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Packing the Courts, and why it's bad
Posted on October 11, 2020 by johnbryanlaw
Joe Biden won't answer the question about whether he'll attempt to pack the U.S. Supreme Court, until the day after the election – so he's claimed. What is "packing the Court," and why is it such a terrible idea that even Ruth Bader Ginsburg warned against it?
The Constitution did not specify the number of justices to sit on the Supreme Court. That's up to Congress. For the past 150 years or so, Congress has maintained that number at 9. An odd number is required, so as to avoid the rather-anti-climactic tie vote. With a 9 member Court, a 5-4 decision, or better, wins the case. With the loss of RBG, the American left loses a crucial vote on the Court, which is why they are threatening to increase the number of justices on the Court, so as to counteract her replacement with Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Thus, if Biden wins, and if Congress is able to increase the number, they could create a left-wing majority on the Court by increasing the number of Democrat-nominated justices.
But the problem with any such plan is, that eventually the other side will return to power and retaliate accordingly. What we then end up with has now become a super-legislature, rather than a Supreme Court, as the Founders intended. Even RBG herself was against Democrats' 2019 threats to pack the Court:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in an interview Tuesday that she does not favor proposals put forth by some Democratic presidential candidates who have advocated changing the number of Supreme Court justices if the Democrats win the presidency.
Ginsburg, who got herself in trouble criticizing candidate Donald Trump in 2016, this time was critical not of any particular Democratic contender, but of their proposals to offset President Trump's two conservative appointments to the court.
"Nine seems to be a good number. It's been that way for a long time," she said, adding, "I think it was a bad idea when President Franklin Roosevelt tried to pack the court."
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/24/744633713/justice-ginsburg-i-am-very-much-alive
To pull it off, the Democrats would really need to add 4 new liberal members to the Court, which would create a 7-6 majority. Setting long-term retaliation and consequences to the Court aside, the results would be disastrous to the Second Amendment:
A 7-6 progressive majority on the court would very likely overturn decades of precedent that have protected gun owners from both state and federal attempts to deny them their Second Amendment rights. Millions of American gun owners would be subject to these changes and the laws, which Democrats, some of whom are committed to confiscating guns, would impose.
5 Major Ways America Will Fundamentally Change If Biden Packs The Court, The Federalist, by David Marcus, Oct. 9, 2020.
Free speech would be nonexistent:
The most obvious change to free speech laws that would come with a progressive majority on the Supreme Court would be the overturning of the 2010 5-4 Citizens United decision….. More broadly, speech laws such as those that exist in New York City requiring people to use preferred pronouns even if they do not believe that gender is mutable, would find a much kinder hearing in the new court.
Abortion, obviously:
The progressive reading of Roe v. Wade is almost limitless in its scope and perhaps the only question mark would regard the ability to kill babies even after they are outside of the mother. Beyond that, it is very likely that almost any state restrictions would be shot down.
Religious liberty:
Several religious liberty cases such as Hobby Lobby and Little Sisters of the Poorhave been closely decided of late. It is safe to assume these decisions would be reversed. Practicing Christians and members of other faiths would face far greater restriction in living their faith in their public life. Our understanding of how we may practice our religions would undergo a major change, abandoning the American tradition of public faith, and limiting religious expression to the church and the home.
Election laws:
In all likelihood, a new progressive majority would be open to efforts to abolish the electoral college, to allow statehood for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and to allow voting by people in the country illegally. All of these changes would skew towards the Democrats and could very well result in one-party federal rule of the United States.
So what stopped FDR from packing the Supreme Court back in the 1930s? It happened during the Great Depression, when FDR was pushing his socialist New Deal programs, only to have them struck down by the conservative-majority Supreme Court of the early 1930s. President Roosevelt sought to solve the problem sooner, rather than later, so he introduced the "Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937," commonly referred to as the "court packing plan." This would have allowed him to appoint up to 6 additional justices to the Court for every justice older than 70.5 years, or who had already served 10 years or more. In reality, a conservative majority had developed on the Court, and like Biden, he was willing to add justices to create his own new majority, consequences be damned:
From the outset of his presidency, FDR had known that four of the justices—Pierce Butler, James McReynolds, George Sutherland and Willis Van Devanter—would vote to invalidate almost all of the New Deal. They were referred to in the press as "the Four Horsemen," after the allegorical figures of the Apocalypse associated with death and destruction. In the spring of 1935, a fifth justice, Hoover-appointee Owen Roberts—at 60 the youngest man on the Supreme Court—began casting his swing vote with them to create a conservative majority.
When Franklin Roosevelt Clashed With the Supreme Court—and Lost, By William E. Leuchtenburg, Smithsonian Magazine, May 2005.
FDR indirectly attacked the Court, claiming publicly he was concerned about their age, rather than the ideological point of view of its majority:
FDR recognized, though, that a direct assault on the court must be avoided; he could not simply assert that he wanted judges who would do his bidding. The most promising approach, it seemed, would be to capitalize on the public's concern about the ages of the justices. At the time of his reelection, it was the most elderly court in the nation's history, averaging 71 years. Six of the justices were 70 or older; a scurrilous book on the court, The Nine Old Men, by Drew Pearson and Robert Allen, was rapidly moving up the bestseller lists.
A 1937 political cartoon with the caption 'Do We Want A Ventriloquist Act In The Supreme Court?' which was a criticism of FDR's New Deal, depicting President Franklin D. Roosevelt with six new judges likely to be FDR puppets.
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FDR basically lied about his motivations. Rather than admit to the American people that he was playing politics, and attempting to enact his progressive legislation without interference by the conservative court, he feigned concern over the age of the justices:
"A part of the problem of obtaining a sufficient number of judges to dispose of cases is the capacity of the judges themselves," the president observed. "This brings forward the question of aged or infirm judges—a subject of delicacy and yet one which requires frank discussion." He acknowledged that "in exceptional cases," some judges "retain to an advanced age full mental and physical vigor," but quickly added, "Those not so fortunate are often unable to perceive their own infirmities." Life tenure, he asserted, "was not intended to create a static judiciary. A constant and systematic addition of younger blood will vitalize the courts."
Similar to what would happen in 2020, the result was all-out war between the branches of government, and between the political parties:
While it was never voted on in Congress, the Supreme Court justices went public in their opposition to it. And a majority of the public never supported the bill, either, says Barbara A. Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.
"Congress and the people viewed FDR's ill-considered proposal as an undemocratic power grab," she says. "The chief justice (Charles Evans Hughes) testified before Congress that the Court was up to date in its work, countering Roosevelt's stated purpose that the old justices needed help with their caseload."
"It was never realistic that this plan would pass," Perry says. "Roosevelt badly miscalculated reverence for the Court and its independence from an overreaching president."
This Is How FDR Tried to Pack the Supreme Court, by Lesley Kennedy, Jun 28, 2018.
The battle lasted 168 days. It's difficult to imagine how it would play out in the era of social media and biased news. But even then, it was ugly:
Roosevelt's message touched off the greatest struggle in our history among the three branches of government. It also triggered the most intense debate about constitutional issues since the earliest weeks of the Republic. For 168 days, the country was mesmerized by the controversy, which dominated newspaper headlines, radio broadcasts and newsreels, and spurred countless rallies in towns from New England to the PacificCoast. Members of Congress were so deluged by mail that they could not read most of it, let alone respond…..
At the time, the FDR liberals showed little concern for the Supreme Court as an independent and important branch of government. If other countries could enact these programs, then so should we be able to do so….
If Roosevelt won, opponents warned, he would destroy the independence of the judiciary and create an evil precedent for successors who wished to "pack" the court. If Roosevelt lost, his supporters countered, a few judges appointed for life would be able to ignore the popular will, destroy programs vital to the welfare of the people, and deny to the president and Congress the powers exercised by every other government in the world. Although the country divided evenly on the issue—about as many were for Roosevelt's plan as against it—the opposition drew far more attention, especially on editorial pages……
The Bill was ultimately defeated, but FDR still got what he wanted in the end. The historians' lesson of the affair, as relayed to us in 2005, is perhaps more credible than any we would receive today, in the era of over-politicization of all fields of academia. So pay attention to the parts in bold:
