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Calcium in a vegan diet + Marinated baked tofu and wheat berry salad
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A perfect salad for me! As a matter of fact, I think I lack calcium...ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9 February 2012 at 21:39
Yum, looks great!ReplyDelete
oh this salad looks amazing! I would love this all packed up for my lunch today! :)ReplyDelete
Mmmm, looks delicious! I'm so keen to try wheat berries. Yes good of you to recognise & post that some will need a supplement. Dairy just has such an abundance of calcium compared to other sources, it's really hard for vegans to reach their requirements (or anyone for that matter!) unless including a calcium-fortified dairy alternative. Great work!ReplyDelete
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That looks so delicious, I have never heard of wheat berries before, are they hard to find. Looking forward to my local health food store this weekend.ReplyDelete
I had no idea calcium what in so many things. People just automatically go to milk or dairy proucts in general. Thanks for the calcium lesson :DReplyDelete
I find freezing tofu first then thawing and squeezing out excess water works really well before marinating tofu. Enables it to absorb much more marinade.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful dish and it looks so delicious. My mom used to tell me that I have to eat this and that for calcium. I think we're not getting enough of it in our modern life. Thanks for the great recipe as always Maria!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful dish that is so hearty, wholesome and healthy! Your photos are lovely, as always, too. Thanks for sharing, Maria! Have a wonderful weekend.ReplyDelete
This looks delicious. And thanks for the advice.ReplyDelete


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Interviews to date
The most recent one is Susanna Leberman's post from yesterday.
Part one at Beth Adams (Phoenicia Publishing), The Cassandra Pages (setting and research); part two at Beth Adams (Phoenicia Publishing), The Cassandra Pages (uniqueness, advance, challenge)
At Dale Favier's Mole (origin stories and the Depression)
At Vicki Johnson's The Garden (time and modes of working)
At Rebecca Kuder (orphans and a link to "The Horse Angel")
At Susanna Leberman's Shedding the Inner Dialogue (on history and research)
At Marja-Leena Rathje, on printworks and other passions (the name of the orphanage)
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Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Poppins Returns
Musical It has been a year since Michael Banks lost his wife Kate, and with it the light in his heart to guide their children Annabel, John and Georgie. He is three months in arrears on a bank loan secured against 17 Cherry Tree Lane. Unless Michael can repay his dues in full by the end of the week, the house will be seized by the bank. Thankfully, a high-flying kite snags magical nanny Mary Poppins, who descends serenely with toes pointing out to rekindle sparks of joy in her former wards.
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The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) and the Brewers Association (BA) are pleased to announce that Brown Distributing Company, based in West Palm Beach, Florida, has been selected as the 2012 Craft Beer Distributor of the Year. The Craft Beer Distributor of the Year Award, now in its sixth year, recognizes the beer distributor who does the most to market, promote and sell craft beer. NBWA and BA presented the award jointly today at the Great American Beer Festival® in Denver, Colorado.
Brown Distributing Company, a family-run Florida company for more than 90 years, has evolved into a craft beer powerhouse, distributing beer from 64 craft breweries to nearly 4,000 retail accounts throughout the state. Over the past 12 months, the company has achieved a 76% increase in craft beer sales volume.
Brown's efforts to promote craft beer include social media engagement that helps improve customer relationships and a website that educates consumers through such features as an interactive distribution map, brewer profiles, an events calendar, frequent blog posts by staff and a client and customer newsletter. The company also launched a "Drink like a local" campaign that encourages retailers and consumers to support local beers and educates and promotes all of the breweries that are helping drive craft beer culture in the state of Florida. Brown also works aggressively to introduce craft beer into new occasions by participating in events such as chocolate festivals, wine events and even mango festivals.
DeCrescente Distributing Company of Mechanicville, New York, was honored with the Craft Beer Distributor Achievement Award, and Tryon Distributing of Charlotte, North Carolina, received the Craft Beer Distributor Recognition Award.
"The entrepreneurial spirit of craft brewers continues to add energy and excitement to the American beer industry, and beer distributors take great pride in serving as the vehicle to market for these brands," said NBWA President & CEO Craig Purser. "NBWA is proud to recognize Brown Distributing Company, DeCrescente Distributing Company and Tryon Distributing for their role in strengthening the craft beer segment and bringing American consumers the most extensive choice and variety of beer in the world. The craft beer category continues to grow at double digit rates thanks in part to the strong relationship between craft brewers and beer distributors."
Brewers Association President Charlie Papazian added, "Beer distributors like Brown Distributing Company, DeCrescente Distributing Company and Tryon Distributing are providing a valuable service by giving craft brewers a presence in the marketplace. These awards recognize the creativity, innovation and specialized services independent beer distributors are providing on behalf of small and independent craft brewers."


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The AVR-E400 7.1 Channel Network Home Theater Receiver from Denon provides powerful surround sound performance with advanced networking technology. Network functionality supports Internet radio services such as SiriusXM and vTuner, as well as Apple's AirPlay technology. The sophisticated video processor includes SD-to-HD up-conversion, along with 4K Ultra HD (3840x2160) for the next generation of 4K Ultra HDTVs. Additionally, a simple interface provides quick and easy setup so you can start enjoying your multimedia right away. See what others are saying about the E-series Home Theater Receiver, here
7 channel discrete amplification (Maximum power: 185 watts per channel)
Easy to setup and easy to use via text and graphical on screen display with Setup Assistant
Simple, Denon Easy Connect speaker terminals.
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Audyssey Bronze is our entry level of support for Audyssey technologies and includes Audyssey MultEQ, Audyssey Dynamic Volume, and Audyssey Dynamic EQ. Audyssey MultEQ calibrates the system for as many as six different seating positions; essentially everyone gets a "good seat", not just the lucky person sitting directly in front of the display. Its use greatly improves the sound quality of any home theater system. Audyssey Dynamic Volume senses the impending arrival of very loud sounds and automatically reduces the difference between normal and extra-loud programming. Audyssey Dynamic EQ automatically adjusts subwoofer and surround speaker levels for maximum performance at any playback volume.
