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At least eleven passengers were killed and 93 injured on Monday when Gorakhpur-bound Gorakhdham Express rammed into a stationary goods train at Chureb Railway Station in Sant Kabir Nagar district. Rescue efforts were on till late night and the toll is likely to go up.
Fifteen out of the total 48 passengers admitted in hospital are reported to be critical. The rest who suffered minor injuries were discharged after treatment.
The train from Hissar was to pass the goods train on a parallel track at the station, said Railway officials.
"Prima facie, it seems to be a case of track fracture due to which the train derailed and subsequently came on the same track and rammed into the goods train; the cause will be confirmed after inquiry," said Alok Kumar Singh, Chief Public Relation Officer (CPRO, North Eastern Railway (NER).
Six coaches, including four unreserved ones carrying most passengers, received the brunt of the impact. Local people rushed to help and carried out initial rescue efforts.
Chhotelal Prasad, 48, a passenger from Delhi, said, "The train was in high speed and then suddenly went off track for 2-3 minutes before crashing."
Prasad, injured on the knee, said there was "crying and yelling and the injured, some of them bleeding, were calling for help, some lay unconscious; the villagers were the first to reach us."
Another passenger, Parvez, 35, of Aligarh, said the coach he was in "started waving before the crash; then I lost consciousness".
Kalpana, 35, of Sant Kabir Nagar, who suffered injuries on her back, said when the train went off track, "the passengers got up and started looking out of the windows and the doors".
"Forces, including SSB, PAC, RPF, civil police and top police officials, reached the site to coordinate the rescue efforts," said IG (Gorakhpur) Satish Kumar Mathur.
"The doors had mangled shut upon impact, so it is difficult to get to the bodies," said senior Medical Officer (Railway Hospital, Gonda) Dr S K Mishra, who reached the site around 1 pm along with a team.
"Gas cutters had to be used to access the coaches," he added.
Around 5:30 pm, a special crane also reached the crash site.
Till late night, two bogies were still to be removed and a passenger, said to be alive, was being rescued.
NER has started a helpline in about 10 districts to assist people in locating their kin aboard the train.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 each to the injured, confirmed a government spokesperson.
CPRO Alok Kumar Singh said the Railways has announced a compensation of Rs 1 lakh for kin of the deceased, Rs 50,000 for grievously injured, and Rs 10,000 for those with minor injuries.
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DefinitionHelicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a type of bacteria that can infect the stomach and intestines. It can lead to:
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The muscle of the WCHA was flexed again today -- and probably for the last time given the league will be a revamped and watered-down version next season -- when six league teams were included in the 16-team NCAA tournament field.
Still playing are WCHA members St. Cloud State, Minnesota, North Dakota, Minnesota State-Mankato, Wisconsin and Denver. The other berths went to, in no particular order, Niagara, Notre Dame, Yale, Miami (Ohio), Canisius, Quinnipiac, Union, Boston College, UMass-Lowell and New Hampshire.
Five Alaskans will represent in the NCAAs -- goaltender Stephon Williams of Fairbanks and center Eli Zuck of Anchorage for Mankato (provided both are healthy; each left the club's last game with injury); goaltender Steve Summerhays and winger Austin Wuthrich of Anchorage for Notre Dame; and goaltender Adam Murray of Anchorage for Denver (doubtful he will actually see any tournament time in net).
If you're interested, one reason UAA had such a dismal season (4-25-7) is 22 of its 36 games came against NCAA teams -- the Seawolves went 2-17-3 in those matches, with wins over St. Cloud State and Canisius. (Just as an aside, here's how watered down the WCHA will be next season -- only one of the six WCHA teams that made the NCAAs today, Minnesota State-Mankato, will be in the league next fall).
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• Attitude Is All You Need! Second Edition will help you to improve your attitude, which improves everything else.
INTRODUCTION: "I" statements put the focus and responsibility on the communicator. Thus, they are a lot less likely to be resented. Unlike "You" statements, which put the receiver of the communication on the defensive, "I" statements are a way to convey your message without immediately alienating your listener.
"I" statements do not guarantee success, but they are your best chance of getting your message heard. If the person is open to considering your needs and wants, they will be much more likely to do so if you use "I" messages than if you use "You" or blaming messages. Simply, they increase your odds of being heard. Make statements not accusations!
BASIC FORMAT: I feel . . . when . . . because . . . .
FIRST PART: "I feel . . ." The first part is used to state what it is that you feel about what happened, or what it was that you felt about what happened. You need only use one or two feeling words for the first part. For example, write in "hurt, sad, afraid, mad, glad, happy, lonely, discounted, unloved, anxious, guilty, excited, ashamed, or shocked." In Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) shorthand this is the C part.
SECOND PART: "when . . ." The second part is used to let the other person know what the event was that you are referring to. It is the 'what happened' part of the "I" statement. The second part can contain a 'you', and it is the only one of the three parts that you should allow to contain a 'you' when you are expressing hurt or angry feelings.
If you are expressing happy or excited feelings, then you can use a 'you' in both the second and third parts if you want to. For example, write in "when you yelled at me, when you were late, when you forgot my birthday, etc." In REBT shorthand this is the A part.
THIRD PART: "because . . ." The third part is used to explain what you thought about the event, about what happened. This is where you let the other person know how you interpreted the situation. Answer this question for the third part: "What did the event mean to you?" For example, write in "I thought you didn't like, respect, trust, care, etc., about me." In REBT shorthand this is the B part.
RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY (REBT): Now that we know the three parts of an "I" statement, we can understand the whole expression using the paradigm, the model of REBT. According to REBT, we have most of our feelings about events, experiences, and occurrences only after we think about ourselves in relation to them. When we use "I" statements, we are communicating in a different order from that which produced our feelings. Our feelings are last, C, but we are putting them first to disarm our listener and to defuse the communication process.
The actual order of events would be "when because feel" or A » B » C. However, we express them as "feel when because" so that our feelings are regarded as the primary message, as the part that we want to be considered most important.
EXAMPLE: "I felt embarrassed and ashamed when you found typing errors in this handout, because I thought it meant that I was a fool and inadequate."
If the person makes the mistake of challenging your reality (see the page Don't Argue Reality), you can then inform them that you said "I think it means" and not "it is." The point being that you are not blaming or damning them for your feelings. Instead, you are taking responsibility for your feelings based on your thinking.
You can then say that your intent was to help them to understand how you think and feel. You can then add that it would be nice if they took how you felt and thought into consideration, but that it was not required. Additionally, you can tell them that they are free to keep their own view, perspective, or interpretation of the topic just as it before you shared yours if they so desire.
LONG FORMAT: Here is another format that you may prefer or find useful in some situations. In this system, you use four "I" messages in rapid succession. The correct order is: I sense .... I think .... I feel .... I want ..... The first "I" message is about what you sense, for example, what you see or hear. The second "I" message is about what you think or how you judge. The third "I" message is about what you feel. And the fourth "I" message is about what you want or desire.
FIRST MESSAGE: "I sensed . . . ." The first message is used to state what it is that you are experiencing. You are relating to the other person as accurate a description of your physical experience as you can. You tell them just what you see, hear, taste, smell, and touch. You do not interpret or add to it. You do your best just to report objectively what you have observed. It is the 'what happened' "I" statement. For example, "I saw you talking to an attractive woman." In REBT shorthand this is the A.
SECOND MESSAGE: "I thought . . . ." The second message is used to let the other person know what you interpreted the event to mean. The purpose here is to tell them how you understood what you sensed. This is the 'meaning' "I" statement. This is where you admit to the other person how you interpreted the situation.
Convey here the meaning the event had for you and nothing else. Neither justify it nor disparage it. For example, write in "I thought you didn't like, respect, trust, care, etc., about me." In this example, you might say "I thought you were flirting with her." In REBT shorthand this is the B.
THIRD MESSAGE: "I felt . . . ." The third message conveys your feelings about what you thought about what you sensed. Be careful not to add to your feelings or to try to rationalize them here. Keep it simple. Keep it to the point. For example, write in "hurt, sad, afraid, mad, glad, happy, lonely, discounted, unloved, anxious, guilty, excited, ashamed, or shocked." In this example you might say, "I am feeling jealous of your attentions to her." In REBT shorthand this is the C.
FOURTH MESSAGE: "I want . . . ." The fourth message is used to express what you want the other person to do differently for you. This message is used to make requests, to seek changes from the other person. For example, "I would prefer it if you would not spend so much time with attractive and available women when we go to parties."
You may still not get what you want. But at least you shared your experiences, gave the other person your reasons, and shared your feelings with them. If they chose to respond, all well and good. But if they did not. You still managed to express your true self. Being able to say what you think and feel--without blaming others for it--is a true measure of mental health.
For information on styles of communicating see: 25 Relational Styles.
"Two monologues do not make a dialogue."--Jeff Daly
"Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness."--Margaret Millar
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."--Dr. Seuss
"There are very few people who don't become more interesting when they stop talking."--Mary Lowry
"Some man holdeth his tongue, because he hath not to answer: and some keepeth silence, knowing his time."--Ecclesiasticus 20:6
"Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be, and he will become what he should be."--Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The most precious things in speech are pauses."--Ralph Richardson
"Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence."--Spanish proverb
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Brittany Maynard's Choice
2 Comments · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in law
Brittany Maynard died tragically young, but with dignity and in as much control as an unkind fate had allowed her, taking advantage of the law in Oregon that allowed her to obtain a prescription for the barbiturates that would end her life before cancer did its terrible worst.
Writing in the Dallas News, Marcia Angell, the widow of a physician denied similar relief thanks to the cruelty of Massachusetts law, makes a powerful case for other states to follow Oregon's example.
Here's an extract:
Whereas hastening an inevitable death was once regarded almost exclusively as a medical issue, we are beginning to focus on what patients want, on their right to self-determination. And people are increasingly asking why anyone — the state, the medical profession, religious leaders — would presume to tell someone else that they must continue to die by inches, against their will….
The Supreme Court has twice maintained that that's a medical question and as such should be left to the states, which regulate medical practice. The medical profession, meanwhile, has been among the main obstacles to more laws like Oregon's. The American Medical Association's official policy is that physician-assisted suicide is "fundamentally incompatible with the physician's role as healer." One possible explanation for this opposition, particularly among palliative care specialists, is that assisted dying underscores their limitations in dealing with suffering at the end of life.
But that stance puts the focus in the wrong place. This is not primarily about physicians or their self-image; it's about patients — specifically patients for whom healing is no longer possible. We give patients the right to hasten their deaths by refusing dialysis, mechanical ventilation, antibiotics or any other life-sustaining treatment. Why deny them what is essentially the same choice, especially since it is limited to terminally ill patients?
