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Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) of Simferopol and Crimea
Saint Luke, Bishop of Simferopol and Crimea, the Blessed Surgeon, was born Valentin Felixovich Voino-Yasenetsky (Валентин Феликсович Войно-Ясенецкий, polish spelling Wojno-Jasieniecki; April 14, 1877 and died June 11, 1961.
Doctor of Medicine, Professor, and State Prize winner, since 1944 he was the Archbishop of Tambov and Michurinsk, and later of Simferopol and the Crimea. While he was serving the church as an Archbishop, he was also practicing as a surgeon and taught and published many books and articles on regional anesthesia and surgery. He is now known to be a world-famous pioneering surgeon.
In November of 1995 he was announced as a Saint by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and was officially glorified by the Patriarchate of Russia May 25, 1996. He is commemorated by the church June 11 n.s. / May 29 o.s. the anniversary of his falling asleep in the Lord.
Born with the name Valentine Felixovitch Voino-Yassentsky on April 27, 1877 in Kerch (east Crimea), his family members were civil servants to Lithuanian and Polish Kings. The family was impoverished over time but Saint Luke remembers that he received his religious inheritance from his pious father. His first true understanding of the Christian faith came from the New Testament given to him at his high school graduation by his principal.
He had an outstanding secular training. Having exceptional drawing abilities, he graduated the Kiev Academy of Fine Arts.[note 1] He decided however against pursuing art in favor of a career where he could help people who suffer, and chose to be a physician.
In 1903 at the age of 26, he graduated from Great Prince St. Vladimir Medical School at the University of Kiev, and for a long time worked as a local district physician. An extraordinary medical student, he excelled at anatomy. His superior knowledge of anatomy served him throughout his surgical career.
Out of compassion to the blindness that beggars were experiencing due to trachoma, Saint Luke studied ophthalmology at the Kiev ophthalmologic clinic. In a very short time he acquired a significant amount of ophthalmologic training. His knowledge of this subspecialty helped him treat not only his trachoma patients, but many other serious eye conditions as well.
Another important event in Valentine's life was the marriage to his wife Anna, a nurse. They had four children. The family was transferred frequently to various regional health care facilities and from the very beginning Valentine never requested funds from his patients, nor would he turn anyone away because of his ethnic background or personal beliefs. When his wife died, God in setting the path for Valentine's Sainthood provided the family with Sofia Sergeevna who would be the joyful surrogate mother of his children during the harsh times ahead. Valentine never remarried.
During his early career he published many scientific treatises and eventually became the head surgeon and professor of surgery at the hospital in Tashkent in March 1917. In October, Lenin took over the government and civil war erupted in Tashkent in January 1919. Lenin's government disfavored any religious witness. Valentine was under constant threat, especially when treating party members but he refused to operate under any circumstances without the Icon of the Mother of God. His results were outstanding.
"I ought to tell you that what God did to me as amazing and incomprehensible...My pursuing surgery completely satisfied the goal I always had to serve the poor and the suffering, to dispose all my strength for the comfort of their pains, and to help them in their needs."
These are some of the introductory comments from the memoirs of Saint Luke, that were kept by his secretary, E.P. Leikfeld. His words are not vainglorious, but a commentary on how God's plan was fulfilled through the life and example of Saint Luke. Living in the Ukraine during the oppressive period of communism, St. Luke stood out among his fellow physicians both as a surgeon and as a Christian. Even the communists coveted his talents for healing the body.
Ordination and Persecution
Despite the dangers from the Lenin regime he fearlessly attended theological discussions arranged by Archpriest Mikhail Andeev. During this period when clergymen and pious people would prove their faith in blood, providence led the Archpriest to invite Valentine to the priesthood. Thus in 1921 at the age of 44 Valentine was ordained a priest. For two years, this exceptional individual was active not only in his pastoral work but in public and scientific activity.
Eventually Fr. Valentine was arrested and put on trial, falsely accused of giving inappropriate surgical care to injured Red Army soldiers. At his trial in his characteristic fearless way he denounced the prosecutors claims by explaining:
"I cut people to save them. You, Mr. Public Prosecutor, why do you cut their heads off?"
Certainly the charges were never proven but since the Party had to be infallible Fr. Valentine was convicted to sixteen years imprisonment.
Doctor, Scientist, Bishop, Imprisonments
Noting Fr. Valentine's spiritual gifts, prior to his departure from Tashkent (arrest and exile to Siberia), in 1923 Bishop of Ufa Andrew (Ukhtomsky) administered monastic tonsure and facilitated his consecration as Bishop.[note 2] Almost immediately Saint Luke was sent to the first of his three imprisonments.
Due to his talent as a surgeon there would always be placement at a remote medical facility where the attending colleagues would be astounded that a professor with such impeccable academic credentials would be subservient to the whims of the local civil authorities. Despite the criticisms of lesser surgeons Saint Luke would practice his medical skills. With the grace of God he amazed his colleagues with excellent medical outcomes in ophthalmologic and surgical cases that others deemed incurable.
In 1926, Bishop Luke returned to Tashkent, but in 1930 was again arrested and sentenced to three years of exile.
Upon his release, he once again returned to Tashkent, and spent his time in medical practice. As a physician and professor he trained many students and colleagues in the art of surgery, and as a scientist he found the time to publish many articles. A fruit of this work was the appearance in 1934 of his book "Notes on Purulent Surgery",[note 3] which laid the foundation for an entire medical specialty. For that work, Bishop Luke was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medical Science in 1936, and his work continues to be used in medicine to this day. This monograph and the subsequent revisions was the "gold standard" reference for his colleagues at the time.
As a capable hierarch he strengthened the parishes and supported priests and church councils. As Saint Luke's surgical and pastoral popularity would increase, the communist authorities would transfer him. When blatant injustices would be committed against Christians and fellow political prisoners he would initiate hunger strikes.
In 1937, Vladyka was arrested, and spent more than two difficult years undergoing tortuous interrogation and humiliation.[note 4] Nonetheless, resting his hope in the Lord, he courageously endured those trials, not only refusing to agree to false accusations against him, but engaging in active protests – refusing to eat, and sending complaints to the highest authorities against the prosecutors' illegal actions. He would say to his fellow prisoners,
"They demand that I remove my ryassa. I will never do so. It, my ryassa, will be with me to my very death… I help people as a physician, and I help them as a servant of the Church…."