For quick and easy setup the AVR-E400 features Audyssey MultEQ automatic room acoustic measurement and correction system to provide best tonal balance to your listening environment, along with Audyssey Dynamic EQ and Audyssey Dynamic Volume for thrilling surround sound even at the reduced volume levels.
Setup is a breeze, thanks to the on-screen graphical display, which combines large, clear text and icons, so you can easily make all necessary adjustments and settings during setup, to quickly and easily optimize the AVR-E400 for your particular speaker setup and source equipment. The exclusive Denon Setup Assistant easily walks you through the whole process.
The Denon easy connect speaker connections on the rear panel are spring loaded and color-coded for quick and easy connection, and the supplied color-coded speaker cable labels ensure correct speaker cable hookup the very first time.
The easy to use remote control features discrete source selection buttons that let you choose your preferred source with the touch of one button (no need to toggle through all the inputs to get to your preferred source component).
A hallmark of Denon's legendary sound quality is the use of identical power amp circuitry for all channels, including our all-discrete power amplifier output stage design. Rated at a maximum of 185 watts for each of the 7 channels, the AVR-E400 provides high power and wide dynamic range with low distortion for a superb surround sound listening experience.
You can configure the AVR-E400 for a full 7.1 channel system, or you can choose to have a 5.1 channel receiver system in the main room and connect a pair of stereo speakers that are located in another room. Enjoy thrilling surround sound in the main room while at the same time others can enjoy stereo sound from different source in the second room.
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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – Evacuations were ordered in a Seminole County neighborhood on Thursday afternoon after possible explosive devices were found in a home.
Altamonte Springs police said they were sent to a home on Green Briar Boulevard just before 3 p.m. after a home inspector reported seeing a box of explosives inside of the vacant home.
A battalion chief said a wooden box with "Explosives" written on it was found. Officials said the explosives were old with a 1968 date written on the packaging.
Police said the explosive disposal team soaked the items for an hour to make it less volatile. Afterwards, the explosives would be taken away from the home with a motor escort.
Six surrounding homes were evacuated as a precaution. Two bus routes were redirected up the street because of Thursday's incident.
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UH Board of Regents approves lease agreement with Island Pacific Academy for satellite UH West Oahu campus in Kapolei
New Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting degree at UH Hilo also approvedUniversity of Hawaiʻi
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KAPOLEI, Oʻahu — At its monthly meeting held this week in Kapolei, the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents (BOR) approved a two-year lease agreement with Island Pacific Academy for classroom space for UH West Oʻahu. The agreement gives UH West Oʻahu an immediate presence in Kapolei as it looks forward to the opening of its new campus there in Fall 2009.
The classroom space will provide a temporary satellite campus for UH West Oʻahu in Kapolei, providing much-needed space for the campus' first freshmen and sophomore classes. The space at Island Pacific Academy's recently completed high school facility will be used for evening classes, Mondays through Thursdays.
In other action, the BOR approved the establishment of a new major, the Bachelor of Business Administration/Major in Accounting, at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. The new major, effective Fall 2008, will help increase the educational capital of the state and graduate more students in accounting, a high demand field for the state and the nation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Demand for accountants and auditors in Hawaiʻi is projected to be an annual 190 through the year 2014. The University of Hawaiʻi currently graduates approximately 110 to 130 accounting majors each year. The new major at UH Hilo will not only provide for more graduates in the field, but will also address underserved regions and populations of the state, particularly Native Hawaiians. With UH Hilo's large Native Hawaiian student population, the campus will be in a foremost position to recruit more Native Hawaiian students into the accounting field.
"We are pleased to add a BBA in accounting to the degrees offered by our College of Business and Economics," said UH Hilo Chancellor Rose Tseng. "This is an excellent entry degree for professional level accounting and a firm foundation for graduate study in business and related disciplines."
Also approved was the appointment of Dr. Christian Veillet to a three-year term on the Mauna Kea Management Board. Veillet has been associated with the Canada France Hawaiʻi Telescope (CFHT) for the past 10 years. He first arrived at CFHT in 1996 where he served as a resident astronomer for three years followed by an appointment in 1999 to senior resident astronomer. In 2003, he was appointed executive director and continues to serve in this capacity.
Veillet is highly regarded in the local astronomy community for his commitment to ensuring that development and operations of astronomical facilities on Mauna Kea are carried out with sensitivity, care and respect to the special nature of Mauna Kea.
In personnel action, Vice President for Academic Planning and Policy Linda Johnsrud will take on additional duties for the UH Mānoa campus on June 1 as the campus' interim vice chancellor for academic affairs. Johnsrud's temporary assignment was approved by the BOR for one year, or until the position is filled. Mānoa's current vice chancellor for academic affairs, Neal Smatresk, announced earlier this year that he would be leaving for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he will serve as executive vice president and provost beginning June 1.


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Quick RemindersMonday, November 2nd, 2009
Just a couple of quick reminders to start off the week:
This weekend Amu and I will be at Nekocon. Amu will have a table in the Artist's Alley selling handmade doll clothes and some of the usual amigurumi she sells at conventions. I'll be there to help her out with a stack of Amu's World promo postcards and some of our postard sets for sale. If you're at the con be sure to look for us to say "Hi."
Also remember our First Birthday Celebration Fan Art Contest. Click the image for the rules and instructions. Keep in mind our deadline of Friday, November 13th. We'll announce the winner on the following Monday. Remember that your imagination is the only rule. Is your fan art drawn? AWESOME! Painted? AWESOME? Sculpted? AWESOME! Is it amigurumi? AWESOME! Is it a photo of an actual panda with a red eyepatch? HOLYCRAPAWESOME!
Take liberties. We want to see how YOU would portray our characters. The most important rule of all, however, is to HAVE FUN WITH IT!
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Poem here.
When the poet writes
Pedirei gritando
Ao mar que mate e ao vento que violente
As brancas praias de pudor tão fundo.
which I translate
Shouting, I will beseech
The sea to kill, and the winds to profane,
The white beaches so full of bashfulness.
what does he mean? As far as I know my translation is accurate (pudor can be translated a number of ways), but I can't figure out what sense those lines make in the poem. Why are the white beaches full of bashfulness (or whatever) and why does the poet want them killed and profaned?
