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July 2006
A 36-year-old pregnant patient has symptoms of peptic disease. Treatment with diet and lifestyle modifications and also antacids has given her little relief. If she were not pregnant, I would prescribe a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) for her. She is now 4 weeks pregnant, and I need to determine whether PPIs are safe during pregnancy.
Data currently available suggest that omeprazole is not teratogenic in humans. While information on other PPIs is limited, a systematic review of the evidence suggests that they are also not teratogenic.
Une patiente enceinte âgée de 36 ans présente des symptômes de maladie peptique. Le traitement par des changements dans l'alimentation et le mode de vie ainsi que l'administration d'antiacides l'ont très peu soulagée. Si elle n'était pas enceinte, je lui prescrirais l'inhibiteur de pompe à protons (IPP). Elle en est à quatre semaines de gestation et je dois déterminer si les IPP sont sans danger durant la grossesse.
Les données actuellement accessibles indiquent que l'oméprazole n'est pas tératogène chez l'humain. Même si les renseignements sur d'autres IPP sont limités, une synthèse critique des données scientifiques fait valoir qu'ils ne sont pas tératogènes non plus.
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) remain central to management of acid-suppression disorders and are considered safe in the general population.1 About two thirds of pregnant patients develop heartburn.2 The origin is multifactorial, but the predominant factor is a decrease in lower esophageal sphincter pressure caused by female sex hormones, especially progesterone.
Although serious reflux complications during pregnancy are rare, symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux disorders should be managed during pregnancy. Treatment is based on a step-up algorithm (which moves in a single direction whereas a standard algorithm might have several directions) beginning with lifestyle modifications and dietary changes followed by antacids or sucralfate as first-line medication. Treatment might eventually include PPIs. Information about their safety during pregnancy mostly relates to omeprazole, the oldest PPI in this group. There is, however, some new information on pantoprazole and lansoprazole in pregnant women that should be noted also.
A multicentre prospective cohort study conducted by Motherisk looked at the outcomes among 113 mothers exposed to omeprazole during pregnancy, including 101 mothers exposed during organogenesis.3 Two control groups were used: a disease-paired control group using histamine H2-blockers and a control group of healthy women exposed to nonteratogenic medications. The rate of major malformations in the omeprazole group (5%) did not differ significantly from rates in the nonteratogenic drug control group (3%) and in the disease-paired control group (3%). Rates of spontaneous abortions, preterm deliveries, cesarean sections, and neonatal health problems; birth weight; and gestational age at delivery were also comparable in the 3 groups.
The Motherisk Program also conducted a meta-analysis on use of PPIs during pregnancy.4 All exposures to PPIs (593 cases) had a relative risk of 1.18 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.72 to 1.94) and exposures to omeprazole only (534 cases) had a relative risk of 1.05 (95% CI 0.59 to 1.85), indicating no increase in risk of malformations.
A large cohort study from the Swedish Medical Birth Registry reported on 955 infants whose mothers used omeprazole during pregnancy.5 In this report, 863 of the infants were exposed at least during the first trimester, and 92 were exposed only after the first trimester. Birth weights, rates of congenital malformations and perinatal death, and low Apgar scores in the exposed group were comparable to rates observed in the general Swedish population.
A recent multicentre, prospective controlled cohort study followed 295 pregnancies where mothers were exposed to omeprazole (233 exposed during the first trimester), 62 pregnancies where mothers were exposed to lansoprazole, and 53 pregnancies where mothers were exposed to pantoprazole. The pregnancy outcomes of these mothers were compared with those of 868 control subjects.6 In the omeprazole group, 3.6% (9/249) of babies were born with malformations, a rate similar to the 3.8% (30/792) observed in the control group. There was no pattern of anomalies among the babies born with birth defects.
Administration of oral omeprazole to a 41-year-old woman during the third trimester of pregnancy, after ranitidine and cisapride failed to control her refractory gastroesophageal reflux disorder, was reported.7 No adverse fetal effects were apparent, and the patient elected to continue omeprazole therapy (20 mg/d) while breastfeeding. Peak omeprazole concentrations in breast milk of 58 nM at 3 hours after ingestion of the drug were lower than 7% of the peak maternal serum concentration (950 nM at 4 h), indicating limited excretion into milk.
The recent multicentre, prospective controlled cohort study mentioned above followed 295 pregnancies exposed to PPIs, including 53 exposed to pantoprazole, and compared pregnancy outcomes with those of 868 control subjects.6 Rate of major congenital malformations in the pantoprazole group was 2.1% (1/48) compared with 3.8% in the control group (30/792). There was no pattern of anomalies.
A 42-year-old woman was studied over a 24-hour period after oral administration of 40 mg of pantoprazole.8 A milk-to-plasma ratio of 0.022 was observed 2 hours after drug administration. The relative dose to the infant was estimated to be 7.3 μg of pantoprazole, which is equivalent to 0.14% of the weight-normalized dose received by the mother. The mother reported no adverse events in the infant. Because pantoprazole is unstable in acidic pH, the systemic dose received by the infant could have been lower.
There is no information regarding exposure to esomeprazole during pregnancy. Because esomeprazole is the S-isomer of omeprazole, however, some of the information related to omeprazole might inform our use of this drug.
Previous reports on lansoprazole exposure during pregnancy have described 7 cases with no malformations,9 and the Motherisk Program is aware of an additional 6 cases with no malformations. Also, the study mentioned above followed 62 pregnant patients exposed to lansoprazole and compared the outcomes of their pregnancies with those of 868 control subjects.6 Rate of major congenital malformations in the lansoprazole group was 3.9% (2/51) and was not statistically different from the 3.8% observed in the control group (30/792). There was no pattern of anomalies in the babies born with malformations.
Overall, a rule of thumb during pregnancy is to choose an older agent in a pharmacologic class for which there are more fetal safety data that indicate the medication is effective. Applying this rule to PPIs makes omeprazole the drug of choice for now.
1. Raghunath AS, O'Morain C, McLoughlin RC. Review article: the long-term use of proton-pump inhibitors. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2005;22(Suppl 1):55-63.
2. Richter JE. Gastroesophageal reflux disease during pregnancy. Gastroenterol Clin North Am 2003;32:235-61.
3. Lalkin A, Loebstein R, Addis A, Ramezani-Namin F, Mastroiacovo P, Mazzone T, et al. The safety of omeprazole during pregnancy: a multicenter prospective controlled study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1998;179:727-30.
4. Nikfar S, Abdollahi M, Moretti ME, Magee LA, Koren G. Use of proton pump inhibitors during pregnancy and rates of major malformations: a meta-analysis. Dig Dis Sci 2002;47:1526-9.
5. Kallen BA. Use of omeprazole during pregnancy—no hazard demonstrated in 955 infants exposed during pregnancy. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2001;96:63-8.
6. Diav-Citrin O, Arnon J, Shechtman S, Schaefer C, van Tonningen MR, Clementi M, et al. The safety of proton pump inhibitors in pregnancy: a multicentre prospective controlled study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2005;21:269-75.
