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The Dalai Lama not allowed to meet Pope Francis, was told 'No'
The Dalai Lama requested to meet Pope Francis but was refused the right to meet with him. The Dalai Lama was in Rome on Thursday for a Nobel Peace Prize winners' conference.
50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo - Americans are currently engaged in a countrywide debate about racism and police brutality. Ironically, today marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai hopes to be Pakistani PM
Slated to receive the Nobel Peace Prize today alongside Kailash Satyarathi, Malala Yousafzai told the BBC in an interview that she would like to enter politics and one day become the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Pope, Putin, Snowden among this year's Nobel Peace Prize nominees
Oslo - Pope Francis, Russian President Vladimir Putin and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden are among a record 278 people nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
Uruguay Pres. up for Nobel Peace Prize for marijuana legalization
Uruguay's president, José "Pepe" Mujica, has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by the Dutch activist organization, the Drugs Peace Institute. Thanks to Mujica, in April, his country will be the first to completely legalize marijuana.
Op-Ed: Mandela dies at age 95
Johannesburg - South Africa has announced the death, at the age of 95, of former President Nelson Mandela, who led the country in the struggle against white-minority rule.
Biden asked to make case for jailed Chinese dissident
Beijing - Human Rights Watch has requested Vice President Joe Biden raise the issue of Liu Xiaobo and his wife, Liu Xia during his next trip to China. Xiaobo is a Noble Prize recipient imprisoned on charges of "inciting subversion of state power."
And the winner is: Claire Danes to host Nobel Peace Prize party
Oslo - Hollywood Emmy-winning actress Claire Danes, recently famous for her part in the TV series "Homeland", will be hosting the 20th Nobel Peace Prize awards this coming December.
Nobel winner Aung San Suu Kyi receives citizenship of Rome
Rome - On a trip to Italy for an audience with Pope Francis, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally became an honorary citizen of Rome on Sunday, 19 years after being awarded the honor.
Norway denies United States' request to destroy Syria's weapons
Oslo - Norway has denied a request by the United States to receive and destroy a bulk of Syria's chemical weapons because it does not have the capabilities to complete the task by the mid-2014 deadline set forth by the US and Russia.
Syrian chemical weapons watchdog, OPCW, win Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo - If you placed a bet on who would win the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize the odds are that you lost money. In spite of many favourites this years' winner was the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Egypt bans Nobel Peace winner Tawakkol Karman
Egypt has banned Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman from entering the country for "security reasons." Ms. Karman was held on arrival and ordered to fly out of Egypt on the same plane.
Op-Ed: Nobel nod to Snowden won't repair 'Peace Prize'
Swedish professor Stefan Svallfors nominated NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden for the Nobel Peace Prize. Apart from criticism of recent Laureates like Obama in 2009 and the EU in 2012, is a nomination really appropriate in Snowden's case?
Ron Paul: Bradley Manning deserves Nobel Prize more than Obama
Former US congressman Ron Paul said that Bradley Manning is more deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize than President Barack Obama.
Malala Yousafzai becomes the youngest Nobel Peace Prize nominee
Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani activist who was shot in the head and neck by the Taliban on the school bus, has become the youngest person to ever be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Op-Ed: Can Argo's Best Picture win stop war with Iran?
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has thrown down the Gauntlet to the Merchants of War and Death by presenting the Best Picture Award to "Argo," a movie reminding us that peace is the best way to save American lives.
Nobel Peace Prize winners reject award to European Union (video)
Oslo - Archbishop Desmond Tutu and two other Nobel Peace Prize winners have written to the Nobel committee, protesting the 2012 award to the European Union. They say the EU portrays the total opposite of peace.
Op-Ed: European Union wins Nobel Peace Prize with praise, shock & humor
Oslo - The EU, a 27-nation organization, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its historic role in "uniting the continent" and its contributions "to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.''
Aung San Suu Kyi receives Nobel Peace Prize after 21 years
Myanmar pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights but it took her 21 years to actually receive the award.
Nobel Peace Prize hit by crisis and to be reduced
Stockholm - With the economic crisis continuing, even the Nobel Peace Prize has felt the hit. Prizes will be reduced by up to 20% this year.
Breivik 'planned to bomb Obama'
Oslo - Norwegian mass killer, Anders Behring Breivik, has told police he planned to bomb US President Barack Obama as he received his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo in 2009, The Telegraph reports.
EU, former Pres. Bill Clinton among Nobel Peace Prize candidates
Oslo - It's that time of the year where the famous Nobel Peace Prize committee selects a few individuals who have contributed to world peace. This year, there are more than 200 candidates nominated for the esteemed award.
Vladimir Putin awarded Chinese Confucius Peace Prize
Beijing - The winner of this years annual Chinese Confucious Peace Prize has been named as Vladimir Putin. A special ceremony will be held in Beijing in December to bestow the prestigious award.
Obama draws ire of Chinese government after Dalai Lama meeting
The Chinese government is criticizing U.S. President Barack Obama for holding a 45-minute meeting with the Dalai Lama, a move purported to be seriously damaging to diplomatic relations.
Nobel Committee asked to strip Obama of Peace Prize
The Bolivian President and a Russian political leader have launched a campaign to revoke Obama's honour after the US attacked Libya.
Army cites 'serious leadership failures' of Manning's superiors
Washington - An Army investigation of the breach of US government documents released to Wikileaks found "serious leadership failures" and "gross negligence" in Pvt Bradley Manning's supervision in Iraq, an official familiar with the investigation has said.
