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My facebook friend, and fellow filmmaker Matteo, posited that lists were confounding. Wasn’t it important to form your own journey, to find your own way? My argument was that lists were a good place to start. Like a map.
I bring all of this up because I’m in the process of writing a movie that has a heist in it and thus started talking to my co writer about all of our favorite robbery movies. In the process I decided to search the term Best Heist Films. And I found a list. A list that had a bunch of movies that I liked and had seen. In fact I had probably seen most of them, and heard of nearly all of them, but there was one film that I hadn’t even heard of and it was on a best list. Intriguing to say the least.
The film is called Stander and was directed by a Canadian named Bronwen Hughes. It is not a perfect film, but it is pretty damn great. It tries to meld apartheid era South Africa politics and a bank robbery film and it does it fairly well. It doesn’t quite succeed in making a social commentary, but it does succeed in making a engaging tale of cat and mouse bank robbery.
The most remarkable thing to me was that I not only had I never seen it, let alone heard of it, but you can stream it from Netflix.
Lists, Matteo, sometimes they can lead you places you had no idea that you would end up at. By the way everyone, Matteo is a very talented filmmaker who is raising money for a new segment in his series The Unadventurous Life of Ai. He is a very talented, unique filmmaker, and you can checkout his Kickstarter campaign right here.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Is Happiness Is Overrated?
Lest anyone think this is going to be yet another bout of deranged, middle-aged vituperation, it's not. I am the same man who has accused most parents of believing they gave birth to the Baby Jesus, but these are just some thoughts generated on reading this article that was the talk of the Baby/Mommy Blogs last week:
HOW TO LAND YOUR KID IN THERAPY (CLICK HERE)
Dont worry. You can click it. It is safe for work. It's a very thoughtful article on the much-discussed subject of the deleterious effects of raising your children with too much affirmation and validation. It raises some interesting points, many of which I agree with wholeheartedly. My reservation may be that denying and depriving them of such affirmation and validation is worse, but that doesn't negate the salient points within. There is probably a balance somewhere but even that is probably more dependent on the individual child than any rule of applied, sustained parenting technique. It's not a one size fits all situation. I have witnessed in my own children, the need for very separate approaches. It may be argued that this recognition came far too late, but that's another story. I am sure that there are as many ways to fuck up your child as there are children, and maybe more.
One of these ways, I am also certain, is to raise them in an emotional terrarium, protected from not only the outside world, but from the consequences of their bad instincts.
We are also doing ourselves and our children no favors when we suffer under the pressure and delusion that we can right every wrong, thereby guaranteeing them the perpetual happiness we are convinced that we deserved but were denied in our own childhoods.
The article put me on a train of thought, though, about the premium we put on our own perpetual happiness. We actually STRUGGLE to find happiness and to be happy, and that presents a conundrum. How can we be happy if we are struggling, firstly? What is it that we think we need or deserve that we are struggling for? Secondly, how do we inure ourselves or reconcile the inevitable obstacles we face during this struggle? How do we reconcile failure to achieve the goals that we have convinced ourselves we need to achieve? When do we let go and find out how happy we can be without these things?
I'm not talking about settling, nor complacency. I'm talking about letting go of what might be driving us beyond our abilities to attain. I'm talking about contentment. I'm talking also, about accepting that things don't always work out the way we would like them to.
We then, as we become parents, combine these drives into a double helix. We are genetically engineering our dissatisfaction as parents, dissatisfaction for our children when they discover to their dismay that the world is bigger than each and all of us... and we predict their unhappiness as adults just as certainly as if we sold them into Dickensian servitude at 11 years old.
Again, the article, despite it's Apocalyptic title, raises some very good points. It merits mention, however, that we cannot protect our children from the realities of the universe with any more certainty than we have protected ourselves. We are ultimately not responsible for their happiness, and we'd better think hard on what happiness really entails before we shoot for it.

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After decades of being a largely underserved area of scientific study, fungi are finally having their moment. The phenomenon feels not unlike the overnight appearance of a mushroom; all it took were the right conditions for the right fruiting body. The conditions: a reading public amid COVID-19 lockdown in spring 2020, aching for connection. The fruiting body: British biologist Merlin Sheldrake, author of Entangled Life, who showed us just how interconnected we really are.
Gently, affectionately and in the loveliest prose, Sheldrake invited us to discover the unfathomable fungal networks that run throughout our soil, binding and building our whole world. Illuminated with sweet illustrations drawn by Collin Elder in ink from an ink cap mushroom, Entangled Life felt like a classic naturalist’s journal. Except for these drawings and a slim centerfold of photographs, readers were left to imagine the worlds that Sheldrake described. With Entangled Life: The Illustrated Edition, the bestselling, award-winning book transforms into a visual spectacle that contains 100-odd full-color otherworldly images of mushrooms, lichens, mycelium and more.
Mushrooms poke up in jaunty angles like whimsical umbrellas, some neon-bright and avant-garde, others gooey and grotesque. Delicate mycelial networks appear like white lace stretched across great caverns of rotting wood. Globular spores shine like blown glass. There are more intense colors and complex structures than can possibly be described, even in Sheldrake’s gorgeous language, which has been significantly abridged by the author for this edition. The section on psilocybin is particularly well illustrated, featuring photographs of Maria Sabina, the Mazatec curandera who led sacred mushroom ceremonies in Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca, in the early 1900s.
Many images are on an almost incomprehensibly small scale, with electron microscopy revealing fungi living inside a root or dust seeds binding with mycorrhizal fungus. The simultaneous grandness and tininess of mycology overwhelms; by the end of the book, microscopy of spores starts to resemble mushrooms on a rotting log, the scales bleeding together in a riot of colors and textures.
The message of Entangled Life is to be open to new ways of thinking—to be a little less focused on orienting ourselves, and more willing to see the world anew. This is the gift that Sheldrake continues to give us: He reveals fungal life as both more familiar and more abstract than we imagine, and encourages us into the space between the known and the as-yet unknown.

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All of us who are in a relationship are looking for the secrets to lifelong love. We all want to have that in our relationship. We want to know what makes it last forever. Well, I don’t have all of the answers but I do know some of the secrets to lifelong love.
1 Be Truly Committed to One Another
Being truly committed to one another is one of the best secrets to lifelong love. Have the attitude that you are together forever, no matter what happens. Having the attitude that break up or divorce is not an option for your relationship is the attitude that will help keep you together. Knowing that you are in this for the long haul helps to give you both security. There is nothing better than knowing that your partner's devotion to you is strong.
2 Be Faithful
It sounds simplistic but the truth is that being faithful for one another will increase your chances of having lifelong love. Affairs can absolutely shred marriages and relationships. If you want your relationship to have the best chance for success, stay faithful. Remember that every relationship will have down times, but it is then that you need to give your relationship extra attention.
3 Be Honest
Lies can tear a relationship apart. Most people tell little white lies but even they can do damage. They can teach your partner not to trust you. It is best to always be honest with one another. Further yet, if it is something that you would be tempted to lie to your partner over then chances are, you shouldn’t be doing it.
4 Be Kind
Kindness is such an important ingredient in a relationship. Those little everyday courtesies mean so much. They may not seem like it at the time but they actually add up to your partner having many pleasant recollections of their time with you. That in turn, gives them an overall positive feeling about the relationship. Another benefit of kindness is that it is usually returned to you.
5 Be a Friend
You need to be a friend to one another if you want to have lifelong love. A lifetime is a long time to spend with one another so it is best to be friends. Have fun together. Learn to laugh together. Share your good times and bad times with each other. Your partner should be the first person you want to call when you have good news or bad news.
6 Fight Fair
Fights do happen in every relationship from time to time. The important thing is that you learn to fight fair. Don’t bring up things that happened in the past or call each other names. Be quick to apologize when you know that you are wrong. Be quick to forgive, as well.
7 Forgive Fully
Don’t hold grudges against your partner. When you do, you are letting unforgiveness and old resentments poison your relationship. Forgive one another fully when you have a disagreement. Holding onto a grudge means that there is something between the two of you that is going to hamper your relationship from being the best that it could be. Don’t allow that to happen by holding on to old hurts.
All of us want to have lifelong love and want to know the secrets to get there. What secrets to lifelong love do you believe in? What has made your relationship last?