The nasty fight over court packing turned out better than might have been expected. The defeat of the bill meant that the institutional integrity of the United States Supreme Court had been preserved—its size had not been manipulated for political or ideological ends. On the other hand, Roosevelt claimed that though he had lost the battle, he had won the war. And in an important sense he had: he had staved off the expected invalidation of the Social Security Act and other laws. More significantly, the switch in the court that spring resulted in what historians call "the constitutional revolution of 1937"—the legitimation of a greatly expanded exercise of powers by both the national and state governments that has persisted for decades.
The 168-day contest also has bequeathed some salutary lessons. It instructs presidents to think twice before tampering with the Supreme Court. FDR's scheme, said the Senate Judiciary Committee, was "a measure which should be so emphatically rejected that its parallel will never again be presented to the free representatives of the free people of America." And it never has been. At the same time, it teaches the justices that if they unreasonably impede the functioning of the democratic branches, they may precipitate a crisis with unpredictable consequences. In his dissent in the AAA case in 1936, Justice Stone reminded his brethren, "Courts are not the only agency of government that must be assumed to have capacity to govern." These are lessons— for the president and for the court—as salient today as they were in 1937.
As RGB knew, even the mighty FDR was wrong to attempt to destroy the SCOTUS by increasing the number of justices as a means to an end for temporary political goals. However enticing it might appear, it's going to hurt everyone in the end.
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Should RBG be replaced before the November election?
Posted on September 21, 2020 by johnbryanlaw
My thoughts on the Ruth Bader Ginsburg drama. There are 3 currently living retired Supreme Court justices: Sandra Day O'Connor, Anthony Kennedy, and David Souter. Each of these still-living former justices chose to retire, rather than to remain on the bench until death. RGB was perhaps the most left-wing partisan justice ever to serve on the Court, so understandably, she made the purposeful choice to stay on as long as possible. Therefore, it was her choice to politicize the vacancy which would be created by her death. In fact, her last words, as relayed by her granddaughter, were purportedly, "My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed."
[Podcast version (audio only) here (download for later or listen)]
First of all, presidents are elected – not installed – and secondly, the seat belongs to the American people. It never belonged to her. It's not her seat; it's not the Democrats' seat; it's not the left's seat; it's not the right's seat; it's the people's seat. Assuming that RBG actually said that, she didn't just say wait until after the election, but rather, she wants to wait until Donald Trump's successor takes office. She's therefore expressing her desire that Trump not replace her. If she said that, it wouldn't be the first time that she's knocked Trump, and it's frankly sad to think that a man she disliked was the last thing on her mind in her final moments, rather than the granddaughter she was purportedly speaking to.
There can be no doubt that the Constitution provides the that the President is tasked with nominating someone new to fill the vacancy, subject to the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate. The only issue is the timing.The Constitution doesn't necessarily provide, or require, that federal judgeships last until "death," per se. What does the Constitution say about this? Article III is the part of the Constitution which lays out the constitutional foundation of the judicial branch, which leaves the logistics to Congress:
Article 3, Section 1
The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.
Thus, a justice serves "during good behavior." So for life in general, but not necessarily. And it gives Congress the responsibility of organizing the federal judiciary. In fact, one of the first things Congress did in 1789 when it set up shop, is to set up the federal judiciary – including a Supreme Court, with then-6 justices. Of course, we now have 9, though Democrats have been threatening to increase the number (which RBG has gone on the record as opposing, even if done by Democrats).
The language about "holding offices during good behaviour" has been interpreted to mean that the only way federal judges can be removed from office is if the House of Representatives impeaches them, and the Senate convicts them, of "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." Only fifteen judges have ever been impeached (that is, formally accused by the House of Representatives) and only eight have been convicted and removed from office. For practical purposes, any judge who does not commit a crime (or do something equally bad) has "lifetime tenure" and will stay in office until he or she dies or voluntarily steps down. And, as the provision says, Congress and the President cannot retaliate against judges by cutting their salaries.
National Constitution Center, Article III, Section One, by Richard W. Garnett and David A. Strauss, https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/interpretation/article-iii/clauses/45
Let's look at the science behind it. There was a study done in 2010 on retirement vs. death-in-office of Supreme Court justices, noting that it was a "small but extremely important social group" which had not been previously studied in this way.
[S]ome observers have long asserted—and others have long denied—that the timing of justices' resignations from the Court, and even the probability that they die in office, reflect a highly politicized process that, like their nominations, revolves around political compatibility between the individual jurist and the incumbent president of the United States as well as personal circumstances of justices, such as vitality (i.e., health, wellness), age, personal finances, and job tenure (i.e., length of service on the Court; see, e.g., French 2005). We call this assertion the politicized departure hypothesis.
The politicized departure hypothesis is based on (1) the observation that a justice's retirement—particularly if it occurs early in a president's term of office—allows the incumbent president to nominate the replacement for that justice, (2) the belief that justices tend to be loyal to the party of the president who appointed them to the Court, and (3) the conjecture that justices tend to display this loyalty by timing their resignations to give a president of that party the opportunity to appoint their judicial successor. Thus, the politicized departure hypothesis is as follows: (1) Other things equal, if the incumbent president is of the same party as the president who nominated the justice to the Court, and if the incumbent president is in the first two years of a four-year presidential term, then the justice is more likely to resign from the Court than at times when these two conditions are not met.
Retirement and Death in Office of U.S. Supreme Court Justices, by ROSS M. STOLZENBERG and JAMES LINDGREN, May, 2010 (citations omitted).
The study found that history has shown that, despite the ability to generally stay until death, as end-of-life nears, with the existence of a pension, justices have tended to retire, rather than die in office. Those who have chosen to stay until death are dedicated politicos, as one of my college professors (Dr. Lanier) used to call them, acting not in their own personal best interests, but rather for pure politics. I think he used to say, "Don't kid yourselves, these people are seasoned politicos." Turning to the study at hand, the average service period of a SCOTUS justice over the course of the last 230 years of American jurisprudence has been about 25 years. According to the science, as the age of a justice advances, the expected annual odds of their retirement are about a 6% chance per additional year of life. Then comes the politics, which skews the numbers according to the political party of the president vs. the justice:
If the incumbent president is of the same party as the president who nominated the justice to the Court, and if the incumbent president is in the first two years of a four-year presidential term, then the justice has odds of resignation that are about 2.6 times higher than when these two conditions are not met.
In addition, political climate effects on death in office are consistent with the politicized departure hypothesis. When the incumbent president is of a different party than the president who appointed the justice, then the justice's death-in-office odds are about tripled, compared with when the appointing president and the incumbent president are members of the same party.
Retirement and Death in Office of U.S. Supreme Court Justices, by ROSS M. STOLZENBERG and JAMES LINDGREN, May, 2010.
That's the category RBG fits into. The likelihood of RGB dying in office based purely on the politics of replacing her, was about 3 times higher than the likelihood of her having retired had Trump not won in 2016. That seems about right to me. She's had cancer for some period of time. Had Hillary won in 2016, it seems rational to believe she would have voluntarily retired sometime after November of 2016. Still though, RGB's choice bucks the trend. Looking at history, the trend seems to have been towards increasing voluntary retirement of Supreme Court justices, rather than through death, which was more pervasive in the 19th century:
The evidence shows that RGB was a diehard politico. She went against the grain in choosing not to retire, and instead to attempt to outlive a Trump presidency. Her anti-Trump politics were well-known.
Washington (CNN) Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's well-known candor was on display in her chambers late Monday, when she declined to retreat from her earlier criticism of Donald Trump and even elaborated on it."He is a faker," she said of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, going point by point, as if presenting a legal brief. "He has no consistency about him. He says whatever comes into his head at the moment. He really has an ego. … How has he gotten away with not turning over his tax returns? The press seems to be very gentle with him on that."
https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/politics/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-donald-trump-faker/index.html
There was more:
Ginsburg had told a Times reporter, "I can't imagine what this place would be—I can't imagine what the country would be—with Donald Trump as our president. For the country, it could be four years. For the court, it could be—I don't even want to contemplate that."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/07/14/ginsburg-on-trump-comments-i-m-sorry
Mind you, she made these comments about Trump before he was elected. They were made during the 2016 election – only months away from election day. Wisely, she publicly apologized:
