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House GOP breaks Pledge to America on first day back in power by authorizing federal funds to pay for liberal grief counselors, hazmat team for Pelosi.
Speaking for House Democrats Pelosi declares GOP will repeal ObamaCare "over my already dead body."
Speaking for Senate Democrats Reid declares GOP will repeal ObamaCare "over Ted Kennedy's fermented body."
Analysts speculate Michael Steele dreads RNC chair debate only slightly less than the public dreads watching it.
Poll finds majority continue to oppose government funded heath care unless its paying for Valium and straight jackets for Alan Grayson.Add a comment
The official list is out...
1. Impact of regulation on job creation …
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I'm going to be honest, I'm a little disappointed. There were other "mysteries" I personally wanted solved first, such as:
Who is fatter: America's children, or Democrats when they lie.
The per capita usage of botox in the Pelosi household.
Whether or not Michelle Obama will systematically confiscate junk food from America's schools and why Michael Moore is listed on the Let's Move payroll as a "storage consultant."
Is Harry Reid's claim to being boxer code for he played a lot of Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots?
Are Barney Frank and Anthony Weiner related?
Do dogs ever wonder if Democrats go to heaven?
The emerging arms race between Joe Biden and Rahm Emanuel and their stockpiles of F-bombs.
When the media talks about the first dog, Bo Obama, should they be allowed to shorten his name to "BoOb?"
I know this will make the Birthers froth at the mouth...but maybe we should try to verify Biden's JD from Syracuse first.
Where does job growth fall on Obama's list of priorities? Somewhere between bogeys and rim shots?
Can the government save money by combining plexiglass basketball backboards with teleprompters?
Why has Janet Napolitano scheduled daily flights for herself since instituting the TSA enhanced patdown policy?
Could the deficit really be wiped out with the Albert Gore Global Warming Windfall Income Tax Act?
Has Nasa figured the physics of zero gravity prayer mats and prayer toward Mecca yet?
Yes, I am well aware that there is a reason I don't get to be in charge of stuff...
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I did a couple of ads mocking Michelle Obama's efforts to get government's foot in the door or what we eat by hiding behind the skirt of our children in schools...
The holiday theme was a bit limiting, and doesn't really get to the bottom of things....
Hopefully this helps better move that ball forward a bit. ;-)
A lot of people on both sides of the aisle don't understand why anyone would oppose Michelle Obama putting on her nanny cap and keeping a calorie tally over America's kids. After all she's just trying to help prevent what she calls a threat to our national security.
"A recent study put the health care cost of obesity-related diseases at $147 billion a year," Mrs. Obama said. "This epidemic also impacts the nation's security, as obesity is now one of the most common disqualifiers for military service."
If fitness is an emerging problem then surely whipping people into shape is something the United States military can handle better than, say, coping with the potential for sexual tension that congress and the president just invited upon it via the repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell."
This isn't a judgement either way on DADT (this blog has no official opinion on it, yet). I just find it interesting that the left thinks refusing to execute their social engineering agenda is a greater existential threat to "national security" than psychos with nukes.
If this is being done in the name of national security where does it stop? As soon as the government figures out that telling kids what to eat at school does nothing as long as they live under not only their parents' roof, but also their eating habits, what is to stop them from "redoubling their efforts" as a justification to start regulating what everyone eats?
Is anyone prepared for an America where the only ding dongs you'll be able to find are people who vote Democrat?
The colonists went ape-stuff when the King of England imposed a tax on tea. At least he wasn't dictating what people could consume. Imagine how they would react to all of this.Add a comment
You can't trust everything you read on Wikipedia.
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi[1] (pronounced /pəˈloʊsi/; born March 26, 1940)...
I suppose she
was young and needed the money.
Happy New Year!Add a comment
Give more and be more charitable with other peoples money.
Find more legitimate reasons to have an abortion for convenience.
Watch what I eat, since Michelle Obama wont let me eat what I eat.
Quit smoking, the president needs them more than I do.
Support gay marriage by trying it out.
Work harder with others at building bridges over border fences.
Stop using the race card as a crutch
Rewrite the Constitution on Wikipedia.
Fight for a world with less A-bombs and more F-bombs.
Institute Don't Ask Don't Tell policy on all one night stands.
Reduce toilet paper usage to one square, Joe Biden's mouth needs them more than I do.
Build up a tolerance to the toxins in energy efficient lightbulbs.
Build up my vegan tolerance for the fake meat tofu.
Attend AA to kick the alcoholism caused by drinking games played during Biden speeches.
Become smarter than a 5th grader (or is it become more smarter?).
Try to see the inner beauty in everyone, or the outer beauty of Helen Thomas. (whatever ends up being easier)
Help make Al Gore even more rich so he can have a better chance at stopping global warming.
Stop letting the kids watch Joe Biden on TV and have them tune in to real cartoons.
Maintain balance with mother nature by reducing my carbon footprint by as much as Al Gore increases his.
Stock up on
guns white flags...just in case.
Learn how to
shoot the guns read an English to Chinese dictionary....just in case
Learn which direction Mecca is in...just in case.Add a comment
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When Gary Venuti was selected as one of the first school resource officers in Okaloosa County in 1997, no one quite knew what to do with him.
Two decades later, Okaloosa County Sheriff's SROs are some of the most recognized faces in schools and their value is getting noticed statewide.
Next month, the local program will be named the agency of the year by the Florida Association of School Resource Officers.
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"There was never any doubt in my mind that these guys do special things," said Venuti, now a sergeant overseeing the south end SROs. "They just go so far above and beyond."
The accolade comes about a year and half after Sheriff Larry Ashley decided to expand the SRO program into all schools following the fatal shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
"It just reinforces what we believe," Ashley said of the award.
The unit is now made up of 41 officers, including a canine unit, who are responsible not just for school safety, but what's happening in the community around the schools. They also lead giving campaigns and offer students experience with public safety.
It's not uncommon for the SROs to work a 16-hour day, says deputy Demeika McClendon who works at Niceville High School.
"It's very gratifying that we're being recognized for the work we do day in and day out," she said. "It means a whole lot."
Both Ashley and Venuti cited the relationship with the School District as one of the driving forces in the program's success.
"We're just one spoke in the wheel," Venuti said.
School District officials were not surprised the SROs were recognized by the state organization, but they were pleased.
"In my mind, these guys are the cavalry; we call and they come," said Mary Beth Jackson, the Okaloosa County superintendent. "It's the most comforting thing in the world to know they're there."
