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Skip to comments.And How Many Bullets Do You Need?
Posted on 04/21/2013 6:42:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Well I'm actually a member of the force and I know that there aren't any policies or "policies" anywhere that advocate anything other than well aimed shots. To do so would be to invite lawsuits up the yinyang as well as possible prison time.
Police officers generally are poor shots and tactically illiterate, it has nothing to do with policy.
Highly trained?
They had a billion dollars worth of Law enforcement in the immediate area, National Guard, FBI, CIA, animal control, NSA, code enforcement, transit police, cops were bussed in on school buses from 30 surrounding cities, helicopters, dogs, swat teams and no doubt military drones circling over head.
BTW, didn't #1 die from being ran over by #2, as #2 then fled and lost the pursuers?
So you need it in writing for it to be a policy, huh? Not me. Not when I read the reports on how many shots fired - at least by LAPD, which is what I'm familiar with from my older brother. Specifically here's some recent LAPD stats. http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/2009YearEndReportFinal.pdf
Between 2005 and 2008 LAPD on average managed to miss completely or unintentionally discharge 24 of 70 times there was a shooting (34%) which goes to my point about marksmanship.
With respect to my point about not caring what's downrange by virtue of shooting way too many rounds try the following...
In 2009 there were 42 officer involved shootings, and over 85 officers discharged their weapons in these shootings (LAPD discounts unintentional discharges and animal shootings, me not so much, but I don't have all their numbers). So odds are if you're getting shot at, it's by 2 officers. I calculated the number of rounds fired. The average was approximately 9 per engagement (4.4 per officer), and the average range at engagement was 16-20 feet. That is way too many at that distance. Making a reasonable assumption, given weapons used (mostly pistols ranging in caliber from 9mm to 45ACP) at typical distances it should at worst case take 3 rounds to down a perp on average even allowing for the the obvious difficulties of armed combat.
Since my brother has been shot twice in the line of duty I do have some sympathy for what police officers go through. Then again, no one is forcing them to take the job.
How about that! Well glad you sent him up the river.
I copied it from a history website. I have been fighting for the 2nd for 50 years... I will research the quote further. I did not create it. Those that want to steal our guns hate Washington anyway.
I found this...
"In all the time that I've spent in (8 yrs.), the usual minimum for anyone with an M16 or M4 is 210 rounds (7 x 30 rds mags.) For the M249 SAW, the basic load is 400 rounds (2 x 200 rds drum or 4 x 100 rds.). For the M240, it's usually the same as the SAW.
U.S. Army Veteran (2001 - 2009)"
"Dude... the guys down at the motor pool can fix that... they have a bitchin' set of tools"
I agree completely.
Yep... that is why I defined "too much"! ;-)
Thanks for your post - you get it.
As glad that I am that the cops got this terrorist, and did so using great equipment and reasonable training (not expert perhaps, but they finally got the job done) - I looked at those videos as being on the receiving end of it if the cops and Feds ever get turned to the dark side.
Even with semi-autos and large magazines, an individual is seriously out gunned. Also shows the need to have a support group. Otherwise when they come to your house for your guns your just another nutcase with an "arsenal" of weapons and ammo.
Agreed.But that does not make fake quotations ok.
"Family member Dr. Werner Weissenhofer reports from Vienna. It seems that a felon armed with a .357 revolver robbed a bank. As he left the bank, he was accosted by a policeman whom he murdered with one shot. Great excitement ensued, with the felon taking hostages and racing madly around from one store to another. When the forces of law and order had been mobilized and surrounded the goblin, a policeman volunteered to trade himself to the goblin for two hostages. This offer was accepted, at which time the felon fired at the policeman and seriously wounded him. The forces of law and order opened up with everything they had, which was mostly AUG and Glock fire. Shortly, the goblin killed himself with one round. He had fired three times and achieved three hits. The police, according to their official report, fired 1,261 rounds without drawing blood."
Pretty much what I remember from the 60's, only we used the M-60, not the M240.....favorite was carry as much as you could and not crap out..........
True enough.
But there are a LOT of phony quotes out there, often assigned to Washington, Jefferson or Lincoln, and unfortunately generally put forward by conservatives. After all, liberals don't really consider these men to be admirable or authoritative.
Most conservatives who repeat the fake quotes don't do so on purpose. It's just that when you're engaged in debate, some ammo is too good to check.
With all that is wrong with the world... worry about something that matters... the left and all media hate us and they have NEVER spoken a word of the entire truth... just enough truth to make their evil taste palatable.
"Fox News had the Watertown Chief on last night and he mentioned that the rounds fired were dummy rounds. Im an ex SWAT Team member and I have never heard of "DUMMY ROUNDS(caps added) being used in a hostile tactical action. Im not doubting his word, I just never heard of this."
"Dummy Rounds" refers to the words spoken by the Watertown Chief, not ammo.
Poor, ickle, Liberal pol is embarrassed because a mere "untermenschen" found the terrorist instead of the many armed & armored LEO's he had on his payroll.
I read that the elder Tsarnaev was killed after having been tackled by the cops, then the younger drove the SUV at the whole lot of them, running over and killing his brother as he crashed the line.
If true, that means 200 rounds did not even kill the b*stard. It took an SUV.
Well, Obaba is buying/bought 2 billion rounds of small arms ammo to use on non-military people—one may assume to shoot his own citizens with (Geneva Convention bans hollow point ammo by the U.S.Military).
Considering that Obaba has inside info about what is/may be coming down the pipe, and so is buying ammo in a frenzy, one must assume it wise for the citizens (victims?) to also buy reasonable amounts for home and family protection, even if they do not hunt do other firearm related hobbies.
If cops were TRULY trained professionals, particularly the urban cops, they would not carry machine guns. Automatic firearms tend be be "spray and pray" devices of enormous hazard to innocent bystanders.
Semi-auto weapons are VASTLY more appropriate. Even the U.S.Military knows that (though maybe the SS, er, DHS doesn't have a clue) what with their order of thousands of machine guns (full auto 'assault rifles') DHS deems appropriate "for personal protection".
Some big city cops practice about once a year and 10 rounds.
Look at NY City and when they shot so many round last year and hit others from a close distance.
200 rounds is a lot and it shows how bad they are and if that were military then they would be in for target practice right away
you see the student dopes who were cheering and clapping, having a party.
The idiots claiming it's over and still have not go it into their heads how the city and Govt took control, closed down everything , looked to be like the walking dead scene and still can't admit this was Islamic terrorism.
ever met and worked in Boston and their cops?
Surprised they're allowed to have guns in that dump of a city
Amazing times we live in.
