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Friday, May 25, 2007
Tamil - A Later Language
My dad is a Tamil teacher and was a Tamil fundamentalist until recent past. He brought me up by brainwashing that Tamil is an ancient and superior language. But his repeated claims and many more claims from other Tamil scholars created a doubt in my mind. So I researched Tamil in my own and found many evidences that Tamil is not an ancient one. The arguments I placed against my dad made him to revise his faith on Tamil. Now he gave up his Tamil biased ideas. I wish to share some ideas here with you. I'm ready to debate on this topic with anyone, anytime, anywhere.
Tamil's Mom:
Tamil is not an ancient language but it evolved from Bhrami, a primitive language. Researches suggest that Bhrami is a descendant of Hebrew. Now let us start. Bhrami has four "ka"s. Ka, KKa, Ga, Gha. All other Indian languages have like this. Even the Khmer language of Cambodia which evolved from Tamil also has this type of letters. The word Bhrami can not be written with Tamil properly. But it can be written using Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Sanskrit, Hindi, Sourashtra etc. So Tamil is the youngest of all her sisters. The geographical location of Tamil Nadu is on the ancient Bhrami civilization. So Tamils claim that they are having ancient language, which is actually not Tamil but Bhrami.
Sangam literatures are the most ancient among Tamil literatures. But the word Sangam is a Sanskrit word. This proves Tamil is much younger than Sanskrit. The Sillapathiharam mentions Indhra Vizha celebrations. Indhran is a Sanskrit god. So the Tamils worshipped Sanskrit gods from pre-historic era. The word Arasan meaning king, is from the Sanskrit word Rajan-->Arajan-->Arasan. I can prove that no Tamil literature is purely in Tamil. This shows that Tamil is a later language whose traces are not wiped properly.
When compared with all other languages in India, Tamil is the only language having modern scripts. The letters in inscriptions are unknown to almost all Tamils. Even most of the Tamil teachers and professors can't read Tamil inscriptions. Tamil words used in literatures are entirely differnet from today's Tamil. So, the ancient language having a different script, different set of alphabets and different words is not present day Tamil. Tamil and that ancient language do not mix in any aspect. It is clear that later scholars attempted to diminish this difference.
Name Game:
Which is the ancient city? What it's name? Madurai? Oh! It's a Sanskrit name. Kumari? It's also Sanskrit. Dravidam? It's also Sanskrit. Ok! Another argument. Kumari is not Sanskrit. But from the word Lemuri meaning Lemuria. Oh No! It's also not Tamil. Tamil words never start with L. Lanka's King Ravana is a Tamil. No! Both the words Lanka and Ravana do not fit in Tamil grammar. Tholkaapiyam is the most ancient Tamil work. No! Kaapiyam is from Sanskrit. Thirukural is the most ancient. No! The first Kural has Sanskrit words, Adhi Bhagavan!
What I Try to Say?
My aim is not to disgrace Tamil. But to say that Tamil is not an ancient classical language. It is just a later language built on Bhrami and borrowed from Sanskrit. Tamil is even later than Malayalam, Telugu etc. But due to presence of Bhrami inscriptions in Tamil Nadu, people often mistake that those literatures belongs to Tamil. But it is a total lie.
You may think that I'm disgracing Tamil. But I'm telling what I understood from my personal research. I challenge anyone for a public debate on this. I also request you to research and know the truth.
25 comments:
- Karthy said...
why it could be like this..? sanskrit would have borrowed few words from tamil. there are some evidence ramayanam was written in tamil first and then it went to north. can't you believe? there r some sidhhar poet which was written even before 4000 yrs..
- July 17, 2008 at 2:55 PM
- Manikandan said...
very funny ..probably ur father has stressed u a lot with tamil
ur vengeance is shown against the langauge ...
Tamil's Mom:
first of all brahmi is not a language it is only a writing system.
It is written in many ways for writing many languages.
the theory made by archeologists cannot be foolproof in such matters.
you can see below that the script derivation picture from ancient is not very convincing
"Bhrami civilization" --YOu are the first person to coin such a term :) :).
"sangam is a Sanskrit word"
----which God told u that sangam Madurai,Kaapiyam is a sanskrit word ??
"Tamils worshipped Sanskrit gods from pre-historic era"
----what do u mean by prehistoric era.
Historians favour the dominant.they dont write the truth..
somebody is claiming that tajmahal was built over a shiva temple..
now u tell me when ppl cannot be sure about mere 600 years history(time before tajmahal was built)
so we shall be least bothered about
your aguments on indiran,kumar etc
Shall we speak some logic..
1.Did sanskrit have a writing system.It borrowed tamil letters as base to write grantha...u can verywell see that it is extended tamil(includes the missing sounds of tamil)
2.Why tamil did not have kha,ga etc
--that is why it is called basic and CLASSICAL.any development has to start from simple to complex.
not ther otherway.
telugu,kannada,malayalam,hindi,sanskrit--written forms are derived from tamil
it simple added the strong sounds in between the basic tamil letters
3.When u say tamil derived from sanskrit ...u classify the tamil works according to perid
0---500 years before
500-1000 years before
1000-2000 years before
you can see the sanskrit words are
fewer as u refer a older work.
MEANS ---sanskrit has come at some time in tamil history(can be even at the time of thirukural)..
slowly it increased the dominance..
If it is the other way...u should heavy influence of sanskrit in older works which is not.
As u very well said research to understand the truth...u should understand things logically
1.The aryan civilization is dominant,attractive(white) and tamils/dravidians are very modest.
--compare the behaviour of north indians or bhramins VS south indians
any dominant civilization will only try to destroy.hence many tamil works before kural might have been destroyed.
2.Truth is not always the fact that is wellknown to u
a well know example....
hindi is THE national language of india...
How many educated ppl know it is a FALSE statement.That is the power of dominance..
afterall u and me can be made to worship shit as god.god and shit are noway close to each other.
I belive tamil is a classical langauge bcos
1.contains the basic sounds
2.donated the writing system to all indian languages
3.contains ORIGINAL works..
(if mal/tel/kanada is older what happened to their literature,like tamil had tolkapiyam,kurunthogai,naladiyar,puram,agam etc)
last but not least
Mr Shengaga murugan....your son/grandson should not write a blog that tamil is derived from english just because he uses a lot of english words in his speech..:)
just kidding....
when u are doing research be neutral.mostly dont believe the historians,but in the facts that u experience in present..
present can project u a very good pic about the past aswell.
- October 19, 2008 at 5:53 AM
- Manikandan said...
some more content for your thought
rivers are considered to be the cradle of civilization..
if Tamil... came from Sanskrit...
porunai ---all are tamilnames
porunai ---
tamirabharanai(sanskritized) version of porunai
- October 19, 2008 at 5:59 AM
- Manikandan said...
