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Skip to comments.Washington Post Column: To solve our debt problems, lets sell Alaska
Posted on 12/15/2012 10:38:30 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Steven Mufson is a Washington Post reporter covering energy and other financial news. He has enjoyed visiting Alaska without needing his passport.
The prospect of once again hitting the federal debt ceiling has provoked the ritual round of hand-wringing about the intractable nature of this $16 trillion conundrum. But there is a simple, elegant option that involves no tax increases, no spending cuts and just a bit of imagination.
Sell Alaska.
hats right. Put the entire state from Juneau to Deadhorse, from the Bering Strait to the Beaufort Sea on the auction block.
Absurd? No more absurd than the spectacle taking place right now as we skid closer to the fiscal cliff.
Selling real estate at top dollar is all about timing, and nows a great time to unload the Klondike state. The federal government, which owns 69 percent of Alaska, could cash in on the vast, resource-rich state at a time when oil prices are high and wild salmon is flying off the shelves at Whole Foods. Selling Alaska could fetch at least $2.5 trillion and maybe twice that amount, enough to lop off a huge chunk of the national debt and perhaps as much money as President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner hope to save or raise over the next decade.
The return on investment would look great, too. Secretary of State William H. Seward you might know him as the handsome fellow played by David Strathairn in the new Steven Spielberg movie, Lincoln bought Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million, drawing ridicule. One New York newspaper that year called Alaska a sucked orange, saying Russia had already drained all the value out of it.
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I have a better idea. Let's sell Washington DC and surrounding area. Lots of "educated" people.
No freaking way!
Or trade it for Baltic Avenue and two railroads.
Only to Canada NOT to Russia. That would be a BIG mistake.
Selling Alaska could fetch at least $2.5 trillion and maybe twice that amount, enough to lop off a huge chunk of the national debt"
Well, not actually. That's not even two years of obama-era DEFICITS, much less the debt.
That said, if Alaska was "sold" woudl that mean it is no longer part of the US? If so....looks like a race to Alaska, at least from freepers.....
Oh, of course Murcowski would be out of a job... and Reed (Sick!) would be in power forever.
Sell California to Mexico first.
Where'd he come up with that number? Rectal extraction?
Even if he's right, that would cover the federal deficit for two years.
Then what?
Can we sell Berkeley to Red China? Sell? I meant give Berkeley away.
Don't sell anything to China.
China has four times our population, and an ever more vibrant economy.
Selling any part of America to China would be suicidal.
Now can we please start bringing BACK American jobs?
How about Hawaii? If we're going to sell something, make it a blue state!
I've at times joked that we'd some day have to sell Alaska to settle our debts. But with the fools we have in DC, my morbid joke might turn out to be all too true.
How 'bout we sell California.
Sell it to China or Russia.
California is a drain on the country's economy, and selling it would bring positive value to the rest of the country, and we'd end up with a country with much better human values while we're at it. Plus, it would mean a loss of a lot of liberal votes in the electoral college.
I can't see any negatives in selling California, since, the big companies that do business in the state, would sooner or later shift operations to what's left of the U.S. But, we would have to make sure that the liberals in the state cannot move into the other 49 states without promising to leave their liberal ideology behind.
It's the WaPo. What do you expect?
Oh, so a state can buy its way out of this?
Texas should become the Republic of Texas once again, via buyout. Pay whatever they ask in USD. When Texans sever the relationship with the dollar, and covert to a currency actually backed by something other than debt — say oil — they can easily repay their buyout debt with USD that will worth next to nothing in the future.
This sounds like a plan.
Keep Alaska. Sell Hawaii.
And then Obama could be a citizen of China, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, etc.
For the right price, maybe Alaska would buy its freedom from Washington. Perhaps a few more states as well.
We could make Canada take back Detroit. All we'd have to do is doctor the text of the Treaty of Ghent and claim that the British were supposed to keep it at the end of the War of 1812. Of course they may not want it, even if it would give them a second MLB team.
Careful, Mufson. Put something like that on the table and we might end up selling Manhattan or Washington DC.
I would expect a marked improvement in California's quality of life and productivity as a Capitalist government friendlier to the rest of America replaces the existing anti-American Communist government. :)
If we gave away about a dozen Rat parasite and socialist infested cities away the deficits would go away.
The US federal government has no more right to sell Alaska than it does to sell France.
Leave Detroit, we'll take the Red Wings and move them to Hamilton.
Wealth is not static. Wealth is dynamic. Wealth is a revenue stream. A pile of money shrinks from moment to moment.
But let's convert our revenue streams to piles of money and shriek against the extinct "rich" when the piles of money are gone.
So is the intramountain West, the Southwest, the Southeast, and certainly all of the states underlain by Pennsylvania limestone.
One of the reasons we have foreigners continuing to stash dollars in US treasury securities is they really do expect us to be around tomorrow, and the next day, and maybe 50 to 100 years from now. That's because we have enough untapped energy, mineral and other resources owned directly by the federal government that we can meet all demands on debt for the indefinite future.
agree if we can find someone stupid enough to buy it.
posted from San Diego.
Sell Washington DC, California, New York!!! That would solve our debt problem!
This is what you call ideological mental masturbation for a liberal. It doesn't have to make sense, only the 'feeling' that precipitated the masturbatory thought is operative.
I Googled him and got a bunch of pictures, plus some narrative bio BS about his BA from Yale. The one thing I noted that in all the images I've seen of him, NONE, absolutely NONE were in the presence of or in connection with a female....hmmmmmmm.....
Methinks he had a "bad lumberjack" experience when he visited there sans-passport.
Clinton did sell some of Alaska during the war in Kosovo. If I remember right 100 US citizens became Russian Citizens over night. no one seemed to notice or care.
Maybe Alaska should say AMF and secede.
How about we sell Congress to China to use as crash test dummies and veterinary surgery test subjects instead?
Just like the people that mortgage their homes so they can run their credit cards up again.
To solve our debt problems let's give away our liberals.
Not that anyone would take 'em.
I say yes. We don't need to sell it to a foreign power. Sell it to the private sector. That's eventually going to have to happen. Won't solve the debt problem though.
Personally, I say just give California to Mexico. It will be just like the rest of that country in 5 years.
No matter how much money we got for it, 0bama and his regime would find a way to fritter away the money before the ink was dry on the closing papers.
They apparently just don't get enough oxygen over there at WaPo.
On credit if necessary and give them New York City to boot.
On credit if necessary and give them New York City to boot.
Here's another idea. Declare all debts to the Federal Reserve bank null and void. Arrest and imprison the members of said Federal Reserve and the TBTF banks. Try them for treason and hang them on the mall in DC. Declare a jubilee for all debts to the TBTF banks and reinstate gold and silver money as required by the constitution.
let's sell New York, New England and San Francisco
let's sell New York, New England and San Francisco ... they bring nothing to the table but moochers and whiners
Alaska brings plenty of resources
come to think of it, the market value of Alaska would be much higher then the other three combined... and you'd have a tough time finding anyone that would want them. hell, the majority of America doesn't want them
This one has merit.