When the cops are at the range, I usually pack up and step back.
Had a few AD from the local cops that convinced me I needed to be elsewhere. The local police trainer is a good guy,and encourages them to join the range and practice on their own time. Some do, many will not.
I was stunned to see so many happy and saying it's all over , they have no idea but having lived in Boston in the past then I does not surprise me.
I told my wife that if was here I would not stay in for all those days, to hell with that.
"If those were not live rounds fired at the suspect/boat, I would suggest the volume of blank fire, or live fire off target, was INTIMIDATION, i.e. this is what you face if you resist."
The above is a good example of why the Gun-Toters-N-Black-Armor have become the object of s much derision.
What's to fear from those who can't hit/kill when they have a numerical advantage in excess of a dozen to one, and 'spray & pray' instead of shoot with well practiced "aimed fire".
Aimed fire works - ask a Marine.
Better yet, ask him what the Gunny would have to say about the Watertown shooting skills.
More than there is....
"In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine" - Erwin Rommel
Enough to fill all the brass cases I've collected.
What is amazing is that there were "two" (2) suspects against all those police and amidst all that, the police fired hundrends of rounds to eventually get one and the second a little later. What would they have done if one of those terrorists were genuinely skilled operators? What would they have done if there had been six more to make a team? At the way things went two were a handful for the police. Police are not skilled with their equipment but they were trained and most had initial training many years ago. Most of them qualify twice a year, fire maybe close to 100 rounds per shoot, and if they get about 3/4 on target in timed sequences that are so long it's silly they pass.
Police operate on the principle of local superiority. Many are barely proficient otherwise.
The Watertown police chief on with Wolf Blitzer stated that the 2 brothers were in separate vehicles when the shoot out took place. The older brother left his vehicle and after running out of ammo the police were in process of handcuffing him when the other brother ran over him with the Mercedes and drug him a distance.
So they didn't get him after 200 rounds.
Who cares? It is supposed to be about how many rounds I want.
RE: The Watertown police chief on with Wolf Blitzer stated that the 2 brothers were in separate vehicles when the shoot out took place. The older brother left his vehicle and after running out of ammo the police were in process of handcuffing him when the other brother ran over him with the Mercedes and drug him a distance.
Tamerlan (The older brother) exhausted his ammunition and had been taken down by the police and was being handcuffed.
Dzokhar drove the stolen SUV directly at the police who jumped out of the way. Dzokhar deliberately ran over his brother and dragged him for several hundred yards. (Was this a way of silencing Tamerlan to prevent him from being interrogated as to his associates?)
All of them.
maybe "too much" = "way more than I can carry and still be able to shoot"...
concur, of course. forgot the emphasis on the "maybe".
The worst part around here is how my supply dwindles as I help friends who didn't prepare earlier. It is up to them now.
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Skip to comments.Guess What Folks - Secession Wasn't Treason
Posted on 08/27/2007 1:37:39 PM PDT by BnBlFlag
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Guess What Folks--Secesson Wasn't Treason by Al Benson Jr.
More and more of late I have been reading articles dealing with certain black racist groups that claim to have the best interests of average black folks at heart (they really don't). It seems these organizations can't take time to address the problems of black crime in the black community or of single-parent families in the black community in any meaningful way. It's much more lucrative for them (and it gets more press coverage) if they spend their time and resources attacking Confederate symbols. Ive come to the conclusion that they really don't give a rip for the welfare of black families. They only use that as a facade to mask their real agenda--the destruction of Southern, Christian culture.
Whenever they deal with questions pertaining to history they inevitably come down on that same old lame horse that the South was evil because they seceded from the Union--and hey--everybody knows that secession was treason anyway. Sorry folks, but that old line is nothing more than a gigantic pile of cow chips that smells real ripe in the hot August sun! And I suspect that many of them know that--they just don't want you to know it--all the better to manipulate you my dear!
It is interesting that those people never mention the fact that the New England states threatened secession three times--that's right three times--before 1860. In 1814 delegates from those New England states actually met in Hartford, Connecticut to consider seceding from the Union. Look up the Hartford Convention of 1814 on the Internet if you want a little background. Hardly anyone ever mentions the threatened secession of the New England states. Most "history" books I've seen never mention it. Secession is never discussed until 1860 when it suddenly became "treasonous" for the Southern states to do it. What about the treasonous intent of the New England states earlier? Well, you see, it's only treasonous if the South does it.
Columnist Joe Sobran, whom I enjoy, once wrote an article in which he stated that "...Jefferson was an explicit secessionist. For openers he wrote a famous secessionist document known to posterity as the Declaration of Independence." If these black racist groups are right, that must mean that Jefferson was guilty of treason, as were Washington and all these others that aided them in our secession from Great Britain. Maybe the black racists all wish they were still citizens of Great Britain. If that's the case, then as far as I know, the airlines are still booking trips to London, so nothing is stopping them.
After the War of Northern Aggression against the South was over (at least the shooting part) the abolitionist radicals in Washington decided they would try Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States as a co-conspirator in the Lincoln assassination (which would have been just great for Edwin M. Stanton) and as a traitor for leading the secessionist government in Richmond, though secession had hardly been original with Mr. Davis. However, trying Davis for treason as a secessionist was one trick the abolitionist radicals couldn't quite pull off.
Burke Davis, (no relation to Jeff Davis that I know of) in his book The Long Surrender on page 204, noted a quote by Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, telling Edwin Stanton that "If you bring these leaders to trial, it will condemn the North, for by the Constitution, secession is not rebellion...His (Jeff Davis') capture was a mistake. His trial will be a greater one. We cannot convict him of treason." Burke Davis then continued on page 214, noting that a congressiona committee proposed a special court for Davis' trial, headed by Judge Franz Lieber. Davis wrote: "After studying more than 270,000 Confederate documents, seeking evidence against Davis, the court discouraged the War Department: 'Davis will be found not guilty,' Lieber reported 'and we shall stand there completely beaten'." What the radical Yankees and their lawyers were admitting among themselves (but quite obviously not for the historical record) was that they and Lincoln had just fought a war of aggression agains the Southern states and their people, a war that had taken or maimed the lives of over 600,000 Americans, both North and South, and they had not one shread of constitutional justification for having done so, nor had they any constitutional right to have impeded the Southern states when they chose to withdraw from a Union for which they were paying 83% of all the expenses, while getting precious little back for it, save insults from the North.