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg apologized Thursday for comments she made about Donald Trump in The New York Times over the weekend. "On reflection, my recent remarks in response to press inquiries were ill-advised and I regret making them," she said in a statement. "Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. In the future I will be more circumspect."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/07/14/ginsburg-on-trump-comments-i-m-sorryhttps://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/07/14/ginsburg-on-trump-comments-i-m-sorry
I can agree with that sentiment. Particularly inappropriate was the fact that she said this not while Trump was President, but during the campaign. So she's not criticizing the Executive Branch, she 's criticizing a candidate. That seems dangerous to me. By all accounts she was extremely smart, and was an effective proponent of her point of view. She certainly wasn't afraid of having her own opinions. You may not know this, because the media probably hasn't spoken of it much, but RBG also criticized Colin Kaepernick, calling his national anthem kneeling/protest "dumb" – though she later apologized for that too.
You may have seem memes about RBG in reference to advising Egypt away from copying the U.S. Constitution…. In a 2012 interview with an Arabic television station, RBG publicly reccomended that the Egyptians, after overthrowing their old government, NOT look to the U.S. Constitution as a model for their new government. This wasn't taken out of context, either. Don't just read the meme, or a biased "fact-check" article. Go ahead and read her full quote:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Jan. 30, 2012: You should certainly be aided by all the constitution writing that has gone on since the end of World War II. I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012. I might look at the constitution of South Africa — that was a deliberate attempt to have a fundamental instrument of government that embraced basic human rights, had an independent judiciary. It really is, I think, a great piece of work that was done. Much more recently than the U.S. Constitution, Canada has the Charter of Rights and Freedoms — dates from 1982. You would almost certainly look at the European Convention on Human Rights. So, yes, why not take advantage of what there is elsewhere in the world?
In her own words, as a sitting Supreme Court justice, she prefers the South African constitution, or the Canadian "Charter of Rights and Freedoms," neither of which include any real right of the people to bear arms. South Africa itself is a hot-mess, and has a constitution which is full of problems, including the fact that it created a socialistic system of government control of over 700 businesses, as well as a disaster as far as racial relations goes. Canada's ultra-leftwing charter is like taking the radical left's social justice platform and turning it into constitutional law. It may be good from the left's political perspective, but it would be antithetical to the governmental constraint and limited government required from the U.S. Constitution.
Clearly RGB knew it would be much easier for the left to impose their agenda on a populace without a constitution such as ours in place. That's her opinion, which is likely the reason she chose to play politics until the very end. The beauty and the genius of the U.S. Constitution is that its can be amended at any time. Bad stuff can come out. Good stuff can go in. You just have to follow the process – which requires broad support by the people. It's not something done by swamp creatures alone.
Therefore the question is not whether the President should nominate a new justice – it's whether the President should delay doing so, just in case he loses the election, because political pressure from the opposition is demanding it. There is no constitutional basis for such a request – only politics. This, mind you, is coming from the same political opposition who impeached the President, in an election year. The President needs only to ask himself one question. What would the Democrats do? There's his answer.
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Columns & Opinion » On Transportation
Despite high-profile deaths, 2016 was a good year for Chicago transportation
Equity became an increasingly important concern for decision makers and activists.
John Greenfield
Two protected bike lanes intersect at Randolph and Dearborn
In some ways, 2016 was a rough year for those of us who care about sustainable transportation in Chicago. Six people were fatally struck while biking in the city this year—an average number according to the Chicago Department of Transportation. However, several of these were high-profile cases that shook the cycling community, including the nation's first bike-share fatality, deaths on popular bike routes like Milwaukee Avenue, and a hit-and-run case that's still unsolved.
In the wake of these deaths, it was a bit of a head-scratcher when in September Bicycling magazine named Chicago the best U.S. city
for biking.
"Objectively, Chicago is not really the nicest place to ride in the country," editor Bill Strickland acknowledged when I spoke to him after the announcement. "But what we're really looking for is the big, important metropolises that have made a huge change and are leading the way for other cities. We feel like Chicago is the most important cycling city right now."
Strickland's logic is subject to debate. Still—and despite the deaths this summer—Chicago chalked more transportation wins than losses in 2016, with many positive developments for biking as well as for walking and transit. As he did in 2015, this year Mayor Rahm Emanuel cut the ribbon on a number of shiny new sustainable transportation amenities. And thanks in part to the mayor's need to rebuild his image in underserved communities after the Laquan McDonald scandal, the city officials implementing these projects seemed to pay more attention to social justice concerns than they have in the past.
The most obvious example of an equity-minded infrastructure improvement was the expansion of Divvy. The bike-share network added 1,050 new bikes and 85 new docking stations in 2016, mostly in underserved communities on the south and west sides, bringing the grand total to 5,800 bicycles and 580 stations. Meanwhile, the Divvy for Everyone initiative, which offers $5 annual memberships to lower-income residents, reached about 1,700 members this year, up from roughly 1,100 by the end of 2015, the program's inaugural year.
Another milestone came in November, when Big Marsh, a 278-acre bike park and nature reserve, opened next to Lake Calumet on the southeast side, providing this underserved part of the city with a venue for BMX, mountain biking, cyclocross, and casual trail riding. Earlier this month, after much lobbying by groups like Slow Roll Chicago and the Active Transportation Alliance, CDOT announced plans for new bike lanes to improve access to the park from the nearby neighborhoods, most of which are lower-income black and Latino communities.
In addition, last month an elegant new bike and pedestrian bridge opened over Lake Shore Drive at 35th Street, in the mostly African-American Bronzeville neighborhood. Unlike the rusting, 75-year-old span it replaced, the new bridge—funded with $18 million in federal dollars and $5 million more from the state—is wheelchair accessible.
On the other hand, this year there was a growing awareness among Chicagoans that transportation-related investments can have the unintended (some would argue intended) consequence of jacking up housing costs and displacing longtime residents. As a result, some bike- and transit-friendly projects were met with skepticism, or even acts of civil disobedience.
"Chicago is not really the nicest place to ride in the country . . . [but] we feel like Chicago is the most important cycling city right now." tweet this
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In March the mayor announced plans for the Paseo, a four-mile walking and biking trail that will be built on largely abandoned, street-level railroad right of way that winds through Pilsen and Little Village. The corridor will feature landscaping, gathering places, and public art that celebrates Latino cultures. But southwest-side residents who have witnessed the real estate feeding frenzy that's been taking place near the Bloomingdale Trail are calling on the city to be proactive about preserving neighborhood affordability so they won't get priced out.
And although the city's transit-oriented development boom hit its stride this year, developments along Milwaukee Avenue were accused of accelerating the gentrification of Logan Square. Groups like Somos Logan Square called for a higher percentage of affordable units in these developments, at lower rents; members went so far as to chain themselves in front of TOD construction sites to make their point.
Moreover, Emanuel didn't always have equity in mind this year, judging from the fact that he front-burnered a project to create high-speed rail service between the Loop and O'Hare that's geared toward well-heeled business travelers. In February the city awarded a $2 million contract to an engineering firm to start fleshing out the plan. Critics have argued that the express line would likely cost well over the $1.5 billion the CTA estimated back in 2006 and would be a financial trainwreck that would divert resources from improving neighborhood transportation.
Still, overall the city's transportation efforts were on the right track. Here are a few other major milestones to round off the list:
In August the $43 million Union Station Transit Center opened across the street from the Metra and Amtrak hub, easing bus-train transfers, and a new bus lane was recently added on Canal. The CTA is also testing prepaid bus boarding at the Madison/Dearborn Loop Link bus rapid transit station, which could significantly cut travel times if it's implemented at all eight BRT stops.
In early October the last three sections of the city's wildly popular Riverwalk extension opened between LaSalle and Lake Street.
Later that month, the CTA released a draft environmental impact study for the $2.3 billion Red Line extension, finally making some traction on a project that south-siders have wanted for decades.
And on November 30, the City Council approved a new tax increment financing district that will help fund the $2.1 billion Red and Purple Modernization Project, which includes new track structures and stations, plus the controversial but necessary Belmont flyover.
We shouldn't take this bounty for granted. Federal transportation dollars that were so plentiful under President Barack Obama are likely to dry up after Donald Trump takes over next month. As I discussed in a previous column, the Republican platform essentially calls for defunding all forms of travel that don't involve cars, trucks, or planes. And Trump, a noted Chicagophobe who frequently used our city as a whipping boy during the election, is unlikely to show our city much grant-money love as president.
