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Solitary cysticercus granuloma-treatment with albendazole: What is the optimal duration?
Gagandeep Singh1, J.M.K Murthy2
1 Department of Neurology, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, India
2 CARE Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Date of Web Publication 24-Aug-2010
Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, 141001
Singh G, Murthy J. Solitary cysticercus granuloma-treatment with albendazole: What is the optimal duration?. Neurol India 2010;58:507-8
Singh G, Murthy J. Solitary cysticercus granuloma-treatment with albendazole: What is the optimal duration?. Neurol India [serial online] 2010 [cited 2020 Jan 21];58:507-8. Available from: http://www.neurologyindia.com/text.asp?2010/58/4/507/68656
NI_485_10The era of antihelminthic treatment in neurocysticercosis (NCC) began in 1978 with the first use of praziquantel.[1] Later in 1987, albendazole was introduced in the treatment of NCC. Treatment with albendazole for 1 month in 7 patients, who also served as historical controls, resulted in reduction of the cyst load by 25% at 1 month; and by another 14%, at 3 months. [2] Albendazole was found to be as effective as praziquantel, but more economical and convenient to administer. Initially, the dose and duration of albendazole (15 mg/kg/d for 30 days) in NCC was based on the experience of a related parasitic disorder, human echinococcosis. Subsequent small controlled and uncontrolled trials have shown that shorter duration of treatment (15 days and 7 days) results in reduced active cyst burden by 3% to 25% at 3 months. [3],[4] A randomized, double-blind trial of albendazole, 7 versus 14 days, found no difference in the efficacy as measured by the reduction in cyst load on computed tomography (CT) at 3 months after intervention. Subsequent to this study, 1 week of treatment has been purported to be effective, well tolerated and cost effective and the preferred duration of treatment in active parenchymal NCC (multiple lesions).
Intuitively, the argument in favor of longer duration of albendazole therapy in active parenchymal NCC is that sustained action over an extended period of time may lead to eradication of a greater number of lesions and thus higher cure-rates. The counter-intuitive argument against longer duration of albendazole therapy is that drug-related adverse events may be more and certainly cost would be four times greater.
Subsequent to the earlier small trials of albendazole, more trials have been undertaken and there is now Class I evidence for the effectiveness of short-duration albendazole therapy for active parenchymal NCC. [5] However, its efficacy in solitary cysticercus granuloma (degenerating forms) is uncertain. [6],[7],[8],[9],[10] In a meta-analysis of antihelminthic treatment in cysticercus granuloma (1-2 in number), which included 5 controlled clinical trials, the pooled odds ratio was 1.18, with wide confidence intervals (CIs) (95% CI, 0.82 to 1.71) on either side of unity. [11] This might imply a mild beneficial effect or lack thereof. Thus the efficacy of albendazole in cysticercus granuloma remains to be established. There is need for a well-designed study with sufficient sample size to prove or disprove the efficacy of albendazole in cysticercus granuloma (1-2 in number).
In this issue of the journal, Kaur et al.[12] report results of a randomized, open-labeled prospective trial of 7 versus 28 days of albendazole treatment in solitary cysticercus granuloma. The authors found no difference in the efficacy between the two regimens in terms of the proportion of subjects demonstrating complete resolution of the lesion on follow-up CT at 3 and 6 months, as well as the proportion of subjects with seizure recurrence in the follow-up at 6 months. The results of this study should be interpreted with caution. From the previously available controlled trials, it appears that the clinical benefit in terms of lesion resolution with albendazole is small. [6],[7],[8],[9],[10] This requires a large sample size to demonstrate any significant differences in the efficacy between the 1-week (short duration) and 4-week (long duration) treatments. It is possible that the sample size was small and this might have accounted for the lack of benefit of the longer duration of treatment, if any, and that the comparative trial was not adequately powered to detect the differences in the efficacy of the antihelminthic agent given for different periods of time.
The authors of this study did not report any side effects in either group. [12] In a previous comparative trial of 7 days versus 1 month of albendazole therapy in active parenchymal NCC, 92% of the subjects complained of headache, 24% had seizures in addition to rare complications like significant deterioration in neurological condition. [13] The absence of side effects in this study may be related to the fact that all the patients included had a single lesion. [12]
In view of the purported advantages of shorter duration of treatment, novel regimens have been proposed and tried in clinical trials, albeit small. A single-day praziquantel-based regimen has been evaluated in both active parenchymal NCC and solitary cysticercus granuloma. [14],[15],[16],[17] The rationale for this regimen is that praziquantel has a half-life of 2 hours. Furthermore, the antihelminthic agent has on interaction with dexamethasone, which reduces praziquantel levels by about 50%. By administering 3 doses of praziquantel (25 mg/kg, q8) 2 hours apart, it was argued that a high drug level can be maintained for a longer time sufficient to initiate destruction of the cysts. Dexamethasone was administered on the following day to avoid any interactions with praziquantel and at the same time to be able to limit the inflammatory exacerbations associated with praziquantel administration. The regimen unfortunately did not show any dramatic results in the solitary cysticercus granuloma group. [16]
Of the available randomized controlled trials of albendazole in solitary cysticercus granuloma, 4 trials followed a 28-day protocol; and only 1 trial used a 1-week protocol. [7],[8],[9],[10] The 1-week treatment trial failed to show efficacy of albendazole treatment; while of the 4 trials that followed 28-day protocol, 2 trials demonstrated significantly improved lesion resolution rates on follow-up imaging studies. [7],[8] These differences should not be attributed purely to the difference in the duration of albendazole treatment and might well be due to the difference in the study population or the trial methodology. The evidence thus is in favor of 28-day albendazole treatment in solitary cysticercus granuloma (Class II). From the available evidence, till we have an adequately clear picture based on sufficiently powered trials, we recommend longer-duration albendazole treatment in patients with solitary cysticercus granuloma and also in patients with two granulomas.
1. Robles C, Sedano AM, Vargas-Tentori N, Galindo-Virgen S. Long-term results of praziquantel therapy in neurocysticercosis. J Neurosurg 1987;66:359-63. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
2. Escobedo F, Penagos P, Rodriguez J, Sotelo J. Albendazole therapy for neurocysticercosis. Arch Intern Med 1987;147:738-41. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
3. Sotelo J, Penagos P, Escobedo F, Del Brutto OH. Short course of albendazole therapy for neurocysticercosis. Arch Neurol 1988;45:1130-3. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
4. Sotelo J, Escobedo F, Penagos P. Albendazole vs praziquantel for therapy for neurocysticercosis. A controlled trial. Arch Neurol 1988;45:532-4. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
5. Garcia HH, Pretell EJ, Gilman RH, Martinez SM, Moulton LH, Del Brutto OH, et al. A trial of antiparasitic treatment to reduce the rate of seizures due to cerebral cysticercosis. N Engl J Med 2004;350:249-58. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
6. Carpio A, Kelvin EA, Bagiella E, Leslie D, Leon P, Andrews H, et al. Effects of albendazole treatment on neurocysticercosis: A randomised controlled trial. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:1050-5. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
7. Baranwal AK, Singhi PD, Khandelwal N, Singhi SC. Albendazole therapy in children with focal seizures and single small enhancing computerized tomographic lesions: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double blind trial. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1998;17:696-700. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
8. Gogia S, Talukdar B, Choudhury V, Arora BS. Neurocysticercosis in children: Clinical findings and response to albendazole therapy in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in newly diagnosed cases. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2003;97:416-21. [PUBMED]
9. Kalra V, Dua T, Kumar V. Efficacy of albendazole and short-course dexamethasone treatment in children with 1 or 2 ring-enhancing lesions of neurocysticercosis: A randomized controlled trial. J Pediatr 2003;143:111-4. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
10. Padma MV, Behari M, Misra NK, Ahuja GK. Albendazole in single CT ring lesions in epilepsy. Neurology 1994;44:1344-6. [PUBMED]
11. Del Brutto OH, Roos KL, Coffey CS, Garcia HH. Meta-analysis: Cysticidal drugs for neurocysticercosis: Albendazole and praziquantel. Ann Intern Med 2006;145:43-51.
12. Kaur P, Dhiman P, Dhawan N, Nijhawan R, Pandit S. Comparison of 1 week versus 4 weeks of albendazole therapy in single small enhancing computed tomography lesion. Neurol India 2010;58:560-4.
13. Garcia HH, Gilman RH, Horton J, Martinez M, Herrera G, Altamirano J, et al. Albendazole therapy for neurocysticercosis: A prospective double-blind trial comparing 7 versus 14 days of treatment. Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. Neurology 1997;48:1421-7. [PUBMED]
14. Del Brutto OH, Campos X, Sanchez J, Mosquera A. Single-day praziquantel versus 1-week albendazole for neurocysticercosis. Neurology 1999;52:1079-81.
15. Corona T, Lugo R, Medina R, Sotelo J. Single-day praziquantel therapy for neurocysticercosis. N Engl J Med 1996;334:125. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
16. Pretell EJ, Garcia HH, Custodio N, Padilla C, Alvarado M, Gilman RH, et al. Short regimen of praziquantel in the treatment of single brain enhancing lesions. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2000;102:215-8. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
17. Pretell EJ, Garcia HH, Gilman RH, Saavedra H, Martinez M. Failure of one-day praziquantel treatment in patients with multiple neurocysticercosis lesions. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2001;103:175-7. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
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3 Albendazole therapy for coagulation abnormality in children with eosinophilia
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Jörg Homeier (* 29. Mai 1942 in Berlin; † 13. April 2019) war ein deutscher Architekt und Hochschullehrer.