Most of us detest big government or collectivism. Yet, since the advent of the Lincoln administration we have been getting ever increasing doses of it. Lincoln was, in one sense, the "great emancipator" in that he freed the federal government from any chains the constitution had previously bound it with, so it could now roam about unfettered "seeking to devous whoseover it could." And where the Founders sought to give us "free and independent states" is anyone naive enough anymore as to think the states are still free and independent? Those who honestly still think that are prime candidates for belief in the Easter Bunny, for he is every bit as real as is the "freedom" our states experience at this point in history. Our federal government today is even worse than what our forefathers went to war against Britain to prevent. And because we have been mostly educated in their government brain laundries (public schools) most still harbor the illusion that they are "free." Well, as they say, "the brainwashed never wonder." ___________________
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Dixie Ping!
Because only the South actually did it. And their acts of secession, while illegal, weren't necessarily treasonous as the Constitution defines it.
Just curious here. For an act to be illegal it has to violate a law. Which law was violated by the Southern States' secession?
Don't you need an Act of Congress to secede?
The Constitution. You know that Chief Justice Chase who Benson quoted? Look up what he had to say on the matter. Texas v White, 1869.
Uh-oh - time to crank up the popcorn machine.
Secession is unconstitutional. There is no enacted law prohibiting, but there is little doubt that Congress could enact such a law (though why it would who knows).
There is no provision for leaving the Union. Once the states agreed to join they were stuck for better or worse.
Any discussion of secession which analogizes the Confederacy leaving the Union to the US leaving the British Empire is prima facie worthless.
That's the real issue. The Black leadership is not serious about fixing the many problems faced in the Black community but enriching themselves and making themselves power brokers with the liberal establishment. Every problem in the Black community is excused with it's the man's fault and that more money should be poured into their special causes to sooth white guilt and make reparations for slavery. When Blacks like Bill Cosby suggest that many of the problems in the Black community are self caused and should be addressed from within they are vilified. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are prime examples of what is wrong and why nothing is getting fixed.
I disagree. Since approval of Congress is needed for a state to be admitted or for any change in their status or borders after admission, then by implication there is no reason why a state can't leave with the approval of Congress as well. In his Texas v. White decision, Chief Justice Chase seemed to hold out that possibility.
"Once the states agreed to join they were stuck for better or worse".
In other words, the U.S. is like the Mafia or MS-13, once you've joined you can never leave.
The United States of Hotel California.
"There is no provision for leaving the Union. Once the states agreed to join they were stuck for better or worse."
The second statement does not follow from the first.
One simplistic but fair reading would be that since there is no provision for leaving the Union, and since all authority not specifically granted to the federal government is retained by the various States, then the States retain the right to leave the Union.
I hadn't really thought out the mechanics of it, but now that you mention it a single piece of legislation authorizing all 7 state to leave would have had the best chance for success.
I propose that Mass. and Vermont be "encouraged" to secede immediatly! Also Oregon, Wshington and Califonia.
States did not have the right to unilaterally join the Union, how could the retain a right to unilaterally leave?
Thanks for the ping y'all!
Because it's not mentioned in the Constitution. And the disposition of things not mentioned, is mentioned. Very specifically and very clearly.
The Constitution was silent on secession, yet our secession from Britain was based on that right. Some will opine that secession is limited to when events create an oppressive or intolerable situation. The South was fighting for states rights, however, if you read the ordinances of secession, they cite the primary and proximate cause of the dispute that was going on in the USA. That dispute was over slavery. Many Southern leaders wanted to phase out slavery, and Virginia has almost voted to do so, but there were too many Southerners in denial about the pernicious nature of the institution.
Legally, I agree with this article. Furthermore, I agree that after the Civil War, with the passage of the 14th Amendment and rise in the power of the Federal Government, that States Rights and the 10th Amendment became almost null. However, Southerners have a huge share of responsibility for this loss of States Rights by failing to do away with Slavery. Had the War not taken place, God knows when Slavery would have ended, perhaps into the 20th Century.
Constitutionally a president plays no role in the admission of a state so I see no role for him in allowing states to leave. A presidential veto wouldn't be an issue.
Please, chapter and verse that proves that secession is illegal. In the US Constitution.
That was after-the fact.
How about before hand?
Hardly. Chief Justice Marshall pointed out in McCulloch v. Maryland that implied powers existed: "Among the enumerated powers, we do not find that of establishing a bank or creating a corporation. But there is no phrase in the instrument which, like the articles of confederation, excludes incidental or implied powers; and which requires that everything granted shall be expressly and minutely described. Even the 10th amendment, which was framed for the purpose of quieting the excessive jealousies which had been excited, omits the word 'expressly,' and declares only, that the powers 'not delegated to the United States, nor prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people;' thus leaving the question, whether the particular power which may become the subject of contest, has been delegated to the one government, or prohibited to the other, to depend on a fair construction of the whole instrument."
Show me WHERE the Constitution forbids secession.
(You can't!)
Yes because we know Congress will willingly vote to lose part of their tax source...hmmm, what was it the 16th President said was one of the most important issues to him in his First Inaugural Address?
In his Texas v. White decision, Chief Justice Chase seemed to hold out that possibility
The man who gave us fiat money to finance internal improvements and was chosen by a worthless man to sit on SCOTUS. Yes let's listen to his opinion...
All judicial decisions are made after-the-fact. Courts cannot rule on something that hadn't happened yet.
Delivering the mail?
Yes let's listen to his opinion...
Why not? Benson did. Or didn't you bother reading the article that started this thread?
That's not what the south said at the time:
"No man, no association of men, no state or set of states has a right to withdraw itself from this Union, of its own accord. The same power which knit us together, can only unknit. The same formality, which forged the links of the Union, is necessary to dissolve it. The majority of States which form the Union must consent to the withdrawal of any one branch of it. Until that consent has been obtained, any attempt to dissolve the Union, or obstruct the efficacy of its constitutional laws, is Treason--Treason to all intents and purposes. . . . This illustrious Union, which has been cemented by the blood of our forefathers, the pride of America and the wonder of the world must not be tamely sacrificed to the heated brains or the aspiring hearts of a few malcontents. The Union must be saved, when any one shall dare to assail it." [Richmond Enquirer, 1 November 1814]
The fact is that the Hartford Convention grumbled about secession among themselves, but the final report of the convention says nothing about it. Despite that, though, the Democratic party used it to bludgeon the Federalists, driving them out of existence within a few years. ""Democratic politicians, seeking a foil to their own mismanagement of the war and to discredit the still formidable Federalist party, caressed and fed this infant myth until it became so tough and lusty as to defy both solemn denials and documentary proof."--Samuel Eliot Morison
Wow! While I realize that most of the government revenue came from tariffs in those day, I had no idea it was so lopsided and would love to see documentation of the same.