1.bharatnatyam is considered as classical dance of tamilnadu
originally it is called as avinayam ->now called as bharathnatyam.
(this change only happened 200years before)
why should the ppl change the name from avinayam to bharatnatyam.
simple -->to give a feel that it came from north
tamizisai (simple form) developed into carnatic music.
chidambaram---tamil name is thillai
natarajan---nata--dance ,rajan -lord
in tamil shiva is actually called as koothayyan
why should the so called god's language speakers should change these names.TO GIVE A FEEL THAT THEIR LANGUAGE IS DOMINANT
SHIVA --transported from south to north..
the mordern shiva has a beatiful figure with ganges flowing from his head,wears the mooon in his head and resides in kailash..
when manikavasagar writes about beauty of shiva.
kunitha puruvam,kovai sevai etc
gnanasamanthar wrote
thodudaya seviyan ...
What happened to kailash,moon,ganga etc
So shiva is transported to north with moon,ganga ornaments and a luxury house in kailash.
so whatever u see is faked..the native culture is tampered beyond recognition and it is very hard to isolate what came from what
tamilians should first respect self before appreciating others..
naam tamizai uNarvu poruLaai parka kuudaathu
ARivu poruLaai paarka vendum.
- October 19, 2008 at 7:16 AM
- Jayasinghe said...
Tamil is oldest member of Dravidian Language family. It developed very independently. All living languages have other languages contacts. Therefore Tamil has Sanskrit influences. Also Sanskrit has Tamil influence.Eg: mayil>mayura,tamrei>tamra
Sinhalese also a classical language which used in Sri Lanka. It also has Sanskrit and Dravidic influences. These three languages are classical languages in south Asia.
- November 7, 2008 at 10:14 PM
- Sam said...
Very interesting! I live outside India and I look at it all from outside the typical jingoistic Tamil proponents. I do get frustrated when authors, on both sides of the aisle, write about some topics with weak research. It seems your take was biased by retaliation than research. It seems to be a frustration let out about jingoistic attitude of your father.
There seems to be a Sanskrit fanaticism in India. Funny, we didn't really care for it, until westerners told us it was a great language. After all, we let it die as a spoken language, didn't we? Agreed it was a great language, even good for computer they say, but it's a dead language, nonetheless. In the evolution process of humans, we have come a long way from the days we merely made noises. Now, we compete which language is better!! Sanskrit being an extinct language, many people try to own it, and glow from it's greatness. So, see my take is not whether Sanskrit is great or ancient, but rather, what is/was the glory of Tamil. After all, you would agree it belongs to a different language family, Dravidian and has it's own grammar structure.
Just because some names/words in Tamil belong to another language, we cannot make that a parent, can we? The word for foreigners in Sanskrit and Tamil, Yavana, comes from how the Greeks identified themselves, as from Iona. Does that make Greek ancestor of both the languages? India or Hindustan was not the name India gave herself. It was derived from what Arabs called us. Does that make Arabs discovered India and taught us everything, just because they named us? If you carefully (or not-so-carefully) pick words, you can probably say that about any language in the world!!! To make one better, you do not have to lower another. In fact, what you said could be extended to Sanskrit as well, if you took Prakrit to be it's predecessor.
There were several Sanskrit scholars in Tamil Nadu in ancient times, that translated several works both ways. They did not compete about which language was older. They enriched the language by borrowing or adding more foreign literature. Try teaching Tamil to a northerner, and Hindi to a Southerner. You will see where the languages might have developed or even co-existed in the early times.
Like Manikandan said, there was nothing called Brahmi culture. I am sure you would agree, a script is really not the culture and doesn't really help dating a language. If so, several American Indian languages, African and Australian languages wouldn't qualify to be ancient languages. And we know they are old, as they developed in isolation and thus we cannot claim, they developed from another!
I love Tamil because it's my mother tongue. I do not mind how old my mom is, I still love her because she is my mom. Same thing applies to your language. The English word for one's own language is Mother Tongue, isn't it? You will be amazed to see the sentiment people around the world have about their own language and culture. Your father was not alone in that respect. At least, he did justification to his job as a Tamil teacher.
I live in the US and I live and breathe English everyday. I appreciate the versatility of that language. Yet, when I read an old Tamil literature, I could see how that language developed so much through ages. I could see the parallels of developments in English now and Tamil then. Somewhere along the way, we lost our priority of developing the language and got into these silly arguments. If Tholkappiar or Thiruvalluvar was here now, I am sure, he wouldn't even get into this discussion, because they had the task of developing their own language, and not compete with another!
Please continue your research and leave out the bias. Yours may actually come out better than all those jingoists out there. But, please do not perpetuate false/weak research. That will do disservice to your own identity!!! And finally, please take your father out of the picture. Your upbringing or biases in personal life should not come in to play, when you do "independent" research. It doesn't matter if Tamil is ancient language or not. Please look at the enrichment of the language. Who we are today is essentially a continuation or evolution from our past. You cannot deny your thinking process and the culture is Tamil (Assuming what you said is true, that you are Tamil).
Happy New Year!
- January 11, 2009 at 9:37 PM
- P Shenbaga Murugan said...
Too all people who commented above...
Thank you all for reading and posting your valuable comments. Many think that I have some anger on my dad which I vent like this. False... I encourage my dad to translate Glorious Tamil works like Purananooru, Kurunthogai etc. He completed some part of it. We are planning to release it as book. Moreover, I have set up a blog with my father's poetical interpretation of Kural. (http://thamizhanna.blogspot.com/). As Sam has told, I never hate Tamil. I'm not a Sanskrit supporter either. I just don't like people boasting that Tamil is the "oldest", "sweetest", "best" etc. Even my dad now believes the same... By Bhrami, I meant to say Prakrit. Prakrit is the proto-Indian language from which Tamil derives in a later date than Sanskrit.
- September 3, 2009 at 6:53 PM
- kaverison said...
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- September 3, 2009 at 8:06 PM
- kaverison said...
From Sam:
Thanks for following up with comments. That "prakrit" is proto Indian is what the northerners would have you believe. If you notice the language and grammar are different. Indian languages are not grouped as Dravidian and Aryan groups of languages for no reason.
If you look at man's origin, in many of the theories, one of them is Afro-centric. And southern India, southeast asia might have been part of that Gondwana land. This could mean that language actually spready upwards, not southerly.
My point is that, man from early days learned to make sounds and then "talk". Why would one man be better than another in inventing languages? Apparently, they did form in different spots and eventually people started mixing and merging, training their tongue into various languages.
