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Last week, The Catholic Key Blog reported on the relationship between Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good chair Elizabeth Frawley Bagley and the Obama campaign. That report showed that Bagley is a major DNC fundraiser, a member of the Obama campaign's national finance team, and was a coordinator of Catholic outreach for the campaign. This despite CACG's continued insistence that it is a non-partisan Catholic social justice group.
Our Sunday Visitor mentions our report in its March 8 issue (subscription only) and gets this response from CACG's executive director Alexia Kelley:
Alexia Kelley, executive director of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, says that it was no secret that Bagley was a big Democratic fundraiser before the election in November, noting, "it was already out there in many stories that she was this Democratic fundraiser." She said that Catholics in Alliance also has Republicans on its board, including former Vatican Ambassador Thomas Melady (1989-1993 under President George H.W. Bush).
But her statement is not true. There are 11 voting members of CACG's board and Ambassador Melady is not one of them, according to their website. He is listed as one of 40 people on an advisory council to the group.
Six of the 11 voting members of CACG's board were donors to the Obama campaign. Four have no record of federal campaign contributions and one gave a small donation to a Democratic candidate in the past. None are identifiable with the Republican party or Republican candidates as Ms. Kelley told OSV.
Along with Bagley, board members who donated to the Obama campaign are Melba Novoa, Alfred Rotondaro, Stephen Schneck, Mark Tuohey and major donor to the DNC and pro-abortion candidates Agnes Williams.


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(CNN) -- Someone put a toxic knife in the hearts of Auburn University football fans who learned Wednesday that the landmark live oaks at Toomer's Corner have been deliberately poisoned and may not survive.
The university in eastern Alabama confirmed a herbicide commonly used to kill trees and brush was deliberately applied in lethal amounts to the soil around the two 130-year-old oaks on the edge of campus, next to downtown Auburn.
"There is little chance to save the trees," the university said in a statement.
Auburn University said it learned that a January 27 caller to "The Paul Finebaum Show" in Birmingham claimed to have applied the herbicide.
As a precaution, 33 soil samples were taken the next day and were sent January 29. The expedited, final results that came back February 11 showed the levels as a "very lethal dose," according to the school.
Crews quickly ordered activated charcoal to absorb the herbicide and block its progress, university spokesman Mike Clardy told CNN Wednesday evening.
The caller claimed he poisoned the trees in late November or early December.
For generations, fans of the orange and blue have thronged to the trees (named after a historic drugstore at the opposite corner of the intersection) after football victories, tossing toilet paper rolls across the tree's limbs. The latest celebration was after the Tigers defeated Oregon for the national championship on January 10.
"It is the heartbeat of the place on weekends," said Clardy.
Within 90 minutes of the press release going out, about 200 concerned students gathered at the oaks, throwing toilet paper and chanting school cheers.
"It's a criminal act," city of Auburn Police Chief Tommy Dawson, a lifelong resident of the city, told CNN Wednesday evening. "It makes you sick to your stomach to what appears to be over a football game [for someone] to poison a living tree."
Dawson was mum on details of the investigation, but said it was a top priority and he had assigned several detectives. He would not comment on whether there were any suspects, but did say there has been no arrests.
His department also serves as the police force for the university.
When asked about the call to the radio show, Dawson said, "I think it's something we want to look at."
The website of the Paul Finebaum Radio Network on Wednesday posted the audio and transcript of the call from an "Al from Dadeville."
"Let me tell you what I did the weekend after the Iron Bowl [the annual Auburn-University of Alabama game]. I went to Auburn, Alabama because I live 30 miles away," the caller said.
"And I poisoned the two Toomer's trees."
He indicated he used Spike 80DF.
"They're not dead yet, but they definitely will die," the caller said, saying he didn't care if his actions were against the law.
"Al" ended his call with "Roll Damn Tide," according to the show transcript.
Auburn defeated Alabama 28-27 in Tuscaloosa on November 26, 2010.
The university learned the herbicide is Spike 80DF, or tebuthiuron, and is manufactured by Dow Chemical.
