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Volume 36, Issue 6, June 2009
- Therapy Continuing Education Course: Room 211A
- CE ‐ Therapy: Biological/Clinical Outcome Models in RT Planning
MO‐B‐211A‐01: Biological/Clinical Outcomes Models in Radiation Therapy Planning36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182197View Description Hide Description
Radiation therapy must strike a balance between clinically acceptable tumorcontrol probability (TCP) and normal tissue complication probability (NTCP). Typical treatments expose several normal organs to incidental dose with an associated risk of a variety of radiation‐induced complications, each of which may depend differently on the spatial and temporal dose distribution. Dose/volume effects, wherein the 'iso‐complication dose' increases if the irradiated volume fraction decreases, are particularly important in designing and evaluating treatment plans. These effects are pronounced for some complications and weak for others. The classic "Emami" paper of 1991 summarized guidelines based on decades of clinical experience derived from the simple beam arrangements of the 2‐dimensional planning era when discrete parts of normal tissues typically received uniform doses at conventional fractionation schedules (partial organ irradiation). More recently, 3‐dimensional planning (including IMRT) has led to more conformal distributions with superior patient‐specific dosimetric information. Three‐dimensionl techniques have also encouraged treatment to higher doses and exposed normal tissues to a more variable and inhomogeneous range of dose distributions and fraction sizes. These complex relationships are often summarized in dose‐volume histograms (DVH).
Depending on the suspected volume effect, treatment planners use various DVH‐based metrics to estimate complication risks. These include single DVH points (e.g. maximum dose or percent or absolute volume above a dose cut‐point), combinations of such points, generalized equivalent uniform dose (including mean dose) and models (e.g. Lyman model). Co‐morbidities, chemotherapies and other medical factors may also need to be considered. We will describe commonly used evaluation metrics, some of which date back to the early 1990's and others from more recent publications or in‐house experience.
The current metrics used to evaluate normal tissue DVHs are sub‐optimal. Under the QUANTEC (Quantitative Analysis of Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic) initiative, a project that is jointly funded by AAPM and ASTRO, approximately 60 physicists and physicians have critically surveyed the NTCP literature. Their updated consensus guidelines will be published in the near future. Some of their preliminary findings will be discussed here (check the proffered sessions for other presentations).
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the general features of the volume effect as applied to NTCP.
2. Be familiar with the dose/volume metrics commonly used for complications risk estimation in treatment planning.
3. Understand some of the difficulties in determining reliable dosimetric predictors of normal tissue complications.
MO‐B‐211A‐02: Biological/Clinical Outcomes Models in Radiation Therapy Planning — (Equivalent Uniform Dose (EUD) and Tumor Control Probability (TCP))36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182198View Description Hide Description
Designing radiation treatments is a difficult and complex art. Many considerations must be balanced to arrive at a satisfactory plan of treatment. Most of the tools and criteria that have been applied to designing radiation treatment plans involve constraints on the dose delivered to selected regions within the patient. These criteria indeed parallel some of those used by clinicians in evaluating plans. However, on the one hand, dose criteria are at best surrogates for biological considerations and, on the other hand, the criteria used have ignored a number of important considerations employed by therapists — not least of which is the assessment of non‐uniform irradiation of organs and tissues. These considerations have led to an interest in developing quantitative models that attempt to predict the likely biological or clinical response of organs and tissues to any arbitrary pattern of irradiation. The need to assess inhomogeneous dose distributions comes from two sources. First, even if the goal is to achieve uniform irradiation of the target volume, any scheme which is used in an automated procedure must be able to evaluate a non‐uniform pattern of irradiation, if only to ensure that, by giving it a low score, a more uniform dose distribution will be preferred. It is also possible that a somewhat non‐uniform target volume irradiation may lead to an overall more satisfactory plan than one in which there is an entirely uniform target coverage but which is associated with a higher dose to an adjacent critical organ. The second reason to assess inhomogeneous dose distributions is that these are the norm when it comes to the normal tissues outside the target volume — and there is thought to be a sometimes quite strong volume dependence of normal tissue tolerance of which clinicians wish to take advantage.
It is intuitively logical that, for any inhomogeneous dose distribution delivered to a volume of interest according to a certain fractionation scheme, there exists a unique uniform dose distribution delivered in the same number of fractions, over the same total time, which causes the same radiobiological effect. The important feature of this equivalent dose distribution would be its uniformity, which allows one to use a single number to describe the entire VOI dose distribution. This observation led to developing a concept of Equivalent Uniform Dose (EUD).
Models of EUD and models of tissue response to radiation can be classified into two broad categories. One category includes mechanistic models developed based on our best understanding of the underlying biological processes. The second category includes phenomenological models based on the observed phenomena and general laws governing these phenomena. Although these two categories are based on quite different philosophical approaches, they offer complimentary views. Both categories of models and their applications will be presented during the course.
The objectives of this course are:
1. To discuss the importance of biological considerations in treatment planning.
2. To present mechanistic and phenomenological approaches to modeling tissue/organ response to radiotherapy.
- CE ‐ Therapy: Digital Tomosynthesis
TH‐A‐211A‐01: Digital Tomosynthesis for Target Localization36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182588View Description Hide Description
Any deviation between treated and planned volumes for 3‐D conformal therapy, such as IMRT, may cause an adverse clinical outcome. It is therefore critical to minimize all potential deviations using an on‐board (or real‐time) imaging procedure immediately prior to radiation delivery. At present, conventional 2‐D radiographicimaging and state‐of‐the‐art 3‐D cone‐beam CT(CBCT) are typically employed for treatment verification. However, 2‐D radiographic verification is mainly based on bony structures and/or implanted fiducials, and is sub‐optimal for soft‐tissue targets. While on‐board CBCT can provide 3‐D soft tissue information, it has three potential limitations: 1) The acquisition time is limited to a minimum of 60 seconds (≈15 breathing cycles) for on‐board CBCT, making single breath‐hold imaging impractical for organs which exhibit respiratory motion; 2) 360° mechanical clearance for CBCT acquisition may limit the use of CBCT for large patients, those with tumors at peripheral locations (e.g. breast), or those with substantial immobilization or support devices; 3) A high radiationdose (2–9 cGy) is delivered to the imaged volume with current imaging techniques, which is undesirable for daily imaging and may be a particular problem for those who are at high risk of developing second malignancies. To overcome these limitations, innovative digital tomosynthesis (DTS) imaging technologies are being developed for 3‐D and 4‐D target localization.
