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Long Island Wines: Cool Climate Elegance
How familiar are you with the wines of Long Island? How good are they? And how do they compare price-wise with other wines you may be drinking? Having participated in a blind challenge last week, the answer is clear — the wines are excellent, exciting and they won't break the bank.
I first tasted Long Island wines when we moved to New York in 2002. Since then I have become a loyal fan, as I have visited the area and tried the different wines produced.
The Long Island wine region is located in New York State, about 75 miles from New York City. It is a relatively young wine region, the first winery established only as far back as 1973, by pioneers Alex and Louisa Hargrave. Today there are over 60 wineries and 3000 acres of vineyard. Most of the wineries are located 120 miles into the Atlantic Ocean on the east end of the North and South Forks. The area has three official AVAs (American Viticultural Areas) – The North Fork, The Hamptons and the overall Long Island AVA.
Being so close to the ocean means that the climate is definitely maritime, and moderate. In cooler years the vines can struggle to ripen. This makes for cooler climate style wines, with freshness, elegance and moderate alcohol rather than powerful, 'blockbuster' types with huge alcohol levels. Christopher Tracey, winemaker at Channing Daughters describes Long Island wines as 'wines without fuss'.
Many different varieties are planted on Long Island. Crisp whites such as Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay both oaked and unoaked, vibrant reds from Merlot and Cabernet Franc as well as a broad range of blends and varietal wines from less well known grapes such as Blaufranckish and Tocai Friulano.
For the blind tasting, Long Island wines were tasted alongside similar varietal wines or blends from the most highly regarded wine regions across the world. Sauvignon Blanc from Sancerre and New Zealand, Chardonnay from Burgundy and Sonoma Coast, Merlot from New Zealand and St. Emilion, and Cabernet Franc from the Loire and Napa Valley.
Many of the participant tasters found it difficult to identify which wines were from Long Island and which were not. Another interesting finding was that, in all categories the Long Island wines were less expensive than their peers from both the New and Old World, dispelling a myth that Long Island wines are very expensive.
Apart from the wines tasted as part of the blind tasting (see list below), I also tasted through about sixty additional Long Island wines at the walk-around tasting part of the event. Overall the wines were excellent. Lively and refreshing these Long Island wines are definitely food friendly, which is to be expected given the bounty of food Long Island produces – lobster, crab, shrimp, the famed Long Island Duck, fresh fruits and vegetables – a veritable paradise for food lovers. How easy for New Yorkers to become complete locovores!
Most of the 60 wineries have tasting rooms and welcome visitors. So an easy day trip from New York City.
• 2008 Osprey's Dominion Sauvignon Blanc, $14 – Intensely aromatic, ripe fruit with a touch of a herbaceous, grassy note on the finish.
• 2008 Palmer Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc, $17 – Layers of attractive fruit, passion-fruit, apricot, gooseberry and some grassy notes. Crisp and refreshing with a long persistent finish
• 2007 Macari Vineyards Chardonnay, $19 – unoaked – Bright, clean vibrant fruit – pear, red apple and apricot. Nice breadth and weight across the palate and a clean, fresh finish
• 2008 Channing Daughters 'Scuttlehole' Chardonnay, $16 – unoaked – This wine bursts with juicy fruit. Crisp acidity, and smooth texture. Flavors of quince, pear and apple with a minerally finish.
• 2007 Pelligrini Estate Vineyards Chardonnay, $15 – an oaked style – rich, full-bodied with tropical fruit notes and toasty vanilla buttery notes. Good structure.
• 2006 Castello di Borghese Chardonnay, $25 – an oaked style, restrained flavors of ripe apples and pears layered with notes of hazelnuts, toast and vanilla. Medium to full bodied.
• 2005 Grapes of Roth Merlot, $50 – Firm structured, brooding and complex. Rich, smooth with layers of flavor and very long finish
• 2005 Raphael Merlot, $30 – Smooth, rich and velour texture across the palate. Full-bodied with a great concentration of ripe plummy fruit
• 2007 Shinn Estate Cabernet Franc, $39 – Full-bodied yet elegant and refreshing with lots of vibrant fruit, pepper and lifted floral notres
• 2005 Bedell Cabernet Franc, $25 – complex with layers and layers of flavor. Full bodied with great concentration.
So until next week, enjoy some local wines from Long Island.
Mary Gorman-McAdams, DWS, is a New York based wine educator, freelance writer and consultant. She hold the Diploma in Wine & Spirits from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET), and is a candidate in the Master of Wine Program.
(Images: Brian Dorsey/Raphael, Shinn Estate Vineyards, and Bedell Cellars)


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Concentration camps, particularly their physical structures, seized the attention of Karl P. Koenig for several years. His images, produced by his own unique process of gumoil photography, are a result of his experiences both with his family and at the remaining camps, as well as his interest in Holocaust history.
For Koenig, a clinical psychologist, questions about human behavior raised by the Holocaust never seemed to reach satisfactory conclusions. This catalogue is a product of the Holocaust Museum Houston exhibit of the same name. The title of the exhibit was taken from Primo Levi's book "Survival in Auschwitz." Levi tells of his encounter with one of the guards, who would not allow him to take an icicle to quench his thirst, at the concentration camp where he was a prisoner. When Levi asked why, the guard responded, "There is no why here."
The catalog shows 36 photos from Koenig's series "Remnants of Ten Concentration Camps," which he took while visiting the camps with his wife. It was an emotional experience for them since members of his wife's family perished at the camps during the Holocaust. Koenig wished to convey the visceral response that he felt while visiting the camps through his works, utilizing a photographic process he had created in the 1990s called polychromatic gumoil.
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Facts about cancer pain treatment
This information is written to help people with cancer learn about pain control. Reading this can help you:
- Work with your doctors, nurses, and pharmacists to find the best ways to control your pain.
- Know about different types of pain and how each type is treated.
- Learn about different types of pain medicines.
- Know about other ways to help manage pain.
- Take your medicines safely.
- Talk with your cancer care team about your pain and how well your pain treatment plan is working.
Having cancer does not always mean having pain. But for people who do have pain, there are many different kinds of medicines, different ways to take the medicines, and non-drug methods that can help relieve pain.
Pain can affect all parts of your life. If you have pain, you may not be able to take part in your normal day-to-day activities. You may have trouble sleeping and eating. You may be irritable with the people you love. It's easy to get frustrated, sad, and even angry when you're in pain. Family and friends don't always understand how you're feeling, and you may feel very alone in your distress.
