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The babies were born Feb 28 at 5:11 and 5:19 respectively. Asher was born first and weighed 5lbs 1.5oz and Boston weighed 5lbs even. My labor was crazy! I'll do a birth story later but I was lucky enough to have them both vaginally.
Boston was intubated over night and they were both on CPAP yesterday morning but by this evening they are both breathing on their own and doing well! There is definitely some jaundice and they've started bililights. We got to hold both of them and they both "nippled" a little - aka they rooted and licked my boob. It seemed they both wanted it and knew what to do which is great at their age. However they are being fed by gavage and both are on IV fluids so right now they are getting only what little colostrum I can pump and the IV fluids. Hopefully my milk will come in soon but they have human breastmilk if it doesn't.
I haven't even asked about how long they'll be in the NICU. I don't think they could answer me anyways. I'm just so happy that I got to hold them both within 24 hours! Honestly I feel like I *should* be crying that my boys are in NICU but they are beautiful and I just can't help but be happy.
I had to stay on magnesium sulfate for 24 hours so I felt like crap all day yesterday but today I'm feeling much better and anxious to go home and see my daughter!
congrats to you mama! I can not wait to hear your birth story and see pics of the little ones. I hope your babies are out of the NICU soon!
Wishing you and yours the best!
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Congrats! It sounds like they are doing well!
Congrats, Liora. I'm glad to hear that your boys safely arrived, you got the birth you wanted and they're doing well. Can't wait to see some pics!
DW and I are moms to two teens (DD 17 and DS 15) adopted through CAS in 2007 and a toddler (DD 2) born at home in March 2011.
Congrats!!! Sounds like they are doing pretty well. :) And that is really great you were able to have them vaginally.
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Congratulations, what GREAT weights!!
Shannon~mother to 7 #8 due @Sept 8th.
COngrats! Those are great weights! May their NICU stay be short and your recovery be quick:).
Congratulations :) I'm glad they're doing well! What awesome birth weights for the gestational age. Oh and lovely names!
I'm so glad that you got to have them vaginally and way to go on cooking such big babies!! I'm sure they will be out of the NICU in no time. Glad you are feeling better now that the icky mag is off. lots of love to you and your fam!!
Congrats! What a nice weight for both. I'm so happy that you got to hold both of them, what a wonderful thing for you all!
I hope you and the boys have a quick recovery and short, uneventful NICU stay.
Congrats on the birth of your boys! Nice job getting them good and big and so happy you were able to have them vaginally! Can't wait to hear more about it!
Congratulations! I'm glad to hear everything went well, and I'm glad to hear that you are feeling happy (you have every reason to!). Can't wait to hear your birth story!
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Congratulations! I'm sure they'll do great and be home soon!!
Big congratulations! So glad they are here safe and sound. It sounds like they are doing wonderfully.
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Congrats! Their names are adorable and holy smokes, those are excellent weights! Good job, mama!
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Congratulations! I agree, GREAT weights little guys! I'm glad you have been able to hold them. Praying they continue to grow in their own strength soon and have more and more time in your arms.
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Great weights for you 2 little ones....i'm thinking wow if you had twins and they were 5lbs + that's how big our babies our...how exciting....yeah for you pumping..keep up the hard work mama!
Congrats! and I love the names :) My son is an Asher too!
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After graduating from Roosevelt High School, I initially wanted to become a physician, then a dentist. However, while waiting as an alternate for a Mainland dental program, I was accepted by the University of Hawaii (UH) School of Public Health. I also was fortunate to be the second student in the new joint master's degree program with the College of Business Administration. As with life's twists and turns, my career goal changed to health care administration.
I am forever grateful to Wil J. Henderson for selecting me for administrative intern/resident positions at The Queen's Medical Center and helping me get my foot in the door. I was offered an administrative position at Kuakini Medical Center in 1976, and I have been fortunate to serve as Kuakini's president and CEO since 1990.
Kuakini Health System and its subsidiaries have been providing health care services since 1900. We are very proud of Kuakini's heritage, and are committed to continue our founders' legacy as the last surviving hospital in the U.S. established by Japanese immigrants.
In the mid-1960s, Kuakini had clinicians and research-oriented staff who understood the value of research as a core business. With the ongoing support of the administration and Hawaii research cohorts (8,006 WWII Japanese-American veterans), Kuakini has successfully sponsored several longitudinal research programs: Honolulu Heart Program, Japan-Hawaii Cancer Study and Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. Collectively, these nationally and internationally renowned research programs have received more than $70 million of funding from the National Institutes of Health. These funds have been committed to conducting research in Hawaii and contracting with local and Mainland research centers, including Pacific Health Research Institute.
Kuakini is one of only two research sites in the U.S. with more than 40 years of clinical and epidemiological data, and blood and tissue specimens collected from a homogeneous group of participants. Locally, research funds have created jobs, developed a core of Island researchers, provided valuable research findings to the worldwide community, built Kuakini's research reputation and ties with research centers in Asia, and provided Kuakini with access to high-tech equipment and donations in technology that would not have been possible if Kuakini was not recognized for its research initiatives.
Hawaii is an ideal location for research of all types, including cancer research. Newly diagnosed cancer cases are expected to increase by 23 percent in the next decade, with the Medicare-eligible population having the largest portion of the increase.
Recognizing that cancer is a chronic disease with a high incidence in the elderly population, Kuakini will continue its longitudinal research and pursue its plans to acquire a PET/CT scanner and construct a new research building to archive the growing volume of cohort specimens and to provide offices for researchers.
For sustained cancer research in Hawaii, collaboration among the major hospitals, the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii (CRCH) and John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) is critical, since no single organization has unlimited resources and universal research expertise to be the center of all cancer research. Also, the key players in Hawaii have different goals and focus on research.