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Job fair at Ball State University gets little notice
Dozens of jobs, few job seekers during holiday week
By Rick Yencer
MUNCIE, INDIANA (NEWS) - Thousands have attended the yearly congressional job fair at Ball State University in nearly two decades, but that was not the case Wednesday when only dozens showed up.
More than 60 employers including manufacturers like Mursix and Reber Machine, retailers like Lowe's, Menards, Speedway and Rickers besides transportation like UPS all came looking for laborers, managers and material handlers.
But less than 200 people came for jobs as some employers like Ball State University reported fewer job seekers this summer with less experience.
Doug Baker, a human resources representative at Ball State, said there was a definite decline in applicants this summer with less experience and qualifications.
Ball State hires laborer and service employees routinely besides having dozens of professional and teaching jobs available.
With a new president, Paul Ferguson, taking over Aug. 1, there's also indication of more retirements especially among department heads and administrative posts.
But Baker was looking mostly for staff and service workers on Wednesday, as summer school has only a few thousand students and not the regular available workforce during fall and spring semesters.
Actually, Mursix was still trying to find workers to fill parts orders and its new expansion at its plant on Interstate 69 and Ind. 332.
Ivy Tech student Jeff Campbell, who works as a parts sorter, said he was looking for a manufacturing job with more pay. And he said the city needed to develop more manufacturing jobs. He is learning welding skills to find a better paying position.
Dollar General's warehouse in Marion also was looking for help as was Speedway, that needs managers and cashiers.
William Stephan, who recruits for Speedway's Noblesville recruiting center, said the company just acquired Hess convenience stores in the East and would become the largest convenience store operator in the country with the second most locations.
Recruiters for the U.S. Army and Indiana National Guard also were looking for students to grow their numbers.
Sgt.. Brooke Bailey, of the guard, said recruiting had been slow during the summer when few students were on campus or even in town.
It also was a surprise to see retail giants like Lowe's and Menards still looking for help in the summer.
And even the U.S. Post Office was handing out applications for positions in central Indiana after facing nationwide cutbacks because of revenue decline.
Congressman Luke Messer acknowledged the timing just before a holiday might have led to fewer people looking for jobs.
But unemployment in Muncie has dropped to around 6.2 percent and there have been places like Mursix and that IBM Daleville call center constantly hiring this summer.
"The best anti-poverty program created by man is a job," said Messer.
The congressional office plans a second job fair in Lawrenceburg this fall.
Work One in Muncie also has listings for new jobs as well as private staffing companies like Pro Resources, Continental, Manpower, First Call and Labor Ready.