The people who met him during his ordeals bore witness to his true character. As a physician he was Unmercenary and never asked for money treating all his patients with immense love. He shared his patients' pain and anguish for he saw each person as an image of God, unique and unrepeatable.
In 1940, Bishop Luke was sentenced to five years of exile in the Krasnoyarsk area. At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War (World War II), Bishop Luke offered the authorities his services as a doctor, and in 1941 was appointed consultant to the hospitals of Krasnoyarsk.
In 1942, Vladyka was elevated to the rank of Archbishop and appointed to the Krasnoyarsk kathedra, which at the time did not have a single church. Through Archbishop Luke's efforts, in 1943 a church was opened in a suburb of Krasnoyarsk. He wrote to Patriarch Sergius:
"All of Eastern Siberia, from Krasnoyarsk to the Pacific Ocean, gave no sign of church life…If churches in various parts of the Krasnoyarsk area are not opened in the near future, there is a risk that the people will lapse into religious savagery...."
In 1944, the archbishop was appointed to the kathedra in Tambov.
In 1946, for outstanding scientific work in the area of medicine, he was awarded the "Stalin Award" for all his scientific publications. He donated almost all of the money to help children who had suffered as the result of the War.
Also in 1946 Vladyka was appointed to the kathedra of Crimea, where at first he combined archpastoral service with medical assistance to the people, but later dedicated himself to Church service, zealously working to build up Christ's vineyard, something that, under the conditions of life under Communist authorities, then demanded great courage and faith.
As a Bishop he preached incessantly not only about the need to live Orthodoxy but against the perils of the "Living Church". The latter was a defiled heretical sect propagated by the communist regime. He is credited with 1250 sermons over 38 years of priesthood and episcopal service, of which 750 are preserved in twelve volumes. When he practiced surgery from this point on, he wore his bishop's cassock in the operating room, and refused to perform surgery without an icon.
As the regimes of Lenin, Stalin, and Khrushchev came and went, Saint Luke's persecutions and frequent transfers only increased his popularity. Despite public slander, he was known as an unselfish, loving, physician and spiritual father. This posed a great propaganda threat to each regime and towards the end of his life Saint Luke was restricted in his travels and his medical responsibilities to remedial services. This also was in God's plan, as towards the end of his life Saint Luke lost his vision to glaucoma. He could now devote his time exclusively to matters of faith. He performed many healing miracles and had many spiritual children.
Death and Funeral
Towards the end of his life he was worried if it would be permitted to chant "Holy God" at his funeral. He last celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the feast of the Nativity of Christ in 1960, and his last sermon was on Forgiveness Sunday. His repose was June 11, 1961, the day of commemoration for "All Saints who shone forth in the Land of Russia".
The government made every effort to make Saint Luke's funeral as inconspicuous as possible. Buses were provided to hurry the funeral procession along the side-streets to the gravesite so there would be little fanfare and recognition. God had different plans for Saint Luke and a popular uprising occurred at the funeral. The faithful refused to be hurried. They boldly ignored, at peril to life and limb, the roadblocks to the central corridors. The mayor was angered because of the roses spread on the roads, and flung a basket away claiming that the roses were litter and trash on the streets.[note 5] To the dismay of the government and to avoid an uprising, they conceded to allow the funeral to proceed for three and a half hours without interference. The roads were full and cars stopped everywhere. People had climbed on balconies, onto rooftops of houses. Such a funeral was a tribute of honor. The authorities wanted a silent event. It was witness to God's Glory that throughout the walk there was a constant chant of "Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal have mercy on us".
Saint Luke's prayers to have "Holy God" chanted at his funeral during the atheistic times were answered!
On March 17, 1996, St. Luke's remains were disinterred, with an estimated 40,000 people taking part. It is said that an indescribable aroma arose from his relics, while his heart was discovered incorrupt, a testament to the great love he bore towards Christ and his fellow men. Three days later on March 20, 1996, his relics were transferred to the Church of the Holy Trinity.
His relics continue to work countless miracles, in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Simferopol, at Sagmata Monastery in Greece, and throughout the world.
Holy Hiero-confessor St. Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) was a precious vessel of Divine grace. Like his heavenly patron, the Holy Apostle St. Luke, he was a physician who continued Apostolic work; like the Apostle Paul he preached Christ's Gospel not only in church but in prison, in exile, to friends, to persecutors, to well-wishing supporters, and while enduring sorrows at the hands of false friends. He was one of those people of unique importance to people who cannot do something for themselves alone, who cannot limit themselves their activities to only what pleases them. For such people, the duty of serving one's neighbor is not an empty phrase, and for that reason in their activities they do not make choices by mere chance, do not build on a foreign foundation, but strive to find what needs to be done, right here and right now, and what will benefit all society. These are builders and workers who boldly come out onto the field of life in response to the Lord's challenge. To the ten talents given them by the Lord they return an additional ten. And that is the embodiment of the Gospel model for all of us.
Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) of Simferopol and Crimea | ||
Preceded by: Innoсent (Pustynsky) |
Bishop of Tashkent and Turkestan 1923-1927 |
Succeeded by: Sergius (Lavrov) |
Preceded by: Anthony (Milovidov) |
Archbishop of Krasnoyarsk and Yeniseysk 1942-1944 |
Succeeded by: Bartholomew (Gorodtsov) |
Preceded by: Gregory (Chukov) |
Archbishop of Tambov and Michurinsk 1944-1946 |
Succeeded by: Joasaph (Zhurmanov) |
Preceded by: Joasaph (Zhurmanov) |
Archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea 1946-1961 |
Succeeded by: Alypius (Khotovitsky) |
Excerpts from a 1956 sermon by St. Luke
St. Luke gave a sermon in Alushta, in Crimea, on August 12, 1956 [1], of which an audio recording exists[2]. Various verses from Ephesians and excerpts of this sermon have been loosely translated and paraphrased into Greek and English, and the resulting passage is often incorrectly described as St Luke's last words in many Greek-language and English-language websites and publications[3][4][5].
Original excerpts in Russian[6]
- «Братия мои, укрепляйтесь Господом и могуществом силы Его, облекитесь во всеоружие Божие, чтобы вам можно было стать против козней диавольских»[7]
- «Наша брань не против крови и плоти, но против начальств, против властей, против мироправителей тьмы века сего, против духов злобы поднебесных»[8]
- И да, конечно, для бесов, для самого диавола в высшей степени выгодно, чтобы в них не верили, чтобы никогда о них не думали, чтобы никогда не ощущали близости их, ибо скрытный, неведомый враг гораздо опаснее врага видимого.