WikiLeaks nominated for 2011 Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo - WikiLeaks, the whistleblowing website currently involved in a behind-the-scenes case of human rights issues with the US State Department, is among the nominees for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize and was called "a natural contender" for the prize.
15 Nobel Peace Prize winners urge China to release Liu Xiaobo
Fifteen past winners of the Nobel Peace Prize sent a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao and other G20 leaders, urging China's government to release the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Liu Xiaobo.
China Condems Peace Prize award to Liu Xiaobo as 'obscene'
Beijing - China has condemned in the strongest terms the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo, saying that it went against the aims of the award and would harm the country's relations with Norway.
Nobel Peace Prize 2010 for jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo
Oslo - The currently imprisoned Chinese democracy activist Liu Xiaobo was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo today, a fact greeted by the Chinese government with the expected harsh criticism.
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SolarTeam Eindhoven unveils hightech family car
At 4th July 2013, the hightech Solar Cruiser Class family car by the name 'Stella' was unveiled at Eindhoven Technical University (TU Eindhoven). The solar car will participate in the World Solar Challenge. The Solar Team of Eindhoven Technical University is sponsored by Louwers IP|Technology Advocaten.
The World Solar Challenge will take place in Australia from 6 to 13 October 2013. See www.worldsolarchallenge.org.
After the WSC in Australia the car will travel to Singapore. Upon its return to the Netherlands 'Stella' will be used to stimulate young school kids to choose for technical studies.
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My Son, Steve, commissioned from Norwich University 5-12-13 as a 2nd Lt USAF. He's on his way to NAS Pensicols for IFS as a CSO/Navigator (Combat Systems Officer) He also has a BS in Civil and Envrionmental Engineering.
His first choice of his "drop" is the F-15E Strike Eagle, or the B-1 Bomber. He'll be there for about a year, and then onto his Base.
NAS Pensicola is a Joint Services training base.
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Here's a couple pics of the Event. His Uncle, Former Lcpl Jim Butler, 2nd ANGLICO USMC gave him his first salute. Newly commissioned Officers (as seen back in the early 1800's had to "buy" their first salute, and then earn every one after that.
He Graduated/Commissioned along with 20 other USAF LTs that morning. Norwich had a Joint Services commissioning event later in the afternoon, with about 130 others including Navy/marines/ Army, and Air Force.


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'Fast Money' Recap: Industrials in the Spotlight
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- After two straight weeks of losses, the industrials helped push the market higher on Monday, with Honeywell (HON - Get Report), General Electric (GE - Get Report), 3M (MMM - Get Report) and Caterpillar (CAT - Get Report) all showing signs of strength.
On CNBC's "Fast Money" TV show, Guy Adami, managing director of stockMONSTER.com and head of Advantage Point, said, "We've liked a lot of these names." He thinks GE has a lot of upside left to it.
"These names are showing life again, and for good reason," he said. "I think they all still have room. The best one out of the lot for me still is Honeywell."
Pete Najarian, co-founder of optionMONSTER and tradeMONSTER, recommended Boeing (BA - Get Report) "if you're looking around in this space."
"I love it," he said. "I've loved it for a long time. I think it's going higher. There were some options in there today that tell me it's going higher quick." Dan Nathan, co-founder and editor of RiskReversal.com, said: "To me another sector that maybe there's been a rotation out of into the industrials is consumer staples. If you look at the Consumer Staples Select Sect. SPDR (XLP), which is the ETF that tracks the staples, it's lagged. It's about two and a half percent off the recent highs here." Karen Finerman, president of Metropolitan Capital Advisors, said she likes General Motors (GM). "That's the kind of name I'm going to stick with," she said. Dennis Gartman of the Gartman Letter was asked if he thought the Fed would begin to taper after it's meeting this week. "No, I really don't think it's going to happen on Wednesday," he said. "I think there will be a great deal of debate. I think it's far more likely to pass the baton on to the next regime, which happens after another meeting. And I think it's logical for them to exactly that." He said that when the Fed makes a change in policy it wants to maintain that position for months and months or even years. "Nobody wants to reduce the amount of accommodation and then have bad numbers come out and have a new Fed chairman reverse that situation," Gartman said. He said he thinks "the economy is on reasonably good firm footing" and "the Fed will make the decision after the turn of the year to reduce the amount of accommodation." Nathan said, "I think people think that the taper next year is going to cause more volatility than we've had this year." Najarian agreed, adding, "There's some nervousness going into this meeting." Steven Grasso, director of institutional sales at Stuart Frankel, joined the panel on the Fast Line and was asked about Twitter's more than 4% drop on Monday after it analysts downgraded the stock. "So today we all saw the momentum coming out of the trade," Grasso said. "It was to be expected when you get downgrades like that in a momentum name like Twitter you should see some sell side. But for me with a stock that's been up 30% in a short period of time, since I've been in, I had to lock in the profit."Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Family Fun Day at the Gadsden Museum of Art will be from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday. Museum staff will help children make Christmas cards to be sent to men and women in the military.
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Christopher Tomlinson went to college to learn about civil and environmental engineering. He left with bachelor's and master's degrees, and a desire to impart his knowledge of the subjects to younger students. In the fall, the Woodland resident will get the opportunity to train in a high school classroom through a prestigious program that encourages subject matter scholars to become teachers.
