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Political spectrum
The idea of a political spectrum stems from deliberative bodies in which groups of like-minded men would sit on opposite sides of a chamber, which gave rise to terms like "left" and "right" being attached to the views of the men on those sides.
The earliest known left-right classification was that of the National Assembly in France just before the French Revolution. Members who supported the monarchy, would sit towards the right. Those who had been offended by their own party would frequently stand up and walk over to the other side of the hall in order to make a political statement.
Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. has said the spectrum theory was "adequate to the political simplicities of the nineteenth century, when the Right meant those who wished to preserve the existing order and the Left meant those who wished to change it. But the twentieth century, here as elsewhere, introduced new ambiguities." [1] In modern times, the left emphasizes collective wisdom as a guiding force (see planned economy), while the right emphasizes individual rights.
This is in stark contrast to the erroneous liberal (and Communist) view which associates the "right" with Fascism and the "left" with Communism:
- The rise of fascism and communism illustrated vividly the fallacies of the linear conception of Right and Left. In certain basic respects - a totalitarian state structure, a single party, a leader, a secret police, a hatred of political, cultural and intellectual freedom - fascism and communism are clearly more like each other than they are like anything in between. [2]
The original definition referred to Church and state issues from the late 18th century Enlightenment period. At its root was faith vs. rationalism, or the Church vs. secularism. The so-called "right", defined as "traditional interests" referred to the Church & monarchy who ruled by the divine right of kings, and the so-called "left" constituted secular elements challenging the Church's long-held influence over civil government. These definitions have always been problematic when attempting to assign western notions of "left and right" to societies which traditionally have no conception of separation of church and states, such as in Islam [2] or Czarist Russia.
The monarchy and titled nobility became known as the "right"; this idea however has been disabused in the United States where a landlord class of titled nobles never existed, and in fact is specifically prohibited by the U.S. Constitution. Hence Europeans today, based upon their own cultural idioms and history, have an extremely discolored view of what the "American right" is.
Another common misperception is, while the "right" has become identified with defending and advocating Judeo-Christian values, secular atheist mass movements such as National Socialism are often either mistakenly or deliberately labeled as right-wing. This fallacy has been particularly well illustrated in our own time by examining the modern fascist Ba'athist regimes of Iraq and Syria. Both have their roots in the anti-clerical influences of Western socialism against fundamentalist Islam, and inherently promote "change" against oppressive religious theocracy.[3]
The "left" is often described as advocating "change" of traditional systems and institutions of a society, however the leftist regimes of Cuba and North Korea stoutly resist changes other leftist regimes abandoned 20 years ago after seven decades of stagnation and exploitation of the oppressed common people by a privileged leftist ruling elite.
While the left may challenge the authority, legitimacy and even existence of a supreme power, the right is beholden to traditional faith-based cultural attitudes.
At the time of the French Revolution, when the existing order, or Ancien Regime had been overthrown, the idea of nationalism did not exist throughout most of Europe. During the violent years of 1793 and 1794 in France, a love of the Patrie, or the nation, was cultivated to replace the foundations upon which society had been built under the old order. Under the stimulus of this movement for national unification, Catholicism was faced with the competition of a worship of national patriotism. Nationalism grew out of this new will to construct and shape the political community.[4][5]
This transmutation of a love of God to a love of "the people" as being the basis for a social and political order spread across Europe and other parts of the world during the nineteenth century. In Germany it became a recognition and consciousness of "das volk", later in Russia it was a dedication to the "narodny". By the mid-nineteenth century, Socialism as a doctrine sought to overthrow the existing order of society, the Church and aristocracy, by promoting atheism and nationalism. The basic tenet was to replace the individual's commitment to love and serve God with the individual's commitment to love and serve the collective society.
Socialism has always been authoritarian from its beginnings. It began as a reaction against the classical liberalism of the French Revolution. The French writers who laid its foundation had no doubt that their ideas could be put into practice only by a strong dictatorial government. The first of modern planners, Henri de Saint-Simon, predicted those who did not obey his proposed economic planning boards would be 'treated as cattle.' [6]
Nationalism can be defined as pride in one's native language and culture. Socialist theoreticians, wanting to overthrow the exisitng order, stirred up nationalist resentment among the minorities within the larger German, Russian, and Austro-Hungarian Empires. The reaction among Austrian Socialists was quite different. A solution to the problem of nationalities became policy in Austria-Hungary on two levels: territorial autonomy for territorial minorities, and "personal autonomy" for members of minorities dispersed among peoples of different languages and cultures. Minorities were to be granted the right to have their own schools and their own institutions. Many minorities realized it was better to remain subjects of the supra-national Hapsburg state than to be subordinate to repressive policies and actions of other national groups. Austrian Socialists rejected the idea of national liberation movements and the dissolution of the Hapsburg Monarchy into independent national units.[7]
By the twentieth century, V.I. Lenin insisted on the right of subjugated peoples to break away from the great empires. Once the Bolsheviks were in power in Russia however, any attempt on the part of the subjugated peoples to break away from the Socialist Union of nations was considered counter-revolutionary activity.[7]
Friedrich Hayek of the London School of Economics and Political Science writing in the Spring of 1933 [8] remarked,
|Nothing could be more superficial than to consider the forces which dominate the Germany of today as reactionary — in the sense that they want a return to the social and economic order of 1914. The persecution of the Marxists, and of democrats in general, tends to obscure the fundamental fact that National Socialism is a genuine socialist movement, whose leading ideas are the final fruit of the antiliberal tendencies which have been steadily gaining ground in Germany since the later part of the Bismarckian era, and which led the majority of the German intelligentsia first to "socialism of the chair" and later to Marxism in its social-democratic or communist form.[9]
The left/right scale is a misleading way of comparing political systems. People use the left/right approach out of habit, but it leads to confusion. For example, fascism is often placed on the right and socialism on the left even though fascism and socialism have more similarities with each other than anything that falls between them. Indeed, the left/right scale is just an obsolete reference to the seating arrangement of the French Assembly in the 1790s.[10] In 1970, Denver advertising executive David Nolan invented the Nolan Chart to overcome the inherently illogical weakness of the outdated left/right political spectrum.[11]
The "economic" category includes what you do as a producer and consumer. These are your actions that can be described in money. Examples are earning a wage, buying a car, renting a motorhome.
The "civil" (or personal) category includes what you do in relationships and expressing yourself. These actions are not measured in money. Examples are the way you worship God, or don't; what books or magazines give you pleasure; your personal tradeoffs between today's fun and tomorrow's health. The Bill of Rights is aimed at your freedoms in this category.
Nolan saw how political families can be understood by the degree of individual choice they offer in these categories. You can use this improved way of mapping political thought to better understand your local, national and international political environment.
Left/liberals like personal choice in civil matters and central decision-making in economics. They want government to serve the disadvantaged and promote equality. Left/liberals place high value on good intentions. They accept diversity in social behavior but seek more equality in economics. They work with libertarians in defending civil liberties and with socialists in advancing economic central planning.
Right/conservatives like personal choice in economics and central decision-making in civil matters. They want government to defend the community from threats to its moral fiber. Right/conservatives place high value on laws and legislation. They accept diversity in economics but seek similarity in social behavior. They work with libertarians in defending economic freedoms and with populists in enforcing community standards in social matters.
Socialists and populists favor central decision-making in both civil and economic matters. They believe the needs of the individual are subordinate to the needs of society. They want government to "correct wrongs." While they strongly differ on particular programs, both prefer equality in economic and personal matters.
Classical liberals/libertarians like personal choice in both civil and economic matters. They believe government's only purpose is to safeguard people from coercion and violence. They value individual responsibility and tolerance. Libertarians accept diversity in both social behavior and in economic situation.
