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Denver, Colo., Apr 18, 2013 / 12:02 am MT (CNA).- To counter decades of Catholics becoming absorbed into secular American culture, noted author and journalist Russell Shaw is proposing a new Catholic "subculture" committed to evangelization.
"We're no longer evangelizing the culture, we've been evangelized by it, and it's not good for the secular culture, and it's destroying us as a religious community," Shaw told CNA on April 16.
"My critique of Americanism and of cultural assimilation is very real," he explained. "What has happened has turned out not to be in the best interest of the Catholic Church in the U.S., but no one started out with bad intentions."
Shaw is the author of "American Church: The Remarkable Rise, Meteoric Fall, and Uncertain Future of Catholicism in America," which is published by Ignatius Press and was released at the end of March.
The book contains a foreword by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia, who discusses the dangerous temptation for Catholics to "become like everyone else....rather than be 'other than' and holy," agreeing that American Catholics have largely "abandoned who we really are."
Shaw's work, originally titled "The Gibbons Legacy," begins by examining "Americanism," which was a "naively optimistic" view of the compatibility between Catholicism and the American ethos of individualism, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Americanism was championed by such figures as Archbishop John Ireland of Saint Paul and Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore. It was opposed by Leo XIII and by Orestes Brownson, a Catholic intellectual who argued that there is a "radical incompatibility" between the American ethos and traditional Catholicism.
"Whether Brownson was or wasn't correct in his time, it's to a great extent turned out that way today, in the wake of four decades of profound and alarming change in the character of American secular culture," Shaw said.
He noted the falling number of priests and religious in the U.S., as well as declining participation in the sacraments, an exodus from the Church and the large amount of "Catholics in name only," attributing these figures to the cultural assimilation of Catholics into the mainstream.
The story told in "American Church," Shaw said, is one "without villains," but is it is about "generally decent, good people trying to do the right thing, but often in retrospect not doing the right thing, blundering, making large mistakes, which we're only now coming to realize and understand clearly."
"And which we need to rectify before it's too late," he stressed.
Among his reasons for writing the book, Shaw said, is to examine questions of Catholic identity and history in the U.S. and to "call what I think are the right answers to the attention of as many people as possible."
That way, he explained, "instead of just muddling through and hoping for the best, we can proceed in a rational, self-conscious manner to achieve the sort of goals and objectives that we want to achieve, rather than sometime in the future ending up in a state of affairs that we didn't anticipate and don't particularly like, which could happen."
As a solution to the problem of the faithful being absorbed into secular culture, Shaw proposed the creation of a new "Catholic subculture" that promotes Catholic identity while being evangelistic rather than being focused inward like the "Catholic ghetto" of the early 20th century.
Shaw agrees with those who would denounce an inward-focused Catholic subculture whose institutions are laughable to secular culture. However, he maintains that a healthy Catholic subculture is necessary for the Catholics to thrive as Catholics: "absent a subculture, you won't have any group identity."
"You'll be what we are now, a rather amorphous group, a label for convenience's sake: 'the Catholic Church in the U.S.', but a splintered group in which a very large number of the putative members are not really Catholic in any meaningful sense at all."
"In the late 50s through the 70s, we gave up on the Catholic subculture in a big way, and that's the era when we lost a lot of the older Catholic institutions, and those that remained went secular," he observed.
More than half a century ago, Shaw noted, Catholicism was "well on its way to becoming a profoundly effective culture-forming factor in the United States."
But now, he explained, the Church has no significant influence on the broader secular culture because so many American Catholics have plunged "unconditionally" into that culture.
The solution, a new subculture, must be based in "a Catholic identity which is outward looking and which is profoundly and radically committed to evangelization" of the larger culture, the author emphasized.
This subculture must sustain its members and maintain Catholic identity.
"You have to get your identity, values, and commitments right, or you're going to be in serious trouble," he said.
Shaw sees promising signs of the framework for this Catholic subculture, including new media ventures such as Catholic News Agency, new Catholic educational institutions such as Ave Maria University, and "the return to a more orthodox brand of Catholicism on the part of at least some older academic institutions, such as Catholic University of America."
He added that a new subculture will require both those deeply immersed in it, who "provide reinforcement and catechesis," bolstering and sustaining Catholic identity, and those who having been bolstered and are more present "in the midst of the secular world."
"What I'm saying is predicated on the assumption that we'll have a large percentage of Catholics who are loyal and orthodox...who will be out there in the secular society, working and socializing with non-Catholics, but whose commitment to the Catholic faith will be visible at all times and in all circumstances," he explained.
"And it is those people who will be agents of the new evangelization in that larger secular context."
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Leading man Andy Garcia delivers. Had writer/director Raymond De Felitta focused his film on further developing Garcia's charismatic character, the film would have been more successful. The problem is that Garcia just doesn't have the right supporting cast; his three children in the film go from bad to worse.
The oldest, played by Steven Strait, is good at looking into the camera in a way that suggests frustration, but this may be his only emotive talent. The performance of Dominik García-Lorido, Garcia's on-screen and real-life daughter, makes a strong case for doing away with nepotism when casting.
And the youngest son, played by Ezra Miller, should have been written out from the start. He cannot be blamed for acting unconvincingly in a part that should not have existed.
However, the performance of all three actors blows Emily Mortimer out of the water. Every time Mortimer comes on screen, the best one can hope for is that she will deliver her lines quickly and then recede into the background before you fall asleep.
"City Island" has been circulating through film festivals for a year now, and won the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival. But beyond that one honor, the film has been largely met with silence.
De Felitta uses his sarcastic narrative voice to keep viewers engaged through each individual scene, but his failure to cast actors who can convey a deeper story makes this movie worth watching only if you are bored and have nothing else important to do. He should have found better talent to pull his viewers through the entire 104-minute film.