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Skip to comments.Why most Americans don't go along with the calls for gun control
Posted on 12/15/2012 10:42:30 AM PST by Yashcheritsiy
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Yet another mass shooting has taken place, and before the smoke barely had time to clear, those on the Left were already leaping into action in their efforts to politicize this terrible tragedy for their own partisan ends. Predictably, a broad spectrum of social parasites have attached themselves to the shooting in Connecticut, leeching off the devastation to try to gain support for their agenda. Rahm Emanuel's advice to "never let a crisis go to waste" has become a watchword of late for the Left, and this has never been on display more nakedly than in the aftermath of the murder of 26 people, including 20 children, at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. In Seattle, the leftie mayor was quick to call for more gun control. Senator Frank Lautenburg (D-NJ) joined the chorus, as did New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg, who chided Obama for not taking "direct executive action" to ban guns and overturn the Constitution. Michael Moore, the corpulent chieftain of celluloid calumnity, opined that "the NRA hates freedom," for, presumably, standing up for our constitutional right to self-defense. Andrew Cuomo demanded that we "crack down" on guns. Rupert Murdoch called for a ban on "automatic weapons," even though "automatic weapons" weren't used in this shooting, and are, in fact, already generally illegal for civilian ownership.
Equally as predictable will be the gasps of outrage coming from the Left when conservatives and liberty lovers, as well as millions of other Americans who otherwise don't generally fall into those categories, refuse to capitulate on the issue of gun rights as a kneejerk reaction to the shooting. How dare we refrain from going along with implementing "common sense, reasonable" gun control! Why, we're just aiding and abetting the next school shooter by our refusal to implement more laws, more regulations, more bans! After all, that's what happens pretty much every time something like this happens: the Left goes into hysterics, calling for more gun control, more restrictions; meanwhile the Right weathers the storm, cooler heads prevail, and the 2nd amendment remains intact. It surely must be frustrating for the left-wingers — each time, a perfect opportunity fallen by the wayside. Don't we stupid yokels get it?
As an aside, have you ever noticed that these types of mass shootings always seem to happen whenever the Left starts to crank up another drive for gun control? The Colorado theater shooting earlier this year, right after the Democrats started to push for the UN ban on small arms? The Connecticut shooting, right after prominent Democrats, including Colorado governor Hickenlooper, had already been noising around that gun control needs to be back on the agenda? Entirely coincidental, I'm sure. It would be loopy to think otherwise. Absolutely nuts. Crazy. Cu-ray-zee!
Anywise, I think it's a fair discussion to have, this question of why we don't jump onto the gun control bandwagon whenever a tragedy such as this most recent school shooting occurs. After all, in the minds of many, it makes perfect sense — the shooter used guns to kill innocent people, so why don't we want to get rid of the guns? What kind of insanity would keep us from finally coming to our senses, after yet another disaster of this type?
I think there are four general reasons why conservatives, liberty lovers, and these millions of other Americans I spoke of above don't do so.
First, there's the simple fact that for many folks — and not just those of us on the ideological Right — trying to use a catastrophe such as Newtown for your own political ends seems just a little...what's the word?...creepy. There's something ghoulish about using the blood of dead children to try to advance your agenda, no matter how genuine may be your belief in the necessity of gun control. Doing so makes you look like some sort of sick, twisted sociopath who can't figure out that the middle of picking up the pieces from a tragedy of this sort is not the time to be politicizing. Instantly, the act of this politicization turns off many from hearing what the Left has to say.
Second, many Americans find the sort of behavior being shown by the Left to be distasteful because they know, deep down, that the sort of knee-jerk, emotionalistic scaremongering being done by the Left is not how this country was intended to operate by those who founded it. Our nation was meant to be a representative republic, one where the citizenry had a say in the crafting of our laws through their elected representatives. This citizen participation presupposes an informed, educated, rational citizenry — exactly the opposite of the kind that the Democrats and leftists are appealing to with the fear-rhetoric and histrionics. While many of our people do, indeed, fall for that sort of appeal, many, many more Americans can't help but feel somewhat demeaned that the Left tries to sway to them with arguments that are essentially on the maturity level of a five year old.
For all the hype and thunder, the simple fact of the matter is that, school shootings or no, fact and reason are not on the side of those calling for more gun control, and this has been the case each time a shooting like this occurs. Most of us know that when a crazy psycho shoots up a school, they violate any number of already-existing gun control laws to do so. Kliebold and Harris, who committed the Columbine massacre, violated 19 gun control laws in the process of obtaining and using their weapons. Connecticut laws prohibiting those under 21 from possessing firearms did not stop Adam Lanza from shooting up that school, nor did the laws against carrying guns onto school properties. Here's the simple fact: lawbreakers break laws — make all the laws you want, you're only hindering the law-abiding from defending themselves and others, you're not slowing down the psychos in the least. Passing laws that restrict the millions of law-abiding gun owners in this country does nothing to prevent criminals from committing their deeds. Gun control laws do not work, and in fact, make things even worse because they disarm people, making them prime targets for violence by the lawless. Millions of Americans are smart enough to see through the emotionalism to realize that as much as liberal Democrats may scream for gun control, these proposed laws would be absolutely worthless.
Germany has tough gun control laws, yet this didn't stop a gunman from killing 15 at a school near Stuttgart in 2009, nor did they prevent another gunman from killing 16 in Erfurt in 2002. The United Kingdom has very strict gun laws, yet this didn't prevent a psycho from killing 16 at a school in Dunblane, Scotland. Norway restricts guns severely, yet Anders Behring Breivik still managed to kill 69 children at a youth camp. Facts make it very clear — gun laws and "gun-free zones" don't deter criminals, they encourage them. Passing stricter gun control laws simply means more people are prepared to be victims of violent criminals who don't bother to obey these laws. In essence, one failed law simply becomes the predicate for more failed laws. I wonder if anyone on the Left ever stops to ponder the question of why Switzerland and Israel never seem to have these mass school shootings. Or, for that matter, why these types of shooting almost always take place in blue states that have already disarmed their citizens fairly thoroughly. Perhaps the psychos are smart enough to remember that when a shooter tried to terrorize a school in Pearl, Mississippi, the assistance principal got his pistol out of his pickup truck and subdued the shooter before he could get beyond victim number two. Yeah. Blue states are definitely safer for that sort of thing.
