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About the Author: Andrew B. Paul is serving temporarily in the Public Affairs Section at the U.S. Embassy Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan. He is permanently assigned to the U.S. Embassy Warsaw in Poland as the Information Officer.
The United States has committed over $32 million in an initial response to address humanitarian relief, reconstruction, and community stabilization.
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, Jr. emphasized this as the initial U.S. response to the violence and displacement of an estimated 400,000 people in southern Kyrgyzstan with about 100,000 of those fleeing across the border into Uzbekistan. During his June 18-20 visit to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Assistant Secretary Blake met with the Interim President of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbaeva and other officials to express American condolences for the tragic events that happened in southern Kyrgyzstan and expressed the intention of the United States to help meet the urgent humanitarian needs triggered by the crisis and support the restoration of democracy in Kyrgyzstan.
I was fortunate to play a part in communicating this message of American support because I'm actually assigned to our Embassy in Warsaw, Poland. I came to Kyrgyzstan on short notice for temporary duty (TDY) to help out our hard-working but beleaguered U.S. Embassy in Bishkek.
Since April, the U.S. Embassy Bishkek has seen two crises in rapid succession. First the demonstrations, shootings and violence in Bishkek that led to the toppling of Kurmanbek Bakiyev's presidency and the establishment of a Provisional Government that hopes to reform the constitution and reestablish democracy. The second crisis was the outbreak of violence in the southern regions of the Kyrgyz Republic, which led to an unknown number of deaths and the displacement of hundreds of thousands.
As I prepared to travel to Kyrgyzstan, I heard the media reports about the violence in Osh, and I knew that this crisis would also place a strain on the Embassy. As I arrived, the violence in the south was reportedly at its peak, and so was the buzz of activity in the Embassy. Much of our public outreach focused on the U.S. humanitarian response and USAID programs that would help with community development following the crisis. One of my favorite examples was a public, anti-violence campaign to promote tolerance, funded by USAID.
I soon learned from many of our local staff about their friends or relatives who lived in the south and were affected by the crisis of violence. Remarkably, most of them had heard stories of ethnic Kyrgyz who had protected or hidden their Uzbek neighbors or vice versa. Many of them did so at great personal risk to themselves. In addition, I had the chance to meet youth of various ethnicities who were gearing up for an initiative to promote forgiveness and dialogue among youth in the wake of the crisis. I was impressed by these university-age activists, their commitment to restoring peace, and their articulation of specific steps towards reconciliation. Their work is being funded by a small grant from the Embassy.
These were just a few of the reasons that so soon after arriving I found reason for hope. The news media told us of the harrowing and heart-breaking stories of violence and refugees uprooted from their homes in Kyrgyzstan. Being in the country, I understood the magnitude of this tragedy. But I also saw the constructive and sometimes heroic responses of good people regardless of their origin. I saw those who started to take immediate steps towards reconciliation.
Sometimes a crisis brings out the best in people. It certainly brought out the best in our Embassy and other U.S. Government colleagues. And we saw how it brought out the best in many local citizens.
Related Content: Kyrgyzstan Crisis: Assistant Secretary Blake Highlights Collaboration With Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Video: Assistant Secretary Blake Travels to Uzbekistan and KyrgystanFollow the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs on Facebook and Twitter.
W. in Washington, DC writes:
This is a poorly-written story of a horrible genocide against one nation against the other. The story does not cover a thing about Kyrgyz people killing and burning alive hundreds of Uzbeks, raping children, and Kyrgyz military shooting Uzbeks on the streets.
It must have been an "exotic" trip for your, Mr. Paul... I bet you have not been to Uzbek neighborhoods, because your hosts (interim government of Kyrgyzstan) do not want you to do that...
And the whole world, including the UN, OSCE, and other international organizations are just closing their eyes to this problem. Apparently, this is not the same as genocide in Yugoslavia... What a shame...
Douglas M. in the U.S.A. writes:
I will have more respect for DoS if it does not delete the comment made by W.
I actually hope for a well reasoned response from Mr. Paul and I may even determine he is in the right. Conflict must be faced head-on.
Saman B. in Iran writes:
In view of the last war in Georgia(country)it's specifying who blew that fire, 2500 of Georgian killed during one day.
Josef Stalin spirit, influenced of Putin frame and Putin always chatters to Medodef in their conspiracies; they don't want accept that, the Soviet Republics died, the sickle and hammer flag died.
Now periodic plot, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan; poor those children, the old.
Thank You
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Douglas M,
W's comment already made it past the moderator if you see it posted. I guess the "fluff" aspect of his complaint about Mr. Paul's blog entry is that he expected more pithy reporting about the situation, and Mr. Paul can only relay what he's experienced as part of his job. Generally condemnations of atrocities are made by senior officials and spokesmen speaking in the capacity of their jobs, not by rank and file FSO's who support them in their work.
On the other hand, I can understand why W reaches the conclusions he does, and why as a public affairs officer, he feels Mr. Paul should tell it all like it is. No holding back... Or being so focused on positive things to say that one loses perspective and causes folks to question the author of a blog entry in this manner.
I suppose it goes without saying that we the public will never be satisfied until we hear "the rest of the story." It's probably something for folks to keep in mind in the future as they write these blog topics. However, Mr. Paul did relay this, which we probably won't hear much about in the press; "Remarkably, most of them had heard stories of ethnic Kyrgyz who had protected or hidden their Uzbek neighbors or vice versa. Many of them did so at great personal risk to themselves."
I find it amusing and a little sad at the same time that here this blog represents the cutting edge of free speech and interactive government, and that my fellow Americans would assume for a second that the government who sponsors this blog would violate its own tennents of free-speech by censoring comment here that questions rationality and or policy of the US government. I would recommend you take a dive into the archives of DipNote and check out some of the commentary to get a sense of how non-censored this blog really is.
Stick around and you'll get a sense of how interactive it is as well. Which I feel has room for improvement, but that will be when blog authors of topics decide to get more interactive with the public that interacts with them. I suggest they should not be shy about it, as we the public obviously arn't.
Best regards,
Pamela G. in West Virginia writes:
It is so important for these countries to know that their continuing problems are not being ignored by the U.S. It is also wonderful that Andrew took the time out of his schedule to keep us updated.
DipNote Bloggers write:
@ Eric in New Mexico – Thanks for the praise and the vote of confidence! We couldn't have asked for a better lead-in to announce that we do, indeed, plan to be "less shy,†both here and on various social media platforms. Please keep an eye out in the coming weeks for more feedback from blog authors and DipNote editors.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Dipnote Bloggers,
Will do. If you do this right this could become the place assumptions are laid to rest.
Folks in government trust the public has a center of gravity they can formulate policy by.
The American public as yet doesn't get that the government has a sense of gravity as well based on our constitution, regardless of which way the political pendulum swings.
Like I'd be here a second longer than you actively censored this blog, right? (chuckle)
Or rather, just long enough to make Gen. McCrystal's remarks seem tame, on the way to getting gone off the blog.
