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Published: August 25, 2004
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24— Attributing abuses of prisoners in Iraq to a string of failures that led all the way up the chain of command to the Pentagon, an independent panel on Tuesday called for a sweeping overhaul of how the American military handles and interrogates prisoners in the global campaign against terrorism.
In its recommendations, the four-member panel called for more and better trained military police and intelligence specialists. It urged that all prisoners be treated in ''a way consistent with U.S. jurisprudence and military doctrine and with U.S. interpretation of the Geneva Conventions.''
The panel's report, released at a news conference at the Pentagon, was the first official finding in several military reviews conducted so far that assigns any responsibility, even indirectly, for the misconduct at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad to Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the top commanders in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East.
''The abuses were not just the failure of some individuals to follow known standards, and they are more than the failure of a few leaders to enforce proper discipline,'' the panel concluded in its 122-page report. ''There is both institutional and personal responsibility at higher levels.'' [Excerpts, Page A10.]
The panel found that Mr. Rumsfeld contributed to the confusion over what techniques were permissible for interrogating prisoners in Iraq. It also concluded that senior officers in Washington and in the Persian Gulf failed to plan for enough detention-center personnel.
Panel members said the impact of the prisoner-abuse has been profound, damaging American credibility around the globe and undermining attempts to obtain better intelligence through interrogations.
''One consequence of the publicity that has been associated with the activities at Abu Ghraib and the punishments that prospectively will be handed out is that it has had a chilling effect on interrogation operations,'' said James R. Schlesinger, the panel's chairman. ''It is essential in the war on terror that we have adequate intelligence and that we have effective interrogation.''
In scathing terms, the report painted a portrait of confusion and chaos at Abu Ghraib. The prisoner abuses photographed at the prison were unauthorized ''acts of brutality and purposeless sadism'' that served no intelligence-gathering purpose, the report found. ''It was a kind of 'Animal House' on the night shift,'' Mr. Schlesinger said. But the panel contradicted the Bush administration's assertion that the problem was isolated to a few soldiers acting on their own. It concluded that abuses were widespread and ''serious both in number and effect,'' and that some took place during interrogations at the hands of both military police and military intelligence officials.
The panel said that so far there were about 300 reported incidents of mistreatment, and 66 confirmed abuses so far. Of those, 8 occurred at the detention center in Guantnamo Bay, Cuba; 3 in Afghanistan and 55 in Iraq, the report found. About one-third were related to the interrogations of prisoners.
The report may satisfy, at least partly, critics who have complained that only those of relatively low rank have been blamed for what happened in Iraq.
It found that in Iraq, top commanders and staff officers did not adequately supervise commanders at the prison. Up the chain of command to Washington, other officers and officials did not recognize that guards at the prison were overwhelmed by their task as an insurgency took hold and the prison population swelled. By last October, 90 guards were assigned to oversee more than 7,000 prisoners.
Problems at the prison ''were well known,'' said Mr. Schlesinger, a former defense secretary, and he said corrective actions ''could have been taken and should have been taken.''
Interrogation techniques that Mr. Rumsfeld approved for limited use at Guantnamo Bay, which included subjecting prisoners to painful positions, ''migrated to Afghanistan and Iraq, where they were neither limited nor safeguarded,'' the report said. As early as 2003, interrogation techniques employed by Special Operations forces in Afghanistan went beyond what was permitted by the Army's traditional interrogation guidelines, the report disclosed.
So far, seven military police soldiers have faced criminal charges, and two dozen or more military intelligence soldiers may also be charged. But when Mr. Schlesinger was asked if Mr. Rumsfeld or other high-ranking officials should resign in an ultimate act of accountability, he said that the secretary's ''resignation would be a boon for all of America's enemies.''
Mr. Rumsfeld, who is on vacation this week and was briefed by video-teleconference on the report Tuesday morning, issued a statement that praised the panel's work but did not address the inquiry's criticisms. ''The Defense Department has an obligation to evaluate what happened and to make appropriate changes,'' he said.
In a preview of conclusions from yet another Army report that is due to be issued at the Pentagon on Wednesday, this one examining the role of military intelligence personnel at the prison, the Schlesinger panel concurred in its finding that the interrogators shared a ''major part of the culpability'' for the abuses.
Some of the 44 abuse allegations investigated by the Army inquiry, the Schlesinger panel said, involved military intelligence personnel directing the actions of military police guards.