All these proto- stuff are european concoctions to make them all euro-centric. Didn't you hear? Just as they claim Proto-Indo-European to be from Europe, they are claiming proto-Dravidian from around Finland. So, what do you believe?
Anyways, thanks for promoting your father's Tamil works. At least, you try to do something on both sides.
- Sam
- September 3, 2009 at 8:08 PM
- Suren said...
Interesting discussion. I do agree that the Eurocentric interpretation of the history of India should change. They have always been out to categorize and put labels. Indo-european and the Aryan invasion is a pure European invention. It is proved beyond any doubt that this invasion never happened and that all people in India are indeginous to India. The Europeans just can't accept that Indic people had such a great civilisation, before them. Now we are fighting whether Sanskrit or Tamil is oldest/superior etc. No language is superior to another.
I am from Sri Lanka, where the discussion about what is Tamil and Sinhalese is very heated, due to the Tamil National issue, and most of the arguments are like the ones we see here. I have a Tamil father and a Sinhalese mother, so for me both these languages are mother tongues. For me it doesn't really matter who came first or what is oldest in Sri Lanka, but the Tamils seem to take any word or place name in Sinhala and say that it is Tamil to prove some ancient presence in a very odd way. Most of the time these words are of Sanskrit and Pali origin :).
When it comes to language groups and what is Dravidian and what is Sanskrit we have to see where it all began, and what people were speaking earlier. According to genetic and archeological studies, humans started using ''languages'' about 50-60,000 years ago, which is just prior to the time we started to get out of Africa. They were just words and sounds not languages, though, which later evolved into languages.
Hindi for example has over 30% of words which cannot be traced to Dravidian or Indo-aryan words. Same goes for many other languages. There are many words in the Sinhala language too, which can't be traced to any of these languages. Unless people were telepathic, they didn't know what was spoken in North India or even in South India, in the case of Lankans. Given the distances from North India to South India, in your case, and given the fact that in thoes times these were distances not covered easily, it is almost stupid to assume to centres for development and categorize languages the way they have done. In the case of Sinhala, it is categorized as an Indo-Aryan language. It is very Indo-aryan in character and vocabulary, phonetics etc, but it has many syntax features and vocabulary which is not seen anywhere else.
In the case of Tamil, it seems that Tamils claim that everything is Tamil. Even with todays accessiblity, i.e clear roads, no thick vegetation and other hindrances like wild animals, automobiles, aeroplanes, internet, telephone, it would be an impossible task for one language to have dominance over such a vast area. Like all other languages Tamil too developed from something, with a few words, many thousands of years ago.
In my humble opinion, I think to find the roots of both language and religion, we have to look at the begining, that is Africa. Upto now, all studies to find origins are confined to the Indian sub-continent, while it is Africa we all originated in. There are almost no studies done in this connection, and the academics in the fields of African and Indian studies, do not communicate and compare their studies. It is the same for other fields like linguistics, population studies, archeology etc. Everything has to be put together and coordinated to find answers.
At present, we have to just be content with ''quarrelling'', since none of us know the truth, and the truth will most probably be that all these languages are equal in age, which is only logical, given the fact that all these people have been speaking their respective root languages all the time.
PS. Good luck with your father :).
- October 1, 2009 at 5:22 AM
- kaverison said...
I like your comment, Suren. Living in a multi-ethnicity, multi-lingual family definitely gives you a good perspective on both sides of the aisle.
The reason Tamils have to do this now, is because, for ages they have been refused the claim for it's antiquity (I will not go into the politics of it all). No matter where and when they originated, Tamil does have her own treasure chest of antique anthologies. If Tholkappiar were to write a grammar system for it about 2000 years ago, the language must have developed centuries, if not thousands of years before that.
I do not think ancient Tamils really cared about where and if they borrowed words from outside. They had some rules for "cleaning up" such loan words, like the Japanese do now.
As you may all know, Japanese language doesn't have L sound and they make it an R sound. So, baseball becomes Besu Baaru and Hilton Hotel becomes Hirutanu Hoteru. So, can we reduce the glory of that language?
Just because Tamil didn't have the tones Sanskrit did, doesn't make Tamil any less. Tamil did not need those sounds in those days. That's the argument presented (author mentions Brahmi, Prakrit...) in this post. This is what I don't like. Just because you know something and that something is not in a language, don't go about reducing it.
Sanskrit doesn't have some of the tones that Chinese or some ancient Aztec languages have. If we ever were ruled by those people, Sanskrit may look lacking too! Where do we stop?
Language, irrespective of how connected or disconnected, develop indigenously. It develops based on the culture and society of the people that speak it. In that sense, each language is unique.
That Brahmi is descendant of Hebrew???? is another shocking revelation author comes up with. Can't we Indians (Soth Asians?) just settle for something that we could have "discovered" ourselves?? We do need to get out of this "colonial" mentality?
I like and propose the Afro centric as well. But, at least until that is proved, let's settle on Indian sub-continent being the center of (our) universe.
- October 3, 2009 at 10:58 PM
- elmon said...
Dear Shenba,
Really i am appreciating for your effort on this side.I saw you in your childhood days in your home itself.I am the thambi for Anbu Anna Pasamigu Paramasiva Pandiyan.Really i am proud of you!There are so many things to discuss in this subject.We will meet once and discuss.
- October 14, 2009 at 4:41 AM
- P Shenbaga Murugan said...
Nice to hear from you... Can you give me any details? I can contact you.
- October 16, 2009 at 7:51 AM
- Arunai said...
You are partly wrong, Sanskrit is not an evolved language like Tamil.
Yes Tamil got words from other languages like Pali and Parakrit similarly Tamil words had gone there.
Regarding words like Sangam these are actually later day Tamil words developed from people here in the Tamil country. For ex Chankam is Chan+Akam Cha means multiple/many and Akam means inside.
similarly AraSan becomes Aram+San Goodness to many etc...
Easan is Give to Many.
In the above, words like Aram, Akam, Ee are all Tamil words. I can give you multiple similar words that Starts or ends with Chan/San having Tamil words along with it.Why these words have Tamil words along with Chan? Chankadam, Chanthanam,Chanku,Chanam, santhi, Chanthippu,Changili, Tharusanam,Chandai,Chanthai etc. So if you call these words as Sanskrit then it means Sanskrit came after Tamil using Tamil words?
Tolkaapiyam says Tamil words will not start with Cha, but that itself is debatable, as per Paavaanar its misunderstood by many. We know Tolkaapiyam is very old and its natural for a language to evolve as per political changes that happens with time.