So enjoy the good news while it lasts. This will likely have been the best transportation year Chicago sees for a while. v
John Greenfield edits the transportation news website Streetsblog Chicago.
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Sir, we all Indians are proud of you for your glorious achievements as a scientist, and your contributions to the advanced studies on structure and functions of ribosomes, that was duely recognized by the Swedish academy awarding the Nobel prize in 2009. We are very much happy to welcome you to your home land.
A statement you recently made in Chennai regarding homeopathy has created much controversy. You are reported to have said during a public address that 'homeopathy works on belief' and homeopathy is a 'fake discipline like astrology'. That statement pained homeopathic community a lot, where as it is being enthusiastically utilized by those who regularly attack homeopathy.
Actually, you were echoing the words of 'anti-homeopathy' skeptics of western world who are engaged in exposing the 'pseudo-scientific' homeopathic theoreticians propagating 'spiritual homeopathy' and 'energy medicine'. I am sorry to say that you failed to realize the entirely different ground realities existing in India in the field of homeopathic education and practice.
Homeopathy has been consistently attacked in this way for last 250 years since its inception, but in spite of all these malicious attacks, homeopathy is thriving in India as a major recognized branch of public health care system.
Hope you would know India is home to around 285,000 registered homeopaths, 186 prestigious homeopathic colleges imparting UG and PG courses, over 6000 government homeopathic dispensaries and about 250 government hospitals. More than 15000 student come out of these colleges every year with BHMS degree, after completing a rigorous five and half year course of study and internship, for which they got admission by scoring top rankings in entrance examinations after 12 years of schooling in science streams. Curriculum of BHMS course constitutes Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Practice of Medicine and all subjects of modern health care knowledge. There is a Central Council of Homeopathy under Government of India, constituted as per a n Central Act passed by Indian parliament, overseeing everything in the field of homeopathic education, research and practice in India.
Homeopathy is a very important wing of public health care system in inIndia. Homoeopathic wings are working in many allopathic hospitals and dispensaries, both government and private. Homoeopathic doctors provide treatment to millions of patients for different day to day illnesses in the public health care system. Even during sporadic and epidemic conditions, people tend to use homoeopathic drugs for prevention. Recently, the Indian Government successfully ran a national health campaign 'Homeopathy for a Healthy Mother & a Happy Child', which was based exclusively on homoeopathy. Also, private homeopathic practitioners are contributing a great deal in public health care through their private or charitable clinics.
Besides clinical research, there are fundamental, drug standardization, drug proving and clinical verification research going on, both at government and private levels. For example, the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy is conducting a lot of such research, either independently or in collaboration with other research institutes or individual researchers, under an extra-mural research scheme at the Dept of AYUSH, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of the Indian Government. Other than that, almost all homoeopathic organizations and individuals are doing their bit toward research for the further validation of homoeopathy in today's times of evidence-based medicine. The results have been encouraging, to say the least. In fact, over the years,Indiahas learnt better ways of conducting research from their international counterparts and the recent research has been carried out as per standardized, internationally recognized methods and are therefore more acceptable.
A few exemplary results from clinical studies include work on tubercular lymphadenitis, japanese encephalitis, etc. In addition, some administrative studies have been undertaken, like the 'assessment of the cost effectiveness of homeopathic clinic in the cafeteria approach' and 'public-private partnerships in the provision of homeopathic services in the city of Delhi, where it was tried to analyze both the strengths and weaknesses of medical pluralism in India and have worked out some solutions for implementing medical pluralism more effectively in all parts of India.
These facts and figures are a clear reflection of the belief of the people ofIndiain the homeopathic system of medicine, which, in turn, is a result of the effectiveness of homeopathy in treating a wide range of illnesses, which has convinced the Indian masses over a period of time.
Sir, as a well-respected nobel-winner scientist, who is expected to be more concerned about truth, you would have considered all these facts before publicly declaring 'homeopathy is based on belief, a fake discipline like astrology'. Community pay much value and reverence to words you speak out, and you are expected to keep up that responsibility when commenting on sensitive topics. You should have experimented yourselves and done a little more home work about homeopathy, before echoing the malicious propaganda of 'anti-homeopathy skeptics'. We would not have bothered much if you had said 'homeopathy is not scientifically well proved', instead of declaring it is 'fake like astrology'.
I am sure, you have nothing personally against homeopathy or homeopaths as such. You were talking your perceptions as a truthful scientist. As an individual respecting science, scientists and scientific methods, I would not blame you for making such a statement. I know you are not a homeopath- only a scientist. I understand, as a truthful scientist, as things stand now, you cannot say 'homeopathy is scientific', after seeing all these nonsense theories propagated by 'homeopathic 'masters' the world over. I understand, nobody could so far even propose a scientifically viable hypothesis about how homeopathy works, a hypothesis that could be presented as a rightful candidate for verification using scientific methods. Actually, those 'pseudo-scientific' homeopathic theoreticians are doing the greatest harm to homeopathy than truthful scientists like you.
Homeopaths as well as millions of patients visiting them know homeopathy works. That is their personal experience. You should think more than twice before saying it is 'mere belief' and 'fake'. If you had visited a few homeopathic clinics in you city, you would realize that all people visiting homeopaths are not much less knowledgeable or more 'superstitious' than you. Many respected members of scientific community- may not be nobel laureates- use homeopathic medicines, knowing well that it is not 'proven according to scientific methods', but very much confident from experience that it is not 'fake' or 'mere belief'. They experience it WORKING. If you had ever consulted a homeopath or taken a course of homeopathic medicine yourselves, you would not have made this demeaning comment against homeopathy.
But the sad thing is that nobody knows how homeopathy works. To mask this ignorance, 'intellectuals' among homeopaths create fanciful theories. All these theories about homeopathy are utter nonsense- pure absurdity. Until homeopaths stop talking nonsense 'ultra-scientific' theories about homeopathy, we cannot expect a fair deal from scientific community. At least homeopaths should show the humility to say: "we know homeopathy works- that is our daily experience; but we do not know how it actually works; we need the help of scientific community to resolve this riddle".
By saying 'homeopathy is based on belief', what did you actually mean? Do you mean it is based on 'beliefs of practitioner', or it is working on 'beliefs of patients'?
Do you remember, when you declare homeopathy is a 'fake discipline', you are saying that the Act passed by Indian parliament is 'fake', Central council of homeopathy is 'fake' and those 186 homeopathic colleges inIndiaare 'fake'? You mean 285000 registered homeopaths, 6000 government dispensaries and hospitals are doing 'fake' medical practice that may 'endanger' human lives? According to you, BHMS and MD degrees awarded by Indian universities are all about 'fake' disciplines? Do you mean those millions of people thronging daily in homeopathic clinics and getting relief for their ailments are idiots attracted to 'fake practitioners' due to 'belief' only?
Until that, kindly refrain judiciously from commenting against homeopathy. You can say: "I don't know whether homeopathy works or not. I know all those theories about homeopathy are unscientific. If homeopathy actually works, it has yet to be proved and explained according to scientific methods".
If you exhibit the audacity to kindly modify your earlier statement in this way, homeopathic community will be much grateful to you.
There are many things in Homoeopathy which is yet to be explored by our honourable Nobel laureates to study and develop to achieve another Nobel to their honor.
I am surprised to know about Dr. Ramakrishnan's lack of knowledge about Homeopathy.
He is entitled to his opinion but not to the facts.
Nobel Laureates agreed there is a strong evidence of homeopathic medicine. They have plenty to say on how Homeopathy Works.
By the end of year 2013, there have been 5 Nobel laureates in support of Homeopathy, 1 in opposition and 857 have not stated any opinion on Homeopathy.
Venkatraman homoeopathy is not bogus but your thinking is bogus…before giving the statement you should first study about this system of treatment.you are scientist a nobel person before giving any statement you should think .you have hurt the homoeopathic community .you have not right to say homoeopathy bogus….
There is other Nobel laureate also whose reseach works on high dilution of DNA supports the mechanism of How Homoeopatthy works. He is French Nobel laureate Prof.Luc Motagnier.He said that, solutions containing DNA of pathogenic bacteria and viruses, including HIV, could emit low frequency radio waves that induced surrounding water molecules to become arranged into nanostructures.These water molecules could also emit radio waves. Water could retain such properties even after the original solutions were massively diluted, to the point where the original DNA had effectively vanished. In this way, water could retain the 'memory' of substances with which it had been in contact and doctors could use the emissions to detect disease (courtesy : TOI, Kolkata, July 5, 2010).