Centrists favor selective governmental intervention and temporary affiliations with others. They take a strong stance on few issues, preferring the middle position in most matters. Centrists emphasize practical solutions to current public issues.
Furthermore, the old fashioned left-right model is fatally flawed. The model implies that if you "go too far" (i.e., are consistent) with any political idea, you end up, in some inexplicable way, at totalitarianism or anarchism, or maybe both. Pursue conservative thought to its logical extreme, according to this model, and you somehow end up at fascism, which is national socialism, or white supremacy or some other authoritarian position. If you pursue liberal thought too far, you supposedly end up at socialism or communism. This is inconsistent, and it ignores large philosophical differences between, liberalism and communism, and conservatism and fascism.
- See also: Right-wing politics
In politics, right-wing historically referred to a society run by natural law or tradition. It is generally synonymous with politically conservative beliefs, including economic and social conservatism, and support for a strong military and an active foreign policy. The term "right-wing," as well as "left-wing," came from the French Revolution, a reference to where people sat in parliament, although there was also a theory where the terms originated from the Book of Revelations relating to Jesus transfiguring those on his left side and right side into goats and sheep, respectively.
The term Rightist refers to someone on the 'right' side of the political spectrum. Politics on the 'right' usually imply taking positions in favor of the traditional system of a society, including its traditional values and its traditional ruling institutions. Compare: leftist. Following the left-right political spectrum, a "Right-Winger" could be referred to as anyone who favors having marginally more economic than personal liberties.
It is widely accepted, however, that there is not just one dimension of political thought, so that people can unambiguously be classified as 'right' or 'left'. Nonetheless, the political spectrum theory still has wide currency.
Pejorative usage
Usage of terms like "right wing", "far right", and "ultra-right" by liberals about conservatives is usually intended to conjure up images of fascism and Nazi genocide[12][13][14] (though an objective interpretation of the left-right political spectrum would reveal that the fascist regimes of WWII Europe were closer to the left-wing than to the right-wing). Indeed, some critics openly liken Israel and its leaders to "Nazis", even though Israel is the most democratic country in the entire Middle East.[15] The misapplication of the right wing and far right to that of the Nazis is due to Josef Stalin stating after World War II that Nazis and fascism were "far right" or "right wing" both the paint truly right-wing organizations in a negative light and to deflect any blame from the Soviets regarding similar actions they may have conducted.
In modern politics, the term far-right is used by liberals in their attempt to make conservatives look extreme and unreasonable.
Example usage is, "He's a right-winger!" rather than simply, "He's conservative."
The term is used less frequently by liberals now because it has lost much of its pejorative effect.
Extreme Polarization
Dacher Keltner, assistant professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley, has found that people have a powerful tendency to exaggerate the views of their ideological opponents, seeing, on average, twice as much difference as actually exists. Moreover, he has turned up this "imagined extremism" in a variety of settings, including conflicts over abortion "rights", the interpretation of a racial incident, the attitudes of homosexuals and Christian fundamentalists and the choices of English professors toward use of the "Western Canon" in university classes.
Partisans and nonpartisans in political disputes, Keltner's study finds, seriously overestimate the polarization between the two sides. Although a tendency to demonize one's opponents is not a new understanding, Keltner's work breaks new ground in being able to measure the extent of the effect by gathering hard data on actual versus perceived differences among the parties to a dispute as well as among neutral observers.[16]
- ↑ Not Right, Not Left, But a Vital Center, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., New York Times Magazine, April 4, 1948.
- ↑ The Political Career of Muhammad, Arnold Toynbee, A Study of History Annex II TO III. C. (ii) (b) p. 466.
- ↑ What is conservatism? Mark Richardson
- ↑ John Hall Stewart, A Documentary Survey of the French Revolution (Macmillan, New York, 1963).
- ↑ David A. Bell, The Cult of the Nation in France: Inventing Nationalism, 1680-1800, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001). [1]
- ↑ Road to Serfdom, Friedrich A. Hayek, Reader's Digest Condensed Version, April 1945, pg. 39.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 J. L. Talmon, The Unique and the Universal, Secker & Warburg, London 1965.
- ↑ Friedrich A. Hayek, Memorandum on Nazi-Socialism spring of 1933
- ↑ 'The Road to Serfdom', The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Chronicle Review, Volume 53, Issue 30, Page B4, March 30, 2007.
- ↑ Beyond Left/Right by Marshall Fritz, 1987. Retrieved from lairdwilcox.com 05/25/07.
- ↑ Why did the Advocates create the World's Smallest Political Quiz? Retrieved from theadvocates.org 06/01/07.
- ↑ Williams, Thomas D. (June 24, 2018). Williams: For the Establishment, Anything Not Them Is 'Far Right'. Breitbart News. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ Kassam, Raheem (November 18, 2016). KASSAM: Murdoch's Reporters Smear me as 'Ultra Right' While Happily Working With me in Private. Breitbart News. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ Duke, Selwyn (December 10, 2018). Another Supposed "Far Right" Party Rises in Europe. The New American. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
- ↑ Arabs have full citizenship rights in Israel, even serving as judges and legislators.
- ↑ Patricia McBroom, UC, Berkeley, News Release, 1/4/97, Political attitudes in the U.S. are exaggerated,
according to UC Berkeley psychologist in studies of "Imagined Extremism." SolarGeneral.com; Library
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This thing is wrong on so many levels. Your fingers shouldn't have to work at 6:30am. J-pop should never be played at 6:30am. And there is nothing "perfect" about being woken up by an alarm clock.
Course, that's just my $US0.02. If you're a DDR fanatic and can see yourself enjoying this, rather than smashing it into a million pieces/throwing it out a window, knock yourself out! It's only $US16.


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I can give you personal opinion couched with orthodox understanding.
Take for example Rob's first line of argument in the dialogue I typed up in the first post, where he equates one's personal identity with their immaterial soul. It just hit me yesterday actually, that such an argument has grave implications to Orthodox Christology, for if the human soul is to be identified with one's personal identity, then Christ must have possessed a human person by virtue of his possession of a human soul. So obviously, an Orthodox Christian would not be able to employ this argument simply for the sake of philosophically proving the possibility of a nonetheless Orthodox principle i.e. the continued surivival of one's personal identity after their bodily death.
Well I would say that the soul and personal identity ARE two different things. Yet they are intrinsically united in the actual PERSON.
Example: To progres in your life you can do any number of psychological steps, grow and form relationships, ascend new heights of understanding yourself as a PERSON. "who am I" type stuff.To progress your SPIRIT (soul) you can also do any number of steps. Fasting, prayer, ascetics, pilgrimages. However, you can't say that they are TOTALLY unconnected. Human beings arn't like that. If a spiritual thing happens to you (i.e. miracle) then that type of action HAS to change you as a person. If not for the good, then for the bad. Same thing with personal life. If a personal thing happens to you (like a car accident) then your soul is changed too (you get closer or further from spiritual life by relying on God, etc.)
However when we CHANGE our names, then we are distancing ourselves from ourselves. We are making a fundamental change to WHO WE ARE.
would consider a name to simply be an external reference to our person,
Name changes are never peripheral or merely external (like a color of paint on our skin).
Every name change mentioned in the Bible was made at a point in which someone had their life changed significantly. The name change happened when lowly and tricky Jakub was becoming revered Israel; the name change happened when lowly and dense Peter was really starting to learn to be the leader of the twelve Apostles and let the Holy Spirit speak through him.
I'm a bit confused; are you regarding the terms "personal identity" and "person" to refer to two different things (since you state the former is united with the soul in the latter)? I've been using the terms synonymously. If I have understood you correctly, can you please explain to me what the essential difference between one's person and personal identity is?