In the meantime, I guess you'all are stuck with me till hell freezes over, or the world becomes a better place for kids to grow up in, whatever comes first.
Keep up the good work...,
Gregory W. Sullivan, Director of Press and Public Diplomacy for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, writes:
I'd like to take a moment and respond to W's legitimate sense of outrage at the horrific violence that took place in some places of Kyrgyzstan:
We share that sense of outrage, and the U.S. Government has called for an international investigation by a credible international body to help us understand "how such violence can be prevented in the future so that secure conditions can be established for the safe and voluntary return of the 110,000 refugees from Uzbekistan and the estimated 300,000 internally displaced persons here in Kyrgyzstan." (For more information, please click here.)
We're focused on two objectives: easing the suffering of hundreds of thousands affected by this violence and ensuring that it doesn't happen again by restoring and building democratic institutions in a region where it's been hard to advance those ideals. That is why late last week, we authorized the emergency disbursement of more than $32 million in humanitarian relief, reconstruction, and community stabilization. Among that support are millions in medical and relief supplies (i.e., food, water, temporary shelters) and emergency funds for both the International Committee of the Red Cross/Red Crescent and the U.N. High Commission for Refugees. So, we're addressing the immediate needs that thousands of refugees now face as they've fled their homes from this sectarian violence. (For more, please see our fact sheet.)
But, we're also looking to the long-term with efforts that address the underlying reasons for the recent unrest. We're engaging in community stabilization and improvement – small-scale infrastructure projects, job creation efforts, support for farmers through fertilizer and seed disbursements – efforts that create a sense of hope in these tough economic times. We're also supporting efforts that focus on education and community integration that get Kyrgyz and Uzbeks talking to one another. Even during some of the darkest moments of this violence, there were integrated neighborhoods of Kyrgyz and Uzbeks that felled trees or barricaded vehicles so that roving gangs could not extend the violence into their communities. So, it's clear to us that there are communities that are integrated, that cooperate and work together, and we're finding ways to take their example and expand it to other communities throughout Kyrgyzstan.
So, I guess what I'd say in wrapping up is that we share W's sense of outrage at the violence, but we are working on several levels to address both the immediate needs of those driven from their homes by the violence and the long-term needs that led to this violence. And finally, I want to give credit to Mr. Andrew Paul, who volunteered to participate in the "surge†of personnel and resources following recent unrest in Kyrgyzstan.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Greg Sullivan,
Thanks for that feedback as it helps me understand better what we're doing, and I don't know that you got a chance to view the press conference with Pres. Obama and Pres. Medvedev but I found it interesting that when asked about possible joint US/Russian peacekeepers, niether president ruled it out if the situation warrants by becoming worse.
If one were looking for mile markers along our bilateral road to better relations with Russia, nothing like a common effort to keep the peace in the neigborhood to earn each other's respect.
What practical ways would you envision such a joint effort becoming manifest on the ground if and when such a decision were reached?
I guess my question boils down to; What are the US and Russia jointly prepared to do to protect populations if there's no one else able to end the fighting decisively so it doesn't flare up again?
Best regards,
Eric in New Mexico writes:
"Turning to Kyrgyzstan, the United States welcomes the peaceful orderly conduct of the constitutional referendum held yesterday in Kyrgyzstan and notes the positive assessment by the OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, which commended the provisional government for organizing a peaceful process that allowed for a high turnout. The United States commends the civic participation and peaceful conduct of ordinary citizens who voted without incident. The United States calls on the provisional government and all of the citizens of Kyrgyzstan to use this opportunity to advance the process of reconciliation and accountability to ensure future interethnic harmony and move Kyrgyzstan forward on a path to stability, security, democracy, and prosperity for all citizens of the republic. The United States, working with the international community and our partners, will provide all appropriate support and assistance to the people and Government of Kyrgyzstan in these efforts."
-Asist. Sec. PJ Crowley, Daily briefing June 28th
PJ probably wouldn't consider this in his perview to answer as State Dept. Spokesman, but I sure would like to know why it it is that I always have to get my fill of good news directly from the source.
To me this was not exactly an expected outcome given the nature of the violence that had just taken place, but it is in the realm of the human condition for a society to become shocked by the ugly side of its own human nature to the point of collective revulsion and turning towards a point of social redemption for a cure to their ills.
Perhaps this referendum offered just that under the circumstance.
In any case, the sane have spoken and it's time for good thoughts, good words, and good deeds to follow through on commitments.


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Democrats hold caucuses in Forestville and Silver Creek
Candidates for village elections have been endorsed by the Democratic Party in Forestville and Silver Creek.
A caucus was held in Forestville on Jan. 23 at the Municipal Building. Endorsed candidates are: Linda Aures running for the mayor position. Aures is currently a trustee in the village of Forestville. She is asking the voters to seriously consider her to fill the remaining one-year term for the mayoral position.
Margaret (Mindy) Borrello, has been endorsed to run for a 2-year term as trustee. Borrello accepts this endorsement because she feels it is time for a positive new outlook at the issues in Forestville. Both Aures and Borrello will be walking the village to listen to the voters' concerns.
In the village of Silver Creek, a caucus was held on Jan. 24 at the Municipal Building. Nicodemo (Nick) Piccolo has accepted the Democratic endorsement for mayor. Piccolo currently serves on the village board as trustee. He is also endorsed by the Republican Party.
Candidates endorsed for trustee are: Deanna Coggins and Anthony Pearl. They look forward to working with Piccolo. Village residents will soon see these candidates walking the Village to listen to voters' concerns and seek your support.
Village elections are on March 19.

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February 7, 2011 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: Risk Factor #121
SUBJECT 2: Breast Pump Contract
SUBJECT 3: Breastfeeding Coordinator Training
SUBJECT 4: 2011-2012 Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MDHSS) Program for Dietetic Interns (PDI)
SUBJECT 5: Customer Service Tips
Risk Factor # 121: Several LWPs have expressed concern that MOWINS assigns Risk Factor 121 as high risk. The System flags the participant's record as high-risk for:
- Infants birth to 23 months when length-for-age ≤5th percentile.
- Children 23 to 59 months when height-for-age ≤5th percentile.
Please read the information below from the USDA risk factor justification memo providing the reasoning for the risk factor assignment. The USDA justification memo is also attached for additional information.
Abnormal short stature in infants and children often happens when limited nutrients are supplied in their body cells. Short stature is related to the lack of total calories eaten and to a poor quality diet that didn't provide enough protein, mostly animal protein, and inadequate amounts of nutrients. Short stature may also result from disease conditions.
It is important that infants' and children's growth is monitored to assure an adequate growth pattern. WIC can provide the nutrients to assist with this growth. If you have questions about this information, please contact your TA nutritionist.