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2,520 deutschmarks – that was the premium, Porsche customers had to pay for a Carrera RS 2.7 in 1972/73 compared to the Porsche 911 S 2.4. From today’s perspective, this was money well spent, since really good Carrera RS lightweight models can cost seven figures. The 911 S 2.4, on the other hand, costs many hundreds of thousands of euros less. But why is that? Where exactly are the differences?
Porsche crowned itself overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time in 1970, the second time the 917 was used. The experience gained in developing the 917 – the cost of which brought Porsche close to financial ruin – was to be used to reorganize the brand’s motorsport program. From now on, motorsport based on production vehicles was to become the brand’s core competence. A homologation model for use in Group 4 was therfore needed.
But the 911 S 2.4, Porsche’s top model at the time, would simply not have been suitable as such. The relatively narrow body of the 911 would only have allowed tires with a relatively narrow width. This was because widening racing cars was limited to 100 millimeters starting from their production counterparts. The homologation regulations also denied excessive and costly lightweight construction. At that time, racing cars were not allowed to weigh less than the production models. Thus it was written in Appendix J, art. 252 n) of the FIA’s sporting code.
There was also the matter of displacement. The 911 S would not have been allowed to exceed 2.5 liters of displacement in racing. Expansion was only ever possible up to the next full 0.5 liters. A production engine with a displacement of over 2.5 liters would consequently have allowed a racing unit with up to 3.0 liters.
Porsche took the 911 S 2.4 as the starting point for developing their Group 4 homologation model. To save weight, plenty of insulation and carpets were omitted from the interior. Instead, there were felt linings, rubber mats and thin glass windows from Belgian manufacturer Glaverbel. Where it was justifiable, thin sheet metal was used. Even the traditional Porsche crest on the trunk lid gave way to a glued-on emblem.
Luckily, the engine block of the Porsche 911 S 2.4 was equipped with enough reserves. This made it possible for Porsche to coax more power out of the six-cylinder engine at a reasonable cost. The RS received new light-alloy cylinders with 90 instead of 84 millimeters of bore and state-of-the-art Nikasil coating. Displacement increased to 2,687 cc. With the same crankshaft, connecting rods, compression ratio and timing as the 2.4-liter engine in the 911 S, the engineers achieved 20 more horspower and increased the torque by 39 Newtonmeters for the Carrera RS 2.7. That may not sound like much, but it noticeably changed the engine’s characteristics. For racing use, the engine could even be bored up to 3.0 liters.
The rest is history by now: first 911 with different tire sizes front to rear (rear 7J instead of 6J x 15), bespoke skirts, wider flared fenders and a distinctive aerodynamic aid that was quickly christened the ducktail! No other design feature has achieved comparable prominence in the car world, yet it was created solely for functional reasons. It was intended to stabilize handling and, as a by-product, added 4.5 km/h to top speed.
“To compare these classic Porsche 911s, I always recommend looking at historical test reports”, says Tobias Schwarz of RSR.at, or better known under its founder’s name Dr. Georg Konradsheim. He should know, after all Konradsheim is considered a Carrera RS luminary in the industry. Together with Dr. Thomas Gruber, Konradsheim published the comprehensive Carrera RS book, also known as the “Carrera RS Bible”. This also includes an RS register listing all 1,580 RS ever built.
“Paul Frère was testing the Porsche 911 Carrera RS at the time. Since he drove the 911 S 2.4 privately, he was able to make a direct comparison and highlight the differences,” says Schwarz. The test report is also printed in the RS book. Its depth is really impressive. In it, Frère reports driving impressions from several thousand kilometers, including a visit to a racetrack. The conclusion: Porsche’s first 911 Carrera RS is nowhere near as raw and loud as feared. On the contrary, the Belgian journalist and racing driver praised the sports seats, for example, as “surprisingly comfortable, as was evident after driving around a thousand kilometers in one go.”
The chassis design and noise level also surprised positively. He did not find the tighter suspension at all uncomfortable. As for the Carrera’s higher noise level, Frère even said that he only noticed it when he switched back to his own Porsche 911 S. Porsche did not expect more from a Carrera driver than from the driver of an early 911 S of the 2-liter era. And that was despite the fact that Frère was testing the Sport (or Lightweight) and not the more comfortable Touring version of the Carrera RS.
The RS was the first 911 to bring down its 0-62 mph time below 6 seconds. In the test, Frère achieved a truly fabulous time for 1973 with 5.8 seconds. However, the 911 S 2.4 was not far off with 6.6 seconds. The engine development was much more evident in the pulling power from low rev ranges. From 40 to 100 kph, the RS took a full 6.5 seconds off the S (10.6 to 17.1). At very high average speeds – the article mentions 220 kph cruising speed – the RS was also more economical. Its consumption of 17.2 liters per 100 kilometers was more than two liters below that of its more luxurious brother.
The Carrera pulls through quite powerfully even at 4000 rpm, so that you rarely need to downshift lower than 4th gear during brisk freeway journeys, whereas under the same circumstances in the 911 S 3rd gear often has to be used.Paul Frère on the differences in engine characteristics between Porsche 911 S 2.4 and Carrera RS
In addition, the 911 Carrera RS was also modestly priced at the time. Especially in view of the international competition. After all, tin-plated sheet metal for rust prevention and high quality workmanship were anything but a matter of course in sports car construction in 1973. Although the prices for comparably powerful sports cars were usually twice as high. The fact that the Carrera RS is today many times more expensive than the 911 S 2.4 is of course due to its historical significance and the rarity of only 1,580 models built. Even if the 911 S, with 5,054 units, was by no means a mass product.
Even though the Carrera RS Sport tends to be more popular (and more expensive) among collectors, the RS with Touring package is the better choice for many drivers. “In the Touring, the RS received the same equipment as its more sedate siblings 911 S”, Schwarz knows. Then, its weight was also similar to the S 2.4. You can recognize an RS Touring by the equipment code M472, which meant an extra DM 2,500 in 1973. With 1,308 units, they make up the majority of the production. Only 200 Carrera RS Sport with the M471 package were built.
Interestingly, the 911 Carrera RS Touring in particular makes a very confident driving impression. Comfort and usability are not only in no way inferior to the 911 S, the RS surpasses the S in every area. In addition to significantly more power in the mid-range, this impression also has to do with the aerodynamics and tires. As Paul Frère noted back in 1973, the wind-tunnel-developed front apron combined with the ducktail provided greatly improved driving stability. “You notice that very quickly, especially in crosswinds,” agrees Schwarz. The RS still had a certain built-in nervousness, but it was a bit more compliant on the road than the S. The one-inch wider rear wheels with 30-millimeter wider tires did the rest.
For these reasons, many 911 drivers retrofitted the distinctive ducktail. While this didn’t transform these cars into an RS, the difference was noticeable. The RS is not a completely separate model, but rather a carefully re-tweaked Porsche 911 S. At the time, Porsche was concerned that they would not be able to sell the 500 units required for homologation. But immediately after its presentation, it became clear how well such a car would be received on the market. The recipe of the 911, which can serve all segments from everyday sports car to Le Mans winner, still works today.
Heart and personal preferences play a bigger role than bare numbers or comparisons.Dr. Georg Konradsheim on comparing the Porsche 911 S and 911 Carrera RS
Of course, there’s no arguing away the fact that a Porsche 911 Carrera RS triggers even more emotions than a 911 S 2.4. But the fact that both belong to the same model family, are closely related, has a very big advantage, especially today. “These automotive treasures are usually driven very little today, certainly not at the limit. The differences between the S and RS can be felt and heard at all times, but a 911 S is still a wonderful car, of course! In addition, some people prefer the narrow, rear spoiler-less body,” Tobias Schwarz sums it up. But, as dealer Konradsheim also emphasizes, “Heart and personal preferences play a bigger role than bare figures or comparisons.”
The comprehensive Porsche 911 Carrera RS book by Dr. Georg Konradsheim and Dr. Thomas Gruber has long since achieved legendary status. It is often referred to as the “Carrera RS Bible”. The authors have compiled all the special features of the Carrera RS on 434 pages. The four-kilogram book is limited to 3,000 copies per language (de/en) and numbered. In addition to numerous previously unpublished photographs from the Porsche’s archive, it contains a complete register of all 1,580 RS ever produced.
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I am backed up on Comments of the Day again, especially embarrassing after I announced that I would be posting one a day if possible. Getting one of the comments in the queue last night required trying to use my netbook while watching the Westminster Dog Show with my old Jack Russell feeling insecure and cuddling in my lap. The Update will be late today.
The post about the Oregon hospital being bullied by the local ACLU into placing an illegal immigrant on its transplant list simultaneously raised medical ethics issues and illegal immigration ethics issues, so I am grateful that Zoltar Speaks! resuscitates the topic with his comment. I am particularly greateful for his raising the question, “Is the perception of an action what makes the action ethical, or is it the motives behind the action that makes the action ethical, or does it take both?”
My answer, which I think I have made clear over 80,000 posts, is that it is what an action does or can reasonably be expected to do, within the intention and goal of the actor, that makes conduct ethical or not. Unanticipated and unanticipatable results don’t count, and neither does pollution by non-ethical and unethical motives mixed in with the ethical motives, unless they warp the conduct and the decision to engage in it.
There are exceptions, of course.
Here is Zoltar Speaks’ Comment of the Day on the post, Proposition: An Illegal Immigrant Is Entitled To Receive A Life-Saving Organ Transplant That Otherwise Would Go To A U.S. Citizen In Similar Need:
On one hand there is the Hippocratic Oath that directly implies that medical need trumps things like legal status, so in that regard the policy change is a direct reflection of the core of the Hippocratic Oath and it can be said that they changed their policy to reflect the ethical core of the Hippocratic Oath and present that argument to the public and their actions on the surface can be regarded as ethical. (Yes it’s a run-on sentence)
On the other hand there is the fact that illegal immigrants are literally taking advantage of a near “border-less” country and existing systems in place across the United States that ignore their legal status will allow them to do whatever they want regardless of the fact that they are in the United States illegally and some existing systems in place that actually help them do anything they want because they’re illegal immigrants. The United States has been, and still is, enabling illegal immigrants and this policy change is another system changed that enables illegal immigration.
This leads me directly to a topic that we’ve talked about on Ethics Alarms in the past: is the perception of an action what makes the action ethical, or is it the motives behind the action that makes the action ethical, or does it take both? If I remember correctly, I think the general consensus was that it’s the perception of the action that makes it ethical.
The perception of this action is two fold; first ethically complying with the intent of the Hippocratic Oath and second it’s another policy change enabling illegal immigration.
Using the Hippocratic Oath argument to change a policy is a very strong argument under certain circumstances, however this change was not done in a “vacuum”. If this policy change had been done in what I called a “vacuum”, meaning a full review of policies was done without outside influence and the policy was changed solely to better conform to the Hippocratic Oath, no one would have bated an eye at the change and it’s not likely that we’d be discussing it at all. In the vacuum both the motives of the action and the action itself could easily be considered ethical; this is not what happened.
This policy change was not in a vacuum, this policy change was done due to social justice warriors “attacking” the institution to publicly shame the the institution into changing their policy to advance one particular group of people beyond the reasonable expectations that were in put in place with the previous policy. I can easily look at this policy change and say that the motives behind the action far outweigh any perceived ethical value of the action. In this case, kowtowing to the outside pressure of illogical social justice warriors enable both social justice warriors and illegal immigration, the Hippocratic Oath argument in this particular case is nothing but a rationalization.
For what it’s worth; I am really angry that the United States federal government has turned a blind eye to illegal immigration for many years through many administrations and allowed this problem to get worse. Sure administrations and campaigns have mouth the words for years that something needs to be done about the illegal immigration but they’ve done nothing to actually solve the problem and the result is that the problem persists and has gotten worse over the years. Now we are in a hyper politically charged political environment inflamed by ignorant social justice warriors (SJW) that are completely blind to any logic outside their emotionally charged arguments and it doesn’t matter one bit what anyone does to fix the illegal immigration problem, the solution will be smeared by illogical SJW’s. This is the direct result of the deliberate dumbing down of America
EC wrote above, “I’d expect that even if doctors don’t care about legal residence, wouldn’t an illegal immigrant simply be deported once they were identified? Would that not remove them from the recipient list anyway?”
Therein lies just one of the real problems in the United States, this is not being done. If this were to be an active policy then illegal immigrants would catch wind that they will be deported when they’re identified and that will slow illegal immigration to a crawl and as illegals are deported it will start reversing the negative effects on our society due to illegal immigration.
If you are a reader who is an illegal immigrant, I have absolutely no sympathy for you, so stop your whining. You are the problem not the law(s) that you refuse to comply with. Take the legal steps to become a United States citizen or voluntarily get out of our country or be deported when you’re identified as being illegally here. The choices are yours not ours, comply with the law or suffer the consequences.
20 thoughts on “Comment Of The Day: “Proposition: An Illegal Immigrant Is Entitled To Receive A Life-Saving Organ Transplant That Otherwise Would Go To A U.S. Citizen In Similar Need””
I had several comments, but for some reason, I’m going to listen to my macabre sadistic voice today to show my compassionate side.
New Rule: Illegal Immigrants can be added to the donation registry, however all illegal immigrants are 100% automatically, always and forever, organ donors.
Thanks for the COTD.
Jack wrote, “…it is what an action does or can reasonably be expected to do, within the intention and goal of the actor, that makes conduct ethical or not. Unanticipated and unanticipatable results don’t count, and neither does pollution by non-ethical and unethical motives mixed in with the ethical motives, unless they warp the conduct and the decision to engage in it.”
That is worded far, far better than the lacking general consensus I shared. Thank you for making that clearer for me and anyone else that might have been a bit foggy on that.
Overall I agree this is a great comment and I totally agree with the illegal immigrant aspect of it. I want to point out though, that it was the ACLU and not anything related to the Hippocratic Oath that generated the publicity that caused the Oregon Health and Science University to cave in and change their rules regarding eligibility for transplant. That was an administrative, not a medical decision. The Hippocratic Oath deals primarily with the obligations a physician has toward the patient. The Oath does not imply that medical status trumps legal status and says nothing about who must be accepted as a patient. It does imply that once someone is a patient their legal, financial, or other status should not change how they are treated. The Hippocratic Oath has no legal standing and should not be used as a basis for policy or law other than in the sense that some of the precepts of the Oath reflect good ethical values and appropriate medical decision making.
Just for information purposes, there are various versions of the Oath. The original Greek version prohibits a physician from causing an abortion, doing surgery, and giving anyone a lethal drug. The modern version, often called the Lasagna version after Dr. Louis Lasagna who wrote it, is the version most often used now. It leaves out all mention of abortion and there is no promise to do no harm or never to give a lethal drug.
I want to give a condensed version of a comment I made on the original thread about who should make the rules regarding eligibility for transplantation. My belief is that eligibility is not just a medical decision but must reflect what society wants. Doctors can provide guidance on who needs a transplant, how sick they are, their chances of surviving surgery, and other such medical matters but I don’t feel doctors alone should make the God decision of who lives and who dies. By the way, if Silvia were deported as she should be, it would not mean that she couldn’t have a liver transplant. There is a liver transplant program in Mexico.
I inserted the Hippocratic Oath part of the discussion here. At first it seemed like a valid point to insert into the discussion, then I thought more about it. I also heard someone else talking about it a couple of days ago saying that it was a Hippocratic Oath thing. The more I thought about it, the more I understood that the Hippocratic Oath was just being used as a rationalization.
John Billingsley wrote, “The Oath does not imply that medical status trumps legal status and says nothing about who must be accepted as a patient.”
Are you sure about that?
Not a lawyer, but I can’t read anything into either version that requires accepting any particular person as a patient. The closest I can come is in the Lasagna oath which has the statement “I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.”. This basically tells me I should use my skills for the benefit of mankind in general but doesn’t require me to individually treat any specific person. Not all physicians are even nominally bound by the oath because not all medical schools give the oath as part of graduation.
The reality is that the oath is not legally binding in any way other than that some laws might require the same things as the oath. The law always trumps the oath. For example, both versions of the oath prohibit a physician repeating information a patient gives in the course of treatment but the law can compel divulging most information and in some cases makes it a crime if one does not actively report certain information. While the Hippocratic Oath is important in the history of medicine and provides some good precepts, it does not govern the practice of medicine as some lay people believe it does. The “oath” all physicians must follow today is the statutes which govern medical practice in their state, applicable federal laws, and if they are employees, the lawful rules of their employer.
John Billingsley wrote, “…I can’t read anything into either version that requires accepting any particular person as a patient.”
Operative word “requires”.
John Billingsley wrote, “While the Hippocratic Oath… does not govern the practice of medicine as some lay people believe it does.”
John Billingsley wrote, “The Oath does not imply that medical status trumps legal status and says nothing about who must be accepted as a patient.”
I put one phrase in that oath in italics because I think it does imply that the person taking the oath is to ignore anything except the medical needs of the sick person and the sick person shouldn’t be turned away.
It’s really is okay if we just disagree on the implications of that phrase, but it might be interesting to continue this discussion a bit further.
I forgot to refresh before I posted the reply to your first comment. I agree that phrase implies that when treating a sick person a physician should ignore everything about that person that does not pertain directly to their specific medical treatment. But I don’t think it implies that no one can be turned away. If it means that everyone who is ill must be accepted as a patient, then no doctor can turn down anyone they are qualified to treat who is ill and wants to see them. But a doctor has only so much time in a day to treat sick people. If the number of sick needing treatment exceeds the physicians availability to see them (and for the majority of doctors I know it does), then someone of necessity must be turned away. The only question is how to decide who to accept and who to turn away. The law actually does not require a private physician to accept any person as a patient and provides that they can fire anyone they are seeing for any reason although there are some specific requirements about how it must be done.
John Billingsley wrote, “I forgot to refresh before I posted the reply to your first comment.”
No problem, I do that all the time.
Although I think that “who must be accepted as a patient” and “no one can be turned away” are similar, I don;t think they are equivalent; I’m also not sure you were implying that they are.
“I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required” can easily mean that what’s required is to refer a patient to a doctor that is not overloaded with patients, or specialist, or even an emergency room. I really wouldn’t expect an Ear Nose and Throat Physician to accept a patients that are in need of knee surgery or a transplant surgeon to accept patients that are looking for a psychiatrist, etc. Many Physicians in the 21st century have become very specialized and they understand that this limits their capabilities outside their specialty, they in-turn refer and ask questions of other physicians when needed which is also covered by “I will not be ashamed to say “I know not,” nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient’s recovery.”
Sometimes accepting a patient, or not turning away a patient, simply means to put them on the appointment schedule waiting list, or if the need is more immediate, refer the patient to a unoccupied or better qualified physician to meet the immediate needs of the patient; I think that falls within “I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required”.
We are “kinda” saying the same thing, just from a different perspective.
Well I’m not sure where this illegal alien is from but there is now the option of going back to Mexico to get it done: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/liver-transplant-is-a-first-for-mexico/
Another item to add to the list of things those who are sick and tired of inaction by the federal government: Deport all who publically flaunt their illegal status. We all know now that 46-year-old Silvia Lesama-Santos is here illegally, where she is and what she looks like. INS has everything they need to act. Yet they’re not.
Matthew, INS (ICE) will NOT act against a “celebrity” (read “activist”) because of the bad PR. They will be accused of not being politically correct (racist).
Who will accuse them of racism?
And that is part of the problem. Put them in the shadows they chose.
Long years ago, during the younger Bush Admin, illegals were holding rallies in cities for some reason, I forget what exactly. One such was announced for downtown San Antonio.
I called INS and told them I would like to report a large number of illegals.
They were interested, mildly, until I gave the the date, time and location of the rally. Uhhh, we don’t do that…
Follow the efffin law, or change it.
Matthew B wrote, “Deport all who publicly flaunt their illegal status. We all know now that 46-year-old Silvia Lesama-Santos is here illegally, where she is and what she looks like. INS has everything they need to act. Yet they’re not.”
Deporting anyone that is actively under doctors care to literally save their life would be immoral. Deporting in such cases would literally be a death sentence unless arrangements have been made in the country being deported to to transfer all their treatments to an “equivalent” physician and medical institution.
“I am backed up on Comments of the Day again, especially embarrassing after I announced that I would be posting one a day if possible.”
I must’ve missed the post where you announced that. Dang. I better step up my quality.

