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PARIS (AP) — France's president is reported to be sneaking around on a motorcycle to have a secret affair with an actress. Who takes the brunt of the heat? In a very French twist, it's increasingly looking like his jilted first lady, who has been hospitalized since she found out.
The question on many French lips this week is not, "How could Francois Hollande have done such a thing?" but rather, "Do we really need a first lady?"
That's in part a reflection of a French willingness to forgive infidelity by men in public office, regardless of the damage it causes to their women.
And it's in part because the French have never fully embraced Valerie Trierweiler, a journalist who has been living with Hollande since he split with the mother of his four children in 2007.
Seen as cold and distant, Trierweiler has followed Hollande on international visits and played the role of first lady, but unlike her predecessor Carla Bruni has failed to capture the hearts of the French public.
Trierweiler and Hollande are not married, and his reported affair is shining a new spotlight on the nearly 20,000 euros ($27,000) in taxpayer money spent each month on the first lady's staff and office in the presidential palace.
If Trierweiler's not the president's favorite anymore, the logic goes, why should she get to keep the perks?
Never mind that she's been hospitalized for nearly a week for what her aides call "very strong emotional shock." She reportedly said the news of Hollande's dalliances hit her like a high-speed train.
At a major news conference Tuesday, Hollande confidently brushed off questions about an affair by saying it's private — and the French news media and public have so far seemed happy to leave it at that. Commentators on Wednesday praised his unusually statesmanlike demeanor and pontificated on the pro-business twist on his economic policy. Meanwhile, the affair all but disappeared from newscasts.
Compare that to the experience of Bill Clinton.
In the United States, the scandal over his relationship with Monica Lewinsky dominated headlines for months and led to his impeachment for lying to investigators, for which he was aquitted. His wife, Hillary, was generally seen to have come out stronger from the scandal, and her political career flourished.
On Wednesday, many French people seemed ready to move on, just five days after the tabloid report about a late-night rendezvous between Hollande and Gayet around the corner from the president's Elysee Palace.
Hollande's private life "shouldn't be publicly discussed," said Parisian Jean-Paul Lechevalier. "He is a man like others. What is more interesting are his announcements to win back the battle for the economy."
Emmanuel Riviere of the TNS-Sofres polling agency said that attitude is typical.
"The French are not too severe with the idea that political leaders could have liaisons outside marriage, as long as it doesn't impact the course of political action," he said. In fact, he said, some French people "will say that a president who is a (sexual) conqueror, who has the ability to seduce, will be more accepted."
Christine Clerc, a prominent commentator who has written about French presidential couples, criticized Trierweiler for not just fading away quietly.
"There are quite a lot of betrayed women who think that a first lady should face this situation with more dignity," she said. "It's not the first time that we have a president who has affairs with women. It is even part of a certain tradition."
Hollande is the latest in a line of French leaders with complicated private lives. Francois Mitterrand had a secret daughter with his longtime mistress. Valery Giscard d'Estaing reportedly crashed his car en route to a liaison with his lover. Nicolas Sarkozy was the first French president to divorce, date and remarry in office.
Trierweiler's next presidential voyage was meant to be to Washington next month, and Hollande promised Tuesday to make up his mind about his private life before then.
Snide tweeters are suggesting it's time for Trierweiler to go. Leading politician Francois Rebsamen — a Socialist like Hollande — questioned whether the president's partner needs any role at all. Hollande, when asked about the public money spent on his partner, said it should be made transparent — and kept as low as possible.
To be sure, Trierweiler was unpopular to begin with.
She's widely viewed as the reason that Hollande split from longtime partner Segolene Royal. The prominent political couple formally separated just after Royal lost her bid for the presidency in 2007, but it later emerged that Hollande had been having an affair with Trierweiler during the campaign.
After that, the relationship between Hollande's leading women remained tense. Five years later, when Hollande was president and Trierweiler installed as "First Girlfriend," Trierweiler tweeted her support for Royal's rival in a parliamentary election campaign. It went viral, and was seen as a gratuitous dig at Royal.
"I don't have the impression that the French really adopted Valerie," Riviere said. "She never really recovered after the tweet."
During Hollande's push for the presidency in 2012, a lawmaker in Sarkozy's conservative UMP party compared Trierweiler to a Rottweiler.
"Each of these attacks is lower than the last," Trierweiler said at the time.
Her reported rival, actress Julie Gayet, suffered her own setback Wednesday, as France's Culture Ministry denied her a coveted spot at a prestigious French cultural institution. Gayet had been nominated for the jury at the Villa Medici in Rome, but Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti rejected the nomination. No reason was given.
Catherine Gaschka, Sylvie Corbet and Jamey Keaten contributed to this report.


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N4G Note: This article contains a major spoiler for Mass Effect 3. Don't click through unless you want to know.
DSOGaming writes: "Mass Effect 3′s ending left some questions unanswered and that's precisely why BioWare decided to release the Extended Cut DLC for it. And although the free DLC answered a lot of questions, it didn't reveal one specific question."
Spoiler title much? Didn't have a chance to play ME3 yet. :\
same here >_>
'Seriously the grace period for ME3 spoilers is UP!'
May be one of the dumbest statements I've read on N4g in a long time.
The NEW SPOILER RULE (according to this guy) is that if a game is 3 months old or older you are allowed to spoil the ending for anyone who hasnt played the game.
There absolutely is no spoiler grace period in gaming period..
I've said it before, but what has happened with Mass Effect 3 has been unprecedented. Idiots have been trying to spoil the game since it was released. The new ending DLC has just given them another reason to do it.
When I think of some of the better endings of games this gen I couldnt imagine a world where gamers broke the spoiler etiquette on games like Bioshock. Dead Space, Portal, etc.
This was simply the start, watch how people react when major umpcoming releases get the same treatment.
This spoiler would suck to hear but it isn't that big of one. I'm more curious if all the people who haven't played it heard the names to each ending because those actually ruin the end more.
Also if you even want to achieve the spoiler you have to beat the game with very high requirements. They involve playing online but since you are all too busy I doubt you'd play online anyway and so you wouldn't even get this part of the ending.
@EVILDEAD - This was simply the start? Were you born yesterday? On N4G alone there have been spoiler wars. People created accounts and spammed spoilers for Halo 3, MGS4, Heavy Rain, Gears 2, Alan Wake, Resistance 2, Killzone 2, and I'm sure many more I can't remember.
'Were you born yesterday? On N4G alone there have been spoiler wars'
GTFOH..It's been nothing CLOSE to Mass Effect 3..from the media to the fanblogsphere to N4g and beyond.
"Also if you even want to achieve the spoiler you have to beat the game with very high requirements"
Not anymore. =)....=|.
They changed the limit.
I don't get some of you on here.
