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Mock me for dipping into the celebrity gossip pages twice in one week if you want, but, hey, few GetReligion readers seemed very interested in yesterday's post about the mainstream news coverage of the threatening ultimatum issued to the Christians of Nigeria. So, let's try Justin Bieber.
We have news. He got another tattoo. Here's how the New York Daily News wrote it up:
Justin Bieber showed some skin – and some new body art – during a trip to Venice Beach in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Wearing a pair of black swim trunks, the teen heartthrob sported a big tattoo of Jesus on the back of his left calf. ...
But this isn't the 17-year-old's first time getting inked.
The "Baby" singer also has Jesus' name tattooed in Hebrew on his rib cage, as well as an image of a bird on his left hip.
Bieber has spoken out about his religious beliefs in the past.
"I'm a Christian, I believe in God, I believe that Jesus died on a cross for my sins," he told The Associated Press last year. "I believe that I have a relationship and I'm able to talk to him and really, he's the reason I'm here, so I definitely have to remember that. As soon as I start forgetting, I've got to click back and be like, you know, this is why I'm here."
Godbeat pro Cathleen Falsani is my go-to expert on all things Bieber and God. She literally wrote the book on it. So I actually knew about those other tattoos already. (Follow her on Twitter here.)
But I write about it here at GetReligion because of how another media outlet handled this news.
No, not the Huffington Post, where you can vote on whether you find the tattoo "heavenly" or "sinful." The Daily Mail wrote up the big news about the Jesus tattoo but included the following pair of images (second illustration with post, on the left).
Now, do you think it's true, as the caption reads, that "Bieber's latest inking is based on the image of Jesus called Ecce Homo dating back to 1610 by artist Rubens"?
I don't. I think the inspiration is the one I pictured above (which I guess is a computer generated image of much more recent vintage, also done in the Ecce Homo style).
This isn't a science, but if you look here at this pretty good picture of the tattoo, I think it looks closer to the Ecce Homo I embedded at the top of the post. It even looks closer to Guido Rene's Ecce Homo than Rubens', doesn't it?
I really worked hard to find the artist behind the image at the top, incidentally, but couldn't.
Of course, at least the Mail tried to add some context to the religious tattoo. Which is more than we can say about most of the media outlets discussing this huge news.
Perhaps some will get around to it in their follow-up stories on what the tattoo means and we'll see reports in Us and People about how Ecce Homo is the depiction of a particular scene from the Passion of Christ and that "Ecce Homo" (Behold the Man) were the words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of John 19:5 at the presentation of the scourged Jesus to a hostile crowd before his crucifixion.
Who knows? Maybe we'll get a little discussion of how this scene and the scenes surrounding it have been painted over the years.
Or maybe not.
But if you're going to cite the artistic inspiration for the tattoo, you should get your facts right. I hear those Beliebers are sticklers for the facts.


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In the past 24 hours, four separate writers have emailed me to tell me my books are being stolen online.
Well... no duh.
The internet was created to share and distribute data. It's the whole reason the world wide web exists.
Of course some of that data is going to be copyright-protected work. If it can be digitized, it can, and will, be shared.
What continues to amaze me is how freaked-out authors are by this. The thought that someone is sharing their work--without paying for it--seems to evoke the same reaction as having someone hack your bank account and drain your life savings.
As you see by the recent picture, I'm being pirated. Google pointed to 8880 different sites where my work is being illegally shared. And these are just torrent sites. This doesn't count file lockers, which I believe account for many more downloads than torrents.
And yet, I'm not worried. I'm currently selling 220 ebooks per day, and that rate shows no signs of slowing down.
So everyone needs to take a big, collective breath, let it out slow, and stop worrying about illegal file sharing. Here are some reasons why.
1. Copyright is unenforceable in a digital world. Period. Exclamation point. At no time in history has any individual, company, or industry been able to stop file sharing. No country or law has been able to stop it. No technology has been able to stop it. Which brings us to...
2. People want to share files. There is this much file sharing going on for a reason. It's what people want. Fighting piracy is fighting human nature. This is a battle no one can win. Getting your undies in a bunch at the thought of someone copying your ebook is a waste of a good ulcer. Worry about some problem that eventually will be solved. Like world hunger. Or cancer. Or war. Those will be conquered before file sharing is.
3. There is ZERO reliable evidence that file-sharing hurts sales. A shared file does not equal a lost sale, any more than someone reading a library book is a lost sale.
My ebooks that I'm selling on Amazon and Smashwords are available for FREE on my website. As in "they cost zero dollars." And yet the ebooks keep selling. Clearly, being able to get something for free doesn't inhibit sales.
4. The more people who know who you are, the better. File sharing certainly helps spread brand awareness and name recognition, and it does so without any effort on your part.
Now we'll take some questions.
Q: But Joe, if everyone steals your ebooks, how will you make money?
A: Show me an artist bankrupted by piracy, and we'll revisit this question.
Q: No, seriously, in a future where everything is free, how will...
A: We're not in a future where everything is free. But I'll play the "let's pretend" game. Let's pretend that all ebooks are free. How will writers make money? The same way all media makes money. Advertising, merchandising, and licensing.
Q: But I don't want ads in ebooks.
A: I don't want ads in anything. But that's how capitalism works. Deal with it.
Q: Piracy is immoral, and illegal. We need to spread awareness, then people will stop doing it.
A: Sure... that's how religion was able to successfully put a halt to masturbation, pre-marital and extra-marital sex. And why the US successfully won the war on drugs.
Illegal doesn't matter. People do what they want to do. Immoral is subjective. And teaching people to behave in a way contrary to human nature DOES NOT WORK.
Q: If I create something, I should have the right to do what I want with it, and make money from it. Piracy takes that right away from me.
A: No it doesn't. The vast majority of piracy doesn't monetarily benefit the pirate. It's simply sharing, where no one makes a profit.
Q: That's not true. The sites that host piracy make a lot of money.
A: So does Google. So does any popular website. But those sites aren't making money off the illegal sales of your material. They simply facilitate sharing.
Q: Why doesn't anyone close those sites?
A: They try. Then new sites come up. It is unstoppable.
Q: But I don't want my writing to be shared.
A: Then don't write. Simple as that. JK Rowling has lost millions of dollars, because she refused to let Harry Potter come out in ebook form. Newsflash: you can get ebooks of all the Potter books from pirate sites. She didn't cater to her fans, so her fans catered to themselves. And if Rowling can't stop it, with her billions and armies of layers, you can't either.