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It's an interesting project to try to design. . I'm trying to do most things the way Adrift would with General/Specific Tasks, etc. I'll put it on GitHub as soon as it becomes 'usable'.
Building a specific task in code would look something like this, but would be simplified more in the future with a custom editor, or just scan the name of the GameObject and generate it from there. "look {at} (oPainting)".
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hi, I have just joined your forum (at the advice of Hans van der Boom) to let you know I intend to sell our Dreams of Dragons 'Ramoth' figure made by Bernard Pearson and only in very small numbers.
Mine is different though. When we visited the shop (I used to do freelance work for Bernard) my son (who has the other pieces in the range and recognised it) saw an unpainted Ramoth dragon in the pottery workshop and asked Bernard if he had ever painted one green as a male and with red eyes because he thought the crystal-type eyes actually cheapened the overall look of the sculpture, and at the time Bernard just laughed it off.
Anyway, later when we visited, Bernard had the dragon on display, painted green with red eyes and it really looked the part, and with my son there again I couldn't just ignore it... It was handed over in part payment for the work I had done, and my son has had it ever since. According to Bernard at the time, this was the last cast ever to be taken from the moulds.
We were therefore very impressed when the 'Dragon's Fire' book's cover, released shortly after, showed a red-eyed, green dragon...
So I realise that to the purist it is not a completely 'correct' example of Ramoth the Dragon BUT it is unique. Of course if you already have the gold one it would make a lovely companion piece.
Rather than just put him straight on eBay I thought it best to mention it here first and if anyone would like to make us a realistic offer, in these peculiar times, we would be pleased to consider it.
If you'd like pictures or have any questions please email me at lovestamps@btinternet. com (take out the space after the dot) - I don't want to permanently put pictures on the forum.
If he doesn't sell then we are quite happy to keep him a little longer :-)
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I would love to see pictures, but even if I had the money for a proper offer I would prefer the traditional gold Ramoth.
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Colin...this was a wonderful story about your sons involvement with Bernard Pearson, and how he influnced his creating the green dragon. I would also love to see photos of this very different Dragon. It's sad that your having/needing to sell it...but Good Luck on getting a very good price and a lovely new home for her.
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I'd love to see pictures of this green Ramoth. I've sent you an email. Thanks!
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Panda Diplomacy
Or Why A. Zell Williams doesn't like pandas
I am the new guy in town, sort of. I had the pleasure of having my play, In A Daughter's Eyes, premiere at InterAct in the spring of 2011. I spent a few weeks in town for rehearsals, interviews, and the occasional visit to Pat's. And just as I began to develop a crush on Philly, I was torn away to finish grad school in New York. So it is a thrill to spend the next ten months living in the home of The Roots, Billy Paul, and Terry Gross.
I know the importance of making a good first impression. But I also I know that great relationships are built on foundations of truth and honesty. So while this declaration may distance myself from a few of you, I say it to display my conviction:
…I can't stand pandas.
Never have liked them. Never understood why other people seemed to be endlessly enthralled by a creature whose main hobbies include sitting, stick-chewing, and not mating. The scientific community will not even fully classify the panda as a bear or a raccoon, which I find insulting to the cunningly sly, scrap-sorting, sexual dynamo that is the noble Trash Bandit.
According to today's sole source of knowledge, Wikipedia, the concept of giving a panda to foreign countries has been looked upon as an act of diplomatic graciousness since the days of the Tang dynasty in the early fifth century. Chinese leaders would bequeath the "bear" upon unsuspecting diplomats, calling it a show of friendship and admiration. But I ask you in all seriousness, what did the recipient country really receive in this exchange? An animal the recipient country would have to take care of all for something that was not only a laggard, but that the children could never interact with. China got others to pick up the check for their pet care bills.
Those of you who have heard of theatre companies hosting playwrights-in-residence may have noticed some overly harmonious similarities between that position and the description of the day-to-day life of the semi-comatose "BEAR." You hear that your local theatre is paying a writer to come into the office and... be writer-y, or whatever. The same institutions constantly soliciting you for donations is hiring someone whose work - or even presence - you may never see?
Well, Philadelphians, today I make you a promise: There will be no pandas in InterAct. I am not here to be stared at from a safe distance, nor am I meant to be a photo op for the company's website or donor events (though I am more than happy to take a picture with you, should you drop by.) I am here to learn about and from you. Yes, I have thoughts, concerns, and non-panda related opinions that I hope to share during my tenure. But I want my residency to be a period of exchange, not of exhibition.
The company's Artistic Director, Seth Rozin, and I have begun to outline events to welcome in both the current InterAct audience, but the surrounding community. I will be seeing shows by and visiting other theatre companies in Philly and asking them to share in conversations around issues affecting the cultural landscape. I will also be presenting new plays and partaking in the celebration of the company's twenty-fifth anniversary and the fifteenth anniversary of the National New Play Network.
I have nothing against the existence of lackadaisical, quasi-ursidae. I understand that the numbers of patrons that visit the San Diego, Memphis, and D.C.'s National Zoos simply to observe the wanna-bear make me an outliers amongst a great deal of Americans. Nor do I harbor any ill-will toward playwrights-in-residence who are rarely seen or heard. The act of writing alone is emotionally taxing, life-consuming, and often undervalued. Both the panda and the dramatists-in-hermitage are what they are. But so am I. And my goal for the season is for us to show each who we are.


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Last week Congressman Hastings was selected by his colleagues in Congress to serve as the Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee in the 112th Congress that begins in January. This post offers an opportunity to make a real difference for families and communities in Central Washington and throughout rural America.