The collaboration of The Queen's Medical Center, Hawaii Pacific Health and Kuakini Health System with CRCH and JABSOM is a positive step toward maximizing the opportunities and worldwide value that Hawaii can bring to cancer research.
As part of this collaboration, a jointly sponsored translational cancer medicine symposium is being held Feb. 17 and 18 at The Queen's Conference Center. Kuakini is proud to join this opportunity to promote the benefits of cancer research in Hawaii.
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The report has put the spotlight back on the two dead tourists who visited southern China in February last year. The WHO has asked the Chinese government for more information as part of efforts to establish the history of the bird flu outbreak which has been detected in 10 Asian nations.
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During a car accident in 2007, face hit dash board. Large hematoma developed on right cheek. End result: 1 cheek that is way larger than the other. It is very noticeable when I smile and in photos. Some scarring on the skin where it burst open from pressure and on the inside of mouth there is scar tissue that effects facial expressions. It's really bad to hate your own face. I just want to know where I can get some help in this area from someone who knows what they are talking about. Thanks
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Treatment of chronic organized hematoma
Your posted photos corroborate your concerns. This is most likely an organized hematoma that will not go away on its own. If it was elsewhere on the body and superficial its removal would be straightforward. It is more complicated in the face because of the likely proximity to and difficult separation from muscles and nerves of facial expression. You will need an MRI to assess these spatial relationships and allow planning for surgery. From just the photo it is impossible to know if the approach should be from the outside, inside the mouth or both. Even if the residual hematoma is partially or completely removed you need to know the right side will most likely not look as it was before the injury.
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Facial asymmetry from a hematoma.
Presumably you were assessed at the time of the accident for fractures of the facial bones. Generally the hematomas spontaneously resolve. It is interesting how you do have a much larger right cheek. It would be helpful to review photographs of you prior to your accident to see if this asymmetry existed prior to your accident. Either way, I would recommend being assessed by a board certified general plastic surgeon or a fellowship trained facial plastic surgeon who focuses their practice on facial issues to help assess you. It should be possible to get the care you need in your community. You might start by seeing what surgeons are on your insurance panel to minimize your out of pocket expenses for this assessment which may require facial imaging.
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I'm not interested enough to watch all the guy's videos, but it looks like he's aiming for a stretch Vanagon with a Model S drivetrain. Forget that. What the world really needs is a stretch Model S limo.
The vanagon is of minimal interest (to me), but what he learns and shares about the architecture of the Model S certainly will be. Subscribed!
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Now I just have to wait for a slightly wrecked MS-P85 and a slightly wrecked MX-P85 with AWD, and salvage the parts...
WOW think of it! An "MSX-AWD-P170 RV++".
A custom all aluminum RV chassis with TWO Tesla 85kWh battery packs, dual real axels with independent rear wheel AIR suspension, each one driven by its own P-motor. AND another (smaller?) P-motor to drive the independent front wheels. An RV with air adjustable ground clearance that will go up and over anything, and can drive solo in the HOV lane.
De-populate the RV roof of all fixtures and vents (re-plumb those to be vented flush on the sides). Now add 345W Solar Panels (42' RV). 2x7=14 panels on a swing-up tilt, and another 14 on a deployable tilt-down awning. 28x345= 9,660 Watts! Assuming 8 hours of sunshine, that will charge the RV from zero to full in 2.2 days.
Let's say you have the typical propane or diesel for a stove/oven and a typical RV 5kW generator unit. Now you could be on your way in a day or less. Don't forget, there would be parts for TWO Tesla Charge Cable Ports. Back into adjacent SC's and charge at 240kW !!!
I need to pinch myself... :) Oh my gosh, do you think Fleetwood and Winnebago are worried just like GM and the others?
Fleetwood's 42' $345k Providence has a 450hp Cummins diesel. My RV would have 3 P-motors 416+416+250? or 1082hp !!! Pinch me again...
@GabrielB +1! This actually sounds like a very doable project. Maybe reduce the horsepower side and stretch the range out....
Yes, that could be the RV-E model, but my RV-SX model would have a lower roof line, not sooo flat in the front, and hold the Nurburgring track record for RVs :) Still dreaming...
Also, hp is reduced and range is extended by not pushing the accelerator pedal too far. The other cool thing with an RV like this is the possibility to actually charge a worthwhile bit while driving or waiting. You could commute to work 50+50=100 miles round trip, with only 14 of the 28 panels exposed in the parking lot, and never have to plug your "car" in. Ever.
Oh, and one more idea - waste not want not:
Let's say the design of your home is not great for solar panels. You could just park the RV as a power station your home is plugged into. Panels charge the batteries and run the house by day, and the RV battery runs the house by night. When you no longer need the house, go on a permanent vacation... Still dreaming.
Think about it. how many ICE-RVs do you see in long term storage lots. What if all those were portable power stations instead?
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I really like the way you think! I have dreamed about a kick butt motorhome since I was a kid, (about 25 years). Over the years the specs have changed a bit, but the overall has stayed about the same, and it's not to much different than yours!
I always envisioned 8 wheels, all tandem, no duals, all powered, all steered, of course fully adjustable suspension, (my brother told me about the Citroen ID/DS models, been a fan since). The one thing always lacking was an appropriate power plant. A few months ago it clicked, with 2-3 model S batteries and 4 drive trains ( or 2 AWD drive trains), it would work awesome!
My dad built a trailer years ago for a guy to haul a bulldozer on, the way he did the suspension it could run on washboard roads and not shake. The tandems front and rear would allow the same principles to allow a smooth ride at any speed on any terrain. Plus a front blow out is no longer deadly. Not to mention the added traction around the Nurburgring ;)
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We've almost reached the end of Movember, so I'd like to congratulate all of the participants and salute everyone who has donated, particularly to our little Pop Candy team. (Hey, we've raised $292!)
I've been following the growth of your mustaches, and I'm very impressed. Below is a shot of Pop reader Kurt C., taken two days ago. (He's the guy on the right.)
