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4761	[Oct. 17th, 2009\|11:00 am]
I'm still here. . . Just got canned from being a volunteer at the museum - no real explanation why. Werby was miffed I got a card from some potential donors she wanted to stroke - grandkids of a former museum director with whom I had a wonderful time anecdoting the museum and their relation - and after demanding the card, which I gave her telling her I was going to pass it on to her development director after the event, said we'd have a talk later. Instead, this AM the vol coord told me I was offensive to some of Werby's guests (no names? the usual push out for a male in Werby's museum: reference Pete Money and Fred Surowiec and Andy Majewski) and that volunteering was a priviledge and that it was one I no longer had. . . that I had overtepped my "bounds." Her big night (Werby's), her big event, and the mammal hall looks good but her public programs are sorely wanting and the public knows not any of it. How many times was I told I knew too much? And at the Thursday lecture the room was not filled. Empty seats for the museum's initial 150th Anniversary lecture. What to make of that? The lecturer appreciated my thank you via e-mail, but the micromanaging control freak who rules by fear pushes another talented (and threatening?) male out. . . As Noah's family. Noah is having a barmitzva this evening. His mom asked if a volunteer could be available to talk with twelve year olds for an hour or so (and she;d be willing to pay under the table for it), but Events at the museum told her no volunteers were available (the same events who gave my "tours" from long ago. . . Ah, well. . . I can and will fight this . .. The HUMF? Same as usual. I live in Cambridge now, and have 3,500 e-mails to myself plus a half-pound of plate notes. The games continue, and Obama's former cyber security chief just landed at Clark Abt's belfer center at JFK. . . Not good not good. . . I'm okay. I will be okay. Werby and I were butting heads all along, and this is just her over-reaction. . . Shame its the museum visitors that lose out, but they've never been her concern. More when I can. . . Be well. . .
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4760	[Jun. 17th, 2009\|06:31 am]
as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- my goodness . . . so much - the chief dog and the throaty growled yesterday morning with teenty-four cents (ah, as in paranormal terror research) on hte sill by the back door for hte AM puff . . . and the CO lookalike on campus by thayer and then by a car by the 9/11 door - and that lookalike yesterday morning pulling a learning annex tote bag out of a car behind the gigabites place here in mansfield (hu terror in mansfield). . . and this AM: nytimes.com: June 17, 2009 Report on Gene for Depression Is Now Faulted By BENEDICT CAREY One of the most celebrated findings in modern psychiatry — that a single gene helps determine one’s risk of depression in response to a divorce, a lost job or another serious reversal — has not held up to scientific scrutiny, researchers reported Tuesday. The original finding, published in 2003, created a sensation among scientists and the public because it offered the first specific, plausible explanation of why some people bounce back after a stressful life event while others plunge into lasting despair. The new report, by several of the most prominent researchers in the field, does not imply that interactions between genes and life experience are trivial; they are almost certainly fundamental, experts agree. But it does suggest that nailing down those factors in a precise way is far more difficult than scientists believed even a few years ago, and that the original finding could have been due to chance. The new report is likely to inflame a debate over the direction of the field itself, which has found that the genetics of illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder remain elusive. “This gene/life experience paradigm has been very influential in psychiatry, both in the studies people have done and the way data has been interpreted,” said Dr. Kenneth S. Kendler, a professor of psychiatry and human genetics at Virginia Commonwealth University, “and I think this paper really takes the wind out of its sails.” Others said the new analysis was unjustifiably dismissive. “What is needed is not less research into gene-environment interaction,” Avshalom Caspi, a neuroscientist at Duke University and lead author of the original paper, wrote in an e-mail message, “but more research of better quality.” The original study was so compelling because it explained how nature and nurture could collude to produce a complex mood problem. It followed 847 people from birth to age 26 and found that those most likely to sink into depression after a stressful event — job loss, sexual abuse, bankruptcy — had a particular variant of a gene involved in the regulation of serotonin, a brain messenger that affects mood. Those in the study with another variant of the gene were significantly more resilient. “I think what happened is that people who’d been working in this field for so long were desperate to have any solid finding,” Kathleen R. Merikangas, chief of the genetic epidemiology research branch of the National Institute of Mental Health and senior author of the new analysis, said in a phone interview. “It was exciting, and some people thought it was the finding in psychiatry, a major advance.” The excitement spread quickly. Newspapers and magazines reported the finding. Columnists, commentators and op-ed writers emphasized its importance. The study provided some despairing patients with comfort, and an excuse — “Well, it is in my genes.” It reassured some doctors that they were medicating an organic disorder, and stirred interest in genetic testing for depression risk. Since then, researchers have tried to replicate the gene finding in more than a dozen studies. Some found similar results; others did not. In the new study, being published Wednesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association, Neil Risch of the University of California, San Francisco, and Dr. Merikangas led a coalition of researchers who identified 14 studies that gathered the same kinds of data as the original study. The authors reanalyzed the data and found “no evidence of an association between the serotonin gene and the risk of depression,” no matter what people’s life experience was, Dr. Merikangas said. By contrast, she said, a major stressful event, like divorce, in itself raised the risk of depression by 40 percent. The authors conclude that the widespread acceptance of the original findings was premature, writing that “it is critical that health practitioners and scientists in other disciplines recognize the importance of replication of such findings before they can serve as valid indicators of disease risk” or otherwise change practice. Dr. Caspi and other psychiatric researchers said it would be equally premature to abandon research into gene-environment interaction, when brain imaging and other kinds of evidence have linked the serotonin gene to stress sensitivity. “This is an excellent review paper, no one is questioning that,” said Myrna Weissman, a professor of epidemiology and psychiatry at Columbia. “But it ignored extensive evidence from humans and animals linking excessive sensitivity to stress” to the serotonin gene. Dr. Merikangas said she and her co-authors deliberately confined themselves to studies that could be directly compared to the original. “We were looking for replication,” she said. ======= no wonder the dump from hls and hte routing to medical experiments - see previous entries. . . and with all that, nytimes.com: June 17, 2009 E-Mail Surveillance Renews Concerns in Congress By JAMES RISEN and ERIC LICHTBLAU WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is facing renewed scrutiny over the extent of its domestic surveillance program, with critics in Congress saying its recent intercepts of the private telephone calls and e-mail messages of Americans are broader than previously acknowledged, current and former officials said. The agency’s monitoring of domestic e-mail messages, in particular, has posed longstanding legal and logistical difficulties, the officials said. Since April, when it was disclosed that the intercepts of some private communications of Americans went beyond legal limits in late 2008 and early 2009, several Congressional committees have been investigating. Those inquiries have led to concerns in Congress about the agency’s ability to collect and read domestic e-mail messages of Americans on a widespread basis, officials said. Supporting that conclusion is the account of a former N.S.A. analyst who, in a series of interviews, described being trained in 2005 for a program in which the agency routinely examined large volumes of Americans’ e-mail messages without court warrants. Two intelligence officials confirmed that the program was still in operation. Both the former analyst’s account and the rising concern among some members of Congress about the N.S.A.’s recent operation are raising fresh questions about the spy agency. Representative Rush Holt, Democrat of New Jersey and chairman of the House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, has been investigating the incidents and said he had become increasingly troubled by the agency’s handling of domestic communications. In an interview, Mr. Holt disputed assertions by Justice Department and national security officials that the overcollection was inadvertent. “Some actions are so flagrant that they can’t be accidental,” Mr. Holt said. Other Congressional officials raised similar concerns but would not agree to be quoted for the record. Mr. Holt added that few lawmakers could challenge the agency’s statements because so few understood the technical complexities of its surveillance operations. “The people making the policy,” he said, “don’t understand the technicalities.” The inquiries and analyst’s account underscore how e-mail messages, more so than telephone calls, have proved to be a particularly vexing problem for the agency because of technological difficulties in distinguishing between e-mail messages by foreigners and by Americans. A new law enacted by Congress last year gave the N.S.A. greater legal leeway to collect the private communications of Americans so long as it was done only as the incidental byproduct of investigating individuals “reasonably believed” to be overseas. But after closed-door hearings by three Congressional panels, some lawmakers are asking what the tolerable limits are for such incidental collection and whether the privacy of Americans is being adequately protected. “For the Hill, the issue is a sense of scale, about how much domestic e-mail collection is acceptable,” a former intelligence official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because N.S.A. operations are classified. “It’s a question of how many mistakes they can allow.” While the extent of Congressional concerns about the N.S.A. has not been shared publicly, such concerns are among national security issues that the Obama administration has inherited from the Bush administration, including the use of brutal interrogation tactics, the fate of the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and whether to block the release of photographs and documents that show abuse of detainees. In each case, the administration has had to navigate the politics of continuing an aggressive intelligence operation while placating supporters who want an end to what they see as flagrant abuses of the Bush era. The N.S.A. declined to comment for this article. Wendy Morigi, a spokeswoman for Dennis C. Blair, the national intelligence director, said that because of the complex nature of surveillance and the need to adhere to the rules of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the secret panel that oversees surveillance operation, and “other relevant laws and procedures, technical or inadvertent errors can occur.” “When such errors are identified,” Ms. Morigi said, “they are reported to the appropriate officials, and corrective measures are taken.” In April, the Obama administration said it had taken comprehensive steps to bring the security agency into compliance with the law after a periodic review turned up problems with “overcollection” of domestic communications. The Justice Department also said it had installed new safeguards. Under the surveillance program, before the N.S.A. can target and monitor the e-mail messages or telephone calls of Americans suspected of having links to international terrorism, it must get permission from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Supporters of the agency say that in using computers to sweep up millions of electronic messages, it is unavoidable that some innocent discussions of Americans will be examined. Intelligence operators are supposed to filter those out, but critics say the agency is not rigorous enough in doing so. The N.S.A. is believed to have gone beyond legal boundaries designed to protect Americans in about 8 to 10 separate court orders issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, according to three intelligence officials who spoke anonymously because disclosing such information is illegal. Because each court order could single out hundreds or even thousands of phone numbers or e-mail addresses, the number of individual communications that were improperly collected could number in the millions, officials said. (It is not clear what portion of total court orders or communications that would represent.) “Say you get an order to monitor a block of 1,000 e-mail addresses at a big corporation, and instead of just monitoring those, the N.S.A. also monitors another block of 1,000 e-mail addresses at that corporation,” one senior intelligence official said. “That is the kind of problem they had.” Overcollection on that scale could lead to a significant number of privacy invasions of American citizens, officials acknowledge, setting off the concerns among lawmakers and on the secret FISA court. “The court was not happy” when it learned of the overcollection, said an administration official involved in the matter. Defenders of the agency say it faces daunting obstacles in trying to avoid the improper gathering or reading of Americans’ e-mail as part of counterterrorism efforts aimed at foreigners. Several former intelligence officials said that e-mail traffic from all over the world often flows through Internet service providers based in the United States. And when the N.S.A. monitors a foreign e-mail address, it has no idea when the person using that address will send messages to someone inside the United States, the officials said. The difficulty of distinguishing between e-mail messages involving foreigners from those involving Americans was “one of the main things that drove” the Bush administration to push for a more flexible law in 2008, said Kenneth L. Wainstein, the homeland security adviser under President George W. Bush. That measure, which also resolved the long controversy over N.S.A.’s program of wiretapping without warrants by offering immunity to telecommunications companies, tacitly acknowledged that some amount of Americans’ e-mail would inevitably be captured by the N.S.A. But even before that, the agency appears to have tolerated significant collection and examination of domestic e-mail messages without warrants, according to the former analyst, who spoke only on condition of anonymity. He said he and other analysts were trained to use a secret database, code-named Pinwale, in 2005 that archived foreign and domestic e-mail messages. He said Pinwale allowed N.S.A. analysts to read large volumes of e-mail messages to and from Americans as long as they fell within certain limits — no more than 30 percent of any database search, he recalled being told — and Americans were not explicitly singled out in the searches. The former analyst added that his instructors had warned against committing any abuses, telling his class that another analyst had been investigated because he had improperly accessed the personal e-mail of former President Bill Clinton. Other intelligence officials confirmed the existence of the Pinwale e-mail database, but declined to provide further details. The recent concerns about N.S.A.’s domestic e-mail collection follow years of unresolved legal and operational concerns within the government over the issue. Current and former officials now say that the tracing of vast amounts of American e-mail traffic was at the heart of a crisis in 2004 at the hospital bedside of John Ashcroft, then the attorney general, as top Justice Department aides staged a near revolt over what they viewed as possibly illegal aspects of the N.S.A.’s surveillance operations. James Comey, then the deputy attorney general, and his aides were concerned about the collection of “meta-data” of American e-mail messages, which show broad patterns of e-mail traffic by identifying who is e-mailing whom, current and former officials say. Lawyers at the Justice Department believed that the tracing of e-mail messages appeared to violate federal law. “The controversy was mostly about that issue,” said a former administration official involved in the dispute. ========= and was it the chuckwalla's tank broke at the museum? hmmmm . . . so freaking sad . . . also - this AM, forst person seen for puff - the HUB plumber . . . hu biology? and recall the pl;umbers of hte nixon administration . . . so much to relate an not enough time to do so . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- and the e-mail thing . .. . twice late days the past two and yesterday morning - the hUMF turned of fhte alarm clock on my phone . . . see previous entries . . . read the journal form the beginning . . . please. . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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4759	[Jun. 15th, 2009\|06:23 am]
as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- Oy . . . Out for a puff this AM, first back in Mansfield in a while, and I noted the slow folks closing the window they film from (see previous entries) as I walked to the trash dumster, athen on the way back I noted a new Linc services truck in the lot - K99 001 - as in the trial canine program a 9/11 project?; and then a man in military fatigues left he front door, them Mark of Twin Electronics left his van (ah - the Bush league paranorman studies: see previous entries), then the slow couple left he building and the ol' Dad lookalike entered and preceeded me up the stairs - and then I get back in and a Channel 5 story has a Harvard nrurologist/biomedical enginieer/soldier serving overseas . . . and all of this as I get home last night and find an American Red Cross card in the mailbox (left for me) from Rockland, ME . . . ah, recall the head trauma experiments of the military in Maine (Clinton/Snowe - see previous entries) and how Rockland ME American Red Cross had no contact there when I was there (and before hte second blood donation the computers go down . . . oy . . . ) and all of this with MIT Sean of hte shelters (and on the BU side of hte charles with Andrew Buster Howard when i temped last year at Harvard/Radcliffe - see previous entries), and he with his cart seen a number of times by Cambridge Hospital (C Health Alliance, home of CA(org) in MA) and its Psych building and by - more times than one - Leonard Street off Cambridge - and who lives there? So freaking sad - and so much more . . . seems hte leach is protected at hte museum (more on him and so much more when I can), for he;s jumped training and is on the floor now interpreting. . . I gues this explains the stretch of AMNH visiting autistiuc kids to the museum last year . . . more HUMF hints? you bet! I'm not against that there - I just hate seeing hte museum and its potential deliberately diminished and run down. . . By the way, the leach appeared as part of Rudy (Undercover) Penziale's insistent for me to give his friends a private tour . . . but that all remians to be written of when I put in the people notes of hte past few weeks (and next few days) soon. . . LS again . . . so freaking sad . .. Oh, so much to relate - and a story in boston.com today about military equipment to local PDs . . . for recall, the HUMF on me began long before 9/11. . . read the journal from the beginning please . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- forgotten trash to take out (and the dumpster emptied since a short while ago), and the slow couple back - she in the lot and her driving off in 11R Y05 (ah, the month of hte Peter Jackson e-mail, I think, to Berg at HLS and the mugging of the man whoo tailed from Harvard and Washington in dorchester) - and this before the Washington post reaponse to my e-mail on mind control to bob woodward . . . see previous entries . . . and last night athte side of south station, three kids chugging Jagermeister (one politely tryingto bum a cigtarette), and they getting off at Mansfield eand eyeing me . . . so freaking freaking sad. . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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4758	[Jun. 12th, 2009\|07:11 am]
as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- Oy - the maneuverings of fam etc to keep me from posting - the condo being painted the days after the 2,000 hours is achieved? c'mon the timing, and this after HUPD John the wirer (with somerville, cambridge, manchester NH, and acton - ah, the deceased rod folk of hte museum) here? so frekaing sad . . . and yet another black van - recall KROB and hte HUMF experiment plate here in mansfield millhaus (see previous entries); this one one oxford hte other day, and with "There is no limit to how far you can succeedd as long as you are willing to let someone else take the credit" and this later turning through the DEAS lot to HLS. . . it's plate? 682 AV9 - as in 6/8 (the drug shop down town with HU connections) to audio/visual nine years? read the journal form the beginning . . . anbd the primate research story with economists on 6/8/2009 past? So freaking sad all of this - and I have not time to get it in - but I'll have to someday . . . an MM to be law school dean now . . . fits. . . so freaking sad - ah, and the museum shooter in DC? so HUMF like to pop that one off, eh? oy . . . I;ve stories and notes - and still plan to fopcus on the people first. . . and day after day there are more and more - and more and more "admissions" that the HUMF was wromg non me . . . and cannot admit it . . . oy . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- Please, read the journal form the beginning . . . and help one another if you can. . . and. . . oh, the timing of hte hUMF - out for puff one this AM and the curley headed man from the house behind leaves his house, waves, and begins jogging - and then from the house next to his, the dseep,throaty growled pickup (ah, like in maine!) cranks up and leaves - and then the second puff. . . 7147 HG drives by: me, robo(narc)human (for the HUMF, enslaved to maine) harvard government/grant? you bet . . . this cannot be coincidence, like the pages of notes to put in . . . especially as the university of maine man is put by obama inb a high level army post (recall the U of Rockland up there - military testing, and mike gardner (and the throat clutch, echoed at the museum the other day - not good), and vols heading north to maine for hte summer . . . so freaking sad HU and hte HUMF is in this matter - and it keeps turning people over and hiding things . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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4757	[Jun. 11th, 2009\|07:36 am]
as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- Well . . . The more things change, the more they stay the same it seems . . . Yesterday atop the previous day atop the previous day (which was hte 3rd anniversary of the takedown of 6/8 - or the cover of it, and which was important for HUMF "admissions") - so much to write. . . Especially the coordinate no thank your from HU HR, which seems to have learned not to diss so - for those bartholet CAP postings i put in for were no thank you'd yesterday (andthis after a lady on the train last night seemed to be speaking on the phone like a lawyer defending a human resources outfit - keep posted, I'll get it in someday). . . well . . . oh, and hte 4:17 sent e-mail from the peabody on their unposed search (with hmnh hiring too); and. . . well, oh so much - and this with harvard staffers hoping they'd not have to admit making mistakes . . . and . . . well . . . I'll get it in someday soon . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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4756	[Jun. 10th, 2009\|06:58 am]
as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- I just spen a little more than a week In Towne temping at Harvard as an Usher at Memorial Hall. Scattered assignments. . . but it allowed me to try to get in some job hunting and, of course, a little museum time . . . All, of course, were taken advantage of by the HUMF, and I have two dozen pages of people and plate notes. . . I'd spend days putting them all into context, so I have decided to note hte people events - not only that MIT Sean appreared a few times, but where!, not only the leach at the museum, but who sent him!, not only the references to graduatingh students but to CIA and DEA as well . . . and the HU et al job postings, too, contunie on the HUMF "admissions" path - and that's not good. . . especially as Rollo Tomassi exists there and it protected and protects other Rollos. .. So freaking sad the HUMF is . . . Especially June Eighth, the third anniversary of 6/8 - never to come to trial for the clientelle that want it not that way. . . oy . . . See previous entries. . . ecvonomists and Joe the primate? BUt I must review the notes to make the most pithy and concise presentation herein . . . AS I do, I can review hte best of hte plates - and the HUMF again responded to my taking notes simply, and moved th4ings around before i posted herein. . . more proof of heinous hypersurveillance . . . oy . . . and john the electrician (the man reminding me of HUPD - and with ties to Acton (Rod Folk) and Somerville and Cambridge and Manchester New Hampshire (ah, the department of health ther - see previous entries). . . and he doing hte wiring here in this place, and lo and behold, all cable TV programming beyond 2AM last night was yet to be determined . . . hmmmmm . . . But I'll have it all in contect and hte puith of hte notes entered soon . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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4755	[May. 30th, 2009\|07:34 am]
as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- oy . . . out for a puff this AM and a boston red sox cap has been left by the foreplace behind the condo units here in m-field. . . no tag, but the kind worn by urbban youths in boston . . . signs of what? tracking and tewrror ops? mosyt likely - or just to incite. . . and then 5575 ZS starts as I walk by - the fruit street/mgh/abt associates/ladies of harvard law (thank you officer chuck of hupd) robohuman internet hypersurveillance subject. . . and M98 479 then took off. . . mengele/homeless/medical experiments on me from 1998 for this victim of the noreth carolina thing in 1979 (and yes, YNA 3535 (NC) is in the front of hte lot here. . . as in narc agent u[ploads . . . so freaking sad . . . more? in the news - boston.com (recall the MA/ME fire fighting thing. . . boston.com: Drug raid targets Hub firefighter's Maine home By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff \| May 30, 2009 A Boston firefighter was called a person of interest in a federal drug investigation after authorities raided his Maine home yesterday and allegedly seized 131 marijuana plants and cultivating equipment, worth an estimated $700,000, according to Maine authorities. The firefighter, Sean Berte, 31, of Boston, was questioned last night by agents with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. He is the owner of the home that was raided in Bridgton, Maine, according to David Lyons, police chief in that town. He called Berte a "serious person of interest." Berte's father-in-law, Michael S. Domenici, 60, of Rehoboth, who was at the house at the time of the raid, was charged with cultivating marijuana, Lyons said. "This operation was sophisticated, well-organized," he said. "This guy had it down to a science." Yesterday's raid was the third raid of a marijuana farm in Bridgton in the last week, the fourth since February, Lyons said. He noted that authorities have discovered a significant drug operation in the town of only 5,000 year-round residents. Bridgton police have been working with DEA agents over the last two seeks, and an investigation led to Berte's home, Lyons said. Berte is not the first Boston firefighter to be tied to alleged marijuana dealing. In November, a firefighter on disability retirement was arrested in Texas allegedly with 41 pounds of marijuana. The retired firefighter, Dennis J. Hogan, 53, of South Boston, was stopped for speeding in that state and a search of the vehicle allegedly yielded the drugs. The department has also been tainted by drug scandals since the deaths of two firefighters in a 2007 fire in West Roxbury. One of the men had traces of cocaine in his system, and the other was legally drunk, autopsies found. Steve MacDonald, a spokesman for the Fire Department, said last night that he had not heard of the raid on Berte's home and would not comment. Berte could not be reached for comment by phone last night. Donovan Slack of the Globe staff contributed to this report. ================================== see previous entries - and recall the fasoeb zombie ray and his comments on meth rtansport from MA to ME and back . . . oy . . . late 2006 and early 2007. . . so freaking sad . . . and then i see on yahoo.com.news: from yahoo.com.news. . . Wikipedia blocks Scientology from altering entries By by Glenn Chapman - Fri May 29, 2009 6:21PM EDT ADVERTISEMENT Recent Articles Wikipedia blocks Scientology from altering entries (AFP) SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Wikipedia has blocked the Church of Scientology from editing entries at the communally-crafted online encyclopedia due to an unrelenting battle over the group's image. A "longstanding struggle" between admirers of Scientology and critics of the group prompted Wikipedia on Thursday to bar online edits from computer addresses "owned or operated by the Church of Scientology and its associates." An array of editors believed to have taken sides in a Scientology public-image war at Wikipedia have also been barred from tinkering with topics related to the church. "Each side wishes the articles within this topic to reflect their point of view and have resorted to battlefield editing tactics," senior Wikipedia editors said in arbitration committee findings backing the decision. "The worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject, depending on the point of view of the contributing editor." A church spokeswoman downplayed the development, saying the Wikipedia arbitration committee is part of a routine process for handling conflicts at the website. "Do Scientologists care what has been posted on Wikipedia? Of course," said Karin Pouw. "Some of it has been very hateful and erroneous. We hope all this will result in more accurate and useful articles on Wikipedia." ------- see previous entries re: chapmans. . . glenn chapman? government live experiment nanotech neurobiology? and chapm,an - the rapist from boston comservatory? the swank place ari juels had across from hls alumni affairs? - ah, and hte cop lost in the line of duty memorial in rockland maine . . . and 131 plants above? as in one from the juels year thing of 1997? read the journal form the beginning . . . and scientology editing? that's blanton and figueredo - from teh sjc/tracks . . . not good not goods. . . i have to accept short term cheap temp assignments on campus this upcoming week and will be in town all week - more humf games to hyperstress, no doubt . . . i'm sure the humf will hit me all they can - for those stus working the operations are moving on . . . so so so freaking sad ,. . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- and interesting - thecrimson.com: News Student Barred From Graduation Was Subject of Prior Disciplinary Inquiry, Individuals Say Published On 5/30/2009 1:11:42 AM By ERIC P NEWCOMER Crimson Staff Writer Testimony from three individuals revealed Friday that Chanequa N. Campbell ’09—the student Harvard barred from graduation after a deadly shooting in Kirkland House last week—was the subject of a serious disciplinary investigation by the College in her freshman year. In 2005, Campbell was brought before the Administrative Board, the College’s chief disciplinary body, for allegedly stealing a blank check, making it out to herself, and redeeming the check for $300, according to the three individuals, who asked that they not be identified because they don’t want their names tied to the story. It is not clear what, if any, punishment Campbell received at the time of the incident. For their part, several of Campbell’s friends have said that it was unlikely that she would be involved with any criminal activity. Campbell allegedly stole the check at a party for a campus publication, two of the individuals indicated. Later, the student whose check she allegedly forged noticed that the handwriting was not theirs, and because Campbell had allegedly written the check to herself, the guilty party was easily identified, the individuals said. Campbell was not originally known to the person who had the check stolen, according to two individuals. Campbell was then reported to the Ad Board, said the individuals, who added that Campbell defended herself after the incident by saying she needed the $300 for dental work. In recent weeks, Campbell has told multiple media outlets that Harvard’s decision to bar her from graduation was unfounded and motivated by bias. While she is not making an “overall claim of racism,” she told The Globe, “I do believe I am being singled out...I’m black and I’m poor and I’m from New York and I walk a certain way and I keep my clothes a certain way,” she said. “It’s something that labels me as different from everyone else.” Citing policy prohibiting comment on disciplinary matters involving individual students, administrators have declined to comment on Campbell—making it difficult to put together a cohesive picture of the record of the woman who claimed recently to the New York Post that she has been “scapegoated” and “can’t defend [herself].” Repeated requests for an interview with Campbell through her lawyer Jeffrey T. Karp were denied. Karp did not respond to a request for comment on this story Friday night. Friends of Campbell have come to her defense in the past week. “She has had a difficult upbringing. She came from a very tough neighborhood in Brooklyn,” said a friend who did not want to be identified because he did not think Campbell would want her personal details exposed. “People are trying to paint her in a certain light,” the friend said. “I think that people want to put her in this archetype role of somebody who’s from the ghetto.” Friends say Campbell is an accessible, social person. “You could be in conversation with Chanequa and it would be broken up five or six times in one street because everyone loves Chanequa,” said Jonah C. Priour ’09, who said they “spent a good amount of time” together freshman year and “kept in touch over the years.” “I think what sort of distinguished Chanequa for me was that I always left conversations with her with a new insight because she had such a wise perspective about the world,” Priour said. “We spent a lot of time having intellectual conversations in the middle of the night or during the day, too.” Campbell, who is from New York City, was involved in “Prep for Prep,” a program that prepares students of African-American or Latino decent for private schools. The program sends many students to prestigious colleges and universities across the country. Campbell was also a New York Times Scholar. “She got into pretty much every school that she applied to,” said William Wong, Campbell’s friend from the program, who attends Yale. “She’s very, very good academically and really smart.” Campbell comes from a single-parent home and has a large extended family, according to Wong. William J. Houghteling ’09, whom Campbell used to call her “little brother,” lived in her entryway in Canaday freshman year. He said he and Campbell sent Internet messages to each other, then later Campbell knocked on his door. “I put my hand out to give [her] a handshake and she says, ‘Come on man, I already know you, and gives me a big hug,’” he said. Friends said they were shocked to hear that Campbell had been asked to leave campus and tied to the drug related shooting. “It’s shocking to hear Harvard wasn’t going to let her walk with the graduating class,” said Wong, her friend of 10 years. “It’s definitely shocking she was mixed up in something like this.” Priour said he was also surprised to hear Campbell was allegedly involved. “I was honestly a bit shocked to hear some of the connections that were being said to [exist] between her and anything causing anyone harm,” he said. “Because, I don’t know, she’s always been sort of very ladylike, very conscientious, very sweet, and she always thought of others.” Christian B. Flow and June Q. Wu contributed to the reporting of this story. —Staff writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached at newcomer@fas.harvard.edu http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=528283 ======= wonder if this is to reference the CO check from 2002 . . . but if that;s the case, why did melissa ozeta back then require me to fill out a 1099 . . . it's on my tax forms. . . and a campbell? like robert campbell of hte CA(org) lab house - just ere howard? and on howard . . . went to HUECU the other day to drop a check - and the lady in front of me chats the teller. . . speaks of a howard (made me think of andrew and julia), and thenb she mentioned bradford, CT - where julia how3ard claimed to hail from - recall julia howard from the boston conservatory . . . but then the lady also speaks of a summer place in maine . . . so so so freaking sad - how long a HUMF guinea pig? oy . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- so freaking sad the HUMF is . . . read the journal form the beginning please. . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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4754	[May. 29th, 2009\|05:39 pm]
as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- ah - and just as i begin shutting down,. i note posted on craigslist (as if the persecutive profile of hte HUMF on me was autsatic - see previous entries, for that all began form the security detail of Holyoke Center years ago . . .and K Wood's kid in CA . . . see previous entries). . . well, MGH posts: Massachusetts General Hospital-Data Analyst Rsch Assistant (Charlestown, Ma) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to:job-kc9bu-1195607420@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-29, 5:35PM EDT Founded in 1811 and admitting its first patients in 1821, Massachusetts General Hospital is the third-oldest hospital in the country, and the oldest and largest in New England. Throughout its 180-year history, MGH has been on the cutting-edge of healthcare. A career with MGH means you'll be part of a rich line of history, and an integral part of ensuring that our success continues. Located in Boston, MGH is accessible by several MBTA lines. Our benefits and perks are outstanding and include health/dental insurance, a retirement plan, 403b, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, childcare center and a fitness center. There is only one MGH! For more information, please visit us at http://www.mghcareers.org. ****Overview*** We are a small (~10 people) group doing autism and research at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at MGH (Charlestown). We use MEG and MRI to study sensory perception, brain connectivity, and other brain abnormalities associated with autism. We are about to begin studying the same issues in other developmental disorders (language impairments and dyslexia). Our participants are mostly with children (ages 6-13), but also other age groups. We work with many teams here at the Martinos center, and so beyond the people in our own group, there is ample opportunity to interact with a broad range of scientists (neuroscientists, radiologists, engineers) at the center. The majority of the work will revolve around MEG data analysis, but also analysis of MRI data as it related to the MEG data. The position will require running experiments (MEG, MRI) directly with subjects, and thus involve important subject interactions. This is an ideal position for someone with excellent programming / signal processing / analytical skills, who is interested in neuroscience in general and or in neurodevelopmental disorders in particular. **Principal Duties and Responsibilities** *Primary responsibilities will include: -Collection of MEG/MRI data from healthy children and children with neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism (i.e. working directly with subjects, mostly children, but also adults). -Analysis of MEG data with opportunities also for EEG/MRI data analysis -Programming stimuli for experiments -working with a team to improve data analysis approaches and developing new analysis techniques -Opportunities will be given to take an active part in influencing the directions of the research to those thinking about graduate school in neuroscience. *Secondary responsibilities will include: -Keeping up with relevant literature in the field and occasionally lead the weekly journal club -Contributions to grant and paper writing. -Contributions to general lab operations such as IRB maintenance ***Qualifications***** A B.Sc. is required, M.Sc./M.Eng. is highly desired but not necessary. Relevant signal processing work experience in an academic setting (e.g. thesis work) or non-academic job is a must. A two-year time commitment is preferred. Skills / Abilities Required: The applicant must be facile with computers and programming. Experience with Matlab is optimal, but an excellent background in programming in general is sufficient. The applicant should be familiar with linux/unix operating systems, and a quick learner of complex software packages and new concepts. Some of the software packages we currently use include EEGLab (within matlab) and MNE / Freesurfer (in house Martinos software) for MEG data analysis, Psychtoolbox (matlab) for MEG stimuli design. Ideally, the applicant would highly skilled in signal analysis, be it from an engineering, computer science or other backgrounds. ***Contact/Apply**** For more information or to apply, please contact/send resume to Tal Kenet, at tal@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu *Start Date is as soon as possible, but we are flexible**** Location: Charlestown, Ma Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. Please, no phone calls about this job! Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests. ======= and note- charlestown - city of silence, and per previous entriewe. . . which charles? ah - anbd recall years ago herein that after this journal got cranking up, the Harvard et al Autism Consortium director left. . . read the journal form the begining . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- and amazing . . . just out front for a puff. . . folks are coming home . . . and with the C Corey lookalike in and out (she from maine - see previous entries the BB there), well . . . 986 GGN (Kentuckey) pulls up to drop someone off at hte front door . . . rare to see a KY plate (as in trial upload? - see previous entries). . . september of 1986? when i began study at hte boston conservatory? june of 1998? ah - recall the former mentor's friend from sharon (between the bro's and the train station). . . that the justice department approved something in 1998 . . . . and that was when i began at rosie's place . . . and it was a few minths before the two-day trip on larinda . . . and now both grady and mahan dead - see the UH:HU(summers) conversation of june of 2005 entries herein . . . and GGN above? government grant neurobiology? fits with the "sensory perception, brain connectivity, and other brain abnormalities" from above - oh. . . and did not MaryAlice Murphy (MM? - mansfield millhaus?) of rosie's place mention the martinos center? see pregvious entries. . . and thus that and then about the same time, june of 1998? so very freaking sad - and the posting on craigslist from MGH (and recall, the gal replacing me at pioneer institute came from there, and hte fdn doc was from there - hence now eleven years a guinea pig?) . . . well . . . so very very freaking sad the HUMF is . . . too much death and destruction and denial, like they try toi incite in me . . . read the journal form the begining . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- The HUMF ain;t gonna let this end, are they? no - why? note: thecrimson.com Updated: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 1:47 PM 147 as in robohuman . . . oy . . . and then the two articles . . . so freaking sad . . . (this right after the state interview). . . WEB UPDATE Harvard Student Linked to Kirkland Shooting Denies Involvement By ERIC P NEWCOMER and JUNE Q. WU Wednesday, May 27, 2009 12:27 AM Chanequa N. Campbell ’09—one of two Harvard students linked to last Monday’s shooting in Kirkland House—denied any involvement with the incident Tuesday and accused Harvard administrators of unjustly barring her from graduating next month because of her background. Executive VP To Step Down After Less Than a Year By ATHENA Y. JIANG and JUNE Q. WU Wednesday, May 27, 2009 2:40 PM Harvard's Executive Vice President Edward C. Forst '82 will step down from his post to return to New York after serving just one year, University officials announced Tuesday afternoon. ------ the stories have been updates since i sent the initial 1:47 e-mail to myself - but come on . . . this just can;t be a coincidence, eh? read hte journal form the begining . . . you see - the forst story was breaking news tuesdfay aftert my interview - as if the state like the cambridg court in november of 2008 has found no reason for harvard et al to so diss me? so freaking freaking sad . . . thecrimson.com plus comments: Executive VP To Step Down After Less Than a Year Official charged with overseeing Harvard finances and HR to leave August 1 Published On Wednesday, May 27, 2009 2:40 PM By ATHENA Y. JIANG and JUNE Q. WU Crimson Staff Writer ARTICLE TOOLS: E-mail this Article Share on Facebook Printer Friendly Version Listen to this article Download MP3 Write a Letter to the Editor RELATED LINKS: Harvard Appoints Goldman Sachs Official as Executive Vice President Updated Wednesday at 2:40 p.m. Harvard’s Executive Vice President Edward C. Forst ’82—tasked with overseeing University finances amid an unprecedented economic downturn—will step down after less than one year on the job, University officials announced Tuesday afternoon. As executive vice president, Forst was appointed to manage the offices for human resources, administration, and finance—which previously reported directly to the President. In his role, Forst quickly became one of the closest advisers to University President Drew G. Faust on the administration’s response to the economic turmoil, which has already led the University to make sweeping budget cuts. A 26-year veteran of Wall Street, Forst cited a desire to seek out opportunities in a financial world much-changed by the crisis. He will leave his position Aug. 1. “This has been an outstanding year for me,” he said Tuesday. “But it’s time to return to where I began.” Forst said he intends to continue advising Harvard on finances and capital planning and serving on Harvard’s Debt-Asset Management Committee. He will also join the Committee on University Resources, a little-known body of prominent donors. “I was surprised and I was disappointed, but I understood,” said Faust, who first heard of Forst’s decision several weeks ago. “He’s been a huge asset this year, in part because of his deep understanding of finances and markets.” The first to hold the post of executive vice president at Harvard, Forst said that he sought to improve the cost-effectiveness of the University’s operations by consolidating functions—such as office supply purchases—that have traditionally been handled separately at each of Harvard’s schools. “A lot of what we’ve done is to try to challenge the status quo of the University, to find ways to do things differently and more intelligently,” Forst said Tuesday. In the wake of the recent downturn, Forst’s job description expanded to include working with top administrators struggling to close budgetary gaps and slash expenses at the schools, in addition to meeting with Faust on an almost-daily basis. During interviews in the past few months, many administrators called his contributions “critical” to the budget-cutting process. Forst said he viewed his short time in the position as an opportunity to leave a more lasting imprint on the management of the University. “I hope we have created a new culture of choice-making and priorities,” he said, “and I hope that continues whether [Harvard is] in a period of affluence or a period of some challenge.” Forst, who holds an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, arrived from Goldman Sachs at the end of a protracted year-long search. Though new to higher education administration, he had kept a hand in Harvard’s affairs, co-chairing several class gift committees and the University Committee on Student Excellence and Opportunity. Faust said that she hopes to fill the position “promptly,” but declined to place a timestamp on the process. —Staff writer Athena Y. Jiang can be reached at ajiang@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer June Q. Wu can be reached at junewu@fas.harvard.edu. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Comments Sort by Popular now Best Rating Newest first Oldest first Community Page Comments feed ed 3 days ago Another instance of Harvard attemting to corporatize and it never works. People from the for profit world cannot deal with the consensus decision making and the need for subjugation to the Faculty. Harvard needs to bring in someone from the non-profit world, preferrably from another academic institution or from within Harvard. LikeReportReplyMore ▼ Use Media ▼ Optional: Login Terry Hughes 2 days ago This article is ridiculous. Why is Forst leaving now? Where is he going? Ah, I see, that is explained: He "will step down from his post to return to New York." That certainly clears things up. Was there a conflict? With whom? Did Harvard disregard his advice? Did the offices for human resources, administration, and finance resent the loss of their direct access to the president? Heck, we don't even get the usual "he wants to spend more time with his family" nonsense. The administration's explanation for this very major and critical departure seems to be: "Forst was a good executive vce president as executive vice presidents go, and as executive vice presidents go, he went." (apologies to GM). And what's this about "he has become one of the closest advisers to University President Drew G. Faust on the administration's efforts to respond to the economic turmoil?" Exactly (or even approximately or roughly) what has he done and exactly what roles have Forst and Faust had in any of those "efforts?" Aren't those "efforts" being presented by the University as formulated by the Deans with Faust as a rubber stamp? And if Forst has become so central, why is he leaving when Harvard needs him the most? Is he leaving HMO, too? Did he get on with Mendillo? LikeReportReplyMore ▼ Use Media ▼ Optional: Login Obs 2 days ago harvard is so scr%$ed. LikeReportReplyMore ▼ Use Media ▼ Optional: Login P. '07 2 days ago Ed, I agree with your comment. Harvard seems to be doing all it can to solve its economic woes by applying a (secretive) corporate, business model. But Harvard is a community of thinkers, trained to develop and articulate arguments, and to weigh and consider evidence. To silence this segment of the university, to prescribe to it, or to proceed in secrecy, is asking for trouble, pure and simple. The worst thing that can happen to Harvard, worse than bankruptcy, is to break faith with its intellectual ideals. The Alumni can speak with dollars, but can they really tell, away from campus, how badly things have deteriorated? I just pray that the Faculty will act to safeguard Harvard's intellectual ideals and mission. The business model will not work. Better to see that now. LikeReportReplyMore ▼ Use Media ▼ Optional: Login alum 1 day ago God save us from the faculty! These are the self-absorbed and self-important folks who drove out Larry Summers and the financial wizards who made us billions, leaving us with a weak and compliant non-entity in the President's office, and a second rate roster in charge of the endowment and development. LikeReportReplyMore ▼ Use Media ▼ Optional: Login Jawaralal Bernstein 1 day ago I went to that other school, which also has its financial challenges. But, cheez, there seems to be enough money to go around. I don't notice faculty bailing because they had to take salary cuts or suffer very much. The last thing we need to do is let them run the university's business affairs, especially the guys and gals from the B School. LikeReportReplyMore ▼ Use Media ▼ Optional: Login alum 1 day ago I respectfully disagree with the preceding poster (ed). The problem at Harvard, as it has been for nearly a generation, through the latter Bok years (when he started to mail it in) and the bovine administration that followed, is that the faculty have become ungovernable and inefficient in the extreme. Larry Summers recognized the problem, but they took care of him. Now the faculty has the kind of President they like, but which Harvard can no longer afford. ================= It's funny . . . mom purged this place last weekend, and then asked me the other night if I had anything to ":shred" - nope . . . just hte pages and pages of HUMF plate note drivebys . . . oy . . . * * * and i just went to put some laundry in - a BA Mason shoe catalogue was on the table there with a copy of MHT (mass high tech) peper . . . as in the primate research mass high tech? addiction research? read the journal form the beginning please, and help one another if you can. . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- and curious - 971 AY3 went by earlier . . . i always figured the AY to be automaton/addiction uploads . . . but now i see from washingtonpost.com that AY could be: Amit Yoran as in "Amit Yoran, a former senior cyber official at the Department of Homeland Security under the Bush administration" - and who would be working wioth berkman on the suppression and psy-op of the telecommunications interference . . . rea hte journal frm the begining . . . and yeah - here's another HUMF tweak: craigslist - Development Assistant (Watertown, MA) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to:job-stnnq-1195696670@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-29, 6:31PM EDT Position Summary: The Development Assistant provides professional support to the Senior Development Director and will work closely with all members of the Development team in providing overall administrative support for the department. We seek a detail-oriented individual with strong communication and organizational skills. The ideal candidate will be flexible, dedicated to providing superior administrative and logistical support, and be able to diligently work independently and in a team-based environment. Primary Duties and Responsibilities: • Provide professional support to the Senior Development Director. • Prepare routine and complex correspondence, forms and reports. • Coordinate and schedule travel arrangements for Development team members. • Organize and schedule conference calls and meetings. • Heavy data entry and management of prospect information in donor database. • Maintain filing and communications systems including document management and archiving. • Assist in maintaining calendar for major donor relationship cultivation and solicitation/stewardship. • Coordination and support of direct mail solicitation, including print and e-campaigns. • Prepare mass mailings. • Assist with logistics for events. • Support daily operations of the development department through general administrative functions. • Other projects as assigned. Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor’s Degree; • Previous office/administrative experience, development experience preferred; • Efficiently handle multiple tasks simultaneously, must be able to adapt to changing priorities and responsibilities; • Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and Adobe Acrobat; • Raiser’s Edge or similar database experience; • Excellent communication skills; • Strong work ethic, attention to detail, well organized and reliable; • Good interpersonal skills, results-oriented, problem-solver, team player. To apply, please send cover letter and resume to klampman@braintumor.org. NBTS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Due to the volume of applications received, only applicants who are selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please. Location: Watertown, MA This is at a non-profit organization. Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. Please, no phone calls about this job! Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests. ============ brain tumors . . . hmmmmm . . . recall again the head shot of hte attack of march of 2005. . . not good not good . . . oh - and th4ere's this new guy i think at hte museum - perhaps he;s the new membership and developmewnt guy . . . the thing is. . . recall the comedian from harvard law administrative core from 2002? the one who was most prominient in quoting "wolfowitz" back then? this new tie wearer (who seems to have a bad attitude according to other staff) is rather a ringer for that man . . . hmmmm . . not good not good . . . I do not prick herein until prick'd, and the HUMF plays on that - this is nut hte latest chapter. . . so freaking sad hte HUMF is . . . and on 986 GGN (KY) - did i mention that KY is a viscusi thing again? see previous entries . . . not good not good . . . louis(agassiz)ville - and also mike owen of hte conservatory and stephanie jones of hte musuem . . . see previous entries. . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- more, i am sure, later - i;ve yet to get into the plate drivebys - and there's 100 news articles to post . . . oy . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- * * * I note now that the brain tumor place is posting for a dorector of communications, wqhich - again a maryalice murphy and also an SJC/TRacks thing - goes back to "The Windchime Legacy" - see previous entries. . . not good not good . . . LEFT EAR RINGING. . . see? oy . . . and then this one - Corporate Associate (Lexington, MA & Vergennes, VT) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to:see below Date: 2009-05-29, 6:41PM EDT Shlansky & Co., LLP, seeks an attorney with 3+ years’ experience in corporate, licensing and transactional work, for each of its Lexington, Massachusetts, and Vergennes, Vermont, offices. Candidates must have excellent work product, superior writing skills, strong analytical and research abilities, and clear and effective communication. Work includes drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements, intellectual property transactions, and governmental and complex contracting and compliance. Pay is commensurate with experience and ability, $70K-$120K. With offices in Massachusetts and Vermont, Shlansky & Co., LLP, is a business law firm with clients in the fields of defense, aerospace, biomedical and green technologies, and software. Many clients are venture-backed or publicly traded companies with national and international operations. Shlansky & Co., LLP, is a growing firm where talented individuals develop and use expertise in a broad area of practice. The firm offers excellent opportunities for advancement and leadership. Qualified candidates should submit cover letter, résumé, samples of work product, and references to: Attn: Recruiting Coordinator Shlansky & Co., LLP 360 Main Street Vergennes, VT 05491 Email for Lexington, MA, position: StaffingMA@shlanskylaw.com Email for Vergennes, VT, position: StaffingVT@shlanskylaw.com Fax: (802) 877-6841 – No phone calls, please! Location: Lexington, MA & Vergennes, VT Compensation: $70K-$120K per year, commensurate with experience and ability. Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. Please, no phone calls about this job! Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests. ===== reflecting hte Grady (sargeant?) and AACT of old abt branding uise ofme as guinea pig. . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- and a place in mansfield is now looking for: Expert Senior Clinical Data Manager Eliassen Group Mansfield MA US 02048 » Click here to Apply Now « Categories: Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Science/Biotech Technicians, System Support & DocumentationSkills: SDLCAbout Eliassen eClinical Solutions Division (ECSD): Our fast-growing Solutions Provider, located in Mansfield, MA and New London, CT, is a leader in electronic data management solutions for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. 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Must be detail oriented, have excellent interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, time management and project management experience. Must be able to prioritize and be able to work individually with little to no supervision and as a team member. Reports to: Manager, Data Management Solutions. ================== oy . . . and this just in . . . boston.com: Nieman Foundation announces cutbacks, suspension of conferences May 29, 2009 06:53 PM Email\| Comments (0)\| Text size – + By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism announced a series of budget cuts today, including the suspension of popular writing conferences, in the latest financial setback for the university and a blow to journalism across the country. Robert H. Giles, the foundation’s curator, sent out a notice saying Nieman will have fewer fellows than last year, will institute salary freezes for non-union employees, will scale back its Nieman Reports publication, and will suspend its annual Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism and Nieman Seminar for Narrative Editors. The cuts reflect an 8 percent reduction the Foundation will receive in endowment payments for the fiscal year that begins July 1. “The Nieman Foundation and Harvard have not been immune to the economic downtown and the financial challenges facing news organizations in particular,” Giles said. ======= as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- again and again and again, it is deliberately being ensured: I'll never have a chance. . . read the journal form the beginning, please, and help one another if you can: as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- and then, boston.com (and my notres- of course, Snowe and Rockefeller - Maine and WV - see previous entries. . . ) - boston.com (plus comments): President announces cybersecurity push Email\|Link\|Comments (22) Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor May 29, 2009 11:18 AM President Obama this morning unveiled an initiative to beef up cybersecurity, announcing a new "czar" to oversee the efforts. The czar, who will be a member of both the National Security Council and National Economic Council, will coordinate an effort to safeguard computer networks that run stock markets, air traffic control, power grids, and other key systems. The New York Times reported today that the military plans its own new command for cyberspace. The computer-driven age presents "great promise, but also great peril," the president said, and the nation's digital infrastructure must be safeguarded from a "weapon of mass disruption." He said that cyberspace is one of the biggest threats to the economy and the military. Noting that millions of Americans have been victimized by cybercrime or had their privacy violated, Obama disclosed that his own presidential campaign -- which revolutionized the use of the Internet for organizing and raising money -- was hacked. He reassured donors, however, that the fund-raising website was untouched and their personal financial data safe. Obama said the government will not dictate changes to private business and will not monitor private Internet traffic. (His full remarks are below, followed by a White House release.) Two key senators on the issue praised the president's move. “We applaud President Obama for highlighting the extraordinarily serious issue of cybersecurity. No other President in American history has elevated this issue to that level and we thank him for his leadership," Senator Jay Rockefeller, chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine said in a statement. “As members of both the Senate Commerce Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee, we meet at the legislative crossroads between our national security and economic security. Cybersecurity is an integrated matter of intelligence and economic viability and our policies must reflect this connectivity," they added. "As highlighted in our bipartisan legislation, The Cybersecurity Act of 2009, we agree with the establishment of a cybersecurity policy official who will lead the interagency process throughout our government, and direct the coordination between the public and private sector. We have learned the hard way in recent years that, tragically, “stovepiped” national security systems and failures in synchronization can leave America vulnerable to attack, and bureaucratic confusion can cripple our response to a disaster. “We strongly urge the President to follow through on his groundbreaking leadership on this issue by giving this “cyber czar” the heft and authority the position requires – this advisor should report directly to the President on all cyber matters. There is no room for error, and no room for bureaucratic turf battles. We need to act now - the time to combat cyber terror was yesterday.” OBAMA'S REMARKS THE PRESIDENT: Everybody, please be seated. We meet today at a transformational moment -- a moment in history when our interconnected world presents us, at once, with great promise but also great peril. Now, over the past four months my administration has taken decisive steps to seize the promise and confront these perils. We're working to recover from a global recession while laying a new foundation for lasting prosperity. We're strengthening our armed forces as they fight two wars, at the same time we're renewing American leadership to confront unconventional challenges, from nuclear proliferation to terrorism, from climate change to pandemic disease. And we're bringing to government -- and to this White House -- unprecedented transparency and accountability and new ways for Americans to participate in their democracy. But none of this progress would be possible, and none of these 21st century challenges can be fully met, without America's digital infrastructure -- the backbone that underpins a prosperous economy and a strong military and an open and efficient government. Without that foundation we can't get the job done. It's long been said that the revolutions in communications and information technology have given birth to a virtual world. But make no mistake: This world -- cyberspace -- is a world that we depend on every single day. It's our hardware and our software, our desktops and laptops and cell phones and Blackberries that have become woven into every aspect of our lives. It's the broadband networks beneath us and the wireless signals around us, the local networks in our schools and hospitals and businesses, and the massive grids that power our nation. It's the classified military and intelligence networks that keep us safe, and the World Wide Web that has made us more interconnected than at any time in human history. So cyberspace is real. And so are the risks that come with it. It's the great irony of our Information Age -- the very technologies that empower us to create and to build also empower those who would disrupt and destroy. And this paradox -- seen and unseen -- is something that we experience every day. It's about the privacy and the economic security of American families. We rely on the Internet to pay our bills, to bank, to shop, to file our taxes. But we've had to learn a whole new vocabulary just to stay ahead of the cyber criminals who would do us harm -- spyware and malware and spoofing and phishing and botnets. Millions of Americans have been victimized, their privacy violated, their identities stolen, their lives upended, and their wallets emptied. According to one survey, in the past two years alone cyber crime has cost Americans more than $8 billion. I know how it feels to have privacy violated because it has happened to me and the people around me. It's no secret that my presidential campaign harnessed the Internet and technology to transform our politics. What isn't widely known is that during the general election hackers managed to penetrate our computer systems. To all of you who donated to our campaign, I want you to all rest assured, our fundraising website was untouched. (Laughter.) So your confidential personal and financial information was protected. But between August and October, hackers gained access to emails and a range of campaign files, from policy position papers to travel plans. And we worked closely with the CIA -- with the FBI and the Secret Service and hired security consultants to restore the security of our systems. It was a powerful reminder: In this Information Age, one of your greatest strengths -- in our case, our ability to communicate to a wide range of supporters through the Internet -- could also be one of your greatest vulnerabilities. This is a matter, as well, of America's economic competitiveness. The small businesswoman in St. Louis, the bond trader in the New York Stock Exchange, the workers at a global shipping company in Memphis, the young entrepreneur in Silicon Valley -- they all need the networks to make the next payroll, the next trade, the next delivery, the next great breakthrough. E-commerce alone last year accounted for some $132 billion in retail sales. But every day we see waves of cyber thieves trolling for sensitive information -- the disgruntled employee on the inside, the lone hacker a thousand miles away, organized crime, the industrial spy and, increasingly, foreign intelligence services. In one brazen act last year, thieves used stolen credit card information to steal millions of dollars from 130 ATM machines in 49 cities around the world -- and they did it in just 30 minutes. A single employee of an American company was convicted of stealing intellectual property reportedly worth $400 million. It's been estimated that last year alone cyber criminals stole intellectual property from businesses worldwide worth up to $1 trillion. In short, America's economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on cybersecurity. And this is also a matter of public safety and national security. We count on computer networks to deliver our oil and gas, our power and our water. We rely on them for public transportation and air traffic control. Yet we know that cyber intruders have probed our electrical grid and that in other countries cyber attacks have plunged entire cities into darkness. Our technological advantage is a key to America's military dominance. But our defense and military networks are under constant attack. Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups have spoken of their desire to unleash a cyber attack on our country -- attacks that are harder to detect and harder to defend against. Indeed, in today's world, acts of terror could come not only from a few extremists in suicide vests but from a few key strokes on the computer -- a weapon of mass disruption. In one of the most serious cyber incidents to date against our military networks, several thousand computers were infected last year by malicious software -- malware. And while no sensitive information was compromised, our troops and defense personnel had to give up those external memory devices -- thumb drives -- changing the way they used their computers every day. And last year we had a glimpse of the future face of war. As Russian tanks rolled into Georgia, cyber attacks crippled Georgian government websites. The terrorists that sowed so much death and destruction in Mumbai relied not only on guns and grenades but also on GPS and phones using voice-over-the-Internet. For all these reasons, it's now clear this cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation. It's also clear that we're not as prepared as we should be, as a government or as a country. In recent years, some progress has been made at the federal level. But just as we failed in the past to invest in our physical infrastructure -- our roads, our bridges and rails -- we've failed to invest in the security of our digital infrastructure. No single official oversees cybersecurity policy across the federal government, and no single agency has the responsibility or authority to match the scope and scale of the challenge. Indeed, when it comes to cybersecurity, federal agencies have overlapping missions and don't coordinate and communicate nearly as well as they should -- with each other or with the private sector. We saw this in the disorganized response to Conficker, the Internet "worm" that in recent months has infected millions of computers around the world. This status quo is no longer acceptable -- not when there's so much at stake. We can and we must do better. And that's why shortly after taking office I directed my National Security Council and Homeland Security Council to conduct a top-to-bottom review of the federal government's efforts to defend our information and communications infrastructure and to recommend the best way to ensure that these networks are able to secure our networks as well as our prosperity. Our review was open and transparent. I want to acknowledge, Melissa Hathaway, who is here, who is the Acting Senior Director for Cyberspace on our National Security Council, who led the review team, as well as the Center for Strategic and International Studies bipartisan Commission on Cybersecurity, and all who were part of our 60-day review team. They listened to a wide variety of groups, many of which are represented here today and I want to thank for their input: industry and academia, civil liberties and private -- privacy advocates. We listened to every level and branch of government -- from local to state to federal, civilian, military, homeland as well as intelligence, Congress and international partners, as well. I consulted with my national security teams, my homeland security teams, and my economic advisors. Today I'm releasing a report on our review, and can announce that my administration will pursue a new comprehensive approach to securing America's digital infrastructure. This new approach starts at the top, with this commitment from me: From now on, our digital infrastructure -- the networks and computers we depend on every day -- will be treated as they should be: as a strategic national asset. Protecting this infrastructure will be a national security priority. We will ensure that these networks are secure, trustworthy and resilient. We will deter, prevent, detect, and defend against attacks and recover quickly from any disruptions or damage. To give these efforts the high-level focus and attention they deserve -- and as part of the new, single National Security Staff announced this week -- I'm creating a new office here at the White House that will be led by the Cybersecurity Coordinator. Because of the critical importance of this work, I will personally select this official. I'll depend on this official in all matters relating to cybersecurity, and this official will have my full support and regular access to me as we confront these challenges. Today, I want to focus on the important responsibilities this office will fulfill: orchestrating and integrating all cybersecurity policies for the government; working closely with the Office of Management and Budget to ensure agency budgets reflect those priorities; and, in the event of major cyber incident or attack, coordinating our response. To ensure that federal cyber policies enhance our security and our prosperity, my Cybersecurity Coordinator will be a member of the National Security Staff as well as the staff of my National Economic Council. To ensure that policies keep faith with our fundamental values, this office will also include an official with a portfolio specifically dedicated to safeguarding the privacy and civil liberties of the American people. There's much work to be done, and the report we're releasing today outlines a range of actions that we will pursue in five key areas. First, working in partnership with the communities represented here today, we will develop a new comprehensive strategy to secure America's information and communications networks. To ensure a coordinated approach across government, my Cybersecurity Coordinator will work closely with my Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra, and my Chief Information Officer, Vivek Kundra. To ensure accountability in federal agencies, cybersecurity will be designated as one of my key management priorities. Clear milestones and performances metrics will measure progress. And as we develop our strategy, we will be open and transparent, which is why you'll find today's report and a wealth of related information on our Web site, www.whitehouse.gov. Second, we will work with all the key players -- including state and local governments and the private sector -- to ensure an organized and unified response to future cyber incidents. Given the enormous damage that can be caused by even a single cyber attack, ad hoc responses will not do. Nor is it sufficient to simply strengthen our defenses after incidents or attacks occur. Just as we do for natural disasters, we have to have plans and resources in place beforehand -- sharing information, issuing warnings and ensuring a coordinated response. Third, we will strengthen the public/private partnerships that are critical to this endeavor. The vast majority of our critical information infrastructure in the United States is owned and operated by the private sector. So let me be very clear: My administration will not dictate security standards for private companies. On the contrary, we will collaborate with industry to find technology solutions that ensure our security and promote prosperity. Fourth, we will continue to invest in the cutting-edge research and development necessary for the innovation and discovery we need to meet the digital challenges of our time. And that's why my administration is making major investments in our information infrastructure: laying broadband lines to every corner of America; building a smart electric grid to deliver energy more efficiently; pursuing a next generation of air traffic control systems; and moving to electronic health records, with privacy protections, to reduce costs and save lives. And finally, we will begin a national campaign to promote cybersecurity awareness and digital literacy from our boardrooms to our classrooms, and to build a digital workforce for the 21st century. And that's why we're making a new commitment to education in math and science, and historic investments in science and research and development. Because it's not enough for our children and students to master today's technologies -- social networking and e-mailing and texting and blogging -- we need them to pioneer the technologies that will allow us to work effectively through these new media and allow us to prosper in the future. So these are the things we will do. Let me also be clear about what we will not do. Our pursuit of cybersecurity will not -- I repeat, will not include -- monitoring private sector networks or Internet traffic. We will preserve and protect the personal privacy and civil liberties that we cherish as Americans. Indeed, I remain firmly committed to net neutrality so we can keep the Internet as it should be -- open and free. The task I have described will not be easy. Some 1.5 billion people around the world are already online, and more are logging on every day. Groups and governments are sharpening their cyber capabilities. Protecting our prosperity and security in this globalized world is going to be a long, difficult struggle demanding patience and persistence over many years. But we need to remember: We're only at the beginning. The epochs of history are long -- the Agricultural Revolution; the Industrial Revolution. By comparison, our Information Age is still in its infancy. We're only at Web 2.0. Now our virtual world is going viral. And we've only just begun to explore the next generation of technologies that will transform our lives in ways we can't even begin to imagine. So a new world awaits -- a world of greater security and greater potential prosperity -- if we reach for it, if we lead. So long as I'm President of the United States, we will do just that. And the United States -- the nation that invented the Internet, that launched an information revolution, that transformed the world -- will do what we did in the 20th century and lead once more in the 21st. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. FACT SHEET Cyberspace Policy Review: Assuring a Trusted and Resilient Information and Communications Infrastructure In February 2009, President Obama directed the National Security Council (NSC) and Homeland Security Council to conduct a 60-day review of the plans, programs, and activities underway throughout government that address our communications and information infrastructure (i.e., “cyberspace”), in order to develop a strategic framework to ensure that the U.S. government’s initiatives in this area are appropriately integrated, resourced, and coordinated. Threats to the information and communications infrastructure pose one of the most serious economic and national security challenges of the 21st Century for the United States and our allies. In this environment, the status quo is no longer acceptable, and a national dialogue on cybersecurity must begin today. The U.S. Government cannot succeed in securing cyberspace in isolation, but it also cannot entirely delegate or abrogate its role in securing the Nation from a cyber incident or accident. Ensuring that cyberspace is sufficiently resilient and trustworthy to support U.S. goals of economic growth, civil liberties and privacy protections, national security, and the continued advancement of global democratic institutions requires working with individuals, academia, industry, and governments. We must make cybersecurity a national priority and lead from the White House. The review team’s report to the President contains five main chapters, outlined below, and includes a near-term action plan for U.S. Government activities to strengthen cybersecurity. (U) Chapter I: Leading from the Top – Makes the case for strengthening cybersecurity leadership for the United States through 1) the establishment of a Presidential cybersecurity policy official and supporting structures, 2) reviewing laws and policies, and 3) strengthening cybersecurity leadership and accountability at federal, state, local, and tribal levels. (U) Chapter II: Building Capacity for a Digital Nation – Advocates a national dialogue on cybersecurity to increase public awareness of the threats and risks and how to reduce them. Outlines the need for increased education efforts at all levels to ensure a technologically advanced workforce in cybersecurity and related areas, similar to the United States’ focus on mathematics and science education in the 1960s. Identifies the need to expand and improve the federal information technology workforce and for the Federal government to facilitate programs and information sharing on cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and effective practices across all levels of government and industry. (U) Chapter III: Sharing Responsibility for Cybersecurity – Discusses the need for improving and expanding partnerships between the Federal government and both the private sector and key U.S. allies. (U) Chapter IV: Creating Effective Information Sharing and Incident Response – The United States needs a comprehensive framework to facilitate coordinated responses by government, the private sector, and allies to a significant cyber incident. This chapter explores elements of such a framework and suggests enhancements to information sharing mechanisms to improve incident response capabilities. (U) Chapter V: Encouraging Innovation – The chapter addresses ways for the United States to harness the benefits of innovation to address cybersecurity concerns, including work with the private sector to define performance and security objectives for future infrastructure, linking research and development to infrastructure development and expanding coordination of government, industry, and academic research efforts. It also addresses supply chain security and national security / emergency preparedness telecommunications efforts. Expected attendees at today’s East Room event: Secretary Steven Chu, Department of Energy Secretary Janet Napolitano, Department of Homeland Security General James Jones, National Security Advisor Deputy Secretary William Lynn, Department of Defense Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin, Department of Treasury Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council Lynne Osmus, Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Michael Copps, Acting Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Jon Leibowitz, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Robert Mueller, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation John P. Holdren, Director of the Office of Science and Technology John Kimmons, Lieutenant-general, Director of National Intelligence Office John O. Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, Chair of National Governors Association, Homeland Security Committee Congressman Bart Gordon Congressman Peter King William Pelgrin, Chair of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center Heather Hogsett, National Governors Association, Director, Public Safety and Homeland Security Office of Federal Relations Comment Permalink Email Yahoo! Buzz» Back to Front Page Previous Entry Next Entry 22 comments so far... 1.Oh boy, oh boy. We gonna get some more government. I wanna be a czar. Posted by El Coyote May 29, 09 11:01 AM 2.Attendees don't include anyone from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, ACLU, or any consumer groups that advocate the sharing of information, citizen journalism, and privacy. Just a bunch of government chiefs bent on restricting free speech and further intrusion into our daily lives by an inept, corrupt, and misguided oligarchy backed by the RIAA and globalist bankers. Posted by George Orwell May 29, 09 11:02 AM 3.Step 1: remove Microsoft Office and all Windows OS variants. Step 2: Install Linux and OS X. Step 3: there is no step 3 Posted by George May 29, 09 11:33 AM 4.This "czar" (PLEASE stop using that word, executive branch) is going to accomplish two things, and Jack left town. Posted by Anonymous May 29, 09 11:37 AM 5.This may be a bad thing. The whole concept of strengthening cybersecurity seems geared toward war, which generally leads to something bad. A great example is the Patriot Act. As more of our freedoms become arbitrarily chaperoned and protected by the Federal Government, we slowly lose control of those freedoms. The internet is one of the largest mediums of thought and artistic expression in existence. To allow the government arbitrary control over infrastructure is one thing, but to allow the government control over artistic expression is quite another. Our forefathers knew the importance of the freedom of speech. "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."- Benjamin Franklin 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. Benjamin Franklin A good conscience is a continual Christmas. Benjamin Franklin A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges. Benjamin Franklin A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. Benjamin Franklin A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one. Benjamin Franklin A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. Benjamin Franklin A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. Benjamin Franklin A penny saved is a penny earned. Benjamin Franklin A place for everything, everything in its place. Benjamin Franklin A small leak can sink a great ship. Benjamin Franklin Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. Benjamin Franklin Admiration is the daughter of ignorance. Benjamin Franklin All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move. Benjamin Franklin All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. Benjamin Franklin All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world. Benjamin Franklin An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief. Benjamin Franklin Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. Benjamin Franklin Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do. Benjamin Franklin Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. Benjamin Franklin A good conscience is a continual Christmas. Benjamin Franklin A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges. Benjamin Franklin A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. Benjamin Franklin A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one. Benjamin Franklin A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. Benjamin Franklin A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. Benjamin Franklin A penny saved is a penny earned. Benjamin Franklin A place for everything, everything in its place. Benjamin Franklin A small leak can sink a great ship. Benjamin Franklin Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. Benjamin Franklin Admiration is the daughter of ignorance. Benjamin Franklin All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move. Benjamin Franklin All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. Benjamin Franklin All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world. Benjamin Franklin An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief. Benjamin Franklin Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. Benjamin Franklin Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do. Benjamin Franklin Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. Posted by Thomas Sandau May 29, 09 11:38 AM 6.Orwell, none of this initiative will shut down your kiddie pool of "online freedom." This is about critical infrastructure. The ACLU, EFF, "info sharing" and citizen journalism are not affect by a move to make the cyber infrasture of the nation's economy and national security. Gov't sponsored work produced the dang internet to begin with. I'm a card carrying ACLU and EFF member myself (I actually support them in ways besides whining on the internet ... yes, you annoy me but I actually put up money, skillsets and resources to defend your ability to do so); but most of us who are actually educated regarding how these technologies work beyond your simplistic platitude understanding would like it to remain stable and not vulnerable to malicious attack or criminal enterprise. With our freedom to engage in discourse I'm licensed to call you an idiot, idiot. Posted by Pointer Obvious May 29, 09 11:51 AM 7.Interested to see if they think to include protecting cyberspace from natural disasters in real space - such as increased frequency in sun spots, the occasional asteroid, cosmic dust, electro-magnetic field interruptions etc. Everything is so focused on what WE can touch - but we're not really in control of the satellites' well-being. All the planning a bunch of talking heads can do really doesn't help in those situations. One good solar flare and we're back to individual p.c.s and no internet. Posted by thinkaboutit May 29, 09 11:56 AM 8.Chapter Summaries Ch. 1 Establish more government jobs Ch. 2 National Dialogue Ch. 3 Discusses the Need Ch. 4 Explores elements of the issue Ch. 5 How can the Us harness innovation At some point you need to IMPLEMENT the security. It has been 7 1/2 yrs since 9/11, you would think that they have discussed this matter enough and would have some thing to to put in place. NO NO Obama's big annoucement is that we are going to further discuss the matter. Posted by MJD May 29, 09 11:56 AM 9.I think the current American government has more czars than Russia ever did. Can we get a tally? Posted by mikem317 May 29, 09 11:57 AM 10."Outlines the need for increased education efforts at all levels to ensure a technologically advanced workforce in cybersecurity and related areas, similar to the United States’ focus on mathematics and science education in the 1960s." Is that supposed to be funny? Training kids to protect their computer (ie: common sense) as opposed to creating more engineers? I didn't know the bar was being set so low these days. More government, more intrusion, more taxes, less effective policies. Posted by Art101 May 29, 09 12:00 PM 11.Just Obama's pledge for bigger Government, is anybody really surprised that more departments will be created? He has a lot of political hacks who need jobs, I cannot wait to see who is appointed. Brush up your resumes, and don't worry if you did not pay any taxes that will be brushed asisde. Posted by Salty May 29, 09 12:01 PM 12.El Coyote, you obviously don't work in IT or anywhere near computers. Otherwise you wouldn't be so flip. This one has to be done. You've also obviously never managed so much as a household budgtet. Otherwise, you'd know that nothing gets done without good governance. Posted by Chrys Thorsen May 29, 09 12:02 PM 13.Sounds like a good way for the government to spy on us, that's about it. Posted by allpoliticianssuck May 29, 09 12:05 PM 14.we have more czars than Russia ever dreamed of. government never ceases to grow. Posted by homer May 29, 09 12:07 PM 15.Hey George, I'm going to apply to work for this administration as soon as the website's hot. If you've got beef with the government, get your whiney behind in there and fix it. I want to be part of this because I'm too fat to carry a gun, too smart to drive a tank, and too lazy to go to war, but I still love my country and want to defend her. Oh, and here's a quote from the speech: "Let me also be clear about what we will not do. Our pursuit of cybersecurity will not -- I repeat, will not include -- monitoring private sector networks or Internet traffic. We will preserve and protect the personal privacy and civil liberties that we cherish as Americans. " What part of "I repeat, WILL NOT INCLUDE" don't you understand? Or are you too busy chasing UFO's in your backyard? Oh, he also said he CONTINUES TO SUPPORT NET NEUTRALITY...did you even read the article? Posted by Bifford May 29, 09 12:10 PM 16.The jig is up. The establishment knows that people are rejecting their lies so now they must control a source of truth...the internet. More government = more tyranny. I wonder why the government was blocking encryption technology from the general public? If the government is for security why wouldn't they let the general public use the best encryption technology available? Maybe because it has nothing to do with security and everything to do with CONTROL Posted by publius May 29, 09 12:39 PM 17.A few years ago, Frontline did a great show on the threat of Cyber-terror. I am not sure if it is available on line, but I am sure local libraries may have it. it was very interesting how vulerable we may be to a cyber attack. I think this is a very good step by the President. Posted by jason98 May 29, 09 12:52 PM 18.Obama is clever. He keeps assigning 'Czars' to these new posts and expensive departments he likes to invent. The hope is that eventually we come to believe that we need Czars and then other previously derided terms like 'Dear Leader' will become commonplace as well. Posted by J.B. May 29, 09 01:22 PM 19.thinkaboutit, physical infrastructure concerns are entirely part of this program. With present technology, the caliber of solar flare required to "wipe out the internet" would pretty much leave all organic life on the planet as one giant mass of tumor cells so your concerns are already reasonably covered. Paranoid guys, Orwell et al., the things the gov's concerned with here are bigger than your petty acts of dissidence or whatever you think is being cramped on. Tweet away, moan and groan on facebook, blog your manifesto, but go to your office's IT office. They'll give you a clue as to what's really going to be done here. Again, freedom of speech let's me call you all idiots, idiots. Posted by Pointer Obvious May 29, 09 01:31 PM 20.Pointer Obvious: Takes one to know one I hear. I’ve worked both sides of data analytics, both in support of the NSA, holding a TS/SCI and for leading sales and marketing analytics for B2B and B2C giants, performing consumer profiling, segmentation and targeting. I also donate to similar causes, but I don’t brag about it. Of course hardening of our digital technology infrastructure against attack is a good idea. I find it interesting that with the advent of the first email in July 1971, that I continue to receive spam, which the government seems helpless to curtail, yet they have managed to develop extremely efficient data mining and predictive neural models to monitor, categorize, prioritize, and target individuals and groups based on their social networks. Increasingly, people supporting the Constitution, gun-rights, legal immigration, and critics of the administration of the focus of this effort. You're either naive or a tool if you don’t recognize that the aim of the government is to consolidate greater control over its citizens through monitoring every possible data channel, legally restricting an increasingly broad spectrum of communications, and continuing to create both legal and tax incentives that benefit news and entertainment conglomerates at the expense of smaller, independent news organizations. The development and delivery of the Internet, was among other things, a bonanza to all governments having access to raw traffic and data mining tools. With regard to protecting the Internet infrastructure, it’s my position that the circle of policymakers should be expanded from political appointees to include leading thought leaders from citizen groups that promote intellectual freedom of expression and consumer privacy. I don’t see a similar push for upgrading our crumbling physical infrastructure of highways, roads, power grids, dams, and pipelines… nor for hardening our borders. Posted by George Orwell May 29, 09 01:35 PM 21.Biff in #15 says "Oh, and here's a quote from the speech: "Let me also be clear about what we will not do. Our pursuit of cybersecurity will not -- I repeat, will not include -- monitoring private sector networks or Internet traffic. We will preserve and protect the personal privacy and civil liberties that we cherish as Americans. " What part of "I repeat, WILL NOT INCLUDE" don't you understand?" ~~~~~ And you BELIEVE it? Baahaahaaahaaaahhhhh!!!!!! Oh wait, I've got something else for you! There's a cliff over here for you to run off in the belief that you'll be rescued by Dear Leader before you go :::SPLAT::: at the bottom! Posted by Linda May 29, 09 02:52 PM 22.The elite, who are looting the US Treasury as we speak, can't completely control the propaganda as long as we have the internet. What to do? Simple. Declare "War on Cyberspace". Shut down the web as we know it., and make everyone use Internet2, which is raring to go. It will cost a lot more and they'll be able to have complete control over the websites they allow. Bye bye freedom of speech and "unfiltered" real news from the web. Internet2 will be completely controlled by the same MSM that told you there were WMD's in Iraq. Call your congressman and just say NO. Posted by BobinVA May 29, 09 03:16 PM ======================= see previous entries the HUMF berkman games on me . . . so . . . one more, boston.com: FBI looking at allegations of misconduct at T academy Female cadets allegedly forced into having sex By Shelley Murphy and By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff \| May 29, 2009 The FBI is investigating allegations that female cadets in a widely used, MBTA-run police academy were coerced into having sex with superior officers, according to a law enforcement official and a lawyer representing T police unions. FBI agents have questioned several female and male officers about sexual misconduct allegations dating back to 2002, according to the union lawyer, Douglas I. Louison. The span of years, combined with what one official described as unusual after-hours fraternization between female recruits and male superiors, raises concerns about a culture of impropriety at the academy. The FBI, which started contacting the officers a couple of months ago, asked "just generally about allegations of inappropriate conduct at the academy, and none of the individuals interviewed were advised they were subjects of the investigation," said Louison, who represents the MBTA Patrolman's Association and the MBTA Sergeants' Association. "The members who I represent perform their duties professionally, and to the extent that their academy is being viewed as inappropriate, it is going to hurt all of their abilities to perform their jobs," Louison said. A law enforcement official said the FBI has become involved because allegations of coerced sex in a police training setting, if true, would constitute a civil rights violation. Gail Marcinkiewicz, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Boston office, said the FBI could neither confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation. But, she added, "this type of allegation is taken seriously" and would be evaluated by the FBI on a case-by-case basis. The MBTA Transit Police Academy, located on Sea Street in Quincy, trains not only the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's transit police force, but cadets for suburban and college police departments throughout the region. All municipal police officers in the state are required to graduate from a state-certified training academy before they are sworn in for the job and given a badge, gun, and power of arrest. Some larger cities, such as Boston, have their own academies, as does the State Police. The MBTA academy serves as a catch-all for many communities looking to train their officers. The T academy is staffed by six full-time MBTA instructors. Officers from other police departments lecture at the academy. The FBI informed MBTA Transit Police Chief Paul S. MacMillan of its investigation for the first time Wednesday, said Daniel A. Grabauskas, general manager of the MBTA. The chief met with FBI agents in person yesterday. Grabauskas declined to verify specifics of the investigation, saying he did not want to compromise it. "I have been told through the chief, who spoke to the FBI, that there's been a single person who has made an allegation," he said. "We have no corroboration of the validity of that allegation through the authority or the Police Department." Grabauskas said the MBTA has not received any internal complaints about similar misconduct through its human resources office, its civil rights office, or individual supervisors. A spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination said yesterday that the agency had not received any related complaints. Grabauskas said the T has not launched its own investigation and will await the outcome of the FBI probe. "Since they've chosen to go to the FBI, then we believe it's appropriate to cooperate with them in their investigation," he said. Grabauskas said the authority would take swift action if the complaint proves true. "Any allegations of this type, we have zero tolerance within the authority," he said. Joseph C. Carter, who was the MBTA police chief from 2003 to 2007 and is now adjutant general for the Massachusetts National Guard, declined through a spokesman to comment yesterday. The investigation appears to be at an early phase. Louison said the FBI has not issued subpoenas to officers in either of the unions he represents. The academy rule book "strictly" forbids instructors and cadets from socializing, dating, carpooling, or even taking meals and coffee breaks together. The MBTA opened its academy in 1998 and usually trains two classes of about 100 students each year for 800 hours over six months. More than 100 police departments have sent recruits to the academy. Outside agencies pay the MBTA $3,100 per candidate. In addition to classes on firearms, fingerprinting, and other basic law enforcement tools, the curriculum includes courses on "sexual harassment/cultural diversity" and "ethics/integrity." Graduates of the academy contacted by the Globe expressed disbelief that sexual misconduct would have occurred there. "I don't think that occurred within my class," said a former female cadet who asked not to be named because she is working for a police department. Maria Cramer of the Globe staff contributed to this article. Shelley Murphy can be reached at shmurphy@globe.com, and Noah Bierman can be reached at nbierman@globe.com. ===== again - recall the HLS registrar postings of late (again. . . ). . . hmmmm . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- there is so much - so much tossed at me now, the drive bys the runups, that to miss a day means hours at the computer, and i don;t have that . . . i did get an e-mail back from one of hte state interviewers - they were unable to honor their initial timetable re: selecting a candidate. . . thus, perhaps next week. . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- so - i get dissed completely for writing about being drugged, bugged, and shrugged by the HUMF because they broke the ethical rules of research and then used/abused the power of the university et al to try to drive me to bad behavior . . . read the journal from the beginning . . . you see - this was verified last tuesday night . . . south station side, out for a puff, and UNI VTX was parked alongside south station . . . univ of texas, where the man poppped of climed a radio tower and began shooting . . . and this - see previous entries - teh HUMF tried to make me their cho on campus . . . more? walkin upstairs last saturday, a man going down stating "I wish we had seen you before" meaning of course this journal and me who I am not who the HUMF portrays me as . . . more? a kid - a harvard medical school kid with a camera - comes up to me to say he was from the wistar instutute. . . wikipedia.org: Wistar Institute From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Introduction: The Wistar Institute is an international leader in biomedical research with special expertise in cancer research and vaccine development located in the University City section of Philadelphia, Pa. Founded in 1892 as the first independent nonprofit biomedical research institute in the country, Wistar has held the prestigious Cancer Center designation from the National Cancer Institute since 1972. Wistar has over 30 laboratories that are home to three research programs: the gene expression and regulation program, the molecular and cellular oncogenesis program, and the immunology program. The Institute works actively to ensure that research advances move from the laboratory to the clinic as quickly as possible. Research: Cancer Research: The Wistar Institute is home to preeminent researchers studying the basic science of cancer. Deciphering cancer genetics: Wistar is a national leader in illuminating how mutations in genes lead to various cancers. Stem cell investigations: Institute researchers are identifying and characterizing cancer stem cells that appear to be responsible for recurrent and treatment-resistant forms of cancer. A blood test for the early detection of lung cancer: Lung cancer is the top cancer killer, claiming more lives than breast cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer combined. By the time it is diagnosed, the disease usually has advanced so far that treatment options are limited. Wistar scientists are developing a blood test that would detect the disease early, potentially saving countless lives. In the lab, their prototype test can diagnose early-stage lung cancer with nearly 90 percent accuracy. Potential new cancer treatments: A breakthrough by a Wistar researcher may lead to the development of a new class of highly targeted cancer drugs. The scientist decoded a key structure of the enzyme telomerase, which plays a significant role in cancer. The enzyme is active in up to 90 percent of human tumors, making it one of the top targets for the creation of new cancer treatments. Leading the fight against melanoma: Wistar oversees one of the largest and most prestigious melanoma research programs in the world, studying the development of the disease and pursuing treatments for advanced melanoma. Immunology: Wistar discoveries led to the creation of the rubella vaccine that eradicated “German measles” in the United States; human rabies vaccines used worldwide; and a rotavirus vaccine approved in 2006 that prevents an illness responsible for hundreds of thousands of children’s deaths worldwide each year. Today, Wistar Institute Vaccine Center scientists are creating new vaccines against the world’s deadliest diseases. Vaccine against avian flu: Wistar researchers are working to develop a universal influenza vaccine that would be effective against all strains of influenza, including avian flu. The vaccine would protect against pandemics and reduce the need for annual flu shots. Working together to fight disease: Wistar researchers are collaborating with leading scientists worldwide to develop vaccines for hepatitis C, malaria, and other potentially deadly diseases. A global reach: The Institute has licensed its rabies and rubella vaccine seed stock to companies in China, India, and Russia to help these countries develop affordable vaccines for their own populations. Easing the pain: Wistar immunologists are also developing novel therapies for autoimmune diseases such a lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Training and Outreach: Wistar is dedicated to furthering scientific discovery, both in its laboratories and in the community. Educating area youth: Wistar offers internships, tours, and contests to area high school students to stimulate and nurture their interests in science. The Institute also offers a two-year training program for biomedical technicians in partnership with Community College of Philadelphia. Engaging the community: The Institute hosts community events including lectures by noted science authors that are designed to stimulate science learning and discussion. The scientists of tomorrow: Training tomorrow’s top scientific investigators is key to Wistar’s mission. Over the past decade, nearly 1,000 researchers, from predoctoral students to postdoctoral fellows and visiting scientists, have trained at Wistar. History: The Wistar Institute was founded in 1892 as the nation’s first independent medical research facility. It is named for Caspar Wistar, M.D., a prominent Philadelphia physician who began his medical practice in 1787. Dr. Wistar was the author of the first American textbook of anatomy. To augment his medical lectures and illustrate comparative anatomy, Dr. Wistar began a collection of dried, wax-injected, and preserved human specimens. Two years before his death, he appointed William Edmonds Horner, M.D., as caretaker of the collection. After Dr. Wistar’s death, Horner maintained and expanded the collection of anatomical specimens. The combined collections became known as the Wistar and Horner Museum. The Wistar and Horner Museum collections were further expanded under the curation of Joseph Leidy, M.D., who acquired animal specimens as well as fossil and anthropological samples. By the late 1880s, the collection was beginning to show signs of wear and neglect, a situation compounded by a fire in Logan Hall at the University of Pennsylvania, where the museum was housed. When a fundraising campaign to refurbish and re-house the collection began, Dr. Wistar’s great nephew Colonel Isaac Jones Wistar became involved. Determined to preserve his great uncle’s teaching collection and support new and original research of anatomy and biology, Isaac Jones Wistar funded an endowment and research building for The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. Designed by Philadelphia architects George W. and William G. Hewitt, the original building is still part of the Wistar Institute’s research facility, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic University City area in Philadelphia. In 1906, under the leadership of Milton Greenman, M.D., and Henry Donaldson, Ph.D., the Institute developed and bred the WISTARAT, the first standardized laboratory animal. It is estimated that more than half of all laboratory rats today are descendants of the original WISTARAT line. ======== and the way he said it . . . as if I was the Wii Star. . . the robohuman star, and he with harvard medical ties . . . readhte journal form teh beginning . . . not good not good . .. and then later today craigslist posts: Research Assistant (Framingham, MA) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to:job-prdbh-1194595895@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-29, 8:11AM EDT Research assistant in neuropsychology with the renowned Framingham Heart Study. Our offices are located in Framingham, MA but we are part of the Neurology department at Boston University School of Medicine. This multi-faceted position requires someone who is mature, independent, self-initiating, and comfortable working in an unstructured, dynamic environment with little supervision. Primary responsibilities include testing subjects (many of whom are elderly) at Framingham Study based clinics, nursing homes and private homes, scoring, entering and cleaning data, preparing case reports for diagnostic meetings, conducting literature searches, working in a neuropathology lab and assisting with a wide range of projects. Travel throughout New England and other states is required. Minimum qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in psychology or related field, some experience in research, 2 year commitment, a willingness to work non-traditional hours and a car. This position is ideal for those who plan to apply to Ph.D. programs or medical school. Be advised that applicants will be asked to write a critical analysis of 2 research articles as part of the interview process. Also, only those available for on-site interviews will be considered. Benefits include those offered to all full-time Boston University employees (see www.bu.edu for details). Please e-mail cover letter and resume to Dr. Rhoda Au at fhsneuropsy@gmail.com. ======= recall mom framingham state . . . and wit hteh monitors . . . see previous entrioes multigenerational framingham heart study. . . not good not good . . . and again - the HUMF pre-selecting its "chosen:" bostonherald.com: At-risk youths’ stimulus score Jobs being given to select few By Dave Wedge \| Friday, May 29, 2009 \| http://www.bostonherald.com \| Local Coverage Photo by Staff graphic Criminal offenders, teen moms, dropouts, runaways and other wayward youths will score summer jobs with federal stimulus cash as most Bay State kids desperately scramble to land coveted seasonal gigs in a tight economy. “To me, it sounds like the federal government is rewarding bad behavior,” said state Sen. Richard R. Tisei (R-Wakefield). The state Department of Transitional Assistance will be using some of Massachusetts’ $1.3 million in Obama administration cash for jobs for clients’ children ages 14 to 24 who meet specific criteria, including: • Lacking basic skills. • Pregnant or parenting. • School dropout. • Homeless or runaway. • Court-involved or an “offender.” • An English as a Second Language learner or an immigrant. “For the kids who really have their act together, I’d hate to see them being left out and summer jobs are not available to them,” said Senate minority leader Tisei. The stimulus-funded jobs for at-risk youths come as the state takes the ax to summer job funding, and private-sector companies scale back seasonal hiring. The Senate budget proposes slashing $12 million from job and training programs for teens and students. Funding cuts also have closed several public pools and beaches statewide, a traditional source of summer jobs. The DTA-coordinated jobs pay a minimum of $8 per hour and earnings won’t count toward a family’s eligibility for other taxpayer-funded subsidies, including food stamps, heating assistance or health insurance, according to an agency memo. “I don’t think the suburbs will see any of the money,” Tisei said. “The more you find out about the federal stimulus money, the more we find out what a boondoggle it is.” A DTA spokeswoman said the agency would be hiring teens but the federal stimulus money actually is being administered by quasi-public Workforce Investment Area groups. The spokeswoman also said the job criteria was drafted by federal officials. In Boston, Mayor Thomas M. Menino has level-funded the summer jobs program at $4 million. Large companies, hospitals and nonprofits are maintaining past hiring levels, but Menino has launched an aggressive push to small businesses, fearing the economic crisis will leave more kids jobless this summer. “Where the mayor is concerned is with the smaller businesses that hire one, two or three kids. They’re less likely to hire a kid when they may be laying off adults,” said Meredith Weenick, associate director of the city’s Administration and Finance Department. Neil Sullivan, executive director of the Boston Private Industry Council, which helps find seasonal work for city students, also expressed angst, saying, “We’re very concerned that urban teenagers just are not going to be able to interview their way into a job.” Article URL: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1175437 =============================================== comply and get ahead . . . that's the borg/harvard way . . . so freaking sad . . . for right after that craigslist posts: Animal Care Technician (Cambridge, MA) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to:job-xnzn3-1194719586@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-29, 9:56AM EDT Job Description: Animal Care Technician ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Clean equipment & facility Maintenance. • Environmental monitoring and health monitoring. • Facility documentation and Quality Assurance. • Maintain appropriate documentation. • Participate in professional training. • Feed, water, and care for animals for signs of illness, disease, or injury in laboratory. Clean and disinfect cages and work areas, and sterilize laboratory and surgical equipment. May provide routine postoperative care, administer medication orally or topically, or prepare samples for laboratory examination under the supervision of laboratory animal technologists or technicians, veterinarians, or scientists. QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS Science courses taken beyond high school, should emphasize practical skills in a clinical or laboratory setting. LAT, ALAT, AND/OR SAFETY certified individuals a plus. Animal Caretakers usually begin work as trainees in routine positions under the direct supervision of the facilities manager and veterinarian. Entry-level workers whose training or educational background encompasses extensive hands-on experience with a variety of laboratory equipment, including diagnostic and medical equipment, usually require a shorter period of on-the-job training. Valid Massachusetts Drivers License Must be able to lift at least 50 lbs. PREFERRED SKILLS Past experience working with animals or in a laboratory setting. LAT or ALAT certified a plus. ADDITIONAL NOTES Animal Caretakers should be able to work well with others, because teamwork with Clients and Veterinarians is common. Organizational ability and the ability to pay attention to detail also are important. Location: Cambridge, MA Compensation: unspecified Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. Please, no phone calls about this job! Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests. ============= and then this one . . . Floating Executive Assistant to $65k – Career Opportunity! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to:cladminperm@beaconhillsg.com [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-29, 10:15AM EDT Incredible chance for an experienced, polished and outgoing Executive Assistant to join one of the most successful investment firms in the history of the industry! In this versatile floating EA role, you will participate in various projects and activities across departments and divisions, and you will gain exposure to a wide variety of functions. You will be responsible for providing back-up support to the Receptionists while they are on breaks, at lunch, out sick or on vacation; you will assist in the logistical planning and organization of special events and conferences; and you will take the reigns of a plethora of administrative responsibilities as they arise. The qualified Floating Executive Assistant must have a minimum of 5+ years of solid work experience; superior skill using the Microsoft Office suite; must be comfortable arranging corporate domestic and international travel plans; and must be flexible to switch gears quickly and efficiently, while handling multiple, concurrent tasks. This firm offers unparalleled benefits and generous bonus potential!! Interested and qualified candidates, please submit resumes, with reference to job code: A33008, to cladminperm@beaconhillsg.com. Beacon Hill Staffing Group is an EEO Employer. Company Profile: Founded by industry leaders to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing, we deliver coordinated staffing solutions with unparalleled service, a commitment to project completion and success and a passion for innovation, creativity and continuous improvement. Our niche brands provide direct hire, executive search, temporary staffing, contract consulting and temp/contract-to-hire solutions to emerging growth companies and the Fortune 500 across market sectors, career specialties/disciplines and industries. Over time, office locations, specialty practice areas and service offerings will be added to address ever changing constituent needs. Learn more about Beacon Hill Staffing Group and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.beaconhillsg.com. We look forward to working with you. Compensation: $55,000 - $65,000 Dependent upon experience Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. Phone calls about this job are ok. Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests. ================================ as in me the hls floating assistant . . . the lab rat . . . see previous entries . . . and A33008 - the robo(narc)human . . . and 3/2008? see previous entries . . .not good not food. . . and since i first temped at hls with 3 of hte primary berkman folks there (see previous entries), this then is curious, from nytimes.com: May 29, 2009 Pentagon Plans New Arm to Wage Cyberspace Wars By DAVID E. SANGER and THOM SHANKER WASHINGTON — The Pentagon plans to create a new military command for cyberspace, administration officials said Thursday, stepping up preparations by the armed forces to conduct both offensive and defensive computer warfare. The military command would complement a civilian effort to be announced by President Obama on Friday that would overhaul the way the United States safeguards its computer networks. Mr. Obama, officials said, will announce the creation of a White House office — reporting to both the National Security Council and the National Economic Council — that will coordinate a multibillion-dollar effort to restrict access to government computers and protect systems that run the stock exchanges, clear global banking transactions and manage the air traffic control system. White House officials say Mr. Obama has not yet been formally presented with the Pentagon plan. They said he would not discuss it Friday when he announced the creation of a White House office responsible for coordinating private-sector and government defenses against the thousands of cyberattacks mounted against the United States — largely by hackers but sometimes by foreign governments — every day. But he is expected to sign a classified order in coming weeks that will create the military cybercommand, officials said. It is a recognition that the United States already has a growing number of computer weapons in its arsenal and must prepare strategies for their use — as a deterrent or alongside conventional weapons — in a wide variety of possible future conflicts. The White House office will be run by a “cyberczar,” but because the position will not have direct access to the president, some experts said it was not high-level enough to end a series of bureaucratic wars that have broken out as billions of dollars have suddenly been allocated to protect against the computer threats. The main dispute has been over whether the Pentagon or the National Security Agency should take the lead in preparing for and fighting cyberbattles. Under one proposal still being debated, parts of the N.S.A. would be integrated into the military command so they could operate jointly. Officials said that in addition to the unclassified strategy paper to be released by Mr. Obama on Friday, a classified set of presidential directives is expected to lay out the military’s new responsibilities and how it coordinates its mission with that of the N.S.A., where most of the expertise on digital warfare resides today. The decision to create a cybercommand is a major step beyond the actions taken by the Bush administration, which authorized several computer-based attacks but never resolved the question of how the government would prepare for a new era of warfare fought over digital networks. It is still unclear whether the military’s new command or the N.S.A. — or both — will actually conduct this new kind of offensive cyberoperations. The White House has never said whether Mr. Obama embraces the idea that the United States should use cyberweapons, and the public announcement on Friday is expected to focus solely on defensive steps and the government’s acknowledgment that it needs to be better organized to face the threat from foes attacking military, government and commercial online systems. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has pushed for the Pentagon to become better organized to address the security threat. Initially at least, the new command would focus on organizing the various components and capabilities now scattered across the four armed services. Officials declined to describe potential offensive operations, but said they now viewed cyberspace as comparable to more traditional battlefields. “We are not comfortable discussing the question of offensive cyberoperations, but we consider cyberspace a war-fighting domain,“ said Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman. “We need to be able to operate within that domain just like on any battlefield, which includes protecting our freedom of movement and preserving our capability to perform in that environment.” Although Pentagon civilian officials and military officers said the new command was expected to initially be a subordinate headquarters under the military’s Strategic Command, which controls nuclear operations as well as cyberdefenses, it could eventually become an independent command. “No decision has been made,” said Lt. Col. Eric Butterbaugh, a Pentagon spokesman. “Just as the White House has completed its 60-day review of cyberspace policy, likewise, we are looking at how the department can best organize itself to fill our role in implementing the administration’s cyberpolicy.” The creation of the cyberczar’s office inside the White House appears to be part of a significant expansion of the role of the national security apparatus there. A separate group overseeing domestic security, created by President George W. Bush after the Sept. 11 attacks, now resides within the National Security Council. A senior White House official responsible for countering the proliferation of nuclear and unconventional weapons has been given broader authority. Now, cybersecurity will also rank as one of the key threats that Mr. Obama is seeking to coordinate from the White House. The strategy review Mr. Obama will discuss on Friday was completed weeks ago, but delayed because of continuing arguments over the authority of the White House office, and the budgets for the entire effort. It was kept separate from the military debate over whether the Pentagon or the N.S.A. is best equipped to engage in offensive operations. Part of that debate hinges on the question of how much control should be given to American spy agencies, since they are prohibited from acting on American soil. “It’s the domestic spying problem writ large,” one senior intelligence official said recently. “These attacks start in other countries, but they know no borders. So how do you fight them if you can’t act both inside and outside the United States?” John Markoff contributed reporting from San Francisco. =========== note hte name markoff from SF on this - ah: the craigslist man of hte sex murders. . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- oh - and check this one out . . . thecrimson.com: News Harvard Student Linked to Kirkland Shooting Denies Involvement Published On 5/27/2009 12:27:03 AM By ERIC P NEWCOMER and JUNE Q. WU Crimson Staff Writer Chanequa N. Campbell ’09—one of two Harvard students linked to last Monday’s shooting in Kirkland House—denied any involvement with the incident Tuesday and accused Harvard administrators of unjustly barring her from graduating next month because of her background. Campbell—who lived in the Kirkland Annex where the shooting took place—received two letters last Friday from Harvard administrators informing her that she must leave campus and prohibiting her from attending all graduation activities, according to her lawyer, Jeffrey T. Karp. Campbell has denied any connection to the incident or involvement in dealing drugs to Harvard students, Karp said. Two female Harvard students allowed the victim, 21-year-old Cambridge resident Justin Cosby, and three others involved in the incident to enter Kirkland, according to Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone, Jr. ’85. Last Friday, New York songwriter Jabrai J. Copney, 20, pled not guilty to charges of first-degree murder for the May 18 shooting in Kirkland J-entryway that led to Cosby’s death early the next morning. Copney, along with two unidentified individuals from New York, planned to scam Cosby out of drugs and money in his possession, Leone said, adding that police recovered a pound of marijuana and approximately $1,000 on or near Cosby after he had been shot. Cosby has been linked to drug sales to Harvard students, The Crimson reported last Wednesday, citing multiple text messages sent to Harvard students from a phone registered to Cosby’s mother mentioning marijuana and suggesting that Cosby was engaged in its sale. Karp said that Campbell and Lowell resident Brittany J. Smith ’09 have both been linked to the incident. He said Campbell denied knowing the victim or giving her swipe card—which grants access to Harvard dorms—to anyone that day. “I have no knowledge of anything that happened,” Campbell told the Globe in an interview monitored by her lawyer. “None, whatsoever.” In their communications with Campbell and her attorney, Harvard administrators did not cite specific reasons for their decision to send Campbell off campus and bar her from graduating, simply attributing her removal to “the recent shooting,” Karp said. “She’s been granted no due process, no appeal, nothing,” Karp said. Faculty of Arts and Sciences spokesman Robert P. Mitchell declined to comment on the case Tuesday, citing the ongoing police investigation and Harvard’s policy not to discuss information regarding individual students. Though Campbell said she is stopping short of accusing the University of outright racism, she said she believes she is being “singled out” because of her background. “The honest answer to that is that I’m black and I’m poor and I’m from New York and I walk a certain way and I keep my clothes a certain way,” Campbell told the Globe in response to a question about Harvard’s motivation for acting against her. “It’s something that labels me as different from everyone else.” Karp said that his client has provided authorities with “verifiable alibis,” stating she gave them “an hour by hour, if not a minute by minute” account of her whereabouts that day. The Globe and the Associated Press report that Campbell was taking a final the day of the shooting and suggest that she lived far from the scene of the crime. In fact, Campbell lived only two entryways—about 80 feet—away from where the shooting took place. It is unclear what if any charges Smith, the other Harvard student allegedly involved in the incident, who Karp said is Copney’s longtime girlfriend, faces from the University or law enforcement. Smith could not be reached for comment Tuesday. —Staff writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached at newcomer@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer June Q. Wu can be reached at junewu@fas.harvard.edu. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=528279 ============= what is released to the public is nowhere near the true events . . . as well, nytimes.com: May 26, 2009 Justices Ease Rules on Questioning By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 12:32 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a long-standing ruling that stopped police from initiating questions unless a defendant's lawyer was present, a move that will make it easier for prosecutors to interrogate suspects. The high court, in a 5-4 ruling, overturned the 1986 Michigan v. Jackson ruling, which said police may not initiate questioning of a defendant who has a lawyer or has asked for one unless the attorney is present. The Michigan ruling applied even to defendants who agreed to talk to the authorities without their lawyers. The court's conservatives overturned that opinion, with Justice Antonin Scalia saying ''it was poorly reasoned.'' Under the Jackson opinion, police could not even ask a defendant who had been appointed a lawyer if he wanted to talk, Scalia said. ''It would be completely unjustified to presume that a defendant's consent to police-initiated interrogation was involuntary or coerced simply because he had previously been appointed a lawyer,'' Scalia said in the court's opinion. Scalia, who read the opinion from the bench, said the decision will have ''minimal'' effects on criminal defendants because of the protections the court has provided in other decisions. ''The considerable adverse effect of this rule upon society's ability to solve crimes and bring criminals to justice far outweighs its capacity to prevent a genuinely coerced agreement to speak without counsel present,'' Scalia said. The Michigan v. Jackson opinion was written by Justice John Paul Stevens, the only current justice who was on the court at the time. He and Justices David Souter, Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented from the ruling, and in an unusual move Stevens read his dissent aloud from the bench. It was the first time this term a justice had read a dissent aloud. ''The police interrogation in this case clearly violated petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to counsel,'' Stevens said. Overruling the Jackson case, he said, ''can only diminish the public's confidence in the reliability and fairness of our system of justice.'' The Obama administration had asked the court to overturn Michigan v. Jackson, disappointing civil rights and civil liberties groups that expected President Barack Obama to reverse the policies of his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush. The Justice Department, in a brief signed by Solicitor General Elena Kagan, said the 1986 decision ''serves no real purpose'' and offers only ''meager benefits.'' The government said defendants who don't wish to talk to police don't have to and that officers must respect that decision. But it said there is no reason a defendant who wants to should not be able to respond to officers' questions. Eleven states also echoed the administration's call to overrule the 1986 case. The decision comes in the case of Jesse Jay Montejo, who was found guilty in 2005 of the shooting death of Louis Ferrari in the victim's home on Sept. 5, 2002. Montejo was appointed a public defender at his Sept. 10, 2002 hearing, but never indicated that he wanted the lawyer's help. Montejo then went with police detectives to help them look for the murder weapon. While in the car, Montejo wrote a letter to Ferrari's widow incriminating himself. When they returned to the prison, a public defender was waiting for Montejo, irate that his client had been questioned in his absence. Police used the letter against Montejo at trial, and he was convicted and sentenced to death. He appealed, but the Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the conviction and sentence. The Supreme Court sent the case back for a determination of whether any of Montejo's other court-provided protections, like his Miranda rights, were violated. The case is Montejo v. Louisiana, 07-1529. =========== as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- on the last article posted . . . yet another jackson . . . hmmmmm . .. readhte journal fro mthe beginning . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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ah - to 23, to the mind frag (see previous entries) in 2009. . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- nytimes.com February 23, 2009 Many Specialists at Private Universities Earn More Than Presidents By TAMAR LEWIN While generous compensation packages for college presidents have come under increasing public scrutiny, other university employees often earn far more. In fact, of the 88 private-college employees who made $1 million or more in the 2007 fiscal year, only 11 were chief executives, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education’s analysis of compensation packages of more than 4,000 employees at nearly 600 private colleges. The top two earners were a football coach at the University of Southern California and a Columbia University dermatology professor, each of whom received more than $4 million. Pete Carroll, the head football coach at U.S.C., received $4,415,714 in 2007, about four times as much as the president of the university, Steven B. Sample. Dr. David N. Silvers, the Columbia dermatologist, received $4,332,759, compared with $1,411,894 for Lee C. Bollinger, the president of the university. And he was not the only Columbia employee who out-earned the president: Dr. Jeffrey W. Moses, a professor of medicine, received $2,532,713. “There are a lot of different spheres of influence throughout a university,” said Jeff Selingo, editor of The Chronicle, “and since medical schools and some specialties within them generate so much revenue, it’s not surprising that compensation reflects that.” Mr. Selingo added: “Chief financial officers are highly paid because they are generally people who could get a job at a Fortune 500 company. What’s actually most interesting to me is that chief academic officers are getting so much. I think what’s happening is that they’re becoming the ones running the university day to day, as presidents are increasingly away from campus, talking to donors or traveling overseas to set up partnerships.” The Chronicle’s data, which is taken from the Internal Revenue Service’s Form 990, do not include executives at public universities, who do not file that form. The figures, the most recent available, are from the tax filing for the 2006-7 fiscal year. The pay for university presidents has risen sharply over the last decade — as has the gap between their pay and that of the average professor. At private colleges, The Chronicle found in its annual compensation survey, the average president’s salary is about $500,000. Shortly after The Chronicle’s survey of presidential compensation was released in November, amid the nation’s financial meltdown, many public figures criticized the high pay, and a few presidents voluntarily gave back a portion of it. “When you have college presidents making $1 million, you’re going to have $800,000 provosts and $500,000 deans,” said Patrick M. Callan, president of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. “It may be reasonable for these people to be well paid, but if faculty’s getting 2 percent raises, I don’t see why senior administrators who are already high-paid should get much larger increases. It reflects a set of values that is not the way most Americans think of higher education.” David L. Warren, president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, issued a statement on Friday noting that highly paid university employees are the exception, not the rule. The median compensation for all employees in the Chronicle survey is $160,493, he said, significantly less than comparably skilled and experienced professionals would earn outside of universities. The new Chronicle analysis of pay data listed the 10 highest-paid employees other than chief executives, the 10 highest- paid financial officers and the 10 highest-paid academic officers. Only Emory University and Vanderbilt University were represented on all three lists. Vanderbilt had two of the highest-paid employees on the top 10 list: Dr. Harry R. Jacobson, the vice chancellor for health affairs, and Norman B. Urmy, the former executive vice president for clinical affairs, who stepped down in June 2006. Each had a pay package worth more than $2.4 million. Vanderbilt also had the highest-paid academic officer, Nicholas S. Zeppos, who earned $1,046,751, and the second-highest-paid financial officer, Lauren Brisky, who earned $1,159,197 and is retired as of this month. In 2007, The Chronicle has reported, Vanderbilt also had the highest-paid university chief in the nation — E. Gordon Gee, who forfeited about half of his $2 million compensation package when he left to become president of Ohio State University. Mr. Zeppos then succeeded him as chancellor of Vanderbilt last March. The executive vice president for health affairs at Emory, Dr. Michael M. E. Johns, received $3,753,067, The Chronicle found, while the chief financial officer, Michael J. Mandl, received $666,300, and the chief academic officer, Earl Lewis, received $536,540. The compensation figures include deferred compensation, some of which is subject to forfeiture. Generally, fertility doctors are among the highest paid. At Cornell, Dr. Zev Rosenwaks of the Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility received $3,149,376, and at New York University, Dr. James A. Grifo, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was paid $2,393,646. Both substantially out-earned their presidents. ========= black funded and big pharma kickbacks for those that declared . . . oy . . . boston.com: Unitil clients: We've had enough Storm response highlights years of anger for some By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff \| February 23, 2009 It wasn't just the December ice storm. There were the lofty salaries for executives and the record earnings of $8.6 million the company reported two years ago while customers were paying the second highest electricity rates in the state. That, on top of the years of unanswered complaints about broken poles and overgrown tree limbs threatening wires. Residents in Greater Fitchburg still clearly recall the hardships they faced a decade ago when a similar storm left them in the cold and dark, some as long as a week. December's storm was a reminder. But this time, they vowed, things would be different. "We never thought it would happen again," Libby Hanrahan, of Lunenburg, wrote earlier this month in a complaint to the state Department of Public Utilities. She and her husband went six days without power in 1997, and in December, with two young children now, they lost power for 12 days. When she called to complain, she got a busy signal, she said. "Unitil should be ashamed of how they treated their customers during this entire period," she wrote. The Dec. 11 storm, which triggered a state investigation, galvanized residents in North Central Massachusetts who are spotlighting what they call years of frustration with Unitil Corp. - a utility based in New Hampshire that covers 28,000 customers in Fitchburg, Ashby, Lunenburg, and Townsend, all of whom lost power in the ice storm, some for as long as two weeks. Thousands of residents have signed petitions calling for the company's ouster. A protest is planned for Sunday at Unitil's offices in Fitchburg, with residents planning to hold signs and copies of their bills to show they "have had enough of Unitil's lies and deceptions," said Cathy Clark, an organizer. Meanwhile, officials in Lunenburg and Townsend are exploring ways to conduct their own utility operations, or have another company take over. And state legislators have filed a series of bills that call for reforms ranging from the ways companies prepare for storms to limitations on dividends paid to stockholders when repairs are still needed. "This issue is far from over," said state Senator Jennifer Flanagan, a Democrat whose district includes Unitil's coverage area. She has filed six bills since the storm. "This is all about accountability," she said. "It's about what's going on, and what we saw." The grass-roots effort coincides with an investigation Governor Deval Patrick ordered in the aftermath of the outages. In response, the state's four utility companies - Unitil, National Grid, NStar, and the Western Massachusetts Electric Co. - are scheduled to submit long-anticipated comprehensive reports today describing their preparedness and recovery actions to a storm that left virtual disaster zones across Massachusetts. A Unitil spokesman, Wesley Eberle, said last week that the company is cooperating with the investigation, and that it will rely on the report it submits today to explain its response to the storm. Eberle said Unitil hired a former DPU commissioner, Bob Yardley, to review procedures as part of the company's internal probe, and that Yardley's findings will be presented in the report. In statements since the storm, Eberle and officials have acknowledged the company was overwhelmed by the intense destruction, but blamed slow response on a lack of outside repair crews that typically provide mutual aid, and said the company's coverage area seemed to be hit the worst. But so far, only Unitil is slated to become part of a longer investigation by the DPU, which will conduct evidentiary hearings to judge the response and hear any counter-arguments. The DPU has an organizational meeting scheduled for next Monday. Attorney General Martha Coakley's office has also intervened in the case through the ratepayer advocacy division. William Hibbard, DPU commissioner, said last week in a telephone interview that the evidentiary phase will give his office and others time to review the report and hear from specialists and others on Unitil's response. Hibbard would not discuss details because of the ongoing investigation, but said his office will consider the attorney general's comments at a recent public meeting in Fitchburg, as well as residents' ongoing complaints. "We heard that frustration loud and clear," he said. Hibbard would not discuss specific sanctions, but said the DPU can take any measures it deems appropriate: ordering corrective measures, setting quality standards, or deciding how much of the $10 million in damages from the storm that Unitil can attempt to recoup from ratepayers. Jill Butterworth, a spokeswoman for Coakley, said her office is reviewing all of the utility companies' responses to the storm, but said the number of Unitil customers who lost power - 100 percent - and the length of time they were in the dark has focused attention on North Central Massachusetts. Coakley spoke at the DPU's public hearing in Fitchburg last month. "Like you, I want answers as to why Unitil's restoration effort took so long," she told the crowd, "and was reportedly handled in a manner described at various times as 'confused,' 'chaotic,' and 'unprofessional.' " For some frustrated residents, the storm was the last straw - especially afterward when they received bills that were double the amounts they usually pay, and as high as $800 for some. Unitil officials said the bills were errors made as they tried to estimate meter readings, and said the matter would be resolved. Still, some residents received shut-off notices when they did not pay, and many continue to dispute their bills. "I'm just so tired of it, I can't deal with it anymore," said Laura Williams, a 67-year-old Fitchburg resident who has reported her bill dispute to the DPU. Meanwhile, the company reported $9.6 million in earnings last year, an increase of 12 percent over the year before. Company officials attributed the increase to the acquisition of operations in New Hampshire, but the explanation did little to settle residents who have seen the company award $1.1 million in compensation, including salary, stock awards, and incentives, to its president and CEO, Robert G. Schoenberger. At last year's annual meeting, Schoenberger announced to shareholders that a rate increase would boost the company's rate collection another $2.1 million effective March 1, 2008, according to a copy of the presentation. "The consumers in this area have had it," said Clark , a Lunenburg resident who has led plans for a protest and a petition drive that clearly spells out residents' hopes for the company ouster. Milton Valencia can be reached at mvalencia@globe.com. ========= as always: It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/> it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/> may i recommend: <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/> and a follow up to that: <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/> and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . ------------------------------------------- link post comment 4553 [Feb. 23rd, 2009\|06:59 am] as always: It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/> it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/> may i recommend: <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/> and a follow up to that: <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/> and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . ------------------------------------------- boston.com: Dread is rising in Harvard's hole As work slows, acres of blight worry Allston By Tracy Jan, Globe Staff \| February 23, 2009 Allston residents still cling to the watercolor images Harvard has dangled before them over the years. Bike paths leading to the Charles River. A canopy of trees shading wide sidewalks lined with cafes, boutiques, and theaters. Neighbors congregating by public art installations, gardens, and spraying fountains. Harvard, with its deep pockets, residents believed, would help transform their industrial neighborhood into something akin to bustling, iconic Harvard Square in Cambridge. But last week's announcement that the wealthy university would dramatically slow - and possibly halt - its expansion across the river as it copes with the recession has cast a long shadow over Allston's future and left many residents forlorn, their dreams of brighter years ahead dashed. "Harvard just holds out these images like a mirage in the desert," said Harry Mattison, an Allston resident and member of a neighborhood planning task force. "There's this continual visual that this wonderful renaissance for the neighborhood is just around the corner, but it could be decades of looking at all the blight." More than 10 years after Harvard announced sweeping plans to expand its campus into Allston, the neighborhood remains a hodgepodge of empty lots, storefronts, and buildings used for back-office operations - all owned by Harvard. The university bought up swaths of prop erty now totaling more than 350 acres. As it prepared for future development and tenants began to leave, Harvard sucked the vitality out of pockets of Allston, residents say. During a tour of university-owned property last fall, Kevin McCluskey, a Harvard liaison to the Allston community, waved toward a squat brick building that now houses the central pastry kitchen for Finale, a local dessert chain started by Harvard Business School graduates. "This is one of the great business entrepreneurial success stories," McCluskey exclaimed. "Here they are!" Residents lament that Finale's Allston operation has no bakery shop or restaurant. That may come in the future, McCluskey said, but right now, "there's no foot traffic." Exactly. The Volkswagen dealership around the corner on Western Avenue recently moved to Watertown because Harvard said it needed the space. Also gone: a dry cleaner, a used-car dealership, a pet store/animal hospital, and a Kmart and Office Max that once did brisk business in a Harvard-owned strip mall now devoid of most of its tenants. "This is what we have now, another empty, rotting building," Mattison said. "Harvard has a stranglehold on commercial real estate." A short walk away, a 5-acre crater gapes at the site of an old Pepsi warehouse, where Harvard's highly acclaimed science complex was to open in 2011. It was touted as the first piece of a 50-year plan for Allston that symbolized the launch of one of the largest construction projects Boston would see for decades. The building would bring in 1,000 construction jobs, university officials promised, half of which would go to Boston residents. The structure was intended to house scientists who would find cures for deadly diseases, host the world's largest stem cell facility, and advance Boston's biotechnology and life sciences industry. Now, it could be many more years before the building is finished. Longtime residents say this is a first: the prospect that construction already underway might be halted. With that grim possibility in mind, residents are bracing for potentially years of disruption and their neighborhood looking like an eyesore. Residents, also complaining about an increase in rats they say is a result of the science complex construction, will meet with Harvard officials tonight at the local library about the future of their neighborhood. Unlike most neighborhoods immersed in town-gown battles, many Allston residents want Harvard to develop there. They say they don't have much choice if they want life injected back into their community, which some say has become a wasteland. For now, though, it seems to them that the university is not developing, but land banking. Last month, Harvard announced that it had purchased a building that houses a machine shop, without plans for its use. McCluskey said Harvard rents out approximately 85 percent of its leasable properties and is actively marketing them, even in this tough economic climate. To be fair, Mattison said, he understands Harvard's new financial limitations. The university has tried to make good on its promises to Allston, sprucing up the neighborhood with new trees, sidewalks, and grassy fields where asphalt truck lots once sprawled. But he would like to work with Harvard to make further improvements if construction comes to a standstill. On Friday morning, dozens of pedestrians hurried through a busy intersection known as Barry's Corner. It's where town meets gown, a short walk down North Harvard Street from the university's historic football stadium and down Western Avenue from the Harvard Business School. John Eskew, an Allston resident, passes a series of vacant buildings and lots each morning on the way to his software engineering job in Central Square. Friday, he walked past an empty Citgo gas station, the shell of the former Volkswagen dealership, and orange cranes towering above the yawning hole that is the intended site of the science complex - far from the picturesque public square depicted in Harvard's plans. "It would be nice to see the empty properties filled with something that brings life to the neighborhood," said Eskew, who worries that a slowdown in completing the science complex will mean further delays in finding tenants for Harvard's buildings. In the meantime, residents, fearing abandonment, savor the small signs of Harvard's commitment to Allston: improvements to local playgrounds, the handicap ramp at St. Anthony's church, the weekly farmer's market - all subsidized by the university. They've taken note of the personal appearances made by Harvard's president, Drew Faust - at a summer barbecue in a soon-to-be-developed park behind the public library built on Harvard-provided land, and at a ribbon-cutting for a neighborhood complex where Harvard students tutor local children. Perhaps this is all residents can hope for in the near future. "A lot of people think Harvard could be the goose that lays the golden egg, and now they see Harvard as reneging," said Ray Mellone, chairman of the Harvard Allston Task Force who has lived in the neighborhood for 73 years. "But Harvard can't wave a magic wand over everything and make it all happy for everyone." Tracy Jan can be reached at tjan@globe.com. ========================= so sad . . . boston.com: Army charity hoards more cash than gives out Despite needs, limit set on aid By Jeff Donn, Associated Press \| February 23, 2009 FORT BLISS, Texas - As soldiers stream home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the biggest charity in the US military has been stockpiling tens of millions of dollars meant to help put returning fighters back on their feet, an Associated Press investigation shows. Between 2003 and 2007 - as many military families dealt with long war deployments and increased numbers of home foreclosures - Army Emergency Relief grew into a $345 million behemoth. During those years, the charity added $117 million to its reserves while spending just $64 million on direct aid, according to an AP analysis of its tax records. AER is funded predominantly by donations from troops. Tax-exempt and legally separate from the military, it projects a facade of independence but really operates under close Army control. The nonprofit allows superiors to squeeze soldiers for contributions; forces struggling soldiers to repay loans, sometimes by delaying transfers and promotions; and often violates its own rules by rewarding donors, such as giving free passes from physical training, the AP found. Founded in 1942, AER eases cash emergencies of active-duty soldiers and retirees and provides college scholarships for their families. Its emergency aid covers mortgage payments and food, car repairs, medical bills, travel to family funerals, and the like. Instead of giving money away, though, the Army charity lent 91 percent of its emergency aid from 2003 to 2007. For accounting purposes, the loans, which are interest-free, are counted as expenses only when they are not paid back. During that same five-year period, the smaller Navy and Air Force charities both put far more of their own resources into aid than reserves. The Air Force charity kept $24 million in reserves while dispensing $56 million in total aid, which includes grants, scholarships, and loans not repaid. The Navy charity put $32 million into reserves and gave out $49 million in total aid. AER executives defend their operation, insisting that they need to keep sizable reserves to be ready for future catastrophes. "Look at the stock market," said retired Colonel Dennis Spiegel, AER's deputy director for administration. Without the large reserve, he added, "We'd be in very serious trouble." But smaller civilian charities for service members and veterans say they are swamped by the needs of recent years, with requests far outstripping ability to respond. While independent on paper, Army Emergency Relief is housed, staffed, and controlled by the Army. Eric Smith, a spokesman for the Internal Revenue Service, said his agency doesn't offer opinions on particular charities' activities. But Marcus Owens, former head of IRS charity oversight, said such charities as AER can legally work closely with government agencies. However, Owens said, problems sometimes arise when their missions diverge. "There's a bit of a tension when a government organization is operating closely with a charity," he said. Charities linked to other services operate along more traditional nonprofit lines. The Air Force Aid Society has board members from outside the military to foster broad views. The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society pays 225 employees and deploys a corps of about 3,400 volunteers, including some from outside the military. Most charity watchdogs view one to three years of reserves as prudent, with more than that considered hoarding. The American Institute of Philanthropy says AER holds enough reserves to last about 12 years at its current level of aid. Daniel Borochoff, president of the American Institute of Philanthropy, said that AER collects money very efficiently. "What the shame is," he said, "is they're not doing more with it." National administrators say they've tried to loosen the purse strings. The most recent yearly figures do show a tilt by AER toward increased giving. Still, Borochoff's organization, which grades charities, gives the Army charity an "F" because of the hoarding. ========= army misuse of faith based charities . . . ignorance is fort blis . . . oy . . . washigntonpost.com: Citi Seeking More Federal Aid Another Round of Help May Not Require Taxpayer Money By Binyamin Appelbaum Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, February 23, 2009; A08 Citigroup executives have approached federal regulators to discuss steps the government could take to strengthen the troubled company, according to two people familiar with the matter. The giant New York bank is under mounting pressure to convince investors that it can survive its financial problems. The government already has invested $45 billion in Citigroup and promised to limit its losses on a portfolio of more than $300 billion of loans and other troubled assets. But investors remain nonplussed, and the company's stock price has dropped 71 percent this year. A new round of government help would not necessarily require more public money. One possibility that some bank executives and economists have urged officials to consider is changing the terms of the government's existing investments in Citigroup and other banks. The government required banks to issue it preferred shares that pay interest and carry other features designed to encourage repayment after a few years. The executives and economists now want the government instead to accept shares of common stock. The change would benefit the companies by eliminating the dividend payments and the pressure to repay the total investment. The change also would create an accounting benefit for the companies that is highly technical but nevertheless consequential: It would significantly improve the banks' performance on a measure used by financial analysts called tangible common equity, which basically judges a bank's reserves against future losses. Most of all, while such a change would dilute the value of existing common shares, it might buoy the company by persuading more people to invest alongside the government. The conversion to common shares would increase the government's ownership stake. But it would not necessarily increase the government's control, because regulators already have taken a role in decision-making at Citigroup. Such a change, however, could also affect the terms of the government's next round of investments in troubled banks. The government plans this week to announce details of "stress tests" that it will conduct on the largest banks, including Citigroup, to determine their resilience against the economic downturn. The government will use the results to determine the extent of additional public investments in the banks. ===== was it not citigroup that summers floew with? oy . . . hmmmm . . .this for the harvie site: LGBT Faculty and Staff Town Hall Meeting You’re invited to the LGBT faculty/staff steering committee town hall meeting. The committee works with University leadership to advocate for inclusive policies, practices and benefits. We want to hear what's important to you. RSVP appreciated. Snacks available! Tue., March 10, noon to 1 p.m. Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall. Cognitive Theory and the Arts Hear University of Cambridge professor Gillian Beer on Darwin and the Consciousness of Others. Mon., Feb. 23, 6 p.m. Humanities Center, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge. HARVie Chat: Benefits for New Employees Join Benefits Services Group experts Emily Cummings and Tim Carey to learn about the health insurance, flexible spending account, tuition and savings benefits at Harvard. Just log in to HARVie on Mon., Feb. 23 around noon and click the blue Chat Now button. ----- giillian (as in andersen of x-files) and beer (as in the TWSS car here in mansfield) and darwin and the consciousness of others - ah: the conversion filming . . . see previous entries. . .so freaking sad . . . MIT HR last 3 days: Technical Assistant mit-00006263 Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology Cambridge MA Part Time Technical Assistant mit-00006264 Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology Cambridge MA Full Time remember the MIT "professor" of hte salvation army shelter? well . .. form washingtonpost.com: Makeover Via MIT for Indian Police Research Team Helps Initiate Reforms to Fix Image Problem, Build Morale Among Officers By Rama Lakshmi Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, February 23, 2009; A14 SHAHJAHANPUR, India -- The dominant image of an Indian police officer, etched in people's minds and embedded in movies, is that of a slothful, rude, potbellied and bribe-taking constable. But the police officers protest the depiction as unfair, saying they are overworked, underpaid and subject to abrupt transfers that disrupt any attempt to get to know the neighborhoods they pledge to protect. Hazari Lal, a shy, mustached officer, has been posted to 13 stations in 13 years. And like other Indian police officers, he is on call 24/7, with no weekly day off, he said. "The police work without any rest. It makes us irritable all the time. And we take it out on the people who come to us for help," Lal, a station house officer in Shahjahanpur, about 80 miles southwest of New Delhi, said as he took off his khaki-colored beret and placed his two cellphones inside it. "We always carry an unknown fear called 'transfer' in our hearts because we can be posted out to a faraway station anytime." The perception of poor police performance caught the attention of the Poverty Action Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which said the negative image created a stumbling block for effective police work in India. Researchers conducted a survey in 2005-2006 in the western state of Rajasthan and found that more than 70 percent of crime victims never reported incidents because many felt that the police would either do nothing or ask for a bribe to file a complaint. More than 80 percent said no constable had ever visited their neighborhood. The survey also found that an average of 64 percent of police officers were transferred every year. The MIT economic researchers launched a two-year pilot project to try to fix the widespread distrust and hostility that Indians nurse about the police and to rev up the morale of the police in 162 stations in Rajasthan. Under the program, they gave police officers one day off each week, froze transfers, invited a community volunteer every day to the station to observe the police work, rotated work among officers and trained the police in etiquette, stress management and scientific investigation skills. The Poverty Action Lab provides evaluation tools to study policy around the world, and has assessed health and education programs in Rajasthan. The police reform project here was funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Its evaluation report was presented last month. "For a policeman, the personal life is nil. But during the MIT project, we spent more time with our family and felt relaxed at work. We no longer felt pushed around by politicians who interfered in our investigation and threatened to transfer us," said Rajkumar Sharma, a constable in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. "We were also taught how to attend to the complainants politely. To offer them a seat when they entered the station and not shoo them away or tell them to stand quietly in a corner." The trials created such a buzz that local police officers refer to these police stations as "MIT-thana," or "MIT-station." The MIT team said that the freeze on transfers produced a 19 percent drop in the public's fear of police. The behavior training yielded a 30 percent increase in crime victims' satisfaction with the handling of complaints. But the weekly day off produced only a 3 percent increase in police morale. "We are not experts in policing, but we in the economics department wanted to provide Indian officials with rigorous evaluation of policy interventions," said Daniel Keniston, a PhD candidate at MIT who coordinated field research for the project. "The project is not about a feel-good, public relations exercise. It impacts issues like national security. Terror plots are foiled by the police very often because of the cooperation of the community and its network of informers. Local people should feel comfortable working with the police, and the police's familiarity with the area is critical." With the rising wave of terrorist attacks in the country in the past two years, including in Rajasthan, analysts say the subject of police reforms may gain urgency. Indian police, a legacy of the 19th-century colonial British system, have been trained to be the coercive arm of the ruler to create fear and crush the subject with force. That image has stuck, and many say corruption, abuse and torture are widespread. But officials complain that the police are severely understaffed, underfunded and overstretched. Although the MIT survey found crimes underreported, most every other problem is brought to the police department's doorstep, officers complain -- including power outages, water shortages and clogged drains, and teacher absenteeism. When politicians and VIPs move on the road, the police are called to guard the route and escort their vehicles. Several government committees and a Supreme Court ruling have recommended reforms. But they have not been implemented because of bureaucratic and political unwillingness to loosen control over the police force. "Two years ago, we kept pleading with the government to give the police a day off in a week and to have a shift system. They said no," said M.K. Devarajan, additional director general of police in Jaipur, who supervised the MIT project. "There is a lack of political will and resources. It is not politically popular to do anything for the police in this country." Even though the MIT program began with great enthusiasm, the implementation often weakened as time wore on and work increased, some said. "The MIT suggestions were difficult to implement 100 percent. Even though MIT forbade us, we called back our men many times from their day offs," said Lal, the station chief. "A few did get transferred because politicians continued to meddle. And transferring a police officer to a bad or a good station is still the most popular method of disciplining erring staff or rewarding good ones." Lal's station has only one vehicle, and constables often have to use their personal motorcycles for work. Local industrialists helped them build a kitchen, a water tank and gate at the station, Lal said. "We don't even have enough furniture to sit on and have to request shops in the area to send us chairs. My constables have to pay for the petrol themselves when they go out on duty. Their cellphone bills are not paid by the government. Can a constable afford all this from his humble salary?" he said. "And then the country expects us to be absolutely honest." The Rajasthan police department wants to extend the MIT recommendations for etiquette training and the presence of the community observers to 150 more stations. But according to the MIT report, the community observer program did not have any impact on softening the public perception of the police. In 2007, Harish Chandra Mahajan, a trader of ceramic fittings, volunteered as an observer for two hours at Lal's station. "They are corrupt and harass weak people. But when I was there at the station as an observer, they were on their best behavior," Mahajan, 34, said, sitting in his store down the street from the police station. "Now they have gone back to their old ways. Back to square one." ============= oy . . . slumdog millionare taking home the oscar - and passion and belief mentioned in the acceptance speech - and i gues that aorks if you don;t run counter to hte religio/politico right at th4e museums of harvard . . . oy . . . it seems that runups this weekend and the clearing of hte unit this AM is so that have more and more time to post (especially qwith the church fir DEAD and priosts plymouth thing . . . ) . . . not good, not good . . . bostonherald.c9om: Emerging from haze of drugs, thugs and crime By Peter Gelzinis \| Monday, February 23, 2009 \| http://www.bostonherald.com \| Columnists Photo by Angela Rowlings It’s the kind of prim summer dress women once wore to church 30 years ago. Except Liz McDonough is standing in a dingy mob hangout, purse on her arm, white high heels on her feet. And she’s trading a coy glance with a monster named Whitey Bulger. Two of the other gangsters flanking her in this classic state police surveillance photo are dead: Liz’s boyfriend, Angiulo lieutenant Nicky Giso, and Winter Hill front man George Kaufman. The fourth thug is Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, who is going to die in prison. “Eva ‘Liz’ McDonough,” Bob Long said with a rueful sigh. “She was the only woman I ever saw hanging out with those guys at the Lancaster Street garage on a regular basis.” Long is the former state police detective lieutenant who headed up a tenacious undercover operation that produced this 1980 photo along with a wealth of Bulger/Flemmi intel, before a leak and a crooked fellow cop named Schneiderhan conspired to shut down the Lancaster Street reconnaissance. “When they shot (Liz),” Long recalled of the botched 1984 hit that sent a couple of bullets through Liz’s cowboy hat and another grazing her scalp, “we were aware she was into the drugs pretty heavy, and the general feeling was she had become a liability.” All of which is true. But what few people, including Long, knew at the time was this mob butterfly had begun to openly question Stevie Flemmi about the disappearance of her cousin, Debra Davis. “Stevie got so (expletive) off at my asking about Debbie,” Liz recalled, “that he went to Nicky (Giso) to get me to shut up. But I wouldn’t. And now, with Stevie finally having no choice but to confess to what he did to Debbie, I’m sure he had something to do with trying to kill me, too.” “That’s certainly possible,” Bob Long said. But the fact is coke and heroin came a lot closer to killing Liz McDonough than Flemmi ever did. The drugs triggered the burglary sprees that sent her to jail for almost 18 years, and kept her away from Flemmi. Years after he watched Liz flutter through a den of iniquity filled with killers, drug dealers and thieves, Bob Long wondered about two things: How the moll ended up with a copy of his recon photo. And if any of her mobster friends told her how they knew he was watching them? Liz was fuzzy about the second question, saying only that, “Jim (Bulger) and all those guys were always telling me to smile for the cameras.” As for the photo, she thinks it came to her via private investigators who once labored in service to Stevie Flemmi, until Kevin Weeks led another team of state police to Debbie Davis’ remains. “Maybe Stevie thought he could use me as some kind of witness for him,” Liz laughed. “He must’ve been out of his (expletive) mind.” Article URL: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1153919 ============== oy . . . I sense it will be a fluky kind of day, but we'll see . . . as always: It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/> it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/> may i recommend: <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/> and a follow up to that: <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/> and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . ------------------------------------------- so sad the HUMF put the hmnh develkpment job back on the table - and the Coop as well (phone interview required. . . so sad. so sad . . .) a joke the HUMF is . . . preying on others and their dreams and their abilities . . . read hte journal from the begining . . . as always: It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/> it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/> may i recommend: <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/> and a follow up to that: <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/> and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . ------------------------------------------- help one another if you can. . .
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as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- but wait - more admissions via craighslist . . . mom slapped me with a letter i wrote when i was couch hopping in 1996 - she had a mini blow up . . . told me my stuff would be out on the street. . . oy . . .and then posted on craigslist was: well . . . damn it . . .the HUMF deleted it i think form my e-mail . . . it was a harvard behavior study on drugs (folks 18-30), and i was 30 in 1996, and this with mom speaking of hte letter - as if I'd been the guinea pig sionce then (yes i have, readthe journal form the beginning ). . . so so so freaking sad . . . ah - william james hall (near 50-52 irving) - and this is the ad i saw . . . Do you purposely do things that are directly harmful to yourself? (Harvard University) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to:hdour@wjh.harvard.edu [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-25, 3:29PM EDT We are seeking adults between the ages of 18 and 30 to participate in a study aimed at understanding self-harm behaviors. -Eligible participants will be paid for participation in this confidential study. -Participation involves completing an interview approximately 2 hours long and wearing a light-weight electronic monitor underneath your clothing for 2 days. • To learn more, please call Halina at (617) 495-0452 or e-mail HDour@wjh.harvard.edu ========================================================== no - there are worstr tracking techno9logies used by the HUNF. . . craigslist: mystery shopper - (all state) < [Error: Irreparable invalid markup ('<general [...] groups,>') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.] as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- but wait - more admissions via craighslist . . . mom slapped me with a letter i wrote when i was couch hopping in 1996 - she had a mini blow up . . . told me my stuff would be out on the street. . . oy . . .and then posted on craigslist was: well . . . damn it . . .the HUMF deleted it i think form my e-mail . . . it was a harvard behavior study on drugs (folks 18-30), and i was 30 in 1996, and this with mom speaking of hte letter - as if I'd been the guinea pig sionce then (yes i have, readthe journal form the beginning ). . . so so so freaking sad . . . ah - william james hall (near 50-52 irving) - and this is the ad i saw . . . Do you purposely do things that are directly harmful to yourself? 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<http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/> and a follow up to that: <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/> and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . ------------------------------------------- oy . . . thecrimson.com: News Law Firm To Fund First Cyberlaw Fellowship for Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society Published On 2/23/2009 12:48:39 AM By ELLIE REILLY Contributing Writer The Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard Law School announced a new fellowship position last week that will be funded by Cooley Godward Kronish, a technology-focused law firm. The fellowship will be aimed at establishing a closer link between the organizations. The clinic—part of the Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society—defends anonymous online posters against legal demands for their identities, negotiates online music and software licensing agreements, and explores issues such as internet surveillance and the influence of the internet on democracy, according to its director, Phillip R. Malone ’81. Cooley, Godward, and Kronish is an national law firm that specializes in technology law and has an office in Boston. The new fellowship will provide of financial support for one of two fellows already working in the clinic, who will become the Cooley Cyberlaw Clinic Fellow, according to Malone. The position will also provide closer collaboration with the Cooley firm, which Malone said will allow the clinic to draw on the large firm’s expertise and resources. John G. Palfrey ’94, a Law School professor who formerly oversaw the Clinic, called the fellowship a “major step forward for the study of cyberlaw at Harvard Law School” and said the relationship with Cooley—“a leader in intellectual property law”—would be a boon for the Clinic. Current fellows have proven immensely helpful to students, according to Tom B. Sullivan, a student at the Law School, who worked at the clinic in 2008 and remains affiliated with the Berkman Center. Sullivan called his interactions with the fellows a “chance to get actual experience, and to be able to encounter problems you don’t encounter in the classroom.” http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=526710 ======== hmmmmm . . . from hal scott's "stay and we can protect you" (see previous entries (after hte signature vector), well . . .gotta wonder if from HLS the journalling was not to he the intent of hte HUMF to begin woth - recall, walke of the buttery and george at abt associates, whom i replaced and who said "don;t listen" to me about htthe rest of the staff there then in CMIS - see previous entries . . . welll . . . some interesting things . . . after the last entry yesterday mornming, out for a puff - did i write this already? well, out for a puff and the rico man (i've got a product) from across the hall, whom mom indicated for he's been leaving his keys in the door an awful lot of late, emerged from the door at the end of hte hall as i exited the unit - and then I pass a woman who looks like hte cancer reading, keep it in the fraternity, not sorry got into neurobiology gal form the late trains - she to be married to a trevor by her flighty phone conversations (needing hewlp the last one). . . then 5775 MD in the lot . . . as in church committee evasion amid the ladies of harvard law and the abt associates wheeler street address, and DM? doctor mengele. . . see previous entries. . . for she emerged from the building as I was returning to the building, and I knew that she was going to go to the man's place across the hall . . . and his little dog whining and scxratching at hte door last night . . . but more later. . . to the laundry yesterday - and as I went, 63W K08 emerged from his unit as I 2walked down the hall and put his Army boots on in the hallway. . . freaky that, eh? and like always, of the timing . . . atop that - in the laundry room - recall the John coffee landry tag with the HUMF relevant numbering so long ago? well - public policy pamphletys from the Kennedy School of Government and two magazines: federal computer weekly and technology's wedge (recall darwin;s wedge and also the ID wedge of the discovery institute - oy. . . ); tyerror articles highlighted . . . when i went to toss things into the drier, some men in there - big and beefy a la military, and they speaking of black bears and maine . . . hmmm . . reminded me of valerie of hte JPNDC (see previous entries) and hte camping trip in the late 1990s . . . more on that later too . . . as the gal was leaving to get into 5775 DM, a big black SUV (like the wackrows got?) drove into the lot - and see previous entries bog black SUV plate messaging in downtown boston . . . and returning in from that AM puff, a woman emerged from teh baker unit by the laundromat here, carrying a bog water cooler jug . . . hmmm, on that, for hte former mentor mentioned the northeastern baker ofthe institute and he there last Friday . . . hmmm . . . charles baker . . . oh, hte metaphoric. . . but read on . . . for also at hte laundromat, and so timed to be there when i was twicve, young couple in sweats - EAGLES on the ass of one and STAMFORD on the other - as in connecticut or the military funded school of slaugfhter and ogletree and other fame . . . hmmmm . . . the drier flashed ERROR twice as I tried to tuen it on . . . and funny - i got a post card from spherion the other day - claimed that because of 6 months of continuous service (when they don;t employ me much, see previous entries; harvarr's preferred tem agency) i get stock optionswith t3e company - what a freaky lie . . . to get hte clothes fro mthe drier i return and one of hte computer mags is open to Obama must accept the mandate - and i figured he;s forced to ignote the homeless/medical/mengelevian addiction neurobiological d3efense automaton tyler experiment . . . see previous entiews, but read on . .. rendition me and this holds; i don;t make this up . . . watchingth news last night - some church fires in boston, dorchest3r actuall, which io do not support; however, i thought one of htem was in codman square (it was not) but pastor DEAS was on TV and in the papers tofday - interesting that, for DEAS the t4ech school of harvard across from the museum (robohumans anyuone?), and with the twin electronics lookalike car there, intersting - especially as saturday i get home and mom left a note - she's out doing errends and having gone to church . . . see previousentries abuse of faith-based . . . i applaud the spirit of the parishoners. . . and i think this is mewtaphoric for hte religio politico right again, and its attempts to force and film a conversion in me . .. see previous entries; read hte jhournal form the beginning . . . as always: It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/> it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/> may i recommend: <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/> and a follow up to that: <http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/> and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . ------------------------------------------- other men (on like mr .andrews of maine - he who told me of hte fake named at the arnsworth/wyeth) exiting as i did into thhall - so many tyimes that happened yesterday . . . and another in the laundry room answering a call just as I got there and leaving his mail - he came back for it - and he later in the hall with a lady with trader joes bags . . . oy . . . the church angle with DEAS is interesting, oif course, for another priest is accused for 30 years stuff - but more soon . . . at 10:43 PM last night I ought for a puff, and the rico man and his dog leave the ssame tiume - the hUMF trying to increase its pressure? you bet - for i still post of its tactics . . . and i had just finished watching Orson Welle's The Stranger. . . this is something, for valarie of the jpndc wanted to watch touch of evil sometimes as well - so long ago . . . she or the bug-eyedf lisa form CA(org) . . . hmmmm . . . interesting flick, too - nazi hunting in new england - and a Charles Rankmin the main character, concentration camp spoecialist . . . and on that - recall the Harvard Charles influence in maine, and mom and grady then living on Rankin Street (2004/2005 - no wonder they had to move, and hte grady name still on the mailbox); oh, and don;t forget teh now desceases Fred Crockett who used to live in the Rankin Center . . . hmmm . . .and, of course, the fires up there thewn . . . ouch and oy . . . and again on the institite thing - the baker aspect, yes; but also the intern Tara working on spreadsheets, she in on wednesdays . . . and hte Tara of the buttery lookalike turning away the other morning, scott's bob woodward morning, and she working on spreadsheets - too the tara lookalike in th4e hshs shelter and also the one by union station so long ago . . . hmmm . . . read hte journal form the begiing . . . and it strikes me - i wrote herein a bot of craned building buildings downtown - and of course ,there's the one by the courthouse . . . hmmmm . . . from boston.com: Catholicism Plymouth priest accused, placed on leave Link\|Comments (24) Posted by Michael Paulson February 22, 2009 01:04 PM The Archdiocese of Boston has placed the Rev. Kenneth A. LeBlanc, pastor of St. Peter Church in Plymouth, on leave after saying it has received an allegation of abuse against him. Here is the statement from the archdiocese: "The Archdiocese of Boston today announced that it has placed Rev. Kenneth A. LeBlanc on administrative leave as a result of receiving an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor. The allegation concerns conduct alleged to have taken place approximately thirty years ago. Fr. LeBlanc is pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth. The Archdiocese also has initiated a preliminary investigation into this complaint. Fr. LeBlanc will remain on administrative leave pending the outcome of the preliminary investigation. The decision to place Fr. LeBlanc on administrative leave represents the Archdiocese’s commitment to the safety of all parties and does not represent a determination of Fr. LeBlanc’s guilt or innocence as it pertains to this allegation. The Archdiocese will work to resolve this case as expeditiously as possible and in a manner that is fair to all parties. Cardinal O’Malley expressed his sadness over this new allegation and reiterated his concern for all persons impacted by sexual abuse. Through its Office of Pastoral Support and Outreach, the Archdiocese continues to make counseling and other services available to survivors, their families and parishes impacted by clergy sexual abuse. Further, the Archdiocese is making arrangements for the ongoing pastoral care of this parish community while Fr. LeBlanc is on leave." And here's something I've never seen before: a woman who says she was victimized by LeBlanc has set up a web page to publicize her accusation and to encourage others to come forward. and this the same day as DEAS . . . as in robocatholic engineering. . . hmmmm above - plkymouth? see previous entries judges and preferred housing for favors . . . but also the name: kenneth leblanc? as in ken cowhey - killed i think? and le blanc? live experimnnt biological lab automaton neurobiological control . . . and hte CA(org) priest tie in . . . hmmmm . . . with hte DEAS thing, just a little too coincidental . . . oy . . . a shooting in stoughton mass last night too . . .hmmmm . . . followups to the above: bostonherald.com: Arson eyed in church blaze Dot parishioners ‘in state of shock’ By Jessica Van Sack and Eva Wolchover \| Monday, February 23, 2009 \| http://www.bostonherald.com \| Local Coverage Photo by Angela Rowlings The blaze that tore through the sanctuary of a Dorchester church Saturday began in several different places, leading investigators to believe it may have been intentionally set, the Herald has learned. “The fire does appear to be suspicious,” said a police source with knowledge of the investigation. A police report obtained by the Herald states “the fire had several points of origin.” The early-morning, five-alarm fire caused $250,000 in damage to the 1,200-seat sanctuary of the New Fellowship Baptist Church on Blue Hill Avenue, melting seats in the balcony and causing the ceilings to cave in. No one was hurt in the blaze, which took 130 firefighters to extinguish. “It’s like someone came into your house and did this,” said the Rev. Stanley Deas, 64, of Dorchester, pastor and a founding member of the church. Asked if he was talking about an arsonist, Deas said he was speculating. Steve MacDonald of the Boston Fire Department declined to comment on the cause, citing an “ongoing investigation.” Parishioners yesterday crammed into the neighboring church kitchen for a Sunday service filled with songs and resilient cries of “glory” and “hallelujah.” Church and community leaders stopped by to offer support, including City Councilor Charles C. Yancey, who donated $250. “Everyone’s more or less in a state of shock,” said Frances Stephens of Roxbury, a 40-year church member. “But we’re just trying to carry on with the service.” Church leaders offered words of hope and encouragement, instructing church members to renew their faith and stay strong. Dressed in colorful dresses and hats, women tapped tambourines to the beat of poignant hymns. Though the blaze destroyed the church organ and a baby grand piano, music minister Clifford Amerson played passionately on a rickety, out-of-tune piano. “As bad as it was, we’re still very fortunate that we have some place to come,” said church deaconess Lethia Gilliard. The church previously housed the Franklin Park Theatre, where celebrities such as Ike and Tina Turner once performed. A May 21 arson caused $125,000 in damage to the Ella J. Baker House, where the Azusa Christian Community worships. Burning a house of worship is a federal crime that carries a 20-year jail sentence. Article URL: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1153929 Related Articles: Blaze rips Dorchester church /news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1153789 Boston Fire Department rescue truck hits the skids /news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1149851 Fire Commissioner Roderick Fraser dismisses ‘danger’ /news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1149622 ==== ah - the globe has posted it now . . . boston.com: Plymouth priest accused of sexual abuse Woman says she was 10 at the time By John C. Drake, Globe Staff \| February 23, 2009 The Archdiocese of Boston has placed a Plymouth priest on administrative leave following allegations that he sexually abused a 10-year-old girl more than 25 years ago. The allegations against the Rev. Kenneth A. LeBlanc, pastor of St. Peter's Church in Plymouth, are described on a website in which the accuser alleges that the priest abused her as a child in his car and in his home. In a statement yesterday, Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley expressed sadness over this most recent allegation of clergy sexual abuse, and officials for the archdiocese said it had launched a preliminary investigation into the allegation. A spokeswoman for the archdiocese said the action was taken after the Middlesex district attorney's office informed the archdiocese of the allegation. Word of the website's allegations had begun to circulate among parishioners starting late last week, and archdiocesan officials confirmed in Masses during the weekend that LeBlanc had been placed on leave. "Everybody's quite shocked," said Elizabeth Adey, a member of the parish council. Adey said a bishop led the weekend Masses, and at the end of each Mass asked parents to escort children out before informing members of the allegations and the archdiocese's action. LeBlanc, 60, has been pastor of St. Peter's Church in Plymouth since 2005. The allegation coincides with the period he was assigned to Most Blessed Sacrament in Wakefield from 1976 until 1982, according to a timeline of his appointments provided by the archdiocese. He also has served in parishes in Hudson, Waltham, Needham, Medway, and Newton, a number of assignments that is not unusual for a priest with a 30-year career, said archdiocese spokeswoman Kelly Lynch. This was the first allegation of sexual abuse the archdiocese has received against LeBlanc, Lynch said, adding that archdiocesan officials have been in touch with the accuser. "Through its Office of Pastoral Support and Outreach, the Archdiocese has offered to provide support services to this person and her family members," Lynch said in an e-mailed response to questions. Lynch said the archdiocesan investigation is confidential and that she cannot say how LeBlanc has responded to the allegations. She also would not say when the archdiocese was informed of the allegations. Messages left with the Middlesex district attorney's office were not returned. Neither LeBlanc nor the accuser, who does not have a listed phone number, could be reached for comment. The website includes the accuser's name and her accusations that LeBlanc abused her and other girls while he was serving in Wakefield. The website also includes what the site's author says is an e-mailed response from LeBlanc to her accusations, in which the priest asks forgiveness and expresses regret for what he "might have done or not done," but does not explicitly acknowledge abuse. Lynch said she could not confirm whether the words were LeBlanc's, citing the ongoing investigation. Anne Barrett Doyle of bishopaccountability.org, which tracks allegations of abuse nationally, could not identify any other case in which an accuser used a website to name her alleged perpetrator for the first time. She called the accuser's courage "extraordinary." The Globe is withholding the woman's name because she is an alleged victim of sexual abuse. Adey said that LeBlanc led Mass as recently as last week, but that he has been ill for much of his three years as church pastor. "They've been happy with him," Adey said of parishioners. "He's been as active as he can be. When he's healthy and able, he's been in the parish.' She described the parish as "well-established," and said she anticipated members would remain active. "The people who have been working hard in different functions and different capacities are still going to work hard," she said. "It will still function as a close-knit parish." John C. Drake can be reached at jdrake@globe.com. =========== 30 years (for me since 1979 - ah: the north carolina time - see previous entries. . . ) hmmmm . . a kelly lynch the church's spokesperson - see previous entries kelly's and lynch - especially the boack bull waitrews of cambridge mass development . . . hmmmm . . . and a doyle mentioned above - again, north carolina tomes - vernon doyle . . . see previous ewnt5ies . . . nytimes.com: February 23, 2009 Detainee Who Claims Abuse to Return to Britain By RAYMOND BONNER LONDON — A Guantánamo detainee whose case has drawn international attention because of his assertions that he was tortured while in C.I.A. custody is scheduled to arrive back in Britain on Monday, according to his lawyers and British officials. The detainee, Binyam Mohamed, has been in American custody for nearly seven years, held and interrogated first in Pakistan, then for 18 months in Morocco, and also in Afghanistan, before being sent to the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, prison camp. His return will end an 18-month standoff between the United States and Britain, which has been seeking his release since August 2007. It will not, however, end an effort by Mr. Mohamed’s lawyers and some members of Parliament here to obtain photographs that Mr. Mohamed said were taken by an American woman and showed his injuries, according to notes of his conversations with his lawyer, who provided the notes to The New York Times. At the time of his arrest, in April 2002, American officials said that Mr. Mohamed, who has a brother and two sisters living in the United States, was part of a conspiracy to detonate a dirty bomb on American soil. But all charges against him were dismissed. “I am confident he will be home tomorrow,” said his lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith, “and it is not a moment too soon.” A British government official who declined to be identified confirmed Mr. Mohamed’s expected return but would give no other details. On Friday, the British Foreign Office issued a statement that final arrangements were under way for his release. American Embassy officials in London refused to comment on the situation, saying that as a matter of policy they could not talk about Guantánamo releases that had not yet happened. A spokesman for the Pentagon, which oversees the prison camp, would not comment about his release or his claims of abuse. The British government began concentrated efforts for Mr. Mohamed’s return in August 2007, but it was rebuffed by the Bush administration. One stumbling block was the restrictions to be put on him when he was released. The British government said it could not impose the conditions wanted by the United States, which included electronic surveillance and an official control order, because they violated British and European human rights laws. Mr. Mohamed has agreed to voluntary restrictions, including a lifetime prohibition on travel to the United States, according to people who have seen the restrictions. Those people spoke on condition of anonymity, and they gave no more details about the restrictions because the terms of Mr. Mohamed’s release had not been publicly disclosed. Mr. Mohamed was born in Ethiopia, but his family fled for political reasons in the early 1990s. He moved to Britain in 1994, where he was unemployed and into drugs, his lawyer said. In 2000, he went to Afghanistan to get off drugs — the Taliban had a strict policy against domestic drug use — and to decide whether it was a “good Islamic country or not,” he told his lawyer. American officials have said that he attended military training camps in Afghanistan. Mr. Mohamed has said he was training to fight in support of Muslim insurgents in Chechnya, not to carry out terrorist attacks in the United States. After the fighting broke out between the United States and the Taliban in late 2001, Mr. Mohamed fled Afghanistan. He was caught in Karachi, Pakistan, trying to get on a plane to Britain with a false British passport. He said his had been lost. After several months of interrogation in Pakistan, he was secretly taken on a C.I.A.-chartered plane to Morocco, according to the plane’s flight logs and British officials. The C.I.A. has repeatedly declined to say if he was ever held in Morocco and has steadfastly denied that Mr. Mohamed, or anyone else in its custody, was ever tortured. At a news conference here last week, his military lawyer, Lt. Col. Yvonne Bradley of the United States Air Force, said that what Mr. Mohamed endured at Guantánamo “makes waterboarding look like child’s play.” For 18 months, “I never went outside, I never saw the sun, not even once,” Mr. Stafford Smith quoted Mr. Mohamed as saying during one of their many sessions at the prison camp. Immediately after each interview, Mr. Stafford Smith would write down what he had been told and submit it to the military for clearance. Mr. Stafford Smith provided The Times with a 25-page memorandum of his interviews with Mr. Mohamed, which had been cleared by the military. Interrogators in Morocco showed him pictures of various leaders of Al Qaeda and asked him if he knew them, Mr. Stafford Smith said. Mr. Mohamed insisted he did not. One night, three men in black masks and military trousers came in, he told his lawyer. “One stood on each of my shoulders and the third punched me in the stomach,” Mr. Mohamed said. Other times, he said, they tied him to a wall, his feet just off the floor. They brought in women, “naked or part naked,” he said. On one occasion, while tied to the wall, his clothes were taken off, he said. Then a man took a scalpel and made cuts on his chest. Then they cut his genitals, Mr. Mohamed said. “I suffered the razor treatment about once a month,” Mr. Mohamed said, according to Mr. Stafford Smith’s declassified notes of the interview. In January 2004, five soldiers wearing face masks and Timberland boots dragged him from his cell and stripped him. He heard an American accent. There was a woman in the group. She took pictures of his wounds with a digital camera, he said. He was taken to the American-run Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, his lawyer said, where more photographs were taken. One of the soldiers told him it was “to show Washington it’s healing,” Mr. Mohamed told his lawyer. Mr. Mohamed’s lawyers have been trying to obtain the photographs and documents, which they say support Mr. Mohamed’s allegations. A British court has said that classified documents support Mr. Mohamed’s assertions, but the American and British governments have objected to their release. ====== boston.com: Jurors who convicted in '93 ask judge to retry case 3 advocate for Trenkler, imprisoned in bombing By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff \| February 23, 2009 For almost two decades, Alfred Trenkler and his family have tried unsuccessfully to get a new trial in the 1991 bombing that killed a Boston police officer, maimed another, and put Trenkler behind bars for life. Now the convicted man has new and surprising advocates for his cause: three of the jurors who helped imprison him. Swayed by a former lawyer who has written a book about the case, the jurors each have sent letters to the federal judge in charge of the case, pleading with her to grant Trenkler a new trial, if not to free him. "After studying the many details of the Alfred W. Trenkler case I am convinced that he is innocent," the jury forewoman, Sheridan Kassirer, wrote US District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel. "I hope you will see to it that justice prevails and he is released." The letters are the latest development in a complicated case that has taken several twists since Trenkler was convicted in 1993 of manufacturing a bomb that prosecutors said was meant for the father of Trenkler's lover, Thomas Shay, who was also implicated in the conspiracy. Instead, the bomb killed Officer Jeremiah J. Hurley Jr., a 50-year-old father of four, who tried to defuse it after it was found under Shay's father's car. Another officer, Francis X. Foley, lost his left eye and hearing in one ear and was forced to leave his job. The jurors describe different reasons for their doubts, including the circumstantial nature of the evidence, the damning testimony of a former prisoner whose sentence was shortened after he testified, and their belief that investigators did not consider other suspects or consider other evidence strongly enough. The letters, each a page long, were sent to Zobel at separate times in the last eight months and raise different points about what the jurors believe went wrong with the trial. For Trenkler, his half-brother, and his 82-year-old stepfather, who recently hired a private investigator to find evidence that would clear his stepson's name, the letters offer hope for a new trial. But for Hurley's family, the letters present another obstacle to resolution of the case, which Trenkler has kept in the courts by repeatedly seeking to reduce his sentence or appeal the verdict. "I'm so tired of this," said Hurley's widow, Cynthia, who often attends the funerals of police officers in recognition of the thousands who attended her husband's service. "I feel bad that these jurors have second thoughts because in my heart, I do believe that he's guilty. Let my poor husband rest in peace." It is extremely rare for jurors to contact a judge and express doubt about the verdict, especially in a case so old, according to legal specialists. "I think jurors take that job very seriously," said Matthew Machera, a former Suffolk County prosecutor. "To have three of them doubt their unanimous verdict and then after 20 years, that's almost unheard of. It's one thing if one juror writes, but if three separate jurors write, that is unbelievable." But while some specialists said the letters should give the judge cause to pause, others said they doubt the letters would affect a judge's decision. "The only way the court can act is if there were new evidence or if there was evidence that was not disclosed that should have been disclosed," said Ronald Sullivan, director of the Harvard Criminal Justice Institute. "Never say never. But it is highly, highly unlikely that there is any basis in law for the court to revisit that conviction." Zobel declined to comment because she is still reviewing the case, according to an assistant in her office. In 2007, Trenkler said he had found new evidence that could free him, and as a result the US Court of Appeals ruled that Zobel could review the case. Boston police declined to comment. Foley, who occasionally advises departments on bomb detonation, declined to comment through his brother. A spokeswoman for the US attorney's office also declined to comment. In separate interviews, the jurors said they reconsidered their verdict after receiving a 700-page, unpublished manuscript from Morrison Bonpasse, a 61-year-old Maine man who built a website for Trenkler at his half-brother's request. "It's an awesome responsibility to send someone to jail for such a long stint, but a review seems to be the least you can do," Kassirer said. "I didn't think he would change my mind, but he did, unfortunately." Another juror, Marcia Lapson, said she was disturbed to read Bonpasse's assertion that there were fingerprints on the car, but that the jury had never been told to whom they belonged. The third juror, Theresa Spinelli, said the book seemed to disprove the theory that a bomb Trenkler built in 1986 was similar to the 1991 bomb. "I would like to see it investigated further," said Spinelli. "A Boston police officer was killed. Another Boston police officer was injured badly; it should be found out who indeed did it." But according to the lead investigator in the bombing case, that has already been accomplished. "Justice was done," said Miller Thomas, now president of the city's detectives union. "If you dissect anything, you can come up with any number of conclusions. Taken piece by piece you can probably convince someone that John Hinckley didn't shoot Ronald Reagan, even though it was televised." The book, which Bonpasse has mailed to jurors, politicians, and police officers, relies on jailhouse interviews with Trenkler, news reports about the bombing, police reports, trial transcripts and other court documents to make the case that Trenkler and Shay were wrongly convicted. Shay served ten years, but was ordered back to prison for 33 months in 2007 because he violated the conditions of his release. Bonpasse, who said he has not been paid by the Trenkler family, said he has spent thousands of hours looking into the case. "I'm just appalled that the system is in fact very flawed," said Bonpasse, who lives in New Castle with his wife, a retired judge. "I'm appalled that the system is so slow and finds it so difficult to open its eyes and see what it's done to so many people." Trenkler's stepfather, Jack Wallace, said the jurors' letters are just the first step in freeing Trenkler. "I'm confident that we're going to get him out this year," Wallace said. "The truth will eventually come out. The truth always comes out." Maria Cramer can be reached at mcramer@globe.com. ====== you know - on the developm,ent thing and the fifteen year hintin by the HUMF . . . it was 15 years ago (1994 or so) that the what's in the donor file thing came up at he MFA - marion wolotkiewicz, who was quietly moved along . . . hmmmm . . read the jouran drom the beginning . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- afterteh HR person steps down: Requisition Number 36702 Title Transcript Coordinator (Staff Assistant III/Data Technician) School / Unit Harvard Law School Department Registrar's Office Location Cambridge Full Or Part Time Full-Time Salary Grade 053 Union HUCTW Eligible for Overtime Date Posted 05/26/2009 Duties And Responsibilities Reporting to the Registrar, the Data Technician will have complete responsibility for organizing and implementing transcript service, bar certification service, verifications of enrollment and graduation using an access database. This position involves considerable student, staff and faculty contact through personal visits, phone calls and emails. Serves as principal source of information for students/staff regarding the services described above. Gathers data and prepares reports. Additional data entry tasks will include, and not be limited to, entry of student grades, modification of student data and address maintenance. Transcript service for law school students and alumni (approx 300-400 per month), enrollment certifications, degree verifications. Works with National Student Clearinghouse to retrieve transcript requests. Basic Qualifications Three years of administrative office experience required. Experience working with MS office suite of products and working in multiple databases (MS Access as well as our Datatel SIS) a must. Additional Qualifications Experience working in a busy registrar's office is a plus. A sucessful candidate will have excellent customer service skills and a willingness to work as part of a team toward common Registrar's office goals. Strong data entry and excellent oral and written communication skills are a must. Time management skills essential. The right candidate will have the ability to work with multiple and often conflicting priorities while maintaining a sense of humor. Required Screening Harvard University requires pre-employment reference and background screening. Harvard University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. ------ recall years ago the turnover at the HLS registrar's . . . what goes on there? what do some profs make the stus do? you see -the HUMF all along has potrayed me as someone sick, to be dissed, to be experimented on . . . and yet it is not true . . . so so so freaking sad hte HUMf is . . . and mit as well perhaps? for it posted (after my interview with the state): Title: Behavioral Research Lab Coordinator Req Number: mit-00006423 Department: Sloan School Of Management Location(s): Cambridge MA FT/PT: Full Time Employment / Payroll Category: Administrative Work Shift: Will consider both full- and part-time schedules. LAB COORDINATOR, MIT Behavioral Research Lab (BRL), to assist with the management and running of experimental research studies in the fields of cognitive science, organizational behavior, management, economics, and more in a multidisciplinary lab. Responsibilities will include recruiting and maintaining a pool of research subjects; ordering, configuring, and maintaining equipment, computers, web sites, software, and supplies; assisting with experiments; training researchers and research assistants; ensuring compliance with MIT Institutional Review Board regulations; scheduling and overseeing lab use and security; and performing administrative duties. Will be encouraged to take an active role in all stages of the research process, including initiating independent projects and participating in meetings and seminars. REQUIREMENTS: a master's degree or higher in a relevant field, although applicants with a bachelor's degree and extensive research experience may apply. Ability to develop and maintain organizational systems required. Proficiency with computer systems (e.g., Macintosh, Windows) and audio/video equipment necessary; as is web experience (e.g., HTML and Dreamweaver). Seek an excellent communicator who is comfortable interacting in writing and in-person with a variety of constituents. Experience with statistical analyses helpful. Must be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to work in a fast-paced and changing environment with multiple supervisors. MIT-00006423 In addition to applying online with a one to two page personal statement and curriculum vitae or resume, applicants should submit two letters of recommendation from faculty to Stephanie Carpenter at smcarpen@mit.edu by Monday, June 22, 2009. We are open to a flexible, part- or full-time schedule. This is a one-year term appointment with an anticipated start date of August 1, 2009. ========= amnd recall - the HUMF's intent is to drive me to dissing behavior patterns . . . MKULTRA and project artichoke under COINTELPRO. . . and then - because hirecul;ture was recommended by a potential humfer, the day after the state interview, posted was: 5/26/2009 Social Worker Conservatory Lab Charter School 5/26/2009 General Music Teacher Conservatory Lab Charter School 5/26/2009 Photographer Contractor Position Boston College 5/26/2009 Intern in a funky professional atmosphere! The Theater Offensive 5/26/2009 Data Enterer (Curatorial) Historic New England 5/26/2009 Dater Enterer-Library & Archives Historic New England 5/26/2009 Development Assistant New England Historic Genealogical 5/26/2009 Executive Assistant Be the Change, Inc. --------- reflections of the use of me from boston conservatory days - the need for actor agents? so freaking sad . . . historic archives? that's claudia marr - who was there with grady and the brunch at what is now blue cross blue shield. . . and this after he mom reference to 1996 and the craigslist posting of the damaging behavior? no damaging behabvior would be without HUMF oppression . .. so freaking sad . . . ========== and this one has been posted a while now . . . the humf still needing me to traffic for them (now that stus are graduating and the old HUMF guard may be moving on?): Reply to:taylor.brawn@yahoo.com [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-26, 3:30PM EDT I am looking for someone who can handle my personal and business errands at his/her spare time. Someone who can offer me these services: Mail services: Receive my mails and drop them off at UPS(nothing illegal)Shop for Gifts Bill payment ( pay my bills on my behalf)Sit for delivery( at your home) or pick items up at nearby post office at your convenience. Let me know if you will be able to offer me any/all of these services. * Compensation: 500$ * Telecommuting is ok. * This is a part-time job. * This is a contract job. * OK to highlight this job opening for persons with disabilities * Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. * Please, no phone calls about this job! * Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests. ========= taylor brawn? ah - the beating at the brunswick house - see rpevious entries . . . ===== this one has been posted in varios formates a while now . . . then hu hr from my birthday - 36702 F-T 053 Transcript Coordinator Harvard Law School Registrar's Office 05/26/2009 36701 F-T 058 Statistician III Harvard Law School Law Library 05/26/2009 36700 F-T 055 Faculty Assistant Faculty of Arts and Sciences Chemistry & Chemical Biology 05/26/2009 36699 F-T 055 Faculty Assistant Faculty of Arts and Sciences Chemistry and Chemical Biology 05/26/2009 36698 F-T 000 Research Fellow Harvard School of Public Health Health Policy and Management 05/26/2009 36697 F-T 058 Assistant Director for Undergraduate Studies in Applied Mathematics School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Academic 05/26/2009 36696 P-T 055 Research Associate Harvard Business School Division of Research & Faculty Development 05/22/2009 36695 F-T 061 Vice President, Research Administration Harvard School of Public Health Sponsored Programs Administration 05/22/2009 36694 F-T 058 Senior Software Engineer/Database Developer University Information Systems ITIS/UIS 05/22/2009 36693 F-T 055 Media Support Specialist Graduate School of Education Learning Technologies Center 05/22/2009 36692 P-T 056 Research Associate, Global Research Group Harvard Business School Division of Research and Faculty Development 05/22/2009 36690 F-T 061 Director of Strategic Priority Management Harvard School of Public Health Dean's Office 05/22/2009 36689 F-T 049 Laboratory Technician Harvard Medical School Harvard School of Dental Medicine - Clinical Operations 05/22/2009 36688 F-T 055 Financial Associate II Harvard Medical School Systems Biology 05/21/2009 36687 F-T 054 Research Coordinator Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition 05/21/2009 36686 F-T 061 Senior Director of Development, Principal & Major Gifts Harvard Medical School HMS-ORD 05/21/2009 36685 F-T 052 Research Assistant I Harvard Medical School HMS Programs in Research 05/21/2009 36684 F-T 053 Research Assistant II Harvard Medical School HMS Neurobiology 05/21/2009 36683 F-T 058 Staff Engineer - Electrical School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Wyss Institute 05/21/2009 36680 F-T 058 Research Associate Graduate School of Education GSE Research 05/20/2009 36679 F-T 053 Research Assistant II Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition 05/19/2009 36677 F-T 055 Financial Associate II Harvard Medical School Neurobiology 05/19/2009 36676 F-T 055 Administrative Coordinator, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program JFK School of Government Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs 05/19/2009 36675 F-T 061 Executive Director of Alumni and Development Services Harvard Medical School Office of Resource Development 05/19/2009 36674 F-T 052 Research Assistant I Harvard Medical School Cell Biology 05/19/2009 36673 F-T 059 Associate Director of Human Resources (term appointment) University Administration Office of the President and Provost/Harvard Human Resources 05/18/2009 36672 F-T 059 Attorney Office of the General Counsel Office of General Counsel 05/18/2009 36671 F-T 054 Research Assistant III Harvard Medical School Health Care Policy 05/18/2009 36670 P-T 055 Assistant Coach of Women's Tennis Faculty of Arts and Sciences Athletics 05/18/2009 36669 F-T 053 Research Assistant II Harvard Medical School Neurobiology 05/18/2009 36668 F-T 057 Statistical Programmer/Data Analyst Harvard Medical School Health Care Policy 05/18/2009 36666 F-T 055 Academic Programs and Financial Aid Coordinator School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Academic Programs 05/18/2009 36665 F-T 054 Research Assistant III School of Engineering & Applied Sciences SEAS 05/15/2009 36664 F-T 054 Executive Assistant Harvard Medical School Office for Education 05/15/2009 36663 P-T 049 Staff Assistant I Harvard School of Public Health Human Resources 05/15/2009 36662 F-T 052 Research Assistant Faculty of Arts and Sciences Psychology 05/15/2009 36661 P-T 053 Research Assistant II - Non-Lab Harvard School of Public Health Division of Public Health Practice 05/15/2009 36660 F-T 054 Research Assistant III (Non-Lab) Harvard School of Public Health Health Policy & Management 05/15/2009 36659 F-T 052 Research Assistant I Harvard Medical School Genetics 05/14/2009 36658 F-T 058 Staff Scientist - Protein Expression & Engineering School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Wyss Institute 05/14/2009 36657 F-T 054 IT Support Associate I Harvard Medical School IT-Client Services Group 05/14/2009 36656 P-T 056 Part-Time Research Director Faculty of Arts and Sciences The Pluralism Project 05/14/2009 36655 F-T 056 Senior Program Officer Harvard School of Public Health Center for Health Communication 05/14/2009 36654 F-T 053 Staff Assistant Faculty of Arts and Sciences Center for Brain Science 05/14/2009 36653 F-T 057 Project Manager Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet & Society 05/14/2009 36652 F-T 057 Assistant Director of Financial Aid Division of Continuing Education Financial Services/DCE 05/14/2009 36651 F-T 060 Human Resources Director Radcliffe Institute Human Resources 05/13/2009 36649 F-T 061 Assistant Provost for Research Policy University Administration Office for Research and Compliance 05/13/2009 36648 P-T 058 Director of Administration Faculty of Arts and Sciences Sociology 05/13/2009 36647 F-T 053 Faculty Assistant II Harvard School of Public Health 651 Huntington Avenue 05/13/2009 36646 F-T 054 Research Assistant III - Non Lab Harvard School of Public Health Global Health and Population 05/13/2009 36644 F-T 052 Accounting Assistant IV Harvard School of Public Health Environmental Health/EER 05/13/2009 36643 F-T 056 Sponsored Research Administrator Faculty of Arts and Sciences Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology 05/13/2009 36642 F-T 051 Staff Assistant II Harvard School of Public Health Office for Student Services 05/13/2009 36641 F-T 059 Laboratory Manager School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Wyss Institute 05/12/2009 36640 F-T 055 Aga Khan Program Coordinator/Research Assistant Faculty of Arts and Sciences History of Art and Architecture 05/12/2009 36639 F-T 054 Research Assistant Faculty of Arts and Sciences Harvard Stem Cell Institute 05/12/2009 36638 F-T 053 Staff Assistant III Harvard Law School Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program 05/12/2009 36637 F-T 053 Admissions and Financial Aid Coordinator Harvard Law School Harvard Law School Graduate Program 05/12/2009 36635 F-T 058 Project Manager (Research) Faculty of Arts and Sciences Chemistry & Chemical Biology 05/11/2009 36634 F-T 057 Systems Administrator Faculty of Arts and Sciences Language Resource Center 05/11/2009 36633 F-T 052 Research Assistant JFK School of Government Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs 05/08/2009 36632 F-T 058 Associate Director for Neuroimaging Faculty of Arts and Sciences Center for Brain Science 05/08/2009 36631 F-T 053 Staff Assistant Faculty of Arts and Sciences Office of Career Services 05/08/2009 36630 F-T 060 Associate Director, Office of Treasury Management Financial Administration Office of Treasury Management 05/08/2009 36629 F-T 055 Research Assistant IV Harvard School of Public Health Health Policy & Management 05/07/2009 36626 F-T 054 Executive Assistant University Administration Office of the President 05/07/2009 36625 F-T 056 First Assistant Coach of Men's Ice Hockey Faculty of Arts and Sciences Athletics 05/07/2009 36624 F-T 052 Research Assistant Faculty of Arts and Sciences Psychology 05/07/2009 36623 F-T 054 Executive Assistant Radcliffe Institute Dean's Office 05/06/2009 36622 F-T 052 Research Assistant I Harvard Medical School NEPRC 05/06/2009 36620 F-T 063 University Controller Financial Administration Vice President for Finance 05/05/2009 36617 F-T 053 Staff Assistant III Harvard Law School Child Advocacy Program 05/05/2009 36613 F-T 056 Research Developer and Analyst, EdLabs Faculty of Arts and Sciences EdLabs 05/05/2009 36612 F-T 056 Bioinformatics Data Manager Harvard School of Public Health Biostatistics 05/05/2009 36611 F-T 057 Bioinformatics Data Analyst Harvard School of Public Health Biostatistics 05/05/2009 36609 F-T 052 Research Assistant Faculty of Arts and Sciences Center for Brain Science 05/05/2009 ======== note he brain science posting 5/5. . . oy . . . and tufts- too- is gwetting int othe act - recall Alex thorn of hte buttery and her plant research . .. as in robo(narc)agents . . . craigslist: SSISTANT / ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - Office of Career Services (Medford, MA) Reply to:see below Date: 2009-05-26, 4:21PM EDT The level of position into which the candidate will be hired will be based on the amount of relevant experience as determined by the Director. The Office of Career Services (OCS) in The Fletcher School provides career education, programming and coaching to The Fletcher School's students and alumni to help them maximize their career opportunities. The Fletcher School is a highly distinguished graduate school of international affairs. The OCS also does marketing and relationship management with employers around the world. The OCS seeks an individual with exceptional customer service skills, solid understanding of Human Resources staffing strategies and hiring practices in the assigned career fields, and superior communication skills to fill its available Assistant/Associate Director position. The Assistant/Associate Director career coach has three primary responsibilities: 1. One-on-one coaching and advising for students 2. Sector-specific career education for assigned career fields and teaching for a required-for-graduation program for all incoming students; career education includes partnerships with student clubs and faculty to execute on-campus programming as well as organizing one of three major annual career events 3. Employer outreach for organizations in assigned career areas and relationship management with existing employers Basic Requirements: * Master's degree * Minimum of three to five (3 to 5) years of post-graduate experience for the Assistant Director level, minimum of five to seven (5 to 7) years of post-graduate experience for the Associate Director level. * Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Knowledge of systems and how to encourage client usage * This position requires availability and flexibility to travel both domestically and internationally to meet with employers and participate in annual career trips. Preferred Qualifications: The following are STRONGLY preferred: Master's degree from an APSIA school, MBTI Certified Trainer, or Certified Federal Job Search Trainer. Minimum of three to five (3 to 5) years of post-graduate, related experience for the Assistant Director level, minimum of five to seven (5 to 7) years of post-graduate, related experience for the Associate Director level in at least one of the following areas: * U.S. Federal Government in either an HR managerial role and/or line management role with significant workforce planning responsibilities (familiarity with executive civil service hiring practices including excepted service, non-competitive conversion and competitive processes) OR * Major NGO (e.g. Care, Oxfam) or International Organization (e.g. UN, World Bank) in either an HR managerial role/and or line management role with significant workforce planning responsibilities (familiarity with the P11, PHP or NCRE application processes) OR * A career services/placement background at a top school focused on supporting students entering either the U.S. Federal Government and/or NGOs/IOs and extensive familiarity with the unique hiring practices of those sectors Special Work Schedule Requirements: Availability for occasional evening or weekend work and travel within the US and abroad on a semi-monthly frequency to meet with employers and participate in annual career trips. Tufts University is an AA/EOE employer and actively seeks candidates from diverse backgrounds. Apply Here ======== and then: craigslist posts: (read from bottom up): Field Service Engineer - (Boston) <<technical support Lead Desktop Engineer-Mac - (Cambridge) <<technical support Assistant Controller - (Rockland, MA) <<accounting/finance HVAC SERVICE TECHNICIAN - <<skilled trades/artisan Senior Active Directory/Security Engineer - (Cambridge) <<systems/networking ------ from camb., ma hypersurveillance to control the hls former asst in rockland maine (not me), training for field operatives . . . then - read from bottom up: Mason and Mason Tender - (North Shore) <<skilled trades/artisan skilled interior painter wanted - (medford area) <<skilled trades/artisan Senior Systems/Network Engineer - (Boston) <<systems/networking ------ dinternet (berkman) games and hypersurcveillance painting insides (the inside man) and masons? water and jack of CA(org) and harvard and matt s of sharon? and this with hu hr posting: 36704 F-T 053 Research Assistant Faculty of Arts and Sciences Harvard Stem Cell Institute 05/26/2009 36703 F-T 055 Program Coordinator Faculty of Arts and Sciences Society of Fellows 05/26/2009 36702 F-T 053 Transcript Coordinator Harvard Law School Registrar's Office 05/26/2009 36701 F-T 058 Statistician III Harvard Law School Law Library 05/26/2009 36700 F-T 055 Faculty Assistant Faculty of Arts and Sciences Chemistry & Chemical Biology 05/26/2009 36699 F-T 055 Faculty Assistant Faculty of Arts and Sciences Chemistry and Chemical Biology 05/26/2009 36698 F-T 000 Research Fellow Harvard School of Public Health Health Policy and Management 05/26/2009 --------- gfellows projects and stem cell research atop hls grades? hmmmmm . . . not good not good. . . ====== as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- oy . . . to the store for smokes and 704 HXB (FL) parked behind the dry cleaners along the route. This is the dry cleaners from where the John Coffee (of the harvard and cambridge shelters) slip appeared in the millhaus laundryroom some months back. . . The HUMF is still at it . . . Pages and pages of notes - the greatest HUMF suggestive drivebys on Campus, Oxford Street and Memorial Hall, in Sharon Massachusetts, and, of course, Mansfield . . . oy . . . read the journal form the beginning . . . Interesting thing in the Tuesday last boston metro - a shark being hung up ath te museum of science by an Andrew Scott - as in Hal Scott of harvard law (the signature vextor) and also andrew "buste4r" howard. . . of CA(org)/Verizon/the CA(org) lab house . . . and given the buster last sighting at the laindrymats by Spherion . . . well . . .you can put it together - Harvard folk frauded me to military experiments . . . more? the clark rockefeller trial has begon . . . boston.com: 'Rockefeller' said he had new wife Social worker tells court about visit By Jonathan Saltzman and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff \| May 29, 2009 Howard Yaffe, a clinical social worker, was walking on Marlborough Street in the Back Bay on a sunny Sunday in July, supervising a visit between the man he knew as Clark Rockefeller and Rockefeller's 7-year-old daughter, Reigh Storrow Mills Boss. It was the first visit since the contentious divorce of Reigh's parents in December 2007, and Yaffe had observed a few odd things before and during the weekend, including that Rockefeller had asked Yaffe whether he could introduce Reigh to his new wife and children. Yaffe had never heard about a new family but said such an introduction would be inappropriate. Still, the visit seemed to be going smoothly. Reigh had cheerfully ridden on her father's shoulders, and Yaffe was casually looking at a building that Rockefeller had pointed out when suddenly "the defendant shoved me" and Yaffe fell to one knee on the pavement, he testified yesterday in the defendant's custodial kidnapping trial. Yaffe said he looked up and saw Rockefeller scrambling into a black sport utility vehicle with his daughter. "I ran over and tried to climb into the SUV . . . to try to stop Reigh from being taken by her dad," the bespectacled Brookline social worker testified. But Rockefeller closed the door on him, he said, and the SUV drove off. Yaffe, who had his hand on the door, tumbled to the pavement, suffering bruises on his chin, knee, and hip and what he said was diagnosed as a concussion. He dialed 911 on his cellphone. "A daughter was just kidnapped by her father," he said in a composed voice in a tape-recorded call played for the Suffolk Superior Court jury. "I was walking down the street. He knocked me over and ran off in the car." Seconds after the abduction, a private investigator who had been hired by Rockefeller's former wife to keep an eye on the defendant and her daughter ran up to Yaffe to offer assistance. Yaffe had no idea he was being followed. Yaffe was the first witness to testify yesterday in the high-profile trial after Assistant Suffolk District Attorney David A. Deakin and defense lawyer Jeffrey A. Denner used their opening statements to paint starkly different pictures of the 48-year-old defendant. Deakin said Rockefeller was a manipulative con man from Bavaria whose real name is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter. The defendant, Deakin said, spent months plotting the kidnapping in a scheme that showed his flair for deceit. He bought a condominium in Baltimore, telling the real estate agent he was a ship captain based in South America who was home-schooling his daughter on the vessel. He converted the $800,000 divorce settlement he had received from his former wife, Sandra L. Boss, an executive at the consulting firm McKinsey & Co., into gold coins. He lined up three getaway vehicles and told one driver he was going to Newport, R.I., to go sailing with Senator Chafee's son. Gerhartsreiter knew he was violating a court order by taking his daughter but did not care, causing his former wife anguish and heartache for six days until authorities found them in Baltimore, Deakin said. "He knew that it was against the law, and he knew it was wrong, but he planned meticulously over months to make that happen," Deakin said. "In his mind, the rules don't apply to Christian Gerhartsreiter, but in a court of law, the rules apply to everyone equally." In his argument, Denner acknowledged that Rockefeller took his daughter without permission and spun fanciful stories about himself during his three decades in the United States (including, authorities said yesterday, his comment to Yaffe about having a second family). Indeed, Denner went further than Deakin, saying that his client's aliases had included such storied names as Mountbatten and that he claimed to have sold a jet propulsion lab to Boeing for a fortune. But Denner said his client was "not just some con man trying to make a quick buck selling aluminum siding" but someone whom two mental health experts will testify suffers from a delusional disorder with grandiose features and narcissistic personality disorder. Those illnesses explain Rockefeller's lies about wealth, aristocracy, and being admitted to Yale University at age 14, as well as his belief that he was communicating telepathically with his daughter, Denner said. Rockefeller lived in a "magical, insane world," Denner said, and his increasingly grandiose lies sealed him off from his own memories. Denner urged jurors to find Rockefeller not guilty by reason of insanity. In addition to the charge of custodial kidnapping, the defendant faces two charges of assaulting Yaffe as well as giving a false name to the police upon his arrest in Baltimore. "This case is not so much about what happened, but why it happened and what was the defendant's mind-set," Denner said. "The irony was that his daughter . . . was the only thing that offered him hope in the reality of his life. Without her, he was nothing." As the lawyers argued, the defendant sat in his blue blazer and red striped tie and stared ahead, his face tilted slightly away from the jury. The corners of his mouth were turned downward in what almost looked like a frown. During about an hour on the stand, Yaffe mentioned a few peculiar things about Rockefeller's visit with his daughter. For one thing, he said, Rockefeller could have spent the weekend with his daughter, but the defendant told Yaffe he had a conflict. Rockefeller also told Yaffe and his daughter that he had purchased luxury tickets at $165 each to watch the Red Sox play the Yankees at Fenway Park. Rockefeller, his daughter, and Yaffe walked about a mile to the ballpark so he could pick up the tickets shortly before the game. But Rockefeller returned to tell them that the clerk refused to turn the tickets over because he did not have photo identification. (A Red Sox employee testified yesterday that there is no indication he ordered tickets.) Robert Warren, a 68-year-old private investigator, testified after Yaffe. He said he was retained by another private investigator whom Boss had hired to follow her daughter, Rockefeller, and Yaffe that weekend. But Warren said he lost sight of them an instant before Reigh's abduction. Jonathan Saltzman can be reached at jsaltzman@globe.com. ====== Howard Yaffe? those are the two dirct military folk in this narrative. . . of CA(org) and of jamaica plain - see previous entries . . . more on that - a later story on the trial: (my notes- "AA an unwitting accomplice - and this with an Andrew Yaffe? hmmmm. . . . the CA(org) robohuman project - for a man with fake names" - ah, the sharking to maine - see previous entries . .. not good not good ) boston.com: Witness describes driving Rockefeller to New York May 29, 2009 02:32 PM Email\| Comments (0)\| Text size – + By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff Her cellphone kept ringing in the car, but the man she knew as Clark Rockefeller asked Aileen Ang not to answer it. Ang, 31, a jewelry and website designer from Ipswich, the woman who drove Rockefeller to New York after he had allegedly abducted his 7-year-old daughter, testified today in Suffolk Superior Court that she was an unwitting participant in Rockefeller's escape. She said a friend called her several times on her cellphone, but she didn't answer it because Rockefeller "said it made him nervous that I was using my cellphone while I was driving." She didn't pick up the phone until she had dropped Rockefeller and his daughter off at Grand Central Station in Manhattan, Ang said in response to questions from Assistant District Attorney David Deakin. Once she did, she apparently learned some disturbing information. She immediately called 911 and was extensively questioned by the New York police and FBI about Rockefeller and his daughter. But the pair had disappeared and wouldn't be found for another week. Ang said Rockefeller laid down in the back of the car, saying he was going to take a nap, when she picked him and Reigh Storrow Mills Boss up in the parking lot at the Boston Sailing Center on July 27, 2008. But Rockefeller clambered into the front seat when they had left Boston, driving south toward New York. Ang testified she had met Rockefeller at the sailing center. They were casual friends who had met while taking lessons on how to sail and had gone to a couple of boat shows together. She said he had offered her $500 to drive him to New York City and she had no idea that his daughter was coming along. Ang said she didn't play the radio or see any Amber Alert signs on the roads as she headed to New York. She also said Rockefeller didn't want her to get gas or go to the bathroom, even though she needed to. Rockefeller told her he was worried he was going to miss the launch that would take him out to a boat, Ang said. "He didn't want me to stop but I was running out of gas also," she said. They finally did stop for gas in New York, but only for two or three minutes and Rockefeller still didn't want her to go to the bathroom, Ang said. "I went to look for one, but he said there was no time and I didn't see one around the corner," she said. When she finally did drop Rockefeller and "Snooks" off, Ang said, Rockefeller didn't even say goodbye. "I said, 'Have a nice trip,' and he just slammed the door," she said. On cross-examination, defense attorney Timothy Bradl asked Ang about some of the stories that Rockefeller had told her, eliciting that Rockefeller had said that he had a "master key" to Rockefeller Center, that he hadn't spoken until he was 7 or 9, and that he was getting a doctorate at Harvard in astronomy. Rockefeller also had told Ang that he wanted to sail around the world with her on a catamaran, with Ang tutoring and teaching piano to his daughter. Considering Rockefeller's sailing skills, Bradl said, wasn't that "pretty much a fantasy?" "He said he knew how to sail. I just never saw it," said Ang. Authorities say Rockefeller, who is being charged with custodial kidnapping for taking his child while he was on a supervised visit with her in Boston, is really a Bavarian-born con man whose name is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter. Rockefeller's legal team is using the insanity defense. ========= oh - so freaking much . . . but this is enough . . . those kids at hu and mit et al that were into me from the abt associates lesley simpson gig in 2004, see previous entries, , , well, if they took the five-year college plan, they;re graduating now . . . so freaking sad . . . I get an e-mail reply on an application: Scott Fraser Re: Development Associate Application Thu, 5/28/09 4KB ----- as in hal scott and frasier the TV psychologist? HMMMMM . . . . and then, posted on craigslist: Private investigator (Cambridge/Boston) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to:job-w7uec-1193422731@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-28, 2:14PM EDT Private investigator, street smart, keen instincts, expertise in technology and surveillance, professional with license preferred. Duties will include investigating corruption among town officials, including police misconduct for an investigative journalism project. You will be needed to do background checks and surveillance details. References are required and will be thoroughly checked. Please forward your resume along with salary requirements. Many thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you. ========= ah. . . the robohuman program . . . see previous entris. . . also a toy off hte george bush ad posted herein already . . .so fresking sad . . . but then. . . craigslist: Private investigator (Cambridge/Boston) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to:job-w7uec-1193422731@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-28, 2:14PM EDT Private investigator, street smart, keen instincts, expertise in technology and surveillance, professional with license preferred. Duties will include investigating corruption among town officials, including police misconduct for an investigative journalism project. You will be needed to do background checks and surveillance details. References are required and will be thoroughly checked. Please forward your resume along with salary requirements. Many thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you. ------ 1369? that;s where dara juels hung out - ah, the nores on this posting: "757 mass ave? a/v experiment? and recall - 1369 was dara's hangout in 1997 . . . thus, the ari juels component of the use of me - read the journal from the beginning . . . so freaking sad . . ." thus the scott sognature - six years after the fact - harvard f4raud . . . and recall the shooting on campus? well - to keep people silent. . . and now a CNC not being alowed to graduate - and recall all the JC's of the story . . . as in bush and his goid comples . . . and recall, it was a JC interviewed me for hte law school job i was told i talked too much on . . . nope - denial by the HUMF all long . . . and this with mor3e and more people pn campus admitting that the folks harvard is looking to hoire now are kids that do not klnow any better - Borg, see previous entries . . . reynolds retiring? so fr3eaking sad . . . so how does the HUMF keep the medical and homeless comunities silent? boston.com: < Back to Front Page Text size – + Harvard University Daniel Tosteson, former Harvard Medical dean, dies at 84 Email\|Link\|Comments (2) Posted by Elizabeth Cooney May 28, 2009 01:13 PM Dr. Daniel C. Tosteson (left, in 1985 photo), who helped reshape medical education in his two decades as dean of Harvard Medical School, died yesterday after a long illness, the school said today. He was 84. A professor of cell biology who headed the medical school from 1977 through 1997, Dr. Tosteson restructured the way medical students are taught by organizing their learning around cases in a program called the New Pathway. "Dan’s clear objective was to prepare students to be lifelong learners as our knowledge of biomedical science expanded,” S. James Adelstein, who was executive dean for academic programs while Tosteson was dean, said in a statement. "He felt it was important to work not only on the knowledge base, but also on the attitudinal base, establishing attitudes toward learning and toward patients." Dr. Tosteson also created one of the country's first departments of genetics as well as separate departments for cell biology, biological chemistry, and molecular pharmacology as the field of molecular biology exploded in the 1980s. He established the Department of Health Care Policy and the Department of Social Medicine, now known as Global Health and Social Medicine. A native of Milwaukee, Dr. Tosteson attended both Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He taught for 14 years at Duke University Medical School, and then spent two years as dean of the division of biological science and vice president of University of Chicago Medical Center before returning to Harvard. He is survived by his wife, Magdalena, a lecturer on biophysics in the Harvard Medical's Department of Cell Biology, of Chestnut Hill; sons Joshua of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and Tor of Lyme, N.H.; and daughters Heather of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Ingrid of Chestnut Hill; and Zoe Tosteson Losada of Caracas, Venezuela. ========= and this with, boston.com: Police probe stabbing at homeless shelter May 28, 2009 05:08 PM Email\| Comments (3)\| Text size – + By David Abel, Globe Staff Police are investigating a stabbing this afternoon in the lobby of the St. Francis House homeless shelter in downtown Boston. Karen LaFrazia, executive director of the shelter, which is just steps from Boston Common, said that the two men involved in the altercation were not regular guests at the shelter, which provides service and meals to about 800 people a day. She said the stabbing occurred between 1:30 and 1:50 p.m. and that it was ended when a police officer serving on a detail in the lobby broke up the fight and subdued the man with the knife. Witnesses at the scene said a middle-aged man was stabbed multiple times just after a lunch had been served of salad and pizza. The man was stabbed in the neck, chest and back, during the attack. She said the victim, whose name she didn't know, was last known to be in stable condition. “In my 12 years at the St. Francis House, there has been nothing like this,” she said. “This remains a very safe place.” She described it as an “isolated incident.” ======== people in fronm out of town? oy . . . I had a damned good interview Tuesday morning at One Ashburton Place, and I;m supposed to know by now - but the agency that put me there for the interview seems to slack some . . . a state job? oy . . . back to andrew bister howard . . . and the racist research (see previous entries). . . craigslist: PAID RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY Reply to: oo-neal@howard.edu [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-15, 1:00PM EDT Research Opportunities at Howard University Howard University is conducting a study on African Americans, to try to find specific genetic factors that predispose people to develop severe depression. We need to find people to participate who have certain kinds of depression in themselves and in family members. It would be very helpful if you might be willing to participate in the study by answering some questions about any history of depression that you might have had, and also about any observations you have had about depression in other family members. There are two types of interviews in which one may participate in: Interviews that can be done over the phone for those individuals who are out of state, and in-person interviews for those individuals who are local to the Washington DC metro area. All individuals, once enrolled will be compensated for their participation in this research study. If this may be of interest to you, please don't hesitate to contact us toll free at 1(866)747-9522 or locally at 1(202)806-7642 or via email at oo-neal@howard.edu Please note: We placed this ad to bring this study to the attention of African American individuals who might be interested in participating, because African Americans are often under-represented in health research including research on depression. The study is also open to individuals who are not African American. If you are not African American but would like further information about participation, please go to depressiongenetics.stanford.edu (the national website for this study). If you leave a phone message or send us an email, please let us know a phone number where we can reach you, and a convenient time to call. ======== and thsi posted after yet more non profit development applications lack auto-e-mail responses after the first one . . . it;s the HUMF that oppresses/depresses. . . ================================ you see - all the HUMF has its if futile attempts to prove me depressed (recall gallagher and abuhhl of hls human resources: "film it all and show the worst"). . . and well . . . it;s just not true. . . i have [perseveered. . . and all this with judge rotemburg tactics in mansfield! http://www.judgerc.org/Email_Newsletter/feb06.html http://www.judgerc.org/Email_Newsletter/jul06.html and this back ween: hu hr postings - high level - the night/day the kid was shot. . . 36675 F-T 061 Executive Director of Alumni and Development Services Harvard Medical School Office of Resource Development 05/19/2009 36673 F-T 059 Associate Director of Human Resources (term appointment) University Administration Office of the President and Provost/Harvard Human Resources 05/18/2009 36672 F-T 059 Attorney Office of the General Counsel Office of General Counsel 05/18/2009 and when trying to access e-mail on this - note: https://www.cox.com/newengland/offers/q209/?sc_cid=3rdparty_newengland_bundles_projoyahoo728x cox communications - as in the sharking of me from MA to ME with family and hls compliance. . . and 3drd party pro joy bundles> 728x - as in 2001 or 1998? so freaking sad - and this with the mormon church burning at harvard yesterday . . . so so so freaking sad . . . ===== funny - walking to and fro inmans sQUARE - - "angel" of hte salvation army shelters passes me, asking me for a smoke, and then two ofhter recognized homeless sitting in front of hte cambridg ehospital psych door . . . and then a later walk and who do I pass but MIT Sean? see previous entries - he with "buster" howard on the BU side of the river when i temped at radcliffe last summer . . . so freaking sad . . . ah - here's that bush job craigslist posting (the taunt on the use of me as harvard sponsored research subnject withbout my consent): from craigslist (like hte jfk interview 2000 and hu sro and then the visciusi thing - ): from craigslist: Reply to:ccc.georgecompany2000@gmail.com [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-20, 12:04PM EDT Provide clerical support to department manager or staff, such as filing, preparing mailings, word-processing, and answering telephones. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES - Establish/maintain departmental filing system. Stock department office supplies and forms. - Prepare mailings for distributions. - Data entry. - Answer telephone inquiries, take and relay messages. - Photocopy and deliver interoffice memos as necessary. - Performs other duties as required. JOB SPECIFICATIONS - High school degree or equivalent. - Intermediate math, reading and writing skills. - Strong clerical skills. To apply, email me at ccc.georgecompany2000@gmail.com ===== and then out backfor a puff and 5970 YV (the fiove-oh juels year ypload victim - or yvette? ah - the dara sparrow); and then mansfield police went by plate 2628, and then 221 035 pulled up - a dara sparrow like in it . . . admission atop all else? oy . . . ================= oh - and hten on craigslist: Adult Outpatient Psychiatrist Cambridge Hospitals Cambridge, Massachusetts JOB DETAILS Outpatient Service with Integrated Addictions Program TITLE: Adult Outpatient Psychiatrist JOB #: 947299 LOCATION: Cambridge, Massachusetts FULL TIME/PART TIME: Either CLIENT: Cambridge Hospitals PERMANENT/TEMPORARY: Regular POSTED: 05/19/2009 EMPLOYMENT/CONTRACT WORK: Employment REPLY SENT: NO VISA WAIVER AVAILABLE: No DESCRIPTION: Cambridge Health Alliance is seeking a half-to-full-time psychiatrist, preferably with added qualifications in addictions, to join our outpatient service with integrated addictions and dual diagnosis programs serving a multi-ethnic and diverse patient population. The Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance is an appointing department at Harvard Medical School. Our public health commitment to improving the health of our communities, coupled with a strong academic tradition, make this an ideal opportunity for candidates interested in caring for underserved populations in a rich clinical environment. We have strong adult and child residency training programs which provide opportunities for teaching. Academic appointment, as determined by the criteria of Harvard Medical School, is anticipated. Qualifications: BE/BC, demonstrated commitment to public sector populations, strong clinical skills, strong leadership and management skills, team oriented, problem solver. Bilingual and/or bicultural abilities are desirable. Experience with dual diagnosis and substance use disorders, and Suboxone certification. We offer competitive compensation and excellent benefits package. Cambridge Health Alliance is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. CONTACT: CV & letter to Susan Lewis Department of Psychiatry 1493 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA Fax: 617-665-1204 E-mail preferred: SLewis@challiance.org ========================= (and this after the homeless from the psych office there last sunday?) then - after a dunkin donuts manager posting for bellingham - doyle and circle cg farm in 1978ish - ere north carolina - out for a puff, and the cheney lookalike and his gal pal and daughter exit . . . she dressed in black as if for the harvard drug connection funeral. . . then posted on craigslist is: Reply to:jobs@jbcc.harvard.edu [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-21, 9:52AM EDT JOB OVERVIEW Malnutrition affects up to 40% of the world’s children and is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developing regions of the world. Our research program undertakes basic and applied research, which examines the effects of childhood malnutrition on behavioral development and mental health outcomes over the lifespan. We have a multidisciplinary program involving longitudinal studies in developing countries and parallel studies in animal models. Under the supervision of the Principal Investigator, the person in this position is responsible for coordinating the activities of the research program while working closely with the PI. The Program Coordinator serves as a liaison between the project team members in the US and abroad, overseeing all grant-related activities, scheduling conferences and appointments and providing support for members of the research team. The Program Coordinator will participate in preparing research materials, and documenting, organizing, and entering data into our database program. The Program Coordinator will also perform statistical analyses for the PI using Statistical Analysis Software (SAS) and participate in the preparation of grants and publications. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Accurately manages the schedules of members of the PI and research team. Answers phones and takes accurate messages. Maintains accurate and timely grant administrative correspondence among principal investigators and other researchers while working on grant documents. Prepares project-related grant applications and Human Research Committee applications for submissions within specified timeframes in coordination with the PI. Works with PI to prepare research publications, slide presentations, reviews literature in preparation of grants and publications and edits research documents. Facilitates recruitment of staff and student interns and manages the hiring for new positions in concert with the PI and in accordance with JBCC guidelines. Maintains collegial relationships with other institutions to facilitate interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaboration. Initiates and maintains communication with other Center departments to facilitate the needs of the research program. This includes the Financial Office, Human Resources Office, Facilities Department, and Development Office. Orders materials and equipment for research purposes, prepares invoices and purchase orders, reconciles expenditures monthly. Such orders may originate at JBCC or other affiliated institutions. Prepares other weekly or monthly forms, such as payroll or personnel forms as necessary. Oversee maintenance & upkeep of office equipment, space, and supplies. Makes travel arrangements and arranges for travel reimbursement for the research program and conferences. Maintains all office and computer research/administrative files. In the context of the budget oversight, reviews project budgets and creates summary reports on a monthly basis. Corresponds with project contractors regarding their services and payment for such services. Facilitates the scheduling of conferences and conference calls (held weekly or more often as needed) between project investigators. Administers incoming data, logs in data, updates data log sheets, assists with data input, files data after it has been input, and makes filed data available to investigators as needed. Performs data analysis. Performs other research-related activities as needed. Provides some evening and weekend availability, especially as this pertains to grant deadlines. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS Graduate or undergraduate degree required with previous experience in research setting. Familiarity with developmental/behavioral psychology, epidemiology, and public health preferred Previous grants experience preferred. Strong interpersonal and communication skills mandatory. Strong organizational skills needed. Must be careful and detail-oriented. Must be self-motivated and able to prioritize tasks. Must be able to collaborate well with others. Good written and oral communication skills required. Must be willing to learn new skills and deal with new and challenging situations enthusiastically. Flexibility is essential. Well-versed in handling confidential correspondence and budgetary matters and possess the ability to exercise a high degree of discretion in dealing with research and administrative matters. Experience with PC systems, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and Access with the capacity to develop additional skills in relationship to data and financial management. Experience with SAS or related statistical analysis software. To apply for this position please send resume and cover letter to jobs@jbcc.harvard.edu JBCC is an EEO/AA employer No phone calls please ======== 9:52 AM - as in 1997 (the juels year!) with craigslist - Bartenders Wanted - (Salem, Ma) < [Error:* Irreparable invalid markup ('<food/beverage/hospitality>') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.] as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- oy . . . to the store for smokes and 704 HXB (FL) parked behind the dry cleaners along the route. This is the dry cleaners from where the John Coffee (of the harvard and cambridge shelters) slip appeared in the millhaus laundryroom some months back. . . The HUMF is still at it . . . Pages and pages of notes - the greatest HUMF suggestive drivebys on Campus, Oxford Street and Memorial Hall, in Sharon Massachusetts, and, of course, Mansfield . . . oy . . . read the journal form the beginning . . . Interesting thing in the Tuesday last boston metro - a shark being hung up ath te museum of science by an Andrew Scott - as in Hal Scott of harvard law (the signature vextor) and also andrew "buste4r" howard. . . of CA(org)/Verizon/the CA(org) lab house . . . and given the buster last sighting at the laindrymats by Spherion . . . well . . .you can put it together - Harvard folk frauded me to military experiments . . . more? the clark rockefeller trial has begon . . . boston.com: 'Rockefeller' said he had new wife Social worker tells court about visit By Jonathan Saltzman and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff \| May 29, 2009 Howard Yaffe, a clinical social worker, was walking on Marlborough Street in the Back Bay on a sunny Sunday in July, supervising a visit between the man he knew as Clark Rockefeller and Rockefeller's 7-year-old daughter, Reigh Storrow Mills Boss. It was the first visit since the contentious divorce of Reigh's parents in December 2007, and Yaffe had observed a few odd things before and during the weekend, including that Rockefeller had asked Yaffe whether he could introduce Reigh to his new wife and children. Yaffe had never heard about a new family but said such an introduction would be inappropriate. Still, the visit seemed to be going smoothly. Reigh had cheerfully ridden on her father's shoulders, and Yaffe was casually looking at a building that Rockefeller had pointed out when suddenly "the defendant shoved me" and Yaffe fell to one knee on the pavement, he testified yesterday in the defendant's custodial kidnapping trial. Yaffe said he looked up and saw Rockefeller scrambling into a black sport utility vehicle with his daughter. "I ran over and tried to climb into the SUV . . . to try to stop Reigh from being taken by her dad," the bespectacled Brookline social worker testified. But Rockefeller closed the door on him, he said, and the SUV drove off. Yaffe, who had his hand on the door, tumbled to the pavement, suffering bruises on his chin, knee, and hip and what he said was diagnosed as a concussion. He dialed 911 on his cellphone. "A daughter was just kidnapped by her father," he said in a composed voice in a tape-recorded call played for the Suffolk Superior Court jury. "I was walking down the street. He knocked me over and ran off in the car." Seconds after the abduction, a private investigator who had been hired by Rockefeller's former wife to keep an eye on the defendant and her daughter ran up to Yaffe to offer assistance. Yaffe had no idea he was being followed. Yaffe was the first witness to testify yesterday in the high-profile trial after Assistant Suffolk District Attorney David A. Deakin and defense lawyer Jeffrey A. Denner used their opening statements to paint starkly different pictures of the 48-year-old defendant. Deakin said Rockefeller was a manipulative con man from Bavaria whose real name is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter. The defendant, Deakin said, spent months plotting the kidnapping in a scheme that showed his flair for deceit. He bought a condominium in Baltimore, telling the real estate agent he was a ship captain based in South America who was home-schooling his daughter on the vessel. He converted the $800,000 divorce settlement he had received from his former wife, Sandra L. Boss, an executive at the consulting firm McKinsey & Co., into gold coins. He lined up three getaway vehicles and told one driver he was going to Newport, R.I., to go sailing with Senator Chafee's son. Gerhartsreiter knew he was violating a court order by taking his daughter but did not care, causing his former wife anguish and heartache for six days until authorities found them in Baltimore, Deakin said. "He knew that it was against the law, and he knew it was wrong, but he planned meticulously over months to make that happen," Deakin said. "In his mind, the rules don't apply to Christian Gerhartsreiter, but in a court of law, the rules apply to everyone equally." In his argument, Denner acknowledged that Rockefeller took his daughter without permission and spun fanciful stories about himself during his three decades in the United States (including, authorities said yesterday, his comment to Yaffe about having a second family). Indeed, Denner went further than Deakin, saying that his client's aliases had included such storied names as Mountbatten and that he claimed to have sold a jet propulsion lab to Boeing for a fortune. But Denner said his client was "not just some con man trying to make a quick buck selling aluminum siding" but someone whom two mental health experts will testify suffers from a delusional disorder with grandiose features and narcissistic personality disorder. Those illnesses explain Rockefeller's lies about wealth, aristocracy, and being admitted to Yale University at age 14, as well as his belief that he was communicating telepathically with his daughter, Denner said. Rockefeller lived in a "magical, insane world," Denner said, and his increasingly grandiose lies sealed him off from his own memories. Denner urged jurors to find Rockefeller not guilty by reason of insanity. In addition to the charge of custodial kidnapping, the defendant faces two charges of assaulting Yaffe as well as giving a false name to the police upon his arrest in Baltimore. "This case is not so much about what happened, but why it happened and what was the defendant's mind-set," Denner said. "The irony was that his daughter . . . was the only thing that offered him hope in the reality of his life. Without her, he was nothing." As the lawyers argued, the defendant sat in his blue blazer and red striped tie and stared ahead, his face tilted slightly away from the jury. The corners of his mouth were turned downward in what almost looked like a frown. During about an hour on the stand, Yaffe mentioned a few peculiar things about Rockefeller's visit with his daughter. For one thing, he said, Rockefeller could have spent the weekend with his daughter, but the defendant told Yaffe he had a conflict. Rockefeller also told Yaffe and his daughter that he had purchased luxury tickets at $165 each to watch the Red Sox play the Yankees at Fenway Park. Rockefeller, his daughter, and Yaffe walked about a mile to the ballpark so he could pick up the tickets shortly before the game. But Rockefeller returned to tell them that the clerk refused to turn the tickets over because he did not have photo identification. (A Red Sox employee testified yesterday that there is no indication he ordered tickets.) Robert Warren, a 68-year-old private investigator, testified after Yaffe. He said he was retained by another private investigator whom Boss had hired to follow her daughter, Rockefeller, and Yaffe that weekend. But Warren said he lost sight of them an instant before Reigh's abduction. Jonathan Saltzman can be reached at jsaltzman@globe.com. ====== Howard Yaffe? those are the two dirct military folk in this narrative. . . of CA(org) and of jamaica plain - see previous entries . . . more on that - a later story on the trial: (my notes- "AA an unwitting accomplice - and this with an Andrew Yaffe? hmmmm. . . . the CA(org) robohuman project - for a man with fake names" - ah, the sharking to maine - see previous entries . .. not good not good ) boston.com: Witness describes driving Rockefeller to New York May 29, 2009 02:32 PM Email\| Comments (0)\| Text size – + By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff Her cellphone kept ringing in the car, but the man she knew as Clark Rockefeller asked Aileen Ang not to answer it. Ang, 31, a jewelry and website designer from Ipswich, the woman who drove Rockefeller to New York after he had allegedly abducted his 7-year-old daughter, testified today in Suffolk Superior Court that she was an unwitting participant in Rockefeller's escape. She said a friend called her several times on her cellphone, but she didn't answer it because Rockefeller "said it made him nervous that I was using my cellphone while I was driving." She didn't pick up the phone until she had dropped Rockefeller and his daughter off at Grand Central Station in Manhattan, Ang said in response to questions from Assistant District Attorney David Deakin. Once she did, she apparently learned some disturbing information. She immediately called 911 and was extensively questioned by the New York police and FBI about Rockefeller and his daughter. But the pair had disappeared and wouldn't be found for another week. Ang said Rockefeller laid down in the back of the car, saying he was going to take a nap, when she picked him and Reigh Storrow Mills Boss up in the parking lot at the Boston Sailing Center on July 27, 2008. But Rockefeller clambered into the front seat when they had left Boston, driving south toward New York. Ang testified she had met Rockefeller at the sailing center. They were casual friends who had met while taking lessons on how to sail and had gone to a couple of boat shows together. She said he had offered her $500 to drive him to New York City and she had no idea that his daughter was coming along. Ang said she didn't play the radio or see any Amber Alert signs on the roads as she headed to New York. She also said Rockefeller didn't want her to get gas or go to the bathroom, even though she needed to. Rockefeller told her he was worried he was going to miss the launch that would take him out to a boat, Ang said. "He didn't want me to stop but I was running out of gas also," she said. They finally did stop for gas in New York, but only for two or three minutes and Rockefeller still didn't want her to go to the bathroom, Ang said. "I went to look for one, but he said there was no time and I didn't see one around the corner," she said. When she finally did drop Rockefeller and "Snooks" off, Ang said, Rockefeller didn't even say goodbye. "I said, 'Have a nice trip,' and he just slammed the door," she said. On cross-examination, defense attorney Timothy Bradl asked Ang about some of the stories that Rockefeller had told her, eliciting that Rockefeller had said that he had a "master key" to Rockefeller Center, that he hadn't spoken until he was 7 or 9, and that he was getting a doctorate at Harvard in astronomy. Rockefeller also had told Ang that he wanted to sail around the world with her on a catamaran, with Ang tutoring and teaching piano to his daughter. Considering Rockefeller's sailing skills, Bradl said, wasn't that "pretty much a fantasy?" "He said he knew how to sail. I just never saw it," said Ang. Authorities say Rockefeller, who is being charged with custodial kidnapping for taking his child while he was on a supervised visit with her in Boston, is really a Bavarian-born con man whose name is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter. Rockefeller's legal team is using the insanity defense. ========= oh - so freaking much . . . but this is enough . . . those kids at hu and mit et al that were into me from the abt associates lesley simpson gig in 2004, see previous entries, , , well, if they took the five-year college plan, they;re graduating now . . . so freaking sad . . . I get an e-mail reply on an application: Scott Fraser Re: Development Associate Application Thu, 5/28/09 4KB ----- as in hal scott and frasier the TV psychologist? HMMMMM . . . . and then, posted on craigslist: Private investigator (Cambridge/Boston) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to:job-w7uec-1193422731@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-28, 2:14PM EDT Private investigator, street smart, keen instincts, expertise in technology and surveillance, professional with license preferred. Duties will include investigating corruption among town officials, including police misconduct for an investigative journalism project. You will be needed to do background checks and surveillance details. References are required and will be thoroughly checked. Please forward your resume along with salary requirements. Many thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you. ========= ah. . . the robohuman program . . . see previous entris. . . also a toy off hte george bush ad posted herein already . . .so fresking sad . . . but then. . . craigslist: Private investigator (Cambridge/Boston) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to:job-w7uec-1193422731@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-28, 2:14PM EDT Private investigator, street smart, keen instincts, expertise in technology and surveillance, professional with license preferred. Duties will include investigating corruption among town officials, including police misconduct for an investigative journalism project. You will be needed to do background checks and surveillance details. References are required and will be thoroughly checked. Please forward your resume along with salary requirements. Many thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you. ------ 1369? that;s where dara juels hung out - ah, the nores on this posting: "757 mass ave? a/v experiment? and recall - 1369 was dara's hangout in 1997 . . . thus, the ari juels component of the use of me - read the journal from the beginning . . . so freaking sad . . ." thus the scott sognature - six years after the fact - harvard f4raud . . . and recall the shooting on campus? well - to keep people silent. . . and now a CNC not being alowed to graduate - and recall all the JC's of the story . . . as in bush and his goid comples . . . and recall, it was a JC interviewed me for hte law school job i was told i talked too much on . . . nope - denial by the HUMF all long . . . and this with mor3e and more people pn campus admitting that the folks harvard is looking to hoire now are kids that do not klnow any better - Borg, see previous entries . . . reynolds retiring? so fr3eaking sad . . . so how does the HUMF keep the medical and homeless comunities silent? boston.com: < Back to Front Page Text size – + Harvard University Daniel Tosteson, former Harvard Medical dean, dies at 84 Email\|Link\|Comments (2) Posted by Elizabeth Cooney May 28, 2009 01:13 PM Dr. Daniel C. Tosteson (left, in 1985 photo), who helped reshape medical education in his two decades as dean of Harvard Medical School, died yesterday after a long illness, the school said today. He was 84. A professor of cell biology who headed the medical school from 1977 through 1997, Dr. Tosteson restructured the way medical students are taught by organizing their learning around cases in a program called the New Pathway. "Dan’s clear objective was to prepare students to be lifelong learners as our knowledge of biomedical science expanded,” S. James Adelstein, who was executive dean for academic programs while Tosteson was dean, said in a statement. "He felt it was important to work not only on the knowledge base, but also on the attitudinal base, establishing attitudes toward learning and toward patients." Dr. Tosteson also created one of the country's first departments of genetics as well as separate departments for cell biology, biological chemistry, and molecular pharmacology as the field of molecular biology exploded in the 1980s. He established the Department of Health Care Policy and the Department of Social Medicine, now known as Global Health and Social Medicine. A native of Milwaukee, Dr. Tosteson attended both Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He taught for 14 years at Duke University Medical School, and then spent two years as dean of the division of biological science and vice president of University of Chicago Medical Center before returning to Harvard. He is survived by his wife, Magdalena, a lecturer on biophysics in the Harvard Medical's Department of Cell Biology, of Chestnut Hill; sons Joshua of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and Tor of Lyme, N.H.; and daughters Heather of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Ingrid of Chestnut Hill; and Zoe Tosteson Losada of Caracas, Venezuela. ========= and this with, boston.com: Police probe stabbing at homeless shelter May 28, 2009 05:08 PM Email\| Comments (3)\| Text size – + By David Abel, Globe Staff Police are investigating a stabbing this afternoon in the lobby of the St. Francis House homeless shelter in downtown Boston. Karen LaFrazia, executive director of the shelter, which is just steps from Boston Common, said that the two men involved in the altercation were not regular guests at the shelter, which provides service and meals to about 800 people a day. She said the stabbing occurred between 1:30 and 1:50 p.m. and that it was ended when a police officer serving on a detail in the lobby broke up the fight and subdued the man with the knife. Witnesses at the scene said a middle-aged man was stabbed multiple times just after a lunch had been served of salad and pizza. The man was stabbed in the neck, chest and back, during the attack. She said the victim, whose name she didn't know, was last known to be in stable condition. “In my 12 years at the St. Francis House, there has been nothing like this,” she said. “This remains a very safe place.” She described it as an “isolated incident.” ======== people in fronm out of town? oy . . . I had a damned good interview Tuesday morning at One Ashburton Place, and I;m supposed to know by now - but the agency that put me there for the interview seems to slack some . . . a state job? oy . . . back to andrew bister howard . . . and the racist research (see previous entries). . . craigslist: PAID RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY Reply to: oo-neal@howard.edu [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-15, 1:00PM EDT Research Opportunities at Howard University Howard University is conducting a study on African Americans, to try to find specific genetic factors that predispose people to develop severe depression. We need to find people to participate who have certain kinds of depression in themselves and in family members. It would be very helpful if you might be willing to participate in the study by answering some questions about any history of depression that you might have had, and also about any observations you have had about depression in other family members. There are two types of interviews in which one may participate in: Interviews that can be done over the phone for those individuals who are out of state, and in-person interviews for those individuals who are local to the Washington DC metro area. All individuals, once enrolled will be compensated for their participation in this research study. If this may be of interest to you, please don't hesitate to contact us toll free at 1(866)747-9522 or locally at 1(202)806-7642 or via email at oo-neal@howard.edu Please note: We placed this ad to bring this study to the attention of African American individuals who might be interested in participating, because African Americans are often under-represented in health research including research on depression. The study is also open to individuals who are not African American. If you are not African American but would like further information about participation, please go to depressiongenetics.stanford.edu (the national website for this study). *If you leave a phone message or send us an email, please let us know a phone number where we can reach you, and a convenient time to call. ======== and thsi posted after yet more non profit development applications lack auto-e-mail responses after the first one . . . it;s the HUMF that oppresses/depresses. . . ================================ you see - all the HUMF has its if futile attempts to prove me depressed (recall gallagher and abuhhl of hls human resources: "film it all and show the worst"). . . and well . . . it;s just not true. . . i have [perseveered. . . and all this with judge rotemburg tactics in mansfield! http://www.judgerc.org/Email_Newsletter/feb06.html http://www.judgerc.org/Email_Newsletter/jul06.html and this back ween: hu hr postings - high level - the night/day the kid was shot. . . 36675 F-T 061 Executive Director of Alumni and Development Services Harvard Medical School Office of Resource Development 05/19/2009 36673 F-T 059 Associate Director of Human Resources (term appointment) University Administration Office of the President and Provost/Harvard Human Resources 05/18/2009 36672 F-T 059 Attorney Office of the General Counsel Office of General Counsel 05/18/2009 and when trying to access e-mail on this - note: https://www.cox.com/newengland/offers/q209/?sc_cid=3rdparty_newengland_bundles_projoyahoo728x cox communications - as in the sharking of me from MA to ME with family and hls compliance. . . and 3drd party pro joy bundles> 728x - as in 2001 or 1998? so freaking sad - and this with the mormon church burning at harvard yesterday . . . so so so freaking sad . . . ===== funny - walking to and fro inmans sQUARE - - "angel" of hte salvation army shelters passes me, asking me for a smoke, and then two ofhter recognized homeless sitting in front of hte cambridg ehospital psych door . . . and then a later walk and who do I pass but MIT Sean? see previous entries - he with "buster" howard on the BU side of the river when i temped at radcliffe last summer . . . so freaking sad . . . ah - here's that bush job craigslist posting (the taunt on the use of me as harvard sponsored research subnject withbout my consent): from craigslist (like hte jfk interview 2000 and hu sro and then the visciusi thing - ): from craigslist: Reply to:ccc.georgecompany2000@gmail.com [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-20, 12:04PM EDT Provide clerical support to department manager or staff, such as filing, preparing mailings, word-processing, and answering telephones. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES - Establish/maintain departmental filing system. Stock department office supplies and forms. - Prepare mailings for distributions. - Data entry. - Answer telephone inquiries, take and relay messages. - Photocopy and deliver interoffice memos as necessary. - Performs other duties as required. JOB SPECIFICATIONS - High school degree or equivalent. - Intermediate math, reading and writing skills. - Strong clerical skills. To apply, email me at ccc.georgecompany2000@gmail.com ===== and then out backfor a puff and 5970 YV (the fiove-oh juels year ypload victim - or yvette? ah - the dara sparrow); and then mansfield police went by plate 2628, and then 221 035 pulled up - a dara sparrow like in it . . . admission atop all else? oy . . . ================= oh - and hten on craigslist: Adult Outpatient Psychiatrist Cambridge Hospitals Cambridge, Massachusetts JOB DETAILS Outpatient Service with Integrated Addictions Program TITLE: Adult Outpatient Psychiatrist JOB #: 947299 LOCATION: Cambridge, Massachusetts FULL TIME/PART TIME: Either CLIENT: Cambridge Hospitals PERMANENT/TEMPORARY: Regular POSTED: 05/19/2009 EMPLOYMENT/CONTRACT WORK: Employment REPLY SENT: NO VISA WAIVER AVAILABLE: No DESCRIPTION: Cambridge Health Alliance is seeking a half-to-full-time psychiatrist, preferably with added qualifications in addictions, to join our outpatient service with integrated addictions and dual diagnosis programs serving a multi-ethnic and diverse patient population. The Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance is an appointing department at Harvard Medical School. Our public health commitment to improving the health of our communities, coupled with a strong academic tradition, make this an ideal opportunity for candidates interested in caring for underserved populations in a rich clinical environment. We have strong adult and child residency training programs which provide opportunities for teaching. Academic appointment, as determined by the criteria of Harvard Medical School, is anticipated. Qualifications: BE/BC, demonstrated commitment to public sector populations, strong clinical skills, strong leadership and management skills, team oriented, problem solver. Bilingual and/or bicultural abilities are desirable. Experience with dual diagnosis and substance use disorders, and Suboxone certification. We offer competitive compensation and excellent benefits package. Cambridge Health Alliance is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. CONTACT: CV & letter to Susan Lewis Department of Psychiatry 1493 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA Fax: 617-665-1204 E-mail preferred: SLewis@challiance.org ========================= (and this after the homeless from the psych office there last sunday?) then - after a dunkin donuts manager posting for bellingham - doyle and circle cg farm in 1978ish - ere north carolina - out for a puff, and the cheney lookalike and his gal pal and daughter exit . . . she dressed in black as if for the harvard drug connection funeral. . . then posted on craigslist is: Reply to:jobs@jbcc.harvard.edu [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-21, 9:52AM EDT JOB OVERVIEW Malnutrition affects up to 40% of the world’s children and is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developing regions of the world. Our research program undertakes basic and applied research, which examines the effects of childhood malnutrition on behavioral development and mental health outcomes over the lifespan. We have a multidisciplinary program involving longitudinal studies in developing countries and parallel studies in animal models. Under the supervision of the Principal Investigator, the person in this position is responsible for coordinating the activities of the research program while working closely with the PI. The Program Coordinator serves as a liaison between the project team members in the US and abroad, overseeing all grant-related activities, scheduling conferences and appointments and providing support for members of the research team. The Program Coordinator will participate in preparing research materials, and documenting, organizing, and entering data into our database program. The Program Coordinator will also perform statistical analyses for the PI using Statistical Analysis Software (SAS) and participate in the preparation of grants and publications. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Accurately manages the schedules of members of the PI and research team. Answers phones and takes accurate messages. Maintains accurate and timely grant administrative correspondence among principal investigators and other researchers while working on grant documents. Prepares project-related grant applications and Human Research Committee applications for submissions within specified timeframes in coordination with the PI. Works with PI to prepare research publications, slide presentations, reviews literature in preparation of grants and publications and edits research documents. Facilitates recruitment of staff and student interns and manages the hiring for new positions in concert with the PI and in accordance with JBCC guidelines. Maintains collegial relationships with other institutions to facilitate interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaboration. Initiates and maintains communication with other Center departments to facilitate the needs of the research program. This includes the Financial Office, Human Resources Office, Facilities Department, and Development Office. Orders materials and equipment for research purposes, prepares invoices and purchase orders, reconciles expenditures monthly. Such orders may originate at JBCC or other affiliated institutions. Prepares other weekly or monthly forms, such as payroll or personnel forms as necessary. Oversee maintenance & upkeep of office equipment, space, and supplies. Makes travel arrangements and arranges for travel reimbursement for the research program and conferences. Maintains all office and computer research/administrative files. In the context of the budget oversight, reviews project budgets and creates summary reports on a monthly basis. Corresponds with project contractors regarding their services and payment for such services. Facilitates the scheduling of conferences and conference calls (held weekly or more often as needed) between project investigators. Administers incoming data, logs in data, updates data log sheets, assists with data input, files data after it has been input, and makes filed data available to investigators as needed. Performs data analysis. Performs other research-related activities as needed. Provides some evening and weekend availability, especially as this pertains to grant deadlines. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS Graduate or undergraduate degree required with previous experience in research setting. Familiarity with developmental/behavioral psychology, epidemiology, and public health preferred Previous grants experience preferred. Strong interpersonal and communication skills mandatory. Strong organizational skills needed. Must be careful and detail-oriented. Must be self-motivated and able to prioritize tasks. Must be able to collaborate well with others. Good written and oral communication skills required. Must be willing to learn new skills and deal with new and challenging situations enthusiastically. Flexibility is essential. Well-versed in handling confidential correspondence and budgetary matters and possess the ability to exercise a high degree of discretion in dealing with research and administrative matters. Experience with PC systems, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and Access with the capacity to develop additional skills in relationship to data and financial management. Experience with SAS or related statistical analysis software. To apply for this position please send resume and cover letter to jobs@jbcc.harvard.edu JBCC is an EEO/AA employer No phone calls please ======== 9:52 AM - as in 1997 (the juels year!) with craigslist - Bartenders Wanted - (Salem, Ma) <<food/beverage/hospitality this="this" ties="ties" to="to" the="the" uise="uise" of="of" robo(narc)humans="robo(narc)humans" and="and" the="the" hypertech="hypertech" slave="slave" trade.="trade." .="." .="." as="as" in="in" me="me" from="from" ma="MA" to="to" me="me" .="." .="." .="." and="and" hu="hu" hr="hr" posting="posting" -="-" 36683="36683" f-t="F-T" 058="058" staff="Staff" engineer="Engineer" -="-" electrical="Electrical" school="School" of="of" engineering="Engineering" &="&" applied="Applied" sciences="Sciences" wyss="Wyss" institute="Institute" 05/21/2009="05/21/2009" as="as" in="in" the="the" insu;la="insu;la" tweaking="tweaking" -="-" see="see" previous="previous" entries.="entries." .="." .="." not="not" good="good" not="not" good.="good." .="." .="." 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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING 935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001 Website: www.fbi.gov DATE: 20/05/2009 ATTENTION FUND BENEFICIARY, THIS IS AN OFFICIAL ADVICE FROM THE FBI FOREIGNREMITTANCE/TELEGRAPHIC DEPT., IT HAS COME TO OUR NOTICE THAT THE C..B.N BANK NIGERIA DISTRICT HAS RELEASED 10,500,000.00 U.S DOLLARS INTO BANK OF AMERICA IN YOUR NAME AS THE BENEFICIARY, BY INHERITANCE MEANS. THE C.B.N BANK NIGERIA KNOWING FULLY WELL THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FACILITIES TO EFFECT THIS PAYMENT FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO YOUR ACCOUNT, USED WHAT WE KNOW AS A SECRET DIPLOMATIC TRANSIT PAYMENT S.T.D.P TO PAY THIS FUND THROUGH WIRE TRANSFER, THEY USED THIS MEANS TO COMPLETE THE PAYMENT. THEY ARE STILL, WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION FROM YOU ON THE ALREADY TRANSFERRED FUNDS, WHICH WAS MADE IN DIRECT TRANSFER SO THAT THEY CAN DO FINAL CREDITING TO YOUR ACCOUNT. SECRET DIPLOMATIC PAYMENTS ARE NOT MADE UNLESS THE FUNDS ARE RELATED TO TERRORIST ACTIVITIES WHY MUST YOUR PAYMENT BE MADE INSECRET TRANSFER, IF YOUR TRANSACTION IS LEGITIMATE, IF YOU ARE NOT A TERRORIST, THEN WHY DID YOU NOT RECEIVE THE MONEY DIRECTLY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, THIS IS A PURE CODED, MEANS OF PAYMENT? DUE TO THE INCREASED DIFFICULTY AND UNNECESSARY SCRUTINY BY THE AMERICAN AUTHORITIES WHEN FUNDS COME FROM OUTSIDE OF EUROPE, AND THE MIDDLE EAST, THE F.B.I BANK COMMISSION FOR EUROPE HAS STOPPED THE TRANSFER ON ITS WAY TO DELIVER PAYMENT OF $10,500,000.00 TO DEBIT YOUR RESERVE ACCOUNT AND PAY YOU THROUGH A SECURED DIPLOMATIC TRANSIT ACCOUNT (S.D.T.A). WE GOVERN AND OVERSEES FUNDS TRANSFER FOR THE WORLD BANK AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. WE ADVICE YOU CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY, AS THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN STOPPED AND ARE BEING HELD IN OUR CUSTODY, UNTIL YOU CAN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH A DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY SEAL OF TRANSFER (DIST) WITHING 3 DAYS FROM THE WORLD LOCAL BANK THAT AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER FROM WHERE THE FUNDS WAS TRANSFERRED FROM TO CERTIFY THAT THE FUNDS THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE FROM NIGERIA ARE ANTITERRORIST/DRUG FREE OR WE SHALL HAVE CAUSE TO CROSS AND IMPOUND THE PAYMENT, WE SHALL RELEASE THE FUNDS IMMEEDIATELY WE RECEIVE THIS LEGAL DOCUMENTS . So to this regards you are to re-assure and proof to us that what you are about to receive is a clean money by sending to us FBI Identification Record and also Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer (DIST) to satisfy to us that the money your about to receive is legitimate and real money. If you fail to provide the Documents to us, we will charge you with the FBI and take our proper action against you for not proofing to us the legitimate of the fund you are about to receive. THIS CONDITION IS VALID UNTIL 23TH OF MAY 2009 AFTER WE SHALL TAKE ACTIONS ON CANCELLING THE PAYMENT AND THEN CHARGES YOU FOR ILLEGALLY MOVING FUNDS OUT OF NIGERIA. GURANTEE: FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED ON CONFIRMATION OF THE DOCUMENT. FBI DIRECTOR ===================================== my chambers? ah - the porn star chambers - recently dead - and this a hearth thing i think, and amir at hte museum talking up gattacca - 98% heart failure. . . ========= recall - i never respond to these spam offers , , , but hte HUMF communicates through them . . . and this with the new cyberterror obama program at hte mentagon? they;ve been playing berkman games with me since the 6/8 connection was outed (and before!). . . read hte journal fomr the beginning ======= oh - and this is important - recall the Goldman Sacks spouting homeless man from HSHS in 12/007 . . . then he in front of CVS a few weeks ago . . . well . . . thecrimson.com: My comments: and this after my interview this AM near hte state house . . . so freaking sad . . . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive VP To Step Down After Less Than a Year Official charged with overseeing Harvard finances and HR to leave August 1 Published On 5/26/2009 1:45:18 PM By ATHENA Y. JIANG and JUNE Q. WU Crimson Staff Writer Harvard's Executive Vice President Edward C. Forst '82 will step down from his post to return to New York after serving just one year, University officials announced Tuesday afternoon. As executive vice president, Forst was appointed to oversee the offices for human resources, administration, and finance--which previously reported directly to the President. After less than one year at the helm, he has become one of the closest advisers to University President Drew G. Faust on the administration's efforts to respond to the economic turmoil that has forced the University to reconsider many of its activities. Forst will leave his position August 1, but intends to continue advising Harvard on finances and capital planning and serving on Harvard's Debt-Asset Management Committee. He will also join the Committee on University Resources, a little-known body of prominent donors. "I am grateful for what he has done to help us navigate a year of particular challenge and change," said Faust in a statement. "He will remain a valued alumnus and adviser, and I know we will continue to benefit from his knowledge and insight." Forst is the first to hold the post of executive vice president at Harvard. He arrived from Goldman Sachs at the end of a year-long search. Throughout his time in the corporate world, Forst, who holds an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, has also remained involved with Harvard's affairs, co-chairing several class gift committees and the University Committee on Student Excellence and Opportunity. Faust said the search for Forst's successor will be underway. ================================= What evil still tries to survive and lurk within the Yahd. . .? as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- but wait - more admissions via craighslist . . . mom slapped me with a letter i wrote when i was couch hopping in 1996 - she had a mini blow up . . . told me my stuff would be out on the street. . . oy . . .and then posted on craigslist was:
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4747	[May. 22nd, 2009\|09:50 pm]
as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- Ah, the games. . . Some errands to be run this eveing, so I hop in the car with the mom unit. . . In that parking lot behind the laundromat where I have a number of times written of the man with the open trunk nearly clipping hte Prius walked a curvaceous gal from the tanning salon to toss a hefty bag into the dumpster, and then, on the corner: 543 K - as in May of one,s 43rd year, trial? as in kafka's trial? perhaps referring to rockland, of course, and the probie games there, at harvard before maine 2, and then again here in mansfield - recall the kids at hte bench on the bikepath a few weeks ago. . . or 543 K referring to robohuman trials, or robohuman me. . . for shortly after, a car zoomed out backwards into hte road, and mom said the sriver pulled out as if not seeing. . . I cerainly don;t think the man was looking . . . 57H K77 the plate - the harvard robohuman trials, chuerch committee evasive - se previous entries. . . after pizza, to home depot for mom to pick up some flowers for memorial day planting . . . HR 97, a vet pplate, left as we pulled into the lot. harvard research (on human resources - humans as lab rats) from the ari juels year. . . see previous entries. . . i stepped to the side of the parking lot for a smoke, and a car pulled in, backed up, and a man got out to open the trunk to read something from in there. . . I immediately thought of "The Lincoln Lawyer" (see previous entries, for that was a book mom read - and see previous entries a short while ago on "Paranoia" - the CIA entrapment, just like the HUMF games . . .); tha man tossed whatever he was reading back into the trunk and shut it to walk inside just as 97A X86 or 68 drove by . . . as in the Juels year runups (recall Ari's swank, and i use that word deliberately, chapman arms place across from harvard alumni affairs and harvard development) automaton/addiction experiments eighty-sixed? meaning i;m to be eighty-sixed? tyhe plate of hte truk reading mand was 4112 CB - as in information to radio. . . (ah, that explains valerie of the JPNDC's interest in the welles/heston flick: touch of evil . . . where heston trails wells with a radio - and this explains the many trips to mexico of folks named herein . . . again, then, the HUMF running up to cause a reaction that it can then point to to diss . . . just like MKULTRA and Project ARTICHOKE under COINTELPRO. . . harvard hypertech'd - enslaved - used . . . so freaking sad . . . read the journal from the beginning . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- for then as we were leaving a jewish (by the accent, kinda new york stereotypical) backed up (as did 57H K77 earlier), nearly clipping a Home Depot cart in the lot; and as she drove off she clipped it and dragged it under her a while . . . I retrieved it and all she did was get out to say she did not see it . . . Tus hints at more accidents . . . just like the harvard crimson editor getitng clipped years ago with amazingly an HUPD "undercover" right there . . . see previous entries . .. so i get back and log into job hunt - the simplyhired logon has been removed. . . as per usual humf tactics. . . so freaking sad . . . and hten - atop he blue man group carpenter (the blanton/matt s connection previous), there is, from craigslist: Mason's laborer - (Middlesex County/Merrimack Valley) <<general labor Field Application Scientist - (Mid-Atlantic/New England) <<science/biotech --------------- mason? could also be walter and jack - harvard development and primate research . . . and CA(org) - so freaking sad . . . and field application scientist? as in using me in the field as the robo(narc)human? middlesex and masons? ah - the CA(org) recruitmwents - primate research onh humans . . . and field testing mid atlantic (vA) to new england? CIA and harvard - MKULTRA reigns - see previous entries frost (hu development) and blanton (discrediting detective) and the SJC/Tracks runups . . .. harvard fraud read the journal from the beginning . . . for this ties things back to the beginning of the decade, 2000, harvard sponsored research (and i never agreed to it, so the HUMF must diss me - recall, wilkins said harvard would do anything to protect its faculty. . .). . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- so again the HUMF trying to create a fear - adn this is somethinig, for recently the university released a press release on fear research: www.harvard.edu: Researchers identify the brain’s on-off switch for fear Breakthrough study may lead to more-effective treatments for anxiety disorders May 15, 2009 Adriana Bobinchock McLean Hospital Harvard researchers at McLean Hospital have identified a particular protein in the brain that serves as a trigger for the body’s innate fear response. This discovery suggests a potential target for the development of new medications aimed at treating anxiety, particularly generalized anxiety disorder, a condition that afflicts millions. In a paper published in the current issue of Cell, Vadim Bolshakov, director of the Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory at McLean and associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and his colleagues report that mice lacking the transient receptor potential channel 5 (TRPC5) gene showed diminished fear levels in response to stimuli that they normally would fear innately, compared with normal mice. “This is the first demonstration that this protein is implicated in fear-related behaviors,” said Bolshakov. “By identifying this trigger, we now have a greater likelihood of developing medications that will turn off the fear switch in the brain, and therefore significantly reduce anxiety.” The study is the collaborative effort of Bolshakov’s laboratory and that of David Clapham, the Aldo R. Castanada Professor of Cardiovascular Research at Children's Hospital Boston, and professor of neurobiology and pediatrics at HMS. In the study, the researchers looked at the neurons in the amygdala of mice lacking the TRPC5 gene and discovered that they did not fire as well as those in the brains of normal mice. At the same time, neurons in the same region of the brain of the mice missing the TRPC5 gene were not as sensitive to the neuropeptide cholecystokinine, commonly released in the brain during situations of innate fear or anxiety, explained Bolshakov. According to Clapham, though the identified protein is found throughout the brain, it is highly concentrated in the amygdala, the region of the brain implicated in emotional responses. “Many of our emotional responses are integrated in and emerge from the amygdala, including learned and innate fear,” said Clapham. “What we found with our work was that the mice who did not have the TRPC5 protein no longer showed fear-related behaviors when faced with situations that would typically cause them anxiety.” Bolshakov explained that the mice lacking the gene, for example, would show no fear in exploring places where they normally would fear to tread. The mice also were not as fearful of new social interactions with other mice. “This is the first time this gene has been implicated in anxiety-related behaviors,” he said. “We have learned something at the level of fundamental science, but, at a practical level, it suggests some new potential molecular targets for treatments, some new kinds of treatments.” Perhaps a new drug could be developed to block the function of this protein or the pathway through which the protein travels in the brain cells, he said. “This could give us a nice tool with which to treat anxiety,” he added. Generalized anxiety disorder is a condition characterized by chronic anxiety and/or exaggerated worry and tension, even when there is little or nothing obvious to provoke it. The condition affects an estimated 6.8 million Americans, and about twice as many women as men, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. ============= the HUMF creating fear, or trying to in me - for recall, that was something blanton commented upon more than once, the i didn;lt even blink - and even connor and roberts on the third floor fo hauser trying to scare me with the computer thing and the pop gun . . . and CO's "they;re going to run you ragged" - and all of this almost seven years ago. . . and then the church burning in harvard square: boston.com: Researchers identify the brain’s on-off switch for fear Breakthrough study may lead to more-effective treatments for anxiety disorders May 15, 2009 Adriana Bobinchock McLean Hospital Harvard researchers at McLean Hospital have identified a particular protein in the brain that serves as a trigger for the body’s innate fear response. This discovery suggests a potential target for the development of new medications aimed at treating anxiety, particularly generalized anxiety disorder, a condition that afflicts millions. In a paper published in the current issue of Cell, Vadim Bolshakov, director of the Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory at McLean and associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and his colleagues report that mice lacking the transient receptor potential channel 5 (TRPC5) gene showed diminished fear levels in response to stimuli that they normally would fear innately, compared with normal mice. “This is the first demonstration that this protein is implicated in fear-related behaviors,” said Bolshakov. “By identifying this trigger, we now have a greater likelihood of developing medications that will turn off the fear switch in the brain, and therefore significantly reduce anxiety.” The study is the collaborative effort of Bolshakov’s laboratory and that of David Clapham, the Aldo R. Castanada Professor of Cardiovascular Research at Children's Hospital Boston, and professor of neurobiology and pediatrics at HMS. In the study, the researchers looked at the neurons in the amygdala of mice lacking the TRPC5 gene and discovered that they did not fire as well as those in the brains of normal mice. At the same time, neurons in the same region of the brain of the mice missing the TRPC5 gene were not as sensitive to the neuropeptide cholecystokinine, commonly released in the brain during situations of innate fear or anxiety, explained Bolshakov. According to Clapham, though the identified protein is found throughout the brain, it is highly concentrated in the amygdala, the region of the brain implicated in emotional responses. “Many of our emotional responses are integrated in and emerge from the amygdala, including learned and innate fear,” said Clapham. “What we found with our work was that the mice who did not have the TRPC5 protein no longer showed fear-related behaviors when faced with situations that would typically cause them anxiety.” Bolshakov explained that the mice lacking the gene, for example, would show no fear in exploring places where they normally would fear to tread. The mice also were not as fearful of new social interactions with other mice. “This is the first time this gene has been implicated in anxiety-related behaviors,” he said. “We have learned something at the level of fundamental science, but, at a practical level, it suggests some new potential molecular targets for treatments, some new kinds of treatments.” Perhaps a new drug could be developed to block the function of this protein or the pathway through which the protein travels in the brain cells, he said. “This could give us a nice tool with which to treat anxiety,” he added. Generalized anxiety disorder is a condition characterized by chronic anxiety and/or exaggerated worry and tension, even when there is little or nothing obvious to provoke it. The condition affects an estimated 6.8 million Americans, and about twice as many women as men, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. ========= and then later that day the kid shot in kirkland hall . . . i'm serious - google them - the names . . . Justin Cosby Jabrai Jordan Copney and now a J.W. Carney Jr. all those JCs. . . jesus christs . . . the same days as the church burning with the mormom genealogicval database? hmmmm . .. and this, too, a day after i heard at the museum that broad was pulling away from harvar dand mit? see previous entries genetic experiments and the homeless of harvard square. . . oh so much - oh so freaking much . . . and the HUMF spins it all . . . so freaking sad . . . maclean and fear? the only was the HUMF can protect itself is to prove me insane or drive me to suicide - keeping me from self-sufficiency is just another tool . . . oh, how many promising lives they have destroyed. . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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4746	[May. 22nd, 2009\|05:15 pm]
as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- It's been a weeek, yes, and what a week . . . I;ve notes of course, but only a frew minutes right now . . . biggest news - the Harvard drug murder (and only the tip of the iceberg). . . boston.com: DA: Drugs 'common denominator' in Harvard slaying May 22, 2009 12:52 PM Email\| \| Text size – + By John R. Ellement and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff CAMBRIDGE -- A "drug rip" over a pound of marijuana and $1,000 in cash led to the fatal shooting this week of a man inside a residence hall at Harvard University, according to Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone Jr. The victim, Justin Cosby, 21, had been selling drugs to students at Harvard and went to Kirkland House on Monday afternoon with the marijuana and money, Leone said today at a press conference at Cambridge police headquarters. Three men traveled to Cambridge from New York City with the intention of robbing Cosby and the scheme "went bad," he said. One of the men, Jabrai Jordan Copney, 20, pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge this morning in Cambridge District Court in Medford and was ordered held without bail. "My client is shell shocked by these developments," defense attorney J.W. Carney Jr. told reporters after the arraignment. "My client is not guilty of first-degree murder." Authorities said the two other men returned to New York City and remain at large. "The common denominator that led to the intent to rip-off Justin Cosby of both money and drugs was that Justin and Jordan were known to each other through Harvard students," Leone said. Authorities did not release the names of the two female students at Harvard who were the nexus between Cosby and Copney. They have not been charged with a crime. Copney's longtime girlfriend is a senior at the university slated to graduate in June, according to Carney. Police recovered one pound of marijuana and $1,000 in cash near where Cosby was shot and have also found a handgun of the same variety used in the shooting, Leone said. Ballistic tests have not yet been completed to determine whether it was the weapon that fired the fatal shot. During this morning's arraignment, Assistant District Attorney Daniel J. Bennett said that a witness told police they saw Copney wearing a distinct orange and black jacket and running across the Harvard campus with a gun in his hand. Copney and the two other men rushed to another nearby residence hall, Lowell House, where they met another person and allegedly hid the gun. Authorities did not release the name of the person they met, describing them only as a "witness." "After the violence, Copney tells a witness there was a fight and there was a shooting," Bennett said this morning in court. Copney and the two other men then went to South Station and took a bus back to New York City, Bennett said. Since the shooting, Copney has traveled twice back and forth between Boston and New York City. Copney arrived again in Boston on Thursday with his mother and sister, Carney said, retained an attorney, and turned himself in to Cambridge police at about 7 p.m. Copney has been charged in connection with the killing but he has not been identified as the person who actually pulled the trigger. Because the other two men returned to New York City, there is not an ongoing security threat at Harvard, Leone said. Investigators are working with the New York City Police Department to apprehend the other two men. Copney has no prior criminal history and lives with his sister and mother in New York City, according to Carney. His father is a retired New York City police officer and his mother is a current New York City employee. In 2007, Copney graduated from a performing arts high school in New York City but he chose to forgo college to pursue a career as a songwriter, Carney said. Writing music is "both a dream and a reality for this young man," Carney said, adding that his client has secured a contract to record an album of his own material. Copney often travels to Harvard to visit his longtime girlfriend, Carney said. Prosecutors allege that a Harvard student gave an electronic swipe card needed to enter the dorm to the men involved in the shooting. The card was used at Kirkland House at 4:46 p.m. on Monday, Bennett said during the arraignment. Cosby's mother, Denise, did not return calls to her home on Thursday, but the family issued a statement defending the reputation of her son, a 2005 graduate of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. "He was not a 'hoodlum' or 'gangster,' " the family said. "Justin was a fashion trendsetter, basketball player, student, and self-admitted 'mama's boy.' He was looking forward to picking up new studies ... and marrying his longtime girlfriend." According to court records, Cosby had at least one minor brush with law enforcement when he was arrested by Cambridge police in 2007 and charged with possession of marijuana after a small plastic bag and two marijuana cigarettes were found in his car. The drug possession charge was continued without a finding and then dismissed in June 2008 because Cosby had no new arrests during that time, records show. A private wake and funeral service will be held for Cosby on Saturday. Nearly a dozen Harvard students interviewed on Thursday said they do not believe drugs are a pervasive problem on campus, just an element of undergraduate life and something nonusers could easily ignore, until this week. "People make personal choices, and as long as they don't harm other people, they can do whatever they want," said Alan Ibrahim, a sophomore and a resident of Kirkland House who attended high school with Cosby but did not know him. "But to actually see something go bad, it's really frightening." =============== as i said, tip of hte iceberg at HU - and the opening of hte story seems staged (as befits a mid 80s grad). . . elsewise - last saturday, after the garonne lookalike and the feminine MGH scrubs man taunt at he train station. . . a woman on the fllor of the museum claiming to be a jewish anthropologist from UCLA . . . UCLA? that's where bill shay ended up - he of the nowak interview and floral print shirt . . . and i crashed in town and when i left sunday to go back to the museum, the man at hte end of the driveway got into his car and started up and left as i passed - and he wearing a floral print shirt. . . and a HU FAS PED posting up now, too - reminiscent of hte viscuisi thing at hls (see previous entries. . . ) and oh - the jobn games . . and craigslist - like the georgebush cia posting of 2000 . . .and also the FBI warning to me via the nigerian spam of $ offer, claiming I;d already laundered minbey? nope - but on the lawrence (summers) nowak thing . . . consider, boston.com: Former GOP official gets 7-year prison term May 22, 2009 11:37 AM Email\| Comments (0)\| Text size – + By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff The former vice chairman of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee received a seven-year prison term today in a federal money-laundering case after he pleaded guilty three months ago to cleansing drug profits for a legal client. Judge Richard G. Stearns chastised Lawrence P. Novak during sentencing in US District Court, saying, "you are first of all a lawyer'' and "what you did is unforgivable.'' Novak will have to serve seven years and three months in prison, spend two years on supervised release afterward, and pay a $20,000 fine. Authorities arrested Novak in 2005 after investigators said he offered to launder drug profits for his client, Scott Holyoke. The charges were unrelated to Novak's role in the Republican Party, and he resigned his post as vice chairman after his arrest. The prison sentence was exactly what Assistant US Attorney Brian T. Kelly had recommended. Kelly said that Novak had "attempted to defraud two different courts'' by encouraging Holyoke to submit false affidavits concerning his state convictions in an effort to reduce the drug-trafficking sentence he faced in federal court. Novak's lawyer, William Cintolo, had pleaded with Stearns to sentence his client to only a year in prison. Cintolo said Novak already bore the stigma of disbarment and "will walk around forever with this felony conviction virtually tattooed to his head.'' Novak also pleaded for leniency, but to no avail. Standing at a lectern, motioning with his reading glasses, and looking like the attorney he had been during his career, he said was "too loose with my talk'' when making comments to Holyoke that were secretly tape recorded. But he challenged aspects of the government's case and said he had done much good in his life, including serving on the Brockton School Committee. "I truly am sorry for what I did,'' Novak said. "I evidently made a big mistake, your honor, and I'll pay that penalty forever.'' Novak pleaded guilty to two counts of money laundering. He also pleaded guilty under the Alford Doctrine to a single count of obstruction of justice, which allowed him to maintain his innocence but concede prosecutors had enough evidence to convict him. ============================ so freaking sad - and again back to the nebvulous romney massachusetyts department of homeland secuirity. . . so freaking sad . . . read hte journal form the beinning even mom and CVS into hte act - with a robohuman platee and a zombie lady with a bluretooth . . . so so so frekaing sad . . . so more death around to cover the fact that the robohuman-ning of homeless and prisoners is still - STILL! - going on . . . and on the GOP thing above - a scott holyopke? as in hal scott of hte law school and holyoke, qwhere pot was smelled a while back - see previous entris . . .not good not good. . . ah - and i just note a part time carpenter for blue man group on hirecvultures.org . . like craigslist this is kind humf gaming . . . for the blue man group of matt s. of sharon, and recall he with blanton and the gil hamilton (invisible hand reaching in to stop a heart); and atop that one of hte newer volunteers out of hte blue recommending to me gattacca - where the man had a 98% chance of heart failure . . . oh - more mansfield and museum . . . sunday - a lost child named lia, and i hgelped her find her foster parents; and then back to the millhaus for a debate on lobby paint color with, of all people, a lia. . . so freaking sad . . . i ote that mcaneil is no longer - at least his e-mail seems to be gone - at cambridge randstad, and the nicole of hte boston randstad (formerly the cambridge one?) was proactive in contacting me . . . more shades of hte shunting to HLS in 2002 and hte games of 2005 and 2006? see previous entries . . . not good not good . . . and, og - the HU hR postings are HUMF indicative: HU HR (external) last week: 36696 P-T 055 Research Associate Harvard Business School Division of Research & Faculty Development 05/22/2009 36695 F-T 061 Vice President, Research Administration Harvard School of Public Health Sponsored Programs Administration 05/22/2009 36694 F-T 058 Senior Software Engineer/Database Developer University Information Systems ITIS/UIS 05/22/2009 36692 P-T 056 Research Associate, Global Research Group Harvard Business School Division of Research and Faculty Development 05/22/2009 36690 F-T 061 Director of Strategic Priority Management Harvard School of Public Health Dean's Office 05/22/2009 36689 F-T 049 Laboratory Technician Harvard Medical School Harvard School of Dental Medicine - Clinical Operations 05/22/2009 36687 F-T 054 Research Coordinator Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition 05/21/2009 36686 F-T 061 Senior Director of Development, Principal & Major Gifts Harvard Medical School HMS-ORD 05/21/2009 36683 F-T 058 Staff Engineer - Electrical School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Wyss Institute 05/21/2009 36680 F-T 058 Research Associate Graduate School of Education GSE Research 05/20/2009 36675 F-T 061 Executive Director of Alumni and Development Services Harvard Medical School Office of Resource Development 05/19/2009 36673 F-T 059 Associate Director of Human Resources (term appointment) University Administration Office of the President and Provost/Harvard Human Resources 05/18/2009 36672 F-T 059 Attorney Office of the General Counsel Office of General Counsel 05/18/2009 36670 P-T 055 Assistant Coach of Women's Tennis Faculty of Arts and Sciences Athletics 05/18/2009 36668 F-T 057 Statistical Programmer/Data Analyst Harvard Medical School Health Care Policy 05/18/2009 ----------- hiugh level harvard personnel here - harvard medical development people, and yet another senior provost posting for sponsored research . . . read this journal form the beginning . . . i think the killing on harvard camp[us was "staged" - people brought in from new york . . . and come on - this is the first pount of pot, $1,000 thing going down in the HU dorms of late? gove me a break . . . there is much more to all of this that the public is being told - but this is havrard, which never heeded the church committee findings nor stopped research on humans . . . so freaking sad . . . and all i get is a govertnment temp job interview next week? so freaking sad . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- and obama is oin deep - so frekaing sad . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- * * * oh, that interview i have next tuesday morning - actually, coordinated efforts to get me to use the past of my transportation passes, i think. . . i had to e-mail the temp agency on it when they posted it on craigslist. . . and checking craigslist again i see that the tem,p agency posted it again . . . thus, i gotta wonder. . . is the 8:30 governmewnt agency interview to be a fake one like the 8:30 harvard development interviuew? see previous entries . . . i think so . . . so freaking sad . . . given the FAS OEB Zombie connection at the museum - late 2006 and early 2007, and the same name in maine - the man who owed chris of hte black bull a favor, by the maine papers of knox county - ah, the da na knox assignment . . see previous entries, charged on my birthday last . . . well. . . josh bassaches went to salem (peabody essex) after leaving hmnh, and the kid shot was a salem student; and also the man who replaced the old farnsworth securioty director came from sa,em (peabody essex), and it was he hinting at hte cams in the brunswick house . . . so freaking sad . . . both times to maine the museum et al are into me, esp hu and hte law school, and also here in mansfield - oh, i always ought to continbue posting all of the notes of hte humf admissions and threats. . . how freakng sad all of this is - but recall manly sims of hte hu shelters. . . hu cannot admit making mistakes . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- never ending the HUMF will be and is, as perhaps it always has been . . . oy . . . 36F K68 ;live parked inthe loop by thje museum (lights on) - the 2002 federal trial for addiction research - and then, because hte HUMF abuses all telecommunications monitoring . . . 87N J99 pulls up, and a lookalike of the lady who sent hte e-mail to offer a chat about hte lack of application progress gets out and tosses an envelope and letteri n to the trash in front of hte museum . . . oy . . . then she sits. . . leaving hte museum - and a decent training - 78F K38 by the 9/11 door on oxford .. . and 788 7657 (IL) is parkjed near there too (and there was another humf relevant plate, but i was not in a position to get the numbner) - the 788 7657 (IL)? what's that - form the obama team, july 1988 I'm to be free of the robohuman program? oy . . . emerging above ground at wouth station, by the base of he escalators, near hte cobblers. . . a T employee walking and two toughs descending hte escalator: "Yo," on calls, "you security?" "No," the man replies. "You a chuump!" the tough says, and they enter hte red linbe portion of hte station . . . and i recall gardner and brian of hte brunswick house in rockland out back of hte black bull: "total security" gardner said - they tipsy in the morning . . . oy . . . to clarkes (a last time? i think so) - and out for a puff. . . an african american as I step outside, and he into his phone "Semih!" (ah, the bro of the sis at harvard law - see previous entries, and one of hte 2006 HUMF runups at hte museum (the sam with the pipe - referring to the sjc/tracks) at MGH. . . oy . . . and then a navy man outside with a big duffel - and he on the phone, and when he;s off i thank him for serving and he asks me directions to the bus station (ah, reflections of military use of me from MA to ME perhaps?). . . see previous entries- read hte journal for the beginnig . . . out for a second puff a short while later and another man comes up to me - asking for 700 atlantic, the bis station, and hte lucky star bus . . . inside, man on the phone next to me - and he;s chattering away - asks trhe song be turned down when sinatra (ah, tha manchurian candidate) song cxomes on - and he prattling about getting more board members, etc. . . and living in a coop - 7 people there now, he said. . . and his next call was to an Andrew. . . as in buster howard - and this after the military and the security chump youghs? oy . . . side south staqtion ere the train home . . . VZG 31L (new jersey) . . . victim omega/zittrain (berkman internet) government/grant - and hte juerls year 1997 lab. . . and blanton new jersey - no wonder he as stormy on larinda and hte deaths there to cover. . . and 259 2408 (NH). . . ad fthem 61 the numner fo my name - terror eight years? so freaking sad the HUNMf is . . . a kid got out abnds blocked hte plate a while . . . hillary stickers all over he place on the back of hte vehicle. . . amanda rape or amanda rage a name on a pice of paper by the preferred seat . . . 617 638 5795 a number on hte piece of paper . . . me free robo(narc)human robohuman from 1995 . . . that was irving street, in the shadow of william james hall, and hte curious essay class . . . see previous 8 entry herein? there's only one - and it is below: entris. . . ere the train pulled in to mansfield, i rolled and stood between the cars to be the first one off - many folks back in the car laughing, the condictor asking if it was a bone - nope . . . but then the brown house between the millhaus and hte station . . . the chris of hte BB lookalike and a fat girl on the porch giggling it up (recall he and mark here leaving as i left earlier in the day - how can this not be choreography?) . . . and then the man from 203 locked out and begging me to let him in . . . so freakng sad . . . ah - the NH thing - 259 2408 (NH) . . . refering to the 2/4/08: 3041 [Feb. 4th, 2008\|10:36 am] I wonder if this one would be visible to the outside world . . . Requisition Number 32797 Title Curatorial Assistant (II) School / Unit Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department Museum of Comparative Zoology Location Cambridge Full Or Part Time Full-Time Salary Grade 051 Union HUCTW Eligible for Overtime Date Posted 01/25/2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duties And Responsibilities Museum of Comparative Zoology, Department of Invertebrate Paleontology. Will carry out curatorial activities to ensure safety and accessibility of collections to all qualified users. Includes in-depth identification of specimens; cataloging all available specimen data into the database; sorting and preparing specimens for use and storage; loan preparation and processing; management of records; library research; specimen care and maintenance; arrangement of specimens by taxonomic order within higher categories across a number of phyla. Will perform related job duties as required. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Required Education, Experience and Skills College background in Geology (invertebrate paleontology and stratigraphy) required, (invertebrate zoology may be substituted); two to three years of related experience in invertebrate paleontology collection activities; substantial experience with collection database management programs and with web interfaces; familiarity with literature relating to invertebrate paleontology; ability to deal with detail, and to function cooperatively as part of a work team with flexibility and versatility; excellent interpersonal and communications skills. Must be able to lift 30 pounds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Web Position Listing All formal offers will be made by FAS Human Resources. ======= actually, it isn't, for i would have foubnd out about it earlier . . . Oh, so much - - - who is the agent(s) in R'Land . . .for the trafficking about late Friday and the timing of things indicated to me that the narko-probies are obfuscating . . . oy . . . more, i am sure, later. . . ================ well - does that kinda not reflect the whole humf in the first place hte past number of years? in the news this AM (not much) - boston.com: Health pioneer may get Obama post Harvard's Farmer could oversee US global initiatives By James F. Smith, Globe Staff \| May 15, 2009 Dr. Paul Farmer, the global health crusader who has crafted lifesaving projects from Haiti to Rwanda, has told colleagues privately that he is mulling a possible appointment by the Obama administration to coordinate the United States' growing overseas health initiatives. Farmer told faculty members at Harvard Medical School in a meeting on Monday that he is in discussions with the State Department, which this month proposed a surge in funding over the next six years for global programs to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and tropical disease and to improve children's health. It could not be confirmed yesterday the precise job for which Farmer is being considered, but one person who was present at the medical school meeting said Farmer described it as a position overseeing all foreign health aid. Farmer told the gathering that he hadn't decided whether to accept the appointment if it is formally offered but that he was seriously considering it. Laurie Garrett, a global health policy specialist at the Council on Foreign Relations, said she would be surprised if Farmer was seriously considering joining the government, in part because Partners in Health is so reliant on him. She said she also would worry that Farmer, whom she has known for years, would become mired in frustrating political battles in Washington. She said the US foreign assistance community has been demoralized by cuts during the Bush years and by the slow pace of appointments by Obama's team. However, Garrett noted that the administration has pledged a comprehensive reconsideration of foreign assistance strategy, which could allow some scope for significant impact by newly appointed players. Farmer, 49, has gained international acclaim for more than two decades of work treating the poorest villagers in the poorest countries, while also carrying out groundbreaking medical research and reshaping health policies in the Third World. When he was a Harvard medical student he cofounded Partners in Health, the Boston-based nonprofit that supports an array of global health efforts and pushes governments to provide better care. He remains active in Partners in Health and its initiatives, including the remaking of Rwanda's health system amid the twin ravages of AIDS and the aftermath of genocide, as well as building programs in other countries - Russia and Peru among them - to counter multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. In 2003, Tracy Kidder published a best-selling book, "Mountains Beyond Mountains," about Farmer. Farmer did not respond to e-mail and phone messages seeking comment. Partners in Health also declined to respond, as did Harvard Medical School's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, where he is vice chairman. A State Department spokesman would not comment on personnel discussions in progress or on potential new positions. It could not be confirmed whether Farmer is being considered for a full-time policy position or an advisory role, or whether an appointment would be to a new job or an existing one. The top positions at the US Agency for International Development are vacant, including the administrator and deputy administrator as well as the assistant administrator in charge of global health. The top positions are presidential appointments and require Senate confirmation. There could also be health policy roles within the State Department. One person who was at the Harvard gathering where Farmer discussed the job said some colleagues suggested to Farmer that he was being given an opportunity to make a real impact on US policy, and they urged him to take up the challenge. Earlier this month, Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew announced at a White House briefing that the Obama administration wants to spend $63 billion over the next six years to fight global diseases, including HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and other preventable diseases. That would build on an ambitious effort launched by the Bush administration. Lew told reporters that the effort requires a strategy review and close coordination among the many agencies involved in delivering global health assistance. He said US funding would grow by nearly half a billion dollars in the coming fiscal year, to $8.6 billion. Farmer has been a critic of healthcare policy within the United States as well as global health policies, and during the 2008 election campaign joined what he called a loose federation of "Doctors for Obama." Haiti's poverty-fueled health problems remain an obsession for Farmer, more than 25 years after he began working there. He wrote in the journal of the Institute for Policy Studies in April that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had committed to "a down-payment on the promise of change," by pledging $50 million in aid. But, he added, "this money isn't in the bank yet." --------------- washingtonpsot.com: Ex-Government Worker Sues for Immunity in CIA Rendition Case By Peter Finn Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, May 15, 2009 A former U.S. government employee, accused by Italy of participating in a CIA-organized kidnapping of a militant Egyptian-born cleric in Milan, has sued the State Department demanding that it invoke diplomatic immunity to quash any prosecution. Italian officials charge that Sabrina De Sousa, 53, was one of 26 U.S agents who grabbed Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, known as Abu Omar, in February 2003 and flew him to Egypt, where he says he was imprisoned and tortured. Nasr has since been released. De Sousa, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in India, says she was ordered not to travel abroad because of the fear of arrest, preventing her from visiting her mother in India and siblings in Europe. De Sousa quit her job in the federal government in February. Italian officials charge that the disappearance of Nasr was part of a CIA rendition program in which the agency abducted suspected terrorists and took them to third countries for interrogation. De Sousa worked as a consular official in Milan and said in court filings that she was on a vacation at the time of Nasr's disappearance. "Even if the allegations were true, though, her actions clearly fell within the scope of her official duties and thereby entitle her to diplomatic/consular immunity," according to the lawsuit, first reported in the New York Times. Asked whether she had been a CIA employee, her attorney, Mark Zaid, said De Sousa had been "a federal employee working for the State Department." The CIA declined to comment. A spokesman for the State Department said he could confirm her stated employment record but would not comment further about her because the case is in litigation. De Sousa said in a phone interview that she repeatedly asked government agencies why diplomatic immunity had not been invoked and was forced to sue because she did not get a satisfactory response. "This is a political thing that needs to go away once and for all," she said of the prosecution. Italian prosecutor Armando Spataro has issued arrest warrants for 26 U.S. officials, including De Sousa, named as one of the four principal figures in the alleged kidnapping. All were indicted in 2007. The prosecution was set back this year when an Italian court said certain evidence was inadmissible because prosecutors had violated state secrecy laws, but prosecutors have vowed to press forward. A hearing is set for this month. De Sousa said the Italian prosecution raises important concerns for government employees overseas. "If you're going to fight this war on terror, are you going to protect your people?" she asked. Staff researcher Julie Tate contributed to this report. ============= thecrimson.com: University To Freeze Property Purchases Published On 5/15/2009 4:10:12 AM By PETER F. ZHU Crimson Staff Writer After enduring months of community criticism over its “land-banking” practices in Allston, Harvard announced Wednesday that it would be placing a one-year moratorium on new real estate purchases in the neighborhood—but not before it had already signed an agreement to lease and purchase another piece of property near its Science Complex construction site. According to University spokeswoman Lauren M. Marshall, Harvard will be master leasing the property at 65-79 Seattle St. in Brighton for 10 years, after which Harvard will purchase the parcel unless the owner elects to sell it to the University sooner. She declined to comment on the costs of the lease agreement and said that she did not have figures on hand for the precise total square footage of the lot, but emphasized that no deeds had been conferred at this time. Supply New England, the plumbing and heating company that currently occupies the site, will remain on site as tenants under the terms of the agreement, which was reached on Dec. 22 and finalized on April 17. In a letter sent on Wednesday to Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino announcing the moratorium, University President Drew G. Faust stated that Harvard’s continued near-term focus will be on “leasing and improvements to properties we currently own and continued dialogue with our Allston neighbors around community engagement and community-wide planning.” Kevin A. McCluskey ’76, Harvard’s director of community relations for Boston, relayed Faust’s message to neighborhood residents at a North Allston-Brighton Community-Wide Planning Meeting Wednesday evening, where the news was welcomed by City officials and community members. Michael F. Glavin, deputy director of institutional development for the Boston Redevelopment Authority, which oversees planning and development projects in the City, said that Faust’s letter represented a “good start to a continuing effort by Harvard to acknowledge the concerns of the neighborhood and to provide us with responses that we feel are appropriate.” In late December, Harvard stoked community concerns when it acquired another real estate parcel adjacent to the planned site of its relocated Charlesview apartments—although there too the tenant remained on-site. While the University has historically invested in real-estate contiguous to its existing holdings to allow for long-term growth, local residents called on Harvard to improve and lease its existing vacant property holdings in the neighborhood before making further purchases. Tensions further escalated in February when the University announced that it would slow construction of its much-heralded Allston Science Complex, prompting the Mayor to scribe a sharply-worded letter to Faust listing a set of community concerns that he expected would be addressed in the near future. Among his requests were an inventory of the University’s existing property holdings and their interim uses and a memorandum detailing conditions under which the University could purchase more real estate in the future. Harry Mattison and Ray Mellone, local residents and members of the Harvard Allston Task Force, said they were not concerned about the recent property acquisition and welcomed the moratorium on real estate acquisition. “Harvard’s out of money—of course they’re not buying any more property. We’re more concerned with properties right in the core of our community,” Mattison said. “[The recent acquisition] is more of a backwater location, but it does show that Harvard is still thinking way ahead.” ‘SHIFTING GEARS’ While BRA officials had intended to focus largely on street grid and park design in Allston’s Holton Street Corridor at Wednesday night’s Community-Wide Planning meeting, discussions instead turned towards considerations of mixed-income and affordable housing in the future neighborhood, as well as the density and connectivity of the planned residential communities. Bob Kroin, the BRA’s chief architect, opened the meeting with a PowerPoint presentation detailing a vision of a transformed neighborhood with highlighted green avenues and parks that would connect residential sectors to the Charles River. He said that the “industrial history of North Allston has left it with major gaps in infrastructure that might otherwise have consolidated connected residential communities,” but that because the Holton Street Corridor is heavily Harvard-owned, it provides an opportunity to conduct “comprehensive planning” for the area west of Barry’s Corner and south of Western Avenue. Barry’s Corner, at the intersection of Western Ave. and North Harvard St., has long been envisioned as a future commercial hub in Allston similar to Harvard Square in Cambridge. While Kroin focused on various land use scenarios for the Corridor—he considered including a quiet urban park, an athletic field and playground, or both a quiet and active park—residents seemed more concerned in their break-out group discussions about housing ownership patterns in Allston and the plans to relocate the Charlesview apartments to the Corridor. “People like the idea of streets connecting and more green space, but when we got down to the subtle differences, the conversation went to, ‘What type of housing are we looking for?’” said local resident David McNair, summarizing the discussions that had taken place in his break-out group. “We should first set some guidelines in terms of, ‘Here’s what we expect in terms of housing.’ Then, maybe we’ll know where the park goes,” Mattison, the task force member and local resident, said he too felt that the discussion of parks had been “way out of sequence,” but that residents had managed to use the meeting to shift the focus of the BRA’s planning “to human beings from grass and asphalt.” Other neighborhood residents voiced concerns about the density and height of the envisioned commercial development in the area—some suggested that the entire area south of Western Ave. should be made residential—and others questioned whether the neighborhood had a need for more parks, given the existing open spaces in the area and the older age demographics of Allston-Brighton. Glavin, the BRA’s institutional development director, said he was pleased that Harvard representatives were “taking the time to listen and provide feedback in discussions,” noting that their presence would be “critical to a successful planning effort.” While the University has been criticized in the past by residents for insufficiently engaging in the CWP process, Galvin said he thought that Harvard is now “hearing concerns and responding in a way more specific than in the past.” —Staff writer Peter F. Zhu can be reached at pzhu@fas.harvard.edu. ----- and stories of high level folks leaving again . . . boston.com: Flaherty criticizes rape alert policy City councilor says police should issue warnings By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff \| May 15, 2009 City councilor and mayoral candidate Michael F. Flaherty criticized Boston police yesterday for their policy of not alerting the public about rapes until after a second person has been attacked and a pattern established. "The policy to not disseminate information to the public about a potential threat needs to be reexamined," Flaherty said by phone after he released a statement excoriating the police. "Knowledge is power, and the public ought to know about any and all potential dangers." Flaherty's comments followed yesterday's story in the Globe about two sexual assaults that occurred last month in the parking garage of the Radisson Hotel Boston. The Globe reported that police did not alert the public about the first assault on April 19, during which a woman was beaten and raped. Police say that the man accused of that rape, Jose Ruben Rivera III, attacked another woman 11 days later in the same garage. Rivera has been arrested and has pleaded not guilty to charges in the assaults. "Perhaps if that second woman had known about the attack, she might have made arrangements to be escorted or park elsewhere until the predator had been caught," Flaherty wrote in his statement, released by his mayoral campaign. Police said that their priority is to protect the victim's identity and that by releasing information about a sexual assault, they run the risk of revealing where the victim lives, works, or attends school. Captain Genevieve King, who heads the department's Family Justice Division, said yesterday that the department is reconsidering its policy. King said a five-member task force - which includes representatives from the city, police, and the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center - was formed about six months ago to discuss ways of providing social services to victims in conjunction with police response. One of the task force's top priorities, she said, will be to "reconsider the community notifications and make everything more transparent." The task force will also examine how other police agencies notify the public when a victim reports a sexual assault by a stranger. "I don't know where the task force might lead us," King said. "It might bring us back to the same place we are now, but we are going to take a look at the policy." King criticized Flaherty's prepared statement. "I think it's unfortunate and very inappropriate to take the opportunity to politicize this case and what we are doing," she said. Flaherty's spokeswoman, Natasha Perez, said he was speaking as a former prosecutor and city councilor, not a candidate. Flaherty once worked for the Suffolk district attorney's office. Flaherty said he agrees that the victim's confidentiality is paramount but that people must be alerted so they can be safe. "We are lucky that we only have two victims here, but the question is did there have to be two?" he said. "This has absolutely nothing to do with the victim. This has all to do with the perpetrator. The public is entitled to know about any and all potential dangers." Gina Scaramella, executive director of the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center and a member of the task force, said she is hopeful the group can come up with a policy that protects victim confidentiality, does not compromise an investigation, and keeps the public safe. "People do have a right to know if there are things they could do to protect themselves," she said. Maria Cramer can be reached at mcramer@globe.com. ========= oh, . . . i oft wonder if things were slightly different if i'd do the same . . . i think i would . . .for i am more right than wrong . . . drat, though . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- that, however, at south station so many military/runups to the maine sharking of me and plate references to the museum . . . well . . . coordinated . . . . so so so freaking sad . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- and a little mroe from thecrimson.com: Opinion Squeezing the Lemon Psychology alone can't teach us how to get the most out of life Published On 5/14/2009 11:13:53 PM By JESSICA A. SEQUEIRA None In 1937, in an attempt to discover the variables predicting happiness, researchers decided to track 268 Harvard sophomores over the course of their lives. Subjects were recommended on the basis of their “normality”; as study supervisor Dr. Arlie Bock explained to The Crimson in 1942, “To alleviate the disharmony of the world at large, we must start with the successful man rather than the unsuccessful, frustrated, or ill man.” Those chosen were Harvard men in the old sense: hale, well-adjusted sorts who kept a copy of A Shropshire Lad in their back pockets and wore blazers to lunch. For the next 72 years, through mental surveys and periodic physical checkups, their every move would be documented. The archived results of this study, published for the first time in the June issue of The Atlantic, are somewhat underwhelming. Education, marriage, moderate alcohol intake, and exercise are fairly reliable predictors of happiness; so are certain “mature adaptations” taken in responding to challenges, such as maintaining a sense of humor and channeling aggressive feelings into more healthful channels like athletics. As for offering any definitive answer as to how to live the good life, no convenient elixir is forthcoming. That the study fell short of the bright-eyed ideals with which it commenced, however, is only to be expected—psychology may be able to trace the outer manifestations of human action, but it can never tell us through scientific analysis alone how to lead the good life. That hasn’t stopped it from trying. By now, the phenomenon of “positive psychology” has become a fairly tired trope. But when it burst onto the scene in the late ’90s, it seemed like something entirely new, poised to provide innovative answers to the really big questions. With its fusion of self-help and brain science, it was perfectly calculated to appeal to soul-searching undergrads desirous of something a touch more quantitative than Nietzsche. A lecture course taught by Tal Ben-Shahar on “how to get happy” quickly became the most popular class at Harvard, with students carefully copying down chestnuts like “Give yourself permission to be human” from the blackboard. Over 200 similarly themed courses likewise sprouted up in universities across the United States, drawing consistently large audiences. Nor was this a fad, like phone-booth-stuffing or streaking, for bored college kids alone. Baby boomers—Oprah not excluded—consumed the newest books on happiness research as fast as publishers could roll them out, sating the metaphysical void once filled by “The Tao of Physics.” The very popularity of this “science of happiness,” though, suggests that its appeal didn’t lie in the science alone. Pure data sets rarely inspire anyone to grand existential epiphanies. (Does anybody actually read the American Journal of Psychology for fun?) The recent offerings instead glide seamlessly from real cognitive scientific results into life prescriptions of the kind traditionally proffered by fields like religion and literature. The current overseer of the Grant Study results, George Vaillant, himself studied not psychology but history and literature when he was at Harvard; indeed, it may be the literary quality of many psychological findings that makes them go down so smooth for a meaning-hungry public. In my tutorial this year, Freud was sandwiched as a social thinker between Durkheim and Beauvoir—but really, my section leader told us, the Germans read him as poetry. If meaning is poetry, then science must be mere prose. But where does that leave us? With my own sophomore year winding to a close, I think of the infinite possibility those Harvard men must have felt, believing that they were contributing to making the world a better place. To deny the Grant Study its ambitious objective to pinpoint the causes of happiness has a whiff of the wet blanket about it. But there’s something even more miserable about thinking that our happiness can be defined by the jobs we choose, or what we eat for breakfast, or how many miles we run each week. Freud himself pointed out that the only thing normal is pathology, which makes applying a bell-curve-style prescription for joy more than a little reductionist. Even if all the indicators in our lives point to success, a craving for something indefinable may persist. Aristotle, for instance, thought that happiness was found in living well, and living well meant living with virtue—a distinction that the Grant would elide. Perhaps this is the most important lesson of the study: the realization of just how elusive the elements that constitute a happy life really are. In one of his books, Vaillant writes of his subjects that “Their lives were too human for science, too beautiful for numbers, too sad for diagnosis and too immortal for bound journals.” It’s an oddly elegiac observation for a supposedly objective psychologist. Vaillant was especially affected by one of his patients, Case No. 47, who wrote that happiness for him was being able to say on one’s deathbed that “I sure squeezed that lemon!” An unscientific observation, no doubt, but none the less true for that. Jessica A. Sequeira ’11, a Crimson associate editorial editor, is a social studies concentrator in Winthrop House. ==== recall all the positivce crap here in . . . hmmm . . .more testing . . . thecrimson.com: HLS Staff Sounding Off Published On Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:19 PM By STEPHEN HELFER ARTICLE TOOLS: E-mail this Article Share on Facebook Printer Friendly Version Listen to this article Download MP3 Write a Letter to the Editor To the editors: Harvard’s support for Barack Obama during his presidential campaign was enthusiastic and near-unanimous. When he won, the university was jubilant. His ideals of shared sacrifice and spreading the wealth, however, appear to have made few inroads on campus (“HLS Will Cut Staff To Trim Budget,” News, May 6). While faculty and top administrators, most of who earn six figures, face the annoyance of not receiving pay raises, staff and service workers are threatened with losing their jobs altogether. In this economy, it is unlikely they can find new ones. In The Crimson and elsewhere, calls have been made for administrators, faculty, and higher-paid staff to take pay cuts to save jobs. Other institutions have done just this, but at Harvard these calls go unanswered. Harvard has the reputation of preaching concern for the public good but not practicing such concern when it comes to its own affairs. Unless administrators, faculty, and higher-paid staff start to share some of the sacrifice, instead of foisting it all on those who earn far less, the university will continue to deserve this dubious reputation. Stephen Helfer Cambridge, Mass. May 11, 2009 Stephen Helfer has been an HLS library assistant for 22 years. ====== io think perhaps this is the hls library smoking man . . . hmmmm . . . and a good letter - thenak you stephen. . . out for the first am puff na the red minivan goes by - 7699 TN . . . as in free of hte testing neurobio these past ten years? with no hope of a future or present? just like a lab rat - read hte journal fom the beginning . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- so - mansfield tailing its NA games (recall CI77NA this AM) . . . read on . . . On the way in – descending the stairs. . . Twin elecrronics mark exiting as I do – andthen a little later, a kid emerges form the house betweenthe units andhte train station (of the virginia plates last summer); and he was at the rrainstation, though I know not if he got on . . . what is this? Gallagher apologized for “isolating” me – when in exile in maine>? – am I to accept it now because the HUMfers are all over? Ere leaving, qa new one on the computer. . . Recall the UiHidden pop up and the PTA_HYDRA windows that’d stop the shiutting down of the computer. . . well, today there was also an MCI command handling window stopping the shutting down of the computer . . . why is that? MCI is mass correctional institute, and recll experiments on prisoners. . . See previous entries. . . 1184 AA as I walked to the train station . . . the juels year orwell thing – recll darastating that she and ari were twins. . and also the dara lookalike with pacino (serpico) at sanders theater. . . and also 2231 PI – as in catch 22 the juels runup principal investigator? Or the privatedick? 53L R38 then – from the viscusi staff assistant job – recall hurthubees/manning in maine stating the viscusi “undercover” as did the hls/hmnh rudi penziale and also undercover dave at 6/8 . . . a crimson colored pickup with the 609 T plate acrossfrom the laundrymat – ah, the sexexperiments on me still – andthis across from 5970 YV – as in the five-oh robohuman upload victim – see previous entries, and this latter a graypickupand usually behind the millhaus. . . waiting for the train, 680 YAA drives by – the addictive (primate on a humn) research operation, with 6/8 ties, meaning the court and harvard and the state house. . . uploadAA (alcoholics anonymopus? Recall the brown bag in maine and curley and gardner asking about it. . . 38G K66 passed . . .the robohuman government project onthis child of 1966 . .. so freaking sad . . . and 97A X98across the lot – the juels year run up – see previous entris ari and his research. . . and his swank chapman arms place across from harvard law development and alumni affars. . . the 1998 experiment? Hmmm . . . too – verizon called and left a message. . . “do you want the calls to stop?” – how freakng sad . . . a black pickup in front of the science center as I walked to the museum: B 37 – as in bethe hls robohuman! Nope – no reason to . . . across from he museum was 95T X62 . . . add them – 157 TX – a bush league! Tyler experiment . . . and LUPI behind it. . . lesley U private investigator? Live/lab university principal investigator? Who? A kid named spencer taking pictures of the skulls in the evolution exhibit . . . ah,spencer mass, where the 4-H camp of the mid 1970s was . . . see previous entriss . . also the ed staffer (suppsedly) coming backfrom years away ionthe vol lounge years ago. . . Just into the museum, and folks askwhere the semitic museum is – that’swhere mishkin is now (and she in maine), sofreaking sad . . .see previousentries her and 38gorham . . the folks form maine dropping in unannounced . . . An hsph man on thecmputer to my left now – and he’s researching bat noises – as in high pitchedear ringing? Oy . . . And then in get ito the internal HIU hR postiongs and find. . . 36657 F-T 054 IT Support Associate I Harvard Medical School IT-Client Services Group 05/14/2009 36656 P-T 056 Part-Time Research Director Faculty of Arts and Sciences The Pluralism Project 05/14/2009 36655 F-T 056 Senior Program Officer Harvard School of Public Health Center for Health Communication 05/14/2009 36654 F-T 053 Staff Assistant Faculty of Arts and Sciences Center for Brain Science 05/14/2009 36653 F-T 057 Project Manager Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet & Society 05/14/2009 36652 F-T 057 Assistant Director of Financial Aid Division of Continuing Education Financial Services/DCE 05/14/2009 36651 F-T 060 Human Resources Director Radcliffe Institute Human Resources 05/13/2009 36649 F-T 061 Assistant Provost for Research Policy University Administration Office for Research and Compliance 05/13/2009 36648 P-T 058 Director of Administration Faculty of Arts and Sciences Sociology 05/13/2009 ------------ financial aid andthen berkman and then brain science . . . not good not good. . . http://jobs.harvard.edu/jobs/summ_req?in_post_id=40925 Requisition Number 36654 Title Staff Assistant (III) School / Unit Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department Center for Brain Science Location Cambridge Full Or Part Time Full-Time Salary Grade 053 Union HUCTW Eligible for Overtime Date Posted 05/14/2009 Duties And Responsibilities Provide administrative support both for the Center and for the Director's research laboratory. The Director's research emphasizes how the visual system works. Duties include, but are not limited to, purchasing lab and office supplies, assisting with financial management, organizing service for laboratory and office equipment, assisting with grant preparation and grant management, organizing travel, scheduling appointments and meetings, handling all day-to-day clerical/office work, and other related duties as required. Basic Qualifications College degree or three years related experience required. Additional Qualifications Strong skills in administrative and financial software, including Microsoft Office, are required. Experience in an academic research environment is preferred. Familiarity with Harvard administrative systems is a plus. Ability to learn new software skills strongly preferred. The successful candidate will have excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize work in an environment with multiple interests. The applicant should have strong interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills. The applicant must be organized, professional, enthusiastic, flexible, detail oriented, and able to work individually and as part of a team. Additional Information All formal offers will be made by FAS Human Resources. Again – brain science and admin asst. and berkman and DCE financial aid? See previous entries, , , I still owe – hence no fed return this year . . . Thus – the humf frgs me for under now $750 a year . . . just like a human lab rat . . . So freaking sad . . . Andthen I see –afte the shiooting of a girl in lowell, ma . . another drive by . . . Boston.com: Scooter driver seriously injured in Dorchester crash May 14, 2009 12:49 PM Email\| Comments (8)\| Text size – + scooter_crash_Dorchester_051409.jpg (George Rizer/Globe Staff) By Globe Staff A person riding on a motor scooter was seriously injured this morning in an accident involving a car in Dorchester. The accident was reported a little after 10 at the corner of Ashton and Balsom streets. The scooter driver, who was a male, was rushed to Boston Medical Center, said Officer James Kenneally, a police spokesman. No further information was immediately available, Kenneally said. Hmmmm . . .nesson rides a scooter – nesson and pearson and 6/8 . . and berkman . . . and yet another accident in dorchester. . . Not good not good . . . And then I see that MIT HR has also put up for: Title: Research Psycho-Educational Evaluator Req Number: mit-00006404 Department: Clinical Research Center Location(s): Cambridge MA FT/PT: Full Time Employment / Payroll Category: SRS (Research) Work Shift: RESEARCH PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL EVALUATOR, Clinical Research Center (CRC), to administer, score, and evaluate standardized cognitive and language assessments in children, adolescents, and adults. Will administer and train graduate students and research assistants to administer and score selected tests, collaborate with clinical investigators to organize and implement research protocols, and maintain accurate records for subject evaluations. Will report to the codirector of the Clinical Research Center and coordinate activities with other CRC staff. REQUIREMENTS: a bachelor's degree (master's preferred) in psychology/relevant area and demonstrated clinical psychiatric work experience working with children, adolescents, and their parents. Strong analytical and research skills required. Must be detail oriented and able to work independently. Excellent interpersonal and communications skills needed in both written and spoken English. Should possess strong computer skills and experience in cognitive and language assessment scoring and evaluation. MIT-00006404 More brain experiments – and thee on the young . . . How long aguinea pig for me, eh? Ah – the kid here at the library yesterday – asked if I knew dana (as in da na knox? – the use of me in maine?)but also dana knoxat the theater – and the paciono/dara juels thing earlier today . . . so so sofreaking saD. . . bu then - it was "problems in preproduction" here at the library years ago . . . and i;ve not seen shayna since i returned . . . so freaking sad . . . read the journal form the beginning . . . ====== as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- * * * got a nice e-mail offering to explain why applications to the museum, are for nought; however, I don;t know if I can make it in for hte time frame indicated to meet. .. ah, well . . . a man out front asking directios to a custer's last stand lecture (i sent him to the peabody); and then later out for a puff, and a woman with an immense mole and a russian accent comes up to me to ask for duirections to cambridge and youville hospitals (the sites of the fdn docs place - see previous entries john coffee) and also the CA(org) newly in recovery recruitment eeting - see previous entriewzs . . not good not good - so freaking ad . . . if the HUMF needs moles in the hospitals - just allow more surpsie inspections . . . that'd clean up a lot of acts. . . hu hr today: 36659 F-T 052 Research Assistant I Harvard Medical School Genetics 05/14/2009 36658 F-T 058 Staff Scientist - Protein Expression & Engineering School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Wyss Institute 05/14/2009 36657 F-T 054 IT Support Associate I Harvard Medical School IT-Client Services Group 05/14/2009 36656 P-T 056 Part-Time Research Director Faculty of Arts and Sciences The Pluralism Project 05/14/2009 36655 F-T 056 Senior Program Officer Harvard School of Public Health Center for Health Communication 05/14/2009 36654 F-T 053 Staff Assistant Faculty of Arts and Sciences Center for Brain Science 05/14/2009 36653 F-T 057 Project Manager Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet & Society 05/14/2009 36652 F-T 057 Assistant Director of Financial Aid Division of Continuing Education Financial Services/DCE 05/14/2009 36651 F-T 060 Human Resources Director Radcliffe Institute Human Resources 05/13/2009 36649 F-T 061 Assistant Provost for Research Policy University Administration Office for Research and Compliance 05/13/2009 36648 P-T 058 Director of Administration Faculty of Arts and Sciences Sociology 05/13/2009 ------- note again genetics and wyss (indicated in the millhaus lot in mansfield). . . as well - and this kinda ties back to the bu bookstore. . . i've been asked to sign a form stating that i waive medical insurance rights while i have yet to work the required time to earn the insieance in the first place. . . and when i e-mailed back to the man; he e-mails back to me on thhe issue, but he replied on the previous e-mail i sent him, the one referring to the jamaica plain work at 3D&UP . . . so freaking sad . . . meanwhile - washigntonpsot.com: CIA Denies Cheney's Request to Release Intelligence Documents Former Vice President Argues Documents Demonstrate That Harsh Interrogation Tactics Worked By Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, May 14, 2009 4:23 PM The CIA has rejected a request from former vice president Richard B. Cheney to release documents that he says show that the agency's harsh interrogation methods helped thwart terrorist plots. A letter today denying the request cites pending legal action as the sole reason for keeping the documents under seal. "For that reason -- and that reason only -- CIA did not accept Mr. Cheney's request for a mandatory declassification review," agency spokesman Paul Gimigliano said. Cheney, who has sparred publicly with the Obama administration since it prohibited coercive interrogations in January, submitted a formal request to the National Archives and Records Administration on March 31, asking for the declassification of two secret documents that were said to describe the intelligence gained from the CIA's questioning of suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in overseas prisons. Cheney, in a Fox News interview last month, said the documents "lay out what we learned from the interrogation process" and would presumably validate Bush administration claims that the controversial methods disrupted terrorists' plans and saved American lives. The CIA must approve the public release of any such documents. But in the letter today to the National Archives, the agency noted that requested records were the subject of a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act. "A document is excluded from mandatory declassification review if that document contains information that is the subject of litigation," the letter states. Gimigliano said Cheney's request was handled "in accordance with normal practice, by CIA professionals with long experience in information management and release." The question of whether harsh methods produced life-saving information has been hotly debated by congressional leaders as well as former and current intelligence officials with access to secret reports. Former CIA director Michael V. Hayden has estimated that half of the agency's knowledge of al-Qaeda's structure and operations came from such interrogations. But Dennis C. Blair, the Obama administration's director of national intelligence, contends that the interrogations produced valuable leads but ultimately did more harm than good. Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), a member of the Senate intelligence committee, said at a hearing yesterday that the documents cited by Cheney did not make a persuasive case. "Nothing I have seen -- including the two documents to which former vice president Cheney has repeatedly referred -- indicates that the torture techniques authorized by the last administration were necessary, or that they were the best way to get information out of detainees," Feingold said. ======== and washingtonpost.com: Correction to This Article Earlier versions of this story, including in the print edition of The Washington Post, misstated the quarter in 2008 when AIG posted the largest loss in U.S. history. The $62 billion loss came in the fourth quarter. Officials Knew of AIG Bonuses Months Before Firestorm By David Cho and Brady Dennis Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, May 13, 2009 As American International Group chief executive Edward M. Liddy returns to Washington to face Congress today, new details are emerging about how long federal officials were aware of the company's recent bonus payments to its executives and of how inflammatory the payments could be. Documents show that senior officials at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York received details about the bonuses more than five months before the firestorm erupted and were deeply engaged with AIG as well as outside lawyers, auditors and public relations firms about the potential controversy. But the New York Fed did not raise the alarm with the Obama administration until the end of February. Timothy F. Geithner, who became Treasury secretary early this year, was the head of the New York Fed when it became aware of the bonus details. But his name is not among those of senior New York Fed officials mentioned in the summaries of phone calls, correspondence and other documents obtained by The Washington Post. Those documents also illuminate who in the government, beyond the New York Fed, knew what about the bonuses at AIG's most troubled unit, and when. Key members of Congress began investigating the payments as long ago as October and, beginning in January, repeatedly warned the Treasury about the matter. In early February, Fed officials in New York sent details about the bonus program to their counterparts at the Federal Reserve in Washington, to prepare Chairman Ben S. Bernanke in case he was asked about the payments at a congressional hearing. By the time the Obama administration was fully engaged in early March, the New York Fed had determined that AIG was legally bound to pay the bonuses to its Financial Products division, the documents show. Top New York Fed officials also huddled with AIG about developing a strategy to mollify angry lawmakers -- but that did little to quell the firestorm that ensued. The furor over the bonus payments at AIG -- the crippled insurance giant that is benefiting from a government bailout of more than $180 billion -- disappeared from public view as quickly as it erupted in mid-March. At the height of the controversy, the House passed a resolution that would tax the bonuses at 90 percent and the Senate introduced an even harsher bill, which it abandoned as AIG employees began promising to return the money. But even after the storm, the fallout remains. As the financial crisis demands their attention, senior Treasury officials have met several times a week since March to review, one by one, the bonuses of even lower-ranking AIG executives, sources familiar with the discussions said. Geithner attended some of the initial meetings. Ongoing Legal, Tax Issues AIG is still grappling with the legal and tax issues surrounding the bonuses while trying to stay afloat. And while employees of AIG's Financial Products division have said they intend to repay nearly a third of their $165 million in bonuses in response to the public outcry, it is unclear when or how much will be returned. After the initial $85 billion federal bailout of AIG in September, the New York Fed, which is accustomed to dealing with banks, struggled to understand a complex global insurance company. "They really didn't know us at all," said one AIG executive, who was not authorized to speak publicly. "We had a real education process with them. They were asking us questions on a gazillion different issues." By Sept. 29, the bonus matter first appeared on the radar of the New York Fed, which was designated as the primary contact for AIG, documents show. Senior officials from the New York Fed met with AIG officials to discuss the compensation plans in place at Financial Products, whose risky derivative contracts had brought the insurance giant to the brink of collapse. AIG e-mailed officials at the New York Fed copies of the company's compensation plans, which detailed bonuses and retention payments, including those at Financial Products, documents show. The issue arose in scores of meetings and conference calls over the ensuing months. AIG also disclosed its retention programs in public filings. For the New York Fed, the primary contacts were Jim Hennessy, counsel and vice president, and Sarah Dahlgren, a senior vice president and head of its bank supervision group. Leading the effort at AIG was Anastasia Kelly, the company's executive vice president and general counsel. Ernst & Young participated as an outside auditor, along with New York law firms including Sullivan & Cromwell. Throughout the fall, the correspondence between New York Fed officials and AIG proceeded but without the urgency of later discussions. The company was still in danger of imploding -- along with the rest of the financial system -- so examining bonus payments to several hundred employees was not a top priority among the Fed officials. Geithner has said in interviews that he was getting regular updates as president of the New York Fed and was vaguely aware of the bonus issue but that he was not apprised of the specifics. A Political Storm Erupts The spark that would grow into a political firestorm began in October when lawmakers began to request documents about the compensation at Financial Products. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) in particular latched on to the issue. By January, AIG was feeling heat from lawyers at the House Financial Services Committee, and from the offices of Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski (D-Pa.) and Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.), who one staff member noted in an e-mail to AIG was "very upset about these payments." Kanjorski has said that around this time his staff began calling the Treasury about the issue and sending letters, but communication was hindered by the transition between administrations. The frequency and urgency of the correspondence between AIG and the New York Fed ratcheted up. Fed officials openly debated with AIG officials over how to handle the coming storm and examined whether there was a legal way to escape making the bonus payments or at least delay them. "Did we think people were not going to like this? Sure," an AIG executive said. "But did we think it was going to be the Armageddon of compensation? No, we didn't." The New York Fed officials continued to keep their bosses in Washington updated. On Feb. 9, Hennessey e-mailed the Fed in Washington, informing officials that the retention programs were devised in 2007 -- "another fact relevant to any question Bernanke gets on FP retention." Bernanke has said in congressional testimony that he was not made aware of the issue until around March 10. After his staff informed him about it, he tried to stop the payments but was counseled by Fed attorneys that there may be no legal way to do so. In Plain Language As the outcry on Capitol Hill grew louder, Hennessy of the New York Fed sent an e-mail to Stephen Albrecht, a Treasury attorney, on Feb. 28, documents show. The correspondence was intended to set off alarm bells: More than $160 million in bonuses would be paid in March to AIG's Financial Products unit, the e-mail stated plainly. "This was triage, Treasury triage," said the AIG executive, noting the department had been largely absent from the discussions to that point. "When they finally realized it was a heart attack and not the measles, it was too late." By that time, senior officials at the New York Fed and AIG were resigned that nothing could be done to stop the bonuses. On March 2, Hennessy received an opinion from an outside legal counsel concluding that AIG could be sued if it failed to make the payments as originally crafted. That same day, the company posted a $62 billion loss for the fourth quarter of 2008, the largest corporate loss in U.S. history. The government announced its fourth bailout for the firm, raising the total rescue package to more than $180 billion. After growing convinced they could not restructure the payments, Hennessy, Dahlgren and top AIG officials focused on devising a strategy for presenting the matter to Capitol Hill. Senior Treasury officials have said they had been aware of the bonuses, but not their specifics, since early February. But the e-mails from Hennessy alerted the department that big trouble was on its way. Geithner said in interviews that he had been preoccupied with the financial crisis and was taken aback when he was told about the extent of the bonuses. But he said he took responsibility for not knowing about the details of the bonuses earlier. Geithner called Liddy on March 11, demanding that the company restructure the bonuses. Liddy began drafting a letter that bowed to some of Geithner's concerns. Because the letter was to be released publicly, Treasury officials reviewed drafts and suggested changes. The letter was released March 14. But it was too late. The bonuses to executives at Financial Products were already heading out the door. ======== oy . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- oy . . . 50 First Dates is on - that the flick on the bus to ME, 7/5/04 . . . to Maine Exile and to be used as the hypertech'd robo(narc)human so someone could have eyes in the Brunswick House (with HLS and Grady complaince) - see previous entries. . . to, a van is in the lot now reflecting the beating of Hurtubees/ Manning in march of 2005. . . and that man 1) quoted viscusi's "undercover," and two stated i said things aloud ere doing them - and since he claimed to go to RPD to announce his intent to beating, and since Web was johnny-on-the-spot with the pic of hte post breating - within seconds - so the house knew; and since hte grady's had pre-existing relations with folks therein . . . well . . .read on . . . got e-mails regarding unfilled out paperwork from one of hte temp agents, and this, too, reflects 3D&UP jamaica plain times as well - for the software used hten . . . so freaking sad . . . and then, from boston.com: Body found in Dorchester after drive-by shooting May 14, 2009 10:24 AM Email\| \| Text size – + (George Rizer/Globe Staff) Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis (center) was on Wilcock Street this morning where a man was found dead. By John R. Ellement and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff The body of a middle-aged man was found outdoors in Dorchester early this morning on a side street where residents had reported a drive-by shooting. The body of the man in his 40s was discovered at 6:45 a.m. in a driveway of 24 Wilcock St, a block off Blue Hill Avenue, south of Harambee Park. Police responded on Wednesday at 10:20 p.m. to a report of shots fired, according to Police Deputy Superintendent Thomas Lee. Investigators have not yet said publicly whether the man was shot or how he died. “There is some ballistic evidence that’s been recovered,” Lee said. “We don’t know at this time if it is related” to a report of a shot fired in the area last night. A longtime resident of Wilcock Street said five people were standing outside in a cluster when a car drove by and opened fire. Residents had thought that everybody had escaped unharmed, said the resident, who asked not to be named out of concern for his personal safety. “We thought he got away,” said the longtime resident. Homicide detectives cordoned off the area and are investigating. The body was found in the driveway of a two-story Colonial home with light gray siding that looks new. A blue Chevy sedan parked nearby had a bullet hole in the rear windshield. ======== the story was updated since the first posting - 23 wilcock was noted, but now it's 24 . . . as in blanton's "terror" op and will cock - as in will soon pull the trigger? and this afte the CI77NA drive by earl;ier this morning? yeah - the humf offing its victims still . . . so freaking sad . . . but hte intersting thing is the first postings (external) of HU HR today: 36653 F-T 057 Project Manager Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet & Society 05/14/2009 36652 F-T 057 Assistant Director of Financial Aid Division of Continuing Education Financial Services/DCE 05/14/2009 36651 F-T 060 Human Resources Director Radcliffe Institute Human Resources 05/13/2009 ------ okay - radcliffe HR . . . then DCE financial aid, and then berkman project mamager for the psorgram that tracksa sites unseen? hmmmm . . . and herein - the $ I do owe and am simply unable to pay without a steady, decent income . . .well . . . and recall, in 2003 I did do that - paid back all the back taxes I owed and set up the two payment plans necessary - and this too is something the HUF counts on - hence the mind frag - - - keeping me from sustainability . . .l read hte journal for mthe ebegining . . . more? boston.com has a harvard archive zombie flick thing in the news today . . .and them more - boston.com and yahoo.com.news: http://www.boston.com/thingstodo/gallery/weekend_picks?pg=3 from boston.com - and this, too, with yahoo.com.news: Obama mulls 'indefinite detention' of terror suspects Thu May 14, 6:54 am ET WASHINGTON (AFP) – As part of its plans to close Guantanamo Bay, the Obama administration is considering holding some of the detainees indefinitely and without trial on US soil, US media reported Thursday. President Barack Obama's "administration is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on US soil -- indefinitely and without trial -- as part of a plan to retool military commission trials that were conducted for prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay," The Wall Street Journal said. The proposal, which is part of the administration's internal deliberations on how to deal with the prisoners ahead of a planned closure of the controversial US military prison next year, is being shared with some lawmakers, it added. White House officials contacted by AFP had no immediate comment on the detainee deliberations. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who met with White House Counsel Greg Craig this week about the Guantanamo plans, told the Journal that the administration was namely seeking authority for indefinite detentions granted by a national security court. "This is a difficult question. How do you hold someone in prison without a trial indefinitely?" asked Graham, who, along with former Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain, has pressed for reinstating the military commissions to try Guantanamo detainees. The Journal noted that "the idea of a new national security court has been discussed widely in legal circles," including by Michael Mukasey, who served as attorney general under president George W. Bush and Neal Katyal, a Justice Department official serving under the Obama administration. US officials told AFP that Obama is set to announce this week that he is reviving the military trials for terror suspects held at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, in southern Cuba. But Obama, who sharply criticized the use of military commissions to try extremists under Bush, may ask lawmakers to expand legal protections for detainees, the officials said, requesting anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. The Senate Appropriations Committee is set to take up legislation Thursday granting Obama's request for 80 million dollars to shutter the facility by January 22, 2010 -- but attaching strict conditions, among them forbidding the use of new money to ship any detainees to the United States. =========== indefinite detention? hmmmm . . . ============================ as well . . . mattviser - as in visor/spyglasses? as in red pick up and "you;ve had plenty of times to change your views" and CI77NA thisd morning? boston.com: Bill is called blow to ethics panel Senate plan weakens commission, critics say By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff \| May 14, 2009 A Senate plan to bolster state ethics rules would actually cripple the State Ethics Commission instead of strengthening it, stripping away much of its authority and transferring key powers to another agency, the commission's chief and other critics said yesterday. "This is a far cry from ethics reform," said Ethics Commission chairman Charles Swartwood, a former federal magistrate judge. "The people of the Commonwealth have demanded ethics reform," he said. "Unfortunately, in my opinion, the Senate's proposal will weaken, rather than strengthen, the commission's ability to deal with ethics issues in government." The Senate was the epicenter of a major scandal to hit Beacon Hill last year, the arrest and indictment on bribery charges of former senator Dianne Wilkerson. Now its effort at ethics reform, which is expected to be debated on the Senate floor today, is getting panned by watchdogs, who said it represents a retreat even from existing law. Pamela Wilmot, executive director of Common Cause/Massachusetts, said the bill contained some good elements but fell flat when it comes to Ethics Commission powers. "The bill is a significant step backwards for ethics enforcement," she said. "We need a strong Ethics Commission empowered to do its job, not one hobbled by inadequate laws." Senator Frederick Berry, chairman of the Committee on Ethics and Rules, defended the bill, saying its authors were trying more than anything else to be evenhanded after listening to testimony that the Ethics Commission sometimes was overzealous. The bill would remove the right of the Ethics Commission to conduct hearings into the actions of public officials and to make findings of violations, a core part of its job. Instead, it would turn over those duties to the state's Division of Administrative Law Appeals, an independent agency that hears appeals from other state departments. That division, advocates said, is overburdened and not versed in the state's convoluted conflict-of-interest law. The Senate measure also would require the Ethics Commission to stop investigating a case if the attorney general's office decides to launch its own criminal probe. The Senate bill would keep the statute of limitations on ethics violations at three years. Proposals submitted by Governor Deval Patrick and approved by the House would extend the limit to five years. In another area, critics said the bill would water down the state's conflict-of-interest law, which spells out when public officials can accept gifts or outside employment. A bill unveiled by the governor in the fall proposed strengthening the law, including a ban on gifts to legislators and other public officials. The Senate bill's original language also endangered whistle-blowers by letting targets of ethics probes see their confidential case files. But late yesterday the measure's sponsors said they would file amendments to protect people who file anonymous complaints. Senator Brian Joyce, chairman of the Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight, said the decision to deviate from the governor's proposal for a stronger gift ban was based on public testimony. "We believe quite strongly that we took a very good bill proffered by the administration and improved upon it," Joyce said. The 100-page bill contains stringent campaign finance rules, outlawing lobbyist campaign contributions, currently capped at $200 per candidate per year, and curtailing the use of a special fund Patrick has used to skirt $500 campaign donation limits. It also mandates disclosure when groups sponsor campaign ads, such as the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads, widely viewed as a deceptive attack on US Senator John F. Kerry. For his part, Patrick, who has criticized the pace of ethics legislation and threatened to veto tax increases until reforms are approved, sought to strike a conciliatory tone yesterday. "I'm glad the Senate has moved a bill," he said. "I don't think it goes far enough on the ethics and lobbying side, and I'm going to look forward to working with the Senate as a whole and then the conferees to get a good bill." Matt Viser of the Globe staff contributed to this report. ================ and recall the hollywood connections as well . . . nytimes.com: May 14, 2009 Former Agent Gets Probation for Hollywood Wiretaps By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 11:39 a.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former FBI agent was sentenced Thursday to one year of probation for using the bureau's computers to dig up information on Hollywood executives involved in a prominent wiretapping case. The former agent, Mark Rossini, was not working on the wiretapping case against Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano and was not authorized to look up the files. But he admitted he used FBI computers illegally to search for files on powerbrokers related to Pellicano such as former superagent Michael Ovitz, entertainment lawyer Bert Fields and William Morris talent agency President James Wiatt. ''I am so profoundly and deeply ashamed and remorseful,'' Rossini said in a brief statement to the court. He said he just wants to get on with his life and serve his country again. Rossini admitted in court documents that he gave the files to a woman with whom he was in a close personal relationship -- she was not named, but he was dating movie actress Linda Fiorentino -- and she passed them on to an attorney for Pellicano Pellicano is serving 15 years for bugging phones of such stars as Sylvester Stallone to get information for his clients. Rossini pleaded guilty in December to five counts of criminal computer access and agreed to resign from the FBI after a 17-year career in which he rose through the ranks in the Washington and New York City offices. The 47-year-old is now working with at-risk youth in New Orleans -- at a much lower salary, his attorney noted -- and traveling back and forth to his home in New York City. He could have faced prison time. But prosecutors asked U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola to give him five years probation during which Rossini could not work for the federal government or any law enforcement agency, plus a $10,000 fine. Prosecutors said although Rossini's crime did not affect the outcome of the Pellicano case, he compromised the prosecution and created extra work for FBI agents involved in Los Angeles. And they noted that Rossini lied to his supervisors and investigators when confronted with evidence of his crime. But Facciola took a lighter stance and sentenced Rossini to one year probation for each count to be served concurrently and a $5,000 fine. Facciola also said Rossini would have to get his approval to work for the federal government or law enforcement, but he wouldn't unreasonably withhold it and just wanted to know what he was doing. Facciola said he related to the defendant, nothing they are both Italians from New York who committed their careers to public service. He praised Rossini's ''extraordinarily distinguished career,'' said sentencing him was ''no easier for me than you'' and wished him well. ======== then, boton.com: GLOBE EDITORIAL The buck stops nowhere May 14, 2009 LEAVE IT TO the lawyers to find the silver lining in a dark fact pattern. Last week, Modern Continental Corp, the largest contractor on the Big Dig, pleaded guilty to 39 federal charges of overbilling and lying about construction defects. With the guilty pleas, the Cambridge company admitted it overbilled the project by about $167,000 over 15 years. The company also admitted making false statements about flaws in a concrete panel in the slurry wall of the Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. tunnel. Those panel defects allowed 300 gallons of water a minute to gush into the roadway in September 2004. Not surprisingly, Modern Continental focused on the good news: the decision by the US attorney's office to drop five charges relating to the Big Dig tunnel collapse that killed a car passenger, Milena Del Valle, in 2006. Prosecutors initially alleged that Modern Continental also knew that the anchor bolts-and-epoxy system used to shore up the tunnel ceiling was defective, but did not correct it. The firm denies the allegation. "The epoxy didn't work, and Modern Continental had nothing to do with selecting the epoxy," said Michael J. Connolly, a Boston lawyer who represented the company at the change-of-plea hearing in US District Court in Boston. Only one company - Power Fasteners Inc., the epoxy vendor from Brewster, N.Y. - faced criminal charges stemming from the tunnel ceiling collapse. But as Acting US Attorney Michael K. Loucks points out, Modern Continental is hardly blameless in the Big Dig disaster. It has already agreed to pay $21 million in damages to the state and has contributed to a $28.1 million settlement of a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Del Valle's family. And, with last week's guilty pleas, "Modern Continental has admitted its felony culpability in the mismanagement of the Big Dig construction project," said Loucks in a statement. The extent of Big Dig mismanagement still shocks. The project managers, Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, were supposed to oversee the work being done by contractors such as Modern Continental. State transportation officials were supposed to oversee the project managers. Federal highway department officials were supposed to oversee the overall project, which received billions in federal money. On paper, oversight abounded. In practice, no one was really in charge. Too many managers allowed panic over the project's escalating costs to get in the way of judgment about public safety. The result was an engineering marvel marred by a fatal flaw. No legal argument alters that truth. ============ see previous entris on this - and romney. . . and this just in - boston.com: Pelosi defends herself on waterboarding Email\|Link\|Comments (0) Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor May 14, 2009 12:02 PM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought again today to address what she knew and when she knew about waterboarding of terrorist suspects and to fend off any idea that she was complicit. She was one of four congressional leaders briefed in 2002 about the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques. But in the news conference, Pelosi insisted that she was told in the briefing that waterboarding -- a near-drowning interrogation technique -- was not being used, though she was told that administration lawyers had concluded that it would be legal. "The CIA briefed me only once on enhanced interrogation techniques in September 2002 in my capacity as ranking member of the Intelligence Committee. I was informed then that the Department of Justice opinions had concluded that the use of enhanced interrogation techniques were legal. The only mention of waterboarding at that briefing was that it was not being employed," she said. She said she was not in a second briefing in 2003 where she said lawmakers learned that waterboarding was being used. Pelosi said that the CIA misled members of Congress, just as the Bush team misled the country on the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to justify the war. "We also now know that techniques including waterboarding had already been employed and that those briefing me in September 2002 gave me inaccurate and incomplete information," she added. "At the same time, the Bush administration -- exactly the same time -- September of 2002, the fall of 2002, at the same time, the Bush administration was misleading the American people about the threat of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq." "They didn't tell us everything they were doing," she told reporters. "We had to get a new president to change the policy." The entire controversy over her role is a "diversionary tactic" by Republicans and former Bush administration officials, she asserted. "They don't want the focus on them, so they put the attention on us," she said. Pelosi renewed her call for a "truth commission" to investigate the Bush administration's interrogation policy, as proposed by Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont "I have long supported creation of an independent truth commission to determine how intelligence was misused and how controversial and possibly illegal activities like torture were authorized within the executive branch," she said. "I think the American people want it," she added. "I think they want to know how we got to this place." Until then, she said, House committees should continue their oversight role. ====== and yet the main headline ere entering the article reads: Pelosi: Congress was misled about waterboarding The House speaker today said in 2002 she was told terror suspects were not waterboarded. (Globe, 11: 32 a.m.) ======== 11:32 AM - as in the juels year thing ere the 1998 prodictions - see previous entris. . . and from washingtonpost.com: BREAKING NEWS Pelosi Accuses CIA of 'Misleading' Her on Interrogations Pelosi Accuses CIA of 'Misleading' Her on Interrogations By Paul Kane House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today accused the CIA of "misleading" her on the use of harsh interrogation techniques in the fall of 2002, acknowledging for the first time publicly she knew alleged terrorist detainees were subjected to waterboarding more than six years ago. Pelosi called for the CIA to release detailed portions of her own September 2002 briefing about interrogation techniques, saying that at that time she was told the CIA was not waterboarding detainees. After weeks of sticking to prior statements that she then was never "briefed" about waterboarding's use, Pelosi today said her top security adviser was part of a briefing in February 2003 in which he learned interrogators were waterboarding terrorists. Later, government reports showed that a high value al Qaeda detainee had been subjected to waterboarding 83 times in August 2002, weeks before Pelosi's briefing on the matter. "At every step of the way the administration was misleading the Congress," Pelosi told reporters in a heated news conference, linking the alleged misinformation on waterboarding to now discredited intelligence reports in the fall 2002 about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. She said that in February 2003, after her aide relayed the information about the use of waterboarding, Pelosi learned that Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), who had just replaced Pelosi as the top Democrat on the intelligence committee, wrote a letter to the CIA general counsel questioning the techniques and whether President Bush knew of their use. "That is the proper person to send the letter," Pelosi said, explaining that she was then the House minority leader and was not the "appropriate" person to object to the technique. "My job was to change the majority in Congress." ========================================== kinda like - hmmmm . . . the early 2000s, and hte fake runup for medical trials from the SJC/TRacks crew - see previous entries. . . dan ackroyd is the brain injury doctor in 50 first dates - and he recently honored at harvard . . . hmmm . . .the head shot by hurtubees/manning . . . not good not good . . . and hmmmm . . .o nth3e brain thing again . . . the mit jobs: Acquisitions Editor for Philosophy and Cognitive Science mit-00006403 MIT Press Cambridge MA Full Time Financial Administrator mit-00006402 Professional Education Programs, Office of Cambridge MA Full Time Process Technical Assistant mit-00006401 Broad Institute Cambridge MA Full Time Research Support Associate I mit-00006400 Biological Engineering Cambridge MA Part Time Software Quality Engineer III mit-00006399 Broad Institute Cambridge MA Full Time --------- profesdsional edu programs? hmmmm . . . and then the acquisitions editor for cognitive sciences? see previous entries - ah, the pelizzin mit brain thing form the early 1980s. . . read the journal from the beginning . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- oh - yeah - and then i go to craigslit and see: MILITARY POLICE (U.S. ARMY) NO EXPERIENCE NECCESSARY OFFICIAL SITE - (Mass, West Boston, Waltham) <<security ------ and MP as in military project or police is something i oft see in the HUMF plate messaging . . .and yet i never have nor ever will be forced to the military . . . see previous entries on that . . . yet it could also be another refernfe - an admission . . . the use of me - for recall the erics in the shalters that tried to convince me i was a vet . . . so so so freaking sad . . .and even SY so long ago - after mentioning potential, and then trying to recruit . . . not good not good . . . and yet, the longer this journal continues, the more and more herein comes outto be true - that is undeniable. . . so read the journal for mthe beginning . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- * * * If, however, I was tech-slapped/drafted by the military aspect on campus - recall, Harvard's ROTC is from MIT. . . well . . . it fits . . . all the lying, to the american people and congress. . . so frekaing sad all of htis, eh? and - oh, this is bad. . . form bostonherald.com: Free Lipitor, Viagra, other drugs for jobless By Associated Press \| Thursday, May 14, 2009 \| http://www.bostonherald.com \| Healthcare TRENTON, N.J. - Pfizer Inc. says it will provide 70 of its most widely prescribed prescription drugs — including Lipitor and Viagra — for free to people who have lost their jobs and health insurance. The world’s biggest drugmaker said Thursday it will give away the medicines for up to a year to Americans who lost jobs since Jan. 1 and have been on the Pfizer drug for three months or more. The announcement comes amid massive job losses caused by the recession and a campaign in Washington to rein in health care costs and extend coverage. The move could earn Pfizer some goodwill in that debate after long being a target of critics of drug industry prices and sales practices. The program also likely will help keep those patients loyal to Pfizer brands. "Everybody knows now a neighbor, a relative who has lost their job and is losing their insurance. People are definitely hurting out there," Dr. Jorge Puente, Pfizer’s head of pharmaceuticals outside the U.S. and Europe and a champion of the project, told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Wednesday. "Our aim is to help people bridge this point." The idea for the program came just five weeks ago, at a leadership training meeting, as the workers discussed how many patients are struggling, Puente said. He said he urged top management to approve the program, presenting a recent Associated Press article about how newly uninsured diabetics are suffering serious complications because they can no longer afford the medicines and testing supplies. Approval came quickly. "It was my idea," he said. "I floated it, and the reception it got was so dramatic that it very quickly became our idea." Colleagues suggested employees could donate to a fund to help support the effort, Puente said. He said some employees had tears in their eyes when discussing how they could help people who had lost jobs. Officials for New York-based Pfizer said they don’t know how much the program will cost and haven’t put a cap on spending for it. Applicants will have to sign a statement that they are suffering financial hardship and provide a "pink slip" or similar employer notice. Applications will be accepted through Dec. 31, with medication provided for up to 12 months after approval — or until the person becomes insured again. Starting Thursday, patients can call a toll-free number, 866-706-2400, to sign up, and those whose drugs are not included in the program will be referred to other company aid programs. Starting July 1, patients can also apply through the Web site, www.PfizerHelpfulAnswers.com, which has information about the other Pfizer aid programs. Pfizer and the rest of the drug industry are trying to have a voice in the debate over how to overhaul the U.S. health care system, partly by joining in a pledge this week to help hold down inflation of health costs. "There’s a long-term benefit there, beyond the goodwill and the publicity," said David Heupel, health care portfolio manager at Thrivent Large Cap Growth Fund. "Pfizer is trying to maintain their (market) share, if not grow their share" by keeping people from switching to generic versions of its drugs to save money. "If you’re already taking medication that’s working, typically doctors don’t push to change it," Heupel said. Pfizer’s program comes at a time when many drugmakers, including Pfizer, have been raising prices on their drugs, partly to offset declines in revenue as the global recession reduces the number of prescriptions people can afford to fill. The 70-plus drugs covered in the program include several diabetes drugs and some of Pfizer’s top money makers, from cholesterol fighter Lipitor and painkiller Celebrex to fibromyalgia treatment Lyrica and Viagra for impotence. Drugs from several other popular classes such as antibiotics, antidepressants, antifungal treatments, heart mediations, contraceptives and smoking cessation products also are included. Cheaper generic versions are available for quite a few of the drugs. Pfizer said that from 2004 through 2008, its patient assistance programs helped 5.1 million people get 51 million Pfizer prescriptions for free or at reduced cost, with a total value of $4.8 billion. ========= so no work but lots of sex and kids? that';s good forth betterment of society. . . but also, bostonherald.com: Hospitals must report errors under new rules By Christine McConville \| Wednesday, May 13, 2009 \| http://www.bostonherald.com \| Healthcare Health-care advocates are cheering today’s decision by the Massachusetts Public Health Council to implement aggressive public reporting of hospital errors. With today’s vote, advocates say, health care in Massachusetts will improve. And, they say, the state will contribute add to its front-runner status when it comes to health-care reform. “These are all ways to improve health care for consumers,” said Deb Wachenheim, health quality manager at Health Care for All. With today’s vote, hospitals are now required to tell the state about all significant errors, including surgeries on the wrong people and surgeries on the wrong side of a person. And, for the first time, the state is now required to publicize those errors. The new regulations also prohibit hospitals from charging patients for care that is required as a result of a hospital error. “Now, the hospitals have to eat the cost,” Wachenheim said. The regulations also require all hospitals to establish Patient and Family Advisory Councils by October 2010. The councils are expected to give health-care consumers more of a voice in the type and quality of care they receive. Article URL: http://www.bostonherald.com/jobfind/news/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1172094 ============================================================ and recall the $50 hour gigs by biotech MIT. . . well, this just in (to craigslist): Help needed! Earn $100 in 2 hours or less! (Boston, MA) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to: job-2jqvm-1170573648@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] Date: 2009-05-14, 12:22PM EDT Information Experts, a strategic communications research firm, is conducting a study of taxpayer services in your area. Qualifying participants will receive up to $100 compensation for their time (two hours or less). PRIVACY GUARANTEED. You will not be asked to disclose details of your personal financial situation. To sign up for the study, contact Information Experts at: 1-800-99TAXSTUDY (1-800-998-2978) Telephone Hours of Operation: M-F 8:00a.m. - 8:00p.m. NOTE: To participate, minimal requirements include: 18 years or older, a basic understanding of federal tax forms, and ability to provide a valid U.S. government ID. ========= so freaking sad . . . and this after (craigslist): Employment Counselor - (Jamaica Plain) <<nonprofit ------------------------ not good not good - the metaphorice - read hte journa lfor mthe begining . . . that would be something - was the lotus testing military experience? hmmmm . . . barbara dumas mantioned softwares - kevin mccoy was hte military communications specialist - and vangie figueredo was insurance software out of hte schrafft's building . . . hmmmm . . . * * * two governemnt spam's back to back: National Science Foundation Releases Comprehensive Report on Global Impacts of Climate Change via National Science Foundation Update National Science Foundation Releases Comprehensive Report on Global Impacts of Climate Change 12:49 PM 12KB Unread National Science Foundation Update Cognitive Neuroscience 12:49 PM 12KB ========= ah, the mind probing afte hte natural economy notebooks . . . see previosu entries. . . no wonder jj's been around all week. . . and funny - after HU HR posts for: Requisition Number 36653 Title Project Manager School / Unit Harvard Law School Department Berkman Center for Internet & Society Location Cambridge Full Or Part Time Full-Time Salary Grade 057 Date Posted 05/14/2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duties And Responsibilities Reporting to the Managing Director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, the Herdict.org Project Manager will be responsible for making operational and substantive decisions regarding the project, leading its development (including multilingual development) and management, and coordinating its excellent team. Maintain, validate, and analyze data, conduct research and write in-depth reports based on that analysis and research. Manage all development, data collection and community management activities, with efforts weighted primarily on Herdict.org but also working across other Berkman projects. Integrate technical and research community elements; plan events and meetings; and write for diverse audiences. Supervisory responsibilities include: overall allocation and direct management of staff and staff resources, oversight of the development process, overseeing communications and community integration efforts, and working closely with the principal investigator regarding direction of the project and synergies with other Berkman projects. In addition, this Manager will conduct strategic outreach and communications with civil society, private sector, technologists, academia and policymakers. Represent project publicly, manage budget, prepare reports, conduct ongoing program analysis. As with all Berkman appointments, this is a term position ending June 30, 2010, with continuation contingent upon funding and business needs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basic Qualifications Advanced degree in related field; 5-7 years experience in project management of complex, international projects. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Qualifications Background in political science, public policy, technology policy, sociology, communications, or cyberlaw desired. Proven leadership; organizational, analytical, and managerial skills; experience and interest in international affairs, particularly in developing and transitioning nations; passion for issues related to freedom of expression and technology. Project management and staff supervision experience and proven capacity to work in a dynamic and fast-moving environment; entrepreneurship, energy and commitment; consultative and negotiation skills; strong record of meeting deadlines; excellent oral and written communications; sound judgment; willingness to travel; and a sense of humor. ===================================== then boston.com posts: Google acknowledges widespread outages May 14, 2009 01:18 PM Email\| Comments (0)\| Text size – + What happens when Google, the world's dominant search engine, fails? Google users around the world reported slowness and for some, hours of inaccessibility to the search site that prides itself on speed and consistency. Similar problems were reported on Google News and with Gmail, the company's e-mail service. Google acknowledged outages in a statement this afternoon. CNET reported that the problem appeared international in scope. According to ZDnet, Google confirmed Google News outages from 6:30 to 10 a.m., but hundreds of Twitter users, using the hash tag #googlefail, reported service problems throughout Google after that. Of the Google News outrage, a company statement said: "Earlier today, Google News was temporarily unavailable for many users from approximately 3:30 a.m. until around 7 a.m. Pacific Time. This issue has now been resolved ... We know how important Google News is to our users, so we take issues like this very seriously. We apologize to those users who were affected." At 12:40 p.m., the company added: "We're aware some users are having trouble accessing some Google services. We're looking into it, and we'll update everyone soon." Google said issues with Google Mail had been resolved. "We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support," the statement said. There was no immediate cause given for the outage. The Globe has called a Google spokesman, who has referred inquires to company headquarters. Users expressed their frustration freely, as many have come to rely on Google products for everything from directions to bank transactions. "#googlefail exposes the tenuousness of sites' external dependencies,'' wrote Twitter user Desjardins. "There needs to be some redundancy so it all doesn't crash at once.'' It was forthright about an earlier outage that lasted 3 1/2 hours, prompting wails from users dependent upon its search site, Gmail, and Google News services. Have you experienced Google problems today? Let us know in our Comments section. (By Globe Staff) ======== worldwider computer fragging . . . not good not good . . . and see previous entris hte google-fragging of theis journal - especially the term "harvad university mind fuck". . . so freaking sad . . . read the journal form the begining . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- oy . . . so freakng muchj . . . new kid at he libaray - asked to see ID . . . that's okay, but he'd known me before - and it kinda seemed as if he was just running up . . . and this after an e-mail: From: Mrs. Elizabeth Peter (kjmnbhgvc@gmail.com) You may not know this sender.Mark as safe\|Mark as junk Sent: Tue 5/12/09 4:05 PM To: Character set: Auto Select---------------------------Western European (ISO)---------------------------Arabic (Windows)Baltic (ISO)Baltic (Windows)Central European (ISO)Central European (Windows)Chinese Simplified (GB18030)Chinese Simplified (GB2312)Chinese Simplified (HZ)Chinese Traditional (Big5)Cyrillic (ISO)Cyrillic (KOI8-R)Cyrillic (KOI8-U)Cyrillic (Windows)Greek (ISO)Greek (Windows)Hebrew (Windows)Japanese (Auto-Select)Japanese (EUC)Japanese (JIS)Japanese (JIS-Allow 1 byte Kana)Japanese (Shift-JIS)Korean (Auto-Select)Korean (ISO)Latin 9 (ISO)Thai (Windows)Turkish (ISO)Turkish (Windows)Unicode (UTF-7)Unicode (UTF-8)Vietnamese (Windows)Western European (ISO)Western European (Windows) Learn more 1 attachment Email Swe...rtf (5.2 KB) If you're having problems downloading attachments, please sign in again and select "Remember me on this computer". Sign in again Attn: Winner, Please open the attachment for payment instructions. Yours Sincerely, Mrs. Elizabeth Peter. (Promotions Manager). ================================================= so freaking sad . . . and he had a tigers cap on - as in rockland tigers? hmmmm . . . yesterday morning, an older asian woman in the preferred seat (i actually have no claim to it, i just prefer sitting there if i can); she reading hte wall street journal - and she at the harvard square T station late yesterday as i was returning to south station - and she waved . . . curious the waves yesterday . . . fried's asst., the fdn doc, and she . . . hmmm . . read on . . . As I left he museum last night, just getting onto Oxford Street, a kid in a floral print shirt, backpack, and riding a bike across the street. . . and he calls over to me (so freaking sad): "Are you a Harvard University professor?" Now, this kinda direct taunting is something that's been going on a long time . . . see previous entiew. . . ."No," I answer. . . Well, he asks, still pedalling: "Then what do you do?" Now, this is the steam atop the crap for this HUMFer. . . and not cool. . . "Move along please," I said, and he said "Yes, sir," and pedalled off - on the sidewalk which is not legal i think (and funny, that to talk on the museum floor yesterday - thus again: the audio component of hte spyglasseswear in play. . . 5th amandment circumventioning? hu technology? Al's chip in the ass from 2004? see previous entriews. . . hoinesty and integrity indeed - for i am honest and critical when deemed necessary. . . the HUMF don;t like that. . .anyway, the floral print shirt is back to Bill Shay - and he to UCLA after he Spherion fax. . . and the kid road down the sidewalk and towards harvard yard . . . 57J C75 then passed . . . justice control/christ . . . the church committee evasion in the middle of hte abt associate/mass general/ladies of harvard law? or robohuman program since I was nione . . . so freaking sad . . . 9668 WY then - the 1998 uploads on this child of 1966? and 5734 RB - as in the robohuman research biology from the harvard sponsopred research time of 2000? see previous entris - please read the journal fofr mthe beginnig . . . 84M X76 then - as in eighty-six the homeless victims of hte experiments - to set them free (and a beaveheart themed phone tone on the museum floor yesteray - and yaffe and i seeing braveheart so long ago. . . ) 0 and then 25B P68 - as in . . . ? the antoine and mark 25 year thing? 6/8? and 7603 XM by the scienc center . . . as in freedom from the 2003 hls lab house experiments? not without a past and a future - and as the LEFT EAR RINGING just kickjed in, meaning the HUMF wants me not to post . . .well, the experiments continue/ / / not good not good . . . the last by the scienc center - and 3227 CW across the way . . . catch 22 the museum project? hmmm . . . and CW? see previous entris. . . not good not good . . . and then, as i was passingthroug hthe thayer gate - where hte bluetooth asked about hte law school - the fdn doc on the phone heading to the law school - and he waving . . . oy .. . man at clarkes was reading a UMass Amherst library book . . . juels territory (at least according to the fiction). . . after hours, a longhair and mixd daughter(?) getting a bug tour of hte museum - metaphoric for bugging kids? for the kid could have been nine . . . oy . . . man on the train to mansfield on at ruggles (near northeaster - ah: eric nguyen again) - see rpevious entriers, the hls lab house . . . well . . . he with a bog bag of cans . . . and then i get home last night and on the fdining rom table, unjacketed, is Joseph Finder's "Paranoia" - and it is atop a crushed cracker (hmmm . . some metaphor there?). . . from the book's site: Paranoia (2004) "If there's such a thing as an instant classic, this is it." --Nelson DeMille Adam Cassidy is twenty-six and a low-level employee at a high-tech corporation who hates his job. When he manipulates the system to do something nice for a friend, he finds himself charged with a crime. Corporate Security gives him a choice: prison—or become a spy in the headquarters of their chief competitor, Trion Systems. They train him. They feed him inside information. Now, at Trion, he's a star, skyrocketing to the top. He finds he has talents he never knew he possessed. He's rich, drives a Porsche, lives in a fabulous apartment, and works directly for the CEO. He's dating the girl of his dreams. His life is perfect. And all he has to do to keep it that way is betray everyone he cares about and everything he believes in. But when he tries to break off from his controllers, he finds he's in way over his head, trapped in a world in which nothing is as it seems and no one can really be trusted. And then the real nightmare begins. . . . ====== ah - published in 2004 - the sharking of Me from MA to ME and the down-no-work from hu hr and hls and the homelessness - the rug pulled out . . . and note this, from the note on part one of hte book: "PART ONE: The Fix Fix: A CIA term, of Cold War origin, that refers to a person who is to be compromised or blackmailed so that he will do the agency's bidding. - and this form the Dictionary of Espionage. . . how freaking odd that that particular book is right there when i get back . . .it is now this AM covered and back atop the pile of books dfrom sis-in-law: Nobody's Fool and a few other fuinders . . . too - this was necxt to a Bath and Body bag on the table - and a bath and body underneath Randstad (see previous entries, 2002 and 2005/2006 - abt associates) in harvard square and across from dara's tree . . . oh - and on that - picture in the globe today. . . al pacino and lucila sola - yet it looks like she. . . http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/specials/bill_brett/may09seen/ and at sanders theater? oy . . . but i covered the MKU:TRA paranoia angle here in a long time ago - and how it is truly a coordinated effort . . . because i have seen and have written of hte bull sh-t in town and on campus . . . more? read on . . . whyt the press again and suddenly? yahoo.com news: AP sources: Obama considering 6 for high court By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer Ben Feller, Associated Press Writer Thu May 14, 3:09 am ET WASHINGTON – Focusing on specific candidates for the nation's highest court, President Barack Obama is considering a diverse list dominated by women and Hispanics. The six names confirmed as being under review by Obama include three judges, two members of his administration and one governor. Officials familiar with Obama's deliberations say other people are also being discussed, including names that have not triggered public speculation. Among those Obama is considering are Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Appeals Court judges Sonia Sotomayor and Diane Pamela Wood. California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno is also under review by Obama. Sources familiar with Obama's deliberations confirmed the names to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because no candidates have been revealed by the White House. The confirmation amounts to the first time any name has been directly tied to Obama. More candidates may be added to the list as Obama considers a replacement for retiring Justice David Souter. The president's review process is expected to intensify in the coming days, with a decision expected by or near the end of May. The disclosure of top candidates came as the president met privately at the White House with four leading senators likely to play a key role in confirmation proceedings. Separately, top aides invited the leaders of several liberal-leaning outside groups to a meeting. Most of the people confirmed as candidates have been mentioned frequently. Moreno — the sole man on the known group of top candidates — has not been. The president is widely expected to choose a woman for a Supreme Court that has nine members but only one female justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. He is also under pressure from some Latino officials to name the nation's first Hispanic justice. Moreno and Sotomayor are Hispanic. Obama is likely before month's end to name a nominee to replace Souter, who is retiring when the court term ends this summer. He is part of the court's liberal wing, and his replacement by the new Democratic president is not expected to change the high court's ideological balance. Obama met Wednesday with senators who will have huge influence over the pace and tone of the confirmation process. "I don't envy him the decision, but I think he's going to make it soon," Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said after the private White House session. Obama met with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.; Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the top Republican on Judiciary; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell; and Leahy. Vice President Joe Biden, a former Judiciary Committee chairman and veteran of confirmation hearings, also attended. The Republican senators underscored that they would not seek a rushed confirmation process, noting that it typically takes 60 days for confirmation once a nominee has been announced. Pressed on a timetable, Leahy told reporters: "We'll work out a decent schedule. Let's get the nominee first." Obama wants his nominee confirmed before the Senate recess in August, which means he would need to name one soon. "I think he's still in the initial evaluation process," Sessions told reporters later in the day. "That's pretty clear, I think. He's not settled on one name." The senators who met with Obama said he did not discuss specific names with them. Moreno was nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1998 to serve as a U.S. District Court judge and the Senate unanimously confirmed him. In 2001, he raised a few eyebrows when he gave up his lifetime federal judgeship to accept Democratic Gov. Gray Davis' nomination to the state's high court. Moreno is the only Democrat on the California Supreme Court and is widely regarded as its most liberal voice. Last year, he signed on to the court's 4-3 ruling that legalized gay marriage in the state. Voters later banned gay marriage in a ballot initiative. The other known candidates under Obama's review: _Granholm, a former federal prosecutor and Michigan attorney general. She has been a fierce spokeswoman for her state's struggling auto industry and was a strong advocate for Obama during his presidential campaign. _Napolitano, who stepped down as Arizona's governor to join the administration and was quickly tested as homeland security chief when the swine flu outbreak hit. _Wood, an appeals court judge who has worked at the State Department, the Justice Department and in private practice. Like Obama, she taught at the University of Chicago Law School. _Kagan, who stepped down as dean of Harvard Law School to become the nation's first female solicitor general. Like Obama, she has a law degree from Harvard and taught at the University of Chicago Law School. She clerked for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and worked in the Clinton White House. _Sotomayor, an appeals court judge and former New York prosecutor and private lawyer. President George H.W. Bush nominated her as a federal judge; Clinton nominated her to the appeals court. Even a former Bush administration official surfaced in the nominee conversation Wednesday: James Comey, the former deputy attorney general who bucked the Bush White House over a domestic spying program when he was the Justice Department's No. 2 in 2004. A senior administration official said some people within the Obama White House are pushing Comey for consideration, although it was unclear how seriously he was being weighed by Obama. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations. ============================================ note some names herein in this journal already? especially afte the wikipedia fraud guardian thing? oy. . . see previous entries - especially EK and the two walkbys of HUMF import . . . at hte harvarc oop november/december 2006 and last summer with the peabody entrance lady (ah, and that a hyman story of yore. . . ). . . so freakng sad . . . washingtonpsot.com: As Cheney Seizes Spotlight, Many Republicans Wince By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, May 14, 2009 As vice president, Richard B. Cheney famously spent much of the past eight years in undisclosed locations and offering private advice to President George W. Bush. But past was not prologue. Today Cheney is the most visible -- and controversial -- critic of President Obama's national security policies and, to the alarm of many people in the Republican Party, the most forceful and uncompromising defender of the Bush administration's record. His running argument with the new administration has spawned a noisy side debate all its own: By leading the criticism, is Cheney doing more harm than good to the causes he has taken up and to the political well-being of his party? His defenders believe he has sparked a discussion of vital importance to the safety of the country, and they hold up Obama's reversal of a decision to release photos of detainee abuse as a sign that Cheney is having an effect. But there is a potential political price that his party may pay in having one of the highest officials in an administration repudiated in the last election continue to argue his case long after the voters have rendered their decision. Cheney entered the arena this winter in a politically weak position after that election. His personal favorability ratings were and are still low. A Gallup poll in late March found that 30 percent of respondents gave him a favorable rating, while 63 percent rated him unfavorably. That is why his high-profile defense of controversial Bush administration policies has caused queasiness among Republican political strategists. But Cheney remains powerful enough that most of his GOP critics are not willing to take him on in public. "The fact that most people want to talk [without attribution] shows what a problem it continues to be," said one Republican strategist who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to be candid. "Cheney continues to be a force among many members of our base, and while he is entirely unhelpful, no one has the standing to show him the door." What drives a man who stayed out of the spotlight as vice president, who passed up an opportunity to run for the White House in his own right in 2008, to emerge in such a prominent role after the election? Mary Matalin, who was a spokeswoman for Cheney during the early years of the Bush presidency, believes her former boss is motivated mainly by his principles. Had Obama not moved so precipitously to undo the Bush policies about which he feels so strongly, she believes, Cheney would have held his fire. "If Barack Obama had come in and done what he said he was going to do and look at the stuff and see what is working, then Cheney would have continued to do what he was doing -- working on memoirs, finishing his house," she said. "He's got a good life. He's got stuff going on. He doesn't care about being on TV. There's no more politics there. He's not settling any scores. He just wants people to understand." "This isn't about partisan politics, it's about what's right for the country," said Liz Cheney, the former vice president's daughter and a former State Department official. "Every American, whether you're a Republican, Democrat or independent, would agree that before critical decisions are made about national security of the nation, we ought to have a full and fair debate." Cheney's daughter was among those who pointed to yesterday's White House reversal on the detainee photos as evidence that a vocal, public debate over the new administration's policies can make a difference. Another GOP strategist, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity, pointed out the conundrum for Republicans over the former vice president's current role. "Even if he's right, he's absolutely the wrong messenger," this strategist said. His main worry, he added, is that Cheney keeps the public focused on the past, rather than the future. "We want Bush to be a very distant memory in the next election. The more Cheney is on the front burner, the more difficult it's going to be." "He's perfectly entitled to make his case, and given that Dick Cheney is as popular as Britney Spears at a Sunday school teacher convention, we hope he continues to be the face of the Republican Party," said Hari Sevugan, national press secretary for the Democratic National Committee. "His continued presence reminds people that the GOP is unwilling to put forward new ideas or leadership, and so long as he continues to be the voice of the Republican cause, he ensures that the Republican Party will remain the party of the past." Liz Cheney strongly disagreed with the claim that her father's vocal defense of Bush administration policies has caused significant unrest within the GOP. She said he has received phone calls, e-mails and letters from people around the country, from officials in government and from members of the military and their families, thanking him for standing up and speaking out. "He's got hundreds of people coming to him saying, 'Please keep doing what you're doing,' " she said. Since leaving the White House in January, Cheney has accused Obama of making the country less safe, disagreed with orders to close the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, defended the Bush administration's harsh interrogation techniques and called for a public airing of classified information on the controversial program. On Sunday, he said he would pick Rush Limbaugh over former secretary of state Colin L. Powell as a model for the Republican Party and virtually wrote his onetime colleague out of the GOP. Cheney has made clear that part of his motivation is to defend against possible legal action against Bush officials who authorized or carried out the controversial interrogation policies. He recently told Stephen F. Hayes of the Weekly Standard that he remembers how, during the Iran-contra scandal in the Reagan administration, senior officials often ran for cover, leaving "the little guys out to dry." He said he is determined to defend those people now. "I don't know whether anybody else will, but I sure as hell will," he told Hayes. Cheney has filled a vacuum within the Republican Party at a time when there are few other leaders who can command such attention. Bush has chosen to stay silent during his first months out of office, as have some other high-ranking members of his administration. Republicans who defend Cheney take issue with the argument that it is inappropriate for a former vice president to challenge an incumbent administration. They point to former vice president Al Gore, who took on Bush over the war in Iraq, and to former president Jimmy Carter, who has repeatedly challenged Republican presidents. Rarely has an official from one administration moved so quickly and aggressively to criticize a new president. Most vice presidents in the past century have sought the White House as presidential candidates, putting themselves before the country and accepting the judgment of the voters. Those who were defeated went quietly to the sidelines, at least for some time. Matalin said she believes that Cheney does not buy the argument that his outspoken critique of the administration will have long-term implications for the GOP. He has been in politics long enough, she said, to remember when the Republican Party was on its back, only to rebound and prosper. "He says he's been through several of these cycles where the only thing that brings you back is to stand on your principles and apply those principles to the issues of the day." But she added that Cheney is "not trying to be the party spokesman. It's not political to him. It's a policy thing, and you cannot deny that the debate is engaged and engaged on principle." ============ ouch . . . nytimes.com: May 14, 2009 For Democrats, Unease Grows Over National Security Policy By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats are voicing growing unease over the Obama administration’s national security policies, including the seemingly open-ended commitment in Afghanistan and the nettlesome question of what to do with prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. House leaders have yanked from an emergency military spending bill the $80 million that President Obama requested to close the detention center, saying he had not provided a plan for the more than 200 detainees there. The White House has said the center will close by Jan. 22, 2010. It is virtually certain that the Democratic majorities, with solid Republican support, will approve $96.7 billion in spending for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and for other military operations. But with votes in the House on Thursday and in the Senate next week, the discomfort among Democrats points to a harder road ahead for Mr. Obama and the prospect of far more serious rancor if conditions worsen overseas. The unease, particularly over the war in Afghanistan, is greatest right now in the more liberal ranks of the Democratic caucus and is more evident in the House than in the Senate. But American troop levels and war costs in Afghanistan will soar in the coming year, and party leaders, including Representative David R. Obey of Wisconsin, the House Appropriations Committee chairman, have warned that Democrats will most likely give the administration just one more year to get a handle on the military situation there before they start losing patience. Mr. Obey said he would give the White House a year to demonstrate progress, just as he gave the Nixon administration a year to show progress in the Vietnam War inherited from the Johnson administration. “With respect to Afghanistan and Pakistan, I am extremely dubious that the administration will be able to accomplish what it wants to accomplish,” Mr. Obey said last week. “The problem is not the administration’s policy or its goals. The problem is that I doubt that we have the tools there that we need to implement virtually any policy in that region.” Mr. Obey, who entered Congress in 1969, added: “At the end of the year, Nixon had not moved the policy, and so I began to oppose the war. I am following that same approach here.” The House spending bill requires that the Obama administration deliver a report early next year on progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan, though it does not set any benchmarks for American military performance. On Guantánamo, Senate Democratic leaders now say they plan to include the money to close the prison in their version of the supplemental military spending measure, but with tight restrictions that for now would ban the transfer of prisoners to the United States. Before using the money, the administration would also have to submit a plan to Congress detailing how it would close the camp. Republicans are not oblivious to the Democrats’ internal disagreements. In the Senate, the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, is making speeches nearly every day about the dangers of shuttering the Guantánamo camp. Some liberal Democrats are expressing outright opposition to continuing the operations in Iraq or Afghanistan, and are planning to vote against the spending bill. “There is no need in the 21st century to do this, to make us safe,” Representative Alan Grayson, a freshman Democrat from Florida, said of the continuing American-led wars. “This is a 19th-century strategy being played out at great expense in both money and blood in the 21st century, in the wrong time at the wrong place.” “It’s wrong,” Mr. Grayson added. “That’s why I am going to vote against it.” Representative John P. Murtha, Democrat of Pennsylvania and chairman of the defense appropriations subcommittee, said the administration had not provided a clear enough plan to reassure lawmakers about the operations in Afghanistan. “We keep asking for a plan,” Mr. Murtha said. “I think the Democrats are nervous just because they haven’t seen a plan yet.” Mr. Murtha also cautioned the administration about taking any steps that would prolong the operations in Iraq. “I can see a lot of consternation with the Democrats because a lot of them felt that the election was all about getting out,” he said. Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York, said he was struggling with how to vote on the supplemental military spending bill. “What is our policy in Afghanistan?” Mr. Nadler asked. “Is it an open-ended commitment to remake the country? I don’t know. That would worry me.” Even lawmakers who are supporting the spending bill say they want to see better progress in the military operations overseas. “The difference between the last administration and this one is the difference between night and dawn,” said Representative Tom Perriello, a freshman Democrat from Virginia. “But we’re looking for day.” Mr. Murtha said debate over the administration’s national security policies would only intensify over the next few weeks as Congress begins to consider the full military authorization bill for next year. “This is going to be a problem from now, through the big bill, through the next year,” he said, adding that discontent will grow if the situation worsens in Iraq or Afghanistan or if there are further events like the killings of five American soldiers by a fellow American that underscore the severe strain on the troops. “The public is not focused on the war at all,” Mr. Murtha said. “But they are going to be focused on it if it goes bad.” ======= ouch . . . thecrimson.com: An Unfounded Claim Harvard Republican Club’s poll revealed interest, but little more Published On 5/13/2009 12:51:40 AM By THE CRIMSON STAFF None By trumpeting the results of its recent poll as proof that students support a reversal in Harvard’s ROTC policy, the Harvard Republican Club has misrepresented the significance of a highly unscientific exercise. Last week, the HRC concluded its poll of Harvard undergraduates with an impressive 1,700 responses, 62% of which favored official recognition of ROTC at the College. Yet the HRC’s claim that the poll shows “strong support for official recognition of ROTC among Harvard students” is dubious at best. A substantial self-selection bias and a low response rate show that this poll can tell us very little about opinions towards ROTC on campus. The discussion it has provoked, however, is a sign of the issue’s importance on campus, and the conversation on this policy should continue with more representative polling by the HRC and other interested organizations. This poll’s various flaws make it a highly inaccurate barometer of the opinions of the student body. The nature of the poll, in which students were emailed a link and given the option to respond, lends itself to a self-selection bias. Only the students interested in answering the email, and if so, the specific questions presented in the poll, would participate in the exercise. Therefore, since there is a clear and significant difference between the population that selected into the survey and that which did not, any claim that the views of the 26 percent of Harvard students who responded to the poll are representative of the opinions of the 74 percent who did not is groundless. In addition, any student possessing an opinion more nuanced than a simple “yes” or “no” would have difficulty express his or her opinion on such a complex issue, given the phrasing of the question. The HRC has acknowledged the existence of a self-selection bias, but still claims that its poll demonstrates that “student opinion” is “at odds with Faculty opinion” on the ROTC question. This is certainly not the case when the poll in question is sent out online, offers a narrow range of survey choices, and gathers responses from only a quarter of the student body. It is true that various groups, including The Crimson, send polls out online every year using similar methodologies to gather results. These are no more accurate than the ROTC poll, but they are also not used to advocate major policy changes on highly charged issues. The responses to the HRC poll and the discussion it has created does show that there is a great deal of campus interest in this contentious issue, however, and groups from across the spectrum should continue a vibrant conversation on the policy. Specifically, the HRC and other interested groups should engage in a more scientific poll if they wish to gauge true student opinion on this policy. The polling should include random sampling to gain a more accurate representation of the student body, as well as more survey choices to properly reflect the nuanced positions that many students hold. This exercise could continue to forward discussion on an important topic and allow more students a route to voice their opinion. Though while we are interested to see what better polling would uncover, our position on the fundamental question of ROTC recognition will not change no matter what the results are, because this is an issue of discrimination that should not be decided by majority opinion. Harvard should welcome ROTC back when ROTC welcomes all students to join, not in response to any poll—especially a poll as flawed as this one. ========= note - the crimson.com seems not to have updated last night - but i can;t tell, for we're back to the Sunday, November 13, 2005 11:26 PM update time. . . and thuis this was found of interest in boston.com this morning: Police to review policy on rape alert Hushed-up attack in hotel garage was followed by second By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff \| May 14, 2009 Boston police routinely post updates on their blogs about mundane arrests or thwarted crimes. Even Pack the Duckling earned a mention when he was ripped away from his bronze family in the Public Garden. But last month, when a woman was raped and beaten by a stranger in the parking garage of a downtown Boston hotel, there were no mass e-mails, no press releases, no citywide alert. In fact, the Police Department also asked the Radisson hotel, which owns the garage, to stay quiet about the attack, saying publicity "could compromise their chance to catch the individual," according to a hotel spokesman. Police arrested a suspect in the rape, but only 11 days later, after a second victim was attacked in similarly violent fashion in the same garage. Now, the Police Department is reconsidering its policy about how much information should be released to the public about sexual assaults. "I think that we will go back and determine whether we should have done things differently," said Elaine Driscoll, spokeswoman for the Boston Police Department. But, she added, "the investigators in this case feel real confidence that they were taking all the appropriate steps and made the appropriate alert." Not notifying the public was no oversight, but policy. "We do not put out alerts until we detect a pattern," police said in a statement after the second attack. Police departments across the country have no uniform guidelines about releasing warnings to the public about a sexual predator. In Dallas, police alert the media when there is a pattern of three attacks or more or when a rape is particularly vicious, involving a weapon or stalking. In Houston, police weigh whether releasing such information will help them catch the perpetrator and keep the public safe. But in Philadelphia, police said they issue electronic bulletins to media outlets every time a woman reports being raped by someone she says she did not know. "We feel it's important to notify the public, because any one of these could be someone that's a predator," said Lieutenant Frank Vanore, a spokesman for the Philadelphia Police Department. In the Boston case, the first attack occurred April 19 in the garage of the Radisson Hotel Boston, which is located downtown. At about 5:30 in the morning, a woman was on the fifth floor of the garage, heading to work, when a man asked her for directions. Then, police say, he attacked her. When she started to scream, police said, he threatened to throw her onto the street below. The attacker raped the woman repeatedly, then ran when he became aware of a passerby. On April 30, the woman identified Jose Ruben Rivera III as her attacker from a photo array, but police did not find him right away. At 3 the next morning, less than 12 hours after Rivera's photo was selected by the first victim, police say he attacked again at the garage, this time on the second floor. The second woman said her attacker dragged her by the hair, beat her, and raped her. Rivera was arrested that day and pleaded not guilty to the assaults. Driscoll said that police spoke with hotel security after the first assault. Two days later, the district captain reported the rape to about eight Bay Village residents at a regularly scheduled community meeting. One member of the Bay Village Neighborhood Association said that after learning of the second attack, he asked police for immediate notification of violent incidents so he could warn others in the area through mass e-mails. "It really hit home," said Ken Ham, a member of the association's crime committee. "We really need to let people know." At the request of police, hotel officials did not report the first assault to guests or put out a broad alert to employees, said Andrew Paven, senior vice president for O'Neill and Associates, a public relations firm hired by the Radisson. "Safety of all visitors to our property is paramount," Paven said. "Since the first incident, we have been cooperating fully with Boston police and Suffolk district attorney's offices. [Boston police] asked us not to make public statements or communications, because they were worried that to do so could compromise their chance to catch the individual. We fully respect that. We are relieved that it seems they have succeeded in that mission." Last year, 43 rapes and attempted rapes by strangers were reported to police. Police released details of about half a dozen of those attacks on their website. Generally when someone reports being raped by a stranger, Driscoll said, police weigh the benefits of releasing information about the attack against the need to protect the confidentiality of the victim. Police do not release names of sexual assault victims, and most news organizations, including the Globe, have a policy of withholding the victim's name unless he or she agrees to be identified. But Driscoll said releasing even the location and time of a rape can expose a victim because it can reveal where he or she works, lives, or goes to school. "We do make decisions on a case-by-case situation, and keeping the confidentiality of the victim is the top priority," Driscoll said. "Typically, community notification is based on an established pattern." Late last month, police put a community alert on their news website warning about a 5-foot-10 man who had assaulted two women in the North End. Last winter, police urged people to be careful getting into livery and taxi cabs after five women were attacked by their drivers. "An established pattern indicates intent," Driscoll said. There is concern "that something is going to happen again," she said. "Raising the level of vigilance is an appropriate next step." When police do put out notices, it is usually because there are unusual circumstances: The rape was extremely violent, media found out about it without being informed by officials, or the attack occurred during a home invasion. Gina Scaramella, executive director of the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, said police are right to prioritize the victim's confidentiality over public alerts. "Privacy is still the number one concern that survivors tell us they have in terms of their decision-making of reporting to the police or not," she said. Releasing information before an arrest in a rape case could also give a perpetrator an advantage, she said. "When you do that, you've also just warned the perpetrator that they're on to you, basically," Scaramella said. A rapist will "change strategy, change location," she said. "An opportunity for the police they might have had to look at the same M.O., same profile, goes away when you start releasing information about what happened." But Toni Troop, spokeswoman for Jane Doe Inc., said police should reflect on this case. "Research indicates that stranger rapes are not isolated incidents," she said. "Therefore taking more immediate steps and a variety of steps . . . that can ensure public safety really need to be looked at." Maria Cramer can be reached at mcramer@globe.com. ========== especially considering all that is hushed up on campus . . . hmmmm . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- why is the d juels lookalike at the theater awards with the man who played serpico of import? because it relates back to the juels year of 1997 - and the actor need for the undercover, and the rape the use of me, as it were, fo the experiments . . . see previous entries. . . not good not good . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . ------------------------------------------- just out back for a puff, and racing down runford ave was a red pickup (see previous entries red pickups) CI77NA . . . criminal intent, church committee evasion, narc agent? narc anon? only narc anon meeting i ever went to was at tufts (near where 6/8 was supposedly to have property). . . hence we're back to the agent thing again - and recall the fdn doc's mantioning of hte agent trying to get money . . . so freaking sad . . . and then it his me - the rape and radisson story above. . . shortly into my rosie's place time in 1999 or late 1998, a new development director came on board - nancy something or other (and she said at one point "I would not believe it if I did not see it for myself" and she was above the gal pal of hte lady photographing 6/8's building . . . anyway, she mentioned staying at the radisson . . hence we have a radisson rape hush up story? and go back to he essay class at harvard exptension school - see essays 7/3/2006 . . and the instructor that had a fixation on rape . . . and then the dismissal silently of hte expo writers there . . . hmmmm . . . so freaking sad . . . please, read hte journal form the beginning . . . yes, herein i have been turned against everything i believe in - and do so write, but here in i also wrote out how that happens . . . and many of the middle folk, those in the know, are now dead under curious circimstances . . . not good not good . . . as always: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar It is best to read this journal from the beginning. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2006/02/08/ it makes more sense then. .... or just explore the journal at: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com may i recommend: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/01/04/ and a follow up to that: http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/2008/10/12/ and I do not know him and he does not know me - but it seems through Harvard our existences are intertwined; therefore, noting this is not an endorsement either way, but in the need to ask the readership of this journal to remain vigilent (as the bush leage asked of america but not for it's bad influence on america), I ask readers to keep abreast of www.whitehouse.gov and to help make sure Obama and his harvard teams stays the course they claim to be on. . . for HUMFErs are in his ears as they are in mine - see previous entries. . . http://theurbanhermit.livejournal.com/calendar help one another if you can. . . -------------------------------------------
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