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"Die Hard" has established the archetype for its corner of action films so well, it's easy to imagine it getting lumped together with much of the subpar fodder that it has directly inspired. No copy, however, can match its unique formula of putting an everyman in a world of gritty action, big explosions and acerbic comedy.
"Yippie-ki-yay, (unprintable)," spoken by Bruce Willis, is one of cinema's most memorable lines.
Character assets and tics that are only hinted at in the corner of the frame come back to shift the plot later on. For a movie with the minimalist of plots economy of story, it's remarkable how everything bends itself into a pretzel so it all comes together.
Carrying the story most is Willis, who, of course, didn't play the first common guy caught in an action plot way over his head. Charles Bronson in "Death Wish" comes to mind as a vigilante taking on crime in his neighborhood, as does the original TV series "The Fugitive" and even the Indiana Jones movies.
What Willis brings in spades is two things. One is the levity of his humor. Unlike the humorless Bronson, the laconic Indiana Jones, and just about everyone save James Bond, Willis plays a wit. Unlike, Bond, however, Willis's humor is rough. It's derived from his character's time on the street, not from his erudite knowledge.
This is enhanced by the other thing that Willis brought in his character: his reluctance in the story. His character found himself in an extraordinary situation. Not out of heroism, however, but out of seeming necessity. This makes his character a pioneering anti-hero.
Having to step up in a tough situation is the major theme in this movie. With a healthy dose of humor and unhealthy amounts of pain, Willis gives "Die Hard" a well worn face. One that typical Hollywood, which reflexively moves to the shiny and new, has not been able to recreate.
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P.F. Commando was a punk band from Gävle/Sweden and was created by Sonny Jansson and Janne Ricknell. They were one of the first swedish punkbands that recorded an album. First record came in 1978 with the single Svenne Pop on Comm Records. At the same time, they were featured on the compilation album Nä Nu Gävlar! The group's first gig was at a marathon gala. Manipulerade Mongon is their debut album and came out 1979 and is a fuckin' cool amazing punk record. Their lyrics where of the odd kind, and they got massive critic about it. Their vocals divided the listeners too, due to the "lack of competence" in that field. They got a contract with the label Pang records but the cooperation was a total failure. The label wanted to give them already written lyrics, songs like "Slavelady in rubber clothes" and "To come in Eva's butt". They also had a suggestion for an album cover where they wanted the bandmembers to pee on each other and play around with dogpoo, so the band left them. P.F. Commando was the band who inspired swedish artist DiLeva to play music. In 1982 the group split up.
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Resurfacing and related work is now complete and we just started filling. In order to open the pool, we now have to get it re-bonded (hopefully occurring today) and have successful electrical and health inspections (hopefully Friday). The other issue with respect to a potential opening this weekend is the timing of a water test. We can schedule one once the pool is substantially full, but the results take 48 hours to obtain. We're looking into potentially scheduling a test tomorrow afternoon or Friday morning. In either case, the likelihood of Saturday is slim. Sunday is still a distinct possibility, though. We'll continue to update the website as we learn more.
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A Notable Gift to the Library and Archives
One of the many achievements the Society can celebrate in its 150th year is the remarkable range of resources for the study of Yorkshire's archaeology and history which it has accumulated at 'Claremont', its Leeds headquarters. Amongst these is a large library of printed works on Yorkshire archaeology and history, unrivalled in size or scope outside the British Library. Another is its substantial holdings of documents of all kinds on the whole of the historic county. The archives the Society holds range over many centuries and fill several miles of shelves.
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Topic: The Grand Tour (Amazon)
The show will feature short films shot in different locations around the globe and the studio audience portion of the showcase will also take place at a different location around the world every week. The pre-recorded studio sections of the program will be filmed in front of a live audience, all housed within a giant tent.
So i knew what Top Gear was but never really checked it out, as reality shows are usually not my kind of thing but since The Grand Tour is a fresh start, i wanted to give it a try.
So i wanted to just take a quick peek into the show, as i was already lying in bed at 1am at a week day and ready to sleep. 70 minutes later with a big grin on my face, i have to say it was awesome.
The show seems also to have a huge budget, the intro sequence alone was pretty sick.
This could be a big win for Amazon, but also a costly one, but still i'm pretty sure it could be successfull.


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From Surprised By Hope by N.T. Wright:
[Easter] ought to be an eight-day festival, with champagne served after Morning Prayer or even before, with lots of alleluias and extra hymns and spectacular anthems. Is it any wonder people find it hard to believe in the resurrection of Jesus if we don't throw our hats in the air? Is it any wonder we find it hard to live the resurrection if we don't do it exuberantly in our liturgies? Is it any wonder the world doesn't take much notice if Easer is celebrated as simple the one-day happy ending tacked onto forty days of fasting and gloom? It's long overdue that we took a hard look at how we keep Easter in the Church, at home, in our personal lives, right through the system. And if it means rethinking some cherished habits, well, maybe it's time to wake up. That always comes as a surprise.
…we should be taking steps to celebrate Easer in creative new ways: in art, literature, children's games, poetry, music, dance, festivals, bells, special concerts, anything that comes to mind. This is our greatest festival. Take Christmas away, and in biblical terms you lose two chapters at the front of Matthew and Luke, nothing else. Take Easter away, and you don't have a New Testament; you don't have a Christianity; as Paul says, you are still in your sins. We shouldn't allow the secular world, with its schedules and habits and parareligious events, its cute Easter bunnies, to blow us off course. This is our greatest day. We should put the flags out.
In particular, if Lent is a time to give things up, Easter ought to be a time to take things up. Champagne for breakfast again–well, of course. Christian holiness was never meant to be merely negative. Of course you have to weed the garden from time to time; sometimes the ground ivy may need serious digging before you can get it out. That's Lent for you. But you don't want simply to turn the garden back into a neat bed of blank earth. Easter is the time to sow new seeds and to plant about a few cuttings. If Calvary means putting to death things in your life that need killing off if you are to flourish as a Christian and a truly human being, then Easter should mean planting, watering and training up things in your life (personal and corporate) that ought to be blossoming, filling the garden with color and perfume, and in due course bearing fruit. The forty days of the Easter season, until the ascension, ought to be a time of balance out Lent by taking something up, some new task or venture, something wholesome and fruitful and outgoing and self-giving. You may be able to do it only for six weeks, just as you may be able to go without beer or tobacco only for the six weeks of Lent. But if you really make a start on it, it might give you a sniff of new possibilities, new hopes, new ventures you never dreamed of. It might bring something of Easter into your innermost life. It might help you wake up in a whole new way. And that's what Easter is all about.


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Before they blew up on "SNL," Rachel Dratch and Tina Fey were tearing it up at Second City with their two-woman show -- or rather, their two simultaneous one-woman shows.
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Although she's a product of an interracial relationship, Tamera Mowry and twin sister, Tia Mowry, sat down with Oprah during a "Where Are They Now," on OWN, to discuss the racism she's faced since marrying her husband and Fox News correspondent, Adam Housely (a white man), in 2011.
Discussing the hurt she's experience Mowry-Housely tearfully admits, "I get called a white man's whore."
"The new one was 'back in the day you cost $300, but now you're giving it to him for free," she recalls.
"I couldn't even fathom or think of these words, because I'm a product of it," she continued.
