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South African Journal of Child Health
On-line version ISSN 1999-7671
Print version ISSN 1994-3032
S. Afr. j. child health vol.8 n.2 Pretoria May. 2014
Is Reye's syndrome still a valid diagnosis?
L du Toit-PrinslooI; P SnymanII; G SaaymanIII
IMB ChB, DipForMed (SA) Path, FCForPath (SA), MMed (Path) (Forens);
IIMB ChB, DCH (SA), DipPEC (SA), FCPaed (SA); Department of Paediatrics, Kalafong Hospital, University of Pretoria, South Africa
IIIMB ChB, FCForPath (SA), MMed (Med) (Forens); Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Reye's syndrome is characterised by acute non-inflammatory encephalopathy and fatty degeneration of the liver. The exact aetiology of the syndrome is unknown, but there is an association with viral infections and the use of aspirin. There has been a sharp decline in the incidence of Reye's syndrome; the reasons for this are unclear, but may be due, in part, to the declining use of aspirin in children and to improvements in the diagnosis of underlying inborn errors of metabolism. The use of the term 'Reye-like' has been advocated among experts in the field. We report the case of a child with Reye-like syndrome complicated by pancreatitis.
Case presentation
A previously healthy 8-year-old boy was admitted to Kalafong Hospital with a 1-day history of abdominal pain and persistent vomiting. The mother had administered aspirin as symptomatic treatment. On admission there was slight epigastric tenderness, but no organomegaly or other signs of liver failure or jaundice. The neurological examination was normal. Surgical causes for the tender abdomen were excluded. Laboratory investigations revealed markedly elevated liver enzymes with normal amylase and lipase levels on admission. During the next few days his condition deteriorated rapidly. Initial lethargy progressed to coma and convulsions, requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation. The liver function deteriorated during the admission and he developed preterminal bronchopneumonia.
Investigations on admission are summarised in Table 1. The full blood count was essentially normal, C-reactive protein was 9.1 mg/l, the toxicology screen did not reveal any abnormalities and the S-acetaminophen level was <66.0 |µmol/l, with the S-salicylate level <0.10 mmol/l. Investigations for hepatitis A, B, C and Herpes simplex were negative and the blood cultures were also negative. A lumbar puncture was not performed. The patient died 6 days after admission. A clinical diagnosis of Reye's syndrome was made. The clinical staging of Reye's syndrome was stage I on admission, and progressed to stage V over a period of 6 days.
The case was referred for a medico-legal postmortem examination in terms of section 48 of the Health Professions Amendment Act 29 of 2007 (as this was regarded as a fatality following the administration of a drug). Macroscopic postmortem examination recorded the height of the child as 1.2 m and weight as 23 kg. External examination showed the features of medical intervention (indwelling catheters, intravenous access lines) with no injuries noted to the body. Internal examination of the brain showed marked oedema with widening and flattening of the gyri and narrowing of the sulci. No features of herniation were present. The mass of the brain was 1 312 g. The liver was markedly yellow in colour with fatty change and a firm consistency with micronodular accentuation on cut sectioning. The mass of the liver was 756 g (normal for the age of the child). The pancreas appeared normal macroscopically.
Histological examination of tissue slides of the liver showed diffuse panacinar steatosis with feathery degeneration of the hepatocytes and ballooning in areas (Fig. 1). Electron microscopy of the liver showed enlarged mitochondria with proliferation of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Sections of the pancreas showed acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis (Fig. 2) and bronchopneumonia was present on the lung sections.
Reye's syndrome is characterised by acute non-inflammatory encephalopathy and fatty degeneration of the liver.[1] Historically patients with these symptoms have been reported since 1929[1] with Reye's syndrome first described in 1963 by Reye et al.[2] in Australia.
The 'classic' picture of Reye's syndrome is stated as follows: 'a previously healthy child, aged about 7 - 9 years, acquires a viral infection, typically of the upper respiratory tract (especially influenza) or chickenpox. A few days elapse, and there may even be some recovery, but then the child becomes unwell with frequent, effortless, profuse vomiting.[3] Clinically the symptoms of Reye's syndrome can be divided into five stages according to the National Reye's Syndrome Foundation.[4] Stage I includes persistent vomiting, listlessness and drowsiness. Stage II shows personality changes, and stage III confusion and disorientation. Coma can set in during stage IV and ultimately death can result during stage V.[4]
The exact aetiology of Reye's syndrome is unknown. It is regarded as a multifactorial disease that can follow viral illness.[5] The association of Reye's syndrome after the administration of aspirin is well known. Porter et al.[5] reported a marked decline in the incidence of Reye's syndrome in the UK after a public warning regarding the association of aspirin with Reye's syndrome. In South Africa (SA) the use of non-therapeutic aspirin in children is still regarded as problematic, with at least 21 children admitted to the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital over an 18-month period from January 2006 after receiving aspirin.[6]
A diagnosis of Reye's syndrome includes a review of the available history as well as laboratory investigations. The electron microscopic features of the liver tissue have always been regarded as pathognomonic in diagnosing Reye's syndrome.[3] Changes include proliferation of the ER and alterations in the mitochondria, including matrix expansion, loss of the dense granules and the development of pleomorphic shapes.
Pancreatitis has been documented in several cases of Reye's syndrome. One study done at the Indiana University Hospital indicated pancreatitis in 18 patients with Reye's syndrome.[7] The study emphasised that patients need to be monitored carefully, based on findings that a subgroup had no clinical or laboratory indication of pancreatitis.
In the US, a total of 1 207 cases of Reye's syndrome were reported from 1981 to 1997.[1] The latter study also indicates the decline in the incidence of Reye's syndrome over the study period. In 1980, 555 cases were reported with no more than two cases per year from 1994 until 1997.[1] The decline in the number of cases can be ascribed to improved diagnostic testing for underlying inborn errors of metabolism (IEM), the most common being medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency, as well as public awareness regarding the use of aspirin in children.[1,3]
In recent years, the existence ofReye's syndrome has been questioned. Numerous studies have reviewed cases previously diagnosed as Reye's syndrome and have changed the diagnosis after the application of newer diagnostic tests for IEM.[8] A workshop on Reye's syndrome and Reye-like inherited metabolic disorders held in Doncaster in the UK in 2002 suggested the term Reye-like syndrome.[9]
In paediatric patients presenting with features of vomiting and an altered level of consciousness, the clinician should also consider the following differential diagnoses: encephalitis, hepatitis, intracranial haemorrhage, intussusception, meningitis, sepsis, IEM, toxins (herbs, mushrooms), gastroenteritis and drug ingestion (salicylate, valproate).
Here we have described a case of Reye-like syndrome complicated by pancreatitis in an 8-year-old boy. We based our diagnosis on the following: There was a definitive clear history of aspirin administration. The child presented with profuse vomiting and clinical symptoms in keeping with Reye's syndrome stage I. The child deteriorated progressively over a period of 6 days. Postmortem findings showed extensive steatosis of the liver with enlarged mitochondria on electron microscopy. The association of Reye's syndrome complicated by pancreatitis is well documented.
The limitations of our study included a lack of metabolic screening to rule out an underlying IEM. However, children with IEM would usually present much earlier (<3 years of age[3]) with pre-existing failure to thrive, baseline neurological sequelae and liver dysfunction lasting longer than a week in duration. Several pathology and paediatric pathology experts were consulted, who suggested different diagnoses including Reye-like syndrome, Reye's syndrome and isolated pancreatitis as cause of death. The clinical picture in this case did not fully support the diagnosis of pancreatitis. The amylase and lipase levels were also low initially, rising later, suggesting pancreatitis as a complication, rather than the source of pathology.[10]
Is Reyes syndrome then still a valid diagnosis? Even among experts, different opinions remain. The purpose of this article is to serve as a reminder of what is regarded to be a very old diagnosis, to create awareness of the complications following aspirin use and to remember to consider pancreatitis in children who present with Reye-like symptoms.
