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Acquired aplastic anemia is a rare, serious blood disorder, due to failure of the bone marrow failure to produce blood cells. Bone marrow is the spongy substance found in the center of the bones of the body, in adults mainly the spine, pelvis, and large bones of the legs. The bone marrow contains hematopoietic stem cells. Stem cells can produce more stem cells (self-renewal) and also differentiate and proliferate, giving rise to red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets. In acquired aplastic anemia, an almost complete absence of hematopoietic stem cells results in low levels of red and white blood cells and platelets (pancytopenia). Symptoms of aplastic anemia are those of anemia, bleeding, and infection. Although bone marrow failure can occur secondary to other disorders, most aplastic anemia is due to the immune system mistakenly targeting the bone marrow (autoimmunity). Indeed, most patients can respond to therapy that suppresses the immune system, usually ATG and cyclosporine.Introduction
Aplastic anemia is classified as severe according to blood counts. Most of the discussion that follows relates to severe aplastic anemia. Patients with more moderately decreased blood counts; may not require treatment. Furthermore, some aplastic anemia that is genetically inherited may, first manifest in adulthood, sometimes without a family history of blood disease.
The symptoms of acquired aplastic anemia occur as a consequence of the bone marrow failing to produce enough functioning blood cells. The specific symptoms and progression of the disorder vary from case to case. Some individuals may have mild symptoms that remain stable for many years; others may have serious symptoms that can progress to life-threatening complications.
Red and white blood cells and platelets are formed in the bone marrow. The cells are released into the bloodstream to travel throughout the body performing their specific functions. Red blood cells deliver oxygen to the body, white blood cells help in fighting infections and platelets allow the body to form clots to stop bleeding. A low level of circulating red blood cells is known as anemia. A low level of white blood cells is known as leukopenia. A low level of platelets is known as thrombocytopenia.
Individuals with anemia may experience tiredness, increased need for sleep, weakness, lightheadedness, dizziness, irritability, headaches, pale skin color, difficulty breathing (dyspnea), and cardiac symptoms. Individuals with leukopenia have an increase in risk of contracting bacterial and fungal infections. Individuals with thrombocytopenia are more susceptible to excessive bruising following minimal injury and to spontaneous bleeding from the mucous membranes, especially those of the gums and nose. Women may develop increased menstrual blood loss (menorrhagia). Symptoms are dependent on the severity of the anemia, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia.
Some individuals with acquired aplastic anemia also have another disorder at the same time, called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). Acquired aplastic and PNH have a close relationship that is not fully understood by researchers. It is believed that PNH arises in the setting of autoimmune acquired aplastic anemia and bone marrow failure. Individuals affected with acquired aplastic anemia are also at risk that it will evolve into another similar disorder known as myelodysplasia. In a minority of cases, acquired aplastic anemia may eventually evolve into leukemia. PNH is caused by an acquired genetic defect affecting the PIGA gene, limited to the stem cells. The PIGA gene mutations cause blood cells to become sensitive to increased destruction by complement, a blood immunity protein. Twenty percent or more of patients with aplastic anemia have evidence of PNH at presentation, as detected by flow cytometry. Furthermore, patients who respond following immunosuppressive therapy frequently recover with clonal hematopiesis and PNH. There are a minority of MDS patients with hypoplastic or low cellularity bone marrow, as seen in acquired aplastic anemia. These conditions are often mistaken for each other, so whether one is transformed to another is uncertain. (For more information on these disorders, see the Related Disorders section of this report.)
Most cases of acquired aplastic anemia occur unrelated to any identifiable causes, or for unknown reasons (idiopathic). Researchers believe that most are due to the immune system mistakenly targeting the bone marrow (autoimmunity). Autoimmune disorders are caused when the body's natural defenses against "foreign" or invading organisms begin to attack healthy tissue for unknown reasons. Tests to confirm this in any individual case are not very readily available, but there is much evidence to support this pathogenic mechanism.
The bone marrow contains specialized cells called hematopoietic stem cells. These stem cells eventually divide, differentiate and become red or white blood cells or platelets. In aplastic anemia, a precipitating event is hypothesized to trigger immune-mediated destruction of hematopoietic stem cells. It is believe that certain immune system cells (T-lymphocytes) target and destroy the most primitive cells capable of developing into blood cells, hematopoietic stem cells. Individuals with aplastic anemia do not have enough stem cells to produce mature blood cells. The bone marrow appears to be replaced by fat. Affected individuals eventually develop a deficiency of red and white blood cells and platelets (pancytopenia).
In the past, acquired aplastic anemia has been linked to a variety of environmental factors including exposure to toxic environmental chemicals such as benzene, pesticides or insecticides; the use of certain drugs; and certain viral infections, especially hepatitis. These environmental factors are believed to trigger the immune system response that mistakenly destroys hematopoietic stem cells. However, most cases of acquired aplastic anemia have no identifiable environmental trigger.
Acquired aplastic anemia affects males and females in about equal numbers. Most cases affect older children, teenagers or young adults. The incidence of aplastic anemia in Europe and Israel is two new cases among 1 million people per year. The incidence rate is two or three times greater in Asia. The exact incidence rates exist for the United States is unknown although some sources say that approximately 500-1,000 new cases of aplastic anemia are diagnosed each year.
A diagnosis of acquired aplastic anemia may be suspected when an otherwise healthy individual has low levels of all three blood cell types (pancytopenia). A diagnosis may be confirmed by a thorough clinical evaluation, a detailed patient history, and a variety of specialized tests, including a bone marrow biopsy. During this procedure, a small specimen of bone marrow tissue is surgically removed, usually from the hip or pelvis, and studied under a microscope. In acquired aplastic anemia this sample will show a dramatic reduction or complete lack of cells. Additional tests may be necessary to rule out other disorders such as leukemia and to determine if there is an inherited or genetic cause.
Treatment of acquired aplastic anemia varies, depending upon the individual's age, general health, and the severity of aplastic anemia. Treatment aims to correct the bone marrow failure, as well as to treat the patient's immediate signs and symptoms. The two main forms of specific treatment are bone marrow transplantation and immunosuppressive therapies.
Initial treatment of acquired aplastic anemia may be directed toward improving the symptoms that may result from low blood counts. Such treatment consists of giving red blood cell transfusions to correct anemia, platelet transfusions to treat or prevent serious bleeding, and antibiotics to treat or prevent infections.
Bone marrow transplantation, specifically an allogeneic transplant, is the treatment of choice in children and younger adults. With allogeneic bone marrow transplant, an affected individual's abnormal bone marrow cells are eradicated or destroyed by chemotherapy and/or radiation, and replaced with healthy marrow obtained from a donor. The donor marrow is transplanted by injecting the cells of the donor intravenously into the patient's body, where it travels to the patient's bone marrow and eventually begins producing new blood cells. The best match for a bone marrow transplant is an identical twin, sibling or close relative who shares most of the same genetic makeup as the patient. However, in many cases, a search for an unrelated, matched donor is necessary.
A similar procedure called peripheral hematopoietic stem cell transplantation may also be used to treat individuals with acquired aplastic anemia. In this procedure, healthy stem cells are taken from a donor by collecting them from the donor's bloodstream rather than the bone marrow. These are then injected intravenously into the patient's bloodstream. However, marrow is strongly preferred to blood as a source of stem cells in aplastic anemia.
Graft rejection and graft-versus-host disease are potential complications with any transplant procedures, including bone marrow transplant. Complications of graft-versus-host disease from a bone marrow transplant may range from mild to life threatening. Drugs may be used to prevent or treat graft rejection or graft-versus-host disease. (For more information on this disorder, choose "graft versus host disease" as your search term in the Rare Disease Database.)