Third, most Americans can understand at a foundational level that punishing millions of law-abiding gun owners for the actions of a handful of psychopathic shooters is inherently unfair. Because one kid shoots up a school — breaking existing gun control laws in the process — we have to clamp down on everybody else, making their exercise of their right to keep and bear arms more onerous, or even non-existent? All this, so that the next kid that goes crazy can break the news laws, too? No — that seems fundamentally unjust on so many levels. It's like telling people that own swimming pools that they will now have to install all kinds of prohibitively expensive safety equipment, or even fill in their pools and be done with them completely, all because some irresponsible parents let their kid dive into the 3" end of a motel pool, breaking his neck and killing him. It's like making all car owners add hugely expensive bumper radar systems that shut the car off it they get near a person, all because a few pedestrians are struck and killed each year. Instituting more and more extensive gun control is a misguided — in the literal sense of the word — response that relies on treating all firearms users as if they were they same: the law-abiding hunter, sport-shoooter, or gun owner who carries to protect himself and his loved ones is no morally different from the crazed psycho who guns down defenseless human beings for sport. That is essentially the argument that the Democrats and others on the Left are making, even if they would not admit to it if confronted directly. It's no wonder that the 130 million or more law-abiding gun owners in this country, many of whom have never shot anything more than a paper target, recoil at the arrogant, broad-brush strokes of the insipid fools calling for more gun control.
Fourth, there is the simple fact alluded to above — gun owners make up a class of Americans numbering over 130 million people, from all walks of life, all different socioeconomic classes, all different races and ethnicities. As a result, gun owners are not easily pigeon-holed for demonization by the Left. It is much more difficult for the Left to successfully con the majority of Americans into hating and persecuting a group that makes up over a third of our population, and who are the family and friends of millions more. In contrast, it is easy for the Left to demonize the rich, since there aren't that many of them comparatively. Most of us are not rich, nor do most of us personally know many rich people that we would have close, personal bonds with. As a result, it's easy for the Left to cast "the rich" as "the other" and incite those lizard-brain feelings of tribal jealousy and hatred in many Americans. This doesn't work with gun owners, and many Americans outside of the Northeast and the Left Coast do not sympathize with efforts to denigrate and persecute their friends and neighbors.
As such, there are many valid reasons why we do not jump to the call of more gun control laws when our pretended social betters issue the clarion. We're smart enough to realize that the problem is not with guns — it is with defective people who slipped through the cracks of the mental health or criminal justice systems in this country. Indeed, we realize — as our Founders also did — that firearms widely dispersed into the hands of the law-abiding citizens of this country are the surest safeguard of both liberty and safety. Could a school shooting such as that in Newtown, Connecticut have been prevented or minimized had the teachers been armed? We'll never know for as long as we keep making our schools into target-rich environments full of defenseless victims of criminals who ignore all the laws. Nevertheless, the American people must resist the Left's emotionalistic bleatings, and stand firm in defense of our 2nd amendment rights.
I apologise in advance for any spelling and grammatical errors. This was finished about 2:30 AM.
Most Americans know that leftists never hesitate to use the power of the State to kill or imprison those who disagree with them. American leftists are no different than leftists in other nations.
Rahm has roughly 7 days a week to use the violins of the previous day in Chicago's South Side to push for gun control....
The first Congressman or Senator from my state that appeases and says that "meaningful gun-control" dialogue has to take place in the wake of this had better be thankful of the last vote I cast for them; because it will be the very last.
Guns don't kill people. Criminals, the insane, and totalitarian governments do. (But I repeat myself.)
I'm not sure it would work but what if all teachers had access to a stun gun or mace? If it was within easy reach for THEM ONLY, couldn't it be easily distributed to all classrooms.
I'm just thinking of those brave teachers who ran out into the hall completely unarmed to fend off the shooter. I don't disagree with arming the teachers but it can't be all of them and they all need some way to protect their students.
I think a combination of safeguards is the fastest way to start protecting these kids. In addition to the stun gun or mace and yes, armed teachers or guards, I'd also include panic buttons in the office so someone doesn't have to bother dialing 911 or explaining there's a shooter. If they hit that button, message received.
One last thought, train the teachers to use what they have. Could one of them have broken the glass on a fire extinguisher and used it on the shooter?
I'm no safety expert for sure and these may be dumb suggestions but I think we need to start the discussion.
We have a new dynamic today. Americans have been on a gun buying binge the last several years the likes we've never seen before (thanks to Obama). And guess waht? There has been no corresponding spike in crime and we all know it.
The years of gun control evidence is now clear; Gun control is like trying to solve drunken driving by making it harder for sober people to own cars.
Collectively, we're just not buying this shit anymore.
How about MENTAL HEALTH control? These tragedies started after the mental health hospitals closed and put the mentally sick loose on the public - and treatment of choice is Prozac, etc, - these shooters have almost 100% been on Prozac and related drugs, which have a PROVEN side effect of suicide and violence.!
Yet none of these sleazy politicians - or the media - mention we need more control and treatment over the mentally ill - and who triggered turning the mentally ill loose on the public? Pres. Jimmy Carter. - which is another reason it's never mentioned. If these mental cases can't get a gun, they use other means - like pipe bombs... It's not the guns. I remember when the mental hospitals were closed - and mentally sick couldn't be committed without THEIR permission! That's like saying the drunk driver can't be arrested without their permission.
post this link everywhere and anywhere you can - There are not many people today who know or remember why the mentally ill not only don't get the treatment THEY need, but who explode with such violence on the Innocent.
And copy/paste this info and email to every media outlet - including FOX and separate FOX commentators, like Briet, O'R and Hannity, and Rush. Leave them with no excuse not to address the real issue here.
First, there are already more than 20,000 gun control laws actively on the books today and none of them prevented this tragedy. Second, millions upon million of people in America own guns and 99.9999% of them have never and will never do anything like this.
So, lets lose the hysteria and analyze the facts - a PERSON did this, NOT a hunk of steel. In Portland, a PERSON killed two people in the mall, NOT a hunk of steel! In Denver, a PERSON shot up the theater, NOT a hunk of steel!!
NONE of these facts will matter to the gun-grabbing nanny-staters, because they focus solely on the gun and nothing else. So, what happens if ALL guns are outlawed and forcibly collected by the feds? Someone bent on committing mass murder may turn to knives, hatchets, chainsaws or machetes. So, we outlaw those. The next person to commit a heinous crime may use a bat, poison, poison gas or a semi-tractor. And the one after that may use a car, a pen or pencil, a rock, his hands . . . . . . so when do we blame the PERSON and NOT the inanimate weapon!???
The fact remains that until the left understands that murdering humans by ANY means including their favorite method, abortion, human life will be valueless and more copycats will come out to exercise their demented mass murder of innocent people.
All of that said, it occurs to me that the gun-grabbers are from the leftist school of complete control. What that means is that if 1 person commits a gun crime then, under the leftist theory of the "collective" and "groupthink", they believe that ALL gun owners will commit mass murder unless they eliminate guns (good luck with that!). So, the calls for more gun control by the left after these incidents is twofold - eliminate the "balance of power" the Founding Fathers so carefully wove into the Constitution and gain total control over the people.