Some of you are just really nasty, rude and childish why don't you just grow up and stop talking down on people like you're some kind of elite human being.You know who you are.
The gaming community would be a lot better off without you.
Also to the people that are just plain ignorant and saying you shouldn't of clicked on the article, it was in the headline and they have now removed it.
This game's been out for months and it still has no ending...
That's how sad today's privileged gamers are, and why devs are being lambasted into making every game into CoD.
I can't wait for Little Big Planet, CoD edition. :)
Blue, green, red. {:O
It would be a twist if they actually did what they promised and gave us repercussions for our actions and some real ending variations.
This pisses me off!
Why are spoilers posted!!! EAQ%[email protected]%#@#%#@
it's not really much of a spoiler, don't worry about it.
@snookie the time your putting on n4g could be used to play it now. all things spoil in time tis life my friend...tis life.
What are you people waiting for.
Mainly waiting for a price drop, wasn't sure with all the mixed reviews of the game whether it would be worth a full 60 bucks or not honestly. So yeah, it does suck to have a spoiler in the title. Glad the article changed it up, but a little late for some people lol.
What "mixed reviews" are you talking about?
The game got terrific scores.
ah well then, yes, the reviews are indeed mixed if you're asking people.
But the critical reviews are solid 10s
It is worth playing but for some people it doesn't meet their inflated expectations for how the series should have ended especially from a game play perspective. Many attribute this to BioWare speed up shipping the game right after the script was leaked without co-op and with half assed multi-player.
the games been out for how long, were you busy with a imaginary girlfriend or Job.lol
"BioWare officially confirms major ending twist"
N4G user clicks link.
N4G user reads article.
N4G user cries about spoilers.
SPAM-FRITTER-123 laughs at your stupidity.
The title was changed. It used to explain the spoiler in the title. So, it was:
- N4G user reads N4G home page
- N4G user complains about spoiler in submission title.
Thanks for the spoilers, idiots.
Game is out for almost 4 months so you should blame yourself for not playing it (provided you cared for the game that is).
Yeah, I should put school, work, and other priorities on the side to make sure I play all of the latest games. Let's not blame the rookie journalist for putting a spoiler on the title of an article.
Seriously? For four months you didn't have a weekend (or even a day) to play and finish a game you were interested to? I find it really hard to believe that and by your logic, you won't even play it for the next 5 months
Oh come on, not everybody can stop at the drop of a hat to play the newest games.
I care for the game, and own it, but that doesn't mean that because I've yet to beat it, I'm at fault for someone who posts a spoiler in a headline. Besides, why should someone rush to beating this game in a day (or even a weekend) when not everybody has that kind of time?
No way around it, your point of view is condescending.
What the hell? What kind of logic is that? Some people have lives boy. I'm studying to go to law school and can't devote the time to play a lengthy RPG. Hell I haven't even finished ME2, but I love the series, once I get time I'll finish it through. But thanks to you I now know (or assume) that Shepard seems to die at the end of ME3. I stayed clear of all the ME3 controversy because I didn't want to spoil the game for myself. Hard to avoid it when you put it in the title.
Its like an amateur journalist posting "JK ROWLING CONFIRMS DUMBLEDORE REALLY NOT DEAD". You just don't do that.
I couldn't care less how you feel about it. I work and go to school. My day starts at 5:30am and ends at 7:30pm. I eat, do homework, shower, then go to sleep. On weekends I barely have enough time to sit and play a game. People have lives, kid.
@psychotic_duck: Your argument is invalid. If you DON'T click the article in N4G, you have a headline like "BioWare officially confirms that Shepard is alive in the..." . Alive in what? No spoilers at all even in the Frontpage. So you obviously clicked and as they say, curiosity killed the cat. IF you truly wanted to avoid all ME3 stories, then you wouldn't click on them (including this one. Hell, you wouldn't even read the comments that have 'BioWare' involved to them). Also, spoilers have a timeframe. It's like asking for no spoilers in Doom's story. Sure, some may have not played Doom yet. Point is that spoilers have a timeframe (like everything in life).
"Your argument is invalid. If you DON'T click the article in N4G, you have a headline like "BioWare officially confirms that Shepard is alive in the..." . Alive in what?"
Actually, it shows the entire title on my screen without even clicking on it. Which is why I clicked on it to reply to the article in the first place. It was a stupid decision to include spoilers in the title. You can't assume everybody on the site has beaten ME3 or just don't care about ME3.
just because you get everything paid for you and can afford a every game that releases doesn't mean everyone else can.
Lol at these people "i didn't have enough time to play the game yet because of ****" ....same people are replying to this article within minutes of posting, engaging in debates about the article. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FREE TIME!!
Spoilers don't count after a certain amount of time.
Tell that to every other games news service that adds a SPOILER ALERT
So if it's old, it's fine to spoil it?
I completely disagree, and most of the news community as well as readers disagree in almost all other medium.
I'm gonna go ahead and down rate this site!
@Moncole: This is not true on N4G. Perhaps a year after release, but even then you should _always_ at the least use SPOILER tags.
its only been like 3 months man.
spoiler alerts are still in effect... mass effect
Who doesn't know the Me3 endings by now?
Even if you know that people were disappointed with the ending, it doesn't change the issue. The headline, even if it doesn't contain a spoiler, needs work. It either contains a spoiler or it is misleading, which should be altered regardless.
you also cant assume that such an amazing game with such controversy is gonna tiptoe until you FEEL like playing the game
If you have no time to play Mass Effect, for even a few minutes, then what are you doing on this website? Don't you have better things to do? You find time to argue with people online, but not play a game for a little while? Hmmm...
sadly that is the way gamers are now. enjoy arguing over playing the ACTUAL game.
I gotta agree with John.
Mass Effect is hugely dependant on its story and it came out 4 months ago almost. If you really cared about it, you would have played by now, especially considering there hasn't been very many other games of the same calibur.
Doesn't matter how long a game has been out.
You don't put spoilers in headlines.
Wait, but if you romanced Miranda, she isn't the one holding the KIA name plaque. It was Garrus for me.. (Romanced Ashley in #1, Miranda in #2 and #3.
And I certainly couldn't say goodbye to her during the new Conduit run sequence..
You couldn't really romance Miranda in #3 I think. That was just like a side thing lol. The main romances were Tali, Ashley and Liara. Not sure of the other side.
So you could romance Miranda? What's an epic fail? All there was for Miranda from what I can remember is a scene in the Citadel, but you were still able to get with the other three.
Epic fail on Bioware that Miranda's role in the game was pretty weak for those who pursued her in #2, like me.
Oh yeah, I totally agree with you there. I was hoping for some action with her lol, but had to settle for ashley.
lol. Oh well.. 'least Ash looks better, in #3 than 2 and 1 haha.. Damn I'm shallow.