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Women, Sport, Society
Further Reflections, Reaffirming Mary Wollstonecraft
Edited by Roberta J Park, Patricia Vertinsky
Routledge – 2011 – 224 pages
Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical perspectives
New in Paperback
Routledge – 2011 – 224 pages
Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical perspectives
During the last four decades women's and gender history have become vibrant fields including studies of attitudes regarding the limited physical and other abilities of females as well as studies of the accomplishments of notable female athletes. We have become increasingly aware that women have made contributions to physical education, dance and sport that go far beyond being teachers, athletes and coaches. They have created and implemented an astonishing variety of programs intended to serve the needs of large numbers of children and youth sometimes organizing student health services, as well as chairing departments of physical education. They have worked as directors of sport, physical education and dance, running playgrounds and recreational facilities and have created and/or served as important officers of a variety of sporting organizations.
This book explores the contributions and achievements of women in a variety of historical and geographical contexts which, not surprisingly opens opportunities for additions, revisions and counter-narratives to accepted histories of physical education and sport science. It seeks to broaden our understandings about the backgrounds, motivations and achievements of dedicated women working to improve health and bodily practices in a variety of different arenas and for often different purposes.
This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
With this collection, Park (emer., Univ. of California, Berkeley) and Vertinsky (Univ. of British Columbia) expand the definition of sport….the book is cohesive in its expanded take on sport….Summing up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; general readers.—CHOICE, December 2011, S. K. Fields, Ohio State University
1. Prologue: Reaffirming Mary Wollstonecraft: Extending the Dialogue on Women, Sport and Physical Activities Roberta J. Park and Patricia Vertinsky 2. From Physical Educators to Mothers of the Dance: Margaret H'Doubler and Martha Hill Patricia Vertinsky 3. The Physical is Political: Women's Suffrage, Pilgrim Hikes, and the Public Sphere Jaime Schultz 4. From Alice Milliat to Marie-Therese Eyquem: Revisiting Women's Sport in France, 1920s-1960s Thierry Terret 5. Eliza Maria Mosher. Pioneering Woman Physician and Advocate for Physical Education Alison M. Wrynn 6. Recreation and Racial Politics in the Young Women's Christian Association of the United States, 1920s-1950s Martha H. Verbrugge 7. Leading the Way in Science, Medicine and Physical Training: Female Physicians in Academia, 1890-1930 Susan G. Zieff 8. Empowering Women Through Sport: Women's Basketball in Brazil and the Significant Role of Maria Helena Cardoso Claudia M. Guedes 9. Strong, Athletic and Beautiful: Edmondo De Amicis and the Ideal Italian Woman David Chapman and Gigliola Gori 10. Women as Leaders: What Women Have Attained In and Through the Field of Physical Education Roberta J. Park 11. Epilogue: Retrospectus J.A. Mangan
Roberta J. Park is based at the Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Patricia Vertinsky is based at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
Name: Women, Sport, Society: Further Reflections, Reaffirming Mary Wollstonecraft (Paperback) – Routledge
Description: Edited by Roberta J Park, Patricia Vertinsky. During the last four decades women's and gender history have become vibrant fields including studies of attitudes regarding the limited physical and other abilities of females as well as studies of the accomplishments of notable female...
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Nokia promises to provide live stream of the event plus a webcast at Nokia Conversations blog.
The event will probably see the debut of the new Asha phones that Stephen Elop mentioned in a meeting with Nokia investors yesterday. Unfortunately today's teaser shows nothing but a round yellow key.
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Colloquial Arabic of Egypt
The Complete Course for Beginners, 3rd Edition
By Jane Wightwick, Mahmoud Gaafar
Routledge – 2014 – 374 pages
Series: Colloquial Series
Routledge – 2014 – 374 pages
Series: Colloquial Series
Colloquial Arabic of Egypt provides a step-by-step course in spoken Egyptian Arabic – the most widely understood dialect in the Arab world. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Egyptian Arabic in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Key features include:
Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, this new and revised edition of Colloquial Arabic of Egypt offers an indispensable resource both for independent learners and for students taking courses in Egyptian Arabic.
Accompanying audio material is available to purchase separately on two CDs or in MP3 format, or comes included in the great value Colloquial Arabic of Egypt pack. Recorded by native speakers, the audio complements the book and will help enhance learners' listening and speaking skills.
By the end of this course, you will be at Level B1 of the Common European Framework for Languages and at the Intermediate-Mid on the ACTFL proficiency scales.
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The complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, ebook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CDs can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack.
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Introduction. The Sounds of Arabic. The Arabic Alphabet. 1. Hello and welcome! 2. My family 3. Would you like some tea? 4. Does it have air conditioning? 5. Anything else? 6. What does he look like? 7. That's better 8. Review 9. My life 10. I like fishing 11. Straight on 12. Did you enjoy yourself in France? 13. A long time ago 14. The Nile restaurant 15. Review. Structure Summary. Arabic script supplement. Key to exercises English-Arabic glossary. Arabic-English glossary.
Jane Wightwick is a Cambridge graduate in Arabic studies. She was formerly EFL editor then Publisher at Macmillan Education, where she worked on two self-study series: Breakthrough Languages and Macmillan Masters.
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Napoli coach Rafael Benitez is not surprised to see Arsenal at the top of the English Premier League because they have the "best manager" in Arsene Wenger according to the Spanish boss.
The Serie A side head to the Emirates Stadium tomorrow night looking to take a grip on UEFA Champions League Group F, with both clubs having won their opening European ties.
After losing their first domestic fixture at home to Aston Villa, Arsenal have since gone on a superb winning run to storm to the top of the table.
That Wenger masterminded such a turnaround - which included qualifying for the UEFA Champions League group stages once again and past West Bromwich Albion in a penalty shoot-out in the League Cup - comes as no surprise to the former Liverpool boss and Chelsea interim manager.
"I am expecting a strong team because I think Arsene Wenger is the best coach in the Premier League," said Benitez. "They have signed good players, at this point everything going well for them. Wenger is a great manager, a great person, someone who knows the league here in England.
"He has experience in Europe, Arsenal is always top four and he is doing great job. Hopefully he can win (the Champions League), but another year, not this one. "
Benitez has been an interested observer on the opening few weeks of the new English season, which has seen both Manchester United and Manchester City suffer an inconsistent start, while Southampton are in the top four.