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Brian Brake grew up in Arthur's Pass and retained a love of New Zealand's mountains all his life. He took hundreds of photographs of South Island peaks, lakes and rivers. If you're an alpine enthusiast, a keen tramper, or you know the South Island well, please take a look and let us know if you can name any… Read more »
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Scrolling through the thousands of images you have sent us over the past few years there are certain favourites that continue to delight not just the moderators but the majority of visitors too. You will probably know them already – we see the perennials constantly returning to the 'most viewed' images on the Wall. Possibly… Read more »
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In 1978 contemporary New Zealand artist Barry Thomas undertook a public art project in inner city Wellington. Utilising a vacant lot on the corner of Willis and Manners Streets, the artist and his friends cut through a wire perimeter fence, delivered a truckload of top soil to the site and planted 180 cabbages. The project… Read more »
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This week is the inaugural Tokelau Language Week (29 October – 4 November). The theme is Ke mau ki pale o Tokelau: Hold fast to the treasures of Tokelau. To celebrate, the Pacific Cultures team will post a blog each day highlighting cultural treasures from Tokelau in Te Papa's collections. Today, in this first blog… Read more »
A slice of Wellington life: the Berry & Co collection
Te Papa has a collection of nearly 4,000 glass plate and film negatives taken by the Wellington photography studio Berry & Co. The studio was founded by William Berry in 1897, and operated in Cuba St until 1931. The negatives are mainly portraits – of families, children, men and women, soldiers in uniform, the occasional… Read more »
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One of the most generous ways museums acquire items for their collections is from individuals donating things they have made for the benefit of others. This is one way that unique material becomes available to the public and especially to researchers. It is in this spirit that David Carson-Parker, who died 21 October, donated many… Read more »
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It is not often I come across early photographs that capture pure joy like this one does. Too young to find the serious appeals of the photographer's command to "keep still" anything other than funny, this infant boy's laughter dominates the image and projects a good sense of fun about the activity of having one's… Read more »
Niue: the Rock of Polynesia
To celebrate Vagahau Niue: Niue Language Week (6-13 October 2012), the Pacific Cultures team are highlighting stories about Niue focusing on taoga (treasures) from Te Papa's collection. Today, in this second blog post we offer a short environmental profile of the Niue, sometimes referred to by locals as "The Rock of Polynesia". We finish with… Read more »
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Te Papa has an enormous collection of photographs, negatives and transparencies by Brian Brake (1927 – 88), one of New Zealand's best known photographers. Brake became famous while working overseas as a photojournalist – one of his best known works is the Monsoon photo essay, which he took in 1960. He also photographed extensively in… Read more »


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It happened last week as officers were handcuffing the dog's owner.
Hawthorne Police say it was self defense because the dog was about to attack.
Several witnesses recorded the incident with their cell phone cameras.
Leon Rosby was involved in a verbal exchange with officers when he put the dog in his car.
The windows were open. When officers started to handcuff Rosby the 2-year old Rottweiler jumped out of the window and charged the officers.
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"He wasn't just a dog, he wasn't just a dog, you know, he lick on my face, lick on my ear." said Rosby.
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"The dog lunged and made aggressive movements towards the officer. Fearing that the attacking Rottweiler would imminently bite the officers, one officer fired his duty weapon several times, striking and killing the dog."
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2 August 2012
Close to the bone
100 gene deletions in mice identifies 9 genes associated with bone strength
Digital radiographs of femurs from wildtype mice and each of the 10 knockout strains with major phenotypes. [10.1371/journal.pgen.1002858]
A genetic screening approach to studying bone disease has found nine genes associated with bone health and suggests a new way to discover genes that may be implicated in human skeletal diseases. A collaborative study of the mineral content, strength and flexibility of bones has found clues to the cause of bone disorders such as osteoporosis, osteogenesis imperfecta, and high bone density syndromes. The study, which brings together specialist skills in mouse gene deletion and bone measurement to assess the strength of bones in 100 mutant mouse lines, is the largest reported screen of its type for genes that regulate bone health.
All nine of the new genes discovered had not previously been implicated in skeletal disorders and were discovered by randomly screening different strains of mice engineered such that a single gene had been inactivated in their genome.
Chronic diseases such as osteoporosis represent a global healthcare burden but little is known about their genetic basis. Osteoporosis is the most common of skeletal disorders, affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide at a cost of billions of pounds each year. Although it is known there is a strong genetic component to this disease, few of the genes that control bone structure and density are known.
"We are developing new ways of finding genes that are essential for normal development of the skeleton, and which maintain the structure and integrity of bone during adulthood. These genes will provide new understanding of the mechanisms responsible for bone diseases and may ultimately lead to the development of new treatments," explains Professor Graham Williams, senior author from Imperial College London. "We collaborated with outstanding colleagues at the Sanger Institute and several Universities. Our studies span many areas of expertise and we have developed a detailed and specific rapid-throughput system to screen bones from mice that lack a single gene. This strategy makes use of existing shared resources at Sanger and greatly reduces the number of mice required."
The team used an approach that looked at many different physical traits and identified a new classification system for bone mutants based on mineral content, strength, and the density and flexibility of bone. The bones from some mutants were found to be brittle, while others were flexible but weak.
The Sanger Institute Mouse Genetics Projects, the largest centre for genetically engineered mice, generated the mice strains used in the study. These strains of mice were first screened at the Sanger Institute before being sent on to the other collaborating Institutes for further analysis.
" This strategy makes use of existing shared resources at Sanger and greatly reduces the number of mice required. "
Professor Graham Williams
"The Mouse Genetics Project's broad primary trait screen independently identified five genes that when deleted cause bone abnormalities. The other groups used X-ray microradiography, micro-CT and biomechanical testing to further characterise these 5 genes and identified an additional 5 genes that affect bone composition" says Dr Jacqueline White, one of the authors from the Wellcome Sanger Institute. "Our study is an example of where approaching biology without any prior assumptions and looking broadly at the effects of inactivating a gene allows you to find new biological insights that wouldn't be possible in other, more focused studies."
Serendipitously, one of the random genes selected, Sparc, is a well-studied gene whose deletion results in weak, brittle bones. The screen positively identified this gene as affecting bone health and this acted as a well-characterised positive control for the identification of the nine new genes that the study uncovered.
This study demonstrates that the loss of function of the each of these 10 genes can disrupt the structure and composition of bone. This disruption can be classified into three distinct, different categories: weak and flexible bone with low mineral content similar to postmenopausal osteoporosis, weak and brittle with low mineral content similar to osteogenesis imperfecta and high bone mass which is rare in humans.
