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"Achoo" and the sneeze causes an explosion of pain in my lungs and head and throat. It's the second day of my war of the cold. Of course, it is autumn and time again for the seasonal sicknesses to stalk us and terrorize our immune systems while we are innocently in the middle of doing our very important seasonal things. Colds and flues lurk at school water fountains and then leap from brother to sister to friend and courteously include teachers and parents. This year, the flu has its own paparazzi. Because of the media hype, vaccinations were non-existent on Thursday last week when my son and I visited the local health department and doctor's offices. Oh well. We had to go and eat the promissory ice cream anyway. This time of year always makes me apprehensive. The illness I endured two years ago left me suspicious of every tingle or twinge I feel in my head. And I no longer naively assume doctors are the helpful saviors I used to think they were.
It was Thanksgiving weekend 2007 and we were enjoying the kind of balmy autumn weather that reinforces suspicions of the ozone's integrity. The pain in my head had been vying for my attention for at least a week and I finally went to the local medical center for treatment. The doctors says to take some nasal decongestants, spray this steroid spray up my nose, take this antibiotic twice daily, and see ya'later, bye. Ten days pass, the antibiotic's course, and I was no better. I still had the most amazing searing pain in the front of my head. I'm calling the medical facility and the nurse is telling me he doesn't talk to his patients on the phone. I make my next appointment for after he returns from his vacation. Another week or more later, he's prescribing me another antibiotic and wondering why I'm so hostile. It's because I have had a perpetual yeast infection on top of the searing pain in my head and my sense of smell is now gone. Because my little boy has been sick but I couldn't smell his messy diapers so he's got bad diaper rash because the bug hadn't stopped with me. My son had ended up with pneumonia and his own antibiotic prescription. Did I mention the several occurrences of pink eye, too? Yeah, Mommy wasn't happy. And then, as I confronted him with his lack of phoneside manner, he indignantly confirmed he didn't call his patients back, ever. But I was in a clinic-type place and he was not my personal physician, so …
It wasn't surprising that I spent Christmas feeling miserable and incapable of tasting the salt I'd added to the mashed potatoes for Christmas dinner. My family assured me the potatoes didn't suck. The medication had failed, again. Go figure! I ended up out in my garage crying for the first time in a long time, and calling to a God I almost could believe in, to stop my suffering. The pain was breaking down my personality. As we launched into our marathon present opening, I smiled and tried to not ruin the holiday for everyone. I was sick of hearing myself complain by now. And thankfully, the child falling down the back stairs that Christmas Eve didn't require a trip in an Ambo. He just had a huge lump on his forehead in the present opening pictures.
Due to the holidays hours of non-operation, it was sometime in January before I saw the next doctor at different branch of the community health center. This doctor, a podiatrist working a fill in shift, asked to see the decongestant I'd been taking. I pulled it out of my purse. It would seem that there are two sorts; the red pill you can buy off the shelf called phenylephrine which I'd been taking, and the good stuff, pseudoephedrine, the red pill which is kept behind the counter and requires a signature and your license shown before you may call it yours. Being an avid non-news watcher, I was unaware people used this drug to cook up street speed. No wonder my decongestant was failing. He then prescribed me Ciprofloxacin, the same antibiotic they gave to anthrax victims. He also had me dripping a liquid nasal decongestant called oxymetazoline up my nose while I was upside down over the side of the bed. Wouldn't you know, ten days later, my forehead was no longer burning when I leaned over? And I was gradually gaining my sense of smell back after having been without one for nearly three months.
Unfortunately, this experience left me in a constant state of distrust of my body and physicians. I've gone through the three phases. All doctors are evil. One doctor is evil. They're a necessary evil. I and my son have had many infections since. In my son's case, they never wanted to prescribe anything. It seems little guys' snot is always green so that's no indication of infection. They would not give antibiotics out until he had suffered symptoms for at least a week. I felt like an antibiotic junkie always begging for scripts because I had repeated instances where the drug was not beefy enough to do the trick. I also finally found a yeast pill I could take daily to keep the yeast infection symptoms at bay because, FYI, the antibiotic also kills every helpful happy organism in your body. The male doctors never gave that a thought.
Physicians apparently have a pact to prescribe the weakest antibiotic as to not aid in creating uber-bugs; ones resistant to our drugs. But guess what, they're already out there and have chosen to take up residence in my body multiple times. The resulting problem of the low balling of prescriptions is how these sicknesses, which should be abated in 3-4 days, can last the better part of a month. Some doctors will tell you to call if the symptoms are still present after this long. And some won't. In my case, it had lasted the better part of three months and I had chronic sinusitis. I consequently got my own ear, nose, and throat doctor who I am actually quite fond of. He hooks me up with free $120 nasal spray because I am a self-paying customer. Who'd have thunk I'd routinely wash my nose out with a saline solution filled squirty bottle. The look of horror on my son's face when he found me washing my nose out at the sink was priceless. I have paid for my own cat scan to discover the left sinus passage is just a little narrower than the right but there are no polyps. However, seasonal allergies are definitely a problem for me so I now take one cetrizine at night as my Doc suggested. The son gets a chewable one in the a.m. And there is no fan blowing allergen laden air up my nose while I sleep.
Was there a positive outcome from all of this? Yes. I quit smoking that February after my bout with the three-month infection. I started to exercise. I was endeavoring to take care of my body in hopes that my psyche would heal too. Gaining some control while letting go of some. Unfortunately, running has given me a form of asthma that often makes me wheeze like a smoker. And I am endeavoring to have all members of my family treated by one nice new doctor. Anyone remember family doctors? We'll be a united front when that bacterium travels through again. This doctor will call me back. He is present and gentle with my son. When and if this cold turns into a sinus infection, I've got me an appointment waiting next week and his office will take care of getting those pesky records from that other office. The fear is starting to subside.


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Unlocking Neuropsychiatric and Movement Disorders in Children
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Dr. Madeleine Cunningham, CSO Moleculera Labs, Inc., and Presidential Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, will address new research on pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders.
Dr. Cunningham's is an internationally recognized expert in molecular mimicry, autoimmunity, and infection related to brain and heart disorders. Her novel work discovered neuronal receptors targeted by antibody in movement and neuropsychiatric disorders.
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Road Map to a Cure
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
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Dr. Wagner's research has focused on the development of new treatment approaches for life-threatening diseases for which conventional treatments are unsatisfactory. Most of his work is in the setting of leukemia and bone marrow transplantation, but also includes skin diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and neurological diseases.
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Neural Networks: The Quest for an Artificial Brain
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Dr. V. Scott Gordon, Professor of Computer Science at Sacramento State, will address his current research and work "teaching" neural networks.
Since the first appearance of digital computers in the 1940s, researchers in the area of Artificial Intelligence have tried to model the brain using hardware and/or software. Although considerably more primitive than our real brains, these artificial brains, more commonly called "neural networks", can learn! Gordon has taught neural networks how to divide hard problems into smaller ones, learn by example, recognize patterns, and track moving objects. Real-world applications for neural networks are wildly diverse, ranging from adaptive optics to offshore fish sorting, and local industry right here in Sacramento is at the leading edge of this pioneering field.
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Tissue Repair: Enhancing bone marrow-derived stem cells for novel cell therapies
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Dr. Fernando Fierro, Stem Cell Research Scientist at the Institute for Regenerative Cures in Sacramento, will address the use of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of bone, tissue and other types of wound repairs.
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have great potential as therapeutic agents due to their ability to differentiate into many cell types allowing for replacement of damaged tissues in autologous and allogeneic transplants. Advances in the understanding of bone marrow-derived MSC biology have led to improvements in determining optimal subpopulations, growth conditions, and gene signatures for therapeutic purposes. Work altering gene/microRNA expression levels of human MSCs for optimization and therapeutic potential for bone repair, non-healing ulcers, limb ischemias, as well as the basic mechanisms involved in differentiation, proliferation, and self-renewal will be discussed.
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Neonatal Stem Cells: A window to perinatal health and resource for regenerative medicine
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Dr. Suzanne Pontow, Co-Director of the California Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program at the UC Davis Health System, will address current research on neonatal stem cells.
Neonatal stem cells function as building blocks during fetal life and can be isolated from placenta, umbilical cord, and umbilical cord blood after birth. Often discarded as medical waste, these cells can offer a window to life in the womb and can be used to study diseases that become evident long after birth. Additionally, neonatal stem cells are a source of cells for transplantation and tissue engineering. Current understanding and usage, as well as a new public banking option for California cord blood, will be presented.
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Underwater Treasures of Costa Rica: Fish Parental Care Below the Rainforest
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Dr. Ronald Coleman, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, will address his research of cichlid fishes' behavior in the waters of the Costa Rican Rainforest.