Werdegang
Jörg Homeier studierte Architektur an der Technischen Universität München und arbeitete nach dem Diplom bei Eberhard Schunck. Zwischen 1977 und 1988 war er als Mitarbeiter im Diözesanbauamt Eichstätt unter der Leitung von Karljosef Schattner tätig. Homeier führte mit Gerold Richter gemeinsam das Münchner Architekturbüro Homeier + Richter.

Mitgliedschaften

Homeier war Mitglied im Bund Deutscher Architekten.

Lehrtätigkeit

Jörg Homeier war Professor für Architektur an der Hochschule München.

Bauten

als Mitarbeiter bei Eberhard Schunck:

 1975–1977: Willibald-Gymnasium, Eichstätt. Landschaftsarchitekt Gerhart Teutsch

als Mitarbeiter im Diözesanbauamt Eichstätt unter Leitung von Karljosef Schattner:
 1978–1980: Umbau Ulmer Hof
 1979–1981: Gebäude Ostenstraße 18, Eichstätt
 1977–1982: Umbau zum Diözesanmuseum
 1985: Anbau Diözesanarchiv
 1985–1987: Institut für Journalismus
 1985–1988: Umbau des ehemaligen Waisenhauses
 1986–1988: Mensa (unter Denkmalschutz)

eigene Bauten:
 1979–1980: Dominikaner Weinstube, Eichstätt
1984: Dachausbau, Eichstätt mit Karljosef Schattner
1990: Umbau et sedia, Regensburg mit Karljosef Schattner
1991–1992: ART IN Gallerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Nürnberg

als Partner des Architekturbüros Homeier + Richter:
 1996: Pfarrzentrum St. Philippus, München
 1997: Stadtsaal, Dillingen
 1998: Werkhalle und Verkaufsgebäude Brandl, Eitensheim (Baungenieur: Johann Grad, Lichtplaner: Walter Bamberger)
 2000–2003: Krebshaus, Eichstätt
2003–2005: Eingangsgebäude und Bettenhauses I, Schloss Pfünz
 2015: Pfarrzentrum St. Hildegard, Edelsfeld

Auszeichnungen und Preise
als Mitarbeiter im Diözesanbauamt Eichstätt
 1981: BDA-Preis Bayern für Bürogebäude, Eichstätt
 1981: Architekturpreis Beton für Bürogebäude, Eichstätt
 1983: BDA-Preis Bayern für Umbau Ulmer Hof, Eichstätt

eigene Preise
 1993: Architekturpreis der Stadt Nürnberg für ART IN Gallerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Nürnberg
 1998: Balthasar-Neumann-Preis für Werkhalle und Verkaufsgebäude Brandl, Eitensheim

Vorträge

 2007: Kunstverein Ingolstadt

Literatur
 Bund Deutscher Architekten (Hrsg.): Architekturführer Bayern. Süddeutscher Verlag, München 1985
 Nicolette Baumeister: Baukulturführer 26 – Jugendhaus, Schloss Pfünz. Koch, Schmidt u. Wilhelm 2006, ISBN 978-3-936721-76-8.

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Einzelnachweise

Architekt (München)
Hochschullehrer (Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften München)
Absolvent der Technischen Universität München
Mitglied des Bundes Deutscher Architektinnen und Architekten
Deutscher
Geboren 1942
Gestorben 2019
Mann

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Chevroderma hadalis is een schildvoetigensoort uit de familie van de Prochaetodermatidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1996 door Ivanov.

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Ron Howard is directing a concert documentary on The Beatles
July 16, 2014 Robert The Verge
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The Beatles will be back on the big screen next year in a new documentary from Ron Howard, the director behind movies such as A Beautiful Mind and The Da Vinci Code. According to Variety, Howard's documentary will focus on The Beatles' on-tour performances, from their 1960s' beginnings in Liverpool to their final show in San Francisco during 1966. "Their impact on popular culture and the human experience cannot be exaggerated," Howard says. Howard plans to have the documentary in theaters next year.