1. Belay ED, Bresee S, Holman RC, Khan AS, Shahriari A, Schonberger LB. Reyes syndrome in the United States from 1981 through 1997. N Engl J Med 1999;340(18):1377-1382. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199905063401801] [ Links ]
2. Reye RDK, Morgan G, Baral J. Encephalopathy and fatty degeneration of the viscera: A disease entity in childhood. Lancet 1963;2(7311):749-752. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(63)90554-3] [ Links ]
3. Green A, Hall SM. Investigation of metabolic disorders resembling Reye's syndrome. Arch Dis Child 1992;67(10):1313-1317. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.67.10.1313] [ Links ]
4. National Reye's Syndrome Foundation. Facts About Reye's Syndrome. http:// www.reyessyndrome.org/facts.html (accessed 5 November 2013). [ Links ]
5. Porter JDH, Robinson PH, Glasgow JFT, Banks JH, Hall SM. Trends in the incidence of Reye's syndrome and the use of aspirin. Arch Dis Child 1990;65(8):826-829. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.65.8.826] [ Links ]
6. Donald K, Hall S, Seaton C, Tanyanyiwa D. Is non-therapeutic aspirin use in children a problem in South Africa? S Afr Med J 2011;101(11):823-828. [ Links ]
7. Ellis GH, Mirkin LD, Mills MC. Pancreatitis and Reye's syndrome. Am J Dis Child 1979;133(10):1014-1016. [http://dx.doi.ord/10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130100038007] [ Links ]
8. Orlowski JP. Whatever happened to Reye's syndrome? Did it ever really exist? Crit Care Med 1999;27(8):1582-1587. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00003246-199908000-00032] [ Links ]
9. Hall S. Workshop on Reye's syndrome and Reye-like inherited metabolic disorders. Doncaster, UK, 14 - 15 March 2002. http://www.reyessyndrome.co.uk/docs/PUMMILLI690910-30-10-2 (accessed 19 August 2013). [ Links ]
10. Srinath AI, Lowe ME. Pediatric pancreatitis. Pediatr Rev 2013;34:79-89. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/pir.34-2-79] [ Links ]
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Your Guide to the 6 Toughest Conversations at Work
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It doesn't matter how much you love your job or feel fulfilled by your career. You'll still have to deal with some difficult discussions at the office. In fact, a whopping 85% of Americans say they've faced work-related conflicts, according to CPP Inc. research. But here's the good news: When on-the-job differences were handled constructively, reported workers in the same study, it actually benefited the company.
So what's holding us back from bringing up the toughest stuff when doing so has been shown to improve work conditions? "Difficult conversations are different from other conversations," explains Holly Weeks, author of Failure to Communicate and adjunct lecturer at the Kennedy School at Harvard University. "They carry a particular emotional load—some combination of anger, confusion, embarrassment, anxiety, pain, and fear."
Here's how to make sure you get the outcome you want.
1. The "I'd Like a Raise" Talk
Let's get this out of the way first. It's one of the most common, and stressful, conversations to have with your boss.
Try: Aim to keep emotions out of this conversation. This can be hard when you've felt like you've earned a pay increase for a long time. "There's no trick to handling conversations well despite tough emotions—only skill," says Weeks. We know very well how to speak neutrally when we're not emotional. The skill, says Weeks, is bringing this tone into a difficult conversation. "So commit to speaking from neutral even when you don't feel like it," says Weeks. It's more likely to get you a positive response from a supervisor.
Once you've mastered the right tone, launch into your well-prepared argument about your proven track record, market value, and income potential.
2. The "You Tend to Fly Off the Handle Easily" Talk
In times of stress, your boss tends to get almost volatile. How do you address this with her without another outburst?
Try: Immunize yourself against this behavior that provokes you. "We need to be vulnerable to behavior for it to trigger a reaction from us," explains Weeks. Where we're exposed to weakness, we have three choices: react again and again, make our counterpart stop his behavior, or, best, immunize ourselves with some mind tricks to keep you calm, says Weeks.
Weeks recalls one client's two tricks for staying calm. First, she loved thunderstorms, so when the counterpart started to shout, she pictured a huge thunderhead she had seen in Mexico, which calmed her. Second, she practiced saying, neutrally, "I can hear your points better at a lower volume." To her surprise, this worked. The manager said to her, "Am I too loud? I'm sorry."
It turns out that the manager was innocently offensive: Tension made her voice tighter, higher, and louder, but she couldn't hear it herself. Because the person who had practiced spoke clearly and neutrally, the manager did not feel attacked and, in turn, was able to change her behavior.
3. The "Your Workload Expectations Are Unrealistic" Talk
Can you really have this conversation without threatening your job security?
Try: Don't push this one under the carpet. "A difficult conversation can make the difference between the success and collapse of a valued relationship," says Monique B. Jensen, principal of the Aviary Group, an Ontario, Canada full-service corporate consulting firm.
First, get your head in a positive frame of mind so you can have a relaxed atmosphere when you bring up your workload concerns. Next, "use open-ended questions to draw out the causes of the difficulty in this awkward situation." For example, determine before you meet how long each task your manager asks of you realistically takes to accomplish. Then ask your boss how long she expects each item on your to-do list to take. This way, you can find out how your boss sees the workload before you come across as naive or confrontational.
4. The "Why Was I Passed Over for That Promotion?" Talk
Approaching a boss for an explanation about your job performance doesn't have to be as stressful as you think.
Try: Use a soft approach, says Jensen. Sometimes starting a conversation that is so tied up with your sense of worth at the office can turn heated or panicked. So practice a neutral dialogue before your meeting. "Then get to the point quickly," adds Jensen. This doesn't have to be a long conversation when you first bring it up to your superior. In fact, it may end up being two separate conversations over time where the first one identifies your interest in a promotion. Then a subsequent conversation can be about what skills you need to improve to get that next advancement. To think: A stressful conversation has just been bypassed simply because your boss may not have even have known you wanted a promotion until now.
5. The "You're Not Handling Your Workload Sufficiently" Talk
Here, you're the manager, and it's your subordinate who needs a meeting. She needs to show some improvement on the job, such as taking more initiative on new projects that fall on her desk.
Try: Aim to uphold the relationship and not ruin it. "Your reactions are your own worst enemies in difficult conversations," says Weeks. So prepare a rough outline of what you want to say and how you predict she'll respond. Then give her constructive direction, not just criticism, on how to do a better job. She just may come away with a better understanding of what your goals are and how to reach them.
6. The "You're a Co-worker Who Undercuts Me" Talk
Is your colleague from another department cutting into responsibilities under your domain? Or is she part of your team, but making decisions on your behalf without your prior approval? When you have one of these co-workers in the office, it may be time to have a talk.
Try: Think like a chess player, says Weeks. She notes that this is not the same as having a strategy prepared for the problem you want to solve. Rather, it's about having a specific way to handle the conversation because you know it will get tough. "Thinking strategically lets us see how we could move, it lets us think how our counterpart could move—even how our counterpart is likely to move." Working from strategy—not a script—helps you anticipate problems and how to handle them. This way, it's less likely you'll be taken by surprise by your co-worker's response and come away with a mutual understanding that's a win-win for both of you.

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One Small Change: Eat Better and Eat More at the Same Time
Ever wonder how some people can just eat all day and never gain weight? While some are just born with a naturally high metabolism (thank your parents), the vast majority of us frequent eaters must choose foods that give us the nutrients and energy we need to function throughout the day for less calories.
Notice it's not about less food, but less calories. "Nutrient density" represents a food's nutrient bang for its calorie buck. Understanding nutrient density and learning how to choose nutrient dense foods is the key to eating better . . . and more.
An example: Let's say you want a snack. Consider one of these three options:
- A candy bar
- A low-fat yogurt, medium peach and a few almonds
- 15 baby carrots, a whole 10 oz. package of cherry tomatoes, a full bunch of celery and a couple tablespoons of hummus or low-fat dressing
You could eat the first option very easily and possibly still be hungry (or crash) an hour later. You'd probably be satisfied with the second. How about the third option, sound like a bit much? Sound like it's impossible to eat at one sitting? That's the point.
All three of these snacks have one thing in common: the calories; each has about 250-275. But the second two options provide you with a lot more food to eat than the first. Which means you can eat a bunch more throughout the day and have the same or fewer calories. And when you eat fewer calories than you burn, you lose weight.
Furthermore, nutrient dense foods provide you with tons of nutrients (i.e. water, fiber, vitamins, minerals, etc.) that help keep you full and prevent you from "crashing" during the day. And you get to eat more of them every few hours to boot. You can truly never go hungry again, as long as you choose the right foods.