The rainforest is a magical place full of sights and sounds found nowhere else. Some of the most beautiful and intense biology occurs in the waters that run below the rainforest. Dr. Coleman will discuss his research in those waters studying cichlid fishes and their dutiful parental behaviors raising and protecting their offspring in this dynamic environment.
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Fragile Genes & Autism - The Fragile X familiy of disorders: What our children can teach us
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Dr. Paul Hagerman, professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at UC Davis and Director of the NeuroTherapeutics Research Institute (NTRI) in Sacramento, will address current research on fragile X disorders.
Fragile X syndrome is the leading known genetic cause of autism, an inherited form of mental impairment, and may also cause neurodegenerative disorders with features of dementia and loss of movement. Mutations in the fragile X gene result in distinct neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. Research using adult stem cells is underway to develop models to explain the neuronal dysfunction and for the development of targeted therapies for fragile X disorders.
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War on Parkinsons: How Stem Cells Can Reverse The Ravages of Disease
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Dr. Xianmin Zeng from the Buck Institute for Age Research will address her current research using stem cells to battle the progression of Parkinson's disease.
Parkinson's disease destroys dopamine-producing neurons leading to a loss of voluntary movement and mental decline. Dr. Zeng's research shows the potential to reverse the damage of this disease using stem cells induced to become neurons. The new neurons replace those lost to the disease restoring neurological function. Her work with stem cells has also provided new screening methods to test novel drugs therapies for Parkinson's disease treatment.
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Worlds to Discover: Exploring the galaxy for dinosaurs
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Dr. Dale Russell, Adjunct Professor in the Geology Department at Sacramento State, will discuss his research exploring the possibility that dinosaur-like biotic systems are likely to exist somewhere, within the vastness of the Milky Way Galaxy.
We know that unrelated animals resembling snakes, rodents, deer and cats can be found on most continents – but is it possible that they can also be found on many undiscovered planets? Dr. Russell posits that animals recognizably dinosaurian in form may have repeatedly evolved on planets thousands of light-years from earth.
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To Each His Own: How engineers, scientists & doctors are using your own cells to create personalized stem cell medicine
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Dr. John Chapman, president and founder of Stem Cell Partners LLC and adjunct professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Sacramento State will discuss how healthcare professionals are joining forces to create regenerative medicine treatments that use a patient's own cells as the therapeutic agent.
Autologous cell therapy (using the patient's own cells) is at the forefront of the emerging field of regenerative medicine. The administration of living cells to sites of tissue injury or disease are offering benefits ranging from avoiding amputation of limbs for patients with severe peripheral artery disease to enhancing cosmetic surgery outcomes in plastic surgery patients. By using the patient's own cells, the risk of disease transmission and tissue rejection is avoided.
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Going Viral: Using viruses and bone marrow stem cells in the fight against diseases
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Dr. Donald Kohn, Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics(MIMG) & Pediatrics at UCLA, will discuss his research engineering viruses to deliver genes to stem cells for re-transplantation back into patients.
Bone marrow from diseased patients can be removed and the damaged gene within the hematopoietic stem cells (the progenitors for blood and immune cells found in the bone marrow) can be repaired by using retro-viruses to deliver the corrected gene. Dr. Kohn will talk about his research on using viruses to deliver genes to the hematopoietic stem cells and methods to ensure that the viral vectors his team uses are both effective in delivering the corrected gene and safe for use in the clinical setting. In addition, he will discuss his current clinical trials using these new and improved virus vectors to cure a severe immune deficiency disorder (SCID) and sickle cell anemia.
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About Face: Using symmetry to measure the health of ancient Romans
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Dr. Samantha Hens from the Department of Anthropology at Sacramento State will discuss her research using three-dimensional modeling techniques to study craniofacial fluctuating asymmetry (FA) of ancient Roman populations.
Her research focuses on the skull's shape. Symmetrical features are often perceived as indicators of good health, virility and even survivability, while fluctuating asymmetrical features suggest underlying genetic problems, ill health or environmental stress. The study attempts to show a positive association between FA and stress and identify specific regions of the cranium that are most likely to show developmental stressors.
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1st Grade Level Math
Count Down: Practice Counting Backward #1
Most kids are good at counting forward, but counting backward is a different ball game. Practice counting down by filling in the blanks with the right numbers.
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Rounding Whole Numbers: In the Hundreds
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Comparing Cupcakes: Less Than and Greater Than
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Tens and Ones
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This expanded form worksheet gets your child to break down numbers by ones and tens. This expanded form worksheet is an easy introduction to place value.


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A beer touted as the strongest in the world comes with an alcohol punch of 67. 5 percent, the equivalent of taking 15 shots, according to video from Buzz: 60.
Snake Venom, created by Brewmeister Brewery, comes with a bright-yellow warning tag that says only one bottle should be consumed at each sitting.
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"I'm against their priorities."
Hurricane Katrina refugee ChiQuita Simms on New Orleans officials' planning and paying for Mardi Gras 2006. Ms. Simms, who has been living in an Atlanta hotel with her 14-year-old son, said officials should focus resources on helping displaced residents.
"We'll drive 250 miles and be happy about it."
Albert Rasho, a 35-year-old Iraqi traveling with friends from Las Vegas to Pomona, Calif., to cast absentee ballots in Iraq's parliamentary elections. "I want to see my country free after all Saddam did," he said.
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Question posed to John Vollenweider, who plays Santa Claus at a shopping center in Metairie, La., by a child displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
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Condemned killer Stanley "Tookie" Williams as a technician at San Quentin State Prison struggled to insert a needle into his vein to administer a lethal injection (see "Tookie's victims").
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After trading between 16,000 and 18,000 for almost seven months, the Sensex breached the 19,000 mark in just 15 trading sessions after it crossed the 18,000 mark on September 12, 2012. Fuelled by reform initiatives of the government and liquidity in global markets, the Sensex has grown by 10 per cent over the last month.Also the SGX Nifty Futures for October closed at 5,831 as against Nifty closing of 5,787 on Thursday which hints that the markets may go up further in the current rally. However in the absence of support from economic growth fundamentals it is likely that the rally may not go too far, considering that in the past the markets have risen briskly but then have come down.
What began with diesel price hike and allowing FDI in multi-brand retail, is set to move ahead with government making clear that it will go ahead with the reform process.
However domestic action coinciding with quantitative easing by the US Federal Reserve has certainly acted to the advantage of Indian markets as can be seen from its relative outperformance. Against 10 per cent rise in the Indian markets over the last one month, premier indices in China, Brazil and Korea have risen by 2.4, 3.1 and 6.3 per cent respectively. Even the premier indices of Germany, US and UK have risen by 5, 3.4 and 3 per cent respectively. While the reform steps have pushed the markets, many argue that governments moves are not strong enough. Recently KV Kamath, in an interview to The Indian Express said that governments steps do not provide courage to corporate India to make investments. While the country is losing on clarification in policies land and environment, there dramatic slowdown in infrastructure sector.
Thus if the real economy does not take-off, the sustenance of market rally will remain under question.
There are others who feel that while the rally is supported by strong FII inflow, valuations do not look cheap as Indian markets trading at a premium to most of their peers.
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(Geneva, Ohio) The second day of competition at the Spire Midwest Indoor Track & Field Open began like the first day ended: with Cornerstone winning a relay. This time it was Tyler Grey, Louis Falland, Zach Bourdon and Zach Yeo holding off Edinboro in the 4 x 800 meters 7:56.17 to 7:56.98. The time was under the NAIA provisional standard and the first of five national qualifying events for the day.
CU's top 400 meter runner, Ryan Versen moved up to the 600 meters and raced it to perfection taking the lead in the homestretch and getting the win and a provisional qualifier. His time of 1:22.17 puts him second on the CU all-time list.
In the pole vault, Logan Norton broke his school record from last year, clearing 15' 1" on his third attempt. He also had two good attempts at 15' 7".
Cornerstone throwers had a good day in the circle. Ross Raymond's third attempt in the shot put measured 45' 7.25" giving him the school record after some near misses this season. He added over a foot to the old mark of 44' 4" set by Joel Leong in 2009. Senior Bryant Langdon came into the meet looking for a national qualifying mark in the 35 pound weight throw and got it on his third throw. His 54' 4.5" attempt gave him second place and bettered the NAIA provisional standard.