Another part that affects all of this is the fact that laws, whether gun laws, robbery laws, or whatever, are written solely to affect law-abiding citizens. People who commit crimes are called "outlaws" and criminals because they DON'T adhere to the laws created to control or stop their illegal activities.
So, should the left create additional gun control laws, will it prevent the next gun-related crime? Of course not. Laws only affect those of us who obey them. Those who disregard the law won't be stopped from committing whatever crime they want to commit.
As a final note, Adam Alonza did not own the guns he used to murder all of the people at Sandy Hook Elementary. They were his mother's guns and they were all legally purchased and registered. Which begs the question, what will any NEW gun control laws accomplish?
Look to control weapons, (and automobiles, and aircraft) in the hands of people taking these psychiatric medications until a doctor certifies the danger is over.
The leftists murder 50 MILLION ABORTED BABIES. how about protecting the unborn?
The mentally sick man broke strict gun laws. Nothing can stop laws from being broken.
Why is Fedgov giving guns to Al Queda in Syria and Libya, and to the drug cartels in Mexico, and seeking to restrict the R2KBA in the US constitution?
The focus should be on the mentally ill individuals who commit these atrocities. How do we keep them safely away from harming others?
That makes too much sense; next thing we know, you'll be suggesting fire alarms and fire extinguishers???
In my opinion it all goes back to PC and the insistence on feelings being more important than anything.
We are now at the point where otherwise sane, logical people FEAR INANIMATE OBJECTS not the people who use them. The people- according to the cowardly PC mentality - must be understood and validated in some way. Yet there must be some blame for murder and tragedy- so it must be the INANIMATE OBJECT.
Following this logic the Muslim terrorists of 9-11 didn't kill anyone THE PLANE did. How far is this society going to go to avoid blaming people and the evil they do instead of the objects they use to do it?
If no object-such as a gun- is used in a murder, is there no crime? Is the water to blame when people drown their children? Cars to blame in hit and runs and accidents? People are too damned afraid to confront the idea of human evil and responsibility and so they blame THINGS.
If anyone approaches me with the 'ban evil guns' argument I tell them 'ban evil hands'. Murder begins in the mind, it ENDS in the hands. No hands-no murder.
I've actually heard people say that legal guns are bad because if people didn't own them, criminals couldn't steal them! By that reasoning you shouldn't own a car-which could be used in a drive-by or accident,or kitchen knives, which could be a murder weapon, or even golf clubs and bricks because they could be used to beat someone to death. So HAVING anything is the problem if it can be used to hurt someone else-and we all know that anything can do that-even sharp pens and household chemicals!
The guns this evil, insane man used to kill those babies HAD not and COULD not kill anyone while they were in his mothers house. HE killed using them. I can sleep with a loaded howitzer pointed at my head every night- and the gun will never kill me. INANIMATE objects cannot be evil.
They can be used to protect-and THAT is the question to ask- why does anyone want the US populace disarmed?
When only the government has guns-we will all be victims.
Or how about we address the stem cause? Reinsate involuntary committment of the mentally ill - stop the use of Prozac and such drugs - that were NEVER tested on the young and that have proven side effects of suicide and violence - and that nearly 100%A of these mass shooters were on? (Many of whom the families have tried, in vain, to get help for.)
these two actions - no involuntary committent of the mentally ill (Like saying you can't arrest a drunk driver without their permission) and the wide use of dangerous drugs with a proven track record of death and destruction?
One could wonder; "Have these two action been a deliberate plan to foist the acceptance of gun-control on a clueless public?"
How many people remember, or are old enough to, who's responsible for turning the mentally ill loose on the public, who spurred the closing of the mental hospitals and invountary committment, turning them out on the street without proper treatment with a 'these people have thier rights too' rationale?
Spead it wide and clear. Maybe SOME news person or politician will be honest enough to say it outloud.
Of all the reasons for Jimmy C.'s legacy of shame, this is the worst.
Sane people lock up their cars, their homes, their belongings to keep them safe, AND protect themselves and their assets with firearms...why can't we do the same with CHILDREN!!!!???? (Paraphrasing Mark Levin).
If liberals had fought at the Alamo (work with me here) they would have rushed to the west wall if Santa Anna was attacking the east wall, scrambling over it I suppose.
Just the usual hysterical histrionics from the moonbats directed at the 2nd Amendment, which they hate with a red-hot: "We'll scratch your eyes out!" passion. That's why.
If we could only get them as concerned about the killings of unborn children—which are going on every day—abortion would be called what it is—murder, instead of a "choice".
The answer to this violance on school grounds is simple - put an armed guard in each school and shoot the SOB who gets in with a gun.
Unfortunately healthcare and pharma industry is larger then gun industry. Lobby power is bigger. MSM including Fox will not take on this issue. It is very simple. Hello Fox (or MSM) try to start a campaign holding pharma drugs responsible for unstable behavior and we will pull our advertising off your channel and see what happens to your revenue stream! Money talks and BS walks. Fox CEO puts phone down and tells Hannity to shut up. That is how corporate fascism works.
What they are actually meant to accomplish. They will keep those like his law-abiding mother from getting, owning, and carrying guns... which means it will keep all of us from getting, owning, and carrying guns.
Mission accomplished!
P.S. It is only criminals and tyrants who flourish in the gun-free zones...
And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?... The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn't love freedom enough. And even more we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward. ― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
>>How about MENTAL HEALTH control? These tragedies started after the mental health hospitals closed and put the mentally sick loose on the public - and treatment of choice is Prozac, etc, - these shooters have almost 100% been on Prozac and related drugs, which have a PROVEN side effect of suicide and violence.!
Here is a link for you:
SSRI Stories / Antidepressant Nightmares - "We Speak for the Dead to Protect the Living"
You'll note there is a School Shootings / Incidents category.
Oh, and needless to say, I'll be very interested to see what we hear about this guy being under any psych care/meds.
It is worth noting that the Portland mall shooter was confronted with an armed citizen, ran off, and offed himself.
That one could have been much worse.
You aren't hearing much about that.
Yeah, because that worked soooo well before, and was NEVER abused by those in the system, nor misapplied by those who decided who was committed (and for how long).
There are reasons it was ended.
Excellent, Yash.
All 4 reasons are spot on.
Thank for the link.
I, over a decade ago, used to research this and did stories on it - got nowhere -
really getting to the point where I think maybe a super charged solar flare that would knock out all electric/electronics might not be so bad.
Put us all back on a level playing field. Strat from scratch.
It is distasteful to talk about silver linings in the wake of such a tragedy. However, if the Dems overplay their hand on this, it could be THE thing that prevents them from gaining total control of Congress in '14. (up till now I had concluded that was a done deal)
If it doesn't already, I'll bet polling will show overwhelming majority support for banning 'assault weapons' like the one used in this shooting.