7. Marshall JK, Thompson AB, Armstrong D. Omeprazole for refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease during pregnancy and lactation. Can J Gastroenterol 1998;12:225-7.
8. Plante L, Ferron GM, Unruh M, Mayer PR. Excretion of pantoprazole in human breast milk. J Reprod Med 2004;49:825-7.
9. Wilton LV, Pearce GL, Martin RM, Mackay FJ, Mann RD. The outcomes of pregnancy in women exposed to newly marketed drugs in general practice in England. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1998;105:882-9.
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Scene & Heard: Maryland Historical Society's War of 1812 Bicentennial Gala
Romaine Somerville, Gov. Martin O'Malley, Nita Schultz and Stiles Colwill mingle at the Maryland Historical Society's War of 1812 Bicentennial Gala. History came alive at the Maryland Historical Society, at the Society's "Our Flag Was Still There: The Bicentennial Gala of the War of 1812" -- thanks to the museum and some of its guests. First, there was the opening of the "In Full Glory Reflected: Maryland during the War of 1812" exhibit that guests could tour. "It's amazing. I've learned a lot about the War of 1812," said Michela Hancock, Bozzuto Development Group development manager. "What a neat thing to have the original Star-Spangled Banner right here?" said Paul Winicki, Radcliffe Jewelers president, there with wife Karen Winicki, community volunteer. Then, there were the guests who chose colonial garb instead of modern day black-tie, as they enjoyed dinner, dancing and general revelry under a tent behind the building. "There's nothing like a man in uniform," said Stiles Colwill, Stiles Colwill Interiors owner, referring to Gov. Martin O'Malley, who had dressed in period regalia for the occasion. "This is my colonel's uniform that I wear every Defenders' Day. It's not a costume, man," said the governor, with a smile. Even though the outfits were made of heavy wool, none of the wearers would admit to discomfort in the hot summer temperatures. "They look pretty good, don't you think?" said Peter O'Malley, Venable attorney, about the militia uniform he and Michael Enright, Beowulf Energy managing director, were sporting. Their wives -- Mindy O'Malley, Long & Foster realtor, and Allana Enright, community volunteer -- had it a tad cooler in their brocade period gowns. "It's actually not bad, even though it's a bit like a curtain," said Mindy O'Malley with a laugh. There was one modern uniform in the midst -- that on Courtney Wilson, B&O Railroad Museum executive director, the one he often wears as senior command advisor of the Maryland Defense Force. His wife, Leslie Wilson, assistant to Towson University's presidential scholar, chose the cocktail dress route. As folks like Charlene O'Malley, O'Malley Antiques owner; Steve Schupak, MPT chief content officer; Carole Sibel, community volunteer; Bob Neall, MHS board chair; and Mary Park, United States Daughters of 1812 member, danced the night away, the party's organizers watched the scene with pride. "We started out with a goal of 300 guests. But before the event was even announced, we'd sold 150 tickets. We're sold out tonight at 400, so we are very happy," said Lee Warfield, MHS Francis Scott Key Society chairman. "We wanted to kick off the bicentennial with this gala. And now a lot of people are having fun. We're hoping we're the place to go," said Burt Kummerow, Maryland Historical Society president/CEO. "This is the greatest kick-off ever. And that's one of the best parts," said Chris Christou, Maryland Society of the War of 1812 president, referring to a party feature that combined the past and the present: an ice luge carved in the shape of a colonial cannon. -- Sloane Brown
Karen Jackson, Special to The Baltimore Sun
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Ice Cream Pie with a Waffle Cone Crust
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3 Tbsp. honey
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1 1/4 c. Ovaltine Classic Malt Mix, divided
2 Tbsp. lowfat milk
1 container (8 ounces) frozen light whipped topping, thawed (optional)
Chopped malt balls (optional)
Combine crushed cones, honey and butter in large bowl; stir. Pour into 9-inch deep-dish pie plate. Press mixture onto bottom and up side of plate. Freeze for 30 minutes. Remove ice cream from freezer to soften for several minutes. Place ice cream and 1 cup Ovaltine in large mixer bowl; beat until combined. Spoon into prepared crust. Place in freezer while making topping. For topping, combine milk and remaining 1/4 cup Ovaltine in large bowl; stir in whipped topping. Spoon over pie. Freeze for 5 hours or until firm. Sprinkle with chopped malt balls. Cut into 12 wedges.


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The people who think that Northern Illinois University does not need to change for it – and our communities – to thrive are kidding themselves.
Prospective college students now are faced with ever-higher tuition bills because of reductions in government funding for higher education. They (and their parents) are demanding more value for their money. They want a better experience, and they want to feel confident that they will be able to find employment after graduating.
Maintaining the status quo at NIU and the neighborhoods nearby it is not getting the job done. The status quo has resulted in four consecutive years of enrollment declines. Status quo is a campus community that is separated from downtown DeKalb. Status quo is a campus that students find confusing; one to which a third of students who enter as freshmen do not return as sophomores.
Standing still is not working. It is not happening at other schools with which NIU competes, and it should not be considered an option here. Yet, despite all the benefits that our communities draw from having the university here, there is resistance to ideas that could change the nearby neighborhoods, particularly the Ellwood historic and Hillcrest neighborhoods, where residents have formed a community group, Preserve Our Neighborhoods, in response.
People by nature don't like change. It's natural for them to be skeptical. But fighting to stop any change will not be good for anyone, really.
That sends the message that, sure, we'll take the jobs and the business and the economic benefits NIU provides, but we'll fight every step of the way if there are changes that could help the university. That hardly seems fair.
For example, it seems silly to fight running an electric tram through the Ellwood neighborhood to help students get to downtown DeKalb. The tram could run on the street or sidewalk, but the argument is that the sidewalks are too narrow and there is too much on-street parking. In reality, sidewalks can be widened and street parking can be restricted, either with a permit system or a street-parking ban. The idea deserves a shot. There's also a lot of concern about the future of the "north 40," green space behind Barsema Hall that belongs to the university.
The planning for development on this property in the university's latest concept plan might have been handled haphazardly – NIU President Douglas Baker said they were thrown in by the design team. Although its understandable that people living nearby like it just fine as green space, it's not their property. It belongs to the university, and officials have a right to plan for its future use, even one they said is unlikely to materialize in the near term.
Some people in the neighborhoods near the university are current or former employees – something that might account for some of their mistrust of the motives of the administration.
Yet it would seem that they of all people should understand the necessity behind what school and city officials are trying to do here.
Nothing in NIU's "bold ideas thesis" has been written in stone. It should be seen as the beginning of a dialogue where leaders from NIU, the city of DeKalb, and the residents of nearby neighborhoods can come to an understanding about how to create a more integrated environment, where students and neighbors can co-exist. There's a difference between offering constructive ideas and simply suggesting that things be done anywhere but one's own back yard, though.
