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It all seems to have quietened down again but the explosion of sectarian violence in east Belfast last week was truly shocking - both that it happened at all and the scale of it. Petrol bombs and pipe bombs are deadly enough but when guns are used…as local MP Naomi Long told the BBC: "When you have guns back on streets, it is very clear that the intent here is to take life. There is no other reason why people would bring a gun onto the street…"
The violence must be deeply disturbing for the majority of people in Northern Ireland who will dread a return to 'The Troubles'. And it will be truly alarming for many politicians, economists and business people who thought, 13 years after the Good Friday Agreement, that the peace process was too deeply embedded in Northern Ireland culture for the province to regress back to open and large-scale sectarian violence.
But how ever shocked, disturbed and alarmed we may be, we should not be surprised. Nor should we be lulled into a false sense of security by the news that east Belfast has been mostly (though not completely) quiet since last Monday (20th) and Tuesday (21 June). There were plenty of young men from both sides of the divide on the streets Wednesday night (22nd) but community stewards were proactive in discouraging them from further violence.
The underlying problem is that relatively little has been done in those 13 years since Good Friday to address the deep-rooted tribalism which underpins the sectarian divisions and has its foundations in history.
The large-scale settling of the northern 6 counties (Ulster) by Scottish Presbyterians in the 17th Century inevitably led to the further disadvantaging of the (mainly Catholic) indigenous Irish, already subjected to stern (and often brutal) rule by their English colonial masters following the Irish Confederate Wars (1641-1653) and the Battle of the Boyne (1690). It also led to a sense of 2 large tribes, marked out by different religions and different racial/national characteristics, in competition for the same territory. That tribal competition has gone on now for over 4 centuries, sometimes in open conflict, sometimes in festering tension. The 1707 Act of Union between England and Scotland, for the indigenous Irish, made getting rid of the Scottish (now British) invaders synonymous with getting rid of their English (now British) rulers.
The history of Nationalist/Catholic-Unionist/Protestant conflict in Ireland is, of course, much more complex than portrayed in this paragraph; but, nonetheless, it does set out the core issue: there are 2 large-scale tribes competing for the same territory. There is a distinct timeline from 1707 to Good Friday, with such punctuations as the Fenians, the Irish Republican Army and the Provisionals on one side and the various Unionist paramilitaries such as the Ulster Defence Association and the Ulster Volunteer Force on the other.
Until the issue of tribalism is dealt with, the peace in Northern Ireland will always have the kind of fragility that the violence last week exposed so unequivocally.
Failing to deal with tribalism – sophisticated politics and populism
Time and time again tribalism has caught sophisticated political rulers out, often resulting in barbaric tribal warfare. In recent times, just for starters, we've seen the tribal genocide of Hutus against Tutsis in Rwanda, Yugoslavia torn apart by a level of barbarity and ethnic cleansing not seen in Europe since Adolph Hitler's storm troopers marched East, the former Soviet Union wracked by various tribal rivalries that frequently resulted in large-scale bloodshed - see 'Tribal Warfare in South Ossetia' as an example – and the Americans' decidedly-vague post-invasion plans for Iraq shredded (in part at least) by Sunni-Shia internecine warfare . On a smaller scale, Spain has similar problems with the Basques that the UK has had with the Nationalists in Northern Ireland.
Tribalism is all around us. As Desmond Morris (1981) pointed out, it's in the chants on the football terraces when the teams play and in the streets around the football grounds when the rival groups of fans clash. We also see tribalism in the not-always playful rivalry between Yorkshire and Lancashire, deriving its ethos from the Wars of the Roses over 600 years ago. When I lived in Hull, tribalism manifested itself in the divisions between East and West Hull and on the huge, sprawling Bransholme estate on the northern edges of the city, where the North Bransholme, South Bransholme and Kingswood tribes each guard their territory from the others. Even in my current hometown of Harrogate, one of the most wealthy and affluent middle-class towns in the north of England tribalism is unavoidable - with gangs of kids from the secondary school tribes arranging mass fights on the Stray (the lawned common land that runs around the edges of the town centre), one school versus another.
It may even be demonstrated soon, via Alex Salmond's plans for a referendum, that a majority of Scots want their tribal independence from England!
One of the most socially-unacceptable forms of tribalism in a modern Democracy is racism but tribalism is at the centre of the formation of every in-group and the demonisation of every out-group.
Tribalism is driven by the PURPLE vMEME's need to find safety in belonging. For this vMEME, knowing who you belong to and differentiating your group from groups you don't belong to is critical and totally normal – which raises the ugly question: Is racism natural…?
