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"The federal law, Roe v. Wade, that makes abortion legal in the us, must be protected."
I notice two flaws in this sentence, rather than just the one. The one that is entirely inaccurate is the fact that this sentence refers to the supreme court case and decision of Roe v. Wade as a federal law. Roe v. Wade is a decision over a singular case, not as a law of the land.
But in my opinion...
We are not going to progress with this issue at any rate when people are throwing around terms and accusations that only push us further apart. This has obviously been a strong, ongoing concern, and there's a reason for that. There are many reasons why it is hard to speak for a voice that hasn't found itself yet. The core of this argument lies in the question of consciousness of the developing fetus. Both arguments for and against abortion make sense to certain extents, and on both sides there are flaws observed. Abortion is a very complex subject, and we can't pretend we know what's best for anyone, especially if they aren't developed yet. All I can say is that if you think a woman who gets pregnant should without question give birth, thus deeming her eligible to be a proper parent, then you should also deem her eligible to know what's best for her seed. However, there's the adoption option which is the perfect alternative for mothers who give birth, but who we don't see fit to parent the child. Unfortunately we can't effectively decide whether a mother is able to care for her child (with the exception of obvious and extreme cases of neglect and abuse) if we've already made the assumption that she is mature enough to handle nine months of confusion she will likely face because she was forced to incubate a ball of DNA into a living, breathing conscious being for nine months against her will.
Abortion might not have been anyone's burden if only we were all perfectly responsible and clearly understood the consequences of unsafe sex (which include more than just babies!). Unfortunately, you can still get pregnant even when you are told by your doctor that you are doing the right thing by using contraceptives. These doctors also tell you that there is still a very small risk of becoming pregnant even when properly using your chosen contraceptive. So this brings us to a whole new argument that needs to be considered before the one of abortion: what is the definition of being responsible in a situation like sex and is it possible for everyone to agree over one standard? Many believe that using birth control and condoms are responsible choices, but does that change when the girl ends up pregnant? I thought she was being responsible? Back in the day, being responsible was waiting until marriage, which was more of a religious belief than a moral no-brainer. Notice by looking at our own lives and the lives around us that abstinence isn't practiced and accepted by everyone, at least on the western side of things. Even religious people are making accommodations for the new society we live in and the opportunity to have sex without getting pregnant, which is a tempting opportunity to take when there aren't any consequences for doing so except maybe being smitten by God. If men have the right to have sex for the sake of pure pleasure, then women should be allowed the same privilege without being judged. Maybe things used to be different when having sex always meant getting pregnant, but now that medicine has advanced the circumstance of which we live and of what hinders us change entirely. If we have a pill that has been tested and proven to work, then that eliminates the worry, the problem. The issue of treating the body as a sacred temple that one should be considerate of is an issue only for anyone who believes that isolating the body is having the bodies best interest in mind because on the contrary, one could argue that sharing the body is equally as healthy, if not more. My point is that an issue of the mind is an issue of the mind and can rationalized many different ways that change depending on the lens you see life through. You cannot prove that abstinence is better for someone than using a contraceptive, and neither choice causes harm on a person if they decide this for themselves. In the end, when that man is exercising his sexual freedom, and the women are not, he is making love to women who are being punished for his own desires and that alone is unethical regardless of your sex. Being punished for someone else's freedom when that freedom always comes at another's expense, that is human perspective and not gendered perspective; it is only only a gendered consequence.
Both sexes in a possibly fatal hetero encounter are equally responsible for their participation in sex. They both are assumed to have an awareness of possibly extreme and life changing (life creating) repercussions, the only difference between the two is that the women's choice is taken away when it comes to a consequence of an action equally performed by both. If abortion is ever illegal, then there should be a law that gives the man the same amount of responsibility that the woman has. If she is forced to raise a child she is only half responsible for, then why doesn't the other half of the responsibility have to contribute to this important new life? If this is a subject for you that concerns the sanctity of life, then we should agree that our concern should also be on the future of the child; If we're going to go as far as to say that it is against our ethics (everyone really means religion) as a humanity to rob a life of its future before it is even aware it is alive, then we must be equally, if not more concerned with the quality of their life. We need both the father and the mother (and all other combinations of parents) to take responsibility for this delicate new life because that will be one example that will resonate forever within the child. And if the mother or father is considered a threat to the child's wellbeing and happiness, each case should be handled individually and negotiated in terms of circumstances. We should never try and categorize people in a way that silences their rights and freedoms by representing them through a vague idea rather than the actuality of who they really are. We can't look at things with this either/or dichotomy of judgement where everything is either something or it's something else rather than thinking on a human level and notice that they are both this and they are also that. Technology has obviously transformed our understanding of human relationships and interaction, and in many ways that is a tragedy, while in other ways it's a blessing. But the weight of one over the other is something to always be conscious and cautious of. In the matter of birth, life and innocence, we need to be very gentle and thoughtful rather than aggressive and closed minded.
