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Truman Administration Adviser Counseled Surrender of Korea to Reds
Eleven months before the North Korean invasion of the South (June 25, 1950) and six months before Secretary of State Dean Acheson delivered his famous National Press Club speech in which he excluded South Korea and Formosa from the U.S. defense perimeter in Asia, Acheson's éminence grise for Asian policy called publicly for Korea to be written off as a lost cause:
The Daily Compass (NY), Sunday, July 17, 1949
By Owen Lattimore
Washington (ONA) – It is a foregone conclusion that the Truman administration and the Department of State are going to have a rough time with their Korean policy. By the same token, Republicans in Congress, together with Democrats who are critical of United States policy in Asia, are going to have a field day sniping at the official presentation of the policy of granting President Syngman Rhee's South Korea $150,000,000 for a "recovery program."
As the record stands, it is now revealed that Secretary of State Dean Acheson made a strong appeal for the $150,000,000 grant before a closed session of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Unless South Korea gets the money, he warned, it will fall within three months.
Simultaneously with this urgent appeal, however, it is also revealed that evacuation of American occupation troops from South Korea, where they have been sitting on the lid ever since the end of the war with Japan, has now been completed. All that remain are about 200 officers and men who have the dismal and unpromising mission of attempting to train an anti-Communist and anti-Russian defense force.
There is an ominous comparison between the mission and the MAGIC force, or Military Advisory Group in China, which found itself completely baffled by corruption and personal warlordism in Chiang Kai-shek's China.
Yet, there is logic to the course of action advocated by Secretary Acheson. It is, moreover, a perfectly convincing logic. What makes the utterances of the Secretary of State sound absurd is not the logic of U. S. policy, but the fact that the policy is now conducted under rules of protocol which have become as rigid as tribal taboos.
For the logic, we must go back to the sad precedent of China. The truth is that Gen. George C. Marshall, on his mission to China in 1946, before he became Secretary of State, became convinced of several unpleasant things which, because of the state of political opinion in America, could not be stated out loud.
First, he was convinced that the Kuomintang would not be able to triumph over the Chinese Communists unless it took American advice.
Second, he was convinced that politically and militarily America could not handle the situation in China by taking the Kuomintang by the scruff of the neck and the seat of the pants and making it behave. Yet he could not, as a statesman, advise what seemed sensible to him as a general—that the United States simply pull out and abandon an untenable position.
As a compromise, American policy took a course of relative inaction. As it became more and more obvious that Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang were doomed, the conduct of American policy became increasingly delicate. The problem was how to allow them to fall without making it look as if the United States had pushed them. Such a policy never succeeds completely, and critics have done their best to make the public believe that the United States did push Chiang and the Kuomintang over the cliff.
Korea is another chapter in the same unhappy story. I have yet to meet an American who knows all the facts and believes that Syngman Rhee is either a popular or a competent President of South Korea. In spite of high-pressure elections, his Legislature is more badly split against him than China's was against Chiang Kai-shek.
The thing to do, therefore, is to let South Korea fall—but not to let it look as though we pushed it. Hence the recommendation of a parting grant of $150,000,000.
Concerning Lattimore's recommendation, Senator Joseph McCarthy wrote on pp. 127-128 of his 1952 book, The Fight for America:
In this connection, it should be noted that nearly a year before the Korean War started, Congress voted $10,300,000 military aid for South Korea. This was not done upon the recommendation of the State Department. The Congress was entitled to believe that this $10,300,000 was being spent rapidly for airplanes, tanks and guns for South Korea. However, whenever a member of Congress asked the State and Defense Departments how the $10,300,000 was being spent, the answer was, "We cannot tell you for security reasons."
After the war in Korea began, Senator Knowland put into the Congressional Record (August 16, 1950, p. 12600) the facts which showed that the State Department had succeeded in keeping the expenditures for the arming of South Korea down to $200, which was spent for loading some wire aboard a West Coast ship which never reached Korea.
Thus did the State Department plan to "let South Korea fall" into the Communist hands without letting the Congress or the American people know that "we pushed it."
Who was Owen Lattimore? For the latest and best answer to the question, we heartily recommend Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight against America's Enemies, by M. Stanton Evans. Short of that, one should read his article, "McCarthyism: Waging the Cold War in America," from which the following passage is excerpted:
Whether Lattimore was or was not an "architect" of policy, he was far from a reclusive scholar. Throughout the 1940s, he held an almost continuous series of government appointments, and had an amazing knack for showing up where there was important action: Roosevelt's appointee as adviser to Chiang Kai-shek in 1941; director of Pacific operations for OWI (Office of War Information), 1942-44; companion to Vice President [Henry] Wallace (along with [John Carter] Vincent) on a fateful trek to China in 1944; advisor to the U.S. government concerning post-war policies in Japan, 1945-46; counselor to the State Department in its deliberations concerning China, South Korea and the rest of Asia, as of the latter '40s. And, oh yes, that famous "desk in the State Department," which [Senator Joseph] McCarthy said he had, and Lattimore swore he didn't. In the files of the IPR (Institute of Pacific Relations), the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee found a letter Lattimore wrote in 1942, in which he said: "I am in Washington about 4 days a week, and when there can be reached at Lauchlin Currie's office, room 228, State Department Building." Add to all of this the fact that Lattimore was one of the moving spirits of IPR, editor of its magazine Pacific Affairs, had been on the editorial board of Amerasia, and was a prolific author and book reviewer, and it's apparent that he was a major figure indeed in the fairly compact and limited world of "experts" who knew anything much about Far Eastern matters. These many Lattimore assignments and connections become the more intriguing when we note the line of thought that he consistently promoted about the Soviet Union and the Communists in general, usually couched in neutral-sounding prose just setting forth the "facts." His specialty was the peculiar "power of attraction" the Soviets supposedly exerted on neighboring countries, tribes and people. Here is a sample: "To all of these peoples (along the Russian frontier from Korea and Manchuria past Mongolia, Sinkiang and Afghanistan and Iran, all the way to Turkey), the Russians and the Soviet Union have a greater power of attraction. In their eyes . . . the Soviet Union stands for strategic security, economic prosperity, technological progress, miraculous medicine, free education, equality of opportunity, and democracy, a powerful combination." And, to make the matter even more specific: "In Asia the most important example of the Soviet power of attraction beyond Soviet frontiers is in Outer Mongolia. It is here that we should look for evidence of the kind of attraction that Russia might offer to Korea in the future. Outer Mongolia might be called a satellite of Russia in the good sense. That is to say, the Mongols have gravitated into the Russian orbit of their own accord. . . . Soviet policy in Outer Mongolia cannot be fairly called Red imperialism." Lattimore further explained the Soviets' power of attraction this way: "The fact that the Soviet Union stands for democracy is not to be overlooked. It stands for democracy because it stands for all the other things. . . . The fact is that for most of the people of the world today, what constitutes democracy in theory is more or less irrelevant. What moves people to act, to try to line up with one party or country and not with another, is the difference between what is more democratic and less democratic in practice." This uncanny power of attraction seemed to exert its fascination on Lattimore himself up to and including bland extenuations of Stalin's purge trials of the '30s. While many liberal intellectuals (e.g., John Dewey) were horrified by these, Lattimore took them well in stride. "Habitual rectification," as he smoothly described this series of murders, "can hardly do anything but give the ordinary citizen more courage to protest, loudly, whenever in the future he finds himself being victimized by 'someone in the party' or 'someone in the government.' That sounds to me like democracy." Lattimore turned an equally complacent gaze on the Communists of Asia. In a newspaper piece of 1946, for example, he opined: "Japanese Communist tactics are reminiscent of the Chinese Communists who, as Randall Gould points out in his excellent new book, China in the Sun, often appear to be extremists only because they actually set out to practice reforms which the Kuomintang has approved of and talked about for many years, but has never done much about. In fact, we may be entering a period in which, for most of the world, the Russian Communists will represent power and toughness, while the Chinese and Japanese Communists will represent reasonableness and moderation." Lattimore's other stock-in-trade was "realism," which translated into recognizing not only the Communists' "power of attraction," but their power in general.
