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Mary Ann Richards remembers her older brother, Roger Acree, as a bit of a mamma's boy – a happy-go-lucky guy who'd find joy in his collection of LPs, comic books and his pet dog. What Acree never got a chance to be was an awesome dad or a softhearted grandfather.
Army Pfc. Roger Lee Acree was killed by a mortar blast on July 14, 1967, while serving in Vietnam. He died four days after his 20th birthday.
"He was missing in action for a while and then we were notified a few days later that they found his body," Richards recalls. The story as she heard it: "One of his friends in same unit was in a foxhole and had started to come up and Roger jumped on top of him. Roger was hit by mortar and the person under him was saved."
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Richards was just 10 at the time but memories of her older brother still seem fresh.
"You hear about people being good people but when they're gone everybody reminds you of what a special person they were. I think all my favorite songs today are the kind of music he introduced me to."
Richards, of Cincinnati, was among scores of msnbc.com readers who sent in Memorial Day tributes to loved ones in the military who died in the lien of duty, fighting wars from World War II to Korea, Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Todd was my friend
Todd Clayton Gibb was and always will be my "brother." He was killed in action in Iraq on Tuesday, December 17th 2004, by a roadside bomb. Everyone who knew Todd mourned this tremendous loss of a good man. If there is one characteristic that sums up his nature, then that is goodness, from the bottom of his heart, every single day of his life with every single person who knew him.
When I got the call about his passing I threw the phone to the ground and yelled out loud — I ran out to the street and yelled even louder — but no one heard me for it was raining and storming outside. It was as though the heavens were crying and mourning with me. I could not believe what happened. Todd was too good of a man to have died so young.
Todd was my friend and always will be my brother — a man that helped me grow up, that helped me understand that I have to be the best I can be, even to foes — a man that saw my potential and without saying a word, made me want to be like him. May you rest in peace, Todd!
Kevin Stringer
Roseville, Calif.
We called him Maynard
Ronny Leroy Palmer, born October 1946, KIA May 18, 1967 Vietnam. We called him Maynard, for no particular reason. He was my friend; we met in seventh grade in Bakersfield, Calif. I went into the service in 1965, he in 1966. He never got to be a husband, a dad, a grandpa, didn't own a car or a house. But he never shirked a task, was always loyal, always had a smile on his face and in his heart. I have thought of him every day for 43 years, and he along with many others are in my prayers every night. I miss him. I loved him as a brother. He is my friend.
Bob Stone,
Bakersfield, Calif.
A life's sacrifice
In memory of Rennie V. Brower Jr. (Dec. 7, 1941), the man who gave his life so my Grandpa Carl Drechsler lived! This is my grandpa's story:
"My enlistment day was December 7, 1939. Some prophet; it may have been the very hour. I was sworn in at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, with a man named Rennie Brower who was to become my constant companion for the next two years. We were shipped to Sacramento and onto Hickam Field on Oahu — in the Hawaiian Islands where life was slow, easy, and enjoyable.
The base had been on maneuvers and we were on mock alert from time to time. We usually manned machine gun emplacements in the bunnies (bunkers) around the ammunition dump. On December 7th, 1941, our outfit — the 22nd Material Squadron was called on alert. It may have been only Hanger #15 shops. We went to our duty stations — not the machine gun emplacements. We were standing around outside the hanger — smoking and gabbing when we saw some planes buzzing Pearl Harbor and some smoke. We thought it was some planes from Wheeler Field on maneuvers. About then, a Japanese torpedo plane pulled up real low over our hanger – the torpedo still attached. Someone yelled, "IT'S AN AIR RAID – THEY ARE JAPANESE!!!!"
We all dove for cover – dove for the hanger. Rennie and I hit the hangar floor and it felt like riding a wave. The High Alt. Bombers had just dropped their bombs. We were apparently hit by the first wave of bombs. When I came to, I was on fire and blind. I raised my head and cried out, 'OH GOD MUST THIS BE!!' and passed out. I never knew when I was hit.
When I regained consciousness, I was blind and deaf, but no pain. My sight slowly came back – all was quiet – I got up and wandered around. I was in a daze – the havoc I saw I cannot describe. I noticed my torn shoulder. I saw the bone, but there was no bleeding and no pain. I sat down to smoke a cigarette. I noticed dried blood on the cigarette (Pall Mall) and I decided not to smoke, as it will increase circulation and start bleeding.
When I came to at Trippler General Hospital , I looked and my arm was still there. I said, 'Oh, my arm is still there; you didn't take it off.' The Dr. said, 'No, we are going to try to save it.' I later learned that his motto was 'LET'S NOT AMPUTATE, LET'S OPERATE!' Thank God!!
When they removed the ether antithetic mask after the operation, all of the skin on my face came with it. They wrapped my head, arms and legs in Vaseline gauze. I looked like a mummy. I was fed through a straw for about 2 weeks. When they removed the gauze from my face and head, my ears had grown to the side of my head; they had to pull them loose. I had about 7 operations, grafts, shrapnel removal, etc.
Somewhere along the line, I learned that my buddy Rennie had been killed."
My grandpa never said that Rennie dove on top of him, but based on his burns, and other damage, we all know it's because of him that grandpa lived until he was 89.
Michelle Strom (Drechsler)
Phoenix, Ariz.
'The Dog'
What words are there to describe the loss of a young man who was a friend, a comrade, a fine Marine? One who cared little for the bullies of the world and stood shoulder to shoulder with you when it came time to fight them. John was from my home state of Massachusetts but we met in the Philippines at a communication station near San Miguel. We bonded a friendship that was supposed to last a lifetime. It lasted less than two years. The last memory of John ("The Dog" was John's nickname) was in Vietnam. I had just gotten off patrol and was told I had a care package from home in my hooch. By the time I got there, The Dog had already opened it and was eating its contents. He looked up at me when I walked in. On his face was a look that said, "I know you're not mad because you're my friend." He was right.
John Miller Sullivan was killed by a sniper on Jan. 13, 1967 in Vietnam. I'm ashamed to admit I don't know his date of birth. I cried the day he died. I have tears in my eyes as I type this and I will remember him for the rest of my life.
New Britain, Conn.
Lonely grave
I would like to remember my great uncle Jesse Ragsdale, who was KIA in World War I and is buried in France. He died well before I was born, but I recently obtained documents and a photograph of the cross on his grave from the cemetery where he is interred. As most of my family has passed, I believe no one has ever visited his grave. Someday I would like to be the first.
Chet Ragsdale
Goodyear, Ariz.
Johnny Cash
In the 1950s, I served in an Air Force unit that secretly monitored potential Cold War enemies such as Chinese, the Soviet Union and East German air forces throughout the world. This information was analyzed and sent to SAC, the nation's main air offensive command, and NSA, the nation's top intelligence gathering agency located at Fort Meade, Md.
USAFSS was created by the Pentagon in 1948 as one of the first units formed for Cold War operations. It lasted a mere 30 years, then became folded into the Air Force structure.
Mostly, USAFSS was an enlisted man's unit with as many as 97 percent of its personnel made from enlisted Air Force volunteers, most of them chosen from the top 3 or 4 per cent of the basic training classes.
The work involved secret and clandestine eavesdropping on aircraft, ground units, office buildings, air crews of both Soviet and Chinese nations.
But today more than 50 years after the Cold War, these are old men — many of them gray and stooped, whose memories of windowless intercept bunkers, remote site, triple "trick" shifts are alive only in the few military reunion with friends and survivors. The secrets they pledged to keep a half century ago are now found among books, the Internet, even blogs and personal writings.
Sites where once young men took "trick" after "trick" are grown over, demolished or returned to landlord governments. Korea and Here they sat in windowless bunkers or even truck trailers, collecting Morse code and telemetry messages, following countless potential enemy aircraft and crews as they flew missions beyond the Iron Curtain.
In those years, few none of us ever knew the 11 USAFSS airmen who were killed on Sept. 2, 1958 when their C-130 aircraft was shot down by four Russian fighter jets while flying an intercept mission. The plane crashed and exploded in Armenia and the names of the crewmen were never revealed to the American public or the families until years later.
Although the bodies were never recovered, a memorial was established at Fort Meade with honors at Arlington cemetery in 1997. Most of the victims were teenagers.
Likewise, most of us did not know an airman by the name of Staff Sgt. Johnny Cash who monitored Soviet air crews whose skill and technology had not advanced beyond Morse code. Cash served in Landsburg, Germany, earning four stripes and cash enough to I buy his first guitar from the local PX.
Cash taught himself the music and songs which would later form his career as a nationally recognized entertainer.