"This genome-wide approach is extremely exciting and holds great promise for discovery of genetic susceptibilities and influences in bone disease in addition to providing potential targets for drug development" says Jim Lupski MD, PhD, DSc, a medical genomicist and the Cullen Professor and Vice Chair of Genetics at the Baylor College of medicine in Houston, Texas, USA. "As we learn more about common diseases that affect millions of individuals it is apparent that many such conditions can have genetically heterogeneous etiologies. The approach outlined by these investigators, although labour intensive, is a terrific example of the power of functional genomics.
"Human genetics studies require these model organisms to get a better understanding of disease and find plausible targets for treatments. This approach has allowed the teams to gain biological insights into the pathways in the body that may be potential therapeutic targets and, perhaps more importantly, help us to start to understand the biology behind bone structure."
The team are currently applying this same technique to study different disease traits in the eye and the brain. As these models are freely available to researchers worldwide from the Mouse Genetics Project, the hope is that other organisations will use these resources to continue the study of these gene deletions.
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Publication details
Rapid-throughput skeletal phenotyping of 100 knockout mice identifies 9 new genes that determine bone strength.
PLoS genetics 2012;8;8;e1002858
PUBMED: 22876197; PMC: 3410859; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002858
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Participating Centres
- Molecular Endocrinology Group, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, W12 0NN, UK
- Mouse Genetics Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- The Mellanby Centre for Bone Research, Department of Human Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
- School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK
- Queen Mary University of London, Oral Growth and Development, Institute of Dentistry, Bart's and The London School of Medicine, London, E1 1BB, UK
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
The Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
The Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU-VN) is a large-scale clinical and public health research unit with campuses in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi in Viet Nam. OUCRU-VN is hosted by the Hospital of Tropical Diseases (HTD) in Ho Chi Minh City, and the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (NHTD) in Hanoi. As a Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, OUCRU-VN has received considerable support from the Trust since its establishment in 1991.
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NORTH ATTLEBORO — Bob Thurber rose from his swivel chair inside his second-floor home office and politely asked his guest, 'You mind if I smoke?'
He grabbed a Camel wide, walked to the window with a fan blowing out, remained standing and – after lighting up – described the laughing old man he frequently pictured in his mind as a child growing up in then-dilapidated downtown Pawtucket.
"I understood at a pretty young age that it was me looking back at myself, and the old man was laughing at all the little issues, all the small day-to-day stuff," offered Thurber. "To me, it was an understanding of where I'd be someday if I just stuck to my guns and continued to write daily. I knew I had to be adamant, disciplined, about it.
"It wasn't really an image, but more my guiding light," he added. "It was my future light that was guiding me through the problems and issues I experienced all those years ago. I'd see him almost every day, and – if things got really bad – that's when I'd think they weren't important. I needed to keep focused, keep writing. That's what really mattered."
Thurber, 55, now is thrilled to say his first book – entitled "Paperboy: A Dysfunctional Novel" – will be released by Casperian Books LLC in Sacramento, Calif. on Sunday, May 1. He's not as excited about having a feature composed about him, or answering queries about how he came to write this 262-page, 157-chapter book on reality.
"Oh, I'm pretty much a loner, have been my whole life," he noted. "My wife, Colleen, looked at me when we found out and said, 'You're not excited.' I am, but I don't like any focus on me. The way I look at it, the work is important, not me.
"Remember the Wizard of Oz, standing behind the curtain? That's me," he added. "That's my style. I like to be behind the scenes. I can be funny at times, but I like being in the background."
Fact is, Thurber has captured over 40 awards and citations for several of his 300 short stories, and even has gleaned the prestigious Barry Hannah Fiction Prize. He claimed his first agent – whose name he chose not to reveal – fell in love with those tales.
"I had published close to 200 short stories by then, 2003, and he thought he could sell a book of those stories, but wanted a novel to go with it," Thurber stated. "He explained the publishers wouldn't go for it without a novel, that nobody wanted to buy a book of short stories by an unknown author, so I wrote it. I gave him the first draft, and he thought the writing was great, but the story was too dark.
"He then suggested about 12 ways to shape it into a more conventional novel, and said publishers don't like stories about dysfunction," he continued. "That's not how I felt, so we parted ways. In fiction, you're trying to tell some very basic human truths. I found Jack Scovil, my current agent and an outstanding man.
"He read my manuscript, and called me the next afternoon; this was in 2004. He said, 'I love it! I think I can sell it!'"
That dream has come to fruition, and Susan Henderson, author of "Up from the Blue," described "Paperboy" this way:
"It's 1969, and the entire nation is waiting for the United States to win the space race and put the first man on the moon. Meanwhile, 14-year-old Jack Fisher – malnourished and battered, abandoned by his father, neglected by his mother, manipulated by his older sister, harangued by his boss and shortchanged by customers – is delivering newspapers in downtown Pawtucket. (He's) trying to keep his family from self-destructing completely.
"As the whole world holds its breath to see what will become of the Apollo 11 astronauts, Jack clings to his daily mantra, 'Things will get better.' But in this poignant debut novel by award-winning short story writer Bob Thurber, things do not get better; they get drastically worse, at space-age speed.
"(He's) a masterful wordsmith, driving you into the undiscovered corners of the heart with insight and courage."
Thurber promised the novel wasn't about his life, but does contain similarities.
Born in May 1955, he grew up in a very poor family residing on lower Broadway. His mother had been a teen-ager when she had, first, his sister, then Thurber, whose last names should be Russe. Their mom gave them her last name; the kids never knew their biological dad.