"Arsenal have great manager and a good team, Liverpool they continue growing, so the second year with a new manager, every body is expecting them to be in the top four and are doing well," he said.
"The other top sides are not at the level at the moment, they have new managers too, but I think it will only be a matter of time before you see five or six teams at the top, who will be more or less the same (as before)."
Rafa relishing Italian life
Benitez feels more than comfortable in his new surroundings on the Italian south-west coast.
"It is a nice place, nice fans with lot of passion and commitment, very similar to Liverpool in terms of the passion for the team who enjoy football," he said.
"You see it everywhere, in the city and the workers when they go to the stadium love the team. That is why it has been easy for me. The players work very hard, so there is a lot of positives now.
"After 26 years of coaching around the world, you have to adapt and you have to enjoy it when you have an opportunity to manage at a team like Napoli in the Champions League and challenging for the Serie A title. It is a great experience and hopefully it will be good until the end."
Benitez, who won the UEFA Champions League with Liverpool in 2005, indicated he could one day return to England.
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Do you ever wish you could listen to country and dance music at the same time? Well–BAM–here you go! Although I still can't stop listening to "Levels" (go ahead, judge me) this newest base-bumping beat called "Wake Me Up" from Avicii is seriously growing on me. This song is the ultimate mix between two previously un-mixable genres and has been making waves in Avicii's fan base as well as in the alternative radio world. This song will get you right back on track for that bikini body in no time.
The key to an effective cardio circuit is never, ever, EVER stopping! By keeping your heart rate up between various exercises, you're burning calories as well as engaging those muscles in the most effective ways! To complete a circuit, do one set of every exercise once, then do the entire thing again. This keeps your muscles and body confused, so you use all the right muscles and never slack off for the last few reps. So if your three key exercises were squats, jump rope and push ups, you'd do 10 squats then 30 seconds of jump rope followed by 5 push ups. That's one set. Then you do all that over, that's set two etc. Get it? Good!
This cardio workout can be done at home or in the gym (no excuses!). Remember, never stop and stay light on your toes to achieve the full potential of all your muscles. Concentrate on your breathing and drink plenty of water afterwords. Now get up off that couch and sweat out your problems (because you know what they say, sweat is fat crying!). We hope you enjoy this calorie busting working set to the beat of Avicii and Aloe Black!
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Hegel viewed history as the growth of human consciousness, which is also the emergence of freedom. He thought that progress takes the form of the "dialectic", a historical process that moves us, through struggle and contradiction, to a higher stage of development. These ideas had a great impact on virtually all subsequent philosophy, particularly that of Marx, Kierkegaard, Sartre, and Dewey.
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"A great introduction to Hegel"
I suspect I will have the same thing to say about all of the books in this series, as they are all narrated by Charlton Heston and are similar in quality. These books are a lot of fun as they are concise, easy to understand, clear on the main points, and masterfully read. The recording is also excellent. Although my political leanings kept me from being excited about downloading a book read by Charlton Heston, I have to admit that he has a style and flair that make the books very listenable. The "European" accented readings of other philosophers by other actors are a little cheesy at first, but do help with the atmosphere.
A Precious Child of God
"Hegel Explained"
This is one of the best introductions to Hegel's thought that I have encountered in over twenty years of reading Hegel. It is challenging and requires effort of the listener to work through the outline, but in the end, a very clear picture of Hegel's overall thought is developed. This is in no way a watered-down account. The lecture deals with Hegel's most important and difficult ideas: dialectic, his critique of the understanding, the organic and developmental nature of concepts, Hegel's view of the state, Hegel's understanding of art, religion, and philosophy, as well as the critiques off Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, and Marx. The author challenges the listener to think through Hegel's arguments without ever becoming tedious or too opaque (we are talking about Hegel). Charlton Heston's voice is perfect for easing one through the difficult nature of Hegel's thought (forget about his politics!) The accents are corny, but the selections of readings are perfect and compliment the course itself. This recording is more than well worth the two hours and five dollars spent.
"Where would we be without Hegel?"
George Hegel...what a treat. If you have even a remote interest in one of the great philosophical leaders, you owe it to yourself to procure this particular work. Just a fine introduction to Hegel's works and philosophy.
"The worst waste of my time and money"
The use of a pseudo German accent for Hegel was not only annoying but completely inept. The accent and the rhythm made these quotes practically useless. Heston was excellent. I am not sure why those who record philosophy feel the need to make the philosophers prigs. Hegel is difficult enough without providing a well paced easily understood voice for the presentation. A philosophical analysis should not feel the need to be high school drama.
I will serious reconsider trying any more philosophical tracts.
Heston in his own voice was excellent
Anger and annoyance.
"Silly Accents"
The Fake German accent is so silly as make me laugh. It completely negates the quality of the underlying writing by Hegel.
Too bad, since I am a fan of Heston the narrator.
"Don't Underestimate the Silliness of the Accent"
It is very hard to evaluate this introduction to Hegel - the lecture itself seems for now to be fine - but don't underestimate the importance of what another reviewer said: The passages by Hegel - which are crucial for understanding of the lecture - are read in an absolutely idiotic fake German accent. It is almost impossible to concentrate on the meaning of the passages and the entire lecture sounds like a farce.
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Members of the Washington Township 4-H Clubs volunteered their time to show their honor and respect to the country's World War II veterans.
Students participated in the flight line for the Honor Flight, which provides a free trip for veterans to Washington to visit monuments on May 8.
Front row, from left: Emma Mullett, Samuel Mullett and Jacob Mullett. Back row, from left: Dillon Reed, Erin Trabert, Mady Stricker, Gemssy Munoz, Megan Hinen, Leonie Trabert, Lindsey Hoskins, Ashleigh Hoskins, Brooke Laux and Erin Knepple.
COLUMBIA CITY — A few weeks ago, April 8 to be exact, Whitley County resident and long-time farmer, Bill Barney observed his 90th birthday — that in itself is worth celebrating.
However, when you talk to Barney, it's not so much about birthday celebrations and farm life that he details with precision, but rather, the events that took place 68 years ago — the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan Aug. 9, 1945, and the eventual end to World War II.
As a soldier in his early 20s, Barney was one of nine crewmen who participated in the Nagasaki mission.
SOUTH WHITLEY — Spring weather means lawn mowing, landscaping and yard work of all kinds.
Some South Whitley residents questioned town council members as to the correct procedure in disposing of yard waste.