2. In a few places I have slid past the word êsse, literally "that, that one". It seems to function as an intensifier or interjection, for example here:
A Mesa imensa onde, êsse, pode ver
How should that be handled?
First of all, I absent-mindedly translated violar instead of violantar. Their meanings are similar but not the same.
Violantar: violate, force, coerce, compel, break (promise), force open, alter. (Not = violar).
Next, pudor:
Pudor: chastity, modesty, bashfulness, shyness, propriety, shamefacedness.
Using the clue that the poet is asking the city to prepare itself for his coming by divesting itself of purity, etc., instead of cluelessly translating from the dictionary word for word, and translating matar metaphorically:
Shouting, I will beseech
The winds to violate and the sea to lay waste
The white beaches of prudishness.
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Years ago, I was using gnus to read my mails: among other things, I liked the fact that it was, by default, as expected from a newsreader, only showing unread messages and properly expiring old messages after some time. Then, using KDE, at some point, I switched to Kmail because of this nice integration within the desktop environment. Obviously I had to configure it to remove old mails (expires) in a similar fashion.
Then Kmail2 arrived. I'm not able to use this thing. It either does not even start or start overly slowly and use up 100% of cpu time for minutes, whatever computer I'm using, whether it's an old bold regular P4 or an Athlon II X4, whether I have 1GB RAM or 8. I gather it's related to akonadi/nepomuk/whatever, stuff supposed to improve your user experience, with fast search and so on. Fact is it's unusable on any of my computers. So I end up, these days, using Roundcube webmail, which is not that bad but makes me wonder whether it's worth waiting for Kmail2 to be fixed and, worse, leaves me with IMAPS folders with thousands of expired messages that should be removed.
So this led me to consider doing the expires on the server side instead of client side, with my user crontab on the server. Logged on the server, I just ran crontab -e and added the following:
# dovecot expires (SINCE means: received more recently than) # not flagged and already read, 1 week old min 05 */5 * * * /usr/bin/doveadm expunge -u 'user' mailbox '*' SEEN not FLAGGED not SINCE 1w # not flagged nor read, 8 weeks old min 09 */5 * * * /usr/bin/doveadm expunge -u 'user' mailbox '*' not SEEN not FLAGGED not SINCE 8w # read junk, 2 hours old min 15 */5 * * * /usr/bin/doveadm expunge -u 'user' mailbox 'Trash/Junk' SEEN not SINCE 2h # unread junk, 2 days old min 25 */5 * * * /usr/bin/doveadm expunge -u 'user' mailbox 'Trash/Junk' not SEEN not SINCE 2d
(Obviously you want to replace user by your local user account and Trash/Junk by your relevant junk IMAP folder) . This setup could probably be enhanced by using flags like DRAFT and such – however, on my local server, no actual draft got properly flagged as such, so it's better to rely on the basic mark FLAGGED.


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Motorola Mobility is laying off about 1,200 employees, about 10 percent of its employees, according to reports.
Motorola Mobility, which is owned by Google, told employees by email that costs were too high and the company was losing money, according to the Wall Street Journal. They were also told there would be layoffs in China, India and the United States.
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The layoffs come after a 20 percent reduction in the company that began last August. Last year, Google sold off its Motorola Home branch to the Arris Group for $2.35 billion in December. Google paid $12.5 billion for Motorola in 2011 and Motorola has shown operating losses ever since. It's rumored that Google acquired Motorola just in case it loses control of the Android platform to Samsung.
The question still remains what does Google have planned for Motorola? Is it simply an "insurance policy" against Samsung, or does it plan on creating some great mobile devices? While there's some rumors about a new X Phone in the works that could provide needed revenue, it still seems as Google doesn't really have a plan for Motorola's future.


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Founded in 1895 in Austria, Swarovski designs, manufactures and markets high-quality crystals, genuine gemstones and created stones as well as finished products such as jewelry, accessories and lighting. Now celebrating its 120th anniversary and run by the fifth generation of family members, Swarovski Crystal Business has a global reach with approximately 2,560 stores in around 170 countries, more than 25,000 employees, and revenue of about 2.33 billion euros in 2014.
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'Unstoppable' debut draws more than 150,000 viewers
More than 150,000 people watched the premiere of Kirk Cameron's new film, "Unstoppable," Tuesday night at 700 theaters nationwide through a live broadcast from Liberty University's Vines Center. Many of those theaters reported sold-out crowds.
A few hours before the debut, the film was trending No. 1 on movietickets.com, a website that tracks online ticket sales. Because of popular demand, a second showing has been scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 3, at more than 660 theaters (for locations and tickets, go to www.Liberty.edu/KirkCameron).
"Unstoppable" answers some of life's most difficult questions about suffering and explores the victory of the Gospel throughout history.
President Jerry Falwell, Jr. said when Cameron talked to him about "Unstoppable" last year, he decided it was exactly the type of project Liberty and its new Cinematic Arts, Zaki Gordon Center should get behind.
"Kirk uses his skills as an actor and a producer to tell the story of creation, of man's fall from grace, of God's ultimate victory over death and hell through Jesus Christ in a compelling documentary that anybody can understand," Falwell said of the movie. "I believe there are millions of people who will go see this film who would never go to church or otherwise be exposed to the Gospel. In (the movie) Kirk does what Liberty University was founded to train its students how to do — go out into every profession, and regardless of what line of work they choose, to become the salt of the earth and the light of the world in their everyday lives."
Falwell and Cameron have developed a friendship over the last year, and Cameron even invited Falwell to California last spring where they appeared together on national television. During the broadcast, Cameron shared his enthusiasm for Liberty, the world's largest Christian university.
"Unstoppable" is Cameron's first film project with Liberty, which Falwell proudly announced is an official sponsor of the film. Cameron has been on campus to promote it this week and gave a short introduction to more than 10,000 students, faculty, and staff who packed the Vines Center for the release on Tuesday. Falwell said this film is "the first of many" projects between Cameron and the university.