Although DTS technology has been used for digital chest and mammography, its use in target localization is new. DTS only requires limited gantry rotation (e.g., a scan angle of 40° or less) to reconstruct 3‐D anatomic information. Thus, imaging time and dose are substantially reduced compared to CBCT, making breath‐hold DTS a simple solution for daily imaging of moving organs. 4‐D DTS can also be generated much faster than 4‐D CBCT, which is desirable for on‐board 4‐D tomographic imaging. Further, the reduced mechanical clearance needed for DTS makes it more widely applicable than CBCT. At present, limited information has been published regarding the fundamentals of DTS for target localization, and/or preliminary clinical DTS localization results. The purpose of this presentation is to provide updated information about these topics, including the following objectives:
1. To understand the technical challenges and clinical potentials of using DTS technologies for target localization in radiation therapy
2. To understand the latest developments in DTS reconstruction and registration methods
3. To understand the clinical feasibility and efficacy of kV DTS compared to kV CBCT
4. To learn about the latest developments in MV DTS and brachytherapy DTS applications
Work is partially supported by grants from NIH, Varian Medical Systems, and GE Health Care.
- CE ‐ Therapy: MRI — Imaging, Planning and Assessment
WE‐B‐211A‐01: Strengths and Limitations of Anatomical and Spectroscopic MRI in Radiation Oncology Treatment Planning36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182451View Description Hide Description
Magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) is playing an increasingly important role in radiation oncologytreatment planning. As compared to computed tomography(CT),MRI provides excellent soft tissuecontrast making it ideal for imagingbraintumors. Other anatomical sites (e.g., prostate, pelvis, head and neck, extremities, abdomen, etc.) also benefit from the soft tissuecontrast provided by MRI, but are limited by difficulties in reproducing CT patient positioning in the MRI as well as geometric distortions introduced within the MRI datasets. These issues will be described, along with techniques for their minimization and quantification. MRI is also a powerful and non‐invasive imaging modality to assess tissue motion, caused by a host of physiological processes (respiration, peristalsis, bladder and/or rectal filling, etc.). Clinical approaches to using MRI for motion management will be described.
In addition to morphological imaging,magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging(MRSI) provides a non‐invasive spatial mapping of abnormal tumor metabolism. This information may provide critically relevant assessment of the presence and extent of tumor activity, which may be substantially different from those considered to contain tumor based on T1 and T2 imaging. Many uncertainties remain: geometric and quantification accuracy of the acquired MRSI data due to magnetic field imperfections, lack of adequate anatomical details with MRSIimages for registration with planning CT, and lacking essential DICOM objects hamper the incorporation of MRSI information into the treatment planning process. Clinical approaches to using MRSI for tumor target delineation will also be described.
This lecture will outline the indications for MRI in radiation oncologytreatment planning for both external beam and brachytherapy. Examples are provided for many anatomical sites, along registration of MRI datasets with PET/CT. Approaches that can be used to validate MRI applications will be provided, along with a description of the current limitations.
Learning Objectives:
1. Widespread applications of MRI in radiation oncologytreatment planning
2. Assessment of geometric distortion when MRI is utilized as one of several imaging modalities: reproducibility of patient setup and image distortion
3. Application of MRI to quantify and validate motion management models
4. Review obstacles to clinical utilization of magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging(MRSI)
Research sponsored by Siemens Medical Solutions
WE‐B‐211A‐02: Development of Therapy Response Models Based Upon Functional MRI36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182452View Description Hide Description
The potential clinical value of in vivo functional and physiological MR imaging for assessment of therapeutic response has been explored in recent years. Such imaging may provide early prediction for treatment outcomes including local tumor control as well as normal tissue complications with greater predictive power compared to conventional clinical assessment methods and related anatomic imaging. The advantage of early assessment is to allow for re‐optimizing individual patients' treatment plans, including decisions of total dose, modifying risks of critical normal tissue, and optimizing use of concomitant therapies. A response model, e.g., predicting tumor or normal tissue response to doses based upon functional imaging biomarkers, can aid in clinical decision‐making. The volumetric data presented in both image‐derived metrics as well as local dose appear to provide a significant wealth of information. Care must be taken, however, to understand the limits of input data from which the model is developed.
This lecture will provide an overview on how to use functional imaging to develop a response model for individualized therapy. The limitations of these techniques will also be discussed.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand functional imaging as a biomarker for therapy response;
2. Understand influence of imaging parameters and image quality on quantitative metrics and uncertainty in the response model.
3. Understand clinical applications and limitations.
- CE ‐ Therapy: Margins in Radiotherapy
TU‐A‐211A‐01: Margins in Radiation Therapy36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182306View Description Hide Description
Conformal radiation therapy has historically used margins to account for geometrical uncertainties in the position of a target volume. The margins, in their simplest form, are simply expansions to the diameter of a treatment beam, to ensure that dosimetric planning criteria are met in the presence of inter‐ and intra‐fraction setup variations. Historically, the size of the margin in a given treatment site was difficult to determine due to the available technology and the time and effort required to obtaining accurate data. Consequently, margins were estimated to accommodate a population of patients. As new technologies have emerged, target volume position errors have become easier to measure, their accuracy has increased, and the measurements can be made much more frequently. As the quantity and quality of data has increased for patient populations, and even for individual patients, the conceptual basis of employing margins has evolved. Strategies for ensuring dosimetric coverage may now be individualized to a specific patient's geometric uncertainty characteristics with customized margins, or they may incorporate geometric correction based on predefined action levels. Other strategies may incorporate continuous monitoring to gate or modify the beam. And finally, other strategies seek to eliminate margins by including the estimated geometrical uncertainty into the development of the dose distribution.
Learning Objectives:
1. To provide an educational review of the technologies and methods of measuring target volume positioning errors.
2. To review methods of determining population margins from measured data.
3. To review corrective and intervention strategies for patients with individualized margins.
4. To review planning strategies which seek to eliminate margins.
- CE ‐ Therapy: New Measurement Dosimetry — New Developments
WE‐A‐211A‐01: New Dosimetry Measurements — New Developments36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182442View Description Hide Description
Image‐guidedintensity modulated radiation therapydeliveries are becoming increasingly complex and their verification involves dosimetry measurements in situations that are no longer covered by reference dosimetry protocols or relative dosimetry procedures with simple corrections. These beams are generated as part of intensity modulation (IMRT),stereotactic radiosurgery(SRS), cyber‐knife and gamma‐knife deliveries and involve the use of extremely small fields in order of few millimeters. In this era of joint imaging‐therapy developments, accurate dosimetry techniques are sometimes trivialized and important effects not understood or ignored.
This presentation consists of three parts: the first part revisits the guiding principles of measurement dosimetry in standard and nonstandard conditions, definitions of detectors and phantoms, reference dosimetry of conventional beams and also discusses the new developments in reference dosimetry of nonstandard beams. The second part of the presentation concentrates on practical aspects of relative dose measurements with the goal to generate 3D distributions as well as integrated measurements and derived quantities. The third part concentrates on a discussion of relative dosimetry in narrow fields and deals with the choices of possible radiation detectors, the difficulties and possible solutions to measurements in disequilibrium situations created by this era's narrow photon fields.
Learning Objectives
1. To understand the principles of clinical measurement dosimetry and applicability to standard and nonstandard beams;
2. To understand standard clinical reference dosimetry techniques and be exposed to some of the new developments in reference dosimetry in nonstandard beam configurations;
3. To get an overview of practical aspects of relative dosimetry techniques for the purpose of 3D dose distributions in standard fields, small photon fields and buil‐up regions;
4. To be aware of the complications of measurements and detector choices in electronic disequilibrium situations created by small photon fields.