You should never accept pain as a normal part of having cancer. All pain can be treated, and most pain can be controlled or relieved. When pain is controlled, people can sleep and eat better, enjoy being with family and friends, and continue with their work and hobbies.
Only you know how much pain you are in. Telling your cancer care team when you're in pain is very important because pain is easier to treat when it first starts. Pain can also be an early warning sign of the side effects of cancer treatment or some other problem. Together, you and your cancer care team can talk about how to best treat your pain. You have the right to be treated for cancer pain, and you should insist on it
Facts about cancer pain treatment
Cancer pain can almost always be relieved or lessened.
There are many medicines and methods that can be used to control cancer pain. You should expect your cancer care team to work with you so that you can be as comfortable as possible. But even though a lot of progress has been made, some doctors and nurses don't know the best ways to treat cancer pain.
If you're in pain and your doctor has nothing more to offer, ask to see a pain specialist or have your doctor consult with a pain specialist. Pain specialists may be oncologists, anesthesiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, other doctors, nurses, or pharmacists. A pain control team may also include psychologists and social workers.
If you have trouble finding a pain specialist, contact a cancer center, a hospice, or the oncology department of your local hospital or medical center. They should be able to recommend someone to you.
Controlling your pain is part of your cancer treatment.
Your cancer care team wants and needs to hear about what works for your pain and what doesn't. Knowing about the pain will help them know more about how the cancer and the treatment are affecting you. Talking about pain won't distract your cancer care team from treating the cancer.
Keeping pain from starting and keeping it from getting worse are the best ways to control it.
Pain is best relieved when treated early. Don't try to hold off as long as possible between doses of pain medicine. Pain may get worse if you wait. Then it may take longer for the medicine to work, or you may need larger doses.
You have a right to ask for pain relief.
Talking about your pain is not a sign of weakness. Not everyone feels pain in the same way. There's no need to "tough it out" or be "brave." In fact, as soon as you have any pain you should speak up. Remember, it's easier to control pain right when it starts rather than waiting until it becomes severe.
People who take cancer pain medicines the way the cancer care team tells them to rarely become addicted to them.
Addiction is a common fear of people taking pain medicine. Such fear may keep you from taking the medicine. Or it may cause family members to encourage you to hold off as long as you can between doses.
Addiction is defined as uncontrollable drug craving, seeking, and continued use. When opioids (also known as narcotics) – the strongest pain relievers available – are taken for pain, they rarely cause addiction as defined here. When you're ready to stop taking opioids, the doctor will lower the amount of medicine you're taking over a few days or weeks. By the time you stop using it completely, your body has had time to adjust. Talk to your cancer care team about how to take pain medicines safely and about any concerns you have about addiction.
Most people do not get "high" or lose control when they take cancer pain medicines the way they're told to.
Some pain medicines can cause you to feel sleepy when you first start taking them. This feeling usually goes away within a few days. Sometimes you become drowsy because now that the pain is under control, you're able to get the much-needed sleep you missed when you were in pain.
Sometimes, people get dizzy or feel confused when they take pain medicines. Tell your cancer care team if this happens to you. Changing your dose or type of medicine can often solve these problems.
Side effects from pain medicines can be managed and often prevented.
Some pain medicines can cause nausea and vomiting, itching, constipation, or drowsiness. A few can cause liver or kidney damage. (We talk about side effects in more detail in the sections on the different types of pain medicines commonly used.) Your cancer care team can help you manage these side effects. Some of these problems go away after a few days of taking the medicine. Many side effects can be managed by changing the medicine, the dose, or the times when the medicine is taken. Others, like constipation, can often be prevented with stool softeners and other measures.
Your body does not become immune to pain medicine.
Pain should be treated early, and stronger medicines should not be saved for later. It's important to take whatever medicine is needed when it's needed. Your body may get used to the medicine you're taking, so over time the medicine may not relieve the pain as well as it once did. This is called tolerance. Tolerance is seldom a problem with cancer pain treatment because your cancer care team can increase the amount of medicine you're taking or add other medicines. Some people are alarmed by this because they think it means they're addicted, but it's not the same thing. It only means that your body has learned to adjust to the drug over time.
When pain is not relieved, you may feel:
- Tired
- Depressed
- Angry
- Worried
- Lonely
- Stressed
When cancer pain is relieved, you're more able to:
- Enjoy being active.
- Sleep better.
- Enjoy family and friends.
- Eat better.
- Enjoy sexual intimacy.
- Prevent depression.
What causes pain in people with cancer?
Pain is most often caused by the cancer itself. But pain can also be caused by cancer-related treatment or tests. You may also have pain that has nothing to do with the cancer or its treatment. Like anyone, you can get headaches, muscle strains, and other aches and pains.
Pain from the cancer
Whether you have pain and the amount of pain you have depends on the type of cancer, its stage (extent), and your pain threshold (tolerance for pain). People with advanced cancer are more likely to have pain.
Pain from the cancer can be caused by a tumor pressing on bones, nerves, or body organs.
Spinal cord compression
When a tumor spreads to the spine, it can press on the spinal cord. This is called spinal cord compression. The first sign of compression is usually back and/or neck pain, sometimes with pain, numbness, or weakness in an arm or leg. Coughing, sneezing, or other movements often make it worse. If you have this pain, get help right away. This compression must be treated quickly to keep you from losing control of your bladder or bowel or being paralyzed.
Your cancer care team can treat the cause of the pain and give you medicine to help relieve the pain. If you're treated for the compression soon after the pain begins, you can usually avoid serious outcomes. Treatments usually involve radiation therapy and steroids to shrink the tumor. Or you may have surgery to remove a tumor that's pressing on the spine, which may then be followed by radiation.
Bone pain
This type of pain can happen when cancer spreads to the bones. Treatment may be aimed at controlling the cancer, or it can focus on protecting the affected bones. External radiation may be used to treat the weakened bone. Sometimes a radioactive medicine is given that settles in the affected areas of bone and helps to make them stronger. Bisphosphonates are other medicines that can help make diseased bones stronger and help keep bones from breaking. These are examples of treatments that are aimed at stopping the cause of the bone pain. You may still need pain medicines, but sometimes these treatments can greatly reduce your pain.
Pain from procedures and surgery
Procedures and testing
Some tests used to diagnose cancer and see how well treatment is working are painful. If such a procedure is needed, concern about pain should not keep you from having it done. Any pain you have during and after the procedure can usually be relieved. Your needs and the type of procedure to be done should dictate the kinds of medicine you get for the pain. You may be told that the pain from the procedure can't be avoided or that it won't last long. Even so, you should ask for pain medicine if you need it.