Q: Piracy is theft, pure and simple.
A: That's not actually a question. And that's not actually true. First of all, the stealing of a physical object deprives the owner of that object, which is a monetary loss. Copying a file does not deprive the owner of that file--the owner still has it.
Q: It's the theft of intellectual property.
A: Okay, even though I think this point is pretty much useless, I'll play.
Have you ever read a library book? Recorded a song off the radio? Tivo'ed a show and zipped through the commercials? Lent a CD to a friend? Rented a movie or videogame? Bought a used book?
Guess what--you just experienced someone else's intellectual property without compensating the artist.
We could play "gray areas" and "where to draw the line" all day. It ultimately comes down to what constitutes ownership of intellectual property--actually owning a tangible object, or experiencing it sensually?
If the IP argument is that every time you sensually experience a work of art you should compensate the artist, then we're all thieves. But if stealing isn't about the experience, it's about the tangible object, then sharing intangible objects, such as data files, is not stealing.
Q: Look, it's stealing, no matter how you try to justify it. We need to create better technology to make sure that pirates can't steal.
A: There's a reason iTunes no longer uses DRM (digital rights management, the industry standard for copy protection.) Because PEOPLE DON'T WANT DRM.
Do you know who wants DRM? Artists and companies who don't know what the hell they're doing because they have knee jerk reactions to the word "piracy."
If you really fear piracy, educate yourself. Read about it. Learn how it's done. Hear both sides defend their positions.
If you have an ounce of brains in your head, you will quickly realize that piracy is always going to be here, that nothing can be done to stop it, that artists can still make money, and that you'd be much better off worrying about something you have control over, like writing more and better books.
And next time you see your ebook on a file sharing site, don't say, "Oh no! I'm being stolen!" Instead say, "Cool, I'm being read." That's what I do.
There are some dissenting opinions in the comments thread, so I just wanted to clarify and distill some of my thoughts. I'm not sure how I went from "don't worry about piracy" to being a full advocate for piracy, but I'd like to make it clear that I believe piracy is stealing. I simply do not equate it with stealing something tangible.
I'd also like to offer my final (for the moment) thoughts:
1. You CANNOT assume that a downloaded free book is a lost sale. It isn't 1 for 1.
In some cases, the pirate would have never bought the book in the first place.
In some cases, the pirate does buy the book, and other books by the author.
In some cases, the book languishes on a hard drive, never read at all.
In some cases, the pirate would have never even been aware of the book or the author without finding it on the file sharing site.
And so on.
2. It is impossible to prove the effect of file sharing on sales without actually interviewing every single pirate and having them answer truthfully about their sharing and buying habits.
3. Industries can lose money for many reasons. There is no study that clearly shows piracy is the only cause, or even proves it is part of the cause.
4. Piracy is big business for groups that make money studying and combating piracy. Fair, unbiased reports are hard to come by, especially when capitalism and politics are involved.
5. I have shown significant growth in the face of freebies and piracy. So have many others.
While it is impossible to prove a direct link between piracy and sales, showing rising sales in the face of piracy is a damn good indicator that piracy isn't harmful. Or if it is harmful, it isn't enough to impact growth.
This isn't opinion. It is fact. And it is repeatable.
You cannot prove piracy has harmed you. But I can prove it hasn't harmed me. Ergo, my argument is sound.
6. Don't worry about what you can't control. You'll sleep better.
7. The only way to combat piracy is with cost and convenience, which I have blogged about before.
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Stories behind Facing AIDS: Why do I face AIDS?
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Through the Facing AIDS photo sharing initiative, you and your community can join the thousands of Americans who are helping reduce stigma and promote HIV testing by putting a face to AIDS for World AIDS Day (December 1) and beyond. Karen Walker, a nurse and a mother, wrote this powerful description of why she is Facing AIDS as part of the AIDS.gov Facing AIDS anti-stigma photo initiative.
I face AIDS because of my life experiences with two small children who became my foster children in 1984. At that time, my husband and I had three adopted children living in our home, along with two unwed teen mothers and their babies.
We received a frantic phone call asking if we would please take a four-year-old girl and her eight-year-old brother whose mother had died the day before from AIDS. The children had not yet been told of their mother's death, but the foster mother in whose home they were living, upon hearing of their mother's diagnosis, demanded that the state child welfare worker come and get the children immediately.
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After 14 months, an adoptive home was found for them with a single parent in another part of the state, but their lives were immediately pitched into turmoil. Their pre-adoptive mother had gone to register them for school and a school official had revealed the little girl's HIV status, breaching confidentiality. An article appeared in a local newspaper that a child with an AIDS-related condition was trying to enroll and all "heck" broke loose. She was never allowed in school that year, and her brother could only attend with a court order and police escort, walking through picketing parents and TV crews, despite the fact that six lab tests showed that he was HIV negative. For the first week of school, parents pulled their children out of his classes. It was only after the State Commissioner of Education advised those parents that their children would be considered truant, that they agreed to leave their children in school. The boy's desk was isolated in the class-room, he was not allowed to play with anyone on the play-ground, and he was told not to use the drinking fountain.
At home, the children had bricks thrown through their windows, they were asked not to attend church, and they endured people running away from them in public places. Life became unbearable for them, and after 6 months, the adoption failed. A social worker came on a Friday to pick up the little girl, and on Sunday, we drove out and picked up the little boy.
Shortly thereafter, we legally adopted the boy. For many years, the state wouldn't tell us where his sister was. When they did tell us, we found that she had been moved to another state, and was in a great home with people who were in the process of adopting her. Sadly, she passed away 3 weeks after her 21st birthday from an AIDS-related illness, but at least we were able to be a part of her life again.
THIS IS WHY I FACE AIDS EVERYDAY. The discrimination and stigma are less than they were in the mid-1980s, but they are still very real for many people. I will fight for as long as I can, or until the stigma is gone, and a cure is found.


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Many Royale customers, I'm sure, assume that the Mr. Smith cocktail is named after Royale proprietor Steven Smith -- or at least his father, who's also a part owner of the business and, truth be told, whose first name I can't remember because "Mr. Smith" was all I ever called him.