The Committee has jurisdiction over all of the nation's public lands and plays a pivotal role in shaping federal energy, environment, land use and natural resource policies. For Central Washington, this means the Committee works on issues that have a direct impact on our local communities. With oversight responsibility of the Bonneville Power Administration, Bureau of Reclamation irrigation projects including the Columbia Basin Project and the Yakima Project, endangered species recovery, federal hydropower projects, Payment-in-Lieu-of Taxes, and firefighting on federal lands, the Committee has an impact on a vast portion of the Pacific Northwest.
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 8, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Republican Conference selected him to serve as Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee in the 112th Congress:
Im honored to have been selected as Chairman and will work hard with my Republican colleagues to serve the American people and address their top priorities. From day one, our focus will be on reducing spending, getting people back to work and ensuring our committee work is open and transparent to the public.
As Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, Ill pursue policies that both create jobs and protect our nations treasured lands, oceans and wildlife. By utilizing our vast natural resources in a safe, environmentally responsible way, we can create and keep jobs here in America, grow our economy and ensure that we are not dependent on foreign countries with far lower environmental standards for the energy, minerals and timber vital to our economy. A thoughtful, balanced, multi-use approach to our nations lands and resources will be necessary to protect the livelihood of millions of Americans who depend on access to public lands, while also ensuring that the environment is protected.
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A list of restaurants recommended by the Vancouver Sun's restaurant critic Mia Stainsby. Prices are per couple for three courses, with a glass of wine each, before tip and taxes.
$ means $50 or less
$$ means $50 to $100
$$$ means more than $100
See West Coast listings below and listings by restaurant category under 'More on this story'.
West Coast
Bishop's: A leader in sustainability. Excellent service. 2183 West Fourth Ave., 604-738-2025. $$$
Bin 941: Tapas bar in tiny eclectic space. 941 Davie St., 604-683-1246. $$/$$$
Bin 942: Creative, delectable tapas dishes. 1521 West Broadway, 604-734-9421. $$/$$$
Boneta: An ambitious chef behind a constantly changing menu, some dishes reaching the sublime. 1 West Cordova St., 604-684-1844. $$
Brix: Large tapas selection, large selection of wines by the glass. 1138 Homer St., 604-915-9463. $$/$$$
Chow: Delicate textures marries bold flavours. A successful union. 3121 Granville St., 604-608-2469. $$$
Crave: Divine comfort food with elegant touches. 3941 Main St., 604-872-3663. $$
Cru: Blurs the lines of fine dining, lounge and bistro. 1459 West Broadway, 604-677-4111. $$
DB Bistro Moderne: Daniel Boulud's casual side and that includes a $25 luxury burger. 2563 West Broadway, 604-739-7115. $$
Diva at the Met: High-end food, gorgeously presented. Metropolitan Hotel, 645 Howe St., 604-602-7788. $$$
Figmint: Modern room, modern spin on classic European cuisine. 500 West 1th Ave., 604-875-3312. $$
Fuel: The food sings. A joy! 1944 West Fourth Ave., 604-288-7905. $$$
Gastropod: Beautifully controlled flavours, great value for fine food. 1938 West Fourth Ave., 604-730-5579. $$
Goldfish: A designer room; good value for the casually elegant food. 1118 Mainland St., 604-689-8318. $$
Glowbal Grill and Satay Bar: Hip, happening destination. Creative chef. 1079 Mainland St., 604-602-0835. $$
Grub: Modest little spot that delivers a lot. Blackboard menu changes constantly. 4328 Main St., 604-876-8671. $$
Nu: A sophisticated version of casual dining. Beautiful flavours, great atmosphere. 1661 Granville St., 604-646-4668. $$
Ocean 6 Seventeen: Regional bistro in a cozy neighbourhood spot in the crook of False Creek. 617 Stamp's Landing. 604-879-6178. $$
Pair Bistro: "Locovore" ingredients, wine and art. 3769 West 10th Ave., 604-224-7211. $$
Parkside: Handsome room in residential West End, richly flavoured food. Great spot. 1906 Haro, 604-683-6912. $$/$$$
Raincity Grill: Locovore's delight. Try their 100-Mile Menu. Some exquisite dishes. 1193 Denman St., 604-685-7337. $$$
Salt Tasting Room: Contemporary charcuterie style food with wine pairings. Edgey surrounding. 45 Blood Alley, 604-633-1912. $$
Soma: A hip, inexpensive little boite off Main St. with a perky menu, great beers. 151 East Eighth Ave., 604-630-7502. $/$$
Suvai: Good value neighbourhood spot dedicated to local ingredients. 2279 West 41st Ave., 604-261-4900. $$
Two Chefs and a Table: Good value seasonal cuisine for the price of dining outside the comfort zone in edgey Railtown. 305 Alexander St., 778-233-1303. $$
Voya: West Coast cuisine with global and creative flair; some dishes are knock-outs. 1177 Melville St., 604-669-5060. $$$
Watermark: Stunning Kits Beach view, sexy architecture, casual food. 1305 Arbutus St., 604-738-5487. $$
West: Vies for best restaurant in the city. 2881 Granville St., 604-738-8938. $$$
Yew: A stunner of a room; "Urban West Coast" food to suit. Four Seasons Hotel. 791 West Georgia St., 604-692-4939.


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A star-studded carpet last night in New York. Oscar winners Tom Hanks, Forest Whitaker showed up to support alongside the film's stars Catherine Keener and Catherine O'Hara (love her so much), and young Max Records with Spike Jonze and Maurice Sendak. And oh yeah, Blake Lively too.
Where The Wild Things Are marks the third time Jonze has directed a feature film. Just three. And the others you know: Being John Malkovich and Adapation. What huh? He's not just famous for dating Michelle Williams? Please.
Maurice Sendak trusted Jonze from the very beginning, calls him a genius. And Dave Eggers wrote the screenplay. It's finally here. So you'll see it this weekend, right?