Abraham Maslow (1943) established the need to affiliate as coming before the need for self-esteem and this fits with Henri Tajfel & John Turner's (1979) Social Identity Theory - see Prejudice & Discrimination – which proposes that it is our investment of our self-esteem in our in-group which leads us to compare our group with others and to seek to dominate or drive out other groups. Muzafer Sherif et al's (1954/1961) Robber's Cave Experiment is just one of a number of studies which shows how competition over resources (such as land, food supply, weapons, etc) can amplify the In-group/Out-group Effect. The formation of strategy to dominate or drive out the other groups requires both leadership and management - thus, the need for the RED vMEME to take assertive, or even aggressive, action to ensure the investment of individual self-esteem is protected through the success of the group.
Leaders need to be strong to impose their vision on the group and they must be seen to be at least protecting and preferably advancing the interests of their group. If the leaders are on the Psychoticist side in their temperament, then this RED-Psychoticist centre of gravity is likely to be ruthless and cruel in their treatment of the out-group. It's perhaps no coincidence that some of the greatest wartime leaders have been utterly ruthless in their treatment of the enemy. Hitler's war crimes speak for themselves but Winston Churchill connived all too willingly in the firestorm bombing of Dresden while US President Harry Truman not only sanctioned the atomic bombs being dropped in on Hiroshima and Nagasaki but in 1948 advocated nuking the Russians. Even Barrack Obama made sure he was photographed in the White House operations room earlier this year, watching live the execution of Osama Bin Laden from a soldier's helmet cam.
Thus, the nature and vision of the leader are critical to how and in what direction tribalism is exploited.
So why then, if tribalism is such a fact of life and leaders need to be strong and biased in the interests of the tribe, do tribal divides catch the political leaders out so often?
The answer lies in the fact that much of the political and philosophical elite in countries think in the higher, more complex and more sophisticated 1st Tier vMEMES most of their time in public office. BLUE (do the right thing), ORANGE (individual material progress) and GREEN (egalitarianism) either despise PURPLE and RED thinking as retrogressive or simply don't understand it. No wonder commentators frequently record that ordinary voters feel disconnected from leading politicians and the political process. The more populist politicians are often despised by their more sophisticated political colleagues…but, in fact, the populist politicians are actually better able to understand the (PURPLE/RED) concerns of the 'common man'. Accordingly, it is usually a more populist politician who is to be found leading and/or exploiting tribal aggression. Recall Slobodan Milošević's rousing speeches to Serbian farmers in Kossovo in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the perfect example of RED exploiting PURPLE tribalism to build up his own power base.
Tribalism is alive and thriving in Northern Ireland
The ongoing problem of tribalism in Northern Ireland is recognised by some social and political commentators. For example, The Workers Party (2005) stated: "The people of Northern Ireland are now more deeply divided than ever. Sectarian antagonisms between Catholics and Protestants are as intense as ever. Recent studies show that sectarian attitudes and practices are present even among children as young as 5 or 6 years. This is at the root of the current political instability…."
A couple of years ago Johann Hari (2009) wrote in his blog: "The Good Friday Process has - from the beginning - been focused on the small elite of politicians at the top. Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness have been sitting together – inspirationally - but in the streets and estates beyond Stormont, Northern Ireland has been becoming even more divided. Dr Peter Shirlow, of the University of Ulster, has conducted the most detailed survey of inter-communal relations in Northern Ireland – and found an almost completely segregated society. Only 5% of the workforce in Catholic areas are Protestants, and vice versa. Some 68% of 18 to 25-year-olds had never had a meaningful conversation with a single person from 'the other side'. The young are more likely to fear and hate the 'Prods' or 'Taigs' than any other group. We have been fixing the ceiling, while the foundations fracture.
You can see this when you visit Belfast or Derry. To a British person, they feel like any familiar CloneZone town - except they are layered with a strange hatred you cannot grasp. Taxis will either take you to green or orange areas - never both. Even the KFC is covered with a mural memorialising a centuries-old battle. The cities are sliced by vast 40ft tall steel walls, keeping Catholics and Protestants apart. And there are more of them now than ever before. Talk to the kids, and they will gleefully tell you the other side stink, or are stupid, or lazy. We are currently spending £1.5bn a year keeping the two sides physically apart."
In this Sunday's Observer, writing about the violent flare-up in east Belfast, Sean O'Hagan added in another factor: "Like their Republican counterparts in towns like Lurgan, where support for the Real IRA is strong, the youth of Protestant east Belfast feel that they have somehow been sold out by the mainstream parties that claim to represent them. They are economically disenfranchised, have little hope of ever finding meaningful employment and, in many instances, live in communities in which they have been brought up to hate the police and distrust their tribal opposites."
O'Hagan neatly links the tribalist traditions to the economic disenfranchisement: "For most of the time, save for these sporadic outbursts of violence, they are also bored. For many young people in these areas, the worst years of the Troubles have been mythologised to the point where many feel they have missed out on the one thing that gives their lives any real meaning: the chance to fight for a cause they believe in. They provide fertile fodder for extremists."