Personally, I have always been on the fence about abortion, although I am definitely more present in the pro-choice argument. I can't fully commit myself to either side because I have not faced the truth of this situation. The problem with this issue is that it seems so black and white at first glance. Some say abortion is killing a baby, and others call it terminating a pregnancy. One sounds too extreme and the other too casual. One is talking as if there is a life we are dealing with, and another is talking about the issue as if theirs no one but the mother (and in best cases, the father too) involved in a decision like this.The bottom line is that you could only truly understand the weight of this ultimatum by standing directly in the woman's shoes. Most women won't understand it until they are placed into that situation themselves. I'm sorry, but men play second string to this issue because their freedom, rights and ownership of self is not at risk here, this is 100% a woman's issue. I don't discount that there are many instances where the father wants to be completely apart of the child's life but the mother doesn't allow, that's where men's rights come in. Having a baby really shouldn't be looked at as a chore or the end of the good days, it should and is seen as the beginning of the best days. It's just a huge responsibility that requires tolerance, patience, providence and complete commitment. It's knowing when you're ready that requires a lot of time and personal thought. In the end, women account for half of the population, meaning that they can collectively come to some sort of consensus or understanding of all rights and needs that women should have when going into a pregnancy. I might also consider that only men have made the decisions on when and at what expense is it okay to start a war and expect many of our own people as well as a mass of people we haven't got the chance to identify with to suffer the consequences. I'm certain that it was not a woman who decided that it was okay to kill someone with an electric chair because he saw that the punishment fit the crime, somehow justifying the hijack of nature's authority. This is not me badgering men, because I'm not. I just know that men have been given the privilege and responsibility of making very important political, historic and life changing decisions in the progression of our humanity and within the development of society and some have made very poor decisions on issues similar to abortion that regard human life.
Life is what let's us exist and experience outside forces. We are given senses as tools to understanding our existence and its relation to the existence of others. In order to really shape our own understanding of the issues we should be seriously discussing this as concerned, supportive people who care more about humanity than being right. We have to start supporting each other, because this capitalistic, greedy all-for-one mentality is really damaging our co-existence. It's hindering our relationship with nature. I'm sure if we weren't in such an oppressed-classist-racist-sexist-selfish-materialistic-unequal and negative society, we would probably all be at the same consensus on this issue. The examples that history set for us can come across in two very different ways. Learning about world wars, current wars, violence among large groups and individuals and all the "isms" that coexist in our country one might think that we are supposed to be such hostile power-hungry creatures. And then there are those who look at history not as an example of how we should be, but a lesson of what happens when we are inhumane.
The progression of the abortion dispute is easily synonymous with the definition of abortion.


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Bacolod City, Philippines -- There's a tad bit of controversy surrounding newly-crowned WBO junior flyweight Donnie "Ahas" Nietes' (29-1-3, 16 KOs) conquest of Ramon Garcia Hirales (16-3-1, 9 KOs).
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Well, 2 judges were American and they have it for Nietes. The Filipino judge have a closer scorecard going for Nietes. One reporter have it 7-5 for Nietes but this reporter i belived is Filipino based here in the US.
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On today's show, we're talking about the new augmented reality social app Traces, Harvard's self-assembling Kilobots, and a setup that lets you drive a real car like a third-person game.
Simple robots that identify and move toward each other could open the way to armies of machines that measure pollution, pollinate plants, or fly through our bodies.
Harvard University designs a system to manage hundreds of miniature, communicating Kilobots at once, letting researchers and hobbyists test ways that the minibots can move and work collectively.