- CE ‐ Therapy: Pediatric Radiation Planning and Delivery
MO‐A‐211A‐01: Pediatric Radiotherapy Treatment Planning and Delivery36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182191View Description Hide Description
Most Medical Physicists working in radiotherapy departments see few pediatric patients. This is because, fortunately, children get cancer at a rate about 30 times lower than adults. Children have not smoked, abused alcohol, or been exposed to environmental carcinogens for decades, and of course, have not fallen victim to the aging process. Children get very different cancers than adults. Breast or prostate cancers, typical in adults, are rarely seen in children but instead a variety of tumors occur in children that are rarely seen in adults; examples are germinomas, ependymomas and primitive neuroectodermal tumors, which require treatment of the child's brain or neuroblastoma, requiring treatment in the abdomen. The treatment of children with cancer using radiation therapy is one of the most challenging planning and delivery problems facing the physicist. This is because bones, brain, breast tissue, and other organs are more sensitive in children than in adults while the required tumordose is frequently above 50 Gy. Because most therapy departments treat mostly adults, when the rare 8 year‐old patient comes to the department for treatment, the physicist may not understand the clinical issues of his disease which drive the planning and delivery decisions. There is a new set of dose constraints different from the adult patient, which, depending on the site of treatment, may require changing the routine beam arrangement for that site. Additionally, children are more prone than adults to developing secondary cancers after radiation. This fact has important implications for the choice of delivery techniques, especially when considering IMRT. For bilateral retinoblastoma, an irradiated child has a 50% chance of developing a second cancer by age 50.
In this presentation, an overview of childhood cancers and their corresponding treatment techniques will be given. These can be some of the most complex treatments that are delivered in the radiation therapy department. These cancers include Leukemia treated with total body irradiation, medulloblastoma, treated with craniospinal irradiation plus a conformal boost to the posterior fossa, neuroblastoma, requiring focal abdominal irradiation to avoid kidney, liver, and vertebral body damage, retinoblastoma, requiring treatment to an eye while minimizing dose to surrounding tissues, and a variety of other tumors which occur anywhere in the body. Case studies will be presented showing the treatment technique and resulting dosimetry, highlighting the objectives for tumor coverage and organ‐at‐risk sparing. Practical issues that have to be faced when treating children will also be discussed such as daily sedation and immobilization.
Finally, most children with cancer are treating within a clinical trial administered by the Children's Oncology Group. Examples of the protocol physics requirements will be discussed as well as the physicist's responsibility for providing data to the Quality Assurance Review Center.
The presenter is Chief of Physics at one of only two radiotherapy departments in the country that treat exclusively children (Chidlrens Hospital Los Angeles).
1. Improve understanding about childhood cancer and treatment with radiation
2. Understand treatment planning and delivery issues specific to children
3. Understand physicist responsibility for clinical trial participation
- CE ‐ Therapy: Treatment Planning of Complex Cases: Strategies and Tradeoffs
TU‐B‐211A‐01: Treatment Planning of Complex Cases: Strategies and Tradeoffs36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182313View Description Hide Description
The rapid increase in the complexity of treatment planning is a reflection of recent advances in the clinical technology. These include the use of multi‐modality and 4D imaging for planning, advanced treatment delivery and imaging capabilities available now on many linear accelerators.Intensity modulated radiotherapy(IMRT), already the most common form of treatment at some institutions, is increasingly being combined with other complex treatment capabilities such as respiratory monitoring or control, in‐room 2D or 3D imaging, or intra‐fractional patient motion monitoring.
Successful integration of any of these methods into the clinic relies on the increasing sophistication and ability of treatment planning staff to design and prepare not just the dose distribution but all data and images required for treatment. Although IMRT optimization and leaf sequencing algorithms are fairly mature, confidently identifying an "optimum" plan and appropriately evaluating the normal tissue and target trade‐offs can still be difficult and time consuming particularly for complex cases. Complex treatment procedures such as image‐guided treatment or respiratory monitoring can present a substantial challenge in terms of the effort required to manage, evaluate and appropriately use the many image sets acquired during planning and treatment. Dose escalation protocols and stereotactic body radiosurgery programs are being initiated at more institutions. Each of these demands a careful evaluation of initial and daily patient preparation and setup and a thorough understanding of the uncertainties associated with planning and treatment.
This course will focus on strategies and techniques for coping with some of the more complex planning issues that arise in today's technology‐intensive department on all stages, from planning image acquisition to dose delivery.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the trade‐offs in IMRT planning and the role of target/normal tissue geometry and beam geometry in creating IMRT plans
2. Understand the increasing role of treatment planning staff in the analysis, use and preparation of images for planning and treatment
3. Identify sources of inter‐ and intra‐fractional uncertainty and their impact on dose escalation and stereotactic body radiosurgery programs
- CE ‐ Therapy:Clinical Implementation of Respiration Motion Correlated Imaging, Treatment Planning and Delivery
TH‐B‐211A‐01: Practical Considerations for Respiratory Colarated CT Imaging and Target Volume Delineation36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182595View Description Hide Description
Accurate and conformal treatment of tumors in abdomen and thorax is challenging due to respiratory related motion. Respiratory corralled CTimaging combined with gated treatment delivery can improve both accuracy and conformality of delivered dose distributions. Implementation of respiratory correlated imaging and treatment delivery can be performed in multiple ways and understanding of different techniques and technical challenges is critical for efficient and safe clinical implementation. Formal recommendations for commissioning and clinical use of this technology is scarce. Inadequate evaluation and understanding of these systems can lead to significant treatment errors. This presentation deals with practical issues of respiratory correlated CTimaging and commissioning. Examples of some commonly seen image artifacts are also discussed. Furthermore, contouring based on respiratory correlated images is discussed, again with examples of some of potential pitfalls and artifacts. Education Objectives:1. Commissioning process for respiratory correlated CTimaging and delivery techniques.2. Use of respiratory correlated images for target delineation.3. Common image artifacts and contouring errors seen with respiratory correlated imaging.
TH‐B‐211A‐02: Clinical Implementation of Respiration Motion Correlated Imaging, Treatment Planning and Delivery36(2009); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3182596View Description Hide Description
Respiratory motion is a significant factor in determining a suitable planning target volume (PTV) that surrounds the demonstrable gross tumor volume (GTV) in the radiotherapy of mobile lesions. Historically, a "one‐size‐fits‐all" margin derived from population statistics has been employed to account for such motion. The advent of respiratory phase correlation (4D) and multi‐slice CT technology has enabled patient‐specific determination of both demonstrable tumor volume and its motion from a single imaging study. Management of such additional information during treatment planning and delivery however presents several challenges. Furthermore, guidelines for establishing clinical treatment planning and delivery protocols based on respiratory correlated imaging data differ from one institution to the other. The purpose of this presentation is to educate the community on the different respiratory correlated radiotherapy approaches currently available and compare the benefits and pitfalls in each case. Special focus will be on treatment planning,dose calculation and treatment delivery related issues.
