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Canoe and Kayak Murders Planned
Canoe and Kayak Murders Planned
Panama City, FL (PRWEB) May 4, 2004
William Griswold, Chair of the National Safe Boating Council (NSBC), opened the International Boating and Water Safety Summit 3 days ago. The program focused on canoe and kayaks more than any other type of boat, due to the highest number of drowning deaths consistently achieved by these craft. Instead of saving lives in canoes and kayaks, Mr. Griswold joined NSBC members ACA Chambers, NASBLA Wilson and ACA Dillon to make canoes and kayaks as deadly as possible: No mandatory PFD use and no “automatic inflating sponsons” for canoes and kayaks.
Mr. Griswold and the NSBC kill children and adults by leaving them in the water to die in PFDs, when they are unable to keep their faces out of the water and drown. No judge or jury can get out of the water in a capsized canoe or kayak without “automatic inflating sponsons” noted on the US Coast Guard website, in the National Boating Safety Advisory Council minutes, and on the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) website.
The NSBC killed Dr. Warren Gould, a surgeon, and his friend Marty Dismukes, a businessman from Pensacola, Florida, floating together in PFDs near Pensacola, Florida. Florida waters are just as deadly as any cold water in the USA.
Mandatory PFD use and Automatic Sponsons for every canoe and kayak make drowning almost impossible. (Rate of body heat loss in water is 25 times the rate in air.) Victims are fishers, hunters, men, women and children. Already 32%-35% of dead canoe and kayak victims are wearing PFDs in years 2000-2002 (USCG BARD statistics). These murders must be examined in court, under oath.
Even very young children, in pictures on the links below, can rescue more than one drowning adult at the same time. The steadily shrinking canoe or kayak industry could use this radically improved safety to attract new enthusiasts. However, expensive and time-consuming ACA lessons that are so difficult that they provide no reliable means to get out of the water, generate much more money than one-time sales of canoes and kayaks, equipped with 5 second rescue sponsons.
US Coast Guard report 071-01: “Canoes and kayaks have by far the highest fatality rates per million hours of exposure (.42) as any other boat type”. This USCG figure may be far too low, considering the death statistics of the Ford/Firestone scandal, over a decade, with many more vehicles, many more use/hours daily, and only 200 deaths.
Canoes and kayaks always have the largest drowning death numbers, despite PFD use of 32-35% by dead victims since 2000. “A total of 105 canoeists and kayakers drowned in 1998. Canoes and kayaks have the highest fatality rate of all boat types ñ double the rate of personal watercraft and 4 times higher than open motorboats.” (Before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation of the U.S. House of Representatives, May 15, 2001, BOAT/U.S.)
National Association of State Boating Law Administrators, (NASBLA) Boating Accident Investigation, Reporting and Analysis Committee Minutes, April 16, 2002: “As for non-motorized boats, several committee members reported receiving email from Tim Ingram, who is rather severe, but he got some attention. Perhaps sponsons are a good alternative. Frank Disbrow commented that about 50% fatalities in Connecticut are canoes and kayaks.”
The USCG National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC) also recognized Sponsons in the Minutes, 22 – 23 April 2002: “Mr. Tsuneyoshi had an observation then a question… He then asked where the ACA stood on automatic inflating sponsons for canoes.”
ACA Yeager lied, referring to sponsons as “training wheels” when they obviously have no “training” function. Sponsons are “automatically inflating” in emergencies, concealed in 2 tiny containers on any canoe or kayak, above the waterline and almost un-noticeable except for the words “emergency rescue”. Lightweight (1 lb.), inexpensive ($ 50 installed at the factory), sponsons are manufactured exactly like US Coast Guard approved CO2 gas-inflating PFDs, with back-up oral inflation. ACA Black also lied to the Attorney General of Florida only a few months previously, stating any kind of sponsons did not work. See this letter in the book on the link below.
Hundreds of wrongful deaths must be addressed in a lawsuit immediately, to stop these needless deaths. Depositions under oath can help families of victims who do not know that their loved ones were put to death using the most deadly canoes and kayaks possible and the most misleading instruction. Some families have been “signed off” on their legal rights, by insurance companies and others who wish to cover up this scandal.