Do some research on the so called Sanskrit words and try to find its roots, I am sure you will appreciate Tamil's heritage.
- November 19, 2010 at 10:49 PM
- Arunai said...
About the words,
Madurai, Kumari, Pakavan, Aadhi
Can you explain the meaning of these words in Sanskrit?
I can give you in Tamil.
MaThurai - Ma is middle and Thurai is port.
KuMari do you accept Kumaran is Tamil god? Ku is small in Tamil Mara or Mari is more in Tamil than Sanskrit.
Pakavan - If Pakal is Tamil then Pakavan is Tamil?
Aadhi, If Aalam, Aali, Aaakam, Aani, Aasai, AaSeeriyan, Aamai,Aandavan, Aadai are Tamil than Aadhi is also Tamil.
- November 19, 2010 at 11:07 PM
- Arunai said...
Its not ThamiraBarani, The correct Tamil word should be Thamaraparani it should be
ThaanMaraParaNi(r) Means Thannai Marantha Para(flowing,flying) Water.
Another word the author of this blog should learn is "Paandyan", This word came from PaarAandaIyan means experts of the ocean.
- November 21, 2010 at 6:04 AM
- RAM said...
Ancient Indian literature has great values, the Vedas and Sangam literature of Tamil gives the moral of life. Tamillanguage is the oldest and beautiful Dravidian language. The literary tradition of Tamil language is more than 2,200 years, the most remarkable thing is secular poetry extant in India.
- August 29, 2011 at 4:21 AM
- P Shenbaga Murugan said...
Hi Ram,
Thanks for the opinion. It is true that Tamil is oldest of Dravidian (arguably) languages. But what I am opposed to is that, claims like "Tamil is the oldest of all languages", "Tamil is the greatest of all languages" etc.
There are some people like Devaneya Pavanar who theorized some pseudo-scientific stories which puts Tamil in dates before Human race itself as per modern science.
Vedas mentioned in your post are not written in Tamil. The word Veda itself is not Tamil. Tamils are not that much secular when they impaled thousands of Jains or fought with each other for caste and religion.
The word "parathaiyar ozhukkam" and "theiva-addiyal" give some extant of the social practices like temple-prostitution and legalized (accepted/tolerated) prostitution.
For me, Tamil is my other tongue and worth learning. I enjoy its literature and I try my best to use it in everyday life.
No culture old culture is good enough. We have to move forward with time. Our judgement on anything should be based on current social/political/economical/cultural scenario. That applies to language too. It is hard to stick to a language and try to prove ourselves superior than to adapt what is really superior and move forward.
- August 31, 2011 at 9:52 PM
- P Shenbaga Murugan said...
For those who think I am anti-Tamil, please note that I am fighting against the false pride and propaganda about Tamil. I am not against any language, culture or group of people. That holds good to Sanskrit or English too... The first language humans used must had died long ago. Even the oldest languages (claimed by people) are heavily corrupted with borrowed words. So let us all leave behind the pride and start to think about what can we do to make our language survive and evolve to meet the future.
- August 31, 2011 at 9:58 PM
- kennady said...
Tamil language is one of the greatest classical literature and traditions of the world. It predates the literature of other modern Indian languages by more than a thousand years
- September 25, 2011 at 11:48 PM
- vasanth said...
in the olden days tamil nadu was surrounded by water on 3 sides.so the music in tamil was known as "karai naattu isai"but slowly some they changed its name as karnataka music and then to carnatic music....................and now they say that carnatic music is derived from a sanskrit word.....its very funny
- May 2, 2012 at 6:36 AM
- P Shenbaga Murugan said...
ok. Less ranting, more work. I have made a Tamil layout for Android keyboard. You can find it here for free... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anysoftkeyboard.languagepack.tamil
use it and let me know your comments.
- March 24, 2013 at 7:39 PM
- Manikandan said...
Good work..so it seems now u reverted ur belief :) .I ll try using this font.
- March 24, 2013 at 11:13 PM
- P Shenbaga Murugan said...
No. I still believe Tamil is a later language. So what? There is no shame in being a Tamilian.
- March 26, 2013 at 3:54 AM
- Manikandan said...
No problem :-) ..It is perfectly fine when belief is a matter of evidence rather than blind.
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Computer Learns Sign Language By Watching TV
Posted By Ben Goulding, 9 July, 2009 | permalink
British scientists have created a computer that is able to learn sign language by watching television shows that are both subtitled signed.
Researchers at the University of Oxford, came up with an algorithm to recognize gestures made by people. The team exposed the computer to around 10 hours of TV footage that was both signed and subtitled, tasking the software to learn 210 nouns and adjectives that appeared during the footage, of which it correctly learned 136 words.
The software uses a person's arms to estimate the rough location of fast-moving hands and identifies flesh-colored pixels in those areas to understand the precise hand shape, however difficulty often arises when some words have different meanings depending on the context. E.g. cutting a tree has a different sign to cutting a rose.
Although this is a clever piece of technology, it still has a long way to go. Rather than working round the problem, maybe the researchers should concentrate their efforts more on making deaf people hear again. What do you think?
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"Although this is a clever piece of technology, it still has a long way to go. Rather than working round the problem, maybe the researchers should concentrate their efforts more on making deaf people hear again. What do you think?"
No all people who sign are deaf, many people who sign have speaking difficulties. Even so developing this technology will be much simpler and quicker than working out a cure for all forms of deafness. A stop gap solution is better than waiting an age for a complete solution.
One useful application on this technology would allow non-signers to understand sign language, it would, therefore be easier for signers to communicate with non-signers. I know a profoundly deaf man who can get by with lip reading in order to understand non-signers, however he is still left with writing in order to communicate with them.
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Find out the latest news at Cancer Council Australia:
- Vale Clive Deverall AM
- Supporting World Cancer Day 2017
- Vale Professor Umberto Veronesi MD OMRI
- Cancer Council CEO takes on global cancer challenges
- New recommendations for best practice care in breast cancer
- September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- Australian public invited to free cancer immunotherapy forum
- Prestigious award for Cancer Council CEO
- New insights into cancer control
- Uncovering why some patients have poorer lung cancer outcomes
Vale Clive Deverall AM
March 2017
Cancer Council Australia extends its condolences to the family of Clive Deverall AM, who died last weekend after almost two decades' living with a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Clive was a passionate consumer representative on Cancer Council Australia's Board from 2007 to 2010. For many years prior, he was long-serving CEO of Cancer Council Western Australia, where reforms he led from the late 1970s to the late '90s continue to be appreciated to this day.
Clive is survived by two sons, a step-son, two grandchildren, a sister and his wife Noreen. Our thoughts are with them; and our thanks, for Clive's extraordinary contribution to cancer control in Australia.