But Cash never forgot the codes he learned as a diddly-bop operator (Morse), often beating Morse code on his guitar during concerts.
Ray Py
Milwaukee, Wis.
My husband, my hero
My husband, Sgt. Donald James Lamar II, was a exceptional Scout Sniper with the Marine Corps, stationed in Lejuene, N.C. He passed away on my birthday May 12, 2010 fighting the war in Afghanistan. I received his final letter four days after his death. It was an amazing letter of love. His funeral was May 21.
That was was the worst yet most amazing day I have ever encountered. To see the impact MY HUSBAND had on so many lives in so many different ways was so awesome. The funeral procession from Fredericksburg to Quantico, Va., ran 10 miles down Route 1 and consisted of family, friends, Spotsylvania Co. officers, Stafford Co. officers, EMT and Fire Department, Patriot Guards, congressmen, and so many more. The governor of Virginia issued that all state buildings would be half-mass in honor of him.
That day he truly went out with a bang, and I do not believe it should have been any other way. It was absolutely perfect. I am and always will truly be honored to be his wife. He will forever be my husband, soulmate, best friend and most of all, my HERO. I will make sure we NEVER forget his name, as he has given the ultimate sacrifice for each and every one of us. I love you, Donald James.
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Stephanie Lamar
When I first met my wife in the early 1970s, one of the things that struck me about her was that she always wore a POW bracelet. These bracelets were fairly common late in the Vietnam War; they were simple metal bands engraved with the name and rank of an MIA or POW serviceman and the date he/she was declared missing in action. USAF Capt. Harley Hackett III was the name on her bracelet, and she has never stopped wondering about the man. Now, 30-some years after obtaining the bracelet, she has finally learned something about Capt. Hackett, his life and his fate through research on the Vietnam Memorial website and ultimately connecting with one of his childhood friends.
Harley B. Hackett III was born on 23 October 1942 and raised in Florence, S.C. Like most boys, he loved the outdoors and the Boy Scouts. In high school, he would often spend weekends with his dog in the woods or river bottoms and swamps near Florence. After his schooling, Harley joined the U.S. Air Force and became a fighter pilot. He was on his second tour in Vietnam, not quite 26 years old. On 24 July 1968, Capt. Hackett was the pilot of one of two F4D Phantoms assigned to attack military traffic north of the port of Dong Hoi in North Vietnam. Both aircraft sustained ground fire damage during the attack and the pilots headed out to sea while fighting fires on board their planes. The last communication from Capt. Hackett was to vector (provide a compass direction to) the other aircraft toward the Da Nang Air Force base. As things turned out, neither aircraft could make it home. Capt. Hackett's directions to his colleagues put them in the path of air/sea rescue units and, when they parachuted from their hopelessly damaged plane, they were quickly rescued. Another aircraft nearby observed Capt. Hackett's plane crash inverted into the Gulf of Tonkin; no parachutes were seen. An intensive search and rescue operation over the next 18 hours found no survivors or debris. Capt. Hackett and his weapons system officer, Capt. John R. Bush, were declared Missing in Action.
This is just another of the hundreds of thousands of "routine" wartime events that have claimed the lives of military men and women, but I think most of them carry a powerful message about the human spirit. Consider Capt. Hackett's situation — wrestling a nearly disabled fighter jet, his last known act was to help his brothers in arms. You might wonder what drove him to be a fighter pilot. That is the most poignant part of the Hackett story: His father was an MIA fighter pilot in World War II.
So, this Memorial Day, we should all contemplate everyone who has given his or her life for this country over its history and the impact of those sacrifices on their families and friends. I hope my attempt to connect a personality and some history with a name on a bracelet can help others remember why we have this holiday at the end of May. It is not simply the start of summer.
John Cardellina
Walkersville, Md.
Asleep in his mother's arms
Cpl. Gunnar William Zwilling was one of the nine men killed in the battle of Wanat, Afghanistan, on July 12, 2008. He was the youngest soldier on the temporary base that day, only 20 years old. He knew what was going to happen to him and told his father (Kurt Zwilling), on his last phone call, that he was walking into a bloodbath. He followed orders and did what he was supposed to do for the "guys." You see they loved each other, every one of them.
His father was ill with cancer and offered to get him a leave out of that place, but he would not hear of it. He was needed by his "guys." He had found his niche in life and loved every bit of it.
Alex, Gunnar's older brother, had gone into the Air Force and really liked it so Gunnar enlisted in the Army. They would come home on leave and hang out together, go shopping, chase girls, etc. Their father just beamed in their presence. They all three were three peas in a pod as they were all each other had. Their mother, (Laura) Kurt's ex-wife, had died suddenly the previous November and they were pretty shook up over it. Kurt was receiving treatments for throat cancer and both boys were worried. He assured both of them he would be alright and made them continue with their lives.
Gunnar came to St. Louis, when his mother and father moved here from Nashville, Tenn. He had long hair and played the guitar. We all tried to get him to cut his hair, but he was in rock star mode and not about to. He and his brother were not used to being around such a big family and were both quite shy. (six aunts and one uncle and both grandparents) Alex was very serious and got good grades and worked hard and was moving forward. Gunnar on the other hand had a rough time making the transition from Nashville to St. Louis. He seemed to flounder until he went into the service and found his place.
It will be two years in July that he has been gone. The grief is so raw there are no words to express it. Why him, Why us, Why? No more of him flexing his muscles and asking us if we had our ticket to "the gun show" pointing to his arms. No more calling to Aunt Lena to watch him as he jumps off of the hay bales at the pumpkin patch, no more.
We are expecting a newcomer to our world as his brother Alex and wife Lisa are having a baby in September. Gunnar would love it, he loved kids so much.
The only thing that helps is the knowledge that he died with his brothers and that they all went together to heaven. Several of his friends that survived have visited our family and are as bereaved as we are. They loved him and enjoyed his silliness as well. They keep us close to him
Gunnar was buried with his mothers ashes, with his headstone reading "asleep in his mother's arms." Rest in peace baby, we all love you so. Aunt Kathy.
Kathy Trodus
Hillsboro, Mo.
Our last night
My nephew, SSgt. Mark Anthony Wojciechowski (Tony Wojo), was killed in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on April 30, 2009. Tony was a U.S. Marine in the EOD Unit. He was 25 years old. I remember Tony's last visit home in December 2008. Tony, his mom and myself had planned a night out. We were going to go to Newport on the Levy for some dinner and drinks. There was an ice storm in Cincinnati this particular night. We tried to postpone this outing but Tony insisted we still go. He wanted to take us to the Hofbrauhaus in Newport, Ky.
After awhile we decided to get back to our side of town. We ended up stopping in at a small "hole-in-the wall" bar in Mount Washington on our way home. Due to the ice storm the place was completely empty except for the bartender and us. We played the jukebox, drank some beer, did a couple of shots, took some silly pictures and just really enjoyed the time together.
That evening was a gift that I thank God for everyday. I am so thankful that Tony insisted we not cancel our plans. I will always cherish that wonderful last evening that I was able to spend with my favorite nephew.
Cincinnati, Ohio
'My Boys'
I get up Saturday mornings, and make my trip down to the Post for coffee with "My Boys." Because, that's what they are — My Boys. For those few hours, we sit and talk about the week's happenings.
At times the conversations drift back to stories and moments in their past where they need to commune with others who have been there. Or maybe not been there, but understand, truly understand.
People outside that "sacred" circle ask me why I do that on mornings I could sleep in, to spend times with people that are 40 years or older than me. I do it because I sit in the presence of heroes. The true history makers of this nation we live in. Not that I feel that people serving of my generation are not heroes or history makers, because that is not it at all. Our chapter in history is yet to be concluded, we keep making it every day.
How many of you can say that on a weekly basis you have a conversation with a man that was in the Battle of the Bulge or even know what part of history that's in? I can.
How many of you can say that you sit next to a man every Saturday that enlisted in the Navy in 1930 and watched the taking of Guadalcanal, the sinking of the USS Yorktown and is 98 years old and the worst ailment he has is bad hearing? I can.
How many of you can say that you know a Marine, that made it out of the Frozen Chosin, and is still as sharp as a tack? I can.
How many of you can say that you sit next to man who was in Vietnam who could draw you a better detailed map of the Ho Chi Minh trail than Rand McNally? I can.
I don't say it to brag. And if you took it that way, then you have misunderstood the entire premise. I say it because I know where and who my heroes are.
They are not on a football field, a basketball arena, or a baseball diamond. They are not on the stage at the CMA's, Madison Square Garden, or a Vegas showroom. And they most certainly are not on the floor of the Senate or House, at least not in the numbers they used to be in.