So what are the most nutrient dense foods? That's right, fruits and veggies (maybe the example gave it away?). For some of my clients, our initial goal is to eat more fruits and veggies, rather than eliminating any foods. By eating more produce, you will likely eat better anyways since they:
- Displace other, higher-calorie foods from your diet.
- Leave more food over at meals because you got full sooner.
- Are less affected by temptations and cravings since the fruits and veggies help stabilize your blood sugars and reduce hunger pangs.
Even if you don't want to eat fruits and vegetables all the time, ask yourself at every meal: "What can I get more nutrients in for fewer calories?" Sometimes it's as simple as ordering a leaner cut of meat or getting a baked potato without as much butter, sour cream or bacon.
My challenge to you: For the next month, have at least one fruit- or vegetable-based snack every day. Some example would be celery and hummus, an apple and a tablespoon of peanut butter, carrots and low-fat dressing or low-fat yogurt with some berries.
Jason Machowsky, MS, RD, CSCS is a registered dietitian, certified personal trainer, author of Savor Fitness & Nutrition wellness blog and avid proponent of MyBodyTutor, a health coaching website dedicated to helping people stay consistent with their healthy eating and exercise goals.


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Hillary originates in Latin language and means "cheery, humorous". It can be used as both feminine and masculine given names, currently it is more popular for girls. It functions as a surname as well, the famous bearer being Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man who climbed Mount Everest. The most famous female bearer of the given name is Hillary Clinton, an American politician and former First Lady.


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Backdoor Purposivism
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It has become standard, among statutory interpretation commentators, to declare that "We are all textualists now." The comment stems from the observation that in the modern, post-Scalia era, all of the Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court—including those considered purposivists—pay significant attention to statutory text when construing statutes and, relatedly, that legislative history use by the Court as a whole has declined compared to its heydey in the 1970s. The account of textualism's triumph is so prevalent that some scholars have declared purposivism—or at least traditional purposivism—essentially defunct. Two prominent textualist scholars in particular have suggested that there is a "new purposivism" at work on the modern Court and that this purposivism is textually constrained, limiting its focus to the means identified in the text of the statute rather than the underlying policy objectives motivating the statute—or, alternately, using purpose as a threshold consideration in determining whether a statute is ambiguous in the first place.
This Article breaks from the conventional "purposivism is dead or dying" wisdom in two important ways. First, it argues, based on empirical analysis of 499 Roberts Court statutory interpretation cases decided between 2006 and 2017, that traditional purposivism is alive and well on the modern Supreme Court. That is, while purposivist Justices in the modern era do pay attention to text and invoke textual canons in a way that their 1970s purposivist counterparts did not, modern purposivists have not abandoned the traditional purposive approach of identifying a statute's policy objective and adopting the construction that best fits that objective. On the contrary, modern purposivists regularly invoke statutory purpose, intent, and legislative history—even if the Court as a whole does not. Second, and perhaps more importantly, the Court's textualist Justices quietly have been engaging in a form of purposive analysis that comes closer to traditional purposivism than scholars and jurists have recognized. That is, the textualist Justices have been using pragmatic reasoning, as well as traditional textual canons such as noscitur a sociis and the whole act rule, to impute a specific intent or policy goal to Congress in many cases. This practice, which I call "backdoor purposivism," goes beyond using text as the best evidence of statutory purpose and entails significant judicial guesswork and construction of legislative purpose and intent. The Article suggests that, in the end, there may be less distance between textualists and purposivists than the old debates suggest—but because textualists have embraced purpose and intent in unexpected ways, rather than because, or merely because, purposivists have become more text-focused. It concludes by advocating that both textualists and purposivists employ interpretive resources outside their preferred toolkit, in order to check the accuracy of their initial statutory readings and to curb the influence of their inherent personal biases.
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The church has taken its focus off of healing. It was a theological necessity — or so the theory goes. The signs of the power of the Holy Spirit ceased after the church and the New Testament were established. God used demonstrations of the miraculous only to introduce a new age, but once the church was under way, there was no further need for these exhibitions.
Is it true — God has no motive or desire to heal in our time? Does Scripture really say God only healed during biblical times for intellectual reasons? Actually, the New Testament emphasizes that God heals by his power out of compassion.
Mark 1:40-45
And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
Matthew 14:13,14
... he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
Matthew 20:29-34
And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
Mark 1:40,41
And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
Luke 7:12-15
Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
The Greek word for compassion also can be interpreted as mercy, just as in Hebrew. And God's mercy endures forever. Psalm 136:1,4 — O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever... To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm 145:8,9 — The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. Indeed, the Lord delights in mercy. Micah 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. And God never changes. Hebrews 13:8 — Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Having faith for healing is essential. Matthew 9:29 — Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. .13:58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. 15:28 — Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. Acts 6:8 — And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. 14:8-10 — And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
However, Christians have a tendency to try to reason away their faith. Matthew 16:8,9 — Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Just a small faith will suffice. Matthew 17:20 — ...for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
And God will help our faith. Mark 15:23,24 — Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
However, determination is important, as well as persistence in prayer. Luke 5:18-20 — And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus. And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. 11:5-13 — And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Part of the healing process can be recognizing the need to be healed. Many people do not realize they have to be healed, as they do not understand the effects of the Fall. However, we all need to be healed; Isaiah 53:5 -- But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Romans 5:12 — Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: As a result of the Fall, the hearts of human beings became dark, deceitful, full of lust, envy, and vile affections, proud, despiteful, seeking strife, and inventing evil, 1:18-32. And no matter how we try, we cannot overcome sin by our own efforts, but we our transformed into becoming a new person, as a process of the Holy Spirit working within our souls, 7:14-8-29.
Healing can be emotional, spiritual, or physical. Although our Adamic nature alone indicates a need for healing, our condition can be aggravated by an environment created from the Fall, or trauma from others. Healing can be associated with forgiveness of sin, but not necessarily, Matthew 9:2 — And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. John 9:2,3 — And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Faith in the blood of Christ atones for sin. Romans 3:24, 25, — Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation (atonement) through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God. However, repentance alone usually is not enough to be healed. After repentance, there has to be the power of the Holy Spirit to bring about healing.
Christ healed in his ministry instantaneously. However, he had the Holy Spirit upon him without measure, John 3:34,35. Christians who pray for healing often report that it will come about progressively, as the Holy Spirit continues working with their condition. And, it is completely proper to look for natural ways to be healed, Luke 5:31, but the Christian should look for the Holy Spirit to be involved in the process.
Biblical verses are set out below for consideration of the relation of God to healing in the life of the believer.
Exodus 15:26
...If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
Psalm 30:2
O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
Psalm 41:4
I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
Psalm 60:2
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
Psalm 103:2,3
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases.
Psalm 147:3
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up wounds.
Isaiah 61:1–3
The spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bond up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness (commonly called "depression today); that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Jeremiah 3:22
Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.
Jeremiah 17:14
Heal me, O lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved; for thou art my praise.
Matthew 4:23,24
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Matthew 8:16
When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick.
Matthew 9:35
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
Matthew 12:14,15
Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all.
Matthew 15:30,31
And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet and he healed them: Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
Matthew 19:1,2
And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan; and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them.
Matthew 21:14
And the blind and the lame came to him in the in the temple; and he healed them.
Acts 5:15,16
Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
Acts 8:6–8
And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
Acts 28:8,9
And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him. So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed.
James 5:13–16
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up, andif he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Individual healings recorded in Matthew —
leper near Gennesaret, 8:1–4;
centurion's servant 8:5–13;
Peter's mother-in-law, 8:14–17;
demon possessed man, 8:28–34;
paralytic at Capernaum, 9:1–8;
raising Jairus' daughter 9:18–26;
woman with 12 year bleeding, 9:20–22;
two blind men, 9:27–31;
mute demoniac, 9:32–34;
withered hand, 12:9–14;
blind and mute demoniac, 12:22;
Syro-Phoenician girl 15:21–28;
boy with demon, 17:14–20;
two blind men, 20:29–34.
II Chronicles 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, than will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
(For other verses which refer to healing a people collectively, see II Chronicles 30:18c-20; Isaiah 6:10; 19:22; 30:26;57:17,18; Jeremiah 30:17; 51:8,9; Hosea 7:1; 11:3; Revelation 22:2).