"We need to cut our grass and clean up limbs," said a homeowner present at Tuesday's meeting. "Now that we have these trash containers, we don't know what to do with our grass clippings."
COLUMBIA CITY — "It is rare for me to come in and say entirely positive things about my client."
Those were the comments of Whitley County Public Defender Brad Voelz at the sentencing hearing for Christopher Padgett, who pleaded guilty to burglary, a Class B felony, last month.
Voelz made his comments in his testimony on Padgett's behalf while awaiting sentencing from Circuit Court Judge James Heuer. Heuer handed down a six-year sentence for Padgett.
COLUMBIA CITY — Citizens interested in the future of aquatics in Columbia City will have a chance to give their opinion next week.
Park Director Mark Green said there will be a public forum to discuss the future of aquatics, both in Columbia City and Whitley County, Tuesday at 7 p.m. at City Hall in the Columbia City Common Council Chamber on the second floor.
Much of this discussion sprang from last year's announcement that Burnworth Memorial Pool will be holding its last season in the summer of 2014, before it is closed.
FORT WAYNE — Nearly 20 Whitley County girls athletes are headed to the Northrop Regional track meet Tuesday.
Though all have different goals and aspirations for the rest of the season, one thing is certain — all are happy to stay in the mix for another week.
For Columbia City junior Samantha Roush, its a state finals bid she's looking for. For Whitko senior Josie Sparks, it's a school record.
SOUTH WHITLEY — "What we are seeing here is the byproduct of four years of hard work."
Whitko Head Baseball Coach Erik Hisner didn't expect to have an undefeated pitcher this far into the season — but he does.
Wyatt Wolf, senior, is 5-0 on the season, including throwing a no-hitter earlier this year.
"It's not something we emphasize with our pitchers," Hisner said. "We emphasize controlling the controllable. Sometimes you have no control over your win-loss record. What we do have control over is our attitude, effort and competitiveness."
(May 17, 2013) — A special feature highlighting Performing Arts at Churubusco, Columbia City and Whitko High Schools is inserted in today's paper. This full-color publication depicts the arts during the 2012-13 school year.
SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko's softball team fell in two Three Rivers Conference games earlier this week.
The Lady Wildcats lost to North Miami Monday. The host-Lady Warriors beat the Lady Wildcats by a final score of 10-0.
The Lady Wildcats dropped their senior night contest Wednesday to Rochester, 14-0.
NORTH MANCHESTER — Whitko's boys golf team took second in a three-way meet at Sycamore Golf Club.
The Wildcats shot 164. Tippecanoe Valley scored 164 as well, and the tie was broken by the score of the fifth golfer. Manchester came in third with a total of 186.


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A minor weather disturbance produced widespread cloudiness and scattered flurries and snow showers.As skies clear overnight, temperatures will tumble. But warmer temperatures will return tomorrow and will hang around through New Year's Day. There is a chance of a few showers later Sunday as a strong cold front approaches the area. I guess the most interesting part of this forecast centers around that cold front.
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A holiday in the south of France, and what better guide than Thomas Beecham? Sir Thomas loved French ballets and the music of Bizet, and it shows in this recording. One finds no tour de force of ensemble here, and the intonation is at times a bit piquant, but the spirit is exactly right--buoyant, sunny and energetic, never driven or ponderous. The accounts are perfectly proportioned, and suffused throughout with a radiant lyricism. The dates of the recordings are not given, but the Symphony was done in 1960-61, the L'Arl' sienne suites in 1956-57. The recording of the French orchestra is open, sweet, and a little bright; that of the RPO is much too dry, and almost mono in its narrow spread. --Ted Libbey
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THIRD WORLD countries could buy a future AIDS vaccine at cost price while still allowing its manufacturer to profit. This radical proposal was discussed by leading AIDS researchers when they met government officials and pharmaceuticals companies in Washington DC this week.
The proposal comes from Jonathan Mann, former director of the World Health Organization's Global Programme on AIDS, who is now based at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. 'This needs to be discussed now, not in five years' time,' Mann said.
His colleagues at the meeting, organised by the Institute of Medicine in the US, included Anthony Fauci from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Representatives of several pharmaceuticals companies, such as Burroughs-Wellcome, Upjohn and Oncogen were also present, together with James Benson from the FDA and AIDS activists.
By the late 1990s a safe and effective AIDS vaccine could be ready for distribution, Mann ...
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Get ready for the fall season with this colorful fall wreath. Fall craft ideas are so much fun. This is an easy to beginner project that uses leafy garlands and floral wire.
- Medium-sized wreath base ($1)
- Floral wire (I had on hand, but I saw it at the dollar store as well)
- 3 leafy garlands ($1 apiece - I chose a variety that had tiny pumpkins, acorns, berries, and wheat sheaves attached)
- Hot glue gun + gluesticks
- Wire-cutting pliers
- Cut a small piece of wire and thread it through the end of one of the leafy garlands. Twist it around the wreath base and twist the ends together, hiding the sharp ends inside the wreath.
- Cut more pieces of wire and tie around the leafy garland in various places as you place it in a circle on top of your wreath base.
- Continue in the same manner until you've layered all 3 leaf garlands atop one another, going round and round the wreath circle.
- Use hot glue to glue down the leaves to hide any of the wire or stems that may show.
Hang up on your front door and enjoy! The wonderful thing about this wreath is that the color is so vibrant...and it will last FOREVER. (And that it's about $15 less than similar decorations you might find at Target...or $30 less than those you might find at Pottery Barn.
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@saselc1 2013877, You would have to contact the original designer of this project to determine where she got the materials for that price. Her name is specified in the byline of the project. Please feel free to also check out our sister site, www.cutratecrafts.com. We sell a complete line and we discount too! With over 70,000 items including supplies for crafting, knitting, crochet, sewing, and more, www.cutratecrafts.com is your one-stop shop. --Editor of FaveCrafts
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Where did you get the $1 garlands?
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This is a lovely wreath. I tried it but added some pine cones to the mix. I was quite pleased with the result. Love all the ideas on your web site.
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Oil marketers are counting losses after transporters who operate from depots in industrial area went on strike to protest an attempt by the city council of Nairobi to charge them two thousand shillings parking fees per truck per day.
The Kenya Independent Petroleum Dealers Association chairman Joseph Karanja says they have kept their tankers off the depots until an agreement is reached between them and the council.