In her pro-Lattimore article for Johns Hopkins Magazine, "Seeing Red," Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson reveals that the persistently popular slur "McCarthyism," was coined by none other than Owen Lattimore.
David Martin
June 2, 2011
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|The duck on the left I made because Daria's room is decorated in ducks. This pendant I'm keeping for myself. The other two pendants I'm going to give for gifts for Mother's Day.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Girls Night Out
3 comments:
- Jennifer Matott (Sigmagirl) said...
I've done it a while back with kids. I cut the base glass, but used frit and stringers to create the designs. I don't think it's necessary to round the corners even with little ones. Just remind them that it is sharp. They can use a bit of Elmer's glue to hold the pieces together. It will burn off in the kiln anyways. I would have to look up the temps, but i have an automatic kiln and can program the temp settings. Google search fusing temps to find the right ones. It's alot of fun and I plan to do this with my 6th graders next year. They can either make a pendant or a small dish (I have sushi dish forms). You also need to clean off your kiln shelves and do a good coating of kiln wash so they dont' stick! Good luck! Here's my blog: http://mrsmatott.wordpress.com/
- April 24, 2011 at 7:40 AM
- Marcia said...
Jennifer, Thanks for your comments! I like the idea of making a dish. I can't wait to try it. We are waiting for a part to be ordered for our kiln, because it went on the fritz earlier this week. I LOVE your blog. What great ideas. I saw the disintegration project on Seth Apter's blog and thought that would be fun to try.
- April 24, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- DCAja said...
nice works!
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Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Birthplace of the American League
Erected 2000 by Society for American Baseball Research, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and The Milwaukee County Historical Society. This marker was dedicated in the centennial year of Major League Baseball's Junior Circuit.
Location. 43° 2.512′ N, 87° 54.879′ W. Marker is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in Milwaukee County. Marker is at the intersection of North Old World 3rd Street and West Kilbourn Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Old World 3rd Street. Touch for map. Located on the northwest corner on the fourth fence post from the corner. Fence encloses a parking lot of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Marker is in this post office area: Milwaukee WI 53203, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. Pere Jacques Marquette, S.J. (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Pere Jacques Marquette, S.J. (within shouting distance of this marker); Father Marquette's Camp - 1674 (within shouting distance of this marker); Historic Site in Journalism (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Pere Marquette Historic Site (about 300 feet away); First African-American Church Built in Wisconsin (about 400 feet away); Connie Carpenter (Phinney) (about 400 feet away); Andy North (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Milwaukee.
Also see . . . The History of the American and National League. 2008 article by Peter Bendix on Beyond the Box Score. "When the NL reduced its teams, a minor league called the Western League saw an opportunity. In 1899, Bancroft Johnson, commissioner of the Western League, renamed his league the American League. In 1901—the year after the NL contracted four teams—the American League removed itself from the National Agreement (the understanding between the National League and the various minor league circuits) and declared itself to be a Major League, alongside the National League. They also expanded, placing teams into three of the four cities that had lost their
The National League was furious. They tried to push aside the upstart AL and regain their profitable monopoly. However, it soon became apparent that the AL wasn't going anywhere, and, in true American fashion, the NL realized that if they couldn't beat the AL, they should join them. In 1903 the two leagues signed a new version of the National Agreement, under which they agreed that they would each be a major league, and their champions would play each other in the World Series (a fantastic marketing and profit opportunity for the two leagues)." (Submitted on May 6, 2010.)
Categories. • Sports •
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on May 4, 2010, by Paul Fehrenbach of Germantown, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 2,181 times since then and 3 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 4, 2010, by Paul Fehrenbach of Germantown, Wisconsin. 3. submitted on May 25, 2010, by Paul Fehrenbach of Germantown, Wisconsin. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.


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Liverpool Township Trustee Jim Crocker said he had just started milking cows on his farm about 6 p.m. Sunday when a storm accompanied by high winds swept through the area.
"Everything was rattling," Crocker said. "But it was dark, so you couldn't see a cloud."
Several northern Medina County residents reported downed trees and debris on homes and in the roadways, loss of power and wires down. The affected areas included Brunswick city, Liverpool, Hinckley, Brunswick Hills, Granger and Medina townships.
"The northern tier of Medina County got hit very hard," said Marty Mullen of the National Weather Service in Cleveland. "Based on the straight-line winds and microburst damage we're seeing, we estimate winds were 60 miles an hour or more."
Ohio Edison/FirstEnergy Corp. spokesman Chris Eck said more than 10,000 county residents, including Crocker, were left without power for most of the evening, and about 900 customers still did not have power late Monday night.
"What has happened is a lot of widespread tree damage due to high winds and rain, and fixing that is more time consuming because crews might have 1,000 repair locations to visit," Eck explained. "This type of work is more tedious and time-consuming."