Supporting World Cancer Day 2017
January 2017
February 4 2017 is World Cancer Day, a global event coordinated by the Union for International Cancer Control.
This year's international tagline, 'We Can. I Can.', focuses on the many things that individuals and groups can do to reduce the burden of cancer across the globe.
With the event this year falling on a Saturday, the focus around the globe will be on supporting the event through sport and raising awareness of how physical activity can help reduce your cancer risk.
In Australia, Cancer Council has been selected as the official charity partner for the HSBC Sydney 7's, which is being held in Sydney over the World Cancer Day weekend.
The event is part of the international HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series and brings people together from around the world.
As well as fundraising at the games by selling programmes, Cancer Council will be using it as an opportunity to remind Australians about how they can cut their cancer risk by taking simple steps like quitting smoking, maintaining a healthy weight and diet, exercising, reducing their alcohol intake, being SunSmart and getting checked.
Professor Sanchia Aranda, CEO, Cancer Council Australia and President of the Union for International Cancer Control says that many Australians may not realise that one in three Australian cancer cases can be prevented.
"This year it is estimated that around 140,000 Australians will be diagnosed with cancer. However, approximately one third of those cases are caused by preventable lifestyle risk factors. Sporting events provide a great opportunity to bring people together and educate communities about cancer prevention and early detection, as well as show support for those directly affected.
"Regular physical activity is one of the most simple ways individuals can reduce their cancer risk and also helps encourage other healthy lifestyle habits, like maintaining a healthy weight and diet and not smoking. Increasingly evidence suggests exercise also has benefits for cancer survivors and those undergoing treatment."
The Union for International Cancer Control is also encouraging sporting groups and individuals to get behind the event by posting a photo related to sport with the #WeCanICan hashtag.
For more information on local events, how you can support World Cancer Day on social media and the event itself, head to www.worldcancerday.org
Vale Professor Umberto Veronesi MD OMRI
November 2016
Oncology surgeon and researcher Umberto Veronesi sadly passed away in Milan this week. Professor Veronesi was a pioneer of modern breast cancer treatment and was widely admired in the global cancer community.
Throughout his life and career he made an extraordinary contribution to cancer control as an oncology surgeon, researcher, director of the Italian National Cancer Institute, founder of the European Institute and Italian Ministry of Health. He also headed up many of the world's leading cancer agencies including President of the International Union Against Cancer Control, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Federation of European Cancer Societies and more recently set up the Fondazione Veronesi to promote "Science for Peace".
He was awarded several prestigious awards throughout his career including "Honoris Causa" in Medicine, Medical Biotechnologies, Agricultural Sciences and Pedagogical Sciences from several universities around the world.
Umberto Veronesi authored more than 790 scientific publications and was a champion for public health campaigning against tobacco, promoting healthy lifestyle and much more.
He was particularly noted for his contribution to modern breast cancer treatment where he pioneered conservative treatments of breast cancer, allowing some women with early breast cancer to forgo mastectomy.
Read Professor Veronesi's full obituary on Cancer Forum.
Cancer Council CEO takes on global cancer challenges
November 2016
Following the conclusion of the World Cancer Congress last week in Paris, Professor Sanchia Aranda, CEO, Cancer Council Australia has officially stepped into the role of President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC).
UICC is the largest and oldest international cancer organisation comprising over 1,000 member organisations in more than 160 countries, including the world's major cancer societies, ministries of health, treatment and research centres, and patient groups. The organisation is dedicated to taking the lead in convening, capacity building and advocacy initiatives that unite the global cancer community to promote greater equity, and to integrate cancer control into the world health and development agenda.
The Hon. Nicola Roxon, Chair of Cancer Council Australia's board says that the new position reflects Professor Aranda's standing in the global cancer community, having been elected by her international peers.
"Professor Aranda is not only an esteemed nurse-clinician, cancer researcher and administrator but also recognised internationally as a passionate advocate for effective and equitable cancer prevention, support and care.
"Cancer Council Australia is very lucky to have someone who is so highly esteemed in the global cancer community as our CEO."
Professor Aranda said one of her key priorities in her new role as President of UICC will be promoting cancer control best practice worldwide and encouraging greater collaboration amongst health experts across all disciplines and those tackling other major diseases.
"Cancer is a worldwide epidemic. Its increasing prevalence and the growing number of preventable cases across the world is a real threat."
"The risk factors for cancer are shared with many other major non-communicable diseases; for instance, tobacco, poor nutrition, physical inactivity and obesity are also risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Health experts need to come together and stop viewing diseases as separate challenges – the goals, strategies and benefits of taking action overlap."
New recommendations for best practice care in breast cancer
October 2016
Cancer Council Australia has welcomed a new statement on best practice in breast cancer care released today. The new recommendations, published by Cancer Australia, aim is to reduce variations in breast cancer care for women in Australia, ensuring all patients receive best practice care.
"Some patients are not getting the information they need about the options that are right for them. This unwarranted variation in practice has the potential to have an impact on patient outcomes and experience," said Cancer Australia CEO, Professor Helen Zorbas.
The statement identifies 12 key appropriate and inappropriate practices surrounding priority areas from diagnosis to palliative care.
Cancer Council Australia CEO Professor Sanchia Aranda said, "The new Cancer Australia Statement is important in order to consistently provide a high level of care for breast cancer patients, no matter where they are in Australia. The aim is that health professionals are able to ensure their clinical practice aligns with the evidence to provide care appropriate for each patient."
To view the Cancer Australia Statement: influencing best practice in breast cancer, visit canceraustralia.gov.au/statement.
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
September 2016
September is International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a time when cancer organisations around the world put the spotlight on children's cancer and the need to improve diagnosis, treatment and outcomes.
Sadly around 710 children aged 0-14 are diagnosed with cancer in Australia every year and 100 will die from the disease.
Cancer Council Queensland funds and manages the Australian Paediatric Cancer Registry – one of only a few national clinical registers of childhood cancer in the world. The registry records clinical and treatment information on all children diagnosed with cancer in Australia.
Figures from the registry show that childhood cancer death rates in Australia have decreased by nearly 40 per cent over the past 15 years. However, cancer remains the most common cause of disease-related death for children aged 1-14 in Australia, and data from Associate Professor Claire Wakefield at the University of NSW has shown that 81 percent of childhood cancer survivors develop at least one life-changing mental or physical health issue after cancer treatment they received as a child. This highlights the need for further research and support services for families affected.
A critical part of Cancer Council's work is providing information and support to families impacted by cancer. Our 13 11 20 phone number is accessible to all Australians impacted by cancer and acts as a gateway to our other cancer services and information.
