Smoking bans spread to prisons (USATODAY.com)

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A New Leaf in Kentucky: City Bans Indoor
Smoking (Los Angeles Times)

A New Leaf in Kentucky: City Bans Indoor
Smoking (Los Angeles Times) 04/28/2004 04:34 AM
Los Angeles Times - LEXINGTON, Ky. — Here in the heart of tobacco country, where farmers have nurtured fields of rich burley leaf since the 1700s, Lexington has done the unthinkable: banned smoking.

U.S. prisons to end boot-camp program
(USATODAY.com)

U.S. prisons to end boot-camp program
(USATODAY.com) 02/05/2005 10:15 PM
USATODAY.com - Prison boot camps are getting the boot. The Federal Bureau of Prisons plans to eliminate its "intensive confinement" program after the current batch of 525 inmates completes the military-style course over the next six months at boot camps in California, Pennsylvania and Texas.

Smoking makes the campus scene
(USATODAY.com)

Smoking makes the campus scene
(USATODAY.com) 12/29/2004 07:36 AM
USATODAY.com - Students have been flocking to bars, nightclubs and campus parties for a new kind of social event: tobacco-industry-sponsored parties, complete with complimentary cigarettes. A new study suggests these parties are a powerful marketing tool that encourages some to start smoking.

High school smoking drops to lowest
level in decades (USATODAY.com)

High school smoking drops to lowest
level in decades (USATODAY.com) 06/18/2004 06:39 AM
USATODAY.com - Rising cigarette prices and anti-smoking campaigns have helped reduce the high school smoking rate to the lowest level since 1991, according to a government report released Thursday.

Improvements to U.S. Prisons Sought (AP)

Improvements to U.S. Prisons Sought (AP) 05/16/2004 01:31 PM
AP - The spotlight on abuse of detainees at a U.S. military prison in Iraq has spurred hopes that some attention will spill over to prisons stateside, where reformers say get-tough policies and public indifference have let longstanding problems fester.

Prisons as training grounds...

Prisons as training grounds... 03/26/2005 12:57 PM
BBC.&nbs p; Is the prison system we are running in Iraq going to produce a crop of well trained entrepreneurial guerrilla groups?  Our approach to incarceration accelerates the training/recruitment of violent gangs in the huge US prison system.  It will be interesting to see if this is going to happen in Iraq.My gut tells me it will.

U.S.: No Widespread Abuse in Iraq
Prisons (AP)

U.S.: No Widespread Abuse in Iraq
Prisons (AP) 05/02/2004 09:47 AM
AP - Top U.S. military officer Gen. Richard Myers said Sunday there is no widespread pattern of abuse of Iraqi prisoners and that the actions of "just a handful" of U.S. troops at a Baghdad prison have unfairly tainted all American forces.

"draws a line from Abu Ghraib to US
prisons"

"draws a line from Abu Ghraib to US
prisons" 05/11/2004 03:41 AM

New Limits On Tactics At Prisons
(washingtonpost.com)

New Limits On Tactics At Prisons
(washingtonpost.com) 05/15/2004 12:01 AM
washingtonpost.com - The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq has barred military interrogators from using the most coercive techniques potentially available to them in the past, declaring that requests to employ the measures against detainees will no longer even be considered, officials said yesterday.

Denmark Prisons Ban Heavy Dumbbells (AP)

Denmark Prisons Ban Heavy Dumbbells (AP) 01/23/2004 04:12 PM
AP - Pumping iron — at least heavy dumbbells — will be banned in Danish prisons following complaints by wardens who feel threatened by inmates turning themselves into "monster men," officials said Friday.

"Sadly, No!: Children in Iraqi prisons"

"Sadly, No!: Children in Iraqi prisons" 07/08/2004 08:34 AM

The Secret World Of Us Terrorist Prisons

The Secret World Of Us Terrorist Prisons 06/14/2004 12:30 AM
Free Internet Press Jun 14 2004 4:13AM GMT

Tunisia prisons 'abusing rights'

Tunisia prisons 'abusing rights' 07/07/2004 04:58 AM
Tunisia is accused of holding dozens of political prisoners in solitary confinement to crush opposition.

Officials Argue Over Sex in Prisons
(Reuters)

Officials Argue Over Sex in Prisons
(Reuters) 03/24/2005 11:47 AM
Reuters - South Africa's jails watchdog and prison officials have locked horns in a public row over proposals to allow consensual sex behind bars.