(Note II Kings 2:19–22 and Ezekiel 47:8–11 refer to healing water. Compare Genesis 3:17–19 to Romans 8:22, which finds the curse on the earth due to the fall of Adam as a sickness).


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Normann Copenhagen is a Danish design brand founded by Jan Andersen and Poul Madsen in 1999. Ever since their first product, the iconic Norm 69 lamp, Normann Copenhagen has strived to challenge the conventional rules of design. This reflects in using traditional materials in unconventional ways and combinations.
Normann Copenhagen's fresh and innovative attitude derives from collaborations with established designers as well as the industry's fresh talents. During the years, Normann Copenhagen's furniture, lighting, textiles and home accessories have won dozens of different design awards. Their flagship store in Copenhagen is also a flagship store of modern Danish design – located in an old cinema, the 1700 square-meter showroom has often been regarded as the coolest store in Copenhagen.
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For those who don't know, it's the country's largest place for brewers, homebrewers and a huge mass of beer lovers to meet and celebrate the greatness of beer.
GABF link to get all the particulars and statistics but as you can see, there were lots of people and lots of beer there.
Yard House.
But activities outside of the festival are what interested me.
Don't misunderstand me. I'm as beer crazy as just about anybody who was there. But this weekend was a nice chance for my wife and I to enjoy some time together with no distractions in a place that's special to me.
We spent our first full day in Colorado hiking the base of the Flatirons and enjoying great food and beer in Boulder. Jenny had as much fun as I did.
West Flanders Brewery on the Pearl Street Mall and had a nice sampler of beers. The server claimed them all to be belgian but the IPA just tasted like a good IPA. The other beers were good too. I didn't spend lots of time evaluating them. I just took them as they came to me and experienced them without the "beer judge" perspective.
The Sink and enjoyed one of the most delicious pizza I've ever had. It was called The Buddah Basil. We subbed chicken for the tofu and it was great.
This is a place I came to a couple of times when I was a graduate student at CU in th early 90s.
I don't have lots of memories of this place but the experience felt like a homecoming anyway.
Anybody who knows me knows I love Colorado.
Finally, the evening before we came home was spent with our good friends Laura, Kevin, Cole and Julia Farynaz with a wonderful dinner at their home in Parker. We had lost touch a little bit during the past two crazy years. But when we arrived it was as if we hadn't lost a day.
All in all, it was a great long weekend.
Beer was the reason we went. We bought tchotchkes and t-shirts when we were there.
But we came home with much more.
Good Beer To You


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You know those women who say they're only friends with men because females are catty, backstabbing bitches, whereas guys are straightforward, stalwart companions? Well Rihanna may be that type of girl, i.e., she only likes boys standing under her umbrella-ella-ella. The singer has reportedly said, "I have three girlfriends and about 20 guy friends. I love listening to guy talk because I learn a lot. Here's the key - you can't lower your standards for a guy because he won't respect you and he'll tell his friends. You always have to stick up for yourself and speak your mind." Yeah, that quote didn't entirely make sense, but I think the idea is that men are extremely loyal to each other (bros before hoes, yo) and Rihanna doesn't feel like she's learned much from women. But is male friendship really such a Utopian fantasy?
A story in the New York Times a few weeks ago reported that the pressure among men to be "one of the guys" can be overwhelming and create a conflict between being loyal and doing the right thing. (Take all those unreported sexual assaults in Iraq!) The paper quotes Jackson Katz, who writes on issues of masculinity: "[Katz] said before acting, men often weigh the risk of ostracism and loss of status. 'Guys make calculations all the time that it's not worth it,' he said. Men 'have this notion that you try to prove yourself as a man.'"
But what about female friendship? According to the Times of London, some female friendships are so close, they're basically sexless marriages. The singer Kate Nash has a best friend called Laura, and, Nash explains, "There's a part of us that just wants to hibernate together for ever". Adds Laura: "My boyfriend knows I have four types of love - for my family, my friends, him and Kate." Though these platonic friendships can end badly — one woman quoted in the Times of London says that her ex-best friend would "get jealous if I went for lunch with a friend and she couldn't come." — these women seemed blissed out on female affection. The paper also quotes famous BFFs and sometime-lovers Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West; of Woolf, Sackville-West wrote, "I do love her, but not b.s.ly [backstairsly, or homosexually]. One's love for Virginia is a very different thing: a mental thing; a spiritual thing, if you like, an intellectual thing."
Do you take Rihanna's tack by being mostly friends with men? Or do you find non-backstairs love with females? Or do you take people on a case-by-case basis and simply see what happens?
Rihanna Favors Male Friends [Oh No They Didn't]
We're Friends, Right? [New York Times]
Are You Too Close To Your Best Friend? [Times of London]


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(SportsNetwork.com) - After a relatively quiet first two games in the NHL, rookie forward Evgeny Kuznetsov showed last time out why the Washington Capitals had been long awaiting his debut with the club.
Kuznetsov will try to lead the Capitals to a second straight victory on Sunday afternoon in a home matchup with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The 26th overall pick of the 2010 draft, the 21-year-old Kuznetsov had been playing in his native Russia in the Kontinental Hockey League before finally signing an entry-level deal with the Capitals last Saturday.
He jumped right into the lineup for a home-and-home series with the Pittsburgh Penguins, but Washington lost both games and Kuznetsov was held without a point.
That changed on Friday when he picked up three assists in a 4-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks. He factored into each of the Capitals' final three goals, including Mike Green's game-winner with 9:41 to play.
Kuznetsov cycled behind the net and dropped a pass to Nicklas Backstrom. The center emerged from behind the net and dished the puck to Green, who stepped up into the slot to wrist a shot home.
"(Kuznetsov) did a great job battling down the corner and keeping control of the puck," said Green. "He made a great play to (Backstrom), and I noticed when (Backstrom) was wheeling the net that he saw me before he even looked up. That's just the way Nick operates, so I just had to freeze the goalie and get a good shot."
Alex Ovechkin added his league-leading 45th goal of the season -- and 19th on the power play -- and both Joel Ward and Tom Wilson added scores for a Capitals club that had lost five of its previous six.
Jaroslav Halak, in his fourth start since being acquired before the trade deadline, made 38 saves.
Washington sits three points back of the second wild card spot in the East and could turn to Halak again today. He is 6-2-3 with a 2.85 goals against average in his career versus Toronto.
The Maple Leafs are in contention for one of the three automatic playoff bids in their division, sitting second overall in the Atlantic with 80 points. That is, however, only one point ahead of both the Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens.
Toronto is 2-1-0 on a five-game road trip and is returning back east following a three-game tour of California. The Leafs sandwiched wins over Anaheim and Los Angeles around a setback in San Jose, besting the Kings 3-2 on Thursday.
Los Angeles jumped out to a 2-0 lead before goals by Carl Gunnarsson and Dion Phaneuf pulled Toronto even. Mason Raymond then scored the winner while shorthanded in the third period with 5:06 to play.
Jonathan Bernier started the game in net, but left after the first period with a lower-body injury as he stopped 8-of-10 shots faced. James Reimer, who had allowed six goals on 48 shots in losing his previous start, turned away all 31 shots he faced over the final two periods.
"I guess for us, we need every point that we can possibly get and we're in desperation mode, as every team is, and we just found a way to gut it out," said Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle. "We gave up a two-goal lead, and we found a way to get a big goal."
It is unknown how long Bernier will be sidelined, but the Leafs did recall goaltender Drew MacIntyre from the minors on Saturday. That should lead to Reimer starting today and he is 2-2-1 with a 2.54 GAA versus the Capitals.
The Leafs and Caps have split the first two of three meetings this season, with each team winning once at home. Washington has claimed seven of the past nine as the host in this series.


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Professor Accidentally Leaves Projector On While Watching Porn During Class (NSFW)
Surfing porn sites at work is always tricky business, but probably never more so than when you're a university professor checking out PornHub inside a classroom on a computer that's hooked up to a working projector.
A daredevil professor at Wageningen University in The Netherlands figured that finding that perfect skin flick for later was worth that risk, and proceeded to visit the X-rated video site on the same computer he had just used to lecture a class full of students on Advanced Food Chemistry.