- О, как огромна эта окаянная армия бесовская! О, как неизмерима их черная толпа! – неуклонно, неустанно, день и ночь стремящаяся к тому, чтобы нас, всех нас, верующих во имя Божие, совратить на путь неверия, совратить на путь зла и нечестия!
- И эти враги Божии, бесчисленные, ставят своей единственной задачей, день и ночь заботятся о том, чтобы губить нас, чтобы толкать нас на путь зла, на путь неверия, на путь нечестия.
- Эти высшие чины ведут борьбу с самыми твердыми, с самыми верными слугами Христовыми – со святыми, с праведными. И трудна, чрезвычайно трудна эта задача их, ибо именем Христовым отражают святые и праведные все нападения их.
In Greek (loose translation)
- "Παιδιά μου πολύ σας παρακαλώ,
- Ντυθείτε με την πανοπλία που δίνει ο Θεός για να μπορέσετε να αντιμετωπίσετε τα τεχνάσματα του διαβόλου.
- Δεν μπορείτε να φανταστείτε πόσο πονηρός είναι.
- Δεν έχουμε να παλέψουμε με ανθρώπους, αλλά με αρχές και εξουσίες, δηλαδή με τα πονηρά πνεύματα.
- Προσέξτε!
- Τον διάβολο δεν τον συμφέρει να δεχθεί κανείς την ύπαρξή του, να σκέφτεται και να αισθάνεται ότι είναι κοντά στον άνθρωπο.
- Ένας κρυφός και άγνωστος εχθρός είναι πιο επικίνδυνος από έναν ορατό εχθρό.
- Ο πόσο μεγάλος και τρομερός είναι ο στρατός των δαιμόνων.
- Πόσο αμέτρητο είναι το μαύρο τους πλήθος!
- Αμετάβλητα, ακούραστα, μέρα και νύχτα, επιδιώκουν να σπρώξουν όλους εμάς που πιστεύουμε στο όνομα του Χριστού, να μας παρασύρουν στό δρόμο της απιστίας της κακίας και της ασέβειας.
- Αυτοί οι αόρατοι εχθροί του Θεού,εχουν βάλει ως μοναδικό τους σκοπό μέρα και νύχτα να επιδιώκουν την καταστροφή μας.
- Όμως μη φοβάστε,πάρτε δύναμη από το όνομα του Ιησού"
English Translation from Greek passage
- "My children, very much do I entreat you,
- Arm yourselves with the armor that God gives, That you may withstand the devil's tricks.
- You can't imagine how evil he is.
- We don't have to fight with people but with rulers and powers, in effect the evil spirits.
- Take care!
- It's no use to the devil for anyone to think and feel
- that he is close to him.
- A hidden and unknown enemy is more dangerous than a visible enemy.
- O how large and terrible is the army of the demons.
- How numberless is their black horde!
- Unchanged, untiring, day and night, seeking to push all of us who believe
- in the name of Christ, to lure us on the road of unbelief, of evil and of impiety.
- These unseen enemies of God have made their sole purpose, day and night to seek our destruction.
- But do not be afraid, take power from the name of Jesus."
The Troparion of St. Luke Archbishop of Simferopol
- Troparion of St. Luke of Simferopol - Tone 1
- O herald of the way of salvation,
- confessor and archpastor of the Crimean flock,
- faithful keeper of the traditions of the fathers,
- unshakeable pillar and teacher of Orthodoxy,
- pray unceasingly to Christ our Saviour
- to grant salvation and strong faith to Orthodox Christians,
- O holy hierarch Luke,
- physician wise in God.[9]
- ↑ National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture.
- ↑ When consecrated Bishop, he was given the name Luke after the Apostle who similarly, in addition to being a physician and evangelist, was a talented iconographer.
- ↑ "Essays on the Surgery of Pyogenic Infections," or "Purulent Surgery Essays," published in 1934.
- ↑ On December 5, 1937, after being sleep deprived and interrogated for three weeks he broke down in a state of hallucination and signed a confession that he was a counterrevolutionary.
- ↑ He soon after had a very ugly death.
Further Reading
- Archdeacon Vasily Marushchak. The Blessed Surgeon: The Life of Saint Luke, Archbishop of Simferopol. 2nd Edition. Divine Ascent Press, 2008. (ISBN 978-0-97143924)
- Canadian Orthodox Messenger (OCA, Archdiocese of Canada). Lives of the Saints: Saint Luke, Archbishop of Simferopol. (Glorified 17-19 March 1996). New Series 14:1 Winter 2002/2003. pp.13-15.
External links
- Photographs of St. Luke Archbishop of Simferopol [1]
- Dr. Alexander Roman. Saints of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church: New Martyrs and Confessors of the Soviet Yoke. (List of glorified Ukrainian Orthodox New Martyrs and Confessors).
- Russian Orthodox Church (MP). His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and all Russia Visits the Tambov Diocese. 28 October, 2002.
- The St.Petersburg Times. City Teacher, Nurse, Actress Gave War a Female Face. Issue #1067 (33), Friday, May 6, 2005.
- Evgueny I. Arinin. Essence of Organic Life In Russian Orthodox and Modern Philosophical Tradition: Beyond Functionalism and Elementarism.
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 6161 Vojno-Yasenetsky (1971 TY2). (Main-belt Asteroid 6161, discovered on Oct. 14 1971 by L.I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, was named in memory of Valentin Feliksovich Vojno-Yasenetsky (1877-1961), surgeon and bishop)
- V Kogan. Two letters of V.P. Filatov to V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky. In Agapit. January 1996, Issue 4, pp.65-69. (History, 20th Century; Portraits; Religion and Medicine; Ukraine)
- "Science and Religion" An article by St Luke on the compatibility of science and religious faith.
- (French)
Orthodoxologie. Saint Archevêque Luc ( Voino-Yasenetsky) de Simféropol. Dimanche 27 Juillet 2008.
- (Greek)
Ὁ Ἅγιος Λουκᾶς Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κριμαίας. 11 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (Greek)
"Ρωμηοσύνη". Η Μ.Κ.Ο. "ΡΩΜΗΟΣΥΝΗ" ΣΥΜΜΕΤΕΧΕΙ ΣΕ ΣΥΝΕΔΡΙΟ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΝ ΑΓΙΟ ΛΟΥΚΑ ΤΟΝ ΙΑΤΡΟ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΥΠΡΟ. 24-10-2008 (Γρηγοριανόν); 11-10-2008 (Ιουλιανόν).