Again the hopelessness of these young men's economic circumstances destabilises PURPLE's drive to attain safety in belonging, You can hardly feel 'safe' in your community when the community is blighted by poverty, unemployment and despair. And, when PURPLE is destabilised in this way, unhealthy RED will rise up to fight the perceived threat. If the populist leaders then threw in a bit of 'duty' and 'cause' to feed justification to whatever nascent BLUE might on the vMEMETIC horizon of their audiences then the followers transform into that most dangerous of men: the RED/BLUE zealot….
How then to deal with the 2 factors: tribalism; and the populist leaders who exploit that tribalism?
We could, of course, 'take out'– jail, assassinate – the leaders and that can certainly have a powerful short-term effect. It is rumoured that one of the reasons the Provisional IRA started serious negotiatons with the British Government in the early 1990s was the degree of success the British Army and secret services had had in taking out high level Provo leaders.
But the tribalism will still be there for the RED vMEME of some other would-be leaders to exploit. In fact, positively-oriented RED leadership – RED in a vMEME harmonic perhaps with ORANGE or above – can have a profoundly-beneficial effect for the community. It's said that Northern Ireland first minister (unionist) Peter Robinson got directly involved in the negotiations with east Belfast community leaders after last Tuesday's violence. Certainly the RED of the 'community stewards', who calmed the would-be rioters on the Wednesday evening in what were quite dangerous circumstances, must have been very strong!
But, if unhealthy, exploitative RED can be a real problem in situations such as east Belfast, it can only exploit what is already there or has the very real potential to be there.
PURPLE tribalism is the deeper issue.
Dealing with tribalism, honouring tribalism
From one point of view – the GREEN vMEME's point of view – tribalism is wrong because it discriminates against those who are 'not of our tribe' and does not treat everyone as equal.
You can see this viewpoint underpinning The Workers Party paradigm when they
write: "There is a need to create a new political space which is neither Unionist nor Nationalist, Protestant or Catholic. This should be the political priority…for all those concerned with the future of Northern Ireland."
The problem with this theoretical foundation is that, when the PURPLE vMEME is dominant in the culture, then tribalism is natural. People who think they can eradicate tribalism are deluded. It's a natural consequence of a certain pattern of psychological development.
Repeated, peaceful exposure to those of another culture certainly has been shown to reduce stereotyping and, consequently discrimination – and this is a principle reason why Hari advocates developing a programme of integrated schools in Northern Ireland. He writes: "A major 6-year study by Queen's University, Belfast, has looked at the long-term consequences of being schooled alongside 'The Enemy'. They interviewed adults who attended these schools – and found that, whatever their parents' attitudes, they were 'significantly more likely' to oppose sectarianism. They had more friends across the divide, and they identified as 'Northern Irish', rather than 'British' or 'Irish'. Their politics were far more amenable to peace: Some 80% of Protestants favour the union with Britain, but only 65% of those at integrated schools do. Some 51% of Catholics who went to a segregated school want unification with Ireland, but only 35% of those from integrated schools do. The middle ground - for a devolved Northern Ireland with links to both countries, within the EU - was fatter and happier."
Hari's evidence most definitely shows a reduction in sectarian attitudes – but the bigots are still in the majority. Integrated schools will only provide a partial solution – and that solution is fragile and likely to crumble if placed upon sufficient pressure. (They had integrated schools in Bosnia and Chechnya!)
Rather, what is needed is a recognition of the tribes and that tribalism can be healthy. An honouring of these things, if you will. After all, to feel safe in your community, proud of it and your identification with it can only be beneficial, both for the individual and the group. That element of tribalism, surely, is healthy! What is needed, though, is the means to minimise inter-group strife which, Tajfel & Turner tell us, is a natural output of Social Identification.
Ways to do this might include:-
- Facing the tribes with daunting challenges that they can only overcome by co-operation. This was how Sherif et al resolved the Robber's Cave tribal conflicts. This concept is at the heart of Samuel Gaertner et al's (1993) Common In-Group Identity Model.
- Creating common umbrella identities into which the tribal identities can fit - eg: English and Scots are both British identities. Andrew Tyerman & Christopher Spencer (1983) failed to reproduce Sherif et al's inter-team conflicts with different boy scout groups because the different groups not only saw themselves as sharing the common super-identity of 'scout' but they also bought into scouting values. Tyerman & Spencer even found it relatively easy to increase co-operation between the different scout groups!
- Facilitating the tribes learning from one another – so that they can see value in the 'others' and what they do. An example of this in Northern Ireland could be inter-community forums where solutions that one tribal group found to a problem such as getting the local council to spend money on maintaining children's playgrounds are shared with other groups.
Preferably such strategies should be played out together as they can be mutually reinforcing.