After the course, the attendees should be able to:
1. Understand the different respiratory correlated treatment planning and delivery approaches
2. Compare the benefits and pitfalls of each of the above approaches
3. Develop and establish respiratory correlated imaging,treatment planning and
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my baby boy has been home for almost 2 weeks now, (he was born at 28 weeks).. with christmas just around the corner i want to go get his pictures taken with santa, but my mom doesn't think it is a good idea.. what do ya'll think.. i want to get them done so i can send pics to my son's grandma and aunt that lives in New York and this will be his first christmas.. so should i or shouldn't i get them done?? just want ya'll's input on it..
should i or shouldn't i?
Nope. I would not do it. Not with a 28 weeker. Heck, my ds was a 34 weeker and we didn't do it with him his first winter. It's just not worth the risk, esp since it sounds like your little one is still very young. Just remind yourself of the number of kids that Santa is touching each day. FAR too many germs.
Tanya, Mom to Allie 6/6/03 and Levi 4/3/05
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For me it would be a No. I just wouldn't take a chance -- like Tanya said, Santa is touching everybody (think of him as a petri dish for germs).
Ben 8/14/06 (32w5d), pPROM, IUGR, HELLP
Ethan 12/21/08 (37w4d) Yay, a "Termie"!
I wouldn't do it. Its too germy!!!
Amelia- Proud Mama to Carter Riley born: 6/18/08 at 29 wks, Max Grayson born: 8/14/10, and Finley Cait born: 12/28/11
I would not do it either.. Just fix something really cute in front of the tree or fix up something really cute with gifts and stocking and things like that at home.. I have to agree about santa being full of germs.. I will not be doing it either i will fix something at home this year.. We are going home on wednesday from the nicu..
KarlaMom to: Gavin Liam (stillborn at 26 weeks my angel in heaven 08-01-06) , Abigail Grace (26 weeker 09-05-08)Courtland Liam BOY 36 weeker Aug 31 09
Maybe you can sit on Santa's lap and hold your LO yourself. I'm sure that would make a cute picture as well.
I wouldn't do it. What I did for DD's first Christmas was take pics with her in a Christmas dress (it was still a little big on her) and printed them out at the store (walmart or something) with a decorative border. That's what I sent out to people.
Santa can wait until next year.
Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.
NOPE! we won't be doing it either. BUT my brother has a Santa suit and we will probably borrow it and do a picture with santa's hands/part of santa's arms holding our lil one. Also I am thinking about putting LO in a christmas stocking laying him on the floor on a nice red or green blanket,or have our old kids(8 and 9 holding him in their laps) so we will still have fun with the christmas pics this year but not go see a public santa. Omgosh like someone else mentioned ....... like a petri dish of germs. LOL
No I wouldn't do it either. My DS who was a 33 weeker didn't get Santa pics until this year at 16 months. Too many germs!
Last year I took DS's high chair and put it in front of the xmas tree and wrapped it in garland and took the picture! It looked like DS was IN the xmas tree.
I say get CREATIVE!!!
JACCI-Wife to Joe-Mommy to Darling (37wks) & Duke (33wks) & Kayleigh (35 wks) & J (35 wks)
Definitely not. If you REALLY want a Santa pic try to find someone who has a Santa suit and have your DH/SO dress up as Santa and take the pic yourself. It REALLY isn't worth the risk IMO.
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No, No, No. My daughter was born at 29 weeks. She did not leave the house (except for Dr. appointments). The hospital arranged a visiting nurse for the first few weeks. They stressed that it was imperative to keep her free and clear of germs.
I know you are excited and want to do all those mommy things with baby, however, ensure that you put the LOs health first.
Again, I will say no. At this stage, only being home for two weeks and this being RSV, Cold, Flu season, LO should not be in the mall, studio or any place else with germy people. LO should only be going out for Dr. Visits.
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8th March 2016Some of the world's most powerful figures tout the benefits of GMOs, writes Stacy Malkan, but what's the real story? Facts on the ground expose the PR spin, half truths and outright propaganda that has come to dominate a public conversation that is not so much about engineering genes, but engineering truth for the benefit of multinational corporations. more...
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7th March 2016The lead poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan is just the tip of a vast iceberg of lead contamination afflicting mainly urban black communities, writes Leif Fredrickson. A rigid 'race bar' on postwar suburban housing and mortgages left black families in inner cities, exposed to flaking lead paint in run down housing, leaded gasoline residues and lead pipework. Now is the time to correct this shocking historic injustice. more...
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Colin Todhunter
4th March 2016Agroecology is key to retaking control over food, farming and land from the 'monstrous machine' of agribusiness, biotech, big finance and 'free trade', writes Colin Todhunter, as it represents a truly viable alternative to agriculture for corporate profit. But such are the powers ranged against the world's small farmers that it must be supported by a broad-based, global people's movement. more...
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Felicity Arbuthnot
7th March 2016As if Iraq has not suffered enough under Saddam Hussein, the vicious UN sanctions regime, the US-UK occupation and the depradations of Daesh, a new threat looms that could kill a million people or more, and destroy Baghdad and a string of other cities along the Tigris river. The porous rocks beneath the Mosul dam are dissolving away and the entire edifice could collapse at any moment, releasing 11 cubic kilometres of water. more...
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Peter Walker, University of Oregon
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Linda Pentz Gunter
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Flint water crisis - will anyone be prosecuted?
Jane F. Barrett, University of Maryland
18th February 2016Amid the growing call for those guilty of causing Flint, Michigan's water crisis to be prosecuted, Jane F. Barrett finds little prospect of criminal charges under the Safe Drinking Water Act. But federal, state and common laws offer prosecutors a range of potential charges, from malfeasance, misfeasance and nonfeasance to involuntary manslaughter. more...
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George Wuerthner
12th February 2016The public interest is already derelicted by federal officials on the US's public lands routinely intimidated by aggressive local economic and political interests, writes George Wuerthner. And now it's only going to get worse, with media coverage of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge debacle uncritically promulgating the false narrative of over-zealous enforcement of regulations. more...
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As Yanks Fail to Pay A-Rod When Due, Is Settlement On Brew?
Alex Rodriquez roamed Washington DC's power corridors Wednesday (pictured), while his agents back home in New York drafted grievance papers against the Yankees for nonpayment of $6 million, due Friday.[i] A-Rod claims the sum as an agreed bonus for hitting his 660th home run on May 1, tying Willie Mays for fourth place on the all-time list. The Yanks say the bonus isn't due unless achieving the milestone is commercially marketable, which they signal it isn't, without saying why. A-Rod's advisors will challenge that conclusion as well as whether the team reached it in good faith, or as a pretext to avoid a sizable payday.[ii]
The outcome is uncertain. While both sides seem to agree that the sole test is whether the Yankees hold a good faith belief that the milestone is not commercially marketable, they may disagree about what those two concepts entail in this particular setting. When contract fights boil down to such disagreements over the contextual meaning of an abstract phrase, a good bet is that both sides will seek to settle rather than fight, as Michael McCann suggests might happen here.