The character of historic homes, and of the mature neighborhoods near NIU, should be respected and maintained through this process. But the reality is that the houses are next-door neighbors with the campus, and if the campus is to be more integrated in the community, they'll have to be part of it.


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Joe User is about 75 meters from his Wireless Access Point/Gateway that has a range of 100 meters.
Attacker is about 50 meters from the wireless Access Point/Gateway on the side opposite Joe User.
Both Joe and Attacker are within range of the access point. However, Joe and Attacker are 125 meters from each other.
It would be possible for Attacker to break into/attack the access point... but he would not be able to break into/attack Joe User because he is out of range.
The reason I say this is... the only time traffic goes through the gateway is if it is leaving the local network. Only goes through the gateway if it going out to the internet. Or, since the Wireless Access Point/Gateway is providing the link to the network... would it forward the traffic between Joe User and Attacker?
I'm not on a wireless network at the moment to test this...
I'll attach a pic to give a visual representation of my scenario.


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A warning has been issued after two dogs were attacked by others on the loose – one needed treatment at a vet's.
Police want people to keep their pets on leads after the two incidents in the Heanor and Loscoe areas.
In the latest incident a pet was taken to the vets suffering from shock after being allegedly attacked by two loose dogs on Wednesday, June 11.
A 70-year-old woman was walking with two dogs on leads just after 11am on Milward Road, Loscoe, when two other dogs, described as dark coloured and like a Staffordshire bull terrier, ran across and attacked them.
During the incident a man passing by stopped his van to help the woman separate the dogs, and the two dogs that were loose ran off.
A similar incident happened on Loscoe Road, Heanor, just before 10am on Thursday, May 15. A woman was walking a Jack Russell when two loose dogs allegedly ran over and attacked.
The Jack Russell suffered a small, minor injury but did not need to see a vet.
One of the loose dogs is described as being black, and the other brindle coloured and both were of either a pit bull or Staffordshire bull terrier type.
Enquiries are currently ongoing by police to try to locate the owner of the dogs in both incidents, but it is not known if it was the same dogs involved.
PC Sarah Allcock of the Heanor and Loscoe Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team said: "While most people are responsible dog owners, in light of these recent incidents we want to remind people to make sure that their pet is kept under appropriate control, as the consequences could be serious if your dog was to injure a person or another animal.
"It is an offence to allow a dog to be dangerously out of control in a public place, and we will always investigate and take appropriate action in cases where safety could be put at risk."
Advice to dog owners include:
Keep dogs on a lead around busy roads.
If you allow your dog out into the garden, make sure that fences and gates will keep them safe and secure.
If you know your dog is not good with other dogs, animals, children or with people, then avoid letting them off the lead in public areas and places where they could come into contact.
If you allow teenagers or youngsters to walk the dog, make sure they would be able to control them while out walking.
Always clean up after your dog, carry 'poop scoop' bags and dispose of the waste in a litter bin.
If you are in an area where there are farm animals or wildlife, make sure you keep your dog under control, especially during lambing season when they should be kept on a lead.
There is help and information on keeping and caring for dogs, and other animals, online, including on the RSPCA's website: www.rspca.org.uk, Blue Cross for Pets at www.bluecross.org.uk or The Kennel Club: www.thekennelclub.org.uk


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This is the second of my posts from Turkey, made after I arrived in Ankara. Prior to my arrival, I met with Turan Ceylan, the manager of the Inter-Continental Hotel in Istanbul. He's a Kurdish success story, one of many in Istanbul where many Kurds have settled after the PKK troubles in the southeast during the 1980s and 1990s. I didn't get much to get out of the interview, except that he is pro-EU (he's a businessman) and he believes that discrimination against Kurds is blown way out of proportion by Western press (which is easy for him to say; he comes from a rich family that runs one of the largest construction firms in Turkey.)
This was an attitude I discovered among many middle-class Istanbul residents. Aydin Kudu, my original fixer before he suffered a hip injury, had me over for dinner and during the post-prandial tea, he and Raia, his girlfriend and sometimes partner-guide, said the same thing: There is no discrimination in Turkey; Kurds can do whatever they like, as long as they don't break any laws.
On one level, they have a point. At least one president of Turkey, Turgut Ozal, has claimed Kurdish ancestry and Istanbul has seen a number of Kurds other than Ceylan rise to success in the business world. But there is a great deal of unknown truth in the statement that "Kurds can do whatever they like, as long as they don't break any laws." But until recently, it was illegal to be Kurdish. It was illegal to teach or sing in Kurdish. Yes, Kurds could succeed in Turkey, but only if they assimilated and acted Turkish. And even then, if someone's ID card listed them as hailing from the southeast, they would often be greeted with suspicion and had a harder time finding jobs in the more cosmopolitan western part of the country.
At any rate, this gave me much to think about. So after a couple of days, I took a bus from Taksim in Istanbul where Aykut Uzun, my fixer, met me. After five hours on the road in Turkey, I was glad to see him.


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eilonwy77 wrote:I also wonder what people who attended think about it. How did it compare to past years? What did you like? Etc., etc.
[Apologies if this is a bit of a brain dump rather than a coherant narrative. ]
The first BC (actually NWBC at the time) I went to was in 2006 and each year the space gets bigger, the numbers grow and the atmosphere, the vibe stays the same, in a good way. I never really believed I could meet and talk to every one but in recent years, with so many people, I have been able to make myself actually believe that it is OK not to try. It was really nice, as in past years, to just strike up a conversation with another LEGO nerd as we both admired a MOC or a new set on display or perused the Scratch & Dent pile. I didn't feel guilty not learning the name of everyone I spoke too. For me that relaxed feeling was the best yet.
It may also have helped that on Saturday my son and I went back to the hotel room shortly after public hours, had lunch and I took a nap while he crashed on the couch. It is amazing how much more enjoyable the rest of Saturday and Sunday were this year having gotten enough sleep. Sure I missed out getting to see Jeff's LEGO room at his party but maybe he will do it again next year.
That is important to me and a good sign: I am already looking forward to next year. I have been smiling and cheerful for two mornings post-con and thinking pleasantly (but not obsessively) about what I might do next year.
Other thoughts:
Castle Display: working with Jim and Trevor and Tom and Bob to create the town was loads of fun. The CCC standard again proved itself easy to use as we were able to create a town that made sense with a complete circuit of walls from virtually no plan. I am gonna have to build up an "army" of peasants over the next year as there were plenty of soldiers to go around but precious few civilians. Thanks to everyone for wall sections and buildings and people.
I really enjoyed hanging out chatting behind the tables during the public hours on Sunday. In fact I was having such a good time Sunday I even enjoyed talking to the public for a while. Usually I am really burned out (especially having done our local train show the weekend before) but this year I felt OK. This was probably good for some - Hi Chris! - who looked a little worse for wear on Sunday.
The little flickering candle lights really made those MOCs come alive. That flickering light provided a nice movement in the display.
Operation Bricklord: I also contributed to this and it looked spectacularly busy but maybe something different in terms of layout would be nice next year. I think the way we do the castle display might add some flexibility to OpB next year. Doing the same thing two years in a row was OK but I think we have done with the town with canal.
