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Rescinded 1981
SSR 75-8c: Sections 205(g), 1862(a)(9), and 1869(b) (42 U.S.C. 405(g), 1395y(a)(9), and 1395ff(b))—Health Insurance Benefits—Determination—Appeals—Entitlement
SSR 75-8c
Hamilton v. DHEW and Blue Cross of North Dakota, U.S.D.C., for the District of North Dakota, Civil No. 4885 (5/23/74)
The claimant sought judicial review of a final decision by the Secretary denying reimbursement for a portion of the hospital stay which created an indebtedness in the amount of Six Hundred Ninety Dollars and Fifty-five Cents ($690.55). It was determined that care during the last 10 days of the 20-day hospital stay was "custodial" in nature. The Secretary moved to dismiss on two grounds: (a) the claimant failed to commence action within 60 days after receipt of the notice and (b) the amount in controversy failed to exceed the jurisdictional requirement of $1,000. Held, because the amount in controversy filed is less than $1,000, the court lacks jurisdiction and, therefore, the question of timeliness need not be reached. The Court also indicated that judicial review regardless of amount is available to a claimant only where the individual has been denied the right to participate in the Medicare program. Where the claim relates solely to payment for a service upon which coverage has been denied, the jurisdictional amount applies.
BENSON, Chief Judge:
During the period from October 29, 1971, through November 18, 1971, the plaintiff, Elsie B. Hamilton, was a patient at Mercy Hospital of Devils Lake, North Dakota, for treatment of multiple contusions and hypertension of her left hip. Payment for her hospitalization during the period from November 8, 1971, through November 18, 1971, was denied initially, and on reconsideration by the Secretary. On November 29, 1972, the administrative law judge held that plaintiff was not entitled to hospital benefits under Part A, Title 18 of the Social Security Act for the period of November 8, 1971, through November 18, 1971, because the care and services provided during that period were "custodial" in nature, and thus specifically excluded from coverage under § 1862(a)(9) of the Social Security Act. The plaintiff filed a request with the Appeals Council that the judge's action be reviewed. After considering all the facts, the law and regulations, the Appeals Council, on February 12, 1973, notified the plaintiff by certified mail that the administrative law judge's decision was correct and would stand as the final decision of the Secretary.
By a complaint filed on December 13, 1973, the plaintiff seeks a determination that her hospitalization from November 8, 1971, through November 18, 1971, was within the coverage provided by the defendants, and not excluded by the contract provisions. She seeks reimbursement of indebtedness to Mercy Hospital in the amount of Six Hundred Ninety Dollars and Fifty-five Cents ($690.55).
Defendant Social Security Administration, on April 22, 1974, moved to dismiss on two grounds: First, that the plaintiff failed to commence her action within sixty days after receipt by her notice of the Secretary's decision as required by §205(g) (42 U.S.C. § 405(g)) of the Act; and secondly, that the complaint fails to establish that the amount in controversy exceeds the $1,000.00 jurisdictional requirement of §1869(b) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1395ff(b)(2).
Defendant Blue Cross of North Dakota, on April 25, 1974, joined in the motion to dismiss, raising the additional ground of lack of citizenship diversity between it and the plaintiff.
In 1972, Congress generally amended the conditions under which a dissatisfied individual would be entitled to a hearing by the Secretary and to judicial review of the final decision of the Secretary after such hearing. Pub. L. 92-603, Title II, § 2990(a), 86 Stat. 1464, 42 U.S.C. § 1395ff.
In relevant part this provision is as follows:
"(b)(1) Any individual dissatisfied with any determination under subsection (a) of this section as to— (A) whether he meets the conditions of section 426 or 426(a) of this title (provisions of eligibility for hospital insurance benefits), or . . .
(C) the amount of benefits under part A (including a determination where such amount is determined to be zero) shall be entitled to a hearing thereon by the Secretary to the same extent as is provided in section 405(b) of this title and to judicial review of the Secretary's final decision after such hearing as is provided in section 405(g) of this title.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, a hearing shall not be available to an individual by reason of such subparagraph (C) if the amount in controversy is less than $100; nor shall judicial review be available to an individual by reason of such subparagraph (C) if the amount in controversy is less than $1,000."
The amended §1395ff applies to the instant case because the action was not commenced until December 13, 1973. § 2990(b) Pub. L. 92-603 provides that the amendment shall be effective before the month of the enactment if a civil action with respect to a Secretary's final decision has not been filed before such month.
The pre-1972 statute as it provided for judicial review stated:
42 U.S.C. § 1395ff"(b) . . . in the case of a termination as to entitlement or as to amount of benefits where the amount in controversy is $1,000.00 or more, to judicial review of the Secretary's final decision . . . ." (Emphasis supplied)
Before the 1972 amendment, courts called upon to construe the provisions of §1395ff were prone to distinguish the availability of judicial review of depending upon whether the dispute involved "entitlement" or "amount". Cardno v. Finch, 311 F. Supp. 251 (E.D. La. 1970). This court analogized the difference to that between the question of liability and damages.
Where the issue was whether a claimant was entitled to benefits, courts tended to allow an unrestricted right of judicial review of the Secretary's decision. In Ridgely v. Secretary of the Dept. of Heath Ed. & Welfare, 345 F. Supp. 983 (D. Md 1973), the court, interpreting the pre-1972 provision, said where a person seeks review of a decision that he is not entitled to any payment for a specific service, no jurisdictional amount requirement need be satisfied. The word "entitlement" was broadly construed as dealing with whether an insured is entitled to payment in a particular case. A jurisdictional amount prerequisite was thought to exist only in cases where the amount of benefits one was entitled to was in issue. A common sense reading of the pre-1972 statute would support this interpretation. See also Bohlen v. Weinberger, 345 F. Supp. 124 (E.D. Pa. 1972); aff'd 483 F. 2d 918 (3rd Cir. 1973); Sowell v. Richardson, 319 F. Supp. 689 (D.S.D. 1970).
Congress, when it amended §1395ff, eliminated the word "entitlement" and said that even where judicial review is sought by reason of subparagraph (C), none shall be available where the amount in controversy is less than $1,000.00. The purpose of the amendment was to clarify the original intent of the law that "entitlement" mean eligibility for benefits but not decisions on a claim for payment for a given service. 118 CONG. REC. 17048, 17049 (Oct. 5,1972).
While the Bohlen case was concerned with the pre-1972 provisions, the appellate court in its decision did give some consideration to the effect of the amendment. In that decision the court said that Congress amended § 1395 ff in such a way that persons exerting a claim for coverage would not be entitled to administrative review. Under the 1972 version of the statute, the appellate court felt that the word "entitlement" most likely related only to the right of an individual to participate in the Medicare program, and not the right of an enrollee to reimbursement. 483 F.2d at 922.
