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Cedar Mountains Wilderness Victory-will block PFS

Yesterday I learned from a fellow activist at Southern Utah Wilderness Association (SUWA)
that the Senate approved a defense will that will designate 100,000 Acres as Wilderness.
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Homeslessness in Utah.

Yesterday, 125 cities across the nation held candlelight vigils to honor those who have died while homeless. In Utah there were 42 homeless people who died in 2005. Most suffered from chronic illnesses, according to the artilce, such as AIDS, diabetes, alcholosim, etc. Most causes of death were from complications of those illnesses and not exposure.
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Today in history

December 22

1943
A 135 day strike by 23 conscientious objectors (COs) ended dining hall segregation at Danbury Federal Penitentiary, Connecticut. The number of conscientious objectors had increased from 15 in early 1941 to 200 by the time of the strike.
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Nuclear Waste Saga: On the FOURTH Day of Christmas…..

….my true love gave to me–FOUR dropped investors….

A 4th investor has withdrawn financial support from the Private Fuel Storage (PFS) initiative to store nuclear waste in Utah on the Goshute Reservation.
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Hammer to Head: “Here’s some sense for christmas”

It seems that’s what’s happened with our Utah senators.

Last week I wrote about Utah’s Represenatives voting for a $230 million tax cut.

Today’s Salt Lake Tribune has reported that our state senators are carefully examining the proposed tax cut, stating that they are listening to their consituents who are angry over such a cut.

It’s about time.
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Today in history

December 21

Winter Solstice


The precise moment of the 2005 solstice will be December 21, 2005 at 1:35 P.M. EST (18:35 UT)

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Utah Soliders Killed in Iraq

14 Utah Soldiers have been killed in Iraq ~ so far.

Nuclear Waste, continued

Today’s Deseret News has published an article entitled Nuclear waste battle: a historic turn. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is opening the issue of nuclear waste storage on the Goshute Reservation by a private consortium, Private Fuel Storage (PFS), by having public comment on how PFS would protect recognized historic places. This is another step in the process of issuing the license to PFS.
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Today in history

December 20

1946
Ho Chi Minh, leader of the Viet Minh, the group struggling to expel French colonial rule from Vietnam, issues the following statement: “All the Vietnamese must stand up to fight the French colonials to save the fatherland. Those who have rifles will use their rifles; those who have swords will use their swords; those who have no swords will use spades, hoes, or sticks. Everyone must endeavor to oppose the colonialists and save his country. Even if we have to endure hardship in the resistance war, with the determination to make sacrifices, victory will surely be ours.” The first Indochina War had begun.

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Teaching respect for diversity

Public school teachers are very sensitive at this time of year when there is a lot of “celebrating” going on. The “merry christmas” wish is not necessarily appropriate to all children.
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