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Analyzing the Bloody Sunday Apology
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"What happened should never, ever have happened … I am deeply sorry."
With humility that is uncharacteristic of a leader of the United Kingdom, newly seated British Prime Minister David Cameron offered up those words after a report on the 1972 "Bloody Sunday" killings of 14 unarmed demonstrators in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, put the blame squarely on British soldiers. The much-anticipated release on June 15 of the 5,000-page Saville report, named for the high-ranking member of the House of Lords who led the inquiry, and Cameron's unequivocal apology come after a 12-year probe into an incident that inflamed tensions between Irish separatists and British armed forces, triggering bitter decades of violence, as well as films, fiction, investigative volumes, poetry, and ballads that spread the cause of Northern Ireland's Catholics to the world.
Cameron's speech drew praise from around the globe and gave vindication to the families of the victims, who were predominantly teenagers. Now many people in Northern Ireland are pushing for criminal prosecution of the soldiers, who according to the report forgot or ignored their training and acted with a "serious and widespread loss of fire discipline." Do the inquiry's conclusions at long last reflect, as the UK's Guardian puts it, "a collective sense of closure," or will they fan the persistent embers in the wake of the 1998 Good Friday peace accord? What is the likelihood that Britain will pursue criminal prosecution of the soldiers despite the passage of 38 years?
BU Today spoke with Erik Goldstein, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of international relations and history and chair of the international relations department. A specialist in British foreign policy, Goldstein is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
BU Today: Do you agree with The Guardian's assessment of Cameron's apology as pitch-perfect and its prediction that it will be viewed as a seminal moment in Anglo-Irish relations?
Goldstein: Yes, it will be an important moment in Anglo-Irish relations, and it builds on the confidence that has been created since the Good Friday accords. It's another important landmark in improving relations. But it also marks a generational shift. Both Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague were very young when Bloody Sunday occurred.
The report was commissioned as part of the Good Friday agreement in 1998. Now, 12 years later, many are asking what took so long.
It was extremely sensitive. There were a lot of witnesses and a lot of testing of the evidence. They were being extremely careful. It was comprehensive, going back into the forensic evidence, the witness accounts, and the surviving visual evidence. But in a sense it's one of the by-products of the whole Irish peace process, the entire change of relations between London and Dublin.
The report contains many damning details, like a description of one boy fatally shot while crawling away, yet the original inquiry ruled that the soldiers were defending themselves. Would such a brazen cover-up be possible today?
Technologically it was a different age, and that's important to remember. It was difficult to recapture the events; according to the report, in the initial inquiry witnesses lied. Today, people flip out their cell phones and try to take photos. And Britain has the world's most extensive network of closed-circuit video surveillance cameras, our so-called CCTV. The Bloody Sunday events would be viewed much more skeptically if they happened today. But anything that happens further into the past is easier to cover up.
If Britain proceeds with criminal prosecutions, will it threaten to undermine the healing that's occurred in the wake of the Saville report and the Good Friday accord?
The incident is so long ago. I haven't worked out how many of the individuals involved are still alive or in a condition to be tried; any soldiers active then are long retired. What Prime Minister Cameron was trying to do by so openly accepting the report was to have that healing and avoid a long-drawn-out trial and dragging out all the evidence, examining it again. Behind his actions is the model of the South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Who makes the decision to prosecute or not to prosecute?
The decision will be dealt with by the British equivalent of the U.S. Attorney, although in Britain that person is not a political appointee, but a career civil servant. It's a nonpolitical decision. Britain has no statue of limitations on murder, so it's possible.
Does the extensive report open the door for investigation of other incidents, such as the Dublin and Monaghan bombings two years after Bloody Sunday?
I think there will be a call for more inquiries, but there might also be some desire on the part of the Unionists to have further explanation of actions by the Republican side.
How does Cameron's apology affect his standing and popularity, at home and abroad?
Both domestically and internationally, he's establishing that he's in charge, willing to take responsibility, and not shirking his role. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown would have done something very similar. It's part of a generational change, but it is David Cameron, a Conservative, who has the added dimension that at the time of Bloody Sunday it was his party that was in power.
Cameron's statement is part of a growing trend of leaders apologizing for past events. What's your opinion of the strategy?
Yes, so many apologies. Gordon Brown apologized for the slave trade, even though his country led efforts to abolish it. In countries where public opinion is important, an apology helps to set a new tone for relations. In any negotiation, confidence-building is important, and this is one aspect of confidence-building.
Can other nations learn from the Northern Ireland peace process?
I think the Middle East generally can learn from the Northern Irish example. The two mediators there, Tony Blair and George Mitchell, President Obama's special envoy to the Middle East, are both still active in the Good Friday accord. There's a clear, conscious decision to apply what was learned in Northern Ireland to the Israeli-Palestinian situation, a starting point, although the situation on the ground is very different.
Just a day after Cameron's apology, a 300-pound bomb was found outside a border police station in Northern Ireland. Do you believe the peace will hold?
There are rumored to be a lot of explosives still out there, both north and south, although mainstream groups have come to an understanding. There are still extremists, and that will continue. To quote World War I French statesman Georges Clemenceau: "A permanent peace is a peace that lasts until next year." Peace requires maintenance.
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That is real food that helps your body, Joan and Sk8eycat! I have been on paleofood - low-carb no ready-made food - for two years now, and feel much better because of it.
Ian, I went to the link, too, and I thought, "EEL pie?!!? Eww." What does it really taste like with eels? Fishy, or savory with herbs?
My dad used to make a New England favorite; Codfish Patties, but they are about 50% mashed potato, and deep fried. I loved them.
My all-time favorite fish is halibut, oven-baked with just salt & pepper, or smoked, but it's become more expensive than Filet Mignon.
I like barbecued (slightly smoky) salmon filet, but the last time I ate salmon I had a gout attack (same with shrimp... dammit!). I will avoid ANYthing rather than have my left foot swell up like a boxing glove.
Ian, I know, those dishes eaten as a child growing up, then abandoning thinking they were old fashioned, only to be reclaimed as we age and eaten as comfort food, bring pleasures that modern foods do not.
The crash of the eel population sounds serious. I wonder what caused it. I have not eaten eel pie and mash; we did have pasties with left over roasted beef, potatoes and vegetables. They are good!
Mindy, that's sweeter than anything Hubble has produced.
Bangers and mash, bubble and squeak are things I grew up with and sometimes make myself when I'm feeling nostalgic.
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That is an interesting story Tony - looks like you took care of them .
When I was first diagnosed with diabetes several years ago I went to a registered nutritionist and she put me on a high protein, low carb diet, to which I was very faithful. I became very sick and my M.D. put me on another regimen of no white bread, rice, sugars. I love whole grains and used Dave's Killer bread, chuck full of seeds. I couldn't tolerate seeds when I started chemo. I should be able to handle them now. I am back on the the diabetic routine but with very small portions. My stomach shrunk down those two weeks I could not keep any food inside me.
I feel great, just weary. That is fine. In fact, I went to The Grand Yarn store today and took a lesson in knitting; I am now knitting me a hat to keep my bald head warm. We have bitterly cold winds today. BRRRRRR!
Thanks for the lead to the book, "Good Calories, Bad Calories" by Gary Taubes sk8eycat. I'll look into it.
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Ruth, I am diabetic...or I was. I don't know what I am now, my last A1c was 5.2 (it had been 5.7 or lower for more than two years), and I was having so many hypoglycemic attacks (starting in July) that I stopped taking the Glucotrol XL that I'd been on for 13 years, and my glucose readings at home are still almost always 115mg dl, or lower.
The only thing I have done, that I can think of, was that I read (and re-read many times) Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes 2+ years ago, and put things like bacon and other meats that the Fat Police hate back in my diet, and switched to whole grains whenever I could. (I stopped using white sugar the day I was diagnosed, and switched to Splenda for cooking and to sweeten my tea.) Oh, and I eat a lot of lettuce and broccoli. That's all. I have always used butter because IMO margarines are made out of plastic and axle grease, and you can't cook with them. I have lost 30 lbs so far, without feeling deprived, overly hungry, or craving sweets...and I love desserts as much as any Adult Child.
We have been lied to about "healthy foods" for over 100 years...by sloppy researchers who were and are largely funded by the giant food-processing companies such as Kraft, Con-Agra, and the cereal manufacturers. (The only cereal I eat is oatmeal... on cold mornings.)
Fatty foods are NOT the Bad Guys, simple carbohydrates are. White flour, white sugar, white rice, etc. They do strange things to the body's demand for insulin, and unbalance everything. (It's the 3 layers of white bread on a Big Mac that kicks the carbs up.)
Before I got the "whiteness" out of my diet, I was still keeping my blood sugar between 85 and 140, and I DID eat potatoes (both Idaho AND "yams") maybe once or twice a month...I only make rice when I'm going to have stir-fry, and I've been using only brown rice for the past few years.
I'm not trying to lecture you, but I do seriously recommend that book. Our doctors tell us what the NIH and CDC tells them, and those organizations are behind the times, especially on the matter of fat in our diets. I know it's counter-intuitive, but bacon, sausage, hamburger, bone-in skin-on chicken, and butter don't go directly from the stomach to the arteries.
I will admit that British sausages...Bangers...have a lot of bread crumbs in the mix, but I only go to Buchanan's every other year or so. I can't handle more ecstasy than that. [slides under the table just thinking about it]
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Yes Tony, that's what what I thought too. I was born in a closed reli community, and I still remember the shock and the wonder of discovering different people - so I wish the young man the same.
They both look delicious, but not on my diet. As a diabetic I avoid potatoes and sausage. Ah, memory lane. At least If can remember what such food tastes like.
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How to Create a Romantic Retreat in the Bathroom:
1. Create a calm and relaxing atmosphere
Firstly, start with a thorough clean of the bathroom suite and put away any products that are hanging around in order to give you a blank canvas in which to create your romantic spa. Keep the room warm, run a deep bath, dim the lights or use candles to create a cosy glow.
2. Indulge the senses
Scent plays a big part in the ambience of luxury spas so consider this when planning your Valentine's surprise. Light scented candles, warm aromatic oils in a burner and arrange a bunch of delicately perfumed roses in a vase – even sprinkle some petals into the bath water to make the room look even more romantic. Pop open some bubbly and enjoy a glass of wine while you relax in the bath and prepare some chocolate-dipped strawberries to nibble on throughout the day. Create a calming playlist of instrumental tracks and include some of your favourite love songs to ramp up the romance.
3. Luxurious products
Create a hamper of gorgeous luxury bath products that you can use during the spa day, including a body scrub, cleansing massage oil, face packs and creamy bath bombs. Your loved one can continue to use the hamper throughout the year which will remind them of the romantic day you spent together for Valentines.
4. What to wear
Spas feel so luxurious because they have plenty of big fluffy towels , white dressing gowns and cosy slippers to relax in between treatments so recreate this at home by fluffing up your towels in the tumble dryer with some dryer balls and hang them on a freestanding heated towel rail ready for use. Treat your Valentine to a soft new dressing gown, and buy a couple of pairs of towelling slippers to pop in the product hamper to complete the spa effect.
The effort you put into all these preparations will show your loved one just how much you care for them and will create a relaxing treat for you both. A couple of hours spent in your homemade romantic spa will do wonders for your mind and body, energize you both, and will kick-start an enjoyable romantic weekend for you and your special someone.


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Michigan Area Health Education Center (MI-AHEC) Program. A warm welcome from Dr. Thomas Roe, Co-Program Director. MI-AHEC Supported by.
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Area Health Education Center
(MI-AHEC) Program
A warm welcome fromDr. Thomas Roe,
Co-Program Director
MI-AHEC Supported by
Michigan Area Health Education Center (MI-AHEC) is a program of the Wayne State University School of Medicine and College of Nursing in partnership with the Wayne State University School of Social Work and Eugene Applebaum College of Allied Health and Pharmacy. Initial funding was provided by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Wayne State University and The KresegeFoundation.
Wayne State University's MI-AHEC partners include:
University of Detroit Mercy Dental School
Detroit Wayne County Authority
Central Michigan University
Western Michigan University
National AHEC Program
PurposeCreated by Congress in 1971 to recruit, train and retain a health professions workforce committed to underserved populations
Students to Careers
Professions to Communities
Communities to Better Health
ActivitiesHealth Careers Recruitment
Training Health Professional Students
Supporting Health Professionals
Health and Community Development
MI-AHEC Goals
Our PurposeIncrease access to primary care health professionals
for the residents of Michigan
Goal 1Establish the WSU MI AHEC Program Office infrastructure and two proposed Regional AHEC Centers
Goal 2 Improve access to clinical education in primary care urban and rural settings, medically underserved populations, and health professional shortage areas in Michigan
Goal 3Increase the recruitment of underrepresented minorities and disadvantaged students in Michigan to the health professions including training of a diverse and culturally competent workforce
Goal 4Improve the knowledge, skills and retention of health professionals in rural and urban health professional shortage areas and medically underserved areas
Benefits to Michigan Communities
Access and Delivery of Healthcare
- Increase diversity of professionals practicing in underserved communities
Address unmet healthcare needs
- Alleviate health professions workforce shortage
Improve health of local communities
Workforce Development
- Increase Retention
- Provide continuing education and professional development
- Enhance the practice environment
- Provide interdisciplinary clinical experiences
College Prep/Access
- Mentor disadvantaged and underrepresented students
- Offer K-12 health career related programs and activities
AHEC Regional Center Activities
Engage the community to develop cooperative solutions
Support community-based training experiences
Develop clinical sites for inter-disciplinary training
EngageK-12 students in health professions careers
Create a "home-grown" health professions workforce
Recruit K—12 students from under-represented backgrounds
Support the workforce in health professional shortage areas
What are our plans for self-sufficiency?