"Growing up the way I did, there's no way I should have become any kind of decent person," he offered. "I'm not Jack. This is a book about lost children, (those) who are neglected, abused by parents or other adults, teachers or others in society. They end up totally lost.
"A kid like me, I should've been a drug addict, alcoholic, thief, a miserable human being, but I'm none of those things."
He then picked up his book and thumbed to Chapter 32.
"Things I used to get hit for: Talking back, being 'smart,' acting stupid, not giving an answer the first time," he mentioned. "Even when I was sick, I'd get hit. You've got to remember, my mom would put on this big front, dressing us up for church and trying to present us as the 'Leave it to Beaver' type family. When we got home, there wouldn't be a bottle of milk in the house.
"My mother was very abusive – psychologically, physically. She was a nervous wreck, and that's what poverty does to you. You didn't know if you were going to be living on the street the following week. I'd go to school wearing my sister's shirt. I remember once, when I was really sick and suffered diarrhea, she dragged me out of bed and into the bathroom, then whacked me upside the head.
"You'd open your mouth, and the next thing you knew, you'd get slapped. You've got to realize, she had it tough, too. It was no picnic, and I couldn't wait to grow up, get away from the belts, extension cords, etc."
Before his freshman year at Tolman High, he decided to help the family and become a paperboy for the Pawtucket Evening Times. He said he delivered 50-70 papers to homes from Roosevelt Avenue to Dexter Street, and the many side roads in between.
"My first lessons I learned outside the home and school was on my paper route; that's where I learned about the real world," he revealed. "I was 13-14, and I'd be in people's kitchens, waiting to get paid. I'd see what they were having for supper.
"Some people asked me if I could come back in two weeks because they didn't have money. That's when downtown was pretty much a ghetto. I was losing customers because they'd move out. Remember, this was 1969."
Thurber graduated from Tolman in 1973, but didn't attend college. He instead went to work at the old Newport Creamery on Pawtucket Avenue, starting as a dishwasher, then working his way up to assistant manager.
"I was a troubleshooter for the company," he grinned. "I was the guy the bosses put in a restaurant for six weeks or so to straighten out any problems inside. I did become a top-notch assistant, and I was prepared to run my own store.
"I was invited by the other store managers to a Providence Reds hockey game, and – based on what I saw – I thought, 'You know what? Management isn't for me!'"
He began collecting unemployment, or working odd jobs as a short-order cook and the like. When he wasn't, he adored keeping a journal, something he started doing immediately after his beloved grandmother, Frieda (Stricker) Thurber, died.
"That angst and confusion you have as a youngster and teen, you remember the crazy thoughts you had," he noted. "I enjoyed writing. I used to write skits about 'Crazy Guggenheim' and 'Joe the Bartender' from the 'Jackie Gleason Show.' I'd act them out, and the kids would laugh like heck.
"My teen-age years were slightly better because my mom realized she couldn't hit me," he continued. "I remember once, she went to strike me and I grabbed her arm. She said, 'Let go. You're hurting me.' I felt bad about holding her; I used to give her money from the route.
"When I was 19, I decided I was going to be a writer, and my plan was to get a journalism degree, but then I got married. I divorced 18 months later. Once again, I went back to working crap jobs. I was living on the East Side (of Providence) in a single room, and again went to work as a short-order cook just to pay expenses."
Thurber stuck with it, and – later – began composing short stories. Life hasn't been the same since, and for, most of it, he's truly thankful. He credits wife Colleen for that.
Amazing thing is, he had spent years at Tolman with her, but the two never had crossed paths.
"I went to watch a Celtics' game at a friend's house in 1980, and it was Colleen's cousin's," he laughed. "She was visiting from Pennsylvania, and she had been widowed at a very young age. Later that night, we went dancing, and we spent the night talking. I knew right away she was something really special."
The two married, and had a son named Sam. He's now 23 and a rather talented guitarist.
"He's a good boy, a great kid," Thurber said with pride. "He even helped me with the cover design on the front of the book. He was home-schooled and taught himself how to play.
"They're very respectful of what I do," he added. "Colleen was another who, early on in our relationship, said I'd be successful. She always knew my writing came first. Everyone knows what a selfish a------ I can be, but writing means the world to me. If I don't write, I feel like I'm not doing my job."
On the sad side, Thurber, slow but sure, is losing his eyesight. One night about six years ago, he noticed he had a blind spot in his left eye.
"I closed my right eye, and half the screen was gone," he mentioned. "I went to the R.I. Eye Institute in Providence, and the doctor told me I had wet macular degeneration. At that point, I thought I could deal because I could still see out of my right eye. My left eye, all the central vision now is gone. I can only see peripherally."
He underwent laser surgery in 2007, which stopped the degeneration for a couple of years, but now he's having problems with the other.
"I have a blind spot due to leakage, and that was because I took steroids to fight off another ailment," he said. "The doctors tell me they don't know, that sometimes degeneration can speed up, but I think they do know. Ninety percent of all blindness is from WMD."
As for "Paperboy," he admitted each character is dysfunctional.
"But it all goes back to the question 'What's considered normal?'" he asked. "We're all dysfunctional to some degree: The Little League coach who's a pedophile, the priest who fondles boys. It's a messy world out there, and the novel depicts a young boy coming of age. He learns the world is not a very kind place, especially when you're poor.
