investigation of the potentially fatal viral disease.
<P>Lab tests have confirmed 12 of the 62 suspected cases of monkeypox under investigation in four states. These include Indiana, with 28 cases; Wisconsin with 21; Illinois with 12; and New Jersey with one. Fourteen of the patients have been hospitalized, but none has died.
<P>The smallpox vaccine, 85 percent effective against monkeypox, can prevent the disease up to two weeks after exposure to the virus. It's most effective in the first four days.
<P>But Bostrom was skeptical of CDC's recommendation that exposed people get the shot, saying the Wisconsin health department will continue to identify those who've been exposed, monitor those providing care for ill victims and act promptly to limit spread of the disease.
<P>"Although known to provide some immunity against monkeypox, the smallpox vaccine has the potential for serious side effects such as encephalitis and heart problems," said Bostrom. "In addition, the CDC has not provided final guidance on this experimental use of smallpox vaccine."
<P>Texas has had no suspected cases of monkeypox, though its source went through the state. Federal, state and local authorities have linked the disease to Gambian rats imported from Ghana, West Africa, in early April by a Texas pet distributor. The prairie dogs also came from Texas, one of 15 states where infected prairie dogs are being sought.
<P>The signs and symptoms of monkeypox are considered similar to those if smallpox -- a rash consisting of raised bumps and pus-filled blisters, a fever of 99.3 degrees or higher, headache or backache, sore throat, cough, and shortness of breath -- except it causes swollen lymph nodes. The illness typically lasts two to four weeks.
<P>Monkeypox is a rare disease that occurs mainly in the rain forest countries of central and west Africa.
<P>In Africa, monkeypox is fatal in as many as 10 percent of those who contract it. Before smallpox was eradicated, the equivalent figure for that disease was 30 percent.
<P>"This monkeypox outbreak is another reminder that in today's world, infections we don't know anything about can be a threat," said Robert Couch, a professor of molecular virology at Baylor College of Medicine.
<P>"The once-popular notion that the only things we have to worry about now are cancer and heart disease is wrong. We have to continue to be vigilant about newly emergent infectious diseases." </P><BR><BR>
<DIV>Aggo Akyea <BR><BR><STRONG><EM>"If you identify a problem, be sure to suggest a method of solution."</EM></STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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Ha, ha, ha, haaa, ha, ha ! ! ! ! ! !
This is the funniest piece of mail I have read in a long time. Matthew, thanks for throwing such a unique light on this whole thing. God willing, we will soon find out why we have survived all these poxes till now.
Have a great weekend, everyone. And keep smiling. Cheers.
mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
So there is a rat called Gambian rat? I never knew. Why didn't they say so rather than putting us Gambains on the defensive edge? The way the news was communicated,it was clear that even the news readers were conveying the impression that the rats were actually from the Gambia. So now the monkeypox disease came from Ghana, transmitted by a Gambian rat, that was imported to Texas, that in some way had a randezvous with a prairie dog,that somehow spread the disease to Wisconsin and Illinois. What Garbage.!!!! What a tall tale.!!!. What is the matter with these people who spread these inaccurate facts ?
To tell the truth,I have never seen anyone infected with this disease. Not in The Gambia, not anywhere else in Africa; never EVER.
NO, MONKEYPOX IS NOT FROM AFRICA. NO NO NO NO. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT. Next disease please!
Aggo Akyea
"If you identify a problem, be sure to suggest a method of solution."
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<DIV>Ha, ha, ha, haaa, ha, ha ! ! ! ! ! ! </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>This is the funniest piece of mail I have read in a long time. Matthew, thanks for throwing such a unique light on this whole thing. God willing, we will soon find out why we have survived all these poxes till now.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Have a great weekend, everyone. And keep smiling. Cheers.<BR><BR><B><I>mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>So there is a rat called Gambian rat? I never knew. Why didn't they say so rather than putting us Gambains on the defensive edge? The way the news was communicated,it was clear that even the news readers were conveying the impression that the rats were actually from the Gambia. So now the monkeypox disease came from Ghana, transmitted by a Gambian rat, that was imported to Texas, that in some way had a randezvous with a prairie dog,that somehow spread the disease to Wisconsin and Illinois. What Garbage.!!!! What a tall tale.!!!. What is the matter with these people who spread these inaccurate facts ?</DIV>
<DIV>To tell the truth,I have never seen anyone infected with this disease. Not in The Gambia, not anywhere else in Africa; never EVER.</DIV>
<DIV>NO, MONKEYPOX IS NOT FROM AFRICA. NO NO NO NO. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT. Next disease please!<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><DIV>Aggo Akyea <BR><BR><STRONG><EM>"If you identify a problem, be sure to suggest a method of solution."</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 18:50:17 +0000
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MAN,
THEY SAID AIDS WAS FROM AFRICA, WE ARGUED THAT FOR YEARS SINCE 1982 THEN
THEY ARE SAYING AGAIN THAT MONKEY POX IS FROM THE MOTHER'S LAND(AFRICA)? NO
NO, THIS TIME THE MONKEY POX IS FROM PAPA'S LAND(AMERICA).
THANKS.
KERVIN SOKO
>From: mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: MONKEY POX ORIGINATED FROM GHANA?
>Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:31:51 -0700
>
>So there is a rat called Gambian rat? I never knew. Why didn't they say so
>rather than putting us Gambains on the defensive edge? The way the news was
>communicated,it was clear that even the news readers were conveying the
>impression that the rats were actually from the Gambia. So now the
>monkeypox disease came from Ghana, transmitted by a Gambian rat, that was
>imported to Texas, that in some way had a randezvous with a prairie
>dog,that somehow spread the disease to Wisconsin and Illinois. What
>Garbage.!!!! What a tall tale.!!!. What is the matter with these people
>who spread these inaccurate facts ?
>To tell the truth,I have never seen anyone infected with this disease. Not
>in The Gambia, not anywhere else in Africa; never EVER.
>NO, MONKEYPOX IS NOT FROM AFRICA. NO NO NO NO. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT.
>Next disease please!
>
>Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>June 13, 2003, 2:46PM
>
>http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/nation/1950468
>
>Wisconsin health worker suspected of monkeypox Case would be first such
>U.S. human transmission in U.S. By TODD ACKERMAN
>Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Medical Writer
>
>A health care worker in Wisconsin may have contracted monkeypox from a
>human patient, which would be the nation's first such incidence.
>Wisconsin officials said Thursday the virus hasn't been confirmed in the
>worker, but tissue specimens have been sent to the Centers for Disease
>Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The worker has been isolated.
>"The worker had no contact with an animal and became ill after caring for a
>person with a suspected case of monkeypox," said Dr. Herb Bostrom, director
>of Wisconsin's bureau of communicable diseases. "She had respiratory
>symptoms and a short-lived smallpox on the back of her hand consistent with
>monkeypox."
>In another case, Dr. John Melski, a dermatologist at Marshfield Clinic in
>Marshfield, said a medical assistant is suspected of getting the disease
>after helping treat a 3-year-old girl May 22. The girl was later diagnosed
>with monkeypox.
>"She held the child when the child was brought in and may have had contact
>with the infected lesion," Melski said. He said the medical assistant's
>boyfriend has some similar symptoms, but it's unknown how he may have
>gotten sick.
>Monkeypox, the exotic African disease that has spread from pet prairie dogs
>to humans, is typically and most effectively transmitted from animal to
>animal. But it can pass from human to human, as it has in Africa.
>The U.S. government Wednesday recommended smallpox shots for people exposed
>to monkeypox, including pregnant women and children; banned the sale and
>distribution of prairie dogs; and prohibited importation of all rodents. A
>Gambian rat is believed to have spread the virus to prairie dogs.
>The CDC also issued a list of signs and symptoms to determine which
>patients have monkeypox and to help in its investigation of the potentially
>fatal viral disease.
>Lab tests have confirmed 12 of the 62 suspected cases of monkeypox under
>investigation in four states. These include Indiana, with 28 cases;
>Wisconsin with 21; Illinois with 12; and New Jersey with one. Fourteen of
>the patients have been hospitalized, but none has died.
>The smallpox vaccine, 85 percent effective against monkeypox, can prevent
>the disease up to two weeks after exposure to the virus. It's most
>effective in the first four days.
>But Bostrom was skeptical of CDC's recommendation that exposed people get
>the shot, saying the Wisconsin health department will continue to identify
>those who've been exposed, monitor those providing care for ill victims and
>act promptly to limit spread of the disease.
>"Although known to provide some immunity against monkeypox, the smallpox
>vaccine has the potential for serious side effects such as encephalitis and
>heart problems," said Bostrom. "In addition, the CDC has not provided final
>guidance on this experimental use of smallpox vaccine."
>Texas has had no suspected cases of monkeypox, though its source went
>through the state. Federal, state and local authorities have linked the
>disease to Gambian rats imported from Ghana, West Africa, in early April by
>a Texas pet distributor. The prairie dogs also came from Texas, one of 15
>states where infected prairie dogs are being sought.
>The signs and symptoms of monkeypox are considered similar to those if
>smallpox -- a rash consisting of raised bumps and pus-filled blisters, a
>fever of 99.3 degrees or higher, headache or backache, sore throat, cough,
>and shortness of breath -- except it causes swollen lymph nodes. The
>illness typically lasts two to four weeks.
>Monkeypox is a rare disease that occurs mainly in the rain forest countries
>of central and west Africa.
>In Africa, monkeypox is fatal in as many as 10 percent of those who
>contract it. Before smallpox was eradicated, the equivalent figure for that
>disease was 30 percent.
>"This monkeypox outbreak is another reminder that in today's world,
>infections we don't know anything about can be a threat," said Robert
>Couch, a professor of molecular virology at Baylor College of Medicine.
>"The once-popular notion that the only things we have to worry about now
>are cancer and heart disease is wrong. We have to continue to be vigilant
>about newly emergent infectious diseases."
>
>
>Aggo Akyea
>
>"If you identify a problem, be sure to suggest a method of solution."
>
>
>
>
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Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 18:50:21 +0000
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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MAN,
THEY SAID AIDS WAS FROM AFRICA, WE ARGUED THAT FOR YEARS SINCE 1982 THEN
THEY ARE SAYING AGAIN THAT MONKEY POX IS FROM THE MOTHER'S LAND(AFRICA)? NO
NO, THIS TIME THE MONKEY POX IS FROM PAPA'S LAND(AMERICA).
THANKS.
KERVIN SOKO
>From: mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: MONKEY POX ORIGINATED FROM GHANA?
>Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:31:51 -0700
>
>So there is a rat called Gambian rat? I never knew. Why didn't they say so
>rather than putting us Gambains on the defensive edge? The way the news was
>communicated,it was clear that even the news readers were conveying the
>impression that the rats were actually from the Gambia. So now the
>monkeypox disease came from Ghana, transmitted by a Gambian rat, that was
>imported to Texas, that in some way had a randezvous with a prairie
>dog,that somehow spread the disease to Wisconsin and Illinois. What
>Garbage.!!!! What a tall tale.!!!. What is the matter with these people
>who spread these inaccurate facts ?
>To tell the truth,I have never seen anyone infected with this disease. Not
>in The Gambia, not anywhere else in Africa; never EVER.
>NO, MONKEYPOX IS NOT FROM AFRICA. NO NO NO NO. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT.
>Next disease please!
>
>Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>June 13, 2003, 2:46PM
>
>http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/nation/1950468
>
>Wisconsin health worker suspected of monkeypox Case would be first such
>U.S. human transmission in U.S. By TODD ACKERMAN
>Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Medical Writer
>
>A health care worker in Wisconsin may have contracted monkeypox from a
>human patient, which would be the nation's first such incidence.
>Wisconsin officials said Thursday the virus hasn't been confirmed in the
>worker, but tissue specimens have been sent to the Centers for Disease
>Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The worker has been isolated.
>"The worker had no contact with an animal and became ill after caring for a
>person with a suspected case of monkeypox," said Dr. Herb Bostrom, director
>of Wisconsin's bureau of communicable diseases. "She had respiratory
>symptoms and a short-lived smallpox on the back of her hand consistent with
>monkeypox."
>In another case, Dr. John Melski, a dermatologist at Marshfield Clinic in
>Marshfield, said a medical assistant is suspected of getting the disease
>after helping treat a 3-year-old girl May 22. The girl was later diagnosed
>with monkeypox.
>"She held the child when the child was brought in and may have had contact
>with the infected lesion," Melski said. He said the medical assistant's
>boyfriend has some similar symptoms, but it's unknown how he may have
>gotten sick.
>Monkeypox, the exotic African disease that has spread from pet prairie dogs
>to humans, is typically and most effectively transmitted from animal to
>animal. But it can pass from human to human, as it has in Africa.
>The U.S. government Wednesday recommended smallpox shots for people exposed
>to monkeypox, including pregnant women and children; banned the sale and
>distribution of prairie dogs; and prohibited importation of all rodents. A
>Gambian rat is believed to have spread the virus to prairie dogs.
>The CDC also issued a list of signs and symptoms to determine which
>patients have monkeypox and to help in its investigation of the potentially
>fatal viral disease.
>Lab tests have confirmed 12 of the 62 suspected cases of monkeypox under
>investigation in four states. These include Indiana, with 28 cases;
>Wisconsin with 21; Illinois with 12; and New Jersey with one. Fourteen of
>the patients have been hospitalized, but none has died.
>The smallpox vaccine, 85 percent effective against monkeypox, can prevent
>the disease up to two weeks after exposure to the virus. It's most
>effective in the first four days.
>But Bostrom was skeptical of CDC's recommendation that exposed people get
>the shot, saying the Wisconsin health department will continue to identify
>those who've been exposed, monitor those providing care for ill victims and
>act promptly to limit spread of the disease.
>"Although known to provide some immunity against monkeypox, the smallpox
>vaccine has the potential for serious side effects such as encephalitis and
>heart problems," said Bostrom. "In addition, the CDC has not provided final
>guidance on this experimental use of smallpox vaccine."
>Texas has had no suspected cases of monkeypox, though its source went
>through the state. Federal, state and local authorities have linked the
>disease to Gambian rats imported from Ghana, West Africa, in early April by
>a Texas pet distributor. The prairie dogs also came from Texas, one of 15
>states where infected prairie dogs are being sought.
>The signs and symptoms of monkeypox are considered similar to those if
>smallpox -- a rash consisting of raised bumps and pus-filled blisters, a
>fever of 99.3 degrees or higher, headache or backache, sore throat, cough,
>and shortness of breath -- except it causes swollen lymph nodes. The
>illness typically lasts two to four weeks.
>Monkeypox is a rare disease that occurs mainly in the rain forest countries
>of central and west Africa.
>In Africa, monkeypox is fatal in as many as 10 percent of those who
>contract it. Before smallpox was eradicated, the equivalent figure for that
>disease was 30 percent.
>"This monkeypox outbreak is another reminder that in today's world,
>infections we don't know anything about can be a threat," said Robert
>Couch, a professor of molecular virology at Baylor College of Medicine.
>"The once-popular notion that the only things we have to worry about now
>are cancer and heart disease is wrong. We have to continue to be vigilant
>about newly emergent infectious diseases."
>
>
>Aggo Akyea
>
>"If you identify a problem, be sure to suggest a method of solution."
>
>
>
>
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Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 19:16:32 +0000
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LADIES & GENTLEMEN:
OUR MAN FROM ZAIRE IS GOING AROUND IN MADISON SCHEMING PEOPLE, TAKING MONEY
FROM THEM AND DOES NOT PAY BACK. IAM HIS LATIEST VICTIM($75.00). HE TOLD ME
THAT HE WAS TO BE THROWN OUT OF HIS APARTMENT IF HE DID NOT PAY THE BALANCE
$75.00 OF RENT DUE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2003 AT 6:00PM. I DID NOT WANT TO LEND
HIM THE MONEY BUT MY SISTER FROM NEW YORK SAW HIM LOOKING SO SORRYFUL, SHE
TOLD ME TO BORROW HIM THE MONEY. THE REST IS HISTORY!!!
THANKS.
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Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 13:20:44 -0700
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I believe they meant to write that "Gold Originated From Ghana" but could not find enough evidence to support it. If blaming Africa for any new disease will make those insecure fools feel better about themselves and wherever they come from then more power to them. I am still recovering from the shock that SARS did not originate from Abuja :-)
Cheers,
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<DIV><FONT size=3>I believe they meant to write that "Gold Originated From Ghana" but could not find enough evidence to support it. If blaming Africa for any new disease will make those insecure fools feel better about themselves and wherever they come from then more power to them. I am still recovering from the shock that SARS did not originate from Abuja :-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>KC</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
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Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 17:37:25 -0400
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Dear Everyone,
I just wanted to send you and everyone in AAM a note of thanks for the tremendous showing of support for our Panafrica Dance Party last weekend. We had a wonderful turnout (140 people!!) and as a result, the manager at Luther's has invited us to do two more parties:
Saturday, June 28 and
Friday July 11
both at 10 pm at Luther's (1401 Univ. Ave.) with a $5 cover charge.
The only complaint we received is that the bartenders felt "snubbed" by our community because they received very few tips -- on a Saturday night they usually make about $100, but at our dance they only made $40. So we hope that everyone who buys drinks tips at least 50 cents per drink, so that we don't get a reputation that I know we don't deserve.
Thank you so much for coming and we hope to see you on the 28th!
In peace and community,
Laurie Mlatawou
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Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 16:46:36 -0700
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Anita,
Kindly add the Secretary of the Liberian Association of Wisconsin, Duke
Kolliegbo to the listserve. His email address is [log in to unmask]
Thank you very much.
Augustine
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Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 10:11:49 -0700
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This is the kind of issue/case that the African Association ought to have been meant to deal with. If this man finds himself destitute for some reason beyond his control,the association needs to step in and have a discussion with him.
Is documented and is unable to find himself employment? Does he maybe have some others issues preventing him leading a normal life? Alcoholism perhaps or maybe some other issue? This needs to be found out. Africans are human-beings too, and I certainly don't expect for all of us even here in this small Madison to perfect.
So let us find out what help we can render to this poor soul and try to straighten him out.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wisconsin For Africa, Inc. a non-profit organization has close to 100 ( one hundred) used computers to give away. We will donate to anyone who needs one in the African and Non-African community. In short everyone with a proven need qualifies to receive one.
Many of the computers need a cd-rom drives and some up-grading and each comes with a monitor and a keyboard. We also have a lot of other other everyday around the home,school and office stuff to give away. So if you are interested or know someone who maybe interested please get them to me at; (608) 442-9184, and leave me a message incase I am not home; or simply email me at; [log in to unmask] set up an appointment for pickup from our storage.
Have a good day everyone.
kervin Soko <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
LADIES & GENTLEMEN:
OUR MAN FROM ZAIRE IS GOING AROUND IN MADISON SCHEMING PEOPLE, TAKING MONEY
FROM THEM AND DOES NOT PAY BACK. IAM HIS LATIEST VICTIM($75.00). HE TOLD ME
THAT HE WAS TO BE THROWN OUT OF HIS APARTMENT IF HE DID NOT PAY THE BALANCE
$75.00 OF RENT DUE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2003 AT 6:00PM. I DID NOT WANT TO LEND
HIM THE MONEY BUT MY SISTER FROM NEW YORK SAW HIM LOOKING SO SORRYFUL, SHE
TOLD ME TO BORROW HIM THE MONEY. THE REST IS HISTORY!!!
THANKS.
KERVIN SOKO
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<DIV>This is the kind of issue/case that the African Association ought to have been meant to deal with. If this man finds himself destitute for some reason beyond his control,the association needs to step in and have a discussion with him.</DIV>
<DIV>Is documented and is unable to find himself employment? Does he maybe have some others issues preventing him leading a normal life? Alcoholism perhaps or maybe some other issue? This needs to be found out. Africans are human-beings too, and I certainly don't expect for all of us even here in this small Madison to perfect.</DIV>
<DIV>So let us find out what help we can render to this poor soul and try to straighten him out.</DIV>
<DIV>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wisconsin For Africa, Inc. a non-profit organization has close to 100 ( one hundred) used computers to give away. We will donate to anyone who needs one in the African and Non-African community. In short everyone with a proven need qualifies to receive one.</DIV>
<DIV>Many of the computers need a cd-rom drives and some up-grading and each comes with a monitor and a keyboard. We also have a lot of other other everyday around the home,school and office stuff to give away. So if you are interested or know someone who maybe interested please get them to me at; (608) 442-9184, and leave me a message incase I am not home; or simply email me at; <A href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A> set up an appointment for pickup from our storage.</DIV>
<DIV>Have a good day everyone.<BR><BR><B><I>kervin Soko <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">LADIES & GENTLEMEN:<BR><BR>OUR MAN FROM ZAIRE IS GOING AROUND IN MADISON SCHEMING PEOPLE, TAKING MONEY<BR>FROM THEM AND DOES NOT PAY BACK. IAM HIS LATIEST VICTIM($75.00). HE TOLD ME<BR>THAT HE WAS TO BE THROWN OUT OF HIS APARTMENT IF HE DID NOT PAY THE BALANCE<BR>$75.00 OF RENT DUE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2003 AT 6:00PM. I DID NOT WANT TO LEND<BR>HIM THE MONEY BUT MY SISTER FROM NEW YORK SAW HIM LOOKING SO SORRYFUL, SHE<BR>TOLD ME TO BORROW HIM THE MONEY. THE REST IS HISTORY!!!<BR><BR>THANKS.<BR><BR>KERVIN SOKO<BR><BR>_________________________________________________________________<BR>The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*<BR>http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail<BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings,
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Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 10:12:00 -0700
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This is the kind of issue/case that the African Association ought to have been meant to deal with. If this man finds himself destitute for some reason beyond his control,the association needs to step in and have a discussion with him.
Is documented and is unable to find himself employment? Does he maybe have some others issues preventing him leading a normal life? Alcoholism perhaps or maybe some other issue? This needs to be found out. Africans are human-beings too, and I certainly don't expect for all of us even here in this small Madison to perfect.
So let us find out what help we can render to this poor soul and try to straighten him out.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wisconsin For Africa, Inc. a non-profit organization has close to 100 ( one hundred) used computers to give away. We will donate to anyone who needs one in the African and Non-African community. In short everyone with a proven need qualifies to receive one.
Many of the computers need a cd-rom drives and some up-grading and each comes with a monitor and a keyboard. We also have a lot of other other everyday around the home,school and office stuff to give away. So if you are interested or know someone who maybe interested please get them to me at; (608) 442-9184, and leave me a message incase I am not home; or simply email me at; [log in to unmask] set up an appointment for pickup from our storage.
Have a good day everyone.
kervin Soko <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
LADIES & GENTLEMEN:
OUR MAN FROM ZAIRE IS GOING AROUND IN MADISON SCHEMING PEOPLE, TAKING MONEY
FROM THEM AND DOES NOT PAY BACK. IAM HIS LATIEST VICTIM($75.00). HE TOLD ME
THAT HE WAS TO BE THROWN OUT OF HIS APARTMENT IF HE DID NOT PAY THE BALANCE
$75.00 OF RENT DUE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2003 AT 6:00PM. I DID NOT WANT TO LEND
HIM THE MONEY BUT MY SISTER FROM NEW YORK SAW HIM LOOKING SO SORRYFUL, SHE
TOLD ME TO BORROW HIM THE MONEY. THE REST IS HISTORY!!!
THANKS.
KERVIN SOKO
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<DIV>This is the kind of issue/case that the African Association ought to have been meant to deal with. If this man finds himself destitute for some reason beyond his control,the association needs to step in and have a discussion with him.</DIV>
<DIV>Is documented and is unable to find himself employment? Does he maybe have some others issues preventing him leading a normal life? Alcoholism perhaps or maybe some other issue? This needs to be found out. Africans are human-beings too, and I certainly don't expect for all of us even here in this small Madison to perfect.</DIV>
<DIV>So let us find out what help we can render to this poor soul and try to straighten him out.</DIV>
<DIV>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wisconsin For Africa, Inc. a non-profit organization has close to 100 ( one hundred) used computers to give away. We will donate to anyone who needs one in the African and Non-African community. In short everyone with a proven need qualifies to receive one.</DIV>
<DIV>Many of the computers need a cd-rom drives and some up-grading and each comes with a monitor and a keyboard. We also have a lot of other other everyday around the home,school and office stuff to give away. So if you are interested or know someone who maybe interested please get them to me at; (608) 442-9184, and leave me a message incase I am not home; or simply email me at; <A href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A> set up an appointment for pickup from our storage.</DIV>
<DIV>Have a good day everyone.<BR><BR><B><I>kervin Soko <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">LADIES & GENTLEMEN:<BR><BR>OUR MAN FROM ZAIRE IS GOING AROUND IN MADISON SCHEMING PEOPLE, TAKING MONEY<BR>FROM THEM AND DOES NOT PAY BACK. IAM HIS LATIEST VICTIM($75.00). HE TOLD ME<BR>THAT HE WAS TO BE THROWN OUT OF HIS APARTMENT IF HE DID NOT PAY THE BALANCE<BR>$75.00 OF RENT DUE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2003 AT 6:00PM. I DID NOT WANT TO LEND<BR>HIM THE MONEY BUT MY SISTER FROM NEW YORK SAW HIM LOOKING SO SORRYFUL, SHE<BR>TOLD ME TO BORROW HIM THE MONEY. THE REST IS HISTORY!!!<BR><BR>THANKS.<BR><BR>KERVIN SOKO<BR><BR>_________________________________________________________________<BR>The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*<BR>http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail<BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings,
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Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 10:37:42 -0700
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OOOPs,sorry my last email was inadvertently posted three times. Sorry about taht. Mathew.
mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:This is the kind of issue/case that the African Association ought to have been meant to deal with. If this man finds himself destitute for some reason beyond his control,the association needs to step in and have a discussion with him.
Is documented and is unable to find himself employment? Does he maybe have some others issues preventing him leading a normal life? Alcoholism perhaps or maybe some other issue? This needs to be found out. Africans are human-beings too, and I certainly don't expect for all of us even here in this small Madison to perfect.
So let us find out what help we can render to this poor soul and try to straighten him out.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wisconsin For Africa, Inc. a non-profit organization has close to 100 ( one hundred) used computers to give away. We will donate to anyone who needs one in the African and Non-African community. In short everyone with a proven need qualifies to receive one.
Many of the computers need a cd-rom drives and some up-grading and each comes with a monitor and a keyboard. We also have a lot of other other everyday around the home,school and office stuff to give away. So if you are interested or know someone who maybe interested please get them to me at; (608) 442-9184, and leave me a message incase I am not home; or simply email me at; [log in to unmask] set up an appointment for pickup from our storage.
Have a good day everyone.
kervin Soko <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
LADIES & GENTLEMEN:
OUR MAN FROM ZAIRE IS GOING AROUND IN MADISON SCHEMING PEOPLE, TAKING MONEY
FROM THEM AND DOES NOT PAY BACK. IAM HIS LATIEST VICTIM($75.00). HE TOLD ME
THAT HE WAS TO BE THROWN OUT OF HIS APARTMENT IF HE DID NOT PAY THE BALANCE
$75.00 OF RENT DUE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2003 AT 6:00PM. I DID NOT WANT TO LEND
HIM THE MONEY BUT MY SISTER FROM NEW YORK SAW HIM LOOKING SO SORRYFUL, SHE
TOLD ME TO BORROW HIM THE MONEY. THE REST IS HISTORY!!!
THANKS.
KERVIN SOKO
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<DIV>OOOPs,sorry my last email was inadvertently posted three times. Sorry about taht. Mathew.<BR><BR><B><I>mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">
<DIV>This is the kind of issue/case that the African Association ought to have been meant to deal with. If this man finds himself destitute for some reason beyond his control,the association needs to step in and have a discussion with him.</DIV>
<DIV>Is documented and is unable to find himself employment? Does he maybe have some others issues preventing him leading a normal life? Alcoholism perhaps or maybe some other issue? This needs to be found out. Africans are human-beings too, and I certainly don't expect for all of us even here in this small Madison to perfect.</DIV>
<DIV>So let us find out what help we can render to this poor soul and try to straighten him out.</DIV>
<DIV>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wisconsin For Africa, Inc. a non-profit organization has close to 100 ( one hundred) used computers to give away. We will donate to anyone who needs one in the African and Non-African community. In short everyone with a proven need qualifies to receive one.</DIV>
<DIV>Many of the computers need a cd-rom drives and some up-grading and each comes with a monitor and a keyboard. We also have a lot of other other everyday around the home,school and office stuff to give away. So if you are interested or know someone who maybe interested please get them to me at; (608) 442-9184, and leave me a message incase I am not home; or simply email me at; <A href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A> set up an appointment for pickup from our storage.</DIV>
<DIV>Have a good day everyone.<BR><BR><B><I>kervin Soko <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">LADIES & GENTLEMEN:<BR><BR>OUR MAN FROM ZAIRE IS GOING AROUND IN MADISON SCHEMING PEOPLE, TAKING MONEY<BR>FROM THEM AND DOES NOT PAY BACK. IAM HIS LATIEST VICTIM($75.00). HE TOLD ME<BR>THAT HE WAS TO BE THROWN OUT OF HIS APARTMENT IF HE DID NOT PAY THE BALANCE<BR>$75.00 OF RENT DUE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2003 AT 6:00PM. I DID NOT WANT TO LEND<BR>HIM THE MONEY BUT MY SISTER FROM NEW YORK SAW HIM LOOKING SO SORRYFUL, SHE<BR>TOLD ME TO BORROW HIM THE MONEY. THE REST IS HISTORY!!!<BR><BR>THANKS.<BR><BR>KERVIN SOKO<BR><BR>_________________________________________________________________<BR>The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*<BR>http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail<BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings,
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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:10:42 -0500
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From: "Amakobe, Peter" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: MONKEY POX ORIGINATED FROM GHANA?
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A few years ago a colleague asked me if I thought AIDS started in Africa. I
told him what I believed was the truth. He suggested I read "Emerging
Viruses: AIDS & Ebola - Nature, Accident or Intentional?" By Leonard
Horowitz. If you have never felt uneasy, you will after reading this book.
Have fun and enjoy your summer. You can't find the book in public
libraries.
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Aggo Akyea [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 6:38 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: MONKEY POX ORIGINATED FROM GHANA?
Ha, ha, ha, haaa, ha, ha ! ! ! ! ! !
This is the funniest piece of mail I have read in a long time. Matthew,
thanks for throwing such a unique light on this whole thing. God willing,
we will soon find out why we have survived all these poxes till now.
Have a great weekend, everyone. And keep smiling. Cheers.
mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
So there is a rat called Gambian rat? I never knew. Why didn't they say so
rather than putting us Gambains on the defensive edge? The way the news was
communicated,it was clear that even the news readers were conveying the
impression that the rats were actually from the Gambia. So now the monkeypox
disease came from Ghana, transmitted by a Gambian rat, that was imported to
Texas, that in some way had a randezvous with a prairie dog,that somehow
spread the disease to Wisconsin and Illinois. What Garbage.!!!! What a tall
tale.!!!. What is the matter with these people who spread these inaccurate
facts ?
To tell the truth,I have never seen anyone infected with this disease. Not
in The Gambia, not anywhere else in Africa; never EVER.
NO, MONKEYPOX IS NOT FROM AFRICA. NO NO NO NO. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT. Next
disease please!