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Haiti Overview
Haitihā´tē [key], Fr. Haïtiäētē´ [key], officially Republic of Haiti, republic (2015 est. pop. 10,711,000), 10,700 sq mi (27,713 sq km), West Indies, on the western third of the island of Hispaniola. It is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the east by the Dominican Republic. Jamaica lies to the west and Cuba to the northwest. The offshore islands of Tortuga and La Gonâve also belong to Haiti. The capital and largest city is Port-au-Prince.
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Thanksgiving With SakeThursday, November 20th, 2008
For many, choosing a wine to match the diversity of dishes associated with the traditional Thanksgiving meal poses a challenge as imposing as finding a tie/pair of shoes that matches every suit/outfit in your closet and gaining the agreement of your friends and family on the decision. Impossible? Insane? Absolutely. With the big day close at hand, and facing the annual beverage selection conundrum, why not take a new tack entirely? You know what we're about to suggest don't you? That's right…
Drinking sake with Thanksgiving isn't as unorthodox an idea as you might think. The flavors of roast turkey, cranberry relish, and sweet potatoes all have components that pair incredibly well with a number of sake. Kimoto and yamahai sake's creamy, earthy notes are a perfect complement to the roast turkey. We drank Hiraizumi Junmai Yamahai last year and still haven't found a wine that was as enjoyable with this Thanksgiving centerpiece. Likewise, a complex, compact Ginjo from Okunomatsu or a slightly rich, fruity Junmai such as Urakasumi would be perfect partners for the Sweet Potatoes in Mirin recipe that we've included here. If you're a cranberry relish fan, try the recipe below with your meal and either Chokaisan Junmai Daiginjo or Kudoki Jozu Junmai Ginjo with their clean, apple-tinged flavors.
Come visit us at SAKAYA and tell us what you're planning to make. We'll be happy to offer some sake suggestions. Make this the year that brings the change we need to the Thanksgiving table, the change from the same old beverage of the last eight years (or so), the change to Thanksgiving with sake!
Cranberry Orange Relish adapted from New York Times
1 cups fresh cranberries
1 oranges, pitted, peel removed from one orange
3 tablespoons maple syrup
2 tablespoons Grand Marnier
1 tablespoons sugar
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg.
1. Wash the fresh cranberries, and grind them in a meat grinder using a fine blade or process in a food processor until the cranberries are finely chopped.
2. Cut the oranges into eighths, and grind or process until finely chopped.
3. Combine fresh cranberries, oranges, maple syrup, Grand Marnier, sugar and nutmeg; stir well, and refrigerate at least an hour but up to 3 or 4 days.
Yield: 2 cups.
Sweet Potatoes in Mirin
2 Sweet Potatoes or yams, wash well and cut into 3/4 slices
1/4 cups mirin
1/4 cups sake
1 tablespoons sugar
1-2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 cups water
1. Combine the sweet potatoes or yam, mirin, sake, sugar, 1 tablespoons of soy sauce and water in a small sauce pan.
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In America's Way Back, Devine not only reveals where things went wrong, and why, but also points the way to reclaiming America's freedom, prosperity, and creativity. The solution lies in a new "fusion" of traditional and libertarian thought.
In making the case for twenty-first-century fusionism, America's Way Back updates the insights of Frank Meyer, the theorist Reagan specifically credited with "fashioning a vigorous synthesis of traditional and libertarian thought." Devine shows that, just as the fusionism of Meyer and William F. Buckley Jr. led to the conservative revival in the 1960s, a new harmony between freedom and tradition will revive America today.
About the author:
The Washington Post labeled Donald Devine Ronald Reagan's "terrible swift sword of the civil service" as director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management during President Reagan's first term when they cut 100,000 bureaucratic jobs and saved more than $6 billion by reducing bloated benefits. Before and after his government service he has been an academic, teaching 14 years as associate professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland and for a decade as a professor of Western civilization at Bellevue University, following the former president's entreaty to teach the American heritage to the next generation. He is currently senior scholar for The Fund for American Studies in Washington, DC, an adjunct scholar at The Heritage Foundation, a writer and editor, and a policy consultant. Devine is the author of eight books, The Attentive Public, The Political Culture of the United States, Does Freedom Work?, Reagan Electionomics, Reagan's Terrible Swift Sword, Restoring the Tenth Amendment, In Defense of the West, and his most recent, America's Way Back. He has been a Republican nominee for Congress and for state comptroller.
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Prosecutors: Woman defrauded Social Security for nearly 20 years
Woman faces 10 years in prison
A northern Kentucky woman was indicted Friday for defrauding federal assistance programs for almost two decades.
A federal grand jury in Covington returned an indictment that charges Lisa
Michelle Hiles, 45, of Foster, Ky., with supplemental security income (SSI) benefits
fraud, health care fraud and making false statements to federal agents. Her husband, Guy Hiles, 48, was also indicted for making false statements.
According to the indictment, from February 1993 until February of this year, Lisa
Hiles concealed information and made false statements about her living arrangements in order to receive financial assistance from the Social Security Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS).
Social Security's SSI program provides financial support to disabled people
with limited or no income or resources.
Prosecutors said Hiles fraudulently collected benefit checks by falsely reporting that she had separated from Guy Hiles and they were no longer sharing expenses.
In January 2012, she falsely told a federal agent that she and Guy Hiles had not lived together since 2000.
If convicted, Lisa Hiles faces a maximum prison sentence of 10 years and
Guy Hiles faces a maximum prison sentence of five years.


