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US 4517972 A Abstract A method and apparatus for applying a therapeutic article to the body of a patient uses adhesive-backed strips which are applied around the injury, and the article is attached to the strips. The strips and the article preferably employ Velcro-type material, but may alternatively use magnetic substances, to removably secure the article to the patient. According to the method, the physician may determine the proper location of the article and apply the strips to hold the article there. The article may then be applied by a nurse or the patient.
Claims(5) 1. Apparatus for applying a thermal treatment to the body of an animal comprising
(a) thermal treatment means for producing a temperature higher or lower than the skin temperature of said animal, and (b) attachment means for securing said article to said body comprising an elongate strip having adhesive thereon for securing said strip to said body and a second surface for cooperating with a surface of said thermal treatment means, (c) said surface of said thermal treatment means comprising removable attachment means for engaging said second surface to removably attach said thermal treatment means to said animal, said removable attachment means having a width substantially larger than the width of said elongate strip. 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said second surface includes hook means for cooperating with loop means on said removable attachment means for removably securing said article to said strip.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said second surface includes loop means for cooperating with hook means on said removable attachment means for removably securing said article to said strip.
4. A method of securing a thermal treatment article to the body of an animal comprising
(a) determining the desired site on said body for said article; (b) securing to said body adjacent said site a plurality of discrete means for attaching said article, each of said plurality having a first surface comprising adhesive means and a second surface comprising first removable attachment means, (c) attaching said article to said second surface of said means for attaching by engaging a second removable attachment means on said article with said first removable attachment means. 5. Apparatus for applying a thermal treatment to a body comprising securing means, and thermal treatment means, said securing means comprising a strip having a first surface covered with an adhesive and a second, opposed surface covered with a first portion of a removable attachment means, said thermal treatment means comprising a thermal mass having a temperature higher or lower than that of said body and a covering surrounding said thermal mass, said covering having a second portion of said removable attachment means thereon for cooperation with said first portion to secure said thermal treatment means to said body wherein said thermal mass has a bulk and weight similar to those of an ice pack or a hot water bottle.
Description This invention relates to the art of securing a therapeutic article to a human or animal body. A known technique for treating a wide variety of physical ailments is to apply a therapeutic article, such as a hot or cold pack, to the affected area. A known hot pack is a common hot-water bottle, which is typically held on a desired part of the body by hand, or placed on a bed so that a patient may lie on top of it. Other hot packs, such as those which employ an exothermic chemical reaction as a source of heat, are common. Cold packs, such as ice wrapped in a towel, are similarly held to a bruised or injured area by hand. A cold pack may use an endothermic chemical reaction or may be refrigerated prior to its application to a patient. It is often quite inconvenient for a patient to hold a therapeutic article on an affected area; this occupies the hands of the patient and thus limits the ability to perform other tasks or to move about. U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,573,791 (Howells) and 3,952,735 (Wirtschafter et al.) teach therapeutic articles applied to the human body by the use of adhesive tabs. The patent to Howells teaches a bandage comprising a heated area surrounded by a flexible material having an adhesive backing. The adhesive serves to secure the entire article to the patient's body with the heated area overlying the injury. The article shown by Wirtschafter et al. also employs a bandage having a therapeutic portion surrounded by flexible material having an adhesive backing. The articles described in these patents suffer from the disadvantage that they are not easily removable or replaceable. When these articles are removed from the patient's body, the adhesive material must also be removed. Thus, when applying an article, such as a hot pack, the patient is subjected to a continual removing and reapplying of an adhesive strip which is painful and also irritates the patient's skin. It is also known to secure a therapeutic article to a patient's body by placing the article on the body and then wrapping a flexible strip or bandage around both the body part and the article. U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,036,220 (Bellasalma) and 3,815,610 (Winther) teach such a technique. The patent to Bellasalma teaches a water-proof covering which protects a bandage and is secured to a patient by a foam strip with ends which may be removably connected. Winther shows an envelope containing a hot pack which is placed around the neck of a patient, and a strip is then secured around the hot pack to hold it in place. The technique of securing a therapeutic article to a patient with tape wrapped around the article and the body frequently results in excessive pressure being applied to the injury. Thus, the patient is forced to use his own hands to maintain the article in the proper position or to orient his body so that the article will naturally remain in the proper position. The invention overcomes the above-mentioned disadvantages and facilitates the application of a therapeutic article to a patient by employing strips of material which have one surface adapted to be secured to a patient's body and a second surface adapted to be removably attached to the therapeutic article. The article has a surface which cooperates with the second surface of the strips to secure the article to the patient. The article and the second surface of the strips may employ a material, such as that sold under the trade name "Velcro", magnetic attraction, for example that created by a magnet sewn into the strips and a metal-containing material on the surface of the article, or other known attaching devices. The invention includes determining the portion of the patient to be treated, placing the strips on the patient's body to provide means for attaching the therapeutic article, and placing the therapeutic article in contact with the attachment means. According to this method, the physician need not be involved with actually placing the article on the patient. Instead, the physician may merely place the strips in the