Aggo Akyea
"If you identify a problem, be sure to suggest a method of solution."
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size=2><SPAN class=657430514-16062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>A few
years ago a colleague asked me if I thought AIDS started in Africa. I
told him what I believed was the truth. He suggested I read "Emerging Viruses:
AIDS & Ebola - Nature, Accident or Intentional?" By Leonard
Horowitz. If you have never felt uneasy, you will after reading this
book. Have fun and enjoy your summer. You can't find the book
in public libraries.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Aggo Akyea
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 13, 2003 6:38
PM<BR><B>To:</B> [log in to unmask]<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: MONKEY POX
ORIGINATED FROM GHANA?<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<DIV>Ha, ha, ha, haaa, ha, ha ! ! ! ! ! ! </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>This is the funniest piece of mail I have read in a long time.
Matthew, thanks for throwing such a unique light on this whole thing.
God willing, we will soon find out why we have survived all these poxes till
now.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Have a great weekend, everyone. And keep smiling.
Cheers.<BR><BR><B><I>mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>So there is a rat called Gambian rat? I never knew. Why didn't they say
so rather than putting us Gambains on the defensive edge? The way the news
was communicated,it was clear that even the news readers were conveying the
impression that the rats were actually from the Gambia. So now the monkeypox
disease came from Ghana, transmitted by a Gambian rat, that
was imported to Texas, that in some way had a randezvous with a
prairie dog,that somehow spread the disease to Wisconsin and Illinois. What
Garbage.!!!! What a tall tale.!!!. What is the matter with these
people who spread these inaccurate facts ?</DIV>
<DIV>To tell the truth,I have never seen anyone infected with this
disease. Not in The Gambia, not anywhere else in Africa;
never EVER.</DIV>
<DIV>NO, MONKEYPOX IS NOT FROM AFRICA. NO NO NO NO. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT.
Next disease please!<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>
<DIV>Aggo Akyea <BR><BR><STRONG><EM>"If you identify a problem, be sure to
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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:15:45 -0500
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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From: Emilie Ngo-Nguidjol <[log in to unmask]>
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Did you know mono and pneumonia came from Africa? Well read on.
A few weeks ago, I took one of my kids who was already plagued with
mononucleosis to urgent care because I suspected he might had pneumonia as
well. After the Pediatrician on duty confirmed the kid had a case of viral
pneumonia (with a physical and an X-Ray exam), he proceeded to ask me
whether the kid had been in Africa recently. I just told him it could be
some e-virus because the kid exchanges emails with relatives back home.
These American "experts" should be paying royalty to Africa each time each
one of them traces a disease to the Continent.
--Emilie
At 04:38 PM 6/13/2003 -0700, Aggo Akyea wrote:
>Ha, ha, ha, haaa, ha, ha ! ! ! ! ! !
>
>This is the funniest piece of mail I have read in a long time. Matthew,
>thanks for throwing such a unique light on this whole thing. God willing,
>we will soon find out why we have survived all these poxes till now.
>
>Have a great weekend, everyone. And keep smiling. Cheers.
>
>mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>So there is a rat called Gambian rat? I never knew. Why didn't they say
>>so rather than putting us Gambains on the defensive edge? The way the
>>news was communicated,it was clear that even the news readers were
>>conveying the impression that the rats were actually from the Gambia. So
>>now the monkeypox disease came from Ghana, transmitted by a Gambian rat,
>>that was imported to Texas, that in some way had a randezvous with a
>>prairie dog,that somehow spread the disease to Wisconsin and Illinois.
>>What Garbage.!!!! What a tall tale.!!!. What is the matter with these
>>people who spread these inaccurate facts ?
>>To tell the truth,I have never seen anyone infected with this disease.
>>Not in The Gambia, not anywhere else in Africa; never EVER.
>>NO, MONKEYPOX IS NOT FROM AFRICA. NO NO NO NO. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT.
>>Next disease please!
>>
>>
>>
>>Aggo Akyea
>>
>>"If you identify a problem, be sure to suggest a method of solution."
>
>
>~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~
>Emilie Ngo
>Nguidjol Email: [log in to unmask]
>Reference and Francophone Studies Phone: 608-262-3647
>Memorial Library, Room 262A FAX: 608-262-8569
>University of Wisconsin-Madison
>728 Madison, WI 53706 U.S.A.
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Did you know mono and pneumonia came from Africa? Well read on.<br>
<br>
A few weeks ago, I took one of my kids who was already plagued with
mononucleosis to urgent care because I suspected he might had pneumonia
as well. After the Pediatrician on duty confirmed the kid had a case of
viral pneumonia (with a physical and an X-Ray exam), he proceeded to ask
me whether the kid had been in Africa recently. I just told him it could
be some e-virus because the kid exchanges emails with relatives
back home. <br>
These American "experts" should be paying royalty to Africa
each time each one of them traces a disease to the Continent. <br>
<br>
--Emilie<br>
<br>
At 04:38 PM 6/13/2003 -0700, Aggo Akyea wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Ha, ha, ha, haaa, ha, ha ! ! ! ! ! !
<br>
<br>
This is the funniest piece of mail I have read in a long time.
Matthew, thanks for throwing such a unique light on this whole
thing. God willing, we will soon find out why we have survived all
these poxes till now.<br>
<br>
Have a great weekend, everyone. And keep smiling.
Cheers.<br>
<br>
<b><i>mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]></b></i>
wrote:<blockquote>
<dl>
<dd>So there is a rat called Gambian rat? I never knew. Why didn't they say so rather than putting us Gambains on the defensive edge? The way the news was communicated,it was clear that even the news readers were conveying the impression that the rats were actually from the Gambia. So now the monkeypox disease came from Ghana, transmitted by a Gambian rat, that was imported to Texas, that in some way had a randezvous with a prairie dog,that somehow spread the disease to Wisconsin and Illinois. What Garbage.!!!! What a tall tale.!!!. What is the matter with these people who spread these inaccurate facts ?
<dd>To tell the truth,I have never seen anyone infected with this disease. Not in The Gambia, not anywhere else in Africa; never EVER.
<dd>NO, MONKEYPOX IS NOT FROM AFRICA. NO NO NO NO. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT. Next disease please!<br>
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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:21:46 -0500
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done. thanks for the new listserve member.
anita
>Anita,
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>Kindly add the Secretary of the Liberian Association of Wisconsin, Duke
>Kolliegbo to the listserve. His email address is [log in to unmask]
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>Thank you very much.
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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:38:13 -0500
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Hedi, Thanks for doing the evaluation. Now specifically what is it about
folks practicing their faith in employment and not hiring those who do not,
that upsets you. For example, if I ran a Christian Day care, I would not
hire an agnostic. Logical right?
>From: Hedi Rudd <[log in to unmask]>
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><[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Head Start
>Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:53:42 -0500
>
>Lord Have Mercy!!! What is happening in our country? I trust this won't
>pass here in Wisconsin...(hint, hint!!)
>
>Hedi
>
>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Religiously oriented groups that provide federal
>preschool programs could refuse to hire teachers based on their faith, a
>House panel voted Thursday in approving a scaled-back overhaul of Head
>Start.
>
>The bill would give eight states -- not all 50, as the Bush administration
>wanted -- greater control over how they run the nation's preschool program
>for the poor.
>
>Overall, the bill aims to expand academic expectations for children,
>require more teachers to have a college education and improve monitoring to
>ensure students emerge ready for kindergarten.
>
>But the religion provision, added Thursday by the House Education and
>Workforce panel on education reform, is the latest to cause a partisan
>divide over a program that has helped roughly 20 million children develop
>literacy and social skills.
>
>The bill has an anti-discrimination clause, but it would not apply to
>groups in hiring people whose religion could affect the organization's
>work. The idea is backed by a court ruling and intended to keep religious
>groups from dropping out of the federal program, said Rep. Mike Castle,
>R-Delaware, the bill's sponsor.
>
>"Faith-based organizations cannot be expected to sustain their religious
>mission without the ability to employ individuals who ... practice their
>faith, because it's that faith that motivates them to serve," Castle said.
>
>Democrats failed to get to strip the language.
>
>"To have legislation that would try and convince faith-based institutions
>and organizations that they ought to discriminate -- I don't understand it.
>It's amazing to me," said Rep. Danny Davis, D-Illinois.
>
>The bill, approved in a party-line vote, now goes to the full committee.
>Head Start is up for reauthorization, meaning Congress and the president
>can rewrite it.
>
>The bill's pilot program would allow eight states to take federal Head
>Start money and merge it with their own spending to better coordinate
>preschool services. It would be open only to states that have shown a
>financial commitment to preschool and that agree not to drop their own
>spending if chosen. States would also have to prove students show
>improvement.
>
>Critics fear a declining federal role will drop standards, and that Head
>Start will lose its comprehensive mission of health, nutrition and parental
>involvement.
>
>"We appreciate the fact that they have limited it, but we are still opposed
>to it," said Maureen Thompson, a consultant for the National Head Start
>Association. "We think it is the first step in dismantling Head Start as it
>has worked and served children for 38 years."
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'Dual source' caused Aids-like virus By Dr David Whitehouse
BBC News Online science editor
A genetic study of SIV - the Aids-like virus that infects monkeys -
suggests that HIV - the virus that causes Aids in humans - came about
through the combination of two viruses in chimpanzees.
Chimps could have been infected by other SIV-type viruses when they
preyed on monkeys.
The study confirms what has been established about the origin of Aids:
it emerged from the forests of western Africa some time in the last
century.
Humans caught it from chimpanzees when they ate them as food, or became
exposed to their blood in rituals.
Timing mystery
We know more about the origin of Aids than most people think. Genetic
studies have shown conclusively that HIV is a variant of the Simian
Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) that is found in wild African monkeys and
apes.
At some time in the recent past, SIV entered humans and mutated to
become HIV. From this incident sprang the epidemic which has killed 20
million people and infected 15 million more.
Where this virus transfer took place is fairly well established: the
Guinea-Bissau region of West Africa.
Many scientists believe the transfer occurred more than once because of
the multiple strains of Aids that infect humans.
When it happened is more problematic. Significantly, millions of
Africans were forcibly removed from their homes as slaves in the 19th
Century, and none of them was infected. This suggests the origin of Aids
is post-1860.
Time uncertainty
The first case of Aids reported in the US was in 1981, though it seems
an African-American teenager died of it in St Louis in 1969, and that
HIV was found in a blood plasma sample from a man living in Congo in
1959.
Studies of the rate of genetic divergence between the two major strains
of Aids, HIV-1 and HIV-2, suggest the transfer into humans occurred
about 1940, with an error of about 20 years.
There is also speculation that the increase in international air travel
since the 1960s has helped to spread the infection.
The genetic study of SIV, which sheds more light on the trans-species
crossover, is by an international team of scientists, and published in
the journal Science.
The team suggests two viruses from different monkey species recombined
in the chimpanzee to form the SIV strain that causes Aids in humans.
Other viruses
The authors present evidence that this strain, called SIVcpz, arose in
the chimpanzee through successive infections by viruses from red-capped
mangabeys and greater spot-nosed monkeys.
Chimpanzees prey on both of these species and their ranges overlap in
west central Africa.
Elizabeth Bailes of the University of Nottingham, UK, and colleagues say
a hybrid origin of SIV in chimpanzees has significant scientific and
public health implications.
It provides evidence that humans are not the only ape species to acquire
two different SIVs by cross-species transmission under natural
conditions, most likely predation.
The researchers raise the possibility that the precursor virus to human
Aids, SIVcpz, may itself interact with another virus in chimpanzees to
form another Aids-like virus that could also infect humans.
They say: "It will be important to examine whether chimpanzee predation
on smaller monkeys has led to additional SIV acquisitions, and possibly
co-infection and recombination with SIVcpz, and whether the resulting
chimpanzee-adapted SIVs are more likely to infect humans."
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BBC News Online science <span class=3DGramE>editor <br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>A</span></b></span><b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:
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suggests that HIV - the virus that causes Aids in humans - came about =
through
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<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
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monkeys.
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The study confirms what has been established about the origin of Aids: =
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some time in the last century. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Humans
caught it from chimpanzees when they ate them as food, or became exposed =
to
their blood in rituals. <br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Timing mystery</span></b> <br>
We know more about the origin of Aids than most people think. Genetic =
studies
have shown conclusively that HIV is a variant of the Simian =
Immunodeficiency
Virus (SIV) that is found in wild African monkeys and apes. =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
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time in the recent past, SIV entered humans and mutated to become HIV. =
From
this incident sprang the epidemic which has killed 20 million people and
infected 15 million more. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Where
this virus transfer took place is fairly well established: the =
</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place>Guinea-Bissau</st1:place></s=
t1:country-region>
region of <st1:place>West Africa</st1:place>. <br>
Many scientists believe the transfer occurred more than once because of =
the
multiple strains of Aids that infect humans. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>When it
happened is more problematic. Significantly, millions of Africans were =
forcibly
removed from their homes as slaves in the 19th Century, and none of them =
was
infected. This suggests the origin of Aids is post-1860. =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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The first case of Aids reported in the =
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was in 1981, though it seems an African-American teenager died of it in =
<st1:City><st1:place>St
Louis</st1:place></st1:City> in 1969, and that HIV was found in a =
blood
plasma sample from a man living in =
<st1:country-region><st1:place>Congo</st1:place></st1:country-region>
in 1959. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Studies
of the rate of genetic divergence between the two major strains of Aids, =
HIV-1
and HIV-2, suggest the transfer into humans occurred about 1940, with an =
error
of about 20 years. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>There is
also speculation that the increase in international air travel since the =
1960s
has helped to spread the infection. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The
genetic study of SIV, which sheds more light on the trans-species =
crossover, is
by an international team of scientists, and published in the journal =
Science. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The team
suggests two viruses from different monkey species recombined in the =
chimpanzee
to form the SIV strain that causes Aids in humans. =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Other viruses</span></font></b> <br>
The authors present evidence that this strain, called SIVcpz, arose in =
the
chimpanzee through successive infections by viruses from red-capped =
mangabeys
and greater spot-nosed monkeys. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Chimpanzees
prey on both of these species and their ranges overlap in west central =
</span></font><st1:place>Africa</st1:place>.
<br>
Elizabeth Bailes of the University of Nottingham, UK, and colleagues say =
a
hybrid origin of SIV in chimpanzees has significant scientific and =
public
health implications. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>It
provides evidence that humans are not the only ape species to acquire =
two
different SIVs by cross-species transmission under natural conditions, =
most
likely predation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The
researchers raise the possibility that the precursor virus to human =
Aids,
SIVcpz, may itself interact with another virus in chimpanzees to form =
another
Aids-like virus that could also infect humans. =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>They say:
"It will be important to examine whether chimpanzee predation on =
smaller
monkeys has led to additional SIV acquisitions, and possibly =
co-infection and
recombination with SIVcpz, and whether the resulting chimpanzee-adapted =
SIVs
are more likely to infect humans." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:11:51 -0500
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Subject: Africa's wildlife 'to be privatised' By Martin Plaut
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Africa's wildlife 'to be privatised' By Martin Plaut
BBC, London
A South African private company has said that it has plans to take over
a string of national parks throughout Africa.
Sub-Saharan countries said to benefit from the plan are Zambia, Malawi,
Uganda, Kenya and Mozambique.
The scheme, which is the brainchild of a Dutch multi-millionaire and
nature conservationist, Paul van Vlissingen, has won the support of an
extraordinary range of groups and individuals, including former South
Africa president Nelson Mandela, the US State Department and even the
World Bank.
The plan came about after Paul van Vlissingen had a discussion with Mr
Mandela in 1998.
Neglected
Mr Mandela told him that Africa had so many other priorities, including
education, social services and treating HIV/Aids, he says, that there
were few resources left over to provide for the continent's wildlife.
"The state could bring in expertise, scientists, animals from other
national parks"
Paul van Vlissingen
As a result many game parks are being badly neglected, offering little
to nature conservation or to the people of Africa.
The Dutch tycoon, whose family runs the Makro chain of wholesalers, came
up with an initiative designed to save Africa's ailing game reserves.
Many, he argues, exist only on paper, with underpaid rangers looking
after parks that have been hunted bare by poachers.
Expertise
The scheme was to found a private company, African Parks Management and
Finance Company, to take them over.
Although it is a company, it is designed to bring together public and
private resources, says Mr van Vlissingen.
"The state could bring in expertise, scientists, animals from other
national parks and land, and I could bring in management expertise and
the drive to make it go," he explains.
Mr van Vlissingen claims the Marakele national park which the company
runs north of Johannesburg has been a success, with a number of rare
species now well established.
Now he is looking further afield and he already has a contract to run
two parks in Zambia, Sioma Ngwezi and Liuwa Plains.
Sioma is described by the Zambian tourists authorities as "completely
undeveloped and rarely visited", and there is clearly much for the
company to do.
Critics
But the plan has not been without its critics. In April a Zambian
opposition member of parliament declared the deal as "ill-conceived,
null and void".
Speaking at the press conference in Lusaka, Livingstone MP Sakwiba
Sikota said people behind the proposed management of the parks by
African Parks should be exposed and investigated.
"This is an ill-conceived agreement, it borders on theft and plunder of
the resources of the people of Barotseland and should be thrown out.
No company should be given absolute rights over the people's natural
resources unless it is owned 100% by the people of Barotseland
themselves," he said.
In Malawi the company has a 25 year management agreement to run the
Majete, a government owned reserve in the south of the country.
Here again the park is in a poor state.
Poaching
Malawi tourism authorities say that the park recorded many species,
including elephant, sable, kudu, hartebeest, waterbuck, bushbuck and
duiker
"But few remain owing to heavy poaching, so it is best to forget about
mammals and appreciate the reserve simply as a beautiful wilderness
area," the authorities say.
African Parks is currently negotiating to take over other nature
reserves in Mozambique, Uganda and Kenya. Mr van Vlissingen accepts that
his plans are not only radical, but stir up controversy.
But he promises that although his company will be run along commercial
lines, profits will be ploughed back into the countries in which they
operate.
He believes that unless a radical approach to game conservancy is
adopted, Africa's wildlife will be wiped out in less than a generation.
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<p><st1:place><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Africa</span></font></st1:place>'s
wildlife 'to be privatised' By Martin Plaut<br>
BBC, <st1:City><st1:place><span =
class=3DGramE>London</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
class=3DGramE> <br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>A</span></b></span><b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:
bold'> South African private company has said that it has plans to take =
over a
string of national parks throughout </span></b><st1:place><b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Africa</span></b></st1:place><b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>.</span></b> <br>
Sub-Saharan countries said to benefit from the plan are =
<st1:country-region><st1:place>Zambia</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region><st1:place>Malawi</st1:place></st1:country-region>, =
<st1:country-region><st1:place>Uganda</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region><st1:place>Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region> =
and =
<st1:country-region><st1:place>Mozambique</st1:place></st1:country-region=
>.
<br>
The scheme, which is the brainchild of a Dutch multi-millionaire and =
nature
conservationist, Paul van Vlissingen, has won the support of an =
extraordinary
range of groups and individuals, including former South Africa president =
Nelson
Mandela, the US State Department and even the World Bank. =
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The plan
came about after Paul van Vlissingen had a discussion with Mr Mandela in =
1998. <br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Neglected</span></b> <br>
Mr Mandela told him that </span></font><st1:place>Africa</st1:place> had =
so
many other priorities, including education, social services and treating
HIV/Aids, he says, that there were few resources left over to provide =
for the
continent's wildlife. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>"The state could bring in expertise, scientists, =
animals
from other national parks"</span></font></b><br>
Paul van Vlissingen <br>
As a result many game parks are being badly neglected, offering little =
to
nature conservation or to the people of <st1:place>Africa</st1:place>. =
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The Dutch
tycoon, whose family runs the Makro chain of wholesalers, came up with =
an
initiative designed to save =
</span></font><st1:place>Africa</st1:place>'s
ailing game reserves. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Many, he
argues, exist only on paper, with underpaid rangers looking after parks =
that
have been hunted bare by poachers. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Expertise</span></font></b> <br>
The scheme was to found a private company, African Parks Management and =
Finance
Company, to take them over. <br>
Although it is a company, it is designed to bring together public and =
private
resources, says Mr van Vlissingen. <br>
"The state could bring in expertise, scientists, animals from other
national parks and land, and I could bring in management expertise and =
the
drive to make it go," he explains. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Mr van
Vlissingen claims the Marakele national park which the company runs =
north of =
</span></font><st1:City><st1:place>Johannesburg</st1:place></st1:City>
has been a success, with a number of rare species now well established. =
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Now he is
looking further afield and he already has a contract to run two parks in =
</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place>Zambia</st1:place></st1:coun=
try-region>,
Sioma Ngwezi and Liuwa Plains. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Sioma is
described by the Zambian tourists authorities as "completely =
undeveloped
and rarely visited", and there is clearly much for the company to =
do. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Critics</span></font></b> <br>
But the plan has not been without its critics. In April a Zambian =
opposition
member of parliament declared the deal as "ill-conceived, null and
void". <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Speaking
at the press conference in =
</span></font><st1:City><st1:place>Lusaka</st1:place></st1:City>,
Livingstone MP Sakwiba Sikota said people behind the proposed management =
of the
parks by African Parks should be exposed and investigated. =
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>"This
is an ill-conceived agreement, it borders on theft and plunder of the =
resources
of the people of </span></font><st1:place>Barotseland</st1:place> and =
should be
thrown out. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>No
company should be given absolute rights over the people's natural =
resources
unless it is owned 100% by the people of =
</span></font><st1:place>Barotseland</st1:place>
themselves," he said. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>In =
</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place>Malawi</st1:place></st1:coun=
try-region>
the company has a 25 year management agreement to run the Majete, a =
government
owned reserve in the south of the country. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Here
again the park is in a poor state. <br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Poaching</span></b> <br>
</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place>Malawi</st1:place></st1:coun=
try-region>
tourism authorities say that the park recorded many species, including
elephant, sable, kudu, hartebeest, waterbuck, bushbuck and duiker =
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>"But
few remain owing to heavy poaching, so it is best to forget about =
mammals and
appreciate the reserve simply as a beautiful wilderness area," the
authorities say. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>African
Parks is currently negotiating to take over other nature reserves in =
</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place>Mozambique</st1:place></st1:=
country-region>,
<st1:country-region><st1:place>Uganda</st1:place></st1:country-region> =
and =
<st1:country-region><st1:place>Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Mr van Vlissingen accepts that his plans are not only radical, but stir =
up controversy.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>But he
promises that although his company will be run along commercial lines, =
profits
will be ploughed back into the countries in which they operate. =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>He
believes that unless a radical approach to game conservancy is adopted, =
</span></font><st1:place>Africa</st1:place>'s
wildlife will be wiped out in less than a generation. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. =
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Today In History 1976: Soweto protest turns violent
At least 12 people are reported to have been killed in a series of
violent clashes between black demonstrators and police in several South
African townships.
Angry youths threw stones and beer bottles at police, as a protest
against the compulsory use of Afrikaans as the main teaching language in
black schools turned violent.
The violence spread from one end of the city to the other, with fires in
Soweto reaching Alexandra, a township in the northern outskirts close to
some of the rich white suburbs.
Police squads patrolled the streets in an attempt to prevent shops and
public buildings from being damaged. As the situation worsened more
police were drafted in.
Two men were shot dead after a car sped down a street and tried to run
down police at an intersection.
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" This government will not be intimidated "
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Prime Minister Vorster
Demonstrators directed their anger at local amenities as well as at
symbols of white authority, with beer halls, community centres and
schools coming under attack.
In Natalspruit, a township East of Johannesburg, buses were used as
battering rams to destroy official buildings, while others were set on
fire.
Six other African townships around the nation's biggest city were
affected by the violence, but police roadblocks prevented journalists
from entering the townships to find out what was happening for
themselves.
Prime Minister Vorster demanded an immediate end to the disturbances.
He said: "We are dealing here not with a spontaneous outburst but with a
deliberate attempt to bring about polarisation between whites and
blacks.
"This government will not be intimidated and instructions have been
given to maintain law and order at all costs."
In Context
An investigation by US newspaper Newsday in December 1976 concluded that
332 had died in Soweto, and more than 435 nationally.
The Times later estimated more than 700 had died in the chain reaction
of violence over the year.
The uprising triggered a long and often-violent confrontation between
black protesters and the white South African government.
It had a lasting impact and arguably played a significant role in sowing
the seeds of democracy in South Africa.
International sympathy strengthened the anti-apartheid campaign, and
attempts by white minority rulers to clamp down on the protest movement
were met with increasing resistance.
In 1990 Nelson Mandela and other political detainees were released from
prison and in 1994 South Africa's first democratic elections saw Mandela
elected the country's first black president.
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Things not to say to a cop:
1. I can't reach my license unless you hold my beer. (OK in Texas) 2. Sorry, Officer, I didn't realize my radar detector wasn't plugged in. 3. Aren't you the guy from the Village People? 4. Hey, you must've been doin' about 125 mph to keep up with me. Good job! 5. Are You Andy or Barney? 6. I thought you had to be in relatively good physical condition to be a
police officer. 7. You're not gonna check the trunk, are you? 8. I pay your salary! 9. Gee, Officer! That's terrific. The last officer only gave me a Warning, too! 10. Do you know why you pulled me over? Okay, just so one of us does. 11. I was trying to keep up with traffic. Yes, I know there are no other cars around. That's how far ahead of me they are. 12. When the Officer says "Gee Son....Your eyes look red, have you been
drinking?" You probably shouldn't respond with,"Gee Officer your eyes look glazed, have you been eating doughnuts?"
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1. I can't reach my license unless you hold my beer. (OK in Texas)
2. Sorry, Officer, I didn't realize my radar detector wasn't plugged in.
3. Aren't you the guy from the Village People?
4. Hey, you must've been doin' about 125 mph to keep up with me. Good job!
5. Are You Andy or Barney?
6. I thought you had to be in relatively good physical condition to be a <BR>police officer.
7. You're not gonna check the trunk, are you?
8. I pay your salary!
9. Gee, Officer! That's terrific. The last officer only gave me a Warning, too!
10. Do you know why you pulled me over? Okay, just so one of us does.
11. I was trying to keep up with traffic. Yes, I know there are no
other cars around. That's how far ahead of me they are.
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look glazed, have you been eating doughnuts?"
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"To do evil, a human being must first of all believe that what he/she is
doing is good..."
Between 1964 and 1968 the principle advances in virology were understanding
the fundamental structure of viruses, cells and their interrelationships and
interactions. Scientists gained a much better understanding of the natural
behavior of viruses as infectious agents and how to control many of the
common virus diseases. In 1969, the US Defense Department requested and got
$10 million to make the AIDS virus. Two labs (Bethesda Maryland and Atlanta
Georgia) handled the study. The World Health Organization started to inject
AIDS-laced smallpox vaccine into over 100 million AFRICANS (the population
Reduction Program) in 1977; 2000 young white male homosexuals (Trojan Horse)
were injected with the Hepatitis B vaccine in 1978 most of the from the NY
area. The first testing of the AIDS virus to ensure it worked was on a black
long time employee at the US Army Medical Research Institute for infectious
diseases at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md. (The vault where the most
dangerous virus are kept). WHO president, came up with the number of
infected African right after President Reagan announced AIDS started in
AFRICA. Coincidence?
Ebola broke up and swept rapidly between Zaire and Sudan in 1976; WHO was
there to render support with doctors BORROWED from the CDC. They apparently
new how to control and stop disease from wiping a whole continent. God had
sent Angels from heaven to save the continent again!
To understand where how all these diseases seam to come from Africa you need
to understand Dr. Kissinger and how he fits in with WHO, DOD, CDC, the
monkeys, Dr. Gallo, the Vietnam war and the population reduction
program/women health in developing countries. A large web of deceit. And
fuel it all by participating willingly.
my two cents.
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** TONIGHT **
The first film of this summer's African Studies Film
Festival
7:30 p.m. -- June 17, 2003
2080 Grainger Hall, UW-Madison
Afro-Digital (Congo/France, 2003, video, 52 minutes)
Directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda. French with English
subtitles.
This documentary explores how digital technology has
changed the lives of Africans and raises challenging
questions about the use of technology in music, film,
fashion, traditional practices, education, and politics.
Shown in Grainger Hall, UW-Madison.
For more information, please contact the African Studies
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(608) 262-2380 or Eileen McNamara, Outreach Coordinator,
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Some of the dates fell between the period when the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) also conducted syphillis experiment on 399 black men for forty years between 1932 and 1972 here in the States.
"The United States government did something that was wrong—deeply, profoundly, morally wrong. It was an outrage to our commitment to integrity and equality for all our citizens. . . . clearly racist. "—President Clinton's apology for the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment to the eight remaining survivors, May 16, 1997
"Amakobe, Peter" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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"To do evil, a human being must first of all believe that what he/she is doing is good..."
Between 1964 and 1968 the principle advances in virology were understanding the fundamental structure of viruses, cells and their interrelationships and interactions. Scientists gained a much better understanding of the natural behavior of viruses as infectious agents and how to control many of the common virus diseases. In 1969, the US Defense Department requested and got $10 million to make the AIDS virus. Two labs (Bethesda Maryland and Atlanta Georgia) handled the study. The World Health Organization started to inject AIDS-laced smallpox vaccine into over 100 million AFRICANS (the population Reduction Program) in 1977; 2000 young white male homosexuals (Trojan Horse) were injected with the Hepatitis B vaccine in 1978 most of the from the NY area. The first testing of the AIDS virus to ensure it worked was on a black long time employee at the US Army Medical Research Institute for infectious diseases at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md. (The vault where the most dangerous virus are
kept). WHO president, came up with the number of infected African right after President Reagan announced AIDS started in AFRICA. Coincidence?
Ebola broke up and swept rapidly between Zaire and Sudan in 1976; WHO was there to render support with doctors BORROWED from the CDC. They apparently new how to control and stop disease from wiping a whole continent. God had sent Angels from heaven to save the continent again!
To understand where how all these diseases seam to come from Africa you need to understand Dr. Kissinger and how he fits in with WHO, DOD, CDC, the monkeys, Dr. Gallo, the Vietnam war and the population reduction program/women health in developing countries. A large web of deceit. And fuel it all by participating willingly.