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A fusion reactor at MIT that has repeatedly set world records over its 23-year lifespan broke one more the day before it was shuttered due to defunding by the federal government.
MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) announced it achieved 2.05 atmospheres of pressure in its tokamak-type (doughnut-shaped) nuclear fusion device -- the Alcator C-Mod. Pressure, which contains and concentrates superheated plasma, is key to creating a fusion device that is self-sustaining.
A look at the exterior of MIT's C-Mod nuclear fusion device. The C-Mod project has paved the way for a conceptual ARC (affordable, robust, compact) prototype reactor.
With this result, the Alcator C-Mod broke its own record of 1.77 atmospheres, which was set in 2005.
"This is a remarkable achievement that highlights the highly successful Alcator C-Mod program at MIT," Dale Meade, former deputy director at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, who was not directly involved in the experiments, told MIT News. "The record plasma pressure validates the high-magnetic-field approach as an attractive path to practical fusion energy."
What MIT alone has done is create the world's strongest magnetic containment field for a reactor of its size. The higher the magnetic field, the greater the fusion reaction and the greater the power that's produced.
MIT's fusion reactor is the smallest tokamak-type device. Computerworld toured the facility and spoke with PSFC Director Dennis Whyte, who explained how the experiments were paving a "viable pathway forward" in plasma containment to make net fusion energy.
The C-Mod's high-intensity magnetic field — up to 8 Tesla, or 160,000 times the Earth's magnetic field — allows the device to create the dense, hot plasmas and keep them stable at more than 80 million degrees, according to MIT. Its magnetic field is more than double what is typically used in other designs, which quadruples its ability to contain the plasma pressure.
The goal of the Alcator C-Mod was to pave the way toward producing the world's smallest fusion reactor -- one that crushes a doughnut-shaped fusion reaction into a 3.3-meter radius -- three of which could power a city the size of Boston.
Making a smaller reactor would also have made it less expensive to build. Additionally, the ARC would be modular, allowing its many parts to be removed for repairs to upgrades, a step not previously achieved.
Currently, the main hurdle to fusion energy is sustainability. The fusion reaction is only momentary and requires more energy to create than it generates.
While three other fusion devices roughly the same size as the C-Mod have been built over the past 35 years, they didn't produce anywhere near its power. What set MIT's reactor apart was its superconductor technology, which would enable it to create 50 times the power it actually draws.
A researcher works inside the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X), an experimental nuclear fusion reactor built in Greifswald, Germany, by the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP). The reactor, completed in October 2015, is the largest to date.
Unless a new device is announced and constructed, the pressure record just set in the C-Mod will likely stand for the next 15 years. The International Experimental Reactor (ITER), a tokamak under construction in France, will be approximately 800 times larger in volume than the Alcator C-Mod and will operate at a lower magnetic field. The ITER is expected to reach 2.6 atmospheres when in full operation by 2032, according to a recent U.S. Department of Energy report.
Fusion reactors work by superheating hydrogen gas in a vacuum, essentially fusing hydrogen atoms to form helium. Just as with splitting atoms in today's fission nuclear reactors, fusion releases energy. The challenge with fusion has been confining the plasma (electrically charged gas) while heating it with microwaves to temperatures hotter than the sun.
Fusion reactors would have several advantages over today's fission nuclear reactors. For one, fusion reactors would produce little radioactive waste. Instead, fusion reactors produce what are called "activation products" with the fusion neutrons.
The small amount of radioactive isotopes produced are short-lived, with a half-life lasting tens of years compared with thousands of years from fission waste products, according to Brandon Sorbom, an MIT Ph.D candidate and member of the PSFC team.
A view around the inside corner of MIT's C-Mod experimental fusion reactor.
The reactors would also use less energy to operate than fission reactors.
Three factors are required to successfully create fusion: a plasma's particle density, its confinement time and its temperature.
Pressure, which is the product of density and temperature, accounts for about two-thirds of the challenge, MIT stated.
"The amount of power produced increases with the square of the pressure — so doubling the pressure leads to a fourfold increase in energy production," the institute stated.
The latest experiments were planned by the MIT team and collaborators from other laboratories in the U.S., including the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and General Atomics, and conducted on the Alcator C-Mod's last day of operation.
While Alcator C-Mod's contributions to the advancement of fusion energy have been significant, it is a science research facility. In 2012, the DOE decided to end funding for the Alcator and use that money toward the U.S.'s share for the construction of the ITER Tokamak in France. Following that decision, Congress restored funding to the Alcator C-Mod for a three-year period, which ended on Sept. 30.
An aerial view of the International Experimental Reactor (ITER), a tokamak fusion reactor under construction in France. The reactor will be approximately 800 times larger in volume than MIT's Alcator C-Mod fusion reactor.
Seven nations, including the U.S., have collaborated to build the ITER Tokamak in southern France. The ITER fusion chamber has a fusion radius of 6.5 meters, and its superconducting magnets would produce 11.8 Teslas of force.
The ITER reactor is about twice the size of the ARC and weighs 3,400 tons, making it 16 times as heavy as any previously manufactured fusion vessel. The reactor will be between 11 meters and 17 meters in size and will have a tokamak plasma radius of 6.2 meters, almost twice the ARC's 3.3-meter-radius.
The concept for the ITER project began in 1985, and construction began in 2013. It has an estimated price tag of $14 billion to $20 billion. Whyte, however, said the ITER will end up being vastly more expensive, $40 billion to $50 billion, based on "the fact that the U.S. contribution" is $4 billion to $5 billion, "and we are 9% partners."
The stainless steel vessel of the ITER tokamac reactor houses the fusion reactions and acts as the first line of containment against the super-heated plasma gas inside it. The plasma gas, contained by a strong magnetic field, never touches the metal of the containment barrier.
Additionally, ITER's timetable for completion is 2020, with full deuterium-tritium fusion experiments starting in 2027.
MIT's ARC reactor was projected to cost $4 billion to $5 billion and would have been completed in four to five years, according to Sorbom.
When completed, the ITER is expected to be the first fusion reactor to generate net power, but that power will not produce electricity; it will simply prepare the way for a reactor that can.