That sounds like a good distinction. So we can at least conclude that the nature of one's person and the nature of one's soul, are contingent upon distinct sets of factors (e.g. the nature of one's person is contingent upon external environment factors, such as social context etc.), yet because one's person and soul are intrinsically related, the factors relevant to one ultimately influence the nature of the other (e.g. if the social context involves lots of partying and drinking etc. this will ultimately have a detrimental affect on one's soul).But the essential problem that Pat (our dying atheist friend in the dialogue of the OP) has, is not solved; she wants re-assurance of the possibility that her person will survive, and to accomplish that we must first decide on a definition of what a person is. What do you think of Rob's alternative suggestion? That instead of equating one's person with their soul, that we understand one's person as a stretch of consciousness - consciousness of experiences both past (i.e. memories) and present.We'd have to agree on a reasonable Orthodox definition of the human person before proceeding any further.
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Dr. Davie Jane Gilmour Assumes Chairmanship of the Little League International Board of Directors
Dr. Davie Jane Gilmour Assumes Chairmanship of the Little League International Board of Directors
Becomes First Female Chairman in Program's History
Dr. Davie Jane Gilmour, President of the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, Pa., is the new chairman of the Little League International Board of Directors, it was announced today by Stephen D. Keener, President and Chief Executive Officer of Little League Baseball and Softball.
Dr. Gilmour, the first female to be elected Chairman in Little League's 73-year history, has been a member of the Little League International Board of Directors for six years. She succeeds outgoing Chairman Dennis Lewin of Wellington, Fla., who will remain on the board.
"Davie Jane brings a wealth of expertise and experience to the position of Chairman," Mr. Lewin, who was elected as Chairman in 2007, said. "She is highly respected in her field, and since joining the board in 2006, has provided a profound voice in crafting the future direction of the Little League program."
While Little League Baseball and Softball has included female volunteers since the very first season of play in 1939, girls were excluded from the program as players until 1974. Since then, it is estimated that five (5) million girls have played Little League Baseball and Softball. Today, nearly 400,000 girls play Little League in dozens of countries around the world.
Dr. Gilmour became president of Penn College, a special mission affiliate of Penn State committed to applied technology education, in 1998. She joined the college in 1977 as an instructor and curriculum developer in the dental hygiene program and became its chief academic officer in 1996. She earned Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in health education from Penn State, as well as bachelor's and associate's degrees in dental hygiene from West Liberty State College.
"I have a genuine respect for the role and responsibility of Chairman, and I'm proud to be associated with an organization that plays such a relevant role in the lives of so many children," Dr. Gilmour, who was voted Chairman-Elect in 2008, said. "I see many parallels between the roles of Chairman and college president. In both instances, I am afforded the chance to share in the personal growth of young people, and play a role in their development as they take those fateful first steps into the rest of their lives."
Penn College will mark its 100th anniversary in 2014. The college began as a vocational program established by Williamsport Area School District in 1914. Officially named Williamsport Technical Institute in 1941, it earned a national reputation for partnering with business and industry to educate students in applied technologies. The institute evolved and became one of the state's first community colleges, Williamsport Area Community College, in 1965. A unique affiliation with Penn State, approved by state legislation in 1989, created the Pennsylvania College of Technology.
Today, Penn College is a national leader in applied technology education offering baccalaureate and associate degrees related to more than 100 career fields. It ranks among America's Best Colleges and is considered one of the top 10 public baccalaureate colleges in the north. It is one of the nation's top 100 associate degree producers.
Among her community affiliations and professional activities, Dr. Gilmour has served on the executive committee as chairman of the Williamsport-Lycoming Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, President of the Community Arts Center Board of Directors, Penn College Foundation Board of Directors, Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Corporation Board of Directors, Susquehanna Health System Board, First Community Foundation, and a trustee to the YWCA of Williamsport.
Dr. Gilmour resides in Williamsport with her husband, Fred. Hugh E. Tanner of Houston, Texas, a partner at the Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Litigation Practice in Houston, was voted Chairman-Elect of the Little League International Board of Directors. He will succeed Dr. Gilmour at the conclusion of her five-year term.
From L to R: Dr. Davie Jane Gilmour, Hugh Tanner, Linda North, Kristian Palvia, Janice Christiansen, Darlene McLaughlin
Four new board nominees also were elected during the meeting. Linda North (Peachtree City, Ga.); Darlene McLaughlin (Calgary, Alberta; Canada); and Kristian Palvia (Skovde, Sweeden) are field directors assuming seats, while Janice Christiansen (Bellevue, Wash.) is an at-large election.
The Little League International Board of Directors is responsible for the management of the property and affairs of Little League Baseball and Softball. Little League, founded in 1939 in Williamsport, is the world's largest organized youth sports program, with more than 2.5 million participants in all 50 U.S. states and scores of other countries.
The members of the Little League International Board of Directors are volunteers in this service to Little League Baseball and Softball. They receive no compensation for their dedicated work on behalf of the children of the world.
The Little League International Board of Directors, during its November meeting, elected Dr. Davie Jane Gilmour, fourth from the left in the front row, as Chairman; and Hugh Tanner, first from the left in the second row, as Chairman-Elect. Dr. Gilmore, elected to a five-year term, is the first female to serve as board chairman. The board also elected field directors Janice Christiansen, first from left in front row; Darlene McLaughlin, second from left in front row; Linda North, Linda North, second from right in front row; and Kristian Pavlia, First from right in back row, as new board members.
Officers of the Little League International Board of Directors
- Dr. Davie Jane Gilmour, Chairman, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Hugh Tanner, Chairman-Elect, Houston, Texas
- Stephen D. Keener, President and Chief Executive Officer, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- David Houseknecht, Senior Vice President of Administration and Chief Financial Officer, Muncy, Pennsylvania
- Patrick W. Wilson, Senior Vice President of Operations and Program Development, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Elizabeth DiLullo Brown Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
- Dan Kirby, Vice President of Risk Management, South Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Melissa Singer, Vice President and Treasurer, Montoursville, Pennsylvania
- Lance Van Auken, Vice President and Executive Director of the Little League Museum, South Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Joseph W. Losch, Corporate Secretary, Williamsport, Pennsylvania


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Friday, April 5th at 3:45
Ribbon cutting and unveiling of the heART of Kirksville Legacy Mural
Hundreds of tiles made by community members, dozens of volunteers, the artistice talents of Connie Greenly, and funding from the Travis Freeman Foundation have come together to create the heART of Kirksville Legacy Mural. The ceramic tile mosaic mural is the new front facade of the Kirksville Arts Center at 117 S. Franklin.
Tuesday, April 9th
Kirksville Arts Association Lunch and Learn
Learn about the art of quilting form quilter, Alice Allinson. Alice will show many quilts and share quilting ideas. Lunch is available. Call 660-665-0500 for reservations.
Wednesday, April 10th
Creature Feature
Spring is here and animal babies are everywhere. Learn which ones come from eggs. See what is new in nature at the Missouri Conservation Northeast Regional office. the Creature Feature beginsat 3:30 and is for children ages 7- 12.


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Lamar Smith & House Judiciary Committee Don't Want To Know How Often The NSA Spies On Americans
from the fingers-in-ears-approach dept
You see, that's the problem. The NSA doesn't have to tell anyone -- and whenever officials ask, they're given ridiculous answers, like the claim that it would violate the privacy of Americans to tell Congress how many Americans' privacy the NSA violated. It's stunning that our elected officials -- many of whom don't know themselves what the NSA is doing -- seem to have no qualms passing this update to the bill without even being willing to ask a simple question: how many Americans have been spied on using this regulation?
On the Senate side, as we've noted, Senators Wyden and Udall have been indicating (within the limitations they have, due to security clearances) that the NSA is quite clearly using this law incredibly broadly -- perhaps to the level of scooping up all phone data, which goes way, way, way beyond the text of the law. If some in Congress are so sure that there's no evidence that it's being used to spy on Americans, then have the NSA answer the damn question. But, no, instead, they insist that we just have to push it through, or, as Lamar Smith says, "We have a duty to ensure the intelligence community can gather the intelligence they need to protect our country."