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Some of the dates fell between the period when the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) also conducted syphillis experiment on 399 black men for forty years between 1932 and 1972 here in the States.</FONT></DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=3>"The United States government did something that was wrong—deeply, profoundly, morally wrong. It was an outrage to our commitment to integrity and equality for all our citizens. . . . clearly racist. "</FONT>
<DIV class=source><FONT size=3>—President Clinton's apology for the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment to the eight remaining survivors, May 16, 1997</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV><BR><B><I>"Amakobe, Peter" <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<P><FONT color=#0000ff>"To do evil, a human being must first of all believe that what he/she is<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff>doing is good..."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff>Between 1964 and 1968 the principle advances in virology were understanding<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>the fundamental structure of viruses, cells and their interrelationships and<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>interactions. Scientists gained a much better understanding of the natural<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>behavior of viruses as infectious agents and how to control many of the<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>common virus diseases. In 1969, the US Defense Department requested and got<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>$10 million to make the AIDS virus. Two labs (Bethesda Maryland and Atlanta<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>Georgia) handled the study. The World Health Organization started to inject<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>AIDS-laced smallpox vaccine into over 100 million AFRICANS (the population<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>Reduction Program) in 1977; 2000 young white male homosexuals
(Trojan Horse)<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>were injected with the Hepatitis B vaccine in 1978 most of the from the NY<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>area. The first testing of the AIDS virus to ensure it worked was on a<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>black long time employee at the US Army Medical Research Institute for<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>infectious diseases at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md. (The vault where the<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>most dangerous virus are kept). WHO president, came up with the number of<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>infected African right after President Reagan announced AIDS started in<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff>AFRICA. Coincidence?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff>Ebola broke up and swept rapidly between Zaire and Sudan in 1976; WHO was<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>there to render support with doctors BORROWED from the CDC. They apparently<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>new how to control and stop disease from wiping a whole continent. God had<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff>sent Angels from heaven to save the continent again!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff>To understand where how all these diseases seam to come from Africa you need<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>to understand Dr. Kissinger and how he fits in with WHO, DOD, CDC, the<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>monkeys, Dr. Gallo, the Vietnam war and the population reduction<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>program/women health in developing countries. A large web of deceit. And<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff>fuel it all by participating willingly.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff>my two cents.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></P>
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The Liberian Community is sadden to announce the bereavement of the Soko
family. Mrs Famata Soko's brother passed in Liberian. The family is
asking for your prayers in this time of sorrow. Please join LAW and share
with them your sympathy and kind thoughts.
The Soko family can be reached at 608-277-5857. A card is in circulation.
Please sign.
Thank you for expressing your sympathy to the bereaved family.
A. Senyon Tatus
Pres., LAW
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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:57:55 -0700
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They invented the ridiculous idea of family planning as a means of controlling the black and hispanic populations, but by the end of this century there will be virtually no white people around here in America.Their number is shrinking faster than you can say toast. People like Pat Bauchanun, Bill O'Rielly and Sean Hannity and others of the idiots news channell Fox News, are ranting and raving and they can do that all they want that is not to stop this very significant paradyme shift we are withnessing right now.
This is how imagine and am pretty certain how America will look live by 2050; The Southern States except Texas and Florida will be predominantly (75+% ) black,Texas ans Florida will be Hispanic with significant black populations, New York will be 80 % black and hispanic as will be California. Elsewhere, the so-called minorities will constitute a significant mix of the state populations.
And guess who will laugh last.
Well Kel. as you may know, the Medical Research Council(MRC) who are like thr CDC in the UK have centers throughout English speaking West Africa and back home we do amke joke of the fact they maybe experimenting on unsuspecting individual. It is very likely not a joking matter but a serious criminal activity they are engaged in. Given the long history of cruelty and wickedness of these people(except some), that will not surprise me one bit.
The next time I go home I will take second look at their activity to make sure they are not killing people there inorder to save their own people in the U.K.
Kelechi Eke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Some of the dates fell between the period when the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) also conducted syphillis experiment on 399 black men for forty years between 1932 and 1972 here in the States.
"The United States government did something that was wrong—deeply, profoundly, morally wrong. It was an outrage to our commitment to integrity and equality for all our citizens. . . . clearly racist. " —President Clinton's apology for the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment to the eight remaining survivors, May 16, 1997
"Amakobe, Peter" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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"To do evil, a human being must first of all believe that what he/she is doing is good..."
Between 1964 and 1968 the principle advances in virology were understanding the fundamental structure of viruses, cells and their interrelationships and interactions. Scientists gained a much better understanding of the natural behavior of viruses as infectious agents and how to control many of the common virus diseases. In 1969, the US Defense Department requested and got $10 million to make the AIDS virus. Two labs (Bethesda Maryland and Atlanta Georgia) handled the study. The World Health Organization started to inject AIDS-laced smallpox vaccine into over 100 million AFRICANS (the population Reduction Program) in 1977; 2000 young white male homosexuals (Trojan Horse) were injected with the Hepatitis B vaccine in 1978 most of the from the NY area. The first testing of the AIDS virus to ensure it worked was on a black long time employee at the US Army Medical Research Institute for infectious diseases at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md. (The vault where the most dangerous virus are
kept). WHO president, came up with the number of infected African right after President Reagan announced AIDS started in AFRICA. Coincidence?
Ebola broke up and swept rapidly between Zaire and Sudan in 1976; WHO was there to render support with doctors BORROWED from the CDC. They apparently new how to control and stop disease from wiping a whole continent. God had sent Angels from heaven to save the continent again!
To understand where how all these diseases seam to come from Africa you need to understand Dr. Kissinger and how he fits in with WHO, DOD, CDC, the monkeys, Dr. Gallo, the Vietnam war and the population reduction program/women health in developing countries. A large web of deceit. And fuel it all by participating willingly.
my two cents.
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<DIV>They invented the ridiculous idea of family planning as a means of controlling the black and hispanic populations, but by the end of this century there will be virtually no white people around here in America.Their number is shrinking faster than you can say toast. People like Pat Bauchanun, Bill O'Rielly and Sean Hannity and others of the idiots news channell Fox News, are ranting and raving and they can do that all they want that is not to stop this very significant paradyme shift we are withnessing right now.</DIV>
<DIV>This is how imagine and am pretty certain how America will look live by 2050; The Southern States except Texas and Florida will be predominantly (75+% ) black,Texas ans Florida will be Hispanic with significant black populations, New York will be 80 % black and hispanic as will be California. Elsewhere, the so-called minorities will constitute a significant mix of the state populations.</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>And guess who will laugh last.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>W</STRONG>ell Kel. as you may know, the Medical Research Council(MRC) who are like thr CDC in the UK have centers throughout English speaking West Africa and back home we do amke joke of the fact they maybe experimenting on unsuspecting individual. It is very likely not a joking matter but a serious criminal activity they are engaged in. Given the long history of cruelty and wickedness of these people(except some), that will not surprise me one bit.</DIV>
<DIV>The next time I go home I will take second look at their activity to make sure they are not killing people there inorder to save their own people in the U.K.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Some of the dates fell between the period when the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) also conducted syphillis experiment on 399 black men for forty years between 1932 and 1972 here in the States.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=source><FONT size=3>—President Clinton's apology for the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment to the eight remaining survivors, May 16, 1997</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<P><FONT color=#0000ff>Between 1964 and 1968 the principle advances in virology were understanding<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>the fundamental structure of viruses, cells and their interrelationships and<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>interactions. Scientists gained a much better understanding of the natural<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>behavior of viruses as infectious agents and how to control many of the<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>common virus diseases. In 1969, the US Defense Department requested and got<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>$10 million to make the AIDS virus. Two labs (Bethesda Maryland and Atlanta<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>Georgia) handled the study. The World Health Organization started to inject<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>AIDS-laced smallpox vaccine into over 100 million AFRICANS (the population<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>Reduction Program) in 1977; 2000 young white male homosexuals
(Trojan Horse)<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>were injected with the Hepatitis B vaccine in 1978 most of the from the NY<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>area. The first testing of the AIDS virus to ensure it worked was on a<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>black long time employee at the US Army Medical Research Institute for<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>infectious diseases at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md. (The vault where the<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>most dangerous virus are kept). WHO president, came up with the number of<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>infected African right after President Reagan announced AIDS started in<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff>AFRICA. Coincidence?</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT color=#0000ff>Ebola broke up and swept rapidly between Zaire and Sudan in 1976; WHO was<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>there to render support with doctors BORROWED from the CDC. They apparently<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>new how to control and stop disease from wiping a whole continent. God had<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff>sent Angels from heaven to save the continent again!</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT color=#0000ff>To understand where how all these diseases seam to come from Africa you need<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>to understand Dr. Kissinger and how he fits in with WHO, DOD, CDC, the<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>monkeys, Dr. Gallo, the Vietnam war and the population reduction<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN>program/women health in developing countries. A large web of deceit. And<SPAN class=325012615-17062003> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff>fuel it all by participating willingly.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT color=#0000ff>my two cents.</FONT></P>
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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:59:07 -0500
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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True, but I don't know if Headstart is the correct program, I think =
Christian Daycares are good, but I worry about taking a program that is =
typically thought of as a national program and making it the responsibility=
of the faith community. Not in the sense that religion isn't good, I =
just worry about Bush and his agenda. It seems like he is pushing many =
things that the federal government should be handling off on religious =
groups, which isn't a bad thing in and of itself, but I worry that he is =
doing it so that he can eventually remove the federal government from =
responsibility of ensuring that those needs are met. He can then blame the =
churches when needs are not being met. I hope that makes sense....Hedi=20
>>> [log in to unmask] 06/16/03 05:38PM >>>
Hedi, Thanks for doing the evaluation. Now specifically what is it about
folks practicing their faith in employment and not hiring those who do =
not,
that upsets you. For example, if I ran a Christian Day care, I would not
hire an agnostic. Logical right?
>From: Hedi Rudd <[log in to unmask]>
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Head Start
>Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:53:42 -0500
>
>Lord Have Mercy!!! What is happening in our country? I trust this won't
>pass here in Wisconsin...(hint, hint!!)
>
>Hedi
>
>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Religiously oriented groups that provide federal
>preschool programs could refuse to hire teachers based on their faith, a
>House panel voted Thursday in approving a scaled-back overhaul of Head
>Start.
>
>The bill would give eight states -- not all 50, as the Bush administration=
>wanted -- greater control over how they run the nation's preschool =
program
>for the poor.
>
>Overall, the bill aims to expand academic expectations for children,
>require more teachers to have a college education and improve monitoring =
to
>ensure students emerge ready for kindergarten.
>
>But the religion provision, added Thursday by the House Education and
>Workforce panel on education reform, is the latest to cause a partisan
>divide over a program that has helped roughly 20 million children develop
>literacy and social skills.
>
>The bill has an anti-discrimination clause, but it would not apply to
>groups in hiring people whose religion could affect the organization's
>work. The idea is backed by a court ruling and intended to keep religious
>groups from dropping out of the federal program, said Rep. Mike Castle,
>R-Delaware, the bill's sponsor.
>
>"Faith-based organizations cannot be expected to sustain their religious
>mission without the ability to employ individuals who ... practice their
>faith, because it's that faith that motivates them to serve," Castle =
said.
>
>Democrats failed to get to strip the language.
>
>"To have legislation that would try and convince faith-based institutions
>and organizations that they ought to discriminate -- I don't understand =
it.
>It's amazing to me," said Rep. Danny Davis, D-Illinois.
>
>The bill, approved in a party-line vote, now goes to the full committee.
>Head Start is up for reauthorization, meaning Congress and the president
>can rewrite it.
>
>The bill's pilot program would allow eight states to take federal Head
>Start money and merge it with their own spending to better coordinate
>preschool services. It would be open only to states that have shown a
>financial commitment to preschool and that agree not to drop their own
>spending if chosen. States would also have to prove students show
>improvement.
>
>Critics fear a declining federal role will drop standards, and that Head
>Start will lose its comprehensive mission of health, nutrition and =
parental
>involvement.
>
>"We appreciate the fact that they have limited it, but we are still =
opposed
>to it," said Maureen Thompson, a consultant for the National Head Start
>Association. "We think it is the first step in dismantling Head Start as =
it
>has worked and served children for 38 years."
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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:05:57 -0400
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With profound sympathy the membership of the African Association of Madison joins the Soko family in mourning the death of Fatmata's brother. May our brother's soul rest in perfect peace.
Ben Weller
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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:18:57 -0500
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Subject: Liberian foes sign ceasefire - BBC
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Liberian foes sign ceasefire
Liberia's government and rebel groups have signed a ceasefire agreement
at talks in Ghana, and now have 30 days to come up with a full peace
agreement.
Liberia's President Charles Taylor - indicted as a war crimes suspect -
will have to step down under the peace accord while an interim
administration takes over.
Mediators hope that the agreement - signed in the Ghanaian capital Accra
- will pave the way for the deployment of a peacekeeping force as well
as the full-scale peace deal.
Stability in Liberia is vital to its neighbours, like Sierra Leone and
Ivory Coast, which have also found themselves caught up in the fighting
in recent years.
Rebels, who control two-thirds of the country, had demanded that
President Charles Taylor step down within 30 days, as a condition of any
settlement.
Critics say the departure of Charles Taylor may lead to greater peace
and prosperity, and allow West Africa as a whole to concentrate on
economic development, rather than solving conflicts.
CHARLES TAYLOR
Indicted on war crimes charges
Under UN sanctions
Former warlord
Won 1997 elections
Mr Taylor, who has been indicted for war crimes by a United
Nations-backed tribunal in Sierra Leone, has said before he is prepared
to resign at the end of his term next year.
Defence Minister Daniel Chea signed the ceasefire accord on behalf of
the government, while Kabineh Janet and Tia Slanger signed on behalf of
the rebels, the Associated Press news agency reported.
The three men shook hands to cheers and applause from the delegates.
In Liberia, news of the cease-fire had residents running into the
streets of the capital, Monrovia, to celebrate.
Cars, white rags tied to their antennas in symbols of peace, drove
through roads honking. Shoppers burst into dancing at one roadside
market, AP reported.
The European Union urged President Taylor to cooperate with the war
crimes tribunal, which announced his indictment on 4 June.
Forces 'still fighting'
The BBC's Paul Welsh, in Monrovia, says the 30-day deadline for a full
and comprehensive peace agreement is no small task when just getting a
truce has taken two weeks.
The truce is to be monitored by the Organisation of West African States,
who will also look into the size of the peace-keeping force which will
be needed here in the months to come.
As the ceasefire was being signed in Ghana, our correspondent was in the
bush with Liberia's chief of security, north of the capital, Monrovia.
He said heavy fighting was going on with the rebel group Liberians
United for Reconciliation and Democracy near to the border with Sierra
Leone.
There is also said to be fighting going on in the east of the country
between the government and the other rebel group, Movement for Democracy
in Liberia.
The challenge for the commanders now is to get the message to their men
on the ground that the fighting is to stop to allow the more difficult
job of talking this country into a state of peace, our correspondent
adds.
Living in fear
Meanwhile, Nigeria has begun to evacuate some 6,000 civilians from
Monrovia. Ghana has already begun moving some 1,500 of its citizens back
home.
Liberia's Government has urged the people of Monrovia to return to life
as normal following last week's battle between the army and rebels.
The government is back in control of the capital and some shops and
businesses have re-opened, but residents still fear a renewed rebel
attack, our correspondent says.
Tens of thousands of people are still living rough in the city, afraid
to return to their homes.
The schools the president wants re-opened are temporary homes to
thousands of people.
Story from BBC NEWS:
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If you take a second look at their activities and smell anything fishy the next time you go home, please let me know and I will go back with you to tear down their mosquito nets :-)
mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
They invented the ridiculous idea of family planning as a means of controlling the black and hispanic populations, but by the end of this century there will be virtually no white people around here in America.Their number is shrinking faster than you can say toast. People like Pat Bauchanun, Bill O'Rielly and Sean Hannity and others of the idiots news channell Fox News, are ranting and raving and they can do that all they want that is not to stop this very significant paradyme shift we are withnessing right now.
This is how imagine and am pretty certain how America will look live by 2050; The Southern States except Texas and Florida will be predominantly (75+% ) black,Texas ans Florida will be Hispanic with significant black populations, New York will be 80 % black and hispanic as will be California. Elsewhere, the so-called minorities will constitute a significant mix of the state populations.
And guess who will laugh last.
Well Kel. as you may know, the Medical Research Council(MRC) who are like thr CDC in the UK have centers throughout English speaking West Africa and back home we do amke joke of the fact they maybe experimenting on unsuspecting individual. It is very likely not a joking matter but a serious criminal activity they are engaged in. Given the long history of cruelty and wickedness of these people(except some), that will not surprise me one bit.
The next time I go home I will take second look at their activity to make sure they are not killing people there inorder to save their own people in the U.K.
Kelechi Eke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Some of the dates fell between the period when the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) also conducted syphillis experiment on 399 black men for forty years between 1932 and 1972 here in the States.
"The United States government did something that was wrong—deeply, profoundly, morally wrong. It was an outrage to our commitment to integrity and equality for all our citizens. . . . clearly racist. " —President Clinton's apology for the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment to the eight remaining survivors, May 16, 1997
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<DIV><FONT size=3>If you take a second look at their activities and smell anything fishy the next time you go home, please let me know and I will go back with you to tear down their mosquito nets :-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>They invented the ridiculous idea of family planning as a means of controlling the black and hispanic populations, but by the end of this century there will be virtually no white people around here in America.Their number is shrinking faster than you can say toast. People like Pat Bauchanun, Bill O'Rielly and Sean Hannity and others of the idiots news channell Fox News, are ranting and raving and they can do that all they want that is not to stop this very significant paradyme shift we are withnessing right now.</DIV>
<DIV>This is how imagine and am pretty certain how America will look live by 2050; The Southern States except Texas and Florida will be predominantly (75+% ) black,Texas ans Florida will be Hispanic with significant black populations, New York will be 80 % black and hispanic as will be California. Elsewhere, the so-called minorities will constitute a significant mix of the state populations.</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>And guess who will laugh last.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>W</STRONG>ell Kel. as you may know, the Medical Research Council(MRC) who are like thr CDC in the UK have centers throughout English speaking West Africa and back home we do amke joke of the fact they maybe experimenting on unsuspecting individual. It is very likely not a joking matter but a serious criminal activity they are engaged in. Given the long history of cruelty and wickedness of these people(except some), that will not surprise me one bit.</DIV>
<DIV>The next time I go home I will take second look at their activity to make sure they are not killing people there inorder to save their own people in the U.K.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Some of the dates fell between the period when the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) also conducted syphillis experiment on 399 black men for forty years between 1932 and 1972 here in the States.</FONT></DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=3>"The United States government did something that was wrong—deeply, profoundly, morally wrong. It was an outrage to our commitment to integrity and equality for all our citizens. . . . clearly racist. "</FONT>
<DIV class=source><FONT size=3>—President Clinton's apology for the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment to the eight remaining survivors, May 16, 1997</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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U.S. Portrayed As Arrogant in Global Poll
By AUDREY WOODS
Associated Press Writer
June 18, 2003, 1:40 PM EDT
LONDON -- A sampling of public opinion in 11 nations finds many see the
United States as an arrogant superpower that poses a greater danger to
world peace than North Korea.
President Bush failed to impress 58 percent of those questioned by
pollsters for a British Broadcasting Corp. broadcast Tuesday night. They
said they had a fairly unfavorable or very unfavorable view of the
American president. If the American respondents were removed from the
sample, the number rose to 60 percent.
The poll questioned 11,000 people in May and June in 11 nations:
Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, France, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan,
Russia, South Korea and the United States. The poll was conducted by
pollsters including ICM in Britain and IPSOS Reid in the United States.
The BBC did not estimate a margin of error.
Not all the news was bad for the United States.
Even though 67 percent said they wouldn't want their countries to copy
U.S. economic policies, 67 percent would aspire to U.S. gains in science
and technology, and 56 percent to the opportunities for advancement
available to people in the United States. Forty percent aspired to U.S.
freedom of expression.
But the way the United States wields its power worried many of those
questioned for the program, "What the World Thinks of America."
Only 25 percent -- excluding Americans -- said U.S. military might was
making the world a safer place.
Forty-one percent agreed with Prime Minister Tony Blair's opinion that
the United States is a force for good in the world, and 55 disagreed.
Sixty-five percent overall -- and a majority in every country, including
the United States -- said America is arrogant. Forty-seven percent said
America is friendly, and 33 percent find the United States antagonistic.
Fifty-six percent said the United States was wrong to attack Iraq. That
number reached 81 percent in Russia and 63 percent in France, two
nations that led world opposition to the war. Overall, 37 percent said
the war was right -- 54 percent in Britain, 74 percent in the United
States and 79 percent in Israel.
The al-Qaida terrorist organization was ranked more dangerous than the
United States, but the Americans were judged to be a greater threat than
Russia, China, Syria and two members of Bush's Axis of Evil -- Iran and
North Korea.
Even in South Korea, where tensions along the Demilitarized Zone run
high, 48 percent of respondents judged the United States to be a greater
threat to world peace than the communist neighbors to the north, with
their nuclear program.
In a studio panel of commentators, former British Cabinet member Clare
Short, who quit her post to protest the invasion of Iraq, said
post-Sept. 11 America was "a wounded giant, full of anger ... that feels
it's got to exercise its power all over the world; I think that's
becoming a frightening America."
Fifty percent of the poll respondents said they had a fairly positive or
very positive view of the United States, compared with 40 percent who
had unfavorable views. Those figures excluded Americans.
Many said their own countries were becoming more like America -- 81
percent of Australians agreed with that statement, as did 64 percent of
Britons and 63 percent of Israelis.
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So there is a rat called Gambian rat? I never knew. Why didn't they say so rather than putting us Gambains on the defensive edge? The way the news was communicated,it was clear that even the news readers were conveying the impression that the rats were actually from the Gambia. So now the monkeypox disease came from Ghana, transmitted by a Gambian rat, that was imported to Texas, that in some way had a randezvous with a prairie dog,that somehow spread the disease to Wisconsin and Illinois. What Garbage.!!!! What a tall tale.!!!. What is the matter with these people who spread these inaccurate facts ?
To tell the truth,I have never seen anyone infected with this disease. Not in The Gambia, not anywhere else in Africa; never EVER.
NO, MONKEYPOX IS NOT FROM AFRICA. NO NO NO NO. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT. Next disease please!
Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
June 13, 2003, 2:46PM
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Wisconsin health worker suspected of monkeypox Case would be first such U.S. human transmission in U.S. By TODD ACKERMAN
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Medical Writer
A health care worker in Wisconsin may have contracted monkeypox from a human patient, which would be the nation's first such incidence.
Wisconsin officials said Thursday the virus hasn't been confirmed in the worker, but tissue specimens have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The worker has been isolated.
"The worker had no contact with an animal and became ill after caring for a person with a suspected case of monkeypox," said Dr. Herb Bostrom, director of Wisconsin's bureau of communicable diseases. "She had respiratory symptoms and a short-lived smallpox on the back of her hand consistent with monkeypox."
In another case, Dr. John Melski, a dermatologist at Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, said a medical assistant is suspected of getting the disease after helping treat a 3-year-old girl May 22. The girl was later diagnosed with monkeypox.
"She held the child when the child was brought in and may have had contact with the infected lesion," Melski said. He said the medical assistant's boyfriend has some similar symptoms, but it's unknown how he may have gotten sick.
Monkeypox, the exotic African disease that has spread from pet prairie dogs to humans, is typically and most effectively transmitted from animal to animal. But it can pass from human to human, as it has in Africa.
The U.S. government Wednesday recommended smallpox shots for people exposed to monkeypox, including pregnant women and children; banned the sale and distribution of prairie dogs; and prohibited importation of all rodents. A Gambian rat is believed to have spread the virus to prairie dogs.
The CDC also issued a list of signs and symptoms to determine which patients have monkeypox and to help in its investigation of the potentially fatal viral disease.
Lab tests have confirmed 12 of the 62 suspected cases of monkeypox under investigation in four states. These include Indiana, with 28 cases; Wisconsin with 21; Illinois with 12; and New Jersey with one. Fourteen of the patients have been hospitalized, but none has died.
The smallpox vaccine, 85 percent effective against monkeypox, can prevent the disease up to two weeks after exposure to the virus. It's most effective in the first four days.
But Bostrom was skeptical of CDC's recommendation that exposed people get the shot, saying the Wisconsin health department will continue to identify those who've been exposed, monitor those providing care for ill victims and act promptly to limit spread of the disease.
"Although known to provide some immunity against monkeypox, the smallpox vaccine has the potential for serious side effects such as encephalitis and heart problems," said Bostrom. "In addition, the CDC has not provided final guidance on this experimental use of smallpox vaccine."
Texas has had no suspected cases of monkeypox, though its source went through the state. Federal, state and local authorities have linked the disease to Gambian rats imported from Ghana, West Africa, in early April by a Texas pet distributor. The prairie dogs also came from Texas, one of 15 states where infected prairie dogs are being sought.
The signs and symptoms of monkeypox are considered similar to those if smallpox -- a rash consisting of raised bumps and pus-filled blisters, a fever of 99.3 degrees or higher, headache or backache, sore throat, cough, and shortness of breath -- except it causes swollen lymph nodes. The illness typically lasts two to four weeks.
Monkeypox is a rare disease that occurs mainly in the rain forest countries of central and west Africa.
In Africa, monkeypox is fatal in as many as 10 percent of those who contract it. Before smallpox was eradicated, the equivalent figure for that disease was 30 percent.
"This monkeypox outbreak is another reminder that in today's world, infections we don't know anything about can be a threat," said Robert Couch, a professor of molecular virology at Baylor College of Medicine.
"The once-popular notion that the only things we have to worry about now are cancer and heart disease is wrong. We have to continue to be vigilant about newly emergent infectious diseases."
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<DIV>So there is a rat called Gambian rat? I never knew. Why didn't they say so rather than putting us Gambains on the defensive edge? The way the news was communicated,it was clear that even the news readers were conveying the impression that the rats were actually from the Gambia. So now the monkeypox disease came from Ghana, transmitted by a Gambian rat, that was imported to Texas, that in some way had a randezvous with a prairie dog,that somehow spread the disease to Wisconsin and Illinois. What Garbage.!!!! What a tall tale.!!!. What is the matter with these people who spread these inaccurate facts ?</DIV>
<DIV>To tell the truth,I have never seen anyone infected with this disease. Not in The Gambia, not anywhere else in Africa; never EVER.</DIV>
<DIV>NO, MONKEYPOX IS NOT FROM AFRICA. NO NO NO NO. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT. Next disease please!<BR><BR><B><I>Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote: </DIV>
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<P><EM>June 13, 2003, 2:46PM</EM></P>
<P><EM><A href="http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/nation/1950468">http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/nation/1950468</A><BR></P></EM>
<H2>Wisconsin health worker suspected of monkeypox </H2>
<H3>Case would be first such U.S. human transmission in U.S. </H3><B>By TODD ACKERMAN </B><BR><B>Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Medical Writer </B>
<P>
<P>A health care worker in Wisconsin may have contracted monkeypox from a human patient, which would be the nation's first such incidence.
<P>Wisconsin officials said Thursday the virus hasn't been confirmed in the worker, but tissue specimens have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The worker has been isolated.
<P>"The worker had no contact with an animal and became ill after caring for a person with a suspected case of monkeypox," said Dr. Herb Bostrom, director of Wisconsin's bureau of communicable diseases. "She had respiratory symptoms and a short-lived smallpox on the back of her hand consistent with monkeypox."
<P>In another case, Dr. John Melski, a dermatologist at Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, said a medical assistant is suspected of getting the disease after helping treat a 3-year-old girl May 22. The girl was later diagnosed with monkeypox.
<P>"She held the child when the child was brought in and may have had contact with the infected lesion," Melski said. He said the medical assistant's boyfriend has some similar symptoms, but it's unknown how he may have gotten sick.
<P>Monkeypox, the exotic African disease that has spread from pet prairie dogs to humans, is typically and most effectively transmitted from animal to animal. But it can pass from human to human, as it has in Africa.
<P>The U.S. government Wednesday recommended smallpox shots for people exposed to monkeypox, including pregnant women and children; banned the sale and distribution of prairie dogs; and prohibited importation of all rodents. A Gambian rat is believed to have spread the virus to prairie dogs.
<P>The CDC also issued a list of signs and symptoms to determine which patients have monkeypox and to help in its investigation of the potentially fatal viral disease.
<P>Lab tests have confirmed 12 of the 62 suspected cases of monkeypox under investigation in four states. These include Indiana, with 28 cases; Wisconsin with 21; Illinois with 12; and New Jersey with one. Fourteen of the patients have been hospitalized, but none has died.
<P>The smallpox vaccine, 85 percent effective against monkeypox, can prevent the disease up to two weeks after exposure to the virus. It's most effective in the first four days.
<P>But Bostrom was skeptical of CDC's recommendation that exposed people get the shot, saying the Wisconsin health department will continue to identify those who've been exposed, monitor those providing care for ill victims and act promptly to limit spread of the disease.
<P>"Although known to provide some immunity against monkeypox, the smallpox vaccine has the potential for serious side effects such as encephalitis and heart problems," said Bostrom. "In addition, the CDC has not provided final guidance on this experimental use of smallpox vaccine."
<P>Texas has had no suspected cases of monkeypox, though its source went through the state. Federal, state and local authorities have linked the disease to Gambian rats imported from Ghana, West Africa, in early April by a Texas pet distributor. The prairie dogs also came from Texas, one of 15 states where infected prairie dogs are being sought.
<P>The signs and symptoms of monkeypox are considered similar to those if smallpox -- a rash consisting of raised bumps and pus-filled blisters, a fever of 99.3 degrees or higher, headache or backache, sore throat, cough, and shortness of breath -- except it causes swollen lymph nodes. The illness typically lasts two to four weeks.
<P>Monkeypox is a rare disease that occurs mainly in the rain forest countries of central and west Africa.
<P>In Africa, monkeypox is fatal in as many as 10 percent of those who contract it. Before smallpox was eradicated, the equivalent figure for that disease was 30 percent.
<P>"This monkeypox outbreak is another reminder that in today's world, infections we don't know anything about can be a threat," said Robert Couch, a professor of molecular virology at Baylor College of Medicine.
<P>"The once-popular notion that the only things we have to worry about now are cancer and heart disease is wrong. We have to continue to be vigilant about newly emergent infectious diseases." </P><BR><BR>
<DIV>Aggo Akyea <BR><BR><STRONG><EM>"If you identify a problem, be sure to suggest a method of solution."</EM></STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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GOOD RIDDANCE TO CHARLES TAILOR. LET HIM NOW FACE THE
MUSIC.HE SHOULD PAY FOR THE ATTROCITIES HE CAUSED IN
THE REGION.
--- Felix Ossia <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Liberian foes sign ceasefire
> Liberia's government and rebel groups have signed a
> ceasefire agreement
> at talks in Ghana, and now have 30 days to come up
> with a full peace
> agreement.
> Liberia's President Charles Taylor - indicted as a
> war crimes suspect -
> will have to step down under the peace accord while
> an interim
> administration takes over.
>
> Mediators hope that the agreement - signed in the
> Ghanaian capital Accra
> - will pave the way for the deployment of a
> peacekeeping force as well
> as the full-scale peace deal.
>
> Stability in Liberia is vital to its neighbours,
> like Sierra Leone and
> Ivory Coast, which have also found themselves caught
> up in the fighting
> in recent years.
>
> Rebels, who control two-thirds of the country, had
> demanded that
> President Charles Taylor step down within 30 days,
> as a condition of any
> settlement.
>
> Critics say the departure of Charles Taylor may lead
> to greater peace
> and prosperity, and allow West Africa as a whole to
> concentrate on
> economic development, rather than solving conflicts.
>
>
> CHARLES TAYLOR
> Indicted on war crimes charges
> Under UN sanctions
> Former warlord
> Won 1997 elections
>
>
> Mr Taylor, who has been indicted for war crimes by a
> United
> Nations-backed tribunal in Sierra Leone, has said
> before he is prepared
> to resign at the end of his term next year.
>
> Defence Minister Daniel Chea signed the ceasefire
> accord on behalf of
> the government, while Kabineh Janet and Tia Slanger
> signed on behalf of
> the rebels, the Associated Press news agency
> reported.