We also publish a range of resources to help support families experiencing cancer. As part of this range, we have Cancer in the School Community to assist conversations about the stages of cancer for school aged children.
Additionally, our Talking to Kids About Cancer publication is designed to help when discussing all stages of a cancer diagnosis with children from infants to teenagers. Cancer Council Victoria also publish Life During and After Childhood Cancer, which explores a range of aspects related to cancer ranging from diet and fatigue to school issues.
Around the country, research projects are underway with the aim of improving diagnosis and treatment for children. Cancer Council is the largest independent funder of cancer research in Australia and is currently funding a number of research projects directly related to cancers that impact children.
For instance, Cancer Council NSW is currently funding Associate Professor Claire Wakefield at the University of NSW. Her research is focusing on implementing interventions that aim to improve long-term outcomes for childhood cancer survivors and their families.
Professor Murray Norris AM at the Children's Cancer Institute is also being funded by Cancer Council NSW and aims to increase survival rates of children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. Professor Norris is aiming to identify new molecular targets for treatment and ultimately develop prevention strategies.
You can find more information on Cancer Council research via our website.
Australian public invited to free cancer immunotherapy forum
August 2016
Members of the Australian public are being invited to attend a free public forum on cancer immunotherapy at this year's International Congress of Immunology in Melbourne.
Cancer immunotherapy, which focuses treatment on the cancer patient's immune system to help the body attack cancer, is considered one of the biggest medical breakthroughs in recent years. It has dramatically improved the prognosis of some cancers and even cures in others.
The International Congress of Immunology (ICI) is the largest global event in the field of immunology for clinicians and researchers working in this field and is held every three years. This year the event will be held in Melbourne, Australia.
Members of the public are invited to attend the free public forum at the event and learn more about how immunotherapy works, what lies ahead and what it means for cancer treatment.
Key speakers will include Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty from the University of Melbourne, Professor Ira Mellman Vice President of Research Oncology, Genentech, USA and Professor Bruce Robinson from the University of WA.
The forum will be held on Wednesday 24th of August from 6pm until 7:30pm at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
For more info visit: http://ici2016.org/
Prestigious award for Cancer Council CEO
April 2016
Cancer Council Australia CEO, Professor Sanchia Aranda, is to be presented with the Distinguished Merit Award by the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care.
Offered every two years in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the international advancement of the science and art of cancer nursing, the award acknowledges Professor Aranda's extensive experience in cancer control as a clinician, researcher, educator and senior healthcare administrator.
From her early training as a registered nurse in New Zealand, Professor Aranda developed a specialisation in cancer control and palliative care, completing a Bachelor of Applied Science, Master of Nursing and Doctor of Philosophy.
Professor Aranda has extensive experience in health-system administration and prior to her appointment last year as Cancer Council Australia CEO, was Director of Cancer Services and Information and Deputy CEO at the Cancer Institute NSW. She is also President-elect of the Union for International Cancer Control.
Professor Aranda said she was both delighted and humbled to have been chosen for the award.
"I discovered my passion for caring for people with cancer through nursing," she said. "My early experience in cancer and palliative care nursing has underpinned my research, my work in health administration and now my role at Cancer Council Australia.
"It's an honour to receive an award that recognises how the role of nurses in improving cancer care can extend beyond hospital wards."
Professor Aranda has previously been recognised nationally in 2013 when she was named the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Distinguished Fellow for her contributions to cancer nursing.
As well as being a research fellow at the Peter Mac, she holds academic appointments at the School of Health Sciences, University of Melbourne and University of Sydney.
Professor Aranda will be presented with her award at the International Conference on Cancer Nursing in Hong Kong later this year.
For more information visit the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care.
New insights into cancer control
March 2016
Cancer Council Australia has contributed to two new editorials in the latest edition of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, providing new perspectives on cancer control.
Professor Sanchia Aranda, CEO, Cancer Council Australia and Professor Christine Paul from the University of Newcastle have jointly published an editorial on 'Rethinking system change in cancer'.
The authors outline that there is growing imperative to change cancer care delivery systems in Australia, particularly due to increasing cancer survival and the growing number of people living beyond a cancer diagnosis.
They also highlight health system inequalities that need to be rectified – including poorer outcomes among those living rurally, with lower socio-economic circumstances or from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage.
They suggest that there needs to be greater involvement of primary care and greater system integration – which will lead to a more sustainable health system and better patient outcomes.
In a separate piece Professor James St John from Cancer Council Victoria and The Royal Melbourne Hospital Paul Grogan, Cancer Council Australia's Director of Public Policy have commented on a recent evaluation of Australia's bowel cancer screening program.
"Compelling new data on the effectiveness of Australia's National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: A model for best practice?" provides a perspective on Australia's bowel cancer screening research published in the same issue of the journal (see here). Both Mr Grogan and Professor St John were involved in the development and promotion of the screening program and say that this latest data demonstrates its value in terms of reducing morbidity and mortality.
A full copy of the journal can be found here.
Uncovering why some patients have poorer lung cancer outcomes
January 2016
A researcher from Monash University who aims to uncover why there are differences in lung cancer outcomes for Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD) has been awarded Cancer Council funding through a national priority research scheme.
The grant, awarded through the Priority Driven Research Scheme administered by the Government agency Cancer Australia, will be utilised by Professor Danielle Mazza to compare the treatment pathways of CALD and Anglo-Australian patients.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide and in Australia kills more people than breast, prostate and ovarian cancer combined – it is responsible for almost one in five cancer deaths in the country.
Professor Mazza said that traditionally some groups had poorer outcomes and the research aimed to shed light on reasons for this.
"Culturally and linguistically diverse patients are especially vulnerable to higher mortality rates compared to their Anglo-Australian counterparts. At the moment we don't know why this is – no Australian studies have examined the potential barriers for CALD patients undergoing lung cancer treatment.
"We hope to fill in the gaps in our knowledge by comparing how long it takes a patient from a CALD background to receive treatment after symptoms first develop compared to anglo-patients, by tracking differences in their treatment pathways."
Cancer Council Australia CEO, Professor Sanchia Aranda, said that lung cancer was under-researched in Australia.
"Lung cancer attracts less research funding, despite the high proportion of cancer deaths it causes. This is the first study of its kind in Australia and will assist with future planning by helping us identify inequities in the health system that can be improved for CALD communities."
The grant to Professor Mazza is for $430,000 over three years.
Details on how to apply for the 2016 round of the Priority Driven Research Scheme are now available via Cancer Australia here.