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BBC History of World War II: Hiroshima
Paul Wilmshurst
Genere : StoriaProblema : 18/07/2006 Scrittore : Paul Wilmshurst Studio : BBC Worldwide Durata : 92 Paese : Regno UNITO Lingue : Inglese Lingua : it Dischi : 1 Media : DVD Formato Video : NTSC Suono : Stereo Regione : 1 IMdB : 0475296 UPC : 0794051259820 Protagonisti : John Hurt, Noboru Akima, George Anton, Fred Ashworth, Robert Austin
Sommario : It was the defining moment of the 20th Century - the scientific, technological, military, and political gamble of the first atomic attack. This drama-documentary attempts to do what no other film has done before - to show what it is like to live through a nuclear explosion. Set in the three weeks from the test explosion in New Mexico to the dropping of the bomb, the action takes viewers into the room where the crucial political decisions are made; on board the Enola Gay; inside the bomb as it explodes; and on the streets of Hiroshima.
My Father Was There March 29, 2007
Da Y. SMITH
I am from Hiroshima. My father was 15 years old and was deployed as a student worker at a ship yard at the time. He does not talk much about his experience, but told me bits and pieces about what he saw. When I was an elementary school student, we had to watch the video footage of the victims that was extremely graphic. So nothing in this program was new to me, although it was very interesting to see how nuclear fusions started inside the bomb.


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Aaron Lewis, Kix Brooks, Sunny Sweeney, Casey James and Love and Theft provided acoustic performances Saturday (June 9) at the sixth annual CMA Music Festival Fan Social Presented by CMT .
Hosted by CMT Radio's Cody Alan and Samantha Stephens, the free event took place prior to the CMA Music Festival's nightly concert series at Nashville's LP Field. Fans flocked to Limelight, a venue near the stadium, after learning of the secret location through a series of clues distributed via social media.
Brooks, who's launching a solo career after a lengthy tenure as a member of Brooks & Dunn, opened the show. Captivating the crowd with jokes and stories from the road, he nonetheless made time for a few songs in between.
Sporting a red sequined headband, Sweeney was all glitz and glam as she sang two of her favorite songs — both about cheating and ex-boyfriends. American Idol finalist James and the duo of Love and Theft brought energy and charm to their performances.
Lewis, who gained national success as lead vocalist of Staind, closed the show with old and new songs, including his country hit, "Country Boy."View photos from the Fan Social.


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Cardiovascular disease, also known as 'circulatory disease', comprises all diseases and conditions involving the heart and blood vessels including high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular diseases. Although the death rates from cardiovascular disease in Australia have notably decreased over the last three decades, this group of diseases remains as one of the leading causes of death in Australia.
Total health expenditure attributable to cardiovascular disease is $5.5b, which accounts for 10.9% of allocated recurrent health system expenditure in 2000-01 (table 9.27).
The 2004-05 NHS indicated that around 3.5 million Australians (18%) reported having a circulatory system condition as a long-term condition (having lasted or being expected to last for six months or more). The most common cardiovascular condition reported was hypertension (high blood pressure) which affected 11% of the population.
The prevalence of long-term circulatory system conditions increases with age. For people aged 55 years and over, the prevalence of all circulatory system conditions is 46%. The prevalence of hypertension is 33%, and ischaemic heart disease (also called coronary heart disease) is 7%. The prevalence of cerebrovascular disease (stroke) is 2%.
Despite declines in mortality rates in the last 30 years, cardiovascular disease (or diseases of the circulatory system) remains as one of the leading cause of death in Australia in 2004, accounting for 47,637 or 36% of all deaths. Ischaemic heart disease accounted for 19% of all deaths, and cerebrovascular diseases a further 9%.
Between 1994 and 2004, age-standardised death rates for diseases of the circulatory system declined by 40% for males (from 441 to 267 per 100,000 population), and 38% for females (from 300 to 186 per 100,000 population). In the same period age-standardised death rates for people declined from 363 to 223 per 100,000 population (graph 9.28).
Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis are the most commonly occurring musculoskeletal conditions. Although they are not immediately life threatening and have low associated mortality, they have substantial influence on the quality of life and impose a heavy economic burden on the community. Total health expenditure attributable to musculoskeletal diseases is $4.6b, which accounts for 9.2% of allocated recurrent health system expenditure in 2000-01 (table 9.27).
Osteoarthritis is one of the most common types of arthritis and affects the cartilage in the joints. Cartilage cushions the ends of bones where bones meet to form a joint. In osteoarthritis this cartilage degenerates. Osteoarthritis is most commonly found in the knees, neck, lower back, hip and fingers.
Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis. Inflammatory arthritis is characterised by joint swelling and destruction. In rheumatoid arthritis the immune system attacks the tissues lining the joints. As a result of this attack, inflammation occurs causing pain, heat and swelling. The disease can also cause inflammation of connective tissue, blood vessels and organs.
Osteoporosis (porous bones) is a disease where bone density and structural quality deteriorate, leading to an increased risk of fracture. The most common sites of fracture are the bones of the spine, the hip and the wrist. However other bones are commonly affected, including the shoulder, ribs and the pelvis.
The 2004-05 NHS shows over 3 million Australians (15%) had some form of arthritis and over half a million Australians (3%) had osteoporosis. The prevalence is greater in females for all ages. The overall prevalence of arthritis is 18% for females compared with 13% for males, while the prevalence of osteoporosis is 5% for females and 1% for males. The prevalence of arthritis and osteoporosis was increasingly higher for older age groups in 2004-05 (graph 9.29). For people aged 65-74 years and 75 years and over, the prevalence of arthritis was 49% and 50% respectively, while the prevalence of osteoporosis was 12% and 17% respectively.
Injury and poisoning are broad terms that encompass the adverse effects on the human body that may result from events. These events may be accidental, such as falls, vehicle accidents and exposure to chemicals, or intentional such as suicide attempts and assaults by other people. Such events, and the factors involved in them, are collectively known as 'external causes of injury and poisoning', and are a significant source of preventable illness, disability and premature death in Australia.
Males and females, and people in different age groups, experience different levels and types of risk from injury events (risk in this sense refers to both the probability of an injury event occurring and the severity of the injuries that may result).