Doesn't it resemble the mechanism behind Homoeopathy's action ? Saying 'bogus' to something implies one's ignorance also, in that subject. Happening of one thing and proving of, how does it happen are separate matters. It is the lack of Scientific knowledge when it cannot exlplain a thing actually happening or clinically verified. 'Sun rises' is a fact, but 'how this happens' might not have been explained for long years ago. In case of headache, if you feel better with pressure at carotids, that cannot be ignored in anyway, whether it can be explained, why or how does it happened or not. Thanks.
To be more exact, Montagnier should have said: "high dilutions of something are not nothing- they are water structures which are 'three-dimensional negative molecular imprints' of original molecules." Not mimics' . That could have made a big difference for homeopathy.
Still Homeopathy is bogus. There is direct evidence , and please publish your results of Moleciular Imprinting so that first fundamental physics is changed and then Homeopathy will start working. Why are you misguiding people? I was suffering from a terrible disease and I knew HM could be of no help.
If Homeopathy could not help you in a "terrible disease", that by itself does not prove homeopathy is "bogus". There are are also many diseases where modern medicine also fails. Would you say modern medicine is also "bogus" on that account?
"Fundamental physics" need not be changed for homeopathy "to start working". We can explain the molecular mechanism of homeopathic cure within the limits of "fundamental physics" and "biochemistry".
After reading all the comments above, I appreciate Dr. Sai Chandran and Gagan ,and that does not mean ,others are not correct in defending Homoeopathy. Of course ,still no particular theory has been established to explain the working of Homoeopathic medicines, but What Dr. Hahnemann told us about the power inside the tiny globules can be only understood by way of change of mass into energy. This can not be refuted as nothing can be detected even with the most modern and sophisticated tools, But the results are astonishing, that too when we strictly follow Hannemanian mode of treatment in minute doses and less frequent doses. As this rule is not followed by certain Homoeopaths, there are failures. If the majority follow, the strict administration advised by the old stalwarts, NO system can beat Homoeopathy and there would be no scope for people like Dr. Venkatraman to comment like this.
I do not agree with the view that "the power inside the tiny globules can be only understood by way of change of mass into energy". Anybody with minimum knowledge of physics cannot say matter could be converted to energy by the simple mechanical process of dilution and succussion done during potentization. Even if such an energy is "liberated", it cannot be preserved in bottles or sugar pills!
Heights of ignorance. If he calls Homeopathy just a placebo – what about the effects of homeopathy on a 1 week child who does not even know he is given homeopathy pills.
And his comment about 1 molecule is incorrect. In fact, there is no molecule of original substance remaining in the homeopathic medicine. Avogadros law state that 1 mole of a substance contains 6.023 c 10 (power of 23) molecules. At the minimum, the homeopathic medicine is diluted 1:100 more than 30 times- so no molecule remains as per avogadros law.
I am a follower of homeopathy – read it like a Bible for the past 20 years. I pity this Nobel Laureate!
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I am nobody to comment on the field of medicine but I am pretty happy to know that I am not a nobel laureate. How illiterate/ignorant someone could be to end up becoming a Nobel laureate. When he comments about 'Ancient India and Planes 2000 years ago', he completely forgets the fact that the western religions didn't even exist during that time. How can someone prove that it existed? The word 'Vimana' exists for cartoon shows, is it?
Entire western scholarly pursuit is based on questioning and to an extent distrust. so for and example, they want Indians to prove that planes existed. Creating doubts at each step of pursuit of knowledge. In gurukul system student was encouraged to be inquisitive but would not doubt when Guru tell the truth because there was trust. Anyways important question is not whether plane existed or not, the fact that you are calling us Ancient India means that India existed.
I am a fan sir!!
Lol – these are too funny. Homeopathy is a farce and the esteemed Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is to be applauded for supporting science and not myth.
Nearly 40 years of practicing homeopathy makes me only say – " Father forgive him, for he knows not what he says " !
Although.. The expression they use is ," oh, its magical." ..
I am very proud of the fact that I as a homoeopath am able to serve and cure where they have lost hope for a recovery..
I am a cardiac surgeon; To be frank, I feel shy to make any comment the efficiency of other specialities like neuro surgery, ophthalmology, etc. and also on homeopathy, Ayurveda, – as I do not possess either profeiciency or expertise.
1. It looks funny to me when I find VR contradicting his own statement " sometimes scientists propose ideas well outside their area of expertise and make mistakes" . He has knowledge only in the subjects of physics, chemistry, & biology.
To understand what is modern medicine it takes 5.5 years through MBBS, another 3 years of MD/MS for specilization and further 3 year course DM / MCh for superspecilization – to give a opinion strongly in a narrow specialised field. Similarly the other alternative medicines also have their own structured course to learn.
I don't understand in what capacity he could make such bold meaningless statement in a field where he does not have any expertise – neither in modern medicine nor in homeopathy.
when it does not have any effect better than a tap water.
3. Placebo by definition is a pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder. In such case how can homeopathy drugs which he considers as placebo to contain arsenic. If he beliieves that it contains arsenic then it can not become a placebo.
This reminds me a Tamil proverb"even elephant skids at times while walking" Hence let us pardon him.
It is quite painful that you, as a "cardiac surgeon" don't see the contradictions in your own statements of rebuttal. Not sure whether this will help changing a mindset towards homeopathy, but here are more explicit details to the contradictions in your rebuttal.
2. In some cases the dilution is 10^-200 times leaving no molecules left in the solution but water/alcohol. Remember there are 10^23 numbers of molecules in one mole of substance. So yes they are not harmful in general terms. But for someone suffering from a curable/life-threatening illness is offered only a homeopathic option for his treatment then it is harmful and that is what he means.
3. The Human body naturally contains 0.000007% arsenic. If you add a potent (strongly diluted) homeopathic dose of arsenic that would less (refer point 2 above) or no arsenic molecules to one's body. So yes it is acting as a placebo if it in anyways curing someone of a disease. None of the controlled randomized studies so far has demonstrated the efficacy of a homeopathic concoction above placebo effect. Here is one such study.
When common people with no knowledge of science and its rigorous testing protocols for a new drug poses such flawed remarks it is a duty of a doctor to clear his/her doubts. I found it unnecessary to comment on author's ridiculous irrational open letter because he in his biography mentions that he is a self-taught homeopath, and thus I understand his irrational biases towards this pseudoscience. But it is appalling that a person claiming to be a cardiac surgeon has such flawed ideas about his own field of practice. Hope you would be able to open up your mind to see the bigger picture.
Sir, is it not an "irrational bias" on your part to say "I found it unnecessary to comment on author's ridiculous irrational open letter because he in his biography mentions that he is a self-taught homeopath, and thus I understand his irrational biases towards this pseudoscience"? As you have came to my page and made such a comment, you are obliged to explain what "ridiculous" thing you found in my article. If you think it is "unnecessary" to answer a "self taught" person, you should have avoided commenting on my page! Where from you got the idea that all "self taught" persons are less knowledgeable and "ridiculous" and "biased" than you? Please read my articles on homeopathy before making such a hasty judgement. Please understand, knowledge is knowledge, whether it is "self taught" or "taught by others". Learn to respect knowledge!
Regarding the comments of VR on the issue of drug actions, I have no objections upon his expertise as a molecular biologidt involved in study of ribosomes. But remember, he is an expert in the biological mechanism of drug actions in MOLECULAR FORM. Homeopathy is not using drugs in molecular form, but in MOLECULAR IMPRINTS FORMS. That is a big difference! To understand the biological mechanism of homeopathy using drugs in MOLECULAR IMPRINTS forms, VR's present expertise in ribosomes is not enough. He should study MOLECULAR IMPRINTING involved in homeopathic POTENTIZATION. Once you learn about drugs in MOLECULAR IMPRINTS form, you will relaize that such drugs act by a biological mechanism entirely different from what is currently researched by VR. Only then VR as well as YOURSELF will become competent to comment about homeopathy or my articles.
Please do not be under the notion that you are 'know-alls', and you can judge lightly everything and everybody. Do not be under the notion that all others outside the range of your knowledge are 'know nothings'! Plrase do not be under the notion that all "common people" are people "with no knowledge of science and its rigorous testing protocols", and that what ever they say are "flawed remarks". There are also a lot of people known as great scientists, who have no any scientific world outlook, even practice 'pujas' and religious rituals before starting a scientific project, believe in astrology and such things. If being a scientist will by itself make a person very knowledgeable to comment on everything, why those scientists behave so much irrational? Please understand, even though I am not a scientist by profession, I am more scientific in my world outlook than those scientists you boast about!
My sincere apologies to you. I guess I find some of the claims here such unscientific and baseless that inherent irrationality in my brain momentarily took control over me while I was writing those comments. I am really sorry for those words.