I'm also told by relatives (Texans) that Texas specifically retained their right to leave and/or break themselves up in up to five smaller states in the deal which admitted them to the union? Does anyone else have more details to confirm or quell this?
I would think the rest of you would have seceded from us a long time ago...
The break-up thing is true, the right to leave is false.
You would look in vain because no such documentation exists. The overwhelming majority of tariff revenue was collected in Northern ports. Prior to the rebellion, the man who would become the confederate vice-president was putting the amount of tariff revenued generated in the North at over 75%. And I think he was being conservative.
I'm also told by relatives (Texans) that Texas specifically retained their right to leave and/or break themselves up in up to five smaller states in the deal which admitted them to the union? Does anyone else have more details to confirm or quell this?
The article incorporating Texas as a territory did contain that clause, but once Texas was a state they didn't have any rights that any other state didn't have. And that included walking out of the Union or splitting without congressional approval.
>>War of Northern Aggression<<
I once made the error of using that phrase at a party at the Dean of Student's house at a Boston University.
For the next two hours he brought various visitors over to ask me to repeat the4 phrase so they could discuss it.
That was already weird enough that I didn't tell them the story of how our Baptist family was limited one swear word by Grand Daddy. He said "damnyankee" was alright to say because it wasn't really two different words.
secession REMAINS an OPTION to deal with the loss of FREEDOM.
free dixie,sw
That's not exactly true...each state decided for itself whether to join the Union...Article VII of the Constitution provided that once a sufficient number of states ratified...the government was formed under Constitution with respect to those states that ratified it
No state was forced to join the Union without its express consent
Moreover, it was a basic Lockean concept of politics that any power granted by a sovereign can be reclaimed...those in the state legislatures that ratified the Constitution would certainly have perceived that they were representatives of a sovereign and were voluntarily delegating some of the state's sovereign powers to a new federal government...had any of teh Federalists come out and declared during the ratification process that ratification would forever bind the states to the Union until such time as the other states permitted it to leave...there is not a chance the Constitution would have been ratified
Even an ardent Federalist like Hamilton saw the irony of a Constitutional Republic existing only through the threat of force against unwilling member states...in discussing why the federal government needed a direct power of taxation during the ratification debate in NY, Hamilton mentioned the "aburdity" of a civil war against recalcitrant states
It has been observed, to coerce the states is one of the maddest projects that was ever devised. A failure of compliance will never be confined to a single state. This being the case, can we suppose it wise to hazard a civil war?
Suppose Massachusetts, or any large state, should refuse, and Congress should attempt to compel them, would they not have influence to procure assistance, especially from those states which are in the same situation as themselves? What picture does this idea present to our view? A complying state at war with a non-complying state; Congress marching the troops of one state into the bosom of another; this state collecting auxiliaries, and forming, perhaps, a majority against the federal head.
Here is a nation at war with itself. Can any reasonable man be well disposed towards a government which makes war and carnage the only means of supporting itself -- a government that can exist only by the sword? Every such war must involve the innocent with the guilty. This single consideration should be sufficient to dispose every peaceable citizen against such a government. But can we believe that one state will ever suffer itself to be used as an instrument of coercion? The thing is a dream; it is impossible.
not in 1861, 1961 or 2061.
THE STATES created the federal government. the several states remain FREE to :
withdraw from and/or
DESTROY that union "at their OWN motion".
the 10th Amendment to the Constitution makes those GOD-given rights perfectly clear to anyone except the most radical of unionists.
free dixie,sw
This especially makes sense when you consider that a state is bound to the Union by its ratification of the Consitution by its state legislature. Nothing anywhere says that ratification can't be revoked by that same legislature.
Which brings up my viewpoint. I agree that the U.S. Constitution's non-mention of secession was by design - that each state has the right to remove themselves from the Union. However, at least as far as Louisiana is concerned, there is nothing in their State Constitution that allows their legislature to bring up a vote for secession.
I don't know about the other 49 states, but it is currently unconstitutional for Louisiana to secede again. The only thing that comes close is Article I, Sec. 26, which reads:
The people of this state have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free and sovereign state; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, pertaining thereto, which is not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated to the United States of America in congress assembled.
Now, IMHO, this gives the State of Louisiana the right to govern itself in matters not covered by the laws of the Union. However, removal from the Union is not covered.
Anyway, I'm getting the popcorn and enjoying the discussion... :-)
Conclusion: The South would be missed.
would you care for a "do over", as your post is (to put it as non-controversially as possible) FALSE???
free dixie,sw
free dixie,sw
free dixie,sw
Goose and gander thing?
There is no provision that individual states can't leave, but there is a clause that forbids them from forming a confederacy.
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To The Editor: Susan Lane's column Monday ("U.S. needs to do a better job of helping addicts") is so appropriate, not only for this season, but for the whole year. Truly we as a society have abandoned our weakest citizens, "the least among us."
If Christ, who came to seek and to save, were to come and live among us again, he would not seek out the scrubbed church crowd. Instead, he would look under the bridges, on the park benches, in the alleys and in the jails and prisons where the least of our citizens reside.
How puzzling it would be to him that we, as the richest society on earth, turn our most vulnerable out to fend for themselves in a chaotic world that makes no sense, especially to the millions of mentally ill who are incarcerated for want of a suitable therapeutic and caring environment.
It makes no sense to me that billions are wasted by Congress that could be spent in humane ways. What about the innumerable dollars spent on political campaigns?
How do you justify this while the least of us suffer?
Sandy Goble
Sandy Goble is president of the Four Seasons chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
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Just got back from seeing THE INCREDIBLES for the second time (yep, I liked it) and had my curiosity piqued by the "director(s) of photography" credit during the closing titles - in the context of a computer-animated film, with no actual "camera" per se, just what exactly is the role of a DP?
My uninformed guess is that the DPs here had overall responsibility for determining the virtual lighting levels in each scene, ensuring that light sources created the correct shadow configurations, that the moonlight on the sea had the right "look", and maybe some kind of say in the colour grading of shots... but if anyone can explain to me the precise parameters of an animation director of photography's role, I'd be ever so grateful. I'd imagine there'd be some overlap between roles on a fully-animated project like this (don't the actual animators themselves decide on the position of light sources within shots, as part of their programming chores, and doesn't the actual director decide what "look" he has in mind for individual scenes?), but possibly I'm hopelessly misguided in such a belief. Basically, I'm clueless, so a little help would go a long way.