They are at a little known American Legion Post in Bella Vista, Ark. In a house that was built in the 1930s and can barely hold more than 40 people at any given time, sitting on foldout aluminum chairs, drinking coffee and eating a donut.
And for a few hours every Saturday morning, I go down to the Post, to sit with "My Boys." And I, "Their Girl."
Shelaine Coleman/ USMC veteran
Bella Vista, Ark.
Old men, young men
I would like to remember my cousin Lance Cpl. Bill Rees, who was killed Oct. 5, 1967, in Vietnam. He was 20 years old. Every year I go back to Iowa and place flowers on the family graves and every year there is small bouquet of flowers left there and I have no idea who they are from. All of my family is gone so it isn't a relative, maybe just a high school chum or old girlfriend, but for 43 years it has always been there. It will be there again this year and I am glad.
I can't help but think of what a famous WWII tank commander once said: "Old men make wars but young men have to go fight them." This is as true today as it was then so please remember our young men and women this Memorial Day and each and every day for their service to this great country. Thank you and God bless.
Rees, Dan
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I have a copy of the Quran by the way of Warsh. I have noticed that in many places (in Warsh), there is a black dot..
Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatu lilahi wa barakatuh
Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
A. The black dot indicates a place where there is lessor imaalah or . Warsh reads with the separated letter that is found at the beginning of some surahs. Also, Warsh reads with on the alif of the word when there is a kasrah on the .
B. We cannot give a general rule as to which one of the ways of rectation Muslims should move to after completing the memorization and mastering the tajweed of the reading of Hafs. Many go on to the reading of Warsh because it is still prevalent in countries of North Africa, but Warsh is not similar to Hafs. The easiest to learn after Hafs would be Shu'bah, the other riwaayah of 'Aasim, or Qaloon, and/or Ibn Katheer.
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More than a million Android users downloaded photo-sharing app Instagram in the first 24 hours, then left more than 64,000 reviews on Google Play.
Instagram's launch of the Android app seemed to take forever, with founder Kevin Systrom suggesting a launch since December. March, however, seemed to bring the most persistent rumors -- and we wrote about them, including the possible launch and last week, when Instagram asked prospective Android users to sign up to for the new app.
Within 24 hours, the app was downloaded more than a million times and its more than 64,000 reviews on Google Play are mostly glowing. The numbers come out to about 2,000 sign-ups a minute, according to The Next Web.
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Directors' files Series 3. 1982-2006
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Adult Day Services of Orange County newsletter, flier, and correspondence 2003-2006
Alliance Health Care Foundation brochure 2002
Alzheimer's: newsletters from various organizations 2003-2005
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): agendas, fliers, newsletters, and brochures 2002-2003, undated
American Holistic Health Association (Ah Ha!): newsletter and fliers 1999
American Hospital Association statement before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee of Ways and Means 1986
American Lung Association of Orange County Environmental Justice and Asthma Coalition minutes, correspondence, and other materials 2000-2005
American Red Cross brochure and magazine 2001, undated
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) government reports and updates 1997-2004
Autism Society of Los Angeles letter on AB 1718, law enforcement, and autism circa 2001
Blue Cross community forum: minutes reports and other materials 1995
Brain-damaged adults, special services: proposals and reports 1986
California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA) invitations and correspondence 2004-2005
California Center for Health Improvement policy brief (draft) 1995
California Consumer Health Care Council brochure and correspondence 1997
California Distance Learning Health Network: information packet and newsletter 2004, 2006
California Health Decisions (CHD) correspondence and information packet 1993-1996
California Institute for Nursing and Health Care (CINCH) brochure, report, and other materials 2005
California United for Nursing Home Care: Improving the Quality of Life in California Nursing Homes 2004
California Wellness Foundation
Health Improvement Initiative Health Partnership Program Applicant Conference: conference agenda, packet, and other materials 1996
Increasing Diversity in the Health Professions workshop: workshop descriptions, recommendations, and other materials 2004
Newsletter: Portfolio 2005
CalOptima program files 1993-2005, undated
Cambodian Family, Inc. questionnaire concerning healthcare access 1998
Canadian healthcare: presentation overview and handouts 1989
Cancer care: brochures and correspondence from the Wellness Community and the Orange Caregiver Resource Center 1998, 2001, undated
Center for Studying Health Care System Change
Lewin Group
Case study: Health System Change in Orange County, California 1997
Correspondence and bulletins 1997-1998
Reports and briefs 2003
Center for the Study of Latino Health, UCLA School of Medicine: The Latino Physician Shortage in California 1999
Clinics, doctors proposal: correspondence, report, and other materials 1989, undated
Clippings about healthcare 2002-2004
Coalition of Clinics and California Primary Care Association position paper 1996
Coalition of Orange County Community Clinics files 1994-2000
Community Action Partnership of Orange County correspondence and newsletter 2003-2006
Community education project plan and proposal 1988
Community Care Network: proposal, application, and other material 1995-1996
Community Problem Solving Steering Committee memorandum 1986
Consortium of Physicians from Latin America (COPHYLA): profile, scope of services, and other materials 1993-2003
Correa, Lou, Orange County Supervisor: meeting notes 2005
Correspondence 1987, 1991, 2000-2004
Cover the Uninsured Orange County Planning Committee: agendas, correspondence, and other materials 2004
Dayle McIntosh Center for the Disabled: correspondence, proposals, and other materials 2000-2004
Disability Rights Workshop for Older Adults and Persons With Disabilities files 2004-2005
Frequent Users of Health Services Initiative: proposal and grant application 2002-2003
Groundwater replenishment system information packet and correspondence 2003-2005
Health Care for All Californians (HCA-CA) files
Bylaws, agendas, and other materials 2002-2004
California Physicians Alliance support of SB 921 2001-2003
Health Care Options Project: proposals, presentations, and other materials 2001-2002
Physicians for a National Health Program newsletter 2004
Healthcare rationing: articles and reports 1985-1989, undated
Healthcare reform
Articles 1992, 1997-1999
California Health Care in the 21st Century: A Vision for Reform by John Garamendi Insurance Commissioner State of California 1992
Capitation Rates in the Medi-Cal managed Health Program prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 1999
Health Care Research Collaborative: meeting notes and other materials 1996-1997
Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) National Leadership Conference brochure 1996
Heart Health: Anaheim Heart and Research Center newsletter 2001
HIV and AIDS education
AIDS Services Foundations fliers, fact sheet, and correspondence 2003, undated
Information packet form California Department of Health Services 1996
Program planning, correspondence, and summaries 1997-1998
Home healthcare
Fact sheet, newsletter, and brochure 1988, 1996, undated
Home Health Care: It's So Good You Can't Get Enough of It! draft report by UWHCTF 1992
HOMES, Inc. (Helping Our Mentally Ill Experience Success): mission, newsletter, and other materials 1997, 2002
Hospital Council of Southern California (HCSC) report on AB 799 and AB 3480 1982
Orange County Homeless Issues Task Force and Kennedy Commission materials 1993-2005
Reports and newsletters
Beginning, Orange County Community Housing Corporation newsletter 1998-2006
County of Orange Facts and Figures by the County of Orange 2000
County of Orange Shelter Plus Care Program by the Orange County Housing Authority and supporting agencies 1997
Housing resource guides for Orange County 2003-2005
In Search of Shelter: The Growing Shortage of Affordable Rental Housing by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington D.C. 1998
Locked Out: California's Affordable Housing Crisis, a publication of the California Budget Project 2000
Orange County Community Housing Corporation reports
Annual Report 1997
Orange County California: An Assessment Report on Housing Needs, Programs and Opportunities circa 1998
To Build and Serve undated
Redevelopment: The Unknown Government. What it is. What Can Be Done. A report to the People of California by the Municipal Officials for Redevelopment Reform 2002
Various reports by the Los Angeles Housing Department 1997-1998
Hunger Coalition: minutes and flier 1995
Indigent Medical Services (IMS)
Alternative Funding Sources for the Care of the Medically Indigent by Martha P. King 1986