According to the Dow website, Spike is used for long-term brush and broadleaf weed control, notably along fence rows. It usually is applied by spraying.
Auburn University, which maintains the oaks, does not use Spike, according to Clardy.
A representative from Dow Chemical is advising the university on removal procedures, and expert horticulturalists are also being consulted, according to Auburn.
Samples were sent out of state because of small fire that occurred at a lab on campus.
Scott McElroy, an assistant professor of agronomy at Auburn, told "The Paul Finebaum Show" Wednesday that the herbicide has proper uses, but the application on the live oaks was "evil." According to Auburn, even a normal application is enough to kill the trees.
"We are assessing the extent of the damage and proceeding as if we have a chance to save the trees," said Gary Keever, an Auburn University professor of horticulture and a member of Auburn's Tree Preservation Committee. "We are also focused on protecting the other trees and shrubs in Samford Park. At this level the impact could be much greater than just the oaks on the corner, as Spike moves through the soil to a wide area."
University President Jay Gogue asked members of the Auburn Family to "continue to be 'All In' in upholding its reputation for class" and not allow anger to be expressed inappropriately, the university said.
The Toomer's oaks have faced threats before, but nothing so lethal.
In 2009, the university shored up their limbs, expanded their roots area and replaced brick with concrete so water would flow in a healthier manner, Clardy said.


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Baroque 'n' Roll with Marina & the Diamonds and Hasan Hejazi
Baroque Mayfair's music series continued apace last night with an exclusive Hoxton Gin sponsored showcase by Marina and the Diamonds – featuring six songs from her album Electra Heart, including chart topper Primadonna and culminating in new single debut How to be a Heartbreaker. But Baroque wasn't just a dramatic backdrop for the set. Marina's best friend and celebrity favourite fashion designer Hasan Hejazi (Jessie J, Kylie Minogue, Leona Lewis) also designed three dresses for her to wear at the event – and all were inspired by the venue.
Said Hejazi: "Baroque is all about over the top luxurious gorgeous textures and gold swirls which I translated into fashion and used an amazing London based embroiderer Hawthorne & Heaney for the metal work"
"Hasan's fabrics and designs lend themselves really well to Baroque's luxurious aesthetic," Marina told us, "it's all 1940's gangster and the dress is an homage to that."
Showstopper was a Jessica Rabbit style column in burgundy silk with pneumatic embellished corset. A meeting at Hasan's London College of Fashion graduate show two years ago led to Marina wearing a Hejazi creation (a blue corseted sequin leotard with a sheer dress) at the 2010 NME awards and the two been friends ever since – bonding over fashion, music and expresso martinis.
How To Be A Heartbreaker' was written by Marina and produced by Dr Luke, who has previously worked with Rihanna, Katy Perry and Jessie J. Previous acts to perform at Baroque since its launch last month have include The Kills, Marc Ronson, Delilah and The Noisettes.


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At Teachers College, the study of policy extends far beyond the classroom. Graduate students from across the College and Columbia University have organized a forum, the Policy Student Network (PSN), for sharing their academic and professional interests and organizing events that enrich their education.
The Policy Student Network plays three important roles in the policy experience at Teachers College:
- It provides a vehicle for the exchange of information and ideas among policy students from diverse disciplines, programs, and schools;
- It provides opportunities for students to actively shape policy-related activities
- It provides opportunities for faculty-student discourse around policy issues of importance to the Columbia community.
The PSN provides an informal forum for sharing thoughts, policy experiences, internships and job opportunities, course advice, and recent work. It is in these capacities that the PSN links students to one another and to policy activities that transcend the formal educational experience. Furthermore, because the Network includes Columbia social work, public affairs, and arts and sciences graduate students among its ranks, the PSN listserve is a valuable resource for the continued interdisciplinary contact among diverse policy students.