Research effort uses distributed robots that communicate with each other to auto-duplicate shapes by forming an object out of a larger pile of smart sand.
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With Gustave roaring into the Gulf and all of South Louisiana driving North, my friend, Caroline and I headed South instead...to Natchitoches, LA....about halfway between Monroe, LA. in Northeast, LA. and Alexandria, LA. in South Central LA. We had made this reservation at a Bed and Breakfast in Natchitoches over a month ago and figured it was far enough inland to be safe, so we saw no reason to change our plans. There were 18 other guests at the B & B this weekend...all from the Lake Charles and Lafayette, LA. areas...all fleeing the storm. It made for a far more interesting and humanly significant visit than would have otherwise been the case. Some of these people will go back to normal lives...some will find their circumstances completely altered. And while Gustave has not been as devastating to our state at this point as was initially feared, the tale is not finished yet. Caroline and I drove back North and home this afternoon. These families have a couple of days more, and perhaps far longer, to wait to resume their lives. We all sat at a huge communal breakfast table this morning, listening to each other share stories as though we were all at a mutual family reunion. We laughed like old friends, wandered in and out of the common living area to steal peeks at the televised reports drifting in from points south, exchanged names and addresses in some cases, wished each other well and went about our daily plans.
Natchitoches is the town where the movie, Steel Magnolias was filmed. It is a beautiful city, interesting both culturally and historically. As we left town, the wind was beginning to blow signs over and stir up chop on the Cane River Lake that flows through the middle of town. Rain fell in big fat drops, but gently, and students from Northwestern LA. State Univ. gathered on New Orleans style balconies throughout the town to watch the storm and the tourists roll through.
Here at home, the air is ominously still. Rain has stopped except for fitful spitting, and we are under a tornado watch. My Mother, who lives 70 miles Southeast of me, called to say that she had lost electric power. If it stays out for much longer, my brother will fire up the generator to power the water pump, a few lights, the refrigerator, and some fans.
I'm going through several days worth of e-mail backlog, and I will shut down the computer very shortly. See y'all soon!
P. S. The photo is the deserted Front Street in down town Natchitoches on Sunday evening prior to Gustave's land-fall. Things were actually more lively the following morning as evacuees had begun to fill up the local restaurants, shops, B & B's, etc.
Sometimes I'm content with all that I have...thankful for it, as a matter of fact. I realize I could easily be living under a bridge somewhere, locked in the horror of a mind twisted by years of illness, pain and yielding to fear and depression. (The more we yield to fear, the deeper its tentacles reach into our brains and squeeze the life from us.) I have much to be thankful for.
Other days...like today, I am disgusted with my lack of tangible progress toward health and fitness and tired of the battle. So I decided to work. That is the quickest remedy for depression for me...to feel that I am accomplishing something, however small. I uploaded all the photos I shot at the charity benefit last night...the one I did the decorated star for, a month or so back. I will eventually have to use them to write an article about it in some form or other. I went with 2 friends...saw a dozen or so other old friends that I had not seen in some time, since they all live in another town...listened to a really good band, had tasty gluten free food that didn't shoot the diet all to heck...and came home thoroughly depressed.
I realized that it was because in all the labor and activity, I feel goals and dreams slipping away. I want to write a record of the things I've learned from life before that life is gone. I want my son to know where I've come from...where he's come from...so that he knows it is possible to not be destroyed by the hammering of life...so he will not fear for me, but can live his life with joy and strength. (He does anyway, for the most part. He's far stronger than I was at his age, that's for sure!) My strength continues to be limited, and I have to stringently prioritize what I give it to. Parties...even lovely parties with friends, where I am a "guest of honor" so to speak, tend to sap my energy rather than renewing it. I like to simply put in a brief appearance and leave, but I was riding with friends, since my car is not highway worthy. I'm coming off as an ungrateful, ungracious, sniveling whiner here. So be it. I'm groping for a way through this maze of how to live life most effectively.
So I reminded myself that what I am doing...even the party...is giving me the chance to earn a living in teensy little baby steps.