Indigent Medical Services Task Force Report and Recommendations, by Sharon O. Lightholder, County Administrative Office 1987
Orange County Indigent Medical Services Provider Manual 1986
Survey, bulletin, and other research materials 1986, undated
Uncompensated care reports 1984-1988
Institute for Healthcare Advancement: newsletters and brochure 1999, 2003, 2005, undated
Internships and field training program promotional materials from California colleges and universities 1996-2003
John Henry Foundation for Treatment of Mental Illness: information packet, newsletters, and other materials 1998-2003
Joint Legislative Medi-Cal Task Force: agendas and testimonies 1987
Justice for Janitors correspondence, fliers and other materials 2000-2002
Latino Health Access: brochures, newsletters, and other materials 2001-2003
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC): invitation to the State Ball 1999
League of Women Voters of Orange County: correspondence and newsletters 1998-2003
Legal Aid Society of Orange County minutes, newsletters, and other materials relating to the Health Consumer Alliance and Health Consumer Action Center 2000-2004
Legislative Committee and Advocacy Committee: minutes, handouts, and other materials 1996-2001, 2006
Legislative manuals and citizen lobbying guides 1990, undated
Local Initiative Health Authority for Los Angeles County
Correspondence, press release, and other materials 1996
Medi-Cal Managed Care report 1996
Long term care
Articles, brochures and other materials 1987-1988
Community Care Network: correspondence and proposal 1998
Los Angeles and Orange County Board of Supervisors copies of letters to Governor Schwarzenegger 2003-2004
Los Angeles Medical Association Medical Necessity Conference invitation 1989
Managed care
Articles, survey, and other materials 1997-1998
American Journal of Managed Care Special Report 1998
Mathematica Policy Research Inc. draft study on California's Medicaid program 1999
Mariposa Women's Center: correspondence and information packet 2002
Maternal Outreach Management System (MOMS) Resource Center
Fliers, brochures, and other materials 1998-2003
Newsletters 1999-2003
Medi-Cal Redesign report and fact sheet from the State of California 2005
Medi-Cal: What it Means to You, handbook by the State of California 1994
Medical education: articles and college catalog 1994-1999
Factsheets, bulletins, and other materials 1984-2000
Handbooks and reports
Attempted Dismantling of the Medicare Home Health Benefit, a report to Congress prepared by the National Association for Home Care 1986
Medicare and You, handbook by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency 2000
Medicare Handbook by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 1989
Untitled report assessing the "Proposal for Financing Health Care of the Elderly" 1986
Medicare reform: correspondence, articles, and other materials 2003-2004
Mental Health Association (MHA) of Orange County
Annual reports, invitations, and other materials 1994-2004
Articles collected on mental healthcare 1987, 1998-2000, undated
Newsletter: Mental Notes 1995-2000
Mental health managed care
Orange County Health Agency Mental Health Services
Agendas, minutes, and correspondence 1995-1998
Orange County Allied Behavioral Care Plan
Medi-Cal Managed Care Acute Hospital Services First Quarter Report 1995
Medi-Cal Mental Health Managed Care First Year Report 1996
Model healthcare programs: samples 1989
Articles on mental health and spirituality 1997, 2000, undated
Directory, mission statement, and other materials 1988-2003, undated
Family Resource Handbook, Alliance of the Mentally Ill of Orange County, 3rd and 5th editions 1992, 1996
Fliers, invitations, and event programs 1997-2005
Los Angeles and Orange County First Annual Regional Conference packet 1997
Newsletter: The Bridge Builder and Bridge Builder Brief 1989, 1996-2005
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Orange County Asian Program: invitation and event program 1997
Nightwriters consulting service: fliers, correspondence, and newsletters 1997-1999
Nursing Home Watch: correspondence, bulletins, and other materials 2004-2005
Olive Crest Homes and Services for Abused Children information packet 1999
Orange Caregivers Resource Center: fliers, newsletters, and other materials 1999-2002
Orange County Annual Survey; 1986 Final Report by Mark Baldassare and Cheryl Katz 1986
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance: fliers and correspondence 1998, 2002
Orange County budget crisis
Agendas, notes, and other materials 1991-1998
Budget Report, Social Services Agency 1995
Citizen's Declaration of Principles to Guide Orange County Recovery draft 1995
FY 1994-95 Mid-Year Budget Report, County of Orange 1995
Health Care Agency Budget Cuts FY 1994/95 and FY 1995/96 1995
Health Care Agency Contract Services Inventory, Fiscal year 1994-95 1994
The Orange County Fiscal Crisis, by the Orange County League of Women Voters circa 1995
Orange County's "Bootstrap" Legislative Package: An analysis of Direct County Support for Health Care Programs, by the Orange County Medical Association 1995
Privatization: Contracting Out of Public Sector Services: A Challenge for the 1990's, report by the Orange County Employees Association undated
Privatization Task Force: report by the Orange County Privatization task Force 1995
Profile: report by the county of Orange Health Care Agency 1995
United Way and Orange County Bankruptcy: report by the United Way undated
Orange County Coalition for Comprehensive Mental Health Services files
County of Orange Health Care Agency Survey of Mental Health Needs 1985
Mental Health Care in Orange County: We Can Do Better, a John Henry Foundation report 2001
Mental Health Medi-Cal Managed Care and the Mental Health Medi-Cal "Carve-Out," a report by the Orange County Health Care Agency Mental Health Services 1997
Research file: legislative proposals and reports 1982-1984
Orange County Coalition for Health Education
Gerald A. Wagner Excellence in Health Education nominee information 2001, 2004
Information packet 2001
Orange County Community Colleges Legislative Task Force: agendas, correspondence, and other materials 2003-2004
Orange County Community Consortium: Minnie Street Project: report and data analysis summary draft 1987, undated
Orange County Congregation Community Organization: brochures, newsletters, and other materials 1999-2004, undated
Orange County Department of Education: correspondence, flier, and newsletter 1998-2002
Orange County Future Search Coalition
Agendas, correspondence, and other materials 1995-2002
Orange County Health Network Progress Report 1995
Orange County Grand Jury: Health Care for the Indigent circa 1998
Orange County Health Care Agency
Agendas, correspondence, and other materials 2000-2003
Business plans, drafts, and report 2000-2003
Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Planning Group: mission, goals, and agenda 2004
Medical Services for Indigents (MSI) Program Final Report 2002
Specialized Intervention and Case Management Proposal: Dual Diagnosis Treatment Programs RFA (#96-76176), report and correspondence 1996-1997
Orange County Medical Association (OCMA)
Board of directors' annual retreat packet 1987
Bulletin and correspondence 1999, 2001
Orange County Partnership: program description and proposed activities undated
Orange County Perinatal Council
Fliers and newsletters 2003-2004
Regional Perinatal Quality Improvement Seminar: agenda and presentation handouts 2002
Pacific Clinics: flier and correspondence 1998
PALS for Health newsletter: Voices 2004-2005
Peace Corps information packet 2005
People for a National Health Program, Laguna Hills
Fliers and correspondence 1998-2005
Newsletters 1998-2006
Physicians for a National Health Program
Correspondence, fliers, and other materials 2000-2005
Newsletters 2001-2005
Proposal: Physicians Working Group on Single-Payer National Health Insurance Proposal for Health Care Reform 2001
Planned Parenthood: fact sheet and correspondence undated
Precious Life Shelter newsletters 2003
Privatization of healthcare: research file 1988
Professionals and Agencies for Prenatal Access (PAPA): Preliminary Report on Prenatal Care in Orange County 1987
Public Health Foundation information packet undated
Public Health Institute symposia agendas 1999, 2004
Public Law Center: correspondence, newsletters, and other materials 2002-2006
Articles, correspondence, and press releases concerning the United Way and healthcare needs of Orange County 1987-1988, undated
Brochures, newsletters, and other materials
Correspondence, fliers, and brochures on healthcare 1997-1999
Correspondence, outlines, and notes for appearance 1987
Information packet 1996-1997
Quality of Medical Care for the Poor in Los Angeles County's Health and Hospital System: project report 1987
Renal dialysis survey form and sample correspondence 1988
Rural healthcare: bulletins, announcements, and other materials 2003-2006
San Diego County Grand Jury Report: Holes in the Health Care Safety Net, San Diego County Government's Role in Assuring Health Care for the Uninsured 1999
Santa Ana: fliers and newsletters concerning community events and development 2003-2004, undated
Share Our Selves (SOS): newsletters and fliers 2003-2006
South Orange County Chambers of Commerce Health Care Division: symposium program information packet 1995
South Orange County Community Services Council Network: newsletters and event programs 1998-2006
Southern California Indian Center
Articles and reports on Native American health issues 1983-2000