- (Greek)
Αγιος Λουκάς Συμφερουπόλεως - Κριμαίας.
YouTube Videos (in Greek)
- Αγιος Λουκάς Κριμαίας μέρος 1ομέρος 2ο
- Στο Ησυχαστήριο της Αδελφότητας των Δανιηλέων στα Κατουνάκια Αγίου Όρους ο Πάτερ Δανιήλ Αγιογραφεί τον Άγιο Λουκά τον Ιατρό Αρχιεπίσκοπο Συμφερουπόλεως και Κριμαίας.
- Veneration of his sacred & holy relics outside Russia - 1 2
- ↑ «Препоясать чресла наши правдой». Живое слово святителя Луки Крымского / Православие.Ru
- ↑ Проповедь свт. Луки Крымского о борьбе с духами злобы 12 августа 1956 г
- ↑ Αναστάσιος: Τα τελευταία λόγια του Αγίου Λουκά Συμφερουπόλεως
- ↑ Εκκλησία Παναγίας Αγίας Νάπας: Τα τελευταία λόγια του Αγίου Λουκά Συμφερουπόλεως
- ↑ Α ΛΟΓΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΕΡΑ: Τελευταία λόγια του Αγίου Λουκά
- ↑ «Препоясать чресла наши правдой». Живое слово святителя Луки Крымского / Православие.Ru
- ↑ Ephesians 6:10-11
- ↑ Ephesians 6:12
- ↑ Archdeacon Vasily Marushchak. The Blessed Surgeon: The Life of Saint Luke, Archbishop of Simferopol. 2nd Edition. Divine Ascent Press, 2008. (Contains the life and service of St. Luke)
- Saint Luke of Crimea the Doctor (in Greek); (in Russian)
- Hiero-confessor Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) (Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Washiongton D.C.)
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 6161 Vojno-Yasenetsky (1971 TY2).
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These are examples of playing-cards not intended for play. Each of the pip cards have been changed (transformed) by the addition of drawings that include each of the pips as part of the picture. The result can be artistic or humorous.
These cards became fashionable in the early 1800s, and interest in them has revived from time to time.
The standard reference book on Transformation Cards is: Transformation Playing Cards by Albert Field, U.S. Games Systems Inc., Stamford, USA, 1987, ISBN 0 88079 033 4. This work confines itself to commercially printed packs only.
Examples of transformation cards are shown in the gallery
below. All of them use a normal, French-suited 4 of diamonds
as a starting point. Some are commercially printed, others are
hand-made packs by artists. Some of the artists "cheat" by
allowing the pips to move from their original position.
Click on a card in the gallery below and it will be displayed in the column on the right-hand side with a description.


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A cough will usually clear up on its own within 3 to 4 weeks.
Could it be coronavirus?
A new, continuous cough could be coronavirus (COVID-19).
Get advice about coronavirus symptoms and what to do
There's usually no need to see a GP.
You should:
- rest
- drink plenty of fluids
You could also try:
- paracetamol or ibuprofen to treat any pain
- hot lemon and honey (not suitable for babies under 1 year old)
- a herbal medicine called pelargonium (suitable for people aged 12 or over)
But there's limited evidence to show these work.
How to make a hot lemon and honey drink
Hot lemon with honey has a similar effect to cough medicines.
If you have a cough, you can ask a pharmacist about:
- cough syrup
- cough medicine (some cough medicines should not be given to children under 12)
- cough sweets
These will not stop your cough, but may help you cough less.
Decongestants and cough medicines containing codeine will not stop your cough.
- you've had a cough for more than 3 weeks (persistent cough)
- your cough is very bad or quickly gets worse – for example, you have a hacking cough or cannot stop coughing
- you feel very unwell
- you have chest pain
- you're losing weight for no reason
- the side of your neck feels swollen and painful (swollen glands)
- you find it hard to breathe
- you have a weakened immune system – for example, because of chemotherapy or diabetes
See a GP urgently if you're coughing up blood.
To find out what's causing your cough, the GP might:
- take a sample of any mucus you might be coughing up
- order an X-ray, allergy test, or a test to see how well your lungs work
- refer you to hospital to see a specialist, but this is rare
Antibiotics are not normally prescribed for coughs. A GP will only prescribe them if you need them – for example, if you have a bacterial infection or you're at risk of complications.
Most coughs are caused by a cold or flu.
Other causes include:
- smoking
- heartburn (acid reflux)
- allergies – for example, hay fever
- infections like bronchitis
- mucus dripping down the throat from the back of the nose
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Plantar warts are growths that typically appear on the heels or other weight-bearing areas of the feet. These warts are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). The virus enters the body through breaks in the skin, such as cuts, that are on the bottom of the feet. Plantar warts are more likely to affect children and teenagers, people with weakened immune systems, people who have a history with plantar warts, and people who walk barefoot in environments exposed to a wart-causing virus.
If you suspect you have plantar warts, you may have the following symptoms: pain or tenderness while walking, a lesion that interrupts the ridges in the skin of your foot, small fleshy lesions on the bottom of the foot, or a callus where a wart has grown inward over a well-defined spot on the skin.
HPV causes plantar warts to form and is very common. There are more than 100 kinds of the virus in existence. However, only a few of them cause warts on the feet. The other types of HPV are likely to cause warts on other parts of the body.
If you have plantar warts, your podiatrist may try different treatment methods depending on your specific case. Some treatments for plantar warts are peeling medicines (salicylic acid), freezing medicines (cryotherapy), or surgical procedures. Laser treatments and vaccines are also used to treat plantar warts.


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Selling On Your Own
Selling your Raleigh house on your own will require some real effort. It is wise to have some real estate knowledge under your belt so you can understand all laws and be prepared for the negotiation process. You should understand the local market, and be able to recognize a good offer. With a For Sale By Owner Listing, or an FSBO, you will need to handle all of the marketing on your own. This includes online listings, print materials, newspaper ads, open houses, and signage. You will also need to be able to answer questions and show the property to potential buyers as requested. If you do find a potential buyer, you will need to ensure all of the paperwork and contracts are handled correctly. When choosing an FSBO listing, it is always smart to speak to a local real estate attorney to make sure everything is done the right way.