On this point, Senator Bennett, the sponsor of the amendment, stated:
"[T]he purpose of the amendment is to make sure existing law, [referring to the pre-1972 section] which gives the right of a person to go to court on the question of eligibility to receive welfare [Medicare included], is not interpreted to mean he can take the question of the federal claim to court . . . This is to reconfirm the original intention of the law that the courts can determine only eligibility. The situations in which Medicare decisions are appealable to the courts were intended in the original law to be greatly restricted in order to avoid overloading the courts with minor matters. The law refers to 'entitlement' as being an issue subject to court review and the word was intended to mean eligibility to any benefits of Medicare but not to decisions on the claim for payment for a given service." 118 CONG. REC. S17048, 49 (daily ed. Oct. 5, 1972).
Giving due weight to the foregoing comment, and after analysis of the statutory construction of the 1972 amendment, this Court feels it was Congress's intent to restrict judicial involvement in the kind of complaint we have before us. Judicial review unfettered by jurisdictional amount is available to a claimant only where the claim is in the overall right to participate in the Medicare program. Where it relates solely to payment for a service upon which coverage has been denied, the jurisdictional amount applies. The plaintiff, Elsie B. Hamilton, has not been denied the right to participate in the Medicare program. She was simply denied payment for a partial period of hospitalization.
Because the plaintiff's complaint indicates the amount in controversy to be $690.55, this Court, in view of the foregoing analysis, is without jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. §1395ff to entertain a review.
This result being dispositive of the case, the question of timeliness need not be reached.
There existing no further federal statute upon which to base a claim, and finding there to be no diversity of citizenship between the plaintiff and Defendant Blue Cross of North Dakota, the Court is similarly without jurisdiction to entertain an independent claim against that defendant.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the motion for dismissal is granted as to both defendants.


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My times are in Thy hand. Psalm 31:15
Words: Anna L. Waring, Hymns and Meditations 1850.
Music: Morwellham Charles Steggall, 1890 (🔊 pdf nwc).
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Father, I know that all my life
Is portioned out for me,
And the changes that are sure to come
I do not fear to see;
But I ask Thee for a present mind
Intent on pleasing Thee.
I ask Thee for a thoughtful love,
Through constant watching wise,
To meet the glad with joyful smiles,
And to wipe the weeping eyes;
And a heart at leisure from itself,
To soothe and sympathize.
I would not have the restless will
That hurries to and fro,
Seeking for some great thing to do
Or secret thing to know;
I would be treated as a child,
And guided where I go.
Wherever in the world I am,
In whatsoe'er estate,
I have a fellowship with hearts
To keep and cultivate;
And a work of lowly love to do
For the Lord on whom I wait.
So I ask Thee for daily strength,
To none that ask denied,
And a mind to blend with outward life
While keeping at Thy side;
Content to fill a little space,
If Thou be glorified.
And if some things I do not ask
In my cup of blessing be,
I would have my spirit filled the more
With grateful love to Thee,
More careful, not to serve Thee much,
But to please Thee perfectly.
There are briers besetting every path
That call for patient care;
There is a cross in every lot,
And an earnest need for prayer;
But a lowly heart that leans on Thee
Is happy anywhere.
In a service which Thy will appoints
There are no bonds for me;
For my inmost heart is taught
the truth
That makes Thy children
And a life of self renouncing love
Is a life of liberty.

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Isabelle Huppert became one of France's busiest and most respected actresses in the late 20th century. She first gained fame in the 1974 sex farce Going Places as a ginger-haired teen seduced by Gerard Depardieu. (The film also jump-started Depardieu's career.) In 1978 she won the best actress award at Cannes for Violette Noziere, and she went on to make nearly five dozen more films before the year 2000. She has specialized in tales of emotionally repressed women: finding love and friendship with Miou-Miou in Entre Nous (1983), as a haunted abortionist in the controversial The Story of Women (1988), and as the erotically troubled tutor in The Piano Teacher (2001, based on the novel by Elfriede Jelinek) among others. Huppert has appeared rarely in American films, most notably in Heaven's Gate (1980) and as Steve Guttenberg's mistress in The Bedroom Window (1987).
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About this time last year I tested and reviewed an M-Edge e-Luminator 2 book light. It wasn't bad, but suffered from some issues common to portable book lights: illumination wasn't uniform (i.e., areas of the display remained in shadow) and it worked best with the e-reader and cover it was specifically designed for.
M-Edge sent one of their new e-Luminator Touch models and I think they're pretty bang on with this one. While it still slips in nicely to integrate with M-Edge's own protective cases, this version includes a paperclip design that makes it easy to clip onto most any e-reader case or cover. It even works on dead tree (paper) books, if you're reading old school. This design incorporates an optical lens and super bright LED combo that does a great job of evenly illuminating an e-reader screen (or a paper page). I had no problem adjusting it in a way that was unobtrusive while providing full light coverage. No dark spots in the corners and no glare. There are three intensity levels, battery life for a single AAA battery is rated for 20 hours (I've only had it on for 12 hours on an alkaline battery, but it's still going strong), on/off and intensity are all touch controlled and when you power the light down, it does a nice quick fade effect instead of instant off. It also shuts itself down after one hour of inactivity. That seems to be based on movement and never inadvertently triggered on me during reading sessions. This is a great little unit for reading in bed without disturbing a significant other and should work well for camping too. The icing on the cake? MSRP has dropped from last year's model (the Touch is available for $19.99 through Amazon or the M-Edge web site).
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Spoiler alert: Anyone who has not read all of the Harry Potter books and cares about the ending, stop reading now.
There is a giant hippogriff in the room, so I am just going to come out and say it: Harry and Hermione should have been a couple. Throughout the entire series I just assumed they would end up together, as they seemed to complement each other so well.
So, since it's of Harry Potter week here at GeekMom, I thought I would share with you my top reasons Harry and Hermione should have been an item:
- Both are intelligent and excel at most subjects. Sure Harry blew off history of magic, but come on, it was taught by a boring ghost!
- They are supportive of each other. Hermione is always there for Harry, even when Ron is off pouting somewhere because he isn't popular. In the final books, Ron even deserts both of them and Harry and Hermione must stick together to survive. Hermione is clearly willing to do all she can to help Harry defeat Voldemort.
- They are sensitive to each others' feelings. Hermione knows how hurt and angry Harry is at Dumbledore in the last books, and Harry understands how Hermione feels when Ron is so cruel to her.
- Both of them are compassionate, sometimes to a fault. Hermione championed house elves, while Harry was always going out of his way to help people, like rescuing Fleur's sister Gabrielle.
- They are both from the Muggle world, even though Harry's parents are wizards. They both are discovering their magical skills and the Wizarding world at the same time.
- They are best friends and for a relationship to really last, that is a good start.