Tomlinson, 26, recently was named a Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Teaching Fellow. He is one of 50 people across the state that makes up the inaugural class of recipients selected by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Jarred Phillips of Eastampton, Darlene Fleming of Delran and Kelly Barna of Hainesport also were chosen by the foundation.


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In case you missed it. There's noise from the DOJ that Kenneth Melson, acting director of the BATFE, is going to be replaced. This all comes in light of the current gun smuggling mess. The proposed acting director could be none other than gun control zealot Andrew Traver. This is no surprise coming from this administration.
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As critics and film execs examine last year's box-office trends, many are coming to the conclusion that 1999 was a turning point for American cinema.
From the cyberpunk hyperrealism of "The Matrix" to the fractured storytelling of "The Blair Witch Project," the year's films point to an emerging tug-of-war between old-guard producers who have refined their techniques over decades and new iconoclasts who are changing the way stories are filmed and told.
Girded with computer technology and encouraged by moviegoers increasingly eager for innovation, this "PlayStation Generation" is offering a glimpse of the future of film. The outcome, observers say, will be a melding of traditional Hollywood formulas and Internet-age experimentation.
"This is a real pivotal moment for Hollywood," says Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University in New York. "All of the innovation that used to percolate in obscure films seen only in Greenwich Village or San Francisco art houses is now going on in ... mainstream Hollywood films."
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is working with Worldreader, a non-profit group, to give four secondary schools in Tanzania e-readers.
The e-readers will have books that are in both Swahili and English and will allow 2,300 students in two settlements with better access to reading material.
"At Worldreader we have demonstrated that access to digital books can significantly improve early grade literacy outcomes" said Colin McElwee, who one of Worldreader's co-Founders. "We are proud to partner with UNHCR and to give some of the most vulnerable people in the world the opportunity to create a future for themselves and their families."
Worldreader's headquarters are located in San Francisco, and they also have e-reader initiatives going on in nine other African countries.
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It's refreshing to see some serious broadsheets and journals giving coverage to this recent genetic breakthrough regarding M.E. However, it is worth adding that Dr Kerr's groundbreaking research has been funded solely by private donations; the Medical Research Council refused funding to Dr Kerr preferring to fund psychological studies which examine the benefits of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Graded Exercise Therapy (GET). Of course, their approach helps to support the recent controversial NICE guidelines on M.E. (which were drawn up by a group of psychologists) which recommend these very therapies. Your article highlights one tactic for dealing with ME, which is to treat its symptoms with drugs that are already used against other diseases. Clearly, this is a potential option; Dr Kerr has identified existing drugs which might benefit sufferers. However, this is not an option within the NHS or a recommendation from NICE. Dr Peter White (a psychiatrist) who heads up the nationwide NHS M.E. clinics hails the psychological therapies (CBT and GET) as a potential 'cure' for the disease. Meanwhile, over at the Department of Work and Pensions, they continue to believe that M.E is caused by stress and emotional upset!http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/JCP/stellent/groups/jcp/documents/websitecontent/dev_014174.pdfIt is, therefore, no surprise that many M.E. sufferers (25% of whom are bed-bound) continue to be refused benefits until they have undergone the psychological therapies being offered by the NHS. The Government's overwhelming support for Dr Richard Layard's CBT bandwagon (talk comes cheap) simply serves to support the DWP's position. Clearly, it is difficult to see how talking therapy could possibly have helped Sophia Mirza who recently died from the disease.The fact is that Dr Kerr's research and other genomic studies such as by Dr John Gow's in Glasgow (also privately funded) have revealed common neurological, cancer, immunological and inflammatory disease associations. Their research demonstrates that we are dealing with a complex Neurological disease with strong immunological components; this supports the view of the vast majority of UK charities and support groups that the existing NHS treatment centres offering psychological therapies should be closed and the money spent on research into the bio-medical cause of the disease. Alternatively, the money should be handed over to Neurologists who specialise in the diseases and are far better placed to care for the 25% of sufferers who are house or bed-bound.
Thank you for a wonderful article. I have had severe M.E. for 20 years. In that time not a single penny of government money has been spent on research of the cause of thisdevastating and excruciatingly painful illness, and not one penny has been spent by them to try to find a cure. All the millions of taxpayers money has been given to the psychiatrists to further their ridiculous 'somatisation' (hysteria) theory of the illness. The only treatment available is the tired old graded exercise and cognitive behaviour 'therapies' that have been repeatedly proven to make M.E. worse.In view of the fact that M.E. has been classified as a neurological illness by the World health Organisation since 1969, to spend money in this wasteful way whilst leaving sufferers worse off than before is nothing less than a scandal. M.E. has been proven to be both viral and genetic in origin, and to lead to premature death because the it affects the heart.Dr Kerr and Dr Gow have both had their applications for funding for their ground breaking work in M.E. turned down by the Medical Research Council.They are trying to scrape enough money together from tiny charities to continue their work. Last year the Gibson report advised that the millions wasted on the cognitive behaviour and graded exercise 'therapies' should be matched in funding of biomedical research. This has not been done.The Gibson report also advised that the possible conflict of interest in the psychiatrists involved in the 'somatisation' theory (that has so hindered research and effective treatment, and prevented sufferers from obtaining benefits and health insurance settlements), and their involvement in the Department of Work and Pensions and a large health insurance company be investigated. This has not been done.Anyone with the defective gene who contracts a trigger virus is at risk of developing this ghastly illness.