But I wanted a refuge today...a home and garden and horses and a view of the sea with the wind blowing the salt smell across my skin and the taste of it on my lips and the quiet...ah, the quiet of stars when the moon is full, and the grass stirs softly beneath it...and I am alone to wonder at the mind of the God who could make such things and feel His pleasure in it and in me. That is what the picture is about...a house I ran across in a magazine somewhere that said to me, "Oh yes...that would do quite nicely."
Meanwhile, back on the front lines...I've put in a whopping 15 minutes 3 times a week on the Nordic Track for the past 3 weeks...not likely to produce a sleek and toned body any time soon! That is part of why the fatigue of the rest of my life is getting to me, but the tiny bit of exercise is also a source of stubborn hope. When I'm able to feel the muscles working, and the lungs sucking in air, I know I'm at least moving, not lying dead on the battlefield.
So here's to all of us who have dared to enter life's arena and do battle. May we "live long and prosper!"
P. S. I put a picture on my photo page of me and the 2 friends I was with from last night's Gala!
The picture is a painting I did, reworking Honore Daumier's "Don Quixote". It reminds me that "impossible dreams" sometimes have to be tweaked and refined along the path of pursuit in order to reach them...dreams of growth and change and renewal. I went to an Art Crawl last night. 4 new galleries have opened in the downtown area just blocks from my apartment. I've been researching and writing about the "renewal" efforts that are taking place in the old inner core of the small city where I live in Northeast LA., and this is an encouraging sign of life...(not to mention more stuff for me to write about... I got to meet with a man who has invested heavily in the rennovation of several old historic buildings in this area, (one among about 5 private investors that I've stumbled on so far) and he took me through a stunningly lovely building overlooking the River that is to become an upscale restaurant , bar and live music venue in just a few short months. It won't be a place that my meager budget will be able to afford, but it looks like it's going to be an enticing new asset for the city's cultural and economic growth.
Richard Florida has written about the process of urban renewal in books such as "The Rise of the Creative Class", documenting the way that artists and other creative types often form the "first wave" of renewal in a city, since they aren't afraid to move into older, "less desireable" segments of real estate, investing ideas, sweat equity, and whatever money they can come by, to carve out space to work, live, and exhibit. Eating establishments and other service industries ultimately follow, and "renewal" begins. Creativity isn't limited to the "arts", though. Similar processes have occurred with centers of technological, scientific, and commercial creativity, such as Silicon Valley, Austin, TX., and Atlanta, GA. Anyway, I see hopeful signs of emerging life in a region that has long had little to commend it to industry as a place to invest in, build businesses in, and relocate their employees to.
Meanwhile, on the personal front, my uncle has agreed to move in with my mother and brother...that ought to make for something of a simmering volcano with the relationship between my hot-tempered brother and equally hot-tempered uncle. There will have to be personal character growth on someone's part in order for them to not destroy my mother in the crossfire. I have to go down to my Mother's place next week for a couple of days to help move the "office" out of the bedroom into which my uncle will move, reconfigure the computer system in Mother's room instead, and generally offer her "moral support."
As for me, I restarted baby steps in exercise this week with 3 slow 15 minute sessions on my Nordic Track. (for about the 35th time in as many years) Every time I "start over", I am able to do less and less because of the aging and illness process, but to be able to begin at all is a glorious gift. I used to become so discouraged whenever I went through the "relapse" phases that meant that once more, I had to back off the exercise or stop it altogether. Now I can tell myself that I'm just taking a "pit stop", and I will be able to resume the race when the engine has been overhauled. I've battled severe muscle weakness and painful spasms/cramps for years, causing doctors to try to add MS to my list of autoimmune conditions, but tests have always been "inconclusive", so I keep doing what I can do. I came to a "new" conclusion this week though: I am no longer pursuing weight loss as my primary goal. I am just trying to stay out of a wheelchair. I believe weight loss is part of that, but immune system care through nutritional, cardiovascular and muscular/neurological fitness is my primary emphasis. Staying the course day by day is my "impossible dream".I'm glad to be alive and able to keep learning! Have a great day, friends and neighbors!
Coach Dean posted on his blog today that the results are in on the "Coach Tough Love" study he started the first week of July. I had every intention of participating in that research...to wit, a copy of the comment I posted on his blog on June 24th...