The concept of commercial marketability is inherently elastic. Its meaning has ranged from simple readiness of an economic good or service for public sale or distribution to some reasonable prospect of achieving meaningful levels of sales or profits. In baseball, a player and his achievements have been recognized as such an economic entity whose identity and record translate into revenue and gain for players and teams alike. Broad standards like these leave a wide range of discretion in the party who gets to make the determination of commercial marketability. In this case, that party is the Yankees.
To constrain that discretion, the A-Rod/Yanks contract and general principles of contract law require that the Yankees exercise it in good faith. That means the team must make a determination based on information, experience and judgment about the prospects. They may weigh fan and media interest in home run races generally—the effects when number one Barry Bonds overtook number two Hank Aaron say—and probably would be constrained to consider other races A-Rod has been in, including his current quest for 3,000 hits. The team will heavily weight A-Rod's poor reputation among fans, given drug abuse and other blemishes; many baseball fans detest the tarnished player's run for records held by revered titans, like Willie Mays, the beloved "say-hey kid," or his Godson, Bonds.
Bob MacManaman argues that it is also relevant how A-Rod's recent performance contributes to the team's commercial success. The team is in first place thanks in part to A-Rod. But helping the team win does not automatically mean that home run milestones are commercially marketable. Yet the Yankees muffled the marketing by downplaying the quest. They omitted the home run derby from the list media should watch for, as Billy Witz reported for the New York Times. They have not explained why. In contrast, they stoke other A-Rod quests, including his impending 3,000th hit. To raise doubt about good faith, A-Rod will stress that he and the Yankees have no bonus agreement about 3000 hits and other A-Rod targets they are promoting while ignoring the one that triggers bonuses.
It remains a close call and both sides will thus appeal to the equities—as they have been in the media and on the field. The Yankees must worry about perceptions of even handedness. They do not want to alienate other current or prospective players, which is why owner Hal Steinbrenner stresses that the Yanks honor all their contracts.
A-Rod has to improve his profile to reinforce arguments about commercial marketability. That's why he has been so well-behaved during this episode. It may help explain why he spent Wednesday visiting with the Georgetown Hoyas in DC, though his enemies, like Phillip Bump, find it characteristically distasteful for A-Rod to be hanging out with DC's pols in the afternoon. All of this points to the prudence of settlement rather than arbitration, which is wasteful and risky.
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The objectives were briefly stated in a recent counterpunch article by Tariq Ali:
"It's now obvious to everyone that this is not a 'good' war designed to eliminate the opium trade, discrimination against women and everything bad -- apart from poverty, of course. So what is Nato doing in Afghanistan? Has this become a war to save Nato as an institution? Or is it more strategic, as was suggested in the spring 2005 issue of Nato Review:
The centre of gravity of power on this planet is moving inexorably eastward " The Asia-Pacific region brings much that is dynamic and positive to this world, but as yet the rapid change therein is neither stable nor embedded in stable institutions. Until this is achieved, it is the strategic responsibility of Europeans and North Americans, and the institutions they have built, to lead the way " security effectiveness in such a world is impossible without both legitimacy and capability." ("Short Cuts in Afghanistan", Tariq Ali, counterpunch)
President Barak Obama's speech at West Point was merely a reiteration of US original commitment to strengthen the loose confederation of warlords--many of who are either in the Afghan Parliament or hold high political office--to pacify nationalist elements, and to expand the war into Pakistan. Obama is just a cog in a much larger imperial wheel which moves forward with or without his impressive oratory skills. So far, he has been much more successful in concealing the real motives behind military escalation than his predecessor George W. Bush. It's doubtful that Obama could stop current operations even if he wanted to, and there is no evidence that he wants to.
The Pentagon has settled on a new counterinsurgency doctrine (COIN) which it intends to implement in Afghanistan. The program will integrate psyops, special forces, NGOs, psychologists, media, anthropologists, humanitarian agencies, public relations, reconstruction, and conventional forces to rout the Taliban, assert control over the South and the tribal areas, and to quash any indigenous resistance. Clandestine activity and unmanned drone attacks will increase, while a "civilian surge" will be launched to try to win hearts and minds in the densely populated areas. Militarily, the goal is to pit one ethnicity against the other, to incite civil war, and to split the country in smaller units that can be controlled by warlords working with Washington. Where agricultural specialists, educators, engineers, lawyers, relief agencies and NGOs can be used, they will be. Where results depend on the application of extreme violence; it will also be...unsparingly. This is the plan going forward, a plan designed for conquest, subjugation and resource-stripping. Here is an excerpt from Zoltan Grossman's article in counterpunch "Afghanistan: The Roach Motel of Empires" which details the balkenization strategy:
"We are arming and financing the same vicious men (the Northern Alliance) who brought fundamentalism to Kabul in the first place....Like the Soviets, the Americans do not understand that the insurgency is driven not only by Islamist fundamentalism, but also by ethnic nationalism. In the case of the Taliban, they are representing the grievances of the Pashtuns who have seen the artificial colonial "Durand Line" divide their homeland between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The best way to defuse the Taliban is to recognize the legitimacy of this historical grievance, and incorporate Pashtun civil society into both governments.
But instead of unifying the different ethnic regions of Afghanistan, the NATO occupation seems headed more toward a de facto partition of these regions. The foreign policy team that President Obama has assembled includes some of the same figures who advocated the ethnic-sectarian partition of Yugoslavia and Iraq. Obama's Special Envoy to Af-Pak, Richard Holbrooke, authored the agreement that partioned Bosnia into Serb and Muslim-Croat republics in 1995, in effect rubberstamping the ethnic cleansing that had forcibly removed populations during a three-year civil war. He also turned a blind eye when Serb civilians were expelled from Croatia the same year, and from Kosovo in 1999.
President Karzai recently instituted a series of laws on women in Shia communities, causing an outcry from women's rights groups. Hardly unnoticed was his application of different legal standards to different sectarian territories--a sign of de facto (informal) partition. Various "peace" proposals have advocated ceding control of some Pashtun provinces to the Taliban. Far from bringing peace, such an ethnic-sectarian partition would exacerbate the violent "cleansing" of mixed territories to drive out those civilians who are not of the dominant group--the process that brought the "peace of the graveyard" to Bosnia, Kosovo, and much of Iraq." ( Zoltan Grossman, "Afghanistan: The Roach Motel of Empires" counterpunch)
If Grossman is correct, than Obama's professed commitment to Afghan liberation merely masks a vicious counterinsurgency strategy that will ethnically cleanse areas in the south while driving tens of thousands of innocent people from their homes. This is essentially what took place in Baghdad during the so-called "surge"; over a million Sunnis were forced from the city by death squads and Shia militia under the watchful eye of US troops. US counterinsurgency wunderkind Gen Stanley McChrystal played a pivotal role in pacifying Iraq, which is why he was chosen by Obama to oversee military operations in Afghanistan. Here's a clip from an article by Ulrich Rippert "Europe backs Afghanistan strategy aimed at "regionalization"' on the World Socialist Web Site which provides more details on the plan to Balkenize Afghanistan:
"During his inaugural visit to Washington, new German defense secretary, Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg said it was necessary to put aside "the romantic idea of democratization of the whole country along the lines of the western model" and instead "transfer control of individual provinces step by step to the Afghan security forces."