But none of that has anything to do with the Mr. Smith. The Mr. Smith is named after Jeff Smith, who might also be addressed as The Former Honorable Jeff Smith, Ph.D. Jeff was the subject of a documentary, Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?, about the time he popped his campaign cherry running for the congressional seat vacated by veteran Rep. Dick Gephardt, and how he narrowly lost the Democratic primary to Russ Carnahan, son of a famous Missouri politician, and how he was a short, Jewish, basketball-loving UNC grad.
Post-documentary, Jeff ran for a state senate seat, which he won. He then abdicated the seat a couple years later after pleading guilty to a cover-up concerning questionable campaign materials stemming from his congressional campaign. He went to federal prison for a year and a day.
If you're an STLer, you can probably recite this whole saga backwards and front. If you're not, I tell you all this because the documentary's worth a rental and because all the shit that came after it is just so unbelievable.
I served Jeff at The Royale a good handful of times. He would come in pretty-late-to-late, drink a bit more than modestly, and was loud in a way that was vibrant rather than obnoxious. He's one of those people who will somehow scam a smile out of you -- whether or not you're in a good mood, whether or not you know him, whether or not you'd already decided that you don't like the guy (which was sometimes the position I took as he was, after all, a Tar Heel). Only after you found yourself smiling at his presence and demeanor would it occur to you that the guy has never bothered to remember your name. A politician!
But hey, fair's fair, so let me say: The Mr. Smith, which I believe Jeff verily invented himself, or at least he contributed heavily to its creation -- is a nifty sipper, an improbable collusion of four disparate tastes that taste mighty fine together, just the sort of aisle-bridging stuff I'm sure Jeff was into.
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About 3 ounces ginger beer
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
A dash of mint-infused simple syrup
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"We have, in recent days, seen tragedy and infamy on a scale equal to any in American history," said a proud, defiant Gore as he shaved. "Yet we have also seen heroism and selflessness on a scale equal to any in human history."
Gore, who last week pretended to pledge an additional $1.5 billion in federal aid to New York City, then switched off his razor and pulled out his toothbrush.
"We must honor our fallen heroes by devoting ourselves fully to the causes of liberty and freedom," said Gore, brushing his teeth with small circular motions. "And we must resolve to ensure, as Lincoln said, that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the Earth."
After a long silence, Gore said, "God bless America," and spat.
Gore, who narrowly lost the controversial 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush, then adjourned to the dining room, where he held a closed-door meeting with his top advisors, Simba and Stripe.
Since not taking office in January, Gore's accomplishments on both the domestic and foreign fronts have earned him high praise among fellow family members. His State Of The Union address of June 19 was hailed by wife Tipper as "very nice," despite being delivered in his sleep. His late-August tax-reform proposal was generally well received by daughter Kristin, who came across it on the back of a pizza-delivery menu. And his handling of the Sept. 11 tragedy and its aftermath has earned him a 100 percent approval rating within the Gore household.
"He's really risen to the occasion, that's for sure," said Gore housekeeper Virginia Evans, who spent nearly half an hour listening to Gore's anti-terrorism plan after being named his "Secretary Of State" last Thursday. "'President Gore' has taken some bold, decisive steps to help the American people in this time of crisis."
"All you have to do is see the man rake leaves into piles representing the various members of the international coalition, and you suddenly feel the nation is in good hands," said Gore son-in-law Andrew Schiff. "Or, you know, would be, if things had gone differently in Florida and with the Supreme Court and all."
Schiff also lauded the emergency federal-law-enforcement table of organization Gore drew in his mashed potatoes during a recent family dinner as "a masterpiece of delegation and efficiency."
"He's unbelievable, the way he's taken charge," Schiff said. "It's truly amazing how much good he's imagined doing for this country."
Gore's bathroom-mirror speech, his 16th such address since Sept. 11, is widely considered to be the almost-president's most emotional and stirring yet.
"I thought it was very moving," Tipper said. "It was exactly what the nation would have needed to hear in the wake of this horrible tragedy, I suppose."


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Wisconsin State Journal Buries Health And Environmental Risks In Mining Bill Coverage
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The Wisconsin State Journal failed to note specific health and environmental risks associated with taconite mining -- such as increased levels of mesothelioma among miners and groundwater contamination -- in an editorial and news story on a mining reform bill that conservative members of the legislature have made a priority for 2013.
What Is Taconite Mining?
Taconite Mining Is The Process Of Extracting Taconite Iron Ore From The Earth To Be Turned Into Steel. From the Minnesota Progressive Project:
First, holes are drilled and the taconite ore is blasted out of the ground. It is transported to the processing plant in huge trucks that can hold up to 240 tons of taconite. Placed into crushers, the taconite is crushed, mixed with water and ground into a fine powder. Next it goes to the separators where the iron ore is separated from the taconite using strong magnets; this is the concentrate. The remaining waste rock is dumped into tailings basins.
Taconite pellets are made by rolling the concentrate with clay inside rotating cylinders called agglomerators. These little balls the size of marbles are dried and baked to become the familiar hard pellets that kids on the Range quickly learn will leave orange stains on skin and clothing when handled. The pellets, which have an iron content of 65%, are melted down into steel at steel mills. [Minnesota Progressive Project, 9/16/11, emphasis added]
Taconite Mining Poses Health Risks To Miners And Nearby Communities
Physicians For Social Responsibility: 8 Percent Of Infants Born In The Lake Superior Region Have Toxic Levels Of Mercury In Their Bodies. From a Physicians for Social Responsibility fact sheet:
February 2012 research released from Minnesota Department of Health showed that 8% infants born in the Lake Superior region (including areas in Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin) have toxic levels of mercury in their bodies, above the federal EPA limit of 5.8 micrograms per liter. Some of the tested infants had levels as high as 211 micrograms per liter. Both mercury exposure and lead exposure have been linked to health issues for older children, teens and adults, including problems with infertility, autoimmune disease (such as rheumatoid arthritis) and increased risk of heart attack and stroke. [Physicians for Social Responsibility, February 2012, internal citation removed for clarity]
Physicians For Social Responsibility: Taconite Miners And Processing Workers Are At Risk For Silicosis And Mesothelioma. From a Physicians for Social Responsibility fact sheet:
In addition to threatening the viability of watersheds and purity of drinking water, taconite ore mining and processing releases heavy metals and silicate particulate into the air. This air pollution can exacerbate lung diseases like asthma and COPD. Taconite miners and processing workers are at risk of silicosis and mesothelioma. Michigan has confirmed 37 silicosis cases in miners in Upper Peninsula iron ore mines from 1987-2009, though researchers estimate that only 42% of occupational silicosis cases are captured in this annual study and the number of actual cases is probably higher. [Physicians for Social Responsibility, February 2012, internal citations removed for clarity]
Mesothelioma Center: Mesothelioma Rate Among Mining Industry Employees "Is Considerably Higher Than It Should Be." From the Mesothelioma Center:
An already abnormal mesothelioma death toll in northeast Minnesota continues to climb, according to an updated study at the University of Minnesota examining the nearby taconite mining industry.