With the blood having rushed away from his cranium in a hurry, the professor, who was visiting from Belgium's Ghent University, apparently forgot to disconnect the computer from the overhead projector.
Though the classroom was empty at the time, students viewing the lecture online were able to learn more about their professor's porn tastes than they likely expected.
A screengrab of the extracurricular activity was brought to the attention of university officials, and the professor was asked to leave.
His afterschool activities notwithstanding, students spoke well of the professor, telling a local tabloid he was "an excellent teacher."
(And for the record, this is what he was watching when he got busted.)


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2013 IIE AIFS Latin American Higher Education Book Launch
On February 13th, the Institute of International Education and the American Institute for Foreign Study Foundation celebrated the launch of Latin America's New Knowledge Economy: Higher Education, Government, and International Collaboration, the newest publication in the Global Education Research Reports Series. The event included a panel discussion led by the publication's editor, Jorge Balán, Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, with a book signing and light reception to follow. Panelists included Jason Lane, Provost Fellow and Co-Director, Cross-Border Education Research Team, State University of New York; Pedro Marcos de Castro Saldanha, Counselor, Education Section, Embassy of Brazil; and Peter Thompson, Executive Vice President, IIE. Photos from the event are at right.
The last few decades have been a time of impressive growth and change for higher education in Latin America. Latin America's New Knowledge Economy reviews the policies, institutions, and programs that helped bring about these changes, as well as their outcomes in terms of access, workforce training, and research. In the book, leading scholars from Latin America in the U.S. explore key issues, including higher education's role in advanced workforce development, trends in academic mobility and outcomes for brain circulation, and investment in the region by U.S. universities and corporations.
In recent years, IIE has launched partnerships with a number of organizations and government agencies to build global talent in Latin America, to undertake new research, develop strategic higher education links, and engage leaders in dialogue on the role of higher education institutions as incubators of innovation, workforce development, and international discourse. The Government of Brazil partnered with IIE to administer the undergraduate portion of President Dilma Rousseff's Ciencia sem Fronteiras initiative (Brazil Scientific Mobility Program) in the United States, which allows students to complete up to one year of non-degree study, in addition to an academic training and internship component.
Latin America's New Knowledge Economy is the seventh book in the Global Education Research Reports series from IIE and the AIFS Foundation. Previous books have examined higher education initiatives and exchanges in China, India, and the Middle East, as well as new developments in global mobility.
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Table of Contents
Allan E. Goodman, President and CEO, IIE
William L. Gertz, President and CEO, AIFS
Introduction: Latin American Higher Education Systems in a Historical and Comparative Perspective
Jorge Balán, Columbia University
Chapter 1: Government and University Autonomy: The Governance Structure of Latin American Public Institutions
Andrés Bernasconi, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
Chapter 2: Training the 21st Century Knowledge Workers: Higher Education and Workforce Development in Latin America
Ana García de Fanelli, Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad, Argentina
Chapter 3: Building Knowledge-based Economies in Latin America: The Role of National Study Abroad Scholarship Programs
Raisa Belyavina and Jordan Brensinger, IIE
Chapter 4: Breaking down Societal Barriers: Increasing Access and Equity to Higher Education in Latin America
Oscar Espinoza, Universidad UCINF, Chile
Chapter 5: Trends in Student and Academic Mobility: From "Brain Drain" to "Brain Gain" in Latin America
Sylvie Didou Aupetit, Cinvestav, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico
Chapter 6: Partnerships and Outposts: New Roles for U.S. Universities in Latin American Higher Education
Jason Lane, University at Albany – SUNY
Chapter 7: Toward 100,000 Strong: Western Hemisphere Academic Exchanges
Meghann Curtis and Lisa Kraus, U.S. Department of State
Chapter 8: Academic Research and Advanced Training: Building up Research Universities in Brazil
Elizabeth Balbachevsky, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Chapter 9: The Brazil Science Without Borders Program: Advancing Innovation, Competitiveness and Business Leadership
• Interview with Aloizio Mercadante, Education Minister, Government of Brazil
• The Brazil Scientific Mobility Undergraduate Program in the United States
Edward Monks, IIE
Appendix: Broadening Opportunities for Higher Education Exchange in Latin America and the Caribbean: IIE's Role and Work in the Region
Neshani Jani and Jonah Kokodyniak, IIE


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Portugal hoping to attract F1 to Algarve circuit
Portugal hopes a new 200 million euro (149 million pound) circuit being built in the Algarve tourist region can bring Formula One back to the country.
Circuit director Paulo Pinheiro told Reuters on Monday that one F1 team had already booked the 4.7 km track in the south of Portugal for a test next January and there were talks in progress with others.
The Algarve International Circuit has been certified by the governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) and is expected to be ready by the end of October.
It is already due to host the final round of the Superbike world championship in November.
"The Government will do its best for Portugal to become part of the world's main championships," said Deputy Sports Minister Laurentino Dias.
"This circuit is prepared to host a range of motor races, from the most modest to Formula One."
Portugal was dropped from the Formula One calendar in 1997 due to safety problems at Estoril, where the late Brazilian champion Ayrton Senna took his first Grand Prix victory in heavy rain in 1985.
There were also grands prix held in Oporto and at Monsanto near Lisbon between 1958 and 1960.
The new complex covers 300 hectares of land between the port city of Portimao and the hills of Monchique, with a capacity for up to 100,000 spectators including a VIP tower with 15,000 seats.
It includes a soccer field, a luxury hotel and residential apartments.
Economy Minister Manuel Pinho said Portugal was interested in reviving the grand prix as part of efforts to bring much-needed private investment to the country's sluggish economy.
Neighbouring Spain has two grands prix this year, one in Barcelona and the other in Valencia, with Formula One teams also testing at Jerez in the south.
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Tonight I am recommending an audio broadcast.
Part one was last week and I caught it but Thursdays are always tough (we do the roundtable for the gina & krista roundrobin Thursday nights on top of blogging) and crazy and I forgot.
Part two was yesterday. And I went to the KPFA archives today to link to part two only to discover no listing.
I have no idea why they are not including it on Wednesday's programs; however, if you click here, you will go to the episode.
It's Bonnie Faulkner's Guns & Butter, her weekly hour long show, airing each Wednesday on KPFA.
Her guest is John Judge. The topic is the assassination of J.F.K.
I think part two is best but you can also listen to part one. But make a point to listen to part two because this is just a really strong broadcast.
This is C.I.'s "Iraq snapshot" from today:
Thursday, November 12, 2009. Chaos and violence continue, calls for investigations into Blackwater's reported efforts at bribery take place in Baghdad and DC, the PKK doesn't feel a new level of understanding has been reached, oil and money drive the news cycle, and more.
Each Sunday, Cindy Sheehan does her weekly radio show Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox. This week's guests were Debbie DeNello and Adam Kokesh. We'll note the following section of the broadcast.
Adam Kokesh: I think for the soldiers on the ground who see what Obama is doing, you know, they see troops are being taken out only to be replaced with a greater number of contractors and then for those troops to be put into a surge in Afghanistan and nothing to really change about the kind of abuse? You know, I think that's still a huge, major factor: lack of confidence in the mission. I mean, nobody really believes, no matter what Obama says, that these are wars of necessity --
Cindy Sheehan: Right.
Adam Kokesh: -- or that Afghanistan is the good war. In fact, Obama actually by coming out and saying that Afghanistan is not a war of choice, implying that Iraq is, you know what does that say to the over 100,000 troops that we had in Iraq at that time? 'Hey, you guys don't really have to be there but you're going to keep going out and being shot at and getting killed anyways'? And then to the contractors? I mean the same factor goes with them but at least they're doing it as private citizens with a little more free will -- the impact is not as much. For a soldier who's being told "You're going to go back to this war zone that doesn't have to exist." You can imagine the effect on that. Especially for the
fifth, sixth seventh deployment.
Cindy Sheehan: Well, Adam, you know that I have been, since my son [Casey Sheehan] was killed, actively just calling for troops out now. But when Obama, of course, says that Afghanistan is a war of necessity, he called Iraq "a dumb war" and, like you said, people are still dying in this "dumb war" --
Adam Kokesh: Yeah.