The final two events were the most exciting. In the 3,000 meters, Jared Courtright was looking to better the NAIA automatic qualifying time of 8:40.80. Needing to average just under 52 seconds per lap, the senior found himself in the hole when the field went out in 54 seconds for the opening lap. For the next five laps Jared raced in the pack just behind the leaders then made a bold move on the backstretch to break free as the pace started to slow. "On the bell lap I saw the clock and it was the same time as I had at nationals last year," Courtright said. "I knew I needed to have a great last 300." A determined sprint produced a 46 second final circuit and 2012 All-American in the event was rewarded with the qualifying time, a new PR of 8:37.28 and a fourth place finish.
The final highlight of the meet came in the 4 x 400 meter relay with Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference rivals, Cornerstone, Indiana Tech and Siena Heights in the fast heat. Tech had the best day taking second in 3:16.31 while CU's quartet of Eric Schroeder, Bourdon, Versen and Yeo nailed one more automatic qualifying mark, running 3:18.38 for third. Siena was fourth in 3:20.06.
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Since finishing my dissertation I have felt the perhaps-predictable urge to immerse myself in literature unrelated to the 1950s, or to McCarthyism. Less predictably, I've had an odd predilection for the detritus of high culture. Usually when traveling I go straight for the worst trash to read on the plane; I'm talking Clive Cussler and Us Weekly. Flying to Nashville? I scarfed down The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Usually, when driving to work the Mary and I listen to nothing but Lil Wayne and Katie Perry; now I can't turn the dial off of WXPN. I've been scouring concert listings, looking for interesting Curtis recitals. A few nights back, when preparing today's lecture on baroque opera, I began to watch a DVD of Dido and Aeneas, and an hour later found myself still glued to the screen. Inspired by the recent Nation review of her correspondence with Robert Lowell, I just bought Elizabeth Bishop's collected poems, and have been devouring them a few a day, like vitamins.
Such strange gluttony! But anyways, Elizabeth Bishop: fascinating. My favorite poem in the collection is one the editors found written in a Fannie Farmer Cookbook she gave to her friend Frank.
You won't become a gourmet cook
By studying our Fannie's book--
Her thoughts on Food & Keeping House
Are scarcely those of Lévi-Strauss.
Nevertheless, you'll find, Frank dear,
The basic elements are here.
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Burma: Suu Kyi to assist Kachin women
|Radio Free Asia
|Publication Date
|22 January 2013
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The democracy leader vows to help refugees fleeing violence in northern Burma.
A Kachin woman holds her baby at a relief camp in Laiza, Sept. 21, 2012. AFP
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has pledged to help alleviate the plight of women in northern Burma's Kachin State who seem to be one of the groups most vulnerable to a long running armed ethnic conflict for greater autonomy.
The head of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and member of parliament made the pledge in a recorded statement sent to the women by a group of journalists who visited several refugee camps in the state on Tuesday.
The women refugees are moistly sheltered around the rebel Kachin Independence Army (KIA) headquarters of Laiza town and nearby Mine Jayan. They are facing health and other problems.
Laiza is home to some 15,000 internally displaced people who have fled fighting between the KIA and the Burmese military since June 2011 when a 17-year ceasefire agreement was shattered. Tens of thousands of Kachins have been displaced by the clashes, which have intensified in recent weeks.
The six reporters visited the area, which is near the border with China, to meet and interview women and children from the camps.
"The responsibility of mothers is to teach their children to love and value peace. This is practical and long-term work," the Nobel laureate said in her message to the Kachin women.
"Meanwhile, please try to endure this situation as well as you can and try to overcome the problem of disunity," she said.
Aung San Suu Kyi said that the international community had not forgotten about the Kachin women, and urged the refugees to "not fall victim to depression and lose hope."
"All women must work together to increase their voice," she said.
"I will work closely with women in Kachin State towards peace as much as I can. May all women overcome their problems and suffering!"
Mon Mon Myat, one of the journalists in the group, said their visit to the region was made specifically to highlight the plight of women caught in the middle of the fighting in Kachin State.
She said the group had found that many of the women refugees and their children were suffering from a lack of access to adequate health care.
"The refugee women were very happy to hear Aung San Suu Kyi's message and they asked us to pass a message back to her requesting her to 'please do something for us to return to our homes.'"
Major route reopens
Aung San Suu Kyi's statement to the Kachin women came amidst news that calm was being restored in some areas of Kachin State following the announcement of a unilateral ceasefire by Burmese President Thein Sein's administration from Saturday morning.
According to local sources, a 50-mile (80-kilometer) road from northern Kachin State's Hpakant Township to Mogaung was reopened Tuesday after being closed for nearly two weeks due to fighting between the KIA and government troops.
"Passenger cars are traveling down to Mogaung this morning," a resident of Hpakant told RFA's Burmese Service.
"Local people are happy because the route is open. The situation seems to be returning to normal."
The resident said that as calm appears to have been restored to the Hpakant area, a number of displaced persons staying at area refugee camps had begun to return to their homes.
But he said that at least 2,000 refugees from an area under the control of KIA Regiment 6 had decided to remain at the camps.
The KIA on Monday said that government forces were firing at rebel positions in the Lajayang area near the border with China and their base in Laiza about 6 miles (10 kilometers) away, even though the Thein Sein administration had announced the unilateral ceasefire over the weekend.
The exact number of casualties in the fighting is not known, but the government said Friday that 35 soldiers had been killed and 190 injured in a series of ambushes by the rebels since 2011, in the first official death toll for the military's side.
Reported by Kyaw Myo Min and Ye Htet for RFA's Burmese Service. Translated by Khet Mar. Written in English by Joshua Lipes.
Link to original story on RFA website


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Best of Week
I was watching Big Brother on TV with a friend. I said I
thought Eddie was really great. My friend said, 'How can you look at
a man with one leg gone?' It doesn't matter to me - he's strong,
funny, open and handsome. Why would girls not want to go out with
Jayne, New York, NY, United States, 24, Female, Catholic, Asian,
Straight, media planner, 4 Years of College , Middle class, Mesg ID
My brother-in-law says people from Arab countries wipe their behinds
with their bare hands. Is it true?
Mary M., Jacksonville, FL, United States, Female, White/Caucasian,
Straight, Mesg ID 8100054002
Not only Arabs, but most Muslims, wipe their behinds with their
hands. They believe it is cleaner as long as there is plenty of water
and soap available. I would ask: Would it be better to use toilet
paper but leave some behind that has not been completely wiped
Kemal, Antalya, NA, Turkey, Mesg ID 8112000110626
I spent some time in Senegal, a predominantly Muslim country.
There, most people use their left hand along with water to clean
themselves after going to the bathroom. Toilet paper is a rare find
in rural areas. As to whether this is common in all Muslim countries,
I do not know. The fact that the left hand is taboo in Arab countries
leads me to believe that at one time it was common. But, this is only
an assumption. Anyone else have any ideas?
G. Smith, New Orleans, LA, United States, 40, Male, 2 Years of
College, Mesg ID 8112000123255
Only in Western countries is it usual to use dedicated toilet
tissue for anal ablutions (washings). Asian countries (including, I
guess, the Middle East) mostly use water. This ensures a thorough
cleaning, eliminating the 'klingons' and 'widgets' that plague
Western behinds.
Ian, Durham, NA, United Kingdom, 32, Male, White/Caucasian,
researcher, Over 4 Years of College, Mesg ID 8112000125030
Why do people in the West try to say that Egypt is not black? The
ancient Egyptians originated from the land of Punt, i.e Somalia, and
Somalis are not white, but are black Africans. We have Caucasian or
Mediterranean features identical to the Nubians, as we have the same
origins, while Egyptians are more mixed than Somalis and Nubians and
have more Sub-Saharan African mixture than Somalis and Nubians. I
think it is stupid to look just at color, as today's Egyptians are so
mixed in their constitution, i.e they have West African, Sudanese,
Libyan, Syrian, Ethiopian, Somali and Arab mixtures in their
Ahmed, Cardiff, NA, United Kingdom, <firstname.lastname@example.com>, 36,
Male, Muslim, Somali, Straight, Chemist, Over 4 Years of College ,
Middle class, Mesg ID 8100083334
Which restroom do transsexuals use? I mean, a man who tries to be a
woman? Please excuse my ignorance, but I am trying to open myself to
the world. Also, does transsexualism have anything to do with
Robert, Phoenix, AZ, United States, Male, Christian, White/Caucasian,
Gay, Less than High School Diploma , Middle class, Mesg ID
People who are transgender have a disparity between physical sex
and psychological gender. Frequently - and I'd guess these are the
trans folks you're asking about - they choose to live full time as
their psychological or 'true' gender. Sometimes that involves gender
confirmation/sexual reassignment surgery, and sometimes it doesn't.