With any attempt to tackle the unhealthy aspects of tribalism, there needs to be the understanding that, once there is healthy, co-operative tribalism and a reduction in sectarianism, the struggle to tackle the unhealthy aspects of tribalism is not over. As they learned in the former Yugoslavia, after more than 40 years of Marshall Tito's particular version of totalitarian Communism – as we in the UK are learning in the Scottish independence debate - tribalism may be subsumed into a larger identity…but it doesn't go away.
Therefore, there needs to be constant monitoring of the state of the tribalism and periodic adjustment to the strategies needed to keep the tribes co-operating rather than warring.


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Sheriff Allen said that his office has received nine such reports over the past 30 days. The thieves are targeting churches out in rural areas. With a few exceptions, these are churches primarily in the western and southern end of the county. "Often the reports come to us on Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays and Sundays when the people go to the churches for services," Allen said. "The larcenies have usually occurred a day or two earlier."
"The cost of the damage to the units is usually in the thousands of dollars as opposed to the few dollars the thieves get for the copper," he continued. "We've had several people to tell us they saw a vehicle at or near one of these churches as they passed by but thought nothing of it until they heard later about the thefts. We're asking the public to please call us whenever they see anything suspicious around a church. Call 911 right then. Give us a description of any vehicle or person. Get a tag number if you can but don't approach these people. If they are desperate enough to steal from a church then they may be dangerous. Let us deal with them."
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Senior Management
The following table sets forth certain information concerning the executive officers of Ryanair Holdings and Ryanair at June 30, 2012:
Name |
Age |
Position |
Michael Cawley |
58 |
Deputy Chief Executive; Chief Operating Officer |
Ray Conway |
57 |
Chief Pilot |
Caroline Green |
48 |
Director of Customer Service |
Michael Hickey |
49 |
Director of Engineering |
Juliusz Komorek |
34 |
Director of Legal & Regulatory Affairs; Company Secretary |
Howard Millar |
51 |
Deputy Chief Executive; Chief Financial Officer |
David O'Brien |
48 |
Director of Flight Operations and Ground Operations |
Michael O'Leary |
51 |
Chief Executive Officer |
Edward Wilson |
48 |
Director of Personnel and In-flight |
Michael Cawley (Deputy Chief Executive; Chief Operating Officer). Michael Cawley was appointed Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer on January 1, 2003, having served as Chief Financial Officer and Commercial Director since February 1997. From 1993 to 1997, Michael served as Group Finance Director of Gowan Group Limited, one of Ireland's largest private companies and the main distributor for Peugeot and Citröen automobiles in Ireland.
Ray Conway (Chief Pilot).
Captain Ray Conway was appointed as Chief Pilot in June 2002, having joined Ryanair in 1987. He has held a number of senior management positions within the Flight Operations Department over the last 25 years, including Fleet Captain of the BAC1-11 and Boeing 737–200 fleets. Ray was Head of Training between 1998 and June 2002. Prior to joining Ryanair, Ray served as an officer with the Irish Air Corps for 14 years where he was attached to the Training and Transport Squadron, which was responsible for the Irish government jet.
Caroline Green (Director of Customer Service).
Caroline Green was appointed Director of Customer Service in February 2003. Prior to this, Caroline served as Chief Executive Officer of Ryanair.com between November 1996 and January 2003. Before joining Ryanair, Caroline worked in senior positions at a number of airline computerized reservations system providers, including Sabre.
Michael Hickey (Director of Engineering).
Michael Hickey has served as Director of Engineering since January 2000. Michael has held a wide range of senior positions within the Engineering Department since 1988 and was Deputy Director of Engineering between 1992 and January 2000. Prior to joining Ryanair in 1988, Michael worked as an aircraft engineer with Fields Aircraft Services and McAlpine Aviation, working primarily on executive aircraft.
Juliusz Komorek (Director of Legal & Regulatory Affairs; Company Secretary).
Juliusz Komorek was appointed Company Secretary and Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs in May 2009, having served as Deputy Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs since 2007. Prior to joining the Company in 2004, Juliusz had gained relevant experience in the European Commission's Directorate General for Competition and in the Polish Embassy to the EU in Brussels, as well as in the private sector in Poland and the Netherlands. Juliusz is a lawyer, holding degrees from the universities of Warsaw and Amsterdam.
Howard Millar (Deputy Chief Executive; Chief Financial Officer). Howard Millar was appointed Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer on January 1, 2003, having served as Director of Finance of Ryanair from March 1993. Between April 1992 and March 1993 he served as Financial Controller of Ryanair. Howard was the Group Finance Manager for the Almarai Group, the largest integrated dairy food processing company in the world, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 1988 to 1992.
David O'Brien (Director of Flight Operations and Ground Operations). David O'Brien was appointed Director of Flight Operations and Ground Operations in December 2002; previously, he served as Director of Flight Operations of Ryanair from May 2002, having served as Director of U.K. Operations since April 1998. Prior to that, David served as Regional General Manager for Europe and CIS for Aer Rianta International. Between 1992 and 1996, David served as Director of Ground Operations and In-flight for Ryanair.