Behold three generations of mustaches in Kurt's family:
Movember, an annual charity event, lasts until Nov. 30. You don't need a mustache to join the cause.
Whitney has been writing about pop culture for USA TODAY since 1999, when Pop Candy began as a weekly column. Her interests include music festivals, mustaches, Lost, comic books and Andy Warhol. She lives in New York City. More about Whitney | E-mail Whitney


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Connect with the university libraries to get assistance with assignment design, evaluation, and implementation!
After attending this workshop teaching assistants will be able to:
- Articulate the skills that students develop through research assignments;
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Are you the child of toxic parents?
When you were a child...
- Did your parents tell you you were bad or worthless?
- Did your parents use physical pain to discipline you?
- Did you have to take care of your parents because of their problems?
- Were you often frightened of your parents?
- Did your parents do anything to you that had to be kept secret?
Now that you' re an adult...
- Do your parents still treat you as if you were a child?
- Do you have intense emotional or physical reactions after spending time with your parents?
- Do your parents control you with threats or guilt? Do they manipulate you with money?
- Do you feel that no matter what you do, it' s never good enough for your parents?
In this remarkable self-help guide, Dr. Susan Forward draws on case histories and the real-life voices of adult children of toxic parents to help you free yourself from the frustrating patterns of your relationship with your parents -- and discover a new world of self-confidence, inner strength, and emotional independence.
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A traditional jazz band has recorded hymns and spirituals so that actor/singers can sing in sync with the band. (Schools with music departments might want to perform the music with their own musicians.)
The story is about a band that plays at funerals for their own band members. Performance time is about 90 minutes not counting scene changes and an intermission. A complete audio performance is available on a 2-CD set, which may be purchased for personal enjoyment or licensed for radio broadcast. A script and sample of the music can be sent to theater managers by email. Send request to firstname.lastname@example.com


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This picture above is taken by Jeansman….using a type of lomography that focuses on multi exposure. The film is used twice and sometimes even more often than that. In some collaboration projects, one photograph is composed out of three images from three different photographers. This results into surprising compositions.
Lomography started out when two students one day decided to use a Russian camera called the Lomo Kompakt Automat. With it they made a series of experimental unusual looking snapshots. In other words..snapshots in an unorthodox way. It became widely popular very quickly and lomography was born.
Nowadays, different things like panoramic and fish-eye lenses are used. There's a collection of materials that are widely used for Lomography. They are all available on the website.
Lomography does have some rules…A set of ten to be exact.
At the very base of this lie the 10 golden rules that define our philosophy and approach towards photography. Memorise them, recite them by heart, or break all the rules; whichever way, be ready to throw all your inhibitions about photography to the wind.
1. Take your camera everywhere you go
2. Use it any time – day and night
3. Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part of it
4. Try the shot from the hip
5. Approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible
6. Don't think (william firebrace)
7. Be fast
8. You don't have to know beforehand what you captured on film
9. Afterwards either
10. Don't worry about any rules
If only it were really as easy as it sounds…
Even looking at a picture is not as easy. The images are layered and transparent. I had to look at some of them very closely to figure out what I was really seeing (apart from the main composition).
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(CNSNews.com) - Democrats may call their election-year agenda a "new direction" for America, but Republicans say it's just a "rehashing of the failed, tax-and-spend liberal policies of the past."
Rep. Tom Reynolds, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, pointed to the results of last week's special election in California's 50th congressional district, where Republican Brian Bilbray -- running on a "stricter immigration" platform -- defeated Democrat Francine Busby, who stressed Republican corruption in her campaign.
"As the results in CA-50 illustrated, voters do not want to send another Democrat to Washington who will raise taxes and open borders," Reynolds said.
Reynolds said Democrats have offered no new policy positions -- "aside from subpoenas, surrender, and impeachment."
"The Democrats' 'new direction' is the wrong direction for America, and Democrat leaders would be wise to stop taking their cues from urban focus groups and turn their attention to the communities and townships where most voters live," Reynolds said.
Reynolds was responding to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who said if Democrats win a majority of congressional seats in November, they know just what they'll do.
"On the first day that Congress comes into session next year, if Democrats are successful at the polls, the first piece of legislation will include our reform package to make it an honest Congress. Second, we will do our civility package to make it a bipartisan Congress; and third, we will pass our accountability legislation that will say no new deficit spending," Pelosi said at a press conference on Wednesday.
"Fiscal soundness, pay-as-you-go, audit the books is the guiding principle."
"Nowhere is the need for a new direction for America more obvious than in Iraq," Pelosi added. Among other things, she mentioned the loss of life in Iraq and the cost of reconstruction -- and she questioned whether U.S. troops are fighting for a "future worthy of their sacrifice."
"While they're fighting, what's happening here at home?" Pelosi asked. She complained about rising health insurance, gasoline, and tuition costs at a time when the "purchasing power of middle-income families' wages has been greatly reduced."
"Democrats want to take us in a different direction," Pelosi said. "Energy, minimum wage, health care, higher education, fiscal soundness -- this is the New Direction in which we want to take our country. (Pelosi was quoted as saying that Democrats deliberately avoided big, new government programs in their election year agenda; and she indicated that "pay-as-you-go" means Democrats would roll back the Bush administration's "tax cuts for the wealthy.")
Pelosi said the "New Direction" platform allows Democrats to define themselves, which is a response to Republican charges that Democrats are nothing more than obstructionists -- the "Party of No."
For the record, Democrats need to win up 15 seats to take control of the House in November, something that would make Pelosi House Speaker.
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By Dustin Hurst | Watchdog.org
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – By now, you've probably seen media icon and First Lady Michelle Obama's "Evolution of Mom Dancing" video she performed with late night funnyman Jimmy Fallon last week.