Respondents to the 2004-05 NHS were asked about events in the four weeks prior to interview that resulted in an injury for which they had sought medical treatment or taken some other action. Detailed information was collected about the most recent injury event in that period. Injuries data from the survey are presented in graph 9.30 and highlight differences in the reporting of injury events among males and females of different age groups.
During the 1990s, the number of people dying as a result of injury from traffic accidents decreased. However, traffic accidents remain a serious source of preventable death, injury and disability. Results from the 2004-05 NHS indicate two in 1,000 people experienced a recent injury as a result of a vehicle accident. Inexperienced road users are an acknowledged risk group in terms of the potential for death or injury from vehicle accidents. Results from the 2004-05 NHS show people aged 15-34 years experienced a higher rate of recent injury from vehicle accidents compared with people aged 35 years and over (graph 9.31).
External causes were responsible for 7,966 deaths (6% of all deaths) registered in 2004 (table 9.32). Since 1994 there has been a 7% decrease in the standardised death rate for deaths from external causes of injury and poisoning. This decrease has been influenced largely by the decline in deaths from motor vehicle accidents.
In 2004, suicide and transport accidents accounted for nearly half of all deaths due to external causes. There were 2,098 deaths attributed to intentional self-harm (suicide) in 2004, accounting for 26% of the total deaths from external causes. Transport accidents accounted for 1,689 deaths, or 21% of total registered deaths in 2004 due to external causes. There was a much higher crude death rate for males than for females for both suicide (16.6 to 4.3 per 100,000) and transport accidents (12.4 to 4.5). The crude death rate for deaths resulting from falls was higher for females (4.5) than for males (4.2).
Most people in Australia enjoy good mental health. However, in 2004-05, approximately 2.1 million people (11% of the population) reported having a long-term mental or behavioural problem that had lasted, or was expected to last, for six months or more. Mental illness is not a major direct cause of death, but it is associated with a proportion of deaths due to suicide and some other conditions, and can lead to chronic disability. Mental ill health is one of the leading causes of non-fatal burden of disease and injury in Australia. Together, mental disorders accounted for 7.5% of allocated recurrent health system expenditure in 2000-01 (table 9.27).
In the 2004-05 NHS, information on long-term mental and behavioural problems was collected from all respondents. A long-term condition was defined as one which the respondent regarded as having lasted or was expecting to last six months or more. Respondents in the survey were not specifically asked if they had been diagnosed with any mental disorders, so the information they provided could be based on self-diagnosis rather than diagnosis by a health professional.
In 2004-05, 11% of the Australian population reported that they had a long-term mental or behavioural problem. Proportionally more females (11%) than males (10%) reported these problems. The most commonly reported problems for adults (aged 18 years and over) were classified into two groups - anxiety-related problems, and mood (affective) problems such as depression and bipolar disorder. Each were reported by approximately 5% of all males and 7% of all females. In addition, around 1% of the population reported that they had a mental and behavioural disorder due to substance use (graph 9.33).
Cancer is a disease of the body's cells. Normally, cells grow and reproduce in an orderly manner. Sometimes, though, abnormal cells will grow. These abnormal cells may then reproduce and spread uncontrolled throughout the body. Cancer is the term used to describe about 100 different diseases including malignant tumours, leukaemia (a disorder of the white blood cells), sarcoma of the bones, Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (affecting the lymph nodes) in which uncontrolled cell growth threatens the rest of the body. Cancer is a major cause of death in Australia and accounted for 5.8% of allocated recurrent health system expenditure in 2000-01 (table 9.27).
In the 2004-05 NHS, an estimated 338,300 Australians (1.7%) reported they currently had a malignant neoplasm.
The AIHW Cancer Registry data shows there were 88,398 registered new cancer cases in 2001. The most common registrable cancers are the combination of cancers of the colon and rectum (12,844), breast cancer (11,886), prostate cancer (11,191), melanoma (8,885) and lung cancer (8,275). Together they accounted for 60% of all registrable new cancer cases in that year. Cancer occurs more commonly in males than females. At the incidence rates prevailing in 2001, it would be expected that one in three men, and one in four women would be diagnosed with a malignant cancer before the age of 75 years.
In 2004 malignant neoplasms (cancer) accounted for 37,625 deaths (excluding deaths from non-melanocytic skin cancer), or 28% of all deaths registered (table 9.34). Of these, there were 21,127 male deaths and 16,498 female deaths. Overall, cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung was the leading cause of cancer deaths, accounting for 19% of all cancer deaths.
There were some differences in cancer death rates between males and females. Among males, the leading causes of cancer deaths were cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung (22% of all male cancer deaths), prostate cancer (13%) and colon cancer (7%). Among females the leading causes of cancer deaths were breast cancer (16% of all female cancer deaths), cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung (15%) and colon cancer (8%). Age-specific death rates for cancer increased markedly with age, and, in most age groups, were greater for males than for females.
Mortality is influenced by the number of new cases of cancer (incidence) and the length of time lived after the initial diagnosis of cancer is made (survival). Relative survival is a measure that takes into consideration the crude survival (time between diagnosis and death) in the cancer population, and the corresponding expected survival in the general population. Expressed as a percentage, it is the cancer population that survives a specific number of years after the diagnosis divided by the general population that survives the same number of years.
In the general population during 1992-97, the expected proportion of males aged 60-69 years who survive for the next five years was 91%. The observed survival rate during 1992-97 after five years for males diagnosed with lung cancer at age 60-69 years is 11%. The five-year relative survival proportion for males diagnosed with lung cancer at age 60-69 years is the ratio of these two percentages, that is 12%.
By convention, the proportion of people surviving is measured at one, five and ten years after diagnosis. The periods reflect different stages of management during the life of a person diagnosed. For instance, the proportion of people surviving after one year can be a measure of the success of the interventions on the immediately detectable cancer, whereas five-year and ten-year measurements are strong indicators for remission or cure.