Scientology's Prisons and Slave Labor

Scientology's Prisons and Slave Labor 06/24/2005 04:49 PM
Here's an account of conditions and abuse in a Scientology prison camp. Considering Scientology's philosophy, the use of prisons and slave labor (often used for the benefit of celebrities) shouldn't be surprising. (for these links, you may need a good dictionary)

Commander of Coalition Prisons
Apologizes (AP)

Commander of Coalition Prisons
Apologizes (AP) 05/05/2004 08:19 AM
AP - The commander of U.S.-run prisons in Iraq apologized Wednesday for the "illegal or unauthorized acts" committed by soldiers at the Abu Ghraib prison, where photographs showed Iraqi prisoners were abused by smiling American guards.

AP: Prisons Lax on Muslim Chaplain
Checks (AP)

AP: Prisons Lax on Muslim Chaplain
Checks (AP) 05/04/2004 07:47 PM
AP - Federal prison officials are failing to adequately screen Muslim chaplains and others who provide Islamic religious services to inmates to determine whether they hold extremist views, Justice Department investigators say.

U.S.: no widespread abuse in Iraq
prisons

U.S.: no widespread abuse in Iraq
prisons 05/02/2004 02:06 PM

U.S. Wants Quick Handover of Iraq
Prisons (Reuters)

U.S. Wants Quick Handover of Iraq
Prisons (Reuters) 05/18/2004 04:32 PM
Reuters - The United States will hand over control of military prisons in Iraq to a new Baghdad government as quickly as possible, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, as senators questioned plans for the transition of power in the wake of the prison abuse scandal.

Report Warns of Infiltration by Al Qaeda
in U.S. Prisons

Report Warns of Infiltration by Al Qaeda
in U.S. Prisons 05/05/2004 11:17 AM
Groups promoting extremist brands of Islam have gained a foothold in American prisons, according to a Justice Department investigation.

Takeover of State Prisons Is Threatened
(Los Angeles Times)

Takeover of State Prisons Is Threatened
(Los Angeles Times) 07/21/2004 05:54 AM
Los Angeles Times - SACRAMENTO — Criticizing the Schwarzenegger administration for a "business as usual" attitude toward reforming California's $6-billion prison system, a federal judge warned the state Tuesday he may appoint a receiver to take over the state Department of Corrections.

New Charges Raise Questions on Abuse at
Afghan Prisons

New Charges Raise Questions on Abuse at
Afghan Prisons 09/16/2004 10:41 PM
The charges against Sgt. James P. Boland raise questions about who authorized the interrogation methods used in Afghanistan.

Army Report Criticizes Training and
Practices at Prisons

Army Report Criticizes Training and
Practices at Prisons 07/01/2004 10:05 PM
The Army was grossly ill-prepared to deal with thousands of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib, a new report finds.

Dismal California Prisons Hold Juvenile
Offenders

Dismal California Prisons Hold Juvenile
Offenders 02/14/2004 09:09 PM
State officials and outside experts fault the state's juvenile prison system for its antiquated facilities, undertrained employees and endemic violence.

State's Prisons Declare a Crisis (Los
Angeles Times)

State's Prisons Declare a Crisis (Los
Angeles Times) 04/27/2004 04:37 AM
Los Angeles Times - SACRAMENTO — The state prison system has declared a state of emergency and begun triple-bunking prisoners in two-person cells in response to an increase in the number of inmates, which is approaching historical highs.

Prisons Promise a New Code for Guards
(Los Angeles Times)

Prisons Promise a New Code for Guards
(Los Angeles Times) 09/13/2004 04:59 AM
Los Angeles Times - SACRAMENTO — Facing unprecedented warnings from a federal judge, managers of California's teeming prisons are overhauling an internal disciplinary system that consistently fails to curb corruption and rein in rogue guards.

Tender: HM Prison Service wants
electronic information system for 130
prisons

Tender: HM Prison Service wants
electronic information system for 130
prisons 06/21/2004 02:37 AM
PublicTechnology.net Jun 21 2004 7:20AM GMT

General Overseeing Prisons Says She Was
'Set Up' by Army (Los Angeles Times)

General Overseeing Prisons Says She Was
'Set Up' by Army (Los Angeles Times) 05/25/2004 05:16 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON -- About two months after the Red Cross warned U.S. commanders of widespread prisoner abuses, the commanding general at Abu Ghraib prison assured the Red Cross in a confidential letter that Iraqi detainees were being given the best treatment possible and that even more "improvements are continually being made."

Hi-tech prisons After years of neglect,
Kenyan convicts learn computer skills

Hi-tech prisons After years of neglect,
Kenyan convicts learn computer skills 06/28/2004 04:50 AM
BBC Jun 28 2004 8:55AM GMT

High-tech prisons After years of
neglect, Kenyan convicts learn computer
skills

High-tech prisons After years of
neglect, Kenyan convicts learn computer
skills 06/28/2004 12:09 AM
BBC Jun 28 2004 4:53AM GMT

"The Smoking Gun"

"The Smoking Gun" 06/25/2004 03:22 PM

Is it right to ban smoking?