"I hope people will watch the movie and come out and say, 'My family's tragedy was not in vain' and that 'God has a plan. God did not create a world where tragedy is senseless. God does not do anything random. He has a purpose and His purposes are unstoppable, and I trust Him,'" Cameron said.
|Kirk Cameron watches the broadcast from the Vines Center Tuesday night.
Cameron said many large film studios are calling him to tell him they are impressed with what he did with "Unstoppable."
"It does change the name of the game when they see what we are doing right now. Not only is it a win for me personally, and for Liberty's film school, but also it does affect the way Hollywood looks at the way films can be made and distributed," he said. "As we move into the future, there are even more game-changing moves we are willing to make that 'Unstoppable' has paved the way for."
Cameron said his collaboration with Liberty won't stop with the release of "Unstoppable."
"This has been a wonderful partnership with Liberty, and I have loved it. I have fallen in love with Liberty University, and I hope there is a lot more to come."
Cameron has been a faithful supporter of the university since he had the chance to address students in Convocation last year.
"A big goal of mine through press and social media sites is telling people the future of our world is in the hands of the next generation and in the institutions educating them with the worldview that is going to bring victory for the Gospel — and that is Liberty University," he said.
Scott Van Eerden, a father of a Liberty student, drove from Greensboro, N.C., to watch "Unstoppable" with his son in the Vines Center.
"I think Kirk Cameron did an amazing job of taking an age-old story and telling it in a way that has never really been told before. He answers a tough question in a way that applies to a newer generation," he said. "My son lost his mom when he was 5 years old, and this gives him some questions to deal with. This film addressed a topic that is meaningful to us."
Liberty students said they were also able to take home messages of hope.
"The perspective of the movie was great because it started with stories we start out hearing as children in Sunday school that we do not realize have a deeper meaning," said Hannah Phillips, a freshman nursing student. "Our plan is not always God's plan, but God's plan is always greater, and He has the control and power."
Meghan Godfrey, a junior business student, said she learned that "where God might put a period, we often put a question mark and instead of saying 'Why did God let this happen to me?,' we should be saying, 'What now, God?"
Audiences nationwide shared their views on Liberty's Facebook page:
"Saw the film last night in Dickson City, PA., with my two teenage boys and husband. WOW! Was definitely not what I expected, but it was so much more. We talked about it the whole drive home, and I literally could not sleep. I simply cannot wait until this comes out on DVD so I can watch it again. Thank you Kirk Cameron and Liberty University." — Wendy Stevens
"I went with my two adult children. The film certainly gave us some different views to ponder. My son was in a near-fatal accident. He should have died. We were told he would remain in a vegetative coma. We refused that and all over the world people prayed. God's people raised their voices and much like the soldier on stage (Tim Lee), he was raised up again. There is a purpose for his living and we just thank you for sharing your story and insights in this film." — Sandy Sefcik
The DVD is set to release in January. Students and faculty from Liberty's Cinematic Arts, Zaki Gordon Center have been helping with the DVD special features, including a behind-the-scenes portion.
- View the movie trailer, purchase tickets, or learn more at www.Liberty.edu/KirkCameron.
- Read more about Cameron and his partnership with Liberty in the Summer 2013 Liberty Journal.


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So when did "tuition" become a four letter word? When it comes to college in California, the answer is 1960. That's when the state's master plan established that public institutions like the California State University, University of California and community college systems had to offer free tuition for all state residents. With that decision California became the only state to use the term "fees" instead of "tuition".
Whatever you call it, it costs money to go to college in California. Today a basic UC undergraduate degree costs triple what it did back in 2000. With fees on the increase and classes being reduced, some are calling for honesty in advertising and asking that the term "tuition" be reinstated. Tuition is defined as "the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university." Did you notice the word "fee" as part of the definition?
But does it really matter what you call it? Consider how it affected those trying to attend college on a GI bill. The Department of Veterans Affairs established that assistance amounts be set at the highest undergraduate tuition charged by public colleges in each state. Well if the state has "fees" instead of "tuition" guess how much the GI bill would pay? Nothing. That very predicament is what led to the discussions about changing the terms.
Jesse Bernal is a UC student regent and co-chairs a system wide study group that wants the term "fees" to be changed for "tuition", reports the LA Times. He suggests it's just being truthful because tuition is exactly what it is. He's not alone either. Marty Block, chairman of the Assembly Higher Education Committee said he supports the change. "It more accurately reflects where the money is going and its purpose of teaching students at our colleges and universities", he told the Times.
Still there are those who like things the way they are. Victor Sanchez is president of the UC Student Association. He likes the term "fees" because "It would leave some hope of returning to some principles of the master plan". The master plan turns 50 this year and circumstances in the state have changed.
When it comes to "tuition" instead of "fees", maybe it's time to serve a new master.


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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
versión On-line ISSN 2078-5135
versión impresa ISSN 0256-9574
SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.99 no.11 Cape Town nov. 2009
Mental health services for HIV/AIDS patients are long overdue
Although progress has been made since the launch of the National Antiretroviral Treatment Programme in April 2004 in providing medical treatment to people infected with HIV, their psychosocial needs have not been similarly provided for. It is imperative that efforts to ensure the provision of ART to all individuals with HIV/AIDS in South Africa continue. However, these should be complemented by psychosocial support such as mental health services. To ensure adherence to ART and improve treatment success, it is vital to correctly identify and successfully treat individuals who are suffering from mental disorders such as depression.
Persons infected with HIV/AIDS are at greater risk than non-infected individuals of developing psychopathologies such as depression. Olley et al.1 assessed patients recently diagnosed with HIV in Cape Town, and discovered that 34.9% of their sample met diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder. Myer et al.2 conducted a cross-sectional study examining prevalence of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and alcohol abuse or dependence in patients with HIV at three infectious disease clinics in the Cape Town region. Depression was the most prevalent disorder, with 14% meeting diagnostic criteria on the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview compared with a lifetime prevalence rate of 9.8% for depression in the general South African population.3 Not surprisingly, the psychosocial factors of denial, stigma and social marginalisation, as well as the impact on family members, bereavement, poverty, lack of support, lack of resources, and consequences of death - issues that most HIVpositive South Africans face - influence the onset of depression.