Surgical pain
Surgery is often part of the treatment for cancers that grow as solid tumors. Depending on the kind of surgery you have, some amount of pain is usually expected. You'll be given pain medicines so you won't be in pain when your surgery is over. Pain due to surgery can last from a few days to a few weeks, depending on the type of surgery.
Phantom pain
Phantom pain is a longer-lasting effect of surgery, beyond the usual surgical pain. If you've had an arm, leg, or even a breast removed, you may still feel pain or other unusual or unpleasant feelings that seem to be coming from the absent (phantom) body part. Doctors are not sure why this happens, but phantom pain is real; it's not "all in your head."
No single pain relief method controls phantom pain in all patients all the time. Many methods have been used to treat this type of pain, including pain medicine, physical therapy, antidepressant medicines, and transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS). If you're having phantom pain, ask your cancer care team what can be done.
Pain from other cancer treatments
Some of the side effects that occur with chemotherapy and radiation treatments may cause pain for some people. Pain can even cause some people to stop treatment if it's not managed. Talk to your cancer care team about any changes you notice or any pain you have.
Here are some examples of pain caused by cancer treatment:
Peripheral neuropathy (PN)
This condition refers to pain, burning, tingling, numbness, weakness, clumsiness, trouble walking, or unusual sensations in the hands and arms and/or legs and feet. Peripheral neuropathy is due to nerve damage caused by certain types of chemotherapy, by vitamin deficiencies, cancer, and other problems. Be sure to tell your doctor right away if you notice these kinds of problems.
You can learn more about peripheral neuropathy online at www.cancer.org, or call us at 1-800- 227-2345 to have free information sent to you.
Mouth sores (stomatitis or mucositis)
Chemotherapy can cause sores and pain in the mouth and throat. The pain can cause people to have trouble eating, drinking, and even talking.
Radiation mucositis and other radiation injuries
Pain from external radiation depends on the part of the body that's treated. It can cause skin burns, mucositis (mouth sores), and scarring – all of which can result in pain. The throat, intestine, and bladder are also prone to radiation injury, and you may have pain if these areas are treated.
Types of pain
The type of pain you have affects the treatment you will need. Pain may be acute or chronic:
Acute pain is severe and lasts a fairly short time. It's most often a sign that the body is being injured in some way. This pain generally goes away as the injury heals.
Chronic or persistent pain lasts for long periods of time. It may range from mild to severe. You'll notice that here we talk mostly about chronic pain, because it can disrupt your life if it's not well treated.
There's a third type of pain that's very important in managing chronic cancer pain. Some people with chronic pain that's mostly controlled by medicine can have breakthrough pain. This is when moderate to severe pain "breaks through" the medicine that's giving pain relief and is felt for a short time.
Breakthrough pain
People with cancer pain often notice that their pain changes throughout the day. Many people with chronic cancer pain (pain that lasts longer than 3 months) have 2 types of pain – persistent or chronic pain and breakthrough pain. Chronic pain doesn't go away, but it can usually be controlled by taking pain medicines on a regular schedule. Breakthrough pain is pain that's not controlled by the regular doses of pain medicines.
Breakthrough pain is a flare of pain that happens even though you're taking pain medicine regularly for chronic pain. It's called breakthrough pain because it "breaks through" the pain relief you get from the regular pain medicine.Breakthrough pain may be different for each person, and the person usually can't tell when it will happen. As a rule, it comes on quickly, lasts as long as an hour, and feels much like chronic pain except that it's more severe or intense. It may happen many times a day, even when the chronic pain is controlled by the regular pain medicine.
Breakthrough pain is shown in the picture above as spikes through the relief provided by the around-the-clock analgesic (pain medicine taken regularly to treat chronic pain). Breakthrough pain varies in intensity and usually can't be predicted.
Breakthrough pain often has the same cause as chronic pain. It may be the cancer itself, or it may be related to cancer treatment. Some people have breakthrough pain during a certain activity, like walking or dressing. For others, it happens unexpectedly without any clear cause.
Treating cancer pain
Your doctor will want to find out more about what's causing your pain because that will affect how it's treated. Drugs, procedures, cancer treatments, or even surgeries may be used in special ways to manage your pain.
If you have severe pain, your cancer care team will try to find the treatment plan that best relieves your pain with the fewest side effects. You'll need to stay in touch and let them know how the pain treatment is working and how you're doing day to day. The goal is an effective pain control plan that works for you.
Cancer pain is usually treated with drugs called analgesics, also known as pain relievers. Many pain relievers are available without a prescription (for example, aspirin, acetaminophen, or ibuprofen). These medicines are called non-prescription or over-the-counter (OTC) analgesics. OTC pain medicines can be used alone for mild pain, and along with other medicines for more severe pain. For other pain medicines, you'll need a prescription.
Check with your cancer care team before you take any medicine for pain, even OTC medicines, because some of them can interact with cancer drugs or worsen certain problems. Medicines are mostly safe when they're used properly, but they can be very harmful if not managed carefully.
In some cases, medicines and non-medical treatments may not work well. But there are special pain treatments that can often be used for these kinds of cancer pain. For instance, things like:
- Radiation to shrink the tumor
- Surgery to remove all or part of the tumor
- Nerve blocks, in which medicine is injected into or around a nerve or into the spine to block the pain
- Neurosurgery, where nerves are cut to relieve the pain
There are other methods that may be used, too. See the section called "Other medical methods to relieve pain" for details.
You may also use non-medical treatments such as relaxation techniques, biofeedback, guided imagery, and others along with the medicines. See the section called "Non-medical treatments for pain."
Developing a plan for pain control
The first step in developing a pain control plan is talking with your cancer care team about your pain. You need to be able to describe your pain to your family or friends, too. You may want to have your family or friends help you talk to your cancer care team about your pain, especially if you're too tired or in too much pain to talk to them yourself.
Using a pain scale is a helpful way to describe how much pain you're feeling. To use the Pain Intensity Scale shown here, try to assign a number from 0 to 10 to your pain level. If you have no pain, use a 0. As the numbers get higher, they stand for pain that's getting worse. A 10 means the worst pain you can imagine.
For instance, you could say, "Right now, my pain is a 7 on a scale of 0 to 10."