150th edition of The Source!!
Every week, for the past 3 years, it has been my honor & pleasure to share real-world expressions of timeless wisdom with you through articles, videos & free, guided meditations. This week, we explore Destructive Emotions.
I've just returned from an amazing week in the Netherlands where I had a truly blessed opportunity to commune with more than 5,000 spiritual seekers in the cities of Amsterdam, The Hague & Utrecht. I spent each Way teaching at Master Classes, the Happinez Festival, & at book signings for "Zonder stress" – the hot, new Dutch translation of "destressifying." I connected with so many students & certified teachers from around the world – our like-minded community is growing in leaps & bounds. We are truly transforming the world by transforming ourselves – and you can keep raising the vibration by sharing this post with someone.
Simply put, emotions are subjective, conscious experiences that link our interpretation of a given moment to a biological reaction creating a particular mental state. Have you ever yelled at someone — after having a tough time or a difficult encounter — over something that had nothing to do with them? Psychologists refer to this mis-direction as "emotional leakage." When you suppress emotions, you're likely to express them inadvertently in other avenues by being snide, sarcastic, snarky, retaliatory, biting, harsh, or downright mean to people who had nothing to do with your initial frustration. Suppressing our feelings is now scientifically proven to lead to poor memory, relationship challenges, and deeper health issues as our body is influenced so strongly by our subjective conscious experiences.
If you don't know how you feel or why you feel a certain way, you will experience emotional overwhelm or confusion and won't be able to communicate effectively, meet your needs, or resolve disagreements. But if we master our emotional intelligence, we will flow with less stress and make better decisions. And, the more successful we are at heightening these core skill sets, the happier and more fulfilled we will be.
Before I ever shared these teachings with others, I studied emotional healing for a decade under Dr. David Simon, & attended the Hoffman Institute, where I was taught to deconstruct my emotional blue print. I then spent five years, reconstructing it. I began integrating these powerful teachings into my workshops, immersions, retreats, and Teacher Trainings where thousands have experienced emotional breakthroughs & stepped into their power.
I encourage you to join me this January at the 3rd Set Your Course Life-change Immersion where I will teach you these powerful techniques to release the emotional baggage that has often derailed our best plans. In this gentle, yet potent & proven process, together we will ensure that this year truly unfolds as the most fulfilling year of your life!
The beauty of EI is that it's not a function of simply being born with a high EQ; our personal emotional intelligence can be learned, cultivated and mastered. Although daily intelligence is important to succeeding in life, emotional intelligence is key to achieving your goals. In this process, you will learn to meet more of your own needs!
Just pick one & more deeply conjure the emotion in your mind's eye. How does it make you feel? See if you can sit with it for a few moments and give names to the various ways it makes you feel. Take your time. Feel free to close your eyes & truly witness your emotions as they ripple through you. What does it feel like? How does you body respond?
If we are able to give names to our emotions, we will better understand them. Can you imagine all the chemicals, hormones, and neurotransmitters that are surging through you each time your needs are not met? Or when you recollect an experience?
When we notice that we are feeling a "destructive" emotion – an emotion that can actually hurt us or another person – such as shame, guilt, bitterness, hate, contempt, envy, rage, or schadenfreude (taking glee in someone else's misfortune)… it is helpful to breathe in and name it… dive in a bit deeper into where you feel it, why you feel it, and what else is going on inside you to make you feel it. Just naming it will begin an internal conversation of the cause, relevance, need or true validity of this feeling. What sparked it… why we hold on to it… what is it revealing, etc?
It rarely is about the other person or the situation of the moment!!! It is usually more tied to our feelings of our own self worth or another issue.
So consider joining me as we Set Our Course together to make 2016 the most amazing year of our life! In the meantime, start to meditate with me each week and together we will transcend the emotional turbulence in our lives.
I was in a situation recently where someone ignored a gate to our property deep in the woods of Maine. I chose Amas and put up signs that said either "no trespassing" or " keep out, private property Typical kneejerk reaction. Your reminder not to do just that hit a nerve. And now What?. I am 430 miles away from that spot, 9 driving hourw.


Google's David Jones posted on the Inside AdSense blog that you can now add AdSense to your Google Page Creator site(s). When Google Pages came out, I tested it and added a few pages of "Search Marketing 101" content and haven't really played with it since then. Being able to add AdSense is an incentive, but a blog just makes more "sense", at least to me. (Pun intended)  But for others who are not used to the whole "blogging thing" Google Page Creator is pretty easy to use and might be a better fit.
USuggest.com allow the bloggers to make some extra money through recommended products directly from within their blogs, and hopefully directing their readers to online retailers. As such, the respective blogger would receive a commission from any sales generated through referrals!


Steve, are you going to make it to the CKCA Banquet on the 28th?
I'll have to see. I hope to be there, but right now can't say for sure. I will know soon.
I'm a member there too. They are a bunch of dedicated makers and collectors for sure. I like the charity fund raisers and hope our money makes a differance.
I read and enjoyed your interview.
Looks like Edmund Davidson and myself, at least, will be involved in next year's fund raiser.
Man thats great. Congrats! How do they decide who to involve? Do they have a volunteer list or what?
I've contacted them, Bruce. I'm sure that they will respond. Thanks a million for the interest!
Our three makers for next year's knife are Steve, Edmund Davidson and Wolf Loerchner just agreed to become the third maker as of last Wednesday. I would like to thank the three of you for agreeing to create our 2010 benefit bowie/fighter which will benefit lung cancer research. Steve, I will be sending the three of you an e-mail next week with some information.
Thanks, Bruce, that is exciting! You are very generous. Thanks again?