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Updated: September 27th 2023
This policy documents the measures and practices that RE/MAX Imagine & Privilège (hereinafter "the agency" or "we" or "us") has implemented to govern the use and safeguarding of its clients' personal information. Clients (or "you" or "your") are individuals from whom the agency collected personal information through direct or indirect contact with an authorized agency representative and the website https://remax-imagineprivilege.com/ (hereinafter the "Website") for the purposes described in section 4 below.
In this policy, "personal information" refers to all personal information collected by the agency that allows it to directly or indirectly identify a client, either independently or with other information.
The main purpose of this policy is to inform clients of:
- the means by which the agency collects personal information;
- the nature of the personal information collected by the agency and the purposes for which it is collected;
- how the agency may use personal information as well as third parties with which the agency is likely to share this personal information if required;
- your rights with regard to the personal information compiled by the agency, particularly to access your personal information or request that inaccurate personal information be corrected if necessary;
- the various safeguards implemented by the agency to safeguard the confidentiality of the personal information;
- how personal information is retained, destroyed and/or anonymized; and
- how you can contact the agency to ask questions, share your comments or, if necessary, make a complaint regarding this policy.
By providing personal information to the agency through direct or indirect contact with an authorized agency representative or your use of the website, you consent to the agency compiling, using, disclosing and retaining this personal information in compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in this policy.
The agency reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions set forth in this policy at any time and at its sole discretion. In this situation, the agency will send a version of this policy that includes the changes made. Your use of the services (as defined in section 4 below) as of the receipt of this version is deemed to constitute your express acceptance of the changes made.
This policy as well as all of its modified versions are subject to applicable legislation in the province of Québec.
1. Through what means does the agency collect personal information?The agency collects personal information through the following means: (i) when voluntarily sending such personal information to an agency employee or authorized representative of the agency in writing, by email or in person, (ii) the information we collect from other companies and public agencies (i.e., RE/MAX Group companies affiliated with the agency (RE/MAX Québec Inc., Fonds promotionnel RE/MAX Inc., Les Services de Relogement National (RELONAT) Inc. and RE/MAX, LLC (Denver, CO)) or (iii) when you use the website.
Personal information shared when using the website may be communicated directly (e.g., if they complete a web form or send an email) or automatically (see the list of personal information automatically collected in section 3).
2. What personal information does the agency collect?
The agency may collect the following personal information:
- your first and last name and your contact information (street addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers);
- your date of birth, sex and language preference;
- the personal information listed below to allow the agency, through its authorized representatives, to verify your identity and that of any other person in compliance with applicable legislation in the field of real estate brokerage (including the Real Estate Brokerage Act (CQLR, c. C-73.2) and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (S.C. 2000, c. 17) as well as their respective regulations):
- your primary profession or occupation;
- a government-issued photo ID that is genuine, valid and current;
- a document from a trusted source with your name and address, a document from a trusted source with your name and date of birth and a document with your name as well as confirmation that you have a deposit account, a prepaid payment product account, or a credit card or another loan account with a financial entity; and
- your Canadian citizenship or residency.
the personal information that you share with us to carry out services (as defined in section 4 below) and that are likely to constitute sensitive personal information, such as:
- information regarding your real estate transaction project; and
- financial information that is required to make credit checks and withdraw instalments and payments (credit card number, mortgage approval, tax slips, credit report, etc.);
- your conversations and communications history with us (call recordings, chat sessions and conversations through instant messaging, particularly on our social media);
- personal information generated by you when using the services (complaints, requests for information, notices, comments and answers to surveys);
- personal information provided as part of an employment application with the agency (resume, educational background, professional experience and affiliations);
- personal information that you are required, or asked, to share with does the agency due to the nature of your relationship with it (e.g., employees will be asked to provide social insurance numbers, financial information and photos for the website. If you are a director, you must provide a piece of ID in accordance with the Act mainly to improve the transparency of enterprises);
- personal information automatically collected through your use of the website (see section 3).
To ensure that the website functions properly, the agency must collect the following information from clients that visit the website:
- the domain name of their Internet service provider;
- their IP address;
- their browser (Explorer, Firefox, etc.) and their operating system (Windows, Mac OS, etc.);
- the date and time of their visit;
- their country of origin;
- the pages they consulted and the time spent doing so;
- the address of the referring website; and
- crash data.
All this information is collected automatically from the time a client logs on to the website. Certain personal information is collected through temporary cookies or "web beacons" (aka "invisible pixels"). These files or beacons also allow us to improve the website's performance as well as some of its functions.
4. For what purposes does the agency collect personal information?
The agency collects your personal information to:
- provide support, information, advice and tools relating to any real estate transactions that you ask us to perform (hereinafter referred to generally as "services");
- perform real estate transactions and be compensated for our services;
- comply with current laws and regulations; and
- issue notifications and alerts to provide you with specific information when using the services. In doing so, the agency uses a technology that allows it to carry out profiling, the functions of which must be activated by the client on the website;
- assess your eligibility for programs such as Tranquilli-T https://www.tranquilli-t.com/index_en.html, Intégri-T https://en.garantie-integri-t.com/ and RE/MAX Key Program https://quebec.programmecleremax.com/en with a view to, among other things, helping you save and protecting you from hidden defects when you buy your property.
- communicate with you, in a general manner, to send various information relating to the services and offer products and/or services that are likely to interest you;
- follow up periodically with you to ensure that you are satisfied with the services being provided;
- developing, improving and promoting the services, particularly to generate and publish de-identified statistics from several clients' personal information;
- measure the effectiveness of the agency's efforts to attract visitors to its website;
- determine what information should be made available by the agency and the efforts it is taking to raise visitors' interest in its website;
- identify which of our partner sites' efforts have attracted visitors;
- improve the website's performance and its ability to effectively retain visitors;
- identify the legislation to which visitors' personal information is subject; and
- review your employment application with the agency as necessary.
Subject to exceptions under applicable legislation, the agency will ensure that it obtains your consent prior to using your personal information for any purpose other than those listed above.