You could romance Miranda in ME3.. SPOILERS
You don't see skin but when you see her in the Presidium Commons room she makes her move at the very end of that scene.
Yeah, but it wasn't like a true paramore thing, you were still able to go with Ashley, Liara and Tali. Wheras if you were to get with one of those three you were unable to get with the other two.
Lol, should have played it by now if you were a fan, especially considering the controversy
Seriously, this game has been controversy #1 this year and dissected to the brim and people are yelling spoilers. Id hardly call this a spiller, you've got 40 hours worth of story and 3 other endings to see. A company keeping their main protagonist alive....shocker.
Thanks for the spoiler warning, oh wait too late
School is no excuse my daughter just got her bachlors degree. She beat ME3 the 1st month it came out cuz she loves the series. Plus she worked a job all while keeping her grades up. And still took the time to play thee game.I might have jumped the gun a bit sorry to all the people that didn't play the game. Tis true you shouldn't put the ending in the title. Again I apologize for my short sightedness.
N4G get your shit together, was scrolling through the articles and this just spoiled everything.
oh puuulease spoiler complaint? really? hey in that case no one spoil batman arkham city for me especially since that damn dlc showed me batman lives. so you guys are sooo busy with school and work yet you have time to complain on n4g but not to play mass effect 3 right? I work full time and go to college full time so unless you work for NASA go you have NO argument!
I'm just surprised, with the amount of bad press/controversy this game has had, you haven't had the ending spoiled until now! That itself is an accomplishment!
it's easy to avoid talk of the ending...not so easy to avoid the title of an article on the front page of n4g
Oh I agree! Just saying I had it spoiled in a couple different articles right after release. But yeah definitely shouldn't be a headline.
I Comment on this the day DLC was realease , about how Tsoni refused to put his Plaque up on the wall.i knew that mofo was alive ,plus in the next game.
wow... seriously I was planning on playing ME3 this summer during the gaming drought. Didn't expect to see that headline.
Even still, I doubt we'll play as Shepard again, though no doubt future games will use your save data to have NPCs talk about Shepards actions.
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It's an ideal situation for a coach in his first year: players buying in, the dirty work getting done.
It's why Ardmore coach Kevin Kelly wasn't upset with his senior point guard. Yes, Kelly sat Patrice Bennett for Ardmore's game against Duncan on Tuesday, but it wasn't for lack of hustle or anything detrimental to the team.
In the consolation final of the Shawnee Invitational, Bennett picked up a second technical foul diving for a loose ball in the closing seconds, playing an aggressive style the Tigers have lacked in the past few years.
If anything, Bennett was just personifying the new look of Ardmore girls basketball.
"The referees saw it one way, I saw it a different way," Kelly said. "Earlier in the game, they had already given two (technical fouls) to El Reno. I think that might have been one of those opportunities when it was maybe our turn. I didn't see much flagrant about it."
Bennett's effort is apparently contageous — the Tigers played the same way without her on Tuesday. Ardmore beat Duncan 49-30 with a relentless defensive game that had them on the floor for loose balls and chasing down steals from behind despite being up more than 20 points in the third quarter.
"I was proud of them," Bennett said of the win against Duncan. "Tee (Taylor) stepped up, she did really good. They did really good."
Ardmore's success is a product of the effort on the court. The Tigers are 10-9 this season, with more wins than in the previous two seasons combined.
Ardmore is currently ranked 16th in Class 5A, a long way from a one-win campaign a year ago.
"The pieces are falling together a little bit better," Kelly said. "We don't want to peak right now, but I can see I'm not going to have to put someone in and we'll drop off. And that's awesome.
"The three post rotation with Kyla (Stapleton), Rickkia (Manuel) and Kerra Day has been really good. And Kevy (Davis) has really come around for us."
Regardless of what happens off the court, junior forward Rickkia Manuel said the Tigers are more together as a team on the court this season.
"It's much better. It's more fun winning," Manuel said. "But there's always a catch. If we don't keep doing what we're doing, we'll be off the map.
"We have to do the same thing we're doing to get to where we want to be, and that's to state."
Bennett's effort didn't go unnoticed at the Shawnee Invitational, as the 5-2 senior earned All-Tournament Team honors, averaging close to 23 points and 4 assists in three games. She said her late-game mix-up was just that — a mix up — unintentional and all in the flow of the game.
"I was running for the ball and she had her arm on my arm. I really wasn't trying to (foul)," Bennett said.
"Without hustling, without defense, you really can't win the game."
Ardmore did win the consolation final, 54-51, and Kelly said it was his decision along with the school administration to sit Bennett. She'll be back next week against No. 2 Carl Albert, and Kelly knows that the Tigers have to play all-out like their senior leader in order to be successful.
The remaining schedule won't allow Ardmore to win on just talent. The Tigers have a key stretch coming up, with home games against Carl Albert and Lawton MacArthur, and road games against Bishop McGuinness and McAlester to close out the regular season.
Ardmore is 2-3 against those teams this season, with wins against Bishop McGuinness (51-50 in overtime) and McAlester (71-62).
"We've got to play the game a certain way," Kelly said. "We just can't roll the ball out."
That's been the big difference: when the ball rolls free, you can count on all of the Ardmore players pouncing.
"We play together, we play hard," senior guard Destinee Howell said. "We're pretty speedy, so usually we can beat other teams that way athletically.
"Play together, play hard and usually you come out with the win."
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WHITLEY CO., Ky. (WKYT) - Ruth Young says she knew there wasn't something right with when a woman walked into her store Tuesday afternoon and proceeded to sift through grocery items.
Moments later she saw her steal diaper and feminine products and try to leave.
"She opened two or three packages…I hollered at her," said Young.
After Young says the woman threw the diapers to the floor, they all came outside and that's when things got violent.
Young followed them out and called police. Surveillance video captured shocking developments next as the man, police say, the thief was with attacked Young.
"Then her husband came in and called me something awful. Said we accused his wife of stealing," said Young.
Store video captured the pair coming and going until some bystanders stepped in to help the couple.
"We just kept telling him to leave, he wouldn't leave…she wouldn't either," she said.
Then police say the pair went back to their car for some weapons.
"She went to the car and got an axe handle out, a customer took that away," said Young.
Police say Rebecca Lawson is even seen taking a rake to an unsuspecting customer's car. It started as a simple shoplifting incident, but police have charged the pair with robbery. And the Youngs say they know why it all happened.
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Young says she suffered a hurt hand and rattled nerves in the ordeal but she and her husband are otherwise fine.
Police says it's third or fourth time the store has been either robbed or burglarized in recent weeks.
Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrel says they normally wouldn't want bystanders to intervene in such cases, but he's glad they did in this case, because he says the Youngs avoided serious injury as a result of the violent encounter.