"He comes up against some very harsh realities," he added. "A dysfunctional, neglectful mother, an emotionally-disturbed sister. If there's a similarity to my life in it, it's a loving, nurturing grandmother. She was much more a nurturer than my mom.
"Another one, it's based in Pawtucket. I knew Pawtucket well, and what was happening in 1969. I delivered The Times there. I remember spitting off the Main Street bridge, we all did that. When I was writing, I pictured the river, the Slater Mill, the Times building, Dexter Street and Roosevelt Ave. Back then, it was really run down.
"It all occurs in the summer of '69. The end of the decade, which was tumultuous culturally, socially, economically, but it also was the end of hope. We lost John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Martin Luther King, the guys who were supposed to help us all. The whole nation was focused on the moon landing, and everyone seemed to think that would save us.
"Meanwhile, people in Pawtucket, and across the country, were living in poverty, had hard-scrabbled lives. Jack's all excited about man stepping on the moon, like it would change everything."
He read one of the final chapters regarding Jack's composition about Neil Armstrong's historical footprint, and others coming from Buzz Aldrin. He spoke about how those footprints, because there's no erosion, wind or rain, would last for 10 million years.
"Part of this novel's dysfunction is his digressions; it doesn't go where the reader expects it to," he said. "I'm happy with it. I'll tell you, I edited the crap out of it. The book the publishers originally accepted was 50,000 words, and I decided to add about 30,000 to it, so it's better than the original. When I saw the galleys, and that it was 262 pages, I was, like, Whoa! I thought it was going to be thin, but it's got some meat on it."
When asked if he still sees that old laughing man in his head, he chuckled, "No, because I feel like I'm here. Wow! I'm him!"
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Rescued Rabbit and Surprising Shame
Fritter, the bunny, was rescued after abandonment. His under-side was completely matted. The vet said that it was because he had been confined in a wet cage. Fritter was a trooper!
When he came to me he still had some matting around his private areas, even though my friends who took him in first had taken great care of him—some of it just had to grow out! I remember wondering about his personal hygiene. He seemed to avoid the mats in his fur, so I wondered if he would ever clean himself "down there." Over time he cleaned more and more of himself as the matted fur came off. Eventually, he would take great pride in his cleaning and grooming, really enjoying his whole body. I was so happy for him!
When I told the story to an insightful animal-loving pet owner yogi, I remember her compassionately commenting, "Isn't it something, that animals can have shame."
I said, "What?" And it wasn't just because she had spoken softly—my mind was being softly blown. It was also the way she said it. With such knowing and sadness… A world-weary and motherly understanding that seemed to come right from the center of the earth… My bunny had known not only cruelty and neglect, but he had also known shame.
And while I knew the word "shame" at the time (it was a few years ago), I had not a clue of what it really meant—even though I was unknowingly carrying a ton of it. So my bunny and my friend were the ones who gently brought my attention to the concept of shame, and how shame can work unconsciously through our actions to avoid pain whether you are lagomorph (order that includes rabbits) or human.
Having observed my bunny-teacher I might see it like this: Fritter had a delightful demeanor; he was always sweet, and never aggressive. So when he was uncomfortable he would simply enjoy everything else about his life that he could. He didn't worry his problem. Instead he enjoyed his food and petting and exploring and lots of chewing, chewing, and more chewing! And lo and behold (I remember going in for a very strategic bit of hair removal!) one day there was like the best gift that Fritter found! And from that day onward he took great joy and pride in taking care of his whole body, as well as continuing to enjoy all of his other joys, including his friend, Fawn who came into his life a little later…
So if I look to the tale of my bunny-sattva for wisdom, I think that Fritter would tell me not to worry the things in my life that might be preventing me from fuller joy and pride (like all of those crappy could-have and should-haves). He might say that these things will take care of themselves. In time it could be natural that I will revel more fully, actively engaging all parts of my being, even if I have seen myself (possibly incorrectly) as somewhat limited… He would tell me to do all the things I can do, and to enjoy everything I can. And to tear shit up! (He loved* doing that!)
* My beloved Fritter passed away this past summer.
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7 Responses to "Rescued Rabbit and Surprising Shame"
Bunny-sattva! Brillant. Lovingkindness.
Oh, Brooks. This one had me laughing and tearing up (and by tear I mean like, from the eye…not, apparently, like Fritter used to do).
so sweet. thank you.
thank you for this honest sharing,bunnysattva indeed.my mini daschund shows feelings of shame when infested with flees and guilt when smth goes "wrong"and refuses to get snack as well ,which is a giveaway of smth going "wrong" that i haven't noticed.we r blessed to have this critters to have in our lives and so fortunate that we can learn things from them that we need to discover about ourselves and show compassion and understanding,again thank u with tears and laughter
you are a wordsmith (bunny sattva!) and a terrific writer and human being. Love!
What a beautiful lesson your sweet friends taught you. My post tomorrow is all about loving all of our parts!!!! So I love the synchronicity of stopping by and reading this this evening.
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|Edward N. Claughton, Jr.
|Written by Karen Ventrone
|Monday, 09 September 2013 15:30
Edward N. Claughton Jr, one of early Miami's pioneers, died September 7, 2013 peacefully at home in North Carolina with family by his side. A distinguished businessman born July 27, 1927, Claughton was a prominent real estate developer who engineered some of Miami's most notable land deals. Claughton, husband and father of three was also a civic minded contributor to many community organizations and founding member of several clubs and business associations.