You know who you have an even bigger duty to? The American public. That's who you represent. Not the intelligence community. The failure of our elected officials to give even the most basic oversight to the NSA is astonishing. It's shameful. We all deserve better.


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Kevin Bacon: 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Performance on Tuesday!
Kevin Bacon dons a cool pair of aviators while doing some shopping on Saturday (July 6) in Los Feliz, Calif.
"Thinking this morning about the family's of those 19 Arizona heros.always amazed at people who put themselves in harms way to save others," the 54-year-old actor tweeted earlier in the week after hearing about the firemen who died in Arizona.
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Mark your calendars, Kevin is scheduled to make an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live with his brother Michael Bacon on Tuesday, July 9. The duo is scheduled to perform on the show.


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Judge sentences Louisiana man to 50 years in rape of 5-year-old
Ronald Guilbeaux, 53 (born Feb. 11, 1959), last known addresses 902 Fulton in Beaumont and 450 Ozen St., St. Landry, La., was sentenced Friday Aug. 31, to a term of 50 years in the penitentiary in connection with his July 11, 2012, conviction by a jury of aggravated sexual assault of a child in the 2011 rape of a 5-year-old child at his Beaumont residence.
That jury deliberated for two hours before handing up the guilty verdict, and today Criminal Judge John Stevens pronounced his sentence. Even though the defense presented letters of recommendation from several persons asking for leniency, Assistant District Attorney Pat Knauth told the court that there had been no remorse shown, that the defendant had inflicted serious permanent damage on the young victim's future, and that the protection of the community should be an important factor in pronouncing sentence.
In his sentencing comments, Judge Stevens focused on the vulnerability of the victim and the protection of all children.
Testimony during the trial showed that the 5-year-old victim was dropped off at the defendant's house. He had been dating the child's grandmother, and was supposed to babysit the child while her mother was at work. That evening, the victim complained of genital pain. When her mother questioned her, the child revealed that she had been sexually assaulted by Guilbeaux. The mother immediately called the police and took her child to St. Elizabeth's Hospital for examination and treatment. Medical experts confirmed the child had been sexually assaulted. The child was interviewed at the Garth House where she revealed she not only had been sexually assaulted on July 10, 2011, but also in December 2010.
The victim testified before the jury, and jurors also had an opportunity to review the recorded statement that had been made when first she was interviewed. The victim's mother also testified as to her child's outcry to her, and a medical expert documented the child injuries suffered by the child. The investigating detective from the Beaumont police department also testified as to the inconsistent statements made by the defendant during the course of his investigation.
Guilbeaux will not be eligible for parole until he has served a minimum of 25 years of his sentence.


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I am an animal physiologist, but I also have an extensive background and interest in human physiology, in part, because I completed my graduate (Ph.D) and post-doctoral work at a medical school. I currently teach a variety of upper-level physiology courses including Comparative Animal Physiology, Endocrinology and Endocrine Disruption, and Ecophysiology. I also teach one of our introductory courses for Biology majors, Molecules and Cells, and a course for non-science majors, A Brave New World.
I maintain an active undergraduate research program that is funded through the NH-INBRE program. My students and I are currently investigating whether the common pollutants, pyrene and phenanthrene, are toxic during development. These compounds are released into the environment with the incomplete combustion of organic matter including fossil fuels, wood, and tobacco. They are also present in high concentrations in oil spills. For these studies, we use Xenopus laevis, the African clawed frog, and maintain a breeding colony of these amphibians to generate embryos for our research. Xenopus is an important vertebrate model system for understanding developmental processes including those of humans.
To date, we have found that phenanthrene exposure leads to decreased heart rates and arrhythmias in embryos during certain stages of heart development and that pyrene exposure during early embryogenesis can be lethal later in development. My students are currently attempting to understand the underlying mechanisms for these effect


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Lakeisha M. Mathews, Director, Career and Professional Development Center, University of Baltimore
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In today's microwave culture students have been misguided to believe that great careers are built overnight. It's true, a decade ago a student could find success by merely completing their academic work and showing up in the career center spring of their last semester and still land a great job. However, in today's competitive, fast-paced world, the labor force evolves rapidly and students need more than their degree and a few job-search tips to obtain lasting career success. Today's graduates must embrace life-long learning beyond the classroom in order to reap the benefits of their academic work. Knowing how to develop one's self professionally and identify the best professional development opportunities is the "new" employability skill for graduating seniors.
In some industries, like information technology (IT), employers have made it clear that education alone will not land you a job with their company. Instead, employers are seeking IT candidates with three attributes: experience, education, and professional certifications. Like IT students, all new graduates who want to thrive in their careers will have to identify the attributes employers in their industry are seeking beyond their degree.
Professional development opportunities are plentiful and include: attending conferences, joining professional associations, registering for MOOCs, reading books, receiving mentoring, volunteering, taking assessments, accepting a leadership opportunity, conducting research, etc. Employability skills are not always learned in the classroom. For instance, attending a conference can teach a student how to network and deliver a professional pitch; becoming involved in a professional association can provide an opportunity to build leadership skills; and reading a book about employability skills or biographies of successful individuals can provide examples and testimonies of successful business behaviors.
Students experiencing barriers to employment can also benefit by working with a career adviser or mentor to create an Individual Development Plan (IDP). An IDP is a great goal setting and professional development tool that can supplement academic learning and increase employability skills. By being proactive, students can gain a competitive edge and remain employable throughout their career.


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But for crying out loud, don't have it in February
Quote from: jokabofe on April 13, 2006, 11:56 PMBut for crying out loud, don't have it in February ...unless they have snowmobile express service!
They need to do it in Vegas!
Quote from: Holographic Elvis on April 15, 2006, 12:06 AMThey need to do it in Vegas!I like that idea - I've never been to Vegas, and the evening entertainment would be a hell of a lot more interesting than any parties the fan club could put together.
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Wild finish offsets rare misstep from Cards bullpen
ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals' bullpen has been mainly described this postseason in several colorful ways -- "fire breathing" and "baby faced" being among the more creative.
Other words have come into play as well: unstoppable, unbreakable, unhittable, phenomenal. On Saturday night, however, the relievers were none of that. They were, simply, mortal.View Full Game Coverage
ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals' bullpen has been mainly described this postseason in several colorful ways -- "fire breathing" and "baby faced" being among the more creative.
Other words have come into play as well: unstoppable, unbreakable, unhittable, phenomenal. On Saturday night, however, the relievers were none of that. They were, simply, mortal.View Full Game Coverage
And the Cardinals still won.
On a night when the bullpen wasn't quite as sharp as it had been through the opening two-thirds of the postseason, the Cardinals still came away victorious, 5-4, thanks more to a game-ending obstruction ruling than anything else that usually wins a ballgame. The odd nature of the last moments of Game 3 of the World Series erased everything else that went right -- and wrong -- through the first eight innings, including the usually rock-solid bullpen having a couple of hiccups.
And again, it didn't matter.
"It wasn't necessarily our best outing of the postseason tonight," said lefty Randy Choate, who with 13 years of Major League service time has about 12 more than most of his bullpen mates. "But that's why we're a team. That's why have you position players come out there and get those big hits and come up clutch when maybe your bullpen doesn't come through. Everybody picks everybody up."
In a close game, even a single hit can show up on a reliever's record as a huge flub. The Cardinals' box score shows two relievers with the dreaded "BS" next to their names -- BS, as in blown save. Seth Maness was charged with one after giving up an RBI single to Daniel Nava in the sixth. Maness also induced an inning-ending double play, but unfortunately for relievers, "DP" or "WHWOOAJ" (worked his way out of a jam) doesn't show up next to "BS" on their record.
