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Kombucha ~ My new favorite beverage
Kombucha culture has a wide range of organic acids, probiotics, acids and
enzymes that give it its extraordinary value. Here's a brief look at the
benefits of each:
Beneficial Probiotics - Due to the prolific presence of pesticides,
antibiotics, and preservatives, the beneficial micro-organisms present in
our bodies are being destroyed and killed off on a regular basis. These
friendly microbes play a huge role in our digestive and immune systems.
Therefore, it is crucial that they are replenished from natural sources like
kefir, yogurt, and Kombucha. Our beverages contain Lactobacillus Bacterium
and S. Boulardii, which can help support a healthy digestive and immune
Live Active Enzymes - Active Enzymes are generally only found in foods
that have not been cooked, processed, or refined. They are like the "spark
plugs" for the body's cells because they put "life" back in our bodies. If
you think about it, the body is a living thing; why would you feed it
something that is dead?
Polyphenols - These are antioxidants that fight off the free-radicals
that stress the body and compromise its youth and health.
Organic Acids
These nutrients can help promote tissue and blood alkalinity and help
normalize the natural process of homeostasis throughout the body.
# Lactic acid helps maintain healthy digestive action (through the
probiotic lactobacilli) and for energy production by the liver
# Acetic acid is an antiseptic and inhibitor of pathogenic bacteria.
# Glucuronic acid, normally produced by a healthy liver, is a powerful
detoxifier and can readily be converted into glucosamines, the foundation of
our skeletal system.
# Usnic acid has selective antibiotic qualities which can partly
deactivate viruses.
# Oxalic acid encourages the intercellular production of energy, and is a
# Malic acid also helps the liver to detoxify.
# Butyric acid protects human cellular membranes, and combined with
Gluconic acid strengthens the walls of the gut in order to combat yeast
infections such as Candida.
# Nucleic acids, like RNA and DNA, transmit information to the cells on
how to perform correctly and regenerate.
51 comments:
- shong912 said...
Hi Tony,
I'm 21 year old dude that just started your p90x routine.
First week down, on my 2nd week and I already see results.
The best part is, I got my cousins to do it with me. I'm totally excited to see what happens. Thx for creating these dvd's.
- gkcfitness said...
Do you think it's worth being labor intensive and making your own batch, or would you trust the quality of some of the providers that can be found online? Also, how often would you recommend having a glass?
- Ryan Adams said...
Where do you get this at? Sound "X" style.
- nick from ny said...
Hey Tony,
According to the LA Times, it seems like a lot of celebs around tinseltown are really into this stuff, but at the same time, many experts in the medical field are advising against ingesting this tea, especially home-brewed versions of it. There have been quite a few cases of contamination, from fungus to metabolic acidosis and death.
I don't know... however, I believe through proper diet, safe supplementation and exercise, we can probably almost get the same beneficial effects, if not more.
- Rae said...
Normally I agree with you and try things out that you find beneficial, but this looks....actually kind of dangerous. Not necessarily in the ingredients, but quality of preparation can turn this tasty beverage into something harmful or even deadly. Not to be a wet blanket (I'm normally not), but ....please take better care of yourself and don't gamble like this! 'M just sayin'.
- Phil R. said...
Where can you find this product. Is it affordable?
- Anonymous said...
i think your system is amazing and follow it religiously, but am concerned that you would recommend something so medically controversial to all those who read your blog. there is no sound scientific proof that any of the claims around this tea translate to health benefits, and more importantly, there are cases of serious side effects, including death, as a result of drinking this tea.
- Andy said...
Come on, it looks like you copied and pasted this right out of here:
How about more original blog posts in your own words? I love your programs. I just finished p90x and I am checking out Power 90 Masters Series and p90x plus, planning on creating my own hybrid workouts from all of them. Thanks for developing these!
If any of you are interested, Mark Sisson (who was consulted for p90x), has a great site here:
- Anonymous said...
Hi Tony
I have seen your commercial on tv, it looks great. I am an amputee with mobility issues, who for the most part has to use a wheelchair to get around. It would be wonderful if other people in my position could have an exercise program that we could benefit from. I hope you can take this under advisement and seriously think regarding what I have mentioned.
- Demi Eliese said...
I LOVE komboucha! It also gets you a little buzzy feeling which is nice! :)
- Melissa said...
Because of the questionable studies regarding Kombucha, I'd avoid it entirely and stick with my standby - green tea. If someone is looking for an aid to healthy digestive function through cultures, try kefir.
- Kari said...
Hi Tony! It's an honor to finally have some form of contact with you. You're one of my heroes, and the more I know about you personally, the more I admire you.
I was always a bit hesitant. In my battles with weight I started to get into holistic approaches, organic foods, etc. I only drink water, raw milk (not for the next 16 weeks...no dairy at all), and kombucha tea. I can't tell you how happy I am to know about your approach with whole foods and now...kombucha.
Rock out, Tony.
- Tony Horton said...
After reading some of your comments I wanted to get Missy's take on it. She is the one who turned me onto Kombucha. Take a look.
As with any new product on the market, there are going to be the people who go against them, and the people who are "for" them! Yes, Kombucha is a fungus, as are many other types of food. The very few cases where people have gotten sick on Kombucha are probably less so than people who have gotten salmonella from chicken, or Peanuts or beef!! What about Drinking Milk? Does anyone tell you that's bad for you?? Only the government who tells you how good it is for you, but in all actuality RAW MILK is the best for you due to the presence of the natural enzymes that haven't been destroyed form Pasteurization. But as most of you know, Raw Milk has been outlawed in most states because of our incessant fears of getting sick.
My philosophy is "everything in moderation". You don't want to drink 3 bottles of Kombucha a day, just as you wouldn't drink 3 Gatorades or Vitamin Waters in a day, at least I hope you wouldn't.
I know many people who receive positive benefits from Kombucha but everyone is different and everyone's experience is different. A friend of mine does brew his own at home, which by the way, is the safest way to do it because you have control over the fungus and what you do with it. He reports having better digestion and more energy as a result of drinking the Kombucha. Of course with anything that is mass-produced, the product may not be as beneficial as it would be if you made it yourself. Sometimes the Kombucha Fungus does not have time to ripen when it is mass-produced which results in a less effective product.
I do believe Kombucha to be safe, but you get to make your own decision. I have been drinking it for over 2 years now and have never had any problems. IN fact, it gives me energy and helps my digestion so significantly that I recommend it to people who are having just those issues.
The beautiful thing is..we have a choice, and you get to make yours!!!
- KateFit said...
I bought some for the first time ever at Whole Foods last weekend. It was delicious & made me feel different & healthier right after I drank it. It was a curious concoction. I would highly recommend checking this Kombucha out. As usual, Mr. Horton is absolutely correct when it comes to health. :)
- Rae said...
TH and Missy,
Thank you for taking the time to address the concerns regarding this, including mine.
I laughed when Missy brought up raw milk, I used to spend summers on a farm growing up, so I know that raw milk is nothing to fear. I also understand that what we call modern medicine has the knee-jerk reaction of "danger, danger" to most things holistic. I owe the majority of my current health to someone I call my Yiddish Witchdoctor because if he isn't brewing up a potion or sticking needles in me, it ain't
an appointment!
Again, thank you for taking the time, I know neither of you have much of it. I've already done some research on how to brew your own, I was going to try it until I read some of the cautionary articles. Now.......I'm more open to trying it. I'm interested in anything that can better my health, and it's always good to see both sides of the issue prior to making one's decision.
Much appreciated, Rae
- CT Olson said...