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From left, Perrysburg schools superintendent Thomas Hosler, Sylvania schools superintendent Brad Rieger, Springfield schools superintendent Kathryn Hott, and Washington Local schools superintendent Patrick Hickey each speak at a "Lunch and Learn" gathering.
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Changing demands in technology and pressing needs for updates in infrastructure are among key challenges facing some local school districts in the Toledo area, superintendents told Realtors today during a lunch and learn program.
Superintendents from Sylvania, Perrysburg, Washington, and Springfield school districts presented information on both high points and challenges during a program in Maumee with members of the Toledo Board of Realtors. School officials, aware of the importance of communicating with the real estate professionals who sell homes in their school districts, took part in discussions to offer updates to real-estate agents on a variety of topics, such as accomplishments, regulatory changes, and anticipated challenges in the delivery of public education.
Tom Hosler, superintendent of Perrysburg Schools, noted that all school districts are encountering many of the same struggles.
"So much of what we do and the challenges that we face are universal," he said, adding that, in his district, growing enrollment is among major issues.
"We put together a community group last year...to talk about our issues," he said. "Right now, we're feeling the pinch at the elementary and junior high. We need to come up with a solution."
The Perrysburg school board is "wrestling" with the issue, he said.
Aging buildings are another issue for the district, which has about 4,800 students enrolled and operates under a $40.8 million budget.
"We're getting to the end of their lifespan," he said of the district's buildings. "We continue to struggle with what our next step is, and we want to engage the community..."
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Another issue that will plague the district next year is state tests will be entirely administered online. Finding the space to make testing happen in a timely manner may present a few challenges for the school system, Mr. Hosler said.
"One of our elementary buildings might have one computer lab and we might have 600 kids [who need to take the test]. We have to be willing to incorporate technology," he said.
Springfield Schools superintendent Kathryn Hott, whose district has about 4,000 students, said, "...We're facing required state testing all on computers and we may not have building infrastructure to support that."
Nine out of 10 families in Springfield send their children to Springfield schools, she said, noting that the percentage is growing, adding students to the schools.
Sylvania Schools superintendent Brad Rieger said emphasizing quality of life and educating respectful students is important.
"We want them to leave our school district with the skills and the confidence to achieve in college...and life in general," he said. The district has fluctuated between 7,700 and 7,900 students in the last 10 years for which Mr. Rieger has been superintendent.
Sylvania schools focus on curriculum and on teaching students how to contribute positively to society, he said. Test scores and grades are important benchmarks along the path, he added, but students should be tuned in to discover how to connect what they've learned to the real world.
"People in Sylvania value education. The challenge is this idea of financial constraints..." Mr. Rieger said.
Patrick Hickey, superintendent of Washington Local, said his district faces another issue entirely. He said because of "growing enrollment in a shrinking city," many of the district's students are transient and there has been a 200 percent increase in the level of poverty of students in the last eight years.
"...We're not caring so much right now about how they're being educated, but how their food needs are being met," Mr. Hickey said. The district, which has a $74 million operating budget, has about 6,800 students enrolled.
He said choosing a school is a competitive process, and that Washington Local hopes to help students find their passions and build a strong education around them.
When asked by local real estate agents who attended the meeting about ways to encourage potential homebuyers to set up a meeting with the school district and check out the schools, Mr. Hosler said it was important for open communication.
"Try to steer them into the experience of the school -– talk to the superintendent, talk to people who are actually customers of the school," he said.
About 25 Realtors and other area professionals attended the lunch and learn program.
Realtor Carol Dimas said, "I think this has been one of the best lunch and learns we've had."
She asked about safety in schools and protection from "mad men." She was told that the meeting was not the forum for that issue.
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The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Arts is a terminal degree and is the preferred degree for the practicing artist with a professional career in the visual arts. It is the recommended degree for college level teachers of art, and secondary school level as well.
Students accepted into the MFA program at WCSU select a concentration in painting or illustration. Graduate work emcompasses a broad range of materials and ideas, not limited to singular viewpoints. Students are encouraged to explore and expand the scope of thier work within their concentration. Recent MFA theses have included combined-media paitings, multi-demensional works on paper, as well as authored-illustrated books.
The core of the program is the student's individual progress in the studio, leading to a professional level of mastery. The program is built on a series of individual applied studio courses of escalating intensity, interspersed with regular, individual and group critiques with faculty mentors. Each student presents a capstone project, which may include both exhibition and publication, as a final step prior to receiving the M.F.A. degree.
A highly successful Visiting Artist Lecture Series brings many artists of national and international reputation to WCSU. Each semester, they present lectures to the university community. Additionally they give critiques to the MFA students, providing a diversity of ideas that enhance the educational experience. The proximity of WCSU to the galleries and museums of New York City further enhances the program of study.
A one-semester internship is required for each student, offering invaluable hands-on experience. Graduate Teaching Assistantships are available at WCSU, and internships with professional artists and museums (e.g., Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT) have been established.
Graduates of the M.F.A. in Visual Arts at WCSU have become successful art educators, practicing visual artists, published illustrators, gallery curators, and entrepeneurs. WCSU graduates have been selected for juried exhibitions at numerous New York City galleries, including Prince Street Gallery, Bowery Gallery, and First Street Gallery, as well as regional galleries including the Warwick Museum of Art (Rhode Island), Westport Arts Center (Westport, CT), and Nash Gallery (Easthampton, MA).
Because of the nature of the program, full-time attendance is mandatory.
M.F.A. degrees are available in painting or illustration.
The mission of the M.F.A. in Visual Arts program is to serve as a responsive and creative artistic resource for the people and institutions of Connecticut and the surrounding region by providing a period of intense and focused study under the guidance of established professionals.
Program Goals
- to deepen and broaden the development of individual artistic character;
- to establish a mentoring relationship through a network of lifetime contacts;
- to give greater standing to the creative field of art;
- to contribute to the ever-expanding cultural base of the state and to regional economic and educational development and welfare;
- to be responsive to area needs; and
- to educate students to serve the public interest.
The recipient of the M.F.A. in Visual Arts degree will attain a certifiable level of technical proficiency and the ability to create artistic works within their specific area of discipline. However, earning the degree does not necessarily guarantee an ability to teach this proficiency to others, nor does it guarantee personal success in the competitive field of the visual arts. When work toward the M.F.A. in Visual Arts has been concentrated in a particular medium, an assessable level of competency in that medium should be acquired. The generalist whose preparation has been broader and less specialized, must still meet the critical demands of the profession by convincingly demonstrating expertise and knowledge in a number of areas. Specifically, students in the M.F.A. in Visual Arts degree program will acquire:
- Advanced professional competence in either painting or illustration as exemplified by a considerable depth of knowledge and achievement demonstrated by a significant body of work;
- A breadth of understanding in art and related disciplines;
- The ability to think independently, to integrate, and to synthesize information associated with practice in the areas of painting or illustration;
- Awareness of current issues and developments that are influencing painting or illustration, and the basic ability and clear potential to contribute to the expansion and evolution of these fields;
- Writing and speaking skills to communicate clearly and effectively to the art and/or design communities, the public, and in formal and informal teaching situations;
- Advancement capabilities with technologies utilized in the creation, dissemination, documentation, and preservation of work in painting or illustration; and
- A basic knowledge of bibliographical or information resources asscociated with work and analysis in painting and/or illustration.