5. With whom is the agency likely to share your personal information?Generally, the agency uses its clients' personal information for internal purposes only. However, the agency is likely to share your personal information with the following persons or entities:
- its employees and representatives who need access to this personal information to carry out the purposes listed in section 4 above;
- its partners and external service providers with whom the agency has entered into a contractual agreement under which the external service provider is required to take appropriate measures to:
- safeguard the confidential nature of the personal information shared;
- ensure that the personal information shared is only used for the purposes of carrying out the services it is asked to render for the agency;
- ensure that the personal information shared is not kept after the aforementioned agreement has ended;
- immediately notify the agency of any violation or attempted violation by an individual of any obligation relating to the confidentiality of the personal information shared; and
- allow the agency to perform all checks relating to the confidentiality of the personal information shared. For example, the service provider that hosts the website and maintains said website may have access to personal information as part of the specific performance of its services under a contractual agreement binding it to the agency;
- entities that are part of the RE/MAX Group or affiliated with the agency (RE/MAX Québec Inc., Fonds Promotionnel RE/MAX Inc., Les Services de relogement national (RELONAT) Inc. and RE/MAX, LLC (Denver, CO)), to the extent necessary so that they can fulfil their contractual and statutory obligations;
- any other person or entity, when prescribed or allowed by applicable legislation, or with the client's consent.
In order to fulfil the aforementioned purposes, the agency may communicate your personal information outside Québec. However, the agency only does so if a privacy impact assessment shows that the receiving party is able to adequately safeguard said personal information, particularly with regard to generally accepted privacy principles. In such circumstances, the agency contractually requires the entity with whom your personal information is shared to comply with various conditions to ensure that your personal information is safeguarded, including but not limited to all conditions in section 5(b) above.
6. How does the agency protect the confidentiality of your personal information?
The agency takes appropriate physical, technological and administrative privacy measures to safeguard your personal information and reduce the risk of unauthorized/illegal access, use, disclosure and destruction.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the agency:
- Vérifie l'identité et les antécédents judiciaires de tous ses employés et représentants ;
- Exige de chacun de ses employés et représentants ayant accès à des renseignements personnels qu'il signe un engagement de confidentialité ;
- a un contrôle des accès limitant l'accès aux renseignements personnels aux employés et représentants autorisés qui nécessitent l'accès aux renseignements personnels ;
- Conserve les renseignements personnels sur des supports matériels consignés dans des locaux verrouillés uniquement accessibles par des employés et représentants autorisés de l'Agence ; et
- Conserve les renseignements personnels sur un support technologique sécurisé, à savoir le système d'information fourni par les Fournisseurs de gestion électronique des documents, sur lesquels est notamment mis en place un système d'identification et d'authentification afin de limiter l'accès à vos renseignements personnels aux personnes autorisées qui ont besoin d'un tel accès dans la poursuite d'une ou plusieurs fins énumérées dans la section 4 ci-devant.
Furthermore, the website is equipped with certain security mechanisms aimed at safeguarding your personal information, i.e.:
- all exchanges between RE/MAX's servers and user devices are encrypted;
- all user passwords are encrypted; and
- the agency's IT service provider is required to comply with various security obligations that involve, among other things, periodically validating security practices and processes and continuous oversight of the website's software components and their updates.
The agency maintains a current confidentiality incident log, in compliance with applicable legislation. Should a confidentiality incident that presents a serious risk of harm to you occur, the agency will take necessary measures to notify you, in compliance with applicable legislation. The risk that serious harm has been caused to you is determined based on criteria such as awareness of the personal information that is involved in the confidentiality incident, the likely consequences of its use and the probability that it is used for harm.
8. How long is personal information retained?Pursuant to our procedures for safely retaining and disposing of personal information, we only retain your personal information for the duration necessary to accomplish the purposes listed in section 4 of this policy or for the term required for us to comply with our statutory obligations, whichever occurs later.
The agency reserves the right to close a client's file once the real estate transaction process is complete or, in the case of agency employees, for a consecutive period of at least seven (7) years as of the last day of employment, all of which is subject to a statutory obligation providing a different minimum retention period. The closure of a file means that the personal information contained therein will be completely and definitively disposed of, or will be anonymized so it can be used for serious and legitimate purposes. When closing a file regarding a client who is not an agency employee or representative, the personal information contained therein must be destroyed or anonymized usually six (6) years after the date said file is closed due to the retention period imposed by law.
Under this policy, "anonymization" means the process in which personal information no longer allows for the client to which it is tied to be directly or indirectly identified, in a way that is irreversible.
9. How can you access, correct, update and/or obtain a copy of your personal information?
The agency acknowledges its clients' right to access, correct, update and obtain a copy of their personal information by presenting a written request to this effect to the agency using the contact information in section 13 below. Should such a written request be sent to the agency, the company would, in accordance with the Act, verify your identity and respond to it in writing within thirty (30) days of receipt of said request. Any request that is not processed within this period is deemed to have been rejected.
A request to correct personal information will be granted under certain circumstances, including:
- the personal information is inaccurate;
- the personal information is outdated;
- the personal information is ambiguous;
- the personal information is incomplete; or
- the personal information has been unjustifiably collected.
Should the agency acquiesce to any client request to obtain a copy of computerized personal information, the agency will ensure to send them (or any other person or agency authorized by law to collect such personal information, according to the client's request) a copy in a structured and commonly used technological format. This subsection is not applicable (i) if sending the copy in such a technological format presents serious practical challenges and/or (ii) regarding any computerized personal information that was created or inferred from other personal information.
Should the agency refuse to acquiesce to any client request to access, correct or update personal information, the agency will ensure to share with them the reasons for this refusal as well as any recourse the client has under the circumstances and the timeframe in which it may be exercised. To the extent the client requires, the agency shall also provide them with assistance to help understand the reasons for the refusal.
Should a written request to this effect be sent by the client, the agency may also cease dissemination of the client's personal information and/or deindex or reindex, as the case may be, any hyperlinks tied to this client's name, subject to criteria established by applicable legislation in force at the time.
In principle, the exercise of a right provided for in this section by the client is free of charge. However, the client in question may be required to pay reasonable fees to offset the cost of transcribing, reproducing or transmitting their personal information. In such a case, the client will be notified of the amount of the fees in question before their request is processed.
10. How can you withdraw your consent for the use or sharing of your personal information?Subject to your contractual commitments with the agency and applicable legislation, you can withdraw or modify your consent for the collection, use and/or sharing of your personal information. To do so, you must submit a written request to this effect to the agency using the contact information in section 13 below.
Please note that the withdrawal or modification of your consent is likely to have an impact on the agency's ability to adequately collect your personal information described in section 4 of this policy and could, therefore, have repercussions on the services we provide to you.
11. How to file a complaint
You can make a complaint about the personal information safeguarding methods, practices and policies by writing to our privacy officer using the contact information in section 14 of this policy.