I don't care about public opinion on this and I oppose bringing back the 'assault weapons' ban. I hope the House defeats any attempt to bring it back. But I think it will be hard. The pro-Democrat demographic shifts taking place are bad not only for Republicans but also for the Second Amendment. Most single women, as well as most Hispanics and most Asians are much less supportive of the Second Amendment, and are probably very supportive of banning 'assault weapons.'
We won't be able to rely on the Sup Court either. Heller and MacDonald were 5-4 decisions, and will most likely be overturned. And anyway, they didn't address 'assault weapons.' I think it's a safe bet that either John Roberts or Anthony Kennedy (or both) would okay a ban on 'assault weapons.'
We already have mandatory waiting periods, background checks and registration. While we can still purchase guns and ammunition for the time being, we are in severe danger of becoming Hungary in 1956. You see, as an iron curtain nation, Hungary was already under the control of the USSR. Their guns were fully registered in order to be legal.
But, post-war Hungary chafed under the rule of the Soviets and kept trying to circumvent their rules. So, one week in 1957, all of the guns were confiscated by government troops going house-to-house using gun registration information. The following week, Soviet tanks rolled across the border as the USSR clamped down on their iron curtain satellite.
These pieces are already in place here. All we lack are the government troops (remember Obama wanting to certify the military to conduct arrests of American citizens on American soil?) knocking at your door and confiscating your guns. With zero and his nanny-state sycophants demanding tighter gun control laws, there isn't much of the Second Amendment left for them to circumvent.
We have already reached the America Ayn Rand described at the end of Atlas Shrugged. There's no Galt's Gulch, but everything else is here. It isn't much of a stretch to envision zero deciding to strike down the Second Amendment with an EO. The Christmas recess is approaching and this plays perfectly into his hands. After all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . he won!
Well I don't think that's dumb at all! There can be other things one can do! I realize that not all people are easy with guns, and could use something else.
A very good article!
Pity no one will ever read it.
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In the winter of 1890–91 Monet embarked on his most experimental modernist works, the Haystack series, in which solid forms are atomised into myriad strokes of tiny colour in response to his ever more acute sense of the complexity of light in 'the moment of the landscape'.
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Systemic Therapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Advancing Paradigms
The 21st century has seen an explosion in the development of agents for renal-cell carcinoma (RCC), a malignancy previously considered refractory to systemic therapy beyond cytokine therapy. At this time, there are six US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved agents available. In addition, there was a recent favorable review by the FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee of a next-generation vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) inhibitor, axitinib (Inlyta); other agents are in advanced testing. Moreover, while VEGF- and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-targeted therapies have become the mainstay of RCC treatment, other new molecular targets and therapeutic approaches are being developed. The availability of active agents also brings opportunities for additional clinical maneuvers, such as neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy, as well as a need for decisions on combinatorial therapeutics in the advanced disease setting. Together, these developments and the issues they raise pose important challenges for oncologists and cancer biologists, given the limited number of patients and resources available for studies and the urgent clinical needs of the patients and families affected by RCC.
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) had historically been regarded as a disease that was refractory to therapy once surgical options had been exhausted. It is recognized that early intervention with nephrectomy results in excellent long-term survival. In 2005, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first small molecule therapy for kidney cancer, sorafenib (Nexavar). Five other approvals have followed. The introduction of these agents, which have inhibitory activity against the family of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFRs) or the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), has shifted treatment paradigms for advanced disease. Prior to this, only interferon (IFN)-alfa and interleukin (IL)-2 were used, both of which have always been viewed as highly toxic therapies with a small chance of long-term benefit. Despite the advances, however, none of the newer therapies have yielded a long-term solution for patients. Even today, the majority of patients present with locally advanced or metastatic disease, and the 5-year survival is on the order of 10% to 50%.[1] More than 60,000 new cases of RCC were expected to be diagnosed in 2011, with more than 13,000 deaths expected in the same year.[2]
This article will review the recent advances that form the current framework of therapy for RCC, as well as summarize key areas of progress and innovation in the evolving treatment paradigms for this disease.
Current Guidelines for Management of Advanced RCC
The current guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) continue to identify nephrectomy as an important initial consideration even in the setting of metastatic disease.[3] The current recommendations call for removal of the kidney and/or oligometastatic sites of disease prior to initiation of systemic therapy when possible. For patients with clear-cell carcinoma, there are a number of approved agents, including sunitinib (Sutent), temsirolimus (Torisel), everolimus (Affinitor), bevacizumab (Avastin; used with IFN-alfa), pazopanib (Votrient), high-dose IL-2 (Proleukin), and sorafenib (Nexavar). Despite the availability of these treatment options, clinical trials are an important consideration even in patients with untreated metastatic disease. All of the above agents have demonstrated some activity in the second-line setting. Most have shown activity in the first-line setting with the exception of everolimus, for which phase III clinical data are in the second-line setting (after progression on a tyrosine kinase inhibitor [TKI]).[4] The questions that remain unanswered by the current guidelines are: (1) what the rationales are for selecting one agent over another in the first- and/or second-line setting; (2) what role signal transduction inhibitors play in the perioperative setting; (3) what role nephrectomy plays in metastatic disease; and (4) what combinations or sequences of these therapies are effective in patients.
Signal Transduction Inhibitors
Given the hypervascularity of RCC and the knowledge of the tumor's biology we have gained from understanding Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome and its associated molecular pathways, VEGF- and mTOR-directed therapies have become a mainstay of RCC treatment (Table 1). The emergence of a number of active agents has created a new series of issues for oncologists. Before the introduction of signal transduction inhibitors (STIs), oncologists were faced with decisions about how to proceed in the face of cytokine therapy's limited benefits. Now oncologists must select which of the approved treatments should be used as first-line therapy, and which should then be used subsequently. The Figure shows a flow chart that represents current practice guidelines for management of RCC.
Despite the growing number of therapies, significant gaps in our understanding of RCC treatment remain, and these gaps require investigation. Thus, enrollment in clinical trials needs to be supported by the community at large. At present, there are three treatments approved for first-line therapy: sunitinib, pazopanib, and bevacizumab with IFN-alfa. In the absence of head-to-head comparisons, it is difficult to determine with certainty which of these is best suited for a particular patient, given the current approach to RCC classifications. Some information may be gleaned from ongoing studies, but given the limited pool of patients and the number of active agents in use and in development, there is a need to bring to the population of RCC patients the most important and informative trials possible.
Additional and more potent agents are in active development—additional STIs as well as immunotherapies. These agents have the potential not only for sequential use but also combinatorial use. Table 2 summarizes phase II and phase III trials in RCC for therapies in advanced testing.
VEGFR Inhibitors: Axitinib (Inlyta), Tivozanib (AV-951, KRN-951), Cediranib (AZD2171)
Following the introduction of sorafenib, a series of VEGFR- targeted STIs has followed. Given the tremendous efficacy of these compounds, continued refinements have been made to drugs active on this signaling axis. These drugs share toxicities with other VEGF-/VEGFR-targeted agents, including hypertension, asthenia, and diarrhea.