Report and Statistics, 1994 Needs Assessment 1994
Speaking engagements: speech scripts and notes 2003, undated
St. Joseph Health Care System Center for Health Reform: correspondence, information packet, and other materials 2003-2005
State Legislature
Californians Without Health Insurance: A Report to the State Legislature 1987
"Current Legislation" 1987-1989
Research files 1984-1987
Strategic and fiscal planning and board development: plans and seminar agendas 1998, undated
Tenet hospitals sale: community briefings, articles, and other materials 2004, 2006
Tobacco settlement files
Health Alliance to Reinvest the Tobacco Settlement (HARTS) articles, correspondence and other materials 1999
Measure H campaign files 2000-2005
County of Orange Tobacco Settlement Fund; Independent Accountant's Report on Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures 2002
Strategic Tobacco Settlement Health Priorities: report and annotated draft prepared by the Health Care Agency and HARTS 2000
Tobacco Settlement Health Services Programs Performance Outcomes Final Report, FY 2004-05, prepared by the Health Care Agency 2005
Tobacco Settlement Health Services Programs Outcomes Report, FY 2001-02, prepared by the Health Care Agency 2002
Tobacco Settlement Health Services Programs Progress Report, prepared by the Health Care Agency 2001
Tobacco Settlement Revenue Status Report, prepared by the County Executive Office 2000
Tobacco Settlement Use: A Balanced Plan, by Gary C. Burton, Chief Financial Officer, County of Orange undated
United Advocates for Children: Unmet Need Position Statement undated
United Way of Orange County
Agency Site Visit Volunteer Training program: agenda, correspondence, and other materials 1999
Community needs assessment 1998-1999
Directory and health policies 1987-1989
Fund distribution plan 1987
Priority Issues Task Force, Community Health Services Focus Group summary report 1995
Resource and need mapping: correspondence, brochures, and other materials 1999-20001
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health: brochure and newsletter 2003, 2004, 2006
University of California, Irvine
College of Medicine Community Advisory Board: minutes, strategic plan, and other materials 1998-2001
Health Care Forecast Conference: event schedule, presentation handouts, and other materials 2006-2007
Health Conference administrative notes 1987
Vietnamese Community of Orange County, Inc.: Asian Health Center: fliers, brochures, and other materials 1998-1999
Violence prevention and the Orange County Citizens for the Prevention of Gun Violence: correspondence, newsletters, and other material 1995-1999
VNA Home Health Systems information packet undated
Volunteer Center of Orange County: fliers and survey 1998-1999
Western Center on Law and Poverty: agendas 2002, 2003
Western Service Workers Association: Sponsor's Guide 2003
Women For Orange County: announcements and event program 1998, 2003
Miscellaneous 1983-2006
Family and children's services files Series 4. 1995-2005
Series Scope and Content Summary
Children's Health Committee: Children's Summit: reports, memos and other materials 1993
Agendas, reports, and other materials 1998-2003
Family Preservation and Support Program (FPSP)
Agendas, correspondence, and other materials 1995-1997
Evaluation Update: report 1998
Year-End Report, 1996-97 1997
Orange County Immunization Coalition (OCIC) and All Kids Count minutes, reports, and other materials 1995-2000
Grant and funding files Series 5. 1987-2007
Series Scope and Content Summary
General funding and grant files 1995-2006
Abbott Laboratories Fund 1995
Aetna Foundation 1995
Agouron Corporation 2001
Alexander and Baldwin Foundation 1997
Allegan Foundation 2005-2006
Alliance Healthcare Foundation 2000
Allied Health Workforce Project (UCSF) 2000
AmarsourceBergan Corporation 2001
Anima Christi Foundation 2002
Anita Westly Foundation 2002
Archstone Foundation 1996-2004
Avon Foundation 2002
Agryros Foundation 1999, 2004, 2007
B. C. McCabe Foundation 1998, 2002
Baker Foundation 1999-2002
Barker Foundation 2000-2007
Baxter Healthcare Corporation 1995-1998
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 1997, 2002
Blue Shield of California Foundation 2006
California Community Foundation 2000-2002
California Consumer Protection Foundation 1998-2001
California Council of Churches 2002
California Endowment 1999-2006
California HealthCare Foundation 2000-2006
California Wellness Foundation 2001-2003, 2006
Center for Health Professionals 2002
Chapin Medical Co. 1996
Charter Oak Foundation 1999-2000
Citishuttle 2003
CNA Insurance Companies 1996
Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Orange County 2002
ConAgra Foundation 1999
Dayle McIntosh / Health Care Council of Orange County, Salud Para Todos
Deloitte and Touche 1998
Disneyland Community Service Award Program 2000
Doheny Foundation 2004
Eisner Foundation 2002
Faith Coalition, Department of Justice Faith Grant 2003
Faith Communities in Prevention 2001-2003
Family Caregiver Support program 2001
Family Enrichment Services 2002
Farmers Insurance Group 1994-1997
Federal funds for nursing education 2002
Fieldstone Foundation 1998-2000
Fluor Foundation 1997, 2002
Ford Foundation 2000-2001
Gateway Computers 2002
George Hoag Family Foundation 1987-2007
Glen and Dorothy Stillwell Charitable Trust 1991-1995
H. M. Payson and Co. 2003
Hartford Foundation 2002
Hasell Foundation 1999, 2002
Health Care Agency / Council on Aging / Dayle McIntosh Center grant 2003
Health Care Forum 1997
Health Education and Preventative Intervention project 2001
Health Funders partnership of Orange County 2003-2006
Health Professionals Education Foundation 1999-2000
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 2002
HealthCare Foundation for Orange 1999-2006
Helen Brach Foundation 2003
Henry L. Guenther Foundation 2000-2004
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 1998-2004
Homeland Foundation 2003
Hospital solicitations 2003
Human Relations Commission 2000-2002
Ingram Micro, Inc. 1996, 2002
Irvine Company 1995, 2002
Irvine Health Foundation 1993-2005
J. B. and Emily van Nuys charities 2001
James Irvine Foundation 1994-2001
Johnson and Johnson Community Health Care Program 2004
Kaiser Permanente and Henry J. Kaiser Foundation 1998-2005
Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation 2002-2003
Lee and Lois Kuhn Foundation 2002
Lenard Consulting 1997
Lilly Endowment, Inc. 2002
Litton Industries Foundation 2002
Lon V. Smith Foundation 1994-2003
Ludwick Family Foundation 2002
March of Dimes 2003
Marguerite Casey Foundation 2002
McConnell Foundation 1995-1996
Medical Transportation Services Program 2001
Medtronic Foundation 1995-1996
Milken Foundation 2000-2001
Orange County Community Foundation 2002, 2005
Orange County Register 1996-2001
Office on Aging 2001-2002
Orange County Community Relations Council 2002
Pacific Life Foundation 1996-2006
PacifiCare Foundation 1994-2004
Peter Norton Family Foundation 2004
Pfizer Inc. 1996
Picture Me Foundation 2001
Prudential 1996
Public Welfare Foundation 1995
Queen of Angeles-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center Charitable Division undated
Rachel and Ben Vaughn Foundation 2003
RBF Consulting Foundation 2002
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Community Health in Focus 1998
Community Partnership for Older Adults 2004
Faith in Action 2001-2004
Partners Investing in Nursing's Future 2006
S. Mark Taper Foundation 2000-2003
SBC Excelerator 2003
Sisters of St. Joseph Healthcare Foundation 1997-2006
St. Jude Medical Center 1998
State Farm Insurance 1996
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 2002
Tappan Foundation 2002
Tenet Healthcare Foundation 2001
Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation 2002
Tides Foundation 2000-2003
Tobacco Settlement Revenue
Caring Connections grant 2003
Health Care Access for Latinos with Disabilities Program 2003
Hablamos Juntos grant 2002
Tokos Medical Corporation 1995
UniHealth Foundation 1995-2003
Union Bank of California Foundation 2004-2005
United Way 2002
University of California, Irvine grant 2002-2003
University of California, Irvine Medical Center 2002
VNA Home Health Systems undated
Wal-Mart Foundation 2001
Weingart Foundation 1994-2004
WestMed Health Foundation 1997
William G. Irwin Charity Foundation 2003
Wynn Foundation 1993
Seniors' services files Series 6. 1996-2006
Series Scope and Content Summary
Adult Day Services of Orange County: newsletter and brochure 2001, undated
Advocacy Strategy Committee minutes, correspondence and other materials 2001-2002
Advocacy strategy resources 2002-2003
Alzheimer's Association: fliers and brochures undated
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) correspondence 1997, 1999
Archstone Foundation: Silent Suffering: Elder Abuse in America circa 1996
Area Agency on Aging
Mission, notes, and other materials 2001, undated
Senior Advisory Council: minutes, notes, and other materials 2001
Service Provider Seminar report: Health Trends in the 90's 1994
Strategic business plan: Quality of Life and Independence for Orange County's older Adults 2001
Calendars, schedules, and notes 2002
California Department of Aging Public Hearing on California's Aging Plan Recommendations: agendas, notes, and other materials 2003
California Senior Legislature memoranda 2002
CalOptima Senior Select Program: brochures, notes, and other materials 2001, undated
Caring Connections program
Advisory board agendas, minutes, and other materials 2004-2005
Grants and Funding Subcommittee minutes, rosters, and other materials 2000-2002