However, it does mean that all aspects of that person's life
correspond with the gender they present. Which is to say, trans
people living full time as women use the women's room, and vice
versa. As to homosexuality, someone put it very succinctly by saying,
'Sexual orientation and gender identity are different things.'
Kathryn, Roanoke, VA, United States, Mesg ID 8100045343
Why do people in places like North America generally wake up early
and go to sleep early, whereas people in places like Hong Kong
generally wake up later and also go to sleep later? I've read that
people in North America wake up at around 5 a.m. and go to sleep by
around 8 or 9 p.m. When I lived in Los Angeles, I'd wake up at around
5 or 5:30 a.m. so I could watch cartoons (I don't remember what time
I went to bed, but I didn't have a bedtime). Now in Hong Kong, I go
to sleep around 2 a.m. (on school nights) and have to be up by 7:45
Elaine, Hong Kong, NA, Hong Kong, <email@example.com>, 14,
Female, Atheist, Asian, Straight, Student, Mesg ID 890045445
I think part of it is size, layout of cities and the state of
public transportation. Many cities, like Houston, are geographically
spread out, and the public transportation system does not serve
suburbs well at all. So, a lot of people drive their own cars. The
result is horrible traffic. At one time, I had to leave my house at
6:15 a.m. to get to work by 8. I also suspect that the rural/farming
tradition in America plays a role in our early morning
Stacee, Houston, TX, United States, 31, Female, Christian,
White/Caucasian, TV production, Over 4 Years of College , Upper
middle class, Mesg ID 81000102306
In the United States, a standard work day starts around 8 a.m., so
people who work those hours need to get up early so they can get to
work on time. I think the tradition of starting work early began with
agriculture. Until a few decades ago, many people in this country
were involved in farming. In that industry, people have to take full
advantage of daylight hours to get everything done they need to. That
means waking up when the sun comes up and going to bed soon after it
goes down so you will be well-rested for the next day. There is also
the factor of respectability. Traditionally, people who were not
respectable would be out late in bars and clubs gambling and
drinking. If you were up and out early in the morning, it meant you
weren't out causing trouble the night before.
Lucy H., San Jose, CA, United States, 25, Female, Hispanic/Latino,
Engineer, 4 Years of College , Middle class, Mesg ID 81000120639
I usually go to sleep at 11 p.m. and wake up at 6 a.m. All my
friends do the same. I don't think most Americans go to sleep before
10 p.m. because all the good shows are on from 8-10 p.m.
Michelle, New York, NY, United States, 17, Female, Mesg ID
Where did you hear that North Americans slept early? Most of my
friends (university age, mind you) hang out at clubs until 2 or 3 in
the morning if they're out clubbing, and sometimes pull all-nighters.
I generally go to bed around midnight and get up at 7 or 8 in the
Cynthia, Kingston, Ontario, NA, Canada, 21, Female, Asian, but all
Canadian!, Student, 2 Years of College , Upper middle class, Mesg ID
Do male coaches of female athletes freely walk in and out of the
locker room? If not, where do they go during half time? Do they stand
outside the locker room while the women/girls are changing and then
walk in when everyone's decent? That seems very inefficient,
especially when a lot of half-time adjustments are in order. Also,
don't male coaches have to be sensitive to female problems as well?
How do they deal with them?
David, Orange, CA, United States, 34, Male, Straight, engineer, Over
4 Years of College, Middle class, Mesg ID 880013517
Is it true that everyone on the East Coast is incredibly
class-conscious and elitist? Why does it seem that they so completely
look down on everyone else in the country, and even the world, who
did not attend private preparatory and university schools, come from
a wealthy family or have access, financially and socially, to
exclusive places in Europe and elsewhere on the globe? Having lived
in D.C., I was appalled by the behavior I witnessed on a daily basis.
What is at the root of this? Why are their lives so preoccupied with
money and status? It is very disturbing to me because this is where
the decisions about our country are made. It has made me believe that
the perception of the government as unconcerned about the plight of
the little people is not just a perception, but almost unquestionably
real. It is disturbing to me not only as an American, but just as a
person trying to get by in this world. It has deeply saddened me and
turned me off to our political process and the nation as a whole.
Orlando P., Meridian, MS, United States,
<email@example.com>, 30, Male, White/Caucasian, Straight,
Student, Over 4 Years of College , Middle class, Mesg ID
I've lived on the East Coast and in the Midwest. Yes, there's
more money on the East Coast, and more things like nice department
stores, fancy restaurants, extravagent weddings, Prada bags, etc.
However, it's definitely a stereotype to say most people live like
that. In addition, along with the greater extremes of wealth, there
are great extremes of poverty on the East Coast. Washington, D.C.,
may be full of status-oriented people, but it's also full of areas
that look like Third World countries.
Rhiannon, Eden Prairie, MN, United States, <email@example.com>,
30, Female, Jewish, White/Caucasian, Over 4 Years of College , Middle
class, Mesg ID 822000110036
I feel I am in a fairly good position to answer your question. I
grew up in New York and spent years as an adult on the East Coast,
and I now live in rural Oregon. I come from a wealthy New York City
family, yet I too was appalled by the things you describe. It seemed
unnatural that people were either very prosperous or very poor. I
felt quite uncomfortable living on the East Coast. People seemed so
separated by class, religion, etc. I moved out West in 1980, and I
have enjoyed a liberating sense of freedom since I've made that
decision. Here, in Western Oregon, people tend to judge you more on
who you are rather than your backround.
Caren, Corvallis, OR, United States, Female, Mesg ID 822000110040
Class-conscious, elitist people, private preparatory and
university schools and wealthy families are not peculiar to the East
Coast. I was born and raised on the East Coast and served more than
20 years in the Air Force, including three overseas tours. Snobs were
found everywhere I was stationed, from the East Coast to a poor
province in Thailand.
Redeemed1, Newport News, VA, United States, 52, Female, Black/African
American, Administrative Coordinator, 4 Years of College , Middle
class, Mesg ID 822000121938
First, let me say I am SHOCKED that you saw elitist attitudes in
Washington, D.C. - especially considering the fact that the mayor of
D.C. did time in prison on drug charges, and D.C. was, in the not too
distant past, the murder capital of the country! Have you been in
downtown D.C. past dark? Elitist? As for the rest of the East Coast,
I think it depends on where you are. You may run into that kind of
thinking in a very wealthy East Coast neighborhood, just as you might
in posh Beverly Hills. I don't think it's the coast that makes the
difference, but rather the socioeconomic standing.
Danielle, Forked River, NJ, United States, 25, Female,
White/Caucasian, Systems Analyst, Over 4 Years of College , Middle
class, Mesg ID 822000122605
Are you sure you are being fair? To paint the entire East Coast as
having conceit is being too liberal with your brush. You may simply
have been around too many rich, snobby people in D.C. Did you
live/work anywhere in the East?
Natasha, Capitol Heights, MD, United States, Female, Christian,
Afro-Caribbean, Straight, receptionsit, Technical School, Mesg ID
I was born and raised in Concord, Mass., right outside Boston, one
of the hubs of Eastern snobbery and class consciousness. Other such
'hubs' can be found all throughout Massachusetts, in Connecticut, and
in upstate New York. In regard to all the negative characteristics
listed in your post, I think one can say fairly that they exist in a
few places. The rest of New England (Massachusetts, Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island) and the East Coast
(New York, Pennsylvania maybe) is primarily blue collar. They are
millers, factory workers and fishermen. That's where those funny
accents ('Do you drive yah cah in Hahvahd yahd?') originate. That's
where the whole Irish-Italian thing comes from (and regrettably a lot
of racial strife historically.) I have lived in D.C. as well, after
college. In my opinion, it is NOT the East Coast. It's below the
Mason-Dixon line and west of all of New England. Remember who you're
meeting in D.C.: Clearly not the 80 percent-plus Afro-American
populus that actually live in the city, clearly not the huge influx
of Midwesterners trying to make their way, and clearly not the
Southerners who live nearby. You must be meeting the small group of
Ivy-Leaguer grads who were raised privileged and move out to D.C.,
subsidized by the family, to work in 'politics,' whatever that may
be. Please be careful with your generalizations. As to who's making
decisions in politics, I say wake up! It's been an elitist group for
a a while now, with few exceptions (our current president being one
of them.) Opportunity is in direct relationship with means. Maybe you
should spend more energy noticing the people who don't have the
power, because that's where empowerment begins.