- Ron: where to begin? Throughout the series he is selfish, jealous, cruel, and rude. He treats Hermione poorly and uses her to get his homework done. He says unkind things about her interests and her abilities in school. He is insanely jealous of Viktor Krum and goes out of his way to be a jerk. He is not even close to Hermione intellectually. He is mostly interested in quidditch, copying homework, and being mean to people. I honestly don't think a woman of her intellect and talents would put up with how Ron treats her, though I know some women are gluttons for punishment.
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At just five weeks old, Naki'o lost all four of his paws in freezing water. Now, amazingly, he's become bionic. He's the first dog to be outfitted with four prosthetic legs.
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Raymond Felton arrested on initial charges of criminal possession of a weapon
Police: Felton illegally had firearm, loaded ammunition magazine
Arrest came hours after Knicks' loss to Mavericks at Madison Square Garden
New York Knicks point guard Raymond Felton, who was arrested on felony weapons charges, posted $25,000 bail Tuesday.
Felton's wife, Ariane, accompanied by her attorney, turned his high-powered FNH 5.7 x 28mm semi-automatic handgun over to police Monday, claiming she didn't want the weapon in the couple's Upper West Side Manhattan apartment, a law enforcement official said.
The weapon, similar to the one Maj. Nidal Hasan used in the Fort Hood shooting rampage in 2009, was loaded with 18 high-velocity bullets, the official said.
The Feltons are in the process of divorcing, the official said. Though Felton's wife said he never threatened her with the gun, she told police that he held the gun during arguments in their apartment. She also told police that he owns other guns in North Carolina.
A judge Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order against Felton, who is to appear in court June 2.
Felton, accompanied by his attorney, left court without comment.
According to LinkedIn, Ariane Felton is a Cornell University graduate now studying law at Fordham University.
The point guard was arrested a couple of hours after the Knicks lost to the Dallas Mavericks at New York's Madison Square Garden.
The Knicks have not commented on the arrest.
Felton, 29, who was arrested at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday, had been held on charges of criminal possession of a weapon in the second, third and fourth degrees, New York Police Sgt. John Buthorn said.
Those counts relate to allegations that Felton illegally had a firearm and a loaded ammunition magazine, police said.
Felton played 33 minutes, scoring 8 points, in the Knicks' 110-108 loss to the Mavericks on Monday night.
Felton returned to the Knicks in July 2012 as a replacement for popular point guard Jeremy Lin.
New York has some of the strictest gun laws in the country.
Former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was sentenced to two years in prison after a plea deal on a firearm charge in 2009. Burress was shot in his thigh when his gun accidentally went off in a club.
CNN's Brian Vitagliano and Allie Malloy contributed to this report.


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|Flying the flag, faking the news
|2 Sept 2010
In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger traces the history of propaganda to Edward Bernays, the American nephew of Sigmund Freud, who invented the term "public relations". Bernays believed in "engineering public consent" and creating "false realties" as news. Here are examples of how this works today.
Edward Bernays, the American nephew of Sigmund Freud, is said to have invented modern propaganda. During the first world war, he was one of a group of influential liberals who mounted a secret government campaign to persuade reluctant Americans to send an army to the bloodbath in Europe. In his book, Propaganda, published in 1928, Bernays wrote that the "intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses was an important element in democratic society" and that the manipulators "constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power in our country". Instead of propaganda, he coined the euphemism "public relations".
The American tobacco industry hired Bernays to convince women they should smoke in public. By associating smoking with women's liberation, he made cigarettes "torches of freedom". In 1954, he conjured a communist menace in Guatemala as an excuse for overthrowing the democratically-elected government, whose social reforms were threatening the United Fruit company's monopoly of the banana trade. He called it a "liberation".
Bernays was no rabid right-winger. He was an elitist liberal who believed that "engineering public consent" was for the greater good. This was achieved by the creation of "false realities" which then became "news events". Here are examples of how it is done these days:
False reality The last US combat troops have left Iraq "as promised, on schedule", according to President Barack Obama. TV screens have filled with cinematic images of the "last US soldiers" silhouetted against the dawn light, crossing the border into Kuwait.
Fact They are still there. At least 50,000 troops will continue to operate from 94 bases. American air assaults are unchanged, as are special forces' assassinations. The number of "military contractors" is currently 100,000 and rising. Most Iraqi oil is now under direct foreign control.
False reality BBC presenters and reporters have described the departing US troops as a "sort of victorious army" that has achieved "a remarkable change in [Iraq's] fortunes". Their commander, General David Petraeus, is a "celebrity", "charming", "savvy" and "remarkable".
Fact There is no victory of any sort. There is a catastrophic disaster; and attempts to present it as otherwise are a model of Bernays' campaign to "re-brand" the slaughter of the first world war as "necessary" and "noble". In 1980, Ronald Reagan, running for president, re-branded the invasion of Vietnam, in which up to three million people died, as a "noble cause", a theme taken up enthusiastically by Hollywood. Today's Iraq war movies have a similar purging theme: the invader as both idealist and victim.
False reality It is not known how many Iraqis have died. They are "countless" or maybe "in the tens of thousands".
Fact As a direct consequence of the Anglo-American led invasion, a million Iraqis have died. This figure from Opinion Research Business is based on peer-reviewed research led by Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC, whose methods were secretly affirmed as "best practice" and "robust" by the Blair government's chief scientific adviser, as revealed in a Freedom of Information search. This figure is rarely reported or presented to "charming" and "savvy" American generals. Neither is the dispossession of four million Iraqis, the malnourishment of most Iraqi children, the epidemic of mental illness and the poisoning of the environment.
False reality The British economy has a deficit of billions which must be reduced with cuts in public services and regressive taxation, in a spirit of "we're all in this together".
Fact We are not in this together. What is remarkable about this public relations triumph is that only 18 months ago the diametric opposite filled TV screens and front pages. Then, in a state of shock, truth was unavoidable, if briefly. The Wall Street and City of London financiers' trough was on full view for the first time, along with the venality of once celebrated snouts. Billions in public money went to inept and crooked organisations known as banks, which were spared debt liability by their Labour government sponsors.
Within a year, record profits and personal bonuses were posted, and state and media propaganda had recovered its equilibrium. Suddenly, the "black hole" was no longer the responsibility of the banks, whose debt is to be paid by those not in any way responsible: the public. The received media wisdom of this "necessity" is now a chorus, from the BBC to the Sun. A masterstroke, Bernays would surely say.
False reality The former government minister Ed Miliband offers a "genuine alternative" as leader of the British Labour Party.