I really like Kefir, first had it years ago in Sweden on cereal, just rediscovered it last few years. I guess as with anything there should be better standards and labeling so people can trust the results of products and sources of food in the system. Having a system with a traceable audit trail (where are things going, where did they come from and how's the transport along the way) is important, especially as the food industry gets globalized. Makes me wonder about the 100-mile diets I've read about also. Local self-sufficiency would help save energy and be more traceable also.
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- Anonymous said...
I buy Kombucha from Whole Foods Market in NYC. It seems to be pretty popular and they stock a lot of it. Being from Texas and shopping at WFM since they opened their first store, I can't imagine they would stock something that would harm their customers.
Yes, maybe the mass produced versions aren't as effective, but that doesn't mean NOT effective - I can see stuff floating around in there and it tastes great. I just started drinking it because it tastes great and I like tea instead of coffee. No complaints.
I totally agree with Tony that what you put into your body you'll get back. Putting good whole live food in means you're getting everything that food can give you.
Also, organic organic organic. It's not hippie, it's just clean food without chemicals on it or in it.
- ganesha said...
Kombucha is promoted by one of my yoga teachers, who brews it at her home. Unfortunately the climate down south is not suited, as fungus tends to grow with it.
The organic food stores have it, but it is very expensive. I have tried it and do not believe it is worth the cost in the stores, or worth the effort in brewing it yourself.
It seems to be more popular with the yogis that I associate with.
- K.C. said...
I have been drinking Kombucha for almost 15 years and LOVE the stuff. I brew it at home and have given away more scobies than I can remember.
Now I'm making my own Kefir with Kefir grains. Kefir is fermented milk which is so healthy for the intestinal track's bacteria. In fact I recently sent some grains to my BeachBody Coach Chris (Wave to Tony - Chris). LOL I'm excited to see his results.
I use Kefir as part of a shake that becomes my meal replacement, and/or add some carbs and it becomes my post-workout drink. Love the stuff. Hell, I even put Kefir in soup.
Glad to see you give an update on Kombucha and remind people to take care of their gut. Like was already said...you can find danger in ANYTHING and the "wives tales" goes both ways.
Find a friend who is making Kombucha and/or Kefir and they'll give you the their babies. You'll be friends for life, and a long healthy life that will be.
Thanks Tony! You're the greatest! And please...No more mason twits! :-)
Aloha from Hawaii!
More info about Kefir and Kombucha on my site. www.YourInformationPage.com
- MADNESS said...
i like what youve done with the website and yoiur workouts are pretty good. when r u gonna be on demand with free workouts again
- Dan said...
Was on a kombacha kick for a year or so a few months back. The stuff is fantastic. I think the the bottled stuff you can get at most whole food stores tastes like alcoholized ginger ale.
Also-- amen to Missy's whole milk response. There's a lot of (I believe unfounded-- no more statistically dangerous than many of the other foods we eat) fear around it, but it tastes better than anything pasteurized at the grocery store... goes down clean and tasty with no aftertaste and when it goes "bad"? You've got Kefir... Kinda. But does whole milk jive with a healthy diet considering it's not exactly fat free/calorie light?
- Bonfire said...
Alright! I have purchased and began my Kombucha batches! I got to tell you this stuff is GREAT! It is fun to make because I can use different teas to make it. I like to use ginger tea with chopped ginger root as well as green teas. I wasn't too happy to HAVE to add sugar, but it is food for the kombucha and I figure most of it is predigested like the lactose is in kefir. I noticed some slime and got weirded out, but my stepson assured me it smelled, looked, and tasted right. I enjoy it over Pellegrino from time to time. Thank you for your post about Kombucha! It was the post that gave me my "just do it" sensation ! : )
Luv and sunshine to you Tony and thank you so much for being you and providing help and hope for so many!
- STXjill said...
Greetings from St. Croix Virgin Islands!
My Dad up in Oregon has been making his own kombucha for years. He and my Mom both drink it daily, at 76 and 73 years of age, they're very healthy! Whenever I'm back for a visit I look forward to a daily 'dose' of kombucha ... YUMMM!
- Ryan said...
Please don't let the fear-preaching pseudo-dietitians scare you away from this product. My wife and I have always made our own kombucha and kefir, and have never had a problem. Just follow the guidelines and use common sense with food items that can spoil.
Ganesha, I live in the south, and have no issues with my cultures.
- Anonymous said...
Haha, I have to say I am NOT a kombucha fan. However, before I say what I need to, I should mention that I am not against the product....I just had a bad reaction to it. If you can handle it, give it a try. I am very strict about what I eat, shopping at whole foods or any organic market. I saw kombucha on a shopping trip after seeing that Tony recommended it. Unfortunately the bottle doesnt say anything about the serving size you should drink. The bottle is 16oz and I drank the entire thing before I got out of the parking lot. About 2 hours after doing some plyo, the kombucha starting coming back up, which lasted for about 5 hours. Needless to say a miserable experience! I wrote the company about it and they responded quickly and mentioned that I should have not drank so much for my first try. So buyer beware! If you have never had this stuff, take it slow and easy, you never know, you could have a reaction like me, just be careful =)
- Janet said...
Hi Tony!
I love your stuff, workouts (especially the X) but I would put caution on "kumbucha".
Please check this link out from the MAYO CLINIC.
I want to warn people to NOT try to make this stuff on your own...very dangerous!
I'd stick with green tea, kefir, mangosteen, acai, blueberry etc....great stuff like that.
- Janet said...
After reading Missy's comment again..I guess it's to each his own...it's true how we are totally sold on how milk is so good for you (not!) I would probably go for the store bought version of the kumbucha.
Personally, I strive to eat like Okinowans since they are one of the healthiest in the world! :)
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I think Kombucha is available commercially and can be made at home by fermenting tea using a visible, solid mass of yeast and bacteria which forms the kombucha culture, often referred to as the "mushroom" or the "mother".
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Cost of Living Rank (in a 1-100 list): 17
Average Commute Time: 20 minutes
Job Growth Rank (in a list of 372 Highest Growth Cities): 178
Unemployment Rate: 7.9
Columbus boasts a robust economy, ranking in the top 10 in the nation. Government jobs provide the largest source of employment here, followed by its large higher education institutions. Columbus offers a relatively low cost of living and also boasts the lowest unemployment rate of all the 25 best value cities on this list.


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Kids love the holidays- for the cheer, the joy, the abundance of cookies, but mostly, for the gifts. This year, why not give green gifts that are healthy, educational, and eco-friendly. The little ones will love them, and you'll feel great about giving them. Warning: excessive cuteness ahead…
Does it get any cuter than this? Handmade by artisans in rural Kenya, the adorable little elephant is is made from natural wool yarn, natural vegetable-based dyes, and is sure charm anyone; big or small.
Every kid loves a playhouse. And now with the simple cardboard House and MobileHome from Kidsonroof, you can feel good about buying one for the kid in your life. Kidsonroof donates 5% of its profits to Unicef projects, and you end up with a great gift for your child or younger sibling- a hideaway, fortress, dollhouse, or secret place to hide from monsters. Choose from the larger-sized House, which arrives as a blank slate of white cardboard, just asking to be painted, drawn on, and covered in stickers, or the more portable MobileHome, a perfectly-sized cottage for your child's family of teddy bears.
THIS INTO THAT DIY PROJECT BOOKS- $12 in Target stores
Tiffany Threadgould (aka Tiffany Tomato Designs) knows how to turn trash into treasure. And now with her brand new book series of This Into That DIY Recycling projects, your kids can follow in her footsteps. From turning cereal boxes into table soccer, t-shirts into belts, and soda bottles into jewelry holders, these books are chock-full of great projects that encourage recycling and repurposing everyday materials. Series includes Fabric Fashions, Garbage Games, and Plastic Pizzazz.