Spurred by its second role, the PSN regularly sponsors activities that enrich the academic experience of students on campus. The PSN invites distinguished professors from TC and other institutions to share their expertise at Brown Bag Luncheons. In March 2007, the PSN, along with the Politics and Education program held a Graduate Student Education, Politics, and Social Policy Conference to foster intellectual exchange among students and faculty from Teachers College and Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, School of Social Work, and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The PSN also organizes alumni panels for academic and professional advice, as well as networking, and broadcasts opportunities for internships, fellowships, and jobs.
Launched in 2006 by graduate students and the Office of Policy and Research (OPR), the PSN currently counts almost 500 students in its membership. The PSN is run by two student coordinators, Michelle Hodara and Vikash Reddy, who organize events and strive to strengthen the links between TC and other Columbia University graduate schools in order to expand the interdisciplinary offerings available to policy-inclined students.
For more information about the PSN, or to be added to the PSN listserve, contact Vikash Reddy at email@example.com.


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Now that we have highlighted the requirements of peer observation in regulation and in your CEP, listen to an educator share her experience of moving beyond compliance to transforming instructional practice.
As you watch the video, note what the teacher values about participating in peer observation.
Consider the benefits of peer-to-peer observation and feedback.(download here).
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Arizona Sen. John McCain partnered with liberal Democrat Ted Kennedy in 2005 to offer illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship, then allied with border security hardliners during a tough 2010 Republican primary. "Complete the danged fence," McCain cracked in a widely publicized television spot.
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Less well known is the equally dramatic pivot by Marco Rubio, from 2010 candidate who dismissed McCain's proposal as "amnesty," to U.S. senator who on Monday championed reforms McCain said had "very little difference" from his previous plan, which became the blueprint for failed legislation in 2006 and 2007.
During a March 28, 2010 Fox News debate against then-Gov. Charlie Crist, Rubio said: "He would have voted for the McCain plan. I think that plan is wrong, and the reason I think it's wrong is that if you grant amnesty, as the governor proposes that we do, in any form, whether it's back of the line or so forth, you will destroy any chance we will ever have of having a legal immigration system that works here in America."
In a CNN debate on Oct 24, 2010, moderator Candy Crowley asked, "So your plan is that you're going to close the borders, get the electronic system, fix the legal system, and then do what?" Rubio responded: "And then you'll have a legal immigration system that works. And you'll have people in this country that are without documents that will be able to return to the -- will be able to leave this country, return to their homeland, and try to re-enter through our system that now functions, a system that makes sense…Earned path to citizenship is basically code for amnesty."
The legislation Rubio backed Monday requires illegal immigrants to pass a criminal background check, hold down a job, pay fines and back taxes, learn English, and go to the back of the line – just like previous proposals. "It is not going to be an easy process, but it's certainly going to be a fair one and a humane one and one that speaks to our nation's legacy, both as a nation of laws, but also as a nation of immigrants," Rubio said at the Capitol Hill press conference. As details of the new legislation are still emerging, it's unclear what Rubio sees as the differences between it and past proposals.
What is apparent is that the turnaround by the potential presidential contender reflects a changing political calculus. Rubio went from longshot to rock star in the tea party-dominated 2010 campaign in part by running to the right of the moderate governor. Now, after two years of burnishing his conservative record in the Senate, immigration reform offers one of the nation's most prominent Hispanic Republicans an opportunity to show leadership and substance as he positions himself for a possible White House bid.
"He took a right turn on immigration but he's slowly coming back to where I think he's naturally oriented," said Marshall Fitz, direction of immigration policy at the liberal Center for American Progress. "He understands he has to be a player on this issue."
As Rubio's star power and skills at framing the immigration debate begin to lure conservatives to the table, the potential for a breakthrough in Washington is already overshadowing his previous policy shifts.
As a state lawmaker in 2003 and 2004, he co-sponsored bills to give college tuition breaks to illegal immigrants. As Florida House Speaker in 2008, half a dozen bills that aimed to crack down on illegal immigrants fizzled on his watch.