You can use the rating scale to describe:
- How bad your pain is at its worst
- What your pain is like most of the time
- How bad your pain is at its least
- How your pain changes with treatment
Tell your cancer care team and your family or friends:
- Where you feel pain
- What it feels like – for instance, sharp, dull, throbbing, gnawing, burning, shooting, steady
- How strong the pain is (using the 0 to 10 scale)
- How long it lasts
- What eases the pain
- What makes the pain worse
- How the pain affects your daily life
- What medicines you're taking for the pain and how much relief you get from them Your cancer care team may also need to know:
- All the medicines you're taking now, including vitamins, minerals, herbs, supplements, and non-prescription medicines
- The pain medicines you've taken in the past, including what has and has not worked for you
- Any known allergies to medicines, foods, dyes, or additives
When working on a pain control plan, it helps to take all your medicines, vitamins, minerals, herbs, and non-prescription drugs with you. Show them to your cancer care team and explain how you take them.
Questions you may want to ask about pain medicine include:
- How much medicine should I take? (What's the dose?)
- How often can I take it?
- How do I take it?
- If my pain is not relieved, can I take more? If so, how much?
- Should I call you before increasing the dose?
- What if I forget to take it or take it too late?
- Should I take the pain medicine with food?
- How much liquid should I drink with the medicine?
- How long does it take the medicine to start working?
- Is it safe to drink alcohol, drive, or operate machinery after I've taken this pain medicine?
- What other medicines can I take with the pain medicine?
- What medicines should I stop taking or not take while I'm taking the pain medicine?
- What side effects from the medicine are possible? How can I prevent them? What should I do if I have them?
Keep a record of your pain
You may find it helpful to keep a record or a diary to track details about your pain and what works to ease it. You can share this record with those caring for you. This will help them figure out what method of pain control works best for you. Your records can include:
- Words to describe the pain
- Any activity that seems to increase or decrease the pain
- Any activity that you can't do because of the pain
- The name, dose, and time you take your pain medicines
- The times you use other pain-relief methods (such as relaxation techniques, distraction, or imagery)
- The number you rate your pain at the time you use a pain-relief measure (medicine or method to reduce pain)
- Your pain rating 1 to 2 hours after using the pain-relief measure
- How long the pain medicine works
- Your pain rating throughout the day (to get an idea of your general comfort)
- How pain interferes with your normal activities, such as sleeping, eating, sex, or work
- Any side effects you have that may be from the medicines
Source: http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/physicalsideeffects/pain/paindiary/pain-control-toc


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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
DAILY RITUAL : Skull Studio by Corpusse
Monastiraki is proud to present the one and only CORPUSSE as he reveals the macabre mayhem of his daily painting ritual in the show that is bound to tear the veil between the worlds.
as an artist i have the need to exercise and explore my inner self on a daily level. there are at least a dozen new drawings by noon every day. with no day off. it is a kind of solitude yet absolute drive to create. corpusse seldom meets skull studio and vice versa. it is important the two entities do not merge because they are separate works. in this show daily ritual one tends to see and feel the skull which i believe is part of the cage to the soul. like it or not we all have one. enjoy.
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Kids are the future, so lets reward childcare, give parents more childrens allowance BUT pay it based on the childs attendance and behaviour at an educational institute. So, you only get paid when little Johnny attends school and behaves himself ..... this will do two things, firstly Johnny will rarely miss a day and secondly he will behave in class and show respect to the teachers as suspensions will cost money (terms and conditions apply). Ps dont expect a hand out from the taxpayer if your child is causing havoc in the community.
Adults .... nobody gets money for nothing would be my approach, again increase some benefits but no pay for anyone who is not working on a community service scheme .... these schemes can be used to maintain community facilities, help old folk, maintain public areas, support public bodies, work on community events, support local sports initiatives etc etc etc as as usual T&C apply
Politics ..... lets cut the crap and start again, are we that dumb that a new constitution and political structure cannot be drawn up (prob some law against it, eh GT) and politician numbers calculated on a pro-rata basis .... ie 1 elected representative for every 100k people. That gives us 40 politicians to run the country and basically elect them on the basis of voter numbers in their areas. So Dublin would have most seats and the likes of Leitrim and Cavan only have one seat between them .... this would ensure that the incoming politicians represent and have to answer to equal numbers of voters.
Courts ... as a Judge recently discussed .... why are we giving free legal aid to people who can pay X thousands of euros for bail in cash ? why are we paying out MILLIONS of euros in relation to claims against the state every year? GT
Charities ... they should only get charitable status on the basis of an open books policy full transperancy in relation to spending on wages inc perks etc
I could go on, but theres probably enough there to get me branded a dictator
Strum wrote:It's my understanding that if you change the Government you can change society. People need to be reminded that the government is there by the people for the people. We vote them in on the understanding that they are simply Civil servants elected with our best interests at heart.
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experience which will help them).
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Zirco wrote:I was listening to more horror stories from our hospital emergency depts......
Overall Aim: The hospital output in terms of patients leaving the hospital has to equal or be greater than the number entering the hospital (hospital input). The onus is on management in cooperation with the medical staff to achieve this.
Medical staff sufficient to achieve this aim recruited.
Toss wrote:Zirco wrote:I was listening to more horror stories from our hospital emergency depts......
Overall Aim: The hospital output in terms of patients leaving the hospital has to equal or be greater than the number entering the hospital (hospital input). The onus is on management in cooperation with the medical staff to achieve this.
Medical staff sufficient to achieve this aim recruited.
Zirco, despite all your good intentions.... the hospitals situation is the nightmare of nightmares scenario. The wastage is beyond belief from top to bottom, there is no unity with staff fractions and unions everywhere. All the while litigation is an industry within an industry ... over €100 million is paid out annually and thats before you count the cost of lost hours, expenses etc etc. I've said it on here before, I know a taximan who gets regular calls to bring an electrician from his home in Crumlin to St Vincents at weekends to press back a trip switch !!!!! . The hospital staff all know the solution when a trip switch flips, BUT no one is allowed touch it thanks to a myriad of laws both legal and unionised. The hospital scenario is a classic example of what happens when you start down the road of business advisors / consultants (non med), common sense goes out the window as the solutions are more than likely to be agenda driven and eventually lead to more of the same and ulimately chaos. Fortunately we still have some great doctors and staff at our hospitals BUT the strain is telling and successive governments have not had the balls to shout STOP..... its all talks after talks about more talks.