The study, which began in 2008 with funding from state lawmakers, confirmed what many suspected for years about the mines in the "Iron Range" area of Minnesota.
Taconite is a lower-grade iron ore that is prevalent in the area. The industry [employs] approximately 3,000 workers.
The study has focused on the estimated 46,000 people born after 1920 who worked in the industry. Early results show that 1,681 taconite workers developed some type of lung cancer, including 82 with confirmed cases of mesothelioma, which normally strikes 2,000 to 3,000 people a year in the United States.
Jeffrey Mandel, associate professor at Minnesota and lead researcher in the study, confirmed that the mesothelioma rate is considerably higher than it should be. "We are still doing the analysis to find out how much so," Mandel said earlier this week during a telephone news conference. [Mesothelioma Center, 10/18/11, internal hyperlink removed]
UMN Study: Elevated Mortality Ratios From Mesothelioma And Lung Cancer Among Workers In Mining Industry. From the University of Minnesota's Minnesota Taconite Workers Health Study:
Preliminary analysis of the mortality (cause of death) data for workers based on number of years they worked in the industry confirms, as expected, elevated standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) from mesothelioma and lung cancer. Several other causes of death were evaluated, and these were not elevated but determined to be as expected (i.e. no higher risk for taconite workers). Cause of death from several common diseases of other major organs/systems (cancer of esophagus, stomach, breast; diabetes, COPD, kidney disease and neurological diseases such as Parkinson's, etc.) were also found to be similar for those living in Minnesota and not working in the taconite industry. However, heart disease (hypertension and ischemic) was higher than is normally seen in a working population. This is an area that warrants further investigation but is not within the scope of this research project. [University of Minnesota, 5/31/12]
Numerous Environmental Risks Are Associated With Taconite Mining
Sierra Club: Modern Taconite Mines Are Chronic Polluters. From a Sierra Club fact sheet describing the dozens of air and water quality violations at taconite mines in Michigan and Minnesota:
The evidence from neighboring states demonstrates that all taconite mines are polluters. A survey of compliance records from 2004-2011, shows that modern taconite mines are chronic polluters. Moreover, most of these fines and violations have taken place under Minnesota's ferrous mining law established in 1993. Is this a mining law we should use as an example for Wisconsin?
Nine taconite mines and related production and transport facilities in Minnesota and Michigan (seven in MN, two in MI) account for nearly all U.S. iron ore production. The chart below shows dozens of air and water quality violations resulting in more than $ 790,000 in fines, plus cleanup orders and stipulations costing another $9.1 million.
[Sierra Club, October 2011, internal citations removed]
Open Pit Taconite Mines Result In Permanent Changes To The Landscape. From the Wisconsin Sierra Club:
Open pit taconite mines result in permanent changes to the landscape. In Michigan and Minnesota, taconite pits and waste storage sites are permanent features that cover hundreds of square miles. Without additional information, it is unclear what the footprint of a taconite mine project in the Penokee Range would be, but it is clear that a portion of the Range and the resources and habitats that it now supports would be permanently removed. [Sierra Club, October 2011]
Mining Can Change The Chemical Composition Of Water And Could Affect Water Quality. From Northland College Associate Professor Of Geoscience, Tom Fitz:
Mining can also have environmental impacts from changes in the chemical composition of water from the area of a mine and waste rock piles. Of particular concern is the potential effect of the water interacting with minerals from the mine -- dissolving metals that impact the quality of surface water. The two dominant minerals in the Ironwood Formation, magnetite and quartz, are nearly insoluble and do not influence the chemistry of water they are in contact with. However, the detailed mineralogy still needs to be studied thoroughly, because bedrock geology is complex everywhere, and there is always the possibility of the presence of minerals that could impact water quality.
The rock on the north side of the Ironwood Formation, the Tyler Slate, is known to contain small amounts of the mineral pyrite (iron sulfide) which can influence the chemistry of water. Part of the Tyler Formation would have to be removed in order for the mine to access the ore of the Ironwood Formation, so there is potential for water in the area to have an increased concentration of metals from interaction with pyrite in waste rock piles. How much pyrite is present still needs to be determined, and if there is much pyrite, what could be done to prevent it from impacting water quality. [Bad River Watershed Association, accessed 1/4/13]
Gogebic Taconite Mining Project In Wisconsin Could Use More Water Than "The Entire City Of Madison." From Clean Wisconsin:
The Gogebic Taconite mining project could use as much as 41 million gallons of water each day, more than the daily water use of the entire city of Madison. [Clean Wisconsin, accessed 1/4/13]
Proposed Bill Allowing More Mining In Wisconsin Would Have Had Devastating Effects On Environment
Previous Taconite Mining Legislation In Wisconsin Would Have Rolled Back Environmental Protections. From a Clean Wisconsin fact sheet describing dangerous provisions in an Iron Mining Bill (AB 426/SB 288):
Rolls back commonsense environmental protections
• Allows mining corporations to dump toxic mine waste into sensitive wetlands and floodplains. (p. 23)
• Allows mining corporations to draw down water levels from rivers, lakes, streams and groundwater. (pp. 31-33)
• Significantly weakens wetland protections. (pp. 28-29)
• Allows iron mining law to supersede all other environmental regulations, unlike current law which gives deference to existing environmental laws, and unlike laws all other industry is subject to. (p. 18)
• Allows DNR to provide an exemption for a mining corporation from any requirements it sees fit. (p. 15) [Clean Wisconsin, accessed 1/4/13]
Despite Numerous Health And Environmental Issues, Wisconsin State Journal's Coverage Of Most Recent Mining Bill Never Mentioned Risks
Wisconsin State Journal Editorial Advocated For Mining Bill Without Highlighting Public Health Risks. From a Wisconsin State Journal editorial titled, "Pass a bipartisan mining bill now":
Gov. Scott Walker and Republican leaders have pledged that jobs are Job No. 1 in this new session. There is no better way to "walk the talk" than working with Democrats to bring forth a bipartisan mining bill that removes unworkable requirements from the current permitting process while still holding a firm line on necessary environmental protections.