Film Fest: I missed it completely because they ran it at an odd time. Would it really have been a problem to run it again in the evening or Sunday sometime? Maybe before the Saturday awards.
Shopping: My second favorite activity @ BC. The lack of Pick a Brick at the Con was disappointing but certainly made the store event less chaotic. Speaking of Chaos, I have to give a thumbs up to the new Scratch & Dent system. Thanks to a friend with a better position and no particular desire of his own I was able to get a Death Star but even if I had not, the system seemed reasonably fair and knowing where I was going to be in the order was really nice.
Oh, and perhaps the highlight of the con for me was Hillel's talk on Saturday evening. It was insightful, hilarious and said many things I think are on AFOLs minds in a way that was funny but serious and not angry or whining. I hope the LEGO staff who heard it take something of that back to the company and do something good with it. That talk was the kind of adult, thoughtful content that makes conventions like this work for me. I like having "childish" fun - hey, I think my Romans with the flame-thrower were amusing - but content that engages my adult brain is good too.


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For reasons too perplexing to elaborate, the gang at work put together a little morale-booster in the form of a trivia competition. Which means some poor slob was tasked to write, on his own time and for no additional pay, dozens of toss-up, bonus-round, and lightning-round questions for us to answer. But that's not the troubling part.
My team was beating the other team's brains out. Truly. The dais was beginning to reek from all the rotting brains spilled at our feet. And then came our team's lightning round subject: movie directors. In the old days, when I could afford to while away the hours seeing three or four movies a week, this would have been Game Over.
Then the questions came our way, and I confused James L. Brooks with Jim Burrows. I thought that Frank Capra directed Some Like It Hot (instead of Billy Wilder, obviously). And I completely blanked on John Landis as the director of Animal House. John Freakin' Landis! Who directed Britain's all-time favorite music video! It was appalling.
The human mind is a finite vessel, and parenting is slowly supplanting my vast accumulation of worthless minutiae in favor of inoculations, playgroups, 529 accounts, and figuring out when I can sleep next. You know, stuff that matters.
Adulthood blows.


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Monday, January 23, 2012
* Playing With Blocks
"C" and I spent an afternoon this week playing blocks
and I just loved how happy our little rainbow land looked when we were done.
It stayed up for two days and now it's all cleaned up
but every time I walked past the playroom it made me smile.
Kind of like a big I Spy book on our happy rainbow rug.
And in case you're wondering, because I get regular emails asking about
the playroom rug,
it was from the "MaryKate and Ashley" home collection.
Yes, THAT MaryKate and Ashley.
I bought it in 2006 or 2007 for "C"s nursery.
I don't think you can find them anymore. : ( Sorry.
Lining up to go somewhere....
or they're just used to standing in lines
since that's what you do at Dinsey World! : )
Love the clock tower.
See the bread tag by the guard at the front door?
"C" put it there and announced that it says, "No Solicitors"
That's my girl.
Happy Playing!
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on People.com September 23, 2009
by Charlotte Triggs
PHOTO: by: Mark Edwards / Splash News Online
Gisele Bündchen may be 6 months pregnant, but that's not stopping her from taking lessons to learn to fly a helicopter, a friend confirms to PEOPLE.
While husband Tom Brady, 32, is in training with the New England Patriots, Bündchen has been doing her own training outside her new hometown of Boston. "She's been coming to the airfield for a couple months and she started her lessons a few weeks ago," says Keith Douglass, president of Shoreline Aviation, a company that provides private jets and aviation lessons.
"She's gung ho about learning to fly. She's one of the best students we've ever had," says Douglass. "She's excellent at learning and understanding what makes the helicopters fly. She knows all the rules and regulations. She's fantastic at flying the helicopter. She is very smooth and professional and she listens."
And despite her pregnancy, Bündchen, 29, who is able to continue with her lessons until November per her doctor's instructions, had no qualms about going up in the aircraft. "She wasn't nervous at all," says Douglass. "I asked her. But she can fly into November – that's when the doctors told her to stop, because she's due in December."
Flying while pregnant is considered fine, Douglass adds. "It only becomes an issue when they can't comfortably get in and out of the airplane or the controls can't be moved where they should be," he says. "They don't fly that high anyway in a helicopter so there are no big pressure changes."
Flying for a Good Cause
Bündchen's main motivation in learning to fly? Learning the nuts and bolts of aviation so she can work, as a new goodwill ambassador for the UN's Environmental Programme, on finding an alternative source of jet fuel. "She is trying to promote alternative fuel, and she's going to be very active doing that," says Douglass.
And while she's close to being a new mom, the supermodel is even closer to getting her pilot's license. "She'll probably have her license in a month," says Douglass. "She's on the controls. She flies it off the ground and away she goes. She brings it back in, lands it perfectly. She's doing a wonderful job."
Eventually, Douglass says, flying might be a family affair. "I think down the road Tom will come too – they're planning on using a helicopter quite often."


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It being Wednesday, we will now have the singing of the national anthem led by the hon. member for Rivière-du-Nord.
[Members sang the national anthem]
House of Commons Hansard #57 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was yea.
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker Conservative Andrew Scheer
It being Wednesday, we will now have the singing of the national anthem led by the hon. member for Rivière-du-Nord.
[Members sang the national anthem]
YOUCAN Youth ServiceStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Laurie Hawn Conservative Edmonton Centre, AB
Mr. Speaker, recently I had the pleasure of announcing funding for and visiting an organization in Edmonton called YOUCAN Youth Service.
YOUCAN Youth Service helps young people with barriers to employment and education overcome those barriers and achieve their full potential. I met dedicated staff and volunteers who spend countless hours unselfishly working to give young people facing challenges an opportunity to discover who they can be. I met young people at various stages of turning their lives around. They realized that they do matter and that they do have people who care about their futures.
I participated in a discussion circle, where everyone has a chance to speak openly and honestly. A rock is passed around the circle and the holder of the rock has the floor while everyone listens attentively. What a quaint notion. As the keeper of the parliamentary rock, Mr. Speaker, perhaps it is an idea that you might consider for adoption in this place.
I want to thank and pay tribute to organizations like YOUCAN Youth Service and people like Kyle who make a tremendous difference in the lives of young Canadians. I also want to recognize young Canadians, like Candy, who seize the opportunity and turn their lives around.
I would encourage all of us to be the rock for a young person who needs our help.
EmploymentStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Irene Mathyssen NDP London—Fanshawe, ON
Mr. Speaker, London is my community. Despite suggestions from a member opposite to the contrary, I am proud of my city and I am especially proud of the people of London for their show of resiliency, determination and optimism when faced with some very difficult challenges. However, pride in one's city does not mean that we can ignore reality.