Physical health and overall quality of life of people infected with HIV/AIDS are further threatened by depression. Depression in HIV/AIDS patients has been linked to an accelerated increase in viral load, higher activated CD8 Tlymphocyte counts, lower natural killer cell activity,4 and quickened progression of HIV into full-blown AIDS.5 In addition, HIV/AIDS patients with a mood disorder such as depression are less likely to adhere to their medication regimens,6 resulting in failure to suppress viral load, which can lead to the virus becoming resistant to antiretrovirals, so eliminating the possibility of effective treatment in the future.
To exacerbate the situation, people who are mentally distressed often do not seek help or, when they do seek help, few services are available to them. It is sad to think that when the need for mental health support in South Africa is amplified by the AIDS epidemic, few psychological interventions are available for those in need. Many psychologists and psychiatrists have left the country owing to economic decay and growing crime; those who remain have to work within an overstretched, overburdened health care system. In addition, few positions exist in the public health care system for mental health professionals. Consequently, limited treatment options, other than psychotropic medication, are available to patients.
The first step to increase mental health treatment options is to establish the empirical validity of cost-effective psychotherapeutic treatments for mental disorders such as depression. The purpose is threefold. People with mental health concerns are more likely to seek psychological treatment when the intervention employed is known to help. The more knowledge communities have about mental disorders, the fewer stigmas for those with mental disorders. To provide increased access to mental health treatment, more personnel trained in psychotherapeutic techniques, such as community psychiatric nurses and other primary care personnel, are needed. A 'manualised', short-term treatment such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) would be appropriate for such training. Furthermore, increased funding is needed from the health care system and from non-governmental organisations to address the mental health needs of South Africans, including those with HIV/AIDS. Presenting empirical support for the efficacy of cost-effective psychological interventions could provide grounds for such funding.
HIV/AIDS patients face difficult psychosocial circumstances brought on by issues such as stigma and fear of disclosure of their status, and they generally don't have access to services that cater successfully to these circumstances. For the wellbeing of millions of South Africans, this situation needs to be changed. Locally responsive interventions for mental disorders such as depression need to be designed, implemented and studied to address this issue.
L S Andersen
S Seedat
Department of Psychiatry
Stellenbosch University
Tygerberg, W Cape
1. Olley BO, Seedat S, Nel DG, Stein DJ. Predictors of major depression in recently diagnosed patients with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. AIDS Patient Care STDs 2004; 18(8): 481-487. [ Links ]
2. Myer L, Smit J, Le Roux L, Parker S, Stein DJ, Seedat S. Common mental disorders among HIV-infected individuals in South Africa: Prevalence, predictors, and validation of brief psychiatric rating scales. AIDS Patient Care STDs 2008; 22(2): 147-157. [ Links ]
3. Stein DJ, Seedat S, Herman A, et al. Lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders in South Africa. Br J Psychiatry 2008; 192(2): 112-117. [ Links ]
4. Evans DL, Ten Have TR, Douglas SD, et al. Association of depression with viral load, CD8 T lymphocytes, and natural killer cells in women with HIV infection. Am J Psychiatry 2002; 159: 1752-1759. [ Links ]
5. Leserman J, Petitto JM, Gu H, et al. Progression to AIDS, a clinical AIDS condition and mortality: psychosocial and physiological predictors. Psychol Med 2002; 32: 1059-1073. [ Links ]
6. Catz SL, Kelly JA, Bogart LM, Benotsch EG, McAuliffe TL. Patterns, correlates, and barriers to medication adherence among persons prescribed new treatments for HIV disease. Health Psychol 2000; 19(2): 124-133.7 [ Links ]
Corresponding author: L Andersen (email@example.com)


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Consumers looking for Apple products or accessories can now find them at Staples, at least online.
The retailer is now officially stocking a variety of Apple items at its Web-based store. Staples is offering accessories for the iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Mac, including keyboards, mice, cases, covers, and cables. Larger and pricier items such as Time Capsules and Apple TVs are also available.
The products will start to pop up in Staples' retail stores as well. A salesperson at one Staples store told me that about half of the physical outlets will soon begin to stock various Apple items.
Staples executives had already tweeted the news almost two weeks ago but couldn't say when the products might appear on their online or offline shelves.
Apple has gradually been expanding its retail reach beyond its own branded stores. Walmart, Best Buy, Target, and RadioShack all carry Apple products and accessories. Almost all of those stores carry the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, but so far Staples is offering mostly accessories and just certain hardware.
CNET contacted Staples for more information and will update the story when the company responds.
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Miami, the largest city population in Florida, is the third most visited American city among international travelers and showcases an Art Deco Historic District encompassing one of the largest neighborhoods entered on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Miami certainly boasts its share of impressive characteristics, even before adding to the list its gorgeous beaches, spirited Cuban population and ritzy enclaves of Coral Gables and Coconut Grove.
The port of Miami is one of the largest ports in the United States and the largest cruise ship port in the world. So it win its nickname "Cruise Capital of the World" and the "Cargo Gateway of the Americas". China is the port's number one import country, and Honduras is the number one export country.
Things to see and do:
• Shopping at Miami's Miracle Mile
• Frost Art Museum, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
• South Beach
• Miami Seaquarium
• Miami Freedom tower
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Lee Bryan, "That Puppet Guy Presents" Rucker, Go Home!
- Date: 06/28/2019 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
- Location: Cultural Arts Center
950 Forrest Street
Roswell, Georgia 30075
Lee Bryan, "That Puppet Guy Presents" Rucker, Go Home!
Based on the book Rucker, the Lost Country Dog by Elaine DeNiro and the Roswell Historical Society
World Premiere! Meet Rucker, a local Roswell dog, and his boy, Sam. Join in their adventures as they discover friendship, laughter, and fun in turn-of-the-century Roswell! This tale weaves shadow and rod puppets into a tapestry of community where teamwork saves the day! This show was created with generous grant support from the Georgia Council for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Roswell Historical Society.