Individuals who are not candidates for a bone marrow transplant, either because of advanced age or lack of a suitable donor, are usually treated with immunosuppressive treatment. In this case, drugs are used to suppress the activity of the immune system. Since many cases of acquired aplastic anemia are believed to result from an individual's immune system mistakenly attacking bone marrow, suppressing the activity of the immune system often allows the bone marrow to recover and eventually to begin producing new blood cells. The two most commonly used immunosuppressive agents, given alone or in combination, are antithymocyte globulin (ATG) and cyclosporine. Horse ATG is more effective than rabbit ATG in the treatment of aplastic anemia.
Immunosuppressive therapy can restore an affected individual's blood count to normal or near normal levels for prolonged periods. However, the improvement may not be permanent and the treatment must be repeated if relapses of aplastic anemia occur. In addition, individuals who successfully respond to immunosuppressive therapy are still at risk of eventually developing PNH, myelodysplasia, or leukemia.
Approximately one-third of individuals treated with immunosuppressive drugs do not respond to therapy (refractory aplastic anemia). In these cases, treatment with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation may be considered. In some cases, treatment of refractory aplastic anemia with growth factors had led to clinically beneficial improvement in blood cell countsIn 2014, Promacta (eltrombopag) was approved to treat patients with severe aplastic anemia who have had an insufficient response to immunosuppressive therapy and are not candidates for a hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
Information on current clinical trials is posted on the Internet at www.clinicaltrials.gov. All studies receiving U.S. government funding, and some supported by private industry, are posted on this government website.
For information about clinical trials being conducted at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, contact the NIH Patient Recruitment Office:
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Contact for additional information about acquired aplastic anemia:
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Gennaro Gattuso believes Milan have a chance against Barcelona in the Champions League, although he admits Lionel Messi is from another world.
The two teams will meet in the first leg of their last 16 clash this week and the Spanish giants will be favourites to progress.
"In football you never know," the Sion midfielder, who left the Diavolo in the summer, told Mundo Deportivo. "Football is not a logic that is written down, football is played.
"In principle, Barca are much stronger, but last year Nocerino made it 1-1 on the scoreboard…Football is strange.
"Is Messi the best ever? Yes, and I hate to say that for Cristiano Ronaldo, who is also an incredible player. But Messi is from another planet.
"A player who scores 90 goals in a year cannot be real. He is from the PlayStation. And when I see Messi he seems to play with the other players. He is faster, has more class and scores when he wants to."
Milan are at the start of a new era after lowering the average age and the cost of their squad in recent times.
"Today there is much difference between Milan and Barcelona," he added. "They are the best team in the world, the team to beat.
"They have completed a dramatic transformation and now everyone wants to copy their football and their work with their youth team. Everything began with Cruyff and is now taking off.
"Are Milan taking the same direction? Yes it is the path to follow when there is no money, as in the case of Milan.
"But the youth set-up is not done in a day. It takes time. And patience. As they had in Barcelona.
"I remember in 2000 when we won at Camp Nou with goals from Coco and Bierhoff, their fans complained that the team was not competitive and Real Madrid won the titles.
"Now the tune has changed. This is what can happen to Milan. After 25 years of success, they must wait two or three to return to the top."
The Wednesday fixture will be a significant tie for Bojan, who is currently on loan at the Rossoneri from Barcelona.
"He has played some good matches, but the modern game has a problem – no-one respects what you have done, you always have to prove yourself.
"He has talent and he needs to be patient, as must the fans."
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Each year, P.S. 217 holds an annual 5th grade spelling bee to determine which youngsters will represent the school at the regional event. The classroom teachers choose two top spellers to participate. The students are coached for several weeks by Mrs. Auerbach, the school librarian, after which a school wide bee is held in the auditorium for parents and 4th and 5th graders to attend. This year's winners made us proud at the Regional Bee, competing against 5th-8th graders in mid-January.The school winners were:
Jamie Aktar, First place
UmitNaz Deryaoglu, Second place
Aaliya Qureshi, Third place
Jamie made it all the way to the fourth round at the Regionals; way to go, Jamie!
Below is a list of all of our 5th grade spelling champs:
2008 Spelling Bee Participants
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5-512 Ilyas HussainAaliya Qureshi
5-510 Jamie AktarZain Iftikhar
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A Low Key way to Spend your Evening in Thunder Bay Dec 04, 2004
Brown St. Station is considered a nightclub.
Located in the Westfort side of Thunder Bay.
Has a good amount of parking all over the area at any time.
Good place to come for cheap drinks and cheap music.
Last time we were there, we ventured to the VIP bar downstairs. Here the entire time we were here, music by Phil Collins was played the whole time. So this scared us away from this place.
Anyhow, it is recommend for people who like low ke places to go out at night. The drinks are cheap and so are the people. Enjoy your stay.
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Now, something pertains to the faith in two ways: in one way, directly and principally, as, for example, the articles of faith; the other, indirectly and secondarily, such as those things from which the corruption of some article of faith follows (ea ex quibus sequitur corruptio alicuius articuli).3Some noted theologians, immediately after Vatican I, claimed that the newly-defined dogma guaranteed infallibility for the Pope only in regard to what St. Thomas called those things "directly and principally pertaining to the faith" - that is revealed truth itself. Bishop Fessler of Sankt Polten, Austria, for instance, who had been the General Secretary of the Council and was regarded as one of the best scholars and canon lawyers amongst the German-speaking bishops of that time, wrote a tract which was translated into English in 1875 as The True and False Infallibility of the Popes. In this work, Fessler replied to an Old Catholic (schismatic) tract purporting to refute the conciliar definition by a reductio ad absurdum argument: the anti-Catholic author, Schulte, interpreted the Vatican I dogma so broadly as to make it ascribe infallibility to practically any papal pronouncement having to do with doctrine - an obviously indefensible position in view of the acknowledged errors of some Popes on certain occasions in the course of history.4 Fessler, then, was writing in an apologetic, polemical context in which he needed to emphasize not the full extent, but rather, the limitations, of papal infallibility; and his reply was commended by Pope Pius IX, on the recommendation of Roman theologians who translated it into Italian for him, in a warm letter of thanks and approval".5 In his tract, Fessler asserts - not only as his own view but also as the view of Catholic theologians" - that for a papal utterance to be ex cathedra, it must expressly "declare this particular doctrine on faith and morals to be an integral part of the truth necessary to salvation revealed by God".6