>
> The three men shook hands to cheers and applause
> from the delegates.
>
> In Liberia, news of the cease-fire had residents
> running into the
> streets of the capital, Monrovia, to celebrate.
>
> Cars, white rags tied to their antennas in symbols
> of peace, drove
> through roads honking. Shoppers burst into dancing
> at one roadside
> market, AP reported.
>
> The European Union urged President Taylor to
> cooperate with the war
> crimes tribunal, which announced his indictment on 4
> June.
>
> Forces 'still fighting'
>
> The BBC's Paul Welsh, in Monrovia, says the 30-day
> deadline for a full
> and comprehensive peace agreement is no small task
> when just getting a
> truce has taken two weeks.
>
> The truce is to be monitored by the Organisation of
> West African States,
> who will also look into the size of the
> peace-keeping force which will
> be needed here in the months to come.
>
> As the ceasefire was being signed in Ghana, our
> correspondent was in the
> bush with Liberia's chief of security, north of the
> capital, Monrovia.
>
> He said heavy fighting was going on with the rebel
> group Liberians
> United for Reconciliation and Democracy near to the
> border with Sierra
> Leone.
>
> There is also said to be fighting going on in the
> east of the country
> between the government and the other rebel group,
> Movement for Democracy
> in Liberia.
>
> The challenge for the commanders now is to get the
> message to their men
> on the ground that the fighting is to stop to allow
> the more difficult
> job of talking this country into a state of peace,
> our correspondent
> adds.
>
> Living in fear
>
> Meanwhile, Nigeria has begun to evacuate some 6,000
> civilians from
> Monrovia. Ghana has already begun moving some 1,500
> of its citizens back
> home.
>
>
> Liberia's Government has urged the people of
> Monrovia to return to life
> as normal following last week's battle between the
> army and rebels.
> The government is back in control of the capital and
> some shops and
> businesses have re-opened, but residents still fear
> a renewed rebel
> attack, our correspondent says.
>
> Tens of thousands of people are still living rough
> in the city, afraid
> to return to their homes.
>
> The schools the president wants re-opened are
> temporary homes to
> thousands of people.
>
>
> Story from BBC NEWS:
>
>
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:19:25 -0500
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On behalf of Agatha Morris, I'd like to inform the African community and
those interested in African foods that Agatha sells food items from =
Africa,
many of which you would not find at Yue Wah or Asian Midway.
She has Ghana Yams, Kenkey, Ukazi, goat meat, Lafu, Kokonte, Dzomi (palm
oil), dried fish, Ogbono, bitter leaves, Fresh Fish (Red Snapper), =
salted
fish, Ewedu, Gari, cray fish, pounded yam, smoked herring, cow Kanda, =
Ewedu,
Utazi and a whole lot more.
The following will be delivered tomorrow: smoked shrimp, cured salted =
beef,
"hard" chicken for soup, Jakato, cassava leaves, etc.
=20
Agatha's phone number is 204-7618. Her address is 6325 Alison Lane. It =
is
off of Schroeder Rd at the west side.
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Cheers: dzigbodi.
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font-family:Arial'>On behalf of Agatha Morris, I’d like to inform =
the
African community and those interested in African foods that Agatha =
sells food
items from Africa, many of which you would not find at Yue Wah or Asian =
Midway.</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>She has Ghana Yams, Kenkey, Ukazi, goat meat, Lafu, =
Kokonte,
Dzomi (palm oil), dried fish, Ogbono, bitter leaves, Fresh Fish (Red =
Snapper), salted
fish, Ewedu, Gari, cray fish, pounded yam, smoked herring, cow Kanda, =
Ewedu, Utazi
and a whole lot more.</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The following will be delivered tomorrow: smoked =
shrimp,
cured salted beef, “hard” chicken for soup, Jakato, cassava =
leaves,
etc.</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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address
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. It is off of =
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Rd</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:03:08 -0400
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From: "Wilmot B. Valhmu" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thanks, Dzigbodi! It's good to know that we have access
to that which I consider authentic, i.e, real African
food. I've always felt odd that I had to go to an Asian
store in order to buy African food. Hopefully, Agatha's
business will grow. The market is there (here, that is).
So, why not?
Take care,
- Wilmot
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:19:25 -0500
Dzigbodi Akyea <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>On behalf of Agatha Morris, I'd like to inform the
>African community and
>those interested in African foods that Agatha sells food
>items from Africa,
>many of which you would not find at Yue Wah or Asian
>Midway.
>
>She has Ghana Yams, Kenkey, Ukazi, goat meat, Lafu,
>Kokonte, Dzomi (palm
>oil), dried fish, Ogbono, bitter leaves, Fresh Fish (Red
>Snapper), salted
>fish, Ewedu, Gari, cray fish, pounded yam, smoked
>herring, cow Kanda, Ewedu,
>Utazi and a whole lot more.
>
>The following will be delivered tomorrow: smoked shrimp,
>cured salted beef,
>"hard" chicken for soup, Jakato, cassava leaves, etc.
>
>
>
>Agatha's phone number is 204-7618. Her address is 6325
>Alison Lane. It is
>off of Schroeder Rd at the west side.
>
>
>
>Cheers: dzigbodi.
>
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 14:11:56 -0500
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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From: Dzigbodi Akyea <[log in to unmask]>
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Thanks, Wilmot,
Tell Lucy that she has no excuse now. She should get busy and learn how =
to
cook all those delicious meals from West Africa. I know she's pretty
familiar with the "stingy" Ghanaians' food.
Cheers: dzigbodi.
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From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wilmot B. Valhmu
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:03 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Yams and more.
Thanks, Dzigbodi! It's good to know that we have access
to that which I consider authentic, i.e, real African
food. I've always felt odd that I had to go to an Asian
store in order to buy African food. Hopefully, Agatha's
business will grow. The market is there (here, that is).
So, why not?
Take care,
- Wilmot
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:19:25 -0500
Dzigbodi Akyea <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>On behalf of Agatha Morris, I'd like to inform the
>African community and
>those interested in African foods that Agatha sells food
>items from Africa,
>many of which you would not find at Yue Wah or Asian
>Midway.
>
>She has Ghana Yams, Kenkey, Ukazi, goat meat, Lafu,
>Kokonte, Dzomi (palm
>oil), dried fish, Ogbono, bitter leaves, Fresh Fish (Red
>Snapper), salted
>fish, Ewedu, Gari, cray fish, pounded yam, smoked
>herring, cow Kanda, Ewedu,
>Utazi and a whole lot more.
>
>The following will be delivered tomorrow: smoked shrimp,
>cured salted beef,
>"hard" chicken for soup, Jakato, cassava leaves, etc.
>
>
>
>Agatha's phone number is 204-7618. Her address is 6325
>Alison Lane. It is
>off of Schroeder Rd at the west side.
>
>
>
>Cheers: dzigbodi.
>
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:16:03 -0700
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From: Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: AFRICAN DEATHS IN LIBYA'S DESERT
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Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/africa/3004344.stm
Published: 2003/06/19 15:08:04 GMT
AFRICAN DEATHS IN LIBYA'S DESERT
The Libyan authorities have denied knowledge of reports that some 200 Ghanaians have died trying to cross the Sahara desert in Libya this year.
The Ghanaian Daily Graphic newspaper on Thursday quoted the Ghanaian ambassador to Libya as saying his countrymen died as they were attempting to cross the desert in search of greener pastures in Europe.
"It is usually a pathetic and horrific scene to find some of these persons dehydrated and weak" said Mr George Kumi Ghanaian ambassador to Libya.
Mr Kumi said that the deaths occurred between January and the beginning of June this year, due to extreme dehydration and general fatigue precipitated by the harsh weather conditions in the desert.
But speaking to BBC News Online on Thursday, an official in the Ministry of African Affairs in Tripoli denied any knowledge of such deaths in the desert.
Not recorded
According to Mr Kumi, the death toll could even be higher as "most deaths of Ghanaians who die on the desert and in the Mediterranean Sea are not recorded".
The Ghanaian ambassador said that the Ghana Mission in Tripoli has had to organise search and rescue operations to save some Ghanaians stranded on the desert.
"It is usually a pathetic and horrific scene to find some of these persons dehydrated, weak and helpless and on the verge of death after trekking for more than 300 kilometres on the desert," Mr Kumi complained.
However those rescued usually refuse to go back to Ghana.
Agents
The Ghanaian ambassador said there are about 25,000 Ghanaians resident in Libya, with a sizeable number of them working to raise funds for their boat trip across the Mediterranean sea to Europe.
He said many innocent Ghanaians are conned by "so called travel agents in Ghana into believing that they can easily reach Europe through Libya".
The agents convey the desperate Ghanaians to Niger through Burkina Faso and either abandon them after receiving their payment, or advise them to walk to Libya reassuring them that it is only few kilometres away, he explained.
Border control
Sources in the Libyan Information Department in Tripoli have told BBC News Online that they are aware of the ambassador's concerns about the plight of Ghanaian illegal immigrants in the country.
They say that the Libyan government is doing its best to control all illegal immigrants at border points, but Libya is such a vast country that it is difficult to monitor their movements.
"This is an international problem that demands international efforts," the official said.
Bodies recovered
Meanwhile, it has been reported that some 100 illegal immigrants were rescued by fishermen when their wooden vessel capsized Wednesday in international waters, some 100 miles south of Lampedusa, an island between Libya and Sicily.
The is the second rescue operation in the area within a week after an estimated 70 people were believed to have drowned off the Lampedusa coast on Monday.
So far only seven bodies have been recovered.
The Italian Government has just approved new measures for dealing with the constant flow of illegal immigrants arriving by sea.
The law, dubbed the anti-landings decree, a reference to the almost daily arrival of boats carrying immigrants on Italian shores allows a set up of a single command centre for the various forces.
The navy will patrol international waters, the coastguard will be used primarily for rescue operations and the financial police will have new powers to board suspect vessels and if possible, send the boats back to the port of origin.
However, our correspondent says that the cabinet has reiterated that force will not be used.
© BBC MMIII
Aggo Akyea
"If you identify a problem, be sure to suggest a method of solution."
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<P>Story from BBC NEWS:<BR><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/africa/3004344.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/africa/3004344.stm</A><BR>Published: 2003/06/19 15:08:04 GMT</P>
<P>AFRICAN DEATHS IN LIBYA'S DESERT</P>
<P></P>
<P>The Libyan authorities have denied knowledge of reports that some 200 Ghanaians have died trying to cross the Sahara desert in Libya this year. </P>
<P>The Ghanaian Daily Graphic newspaper on Thursday quoted the Ghanaian ambassador to Libya as saying his countrymen died as they were attempting to cross the desert in search of greener pastures in Europe. </P>
<P>"It is usually a pathetic and horrific scene to find some of these persons dehydrated and weak" said Mr George Kumi Ghanaian ambassador to Libya.</P>
<P>Mr Kumi said that the deaths occurred between January and the beginning of June this year, due to extreme dehydration and general fatigue precipitated by the harsh weather conditions in the desert. </P>
<P>But speaking to BBC News Online on Thursday, an official in the Ministry of African Affairs in Tripoli denied any knowledge of such deaths in the desert. </P>
<P>Not recorded </P>
<P>According to Mr Kumi, the death toll could even be higher as "most deaths of Ghanaians who die on the desert and in the Mediterranean Sea are not recorded". </P>
<P>The Ghanaian ambassador said that the Ghana Mission in Tripoli has had to organise search and rescue operations to save some Ghanaians stranded on the desert. </P>
<P>"It is usually a pathetic and horrific scene to find some of these persons dehydrated, weak and helpless and on the verge of death after trekking for more than 300 kilometres on the desert," Mr Kumi complained. </P>
<P>However those rescued usually refuse to go back to Ghana. </P>
<P>Agents </P>
<P>The Ghanaian ambassador said there are about 25,000 Ghanaians resident in Libya, with a sizeable number of them working to raise funds for their boat trip across the Mediterranean sea to Europe. </P>
<P>He said many innocent Ghanaians are conned by "so called travel agents in Ghana into believing that they can easily reach Europe through Libya". </P>
<P>The agents convey the desperate Ghanaians to Niger through Burkina Faso and either abandon them after receiving their payment, or advise them to walk to Libya reassuring them that it is only few kilometres away, he explained. </P>
<P>Border control </P>
<P>Sources in the Libyan Information Department in Tripoli have told BBC News Online that they are aware of the ambassador's concerns about the plight of Ghanaian illegal immigrants in the country. </P>
<P>They say that the Libyan government is doing its best to control all illegal immigrants at border points, but Libya is such a vast country that it is difficult to monitor their movements. </P>
<P>"This is an international problem that demands international efforts," the official said. </P>
<P>Bodies recovered </P>
<P>Meanwhile, it has been reported that some 100 illegal immigrants were rescued by fishermen when their wooden vessel capsized Wednesday in international waters, some 100 miles south of Lampedusa, an island between Libya and Sicily. </P>
<P>The is the second rescue operation in the area within a week after an estimated 70 people were believed to have drowned off the Lampedusa coast on Monday. </P>
<P>So far only seven bodies have been recovered. </P>
<P>The Italian Government has just approved new measures for dealing with the constant flow of illegal immigrants arriving by sea. </P>
<P>The law, dubbed the anti-landings decree, a reference to the almost daily arrival of boats carrying immigrants on Italian shores allows a set up of a single command centre for the various forces. </P>
<P>The navy will patrol international waters, the coastguard will be used primarily for rescue operations and the financial police will have new powers to board suspect vessels and if possible, send the boats back to the port of origin. </P>
<P>However, our correspondent says that the cabinet has reiterated that force will not be used. </P>
<P>© BBC MMIII</P></DIV></DIV><BR><BR><DIV>Aggo Akyea <BR><BR><STRONG><EM>"If you identify a problem, be sure to suggest a method of solution."</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 17:57:27 -0500
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From: Felix Ossia <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: FW: Psychiatric Tests for Gridlock Drivers
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June 19, 2003, 11:23 AM EDT=20
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Nigeria's traffic authorities confirmed Thursday they
had ordered psychiatric tests of traffic offenders blamed for "insane"
gridlock in sub-Saharan Africa's largest city.=20
Lagos' legendary traffic jams, known as "go-slows," are being worsened
by impatient drivers who brazenly jump curbs and drive on the wrong side
of the street, Lagos Traffic Ministry spokesman Ogundeji Adesegun told
The Associated Press.=20
The ministry in recent days ordered police to arrest offenders, impound
their vehicles, impose 25,000 naira (US$200) fines and order mandatory
psychiatric tests, Adesegun said.=20
Hundreds of drivers had already been punished under the new measures,
authorities said.=20
Their vehicles are being held until they had received a "certificate of
sound mental fitness" from one of Lagos' three psychiatric institutions.
"Let us see if these people are mentally balanced. We have to end this
insanity," Adesegun said. "If this doesn't work, the next thing we may
do is advise the judiciary to impose jail terms."=20
"We have insane traffic. It is madness, no doubt about it," the official
said.=20
Lagos, a tropical port city of 12 million, is plagued by nightmarish
traffic preventing commuters from reaching work for hours --
occasionally, for days.=20
Travelers routinely reserve four to five hours to creep from the city's
island suburbs to the international airport, a drive less 30 minutes
long with a clear road.=20
In an editorial, Nigeria's influential Guardian daily accused traffic
officials of using the strict new measures as an excuse to extort hefty
bribes from offenders.=20
The newspaper also accused officials of ignoring traffic hazards --
including bus-sized potholes, and mountains of rotting garbage clogging
drains and flooding streets during seasonal rains.=20
"They are more interested in revenue collection than traffic
management," the editorial said.=20
Regular fuel shortages despite Nigeria's status as Africa's largest
petroleum producer and the fifth-largest supplier of oil the United
States lead to mammoth gas station lineups and even worse traffic
snarls.=20
Daniel Salawu, a Lagos chaffeur, complained that policemen were taking
advantage of the new regulations to unfairly ambush commuters on
unmarked one-way streets.=20
Salawu said he was forced to pay a 700 naira (US$5.50) payoff to
gun-wielding officers who arrested him in the Victoria Island suburb.=20
"I begged them," the driver said. "They took all my money and said they
wouldn't arrest me only because I am a gentleman."=20
It is not the first time officials have gone to unusual lengths to clear
road congestion in Lagos.=20
In the early 1980s, Nigeria's then-ruling military imposed a system in
which vehicles with odd-numbered license plates could ply roads only on
Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays while even-numbered plates were allowed
on Tuesdays and Thursdays.=20
The system failed; most commuters either openly flouted the rules or
obtained double sets of plates for their cars.=20
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<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Psychiatric
Tests for Gridlock <span class=3DGramE>Drivers<font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <br>
</span></font>By</span> GLENN McKENZIE</span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Associated
Press Writer</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><st1:date Month=3D"6" Day=3D"19" Year=3D"2003"><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>June 19, =
2003</span></font></st1:date><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><st1:time
Hour=3D"11" Minute=3D"23"><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>11:23 AM EDT</span></font></st1:time> =
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>LAGOS,
Nigeria -- Nigeria's traffic authorities confirmed Thursday they had =
ordered
psychiatric tests of traffic offenders blamed for "insane" =
gridlock
in sub-Saharan Africa's largest city. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lagos'
legendary traffic jams, known as "go-slows," are being =
worsened by
impatient drivers who brazenly jump curbs and drive on the wrong side of =
the
street, Lagos Traffic Ministry spokesman Ogundeji Adesegun told The =
Associated
Press. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
ministry in recent days ordered police to arrest offenders, impound =
their
vehicles, impose 25,000 naira (US$200) fines and order mandatory =
psychiatric
tests, Adesegun said. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hundreds
of drivers had already been punished under the new measures, authorities =
said. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Their
vehicles are being held until they had received a "certificate of =
sound
mental fitness" from one of =
</span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lagos</span></font></st1:pla=
ce></st1:City><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>' three
psychiatric institutions. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"Let
us see if these people are mentally balanced. We have to end this
insanity," Adesegun said. "If this doesn't work, the next =
thing we
may do is advise the judiciary to impose jail terms." =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"We
have insane traffic. It is madness, no doubt about it," the =
official said.
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Lagos</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, a =
tropical port
city of 12 million, is plagued by nightmarish traffic preventing =
commuters from
reaching work for hours -- occasionally, for days. =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Travelers
routinely reserve four to five hours to creep from the city's island =
suburbs to
the international airport, a drive less 30 minutes long with a clear =
road. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In
an editorial, </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Nigeria</span></font></st1:p=
lace></st1:country-region><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>'s
influential Guardian daily accused traffic officials of using the strict =
new
measures as an excuse to extort hefty bribes from offenders. =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
newspaper also accused officials of ignoring traffic hazards -- =
including
bus-sized potholes, and mountains of rotting garbage clogging drains and
flooding streets during seasonal rains. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"They
are more interested in revenue collection than traffic management," =
the
editorial said. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Regular
fuel shortages despite Nigeria's status as Africa's largest petroleum =
producer
and the fifth-largest supplier of oil the United States lead to mammoth =
gas
station lineups and even worse traffic snarls. =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Daniel
Salawu, a </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
=
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lagos</span></font></st1:pla=
ce></st1:City><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> chaffeur,
complained that policemen were taking advantage of the new regulations =
to
unfairly ambush commuters on unmarked one-way streets. =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Salawu
said he was forced to pay a 700 naira (US$5.50) payoff to gun-wielding =
officers
who arrested him in the </span></font><st1:place><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Victoria =
Island</span></font></st1:place><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> suburb. =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"I
begged them," the driver said. "They took all my money and =
said they
wouldn't arrest me only because I am a gentleman." =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It
is not the first time officials have gone to unusual lengths to clear =
road
congestion in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
=
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lagos</span></font></st1:pla=
ce></st1:City><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In
the early 1980s, </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Nigeria</span></font></st1:p=
lace></st1:country-region><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>'s
then-ruling military imposed a system in which vehicles with =
odd-numbered
license plates could ply roads only on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays =
while
even-numbered plates were allowed on Tuesdays and Thursdays. =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
system failed; most commuters either openly flouted the rules or =
obtained
double sets of plates for their cars. </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Copyright
=A9 2003, The Associated Press </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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Hi, Everyone!
I received the following in a newsletter that my realtor sent me today, =
and I thought to share it with the Community. It's about a son or =
daughter's view of a father's wisdom at different stages of his/her =
life. Enjoy!
Here it is:
A Dad's Wisdom=20
4 years old: My Daddy can do anything.
5 years old: My Daddy knows a whole lot.
6 years old: My Dad is smarter than your Dad.
8 years old: My Dad doesn't know exactly everything.
10 years old: In the olden days, when my Dad grew up, things sure where =
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old to remember his childhood.
14 years old: Don't pay any attention to my Dad. He is so =
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30 years old: Maybe we should ask Dad what he thinks. After all, he's =
had a lot of experience.
35 years old: I'm not doing a single thing until I talk to Dad.
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<DIV><STRONG>4 years old</STRONG>: My Daddy can do anything.</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>5 years old</STRONG>: My Daddy knows a whole =
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Emilie saw this story on BBC Sport Online and thought you
should see it.
** Eto'o strike sinks Brazil **
A volley from Samuel Eto'o gives Cameroon a deserved victory over Brazil in=
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< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/sport2/hi/football/africa/3005366.stm >
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> Published on Thursday, May 29, 2003 by the National Catholic Reporter
> Is There Anything Left That Matters?
> by Joan Chittister, OSB
>
> This is what I don't understand: All of a sudden nothing seems to
> matter. First, they said they wanted Bin Laden "dead or alive." But they
> didn't get him. So now they tell us that it doesn't matter. Our mission
> is greater than one man. Then they said they wanted Saddam Hussein,
> "dead or alive." He's apparently alive but we haven't got him yet,
> either. However, President Bush told reporters recently, "It doesn't
> matter. Our mission is greater than one man." Finally, they told us that
> we were invading Iraq to destroy their weapons of mass destruction. Now
> they say those weapons probably don't exist. Maybe never existed.
> Apparently that doesn't matter either.
>
> Except that it does matter. I know we're not supposed to say that. I
> know it's called "unpatriotic." But it's also called honesty. And
> dishonesty matters. It matters that the infrastructure of a foreign
> nation that couldn't defend itself against us has been destroyed on the
> grounds that it was a military threat to the world. It matters that it
> was destroyed by us under a new doctrine of "pre-emptive war" when
> there was apparently nothing worth pre-empting.
>
> It surely matters to the families here whose sons went to war to make
> the world safe from weapons of mass destruction and will never come
> home. It matters to families in the United States whose life support
> programs were ended, whose medical insurance ran out, whose food stamps
> were cut off, whose day care programs were eliminated so we could spend
> the money on sending an army to do what did not need to be done.
>
> It matters to the Iraqi girl whose face was burned by a lamp that
> toppled over as a result of a U.S. bombing run. It matters to Ali, the
> Iraqi boy who lost his family - and both his arms - in a U.S. air
> attack. It matters to the people in Baghdad whose water supply is now
> fetid, whose electricity is gone, whose streets are unsafe, whose 158
> government ministries' buildings and all their records have been
> destroyed, whose cultural heritage and social system has been looted
> and whose cities teem with anti-American protests. It matters that the
> people we say we "liberated" do not feel liberated in the midst of the
> lawlessness, destruction and wholesale social suffering that so-called
> liberation created.
>
> It matters to the United Nations whose integrity was impugned, whose
> authority was denied, whose inspection teams are even now still being
> overlooked in the process of technical evaluation and disarmament. It
> matters to the reputation of the United States in the eyes of the world,
> both now and for decades to come, perhaps.
>
> And surely it matters to the integrity of this nation whether or not
> its intelligence gathering agencies have any real intelligence or not
> before we launch a military armada on its say-so. And it should matter
> whether or not our government is either incompetent and didn't know what
> they were doing or were dishonest and refused to say. The unspoken truth
> is that either as a people we were misled, or we were lied to, about the
> real reason for this war. Either we made a huge - and unforgivable -
> mistake, an arrogant or ignorant mistake, or we are swaggering around
> the world like a blind giant, flailing in all directions while the rest
> of the world watches in horror or in ridicule.
>
> If Bill Clinton's definition of "is" matters, surely this matters. If
> a president's sex life matters, surely a president's use of global force
> against some of the weakest people in the world matters. If a
> president's word in a court of law about a private indiscretion matters,
> surely a president's word to the community of nations and the security
> of millions of people matters. And if not, why not? If not, surely
> there is something as wrong with us as citizens, as thinkers, as
> Christians as there must be with some facet of the government. If wars
> that the public says are wrong yesterday - as over 70% of U.S. citizens
> did before the attack on Iraq - suddenly become "right" the minute the
> first bombs drop, what kind of national morality is that?
>
> Of what are we really capable as a nation if the considered judgment
> of politicians and people around the world means nothing to us as a
> people. What is the depth of the American soul if we can allow
> destruction to be done in our name and the name of "liberation" and
> never even demand an accounting of its costs, both personal and public,
> when it is over?
>
> We like to take comfort in the notion that people make a distinction
> between our government and ourselves. We like to say that the people of
> the world love Americans, they simply mistrust our government. But
> excoriating a distant and anonymous "government" for wreaking rubble on
> a nation in pretense of good requires very little of either character or
> intelligence. What may count most, however, is that we may well be the
> ones Proverbs warns when it reminds us: "Kings take pleasure in honest
> lips; they value the one who speaks the truth." The point is clear: If
> the people
> speak and the king doesn't listen, there is something wrong with the
> king. If the king acts precipitously and the people say nothing,
> something is wrong with the people. It may be time for us to realize
> that in a country that prides itself on being democratic, we are our
> government. And the rest of the world is figuring that out very quickly.
>
> From where I stand, that matters.
>
> A Benedictine Sister of Erie, Sister Joan is a best-selling author and
> well-known international lecturer. She is founder and executive director
> of Benetvision: A Resource and Research Center for Contemporary
> Spirituality, and past president of the Conference of American
> Benedictine Prioresses and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
> Sister Joan has been recognized by universities and national
> organizations for her work for justice, peace and equality for women
> in the Church and society. She is an active member of the International
> Peace Council.
>
>
> (Leave it to a Catholic voice to speak truth. Pete Martineau)
>
>
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...and the mass graves mean...what?
At 12:25 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
> > Published on Thursday, May 29, 2003 by the National Catholic Reporter
> > Is There Anything Left That Matters?
> > by Joan Chittister, OSB
> >
> > This is what I don't understand: All of a sudden nothing seems to
> > matter. First, they said they wanted Bin Laden "dead or alive." But they
> > didn't get him. So now they tell us that it doesn't matter. Our mission
> > is greater than one man. Then they said they wanted Saddam Hussein,
> > "dead or alive." He's apparently alive but we haven't got him yet,
> > either. However, President Bush told reporters recently, "It doesn't
> > matter. Our mission is greater than one man." Finally, they told us that
> > we were invading Iraq to destroy their weapons of mass destruction. Now
> > they say those weapons probably don't exist. Maybe never existed.
> > Apparently that doesn't matter either.
> >
> > Except that it does matter. I know we're not supposed to say that. I
> > know it's called "unpatriotic." But it's also called honesty. And
> > dishonesty matters. It matters that the infrastructure of a foreign
> > nation that couldn't defend itself against us has been destroyed on the
> > grounds that it was a military threat to the world. It matters that it
> > was destroyed by us under a new doctrine of "pre-emptive war" when
> > there was apparently nothing worth pre-empting.
> >
> > It surely matters to the families here whose sons went to war to make
> > the world safe from weapons of mass destruction and will never come
> > home. It matters to families in the United States whose life support
> > programs were ended, whose medical insurance ran out, whose food stamps
> > were cut off, whose day care programs were eliminated so we could spend
> > the money on sending an army to do what did not need to be done.
> >
> > It matters to the Iraqi girl whose face was burned by a lamp that
> > toppled over as a result of a U.S. bombing run. It matters to Ali, the
> > Iraqi boy who lost his family - and both his arms - in a U.S. air
> > attack. It matters to the people in Baghdad whose water supply is now
> > fetid, whose electricity is gone, whose streets are unsafe, whose 158
> > government ministries' buildings and all their records have been
> > destroyed, whose cultural heritage and social system has been looted
> > and whose cities teem with anti-American protests. It matters that the
> > people we say we "liberated" do not feel liberated in the midst of the
> > lawlessness, destruction and wholesale social suffering that so-called
> > liberation created.
> >
> > It matters to the United Nations whose integrity was impugned, whose
> > authority was denied, whose inspection teams are even now still being
> > overlooked in the process of technical evaluation and disarmament. It
> > matters to the reputation of the United States in the eyes of the world,
> > both now and for decades to come, perhaps.
> >
> > And surely it matters to the integrity of this nation whether or not
> > its intelligence gathering agencies have any real intelligence or not
> > before we launch a military armada on its say-so. And it should matter
> > whether or not our government is either incompetent and didn't know what
> > they were doing or were dishonest and refused to say. The unspoken truth
> > is that either as a people we were misled, or we were lied to, about the
> > real reason for this war. Either we made a huge - and unforgivable -
> > mistake, an arrogant or ignorant mistake, or we are swaggering around
> > the world like a blind giant, flailing in all directions while the rest
> > of the world watches in horror or in ridicule.
> >
> > If Bill Clinton's definition of "is" matters, surely this matters. If
> > a president's sex life matters, surely a president's use of global force
> > against some of the weakest people in the world matters. If a
> > president's word in a court of law about a private indiscretion matters,
> > surely a president's word to the community of nations and the security
> > of millions of people matters. And if not, why not? If not, surely
> > there is something as wrong with us as citizens, as thinkers, as
> > Christians as there must be with some facet of the government. If wars
> > that the public says are wrong yesterday - as over 70% of U.S. citizens
> > did before the attack on Iraq - suddenly become "right" the minute the
> > first bombs drop, what kind of national morality is that?
> >
> > Of what are we really capable as a nation if the considered judgment
> > of politicians and people around the world means nothing to us as a
> > people. What is the depth of the American soul if we can allow
> > destruction to be done in our name and the name of "liberation" and
> > never even demand an accounting of its costs, both personal and public,
> > when it is over?
> >
> > We like to take comfort in the notion that people make a distinction
> > between our government and ourselves. We like to say that the people of
> > the world love Americans, they simply mistrust our government. But
> > excoriating a distant and anonymous "government" for wreaking rubble on
> > a nation in pretense of good requires very little of either character or
> > intelligence. What may count most, however, is that we may well be the
> > ones Proverbs warns when it reminds us: "Kings take pleasure in honest
> > lips; they value the one who speaks the truth." The point is clear: If
> > the people
> > speak and the king doesn't listen, there is something wrong with the
> > king. If the king acts precipitously and the people say nothing,
> > something is wrong with the people. It may be time for us to realize
> > that in a country that prides itself on being democratic, we are our
> > government. And the rest of the world is figuring that out very quickly.
> >
> > From where I stand, that matters.
> >
> > A Benedictine Sister of Erie, Sister Joan is a best-selling author and
> > well-known international lecturer. She is founder and executive director
> > of Benetvision: A Resource and Research Center for Contemporary
> > Spirituality, and past president of the Conference of American
> > Benedictine Prioresses and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
> > Sister Joan has been recognized by universities and national
> > organizations for her work for justice, peace and equality for women
> > in the Church and society. She is an active member of the International
> > Peace Council.