In 2012, I was among the lead petitioners to put a Death With Dignity law on the ballot in Massachusetts, and I campaigned hard for its passage. Until a month before the election, polls showed overwhelming support. But in the final weeks, the Catholic Church, both nationally and within the state, began pouring money into TV ads implying that people would be coerced into killing themselves, and physicians and pharmacists would be required to help them. After opponents outspent proponents by about 5 to 1, the referendum lost.
This, of course, is the same Roman Catholic Church that has spent so much of the last year or so talking about 'religious freedom'. It's important to understand that's a concept where both words matter. When the church makes that argument, it is not arguing for the cause of liberty in any generalized sense. Rather it is insisting on the right, under certain circumstances, of churches and their followers to assert their beliefs over the general law.
There is something very appropriate in the way that Thomas More was often cited as an inspiration for the church's campaign. Contrary to what his modern apologists, papal and otherwise, have liked to claim, More was no supporter of freedom of conscience. What he wanted was his conscience to prevail over the consciences of others, consciences for which he had little regard. Dissent was not an option.
It's not too difficult to draw a line between More and the way that the Catholic Church (aided by other religious groups) did so much in Massachusetts to insist that its views on 'assisted suicide' should be imposed on others. Of course, that imposition was the result of a democratic vote. That matters. Nevertheless the fact that the church did so much to suport that imposition on all the people of Massachusetts, regardless of religious affiliation or their own views on this matter, is a useful reminder of its distinctly narrow notion of freedom.
Meanwhile the National Catholic Reporter writes:
The Vatican's top ethicist condemned Brittany Maynard's decision to end her life, saying there was no dignity in her physician-assisted death…
"Assisted suicide is an absurdity," Carrasco de Paula told the Italian news agency ANSA. "Dignity is something different than putting an end to your own life…."
"Killing yourself is not a good thing; it's a bad thing because it says no to life and to all that means in relation to our duty in the world and to those close to us," Carrasco de Paula said.
The fact that life was effectively saying no to Ms. Maynard seems to have passed de Paula by, as does the fact that Ms. Maynard's decision appears to have been supported by her loved ones. As to his remark about duty, it says a lot that de Paula doesn't say to whom this "duty" is owed.
And of course the slippery slope makes its inevitable appearance in an argument that ignores the fact that the terminally ill have already slid down it:
Carrasco de Paula said assisted suicide was also dangerous because it offered a potential "solution" for a society that sought to abandon the sick and quit paying the costs of their illnesses.
De Paula, who is head of the Pontifical Academy for Life, an institution described by the NCR as being responsible "for ethical issues in the Catholic church" is, of course, entitled to his views. They are what they are, and they are unlikely to change. Roman Catholic teaching is what it is. But so is its refusal to respect the freedoms of those with which it disagrees. Its behavior in Massachusetts was a disgrace.
Maynard's closing statement included this:
"Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness."
And so she did. RIP.
Good News From Vermont
6 Comments · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in law
Vermont may be a lefty sort of place, but occasionally it gets some things right. MSNBC reports:
After 10 years of emotionally-charged debate, Vermont became the first state in the country to pass a doctor-assisted suicide bill through the legislative process. Governor Peter Shumlin signed the "Patient Choice and Control at End of Life Act" into law Monday allowing physicians to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to dying, mentally competent patients who want to end their lives. This would apply only to residents of the state.
"Vermonters who face terminal illness and are in excruciating pain at the end of their lives now have control over their destinies. This is the right thing to do," said Gov. Shumlin, a Democrat.
Three other states have similar "death with dignity" laws on the books. Oregon and Washington enacted these laws through ballot measures. In Montana, a court ruling made it legal in 2009. Similar to Oregon and Washington, the new Vermont law provides built-in safeguards to make sure these patients meet certain requirements and that they are of sound mind. For the next three years, sick patients must formally make the request at least three times. And the patient's primary care doctor and a consulting physician must agree with the diagnosis that the person is, in fact, terminally ill and able to make an informed decision. The Health Department will get reports from doctors on how many patients they prescribed lethal drugs. After July 1, 2016, Vermont won't require as much monitoring and reporting under the law.
According to the AP, Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Harry Chen estimated doctors will write between 10 and 20 lethal prescriptions a year, but not as many patients will go through with the process and actually take the lethal drugs…
Over at the Wall Street Journal Paul McHugh complains about this modest measure in an unconvincing article that is childish:
And then there is this talk about "death with dignity," as the Oregon and Washington laws are titled. Surely what we want is "life with dignity." Seeking life, we're ready to endure much in order to keep it going. Think of the life-saving and life-preserving colonoscopy—all dignity drops with your trousers.
And comes complete with guilt-by-association:
For you see, the terminators ultimately are not merely interested in killing people who are suffering the throes of a final illness. They have even others in mind, as history tells us. The drive to allow doctors to "assist" in suicide is not recent. Its roots are in the Progressive era of the early 20th century, when many Americans placed utter confidence in reform and in technocratic elites. Then the enthusiasts for euthanasia lined up with those clamoring for government intervention in the name of eugenics and population control.
And, well, this:
Another argument for physician-assisted suicide is that many patients with cancer live too long in pain. The suffering could be reduced if their legitimate wish for death were fulfilled. These are the arguments pressed by Dr. Timothy Quill and many in the Oregon "death with dignity" group.