My city has been hit hard by the economic downturn. Jobs have been lost. In southwestern Ontario, 10,000 jobs have been lost in the last five years, most in the manufacturing sector. Families are hurting and we cannot sugar-coat the issues faced by so many in my riding. London has an unemployment rate of 9.1%. There is a proposal to open a satellite welfare office in the east end. We need a federal government focused on job creation, not tax cuts; jobs in energy conservation, transit, alternative energy and green manufacturing. The people of London matter and deserve no less.
Lifetime Business Achievement AwardStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Cheryl Gallant Conservative Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize well-known Pembroke businessman and community supporter, Gerry Binhammer. Mr. Binhammer has been named 2011 Upper Ottawa Valley Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Business Achievement Award winner. While Gerry is well known in the Pembroke business community as the successful owner-operator of the Malcolm, Deavitt and Binhammer Funeral Home, it is his community work for which Gerry is an honoured member in my area and how I am most aware of his stellar performance.
Active in his community as a member of Kiwanis International, the Masonic Lodge and Ottawa Valley Tunis Shrine Club, Gerry is a firm believer in helping youth. In addition to his work with service clubs, he has made major financial gifts to Algonquin College, Pembroke Regional Hospital and Miramichi Lodge. Through his generosity, nine students each year from local high schools are eligible for $1,000 bursaries for academic achievement to assist with their post-secondary education. It is people like Gerry Binhammer who give the Upper Ottawa Valley its reputation as a kind, caring, wonderful place to live.
I congratulate Gerry on his outstanding achievement.
Prostate CancerStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Justin Trudeau Liberal Papineau, QC
Mr. Speaker, today marks the last day of movember and as our moustaches have grown, so has the popularity of this great campaign. Here in the House the three teams, the "New DeMOcrats", the "Strong, Stable Conservative MOjority" and we "Li-Bros", have together raised over $50,000. All together, 245,000 Canadians grew moustaches and made Canada by far the number one country in the world, with over $32 million raised. Movember is a good way to bring attention to men's health issues, but more needs to be done.
As Dr. Larry Goldenberg said, "A man is more than just a penis and a prostate". Dr. Goldenberg said that men's health needs to be about more, too. Men have shorter life expectancies, almost five years less. Heart disease, suicide, liver disease and diabetes are all more prevalent among men. Dr. Goldenberg has taken the first steps in proposing a Canadian institute of male health. We need a national body separate from government that would be entirely focused on men's health that could co-ordinate research activities, education campaigns and other initiatives.
Just as Canada leads in movember, so too can we all lead here in Canada with the Canadian institute of male health.
IsraelStatements By Members
November 30th, 2011 / 2:05 p.m.
Mark Adler Conservative York Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I was outraged yesterday when I heard that Katyusha rockets were once again fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel. The Lebanese government must uphold its responsibilities to prevent threats to innocent lives and the resulting terror that this rocket fire indiscriminately puts upon all residents.
Despite the presence of UNIFIL, this is the eighth rocket attack on Israel since the 2006 ceasefire agreement. I call on the Lebanese government to maintain control and order in its country and to ensure the safety of its neighbours and internationally protected persons on both sides of the border.
"Bécik jaune" Bicycle ProjectStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Francine Raynault NDP Joliette, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to talk about a wonderful initiative undertaken by the youth centre in Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, in my riding of Joliette.
Three years ago, leaders at this organization launched the "Bécik jaune" project. This project makes a fleet of community bicycles available free of charge to people in the greater Joliette area.
This innovative project is very worthwhile. It gives people access to a safe means of transportation, combats social isolation and increases physical activity. Furthermore, this project gives potential school dropouts a chance to build self-esteem by maintaining the bikes. It also helps protect the environment by providing an alternative to driving and by reducing greenhouse gases as well as the amount of waste produced.
This project tackles some current societal challenges and deserves all the support we can give it.
Essar Steel AlgomaStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Bryan Hayes Conservative Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to express my gratitude for the generosity of Essar Steel Algoma.
Yesterday, Essar created a community investment fund of $5 million to help support community development in Sault Ste. Marie. This is a great example of how our government's low-tax policy is helping corporations to invest in their local communities. I am proud to be part of a government that encourages job creation and economic growth, instead of penalizing productivity through high corporate taxes.
Hard work in the private sector is the backbone of this country. The CEO of Essar put it best when he said:
Our community's ability to attract and retain qualified professionals and highly skilled personnel is dependent upon the city's economic vitality and social fabric.
Essar put its money where its mouth is and invested in the community of Sault Ste. Marie. We thank Essar Steel Algoma for leading the way in job creation, corporate responsibility and unbridled generosity. Sault Ste. Marie is grateful for its presence and activity in our community.
Prostate CancerStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
James Bezan Conservative Selkirk—Interlake, MB
Mr. Speaker, this is movember, and men across the country gave their upper lips for the worthy cause of growing a moustache in support of prostate cancer awareness and men's health. Many stylish and full mos were grown, and some not so much, but it was all done in good fun and for a worthy cause.
Last year over 100,000 men from Canada alone participated in movember and raised over $22 million. This year we have already surpassed $32 million. Worldwide, since its inception, movember has raised over $200 million to fund awareness and research and to assist those living with prostate cancer.
I am proud to say that this year I was able to participate in the noble efforts of the movember campaign. I, along with colleagues on both sides of the House, and Canadian men nationwide, made a valiant effort to raise awareness for prostate cancer.
Over 25,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. One in seven will develop the disease in their lifetime. I want to remind men to get their prostates checked, and I ask all women to encourage the men in their lives to visit their doctors.
Santa Fund TelethonStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Claude Gravelle NDP Nickel Belt, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to shout a loud Christmas cheer for the Sturgeon Falls volunteer firefighters and their successful Santa Fund Telethon last weekend.
Over $37,000 was raised during the West Nipissing telethon. This is an amazing figure, a community of 14,000 raising $37,000 in seven hours.
I would like to congratulate chief Richard Savage and his team of firefighters, as well as the group of over 200 exceptional volunteers, for their participation in the telethon.
Hats off, as well, to all the individuals, businesses and charities that donated and made the telethon and toy drive such a success. It is the best result in over 15 years. This means that over 400 families in need will enjoy Christmas.
Merry Christmas to the families, the children, the firefighters and to you, the excellent community of West Nipissing. You make us proud.
Emergency PreparednessStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Jim Hillyer Conservative Lethbridge, AB
Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, 14 fire departments rallied together to contain 2 raging wild fires near Lethbridge that were fuelled by hurricane-force winds.
The firefighters were assisted by the police, disaster services, several Hutterite colonies and other community volunteers.
Providence must also be acknowledged. The fires raged for over 12 hours, spread as wide as 9 kilometres, over 40 kilometres long. One fire came to the edge of the city, but not a single home or building was burned.
As I toured the south fire with local authorities, we saw that it was nothing short of miraculous the number of times the fire suddenly shifted direction before it would have consumed a home or a building, a group of animals or a community.
Finally, many local emergency preparedness plans were executed, and others were ready to be put into action. In addition to praising first responders, I call on individuals, families, communities and their leaders across the country to put an emergency preparedness plan in place.