If you haven't here it is:
So, apparently conservative pundit Michelle Malkin didn't think the first lady's performance was that funny, so Malkin produced a clip of her own. Take a look as the dancer in her video awkwardly grooves while knocking President Barack Obama on his golf game, sequester and stimulus spending:[youtube T1iRdUwnFWo]
Yikes. One quick tip for Malkin: Real gangstas say "make it rain," not "let it rain." Amazingly, Malkin's video has more than 137,000 views on Youtube. Michelle Obama's video has just more than 8 million views.
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Related story: Sunday's Believe Walk expected to draw thousands
REDLANDS - A group of women are doing what they can to bring awareness of the prevalence of cancer within Redlands and the surrounding communities.
The fourth annual 2012 Believe Walk Bra and Tie Contest on Friday was literally a support showing.
It gave participants the opportunity to honor loved ones who survived cancer or in remembrance of those who lost their lives, by making or decorating bras and ties.
The event was a kickoff for the 2012 Believe Walk, which will take place Sunday in downtown. This year, according to organizers, more than 10,000 are expected.
Last year, the walk brought in more than $380,000.
The entries were displayed on State Street. The winners were picked by three judges, including Redlands Fire Chief Jeff Frazier, and announced shortly after.
"Even though we started this to be silly and fun...it has become so much more than that," said Beth Sanders, who helped start the event. Sanders is co-chairwoman the event with Jannette Curti.
People's choice voting will continue through Saturday at J.D. Myers with winners announced at the Believe Bash on Sunday.
Prizes include a weekend stay for two at South Coast Winery in Temecula, $200 gift card to Stater Bros., along with a gift basket, or a gift basket from Mozart's in Redlands.
Jane Myers, owner of J.D. Myers, said everyone who submitted one of the bras or ties included a story of why they made it. She said they were either a survivor themselves or were touched by someone who had it.
"When you're an amazon you cut of your right breast, which is why this side is flat and this side is not," Myers said of a bra resembling something comic book heroine Wonder Woman would wear. The bra was dedicated to a woman who survived cancer, declaring her their "Wonder Woman."
The winners were announced in the afternoon:
First place, Maureen Regalado's, "Sea and the Rejuvenation," a one-cup bra which reminded people, "You are braver than you know and you are stronger than you know."
Second place, Bellissima Spa's "Palm After Storm" is a corset made from palm bark found after a storm. The bark was meant to symbolize how you can make it through a storm, with the corset reflecting the bonds that help keep a cancer survivor "together."
Third place, Robin Puett's "How the Breast Was Won" is a Western themed bra with pictures of three women who survived cancer.
The youth winner was 14-year-old Katya Baty who dedicated a bra to the memory of her great grandmothers who died of cancer.
There was also a tie dedicated to a Stater Bros. employee who lost his fight with cancer that was popular with the judges.
Julie Heman, who was a judge, said she was impressed by the time and effort included in each of the 47 bras and ties.
The founders of the 2012 Believe Walk, who are also cancer survivors and Redlands residents - Annie Sellas, Cathy Stockton and Nancy Varner - were all in attendance. The women said they were happy the community is helping to raise the awareness of cancer's effect on patients and their families.


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Balancing Act: National Security and Civil Liberties in Post-9/11 Era
The revelations that Obama administration secretly collected phone records and accessed the internet activity of millions of Americans have raised new questions about the public's willingness to sacrifice civil liberties in the interests of national security. Since 9/11, Americans generally have valued protection from terrorism over civil liberties, yet they also have expressed concerns over government overreach and intrusions on their personal privacy.
Security First. Since shortly after 9/11, Pew Research has asked whether people's greater concern is that anti-terror policies will go too far in restricting civil liberties, or that they won't go far enough in adequately protecting the country. The balance of opinion has consistently favored protection. Most recently, in 2010, 47% said they were more concerned that government policies "have not gone far enough to adequately protect the country," while 32% said they were more concerned that "they have gone too far in restricting the average person's civil liberties."
But Fewer See Need to Sacrifice Civil Liberties. Yet fewer Americans think it will be necessary to sacrifice civil liberties to combat terrorism than did so shortly after the 9/11 attacks. In a poll conducted in 2011, shortly before the 10th anniversary of 9/11, 40% said that "in order to curb terrorism in this country it will be necessary for the average person to give up some civil liberties," while 54% said it would not. A decade earlier, in the aftermath of 9/11 and before the passage of the Patriot Act, opinion was nearly the reverse (55% necessary, 35% not necessary).
Track Terrorists – Not Me. The public has never liked the idea of the government monitoring their personal phone calls or emails. In the 9/11 anniversary survey, just 29% favored "the U.S. government monitoring personal telephone calls and emails" in order to curb terrorism. It drew less support than the other anti-terror tactics asked about in the survey.
Bush's Domestic Surveillance Program. In late 2005, news that President George W. Bush authorized the National Security Agency to monitor phone calls and emails –without court permission – stirred intense civil liberties concerns, especially among Democrats. From early 2006 through early 2009, public support for the program ranged from 48% to 54%. The question asked if it was generally right or wrong "for the government to monitor telephone and e-mail communications of Americans suspected of having terrorist ties without first obtaining permission from the courts." There were consistently wide partisan differences on views of this program: in February 2008, nearly twice as many Republicans (74%) as Democrats (39%) favored the phone and email monitoring.
Privacy Concerns: It's Not Just Government
What is often overlooked in the debate over government surveillance of private communications is the widespread public concern over the amount of personal information businesses are collecting. In our 2012 political values survey, 64% said they were concerned that "the government is collecting too much information about people like me." Yet 74% expressed this concern about business corporations.
Concern that business corporations are collecting too much personal information crosses party lines. In addition, Republicans have become much more concerned about possible privacy intrusions by the government than they were during Bush's presidency (72% in 2012, 39% in 2007).