Fact Miliband, like his brother David, the former foreign secretary, and almost all those standing for the Labour leadership, is immersed in the effluent of New Labour. As a New Labour MP and minister, he did not refuse to serve under Blair or speak out against Labour's persistent warmongering. He now calls the invasion of Iraq a "profound mistake". Calling it a mistake insults the memory and the dead. It was a crime, of which the evidence is voluminous. He has nothing new to say about the other colonial wars, none of them mistakes. Neither has he demanded basic social justice: that those who caused the recession clear up the mess and that Britain's fabulously rich corporate minority be seriously taxed, starting with Rupert Murdoch.
Of course, the good news is that false realities often fail when the public trusts its own critical intelligence, not the media. Two classified documents recently released by Wikileaks express the CIA's concern that the populations of European countries, which oppose their governments' war policies, are not succumbing to the usual propaganda spun through the media. For the rulers of the world, this is a conundrum, because their unaccountable power rests on the false reality that no popular resistance works. And it does.


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ABUJA, Nigeria | Nigeria's military chiefs and the president are apparently split over how to free nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic extremists, with the military saying use of force endangers the hostages killed and the president reportedly ruling out a prisoner-hostage swap.
The defense chief, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, announced Monday night that the military has located the girls, but offered no drtails or a way forward. "We can't go and kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back," he said.
Previous military attempts to free hostages have led to the prisoners being killed by their abductors, including the deaths of two engineers, a Briton and an Italian, in Sokoto in March 2012.
A human rights activist close to mediators said a swap of detained extremists for the girls was negotiated a week ago but fell through because President Goodluck Jonathan refused to consider an exchange. The activist spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the activist is not permitted to speak to press.
Britain's Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds, said two weeks ago that the Nigerian leader had told him categorically he would not consider a prisoner swap.
Community leader Pogu Bitrus of Chibok, the town from which the girls were abducted on April 15, says authorities are speaking with "discordant voices" and the president appears under pressure to negotiate.
"The pressure is there if his own lieutenants are saying one (thing). Because if they cannot use force, the deduction is that there must be negotiation," Bitrus said. "And if their commander-in-chief, the president, is saying that he will not negotiate, then they are not on the same page."
Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno state, the birthplace of the Boko Haram extremists and the northeastern state from which the girls were abducted, said recently: "We impress on the federal authorities to work with our friends that have offered to assist us to ensure the safe recovery of the innocent girls."
Nigeria's military and government have faced national and international outrage over their failure to rescue the girls seized by Boko Haram militants from a remote northeastern school six weeks ago.
Jonathan finally accepted international help. American planes have been searching for the girls and Britain, France, Israel and other countries have sent experts in surveillance and hostage negotiation.
A Boko Haram video has shown some of the kidnapped girls reciting Quranic verses in Arabic and two of them explaining why they had converted from Christianity to Islam in captivity. Unverified reports have indicated two may have died of snake bites, that some have been forced to marry their abductors and that some may have been taken across borders into Chad and Cameroon.
Amnesty International said the authorities failed to act even though they were warned hours before Boko Haram militants staged the abductions.
Similar accusations against Nigeria's security forces are now coming out about the twin bomb attacks in the central city of Jos that left more than 130 people dead on May 20.
Traders in the Terminus market that was attacked say police failed to act after traders warned them about an abandoned vehicle hours before the bombings.
"Our members reported to the police that they noticed the presence of the (Peugeot) J5 bus parked early morning on that fateful date, and we don't know the owner," said Kabiru Muhammad Idris, a member of the traders welfare committee at the market. He said police only removed the plates of the bus, and didn't check its contents.
His testimony was backed by other traders but denied by Plateau state police spokeswoman Felicia Anslem.
"No one informed the police about the J5 bus that was allegedly parked," Anslem said.
A second explosion followed the bus bomb as first respondents arrived.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack, though Boko Haram is suspected.
Boko Haram — the nickname means "Western education is sinful" — believes Western influences have corrupted Nigerian society and wants to install an Islamic state under strict Shariah law. Nigeria's population of 170 million people is divided almost equally between Christians and Muslims.


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Old hot pink bridesmaid dress that I'll never wear again plus a tiara that I already had and a few bucks of white ribbon = Beauty Pageant Contestant
For me, Halloween has always been a homemade holiday. We always made our own costumes, created our own tree-ghosts, carved our pumpkins with frighteningly dull knives from the kitchen, and put together our own haunted houses. In fact, I don't think I had ever set foot into a Halloween store/kiosk until a year ago, when I strolled in to find a cheap costume for an office party, only to find that my costume choices, as an adult female, were limited to Naughty Nurse, Dirty Kitten, Slutty Bunny, and a host of other sexualized forest creatures or blue-collar occupations or icons (there's actually a Statue of Liberty costume that includes garter belts). (See also: 28 Ways to Have Cheap Halloween Fun)
What a disappointment! As someone who enjoyed a childhood dressing as an Arab merchant, gypsy fortune-teller, flapper, super-hero, Alice in Wonderland (the non-slutty version), spider or Killer Bee, I was pretty certain that I could do better on Halloween than merely exposing a bunch of cleavage. Hey, that's what everyday life is for — I like my Halloween to be less boobalicious than that.
I settled on dressing as an undead thoracic surgeon (that's me in the above pic). I was working for a company that designed medical software, so it was topical. My office mates and I purchased some cheap pajama bottoms for scrubs, covered ourselves in 99-cent red lipstick and dark eyeshadow, and lurched around terrifying our coworkers. It was great.
It taught me that the trick to a fabulous costume is really all in the attitude and originality. If you FEEL scary (or cute, or crazy), people will be genuinely impressed with your spirit. Also, there is nothing more pleasing than getting compliments on something you put together yourself.
The simplest materials can net the biggest return, as in some of the examples below:
The old white-sheet with holes cut in it trick still works pretty well, although a more diaphanous material than cotton sometimes works better. Togas are a simple costume, allowing you to go from Edith from Accounting to Julius Caesar (bloody holes in the costume), Sappho (be creative), or Socrates (white beard and hair, pensive expression).
Gwen Stefani recently attended a costume party dressed as a fried egg, in what I believe would be a fairly simple costume to create at home with some white and yellow felt and hot glue (her husband went as bacon, but there don't seem to be any good photos of this).
Mummy costumes are extremely easy to accomplish, given an old white sheet and a pair of scissors.
Cardboard boxes are probably the best thing ever invented by man — never has a more versatile shipping container been seen in the history of mankind. It can occupy your kids, thrill your kittens, and makes for a great basis for many a Halloween costume. You can be a truck, Lego block, or a popcorn box.
One of my favorite people in the world went as his own Facebook profile last year. This year, I'm planning on going as a tombstone — very few things are as easy as a sandwich board costume. I imagine that iPhone costumes will be ubiquitous this year; you could always go dressed as the G1 and challenge all the iPhone-costumed people to a fist fight.
Far from being limited to home decor, fake plants, silk flowers, and foliage can make for some adorable and fairly easy homemade costumes. Fake flowers can be expensive, but almost every craft store has a section for flowers that are "out of season."