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Steve, I think your guess is pretty much correct. I believe Pixar use this credit to designate the person who supervises the lighting and (possibly) application of shaders. I would imagine that there is a lot of overlap here, especially given the large crews that work on animated movies, but I think it's probably safe to assume that it's the person who assumes responsibility for the colour balance and positioning/quality/type of lighting for each scene.
Animation does seem to have a tendency, especially in the last 10-20 years, of trying to apply live action job titles where they aren't actually relevant per se. This is especially true of the "production designer" credit, which appears in a lot of animated films but seems to signify the person(s) in charge of set design and conceptualization, rather than their live action equivalent, where they are generally (at least nowadays) in charge of the whole visual design side of things.
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Thanks for confirming my suspicions!
I'd also thought about querying the "production design" credit, too, but as you suggest came to the conclusion that this was all about designing the virtual architectural spaces within the animated world. (Such as Edna Mode's fabulous "glass boxes" mansion, and Syndrome's Blofeld-modernist lair. People have looked at me kind of strangely when I've said this, but THE INCREDIBLES is the first film in ages I've really wanted to inhabit myself...that island, those monorails, the whole design... yes, I could happily retire there.


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This article is about the logical fallacy. For the historical quotation "Tu quoque, Brute, fili mi", see Et tu, Brute? For the play by John Cooke, see Greene's Tu Quoque.
Tu quoque (/tuːˈkwoʊkwiː/;[1] Latin for, "you also") or the appeal to hypocrisy is an informal logical fallacy that intends to discredit the validity of the opponent's logical argument by asserting the opponent's failure to act consistently in accordance with its conclusion(s).
Tu quoque "argument" follows the pattern:
- Person A makes claim X.
- Person B asserts that A's actions or past claims are inconsistent with the truth of claim X.
- Therefore X is false.[2]
An example would be
- Bill: "Smoking is very unhealthy and leads to all sorts of problems. So take my advice and never start."
- Jill: "Well, I certainly don't want to get cancer."
- Bill: "I'm going to get a smoke. Want to join me Dave?"
- Jill: "Well, I guess smoking can't be that bad. After all, Bill smokes."[2]
It is a fallacy because the moral character or past actions of the opponent are generally irrelevant to the logic of the argument.[3] It is often used as a red herring tactic and is a special case of the ad hominem fallacy, which is a category of fallacies in which a claim or argument is rejected on the basis of facts about the person presenting or supporting the claim or argument.[4]
See also[edit]
- And you are lynching Negroes
- Clean hands
- Psychological projection
- The pot calling the kettle black
- Two wrongs make a right
- Victor's justice
- Whataboutism
- ^ "tu quoque, n.". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Fallacy: Ad Hominem Tu Quoque". Nizkor project. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ Bluedorn, Nathaniel (2002). The Fallacy Detective. p. 54. ISBN 0-9745315-0-2.
- ^ "Logical Fallacy: Tu Quoque". Fallacyfiles.org. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
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|Look up tu quoque in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Agassi, Joseph (2008). "Rationality and the tu quoque argument". Inquiry 16 (1–4): 395–406. doi:10.1080/00201747308601691.
- van Eemeren, Frans H.; Houtlosser, Peter (2003). "More about Fallacies as Derailments of Strategic Maneuvering: The Case of Tu Quoque". University of Windsor.
- Govier, Trudy (1980). "Worries About Tu Quoque as a Fallacy". Informal Logic 3 (3): 2–4.
- Shapiro, Irving David (January 2011). "Fallacies of Logic: Argumentation Cons" (PDF). Etc 64 (1): 75–86.
- Marcus, Kenneth L. (2012). "Accusation in a Mirror". Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 43 (2): 357–93. SSRN 2020327.


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Saturated Fat 43.1 g215.4%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 679.6 mg226.5%
Sodium 4300.1 mg179.2%
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For three seasons now, 'American Horror Story' has prided itself on selecting the most terrifying storylines fans could ever dare to imagine. But if you thought a coven full of witches, haunted houses, and insane asylums were scary, that's nothing compared to the twisted whopper Ryan Murphy has in store for the series' fourth season.
Many theories have been circulating throughout the past few months in regards to Season 4's central plot, and now it seems we're finally getting some answers to our clearly well thought out predictions.
In a podcast with the Nerdist Writers Panel, 'AHS' writer and co-executive producer Douglas Petrie spilled the beans on one very important detail, revealing that the upcoming installment will take place at...(drumroll, please)...a carnival!
Here's how it all went down: When one writer made mention of the carnival theory, Petrie's response pretty much sealed the deal. "Yes. It doesn't have a title, but that's the idea," he confirmed. "Very roughly, that's the idea." (For those of you still skeptical, listen to the podcast around the 33-minute mark to hear it for yourself.)
So there you have it, folks! We're about to experience a spooky carnival — the likes of which we've never seen before, if Murphy has anything to say about it. So those of you already afraid of deranged carnies and clowns, you may want to think about sitting this season out. Or just be prepared to have nightmares for 12 weeks.
Carnival and circus themes became a popular theory earlier this year after several highly impressive fan-made posters hit the web. And while Murphy attempted to put those theories to bed, telling Entertainment Weekly, "No one has completely guessed what it is," the key word to remember there is "completely," so clearly he was just trying to throw us off.
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The actors who starred in certainly season 3 deserved far better than in incoherant nonsense that was served up,the first 2 seasons were good the second being my favourite but please do something that has something of a story for season 4 or bin it.
I have to agree with anonymous that AHS is an incredibly overrated show. I've watched all three seasons thus far and will not be going any further with this series. Season 3 was so bad there's nothing Ryan Murphy can do to save this show for me. I'm a fan of Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates and Angela Bassett but these three ladies were wasted in season 3. Bad story and horrible supporting actors/actresses. Some of the dialogue and plot points are just laughable. Murphy could have had a good series here if he knew how to put a show together.


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NEW YORK (AP) - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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consideration at the Oscars.
Blockbusters such as "Avatar," "2012" and "Transformers:
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"Where the Wild Things Are," "District 9" and "Coraline."
The other semifinalists are: "Disney's A Christmas Carol,"
"G-Force," "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," "Harry Potter and
the Half-Blood Prince," "Sherlock Holmes," "Star Trek,"
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Well for my second home test I tested negative and and the first i tested negative but still no period!!! i'm so confused i feel like my stomach is getting bloated and things like that and i'm always tired!!! HELP cause i am not sure what to do.... Do any of you think i would be or am getting ready to start... BE HONEST!!! thanks
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I'm the same way, except I took my first test this morning and Negative.
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stress can cause you to be late. If i were you, go have a blood test b/c a false negative is always possible on a home test, but not a blood test.