Michael O'Leary (Chief Executive Officer). Michael O'Leary has served as a director of Ryanair since November 1988 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 1994.
Edward Wilson (Director of Personnel and In-flight). Edward Wilson was appointed Director of Personnel and In-flight in December 2002, prior to which he served as Head of Personnel since joining Ryanair in December 1997. Prior to joining Ryanair he served as Human Resources Manager for Gateway 2000 and held a number of other human resources-related positions in the Irish financial services sector.
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FIRST BITCHES FUCK U ALL, ANd wtf 7years later??? noOOOOO!! thats bullshit =x That means the master prob died anyway even if they all survived? ahgrr
What the hell is going to happen next?!! omg
First again! yay! it's fun to be first more than once. Did they die?! wait, stupid question- of course they're alive otherwise there wouldn't be more fairy tail… but where r they?
on a sidenote- no one better call me a dude! again, i'm a chick and i luv anime as much as or more than the next person to post on this page!
thank dude! nice post dude!
damn the dragon!!!!! i hope that natsu n gang survive!!! its no fun watching fairytail when natsu n gangs die!!!!
anyway im second yay!!
wew.. i love u xD
they alive.. first master of fairy tail help them.
They didn't die. They were protected by an invisible defensive barrier called Fairy Sphere summoned by the first master Mavis.
they didnt die the 1st guild master helped them … and they didnt get old after 7 years ang guild arts will going to be the 4 guild master of fairyl tail but he refuses
First off that is the best episode so far with a very unexpected ending which explained why Romeo Conbolt (MAcao's son from Episode 3) grew up so fast and in Fairy tail in the Opening credits
@Fairytailfan101 yea it was :p but my guess of how they survived was because of that mystery female ghost spirit and the magical protection of Tenrou Island
I hate the fact that seven years passed… Too much stuff could've happened… Regardless, if you didn't read it on manga. Then, the episode will have you thinking.. ^^
FairyFan101, have you read the manga? They will be suspended in a missing state for 7 whole years until they're found. They will not age. What happens next is what I really want to see.
Natsu: THE ENTIRE TENEOUJIMA SUNK AND BECAME A CRATER!!! HOW IN THE WORLD WILL U EXPECT THE FIRST MASTER'S BARRIER TO WORK WHEN THE SOUCE AND HEART OF THE BARRIER IS THE GIANT TREE IN TENROIJIMA?!?!?! GOT ONE EPISODE WHEN THAT TREE FELL BECAUSE OF GRIMORE HEART AND FAIRYTAIL BECANE POWERLESS?!?!?!! REMEMBER TENROUJIMA BECAME A CRATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cant fucken wait,must watch it now! Dx
I bet they teleported to place where live those little kittys…
No, they stayed
Can't wait.. haha
Can't wait.. reading your comments makes me laugh, with all your disappointments and theories.. i have read the manga and i am knowledgeable of what gonna happen next.
YAY! I get to watch it now!
this is fantasy guys. no need to worry. i wouldn't even be suprised if natsu became a dragon that eats anything.
jrl1994 what happen
Wow. Great episode. Can't wait for the next episode!!
Guys, NO ONE DIES. -___-
sooooooo!!!!!!happy natsu n gang survived happiest episode of my live!!!!
Mavis shpuld of stayed, one of the best characters… how can they let her disappear straight away
kind of weird, but I guess since they were literally "nuked"
all of you..plez read manga fairy tail.. don't just make a judge by yourself.. if you all really like FAIRY TAIL.. anyway..they are the best..
the ghost female is fairy tail first master mavis and her spell miracle spell barrier protected fairy tail because they had hand joined together and because of their feeling the spell protected them, tenrojim is underwater at the moment or in another phase dimension where they are all under hibernation, to put it simply the island was protected but was transported elsewhere and for 7 years time did stop for all of tenrojima
To think that their magic power was so huge that it protected them for 7 whole years thats what I call relationship!!!
what happened:Lucy got sent out to a fight n lost while natsu had to run with Gajeel & Sting(Sabertooth)
hey hey people didnt you read the FT manga if you didnt you must read it because its so freaking good its so breath taking like the grand magic tournament the F v.s L and also the last chappie ahaha it so funny the oh..so famous sabertooth's sting is having a motion sickness and not just him also gajeel and Natsu ok im being a spoiler now for those who didnt read the manga…. as a FT addict dont read it…
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STARKVILLE - Mississippi State is ranked 12th in the BCS standings and coming off a big win over Tennessee. Next weekend, it visits No. 1 Alabama.
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This final non-conference tilt just might qualify as a "trap game" for MSU (6-0), which is ranked 15th in this week's Associated Press poll.