+ $12 in Target stores
Oeuf is a line of sustainable products for babies and small children. The company tagline is "good design for all ages", and some of their precious essential knits are designed around the concept of knitting people together through clothing. The 'hug me' sweater and 'squeeze me' mittens, which feature child-size mitten pockets sewn into the garment, are the perfect designs for connecting parent and child. Oeuf's knitwear is made from azo-free dyed alpaca wool, hand knit in a fair trade relationship between the NYC based company and a group of knitters in Bolivia.
While you may not love the idea of your child tearing down the street on his brand new skateboard, you'll feel great knowing that it's made from super-sustainable bamboo. These kid-sized boards from Sector 9 come in short and long-board versions and prove that bamboo isn't just for housewares and flooring anymore!
Handmade by artisans in rural Kenya, the perfectly-sized and super-fuzzy owl backpack will have your child toting in eco-friendly style. The pack is made from natural wool yarn, natural vegetable-based dyes, and is the perfect size for all your child's sleepover goodies- toothbrush, books, and pajamas.
Speesees clothing line for babies and small children isn't just ridiculously cute, it's clothing with a conscience. The company's mission is to be "fun, fair and organic," both in the products they make and the way they do business. All their clothes are manufactured under Fair Trade Practices and made from organically grown, handpicked cotton. What's more, 1% of all online retail orders go towards educational supplies and resources for the children who attend Zari Pada, the local elementary school in the village where Speesees is manufactured. And if that weren't enough, the clothes are just so darn cute. We love the witty "human" t-shirt and the super-stylish flap skirts.
While the idea of your children on a chocolate-induced sugar high Christmas morning may make you crazy, knowing that Dubble chocolate benefits over 45,000 cocoa farmers of the Kuapa Kokoo cooperative in Ghana should put you at ease. Farmers are guaranteed a fair and stable price, and the chocolate is so delicious you may just have to eat it yourself. To save the kids from cavities, of course.
+ £0.50 a bar from A Lot Of Chocolate
They say that the books you read as a child are the most important and influential. Get your kids thinking green from the start, with the endearing story of Rock, an eco-rap singer, who buys Tiny, a smelly diesel car, at a used car lot. Rock converts Tiny to run on biodiesel, and the two embark on an exciting roadtrip visiting senators, soybean farmers, and encouraging others to use biodiesel all along the way. With an introduction by Daryl Hannah and Grassolean Solutions founder Charris Ford, the book is a great story with an important lesson for the little ones.
Get rid of those old-school "sippy" cups and upgrade to these colorful and durable SIGG bottles. Recommended for ages 2 and up, these reusable bottles are made from a solvent-free, eco-friendly powder base coating and a completely inert inner lining that will never leach harmful chemicals. Plus, we love the colorful graphics and super-functional flip-top.
The kids will love making their own bubble gum from scratch, and you'll love them learning about rainforest preservation while doing it. The kit is both fun and educational, and comes with everything you need to be blowing bubbles in no time: pelletized Chicle (natural tree gum), peppermint and tutti fruiti flavoring, confectionery sugar, and corn syrup.
Designed by Aoi Huber Kono and manufactured in Switzerland, this adorable animal puzzle uses sustainably-harvested maple wood and non-toxic plants to provide hours of entertainment. Six puzzles in one, the puzzle's six sides include an elephant, monkey, lion, owl, rabbit, and bear. Or get creative with your own animal hybrids like a "monk-owl" or "elephabbit."
RUBBERWOOD TOY KITS- $24 and up
These adorable little figurines from ImagiPlay come in themed kits and are made from eco-friendly rubberwood and non-toxic lacquers. Grown primarily for their sap, rubber trees are cut down in their prime, and their wood often ends up unused and wasted. From the collection of woodland animals to the arctic and rainforest collections, the figurines give the rubber trees one more chance to be put to good use.
+ $24 and up from Worldwide Child
What better way for your kids to enjoy the holidays than to snuggle up next to the fire with their favorite cuddly stuffed animal? MiYim plush toys are one part adorable, one part pure and organic, made from only the best organic cotton, grown free of chemicals, pesticides, and herbicides. What's more, the soft colors are acheived through the company's PureWaterWash process, which brightens the natural cotton using entirely plant-derived dyes (the pale yellow hues come from gardenias). We love the Peaceful Dreams collection of sleeping bears, dogs, and lambs that will make great naptime companions for your little ones.


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benowitzlaw needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 133 designs submitted by 29 freelance designers.
Price Benowitz LLP
We are a midsized law firm in the DC area. We want a business card to impress but not flashy. Simple but powerful. No photos or cursive. Like important info in Caps with first letter slightly larger
Both prospective clients and other lawyers
Traditional shape. Firm Name (logo needed), Attorney Name (room for title), Direct Phone, office phone, fax, email, website (1 or 2), flexible to have 2-3 office addresses. need letterhead without attorney names and envelops.
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by Len Lear
Anyone who is now in the Medicare generation will undoubtedly recall the hit songs from the late 1960s and early '70s: "Up, Up and Away," "One Less Bell To Answer," "Wedding Bell Blues," "Stone Soul Picnic," "Last Night I Didn't Get To Sleep" and "Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In."
They were all recorded by The Fifth Dimension, vocal group Hall of Famers who won seven Grammy Awards, had seven Gold albums, five Platinum singles and millions of record sales, and they have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Anyone who has watched the recent Channel 12 beg-athons showing music clips from the Ed Sullivan Show saw The Fifth Dimension doing "Let The Sun Shine In" in 1969. During the last season of The Ed Sullivan Show, Sullivan dedicated the entire Feb. 21, 1971, episode to the fifth anniversary of The Fifth Dimension.)
With all due respect to the three original men in The Fifth Dimension — Billy Davis, Jr., Lamonte McLemore and Ron Townson — the two striking women in the group, both former beauty pageant winners, are the ones who got almost all of the attention. Marilyn McCoo was the tall, pretty one, and Florence LaRue was the shorter, sexy one.
Geriatric fans of The Fifth Dimension may be surprised to find that the quintet is still touring, but the only original member still with the group is Florence LaRue, who was born and raised in Glenside. In 1975, McCoo and Davis, who had married in July of 1969, left the group to do both collective and individual projects. McCoo also served a stint as host of the TV show Solid Gold.
The original quintet reunited in 1990 and 1991 for a tour. Townson briefly left the group to try a solo career but soon returned as the group eventually resigned itself to the nostalgia circuit, but Townson died in 2001 due to diabetes-related kidney failure; McLemore retired in March of 2006, and McCoo and Davis continue to tour separately as their own act.
The four newest members to join LaRue are Willie Williams, Leonard Tucker, Patrice Morris and Floyd Smith, and it just so happens that they will be performing Sunday, Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m., at the Sellersville Theater 24 West Temple Ave. in Sellersville (just off Route 309, between Montgomeryville and the Lehigh Valley, about 30 minutes from Chestnut Hill).
Glenside native Florence LaRue, who is now 68, grew up studying dance and violin and graduated from Abington High School. She is currently married to her fourth husband, Laurence P. Cantor. (We tried three times to reach Florence through a p.r. person for Sellersville Theater to do a phone interview about growing up in Glenside, but we were unable to reach her.)
In the early 1960s, Lamonte McLemore and Marilyn McCoo had gotten together with two other friends from Los Angeles to form a group called the Hi-Fis. In 1964, they came to the attention of Ray Charles, who took them on tour with him the following year. He produced a single by the group, "Lonesome Mood," a jazzy song that gained local attention.