Cindy Sheehan: -- that he has proclaimed "dumb." Well you know, all wars are dumb. Let's tie this, what happened to you in Iraq, what you know, you have the exper -- experiential opinions on this. But tie it in with your Congressional campaign. What is your platform? What will you do in Congress?
Adam Kokesh: Well I'm a Constitutionalist. I'm a non-interventionalist. I'm still a proud member of Iraq Veterans Against the War and I support the mission of Iraq Veterans Against the War. I'm also a proud member of Veterans for Peace and I think that the mission of the organization Veterans for Peace is even more applicable now when we see the kind of hypocrisy of the Democrats. It's almost worse than what we had when the neocons were in charge. The neocons were easy to hate, they were brazen and upfront about it and had this swaggering machismo whereas what we see under Obama now is this really disgusting deceitfulness that has some people with really intense mixed feelings. But one of the things that we're counting on here is that by November 2010 when my election is held and I'm going to be running against -- well I am running against an incumbent Democrat who has said that he is calling for an immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan, an immediate request for an exit strategy and yet votes to -- votes for all the funding for Iraq and Afghanistan and all of that and has toed the Democratic Party line and I think people are really going to be fed up with that. And, you know, it's definitely not the Republican Party that has all the answers but there are people within the Republican Party like myself that are trying to make it the party of Big Tent smaller government again and ensure that that includes a very strong committment to this policy of non-interventionism. Not isolationism, but non-interventionism which means free trade and commerce and friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none. And unfortunately in the world we live in, having a strong national defense is appropriate at this time. But there's a reason it's in the Constitution that Congress has the power to declare war and when they declare war they're supposed to do it with a specific enemy and a declaration and there's an objective. And then they give the military the mission and then they get out of the way. And this is the way it's supposed to be when it's legitimate self-defense. You go to war, you win, you come home. And when we have these open-ended committments, when we have these world policing opportunities where they are run by Congress, they are run by a political machine, and not by a military with a specific objective, you get this kind of open-ended nation building process that puts so much money into the military industrical complex, concentrates so much more power in the hands of the federal government -- into the executive especially. And that hasn't changed under Obama. You know, we want to see a return to the Constitution because of those principles behind it and make sure we don't engage in these wars because when you engage in war when there's not a declaration you know that the premise is faulty, you know that it is not honorable, you know that it is not righteous in the case of self-defense. And we know that neither Iraq or Afghanistan, in terms of what we're doing there today, qualify for any sort of just war theory. And getting back to that and making sure that that message has -- has an oppotunity to be heard in the 2010 elections is a really important part of this campaign for me. It's not easy, you know? It's really not easy. Talking to the progressive base is a lot easier than talking to the conservative base but it's a really important challenge to make sure that they live up to those values and understand why the Constitution was written the way it was.
Cindy Sheehan: Well, Adam, sometimes I think talking to progressives is harder because of what you said. They want to put all their hope eggs into the basket of Obama and the Democrats and clearly, clearly, they're not the peace party. The Democrats and Republicans, institutional parties, are all the same. They're the War Party and we have to put a big chunk of what's happening now on the shoulders of a Congress in 2001 that gave George -- that abrogated their Constitutional duty and gave George Bush the authority to do what is happening right now.
Adam Kokesh: Well the grass -- well the thing that I've learned is the grassroots of both the Republican and the Democratic parties are totally different from the national leadership --
Cindy Sheehan: Absolutely.
Adam Kokesh: -- and it just so happens that when the Democratic Party's in charge, they're better able to sway their base into being pro-war and supporting big government and supporting interventionism, supporting theft and violence as we see our-our, you know, just so essential to what our federal government is doing these days. But really the base of the Republican Party -- and even here in New Mexico there's a distinct difference between the leadership of the Republican Party and the base -- the grassroots activists and the rank and file members. They're totally receptive to this message. They understand that it's not economically feasible to send so much manpower and material into this nation-building -- these nation-building exercises and not have it hurt people here at home. And when they're forced to consider it like that, you know they realize that what we're doing there isn't worth it. And being able to get them to take that step at this point, it's really satisfying to bring this message to people who haven't heard it because when the Republican Party was in charge for the last eight years, they were getting that propaganda. Now that the War Propaganda is coming from the Democratic machine, they're much more ready to question it --
Cindy Sheehan: Yep.
Adam Kokesh: -- and start speaking out against it.
Cindy Sheehan: Well, Adam, unfortunately we're running out of time. Tell my listeners how they can get ahold of you.
Adam Kokesh: Oh great! This is my opportunity for the shameless plug! Thank you so much.
Cindy Sheehan: Yep, yep.
Adam Kokesh: Kokesh for Congress is the website, K-O-K-E-S-H F-O-R Congress.com, check us out there. You can e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can follow me on Twitter at Adam Kokesh. And our phone number here at campaign headquarters is (505) 470-1917.
Cindy Sheehan: And I encourage my listeners to -- I know they all know about your anti-war work but I encourage them to go to your website and don't have a knee-jerk reaction just because you have a "R" after your name, right?
Adam Kokesh: Exactly. Well you know there's a lot of issues that cross party lines and it's been great to know that there are people like you who are also seeing that the Federal Reserve is such an integral issue economically which makes all these wars possible and all the other crimes of our government --
Cindy Sheehan: Yep
Adam Kokesh: -- and our corporations happen because of the Federal Reserve.
Staying with those who make war Big Business, yesterday's snapshot, Mark Mazzetti and James Risen (New York Times) interviewed four former Blackwater execs who stated that, in December 2007, approximately one-million dollars was used to bribe officials in Iraq in order to get them to look the other way in the face of Blackwater's continued assaults. Iraq's Minister of the Interior Jawad al-Bolani spoke to CNN (link has video as well as text) and stated that his ministry had launched an investigation into the assertion that Iraqi officials took bribes.
Jawad al-Bolani (via translator): Blackwater has no new positions to operate in Iraq. Blackwater has a problem and a lawsuit. Some of its employees committed a crime against innocent Iraqi civilians in Nussor Square and this case is an ongoing trial in American courts. Blackwater is a company that caused a major national tragedy. The Nussor incidient was a very difficult one and no Iraqi can ever forget it. But the Iraqi government was committed and acted responsibly for the sake of the Iraqi people and the reputation of Iraq.
James Risen (apparently due to the Times' fear of a Nouri-related lawsuit) rushes to print this morning to proclaim, "The Times article reported that former Blackwater executives who learned of the plans said they did not know whether the money was, in fact, delivered to Iraqi officials." Daniel Barlow (Times Argus) reports US House Rep Peter Welch formally called yesterday for an investigation into the allegations of bribery on Blackwater's part writing the Chair of the House Oversight Committee, "Early reports indicate that Blackwater may have violated the Foreign Corrupts Practices Act and potentially interfered with a grand jury inquiry by issuing these bribes. The United States government simply cannot turn a blind eye to such actions." Oliver August (Times of London) quotes a "relative of a Blackwater shooting victim," Aquil Akram stating, "Everything about them is bad. The victims's families were paid at most a few thousand dollars in compensation but the company is giving a million dollars to some government officials."
Meanwhile Iran's Press TV reports that Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has passed on 'details' to the UN Secretary-General's assistant Oscar Fernandez-Taranco on the August 19th and October 25th bombings: "We provided him with all the information which was not published in the media. We have not accused any country, but evidence asserts that former Baathists and al-Qaeda were involved in the attacks." Which would mean that they infilatrated the Iraqi police and the Iraqi military and, to steal from Annie Hall, "the FBI, and the CIA, and J. Edgar Hoover and oil companies and the Pentagon and the men's room attendant at the White House." The trucks loaded with bombs went through multiple checkpoints.
In other news, Reuters reports a prison break in Basra with three escaping last night. The violence continues in Iraq with Marwan Ibrahim (Telegraph of London) reporting kidnapping of children is increasing in Kirkuk and goes over some of the known kidnappings including that of Sheikh Othman Abdel Karim Agha's son Moahmmed who says, "They chained me and beat me, and I was in the dark because they blindfoled me. I am still in shock from the constant fear of death."
Sahar Issa (McClatchy Newspapers) reports a Baghdad roadside bombing which wounded three people and a Mosul grenade attack which left two police officers injured. Reuters reports a Baghdad car bombing injuring four people.