This is not rocket science or brain surgery. It is finding a way to preserve air, water and soil quality while opening the door to hundreds of millions of dollars of economic development.
Along with protecting the environment, the length of time required for the permitting process and the amount of public input allowed have been controversial. All three are very solvable.
A mining bill failed by a close margin last session when Republican Sen. Dale Schultz of Richland Center broke ranks with his GOP colleagues and voted against the bill, citing a lack of environmental protections. [Wisconsin State Journal, 1/7/12]
Wisconsin State Journal Article Failed To Mention Health And Environmental Risks In Mining Bill Discussion. From the Wisconsin State Journal:
Streamlining the permitting process for mining in Wisconsin will be perhaps the top non-budget topic in the upcoming session, and Assembly Republicans said a bill to do just that will be the first introduced. The only question is, how far will the changes go?
GOP leaders won't say. A separate mining bill died last session by one vote after Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, bucked his party and turned down the GOP-backed proposal. He said it provided too little environmental protection and public input in the permitting process.
The push to change Wisconsin's mining laws was spurred by a proposal by Gogebic Taconite to put a $2 billion iron mine near Mellon that promised to provide 700 mining jobs and 2,100 support positions and hundreds of millions a year in economic impact.
In recent months, Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville, chaired a special committee that came up with proposed parameters for a new bill, including a two-year deadline for permit review, rather than the 360-day deadline in last session's bill. The proposal from Cullen's committee also would allow the state Department of Natural Resources to pause the process for up to six months, maintain groundwater protections, require a master public hearing once DNR approves the permit and give payments to local communities based on how much iron is extracted. [Wisconsin State Journal, 1/6/12]
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It concerns the treatment of AML patients aged 65 years or older
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On 24 September 2015, the European Medicines Agency Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion recommending a change to the terms of the marketing authorisation for the medicinal product azacitidine (Vidaza).
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Flyers beat Penguins for third win in a rowby Wes Crosby
PITTSBURGH -- The Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins continue to go in opposite directions.
Brayden Schenn scored twice and the Flyers won their third consecutive game by beating the Penguins 2-1 on Wednesday night at Consol Energy Center, handing Pittsburgh its third loss in a row.
Philadelphia (7-10-1) has climbed out of the basement of the Metropolitan Division. The Flyers are in seventh place with 15 points, seven behind first-place Pittsburgh (11-7-0), which owns a one-point lead over the Washington Capitals. Despite having the fewest goals in the League (33), the Flyers are three points out of the last playoff berth in the division.
"We're winning right now. It was a good win," Flyers coach Craig Berube said. "We didn't get off to a great start, but our goalie was really good and gave us a chance to win and get our feet under us. And more than anything, I like the fact that we grinded the win out.
"We played the night before and did a lot of little things right. I thought we did a good job of getting the puck out and getting it in deep and it's just another game. There's a long way to go."
The Penguins outshot Philadelphia 31-21, including 6-3 in the third period. Flyers defenseman Luke Schenn recorded the game's final shot on goal, a wrister with 7:13 to play.
"We're not doing enough around the net and in the net to get those goals that I think were there," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said. "We had opportunities, there were rebounds, there were situations, but we're not able to get in their end and finish and find those rebounds and go there to get that second-chance opportunity.
"With no even-strength goals in the last two games, you look at that as something we have to do better."
Brayden Schenn scored his second goal of the game with 1:20 remaining in the second period to break a 1-1 tie. With Pittsburgh's Pascal Dupuis off for slashing, Jakub Voracek sent a shot from the point into traffic in front of Marc-Andre Fleury. The puck bounced off a few players, including Steve Downie, and came to Schenn, who tapped it in for his sixth goal of the season.
"[Schenn] produces," Berube said. "He's good around the net, puts pucks on net. He's one of those guys who knows how to score, knows how to get points and help the team win by producing."
Prior to Schenn's goal, the Penguins had killed 18 consecutive power plays dating back to a 3-1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Oct. 28.
Ray Emery stopped 30 of the 31 shots he faced in his second win of the season. Fleury, who made 19 saves, has lost three in a row after beginning the season 10-2-0.
"It feels good," Emery said. "Gain some confidence and get more comfortable in the net and as a team, I think that's the same feeling that we have. That we're gaining more confidence and really getting into it."
The Penguins trailed 1-0 before captain Sidney Crosby scored a power-play goal 8:29 into the second period to tie the game.
Late in the Penguins' second power play of the game, Evgeni Malkin darted a pass from the right boards onto Crosby's tape in the crease. Crosby redirected the pass past a sprawling Emery for his team-leading ninth goal of the season and the 30th of his career against the Flyers. Crosby had not scored a goal in his previous seven games.
"I think we played a pretty good game for the most part," Crosby said. "We didn't give them much and generated a lot of chances. Unfortunately, they didn't go in, but it's never easy losing. I think that when you get those chances we feel like we deserve better, but we still didn't get the result we wanted."
Malkin's goal drought reached 11 games, but he extended his assist streak to five games and seemed poised for a breakout performance in the opening period.
As did the rest of the Penguins.
Pittsburgh came out flying and appeared to take the lead 19 seconds into the game, but Chris Kunitz's goal was disallowed after a video replay. Crosby split the Flyers' defense and drove to Emery's left side before sliding a shot off the goaltender's pad. Kunitz gathered the rebound a whiffed on a backhand shot attempt, but the puck caromed off his skate and into the net. However, the puck was ruled to have been directed into the net with a distinct kicking motion and was disallowed.
"I thought he kind of [kicked it]," Emery said. "But he was stopping too, so you never know, but it's a good break. They came out really hard and sometimes on a back-to-back, you kind of want to just get in the game and we weren't allowed to do that tonight with the way they came at us."
Bylsma said he had not looked at the play other than on the video board and did not have a clear look to determine whether Kunitz kicked the puck.
Philadelphia was outshot 16-8 in the opening period but left the ice with a 1-0 lead when Schenn scored at 16:02. Wayne Simmonds dug the puck away from Robert Bortuzzo on the end boards behind the net and found Schenn alone in the left circle. Schenn wristed a shot past Fleury's glove and into the top right corner to put the Flyers ahead.


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Call it the slobber stopper.