Eck said he was unaware of serious damage to any substations, but noted that electric transformers and feeders that are assigned to a substation and service thousands of people would cause widespread damage.
"Hard, straight-line winds are what cause this sort of damage," he said.
In Liverpool Township, Crocker said he helped clean up several trees that were blocking township roads, including Myrtle Hill, Sleepy Hollow, Grafton, Station and Columbia roads.
"It was pretty wicked last night," he said. "I think the township all pitched in and everything was cleaned up."
Crocker said some of his barns sustained structural damage, including one that lost its roof.
"My cows are looking at the stars tonight," he said.
In Brunswick, residents like Sandy Barnosky were dealing with no electricity Monday and a massive cleanup job at her property at the corner of North Carpenter Road and Jerrold Boulevard.
"Five of my 50-foot pine trees in my back yard were sheared off," she said. "They are about 10 feet tall."
Barnosky said it looks like someone came through with a chain saw and cut off the tops of the trees.
"It's a mess back there," she said. "They were big, mature trees."
She's grateful some of the trees didn't fall on her house.
Barnosky said she's going to purchase some candles since her electricity could be out for a few days. She also doesn't have hot water, so taking showers are out of the question. She is also without WiFi.
"I have no access to any news," she said.
Brunswick City Manager Carl DeForest said police crews fielded more than 300 storm-related calls in a six-hour period Sunday. He noted most of the damage occurred in Wards 1 and 3.
Brunswick Assistant Fire Chief Rick Barber said the fire department responded to about 40 calls Sunday. He reported about 50 wires down or trees that had fallen on wires and four structures damaged.
Damage and power outages caused Brunswick Schools Superintendent Michael Mayell to cancel classes Monday. District buildings will be open Tuesday, but students will not be in session because of parent-teacher conferences.
"We had good crews, extra police, firefighters and dispatchers to handle the surge of calls and kept tabs through the course of the evening," DeForest said. "The service department (Monday) is currently dealing with emergency removal of downed trees in roadways and waterways. We will reinstitute branch chipping (today), as residents are requesting that."
More than 3,000 Brunswick residents did not have power early Monday, according to Ohio Edison/FirstEnergy's website.
"We are working diligently and hand-in-hand with Ohio Edison to restore power in the area," DeForest said. "Power is coming back on as they get transformers fixed. However, we will have the recreation center open as emergency shelter open if families need to relocate."
American Red Cross crews were at the recreation center Monday to provide relief-services to residents.
Brunswick Hills Township Fire Chief Anthony Strazzo said his department responded to more than 35 calls Sunday evening and worked throughout the night. He said a residence on Marks Road had an oak tree fall through the roof and into a bedroom.
"We're still out and about as people in the light are finding wires or trees are down or things wrong with their house," Strazzo said.
The Medina County Engineer's Office reported Monday that several county roads were closed due to storm damage, including:
- Granger Road, between state Route 3 and Bagdad Road, Medina Township;
- 6427 Stony Hill Road, Hinckley Township;
- Stony Hill Road at Mattingly Road, Hinckley Township;
- Boston Road, west of state Route 94, Hinckley Township;
- Wilbur Road at the Interstate 271 bridge, Granger Township.
Disaster kit
Strazzo advised residence to prepare for these incidents.
"Have disaster kit available with medications, water and food so people can provide themselves for 24 to 48 hours," he said.
Barber also encouraged people to prepare.
"Use back-up generators, make sure you have a couple days of food and water, and a lot of flashlights with charged batteries. Try not to use candles."
Reporter Bob Finnan contributed to this story.
Contact reporter Halee Heironimus at (330) 721-4012 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A local disclaimer
This node was created to serve as one possible introduction to (one of several avenues into) Oral Tradition and the Internet: Pathways of the Mind, the book associated with the Pathways Project. For that purpose it emphasizes the disorientation necessarily involved in abandoning the default medium of the book in order to grasp the dynamics of alternate media—specifically OT and IT (Internet Technology). As such, it explains how tAgora-speak doesn't and can't translate to the eAgora.
The book in your hands
You've picked up this book, gently cradling it in your hands as you've done so many times throughout your life in so many different situations. It's a cozy, familiar action, essentially a reflex, as you prepare to set sail through the smooth, silent seas of letters, words, lines, paragraphs, pages, and chapters. Everything lies before you in expectable sequence, reassuringly formatted and configured. Even the artifact itself comes complete with trusty features – a title embedded in an eye-catching design; back-cover blurbs that may tend toward hyperbole; the smooth, cool feel of the pages as you turn them one by one. In ways that you don't consciously register, the book provides a powerful and uniquely welcome frame of reference. You're ensconced on the sofa, the light's adjusted, your cup of tea's in place, peace reigns. You're about to re-enter a world apart, a world you've visited before and long to revisit.
Let the reader beware
Comfortable, then? Well, caveat lector: let the reader beware! This particular book doesn't fit that tried-and-true mold; in fact, it seeks to expose the mold as an ideology we've adopted, a tacit compromise we've forged with a much messier and more complex reality. For that reason it's a book more likely to ennervate than entertain, at least until you get used to how it works. Instead of the dependable calm that dependably proceeds from opening the dependably put-together artifact, what awaits you is, frankly, an unsettling experience. You may undergo a kind of culture shock, not so different from the disorientation we feel when we're suddenly immersed in a foreign society with language and customs far from our own. And no apologies: Oral Tradition and the Internet: Pathways of the Mind is actively intended to generate just that kind of disquiet and dissonance.
Why? Because we'll be doing nothing less fundamental than challenging the default medium of the linear book and page and all that they entail. We'll be addressing the very nature of text and asking whether that's all there is to communication. Worse yet, perhaps, we'll be finding that there is indeed much, much more that we've made a cultural habit of ignoring or suppressing. We'll learn that there are large, complex, wholly viable, alternative worlds of media-technology out there – if only we're willing to explore, to think outside the usual, culturally constructed categories. We'll learn that oral tradition and Internet technology support thinking and creating and communicating in ways that books can't match. And we'll find that OT and IT work in strikingly similar fashion, offering us networks to navigate, webs of potentials that we will be in a position to activate. And that won't be a comfortable experience, at least initially. Not at all.