The new strategy of "regionalization" is aimed at dividing Afghanistan into individual cantons--in a similar manner to what took place in Lebanon and the former Yugoslavia. Up to now the US-NATO occupation supported the government of Hamid Karzai and sold the process to the public as "democratization". However, occupation forces are moving increasingly to hand over power directly to regional warlords and their militias--on the assumption that such regional forces will follow the orders of their imperial masters. As soon as there is no more danger in a specific province, Guttenberg declared, then the international troops should be withdrawn from that area." (Ulrich Rippert "Europe backs Afghanistan strategy aimed at "regionalization"', World Socialist Web Site)
Obama's escalation is not aimed at strengthening democracy, liberating women or bringing an end to the brutal, misogynist rule of religious fanatics. It is pure, unalloyed imperial politics, the rearranging of the map and its people to serve Washington's interests. As journalist Alex Lantier notes on the World Socialist Web Site, the plan does not end with Afghanistan, but stretches across the globe. The hard-right policymakers behind Obama, still have not abandoned their dream of global rule. Here's an excerpt:
"As Obama indicated elsewhere in his speech, this escalation is one step in plans for even broader wars. "The struggle against violent extremism will not be finished quickly," he said, "and it extends well beyond Afghanistan and Pakistan." Mentioning Somalia and Yemen as potential targets, he added, "our effort will involve disorderly regions and diffuse enemies."
The inclusion of this passage made clear that Obama was basing his Afghan policy on a report issued last month by Anthony Cordesman of the influential Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Cordesman wrote: "The President must be frank about the fact that any form of victory in Afghanistan and Pakistan will be part of a much wider and longer struggle. He must make it clear that the ideological, demographic, governance, economic, and other pressures that divide the Islamic world mean the world will face threats in many other nations that will endure indefinitely into the future. He should mention the risks in Yemen and Somalia, make it clear that the Iraq war is not over, and warn that we will still face both a domestic threat and a combination of insurgency and terrorism that will continue to extend from Morocco to the Philippines, and from Central Asia deep into Africa, regardless of how well we do in Afghanistan and Pakistan."
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Former Rep. William Broomfield, 84, collapsed during President Gerald R. Ford's Capitol funeral ceremony Saturday night.
The Michigan Republican, who served in the House from 1957 to 1993, part of the time with Ford, was laid out on the floor of the Rotunda and Sen. Bill Frist, a physician, went to his aid. Broomfield later was taken out in a wheelchair.
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Skip to comments.Marx, Jesus, or Obama, Who Are You Going To Believe
Posted on 02/04/2012 4:15:55 AM PST by Kaslin
President Obama has hit a new low. By promoting his reasoning for hiking taxes on the rich at the National Prayer Breakfast, he diminished the seriousness of his proposals and manipulated Jesus' teachings for his own political purposes.
Listening to Obama talk about taxation almost as a form of worship was beyond the bounds as he said, "For me as a Christian, it also coincides with Jesus's teaching that for unto whom much is given, much shall be required." He was quoting and distorting the Gospel of Luke and the Parable of the Faithful Servant. And, as Christians, we are greatly grieved by what Obama has done.
Obama is quoting a small portion of a lengthy answer given by Christ in response to a question by St. Peter. Here is a more complete version of Christ's dialogue from the New International Version:
"Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. I tell you the truth; he will put him in charge of all his possessions. But suppose the servant says to himself, 'My master is taking a long time in coming,' and he then begins to beat the menservants and maidservants and to eat and drink and get drunk. The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers. That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked."
Christ isn't talking here about money, government, or taxes as Obama alleges. Jesus is talking about following His will, as He is the Master and we as His followers are the servants. Presumably Obama would know this, as he says he is a professing Christian.
America under Obama's leadership has been the opposite of the good and faithful servant. America is now a post-Christian society that is living out in practice the contrasting phrase, "'My master is taking a long time in coming,' and he then begins to... eat and drink and get drunk."
America is squandering its wealth on riotous living, war, and welfare. It is subsidizing all kinds of perverse lifestyles and practices with the public purse. America is sacrificing millions of innocent children for the convenience of the mothers, all in the name of the invented "right of choice."
Obama goes on, "I know that far too many neighbors in our country have been hurt and treated unfairly over the last few years, and I believe in God's command to love thy neighbor as thyself. I know a version of that golden rule is found in every major religion and every set of beliefs." And we too believe in the golden rule. And we wish it animated not the largess of Government but the actions of individuals.
The Bible we read also speaks out against covetousness and theft. And the promotion of division and class warfare promoted by this administration clearly promotes the citizenry to desire the wealth owned by others.
We believe that the Bible's teachings are clearly understandable and are accessible to all that will take the time to read it. There is much to be learned by diligent study of the Word of God; we pray that Obama will take more care when he quotes scripture in the future.
There are many passages throughout the Bible that mandate the poor and widowed should receive care, and we believe private charity is much better than a faceless government bureaucracy at delivering the care and individual attention required when people are in need. We cannot find anywhere in our Bible a call for high taxes and the confiscation of private property. Instead, we find those passages in the Communist Manifesto. Maybe Obama is confused.
"unto whom much was earned over sweat, risks, and hard work....not much should be required"
Satan liked to quote scripture out of context, too.
Psalm 91: 11-12
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
Isn't there a commandment about this? Something about carrying the Lord's name for the purposes of evil.
I just remind myself that the Book tells us that the World cannot understand the thins of the Spirit. If I ever heard anybody like Obama quote Scripture without distortion I would have to doubt Biblical truth. I do not doubt the Bible. and I do not believe Barak Hussein Obama II is a born from above John #3 type believer.He can claim he is a Christian -but the tree is known by its fruit—and Obama so reflects th eone who said to Eve "thou shalt not surly die!"seem to recollect he was fair at twisting scripture too.
One needs to deeply consider why Jesus overturned the tables at the temple and why he said he did so...
Jesus would have never stood there at a PRAYER breakfast with a money-changer or thief.
He could probably build his brother George a better hut just for the cost of one pair of moochelle's designer sneakers
He could have built a whole village for the costs of moochelle's vacation to Spain or Africa or Hawaii
"For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, he or she should still eat well and live well. For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. Now them that are such we command that they take an EBT card, Section 8 housing, Medicaid, and free daycare. But ye, working taxpayers, must weary in well doing because higher taxes and more intrusive regulations are needed to achieve equality."
II Thessalonians 3:10ff Obama version
Marx and Obama are pretty much the same, so there's really only a single alternative.
Beware of False Prophets
No, he wouldn't. He would have chased him out like he chased the money changers out
One thing I am certain of...Obama is no Christian. His "pastor" was a hater...he was raised Muslim...and educated by secular marxists.