Known for his magic tricks and passion for entertaining children and families every 4th of July at his Silver Sands motel on Key Biscayne, Claughton's zeal for life was evident. "He was a character" says son, Edward "Chip" Claughton III. Ed Jr. orchestrated the annual coin toss and greased watermelon pool games at Silver Sands every summer. The Silver Sands served as the backdrop for many families' memories including the Claughtons. A once popular Miami hotspot known for the Eagle's Nest bar and a restaurant with water that would cascade down the windows with the flick of a switch, the Silver Sands was but just one of many business ventures engineered by Claughton.
Son of Edward Sr. and Lilian Corbett, Edward Claughton Jr. graduated from Miami Senior High, Class of 1945 and went on to join the U.S. Navy, working on a minesweeper for 2 years. Graduating with a B.A. from Duke University in 1950, Claughton then obtained his law degree from the University of Florida Law School in 1953. From 1953-1965 Claughton served as a U.S. Air Force Reservist, 2nd Lieutenant.
After graduating from law school he joined the family business, Claughton Theaters, a chain of movie theaters in Miami subsequently bought out by Wometco. He then served on the Board of Directors for Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad as the youngest of the group, often becoming so nervous at the board meetings in a "room full of old guys he would get sick to his stomach" says wife, Lois.
His most notable accomplishment is perhaps Claughton Island, on which today sits the development known as Brickell Key. Claughton contended, in court, that it wasn't just the land above the water that was being purchased, it was the land below as well. His successful argument led to building the island's bulkhead and installing a bridge which now sits at the end of Southwest 8th street off Brickell Avenue in Miami.
Over the years, Claughton sold parcels of the island to Swire Properties and also negotiated a complex land swap in order to acquire Hound Ears Club, a private golf resort in North Carolina.
Several parcels of land in downtown Miami were once owned by Claughton including the old Urmey Hotel. Once famous among those who worked in downtown as the after work gathering place, the Urmey was the site where Claughton once delivered a baby for a hotel guest.
Claughton moved to Hound Ears in 1988 with wife Lois whom he married in 1976. Lois and Ed led a life of adventure and compassion for others. Lois recalls the stories of Ed's capers including the one when he and friends Lester Johnson, Tom Guyton and Fred Kirtland dressed up as waiters on a boat charted for the Apollo 11 astronauts and Vice President Spiro Agnew in celebration of the upcoming launch. Claughton took on the role of head bartender and served the V.P. and Apollo astronauts only to convince the actual crew of the boat to let him stay on overnight to see the launch the following day.
Ed was a compassionate person, often stopping to greet anyone and everyone around him. No matter who it was or where they came from, Claughton paid people attention. He would light up the room. From the busboy in the restaurant to President Reagan whom he entertained to Spiro Agnew who once stayed in his home, Claughton was a people person.
Adored by his employees, he was considered a great boss and friend by those who worked for him. John Kilby, hired in 1972 as general manager of the Silver Sands, said "Mr. Claughton was a generous and kind man and, as we would say in England, 'a Hail fellow, well met'. He had a personality, a real presence about him; the best boss I have had in my working life".
Claughton knew just about every employee in Hounds Ears and considered each a friend, stopping to greet them throughout the day. He would often stop his round of golf to walk over and say hi to the greens keepers, knowing the details of each one's family.
Claughton's commitment to his faith and the community was strong, serving as a Deacon at Granada Presbyterian Church in Coral Gables from 1972-1977. He was the President of the American Cancer Society in 1962 and sat on its Board of Directors from 1961-1988. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Brickell Area Association, Baptist Hospital, Junior Achievement of Miami, Miami Kiwanis Club, United Fund, United States Business & Industrial Council and the University of Miami Citizens Board. He also served on the Dade County Citizens Safety Council, Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce, Governor's Advisory Committee, State-Wide Anti-Crime Task Force and the Orange Bowl Committee. Claughton was a founding member of the University Club, Coral Reef Yacht Club and the Elk River Club in North Carolina, serving as its first President.
Claughton will be sorely missed by many, especially his wife and family. He is survived by wife Lois, daughters Lee Taylor and Jeanie Claughton, son Edward III, grandchildren Edward N. Claughton IV, Wyatt Claughton, Caroline Claughton, Charles Hyatt, Priscilla Hyatt, sister Suzanne Schmidt, son-in-law Russ Taylor, daughters-in-law Kelly Claughton and Marjorie Hyatt and many nieces and nephews.
Mr. Claughton was preceded in death by his parents Edward Claughton, Sr. and Lillian Corbett Claughton, and one son Charles G. "Chuck" Hyatt.
Funeral services for Edward N. Claughton, Jr. will be conducted Tuesday afternoon, September 10, 2013, at 2 pm, at the First Presbyterian Church of Boone, North Carolina. The body will lie in state, at the church, from 1:00 until 2:00 o'clock. Officiating will be Reverend Joel Long and Reverend Jacob Willis. Burial will follow in Mount Lawn Memorial Park and Gardens.
A reception will follow the graveside service at the Hound Ears Club.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Western Carolina Chapter, 3800 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28215-3220.
Condolences may be sent to: Lois Claughton, Care of Hound Ears Club, PO Box 188 Blowing Rock, North Carolina, 28605, or online at www.hamptonfuneralnc.com.
Hampton Funeral and Cremation Service, in Boone, North Carolina, is in charge of arrangements.
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NORMAN — Asked whether he could use a two-quarterback system to start the season, Bob Stoops resorted to quoting movie lines from a juvenile comedy.
Oklahoma football: QB platoon appears to be a last resort
"What do they say? Never say never and there's always a chance," Stoops said Tuesday. "Even what's his name in "Dumb and Dumber," he had a chance. It was one in a million, but he did have a chance."