But scientific publications from oncologists such as Kathleen Foley, who studies patients with painful cancers, reveal that, quite to the contrary, most cancer patients want help with the pain so they can continue to live. Suicide is mentioned only by those patients with serious but treatable depressive illness, or by those who are overwhelmed by confusion about matters such as their burden on loved ones and their therapeutic options. These patients are relieved when their doctors attend to the sources of their psychological distress and correct them.
The simple (and encouraging) answer to that is that a huge majority of cancer patients do indeed choose to live on, and, yes, proper counseling and treatment for depression can encourage them to make that choice.
That said, there are doubtless some terminal patients who—quite rationally—decide that enough pain is enough, and that it's time to move on. The Vermont law will help some such individuals reassert, one last time, control over the lives that are theirs, and theirs alone.
In a 2002 New York Times piece, Dr. McHugh (a Roman Catholic) was described as "religiously orthodox, politically liberal (he is a Democrat) and culturally conservative". The latter is an infinitely debatable term. If we look, however, at the other two attributes listed– religious orthodoxy and political liberalism—it's not hard to see why respect for individual liberty ranks so very low on his list of priorities.
A Good Question
This article by the British cook, writer and entrepreneur, Prue Leith, on the death of her brother is a harrowing read, but it is a reminder of the suffering that those such as Boston's Cardinal O'Malley (a key opponent of the recent Massachusetts ballot initiative on assisted suicide) insist on imposing on others.
Here's an extract:
In the end, David, determined to end the pain, refused any more antibiotics, so allowing the next dose of pneumonia to kill him. Dying of pneumonia is a horrible death. Basically you drown, slowly and painfully, as your lungs fill with mucus and you cannot breathe. David's family had to endure the sound of laboured breathing for the last five days, a constant loud "death rattle". They had to bear the sight of their father and husband, thick green discharge running from mouth and nose, veering from semi-coma to excruciating pain.
Death is always distressing, but in 2012, with all our talk of respect and consideration for others, how can it be that a wife ends up praying for her husband to please, please, just die?
Surely all that is needed is something like a hospital protocol that if the patient and the next of kin want to end the misery, and two doctors agree that the patient will be dead in a month anyway, they can increase the dose of drugs to the level sufficient to alleviate the pain, even at the risk of death.
If that is a step too far, can we not at least accept Lord Joffe's proposed Bill, which would allow, if not "mercy killing", at least "assisted suicide"? This would make it lawful for doctors to prescribe, though not to administer, a drug that would cause death. The patient would have to request it, and take it while still capable of doing so.
The present state of affairs is monstrous. With 80 per cent of the [British] population in favour of assisted dying, what are they waiting for?
Good question.
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Boston's Question 2
Comments off · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in law
Over at the Corner, Wesley Smith posted a comment on Boston's Question 2 (assisted suicide). You can find it here.
Here was my response:
Wesley, you write:
"Pro-assisted-suicide activists often claim falsely that opponents want to force (Catholic) religion on rational people."
Clearly there are people of many different faiths and of none who are opposed to assisted suicide. They are so for a wide variety of reasons, sometimes rooted in religion, and sometimes not. As the Boston Globe puts it in the extract from the editorial you cite, "reasonable people" can disagree over this issue.
Equally (as I am sure you would accept) the Roman Catholic Church is a part of the coalition opposing Question 2 and that (unsurprisingly) it is so for primarily religious reasons. That's not in the slightest bit shocking, but nor is it something to be denied.
Then we come to these words in the Boston Globe editorial cited by you:
"[A] yes vote would not serve the larger interests of the state."
As you note, it is a liberal newspaper.
The newspaper's conclusion is that various constituencies ( "the medical community, insurers, religious groups, and state policy makers") should keep talking, and talking mainly about what should be done for people rather than by people. And as they keep talking, somewhere someone (trapped suddenly, say, in locked-in syndrome) will find himself deprived of his individual autonomy in the most profound manner imaginable. He may, quite rationally, decide to make the best of it, or at least to cope, and that, of course, is his inalienable right. But what of the patient who decides, no less rationally, that he would rather not face the years of imprisonment (as he sees it) in his own body that may lie ahead? You can explain to him about the dangers of legalized assisted suicide, and of the perils of the slippery slope, but something tells me that he will conclude that he has slid down a slippery slope all of his own. And has been left to rot there.
Wesley replied here.
Not So Slippery A Slope
10 Comments · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in law
Could the availability of assisted suicide actually prolong life in some cases?
The Economist notes:
The prospect of the loss of autonomy, of dignity and of the ability to enjoy life are the main reasons cited by those wanting assisted suicide. Having the option of assisted suicide means that terminally ill people can wait before choosing to end their lives. That may have been what happened to Gloria Taylor, a Canadian assisted-suicide campaigner with Lou Gehrig's disease (a degenerative illness). After winning a landmark court case four months ago that gave her a "personal exemption" to seek a doctor's help to commit suicide at the time of her choosing, she died earlier this month—from natural causes.
Intuitively this makes sense.
And as for that slippery slope that the scaremongers are always brandishing, protections can be built in that ought to fence it off:
[F]or the limited measures introduced so far, safeguards abound and evidence of abuse is scant. Oregon's legislation, introduced in 1998, is widely admired. Under it, an eligible applicant must be a mentally competent adult, suffering from a terminal illness and with less than six months left to live. His decision must be "informed", meaning he must have been told about alternatives such as hospice care and pain control, and he must have asked his doctor at least three times to be allowed to die. A second doctor must review the case both for the accuracy of the prognosis and to certify that no pressure (from inheritance-hungry relatives, say) has been exerted.