My dogs are going to be dressed as pumpkins this year, but why not consider a Chia pet outfit for your pooch?
This smart lady came up with what I think is my favorite Halloween costume of all times: a bath scrubby. I'm particularly fond of the ease with which one could become cotton candy. Pumpkins are easy costumes to create, as are tea bags. I'm personally in love with the idea of going as a bag of jelly beans, except that I have a mortal fear of balloons popping, but I've considered using those cheap, swirly rubber balls and dressing as a bag of marbles.
Paper mache takes a good deal of work, but if dressing your child as a California Roll isn't worth hours of your spare time, I don't know what is (although some of that is technically upholstery foam, I guess).
The year that I dressed as a surgeon with a taste for flesh, two co-workers down the hallway dressed up as the Blue Man Group — they wore blue sweats, blue swimcaps, and blue greasepaint (they won the office costume party). I've had great success as a bride before — old, tacky bridal gowns are easy to find at thrift stores, and there are plenty of variations of bride: the left-at-the-alter bride, the '80s bride, the bride who decapitated her groom and is carrying his head around...the possibilities are endless.
There are some some good ideas for humiliating your children before they are old enough to realize it, including my personal favorite, a baby Chippendale's dancer. And of course, there is nothing that duct tape can't do.
A plethora costume ideas (without pictures, but with instructions) can be found at LifeTips. Guide Spot has some really good ideas for easy homemade costumes. Coolest Homemade Costumes has some incredible reader-submitted ideas, as does Costume Works. I like the quick-n-easy punny costumes listed at Costume Idea Zone, too. Group costumes are always fun (Japanese tourists are a fun and easy one to mimic without having to purchase much of anything — knee socks with brown sandals, button down shirt, shorts, goofy hat, possible black wig, glasses, and your fingers raised in a permanent peace sign).
Please feel free to share your favorite costume ideas in the comments!
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Old hot pink bridesmaid dress that I'll never wear again plus a tiara that I already had and a few bucks of white ribbon = Beauty Pageant Contestant
A few years ago I dressed my then 8yo son in a black sweat suit, black shoes, black hat, and a black cape. I hot glued straws, leaves, a ton of action figures, a plastic cow, etc. onto the cape. He would raise his arm to hide his face and then spin around to become the tornado that he was.
I really wanted him to go as "urban sprawl" by taping fast-food napkins, empty Starbucks cups, White Castle boxes, drinking straws and crumbled mcd's bags to the cape but he would have nothing of it.
We have almost always made costumes. Last year we went to one of the big halloween stores to look around at costumes. I was rather repulsed. They even had the slutty ones in kids sizes.
Clothes and drapes are dirt cheap at goodwill (or similar), with enough creativity you can make pretty much anything that way.
I made my own SNL skit costume this year. I did "**** in a box" the skit with Justin Timberlake. Last year I was the gingerbread man using a carhart jumpsuit. possibilities are endless
I bought a box of safety pins, pipe cleaners, and a plastic headband at the dollar store. I then proceeded to pin socks all over my shirt, front and back. Used the pipe cleaners and the headband to make myself some antennae, and I became the SOCK MONSTER! You know, the one who steals all the socks out of the drawer.
In high school, I dressed up as a wad of bubblegum under a table. Pink sweatsuit and hightops, lightweight cardboard table on my head and voila! :)
Homemade Halloween costumes are so thoroughly under-appreciated. Thanks for showing people how a little creativity can go a long way!
Drop by my site for some homemade makeup tips!
Working in retail makes me want EVERYONE to make their own Halloween costumes, but then they would just come buy all the other essentials to make them, so either way I'm screwed!
Jesse W.
Very cool post. Tons of ideas to do your own thing. You must have spent forever compiling these ideas.
Growing up, my favorite halloween costume was when my sister and I went as smurfs. White (or red if you want to be Papa) sweat pants, blue sweat shirt, blue face paint and "elf hats" made by mom (add Santa beard for Papa smurf). This was early-80's so it was perfect.
A couple of years ago, I was traveling on Halloween. Some of the airline staff dressed up. I had a bumblebee flight attendant serve me my drink. One of the gate agents in Chicago was dressed as a fold-over bag (she was very petite and the bag fit her like a dress, just add arm, leg and head holes...she even had pockets!).
If I wasn't out of town this year, I was planning on going to a fairy tale themed party as a tree (there's always a tree/woods in fairy tales). Dark brown pants, long sleeve green t-shirt (untucked). Fake leaves attached (stapled or possibly glued/taped). Green ball cap with more leaves. Possibly also a wadded up and shaped paper bag on a shoulder for a bird's nest. And, to add that fairy tale touch, a piece of clear contact paper with a heart and some initials (I was planning on P(rince) C(Charming) + S(now) W(hite)) written on it with black sharpie and stuck somewhere on my leg.
Gwen stole that from us--my husband and I were bacon and eggs about 5 years ago. I made the yolks puffy with batting underneath. We saved them, and maybe next year will reuse with our daughter as toast.
We've also done 2 trees and a hammock (Felt tubes with shoulder straps for the trunk over brown shirts and pants, and I stuff big yellow fro wigs with leaves, and made little leaf wristlets), and I've been a pizza (hula hoop with felt). We use Sharpies to draw on texture. One year I got an orange wig and made a Daphne dress. Saw the rest of the cast of Scooby Doo when we were out on State Street in Madison.
This year, we aren't dressing, but my 16 month old daughter is a Candy Corn I made with felt and batting. She looks so cute! There are no purchasable baby costumes without headpieces, which she refuses to wear. I am the queen of felt, hot glue and a few simple sewing machine stitches.
I believe in rated-G costumes, and almost always make my own. I am so sick of the slutty crap. You have a lot more fun when you're not worried about your naughty bits falling out, or being mauled by a drunk dork in makeup and a plastic cape.
It took me many months to get the Justin Timberlake tune with matching twirly box out of my head. WHY?????? did you have to bring it up again.
That California Roll costume was one of the best I've ever seen. Although, I'm guessing if it were an adult women's costume sold in a retail store, they'd figure out some way to turn it into a "Sexy Sushi" get-up.
If you're crafty or know how to sew, I agree, homemade costumes are the way to go. Plus, have you seen how much those cheap quality costumes in the Halloween superstores cost? Insanity.
Gross to some, offensive to others, but most people I know found this funny: a friend of mine was a "douche bag" a couple of years ago. He took a black plastic trash bag, cut holes out for his legs, and wore it around his middle, taped along the top with duct tape so it wouldn't come down. Then he cut out the front of a douche box and pinned it to the front of his bag.
On another note, man I wish I had seen this yesterday! My boyfriend and I bought our costumes last night because we thought we'd basically run out of time, and he's hosting a big bash on Friday. Great ideas Andrea!