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Hmm...I had all the period symptoms but didn't start mine. I was about a week & a half late when I took my HPT though. I would wait about another 3 or 4 days to test again if AF hasn't come yet, & if it's STILL negative, I would get a blood test at the doctor's. GOOD LUCK & LET US KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!!!
Id call dr their test are lil different and can tell sooner
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Yeah but this wasn't an unplanned thing so i'm kinda wondering... and very excited but dont want to get mine and his hopes up yet!!!
It's just that some HPT's take longer to detect it. If you really wanna know soon, just call your doc & schedule a blood test. They are way more accurate.
I think i will its also not sure how to tell the old parents without them being mad cause i'm engaged and 17 and a senior in high school and we have wanted to have one since our little problem last year... we are totally in love and not sure how to go about this...
Mines wasn't unplanned too. And I'm a bit worried cause I'm going on a trip next week to a theme park and I'm bit hesitant to ride any of the rides. Any advice besides going to the dr?
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Recently, I purchased a Savage 93r17 btvs 17hmr rifle to shoot ground squirrels and crows with. Thanks to the ugly black carnivore and no lead free ammo available my new gun has been relegated to punching paper and looking pretty in my gun closet. I have a beeman springer in .177 that shoots at a blistering 1000fps that I enjoy plinking with. I took the gun apart and de-burred and polished all the components, I also filled the butt of the stock with lead buckshot and painted it with a durable spray on bed-liner material. For such an over powered gun now it shoots pretty accurately with a lot less vibration, not to bad for $150.00 gun at big-5. Having shot over four-thousand rounds through the gun I think it is time for a new gun. I am thinking of picking up an air arms tx200 mk3 in 22 cal but I don't know if I can shoot pcp tin ammo in it.Last night I purchased the varmintair dvd. Hopefully the dvd can help answer a lot of questions I have, After watching it I am sure I will have even more.Thank you, Mike
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Here is link to varmintair's blog...he covers the non-lead pellets there...http://varmintair.ty...rmintairs_blog/http://varmintair.ty...-discovery.htmlThey are available at Airguns of Arizona
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Hi Mike. Thanks for the order. I shipped it out today. I hope you find it entertaining. It will definitely show you what modern adult airguns are capable of as hunting tools. I don't specifically get into the non-lead pellet issue in the video, but the best kept secret about that video is, ninety nine percent of all of the shots taken on squirrels in the video, were made with the DYNAMIC tin alloy pellets. From 30 yards, out to just under 100 yards, so they do perform well in some guns.Early on, I found out that my video camera would not work on spring powered airguns. The jolt of the gun firing would cause the camera to stop recording. Because of that issue, I shot the video with the camera mounted on various PCP air rifles. I have had great success shooting the tin pellets out of most of my PCP's.DYNAMIC tin pellets are made in a wide range of sizes and designs to specifically work a given type of gun. There are different pellets for springers and PCP's. I am shooting the 14.5 grain PCP-2 pellets in my .22 cal PCP rifles. The Sn-1, 7.9 grain tin pellet is designed for .177 caliber spring powered guns. They may, or may not work in a given gun. The only way to know is to try them and see.I never got around to trying them, to any extent, in my spring powered guns, but I do have some of the Sn 1 tin pellets that are designed specifically to be used in springers. I have your address on file here, so what I will do, is send you a bunch of them to try in your gun. Keep in mind that in general, they are not a pellet that you would want to spend much time plinking with. They run about $24 for a box of 500 in the .177 cals. Most definitely a hunting pellet at that price.The Sn-2 would be the .22 cal DYNAMIC tin pellet for use in the TX 200 springer. The question is, will the gun shoot them accurately or not. Again, no way to know without trying them.I'll get the .177 caliber Sn-1 pellets out to you ASAP. Let us know if they shoot in your gun. I would be interested in knowing. CT
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When the Blue Goose Inn burned to the ground on March 6, 1993 television and radio news directors across Minnesota sent camera crews and ace reporters to somehome capture a story- not mearly of a spectacular midnight fire but of a landmark, a lake country mecca, with a unique colorful history. From features on Minnesota Public Radio to the lively prose of popular Twin Cities newspaper columnists, writers attempted to get the real flavor of the Blue Goose, or whatever it was made this small-town place a favorite stop for 70 years, endeared to a clientele ranging from formal diners to unabashed fun lovers out to "Get Loose at the Goose."
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Agriculture - Topic for Second Public Forum on County Comprehensive Plan
The second public forum on the County's Comprehensive Plan will be held on Thursday, June 21st at 6:00pm at the Mansfield Town Hall, 7691 Toad Hollow Road, Little Valley. The topic of this forum will be Agriculture.
Forums Scheduled for County Comprehensive Plan
In 1978, Cattaraugus County adopted its first Comprehensive Plan, entitled the Cattaraugus County Land Use Plan 2000. Since then, many changes have occurred in our County, many not anticipated or envisioned by the Plan.
Planning Board Annual Meeting - "A Successful Business and Its Ties to the Community"
The Cattaraugus County Planning Board will hold its Annual Meeting on July 28, 2010 at the Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel, Events Center North West, 777 Seneca Allegany Blvd., Salamanca, New York. James E. Stitt, Chairman, CEO and President of the CUTCO Corporation will be the Keynote Speaker.
NYS Horse Council Annual Meeting Weekend
NYS Horse Council Annual Meeting Weekend: September 25-27
For Public Review: Draft Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan
The Draft Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan for Cattaraugus County has been developed by the Community Transportation Coalition of Cattaraugus County in response to federal law and is required by the Federal Transit Administration. The plan is intended to identify the transportation needs of individuals with disabilities, older adults, and people with low incomes, provide coordination strategies among agencies for meeting these local needs, and prioritize transportation strategies for funding and implementation.
Thomas Barnes Recipient of the 2009 Brooks Patterson Community Leadership Award
"Regional Workforce Action Plan" Is The Topic of the Cattaraugus County Planning Board Annual Meeting
Sean Lukasik is an Interactive Marketing Consultant in the Elmira-Corning region of Upstate New York. He is President of Twin Tiers Young Professionals and a coordinator and consultant for Pipeline 4 Progress.
2010 Decennial Census
The 2010 Decennial Census is rapidly approaching. We need to make sure that everyone is counted. This is an advance notice of an Address Canvassing Campaign by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Tourism Destination Assessments in Cattaraugus County
Tourism Destination Assessments in Cattaraugus County Is The Topic of the Cattaraugus County Planning Board Annual Meeting
What Makes a Good Farmland Protection Plan
A workshop on the New York State Farmland Protection Program and Purchase of Development Rights (PDR)
The American Farmland Trust, with special thanks to the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets for their support, will be presenting a workshop on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 7:00 pm at the Ellicottville Memorial Library, 6499 Maples Road, Ellicottville, New York. The workshop is for farmers, farm landowners, public officials, town planning board members and others interested in farmland protection.