The Pope is infallible solely and exclusively when, as supreme doctor of the Church, he pronounces in a matter of faith or morals a definition which has to be accepted and held as obligatory by all the faithful. Again: It is the revelation given by God, the deposit of faith, which is the domain perfectly traced out and exactly circumscribed, within which the infallible decisions of the Pope are able to extend themselves and in regard to which the faith of Catholics can be bound to fresh obligations.7Dom Cuthbert Butler notes that Pius IX "wrote to the Swiss bishops that nothing could be more opportune or more worthy of praise, or cause the truth to stand out more clearly, than their pastoral."8 Nevertheless, it must be remembered that this papal accolade for the Swiss prelates, and that for Bishop Fessler, were given in a private capacity by Pio Nono, and with respect to entire documents, which included many points in addition to the one singled out by us here. They cannot therefore be taken as in any sense a definitive or authentic (in the sense of 'official') interpretation of the dogma, in regard to the precise point under discussion in this paper. It should be kept in mind also that Pius IX had, prior to the Council, given his approval to the first draft on papal infallibility, which clearly did not restrict papal infallibility to the "integral parts of revelation" and which was subsequently criticized by the more liberal Council Fathers precisely because it contained no such restriction.9 In contrast to these restrictive interpretations of the Vatican I definition, other eminent theologians took a broader view of the object of papal infallibility. Butler refers to an authoritative study by Lucien Choupin, S.J., "a recognized authority on the subject", entitled Valeur des Décisions doctrinales et disciplinaires du Saint-Siège, first published in 1907.10 Choupin, according to Butler, was the chief authority for the highly respected Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique in its article "Infaillibilité du Pape", written by Fr. E. Dublanchy in 1923. In this article, Dublanchy says:
An ex cathedra definition is an explicit and final doctrinal judgment given by the Pope, relating to faith or morals, in such sort that the faithful may be certain that the doctrine is judged by the Pope to belong to revelation, or to have with revelation a connection that is certain; and expressed in such a way that the obligation is made clear to all of giving full interior assent to the doctrine defined, or to the rejection of propositions condemned as directly or indirectly counter to Catholic faith.11Another outstanding theologian and a leading figure promoting the definition of papal infallibility at Vatican I was Cardinal Henry Edward Manning of Westminster. Immediately after the Council, in October 1870, Manning issued a 200-page pastoral letter, entitled The Vatican Council and its Definitions, in which he also interpreted the definition much more broadly, so as to include within the guarantee of infallibility not only revealed truth, but also "dogmatic facts, censures less than heresy, canonizations of saints, approbations of religious orders".12 Butler, in referring to Manning's position, takes him to task for thus extending the scope of infallibility:
all this is roundly asserted; even though Bishop Gasser, an official spokesman of the deputation de fide, had laid down positively that the theological questions at issue were not touched by the definition, but were left in the state of theological opinion in which they were before the Council - and still are.13Butler, then, is taking the side of Fessler and the Swiss bishops. But he also quotes Dublanchy with approval, even though, as we have seen, this theologian explicitly extends the scope of the 1870 definition to include those doctrinal truths necessary for guarding revealed truth, as well as revealed truth itself. This gives us some indication of the confusion and the contradictions which have embroiled the issue of papal infallibility right from 1870 onwards, in regard to the object of this privilege given to the Successor of Peter. How can the confusion be resolved?
No more can be defined [according to Bilio] concerning the infallibility of the Pope than has been defined concerning the infallibility of the Church; but of the Church this only is of faith, that she is infallible in dogmatic definitions strictly taken; therefore the question arises whether in the proposed formula [i.e., the first draft] the infallibility of the Pope be not too widely extended. The Cardinal did not deny, nay he maintained as certain, that the Pope is infallible also in dogmatic facts, in the canonization of saints, and in other things of like moment, just as the Church is infallible as such. He added that he greatly desired that at this Vatican Council it should be defined that the Church is infallible not only in dogmatic definitions, but also in dogmatic facts, in the canonization of saints, and the approbation of religious Orders. But as now there was question of defining the infallibility of the Pope before the infallibility of the Church had been dealt with, the formula said more than ought to be said.26In other words, the intention of the second draft was neither to affirm nor deny the Pope's infallibility in the secondary matters. But the objection of Senestréy and Manning was that such a formula would create a misleading impression: if the Council limited itself to defining only the Pope's infallibility in matters of revealed truth, to be held as de fide, then "it would be commonly taken that only such definitions de Fide are infallible".27 In the light of subsequent experience, this objection can be seen as prophetic. Even though, as we shall see, this second and more 'liberal' draft was subsequently rejected precisely because of these conservative Fathers' misgivings, noted theologians after the Council continued to say that the definition of 1870 guarantees infallibility only for de fide definitions. We can imagine how much more confusion would have ensued if the more restrictive formula had been made dogma!
The Roman Pontiff, when he speaks ex cathedra, that is, when, exercising the office of pastor and teacher of all Christians, he defines with his supreme apostolic authority a doctrine concerning faith or morals to be held by the universal Church (doctrinam de fide vel moribus ab universa Ecclesia tenendam definit), through the divine assistance promised him in St. Peter, is possessed of that infallibility with which the divine Redeemer willed his Church to be endowed in defining doctrine concerning faith and morals: and therefore such definitions of the Roman Pontiff are irreformable of themselves and not from the consent of the Church.31The text itself, illuminated further by the history of its earlier drafts, thus leaves it established beyond dispute that this dogma does not specify only points of revealed truth, to be accepted by divine faith on pain of heresy, as the object of papal infallibility.
According to Catholic doctrine, the infallibility of the Church's magisterium extends not only to the deposit of faith but also to those matters without which that deposit cannot be rightly preserved and expounded.37The Council did not define this point of doctrine (or any other point, for that matter) as a new dogma of faith. Nevertheless, since the teaching had already long been proposed as at least theologically certain (and possibly even revealed) throughout the universal Church, its inclusion in a Dogmatic Constitution of an Ecumenical Council simply underlines the fact that it is infallible by virtue of the Ordinary Magisterium. In short, Vatican II did in a real sense complete the work of Vatican I: it clarified that the infallibility of the Church in regard to the secondary truths is itself one of the secondary truths necessary for guarding and expounding the deposit of faith. As such, Catholics are bound to accept it with "ecclesiastical faith" (not "divine faith") as certainly and irreformably true. That is, we accept it not as having been revealed by God himself, but by virtue of our faith in the Church's power to guard and expound revelation accurately and reliably, because of the divine assistance He has promised her.
All Catholic theologians completely agree that the Church, in her authentic proposal and definition of truths of this sort, is infallible, such that to deny this infallibility would be a very grave error. A diversity of opinion turns only on the degree of certitude, i.e., on whether the infallibility in proposing these truths - and therefore in proscribing errors through censures inferior to the note of heresy - should be considered a dogma of faith, so that to deny this infallibility to the Church would be heretical, or whether it is a truth not revealed in itself but one deduced from revealed dogma and as such is only theologically certain.We must note carefully what Gasser is not saying here. He is not saying that the proposed dogmatic formula intends to leave undecided the question of whether or not the Pope is infallible in defining the secondary truths as well as formally revealed truths. The question which is "to be left in the state in which it presently is" is only whether or not this secondary infallibility is de fide or "merely" theologically certain. In either case there is certainty and the obligation on all Catholics to hold firmly that the Pope is infallible in defining the secondary doctrines necessary for guarding and expounding the deposit of faith.
Now, since what must be said about the infallibility of the Pope in defining truths is completely the same as what must be said about the infallibility of the Church defining, there arises the same question about the extension of pontifical infallibility to those truths not revealed in themselves but which pertain to the guarding of the deposit of faith. The question arises, I say, as to whether papal infallibility in defining these truths is not only theologically certain but is a dogma of the faith, exactly the same question as has arisen about the infallibility of the Church. Now, since it has seemed to members of the Deputation, by unanimous agreement, that this question should not be defined, at least not now, but should be left in the state in which it presently is, it necessarily follows, according to the opinion of the same Deputation, that the decree of faith about the infallibility of the Roman Pontiff should be seen in such a way that there is defined, as far as the object of infallibility in definitions of the Roman Pontiff is concerned, that there must be believed exactly the same thing as is believed in respect to the object of infallibility in definitions of the Church.39
that the very same thing must be confessed about the object of infallibility when the Pope is defining as must be confessed about the object of infallibility when the Church is defining. These two parts always have to be taken together if the true meaning of our definition is to be grasped.45The whole purpose of this change from the more liberal second draft - that is, the deletion of references to de fide beliefs, and the definition of papal infallibility directly and exclusively in terms of the Church's infallibility - was to make the defined dogma scrupulously impartial and 'open-ended' regarding the point which Gasser said was for the time being to remain undecided. That is, his meaning is that, if it should subsequently be defined to be a part of revealed truth (to be held de fide) that the Church is infallible in defining the secondary truths, then it will come to follow from the (already promulgated) dogma of papal infallibility that the Pope's power of defining the secondary truths is also de fide. If, on the other hand, the Church's infallibility in these matters is not in future made a dogma of faith, then it will still remain theologically certain; and in that case it will follow from the dogma of papal infallibility that the Pope's infallibility in defining the secondary truths is also known with theological certitude. Here are Gasser's own words (with emphasis added):
(I)n respect to those things about which it is theologically certain - but not as yet certain de fide - that the Church is infallible, these things are also not defined by this decree of the sacred Council as having to be believed de fide in respect to papal infallibility. With the theological certitude which is had that these other objects, apart from dogmas of the faith, fall within the extension of the infallibility which the Church enjoys in her definitions, so, with that same theological certitude, must it be held, now and in future, [i.e. from the moment this schema on papal infallibility becomes dogma] that the infallibility of definitions issued by the Roman Pontiff extends to these same objects.46Two other passages from Gasser's relatio make it still more indisputable that the formula was officially understood to include the secondary truths under the guarantee of papal infallibility, and not only de fide definitions of revealed truth.
But, most eminent and reverend fathers, this proposal simply cannot be accepted because we are not dealing with something new here. Already thousands and thousands of dogmatic judgments have gone forth from the Apostolic See; where is the law which prescribed the form to be observed in such judgments?47(The context makes it clear that, by the expression "dogmatic judgment", Gasser here means any infallible definition having to do with dogma, not only with dogmas in the strict sense, because he notes in the same paragraph that the Council is proposing to define that "the dogmatic judgments of the Roman Pontiff are infallible"; and as we have seen, a central point of the whole relatio is that the new formula being presented to the Fathers does not limit papal infallibility to dogmas in the strict sense, i.e., points of revealed truth.) In other words, Gasser was able to assert in passing - that is, as something which did not need arguing and would be taken for granted by his audience - that there had already been "thousands and thousands" of infallible definitions issued by former Popes! Even allowing for the fact that he doubtless did not intend to be taken quite literally here, and meant only to make the point that "a great many" such definitions were ex cathedra, it is obvious that he cannot have had in mind only solemn definitions of revealed truth, such as Pius IX's definition of the Immaculate Conception a few years previously. There have in fact been only a few such definitions. So Gasser obviously meant to include the many papal definitions of secondary truths, including censures less than heresy, as genuine ex cathedra, infallible definitions. In line with this, the noted dogmatic theologian J.M. Hervé, in his standard work, specifies all eighty of Pope St. Pius V's censures against the errors of Du Bay (DS 1901-1980) as infallible definitions, as well as all the errors condemned by Pius IX in the 1864 encyclical Quanta Cura.48 The conventional modern view that ex cathedra definitions are "extremely rare"49 is thus at variance with the Vatican I relator's view of the matter, and is evidently based on the falsely restrictive presupposition which Gasser and the entire deputation de fide went to such pains to exclude.
It is obvious from the many exceptions that this word is an obstacle for many of the reverend fathers; hence, in their exceptions, they have completely eliminated this word or have substituted another word, viz., 'decree', or something similar, in its place, or have said, simultaneously, 'defines and decrees,' etc. Now I shall explain in a very few words how this word 'defines' is to be understood according to the Deputation de fide. Indeed, the Deputation de fide is not of the mind that this word should be understood in a juridical sense (Lat. in sensu forensi) so that it only signifies putting an end to controversy which has arisen in respect to heresy and doctrine which is properly speaking de fide. Rather, the word 'defines' signifies that the Pope directly and conclusively pronounces his sentence about a doctrine which concerns matters of faith or morals and does so in such a way that each one of the faithful can be certain of the mind of the Apostolic See, of the mind of the Roman Pontiff; in such a way, indeed, that he or she knows for certain that such and such a doctrine is held to be heretical, proximate to heresy, certain or erroneous, etc., by the Roman Pontiff. Such, therefore, is the meaning of the word defines.51Gasser's words are so clear here that further comment on my part would be superfluous.
Major: Whatever is true regarding the object of the Church's infallibility in doctrinal definitions is also true regarding the object of papal infallibility: (de fide, as a result of the 1870 dogma of papal infallibility).Obviously the conclusion can only be as strong as its weakest premise, so the conclusion cannot be de fide. It follows that the precise censure to be attached to denial of the conclusion - that is, denial that the Pope is infallible when defining doctrinal truths necessary for religiously guarding and faithfully expounding the deposit of faith - is not heresy but error. (This is the qualification given by theologians to opinions which contradict truth which is certain, though not revealed.)
Minor: The Church is infallible in defining the secondary doctrinal truths: (theologically certain, by virtue of its constant teaching by Popes and Bishops throughout the world as definitely to be held, and by virtue of the fact that they have sometimes defined such truths under pain of anathema when gathered in Ecumenical Councils. - Cf. Lumen Gentium 25).
Concl: Therefore, the Pope is infallible in defining the secondary doctrinal truths: (theologically certain, as the logical conclusion of the two preceding premises, and now also taught explicitly by the magisterium since Vatican Council II).
Now what was understood by "matters of morals"? It was a very wide understanding indeed. "Matters of morals" included not only what was directly revealed by God, but also the natural law, and the specific, concrete decisions which the Church had to make on moral matters for which an answer was not found in revelation. That the matters of morals were interpreted thus broadly can be seen by looking at two of the major theologians present at the Council itself. The Jesuit John Baptist Franzelin (1816-1886) he1d that the natural law was included under "matters of morals" (cf. his Tractatus De Divina Traditione et Scriptura, 4th ed., Rome, 1896, p. 112, "tum leges practicae (et in his etiam lex naturalis scripta in cordibus hominum ratione utentium ....")... Another Jesuit, Joseph Kleutgen (1811-1883), a philosopher and theologian, went to Vatican I as the theologian for Konrad Martin of Paderborn, and was the official presenter to the Deputation de fide of the draft chapter of the proposed dogmatic constitution on the Church. In his remarks at the time, Kleutgen set forth the position that holds that "matters of morals" include particular and specific moral decisions for which "an answer cannot be found in revelation itself" (cf. Mansi, 53, 327, #4 ...)56O'Connor also gives a more detailed quotation of Kleutgen's address to the deputation de fide. The reader should keep in mind that, although this was not an official or authoritative intervention in itself, it is supremely relevant by virtue of the fact that Gasser obviously had theologians like Kleutgen in mind when he told the assembled Fathers that "matters of faith and morals" in the definition is to be understood in the normal ("very well known") sense which is familiar to "every theologian".