Lisa, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 25, Female, Christian,
White/Caucasian, Straight, 4 Years of College , Upper middle class,
Mesg ID 83200082039
Do you really feel every person in an entire region is rich,
extravagently educated and snobbish? If that's the case, who were all
those people in my public schools - Canadians? Where do the homeless
people in Eastern cities come from - Montana? Do the jobless people
in Rust Belt cities all come from Alabama? I think your assumption
could have been avoided if you had ventured off Capitol Hill while in
Washington. Your assumptions show an inability to observe what's
right in front of you. I grew up in the Northeast, and I sure wish I
had access to all the things you insist I do. That would be nice. But
it ain't true. Not one of your assumptions has even a whiff of truth
to it. Two more things to think about: Although Washington is in the
East, the power structure is not. The president, the two white men
running to replace him and the majority leaders of the House and the
Senate all are from the South and West. When you complain about
injustice, look in your own back yard. Secondly, the most
class-conscious, elitist, private-school-educated city I've lived in
(and I've lived in several around the country and overseas) was New
Orleans, buried deep in the South.
Andrew, Huntington, NY, United States, <email@example.com>,
36, Male, White/Caucasian, Reporter, 4 Years of College , Middle
class, Mesg ID 85200013916
Unlike most responses, I have to agree with you. I am originally
from Ohio and just moved to the East Coast last year. The people here
do seem snobbish and uppity. I constantly feel that the people I come
into contact with do not accept me for who I am. If a person is not
in their world and doesn't do the things they do, they look down at
them like something's wrong with them. They can't accept that there
are different types of people besides the ones in their world.
Ohioans accept all types of people for who they are regardless of the
things they do. It seems people on the East Coast are concerned only
with making money. They don't have time to meet and get to know me
because they're too caught up in other things.
J. Wallace, Roselle, NJ, United States, 25, Female, Methodist,
Black/African American, Straight, Customer Support Administrator,
Over 4 Years of College , Middle class, Mesg ID 890054031
I hope the following question does not offend anyone: Why do
African-American people make up first names like Keisha or Towanda? I
know of a little girl in school named Clinique - the name of the
company that manufactures my cosmetics. Often, a 'normal' name like
Tonya will be prefaced with a 'La' to make it African-American
suitable - i.e. 'LaTonya.' Men are much the same - Darnell, Latrell,
Anfernee. I don't get it. Again, no offense intended.
Beth, Buffalo, NY, United States, 33, Female, Jewish, Mexican/Eastern
European Ashkenazic, Straight, Advertising Agency Manager, Over 4
Years of College , Middle class, Mesg ID 731200042650
I hate to say it's race or class, but it's mostly a combination,
and both perpetuate and are perpetuated by the name thing. From what
I've observed, many low-income blacks (i.e. 'more than likely of West
African ethnic makeup') seem to think that names like LaTonya and
Kwaneesha are 'ethnic' or 'African,' when in reality the names just
sound and look incredibly stupid/fabricated, not African. I rarely
hear educated/mid-/upper-class black people naming kids bizarre,
made-up names, and I'd be willing to bet you never hear of Latino,
Japanese or black British children with names like Kwaneesha, no
matter their economic level. I'm all for giving kids ethnic names,
especially when it shows the child's ethnicity. I think it's very
nice and a great way to honor their past. For example, I'm part
Bavarian, English, Croatian, Osage and Irish. I am proud of my
ancestry and I appreciate (and someday might even give to my kids)
names from those languages - i.e. Rynleah, Eostre, Níall,
Níçka, Zaba. But there's a point, beyond
personal/social preference, when a person has to ask themselves, 'Is
this child abuse? Would anyone take my child/eventual adult
seriously? Would they be respected as they should?' You mentioned
Keisha, an Americanized form of Kiswahili (an East African language),
words for 'cassia juice,' 'cinnamon, and/or 'night vigil.' Also,
something I don't understand is when black Americans use Arabic names
in order to show African ethnicity, so to speak. Such as with the
lovely name Latifah. Or when they adopt French names like Andre and
call them 'their own.' (I believe all names belong to the whole of
humanity, but I don't see why names are appropriated from one culture
and claimed by another in this way.) It makes me wonder if people who
name their children these things know the history of the names, or if
they can have 'proper' appreciation of the names. Relating this to my
name: in Europe and North America, Lisa is mainly used as a short
form of Elizabeth. For a West African tribe, it's their sun god, and
in another, it's their chameleon goddess. Lisa is full of culture,
meaning and pleasant sound. Why don't more people of West African
descent use this? Is it just that they don't know/care about their
culture? As I mentioned to begin with, there's even more to it than
that. (By the way, I don't believe in hyphenated names. Either
someone is American or they're not; it does not matter where their
ancestors came from. If they think they aren't Americans, they should
pack their bags and move to wherever they think 'home' is.)
Lisa, Raytown, MO, United States, <firstname.lastname@example.com>, 19,
Female, Atheist, Straight, student, Mesg ID 83200044409
Why do little white girls have names like Ashley and Jessica and
Amy? These names aren't any more 'normal' than the popular
African-American names you listed - they're just more 'white.' White
people sometimes are accustomed to thinking what we do is the 'norm,'
and that names like Ashley and Brittany and Brooke are
culture-neutral, while names like Yolanda or Juanita or Fatima are
culturally specific and 'abnormal.' Just as white people often choose
common 'white' names, people who are not white often choose names
that are popular in their own communities and reflect their own
traditions. Oh, and it's my understanding that Keisha and Towanda are
fairly common African-American names, so they're not the least bit
Rhiannon, Eden Prairie, MN, United States, <email@example.com>,
30, Female, Jewish, White/Caucasian, Over 4 Years of College , Middle
class, Mesg ID 822000104120
The name Keshia is a variation of the Biblical name Keziah. Names
like Towanda, Tameka, etc., are given in an attempt to be unique,
although they aren't too unique now. I even know of a child named
Jodeci. The 'La' prefix goes back to the French Creoles. I forget
exactly why, but it was an accepted practice. See the baby name book
Beyond Jennifer and Jason, Madison and Montana: What to name your
baby now. It goes a bit more into detail.
Senetra, Anderson, IN, United States, <email@example.com>, 26,
Female, Black/African American, 2 Years of College , Lower middle
class, Mesg ID 832000114141
I wasn't going to answer this question until I started anwsering
another question and brought up JonBenet Ramsey. I had no choice but
to realize the absurdity of attributing 'invented names' to African
Americans. JonBenet? Come on; it doesn't get much better than that. I
was reminded of an episode of 'Designing Women' when Anthony (the
lone black male in a business with white women) was talking about old
TV shows and then said '...Opy, Beaver? Where do you white people get
these names for your kids?' Anyone who thinks about it will realize
that 'unique names' come from everywhere. Furthermore, all 'normal
names' were 'unique' at one time. How many women over 50 do you know
named 'Heather' or 'Tonya'? Some people do get ridiculous, but if no
name ever got created, we'd all be named 'Eunice' or 'Ethel'(no
offense intended for anyone with those names).
Amanda, Boston, MA, United States, 21, Female, Baptist, Black/African
American, Straight, student, 2 Years of College , Middle class, Mesg
My uneducated answer to this question has always been, "because
they are not 'plain, ordinary, white' names." I believe this
phenomenon is primarily a hallmark of the lower socioeconomic
classes. It would seem to be a way to stand out or be noticed in a
society that does not 'see' this group of people. If you give your
child a name that is atypical in larger society, it attracts
'special' attention - maybe the only attention members of the larger
society will ever pay to the child/person
Barbara, Atlanta, GA, United States, 44, Female, Black/African
American, academician, Over 4 Years of College , Middle class, Mesg
It seems odd to me, as well. I grew up in a fairly middle-class
area, and went to school with girls named Passhun, Cinnamon, etc.
These were beautiful, intelligent girls, but they didn't have the
opportunity to share that side of themselves with a lot of people
once they graduated from high school. I understand the idea of
wanting to give one's child a unique name; I want to give my kids
unique names. But to give your child a name that won't allow them to
get past leaving their resume at an office, never to receive a return
call from the white, upper-middle class manager because he thinks
they are going to be low-class people, isn't right. And no, it isn't
right that that bias exists, but it does, and why bring any hardship
onto your children that isn't necessary?
Sarah, Cape Coral, FL, United States, 23, Female, White/Caucasian,
Straight, Office Assistant, 2 Years of College , Lower middle class,
Mesg ID 890024339
I am not offended by Beth's comment. I do, however, have a problem
with Lisa's comment. First, how does she know why we do the things we
do? She can't speak about a culture she can't even relate to.