> >
> >
> > (Leave it to a Catholic voice to speak truth. Pete Martineau)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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......yes the mass graves mean, mass graves in Iraq, does
it matter to US, if it did matter they would have gone to
uncover it in Gulf War I because they knew of it before but
it did not matter..........
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:30:38 -0500
Vera Crowell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> ...and the mass graves mean...what?
>
> At 12:25 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >> Published on Thursday, May 29, 2003 by the National
> Catholic Reporter
> >> Is There Anything Left That Matters?
> >> by Joan Chittister, OSB
> >>
> >> This is what I don't understand: All of a sudden
> nothing seems to
> >> matter. First, they said they wanted Bin Laden "dead
> or alive." But they
> >> didn't get him. So now they tell us that it doesn't
> matter. Our mission
> >> is greater than one man. Then they said they wanted
> Saddam Hussein,
> >> "dead or alive." He's apparently alive but we haven't
> got him yet,
> >> either. However, President Bush told reporters
> recently, "It doesn't
> >> matter. Our mission is greater than one man." Finally,
> they told us that
> >> we were invading Iraq to destroy their weapons of mass
> destruction. Now
> >> they say those weapons probably don't exist. Maybe
> never existed.
> >> Apparently that doesn't matter either.
> >>
> >> Except that it does matter. I know we're not
> supposed to say that. I
> >> know it's called "unpatriotic." But it's also called
> honesty. And
> >> dishonesty matters. It matters that the infrastructure
> of a foreign
> >> nation that couldn't defend itself against us has been
> destroyed on the
> >> grounds that it was a military threat to the world. It
> matters that it
> >> was destroyed by us under a new doctrine of
> "pre-emptive war" when
> >> there was apparently nothing worth pre-empting.
> >>
> >> It surely matters to the families here whose sons
> went to war to make
> >> the world safe from weapons of mass destruction and
> will never come
> >> home. It matters to families in the United States
> whose life support
> >> programs were ended, whose medical insurance ran out,
> whose food stamps
> >> were cut off, whose day care programs were eliminated
> so we could spend
> >> the money on sending an army to do what did not need
> to be done.
> >>
> >> It matters to the Iraqi girl whose face was burned
> by a lamp that
> >> toppled over as a result of a U.S. bombing run. It
> matters to Ali, the
> >> Iraqi boy who lost his family - and both his arms - in
> a U.S. air
> >> attack. It matters to the people in Baghdad whose
> water supply is now
> >> fetid, whose electricity is gone, whose streets are
> unsafe, whose 158
> >> government ministries' buildings and all their
> records have been
> >> destroyed, whose cultural heritage and social system
> has been looted
> >> and whose cities teem with anti-American protests. It
> matters that the
> >> people we say we "liberated" do not feel liberated in
> the midst of the
> >> lawlessness, destruction and wholesale social
> suffering that so-called
> >> liberation created.
> >>
> >> It matters to the United Nations whose integrity was
> impugned, whose
> >> authority was denied, whose inspection teams are even
> now still being
> >> overlooked in the process of technical evaluation and
> disarmament. It
> >> matters to the reputation of the United States in the
> eyes of the world,
> >> both now and for decades to come, perhaps.
> >>
> >> And surely it matters to the integrity of this
> nation whether or not
> >> its intelligence gathering agencies have any real
> intelligence or not
> >> before we launch a military armada on its say-so. And
> it should matter
> >> whether or not our government is either incompetent
> and didn't know what
> >> they were doing or were dishonest and refused to say.
> The unspoken truth
> >> is that either as a people we were misled, or we were
> lied to, about the
> >> real reason for this war. Either we made a huge - and
> unforgivable -
> >> mistake, an arrogant or ignorant mistake, or we are
> swaggering around
> >> the world like a blind giant, flailing in all
> directions while the rest
> >> of the world watches in horror or in ridicule.
> >>
> >> If Bill Clinton's definition of "is" matters, surely
> this matters. If
> >> a president's sex life matters, surely a president's
> use of global force
> >> against some of the weakest people in the world
> matters. If a
> >> president's word in a court of law about a private
> indiscretion matters,
> >> surely a president's word to the community of nations
> and the security
> >> of millions of people matters. And if not, why not?
> If not, surely
> >> there is something as wrong with us as citizens, as
> thinkers, as
> >> Christians as there must be with some facet of the
> government. If wars
> >> that the public says are wrong yesterday - as over 70%
> of U.S. citizens
> >> did before the attack on Iraq - suddenly become
> "right" the minute the
> >> first bombs drop, what kind of national morality is
> that?
> >>
> >> Of what are we really capable as a nation if the
> considered judgment
> >> of politicians and people around the world means
> nothing to us as a
> >> people. What is the depth of the American soul if we
> can allow
> >> destruction to be done in our name and the name of
> "liberation" and
> >> never even demand an accounting of its costs, both
> personal and public,
> >> when it is over?
> >>
> >> We like to take comfort in the notion that people
> make a distinction
> >> between our government and ourselves. We like to say
> that the people of
> >> the world love Americans, they simply mistrust our
> government. But
> >> excoriating a distant and anonymous "government" for
> wreaking rubble on
> >> a nation in pretense of good requires very little of
> either character or
> >> intelligence. What may count most, however, is that we
> may well be the
> >> ones Proverbs warns when it reminds us: "Kings take
> pleasure in honest
> >> lips; they value the one who speaks the truth." The
> point is clear: If
> >> the people
> >> speak and the king doesn't listen, there is
> something wrong with the
> >> king. If the king acts precipitously and the people
> say nothing,
> >> something is wrong with the people. It may be time for
> us to realize
> >> that in a country that prides itself on being
> democratic, we are our
> >> government. And the rest of the world is figuring that
> out very quickly.
> >>
> >> From where I stand, that matters.
> >>
> >> A Benedictine Sister of Erie, Sister Joan is a
> best-selling author and
> >> well-known international lecturer. She is founder and
> executive director
> >> of Benetvision: A Resource and Research Center for
> Contemporary
> >> Spirituality, and past president of the Conference of
> American
> >> Benedictine Prioresses and the Leadership Conference
> of Women Religious.
> >> Sister Joan has been recognized by universities and
> national
> >> organizations for her work for justice, peace and
> equality for women
> >> in the Church and society. She is an active member of
> the International
> >> Peace Council.
> >>
> >>
> >> (Leave it to a Catholic voice to speak truth. Pete
> Martineau)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> [log in to unmask] mailing list
> >>
>
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> >>
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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:17:56 -0500
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My, oh my. How myopic can we be? And what about mass graves? You mean =
the
ones in Rwanda? Oh, well, they are only Africans. Oops, they have no =
oil!
-----Original Message-----
From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vera Crowell
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 12:31 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
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...and the mass graves mean...what?
At 12:25 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
> > Published on Thursday, May 29, 2003 by the National Catholic =
Reporter
> > Is There Anything Left That Matters?
> > by Joan Chittister, OSB
> >
> > This is what I don't understand: All of a sudden nothing seems to
> > matter. First, they said they wanted Bin Laden "dead or alive." But =
they
> > didn't get him. So now they tell us that it doesn't matter. Our =
mission
> > is greater than one man. Then they said they wanted Saddam Hussein,
> > "dead or alive." He's apparently alive but we haven't got him yet,
> > either. However, President Bush told reporters recently, "It doesn't
> > matter. Our mission is greater than one man." Finally, they told us =
that
> > we were invading Iraq to destroy their weapons of mass destruction. =
Now
> > they say those weapons probably don't exist. Maybe never existed.
> > Apparently that doesn't matter either.
> >
> > Except that it does matter. I know we're not supposed to say that. =
I
> > know it's called "unpatriotic." But it's also called honesty. And
> > dishonesty matters. It matters that the infrastructure of a foreign
> > nation that couldn't defend itself against us has been destroyed on =
the
> > grounds that it was a military threat to the world. It matters that =
it
> > was destroyed by us under a new doctrine of "pre-emptive war" when
> > there was apparently nothing worth pre-empting.
> >
> > It surely matters to the families here whose sons went to war to =
make
> > the world safe from weapons of mass destruction and will never come
> > home. It matters to families in the United States whose life support
> > programs were ended, whose medical insurance ran out, whose food =
stamps
> > were cut off, whose day care programs were eliminated so we could =
spend
> > the money on sending an army to do what did not need to be done.
> >
> > It matters to the Iraqi girl whose face was burned by a lamp that
> > toppled over as a result of a U.S. bombing run. It matters to Ali, =
the
> > Iraqi boy who lost his family - and both his arms - in a U.S. air
> > attack. It matters to the people in Baghdad whose water supply is =
now
> > fetid, whose electricity is gone, whose streets are unsafe, whose =
158
> > government ministries' buildings and all their records have been
> > destroyed, whose cultural heritage and social system has been =
looted
> > and whose cities teem with anti-American protests. It matters that =
the
> > people we say we "liberated" do not feel liberated in the midst of =
the
> > lawlessness, destruction and wholesale social suffering that =
so-called
> > liberation created.
> >
> > It matters to the United Nations whose integrity was impugned, =
whose
> > authority was denied, whose inspection teams are even now still =
being
> > overlooked in the process of technical evaluation and disarmament. =
It
> > matters to the reputation of the United States in the eyes of the =
world,
> > both now and for decades to come, perhaps.
> >
> > And surely it matters to the integrity of this nation whether or =
not
> > its intelligence gathering agencies have any real intelligence or =
not
> > before we launch a military armada on its say-so. And it should =
matter
> > whether or not our government is either incompetent and didn't know =
what
> > they were doing or were dishonest and refused to say. The unspoken =
truth
> > is that either as a people we were misled, or we were lied to, about =
the
> > real reason for this war. Either we made a huge - and unforgivable -
> > mistake, an arrogant or ignorant mistake, or we are swaggering =
around
> > the world like a blind giant, flailing in all directions while the =
rest
> > of the world watches in horror or in ridicule.
> >
> > If Bill Clinton's definition of "is" matters, surely this matters. =
If
> > a president's sex life matters, surely a president's use of global =
force
> > against some of the weakest people in the world matters. If a
> > president's word in a court of law about a private indiscretion =
matters,
> > surely a president's word to the community of nations and the =
security
> > of millions of people matters. And if not, why not? If not, surely
> > there is something as wrong with us as citizens, as thinkers, as
> > Christians as there must be with some facet of the government. If =
wars
> > that the public says are wrong yesterday - as over 70% of U.S. =
citizens
> > did before the attack on Iraq - suddenly become "right" the minute =
the
> > first bombs drop, what kind of national morality is that?
> >
> > Of what are we really capable as a nation if the considered =
judgment
> > of politicians and people around the world means nothing to us as a
> > people. What is the depth of the American soul if we can allow
> > destruction to be done in our name and the name of "liberation" and
> > never even demand an accounting of its costs, both personal and =
public,
> > when it is over?
> >
> > We like to take comfort in the notion that people make a =
distinction
> > between our government and ourselves. We like to say that the people =
of
> > the world love Americans, they simply mistrust our government. But
> > excoriating a distant and anonymous "government" for wreaking rubble =
on
> > a nation in pretense of good requires very little of either =
character or
> > intelligence. What may count most, however, is that we may well be =
the
> > ones Proverbs warns when it reminds us: "Kings take pleasure in =
honest
> > lips; they value the one who speaks the truth." The point is clear: =
If
> > the people
> > speak and the king doesn't listen, there is something wrong with =
the
> > king. If the king acts precipitously and the people say nothing,
> > something is wrong with the people. It may be time for us to realize
> > that in a country that prides itself on being democratic, we are our
> > government. And the rest of the world is figuring that out very =
quickly.
> >
> > From where I stand, that matters.
> >
> > A Benedictine Sister of Erie, Sister Joan is a best-selling author =
and
> > well-known international lecturer. She is founder and executive =
director
> > of Benetvision: A Resource and Research Center for Contemporary
> > Spirituality, and past president of the Conference of American
> > Benedictine Prioresses and the Leadership Conference of Women =
Religious.
> > Sister Joan has been recognized by universities and national
> > organizations for her work for justice, peace and equality for =
women
> > in the Church and society. She is an active member of the =
International
> > Peace Council.
> >
> >
> > (Leave it to a Catholic voice to speak truth. Pete Martineau)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > [log in to unmask] mailing list
> > =
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> >
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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:31:49 -0500
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...damned if we do, damned if we don't. Neutrality laws...now there's a
thought.
At 01:17 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
>My, oh my. How myopic can we be? And what about mass graves? You mean the
>ones in Rwanda? Oh, well, they are only Africans. Oops, they have no oil!
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
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>Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 12:31 PM
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>
>...and the mass graves mean...what?
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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:43:14 -0500
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You might want to read the article again. You missed the point entirely.
-----Original Message-----
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...damned if we do, damned if we don't. Neutrality laws...now there's a
thought.
At 01:17 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
>My, oh my. How myopic can we be? And what about mass graves? You mean
the
>ones in Rwanda? Oh, well, they are only Africans. Oops, they have no oil!
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 12:31 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: FW: [MAPC-discuss] Does it matter?
>
>...and the mass graves mean...what?
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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:21:16 -0500
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I read the article. I got the point. For anyone to be free, someone must
pay. Freedom, in all of its forms, is not free.
At 01:43 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
>You might want to read the article again. You missed the point entirely.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vera Crowell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 1:32 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: FW: [MAPC-discuss] Does it matter?
>
>
>...damned if we do, damned if we don't. Neutrality laws...now there's a
>thought.
>
>At 01:17 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >My, oh my. How myopic can we be? And what about mass graves? You mean
>the
> >ones in Rwanda? Oh, well, they are only Africans. Oops, they have no oil!
> >
> >
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Must we therefore attack and FREE all the Oil producing countries since 90%
of them are dictatorships? Saudi Arabia is the most conservative society in
the Muslim world. The media does not report what happens there, yet we don't
consider the Saudi's tyrants. 15 of the 19 terrorists were Saudi's. Do you
see where I'm headed.
Great nations and empires have come and gone. This one when it implodes may
destroy the rest of the world; that is the fear. Back to square one, the
amoeba stage .
We all look at issues differently and your is definitely another
perspective.
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Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 2:21 PM
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Subject: Re: FW: [MAPC-discuss] Does it matter?
I read the article. I got the point. For anyone to be free, someone must
pay. Freedom, in all of its forms, is not free.
At 01:43 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
>You might want to read the article again. You missed the point entirely.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vera Crowell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 1:32 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: FW: [MAPC-discuss] Does it matter?
>
>
>...damned if we do, damned if we don't. Neutrality laws...now there's a
>thought.
>
>At 01:17 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >My, oh my. How myopic can we be? And what about mass graves? You mean
>the
> >ones in Rwanda? Oh, well, they are only Africans. Oops, they have no
oil!
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
> >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vera Crowell
> >Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 12:31 PM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: FW: [MAPC-discuss] Does it matter?
> >
> >...and the mass graves mean...what?
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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:16:57 -0500
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You are correct; great nations and empires have come and gone. The reason
they have gone is that they spent their time and resources attempting to
take over more and more of the world. America has not increased its land
mass since the acquisition of Alaska and Hawaii (and yes, yes, I know how
we took Hawaii; I'm not condoning it, just making a statement). If America
is going to implode, it will be from moral decay. What is the world afraid
of and when did we become so fearful?
At 02:48 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Must we therefore attack and FREE all the Oil producing countries since 90%
>of them are dictatorships? Saudi Arabia is the most conservative society in
>the Muslim world. The media does not report what happens there, yet we don't
>consider the Saudi's tyrants. 15 of the 19 terrorists were Saudi's. Do you
>see where I'm headed.
>
>Great nations and empires have come and gone. This one when it implodes may
>destroy the rest of the world; that is the fear. Back to square one, the
>amoeba stage .
>
>We all look at issues differently and your is definitely another
>perspective.
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vera Crowell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 2:21 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: FW: [MAPC-discuss] Does it matter?
>
>
>I read the article. I got the point. For anyone to be free, someone must
>pay. Freedom, in all of its forms, is not free.
>
>At 01:43 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >You might want to read the article again. You missed the point entirely.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Vera Crowell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 1:32 PM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: FW: [MAPC-discuss] Does it matter?
> >
> >
> >...damned if we do, damned if we don't. Neutrality laws...now there's a
> >thought.
> >
> >At 01:17 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
> > >My, oh my. How myopic can we be? And what about mass graves? You mean
> >the
> > >ones in Rwanda? Oh, well, they are only Africans. Oops, they have no
>oil!
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
> > >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vera Crowell
> > >Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 12:31 PM
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: Re: FW: [MAPC-discuss] Does it matter?
> > >
> > >...and the mass graves mean...what?
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You are correct; great nations and empires <u>have</u> come and
gone. The reason they have gone is that they spent their time and
resources attempting to take over more and more of the world.
America has not increased its land mass since the acquisition of Alaska
and Hawaii (and yes, yes, I know how we took Hawaii; I'm not condoning
it, just making a statement). If America is going to implode, it
will be from moral decay. What is the world afraid of and when did
<u>we</u> become so fearful? <br><br>
At 02:48 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Must we therefore attack and FREE
all the Oil producing countries since 90%<br>
of them are dictatorships? Saudi Arabia is the most conservative society
in<br>
the Muslim world. The media does not report what happens there, yet we
don't<br>
consider the Saudi's tyrants. 15 of the 19 terrorists were Saudi's. Do
you<br>
see where I'm headed.<br><br>
Great nations and empires have come and gone. This one when it implodes
may<br>
destroy the rest of the world; that is the fear. Back to square one,
the<br>
amoeba stage .<br><br>
We all look at issues differently and your is definitely another<br>
perspective.<br><br>
<br><br>
<br><br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Vera Crowell
[<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]" eudora="autourl">mailto:[log in to unmask]</a>]<br>
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 2:21 PM<br>
To: [log in to unmask]<br>
Subject: Re: FW: [MAPC-discuss] Does it matter?<br><br>
<br>
I read the article. I got the point. For anyone to be free,
someone must<br>
pay. Freedom, in all of its forms, is not free.<br><br>
At 01:43 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:<br>
>You might want to read the article again. You missed the point
entirely.<br>
><br>
>-----Original Message-----<br>
>From: Vera Crowell
[<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]" eudora="autourl">mailto:[log in to unmask]</a>]<br>
>Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 1:32 PM<br>
>To: [log in to unmask]<br>
>Subject: Re: FW: [MAPC-discuss] Does it matter?<br>
><br>
><br>
>...damned if we do, damned if we don't. Neutrality laws...now
there's a<br>
>thought.<br>
><br>
>At 01:17 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:<br>
> >My, oh my. How myopic can we be? And what about mass
graves? You mean<br>
>the<br>
> >ones in Rwanda? Oh, well, they are only Africans.
Oops, they have no<br>
oil!<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> >-----Original Message-----<br>
> >From: AAM (African Association of Madison)<br>
>
>[<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]" eudora="autourl">mailto:[log in to unmask]</a>]
On Behalf Of Vera Crowell<br>
> >Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 12:31 PM<br>
> >To: [log in to unmask]<br>
> >Subject: Re: FW: [MAPC-discuss] Does it matter?<br>
> ><br>
> >...and the mass graves mean...what?<br>
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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:25:57 -0500
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Peter, save your breath or is it your hand, to get some work done. =
There is
a proverb that the child who stays in her/his mother's compound thinks =
the
mother's soup is the best!
-----Original Message-----
From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Amakobe, Peter
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 2:49 PM
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Subject: Re: FW: [MAPC-discuss] Does it matter?
Must we therefore attack and FREE all the Oil producing countries since =
90%
of them are dictatorships? Saudi Arabia is the most conservative society =
in
the Muslim world. The media does not report what happens there, yet we =
don't
consider the Saudi's tyrants. 15 of the 19 terrorists were Saudi's. Do =
you
see where I'm headed.
Great nations and empires have come and gone. This one when it implodes =
may
destroy the rest of the world; that is the fear. Back to square one, the
amoeba stage .
We all look at issues differently and your is definitely another
perspective.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vera Crowell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 2:21 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: FW: [MAPC-discuss] Does it matter?
I read the article. I got the point. For anyone to be free, someone =
must
pay. Freedom, in all of its forms, is not free.
At 01:43 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
>You might want to read the article again. You missed the point =
entirely.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vera Crowell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 1:32 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: FW: [MAPC-discuss] Does it matter?
>
>
>...damned if we do, damned if we don't. Neutrality laws...now there's =
a
>thought.
>
>At 01:17 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >My, oh my. How myopic can we be? And what about mass graves? You =
mean
>the
> >ones in Rwanda? Oh, well, they are only Africans. Oops, they have =
no
oil!
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
> >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vera Crowell
> >Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 12:31 PM
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> >...and the mass graves mean...what?
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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:01:41 -0700
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Friends, we are gearing up for the spectacular "AFRIKA NIGHT" to raise funds for AFRICA FEST 2003 scheduled for Saturday, August 30
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<P>Mills Street Neighborhood House<BR>29 S. Mills Street <BR>Madison, WI 53703</P>
<P>Friends, we are gearing up for the spectacular "<FONT color=#c00000>AFRIKA NIGHT</FONT>" to raise funds for AFRICA FEST 2003 scheduled for Saturday, August 30</P>
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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 19:39:29 -0500
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Subject: Mandela Slams U.S. Iraq Policy During Irish Visit
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<DIV class=storyheadline>Mandela Slams U.S. Iraq Policy During Irish Visit</DIV>
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<P>GALWAY, Ireland (Reuters) - <FONT face=arial size=-1>Former South African President Nelson Mandela said Friday the United States posed a danger to the world for sidelining the United Nations (<A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22United%20Nations%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</A> - <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?cs=nw&p=United%20Nations">web sites</A>) to make war on Iraq (<A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Iraq%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</A> - <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?cs=nw&p=Iraq">web sites</A>). </FONT>
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<P>The Nobel peace laureate, in Ireland to open the Special Olympics, strongly criticized President Bush (<A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Bush%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</A> - <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search/search?p=George+W.+Bush">web sites</A>) for circumventing the United Nations in order to overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (<A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Saddam%0AHussein%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</A> - <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?cs=nw&p=Saddam%20Hussein">web sites</A>) by force.
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<P>"Any organization, any country, any movement that now decides to sideline the United Nations, that country and its leader are a danger to the world," Mandela said in Galway, where he received an honorary degree a day before opening the games.
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<P>"We cannot allow the world to again degenerate into a place where the will of the powerful dominates over all other considerations," he added. "That will surely prove to be a recipe for growing anarchy in world affairs."
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<P>Mandela received an honorary doctorate in law from the National University of Ireland before returning to Dublin where he will join a star-studded cast to open the 11th Special Olympics for athletes with learning disabilities.
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<P>Mandela, who said South Africans strongly identified with Ireland's struggle to end colonial rule, told an audience of 1,100 that he appreciated Irish support for South Africa's struggle to end apartheid racial separation.
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<P>Now 84, and walking with difficulty with the aid of a cane, Mandela spent 27 years in prison, much of that on Robben Island near Cape Town, in solitary confinement.
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<P>He told his Irish audience he had "an appreciation for your support to our struggle at a time when it was not fashionable to demonstrate such support."
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<P>But Mandela suggested Ireland had failed to show as much backbone in standing up to the U.S. war effort in Iraq, which relied heavily on troop transports stopping over at Shannon airport in western Ireland.
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<P>Ireland also is a European base for many U.S. multinational companies.
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<P>"You are keeping quiet. You are afraid of this country (the United States) and its leader," he said.
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<P>The 30-minute speech was met by thunderous and sustained applause by an audience of academics and invited guests and by the general public watching nearby.
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<P>"It's great to see him... he fought for his rights," said Claire Rabbitte, who stood on one of the campus laneways to catch a glimpse of Mandela, wearing academic robes, as he was driven to the hall in an open buggy.
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<P>Mandela said there were strong parallels between the struggle against apartheid in South Africa and the Northern Irish peace process, which culminated in a 1998 peace deal for power sharing between Protestants and Roman Catholics.
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<P>"Our own experience in South Africa, where we confounded the prophets of doom and achieved a peaceful settlement, inspires us to believe that no situation can be so intractable that it cannot be solved through negotiations and willingness to compromise," he said.
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<P>Saturday, Mandela, former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and rock supergroup U2 will open the games.
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<P>Seven thousand competitors from 160 countries have gathered in Ireland for the festival at Dublin's Croke Park stadium, the first time it has been held outside the United States.
<P></FONT>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Abu-Hassan Koroma<BR>President and CEO<BR>21st Century African Youth Movement<BR>P.O.Box 8582<BR>Madison, WI 53713</P>
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Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:33:17 +0000
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** Kenya says US terror alert 'wrong' **
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Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 10:45:32 -0500
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Longest-serving leader sworn in - 6-22-2003
Africa's longest-serving president, Gnassingbe Eyadema, has been sworn
in for a fresh five-year term in Togo - a country he has ruled for 36
years.
He appealed in his inauguration speech for national unity, saying people
of Togo had to reject "hatred, intolerance and internecine fights" for
good.
And President Eyadema said full development of Togo could be achieved.
"Economic independence is not a utopia. It will be achieved through
financial stabilisation, good governance, and transparent and rigorous
management," he said.
"The fight against chaos, favouritism, squandering, and corruption in
all its forms therefore remains an absolute priority."
The investiture in Lome was attended by the presidents of Benin, Ghana,
Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger and Senegal.
Constitution changed
Also there were Amara Essy, the interim head of the African Union; and
French Co-operation Minister Pierre-Andre Wiltzer.
TOGO ELECTIONS
President Eyadema in power since 1967
Constitution changed so he could run again
Opposition leader barred from poll
Mr Eyadema, who first gained power in a coup, won the presidential
election with 57% of the vote.
Despite earlier pledges to step down this year, at the end of his second
elected term, he decided to "sacrifice himself again", in the words of
his prime minister.
Last year, parliament changed the constitution to let Mr Eyadema run
again.
The president's main opposition rival, Gilchrist Olympio, was barred
from the poll because he is living in exile.
Observers from the African Union said the poll was generally free and
transparent.
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Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 10:50:11 -0500
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Ziese: Juju is nonsense
Ghana coach Burkhard Ziese has scoffed at suggestions that Sunday's
Nations Cup tie against Uganda could be influenced by black magic or
'juju'.
"We will have no problem with this," he declared.
"Let them (Uganda) put 10 black shawls or 10 black objects, in the
penalty box or in the net. I'm not concerned."
Uganda's recent home qualifier against Rwanda, which they lost 1-0, was
surrounded by controversy, after the visiting goalkeeper lit an unknown
substance in his goal.
When Uganda's players tried to remove it, an ugly fight involving both
team's players ensued.
The Rwandans eventually left the pitch and the game was held up for 25
minutes before order was restored.
Ziese said Ghana's success in Sunday's match would rely on information
his coaching staff gathered from that controversial tie in Kampala.
"We in Ghana, especially the professionals [from Europe], are not
concerned about juju," he said.
"If we put two to three goals in their net, that's the end of the game."
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Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 17:58:09 -0400
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Thanks to everyone who made the last party a HUGE success!!! The next one is scheduled right after the fireworks this Saturday night:
Saturday, June 28
10 p.m. at Luther's French Quarter, 1401 University Ave.
Cover is $5
We hope to see you all there for the best dance party around, featuring brand new Makossa, Soukouss, Kwaito, Mapouka and many other African musical styles, along with some Hip Hop, Reggae, Latin, Soca and more International music!!!
P.S. A suggestion: go see the fireworks at the Union and then walk down to Luther's and Dance!
Peace to you all,
Laurie and Marc Mlatawou
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Most of you have already heard that Tina Jones-Savadogo and Abdul
Savadogo welcomed twin baby boys into the world on June 11:
Aboubakkar Pierre (at 12:31 PM)
&
Ali Fran=E7ois (at 12:32 PM)
Tina and the twins are recovering and doing well. For those of you
who are hungry for a photo, visit <http://www.stmarysmadison.com>,
click on the BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS tab, and search for "Ali." I tried
to send the photo with this message but ran into a message size
limitation.
Congratulations to Tina and Abdul, and welcome to Abou and Ali!
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<div>Most of you have already heard that Tina Jones-Savadogo and Abdul
Savadogo welcomed twin baby boys into the world on June 11:</div>
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<div>Tina and the twins are recovering and doing well. For those of
you who are hungry for a photo, visit
<http://www.stmarysmadison.com>, click on the BIRTH
ANNOUNCEMENTS tab, and search for "Ali." I tried to send the
photo with this message but ran into a message size limitation.</div>
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 07:55:33 -0700
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Subject: Thank you all for your visit
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I wish to express our thanks and appreciation to all those who took off their time over the weekend to visit Hannah and myself to welcome the birth of our daughter.
Mom and daughter are doing fine and she is expected to be released from the St. Mary’s Hospital today and will be home. Again, thank you all very much for your visit, cards and well wishes.
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>I wish to express our thanks and appreciation to all those who took off their time over the weekend to visit Hannah and myself to welcome the birth of our daughter.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Mom and daughter are doing fine and <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN> she is expected to be released from the St. Mary’s Hospital today and will be home.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Again, thank you all very much for your visit, cards and well wishes.</FONT></P>
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Supreme Court rules 5-4 in favor of University of Michigan admission
policies.
For complete transcript, go to:
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Click on Grutter v. Bollinger
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Thank God ! ! ! ! ! That means that PEOPLE program at the UW-Madison campus will continue, I think.
Thank God indeed too that there are still sane and sober heads on the Supreme Court who see the wisdom in diversity on our campuses of higher education. As for Clarence Thomas, he can go on quoting Frederick Douglas as much as he can as he did in his opinion in this case. One day, when he is really old and grey he would realize all of his follies. "No condition is permanent" as they say.
Cheers.
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<DIV>Thank God ! ! ! ! ! That means that PEOPLE program at the UW-Madison campus will continue, I think.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank God indeed too that there are still sane and sober heads on the Supreme Court who see the wisdom in diversity on our campuses of higher education. As for Clarence Thomas, he can go on quoting Frederick Douglas as much as he can as he did in his opinion in this case. One day, when he is really old and grey he would realize all of his follies. "No condition is permanent" as they say.</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers.</DIV>
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:57:46 -0500
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Nigerian church irked by homosexuality
By Sola Odunfa
BBC, Lagos
One Church, one faith, one Lord, the congregation sang at the Cathedral
Church of Christ in Lagos at the weekend.
But the Worldwide Anglican Communion may not remain a united body for
long if the current controversy over the place of homosexuals in the
Church is not resolved soon.
The appointment of an openly gay bishop in the Church of England has
pitted the church provinces in Africa against those in Canada, the US
and in England.
The African opposition is led by the Church of Nigeria whose Primate,
Archbishop Peter Akinola, sees the appointment as a "satanic attack on
the Church of God".
The Reverend Canon Akin Johnson of the Cathedral Church of Christ said
in the sermon that homosexuality had become an additional serious
problem which must be rooted from the church of God.
This is not a position shared strongly in the liberalised Western
churches.
But it is one to which worshippers at the Church of Nigeria Cathedral in
Lagos subscribe.
At the end of the service I spoke to several people in the congregation
and asked their views on homosexuality in general, and the appointment
of an openly gay bishop in particular.
"It's an abomination. How can two men marry? It is against the Bible and
it is against religion. They should not have appointed him at all", said
one female member of the congregation.