But during the 2010 campaign, Rubio towed the anti-amnesty line demanded by the conservative base of his party. He even argued the U.S. census should count "only legal citizens" because including illegal immigrants would "actually incentivize politicians to perpetuate our broken immigration system by rewarding states with large illegal immigrant populations with a louder voice in Washington." The statement drew rebukes from fellow Republicans and led Rubio to clarify that only legal residents should be counted.
In Oct. 2011, when Texas Gov. Rick Perry's advocacy for in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in his own state had, in part, cost him the lead in the Republican primary, Rubio retreated from his previous support for such tuition breaks. "As a general rule, people in the United States who are here without documentation should not benefit from programs like in-state tuition,'' Rubio said at the time.
Rubio's approach changed again a few months later when he began touting legal status for illegal immigrants who attend college or join the military, and he criticized members of his own party for using "harsh and intolerable" rhetoric. "He put his neck out there," said Jennifer Korn, executive director of the center-right Hispanic Leadership Network. "In watching him and seeing how he operates, I think he does things because he believes in them, not because they are politically expedient."
But at the same time he was promoting an alternative to the DREAM Act, Rubio filed a bill that would make it harder for undocumented workers to claim a child tax credit.
"Frankly it was perplexing," Fitz said. "I don't know if it was an effort to inoculate him from attacks on the right, but it didn't make any sense to take food off the table from U.S. citizen kids in the name of trying to make life harder for their undocumented parents."
Rubio never produced DREAM Act legislation, and his level of engagement wasn't completely clear until two weeks ago, when he outlined his principles in an interview with The Wall Street Journal: tighter border security, temporary work visas for low-skilled workers, more visas for high-skilled workers and an arduous way for illegal immigrants to earn citizenship. That's roughly the same McCain plan Rubio once said he opposed. Yet immigration advocates who have criticized Rubio's policy shifts in the past are holding back as his presence gives new momentum to their longtime goals.
"Politicians do change their positions, for better or worse," said Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. "It happened with John McCain, who moved to the right in an election and is now back in the mix, and it's happened with Rubio. People take their journey -- what I am more concerned about is their destination."


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CAIRO (AP) — With nearly all votes counted, Egypt's former military chief has won a crushing victory over his sole opponent in the country's presidential election with more than 92 percent of the votes, according to results announced by his campaign Thursday. The interim president said turnout reached 46 percent.
But the turnout figure raised questions of the vote's integrity after the state — following widespread reports of empty polling stations during the scheduled two days of voting — abruptly added a third day to beef up the numbers.
The victory by retired field marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was never in doubt, but the career infantry officer had pushed for a strong turnout to bestow legitimacy on his ouster last July of Egypt's first freely elected president, the Islamist Mohammed Morsi.
In a statement Thursday, Interim President Adly Mansour declared that legitimacy had been achieved. He put turnout at 46 percent and said it showed "a broad consensus" for the political roadmap transition set by the military after Morsi's ouster. He said the voting was free of any "serious misconduct."
That rate is lower than the 52 percent turnout in the 2012 presidential election that Morsi won — and lower than the bar el-Sissi himself set in his last campaign interview, when he said he wanted more than 40 million of the country's 54 million registered voters to cast ballots so he can "show the world" his support.
Islamists, once the country's most powerful political machine, had called a boycott of the vote, as had some more secular "revolutionary" youth groups.
Still, el-Sissi can genuinely claim he comes into office with an impressive vote tally — his campaign said he won 23.38 million votes. That's significantly more than the 13 million that Morsi won two years ago. His sole opponent, leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi, received 736,000 votes, less than the 1.03 million invalid ballots cast, according to the figures.
After polls closed, several thousand el-Sissi supporters celebrated in Cairo's Tahrir Square, birthplace of the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. They waved Egyptian flags, el-Sissi posters and danced. There were similar celebrations in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria and a string of other cities north of the capital and in the oasis province of Fayoum southwest of Cairo.
But the unusual measures taken by the government to drum out voters raised skepticism over the extent of support.