However, McLemore sought to form another group and in 1966 started looking for members to join him and McCoo. One new recruit was Florence LaRue, who had received training as a child in Glenside in singing, dancing and violin, and who also won the talent portion, as McCoo had done the previous year, at Miss Bronze California. About the same time Florence was approached to join the group, Lamonte recruited an old friend of his, Ron Townson, who had toured with Dorothy Dandridge and Nat King Cole as a teenager.
After her early success with The Fifth Dimension, the Glenside native also appeared in a CBS-TV movie of the week, "Happy," with Dom DeLuise, and she performed in the national tour of Broadway's Tony Award-winning musical "Ain't Misbehavin'" and in the Toronto and Calvary productions of "Mo' Magic."
In addition, LaRue co-hosted the Arthritis Telethon with Jayne Wyman, judged two segments of "Puttin' on the Hits," appeared as a celebrity guest on "Star Search" and was a special guest on numerous television shows, including several appearances on The Today Show, The Carol Lawrence Show and many other Christian and secular programs.
Florence also wrote a book, "Let Your Light Shine," on mental, physical and spiritual beauty, and she has written and performed a one-woman show, "Just As I Am." Among the rave reviews is this quote from Dr. Mary Sias, President of Kentucky State University, where Ms LaRue performed her show: "While the music was uplifting and exciting and delivered with an amazing energy, it was the story interwoven between the songs that was spellbinding."
When her schedule allows, LaRue is involved in charity work, which includes working with the Ann Douglas Center on skid row in downtown Los Angeles. An advocate for education and good health (she is an avid participant in marathons), she often speaks to community groups on these two topics. For many years, she has also been an active member of The Church On The Way in Van Nuys, California, where she sings in the choir and serves with the homeless ministry and missionary work.
For more information about the Oct. 14 concert, call 215-257-5808 or visit www.st94.com


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GENEVA -- OK, here's one indication that there might be some cultural distance between General Motors and Peugeot, at least in operating style.
At the auto show here, GM basically explained its alliance with Peugeot by putting Opel chief Karl-Friedrich Stracke in a series of journalistic roundtables in cramped interview rooms. But Peugeot invited a group of journalists to a luncheon briefing at a nearby hotel.
As waiters poured wine and journalists dined on roasted guinea fowl breast with balsamic vinegar gravy and risotto, PSA Peugeot Citroen Chairman Phillippe Varin led a team of executives in a nearly hourlong Q&A session.
Basically, the story remained consistent with early explanations of the alliance: Peugeot gets some cash; both companies could be saving a combined $2 billion annually within five years; and a jointly developed platform will produce vehicles by 2016.
The alliance doesn't address factory overcapacity or broader collaboration. Specifics will emerge later. It's too soon to discuss, for instance, which components the partners will target for savings, what suppliers they will squeeze or exactly what the 2016 vehicle project will be.
Jean-Christophe Quemard, executive vice president for vehicle programs, did say, intriguingly, that "We don't exclude any option for any reason at any time."
He qualified that, adding, "We are in very preliminary phases."
Highly civilized, in other words, but a little thin on details.


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Richard D. Simons arrived at the Court of Appeals in January 1983 as the Court was undergoing one of the most fundamental changes in its history. In 1978, New York had abolished its system of electing judges to the Court of Appeals and instituted a process by which new judges were appointed by the governor. Selected by Governor Mario Cuomo on his third day in office, Judge Simons became only the second Associate Judge to join the Court of Appeals by gubernatorial appointment. When Judge Simons left the bench in January 1997, the bench was entirely composed of appointed judges.
For those concerned that a system based on gubernatorial appointment would place party politics over merit, the selection of Richard Simons provided a compelling counterargument. Governor Cuomo was a New York City Democrat, Simons a Republican judge from upstate Oneida County. The governor, a former clerk at the Court of Appeals and keenly interested in the Court's independence and reputation, reached outside his own political party to select Judge Simons, who had served on the Appellate Division in both the Third and Fourth Departments and been deemed "well qualified" four times by the Commission on Judicial Nomination.
Richard Duncan Simons was born on March 23, 1927, in Niagara Falls, New York, the son of William T. and Sybil Swick Simons. William Simons was an accountant whose family came to America from Scotland, via Canada. He was employed by the Niagara Falls Board of Education as deputy superintendent for many years, and subsequently worked for the Union Carbide Corporation. Sybil Swick, a contralto who studied at Oberlin College but never performed professionally, was of Dutch, Irish, French, and German descent.
Richard Simons received his education in the public schools, initially in Niagara Falls and later in Yonkers, New York, where his family had moved. He played football for his Yonkers High School team. Simons served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1947 as an Aviation Cadet, and graduated in 1949 from Colgate University where he was a member of the swimming team.
Richard Simons married fine arts student Muriel (Penny) Genung of Yonkers, New York in 1951. In March of the next year, Simons earned his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. At that time, few law firms scheduled on-campus interviews for prospective employees, and no ready-made structure existed for locating legal employment. Simons, accompanied by his wife, drove clear across the State and halfway back, walking into law firms unannounced, in search of legal employment. Simons accepted the only offer of employment he received, from a small law firm in Rome, New York. In September of the same year, the couple's first son, Ross, was born. Richard and Penny Simons had three more children, Scott (b. 1954), Kathryn (b. 1957) and Linda (b. 1960).
Soon after moving to Rome, Simons involved himself in the local Republican Party, joining a group of young "insurgents" who sought to reform Party politics in Oneida County. The reformers succeeded in winning committee posts, and then the City Republican Chair, the County Republican Committee and the mayorship of Rome. Simons, who had served part-time as Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Rome (1955-1958), became the new Mayor's Corporation Counsel in 1960.
Only three years later, riding the crest of the new Republican Party he helped create, Richard Simons was elected a Justice of the Supreme Court for Oneida County, to which he was reelected in 1977. At 36 years of age, Judge Simons was widely believed to have been the youngest person elected to the Supreme Court in New York State in modern times. In 1971, Judge Simons was designated an associate Justice of the Appellate Division, Third Department, and then served on the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, from 1973 until his appointment to the Court of Appeals in 1983. During his Appellate Division tenure, Judge Simons served on four Courts on the Judiciary, a specialized tribunal charged with reviewing claims of judicial misconduct.
Judge Simons won consistent praise and respect from attorneys and fellow judges for his Appellate Division decisions, known for their careful attention to the law and the facts, and for a style that melded legal scholarship with practicality. Indeed, in its disposition of fifteen appeals, the Court of Appeals adopted either the reasoning or the full opinion of Judge Simons in the Appellate Division below. Soft-spoken and polite, Richard Simons maintained a low profile on the Appellate Division bench - at least until 1977 when Chief Judge Charles Breitel selected him to serve on a Court on the Judiciary panel investigating Jacob D. Fuchsberg, an Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals.1
Judge Fuchsberg was thrust into public controversy when the press revealed that he held millions of dollars worth of New York City bonds at the time the Court of Appeals was deciding whether the city's bonding scheme was legal. The bonding issues had been argued before the Court several times. Judge Fuchsberg recused himself from some of these cases, but not all. Chief Judge Breitel appointed Judge Simons and four other judges to the Court on the Judiciary convened to inquire whether Judge Fuchsberg had acted improperly.2 The inquiry was later expanded to include charges that Judge Fuchsberg used law professors to assist him in writing decisions and had circulated draft opinions by other Court of Appeals Judges to a professor he had consulted informally.3
In March of 1978, a four-judge majority of the Court on the Judiciary concluded that Judge Fuchsberg violated the New York State Bar Association's Code of Judicial Conduct and the State Judicial Conference's Rules Governing Judicial Conduct, but the evidence did not support a determination that he was unfit to continue in judicial office.4 The panel concluded that Judge Fuchsberg did not act with fraudulent or corrupt intent, and therefore should not be subject to disciplinary action.5
Judge Simons issued a strong dissent, arguing that the procedure followed by the Court on the Judiciary "satisfies neither this court's constitutional obligations nor protects respondent's right to defend himself upon specified charges at a hearing before a decision is made."6 He further argued that "[t]he evidence presented raises issues going directly to the heart of the judicial system, the impartiality of its Judges and the integrity of the court's decisions,"7 observing that "[t]he public need not always be convinced of the correctness of the court's decisions, but they must always believe in the integrity of the decision-making process."8
In 1983, when Governor Cuomo appointed Richard Simons to the Court of Appeals, Jacob Fuchsberg was still on the Court. Judges Simons and Fuchsberg served together until Judge Fuchsberg left the Court later that year. By all accounts, the two managed to work together without incident, despite the events of five years earlier.