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Theres no hiding it. The Levellers are one of my favorite bands. Everything they have released is absolutely brilliant including their brand new album Letters from the Underground. It was released in the UK in August 2008 but there is currently no release date set for the USA. ReadJunk.com had the opportunity to send over some questions to Jeremy Cunningham of the Levellers. This is what he had to say:
“Letters From The Underground” is about to be released and I think its one of your best albums! Is it a little daunting to try to follow-up on an album that is (or will be) so well-received?
No, can always do better.
Tell me a little about the writing & recording process. How was it writing the album in Ireland?
I wrote a whole load of lyrics and the band went off to Ireland and got drunk for a week or 2. Then we all went to Cornwall with Sean Lakeman and argued until we had a rockin album. Full contact creativity.
With the song “Burn American Burn,” are you worried that it will be perceived in a different light, even though it has underlining meanings?
The song is about the college shooting at Virginia Tech where 32 students and teachers died. That event is used as an example of how America is burning itself down from the inside Simple as that. We also have T-shirts which read Burn UK Burn, So we dont see ourselves innocent either.
Since the band has been around for more than 20 years and has a very dedicated following, what is the overall appeal of the band that makes people enjoy the shows and follow the band around all over the world?
Were honest to the people who pay our wages by coming to see us and buying our records. And were a fucking good band with something interesting to say!
Have you found it harder to tour in certain countries & cities because of the current economy (i.e. USA)? What are some of the cities/countries youd like to play that you havent in awhile?
We get to most places we need to go. USA is tricky because of the economy and travel overheads. Same with Japan and Australia, we still get about though
Whats the biggest misconception about the Levellers?
That we live in a commune and have dogs on strings.
As musicians that use their free speech in there writings and music, how do you feel about celebrities, standing on there soap boxes about politics, religion, and world affairs?
Im not bothered, will listen to anyone who has something interesting to say. No one trusts politicians but no one takes enough direct action. Thats partly why we wrote Letters, because no musicians especially have addressed these world issues, let alone the more intimate UK ones.
Whats the best/worst experience youve had in America?
The worst is the endless traveling to get anywhere. Us Europeans are not used to those distances between towns. Best bits, everything else – I especially like NYC and Seattle. Cable is pretty good and the ice cream.
What are your thoughts on the US presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain?
Were all in for Obama. Need someone like him for the UK too.
What’s the most successful thing about throwing your own festival (Beautiful Days Festival)? Would you bring on musicians the band is not necessarily a fan of, or is it about working with bands that share the same ideals & values that The Levellers do?
No, we have plenty of bands were not fans of, but if the audience wants them (via the website www.beautifuldays.org); well do our best to get em. As long as theyre not completely right-wing wankers. Weve got a very good booking agent & organization so credit goes to them. We just turn up and get out of our minds for 3 days! Were a fucking liability.
Whats in store for the Levellers in the coming months and 2009? *Please say youre touring the US, Please say youre touring the US*
Were touring the USA*
*may not be true
Thanks to Jeremy for the interview! Be sure to buy “Letters from the Underground” because it’s an amazing album! You can hear the new songs on their MySpace page here. You can also visit their official site here.