That is too restrictive in some respects (it wouldn't help those with locked-in syndrome, who can live on for decades), but the other protections make good sense.
And how steep is that slope? Not very.
Almost all existing or proposed assisted-suicide laws contain similar safeguards. Some also require the applicant to be suffering "unbearable" physical or mental pain. Only in Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland, where assisted suicide has been permitted since 1942, are the non-terminally ill eligible. Yet even that liberality has not stoked the numbers. The annual total of assisted deaths among Swiss residents is still around 300, or 0.5% of all deaths. Dignitas, the only organisation in the world willing to help foreigners die, had 160 clients in 2011. In Oregon assisted suicides represent 0.2% of all deaths. In Belgium, where voluntary euthanasia is also legal, assisted dying accounts for less than 1% of the total. Even in the Netherlands, which takes a notably relaxed approach to both forms, it represents less than 3%.
Must Try Harder (2)
10 Comments · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in law
Writing in The Wall Street Journal, a Roman Catholic priest, Tadeusz Pacholczyk, tries to throw in (I think) a little irony in support of his church's campaign against assisted suicide:
In the November elections, voters in Massachusetts will decide on "Question 2," a ballot initiative to allow physicians to prescribe (but not administer) a lethal dose of a toxic drug to assist their patients in committing suicide. Advocates of physician-assisted suicide assure us that this can be a good choice for someone who is dying, or who wants to die.
If physician-assisted suicide really represents a good choice, we need to ask: Why should only physicians be able to participate? Why should only physicians be allowed to undermine public trust in their profession through these kinds of death-dealing activities?
Why not include police? If a sick person expresses a wish to die, the police could be notified, and an officer would arrive bearing a suitable firearm. He would load it with ammunition, cock the gun and place it on the bedside stand of the sick patient. After giving instruction on the best way to angle the barrel, the officer would depart, and the patient could then pick up the device and take it from there—police-assisted suicide.
Oh good grief. Please try harder, Father. You surely can do better than that. Mercifully, Pacholczyk then changes tack. He offers up a couple of true life stories that allegedly make the case against assisted suicide:
I remember reading a letter to the editor in the local paper of a small town many years ago. A woman wrote in about the death of her grandparents—well-educated, intelligent and seemingly in control of their faculties—who had tragically committed suicide together by drinking a deadly substance. They were elderly and struggling with various ailments.
Her firsthand perspective was unflinching: It took her years to forgive her grandparents. She was angry at what they had done to her and her family. She felt betrayed and nauseated. She could hardly believe it had really happened.
The woman was still upset that they hadn't reached out to the rest of the family for assistance. She dismissed the idea that suicide could ever be a good thing as a "total crock and a lie…"
Because, you see, it was all about her. What her grandparents wanted for their own lives counted, apparently, for nothing. She cannot have loved them very much. Not really. Not truly.
And then we have this:
A friend of mine in Canada has struggled with multiple sclerosis for many years. He often speaks out against assisted suicide.
Recently, he sent me a picture of himself taken with his smiling grandchildren, one sitting on each arm of his wheelchair. Below the picture he wrote, "If I had opted for assisted suicide back in the mid-1980s when I first developed MS, and it seemed life as I knew it was over, look what I would have missed. I had no idea that one day I would be head over heels in love with grandchildren! Never give up on life.
In the early stages of his disease (and perhaps even now) this man could have opted for suicide by his own hand. He has chosen not to, and he continues to lead an apparently rich and fulfilled life. Good for him. He made the right choice, but what is right for him is not right for everyone, and is no argument at all for depriving (in particular) the helpless of their chance for release.
By the weakness of this almost insultingly feeble article, Father Pacholczyk reveals yet again how little intellectual force there is to the argument against assisted suicide once those who make it stray from the religious ideology on which their case is, in reality, based, a religious ideology that should not be enforced on those who disagree with it.
The answer to Massachusetts's Question Two should be yes.
For Misery in Massachusetts
1 Comment · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in debate, law, politics, Religion
Cardinal O'Malley (The National Catholic Register reports):
Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston is leading a statewide fight to defeat the Death With Dignity Act, a November 2012 ballot measure that would legalize assisted suicide in Massachusetts.
He has outlined the Church's underlying moral concerns regarding the threat to human dignity and patients' rights posed by assisted suicide in a video homily broadcast at Boston-area Catholic churches. He's also writing a series of columns critiquing the measure, and he has worked with the Massachusetts Catholic Conference to form the Committee Against Physician-Assisted Suicide, a coalition that includes religious, medical and disability groups across the state.
A Kennedy (Joseph Kennedy III) and The Republican (Sien Bielat) contesting Massachusetts's Fourth Congressional District:
They found common ground on a couple of issues.
Both opposed the so-called "right to die" ballot question that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients…
Patronizing, Cruel & Misleading
Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Peter Mullen, a British parson, attempts to clothe his religiously-based objections to assisted suicide ("As a Christian, I do not believe we have the right to die at the moment and by the means of our own choosing. Suicide is a mortal sin.") in what he pretends are "utilitarian" arguments:
First to be considered is the effect on the morals, the conscience and the psychology of the doctor who has allowed himself to conspire in the killing [suicide] of another human being.
Well, that rather presumes that the doctor believes that there is something wrong with acceding to his patient's request, something that is unlikely given the right that would undoubtedly be given to doctors opposed to assisted suicide to hand this task over to someone else.