The first appointed Court of Appeals Judge to complete a fourteen-year term, Richard Simons wrote nearly 300 signed opinions for the Court, and was the author of some 60 dissents. His final opinion for the Court, Brown v. State of New York,9 was a landmark. In this high-profile case raising claims of racial profiling, four members of the Court joined Judge Simons in declaring that New York's Court of Claims has jurisdiction to entertain damage claims against the State for official misconduct violating the Equal Protection and Search or Seizure Clauses of the State Constitution. "The point is that no government can sustain itself, much less flourish, unless it affirms and reinforces the fundamental values that define it by placing the moral and coercive powers of the State behind those values,"10 Judge Simons cautioned.
Indeed, the Judge's most notable work came in the area of state constitutional law. As the Supreme Court of the United States moved toward a more conservative construction of the federal Constitution in the 1980s and 1990s, Judge Simons authored or joined other members of the Court in writings defining the scope of rights protected by the New York State Constitution.11 Ultimately, over the course of several decisions, however, Judge Simons articulated his view that the Court of Appeals lacked a coherent methodology for interpreting the State Constitution within the federalism framework.12
Judge Simons approached each case as "a discrete problem to be solved, not an opportunity to advance a political or legal ideology. There was a case to be decided, nothing more and nothing less, and it was the reasoning, not the result, that counted."13 Although a firm believer in stare decisis and the importance of adhering to precedent,14 Judge Simons engineered a major change in New York criminal procedure when his 1990 majority opinion in People v. Bing15 overturned the Court's earlier decision in People v. Bartolomeo,16 to narrow the right to counsel afforded those suspected of a crime. In Bing, Judge Simons observed: "... our right to counsel rules are based on 'common sense and fairness' and are intended to '[breathe] life into the requirement that the waiver of a constitutional right [is] competent, intelligent and voluntary.' But there is little to be said for a rule which is not firmly grounded on prior case law, cannot be applied uniformly, favors recidivists over first time arrestees, and exacts such a heavy cost from the public."17
Judge Simons also distinguished himself in his Court of Appeals writings on the ethics and duties of public officeholders and judges. Three dissents are particularly noteworthy. In Stettine v. County of Suffolk,18 taxpayers challenged the county's collective bargaining agreement with its workers on the ground that municipal officers who negotiated the agreement had a prohibited personal interest in the outcome of the bargaining. Construing General Municipal Law ' 804, Judge Simons observed that "[t]he statute embodies a moral concept as old as the history of mankind, the idea that "'No man may serve two masters.'"19 Judge Simons reasoned that "[t]here are remedies to protect the employees' rights for the short time remaining. Thus, there is no reason why we should . . . ignor[e] the violation of the public trust which occurred in this case and encourag[e] such practices in the future."20
In Matter of Greenfield,21 the Court of Appeals considered whether a trial judge's chronic delay in disposing of matters constituted judicial misconduct. In dissent from the majority's determination rejecting the sanction and dismissing the charge, Judge Simons argued that "[o]ur rules proscribing delay embody the simple truth that the courts, like all public institutions, exist for the benefit of those they serve. If there is one thing that parties appearing in court are entitled to ask of the judicial system, it is that matters submitted to the court be decided. If they are not, the litigants are helpless."22
Later, in People v. Ohrenstein,23 Judge Simons disagreed with the dismissal of charges against two state senators and a legislative employee indicted for using state funds to pay employees whose sole duties consisted of campaign work for Democratic senatorial candidates: "I would have thought the use of public funds to finance the election campaigns of one party and defeat candidates of the opposition was so clearly unlawful that it was not worth discussion. Any other view devalues the democratic process by leaving incumbent legislators free to perpetuate themselves in office at government expense . . . I know of no authority, and the majority cites none, which would support such reasoning. Political activities are private, not public, matters and the use of public funds to pay employees hired for private purposes is unlawful."24
Perhaps the most public and painful moments of Judge Simons' life on the Court came when Chief Judge Sol Wachtler was arrested in 1992. At the time, Judge Simons was senior associate judge, and it fell to him to lead the Court through the immediate crisis, and the months that followed, until Governor Cuomo appointed Associate Judge Judith S. Kaye to succeed Chief Judge Wachtler. Several days after Chief Judge Wachtler's arrest, Judge Simons addressed the Court staff in the historic Richardson Courtroom saying, in part: "When I was a boy my mother had a saying for times like this. She'd tell me to pull up my high tops and start walking. That's what we've got to do. We've got to pull up our high tops and start walking. The reputation of the Court depends upon the principles it stands for and the quality of the work it produces. It doesn't depend upon any one person, it depends upon the work of a group of people. That's where institutional greatness comes from, the combined effort of the many. The judges of the Court are determined that the excellence of this body, that the Chief Judge pursued, will continue."25
As Judge Simons approached the end of his term in 1997, the Court of Appeals became embroiled in a war of words with Governor George Pataki. The governor had taken exception to several of the Court's decisions in which criminal defendants prevailed and won new trials. "The people of New York deserve a Court that is concerned with the rights of victims, not just criminals," the Governor railed in response to the Court's decision in People v. Maher.26 "If there was any question that the Court of Appeals has become a citadel of technicalities, today's ruling should erase all doubts."27
Although Judge Simons believed that a court should speak through its rulings, not through commentary in the press, he decided to step forward and defend the Court's record against the Governor's highly politicized "junk justice" campaign, which characterized as "liberal" certain rulings of the appellate courts. The day before his retirement, Judge Simons publicly responded in an interview with The New York Law Journal: "I don't want to speculate on the motivation for it, but there is no reason to criticize the Court for enforcing or applying statutes the same way we've applied them for years - without change or criticism by the Legislature up until the last year or so." True to his philosophy of the role of courts in government, Judge Simons emphasized that it was the responsibility of the Legislature, not the Court, to change the law.28 Judge Simons's unusual decision to parry with the Governor reflected his concern that unfair criticism would ultimately harm the Third Branch. "If somebody is misconstruing our decisions and telling the public over and over again that we're pandering to criminals, it certainly could weaken the Court."29
During the ceremony marking his 1997 retirement from the Court of Appeals, Chief Judge Kaye described Judge Simons as "an extraordinary Judge. He is a Judge without pretense or ideology. He goes where the law takes him, only there and always there. The subject matter range is boundless but the Simons method is readily identifiable: careful explication of the facts, exhaustive study of the law, and sound application of the law to the facts (excepting, of course instances when we were on opposite sides) in a voice that is direct, clear, authoritative and persuasive. His dedication to, and love of, his craft is manifest in his writings."30
Following his retirement from the Court of Appeals, Judge Simons joined the firm of McMahon and Grow in Rome, where he practices law, handles arbitrations, and serves as a special master and judicial hearing officer. Judge Simons often is retained as an expert on the law of New York. He also serves part-time as Chief Trial Judge and Chief Appellate Judge of the Oneida Indian Nation. Additionally, since retirement from the Court, Judge Simons served as Chairman of the New York State Bar Association Task Force on Court Reorganization, Chair of the New York State Bar Foundation, Director of the Capital Defender Office and Jurist in Residence at Syracuse University College of Law. In January 2000, Judge Simons was awarded the New York State Bar Association's Gold Medal for Distinguished Service, the Association's highest award.