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The Productive Partnership in Agriculture Project is Papua New Guinea’s largest agriculture program. Launched in 2010, the project aims to improve the livelihoods of smallholder cocoa and coffee producers. Since it began, more than 60,000 smallholder coffee and cocoa farmers have benefited from various activities supported under the project. Further to this, more than three million cocoa trees and more than seven million coffee trees have been replanted or rehabilitated across Papua New Guinea. And with additional funding of US$30 million, the project is expanding into the Momase region of Papua New Guinea, increasing its support to women farmers.
In Port Moresby, the Urban Youth Employment Project is providing thousands of young Papua New Guineans with life skills and short-term employment opportunities. The project has been extended to 2018 with additional funding support of US$10.8 million from the Australian government. This has allowed the project to open opportunities for more than 18,000 unemployed young men and women to engage in skills training and work placement activities.
Poor road conditions mean that for many people in Papua New Guinea, travel by road can be impossible, unsafe or simply far too expensive. Without reliable access to roads, people cannot reach schools, hospitals or markets when they need to. Now in its second phase, the World Bank’s Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Project has already restored more than 800 kilometers of national roads. More than 50 national and provincial bridges have been rehabilitated, maintained and/or replaced and an estimated 1.3 million people (27 percent of the population) have benefitted.
Drug resistant Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious and ongoing threat to public health in Papua New Guinea. Daru, a small island in Western Province, is a global hot spot for drug-resistant Tuberculosis with a prevalence rate of three per cent. The World Bank has contributed $15 million to the multi-partner Emergency Tuberculosis Project to kick TB out of PNG with improved screening, diagnosis and treatment programs. Patient treatment drop-out rates have now reduced from 30 percent to zero on Daru Island, one of PNG’s key hotspots for Tuberculosis and Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis.
Since first hitting the road in late 2017, the project’s mobile X-ray screening van has already screened over 6500 people – nearly half of the entire population of Daru.
In the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, the Inclusive Development in Post-Conflict Bougainville project is supporting inclusive development and strengthening women’s participation in development. Training has been delivered to 930 participating women, and 126 small grants have been awarded to women’s groups, including at least one project in each of Bougainville’s 43 Community Government Areas (formerly Council of Elders) spread across the 13 districts funding community-benefiting projects including markets and community health centers. It is estimated that over 51,000 people – almost half of whom are women – have benefitted from completed grant projects, representing nearly 25 percent of the Bougainville population.
Between 2011 and 2015, the PNG Department of Education worked with the World Bank to develop the READ PNG project: a K51.9 million (US$19.2 million) project to improve the teaching and learning of reading skills in PNG’s elementary and primary schools. The project focused on two areas: providing more books and learning materials to classrooms, so that more children can enjoy the benefits of reading; and on helping teachers improve their teaching of reading.
While access to education remains a key priority for the government, over 60 percent of PNG’s 8 million people live in rural areas with limited access to basic services. Through READ PNG, many thousands of books were delivered to more than 21,000 classroom libraries across PNG, including to some of the country’s most remote schools, with more than 12,000 teachers and facilitators receiving training to improve their skills in teaching reading.
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Purpose: To describe and compare associations with macular retinal nerve fiber layer (mRNFL), ganglion cell complex (GCC), and ganglion cell–inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thicknesses in a large cohort. Design: Cross-sectional study. Participants: We included 42 044 participants in the UK Biobank. The mean age was 56 years. Methods: Spectral-domain OCT macular images were segmented and analyzed. Corneal-compensated intraocular pressure (IOPcc) was measured with the Ocular Response Analyzer (Reichert, Corp., Buffalo, NY). Multivariable linear regression was used to examine associations with mean mRNFL, GCC, and GCIPL thicknesses. Factors examined were age, sex, ethnicity, height, body mass index (BMI), smoking status, alcohol intake, Townsend deprivation index, education level, diabetes status, spherical equivalent, and IOPcc. Main Outcome Measures: Thicknesses of mRNFL, GCC, and GCIPL. Results: We identified several novel independent associations with thinner inner retinal thickness. Thinner inner retina was associated with alcohol intake (most significant for GCIPL: –0.46 μm for daily or almost daily intake compared with special occasion only or never [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.61–0.30]; P = 1.1×10–8), greater social deprivation (most significant for GCIPL: –0.28 μm for most deprived quartile compared with least deprived quartile [95% CI, –0.42 to –0.14]; P = 6.6×10–5), lower educational attainment (most significant for mRNFL: –0.36 μm for less than O level compared with degree level [95% CI, –0.45 to 0.26]; P = 2.3×10–14), and nonwhite ethnicity (most significant for mRNFL comparing blacks with whites: –1.65 μm [95% CI, –1.86 to –1.43]; P = 2.4×10–50). Corneal-compensated intraocular pressure was associated most significantly with GCIPL (–0.04 μm/mmHg [95% CI, –0.05 to –0.03]; P = 4.0×10–10) and was not associated significantly with mRNFL (0.00 μm/mmHg [95% CI, –0.01 to 0.01]; P = 0.77). The variables examined explained a greater proportion of the variance of GCIPL (11%) than GCC (6%) or mRNFL (7%). Conclusions: The novel associations we identified may be important to consider when using inner retinal parameters as a diagnostic tool. Associations generally were strongest with GCIPL, particularly for IOP. This suggests that GCIPL may be the superior inner retinal biomarker for macular pathophysiologic processes and especially for glaucoma.
Bibliographical noteFunding Information:
The UK Biobank (Appendix 1, available at www.aaojournal.org) was established by the Wellcome Trust medical charity; the Medical Research Council, Department of Health, Scottish Government; and the Northwest Regional Development Agency. It has also had funding from the Welsh Assembly Government, British Heart Foundation, and Diabetes United Kingdom. Dr. Foster is supported by the Richard Desmond Charitable Trust via Fight for Sight (1956), the Special Trustees of Moorfields Eye Hospital (ST 12 09), and the Department of Health and Social Care through the award made by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (BRC2_009). The funding organizations had no role in the design or conduct of this research.
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This antique, French fireplace displays the graceful lines of the Louis XV period. It features a hand carved flower at the center of the frieze with a star and leaf detail below. The jambs display shield patterns at the top and a repeat of the star at the center, ending on block feet. The slim lines of this piece offer a nice, large firebox for the overall size.
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The more Western our lifestyle gets and the more global we become, the greater the arousal of cultural nationalism too.
Gone is the quiet charm of the Pondâ€™s girl who learnt to speak English but chose to speak in Hindi even as she won the international beauty contest. It was all about how India could absorb the new without displacing the old.
We seem to have traveled quite some distance from the whole world chanting the Gayatri mantra, as in the Videocon ad or the whole world saying â€˜Namasteâ€™ as in the British Airways commercial.
National Image: It was one thing to feel mildly pleased that the world was picking up bits of Indian values and images, but quite something else to aggressively say that Indian can teach the world a lesson or two.
There is something happening here that is changing our character fundamentally. It may be really happening, or it can be just the flavor of the day, of the English speaking corporate world and elite media. Research has revealed certain
A Research international observer study classifies countries on global / national â€“ individualist / collectivist axes and identifies four types.
1. The Cultural Individualist:
France, Australia and the USA, combine a great deal of national / cultural pride with strong individualistic values.
2. The Global Individualist:
Scandinavian nations, the Netherlands and Belgium, with a relatively low interest or pride in their own culture, and correspondingly have openness to the world.
3. The Globally Sensitive:
Argentina, Zimbabwe and Chile open to the world in a collectivist way. Making connections through global brands is often important than pride in their own culture.
4. The Cultural Sensitive:
Collectivist markets such as Mexico or India, where consumers expect global brands to understand and respect their culture, and when possible, adapt to local situations in both product and communication.