Catherine LamontagneStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Pierre Jacob NDP Brome—Missisquoi, QC
Mr. Speaker, today, I would like to congratulate a Quebecker in my riding who is one of the 2011 recipients of the Activité nationale de reconnaissance de la participation citoyenne award, a citizenship award given out by the Government of Quebec. Catherine Lamontagne from the Forum Jeunesse Montérégie Est was given the award for her dynamic devotion to the community of Bromont. She is the chair of the Bromont family advisory committee and she helped to set up its Carrefour familial or family centre, which provides drop-in daycare services and networking activities for young families in the area. Through Ms. Lamontagne's leadership, Bromont's Carrefour familial received the 2011 municipal and family action award in recognition of the various services it provides.
Congratulations to this young Quebecker who is helping families in her community.
Violence against WomenStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Peter Braid Conservative Kitchener—Waterloo, ON
Mr. Speaker, Canada is actively participating in the worldwide 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign.
Violence against women affects us all. It destroys families and weakens the fabric of our society. It takes a heavy toll on our communities and on our economy.
Since 2007, Status of Women Canada has approved more than $39 million in funding for projects designed specifically to help end violence against women and girls. These projects involve countless hours of dedicated work on the ground in communities. In many cases they are helping prevent violence and abuse and in others they are helping women deal or cope with its consequences.
Status of Women Canada's support for community-based projects has nearly doubled since 2007, to almost $19 million a year, its highest level ever.
Persons with DisabilitiesStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Bob Rae Liberal Toronto Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, one-quarter of the global population is directly affected by disability. Ensuring that the world we live in is disability inclusive and free from barriers which prevent full participation in all aspects of our society is not only an issue of basic human rights, but also one of citizenship.
To mark the upcoming International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Liberal Party of Canada is proud to announce changes that make the Liberal Party's websites more accessible to individuals with physical disabilities. These changes have been made in full partnership with eSSENTIAL Accessibility Inc., a Canadian company committed to making online environments instantly accessible to people with physical disabilities.
When we eliminate barriers to information, people are able to participate more fully in social, civic and economic life, and reach their full potential. Our party will continue working with people with physical disabilities to improve their ability to communicate in an inclusive, accessible manner.
I call on the federal government to join other jurisdictions in finding innovative ways of increasing national accessibility to digital information for disabled persons.
InfrastructureStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Bernard Trottier Conservative Etobicoke—Lakeshore, ON
Mr. Speaker, our Conservative government is firmly committed to improving infrastructure in Canada, because we know how important it is to our economic growth and prosperity. No government in history has invested as much as we have with our $33 billion building Canada plan and the economic action plan.
Today the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities made an important announcement about how we plan to support infrastructure across Canada in the future.
I am very proud that our government is partnering with the provinces and territories, and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to develop a new long-term infrastructure plan that will replace the building Canada plan after 2014.
The economy remains our government's number one priority. Building world-class infrastructure in Canada is good for job creation and it enhances our competitiveness. Together with our supportive partners, we will continue to build on our enormously successful building Canada plan.
I call on the opposition parties to finally get on the right side of this issue and support this important plan that is supported by our partners right across this great country.
JusticeStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Françoise Boivin NDP Gatineau, QC
Mr. Speaker, more and more people oppose the Conservatives' unbalanced incarceration agenda. The provinces have indicated that they do not have the means to pay for it. Police chiefs say that the Conservatives' approach is unbalanced. Families want more police officers on the street, not bigger prisons. And we now know that even the Minister of Public Safety thinks this bill is seriously flawed. He has even proposed amendments to the Conservatives' bill.
However, his own incompetence got in the way. It turns out that he cannot invoke closure, shut down debate and then put forward amendments.
The Conservatives now have a choice to make. They can stand with the chiefs of police, with provinces, with families, with their own Minister of Public Safety and vote against this failed prisons agenda.
If the public safety minister has any shred of integrity whatsoever, he will stand with others who know the bill is flawed and vote against it.
TaxationStatements By Members
2:20 p.m.
Andrew Saxton Conservative North Vancouver, BC
Mr. Speaker, this week I had the opportunity to read a new job-killing scheme from a backroom NDP strategist.
It is clear that the NDP actually believes that money is spent on tax cuts. The NDP actually believes that income does not belong to Canadians, that it is just the money government has been kind enough not to tax.
Our government has cut taxes so Canadians can spend and invest their tax savings into our economy and job creators can spend their tax savings, invest in new equipment and technology and hire new employees. Thanks to our Conservative government, Canadians are paying a lot less tax than they used to. In fact, the average Canadian family pays up to $3,000 less in taxes than it used to before we took office. The NDP opposed this tax relief.
The NDP's plans to impose job-killing taxes on Canadian families and business is the last thing our economy needs.
Aboriginal AffairsOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Hull—Aylmer Québec
Nycole Turmel NDPLeader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, I was in Attawapiskat yesterday, and I want to tell the Prime Minister about the situation in that community. It is terrible, unimaginable, worse than anything we could imagine. People are living in shacks, tents and trailers. There is no running water, no heating. The little heat they do have could turn their shelters into fire traps. They are sleeping on mouldy mattresses and their children are living outdoors. What will the Prime Minister do? Will he show some leadership and go to visit these people?
Aboriginal AffairsOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Calgary Southwest Alberta
Stephen Harper ConservativePrime Minister
Mr. Speaker, as I said yesterday, the government has invested more than $90 million in this community and these results are unacceptable. That is why we are taking immediate action to help these people who are in need of immediate assistance. The government will also take action to improve the long-term management in the community. The minister will make an announcement about that later.
Aboriginal AffairsOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Hull—Aylmer Québec
Nycole Turmel NDPLeader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, I agree with the Prime Minister that we cannot just throw money at Attawapiskat and think that all its problems will be solved. It is true that this requires a short-, medium- and long-term plan. It takes political will, which we have not seen in the past 10 years. What is the Prime Minister waiting for? Where is his leadership?
Aboriginal AffairsOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Calgary Southwest Alberta
Stephen Harper ConservativePrime Minister
Mr. Speaker, it is the government that is taking action and the opposition that is voting against investments in this community. I will say it again: this government has invested more than $90 million. The results are unacceptable, and we will take other steps to obtain better results.
Aboriginal AffairsOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Hull—Aylmer Québec
Nycole Turmel NDPLeader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has to take responsibility. He has to take charge. It is his duty to help the people of Attawapiskat, an entire Canadian community living in third world conditions in the Arctic cold. It is minus 22°C today. That is what we see right now.
The Prime Minister should go there and see for himself. He should sleep in a shack in a sleeping bag. He would see that the sleeping bags provided by the Red Cross are not the solution. We need better. Winter is coming. Where is the action? Where is the leadership?
Aboriginal AffairsOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Calgary Southwest Alberta
Stephen Harper ConservativePrime Minister
Mr. Speaker, this government has invested more than $90 million in this community since coming to office. Obviously the results are not satisfactory.