In 2004, interviewed for an oral history on the Court of Appeals, Richard Simons was asked to identify the qualities of a good judge. He responded: "There have been an awful lot of people who have been trying to define that. Certainly intelligence is one. Honesty, patience, industry . . . . I said to some people one time that I thought courage was very important. They thought that was ridiculous because that was not part of a judge's job. Well, I can tell you this: Some decisions don't come easily."31
Penny Simons, a teacher and practitioner of the fine arts, died in 1992, while Judge Simons was serving on the Court of Appeals. The Rome Art Center dedicated a studio in her honor. In 1994, Richard Simons married Esther (Esi) Tremblay, a former supervising nurse in the operating room of Manhattan's Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital. Esi Simons was a member of that hospital's early open heart surgery teams.
Of the Simons children, Ross is a businessman in Liverpool, New York and is the father of three children. Scott is an architect in Yarmouth, Maine and has two children. Kathryn is a member of the administrative staff at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and lives in Somerville, Massachusetts. Linda practices acupuncture in Freeport, Maine. She has one child.
Judge Simons also has two stepchildren: Mark Tremblay a computer analyst in Vienna, Virginia and Cindy Laudent, a special education teacher in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
This biography appears in The Judges of the New York Court of Appeals: A Biographical History, ed. Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt (New York: Fordham University Press, 2007). It has not been updated since publication.
Sources Consulted
Connors, Dedication to the Honorable Richard D. Simons, 13 Touro Law Review 587 (1997).
Hancock, Pierce and Connors, Dedication to the Honorable Richard D. Simons, 47 Syracuse Law Review 287 (1997).
Kolbert, On Rights, New York Looks to State, Not U.S., Law, New York Times, January 8, 1990, section A at 1, col 2.
Margolick, New York's Court of Appeals Faces Vast Changes as a New Era Begins, New York Times, November 7, 1982, section 1 at 1, col 1.
Margolick, Man in the News: Scholarly but Realistic, New York Times, January 4, 1983, section - at 3, col 3.
McCraw, "Doubts About Our Processes": Richard D. Simons and the Jurisprudence of Restraint in State Constitutional Analysis, 13 Touro Law Review 613 (1997).
McCraw, Law as Collaboration: A Portrait of Richard D. Simons, 68 NYS Bar Journal 42 (1996).
Palmer, Richard D. Simons: Judicial Intolerance of Official Misconduct, 59 Albany L Review 1781 (1996).
Simons and McCraw, Oral History: Judge Richard D. Simons, 1 New York Legal History (2005).
Simons, When is the New York Court of Appeals Justified in Deviating from Federal Constitutional Interpretation? 14 Touro L Review 637 (1997-98).
Simons, The Role of Ideology in the Selection of Appellate Judges, The 2005 Hugh R. Jones Memorial Lecture (Albany Law School, September 12, 2005).
Spencer, Simons Retires, and Court Loses a Calming Intellect, New York Law Journal, January 2, 1997, at 1.
Published Writings
The Role of Ideology in the Selection of Appellate Judges, The 2005 Hugh R. Jones Memorial Lecture (Albany Law School, September 12, 2005).
In Celebration of the Sesquicentennial of the New York State Court of Appeals, 48 Syracuse Law Review 1453 (1998).
When is the New York Court of Appeals Justified in Deviating from Federal Constitutional Interpretation? 14 Touro Law Review 637 (1997-98).
A Tribute to Justice Michael A. Dillon, 40 Buffalo Law Review vii (1992).


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1. Re: Using ActiveSelectionObserver from a panelPickory Mar 15, 2012 6:38 AM (in response to WolfgangGo)
Have a look at the hidden text sample, that might help.
2. Re: Using ActiveSelectionObserver from a panelWolfgangGo Mar 15, 2012 6:52 AM (in response to Pickory)
Hi Pickory,
The hidden text sample, like most samples, is very simple, and thus it has only two interfaces on the panel widget boss. In such a simple case I can make it work too. My problem is that I cannot add two interfaces with IID_IOBSERVER to the panel.
I have now tried to replace IID_IOBSERVER by IID_ISELECTIONOBSERVER like in LinksUIPanelSelectionObserver, but in this case I'm not notified.
3. Re: Using ActiveSelectionObserver from a panelDirk Becker Mar 15, 2012 2:42 PM (in response to WolfgangGo)
For notification subscriptions an observer can have any IID, as you found you can take IID_ISELECTIONOBSERVER, or any private one.
When widgets are shown / hidden, AutoAttach/AutoDetach of their IID_IOBSERVER is invoked automatically. If you need a secondary observer on the same boss, you have to query that other interface from within your IID_IOBSERVER observer, and chain the AutoAttach etc. calls.
If you put your observer on a non-widget boss, you also have to find a way to invoke AutoAttach/Detach from outside, for example using a responder.
The ISubject calls to attach/detach an observer to the subject also have an additional IID parameter for the very same IID.
For completeness sake, if you use CObserver it has a separate constructor argument that sets the internally stored AttachIID to different IID - use IID_ISELECTIONOBSERVER or whatever IID you chose in the object model. The underlying partial implementation for the selection observer should pick it up from there when it does its own attach/detach.
Finally, you must never ever reuse implementation IDs from the SDK for own implementations, or boss IDs for own bosses. You got your plugin ID space for a reason - to prevent collisions.
4. Re: Using ActiveSelectionObserver from a panelWolfgangGo Mar 16, 2012 2:42 AM (in response to Dirk Becker)
Great, now it works. The important information was that I must call AutoAttach on the second observer, because InDesign calls only AutoAttach on the observer with IID_IOBSERVER.