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Today, the Commission adopted its annual report on Roma integration.
Commission calls for renewed commitment to Roma integrationTackling discriminationEuropean - Press release Commission Brussels, 28 June 2016 Today, the Commission adopted its annual report on Roma integration. This year's assessment provides, for the first time, an overview of the measures put in place by Member States following the 2013 Council Recommendation on effective Roma integration measures, which required...
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Today, Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, participated in the opening ceremony of the IDAHO Forum 2016 in Copenhagen. The IDAHO Forum annually brings together representatives of the national authorities, EU institutions and civil societies to commemorate the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on May 17.
International Roma DayTackling discrimination
Diversity Charters newsletter - issue 3Tackling discrimination
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Commission publishes List of Actions to advance LGBTI equalityTackling discrimination
Commissioner Jourová on EU actions for LGBTI equalityTackling discrimination
Eurobarometer 437 - Discrimination in the EU in 2015Tackling discrimination
As the last Eurobarometer on this topic in 2012, the survey looks into attitudes and perceptions of Europeans towards discrimination based on different grounds (gender, ethnic origin, religion or beliefs, age, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity) and citizens' opinions on different policy measures to combat discrimination. For the first time the survey explores the social acceptance of specific groups belonging to ethnic and religious minorities. Also for the first the survey is looking into social acceptance and citizens' views on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons.
Local authorities from 11 EU countries join efforts on Roma integrationTackling discrimination
Roma integration – Commission visits RomaniaTackling discrimination
Commission dedicates more funding to Roma integrationTackling discriminationEuropean - Press release Commission Brussels, 18 June 2015 Member States continue to make progress in Roma integration, but further efforts are necessary. This is the conclusion of an annual Commission report adopted today.
Commission adopts fourth report on the implementation of National Roma Integration StrategiesTackling discrimination
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Know your rights! - Discrimination booklet publishedTackling discrimination
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The deadline for this call for proposals is 7/7/2015 12:00 (noon) CET.
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Roma integration: EU Framework triggers first resultsTackling discriminationEuropean Commission Press release Brussels, 4 April 2014 Concerted action by the European Commission has put Roma integration firmly on the political agenda across Europe. The first signs of improvement in the lives of Roma are slowly starting to show, says a new report unveiled today on Member States' progress...
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Roma integration: EU framework triggers first resultsTackling discrimination
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Roma integration: EU Roma Summit to evaluate progressTackling discriminationEuropean Commission Press release Brussels, 28 March 2014 Local, national and EU politicians and leaders will gather with civil society in Brussels on 4 April to discuss progress on Roma integration across Europe. This will be the first EU Roma Summit since the Commission put in place an EU framework...
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Please note that the deadline for this call for proposals is 10/09/2013 12:00 (noon) CET.
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The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) takes place every year to draw attention to the discrimination that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people can face.
La Ministre Marie-Arlette Carlotti et la Vice-présidente Viviane Reding veulent renforcer les droits des personnes handicapées en EuropeTackling discriminationCommission européenne MEMO Bruxelles, 4 mars 2013 Marie-Arlette Carlotti, ministre française déléguée aux personnes handicapées et à la lutte contre l'exclusion et Viviane Reding, vice-présidente de la Commission européenne en charge de la justice, des droits fondamentaux et de la citoyenneté, se sont rencontrées à Bruxelles le lundi 4 mars 2013.
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The European Commission releases a new Eurobarometer on discrimination in the European Union.
Digital Agenda: Commission proposes rules to make government websites accessible for allTackling discriminationOver 100 million EU citizens would find it easier to use online public services to look for a job, register a car, submit a tax declaration and apply for a passport or driving license thanks to new rules proposed today by the European Commission on the International Day of People with Disability.
Conclusions of the Equality Summit 2012: Promoting Equality for GrowthTackling discrimination
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The European Commission releases today a new Eurobarometer on discrimination in the European Union.
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Promoting equal treatment for all. Play videoTackling discrimination
1 in 6 Europeans have some sort of disability. This should not be an obstacle to their equal access to jobs, public services or new technology. The Roma are the largest ethnic minority in Europe. As equal EU citizens, they enjoy the same rights as everyone else in Europe, and should be allowed to enjoy them without facing discrimination or exclusion.
European Commission seeks public input on measures to break down barriers to disabled peopleTackling discrimination- Press release European Commission Brussels, 13 December 2011 – Today, the European Commission launched a public consultation on its future plans for breaking down barriers to Europeans with disabilities. The consultation will help the Commission to prepare its proposals for a European Accessibility Act, planned for autumn 2012.
EU Platform for Roma Inclusion: Frequently asked questionsTackling discriminationBrussels, 17 November 2011 Who are the Roma? There are around 10-12 million Roma people in Europe. They have been part of Europe for centuries and are integral to its society and economy, but frequently face prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and exclusion.
Stop discrimination newsletter - winter 2011 edition(3 MB)Tackling discrimination
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Working together for Roma inclusion - The EU framework explained(2 MB)Tackling discrimination
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European Commission invites nominations for anti-discrimination journalist awardTackling discrimination
The European Commission launched the 2011 competition of the EU Journalist Award – Together against discrimination! The award – the only competition for print and online journalists focused on discrimination and diversity issues in the EU – recognises journalists who contribute to a better public understanding of diversity and discrimination issues in the EU. The EU-wide winner and the two runners up will receive vouchers with a value of €5,000, €3,500 and €2,500, respectively. Registration deadline: 10 November 2011 at 12.00 (midday-CET).
EU leaders endorse Commission's plan for Roma integrationTackling discriminationEuropean Commission - Press release Brussels, 24 June 2011 – The European Commission's EU framework for national Roma integration strategies (IP11/400, MEMO/11/216) was endorsed at the highest political level. European leaders meeting in Brussels today backed a plan to end the centuries-old exclusion of the continent's Roma minority.
Viviane Reding Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship The EU Framework for national Roma Integration Strategies: Moving fro...Tackling discriminationDear Ms Izsák, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to be here with you at this 5th meeting of the European Platform for Roma Inclusion. The European Platform for Roma Inclusion provides a unique forum for debate and cooperation between all stakeholders: from national governments, EU institutions and international organisations...