"We have repeatedly asked the council to designate parking space for the trucks but they have not and now they want to charge us for waiting our turn outside the depots which we will not accept" Karanja said "Our protest will paralyze supplies in almost a half of the country"
The city council issued a notice that effective 7th of November 2012 all oil tankers parked along Nanyuki road in industrial where the petroleum depots are situated will have to pay or be clamped.
More than 1500 oil tankers which ferry oil petroleum products into the south rift, Mount Kenya region and northern Kenya as well as eastern province were grounded yesterday causing fears among marketers that it could cause supply disruption across the country.
KenolKobil chief executive David Ohana says if not quickly solved their outlets will start experiencing shortages. "The transporters have blocked our depots and we can do nothing, meaning that the 1.5 million litres of fuel lifted on a daily basis cann not move," Said Ohana
The tankers owned by individuals and private companies are leased by major oil marketers and independent dealers, while others are hired on a day to day basis to transport the commodities to various towns.
"We have been affected badly by the strike" said Solomon Osundwa, the commercial director at Hashi Energy. "we are yet to quantify the actual loss, but on average we move around 800,000 litres. Transporters said they will incur losses if they are forced to pay the council fees at the prescribed rates.
"The council needs money to run the city, but this is too much and we are not willing to pay because they are squeezing us out of business which has already been hurt by low profit margins as a result of state supported retail price caps ," said a transporter.
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Dog Discussion Forum on Behavior problem, Dog training questions & answers by dog owners. We are not vets but we often can help or guide on dog health & training behavior issues.
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should male dogs be allowed around female dog giving birth
Boys will be boys & Dogs will be dogs! Ask anything you can think of here. We'll classify it later.
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should male dogs be allowed around female dog giving birth
can someone help me I need to know should I separate my male from my female dog when giving birth
yes by all means. Actually you should have an area seperate for her and the newborns already established. A new mother doesn't need to be worried that people, animals, etc are going to be bothering her and her babies. Have you a whelping box ready for her and all the supplies needed for assisting should she need it? how many puppies are expected? What is her vet saying?
Yes, keep him completely away from her & the puppies - for the whole 12 weeks matter of fact.
Take him right away & get him neutered & her spayed as soon as the vet will do it. The planet does not need any more puppies or BYB's.
Leave the breeding to the professionals. When you don't know even the very basics of breeding or caring for the dogs, you really shouldn't be doing it.
When I started breeding I was about 20 years old. When I had my first batch I had no clue what I was doing. She had 4 puppies, all of which were healthy and happy.
There are tons of books to get started, I'd reccomend reading one of them.
I've been a breeder now for 25 years, and have gotten a lot better at it.
It's very rewarding, but make sure you keep up on your research. Good luck with the little guys, they're always great.
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Medical Staff Profile
Q&A with Ford Vox, M.D., Physiatrist, Shepherd Center
Written By Jane M. Sanders
Dr. Vox joined the medical staff of Shepherd Center in summer 2012. He treats patients who are recovering from traumatic or non-traumatic brain injuries, as well as people who have had complications from a stroke or tumor.
Q: Why did you decide to become a doctor and then specialize in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R)?
A: My interest in medicine began due to my interest in science. I thought about becoming a physician, but I also wanted to be an English professor. I kind of view myself as more of a humanistic person. I was always interested in arts and letters. As an undergraduate, I took a lot of science classes, but also took philosophy and political science classes. I've always had broad interests and maintained that throughout my career.
After college, I went into medical school not knowing what specialty I wanted to pursue. Then I was referred to a PM&R doctor about some back pain I was having, and that was a good experience. I thought about becoming a PM&R physician who treats back pain, but then I got some early experience with inpatient rehabilitation. That patient population was very compelling to me. There is a lot of dire need. It is very rewarding to be able to help patients who need neurologic rehabilitation.
I am drawn toward the brain injury patient population in particular because I grew up with an older sister with a mental disability. I was always protective of her. There were some difficult situations in which people made fun of her in school.
In addition, I am drawn to brain injury rehabilitation because brain science is one of the most interesting areas in medicine today. So much remains to be known, and I hope I can contribute to the field. There is a lot of uncharted territory in the practice of brain injury rehabilitation. A lot of what we do is more experimental in nature in the sense that each patient is treated based on his or her own unique constellation of injuries.
At Shepherd Center, we get a lot of complex brain injuries with effects that are sometimes unpredictable. Typically, there are a handful of diagnoses yet to be made once a patient arrives here. I appreciate the educational aspect of my job in terms of explaining the neuropathology of the injury to the patient and the family, and to provide them with advice for how to cope. I have a body of expertise because I've seen so many of these patients, and I enjoy relying on that experience to offer the best available treatments to my patients.
Q: From the patient's standpoint, what qualities make you an excellent physician?
A: By nature, rehabilitation physicians see their patients for weeks or several months. We care for them during the entire course. It's a unique field of medicine that makes it possible to treat patients at a high level for such an extended time.
I rely on this time with my patients and their families as my number one advantage. I focus on building therapeutic relationships with patients and families. That is key in rehabilitation. There has to be a sense of trust on both sides, and I work to build that.
Also, I try to stay open-minded in my patients' treatment plans. As you become an expert in treating a particular condition, it's easy to start seeing your way as the only right way and neglect other ways. But I remain open to the input of families and therapists. Sometimes, the families are effectively additional nurses for the patient. I appreciate that rather than push back from it.


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Rigging I understand is ideally different between male & female, so why don't we innovate a dual-rigged system with which we could select male/female movement?
Really well said Jabba!
One point though…it was my understanding that with genesis they could actually have multiple rigging to allow for rigging to suit the more extreme shapes. So don't we already have the system available?
Yes and no. TriAx figures, and figures in Poser 9+, support having the joint centres moved by a morph but there isn't any way to change the weight-maps that determine which areas of the mesh deform with a bend, so moving a centre a lot may still buckle the mesh unhelpfully. I don't know how relevant that is to Genesis/Genesis 2 however.
Aha, t hank you Richard. I didn't realise that it was so limited. In that case I'm fully in agreement with Jabbas post


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'Poor signs' hit half-term trade in Cockermouth
Last updated at 14:21, Friday, 06 June 2014
Badly worded signs have deterred people from visiting Cockermouth during what should have been one of their busiest weeks of the year so far, traders have said.
Work on the second phase of the £1.7 million town centre improvement scheme started last week, closing Main Street between Station Street and Cocker Bridge.