appropriate locations, and a nurse or the patient may then place the therapeutic article on the patient's body in accordance with the location of the strips chosen by the physician. The invention greatly facilitates regeneration of the therapeutic article, since it may be easily removed and replaced while the strips remain in position on the patient. The method and apparatus of the invention allow a therapeutic article to be applied to a patient to avoid undue pressure, maintain patient mobility, permit easy regeneration of the article, and permit the patient to sleep without holding the article in position. It is an object of this invention to provide a method for attaching a therapeutic article to a patient. It is a further object of this invention to provide a method for removably attaching a thermal article, such as a hot pack or a cold pack, to an injured area of a patient. It is another object of this invention to provide an apparatus for removably attaching a therapeutic article, such as a thermal pack, to the body of a patient. FIG. 1 shows the face of a patient, after ophthalmic surgery, having a therapeutic article applied in accordance with the invention. FIG. 2 is a cross section of the therapeutic article of FIG. 1 taken along line 2--2. FIG. 3a is an end view of a therapeutic pack applied to a patient's calf and knee. FIG. 3b is a side view of a therapeutic pack applied to a patient's calf, knee and thigh. FIG. 4 is a side view of a therapeutic pack applied in accordance with the invention to the neck of a patient. FIG. 5 is a front view of a therapeutic pack applied to a patient's nasal area in accordance with the invention. FIG. 6 is a plan view of a therapeutic pack applied to a patient's wrist in accordance with the invention. FIG. 7 is a partial cross section of a therapeutic pack applied in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention. FIG. 1 shows a patient 2 having an ocular injury such as an infection, or recovering from surgery. It is frequently desirable to treat such an injury with a therapeutic article 4, for example a hot pack or a cold pack, which may also contain an antiseptic. The therapeutic article 4 is easily attached to the patient's face using the principles of the invention shown more clearly in FIG. 2. The therapeutic article 4 shown in FIG. 2 has an outer membrane 6 and an active region 8. The outer membrane 6 may be of a variety of materials, such as nylon, cotton, etc., and serves to contain the active components. The active region 8 may be hot water, ice, a chemical composition undergoing an exothermic or endothermic reaction, or an electrically heated pad. A first portion 10 of an attachment means 12 is secured to the outer membrane 6 of the therapeutic article. A second portion 14 of the attachment means is secured to the patient. The second portion 14 preferably includes an adhesive 16 which secures the second portion to the patient's skin. The second portion 12 may, however, be secured to the patient's skin with other means. The attachment means 12 shown in FIG. 2 is preferably of the type sold under the trademark "Velcro", and the first and second portions 10, 14 comprise hook and loop portions, respectively, which are secured together by pressing them into contact with each other. These portions are separated by simply pulling the second portion away from the first portion. The separation between the patient's skin and the therapeutic article is somewhat exaggerated in FIG. 2 to allow adequate illustration of the attachment means 12. In practice the outer membrane 6 is essentially in contact with the patient's skin, for example, to transmit heat between the patient and the therapeutic article efficiently. FIG. 3a shows the therapeutic article 4 attached to a patient's leg to cover the patient's calf 18 and knee 20. The attachment means 12 is applied at several discrete locations, such as down the back of the calf and around the lower portion of the thigh. This secures the therapeutic article to the patient in such a manner that he may move about or rest without fear of the article becoming displaced. FIG. 3b shows how the therapeutic article 4 is wrapped around a patient's leg. A seam 22 formed by the abutting ends of the article may be covered with a piece of tape 24, such as adhesive tape or other fastening means. The article 4 is preferably designed for a particular portion of the body. FIG. 4 shows an embodiment wherein the therapeutic article 4 has been applied to the neck of a patient 2. A plurality of attachment means 12 have been applied to the patient's neck to secure the therapeutic article effectively and directly to the patient's neck. The therapeutic article shown in FIG. 4 has a seam 26 secured by tapes 24 in a manner similar to that shown in FIG. 3b. It should be noted that these tapes may be entirely omitted, if desired, because the attachment means 12 will normally secure the therapeutic article to the patient. FIG. 5 shows a therapeutic article 4 applied to the nasal area of a patient to treat an injury such as a nasal fracture. A plurality of attachment means 12 are spaced evenly around the patient's nose, and the therapeutic article is then conveniently secured to the attachment means. FIG. 6 shows a therapeutic article 4 applied to the wrist 28 of a patient. A plurality of attachment means 12 may be applied to the patient's skin to secure the therapeutic article to the patient's wrist. Tape 24 is optionally used to secure the ends of the therapeutic article together. FIG. 7 shows how the attachment means 12 may employ magnetic attraction to secure the therapeutic article 4 to a patient. The first portion of the attachment means 12 may be a magnetic material 30, such as a known ceramic magnet, and the second portion 32 may be a magnetic metallic tape having iron filings and an adhesive surface to secure it to the patient 2. While the first portions of the attachment means shown in FIGS. 2 and 7 have been illustrated as discrete, spaced elements, it should be understood that they alternatively cover a large portion of the surface of the therapeutic article to obviate the necessity of aligning the first and second portions of the attachment means. For example, if the entire surface of the membrane 6 (shown in FIG. 2), which faces the patient, were covered with a Velcro material, it would not be necessary to align the first and second portions carefully to secure the therapeutic article to the patient. In the method according to the invention, the physician first determines the optimum location of the therapeutic article, places the second portion of the attachment means around the location, and secures it to the patient. The article may then be applied by the physician, the patient or a nurse. While the preferred embodiment has been described, other embodiments within the scope of the claims will be apparent. Patent Citations
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The high heat of mid-summer and the rapid cooling of the days as August got into full swing has caused a number of crops to behave as though fall is already here, and I guess, according to the weather, it is!