"My mom is a beautiful black woman and my dad is an amazing white man, and I grew up seeing a family. I didn't grow up saying, 'Oh, that's a white man.'
She also reveals the comparison she gets to her sister because she's married a black man, actor Cory Hardrict.
"They say, 'Oh, Tia's a true black woman because she married a black man,' Tamera said. "Oh – I'm less of a black person because I married white?" (Tia then interjects revealing she's faced racism for the exact opposite, for marrying a black man."
Tamera also adds, "I love my husband so much,' Mowry said. 'I love our family. I love our dynamic. I'm proud to be in the relationship I am because it's based on love. Pure love."
Tamera and Adam have a 14-month old son together, Adam Housely.
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By Carol Ann Duffy Hour Language 1st Stanza- strong treasure imagery "bright as a dropped coin". "Love's time's beggar" Shows that love belongs to time and has to beg for more of it if time runs out. this shows that there isn't enough time for love and that it want's to go on forever. This is bad grammar which shows the clumsiness of love because it is always tripping over time.
"even a single hour" shows that time is precious and that even one hour with love is still precious and should be treasured, even one hour of love is better then having no love. like the saying "is it better to have loved and lost that love or to have never loved at all". It has a lot of natural imagery "The whole summer sky and a grass ditch" this shows that she believes that it creates more meaningful memories than artificial thingss which is shown in the previous line by "Spend it not on flowers or wine" which shows she hates romance. on a deeper scale, it also shows the gravitational force of love and the vast scale shows that love can be high "the summer sky" or it can be low "a grass ditch" Structure 1st Stanza- every other line has enjambment for example "we find an hour together spend it not on flowers" Here, it shows that the line has been cut off mid-sentence as a way to create a flow from one line to the next. Because it is only used on every other line, it could also show that love may have small hiccups along the way, but if you work hard to make it work, it flows easily, hence the use of enjambment which makes the words flow. Form
2nd Stanza- Strong treasure imagery, "like treasure on the ground; the Midas light" Tells us that time is precious, like gold dust. Also, "on the ground relates to "a grass ditch" from the previous stanza suggesting the poem expresses the beauty of love- how it can be natural and simple. On deeper terms, "Midas Light" relates to the Greek Myth of how love is timeless. Perhaps the purpose of "Hour" is to be realistic (love is not a fairy tale and two people do not have "forever") delivering the message of how time is precious and limited, so should not be taken for granted.
"time slows, for here we are millionaires, backhanding the night" This shows that the people are rich in love/ with love and appreciate love more because of the precious little time they have. the commars slow the sentace, further showing the slowing time.
3rd Stanza- The word 'end' is harsh and represents the reality of love and relationships. "shining hour" relates to the treasure as mentioned in the 2nd stanza this is because treasure is often considered to shine. This continues the theme of wealth which runs throughout the poem. This also continues into the the next line with "no jewel". Secondly, th phrase "cuckoo spit" links into clock (as in the cuckoo in a grandfather clock which signals the hours). This show that even nature is effected by time because cuckoos live in natural habitats. The word "grass" int the next sentence also refers to nature and to simplicity which also runs as a continuous theme. Finally, the phrase "no chandelier or spotlight see you better lit" implies that there is fake light, this could link to the idea of a fake relationship. 4th Stanza- The repetition of the word "gold" is another example of the treasure imagery running all the way through the poem. It signifies how rare and precious love is and how you have to constantly work at it, this is shown in love spins gold from straw because the word "spins" insinuates that you have to take an active part in trying to sustain a good relationship. Also, gold is a very unreactive metal which is one reason why it is used in jewellery because it lasts a long time. A reason why the poet may have chosen to use this metal is because it could signify the durability of love and how it is unaffected by the limited amount of time it has. 2nd Stanza- Enjambent has been used for every line in the stanza, "For thousands of seconds we kiss; your hair" shows this. Here each line has been cut off mid sentence to continue on to the next, interrupting the flow of words. This may have been used to show deeper meanings, for example enjambent could represent the rude interruption of time and its continuous presence, affecting their relationship- perhaps stopping the couple from progression- slowing them down; this is the effect enjambent has on the reader when reading the poem.
3rd Stanza- Similar to the 2dn stanza, emjambment has been used to break up the flow of words for example "no jewel can hold a candle to the cuckoo spit; hung from the blade of grass at your ear". Once again, enjambment has been used to break up the low of the poem which could represent the reality of love and relationships. 4th Stanza- Enjambment is used inbetween the 3rd stanza, "see you better lit" and the 4th stanza, "than here". This shows the clumsiness of love and highlights how relationships aren't always perfect. Also, the pause could reflect how it is sometimes difficult in relationships to say what you feel and shows how you may need to take time to be able to communicate your feelings properly. Additionally, the use of a couplet instead of a four line stanza to end the poem could signify time running out. 2nd Stanza- Rhyme scheme "cdcd". For example, "hair", "light", "here" and "night". Here every other line rhymes, this means the poem flows nicely allowing the reader to make links and identify patterns within the text. For example "light" and "night" contradict each other. However it could also mean that there is hope for their relationship; light can be seen in the darkness. This could mean that the couple plan to beat time and not let it destroy their relationship. Interestingly this links with the last line in the stanza which states, "we are millionaires backhanding the night". Therefore Duffy's clever use of rhyme builds up to the final line;the couple can overcome the constant annoyance of time.
3rd Stanza- The 3rd stanza follows all the same patterns as the previous stanzas which implies that nothing is changing within the poem. This could link to the deeper meaning of imperfect relationships as their relationship is at a stand still as nothing is happening. Once again, the rhyme scheme follows CdCd to give a child like feel. This has been done to contradict the truth of relationships and make the poem feel like a fairytale or a 'perfect relationship'. 4th Stanza- structured in a sonnet form- the traditional form for a love poem - through its use of a rhyming couplet. The rhyme scheme here is gg and having the rhymes on each line without a line inbetween them reflects the closeness between a couple. Both lines share similar rhythms, with line 1 in stanza 4 having 9 syllables and the second line having 8. This shows how while couples clearly have to have things in common, they also have their differences too. 1st Stanza- every other line has enjambment for example "we find an hour together spend it not on flowers" Here, it shows that the line has been cut off mid-sentence as a way to create a flow from one line to the next. Because it is only used on every other line, it could also show that love may have small hiccups along the way, but if you work hard to make it work, it flows easily, hence the use of enjambment which makes the words flow. Context Born on 23rd December 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland
She is Britain's first female poet Laureate (2009).
Her poems address issues such as oppression, gender and violence in an accessable language that makes them popular in schools.
She uses dramatised scenes from her childhood, adolescence and adult life in her poetry.
She uses simplistic language to create effect quoting, "I like to use simple words, but in a complicated way".
As a lesbian, her cynical view of convention and conventional love especially, comes across strongly.
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Nigel West is a mass of contradictions. On the one hand, the new head of banking at Theodore Goddard is clearly excited about being promoted from director of structured finance. But on the other, West seems almost apologetic at being a head of department and takes pains to point out on a number of occasions that he does not regard his job in hierarchical terms.
But then West is aware that he is in an unusual position as head of banking, since he is not a lawyer.
Reactions to Theodore Goddard's decision have been interesting. Maurice Allen, head of banking and joint head of Weil Gotshal & Manges' London office, said on hearing the news, "Oh God – fantastic". While Rhodri Davies, head of banking at Pinsent Curtis, was momentarily stupefied into silence before stating, "Yes, that is a surprise".