It looks like an elaborate fountain. Water gurgles through a series of red-tiled pools, spillways and chutes within sight of the pedestrian walkway that connects the bluffs of Santa Monica with the Santa Monica Pier.
The Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility, or SMURRF, is the only thing preventing 350,000 gallons of urban runoff from coursing into the Pacific every day.
The $12-million contraption is at the forefront of efforts to curb the torrent of pollutants that threaten the world's oceans. Sitting near the mouth of the city's largest storm drain, it collects and treats the frothy flow that trickles out of a seaside metropolis day after day from sprinklers, washed cars and drained pools, bearing with it cat and dog waste, spilled engine oil, lawn chemicals, brake dust, bacteria and viruses.
The liquid waste, called "urban slobber," is filtered; sterilized with ultraviolet light; and recycled to irrigate Palisades Park and a city cemetery and to flush the toilets at police headquarters. Styrofoam cups, plastic bags and other solid debris are scooped out and hauled to a landfill.
Yet such farsighted ingenuity remains the exception rather than the rule. SMURRF is the only urban-runoff recycling plant in the country. Efficient as it is, it captures a tiny fraction of the runoff flowing into California's coastal waters.
Urban runoff is the fastest-growing source of ocean pollution. The storm water discharge, combined with partially treated sewage, agricultural waste, and pollution from smokestacks and vehicle tailpipes, is changing the chemistry of the seas.
Industrial civilization is overloading the oceans with nutrients — compounds of nitrogen, carbon, iron and phosphorous. Algae, jellyfish and other primitive life-forms are thriving in this new environment, while corals, marine mammals and many fish species are struggling.
Scientists say society has only recently begun to grasp how what happens on land affects the sea. It has taken decades to get to this point, they say, and it could take just as long to reverse the trend.
"We have millions of people who live near the water and whose waste contributes to degrading the quality of coastal waters," said Dave Caron, a USC biological oceanographer. "It's only common sense that we should take care and treat this like it were our backyard."
Government and industry officials, with the benefit of scientific studies, can now pinpoint the multitude of pollution sources. They also know how to fix the problems, said Paul Faeth, executive vice president of the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C. "We've got the tools," he said, "but need the political will to get it done."
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, for instance, often has failed to enforce the Clean Water Act's requirement to stop pollutants from entering U.S. coastal waters deemed impaired, except when forced to do so by federal courts.
Drainage into the Santa Monica Bay and other Southern California waters is regulated under a judge's orders to reduce the trash, bacteria and other contaminants.
Still, dozens of cities have spent years and more than $1 million battling compliance requirements in court. In the meantime, many of the simplest and least expensive cleanup methods have been ignored — including the use of street sweepers to follow trash trucks and scoop up spills.
With its civic image and tourist industry tied to picture-perfect beaches, Santa Monica didn't need a court order to tidy up its coastline.
SMURRF, which began operating five years ago, has already shown results. The big storm drain empties onto the sand next to the luxurious hotels Shutters on the Beach and Casa del Mar. The popular beach used to get failing grades from ocean monitoring groups because contaminated waters threatened public health.
Now, with SMURRF intercepting and treating the runoff, the beach gets mostly A's.
"This is incredibly important to Santa Monica," said Craig Perkins, the city's director of environmental and public works management. "We get 3 [million] to 5 million visitors a year. It's logical to assume that they would prefer the beaches and ocean are safe and clean."
Santa Monica diverts most of the flow that SMURRF can't handle to a sewage treatment plant. Still, there are limits to what the infrastructure can do. In heavy rainstorms, the runoff from storm drains can overwhelm treatment plants and risk spilling raw sewage. City engineers have to release these polluted floodwaters into the sea.
That has prompted Santa Monica and other cities, including Seattle and Portland, Ore., to focus on stopping runoff at its sources: the rooftops, roads, sidewalks and parking lots that shed water.
On a recent tour of Santa Monica, Perkins showed off a newly built Spanish-style house on 7th Street. The five-bedroom home was nearly finished, except for a giant pit in the frontyard. It looked like a small swimming pool — filled with rocks. Rain gutters and thick plastic pipes will direct rainwater into the pit so it can percolate into the ground.
"It's a common, simple way to keep more water in the yard and less spilling into the street," Perkins said.
For more than a decade, the city has required new construction or substantial home remodels to maximize permeable areas or set up other ways to keep water from running loose.
It's an attempt to reverse 125 years of engineering and landscaping design. Now, parking lots and driveways are being built from pavers or porous concrete that allow water to pass into the soil. They are lined with planters, built below grade to collect runoff, with trees and shrubs that soak up rainwater.
So far, about 1,200 parcels, about 5% of the city's total, have been reconfigured so that during 0.75 of an inch of rain, 6.1 million gallons of rainwater feeds topsoil or recharges groundwater instead of being whisked to the ocean with the other 110 million gallons.
But even in Santa Monica, 95% of the city has yet to be updated. "We're making progress," Perkins said. "Over the next 50 to 60 years, we could be close to retrofitting 90% of the city. We have to look at the cumulative benefits over time."
FIFTY miles from the shores of Santa Monica, in the Chino Valley of San Bernardino County, Mark Lambooy is focused on a cleanup of another kind.
Every day, a two-man crew maneuvers a giant vacuum tanker to sweep the feeding lane at Lambooy's Dykstra Dairy, nudging aside black and white Holsteins jostling for another mouthful of hay.
With a giant squeegee and powerful suction, the tractor-powered "honey vac" scoops up a green-brown slurry of manure, turning a waste product into a commodity that will be used to generate electricity and then spread on fields as fertilizer.
Dykstra Dairy is in the vanguard of a movement to clean up waste from livestock compounds. The goal is to keep the nitrogen-rich waste out of creeks, rivers and ultimately oceans.
It's an unusual chore on a dairy farm otherwise preoccupied with maximizing milk production, said Lambooy, the co-owner. Nowadays, he said, "there is a lot more attention on the rear end of the cow."
A great deal more attention is being paid to all types of agricultural runoff. That includes the stuff that washes out of feedlots in rainstorms and off farms.
One of the toughest tasks has been to discourage the excessive use of cheap chemical fertilizer, which is manufactured by stripping nitrogen out of the air and altering its chemistry.
Although such fertilizer has brought America an unprecedented bounty of corn and other crops, it has also caused serious damage to the oceans by creating "dead zones."