I note too that Mullen has nothing to say about "the effect on the morals, the conscience and the psychology of the doctor" who has allowed himself to conspire in the prolongation of the agony of a patient looking for release.
His argument limps on:
Every case of assisted killing [suicide] will be different from every other case. How, for example, in the case of a very sick person, do we assess the balance of his mind: is he capable of being certain that he wishes to end it? And who is to vouch for that certainty?
Who is this, "we", Vicar? If the patient is sane, the decision is his. I don't believe in there being a right to assisted suicide, or many other non-legislated rights for that matter, but I do think that a civilized society ought not to stand in the way of a patient to ask for the help he needs to bring his suffering to an end.
Then there's this:
And it could even be that someone one day expresses the wish to die but that, days or weeks later, he changes his mind. Of course, if he is dead that possibility is no longer open to him.
Oh please. Most of those who support changes to the law also support waiting periods and other safeguards. That said, a society that attributes real value to individual self-determination will also recognize that individuals make mistakes and that sometimes those mistakes are irrevocable. That goes with the territory.
And, of course, there's this old chestnut:
And then it is well-known that human beings are not perfect. Might some relatives of a very sick man try to persuade him to do away with himself – perhaps even to inherit his money?
Yes, that would be wicked, but how much more wicked is it really than denying a patient the right to end his agony in the name of a religious belief that he does not share?
Mullen, I'd hope, is not a cruel man, but the consequences of his absolute certainty can, at their worse, be monstrous. He should have the humility to remember the wisdom of Oliver Cromwell's great request:
I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible that you may be mistaken.
The debate about assisted suicide has been reignited after the [English] High Court ruled that two men with locked-in-syndrome cannot be legally helped to die. Tony Nicklinson, 58, and a second man known as Martin, 47, mounted legal challenges in attempt to secure immunity from prosecution for any professional who helped them to die. The men are completely physically dependent and can only move their eyes and eye lids yet remain cognitively sharp. Both want to die but neither is capable of taking their own life.
Lawyers acting for Mr Nicklinson, who suffered a catastrophic stroke in 2005, argued for an extension to the common law defence of 'necessity' for murder because the alternative – forcing him to stay alive – is worse. They also argued that the government is in breach of his Article 8 right to 'privacy, dignity and autonomy', a right he cannot exercise independently because of severe disability. The court rejected the "bold" submission, stating that there was no precedent anywhere in the world and such socially controversial changes were only for Parliament.
The decision was condemned by Mr Nicklinson and his family but welcomed by medical leaders and religious groups.
Both men are likely to appeal and will most likely end up in the Supreme Court.
Martin, who also suffered a stroke, bid to have the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) amend current guidance regarding assisted suicide. The clarification he sought would have meant that if a doctor or lawyer were to help Martin to end his life by taking him to the Swiss clinic Dignitas, they would not face criminal and/or disciplinary action. Martin cannot currently fulfil his wish to end his life as his wife, a nurse and carer, is not willing to actively assist in any steps leading to his death.
The three judges, who said the court had been "deeply moved" by both men's circumstances, ruled that such matters were for Parliament to decide…
Sadly, the judges were correct. There is no innate "right" to assisted suicide, and it's not for the courts to discover one. It's up to Parliament to decide.
And so Parliament should: by changing the law to allow those two men, and others like them, to end their suffering if they so choose.
Get on with it.
Against Self-Government
1 Comment · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in politics, Religion, science, Science & Faith
The Council of Europe is, in theory, meant to be some sort of bulwark for the citizens of its member countries against the power of the overreaching state.
That's the theory. But here's how it really works. The Daily Mail reports:
The Council of Europe has ruled that euthanasia and assisted suicide should be banned in every country across the Continent. In a declaration that will have huge implications on human rights laws in its 47 member countries, the Strasbourg-based organisation announced that such practices 'must always be prohibited'.
The move will represent a major setback to assisted dying campaigners in the UK who want Britain to follow Holland, Belgium and Switzerland in allowing doctors to help to end the lives of their patients. The explicit condemnation of euthanasia was inserted into a non-binding resolution entitled 'Protecting Human Rights and Dignity by Taking Into Account Previously Expressed Wishes of Patients'.
The resolution had originally simply focused on the human rights questions of 'advance directives', or 'living wills', in which people set out how they wish to be treated if they became mentally incapacitated.
But members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe argued that living wills, which became legal in the UK under the 2005 Mental Capacity Act, were inextricably connected to euthanasia. They successfully moved an amendment forbidding euthanasia by 34 votes to 16 with six abstentions.
The amendment said that 'euthanasia, in the sense of the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit must always be prohibited'.
Among those fighting for the amendment was British member Edward Leigh, the Tory MP for Gainsborough.
It's that "always" that sticks in the craw. What it means (thankfully the resolution is not binding) is that Leigh, and those like him, are insisting that their prejudices should prevail over an individual's power to decide his or her own fate. The consequences of such absolutism can, of course, be grotesque suffering. A patient with locked-in syndrome, for example, who wishes to end it all has no need to worry about some "slippery slope". He is already a prisoner, imprisoned in a body that has become its own dungeon, guarded by doctors who have thrown away the key.
And quite why Leigh, a Tory supposedly, a euroskeptic allegedly, believes that a transnationalist body should have the power to police Britons in this way escapes me. He is, it appears, an opponent of the right of Britons to govern themselves — and in more ways than one.