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Dr Nansen's Visit to Scotland, February 1897
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Dr Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian explorer born in 1861. In 1893-96, he led his most famous expedition, aboard the Fram, bound for the North Pole. In addition to his polar exploration, he was a scientist, diplomat and humanist, and he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on behalf of prisoners of war and starving people.
RSGS Talks, February 1897
In February 1897, Nansen visited Scotland to address various RSGS audiences about his recent polar expedition, and to receive the Society's Gold Medal. Two of Nansen's companions – Captain Otto N Sverdrup, and Lieutenant FH Johansen (who accompanied Nansen on foot to the furthest point north) – were awarded the Society's Bronze Medal. Nansen spoke to RSGS audiences in Edinburgh on Friday 12 February (the Society's Anniversary Address), in Glasgow on Monday 15 February, in Dundee on Wednesday 17 February, and in Aberdeen on Thursday 18 February 1897.
Advertising flier for Dr Nansen's RSGS talks, February 1897.
Ticket for Dr Nansen's talk in the Synod Hall, Edinburgh, 12 February 1897.
RSGS 13th Anniversary Banquet, 13 February 1897
On 13 February 1897, Dr Nansen attended a banquet in the Waterloo Rooms, Edinburgh, to celebrate both his voyage on the Fram and the RSGS's 13th anniversary. There were 260 guests present, one of the largest groups ever assembled in the Waterloo banqueting hall. The group assembled in the Victoria Hall and viewed an obelisk with a portrait of the explorer on the front. Dr Nansen was the guest of honour and wore his Norwegian Order of St Olaf, with the Norwegian flag on display in the gallery opposite the Chairman's table. The Marquis of Tweeddale was in the Chair, with Dr Nansen on his right, and the Lord Provost McDonald on his left. After dinner, the gallery was occupied by a number of ladies, including Mrs Nansen.
Seating plan for RSGS's 13th anniversary banquet with Dr Nansen.
Menu for RSGS's 13th anniversary banquet with Dr Nansen.
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An Interview with Calum Maclean
For our Young Geographer magazine published in 2019, our team of Editors sat down with BBC presenter and wild-swimmer Calum Maclean. The magazine article was published in Gaelic, but we're pleased to share the English version online!
Finding the Spirit of Christmas
Explorers have often been far from home at Christmas, but they have found peace, joy and warm friendship in the most far-flung places…
November e-newsletter of the RSGS: RSGS Christmas Gift Ideas, Levison Wood, Gift Membership, Rob Hain, Great Horizon, First Christmas in Antarctica, Events.
Carsten Borchgrevink and the first Christmas on the Antarctic Continent
Borchgrevink claimed to hold an honour that no other explorer was able to disprove: he proclaimed himself to be the first person ever to set foot on the Antarctic continent.
Down To Earth: Return of Apollo 11
In the early hours of 21st July 1969, inside the small, cramped space of their landing capsule, Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were trying to get to sleep... Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence
Sir Ernest Shackleton: A Hero's Return
"Shackleton held audiences in the palm of his hand as he described horrifying dangers and deprivations." Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence
Mary Moffat: Dealing with the Daily Dramas of David Livingstone
"A matter-of-fact lady, a little thick, black-haired girl, sturdy and all I want . . ." Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence
Isabella Bird: Living with the Cowboys of America's Wild West
"I am forming a plan for getting farther into the mountains . . ." Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence
A Box of Delights!
"There is always a sense of anticipation!" Written by Jane Griffiths, RSGS Collections Volunteer
Isobel Wylie Hutchison: On the Trail to Aklavik
". . . I had heard the call of the wild on star-lit nights under the Northern Lights; I had slept in a snow-hut; I had broken a new trail at the foot of the splintered Endicotts, and my heart beat for the wilderness." Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence
A Special Anniversary: Scott and Shackleton at the RSGS
"Scott and Shackleton at the same table, exchanging mild insults over the brandy?" Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence.
The First Ascent of Everest
"65 years since Everest was first climbed, we look back on the visit of Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir John Hunt…" Written by Jo Woolf, RSGS Writer-in-Residence.
A View of St Kilda
The RSGS holds a small selection of early 20th-century glass lantern slides of St Kilda, taken some years before and then immediately after the evacuation.
East Coast of Scotland (1647)
On this sea chart, the east coast of Scotland between the Cromarty Firth and St Abb's Head is easily recognisable today in terms of its outline, but some of its place-names may at first sight seem strange.
Nine Lessons in Brexit
Amidst the noise and fury of the current debate, it is too easy to lose sight of the fundamental questions we need to address, writes Sir Ivan Rodgers.
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NEC and Sumitomo Mitsui Construction develop DokoMinaPhone, a multi-lingual speech translation app with simultaneous message broadcast function
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TOKYO, Mar 30, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has developed a multilingual speech translation system with a simultaneous message broadcast function in cooperation with SUMITOMO MITSUI CONSTRUCTION CO, LTD. (Sumitomo Mitsui Construction) to support communications in environments where different languages are used, such as construction sites. This system has been adopted by Sumitomo Mitsui Construction's "DoKoMinaPhone" smartphone application, making it is possible to broadcast translations to all users or designated working groups at once.
In the construction industry, as globalization continues, it has become a challenge to facilitate communication with the increasing number of international workers in Japan, as well as local employees at overseas locations. In order to solve this issue, this system has first been developed to provide voice translation and simultaneous broadcasting between Japanese and English.
1. Provides a more natural translation similar to human speech
The system is equipped with a neural translation engine from the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), which is engaged in research and development, to provide more natural translation from Japanese to other languages or from other languages to Japanese.
2. Flexible group settings according to need or purpose
By launching a dedicated smartphone app, then scanning and authenticating a QR code, users can easily join a preset group and start communicating using automatic translation of voice calls.
3. Displays time series translation in chat format
Spoken content can be recorded and replayed, and "original," "translated," and "reverse-translated" text can be displayed on a screen in group chat format.
As seen in the above image, the remarks of a Japanese speaker are first displayed in the upper left of a screen. The remarks appear in the order of "original," "translated" and "reverse-translated" sentences, then the response of an English speaker is displayed on the right side. Users can check whether the translation is correct or not by displaying "reverse-translated" text.
Going forward, NEC will leverage this experience with Sumitomo Mitsui Construction to encourage adoption of the system and "DoKoMinaPhone" application throughout the construction industry as part of contributing to smooth communications within international workforces. Moreover, in order to continually improve services, NEC will gather feedback from on-site workers who have actually used this system. This is in addition to increasing the number of languages that are supported, adding hands-free operation functions in consideration of worker safety, and accurately responding to technical terms and phrases specific to the construction field.
Through these efforts, NEC will improve functions so that the system can become a communication tool for use at construction sites around the world, and expand it into a variety of industries, including the transportation, distribution, and food and beverage industries, with the aim of creating new innovations that will solve communication issues related to language.
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation has established itself as a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies while promoting the brand statement of "Orchestrating a brighter world." NEC enables businesses and communities to adapt to rapid changes taking place in both society and the market as it provides for the social values of safety, security, fairness and efficiency to promote a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential. For more information, visit NEC at https://www.nec.com.
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Monday Scoop: Oscars Night
Morning Scoop
🏆Plus, what happened on Hollywood's biggest night?
Grace Cooper
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper performed their famous duet. (image: ABC video)
What Happened at the Oscars
Last night was Hollywood's biggest night. Did you miss the Oscar festivities? Here's what you need to know:
There was no host, but Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Maya Rudolph were all we needed.
Brad and Gaga sang that song they always sing.
Melissa McCarthy wore a rabbit dress.
Green Book won best picture, and a lot of people, including Spike Lee, aren't having it.
A record number of women and black winners took home awards.
In national news…
Secretary of State Says North Korea Still a Threat
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said North Korea is still a threat months after President Trump declared that the country no longer poses a nuclear threat to the U.S. following a historic summit with Kim in Singapore. CNN reports, "'Do you think North Korea remains a nuclear threat?' CNN's Jake Tapper asked Pompeo Sunday on 'State of the Union.' 'Yes,' Pompeo replied." Pompeo's comments come ahead of a planned summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week. This second summit will take place in Vietnam in which Trump will likely try to convince Kim to abandon his nuclear program.
In food…
Coca-Cola Debuts New Flavor Orange Vanilla
Coca-Cola is debuting its first new flavor in a decade. Today, customers can buy Orange Vanilla Coke and Orange Vanilla Coke Zero — TBD whether this flavor is here to stay.
R. Kelly Jailed While Waiting for Bail Money
R. Kelly is now being held in a Chicago jail, unable to make the bail money of $100,000. Kelly was indicted on Friday with 10 counts of aggravated assault, only a small part of the allegations that have surrounded the R&B singer for much of his career.
Catty Escape
Meet the Writer: Charlotte Kohlberg
As an aspiring writer with an intense passion for music, Charlotte Kohlberg's journey into music journalism was a perfect fit. Born in Palo Alto, California, Kohlberg's love of music started with the pop punk princesses of the early 2000s — P!nk and Avril Lavigne. After majoring in art history at NYU, she took an interest in music marketing and A&R work. But a chance meeting with a music journalist in the Bay Area led her on the path to music journalism. Since then, she has been working for the Knockturnal, an entertainment website operated out of New York. Read more in Tim Coffman's report for CMN.
Today's Morning Scoop was made possible by Natalia Kolenko, Tim Coffman, and the CMN Staff. We got up without pressing the snooze button, where's our Oscar? P.S. Was this newsletter forwarded by a friend? Subscribe here to get the Morning Scoop straight to your inbox every day.
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Grace Cooper is a recent graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where she studied Nonfiction Writing and Psychology. When she's not obsessively reading or writing about the news, you can probably find her eating too much pizza and watching When Harry Met Sally for the hundredth time.