"Every game is a trap game," MSU coach Dan Mullen said Monday. "We have a trap game this week, a trap game last week and it'll be a trap game this week. Every game is like that. If you don't bring your focus in college football today, you're not going to win."
MTSU could present a danger if the Bulldogs can't forget last week and try peeking ahead to Alabama. But the Blue Raiders are a man down, because starting tailback Benny Cunningham is out for the year with a knee injury he suffered in last week's 34-30 win over FIU.
Cunningham had rushed for 600 yards with 11 touchdowns.
The Blue Raiders will now turn to Drayton Calhoun, an LSU transfer, and freshman Jordan Parker.
"To be honest with you, it's a big hit. Everybody knows that," MTSU coach Rick Stockstill said. "We're not going to be able to replace him."
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The Bulldogs won the turnover battle against Tennessee 3-0, and lead the nation in turnover margin.
State has 18 takeaways - 10 interceptions, eight fumbles - with just three giveaways. That plus-15 margin - or, plus-2.5 per game - is just ahead of Alabama, La. Tech and Rutgers.
Defensive coordinator Chris Wilson said he can't recall having a defense with such a wide margin, although he was part of the 2008 Oklahoma team that was plus-1.64 per game.
Against Tennessee, Johnthan Banks forced and recovered a fumble in the fourth quarter to set up a big touchdown in the fourth quarter. That's something the Bulldogs practice daily.
"We hunt turnovers and negative plays every day. It's part of our culture," Wilson said.
Few flags fly
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Im moving to the East coast soon around Newcastle and want a new board, something that would allow me to catch a heap of waves from waist high to the 6-8 foot range. I will use the 6'6" if it get a bit bigger.
I want something that is fun to surf and suits my preferred power turn style rather than snappy tight turns and loose surfing. I havent really surfed much at all in the last 2-3 years so I wouldnt mind a fairly forgiving board with a bit of paddle, but something that will perform as I get back into it after a while. The Dominator was an option but I feel I may want to progress onto a more higher performance after a while so I looked at the Spitfire. Then I thought how will it go in good solid 4-6 foot surf, will it be too wide and small? So im also considering the Hellfire! Im really not sure which one will be the more versatile and bet 'one board for all conditions' (up to 6-8'). Im looking at the 6' SPitfire and the 6'2" Hellfire, are these even the right sizes I should be looking at? The 5'10" could also be a goer? I am more inclined to the SPitfire for some reason.
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Autologous Stem Cell Transplant
Treatment Overview
What is a stem cell transplant?
Most stem cells are in your Reference bone marrow Opens New Window. You also have some in your blood that circulate from your bone marrow. Bone marrow stem cells turn into Reference red blood cells Opens New Window, Reference white blood cells Opens New Window, or Reference platelets Opens New Window to help your body stay healthy. If your bone marrow is attacked by a disease such as multiple myeloma, it can no longer make normal blood cells. In a stem cell transplant, healthy stem cells are placed in your body through an Reference IV Opens New Window to help your bone marrow start to work right.
When the stem cells come from your own blood or bone marrow, it is called an autologous transplant.
When is a stem cell transplant needed?
Stem cell transplants are used to:
- Treat diseases that damage or destroy the bone marrow. Such diseases include Reference non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Opens New Window and Reference Hodgkin's lymphoma Opens New Window, Reference leukemia Opens New Window, Reference multiple myeloma Opens New Window, and Reference aplastic anemia Opens New Window.
- Restore bone marrow that has been damaged by total body radiation and high doses of chemotherapy used for cancer treatment.
Other uses for stem cells are being studied, such as the treatment of Reference diabetes Opens New Window, Reference Parkinson's disease Opens New Window, Reference sickle cell disease Opens New Window, and Reference thalassemia Opens New Window.
How do I know if I am a good candidate for a stem cell transplant?
Your doctor will consider your overall health and your age. People who are good candidates usually are younger than 70, do not have other diseases such as heart disease or diabetes, and have a normal kidney and liver. Your doctor will also consider how much your disease has grown and how aggressive your cancer is. People with aggressive cancer that has spread to many areas of the body are not usually thought to be good candidates. Your doctor may also consider whether you have cancer that has come back, such as relapsed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
How are stem cells collected?
Autologous stem cell transplants are done using peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT). With PBSCT, the stem cells are taken from blood. The growth factor G-CSF may be used to stimulate the growth of new stem cells so they spill over into the blood. G-CSF is a protein that is produced naturally in the body. The blood is removed from a vein and passed through a machine that separates the stem cells. The machine then returns the remaining blood through a needle in the person's arm or through a Reference central venous catheter. This way of collecting stem cells is called Reference apheresis.
In adults, most autologous transplants use stem cells from blood. In a child, the decision whether to use cells from the bone marrow or the blood depends on the size of the child.
Why are chemotherapy and radiation therapy used before a transplant?