Breast Pump Contract: The Missouri WIC program has renewed the breast pump contract and has joined the Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA). This multi-state contract allows us to purchase breast pumps, double pumping kits and accessories at a considerable discount. Even though three contractors were awarded the bid, Missouri will only be purchasing Medela products. Below is the cost of the main products we will be purchasing:
Single User Personal Double Electric Breast Pump
Lactina Select Multi-user Electric Breast Pump
Lactina Double Pumping Kit
Harmony Manual Breast Pump
The state will be placing another breast pump order in a couple of weeks. Please watch the WIC Updates for the opportunity to place an order. We have also had reports of insect infestations on a few breast pumps. Through the WSCA contract our state will receive 100 free cleanings due to insect infestation. For more information or any questions regarding breast pumps, please contact Kathy Mertzlufft by email at email@example.com or by telephone at 573-526-4792.
Breastfeeding Coordinator Training: Breastfeeding Coordinator training is scheduled for March 24, 2011 in Jefferson City. This one-day session will cover the role of the Breastfeeding Coordinator, breastfeeding management, 3-Step Counseling, and guidelines for loaning breast pumps, including information on assembly, use and cleaning. This training will go beyond what is covered in the training "Using Loving Support to Grow and Glow in WIC: Breastfeeding Training for All WIC Staff".
Training Date: March 24, 2011
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, 930 Wildwood, Jefferson City
The training is mandatory for all new Breastfeeding Coordinators. Any other staff member who would like additional information on breastfeeding is welcome to attend. Email or fax the attached registration form to the State WIC office by March 11th, 2011. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Mertzlufft by email at email@example.com or by phone at 573-526-4792.
2011-2012 Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MDHSS) Program for Dietetic Interns (PDI): We are pleased to announce that the four dietetic interns to begin in August 2011 have been selected. All four of the incoming interns are from local WIC provider agencies and will bring a valuable perspective to the program. We had some excellent candidates for the Missouri Program. Our interns for this next year are: Mary Keels (Joplin City WIC) TeNeal Minks (Cass County WIC), Celestine Onyango (Springfield-Greene County WIC), and Michelle West (Nodaway County WIC and Holt County WIC). For more information about the MDHSS Program for Dietetic Interns, please contact Vicki Strickland at email@example.com or 573-526-7961.
Customer Service Tips: Attached is an article from Learning Dynamics that discusses customer service and the need for staff in each WIC office to "walk the talk."
Risk Factor 121
Training Registration Form
WIC Tips for February 2011


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13406 E. Philadelphia St. Whittier, CA 90608
Long-time educator Alice Keiko Nishimoto '78 was named Garvey School District's 2013 Teacher of the Year.
Nishimoto has taught for 15 years at Rice Elementary School in Rosemead, CA and has been awarded numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for summer research and study, most of which has been conducted on the East Coast. Most recently she traveled to North Carolina with the support of an NEH "Crafting Freedom" grant to learn about what happened to the American slaves after the Civil War.
Nishimoto has also worked as a consulting teacher for the BTSA/PAR (Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment/ Peer Assistance and Review) program. Consulting teachers have a variety of roles, including mentoring, coaching, evaluating, and facilitating professional development seminars.
As a Lead Teacher in the K-12 Science Alliance, Nishimoto has worked with the Ocean Institute, Aquarium of the Pacific, and Cabrillo Beach and Marine Aquarium in various capacities to enrich "water" education for her students. Her work in this area earned her a recognition from the California State Senate for the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District Groundbreaking Project.
Nishimoto graduated from Whittier College with a B.A. in home economics and earned an M.A. in education from California State University, Los Angeles.


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Spring 2000
Volume 4 Number 4
1932 Harry Ingram Fell (B, 33M) celebrates the year 2000 by remembering when he and five classmates and spouses gathered in Brown Hall in 1992 envisioning the turn of the millennium and hoping to live to see it dawn. He is thankful to God that he did.
1936 Carl Bogard (36B, 42M) is still playing tennis, but he was not properly identified in the winter 2000 issue of inSpire. An update and a photo appeared on page 24 without his name. We apologize!
Bogard recently won the Southwest Florida Tennis Associations Grand Prix Award for the mens ninety and older division. He has also written a collection of Lenten plays titled Were You There When They Crucified My Lord: Six Plays for the Lenten Season Featuring Persons at the Passion, published by Abingdon Press. Bogard is a parish associate at Highland Presbyterian Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
John G. Marvin (B) is seriously ill with Alzheimers disease and welcomes the prayers of the Seminary community.
1940 Donald Kerr (B) writes that he is "still surviving at age 84." He reminds the community that the year 2000 marks the Class of 1940s sixtieth year since graduation.
1944 Gordon S. Trew (B) and his wife celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary December 17, 1999. He has lived, preached, and taught in Brazil for more than fifty years.
1945 Earl A. Loomis Jr. (b) is moving to Greenport, New York, in the spring of 2000.
1946 Richard E. Neumann (B) is pastor emeritus of the First Presbyterian Church of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He has served that church since 1955.
1947 Leroy Dillener (B) reports that though he "retired" December 31, 1988, he continued in the ministry, most recently as pastor of visitation for the First Christian Church (Disciples) in Steubenville, Ohio. He has recently moved to Warsaw, New York.
1948 David McNab Morrison (M) celebrated his 83rd birthday in April. He is still serving as stated supply for Wedgefield Presbyterian Church in Wedgefield, South Carolina.
1950 Nathaniel C. Roe (B, 55M) preaches frequently and moderates a small but growing church in Washington, Pennsylvania.
1951 Charles E. Hurst (B) enjoys life in Geneva, New York, where he attends the Presbyterian Church in addition to sitting on the towns zoning board.
Ralph Hunter Keen (B, 68M) lives with his wife, Barbara (69b), at the Nez Perce Indian Reservation in Idaho and serves four Presbyterian Indian congregations on a volunteer basis. Hunter is currently writing a Bible study for the Kekchi tribe in Guatemala, one of approximately twenty indigenous groups of Mayan descent in the Central American country. He visited a Kekchi presbytery in Guatemala recently a sister presbytery to his presbytery in Idaho. He notes that though ravaged by the internal conflict of the last several decades, Guatemala is a strong source of Christian growth. The country exhibits "similar political and theological situations to what the Native Americans of this country endured one and a half centuries ago." The attempt to respond to this turmoil by the Christian community, Presbyterians in particular, has been productive. There are now five presbyteries in the Kekchi Association.
1952 Fredrick D. Sundloff (B) sadly announces the passing of his wife, Dorislee, on January 10, 2000, following a lengthy illness.
1953 Raymond Nott (B) still teaches the "Reap That Righteous Riff" swing dance class at Northwest Community College in Powell, Wyoming.
1954 Yunkuk David Kims (M) book Over the Mountain, Across the Water: Autobiography of a Christian from North Korea will be published this year by Western Washington University.
1956 Arvest N. Lawson (M) has published his second book, The Holy Spirit in John Wesleys Theology. After retiring, he made a pilgrimage through England, Scotland, and Wales following in Wesleys footsteps to help research the book. He is currently working on another volume concerning justification and sanctification in Wesleys thought.