However, I totally stand by the points I have made in my statement regarding homeopathy, which I have supported with references as you might have noted.
I have heard about the claim of molecular imprints before however whenever such new ideas are coined specially with reference to biological sciences it is based with a well studied publication and followed by a number of successful reproduction by its peers. I have not seen or rather never came accross such work which are published in peer reviewed journals. If you have knowledge of any such publications please post the references.
I don't want to go for a personal comment and I am going to mention it outright that I am, or so I guess VR is definitely not a "know all" person. However there are few basic scientific facts on how drugs and molecules interact with the biological molecules (proteins, carbohydrates, lipids etc) that a person like VR (and to some extent me) are aware of. And with that fundamental knowledge we find homeopathic to be irrational.
I am thus not sure on what basis do you make such claims. I agree there are people with lot of knowledge who practise alternative medicine. But, if there is any true science to such method and demonstrates positive impact they need to be published in a controlled manner to claim its action or else they would be considered as a plain placebo. Hope you understand my rational deduction towards homeopathy.
I understand your stand. Sorry that I used some harsh words in my previous comment.
HOMOEOPATHY IS GETTING POPULAR ALL OVER THE WORLD .THE POTENTIAL OF HOMOEOPATHY SHOULD BE POPULARIZED TO THE WORLD .HOMOEOPATHY PERMANENTLY CURES CANCER ALSO SURGERY IS AVOIDED IN MOST OF THE CHRONIC AILMENTS .
Sure. You have the right to go without homeopathy, if you dont need it. Please comment on topics on which you do not have at least a base-line idea.
Yes, it seems he has expressed his frustration over his disappointment. Such person of course do not deserve any respect, it could be his impulsive reaction. Though I am an Indian but naturalised Malaysian, I still feel proud of mymotherland (origin) where I was born. You should not bite the hand that fed you. We teach about civilisation to the world, We have the best brains in the world. Never ever despise Mr. Venga (onion in Tamil Language. Vengayam you are.
Now I feel a bit sorry for the first para of my 'open letter' to him in which I said as follows: "Sir, we all Indians are proud of you for your glorious achievements as a scientist, and your contributions to the advanced studies on structure and functions of ribosomes, that was duely recognized by the Swedish academy awarding the Nobel prize in 2009. We are very much happy to welcome you to your home land".
He may be a nobel-winner scientist. But through his comments he has proved he is not a good human being deserving our respect.
I liked your article and yes, I thought you were too kind to him. At a time when homeopathy is fighting for it's life against the billion dollar Pharmaceutical industry, these careless remarks from a Nobel Prize winner were irresponsible and terribly damaging. It surprises me that someone coming from a culture steeped in homeopathy could be totally unaware of it. There is an old saying, that "a way of knowing is a way of not knowing". His chemistry mindset prevents him from seeing other dynamics in the universe. His Nobel Prize was for chemistry, not for knowledge of everything. I define a skeptic of homeopathy as someone who has never taken a well chosen remedy. So here is a man who has never taken a remedy, who believes he is wiser than doctors who have studied and practiced it for a lifetime. What arrogance and, actually ignorance.
COMMENT: It is unfortunate that these comments ever appeared in press. Influx of emails, should have been expected. And if he didn't want them, the email address should have been promptly removed from his home page at Cambridge. I once wrote to Nobel Winners in 1998, and Robert Laughlin, Physics from Stanford found the time to reply!
Many Indians go abroad for opportunities and various other reasons. Educated elites end up in the United States, mostly because of the abundance of opportunities and facilities. Normal people end up in Gulf countries for a living. At the end of the day, each one of them could blame the mother country for not giving them the job they wanted or deserved! Well, that is one way to approach. But there are many who in spite of the bad experiences they had at home, take a positive view once they reach heights abroad!
Here some of the comments made by Venkat Ramakrishnan, should not have been made. They might have been spontaneous reactions. The higher one goes, the more humble one should be. India is a lareg country with 1.3 billlion people. Comments like "why bother me?" , "if offered, I will refuse the job in India" etc show that in spite of being a genius molecular biologist, he has to learn some decorum regarding public talking and statements. If India is such a bad idea, why is he visiting Indian Institute of Science at all?? The contents of the comments were less important,,, the tone and timing were bad enough! "The fact that I am of Indian origin is less important" – immature comments like this should not have come from a Nobel Laureate at all. It is true that we are all human beings, and our nationality is an accident of birth. Yes, still ethnic origin is a feature which is visible and cannot be discarded altogether in today's world. Changing the passport doesn't change the person!!!
On the other hand, dis-associating with India and Indians, is a typical characteristic exhibited by white-collar well-off Indians living in the UK! This has been the theme of BBC Comedy Show "Goodness Gracius Me!". We hope, Venkatraman is not suffering from this syndrome. It appears that the Nobel Laureate while doing excellent work in the lab, seems to have lost touch with ground!
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has expressed disenchantment with people from India "bothering" him "clogging" up his e-mail box and dubbed as "strange" their sudden urge to reach out to him.
"All sorts of people from India have been writing to me, clogging up my e-mail box. It takes me an hour or two to just remove their mails," he said.
He said the deluge of e-mails had buried important communications from colleagues or from journals.
"Do these people have no consideration? It is okay to take pride in the event, but why bother me?" the 57-year-old Indian-American scientist wondered in an e-mail interview to PTI.
"There are also people who have never bothered to be in touch with me for decades who suddenly feel the urge to connect. I find this strange," said Ramakrishnan, who shared this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry with two others.
He expressed anguish over "all sorts of lies" published about him in a section of the media that he went to school and pre-Science in Chidambaram, the Tamil Nadu temple town where he was born in 1952.
"People I don't know, for example a Mr Govindrajan, claim that they were my teachers at Annamalai University which I never attended, since I left Chidambaram at the age of three," Ramakrishnan clarified.
Ramakrishnan said that it was a good thing if his winning the Nobel Prize encouraged people to read about the work, read books and take interest in science.
"But I, personally, am not important. The fact that I am of Indian origin is even less important. We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth," he said.
On reports that he has been shortlisted for a job in India, Ramakrishnan said he was in no mood to leave his laboratory in Cambridge where he was enjoying his work.
"Nobody has approached me about an offer to work in India. However, I can categorically state that if they did so, I would refuse immediately," he said.
He was reacting to questions about reports that his name was being considered for the post of Director of the country's premier lab Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology.
"I cannot imagine a more enjoyable place to work than in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology where I work," he said citing a "variety of professional and personal reasons" for continuing the work at Cambridge.
Ramakrishanan said he was a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, to which he makes trips for a couple of weeks every other year.
Kudos to dr venky for his candid comments. h pathy is NOT a major public health discipline in India. Hpathy is embraced by students as a back door entry to modern medicine. ultimately 99% are forced to gain rudimentary clinical experience and start gp using drugs from modern medicine. so called research in hpathy is of very poor quality and it is yet to be proved if hpathy works!!!
After reading your article I too started suspecting the practice of homeopathy. A confluence of hypothesis formulated out of a dream of a doctor.
I am very happy to read the letter, which is full of true and sincere reflections of our feelings. No doubt, Homeopathy is a scientific, natural and effective system of treatment. We face similar criticism even in Europe, where many people are totally ignorant of this divine science and art of natural treatment. This is because, these people never read a single page of Homeopathic Philosophy or "Organan of Rational Medicine" or tried Homeopathy in need.
It is really a pity, that in so called developed countries in Europe, people are so naive and ignorant about Homeopathy. My many learned friends like Mr John Benneth are facing these comments regularly and snubbing the idiotic nuisance. But, as you know deaf hears nothing and blinds see nothing. In my opinion these super scientists are both. Either they trying to show that they are wise than God, Nature and our master Dr. Hahnemann or paid a large sum to harm Homeopathy in favour of big pharmaceutical companies around the world. I think the history is repeating , as you know this happened about 100 years ago in the USA, where Homeopathy was very popular and flourishing like wild fire and big pharmaceuticals did everything to shun the Homeopathy.
We need to unite and keep fighting with our best performance, honesty and being true followers of Dr Hahnemann, as it becomes our moral duty to keep Homeopathy live indefinitely.
I extend all my support to you and all Homeopaths in this mission.
I whole heatedly appreciate your move. I am going through each article carefully. I have stared to explain Homeopathy on the basis of Molecular imprint.
Your letter to noble lauret Dr.Venkatraman, is indeed a 'tight slap' on the faces of old school guys.
Till when we homoeopaths will suffer from such attacks?
We should also fight for our selfrespect.
And not just go on hearing such 'noble laurets' and non followers.
We will fight for our rights and keep growing.