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'Roseanne' spin-off is coming
Fans of the sitcom Roseanne were left in turmoil after the show was canceled by the ABC Network in May after Roseanne Barr tweeted a racist remark.
With her co-stars and employees left without work, Ben Sherwood sent an email to the team, in which he apologized to crew members who were 'swept up in all of this.'
He expressed his hope that ABC and employees tied to the sitcom would 'find another way to work together down the road.'
ABC confirmed on Twitter that the time is now. The network confirmed the release of a spin-off show, with a working title of The Connors
Several of Roseanne's cast members will reprise their roles in the new show. However, the controversial Roseanne Barr will not be one of them.
According to Hollywood Reporter, ten episodes were ordered and will premiere in the fall. The new show is in no way tied to Barr, and she also will not be involved in its creation, either executively or financially.
She would have initially played a small role, but networking bosses have since decided against that.
Hollywood Reporter stated that Barr agreed to 'walk away from the characters she helped create' for the network to pursue the spinoff.
The new sitcom will focus on problems that most viewers are familiar with, such as parenthood, and making ends meet in a challenging financial climate.
Vulture pointed out the creation of The Connors will solve two problems at once. Not only will the staff tied to Roseanne keep their jobs, but the ABC Tuesday lineup won't be affected by the cancellation of the original sitcom.
The same creative team will be in charge of the new show, and The Connors will air in Roseanne's original time slot as well.
To keep up to date with the latest developments regarding the spin-off show, be sure to follow our official Twitter page, at AmoMama USA.


There was a MOST interesting note on the ARRL propagation report recently.
"Noctilucent Clouds Return - As reported at spaceweather.com on June 1, the first noctilucent clouds (NLC) of the 2009 season were sighted over Russia on May 27. NLCs typically appear about 20 days prior to the summer solstice, increase quickly to a high summer level, and then disappear about 50 days after the summer solstice. These clouds are mostly a high latitude phenomenon, and are believed to be composed of ice crystals. VHF radars see very strong echoes from these clouds, and since they are at mesospheric heights (80 to 90 km), they are also known as polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSE). These clouds are hypothesized by JE1BMJ and others to be responsible for 6m propagation across high latitudes (for example, from the East Coast of North America to Japan) during the northern hemisphere summer. This mode of propagation has been dubbed Summer Solstice Short-path Propagation (SSSP). Check out page 34 of the February 2009 issue of WorldRadio Online (available free at www.cq-amateur-radio.com/wr_back_issues.html) for a general discussion of PMSE and SSSP and for references in the technical literature. To reiterate, SSSP is still just a theory, but the occurrences of QSOs appear to match the occurrence pattern of PMSE."


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I got some great pictures at the protest last Saturday for Occupy Wall Street. There were several thousand people at Zuccotti /Liberty Plaza for the festivities (the media, even the left friendly media, stated ‘hundreds’. Off by a zero). While many were Turkish, many were old veterans of the Occupy Movement. People’s Puppets was on hand, as was Guitarmy. There was a drumming circle or two.
Of course, can’t show you my pictures–they’re locked up owing to an O/S clusterf*ck on my old Dell machine. Someday they’ll be posted. I’m becoming a Luddite, how about you?
Some concerns voiced post-demonstration about the factions within Turkey that are rising up. Turkey has always been something of an odd man out in NATO–they’re the only Muslim country in the alliance, and that has lead to some divergence between the stances taken by the leadership and the desires of the ‘man in the street’ in Istanbul. And many in Turkey have a very different opinion on the conduct of Israel’s blockade of the Gaza than the rest of NATO–and the country has acted accordingly. Also, this–Many years ago (when I was researching the life and death of Green Party founder Petra Kelly), I found out some interesting positions the Turkish government had taken in the 1990’s with regard to the Free Kurdistan movement, and the way the US was playing the Kurdish activists (a Free Kurdistan would carve territory out of Turkey). It’s worth a book all by itself, but one of the many interesting factoids that always makes my ‘spidey-conspiracy sense‘ go into high gear is a lot of deaths at the same time. It’s awfully odd that one of the last campaigns Kelly had embarked on was support for an independent Kurdistan, and she and virtually everyone in the leadership that she’d met with in the summer of 1992 was murdered within a two month period (though Kelly’s death was ascribed to murder/suicide by her lover Gert Bastian. You can look it up).
My sense is that Turkey’s history puts their uprising on a somewhat different path than what Occupy has been part of up to now. That said, people who are engaging in non-violent civil disobedience against their politicians deserve support.
Salaam, Shalom, Pax, Namaste.


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MCC Planning and Building Committee meeting, Tuesday CANCELED
NOTE: This meeting has been canceled until a new location can be found.
MCC Planning and Building Committee next meeting Tuesday, September 20 @ 7:30 at GSD
Location: Granada Sanitary District Office
504 Ave. Alhambra, 3rd Floor, El Granada
The MCC Planning and Building Committee meetings are an outcome from a discussion from the MCC Regular Meeting of July 27, 2011 around the issues of Zoning, Variances and Usage Permits and the building permit process in the unincorporated MidCoast. Since this is a process that is both confusing and inconsistently enforced, it has led to both community frustration and lawsuits and an inordinate amount of time and money for people to build in the MidCoast.
There has been one preliminary meeting on August 23, 2011 at GSD with a few of the people who expressed interest in helping. Some ideas that are being considered to better serve the community is to have two sub-committees to the MCC Planning and Building Committee to deal with the myriad of issues that affect the coastside within this topic:
1. A Screening Committee that would serve as a watchdog on all building permits for the MidCoast and identify possible issues concerning the building permit process. Since there are many rules and regulations on the coastside (zoning, variances, use permits, Coastal Development Permits (CDP), Local Coastal Program (LCP) and more) which need to be looked at and response times are limited, this would be a critical function to identify permits which need further scrutiny.
2. A Strategic Committee, of more experienced residents who are experienced with county planning and building process, which would work with the Screening Committee to examine projects which may have irregularities and identify specific conflicts with current regulations. This committee would also look at ways to strengthen the building process so that the county, developers and community members would have a well-defined process that is consistent with policies and fairly enforced.
There was also a discussion on meeting logistics. Since community meeting space is at a premium on the coastside and many other agencies meetings are well established, it was decided that we would aim to have regularly scheduled meetings on the First and Third Tuesdays of the month at GSD at 7:30 pm. This can be revisited once the committee gets established and the active members feel a change is needed.
Knowledgeable and/or enthusiastic community members are needed to join this committee and staff the two subcommittees to help provide the MidCoast with a resource to guide them through the planning and building process.


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A new study shows that devil rays plunge nearly 2km below the ocean surface, making some of the deepest and fastest dives ever observed in the sea. Scientists tracked 15 of the large, winged fish, previously thought to be surface dwellers, for several months. In between their icy dives, they appear to bask near the surface to warm up.
The findings, published in Nature Communications, offer an explanation for a mysterious mass of blood vessels, thought to keep the ray’s brain warm. The front part of the animal’s skull is stuffed with a sponge-like mesh of large and small arteries. This network, called a rete mirabile, was described in the devil rays 30 years ago. The Mobula ray family, which includes these “flying” bentfin rays, were all thought to live near the surface Read More

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Rising Star Media has broken ground for construction of its St Petersburg cinema complex KinoStar City. The 10,000square meter multiplex and entertainment centre is part of the Piter Raduga Shopping Center.Construction will be completed later this year.
This location is Rising Star's third multiplex in Russia, and thecompany said it has a number of other sites in active development in both St Petersburg and Moscow.
KinoStar City Raduga will house Russia's largestmultiplex cinema - with 14 screens seating 3500 moviegoers - in addition to anarcade, karaoke area, bowling lanes and more.
"I am really excited about our KinoStar City concept," saidPaul B. Heth, president and general director ofRising Star Media. "We have challenged ourselves to develop a fully integratedexperience that will allow our patrons to enjoy movies in a quality of styleand fashion completely new, not only to Russia, but to therest of the world as well. We look forward to continuing our success inemphasizing the exhibition of local Russian-language films."
Rising Star is a joint venture betweenUS-based exhibition giant National Amusements and Heth'sSoquel Ventures.


Saint Lucia’s leading newspaper is calling on Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre to be more decisive and to take the necessary actions to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of pleading with citizens to be more responsible in taking care of themselves.
The Voice of Saint Lucia, the island’s oldest newspaper, says the current challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic are so dire that the Prime Minister needs to revisit his confidence placed in Saint Lucians to do what’s right for themselves and that his government should face the COVID music — and lead more and plead less.
In its editorial of its first issue for 2022 (The Weekend Voice of January 1) entitled Lead, Don’t Plead and directly addressing him, the newspaper told Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre: “…Your faith that self-interest would lead our population as a whole to act responsibly and follow the protocols was misplaced.”
Pointing out that “Social media is replete with evidence of Bacchanalia in full swing,” The Voice made it clear it felt the government’s decision to plead more than lead is just not working.
As such, the newspaper tells the Prime Minister, “The time has surely come to apply strong measures of discipline in the interests of the people.”
Referring to the resounding 13-4 mandate the ruling Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) won in the July 26, 2021 General Elections, The Voice says: “Earlier this year, the people of this country gave you a resounding mandate.”
But, the editorial notes, “That mandate was not to seek further popularity, but rather to govern in the best interests of all of the people.”
Offering four different reasons why it’s advocating more action and less talk, The Voice editorial concluded with a definite message to PM Pierre, saying: “Mr. Prime Minister, the time for pleading is over. The time for leading is now.
The Voice Newspaper in its editorial, however, remained vague as to what exactly the Philip J Pierre government should be doing differently. Did the nation’s main newspaper mean stronger measures to include: compulsory vaccination, a lock-down of the country, or shorter hours for businesses to operate?
In the spirit of inclusiveness, a value embraced by the new government, perhaps The Voice would have provided a greater contribution to the Covid-19 battle by suggesting some new winning initiatives rather than negating the role of responsible citizenship. Perhaps, It was the attitude of a bullying and autocratic government that Saint Lucians had enough of that they voted the last UWP government out of office.