C. Richard Stults (B, 63M) is a resident of the Peabody Retirement Community in North Manchester, Indiana.
1957 Arlen L. Fowler (B) is the interim rector at St. Dunstans Episopal Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
David C. Meekhof (B) will step down as president of Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska, effective June 30. Meekhof was helpful in refocusing the schools mission of serving native Alaskans while strengthening ties to the Presbyterian Church (USA). He will retire to his home in Bellevue, Washington.
Kayton Roy Palmer (B) is recovering from a decompressive lumbar laminectomy (spinal stenosis surgery). He hopes to return to full health.
Kenneth Williams (B) is retired after serving on the faculty of The College of New Jersey for more than thirty-five years.
1958 Thomas E. Fisher (B) and his wife, Clara Minarik Fisher (60e), have recently moved from Athens, Ohio, to Amherst, Massachusetts, to be closer to their grandchildren in Lexington. Tom finishes his term on the General Assembly Councils executive committee in June.
1959 Richard B. Martin (B) has retired to South Kent, Connecticut, after serving his final two years in ministry as interim pastor of Setauket Presbyterian Church on Long Island, New York.
1960 Preston Dawes (B) is serving as interim pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Sidney, Ohio.
James R. Duncan Sr. (B) is now a retired member of Washington Presbytery and parish associate at Center United Presbyterian Church in Midway, Pennsylvania.
James Clifford Murray (B) writes that his next pastorate will be in the South Louisiana Presbytery beginning in 2000.
1963 David Hoeldtke (B) and his wife, Thelma, are delighted that their son, Jonathan, completed his M.Div./M.C.E. at Princeton Seminary in May.
1965 Donald E. McNamara (B) reminds us that "God certainly pulls surprises" when noting that the nine-month interim position he assumed at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma City has turned into an endeavor of more than two years as stated supply pastor.
1966 William P. Findlay (B) writes, "I am serving my third interim pastorate, this one at Westhampton Presbyterian Church in Westhampton Beach, New York."
Edson Sigurd Pederson (B) is a high school world history teacher in the Henrico school system in Virginia. He is also a supply pastor at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Charles City, Virginia.
1968 Jong-Sam Park (M) was recently appointed dean of the Graduate School of Social Welfare Policy at Soong Sil University in South Korea where he has taught for the past twenty years. He plans to retire in 2001.
William Presnell (M) is now associate director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Drew University.
Neil M. Stevenson (M) is retired, but still enjoys working in new church development in Stonehouse, Virginia.
1969 Edward Mabry (B, 82D) is still a professor of church history at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.
Floyd N. Rhodes Jr. (B), vice moderator of the 211th General Assembly, has been named interim executive and stated clerk of the Synod of South Atlantic. Formerly an associate presbyter of Greater Atlanta Presbytery, Rhodes began his synod duties in Jacksonville, Florida, on March 1.
1971 Sara Bradley (B) is in the process of renewing her ministerial vows and seeking a chaplaincy position in the Buffalo, New York, area.
Paige McRight (B) began work for Charlotte Presbytery as presbyter for leader development in September 1999. General Assembly moderator Freda A. Gardner preached at her installation.
1973 Glen Melnik (b) is a math, physics, and chemistry tutor for high school students in Alameda, California. He recently obtained his Coast Guard license, which he uses to teach a celestial navigation course for recreational sailors.
Aida D. B. Spencer (B, 75M) recently completed a commentary on II Corinthians for the Peoples Bible Commentary series.
1975 George Blank (B) is currently a parish associate for Morris Plains Presbyterian Church in Morris Plains, New Jersey. He is employed as a district manager with AT&T.
1976 Paul H. Moessner (B) is in his thirteenth year as senior pastor of Saint Andrews Evangelical Lutheran Church in Columbia, Missouri.
David J. Ourisman (B) recently published From Gospel to Sermon: Preaching Synoptic Texts by Chalice Press. The book explores how preachers can appropriate narrative readings of the synoptic Gospels.
1977 Nancy J. Gorsuchs (B, 95D) book Pastoral Visitation was published by Fortress Press in 1999 as part of the Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling series. She is currently an assistant professor of pastoral care and counseling and director of the Pastoral Care Center at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University.
1978 Edward J. Calhoon Sr. (b) writes, "I am now a freelance writer and poet, with two recent publications. I retired early as a computer specialist in 1997." He lives in Arnold, Maryland, with his wife, Kate, and has three adult children. His poem "Memories of Princeton" appears in this issue of inSpire.
Jeffrey M. Young (B) was recently promoted to the rank of colonel in the United States Army. He has served as an Army chaplain for more than twenty years. Young is also the chief of operations of the Directorate of Ministry Initiatives. The directorate will address, among other issues, the critical shortage of Roman Catholic chaplains in the military. Young writes that the promotion is important to him, and sharing it with the Seminary community means a great deal.
1979 Sidney Batts (B) celebrates his fifth year as head of staff at Government Street Presbyterian Church in downtown Mobile, Alabama.
Gary Dorrien (M, E) recently published his eighth book, titled The Barthian Revolt in Modern Theology: Theology without Weapons, with Westminster John Knox Press. In his creative rethinking of the meaning of the Barthian revolution in theology, Dorrien argues that Barths importance is loaded with irony and that most interpreters of his thinking have underestimated its open character and its liberal elements. Dorrien is currently professor and chair of religious studies at Kalamazoo College in Michigan.
1980 Barbara Dua (B) stepped down as associate director for the PCUSAs Womens Ministries Program Area, which is part of the denominations National Ministries Division. She has accepted a new position as executive secretary of the New Mexico Council of Churches in Albuquerque. Dua previously served as associate pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Wooster, Ohio, and campus minister at the College of Wooster.
Edward F. Duffy II (B) is in his fifth year as minister of the First Congregational Church in Litchfield, Connecticut.
Alexander B. Noble (M) has moved from Dunbar Parish Church in Scotland to Fyvie Church in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His first book, Sunshine through Shadows, was recently published by St. Andrews Press.
1981 Jan C. Heller (B) resigned as director of the Center for Ethics in Health Care in Atlanta. He is now system director in the Office of Ethics and Theology for Providence Health System in Seattle, Washington. He and his wife live on Bainbridge Island and commute to Seattle by ferry.
Edwin Hurley (B) recently preached the installation sermon for his high school classmate and fellow Seminary alumnus Roger Rabey (82B),who began as head of staff at the First Presbyterian Church in Huntington, West Virginia.
1982 Marvin McMickle (P) campaigned in Ohio to become the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. McMickle did not win the partys nomination in the March primary, though as the only African American running for U.S. Senate this year in Ohio he spoke eloquently for important causes. Endorsements for his candidacy came from the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, the Cleveland City Council, the Ohio Federation of Teachers, and former U.S. Senator Howard Metzenbaum, among others. The central issues of McMickles bid included affordable and adequate health care, educational development, and workers rights. McMickle is also pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland. In the announcement of his candidacy, he said, "People have asked me, Why are you leaving the ministry to become a politician? Let the answer to that question be clear. When you are working for justice you have not left the ministry."