As far as the extension of infallibility and the "matters of morals" was concerned, Kleutgen said: "What we have said generally about the doctrine of faith, must be especially considered in the discipline of morals. The condition of human life is so various and multiform that innumerable questions arise about morals for which we find no answer in revelation itself. And nevertheless, the Church in her judgment has defined many of these questions, affixing to these evil opinions the censures about which we have spoken....For, if the Church in proscribing opinions is able to err, what follows except that it would be able to happen that all the faithful would be compelled by the Church, under severe edict and the proposed penalty of excommunication, to embrace errors which corrupt faith and morals?" (Mansi, 53, 327).57Kleutgen's argument reaches the heart of the whole question of infallibility. The reason it was possible to define ecclesia1 and papal infallibility as revealed truth nearly nineteen centuries after revelation itself ceased is, of course, that this was not really a new doctrine. Centuries before the word "infallible" appeared in the Catholic theological vocabulary in the Middle Ages, the reality expressed by that word had been implicitly taught and claimed every time the Church condemned certain doctrines absolutely and obliged the faithful absolutely to accept others. Anyone who (rightly or wrongly) insists that someone else accept his view of something absolutely and irrevocably, on his authority, is implicitly claiming that there is no possibility of his being in error, i.e., that he is infallible in regard to that matter. The unspoken major premise of Kleutgen's argument above is that Christ promised the Church his unfailing presence and assistance by the Holy Spirit until the end of time, that the gates of hell would never prevail against her, so that she would be able to lead humanity to salvation by teaching all nations "all things that I have commanded you" (Matt. 28:19-20 etc.). However these promises would fail if the Church could ever came to bind all her children to embrace errors which corrupt them, leading them away from sanctity and salvation. But since the Church has in fact bound her children definitively in many non-revealed moral matters, and since Christ's promises cannot fail, it follows logically that she must be infallible in such matters. In a word, the extent of the Church's infallibility can be determined by seeing what she has in practice bound her children to accept as certainly and irrevocably true.
Many Protestants have been fearful of papal arbitrariness, of an imposition of a temporally-conditioned belief upon all, of a limiting of the open-endedness of God's truth, and of an attribution to the pope (or to the Church) of an infallibility which belongs to God alone. Each of these fears, it seems to me, has had some basis in the popular manner of presenting infallibility. I acknowledge that the existence of such fears was one of the key factors that led me to rethink the whole question from a Roman Catholic viewpoint.59But this "popular manner of presenting" the dogma, which Chirico has felt led to "rethink", is simply the universally-accepted, natural and self-evident meaning of the dogma itself - unquestioned by all Catholic theologians for a century before Chirico did his "rethinking". The whole idea of a binding and definitive judgment - a definition which is "to be held" (tenendam) by the whole Church - obviously involves the possibility that some such definitions will "impose" on some Catholics a belief which hitherto went against their own private judgment. The Protestant "fears" referred to by Chirico are nothing other than that old fundamental Protestant principle of private judgment, by which the last word in deciding the true meaning of Christ's revelation always stays with the individual believer, never with any higher Church authority. This principle is utterly destructive of all Catholicism. If someone asks, "But what if some Pope in future gets up and declares in a solemn, formal, binding way some wild idea that has nothing to do with revealed truth?", then the correct response is definitely not to say that in that case the rest of us could know that it was not truly an ex cathedra statement, and so would not be obliged by the Vatican I dogma to accept it. The correct response is to assure the "fearful" questioner that such a thing could never possibly happen, and indeed, that to understand and accept the Vatican I dogma aright means to believe with divine faith that "by the divine assistance promised to the Pope in blessed Peter, no successor of Peter will ever be permitted by God to plunge the Church into such a calamity. Let the last word in this section be given to a far better theologian than Chirico, J.M. Hervé:
It is also up to the Church to decide how far her infallibility extends: otherwise there could never be any certainty as to whether, in defining something, she had transgressed the limits of her magisterium. In that case infallibilty would be placed in grave peril, and the whole of religion would turn out to be placed in doubt. From this it follows that, if the Church declares that something pertains to her magisterium, or proposes it as requiring the assent of faith (credendum), such a decree is to be held as infallible.60
The conclusions at which the Commission arrived could not be considered by Us as manifesting the force of a certain and definitive judgment (vim iudicii certi ac definiti prae se ferrent), dispensing Us from the duty of examining personally such a grave and momentous question (quaeque Nos officio liberarent, tam gravis momenti quaestionem per Nosmetipsos consideratione expendendi).75Already the implication is completely clear: the Commission could not produce a statement with "the force of a certain and definitive judgment", but the Pope can and will give such a judgment after having "personally examined" the matter. The Holy Father then formally announces his intention (still in article 6) to hand down the long-awaited judgment in this present document. His solemn words are usually diluted or weakened in vernacular translations. The following is an accurate rendition of this key passage:
Wherefore, having carefully pondered the documentation placed before Us, having most diligently examined the matter in mind and spirit, and after having raised ceaseless prayers to God, We now resolve, by virtue of the mandate entrusted to Us by Christ, to give Our reply to these grave questions.76Article 6 thus makes manifest the Pontiff's intention to give, in this document, a "definitive" teaching on birth control - one handed down with no less than divine authority. It is worth remembering that the "mandate" from Christ referred to here is specifically his teaching authority, not merely the governing authority by which the Pope can make disciplinary decisions. Pope Paul has just asserted in article 4, "It is in fact indisputable, as Our predecessors have many times declared, that Jesus Christ, when communicating to Peter and to the apostles His divine authority, constituted them as guardians and authentic interpreters of all the moral law."77
In conformity with these landmarks in the human and Christian vision of marriage, we must once again declare (iterum debemus edicere) that the direct interruption of the generative process already begun is to be absolutely rejected (omnino respuendam) as a legitimate means of limiting the number of offspring - especially direct abortion, even for therapeutic purposes.It is worth noting that the language used here is very strong. The key verb, edicere, is used only for important and binding official decisions. The most authoritative Latin-English dictionary (Lewis and Short) shows that practically all usages of the word in classical Latin were for judgments and ordinances of the Senate and other public authorities. The entry says: "of magistrates: declare, publish, make known a decree or ordinance, etc., hence to establish, decree, ordain by proclamation. Respuere is also a very forceful word for "reject", its literal and original meaning bearing overtones of contempt: "to spit out" or "spit back". The Pope clearly meant to use the word as a synonym for damnare ("condemn"), since after the first use of respuere for abortion, he says that sterilization (which would here include contraceptive pills to the extent that they produce "temporary" sterilization) is "equally to be condemned". Damnare is about the strongest verb of disapproval which exists in Latin. Finally, the word omnino ("absolutely", "totally", "entirely"), which is used in the first paragraph of the definition, is certainly intended to apply equally to the verbs of condemnation in the second and third paragraphs, as is shown by their respective first words, Pariter and item. Pariter means "likewise", "equally", "in the same manner" and in this context - a list of several related affirmations - so does item. Lewis and Short give as the first meaning of item: "implying comparison - just so, in like manner, after the same manner, likewise, also (cf. ita, pariter, eodem modo)".
Equally to be condemned (Pariter ... damnandum est), as the Church's Magisterium has repeatedly taught, is direct sterilization, whether of men or of women, either permanent or temporary.
Similarly to be rejected (Item ... respuendum est) is any act which, in the anticipation or accomplishment of conjugal intercourse, or in the development of its natural results, intends - whether as an end to be attained or as a means to be used - to impede procreation.81


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'Zen Yang, Dude:' Why MBAs Need to Be BilingualFrancesca Di Meglio
As an undergraduate, Scott Goldman would walk around Tufts University with a whiteboard so he could constantly practice writing Chinese characters. An international affairs major, he later studied at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and now works for the school in Shanghai. Goldman says foreign language skills are becoming critical for B-school grads, citing as one example the Chinese search giant Baidu, where Mandarin is all but required. He expects that to be true of other Chinese companies that are increasingly a draw for U.S.-based business students.