One of these crops is winter squash. When their leaves begin to die back and expose the crop to direct sunlight it is time to harvest, ripe or not. Partially ripe squash will continue to ripen in storage, like tomatoes and a process called cureing helps the squash develop a sweeter, more complex flavor.
Spagetti Squash
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Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) | New International Version (NIV) |
1 By Shlomo: God, give the king your fairness in judgment, endow this son of kings with your righteousness, | 1 Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness. |
2 so that he can govern your people rightly and your poor with justice. | 2 He will judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice. |
3 May mountains and hills provide your people with peace through righteousness. | 3 The mountains will bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness. |
4 May he defend the oppressed among the people, save the needy and crush the oppressor. | 4 He will defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; he will crush the oppressor. |
5 May they fear you as long as the sun endures and as long as the moon, through all generations. | 5 He will endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations. |
6 May he be like rain falling on mown grass, like showers watering the land. | 6 He will be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth. |
7 In his days, let the righteous flourish and peace abound, till the moon is no more. | 7 In his days the righteous will flourish; prosperity will abound till the moon is no more. |
8 May his empire stretch from sea to sea, from the [Euphrates] River to the ends of the earth. | 8 He will rule from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth. |
9 May desert-dwellers bow before him; may his enemies lick the dust. | 9 The desert tribes will bow before him and his enemies will lick the dust. |
10 The kings of Tarshish and the coasts will pay him tribute; the kings of Sh'va and S'va will offer gifts. | 10 The kings of Tarshish and of distant shores will bring tribute to him; the kings of Sheba and Seba will present him gifts. |
11 Yes, all kings will prostrate themselves before him; all nations will serve him. | 11 All kings will bow down to him and all nations will serve him. |
12 For he will rescue the needy when they cry, the poor too and those with none to help them. | 12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. |
13 He will have pity on the poor and needy; and the lives of the needy he will save. | 13 He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death. |
14 He will redeem them from oppression and violence; their blood will be precious in his view. | 14 He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight. |
15 May [the king] live long! May they give him gold from the land of Sh'va! May they pray for him continually; yes, bless him all day long. | 15 Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him and bless him all day long. |
16 May there be an abundance of grain in the land, all the way to the tops of the mountains. May its crops rustle like the L'vanon. May people blossom in the city like the grasses in the fields. | 16 Let grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. Let its fruit flourish like Lebanon; let it thrive like the grass of the field. |
17 May his name endure forever, his name, Yinnon, as long as the sun. May people bless themselves in him, may all nations call him happy. | 17 May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. All nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed. |
18 Blessed be ADONAI, God, the God of Isra'el, who alone works wonders. | 18 Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. |
19 Blessed be his glorious name forever, and may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen. Amen. | 19 Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen. |
20 This completes the prayers of David the son of Yishai. | 20 This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse. |
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Girl Next Door Farm (GND) is a chemical-free produce operation founded by, tenant farmer, Marlena L. Bolin. The farm is a one-woman run, two-acre plot, located on an Oldham County hilltop, along the I-71 corridor in La Grange, KY. It is situated on the southern-most portion of its surrounding 20 acres of hay production. We grow a diverse variety of fresh vegetables from April through November. The vegetables are sold at two Louisville Farmer's Markets, restaurants, grocers, and through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA).
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- Satish Rane
Hare Krishna. Thanks.
- Ranganath
powerful message.
- vsk
wonderful revelation!
- Ramya
Thanks a lot Radhanath Swami Maharaj for this wonderful quote!
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very true.
- Ramya
Radhanath Maharaj ki jai!
- anjan
Many thanks to swamiji for reminding us to take shelter of the holy names of the Lord
- vijay
such as short quote speaking volumes
- vrushali
Such a profound quote by Radhanath swami! None of our material endeavors are going to help us control the senses. There is no other way than the shelter of Krishna's holy name!
- Ramya
Radhanath Swami Maharaj ki jai!
- Kalyani Ajrekar
Thank You dear Maharaj for this timely advice… You are our savior…
- Rajaruban
A timely quote. Thank you.
- Srutisagara Das
I really like the quote and really want to go deeper into what Maharaj has said. Is this from a recent lecture. Can you please let me know the source of this quotation. I would be extremely blessed if you can give me the link to the lecture
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it is the key to success
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Holy name is all powerful. All glories to H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj.
- shailesh
Hare Krsna ! Thank you for sharing !
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nice statement by maharaj
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Many thanks to Radhanath swami for ringing this yet another alarm … a very genuine call to be serious and sincere to approach holy name.
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really thankful for the wonderful quote
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Thank you for this quote.
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So deep … love it..
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Hare Krishna… Radhanath Swami Ki Jai !
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This quote is eye opener.
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Thank You for sharing a nice quote
- madhura
- Ramya
Radhanath Swami Maharaj is showing us how to chant!
- Kuldeep Soni
So profound.
- Abhijit Toley
Thanks Radhanath Swami for reminding me that chanting the Holy Names of God is the most important spiritual activity.
- umesh
Let us pray that we can all please the holy name in such a way that holy name will go into our heart.
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Thank you for sharing this beautiful quote by Radhanath Swami.
- Anil Timbe
Such a nice quote explaining how to check if we are really chanting holy names.