In one of the largest lifeless zones, off the coast of Louisiana, fertilizer residue flowing down the Mississippi and into the Gulf of Mexico stimulates riotous blooms of algae, which then die. During their decay, they consume the available oxygen in the water, making it impossible for most sea life to survive.
These anoxic zones are proliferating around the globe, tracking expanded use of chemical fertilizers.
Nancy Rabalais, a Louisiana scientist who studies the devastation off the mouth of the Mississippi, tries to persuade Midwest grain farmers to fertilize in the spring rather than the fall. That way less fertilizer would be swept away by winter rains and snowmelt.
"Most farmers won't do it," she said. "They stick with what they know."
Midwestern farmers worry that springtime conditions may be too wet to allow them to apply fertilizer and work the land.
Farmers know that too little fertilizer — just like too little water — can limit the growth of their crops. To reduce their risk of decreased corn yields, they apply more fertilizer than crops need. That increases the amount of nitrogen that comes off their land.
None of this is a surprise to the EPA, which spent four years developing a plan to shrink the "dead zone." The plan was finished in 2001. But little progress has been made putting it into action.
The EPA has the power under the Clean Water Act to mandate reductions in agricultural and urban waste entering the Mississippi — something it has been reluctant to do.
ONE way to ease the effect of agricultural waste on the oceans would be to restore some of the millions of acres of marshes and streamside forests that absorbed and recycled nitrogen before the land was cleared for farms.
Scientists in Ohio and Louisiana estimated that if just 2% of strategically located farmland in the Mississippi drainage basin were returned to wetlands, it would significantly reduce the nitrogen that races into the Gulf of Mexico.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture encourages such restoration, and the idea has proved popular with farmers. Yet thousands of those willing to set aside wetlands or plant buffers of grass and trees are turned away each year because of a shortage of funds.
So for the time being, progress will depend on the efforts of individual farmers like Lambooy to keep waste from spilling off their property.
The EPA has calculated that the manure generated by all animal feeding operations is about 100 times more than all the sewage sludge processed by the nation's municipal wastewater treatment plants.
In California, the nation's leading dairy state, 1.7 million cows on 2,100 dairies produce 65 billion pounds of manure a year.
Ammonia, a form of nitrogen, escapes from manure into the air and travels up to 30 miles before falling back to Earth and enriching surface waters. Manure also releases methane, a greenhouse gas.
Some dairy farms use manure to fertilize crops, but many others, including ones in the Chino Basin, lack enough acreage to spread the manure around. For years, they would pile it up on their property; large storms washed it into the Santa Ana River and coastal waters off Newport Beach. A large mound of manure sits by the side of Euclid Avenue in Ontario, adorned with the sign "Free Bulk Fertilizer."
A lawsuit by the Natural Resources Defense Council spurred state regulators to began enforcing rules to corral manure and related wastewater on site.
Dykstra Dairy decided to join other dairies in an effort to wrest energy from excrement. That's where the "honey vac" comes in, scooping up 36 tons a day that goes to a "methane digester" at a regional utility.
The Inland Empire Utilities Agency heats the slurry in enormous tanks, causing bacteria to break down the manure and release methane, which the agency uses to generate electricity. Residual dry manure is composted and sold as a fertilizer. Leftover liquids are flushed for treatment at a sewage plant.
More than 100 of these methane digesters now operate nationwide. The key is to collect manure early, so the gases can be harnessed before they escape into the environment, said Martha Davis, an executive at the Inland Empire agency. "The fresher the better."


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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday stuck to a measured response to the uprising in Iran over a disputed presidential election, even as both houses of Congress voted overwhelmingly to condemn an official crackdown on mostly peaceful demonstrations in the streets of Tehran.
Administration officials said they remained convinced that the wiser U.S. course was caution over confrontation. President Barack Obama is coming under growing domestic political pressure to speak out more forcefully in support of protesters warned by Iran's supreme leader Friday to end their huge street rallies.
In the strongest message yet from the U.S. government, the House voted 405-1 to condemn Tehran's crackdown on protest rallies and the government's interference with Internet and cell phone communications. The Senate followed suit later in the day.
The resolution was initiated by Republicans as a veiled criticism of Obama, who has been reluctant to criticize Tehran's handling of disputed an election that left hard-liner President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power.
The resolution expresses support for "all Iranian citizens who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties and rule of law" and affirms "the importance of democratic and fair elections."
It also condemns "the ongoing violence" by the government and pro-government militias against demonstrators, as well as government "suppression of independent electronic communications through interference with the Internet and cell phones."
Obama's chief spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said the White House welcomed the resolution, calling its language consistent with the president's.
"As the president has said, we're not going to be used as political foils and political footballs in a debate that's happening by Iranians in Iran," Gibbs said. He said the administration's view is that Iranian leaders would use fiercer U.S. support for the protesters to paint them as puppets of the Americans.
"That's not what we're going to do," Gibbs said.
A long-standing source of Iranian anger at the U.S. is the CIA's role in toppling the elected government of Mohammad Mosaddeq in 1953 and replacing him with the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In the 1979 Islamic revolution that overthrew the Shah, student militants occupied the U.S. Embassy and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. In April 1980, Washington severed diplomatic relations with Iran.
Obama, who hopes to draw Tehran into talks aimed at curtailing its nuclear ambitions and potentially ending the 29-year-old rupture in diplomatic relations, has stayed mostly neutral on the election dispute. He has spoken in measured terms about supporting Iranians' aspirations to have their voices heard.
In Tehran, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sternly warned of a crackdown if protesters continue their massive street rallies. In his first response to a week of protests of the disputed election, Khamenei said opposition leaders "will be held accountable for all the violence, bloodshed and rioting" if they do not halt the rallies. Khamenei also said the balloting had not been rigged.
Obama was asked Friday in an interview with CBS News' Harry Smith what he thought about the situation in Iran.
"I'm very concerned based on some of the tenor and tone of the statements that have been made, that the government of Iran recognize that the world is watching," Obama said.
"We stand behind those who are seeking justice in a peaceful way," he said, adding "we stand with those who would look to peaceful resolution of conflict and we believe that the voices of people have to be heard ..."
He said the turmoil in Iran should not be viewed as a confrontation between the U.S. and Iran, but the main focus should be on the Iranian people.
" The fact that they are on the streets, under pretty severe duress, at great risk to themselves, is a sign that there's something in that society that wants to open up," he said.