He's no Christian. He's a pretender.
Consider that the cruel taxations imposed by Rome caused the journey of the pregnant Mary and Joseph to distant Bethlehem where Jesus was born in a manger. Jesus was born to save sinners and not to support Government policies.
Obama's Church: Gospel of Hate
Kathy Shaidle, FrontPageMag.com
Monday, April 07, 2008
In March of 2007, FOX News host Sean Hannity had engaged Obamas pastor in a heated interview about his Churchs teachings. For many viewers, the ensuing shouting match was their first exposure to "Black Liberation Theology"...
Like the pro-communist Liberation Theology that swept Central America in the 1980s and was repeatedly condemned by Pope John Paul II, Black Liberation Theology combines warmed-over 1960s vintage Marxism with carefully distorted biblical passages. However, in contrast to traditional Marxism, it emphasizes race rather than class. The Christian notion of "salvation" in the afterlife is superseded by "liberation" on earth, courtesy of the establishment of a socialist utopia.
Catholics for Marx [Liberation Theology]
By Fr. Robert Sirico
FrontPageMagazine.com | Thursday, June 03, 2004
In the days when the Superpowers were locked in a Cold War, Latin America seethed with revolution, and millions lived behind an iron curtain, a group of theologians concocted a novel idea within the history of Christianity. They proposed to combine the teachings of Jesus with the teachings of Marx as a way of justifying violent revolution to overthrow the economics of capitalism.
The Gospels were re-rendered not as doctrine impacting on the human soul but rather as windows into the historical dialectic of class struggle. These "liberation theologians" saw every biblical criticism of the rich as a mandate to expropriate the expropriating owners of capital, and every expression of compassion for the poor as a call for an uprising by the proletarian class of peasants and workers.
(some key excerpts)
["(Jose) Diaz-Balart is the son of Rafael Diaz-Balart y Guitierrez (a former Cuban politician). He has three bothers, Rafael Diaz-Balart (a banker), Mario Diaz-Balart (a US Congressman) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (also a US Congressman). His aunt, Mirta Diaz-Balart, was Fidel Castro's first wife."
JOSE DIAZ-BALART, TELEMUNDO NETWORK: "Liberation theology in Nicaragua in the mid-1980's was a pro-Sandinista, pro-Marxist, anti-U.S., anti-Catholic Church movement. That's it. No ifs, ands, or buts. His church apparently supported, in the mid-'80s in Nicaragua, groups that supported the Sandinista dictatorships and that were opposed to the Contras whose reason for being was calling for elections. That's all I know. I was there.
I saw the churches in Nicaragua that he spoke of, and the churches were churches that talked about the need for violent revolution and I remember clearly one of the major churches in Managua where the Jesus Christ on the altar was not Jesus Christ, he was a Sandinista soldier, and the priests talked about the corruption of the West, talked about the need for revolution everywhere, and talked about 'the evil empire' which was the United States of America."
REV. BOB SCHENCK, NATIONAL CLERGY COUNCIL: "it's based in Marxism. At the core of his [Wright's] theology is really an anti-Christian understanding of God, and as part of a long history of individuals who actually advocate using violence in overthrowing those they perceive to be oppressing them, even acts of murder have been defended by followers of liberation theology. That's very, very dangerous."
SCHENCK: "I was actually the only person escorted to Dr. Wright. He asked to see me, and I simply welcomed him to Washington, and then I said Dr. Wright, I want to bring you a warning: your embrace of Marxist liberation theology. It is contrary to the Gospel, and you need, sir, to abandon it. And at that he dropped the handshake and made it clear that he was not in the mood to dialogue on that point."
Source: The Real Story Behind Rev. Wright's Controversial Black Liberation Theology Doctrine:
from 2008:
Barack Obama's 'lost' brother found in Kenya
George Hussein Onyango Obama,
Senator Barack Obama's long lost
brother was tracked down living in
a hut on the outskirts of Nairobi
Senator Barack Obama's long lost brother has been tracked down for the first time living in a shanty town in Kenya, reports claimed
Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate's half-brothers, spoke for the first time about his life, which could not be more different than that of the Democratic contender.
"No-one knows who I am", he told the magazine, before claiming: "I live here on less than a dollar a month."
If a Republican president spoke about a scriptural reference you can expect the long knives of the left would be waving in defense about so-called 'separation of church/state issues'.
"First Lady Michelle Obama steps out in Lanvin sneakers and theyre only $540!"
As a Christian, I am not offended by Obama using the words of Jesus to make political points———I'm surprised it took him so long to do it.....
Here's a man who rarely goes to church, spend twenty years listening to black liberation theology using the word of God to make political points?
Color me surprised....not
At least he isn't carrying around the Clinton extra large Bible and waving it at reporters
Obama, Black Liberation Theology, and Karl Marx
Just one nugget from the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, "Instruction on Certain Aspects of the Theology of Liberation': "...it would be illusory and dangerous to ignore the intimate bond which radically unites them liberation theologies), and to accept elements of the marxist analysis without recognizing its connections with the (Marxist) ideology, or to enter into the practice of the class-struggle and of its marxist interpretation while failing to see the kind of totalitarian society to which this process slowly leads."--Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect, now Pope Benedict XVI; written in 1984
Understanding that black liberation theology is Marxism dressed up to look like Christianity helps explain why there is no conflict between Cone's "Christianity" [i.e. 'reverend Wright's thing] and Farrakhan's "Nation of Islam." They are two prophets in the same philosophical (Marxist) pod, merely using different religions as backdrops for their black-power aims.
From AsiaTimesOnline
Feb 26, 2008
"Barack Obama received at least some instruction in the Islamic faith of his father and went with him to the mosque, but the importance of this experience is vastly overstated by conservative commentators who seek to portray Obama as a Muslim of sorts. Radical anti-Americanism, rather than Islam, was the reigning faith in the Dunham household. ...
Barack Obama is a clever fellow who imbibed hatred of America with his mother's milk, but worked his way up the elite ladder of education and career. He shares the resentment of Muslims against the encroachment of American culture, although not their religion. He has the empathetic skill set of an anthropologist who lives with his subjects, learns their language, and elicits their hopes and fears while remaining at emotional distance. That is, he is the political equivalent of a sociopath. The difference is that he is practicing not on a primitive tribe but on the population of the United States.
There is nothing mysterious about Obama's methods. "A demagogue tries to sound as stupid as his audience so that they will think they are as clever as he is," wrote Karl Krauss. Americans are the world's biggest suckers, and laugh at this weakness in their popular culture. Listening to Obama speak, Sinclair Lewis' cynical tent-revivalist Elmer Gantry comes to mind, or, even better, Tyrone Power's portrayal of a carnival mentalist in the 1947 film noire Nightmare Alley. The latter is available for instant viewing at Netflix, and highly recommended as an antidote to having felt uplifted by an Obama speech. ..."