West himself did not have any intention to join a law firm when his job as marketing director at Hill Samuel Asset Finance came to an end after Lloyds Leasing Group took over the business in 1996.
Apart from proven expertise in marketing, West had already had a long career in the asset finance side of banking.
After graduating in languages, West joined a bank as a graduate trainee. He says: "At a relatively early stage in my career I became a specialist in leasing and asset finance.
He then joined TSB in 1984 which bought up Hill Samuel Asset Finance in 1987. Lloyds purchased the business nine years later.
He says: "I saw my next role in an advisory capacity. The organisations I would normally have been looking at would have included KPMG, which I had been in detailed discussions with."
During a brief interlude between jobs, West used his time to decide what he wanted to do next by helping his wife out at her dental surgery. He assures The Lawyer this didn't mean tottering around in a tiny nurse's uniform while sticking a drill into patients wisdom teeth. "I'd like to think I made a useful contribution to the business at the time," he insists.
But in a classic case of perfect networking, West had a chat with Theodore Goddard's then managing partner Simon Stubbings whom he had previously worked with on tax issues at Hill Samuel.
Stubbings said he could see a way of using West's expertise in asset and structured finance within the firm.
West says: "The concept was sold to the partners by Simon and I duly joined the firm in the capacity of a fee earner."
He qualifies this, stating: "As a fee earner I think that people may have been under the misapprehension when I joined that I would be a marketing guy." But this wasn't the case. "My job was to go out and talk to clients, sell them the structured finance services on the basis that the firm would be remunerated for that."
While Allen applauds a non-lawyer in such a role, he warns: "There is a problem in selling the idea to partners and clients. It is easy for lawyers to have a knee-jerk reaction to this."
West says there has been no notable reaction from clients to his appointment. "It is too early to tell as I am still relatively new in the job."
He admits that his initial foray into law was something of a culture shock and that he still has much to learn from his colleagues about law.
But West argues that having been a client he knows what they want and while the 18 fee earners that make up the department can concentrate on what they do best he can take over the running of the department. "I will identify the best use of resources and where there may be a pressure point on who is working on which transaction," he explains.
Davies says: "The role of a supervisor to lawyers on a day to day basis may be difficult. I would like to see the reality of this."
But Allen sees the potential in this form of management: "Taking on a management position can be a poisoned chalice for lawyers as it doesn't necessarily mean more power and it can be stressful. Firms already have non-legal managing partners in place so there could be a trend at this level for non-lawyer management."
West says: "I hope that lawyers do not see this as threat, I would hope that they would see it more as an opportunity."
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Johannesburg - Trade union Solidarity and steel giant ArcelorMittal have reached a wage agreement, the union said on Wednesday.
"The agreement, that is retroactive to April 1 and will be in effect until March 31, 2015, includes a salary increase of seven percent and various favourable changes to employees' conditions of service," said union spokesman Marius Croucamp.
He said the agreement, signed earlier this month, also applied to members of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA.
"Solidarity and its members are satisfied with the positive note on which the negotiations ended. We are also intensely aware of the challenges confronting the metal industry."
He said various allowances of employees in the bargaining unit would be increased by seven percent, in accordance with their salaries.
Conditions of service were revised and several favourable changes were agreed to.
"As part of these changes, employees who are on standby on public holidays will receive a non-compulsory day of leave, whether they are called out on the days in question or not."
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Prospective Study of Sudden Cardiac Death Among Women in the United States
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Background— There are few data regarding the determinants of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in women, primarily because of their markedly lower rate of SCD compared with men. Nonetheless, existing data, although sparse, suggest possible gender differences in risk factors for SCD.
Methods and Results— In this prospective cohort of 121 701 women aged 30 to 55 years at baseline, SCD was defined as death within 1 hour of symptom onset. From 1976 to 1998, 244 SCDs were identified. Although the risk of SCD increased markedly with age, the percentage of cardiac deaths that were sudden decreased. Most (69%) women who suffered a SCD had no history of cardiac disease before their death. However, almost all of the women who died suddenly (94%) had reported at least 1 coronary heart disease risk factor. Smoking, hypertension, and diabetes conferred markedly elevated (2.5- to 4.0-fold) risk of SCD, similar to that conferred by a history of nonfatal myocardial infarction (relative risk, 4.1; 95% confidence interval, 2.9 to 6.7). Family history of myocardial infarction before age 60 years and obesity were associated with moderate (1.6-fold) elevations in risk. With regard to mechanism, 88% of SCDs were classified as arrhythmic. In 76% of these, the first rhythm documented was ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation.
Conclusions— These prospective data suggest that, as in men, coronary heart disease risk factors predict risk of SCD in women and that SCD is usually an arrhythmic death. Therefore, prevention of atherosclerosis or ventricular arrhythmias may reduce the incidence of SCD in women.
Received November 22, 2002; revision received February 7, 2003; accepted February 7, 2003.
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is more common in men than in women.1 As a result, women are underrepresented in studies of this health outcome, and the pathophysiology of SCD is much less certain in women. Although the underlying pathophysiology and risk factors for SCD in women are generally assumed to be similar to those in men, the limited amount of data available suggest that differences may exist. One study suggested that women who present with SCD are less likely to have a prior history of heart disease than men (37% versus 56%),1 and the prevalence of underlying coronary heart disease (CHD) may be lower than in men.2,3 In men, arrhythmic deaths account for most deaths that occur suddenly4; however, there are no complementary data among women. Recent evidence suggests that women who suffer a cardiac arrest are less likely than men to have ventricular fibrillation (VF) as an initial rhythm.5 These sex differences are poorly understood and are based on limited data but do suggest that SCD may be a more heterogeneous disorder in women compared with men.
SCD is still an important public health problem in women. Even with a SCD rate 30% of that for men,1 120 000 of the 400 000 SCDs in the United States each year will occur in women. Disturbingly, the decline in SCD rates among women has been markedly less than that observed for men. From 1989 to 1998, the rate of SCD actually increased by 21% among women aged 35 to 44 years in the United States compared with a 2.8% decline among men of the same age group.6 Differences in awareness, risk factors, underlying etiology, symptoms and signs, and outcomes may play some role in this trend.
These data underscore the importance of understanding SCD in women and examining predictors of risk separately by gender. We therefore characterized risk factors and additionally defined the syndrome of SCD in women in the ongoing Nurses' Health Study (NHS), a cohort of 121 701 women who have been intensively followed up for >20 years.
The Nurses' Health Study Cohort
The NHS began in 1976 when 121 701 female registered nurses, 30 to 55 years of age, completed a questionnaire about their medical history, CHD risk factors, menopausal status, and lifestyle factors. The cohort has been followed every 2 years with mailed questionnaires that update exposure information and inquire about newly diagnosed medical illnesses, including diagnoses of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes. In addition, they were asked to report their height, weight, smoking habits, and parental history of myocardial infarction (MI). In validation studies, information on CHD risk factors was very reliably and accurately reported in this cohort.7–10
Identification of Timing and Mechanism of Death
The timing and mechanism of cardiovascular deaths was ascertained in a two-step process. First, next of kin or postal authorities reported most deaths, and in addition, at the completion of each mailing cycle, the National Death Index was searched for names of nonrespondents to the questionnaire.11 Death follow-up was 98% complete. First, death certificates were obtained from state vital statistics departments to confirm all reported deaths. For all death certificates indicating possible cardiovascular disease, permission to obtain additional information from medical records or verbal reports was requested from family members. Deaths were then confirmed for a cardiovascular cause by physician review of medical records. The next of kin was interviewed regarding the circumstances surrounding the death if not adequately documented in the medical record.
Second, medical records and reports from next of kin of all cardiovascular deaths (excluding strokes) were rereviewed by 2 cardiologists. In this second review, deaths were reclassified according to the length of symptoms preceding the terminal event. A death was considered sudden if the death or cardiac arrest that precipitated the terminal event occurred within 1 hour of symptom onset. Deaths occurring between 1 and 24 hours were classified as intermediate, and those occurring after 24 hours were considered nonsudden. Information from the death certificate was not used to determine timing of death.12
Because there are no studies linking SCD to arrhythmic death in women, we classified deaths as arrhythmic or nonarrhythmic based on the definition of Hinkle and Thaler.4 An arrhythmic death was defined as an abrupt spontaneous collapse of the circulation (pulse disappeared) without evidence of prior circulatory impairment (shock or congestive heart failure) or neurological dysfunction (change in mental status, loss of consciousness, or seizure). Deaths in which the pulse gradually disappeared or those preceded by circulatory or neurological impairment were considered nonarrhythmic deaths.
Statistical Analysis
For each woman, person-months of follow-up were calculated from the date of return of the 1976 questionnaire to date of death or to June 1, 1998, whichever came first. The analysis is based on incidence rates, using person-months of follow-up as the denominator and relative risk (RR) as the measure of association. We computed age-specific rates of SCD (in 5-year categories) by using Mantel-Haenszel rate ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Cox proportional hazards models were then used to compute age- and multivariate-adjusted RRs for each CHD risk factor. The multivariate model simultaneously controlled for CHD risk factors, age, menopausal status, postmenopausal hormone use, and prior report of CHD. Information on these variables was updated every 2 years. If information was missing during a follow-up period, then person-time was assigned to a missing category for that time period. Tests for trend were performed by modeling smoking as a continuous variable (number of cigarettes smoked daily) and body mass index (BMI) as an ordinal variable in multivariate Cox proportional hazards models. To determine whether risk factors for SCD differed among younger versus older women, secondary analyses were performed after stratifying the population at age 60 years. To formally test for interactions with age, cross-product terms were entered into the full multivariate model individually. Statistical analysis was performed using SAS statistical software (SAS Institute Inc).
Demographics of Sudden Deaths
From 1976 to 1998, 1110 cardiovascular deaths, excluding strokes, were confirmed by hospital records or next-of-kin reports. Of these deaths, 636 (57.3%) occurred out of the hospital or in the emergency room (out-of-hospital deaths). Information on symptoms preceding death was sufficient to make a determination on the timing of death in 850 (76.6%) of these deaths. For most of the deaths without sufficient information on timing, a witness could not be identified (81.2%). Of the deaths where timing could be determined, 244 (28.7%) occurred within 1 hour of the onset of symptoms, 157 (18.5%) occurred within 24 hours, and 449 (52.8%) occurred after 24 hours. Of the deaths that occurred within 1 hour of symptom onset, 89% occurred outside of the hospital or in the emergency room and 51% occurred at home before the arrival of emergency medical personnel. However, 33% of the out-of-hospital deaths occurred after >1 hour of symptoms.
With increasing age, the risk of SCD increased (P trend <0.001, Figure 1). However, the percentage of deaths that were sudden declined (P trend=0.01, Figure 2). Although SCD rates increased after menopause, after adjustment for age, the elevation in risk observed among postmenopausal women was markedly attenuated and no longer significant (RR, 1.31; 95% CI, 0.66 to 2.62).
Coronary Heart Disease and Sudden Cardiac Death
Of the women who died suddenly, 69% had no reported history of cardiac disease, and only 43% reported symptoms before death. Only 24 women (10%) had symptoms consistent with an acute coronary syndrome in the 3 weeks preceding death, and 35 (14.4%) had definite evidence for an acute MI by ECG, cardiac enzymes, or autopsy at the time of death. However, a history of prior MI conferred a 4.4-fold risk of SCD (95% CI, 2.9 to 6.7).
We examined the impact of self-reported CHD risk factor status on risk of SCD. The overwhelming majority (94%) of women who died suddenly had reported at least 1 of the CHD risk factors outlined in Table 1, and 73% had reported at least 2 risk factors. Comparable percentages for the entire cohort were 87% and 55%, respectively (P=0.001). Table 1 outlines the age- and multivariate-adjusted risk of SCD associated with individual cardiac risk factors. All of the cardiac risk factors examined were associated with risk of SCD; however, smoking, diabetes, and hypertension had the strongest relations. Women who smoked 25 or more cigarettes per day were at a 4-fold (95% CI, 2.7 to 6.3) increased risk of SCD, similar to that conferred by a history of MI. Parental history of MI before age 60 years and obesity were associated with more modest, but statistically significant, elevations in risk of SCD. Compared with women with a BMI <25 kg/m2, obese women (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) had a 1.6-fold increased risk of SCD; this risk was 2.5 (95% CI, 1.7 to 3.7) if diabetes and hypertension, potential biological mediators in the causal pathway, were not included as terms in the multivariate model. Self-reported hypercholesterolemia and a parental history of MI after age 60 years were not significantly associated with risk of SCD. The above results were not materially altered if women who reported a prior history of CHD were excluded from the analysis.
Because of prior reports suggesting that risk factors may differ in older versus younger women,1,13 we repeated the risk factor analysis after stratifying the population at 60 years of age (Table 2). Similar relationships were seen for most of the CHD risk factors in the younger and older women, except for parental history of MI. A parental history of MI before age 60 years seemed to be a risk factor only among women younger than age 60 years. The statistical test for an interaction between age 60 years and a parental history of MI before age 60 years was significant (P=0.01). None of the other interaction terms reached statistical significance; however, we had limited statistical power to detect such interactions.
Mechanism of Sudden Cardiac Deaths
In 570 of the cardiovascular deaths (52%), the death was witnessed with sufficient detail provided by witnesses or medical personnel to allow categorization of the mechanism of death. Of these, 154 occurred within 1 hour of symptom onset, and 135 of these deaths fulfilled the criteria for arrhythmic death as outlined by Hinkle and Thaler.4 Of the remaining deaths that occurred after >1 hour of symptoms (n=390) or where length of symptoms could not be accurately determined (n=25), 49 were classified as arrhythmic. Therefore, both the positive and negative predictive value of the 1-hour definition for arrhythmic death was 88% in this female population. The specificity of the 1-hour definition was 95%, and the sensitivity was 73%. Of the 135 sudden deaths that were classified as arrhythmic, a first cardiac rhythm near the time of the collapse was documented in 109 (81%). Of these deaths, 83 or 76% had ventricular tachycardia (VT) or VF documented near the time of collapse (Figure 3).
In this prospective cohort of 121 701 women aged 30 to 55 years at baseline, 244 SCDs were documented over 22 years of follow-up. Most of these deaths were out-of-hospital deaths (89%); however, an out-of-hospital death was not synonymous with a SCD. Thirty-three percent of all cardiac deaths occurring outside of the hospital occurred after >1 hour of symptoms. As expected, the risk of SCD increased markedly with age, especially after the age of 70 years. However, the percentage of cardiac deaths that were sudden declined. With regard to prior CHD, a history of nonfatal MI increased the risk of SCD in women by 4-fold, which is similar to that previously reported for women in the Framingham Heart Study but lower than the 11.7-fold increased risk of SCD observed among men in that cohort.1
As in Framingham1 and other cohorts,14 most women (69%) who suffered a SCD in our cohort had not had a CHD event documented before death, and very few (10%) had symptoms of acute coronary syndrome in the weeks preceding death. Therefore, most SCDs in women seem to be unexpected. These data, in combination with the smaller declines in SCD rates among women,6 raise the concern that SCD may be more difficult to predict and, therefore, to prevent in women. This may be especially true for young women, where SCD comprises a larger proportion of cardiac mortality and SCD rates are increasing. One potential explanation for these findings, based on limited data from autopsy series and cardiac arrest survivors, is that the prevalence of CHD is lower in female SCD victims.2,3 Therefore, modification of CHD risk factors may not have as great an impact in reducing SCD risk in women.
In contrast, our data suggest that CHD risk factors do indeed predict SCD in women, and, therefore, CHD risk factor modification should favorably impact risk of SCD in women. Almost all of the women who died suddenly (94%) had reported at least 1 CHD risk factor, and modifiable risk factors such as smoking, hypertension, and diabetes conferred markedly elevated (2.5- to 4.0-fold) risks of SCD in this cohort. Heavy smoking was a particularly strong risk factor for SCD, especially among those younger than age 60 years. Smoking seems to predispose young women to acute coronary thrombosis in the setting of plaque erosions.13 Obesity was also associated with an increased risk of SCD, but to a lesser degree. However, the multivariate RR of 1.6 underestimates the true effect of obesity, because diabetes and hypertension, mediators in the causal pathway, were included in the model (removing them resulted in a RR of 2.5).
Parental history of MI before age 60 years was also a risk factor for SCD, but only among those younger than age 60 years (P-interaction=0.01). This finding may imply that genetic factors or familiar clustering of environmental factors play a larger role in younger women. Alternatively, the age of the parent at the time of the CHD event could be directly correlated with the age of the progeny at the time of SCD, as was found for SCD in the Paris Prospective Study.15 Because we did not ask about a parental history of SCD in this study, we cannot determine whether the association with parental history of MI is attributable to a general familial aggregation of CHD versus a specific aggregation of sudden CHD events.
Finally, a reported history of hypercholesterolemia was not a significant predictor of SCD risk in our cohort. In the Framingham Heart Study, total cholesterol was only related to SCD risk in women under age 65 years.1 Similarly, in our study, the relation between hypercholesterolemia and SCD appeared somewhat stronger in the women under age 60 years; however, the test for interaction with age was not significant (P=0.16). Our power to detect such an interaction was limited, and these data may reflect the relative importance of plaque rupture in the pathogenesis of SCD in younger versus older women. An alternative and more likely explanation is that the null effect observed for hypercholesterolemia may be attributable to imprecise information on cholesterol levels or details of cholesterol-lowering therapy.
With regard to the mechanism of SCD, prior studies in men have suggested that an arrhythmic cause underlies most SCDs. Hinkle and Thaler,4 who investigated 142 deaths among 743 men, found that 91% of deaths occurring within 1 hour from the onset of symptoms were arrhythmic deaths. We used the same definition of arrhythmic death in our study of women and were able to classify 570 deaths. We found that 88% of deaths that occurred within 1 hour of symptoms were classified as arrhythmic. Therefore, the positive predictive value of the 1-hour definition for arrhythmic death seems to be similar in women and men.
When a rhythm was documented (81% of cases), VF or VT was observed in 76%. This percentage is similar to that reported in men by Hinkle and Thaler4 and among cardiac arrest victims associated with a sudden collapse.16,17 Thus, in contrast to a recent study of cardiac arrest victims,5 we did not find evidence to support a significant sex difference in the incidence of VF among SCD victims. These data on mechanism have implications for future studies on SCD. Because SCD may be predominantly an arrhythmic death in women as it is in men, genetic15 or environmental factors18,19 that directly affect myocardial vulnerability to arrhythmias may influence SCD risk in both sexes. These factors could alter the likelihood that the first presentation of ischemia will be a lethal ventricular arrhythmia.
Several limitations of the present study warrant consideration. First, information on CHD risk factors was ascertained by self-report, potentially leading to some misclassification. However, numerous validation studies have established that the nurses accurately report the CHD risk factors examined in this study.7–10 We cannot rule out the possibility of undiagnosed hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia, although this is unlikely in this cohort of health professionals. Such random misclassification may have slightly biased our results toward the null. More likely, the female health professionals in our study were probably undergoing treatment for their hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia, which might additionally attenuate the associations observed.
Because the purpose of our study is to identify risk factors for SCD, we used a rigorous definition of SCD requiring medical records or witnessed reports for confirmation. Therefore, we sacrificed sensitivity to maintain a high degree of specificity.12 As a result, some cases of true SCD will have been missed, either because the death was not witnessed or family members did not provide information on the circumstances surrounding the deaths. The factors that influence whether a death is witnessed are not entirely random. Therefore, in an attempt to minimize bias, we included unwitnessed deaths if the participant had been seen within 1 hour of her death. Finally, as in any study involving free-living individuals, identification of the mechanism of death is difficult and, therefore, susceptible to error. We tried to minimize error by using a standard definition of arrhythmic death used in trials of antiarrhythmic therapy4 and requiring agreement between 2 cardiologists as to the mechanism of death.
In summary, although SCD is less common among women, it remains an important cause of mortality that requires more intensive primary preventive efforts. Because most SCDs occur among those without known cardiac disease, we must address this apparently healthy population to have a significant public health impact on SCD. These data suggest that many of these unheralded SCDs occur in the women with recognized CHD risk factors. However, as in men, no single CHD risk factor will predict with sufficient accuracy which women will die suddenly.1 Therefore, we must continue to search for new ways to more accurately identify and safely modify risk of SCD while encouraging risk factor reduction in apparently healthy populations.20
Supported by Grants CA-87969, HL-34594, and 1-K08-HL-03783 from the National Institutes of Health. Support was also provided from a charitable gift to Massachusetts General Hospital by Ellen H. Pappas. We are indebted to the participants in the Nurses' Health Study for their outstanding commitment and cooperation and to Lisa Dunn, Barbara Egan, Karen Corsano, and Gary Chase for their expert and unfailing assistance
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Democratic National Committee, shame on you for picking this graffiti to represent your "vision" of "health care reform."
Worth reading, from Boomburg: Boeing Chooses South Carolina Over Seattle for Second 787 Line This describes Boeing's decision to locate manufacturing in a right-to-work state rather than in Seattle after the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union in Seattle refused to agree to a no-strike provision. So the union mentality once again deprives its membership of jobs. Unions have killed too many industries in this country: steel, textiles, auto manufacturing, just to name a few. And don't forget the destructive effect of intrusive and expensive government in the whole equation. Seattle used to be Boeing's headquarters and a stalwart part of the Washington State economy. They moved headquarters to Chicago a few years ago for some reason I don't remember. Perhaps that will eventually land in South Carolina as well.
Here is Henry Blodget's take on the upcoming re-bailout of GM's financing company, GMAC.
Once again, Coyote Blog the prolific and intellectual powerhouse has brought to my attention a great video source to argue that Global Warming is a political issue, not a scientific one. Whatever the scientists want to argue about (or not argue about) isn't the issue. Global climate has become a political movement led by people who thrive on any scare/crisis/mania that, in their opinion, will enlarge the regulatory role of government in human affairs. It matters little whether this is cause is global warming, global climate change, global cooling, holes in the ozone layer, Y2K, energy crisis, over-population, SARS, swine flu, bird flu, alar in apples, butter, trans-fats, or obesity. It is the same people with the same motives. The cause is immaterial to the proposed "solution," more government control of our lives.
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A CBS network investigation says government estimates of swine flu are vastly exaggerated From the article:
If you've been diagnosed "probable" or "presumed" 2009 H1N1 or "swine flu" in recent months, you may be surprised to know this: odds are you didn't have H1N1 flu.
In fact, you probably didn't have flu at all. That's according to state-by-state test results obtained in a three-month-long CBS News investigation.
Was the government "exaggeration" due to a) ignorance or willful misrepresentation of flu test results, and/or b) the fact that CDC halted testing — apparently under the assumption that a pandemic was in fact under way. The government says so, so why test? Now CDC is stonewalling when asked to provide more accurate information. Read the article in the link above.
The federal government has botched the flu vaccine production, scared hell out of the citizenry, lied about the extent of the "pandemic" and produced a vaccine some (including me) fear is unsafe. Now, having announced a national emergency and launching the production of tens of millions of doses of vaccine, they're apparently willing to lie about the extent of the health threat, continuing to recommend shots — so as not to be embarrassed, one presumes.
After the mugging of the vaccine producing pharmaceutical industry by Hillary Clinton in 1993 the federal government became the dominant purchaser and price setter for vaccines in the U.S. The result of this was that major pharmaceutical companies simply abandoned the business of vaccine research and production, leaving it largely to overseas producers.
Now even HHS Secretary Sebelius complains that:
Four of the five manufacturers of H1N1 vaccines are foreign companies — a fact that alarmed lawmakers, who expressed concern about the ability of the federal government to secure enough vaccine to prevent the spread of the swine flu virus. Some expressed even greater concern that the lag in vaccine production could mean the H1N1 flu shots will arrive too late to do any good, citing a recent study that predicted that the most cases of swine flu will occur this week…
Sebelius said the U.S. is "at the front of the line" in terms of getting the vaccines as they're produced but noted the need to expand the country's manufacturing capacity.
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So now the sun-god prez declares a national emergency brought on by government incompetence and socialist destruction of private sector enterprise. These same geniuses now want to do the same thing to the entire health care industry in the U.S.
The Party of European Socialist held their 3rd "Global Progressive Forum" wherein Bill Clinton was the keynote speaker. Howard Dean was a prominent Democrat participant in prior meetings of this socialist organization. See below (credit FoundingBloggers.com):
Maybe I've misinterpreted him, but Clinton seems to be saying that since the demise of the Soviet communist empire as a model of socialist society it has been hard for socialists to coalesce on their agenda, and this meeting of socialists helps to remedy that loss.
So what does this mean? Well, socialism is the ideology that sees society as family with government as the "father and mother" and citizens as the "children," to be cared for, educated, and directed. Socialists like to think of society as an organic entity whose activities should be motivated by government leadership. And the government should be populated with persons of superior intellect and endless compassion, leading to a safe, just society with fairness to all. Does this all sound familiar? Does this sound like the Obama, Pelosi, Reid line of bull?
In practice, however, socialist utopias always resort to forceful coercion — dictatorship and tyranny. A socialist government fractures into a dictatorship when the elite, purely intentioned parent-experts disagree with one another, and the strongest of the bunch declares himself to be the ultimate authority (for the good of the children, of course). And because some "children" object to their dependent status and refuse to be lead or brain-washed, they have to be forced — for the good of society. The more government intrudes into our lives the more force is needed to keep order. Today's Obama gang is to be pitied because they believe themselves to be so absolutely pure in motive that they are truly hurt by criticism. They believe that the children just don't understand how this is all being done for their own good. And how could anyone think they'd ever resort to force?
But as Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi ram through their unconstitutional health care take-over (for our own good, of course), employing dishonest if not criminal tactics such as stuffing costs into unrelated bills, bypassing constitutional requirements by attaching the health bill as an amendment to an already passed house bill, hiding bill drafting in dark closets, compelling votes on 1,500 page bills nobody has had a chance to read, this is force. See quote below from FreedomWorks.org:
In the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid is attempting to hide the enormous costs of ObamaCare by breaking-out some of the more expensive measures like the Medicare Doctor Fix into separate legislation. The Congressional Budget Office has already estimated the bare-bones version of the bill will cost $800 billion, but the real cost is actually much higher when you add up all the things they are trying to move separately. Reid has also indicated he will circumvent the U.S. Constitution, which requires bills like this to begin in the House, by stripping the text of another unrelated bill already passed by the House and inserting the health care overhaul as an amendment.
Emphasis added to highlight criminal intent.
And when Americans rebel at the commandment to buy government specified insurance plans, the government will will use force. What other alternative will there be?
Andrew Marcus produces a very interesting study in a BigGovernment.com article. While it is risky and sometimes unwise to infer too much from implied relationships, there are times when it is necessary to connect the dots and conclude, once again, that Obama should be judged by the company he keeps. Please read the article. I can't really add any thing original to it, but you'll probably conclude, like me, that it is yet more solid evidence of Obama's socialist mentality and agenda. And this stuff hasn't seen the light of day in the mainstream media. Had it been known before the election would Obama have won?
Is Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty?
Although Lord Monckton skips over the fact that U.S. treaties have to be ratified by the full Senate, many treaties have been signed by the presidents and not ratified, but still cause great mischief.
From the Harvard Law Journal:
Under contemporary treaty practice, a nation's signature of a treaty, especially a multilateral treaty, typically does not make the nation a party to the treaty. Rather, nations become parties to treaties by an act of ratification or accession, either by depositing an instrument of ratification or accession with a depositary (for multilateral treaties) or exchanging instruments of ratification (for bilateral treaties). The signing of treaties under this practice is at most an indication that the terms of the treaty are satisfactory to the executive institution in that nation charged with negotiating and signing treaties and does not constitute a promise that the nation will become a party to the treaty.
Despite the modern separation between signature and ratification, many international lawyers and academics contend that when a nation signs a treaty, it is bound to refrain from actions that would defeat the object and purpose of the treaty until such time as it makes clear its intention not to become a party to the treaty.
Read the whole treaty draft:
Having scanned but not read the whole treaty draft (which is 180 pages long) it is clear to me that this treaty:
The Copenhegan committee presumes to "require a shift in the global investment patterns" so that "financing allocation shall clearly respond to the priorities identified by the international community". They further assert that developed countries are at fault for alleged warming of the climate. See the treaty language below.
PP.13 Recognizing that current and potential climate change impacts require a shift in the global investment patterns and that criteria for financing allocation shall clearly respond to the priorities identified by the international community, with climate change stabilization being one of these priorities.