"Coach, this sounds like a great idea. I find that my chief motivation killer is fear of being "overwhelmed" by responsibilities/committments I don't feel able to handle because of years of living with CFIDS and several other auto-immune diseases which necessitate approximately 30 hours additional sleep each week over and above the "average" allotment of 56 hour/wk. I also battle being a chronic "people pleaser" and super driven type A personality who thinks I should be able to do anything I can envision. I therefore pick and choose my battles carefully. This type of observation and analysis appeals to me, though...how do we 'sign on the dotted line?' "
He responded: "I think you just did. lol. "
Well...life happened, and I did not follow through on the participation for the rest of the month...to tell the truth, I'm not sure I clearly understood the study...story of my life! But I am eagerly waiting to see what the results of his collected data and analysis are. I'm banking on still being able to learn something from this.
Meanwhile, my mother and I took my uncle out to look over the War Veteran's Memorial Home here in town today. He could live there more economically than any other option we can find. (other than moving in with my mother) He hated it. Let me hasten to say that it was a very nice place...beautiful grounds with docks on the bordering bayou, lots of trees... the residents who are healthy enough can keep their vehicles and are free to come and go as they please...it's just that he has spent his life out-of-doors, doing precisely as he liked, accountable to noone but himself, really, and the resident's rooms were very small and shared by two people...no individual rooms. It was a disappointment. I fully understood his sense of clausterophobia, but now we are back to square one as to how to care for him long term. Oh, well. A way will open up somewhere. At least he still has his sense of humor. As he was on his way to the restroom, he leaned over and winked at the receptionist and soberly stated: "If Governor Jindal asks for me, please make him comfortable in the lobby. I'll be back shortly." I'm not sure the receptionist was amused...they deal with patients with dementia, after all, but mother nearly choked on her drink! (And no, we do not enjoy a social relationship with the governor!) Oy vey!!!
Just a quick note...the eye seems to be not growing any worse and is still free of pain, so that front is encouraging. I've been having to ride herd on some family crises...an uncle who had a heart attack 2 weeks ago...my mother's brother...the one who raised Quarter Horses and was my favorite when I was growing up. I wanted to grow up and raise beautiful horses just the way P. J. did! Anyway, he is not doing too well, (at least he's still with us) and my mother, P. J.'s son (my cousin), my brother and I are having to figure out how to arrange for the sale of his remaining horses and property...take care of him in the meantime, and keep my mother from collapsing under the stress...she has chronic stage 3 kidney disease. This too shall pass. It's just where life is at the moment. At least we can all support each other and maybe even grow closer as a family through the process.
Thank you to each of you who continue to stop by to check on me and offer encouragement. I will try to post a bit more regularly, though it is likely to be brief while all this is ongoing.
P.S....the picture is not of my uncle's horses...just a picture I found that reminds me of what wonderful spirited creatures they are!


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Softball: Bears complete state title run for the ages
|THOMASTON, CT-060614JS13--THomaston's Morgan Sanson (14) ins congratulated by teammates as they celebrate their 5-3 win over Notre Dame-Fairfield Friday at Thomaston High School. Jim Shannon Republican-American
"Yankees fell behind, 6-0, in the 2nd inning today in Oakland. Their biggest problem? They're not the THS Golden Bears softball team."
— John Holt: WFSB-3 sports reporter (June 15)
THOMASTON -- Morgan Sanson isn't much of a talker. It's hardly her style. Sanson, Thomaston's sensational sophomore, actually drifts towards the quiet type. She, instead, lets her considerable game, whether it be field hockey, basketball or softball, speak whatever needs to be said.
But after the Golden Bears won their first ever Class S softball title in style Saturday, rallying from a six-run deficit, for a 7-6 victory in eight innings, Sanson, with some heavy cajoling from cousin Abby Hurlbert, couldn't resist.
"It's not over until we say it is over," said Sanson, almost sheepishly with an impish Hurlbert smiling by her side.
Who could possibly argue with a team that has made dramatic the norm. A team that was given last rites so many times, it had to hire a priest on a full-time basis. A team that turned more hair gray than old age. And in the end, a team that had stolen its town's heart.
It's OK if you doubted the Bears in the championship game. After all, it was 6-0 after two innings. You know, how many times can you come back? Everybody's well dries up at some point, doesn't it?