Furthermore, she couldn' be further from the truth in stating we
'don' care' about our culture. When we pick a name for a child, it's
because we like the name. It doesn't necessarily mean we're doing it
to represent some cultural belief. It just so happens that we don't
like common names. We choose unique names for our children. We choose
names we feel will allow our children to stand out. It's just that
J. Wallace, Roselle, NJ, United States, 25, Female, Methodist,
Black/African American, Straight, Customer Support Administrator,
Over 4 Years of College , Middle class, Mesg ID 890055052


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Shiller: America Lacks 'Success Mood'
Robert Shiller, Yale economics professor and co-founder of the Case-Shiller Index, dropped in on the Markets Hub this morning to break down the latest Case-Shiller report.
He was frank, and said despite some relatively good signs, the whole notion of home ownership is undergoing a sea change that may last "for many years."
The basic problem, he said, is one of psychology. "We don't have that basic story that would lead to a real bounce," he said. What he doesn't see in the nation today is a "success mood."
Adjusted for inflation, and the bubble years long gone, home prices are about where they've been for the past century, Shiller said. That said, he doesn't foresee prices rising "any time soon."
What's happening, he said, is people are becoming less enamoured by the proverbial American Dream of a house in the suburbs. Yes, affordability is up and interest rates are down, but that isn't enticing to people who are more concerned about high gas prices and the stability of their jobs.
"The anxiety outweighs the interest rate," he said.
The full interview's below.


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About Me
Mission The Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) develops and facilitates women's leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide.
What We Do CWGL's programmatic areas are: the promotion of women's leadership, the advancement of feminist perspectives in economic and social rights and the elimination of violence against women, in local, national and international arenas. CWGL achieves its work through: academic analysis; UN advocacy; activism; human rights education and research; strategic conversations; publications and resources; and international campaigns including the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign and the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign. CWGL also embraces opportunities to engage on crosscutting issues of sexual rights and women's human rights defenders.
Who We Are CWGL was founded as a project of Douglass College in 1989. Based at Rutgers University, CWGL is part of the Office of International Programs in the School of Arts and Sciences and is a member of the Institute for Women's Leadership (IWL)—a consortium of women's programs at Rutgers University created to study and promote how and why women lead, and to develop programs that prepare women of all ages to lead effectively. The member units of IWL are: the Center for the American Woman and Politics (CAWP), the Center for Women and Work, the Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL), Douglass Residential College, the Institute for Research on Women (IRW), the Institute for Women and Art (IWA), the Office for the Promotion of Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, and the Women's and Gender Studies Department.
Over its history, CWGL has fostered women's leadership in the area of human rights through women's global leadership institutes, tribunals and hearings, strategic conversations, symposiums, publications and resources, and international campaigns, including The Global Campaign for Women's Human Rights. women's economic and social rights, examining the intersections between violence against women and militarism, UN advocacy, women's leadership power structures that drive women's inequality economic and social rights, macroeconomic policy, violence against women, militarism, UN advocacy, women's leadership
My Vision for the Future
a world free of economic inequality and violence against women


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The stage is now set for a battle of epic proportions. As Krrish 3 flies forward breaking one box office collections record after another more than Rs 166.42 crore (plus 36 crore from worldwide collections) mopped up within a week one cant help but wonder about the harsh truth, whether of the drudgery of our humdrum lives or individual helplessness when confronted with the forces of nature or the powers that be, that superhero films, the ultimate human fantasy, save us from.
Critics have often pointed out that Hindi films dont need superheroes; after all, the hero in mainstream Indian films, particularly Hindi movies, is quite the supernatural wonder. He can single-handedly beat a dozen goondas, shake a leg, crack a few jokes and even win over the fair maiden. And all this without a suit designed to combat an entire army! Lets face it, if comparisons were to be drawn, Chulbul Pandey or Vijay (aka the angry young man) could certainly score over Iron Man, Hulk or Spiderman.
However, to combat the evil network that employs devious methods of conquest and control, the Hindi film hero has been nudged out of his comfort zone. Given the altered new world order in reality, a full-blown desi superhero like Krrish or even G.One (the good guy from Ra.One) is an idea whose time has come.
The box-office collection of Krrish 3 is proof of this progression of thought, brought about in no small measure by improved cinematic technology, a greater comprehension of what science can do and the Hollywood influence.
The success of Krrish 3 also mirrors the evolution of our cinema over the last 100 years, with lines between parallel and mainstream films blurring. The rise of new media in the form of internet and gaming is a major influencer and has added another layer to the movie-making business. Increasingly, formula films like Dabangg are in a happy co-existence with new age, urbane films like Wake Up Sid, or eclectic ones like The Ship of Theseus, besides the newly spawned genre of superhero flicks. A fallout of this multiple categorisation of films is the much diminished power of the Hindi film hero as we knew him and the rise of the desi superhero.
So even the bone-crunching protagonist in formula films like Dabangg or Singham is at best equipped to wipe out crime and corruption at the mofussil level. Krrish, on the


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Fungal Pathogenesis, Tumorigenesis, and Effects of Host Immunity in Space (FIT) - 08.05.15
The Fungal Pathogenesis, Tumorigenesis, and Effects of Host Immunity in Space (FIT) experiment primarily studies the effects of spaceflight on the immune system responses of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Since there is evidence that suggests the immune system of organisms are affected by spaceflight, this proposal seeks to assess the extent and the detailed molecular biological changes that are associated with spaceflight. In addition, this work also investigates the progression of cancerous and benign tumors in sensitized mutant lines (cells that turn into tumors) that show an increase in tumor formation, and is coupled with the effect of radiation exposure. Science Results for Everyone
Space affects the immune systems of both humans and tiny fruit flies. This investigation looked at molecular changes and progression of increased tumor formation associated with spaceflight in fruit flies, together with the effect of radiation exposure. Short-term space flight was shown to affect fundamental processes and maturing of immune cells in the fruit flies, with many of these changes mirroring those in humans post-flight. Analysis showed that changes seen in the fruit fly immune systems could be explained by gene expression changes, contributing to a fundamental understanding of space flight's effect on basic molecular activity.
OpNom: FIT
Principal Investigator(s)
Sharmila Bhattacharya, Ph.D., NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Deborah A. Kimbrell, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, CA, United States
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Sponsoring Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Sponsoring Organization
Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD)
Research Benefits
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ISS Expedition Duration
April 2006 - September 2006
Expeditions Assigned
Previous ISS Missions
This will be the first flight for the FIT experiment.
Experiment Description
Research Overview
- Fungal Pathogenesis, Tumorigenesis, and Effects of Host Immunity in Space (FIT) will provide detailed information on the interaction between elements of the space environment on immune function.
- FIT also investigates the growth of cancerous and benign tumors in sensitized genetic lines (breeds) of Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies) that show an increase in the incidence of tumor formation. The effect of ground radiation exposure is coupled to this study.
- In addition, samples of a fungal pathogen that infects flies are exposed to the space environment. Space-flown samples are used postflight to infect fruit flies on the ground and assess changes in the pathogen.
The Fungal Pathogenesis, Tumorigenesis, and Effects of Host Immunity in Space (FIT) investigation takes place on board the Space Shuttle during the STS-121/ULF1.1 mission. FIT addresses a series of health risks associated with space flight using Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies) as a simple model organism that can be flown on the shuttle with minimal resources and with large samples sizes. The innate immunity is the first line of defense that multicellular organisms, such as humans and flies (Drosophila melanogaster), use when faced with pathogens. These responses include expression of antimicrobial peptides, phagocytosis of the microbes by blood cells and clotting/melanization. All of these responses will be measured from animals returning from space flight and compared to ground-bred animals. A fungal pathogen will also be flown in order to assess whether space flight results in changes in virulence in the fungus. Ground radiation studies with high energy protons, as experienced by astronauts during solar flares, will be used to assess the effects of radiation on the immune system as well as on tumor formation in the fly. The use of Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) to study immunity allows for large population sizes of animals to be studied in relatively small volumes, yielding statistically significant data.
Space Applications
It is a known fact that space travel affects the genetic activity of crewmembers, but researchers cannot yet predict which genes will be affected or precisely determine how gravity signals a gene to change. FIT is the first step in answering these questions.
Earth Applications
Effects of pathogens on wild type and immune-compromised hosts is of great relevance to human immune diseases.
Operational Requirements
In flight, the crew conducts one session of the food tray change-out operation. At the time of the food tray change-out, the food tray exposed to the adult flies carries eggs, embryo, and larvae. The procedure consists of transferring a new food tray into the fly cassette that carries the adult flies and then transferring the food tray with the larvae into a new unused fly cassette. The Platform Kit is used to provide containment during this operation. Postflight, the specimens are returned for processing by the PI team.
Operational Protocols
The flies are housed in cassettes that are modified from ESA type 1 containers and have been rebuilt at NASA Ames in order to ensure no escape of larvae, and for efficient food change-out in space using the Platform Kit also designed at NASA Ames for the FIT experiment.