- June 24-29, 2019
- Monday - Saturday: 10 AM
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – After 45 minutes spent fruitlessly banging up against the 10-man defensive shell put forth by CD Heredia on Wednesday, the San Jose Earthquakes had their fill of frustration.
Already on edge after being essentially knocked out of the MLS playoffs with a tie Sunday against the LA Galaxy, the Quakes reached their boiling point in CONCACAF Champions League play when their Guatemalan visitors tried to park an Evel Knievel-worthy fleet of buses in front of their goal.
Only a 62nd-minute goal from Quakes star Chris Wondolowski gave San Jose some relief – and a bit of redemption. The Quakes' 1-0 win, along with a superior goal differential, gave them the top spot in a CCL Group 5 table where all three teams, including MLS rival Montreal, finished on six points.
"It was definitely a frustrating time," Wondolowski said of San Jose's scoreless first half. "We knew that we had 45 minutes to regroup and get together, but to be honest, there was definitely some carryover frustration from Sunday. It was one of those things that you start pushing too much."
In the end, San Jose pushed just enough, although the result hardly makes up for the fact that San Jose will miss the MLS playoffs – barring at least a 12-goal explosion against FC Dallas in the club's regular-season finale Saturday. It does, however, give the Quakes something to point towards as they try to rediscover the form that made them Supporters' Shield winners in 2012.
"We talked about it the last couple of days, that we want to make it into the next round," goalkeeper Jon Busch said. "That's a big step for this club. I'm proud of them."
Said Wondolowski: "We came into this season having two goals. We didn't accomplish one, but this was the other one, to advance. It's something we can hang our hats on."
Quakes coach Mark Watson expressed surprise at the game plan from Heredia, who made clear their intentions with a 5-4-1 formation that often left striker Charles Cordova as the only player in San Jose's half of the field.
"We watched their game in Montreal, where the variables were still the same," Watson said, referring to Heredia's eventual 2-0 loss to the Impact on Sept. 24. "They needed a draw or a win and they would go through, and they were really aggressive. They pressed really high. So I thought they would take that same approach tonight, and they obviously didn't. And tactically, it's a very different game to deal with."
The Quakes squandered their chances to blow things open early. Wondolowski lifted a rebound over the crossbar in the sixth minute, and a flurry of chances in the final 15 minutes of the first half came to naught.
But San Jose kept the pressure on, and Watson's insertion of Alan Gordon for Rafael Baca helped make a difference. Gordon occupied Heredia's last defender on the back post as Steven Beitashour's right-wing cross bounded through the Guatemalans' penalty area in the 62nd minute. That gave Shea Salinas plenty of time to collect the ball and serve it up on a platter for Wondolowski, who had snuck into the middle of Heredia's recovering defense and volleyed home in serene fashion from seven yards.
"We kept our composure and kept working, and got our one goal," Busch said. "Some games, that's all you need. You've got to take what's on the table, and tonight, only one goal was on the table."


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Sunday 01 August 2010
by: Yana Kunichoff, t r u t h o u t Report http://www.truth-out.org/a-long-stay61888
More than 300,000 immigrants languish in detention centers around the country. Why are they there - and who is profiting from their imprisonment?
Pedro Guzman Perez speaks to his wife, Emily Guzman, by phone every evening. They speak around 8 PM, a talk filled with stories about their days, shared projects and love. Sometimes their three-year-old son, Logan, wants to get on the phone too, but usually Logan will be watching a show in another room. They have a great relationship, Emily says, and the conversations are often the highlight of her day.
There are, however, some logistical difficulties. Pedro, a Guatemalan native who was in the country on a work visa, can only speak to his American-citizen wife on the phone for 20 minutes at a time - precious little for a couple sharing the tumult of raising a three-year-old. Each phone card costs $5, and the already staticky connection is easily broken.
This is because Pedro is calling from the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, an immigration detention facility where he has been detained for nearly ten months. Many aspects of Pedro's case led him to the detention center - two ten-year-old charges of marijuana possession, one of which has since been dropped; an administrative mistake by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to which they have admitted; the harsh record of his immigration court judge and even the patchy memory of an older woman whose answers in an immigration interview led the federal government to look into Pedro's status.
But neither Emily, Pedro's lawyer nor the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) thinks these are enough to warrant keeping Pedro under lock and key, away from his family and with tax payers bearing the cost of his prolonged detention.
The Scope
Pedro is one of the 383,524 individuals detained by ICE while they await court dates, deportation or bail. Detention is a key aspect of the federal government's push to deport immigrants, both documented and undocumented, who have committed any crimes or misdemeanors.
More than 3.7 million immigrants have been deported since 1994, and in the past decade, immigration detention has tripled. In 2001, the US detained about 95,000 individuals, compared to the 380,000 detained in 2009.
Detention Watch, a national coalition of organizations working to educate the public about the US immigration detention system, called these measures extremely punitive for individuals going through a civil administrative process.
"US policymakers see detention and deportation as a politically salient 'quick fix' to broken immigration policies and to the complex issues of global and regional poverty and instability," Detention Watch noted in a policy report. "Instead of recognizing and addressing larger economic and political structures that cause people to immigrate, politicians focus on interior and border enforcement as a way to repel people from migrating."
It has been an administration policy across the aisle, with more people being deported per year under President Barack Obama than under his predecessor George Bush.
To the tune of strategies such as Operation Endgame, the March 2004 Department of Homeland Security's ten-year-goal to "remove all removable aliens," the nation now has 270 immigrant detention centers in which individuals picked up for immigration offenses are held.
The rise in immigration detention also has many critics pointing to a more sinister reason than political expedience or security fears - the profit that private prison corporations make from the detention of immigrants like Pedro.
Private Immigration Detention and CCA
One of the most notorious players is the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest private immigration detainer. It runs Stewart Detention Center, where Pedro now languishes, and is the sixth-largest correction system in the country, behind only the federal government and four states.