1983 Nicholas A. Likumahuwa (T) teaches at Satya Wacana Christian University in central Java. He also preaches in the Protestant Church in Western Indonesia and leads a monthly Bible study for older adults.
1984 Robert W. Gustafson (P) writes that he continues to "use the methodology and insights" from his time at the Seminary. He is an adjunct professor in pastoral studies at Bangor Theological Seminary in Maine.
Alvyn W. Haywood (B) teaches communications at Mercer County Community College in New Jersey while also serving as a counselor for Eggerts Crossing Village, an affordable housing development in Lawrence Township. Haywood, who comes from a background similar to that of the families with whom he works, says, "I consider myself to be a hoodlum priest. I understand gangs, and I have an appreciation for them. I speak their language. I am not here to judge. I am here to facilitate the goodness God has in you."
Arthur Walker-Jones (B, 91D) and his wife, Carrie (88B), live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Arthur teaches biblical studies at the University of Winnipeg, and Carrie is a writer. They are the parents of two children, David, 7, and Katherine, 4.
1985 J. Wesley Brown II (B) received his professional counselor licensure in 1999 and now works as a developer/consultant, a counselor, and a coach in Trenton, New Jersey.
1986 Mary E. Shields (B) is associate professor of Old Testament at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. Shields says, "I hope to inspire my students to think critically about their biblical interpretation. They should have the skills to interpret the Bible from a variety of perspectives."
1987 B. Keith Brewer (M) is a lecturer in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. He will be teaching with moral philosopher Peter Singer in a course titled Practical Ethics. Brewer is also chaplain of the Wesley Foundation and a fellow of Mathey College at Princeton.
1988 David J. Huegel (B) is now pastor at Central Christian Church in Rosenberg, Texas. He is active in the homeschooling of his two sons, Jonathan, 9, and Evan, 6.
John W. Walker (B) pastors the First Presbyterian Church in Ottawa, Illinois.
1989 David D. Miles (B, 91M) is now dean of student life and pastor to the seminary community at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Texas. His wife, Carol (91B, '00D), is an assistant professor of homiletics at Austin.
Amy Visco Na (B) works part time as a chaplain at Shenango Presbyterian Senior Care in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. Her husband, Kang Na, continues to teach religion at Westminster College, also in New Wilmington. They have three children, Sofia, Laura, and Christian.
1991 Dale P. Andrews (B) was installed as assistant professor of homiletics and pastoral theology at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in September 1999. He also delivered the occasions featured address, "The Torment of Hope."
D. Elliott Hipp III (B) is now pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in New York, New York.
1992 David G. Robertson (B, 93M) is finishing a Ph.D. in philosophy in London, England.
J. Bradley Wigger (D) was installed as the Second Presbyterian Church Assistant Professor of Christian Education and director of The Center for Congregations and Family Ministries at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in September 1999.
1993 David B. Forney (B) is associate dean of faculty and director of evaluation and research for Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia.
1994 David Cabush (B, 95M) began serving as an associate for program at St. Peters Episcopal Church in Morristown, New Jersey, in January.
Jeffrey Crawford (B) is a software engineer for Sun Microsystems, Inc. in Denver, Colorado. He also serves on the ethics committee at Vencor Hospital and is a member of Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church with his wife, Kathy.
1995 Pashington Obeng (M) has written Asante Catholicism: Religious and Cultural Reproduction among the Akan of Ghana for the Studies of Religion in Africa series published by Brill Academic Publishers. The book focuses on the interaction between post-conciliar Roman Catholicism and Asante religion of Ghana, with its implications for self-definition and cultural renewal.
Rina Terry (B) is supervisor of chaplaincy services at Bayside Prison in Leesburg, New Jersey.
1996 Mark Rivera (B) serves as chief therapist and international director for Christian Counseling International in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He also serves as associate senior pastor of the Barbara Ann Roessler Memorial Presbyterian Church.
1997 Alex R. McLean (B) is a solo pastor at Clyde Presbyterian Church in Clyde, Ohio. He enjoys preaching, Bible study, and working with young people.
Robyn Palmer-Burton (B) writes, "I have been very busy working as the director of Christian education of Hamilton Square Presbyterian Church and being involved in presbytery activities. After living with him as a foster child for five years, I officially adopted James on September 29, 1999. It is a blessing to be able to finally call him son."
1998 Mark Ford (B) was ordained in October 1999 and is now solo pastor of Northern Lakes Parish in northern Minnesota. The parish, located in the beautiful ranching and logging areas of the state, consists of Grace Presbyterian Church in Kelliher, Minnesota, and the First Presbyterian Church in Blackduck, Minnesota.
Cheryl A. Gosa (P) has been named vice president for business development of Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters, Inc. She plans to focus on program development for nonprofit agencies and programming that will augment the worship service format the station currently broadcasts. She writes, "Im working on a new series that I will host that looks at spirituality as it is affected by new technology, primarily the Internet."
Loren Johns (D) has been appointed dean of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) beginning June 2000. Johns, who received his M.Div. at AMBS, returns from an associate professorship at Bluffton College in Ohio. The author of numerous articles in biblical studies, he views seminary as "the most valuable source of spiritual, moral, and intellectual leadership in the church today." His placement at AMBS is welcomed by president Nelson Kraybill (83B) and the faculty and staff of the school. Currently, Johns serves as general editor of Apocalypticism and Millennialism: Shaping a Believers Church Eschatology for the 21st Century, which will be published this spring.
Jeffrey E. Lee (M) is the new pastor of the Church of St. Joachim in Trenton, New Jersey. Interestingly, Lee returns to the parish in which he grew up; he was born in Trenton in 1964 and attended St. Joachim. Lee also serves as the director of the diocesan Office of Family Life/Respect Life.
Eric P. Lemonholm (B) is the intern pastor at the United in Christ Lutheran Church in Eveleth, Minnesota. He works primarily with junior and senior high youth.
David A. Norwood (B, 99M) is pastor of Community Presbyterian Church in Wapato, Washington.
1999 Eunice Ahn (E) is a first grade teacher in the South Bronx, New York. She also serves as the childrens group director at the Hansung Presbyterian Church in Woodside, New York.
Sarah Dickinson (B) is the associate pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Springfield Township in Flourtown, Pennsylvania.
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The 100 best British films
Time Out counts down the best British films, as chosen by the film industry
By Dave Calhoun, Tom Huddleston and David Jenkins, with Derek Adams, Geoff Andrew, Adam Lee Davies, Gareth Evans, Paul Fairclough and Wally Hammond. Explore the individual top tens of every contributor.