Results/More Information
FIT studied the effects of space flight on the immune system responses of the common fruit fly. Even short-term space flight affects the fundamental process of cellular and humoral (secretion of antimicrobial peptides into the blood and accessory processes) immunity and phagocytosis (the cell engulfing microorganisms) functions and the maturation of immune cells in Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) innate immune system (the first line of defense against invading microorganisms). Many of these changes mirror alterations seen in human innate immune systems postflight. The large number of fruit flies returned from FIT allowed a significant number of assays to be conducted postflight. Physiological changes observed in the innate immune system could be explained by gene expression changes, allowing a fundamental understanding of the underlying molecular pathways affected by space flight. (Marcu et al. 2011)^ back to top
Results Publications
Taylor K, Kleinhesselink K, George MD, Morgan R, Smallwood T, Hammonds AS, Fuller PM, Saelao P, Alley J, Gibbs AG, Hoshizaki DK, von Kalm L, Fuller CA, Beckingham KM, Kimbrell DA. Toll mediated infection response is altered by gravity and spaceflight in Drosophila. PLOS ONE. 2014 January 24; 9(1): e86485. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086485.
Marcu O, Lera MP, Sanchez ME, Levic E, Higgins LA, Shmygelska A, Fahlen TF, Nichol H, Bhattacharya S. Innate Immune Responses of Drosophila melanogaster Are Altered by Spaceflight. PLOS ONE. 2011; 6(1): 1-10. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015361.
Ground Based Results Publications
Fahlen TF, Sanchez ME, Lera MP, Blazevic E, Chang J, Bhattacharya S. A Study of the Effects of Space Flight on the Immune Response in Drosophila Melanogaster. Gravitational and Space Biology. 2006; 19(2): 133-134.
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Matthew Lera, a research scientist at Ames Research Center, preparing media for maintaining fly stocks that will be used for the shuttle experiment. Image courtesy of Ames Research Center.
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Drs. Oana Marcu and Laura Higgins, research scientists at Ames Research Center, conduct immunity assays in preparation for the launch of the Space Shuttle experiment. Image courtesy of Ames Research Center.
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Replenishing the flies with new food to generate the next generation of flies in space. Image courtesy of Ames Research Center.
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A new chocolate happy hour in the East Village, and Astoria's version of Miami cool, in today's neighborhood food news.
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10/8/2012 (3 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
Nothing in the press suggested that Dr. Karen L. King's crazy theories about Jesus should be suppressed or that she was a Catholicophobe. But the press was full of righteous indignation that Mr. Bacile's movie about Muhammad should be suppressed and that he was an Islamophobe. Why should an attack against one religion based upon speculation be good and protected, and the attack against another religion based upon historical reports be bad and squelched? The only seeming way to explain these apparent inconsistencies is that some men and women are moved by the spirit of Christ and others moved by the spirit of the anti-Christ.
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
10/8/2012 (3 years ago)
Published in Living Faith
Keywords: Islam, Catholicism, Jesus' wife, Jesus, Muhammad, Muhammad's wives, Anti-Christ
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (Catholic Online) - The founders of two of the great religions on this earth, Jesus and Muhammad, have recently been in the news as subjects of great controversy.
In mid-September, Christians were treated to the historical and theological hogwash of Professor Karen L. King, who holds herself out as an objective Church historian at Harvard Divinity School.
Dr. King claimed that a small fragment of supposed 4th century papyrus (it has not been dated by carbon dating) approximately one and a half inches by three inches inches--about the size of your typical business card--which includes the words in ancient Sahidic Coptic text, "Jesus said to them, 'My wife . . . .'" is "authentic." She announced that this new find provides a narrative about Jesus that is at odds with the four canonical Gospels, but which has equal validity and right of hearing.
Rather tendentiously, Dr. King has called this gospel-on-a-business-card-sized-papyrus the "Gospel of Jesus' Wife." It seems rather grandiose to promote this business-card sized scrap of papyrus to the dignity of a "gospel." It would be sort of like calling Ogden Nash's poem "Fleas" a novel along the lines of Tolstoy's War and Peace.
Here's the entirety of this so-called "gospel."
not [to] me. My mother gave to me li[fe]
The disciples said to Jesus,
deny. Mary is worthy of it
Jesus said to them, "My wife
she will be able to be my disciple
Let wicked people swell up
As for me, I dwell with her in order to
an image.
The press, always eager for a chance to debunk the Catholic Church, went wild, and publicized the "fact" of Jesus' supposed wife in the "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" as if "authentic," and therefore true. So we were treated to such burlesque (and ultimately blasphemous) headlines referring to "Jesus' Wife" or to "Mrs. Jesus." Christians suffered all sorts of speculation by non-Christians on what this would mean for orthodox Christianity, for the Church's teachings on Jesus, on the celibate and all-male priesthood, on marriage. Yada, yada, yada.
Dr. King exuded with undisguised glee the view that this small scrap of questionable text is "part of" the "vociferous debates about sexuality and marriage" in the early Church. This is a debate, clearly, the gnostiphile Professor wants re-opened since it accords with her heterodox beliefs.
Dr. King has, in a word, an agenda against the Catholic Church. She is a Catholicophobe. As Ariel Sabar in an article in the Smithsonian magazine described it, Dr. King's "scholarship has been a kind of sustained critique of what she calls the 'master story' of Christianity," i.e., what Catholics call "the Faith." In short, Dr. King suffers from Catholicophobia.
The bias of Dr. King went largely unmentioned in the press. Unmentioned, for example, was the fact that Doctor King is a member of the Jesus Seminar, a sort of rag-tag group of self-anointed, self-ordained would-be illuminati who vote on what parts of the Gospels are historically true by voting with red, pink, gray, and black beads. I'd be curious to know how many parts of the authentic canonical Gospels the gnostic Gospel loving Dr. King black-balled as historically untrue.
Among other rather questionable beliefs, the Jesus Seminar has taken positions that Jesus was a mere mortal man, was not virginally conceived, had no miracle-working power, his death was not understood to be a substitutionary death for sinners by his disciples (i.e., Jesus was not the redeemer of mankind), and his body did not rise again from the dead.
In short, Dr. King is an enemy of faith in Jesus as the Catholic Church proposes it, and, indeed, as most Christian churches and ecclesial bodies outside the Catholic Church propose it.
Dr. King also displays a marked animus against the Catholic Church's teaching and disciplines regarding the all-male priesthood, celibacy, and marriage. In her efforts to undermine orthodox Christianity and its teachings (such as marriage and the all-male priesthood) and disciplines (such as priestly celibacy), Dr. King has devoted her talents and her life to translating and promoting a number of the heretical Gnostic writings that were for historical and theological reasons rejected by the Church, including the so-called Gospel of Mary Magdala, the so-called Gospel of Judas, and the Secret Revelation of John. She promotes them as alternative and authentic Christianities, refusing to see them as "heretical" or even "gnostic."
Now, in the same month Dr. King was announcing her rather questionable views and the press eagerly promoting them though clearly anti-Catholic, a Coptic Christian with a checkered past, Sam Bacile, gained notoriety for his production of the movie "Innocence of Muslims," a short 14-minute clip of which can be found on YouTube. From most any perspective, substantive or technical or artistic, the movie comes close to buffoonery.
There were all sorts of howls on the part of the press to suppress this amateurish film. It was labeled a clear case of Islamophobia. And the responsibility for the violence, destruction of property, and killings which followed in its wake in the Muslim world were placed at the feet of poor Mr. Bacile, and none at the feet of Muslims. The film was even condemned by numerous leaders of the Muslim world in their various speeches in the United Nations. Our leadership, including our Secretary of State and our President, was apparently even ready to excuse the murder of its ambassador based upon the existence of this fourth-rate film.
Now, I said that the film from most any perspective, substantive or technical or artistic, is close to buffoonery. But this is not necessarily true from the perspective of history, at least not if we rely on Muslim sources about Muhammad.
In the short trailer of Bacile's film, Muhammad is portrayed as an illegitimate child, a plausible conclusion to explain the historical inconsistencies about the differences in ages between Muhammad and his paternal uncle and foster-brother, Hamza ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib. There is historical evidence that Hamza was four years older than Muhammad, which is impossible if Muhammad was fathered by his father Abdullah who died a few months after his marriage to Muhammad's mother Amina. (In an effort to address this problem, some Muslim scholars have implausibly suggested that Muhammad's gestational period was the unlikely long period of four years. Another possibility, more in line with the ordinary, is that Amina was impregnated by someone other than her husband Abdullah some years after his death.)
Bacile's movie discloses the strange method used by Muhammad and his first wife Khadijah to test the authenticity of Muhammad's first supposed revelations, namely by having Muhammad sit on her thighs and exposing her private parts, apparently to scare off evil spirits.
The movie also shows Muhammad's the conversation with the donkey Ya'fur, perhaps the least trustworthy historically of the movie's claims, but which is based in any event upon a pious Islamic legend.
It describes Muhammad's suicidal thoughts and doubts about his own prophethood that followed upon his most early revelations.
The movie is frank about Muhammad's sex life. It covers, for example, Muhammad's desire for his adopted son Zaid's wife Zaina and the convenient Qur'anic revelations (Al-Azhab; 33:4-5, 37, 50) that cancelled the legality of adoption so that any incestuous implications would be nullified and which allowed him to marry her after Zaid divorced her. It addresses those parts of the Qur'an (Al-Ahzab, 33:50) which gave Muhammad the special privilege of almost untrammeled access to numerous categories of women, including his legal wives, those who presented themselves to him, and those whom his right hand possessed (i.e., women slaves obtained by war). It also depicts Muhammad getting caught by one of his wives, Hafsa, while having sex with one of her slaves, Mariya the Copt. The movie also addresses the controversial marriage of the fifty-something Muhammad to A'isha, the six-year-old daughter of his close companion and eventual successor and first caliph, Abu Bakr.
Perhaps stretching things a bit, the movie suggests that Muhammad was homosexual, a claim tenuously based upon some historical reports (ahadith) of some strange behavior by Muhammad that may be otherwise difficult to explain, including giving men offensive hugs, kissing men's naked torsos, and sucking young boys' tongues.
Finally, the movie addresses Muhammad's involvement with violence. It addresses Muhammad's role in the murder of the old poetess 'Asma bint Marwan, who was quartered--that is, split into four parts--by having her four limbs tied to four camels. It also shows Muhammad's involvement in the torture and murder of Kinana, the leader of the Jewish town Khaibar, and Muhammad's subsequent marriage to Kinana's wife Safiya.
Though not particularly flattering to Muhammad, the depiction of Muhammad in Bacile's movie is reasonably supported by the Qur'an, those reports about Muhammad's life (ahadith) considered authentic by Muslims such as Sahih Muslim and Sahih Bukhari, and some of the earliest Muslim histories of Muhammad such as those authored by Ibn Isham and at-Tabari.
To sum it all up, Christian tradition says that Jesus never had a wife, and there is no historical evidence that he did. There was no "Mrs. Jesus." But Muslim tradition says that Muhammad had multiple wives and some slaves with whom he had sex. There were many "Mesdames Muhammad," along with women whom his right hand possessed.
Here's the rub. Dr. King's theory which clearly is calculated to attack Catholic Christianity is based not on any history, but on speculation. Yet the press promotes her, hales her, and heaps encomia upon her. She is treated as enlightened.
Mr. Bacile's position, whose poorly produced film on Muhammad is also calculated to attack Islam, is based upon Muslim tradition and history, and not speculation. Yet the same press condemns him, seeks to squelch him, and heaps curses upon him. He is treated like a pariah.
Nothing in the press suggested that Dr. King's crazy theories should be suppressed or that she was a Catholicophobe. But the press was full of righteous indignation in supporting the view that Mr. Bacile's movie should be suppressed and that he was an Islamophobe.
Why should an attack against one religion based upon speculation be good and protected, and the attack against another religion based upon that religion's own historical reports be bad and squelched?
Why then should a money bounty be placed on the head of Mr. Bacile, and a wreath of scholarship on Dr. King?
Why should an unsupported attack on the Christ of Catholicism based upon questionable bases result in no killing, no property damage, and reasoned discussion, yet an attack on the Muhammad of Islam based upon Islam's own sources result in the killing of innocents, the destruction of property, and irrational violence?
In my mind, the only way to explain these apparent inconsistencies is that some are moved by the spirit of Christ and others moved by the spirit of the anti-Christ.
Andrew M. Greenwell is an attorney licensed to practice law in Texas, practicing in Corpus Christi, Texas. He is married with three children. He maintains a blog entirely devoted to the natural law called Lex Christianorum. You can contact Andrew at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Courtney Love blames CooganCourtney Love claims Steve Coogan is partly to blame for Owen Wilson's suicide attempt, it has been reported.
The former Hole singer - who has previously dated Coogan - has allegedly branded the wild British actor a bad influence on Wilson and claimed the comedian pushed the 'WeddingCrashers' star into a downward spiral of drug use.
Love was quoted as saying: "Under normal circumstances I wouldn't comment but I care too much about Owen.
"I went through it with Steve. I tried to warn Owen. I tried to warn his friends."
Coogan's spokeswoman has slammed Love's claims, saying: "These accusations are unfounded, unhelpful and hurtful to all concerned. We are taking legal advice."
Wilson and Coogan, who became friends when the British star moved to Los Angeles, were set to work together on Ben Stiller's new comedy 'Tropic Thunder'.
However, Wilson has pulled out of the movie in order to concentrate on recovering from his suicide bid.
Last year, Coogan denied claims Love was carrying his baby following a brief fling.
Wilson allegedly overdosed on a cocktail of crystal meth and prescription medication Oxycodone dubbed 'hillbilly heroin' before slashing his wrists on Sunday (26.08.07).
He released a statement, on Tuesday (28.08.07), saying: "I ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time."
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I wonder if this case going to court will have an impact upon the relationship companies like Yahoo! has w/ Target and the all of the other relationships between B&M and Online Portal/Services.
Fox News points out a comment by Kathy Wahlbin which I think we all should give its due consideration:
Kathy Wahlbin, the director of user-experience services at Mindshare Interactive Campaigns, a Washington-based e-commerce consultancy firm, said that when it comes to accessibility, most online retailers face a "hurdle of understanding."
"What they need to know is how a blind person uses a Web site, how it sounds to them, and how that's different from other users," Wahlbin said.
Bolt onto the backside of this topic the social networking which is going on today, and there could very well be a tidal shift in how we look at usability. For us, it's all about the user interface. Our motto: "If they can't use it (our site), then they can't buy it"
There are some other interesting points in both of these articles like, "Is it possible to check out without using a mouse?" etc. Don't know how this case will turn out but I think it's one we should all keep half an eye on. ;)
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Old news ( oxymoron ) ..semi recent history ( as a description ) may be nearer the mark ( target )..
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Join Baby Bear, Mama Bear and Papa Bear on Friday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m. as Goldilocks turns their world upside down at the Townsend Center for the Performing Arts. In a new twist to this timeless classic, Goldilocks is caught on tape and taught a lesson by the bears and the audience.
Goldilocks is a lively girl who has one big problem. She can't keep her hands off other people's things! From a jewelry box to a bird's nest, Goldilocks constantly gets into trouble at home. And then, she wanders off into the woods all alone.
See what happens in that little cottage while the bears are out for a walk. Chairs, beds, bowls – mischief is in the works. A fun filled show for the entire family, young and old will laugh along as everything goes wrong in this fairy tale performance by Birmingham Children's Theatre.
Founded in 1947, the BCT has become one of America's largest professional theatres for young audiences and operates in a three-theatre complex in Birmingham. The children's theatre produces eight shows seasonally giving the theatre a combined audience of more than 200,000 each year. With lyrics by Jean Pierce and music by Jay Tumminello, this timeless treasure from children's literature is a magical journey for ages two to 92.
Dr. Chester and Mrs. Faye Gibson, who believe the lives of children are enriched through the arts, are sponsors of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears."
"We are pleased to support the outreach of the Townsend Center to the West Georgia community with programming that is educational and entertaining for families," said Chester Gibson. "The university is a terrific destination with a great variety of opportunities for everyone and we are happy to be a part of those activities."
Tickets for "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" are $12 for adults, $9 for seniors and military, $5 for children and $7 for UWG students. For ticket purchases, call the Townsend Center Box Office at 678-839-4722. Box Office hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and 10 a.m. until closing on show day. For more information, visit www.townsendcenter.org.


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DH doesn't use this board so I think I'm pretty safe asking this on here
We're going to WDW next year for the first time with our little man, but it'll also be DH's birthday (well, in May, but August isn't that much later).
We're staying at AKL for the first few days, then POP then WL concierge. We stayed at WL concierge for our wedding anniversary last time we went to WDW and loved it so much we're going back.
Anyway, I was thinking of upgrading our AKL room to conceirge too, as a 30th present for Anthony. Has anyone stayed there? How does it compare to WL concierge, and is it worth it do you think?