Jonty Chippendale, vice chairman of the town's chamber of trade, said: "Having promised they would consult with us, just before half-term the county council stuck up, at Oakhurst roundabout and Dubwath junction, big signs saying 'Main Street closed'.
"The impression they give is that Cockermouth is closed, which has really badly damaged us for half-term.
"Most of the traders are incensed. The signs don't reflect the situation, they are badly written and give the wrong impression."
It took a further eight days for smaller signs to go up saying businesses were open.
Following complaints, new signs are due to replace the existing ones today, according to county councillor Keith Little, cabinet member for highways.
He said: "I understand their concerns and do empathise. As a highway authority there are statutory requirements which our traffic management team have to comply with."
He said it was important that heavy vehicles were aware they could not go through the town, and warned of the dangers of too many signs which can lead to drivers not absorbing all the information.
The new, single signs will state that Main Street is closed to through traffic but businesses are open as usual.
Cockermouth Chamber of Trade is funding the purchase of a number of banners to go up in various places, which will say: "Visit Cockermouth – eat, drink, shop and explore".
First published at 14:20, Friday, 06 June 2014
Published by http://www.timesandstar.co.uk
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No one takes any notice of signs anyway.Just look at all the people going through the no entry signs in Market Place, and then turning right up Kirkgate.
Yet another sign that CCC is unfit for purpose. Needless expenditure on new signs, why can they not get it right first time? CCC are supposed to have so much experience in this area! As for Mr Little quoting statutory requirements (laws) well that takes the biscuit, the law and the on street parking saga a prime example.


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Friday, March 26, 2010
© Copyright 2015 Albany Herald
ST. LOUIS -- One Evan Turner is pretty good. Five Tennessee Volunteers are even better.
Brian Williams scored the go-ahead basket on a tip-in with 32 seconds left, Bobby Maze converted a pair of late free throws and J.P. Prince blocked a desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer Friday night, leading Tennessee past Ohio State 76-73 and into the NCAA tournament's round of eight for the first time.
Wayne Chism had 22 points -- all but four in the second half -- and 11 rebounds for the sixth-seeded Volunteers (28-8), who pulled out a back-and-forth tussle in the Midwest Regional semifinals.
They'll play No. 5 seed Michigan State on Sunday for a spot in the Final Four.
Few expected this from the Vols considering where they were on Jan. 1. Tyler Smith, their leading scorer last season, was dismissed from the team and Williams, Cameron Tatum and Melvin Goins were suspended after a gun and marijuana were found during a traffic stop.
But nine days later, Tennessee stunned then-No. 1 Kansas, and the Vols emerged as an even stronger team. Now, they're one win from the Final Four.
Turner, a leading contender for national player of the year honors, scored 31 points -- 21 in the second half. But the rest of the Buckeyes were just 3 of 16 from the field in the second half. Jon Diebler, so big for No. 2 seed Ohio State (29-8) in the first two rounds, shot 1 of 7 from 3-point range.
No. 5 Michigan State 59, No. 9 Northern Iowa 52
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- No big shots from Ali Farokhmanesh. No mid-major magic.
Just another trip to the regional finals for Michigan State.
Durrell Summers scored 19 points and Korie Lucious hit a whirling turnaround jumper with 91 seconds left, helping the Spartans survive a scare against pesky Northern Iowa.
Playing without injured star Kalin Lucas, Michigan State (27-8) needed a half to get used to Northern Iowa's grinding style and held the Panthers to 10 free throws and no field goals over the final 10:22.
Always at their best in the NCAA tournament, the Spartans are one win from their sixth trip to the Final Four in 12 years.
Ninth-seeded Northern Iowa (30-5) knocked off one college basketball monster but couldn't make it two straight, unable to contain the athletic Spartans for an entire game after stunning top-seeded Kansas in the second round.
No. 3 Baylor 72, No. 10 Saint Mary's 49
HOUSTON (AP) -- LaceDarius Dunn, Tweety Carter and Baylor had all the fun, ending what had been an entertaining NCAA tournament ride for Omar Samhan and surprising Saint Mary's.
Dunn and Carter both made 3-pointers on their first shots and later combined for a highlight alley-oop dunk as Baylor rushed to a huge lead and romped in the South Regional semifinals.
The third-seeded Bears (28-7) led 46-17 at halftime and could begin looking ahead to Sunday, when they will play No. 1 seed Duke with a chance to reach their first Final Four since 1950, when there were only eight teams in the field.
More impressive for Baylor, it is another inspiring step in redemption nearly seven years after coach Scott Drew took over a program reeling and recovering from a murder and scandal that shook the world's largest Baptist university like nothing in its history.
Dunn scored 23 points with four 3-pointers and Carter added 14 points for Baylor.
Samhan, who had become a breakout star in the tournament with his dominating play in the first two rounds and the one-liners when talking or tweeting, finished with 15 points and nine rebounds for the 10th-seeded Gaels (28-6). He made only one of eight shots and had only three points at halftime.
No. 1 Duke 70, No. 4 Purdue 57
HOUSTON (AP) -- This is more like it for Coach K and Duke.
The top-seeded Blue Devils returned to the round of eight for the first time since 2004, with Kyle Singler and Jon Scheyer helping them pull away in the second half against No. 4 Purdue.
Singler scored 24 points and Scheyer added 18, snapping out of a shooting slump just in time to help Duke (32-5) clear a nagging hurdle that had some wondering if the mighty program was losing its edge.
The Blue Devils had lost in the round of 16 in three of the past five seasons, but now stand one victory from their 11th Final Four appearance under coach Mike Krzyzewski.
Brian Zoubek grabbed 14 rebounds and Duke dominated the undersized Boilermakers inside, as expected. The absence of injured forward Robbie Hummel finally caught up with Purdue (29-6), which lost in the regional semifinals for the second straight season
More like this story
- SUNDAY'S MEN'S NCAA ROUNDUP: Cornell reaches Sweet 16 ( March 21, 2010 )
- Duke dunks Baylor in final minutes, back in Final Four ( March 28, 2010 )
- NCAA TOURNAMENT: Arizona drops Texas; Duke survives Michigan, gives Coach K 900th career win ( March 20, 2011 )
- Lady Vols win easily ( March 22, 2010 )
- NCAA TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP: Georgia Mason does it again; Michigan routs Tennessee by 30 ( March 18, 2011 )


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The latest intel has the Lumia Icon due for availability on Thursday, February 20th. Verizon traditionally launches new devices on that day of the week, so that lines up with expectations. It also matches anticipations that this device will come out before Mobile World Congress (so don't expect it to be announced there).