"These white people, they are very different. They are very funny. They
have their own reasons for doing these things which are not African at
all. We should not copy them", said another member.
"I believe it is not right and if there is no reconciliation on the
matter, the Church of Nigeria has every right to consider what is best
for it, even if it means breaking up", said a male member of the
congregation
From these responses Archbishop Peter Akinola, Primate of the Church of
Nigeria, would seem to have a strong domestic support base for his
uncompromising reaction to the liberalism in churches in the West.
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:41:41 -0500
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Being the glutton for punishment that I am I've been listening to Chris =
Krok, fan the flames, regarding yesterday's incident on the Southside. My =
son was one of the children at the Boy's and Girl's club and will continue =
to attend, so I am very much interested in ensuring that tensions do not =
heat up in the area.=20
What the heck is going on and what do we do? It isn't the specific =
incident that worries me as much as what is going to happen to an already =
fragile community. I've lived in violent communities, so what I'm saying =
is I don't have fear of violence, but I do have a great deal of fear when =
it comes to communities that don't have any sense of hope, because this is =
the breeding ground for violence. Random acts of violence are one thing, =
but living in a constant state of fear in a community that is constantly =
violent is another.=20
Who is going to answer the call in this community to respond to those who =
think like Chris Krok? This person/peope need to also be able to go in and =
get our struggling communities back on track and show the type of =
leadership that is not about patting itself on the back, but actually =
going in and getting some work done and getting people to wake up.=20
I feel like we're going back. Back to how it was in the late 80's early =
90's. We weeded the community, but no seeds of hope were planted. So the =
weeds grew back and their taking over again.=20
Hedi=20
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:16:08 -0500
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Sorry to bother the whole list, but I noted there was someone (Mathew, I
think?) who had computer equipment to give away. I know of one or two
people with monitors that they would like to donate. Would you like
them?
Kristen Velyvis
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Center for Demography and Ecology
Department of Sociology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
608/262-7321
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Hey, I'm looking for a CPU with CD-Rom and a working Modem. Mine was =
ruined during an electrical storm, so I am now cut off after I leave =
work!!! I have a Compaq Presario currently.=20
Thanks, Hedi=20
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Sorry to bother the whole list, but I noted there was someone (Mathew, I
think?) who had computer equipment to give away. I know of one or two
people with monitors that they would like to donate. Would you like
them?
Kristen Velyvis
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Department of Sociology
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Gooood News, friends.
K.C and Angie Eke are happy parents of their
newly arrived Amaya (God is known) Rose Eke.
At 6.5 lbs., the baby girl was born on Monday,
June 23, 2003 at 1:00 pm. Amaya Rose and mother
are doing very fine at the Baylor All Saints
hospital is Fortworth, Texas. They can be
reached at (817)370-3930. The daddy, K.C, can
also be reached on his mobile phone at
(214)621-8142. Their home telephone number and
e-mail address are (817)557-8215 and
[log in to unmask] respectively.
Please join us in congratulating K.C and Angie
for the blessed gift from the Lord. May Amaya Rose
represent a source of their unlimited thanksgiving
for the love and joy that she adds to the already
warmth of their hearts. God is good all the time.
All the time, God is good. AMEN
Cheers!
Richard Yarl & Family
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:33:40 -0500
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Did you know that the PEOPLE program does not accept all students in
their program regardless of economic or racial backgrounds? Children who
really could use the support of this program were denied. The worst is
that this program does not check into the real economic needs of their
participants. As far as I can tell participants need to fill two
requirements: go to public school and be a minority. When they advertise
about being open for the economically disadvantaged, it is total false
advertising.
On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 15:32:05 -0700 Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
Thank God ! ! ! ! ! That means that PEOPLE program at the UW-Madison
campus will continue, I think.
Thank God indeed too that there are still sane and sober heads on the
Supreme Court who see the wisdom in diversity on our campuses of higher
education. As for Clarence Thomas, he can go on quoting Frederick
Douglas as much as he can as he did in his opinion in this case. One
day, when he is really old and grey he would realize all of his follies.
"No condition is permanent" as they say.
Cheers.
[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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<DIV>Thank God ! ! ! ! ! That means that PEOPLE program =
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the=20
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education. As for Clarence Thomas, he can go on quoting Frederick=20
Douglas as much as he can as he did in his opinion in this case. =
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<DIV>Cheers.</DIV>
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 14:57:53 -0500
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We just had a wrap up Juneteenth meeting and discussed the fact that this
was one of the most wonderful, well attended, celebrations in 14 years. We
had people from all over the continent of Africa, the Caribbean, the Midwest
and from various neighborhoods in Madison. WYOU is the only T.V. station
that filmed and not one Madison t.v. station covered this historical,
cultural and family celebration. There was plenty of joy, laughter, hope
and good will shared and we didn't have anything near the negative tv
coverage of yesterday's tragedy. Remember the story of the attorney who was
drunk and ran into another vehicle, killing a child? They ran indepth
articles on that story for weeks that examined several perspectives. This
is a tragedy as well. We are not use to family members killing each other
and holding hostages. We may never know what happened, yet for those of us
who work, live, visit, attend programs and support the southside of Madison,
we know hope remains and will continue to grow...God willing and people
willing. We will look for ways to show our concern for this family. FABU
>From: Hedi Rudd <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)"
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:41:41 -0500
>
>Being the glutton for punishment that I am I've been listening to Chris
>Krok, fan the flames, regarding yesterday's incident on the Southside. My
>son was one of the children at the Boy's and Girl's club and will continue
>to attend, so I am very much interested in ensuring that tensions do not
>heat up in the area.
>
>What the heck is going on and what do we do? It isn't the specific incident
>that worries me as much as what is going to happen to an already fragile
>community. I've lived in violent communities, so what I'm saying is I don't
>have fear of violence, but I do have a great deal of fear when it comes to
>communities that don't have any sense of hope, because this is the breeding
>ground for violence. Random acts of violence are one thing, but living in a
>constant state of fear in a community that is constantly violent is
>another.
>
>Who is going to answer the call in this community to respond to those who
>think like Chris Krok? This person/peope need to also be able to go in and
>get our struggling communities back on track and show the type of
>leadership that is not about patting itself on the back, but actually going
>in and getting some work done and getting people to wake up.
>
>I feel like we're going back. Back to how it was in the late 80's early
>90's. We weeded the community, but no seeds of hope were planted. So the
>weeds grew back and their taking over again.
>
>Hedi
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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:05:31 -0500
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Those of us in the Christian community know that we have the power and
authority to deal with these tragedies in our community and on this earth.
It is important that we engage in intercessory prayer, that we bind up these
demons that are reaping havoc over our families and begin to minister
deliverance to those who are in need of Christ's love, and comfort. GOD
works through us, as we are charged to comfort this family in their time of
grief and sorrow and pray for forgiveness to the Father-In- Law as well.
Isadore.
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From: Fabu Phyllis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 2:58 PM
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Subject: Re: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
We just had a wrap up Juneteenth meeting and discussed the fact that this
was one of the most wonderful, well attended, celebrations in 14 years. We
had people from all over the continent of Africa, the Caribbean, the Midwest
and from various neighborhoods in Madison. WYOU is the only T.V. station
that filmed and not one Madison t.v. station covered this historical,
cultural and family celebration. There was plenty of joy, laughter, hope
and good will shared and we didn't have anything near the negative tv
coverage of yesterday's tragedy. Remember the story of the attorney who was
drunk and ran into another vehicle, killing a child? They ran indepth
articles on that story for weeks that examined several perspectives. This
is a tragedy as well. We are not use to family members killing each other
and holding hostages. We may never know what happened, yet for those of us
who work, live, visit, attend programs and support the southside of Madison,
we know hope remains and will continue to grow...God willing and people
willing. We will look for ways to show our concern for this family. FABU
>From: Hedi Rudd <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)"
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:41:41 -0500
>
>Being the glutton for punishment that I am I've been listening to Chris
>Krok, fan the flames, regarding yesterday's incident on the Southside. My
>son was one of the children at the Boy's and Girl's club and will continue
>to attend, so I am very much interested in ensuring that tensions do not
>heat up in the area.
>
>What the heck is going on and what do we do? It isn't the specific incident
>that worries me as much as what is going to happen to an already fragile
>community. I've lived in violent communities, so what I'm saying is I don't
>have fear of violence, but I do have a great deal of fear when it comes to
>communities that don't have any sense of hope, because this is the breeding
>ground for violence. Random acts of violence are one thing, but living in a
>constant state of fear in a community that is constantly violent is
>another.
>
>Who is going to answer the call in this community to respond to those who
>think like Chris Krok? This person/peope need to also be able to go in and
>get our struggling communities back on track and show the type of
>leadership that is not about patting itself on the back, but actually going
>in and getting some work done and getting people to wake up.
>
>I feel like we're going back. Back to how it was in the late 80's early
>90's. We weeded the community, but no seeds of hope were planted. So the
>weeds grew back and their taking over again.
>
>Hedi
>
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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:41:28 -0500
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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From: Hedi Rudd <[log in to unmask]>
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True that! I guess, there is this tendency, and I'll speak for myself, to =
want to point to someone as the "leader" or the person who will "save" us, =
when in reality we need to have more faith and fellowship. It's good to be =
reminded that there is a higher power and we are simply here to do the =
work. My words were more out of pain and a feeling of helplessness, but =
your words and others are a gentle reminder of the simple truth of the =
matter. Thanks! Hedi=20
>>> [log in to unmask] 06/25/03 09:05AM >>>
Those of us in the Christian community know that we have the power and
authority to deal with these tragedies in our community and on this earth.
It is important that we engage in intercessory prayer, that we bind up =
these
demons that are reaping havoc over our families and begin to minister
deliverance to those who are in need of Christ's love, and comfort. GOD
works through us, as we are charged to comfort this family in their time =
of
grief and sorrow and pray for forgiveness to the Father-In- Law as well.
Isadore.
-----Original Message-----
From: Fabu Phyllis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 2:58 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
We just had a wrap up Juneteenth meeting and discussed the fact that this
was one of the most wonderful, well attended, celebrations in 14 years. =
We
had people from all over the continent of Africa, the Caribbean, the =
Midwest
and from various neighborhoods in Madison. WYOU is the only T.V. station
that filmed and not one Madison t.v. station covered this historical,
cultural and family celebration. There was plenty of joy, laughter, hope
and good will shared and we didn't have anything near the negative tv
coverage of yesterday's tragedy. Remember the story of the attorney who =
was
drunk and ran into another vehicle, killing a child? They ran indepth
articles on that story for weeks that examined several perspectives. This
is a tragedy as well. We are not use to family members killing each other
and holding hostages. We may never know what happened, yet for those of =
us
who work, live, visit, attend programs and support the southside of =
Madison,
we know hope remains and will continue to grow...God willing and people
willing. We will look for ways to show our concern for this family. FABU
>From: Hedi Rudd <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)"
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:41:41 -0500
>
>Being the glutton for punishment that I am I've been listening to Chris
>Krok, fan the flames, regarding yesterday's incident on the Southside. My
>son was one of the children at the Boy's and Girl's club and will =
continue
>to attend, so I am very much interested in ensuring that tensions do not
>heat up in the area.
>
>What the heck is going on and what do we do? It isn't the specific =
incident
>that worries me as much as what is going to happen to an already fragile
>community. I've lived in violent communities, so what I'm saying is I =
don't
>have fear of violence, but I do have a great deal of fear when it comes =
to
>communities that don't have any sense of hope, because this is the =
breeding
>ground for violence. Random acts of violence are one thing, but living in =
a
>constant state of fear in a community that is constantly violent is
>another.
>
>Who is going to answer the call in this community to respond to those who
>think like Chris Krok? This person/peope need to also be able to go in =
and
>get our struggling communities back on track and show the type of
>leadership that is not about patting itself on the back, but actually =
going
>in and getting some work done and getting people to wake up.
>
>I feel like we're going back. Back to how it was in the late 80's early
>90's. We weeded the community, but no seeds of hope were planted. So the
>weeds grew back and their taking over again.
>
>Hedi
>
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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:10:45 -0500
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From: Felix Ossia <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: FW: Three Nebraska Men Develop Rabbit Fever
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Three Nebraska Men Develop Rabbit Fever
By Associated Press
June 25, 2003, 12:50 PM EDT
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Two men who mowed over a nest of rabbits, killing some
of them, and another who cleaned the mower developed a rare disease
known as rabbit fever, authorities said.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched an
investigation into the incident. The disease, also called pneumonic
tularemia, is generally treatable with antibiotics but can lead to
pneumonia.
The illness is caused by a bacterium found in wild animals, particularly
rodents and rabbits. People can become infected through bites from
infected animals or infected insects, handling carcasses, eating
contaminated food or, in rare cases, inhaling the bacterium. It is not
transmitted person-to-person.
The CDC became interested because one of the three people appears to
have the rare, inhaled form of the disease, said Lancaster County health
official Tim Timmons.
Nebraska epidemiologist Tom Safranek said Wednesday he did not know
whether the infected men were hospitalized or how they are doing now.
The United States averaged 124 cases of tularemia in 1999 and 2000,
according the CDC, and three to four cases a year are typical in
Nebraska.
Tularemia is caused by the organism Francisella tularensis, a bacteria
studied widely during World War II as a biological weapon. Depending on
how the person is infected, it can cause flu-like symptoms, skin ulcers,
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place></st1:State><font
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Rabbit <span class=3DGramE>Fever<font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <br>
</span></font>By</span> Associated Press</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>June 25, =
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<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><st1:place><st1:City><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>LINCOLN</span></font></st1:City><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
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</span></font><st1:State><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Neb.</span></font></st1:Stat=
e></st1:place><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> -- Two men
who mowed over a nest of rabbits, killing some of them, and another who =
cleaned
the mower developed a rare disease known as rabbit fever, authorities =
said. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched an =
investigation
into the incident. The disease, also called pneumonic tularemia, is =
generally
treatable with antibiotics but can lead to pneumonia. =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
illness is caused by a bacterium found in wild animals, particularly =
rodents
and rabbits. People can become infected through bites from infected =
animals or
infected insects, handling carcasses, eating contaminated food or, in =
rare
cases, inhaling the bacterium. It is not transmitted person-to-person. =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
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official Tim Timmons. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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infected
men were hospitalized or how they are doing now. =
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States</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
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is caused by the organism Francisella tularensis, a bacteria studied =
widely
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is
infected, it can cause flu-like symptoms, skin ulcers, swollen eyes and =
a sore
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Britain Suggests U.S. Stabilize Liberia
By EDIE LEDERER
Associated Press Writer
June 25, 2003, 6:36 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS -- Britain said the United States was the "natural
candidate" to intervene and enforce a cease-fire in Liberia as bloody
fighting resumed between Liberian government troops and rebels driving
to take the capital.=20
Just as Britain helped end Sierra Leone's civil war and France helped
stabilize the situation in Ivory Coast, Britain's U.N. Ambassador Jeremy
Greenstock said a lead nation willing to act to "make a political
settlement more likely and a cease-fire more likely to stick" would be
welcomed internationally.=20
"I think that outside help of that kind at the present juncture, or
ready to move when there is an agreement to stop fighting, an agreement
that would need to be policed and observed -- that would look very
constructive," he said.=20
"The United States ... is the nation that everybody would think would be
the natural candidate for such an operation," he said. "I understand
that there is some discussion going on in Washington of the pros and
cons of taking such action."=20
Greenstock's comments came as fighting between Liberian government
troops and rebels in Monrovia shattered a week-old truce struck last
week in peace talks in Ghana aimed at ending a three-year insurgency.=20
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that
discussions were under way in Washington about the overall situation in
Liberia.=20
"One of the things we're concerned about now is that the June 17
cease-fire has all but broken down," the official said. "We've been
calling on, and we still call on all the combatants to stop fighting
immediately."=20
"One of the things we've said that we were prepared to do under the
cease-fire agreement was to participate in a joint verification team,
but the problem is we cannot do so if the cease-fire is not respected,
and adequate security protections are not put into place," the U.S.
official said.=20
A Security Council mission to West Africa, meanwhile was to leave
Wednesday night on a 10-day trip that includes a stop in Monrovia, but
Greenstock said security concerns might prevent the members from
stopping there.=20
He also said he had asked all 15 council members to get instructions
from their governments on whether -- if the opportunity arises -- they
should go to Monrovia to meet Liberian leader Charles Taylor, a
U.N.-indicted war-crimes suspect accused of roiling West Africa's
conflicts for 14 years.=20
"There will be, I think, a clear view among members of the mission that
the court is there to be respected, and the decisions of the court are
there to be respected," he said.=20
He said the council wants to deliver a message to Taylor "that it's time
for a change."=20
If the U.N. mission is unable to stop in Monrovia, it will head to
Accra, Ghana, and try to meet key players in the Liberian fighting
there.=20
The U.N. mission's first stop is in Guinea-Bissau, where the Security
Council is urging the government to organize and conduct free and
transparent legislative elections. Delegates also will visit Nigeria,
Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea and Sierra Leone.=20
Copyright =A9 2003, The Associated Press
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Hi Felix, that is not the end of the story, is it? I think not. I bet you if more people get infected, some other country will have the distinction of being the originator of this new disease. But my question is where are all these new diseases names comming from and why have we never heard of them before.
Now do we have have to blame other aminals for all the diseases in our not-at-all perfect lives.What about the diseases that we carry oueselves. Granted we wash and clean, but our bodies both externally and internally are one of the greatest repository of disease known to man. We carry billions of bacteria and germs. They are part of us. We cannot live without them. In the scheme of nature,they are supposed to make us sick, they degenerate our bodies to make us aged and finally to kill us. That is how nature is supposed to work.
Do we need to blame anyone else but ourselves. What about the very lethal and highly toxic bodies that we flirt aroud everyday thinking that we are ALL THAT, when infact we are all walking time bombs.
Now stop balming the rabbit, the Gambia rat, the prairiedog, the chicken(pox), the mad(cow).
MAYBE WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE INFECTING ALL THESE ANIMALS AND THE DISEASE COME RIGHT BACK TO US.
Felix Ossia <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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Three Nebraska Men Develop Rabbit Fever
By Associated Press
June 25, 2003, 12:50 PM EDT
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Two men who mowed over a nest of rabbits, killing some of them, and another who cleaned the mower developed a rare disease known as rabbit fever, authorities said.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched an investigation into the incident. The disease, also called pneumonic tularemia, is generally treatable with antibiotics but can lead to pneumonia.
The illness is caused by a bacterium found in wild animals, particularly rodents and rabbits. People can become infected through bites from infected animals or infected insects, handling carcasses, eating contaminated food or, in rare cases, inhaling the bacterium. It is not transmitted person-to-person.
The CDC became interested because one of the three people appears to have the rare, inhaled form of the disease, said Lancaster County health official Tim Timmons.
Nebraska epidemiologist Tom Safranek said Wednesday he did not know whether the infected men were hospitalized or how they are doing now.
The United States averaged 124 cases of tularemia in 1999 and 2000, according the CDC, and three to four cases a year are typical in Nebraska.
Tularemia is caused by the organism Francisella tularensis, a bacteria studied widely during World War II as a biological weapon. Depending on how the person is infected, it can cause flu-like symptoms, skin ulcers, swollen eyes and a sore throat.
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<DIV>Hi Felix, that is not the end of the story, is it? I think not. I bet you if more people get infected, some other country will have the distinction of being the originator of this new disease. But my question is where are all these new diseases names comming from and why have we never heard of them before.</DIV>
<DIV>Now do we have have to blame other aminals for all the diseases in our not-at-all perfect lives.What about the diseases that we carry oueselves. Granted we wash and clean, but our bodies both externally and internally are one of the greatest repository of disease known to man. We carry billions of bacteria and germs. They are part of us. We cannot live without them. In the scheme of nature,they are supposed to make us sick, they degenerate our bodies to make us aged and finally to kill us. That is how nature is supposed to work.</DIV>
<DIV>Do we need to blame anyone else but ourselves. What about the very lethal and highly toxic bodies that we flirt aroud everyday thinking that we are ALL THAT, when infact we are all walking time bombs.</DIV>
<DIV>Now stop balming the rabbit, the Gambia rat, the prairiedog, the chicken(pox), the mad(cow).</DIV>
<DIV>MAYBE WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE INFECTING ALL THESE ANIMALS AND THE DISEASE COME RIGHT BACK TO US.<BR><BR><B><I>Felix Ossia <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<P><st1:date Year="2003" Day="25" Month="6"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">June 25, 2003</SPAN></FONT></st1:date><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN></FONT><st1:time Minute="50" Hour="12"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">12:50 PM EDT</SPAN></FONT></st1:time> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P><st1:place><st1:City><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">LINCOLN</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN></FONT><st1:State><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Neb.</SPAN></FONT></st1:State></st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> -- Two men who mowed over a nest of rabbits, killing some of them, and another who cleaned the mower developed a rare disease known as rabbit fever, authorities said. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched an investigation into the incident. The disease, also called pneumonic tularemia, is generally treatable with antibiotics but can lead to pneumonia. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The illness is caused by a bacterium found in wild animals, particularly rodents and rabbits. People can become infected through bites from infected animals or infected insects, handling carcasses, eating contaminated food or, in rare cases, inhaling the bacterium. It is not transmitted person-to-person. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The CDC became interested because one of the three people appears to have the rare, inhaled form of the disease, said </SPAN></FONT><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lancaster</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceName><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><st1:PlaceType><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">County</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> health official Tim Timmons. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><st1:State><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nebraska</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:State><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> epidemiologist Tom Safranek said Wednesday he did not know whether the infected men were hospitalized or how they are doing now. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The </SPAN></FONT><st1:country-region><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">United States</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> averaged 124 cases of tularemia in 1999 and 2000, according the CDC, and three to four cases a year are typical in </SPAN></FONT><st1:State><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nebraska</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:State><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:28:33 -0500
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Africa United Soccer Club has reached the finals of both premier leagues of
the Madison Soccer Association (MSA).
We invite you all to join us in the soccer CHAMPIONSHIP games of the
2002/2003 season scheduled for this weekend.
The schedule:
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Africa United vs. Hooligans
Date: Friday, June 27, 2003
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Breese Stevens Stadium
CUP CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Africa United vs. FC Madison
Date: Sunday, June 29, 2003
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Breese Stevens Stadium
Breese Stevens Stadium is located at 917 E. Mifflin (at East Washington Ave.
and Paterson)
We thank you for your past support and remain confident in your continued
encouragement.
Hope to see you all there.
Ray Kumapayi
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=173350716-26062003>Africa United Soccer
Club has reached the finals of both premier leagues of the Madison Soccer
Association (MSA).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=173350716-26062003>We invite you all to
join us in the soccer CHAMPIONSHIP games of the 2002/2003 season scheduled for
this weekend.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=173350716-26062003>The
schedule:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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GAME</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=173350716-26062003>Africa United vs.
Hooligans</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=173350716-26062003>Date: Friday,
June 27, 2003</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=173350716-26062003>Time: 7:30 pm
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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Stadium</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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GAME</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=173350716-26062003>Africa United vs. FC
Madison</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=173350716-26062003>Date: Sunday, June
29, 2003</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=173350716-26062003>Time: 3:00 pm
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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Stadium</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=173350716-26062003>Breese Stevens
Stadium is located at 917 E. Mifflin (at East Washington Ave. and
Paterson)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=173350716-26062003>We thank you for
your past support and remain confident in your continued
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Popular Popeyes flexes its muscle=20
By Bill Novak
June 26, 2003
Cajun fever has Madison jumpin' for Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits.=20
Now in its third smash week at 3737 Milwaukee St. in a former Hardee's, =
Popeyes is drawing people from all over the area for its spicy fried =
chicken, jambalaya, cornbread biscuits and red beans and rice.=20
Franchisee Pat Mackesey said he had never seen anything like it when his =
restaurant opened June 2.=20
"We set a new national record for sales for a Popeyes in our first week," =
Mackesey said. "People were lined up out the door."=20
And around the building. People in the area have become used to seeing =
cars ringing the building at night for drive-up service.=20
When my son Bobby and I visited Popeyes earlier this week for dinner, =
things seemed to have calmed down a little. About a dozen people were =
lined up at the counter placing their orders, and the seating area was =
about three-quarters full.=20
Lunchtime is still wall-to-wall people, said manager Karl Krug.=20
"We serve about 200 people at lunch," Krug said. "We need to open our =
other restaurants to take some of the pressure off this one."=20
Mackesey will open his second Popeyes in a former Hardee's at 1902 =
Northport Drive in mid-July, and the third Popeyes will open in a former =
Hardee's at 2844 Fish Hatchery Road in Fitchburg in mid-August.=20
What is it about this food?=20
"It's juicy, good," Bobby said, chomping down on a meaty chicken breast. =
He got the mild style chicken, while I opted for the spicy.=20
When I took some of the coating off the chicken and popped it in my mouth, =
I was a little disappointed because it didn't taste very hot. After I bit =
into the chicken meat, I learned something: The heat is in the meat.=20
"We marinate our chicken pieces for 12 hours before it's battered and =
fried, so the chicken absorbs the flavor," Krug said. He wouldn't divulge =
the recipe, but it's safe to say the flavor stays with you for a while, =
and it's definitely flavor, not just heat.=20
On a scale of one to 10, I'd give the heat about a four, so it's mild =
enough for just about everyone to try it but strong enough to make you =
want more if you like spicy food.=20
The side dishes really set Popeyes apart from other chains. Red beans and =
rice, Cajun rice, mashed potatoes and gravy, and a marvelous chicken and =
sausage jambalaya keep the customers coming back.=20
"People are loving it," Mackesey said. "The sides are really going =
well."=20
Raven Campus and Shelly Renton, two students at the Madison Cosmetology =
College, were hunkering down to enjoy their chicken and sides when I =
interrupted them in mid-bite.=20
"I like the spicy chicken," Raven said, "and the mashed potatoes are my =
favorite."=20
It was Shelly's first time at Popeyes.=20
"It's really good," she said, digging into her mild chicken. "It's good to =
have a different taste in the area."=20
The walls inside Popeyes are adorned with colorful murals of Louisiana, =
people dancing and making music, and such slogans as "Cajuns say -- if =
you're smilin', you're not whinin' -- for true!" and "We do good =
ba-you!"=20
When Bobby and I left the restaurant a half-hour after arriving, the =
counter crew still had plenty of customers to deal with. Fast service is a =
key; we got our food within two minutes of ordering it.=20
"Business is jumping like a jackrabbit," said counter worker Brenda.=20
The Popeyes menu is pretty limited, but new side dishes including corn on =
the cob and new main dishes including catfish should be joining the other =
Cajun specialties eventually.=20
The two two-piece chicken combo plates, plus a small side of jambalaya, =
came to just over $12. We were stuffed.=20
Krug said people are coming in from all over Madison to get a taste of =
Cajun-style chicken with all the fixin's, so the two new locations should =
take some of the pressure off the only Popeyes now open in the city.=20
"I had no idea it would be this popular," he said. "It's an eye-opening =
experience."=20
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Sad News, Friends.
This is with sadness and regret to inform you that
Mr. Kervin Soko lost his step-mother recently in
Liberia.
Please join us in our condolences to Mr. Soko and
the bereaved family. May God give them the courage
to accept the deceased home going as the way to be
with her Lord in eternity. May the take heart and
rejoice.
May her soul rest in perfect peace and light
perpectual shine on her. AMEN.
Liberian Association of Madison, Inc.
at the request of the president, Mr. Augustine Tatus.
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Hello, friends.
K.C & Angie's Amaya Rose Eke can now be seen
in http://www.adanze.com/amaya.htm.
Cheers and enjoy it.
Richard
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Saturday 7/26/03=20
7:00 p.m. to Midnight
Madison Labor Temple (1602 S Park St)=20
Free Dance Party=20
Doo-Wop to Hip Hop
Dance to Black Classics and Contemporary Hits
Conscious music with a message!=20
All Ages Welcome!
Complimatary hors d'oeuvre buffet!=20
Cash Bar=20
Sponsored by the Black Labor Action Coalition (BLAC), South Central =
Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Featuring a conversation area to showcase labor initiatives of interest to =
the African American community.=20
Worker's Right Center - Visit with trained advocates from the Interfaith =
Coalition for Worker Justice's new center loated in the villager mall. The =
WRC offers assistance with workplace issues and helps workers advocate for =
change.=20
Construct Your Future - Talk with members of B.L.A.C. about promising =
careers and apprenticeship programs in the construction trades of =
particular interest to minority youth.=20
Need a Union? Talk with union organizers about how you and your coworkers =
can win a stronger voice in the workplace.=20
Talk with B.L.A.C. - Union members, add your voice to the local group at =
the nexus of the Civil Rights and labor movements. Help us build the =
promise of uplifting all in the community.=20
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Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:19:17 -0500
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I know what I'm about to say will be unpopular, but it must be said.
With the enormous and growing epidemic of diabetes, high death rate
associated with cardio-vascular disease related to high cholesterol
levels, and a steadily growing obesity problem especially in African
American teens and women, what we do not need is another fast food
restaurant that promotes high fat, high salt food and high calories.=20
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all in favor of having quality down-home
food. What we need to do, though, is to discover ways to have the same
food without all of that fat and high calories. Furthermore, we should
be promoting recreational opportunities that get our kids away from the
tv and Netendo and get them outside doing some games or going to the
park.=20
We have an epidemic rate of obesity that must be stopped. In order to do
that we must be willing to say no to the food that is the culprit and
yes to the food that will assure that another Black man will not die by
time he is 73 years old, or that another Black woman will not die by
time she's 75.
Oh, well....
Stephen H. Braunginn
President/CEO
Urban League of Greater Madison
251-8550
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Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 11:57 AM
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Subject: :)
Popular Popeyes flexes its muscle=20
By Bill Novak
June 26, 2003
Cajun fever has Madison jumpin' for Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits.=20
Now in its third smash week at 3737 Milwaukee St. in a former Hardee's,
Popeyes is drawing people from all over the area for its spicy fried
chicken, jambalaya, cornbread biscuits and red beans and rice.=20
Franchisee Pat Mackesey said he had never seen anything like it when his
restaurant opened June 2.=20
"We set a new national record for sales for a Popeyes in our first
week," Mackesey said. "People were lined up out the door."=20
And around the building. People in the area have become used to seeing
cars ringing the building at night for drive-up service.=20
When my son Bobby and I visited Popeyes earlier this week for dinner,
things seemed to have calmed down a little. About a dozen people were
lined up at the counter placing their orders, and the seating area was
about three-quarters full.=20
Lunchtime is still wall-to-wall people, said manager Karl Krug.=20
"We serve about 200 people at lunch," Krug said. "We need to open our
other restaurants to take some of the pressure off this one."=20
Mackesey will open his second Popeyes in a former Hardee's at 1902
Northport Drive in mid-July, and the third Popeyes will open in a former
Hardee's at 2844 Fish Hatchery Road in Fitchburg in mid-August.=20
What is it about this food?=20
"It's juicy, good," Bobby said, chomping down on a meaty chicken breast.
He got the mild style chicken, while I opted for the spicy.=20
When I took some of the coating off the chicken and popped it in my
mouth, I was a little disappointed because it didn't taste very hot.