Topics: George W. Bush, Terrorism, National Security, Trust in Government, Surveillance
Carroll Doherty is director of political research at Pew Research Center.
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The brainchild of the USA Patriot Act is undeniably a sheep in wolves clothes to keep war inevitably self-perpetuating. President Dwight David Eisenhower warned the American people in 1961 that the greatest threat to the nation was the military industrial complex and its lobbyists. Benjamin Franklin addressed this; a framer of the US Constitution with this quote, "Those who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." In 2003, I predicted that the wars would continue unabated because of the USA Patriot Act, and hundreds of thousands would continue to die in the name of national security and terrorism. So how did I know? I read historical documents, remembering that future leaders' has never read much history at all. and the slaughter of innocent people continues today, unabated as of this posting. Also, I had a little inside help in conversation with Harry S. Truman who my family knew well. He warned me that there was those who would sacrifice the nation's liberties in the name of security against some group or terrorizing event. The lobbyists have won, and this nation is a shell of what it once was. Because no one will stand up against them as it is political suicide.
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The brain initiative and Obama Care are the great deceptions and two of the worst deceptions perpetrated on the citizens of the United States of America. State and Local law enforcement are implanting innocent citizens with a biochip. According to "A Note on Uberveillance" by MG & Katina Michael, it's "like big brother on the inside looking out." "Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence" by Springer page 9 states, "law enforcement would have us believe that we can only be safe as long as they know where we are at all times, what we're doing and what we are 'thinking'". It is such an invasion of privacy. They use LRAD aka the active denial system to make you think you are hearing voices – it has technology like the audio spotlight and attempt to put you into a state of what the NIJ calls "excited delirium". Next they use Psyops like stalking, drugs, kidnapping, whatever they can to either 1) put you in a "crisis stabilization ward" (to take away your 2nd Amendment rights) or 2) a prison or 3) give you an infectious disease. It is a plan for law enforcement to confiscate all guns so they can torture you without fear for their lives. They are targeting female Christians and military veterans. Go to Rutherford Institute and check out Brandon Raub. His lawyers uncovered the plot against our veterans and made it public in court papers. They take you to crisis stabilization wards even if you're not a danger to yourself or others and show no sign of mental illness. Why? Because there is a Supreme Court Case by Justice Cardoza – Schloendorff v. Society of New York Hospital,105 N.E. 92 (1914 ) that says anyone of sound mind and not a criminal has a right to say what goes in their body or on their body. They want to ensure there is no way you can get this off. No one in America wants this level of privacy invasion. In addition, it allows law enforcement the opportunity to torture you at will with sleep deprivation, heart attacks and other pains. Who wants to give power hungry cops control over our central nervous systems? The active denial system can murder without leaving a mark! The Bio Initiative Report with 2014 additions details all the cancers, diseases and disabilities it causes. Hence, the need for Obama Care and to open all American's medical records for law enforcement to altar. The Joint Non-lethal Weapons Directorate used untested military applications on me! The Virginia state police have claimed responsibility for the psyops that caused the Virginia Tech Massacre. The JNLWD's 2010 Psyops boasts they can create suicide victims and mass murderers.


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James Ruskin has of course individually collaborated with Mark Broom, as well forming The Fear Ratio project for Blueprint, and he's worked with Regis as O/V/R, but a solo record from the boss on his own label hasn't been heard since 2009. Throughout the Silt EP, sounds from these collaborations creep in and out of the three productions, while the title-track sounds like something that would fit right into a [Phase] EP. There's a definite Warp, albeit Lakker and The Fear Ratio sonic to the melancholic "Wisdom Of Youth", while the murky slither of "Emotional Erode" is the EP's unexpected, ambient, and rhythmic dub-leaning highlight.
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Senator McConnell Floor Remarks Following Iraqi Prime Minister's Speech Before Joint Session Of Congress
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor immediately following Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki's speech before a joint session of Congress:
"Today we mark a step forward in the War on Terror. A mere three and a half years ago, the dictator Saddam Hussein would have addressed his regime's legislature of lackeys. Today, the democratically elected prime minister of Iraq addressed a joint meeting of the United States Congress.
"A mere three and a half years ago, the dictator Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq. He terrorized his own countrymen with murder, torture, and weapons of mass death. He posed a security threat to the entire region, and to the United States. The international community decided he had to face serious consequences.
"In March 2003, America led a multinational coalition of forces to depose the dictator and liberate Iraq. Since then, that country has made remarkable progress as it throws off the shackles of tyranny and embraces democracy.
"Iraqis have held three successful national elections, ratified a constitution, elected a permanent unity government, and formed a cabinet with a strong prime minister at its headPrime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who we had the pleasure of hearing from today.
"It took our country 13 years to go from independence to the implementation of our Constitution. Iraqis have done it in threeand under the glare of the 24-hour news cycle and the threat of terrorist attacks.
"When Prime Minister Maliki ascended to the podium today, it was hard to deny the importance of the moment. His presence in this Capitol represents a victory for democracy. And his country is, and will continue to be, an important ally in the War on Terror.
"Of course there will be many tough days ahead in Iraq. There is no denying that the security situation represents a real challenge. But America does not avoid challenges, and we do not abandon our allies when the going gets tough.
"We are moving forward in Iraq. The country recently realized its highest oil production and export levels since before its liberation. And during the past three years, per capita income in Iraq has doubled.
"I would also like to call to my colleagues' attention an article titled "Iraq as a Sovereign Nation," written by the prime minister, that appeared in Monday's Wall Street Journal. It points to very tangible proof that Iraq is moving forward.
"The Iraqi province of Al-Muthanna, located at the southernmost border of that country, has become the first province in which local Iraqi forces have taken full responsibility for law enforcement and security, taking over for Coalition forces.
"President Bush has frequently said, "As Iraqis stand up, we will stand down." That is exactly what has happened in Al-Muthanna, home to over half a million Iraqis.