Don't Look Now (1973)
Dir Nicolas Roeg (Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland)
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So, the number one film on our list is…
…Nicolas Roeg's hallucinatory 1973 Daphne du Maurier adaptation – the story of a couple, played by Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, who decamp to a spooky Venice after the death by drowning of their daughter. We can speculate on the roots of its popularity: that it satisfies the genre and arthouse crowds; that it uses framing, sound, editing and camera movement to unreel a transfixing tale and flesh out excruciatingly authentic characters; that it dares to coax out the ghosts lurking in every watery passageway in Venice, Europe's most ornate and singular city; that it contains arguably the greatest sex scene on film. Or, we can just accept it as a movie whose every glorious frame is bursting with meaning, emotion and mystery, and which stands as the crowning achievement of one of Britain's true iconoclasts and masters of cinema. DJ
Time Out's David Jenkins spoke to 'Don't Look Now' director Nicolas Roeg about making his 1973 film.
Congratulations on being voted number one in our British cinema poll.
'Well, it's all very exciting indeed.'
Do you recall the last time you saw 'Don't Look Now'?
'Golly, it was some time ago. I've seen clips and I've introduced it at festivals. It's interesting seeing it in clips, as it gives you these hints that remind you where you were going at that time. Funnily enough, I don't like watching a movie I've finished. It's difficult because the film was part of your life.'
Was the experience of making 'Don't Look Now' a positive one?
'Film is a curious thing: you're preparing, working on and thinking about it for a long time before you shoot anything. Suddenly you give birth to this piece.
'Making films is like being a jockey. After the race, interviews with jockeys are very interesting. One interview stuck in my mind – and I'm aware it sounds a little mad making the connection between moviemaking and horseracing – when they said to a jockey, "You were lying third: did you know you were going to come through?" Then he says, "I was third, but I wanted to hold him back until he wanted to go." The horse is the one who's directing the jockey. It's the same relationship between film and director. Sounds a bit airy-fairy, but it's true!'
How did you know Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie were right for the main roles?
'This movie was about two people discussing who they were and what they did. I really like the fact that it was an American man – Donald – with a British woman – Julie. It was a pure, physical and mental exchange, not because of background or nationality. For me, "Don't Look Now" is about expressing love in a different way.'
The infamous sex scene in the film: some people see it as this moment of pure bliss, others read it as a outburst of anguish.
'Sex, whether you like it or not, is the prime force of life. There is no other reason to be here. For me, sex is very rarely rude. It's a fresh thing. The censors saw things that didn't happen in the sex scene. Did this happen? Did that happen? It's not unusual. The wonder of film is that because we relate to moments and emotions so deeply, we often see things that aren't there.
'I think people secretly connected to "Don't Look Now" for that reason. Maybe that's why after all this time when it's looked at, people see that more clearly. When it came out, audiences were less used to it. Back then, I imagine that scene would've been like someone bursting out of a cupboard and shouting "Boo!".'
You made 'Don't Look Now' in Venice and you shot a lot of your other films abroad. What's the appeal for you in making films in strange lands?
'I like being a stranger in a strange land. We don't go to all the sites in London, because they're there and we can always go to them tomorrow. I like that things stand out making the decision of whether to show the tour guide's view of another city.
'In "Don't Look Now", Donald Sutherland is a church restorer and he's working there, so there'd be no reason that we'd need to see any tourist landmarks. It's very difficult for me to see London in the way that a stranger sees it. Stories seem to stand out more when you're shooting them in a place you don't know, especially Venice.
'I don't think I've been to another city where you can walk down a narrow street and you can hear footsteps getting louder and louder. It's like someone's always behind you. The maze of those alleyways was a fantastic thing for me, but Venetians don't notice it.'
Are there any other films in the top 100 you're fond of?
'If I started making selections I'd only upset someone! But I think it's a fine list, and I don't see any film on it that doesn't deserve to be there.'


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I love the castle but also try the indoor. Its also alot of fun. Speak to james penn if you are interested, he is the owner of high velocity indoor.
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Castle, wild west, and air force
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BEIJING (AP) If Vasyl Lomachenko was a sprinter instead of a boxer, or if he swam laps rather than making his opponents' heads swim, his dazzling Olympic performance would have been the talk of Beijing and beyond.
The Ukrainian featherweight will have to settle for a gold medal and his fellow fighters' reverent respect after the 20-year-old dynamo's two-week run as the best thing in the Beijing ring.
Lomachenko stopped France's Khedafi Djelkhir in the first round to capture his first Olympic title Saturday night, while Russian heavyweight Rakhim Chakhkiev and British middleweight James Degale also won gold as the boxing tournament crowned its first five Olympic champions.
Thai flyweight Somjit Jongjohor also won his first gold at 33, and light welterweight Felix Diaz claimed the Dominican Republic's first boxing title with an upset of defending Olympic champion Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand at Workers' Gymnasium.
While Degale's sloppy, hold-filled victory over Cuba's Emilio Correa resembled a demolition derby, Lomachenko's win was just another demolition.
Starting with his upset win over Russian world champion Albert Selimov, the 20-year-old Lomachenko outpointed his five opponents by an astonishing 58-13, battering every foe with vicious hand speed and relentless aggression.
Lomachenko idolizes Muhammad Ali and the late Diego Corrales, but he'll have to work on matching his two heroes' braggadocio. In his first interview session of the games, he was too modest to hail his performance as the Olympics' best.
"I don't know about that," Lomachenko said. "There are many great and interesting boxers in the Olympics. Who of us is the best is for others to decide."
Lomachenko even stayed in his room in the athletes' village when his teammates went out to see Beijing, keeping his focus solely on his fights. He plans to get out a bit Sunday to celebrate, though - if it's OK with his coach and his father.
The referee mercifully stopped his title bout against the overmatched Djelkhir with nine seconds left in the opening round and Lomachenko already up 9-1. Djelkhir was glassy-eyed after enduring three standing-eight counts from repeated head blows courtesy of the Olympics' fastest hands.
"I made very precise hits," said Lomachenko, who wrapped the blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag around his red fighting togs at the medal ceremony. "After that, I didn't let things slip."
On the other end of the style spectrum, Degale and Correa spent much of their sloppy bout in each other's arms, though Degale fought well enough early on to build a lead. After both were hit with two-point penalties for rules violations, both fighters abandoned all technique in the final rounds while Degale slogged to the 16-14 win.
Style points didn't matter to Degale, the surprising champion of a division headlined by Matvey Korobov, the Russian star who will turn pro after his second-round upset loss to Kazakhstan's Bakhtiyar Artayev. Degale beat Artayev in the quarterfinals and steamed to the gold medal.
the 22-year-old Degale was booed by the Cuban-sympathetic Chinese fans on the medal podium, but he didn't seem to hear it.
"It was a bit scrappy," Degale said. "He's strong. There were only bits in the fight where I fought my way. It was not pretty. I don't think it was the best fight we could have fought."
Correa fell short of following the success of his father, Emilio Sr., who won gold for Cuba in 1972.
"He gave me lots of advice before I came to Beijing, but I won a medal in the Olympics and that makes me very proud," Correa said. "I got desperate sometimes. I couldn't control my temper. Although I should have won, the judges should take some points from him, and even disqualify him."