The other blown save went to a reliever who, impressively enough, has very little experience in that area, despite "save" being part of his job description. Closer Trevor Rosenthal was perfect in four save opportunities this postseason entering Game 3, but he, too, was stuck with the dreaded "BS" next to his name when the two runners he inherited from Carlos Martinez in the eighth inning scored.
Rosenthal recovered in the ninth, fanning two and inducing a groundout, and he earned the win, thanks to the craziness at third base in the bottom of the inning.
"It was a tough inning," Rosenthal said. "Carlos did a great job coming in and battling and giving us a chance. That's all I want to do. The thought is to leave his runs out there and pick him up. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to do that."
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His first postseason blown save and his first postseason win, both coming in his first full season in the big leagues. His composure would suggest he's much older than 23, but that could apply to any number of his teammates who are learning quickly about the difference between normal pressure -- like a one-run lead against a division rival on a Wednesday night in July -- and real, true, often gut-wrenching pressure -- like trying to protect a slim advantage in the late innings in a late October game against the American League's best team.
Yet, this group appears unfazed. Aware, yes. Intimidated? Bah.
"Overall, the way that they've been able to handle some of the struggles has been very impressive," manager Mike Matheny said. "They get back out there and pitch. And just like they've been able to handle the success, too. They've been very even-keeled, very down-the-middle and not going too high or too low all the time."
That can be partly attributed to their cohesiveness as a unit, and with a camaraderie built during their years as prospects coming up through the system. They look to Choate to help them get through the ups and downs of a full season, and other than that, they're just figuring things out, sometimes on their own and more often, together.
"It's awesome to see everybody go out there and do it, and at some point if somebody doesn't get it done, they'll throw it to a guy out there behind him," Maness said.
And a little well-placed cluelessness from time to time can't hurt, either.
"I think we're all just such great competitors, and obviously the talent is there," Rosenthal said. "And I'm starting to believe, maybe, that we're just young and don't realize the stage that we're on. And hopefully we can stay that way; stay locked in and just come every day ready to win."
Or, ready to cash in on a little luck, as they did on Saturday. Two wins away from the finish line, they don't have time, nor the desire, to dissect what went wrong in Game 3.
"We always have confidence that we can get it done," Martinez said. "We always thank God we've done it the whole year. We've got the best bullpen right now. We believe in ourselves as teammates."
Alyson Footer is a national correspondent for MLB.com. Follow her on Twitter @alysonfooter.


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Mom writes he moved his legs and crawled three times back and forth on mat.
The family of a high school student paralyzed after being hit in a hockey game says he has crawled with the help of therapists.
Jack Jablonski's family posted video from last week's session on his CaringBridge website, the Star Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/Q8sq2g). They say he crawled with the help of three therapists at a rehabilitation center in Golden Valley. Jack's mother, Leslie, wrote that her son moved his legs and crawled three times back and forth on a mat.
Jack, a student at Benilde St. Margaret's in St. Louis Park, was paralyzed in late December during a junior varsity hockey game. Doctors said he wouldn't walk again.
In late May, Jack told Twitter followers he had slightly moved his left leg, ankle and finger.


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Angela Joan Diasparra-Elber, a resident of Ossining, died on Thursday, Nov. 9. She was 32.
She was a water treatment operator with Westchester County in Ossining.
Angela was a graduate of Ossining High School Class of 2003 and attended John Jay College in New York City.
Angela was born in Sleepy Hollow on Aug. 18, 1985 and was the daughter of Alonso and Kim (Lobus) Diasparra.
Angela is survived by her husband Joseph; her daughter Keira; her parents Alfonso and Kim Diasparra; her maternal grandmother Joan Lobus; her sister Jamie Diasparra and her niece Harlie Diasparra.
Visiting hours will be held at Dorsey on Sunday, Nov. 12 from 2 p.. to 5 p.m.
The funeral mass will be celebrated on Monday at 10:00 am at St. Augustine's Church, 381 N. Highland Ave., Ossining.
The interment will follow at St. Augustine's Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a scholarship fund in the name of Keira Elber, c/o Kim Lobus.
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Washington: The chairman of the Senate committee with jurisdiction over homeland security says he`s scheduled a hearing for May 23 to review the Secret Service investigation of the Colombia prostitution scandal.
Senator Joe Lieberman tells CNN`s "State of the Union" that he believes the agency has done a thorough job in investigating the incident. But the Connecticut independent also wants to know whether there were warning signs about agents` behaviour.
He also wants to hear what steps are being taken to ensure something similar doesn`t happen again.
Lieberman says the Secret Service director, Mark Sullivan, will be called to the hearing by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.


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AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Hokkaido
Age: 69
Just watched this last night and found it quite enjoyable. It made me think about the changing image of Japan here in the US when the Tokyo Olympics took place. I was about Yuuko's age in 1964 and shared her and her brother's sense of expanding opportunities in a new world order. Sadly the father is too caricatured for me to take seriously. For those who haven't seen it, the second episode of Bartender portrays a much more persuasive dramatization of the conflict between generations over family businesses in the postwar period. (It's one of my favorite single anime episodes of all time.)
I grew up with kids whose fathers had been on ships attacked by kamikaze pilots. I'd seen our soliders, sailors, and marines fight their way across the Pacific against crazed Japanese opponents in reruns of movies like Bataan and Guadacanal Diary. I well remember when "Made in Japan" meant shoddy quality; by 1971 I was driving a Japanese car. The quotation Simon posts from Gordon's history makes considerable sense to me -- the Olympics symbolically represented Japan's return to the world community.
I do have to point to one glaring error in the translation. At the beginning of the show we hear a television announcer recounting the important events of the preceding year, 1963. He clearly mentions the Kennedy assassination; I rewatched the scene a couple of times to make sure. I chalk this up to the fact that few of our fansubbers were even born when JFK was shot, while I was just coming-of-age and lived through that tumultuous decade of the sixties.
|2011-05-29, 21:04
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Join Date: Jul 2010
this series need some love
Very nostalgic.reminds me of my first trip to japan when i was a child to saitama.even both of my parents love the series.
very entertaining and educational at the same.although the voice actors and animation looks clunky at certain times, i still love it.
|2012-03-21, 17:15
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light....
Okay, as a heads up to fellow Showa Monogatari fans - GotWoot just finished ep 4 a little while ago, so previously unsubbed eps will be all they will be cranking out from here on in! Yatta!
|2012-04-05, 14:05
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AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Hokkaido
Age: 69
Is there some reason why the GotWoot releases aren't listed on the AS page for this series?
I just happened to look at the list for March, 2012. There were only 131 torrents listed there for the entire month, and a number of those already have dead trackers! I realize that legal streaming has reduced the number of eligible series dramatically, so I'd really like to see the ones that qualify, like Showa Monogatari, actually appear on the main AS site.
|2012-04-06, 23:03
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
Huzzah - it's back, and I'm blogging it again! Simple as it is, I really enjoy this series - especially when they include the "casual stroll" sequence at the end.
And now at last I know what was happening in "that" scene.
|2012-04-08, 14:48
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Marvellous. I really like the atmosphere of this show and I'm glad to see a 'new' episode come along.
I had to look up Moxibustion, though...
I do love those 'leisurely walks' at the end, too. It's a little travelogue.
|2012-05-07, 06:39
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Join Date: Sep 2006
There's an episode six out there!
Things go wrong for the family business, Kohei and his chums train for the big softball game and it's the worst children's day ever!
I loved the way this episode's 'leisurely walk' put things into perspective, and showed us that businesses like the Yamazaki's still exist in the same area.
|2012-05-08, 20:11
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AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Hokkaido
Age: 69
So what is a hondaratta? I did a little Google searching and found this. From the song I thought they might be singing about riding a Honda scooter. Am i right?