Professor Danielle Mazza
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Pop always plays by his rules
Updated 12:02 am, Saturday, December 1, 2012
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Dumping Rodman
With Dennis Rodman's behavior becoming more divisive by the season, Popovich — more specifically "that jerk Popovich," as the Tattooed One later dubbed him — showed no hesitation unloading the perennial rebound champion to Chicago in 1995.
Firing Hill
Popovich has been vindicated many times over for his decision to fire Bob Hill and install himself on the sideline in 1996. At the time, however, the move was hugely debated, especially after Popovich finished his first season with a 17-47 record.
Speaking his mind
Though he rarely complains to the media, Popovich has no problem sharing his opinion, like when he expressed his displeasure of the Lakers' acquisition of Pau Gasol from the Grizzlies in 2008: "What they did in Memphis is beyond comprehension. There should be a trade committee that can scratch all trades that make no sense. I'd like to elect myself to that committee. I would have voted no."
Mr. Sarcasm
Popovich's dry, sarcastic sense of humor has made him a favorite well outside the limits of San Antonio. And sideline reporters — poor, poor David Aldridge — aren't his only victims. Who could forget his gleeful thumbs up after tweaking Shaquille O'Neal with a foul inside the first five seconds of a 2008 game after the Diesel complained about the Spurs intentionally fouling him in the previous season's playoffs?
Team first
And then, of course, there are his repeated decisions to put his team's welfare before that of the paying customers by resting players, something he did at least three times during the lockout-shortened season and again Thursday.


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The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare requires all international visitors to submit their passport number and nationality when registering at any lodging facility (inns, hotels, motels etc. ). Additionally, lodging proprietors are required to photocopy passports for all registering guests and keep the photocopy on file.
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The Ryan Montbleau Band Supports Rex Foundation w/ New CD
The Ryan Montbleau Band announces fall CD release tour and designates the Rex Foundation as beneficiary of the tour. Boston-based Ryan Montbleau Band is one of the most talked about young bands on the touring scene today. Through performing 200+ dates a year over the last three years, they have developed a passionate, coast-to-coast fan base that spans the gamut of fans of roots, Americana, R&B, soul, jam music, folk and blues. Their new independent release-Patience on Friday-is due on October 9, and is expected to help the band reach a broader national audience, thanks to the overwhelming response to the band since their first album came out 18 months ago. In that time they have developed one of the strongest MySpace presences to be found amongst independent artists (nearly 600,000 plays), and enjoy strong showings in press and at independent radio. Robust concert attendance, CD sales and free downloads (their December 30, 2007 show from Albany, NY has been downloaded over 20,000 times from www.Archive.com) have fueled nationwide interest in the band, and new fans and old will be pleased to see an ambitious coast-to-coast tour schedule for the Fall and well into 2008.
In addition to their commitment to music, the Ryan Montbleau Band wants to demonstrate their care for the greater good. The Rex Foundation is honored to be selected as the designated beneficiary of the Northeast Fall CD release tour to be the vehicle for the Ryan Montbleau Band's community giving, whereby specified shows will have a designated amount per ticket sold contributed to the Rex Foundation.
Check out the Ryan Montbleau Band website to learn more about the Band and their new CD - Patience on Friday-as well as the tour schedule and how to purchase tickets.
The Grateful Dead was always known for generosity and the performance of numerous benefits. In the fall of 1983, the Rex Foundation was established as a non-profit charitable organization by members of the Grateful Dead and friends to further this tradition. The Rex Foundation enabled the Grateful Dead to go beyond responding to multiple requests for contributions, and proactively provide extensive community support to creative endeavors in the arts, sciences, and education. The first benefit concerts for the Rex Foundation were held in the spring of 1984 at the Marin Veteran's Memorial Auditorium. Since 1984 the Rex Foundation has granted $8.2 million to some 1,000 recipients.
With the death of Grateful Dead lead guitarist Jerry Garcia in 1995, the Rex Foundation lost a friend and board member. With the cessation of Grateful Dead touring, Rex lost its main source of funding, and until now has limited its grant making to three annual awards. Current board members have reaffirmed the importance of the Rex Foundation and their desire to have the foundation once again carry out its mission in full force.
The Rex Foundation aims to help secure a healthy environment, promote individuality in the arts, provide support to critical and necessary social services, assist others less fortunate than ourselves, protect the rights of indigenous people and ensure their cultural survival, build a stronger community, and educate children and adults everywhere.
Continuing to embody the spirit of generosity and concern that evolved in the culture surrounding Grateful Dead concerts, the Rex Foundation is on a new path that seeks to include and engage many people. With activities that honor the spirit of community, service and creativity, Rex is building the funding necessary to carry out our mission. Thanks to the resounding response of so many generous supporters, since December 2001 we have granted $832,000 to 149 programs, across the United States and internationally. We plan to multiply our grant making each year so that we can once again support many grassroots programs across the United States and beyond that might otherwise be overlooked by mainstream funders, yet work in innovative and bold ways to bring about helpful solutions to challenging situations. Please visit Fostering the Power of Community, Service and the Arts to see how Rex views its work in relation to social change.
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We encourage your tax-deductible donations to help support Rex's work. We are also pleased to keep you up to date on upcoming benefit concerts and other activities that support Rex. Thank you for considering a gift to Rex and letting us know how you would like to stay connected. Please join our mailing list and make a donation.
The Rex Foundation has no paid board members. Virtually all of our grant recipients are selected through the personal knowledge of our decision makers – as a result, grant requests are not solicited. We have no application forms and no published guidelines. Grants are made once or twice a year, and our report is published annually.
The Rex Foundation is named after Rex Jackson, a Grateful Dead roadie and later road manager until his untimely death in 1976.
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One of the self-described "mountain men" convicted of abducting former world-class biathlete Kari Swenson in Montana in 1984 has been released from jail on unrelated drug charges.
The Montana Standard (http://bit.ly/cOj23t) reports 46-year-old Dan Nichols posted $10,000 bail last week and was released from the Jefferson County jail. He has denied several drug charges after his arrest at a concert near Three Forks on Aug. 13 when deputies say they smelled marijuana and saw what appeared to be a drug deal.
In 1984, Nichols and his father, Don Nichols, held then-22-year-old Swenson captive for more than 18 hours before disappearing for several months. Dan Nichols was paroled in 1991 after serving time for shooting Swenson, who survived the wound to her chest.
Don Nichols was convicted of killing Swenson's would-be rescuer and is still in prison.
Information from: The Montana Standard, http://www.mtstandard.com


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Violent J Edition Hatchet Herald
Got Your Panties In A Twist? Keep Calm & Read This!