The Sooners have used some sort of a two-quarterback system the past two years, with the Belldozer in short-yardage and red-zone situations. But this year, with Blake Bell and Trevor Knight battling for the starting quarterback spot with less than two weeks to go until the opener, Stoops seems to be only leaving open the possibility in case drastic measures are needed.
Anytime he's been asked about the possibility of playing both Bell and Knight in any significant way, he's had a similar non-answer answer.
Stoops did shoot down reports that Knight had already been named the starter for the Aug. 31 opener against Louisiana-Monroe.
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Jon Greenberg, February 11, 2013
The previous time the National Hockey League instituted a lockout, the league gave up an entire season and when it returned, prices dropped significantly across the league.
This lockout resulted in a 3 1/2 month delay in the season and ticket prices went up across the league, resulting in a 5.7 percent increase in the average season ticket to $61.01, according to Team Marketing Report's 2013 Fan Cost Index TM.
The Fan Cost Index (TM) average, the price to take a family of
four to a game, is $354.82, a 7.9 percent increase from last
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The exclusive Fan Cost Index gives a representative look at
the cost of taking a family of four to a hockey game.
The FCI comprises the price of four general (not premium)
season tickets, two small draft beers, four small soft drinks, four regular-sized hot dogs, parking for one car, two game programs and two adult-sized caps.
Premium tickets (club seats or tickets with extra amenities as determined by the individual teams) are listed in a separate category.
Season ticket packages went out as normal as the league expected a lengthy lockout, and many teams offered fans, specifically season ticket holders, deals on merchandise and
concessions once the schedule began in January.
Still, the average ticket price has gone up about 50 percent
since the sport's last lockout.
In 2005, after the league took a year off due to labor strife, the average season ticket went down 7.5 percent to $41.19 and 22 teams showed decreases according to Team Marketing Report's 2005 NHL FCI. (The lost 2004-05 season had an FCI as well, and showed a 0.3 percent increase from the previous season.)
This season, as the league hurries through a 48-game season, 19 teams showed increases of more than 1 percent and only three teams showed decreases.
Nine teams showed double-digit percentage increases, led by the Buffalo Sabres' 26.7 percent increase to $46.15, which is still the seventh-lowest price.
Part of the league's overall confidence in retaining customers is due to the booming popularity of the sport. Last season, ticket prices were up 5.4 percent (only two teams showed decreases) and that was coming off a 4.4 percent increase the season before.
Attendance went up 1.8 percent last season and early results from the 2013 season are overwhelmingly positive. Of course, season ticket owners are paying less for their packages with only 24 home games and no preseason games.
This isn't the biggest increase in NHL labor stoppage history, however. The 1994-95 NHL season also played a 48-game schedule, starting in mid-January, and the average ticket price went up 13.6 percent to $33.66. The following season, prices went up another 6.2 percent.
In recent years, other leagues were more conservative with price increases following a lockout, or a threatened lockout in the case of the NFL in 2011. The NFL only had a 1.1 percentage increase in 2011 ($77.36), with 19 teams either keeping prices flat or raising them less than one percent.
Last season, the NBA lost 16 games and as a league only raised prices by an average of 1.7 percent ($48.48).
In 1995, Major League Baseball teams only raised ticket prices by 1.6 percent following the players' strike, the lowest percentage increase in FCI history at that point, to $10.65.
Last year's Stanley Cup champions, the Los Angeles Kings, had an 18.2 percent increase to $61.36.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are one of the few teams to keep prices stagnant, but they are still easily the most-expensive ticket at $124.69 (all prices are in U.S. dollars), and have the most expensive Fan Cost Index price at $631.15.
The Winnipeg Jets have the second-highest price, according to TMR research, at $97.84, while the Canucks were third at $87.38.
The cheapest average NHL ticket belongs to the Dallas Stars at $36.09, a 1.2 percent increase from last season.
The Phoenix Coyotes have the cheapest FCI total at $253.80. The Coyotes, who are currently looking for a new owner, were last in attendance in two of the previous three seasons.
The average beer is up to $7.07, just one cent cheaper than the average NBA beer, according to the 2012-13 NBA FCI.
Many teams have fully embraced the all-you-can-eat premium club/seat model. In Ottawa, for example, there are two food-inclusive programs, according to Chris Atack, sales manager for the team, the Dodge Club and The Ledge.
The Dodge Club has a $100 (CDN) net price,
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My brother recently returned to the States from South Korea where he spent 3 year teaching English classes to Korean children. He brought with him stories of the Korean culture and a few recipes. He gave me this pickle recipe and we gave it a try. I have never canned or made anything like this in a sealed jar so I might have skipped a step in sterilizing the jar. So far we haven't gotten sick from them and they taste more like a bread and butter pickle, as the recipe doesn't call for dill. I am now interested in trying to make kosher dill pickles since these were so easy.
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1/2 cup sugar (125cc)
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1 Tbsp Pickle spice
2 cucumbers, cut in wedges
1/4th onion, in chunks
1 stalk celery, I sliced it into 1 inch pieces
3 whole, peeled garlic cloves
1/4 whole lemon, sliced
Combine first 5 ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Add cucumbers and remaining vegetables into a jar and pour the liquid into the jar. Seal the jar and let sit overnight.