"Local Iraqi police and the military have stood up, and taken the place of 1,400 Coalition troops. The governor of Al-Muthanna has command of the provincial police. Iraqi national police and Iraqi army troops will operate in the province under the control of the prime minister and the national government.
"The transfer of power in Al-Muthanna is only the first step. The prime minister writes that "current estimates envision half of Iraqi's provinces transferring security responsibility by the end of 2006." He and I agree that this process should not be driven by an arbitrary timeline but by the situation on the ground; nevertheless this is an encouraging sign.
"He goes on to write that the decisions for future transfers of power will be made based on the threat assessment in the province, the readiness of the local Iraqi forces, the readiness of the local governmental authorities, and the overall Coalition force posture.
"The historic event of local control in Al-Muthanna represents an important step forward in our mission in Iraq. As Iraqis stand up, we will stand down, and we will leave behind a proud and free Iraq.
"The prime minister ends his article by saying, "With God's help, and continued assistance from the Coalition, our regional neighbors and the larger international community, our people will unite and prosper. Together, we can and will succeed."
"I commend the prime minister for his vision and leadership. America will and must continue to stand by Iraq. None of what has been achieved in the last three years there has been easy. But we have succeeded, and we will continue to succeed, because freedom and democracy are stronger than the terrorists' tools of mayhem and fear.
"Great credit must go to President Bush for his strong leadership in the War on Terror, which has enabled us to reach the point of a transfer of power in Al-Muthannaand soon, in other provinces as well.
"I also commend the new Iraqi government and the Iraqi police and security forces for their hard work in promoting stability in their country.
"And of course, I know my colleagues join me in thanking the men and women of America's armed forces for their courage, dedication, and sacrifice.
"Stability in Iraq means stability in the region and greater security here at home. As the prime minister said in his speech today, "Do not imagine that this problem [of terrorism] is solely an Iraqi problem, because the terrorist front represents a threat to all free countries and free peoples throughout the world .The responsibility of facing this challenge lies on the shoulders of every country and every people that respects and cherishes freedom."
"The prime minister is exactly right, and for that reason America must stand firm in the War on Terror. And we must stand side by side with our Iraqi allies in their war on the terrorists."


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It's been 100 years since Europe's major powers, and their colonies and dominions, went to war, but the passage of time has done little to settle the debate about who or what was responsible for the First World War.
Prof. Michael Neiberg of the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., said some blame those who held political power at the time, and their divergent systems of government, while others insist it's difficult to assign blame at the feet of any one culprit.
"If anybody goes looking for simple causes, they're going to either be disappointed or they're going to reduce the history so much that it won't make sense anymore — 1914 was an unbelievably complicated world," said Neiberg.
Europe was a divided region in August 1914. Britain, France, and Russia formed the Triple Entente, while Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy made up the Triple Alliance.
Many view the assassination on June 28, 1914, of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at the hands of a Serbian nationalist as the spark that ignited the conflict.
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June 28, 1914: Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo.
Aug. 4, 1914: Britain goes to war against Germany, Canada is automatically included.
Aug. 22, 1914: Canada passes the War Measures Act, giving the federal government the power to do anything deemed necessary "for the security, defence, peace, order and welfare of Canada." It allows for the internment of enemy aliens. About 8,500 people were interned over the next four years.
Oct. 1, 1914: First Canadian Division sails for Britain.
Nov. 1, 1914: HMS Good Hope is sunk at the Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile, taking four Canadian midshipmen down with her. They are the first Canadians killed in action.
Feb. 16, 1915: First Canadian Division arrives in France.
April 22-28, 1915: Second Battle of Ypres. Canadians hit by chlorine gas attack. First Canadian Division suffers over 6,000 casualties.
Sept. 17, 1915: Second Canadian Division arrives in France.
June 1, 1915: Prohibition starts to go into effect, province by province. By 1921, every province except Quebec and B.C. adopted prohibition.
June 2-13, 1915: Battle of Mount Sorrel. Some 8,000 Canadian casualties.
July 1, 1916: Opening day of the Battle of the Somme. The Newfoundland Regiment sent about 780 men into the attack and 684 were killed or wounded. The battle dragged out until mid-November, with the Canadian Corps joining the fighting in September. Canadian casualties: 24,029.
April 9-12, 1917: Canadians storm and capture Vimy Ridge. Casualties: 10,602.
Aug. 29, 1917: Canada's conscription bill becomes law.
Sept. 20, 1917: The War-time Elections Act becomes law, giving the vote in federal elections to women who were British subjects otherwise qualified as to age, race and residence; and the wife, widow, mother, sister or daughter of any person in the naval forces inside or outside Canada or any person in the military forces outside Canada who was serving or served with Canada or Great Britain.
Oct. 26, 1917: Canadian Corps opens the Battle of Passchendaele.
Nov. 14, 1917: Canadian Corps winds up Passchendaele battle. Casualties: 15,654.
Nov. 20, 1917: Canada's first Income Tax Act becomes law.
Dec. 6, 1917: Accident involving munitions ship in Halifax harbour triggers explosion that kills 1,630 people.
Dec. 17, 1917: Borden's Unionist government wins federal election. Union: 150, Liberal 83, three others.
March 28, 1918: Anti-conscription riots rock Quebec City.
May 24, 1918: An Act to confer the Electoral Franchise upon Women extends the vote to women who were British subjects, 21 years of age, and otherwise meet the qualifications entitling a man to vote. It becomes effective Jan. 1, 1919.
Aug. 8-11, 1918: The Battle of Amiens. The Canadian Corps spearheads the attack. German general calls Aug. 8 "the black day of the German Army." Casualties: 9,074
Aug. 8-Nov. 11, 1918: The Hundred Days, a series of hard-fought battles, Allied advances and German retreats, brings Canadians to Mons, Belgium on final day of the war.