Ongoing critique conducted by Department of Art faculty members, and visiting artists is an essential part of the evaluation process in the M.F.A. in Visual Arts degree program at WCSU. It is customary for these critiques to periodically include the perspective of graduate students enrolled in the program. A review of students' progress will take place prior to the admission to their final semester. Since the visual arts profession demands that M.F.A. degree recipients acquire the ability to create artistic works, a faculty, institutional, and public review of the final product is necessary. As a final step prior to receiving the degree each M.F.A. candidate is required to mount a substantial exhibition of his/her work.
Admission Requirements
In addition to the graduate admissions policies of the Division of Graduate Studies, students may be admitted to the M.F.A. in Visual Arts degree program if they meet the following criteria:
- Completed a B.A. or B.F.A. in Art, OR
- Completed a B.A. or B.F.A. in a related field and show demonstrable competency in art; AND
- Submission and successful review of portfolio by WCSU Department of Art faculty,
- Successful completion of an interview with Department of Art Faculty, either on-campus or through electronic media, AND
- Provide evidence of strong academic record, especially in the candidate's area of study.
Note: Acceptance to the Department of Art through portfolio review and interview is mandatory, in addition to applying to the Division of Graduate Studies.
Degree Program Requirements
Degree candidates will select an area of emphasis (Painting or Illustration) and complete a minimum of 60 credits as listed on the program sheet, under the guidance of his or her mentor/advisor, and with approval of the program coordinator.
Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts
|Required Courses:
|ART 510 Art Colloquium
ART 511 Advanced Independent Studies in Art History
(To be taken incrementally over first three semesters)
ART 512 Individual Introductory Graduate Studio
(in area of emphasis)
|ART 520 Individual Applied Studio I
|ART 521 Individual Applied Studio II
|ART 530 Advanced Individual Studio I
|ART 531 Advanced Individual Studio II
|ART 580 Practicum Internship
|ART 581 Individual Introductory Graduate Studio in Related Area
|ART 590 Thesis Exhibition
(In all studio courses, each course hour requires three hours of applied studio work per week.)


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The best thing about spicy food is that it is not relegated to one ethnicity. Every type of cuisine has at least one spicy dish that gets the blood pumping. From Caribbean to Chinese, Seattle has some of the hottest dishes from across the globe. Put the passport away and travel to the best spicy spots in town.
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Trinidad and Tobago are a pair of Caribbean islands that developed from a multitude of cultural influences and created a cuisine that is deliciously unique. At Pam's Kitchen, owner Pam Jacob reaches back to her root and serves up some of the spiciest Caribbean dishes in town. From the Jerk chicken to the spicy green beans, this joint is kickin'. The Roti is where the real spice comes into play with a delicious punch. Tender, savory meat and cumin-spice garbanzo beans and potatoes all meld into one scrumptious mouthful. If things are not hot enough, add a dollop of the habanero sauce served on the side.
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Finding a seat at Thai Town might be a hard thing to do, but it's well worth the effort. Nestled into a small building in the University District, this tiny restaurant is really heating things up. With flying woks flipping on top a 4 burner stove, it is it is dinner and a show all in one place. The pad Thai is well seasoned, the house noodles are kicked up with spicy chili oil and the garlic chicken really ignites a fire, the favorite among the heat seekers. After one meal at Thai Tom, it's easy to understand why there is always a line out the door.
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Chinese Szechuan food is famous for its bold flavors and use of generous applications of garlic, chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns. And in a small strip mall just outside of Seattle, there is one chef doing it very well. Spicy Talk Bistro is anything but run of the mill. Chef Cheng Biao Yang's dishes are so spicily delicious that word of mouth advertising is all he needs. It is continually the talk of the town. With hand shaved noodles and sauces, all made from scratch, this place is the real deal.
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At Wing Dome, there is wing sauce in all sorts of flavors and heat profiles. With choices of Western BBQ, honey mustard, and Thai sweet chili, it is not the typical wing joint. But for those that like Buffalo wings and only Buffalo wings, this is the place. From 1 alarm, "mild and flavorful," to 6 alarm, "I can't feel my face," no wing lover will leave disappointed. The 7 alarm challenge is only for the truly brave, or truly stupid. Just eat seven 7-Alarm wings in 7 minutes and win. If you don't succeed, it's $7.77. Don the bib and bring it on.
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Jun 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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DescriptionSex Discrimination in the Workplace is an interdisciplinary volume that examines the various approaches to the study of sex discrimination and explores solutions and interventions. With riveting first-hand accounts from plaintiffs, lawyers and expert witnesses who have mounted battles against discriminatory employers, it is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to gain a better understanding of precisely what sex discrimination is and what can be done to combat it.
- Examines sex discrimination through the eyes of law, economics, sociology, and psychology, providing expert descriptions of the fundamental research related to sex discrimination and their field
- Contains first hand accounts of sex discrimination cases, many of which relate to landmark contemporary incidents
- Concludes with solutions to the problems of discrimination from individual, organizational, and societal perspectives
- Written in clear, engaging prose with contributions from eminent scholars
Part I: What Employers and Employees Should Know about Sex Discrimination:.
1. Introduction: Understanding Sex Discrimination: Faye J. Crosby (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Margaret S. Stockdale (Southern Illinois University Carbondale).
2. Avoiding Sex Discrimination Litigation and Defending Sex Discrimination Suits: Jonathan D. Wetchler (Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen).
3. When an Individual Finds Herself to be the Victim of Sex Discrimination: Theresa M. Beiner (William H. Bowen School of Law) and Maureen O'Connor (John Jay College of Criminal Justice).
Part II: From the Trenches: Individual Narratives from Plaintiffs, Attorneys, and Expert Witnesses:.
4. Opposing Views, Strongly Held: Ann Branigar Hopkins (Price Waterhouse).
5. Gender Equity at Stanford University: A Story Behind the Statistics: Colleen E. Crangle.
6. How Did a Nice Girl Like You…?: Ellen Kimmel (University of South Florida).
7. A Gender Discrimination Class Action from the Point of View of Plaintiffs' Lawyers: Donna M. Ryu (Hastings College of the Law) and Jocelyn D. Larkin (The Impact Fund).
8. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Gender Integration of Physically Demanding Positions: Richard S. Ugelow (American University).