The USCG helicopter was too late for 2 Girl Guides wearing PFDs in canoes May 31st, 2003. They were eleven years of age and one had previous rolling instruction in kayaks. These smart little girls were the victms of criminals.
The book “Canoe and Kayak Scam Kills 1000 Americans: US Coast Guard Studies Device to Save Victims” details the murders of 1000 US citizens in canoes and kayaks, over a 10 year period. (Just paste this book link into the address bar of your browser if necessary: http://www.1stBooks.com/bookview/16818 ). US Coast Guard statistics (BARD) document that almost all of these victims died not on deadly whitewater rivers. To get out of the water and live they needed “automatic inflating sponsons”, similar to the sponsons used by Professional Rescuers (police, fire departments etc.), to construct buoyant devices for tricky ice and water rescues.
The American Canoe Association has continually defrauded the US Coast Guard, who unwittingly funded the scam to leave US citizens dying in the water with no means of escape: http://www.bconnex.net/~timkayak/safety_1.html
The American Canoe Association does not represent any US citizens in canoes and kayaks. It only murders them: “All national paddlesports organizations combined comprise just one percent of committed users and a tenth-percent of the total user group…To represent paddlers to regulatory agencies with legitimacy, an organization should represent at least 10 percent of the sport’s committed users…The ACA is the paddlesport organization best placed …to protect paddlers from paddlecraft registration, required education and mandated PFD use…protecting our sport from needless government regulation.” (Paddler, Sept./Oct., 2003, p.84)
Tim Ingram
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Rebuilding Reproductive Health Services Six Months After Haiti Earthquake
(Vocus) July 12, 2010
Port-au-Prince Six months after the 7.0 earthquake that killed more than 200,000 Haitians, an estimated 1.5 million people are still living in temporary camps. Their reproductive health needs, including maternal and neonatal health, are now being met by a range of mobile and temporary clinics in addition to those offered by the city’s hospitals that survived the quake.
Life in the temporary camps poses a number of health challenges, especially for women and girls. Living in tight, often insecure quarters with minimal access to sanitation can expose women and girls to sexual violence and other dangers.
Over the past months, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has provided maternal health supplies, including birthing kits to serve a population of 2 million people, as well as 22,000 hygiene kits aimed at the female population living in temporary camps, along with nearly 1,000 tents, 2000 mattresses and 17,000 solar lamps.
UNFPA is also supporting the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population in carrying out a temporary, national health plan developed after the earthquake. The plan includes:
Improving the availability of information concerning the reproductive health of displaced persons by gathering information in 130 temporary camps and 250 health centres located near camps in Port-au-Prince.
Reviving the National School of Nurses and Midwives by reestablishing midwife training programmes.
Working with UNICEF to set up ten clinics to provide skilled reproductive health services especially geared towards basic newborn emergency care.
Supporting the Haitian Association of Obstetricians-Gynecologists in establishing a referral service for maternal and neonatal health services.
Working jointly with Haitian authorities, UNICEF and the World Health Organization on reducing maternal mortality by strengthening the quality of reproductive health services in a number of hospitals and clinics.
Distributing 7 million condoms among the displaced population in order to prevent the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
UNFPA is also working with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs to promote and protect women’s rights in Haiti. This support includes care and counselling for victims of sexual violence, as well as the provision of hospital referrals and reproductive health supplies for victims of violence.
The Fund is working with the Haitian National Police to prevent violence against women and to provide legal and psychological support to victims.
In the weeks immediately following the disaster, UNFPA was instrumental in carrying out — jointly with the Haitian Institute of Statistics and Data Processing (IHSI) and partner UN Agencies — a rapid needs assessment, which used support data from a previous census and recruited university students who had worked with UNFPA during similar exercises in the past. The results helped determine medium and long-term development needs.