Personally I believe we threw the baby out with the bathwater (pardon ther pun:roll:) when sub-contracting key areas under the guise of savings ... short term gains for long term loss. I think the classic example is buying (or leasing) a large expensive piece of equipment that has an expected lifespan of say six years. The process in buying it involves many meetings, research and quotations, the machine is bought and of course the annual service contract arrives with it (its an XYZ machine and alas only XYZ staff are qualified to service it !). Once installed and up and running, this machine will never be used 24/7 as per its designed use ... we structure our hospitals to operate on a high/low peak system, this creates waiting lists during the day and expensive machinery sitting idle at night
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All-female MMA organization Invicta Fighting Championships on Tuesday announced that it will return to Las Vegas on March 11. Set to be held at Trinidad Pavilion inside the Tropicana Las Vegas, Invicta FC 16 will feature two title fights on the marquee.
Newly crowned atomweight champion Ayaka Hamasaki will defend her title against Amber Brown in the main event. In the co-featured slot, Vanessa Porto will face off against Jennifer Maia for the Invicta interim flyweight title.
Hamasaki has won three in a row, with her recent triumph coming at Invicta 13 last July against Herica Tiburcio. The Japanese star burst onto the circuit in 2009 and won her first nine bouts before finally losing. She's back on track and is eager to face Maia, who has won three straight as well and five of six overall.
Other matchups set for the card will be Alexa Grasso taking on Stephanie Eggink in a strawweight battle; Irene Aldana locking horns with Jessamyn Duke at bantamweight; TUF veteran Roxanne Modafferi fighting DeAnna Bennett in a flyweight tussle; and Tiburcio taking on Jinh Yu Frey at atomweight.
Also on the preliminary card will be Sarah D'Alelio going at it againstr Andrea Lee in a flyweight encounter; Kelly McGill versus AmberLynn Orr at bantamweights; and a strawweight battle between Ashley Greenway and Sarah Click.
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Been waiting to show you this little beauty. I was introduced to this wonderful Elizabeth's Crafts Shimmer Sheetz at my local SBS, Scrapbooks By The Sea. Ooooh this is so much fun to work with. I embossed the Shimmer Sheet and then sanded it down. All the delicious color came off and left pearly clear spots in the embossed pattern. I then glued the sheet to a white card. Punched a heart border (MS) on both sides of a white strip of paper attached a red ribbon on top and wrapped it around the red panel.
I used three different papers and cut out the flower using a TH die. I misted the floral layers with water, scrunched them up in my hand, smoothed them out and dried them using a heat gun. I joined the layers together with glue dots and added a little heart embellishment. I think the heart embellishment is from K & Company. Added a little bit of Stickles for sparkle and hot glued the flower to the ribbon. The sentiment is a stamp on white paper cut to resemble a banner. I Stickled this too and it caused the paper to "warp" which gave the illusion of movement in the banner. I considered redoing the banner but I liked the look, so I left it.
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Have a wonderful weekend everyone. In the US it is Super Bowl weekend. It is one of those sacred holidays where these big tough men get all dressed up in pads and helmets and wrestle over a little ball made of pigskin. The players get dirty and injured and everyone cheers and screams, pounds tables and some even partake of spirits. Some women use this as an excuse to go out to dinner and a movie with girlfriends, others get right in there and scream with the men. I have to say I am in the second group. I love to watch the SuperBowl with my hubby. My Packers are not in the game this year, so I am going to cheer for the Baltimore Ravens. So go Ravens and Happy Crafting to all of you.
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It seemed like a "Top Gun" encounter from a bygone cold-war era, when the Pentagon revealed this week that a US reconnaissance aircraft had been the target of a "reckless intercept" by a Russian fighter jet.
In one of the Russian jet's more-provocative moves, the pilot maneuvered to flash the aircraft's underbelly to the US pilot – possibly in an effort, US military officials speculated, to show its weapons and signal that the jet was armed.
So does this mean Russia is spoiling for a fight with the United States? Probably not, defense analysts say – but the move was unusual, even in cold-war days.
The US military has long maintained an active electronic intelligence-gathering presence over the Sea of Okhotsk, which is between the eastern Russian mainland and the Kamchatka Peninsula. The April 23 encounter took place in international airspace above the sea, when the highly agile Su-27 "flanker" fourth-generation Russian fighter jet flew "across the nose of the US aircraft, within approximately 100 feet," says Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman.
The US aircraft in question was the RC-135U, one of two such surveillance aircraft in the Air Force inventory.
It was in the region because it is a rich fishing ground for electronic intelligence. The Russian Navy splits its assets between two primary bases: at Vladivostok, just east of Russia's border with China and North Korea, and Petropavlovsk, on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
"The Russian Navy is always running exercises up there, and we're always trying to figure out what's going on," says Christopher Harmer, senior naval analyst at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington.
The RC-135U could have been watching a Russian Navy exercise or scanning for other chatter, since Russia tends to concentrate its covert military research and development projects in its far eastern reaches, toward the peninsula. "That's why we run out of there," adds Mr. Harmer, who formerly served as deputy director of future operations for the US Navy's Fifth Fleet.
It is normal for the Russians to send a jet to let reconnaissance planes know they are keeping an eye on US military activities. US military fighter jets do the same thing when the Russians send their own reconnaissance aircraft to international waters off Alaska. "It lets them know, 'We're keeping an eye on you. We're tracking your every move,' " Harmer says.
"During the cold war, it was routine anytime our reconnaissance aircraft was looking at them, or them at us, that we would be flying in formation in a very predictable way," he adds.
That tight formation flying helped keep miscalculations to a minimum, Harmer says. But the sort of "reckless" flying demonstrated by the Russian fighter jet represents a considerable potential for miscalculation and escalation.
"When you start flying inverted and showing weapons, it's like a tiger showing its teeth," he says.
There is little chance it was the reckless act of a showoff pilot, he adds: "Russian pilots don't do rogue." While US military pilots have a great deal of autonomy in how they choose to carry out the mission they are given, Russian pilots are "always being controlled," he says. "It's a holdover from their communist days when they didn't want a lot of initiative. Their military is a top-down pyramid: They don't do anything unless they are told to do it."
The Russian military was probably interested in sending a message for President Vladimir Putin, who has recently been stressing that Russia, too, is a Pacific power, particularly as its economic options with Europe have been affected by the sanctions surrounding the Crimea crisis.
Indeed, Russia's long-range aviation patrols "have increased dramatically" since the invasion of Crimea, US Gen. Herbert "Hawk" Carlisle, commander of Pacific Air Forces, said in remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in early May.
Russian military aircraft have been seen frequently off the coast of California, as well as circumnavigating Guam, Carlisle said.
"It's a combination of things – to demonstrate their ability to do it, to gather intelligence in [US military] exercises with Japan and the Republic of Korea," he said. "We relate a lot of that to what's going on in Ukraine."