Axitinib is an indazole derivative that is a highly effective inhibitor of the family of VEGF receptors (VEGFR-1, -2, and -3), and of platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR)-beta and c-Kit.[5] It has demonstrated activity following sorafenib and cytokine therapy.[6] Given emerging trends in RCC therapy, an international phase III study (AXIS) was initiated for patients with disease refractory to sunitinib, bevacizumab with IFN-alfa, temsirolimus, or other cytokine-based therapies. In the AXIS study, 723 patients were randomly assigned to receive axitinib (n = 361) or sorafenib (n = 362). Treatment with axitinib was associated with a progression-free survival (PFS) of 6.7 months, compared with 4.7 months for sorafenib (hazard ratio [HR], 0.665; P < .0001).[7] These data were presented and reviewed favorably at an FDA advisory board meeting in December 2011.
Like axitinib, tivozanib is another orally available, ATP-competitive, small molecule inhibitor of VEGFR-1, -2, and -3, with inhibition in the picomolar range. In the nanomolar range, tivozanib inhibits phosphorylation of c-Kit and PDGFR-beta but has limited activity against other type III receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs).[8] A randomized discontinuation trial of tivozanib was conducted that included clear-cell and non–clear-cell RCC.[9] Median PFS was 12.5 months for patients with clear-cell carcinoma. At the initial report of this study, median PFS had not been reached for patients with papillary RCC; median PFS for patients with other subtypes was 5.4 months. The overall response rate (ORR; complete response [CR] + partial response [PR]) and stable disease (SD) rate were 29% and 56%, respectively, for patients with clear-cell RCC; 18% and 82% for patients with papillary RCC; and 17% and 57% for patients with other non-clear subtypes. For patients with clear-cell RCC, median PFS was 14.8 months. The phase III study (TIVO-1) in which tivozanib was compared with sorafenib in patients who had not been exposed to STIs has been completed; the results are pending. As with sunitinib, hypothyroidism has been reported as an adverse event related to this drug.
Cediranib is a third pan-VEGFR inhibitor that has shown promising activity. In a preliminary report of a single-arm phase II study of cediranib in treatment-naive RCC, 12 of 32 evaluable patients (38%) had a PR, and 15 patients (47%) had SD, yielding a benefit rate of 85%.[10] In a randomized, double-blind, phase II trial in the United Kingdom (UK), 71 patients with RCC were randomized 3:1 to cediranib or placebo.[11] At 12 weeks, the investigators noted a highly significant difference in mean percentage change in tumor size between the study and control groups (-20% vs +19%, P < .0001). Of the 18 patients in the placebo arm, 14 crossed over to cediranib; of these 14 patients, 10 had tumor reduction. In the cediranib arm, 34% achieved a PR, and 47% had SD. Adverse events were typical for VEGFR inhibitor therapy, but 87% of patients required a dose reduction or pause at a median time of 29 days because of toxicities, including diarrhea (88%; 13% grade 3 or higher) and hypertension (61%; 19% grade 3 or higher). Given the level of availability of targeted agents in the UK at the time this study was designed and initiated, the use of a placebo arm was still considered acceptable. With a number of approved treatments now available globally, it is improbable that future randomized studies in metastatic RCC will include placebo arms, due to ethical concerns.
Non-TKI VEGF Inhibitors: Aflibercept (VEGF Trap, AVE 005), Ramucirumab (IMC112B)
Aflibercept is a soluble decoy receptor incorporating domains of both VEGFR-1 and -2 fused to the Fc region of human IgG1. Thus, aflibercept binds all isoforms of VEGF-A and placental growth factor (PlGF) with high affinity.[12] Aflibercept has completed phase I testing and has moved to phase II testing in RCC.[13,14] The randomized phase II study tests two doses of aflibercept and is expected to complete accrual by 2016.
Ramucirumab is a fully human, high-affinity monoclonal antibody to the extracellular domain of VEGFR-2.[15] Its binding prevents ligand binding. A phase II trial evaluating ramucirumab in TKI-refractory RCC completed accrual in 2011. The final report on this important study is not yet available.


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Faculty and staff who do not work in health care can receive free flu vaccinations on Thursday, Nov. 14. This is the final date it will be offered at the Cancer Center location.
Saint Louis University faculty and staff who do not work in health care can receive free flu vaccinations on Thursday, Nov. 14. Influenza vaccinations will be given from 7:30 to 11 a.m. and from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in suite 103 of the Saint Louis University Cancer Center. Visitors can enter through the front entrance of the Cancer Center located at 3655 Vista Ave. This program is not accessible through the TenetCare entrance nor the Employee Health entrance.
Reciprocal parking for University employees holding ABI parking permits is in the Vista and Hickory East garages. Reciprocal parking for University employees with parking at Salus and the north campus include the Vista Garage, Fleming Lot, Hickory East Garage, Hickory West Garage, Marie Curie Lot and Wald Lot.
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Cons: price, not sturdy enough
This headphone is one of the best headphones for classical music. Others in the same price range would be Audio Technica ATH-AD900, Beyer DT880, AKG k701. I think that k501 can even challenge some other dynamic headphones in higher price ranges. It is definately better than Sennheisers offerings HD650/600, for classical. This is a real classic, one of a kind.


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November 2013
Just my way of sharing with family, friends, and anyone who will listen, the things that I have learned about my ancestors with a little bit about myself and my own little family in the mix.
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Something About Me Saturday: Oh How They've Grown!
It's been awhile since I've done a Something About Me Saturday post so I thought I would put one out there. This whole motherhood thing has a way of making time fly. Today, I did a little reminiscing. I found an album that a lovely lady who used to watch my kids made. Initially, "Ms. Betsy" was my son's pre-school teacher when he was three. The summer before my son started kindergarten, Ms. Betsy was such a wonderful help. She watched my kids for me for part of the day so I could run my mommy errands and get a break. At the end of that summer she surprised me with a small album of photos. It amazes me how much they have grown since these pictures were taken.
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To-Love-Ru and Katekyo Hitman Reborn, is Air Gear Realy All that great, ive never read a single chapter nor know wht its about.
To-Love-Ru and Katekyo Hitman Reborn, is Air Gear Realy All that great, ive never read a single chapter nor know wht its about.
Rurouni Kenshin, Hunter x Hunter, Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO)
You have to read I''s if you like the romatic comedy.
I would reccommend claymore its a very good read and it has alot of action and plus it has chicks with swords aha
Guardian of RainYamamoto Takeshi
Must read all MS scanlation projects. Berserk, Sanctuary, ....
Alot more. Updates later.
My personal favorite is Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Maybe it's because I love all of Miyazaki's work in general, but I really love it. If you've seen and liked the movie, I highly recommend the manga; it's much more in depth.
Chrono Crusade's also really good. The art and storyline are both excellent and the ending, I think, is really good. If you disliked the anime, it's okay, because the manga is infinitely better.