Having previously been very healthy and with a strong immune system, I developed post-viral syndrome PVS), closely akin to ME/CFS, after contracting shingles then Ross River virus, a severe mosquito-borne disease in Queensland, Australia, in 1980. For more than two years I was in a state of total collapse almost every day, although I continued to work as much as I could. After 18 months, the PVS was exacerbated by severe then extreme work-related depression, and I was obliged to leave work and end 30-odd years of voluntary work. I was seriously ill for seven years, though I'm much recovered over the last year, my physical (and, to a lesser extent) mental capacity are still poor, over-exertion can require several days for recovery. I would rate the illness as worse than the long-term impact of near-fatal injuries I received when run down by a car in 1965. My former employer, the Queensland Government, shows no interest in addressing Ross River fever, so I'm delighted that ME/CFS are getting serious attention in the UK, where my sister's best friend has suffered the condition for almost 30 years.
There couldn't have been a more stark contrast between the levels of intelligence manifest in the two very different approaches, towards understanding the cause of M.E. (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis), finding an agreed diagnostic test and suggesting effective treatment, than has been illustrated by the conduct of two conferences only a week apart.The centrepiece of the conference, in Cambridge on 6 May 2008, organised by ME Research UK (MERUK) and the Irish ME Trust and to which all people and good ideas were welcome, was the promising genetic work, which you report (The roots of chronic fatigue, The Economist, 8 May 2008), led by Dr Jonathan Kerr of St George's University, London, who has already identified significant differences in gene expression in M.E. sufferers and believes that a diagnostic test - perhaps a simple blood test - which may suggest appropriate treatment, is only a matter of time.Just a week earlier, a Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) conference, in London on 28 April 2008, to which only a selected audience of doctors was invited, from which patients and the press were excluded and for which no transcripts are available, focused on fatigue and the psychiatric origins of M.E. for which there is no evidence and which patients disown. There is no diagnostic test in sight and the only recommendations are two coping, or management, strategies, one of which, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) has no lasting benefit, without relapse, for people with M.E. and the other, Graded Exercise Treatment (GET), which makes some patients irrecoverably worse.Economist readers will be as equally nonplussed, as M.E. sufferers are appalled and frustrated, that the psychiatric approach has had £8.5m to establish a network of clinics, which requires £millions more each year to maintain, while not a penny piece of public money has been spent on biomedical research and work like Dr Kerr's has to rely on charity.Dr John H GreensmithME Free For All. org
Medicine is a fundamental factor in the economic prosperity of developed regions. In a post-penicillin world of increasing population density, viral diseases of all kinds may yet prove to be one of the biggest threats humanity faces.ME though only rarely life threatening by definition, is still a key economic illness because it is an umbrella diagnosis for all forms of CFS (much of it virally induced) which prevent a significant percentage of people contributing to economic activity. In an age when people are educated to understand the link between medical intervention and prosperity from an early age it is hard to understand why scientific investigation of the phenomena has been avoided as it has for several decades. Considering the bigger picture it is worse than negligent, it is almost suicidal, the medical equivalent of peak oil. Some it seems do not react to threats well and prefer to keep their heads buried in the sand.Funded by patients and clinicians, Dr Kerr's work built successfully on methods pioneered by Dr Gow in Glasgow to provide the first scientific insight into what is really happening for these people. This is just the beginning of an important new field of medicine, the economic and humanitarian impact of which could be significant for the entire planet. Even so financial support for this enterprise remains scandalously absent.
Great article. I am lucky enough to live in the U.S. where many doctors now accept the non-psychosomatic character of CFS, which I have been living with for 4 years (I am 49). I really need to address this comment to "lotoseater" (below). How can a doctor (or other caregiver) justify treating an illness as psychosomatic without 100% certainty that it is psychosomatic? And how can a doctor have such certainty under the barrage of new research that indicates a biological (and non-psychiatric) basis of this illness, including altered physiological response to exercise? Does the doctor not fear the harmful impact of disbelief on a patient who is truly (non-psychosomatically) ill? Lotoseater, your certainty is intriguing. Would you like me to list some of the the illnesses that have been within the last 100 years considered purely or predominantly psychosomatic? Multiple sclerosis. Thyroid disease. ALS (!). Ulcers. Coeliac disease. Allergies. Asthma. Tuberculosis. Parkinson's disease. Diabetes. Epilepsy. One after another, the "mysteries" of these illnesses have been penetrated, lifting the dark cloud of stigma from their sufferers. You say "it is very hard for psychosomatic patients to accept that there [sic] problems are not physical." I think it is perhaps more accurate to say "it is very hard for a doctor committed to the psychosomatic view of an illness to accept research results showing that the illness is indeed physical." That is what your response to this article demonstrates beautifully. Some doctors' careers and fixed opinions are on the line here. But millions of patients (and patients' families) lives are on the line. Open your heart and mind, read the voluminous recent research carefully, and put your hubris aside. Try on a new viewpoint. Listen to your patients in a new way. You might contribute to the solution of the problem instead of contributing to its exacerbation.
As a GP, bedridden with this so called Yuppie Flu, suggestibility, malingering, hysteria and other delightful names made up by a smal group of psychiatrists, it was an eye opener when I got the disease how much nonsense this small group of psychiatrists proclaims about a disease that I hope they will never get, as I now know what a debilatating one it is, but at the same time they would not recognise if they would get it themselves.