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Equality: Commission drops three cases against Poland following new anti-discrimination lawTackling discriminationBrussels, 14 March 2011 The European Commission has closed three separate infringement procedures against Poland covering different aspects of EU equality legislation. The Commission successfully concluded the cases after Poland adopted a new anti-discrimination law.
First European Equal Pay Day highlights EU earnings gapTackling discriminationBrussels, 4 March 2011 Women in the European Union earn on average 17.5% less than men during their lifetimes. This stark figure will be highlighted tomorrow during the first EU-wide Equal Pay Day. This day – 5 March – marks the extra number of days in 2011 that women must...
Sex Discrimination in Insurance Contracts: Statement by European Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU's Justice Commissioner, on the European Court of Justice's ruling in th...Tackling discriminationBrussels, 1 March 2011 The Court of Justice of the European Union today delivered its ruling in the Test-Achats case (C-236/09) concerning sex discrimination in insurance premiums. Commenting on the judgement, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding (who is in charge of gender equality at the European Commission) said: "Today is...
Equality: Commission welcomes end of discriminatory pension ages in Greece and Italy; closes infringement casesTackling discriminationBrussels, 24 November 2010 The European Commission has welcomed notification by Greece and Italy of measures to comply with EU rules on pensionable ages. In its rulings of 26 March 2009 and 13 November 2008, the EU's Court of Justice found that different pensionable ages in Greece (case C-559/07) and...
Equality: European Commission closes cases against Germany on anti-discrimination rulesTackling discriminationBrussels, 28 October 2010 The European Commission has today closed legal proceedings against Germany for incorrectly implementing two parts of EU anti-discrimination legislation. The EU rules concern discrimination in employment on grounds of religion, belief, disability, age and sexual orientation (Directive 2000/78/EC) and in employment in almost all other areas...
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Equality: Commission requests Czech Republic to comply with EU gender equality rulesTackling discriminationBrussels, 28 October 2010 The European Commission has today sent a formal request to the Czech Republic to implement fully EU rules against gender discrimination in employment (Directive 2002/73/EC). The request, in the form of a reasoned opinion under EU infringement procedures, comes after the Czech Republic failed to adequately...
Equality: European Commission closes cases against Sweden and Latvia on employmentTackling discriminationBrussels, 30 September 2010 The European Commission has today closed legal proceedings against Sweden and Latvia for incorrectly implementing EU rules on equal treatment in employment on the basis of religion, belief, disability, age and sexual orientation (Directive 2000/78/EC).
Viviane Reding Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Statement on the latest developments on the Roma situation Brussels, 1...Tackling discrimination"Over the past weeks, the European Commission has been following very closely the developments in France regarding the Roma. I personally have been appalled by a situation which gave the impression that people are being removed from a Member State of the European Union just because they belong to a...
EU adopts new measures to improve housing conditions of Roma communitiesTackling discriminationBrussels, 20th May 2010 The European Parliament has given its green light to a proposal from the European Commission which makes it possible to use European regional funding to improve housing for marginalised communities.
European Commission urges Roma social inclusionTackling discriminationBrussels, 7 April 2010 Roma communities, the European Union's largest ethnic minority, continue to face persistent discrimination and segregation. The European Commission urged Member States in a report today to use EU funds for the social and economic integration of Roma.
Communication on Roma in Europe and Progress Report on Roma inclusion 2008-2010Tackling discriminationBrussels, 7 April 2010 What is the new Communication about? This is the first time the European Commission has adopted a policy Communication dedicated specifically to Roma. The document defines the main challenges ahead and develops an ambitious programme to help make policies for Roma inclusion more effective.
Employment equality rules: European Commission sends final warning to Portugal and closes case against LithuaniaTackling discriminationBrussels, 18 March 2010 The European Commission today stepped up legal action against Portugal for incorrectly implementing EU rules prohibiting discrimination based on religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in employment and occupation (Directive 2000/78/EC, see also MEMO/08/69).


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New research suggests that genes linked to autism and schizophrenia are only switched on during the early stages of brain development, according to a study in mice led by researchers at the University of Oxford. The scientists say their new findings add to the evidence that autism and schizophrenia are neurodevelopmental disorders, meaning that they originate during early brain development.
The researchers studied gene expression in the brains of mice throughout their development, from 15-day old embryos to adults. They focused on cells in the subplate, a region of the brain where the first neurons develop.
"The subplate provides the scaffolding required for a brain to grow, so is important to consider when studying brain development," says professor Zoltán Molnár, M.D., D.Phil., senior author of the paper. "Looking at the pyramids in Egypt today doesn't tell us how they were actually built. Studying adult brains is like looking at the pyramids today, but by studying the developing brains we are able to see the transient scaffolding that has been used to construct it."
The study shows that certain genes linked to autism and schizophrenia are only active in the subplate during specific stages of development. "The majority of the autism susceptibility genes are only expressed in the subplate of the developing mouse brain," explains Anna Hoerder-Suabedissen, Ph.D., who led the study at the University of Oxford. "Many can only be found at certain stages of development, making them difficult to identify at later stages using previous techniques."
The team was able to map gene activity in full detail using new methods that allowed them to dissect and profile gene expression from small numbers of cells. This also enabled them to identify the different populations of subplate neurons more accurately.
"I am excited to see tangible genetic links supporting, even indirectly, the idea of a possible role of the transient embryonic subplate zone in the origin of disorders such as autism and schizophrenia," says Professor Pasko Rakic, M.D., Ph.D., of Yale University, one of the first to discover subplate neurons. "If this is possible to show in mice, where the subplate is relatively small, it is likely to be even more pronounced in humans, where it is much more evolved.
"The study from Professor Molnár's group at Oxford may be the first step toward finding more such links in the future and opens the possibility of directly examining the roles of genetic variation and exposure to various environmental factors in animal models."
The research is published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in a paper titled "Expression profiling of mouse subplate reveals a dynamic gene network and disease association with autism and schizophrenia". The study is a collaboration between researchers from the University of Oxford, King's College London, and Imperial College London, and was funded by the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust.
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Puppeteer release date set at GDC
Although it was quite busy talking up its indie push, Sony briefly paused at GDC to give a release window for first-party effort Puppeteer.
The SCE Japan production is due in North America on September 10, Joystiq reports from GDC.
Puppeteer will release simultaneously at retail and via the PlayStation Network.
The unusual platform adventure has a couple of claims to fame; SCE Japan is one of Sony's most interesting teams, but it's also brought on Gavin Moore to direct. His previous works include The Getaway and Forbidden Siren.
Puppeteer was only announced at gamescom 2012 so it's actually snuck up on us quite quickly, but it has been in the works for some time, with Sony trademarking the title as early as 2010.
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