Not Thomaston's.
Heck, the Bears wouldn't know what to do with a lead. They hadn't had one since March, except when the final score was tallied.
You can separate the seasons, but not what has become a Golden Bears personality trait. There is a core-four of Sanson, Hurlbert, Gabrielle Hurlbert and Nicole Schaefer that have played through the finest year ever compiled by Thomaston's girls teams.
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hockey, Class S champions in basketball, and now softball. The Bears were down and out at halftime against Sacred Heart in the basketball semifinals, trailing by nine points before winning by 11.
In a classic for the ages, they were down by 10 to St. Paul in the championship game before winning in double overtime thanks to Abby Hurlbert's legendary heroics with three free throws with .2 seconds left in overtime.
Never nervous, the term "never over" played right into the softball state tournament, and again, it was St. Paul that felt the Bears' claw.
With Thomaston down 1-0 in the bottom of the seventh inning, sophomore Danielle Genest tied the score with a base hit.
And then the Bears recovered from a bizarre play in which two players were thrown at home plate in the eighth inning to win when Genest scored on a wild pitch in the 10th inning.
If that didn't leave you shaking your head one more time, Notre Dame of Fairfield the next day gave the Bears another opportunity to display their magic.
Dead bats led to a 2-1 Notre Dame lead going into the sixth inning. If there was a magic inning for the Bears, it was the sixth.
Four hits and an error and suddenly the Bears had four runs on the board for a 5-2 lead.
Not used to being ahead, there were a few anxious moments in the seventh when Sanson hit three batters. No sweat. The Bears just liked the drama. It ended with a 5-3 win.
If ever you wondered what was in the Bears' water, Coventry is right along with you.
The Bears took it one step further in the semifinals, waiting not just until the last inning but the last pitch. With two strikes, Sanson stunned maybe even her own ever-faithful fans when she cranked a home run over the center field fence.
Sanson, the winning pitcher, then made this game her own forever when she drove home Abby Hurlbert with a slicing single to left field in the ninth to propel the Bears into the final.
On the Republican-American video of the home run you can hear one fan increduously uttering the sentiment felt all over, "are you kidding me?"
It all meant nothing to Old Saybrook early as it lit up Sanson for a quick-six and looked ready to blow the Bears out of West Haven. It would mean everything to the Rams late in the game.
As a stunned Thomaston crowd watched, many having sat through the Bears' baseball team's 8-0 Class S title loss to Portland earlier in the day, the Bears' day seemed done.
But the Bears, well ... they weren't ready to die.
Two runs in the fifth inning and you could hear the whispers. Then in the sixth, four runs on three hits and an error. Thomaston coach Gene Torrence knew then.
"When it was 6-6, I told them the game is ours," said Torrence.
That time came in the eighth. Two outs and Gabrielle Hurlbert on second base. Unsung senior Erin O'Neill drilled a line-drive base hit up the middle adding another plaque to Thomaston's rapidly growing showcase.
"Old Saybrook thought it had the game won. They just didn't know they were playing Thomaston," said a Thomaston fan.
Four games, three-extra innings victories and heroic efforts from every corner. The immensely talented three-sport All-Stater Abby Hurlbert, Sanson, O'Neill, Gabrielle Hurlbert, Genest. The list goes on.
Everybody wants to win. Not everybody can do it. And nobody did it in the manner the Bears did in the spring of 2014. It is hard to figure out where it all comes from. From a competitive point of view, it's as cold-blooded a group as you will find. It is a team and a program that has latched on to winning and won't let go.
In the end, it wasn't over until the Bears said it was over. And that time was when they were accepting state championship medals.
Quite a season.
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- Every time an award winner thanks God.
- Each time the camera pans to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
- Each time an award winner says "I didn't expect to win" and then pulls out a prepared speech.
- For each joke referencing the 2012 election.
- For every dead celebrity in the dead celebrity montage you've never heard of.
- For every awkward joke making fun of the French, Jean Dujardin or "The Artist."
- Every time an Oscar nominee is accidentally caught giving the Oscar winner in their category side-eye.
- Any time an award winner forgets to thank their famous spouse.
- When an award winner tells their kids watching at home to "go to sleep now."