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Wonderful and very real instruction by Radhanath Swami Maharaj
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Thanks Swamiji for sharing your profound realisations………..
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This is a great revelation by Radhanath Swami.
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very powerful message.H.H. Radhanath Swami Maharaj ki Jai
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What a powerful message! Thank you Maharaja!
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Thanks for this revelation.
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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial of IB1001, an intravenous (IV) recombinant Factor IX (rFIX) product for control and prevention of hemorrhagic episodes in patients with hemophilia B. It is estimated that the market for therapies to treat this disorder is in excess of $600 million.
The Phase 1 clinical trial is designed to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of IB1001 in patients with hemophilia B, compared with the commercially available rFIX product. Following the successful completion of this study, patients will then be followed for the six month Phase 2/3 trial either based on an on-demand or prophylaxis protocol.
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Mark Perry writes: The August beheading of American journalist James Foley shocked Washington's policy elite, sparking concern over how the U.S. should respond to the emerging threat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). In retrospect, the gruesome murder was a kind of tipping point for the Obama administration, which had been scrambling to shape a response to both ISIS and the growing perception that its foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East, was hopelessly adrift.
At the same time that Foley's videotaped execution was spurring a series of high-level State Department, Pentagon and White House meetings over the crisis in Iraq and Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was calculating how he might use Foley's death to explain why his country had killed over 2,100 Palestinians in Gaza over the previous eight weeks.
On the day following the release of a videotape showing the beheading, Netanyahu referred to the Foley murder during an evening press conference in Jerusalem, comparing the extremist group that murdered Foley with Hamas. "Hamas is like ISIS. ISIS is like Hamas," he said. "They're branches of the same tree." The next day, in a message circulated on the Israeli prime minister's twitter account, he reiterated the claim. "RT THIS," Netanyahu wrote. "Hamas is ISIS. ISIS is Hamas. They're enemies of Peace. They're enemies of civilized countries." The tweet had the snazzy look of a logo, along with scenes from the beheading video, which were deleted the next day after being widely criticized as inappropriate. [Continue reading...]
The war about the war
Hamas weighs alternatives to Palestinian unity government
Adnan Abu Amer reports: As Cairo's indirect negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians started on Sept. 23 toward a cease-fire agreement in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian negotiations between Fatah and Hamas also kicked off on files related to the reconciliation reached in April.
The Palestinian dialogue comes amid tensions between Fatah and Hamas that escalated immediately after the end of the Israeli war on Gaza Aug. 26, due to disputes regarding the reconstruction of Gaza and the unpaid wages of former government employees.
Speaking at a celebration organized by the International Union of Muslim Scholars on Sept. 21, before the Cairo talks, Khaled Meshaal, Hamas' political bureau chief, said: "As soon as the Gaza war ended, the attack against Hamas started. This aims at stirring a hostile media campaign. Hamas has no time to waste on secondary battles. We have priorities, most important of which is the issue concerning the reconstruction of Gaza. We will not tolerate negligence in any issue and we will not accept the cancelation of any part stipulated in the reconciliation." [Continue reading...]
Noam Chomsky: The fate of the Gaza ceasefire
Is there nowhere on the face of the Earth where opinion polls aren't taken? In the wake of the 50-day Israeli assault on Gaza, parts of that tiny strip of land now look, according to photographs, like a moonscape of destruction. At least 10,000 homes were obliterated and thousands more damaged; at least 175 major factories were pummeled into the dust. Its only power plant was destroyed, damaging electricity, water, and sewage systems. Large apartment houses, as well as the ministry of education, schools, and other sites, were hit and sometimes reduced to so much rubble. It was all part of a massive Israeli assault on Hamas, several of whose senior leaders were assassinated, but also on the Palestinian population, involving what looked like collective punishment for its support of that organization or simply living in proximity to it. And indeed, with almost no hope of rebuilding much of their world any time soon, you might think that Palestinians would hold the Hamas leadership at least somewhat responsible for the destruction that has rained down, as assumedly the Israelis wanted them to. But a recent poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR), begun in the last day before the ceasefire took hold, and carried out, in part, amid the rubble that is now Gaza, suggests otherwise.
It finds that Palestinian opinion couldn't be clearer. Support hasn't been this high for Hamas since 2006, when it won a fair and square democratic election. If a presidential vote were held today, the pollsters of PSR discovered, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh would beat Fatah's Mahmoud Abbas hands down. Here are just a few of the findings: "79% [of Palestinians] believe that Hamas has won the Gaza War; 3% believe Israel came out the winner; and 17% believe the two sides were losers… If new presidential elections are held today and only two [candidates] were nominated, Haniyeh, for the first time since we have started asking about his popularity about eight years ago, would receive a majority of 61% and Abbas would receive 32%. [The] vote for Haniyeh stands at 53% in the Gaza Strip and 66% in the West Bank. Abbas receives 43% in the Gaza Strip and 25% in the West Bank… A majority of 53% believe that armed confrontation is the most effective means to establish a Palestinian state next to the state of Israel. Only 22% believe negotiation is the best means to establish a Palestinian state and 20% believe that popular non-violent resistance is the most effective route to statehood."