The first day of voting saw reports of a meager 15 percent turnout, prompting officials to declare the next day a public holiday to get people to the polls, while threatening fines on those who didn't vote. On the extra, third day, bus and trains were free to allow people to return to home districts and cast ballots.
Sabahi protested the extension, saying it aimed to "distort" the will of the people. His campaign pulled its representatives from polling stations Wednesday in protest against what it called a campaign of intimidation and arrests of its campaign workers.
Sabahi's spokesman, Hossam Moenis, told ONTV network that a member of the campaign has been referred to a military tribunal.
"We are digging a channel for democracy ... in the face of an undemocratic project," he said. "The same mentality that we thought we managed to topple on Jan. 25, is back and ruling," — a reference to the start of the 18-day, anti-Mubarak uprising in 2011.
Critics said the lack of enthusiasm at the polls was in part due to apathy among even el-Sissi supporters, knowing that his victory was a foregone conclusion. Others said it showed discontent with el-Sissi, not just among his Islamist foes but also among a broader section of the public that believes he has no concrete plans for Egypt's woes and fears he will return Egypt to the autocratic ways of Mubarak.
The measures to increase voter numbers were also startling because el-Sissi was not expected to need any help. The government and media had been whipping up adulation for el-Sissi over the past 10 months, depicting him as a warrior against terrorism and the only person able to tackle Egypt's economic problems, high unemployment, inflation and instability.
El-Sissi's supporters in the Egyptian media have been in a panic the past two days. Political talk show hosts and newscasters urged people to vote, warning that otherwise the Brotherhood will be encouraged to step up its challenge to the new government.
Prominent TV talk show host Amr Adeeb angrily said that by not voting, Egyptians might as well "go directly to the prison and return Mohammed Morsi to power."
U.S.-based Democracy International, which had been observing the vote, said the extension "raises more questions about the independence of the election commission, the impartiality of the government, and the integrity of Egypt's electoral process." It largely ended its observer mission as scheduled after two days, though European Union monitors stayed on.
Only a handful of voters, or none at all, were at polling centers in multiple districts toured by Associated Press reporters Wednesday. At some, music played and kids painted Egyptian flags or el-Sissi's name on their faces but only the occasional voter drifted in. TV images beamed from more than a dozen locations across Egypt showed similar scenes.
"People are lazy, depressed or frustrated. They knew what the result will be even before the vote," said Amani Fikry, a manager in a privately-owned company. "They are exhausted from three years of constant troubles."


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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (November 19, 1917 – October 31, 1984), daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, became the first woman Prime Minister of India in 1966. She died while Prime Minister, assassinated by her security guards at her residence.
- We admired Dr. King. We felt his loss as our own. The tragedy rekindled memories of the great martyrs of all time who gave their lives so that men might live and grow. We thought of the great men in your own country who fell to the assassin's bullet and of Mahatma Gandhi's martyrdom here in this city, this very month, twenty-one years ago. Such events remain as wounds in the human consciousness, reminding us of battles, yet to be fought and tasks still to be accomplished. We should not mourn for men of high ideals. Rather we should rejoice that we had the privilege of having had them with us, to inspire us by their radiant personalities.
- "Martin Luther King", speech at the presentation of the Jawaharial Nehru Award for International Understanding to Coretta Scott King in New Delhi, India (January 24, 1969). Published in Selected Speeches and Writings of Indira Gandhi, September 1972-March 1977 (New Delhi : Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1984. pp. 312-313).
- "The great need in the world today is for for nations to so define their national interest that it makes for greater harmony, greater equality and justice and greater stability in the world" 1980 to Roy Jenkins [1]
- " We believe in freedom with a passion that only those who have been denied it for so long can understand it, We believe in equality because so many in our nation have been denied for so long, we believe in human worth for that is the basis for all our current work in India" Jul 29 1982 [2]
- A nation's strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
- "Preface, 4th Five Year Plan", Government of India Planning Commission (July 18, 1970).