Indeed, more people think that a foreign language is an essential tool in the business student's toolbox. An online poll conducted by the Economist has gathered 1,544 responses, with 73 percent saying it's important to learn a new language at business school.
Recruiters are urging schools to pay more attention to language skills as their employers eye new markets, says Jacqueline Wilbur, executive director for undergraduate and masters programs at MIT Sloan School of Management. A foreign language, when relevant to a student's greater career goals, can be a real asset, she says. Sloan students who want to pick up another language can take MIT courses as electives.
Among the employers urging schools to do more is General Electric. Chris Thomas, who manages GE's Experienced Commercial Leadership Program, which places new recruits in rotations all over the world, says candidates who speak more than one language are "attractive and more marketable." Business schools are directing students to their universities' language offerings and enhancing global immersion trips with language study, he says, and for two years GE has offered its own training when necessary.
"There's a growing need to understand and relate to customers and partners in a language that they are comfortable speaking," says Thomas.
Without foreign language skills, business students might find their careers restricted. At Procter & Gamble, language skills are required for a large number of roles in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the U.S., says Scott Isenhart, North American talent supply leader. "Being fluent in a foreign language is a definite plus," he says.
Despite the growing recognition that language instruction is important for business students, programs that actually bake it into their own curriculum are rare. European schools typically require fluency in at least one foreign language, but that's rare in the U.S., where the Thunderbird School of Global Management is one exception.
So should you give up your dreams of becoming chief executive of a multinational because you're not fluent in a foreign language? Not quite, says Goldman.
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Are you an Austin* cyclist who has received a traffic ticket while riding your bike? Are you a local cyclist who hasn't been ticketed, but would like to know how to avoid getting one, and become more skilled at riding in traffic?
The Austin Cycling Association offers one of the few Defensive Cycling courses in the nation. Since July of 2010, in conjunction with the Austin Municipal Court and The Center for Cycling Education, we have been offering an option to cyclists that has been available to drivers for years - having a traffic ticket waived in exchange for taking part in some valuable, effective training. (* Some other jurisdictions outside of Austin accept completion of this course for ticket deferrals. Ask at your local courthouse.)
With this course, you will meet the requirements to dismiss your traffic ticket, have your fine waived (but not the court fee) and keep the offense from being applied to your driving record. Whether you are new to cycling, or an experienced rider, you will also take away valuable techniques for increasing your safety and comfort in traffic. Through the training, you will learn the laws that apply to you, helping you avoid a ticket in the future.
Cost: $35 / Time: 3 hours
These courses are open to any cyclist, not just ones who have received a ticket. Not only will applying this training help prevent you from getting a traffic citation, but the techniques you learn will increase your comfort and safety on the road. Valuable for experienced cyclists as well as beginners.
Here's how you can take part in this 'ticket deferral' option
- Complete and submit a Deferred Disposition form through the Austin Municipal Court, along with the payment of the court fee ($113) and any other associated charges.
- Sign up for the online course.
- Complete the course with a passing grade. Your certificate will be mailed to you.
- On receiving your certificate, you can either mail it, or take it in person, to any location of the Austin Municipal Court.
Additional information regarding the Austin Municipal Court's procedures and requirements for bicycle violations can be found on the Court's website.
This online course is provided and taught under license by The Center for Cycling Education.


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Now once again coming back from ptr I want to state something blatantly obvious (and use word of the day: blatantly) - resto druids got insanely good synergy in their talents that you would think the priests have had half on half placed in disc and holy.
But to keep if quick - clearcast talent available for all specs, +10% healing for ALL spells not 2x 10% healing for a set amount of spells and up to several added effects to different spells - not to mention talents with relevance. Also no cd on their Flourish that almost can keep a raid up (together with rest of their spells).
Now I know this is more or less useless hopelessness, but really... how can their class developers manage to create trees like this and still fumble so much in the dark when it comes to fx. priests?


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The Juneau School Board, meeting Tuesday for the first time with its four new members, unanimously directed the administration to continue to prepare a bid to run the statewide correspondence school.
The state plans to close Alyeska Central School at the end of June and has invited Alaska school districts to submit bids to run it.
The deadline to submit bids is Nov. 14. State Department of Education officials said they would not disclose how many bids the agency has received so far.
The Juneau School Board plans to vote at its Nov. 4 meeting on whether to submit a bid. Meanwhile, the board and the Juneau Assembly may meet on Oct. 29 to discuss the proposal and other issues, Superintendent Peggy Cowan said.
Some parents and staff at Alyeska have applied to four districts to be accepted as a charter school. The districts then would submit the charter plan as their bid.
The Yukon-Koyukuk School District has accepted Alyeska's application and will bid to run the school, its officials have said. Juneau is considering doing the same. The other two districts, Wrangell and Delta-Greely, haven't decided, Alyeska staff said.
Alyeska, which now has the equivalent of 540 full-time students, employs about 25 people in Juneau. Nearly a fifth of its students are from Juneau, as well.
If the Juneau School District runs Alyeska, the teachers unions for Alyeska and the district will have to merge, said Alyeska teacher Cecilia Miller. Among the issues are where to place Alyeska's teachers on the salary schedule, what seniority they would have when layoffs are considered, and what their rights would be to transfer to other schools when there are openings.
The Alyeska staff also would have to work out how to run the school 12 months a year, which parents have come to expect, under the Juneau School District's 182-day teachers contract.
Kevin Hamrick, a negotiator for the Juneau Education Association, the teachers union in the Juneau School District, said the issues could be worked out and Alyeska would be beneficial to the district.
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Baron's Brain: The New "Mark Of The Beast"
During Bush's most recent romp through the red states he paused to help model the new and improved symbol of the Devil. That's right, the now infamous "W" will replace the worn, yet long feared, "666" as the true and uncontested "mark of the beast." When asked why he supported such a bold move Bush responded, "I already think I'm God, I might as well be Satan, too!"


text: Picked up some new bindings today while I was picking my boat up from the doctor(had to replace the fuel sending unit). I am totally stoked about them. Typically I'm a Hyperlite guy, but as soon as I tried these on, I was hooked. They're the 2011 Ronix Reliks. Everything I was looking for in a binding. My previous bindings, Hyperlite 3DS, were too stiff(that's what she said) and too heavy. And super tall. These Reliks are much shorter, offer a lot more flex, and are easy to get into. I could never get into my 3DS unless I used shaving cream. Not an issue anymore. Can't wait to ride them(that's what she said).


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Caki Wilkinson, winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in poetry, will read from her work Thursday at 7 p.m. at Dishman Art Museum lecture hall at Lamar University, 4400 MLK Boulevard in Beaumont.
Wilkinson is a graduate of Rhodes College and the Johns Hopkins University Writing Program, later earning a Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati. She is creative writing programs manager for the Sewanee Writers' Conference at Sewanee: The University of the South, where she is a visiting instructor of English.
The University of North Texas Press honored Wilkinson's collection, "Circles Where the Head Should Be," with the 2010 Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, named after the acclaimed Houston-born poet (1924-1998). As part of the prize, the volume was published in 2011.
In addition, Wilkinson earned a 2008 Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship and a $15,000 prize from The Poetry Foundation and also took top honors in The Atlantic magazine's 2008 Student Writing Contest for poetry.
Her poems have appeared in The Atlantic, Poetry, Yale Review, Southwest Review, online at Poetry Daily and elsewhere.
Copies of "Circles Where the Head Should Be," will be available for sale and signing after the reading. The book is priced at $12.95.