"Part of it is just sort of pressing the envelope with us," says Andrew Kuchins, director and senior fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Program at CSIS.
This includes "lots of concrete, substantive things as well as symbolic things that Russians are doing in response to what's happened in Ukraine," including some "showing off," he adds.
"Another part of it is, 'Ha-ha, we don't think you're the power you used to be – and we're back.' "


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The Fleetwood Area High School held its graduation ceremonies for 103 seniors last night inside the high school auditorium.
Rev. Harry L. Serio of St. John's U.C.C. in Kutztown delivered the sermon, "Inheritors of Dreams, Recipients of the Vision."
The commencement was more like a church service, with the audience of family and friends joining in singing hymns and responsive reading: "I am wisdom, I am better than jewels; nothing you want can compare with me. I am wisdom, and I have insight; I have knowledge and sound judgment. To honor the Lord is to hate evil. I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and false words."


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Monday, April 1, 2013
38: Ira Berlin's Many Thousands Gone
Berlin divides the history of American slavery into four regions (the North, the Chesapeake, the Lowcountry, and the lower Mississippi Valley) and compares them across three chronological eras. The first or 'charter generation' of slaves were cosmopolitan Atlantic creoles, many of whom came from West Africa or the West Indies, had interacted with the Spanish or Portuguese, and had worked as translators or interpreters. Slavery was relatively fluid in all four regions, and some slaves bought their freedom, baptized children, had children with whites, and owned property. Beginning in the late 17th century, three revolutions then transformed slavery. The Plantation Revolution, which began in Barbados and spread to the Chesapeake and the Carolinas in the late 17th/ early 18th centuries, consolidated planter power and shifted from wage to slave labor. The Democratic Revolution produced the first sustained intellectual opposition to slavery in the New World, but had contradictory effects on slavery: it became more entrenched in the South, began to disappear in the North and Old Northwest, and was accompanied in all regions by virulent racism. The Cotton Revolution undercut the illusion that slavery was a dying institution by expanding slavery, despite decreasing production, soil exhaustion, and shift to grain.
While this is largely a synthetic work, Berlin does employ a number of innovations. First, he focuses on two unique overarching developments: the shift from "societies with slaves" to "slave societies," and the historical development of race as a generational phenomenon. His focus on the generational development of race is particularly important because the generations up with the three chronological periods under study. But even more important is his insistent preservation of dual points of view - both the history of slavery and the diverse histories of the people who were enslaved. He thus combines two very different ways of doing history: as a narrative of domination, and as an exploration of the cultures and agency of the oppressed.
If you would like more info, there is a much more in-depth summary here.
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Effecting Progress: How to Foster a Positive School Culture
Every school wants to get better, but creating the right conditions to allow a school to thrive is often a neglected part of change management. This course, grounded in theory, but delivered with relevance firmly in mind, will allow delegates to reflect on what makes a positive school culture, assess the different aspects of culture in their school or department, and come away with practical measures they can take to cultivate an atmosphere of ambition and progressiveness within their staff. The course will use case studies to promote discussion and the sharing of ideas and experiences among speakers and delegates. These case studies will encompass issues including dealing with difficult staff, promoting risk-taking, enhancing collegiality, maintaining positivity around accountability and using a shared vision to get every member of staff pulling in the same direction.
Event Document: 867-Effective-Progress-how-to-foster-a-positive-school-culture-programme-and-map.pdf
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Warwick Hilton Hotel, Junction 15 M40, A429 Stratford Road, Warwick, CV34 6RE
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- Thursday 15 March 2018
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When I see something like this, which itself is deeply disturbing, I become even more concerned about the holes in our infrastructure about which we know nothing.
It's not what you know that is important, nor is it what you know you don't know. It is those things that we don't know that we don't know that will bite us in the collective keister.


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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
I Received my Doll Exchange Quilt
My package from the Doll Quit Exchange arrived.
My swap partner is Carolyn of Lee Prairie Designs.
I really LOVE the little quilt she made for me!
My favorite doll Emma agrees....look how perfectly it fits on her bed! I've been totally spoiled. Carolyn also made the most darling pillow & case to match Emma's Quilt!
Carolyn's package is on the way...I hope she is equally pleased with her little quilt!
every Quilt tells a story...
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Hi Aunt Reen,I LOVE the quilt that you received! It is just beautiful, what a great treasure you have. A special gift!!!ReplyDelete
I am sure she is going to love the quilt you have made!!
Hugs to you,
It is a great quilt, and I am glad that Emma agrees!ReplyDelete
How nice! What a perfect quilt she made for you along with a cute pillows!!ReplyDelete
Well you are the spoiled one!ReplyDelete
Just love the little quilt, pillow, journal and needlepoint bunny. They are just so adorable. I love your doll Doreen. She is really lovely.
Have a great day!
Hugs, Nancy
Isn't that lovely, I love the edging on the little pillow.ReplyDelete
Well doesn't Emma look all pretty in her new dress with her new quilt , matching pillow , journal and needlepoint bunny.ReplyDelete
Doreen you deserve to be SPOILED !
I love that little quilt!!! My favorite block--churn dash---and the little pillow with ruffle, and stitched pillow....oh my goodness, they are just adorable!ReplyDelete
Doreen, Thank you for the adorable vignette you created with what I made for you. Love the darling doll bed and Miss. Emma is as precious as she can be! I enjoyed every stitch I took making the little doll quilt for you.ReplyDelete
I will be looking forward to receiving the doll quilt you have made for me!
Hugs, Carolyn
What a good trade quilt. The little quilt is made well and the colors good.ReplyDelete
Catching up on blog posts and spotted yours. You lucky girl!! What a wonderful doll quilt! Carolyn outdid herself.ReplyDelete
Oh, that quilt is so awesome. I can't even imagine making one that small.ReplyDelete
WOWSA! Love this post and the pictures! The doll bed with matching linens is awesome. I now have some inspiration for what to do with my little doll bed! Now I just need a sweet little doll like one of yours! We are swap partners for Christine's Swap#2! So nice to meet you and read all about you on your blog!ReplyDelete
Wow! I really like the pattern on that doll quilt. It looks vintage and little ethnic at the same time, which is quite hard to achieve in design. Carolyn must be so talented! I just wish your doll Emma didn't look so sad in the photo. LOL!ReplyDelete
- Chris Jeffery


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people that keep popping back into your life
and you end up going through the same things over and over with them, pretty shit?