Before you have chemotherapy and radiation, you have blood taken and stored (banked) for later. Then you have chemotherapy and radiation to destroy the diseased cells in your bone marrow and the rest of your body. This gets rid of the cancer cells in your bone marrow. Later, when you get your stored blood cells back, those new stem cells will be able to take over the job of making new blood cells.
How are stem cells transplanted?
A central venous catheter is inserted in your chest. The stem cells travel from the blood bag through the catheter into your blood, and to your bone marrow, where they will begin to produce new cells in 1 to 3 weeks. During this time:
- You may be in isolation and given antibiotics to prevent or to treat infection. Destroying your bone marrow cells with chemotherapy leaves your body unable to fight infection.
- Your blood will be tested often to check the levels of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in your body.
- You may need to receive several Reference transfusions Opens New Window of blood cells and platelets until your body begins to produce its own.
- You may need more antibiotics or other medicines if you get an infection.
What To Expect After Treatment
Some people are able to receive part or even all of their treatment in an outpatient clinic. Even if you need to be in a hospital, you will not usually have to stay longer than 3 weeks.
Severe, often life-threatening infection can develop after a stem cell transplant. You will need to take antibiotics for several months to prevent infection.
Your immune system may take 1 to 2 years or longer to recover after a transplant. Reference Bone marrow aspiration or biopsy is used to check your bone marrow. You will need to have many immunizations updated. Check with your doctor to find out which immunizations you will need.
Why It Is Done
Autologous stem cell transplant is used:
- After high doses of chemotherapy for killing cancer cells. The chemotherapy also destroys your bone marrow. The stem cell transplant gives you back your normal bone marrow.
- To treat diseases that damage the bone marrow, such as multiple myeloma.
- Experimentally (and rarely) to treat solid tumors, such as Reference breast cancer Opens New Window or Reference testicular cancer Opens New Window. It is also used to treat tumors that develop from cells producing eggs or sperm (germ cell tumors), such as dysgerminomas and teratomas.
- Experimentally for gene therapy and the treatment of other diseases, such as diabetes.
How Well It Works
The success of a transplant depends on the type and stage of the disease and your age and general health.
The original disease may come back after the transplant. If relapse occurs after autologous transplant, chemotherapy or other treatments may be used.
Early complications usually occur within 5 to 10 days and include:
- Nausea and vomiting.
- Diarrhea.
- Mouth sores.
- Hair loss.
- Bleeding because of severe reduction in red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
- Infection, such as Reference pneumonia Opens New Window, Reference shingles Opens New Window, or Reference herpes simplex Opens New Window.
Other possible complications include:
- Depression.
- Reference Infertility Opens New Window.
- Reference Cataracts Opens New Window.
- Kidney, lung, and heart complications.
- Recurrence of your cancer.
- Other types of cancer later in life.
What To Think About
Transplants from your own marrow
Using your own stem cells in a transplant is safer than using someone else's, because your body will not reject your own stem cells. But stem cells from your own marrow or blood may still contain some cancer cells. So the stem cells may be treated to get rid of any cancer cells before being put back into your body.
Specialized hospitals
Not every hospital is able to perform transplants. You may have to travel to a hospital that has special equipment and specially trained doctors and nurses.
Complete the special treatment information form (PDF) (What is a Reference PDF Opens New Window document?) to help you understand this treatment.
By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: March 29, 2012 |
Medical Review: | Reference Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine
Reference Douglas A. Stewart, MD - Medical Oncology |
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The 600-strong Pakistani businessmen delegation visiting Delhi got a very pleasant surprise when the Indian commerce and industries minister Anand Sharma announced India's decision to allow Pakistani investment. Most participants of the four-day Lifestyle Pakistan exhibition were excited about the normalization of trade relations between the Siamese twins but Sharma's announcement was still unexpected.
Historically, both countries have kept their borders closed to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) originating in the other country. India's current investment policy allows FDI in sectors not deemed sensitive enough for government oversight through the 'automatic route' and through the 'government route' in all other sectors. Even within the automatic sectors, however, certain areas are inaccessible to foreigners unless the government gives its nod. A study released by the Associated Chamber of Commerce & Industry India uses the telecom sector to explain this. While the sector allows for 74 percent FDI - "subject to certain specific conditions as specified by the Consolidated FDI Policy 2011" - only 49 percent of this is allowed through the automatic route. As such, Sharma's commitment before his Pakistani counterpart Makhdoom Amin Fahim that "procedural requirements are underway and will be notified soon" is very welcome.
Further, the statement will also bring pressure to bear on Pakistani policy-makers who have been reluctant to allow Indian FDI although Pakistan has a liberal foreign investment policy. As FDI from elsewhere drops, opening doors to Indian investors will help the Pakistani economy. Many large Indian conglomerates have been investing in China in spite of the fact that both countries have border disputes. In 2008, President Asif Zardari had proposed following this 'China-India model' with a view to normalising relations. But the establishment which wields real authority in Pakistan was then allergic to India and so, Zardari was pushed back by the re-opening of old corruption cases against him and by setting an ultra-nationalist media at him. Now, it appears, Rawalpindi has changed its mind.