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Nazi Germany has been described as a biological state where official policy was based on an extreme form of the pseudo-science eugenics – one that "justified" the murder of millions of "undesirable" individuals.At a Nazi Party rally in 1938, Joseph Goebbels laid out the National Socialist strategy: "Our starting point is not the individual, and we do not subscribe to the view that one should feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty or clothe the naked.... Our objectives are entirely different: We must have a healthy people in order to prevail in the world." The theory of creating such a "healthy society" was not invented by the Nazis. Their policy drew from eugenic principles laid out in the 19th century which became increasingly popular in many countries. When Charles Darwin introduced his theory of evolution, scientists and politicians were eager to believe they found the key to counteract what was considered the genetic deterioration of the people and the social problems caused by it. In the early 20th centuries, these theories gained influence even in the mainstream. Eugenic societies and research centers came into existence in many countries.In the United States, the Eugenic Record Office (ERO) at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, founded by Charles B. Davenport, was the most important institution representing this theory. ERO had two general goals: to carry out research on human heredity, especially the inheritance of undesirable social traits, and to educate politicians on how to implement the conclusions of this research into public policy, or in other words, how to introduce "rational social planning." Eugenicists considered themselves as reformers proposing biological solutions to social problems. They propagated that a "healthy" society could – and should – be created by "breeding" people. The reproduction numbers of "valuable" individuals, therefore, had to be increased, while the "invaluable" had to be prevented from having progeny.Individuals with mental illnesses were particularly viewed as a threat to this projected "healthy people body," in addition to being a burden on society. Surgical sterilization became the primary proposal for preventing these "inferiors" from reproducing and for saving on costs of their special care and education. In his book "Eugenics: The Science of Human Improvement by Better Breeding," published in 1910, Davenport wrote: "This three or four percent of our population is a fearful drag on our civilization. Shall we as an intelligent people, proud of our control of nature in other respects, do nothing but vote more taxes or be satisfied with the great gifts and bequests that philanthropists have made for the support of the delinquent, defective classes? Shall we not rather take the steps that scientific study dictates as necessary to dry up the springs that feed the torrent of defective and degenerate protoplasm?"Until World War I, the German eugenics movement paralleled that of the United States – brain measurements were used to determine intelligence, Social Darwinism was widely accepted, populations were divided into superior and inferior, and proponents hoped to safeguard the nation's "genetic heritage" while viewing degeneration as a threat. After Germany's defeat in 1918, during the Weimar Republic, eugenic thinking gained even more influence and was supported by the majority of the political parties, also by the left and progressive.In 1920, two distinguished German scholars, the law professor Karl Binding and the medical doctor Alfred Hoche, wrote the crucial work "The Permission to Destroy Life Unworthy of Life" (Die Freigabe der Vernichtung lebensunwerten Lebens). The Binding-Hoche study reflected a fear in Germany following the first world war, arguing that the best young men (including Hoche's son) and their genes had perished on the battlefield, leaving only the "inferior" (those unable or unwilling to fight) to proliferate freely. This "unbalance" would inevitably cause the degeneration of the German people and society, they claimed. The study proposed that eliminating these "inferior elements" would restore the balance. In addition, and this was not without resonance at a time of economic depression and hyperinflation during the Weimar Republic, it would free society from the tremendous financial burden imposed by the care for this "human ballast."Binding's and Hoche's study influenced Adolf Hitler, who read the book while imprisoned in Landsberg prison in 1924. It was there that Hitler wrote his "bible" called "Mein Kampf," laying out the principles of the Nazi ideology. In his vision of the "new Germany," of creating the "master race," there was no place for the perceived "alien blood" – Jews, gypsies and others – but equally not for the genetically "inferior" of his own people. When Hitler seized power in 1933, "biological enemies" were destined for elimination to make this vision reality. New marriage and reproduction laws were issued; and mental hospitals were encouraged to neglect their patients. Their funds were increasingly reduced. The mentally ill were portrayed as repulsive, animal-like creatures to the general public.The first measure taken was the "Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring," issued on July 14, 1933, implementing a program of forced sterilization. It fulfilled the long-held dreams of eugenicists. Individuals with any of the nine conditions assumed to be hereditary were destined to be sterilized: genetic feeble-mindedness, schizophrenia, manic-depressive disorder, genetic epilepsy, Huntington's chorea, genetic blindness, genetic deafness, severe physical deformity and chronic alcoholism. The law took effect on January 1, 1934 and was effective until the end of the war. Within this 12-year period, an estimated 400,000 Germans were forcibly sterilized. Nazi Germany was not the first country to sterilize the "unfit." Before the Nazis, the United States had led the world in policies of compulsory sterilization. In 1907, Indiana became the first state to enact a sterilization law, and by the 1930s, more than half of the states had passed laws that authorized the sterilization of inmates of mental institutions and others. In 1927, a Virginia law reached the U.S. Supreme Court. The case involved a woman diagnosed with feeble-mindedness and whose mother and infant daughter had been classified the same way. In that case, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, speaking for the eight-man majority of the court, justified upholding the Virginia law: "We have seen more than once that the public welfare may call upon the best citizens for their lives. It would be strange if it could not call upon those who already sap the strength of the state for these lesser sacrifices, often not felt to be such by those concerned, in order to prevent our being swamped with incompetence. It is better for all the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime, or to let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind. The principle that sustains compulsory vaccination is broad enough to cover cutting the Fallopian tubes….Three generations of imbeciles are enough." Although the Nazis later defended their sterilization program in the Nuremberg trials by referring to the United States, and although sterilization rates climbed in the United States during the depression, the U.S. program was nowhere near the mass scale of the Nazis', nor was sterilization a forerunner to state-sponsored mass murder. It was only Nazi Germany that made the step from preventive eugenic measures to the physical destruction of the victims, to the mass murder of the mentally and physically ill. Two hundred thousand people – men, women and children – were murdered throughout the "euthanasia" program at the hands of doctors. Those who were entrusted with life and care of patients became those who destined them to die. Six killing centers were created for the systematic murder of the mentally and physically ill. Here, physicians and other medical personnel developed the technology for gassing and cremating large numbers of people – "skills" that were then transferred to the concentration camps, thus making the "euthanasia" program the experimental field for the "Final Solution." These six centers – Grafeneck, Brandenburg, Hartheim, Sonnenstein, Bernburg and Hadamar – were the focus of Holocaust Museum Houston's 2007 exhibition and catalog under the theme "Medical Ethics and the Holocaust: How Healing Becomes Killing: Eugenics, Euthanasia and Extermination." Together, they present the story of the indispensable and enthusiastic participation of physicians and biomedical scientists in the murder of their patients seen as "lives not worth living." It is a story that should not be forgotten in these times when exciting scientific feats like the Human Genome Project have once again revitalized interest in such topics as biological determinism and eugenics.We must take care to consider the choices we make in coming years on issues of modern medical, ethical, scientific, legal and public health policy in light of mankind's so obviously poor choices of the past.Susan MyersExecutive DirectorHolocaust Museum Houston Houston, Texas
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Let me interrupt the Spain posts to say…it's finally here! At long last, my box has arrived! Oh joy!
Ok, I guess this happy occasion actually is related to my Spain posts because all the goodies in this box were lovingly packed away by C and I in Barcelona, to be shipped back to our little home in Manila. We wrapped all our treasures in a ton of bubble wrap, secured everything in place with a bunch of old Hola magazines, and sent them off on a wing and a prayer…and much finger crossing that nothing would be broken on the way.
After much debating about purchases and weight limits, we decided to just ship a box home. So we procured a box at our friendly neighborhood LBC office and proceeded in our mission to fill it up (we wouldn't want the contents to jiggle around in there now, would we?). As you can see in the picture above we stuffed it with all manners of things. Among which are (from what can be seen in the picture):
- Cola Cao for C – Along with much of Spain's kids, C fell in love with this chocolate energy drink.
- Cuajada mix fo me – As I mentioned before, I adore this! The best, of course, would be made fresh and not from a mix, but beggars can't be choosers, and with the lack of actual cuajo (the substance used to curdle the milk) here, I will have to settle for this. You can also find ready made cuajada in the groceries in Barcelona (and believe me, I had more than my share when we were there). The best I've tried, barring homemade, are the ones that come in the clay crocks that say "de leche de oveja" (sheep's milk). When I try to make this I'm going to try doing it with carabao's milk…
- Small clay crocks – From our trip to La Bisbal, in the Costa Brava. This is the place to go for pottery! These little ones would be perfect for individual dessert servings…and for my cuajada. The green pitcher you see is also from La Bisbal.
- Arroz Bomba – Said to be the best rice for cooking paella. Am I fixing my self up to attempt this finally? Hmmm…I am still convincing C that this should be his forte, as he is the lover of paella between us.