Leadership Partnership Manual undated
Program Policy and Planning Subcommittee: minutes, correspondence, and other materials
Center for Demographic Research, California State University, Fullerton: Age Group Differences in Health Care, Orange County Health Needs Assessment: Spring 1999 Survey 1999
Citishuttle: proposals, correspondence, and other materials 2003
Dayle McIntosh Center: fliers and notes 2001-2002
Evergreen Care, Inc.: flier and brochure undated
Faiths and Institutions Together for Health (FAITH) and Orange County Faith Communities in Prevention: minutes, mission, and other materials 2002
Feedback Foundation, Inc.: fliers and correspondence 1999, undated
Finding the Needle in the Information Haystack conference handbook 1998
Focus Group South County: correspondence and flier 2001
Grants and funding: brochures, correspondence, and other materials 2000-2003
Health Care Council: minutes, notes, and other materials 2000-2002
Housing Resource Guides for Orange County 2003-2005
Housing Task Force: minutes, correspondence, and other materials 2003-2004
Huntington Beach Senior Outreach Center: fliers and brochures 2001-2002
Irvine Senior Foundation information packet circa 1999
Irvine Senior Services information packet 2002
Latino Health Seniors Workshop: agenda, flier, and notes 2002
Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities committee files 1995-2006, undated
Orange County 2-1-1: presentation handouts, correspondence, and other materials 2002
Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting agenda 2002
Orange County Caregiver Coalition: agendas, reports, and other materials 2001-2003
Orange County Department of Education with Orange County Health Care Agency: Prevention Works! A Guide for Integrating Drug Prevention and Asset Building Strategies in Faith Communities training manual 2003
Orange County Health Care Agency
Services: fliers, brochures, and other materials 2001-2002
Tobacco Settlement Subcommittee: Services for Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities minutes, proposals, and reports 2002-2004
Orange County Health Needs Assessment (OCHNA): fliers and newsletter 2002
Orange County Hunger Coalition: Comprehensive Emergency Food Guide, Emergency Groceries Prepared Foods for Orange County 1998
Orange County Interagency Committee on Aging (ICA): Report on the Condition of Older Adults 2002, 2003
Orange County Office on Aging
Agendas, correspondence, and other materials 2001- 2004
2001-2005 Area Plan Update for FY 2003-2004 2003
Area Plan Workbook 2003-2004
Request for Proposal for Senior Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Pilot Project 2002
Request for Proposals for Senior Medical Assistance Reimbursement Transportation (SMART) Program 2002
Shared Housing Plan for Older Adults and Their Caregivers in Orange County 2003
Tobacco Settlement Revenue Senior Non-Emergency Medical transportation Implementation Plan 2002
Orange County Senior Citizens Advisory Council: correspondence, reports, and other materials 2002-2004
Rehabilitation Institute of Southern California: brochures, schedules of events, and other materials 2002
Rosters of various senior organizations 2001, undated
Social Security action alerts 2001
Spirituality and Healthcare seminar: agenda, notes, and handouts 2001
American Red Cross, Orange County Chapter Senior Transportation Program: summaries, correspondence, and other materials 2000
Area Agency on Aging Senior Medical Transportation Subcommittee correspondence, transportation schedules, and other materials 2001, undated
Beverly Foundation senior transportation agenda 2002
Enterprise Rideshare: correspondence and notes 2002
Legislative compliance: summaries of bills and codes 1997, undated
Legislative issues: correspondence, notes, and other materials 2001
Orange County Health Care Agency transportation survey 2001
Orange County Office on Aging
Transportation Committee: agendas, correspondence, and other materials 2001-2004
Transportation of older adults implementation plan: fliers, correspondence, and other materials 2002
Orange County Transportation Agency (OCTA)
Correspondence, newsletter, and other materials 2000-2002
Fare rate policy notes and correspondence 2001
Senior Transportation Analysis Draft Final Appendices 2000
Special Needs in Transit Advisory Committee: recruitment brochure and sample correspondence 2001
Your Wheels, OCTA Senior Outreach Program information packet 2002
Senior Care Action Network (SCAN) transportation services: correspondence and fact sheet 1998-2001
Senior Transportation Expo flier 2002
Seniors programs in various Orange County cities: statistics and notes 2001
South counties senior services correspondence 2002
St. Anselm's Cross-Cultural Community Center transportation services: correspondence and notes 2002
Transportation Awareness Day
Gift bag for seniors from Leisure World, Laguna Woods 2004
Program schedule and notes 2004
Urban Institute and Institute for the Future of Aging Services: Who Will Care for Us? Addressing the Long-Term Care Workforce Crisis 2001
U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration report: Substance Abuse Among Older Adults 1998
Women For: Orange County agenda and flier 2001
Women in Leadership (WIL) invitation, newsletter, and other materials 2001
Welfare reform Series 7. 1995-2004
Series Scope and Content Summary
Health and Welfare Task Force files
Agendas, minutes, and other materials 1995-2002
Reports concerning welfare and social services
Orange County Social Services Agency
Business Plan 2000, 2001
Summary of AB 1542 Welfare Reform 1997
Miscellaneous reports by state and federal agencies 1998-2000
Partnership for Responsible Public Policy
Agendas, minutes, and other materials 1995-2004
Ensuring the Safety Net: Where Do We Stand and Where Do We Go From Here? Part I 1998


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Requiring Consensus in Congress
Yesterday Cato hosted a book forum on Joe Gibson's new book, A Better Congress: Change the Rules, Change the Results. The author had a lot of thoughtful ideas, and the event is worth watching (its also a short book, easy read). Several of the book's proposals move toward getting greater consensus in Congress and more agreement across the parties. Which got me thinking, if you want consensus, why don't you start by just requiring it. Something like a 300 vote requirement in the House with a 80 vote requirement in the Senate. There's nothing in our Constitution that requires simple majorities (or 60 for that matter), at least for routine business (yes there are rare exceptions). This would not stop every bad law, far from it, but it would require laws to have more support, with the result that would have more legitimacy in the eyes of the public.
Now the biggest problem with this proposal would be that it favors the status quo, as changing the status quo would become far more difficult. The solution is to require every federal program and authority to have a sunset date, something like 5 or at most 7 years. If you can't get broad consensus to keep a program, then it sunsets and goes away. If the program is much loved, then it should have no problem staying. Worth keeping in mind that the vast majority of bills pass the Senate by unanimous consent, almost in effect requiring 100 votes. So I don't see either of these changes being that disruptive to the Senate and would likely improve the process in the House.


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I'm leaving town in a few hours (for Friday Harbor!), so I won't be posting this week.
In the meantime…
1. Guess these routes. Jack W., a super-smart transit planner who also happens to be a Transportation Choices Coalition board member, prepared his own form of bus Jeopardy (Jeopardy Haiku) for TCC's last house party.
Here are a few I liked:
On this road, run routes
Eight, Forty-two, Forty-late;
This County, Sims-led
Redmond – Overlake
Five twenty will toll for thee
Seattle and Montlake
Route one ninety four's
Faster; has twin Beacon bores
And freeways crossing
Jack says these are easy, but I don't mind easy. Who knows the answers?
2. Share your bus knowledge. To complement his gorgeous photographs of Seattle parks, Matthew from Fremont* is planning to take pictures from Seattle's most scenic bus routes. Right now, he's compiling a list. Got any suggestions? (A few of mine: 39, 53, 46, 209)
3. Ride Thursday. Don't forget to Dump the Pump on the 21st!
*This is a correction from my original post. I originally misreported Matthew's neighborhood as Capitol Hill.


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Quiz 98 : Indian History Basic Questions for All Exams
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1. Which among the following dynasties is known to have given the largest grant of villages to the temples and Brahamans?
2. Rigveda was written during which among the following ages?
3. For the first time in Indian History, the description of the State Administration was found for which among the following periods?
4. Who among the following is ascribed for the work Mudrarakshaha?
5. Which among the following kings have been linked to the Sudaman Caves ?
6. What was the function of Samharta in Mauryan Administration?
7. "All Indians are Free and not even one of them is a slave". Who among the following has observed the above about the Mauryan Empire?
8. Pushyamitra Shunga, who was originally a Senapati of the Mauryan Empire and assassinated the last Mauryan Emperor Brihadrath in 185 BC was a ____?