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Activision has officially revealed Call of Duty: Ghosts. Rumblings about the next entry in the Call of Duty series picked up recently after sales ads listed it for pre-order, and now it’s official. Ghosts is being developed by series creators Infinity Ward, the lead studio behind Modern Warfare 3, and marks the start of a new run, with new characters, a new storyline, and a new engine.
“… a tremendously well-made horror game.”


APT5 Cinema Jackie Chan, Beck Cole, Kumar Shahani, Sima Urale, Việt Linh, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Yang Fudong
7 Dec 2006 – 27 May 2007
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The APT5 cinema programs are the first to be presented in the Australian Cinémathèque's purpose-built cinemas and exhibition gallery at GoMA.
The programs explore the diversity of cinema practice in the Asia–Pacific region. The work of seven filmmakers is showcased in depth: Jackie Chan (Hong Kong), Beck Cole (Warramungu/Luritja people, Australia), Kumar Shahani(India), Sima Urale (Samoa/New Zealand), Việt Linh (Vietnam), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand) and Yang Fudong (China).
Screenings of works by these filmmakers will feature throughout the APT5 exhibition and as part of the Ongoing Program. In the Cinémathèque's media gallery there will be a display celebrating Jackie Chan as director, action choreographer and actor. In addition APT5 Cinema includes two major thematic film programs, Japan Fantastic: Before and Beyond Anime 12–28 January 2007 and Hong Kong, Shanghai: Cinema Cities 2 March – 27 May 2007.
List of Works
The Jackie Chan screening program provides audiences with the rare opportunity to appreciate Chan's films in depth and on the big screen in their original 35mm Cantonese versions, as well as his work as actor, director and action choreographer. Films are screened at various times on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between 9 and 28 February.
The special documentary Traces of a Dragon: Jackie Chan and His Lost Family provides a rare glimpse into Chan's private life and family history, and will be presented on Wednesday 14 and 21 February.
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (She Xing Diao Shou) 1978 | Director: Yuen Woo-Ping, Tyrone Hsu Hsia, Corey Yuen Kwai
Armour of God (Long Xiong Hu Di) 1986 | Director: Jackie Chan, Eric Tsang (Uncredited)
Project A Part II (A'gai Waak Juk Jaap) 1987 | Director: Jackie Chan
Police Story 2 (Ging Chaat Goo Si Juk Jaap) 1988 | Director: Jackie Chan
Miracles (Qiji) 1989 | Director: Jackie Chan
Armour of God II: Operation Condor (Fei Ying Gai Wak) 1990 | Director: Jackie Chan
Police Story 3: Supercop (Jing Cha Gu Shi III: Chao Ji Jing Cha) 1992 | Director: Stanley Tong
Drunken Master II (Jui Kuen II) 1994 | Director: Lau Kar-Leung, Jackie Chan (Uncredited)
Traces of a Dragon: Jackie Chan and His Lost Family 2003 | Director: Mabel Yuen-Ting Cheung
New Police Story (San Ging Chaat Goo Si) 2004 | Director: Benny Chan
An important new voice in the genres of documentary and fiction, Cole began her career as a journalist with Imparja Television in Central Australia. Since graduating from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School in 2002, Cole has directed the majority of her documentaries and short films in Alice Springs. Her films have screened at the Sundance and Edinburgh film festivals and, in 2005, her film Wirriya Small Boy was nominated for Best Short Documentary at the Inside Film Awards in Sydney. Cole is part of a strong Indigenous filmmaking community that is creating new representations of Indigenous culture in contemporary media.
Wirriya Small Boy 2004
Plains Empty 2005
Lore of Love 2005
Kumar Shahani is one of the most significant filmmakers working in India today. He has developed an epic idiom that engages with contemporary issues. Shahani's films explore cultural memories embedded in classical Indian art forms, texts and objects. His visual explorations of Indian music and dance, the classical Indian epic and contemporary literature mark his practice as unique in the history of Indian cinema. Shahani also engages with European cinematic traditions. His first feature, Mirror of Illusion (Maya Darpan) 1972, is regarded as India's first formalist film. His oeuvre is considered alongside renowned directors — Pier Paolo Pasolini, Andrei Tarkovsky, Stanley Kubrick, Jacques Rivette and others — whose work is similarly entwined with the visual arts.
Fire in the Belly 1973
The Wave (Tarang) 1984
The Khayal Saga (Khayal Gatha) 1988
Immanence (Bhavantarana) 1991
Persistence of Vision (1996 | Directors: Raqs Media Collective
Four Chapters (Char Adhyay) 1997
The Bamboo Flute (Birah Bharyo Ghar Aangan Kone) 2000
Sima Urale migrated from Samoa to New Zealand with her family in 1974. After training in drama, Urale was drawn to filmmaking as a more immediate form of expression that could reach wider audiences. At the forefront of younger filmmakers telling Pacific stories, Urale is not only influenced by her Samoan heritage but also by the urban cultural mix. Frustrated with stereotypical media representations of Polynesian culture, Urale looks beyond superficial characterisation and delves into complex social issues and family relationships in both Polynesian and pakeha culture. A distinctly visual storyteller, she uses meticulously composed production design, dialogue-sparse character interaction and expressive sound design to create a richly cinematic world.
O Tamaiti 1996
Velvet Dreams 1997
Still Life 2001
Hip Hop New Zealand 2003
Critically recognised but little-known outside of Vietnam, Việt Linh crafts allegorical films about the history and changing social situations of her country. Often drawing inspiration from literature, Việt Linh treats the fate of her characters in a sensitive and realistic manner. A student at the prestigious National Cinematography School in Moscow during the 1980s, Việt Linh draws from Soviet cinema and the work of Italian neo-realist filmmaker Federico Fellini. Graduating in 1985, she began working for the state-owned Giai Phong Film Studio in Ho Chi Minh City and has completed seven features since 1986. Việt Linh's inclusion in APT5 marks the first major survey of her work internationally and a rare opportunity to see her work screened in Australia.
Travelling Circus (Gánh Xiếc Rong) 1988
Devil's Mark (Dấu Ấn Của Quỷ) 1992
Collective Flat (Chung Cu') 1999
Me Thao, Once upon a Time (Mê Thảo, Thời Vang Bóng) 2002
Apichatpong Weerasethakul is a key figure in recent Thai film and a highly original moving-image artist. He studied architecture at Khon Kaen University before completing a Master of Fine Arts in filmmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Influenced by American experimental film, Weerasethakul is one of a small group of independent filmmakers working outside the Thai studio system; his video installations, shorts and feature films explore the genres of documentary and fiction in uniquely Thai contexts. Thai television, radio and comics provide story elements that may be enacted or embroidered by the characters that drive Weerasethakul's films.
Syndromes and a Century premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival 2006 and is the final part in Weerasethakul's 'jungle trilogy', alongside Blissfully Yours (Le Prix Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival 2002) and Tropical Malady (Prix du Jury, Cannes Film Festival 2004). The Australian premiere screening will take place on the opening weekend of APT5 at 7.00pm on Sunday 3 December, introduced by the filmmaker.
Like the Relentless Fury of the Pounding Waves 1995
Mysterious Object at Noon (Dokfa nai meuman) 2000
Haunted Houses (Thai Version) 2001
Blissfully Yours (Sud Sanaeha) 2002
Nokia Shorts 2003
The Adventure of Iron Pussy (Hua Jai Tor Ra Nong) 2003