- India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
- Press conference, New Delhi (October 19, 1971), quoted in "Indian and Pakistani Armies Confront Each Other Along Borders" by Sydney H. Schanberg, The New York Times (October 20, 1971), page 6C.
- There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.
- Letter to Richard Nixon (December 15, 1971) [1].
- All unprejudiced persons objectively surveying the grim events in Bangladesh since March 25 have recognized the revolt of 75 million people, a people who were forced to the conclusion that neither their life, nor their liberty, to say nothing of the possibility of the pursuit of happiness, was available to them.
- Referring to the fundamental rights of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" in the United States Declaration of Independence in a letter to Richard Nixon (December 15, 1971).[2].
- Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
- Address to Parliament announcing the victory of Bangladesh-India Forces over the Pakistan Army, (December 16, 1971) [3].
- You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
- "The Embattled Woman Who Relishes Crosswords, Children...and Running India," People (June 30, 1975).
- My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.
- Quoted in "Indira's Coup," profile by Oriana Fallaci, The New York Review of Books (September 18, 1975).
- To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.
- "True Liberation Of Women", speech, inauguration of the All-India Women's Conference Building Complex in New Delhi, India (March 26, 1980). Published in Selected Speeches and Writings of Indira Gandhi, September 1972-March 1977 (New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1984, pp. 417-418).
- I am not interested in a long life. I am not afraid of these things. I don't mind if my life goes in the service of this nation. If I die today, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.
- Speech, Bhubaneswar, India (October 30, 1984), quoted in "Death in the Garden," by William E. Smith, Time (November 12, 1984) [4].
- I am here today, I may not be here tomorrow. But the responsibility to look after national interest is on the shoulder of every citizen of India. I have often mentioned this earlier. Nobody knows how many attempts have been made to shoot me, lathis have been used to beat me. In Bhubaneswar itself, a brickbat hit me. They have attacked me in every possible manner. I do not care whether I live or die. I have lived a long life and I am proud that I spend the whole of my life in the service of my people. I am only proud of this and nothing else. I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.
- In:Selected Speeches of Indira Gandhi: January 1, 1982-October 30, 1984, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1986, p. 495.
- Her last speech delivered in Orissa on 30 October 1984 before she was assassinated.
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- She's a real prune—bitter, kind of pushy, horrible woman.
- Jacqueline Kennedy in 1964, as quoted in Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy (2011).
- The question before us is not whether Indira Gandhi should continue to be prime minister or not. The point is whether democracy in this country is to survive or not. The democratic structure stands on three pillars, namely a strong opposition, independent judiciary and free press. Emergency has destroyed all these essentials.
- Sant Harcharan Singh Longowal in: Transforming India, Harvard University Press, 16 September 2013, p. 28.
- She [Mrs Gandhi] has still today overwhelming support in the country. I believe the prime minister of India will continue in office until the electorate of India decides otherwise.
- B.K.Nehru in: 1975: Gandhi found guilty of corruption, BBC News, 12 June.
- Indira is India and India is Indira.
- Sidhartha Shankar Ray in: SACRIFICIAL GOATS SCAPEGOATS and GUINEA PIGs: Misadventures and Misrepresentations, AuthorHouse, 2007, p. 79
- Her ardent follower coined this sentence during Emergency.
- The unceremonious exit of Mr. M.C. Chagla from her Cabinet and the relaxation of the rule prohibiting polygamy among Muslim employees of the Central Government are but two examples of the concessions she [Indira Gandhi] is making to Muslim communalism.
- Hamid Dalwai (Muslim social reformer, thinker, activist) in Muslim Politics, quoted from Elst, Koenraad (2014). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa. p. 363
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- Selected speeches - 'True Liberation Of Women'
- Selected speeches - 'Martin Luther King'
- Selected speeches - 'What Educated Women Can Do'


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THURSDAY, Nov. 10, 2011 (HealthDay News) -- People who have a "mini-stroke" are 20 percent more likely to be dead within nine years than people in the general population, a new study finds.
The risks were most serious for patients older than 65 and for patients with a previous history of stroke and heart problems.