9. There is only one edict, in which Ashoka refers himself as King of Magadha (Laja Magadhe). Identify the edict from the following:
10. At which among the following places, Chandragupta Maurya spent his last days ?


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I dread being the bearer of bad news, especially in an uncertain economy, questionable employment gains and high allergen levels, but here it goes: Jell-O salad is dead.
I know, I know. I was as shaken as you are. I only recently realized this myself, which is why I wanted to be the first to tell you.
It all started when I made a Jell-O salad for Easter simply because my mother used to make it and her mother used to make it. It's a lemon Jell-O with pineapple and bananas. The leftover pineapple juice is used to make a pudding layer for the top, which is then finished with a flourish of grated cheddar.
Our new son-in-law looked at the salad, asked what was in it, then polished off a piece. He said, "You know, that was strange, but good." It was a smart summary on his part, especially since he is new to the family and has not yet passed his probation period.
I mentioned the strange but good Jell-O salad incident to a walking buddy and she concurred that gelatin salad has fallen from favor. It also reminded her of her favorite Jell-O salad, which she had not made in some time, a strawberry pretzel Jell-O salad. She basically said it is to die for. I cannot imagine dying for Jell-O salad, but she promptly whipped one up, brought it over, and I am reconsidering my previous stance.
There was a time when a Sunday dinner, pitch-in, picnic in the park or holiday gathering wasn't complete without a Jell-O salad. My mother had an entire cookbook of gelatin salads. Perhaps Jell-O began falling from favor when women began putting stranger and stranger ingredients in it — carrots, cabbage, beets, green olives, Coke, ham, mayonnaise and corn. The yum factor took a nose dive.
I recently read a post by a food blogger who described herself as someone who "hates canned soup and Jell-O." Yes dear, but you don't have to get testy about it. Perhaps someone needs a little chocolate? She probably hates that, too.
In any case, meek and wobbly Jell-O may be joining the divisive food group. This is the food group that parts people like the Mason-Dixon line once did and like Barry Manilow still does. These are foods you love or detest with no in between. Mint: love it or hate it. Grapefruit: love it or hate it. Coconut is another that divides. You either love it or it tastes like hair. Sweet potatoes used to be an all-in or all-out, but they've been so touted lately that everybody is eating them, even people who used to gag at the sight of them.
Jell-O resurged for a time as jigglers and is still popular in some institutions of higher learning as a drinking game, but it would seem that the Jell-O salad in particular has faded from favor.
Then again, maybe I am wrong. Maybe the Jell-O salad isn't dead. If it is dead though, this is what they should engrave on the headstone. "Strange, but good."


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UPDATE: Philippines: Human rights groups denounce massacre
A Joint Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre and Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, November 26, 2009: Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) condemn the execution of two human rights lawyers, Concepcion Brizuela and Cynthia Oquendo, along with 55 others in the November 23, 2009 massacre in Maguindanao province of the Philippines. Below, in a statement, The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, mourn the loss of the two brave human rights defenders, and call on us to take action and send a letter to President Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines demanding justice.
· condemn government failure to investigate the murders of more that 37 jurists and over 800 other members of Philippine society since 2001,
· calls for the creation of an international body equipped and mandated to conduct a thorough and timely investigation of the November 23, 2009 massacre and to recommend prosecutions and such further actions required by law.
On November 23, 2009, 57 people were abducted and executed by approximately 100 gunmen while en route to file election papers for Ismael Mangudadatu as a candidate for governor of Maguindanao in the May 2010 election. The candidate was not with the entourage as he has received deaths threats.
Reports indicate that many of the 57 people murdered were subjected to terrible acts prior to their deaths. Twenty-four of the victims were women including the candidate's wife and sisters and two lawyers Concepcion Brizuela and Cynthia Oquendo.
According to Reporters without Borders, at least 22 journalists were killed in the attack, the largest killing of journalists in a single day.
Police have named as the chief suspect, Andal Amputuan, son of the three-term governor of Maguindanao province and a powerful supporter of the Lakas Kampi colation led by PhilippinePresident Gloria Arroyo. This raises the sceptre of possible complicity by government agents. The past reveals a record of failing to take effective measure to prevent such atrocities.
Since 2001 over 800 have been killed in the Philippines, all of them in some way seen as opponents or critics of the regime led by President Gloria Arroyo. The dead include peasants, lawyers (22), judges (15), opposition politicians, journalists and other members of civil society. These extra-judicial killings were thought to be a result of the U.S. initiated counter-insurgency plan to eliminate the New People's Army -- Operation Plan Freedom Watch (Oplan Bantay Laya - OBL). The OBL was first ceated by the Arroyo regime in 2002 as a 5-year plan and extended in 2007. There have been no proper investigations of these extrajudicial killings and only one prossecution and conviction.
In 2007, Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur for extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions, made a number of recommendations to prevent further and punish past extrajudicial killings. His recommendation that, "Convictions in a significant number of extrajudicial execution must be achieved" has not been implemented. His recommendation that, "IALAG [Inter-active Legal Agency Group] should be abolished, and the criminal justice system should refocus on investigating and prosecuting those committing extrajudicial executions and other serious crimes" has not been implemented. His recommendation that, "Human rights should be safeguarded within the peace movement has not been implemented.".1 has not been implemented.
The Philippine government failed to take effective steps to prevent or punish those extrajudicial killings, in spite of the careful recommendations of Professor Alston. That failure violated the Philippine government's primary legal duty to protect the right to life and to ensure adequate criminal and civil remedies when that right is violated. It also created the climate of impunity that encouraged and allowed the November 23 2009 massacre.
For a period of over 8 years, the Philippine government has on the one hand refused, and on the other, demonstrated a lack of capacity, to carry out the investigations required by both international law (binding on the Philippines) and domestic law.
A state's duty to protect the right to life, in part by punishing violations has been articulated by the European Court of Human Rights,
"The obligation to protect the right to life... requires by implication that there should be some form of effective official investigation when individuals have been killed as a result of the use of force. …The essential purpose of such investigation is to secure the effective implementation of the domestic laws which protect the right to life and, in those cases involving State agents or bodies, to ensure their accountability for deaths occurring under their responsibility.." 2
The articles of the European Convention on Human Rights considered above are the same as Articles 2 and 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which the Philippines became a party on 23 January 1987.
The UN Human Rights Committee has also determined that the failure to properly protect the right to life by punishing those who violate that right is itself a violation of the right to life.
"...the positive obligations on States Parties to ensure Covenant [ICCPR] rights will only be fully discharged if individuals are protected by the State...There may be circumstances in which a failure to ensure Covenant rights as required by Article 2 [rights to a remedy] would give rise to violations by States Parties of those rights, as a result of States Parties' permitting or failing to take appropriate measures or to exercise due diligence to prevent, punish, investigate or redress the harm caused by such acts by private persons or entities.3
The UN General Assembly has likewise affirmed the duty of states to provide victims of extrajudicial killings and other gross human rights violations with 'full and effective reparation ...which includes ...[v]erification of the facts and full and public disclosure of the truth' 4
The UN Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions (UN Investigation Principles)5 and the Model Protocol for a Legal Investigation of Extra-Legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions (Minnesota Protocol)6 reflect a global consensus on the appropriate standards for such investigations. The initial remedy for the loss of life by violence is an investigation, which is capable of effectively determining if the death occurred by an illegal use of force. If the loss of life was the result of illegal violence, the state has a duty to prosecute and try the perpetrator(s), to punish those convicted and to afford access to civil remedies.
LRWC and ALRC call upon the international community to condemn the massacre of 57 people that has left members the human rights community around the world in shock. LRWC and ALRC also call upon the international community to insist on and to take all measure to ensure:
1. The appointment of a team of professional investigators from outside the Philippines;
a) qualified in the various necessary aspects of criminal investigations,
b) absolutely independent of the Arroyo regime; and
c) authorized to compel production of evidence and examine witnesses; and,
d) mandated to conduct a thorough, transparent and accountable inquiry into the 57 murders that occurred on November 23, 2009; and.
e) mandated to make recommendations for the prosecution of the suspected perpetrators identified by the inquiry and to make recommendations of alternatives in the event that the Philippine courts are unable or unwilling to proceed with the prosecutions recommended.