I felt sorry for the Yamazakis; they seem like honorable people who were taken advantage of, though it did seem like the scammer was facing a difficult future. I thought the line about it being better to be cheated than to be a cheat was poignant.
I do wish the father was a more nuanced character, though. He's a bit less explosive than in the early episodes, but still not an especially likeable father. Despite his problems he shouldn't be hitting Kouhei over something like a mother's complaint about her boy being trained too hard. Glad to see Kouhei got a nice, and unexpected, present for Children's Day. (We have a Children's Day in the US, too. I remember seeing it on the calendar in our house growing up. Whenever I'd point out that it was coming up, my mother would say "every day is children's day." I never got a present on Children's Day either!)
You know that the father will not be happy about Yuuko-san having a romantic encounter in the next episode, but good for her! Speaking as a father I could never understand that point of view; I'd much prefer my daughter to be happy and in love. The manga-ka seems to have a serious crush, too. I hope it remains an unrequited yearning for everyone's sake.
The grandmother has been a bitch from the moment she first appeared in the story. Most of the time the oba-san character is a nice elderly woman who's very generous toward her grandchildren. This one is a terror.
|2012-05-09, 23:05
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Seishu's Ace
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
That father is my biggest problem with this show. I know it's depicting a different time, but in any time this guy is a boorish and angry man, and in any time I have little patience for brutalizing children. And the fact that his wife so rarely says a word against his behavior makes it worse.
Apart from this I think this series is very valuable, because shows that delve deeply into the struggles of working-class people to make ends meet are extremely rare. When Kouhei says "the fact that I won't be getting side dishes for dinner is still a shock" it's easy to skim past it, but it's a pretty poignant line and sums up what the show is really all about.
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Move over Balloon Boy: Make way for the Fife and Drum guys
You have to love this lead: "Northern Colorado has its first breakout cable TV stars since Balloon Boy."
It was written by Bob Moore of the Fort Collins' Coloradoan, referring to the Liberty Leaders, a fife-and-drum duo who were regulars at at Northern Colorado Tea Party rallies for nearly two years.
After Moore reported the two had split because of differences in the Larimer County sheriff's GOP primary, the duo appeared last night on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show."
Fifer John Weins of Johnstown supports candidate Carl Bruning, while drummer Mel Hilgenberg of Fort Collins backs Justin Smith.
"Weins wore a Bruning campaign T-shirt and tri-cornered hat for his appearance. Hilgenberg didn't wear any Revolutionary War-era garb because Weins took it back … ," Moore wrote of their TV appearance.
I happened to catch the show while channel surfing (What happened to all those Law & Orders? Where did they go?).


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Complex Chavez Recovery by Stephen Lendman Major surgery for any reason is daunting. Imagine four times in 18 months for the same illness. On December 11, Chavez underwent it to remove cancerous tissue. Malignancy reappeared weeks after examination revealed he was cancer free. Post-surgical chemotherapy, radiation, and other treatment now follows. Hopefully it'll prove effective. He's too important to lose. He's Latin America's most charismatic leader since Fidel Castro. They inspire others to emulate their example. Castro recovered from his own major gastrointestinal surgery. At the time, false reports pronounced him dead or dying. They were little more than wishful thinking. Dark forces wanted him eliminated for decades. Even in semi-retirement they want him gone. He recovered well. It took time. It generally does for people in their 80s. In August, he turned 86. Hopefully he has many productive years ahead. His intellect remains acute. His perceptiveness is keen. His knowledge of vital issues is impressive. His honesty and integrity are impeccable. His forthrightness is noteworthy. He and Chavez mean so much to so many. At 58, Chavez is younger. Hopefully his age and inner strength will bring full recovery. On December 12, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said it began after undergoing six hours of successful surgery. He called the operation "complex." He said "special treatments" are needed. The post-operative process will be "complicated and difficult," he added. Chavez is getting the finest care at Havana's Medical Surgical Research Center (CIMEQ). He's in good hands. It's Cuba's best equipped hospital. It provides world-class treatment. Addressing Venezuelans on national television and radio, Maduro said, "We are talking until dawn about the details of President Chavez's operation. On December 12, Vice President Rafael Ramirez and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello returned home from Cuba. Minister of Science and Technology Jorge Arreaza and Attorney General Cilia Flores remained in Havana. Together with Fidel and Raul Castro, they're monitoring Chavez's condition. Maduro said surgery "was complicated, difficult and delicate, which tells us that the post-operative process is going to be complicated and difficult." "We shall be in regular contact with the medical teams, always with the objectivity which must guide the management of this situation." He added that before leaving for Cuba, Chavez called on Venezuelans "to be serenely prepared to confront these hard, complicated and difficult days which it has befallen us to experience, and they can only be confronted with the unity of the people, the political and social forces of the revolution, and men and women in the street." He urged opposition elements to halt their speculation, lies and vitriol. Referring to Sunday's gubernatorial and legislative elections, Maduro said Venezuelans "are more united than ever spiritually and politically in loyalty to Chavez and our people." During surgery, internal bleeding occurred. It was corrected. Mayo Clinic cancer expert, Dr. Julian Molina, said it's not unusual when surgery to remove malignant tissue occurs multiple times in the same place. On Thursday, Chavez improved. Maduro said his condition changed from "stable to favorable." "That allows us to continue saying that there is growing recovery in (his) situation," he added. Prayer vigils continue for his recovery. Uncertainty prevails. Venezuelans hope for the best. Proper care, love, inner strength, and time are nature's best healers. Hopefully in combination they'll restore Chavez to full health. Venezuelan television aired video opening with him saying "I am no longer myself. I am the people." Venezuelans of all ages followed, adding "I am Chavez." Other programming showed him singing folk songs with supporters and reciting poetry. Venezuelans express justifiable concerns. They pray. They hope for the best. In the fullness of time they'll know. Chavista politician/academic Aristobulo Isturiz said "as we pray, we should be ready to turn our sadness and pain into a force that can mobilize the people." It's unclear if Chavez can return for his January 10 inauguration. Constitutional law requires new elections if he's not back within 30 days. Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said Venezuelans "should be prepared to understand" whatever happens. "It would be irresponsible to hide the delicacy of the present moment and the days to come." It's unconscionable not to pray for his full recovery. He's too important to lose. More than Venezuela is at stake. On December 12, the Havana Times headlined "Chavez's Future Means Unknowns for Cuba," saying: The future of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) without Chavez hangs in the balance. Founded in 2004, it grew to eight countries. They include Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Dominica, Antigua & Barbuda, Ecuador, and St. Vincent & the Grenadines. It's a cooperative system of goods and services trade outside the exploitive WTO-international banking one. Its goal is ambitious. It aims for regionally integrating and developing social societies throughout the region. It's based on complementarity, not competition; solidarity, not domination; cooperation, not exploitation; and respect for national sovereignty free from predatory countries and corporate giants. What will happen without Chavez? How will Cuba be affected? It depends on Venezuelan cooperation. It gets 100,000 daily barrels of oil on "highly concessional terms." In return, Havana provides medical and educational services. Cuba expert Arturo Lopez Levy calls the arrangement "the backbone of ALBA." Before leaving for Cuba, Chavez acknowledged his risks. In case anything happens, he named Vice President Nicolas Maduro his preferred successor. He urged Venezuelans to choose him if new elections are necessary. Some observers believe National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello may challenge him. He's a longtime close Chavez ally. It's thought his influence within Venezuela's military exceeds Maduro's support. Whether or not a power struggle emerges remains to be seen. Hopefully Chavez will recover enough to return for his inauguration. Doing so would end speculation provided he regains full health. Challenging