After I bit into the chicken meat, I learned something: The heat is in
the meat.=20
"We marinate our chicken pieces for 12 hours before it's battered and
fried, so the chicken absorbs the flavor," Krug said. He wouldn't
divulge the recipe, but it's safe to say the flavor stays with you for a
while, and it's definitely flavor, not just heat.=20
On a scale of one to 10, I'd give the heat about a four, so it's mild
enough for just about everyone to try it but strong enough to make you
want more if you like spicy food.=20
The side dishes really set Popeyes apart from other chains. Red beans
and rice, Cajun rice, mashed potatoes and gravy, and a marvelous chicken
and sausage jambalaya keep the customers coming back.=20
"People are loving it," Mackesey said. "The sides are really going
well."=20
Raven Campus and Shelly Renton, two students at the Madison Cosmetology
College, were hunkering down to enjoy their chicken and sides when I
interrupted them in mid-bite.=20
"I like the spicy chicken," Raven said, "and the mashed potatoes are my
favorite."=20
It was Shelly's first time at Popeyes.=20
"It's really good," she said, digging into her mild chicken. "It's good
to have a different taste in the area."=20
The walls inside Popeyes are adorned with colorful murals of Louisiana,
people dancing and making music, and such slogans as "Cajuns say -- if
you're smilin', you're not whinin' -- for true!" and "We do good
ba-you!"=20
When Bobby and I left the restaurant a half-hour after arriving, the
counter crew still had plenty of customers to deal with. Fast service is
a key; we got our food within two minutes of ordering it.=20
"Business is jumping like a jackrabbit," said counter worker Brenda.=20
The Popeyes menu is pretty limited, but new side dishes including corn
on the cob and new main dishes including catfish should be joining the
other Cajun specialties eventually.=20
The two two-piece chicken combo plates, plus a small side of jambalaya,
came to just over $12. We were stuffed.=20
Krug said people are coming in from all over Madison to get a taste of
Cajun-style chicken with all the fixin's, so the two new locations
should take some of the pressure off the only Popeyes now open in the
city.=20
"I had no idea it would be this popular," he said. "It's an eye-opening
experience."=20
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I know what I'm about to say will be unpopular, but it must be said.
This is about the enormous response to the new Popeye's restaurant.
With the enormous and growing epidemic of diabetes, high death rate
associated with cardio-vascular disease related to high cholesterol
levels, and a steadily growing obesity problem especially in African
American teens and women, what we do not need is another fast food
restaurant that promotes high fat, high salt food and high calories.=20
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all in favor of having quality down-home
food. What we need to do, though, is to discover ways to have the same
food without all of that fat and high calories. Furthermore, we should
be promoting recreational opportunities that get our kids away from the
tv and Netendo and get them outside doing some games or going to the
park.=20
We have an epidemic rate of obesity that must be stopped. In order to do
that we must be willing to say no to the food that is the culprit and
yes to the food that will assure that another Black man will not die by
time he is 73 years old, or that another Black woman will not die by
time she's 75.
Oh, well....
Stephen H. Braunginn
President/CEO
Urban League of Greater Madison
251-8550
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Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:36:35 -0500
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Steve:=20
I agree with you wholeheartedly, which is why I stay away from Woodman's =
now, unless I think I can control my urge. I've promised myself a once a =
month Popeye's run. I'm not being funny either. The older I get the more I =
learn and I recognize that will-power is an admirable trait.=20
Knowing that however, doesn't stop me from being glad that there is a =
Popeye's here. Sometimes having a choice is just as important as making =
the choice itself and sticking to it. I'd rather have Popeye's and a =
choice, than to have no choice at all, because the powers that be thought =
I couldn't control myself.=20
Now if we can somehow teach self-control, will-power and nutrition, in =
that order, very soon, I would be a happy and slimmer camper! Perhaps, =
like with wisdom, it comes with age. I am also open to learning more about =
these issues and passing those habits down to my children.=20
I'm glad that you put your thoughts out there however, because I did think =
about it, but found it hard to fight my urge. I guess that's why we have =
folks like you in our community, to remind us of these things.=20
Thanks!=20
Hedi=20
>>> [log in to unmask] 06/26/03 02:19PM >>>
I know what I'm about to say will be unpopular, but it must be said.
With the enormous and growing epidemic of diabetes, high death rate
associated with cardio-vascular disease related to high cholesterol
levels, and a steadily growing obesity problem especially in African
American teens and women, what we do not need is another fast food
restaurant that promotes high fat, high salt food and high calories.=20
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all in favor of having quality down-home
food. What we need to do, though, is to discover ways to have the same
food without all of that fat and high calories. Furthermore, we should
be promoting recreational opportunities that get our kids away from the
tv and Netendo and get them outside doing some games or going to the
park.=20
We have an epidemic rate of obesity that must be stopped. In order to do
that we must be willing to say no to the food that is the culprit and
yes to the food that will assure that another Black man will not die by
time he is 73 years old, or that another Black woman will not die by
time she's 75.
Oh, well....
Stephen H. Braunginn
President/CEO
Urban League of Greater Madison
251-8550
-----Original Message-----
From: Hedi Rudd [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 11:57 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: :)
Popular Popeyes flexes its muscle=20
By Bill Novak
June 26, 2003
Cajun fever has Madison jumpin' for Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits.=20
Now in its third smash week at 3737 Milwaukee St. in a former Hardee's,
Popeyes is drawing people from all over the area for its spicy fried
chicken, jambalaya, cornbread biscuits and red beans and rice.=20
Franchisee Pat Mackesey said he had never seen anything like it when his
restaurant opened June 2.=20
"We set a new national record for sales for a Popeyes in our first
week," Mackesey said. "People were lined up out the door."=20
And around the building. People in the area have become used to seeing
cars ringing the building at night for drive-up service.=20
When my son Bobby and I visited Popeyes earlier this week for dinner,
things seemed to have calmed down a little. About a dozen people were
lined up at the counter placing their orders, and the seating area was
about three-quarters full.=20
Lunchtime is still wall-to-wall people, said manager Karl Krug.=20
"We serve about 200 people at lunch," Krug said. "We need to open our
other restaurants to take some of the pressure off this one."=20
Mackesey will open his second Popeyes in a former Hardee's at 1902
Northport Drive in mid-July, and the third Popeyes will open in a former
Hardee's at 2844 Fish Hatchery Road in Fitchburg in mid-August.=20
What is it about this food?=20
"It's juicy, good," Bobby said, chomping down on a meaty chicken breast.
He got the mild style chicken, while I opted for the spicy.=20
When I took some of the coating off the chicken and popped it in my
mouth, I was a little disappointed because it didn't taste very hot.
After I bit into the chicken meat, I learned something: The heat is in
the meat.=20
"We marinate our chicken pieces for 12 hours before it's battered and
fried, so the chicken absorbs the flavor," Krug said. He wouldn't
divulge the recipe, but it's safe to say the flavor stays with you for a
while, and it's definitely flavor, not just heat.=20
On a scale of one to 10, I'd give the heat about a four, so it's mild
enough for just about everyone to try it but strong enough to make you
want more if you like spicy food.=20
The side dishes really set Popeyes apart from other chains. Red beans
and rice, Cajun rice, mashed potatoes and gravy, and a marvelous chicken
and sausage jambalaya keep the customers coming back.=20
"People are loving it," Mackesey said. "The sides are really going
well."=20
Raven Campus and Shelly Renton, two students at the Madison Cosmetology
College, were hunkering down to enjoy their chicken and sides when I
interrupted them in mid-bite.=20
"I like the spicy chicken," Raven said, "and the mashed potatoes are my
favorite."=20
It was Shelly's first time at Popeyes.=20
"It's really good," she said, digging into her mild chicken. "It's good
to have a different taste in the area."=20
The walls inside Popeyes are adorned with colorful murals of Louisiana,
people dancing and making music, and such slogans as "Cajuns say -- if
you're smilin', you're not whinin' -- for true!" and "We do good
ba-you!"=20
When Bobby and I left the restaurant a half-hour after arriving, the
counter crew still had plenty of customers to deal with. Fast service is
a key; we got our food within two minutes of ordering it.=20
"Business is jumping like a jackrabbit," said counter worker Brenda.=20
The Popeyes menu is pretty limited, but new side dishes including corn
on the cob and new main dishes including catfish should be joining the
other Cajun specialties eventually.=20
The two two-piece chicken combo plates, plus a small side of jambalaya,
came to just over $12. We were stuffed.=20
Krug said people are coming in from all over Madison to get a taste of
Cajun-style chicken with all the fixin's, so the two new locations
should take some of the pressure off the only Popeyes now open in the
city.=20
"I had no idea it would be this popular," he said. "It's an eye-opening
experience."=20
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Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 13:02:09 -0700
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Thanks so very much Steve for this information. What you are saying is very popular. We should do better to live a quality life in these our short lives.
And by the way, what the hey is a story about Popeye's or what ever it is doing on this African discussion list. Of all the problems facing Africa today, and all the stories related to Africans and African-Americans in America and Madison today, is this best we should spend our time reading about?
Please let's get serious here and re prioritize. Thanks.
Stephen Braunginn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I know what I'm about to say will be unpopular, but it must be said.
With the enormous and growing epidemic of diabetes, high death rate
associated with cardio-vascular disease related to high cholesterol
levels, and a steadily growing obesity problem especially in African
American teens and women, what we do not need is another fast food
restaurant that promotes high fat, high salt food and high calories.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all in favor of having quality down-home
food. What we need to do, though, is to discover ways to have the same
food without all of that fat and high calories. Furthermore, we should
be promoting recreational opportunities that get our kids away from the
tv and Netendo and get them outside doing some games or going to the
park.
We have an epidemic rate of obesity that must be stopped. In order to do
that we must be willing to say no to the food that is the culprit and
yes to the food that will assure that another Black man will not die by
time he is 73 years old, or that another Black woman will not die by
time she's 75.
Oh, well....
Stephen H. Braunginn
President/CEO
Urban League of Greater Madison
251-8550
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<DIV>Thanks so very much Steve for this information. What you are saying is very popular. We should do better to live a quality life in these our short lives. </DIV>
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<DIV>And by the way, what the hey is a story about Popeye's or what ever it is doing on this African discussion list. Of all the problems facing Africa today, and all the stories related to Africans and African-Americans in America and Madison today, is this best we should spend our time reading about?</DIV>
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<DIV>Please let's get serious here and re prioritize. Thanks.<BR><BR><B><I>Stephen Braunginn <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I know what I'm about to say will be unpopular, but it must be said.<BR>With the enormous and growing epidemic of diabetes, high death rate<BR>associated with cardio-vascular disease related to high cholesterol<BR>levels, and a steadily growing obesity problem especially in African<BR>American teens and women, what we do not need is another fast food<BR>restaurant that promotes high fat, high salt food and high calories. <BR><BR>Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all in favor of having quality down-home<BR>food. What we need to do, though, is to discover ways to have the same<BR>food without all of that fat and high calories. Furthermore, we should<BR>be promoting recreational opportunities that get our kids away from the<BR>tv and Netendo and get them outside doing some games or going to the<BR>park. <BR><BR>We have an epidemic rate of obesity that must be stopped. In order to do<BR>that we must be willing to say no to the food that is the culprit and<BR>yes to the food that will assure that another Black man will not die by<BR>time he is 73 years old, or that another Black woman will not die by<BR>time she's 75.<BR><BR>Oh, well....<BR><BR>Stephen H. Braunginn<BR>President/CEO<BR>Urban League of Greater Madison<BR>251-8550<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:10:36 -0700
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Hi Felix, that is not the end of the story, is it? I think not. I bet you if more people get infected, some other country will have the distinction of being the originator of this new disease. But my question is where are all these new diseases names comming from and why have we never heard of them before.
Now do we have have to blame other aminals for all the diseases in our not-at-all perfect lives.What about the diseases that we carry oueselves. Granted we wash and clean, but our bodies both externally and internally are one of the greatest repository of disease known to man. We carry billions of bacteria and germs. They are part of us. We cannot live without them. In the scheme of nature,they are supposed to make us sick, they degenerate our bodies to make us aged and finally to kill us. That is how nature is supposed to work.
Do we need to blame anyone else but ourselves. What about the very lethal and highly toxic bodies that we flirt aroud everyday thinking that we are ALL THAT, when infact we are all walking time bombs.
Now stop balming the rabbit, the Gambia rat, the prairiedog, the chicken(pox), the mad(cow).
MAYBE WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE INFECTING ALL THESE ANIMALS AND THE DISEASE COME RIGHT BACK TO US.
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Three Nebraska Men Develop Rabbit Fever
By Associated Press
June 25, 2003, 12:50 PM EDT
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Two men who mowed over a nest of rabbits, killing some of them, and another who cleaned the mower developed a rare disease known as rabbit fever, authorities said.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched an investigation into the incident. The disease, also called pneumonic tularemia, is generally treatable with antibiotics but can lead to pneumonia.
The illness is caused by a bacterium found in wild animals, particularly rodents and rabbits. People can become infected through bites from infected animals or infected insects, handling carcasses, eating contaminated food or, in rare cases, inhaling the bacterium. It is not transmitted person-to-person.
The CDC became interested because one of the three people appears to have the rare, inhaled form of the disease, said Lancaster County health official Tim Timmons.
Nebraska epidemiologist Tom Safranek said Wednesday he did not know whether the infected men were hospitalized or how they are doing now.
The United States averaged 124 cases of tularemia in 1999 and 2000, according the CDC, and three to four cases a year are typical in Nebraska.
Tularemia is caused by the organism Francisella tularensis, a bacteria studied widely during World War II as a biological weapon. Depending on how the person is infected, it can cause flu-like symptoms, skin ulcers, swollen eyes and a sore throat.
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; WIDTH: 100%">Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:10:36 -0700<BR>From: mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]><BR>Subject: Re: FW: Three Nebraska Men Develop Rabbit Fever<BR>To: [log in to unmask]<BR><BR>
<DIV>Hi Felix, that is not the end of the story, is it? I think not. I bet you if more people get infected, some other country will have the distinction of being the originator of this new disease. But my question is where are all these new diseases names comming from and why have we never heard of them before.</DIV>
<DIV>Now do we have have to blame other aminals for all the diseases in our not-at-all perfect lives.What about the diseases that we carry oueselves. Granted we wash and clean, but our bodies both externally and internally are one of the greatest repository of disease known to man. We carry billions of bacteria and germs. They are part of us. We cannot live without them. In the scheme of nature,they are supposed to make us sick, they degenerate our bodies to make us aged and finally to kill us. That is how nature is supposed to work.</DIV>
<DIV>Do we need to blame anyone else but ourselves. What about the very lethal and highly toxic bodies that we flirt aroud everyday thinking that we are ALL THAT, when infact we are all walking time bombs.</DIV>
<DIV>Now stop balming the rabbit, the Gambia rat, the prairiedog, the chicken(pox), the mad(cow).</DIV>
<DIV>MAYBE WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE INFECTING ALL THESE ANIMALS AND THE DISEASE COME RIGHT BACK TO US.<BR><BR><B><I>Felix Ossia <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Three </SPAN></FONT><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nebraska</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:State><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Men Develop Rabbit <SPAN class=GramE>Fever<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> <BR></SPAN></FONT>By</SPAN> Associated Press</SPAN></FONT> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P><st1:date Month="6" Day="25" Year="2003"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">June 25, 2003</SPAN></FONT></st1:date><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN></FONT><st1:time Hour="12" Minute="50"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">12:50 PM EDT</SPAN></FONT></st1:time> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P><st1:place><st1:City><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">LINCOLN</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN></FONT><st1:State><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Neb.</SPAN></FONT></st1:State></st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> -- Two men who mowed over a nest of rabbits, killing some of them, and another who cleaned the mower developed a rare disease known as rabbit fever, authorities said. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched an investigation into the incident. The disease, also called pneumonic tularemia, is generally treatable with antibiotics but can lead to pneumonia. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The illness is caused by a bacterium found in wild animals, particularly rodents and rabbits. People can become infected through bites from infected animals or infected insects, handling carcasses, eating contaminated food or, in rare cases, inhaling the bacterium. It is not transmitted person-to-person. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The CDC became interested because one of the three people appears to have the rare, inhaled form of the disease, said </SPAN></FONT><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lancaster</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceName><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><st1:PlaceType><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">County</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> health official Tim Timmons. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><st1:State><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nebraska</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:State><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> epidemiologist Tom Safranek said Wednesday he did not know whether the infected men were hospitalized or how they are doing now. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The </SPAN></FONT><st1:country-region><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">United States</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> averaged 124 cases of tularemia in 1999 and 2000, according the CDC, and three to four cases a year are typical in </SPAN></FONT><st1:State><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nebraska</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:State><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tularemia is caused by the organism Francisella tularensis, a bacteria studied widely during World War II as a biological weapon. Depending on how the person is infected, it can cause flu-like symptoms, skin ulcers, swollen eyes and a sore throat. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:02:10 -0700
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I forwarded this email is because the first time I posted it,I got an" out of office" auto-reply message and so I was not sure if the mail posted correctly or not.
mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:10:36 -0700
From: mathew jallow
Subject: Re: FW: Three Nebraska Men Develop Rabbit Fever
To: [log in to unmask]
Hi Felix, that is not the end of the story, is it? I think not. I bet you if more people get infected, some other country will have the distinction of being the originator of this new disease. But my question is where are all these new diseases names comming from and why have we never heard of them before.
Now do we have have to blame other aminals for all the diseases in our not-at-all perfect lives.What about the diseases that we carry oueselves. Granted we wash and clean, but our bodies both externally and internally are one of the greatest repository of disease known to man. We carry billions of bacteria and germs. They are part of us. We cannot live without them. In the scheme of nature,they are supposed to make us sick, they degenerate our bodies to make us aged and finally to kill us. That is how nature is supposed to work.
Do we need to blame anyone else but ourselves. What about the very lethal and highly toxic bodies that we flirt aroud everyday thinking that we are ALL THAT, when infact we are all walking time bombs.
Now stop balming the rabbit, the Gambia rat, the prairiedog, the chicken(pox), the mad(cow).
MAYBE WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE INFECTING ALL THESE ANIMALS AND THE DISEASE COME RIGHT BACK TO US.
Felix Ossia <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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Three Nebraska Men Develop Rabbit Fever
By Associated Press
June 25, 2003, 12:50 PM EDT
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Two men who mowed over a nest of rabbits, killing some of them, and another who cleaned the mower developed a rare disease known as rabbit fever, authorities said.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched an investigation into the incident. The disease, also called pneumonic tularemia, is generally treatable with antibiotics but can lead to pneumonia.
The illness is caused by a bacterium found in wild animals, particularly rodents and rabbits. People can become infected through bites from infected animals or infected insects, handling carcasses, eating contaminated food or, in rare cases, inhaling the bacterium. It is not transmitted person-to-person.
The CDC became interested because one of the three people appears to have the rare, inhaled form of the disease, said Lancaster County health official Tim Timmons.
Nebraska epidemiologist Tom Safranek said Wednesday he did not know whether the infected men were hospitalized or how they are doing now.
The United States averaged 124 cases of tularemia in 1999 and 2000, according the CDC, and three to four cases a year are typical in Nebraska.
Tularemia is caused by the organism Francisella tularensis, a bacteria studied widely during World War II as a biological weapon. Depending on how the person is infected, it can cause flu-like symptoms, skin ulcers, swollen eyes and a sore throat.
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<DIV> I forwarded this email is because the first time I posted it,I got an" out of office" auto-reply message and so I was not sure if the mail posted correctly or not.<BR><BR><B><I>mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote:
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; WIDTH: 100%">Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:10:36 -0700<BR>From: mathew jallow <[log in to unmask]><BR>Subject: Re: FW: Three Nebraska Men Develop Rabbit Fever<BR>To: [log in to unmask]<BR><BR>
<DIV>Hi Felix, that is not the end of the story, is it? I think not. I bet you if more people get infected, some other country will have the distinction of being the originator of this new disease. But my question is where are all these new diseases names comming from and why have we never heard of them before.</DIV>
<DIV>Now do we have have to blame other aminals for all the diseases in our not-at-all perfect lives.What about the diseases that we carry oueselves. Granted we wash and clean, but our bodies both externally and internally are one of the greatest repository of disease known to man. We carry billions of bacteria and germs. They are part of us. We cannot live without them. In the scheme of nature,they are supposed to make us sick, they degenerate our bodies to make us aged and finally to kill us. That is how nature is supposed to work.</DIV>
<DIV>Do we need to blame anyone else but ourselves. What about the very lethal and highly toxic bodies that we flirt aroud everyday thinking that we are ALL THAT, when infact we are all walking time bombs.</DIV>
<DIV>Now stop balming the rabbit, the Gambia rat, the prairiedog, the chicken(pox), the mad(cow).</DIV>
<DIV>MAYBE WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE INFECTING ALL THESE ANIMALS AND THE DISEASE COME RIGHT BACK TO US.<BR><BR><B><I>Felix Ossia <[log in to unmask]></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Three </SPAN></FONT><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nebraska</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:State><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Men Develop Rabbit <SPAN class=GramE>Fever<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> <BR></SPAN></FONT>By</SPAN> Associated Press</SPAN></FONT> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P><st1:date Month="6" Day="25" Year="2003"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">June 25, 2003</SPAN></FONT></st1:date><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN></FONT><st1:time Hour="12" Minute="50"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">12:50 PM EDT</SPAN></FONT></st1:time> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P><st1:place><st1:City><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">LINCOLN</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN></FONT><st1:State><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Neb.</SPAN></FONT></st1:State></st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> -- Two men who mowed over a nest of rabbits, killing some of them, and another who cleaned the mower developed a rare disease known as rabbit fever, authorities said. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched an investigation into the incident. The disease, also called pneumonic tularemia, is generally treatable with antibiotics but can lead to pneumonia. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The illness is caused by a bacterium found in wild animals, particularly rodents and rabbits. People can become infected through bites from infected animals or infected insects, handling carcasses, eating contaminated food or, in rare cases, inhaling the bacterium. It is not transmitted person-to-person. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The CDC became interested because one of the three people appears to have the rare, inhaled form of the disease, said </SPAN></FONT><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lancaster</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceName><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><st1:PlaceType><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">County</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> health official Tim Timmons. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><st1:State><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nebraska</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:State><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> epidemiologist Tom Safranek said Wednesday he did not know whether the infected men were hospitalized or how they are doing now. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The </SPAN></FONT><st1:country-region><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">United States</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> averaged 124 cases of tularemia in 1999 and 2000, according the CDC, and three to four cases a year are typical in </SPAN></FONT><st1:State><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nebraska</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:State><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tularemia is caused by the organism Francisella tularensis, a bacteria studied widely during World War II as a biological weapon. Depending on how the person is infected, it can cause flu-like symptoms, skin ulcers, swollen eyes and a sore throat. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:05:45 -0500
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Global Benefit Dance
All proceeds donated to=20
Northside Planning Council & Food Pantry=20
Cost is $10.00 in advance (payment must be received by July 16) or $12.00 =
at the door.=20
Come stretch, laugh, dance & connect with your neighbors
Wednesday, July 23rd from 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Refreshments after dance
Held at Warner Park Community Recreation Center gym.=20
1625 Northport Drive, Madison
Questions call Martha 347-4489
Global Dance is a simple, largely improvisational, movement process that =
promotes self-expression, playful interaction with others, and connection =
to spirit. It is a transformational dance process for people of all ages, =
sizes and background. No yoga or dance experience necessary. A student of =
Global Dance, Jan. L talks about her experience: "Stretch, dance, laugh, =
connect. A wonderful, freeing experience, it makes my spirit soar." =
Another student, Randi S., says: "Exploring; movement to a wide variety of =
music allows me to be more open physically, emotionally, and spiritually."=
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Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:00:06 -0500
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Thank you!
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From: Stephen Braunginn [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:19 PM
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Subject: Re: :)
I know what I'm about to say will be unpopular, but it must be said.
With the enormous and growing epidemic of diabetes, high death rate
associated with cardio-vascular disease related to high cholesterol
levels, and a steadily growing obesity problem especially in African
American teens and women, what we do not need is another fast food
restaurant that promotes high fat, high salt food and high calories.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all in favor of having quality down-home
food. What we need to do, though, is to discover ways to have the same
food without all of that fat and high calories. Furthermore, we should
be promoting recreational opportunities that get our kids away from the
tv and Netendo and get them outside doing some games or going to the
park.
We have an epidemic rate of obesity that must be stopped. In order to do
that we must be willing to say no to the food that is the culprit and
yes to the food that will assure that another Black man will not die by
time he is 73 years old, or that another Black woman will not die by
time she's 75.
Oh, well....
Stephen H. Braunginn
President/CEO
Urban League of Greater Madison
251-8550
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Subject: :)
Popular Popeyes flexes its muscle
By Bill Novak
June 26, 2003
Cajun fever has Madison jumpin' for Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits.
Now in its third smash week at 3737 Milwaukee St. in a former Hardee's,
Popeyes is drawing people from all over the area for its spicy fried
chicken, jambalaya, cornbread biscuits and red beans and rice.
Franchisee Pat Mackesey said he had never seen anything like it when his
restaurant opened June 2.
"We set a new national record for sales for a Popeyes in our first
week," Mackesey said. "People were lined up out the door."
And around the building. People in the area have become used to seeing
cars ringing the building at night for drive-up service.
When my son Bobby and I visited Popeyes earlier this week for dinner,
things seemed to have calmed down a little. About a dozen people were
lined up at the counter placing their orders, and the seating area was
about three-quarters full.
Lunchtime is still wall-to-wall people, said manager Karl Krug.
"We serve about 200 people at lunch," Krug said. "We need to open our
other restaurants to take some of the pressure off this one."
Mackesey will open his second Popeyes in a former Hardee's at 1902
Northport Drive in mid-July, and the third Popeyes will open in a former
Hardee's at 2844 Fish Hatchery Road in Fitchburg in mid-August.
What is it about this food?
"It's juicy, good," Bobby said, chomping down on a meaty chicken breast.
He got the mild style chicken, while I opted for the spicy.
When I took some of the coating off the chicken and popped it in my
mouth, I was a little disappointed because it didn't taste very hot.
After I bit into the chicken meat, I learned something: The heat is in
the meat.
"We marinate our chicken pieces for 12 hours before it's battered and
fried, so the chicken absorbs the flavor," Krug said. He wouldn't
divulge the recipe, but it's safe to say the flavor stays with you for a
while, and it's definitely flavor, not just heat.
On a scale of one to 10, I'd give the heat about a four, so it's mild
enough for just about everyone to try it but strong enough to make you
want more if you like spicy food.
The side dishes really set Popeyes apart from other chains. Red beans
and rice, Cajun rice, mashed potatoes and gravy, and a marvelous chicken
and sausage jambalaya keep the customers coming back.
"People are loving it," Mackesey said. "The sides are really going
well."
Raven Campus and Shelly Renton, two students at the Madison Cosmetology
College, were hunkering down to enjoy their chicken and sides when I
interrupted them in mid-bite.
"I like the spicy chicken," Raven said, "and the mashed potatoes are my
favorite."
It was Shelly's first time at Popeyes.
"It's really good," she said, digging into her mild chicken. "It's good
to have a different taste in the area."
The walls inside Popeyes are adorned with colorful murals of Louisiana,
people dancing and making music, and such slogans as "Cajuns say -- if
you're smilin', you're not whinin' -- for true!" and "We do good
ba-you!"
When Bobby and I left the restaurant a half-hour after arriving, the
counter crew still had plenty of customers to deal with. Fast service is
a key; we got our food within two minutes of ordering it.
"Business is jumping like a jackrabbit," said counter worker Brenda.
The Popeyes menu is pretty limited, but new side dishes including corn
on the cob and new main dishes including catfish should be joining the
other Cajun specialties eventually.
The two two-piece chicken combo plates, plus a small side of jambalaya,
came to just over $12. We were stuffed.
Krug said people are coming in from all over Madison to get a taste of
Cajun-style chicken with all the fixin's, so the two new locations
should take some of the pressure off the only Popeyes now open in the
city.
"I had no idea it would be this popular," he said. "It's an eye-opening
experience."
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Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:02:24 -0500
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Cameroon Player Marc-Vivien Foe Dies=20
By BARRY HATTON=20
Associated Press Writer=20
June 26, 2003, 4:23 PM EDT=20
LYON, France -- Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe collapsed in the
heat Thursday during the Confederations Cup semifinal against Colombia
on Thursday and later died, FIFA said.=20
The 28-year old player fell during the game, which was played in
temperatures in the high 80s. He was lapping into unconsciousness when
he was carried off the field on a stretcher to the sideline, where he
received treatment, including mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and oxygen.=20
FIFA's medical officer, Alfred Mueller, said doctors tried to
resuscitate Foe for 45 minutes but were unsuccessful.=20
"It is a very bad situation for international soccer, for FIFA, for the
players, for the player's family and for Cameroon soccer," Mueller said.
The cause of death wasn't immediately determined; an autopsy was
planned.=20
Lyon has been in the midst of a heat wave, with temperatures soaring
into the 90s during recent afternoons.=20
Foe played the first 59 minutes in Cameroon's opener against Brazil on
June 19, played 90 minutes two days later against Turkey, then sat out
Monday's game against the United States.=20
Foe, who played for Manchester City, had eight goals in 64 appearances
for Cameroon's national team. At the World Cup last year, Foe played the
full 90 minutes in all three of Cameroon's games. In his career, Foe
played at Olympique Lyon, the stadium where he died, from 2000-02.=20
Manchester City released a statement saying the club was "devastated" by
Foe's death.=20
Foe "made an excellent contribution to our successful return to the
Premiership and was very highly regarded by his fellow players," the
statement said. "He will be sadly missed by his teammates -- not just as
a player but also as a friend."=20
On Thursday, Cameroon beat Colombia 1-0 to advance to the final.=20
At Stade de France, in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis where the other
semifinal was played, the crowd of about 40,000 held a moment of silence
before France's game with Turkey.=20
An announcement of Foe's death was made over the public address system
in French, English and Turkish and the player's picture was displayed on
the video boards.=20
With some of the players bowing their heads, about 40 seconds of silence
was observed. A few of the Turkish fans shouted as French fans tried to
quiet them.=20
Several coaches, including the United States' Bruce Arena, have
criticized FIFA for the lack of off-days during the tournament, saying
it was unfair to force players to play so many times in such a short
span.=20
FIFA went to a short scheduled this year in order to give players on
European clubs more of a summer break before the 2003-2004 European
seasons begin.=20
Copyright =A9 2003, The Associated Press=20
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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 20:23:38 EDT
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Subject: Fwd: [TOGO-L] SPORTS: African World Cup Draw (AP)
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> African World Cup Draw
>
> PARIS (AP) - Draw Friday for the preliminary round of African qualifying
> for the 2006 World Cup. Games will be played in September and October,
> and the 21 winners will advance to the second round, which will have
> five groups of six teams, to be drawn on Dec. 5 at the World Cup draw in
> Frankfurt, Germany. The top team in each second-round group will qualify
> for the World Cup, and the top three teams in each group will qualify
> for the 2006 African Cup of Nations. Djibouti did not enter the
> tournament.