At any one time, CCA houses about 75,000 offenders in more than 65 facilities in 20 states, about half of all immigrants currently detained in private facilities. It shares its business with Geo Group, Cornell Company and Avalon Correction Services, as well as several smaller companies.
In addition to detaining adults, CCA also detains children whose parents are being picked up for immigration offenses, housing them in centers such as the infamous T. Don Hutto Center in Taylor, Texas. In 2007, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against the Hutto Center on behalf of ten juvenile plaintiffs, arguing that they were receiving substandard education, medical care and little privacy.
CCA also runs a slew of other private prisons - in fact, immigration detention makes up for only 40 percent of CCA's revenue, according to its quarterly report.
ICE deals with its $140 million budget deficit by routinely farming out its immigration detention operations to private companies like CCA or state and county prisons. According to Detention Watch, only 13 percent of immigration facilities are ICE-owned and operated. The majority of detainees, 67 percent, are housed in local and county jail facilities, with another 17 percent in contract detention facilities and 3 percent in others such as the Bureau of Prisons.
That 17 percent housed in contract facilities is telling: it's yet another statistic in the story of how US corrections operations are being farmed out to private companies. According to Alex Friedmann, associate editor of Prison Legal News, president of the Private Corrections Institute and a former CCA prisoner, ten states have 20 percent or more of their prisoners in for-profit facilities. These states include New Mexico, with 45.8 percent of immigrants housed in private centers; Hawaii, with 35 percent; and Arizona, with 23.1 percent.
Earnings of Immigration Detention
For the 273 days Pedro has been detained, CCA gets paid approximately $140, according to figures from the American Civil Liberties Union. In some of their facilities, such as the Hutto facility in Texas, the average rate ICE is contracted to pay the CCA an average rate of $200 per detained immigrant, per day.
The ICE budget allocated $250 million in 2008-2009 to raise the total number of detention beds to 32,000, while allocating only $10 million in funding to less expensive alternatives to detention, such as electronic monitors and regular visits with case managers.
Five of the most lucrative contracts CCA has with the federal government have no end dates, and several contain clauses that guarantee a certain amount of revenue regardless of the occupancy rates of the jails, the investigate online publication Business of Detention found. The rate of contract renewal is almost 95 percent.
These steady successes have reaped their benefits: CCA has managed to make a record profit every year since 2003. Their revenue in 2009 was $1.67 billion, the company has been estimated to bill $11 million a month, and between 2004 and 2008 the company's stock more than doubled, from $12.15 to $26.86 a share.
Who Else?
However, the profit from immigration detention does not end with CCA. Over 300 city and county governments across the country also have contracts with ICE and house the majority of detained immigrants. This acts as an incentive for local law enforcement to enforce immigration law, usually a national-level enforcement duty. This practice is already in place in some cities and states under the 287(g) Homeland Security program.
In addition, Friedmann notes, other industries that benefit from the boom in detention are prison food corporations, medical care, probation supervision, prisoner transportation services and financial firms that provide bond financing for new prisons.
Telephone access inside the prisons, as the frustrating reality of Pedro and Emily attests, has grown into a lucrative business. Companies such as EverCom run a virtual monopoly, leading to price hikes, in some areas as high as $17.34 for a 15-minute phone call. There have also been reports of county government's receiving kickbacks from phone companies, such as the 44 percent commission Davis County, Utah, makes from inmate phone calls.
Even when immigrants who have been picked up are released on bond, the price is steep: immigration bond can run up to $5,000.
Trimming the Fat
A central part of CCA's continuing profit stream is its ability to cut costs in immigration detention.
The ACLU has sued CCA for overcrowding and substandard medical treatment, and accused CCA of scrimping on the minimal services it is federally required to provide in order to cut costs.
Through his work, Friedmann has found that less training, lower benefits, lower wages and chronic understaffing of private detention facilities not only cuts costs, but also leads to instability in detention centers.
In addition to this, Human Rights Watch noted that ICE detention standards, most recently revised in 2009, are merely internal agency guidelines and do not have the binding authority of federal regulations or statutory law.
In a 2008 interview with a former CCA senior quality assurance manager, Business of Detention was told that, when CCA conducts its own internal audits of its facilities, it often downplays violent incidents or attacks on detainees. The source said he was told to make the incidents appear less serious (an act which could have led to the nonrenewal of the center's contract.)
Recently introduced legislation, the Private Prison Information Act of 2009, seeks to require private correctional facilities and other institutions housing federal prisoners to make the same information available to the public that federal prisons and correctional facilities are required to make available. However, it has yet to pass the House.
What Is It Actually Like?
Azadeh N. Shahshahani, the National Security and Immigrant Rights Project Director for the ACLU of Georgia and chairwoman of Georgia Detention Watch, said the lack of transparency regarding immigration deaths is a serious problem.
"We expressed really great concerns about the treatment of the detainees that failed even ICE's own non-binding standards," Shahshahani said. In particular, she has found it difficult to access information regarding the death of Roberto Martinez Medina at Stewart Detention Center, where Pedro is currently being held.
Medina, a Mexican national, died in ICE custody in 2008. "The attorney representing his widow pressed for some records from ICE showing that he complained of chest pain three days before he collapsed," Shahshahani said, but these attempts have so far been unsuccessful.
Since 2003, there have been 111 reported deaths in immigration detention. According to Detention Watch, the majority of these deaths were caused by a lack of timely and thorough medical care. Detainees must request medical services through CCA staff, and as Business of Detention notes, detainees have said that staff members often deny medical care to both reduce costs and push detainees into voluntary deportation.
The psychological toll of detention is also great. Speaking over the crackling connection from Stewart Detention Center, Pedro detailed his difficulty in dealing with his indefinite detention.
Day to day, Pedro says, he deals with both the physical reality of CCA staff who "scream at you, they yell at you; They threaten you; They take your lunch away" and the ever-present threats of being put in solitary confinement for a month. This punishment is meted out for acts such as not being in bed when told three times in a row, says Pedro, who has so far avoided the experience.
But Pedro, who was a stay-at-home dad to Logan while Emily practiced as a mental health therapist, finds missing his family most devastating. "Every day that goes by there is something that he [Logan] does, that he says, that I cannot watch, something I cannot do with him."