All complaints will be handled directly by our privacy officer. A response will be sent within 30 days of receiving the complaint. If the complaint is accepted, a summary of the changes made to the subject of the complaint will be sent to you.
If you are not satisfied with the handling of your complaint, you may also contact the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec. A written complaint may be submitted to the Commission at the following website: https://www.cai.gouv.qc.ca/diffusion-de-linformation/services-et-formulaires/.
12. Safeguarding your personal information is a priority for all RE/MAX Group Québec Inc. entities
To obtain additional information about how your personal information is handled by other RE/MAX Group Québec Inc. entities, please consult each of their confidentiality policies:
- RE/MAX Québec Inc. at https://www.remax-quebec.com/en/privacy-policy
- Fonds promotionnel RE/MAX Inc. A copy of this entity's confidentiality policy will be provided to you upon request.
- Les Services de Relogement National (RELONAT) Inc. at https://www.en.relonat.com/privacy-policy
The website is likely to contain links to other websites or third-party products and services (collectively referred to as "third-party products"). Third-party products may be subject to conditions of use and a confidentiality policy that differs from the agency's. The agency cannot in any case be held responsible or subject to any obligation regarding the content of these third parties' terms of use and/or confidentiality policy. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the agency has no responsibility or obligation regarding any of your personal information that may be collected, used, disclosed or retained by any person or entity in relation to your access or use of third-party products.
Any link on the website leading to a third-party product does not imply or mean in any way that the agency assumes or accepts responsibility for the content or use of this third-party product. The agency makes no representations regarding the quality, safety, adequacy or reliability of third-party products, or the content or equipment they contain. When you access or use third-party products, you should consult the related terms and conditions and confidentiality policy.
14. How can you contact the agency's privacy officer?We are responsible for your personal information. Consequently, we have designated a privacy officer at the agency. To exercise one of your rights, ask questions, make comments or file a complaint regarding this policy or in relation to our handling of your personal information, please contact this person at the following address.
Please note that the agency is required to verify your identity before responding to any request, question, comment or complaint filed with its privacy officer:
Personal data and privacy officer
Contact : Mathieu Lacaille
Phone : Longueuil (St-Charles) 450-651-8331 / Longueuil (Ch. du Tremblay) 450-651-4000 / Saint-Hubert 450-678-3150
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EXCLUSIVE: Syrians In Ghouta Claim Saudi-Supplied Rebels Behind Chemical Attack
Rebels and local residents in Ghouta accuse Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan of providing chemical weapons to an al-Qaida linked rebel group.
Dale Gavlak assisted in the research and writing process of this article, but was not on the ground in Syria. Reporter Yahya Ababneh, with whom the report was written in collaboration, was the correspondent on the ground in Ghouta who spoke directly with the rebels, their family members, victims of the chemical weapons attacks and local residents.
Gavlak is a MintPress News Middle East correspondent who has been freelancing for the AP as a Amman, Jordan correspondent for nearly a decade. This report is not an Associated Press article; rather it is exclusive to MintPress News.
Ghouta, Syria — As the machinery for a U.S.-led military intervention in Syria gathers pace following last week's chemical weapons attack, the U.S. and its allies may be targeting the wrong culprit.
Interviews with people in Damascus and Ghouta, a suburb of the Syrian capital, where the humanitarian agency Doctors Without Borders said at least 355 people had died last week from what it believed to be a neurotoxic agent, appear to indicate as much.
The U.S., Britain, and France as well as the Arab League have accused the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for carrying out the chemical weapons attack, which mainly targeted civilians. U.S. warships are stationed in the Mediterranean Sea to launch military strikes against Syria in punishment for carrying out a massive chemical weapons attack. The U.S. and others are not interested in examining any contrary evidence, with U.S Secretary of State John Kerry saying Monday that Assad's guilt was "a judgment … already clear to the world."
However, from numerous interviews with doctors, Ghouta residents, rebel fighters and their families, a different picture emerges. Many believe that certain rebels received chemical weapons via the Saudi intelligence chief, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, and were responsible for carrying out the dealing gas attack.
"My son came to me two weeks ago asking what I thought the weapons were that he had been asked to carry," said Abu Abdel-Moneim, the father of a rebel fighting to unseat Assad, who lives in Ghouta.
Abdel-Moneim said his son and 12 other rebels were killed inside of a tunnel used to store weapons provided by a Saudi militant, known as Abu Ayesha, who was leading a fighting battalion. The father described the weapons as having a "tube-like structure" while others were like a "huge gas bottle."
Ghouta townspeople said the rebels were using mosques and private houses to sleep while storing their weapons in tunnels.
Abdel-Moneim said his son and the others died during the chemical weapons attack. That same day, the militant group Jabhat al-Nusra, which is linked to al-Qaida, announced that it would similarly attack civilians in the Assad regime's heartland of Latakia on Syria's western coast, in purported retaliation.
"They didn't tell us what these arms were or how to use them," complained a female fighter named 'K.' "We didn't know they were chemical weapons. We never imagined they were chemical weapons."
"When Saudi Prince Bandar gives such weapons to people, he must give them to those who know how to handle and use them," she warned. She, like other Syrians, do not want to use their full names for fear of retribution.
A well-known rebel leader in Ghouta named 'J' agreed. "Jabhat al-Nusra militants do not cooperate with other rebels, except with fighting on the ground. They do not share secret information. They merely used some ordinary rebels to carry and operate this material," he said.
"We were very curious about these arms. And unfortunately, some of the fighters handled the weapons improperly and set off the explosions," 'J' said.
Doctors who treated the chemical weapons attack victims cautioned interviewers to be careful about asking questions regarding who, exactly, was responsible for the deadly assault.
The humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders added that health workers aiding 3,600 patients also reported experiencing similar symptoms, including frothing at the mouth, respiratory distress, convulsions and blurry vision. The group has not been able to independently verify the information.
More than a dozen rebels interviewed reported that their salaries came from the Saudi government.
Saudi involvement
In a recent article for Business Insider, reporter Geoffrey Ingersoll highlighted Saudi Prince Bandar's role in the two-and-a-half year Syrian civil war. Many observers believe Bandar, with his close ties to Washington, has been at the very heart of the push for war by the U.S. against Assad.
Ingersoll referred to an article in the U.K.'s Daily Telegraph about secret Russian-Saudi talks alleging that Bandar offered Russian President Vladimir Putin cheap oil in exchange for dumping Assad.