Even more, we're hearing that the Icon will go on pre-order at Microsoft Stores on Wednesday, February 12th, with a $50 deposit, making an official announcement from Verizon by early next very likely.


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Deep inside a logging concession in southern Cameroon, scientists from the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) are measuring the carbon content of a huge tree, selectively felled by a timber company.
They're hoping to bolster scientific evidence that shows sustainable timber production in forests logged by private companies and local communities could increase carbon stocks - thus reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.
When logging is conducted selectively and sustainably, research has shown it can actually help to protect forests from deforestation and conversion into other types of land use, like agriculture.
And sustainably managed forest concessions could also help to store carbon - with huge impacts for schemes that aim to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation like REDD+ - but this has not yet been proven.
The FORAFAMA project aims to find out.
The three year project, in collaboration with the French Development Agency (AFD) and the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM), is analysing the impacts of sustainable timber production in forest concession areas and comparing them to other types of land management; such as protected areas, community forests, livestock production, and unmanaged exploited forest.
"We are evaluating the carbon stock in the trees that have been removed by the company, so we can have an idea of the carbon stocks in the forests that have been exploited for timber," says CIFOR scientist Denis Sonwa.
"Then we do an assessment of the carbon stock in a nearby area that has not been logged."
"And at the same time you can also collect data on the damage to the forest caused by a tree falling."
He says this kind of research is essential if REDD+ is to be implemented properly.
"While agriculture is one of the main drivers of deforestation, logging contributes to the degradation of the forest. It's not only removing selected trees, but you also have to open a road - it all has an impact on the carbon stock in that forest."
"So we need to gather all this kind of information if we really want to plan to reduce emissions due to degradation in an area."
The FORAFAMA project is funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) and forms part of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry. The project partners are the Office National de Forêts International (ONFI), Terre Environnement Aménagement (TEREA) and Forêt Ressources Management (FRM).


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I am grateful – not for the first time – to Keith Grint for alerting me to a distinction made by Amitai Etzioni in 1964 in his book 'Modern Organisations':
Etzioni distinguished between Coercive, Calculative and Normative Compliance. Coercive or physical power was related to total institutions, such as prisons or armies; Calculative Compliance was related to 'rational' institutions, such as companies; and Normative Compliance was related to institutions or organizations based on shared values, such as clubs and professional societies. This compliance typology fits well with the typology of problems: Critical Problems are often associated with Coercive Compliance; Tame Problems are associated with Calculative Compliance and Wicked Problems are associated with Normative Compliance.
As regular readers of this blog (lovely to see you the other night, mum) will know, I think that more and more policy problems are 'wicked' by which I mean they are complex, intractable in the sense that they can be managed but probably not solved, contested both in terms of diagnosis and prescription, and – crucially – solutions involve changes not just in policy and processes but changes in social expectations, norms and behaviours. The latter point links wickedness to the 'social aspiration gap' (which I have argued separates our collective hopes for the future from the trajectory upon which current modes of thought and action set us) and to 'social productivity' the idea at the heart of our 2020 Public Services Commission report that public services should be judged by their capacity to help people meet their own needs.
I have decided to try to delve deeper into this question of normative leadership; why do we need it, what exactly is it, what are the best examples of it in practice, what are the factors which build it and inhibit it?
Last week, following a tip-off from Caroline Haynes at KPMG, I gave the example of transformative normative leadership provided by the fat-busting Mayor of Oklahoma – if you didn't follow this link you really should, it's a great story. My thinking is at an early stage but the working definition of successful normative leadership is 'the achievement by those in authority of enduring and benign change in social norms, which may involve, but does not primary rely upon, regulatory compulsion or financial inducement'.
Keith Grint differentiates this type of leadership through three dichotomies: questions not answers, relationships not structures, reflection not reaction. This is a good starting point but I want to suggest other dimensions such as a focus on substantive mission not procedural means, a willingness to accept the risk of public failure, leadership y through exemplary action not mere exhortation.
My weekend request to readers is for more examples of normative leadership. It need not be mayors, or even politicians. It could be a head teacher, a social entrepreneur or a community organiser. But it is someone who successfully took it upon themselves to persuade people voluntarily to change their habits for the good of society.
This is the leadership we need right now. It is not the kind being offered by conventional leaders but rather than blame them, I am looking through this project to inspire them to believe it is worth trying to be braver and more ambitious.
And as it's Friday, here is an old joke from the Soviet era to exemplify the failure of normative leadership:
Worried about the stirrings of revolt in the Gdansk shipyards, Soviet Premier Andropov takes Polish Premier General Jaruzelski on a walk in Moscow. He stops a young boy and asks:
'Tell me, young comrade, who is your mother?
'My mother is this great Communist nation, mother to all Soviet children' replied the boy.
'And who is your father?' asks Andropov.
'Why, that is Comrade Andropov the elder and father to the nation'.
'And' says Andropov 'what do you want to be when you grow up?'
'My ambition is to be a cosmonaut' says the boy.
'You see' says Andropov to a chastened Jaruzelski, 'this is the ideological rigour you must instil'.
Back in Poland, Jaruzelski goes on a great propaganda drive in school, on the media and through every organ of the Party.
A few months later comes the return visit and the two leaders are out walking in Warsaw. General Jaruzelski stops a child.
'Tell me, young comrade, who is your mother?'
'My mother' replied the boy 'is the Communist state, mother to all Polish youth.'
'And tell me,' says Jaruzelski 'who is your father?'
'Why my father is General Jaruzelski, father to all Poland'.
'And finally', says Jaruzelski, turning to Andropov with a complacent smile 'what would you like to be when you grow up?'
'Oh' says the boy 'that's easy – an orphan'.
33 years too late
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In a talk to some up and coming councillors on Sunday I decided to try a new method of presentation. Influenced by the latest evidence about physical fitness, it was a kind of intellectual interval training. Over an hour and a quarter I delivered five packages of dense and quite challenging material, each about seven minutes long, interspersed with five minutes for table conversation and a couple of questions. For the record the sessions covered:
- The idea of the social aspiration gap
- The nature of wicked problems and the levels of meaning-making required to address them
- Grid-group and cultural theory
- The challenge of clumsy solutions
- The kind of leadership needed to develop clumsy solutions to wicked problems.