PP.14 Acknowledging that current atmospheric concentrations are principally the result of historical emissions of greenhouse gases, the most significant share of which has originated in developed countries.
PP.15 Further acknowledging that developed countries have a historical responsibility for their disproportionate contribution to the causes and consequences of climate change, reflecting their disproportionate historical use of a shared global carbon space since 1850 as well as their proposed continuing disproportionate use of the remaining global carbon space.
1. [[[As assessed by the IPCC in its Fourth Assessment Report] Warming of the climate system, as a consequence of human activity, is unequivocal. [Global atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased significantly because of human activities since 1750.]
2. Current atmospheric concentrations are principally the result of historical emissions of greenhouse gases, [the largest share of which has originated in] [originating from] developed countries [Parties].
So, according to this treaty, there is a "debt" owed by developed countries such as the U.S.A to the developing countries (such as North Korea, Zimbabwe and Cuba?). In fact (see below) the Annex I countries (such as U.S.A) are expected to pay the "full cost" of the program for the poor folks, including "actions taken in the context of sustainable development".
33. In the light of a shared vision based on historic responsibility/emissions, debt/per-capita emissions convergence/an equitable allocation of a shared atmospheric resource, [and in accordance with the provisions of the Convention,] Annex I Parties shall provide new and additional financial resources to meet the full costs incurred by developing country Parties [in complying with their obligations under Article 12, paragraph 1, and the full incremental costs of implementing measures that are covered by Article 4, paragraph 1] [, particularly the most vulnerable countries including LDCs and SIDs, of meeting their commitments, towards the full, effective and sustained implementation of the Convention]. They shall also provide new and additional funding to cover the full incremental costs incurred by developing countries in implementing nationally appropriate mitigation actions undertaken in the context of sustainable development. Annex I Parties commit the amount of [ ] billion [Euros/dollars] in order to enable mitigation and adaptation actions in developing countries for the period now up to 2012. The [Conference of the] Parties shall periodically review the adequacy of levels of financing required to support mitigation and adaptation actions in developing countries, including a comprehensive review not later than 2011.
(emphasis added)
This treaty apparently gives the COP (Copenhegan committee) authority to govern the financial transactions anticipated by the treaty.See alternative texts from the treaty below.
(c) Alternative 1:
The financial mechanism shall operate and function under the authority, governance and guidance of, and be fully accountable to, the COP, which shall decide on its policies, programme priorities and eligibility criteria, and allocation of resources for adaptation, mitigation, technology and capacity-building and any other function that may be determined by the COP;
Alternative 2:
The financial mechanism [shall][should] function under the guidance of [the COP] [the
Meeting of the Parties to the Copenhagen Agreement];
Alternative 3:
The financial mechanism shall function under the strategic guidance of the COP.
Apparently the members of this committee anticipate the power to dragoon not only public, but also private monies into their scheme. Here are alternative policies that the parties will select and agree upon.
4. [Generation][Provision] of financial resources
12. All Parties, in accordance with their respective capabilities, shall implement and periodically report on policies and instruments to mobilize public and private financial resources, improve enabling
environments for investment in support of measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change outlined in Article 4.1 of the Convention.
Alternative 1:
The public sector shall be the major source of funds, while market mechanisms and other private-sector sources would play a complementary role in addressing climate change. Public finance may also be used to leverage private investment and to provide incentives for additional efforts.
Alternative 2:
Private funding will be the main source of investment, channelled via appropriate policy frameworks and regulations that create enabling environments and demand for climate change technologies. Financing
the incremental costs of technologies for adaptation and mitigation is dependent on public sources of finance and public policies. Where it is provided, public finance should be directed to areas that cannot
be adequately financed by the private sector to leverage private investment and to provide incentives for additional efforts.
Alternative 3:
Both public and private finance should play a major role in the implementation of this Agreement. Public finance should leverage private investment and provide incentives for additional efforts, and be directed towards areas that cannot be adequately financed by the private sector, in particular for adaptation. Private funding, channelled via appropriate policy frameworks, should be the main source of necessary investment for mitigation. Parties should encourage the establishment of a robust carbon price signal, including through a progressive integration into the global carbon market, as a key means to deliver cost-effective emissions reductions globally.
(emphasis added)
If President Obama signs this abomination he proves, once and for all, that he hates this country, the one he's constantly apologizing about. So he'll probably sign it. If the U.S. Senate then ratifies this treaty, then Lord Monckton will be proven correct. The basic purpose of this treaty is to stick it to the U.S.A.
We will be surrendering our sovereignty to a miserable bunch of socialist international bureaucrats.
From Washington Times via Breitbart.
Kinston, a small town in North Carolina, held an election in which it was decided that the town should have non-partisan ballots for city elections (mayor, city council, etc.) as is common in most North Carolina towns. The Obama Department of Justice (which approves or disapproves changes in Kinston election laws under the 1965 Voting Rights Act) has ruled that the city must have partisan representation, on the basis that black people are too dumb and lazy to vote for Democrats without partisan ballot labeling. And only Democrats will represent the best interests of these (presumably) ignorant people.
In a letter dated Aug. 17, the city received the Justice Department's answer: Elections must remain partisan because the change's "effect will be strictly racial."
"Removing the partisan cue in municipal elections will, in all likelihood, eliminate the single factor that allows black candidates to be elected to office," Loretta King, who at the time was the acting head of the Justice Department's civil rights division, wrote in a letter to the city.
Ms. King wrote that voters in Kinston vote more along racial than party lines and without the potential for voting a straight Democratic ticket, "the limited remaining support from white voters for a black Democratic candidate will diminish even more."
Ms. King is the same official who put a stop to the New Black Panther Party case. In that case, the Justice Department filed a civil complaint in Philadelphia after two members of the black revolutionary group dressed in quasi-military garb stood outside a polling place on election last year and purportedly intimidated voters with racial insults, slurs and a nightstick.
So even with a
half black president and a black attorney general we have the plantation ethic at work. Blacks must vote Democrat — uncle Tom Republican voters will be arrested and sent to reeducation camps, because they are too ignorant to know where their own interests lie.
This article deals with an issue not even mentioned in the ABC,NBC,PBS,NBC, NY Times and other leftist media.
53 House Republicans Call on Obama to Fire Keven Jennings Maybe now they'll notice.
Even this article fails to mention Kevin Jennings' publicly repeated praise and admiration for Harry Hay, a devoted Communist and supporter of NAMBLA (North American Man-Boy Love Association) which advocates sex between adult men and young boys as young as 18 months according to a law enforcement official who infiltrated the group. See video below:
Keven Jennings, this promoter of homosexual pedofelia, was appointed by Obama to be the "Safe Schools" Czar?! And this is only one of the slimy, crooked, twisted bastards that have been brought into his administration (ref. Van Jones and others). Could it be a coincidence, an innocent mistake? Or is this part of a pattern?
From news reports a couple of days ago, trumpeting the fact that 8 U.S. soldiers had been killed in a fierce battle at Camp Keating, one might have concluded that this was some kind of a defeat. But thanks to ABC News, which apparently had a reporter (Karen Russo) on the ground at the time we now learn that our forces gave a lot better than they got. (See this) That should have been reflected in the original headline stories about the battle. See below:
One of the commanders in the Keating fight rejected any suggestion that the battle was a defeat and was frustrated that it could appear that way, especially since he estimated that as many as 100 to 150 attackers were killed in the fight.