Additional information about the reading is available from R.S. "Sam" Gwynn, professor of English, at (409) 880-8575.


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This week, Sonny (Freddie Smith) looks to be headed for a major confrontation with his husband Will (Guy Wilson), as Will's expose' on Paul Narita (Christopher Sean) is published, and as Sonny is on the road to recovery from his emergency surgery after being stabbed!
In the newly released promo for NBC's Days of our Lives, the way the teaser is edited, Sonny says to Will (while his husband is at his bedside), "Someone was having an affair with Paul Narita … YOU!"
Will the truth finally come out as to what went down between Paul and Will? What will happen when Paul and Will face the consequences what they have done to Sonny? Teasers reveal that Will's life is about to implode.
Is this the end of WilSon … for now? Watch the promo below, which also contains Aiden (Daniel Cosgrove) and Hope's (Kristina Alfonso) showdown!
Then, weigh-in on what you hope will happen to Sonny and Will … and if you think Aiden was being set-up by his ex-wife?


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If you're a fan of ABC's 'Happy Endings', which returns tonight for its season three premiere (spoiler: it's hilarious), you'll want to bookmark this video of them doing a live show at UCB Theatre in Los Angeles to watch when you have a free hour. The stellar cast, along with a bunch of the Happy Endings writers, Kat Dennings, and Fred Savage, were on hand.
The entire hour is pretty funny, but you'll want to stick around to see Eliza Coupe, who plays Jane, do her impression of Claire Danes as Temple Grandin as Carrie Mathison, which, as Uproxx points out, "is something I didn't know I needed in my life, and now I'll never stop thinking about it. Cry face of joy."


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Floods sweep across Kutai Kartanegara
The Jakarta Post
The Jakarta Post
Thousands of homes and public facilities in Tenggarong, the seat of Kutai Kartanegara (Kukar) regency in East Kalimantan were inundated on Sunday.
"Let us pray together so that the floods quickly recede in Kukar," Regent Rita Widyasari said.
Kukar administration spokesman, Dafip Haryanto, said the flood was caused by heavy rainfall in the upstream area of Mahakam River that coincided with high tidal waves at sea.
"This caused the water to be retained and flooded the city," he said, adding that the Kukar Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) had handled the situation.
"We recommend people monitor the conditions [as of it may get worse]."
In April, floods inundated 18 villages in the Tabang district, some 10 hours by speedboat from Tenggarong, some areas recorded water levels up to three meters in height.
Water from Mahakam River's upstream area also flooded other low-lying districts such as Kembang Janggut, Kota Bangun, Muara Muntai, Muara Wis, Kenohan, Muara Kaman, Sebulu as well as Tenggarong Kota and Tenggarong Seberang.
Despite of rising water levels, residents remain in their stilt-houses and have prepared wooden planks to escape to the roof.
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- jtchicago2
Treason & Tyranny
Recent events indicate that the Obama administration and ultra-leftist elements currently in elected office are stretching the bounds of power in an attempt to transform or 'change' our nation in a dramatic shift away from Constitutional law and our Republic political structure.
The radical extremists specialize in political action geared toward undermining our existing system to replace it with a new structure that attempts to focus total power within the federal government entity.
Their plan is simple:
Marginalize the current system, our constitution, our laws, and the people that support them.
Attack the system, constitution, laws and the people that support our Republic.
Leverage the complicit media elements to achieve the above and to promote discussions of the dismantling of our constitutional laws and individual rights.
Abuse power and test the limitations of our system through executive order, lies, deception and intimidation.
Trajectory for conflict: This administration is pushing for total control by the federal government and to weaken individual liberties and constitutional law. This administration's plan is air tight. We will either cave to the current demands of confiscation of liberty, or the administration will push hard enough to drive the country into a constitutional crisis and potential conflict. Either outcome works in the strategic scheme to the benefit of this administration's goals. We can expect that before the end of this administration's term, we will have either a constitutional crisis (conflict between certain states and the federal government); or we will see an increase in civil disobedience protests or a rise in incidents of real conflict between the people and the government.
Realignment of the paradigm: This administration and its propaganda machine (media), has successfully taken the national dialogue high ground. By stating in political palatable terms that resonate in familiar tones, this administration has promoted radical, anti-constitutional policies that are extreme. They have attacked all that disagree. The new acceptable norm is the growth of the all powerful federal government at the expense of individual liberty.
Our society has a political cancer called progressivism. But it is really beyond progressivism. The current administration by use of executive orders and continuing the anti-constitutional policies of prior administrations is reaching beyond the executive power afforded by our constitutional republic.
I am concerned that this will all have an unfortunate outcome.


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Check out Ruck's POF campaign:
He did this with a $2.75 payout. Not too shabby! I've personally never heard Ruck bragging about how much $ he's made with us, which goes to show that the most successful people remain that way by keeping things to themselves.
Come to think of it, the only thing I've heard him brag about, is how he found his current lady on our site in less than a week! You can certainly take her out to a nice dinner with POF monies eh Ruck?


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The game is basically fine. It oozes personality with a distinctive aesthetic that's serviceable at worst and compelling at best. It boasts some clever twists and well-done mysteries. It's also a bizarre mishmash of mechanics, some of which work and some of which don't (the "Re: Action" system is flat-out the worst attempt at conversation branching I have ever seen in a game) featuring paper-thin characters and a bevy of plot holes. (There are also a few moments that are shockingly insensitive or offensive, but that's another story.) It borrows heavily from influences including Ace Attorney, Zero Escape, Persona 4, and Battle Royale, but almost always in shallow ways that fail to emulate what made them great. The end result is entertaining, flashy, and kind of dumb.
[Gamasutra:] A lot of the characters fit into really strong stereotypes. The concept of being "The Ultimate" whatever means they stand out as stereotypes. Can you talk about why you went in that direction?
[Game Producer Yoshinori Terasawa]: What were we thinking about? It's hard to answer that! [laughs] The scenario writer, Kazutaka Kodaka, he's the one who basically thought of those stereotypes, and he created those characters. He's the one who thought it up. When I spoke to Mr. Kodaka, I requested that he make [the player character] Makoto as non-special as possible, and make the other characters stand out in their own way a lot, and that's why there's this balance. That's how Mr. Kodaka was able to create these characters.
Unlike a lot of other visual novels, there are a lot of other gameplay elements such as free exploration, and the trials having multiple different gameplay elements. Did that grow from the story or did those ideas come first?
YT: It was originally a basic visual novel, but visual novel games are not that popular in Japan anymore, either. So we figured that if Dangan Ronpa were to be just a visual novel, it would not be as popular we wanted it to be, these days. So that's why, in order to show that the game is really interesting, we decided to add a lot of different features -- after the scenario was written.
—Christian Nutt, Dangan Ronpa: Death, stress, and standing out from the crowd
Still, there's a ton of potential here. If they've learned from their missteps, the sequel could be amazing. So we just have to wait for the Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair reviews, right?
Well, here's the problem. The English-language outlets that cover these kinds of games tend to love them rather unconditionally.
"Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is easily one of the most intriguing games I've played in quite some time. It's as if Persona and Phoenix Wright got together and had a little demon spawn that I didn't want to put down -- no matter how disturbing it can be at times. For fans of adventure/visual novel games, this is an easy must play on Vita this year. But it's also a great entry for those who tend to find this type of game a little on the slow side and well worth the time."
—Wesley Ruscher, Review: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
"It's a seductive mystery with a winning cast, a handful of great surprises and an undeniably appealing tawdriness at its center. The cast is great, the voice acting is strong, and the writing is bizarre in a very good way. The court battles have a dizzying momentum."