A way out… if you want one
Too much to ask? Well, there's a way out, of course, a strategy to avoid the discomfort. We can simply choose not to think outside the book – not to jump off the dock – and thus avoid the reshuffling of our cognitive categories that the Pathways Project demands. The sun will still rise in the east and set in the west, the twin illusions of object and stasis will remain (artificially) in force, and our hard-won and desperately held convictions about the certainty, permanence, and primacy of the book and page will rest undisturbed.
And perhaps there's a reasonable argument for doing just that. Having labored since Gutenberg to convert knowledge, art, and ideas to an item-based economy, are we now to throw away centuries of hard-won victories? Now that we've developed this marvelous textual prosthesis to help us manage the slippage that threatens to undo communication at every turn, are we now to discard it in favor of a broader view we can't yet appreciate and may not be able to control? Maybe, given all that texts have meant and continue to mean to myriad readers, including you and me, that's an irresponsible and indefensible act. Maybe we should remain on the dock. Maybe we should just close this book and return it to the shelf.
Opportunities ahead
But that would be a mistake, and a missed opportunity. For the process ahead also promises to be exciting and rewarding, as long as we're willing to honestly confront some basic, unexamined assumptions and preconceived notions. That's the catch, of course: in order to make our way through the ideas housed within this book and networked within the Pathways Project in general, we're going to have to jump off the end of that proverbial dock and learn how to swim in a new and different environment. Only by relinquishing the relative safety of the stand-alone book can we start to understand how major media-types – oral tradition, Internet technology, and, yes, the book as well – really function. Only then can we then reorient ourselves and see how human communication actually works from a pluralistic, informed perspective. Only by first letting go can we realistically recalibrate our thinking.
Culture shock can lead to acculturation. Or, to put it proverbially: no media pain, no media gain.
If you're ready to proceed, please turn the page to – or click on – Welcome to the Pathways Project or Getting Started and begin your journey.


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Lung Cancer
A greater number of men and women, usually aged 65 to 75 years, died of lung cancer than any other cancer. The majority of lung cancer develops in the bronchi, that is to say, in the airways leading to lungs.
There are different types of lung cancer. The most common is called squamous cell carcinoma. Other types of lung cancer are small cell carcinoma or carcinoma cells "oat, adenocarcinoma and large cell carcinoma. Each type is evolving at a different rate and responds differently to treatment. Most lung cancers are smoking related, with the exception of adenocarcinoma. Often as a cancer that seat in other parts of the body spreads to the lungs.
Tobacco use is the major risk factor for lung cancer, and is responsible for more than 80% of lung cancers. The more a person has smoked for a long time and she smoked, the greater her risk of lung cancer. If a person stops smoking before cancer develops, lung tissue caused by smoking will start to heal. The risk of cancer in an ex-smoker will not be as low as in someone who never smoked, but it still decrease with time. Cigar smoking and pipe smoking causes almost the same degree of risk of lung cancer than cigarette smoking.
Even secondhand smoke, that is to say that the smoke inhaled from nearby smokers, can cause lung cancer. Non-smokers whose spouse smokes are at higher risk of 30% to be suffering from lung cancer than the spouse of someone who does not smoke. Recently, the Commission on Workplace Safety and Insurance against Accidents at Work (WSIB) has accepted the claim of non-smoker who worked in a smoking environment, and who had been diagnosed with lung cancer .
Living in an environment where the air is heavily polluted, or having a job that requires handling of radioactive minerals or asbestos can also increase the risk of lung cancer.
The research has led to better understand how these risk factors produce certain changes in the DNA of lung cells. These changes cause abnormal growth of cells and formation of cancerous tumors. DNA is the genetic material that contains instructions for all functions of cells, or almost. Some genes (ie parts of DNA) regulate the growth and cell division. Risk factors that we discussed earlier can trigger changes (mutations) of these genes, which then causes the appearance of cancer. Furthermore, the risk of suffering from certain forms of cancer (breast, ovarian, colorectal, and several other cancers) can be hereditary. However, scientists believe that in very many lung cancers, genetic mutations do not cause cancer.
Symptoms and Complications
The first symptom, and most common, lung cancer is coughing. When chronic bronchitis to lung cancer, the cough due to bronchitis will get worse. Cancer cells can grow at the expense of the blood vessels, which results in the presence of blood in the sputum (secretions expelled by coughing). Cancer can still develop at the expense of the bronchi or put pressure on them, reducing their diameter and cause wheezing. Cancer can also develop in the chest wall and cause pain in the chest. The tumor can also cause pneumonia, with symptoms of cough, fever, chest pain and shortness of breath. People with lung cancer in advanced stage their appetite, feel weak and lose weight.
Lung cancer can invade surrounding tissues to the lungs or other distant tissues, eg liver, brain and bones, which also causes pain. When the cancer invades the lungs, the amount of oxygen in the blood decreases, which leads to heart failure. The tumor may also develop in a vein that carries blood from the upper body towards the heart, and she can cover this vein. This condition is known as compression syndrome of the superior vena cava and is characterized by the reflux of blood in the veins of the face, neck and upper chest and the veins to swell.
Cancer can cause fluid accumulation in the envelopes of the heart or lungs, making breathing very difficult. Cancerous cells sometimes pressure on the lung, causing it to crush (collapse) when the tumor presses on the spinal cord, the patient experiences pain or the loss of nerve function. Some cancers also release hormones that can affect metabolism.
Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer


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I recently logged into Pubs Galore when away from home. At least, I tried to but I think I must have entered my password incorrectly (it's "remembered" for me on my PC at home), and after a few frustrating attempts I ended up logging in using Facebook. This has had the perverse result that now when I'm on my PC at home I find that I've been automatically logged out and logged back in as "Anonymous user" via Facebook.
I don't know how or when this happens as I usually only notice it when I try to switch to the Forum, at which point I'm invited to migrate my details across, or some such. This morning I tried to load some photos and didn't notice at first that although they seemed to load correctly, they didn't actually arrive on the pub's photo page to await approval. It was then that I noticed I was now "Anonymous user" once more.
More concerning, perhaps, is the fact that I was able to edit a pub's name while still logged in as "Anonymous user". Have my admin rights been added to my Facebook log in? And how do I stop the surreptitious change from my usual log in to "Anonymous user"?


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Presidents Of Romania Since 1989
A look at the Heads of State of Romania since the fall of Nicolae Ceaușescu's socialist republic.