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I'm torn as to where to start with this review because there is so much I want to talk about! Firstly, I was a little nervous starting out because it had been so long since I read the first book, and because I got that from the library I wasn't able to re-read it in the run up and worried I might not be able to remember everything. But Prodigy has the recapping down absolutely perfectly! It managed to jolt my memory and take me right back to the first book without detracting from the current story. It was all weaved in brilliantly because the characters do a lot of reflecting on how they've got to be in the position they're currently in, so I was immediately back in that world and remembering everything that happens.
As with the first book, Prodigy alternates between June and Day's perspective. They start out together but spend some of the book separated and I loved how both of their points of view were key to the story. There's a lot of focus on the relationship between the two of them and I really like how complex it is and how much the two of them are still figuring each other out and addressing their differences. I'm reluctant to use the phrase "love triangle" because it doesn't really apply to this book, but there are other interests for both Day and June which shake the story up a bit. Both relate to characters introduced in the previous book so it's nothing too new, but I did like the exploration of everyone's feelings for each other. I really like how it isn't soppy or romantic at all. At the end of the day, it's not a love story. It's a story where people are going through a tremendous ordeal and worrying after their loved ones because of it. I think it had the perfect balance to keep you interested in who cares for who.
On the topic of the tone of the book, I felt this book was very political - almost like a political thriller in its own right in places - and I found that part of the book to be the most gripping. There was all this suspicion and trying to figure out where everyone's loyalties truly lay was incredibly difficult, because as soon as you were sure about someone, there'd be a twist that would make you reconsider. I loved that it kept me on my toes!
Prodigy was packed full of action but I really loved that the heart of the book was with the characters. There were some moments where certain characters were explored that bit more and I loved discovering more about them. It felt like such attention had gone into each character, no matter how small a part they played. I really liked that the focus was on the original characters from the previous book as well, although newer characters were still really well done. Day and Kaede were the two characters who really stood out for me. When the plot and characters were changing and evolving I felt like those two were the two constants.
I loved the post-apocalpytic world this trilogy is set in, and one of my favourite parts was seeing the wider ramifications of events in the Republic and glimpsing other parts of the world/country. I won't spoil too much but it was just great to get a view of the bigger picture. I enjoyed the use of Vegas as a setting in the beginning as well. I think placing somewhere so familiar (as someone who's seen Vegas and LA on TV but maybe not some of the other cities referenced) really helped me get a feel for the place and how different it is under the rule of the Republic.
I definitely enjoyed this book more than Legend (and I adored that!). I was constantly kept on my toes by the twists and turns and there was never a lull in the actions. I was constantly questioning the characters and whenever I tried to second guess what was happening my theories would be blown out the water by another revelation. The ending was utterly heartbreaking and I'm still getting my head around it all and absorbing some of the things that happened. There's plenty of potential for the third installment, although how my heart will cope with it I have no idea! This trilogy has jumped straight to the top of my dystopian/post-apocalyptic favourites pile. I want to run around and recommend it to everybody because Prodigy has truly blown my mind and I need more people to read it and get excited about it. Don't miss out!
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I think you miss my question my friend, I was wondering what did you use to attach the round stock to the other round stock on the front cross member. It looks like super glue, but was wanting to make sure though.
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Posted 21 September 2013 - 12:39 PM
Posted 22 September 2013 - 03:09 AM
I misunderstood your question, sorry.
Thanks, Tom.
I stuck it together with super glue before removing it from the assembly jig.
I use a product that I get from my lutherie supply house that I'm quite impressed with.
My plan, from early on, after watching a guy tig weld a .003" coca cola can with no blow through, is to tig the thing together.
I don't use credit cards, so until I accumulate the cash for a welder I'm using this.
After having done several strength tests on aluminum, I feel confident that It will allow me to proceed with shaping & fitting all of the parts without everying falling apart in my lap.
Acetone is an excellent de-bonder for this glue, so when the welder shows up, simple matter to prep the parts for welding.
I'm keeping all of my jigs intact to simplify the weld up at that time.
Edited by Ognib, 22 September 2013 - 03:22 AM.
Posted 22 September 2013 - 03:18 AM
It's looking real good, Ray. I really enjoy watching your progress.
Thanks, Scott.
My favorite threads are where there are a lot of shots illustrating how a part is made...machined aluminum engines, for example...beautiful to see...more exciiting when they show how it's jigged up, in process, for different cuts etc.
So my inclination is to show all of the down & dirty steps I have to go through to develope a part.
It actually helps my thought process to write about it & be able to see it out in front of me, if that makes any sense.
Edited by Ognib, 22 September 2013 - 03:21 AM.
Posted 22 September 2013 - 12:53 PM
Thanks, Scott.
My favorite threads are where there are a lot of shots illustrating how a part is made...machined aluminum engines, for example...beautiful to see...more exciiting when they show how it's jigged up, in process, for different cuts etc.
So my inclination is to show all of the down & dirty steps I have to go through to develope a part.
It actually helps my thought process to write about it & be able to see it out in front of me, if that makes any sense.
Man, we must be thinking a like. That's how I feel on projects as well.
BTW thanks for the answer to my question I had asked. It's easy to misunderstand something.. I should have been more clear with my question before too.
Posted 23 September 2013 - 03:39 AM
Thanks Ray. I love seeing the step-by-step process. Unfortunately, I'm not as good at following that advice in documenting my own build...