Is it right to ban smoking? 06/09/2004 06:02 AM
The health secretary has described smoking as one of the few pleasures poorer people have access to, according to a national newspaper. Do you agree?

Smoking gun

Smoking gun 08/03/2004 04:31 PM
The NY Times reported today on the front page that the information about the planned attack on financial buildings in NY and Newark is 3-4 years old. That is, it's information we may have had even before 9/11.The indications that there will be an attack before the elections does not point to the information about those four buildings. So why is it being trotted out now? I, of course, have my suspicions, almost all of which end with the phrase "grounds for impeachment."...

Not Smoking...Again

Not Smoking...Again 03/23/2005 12:34 PM

Starting this morning, I am not smoking.  Instead, I am doing the niccotine lozenge called Commit.  The candy looks like a small alka seltzer tablet and, as expected, tastes chaulky and tingles as it dissolves.  It's less convenient than niccotine gums because I am not suppose to use it within 15 minutes after eating or drinking.  So no more mixing niccotine with coffee or full stomach for me.

I have no idea whether this will work.  Longest smokeless run for me was six months.  We'll see.  Hopefully, lozenge won't bring vivid dreams like patches did.

Please don't wish me luck.  I can't smoke luck.

The Smoking Gun

The Smoking Gun 03/13/2003 10:25 AM
Remember that whole drone "cover-up"? Here's the plane. The prototype of Iraq's smoking gun WMD threat. Constructed of balsa wood and duct tape, it says Allahu Akbar (God is great) on the side. And, well, they were probably half right. While it's not really a gun, it probably does smoke -- it uses lawn-mower-style two-stroke engines. Washington Post story here.

Galway Pub Allows Smoking Despite Ban
(AP)

Galway Pub Allows Smoking Despite Ban
(AP) 07/07/2004 08:02 AM
AP - A lone Galway pub has thrown down the gauntlet to the Irish government over its 3-month-old ban on workplace smoking — by inviting customers to rebel and light up.

When I stopped smoking

When I stopped smoking 06/14/2004 08:37 AM

On the Sunday before my surgery, I said to Tori -- "You know I haven't decided to stop smoking yet."

Then after the surgery, not sure which day it was (probably Tuesday morning) in the ICU, the surgeon comes to see me, really sharply dressed, with a sharply dressed woman with him (not sure who she was).

The doctor says "You're a computer guy, right?" I said I was. "What's the word you guys use for seeing something?" I asked if he meant visualize. "That's it!" he exclaimed.

"Now I want you to visualize yourself as a smoker." Since I had been trained in meditation, I thought I was about to be deprogrammed. Okay, I'm visualizing.

"You're dead!" he said and started laughing.

What do you mean? I asked. "People like you who keep smoking are usually dead within three years," he explained. Gulp. Somehow, in all the doom and gloom it had never really sunk in that I had almost died. If I had waited another couple of weeks to deal with this, well, I don't even like to think about it.

Anyway, that was the moment. That was when I decided to stop smoking.

Quitting Smoking

Quitting Smoking 07/21/2004 04:53 PM

Dave Winer writes about his experience quitting smoking, and it reminds me of my experience quitting. Many years ago I was a smoker, and it took a couple of tries before I quit successfully.

My first attempt at quitting was doomed to failure. See, I noticed that my cravings were stronger when my friends and I went bar-hopping, so I told myself I'd only smoke when I was drinking. The result? I drank more. Duh.

So I quit cold turkey, and that was well over a decade ago. I've smoked one time since then, about three years ago - not a perfect record, but not bad. The thing that made it easier to quit was that I stopped smoking right after the end of a relationship gone sour. I figured as long as I was giving up one bad habit, I might as well give up smoking at the same time.

One gun smoking, the other gun holstered

One gun smoking, the other gun holstered 05/31/2004 08:26 AM
Smoking gun: Time reports on a Pentagon email (from Douglas "Chicken Hawk" Feith) that says that Dick Cheney's office "coordinated" the awarding of a multi-billion dollar contract in Iraq for the company he formerly headed, Halliburton. (Reuters) Holstered gun: The Boston Globe's Wayne Washington reports that Bush no longer mentions the prescription drug bill he rammed through Congress: A Globe survey of Bush's and Vice President Dick Cheney's remarks indicate 22 mentions in December and January, four in February, five in March, one in April, and three in May. The reason seems clear: The Medicare expansion, once viewed as a...
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