weeks lie ahead. He's a warrior. He's indomitable. He achieved what few thought possible. Don't count him out. At the same time, another president is possible. Cuba relies on ALBA trade relations. Losing it would replicate the post-Soviet "Special Period." Crisis conditions followed. Havana hopes that won't repeat. Levy believes "With or without Chavez, Cuba will have to deepen its transition to a mixed economy and open itself up to foreign capital." With it come huge risks. In his book titled "Rulers and Ruled in the US Empire," James Petras exposed six myths of direct foreign investment (FI). (1) It doesn't create new enterprises and market opportunities. It buys privatized and other enterprises. It crowds out local capital and public initiative. (2) It doesn't enhance export effectiveness. It buys minerals and other resources for export. It doesn't create jobs or stimulate national economies. (3) It doesn't provide tax revenue and hard currency. It creates more indebtedness and net loss than gain. (4) Indebtedness to foreign lenders is economically destructive. (5) It doesn't provide developing countries with needed capital. FI exploits. It doesn't benefit recipient countries. (6) It doesn't attract further amounts. Capital flows where returns are highest. It's anchored nowhere. It has no national allegiance. Developing countries benefit most by relying on national ownership and internal investment. FI is predatory. Internally generated growth works best. FI favors capital over labor. Political, economic and social inequalities result. From 1980 - 2000, Latin American FI proved socially disastrous. Living standards plunged. Unemployment and poverty soared. Cuba knows what happened. Why adopt policies sure to fail. Hopefully Raul Castro and other ruling officials will choose ways beneficial for all Cubans. Doing so without ALBA won't be easy. Hopefully it won't come to that, with or without Chavez. ALBA is mutually beneficial. As long as Venezuela is progressively governed, it won't sacrifice what worked effectively for years. Losing it is likely only if dark forces regain power. Nothing suggests it's possible any time soon. Hopefully they're banished forever. Cuba faces other economic challenges. It suffered Gulf of Mexico oil exploration setbacks. US sanctions create hardships. Nicaragua also voiced concerns about Chavez's illness. Since 2007, it got billions of dollars of aid. Former Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) foreign minister and current National Assembly deputy Victor Hugo Tinoco said: "The permanent absence of Chavez would pose different scenarios, which would all be adverse for (President Daniel) Ortega since he'd no longer have an unconditional ally in Venezuela." Saying so, of course, is premature. At the same time, Nicaragua relies heavily on Venezuelan cooperation. Tinoco said 0 million in annual aid is provided. He's also concerned about CELAC's future (the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States). It's comprised of 33 countries. Potentially it's an OAS (Organization of American States) alternative. Fulfillment remains a distant aspiration. Maduro hopes it'll achieve regional energy independence, social development in areas of food, health and education, beneficial environmental development, independence from predatory international lending agencies, and other benefits. On February 23, 2010, it was established. It has miles to go to transform hope to fulfillment. The jury remains very much out. Other regional countries also depend on Chavez. Bolivia is an important political and economic ally. So is Ecuador. Rafael Correa's presence in Havana to welcome Chavez on arrival signaled the importance of their relationship. He and others wonder if Chavismo will be the same without him. Hopefully they won't have to find out. A Final Comment Hope springs eternal. Reality can't be ducked. Family members, physicians, and government officials close to Chavez revealed little about his cancer. It goes without saying that multiple surgeries for the same one in the same area give pause to worry. It's not a good sign. At the same time, Chavez's age, indomitable spirit, and superb care offer hope for a full recovery. The will to live is a powerful positive force. It's pitted against an aggressive illness. Dr. Salvador Navarrete claimed once to have been Chavez's personal physician. Venezuelan doctors said not so. More on their comments about him below. On October 21, 2011, Medical News Today published his assessment of Chavez's health. The Mexican newspaper Milenio Semanal published them. He claimed the following: "President Chavez has a tumor in the pelvis, called sarcoma. These are retroperitoneal tumors, at the base of the pelvis." "From an embryological point of view (how it started, its origin), it could be mesodermal, ectodermal or endodermal." "Information I have received from the family is that it is a sarcoma, an aggressive tumor with a very bad prognosis - and I am nearly completely certain this is true." "That is why he is undergoing such aggressive chemotherapy. If it were some kind of prostate cancer, he would be undergoing hormonal therapy which would hardly be noticeable." He added that it's not prostate cancer. It's "very close to the prostate. (It) probably invade(d) the bladder (or) originate(d) in the bladder and is invading the pelvis." "It is most likely a tumor on the lliopsoas muscle. (It) runs from the lumbar portion of the vertebral column to the femur….The cancer either started in the muscle or has settled there." On October 22, 2011, Venezuela Analysis debunked Navarrete's diagnosis and prognosis. Venezuelan doctors headed by Fidel Ramirez accused him of "scientific negligence." Ramirez's practice includes general medicine and gastroenterology. He, opthamologist Earle Siso Garcia, and trauma surgeon Rafael Vargas accused Navarrete of "daring to make diagnoses and prognoses without the necessary medical information, which we reiterate is completely unknown to him." Ramirez said he "does not have, nor has he had any scientific information in order to be able to talk about the health of president Chavez, not even about the type of cancer he endured." He may have had informal contact with him, but "it was never a physician-patient relationship. There is no truth to (his) comment." A joint press conference statement on live television added that Navarrete "has not been President Chavez's physician, nor the family doctor of any of the President's relatives." His comments were uncalled for. They violated medical ethics. They lack "scientific grounding." They're based on "an alleged medical examination in which Navarrete never took part." Fourteen months later, Chavez underwent his fourth cancer surgery in 18 months for the same illness. Recovery chances at best are daunting. Hopefully they'll prove good. The fullness of time will have final say. Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. 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Wastral wrote:This is where I think you are wrong. You are trying to shoe horn economics into the discussion. Economics should have NO bearing on if one should create a National Park. Economics are ALREADY in use in this area as part of cattle ranching and forestry products, all of which the users already pay for. You eliminate these people and you create a GIANT hole in your economic plan. How do you replace these peoples income?
I think this is where your ignorance of the area really shows through. Most of the land that would the center of a Jemez National Park is currently part of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. The administration of this block of land was an experimental land management trust, which, as Surgent pointed out and is widely acknowledged in NM has been a failure. The only commercial operation currently ongoing in the preserve is a small cattle ranch. I reckon this would continue in the park as part of the "living history" component, much like Philmont still operates a ranch. There is no forestry going on in the Preserve. Beyond that, much of the land I am suggesting be added to the park is already run by the NPS (Bandelier) or the BLM (Tent Rocks and White Canyon, neither of which have commercial resource potential). The rest is all part of Santa Fe National Forest and has almost no commercial potential, both because it is already managed for recreation (Jemez Falls area) or because of fires. On the otherhand, visitation to the park would be a huge boon to Los Alamos and the small villages on the west side, not to mention the Reservations, who I am sure would welcome the increased tourist dollars. Furthermore, I did not "shoehorn" the economics into the discussion. There was a natural progression made in an offhand comment. Economics has had little to do with my suggestion thus far.


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A Victorian man is in hospital after attempting to fight one of the blazes that started in Melbourne's outer metropolitan areas on Saturday.
The state's fire services commissioner Craig Lapsley said the man was transported to hospital with burns caused by a blaze in Arthurs Creek, the source of which is under investigation.
The fire was one of several that started around Melbourne late on Saturday following several days of hot dry conditions.
"Late in the day we saw fires start and they took control very quickly," Mr Lapsley told AAP on Sunday.
Blazes include fires at Hesket, Port Fairy and Arthur's Creek.
A watch and act remains in place for the Dargo area, east of Victoria's Alpine National Park, where a medium, slow moving fire is burning out of control.