NCAA Game Summary - Akron at Kent State
(Friday, March 2)
Final Score: Akron 61, Kent State 55
Kent, OH (Sports Network) - Chauncey Gilliam and Zeke Marshall each scored 12 points to lead the Akron Zips to a 61-55 win over the Kent State Golden Flashes in a Mid-American Conference bout at the MAC Center.
Brian Walsh and Alex Abreu each added 10 points for Akron (21-10, 13-3 MAC) which clinched the top-seed in next week's conference tournament with the win.
Michael Porrini paced Kent State (20-10, 10-6) with 14 points while Carlton Guyton added 12 and Justin Green brought down 13 rebounds.
Kent State led 27-18 at the half by shooting an even 50.0 percent from the floor and holding Akron to only seven field goals. The 18 points was the lowest point total this season in the first half for the Zips.
The Zips opened the second half on a 12-0 run and would lead by as many as 11 in the second half in which they shot at a 51.9 percent clip while holding the Golden Flashes to just 28.1 percent.
Kent State held a slim 38-36 edge in rebounds.
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Dayton takes budget message around Minnesota
ST. PAUL -- Gov. Mark Dayton hits the road this week in an effort to convince Minnesotans that it is worth shutting down state government to get a better budget from the Republican-controlled Legislature.
Also, the Democratic-Farmer-Laborite governor on Monday said he would consider increasing alcohol and cigarette taxes, and broaden the state sales tax, if Republicans propose those measures.
Republican legislative leaders rejected Dayton's ideas as just more tax increase proposals and renewed their call for him to order a special legislative session to begin immediately so lawmakers could pass a temporary budget to put 22,000 state employees back to work and reactivate the programs they run.
Dayton and top legislators did not meet Monday and no talks are scheduled. Each side indicated it was waiting for the other to present a new budget offer.
The government shutdown enters its 12th day today, the longest in Minnesota history and the longest of any state in at least two decades.
Top lawmakers and Dayton have met for less than two hours since the shutdown began on July 1, disagreeing about whether the state needs to spend more than the $34 billion Republicans want in the next two years.
Dayton said he is traveling the state to get out his message, which is in part that Republicans refuse to compromise.
"When the voters deliver a split verdict, as they did in Minnesota last November, then neither side is entitled to have it all their way," Dayton said in a YouTube video.
His message this week will be that a Republican budget $1.8 billion less than what he wants would hurt Minnesotans who depend on state-funded health care and could turn the state's schools into a "mediocre state educational system"
Dayton, standing in front of the closed state Capitol, told reporters that he will be in St. Cloud Tuesday, hopes to visit the southeast on Wednesday and tentatively plans a Moorhead stop Friday. The Tuesday meeting is in a St. Cloud school with Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius.
Dayton sent a letter to GOP leaders Monday saying that he is willing to discuss the alcohol and tobacco taxes, even though they are not his favorite ways of raising money, and to add a sales tax to more goods and services, although he does not favor taxing food or clothes.
Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch, R-Buffalo, asked Dayton to call lawmakers back into special session before he leaves on his state tour. Only the governor can call a special session.
Six budget bills could be passed soon, Koch said, and a temporary budget approved for the tougher budget areas. Dayton insists on an overall agreement before allowing any budget bills to pass.
"First and foremost, we would like to have a lights on," Koch said about the temporary funding bill.
GOP leaders also asked for Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon to get involved in budget talks.
Koch said Prettner Solon has a good relationship with lawmakers since she left the Senate to become Dayton's No. 2. "People see her as a colleague."
Dayton's spokeswoman said that Prettner Solon has been involved in various aspects of budget talks, even if not when Dayton meets with only Koch and House Speaker Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove.
While leaders do not negotiate, two-thirds of the Dayton administration employees are off work because the old budget ended June 30 and only those who a judge determines are essential may stay on the job.
Koch said the shutdown costs $65 million a week, including items ranging from unemployment benefits for those laid off to construction delays to loss of private sector spending.
Also Monday, Minnesota Chief Justice Lorie Gildea scheduled a July 27 Supreme Court hearing in a lawsuit six Republican lawmakers filed claiming that the court system has no authority to authorize state spending. The lawmakers say the state Constitution gives the Legislature sole authority to authorize spending. Judges have allowed the judicial and legislative branches to remain operating, as well as a third of the Dayton administration employees.
Chief Judge Kathleen Gearin of Ramsey County late last month ordered the state to continue funding what she termed essential programs. Her order, which approved Dayton's suggestions for what to keep open, laid the framework for a appointing "special master" who recommends specific programs that should remain open.
Gearin heard an argument from Polymet, a company that wants to begin copper and nickel mining on the Iron Range but needs an environmental study done before it can begin work. Polymet asked Gearin to allow state workers to continue doing their work on the study.
On Tuesday, northern Minnesota loggers who want to keep cutting timber on state land during a shutdown go in front of Gearin. And on Wednesday, state legislative transportation chairmen Sen. Joe Gimse of Willmar and Rep. Michael Beard of Shakopee, along with road contractors, ask the judge to allow road constructing projects to resume.
Gearin accepted former Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz's recommendation that the state continue funding nutritional programs for the elderly.


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Presence of one or more instabilities linked to increased risk-adjusted odds of death or readmission
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Among adults with a hospitalization, vital sign instability on discharge is associated with increased risk of 30-day mortality and readmission, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Oanh Kieu Nguyen, M.D., from the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, and colleagues conducted a multicenter observational cohort study involving 32,835 adults, aged 18 years or older, with a hospitalization to any medicine service at six hospitals.
The researchers found that 18.7 percent of participants were discharged with instabilities in one or more vital sign. Overall, 12.8 percent of those with no instabilities on discharge died or were readmitted, compared to 16.9, 21.2, and 26.0 percent of those with one, two, and three or more instabilities, respectively (P < 0.001). The presence of any instability correlated with elevated risk-adjusted odds of death or readmission (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.36; 95 percent confidence interval [CI], 1.26 to 1.48), with a stronger association for death (aOR, 2.31; 95 percent CI, 1.91 to 2.79). Compared to those with no instabilities, individuals with three or more instabilities had increased odds of death (aOR, 3.91; 95 percent CI, 1.69 to 9.06) and 30-day readmission (aOR, 1.36; 95 percent CI, 0.81 to 2.30).
“These simple vital sign criteria could be used to assess safety for discharge, and reduce 30-day mortality and readmissions,” the authors write.
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Ways in which cells regulate gene expression are still being discussed. The picture of all regulatory regions, strung out, like beads on a string, upstream from and in close proximity to the transcribed region of DNA, has given place to a much more dynamic picture whereby highly structured protein complexes, called chromatin, activate (euchromatin) or repress (heterochromatin) expression in a setting of a much more extensive transcriptional machine. Further, this more complex environment (with regulatory regions upstream and downstream of the start site, as well as near and far) provides a model that has proteins binding to a specific site then scanning across looped-out DNA, thus allowing the juxtaposition of distant regulatory regions with their appropriate gene.
Now, it is clear that there is further complexity: cross-talk and close physical association between regions on different chromosomes. Spilianakis et al. (1) studied helper T cells, which exist in a naïve state or in two specific differentiated states. Helper T cells fine tune the function of the immune system: following antigen stimulation, naive TH cells differentiate into TH1 cells; TH1 cells produce, for example, IFN-γ; TH2 cells produce a different set of cytokines, including interleukins 4, 5, and 13.
With differentiation of cellular functions in immune cells, changes in transcription are coupled with changes in localization of chromosomes within the nucleus. Genes that are silent become localized within the heterochromatin. Specific genetic loci are repositioned in such a way as to silence or permit transcription.
Spilianakis et al. studied the way in which the genes Ifng (chromosome 10) and Il4 and Il5 (chromosome 11) are controlled. Although on separate chromosomes, the two regulatory regions are in close proximity in the naïve helper T cells but move away from each other after antigenic stimulation that induces maturation to TH1 or TH2. Following antigen exposure that will result in a TH1 cell, for instance, the gene for IFN-γ is up-regulated and the TH2 genes (say Il4 and 1l5) are switched off. This appears to be accomplished by having the relevant region of chromosome 11 move to a heterochromatin-repressed region of the nucleus. That the interaction between chromosomes is indeed important is underlined by the data showing that deleting a regulatory element for the TH2 regulatory control region (chromosome 11) disrupts the expression of Ifng (chromosome 10).
Is this interchromosomal cross-talk a feature only of genes in the immune system or is it a more widespread (even common) phenomenon? If this phenomenon is a general one, can we any longer be sure about the ways in which allelic variants might influence each other across the apparent barrier of being on separate chromosomes? If that is a relevant question, how might meiotic recombination further perturb this picture? Which finally leads to the question, do we have to rethink assumptions underlying genetic linkage studies?—John D. Potter