But the real issue for many Pakistani business magnates keen to do business across the border is that India has not allowed FDI in retail trading so far. (The most recent case is that of the powerful world retail giant Walmart which was not allowed to open outlets in India in spite of American diplomatic pressure.) Most textile manufacturers and fashion designers from Pakistan were overwhelmed by the response they got in Delhi and claimed that almost 95 percent of their goods were sold in the first two days as retail sales were allowed. Now, leading textile businessmen say that they intend to grant franchises to Indian partners in order to overcome this restriction.
There were also unexpected winners at the expo. "Lifestyle Pakistan has given us a good market testing opportunity," said a service industry manager who was hoping to find a market for tyres for two- and three-wheelers.
But not everyone was hankering to open shop in India and nor was everyone ecstatic. Some participants complained that there wasn't enough pre-event advertising; other resented the Indian media's focus on lawn. Still others insisted that such trade exhibitions are meant to help secure export orders and to develop business-to-business relations. While the big boys already have good contacts and were seen having meetings at five-star hotels with their Indian counterparts, medium-sized exporters of furniture, marble and onyx felt that the expo organizer TDAP and the Pakistan commercial consul should made efforts to set up Pakistani and Indian businessmen and should not have left them to fend for themselves. But TDAP chairman Tariq Puri reacted strongly to the criticism: "Ask the cribbing furniture exhibitors if they managed to sell their products or not," he challenged. "The fact that over 100,000 visitors attended the fair at the Pragati Maidan exhibition center proves that the event was successful."
Even so, the consensus among Pakistani businessmen was that 'normalisation' will require the crossing of many hurdles, especially that of travel restrictions. The strict visa regime has not stopped terrorists or intelligence agents; they only keep well-meaning peace-loving people away from each other. As such, many advocated the easing of restrictions and for both sides to provide multiple-entry, multiple-state visas for those who've gotten security clearance. The requirement for visitors to enter and leave India from the same port was also criticized as was the lack of roaming facility for Pakistani cell phones.
Pakistani textile exporters also voiced a demand for India to reduce import duty on Pakistani textiles to the levels available to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka - an issue that is easiest resolved if both countries follow the SAFTA tariff regime. The other common concern was that the testing of products should be made easier and third-party certificates of internationally reputed companies should be accepted. Further, most businessmen wanted for more land routes to be opened quickly and upgraded on the pattern of Wagah-Attari Integrated Check-post, which has now the capacity of handling 600 trucks a day.
Streamlining the system, experts believe, will see Pakistan-India trade jumping up from the present US$2.6 billion to around $6 billion within two years since at least $5 billion worth of trade is being routed through Dubai and Singapore. Direct trade, they say, will also bring down the cost for the end consumers.
While some critics of trade with India point out the severity of the trade imbalance - even under the restricted regime, Indian exports were $2.23 billion in 2010 as against Pakistan's exports of only $248 million - the pro-trade lobby in Pakistan shoots back that the negative trade balance is a feature of all of Pakistan's major trade relationships, be they with China, the US or Europe. The key factor the critics gloss over, says the pro-trade lobby, is the fact that Pakistan will only import from India what it is already importing from other countries - just at a cheaper rate because of lower transportation costs. Further, they argue, since Indian machinery is cheaper than that available from other countries, Pakistan will also stand to save a considerable amount of foreign exchange. Similarly, with the removal of non-tariff barriers, Pakistan can get a competitive advantage on a number of items for export to India.
Even so, there are still plenty of Indian and Pakistani hawks who want to derail the process. In Pakistan, religious extremists stubbornly insist no peace initiative should be taken till the Kashmir issue is resolved. On the Indian side, ultra-nationalists want Pakistan to prove its sincerity by sentencing Mumbai attack masterminds and arresting Jamatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed. But the response of the Indian public and media during Lifestyle Pakistan and Zardari's one-day 'shrine diplomacy' clearly show that the forces of peace are getting stronger. Tariq Puri aptly responded to the Indian concern about terrorism in an interview to the Times of India: "Business is a phenomenon which has its own contours and dynamics - it finds its way, no matter what is happening in the country. That's the message we want to convey: terrorism should not be allowed to take business hostage. Both countries should not allow this."
There are also the skeptics: people who think that trade and economic relations will not help build peace between the two countries as long as there are unresolved border issues. But the fact remains that businessmen of both countries are the ruling classes in their respective countries. They may be pushing for peace with an eye to making more money but the by-product of their greed is that they are pushing their establishment towards peace. It is now up to the peaceniks of Pakistan and India to take advantage of the favourable situation and out-manoeuvre the hawks.
The writer is a communications expert.
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