Nov. 11, 1918: An armistice goes into effect at 11 a.m. and the shooting and shelling stops.
The heir to the Austrian throne and his wife were gunned down in Sarajevo.
About a week later, Austria-Hungary received a pledge from Germany, known as the "blank cheque," for any support necessary to deal with Serbia.
But on July 21, Russia, an ally of Serbia, warned Austria-Hungary against taking action against the Balkan state. Nonetheless, just two days later, Austria-Hungary presented Serbia with an ultimatum and set a 48-hour deadline.
Serbia's response was rejected, and Austria-Hungary declared war July 28.
On July 31, Russia mobilized its troops, and the next day Germany declared war on Russia. Within days France, Belgium and Britain were bought into the war.
Historian Margaret MacMillan, a professor at the University of Oxford and author of The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914, said the decisions — made or not made — in those final days are significant in order to understand the conflict's origins.
"When you get right down to the summer of 1914, you have to look at the human decisions and the human errors that were made, and I think, until very, very late on, they could have avoided a war, and they could well have passed through 1914, another moment of crisis, and not had a war," she said in a recent interview.
In her book, MacMillan explored why a century of relative peace didn't endure in Europe considering there had been no major continental conflicts since 1815.
MacMillan said tensions were escalating between the two power blocs, and some nations wanted to expand their territory at the expense of others, especially in the Balkans. Russia was growing and developing with speed, which worried Germany.
Heightened nationalism existed in Europe, as well as a "psychological drift" in which decision-makers thought war could be useful, she added.
"Whenever there was a crisis, there'd be talk of a general war in a rather sort of casual way," she said. "You know, people would say, 'when the war comes,' rather than 'if a war comes,' and so I think you get a sort of psychological acceptance, in some circles, that war might be something good."
Systems of government also complicated matters. In Britain, cabinet had to approve a declaration of war, while in Germany and Russia, the kaiser and the czar, respectively, had sole authority over foreign policy and the military. As a result, power was concentrated in the hands of people who weren't necessarily fit to wield it, MacMillian said.
Prof. William Philpott of King's College London says the lack of an international body that was monitoring global conflicts also contributed to the chain of events.
"There was no collective security model that we had firstly in the League of Nations after the war, and later in the United Nations, restraining or at least tempering that sort of international crisis," he said.
What should have been a regional war in the Balkans, therefore, became a widespread European conflict, Philpott said.
Russia was humiliated during a crisis in Bosnia in 1908, and a dispute over Morocco in 1911 exposed a growing rivalry between France and Germany, he said.
But war could still have been averted had it not been for Austria-Hungary's stance against Serbia, he said.
"So in some ways it's the nexus of policy between Austria and Russia with Serbia caught in the middle that is the significant factor, I think," he said.
Philpott said Russia could have accepted that Austria was right, and Serbia was wrong, over the assassination of the archduke, and opted against backing Serbia so strongly. But there were forces in Russia who felt Serbia needed support.
Neiberg, of the U.S. Army War College, said the archduke's assassination didn't worry many major powers but the reaction of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia created problems.
The assassination made Austria-Hungary the victim, not the aggressor, he said.
"They make up their minds that the circumstances the assassination created gives them the perfect cover to launch a pre-emptive war," Neiberg said.
"The second problem is that instead of telling them not to do it, the Germans encouraged them to do it."
The true crisis was sparked when Austria-Hungary presented Serbia with the ultimatum, said Neiberg.
"July 23 is the real bombshell," he said. "It's why we call this period the July Crisis, and not the June Crisis. So when everybody sees that ultimatum, then they know how serious the situation in Europe is."
Then Russia mobilized, Neiberg said, leaving Germany believing it could do what it needed to do to defend itself. The average German citizen honestly believed Russia was threatening invasion.
And so Germany mobilized its armies to defend itself against Russia, but seven of eight German field armies invaded Belgium, France and Luxembourg under war plans developed years earlier.
"Once you get Britain and France in it, you get the full force of the British and French empires," he said.
"You get everything from Vancouver to Cape Town to Sydney to Auckland to India. You get all of that in."
The crisis unfolded "unbelievably quickly" over the span of a week, Neiberg added. That was by design as Austria-Hungary forced the timetable forward.
MacMillan doubts historians will ever settle the debate of what or who is to blame for the First World War, and that's probably for the best.
"We shouldn't be trying to tell even schoolchildren that there is just a simple explanation of the war," she said.
"I think we should tell them that … there's a discussion, and that it's all right to have different views on what happened in history. Some things you just won't get a consensus."


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Lacking a school voucher system and a law that lets charter school operators turn to the state for approval, Tennessee gets an "F" for school choice, according to a national education-reform group.
That's the main negative in an otherwise fairly positive outlook in StudentsFirst's 2014 Tennessee report card released today. Tennessee received a "C" score overall — sixth among all states — up from a "C minus" a year ago.
"Our leaders should be encouraged by the rise in Tennessee's report card grade, and motivated to continue the course for reform," said Brent Easley, state director of StudentsFirst Tennessee.
His group plans to use the report card's findings as it pushes policy during the upcoming legislative session, which kicks off today.
The Sacramento-based lobbying organization, founded by former Washington, D.C., Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee in 2010, rolled out a new state-by-state grading system last year, not to measure academic achievement but to evaluate states by what it calls "student-centered policies."
In most academic metrics, Tennessee ranks in the bottom half of the United States in performance and in some cases near the bottom.
But it has earned high marks from StudentsFirst, in part because of its utilization of new teacher evaluations and creation of the Achievement School District, a state-led operation that has turned Tennessee's lowest-performing schools over to outside charter operators.
Tennessee's bump from a year ago is attributed to two measures passed last year: a policy that prohibited "forced placement" of teachers into certain schools and its adoption of a "hybrid" retirement plan that contains a defined-benefit and defined-contribution policies.