Chakhkiev won the evening's final bout 4-2 in another ugly clash with Italy's Clemente Russo, who won last year's world championship with a narrow victory over Chakhkiev. Russo claimed the result was a robbery, but neither boxer landed many clean punches.
Chakhkiev is the first non-Cuban to win the Olympic heavyweight title since 1988 and just the third non-Cuban to win it since George Foreman's victory in 1968. Cuba's heavyweight, Osmai Acosta, lost to Chakhkiev in the semifinals.
Somjit is a former world champion fighting in his last Olympics thanks to the sport's age limit. He used that experience in a surprisingly easy win over Andris Laffita, the 30-year-old finally getting his first Olympic shot for the deep Cuban team.
Four years ago in Athens, Somjit lost an early round bout to Cuba's Yuriorkis Gamboa, who went on to win gold before defecting. After beating Gamboa's replacement, Somjit immediately held aloft a photograph of Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej after leaving the ring.
"Several times I wanted to give up," said Somjit, who failed to qualify for the Sydney Games eight years ago. "In Greece, I managed to get there and I lost to a Cuban. I thought I was at my peak of my career then, the right age and right fitness, so that was really hard. But people in Thailand told me I still had fight left in me, so I went back to training."
Diaz was among the Dominican fighters who entered the ring with a Chinese flag on their backs, thrilling the home crowd. He rode that support all the way to his own nation's surprising first gold.
Manus is a nightmare for opposing coaches because of his unorthodox punches and unpredictable style, but Diaz turned a big first round into a comfortable victory.
"We spent all day (Thursday) watching videos of Boonjumnong, because we knew that there has to be an effective strategy to fight against him," Diaz said. "Nobody could find the right strategy, but I guess we did. I don't have a coach in my corner. I have a magician."


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Skip to comments.Aurora Shooter exhibits classic schizophrenia pattern
Posted on 07/20/2012 3:43:35 PM PDT by Prospero
As a classic case of national hysteria slowly peaks, still within 24 hours after the massacre of theater-patrons attending a premier of the latest "Batman" thriller in Aurora, Colorado, it's become increasingly difficult to maintain a rational perspective.
Apparently without any shame whatsoever, an embattled White House still cannot hesitate to push itself out in front of the trickle of information coming out in the wake of these multiple murders.
That as many or more people will die in "random" shootings on the streets of major U.S. cities, Chicago in particular, on an average weekend, this July, still escapes the notice of our entertainment news-readers and other media.
Without any other obvious motive, however, and looking dispassionately for the most reasonable known pattern that fits the facts known at this hour about this massacre, and its lone perpetrator, I think it will eventually be determined that Mr. Holmes suffers from hereditary schizophrenia.
The vast majority of the organic types of that disease are males, often regarded as highly intelligent, and who rarely begin showing the first truly "full-blown" symptoms of such a disease until just prior to their 25th birthday.
Elaborate and fantastic delusions, resembling a nightmarish dream-state, that usually accompany the full, untreated symptoms of this very terrible disease are often so compelling, and build so slowly (and its sufferers often have such credibility or, in many cases, demonstrate such charisma) that loved ones and friends rarely catch on to their true state of mind until they disappear, or it is otherwise "too late."
Though the frightening episodes accompanying this disease very rarely strike such a responsive chord in national news cycles they are almost always devastating, inside a much smaller circle. Usually destroying families and friendships.
So far. at least, Mr. Holmes outrageous demonstration of the apparent symptoms of this disease, or another illness in the same family, still seems quite within a regular pattern, as horrific as that might seem to those who are unfamiliar with schizophrenia.
The reactions of the national news industry, in the immediate short term, and those of his victims, to this intrusion of the symptoms of a classic mental illness, is quite understandable.
Few are unfortunate enough to ever experience becoming drawn into the damaged circle of a schizophrenic's broken thinking, over our lifetimes.
This does not mean, however, that schizophrenia is unknown to law enforcement, competent political leadership, or the health establishment. Far from it.
For a White House, or the mayor of a large city elsewhere, to take such full and shameless political opportunity from a the short-term trauma and shock to the national peace and loss of perspective is nothing short of criminal.
As this president operates within his own diseased pattern of not allowing any tragedy to go to waste, over the course of the next few hours, before the situation elsewhere, likely Syria, distracts his fawning, ignorant fan base in the national media, keep these thoughts in mind.
Who cares about the perp being a schizo?
Colorado has the death penalty, kill him.
Yeah its called Occupy Syndrome. BlackBloc specifically.
Wasn't crazy enough to get himself killed.
So, shoot him twice, one for each personality.
Of course he does! Why, as he was attending OWS rally's in his Blac Bloc outfit, he assumed that he was at a Tea Party function. Easy mistake.
Amen! Crazy / smazy, who cares? Kill him!
You always come through, dfwgator. Well said as usual.
Man, you're too much sometimes. LOL
You're telling us it's not his fault?
Then, who's fault is it?
Oh, I know!
(Yes, someone actually said that already...)
What bothers me immensely is not the reaction to the psychopaths who suddenly start firing on random citizens, it's the lack of outrage at the murderous gangs who torture their victims to death,sometimes in front of other victims. Some of the stories are too horrific to repeat.
Im going to take a wild guess and say that he was probably a habitual marijuana user. Habitual use can increase the Chan es of schizzo by 300%.
"You get over to the Justice Department and tell Holder
to make sure the FBI keeps that shooter from talking.
Supposedly the guy can't remember anything at all but
we are too close to the election to take any chances."
There is snappy repartee and then sometimes somebody exceeds even that. Your comment does exactly that. Hat tip.
Perhaps the worse punishment is to heal him, if possible, and then have to live year after year with the realization of what he did.
Schizophrenia is a horrible sickness. I know it well.
Holmes neighbor knows the shooter and said he just saw him and had a drink with him the other day. He thought he was still in school and was just another typical student. He never mentioned him being schizo
Thanks for telling the truth, although you will get flamed for it.
We're already hearing cries about tighter gun laws. The common thread running through last night's massacre, Arizona, Columbine, and many other such incidents are the deranged minds of the shooters. Yet mental health assessment and intervention is so very hard to get in this country.
We don't understand it, we don't want to talk about it, and some people don't even acknowledge that mental illness exists.
They are those who have never encountered it.
For those of us who have, we know that getting help for someone who adamantly refuses to acknowledge a problem is nigh impossible. Keeping a schizophrenic or violent bipolar patient on meds is also very hard, because they feel better and stronger and on top of their world unmedicated.
Treatment facilities can keep them only until they're medicated enough to no longer be considered a threat. Then they're released, go off the meds, and it starts all over again.
Flame away. I just told a truth that needs to be a national discussion. These kinds of tragedies can be avoided, if this guy was, indeed, mentally ill.
Maybe he isn't ill, just evil. Remains to be seen. However, if he was, betcha his family knew it and were powerless to intervene.
Why would you get flamed for your post?