High winds forecast for bushfire-affected parts of the state on Saturday were milder than expected, however patches of rain that moved through in the evening with the cool change didn't reach the large fires, Mr Lapsley said.
"The winds weren't as high as first thought but it was the end of a very hot period," Mr Lapsley said.
The cool change marks the beginning of four days of milder weather that will enable fire fighters to prepare for the next string of hot days, he said.
"For firefighters, it's critical to get as much control as possible around Harrietville and the Aberfeldy fire," Mr Lapsley said.
"The longer term forecast is that it will be very warm again starting Thursday and through to the next weekend."
He said the 82,390-hectare Aberfeldy fire and the Harrietville fire were in such remote parts of the bush they were unlikely to be bought under control without rain.
"They are going to be there for the next couple of weeks and from time to time they will threaten communities in the Alpine area and also around Gippsland."
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|78" x 34"
|1981 x 913
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|2040 x 526
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|80.3" x 24.6"
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Today marks the start of my 3-day Princeternship at the Stanford University Medical School, and what a beautiful day (California sun is glorious! I almost forgot what it felt like to sweat…)! This morning Taylor, the other Princetern, and I met Dr. Kiki Chang '88, a child psychiatrist and clinical researcher. Dr. Chang is the Director of the Pediatric Bipolar Disorders Program and Associate Professor at the Stanford School of Medicine. He also played ultimate frisbee at Princeton— shout out to Clockwork! After introductions, Taylor and I met with Rosie Shoemaker and Sherrie Li, the clinical research coordinators. Several clinical research projects are ongoing under Dr. Chang's direction, and we were able to watch Meghan Howe, clinical research manager, conduct an interview with a normal teenager who was a control patient in a 5-year longitudinal study following control and children with bipolar disorder. As part of the interview, the patient was asked a series of personal questions. I was surprised to see that the research assistants had such strong relationships with the patients to the extent that the children were even comfortable sharing private details about their lives. Afterwards, we observed the patient complete face recognition and face morphing tasks that tested for things such as the ability to identify emotions and theory of mind.
In the afternoon, we attended a mood disorders meeting with Dr. Chang and other researchers and physicians working in related fields. There is certainly a spirit of collaboration amongst researchers. Part of the meeting focused on genetics and the search for a genetic link to several of these mood disorders. We left the meeting early to meet Dr. Rex Huang, the child and adolescent psychiatry Chief Fellow. Dr. Chang and Dr. Huang discussed updates about several patients (what was going on in their lives, if any changes in medicine dosage were necessary). Although many patients were diagnosed with the same mood disorders, every patient was different— each patient faces different environments and families that influence their moods. I had never realized that there was such diversity in the onset of bipolar disorder or depression and other mood disorders.
To end our first day as Princeterns, Taylor and I accompanied Dr. Chang to the Lucile Packard Foundation, an organization that helps fundraise for child health programs. We walked into an impressive boardroom with an enormous table surrounded by the people who would potentially help secure donors Dr. Chang gave a presentation outlining his clinical research and the importance of grants or philanthropy to really keep the research going. While conditions such as autism have gained a larger presence in the public eye (and a subsequent increase in donations), the persisting stigma surrounding bipolar disorder has made it difficult to secure donations from private donors.
Day 2: January 10, 2012
Today was my favorite day of the Princeternship as it is Dr. Chang's "clinical day," where he sees patients for private consultations. Taylor and I began the day with a debriefing session in Dr. Chang's office, during which we discussed our goals and experiences at Princeton so far as well as his life path and how he ended up where he is now. After Princeton, Dr. Chang went straight to medical school, but still paused and took time to pursue his interest in music and to really think about whether medical school was what he wanted to do. To hear this from someone who is so accomplished in his field and career was definitely a surprise. People always say that "you have time to figure out what you want to do" or that "you should explore your passions and interests." But when push comes to shove, I always feel pressure (from parents, peers, and maybe just "society" in general) to really buckle down and commit myself to a concrete path towards a reputable profession. As a student looking up at these accomplished and happy individuals who are business owners or professionals or doing amazing things in the world, I seemed to always picture them as having known what they wanted to do from the get-go; they were the special ones who didn't have to struggle with figuring things out, and that's how they ended up at the top of their fields. To hear such candid and sincere stories from Dr. Chang about his own questioning was unexpected, but more importantly both comforting and inspiring. When everyone around you seems to be very go-go-go (as is the case at Princeton), it's scary to admit to yourself that you may not even know where to go, and it's even scarier to dig your heels in the ground and stop— to take time to figure out what you want to do. This talk with Dr. Chang was more reassurance that even if I walk away from this Princeternship not knowing what career I want to pursue or what type of medicine to practice or whether or not to go into psychiatry, it's all okay— as long as I do something that I love and enjoy, I will (most likely) be great and accomplished in that field (fingers crossed and knock on wood). Dr. Chang also discussed with us the reality of his career and the balance of research, clinical practice, and academia. Being involved in academia requires a lot of traveling to conferences (often to Hawaii!), teaching, and (unpaid) mentoring. Being involved in research requires dealing with the process of writing and applying for grants when you could be spending that time doing much more productive things. However, that's simply the nature of scientific research.
In the afternoon, we shadowed Dr. Chang in his clinic mode and observed several patients during their visits. There were children (with accompanying parents) who were diagnosed with bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, anxiety, or schizophrenia. At first, I didn't know what to expect; I had never witnessed a child who has a mood disorder, and I wasn't sure how I would react if the situation became intense. Fortunately, I ended up not having too much to worry about. During each visit, Dr. Chang and the patient first discussed updates on his or her emotional state, family situation, and life in the past weeks in general. These updates allowed Dr. Chang to decide if the patient was making progress and if medication dosage changes were required. It seemed like Dr. Chang and his patients had really close relationships, and that aspect of psychiatry is appealing to me. I was also drawn into each patient's story; each patient has his or her own quirks and personality, and each exhibited the mood disorder in different ways.
Day 3: January 11, 2012
This morning, Taylor and I spent time learning about the neuroscience aspect of Dr. Chang's research. First, Dr. Amy Garrett, a research scientist and the neuroimaging manager, gave us an overview of neuroimaging with fMRI. We learned about the physics and science behind how fMRI works, the common types of tasks used, and the difficulty with recruiting patients and managing variability between patients and their brains. Next, Spencer Boucher, a neuroimaging research assistant, showed us the structural aspects of neuroimaging. Although the technology has made remarkable progress, Spencer uses a program called FreeSurfer to make touch-ups on the structural brain images including normalizing the images with a "standard" brain. Finally, Ryan Kelley, another neuroimaging research assistant, walked us through the statistical analysis of the data in one of the ongoing projects. One interesting thing that he mentioned was that there is a change in how we approach science from when we're an undergraduate to when we're actually conducting research. In reality, science isn't as absolute as it appears in textbooks; there are actually a lot of assumptions and limitations in research.
Later in the afternoon, we attended a lab meeting with Dr. Chang, his research assistants, and colleagues, where they discussed updates with ongoing research projects. Although everyone is busy with specific tasks or parts of projects, they still get together to discuss the research holistically, which is pretty great. After the lab meeting, we joined Dr. Chang in his office to observe a patient who is participating in a clinical trial. Although similar to the private consultations from yesterday, this patient was being paid to participate in clinical research involving medication that could help with managing bipolar disorder.
At the end of this Princeternship, I am extremely thankful for such a wonderful opportunity and an amazing experience. Everyone was gracious and willing to show us aspects of their research projects and clinical work. I enjoyed this insider's peek into the daily work life of Dr. Chang. With my only impressions of the daily work life of a doctor coming from watching "House," I was surprised to see that Dr. Chang was involved in so much more than seeing patients— it was amazing to see how diverse a career in medicine can be. All in all, this was a wonderful Princeternship!