UNFPA has also paid special attention to the needs of young people by helping organize leisure activities for a total of 30,000 11- to 16-year olds living in camps, as well as an educational programme on HIV prevention and family planning methods which aims to reach 35,000 young people this year. The Fund also mobilized young people to assemble tents, hygiene, health and reproductive supplies.
“The reproductive health needs of the population are often forgotten in the aftermath of a disaster,” said UNFPA Representative in Haiti, Igor Bosc. ”Our job now is to assist Haiti in rebuilding its health sector so that it can provide better reproductive health services and social protection than ever before.”
For more information, please contact:
In Port-au-Prince: Vario Serant, serant(at)unfpa(dot)org, +509 37014872
In New York: Omar Gharzeddine, gharzeddine(at)unfpa(dot)org, 212-297-5028
In Panama City: Trygve Olfarnes, olfarnes(at)unfpa(dot)org, tel: +507 6400-6653
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA — because everyone counts.
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Rebuilding Reproductive Health Services Six Months After Haiti Earthquake
(Vocus) July 12, 2010
Port-au-Prince Six months after the 7.0 earthquake that killed more than 200,000 Haitians, an estimated 1.5 million people are still living in temporary camps. Their reproductive health needs, including maternal and neonatal health, are now being met by a range of mobile and temporary clinics in addition to those offered by the city’s hospitals that survived the quake.
Life in the temporary camps poses a number of health challenges, especially for women and girls. Living in tight, often insecure quarters with minimal access to sanitation can expose women and girls to sexual violence and other dangers.
Over the past months, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has provided maternal health supplies, including birthing kits to serve a population of 2 million people, as well as 22,000 hygiene kits aimed at the female population living in temporary camps, along with nearly 1,000 tents, 2000 mattresses and 17,000 solar lamps.
UNFPA is also supporting the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population in carrying out a temporary, national health plan developed after the earthquake. The plan includes:
Improving the availability of information concerning the reproductive health of displaced persons by gathering information in 130 temporary camps and 250 health centres located near camps in Port-au-Prince.
Reviving the National School of Nurses and Midwives by reestablishing midwife training programmes.
Working with UNICEF to set up ten clinics to provide skilled reproductive health services especially geared towards basic newborn emergency care.
Supporting the Haitian Association of Obstetricians-Gynecologists in establishing a referral service for maternal and neonatal health services.
Working jointly with Haitian authorities, UNICEF and the World Health Organization on reducing maternal mortality by strengthening the quality of reproductive health services in a number of hospitals and clinics.
Distributing 7 million condoms among the displaced population in order to prevent the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
UNFPA is also working with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs to promote and protect women’s rights in Haiti. This support includes care and counselling for victims of sexual violence, as well as the provision of hospital referrals and reproductive health supplies for victims of violence.
The Fund is working with the Haitian National Police to prevent violence against women and to provide legal and psychological support to victims.
In the weeks immediately following the disaster, UNFPA was instrumental in carrying out — jointly with the Haitian Institute of Statistics and Data Processing (IHSI) and partner UN Agencies — a rapid needs assessment, which used support data from a previous census and recruited university students who had worked with UNFPA during similar exercises in the past. The results helped determine medium and long-term development needs.
UNFPA has also paid special attention to the needs of young people by helping organize leisure activities for a total of 30,000 11- to 16-year olds living in camps, as well as an educational programme on HIV prevention and family planning methods which aims to reach 35,000 young people this year. The Fund also mobilized young people to assemble tents, hygiene, health and reproductive supplies.
“The reproductive health needs of the population are often forgotten in the aftermath of a disaster,” said UNFPA Representative in Haiti, Igor Bosc. ”Our job now is to assist Haiti in rebuilding its health sector so that it can provide better reproductive health services and social protection than ever before.”
For more information, please contact:
In Port-au-Prince: Vario Serant, serant(at)unfpa(dot)org, +509 37014872
In New York: Omar Gharzeddine, gharzeddine(at)unfpa(dot)org, 212-297-5028
In Panama City: Trygve Olfarnes, olfarnes(at)unfpa(dot)org, tel: +507 6400-6653
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA — because everyone counts.
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