That baby Chippendale dancer seriously made my day. He was adorable, very clever idea!
I love these ideas for costumes, not too late to figure something out, thanks!
When my first girl was born and she was 2 years old, she was dressed up as a tooth fairy princess in a ballerina pink outfit I got from a Thrift Store. Attached some pipe cleaners and fish netting for the wings on her back and a homemade wand (chopsticks and paper star)and a tiara. Then I was dressed as a large tooth made of a felt material, attached were promo items of toothbrushes and toothpaste. Of course, I just superglued everything. And my husband the pillow and a baby blanket that I pinned on him. Other items I could have added: quarters, dollars on the pillow, a note; dental floss on the tooth, etc...but this was all in one 1/2 day's process.
Starting again for this year..
Last year at my job we had to dress up the whole week leading up to Halloween, each day being something different. Of course, I wasn't going to spend a fortune for a bunch of costumes, or even to make a bunch, and settled with things I already had around my house. The best idea I came up with was an old woman. I scrunched up my face to reveal my "wrinkles" and lighting traced them with a brown eye liner pen. Then took face powder and made them look just like shadows. I took some of my grandmother's plastic hair curlers, and put my hair all up in them. I bought a $1 can of white hair spray from the dollar store to make my brown hair "gray" and wore my grandmother's night gown and robe that she had for who knows how long, along with some slippers. I in total only spent a $1 and I had people complimenting how well it came out the whole day. I even had some people mistake me for an old lady a few times! I can imagine that even if you don't have all of the stuff that I did, you could get it from a thrift shop and dollar store for around $5 but no more than $10 if your a bargian hunter like I am!
Last Halloween, my boyfriends family and I did a group costume. Were we all characters from Super Mario Brothers. Two of sisters were Mario and Luigi, one with red converse, red shirt, overalls, red baseball cap with an M painted on and of course a big fake mustache; the other in the same but green. The other sister was a Goomba, mushroom, which consisted of a big brown sweatshirt stuffed with pillows with eyes and a mouth glued on. I was a set of block which we made by gluing three boxes together and cutting a whole in the middle box and painting the whole thing like bricks. I wore a sky blue dress with clouds taped on it. The crowning glory if the whole thing was my boyfriend went as one of the green pipes. We used a hula hoop and draped green fabric over it and he had a flower on a stick. The whole mess of us was hilarious.


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This week's internet hygiene tip for smart boys and girls of all ages: be sure to practice safe Googling.
I received this email from my publisher's publicity assistant:
Great news! People can now pre-order The Mighty Quinn. Here are the links: Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Mighty-Quinn-Robyn-Parnell/dp/1938063104/ref=sr_1_20?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1350928793&sr=1-20&keywords=the+mighty+quinn
Barnes and Noble (the cover image should be up soon): http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-mighty-quinn-robyn-parnell/1112095494?ean=9781938063107
And another interesting piece of news to go along with this is that evidently there is an erotic novel series called The Mighty Quinns… And so when you search "The Mighty Quinn" on Amazon or B&N, your book gets lodged right in the middle of some saucy covers. Not the most ideal placement, but perhaps we'll just suggest people search your name instead.
Where is a deep, protracted, "Oh, myyyyyyyyy" when I need it? Oh, yeah, right here.
But of course, I had to do my search and check out the source of those alleged saucy covers. I found Harlequin Blaze a certain publishing imprint, which describes itself thusly:
You like it hot! (Our) stories sizzle with strong, sexy heroines and irresistible heroes playing the game of modern love and lust.
They're fun, flirty and always steamy.
Ah, as in, Lifetime Channel aficionado core porn? Excuse me for using the p-word; the genre prefers to call itself Erotic Romance, or Romantica. And, indeed, the series cover "art" features various square-jawed, pectorally-enhanced men[1], most of whom seem to be battling (but not too successfully) the genre-specific, shirt-be-gone malady.
The idea that a searcher for my book may encounter (from The Mighty Quinns: Marcus):
Boat restorer Marcus Quinn is not going to sleep with the infamous Eden Ross he tries his best to ignore her topless sunbathing and blatant teasing. But when that fails, what else can he do but give her exactly what she's asking for–frenzied, brain-numbing sex?
is reason enough to send me into frenzied, brain-numbing my Happy Things file, and confer a Pretty Purple Toe to…well, to me. And to The Mighty Quinn. Singular, please.
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Whaddya mean, there's nothing to celebrate this weekend?
Notable birthdays on October 26 include
– Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary and founder of the Red Army, 1879
– Mahalia Jackson, "The Queen of Gospel" singer and civil rights activist, 1911
– Felix the Cat (the wonderful, wonderful cat), 1917
– Wheel of Fortune host and Vanna White's drinking buddy, Pat Sajak, 1946
– Hilary Clinton, Secretary of State and world-renowned texting-maniac, 1947
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Smarter People Than Us Said This
– The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off. (Gloria Steinem)
– If 50 million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. (Anatole France[2])
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It's been quite the week, both personally and politically, and no rallies for wisdom or reason or common sense in sight. One of the few things I find more relaxing and sanity-restoring than doing Tai Chi, reading a good book or contemplating the diverse criteria for categorizing farts[3] is the bestowing of the Asshat of the Week award.
So many worthy recipients come to mind. Nominees include:
-The conservative/Republican/fundie/non-uterus bearing Indiana senate candidate who attempted to justify his grievously mistaken notion that what goes on in a woman's uterus is any of his bid-ness by proclaiming that even a pregnancy resulting from rape is something his god "intended."[4]
-Perennial Lady Asshat[5] Sarah Palin, who was mysteriously silent[6] on fellow wingnut whackadoodle conservative pundit Anne Coulter's use of the word "retard" to refer to President Obama , despite the fact that when then White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel used the term, Palin wasted no time in seizing the spotlight, and called for Emmanual to be fired.
About the r-word. After Anne Coulter's spew, a mutual friend of MH and moi posted a FB link to an article that addressed how most people still don't get the gum-flapping about using "retarded' as an insult. That night MH and I had a rumination-worthy dinner conversation about the subject. In that calm, trying-to-appreciate-the-issue way of his, MH dared to postulate that people (in particular the teens, including our own, we've heard rib friends about having, say, a "retard" idea) never envision an actual, mentally retarded or developmentally disabled person when they use the word to tease a friend.[7] MH rhetorically wondered/wanted to understand why other people find it hurtful, or claim insult for another person or category of persons, when the word is not directed at them.
Earlier that day I'd read a commentary about the incident on a British newspaper's website. The article began "… it should come as no surprise to anyone that Coulter used terms that were idiotic and offensive." Well, now, I said to moiself. I'd bet that many people, even those who decry using retarded as an epithet, would not hesitate to declare that a politician who preaches about divinely intended rape pregnancies is an idiot, and his ideas moronic. And they'd likely do so with nary a thought as to the origins of the labels.