It is also amazing that in this one article you seem to know more about this severely debilatating illness, at least 25% of ME patients are bedridden and quite a few of them are tube fed, than the CBT psychiatrists after twenty odd years of proclaiming nonsense.
So thank you very much for this great article.
Dr Speedy.
Perhaps lotuseater was deliberately posting this nonsense to get a rise out the rest of us, for his or her own amusement. Whatever the motive, the result is not edifying. Since the writer seems to have medical knowledge, the content of the reasoning is a poor reflection on the training he or she received. So to ignore the irrelevant (point 1) and the confused (point 2), let me highlight the illogical (point 3)."It is very hard to see how this is not a psychosomatic illness. I can assure you, that besides the very strong placebo effect none of the treatments have any proven benefit." Now this one is a real doozy. The argument is, "We do not have any effective treatment, therefore it is not a physiological problem." I don't think we need an emotive list of the illnesses where, so far, "none of the treatments have any proven benefit." But the argument that if doctors can't cure it, it isn't a biological disease rather takes one's breath away, for its hubris, if not for its irrationality.There's also a marked absence of common sense – consider the case of "primary and secondary benefits". There are people with mild cases of, say, heart disease, who play upon it to get sympathy and an easy life. BUT, that doesn't mean that the vast majority of those who say or believe they have the disease are just as ill as they think they are. I would only say to those who think too long about the "secondary gains", including state benefits, of ME/CFS, that the "primary and secondary losses" are also considerable. The loss of the use of your body and your mind, along with a career and normal family life, are a lot to trade for the opportunity to watch daytime TV. Funnily enough, after all the ignorant, irrational and illogical claptrap of the rest of this post this last point one the one which really got my goat. I am assuming, given the content of the rest of the post, that lotuseater did not read the other comments and think, "Ah, NOW I see how it is for people with a life-diminishing disease." This comment is actually saying, "Reading all these people, I can see how deluded they are – a real insight into the mind of the terminally hypochondriac." It has been a real illumination from the great heights of his or her superior mind into the world of the stupid and the ignorant below. Neither insight, compassion nor any inkling of medical fallibility informed this comment.
I have heard about these 'primary and secondary gains' to having ME for many years now. I understand that in some quarters obtaining benefits can be classed as secondary gain, (which is ludcirous in itslef), but what for heaven's sake are the primary gains of an illness which renders one ill for decades? During a period of relative remission I managed to go to university and obtain a first class degree after which I was offered a number of interesting, productive and certainly potentially very remunerative projects as well as further study. Unfortunately my body was already complaining and taking the (not so slow) route to another crash and I was unable to accept these offers. Are you really trying to tell me that my enjoyment of a life which showed so much promise, both creatively and economically, was outweighed in terms of gain by enjoying sickness behaviour?
Oh get a grip!
As one who has suffered from ME over the past 32 years I am well acquainted with the unbelievable ignorance of the British Medical community. Many years elapsed before I was finally diagnosed with the disease, having settled in the United States. What surprises me is that the British medical system continues to live in the dark ages. Some of the most important research establishing ME as a debilitating condition resulting from a viral infection was published in the UK as early as the 1950s by Dr Melvin Ramsay and Dr Elizabeth Dowsett. Many have followed, including a large research group headed by Professor Behan at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, which provided critical insights into the etiology and pathogenesis of this condition. Given the wealth of published information showing that ME is a serious physical disease with muscular, endocrine, and neurological dysfunctions, it is truly amazing that patients are still treated for psychiatric illness. All a physician needs to do is to read Dr Ramsay's concise 60 page review "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Postviral Fatigue States – The Saga of Royal Free disease". This book is extremely well researched and written in layman's terms, with a complete bibliography dating back to the 1930s. Why has it been on the bookshelves since 1986, apparently gathering dust? How is it conceivable that 22 years later British patients are still struggling with the "psychological" stigma? As a scientist I can I can offer a simple explanation: physicians and scientists alike tend to read only "current" research. Anything more than 5 years old remains in the archives. Small wonder advances in the discovery and treatment of disease are made by the dedicated few with nothing more than private donations. I have read Dr Ramsay's book; I have read all 200 citations; I have communicated with ME researchers in the UK, Canada, and USA. I suggest patients, ME advocacy groups and physicians do the same if any progress is to be made in raising awareness and government funding for ME.
I could not help myself but reply to the response of lotoseater. This type of response is typical of those who are close minded and work within a limited area of knowledge who cannot think outside that knowledge. I would venture to say that you have done very little actual research into the area that you work. Do yourself and your patients a favour and open your mind and get past this narcassistic beleif that you know it all, and that medical science has identified all and sundry about all conditions, illnesses and disease alike.
In making comments to your rather simplistic, somewhat ignorant comments, I will make it known that I am a researcher, I am well qualified, I am a sufferer of ME/CFS and I am well aware of what is out there in the way of research (and still open to reading more and more). I can say I have read close to 1100 journal articles and books on the subject.
Comments No. 1
Lotoseater said: "having worked with many patients suffering from "ME" and having read many of the articles ... etc"
You have missed a valuable point. ME and CFS are not the same. ME is a defined disorder (see Ramsay, Acheson, Hyde and WHO)
CFS is an "umbrella term". The Oxford criteria makes sure of this ... by including so much into the mix that it dilutes those with ME who are now included under CFS (which is then sold by the medical community in the UK, US and Australia as CFS).