That is why the government has people on the ground taking additional emergency action. It is also why we will be announcing additional steps to deal with management problems in this community.
Aboriginal AffairsOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Charlie Angus NDP Timmins—James Bay, ON
Mr. Speaker, a state of emergency was declared in Attawapiskat a month ago. The situation is very serious. The Red Cross disaster relief team is on the ground now. But we want to know where the federal government's plan is. The government must work with the community to find a long-term solution.
Will the government declare a state of emergency and assist the people in distress in Attawapiskat?
Aboriginal AffairsOral Questions
2:25 p.m.
Vancouver Island North B.C.
John Duncan ConservativeMinister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Mr. Speaker, we are continuing to work with the province and the community to implement the emergency management plan to ensure the residents have access to warm, dry and safe shelter.
On the ground assessment has determined that urgent health and safety issues demand immediate action. Therefore, we have informed Chief Spence that we are placing the first nation in third party management.
I have also requested a comprehensive audit to identify how money has been spent and what oversight measures have been taken over the past five years.


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If you discount the next Nexus device, the Samsung Galaxy Note II is the most wanted Android phone for the remainder of the year. We widely expect Samsung to announce the Galaxy Note II on August 29th at IFA 2012 in Berlin, and tonight the upcoming unveiling was virtually confirmed with a new teaser video.
The 38 second clip features German film director Wim Wenders as he talks about when magical moments come alive. We never get a glimpse of the full device, but there are multiple shots of Samsung's touted S Pen stylus.
When it comes to hardware specs, most people are speculating the Galaxy Note II will feature the same internals as the Galaxy S III, with the addition of a 5.5 inch HD Super AMOLED display. Samsung should stick with their Exynos 4 Quad processor, but they could surprise us with their newer Exynos 5 Dual chip.
Check out the teaser and let us know what you think. Are you hoping this 5.5 inch monster comes to your favorite carrier?


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What are they doing in heaven today?
So Jeff Tweedy plays this at the end of this interview, going to be on the new Mavis Staples record
Mogwai have covered it for the Les Revenants soundtrack
Both good versions, both have their own charm..
Hang on, these are covers of the Washington Phillips song...
Can this be a Washington Phillips thread? He's absolutely incredible, way ahead of his time. This is in my top ten songs of all time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhBylEDi1P0


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US Judge to impose death sentence on Bridgeport triple murder
NEW HAVEN -- When investigators opened the door to a Bridgeport apartment on Aug. 24, 2005, they stepped into a gruesome, stomach-churning scene that could have been mistaken for the goriest of horror flicks.
Splattered blood dripped from "every wall ... and the floor to the ceiling" of the first-floor apartment in a bleak cement building at 215 Charles St., Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracy Dayton said.
Three battered victims lay hog-tied and mummified in "so many layers of duct tape...that it was difficult to pull off," she said.
One tortured victim's face was so pulverized that the bones could no longer hold the flesh in place, according to the prosecutor.
Now, more than a year after his trial, a guilty verdict and an unsuccessful attempt -- so far -- to reverse the jury's decision, Azibo "Dreddy" Aquart, the reputed head of an alarmingly violent Bridgeport crack-dealing crew, will face the ultimate punishment.
U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton is expected to sentence the convicted killer on Monday to death by lethal injection. It will mark the first time in at least 200 years of Connecticut federal court history that a person has been sentenced to die for his crimes.
Arterton cleared the final hurdle to sentencing when she denied Aquart's request to set aside his conviction on charges of conspiring to commit and committing drug-related murders and conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute crack.
Witnesses testified during Aquart's 2011 trial that he ordered a terrifying attack on Tina Johnson, a small-time crack dealer who refused to pack up and leave his block, and anyone in her home who got in the way.
Aquart recruited his brother, Azikiwe; Efrain Johnson, his girlfriend's brother, and John Taylor to break into Tina Johnson's apartment early one morning. They bolted the door shut from the inside, bound Johnson, her boyfriend James Reid and Basil Williams, a family friend, with duct tape before the Aquarts beat them to death with the bats.
But Dayton said it was more than a drug war, "it was a slaughter."
Azikiwe Aquart has been sentenced to life in prison while Taylor received a nine-year sentence after cooperating. Both pleaded guilty. Efrain Johnson, also convicted by a jury, faces a possible life term when he is sentenced.
Azibo Aquart lost his first attempt at challenging the verdict when Arterton ruled against him last week. Once she imposes sentence Monday he will start a process that will wind itself through the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York and into the U.S. Supreme Court.
Michael Sheehan and Justin Smith maintained that Lashika Johnson, the defendant's girlfriend and Efrain Johnson's sister, lied while testifying as a prosecution witness in the separate trials of her ex-boyfriend and brother.
That testimony involved her answers to questions about being threatened by investigators.
She denied that claim during Aquart's trial.
But six months later, during her brother's case, she admitted a federal prosecutor screamed at her, threatened to put her in shackles and then jail, and would make sure she lost custody of her children.
Aquart's defense team submitted a transcript of that testimony, citing the inconsistencies.
Johnson was asked in that case by her brother's lawyer: "Did you feel that if you didn't start saying different things that you could be going to jail ... and you could lose your kids?"
She responded "Yeah."
But Arterton was not convinced that would have changed the verdict for Aquart.
"The jury's decision to convict Mr. Aquart could hardly have been materially affected by how accurately she characterized the government's confrontation with her during her Oct. 14, 2008, interview," Arterton said in a 10-page decision.
The judge wrote that the jury "had ample opportunity to assess Ms. Johnson's credibility as a witness, knowing of law-enforcement pressure on her to change her initial versions and denials, which the jury could consider along with the testimony of 62 other witnesses in (Aquart's) trial, including the testimony of the defendant's drug-trafficking co-conspirators, phone records, DNA evidence, prison tapes and the testimony of John Taylor...who actually participated in the murders of the three victims."
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One of the difficulties facing the Catholic in the 21st century is the challenge of learning how to think with the mind of Christ.
There are lots of obstacles to this goal, beginning with such phenomena as the assumption that we all already know how to think and have nothing to learn, the distrust of thinking, and the fear that "thinking with the mind of Christ" is arrogant.
Corrupt culture
So, for instance, we are conditioned by our culture of instant affirmation to believe that everybody's ability to think is equal and automatic — a sort of civil right.
This is, of course, false as a quick scan of our culture instantly reveals. A society that uncritically accepts twaddle about UFOs, past life regression, horoscopes, Nostradamus and Egyptian curses on the History Channel (while patting itself on the back on its superiority over "superstitious medievals" like St. Thomas Aquinas) does not immediately commend itself to sensible people as overburdened with thinking skills.
Nor does a culture that takes as serious "debate" the shouted slogans catchphrases of our media and political class. Likewise, a culture that thinks that "The Da Vinci Code" is a serious contribution to our understanding of the New Testament is not a culture in which people have all learned the basics of thinking.