The newly released report cards place Tennessee below Washington, D.C., Rhee's former home, and four reform-minded states: Louisiana, Indiana, Florida and Rhode Island. All but Rhode Island have vouchers.
Critics of StudentsFirst question the evidence suggesting vouchers improve educational outcomes for children.
"Their agenda is to de-fund the public school system, not improve it," said Rep. Mike Stewart, D-Nashville.
Rhee is the former wife of Tennessee Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman.
StudentsFirst has zeroed in on Tennessee to advance its agenda, deploying lobbyists here to work the Capitol and pumping $550,000 into state and local races during the 2012 election cycle.
It has renewed its presence here one year after striking out in major policy overhauls. A bill to let families use public dollars on private schooling died last session, and a proposal to give the state the authority to approve charter applications on appeal stalled.
Gov. Bill Haslam, who backed a voucher bill aimed at low-income students last year, is expected to decide this week whether he will support voucher legislation again, according to the Associated Press.
"If we were to move in those policies, Tennessee's score would significantly increase," said Pamela Witmer, legislative analyst for StudentsFirst.
In addition StudentsFirst is pushing for the broadening of the state's so-called "parent-trigger" law that allows charters to take over failing public schools if 60 percent of that school's parents call for the conversion via petition. A bill they backed to lower that threshold to 50 percent didn't advance last year, but it will resurface again in the coming months.
StudentsFirst, as well as the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, also have put their weight behind legislation to create a system that would close chronically low-performing, publicly financed, privately operated charter schools.


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text: Politics 25 July 2013 Leader: Politics is shrinking at a time when grand vision is required Miliband is running out of time to convince voters that he offers something better than the Tories' pessimism. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML As the House of Commons rises for the summer recess, British politics remains hung. Labour's opinion poll lead is softening and the party remains untrusted to manage the economy. Ed Miliband has exceeded the expectations of his detractors but the public does not yet view him as a future prime minister. More profoundly, the so-called social-democratic moment that many on the centre left predicted would emerge out of the greatest crisis of capitalism since the 1930s has not materialised. Mr Miliband frequently invokes the spirit of 1945 and the achievements of the Attlee government but in a less collectivist and more sceptical age he is struggling to win voters round to his more egalitarian vision. The forces of globalisation preclude the development of a Thatcher-style, counter-hegemonic project in one country. The Conservative Party continues to struggle in the north of England and Scotland – electoral wastelands for the party since its 1997 defeat – and among those groups that denied it outright victory last time round, most notably public-sector workers (just 23 per cent of whom would vote for the party) and ethnic minorities. While ostensibly focused on securing a majority, the Tories have tacitly resorted to a core vote strategy aimed at maximising the possibility of a hung parliament and a second term of coalition government. To achieve overall victory, both of the main parties would need to defy recent history. In the case of Labour, no opposition has returned to power at the first attempt with an overall majority in more than 80 years. In the case of the Tories, no governing party has increased its share of the vote since 1974, or since 1955, if we discount those that had not served a full parliamentary term. But in an age of voter promiscuity, it remains conceivable that either Labour or the Conservatives could take a decisive advantage before May 2015. If both parties are to stand a chance of doing so, they will need to eschew the politically tempting but electorally ruinous option of pandering to their bases. For Mr Cameron, confronted by an increasingly doctrinaire conservative movement and a right-wing English press that increasingly shows all the characteristics of Fox News in the US, this remains a permanent struggle. If the "loony left" consigned Labour to opposition in the 1980s, today it is the rabid right that threatens to inflict the same fate on the Tories. Too many Conservatives persist in believing that a Randian brew of Europhobia, austerity economics and tax and welfare cuts will be enough to deliver them victory. But others in the party are beginning to think more imaginatively about how to expand support for the Tories in areas where voting Conservative has acquired a status similar to that of an eccentric hobby. In a new collection of essays, Access All Areas, the new Conservative campaign group Renewal has outlined a series of practical measures aimed at winning over northern voters, ethnic minorities and low-income workers. Founded by David Skelton, a former deputy director of Policy Exchange, it calls for a significant increase in the minimum wage, stronger anti-monopoly laws, a mass housebuilding programme and an end to "overzealous rhetoric" against public-sector workers and trade unionists (whom Mr Skelton proposes should be offered free membership of the party). If embraced by the Conservative leadership, it is an agenda that could revive support for the Tories among groups that Labour has too often taken for granted. Mr Cameron's party holds just 20 of the 124 urban seats in the north and the Midlands, but Labour's vote is even more regionally unbalanced. Outside London, it holds just ten out of a possible 197 seats in the south of England. Here, as elsewhere, Mr Miliband's mantra of "credibility and difference" is the appropriate one. The party cannot hope to win a majority if it is viewed as fiscally profligate and tolerant of an everhigher social security bill, or if it fails to offer a compelling vision beyond austerity. Having pledged to match the Tories' current spending limits and to impose a cap on "structural welfare spending", Mr Miliband has taken significant steps towards meeting the first objective but Labour's wider agenda remains inchoate. Rather than seeking to convert voters to his abstract vision of "responsible capitalism", as Mr Cameron tried and failed to do in the case of "the big society", Mr Miliband should adopt a laser-like focus on the group he identified early on as "the squeezed middle" and promote policies to empower them. Having wisely left open the possibility of borrowing more to invest in capital projects, he must begin to outline how Labour would use this fiscal flexibility to stimulate growth and increase employment. The party must at all costs avoid the appearance of believing in deficit-financed spending for its own sake. A pledge to build a million houses over five years, the level required to meet present need, would give meaning to the rhetorical insistence that "there is an alternative" and outflank the Conservatives. In the form of their vulgar attacks on benefit claimants and public-sector workers, the Tories no longer seek to disguise their strategy of divide and rule. 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