Haven't really expereinced this. Sorry.
Also pretty shit:
Dental pain.
pretty shit, yes.
but kinda nice and reassuring, if you want something stable and solid in a time of emotional turmoil.
this is my 3000th post. stoked.


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Tuesday, 22 December 2015
Reindeer lovin
17 comments:
Beautiful card! Adorable image and you colored it beautifully. Thanks for joining us at Scrapping4fun. Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
Tina dt
Hi Tanvi,ReplyDelete
Great card. So beautiful. Thanks for joining us at Scrapping 4 Fun
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Beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing this with us at Tiddly Inks! Good luck and Happy Holidays!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous colouring, Andrea and such a perfect card for a couple!ReplyDelete
Thank you for joining us at Digi Choosday! Have a wonderful Christmas! Jane (DT) xxx
Thank you for playing with Sweet Stampin'. Warm holiday wishes!ReplyDelete
Love and hugs
Your card made me smile! What a super cute image and layout. . Thanks for playing with us at Dream Valley Challenges!ReplyDelete
Neva DT
Such a lovely card and I like your coloring and gorgeous digi :-))ReplyDelete
Thank you for joining us at Scrapping4fun.
What an adorable image, So beautiful ! Stunning colouring !ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining us at SCRAPYLAND challenge blog and good Luck !
MARYVONNE DT member
Your colouring is fabulous so never think bad of yourself. Thanks for entering the Digi Choosday Anything Goes challenge (DT)ReplyDelete
Darling, and such beautiful coloring, too! If you are new to Copics, I can hardly wait to see what you do in future cards! Thanks for playing in the {Scrapy Land Challenge}! Hope to see your pretty projects again soon!ReplyDelete
crafty hugs,
{Creative Smiles}
Such a cute Christmas card. Love your coloring! Thanks for playing along with us at Scrappind4Fun Challenges. Hope to see you again soon!! HUGS!ReplyDelete
Ann DT
Such a cute Christmas card. Love your coloring! Thanks for playing along with us at Scrappind4Fun Challenges. Hope to see you again soon!! HUGS!ReplyDelete
Ann DT
Fabulous coloring! Thanks for joining us in the Merry Berry challenge at Tiddly Inks!! I hope you join us again soon too! Happy New Year!ReplyDelete
Jen DT
Love it! Your colouring is great, Andrea and I love the layout you've used.ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining us at Digi Choosday.
Helen x
Love the adorable deer and you colored them perfectly and I love the die you used to cut them out. Beautiful card! Thanks for playing along with us at Scrapy Land Challenge #32!ReplyDelete
For someone who isn't 100% confident you did a fabulous job, such an adorable card! Thanks for sharing with us @ Tiddly Inks for our "Merry Berry" Challenge, best of luck to you :)ReplyDelete
This is wonderful Andrea, great coloring of this cute image!! Thanks so much for playing in our Anything Goes challenge at Digi Choosday! Hugs:) Audrey DTReplyDelete


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Police integrity probed over media links
Eight Welsh police officers have been investigated for passing information to the media without permission.
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) also found potentially inappropriate behaviour by officers on social media sites.
Its follow-up report looked at how forces responded to an inquiry into relationships with the media.
HMIC found all four Welsh forces have improved the way they manage issues that could compromise their integrity.
But, overall, it says it is concerned changes are not being implemented quickly enough among police forces in England and Wales.
It also found that between September 2011 and last May, Dyfed-Powys Police and North Wales Police investigated four instances each of information being passed to the media without permission.
Gwent and South Wales Police did not investigate any.
'Making progress'
A spokesperson for Dyfed-Powys Police said it expects staff to demonstrate and promote the highest standards of integrity and said the findings recognises the improvements the force has made.
The spokesperson added: "The integrity 'health check' we conducted has led to several policies being reviewed and updated where necessary."
North Wales Police said it has also made changes to its policies.
HMIC also found six cases of potentially inappropriate behaviour on social media sites Facebook or Twitter by Welsh officers, which could range from swearing to posting extreme political opinions.
The cases have been referred back to the forces for further investigation.
Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary for Wales, said: "We found that the police service is making progress in how it monitors and safeguards relationships with the media, contractors and others; but we are concerned that overall, changes have not been implemented at a quicker pace.
"HMIC will therefore continue to monitor and inspect progress in order to provide the public with assurance that all forces are gripping these vital issues."
HMIC looked at 44 forces to assess progress against recommendations made in a 2011 report into police relationships.
Inspectors found in the progress report that although police forces registered gifts and hospitality, there was "little evidence" that chief constables were questioned about items they received.


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As my time with Velma Wancura draws to a close, Velma and I talked about some of life's nuggets. These are some of her thoughts about:
- Neighbors. Velma said it used to be that neighbors helped when you needed it and didn't expect to be paid. When her husband, Ted, passed away in the fall, the fields were tilled and ready for planting, their neighbors brought their equipment and planted their wheat.
- Best Friends. Velma said the true mark of a friend is when you need them, they don't ask or say, "if there's anything you need... call." True friends simply come and do what needs to be done.
- Government Programs. Velma felt during the 1930's many farmers would not have survived if it hadn't been for government programs. She did say that she thought the recent bail-outs were too extravagant, and the wealthier class seemed to benefit more than anyone else. She also said there didn't seem to be much oversight in how the taxpayer's money was being used.
- The Secret to a Long Life. Be calm. Don't go overboard about anything. She's had bad times, but she's weathered through.
- Being the Last One Standing. She said it is hard to be the last one left. "It's really sad when you think about something you'd like to ask someone about a recollection, and there's no one to ask." She recalled her bridge club that started out with 13 members, then there were five, then four, and then three. Three wasn't enough to play cards. The club had ended. She told me that a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes summarized how she felt.
The Last Leaf
I saw him once before,As he passed by the door, And againThe pavement stones resound,As he totters o'er the ground With his cane.
They say that in his prime,Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down,Not a better man was foundBy the Crier on his round Through the town.
But now he walks the streets,And looks at all he meets Sad and wan,And he shakes his feeble head,That it seems as if he said, "They are gone."
The mossy marbles restOn the lips that he has prest In their bloom,And the names he loved to hearHave been carved for many a year On the tomb.
My grandmamma has said—Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago—That he had a Roman nose,And his cheek was like a rose In the snow;
But now his nose is thin,And it rests upon his chin Like a staff,And a crook is in his back,And a melancholy crack In his laugh.
I know it is a sinFor me to sit and grin At him here;But the old three-cornered hat,And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer!