Gratifyingly, by the time I came to unveil Keith Grint's three dimensions of clumsy leadership (questions not answers, relationships not structures, reflection not reaction) each had already been in some way adumbrated in earlier conversation. Given the pressures and conventional expectations of political leadership, I suspect only very regular work-outs will enable even the best intentioned of politicians to stay fit for purpose, nevertheless it was a good session and I plan to use the method again (RSA rates for my time are very reasonable!).
The question of political leadership is, of course, very much to the fore as we continue in the baleful state of being in a bad way while fearing something worse (Doctor to patient, 'I have some bad news and some very bad news': Patient: 'Oh no! What's the bad news?': Doctor; 'you only have 24 hours to live': Patient: 'Oh my God, what's the very bad news?': Doctor; 'I forgot to tell you yesterday').
So I was interested in a piece from Gary Younge published in yesterday's Guardian. Younge reminds us that in 1979 Jimmy Carter responded to opinion polls for the first time showing Americans did not believe the future would be better than the past by speaking directly about this crisis of confidence.
From its opening passages, in which the President describes talking to ordinary Americans about their country's problems and quotes comments critical of his own administration, it is, in many ways, a remarkable speech:
" Our people are losing that faith, not only in government itself but in the ability as citizens to serve as the ultimate rulers and shapers of our democracy. As a people we know our past and we are proud of it. Our progress has been part of the living history of America, even the world. We always believed that we were part of a great movement of humanity itself called democracy, involved in the search for freedom, and that belief has always strengthened us in our purpose. But just as we are losing our confidence in the future, we are also beginning to close the door on our past.
In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. But we've discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning. We've learned that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose.
The symptoms of this crisis of the American spirit are all around us. For the first time in the history of our country a majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years. Two-thirds of our people do not even vote. The productivity of American workers is actually dropping, and the willingness of Americans to save for the future has fallen below that of all other people in the Western world".
Carter's speech was delivered in the midst of the energy crisis and urged Americans to act together to reduce consumption. The President was also in political dire straits. Three days after the speech he received the resignations of many of his cabinet officers and a year later, against the backdrop of the Iran hostage crisis, he failed to win re-election. Although the immediate reaction was mixed, given subsequent events Carter's speech is generally taken as evidence against being candid and direct with the electorate, especially in the face of difficult realities.
But surely we are today in urgent need of the kind of courage, honesty and appeal to our better spirit which the American President bravely attempted thirty three years ago? Carter's failure suggests an honest appraisal of challenges – and an admission of the limited power of Government without popular engagement and mobilisation – needs to be balanced with a message of reassurance. Without this, the inevitable media-driven search for ulterior motive would threaten to conflate candour about national peril with an admission of Governmental frailty. This is also why it may be easier for an opposition leader to take the risk of exposing doubt and vulnerability as the backdrop to an appeal to shared values and for collective action.
My session on Sunday convinced me that politicians feel trapped in a broken discourse between themselves, public officials, community groups and the public at large. They yearn for a different model of leadership, which is more powerful precisely because it is more thoughtful, subjunctive and modest. Some might say a crisis is the last moment for such an experiment; politicians should stick to the simple melodies of self-serving glibness that count today as oratory. But as our country becomes an ever more fearful and pessimistic and as the day to day life of more and more citizens becomes harder and harder, who can really doubt the need for a leadership in a different key?


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On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 10:22:35AM -0700, Kenneth Bloom wrote:
> So earlier this week, I was trying to compile and run a network daemon
> which we are writing at work that used the pthread_create() system call.
> The problem I found was that whenever the program would try to call
> pthread_create(), the program would segfault. The backtrace would contain
> all of the calls leading up to pthread_create(), but not pthread_create()
> itself, and valgrind would report an error that the system had tried to
> jump to address 0x0.
> The primary developer of this daemon, however, had no problem running
> copies of the daemon that he had compiled.
> I spent all morning trying to figure out the cause of this problem, when I
> decided to run ldd on each of our binaries. I found that his was linked
> against libpthread, but mine was not. I added -lpthread to Makefile.am and
> recompiled, and mine worked.
> The question is this: if I wasn't linking with libpthread, then shouldn't
> the linker have complained at me that it couldn't resolve the symbol for
> pthread_create() when I was compiling? Why did this problem persist long
> enough to be an unidentifiable runtime error?
libc contains stubs for the pthread functions. IIRC, this is so one
copy of libc can work with both single and multi-threaded libraries.
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PCRM Group Files Suit in Ohio Supreme Court Over OSU's
PCRM Files Suit for Release of Controversial Spinal Cord Injury Techniques Course Video
COLUMBUS, Ohio—The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) filed suit today in Ohio Supreme Court seeking to force Ohio State University to release photographs and video- and audiotape footage of its controversial Spinal Cord Injury Techniques Training Course. PCRM has sued for release of the materials under the Ohio Public Records Act.
Sometimes called "Cruelty 101," the OSU course requires students to surgically expose the spinal cords of mice and rats and drop heavy weights on them in a vain attempt to imitate human spinal cord injuries and paralyses.
Over the three-week course, more than 260 mice and rats are injured then put through additional painful surgeries and a host of invasive laboratory procedures and behavioral exercises before they are finally killed.
"This class is a pointless exercise in animal cruelty," said PCRM president Neal Barnard, M.D. "It does nothing to advance human spinal cord research or find cures for paralysis. Other techniques such as human neural cell lines, impact studies on cadavers, advanced imaging and electrophysiological techniques, and a host of clinical trials, make the OSU course as unnecessary as it is irrelevant."
The lawsuit comes on the heels of an announcement in February by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that it would investigate complaints by PCRM that the OSU course violates federal animal welfare regulations. NIH is a major funder of the spinal cord injury course under a five-year grant.
The OSU course is scheduled for July 15-20. This will be the third year Ohio State has held the class.
Beginning in June 2004, PCRM made multiple requests for documents, photographs, and video- and audiotapes of the class and procedures, but the university has refused to comply fully, claiming photographs and videotapes of the procedures are protected under the intellectual property exception to the Ohio Public Records Act.
"We believe these videotapes will demonstrate that OSU staff and students are causing severe animal suffering," said Karen Boyd Williams, PCRM associate general counsel. "It is time to end the secrecy. As a public university, OSU has a legal obligation of accountability to the public that supports it. We will do our talking in court from now on."
Founded in 1985, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is a nonprofit health organization that promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research.