9. Reflections on Being an Expert Witness in Class Action Sex Discrimination Litigation: Eugene Borgida (University of Minnesota) and Anita Kim (University of Minnesota).
10. My Experience as an Expert Witness in Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Litigation: Barbara A. Gutek (University of Arizona).
11. Sex Discrimination in the Workplace: Lessons from Two High-Profile Cases: Wayne F. Cascio (University of Colorado at Denver).
Part III: Disciplinary Perspectives:.
12. Sex Discrimination: The Psychological Approach: Peter Glick (Lawrence University) and Susan T. Fiske (Princeton University).
13. Sociological Approaches to Sex Discrimination in Employment: Cecilia L. Ridgeway (Stanford University) and Paula England (Stanford University).
14. Discrimination through the Economist's Eye: Barbara R. Bergmann (University of Maryland, American University).
15. Legal Perspectives on Employment Discrimination: Deborah L. Rhode (Stanford University) and Joan C. Williams (Hastings College of the Law).
Part IV: Potential Solutions to the Problems of Sex Discrimination in Employment:.
16. A Critical Look at Organizational Responses to and Remedies for Sex Discrimination: Susan Bisom-Rapp (Thomas Jefferson School of Law), Margaret S. Stockdale (Southern Illinois University Carbondale), and Faye J. Crosby (University of California, Santa Cruz).
17. The Watched Variable Improves: On Eliminating Sex Discrimination in Employment: Linda Hamilton Krieger (University of California, Berkeley).
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Fifteen years of teaching experience: Middle School: --5th grade Humanities (English/History combination) --6th grade English --7th-8th grade Creative Writing --8th grade Language Arts (held this position for 8 years) High School: --9th grade World History --10th grade American History --11th-12th grade: Sociology and Minorities --9th grade English --10th grade English I have worked with homogeneous and heterogeneous groupings, which gave me experience with a wide range of student abilities. I have also worked in public and independent schools, in both co-ed and single gender classrooms. I also do contract work as a scorer of standardized tests.
I tend to be structured and challenging, but very caring and real. I adapt my pedagogy and curriculum to meet the changing needs of my students from year to year. I do my best to keep a sense of humor and create a fun learning community.
I served as a curriculum mapping leader in middle school Language Arts. I was on building cabinet. I took part in a two year literacy partnership with the Center for English Learning and Achievement at SUNY Albany. I have had the privilege of taking part in some great summer professional development programs. Some of these were: the Favorite Poems Project at Boston University, National Endowment for the Humanities Socratic Ethics Seminar at Williams College, Hudson Valley Writing Project at SUNY New Paltz, and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities American Constitutional Law Seminar at Monmouth College. I have had personal essays published and have read some on the radio.I also published a feature article in a teaching publication and an academic article in an English journal.
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Ever since we purchased our deer hunting property and our family started hunting deer there during our state's approximately week-long deer season, my wife, Karen, has made a menu and prepared all the meals for us. Some years that means making enough to feed 12, all family members of various ages. She does all the shopping ahead of time and gives us a set of instructions to go along with each meal on the menu.
Karen prepares every meal in foil pans so we don't have to wash dishes. She puts yellow sticky notes on every dish with cooking directions, such as "put into crock pot before morning hunt." We eat on paper plates and use plastic utensils. The fewer dishes, the better.
Some may think we're spoiled, but I see it as a thoughtful extension of the basic fact that my wife likes to cook and prepare for family events. And we greatly appreciate it.
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The day before, my wife drives five hours up north to our cottage, sharing her two-door compact car with our labs, one of our daughters, a 20-pound turkey, succotash, potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberries and dessert for all. Her whole day is filled with cooking and preparations. All of it is delicious and much appreciated … we're so full that I sometimes wonder how we manage to hunt the next day.
She always says she comes up to deer camp to see wall-to-wall orange, total chaos, a dirty kitchen (despite our best efforts) and smelly men with beards. It's amazing how she fixes everything and even persuades us to take a break from chasing deer to shower and shave.
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Critics may be attacking Fox's new sitcom "Dads" as racist, but costar Seth Green isn't buying it.
In an "Ask Me Anything" forum on Reddit on Tuesday, the actor defended the Seth MacFarlane-produced series, which has been spit-roasted by reviewers for jokes they feel indulge Asian American and other stereotypes.
"There have been some groups who through their own cultural sensitivities feel that jokes that we're making are inappropriate for television, but I don't think any of those people have really seen the show as a whole and are solely focusing on singular jokes without considering them in the context of the entire show," Green said.
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He added: "The creators of the show are smart and clever, and we all grew up loving this kind of TV for being both a mirror to what we're all going through, and also provocative enough to ask questions about why we behave the way we do."
Green said he believes that people need to lighten up. "Everyone needs to remember, this is a comedy, it's not about making fun of people but it's about having fun with the situations these people get into."
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"Dads" premieres Tuesday. Are you planning to watch the show? If you did watch, do you agree with Green or the critics?
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Twin brothers and collaborators Gert and Uwe Tobias use large-scale woodcuts to explore the intersection between popular culture and Romanian folklore. While the core of their practice is wood construction, they also create ceramic and relief sculpture, watercolor paintings, and drawings from typewriters. They use modernist techniques such as abstraction to cover diverse folkloric subject matter like Count Dracula, handicrafts, and peasant humor. The Tobiases' preoccupation with Eastern European folk traditions links them with Constantin Brancusi and Marc Chagall.
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Bertelsmann-owned Channel Five has withdrawn from Project Canvas, the BBC-led project to define future TV standards, citing cost reasons. The channel is up for sale, losing £37m last year, and could be sold for just £1. Five was obliged to find £16m, its share of the £112m estimated cost of the Canvas project, and declined.
The ambitious project marries TV's dinosaur broadcasters (ITV, the BBC) to retailer Carphone Warehouse, ISP TalkTalk and mast monopoly Arqiva, in a bid to define a hardware and software reference platform for satellite and IP TV boxes.
The Canvas members have kept key portions proprietary, but last month the BBC Trust ordered them to open up the specs and license them under RAND (non-discriminatory) terms. Whether this is enough to dispel the concerns about vertical integration - should broadcasters act as gatekeepers? - remains to be seen.
But as one commenter points out, by putting a UK consortium in charge of such a sweeping set of specs, there will be consequences. If Canvas boxes succeed, it's much less likely that the hi-tech TV big boys such as Sony and Panasonic* will be able to embed the capabilities into their TVs, as they have with FreeView. And since everything electronic becomes integrated eventually, the UK will be a backwater, with punters paying more for the TV tech.
"Very rarely would I write this but Andrew Orlowski may be right on this topic," he adds. It doesn't cheer me up to say it, but we all pay a price for gatekeeping. ®
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The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves in all cases to which they think themselves competent, or they may act by representatives, freely and equally chosen; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property, and freedom of the press.