As historically has often been the case, massive bombings and other assaults do not destroy the support of populations for movements or governments, but tend to solidify it. In other words, Israeli policy is reducing civilized life for Palestinians in a major way and yet increasing the urge both to fight on and the desire for revenge. It's an ugly pattern and, as TomDispatch regular Noam Chomsky (whose latest book, Masters of Mankind, is due out this week) indicates today, it's been going on in this same fashion for a remarkably long time, as Israel continues to gobble up Palestinian lands on the West Bank, while working to hem Palestinians in yet further in the Gaza Strip. Tom Engelhardt
Ceasefires in which violations never cease
What's next for Israel, Hamas, and Gaza?
By Noam ChomskyOn August 26th, Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) both accepted a ceasefire agreement after a 50-day Israeli assault on Gaza that left 2,100 Palestinians dead and vast landscapes of destruction behind. The agreement calls for an end to military action by both Israel and Hamas, as well as an easing of the Israeli siege that has strangled Gaza for many years.
This is, however, just the most recent of a series of ceasefire agreements reached after each of Israel's periodic escalations of its unremitting assault on Gaza. Throughout this period, the terms of these agreements remain essentially the same. The regular pattern is for Israel, then, to disregard whatever agreement is in place, while Hamas observes it — as Israel has officially recognized — until a sharp increase in Israeli violence elicits a Hamas response, followed by even fiercer brutality. These escalations, which amount to shooting fish in a pond, are called "mowing the lawn" in Israeli parlance. The most recent was more accurately described as "removing the topsoil" by a senior U.S. military officer, appalled by the practices of the self-described "most moral army in the world."
Netanyahu shows why his claim — Hamas is ISIS — is BS
Eager to grasp a political opportunity that seemed to have been created by the murder of James Foley, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got busy on Twitter saying that "Hamas is ISIS."
But Netanyahu seems to have changed his mind because he now says that it is the close proximity of the threat from ISIS — in the opposite direction from Gaza — that necessitated the ceasefire with Hamas. Otherwise Israel could have continued bombing Gaza for 500 days instead of stopping after 50 days.
In other words, even if Netanyahu won't be tweeting this, Israel accepted a ceasefire with Hamas in part because Hamas is not ISIS.
AFP reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel agreed to a permanent truce in its 50-day Gaza war with Hamas in order to keep focused on the threat from regional militants.
"We fought for 50 days and we could have fought for 500 days, but we are in a situation where the Islamic State is at the gates of Jordan, Al-Qaeda is in the Golan and Hezbollah is at the border with Lebanon," Netanyahu said in an address on public television.
He was referring to Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq — both neighbours of Jordan — Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front Syria rebels on the Israeli-annexed Golan and Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah.
"We decided not to get bogged down in Gaza, and we could have, but we decided to limit our objective and restore calm to Israeli citizens," Netanyahu added.
His remarks come as the United States, Israel's chief ally, is calling for a global coalition to fight the jihadists who have set up an Islamic "caliphate" in areas they have overrun in Syria and Iraq.
After Gaza cease-fire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in tough spot at home
The Washington Post reports: The contrast was stark.
In Gaza, as Hamas leaders stood in a rubble-filled central square to declare an unequivocal victory, thousands of flag-waving supporters cheered.
In Israel, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a televised news conference alongside his defense minister and army chief to claim a win, he was slammed by the media, the public, the opposition and even members of his own party and coalition.
Although it is still too early to say which side, if either, was victorious in the 50-day conflict that claimed more than 2,200 lives, destroyed thousands of homes and other structures, and traumatized many more on both sides, there appears to be little doubt that Netanyahu is emerging as the biggest loser, personally and politically.
"I can say that there is a major military achievement here, as well as a major diplomatic achievement for the state of Israel," he said at the news conference.
Newspaper headlines Thursday, however, dismissed Netanyahu's victory speech. He was even described as an "empty vessel." An analysis in the Hebrew-language daily Maariv said the prime minister had been forced to "invent" a military and political victory and had failed to convey the "strategic calculations that guided him."
Even before Wednesday's news conference, members of Netanyahu's cabinet were publicly questioning his decision to agree to a truce, saying Israel had achieved none of its objectives. [Continue reading...]
Israel's indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza neighborhood shocked the Pentagon
Mark Perry writes: The cease-fire announced Tuesday between Israel and Palestinian factions — if it holds — will end seven weeks of fighting that killed more than 2,200 Gazans and 69 Israelis. But as the rival camps seek to put their spin on the outcome, one assessment of Israel's Gaza operation that won't be publicized is the U.S. military's. Though the Pentagon shies from publicly expressing judgments that might fall afoul of a decidedly pro-Israel Congress, senior U.S. military sources speaking on condition of anonymity offered scathing assessments of Israeli tactics, particularly in the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City.
One of the more curious moments in Israel's Operation Protective Edge came on July 20, when a live microphone at Fox News caught U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry commenting sarcastically on Israel's military action. "It's a hell of a pinpoint operation," Kerry said. "It's a hell of a pinpoint operation."
Rain of high-explosive shellsKerry's comment followed the heaviest bombardment of the war to that point, as Israeli artillery rained thousands of high-explosive shells on Shujaiya, a residential area on the eastern edge of Gaza City. A high-ranking U.S. military officer said that the source of Kerry's apparent consternation was almost certainly a Pentagon summary report assessing the Israeli barrage on which he had been briefed by an aide moments earlier.