Article: Obama's women reveal his secret
Abortion on demand is what is killing the United States. By it the Democrat Party killed their voting base and therefore must import the replacements.With the imports, one gets their moral, ethical, and religious beliefs.,p>The Democrats also replaced God with academia> Now God is cursed and legalized murder and homosexuality are praised and honored.
Goi , as He has stated in His Word is a jealouse God and will not share His glory. As more and more citizens particularly the political leaders tell him to take a hike,He willdo as they request. But, He will leave a present for those for those who want no part of him.To Wit: A reprobate mind, where evil is all they think about and do.We are not quite at that point as of yet, but one can see it from where we are now.
We are now at the point where individuals such as Tim Tebow and others such as him are condemed and ridiculed and others such as the late, and unmourned by me,Ted Kennedy and Barney Frank are praised and honored.
Anyone looking in the Bible for quotes about Jesus telling people to feed the poor and have compassion will find plenty of them. Neither the Left nor the Right has any corner market on Jesus quotes, but frankly, the Left is probably closer to his teachings than the Right is.
What if we evaluated President Obama as Candidate Obama?
Would he be the best choice to lead his party and this country?
Well, let's see, he doesn't have a record of creating jobs.
Of course, he cheered the latest jobs report saying unemployment rate fell to 8.3% - the lowest of his Presidency.
But he won't tell you over a million Americans fell out of the labor market, and the percent of people in the workforce is now at the lowest point in decades.
The biggest decline on record came under Obama.
He won't tell you around 13 million Americans are officially out of work.
And, almost 2 million fewer people are employed since the President signed his signature economic stimulus law, and declared 2010 to be the "summer of recovery."
When it comes to gaffes, well the President has made a few of them.
Today in Virginia he said the economy is "growing stronger" and the "recovery is speeding up"!
Speeding up? Is he joking?
Last year's economic growth was a paltry 1.7%. That's almost half the rate of the previous year.
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke just yesterday warned about continued weakness in the economy, and said the outlook for growth is "uncertain" at best.
Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/willis-report/blog/2012/02/03/obamas-jobless-claims#ixzz1lQRt9l6m
One of the best articles I've seen on the subject. Great comments from Freepers, too.
Many verses :
Mat 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
2 Peter 2:1But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you...3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you
Mat 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mark 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
Isa 30:9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD
Isa 30:10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits
Jer 14:14The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
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I have had it in to my bike shop to adjust, but found that after the adjustment, I was unable to change from the small chain ring to the bigger one.
I've messed about with it myself, and now I am stuck on the large ring.
What do I need to adjust, is it the H or L screws, or does the cable need to be adjusted.
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Shock - No Horror; While He Waits for His Original Actors to Reach Their Forties So He Can Make a Middle-Aged Followup to Trainspotting, Director Danny Boyle Has Surprised Everyone with a Family Film
Byline: NICK CURTIS
AS I wait to meet Danny Boyle in Bow, a short cycle ride from his house in Mile End, I puzzle over his latest career move. Boyle is the director who made murder fun in his debut feature Shallow Grave and heroin chic in Trainspotting: he cast away Leonardo DiCaprio in The Beach and reinvented the zombie movie in the international surprise hit 28 Days Later.
Now Boyle, an irrepressibly cheery, 48-year-old Morrisey lookalike, who worked his way into films via theatre and TV drama, has produced - shock, horror - a family film.
Millions, opening next Friday, is the story of eight-year-old, motherless Mancunian, Damian, who accidentally acquires [pounds sterling]229,370 in stolen sterling. He tries - egged on by visions of some very straight-talking saints and held back by his older brother - to give it away where it will do most good in the few days left before the pound is replaced by the euro. The film is sweet and low-key, stars James Nesbitt as the boys' dad, and plucks at the heartstrings rather than punching you in the guts. As such, it seems to be a major departure for Boyle.
"I think Frank [Cottrell Boyce, the writer] had shown it to every director in town, and I was the last resort," he chuckles. "No one would think of me for a warm, family film - they'd expect me to turn it into some horrific, twisted, perverse thing. But when I read the script I just drop-dead fell in love with it."
On many fronts, Millions was a challenge. Boyle had to learn how to work with his uncannily good child stars, newcomers Alex Etel and Lewis McGibbon: "You can't direct kids too much, otherwise you leave your fingerprints all over them, and the performance looks contrived."
He had to find a way of making Damian's philanthropy appealing.
"Goodness is very difficult to make interesting and bearable to watch. But I was raised a Catholic, and although I wouldn't call myself religious now, I am an optimist. My mum always brought me up, like Damian, to think the best of people. That feeling is there in my other films, but sort of hidden.
So it was fantastic to make an openly optimistic film, without subterfuge."
As a cinema-goer, Boyle is no stranger to U-certificate pictures. He has three children with casting director-Gail Stevens, from whom he split in 2002, but she still casts his films, they live on the same street, and "have tried to make a reasonable job of bringing up the kids". When I ask if Boyle made Millions for his own children, though, he gives a shout of laughter: Caitlin, 13, Gabriel, 15, and Grace, 20, are "more likely to wanna watch Trainspotting now. I had to take them all along to screenings when I was grading prints of Trainspotting and Shallow Grave, and cover their eyes at the requisite bits." So he made Millions, not for them, but to keep himself engaged, interested, or as he puts it "naive again".
A closer study of his resume reveals, beneath the superficial preponderance of violence and syringes, a constant engagement with new genres. "You spend so long researching a topic - zombies, drugs, paradise islands - that you get saturated by it," he says, "so when you finish a film, the last thing you want to do is make another one just like it."
After Trainspotting, he and his regular cohorts, producer Andrew Macdonald and writer John Hodge, made the offbeat (and underperforming) romantic comedy A Life Less Ordinary. The Beach was another departure, and not a good one. It caused a rift with the Trainspotting trio's house star, Ewan McGregor, who was passed over in favour of DiCaprio.
Keen to use local talent, Boyle hired a Thai crew member for every Brit on the shoot, leading to endless confusion, and the filmmakers were accused of despoiling their tropicalbeach locations. …


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"Nashville" (1975), directed by Robert Altman. ©2011 Museum of Modern Art
Robert Altman Retrospective at MoMA
December 3–January 15, 2015
It takes 20 years to make an overnight success, the old saw goes. So it was with Robert Altman, who hit it big with MASH in 1970, his signature style (large stock company, interwoven story lines, overlapping dialogue, long zoom lenses prowling the landscape) fully in place from long years of quick-and-dirty TV work. In short order came a pair of minor classics (McCabe and Mrs. Miller, The Long Goodbye), and a sprawling, downbeat tour de force (Nashville), followed by decades of ups and downs. Those years, populated by worthy art-house experiments (Three Women), flops (Popeye), groundbreaking television (Tanner '88) and successful entertainments (The Player, Gosford Park), reminded critics and public alike that he never stopped shooting—not until his death in 2006, at age 81. Now, MoMA gives a titan of American movies the full retrospective he deserves, including features, his work for broadcast TV and cable and hard-to-find industrials and documentaries.