And if I should live to beThe last leaf upon the tree In the spring,Let them smile, as I do now,At the old forsaken bough Where I cling.


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I just came across this blog post by Peter Kim called A List of Social Media Marketing Examples via a twitter update and I thought I'd give you a list of social media marketing tools used by Fortune companies: tagging, bookmarking, social-networking, blogs, microblogging, online videos, virtual worlds, widgets & photo sharing.
Some of the Fortune Companies using social media marketing tools are: Adidas, Apple, Charles Schwab, Coca-Cola, Bank of America, Dell, Comcast, Ernst & Young, H&R Block, Nike, The NY Times, The Economist, Whole Foods, Xerox and Zappos.
I would go on over and take a look at Peter Kim's blog post and see how some of these major corporations use social media marketing


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Panera Bread
3851 State Street,
Santa Barbara, CA
(State Stree entrance to La Cumbre Place)
The national chain with more than 1,500 locations opened in Santa Barbara on March 3, bringing its commitment to "antibiotic-free chicken, whole grain bread, select organic and all-natural ingredients, and a menu with zero grams added trans-fat" plus an ownership group headed by ex-NFLer Keyshawn Johnson, who evidently now says shut up and just give me the damn sandwich.
Panera does, on nine artisan breads and six specialty breads (ah, the Asiago), serving up everything from a Napa almond chicken salad to a Mediterranean veggie. You can salad, too (the Thai chopped chicken is zesty), or, damn the calories, go for the baked sweets, including toffee nut cookies and cobblestones: cinnamon raisin bread dough mixed with chunks of apples and spices, topped with streusel and white icing. (-- George Yatchisin)
Wheelchair Accessible: ADA-compliant,
Smoking Area: No
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In order to understand who we are and where we are going, we need to know our roots.
From the beginnings of early America, life, education, and religion took on a different meaning than the rest of the known world, especially Europe. In addition, those differences are reflected in the type of government and laws our Founding Fathers created. This new concept of law recognizes the unalienable God given rights, which includes, Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness, in which no government can take away these rights. This is in stark contrast to the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a humanist constitution of a bad laws that the UN created in which they can at any time amend or take away by their laws your rights by a simple vote of men.
The early immigrants to America were peoples of religious strife in Europe, caused by illiteracy and lack of formal education. In addition, by law, only the priests were to read and interpret the scriptures of the bible. The British government punished the Puritans and Separatists for reading the Bible and holding their own secret non-sanction church services. Eventually, America was the only sanctuary where the peoples would be free from religious persecution for their faith in God.
The first somewhat successful colony established was in Jamestown in 1607. Those settlers did not come to American to escape persecution. Religious concerns were not foremost reason they came to America. They came because of greed. Besides, they only had one pastor, the Reverend Robert Hunt. They were so greedy that most died in the first year because they did not want to plant or gather food. Instead, they were searching for riches. It would not be until a few years that they actually turned to God and then they were able to make inroads to establishing a successful settlement that would eventually increase in wealth.
The first of these immigrates that were actually fleeing persecution, were the Pilgrims. They first lest England and settled in Netherlands and after about 12 years they decided to flee to America. In 1620, the Pilgrims arrived in the Mayflower and settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Then in 1630, the great migration of other groups fleeing persecution began with Puritans, eventually numbering over 20,000. The Catholics followed in 1632, as they were facing the Inquisition in Portugal. The Quakers started their immigration to America in 1680, following the torture of over 10,000 of their members. In 1683, the German Anabaptists started their immigration, this included Mennonites, Moravians, Dunkers, etc. In 1685, over 400,000 French Huguenots fled France to avoid persecution by the Catholics. Austria expelled over 20,000 Lutherans, and they started their immigration to America in 1731.
The result was quite a mix of different cultures and religious beliefs. They all eventually assimilated into the first Americans.
The Geneva Bible was the main source of scriptures during the founding of early America. It was the first bible translated in 1559 into English from the original Hebrew and Greek, and it was the most popular Bible in England and it was the most used bible by the Pilgrims. The Geneva Bible had many first for its kind:
- It was the first version to employ the use of both modern chapters and verses.
- It used Roman type instead of the black letter used at the time thus making it easier to read.
- It used a printed format that it anyone could easily carry it around, unlike the large pulpit bibles, and they were priced low enough for almost anyone to own one.
- It pioneered the use of italics with words not part of the original language.
The Geneva Bible included many helps, including:
- A dictionary of names that followed the NT of about 950 names with meanings. Theses names were commonly used by the first immigrants to name their children.
- About forty pages of an alphabetic concordance of the "principal things" in the Bible
- The listing of all of Paul's activities spanning 36 years form his conversion to his beheading by Nero.
- It included 26 woodcuts and 5 maps.
- Arguments, or summaries, were at the beginning of each chapter.
The most notable help of the Geneva Bible was it marginal Calvinistic notes and commentary. These notes were a major contrast to the Catholics, false teaching on salvation and church authority. The notes also upset King James I, who thought of himself as a God appointed king through the divine right of king's doctrine. The Geneva Bible's commentaries had much to say about this heresy. For example, Exodus 1:17 showed the Hebrew midwives had the right to disobey Pharaoh's command to kill all the male babies. In addition, 2 Chronicles 15:16 showed that King Asa's mother should have been killed instead of just removed from power because of her idolatry. To King James these commentaries encouraged civil disobedience.
The new immigrants placed a high value of moral education on the bible. They wanted everyone to be able to read the bible and laws for themselves. In 1642, the first American public education act passed, called "the Old Deluder Satan Act:"
"It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of scriptures, as in the former time…"
They did not want to relive what they left behind in Europe, a literate life of no education and not being able to read the bible for themselves and to be able to read and understand the laws.
The Founding Fathers of our country encouraged religion, morality and knowledge. Without a good public education coupled with knowledge of scriptures, a society would easily fall apart morally; government would fall into a tyranny. President George Washington signed the first federal public education law into law, "The Northwest Ordinance:"
"Religion, morality, and knowledge, being the necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, school and the means of education shall forever be encouraged." (The Northwest Ordinance: Article III)
Today we are in a post-Christian era that no longer looks for the truth in God and the Bible. The truth is whatever you feel like it resulting in the moral decay of our society, disrespect for laws and authority. The federal government does not follow the Constitution by the intent of our founders who conceived our Constitutional Republic. America needs to wake up before we return to the dark ages of humanism. If people were fleeing tyrannical governments and persecution, where would they go? To America?