>
> First-round byes
>
> Cameroon, Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal,
> South Africa, Tunisia
>
> Preliminary round
>
>
> (Home nations in first leg listed first)
>
>
> Botswana vs. Lesotho
>
>
> Burkina Faso vs. Central African Republic
>
>
> Burundi vs. Gabon
>
>
> Chad vs. Angola
>
>
> Congo vs. Sierra Leone
>
>
> Equatorial Guinea vs. Togo
>
>
> Ethiopia vs. Malawi
>
>
> Gambia vs. Liberia
>
>
> Guinea vs. Mozambique
>
>
> Guinea-Bissau vs. Mali
>
>
> Madagascar vs. Benin
>
>
> Niger vs. Algeria
>
>
> Rwanda vs. Namibia
>
>
> Sao Tome e Principe vs. Libya
>
>
> Seychelles vs. Zambia
>
>
> Somalia vs. Ghana
>
>
> Sudan vs. Eritrea
>
>
> Swaziland vs. Cape Verde Islands
>
>
> Tanzania vs. Kenya
>
>
> Uganda vs. Mauritius
>
>
> Zimbabwe vs. Mauritania
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ght Time, [log in to unmask] writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT=
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rial" LANG=3D"0">African World Cup Draw<BR>
<BR>
PARIS (AP) - Draw Friday for the preliminary round of African qualifying<BR>
for the 2006 World Cup. Games will be played in September and October,<BR>
and the 21 winners will advance to the second round, which will have<BR>
five groups of six teams, to be drawn on Dec. 5 at the World Cup draw in<BR>
Frankfurt, Germany. The top team in each second-round group will qualify<BR>
for the World Cup, and the top three teams in each group will qualify<BR>
for the 2006 African Cup of Nations. Djibouti did not enter the<BR>
tournament.<BR>
<BR>
First-round byes<BR>
<BR>
Cameroon, Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal,<BR>
South Africa, Tunisia<BR>
<BR>
Preliminary round<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
(Home nations in first leg listed first)<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Botswana vs. Lesotho<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Burkina Faso vs. Central African Republic<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Burundi vs. Gabon<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Chad vs. Angola<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Congo vs. Sierra Leone<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Equatorial Guinea vs. Togo<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Ethiopia vs. Malawi<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Gambia vs. Liberia<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Guinea vs. Mozambique<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Guinea-Bissau vs. Mali<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Madagascar vs. Benin<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Niger vs. Algeria<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Rwanda vs. Namibia<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Sao Tome e Principe vs. Libya<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Seychelles vs. Zambia<BR>
<BR>
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Somalia vs. Ghana<BR>
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Members of our organization have had personal tragedies lately and I
would appreciate the concern of the community in helping to hold them up
1. Our treasure Kervin Soko lost his step mother in Liberia He can
be reached at 277-5857
2. Leslie Ann Busby lost her grandmother- Glenora Downs in
Trinidad. She can be reached at 277-0353 or 270-1532.
3. I have been aware of other members of our community Sebastian
Wallang whose mother is also hospitalized.
I cannot over emphasize the need for us to reach out to all our members.
Distance has also made these losses very painful as from here many of
these members could not do much. So, a word, a token here and there will
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In Brooklyn Woman's Path, a Story of Caribbean Striving
June 28, 2003
By JANNY SCOTT
It all began in the Glamor Girl lingerie factory back in
Trinidad, where friendships formed amid the ceaseless
procession of nighties and negligees. A young checker,
Beulah Reid, began dreaming of a house of her own. And a
web of personal connections wove itself around her.
It was a friend from the factory who invited Mrs. Reid to
the United States a decade later. Another helped her find a
furnished room in Brooklyn for $18 a week. Another helped
her move up from housekeeping jobs into a clerk's job at
Bankers Trust, where she then worked for 18 years.
Meanwhile, she raised three children; earned a general
equivalency diploma; became a nurse's aide and worked as
one on weekends; studied real estate; and, when her Bankers
Trust job ended in 1991, became a licensed day care
provider.
Along the way, she bought her long-dreamed-of house.
"I
can't tell you when I last didn't work seven days a week,"
said Mrs. Reid, a statuesque 62-year-old woman, during a
recent conversation in the immaculate dining room of her
East Flatbush home. The statement is neither boastful nor
self-pitying, but simply a matter of fact.
Beulah Reid's story is in many ways the story of New York
City's Caribbean community, a group that has grown over the
last decade to become one-fourth of the city's black
population. Disproportionately female, West Indian New
Yorkers have thrived in the job and housing markets, even
while working in relatively low-paying jobs.
Women make up 57 percent of the city's Caribbean
population, an analysis of new data from the 2000 census
shows. There is a much higher rate of female labor force
participation among West Indians than in the city at large,
and they are more likely to be working full time.
Though Caribbean New Yorkers have lower median earnings
than African immigrants and African-Americans, they are
less likely to be living in poverty, the data show. They
are more likely to live in owner-occupied housing and in
single-family homes. And the average value of the homes is
relatively high.
The percentage of households headed by women is higher for
West Indians than for Africans and is not far below that
for African-Americans, but in those West Indian households
there are more people working. Among those groups, West
Indians have the highest percentage of families headed by
women with two and three workers, and the lowest percentage
with none.
Many New Yorkers, especially those who have spent time in a
hospital or contemplated hiring a domestic worker, have
probably sensed what the data illuminate in detail: In the
successes of the city's West Indian population and in the
economic vitality of neighborhoods like Mrs. Reid's, women
play a pivotal role.
"That epitomizes the Caribbean community," said Basil
Wilson, the Jamaican-born son of a linotypist and a
secretary, who is provost of John Jay College of Criminal
Justice. He called Mrs. Reid a pioneer, saying, "She came
before her husband, she moved up, then found her niche.
"It gives us an insight into our society. It tells us about
how a particular gender found ways to navigate the
turbulent waters of New York City. Often people know these
stories on a one-to-one basis or anecdotally, but they
don't understand it in toto."
The society in which Mrs. Reid grew up was one in which
women worked. Her grandmother, who raised her, was a cook
who worked into her 80's. "Nothing comes easy, Patsy," she
would tell her granddaughter, using a pet name. "You've got
to work to get whatever you want."
What Mrs. Reid wanted, like many West Indians, was to own a
home. The original vision was simple: something
free-standing with a yard. In her late teens, working at
the factory, she married and started a family. She set
about, as she recently put it, "achieving a home."
At first, she and her husband could not find the right
spot. Then the price was too high. So when her friend from
Glamor Girl invited her to the United States in 1971, Mrs.
Reid left her two school-age children in Trinidad with her
husband and his mother. They would join her later.
"I had to come and establish myself here and get
permanent," she said. "I wouldn't want to bring them in and
they weren't permanent. Because if you're not permanent, it
would be hard for schooling. In those days, I think they
were checking on people and sending them back. I didn't
want to go underground."
Caribbean immigration to the United States has been heavily
female at least since the mid-1960's. That is not the case
with all immigrant groups. While the census data show that
61 percent of all foreign-born Filipinos in New York City
are women, 61 percent of foreign-born Mexicans in the city
are men.
The predominance of women in Caribbean immigration can be
traced in part to the pull of professions like nursing and
domestic service, and to the networks of women who fill
that niche. Some sociologists say that West Indian women
also enjoy the change in roles and the independence that
they experience with migration.
West Indian men are "fairly patriarchal, quite frankly,"
said Milton Vickerman, a sociologist at the University of
Virginia who specializes in race and immigration. "So you
can see how that would lead to problems. Why would a woman,
having been independent for a few years, want to go back to
that?"
When Mrs. Reid arrived here, she moved in with a
great-uncle in Brooklyn. Then, wanting greater freedom, she
moved to a furnished room with a shared bathroom and
kitchen. Through a friend, she found a job as a live-in
housekeeper in Saddle River, N.J., working for a family
that had agreed to sponsor her for permanent residency.
The pay was $60 a week, $18 of which she spent for the
furnished room in Brooklyn she returned to on weekends. Her
immigration lawyer took another chunk. Most of the
remainder went back to Trinidad for her children, minus the
cost of some winter clothing and necessities.
After two years, she moved on, in search of better money.
She would report weekdays at 8 to a domestic employment
agency in Harlem and wait to be sent out on jobs. The pay
was $12 a half day, $25 a full day.
Next came Bankers Trust, where she started at $98 a week
and worked up to $600. Her husband and teenage son joined
her from Trinidad, then her daughter, who was younger. She
and her husband separated and he later died. With her
daughter and a third child, she moved to a two-bedroom
apartment in Crown Heights.
"I wouldn't say it was hard," Mrs. Reid said. "Money was
small, but the rent was cheap. And I knew it was a
sacrifice I was making for one day to have my family with
me and life would be better. So I went along with it."
This spring, the United States Census Bureau released data
on income, occupation, education and other details about
the population. For the first time, the bureau created
ancestry groups for each race and tabulated the data
according to those groups.
"This is the first time the Census Bureau has compiled and
reported data themselves on these groups," said Andrew A.
Beveridge, a sociologist at Queens College who analyzed the
data for The Times. "It gives us the first look at the
differential situation among the ancestry groups of
African-Americans."
The data show that 63.8 percent of West Indian women age 16
and over in New York City were in the workforce at the time
the census was taken. The figure for New York City women in
general was 51.9 percent; the figures for Africans and
African-Americans were 59.6 percent and 51.6 percent
respectively.
The median earnings of West Indian women working full time
were $29,791 - less than the median for African-Americans
and African immigrants. But West Indian households were
more likely than the two other groups to have not just two,
but three people working.
Apparently at least in part for that reason, the median
household income for West Indians was $38,635 - higher than
the $27,358 median for African-Americans and the $36,111
median for Africans - and a smaller percentage of West
Indians were living below the poverty line.
Professor Beveridge's analysis showed that nearly 34
percent of West Indian homes were owner-occupied, compared
with 24.6 percent of black households in general. More than
40 percent of West Indians were living in single-family or
two-unit housing, compared with less than 30 percent of all
New Yorkers.
"For West Indians, owning a house is sort of like the
epitome of having made it," Professor Vickerman said. As
Dr. Wilson put it, "The notion of living in a huge
apartment building is quite alien to the Caribbean
community. So what one really seeks is to acquire one's
castle."
Mrs. Reid's castle, as she imagined it, would be a
single-family house in a racially mixed neighborhood. She
decided against looking in Queens because she did not have
a car. She wanted her house to be detached, with three
bedrooms, "a beautiful living room, a nice kitchen" and a
formal dining room.
"I just like beautiful and luxurious things," she
explained. "That's just me."
At first, the prices were right but interest rates were too
high. Then the interest rates dropped but prices went up.
Her real estate broker (who Mrs. Reid discovered had sold
her husband their first television set back in Trinidad)
began to ask, "Beulah, how much longer are you going to
look?"
So in 1987 Mrs. Reid bought her house, on a leafy street in
East Flatbush. It was a two-family house, but her daughter
and her family could live downstairs and help with the
mortgage. The house was not detached, but it was on a
corner, and though the dining room was not formal it was
close enough.
Mrs. Reid used her annual profit-sharing money from her
banking job, which she had kept in a savings account, for
the $35,000 down payment. One of her children helped out by
giving her $7,000 that had been saved to buy a first car.
These days, Mrs. Reid runs a child care center in her home
from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and works as a home health aide on
weekends. She is a grandmother of four, on the board of her
local civic association, a past president of the Clinton
Hill Lions Club, and an assistant secretary of her church.
And her Glamor Girl friends? How many is she still in
touch with?
"Barbara, Sheila, Janet, Daphne," Mrs. Reid murmured to
herself, counting first on one hand, then the other.
"Another Daphne, Monica, Olive. Who else did I forget?
Wallace, Lynette, Audrey. . . ."
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Mr. Diversity
June 28, 2003
By BILL KELLER
Whatever you think of the jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas,
his dissent in the University of Michigan Law School
affirmative action case this week is surely one of the most
poignant documents ever issued by the U.S. Supreme Court.
It is the angry exclamation of a black man who feels
personally patronized and demeaned by what he sees as
racial gerrymandering.
The bitterness spills into the footnotes; in one, he
explains why he derides racial diversity as an "aesthetic"
concept. The law school, he writes, "wants to have a
certain appearance, from the shape of the desks and tables
in its classrooms to the color of the students sitting in
them." To Justice Thomas's mind, diversity means the black
man as décor.
This is hardly the first time Justice Thomas has infused
the court's deliberations with the power of personal
experience that no white justice could bring to the bench.
During oral argument last December, for example, he
startled the chamber with a rare outburst against the
symbolic terror of cross-burning, which may well have
influenced the court to rule that states can ban the
practice. You can question how heavily personal narrative
should weigh in deliberations on the law - and you might
well prefer Thurgood Marshall's life wisdom to Clarence
Thomas's ferocious self-doubt - but as a general rule it
seems to me our legal system is more human, and more
humane, if the cold logic of the law is warmed by a rich
variety of experience.
Clearly Justice Thomas would be mortified to have himself
held up as evidence in the case for diversity, but in a
slightly off-kilter way he is exactly that.
Until Sandra Day O'Connor rescued the cause of diversity
with her majority opinion in the Michigan case, the concept
seemed to be falling into an ideological purgatory. It is
not just a target of the right, which mocks diversity as a
p.c. fashion. Liberal critics, too, question the value of
diversity as a rationale for affirmative action. The
Harvard sociologist Orlando Patterson, writing on this page
last Sunday, said it is safer to base such claims on an
appeal to historical justice, which is not so amorphous as
diversity. (Unquestionably there are substantial debts
outstanding from the legacy of racial oppression, but it's
not clear to me why this is the only rationale for
affirmative action.) Peter Schuck of Yale argues in his
book "Diversity in America" that in practice diversity is
"comically arbitrary" and rests on false, even insulting,
assumptions that most blacks share the same experiences.
Moreover, Mr. Schuck told me after the Michigan decision,
"It's putting off the day that we will become something
approaching a colorblind society."
Richard Kahlenberg at the Century Foundation argues that
under the flag of racial diversity, universities admit
middle-class black kids and congratulate themselves, while
leaving a huge problem of economic disadvantage untouched.
Mr. Kahlenberg proposes instead affirmative action based on
economic class. (Not necessarily a bad idea, but an
enormously expensive one.) The astute court-watcher Dahlia
Lithwick, writing in Slate, ridiculed the notion that
campuses should be designed so that white students can be
enriched by a rainbow environment: "Schools are not petting
zoos - we don't fill them with lots of varied and
interesting creatures merely as an end in itself." These
are not right-wing misgivings.
My own views on this subject are not entirely theoretical.
I'm a trustee of a liberal arts college that tries to
attract black and Latino scholars using a standard much
like the one at the Michigan Law School. I also work for a
newspaper that makes an effort to hire and promote talented
minority journalists. The paper does this not for the sake
of doing good (for that it has a charitable foundation) nor
to defend a principle (for that it has an editorial page),
but mainly because we can better comprehend a disparate
world and explain it to a disparate audience if our
reporting and editing staff does not consist entirely of
Ivy League white guys.
Anyone who supports diversity as more than a dogmatic
slogan, though, has to wrestle with some serious questions.
What about merit?
Some supporters of diversity answer this objection by
redefining merit, which is fair enough, since America has
often changed the definition. Admission to top colleges was
once based on something called "character," measured in
such a way that it included mostly the scions of elite
families. Now "merit" means G.P.A. and SAT. Why not expand
the definition to include, say, "the predisposition to
contribute to society"? One study of the University of
Michigan Law School graduates showed that minority
graduates, perhaps grateful for the opportunities they have
received, give much more of their professional time to pro
bono work.
My own answer to the merit question is a little different.
When you are grading a student or assessing an employee,
you judge by performance; to do otherwise would be
condescending. But when you are admitting a student or
hiring an employee, you are not just rewarding past
achievement, you are placing an educated bet on future
promise. Once you get past the threshold test - can this
person do the work up to our high standards? - why would
you not look broadly at what else they bring to the table?
If diversity is a virtue, why just race?
Why indeed?
There are many experiences other than growing up black that
are underrepresented in the most selective schools, or in
the upper ranks of a business like mine. College admissions
officers routinely give priority to point guards and
cellists. Many editors I know would award implicit bonus
points to a strong applicant who happened to be a military
veteran, an evangelical Christian, a Muslim, a child of
poverty or the proprietor of a small business, among other
perspectives that are scarce in the American news business.
But anyone who thinks that the legacy of race does not
carry special weight is not living in the real world.
What about the stigma?
Justice Thomas once told an
interviewer that as a black student at Yale, every time he
walked into a classroom he felt as if a monkey had jumped
onto his back from the Gothic arches. Other
African-Americans who have risen high in our nation's
service are less tortured by these anxieties. Condoleezza
Rice, who acknowledges that diversity played a part in her
academic career, and Colin Powell, who rose meteorically in
a diversifying Army, both endorse some measure of
affirmative action at important institutions. As Lani
Guinier of Harvard Law School points out, if the stigma
blacks experience were really about affirmative action
itself rather than race, legacy students like, say, George
W. Bush would share Justice Thomas's pain.
My favorite answer to the stigma question comes from the
scholar Stanley Fish: the low self-esteem that comes from
wondering if your success was based on merit is probably
preferable to the low self-esteem that comes from never
getting a chance to succeed in the first place.
Doesn't it divide us?
Professor Patterson argued in this
space that under the rubric of diversity, "the pursuit of
inclusion is replaced by the celebration of separate
identities." It is true that on some campuses populated
through affirmative action there is distressingly little
contact among the races.
But that - if you read carefully - is not what Justice
O'Connor defends at all. What she supports is a less
fashionable, more uplifting notion of diversity as a way to
fortify democracy. When it works, diversity accomplishes
this in two ways. One is by diminishing the corrosive
racial stereotypes that separate us. (Justice Thomas has
certainly dispelled any myth that all blacks bow to the
N.A.A.C.P.) The other is by legitimizing the institutions
that govern us. This was the real import of the brief filed
by retired military leaders in support of Michigan, arguing
the importance of a racially diverse officer corps. Justice
O'Connor extends this to her own profession, the importance
of diversity in creating a judiciary credible to those it
serves. I would extend it to mine, too.
What most diversity critics, right and left, yearn for is
clarity - clarity of logic, clarity of principle. What they
encounter in diversity, and in Justice O'Connor's defense
of it, is well-intentioned compromise, a political
construct. And, by the way, if you have any doubt that she
found the sweet spot where the American political consensus
abides, just look at how quickly the Bush White House,
despite its usual fetish for moral clarity, wrapped itself
in her verdict.
Sometimes - as in its broad and blessedly civilized ruling
Thursday protecting gay Americans from the invasions of a
censorious state - the Supreme Court upholds high
principle. And sometimes the best it can do is give us the
muddle of real life.
"A cynic," protested The Wall Street Journal, "might
conclude that yesterday's decisions mean universities can
still racially discriminate, as long as they're not too
obvious about it." Yes, just so. The editorial might have
added that this is pretty much what the first President
Bush did when he appointed a black jurist of questionable
distinction to the Supreme Court, insisting all the while
that it had nothing to do with race.
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Benin Ambassador Apologizes for Slave Past
By Associated Press
June 28, 2003, 12:11 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Benin's ambassador has a message for all descendants
of African slaves: His nation apologizes.=20
"It's so easy to say white man did it to us, but we share in the
responsibility," Ambassador Cyrille Oguin told an audience Friday at
Southern University.=20
Baton Rouge is the first of several U.S. cities where Oguin is formally
apologizing for his country's role in the slave trade that brought
Africans to America. Other leaders from the nation have made similar
addresses in recent years.=20
Benin, a country of 4.7 million people, was called Dahomey in the 17th
century, when it was a major supplier of slaves for white exporters
shipping from what was called the Slave Coast. Some accounts say Dahomey
rounded up more than 3 million people for sale to slave traders.=20
Many Africans suspect the descendants of slaves in the United States and
elsewhere still harbor ill feelings toward Africa because of it, Oguin
said.=20
Reconciliation, he said, is the first step to healing old wounds and
opening economic development.=20
"The president of Benin, the people of Benin have asked me to come here
and apologize for the government, for the Benin people and for Africa
for what we all know happened," Oguin told the audience. "Where our
parents were involved in this awful, this terrible, trade."=20
Benin President Mattieu Kerekou has made reconciliation a priority,
Oguin said.=20
"He knows the damage on our side that came from slavery," Oguin said.
"He knows how this robbed our own society at home, how it turned us
against each other."=20
In 1999, Kerekou called a conference to discuss reconciliation between
nations involved in the slave trade and the descendants of slaves.=20
"During that conference, apologies were made and reconciliation was
started," said Van Dora Williams, of the Reconciliation and Development
Corp., which grew out of that conference and is temporarily based in
Louisiana. "This was a move that people wanted but didn't know how to
articulate."=20
Copyright =A9 2003, The Associated Press
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Subject: Cameroon Player Marc-Vivien Foe Dies
Cameroon Player Marc-Vivien Foe Dies
By BARRY HATTON
Associated Press Writer
June 26, 2003, 4:23 PM EDT
LYON, France -- Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe collapsed in the
heat Thursday during the Confederations Cup semifinal against Colombia
on Thursday and later died, FIFA said.
The 28-year old player fell during the game, which was played in
temperatures in the high 80s. He was lapping into unconsciousness when
he was carried off the field on a stretcher to the sideline, where he
received treatment, including mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and oxygen.
FIFA's medical officer, Alfred Mueller, said doctors tried to
resuscitate Foe for 45 minutes but were unsuccessful.
"It is a very bad situation for international soccer, for FIFA, for the
players, for the player's family and for Cameroon soccer," Mueller said.
The cause of death wasn't immediately determined; an autopsy was
planned.
Lyon has been in the midst of a heat wave, with temperatures soaring
into the 90s during recent afternoons.
Foe played the first 59 minutes in Cameroon's opener against Brazil on
June 19, played 90 minutes two days later against Turkey, then sat out
Monday's game against the United States.
Foe, who played for Manchester City, had eight goals in 64 appearances
for Cameroon's national team. At the World Cup last year, Foe played the
full 90 minutes in all three of Cameroon's games. In his career, Foe
played at Olympique Lyon, the stadium where he died, from 2000-02.
Manchester City released a statement saying the club was "devastated" by
Foe's death.
Foe "made an excellent contribution to our successful return to the
Premiership and was very highly regarded by his fellow players," the
statement said. "He will be sadly missed by his teammates -- not just as
a player but also as a friend."
On Thursday, Cameroon beat Colombia 1-0 to advance to the final.
At Stade de France, in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis where the other
semifinal was played, the crowd of about 40,000 held a moment of silence
before France's game with Turkey.
An announcement of Foe's death was made over the public address system
in French, English and Turkish and the player's picture was displayed on
the video boards.
With some of the players bowing their heads, about 40 seconds of silence
was observed. A few of the Turkish fans shouted as French fans tried to
quiet them.
Several coaches, including the United States' Bruce Arena, have
criticized FIFA for the lack of off-days during the tournament, saying
it was unfair to force players to play so many times in such a short
span.
FIFA went to a short scheduled this year in order to give players on
European clubs more of a summer break before the 2003-2004 European
seasons begin.
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Dear Family of one community:
The Liberian Association of Wisconsin (LAW) in collaboration with the
Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas (ULAA) will officially
luanch the Liberian Emergengy Relief Drive on July 26, 2003 in Madison,
Wisconsin. The Emergency Relief Drive is expected to help aleviate the
the current agony of the Liberian population efforted by the civil war.
The launching of the emergency relief coincides with the Republic of
Liberia independence Day. On this signifacant day, day on which joy and
happy should parade the coradores of Liberia, Liberians will hold their
hands up in solidarity, seeking non-parishable food items, used clothes,
medical and school supplies, wheelchairs and financial assistance.
A storage in Milwaukee has been secure.
The Launching of July 26 Program will be spear headed by the President of
ULAA, Mr. Mohammed Kromah and will bring together other permanent
Liberians from around the United States.
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Momentum Builds for Liberia Intervention Force
Sun June 29, 2003 06:47 AM ET
By David Clarke MONROVIA (Reuters) - Momentum was building on Sunday for
an international force to deploy to Liberia in a bid to end fighting that
has left hundreds dead and a war that has spread chaos in West Africa for
more than a decade.
A mission from the U.N. Security Council was due to meet the president of
regional giant Nigeria, which diplomats believe would be a likely
candidate to send peacekeepers.
The United States, because of historic ties to a country founded by freed
American slaves, is under most pressure to lead a force demanded by U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Britain, France and legions of tired and
frightened Liberians.
The sound of overnight gunfire sent shivers through the capital,
Monrovia, still uncertain of the latest truce after two failed rebel
assaults left at least 700 people dead in 10 days. But it was looters
taking advantage of the uncertainty.
"We are trying to see how we can bring this under control," Liberia's
police chief Colonel Paul Mulbah told Reuters.
Liberia says it is already talking to the United States and West African
countries about sending troops. Annan, a Ghanaian, said the U.N. Security
Council should meet immediately to approve a force "to prevent a major
humanitarian tragedy."
Liberia has known little but violence for the past 14 years, but the
latest rebel attacks have brought home the danger of far greater
blood-letting.
Restoring peace to Liberia, the eye of a regional storm of bloodshed,
tops the agenda of U.N. Security Council ambassadors on a sweep through
West Africa. They were due to meet Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo
Sunday.
Nigeria dominated the force that intervened in Liberia during a civil war
in the 1990s that left 200,000 dead.
Two rebel factions whose roots lie in that conflict control 60 percent of
Liberia and want to get rid of President Charles Taylor, himself a former
warlord indicted for war crimes by an international court.
PRESIDENT WANTS U.S. FORCE
Taylor has joined calls for the United States to step in, despite the
fact that President Bush urged him to quit last week and save his country
of three million further pain.
"I think the U.S. ought to come now, using my strength, my popularity and
my legitimacy and work to bring peace in Liberia," Taylor told reporters
Saturday, dressed in dark suit and sunglasses on a visit to troops in the
field.
So far, the Bush administration has not decided on sending any force,
although the issue is under discussion. Britain's U.N. ambassador, Sir
Jeremy Greenstock, publicly urged the United States last week to lead a
multinational force.
"There are at least talks of further intervention, whether that's
necessary or appropriate. I don't know at this point," State Department
spokesman Richard Boucher said Friday.
Daily marches to the U.S. embassy in Monrovia since the latest rebel
attack have demanded intervention to save Liberians from forces on both
sides who inspire little confidence they could bring peace.
France has joined calls for intervention and said it is in talks with the
United States on how to help Liberia quickly.
French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said a U.S. lead was
natural given that France was helping end civil war in Ivory Coast and
Britain had played a big role in Sierra Leone -- both wars partly
offshoots of the Liberian conflict.
Negotiations in Ghana were adjourned for a week Friday because of the
fighting in spite of a cease-fire that neither side really respected.
U.S.-educated Taylor emerged as the dominant faction leader from the war
in the 1990s and he went on to win 1997 elections, but the country has
stayed on its knees while he is accused of spreading war to the region.
He has offered to step down for a transition government at the end of his
elected mandate in January, but he also wants Sierra Leone's war crimes
court to drop its indictment.
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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:39:07 -0500
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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From: Fabu Phyllis <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Community Rally Today for victims,
victims' families and South Madison
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Rev. David Smith has organized a rally of support for the families of
murdered victims and general South Madison residents today at 6 p.m. at Dane
& Taft streets which is across from Quaker Elderly Housing and just a little
down the street from the Boys & Girls Club. Please come out and support
our brothers and sisters. Recently there has been a conversation about the
murders of the two brothers and negative attention always aimed at South
Madison, yet the fact that the Juneteenth Celebration was not mentioned in
any local papers outside of the Madison Times. Juneteenth was a wonderful
family celebration that received no media attention despite Mike McKinney
being an MC and press releases aimed at print and tv/radio media.
(exceptions WYOU and WORT) People on the south side feel that tragedies are
magnified while positive events are minimized. The funeral for the brothers
is on July 3 at 11 am at Mt Zion Church. Come and walk the block in
solidarity with residents and supporters of the south side of Madison. FABU
>From: Felix Ossia <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)"
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Benin Ambassador Apologizes for Slave Past
>Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 11:49:34 -0500
>
>Benin Ambassador Apologizes for Slave Past
>By Associated Press
>
>June 28, 2003, 12:11 PM EDT
>
>BATON ROUGE, La. -- Benin's ambassador has a message for all descendants
>of African slaves: His nation apologizes.
>
>"It's so easy to say white man did it to us, but we share in the
>responsibility," Ambassador Cyrille Oguin told an audience Friday at
>Southern University.
>
>Baton Rouge is the first of several U.S. cities where Oguin is formally
>apologizing for his country's role in the slave trade that brought
>Africans to America. Other leaders from the nation have made similar
>addresses in recent years.
>
>Benin, a country of 4.7 million people, was called Dahomey in the 17th
>century, when it was a major supplier of slaves for white exporters
>shipping from what was called the Slave Coast. Some accounts say Dahomey
>rounded up more than 3 million people for sale to slave traders.
>
>Many Africans suspect the descendants of slaves in the United States and
>elsewhere still harbor ill feelings toward Africa because of it, Oguin
>said.
>
>Reconciliation, he said, is the first step to healing old wounds and
>opening economic development.
>
>"The president of Benin, the people of Benin have asked me to come here
>and apologize for the government, for the Benin people and for Africa
>for what we all know happened," Oguin told the audience. "Where our
>parents were involved in this awful, this terrible, trade."
>
>Benin President Mattieu Kerekou has made reconciliation a priority,
>Oguin said.
>
>"He knows the damage on our side that came from slavery," Oguin said.
>"He knows how this robbed our own society at home, how it turned us
>against each other."
>
>In 1999, Kerekou called a conference to discuss reconciliation between
>nations involved in the slave trade and the descendants of slaves.
>
>"During that conference, apologies were made and reconciliation was
>started," said Van Dora Williams, of the Reconciliation and Development
>Corp., which grew out of that conference and is temporarily based in
>Louisiana. "This was a move that people wanted but didn't know how to
>articulate."
>Copyright © 2003, The Associated Press
>
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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:51:53 -0700
Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)" <[log in to unmask]>
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From: Augustine S Tatus <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Recalled message: Liberia Emergency Relief Drive
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I am very sorry, people. My message did not conclude. My daughter
mistakenly sent my mail out. She was anxious to use the only computer we
have. After I told her not to temple with it because I was the first to
get on the computer. She took the space while I was away from the table
and sent out my unedited script. I just realized that the mail has been
sent. Needless to explain. Hope you understand.
My apology again.
Thanks
Tatus.
On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 22:51:01 -0700 Augustine S Tatus <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> Dear Family of one community:
>
> The Liberian Association of Wisconsin (LAW) in collaboration with
> the
> Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas (ULAA) will
> officially
> launch the Liberian Emergency Relief Drive on July 26, 2003 in
> Madison,
> Wisconsin. The Emergency Relief Drive is expected to help alleviate
> the
> the current agony of the Liberian population effort by the civil
> war.
> The launching of the emergency relief coincides with the Republic
> of
> Liberia independence Day. On this significant day, day on which joy
> and
> happy should parade the condors of Liberia, Liberians will hold
> their
> hands up in solidarity, seeking nonperishable food items, used
> clothes,
> medical and school supplies, wheelchairs and financial assistance.
>
> A storage in Milwaukee has been secured.
>
> The Launching of July 26 Program will be spear headed by the
> President of
> ULAA, Mr. Mohammed Kromah and will bring together other permanent
> Liberians from around the United States.
>
>
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