The office of President of Romania was created in 1974 when the Romanian constitution was changed via amendments to upgrade the position of President of the State Council to its own full-fledged executive post as the President of the Republic of Romania. This was done during the reign of Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918-1989), who would take the title as President of Romania. Nicolae Ceaușescu was the last communist leader and head of state of Romania from 1967 until he was overthrown in the Romanian Revolution of 1989. In the months following the Romanian Revolution, the modern form of the presidency took shape and Ion Iliescu rose to become the acting head of state of the transition government. In May 1990 Iliescu was elected president of the country and in November 1991 the Constitution of Romania was passed and then approved by popular referendum in December. Since 2004, following the modification of the constitution, the president is directly elected by the people in a two-round system. The president may serve two five years terms and cannot be a member of a political party during time as president.
The presidents of Romania
Ion Iliescu
Ion Iliescu was the acting head of state following the Romanian Revolution and in 1990 became the first democratically elected president of the country. Following the introduction of the Constitution of Romania which instituted term limits for presidents, another election was held in which Iliescu won. Following the end of his first four year term, Iliescu lost reelection and spent the next four years in the senate. In 2000 he ran for president again and won, serving as president for his second term until 2004. During his time as president Iliescu is noted for guiding the control following the Romanian Revolution, helping to introduce the constitution, handling of the violent Mineriad miner interventions in Bucharest and helping Romanian to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in his last stint as president. Some of the major controversies during his time as president was banning former Romanian King Michael from the country in 1992 after he drew large crowds in his return to the country. There were also controversy over several pardons he awarded in his last term as president as well as his awarding of the National Order to controversial ultra-nationalist politician Corneliu Vadim Tudor (1949-2015).
Emil Constantinescu
Emil Constantinescu was elected president in 1996 after his defeat of Ion Iliescu in the election, helping to redeem his presidential loss from four years earlier. Unfortunately, for Constantinescu he only served one term as president of Romania as his time in office was mired in the slow implementation of the privatization and modernization of Romanian. This was also due to an excessive bureaucracy that further slowed down the process and led to economic recession. In 1999 the first Mineriad since 1991 broke out, which lead to its leader Miron Cozma being arrested and a protest that led to 70 people being injured and left one dead. This caused a political crisis between the two major parties in Romania, which stalled the government even more. Finally, Constantinescu had to deal with a drought in 2000 that damaged the country and put the final nail in his presidency has he did not run for a second term. Despite all of these issues, Constantinescu's presidency is now seen as having reformed the banking system of the country, ending the Mineriads once and for all and bringing the first big foreign investments to the country.
Traian Băsescu
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Klaus Iohannis is the incumbent president of Romania, having won the 2014 election in a surprise victory over his rival. Iohannis ran his campaign on a platform of relaxed fiscal policy, independence for the judiciary and anti-corruption. He has held many consultation sessions with parliamentary parties to discuss and try and come to political agreements on various issues.
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|1989-1996; 2000-2004
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The species of the genus 'Thiobacillus' fall into the alpha-, beta- and gamma-subclasses of the Proteobacteria, the type species Thiobacillus thioparus being located in the beta-subclass. 'Thiobacillus' species exhibit almost as much diversity in DNA composition and physiology as is found collectively in all other proteobacterial groups. On the basis of physiological characters and 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons, eight of the existing Thiobacillus species are proposed for reassignment to three newly designated genera within the gamma-subclass of the Proteobacteria, namely Acidithiobacillus, Halothiobacillus and Thermithiobacillus.
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Case of
Mr H Etches [0047219] and Howard Etches/Harwood Projects Limited Epsom, Surrey
03 September 2008
RICS, Parliament Square, London, UK
The formal charges are that:
Findings and Reasons
The Panel have considered whether the hearing today should go ahead in the absence of Mr Etches.
The Panel is satisfied that notification of the hearing has been properly given under Rule 23 and properly served under Rule 3.
The Panel has taken into account the listing questionnaire which whilst unsigned and undated was returned with Mr Etches letter of 26 August 2008.
The Panel do take into account his letter and also the note of his telephone conversation with an employee of this Institution on 18 August 2008 which encouraged a written response from Mr Etches.
The Panel took into account that Mr Etches says in his letter that he does not feel competent to attend because of his medication. However, there is no medical evidence from Mr Etches to support this and nothing from his doctor to indicate that he is unfit to attend.
The Panel has taken into account Mr Etches behaviour during the course of this investigation. He has persistently not engaged with the process since late 2007 and prior to that any engagement was sporadic.
Mr Etches has not specifically requested an adjournment and in the listing questionnaire he indicates that he will not attend, be represented and has no further papers. From his letter and his previous behaviour pattern the Panel concluded that he has voluntarily absented himself from these proceedings.
Since receipt of his letter of 26 August 2008 the Institution has written again to him and indicated to him the proceedings may go ahead.
The Panel has taken into account the possibility of reaching the wrong conclusion but notes that it appears that all the evidence is contained in the Panels bundle. The Panel has also concluded that in view of the seriousness of the charge it is in the public interest to proceed.
Findings with Reasons
Mr Howard Etches is alleged to have committed five breaches of the Rules of Conduct for Members 2007 and two breaches of the Transitional Rules for Registration of Firms 2007. He has not attended this hearing and is not represented.
The Panel considered each of the alleged breaches of the Rules in turn as follows:
The Panel finds Mr Etches is liable to disciplinary action in relation to each of the above breaches both individually and cumulatively. Mr Etches' conduct in respect of each breach is liable to bring the Institution into disrepute because of the disregard of several of his obligations as a member of the profession. Further Mr Etches failed to adhere to by-laws and regulations governing members conduct.
Determination on Penalty
The Panel considered the RICS Sanctions Policy in reaching its conclusion as to the appropriate penalty in this case.
The Panel considered that the breaches found were very serious. The Panel find that there were a number of aggravating factors in this case. There was a risk of loss to any of Mr Etches' clients because he was trading and undertaking surveying services whilst not carrying professional indemnity insurance. He is an experienced surveyor and a fellow of the Institution, he therefore has no excuse of inexperience or naivety. The Panel was also told that Mr Etches has a disciplinary history which included failure to have professional indemnity insurance, failure to supply a complaints handling procedure and failure to co-operate with the Institution. The Panel has also taken into account the number of breaches and that the failure to have professional indemnity insurance persisted this time over a considerable length of time during which Mr Etches was still practising.
The Panel noted that Mr Etches has at no point expressed any regret for his actions. It is also somewhat unfortunate that Mr Etches has taken few if any steps to rectify the breaches. Mr Etches has also failed singularly to cooperate with the Institution.