At the State Department, spokesman Ian Kelly said the administration has not been reluctant to criticize Iran.
"There have been times when demonstrators who peacefully assembled have, of course, suffered at the hands of the authorities. And we condemn any actions like that," Kelly said.
Many lawmakers, however, are calling on the administration to take a tougher approach on Iran.
Rep. Mike Pence, who co-sponsored Friday's resolution, said he disagrees with the administration that it must not meddle in Iran's internal affairs.
"When Ronald Reagan went before the Brandenburg Gate, he did not say Mr. (Mikhail) Gorbachev, that wall is none of our business," said Pence, R-Ind., of former President Ronald Reagan's famous exhortation to the Soviet leader to "tear down that wall" in a divided Berlin.
Rep. Howard Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and co-sponsor of the resolution, said "it is not for us to decide who should run Iran, much less determine the real winner of the June 12 election.
"But we must reaffirm our strong belief that the Iranian people have a fundamental right to express their views about the future of their country freely and without intimidation," added Berman, D-Calif.
Congress — particularly the 435-member House — frequently weighs in on foreign policy matters, when a similar message from the State Department or the White House would be considered confrontational. Such resolutions have no practical effect other than to express the opinion of lawmakers and try to influence the administration in power at the time.
Senior administration officials stressed on Friday that Obama intends to stick to his current approach. They said the administration is considering what they might do if Iran's clerical regime does use force to shut down demonstrations. The officials spoke with a small group of reporters about the administration's strategy on condition of anonymity to more freely describe internal White House deliberations.
The administration's view is that a measured U.S. response gives the protesters and their quest for greater freedoms a larger — rather than smaller — chance of succeeding, the officials said.


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Pavani Ram, an assistant professor of social and preventive medicine, is looking for simple solutions to pressing public health problems.
According to the World Health Organization, diarrheal disease is the second-leading cause of death for the very young, killing 1.8 million children worldwide every year through symptoms including dehydration and malnutrition.
With funding from the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Program, an international team, including Ram, is measuring how the promotion of hand-washing with soap affects hand-washing behavior, diarrhea morbidity and other child development measures in four countries: Peru, Senegal, Tanzania and Vietnam.
The goal is to save lives.
Ram also is learning whether hand-washing can prevent influenza in densely populated low-income countries, an issue potentially critical to saving millions of lives during the next influenza pandemic.


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Christmas Carol Performed by Basketball Players [VIDEO]
We are all being flooded with every rendition of every Christmas carol ever written. Some will be sentimental. Some will be fun. Some even sexy, but none other is like this version of a Christmas favorite.
Basketball players show us at every game their talents, but this is the first I have seen of talents like these.
This unique song created by the dribbling of basketballs by some pros will blow every other Christmas carol out of the water. Nothing else with ring in the season in a more creative way.
Watch and enjoy.


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Child, 2, Dies Of Injuries Suffered In Dog Attack
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Posted: Thu 5:30 PM, Dec 13, 2012 |
Updated: Fri 9:47 AM, Dec 14, 2012
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -- The Shawnee County Sheriff's Office confirms a two-year-old girl attacked by a dog Thursday afternoon has died from her injuries.
Deputies responded to the incident at 5831 SE Cross around 4 p.m. Thursday. Authorities say the girl and her mother were visiting the home's tenant when the tenant's dog attacked the girl. The tenant is related to the child's mother.
The sheriff's office says people on the scene were administering CPR when emergency personnel arrived. Deputies and firefighters took over CPR until an ambulance crew arrived. The child was taken to a Topeka hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The child's name was not expected to be released until at least Friday.
Authorities did not provide any information on circumstances surrounding the attack. They say the dog was a six-year-old male pit bull mix. It was taken into custody by the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office Animal Control unit.
According to an official on scene, the dog was from a shelter. Helping Hands Humane Society Director Bill Acree says a check of the shelter's records shows no one from the incident address adopted from their facility. He did say the shelter has policies regarding the adoption of pit bulls and pit bull mixes that include home visits and evaluations of the prospective adopters.
Shawnee County does not have a breed-specific vicious dog ordinance. Helping Hands has a summary of City of Topeka and Shawnee County animal ordinance posted here.


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The treatment of most heart conditions requires the use of prescription drugs. In fact, many people need to take many different pills, several times each day, to treat their heart conditions.
Medicines only work if they are taken properly, so it's important to understand how many times per day each medicine should be taken and exactly which dosage you should be taking. It is also extremely important that you take these drugs at the prescribed times and in the prescribed dosages.
If you do not take your medicines the way they are prescribed, they may not work properly. Not following your doctor's instructions may result in ineffective treatment that may lead to serious complications of your condition.
Adding a medicine regimen into your lifestyle can be a challenge and requires a strong commitment on your part. Your medicine schedule needs to become a routine part of your daily activities. If you have trouble remembering when to take your medicines, you may find the following tips useful.
You should keep detailed records of your medicine treatment, including:
If you miss a dose of one of your medicines, you should discuss the situation with your doctor or a nurse. For some medicines, missing one or two doses does not cause a major problem. For other medicines, missing a single dose can cause serious problems. You should NOT assume that if you miss a single dose, the next dose should be doubled. Many medicines can cause significant problems and even long-term health concerns if taken in a double dose.
It may also take some trial and error for you and your doctor to find a medicine or combination of medicines that effectively manages your condition and symptoms. For this reason, you may end up trying a range of medicines within one medicine class or across a number of medicine classes. Make sure that you discuss any changes in your medicines with your doctor. Your medicine regimen has been prescribed for a reason, and even slight changes can greatly affect its effectiveness. Interactions with other medicines
The medicines your doctor prescribes may sometimes interact with other prescription or nonprescription medicines as well as any other dietary supplements or herbal remedies. It is therefore important to be aware of which substances will interfere with your treatment regimen. You should tell your doctor about every substance you are taking on a regular basis, whether it is a prescription medicine, an over-the-counter remedy, or an illegal drug.
The treatment of most cardiac conditions requires the use of prescription medicines. The amount of time that you will be required to take medicines will vary depending upon your specific medical condition. Some people will stop taking medicines when an appropriate level of rehabilitation has been reached. Other people will be required to take medicines for the rest of their lives.
Your doctor may prescribe many medicines for you. Your ability to know and understand the purpose of each medicine is important. For each medicine, you should be able to answer the following questions:
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