—Kirk Hamilton, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc: The Kotaku Review
"Danganronpa's exactly the sort of thing I've come to expect from Sony's handheld in recent months: a memorable, stylish and effortlessly cool experience of the kind you simply don't get on any other platform. It's a brilliant game, a wonderfully crafted murder mystery, and one of the most engaging stories I've had the pleasure to plow through in recent months."
—Pete Davison, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Vita Review: Don't Despair
"If anyone ever again argues with me that games can't hold literary merit, I'm going to point them to Danganronpa. . . . Danganronpa is ultimately the richest game narrative I've experienced in some time, and it's a game I'm going to need to play through a couple of times to fully comprehend its full value as a work of storytelling. . . . [T]he game is the greatest melting pot of philosophical concepts that I've come across in a game to date. . . . In short, Danganronpa is a strong contender for my favourite game ever."
—Matt S., Review: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (Vita)
And so on and so on. Even the reviews that admit the game isn't perfect tend to only complain about minor details:
"Danganronpa isn't without flaws: It desperately needs an option to turn off the back touchpad during the trial scenes, panning around a room can at times be awkward due to the set camera angle, and with as much voice acting is present in the game, I would love to have had every line of dialogue voiced. Yet those are small bumps along what's otherwise a fantastic (and fantastically twisted) trip through a tale of despair and hope. If titles like Gravity Rush and Tearaway are reasons to own a Vita for any standard gamer, then Danganronpa is a must-have for those of us fueled by a love for experiences a little less ordinary."
—Eric L. Patterson, EGM Review: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Danganronpa is exactly the sort of game the gaming literate should like. Its unique aesthetic makes it feel like the work of an auteur. While most of what's in it is recycled, there's nothing else out there with this particular combination, so it feels like it's full of bold experiments. It's loaded with references to games you already like and it's from a developer known for quirky titles. It has many, many words and some intelligent plot twists. It's even got an unnecessary Japanese title (the title means "Bullet Refutation"; they easily could have translated it to "Bullet Points").
If your favorite games aren't all named "Call of Duty" and none of them are playable on an iPhone, then Danganronpa slides in alongside games like Shovel Knight, Super Meat Boy, and Psychonauts as a symbol of everything good about videogames. But the problem is that these aren't just symbols - they're games, too, and imperfect ones. Shovel Knight is too punishing for its steep difficulty curve. Super Meat Boy lost sight of its own admirable design goals and its levels got too big. And Psychonauts... okay, Psychonauts was really good. The Meat Circus level was awful, though.
I'm not supposed to say these things. Not if I want to be seen as a "core" gamer who loves indies and innovation. Most reviewers won't say them either. (Except for the Meat Circus thing. It's okay to hate the Meat Circus.) And most reviewers aren't saying the bad things that there are to say about about Danganronpa either, so how can I trust them to tell me whether Danganronpa 2 is any better?
I did find one, though.
"[Danganronpa] happily follows in the genre's footsteps--sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. If you're looking for a narrative-driven experience unlike just about anything else out there, Danganronpa delivers handsomely and weirdly. . . . As far as entry points go, Danganronpa is a great one, even if 999 and VLR are better games. If you like what you see here, more strangeness awaits you. Danganropa's tongue-twisting sci-fi (or is it?) narrative will have you constantly second guessing, and while the game-y parts aren't its strongest point, they work well enough."
—Patrick Klepek, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Review
Patrick Klepek gives Danganronpa a very even-handed review, listing out both its strengths and weaknesses and arriving at the conclusion that the game is flawed but worthwhile. I trust this. I'm looking forward to seeing what he thinks about Danganronpa 2.


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Catholic Ceremony: Hyatt Key West and St Mary Star of the Sea Church
Posted 08 January 2010 - 05:24 PM
I'm posting this info because I wasn't able to find much on Key West weddings, especially Catholic ceremonies, so I hope this may help a few of you.
Ok, I am from MI and extremely unorganized so ORIGINALY I planned to get married in the Dominican Republic and pick package A, B or C and be done with it.
Unfortunately I found out (in Nov 2009) that my Catholic ceremony in the Dominican Republic would NOT be legally recognized in the States (unless you get married in a civil ceremony in the States beforehand…which is not condoned by the Roman Catholic church. A Catch-22 for sure). Since getting married before I got married sort of defeated the purpose, so I decided to get married in the US.
I had my heart set on a destination wedding and decided on the southernmost point in the US, Key West. I contacted the only Catholic church on the island: St Mary Star of the Sea. It's picturesque and it was featured in a James Bond film. Kathy is the wedding coordinator and she's SO SO sweet and very helpful. I was told that in order to reserve my date I have to:
1) Get permission from the priest at my local parish (thankfully I was already a member)
2) Ask my priest to send a letter of permission/ request to the archdiocese in Miami, FL
3) Take the required Pre-Cana classes
4) Submit a donation (recommended: $500)
After I squared that away, I hunkered down to find a resort for my reception. My requirements:
1)Modern, updated rooms
2)Near Duvall Street (the tourist-area that has lots of nightlife)
3)Reasonably priced
Most resorts in Key West offer wedding packages that include a ceremony site on the resort grounds and a catered reception to follow. I tried to book the Casa Marina in Key West. They required a $2000 site fee (pretty much every place requires a site fee). I informed them that I don't need a ceremony site and they weren't willing to budge on the $2000 which is a PITY since I had 20 confirmed guests (read: 10 rooms staying 4 nights at $300+/night= $12,000 + in lodging), so I looked at Southermost Resorts and Hyatt Key West Resort. Both contacts were very nice and were willing to work with me on the site fees, but I just LOVE the Hyatt's updated d©cor – really modern and clean – and I can't express how beautiful the reception location is: it has an outdoor patio that wraps around building and the inside is gorgeous. But the real kicker was AVA, the wedding coordinator. Talk about a can-do person! She has held my hand every step of the way and worked within our budget to create a menu and that's way nice (and it even includes a cake by Key West Wedding and Specialty Cakes - Key West Cakes - Key West Florida
1)she worked with us and central registration to get us a multi-room discount (if we booked a certain number of nights, they provided a discount that is 47% off the regular rate!)
2)she worked out a menu that was within our budget (make sure you ASK her – don't get discouraged by the prices you see online!)
3)offered suggestions for vendors
I hit her with all of this at the last minute and I am SO happy with my experience so far. I HIGHLY suggest that anyone having a wedding in Key West consider the Hyatt Key West.
I'm getting excited – FINALLY! My wedding's in 5 weeks and I just have to work on getting a dj – ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED! I'll post more info as it comes and I am more than happy to answer questions and give more detailed information/ pricing and contact phone numbers.
hyatt key west: Key West Weddings- Hyatt Resort & Spa- Key West Florida Wedding, Destinations
saint mary star of the sea: Saint Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Parish
Posted 05 September 2010 - 06:54 PM
Hi there!
I am newly engaged and beginning my planning. I read your forum and I am in the same spot you were. My fiance and I were originally looking into DR because it is affordable and easy. After realizing a few things we realized DR is not the way to go for our wedding. We are planning a trip to Key West the end of this month to look at the Hyatt, Southernmost & the Westin for our reception. I want to get married in the church but thought it was crazy to ask people to fly down from Brooklyn, NY to see us not get married on a beach.
I was thrilled when I read your post! I see that your wedding date has passed! I hope it was everything you've dreamed of and more! Would you have any advice or suggestions for my Key West wedding?
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