- Our booty from Zara Home – Now you can dress your house in Zara! Beddings, funky towels, serving utensils, adorable kitchen towels…suddenly you feel like your little flat can also aspire to be a tall, thin, Spanish (or otherwise) model.
- Chocolate Muesli – This may seem a little off, but for some reason, I cannot find chocolate muesli here. And I mean chocolate, not "mocha" or "chococcino". Chocolate muesli (the crunchy type!) and frosted flakes have been a guilty pleasure ever since I discovered the combination one cold morning in Zurich. Now I buy boxes whenever I can.
- Toothpicks or palillos – So help me…we had a box! Why not? I love these toothpicks that you find in a lot of the tapas bars in Spain. They are shaped like an elongated oval and will be great for a cocktail party spread.
We also tossed in a lot of Spanish supermarket items that caught our fancy like sopa de cebolla mix, demerara sugar, paella spice mix, little sugar "cubes" in different shapes…and all sorts of odds and ends.
These are water bottles we got at Vinçons, an amazing home store along the Paseo de Gracia. These are glass versions of a popular mineral water bottle. We discovered them through my godmother, who has a couple of them, and immediately went to get ourselves some…aren't they hip? Much like Vinçons itself. Their selection is great…just the right note between functional and cool. The window displays are awesome! Behind the bottles you can see a cute argyle print towel we got at Zara Home.
My kitchen towels! I couldn't resist…we could all use a little inspiration to do the dishes 🙂 That is why I'm always on the lookout for nice "tools" for whatever task is usually considered a "chore".
This is what we were hoping and praying would survive the trip (along with the glass bottles above). The clay pot! We got this beauty at La Bisbal. I can't wait to get started using it! What to make? Beans (Fabada!), stews, adobo, chicken in a clay pot, maybe some cornish hens (thank you S&R!)…any suggestions?Don't you love getting things in the mail? 🙂


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One-Minute Review: Parrot Jumping Sumo MiniDrone
The latest toy robot from Parrot, maker of the popular AR.Drone quadcopter, is now shipping a two-wheeled jumping robot that you control with your smartphone. WSJ Personal Tech Editor Wilson Rothman takes it for a spin.
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... I ... the the the the the ... the the the the the current one and a pioneer for the drone maker is now shipping it with one of remote controlled robot ... this little guy with jumping to will maybe go ... now it's not what you think of it as a drone that doesn't fly and not on time ... but it is that sneaky little too ill or they can drive around with a smartphone ... can even stream video to your devices over why Fi ... to compile a bit out of sight ... as the jumping to mode means suggested special talent is leaping nearly three feet in the air ... into boxes ... over how to go ... and even across a great chasm ... I found that some really Menlo Park that ... it tends to slip on harder flooring and can push up from Fletcher services ... the jumping Sumo or doing it with risky move by itself ... in fact driving it is a little like playing a real life game of Angry Birds ... it suffered the little Hickey but it is amusing ... at least until the twenty minutes of battery life ... I


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April 2, 2008
Dr. Roger Ames, a distinguished scholar of Chinese philosophy, asked a full audience to see China on its own terms Tuesday night in Hays 104.
Utilizing perspectives of Western and Eastern writers and thinkers, Ames' presentation, "Here Comes China: Understanding China through its Culture," focused on China's global rise, Americans' disconnection to Chinese culture, and how concepts in the culture can be observed with respect to ideas about individuals and religion.
Ames compared China to an artifact placed in a museum.
"In becoming an artifact, it becomes something that's beautiful, something that is worth something, but it doesn't have the same function that it had in its own time and place," Ames said. "So what I want to do is to take this artifact — China — and say some things about it and try to push you to try to take China on its own terms; to try to see China from the inside."
Roger T. Ames is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Hawaii. He is editor of the academic journal, Philosophy East & West, and has translated Chinese classics, including Sun-tzu: The Art of Warfare; Tracing Dao to its Source (with D.C. Lau); and the Confucian Analects (with H. Rosemont), and authored his own works, including Thinking Through Confucius and Thinking From the Han: Self, Truth, and Transcendence in Chinese and Western Culture (with D.L. Hall). Ames' visit was coordinated by Assistant Professor of History John Aden and its focus was to discuss the importance of Asian Studies programs.
"China is rising," Ames said candidly. "For 25 years China has sustained an unprecedented growth rate of seven-to-nine percent. It's just absolutely phenomenal. So economically, China has arrived. What I'll talk about today is 'what comes last.' You can't underestimate the importance of wealth, but Chinese culture is still a mystery to most Americans."
Ames recounted his observations about Western culture's view of China; how concepts beyond one's understanding is referred to as a 'Chinese puzzle' or how running around one's car — disoriented — at a stoplight called the 'Chinese fire drill.' Even in the more serious setting of a bookstore, Ames said he found evidence of the cultural disconnect. Books about Chinese philosophy were routinely placed the Eastern religions sections, even though the Chinese concept of religion differs significantly from the Western concept.
To convey both the cultural differences and the relevance of Chinese culture to Americans, Ames applied it to conventional, Western notions of personhood and religiousness.
"In a Chinese world, people define themselves in terms of having different roles and relationships," Ames said. "One way of thinking about me is that I'm here. Another way of thinking about me is that I'm somewhere in between my wife in Hong Kong and here. And that relationship is more defining of me. I am not here but I am ecologically, organically diffused in roles and relationships in the world. That's a Chinese way of thinking what it means to be a person."
Ames expounded on the how culture affects the way religion is approached in China as well. Instead of focusing on a transcendental religion, the Chinese focus on human-centered religion, Ames said. The focus is less on an outside god and more on a present and internal legacy of truth, beauty, and goodness. Chinese religious traditions focus on realizing spiritual ideals in one's own interactions with his community and focus less on teleology.
"If we Americans did religiousness like the Chinese did religiousness, our gods would be Shakespeare and Martin Luther King and Muller. They brought us up to where we are today," Ames said. "My point is not that Confucianism and Chinese traditions got it right, but really that this different way of thinking about what it means to be a person, this different way of being religious, is something that we ought to entertain. We ought to give this way of thinking a place at the table. We ought to be able to purse something that is relevant out of this slight encounter with Chinese culture."
Ames answered questions after his presentation on topics ranging from the Beijing Olympics to China's one-child policy. A segment of the audience was students enrolled in Dr. David Blix's Religions of China and Japan course. Being enrolled in the class gave the students a unique appreciation of the detail and context of the presentation.
"It was pretty impressive. This guy's ability to relate these complex Chinese social, historical, religious, and philosophical issues in such a short time is just amazing," Ben Bly '08 said. "He is very fluid going through his English to his Chinese and being able to relate the importance without corrupting the meaning. Having studied some of these ideas in Blix's 103 and 104 classes, it's very impressive to meet and hear one of the leading scholars not only in our nation but in the world."
Dr. Blix himself was in the audience, and he appreciated Ames' insight enough to develop his own insights about Ames.
"I thought it was an extraordinary presentation," Dr. Blix said. "I've read Ames' work for years and worked with his stuff on Confucius. I've had students read his stuff in my Confucius seminar. I think he does a very nice job of pulling out subtleties and layers of meaning in the Chinese vocabulary and in Confucius that we sometimes we don't get ordinary English translations. I especially like the way he laid it out tonight. He's a Confucian. He may not know it, but he's a Confucian. And he presented it in a respectful and pleasant manner which I think involved everybody in the discussion and built up a sense of real family (jia) in the room."
Photos by Clayton Craig '08


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