During 1992-97 the five-year relative survival proportions for all cancers for females (63%) were higher than those for males (57%) (table 9.34). Australian five-year relative survival proportions for all cancers was ranked second behind the United States of America for both males and females when compared with other western countries for which relative survival data are available.
Diabetes is a long-term condition characterised by high blood glucose (a type of sugar) level, which results from either the body producing little or no insulin, or the body not using the insulin properly (insulin resistance). Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that helps the body cells use glucose.
There are three major types of diabetes mellitus. Type 1 diabetes is marked by extremely low levels of insulin. Type 2 diabetes is marked by reduced levels of insulin, or the inability of the body to use insulin properly. Gestational diabetes (which occurs in about 4-6% of pregnancies of women who have not been previously diagnosed with diabetes) is not usually long term. However, for women diagnosed with gestational diabetes, there is an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes later in life.
Diabetes is a costly disease, associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, primarily from cardiovascular complications, eye and kidney diseases, and limb amputations. Total health expenditure attributable to diabetes was $0.8b in 2000-01, accounting for 1.6% of allocated recurrent health system expenditure (table 9.27).
Results from the 2004-05 NHS indicate approximately 700,000 Australians (around 3.5%) reported having diabetes as a long-term condition. Results from the three successive NHSs show diabetes is a growing health problem in Australia. The prevalence of diabetes has risen from 2.4% in 1995 to 3.0% in 2001, and to 3.5% in 2004-05 (after adjusting for changes in the age-structure of the population over time).
People born in some overseas regions have a higher prevalence of diabetes than people born in Australia. This difference may be largely due to a combination of genetic, biological, behavioural and environmental risk factors. For example, in 2001, males born in the Middle East and North Africa had a diabetes prevalence rate 3.6 times that of Australian-born males. The corresponding ratio for females was 2.4.
In 2004 diabetes mellitus was the underlying cause of death in 3,599 deaths, 2.7% of all deaths registered. Of these, 1,869 deaths were males and 1,730 females. The age-standardised death rate due to diabetes was 17 per 100,000 people (21 per 100,000 for males and 14 per 100,000 for females).
In addition to deaths where diabetes was the underlying cause, there were a further 8,136 deaths in 2004 where diabetes was listed as an associated (or contributing) cause of death. When diabetes was recorded as the underlying cause of death, other conditions listed as associated causes included ischaemic heart disease (52%), cerebrovascular diseases (23%), renal failure (25%) and heart failure (19%).
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the lung's air passages which makes them narrow in response to various triggers. This leads to episodes of shortness of breath and wheezing. Asthma can begin at all ages, including the very young. The disease can start as a mild chronic cough and lead to mild or severe wheezing, and sometimes even to respiratory arrest.
Although asthma has low associated mortality, people with asthma can experience reduced quality of life and require a range of health services, from general practitioner care to emergency department visits or hospital in-patient care. It is one of the most frequent reasons for hospitalisation among children aged 0-9 years.
The management of asthma is an important public health issue because of the personal burden it places on those with asthma, often with onset in childhood, and the financial burden it places on the health system. In 2000-01 health expenditure on asthma accounted for $0.7b, which represented 1.4% of allocated recurrent health expenditure (table 9.27).
The prevalence of asthma in Australia is one of the highest in the world, with more than two million Australians (10%) reporting the disease in 2004-05. Asthma is more prevalent in young people than older age groups. For people under 25 years of age, the prevalence of asthma was 12%. Up to 14 years of age, asthma was more common among males than among females. In older age groups, however, asthma was more common among females than among males.
Asthma was identified as the underlying cause of a very small number of deaths (108 males and 205 females), amounting to 0.2% of deaths registered in Australia in 2004. Most asthma deaths occur in older age groups. The most recent peak in asthma deaths occurred in 1989, and age-standardised death rates for asthma have generally declined since then. Changes in coding rules for ICD-10, which apply to deaths data from 1997 onwards, have resulted in substantially decreased recording of asthma as underlying cause of death compared with previous years (see Causes of Death, Australia, 2003 (3303.0)). Consequently, graph 9.35 shows trends for 1997 onwards.


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The New York Times has a story today on Ernests Gulbis, who defeated Mikhail Youzhny at the U.S. Open yesterday. Gulbis has decided to start living clean and serious at age 23, and this makes us sad. He is capable of so much more debauchery, and so many more hungover early exits. Yet now he's looking like he might make a deep run, even though he's in New York City, of all places. This invariably depresses anyone who wants tennis to be the least bit exciting.
The Times explains:
Asked what he would do to celebrate his birthday Tuesday night, Gulbis hastily answered: "I will go to sleep as fast as I can. No celebration. I've had enough celebrations in my life."
One of the tennis world's unabashed partiers, equally notorious for on-court tantrums that left rackets in cracked pieces as he was for visiting nightclubs until the crack of dawn, Gulbis has turned over a new leaf.
After being defeated by Nadal in the semifinals of the Rome Masters last year, he told stories of jetting home to Riga, the Latvian capital, arriving at 1 a.m. and heading right to a club with friends.
In 2009, Gulbis spent a night in a Stockholm jail for what he called a misunderstanding. After paying a small fine, he was released in time to play in the Stockholm Open. Still, the affable, malleable Gulbis came out smiling.
Where is that guy? The laughing, jailed, rich Latvian? We need him now more than ever! New Yorkers, please, if you see this man on the street, buy him a drink.


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Manchester City 5 Wigan 0
Stevan Jovetic claimed his first two Manchester City goals as Manuel Pellegrini's side eased past Wigan into the fourth round of the Capital One Cup tonight.
Edin Dzeko and substitutes Yaya Toure and Jesus Navas were also on target as City completed a routine 5-0 win over the Championship side at the Etihad Stadium.