Cultivation of community support:
Assess community and regional support for local and state-wide AHEC activities
Solicit cash support and in-kind contributions from community-based participants, organizations, and businesses
Extramural Funding:
Respond to potential local, state and federal extramural funding opportunities
Leverage unique resources with partners similar to our unique WSUCON and WSUSOM resource sharing agreement
Resource Generation
Package AHEC resources as educational products and services that can produce revenue
State Support:
Funding through the legislature would be anticipated in fiscal year 2013
Potential Areas of Collaboration
Please contact the Co-PIs:
Barbara Redman, PhD, RN, FAANDr. Valerie Parisi, MD, MPH, MBA
Dean, College of NursingDean , School of Medicine
Office (313) 577-4071(313) 577-4727
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com@med.wayn.edu
Co-Program Directors
Dr. Ramona Benkert, PhD, ANP-BCDr. Thomas Roe, M.D.,
Associate Professor, Nursing Asst. Professor, Family Medicine & Public Health Science
Office: 313-577-4113(313) 577-1669
Email: email@example.com@med.wayne.edu
MI-AHEC Program Office
Linda Tarjeft
Associate Program Director, Office: 313-577-5161
Email: email@example.com


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However, the experience is still pretty effective considering this is a projector in a camcorder. The picture can be up to 60in diagonally, and the audio is also considerably louder than most camcorders are capable of. So you can enjoy the video you have shot in a darkened living room with considerable ease. If you're on holiday or just returned from an event, you can relive the moments immediately. This isn't something you would use every time you've shot video, and the resolution is only 640 x 360 so you're not experiencing your footage in all its HD glory. But this is definitely much more than just a gimmick.
Strangely, Sony has also taken a leaf out of the pocket Internet camcorder phenomenon and built a USB plug with a short cable into the PJ10 itself. This nestles inside the hand strap, out of the way, until required. In tandem with the USB plug, there's the usual software built in for uploading files directly to the Web. This supports Sony's Personal Space, YouTube (naturally), Dailymotion, Facebook for both photos and video, Flickr and Picasa, which is a pretty comprehensive selection except that it excludes Vimeo.
Like so many multi-function devices, one function tends to dominate Sony's HDR-PJ10. Not surprisingly, you will most likely use it as a camcorder many times more often than you will as a projector. It's also a bit expensive when decent HD camcorders like the Panasonic HDC-SD80 and the JVC Everio GZ-HM445 are now available for £300 or less. But at least it does a respectable job as a projector, so you will be able to make use of this feature when the opportunity arrises. Whilst it's definitely more dessert topping than floor cleaner, the PJ10 can perform its secondary function well enough for this to be worth having.
While I have always enjoyed and, indeed, trusted these reviews, I feel it worth asking the slightly grudging reviewer of the Sony HDR PJ10E camcorder if he had actually handled the equipment before he wrote his review. He says, somewhat dismissively, that 'not surprisingly' there is no provision for external microphone and headphones. This is important as numbers of potential purchasers will feel no need to read on. The model I held today was clearly equipped with sockets for both. 'Trusted' reviews?
Apologies for that. As you can see from our video review, we certainly did use the camcorder. I'm guessing that line was mistakenly written out of habit and the error missed in editing. I'll correct it now.
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|Reviews for To the Stars
| Guest chapter 1 . 8/28/2012
Okay, Most beautiful One-shot in the History of One-shots! It's making me cry, it was so happy and then the last paragraph came and sadness crept up on me and now I'm crying. The part "I felt her numb hand grasping on to mine, and the last thing I saw that night before the life was wiped out of my eyes was Rose's face, laughing and smiling, as I twirled her around that deck, never wanting to let her go." made me cry because it is just so beautifully written!
| FredNeverDied chapter 1 . 7/17/2012
Loved this! So cute, so sweet, I'm still super pissed at j cameron that he had to die! Nice job
| Citrine Curls chapter 1 . 6/13/2012
I am so behind on my fanfiction reading! I didn't know you had this up. Anyway, I loved it, and it gives an interesting perspective on Jack's ending scene.
| Susan Viktorija chapter 1 . 6/1/2012
This is great!
| woeitliuygh chapter 1 . 5/31/2012
| Leo Me Enamoraste chapter 1 . 5/31/2012
Awwww :) this was so cute :) I love your fluffy stories! Don't get me wrong, I also adore your tragic ones! I can't wait to read your updates!