Moron and idiot are/were rankings on the Binet Scale of Human Intelligence ,and indicated intellectual deficiency based on IQ score ranges, with the respective orders of moderate and profound.[8]
Perhaps, MH speculated, it is just too recent in history that retarded was both a medical description and an insult, but idiot and moron have been out of the medical lingo long enough not to ruffle feathers in the same way.
Yet again, I digress. The business at hand:
I'd read the excerpts in online newsmags about a certain cartoonist blogging his endorsement of a certain presidential candidate. Surely, they must be wrong, I thought. Had to go to the source to discover that no, Toon Guy wasn't quoted out of context. And the context, yikes.
In a recent blog post Scott Adams[9] spends a good deal of time enumerating President Obama's failure on what seems to be the key issue for Scott Adams.
We grapple with increasing world population growth and climatologically induced natural disasters and extricating ourselves from ill-planned wars and a possible nuclear Iran and the continual rumblings of other conflicts in the Mideast and around the world and a tenuous economic recovery and the burgeoning social, cultural, political and economic divide both abroad and here at home…and the deciding factor for Adams? The Obama administration's upholding and enforcement of existing Federal laws governing medical marijuana dispensaries.
"So while I don't agree with Romney's positions on most topics, I'm endorsing him for president starting today."
Uh….yeah. Because nothing says rational decision-making like voting for someone you think is wrong about most topics.
And so, with a lusty, pungent inhale, asshat bong-head of the week goes to Scott Adams.
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With all the hoopla-doodle-doodery as Armageddon the election approaches, I yearn for a combination sanity/humor break. Has it really been two years since the The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear took place at the National Mall in D.C.?
The rally, as those of you who were sober may remember, was co-led by The Daily Show host Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert (who stayed in-character as his Colbert Report conservative political gasbag analyst). The purpose of the rally, besides being a send-up of a certain, prevaricating talk-radio show host's[10] ironically titled "Restoring Honor " rally,[11] was to have some fun promoting the idea of civil, reasonable social and political discourse — you know, the kind of dialog favored by most intelligent, thoughtful, good-natured folk, in contrast to the fear-mongering and irrational shrillness of the more vocal and extreme political voices which manage to dominate the news.
After the rally I remember spending more than a few I-should-be-working hours minutes perusing the online photo collections of people who'd attended or covered TRTRSAOF. Revisiting the list of homemade signs carried by (and/or t-shirts worn by) the rally attendees still brings a smile to my cynical heart, and will do the same, I hope, to yours. It is in that spirit I share some of my favorites:
Use your inside voice
I Disagree With You But I'm Pretty Sure You're Not Hitler
Make Awkward Sexual Advances, Not War
I scare Juan Williams at Airports (sign carried by a Muslim woman)
Down With Zippers
I Masturbate And I Vote (But Not Usually At The Same Time)
Facts Are Like Opinions Except They're True
Reality Has A Well-Known Liberal Bias
We Disagree But I Still Understand I Mustn't Stomp Your Head
What Exactly Is In That Tea you're Drinking?
I Want My Country Forward
I Fought Nazis And They Don't Look Like Obama (sign carried by an elderly man)
If You Keep Shouting Like That You'll Get Big Muscles All Over Your Face
Confused Senior Citizens For Sanity
Christine O'Donnell Turned Me Into A Newt!
I hate taxes. But I like: roads, firemen, some cops, traffic lights (except red ones), national parks, the coast guard, etc. so I pay them anyway. Oh yeah, I hate war too.
More Beer Nuts, Less Paranoid Nuts
…and take it off CAPSLOCK
The Mad Hatter called. He wants his tea party back
WTF, I thought I voted for a Muslim?!
I like tea and you're kind of ruining it
Don't be a douche
Even my sign chooses not to yell
Obama is not the devil, I am
(carried by a woman wearing a devil costume)
I like my beer cold, my TV loud, and my homosexuals flaming
I want more tortillas when I order fajitas at a restaurant
Is this the line for Justin Bieber tickets?
Eggs are white. Obama isn't. Breakfast is RUINED.
Stop Americans from stealing our jobs
100% randomly searched at the following airports
(t-shirt with picture map of us with all major airports highlighted, worn my man with cobalt blue turban and long curly beard)
Bacon is good for me
The sign is too damn BIG
We should do this more often
My arms are tired
404 error political message not found
(Sign attached to a beagle puppy's collar): I am not afraid of Muslims, tea partiers, socialists, immigrants, gun-owners, gays…but I am kind of scared of LARGE BIRDS
Am I acting suspicious? (sign carried by a man wearing a Sikh turban)
Lions and tigers and Muslims, oh my
I am pretty sure that god hates us all equally
I already regret choosing to carry around a sign all day
I'm mad as hell but mostly in a passive aggressive way
End Glee theme nights
I see smart people
My name causes national security alerts. What does yours do?
(shirt worn by Muslim teenager)
When I think about Christine O'Donnell I touch myself
God hates TimesNewRoman
I am the next generation responsible for you in your old age – FEAR ME!
(sign held by toddler sitting atop his dad's shoulders)
I left my hyperbole at home
The rent is too damn high
Somewhat irritated about extreme outrage
Does this shirt make me look Muslim?
If you're not using your braaainnzzzzz can I eat 'em? Please?
(shirt worn by zombie)
I shaved my balls for this?
Ironically, this rally is insane.
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Thanks for stopping by. Au Vendredi!
[1] Alone, or in a suggestive embrace with a lissome crotch clutcher
[2] French poet, novelist, journalist, Nobel Prize Winner, and all-around quotable dude
[3] Screamers: High-pitched, tight-sphincter offerings, often of astonishing duration and tonal variations.
[4] What is it about religion that compounds political stoopidity? Never mind; I already know.
[5] Sounds like a pop star moniker, doesn't it?
[6] Okay, Sarah Palin remaining silent on any issue, for any reason, should be a cause for unilateral rejoicing
[7] However, Coulter really was directing the "retarded" at developmentally disabled voters
[8] The scale has been revised several times since its inception, with moron, imbecile and idiot replaced with words deemed more descriptive of a scale of intellectual deficiency, such as Beck, Coulter and Limbaugh.
[9] Dilbert comic strip creator and infamous internet sock puppet, who seems to enjoy nothing better than (a) to warn readers of his blog that they are going to misunderstand what they read and (b) issue condescending apologies for confusing readers with his cogent blathering proclamations. Because, you know, people are too obtuse to appreciate his genius.
[10] Why is it always the lying, slandering, chickenhawk Glenn Becks of the world who loudly squawk about "honor"?
[11] I think Stewart in fact denied that particular motivation for the rally. But, really.