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There's never any event so tragic that someone, somewhere won't find humor in it, but I always find it interesting how some events seem to require more passing of time before people joke about them, while others are made the subject of humor right away. South Park touched on this with the "Jared has Aides" episode, announcing it was now okay to make fun of AIDS because it had been around for over twenty years. How long until jokes about 9/11 become the norm? It seems weird to think about, but tragedies like the Titanic and the Hindenburg have become punchlines in the modern age, so it seems naive to believe that future generations won't do the same with events from our era.


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This is a common question (How to keep my big breasts after weight loss?) that I get. Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do, because selective weight loss is not possible. I mean we all would love to lose weight just in the tummy region but not in the face (where wrinkles appear after weight loss) but the body does not do that. As we lower calorie consumption, fat loss happens everywhere, including the breasts, which are essentially all fat tissue.
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The GCB program is designed to provide mentorship and develop skills that will produce independent research scientist in the field of genomics and computational biology.
It is the responsibility of the advisor and the thesis committee to evaluate the scientific quality and importance of the student's work and to decide at which point the student will receive permission to write the thesis. It is expected that the body of work accomplished is relevant and important to the scientific community. This criterion can be met by having at least two first author papers published or "in press" in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Our program is highly interdisciplinary and it is expected that while some students will gain a balanced training in experimental, computational, and statistical areas, others may master a specific field (in genomic or computational biology) but, at the same time, develop competence in the other areas. In other words, a student with a strong background in one area (genomics or computational biology) should develop skills that will facilitate productive interactions with investigators in other fields.
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Committee composition. The student should work closely with his or her advisor(s) on the composition of the Thesis Committee. The committee must include the advisor/co-advisors, a Chair, and at least three other members, one of whom must be external to Penn/CHOP/Wistar. Students should aim for diversity of field of expertise and gender in their committee. Once the committee members are selected, they must be approved by the Graduate Group Chair.
Scheduling. The first Committee meeting should take place by the end of the December after the student passes the Candidacy Examination. Subsequently, the Thesis Committee should meet at least once per year to review progress and make plans for the coming year. These meetings typically take place in the Spring semester. As the Thesis nears completion, it is often desirable to meet at shorter intervals.
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Meeting Report. The Chair of this Committee will provide a brief written report, using the Thesis Committee Meeting Evaluation Form, summarizing the results of each meeting. This form should be filled out at the end of each Committee Meeting, reviewed with the student and then provided to the coordinator. If Permission to Write was granted, the Advisor and Chair will sign a separate form and give it to the coordinator.
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Before beginning the process of writing and defending his/her thesis, the student must convince the thesis committee that thesis research is substantially finished and that the thesis is ready to be written. If the committee agrees that the experimental work is sufficiently complete and defensible, the "Permission to Write" form must be signed by the committee chair and thesis advisor and returned to the Graduate Group Office. The committee should also agree on a time line that includes an approximate date for the defense. This is necessary to ensure that a time convenient for all committee members can be arranged and that an appropriate room can be scheduled.
The written document must conform to the dissertation rules of the University (see the Dissertation Manual issued by the Office of Graduate Studies). The mentor must be satisfied with the written document before it is distributed to the committee. A draft of the thesis must be presented to each committee member and the GCB office no later than two weeks prior to the scheduled defense. Failure to do this may result in cancellation of the scheduled thesis defense.
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The thesis presentation will take the form of a public lecture. The lecture should be scheduled well in advance so that a time convenient to the entire committee can be found and notices can be sent to the faculty and student membership. The Graduate Group Office needs to know the defense date, title of the thesis and place and time of the defense at least three weeks in advance. The Graduate Group Office will then send a public notice to the University community advertising the thesis defense. The Graduate Group Office is responsible for the forms which are required after the thesis defense.
Every effort should be made to have the full four-member thesis committee present at the thesis defense. If a thesis committee member cannot be present at the defense, he/she may provide to the committee chair approval of and/or comments concerning the thesis prior to the defense. If that is not possible, the student is responsible for finding a substitute committee member, with the approval of their program chair. Following general questioning during the public phase of the presentation, the thesis defense will commence. The defense is open only to the thesis committee and mentor. The decision on approval of the thesis will be made solely by a majority vote of the committee. The student should anticipate that the committee may require changes to the thesis that could include additional writing, editing and re-evaluation of data. Such changes must then be approved by the committee before the thesis is deposited. For this reason, it is imperative that thesis defenses be scheduled no later than two weeks before the University deadline for depositing theses.
Before a student makes the appointment to deposit the thesis, the student must provide the Graduate Group Office with a copy of the abstract page, an original signed copy of the title page, and a mailing or email address where the student can be reached after graduation. The Graduate Group Office will then provide the student with a signed 153 form, which must accompany the dissertation to the Graduate Division of Arts and Sciences (GAS).
Graduation Procedures
The Graduate Division of Arts and Sciences sets three graduation dates each year in May, August, and December. A formal commencement ceremony is held in May. The Graduate Group Office will distribute a calendar for each degree period, giving the deadlines for signing up for graduation, and for defending and depositing the thesis. If a student is not able to graduate after they have signed up, they must re-apply for the next degree period. The graduate Group Office will guide students through the thesis submission and graduation scheduling.
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University rules govern the time a graduate student may take to complete requirements for the Ph.D. In GCB, after initial certification that the student has passed all course work and required preliminary exam(s), the student will have five years to complete: 1. the thesis, 2. the thesis defense, and 3. submission of approved thesis. Students who have not completed all three requirements within 5 years of first registering for dissertation tuition, will cease to be Ph.D. candidates unless they pass a Recertification Exam.