Edited by futurattraction, 23 September 2013 - 03:56 AM.
Posted 25 September 2013 - 03:56 AM
Jim, two great minds thinking alike. lol
Scott, everyone has their own methods.
I've been enjoying your reporting on your current project.
Posted 01 November 2013 - 04:15 AM
Thought I'd drop in & say howdy to everyone who's been following the thread.
Life gets in the way sometimes.
Haven't touched the project in several weeks.
Keep a couple of parts out so I see them daily.
Back on it soon.
best to all
Posted 02 November 2013 - 03:20 AM
glad to hear Ray, I was getting worried about ya, I know the feeling!! too much life not enough play!!
Posted 01 February 2015 - 07:58 AM
Had a couple of major disasters that affected my finances.
Had to un-retire myself & re-establish a cash flow.
Took every bit of time & energy I could muster.
But, after a year, I went into the shop this morning & started digging through all my stuff...see what I have on hand to work with.
I've lost my mental continuity on this project, so it'll take some time to get back in the groove.
Probably the most straight forward place to start will be to build the right side header for the engine.
Posted 03 February 2015 - 03:53 AM
I have current pics from the last couple of days.
They are in my photobucket acct.
I've up graded my computer with a solid state hard drive & different operating system.
Still learning how to work with it...no success yet in trying to load pics in a post here.
Posted 03 February 2015 - 05:03 AM
awsome progress !!
Posted 03 February 2015 - 12:18 PM
Looking forward to seeing more updates, Ray...
Posted 04 February 2015 - 01:23 PM
Ok, got it figured out.
This is my hard maple block for development as a hammer form, in shaping body skins.
The centerline template was shaped previously from the kit body.
Posted 04 February 2015 - 01:30 PM
Cut a template to fit the rear of the cockpit & transferred it to the buck, using the centerline template for location.
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Posted 06 February 2015 - 07:49 AM
My inspiration for scratch built body panels.
About 1/4 of the way down the page are some excellent shots of his body buck & his brass panel work.
Also some good shots of his body build jig.
Edited by Ognib, 06 February 2015 - 07:50 AM.
Posted 07 February 2015 - 10:31 AM
Going to begin on the body buck by taking the area inside the feature lines on either side of the deck lid down 1/16", across the deck lid on to the lower body panel.
I've already cut a line for the deck lid perimeter.
I'll continue to keep this line intact as I work, preserving the layout work previously done.
Chisels & a round gouge will allow me to establish a definitive edge along the feature lines.
I use pencil to provide a guide coat so I can see where I'm working.
My collection of rifler files & rasps.
Posted 07 February 2015 - 11:28 AM
This is my current puter wallpaper to keep me inspired.
Posted 07 February 2015 - 03:49 PM
The rim around the back of the cockpit is 1/8", with the outer feature line being about half that.
Little at a time.
Pulled a template off the upper body for crown radius.
Get it established here, early on.
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Lower Dauphin School Board at its June meeting unanimously approved a $22,006,336 spending plan for the 1992-93 school year. The budget calls for a 1.6 mill increase in real estate taxes jumping the rate to 19.45 mills. Additionally, the Board approved a $5 per capita tax.
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The Middletown Area Garden Tour will return from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 28 and feature eight of the Middletown area's most beautiful and interesting gardens.
Seven of the gardens are located in the borough, with the eighth at the Lower Swatara Twp. of master gardener Joseph Mateer.
Local artists and musicians will present their work at each garden. Proceeds from the sale of tickets for the event will go to the Middletown Area Historical Society, which is organizing the tour.
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The Kiwanis Club of Middletown presented a $500 to the Middletown Public Library on Monday, June 15 for the library's summer reading program for children.
The donation was presented to Sandra Robbins, chairwoman of the library's board of directors, at the Royalton Senior Center.
"The Kiwanis have always stepped up to the plate,'' Robbins said. "Everything they do, they do with a smile on their face.''
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It's nearly 80 years old, and has dwindled to only a handful of active members, but the Kiwanis Club of Middletown has survived as other local social service clubs have disappeared – and it still is struggling to make life better in the community.
That annual Halloween parade through Middletown? The Kiwanis Club organizes it. That summer reading program for children at the Middletown Public Library? The club helps fund it. The Kiwanis award scholarships to students at Middletown Area High School – and even plant flowers each spring at Kiwanis Park in Royalton.
For more than 30 years, the club has hosted a Strawberry Festival for fellow clubs in the area – including this year. About 35 people attended the event on Monday, June 15 at the Royalton Senior Citizens Center, including Kiawnis members from Harrisburg, Hummelstown-Hershey, Elizabethtown, Rheems, Lititz and Dillsburg.
The club presented a scholarship check to 2015 MAHS graduate Kaitlyn Kellogg, who attended the festival with her mother, Babette. Kellogg, a member of the school's Key Club – a student-run social service club sponsored by the local Kiwanis – shared the scholarship with fellow students Margarge Schopf, Mikala Dworchak and Julia Trout. Schopf also received the club's Ted Essex Memorial Honor Award, named for Essex, a former local club president and governor for the Pennsylvania District of Kiwanis International.
The club also presented a check to Sandra Robbins, chairwoman of the library's board of trustees.
Colleen Harkins, a 2015 graduate of MAHS who will attend Kutztown University for fine arts in the fall, played the piano for the crowd.
Said Robbins of the small, but dedicated, Middletown Kiwanis, "Everything they do, they do with a smile on their face.''
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