City had made 10 changes from the side which thrashed rivals Manchester United in Sunday's derby at the same venue but there was no let-up in the intensity of their performance.
From the outset there was never any danger of Wigan repeating their heroic FA Cup final success over City from May.
Dzeko opened the scoring with a fine volley 12 minutes before the interval and Jovetic, who had hitherto endured a frustrating night, bundled in the second on the hour.
Toure came off the bench to curl in what is now becoming a trademark free-kick from 20 yards - his third such effort of the season - before £24m man Jovetic netted a second from close range.
Navas rounded off the scoring four minutes from when he broke through and fired a low shot past Lee Nicholls.
City's style of play and clinical execution were just as manager Manuel Pellegrini had desired, and provided evidence that the fluid system he is introducing throughout the club is taking hold.
Of his starting line-up, only midfielder Fernandinho survived from the side which began the 4-1 derby demolition of United.
Micah Richards came in for his first appearance of the season and impressed after recovering from injury while James Milner looked dangerous on the left and youngster Marcos Lopes had fine full debut.
Championship side Wigan made nine changes from their most recent game while Jordi Gomez, Emmerson Boyce and Roger Espinoza were the only members of their side that started the FA Cup final. Gael Clichy was City's only Wembley survivor.
Dedryck Boyata, back in the CIty side after a two-year absence, had the best of the early chances, denied by Latics goalkeeper Nicholls at a corner, before Richards stole the ball from Nouha Dicko and charged forward to fire a shot narrowly wide.
City almost took the lead after Richards burst into the area on another powerful run and pulled the ball back across goal.
Jovetic lost his footing but 17-year-old Lopes, sprinting in behind, connected with a powerful shot which rattled the woodwork.
The opener came moments later as Fernandinho ran across the 18-yard line and picked the most opportune moment to lob forward for Dzeko.
The striker timed his run perfectly and lunged forward to volley past Nicholls.
Milner continued to cause havoc on the right and another good cross was lashed into the side-netting by Jovetic.
Fernandinho's starring role in the goal proved his last significant involvement as he was replaced by Toure for the second half.
After a Milner shot was deflected on to the post, Toure surprisingly headed wide from the resulting corner.
City's second came on the hour, the opening created after another attack down the right, this time by Richards.
The stand-in skipper slipped in a good pass for Jovetic, who saw his initial shot blocked by Nicholls but the ball rebounded off him and into the net.
A foul by Fraser Fyvie on Jovetic allowed Toure to step up and curl in a free-kick which emulated similar strikes against Newcastle and Hull already this season.
Jovetic bagged his second after Ryan Shotton made a mess of a clearance and Navas raced through a gap to net the fifth in the closing stages.


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Diplo Cranks Out An Unending String Of Hooks
'Express Yourself (feat. Nicky da B)' by Diplo
Friday's Pick
Song: "Express Yourself (feat. Nicky Da B)"
Artist: Diplo
Album: Express Yourself EP
Genre: Electronic
Since his emergence in the mid-2000s, Diplo has climbed to a position rare among electronic artists: He's a DJ known by people who don't follow electronic music. Producing M.I.A.'s Grammy-nominated "Paper Planes" gave him a leg up, but much of his success stems from his curatorial impulse: Diplo's music finds crowd-pleasing ways to incorporate and shine a light on lesser-known sounds like Brazilian baile funk and Jamaican dancehall.
Appropriately, "Express Yourself" incorporates elements of New Orleans bounce, a dance-friendly style of hip-hop that relies on driving, up-tempo beats and repetitive call-and-response vocals. Given Diplo's penchant for combining elements of rap and electronic music, it's a good fit for him, as most bounce rappers steer closer to the vocal lines in dance music than to traditional hip-hop. Appropriately, the emphasis here is placed on quickly repeated phrases aimed at exciting a crowd — this is party music, after all.
The vocals in "Express Yourself" come courtesy of Nicky Da B, an up-and-comer capable of delivering the sort of quick-fire, chopped-up lines that many of his peers can only achieve with the help of cutting and looping in the studio. His chirpy, urgent delivery and Diplo's constantly shifting beats combine to make a seemingly endless succession of hooks. It's hard to get any one element of "Express Yourself" stuck in your head when every single one of them is vying for your attention.


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Man Picks Horrible Time To Run Marathon Dressed As Big Ben
By Dave Basner
March 11, 2019
Running a marathon is no easy feat, yet some people choose to do it while wearing some kind of crazy costume. That's what Lukas Bates decided to do when he took part in the Vitality Big Half marathon in London, but it made the race incredibly difficult for him. See, instead of putting on sweatpants or jogging shorts and a t-shirt, Lukas donned a Big Ben costume that rose five feet above his head.
He seemed to do alright even with the cumbersome get-up, but when Lukas reached the Canary Wharf neighborhood, things took a turn for the worse. Lukas and the other runners wound up in a bit of a wind tunnel formed by the skyscrapers lining the streets. While his fellow joggers were able to handle the blowing gusts, it proved much harder for Lukas, who was nearly blown away by the gales.
It was all caught on camera and posted to Twitter with the caption, "Hilarious Big Half scenes this morning when a bloke dressed as Big Ben hadn't factored in his additional surface area when trying to run through the Canary Wharf wind tunnel. Time standing still."
Thankfully, other runners helped guide Lukas through the wind.
It turns out Lukas has been running as Big Ben for a good cause - he's raising money for Alzheimers research. He's also entered the London marathon with the hope of breaking the record for the fastest marathon dressed as a landmark. The current record is 3 hours and 34 minutes. Lukas completed the half in 2 hours and 10 minutes, so he'll have to speed up to beat the record.
Meanwhile, he's doing well with his fundraising and you can help him by donating here.


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