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I've collected traffic signals and road signs for over 20 years. As a kid, I played with lots of made up traffic lights out of paper or cardboard, and I drew roadways with chalk on our front sidewalks, complete with small reproduced signs. It was great to ride the Big Wheel through the different intersections I created. I had always wanted a real signal, but the opportunity never presented itself until about 1983. My first signal was a sea foam green GE 8" signal with full circle visors from the early 1950's. I located it in a dusty corner of an antique mall in old Sacramento, and from that purchase, I was hooked! Below is a picture of my first real signal and shot of the GE logo on the back.
In the next few years, I just started collecting-- one in a dusty corner of an antique store here--one taken down from service at a signal maintenance yard there----and so on. At present, I have about 80 traffic signals and 20 pedestrian signals. Much of my collection reflects the different kinds of signals that were in use all over country. I have an old Eagle 8" that was taken down in Pella, Iowa and was in use when my dad started to drive (this was his hometown). I have a Crouse-Hinds 4-way signal from Atlanta, Georgia that was used on the corner of Industrial and Peachtree streets until 1969 , where it was retired and used as a restaurant piece for the next 15 years. I also have another 4- way that was in use in Springfield, Missouri until 1982. I have one that has "STOP" embossed in the lens (this is a really old one from England). Also have a 3-way flashing beacon from 1936 with "CAUTION" embossed on the yellow lenses, and a AAA stop sign with red flashing beacon from 1933 (my oldest piece).
A few years ago, I was able to rent my services, complete with signals on poles, for several special events. I did a show in San Diego for Ford, and another in Reno Nevada for Chrysler. In these shows I created several "intersections"---complete with realistic operation (I have over 50 different controllers). "Roadway carpet" was installed in the ballroom of the Hilton and I erected 4-10' high signal poles with 2-8" signals and 2-16" Walk-Don't Walk signals each. Next, I connected them to the controller, set them on a 40 sec. cycle and suddenly the ballroom was a busy intersection! Along the carpet many of my different kinds of road signs were placed. It went over really well, and I would like to do more of this in the future.
As for road signs, I presently have over 500 of these signs in my collection. Of these, about 300 have different legends, and 40 or so are old porcelain enamel Auto Club signs. Also, many of my signs are the "cat eye" type with glass or plastic reflector beads or buttons. All are retired old signs, none are "stolen" (many people ask me about this). I get them at antique shows and from my signal maintainer friends. My oldest one is a AAA 1920's directional sign for San Diego. I also have an original route 66 sign complete with cat eye reflectors.
Picture of the San Diego "Route 101" party. This was the main entrance. The freeway ramp meter (left) cycled every 7 seconds (4-red, 3-green). The large signal in back was on a 40 sec. cycle. Even though they aren't pictured, there were 10 other traffic signals scattered about throughout this rather large party space. There were also over 60 road signs here as well! The party for Ford lasted 2 weeks-- it took that long to get through all the dealers they were throwing this party for!
Here is another view at a mockup of "Mission San Juan Capistrano". It shows a few of the many road signs used. There were other areas along US 101 in California depicted as well (Santa Monica, Hollywood, Tijuana, etc.). Pictured with me is my father who, along with my mother, came down to visit.
From 2000-2005, I had an extensive signal garden located in my backyard in California. To view some of the pictures of this, click below.