Comments No. 2
LotoSeater: "Second, disorders like depression, etc. have a very biological basis and hence, etc ... This is an inherent result of running statistically driven tests to justify research grants."
You fail to offer up the alternative, non cynical possibility. Maybe it is not just to justify grants. I am not getting into semantics about glass half full kinda guys ... I am saying that there are several possibilities of which you prefer to hold out one as the reality.
Comments No. 3
Lotoseater said: "Third, it is very hard to see how this is not a psychosomatic illness ... etc"
Lets be honest here. You dont do research. You dont have it. You wont open your mind to the biological possibilities and apparently if you have, as you say, researched the issue, not actually taken in the biological evidence that exists. In looking at these people you work with, how many have you taken through the biological tests that are being researched in the literature. How many have you taken through an extremely rigorous procedure of eliminating to 20 or so alternative diagnoses that mimic ME and CFS?
This is a narrow minded statement based upon poor research. It is arrogant to the extreme to sit there and place someone into a waste bin in such a manner. I put this to you. Prove a psychosomatic illness. Show me the evidence. I want hard care, blood tests, DNA tests, PCR tests, MRI tests ... hell the whole shebang.
It cannot be done. So please tell me how the science of psychiatry is different from that of the biological research that exists? I can tell you simply ... the biological is evidence based.
Comment No. 4.
Lotoseater said: "Fourth, if you look at the antecedents (and the primary and secondary benefits derived from this)of this cluster of symptoms it is very hard to see how it can be anything but, a psychological symptom."
Hmmmmmm ... Scenario: I had an accident. I am a paraplegic. As a paraplegic I am granted the sick role. I will probably receive a disability pension. I will receive sympathy, assistance, access to facilities, special concessions, etc, etc.
Primary Gain? yes.
Secondary Gain? yes.
Real condition that is not psychological? YES ABSOLUTELY.
You dont entertain the possibility that if the condition were real and biological/physical - that it would have both primary and secondary gain without there being any underhanded or psychological connotations.
You arrive at that decision because your mind is closed. You are biased ... bigotted ... to the core. That is the problem with those who believe that they have the god-given right to deongrate those with ME/CFS in the way that you have done so.
Comment No. 5
Lotoseater said: "Fifth, it is very hard for psychosomatic patients to accept that there problems are not physical and is very hard to treat, nearly impossible. The most difficult part is acceptance that it may all be in the mind."
And conversely, those who are not psychosomatic, who are constantly told that it is not physical when it is, and that it is not real and can be treated by psychological means, and that it is all in the mind ... will get awful annoyed by such narrow minded, arrogant statements and have exactly the same reaction.
You are blaming the ill because you want them to believe the diagnosis you can live with ... not the reality of their condition - which you cannot understand.
Comment No. 6
Lotoseater said: "Sixth, the comments have been very enlightening."
Well ... open your mind!
Lotoseater, your comment is interesting especially as you have worked with people who have been diagnosed with M.E.
'Ah, there's the rub...' DID they have M.E. or perhaps they just got the diagnosis because their medical professionals had not read the WHO's guidelines.
I have already mentioned www.sophiaandme.org.uk and will now give you a quote. Sophia's mother told me she was happy for me to mention Sophia's plight so I feel happy to do so. Read it and then tell me that Sophia had a psychosomatic illness.
'An autopsy was performed on Sophia. No cause of death could be found. A fortnight later more tests were carried out with the same results. Her heart was then sent away for testing which still showed up no abnormalities. Simon Lawrence from the 25% ME Group asked us if we would consider some research being done on Sophia. We readily agreed as we wanted others to benefit from Sophia's life and death. Sophia's spinal cord was taken away for research by Dr Chaudhuri in Romford and Dr O'Donovan in Cambridge. Permission for this was granted by the coroner. I understand that the coroner was unusual in allowing such research to be performed. Everyone at that office was most helpful to the two doctors involved. For this I am so grateful.
The results of this research was ..."unequivocal inflammatory changes affecting the special nerve cell collections (dorsal root ganglia) that are the gateways (or station) for all sensations going to brain through spinal cord. The changes of dorsal root ganglionitis seen in 75% of Sophia's spinal cord were very similar to that seen during active infection by herpes viruses (such as shingles)."
It is difficult for me to add more in terms of content to the comments already provided, but I do feel it is important that quality information and journalism such as we have seen from the Economist is acknowledged, not least because many, such as I, have been suffering many decades with an illness which certain parties with vested interests have purposefully engineered to be seen as a somatic disorder of 'aberrant illness beliefs'.
Having first succumbed to symptoms at the tender age of ten, as I near fifty I have now, at last, been given some hope that a treatment may be viable. That isn't to say that in the intervening 38 yrs I haven't tried very many options, both allopathic and complementary, but to no effect. Indeed those of a more psychiatric nature have been devastatingly harrowing and I think the link to the Sophia Mirza story as provided by another commentator here, may elucidate the way in which we, as a patient population, have been iatrogenically damaged as a result of the pervading psychiatric bias.
For any interested readers who may have the condition but may also be wondering why they, like me, are still dismissed as 'malingerers' in some quarters despite the recent work which has been discussed in this article, the following minutely detailed and referenced account could
make very interesting, if damning, reading.