A mini-stroke, or transient ischemic attack (TIA), is a brief interruption of blood flow to part of the brain. Symptoms of mini-strokes may last only a few minutes or a few hours and don't result in long-term disability, but prior research has found that mini-strokes can be warning signs of more serious underlying conditions.
In this study, Australian researchers tracked more than 22,000 adults who were hospitalized with a TIA between July 2000 and June 2007. The patients (median age was 78 for females and 73 for males) were followed for a minimum of two years (median 4.1 years) and their death rates were compared to the general population.
One year after hospitalization, 91.5 percent of the TIA patients were still alive, slightly lower than the 95 percent expected survival in the general population. After five years, about 67 percent of the TIA patients were still alive, compared to an expected 77 percent in the general population. After nine years, the death rate for TIA patients was 20 percent higher than would be expected in the general population.
Older age was associated with an increased risk of death among TIA patients. Compared to patients younger than 50, the risk of death was nearly eight times higher for those aged 75 to 84 and 11 times higher for those 85 and older. The impact of TIA on death rates of people was "minimal."
The study also found that congestive heart failure was associated with a 3.3 times increased risk of death among TIA patients, and atrial fibrillation (abnormal heart rhythm) was linked with twice the risk of dying.
TIA patients who'd previously been hospitalized for stroke were 2.6 times more likely to die than those who didn't have that type of medical history. The effect increased over time and peaked at five times more risk three years after hospital admission for TIA.
The study appears in the journal Stroke.
"People experiencing a TIA won't die from it, but they will have a high risk of early stroke and also an increased risk of future problems that may reduce life expectancy," study author Melina Gattellari, a senior lecturer at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, and Ingham Institute in Liverpool, Australia, said in a journal news release.
"Our findings suggest that patients and doctors should be careful to intensely manage lifestyle and medical risk factors for years after a transient ischemic attack," Gattellari added.
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The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has more about transient ischemic attack.


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Here are pictures of the Potato Roast that I made from Miri's blog (which turned out just fabulous) ... the only change I made to her recipe was to first fry the onions and tomatoes in a tsp of oil before grinding them.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
A Tribute...
We recently lost 2 wonderful food bloggers and both losses came as a total shock for me. First, it was Jayasree and now Miri (Raji). I could hardly believe my eyes when I read about this news from several bloggers... Just that weekend I was browsing Miri's blog and made her urulai roast for a friend's baby shower. She exhibited such enthusiasm and energy in all her posts and I particularly loved those that had her baking with her daughter because that is something I enjoy doing with my daughter too... Ever since I heard the news I can't stop thinking about her daughter and what she must be feeling... Miri & Jayasree, you both will be missed very much by all of us.
Posted by Laavanya at 12:29 PM
Labels: Dry Curries, Other Blogs, Potato
6 comments:
It was an unbelievable news for me. Both have won so many hearts virtually, I cannot imagine how the little one is coping....ReplyDelete
A warm tribute for an amazing person.
Let the departed soul rest in peace.ReplyDelete
Potatoes looks amazing..Both the bloggers had their own style and they will be surely missed..But they will be always remembered through their recipes...ReplyDelete
It's been such a shock! Both so wonderful and warm. Will surely miss them..ReplyDelete
They both will be missed.ReplyDelete
Laavanya, yes it so very sad.ReplyDelete
Surely she will remain with us through her recipes and this one looks fantastic.
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AdvancedUse > PbiblxCreateRandomQuote
How to create a Random Quote of the Day file.
This is the end product of a Random Quote file:
It is a simple text file stored in www/random read one random line at a time, each time the page is refreshed.
It could be a file of meaningful verses, external links of the day, church schedules or messages, news feeds. Within the rq placeholder is the file name that you want to read.
Look at some of my example files. It's that simple!
When placed in the rsl placeholder (refreshing Slidy) the page automatically refreshes at 30 sec intervals for a randomized presentation. This can also be html programed via the X=r CGI switch.
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