2. Monitor the safety of others likely to be under attack.
Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is a committee of Canadian lawyers who promote human rights and the rule of law internationally by engaging in education and research and providing support to lawyers and other human rights defenders in danger because of their advocacy. LRWC is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC/UN). www.lrwc.org; firstname.lastname@example.com; Tel : +1 604 738 0338 ; Fax : +1 604 736 1175
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) is a Hong Kong-based NGO with General Consultative status with ECOSOC/UN. Founded in 1986 by a prominent group of jurists and human rights activists in Asia, ALRC promotes respect for human rights in the region through the strengthening of institutions of the rule of law, notably the police, prosecution and judiciary. It also seeks to strengthen and encourage positive action on legal and human rights issues by the bar and other legal bodies and personnel, at the local and national levels and to promote rights in the region through advocacy, research and publications, such as Article 2. www.alrc.net and www.ahrchk.net; email@example.com; Tel: +(852) - 2698-6339; Fax: +(852) - 2698-6367
1 Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, Addendum, Follow-up to country recommendations – Philippines, A/HRC/11/2/Add.8, 29 April 2009, Appendix, analyzing compliance with the recommendations made in his 2007 report, A/HRC/8/3/Add.2.
2 Finucane v. The United Kingdom (Application no. 29178/95) Judgment, Strasbourg, 1 July 2003, at para. 67.
3 Human Rights Committee, General Comment No. 31 on Article 2 of the Covenant: The Nature of the General Legal Obligation Imposed on States Parties to the Covenant, UN Doc. CCPR/C/74/CRP.4/Rev.6, 21 April 2004, para. 8.
4 GA Res. 60/147, Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law, 16 December 2005, Articles 18 and 22. See Duty of States to Investigate Extra-Judicial Killings, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, November 2009.
5 Recommended by Economic and Social Council resolution 1989/65 of 24 May 1989.
6 Part III of the United Nations Manual on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-Legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions, U.N. Doc. E/ST/CSDHA/. 12 (1991)
Women Human Rights Defender Murdered in the Philippines
The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development mourn the loss of two brave women, human rights defenders. Concepcion 'Connie' Brizuela and Cynthia Oquendo were among the 57 people murdered on November 23 in Maguindanao, Philippines.
Connie and Cynthia joined several family members of Vice Mayor Ishmael Mangudadatu of Buluan and approximately 40 other people, including journalists, to the government Commission on Elections office in Maguindanao, in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). They were going to file Mangudadatu's candidacy for governor in the 2010 elections. It has been reported that 100 armed men stopped the group's convoy on a remote section of highway near the town of Ampatuan where they were abducted and brutally murdered. There is also evidence that some of the victims were sexual assaulted.
Concepcion 'Connie' Brizuela was a passionate defender of women's rights. She was also a caring grandmother who refused to abandon her advocacy work despite death threats. She was a founder and treasurer of the Union of People's Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM). She was a well known and respected women's human rights defender who worked tirelessly to end State violence against women in the Mindanao region, particularly violence committed by military officials, the police and civilian armed groups.
Cynthia Oquendo, a young artistic mother, was also a human rights defender, lawyer and member of UPLM. She was active in social justice movements and was well known for her activism in health-related causes.
This latest incident is an all too familiar reminder of the long history of extra-judicial executions that have occurred with impunity in the Philippines. Since President Arroyo took office in 2001, hundreds of left-wing political party members, human rights activists, journalists, and outspoken clergy have been killed or abducted. Out of those, only six cases have ever been successfully prosecuted even though the military has been implicated in many of them.
On Tuesday 24 November 2009 President Gloria Arroyo ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police to deploy units to conduct immediate pursuit of the perpetrators of the gruesome massacre'. She further stated that 'civilized society has no place for this kind of violence'.
!Take action for Women Human Rights Defenders murdered in Philippines!
The 29th of November is International Day for Women Human Rights Defenders. Please take 5 minutes this week to recognise the corageous and sometimes deadly work of Women Human Rights Defenders. Send a letter to President Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines demanding justice for the murdered women Connie Brizuela and Cynthia Oquendo.
Send your letter to:
Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Malacanang Palace
JP Laurel Street, San Miguel, Manila 1005
Fax: +63 2 736 1010
Tel: +63 2 735 6201 / 564 1451 to 80
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Copy the following emails of relevant officials and ministers:
email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, raulgonzalez,firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com,
And add your local embassy email from the list (attachment)
A sample letter:
Dear President Arroyo,
Re: Murder of women human rights defenders
I write to express my deep concern about the politically motivated slaughter of at least 57 people in Maguindanao on the 23rd of November 2009. Amongst the 57 massacred were journalists, women and two women human rights defenders – Concepcion 'Connie' Brizuela and Cynthia Oquendo.
Their murders are the most recent in a history of extra-judicial executions that have occurred with impunity. Human rights defenders have been repeatedly threatened, attacked, disappeared and murdered in the Philippines. The murder of these brave women must not go unpunished.
Reports that state forces and personal militia of the governor, Governor Andal Ampatuan, are complicit in these murders suggest that the pre-existing culture of impunity sanctioned by your government has enabled this tragic outcome.
I therefore call on you to:
§ Ensure all the perpetrators, including those who authorised the murders, are brought to justice;
§ Immediately initiate an impartial investigation by an independent body
§ Ensure the investigation is free from threats and intimidation and free to investigate security forces, police, government personnel and any links to the Governor's office;
§ Dismantle and disarm paramilitary forces being used as private armies by local warlords nationwide;
§ Implement all structural reforms recommended by the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions;
§ Ensure independent election observers are given full access to monitor the upcoming elections;
§ Re-commit to and adhere to the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.
I would appreciate your early reply.
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Holocaust Remembrance Day Draws Crowds to Pan Pacific (Jewish Journal)
May 3, 2011
Holocaust Remembrance Day Draws Crowds to Pan Pacific
By Jonah Lowenfeld
An estimated 2,000 people gathered on May 1 for Los Angeles' annual commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Pan Pacific Park. The crowd, which included octogenarians in wheelchairs, infants in strollers and people of all ages in between, listened to speeches from elected officials and community leaders who exhorted them to remember the murder of millions of innocent European Jews during World War II, which ended 66 years ago.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was among those who addressed the mostly Jewish crowd. "I believe I have a responsibility to bear witness, just as you do," he said.
Many of the speakers referred to the ever-shrinking numbers of survivors in attendance, noting that in the coming decade, most of those who survived the attempted genocide of the Jews by the Nazis will be gone.
Ida Haberman, 87, said that as a survivor, she feels very strongly about the need for the annual event. "I'm happy that they're still doing it, and I'm happy that they're still coming, because we're old people already," she said.
The program, which has been held in various locations during its 30-year history, settled in its current location opposite the Los Angeles Holocaust Monument in Pan Pacific Park about 14 years ago. For the first time this year, attendees could walk directly from the commemoration ceremony to tour the new home of the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, a 50-year-old museum whose first purpose-built building opened beside the monument in October 2010.
Among the hundreds who wandered through the subterranean halls of the museum was Ralph Hackman, 86, who survived for nearly three years in the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. He stood beside a touch-screen display that told the history of another death camp, Treblinka, in words and illuminated photographs.
More than 870,000 Jews were killed at Treblinka, including Hackman's mother and father.
"I was determined," Hackman said, explaining how he managed to survive in Auschwitz-Birkenau. "I wanted to be a hero for my family. Unfortunately, I came back and I didn't find anybody."
This year's commemoration marked the last time that Israeli Consul General Jacob Dayan, who wraps up his four-year stint in Los Angeles this summer, would address this gathering.
Protected from the afternoon sun by a large blue-and-white-striped tent, which was ringed by Israeli flags, Dayan said that upon his return to Israel, his 18-year-old daughter would be enlisting in the Israel Defense Forces. Her service, he said, will help to make Israel a haven for Jews around the world. "The Jewish State of Israel is the eternal insurance policy of the Jewish people," Dayan said.
At one point during his speech, Dayan invited consular staff members from other countries in attendance to stand up. The crowd applauded as representatives of Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Norway, the Philippines, Romania and Turkey stood.
"If you believe in human dignity, if you believe that people were born equal, if you believe that you should do your utmost to prevent another Holocaust from happening, you have to stand up against evil," Dayan said.
Saying that they need to prevent "future Hitlers, and Ahmadinejad, from destroying people and other nations," Dayan urged his fellow consular staff members to speak up. "Silence is not an option again," he said.
Please visit jewishjournal.com for more.


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* 1 pound ground beef
* 1 medium onion, chopped
* 1-1/2 cups water
* 1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
* 1 envelope taco seasoning
* 6 cups tortilla or corn chips
* 4 to 5 cups shredded lettuce
* 9 to 10 pitted large olives, sliced lengthwise
* 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
* 2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the water, tomato paste and taco seasoning. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes.
Place chips in an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. dish. Spread beef mixture evenly over the top. Cover with lettuce. For each star, arrange five olive slices together in the upper left corner. To form stripes, add cheese and tomatoes in alternating rows. Serve immediately.
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