Zhang Xiang (Xinhua) reports 2 Sahwa members were shot dead today in Jurf al-Sakhr. Sahwa are also known as "Awakenings" and "Sons Of Iraq" (there is also a "Daughters Of Iraq"). Sahar Issa (McClatchy Newspapers) explains it was Sahwa commander Othman Mohammed was shot dead in Diyala Province as was an aid accompanying him and reports 1 "headmistress of al Ma'ali School for girls" was shot dead in Baghdad and 2 people shot dead in two different osul shootings. Reuters reports a Balad shooting yesterday which claimed the life of 1 police officer (three more injured) and a Kirkuk shooting yesterday which injured a police officer.
Sahwa are also known as "Awakenings" and "Sons Of Iraq" (there is also a "Daughters Of Iraq"). The US government paid them to stop attacking the US military and its equipment. Richard Sale (Washington Times) reports today:A congressional staffer who spoke on condition that he not be named because he was discussing sensitive intelligence said that after the U.S. stopped paying Sunni forces directly in June, it wasn't long before payments to the tribes "simply stopped. You got paid if you were a power in the government, and the tribal leaders were last on [Prime Minister Nouri al-] Maliki's list," the staffer said. The Iraqi Embassy in Washington declined to comment.
The PKK is a group of Kurds who fight for a Kurdish homeland. Labeled terrorists by many countries, including Turkey, they long ago set up a camp in the northern mountains of Iraq (which borders Turkey). Reporters have visited the camp -- Deborah Haynes of the Times of London, for example. Recent developments have included some PKK turning themselves over to the Turkish government which has then released them. Reuters reports a second wave of PKK has turned themselves into the Turkish government today (eight members). The PKK issue is not seen as a 'big' one in Iraq currently. For example, the top US commander in Iraq, Gen Ray Odierno, sees the tensions between the KRG and Baghdad as the greatest source of conflict. But the PKK issue has never gone away no matter how many times the current or the previous administration might want it to. The government of Turkey has received repeated promises from the US government (current and previous administrations) that the PKK issue would be 'dealt with' and 'handled' and all that has ever happened has been postponing it until it flares again, at which point the US government is suddenly concerned all over again. For over two years now, Turkey has been conducting air raid bombings over northern Iraq. Asso Ahmed (Los Angeles Times) visits the main camp of the PKK to speak with the leader Murat Karayilan about where things stand currently:
Q: How do you view the policy of the United States on the Kurdish issue? The U.S. has asked Turkey to resolve the issue peacefully.
A: I am doubtful of this policy by America. When [President] Obama visited Turkey he met with Ahmet Turk, the Kurdish parliamentary bloc representative in the Turkish parliament. The meeting had implications, but America does not want to resolve our cause for their own interests in the region. They want to put pressure on us to make more compromises.
Q: How do you manage to stay in Iraq? Do you get any assistance from the Kurdish Regional Government?
A: We have no relations with the KRG, we are not in need of their assistance, we rely on our own finances from our people in Turkey and our supporters abroad. The Kurdish people in Kurdistan sympathize with us and support us morally, but not materially. At the same time, we believe the current situation of the Kurds and their role in the political equation in the region is becoming weaker day after day.
James Glanz and Walter Gibbs (New York Times) contributed a bad article this morning. Peter Galbraith (long called out at this website -- search the archives) finally gets the write up for his help or 'help' which was accompanied by efforts to enrich himself. As October wound down, Al Jazeera's Inside Iraq addressed this issue.
Jasim al-Azzawi: When Norway's most respected financial newspaper, Dagens Noeringsliv, covered the activities of a small, Norwegian oil company called DNO operating in northern Iraq, no one expected subsequent investigations to implicate the former US politician Peter Galbraith. Ambassador Galbraith is now suing DNO for a quarter of a billion dollars because the Kurdistan Regional Government has squeezed him out of his 5% stake in the company. What is more devastating for Iraq is the role Mr. Galbraith played as a political consultant to the KRG writing Iraq's Constitution in a way that can only be described as a potential ticking time bomb. This story has all the marks of dual loyalty, betrayal and international intrigue. [. . .] I am now joined from Oslo by Terje Erikstad, a financial news editor at Dagens Naeringsliv and from London by Sabah al-Mukhtar, president of Arab Layers Association in London. And we were also supposed to be joined by Mohammad Ihsan, Minister for Extra-Regional Affairs of the KRG but unfortunately we were informed at the last minute that he fell sick and cannot join the program.
Transcript of a partial excerpt of the broadcast can be found in the October 26th snapshot. Today NPR's Melissa Block (All Things Considered) interviewed Peter Galbraith about his oil dealings.
Oil is the issue Ameen Izzadeen raises in his latest column for Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror:
Notwithstanding questions over the credibility of US President Barack Obama's anti-Iraq war rhetoric, he has artfully taken the world attention away from Iraq, which his predecessor George W. Bush invaded.
Obama is seen to be fighting his war in the Af-Pak region against Taliban and al-Qaeda militants. Obviously, it is the daily terror incidents and military operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan that fill the front pages of US newspapers. Incidents in Iraq either make no news these days or are relegated to inside pages.
This does not mean that the United States has shelved Iraq. Far from it, Iraq is very much on its agenda. The shifting of the focus from Iraq to Afghanistan is seen by many observers as deliberate and sneaky. The US apparently does not want much media attention when it is reaping the fruit of the invasion. Like a couple who want to be intimate send their children to play, the US has sent the media to Afghanistan while it digs deeper into Iraq's national wealth. Can we call this Obama's weapon of mass deception?
Last Thursday, Exxon-Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell won the development rights of a massive oil field -- West Qurna near Basra in Iraq's south. The two oil giants hope to boost daily production from the current 300,000 barrels to 2.3 million barrels a day at West Qurna, which the ousted and hanged Iraqi President Saddam Hussein wanted to give to a Russian oil company.
Last month, British Petroleum (BP) and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) won a contract to develop another oil field. The invitation to China to join the plunder of Iraq is probably a payoff by the US so that this Asian economic powerhouse and rising military power would not rock the pirates' boat.
James Cogan (WSWS) offers, "Having drowned the Iraqi people in blood, the American financial and corporate oligarchy now believes that day has finally arrived. While US corporations are not the sole beneficiaries of the contracts, there is no question who has the final say over Iraq's oil. With huge military bases in the country and a Baghdad regime tied to Washington, the US is positioned to dictate terms to its European and Asian rivals and, amid rising great powers tensions, to wield the threat of cutting off oil suppliers -- a longstanding tenent of American strategic policy." Meanwhile Rod Nordland (New York Times) reports, "Iraq's Baghdad Trade Fair ended Tuesday, six years and a trillion dollars after the American invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, and one country was conspicuously absent" -- the United States. US House Rep John Murtha spoke with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (link has text and video) over the weekend and predicted that the costs of the wars in Iraq and Aghanistan will lead to inflation in "seven or eight years". Last Friday, US House Rep Dennis Kucinich issued the following statement:
Why is it we have finite resources for health care but unlimited money for war? The inequities in our economy are piling up: trillions for war, trillions for Wall Street and tens of billions for the insurance companies. Banks and other corporations are sitting on piles of cash of taxpayer's money while firing workers, cutting pay and denying small businsses money to survive. People are losing their homes, their jobs, their health, their investments, their retirement security; yet there is unlimited money for war, Wall Street and insurance companies, but very little money for jobs on Main Street. Unlimited money to blow up things in Iraq and Afghanistan, and relatively little money to build things in the US. The Administration may soon bring to Congress a request for an additional $50 billion for war. I can tell you that a Democratic version of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan is no more acceptable than a Republican version of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Trillions for war and Wall Street, billions for insurance companies . . . When we were promised change, we weren't thinking that we give a dollar and get back two cents.