Further, the upcoming Conference from 'ME Research UK'
(www.meresearch.org.uk) will give sufferers a much better idea of the
quality of biomedical research funded entirely though private and charitable
It is so good to see some sensible articles in the press lately which acknowledge the severity and physical basis of the illness, M.E. People with this awful illness have had a terrible time as a result of the medical profession's policy of treating it as a functional somatic illness and ignoring the World Health Organisation's neurological classification.
Sadly, many medical professionals have treated these very ill people with disdain and mockery. It is little wonder that the majority of the population have not taken it seriously.
In August, NICE published guidelines which unfortunately suggest the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Graded Exercise as a COPING STRATEGIES if patients feel they would be of use. Neither CBT nor GET are meant to be forms of treatment. It is very remiss of NICE to fail to explain in the short guidelines sent to medical professionals that the WHO and the government recognise the neurological classification.
The new guidelines advise G.P.s to do quite a few basic investigations in order to eliminate other illnesses. Unfortunately, due to the unknown organic cause of the illness, these investigations do not go far enough.
However, since G.P.s have been doing the tests and M.E. specialist centres have also conducted tests, many patients have now been diagnosed with other well-known illnesses such as lupus and caeliac disease and even cancer. It is astounding to know that prior to this, G.P.s were advised NOT to do too many tests because it may 'encourage poor illness beliefs' in patients.
If anyone has any doubts about the disgusting way in which many people with the diagnoses of M.E./CFS have been treated please read this link: www.sophiaandme.org.uk
I attended the conference in Cambridge and it was marvellous to see science at its best. I intend to go to the conference in London on the 23rd May. The people who speak at these conferences about RESEARCH are not philosophising. They are intelligent medical professionals who are looking for and finding the truth.
I was diagnosed at age 17 with ME and Fibromyalgia. I have lived in the US and the UK. I have to say the UK has a long way to go. I now live in Saudi Arabia and get better medical care here than I did from the NHS. In the US at least I was treated as if I had a disability. In the UK all they wanted to do was to pop anti-depressants down my throat (old ones no longer used in the US) and get me out of the doctor's office. I'm not sure I'd still be alive if I lived in the UK, either the illness or the depression from frustration, ignorance, and incompetent medical care would have killed me.
Strange, I've never heard of this until today.
a.ashy says: NHS. In the US at least I was treated as if I had a disability. In the UK all they wanted to do was to pop anti-depressants down my throat (old ones no longer used in the US) and get me out of the doctor's office. I'm not sure I'd still be alive if I lived in the UK, either the illness or the depression from frustration, ignorance, and incompetent medical care would have killed me. '
This is what is so frightening about the attitude and lack of knowledge of most of the medical profession in the U.K.
The U.K.'s medical establishment treat people whom THEY have diagnosed with M.E./CFS and Fibromyalgia as though they are either malingerers or mentally ill. It becomes more and more clear that most of the medical profession are completely ignorant of the pathalogical nature of the illness itself
If you are aware of the research which has already been done in the U.S., or is actually being done now, you will know that they are far ahead of the U.K. and are fully aware of the fact that this is a very real physical illness.
Professor Nancy Klimas of the University of Miami School of Medicine, Dr Derek Enlander, Mount Sinai Medical School, New York and Dr Dan Peterson, Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Navada School of Medicine, all spoke in depth about pathalogical findings, when they addressed the International Conference on ME/CFS Biomedical Research held on the 6th May in Cambridge, U.K.
It was acknowledged by a U.K. specialist that many people who are referred to a specialist M.E./CFS centre in the U.K. eventually are diagnosed with other well-known illnesses which could have been identified in primary care.
It is as though many medical professionals in the U.K. are suffering from their own 'poor illness beliefs' and it is time they let go of their prejudices and grew up. This is 2008, not 1898.
I have a few problems in relation to this article that need to be addressed.
1. ME and CFS - When are journalists going to move to the next level when it comes to actually reporting about the controversy and politics that surrounds ME and CFS.
ME is not CFS. ME is a recognised, discrete entity. CFS is a diagnosis of exclusion. By definition, if you have ME, you cannot have CFS because you have a known, diagnosed condition. Like Fibromyalgia, ME overlaps CFS. It is not a subset of CFS because there are those with ME who cannot fulfill the CDC "research" criteria.
2. Fatigue - Reference is made to ME being known as CFS. ME does not necessarily have fatigue. Your reference to exhaustion is also a misnoma.
3. Malingering - You quite rightly point out that "Doctors have struggled to distinguish the ailing from the malingering." You then close with "And, perhaps, inspire a sudden recovery in the malingerers." Why? Why would you validate the thinking of the Medical fraternity by making such a denegrating comment. By doing so, you have validated the beleif that there are those that do malinger? I am yet to see any research that demonstrates that some people with ME or CFS actually malinger. I know insurers (god forbibd that they would have a vested interest to do so) often infer malingering. How many legal cases have you seen where a person has lost a case for an insurance claim and then being charged with fraud because they malingered? I would dare to say ... ZERO ... ZIP ... NUDDA.
4. ME, myself, why? - One of the comments I have seen about those with ME, is that the very use of these initials implies self-absorbtion - something that some in the "psychoatric" school have described as overly focused on their symtpoms or physical sensations. You have just implied the same thing ... why? Why was it necessary? Are people with ME and CFS not stigmatised enough ...?