The Panel has considered whether there are any mitigating factors in this case. The Panel noted that in his letter of 26 August 2008 he informed the Institution that he was under medication and that he has felt under unbearable pressure for the last two years. It also noted that Mr Etches' Insolvency Practitioner did inform the Institution of his impending IVA. He also tells us that there is some run off cover for Harwood Projects Limited. However the Panel noted that he did not himself tell the Institution that his company was going into compulsory liquidation which is a grave inconsistency.
In relation to all the breaches the Panel has concluded that a caution, reprimand, undertaking or condition on membership would not be appropriate in this case due to the seriousness of the breaches. These sanctions would not adequately demonstrate that the Panel takes firm action in order to protect the public interest and promote regulatory compliance. Nor would they sufficiently deter Mr Etches or other members or firms from future non-compliance. Given Mr Etches' history of failure to enter into undertakings and his repeated breaches of the Institution's regulations the Panel did not think he could be relied upon to comply with undertakings or conditions.
The Panel is mindful of the fact that Mr Etches has had some financial difficulties and the effect which a fine might have upon him. However it has also to take into account the need to impose proper sanctions that deter both Mr Etches and other member of the Institution from future breaches and reassures members of the public that the Disciplinary Panel takes these types of breaches seriously. The panel considers that the sanctions set out below are proportionate given the circumstances.
In relation to the first breach, the Panel imposes a fine of £2,500 and expulsion from membership of the Institution. This is not the first time that Mr Etches has failed to have professional indemnity insurance and therefore shows that he has not learnt from his previous appearances before the Professional Conduct Panel in 2005 and a Disciplinary Board in 2006. A fine is particularly appropriate because Mr Etches had benefited financially from this breach by avoiding payment of insurance premiums.
In relation to the second breach, the Panel imposes a fine of £1500 and expulsion from membership of the Institution. This is not the first time that he has faced disciplinary action in relation to a failure to supply a complaints handling procedure. The sanctions imposed at previous Disciplinary Hearings do not appear to have had the desired deterrent effect. In addition the Panel took into account the detrimental effect on the client of his failure to provide any information in response to her complaint despite promises to do so.
In relation to the third breach, the Panel imposes a fine of £500 and expulsion from membership of the Institution. Although there is a degree of mitigation in relation to this particular breach in that the Institution was informed of the impending IVA, the fact of his personal insolvency represents incompetence in the management of his personal affairs that would not be expected in a member of the Institution and undermines public confidence.
In relation to the fourth breach, the Panel imposes a fine of £1500 and expulsion from membership of the Institution. There was a risk to Mr Etches clients because he managed his company affairs in a manner that fell short of the standards that the public could reasonably expect from a competent professional.
In relation to the fifth breach, the Panel imposes a fine of £1500 and expulsion from membership of the Institution. A self regulatory system relies on members willingly cooperating with the Institution whenever it is required. Mr Etches blatantly ignored this obligation.
In relation to the sixth and seventh breach the Panel imposes a fine of £2500 for each breach and expulsion from membership of the Institution. The success of the Institution's new regime is entirely dependent on the timely and proper registration of firms where required in order to properly regulate the profession and protect the public interest. The level of the fine imposed reflects how seriously the Panel regards Mr Etches' disregard of the importance of registration.
Determination on Publication and Costs:
In relation to costs the Panel make an order for costs in the sum of £6,714.00. Although Mr Etches may have some financial difficulties the Panel took into account the fact that expulsion from membership of the Institution does not prevent him from earning a living.
This decision will take effect immediately.
This decision shall be published in accordance with the Regulatory Board's Publication Policy.
Mr Etches has a right to appeal this decision within 28 days in accordance with the Disciplinary, Registration and Appeal Panel Rules 2008.


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The Omega bars are in the 250-ish calorie range (some more than others) and come in 5 varieties to choose from:
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Most of the Land was owned by rich aristocrats of gentry who rented it out to tenant farmers.
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To all of my friends, family, supporters, and fellow Marines,
Words can't even describe the feelings I have after attending the Marine Corps Ball in Richmond this past weekend.
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Getting my makeup done by Aimee Susan Lupino
Some of the crew!
Enjoying the ceremonies
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Taylor, me, Charlsie, and Meg. My girls!
Justin and the boys
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I just got back from visiting a few likely "date spots" in the Spa City. I tried to choose some activities that are often frequented by people going on dates, so that I could give you the 411 on the best "date spots" in the city. I went to two places that are pretty much the staple of first dates, the movie theater and mini golf. This, is what I found…
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I am definitely not a movie theater critic or anything, but in my opinion, in order to have a great movie experience, the theater needs to have stadium seating, or at least a way to always have an unobstructed view of the screen. This however was not the case for the BTMC, and resulted in my view being partially obstructed the entire movie. I also felt like I wasn't getting the full movie experience because the movie wasn't fit right for the screen, in the beginning of the movie the director's name hung halfway off the screen.
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Overall, I wouldn't recommend going to the Behind the Mall Cinema (try checking out the Carmike Central City 10 theater) for anyone, it is in dire need of some upgrades. However, Funtrackers Family Park has many different things to do and is fun for everyone, including young people! So, if you're going on a date in Hot Springs…take her mini golfing.
Location: Funtrackers Family Park – 2614 Albert Pike, 71913 Behind the Mall Cinema -4501 Central Ave, 71901
Contact: Funtrackers Family Park – http://www.funtrackersfamilypark.com/, (501) 767-8140 Behind the Mall Cinema- (501) 525-0883, http://www.btmcinema.com/


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LAKE COUNTY, FL --Firefighters rescued this baby bear while battling a Florida brush fire on Thursday.
The blaze stretched more than 250 acres of Lake County.
Residents had to be evacuated but have since returned home now that the fire is completely contained.
No injuries were reported, but the bear cub was singed from the flames.
Wildlife officials are checking the cub out to make sure it's going to be okay.


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A little info on the games this art is featured in:
Vectren Energy Safe Kids was a freelance project I worked on while in school. I created the backgrounds for all the mini games, the concept work for the electricity game, various small assets, and some background paintings for an opening cinematic.
Stranger Dreams is a point and click mystery game. You can find out more about it if you visit the site! Creatures Classified is a project I worked on as art team leader and Co-PI that was funded by a MacArthur Grant. It teaches kids how to biologically classify animals.