Tuesday's snapshot noted Human Rights Watch's new report entitled [PDF format warning] "On Vulnerable Ground: Violence against Minority Communities in Nineveh Province's Disputed Territories." The Kurdistan Regional Government has issued a response to the report and we'll note this section of the response:
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has a long standing and productive relationship with Human Rights Watch (HRW). We appreciate what HRW has done in the past. As an oppressed community ourselves, we fully understand the value of ensuring justice for all members and factions of society. In addition, the KRG appreciates the interest in the condition of the minority communities in Ninevah Province's disputed territories. We regard the well-being of all communities in these areas to be of paramount concern. The KRG is ready and willing to look into each and every allegation, and we are ready to work on these issues under the legal framework of both the Kurdistan Region and the Republic of Iraq, with the help of HRW and other reputable human rights organisations. The KRG will investigate each specific claim outlined in the report carefully and thoroughly. There may be instances of maltreatment and neglect; the KRG does not claim to be flawless. But the report reveals a systematic misperception of the circumstances in Ninevah and a worrying ignorance of Iraqi history. HRW therefore produces an inaccurate portrayal of the situation. Furthermore, due to the methodology employed to produce this report, it cannot be the basis for legitimate judgements or assertions. The main thrust of this report could be grossly misleading and the KRG affirms its strong disagreement in this regard. The KRG has done more for the protection of minorities than any other entity in Iraq, and continues to insist on tolerance and peaceful coexistence in the Region and throughout Iraq.
We don't have time for the KRG's full statement in this and, equally true, the HRW report was not given a ringing endorsement here on Tuesday. (Repeating, I believe the two activists who detailed their abuse while in Kurdish custody.) We opened with IVAW and we'll close with it. Yesterday was Veterans Day in the US and, at Fort Hood, there was a candle light vigil. Shelton Green (KVUE -- link has text and video) reported on it.Shelton Green: Well Tyler, they call themselves, Iraq Veterans Against the War. Tonight, they not only honored their fallen comrades, they also brought attention to the growing mental health needs of returning soldiers. There's another vigil Wednesday night to honor the slain and injured and last Thursday's shooting at Fort Hood. But the fire burning within these soldiers and their supporters has a less popular fuel source.Michael Kern: I approached the army when I got back from Iraq and I was like hey I need to talk to someone, I need some help. And they said come back in two months.Shelton Green: Michael Kern who is presently in the army met President Barack Obama Tuesday when he was at Fort Hood for a memorial service for the thirteen killed in Iraq last week. Kern slipped the president a list of changes he'd like to see made for troops returning home from battle.Michael Kerns: He came over to me to shake my hand, put out his hand to shake my hand and very respectfully I pulled out the letter in my pocket, tried handing it to him and I was like, "Sir, IVAW has some issues they would like you to address." And at that point, he put his hand down and moved to the next soldier. Secret Service then took the letter from me and that was the last of it. Shelton Green: Iraq Veterans Against the War want to see a withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. They also believe both countries should get reperations from the US. And they want to see better mental health care for returning soldiers. Chance Mills: There should be a more compassionate attitude towards soldiers who are dealing with a lot of stress. And that's where it has to start. No program, no poster on the wall is going to fix that.Shelton Green: Now Iraq Veterans Against the War claims its membership of 2,000 is growing. The group is also organizing a petition for better mental health services for returning troops. We're live at Fort Hood, Shelton Green, KVUE News.
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text: Main Content Senate Bill 0414 (2011) rss? friendly link printer friendly Friendly Link: http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2011-SB-0414 Public Act 99 of 2012 (Effective: 4/18/2012) Find this PA in the MCL Sponsors Michael Green - (primary)Bruce Caswell, Randy Richardville, Judith Emmons, John Gleason, Virgil Smith, Gretchen Whitmer, Steven Bieda, Coleman Young, Morris Hood, Vincent Gregory, Bert Johnson, John Pappageorge, Darwin Booher, Rebekah Warren, Glenn Anderson, Jack Brandenburg, Hoon-Yung Hopgood , Tupac Hunter, Michael Kowall, James Marleau (click name to see bills sponsored by that person) Categories Insurance: health care corporations; Insurance; health care corporations; coverage for certain treatment related to autism; provide for. Amends 1980 PA 350 (MCL 550.1101 - 550.1704) by adding sec. 416e. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0415'11, SB 0981'12 Bill Documents Bill Document Formatting Information [x] The following bill formatting applies to the 2011-2012 session:- New language in an amendatory bill will be shown in BOLD AND UPPERCASE.- Language to be removed will be stricken.- Amendments made by the House will be blue with square brackets, such as: [House amended text].- Amendments made by the Senate will be red with double greater/lesser than symbols, such as: <<Senate amended text>>. (gray icons indicate that the action did not occur or that the document is not available) Documents Senate Introduced Bill Introduced bills appear as they were introduced and reflect no subsequent amendments or changes. As Passed by the Senate As Passed by the Senate is the bill, as introduced, that includes any adopted Senate amendments. As Passed by the House As Passed by the House is the bill, as received from the Senate, that includes any adopted House amendments. Senate Concurred Bill Concurred bill is the version passed in identical form by both houses of the Legislature, issued prior to availability of the Enrolled bill. Public Act Public Act is a bill that has become law. Legislative Service Bureau Compiler Notes Public Act 99 of 2012 with Editorial InformationThis document analyzes: SB 414 Bill Analysis House Fiscal Agency Analysis Summary of House Committee Substitutes (03-26-12)This document analyzes: SB0981, SB0414, SB0415 Analysis as Reported From House Committee (03-28-12)This document analyzes: SB0414, SB0415, SB0981 Senate Fiscal Analysis COMMITTEE SUMMARY (Date Completed: 3-8-12)This document analyzes: SB0414, SB0415, SB0981 FLOOR SUMMARY (Date Completed: 3-13-12)This document analyzes: SB0414, SB0415, SB0981 SUMMARY AS PASSED BY THE SENATE (Date Completed: 3-15-12)This document analyzes: SB0414, SB0415, SB0981 ANALYSIS AS ENACTED (Date Completed: 5-2-12)This document analyzes: SB0414, SB0415, SB0981 History (House actions in lowercase, Senate actions in UPPERCASE) NOTE: a page number of 1 indicates that the page number is soon to come. Date JournalAction 6/8/2011SJ 51 Pg. 1434REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY 3/13/2012SJ 25 Pg. 373REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3 3/13/2012SJ 25 Pg. 373COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT 3/13/2012SJ 25 Pg. 373REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3 3/13/2012SJ 25 Pg. 366REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3 AND AMENDMENT(S) 3/13/2012SJ 25 Pg. 366SUBSTITUTE S-3 AS AMENDED CONCURRED IN 3/13/2012SJ 25 Pg. 366PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3 AS AMENDED 3/13/2012SJ 25 Pg. 366RULES SUSPENDED 3/13/2012SJ 25 Pg. 366PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE 3/13/2012SJ 25 Pg. 367SUBSTITUTE S-4 DEFEATED 3/13/2012SJ 25 Pg. 367PASSED ROLL CALL # 130 YEAS 29 NAYS 9 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 3/13/2012HJ 26 Pg. 377received on 03/13/2012 3/13/2012HJ 26 Pg. 380read a first time 3/13/2012HJ 26 Pg. 380referred to Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors 3/27/2012HJ 32 Pg. 486reported with recommendation with substitute H-3 3/27/2012HJ 32 Pg. 486referred to second reading 3/28/2012HJ 33 Pg. 509read a second time 3/28/2012HJ 33 Pg. 509substitute H-3 adopted 3/28/2012HJ 33 Pg. 509placed on third reading 3/29/2012HJ 34 Pg. 534read a third time 3/29/2012HJ 34 Pg. 534passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 159 Yeas 91 Nays 19 3/29/2012HJ 34 Pg. 534inserted full title 3/29/2012HJ 34 Pg. 534returned to Senate 3/29/2012SJ 33 Pg. 504HOUSE INSERTED FULL TITLE 3/29/2012SJ 33 Pg. 504HOUSE SUBSTITUTE H-3 CONCURRED IN 3/29/2012SJ 33 Pg. 504 ROLL CALL # 187 YEAS 30 NAYS 8 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 3/29/2012SJ 33 Pg. 504GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT 3/29/2012SJ 33 Pg. 504FULL TITLE AGREED TO 3/29/2012SJ 33 Pg. 504ORDERED ENROLLED 4/17/2012SJ 34 Pg. 527PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 4/10/2012 @ 1:00 PM 4/19/2012SJ 36 Pg. 558APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 4/18/2012 @ 4:01 PM 4/19/2012SJ 36 Pg. 558FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 4/18/2012 @ 4:30 PM 4/19/2012SJ 36 Pg. 558ASSIGNED PA 0099'12 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT