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Oregon`s Gift to Mentally Ill Patients?

“It’s not good policy to build ‘big box’ hospitals” - Chris Bonueff, executive director of NAMI Oregon

(CENTRAL POINT, Ore.) - The holiday cheer, the lights, the gift giving, the carols, the shopping and delicious treats are all part of our holiday excitement. Christmas and Hanukkah’s Festival of Lights are times of joy and celebration, but this season is also a time of introspection and humility. We who have sound minds and bodies have reason to be most grateful. Not everyone has been so blessed.

Those Oregonians who suffer from mental illness carry burdens others cannot fathom. Sometimes mentally ill patients are anti-social and need patience and understanding.

Rwanda: A State Without a Statesman

President Kagame has subjected the whole nation of Rwanda, Rwanda's neighbors, and the international community to fear.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In reaction to President Paul Kagame's 9th National Dialogue (Umushyikirano) at the Parliament Buildings, Kimihurura Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa responded on his Facebook page to the controversial remarks made by President Kagame.

It was an annual event that has been erroneously baptized national dialogue.

Hanford Commercial Nuclear Reactor Cited for Safety Violations

It appears that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) failed to disclose safety violations and inspection report during a public comment period and hid the report in the holiday shuffle.

(HANFORD, Wash.) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced yesterday that it issued safety violations for five events this spring and summer at the Northwest’s sole commercial nuclear reactor, located on the Hanford Nuclear eservation.

The incidents included loss of over four thousand gallons of reactor coolant and water twice in four months, and the insertion of reactor control rods when operators believed they were withdrawing the rods.

Five female prisoners at Israel`s Hasharon Launch Hunger Strike

Women were among the 550 detainees released in phase two of the prisoner exchange deal on Sunday, however many were left behind.

(GAZA) - Five female prisoners at Israel's Hasharon jail started a hunger strike on Wednesday in protest against not being included in the prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas.

A report by the Palestinian Authority ministry of prisoners affairs noted that detainees were deeply disappointed after finding out they were not included in phase two of the swap.

New center for Agent Orange victims in Quang Ngai

VAVA will coordinate to eventually build 55 such operations in most localities nationwide to help AO victims.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - A new rehabilitation center was inaugurated on Monday and put into operation to provide shelter, healthcare, and treatment for victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin.

Located on an area of 900 square meters in Nghia Thang Commune of Tu Nghia District, the well-equipped facility is able to offer treatment and training for the victims, who stay as day boarders.

Letter from Vietnam Regarding Dow Sponsorship of London Olympics

"... Dow Chemical, however, has and continues to violate this spirit by manufacturing deadly chemicals that destroy the human body and mind."- letter to Olympic Organizers

(LONDON) - I returned to London on 16th December and while in Ho Chi Minh City along with others that included an Member of Parliament, representatives of the Foreign Office and the BBC World Service, we visited Children at the Tu Du Hospital affected by Agent Orange.

Dow Chemical was one of the companies that manufactured Agent Orange and has been given the contract for the Olympic Stadium that we are campaigning on to get cancelled.

Oliver Goldsmith Look Out!

The song is an expression of Jamal’s wish to encourage others to join with him and the whole TJP movement to work to build a more truthful, more just, and more peaceful world. It is a big step for a man, an even bigger step for a boy.

(BOSTON) - Oliver Goldsmith! Look out! Jamal Belica’s latest song, World Citizen: Giving It My All, is articulating a new view of the world citizen: bold and aggressive; quite the opposite of the genteel Chinese traveler Lien Chi sojourning in London two and a half centuries ago whom Goldsmith used to satirize the follies and foibles of 18th-century British society in his The Citizen of the World.

Instead, Jamal’s world citizen has muscles and faces the unpleasant realities of the world we live in unflinchingly.

Wartime airbase dioxin to be cleaned up

“All of the dioxin contaminated spots in Viet Nam have been left for too long and there are no reasons for us to wait longer” - Associate Professor Le Ke Son

(BINH DINH, Vietnam) - A ground-breaking ceremony was held at Phu Cat airbase yesterday morning for a 5,400 cubic metre landfill site which will be used to isolate dioxin.

Phu Cat airbase was used to launch herbicide spraying missions during the American War, making it one of three contaminated hotspots along with the airports at Bien Hoa and Da Nang.

Joy to the world

Includes a message from the mayor of Bethlehem for Christmas...

(BETHLEHEM) - An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.

One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego." He continued, "The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too." The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?" The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

Marine Commandant Defends Medal of Honor Recipient Dakota Meyer

Everything about Dakota Meyer's service was honorable; and then everything went to hell in a handbasket after he reported BAE's attempt to sell military hardware to Pakistan.

(SALEM) - A McClatchy Newspaper reporter alleges in a series of articles, that the government beefed up the story of U.S. Marine Sergeant Dakota Meyer, who was awarded the Medal of Honor in September.

This is not sitting well with Marines, particularly the top Marine officer, the Commandant, Gen. James F. Amos.