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Feb. 8 Daily Journal article available here.
HIV/AIDS: Infection, Prevention and Treatment in South Africa
By Noah Barron
Prof. Lyn Boyd-Judson: International Cape Town Seminar 540
2/18/2007
Introduction
Addressing a topic as large as HIV/AIDS in South Africa is a prospect that at the outset seems somewhat doomed in 1,500 words, let alone 15,000 or more. But of all the international issues this course has covered, it seems the most important, not only because of the cost in lives—20 million people worldwide—but also because of the imminent impact of the secondary victims of HIV/AIDS, such as orphans, infrastructure and economy, which impact not just SAR or the continent of Africa, but the world at large. As such, it is the duty of citizens of the world to monitor and combat the spread of AIDS, not simply because it is the right humanitarian thing to do, but because the collapse of nations like South Africa under HIV/AIDS would substantially cripple the global community. Read the rest of this entry »
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The small woman’s voice was high but loud. “Deport! Deport! Deport!” she shouted over the din of the crowd and the sounds of traffic on Hollywood Boulevard.
“Down! Down! Down with the Minutemen!” countered two college-aged women bearing signs that read AMNESTIA: Full Rights for Immigrants!
On Saturday, Feb. 10 at the intersection of Hollywood and Argyle, the Minuteman Project and its supporters, as well as members of Save Our State, a grassroots anti-illegal-immigration group rallied to protest the convictions of three federal border patrol officers.
By Noah Barron
LOS ANGELES — In 2008, California’s Air Resources Board (CARB) will introduce a tough new restriction on marine outboard engines. All outboards sold in the state will have to emit 92 percent less smog than a regular, unmodified two-stroke engine.
Next year’s restriction is the third phase of a multi-year program in the state that already has the strictest anti-emissions laws. Back in 2001, outboards had to meet the CARB “one star” standard, requiring manufacturers to reduce emissions by 75 percent. Then in 2004, outboards had to meet the two-star “very low” rating, 20 percent less than the already-lowered one-star emissions. Now, to meet the “ultra low” three-star rating, emissions must be 65 percent lower than that of a one-star rated engine.