Thomas Jefferson (letter to John Cartwright, 1824)
If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no resource left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all positive forms of government, and which against the usurpations of the national rulers, may be exerted with infinitely better prospect of success than against those of the rulers of an individual state. In a single state, if the persons intrusted with supreme power become usurpers, the different parcels, subdivisions, or districts of which it consists, having no distinct government in each, can take no regular measures for defense. The citizens must rush tumultuously to arms, without concert, without system, without resource; except in their courage and despair. The usurpers, clothed with the forms of legal authority, can too often crush the opposition in embryo. The smaller the extent of the territory, the more difficult will it be for the people to form a regular or systematic plan of opposition, and the more easy will it be to defeat their early efforts. Intelligence can be more speedily obtained of their preparations and movements, and the military force in the possession of the usurpers can be more rapidly directed against the part where the opposition has begun. In this situation there must be a peculiar coincidence of circumstances to insure success to the popular resistance.
Federalist 28, Alexander Hamilton
He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man. We must not conclude merely upon a man's haranguing upon liberty, and using the charming sound, that he is fit to be trusted with the liberties of his country. It is not unfrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their actions, mean nothing else by it but their own liberty, to oppress without control or the restaint of laws all who are poorer or weaker than themselves. It is not, I say, unfrequent to see such instances, though at the same time I esteem it a justice due to my country to say that it is not without shining examples of the contrary kind; examples of men of a distinguished attachment to this same liberty I have been describing; whom no hopes could draw, no terrors could drive, from steadily pursuing, in their sphere, the true interests of their country; whose fidelity has been tried in the nicest and tenderest manner, and has been ever firm and unshaken.
The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy this gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people.
Samuel Adams Essay published in The Advertiser (1748) and later reprinted in The Life and Public Service of Samuel Adams, Volume 1, by William Vincent Wells; Little, Brown, and Company; Boston, 1865
Nothing is more essential... than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable character.
Samuel Adams
Nothing so strongly impels a man to regard the interest of his constituents, as the certainty of returning to the general mass of the people, from whence he was taken, where he must participate in their burdens.
George Mason (speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 17 June 1788)
Lithuania ping?...........
Great quotes, Loud Mime - thanks!
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
The leftist gun grabbers (hi Rudy) like putting emphasis on where the commas are placed to make their (cough) argument that it's a 'collective' right.
Well okay, let's play that game, BUT, with some input from real Constitutional experts.
Case closed!
oops, almost forgot... You, yeah you 'public officers' - you have NO RIGHT to own a gun, hand em in pronto. You have till midnight to disarm!
Great stuff, Condor!
If the Supreme Court case affirms the person's right to bear arms, watch for the liberals to "target" ammunition.
I really like that breakdown, Condor.
Outstanding! Thanks for posting.
sidebar: Back in the 80's I photographing for the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs (still do); the women's basketball team for the Soviet Union had a nice young lady from Lithuania. As I was the announcer for their games as well, I got permission from the "coaches" to sit with the team and find the proper pronunciation of their names. The Lithuanian player translated, with the "coaches" watching her every move.
After the team left for home, one of the medical staff gave me a bag with all sorts of souvenirs from Lithuania. I was told that the player liked me, but couldn't show it or give me anything while the authorities were near....which was always. She gave the things to me through the doctor.
Although I was touched by her act, I thought of how horrible communism was. I saw the East-West German border a few years earlier and thought that was horrible as well. But when I am reminded of Lithuania, I think of this story and smile.
I was apolitical but very self reliant at that time.
I asked when we were going to break for lunch and a person
said "We eat a big breakfast and do not stop for lunch
until we leave the college.
To me that was no big deal but at noon the next day, the
Dean gave me a guided tour of some class rooms and the
students were eating fried chicken.
Ya'll are too, too funny!
...and that was the last time Jefferson and Hamilton agreed on *anything*.
Interesting? Yes. But also wildly biased and inaccurate.
"Hamiltonians considered the common people ignorant and incapable of self-government"?
This is from a school district outside San Francisco.
Also: Jeffersonians favored freedom of speech and press.
Like Hamilton didn't?
It's what teachers put in the heads of the children.
Gun control laws increase the power of government and the criminal element over the average citizen and serve no other purpose.
Robert E. Lee
A goverment that fears arms in the hands of it people should also fear ROPE!
Nathan Bedford Forrest about 1845
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed one.
Thomas Jefferson quoting Cesare Beccaria, Criminologist 1764.
I diagree with Lee's end of his quote, as gun control promises are designed to capitalize on the stupidity of the masses as they march toward the slaughterhouses of tyranny.
Darn, I'm in a strange mood this evening!
The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves in all cases to which they think themselves competent, or they may act by representatives, freely and equally chosen; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property, and freedom of the press.
Thomas Jefferson (letter to John Cartwright, 1824)
And let us not forget these most wise words, as the 2008 election approaches. We have those who would take away ALL POWER within the people to be replaced with totalitarian rule through socialism. They stand out -— we know who they are.
On this night I read Federalist 63 and 64. It has put me in a funk.
The writer pointed out that the people could be corrupted by the politicians. Interesting point.
Moreover, that once the Senate is corrupted, which can only happen within itself, the rest of government is at risk. As the attachment from the State Legislatures and the Senate has been severed for years, this corruption was imminent.
The necessary separation of powers is in grave danger of vaporizing. One party is now controlling matters in the legislative branch and severely limiting the powers and responsibilities of the executive. The judiciary will soon follow, setting the stage for one party rule and its resulting tyranny.
We've got to wake up these idiotic liberals before we descend into the hate-filled domain of socialism.
"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men."
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Originally published at Catholic Online.
NAPLES, FL. (Catholic Online) – Over four decades ago Pope John Paul II said that the restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church was necessary for the cultural restoration of Western Europe. At the time his words seemed audacious. Russia was still under the Communist yoke, the winds in Poland were just starting to blow, and the Berlin wall loomed invincible.
Culture watchers dismissed the statement as the wistful longing of a faithful man. Yet John Paul, with his gift of seeing through the clutter of immediate events into the deeper and far-reaching ways of God, knew better. He believed that the fall of Communism would unleash a transformation that could only come from those who suffered.
His words are proving true. The Orthodox Church in Russia, after 80 years of brutal persecution, is emerging not only as a religious force in Europe, but also as the new leader in worldwide Orthodox Christianity. More Christians have been killed for their faith in the last century than all other centuries combined. Many of them were the Orthodox Christians of Eastern Europe.
Pope John Paul had a great fondness towards the Orthodox Church but never realized his dream of visiting Moscow or Constantinople. That would fall to his successor. At the time, the strain between Orthodoxy and Catholicism in general and Moscow and Rome in particular was more pronounced. Now the climate is changing.