Though he has been in the United States since the age of eight and has no memory of, or contacts in, his native Guatemala, Pedro says that it is a constant struggle to continue fighting his case when "Emily could already be with me in South America."
For Emily and Pedro, helping other detainees, many of whom are not bilingual like Pedro, provides a brief respite. During some of their limited phone time, Pedro passes along information to Emily regarding family members or lawyers of detained individuals for her to contact. This action helps them feel less helpless at a time when the only advice they are given is to wait.
Pedro's Story
Pedro's mother arrived in the United States from Guatemala with her young son in tow in 1988, seeking asylum she was never granted from the turbulent political situation following the overthrow of the country's president in 1982.
According to Emily, Pedro's mother's "memory is not great," which proved to be a serious problem when she was called into immigration services for a permanent residency interview. Her responses led to the denial of her request for permanent residence. Because he entered the country with her, Pedro's immigration status was connected with hers, and he was sent a notice to appear in court.
However, as Emily and Pedro's attorney, Glenn Fogle, confirmed, the letter was sent to the wrong address. Yet, Pedro's failure to appear at the court date resulted in the issuance of an order of deportation. The order came to the correct address, and on Monday, September 28, 2009, two black SUVs pulled up to the couple's home in Durham, North Carolina.
Two men handcuffed Pedro and, after allowing Logan to kiss his father goodbye, took Pedro to the first of three jails or detention centers in which he has lived over the past ten months. Immigration authorities have since admitted their initial mistake in sending information to the wrong address and stayed his deportation. Due to entering the detention center with two marijuana convictions, Pedro was not eligible for bail, but after one misdemeanor charge was dropped, the BIA recommended that Pedro be released on bail.
Meanwhile, his immigration judge, a notoriously tough one with an asylum case denial rate of 87 percent, has rejected Pedro's pleas for bond and residency under an asylum program known as the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA), under which two of Pedro's siblings have gained residency. Pedro is now appealing with the BIA for both these issues, continuing to fight his case from the inside.
Prolonged Detention
The average length of stay in detention is 37 days, according to ICE, but the ACLU says these numbers are significantly skewed by Mexican nationals, who are often subject to expedited removal.
An Associated Press system snapshot found that, on the evening of March 15, 2009, at least 4,170 people had been detained for six months or longer. Of these, 2,362 were still fighting removal cases before immigration courts.
Pedro is lucky to be among the 16 percent of immigrants, according to the ACLU, who are represented by attorneys.
Fannin Anello, an attorney with the ACLU's Immigrant Rights Project, said another issue with prolonged detention is the trampling of prisoners' due process rights.
"Under the government's interpretation of the mandatory detention law, many people with viable legal challenges to deportation continue to be deprived of their liberty for many months or years," Anello said, adding, "even though they have never had a bond hearing to determine whether detention is necessary in their individual cases."
Laying Down the Law
Federal laws such as those surrounding the penalties for drug crimes also contribute to prolonged detention. Due to his two marijuana convictions, received in 1998 and 1999, Pedro was not eligible for bail.
Three-strikes and truth-in-sentencing laws also contribute to a more punitive system. These pieces of legislation and their desired policy outcomes began their life at ALEC, or the American Legislative Exchange Council.
ALEC is the nation's largest public-private legislative partnership, which counts among its members more than 2,000 state lawmakers, about one-third of the nation's legislators and more than 200 corporations and special interest groups. Included in this list is the Corrections Corporation of America.
Central components of ALEC include ten task forces that work to develop model legislation in different areas, one of which is the Civil Justice task force.
"I am aware personally that CCA executives have been on the board of ALEC," said Friedmann. "The argument there is that CCA is being actively involved in an organization that pushes policy and legislation and therefore benefits the private prison industry."
Though federal law forbids corporations from helping form legislation, any ALEC bill must be approved by both its public and private sector members. Of the group's $6.9 million in annual revenue, about $5.6 million come from its corporate members.
According to an article by Beau Hodai of In These Times, Arizona's recent anti-immigrant bill, SB1070, is very similar to model legislation crafted by ALEC.
Furthermore, CCA retains the federal contract to house detainees in Arizona and would benefit greatly from heavier immigration enforcement in the state. During the bill's formation, Hodai reports, CCA enlisted Highground Consulting to represent it in Arizona.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's spokesman, Paul Senseman, was employed with an organization which lobbied for CCA, and his wife works with the Policy Development Group, which also lobbies for CCA. Brewer's chief policy adviser also lobbies for an organization of which the CCA is a "board level" member.
But CCA's ties with legislators do not end on the state level. According to Hodai, CCA spent nearly $3.5 million in 2005 for lobbying on immigration and national security, $3.25 million in 2007, $4.4 million between 2008 and 2010 lobbying the Department of Homeland Security and more than $175,000 during the 2010 election cycle. Of 43 CCA lobbying disclosure reports acquired by Hodai, only five do not express the intention to monitor immigration reform.
CCA has targeted its lobbying at both Republican and Democratic legislators. It has donated money to the Democratic Congressional and Senatorial Committees, the GOP, senators on the appropriations committee and the subcommittee on Homeland Security.
The path from the legislature to the CCA is also well trod. CCA's Senior Vice President, Mike Quinlan, served as the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons from 1987 to 1992; Kim Porter joined CCA after nearly 25 years with the Immigration and Naturalization Service; and CCA's general counsel, Gustavus Puryear IV, was nominated by Bush for a federal judge seat in the Middle District of Tennessee, CCA's headquarters.
The Paradox
The ACLU notes the paradox in which immigration law and the detention industry have placed people. Forcing them to choose between waiting out their cases in jail indefinitely and giving up their immigration claims means that only the individuals with the strongest cases are most likely to continue to fight - and therefore face lengthy detention.
Pedro continues to wait for the BIA to rule on his eligibility for bond and residency under NACARA, so that he can come home and stay home. But it is a struggle - every day Emily and Logan lose with Pedro while he is detained, the Corrections Corporation of America profits.