According to this senior U.S. officer, who had access to the July 21 Pentagon summary of the previous 24 hours of Israeli operations, the internal report showed that 11 Israeli artillery battalions — a minimum of 258 artillery pieces, according to the officer's estimate — pumped at least 7,000 high explosive shells into the Gaza neighborhood, which included a barrage of some 4,800 shells during a seven-hour period at the height of the operation. Senior U.S. officers were stunned by the report. [Continue reading...]
Reflections on the war on Gaza
Azzam Tamimi writes: First: For the people of Gaza, the recent ceasefire deal between the resistance and Israel did not accomplish all they were seeking. Yet, at the same time, it achieved none of what the Israelis were hoping for. Perhaps the reason the two sides managed to agree, finally, on a ceasefire, was their conviction that there was no way any of them could achieve more under the prevalent circumstances.
It is true that the Israelis have enjoyed unprecedented Arab support in their war against Gaza and continuous encouragement from certain Arab quarters to inflict as much damage as they could on Gaza to pressure Hamas into capitulation. Yet, they have not been able to cripple the resistance or force it to surrender. As for the resistance, it has indeed enjoyed the full and unconditional backing of the people of Gaza, despite the siege and the pain, in the hope that this latest round of conflict would led to lifting the siege that has been imposed on the Strip for nearly eight years. Yet, it has not been possible for the resistance to obtain guarantees that the siege would finally be ended.
Second: The artillery and the rockets have gone silent and the annoying buzzing and whizzing of Israeli warplanes in Gaza's skies is no longer there, yet the propaganda warfare will continue for some time to come. Each side will seek to prove it came out victorious having achieved its objectives.
The Israelis consider the continuation of the siege a sign of their success whereas the resistance considers the failure of the Israelis to impose demilitarisation a sign of victory. However, one can see a marked difference between the two sides. As soon as the ceasefire deal went into effect, the masses in Gaza took to the streets to celebrate and express joy over what they truly believed was victory.
On the other side, the Israeli masses seemed confused and even distressed. Few Israelis believe that the war has accomplished much for them. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started the offensive against Gaza with high expectations. He promised his public that he would dismantle the military infrastructure of Hamas and the other resistance factions, that he would destroy the tunnels and that he would put an end to the firing of the rockets from Gaza. However, none of this was achieved. [Continue reading...]
Gaza ceasefire: Israel and Palestinians agree to halt weeks of fighting
The Guardian reports: Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to an indefinite ceasefire, putting an end to seven weeks of catastrophic loss of life and destruction – but on terms that are likely to leave many on both sides of the conflict wondering what had been achieved.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the main militant groups in Gaza, the Palestinian Authority and Israel agreed to stop fighting on Tuesday evening, bringing relief to civilians on both sides of the border after rocket fire and air strikes continued in the hours running up to the ceasefire. One Israeli was killed and several injured by a mortar ahead of the announcement, according to Israeli media.
The terms of the deal – brokered by the Egyptian government, and reached on the 50th day of the conflict – are expected to be similar to those agreed at the end of the previous war 21 months ago. Israel will open crossings on its border to allow the movement of people and goods, and extend the permitted fishing zone off the coast of Gaza. Rafah, the border between Gaza and Egypt will also be opened; reconstruction of Gaza will begin.
More difficult issues will be deferred for further talks in about a month. They include Hamas's demands for an airport and seaport in Gaza and the release of Palestinian prisoners, and Israel's insistence of the disarmament of militant groups and the return of the remains of two of its soldiers killed in the fighting. [Continue reading...]
Hamas opposes the killing of civilians, says Meshaal
In an interview with Yahoo News, the political leader of Hamas on Friday vigorously rejected any comparison to ISIL terrorists and pledged that the Palestinian militant group will start giving warnings to Israelis about impending rocket attacks in order to avoid the killing of innocent civilians.
As much of the world expressed revulsion over the beheading of American journalist James Foley by an ISIL executioner, Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal took pains to distance his organization from the Islamist militant group that has conducted a murderous rampage across a large swath of Syria and Iraq.
"This is an opportunity for me to say we are against the killing of any civilians, any journalists," Meshaal said in the interview. But he then turned the accusation against Israel. "The question is who is killing the civilians," he said, asserting that more than 15 journalists have been killed during the Israeli assault on Gaza. [Continue reading...]
Most Gazans want long-term truce but oppose disarmament
Ynet: In a survey released Saturday by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO), the majority of Gaza's residents said that they supported a long-term agreement for peace with Israel, but that disarmament of the Gaza Strip was an unacceptable demand from the Jewish State.
PCPO workers went door to door to ask their subjects some important questions and 87.6% of those asked said that they wanted a long-term agreement to be reached to stop the fighting, but even more, 93.2% said that disarmament of Hamas and the Gaza Strip was out of the question.
Israel kills mourners burying their relatives in Gaza
Ma'an News Agency reports: Israeli forces killed four Palestinians in Gaza City on Thursday after targeting a cemetery in the Sheikh al-Radwan district, Gaza health official Ashraf al-Qidra said.
The bodies of Muhammad Talal Abu Nahl, Rami Abu Nahl, Haitham Tafesh and Abed Talal Shuweikh were taken to al-Shifa medicial center.
The victims were burying relatives who had been killed overnight by Israeli airstrikes.
The Guardian reports: Israel dealt a blow to Hamas on Thursday by killing three of its most senior military commanders as uncertainty continued over the fate of the organisation's top military chief, Mohammed Deif, whose wife and children died in an air strike on Tuesday.
Hamas announced the deaths of Mohammed Abu Shamlah, Raed Attar and Mohammed Barhoum after a house in Rafah, in the south of Gaza, was demolished by a series of missiles. Five civilians were also killed, and at least 40 injured.
A joint statement from the Israel Defence Forces and the internal security agency Shin Bet said that Abu Shamlah and Attar had been killed, but made no mention of Barhoum. Defence minister Moshe Ya'alon said the assassinations were a "great operational and intelligence achievement".
It was unclear how Hamas's military command structure would be affected by the losses, but rockets continued to be launched from Gaza throughout Thursday and Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said Israel's actions would "not succeed in breaking the will of our people or weaken the resistance". Israel would "pay the price", he added.
Hamas warns foreign airlines to stop flying into Ben Gurion, says Israel truce talks over
AFP reports: The armed wing of Hamas warned foreign airlines against flying into Tel Aviv on Wednesday and declared truce talks in Cairo over as a six-week war with Israel spirals into further bloodshed.
Israeli warplanes carried out dozens of air strikes across Gaza again on Wednesday in response to multiple rocket attacks on southern Israel, as nine days of calm exploded into bloodshed.
Several thousand furious mourners poured onto the streets of Jabaliya refugee camp to bury the wife and infant son of the top commander of Hamas's armed wing, baying for revenge.
Mohammed Deif, who has topped Israel's most wanted list for more than a decade, escaped the assassination attempt, Hamas said.
Israel, which had carried out five previous attempts on Deif's life, said its offensive in Gaza would continue until the security of Israelis was guaranteed.
At least 2,049 Palestinians and 67 people on the Israeli side have now been killed since the conflict began on July 8, more than 20 of those Palestinians since fighting resumed late Tuesday.
"We are warning international airlines and press them to stop flying into Ben Gurion airport from 6 am (0300 GMT)," the spokesman of the Hamas armed wing, Abu Obeida, said in a televised speech.
Last month, many international airlines briefly suspended flights into Tel Aviv after a Hamas rocket struck close to the airport. [Continue reading...]
Fighters in Al Qassam Brigade, the armed wing of Hamas
Among the reader comments that appear here, a fairly common one is a rebuke on my choice of sources and my willingness to regurgitate "the lies of the mainstream media" — or something along those lines.
I don't find "mainstream media" a particularly useful concept because all too often it's employed as the bluntest possible tool for media analysis.
To view a particular piece of reporting as credible or lacking in credibility simply on the basis of the commercial niche occupied by its publisher, is plain dumb. The following report illustrates my point.
An article focusing on two fighters in Hamas appears in today's Wall Street Journal.
How can a right-wing newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch with editorial writers like Bret Stephens, former editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post, provide solid reporting on Hamas? Surprisingly it can.
The report notes that Hamas is a "guerrilla army" thereby drawing a distinction between its objective nature and the politically charged designation — "terrorist" — which is applied by the U.S. and Israeli governments.
The report notes Hamas' military accomplishments (and alludes to its recent use of drones for battlefield surveillance) and that its fighters are uniformed.
It notes that the choice to engage in armed resistance has been made by and supported by those have witnessed the futility of a peace process pursued through negotiations.
All in all, it's a report that could profitably be read by many an Israeli who still accepts the propaganda that Israel faces a fanatical foe who values death more than life.
When the shrapnel-torn body of Ahmed Abu Thoraya returned to this city in the Gaza Strip, only one member of his family knew for sure he had been a fighter in Al Qassam Brigade, the armed wing of Hamas.
Mr. Abu Thoraya had given his brother, Mohammed, a short will before he left town on July 19. "He said 'I'm going somewhere,'" his brother recalled recently. "I knew that he may not come back."
The conflict in the Gaza Strip has brought the secretive guerrilla army of Hamas out of the shadows and into battle against Israel's military for only the second time. When the brigade's fighters are killed, Hamas street organizers eulogize them as heroes, posting images of them in fatigues and toting rockets. And families in the Gaza Strip are coming to terms with never-before-discussed identities of sons and neighbors.
The fighting has given Israel its first good look at Hamas's street-fighting abilities since 2009—the only other time the Israeli Defense Forces have taken on large numbers of the Qassam fighters at close quarters. The Hamas militia has inflicted the heaviest death toll on Israel's military in a decade, some 64 soldiers so far. Israel and the U.S. regard Hamas, which also has a political wing and delivers social services, as a terrorist enterprise.
On Tuesday, the latest cease-fire broke down when a salvo of rockets from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel, and Israel retaliated against militant targets in Gaza. Truce talks in Cairo were suspended.
"Hamas has advanced on all fronts," said a senior official in the Israel Defense Forces. "This time when we meet them on the battlefield, they are better trained, better organized, better disciplined."
That wasn't the Hamas that Israel encountered in its 2009 ground invasion of Gaza. When Israel's military entered the strip back then, Hamas fighters, for the most part, quickly melted away.
This time, Hamas surprised Israeli soldiers by using a network of tunnels under the walls and fences enclosing the Gaza Strip to emerge inside Israel. Hamas commando units that Israel believes took shape mostly in the last year carried out complex ambushes inside and outside Gaza.