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Die Thomaskirche Im Gut ist ein evangelisch-reformiertes Kirchengebäude im Zürcher Stadtquartier Wiedikon. Die Kirche liegt an der Burstwiesenstrasse 44 im Quartier Im Gut, nordöstlich des Stadtspitals Triemli. Seit dem 1. Januar 2019 gehören die Thomaskirche und das Zentrum Im Gut zum Kirchenkreis Drei der evangelisch-reformierten Kirchgemeinde Zürich.

Baugeschichte
Wiedikon wuchs ab der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts von einem beschaulichen Ort zu einem bevölkerungsreichen Zürcher Stadtkreis. Um in den neu erbauten, kinderreichen Siedlungen um die Birmensdorferstrasse Seelsorge zu betreiben, beschloss die reformierte Kirchgemeinde Wiedikon, eine neue Kirche samt Kirchgemeindezentrum zu errichten. 1953 erfolgte ein Wettbewerb, den der Architekt Hans Hofmann für sich entscheiden konnte. Die Kirche wurde 1959 bis 1961 nach seinen Plänen erstellt; ausführende Architekten waren Oskar Bitterli und Ernst Rohrer.

Beschreibung

Anlage
Die symmetrische Anlage wird auf der Westseite abgeschlossen durch den freistehenden Glockenturm. Von ihm aus führen Wege in Form eines lateinischen Kreuzes über den ausgedehnten Vorplatz der Kirche. Dieser ist auf drei Seiten von Gebäudeteilen des Kirchenzentrums umgeben. Von den Kreuzarmen des Weges aus gelangt man nordseits in den Saaltrakt, südseits in den Trakt, der die Büro- und Unterrichtsräume beherbergt. In der Mitte des Platzes erhebt sich das eigentliche Kirchengebäude, das die gesamte Breite des Platzes einnimmt. Zu beiden Seiten des Kirchenschiffs befinden sich Grünanlagen. Hinter diesen, an die Ecken der Kirche anschliessend, liegen in zwei weiteren Gebäudeteilen die Wohnräume für Pfarrer und Personal. Dazwischen ist eine dritte Grünanlage befindlich.

Äusseres

Der freistehende Glockenträger hat, ähnlich wie der Turm der Kirche Zollikerberg oder derjenige der katholischen Kirche Maria Krönung in Witikon, die Form einer steilen Pyramide. Diese ruht auf vier Betonpfeilern und ist anstelle eines grossen Schallfensters mit kleinen Lukarnen versehen. Auf allen vier Seiten befinden sich Zifferblätter. Die Fassaden des Kirchengebäudes bestehen aus Sichtbackstein, der mit seiner Farbe der Kirche ihr charakteristisches Gepräge verleiht. Ausragende Backsteine formen an der Westfassade ein monumentales Kreuz. Ergänzt wird es durch Lichtschlitze in regelmässigen Abständen. Ein mächtiges Satteldach schliesst das Kirchenschiff ab.

Der Glockenturm besteht aus einem Stahlgerüst, das mit Dachziegeln ummantelt ist. Der Turm birgt ein fünfstimmiges Geläut, welches im Jahr 1960 von der Glockengiesserei H. Rüetschi erstellt wurde. Die Tonfolge entspricht dem Westminstergeläut. Die Thomaskirche ist die einzige Kirche der Stadt Zürich, welche ein solches Geläut besitzt.

Innenraum

Der Türgriff des Hauptportals orientiert sich in der künstlerischen Gestaltung an christlichen Symbolen: Fisch und Omega. Der Kirchenraum greift die Form eines Zeltes auf. Beleuchtet wird das Gotteshaus durch die bodentiefen Fensterfluchten, die den Blick auf die beiden die Kirche flankierenden Grünflächen freigeben. Die Sitzbänke befinden sich in einer runden Vertiefung im Boden und sind selbst halbrund angelegt, sodass sie an ein antikes griechisches Theater erinnern. Diese Bestuhlungsform kommt den Bedürfnissen der Reformierten (die Predigt steht im Zentrum der Liturgie) besonders entgegen.

Die Liturgiezone wird dominiert durch den zentralen Abendmahlstisch, der mit christlichen Symbolen verziert ist. Flankiert wird er von einem grossen Holzkreuz und der um einige Stufen erhöhten Kanzel. Auf der Rückseite der Kirche befindet sich die in Sichtbeton ausgeführte Empore, die treppenartig abgestuft ist. Darüber erhebt sich die Orgel, deren Prospekt die Dreiecksform des Kirchenraums aufnimmt.

Orgel
1961 wurde die Orgel der Thomaskirche durch Orgelbau Kuhn, Männedorf realisiert. Das Instrument besass ursprünglich 35 klingende Register auf drei Manualen sowie Pedal. 1985 erfolgte durch die Erbauerfirma eine Revision sowie ein Umbau, bei dem verschiedene klangliche Anpassungen vorgenommen wurden. 1997 revidierte Metzler Orgelbau das Instrument und nahm hierbei technische und klangliche Veränderungen vor. So erfolgten der Einbau dreier zusätzlicher Register, der Einbau einer Hautbois 8' anstelle der Schalmei 8', der Ausbau der dreifachen Cymbel im Schwellwerk, der Einbau einer elektronischen Setzeranlage sowie der Ersatz der elektropneumatischen durch eine elektromagnetische Registratur. 2006 wurde die Orgel revidiert, wobei des Magazinbalg neu beledert wurde.

Die Disposition des Instruments lautet wie folgt:

 Normalkoppeln: II/I, III/I, III/II, I/P, II/P, III/P
 Spielhilfen: zwei Registercrescendo, vier feste Kombinationen P, F, T, elektronische Setzeranlage, Absteller Zungen und Mixturen

Würdigung
Die Thomaskirche im Gut ist mit den streng geordneten Baukuben, dem nordisch anmutenden Backstein und den weit herunterreichenden Satteldächern im reformierten Kirchenbau der Stadt Zürich einzigartig. Die Gestaltung des Kirchenraumes als Zelt greift das Selbstverständnis einer Gemeinde auf, das sich in Anlehnung an den Auszug aus Ägypten als Volk versteht, das unterwegs ist mit Gott (ähnlich umgesetzt von Justus Dahinden in der Kirche St. Paulus in Dielsdorf). Daneben verweist die Form des Zeltes als Dreieck auf die Trinität. Die Anordnung der Kirchenbänke als Halbkreis um den Abendmahlstisch betont den Aspekt der Gemeinschaft, ein architektonisches Konzept, das häufig vom zeitgleich realisierten katholischen Kirchenbau im Umfeld des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils umgesetzt wurde, u. a. in der Kirche St. Josef in Schlieren.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Kirchen in Zürich

Literatur
 Heinrich Schneider: Entdeckungsreise: Reformierter Kirchenbau in der Schweiz, Zürich 2000, S. 318–325.
 Hochbaudepartement der Stadt Zürich: Reformierte Kirchen der Stadt Zürich. Spezialinventar. Zürich 2006.

Weblinks

 Website der Kirchgemeinde
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Einzelnachweise

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