text: The Cherry Hill campus Robotics Club rolls into its second year this fall under the guidance of a new staff advisor and with the help of Moorestown Friends School. Club members meet weekly to plan and build robots using LEGO Mindstorms NXT kits. The robots must be designed to carry out a task or movement pattern designated by the rules of the New Jersey FIRST Robotics Competition. The competitions feature challenges with names like "Bowled Over," "Ramp Riot," and "Duel on the Delaware." This year nine students are participating on the team, and their first training day will occur on October 15th. After that, there will be two practice days and three scrimmages with teams from other schools before the NJ FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifiers. The Y.A.L.E. team is being mentored by the robotics team from Moorestown Friends, who have kindly offered to build test course for our team's robots.


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Son House - The Original Delta Blues ||| Kasabian - Kasabian
Son House. Wish I could have played the old guitar with this guy.
I don't know how many of you watched a programme on BBC -I think it was a couple of nights ago- about 'The Blues'. It was a 2 hour dip into the history of the real old Delta blues, the main figures and the people that virtually invented the blues sound. The presenter travelled all over the US, met some real characters along the way..at one point he was sitting outside a small shack in mississippi with an old guy who was the last known pipe player, he played a hollowed bamboo or reed pipe in the blues style, something amazing to hear and something I have never seen or heard before. It was stunning.
He also went to Africa as his journey through the history of the blues traced it back to Mali, where the whites took blacks as slaves and their music went with them. The mixture of music and culture was all thrown together; The blacks were denied of their culture; All were given new names and not able to continue in the ways they knew but they kept the rhythm inside and through following the same journey as the presenter on this programme, you realise that that same rhythm is what gives us that Blues sound that penetrates almost every musical style today.
If I can find the show anywhere online I will be posting it here for sure. It is compulsory viewing for any music lover.
The show introduced me to so many Delta Bluesmen that when it ended I went online(for a change) and searched out this gem of an album.
Son House (Eddie James "Son" House, Jr.)was one of the originals, playing from around 1926 in Mississippi, he had his own guitar strrumming style (great slide too) which you will hear on this album and a soulful, melancholy pure blues voice. He lived the blues he didn't just sing it. He believed that to be able to sing it you had to have experienced the blues side of life, experienced the things you sing about. Most of his songs tell of broken love...nothing changes. The remarkable part of his story is that, in 1942, he moved with a woman to New York and stopped his music, working for New York Central Railroad.
He was no more travelling and playing. He said he felt like he should stop: Some of the others he had grown up around had died for various reasons or another and he said he thought he might be next, so he stopped playing. (Bearing in mind that he came from a preaching family and was supposed to be destined to become a preacher himself, you can understand this way of thinking as to be playing the blues was to be playing 'the devils music' according to his familys ways and the thinking in those parts at that time). Anyway, during the Blues revival times of the 1960's researchers tracked him down and in 1964 they had convinced him to play again. If it wasn't for this he might never have played or been known of again. On the TV programme he was being interviewed and you could feel the pure joy in his heart at the fact he was playing and singing again. He released some of his best stuff after that! What a story.
This album is a compilation which I suppose is good as an introduction to Son House as it has the most talked of tracks on there. I love the 'Preachin' Blues' track. This guy rocks.
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I'm sure I posted this a while ago but incase I didn't or the links died or whatever...here it is on fast direct http download...just for you.
I won't be slagging them off. Nope. I actually like these unoriginal Scottish-yet-with-Manchester-Accents(!?) 90's manchester sound rip-off artists. I liked the original bands first time around so it sounds kind of familiar. Heh.
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- Henry Northmore
- 29 January 2010
QMU, Glasgow, Tue 26 Jan 2010
After several false starts Glasgow has finally been given a chance to experience Glassjaw (the band cancelled a slew of gigs in 2003 due to frontman Daryl Palumbo's Crohn's Disease, then went on 'indefinite hiatus' from 2004 to pursue other projects). They have a surprisingly loyal fanbase, particularly for a band that hasn't released an album since 2002's Worship & Tribute (bar a few snippets on the internet).
Following a slightly shambolic intro, they launch into 'Tip Your Bartender', unleashing a searing volley of complex guitar work, funk bass and Palumbo's unique voice. He's the definite star of the show, displaying an astounding versatility, going from screamed, impassioned hardcore fury to emotive, crooned rock vocals. Stripped down to a four-piece it's a fairly static performance apart from Palumbo scampering and thrashing around the sparse stage, upping his game in the final third, even previewing a selection of much anticipated new tracks (including 'Jesus Glue' and '(You Think You're) Fucking John Lennon'). With nods to Fugazi and Faith No More, it's the depth and power of fan favourites, such as the multi-layered 'Cosmopolitan Blood Loss', that ensure their enduring reputation lives on.


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Bump Stop (Prod by Cool N' Dre), the latest cut from Game which features Rick Ross on the assist. It dropped on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010. Game's horizons are broadening with each new release, and Stop (Prod by Cool N' Dre) is no exception. It's a worthy addition to a catalogue that has seen much growth since Game stepped foot in the rap game. We're looking forward to hearing more.
Check out Game on Higher, featuring Swizz Beatz & Jay Electronica. Check out Game's profile page for the most recent info, news, songs, and mixtapes.
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DDB's global creative centre moves to Shanghai
MUMBAI: In a move to reinforce its presence in the APAC region, DDB Worldwide has announced that chief creative officer Amir Kassaei will be establishing DDB's global creative centre in Shanghai. Kassaei was appointed DDB Worldwide's chief creative officer in February 2011.
This new move complements DDB Group Asia Pacific, India and Japan chairman and CEO John Zeigler's relocation to Singapore in December 2011. It is believed to be the first time a global Madison Avenue agency has moved its creative headquarters to China.
Patrick Rona, who was earlier Tribal DDB Worldwide Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) president and DDB Group EMEA chief digital officer, has also been relocated to Singapore and will serve as Tribal DDB Asia Pacific's new President and chief digital officer for DDB Group Asia Pacific in January 2012.
Zeigler said, "We're very honoured to have our global creative centre in Asia. World-class brands are moving here and they deserve world-class creative they have become accustomed to. Amir, with our top creative talent across the region, will deliver just this. I'm sure of it. DDB Group Asia Pacific now has three core regional hubs – Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai. Amir's move makes China the centre piece for our global creative work."
DDB Worldwide CEO Chuck Brymer said, "This is one of the most significant moves we have made in the history of DDB. The world as we know it is changing and our industry's growth market is now without doubt the Asian region. Move over New York, London, Paris. Hello Shanghai, Mumbai, Singapore. With this in mind, there's no time better to set up our creative powerhouse in China."