I dont mean to be overly critical when journalists make the effort to draw positive attention to this condition, but it is about time that a spade is called a spade.
A good effort - 7 out of 10 ... but please ... keep working on the quality of such articles. Please?
Perhaps it is worth to mention the significant overlap of ME/CFS with MCS (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity), another devastating condition mainstream medicine is in denial of thanks to the disturbed belief systems of psychiatrists and those with vested interests in keeping the buck rolling.
Watch e.g. http://www.chemicalsensitivityfoundation.org/chemical-sensitivity-introd...
The article fails to mention that studies in Dubbo, Australia re: post-infectious chronic fatigue have found that this illness can also be caused by the Epstein-Barr virus!! This is significant since Epstein-Barr is a very common, and it is misleading to omit this information and imply that post-infectious chronic fatigue is a relatively rare occurrence.
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I know someone else mentioned FWH as a replacement for 20 minute hops- I don't agree. My feeling is that FWH provides slightly more bitterness than a 60 minute addition. So, if you're happy with the amount of bitterness you'll be getting with 1 ounce at 60 minutes (basically), then that's fine.
I do a recipe with all Amarillo's I call Triple Threat.(Three malts @3lbs each, easy to remember) 3# 2-row 3# Vienna 3# Munich .5# Crystal 10L .5# Carapils .5 oz(9.3AA) Amarillo @ 60 3 oz (9.3AA) Amarillo @ 15 I use Notty or US-05, whichever I have on hand. Mash at 152°F/60mTT Sometimes I sparge with half gallon less water and boil for 90 min to make a 4 gal batch, and dryhop with 2 oz Amarillo if the mood strikes me for a little stronger ale
alright, about to brew this, this is what im gonna do: .5oz@FWH .5oz@60min 1.5oz@20 min 1.5oz@ dry hop
Alright. Haven't got it on boil yet. Will do this then: .5oz@FWH .5oz@60min 1oz@20min 1oz@5min 1oz dry hop
Last recipe looks good. You are gonnal love that flavor and aroma!
Brewed this yesterday. Smelled and looked wonderful but my OG came out a little high (around 1.060 for 5.5 gallons) The barley crusher is crazy and puts my efficiency in the 90% range. I just hope its hoppy enough, hopefully the dry hops give it an extra kick. Might do another vienna smash with a higher alpha hop, I just love the impression I was getting from the vienna as a base grain. Might add a pound of rye also.
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The Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) has released the 2011 summary evaluation of Maine's investment in research and development prepared for DECD by PolicyOne Research (ME), EntreWorks (VA), and Scruggs & Associates (NC). This yearly evaluation of Maine's R&D programs helps DECD understand the impact that the state R&D investments have, and identify areas where the state has an opportunity to be more competitive. The consulting team also offers recommendations to help build a more robust business climate leading to job and revenue growth for Maine companies.
"While the summary presents several areas of strength in Maine's innovation economy, it shows there are still areas for improvement. The evaluation recommends that with Maine's limited funding, R&D investments should be focused on addressing the most critical innovation gaps in Maine and accelerating the creation of businesses and jobs in high growth industries," says DECD Commissioner Philip Congdon.
"We find we are good at supporting start-ups, but we need to do a better job of fostering the growth of those businesses," adds Congdon.
Congdon suggests that this should come in the form of support and education in developing actionable business plans that analyze eventualities and focus on growth.
The report indicates that one way to do that is to encourage Maine's innovation-based companies to expand to markets outside of Maine, in other states and globally. Another way is to link financing with mentoring and business advisory services, to help Maine entrepreneurs accelerate the growth of their companies.
Pat Scruggs, president of Scruggs & Associates says, "One of the important (recommendations) is to grow Maine companies, getting them to go from that two to ten person company to a 40 or 50 person company," says Scruggs.
"Maine has invested in R&D for a number of years and we must be committed to continuing. States with entrepreneurial support see job growth for assisted companies outpacing the regions job growth by three to one," says Congdon.
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- Maine has seen slight increases in venture capital and the percent of scientists and engineers in the workforce, which is critical for the growth of innovation-based companies.
- Maine ranks 28th for scientists and engineers in the workforce.
- Maine universities are growing their R&D capacity from 35% of the US average to over 70% of the US average; recent years show sharp increases.
- Average annual employment in Maine's technology sectors stayed flat, outperforming the average annual employment in the U.S. technology sectors, which declined by 1.7%.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Two passenger trains collided head-on in eastern South Korea on Tuesday, killing one passenger and injuring dozens, officials said.
Authorities are investigating what caused the crash, which occurred at about 6 p.m. in eastern Gangwon province, said Nam Young-woo, an official at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
A woman in her 60s was killed and 87 people were injured in the collision, Nam and local fire officials said. About 63 passengers were aboard one of the two trains, while around 40 were on the other train, Nam said.
The collision is the latest in a series of deadly transportation incidents in South Korea, including the sinking of a ferry in April left more than 300 people dead or missing.
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This means that our government via our CIA and State Department are still firmly in control. They are already packing the suitcases loaded with freshly printed C-notes to be delivered by our government "bag men" to these faceless military leaders.
It's my suspicion that the opression, jailing and torture of the Egyptian people will continue in earnest. We've done this in Iran training their infamous Savak to do such, Greece in the sixties, Italy post WWII and a hundred other places around the world. Little do the Egyptian people realize they've fallen from the frying pan into the fire.
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