What accounts for the shift? One reason is the election last year of Patriarch Kirill, the new leader of the Russian Orthodox Church. Patriarch Kirill is a theological conservative in the mold of Pope Benedict. Both see religion as the wellspring of culture. Both understand that Europe cannot escape a final capitulation to tyranny if it does not rediscover its Christian roots.
The relationship between the Orthodox and Catholics continues to have significant strains however, and the present rapprochement is not an impending sign that the Churches will unify. Nevertheless, there is greater unity in the frank acceptance of real differences than in the shallow reality that is created by pretending they don't exist. Accept the differences and the skies clear. We see that much work can be done together.
One area of cooperation is restoring Christian culture. If religion is the wellspring of culture, then our moral orientation – how we live and behave, the choices we make, how we order our relationships, how we value the human person – becomes critical. The spiritual life of the Christian is really a life that is lived in ways pleasing to God under the Great Commandment: Love God and neighbor. How we treat one another really matters. It touches not only the neighbor but reaches deep into the larger society.
Moreover, obedience to the Great Commandment is also the guarantor of freedom. If people throw off their responsibility to God and neighbor and live for themselves, then they will either relinquish their freedom to others or a greater power will take it from them.
Pope John Paul understood this. Pope Benedict and Patriarch Kirill understand this too. They experienced tyranny first hand. They know that virtue is the only bulwark against oppression. That's why they exhort their flocks to moral virtue in almost identical language.
Moreover, both leaders see that moral renewal is essential for the renewal of Europe. Religion cannot be separated from morality, and morality cannot be separated from religion. A healthy and free society requires morally virtuous people, and people discover the freedom that virtue fosters through religion.
If Europe's moral collapse continues, more instability will result and a new power will arise to maintain order. It could be a state ideology that resembles the former Communist tyrannies of Eastern Europe, or more likely a closed religion like the Islam of the East.
The next decade may be one of both instability and great creativity, much like the 1980s and 1990s. It's a very exciting time to be alive, but it will also require more of all Christians. We have capable leaders to help us see things more clearly.
Fr Johannes L. Jacobse is an Orthodox priest serving in Naples, FL. He is the editor of Orthodoxy Today (www.orthodoxytoday.org) and President of the American Orthodox Institute (www.aoiusa.org).


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Pathomechanism of hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury and beneficial influence of a mesenchymal stem cell therapy
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Introduction: A transplanted organ is up against immune response of the recipient but also stress and tissue damage caused by ischemia and reperfusion. Although a lot of effort has been made to identify the underlying pathomechanism of hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI), only little is known about the responsible cell populations. Here, we identified and characterized the infiltrating T-lymphocytes in a mouse model of hepatic ischemia reperfusion and determined the beneficial role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC) in this model.
Materials and methods: IRI of the liver was performed by clamping of the hepatic artery, the portal vein and the bile duct of various reporter and knock out mice for 45min (resulted in ischemia of about 70% of the liver). Blood, infiltrating cell and tissue analysis was done at 6, 24 and 72 hours after reperfusion. MSC therapy was performed by injecting 500,000 cells injected intravenously 2 hours before IRI.
Results: In this model we could identify and further characterize the role of T-lymphocytes in hepatic IRI. Therapy by exogenous MSC reduced this T-cell related early liver damage significantly as assessed by ALT measurement in blood serum samples. Expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines was also reduced after MSC administration and TNFα dependent expression of the adhesion molecule ICAM-1 was down regulated in MSC treated livers. Also, numbers of infiltrating T-cells were significantly lower after MSC therapy in IRI livers.
Conclusion: We could demonstrate a potential role of a specific T-lymphocyte subpopulation in the early hepatic ischemia reperfusion damage. MSC are potent inhibitors for IRI by modulating two sides of the lymphocyte dependent liver damage. On the one hand preventing lymphocytes from homing to the injured organ, on the other hand modulating the endothelium by down regulating adhesion molecules like ICAM-1. The presented data strengthen the beneficial use of MSC as novel cell therapeutics for solid organ transplantation.


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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas denied Wednesday a conservative activist's request for an emergency stay to stop the government from transporting immigrants who entered the country illegally in South Texas to other states or releasing them on their own recognizance.
In a complaint filed in July, Orly Taitz argued that by sending immigrant children and families to various states while South Texas was overwhelmed by an immigration surge, the U.S. government created a public health risk. She called for a two-month quarantine and medical screening for all immigrants detained after entering the country.
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen on Wednesday told the dentist and lawyer from Rancho Santa Margarita, California, that she could refile an amended complaint. He said he was denying her request for an emergency stay because he was not convinced the lawsuit would succeed with Taitz as the plaintiff.
"The only way I see this going forward beyond this next step is that you're going to have some expert support for your damages," Hanen said.
Taitz said that she participates in several programs that provide dental care to new immigrants. She said many of them came in with a persistent cough and she subsequently developed an upper respiratory infection. She also said Border Patrol agents were infected with scabies and chicken pox while handling immigrants.
Taitz is best known as a proponent of the debunked "birther" movement that questions whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States.
The government had sought to have the lawsuit dismissed and indicated Wednesday it would continue to do so. In a court filing, the government called the lawsuit "nothing more than a generalized grievance" and noted that the federal government has broad power in the area of immigration.
From October to July, 63,000 unaccompanied children were arrested after entering the U.S. illegally, double the number from the same period a year earlier. Another 63,000 families — mothers or fathers with young children — were arrested during that period.
Those arrests have slowed, however. Arrests of children traveling alone and children and parents traveling together dropped by about half in July from the previous month.
Law requires unaccompanied children be transferred from Border Patrol custody to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement within 72 hours of their arrest. During the surge, Border Patrol stations were clogged with children, forcing the agency to transfer some immigrants from the Rio Grande Valley to other sectors along the Southwest border. Some families were released with orders to appear later before immigration officials.
In Hanen, Taitz found a judge who had voiced his own criticisms of the government's willingness to reunite children who entered the country alone with parents already residing in the U.S. illegally. In an order issued in another case in December, Hanen wrote that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is assisting in criminal conspiracies to smuggle children into the country by doing so.
It was Hanen who asked some of the most pointed questions of the representatives from the federal agencies most directly involved in handling the increase in immigrant children and families during the hearing Wednesday.
Representatives of the Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Office of Refugee Resettlement each testified about the medical screenings that immigrants undergo.
Kevin Oaks, the Border Patrol's chief of the Rio Grande Valley sector, conceded that some immigrants with scabies had been transferred to other states but maintained that the agency's screening was effective. Teresa Brooks, who oversees the Office of Refugee Resettlement's operations in the Rio Grande Valley, said she knew of only one case in which a child tested positive for tuberculosis during the immigration surge.
Hanen gave Taitz until Sept. 12 to file an amended complaint.