- Any time an award winner is cut off by the orchestra mid-speech.
- Every time someone trips on her dress.
- For all jokey references to Uggie the dog winning Best Actor.
- For any reference by Billy Crystal to Ricky Gervais's terrible hosting.
- For any reference by Billy Crystal to James Franco and/or weed.
- For any vaguely political acceptance speech. Take another shot (preferably of south-of-the-border produced tequila) if it expressly references Rick Santorum.
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Saying her new job is too demanding, state Sen. Linda Lopez said Thursday she will resign from the Legislature no later than next month.
The Tucson Democrat said she started working last month as director of children and family services for Easter Seals Blake Foundation.
"This is a really, really, really big job that I absolute love because it takes me back to the kind of work that I did before I got into the Legislature," Lopez told Capitol Media Services. And she said the job gives her a chance to have a "direct impact" on children and families.
"It just does not fit with being a legislator," Lopez said. "You just cannot do this job part time."
Lopez said her decision to leave has nothing to do with what amounted to a coup by Senate Democrats last month where they toppled Leah Landrum Taylor as the minority leader.
Lopez, who was the No. 2 Democrat, had already announced she intended to quit the leadership post. She said what subsequently occurred with putting a new Democratic leadership team in place "just made it easier" to decide to quit the Senate entirely.
The exact timing will depend on how it affects her retirement.
As a legislator she is a member of the Elected Officials Retirement Plan. The benefits are computed based on years of service.
Lopez said since her service started the second week of January in 2001, she likely would need to stay through the second week of 2014 to have that additional year of service credited to her.
In general, the elected party precinct committeemen and women make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors for a replacement.
Lopez said there are not enough elected precinct workers, so the board itself will get to choose who it wants. But Brad Nelson, Pima County's elections director, told the Arizona Daily Star that he believes there are enough — if just barely — to make the recommendation.
The only requirement, other than residency in the legislative district, is that the replacement be a Democrat like Lopez.
Lopez served eight years in the House — the maximum allowed under constitutional term limits — before moving to the Senate in the 2008 election. She also served 18 years on the board of the Sunnyside Unified School District, some of that contemporaneously with her time as a legislator.


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Country: UK
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- Rheumatoid vasculitis: becoming extinct?R A Watts
Department of Rheumatology, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Heath Road, Ipswich IP4 5PD, UK
Rheumatology (Oxford) 43:920-3. 2004..0 to 12.5/million. During the 1990s there have been major changes in the treatment of RA, with more aggressive control of inflammation. Our aim was to study the epidemiology of SRV in a stable, well-defined population over a 15-yr period...
- The contrasting epidemiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's) and microscopic polyangiitisRichard A Watts
Norwich School of Medicine, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Rheumatology (Oxford) 51:926-31. 2012..The aim of the study was to investigate the epidemiology of GPA and MPA in a stable, well-defined population looking for differences in the pattern of occurrence, which might suggest a different aetiology...
- Confirmation of the genetic association of CTLA4 and PTPN22 with ANCA-associated vasculitisEdward J Carr
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB20XY, UK
BMC Med Genet 10:121. 2009..We studied ten candidate loci on the basis of their immunoregulatory role and prior associations with type 1 diabetes (T1D). These included PTPN22, CTLA4 and CD226, which have previously been associated with AAV...
- Contrasting genetic association of IL2RA with SLE and ANCA-associated vasculitisEdward J Carr
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK
BMC Med Genet 10:22. 2009....
- The epidemiology of Takayasu arteritis in the UKRichard Watts
Health and Social Sciences Research Institute, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Rheumatology (Oxford) 48:1008-11. 2009..The aim of this study was to determine the annual incidence of TAK in the UK using the UKGPRD and in a well-defined hospital population [Norfolk Vasculitis Register (NORVASC)]...
- Development and validation of a consensus methodology for the classification of the ANCA-associated vasculitides and polyarteritis nodosa for epidemiological studiesRichard Watts
Department of Rheumatology, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Heath Road, Ipswich IP4 5PD, UK
Ann Rheum Dis 66:222-7. 2007..Aim: To develop a consensus method of using these criteria and definitions for epidemiological studies to permit comparison without confounding by classification...