Hamas's internal communications proved more difficult for Israel to track, and Hamas exhibited a new capacity for aerial observation of Israeli troop movements. Hamas rockets, though mostly intercepted above Israel, managed to shut down Israel's main airport for a time. [Continue reading...]


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pretty dope song if i do say so myself
this joint goes... and "D", for it to be so wack, u sure did listen to it hmmmm. Haters are a good thing. Every single song doesn't have ot be on some deep, super-lyrical, make-you-think-way-too-hard shit. But to each their own...
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NHLNumbers Logo Contest Entries
Kent Wilson
May 28 2012 11:55AM
Just over a week ago we announced a contest to design a new NHLNumbers logo. And aside from those designers who castigated us for soliciting spec work or something, the response was fairly positive. We received a number of excellent entries which we have been poring over with serious minds and profound thoughts.
It's too difficult a decision for us, I think, so we'd like reader impressions as well. We'll forgo the easily skew-able web poll in favor of yays or nays in the comments. Share your thoughts and we'll pick the winner from the finalists by the end of the day.
Thanks again to to everyone who participated.
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Luckily it was from Nations Network owner Wanye Gretz who was therefore ineligible to enter. Nevertheless, he clearly set a pretty high bar.
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Nation Radio - May 26, 2012
May 27 2012 12:02PM
Hands up anyone who picked an LAK/NJD Stanley Cup final heading into the season. Anyone? Bueller?
It's been an especially odd post-season, with favorites falling and previously apathetic fanbases awakening suddenly to their team's unexpected success. If the Kings win the cup, as they should, will that victory be met with a bang or a whimper in Los Angeles? To be fair to that city, it has been so long since their team enjoyed any notable success that they can be forgiven if they forgot about hockey for awhile.
Allan discussed this and a variety of other topics with Kent Wilson, David Staples, Kirk Luedeke and others on this week's show.
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Jason Gregor
May 21 2012 10:49PM
Scouting isn't an exact science. Every scout has stories of a player they loved who never panned out, or a guy they weren't high on who played 10 years in the Show. There are rare exceptions, Sidney Crosby, where every scout ranks him #1 and labels him "can't miss."
Those players are very, very rare, and no player in the 2012 is a lock to be the next Crosby, but this draft class has a lot of very good to great players, and as usual not everyone has them ranked in the same spot.
I caught up with Mark Edwards from hockeyprospect.com and got his thoughts on a bunch of players, but we focused mainly on centres and D-men.
Hockeyprospect won't release their final rankings and complete draft guide until June, but Edwards chatted about who they liked, and why they recently ranked Alex Galchenyuk #1.
Nation Radio - May 19, 2012
May 20 2012 11:54AM
In Alberta the off-season has become a question of coaches with both the Flames and Oilers looking to fill vacancies behind the bench. With the NHL playoffs winding down and the Memorial cup firing up, attentions are turning towards prospects and the impending free agent season as well.
The guests this week include Jonathan Willis, Tom Lynn and Corey Pronman. They joined Lowetide to talk the above topics and others including hedge fund management strategy, the importance of sustainable lifestyles in the 21st century and the best places to find a good sandwich in Western Canada (not really).
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NHLNumbers Logo Contest
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May 18 2012 01:53PM
With the launch of the new NHLNumbers blog and the continued development of the site's resources and functions, we figured it's time to update the graphics around here. Specifically, we're looking for a new logo for the site.
Now, we could have gone to some pro graphic designer and spent thousands of dollars only to be slightly disappointed by the outcome, but instead we're opening up the project to the Nation readers instead.


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Re-thinking school suspensions: Are we too strict?
This video describes a report released in July that questions whether increased suspensions and expulsions are causing the right impact in Texas Public schools. Another graph shows the increasing differences in how children of various races and ethnicities are treated for the same classroom offenses. Are we being too strict?


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Beaumont/Port Arthur
This romantic comedy tries to be all things to all people with its cutesy, erudite banter coupled with coarse language and a myriad of characters ranging from sweet to self-centered. Written and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt, the co-writer and director of "Kissing Jessica Stein," this is another NYC-based look at love and marriage — and children.
It's one of my favorite times of the year – Little League season. Baseball games are always intriguing because you just never know what's going to happen next. Sometimes you're awed by a seemingly miraculous double play and other times you just can't help but fall over laughing when the right fielder misses a fly ball because he's too busy break dancing.
Whether you are looking for a nice place to eat providing a good atmosphere for you and your special someone, a business meeting, a group of friends out for a night of fun, or just a wonderful relaxing meal for you and the family, put The Grill by Arfeen, Smith and Payne on your must-do list. You will be pleasantly surprised at the quality of food, the upscale surroundings, and a price point in line with many of Beaumont's better restaurants.
The top selling video games in the world so far in 2012 aren't shooter games, as some of us would have guessed. Nope. They're fitness games.
In North America, the No. 1 game is actually a dance game. Just Dance 3 for the Wii has been the top selling video game in 2012 so far. To date, Just Dance 3 (Reviewed Nov. 10, 2011) has sold more than 7 million copies since its October 2011 release. It's estimated that worldwide, gamers spend 23 million minutes per day playing the game, dancing to 7.5 million songs daily!
The Lutcher Theater in Orange will end its season with a little soul as the Original Tribute To The Blues Brothers enters the building for the first time ever on Wednesday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. Great balcony seats are still available beginning at $20. Tickets can be purchased online at lutcher.org or at the box office.
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