Can't forget Azumanga Daioh and Yotsuba&. They're both by the same manga-ka and they're both hilarious.
Other than the strong 4 (bleach,naruto,op,dgm) clamore or 666 satan are really good. I know, 666 satan sounds evil but its done by the naruto guys twin brother and is one of my favs. Oh, and deathnote is a must read.
'We need emotional content' -Bruce Lee
Yeah.. Air Gear is kinda a must read. But the only manga's I'd say are must reads are Gantz, My Balls!, and Battle Royale.
Why don't more people read these mangas?
Gantz is great! I'd like to prefer reading Project Arms, a great action manga that seems to have fell off the map.


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by Joe Buscaglia
posted Jul 14 2014 7:46AM
The first half of the top 20 talents on the Buffalo Bills is over and done with, paving way for those atop the hierarchy to be unveiled. To start off the week, the featured player at number 10 was on the cusp last year of being much, much higher on this list.
Fitting in well to the parameters of both raw skill level and projection of play over time, the next entrant to the countdown was only missing the on the field success which results in him coming in on the bottom half of the top 10. Through training camp last year he was one of the best players on the field every day, but lost all that momentum with an injury during the preseason.
CB Stephon Gilmore
: 23 (9/19/90)
: 6'1"
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Why he's here:
- Brought in by the Bills as their first-round selection in the 2012 NFL Draft, Gilmore was thought to be the exact mold of the new NFL cornerback. He's big, he's physical and he can turn and run which fits the league's obsession with finding bigger cornerbacks now that wide receivers are just getting bigger and bigger themselves. Gilmore's first season in the league got off to an average start, resulting in some bad beats but also promising plays. Then in his second season, Gilmore was borderline dominant at training camp before suffering a wrist injury that cost him the first five games of the campaign. Even when he came back he struggled to get acclimated, essentially playing one-handed with a big club on his arm to support the wrist. Gilmore started to find his footing late in the season and can only hope to build off of it after a wash of a year.
2014 outlook:
- The 2013 season wasn't a step back but a lateral one. With a relatively healthy offseason and a clear pass to hit the ground running at training camp this year, Gilmore has the opportunity once more to develop into the top cornerback the Bills believe he can be. Already boasting the necessary physical nature and hip fluidity needed in cornerbacks, Gilmore has a straight-line personality as well. He never gets too hyped up and he certainly never gets down on himself, leading to a level-headed approach to the game which is a huge advantage for playing such a volatile position. In a defense that will allow its cornerbacks to shine, everything is there for Gilmore to make the jump. It's just a matter of staying healthy and capitalizing on the positive play from training camp of 2013.
Bills Top 20 Talents
TE Scott Chandler
CB Leodis McKelvin
QB EJ Manuel
DE Manny Lawson
LB Brandon Spikes
WR Mike Williams
CB Nickell Robey
C Eric Wood
HB Fred Jackson
DE Jerry Hughes
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Viktor Fasth will start on Thursday against Los Angeles.
Ryan Callahan had a follow-up procedure on his ailing hip Tuesday and he is out indefinitely.
James Reimer will get the nod again for the Panthers on Wednesday against Edmonton.
Erik Johnson (broken fibula) expects to return to the lineup on Saturday.
Jeff Zatkoff has been placed on waivers.
Mitch Marner (upper body) has already been ruled out for Thursday's game against the New York Rangers.
Trevor Daley suffered a lower-body injury during Tuesday's contest.
Pavel Zacha sustained a possible head injury during Tuesday's game.
Filip Forsberg scored a hat trick in Tuesday's 6-5 OT loss to the Calgary Flames.
Johnny Gaudreau registered four assists in Calgary's 6-5 OT win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday.
Mikael Granlund scored a pair of goals in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks.
Jonathan Toews picked up an incredible three goals and two assists in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Minnesota Wild.


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Entertaining is easy when you have this versatile dip starter in your pantry. For a cold dip, mix with sour cream. Or combine with cream cheese and mayonnaise, then bake to hot, bubbly perfection. Serve with crackers, baguette slices or fresh veggies.
Caramelized Onion: A savory-sweet blend of caramelized Vidalia onions and shallots with a dash of Dijon mustard.
Spinach, Asiago & Artichoke: A rich, indulgent blend of spinach, Asiago cheese and artichoke hearts, accented with citrus and shallots.
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- Caramelized Onion: Caramelized onions (onions, sugar, salt, granulated beef bouillon, lactic acid, pepper), water, onions, shallots, cornstarch, balsamic vinegar, garlic, brown sugar, dijon mustard (distilled vinegar, mustard seeds, white wine, citric acid, tartaric acid, spices), natural flavors, sea salt, caramel color, crushed red chili peppers.
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- Roasted Red Pepper & Garlic: onions (onions, natural flavor), canola oil, tomatoes, red wine vinegar, asiago cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), cornstarch, soy lecithin (emulsifier), sea salt, citric acid.
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Happy Friday! We've made through yet another week and I have another GDD™ Morning Update to close it out. Today's news features Electronic Music Grammy nominations w/ Skrillex, the Future Music Festival lineup, Boys Noize & Mr. Oizo start Handbrakes, The Chemical Brothers' live DVD, & LCD Soundsystem's final show documentary. See it all after the jump.


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Kids can test their skills with our new carnival games, Eyeball Squirt, Witches Brew Toss, Swampy River Run and more! They can also make their own monster boogers (25 cents per bag), have their fortune told to them by the amazing Zelda the Fortune Teller, investigate at Dr. Jekyll's Halloween mad laboratory, participate in the family scavenger hunt on the trails around the nature center and make a Halloween theme craft ($1/craft). The Black Cat face painting and tattoo parlor will be staffed by the Hairitage Hair Academy and they will be busy with free face painting and tattoos throughout the event.
At 6:30 pm, prizes will be given out to the top pumpkin decorators in the pumpkin alley contest! Bring your best pre-decorated pumpkin (carved and non-carvers) to the event before 6:30 pm. All pumpkin submissions MUST be created by the individual that is submitting the pumpkin. Prizes will be awarded to the 2 best decorators in each of the age categories. A big thank you to Lin's Marketplace, Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, Learning Express and Hairitage Hair Academy for their support.
For more information about the event's activities you may call the St. George Recreation Center at 627-4560 or visit St George City's website at www.sgcityrec.org. The Tonaquint Nature Center is located within the Tonaquint Park at 1851 South Dixie Drive in St George.


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Looking to Be Literate
Over the past week I have been travelling. I must make a choice about my education, and I have been visiting the schools I am considering attending, asking questions of their students, staff, and faculty.
People who study religion are often full of questions. So at The Divinity School of the University of Chicago someone raised the following: "What resources do you have for frustrated Catholic women?" There turned out to be a bevy of enthusiastic resources: a nun, a professor, three students, and an administrator each spoke up, excited at the chance to start a discussion about the role of women in the Catholic Church. One Episcopal male student shouted, "You should convert!" The nun described a woman who had carved a church leadership position for herself without being ordained. The professor was still searching for an answer herself.