- What is known about the epidemiology of the vasculitides?Richard A Watts
Department of Rheumatology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, UK
Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 19:191-207. 2005..Lesions suspicious of malignancy should be biopsied even if the diagnosis of vasculitis has been histologically proven...
- Epidemiology of systemic vasculitisSuzanne E Lane
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Heath Rd, Ipswich, IP4 5PD, UK
Curr Rheumatol Rep 7:270-5. 2005..No definite trigger factors have been found, but KD has been linked to infection, house dust mite and chemicals, and Henoch-Schonlein purpura to a pesticide and drugs...
- ANCA vasculitis: time for a change in treatment paradigm? Not yetEleana Ntatsaki
Department of Rheumatology, Norfolk and Norwich University Foundation NHS Trust, Norfolk, UK
Rheumatology (Oxford) 50:1019-24. 2011..MTX and LEF have similar efficacy to AZA, but are not significantly safer; while MMF is less effective. Thus, AZA remains the conventional maintenance drug of choice...
- Decrease over time in the incidence of systemic rheumatoid vasculitis: Comment on the article by Turesson et alRichard A Watts
Arthritis Rheum 52:1620-1; author reply 1621. 2005
- Epidemiology of the vasculitidesRichard A Watts
Department of Rheumatology, Ipswich Hospital, NHS Trust, Ipswich, UK
Curr Opin Rheumatol 15:11-6. 2003..Studies of infectious triggers continue to be disappointingly negative. Immunogenetic associations with cytokine polymorphisms are beginning to be reported...
- Epidemiology of Wegener's granulomatosis, microscopic polyangiitis, and Churg-Strauss syndromeRichard A Watts
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust and School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Cleve Clin J Med 69:SII84-6. 2002
- Are environmental factors important in primary systemic vasculitis? A case-control studySuzanne E Lane
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
Arthritis Rheum 48:814-23. 2003..To investigate the association between primary systemic vasculitis (PSV) and environmental risk factors...
- Hypotheses on the etiology of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody associated vasculitis: the cause is hidden, but the result is knownRobert A F de Lind van Wijngaarden
Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, P O Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, Netherlands
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 3:237-52. 2008....
- Seasonal variations in onset of Wegener's granulomatosis: increased in summer?Suzanne E Lane
J Rheumatol 34:889-90; author reply 890. 2007
- Investigation of quality of life, mood, pain, disability, and disease status in primary systemic vasculitisMaria Koutantji
University of East Anglia, Norwich, U K
Arthritis Rheum 49:826-37. 2003..To assess quality of life (QOL) and psychological adjustment in primary systemic vasculitis (PSV), and to assess their relationship to disease-related measures...


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MARTIN LUTHER KING SHORELINE (Arrowhead Marsh): Wake up and walk into nature. Each week we will explore a different park and the natural wonders within. Hikes range from two to five miles. Great for families. Dogs welcome on most hikes. See www.ebparks.org/parks for maps and directions. Parking fees apply where charged. For information, call: (510)544-3187.
See a winter wonderland brimming with birds. If we are lucky we may catch sight of the elusive and endangered clapper rail on this flat and easy 2.3-mile walk. Dogs must be leashed. Arrowhead Marsh/San Leandro Creek Trail
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Byon January 18, 2012
GREENVILLE, S.C. Bob Jones University is a gated sort of place across a busy street from a whole passel of Chinese restaurants, tire depots, and places you can buy and sell your gold. (The Cleansing The Temple Jesus would have walked across the road and kicked all kinds of ass, I'm telling you.) The buildings are all made of that institutional yellow brick out of which it often seems half the college buildings in America were built between 1946 and 1960. Every academic building has at least one Bible verse carved into it somewher on its facade. It was quieter than it was supposed to be this afternoon because Rick Perry was a no-show. "I just found out about it myself," said the young lady in the Welcome Center. "We're all kind of disappointed."
Time was when a GOP candidate wouldn't dare stand up BJU this way. These are the kind of moments when you wonder what in hell you should pardon the expression Governor Goodhair's still doing in this race. If he can't gin up enough of a campaign to keep a date at Bob Jones University, the place John McCain went from scorning in 2000 to courting eight years later, either he's not serious any more, or this place isn't. Either one would be something of a boon to democracy.
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