There is, said the Prophet P.T. Barnum, a sucker born every minute. And our educational system is now ordered toward turning out students who are deeply ignorant of the rudiments of thinking, but who have a high degree of self-esteem about their ignorance and lack of elementary reasoning skills.
Gaining good skills
This is accompanied, in our relativistic culture, with a deep skepticism about and distrust of thinking, something that is often aided and abetted, not only by wooly-minded New Age "spirituality," but even by Christians who ought know better.
One can hear, even in Catholic circles, variations on Obi-Wan Kenobi's dumb counsel to Luke Skywalker to "let go your conscience mind and act on instinct."
And while it is true that "the heart has reasons that reason knows nothing of" (as Blaise Pascal said), still we are to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength (see Mk 12:30).
Another obstacle to learning to think with the mind of Christ is that suggesting someone may lack thinking skills is regarded as a personal insult and a moral fault.
In other words, many people believe that a person who has never learned thinking skills is "stupid." But in fact thinking is a skill, like learning to ride a bike, do needlepoint or throw a football.
You aren't born with skills. You pick them up by learning.
Lots of very smart people have never had the opportunity to learn various thinking skills or to parse out fallacies, and so they make mistakes in their calculations, not because they are stupid or wicked, but because nobody ever taught them logic. You might as well blame somebody for not being intuitively able to salsa dance or play the piano.
Using prudence
Indeed, very often, people are doing the best they can, and their own honest sense of prudence and justice (illuminated by the Holy Spirit) can take them very far without the benefit of an education in thinking skills.
So, you often find good people who may never have learned about the genetic fallacy in a logic class, but who nonetheless know that two plus two goes on equaling four, even when Adolf Hitler says it. People are capable of grasping that a murder witness is not proved to be a liar because he is fat or ugly — without ever hearing the term ad hominem.
Still, though people can possess a certain native skill in thinking, just as they can have a talent for singing, it often helps a great deal to hone the talent by learning from people who are trained in the skill we seek.
All of us have probably had the experience of having a gut feeling that something is "just wrong" but found ourselves stymied when some clever person contradicts what we know in our heart of hearts to be so and gives us some clever rationale for doing some monstrous evil that we don't know how to argue with.
It's right there that learning to think with the mind of Christ — which means first "learning how to think prudently and justly" — can be of immense help because it puts tools in our hand and words in our mouths so that we answer lies with truth. And in the case of developing the mind of Christ, that includes learning from people who understand not only natural reason, but supernatural revelation.
Real humility
This brings us to our next obstacle to thinking with the mind of Christ: false humility. Many Catholics believe it is arrogant and sinful to claim to "put on the mind of Christ" as St. Paul commands us to do in 1 Corinthians 2. But the Gospel doesn't command the impossible and it doesn't command false humility. It commands real humility and real humility is, precisely, to try to conform one's mind to the mind of Christ. How do we do that? That will be the subject of this series of four articles. Today, we will begin by looking at the right use of natural reason.
The Church commends the right use of natural reason. It teaches that before you get to all the supernatural bells and whistles about "gifts of knowledge" and God prophetically revealing stuff at Fátima and cool angelic inspirations of genius that can't be explained by natural means, the first thing we are bound to do is have the sense God gave a goose. That is what is meant by the cardinal virtue of "prudence."
Prudence means having a clear grasp of what is actually so and what you should be doing about that.
It does not mean "timidity" but "practical clearheadedness." A prudent person is a person who knows what's going on, takes reasonable stock of the situation, and then chooses a course of action that will most likely lead to the best outcome.
Scripture and the Catholic tradition commend such exercises of natural reason. Indeed, entire books of Scripture (such as Proverbs) are all about teaching us how to develop such prudence.
So Proverbs, while it certainly deals at times with what postmoderns would call "spiritual" wisdom, also spends a huge amount of time on such mundane matters as how to handle money, not wasting time at work, avoiding dumb conflicts with people, looking both ways before you cross the street, not marrying a drunken loser and avoiding putting yourself in the place of Wile E. Coyote ("He who digs a pit falls into it; and a stone comes back upon the one who rolls it" Prv 26:27).
Sizing up reality
Like all the virtues, prudence is caught as much as taught. You pick it up by imitating prudent people and not imitating fools.
Of course, it's taught as well, which is why Israel had wisdom literature like Proverbs and the Catholic tradition is chockablock with the wisdom of saints like Teresa of Ávila, who, in addition to writing profound works of mystical theology like the "Interior Castle," also dug into a partridge somebody gave her as a gift before it went bad, even though she was normally something of an ascetic. "There is a time for penance and a time for partridge," she said.
In cultivating the basic Catholic approach to thinking, the Church's approach tends to hew very close to common sense. In sizing up reality, we are seeking to know "Is this true? Is this good? Is this beautiful?" It's the kind of stuff your mom taught you, not what a professor in a faculty lounge is subjecting to the acid bath of postmodern skeptical theory. Similarly, when deciding a course of action, the Gospel urges us to ask really simple questions like, "Is it righteous? Is it prudent? Is it possible? Can you afford this? Are you trying to justify evil means by appealing to some good end, such as "I'm stealing this candy bar because I need something in my stomach while I'm taking the final exam."
As rationalizations like that reveal, thinking can often run aground on clever arguments that seem sound, but are actually bogus. These are called "fallacies." Of which more next time.
Mark Shea writes the "Catholic and Enjoying It" blog at www.patheos.com/blogs/markshea/. The next part of his "Thinking with the Mind of Christ" series will appear April 28.
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Is it moral to vote out of state repeatedly in order to stack a pole to get a secular result?
Interesting discussion -
The pole isn't particularly important in the bigger scheme of things - and it would seem that repeated voting isn't illegal - the site is perhaps designed - like most things in our society - to be an honesty based system.
The organisers would perhaps organise a different way to do it - but perhaps it isn't an issue to vote repeatedly. If it was there would be some way of registration or cookies - which there doesn't seem to be.
It could be set up like big brother or other reality tv voting systems where you can vote as many times as you wish.
Why get all 'holier than thou' about it?
I think we need to use our rational thinking in this case - go through the facts of the case, before condemning others of immoral actions. What's wrong with some reasoning - rather than public shaming?
I'm for the Naturalistic attitude of compassion due to our deterministic universe.
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A new silver-painted mesh grille adds some pizzazz to the Galant's nose. The top-of-the-line SE model receives standard 18-inch alloy wheels, a color-keyed rear spoiler, and a chrome exhaust finisher. For added value, the SE now boasts a navigation/backup camera package that features Mitsubishi's multi-communication system with a seven-inch touch-screen LCD, DVD-based navigation with lane guidance, and a backup camera
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The 2001 Mitsubishi Galant serves as a family sedan with an abundance of standard features that make it a great value.
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The 2000 Mitsubishi Galant is the fourth generation of the vehicle.
1999 Mitsubishi Galant
While the Eclipse and 3000 GT remain the most recognizable models in the Mitsubishi lineup, the 1999 Mitsubishi Galant provides one of the more practical offerings.
1998 Mitsubishi Galant
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