Kassaei joined DDB as chief creative officer and associate partner of DDB Germany, in 2003. As the youngest DDB chief creative officer in Europe, he quickly transformed it into one of the most creative and successful agencies in Germany. Under his leadership, DDB Germany has also been ranked as the most awarded German agency in the Gunn Report. During his tenure at DDB Germany Kassaei founded and established Tribal DDB Germany as a modern, multichannel agency. He is currently based in New York and his move to Shanghai is imminent.
Amir has worked on a range of the world's major brands, including Allianz, Apple, Adidas, Bosch, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Nike, Reebok and Volkswagen.


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Skree Wolf
means 'to cry wolf' in Afrikaans. The company was created in 2010 by Rudi van der Merwe and concerns itself with:
1. politics, i.e. policies, directions if you will, of nation states, organisations, individuals;
2. spatial hierarchy and the systems that regulate it, communication if you will;
3. the body as Mythical Space; violent, sexual and spectacular;
4. dispelling glamour, by enhancing it;
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Anxious to prevent the spread of anti-airport sentiment to another group of communities under El Toro's secondary takeoff path, county officials are trying to figure out if departing planes can be directed away from Tustin, Cowan Heights and East Orange.
The county now wants to have planes take off directly over sparsely populated areas around Irvine Lake, instead of making a westerly turn over those central county cities.
For two months, county officials have been quietly meeting with key central county leaders, including former Supervisor Don Saltarelli, in an effort to forge a solution to the potential noise problem that an international airport at El Toro could create for some central communities.
Anti-airport activism has been confined largely to South County cities such as Irvine, Lake Forest and Mission Viejo--all of which are under the easterly takeoff route that 70% of the flights from a commercial El Toro airport would take.


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Chiltern Young Walkers is a friendly and sociable walking group aimed at people in their 20s-30s which offers a diverse variety of walks and social events across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, South Bedfordshire and West Middlesex. If you're thinking about getting out into the countryside, expanding your social scene or just explore what fantastic scenery lies on your doorstep, then the Chiltern Young Walkers is for you!
If you'd like to try us out, please join one of our walks, or better still join us at one of our social events.
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It's a wrap!
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Well guys, after months of work, dating back to the inception of the Batesian concept, long before even an outline of the script had been written, the... Read more
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The Scramble
Ironically, the least friendly people I have met in wonderful Montreal so far have been inside a church. I was scouring the messy tables of a charity flea market at... Read more
The First Post-Financial-Worries-Insanity-So-We-Can-Now-Focus Update
The night we received the delightful news that our funding goals had in fact been achieved, we pitched our film before the organizers and attendees of Kino00 in Montreal! Check... Read more
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After countless Skype calls and emails during the pre-production period, our international crew members who never met before finally arrived in Montreal and met at Kino screenening where they pitched... Read more
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Check out the video below of screenwriter Andre Rios as he begs for money, currently en route to Montreal just days before shooting begins!
International collaboration within the KINO MOVEMENT
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Until 1964, Vietnam was not a U.S. war.
Sure, the U.S. had sent 400 special forces to train South Vietnamese troops in 1961. And more troops were sent to police the country in 1963. And every now and again U.S. newspapers printed photos of Buddhist monks setting themselves on fire in public.
But, even the threat of Communism toppling regimes like dominoes wasn't good enough to sell a full-blown war. Until August 2…
The Rush to War
On August 2, 1964, three North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked a U.S. destroyer, the USS Maddox. The boats reportedly fired torpedoes at the U.S. ship in international waters in the Gulf of Tonkin, about thirty miles off the Vietnam coast.
On August 4, the U.S. Navy reported another unprovoked attack on the USS Maddox and the USS Turner Joy.
Within hours, President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a retaliatory strike. As the bases for North Vietnamese torpedo boats were bombed, Johnson went on TV and told America: "Repeated acts of violence against the armed forces of the United States must be met not only with alert defense, but with a positive reply. That reply is being given as I speak tonight."
The next day, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara testified. He assured Capital Hill that the Maddox had only been "carrying out a routine mission of the type we carry out all over the world at all times." McNamara said the two boats were in no way involved with recent South Vietnamese boat raids against North Vietnamese targets.
At Johnson's request, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. The resolution preapproved any military actions Johnson would take. It gave Johnson a free ticket to wage war in Vietnam as large as the President wanted. And, true to his large Texas roots, Johnson got a big war: by 1969, over half a million U.S. troops were fighting in Indochina.
The Phantom Attack
Despite McNamara's testimony to the contrary, the USS Maddox had been providing intelligence support to South Vietnamese boats carrying out raids against North Vietnam. McNamara had also testified that there was "unequivocable proof" of an "unprovoked" second attack against the USS Maddox. In fact, the second attack never occurred at all.
At the time of the second incident, the two U.S. destroyers misinterpreted radar and radio signals as attacks by the North Vietnamese navy. It's now known that no North Vietnamese boats were in the area. So, for two hours, the two U.S. destroyers blasted away at nonexistent radar targets, and vigorously maneuvered to avoid phantom North Vietnamese ships.
Even though the second "attack" only involved two U.S. ships defending themselves against a nonexistent enemy, the President and Secretary of Defense used it to coerce Congress and the American people to start a war they neither wanted or needed.
The War Powers Resolution
After the Vietnam War turned into a quagmire for the U.S., Congress decided to put limits on the President's authority to unilaterally wage war. Thus, on November 7, 1973, Congress overturned President Nixon's veto and passed the War Powers Resolution.
The resolution requires the President to consult with Congress before making any decisions that engage the U.S. military in hostilities. It's still in effect to this day.
"If we quit Vietnam, tomorrow we'll be fighting in Hawaii and next week we'll have to fight in San Francisco." ~Lyndon B. Johnson.
"We are fighting these terrorists with our military in Afghanistan and Iraq and beyond so we do not have to face them in the streets of our own cities." ~President George W. Bush.
Same tune, different song…
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Joe Crubaugh is a freelance writer whose psyche is often absorbed with current events, politics, art, culture, society, and the creamy bitterness of a steaming cup of white chocolate mocha. He is the author of numerous personal emails, and on most days he blogs at Hard-boiled Dreams of the World. When he's not writing, Joe spends weekdays masquerading as a software consultant in an undisclosed Southeastern U.S. state.