Lt. Col. Jimmy Blackmon, who commanded the Apache battalion that flew to Keating's defense, told ABC News, "Knowing that American soldiers fought all day long, heroic valorous actions all day long, and a headline would lead the average person to believe that we may have lost that fight. Unequivocally untrue."
Giving credit where it is due, ABC news, particularly the objective and knowledgeable reporting of Barbara Raddatz, has done better than most of the other mainstream news outlets in reporting military news events. Many of the others have editors and reporters that a) use the news to discredit and minimize military accomplishments, and b) in many cases, the writers and editors don't know which end of the weapon the bullet comes out of.
Today I attended the Tucson "Tea Party" held at Tucson Electric Park baseball stadium. I'm happy to report that I escaped the mob scene unharmed and can report to you now. First a few facts. The event, organized by a couple of local women, was well attended. See pictures of the (I'd estimate 3,000 to 5,000 mobsters) below:
North side of stadium:
South side of same:
You can obviously see why Nancy would be frightened out of her wits by the violent nature of this rowdy crowd whose basest emotions were being whipped up by a black radio/TV commentator. a defeated (6 term I think) Republican congressman and a Judge, who is also a political commentator. See below the provocative nature of the presentation.
When the crowd was sufficiently motivated to revolt against those "government dogs", they then bolted for their cars to retrieve their hand-guns so that they could wreak vengeance upon their Democrat Oppressors. This frightful scene is documented faithfully, below, just as I witnessed it.
You can well imagine how relieved I am to have escaped with my life from such a riotous scene as I've described to you above. But after a brandy or two I'm able to reflect with a couple of observations.
First, as one speaker mentioned, there was a paucity of young people attending, even though this was a Saturday at a ballpark. It makes me wonder whether a) the young people simply don't care about freedom, or b) they're completely unaware that their future freedom is being stolen from them, or c) they've been so completely brain-washed in government schools by leftist teachers that they regard freedom as something quaint and valueless. We need more young people at these events if they are to serve their intended purpose.
Second, although this is Arizona where nobody in his right mind wears a tie, I was somewhat jarred by the attire of the speakers. The MC wore baggy, dirty jeans, a slouch hat, and a tail-shirt not tucked into his pants. He looked poor and sloppy. J.D. Hayworth, the politician, was dressed similarly — dirty, baggy jeans and a work shirt suitable for gardening. The Judge (Napolitano) appeared in a blue blazer. OK, at least he showed respect for the crowd.
In watching music events on TV (I don't attend popular music concerts) I see the same culture — the musicians seem to think that the more ragged and dirty they look the more they'll be appreciated … or something like that.
In my own opinion (since this is my blog after all) when you want to present something, be it music or politics to an audience, you owe them the courtesy to dress as if you are visiting their home for the first time or applying for a job. Anyway, I just couldn't resist getting these observations into the article.
I've been meaning to write an article about what I consider to be the most dangerous invention of civilization — bureaucracy. Without bureaucracy the inquisition would have been impossible, Hitler could not have murdered millions, Lenin would have been a helpless, frustrated old revolutionary blowhard, and Stalin would have been a bitter clerk. It takes a bureaucracy to implement crimes of this huge magnitude.
Bureaucracy is the mechanism by which major organizational tasks can be accomplished without anyone involved taking any responsibility for the result, whether good or evil. When a large number of people are needed to accomplish an enterprise the bureaucratic organizational style ensures minimum friction. No bureaucrat need criticize the purpose or methods of the enterprise — he must only do his little part of the job.
Isn't it amazing how a small number of determined people can walk into the office of the president of a country, shoot him between the eyes, then call a press conference to announce that they are now in power? And the bureaucracy continues to hum along as if nothing at all unusual had happened?
The bureaucracy is dangerous precisely because, once organized and functioning smoothly, it will continue to function for good or evil as long as its workers are paid and instructions are issued. Bureaucracies can be used to build bridges, issue welfare checks and fight wars, or to oppress, murder and incinerate millions of people. To the bureaucracy the task is immaterial and interchangeable. Nobody is responsible.
The interchangeability of bureaucratic tasks was highlighted recently in a review of writer Herta Muller's work. From Times Online Profile: Herta Müller, scourge of Ceausescu – and his heirs
She turns it into an indictment not only of Ceausescu but of the 20 years that came afterwards, the survival of corrupt networks of power.
"Ceausescu's secret police, the Securitate, has not disbanded, it was just given another name, the Romanian Information Service," she writes. "According to their own figures, 40 per cent of the staff was taken on from the Securitate and the remaining 60 per cent are retired and living on pensions that are three times higher than those of everybody elese, or they are the new architects of the market economy."
We Americans are now in a stage of history where our bureaucracies are growing at an alarming rate, intruding into every aspect of our lives. We tend to view these bureaucracies as sometimes annoying (DMV) but otherwise benign organizations staffed largely by well meaning if dull witted and unmotivated people. But let the head of the bureaucracy be lopped off and replaced by an evil-minded lunatic and the dull bureaucracy will continue to function as before — doing now whatever evil job it is given.
AP reports: FTC: Bloggers must disclose payments for reviews saying that
The Federal Trade Commission will require bloggers to clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products.
It is the first time since 1980 that the commission has revised its guidelines on endorsements and testimonials, and the first time the rules have covered bloggers.
Should the congress be allowed to pass laws that nobody can read or understand? See this: Finance Committee Democrat Won't Read Text of Health Bill, Says Anyone Who Claims They'll Understand It 'Is Trying to Pull the Wool Over Our Eyes'
Worth Reading, an article about modern China from Mail Online, Marching to world domination: China celebrates 60 years of communism with a display of military might that should worry the West
We shouldn't forget that the communist government of China has been responsible for the deaths of some 80 million of its own people through repression, starvation and outright official brutality.
Although the Chinese armed forces, with 2.5 million men are still not the military match for the west's much smaller but more lethal force, this may not remain true, especially as Europe becomes ever more feminized and the U.S. loses its will to maintain a Pax Americana. And an increasing reliance on China as a source for manufacturing leaves the west vulnerable to a Chinese social calamity. But most important of all, these are brutal Communists. Don't be fooled.


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Pop star Justin Bieber, 16, recently told the latest issue of the recent issue of Rolling Stone he has a rather conservative outlook on the woman's choice to abortion, and how he wouldn't support it even in the cases of rape. Of course, you'd have to wonder why Rolling Stone would even ask the 16-year-old such a hot-button issue, which would likely alienate a certain proportion of his fanbase, which it apparently has.
PHOTOS: Justin Bieber hand-in-hand with Selena Gomez in Santa Monica
After the release of the interview, Rolling Stone's writer, Vanessa Grigoriadis, attempted to do some damage control. She told PopEater.com: I think he meant that God has a plan. Even for the most die-hard Christian, it's hard to justify rape as part of God's plan, and harder to justify rape that leads to pregnancy and abortion. I think he was wrestling with that in his answer, which I found to be solid and logical. I think it is being widely misunderstood. He did not say that rape was part of God's plan."
What do you think? Should Rolling Stone have asked such a young man that type of hot button issue? Or is Justin Bieber at fault for answering the question at all?
Photos: Recent shots of Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber seeming close, hand-in-hand


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