[12] Actually, that was a chant, not a sign


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"How low do you have to go to steal flowers from someone's grave?" wonders Ash in East Lansing, Michigan.
At the very least, I suppose, you've have to be someone untroubled by the prospect of being publicly chided or privately haunted. In Providence, Rhode Island, Moira noticed that the flowers at this memorial had very recently been dug up again.
related: Rolling over in his grave
extra credit: "Man arrested for stealing flowers off graves to give to girlfriend"


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Prominent Public Health Physicians and Tobacco Researchers Expose Double Standard in the FDA's Recent Study of Electronic Cigarettes and Challenge the FDA's Alarmist Attitude Toward the Devices
Contact: Thomas R. Kiklas, Director of Media, inLife LLC, 949-250-9600 ext 108, firstname.lastname@example.com
BOSTON, July 27 /Standard Newswire/ -- The FDA recently went public with misleading information about the safety of electronic cigarettes and the marketing of the devices, not only using its clout but recruiting other prominent organizations to demonize a product that has great public health benefit potential.
A group of prominent doctors and tobacco researchers, including Dr. Michael Siegel at the Boston University School of Public Health, Dr. Joel Nitzkin of the AAPHP Tobacco Control Task Force, and Dr. Brad Rodu, Endowed Chair, Tobacco Harm Reduction Research University of Louisville, challenge the FDA to provide the full quantitative data of the study upon which the FDA has based its warning against electronic cigarettes. They are concerned that the FDA's disingenuous targeting of electronic cigarettes through a biased presentation of the scientific data has had significant negative impact upon the public perception of electronic cigarettes, when the best available evidence suggests that these have shown that the devices offer great potential to reduce serious health issues among traditional tobacco smokers.
In a July 22 news release, the FDA cited the detectable presence of carcinogens and "toxic chemicals" in a "small sample" of electronic cigarette cartridges as reason for alarm, singling out nitrosamines as particularly toxic. What the FDA fails to inform the public is that detectable amounts of carcinogens are also present in nicotine replacement products such as NicoDerm CQ and Nicorette gum, both approved by the FDA, and nitrosamines that can be also found in food items such bacon and beer. This double standard and alarmist attitude has had the significant and unfortunate effect of inducing hysteria among the public, discouraging tobacco smokers from using a product which is thought to be a significantly safer alternative to traditional tobacco.
Regrettably, the FDA has used biased reporting of this small and inconclusive study, the complete results of which have not been made public, to secure the vocal support of groups such as the American Academy of Pediatrics Tobacco Consortium, the Institute for Global Health, and the American Lung Association in their attack on electronic cigarettes. These researchers argue that it is absurd to consider taking electronic cigarettes off the market when it is the conventional ones which have been shown to be killing people. Further, the electronic cigarette community calls for accurate and fair reporting relative to the findings and statements of prominent medical professionals in favor of this new and important technology and challenges the media to tell the other side of the story.
"The FDA's laboratory findings actually indicate that electronic cigarettes are much, much safer than conventional cigarettes," says Dr. Michael Siegel. "The traces of carcinogens present are also present in nicotine replacement products. The FDA and the anti-smoking groups have fallen into a huge analytical trap as they have failed to ask the appropriate question. The question they are asking is: 'Are electronic cigarettes safe?' That is not the right question. The right question is: 'Are electronic cigarettes much safer than traditional ones?'"
Dr. Rodu states, "The FDA tested e-cigarettes for TSNAs using a questionable sampling regimen, and the methods that were so sensitive that the results may have no possible significance to users. The agency failed to report specific levels of these contaminants, and it has failed to conduct similar testing of nicotine medicines that have been sold in the U.S. for over 20 years. These are not the actions of an agency that is science-based and consumer-focused. These pseudo-scientific actions are clearly intended to form the justification for banning a category of products that are probably 99.9% safer than cigarettes."
Dr. Joel Nitzkin speaking as individual states, "The newly adopted FDA/Tobacco legislation will give full FDA approval to currently marketed conventional cigarettes. The new law encourages cigarette companies to produce new "reduced exposure" cigarettes to be marketed as reduced exposure products, with no scientific evidence that such reductions in exposure will reduce risk of future tobacco related illness and death. In the context of these provisions of the newly adopted FDA/Tobacco bill -- FDA should be encouraging, not maligning the manufacture and sale of electronic cigarettes, and working with manufacturers to assure the highest possible quality control."
For more information and interviews, contact:
Michael Siegel, MD, MPH
Department of Community Health Sciences
Boston University School of Public Health
Email: email@example.com
Joel L. Nitzkin, MD, MPH, DPA
Chair AAPHP Tobacco Control Task Force
Phone: 504 899 7893 or 800 598 2561
Fax: 504 899 7557
Brad Rodu
Professor of Medicine
Endowed Chair, Tobacco Harm Reduction Research
University of Louisville
Phone: 502-561-7273
Email: email@example.com
Thomas R. Kiklas
Director of Media
inLife LLC
Phone: 949-250-9600 x108
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Taking part in an web conference as a Booked Speaking School or Unbooked Text-chatting School is easy, fun and free. To make sure you are familiar with what to do, here are some tips.
Prior to the web conference:
- Make sure the equipment is setup how it will be on the day and that you know how to operate it.
In preparation for the web conference check that:
- you have a quiet room
- you have copies of the web conference Summary Sheet
- you have copies of the web conference questions for each student or display the questions using a data projector or put them in a class folder for sharing
- your laptop is setup with the free web conferencing software add-in
- your class is comfortably seated
- your students know what is expected of them
- all students are close to and approximately the same distance from the laptop or computer
- you and your dstudents have reviewed your school's Internet Use Policy so students are reminded how to behave online
During your web conference:
Keep students on task during the web conference by:
- Giving students a web conference Summary Sheet
- Having resources for students to look at eg posters, books and brochures or a computer screen with relevant images from the website
- Drawing a mind-map on paper or a whiteboard as it unfolds
Speaking Schools - these things help the web conference run smoothly:
- Place your laptop on a hard reflective surface
- When not speaking press the mute button on your screen/device. This is important as it prevents your background noise from being broadcast.
- When asking a question, press the mute button again so your device is no longer muted
- Speak at your normal pitch and volume
- Direct your voice towards the microphone
- Do not hold a book or paper between you and the microphone when asking a question
- Always identify yourself by firstname only when speaking. "Hi I'm Tom. My question is...". Remember people at other sites cannot see who you are, your facial expressions or your surroundings
- Put the next speaking students close to the laptop so they are right ready to ask their question when prompted
After the web conference:
- Take a few minutes to respond to questions, ideas and comments. Check over the key ideas from the web conference on your whiteboard.
- You may want to listen to the web conference again from the website
- Create a class summary of the web conference and email it to firstname.lastname@example.com to be put on the field trip website