"Prince Bandar pledged to safeguard Russia's naval base in Syria if the Assad regime is toppled, but he also hinted at Chechen terrorist attacks on Russia's Winter Olympics in Sochi if there is no accord," Ingersoll wrote.
"I can give you a guarantee to protect the Winter Olympics next year. The Chechen groups that threaten the security of the games are controlled by us," Bandar allegedly told the Russians.
"Along with Saudi officials, the U.S. allegedly gave the Saudi intelligence chief the thumbs up to conduct these talks with Russia, which comes as no surprise," Ingersoll wrote.
"Bandar is American-educated, both military and collegiate, served as a highly influential Saudi Ambassador to the U.S., and the CIA totally loves this guy," he added.
According to U.K.'s Independent newspaper, it was Prince Bandar's intelligence agency that first brought allegations of the use of sarin gas by the regime to the attention of Western allies in February.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the CIA realized Saudi Arabia was "serious" about toppling Assad when the Saudi king named Prince Bandar to lead the effort.
"They believed that Prince Bandar, a veteran of the diplomatic intrigues of Washington and the Arab world, could deliver what the CIA couldn't: planeloads of money and arms, and, as one U.S. diplomat put it, wasta, Arabic for under-the-table clout," it said.
Bandar has been advancing Saudi Arabia's top foreign policy goal, WSJ reported, of defeating Assad and his Iranian and Hezbollah allies.
To that aim, Bandar worked Washington to back a program to arm and train rebels out of a planned military base in Jordan.
The newspaper reports that he met with the "uneasy Jordanians about such a base":
His meetings in Amman with Jordan's King Abdullah sometimes ran to eight hours in a single sitting. "The king would joke: 'Oh, Bandar's coming again? Let's clear two days for the meeting,' " said a person familiar with the meetings.
Jordan's financial dependence on Saudi Arabia may have given the Saudis strong leverage. An operations center in Jordan started going online in the summer of 2012, including an airstrip and warehouses for arms. Saudi-procured AK-47s and ammunition arrived, WSJ reported, citing Arab officials.
Although Saudi Arabia has officially maintained that it supported more moderate rebels, the newspaper reported that "funds and arms were being funneled to radicals on the side, simply to counter the influence of rival Islamists backed by Qatar."
But rebels interviewed said Prince Bandar is referred to as "al-Habib" or 'the lover' by al-Qaida militants fighting in Syria.
Peter Oborne, writing in the Daily Telegraph on Thursday, has issued a word of caution about Washington's rush to punish the Assad regime with so-called 'limited' strikes not meant to overthrow the Syrian leader but diminish his capacity to use chemical weapons:
Consider this: the only beneficiaries from the atrocity were the rebels, previously losing the war, who now have Britain and America ready to intervene on their side. While there seems to be little doubt that chemical weapons were used, there is doubt about who deployed them.
It is important to remember that Assad has been accused of using poison gas against civilians before. But on that occasion, Carla del Ponte, a U.N. commissioner on Syria, concluded that the rebels, not Assad, were probably responsible.
Some information in this article could not be independently verified. Mint Press News will continue to provide further information and updates .
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After the interviewer presses him a couple times on the point and tries to focus him on the fact that Prime Minister Zapatero isn't from Mexico and isn't a drug lord either McCain comes back at her saying, "All I can tell you is that I have a clear record of working with leaders in the Hemisphere that are friends with us and standing up to those who are not. And that's judged on the basis of the importance of our relationship with Latin America and the entire region."I've listened to the audio, and what Marshall is missing is that when the interviewer says "But what about Europe?" it sounds as though she says "But what about you?" That's why McCain says "What about me, what?"
Then there's a moment of awkward pause before she says. "But what about Europe? I'm talking about the President of Spain."
McCain: "What about me, what?["]
Interviewer: "Are you willing to meet with him if you're elected president?"
McCain: "I am wiling to meet with any leader who is dedicated to the same principles and philosophy that we are for humans rights, democracy and freedom. And I will stand up to those who do not."
At this point, the interviewer gets tongue-tied presumably because she can't get over McCain not knowing what Spain is.
There's not as easy an explanation for why McCain is unresponsive about Spain initially, but goes back to the previous subject of Latin America and goes on about Mexico. It's impossible to believe that McCain doesn't know where Spain is. But it is possible that he didn't recognize the name Zapatero or doesn't know enough about the country to want to say anything coherent about it. It seems more likely that he was getting tired of the interview or finding the interviewer a little hard to understand, and he was just trying to get to the end and it showed.
UPDATE: First, please note that my comment above isn't meant to completely absolve McCain. I have taken a vow of cruel neutrality. I say what I think regardless of whose ox is gored. Now, here's the update: WaPo reports:
McCain foreign policy adviser Randy Sheunemann said McCain's answer was intentional.In other words, bumbling as it sounds, he meant to do that.
"The questioner asked several times about Senator McCain's willingness to meet Zapatero (and id'd him in the question so there is no doubt Senator McCain knew exactly to whom the question referred). Senator McCain refused to commit to a White House meeting with President Zapatero in this interview," he said in an e-mail....
Asked to explain McCain's apparent shift in tone and position since April, Scheunemann gave almost no ground.
"In this week's interview, Senator McCain did not rule in or rule out a White House meeting with President Zapatero, a NATO ally," he said in an e-mail. "If elected, he will meet with a wide range of allies in a wide variety of venues but is not going to spell out scheduling and meeting location specifics in advance. He also is not going to make reckless promises to meet America's adversaries. It's called keeping your options open, unlike Senator Obama, who has publicly committed to meeting some of the world's worst dictators unconditionally in his first year in office."


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Why Does Chopping Onions Drive Us To Tears?
Tears and a runny nose? Looks like that recipe called for freshly chopped onion! What is it about onions that sends our tear ducts into overdrive?
Onions Are Full Of Sulfur
As onions grow, they absorb sulfur from the soil. Onions also contain special enzymes that lie in reserve, ready to break down those sulfurous molecules.
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Our Eyes Tear Up To Protect Themselves
Our eyes produces three types of tears—emotional, basal, and reflexive. You know what emotional tears are. Basal tears account for the constant moisture protecting and lubricating. Onions trigger reflexive tears, an automatic defense mechanism.
When acidic vapors reach our eyes, our brain interprets it as a burning sensation and tears spike to wash out the irritant.
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