Murder – Mayhem Show, hosted by Mitchell recently addressed an issue that seemingly has blown up in the Juggalo community. There has been a divide in Gathers and Non-Gatherers who have taken to the web in response to the recent Hatchet Herald Violent J edition, some are angry and feel invalidated while others have taken a notion to behave like elittest ass holes. Wanna know the truth of the matter? Violent J is right – if you haven't been to GOTJ you need to get there. Does life happen? Yes. Does it get in the way of our dreams of grandeur at times? Yes. Is it expensive? Fuck Yeah it is – but it's one million percent worth whatever effort it takes. Violent J isn't dissin' you dads who are breaking your backs taking care of your kids, he ain't dissin' you moms who tending to your young – and he ain't dissin' you kids whose parents don't dig on the idea of turning you lose at a Nightmare on Elm Street version of a days long carnival – he's sayin' if you are sitting around feelin' like life is stale, if you can make it happen and don't – ya don't know what your missin'.
Consider that there are those who travel from other continents to come to gather, those who hitchhike thumbs out to gather, and those who have no idea how they are ever gunna' get home – but they come to gather. It is fresh fuckin' shit homies, it really is. It's so fresh that people damn near crawl if they have to, and once you have been there you totally understand why.
Now, that being said – you think The Duke is going to hate on some fam who doing what they have to to get by? FUCK NO! That's the shit that be making everyone proud of each other – but what he is saying is that – if it's been in your grasp at all, if its even close to being in your grasp now – grab that shit cause its the dopest fucking show on earth, and that shit will be fresh as fuck. You'll make amazing memories and network with fam like a mutha fucker. If you can make it happen then make that shit happen. And if you can't, then strive for it next year, or don't – it's on you!
But please – stop arguing over who is down and who isn't? If you're a down ass mutha fucker and you know it – isn't that what matters? If you can't make it cause of some real shit – we'll pour a beer on the ground for you, homies. But if you CAN make it and DON'T – well that's when #youdontgatheryoudontmatter.
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LEAGUE CITY, Texas - A League City family is dealing with a double dose of tragedy after someone burglarized the home of their deceased loved one and got away with some precious family heirlooms.
Sandy Howard passed away about three weeks ago. Just a day or two after her funeral, someone entered her home through an unlocked back door and ransacked the place. They got away with a 32-inch flat-screen television.
But more importantly to the family, the thieves also stole three antique dolls that had been in the family for several decades.
"For this to happen... It is just unnerving and how someone could do that actually and not have a conscience," said Deeann Peterson, Sandy's sister.
"We just want her dolls back for her, for our family," said Stacie Brown, Sandy's daughter.
The family said they know it will be hard to recover the items, but they hope the person or people responsible will return the dolls out of the kindness of their hearts.
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Regional Income Differences in Finland, 1966-96
Household Survey data is used to study income differences between and within regions in Finland during 1966-1996. We have five major (NUTS2) regions and apply four income concepts: factor income, gross income, disposable income and final income, and consider how per capita incomes have evolved regionally relative to the respective national averages. There has been regional convergence especially in disposable and final income per capita. Regional Gini-coefficients based on respective income concepts, both per capita and per Atkinson?s equivalent unit, indicate that there are no big differences in income inequality across regions. Although inequality has increased over time when factor income is considered, it has remained much the same in case of disposable income and final income, until an increase occurs in mid-1990s, after the deep depression years in Finland. We also study how changes in earned and unearned income, direct taxes and transfers, affect income inequality.
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- Partridge, Mark D, 1997. "Is Inequality Harmful for Growth? Comment," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 87(5), pages 1019-1032, December.
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Often after the death of a loved one, a family member calls or comes to our office because the investment advisor told the family that the investment firm needs a "Judgment of Possession," before any assets can be transferred to the heirs.
So, what is a Judgment of Possession?
A Judgment of Possession is often the last succession document signed by a judge which orders the transfer of assets to the heirs. However, there are a number of things that must be done (pursuant to Louisiana Succession Procedural Law) before a judge will sign a Judgment of Possession:
- If there is a Will, the Will must be probated;
- Affidavits of Death, Domicile and Heirship must be filed into the record;
- A Detailed Descriptive List of Assets must be prepared and filed into the succession record;
A Petition for Possession must be prepared and filed outlining the relevant facts and bequests and requesting the judge to sign the Judgment;
All of the heirs must verify that the facts as described in the Petition for Possession are correct to the best of their knowledge.
There are often many other matters that must be addressed prior to a judge signing a Judgment of Possession. The main thing to remember is that this document cannot be produced within a matter of minutes. The "system" is set up with court supervision to ensure that the deceased's assets wind up where they belong. Sometimes this takes time.
If you would like to discuss our handling of an unconstested Louisiana succession, feel free to send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com, or give my office a call at (225) 329-2450. We handle uncontested succession promptly throughout the State of Louisiana. We look forward to hearing from you. Until next post....


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Last fall we posted some great hints for creating unique holiday photo cards. Since we have gained so many new blog readers over the past year, we thought we'd share that post again as we skip merrily into the 2010 holiday season. Here's wishing you and yours cheerful smiles and tasteful matching sweaters as you strive for that memorable Christmas card greeting!
We've started thinking about some of the inspired holiday photo cards we've received in the past. Without a doubt, some of our favorite pictures feature couples and families that go beyond the typical "say-cheese†happy-family images and go for something a little more … interesting.
I have a friend who, in her never-successful quest for a "good†family photo with their three year old, opted to send out the holiday card with a picture of her and her husband smiling away and their daughter screaming her head off! Hands down, it was my favorite card of the season.
But even if you don't have the benefit of an un-cooperative tot, there are still plenty of creative ways to get your Christmas card photo a sure-fire spot at the top of the coffee table heap.
• Background: Friends who moved frequently in the early years of their marriage began a tradition of taking the Christmas photo in front of a recognizable landmark in whichever city they lived at the time. It was a great annual peep into their exotic life in distant locales! If you go this route, be sure to indicate somewhere on the card (or in an accompanying letter) where you are in the photo so your friends get the reference!
• Props: My hubby and I jokingly donned Santa hats in our first Christmas photo as a married couple, and our families loved the whimsy of that simple prop so much that the hats are now a key feature every year. Another successful prop – and an effective announcement tool! – are tiny baby booties to clue your friends in to an impending arrival!
• Wedded Bliss: Of course, since we work with so many brides, we love the idea of including a wedding photo on your first Christmas card. We've even seen couples with enough forethought to plan a holiday-themed wedding-day photo standing under a sprig of mistletoe, with Santa hats, and even with an angel halo and devil horns (the old naughty-and-nice).
What will you do to make your holiday card photo memorable?


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