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Vern Nelson
– June 19, 2010Posted in: "The OC", Campaign Retardation 101, Chuck DeVore, Fresh Juice, June 8 2010 Primary, Republican Party
Lame-duck Wingnut Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) is asking for your help in retiring his campaign debts in the wake of his unsuccessful Senatorial run against Carly Fiorina and Tom Campbell. Nothing unusual there, nothing worthy of a snarky Vern post.
Except for a little detail at the end of the Talking Points Memo story (in which he also refuses to say whether or not he still thinks Carly will be a "long slow trainwreck" who is "all sizzle and no steak" as he had earlier contended) :
In a twist, DeVore told TPMDC that he's actually paid off campaign bills but the debt stems from Don Henley's copyright lawsuit. Henley challenged DeVore's parodies of his songs for campaign ads titled "Hope of November," a knock off of "The Boys of Summer," and "All She Wants to Do is Tax" instead of "All She Wants to Do is Dance."
DeVore said the lawsuit could stretch into August, and of course, cost more money along the way. "This could go on for awhile," he said.
Really, what is it with so-called Conservative Republicans and their disrespect for the intellectual property of musicians, combined with their goofball determination to wrap themselves in the hipness and energy of popular music? It's really been a longstanding pattern, which was documented a couple weeks ago in an entertaining and thorough story, also from Talking Points Memo, which I hereby steal (and return to my hard work preparing my big project declaring Orange a "Ruled By Clowns City" this Tuesday…) :
"Stop the Music! Artists Demand GOPers Quit Playing Their Hits" by Eric Kleefeld, 6/7/2010
Reagan, Sprinsteen, McCain, Doug Hall
If stereotypes held true, you would think that the Republicans would be the ones telling folks to turn that blasted music down. But this year — and indeed in many past election cycles — it's the GOP that has been attracting cease-and-desist letters for pilfering music against the artists' wishes. So let's take a look at some of the more notable GOP music fails from this cycle, and cycles past.
Senate candidate Chuck DeVore (R-CA) got burned for using for using altered-lyric version of Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer" and "All She Wants To Do Is Dance" for his campaign's Web ads. David Byrne is suing Gov. Charlie Crist (I-FL) for using "Road To Nowhere" in a Web ad during his previous Republican Senate primary fight, and of course, as we reported yesterday, Rush cut to the chase and told Senate nominee Rand Paul (R-KY) to stop playing "Tom Sawyer" and "The Spirit of Radio."
The Orleans song "Still The One" has a special place in politics as it has been used not once without the band's permission, but twice — and the first instance contributed to its author's entrance into national politics. In 2004, the Bush campaign used the song at a rally. As the song's main author, John Hall, told MSNBC in 2008: "George Bush was busy campaigning on an 'ownership society,' yet never asked me, the band, or the publishers for permission." Hall and other stakeholders in the song quickly sent a cease-and-desist letter, and the Bush campaign dropped the song.
In 2006, Hall went on to be elected to Congress as a Democrat, defeating an incumbent Republican — an event that was spurred in part by his experience from 2004. "It was one of the things that got him even madder," Hall press secretary Tom Staudter told TPMDC. And then in 2008, the Republicans used the song yet again, this time the ill-fated John McCain campaign. "This is yet another example of John McCain not learning anything from George Bush's mistakes," Hall told MSNBC, also adding: "The only one John McCain is Still the One for is George Bush."
But that was only the tip of the iceberg for the McCain campaign — which was practically a walking Limewire setup. Jackson Browne also sued it for using his song "Running On Empty" in an ad, for which the two sides later reached an out-of-court settlement. Van Halen objected to McCain's use of their song "Right Now" at a rally. The Wilson sisters from Heart strenuously objected to his campaign's use of "Barracuda" to promote Sarah Palin. And finally, the McCain campaign used "Pink Houses" and "Our Country" by John Mellencamp, who sent a letter demanding that they stop.
Mellencamp had already been ripped off by the Bush campaign back in 2000, when they used "R.O.C.K. In The USA." He asked them to stop — but that wasn't the end of it. "They said OK, and then used it anyway," Mellencamp told the Indianapolis Star, pointing out that the Bush campaign only stopped after the national media made fun of them for it. "I think they kind of said, 'Oh, this isn't playing the way we thought it would.' So I think they quit using it — I think." (The Indianapolis Star, September 3, 2000, via Nexis.)
The Bush campaign also used the Tom Petty song "I Won't Back Down," and the Sting tune "Brand New Day" — and was told in each case to stop. Randall Wixen, the publisher of "I Won't Back Down," told the Bush camp to stop after being asked to do so by Petty's management, saying that the use of the song "creates, either intentionally or unintentionally, the impression that … [the Bush] campaign have been endorsed by Tom Petty, which is not true."
Four years earlier, the Bob Dole campaign was threatened with a lawsuit for its rewrite of the 1960s soul classic, "Soul Man," turning it into "Dole Man," much to the chagrin of the song's publishers at Rondor Music International. The campaign agreed to stop using the jingle, as the Chicago Tribune reported in September 1996: "Rondor announced on Tuesday that it had warned the Dole/Kemp campaign it could be held liable for damages of $100,000 for each unauthorized use of the song, plus legal costs, if a satisfactory settlement was not reached."
Perhaps the most famous music fail was President Ronald Reagan's invocation during his 1984 re-election campaign of Bruce Springsteen — Reagan did not actually play Springsteen's music, but tied his brand to the Boss's in a speech. "America's future rests in a thousand dreams inside your hearts," Reagan said. "It rests in the message of hope in songs of a man so many young American's admire: New Jersey's own Bruce Springsteen. And helping you make those dreams come true is what this job of mine is all about."
Springsteen fired back by declaring at a concert that he doubted Reagan ever listened to the "Nebraska" album. Then the Democrats tried to claim Springsteen's support, only to have the Boss make it clear he was not endorsing anybody. (He later hit the campaign trail for John Kerry in 2004, and Barack Obama in 2008.)
Another music fail by the Reagan campaign involved their unsuccessful attempt to play John Mellencamp's "Pink Houses," with its seemingly patriotic refrain, "ain't that America" — and which is actually a cry of protest against a world of haves and have-nots. The Reagan campaign never ended up playing it, though — unlike the Bush and McCain campaigns, they dutifully sought Mellencamp's permission, which the left-wing rocker refused. Mellencamp commented on the event in 1986, telling Newsweek: "Ronald Reagan appeals to people's emotions, and not to logic. That's what a guy in a rock-and-roll band does. Besides, if a dumb kid from Indiana can come from nowhere and have a hit record, it can happen to anybody. Isn't that what America is all about? That's what Reagan wants to represent. But that's not logical. That's not real."
Tags: Chuck DeVore, disrespect, Don Henley, musicians, republicans, theft, utter lameness
About Vern Nelson
Greatest pianist/composer in Orange County, and official troubador of both Anaheim and Huntington Beach (the two ends of the Santa Ana Aquifer.) Performs regularly both solo, and with his savage-jazz quintet The Vern Nelson Problem. Reach at vernpnelson@gmail.com, or 714-235-VERN.
Paula Was Here
Just speaking for "myself" I would like to offer my apology to Mr. Henley for the stealing of his creative property on behalf of my fellow Republican candidate Chuck De Vore's campaign. And an apology to his campaign supporters to whom he's passing on this debt. I would characterize this action as a shakedown-nothing more than a shakedown- to cover his endless sense of entitlement and selfish ambition. For this I truly apologize!
Matt Munson
So even if a candidate buys a licence to play songs from ASCAP/BMI the performer can still object?
Maybe the Republican Party needs to hire some budding musicians to make official songs they could use.
The Tea Bag Party are just "haters not debaters" or as others have dubbed them "screamers not dreamers", with their failed attempts at stopping Healthcare reform, they say they respect the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence but they do not mind passing laws, through weak Governors (no one voted for this crazy) who only cares about getting elected Governor, on the backs of undocumented workers, that will not pass Constitution muster.
Brewer signed into law;
1. S.B. 1070,
2. No permit conceal weapons law,
3. The famous Birthers law,
4. Banning Ethnic studies law,
5. Could she be behind the Mural in Prescott, Arizona, ordered to be whiten,
6. On deck to pass, no citizenship to babies born to undocumented workers,
7. If she can read she should look up Arizona's House Bill 2779 from two years ago (which was un-constitution and failed when legally challenged),
8. The boycotted Martin Luther King Day, what idiots don't want another holiday? Yes, you guessed it Arizona.
Well Arizona, you can boycott new holidays and keep passing crazy laws and the rest of us will continue to challenged them in a court of law and continue to add cities to our Boycott of your state.
I real cannot believe anything that comes out of Brewer's mouth, in an interview she first said her father had died in Germany fighting the Nazi in World War II (war ended 1945) but of course we find out the truth that father was never in Germany and died in California in 1955. But we are suppose to believe everything else she says, right! No one voted for you for Governor, yet you keep listening to the tiny brains of the crazies and signing into law everything that comes into their feeble minds, it only make you look dumb, stupid or racist, or maybe all three.
As for the Tea Bag Party, their phony patriotism is sickening; they are just racists going by another name. We all know you are just itching to put a sheet on their head? Let's face it the Republicans had eight years to deal with health care, immigration, energy (remember Cheney's secret meetings with oil companies where loosening regulation and oversight were sealed), climate change and financial oversight and governance and they failed. It appears that the Republican Party is only good at starting wars (two in eight years, with fat contracts to friends of Cheney/Bush) but not at winning wars as seen by the continuing line of body bags that keep coming home. The Republicans party will continue turned inward to their old fashion obstructionist party (and their Confederacy appreciation roots) because they continue to allow a small portions (but very loud portion) of their party of "birthers, baggers and blowhards" to rule their party. I will admit that this fringe is very good at playing "Follow the Leader" by listening to their dullard leaders, Beck, Hedgecock, Hannity, O'Reilly, Rush, Savage, Sarah Bailin, Orly Taitz, Victoria Jackson, Michele Bachmann and the rest of the Blowhards and acting as ill programmed robots (they have already acted against doctors that perform abortions).
The Birthers and the Tea Bag party crowd think they can scare, intimidate and force others to go along with them by comments like "This time we came unarmed", let me tell you something not all ex-military join the fringe militia crazies who don't pay taxes and run around with face paint in the parks playing commando, the majority are mature and understand that the world is more complicated and grey than the black and white that these simpleton make it out to be and that my friend is the point. The world is complicated and people like Hamilton, Lincoln, and Roosevelt believed that we should use government a little to increase social mobility, now it's about dancing around the claim of government is the problem. The sainted Reagan passed the biggest tax increase in American history and as a result federal employment increased, but facts are lost when mired in mysticism and superstition. For a party that gave us Abraham Lincoln, it is tragic that the ranks are filled with too many empty suits and the crazy Birthers who have not learned that the way our courts work is that you get a competent lawyer, verifiable facts and present them to a judge, if the facts are real and not half baked internet lies, then, and only then, do you proceed to trial. The Birthers seem to be having a problem with their so called "Internet facts". Let's face it no one will take the Birthers seriously until they win a case, but until then, you will continue to appear dumb, crazy or racist, or maybe all three. I heard that Orly Taitz now wants to investigate the "Republican 2009 Summer of Love" list: Assemblyman, Michael D. Duvall (CA), Senator John Ensign (NV), Senator Paul Stanley (TN), Governor Mark Stanford (SC), Board of Ed Chair, and Kristin Maguire AKA Bridget Keeney (SC), she wants to re-establish a family values party, that is like saying that the Catholic Church cares about the welling being of children in their care, too late for that. Yee Haw!
Larry Gilbert
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Can you kindly summarize your point?
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It is odd that there has been this big spike in right wing idiocy coming out of Arizona though. Texas has a higher background level of crazy and right now Arizona is like a supernova taking the attention. I wonder how long it will last.
Actually it isn't that strange. Arizona has been moving gradually towards the middle over the last twenty years. The population has doubled in that time and a big part of that spike wasn't old retirees who tended to be conservative, but a lot of younger families moving from blue states, etc. In 2008 McCain only received 53.4% of the vote here in Arizona, his sixth lowest vote total among the states he won. Now think about that, his home state was one of his least supportive states. Had McCain been from Texas, Florida, etc., he likely would have lost Arizona.
This state has a long history of very conservative, often racist politics and the supporters of those policies aren't happy that they are consistently losing ground to moderates and liberals (simply termed as liberals in their tirades). Because of how the state legislature is set up conservatives still have a major majority in both houses but, when Napolitano was governor, she vetoed a lot of their stupidity. In fact she set the record for vetoes in the history of the state. You take her away, bring in Brewer who is a wing-nut's wing-nut, and you see incredibly stupid legislation that was shut down by a reasonable governor make it out of the state house. At the same time you see an increase in non-conservative population as well as an increase in non-white population and the far white err, right is freaking out.
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Chuck you should have known better. Don' t mess with Don Henley. He is "big" on protecting the rights of artists.
Well done Mr. Henley!!!! I am so happy you went after this naive-dilusional-self-centered individual.
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Trump claim: "Obamacare has been repealed in this bill."
The facts: It hasn't. The tax plan does end fines for people who don't carry health insurance, which is a big change, yes, but far from totally dismantling the law. (CBS News)