At Harvard Divinity School I spoke with John D. Spalding about his SoMA Review, which he founded in part because he couldn't find a good platform for his slightly tongue-in-cheek articles on religion, politics, and culture. He is now its editor, and contributors include our own Krista Tippett. Also at Harvard, I visited a class taught by Harvey Cox about religious fundamentalism and politics (you can hear him on our program Beyond the Atheism-Religion Divide). I looked for a book by David Ford, director of the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme, in Harvard's enormous library system; I found it.
All the travelling and talking about the study of religion and writing and ministry has left me tired and excited and thinking about what it means to be literate in religion. Stephen Prothero wrote a book last year called Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know — and Doesn't. It documents some scary statistics about what we Americans don't know about the basic tenets of the world's major religions, and discusses the peril of maintaining such ignorance.
Inspired to the goal of being religiously literate, I am determined to learn more, to become competent in discussing religions in all their deep complexities. Luckily for me, there are thriving communities of people working on this project together. I'll be joining one come fall, and I can't wait.


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Question My department was notified that it was awarded a COPS UHP grant. When should I expect to receive the actual award?
Answer It may take up to eight weeks following the announcement of an award before the actual award package is generated and mailed. Often, awards are announced at an estimated level of funding. Final budget approval must be obtained before the actual award amount is available.
Question Once I receive my award package from the COPS Office, when can I begin drawing down funds?
Answer The award document must first be signed by your agency's law enforcement and government executives, and then returned to the COPS Office. You should allow approximately two to three weeks for the COPS Office and the Office of the Comptroller to process the signed award and mail the necessary information and password to access the paperless draw down system (PAPRS).
Question What if our agency cannot accept the grant or can only accept part of the grant?
Answer If your agency is unable to accept the entire grant, you must submit a letter to your COPS Grant Program Specialist briefly explaining why you cannot accept the award. Be sure to also include a completed Financial Status Report (Form 269A), even if no funds have been drawn down.
If your agency can only accept part of a UHP award, it is best to contact your Grant Program Specialist to arrange a modification for your award. A modification allows your agency to reduce your UHP award to a level consistent with your agency's current budgetary and staffing needs. If your agency requests a modification, please keep in mind that the COPS Office cannot increase the number of officers your agency was awarded under UHP, or increase the amount of federal funds awarded. UHP modification requests are evaluated on a case by case basis.
Question If I already have a UHP grant, how do I request additional officers?
Answer All UHP applicants, regardless of the number of prior UHP awards they have received, are required to submit new UHP applications for any additional UHP officer funding requested. Additionally, UHP applications for additional officer positions should only be submitted during an open solicitation for applications. During a UHP open solicitation, application kits may be downloaded from Current Funding on this website, or may be obtained by calling the COPS Office Response Center, at 800.421.6770.
Question What should I do if we never received the PAPRS information packet?
Answer If you did not receive the Phone Activated Paperless Request System paperwork that allows your agency to access its funds, you must request that the packet be re-mailed to you. Please fax your request for a re-mailing to the Office of the Comptroller with the vendor number for your agency, the grant number for your agency, and the name and address of the person who should receive the information. This information must be prepared on your agency's letterhead and faxed to 202.514.9028.
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Additionally, approximately three months before your UHP grant is scheduled to expire, the COPS Office will provide your agency with an opportunity to request a no cost time extension for your grant. A no-cost time extension allows your agency to request additional time to complete grant requirements and/or draw down allowable funding when there are vacant periods in COPS funded positions (e.g. delays in hiring, officer turnover, etc.). Please note that a UHP extension will not provide your agency with additional grant funds.


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Duncan Williams, Dave O'Callaghan and Cian Bohane paid a visit to Fermoy RFC to join in on the fun activities with some of the club's up and coming rugby stars.
Highfield RFC welcomed Donncha O'Callaghan, Ivan Dineen and Niall Scannell while Barry O'Mahony, CJ Stander and Alan Cotter made the trip to Kilkee.
The professional players took the time to participate in some of the games with the young rugby enthusiasts, sign autographs and take part in a question and answers forum.
To view the Kilkee Summer Camp photo gallery click here
To view the Highfield Summer Camp photo gallery click here click here.
Next week the Summer Camps will take place at Midleton RFC and Rugbaí Chorca Dhuibhne.
A limited number of places are still available to purchase for each camp, so if you want to guarantee a place at your preferred venue, don't delay and book online by clicking here.
This summer Munster Rugby has a total of 23 venues throughout the whole province (please see below for your nearest venue). Camp fee is â0¬85 per child with a family discount of a second and subsequent child at â0¬75.
Each camp takes place over one week (Monday through to Friday inclusive) between 9:30am and 1:30pm.
Alternatively book your Summer Camp place by downloading the application form here.
As an added bonus Munster Rugby is running a competition giving you a chance to win a Summer Camp place each week at any one of Munster Rugby's camps. For details on how to win please click here.
Each participant will receive an Official Summer Camp Pack comprising an adidas Summer Camp T-Shirt, adidas Shorts, adidas Socks, adidas Draw-String Bag, Mouth Guard and one Junior ticket to a Munster match.
Children who participate in the camps will get the chance to make new friends, learn more about rugby values such as team work, respect and integrity, and also become more aware of the importance of physical fitness. All this while learning to develop the basic rugby skills of passing, tackling (in a controlled environment), evasion and kicking. Most of all we guarantee lots of fun!
To facilitate the appropriate attention, participants will be divided by their age into groups. Central to the Munster Rugby Summer Camps philosophy is ensuring the introduction to the game of Rugby in a safe and controlled manner.
The Camps will be managed and run by fully accredited I.R.F.U. Mini Rugby coaches. All Summer Camp staff have undertaken the National Garda Vetting process required to comply with the IRFU policy regarding recruitment and vetting to work in age grade rugby.
For any more information please contact Munster Rugby on 021-4323563 (9am - 5.00pm)
Week 3: Monday 14th - Friday 18th July
Corca Dhuibhne RFC
Midleton RFC
Week 4: Monday 21st - Friday 25th July
Cobh RFC
Killarney Community College
Waterpark RFC
Week 5: Monday 28th July - Friday 1st August
Muskerry RFC
Thurles RFC
Tralee RFC
Week 6: Monday 4th - Friday 8th August
Ballincollig RFC
Bruff RFC
Castleisland RFC
Week 7: Monday 11th - Friday 15th August
Dungarvan RFC
Nenagh RFC
Newcastle West RFC
Week 8: Monday 18th - Friday 22nd August
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Old Crescent RFC
Skibbereen RFC
Questions and answers time at Fermoy RFC
Dave O'Callaghan signs autographs at Fermoy RFC.