My daughter is schitzophrenic. Getting help is difficult and very expensive - and that's if you're willing and able to pay for it. Keeping them medicated when they don't want to be is impossible - and the medication isn't a cure. It just makes the voices a lot quieter - the patient is still mentally ill, although perhaps functional.
Because there are those here who deny the existence of mental illness. It's already happened today, will again. Read some of the snarky comments on this thread.
It's a difficult problem. The mentally ill used to get locked up in attics. Now we turn them loose on the streets. Surely there's a middle ground.
Hugs to you. We dealt with two seriously mentally ill family members for years. Fortunately neither killed anyone, but the emotional toll on the families was extensive.
We need better mental health intervention and care much more than we need all the frippery fluff the government now pays for.
While the cry for gun control over this is deplorable (to to mention 180 degree illogical), and while you are correct about adult-onset schizophrenia, its delusional states and associations with situational aggression, what happened in Aurora simply does not fit those patterns.
Holmes (the shooter), while being currently described as a loner and untrained, exhibited nothing BUT training and support. He had access to a variety of weapons and explosives, he knew how to wire them into booby traps, he created a dual-site scenario, he made use of toxic gas and patterned his behavior after the psychopathy portrayed by Hollywood in Dark Knight Rises.
This is NOT a level of organization someone suffering from schizophrenia is even remotely capable of carrying out. In addition, it strongly suggests both training and supply help.
Oh, and the fact that Obama intends to sign a treaty that attempts to erase ALL private gun ownership in the country next week, AND that this wipes the Huma Abedin/Hillary Clinton investigation AND the Roberts Obamacare decision off the front page, AND directly mimics the basic Fast and Furious Democrat plan to unleash small arms mass murder and then call for gun control, is ENTIRELY coincidental.
Perhaps pharmaceutically induced.
Are schizophrenics organized (as in organized vs disorganized crimes)? I don't think either of the two schizophrenics I've had contact with would have been capable of pulling this off. But maybe some would????
Okay. I would say there are definitely mentally ill people. I see them in downtown Gainesville often.
No, not at all.
My overall point is simply that his pattern of behavior fits that of a schizophrenic. If Colorado lacks an appropriate punishment then dispatching the perpetrator to God for judgement might actually be very appropriate.
My larger point was that the ridiculous hysteria on display by our entertainment-media complex, and the shameless opportunism being carried out by low-life pundits (particularly the psychopath presently living in the White House) and gun-control nuts like Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Rendell is not merely "out of proportion" to the situation when compared to the slow-motion, apparently less entertaining, massacres happening in cities like Chicago, is hateful and criminal.
I'm thinking that locking them in the attic ain't so bad... But, yes, I'd sure rather pay for that than for all CA's illegals.
I don't think the author cares about an insanity defense. He cares about spurious accusations of "tea party" responsibility and the Democrats' need to exploit every random disaster as political.
I'm so very sorry.
I have known a sociopath and have the scars to prove it. It's a compelling whirlpool.
and I'm going to take a guess and say that as a brainy nerd who got two degrees in neuroscience while battling the demons that onset this disease, he was using something more stimulative than the depressive pot, something that made him feel even more omnipotent to answer the orders given by the voices in his head
pills or some cocktail of drugs he concocted from his laboratory access, my guess
My GAYDAR is going BANANAS!!!!
This might be schizophrenia, although it's extremely rare for schizophrenics to murder, even more rare for them to mass murder. The fact that his behavior included methodical and logical steps counts against the schizophrenia idea.
Seems more likely this slaughter is the offspring of OWS.
Whirlpool is a good way to describe it - you can watch them circling the drain while they're fighting to get away from any help.
Hey now, he has people skills.
Yep - the timing is impeccable...
Whatever the cause, it's premeditated murder.
I hope someone finds out all the TRUTH they can about this nut job before Obama's guestapo move in, cover up, and frame this thing for anything but what it actually is...
If only this young man had obamacare his mental illness would have been treated
The GOP obstructionist congress is to blame
and George Bush
and Rush Limbaugh
and maybe Sarah Palin, too
Any evidence that this guy's an OWS type? Not every nutcase is political. Some nutcases are just nutcases.
I don't know of many people, if any, who deny the reality of mental illness.
The controversy is with how the justice system treats criminals who plead insanity, mental defect, etc.
Murderers like this one evade justice too often with a finding of "innocent due to insanity", or a similar worded finding.
The finding should be "guilty due to insanity" and the normal sentence for the crime carried out.
Many years ago, a dear friend was murdered by a student in her English as a Second Language class. Thanks to that mental illness defense, the guy is now in a prison mental health unit. But he's laughing his butt off. He bragged to a relative that he has it made...doesn't have to do anything for himself, just watches tv all day, while the taxpayers support him. Someday I hope that another inmate will someday rid us of this worthless POS.
Many years ago, a dear friend was murdered by a student in her English as a Second Language class. Thanks to that mental illness defense, the guy is now in a prison mental health unit. But he's laughing his butt off. He bragged to a relative that he has it made...doesn't have to do anything for himself, just watches tv all day, while the taxpayers support him. Someday I hope that another inmate will someday rid us of this worthless POS.
You have been through this
Once your kid is 18 you can't even see his medical records or talk to his doctors without his permission, heck you can't even see his school attendance and grades
You know he is aticking human time bomb and there is nothing anyone can say or do unless he goes off
God Bless
I agree.
Always wise to apply Occam's Razor.
Damn....wish I'd thought of that!..............
I have to admit that when I saw the first picture of the guy today released by the press that my first thought was, "this guy looks like someone you would have seen at one of the occupy protests."
Told my wife the same as she showed me the pic on her cell phpne as we were driving to Monticello today.
I wonder if he actually attended any?
If he did, you will never here it from the MSM. Blogosphere, talk radio, or Fox would have to dig it up.
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Maureen in Massachusetts writes:
Thank you Nicole Shiegg for your creative post.
We have the Dora back pack. We have the photos but I dare not post due to the dangers associated of posting children on social media. I am touched by Administrator Raj Shah's commitment to the plight of healthy children across the globe. Time and time again he is making a difference and I am impressed with his ability to seek new ways to reach people and connect.
I am thinking of the back pack and the life saving supplies. I'm thinking of Haiti. I'm thinking of the film Hunger Games ….
I'm thinking that for every expedition in the Alpes- the back pack was key and it was the go to. I remember. Yes, the back pack can represent the symbol of survival. The thirty dollars and the 7 million kids that won't...very effective campaign.
I'm thinking that I am so fortunate to fill our children's packs for school with books and lunch and water or whatever beverage they desire. I tell them and share entries such as this but do the children of America know the burden and responsibility on our heels?
Are we fully cognizant that we live in a country where we can "fill" the pack even as adults?
So I am thankful for people such as Raj Shah and his reminder. I don't forget and I do appreciate and I want him to know that his efforts are so very much noticed.


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I should have specified it was an update for him. Winning one of the championships takes his status much higher, at least in terms of a pro wrestler
D'oh! Sorry, missed that completely!! Thanks, I will update him.


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