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Donald Trump was caught bragging yesterday about his biggest tax cut in world history (it isn't) and before closing he added that he had hidden from "fake news" a repeal of the individual mandate. "We hid that," says Trump.
Well that's a lie. CNN and nearly every other news group in America had been reporting on the hastily forged addendum to the bill. It was never hidden, it was not heralded, because the GOP knew that it would be a stumbling block. They tried to downplay it because the bulk of their supporters, a demographic that includes older white voters, are going to suffer.
This is a damaging blow to many who rely on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for their health care needs. The inclusion of this 'well-hidden secret' is going to penalize their voters by increasing premiums by as much as 10 to 15 percent. That will erase the tax cut they've been promised and will cancel health care for many. They won't be able to afford it. Trump laughed. He laughed about it. Callously and with no remorse.
Trump: "When you add it all up together, and then you add two things — the individual mandate is being repealed. When the individual mandate is being repealed, that means Obamacare is being repealed because they get their money from the individual mandate. "
The facts: This is also wrong. The fines on people who don't carry health insurance only provide a small fraction of the financing for the program. Most of the money comes from higher taxes on upper-income people, cuts in Medicare payments to service providers, and other tax increases. (CBS News Sources)
It's imperative to note that Trump, celebrating the only accomplishment in his tenure, took full credit for everything, then went on a lying spree the likes "of which America has never seen before! Believe Me!" While we're hitting on that particular turn of phrase please note that the prosaic verbiage is the President's fall back line in every speech he has ever given.
"Many people are saying" that the president's reliance on three or four phrases speaks to fulminating senility. Or perhaps stupidity? Either way, it's not comforting to have at the helm of a military industrial complex, a man, that is battling his vibrating neurons every second of every day. Reagan had Nancy as his default mode near the end. Trump has Melania, or Ivanka, or Jared. Not the same.
Democrats are already recording Trump's brags in search of fodder for the 2018 mid-terms. Certainly constructing self-destructive ads will sustain, for the nonce, the Dems disappointment vis the passage of this ponderous and scrofulous legislation. It's good to be busy. But it does not erase the sickening, dense and remorseless fact that the GOP has passed a bill that benefits Corporations and the Trump family and lobbyists for same, and legislation that will kill the middle class in America for the next decade.
A rising tide lifts all boats. The metaphor for this Tsunami crumples upon trickle down economic theory, another metaphor for the notion that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies will immediately use gigantic tax cuts to lift wages and engage in vigorous Research and Development, use American workers instead of a dollar an hour labor pool overseas, and will invest funds to support the rise of a middle class.
Poppycock. Bull Shit. Bald-faced Lie. Faulty Theory. GIGO, Garbage In Garbage Out.
It's never worked and will never work. It is a barren economic paradigm.
The tax cuts will go to shareholders and to bonuses for CEOs and upper management. This is the thus of trickle down.
Thus this America dies. Not upon its sword.
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As journalists began digging into the who, what, when, where, why and how of Anders Behring Breivik, the deputy police chief of Oslo faced a media scrum and served up the day's hottest sound bite. "What we know is that he is right wing and he is a Christian fundamentalist," he said, the morning after the hellish attack on Norway's Labor Party and on the children that were its future.
That was the English version of the quote that jumped into American news reports and wire service stories around the globe.
Breivik was officially a "Christian fundamentalist." He was also a "Christian extremist" in a New York Times headline, a "religious conservative" on an ABC newscast and a "Christian terrorist" in an Associated Press report.
However, the pivotal "fundamentalist" phrase sounded a bit different in the context of the televised Norwegian press conference that ignited this media storm, said the Rev. Arne H. Fjeldstad, a minister in the Church of Norway and a former senior editor at the major Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. He is also one of my colleagues in the GetReligion.org project to study the mainstream media's coverage of religion news.
Translating from the Norwegian, Fjeldstad said the police claimed that Breivik was part of a "Christian, fundamentalist, extreme-right environment in Norway." The key was his violent opposition to the political policies known as "multiculturalism."
"I am not sure this police official knew what he was saying when he used the word 'fundamentalist,' " said Fjeldstad. "I think he was trying to say that this was a crazy, lunatic, radical guy on the political fringe and he is calling himself a Christian."
It's crucial to know, he added, that "fundamentalist" has literally been pulled into the Norwegian language from English -- even if there is very little history of Protestant fundamentalism in Norway.
During debates inside the Church of Norway, said Fjeldstad, the term is primarily used by liberals to describe conservatives who stress the Bible's authority as the "inspired word of God" and who defend traditional Christian doctrines on moral issues. While there are Christian groups in America who identify themselves as "fundamentalists," this is not the case in Norway.
As media around the world quickly reported, Breivik did identify himself as a Christian -- period -- on his Facebook page. He also added other details about his religious and cultural beliefs in his 1,500-page online manifesto, "2083 -- A European Declaration of Independence."
At the age of 15, Breivik apparently chose to be baptized and confirmed into the state church. However, the writings left behind by the 32-year-old radical also stress that he does not hold traditional Christian beliefs or practice the faith. Instead, he carefully identifies himself as a "Christian agnostic" or a "Christian atheist (cultural Christian)." In his manifesto, Breivik emphasizes his identity as a Free Mason, his interest in Odinist Norse traditions and his role as a "Justiciar Knight" in a new crusade against Islam.
"If you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and God then you are a religious Christian," he wrote, in a passage that found its way into a few media reports. "Myself and many more like me do not necessarily have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and God. We do however believe in Christianity as a cultural, social, identity and moral platform. This makes us Christian."
Breivik explicitly separates himself from conservative forms of Christianity, at one point noting: "It is therefore essential to understand the difference between a 'Christian fundamentalist theocracy' (everything we do not want) and a secular European society based on our Christian cultural heritage (what we do want).
"So, no, you don't need to have a personal relationship with God or Jesus to fight for our Christian cultural heritage. It is enough that you are a Christian-agnostic or a Christian-atheist."
In other words, noted Fjeldstad, for Breivik the "Christian" label is cultural or political -- but not a statement of personal faith in his case.
"So whatever Anders Breivik is, the last thing you can call him is a 'fundamentalist' Christian."


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