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A New Way to Find Obituaries
GenealogyInTime Magazine has made another major upgrade to its free Genealogy Search Engine. The most recent enhancement is designed to make it quick and easy to find recent obituaries.
Now instead of searching all over the internet for an obituary of a friend, family member or acquaintance, the Genealogy Search Engine will find it for you. Simply enter the name of the person in quotes into the search box.
Many obituaries are indexed by the search engine within 24 hours of appearing on the internet. The Genealogy Search Engine also contains a significant number of older obituaries.
Most modern obituaries are handled by funeral homes. Obituaries appear without delay on the funeral home website or on a dedicated obituary website. In contrast, the traditional approach of looking for an obituary in a newspaper (even an online newspaper) has its limits. Many online newspapers require a subscription, not all obituaries appear in newspapers, and there is often a delay of several days before an obituary is published.
These issues are solved by the Genealogy Search Engine, which actively scans and indexes funeral home and obituary websites making it a convenient one-stop location to find recent obituaries.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Edward Kennedy will spend the night in a Washington hospital after suffering a seizure Tuesday afternoon during a luncheon for President Barack Obama.
President Obama greets Sen. Edward Kennedy at the luncheon in the Capitol.
Doctors believe the incident was brought on by "simple fatigue," said Dr. Edward Aulisi, chairman of the neurosurgery department at Washington Hospital Center.
"Sen. Kennedy is awake, talking with family and friends, and feeling well. He will remain at the Washington Hospital Center overnight for observation, and will be released in the morning," Aulisi said in a statement.
Paramedics were called to the Capitol's Statuary Hall at 2:35 p.m. Kennedy, 76, was taken by ambulance to Washington Hospital Center.
At the hospital, Sen. John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, said Kennedy was alert and in good spirits.
"He has his Irish up," Kerry said. "Ted Kennedy is going to be back in the Senate fighting for the things he cares about."
Kennedy had a mild seizure, Kerry said. He quoted Kennedy's wife, Vicki Kennedy, as saying, "It just goes with the territory."
A Republican House member at the luncheon said Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, was still experiencing seizures when he was put in a wheelchair and taken out through the Rayburn room, located to the side of Statuary Hall. The incident happened at the end of lunch.
Obama mentioned Kennedy's condition while speaking at the luncheon.
Kennedy "was there when the Voting Rights Act passed," the new president said. "Along with John Lewis, [Kennedy] was a warrior for justice. And so I would be lying to you if I did not say that right now, a part of me is with him. And I think that's true for all of us. This is a joyous time. But it's also a sobering time, and my prayers are with him and his family and [his wife] Vicki."
Obama "seemed very, very concerned," and went to the area Kennedy was seated, said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont. "He spoke to others and asked for a moment of silence."
Former Vice President Mondale said he was sitting with Kennedy at their table, that he was doing fine when all of a sudden Kennedy started to convulse.
Secret Service officers moved in right away.
Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Connecticut, Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Kerry accompanied the ailing senator to an ambulance.
Dodd said Kennedy told him, "I'll be okay. I'll see you later."
Kennedy's wife was with him, Dodd said. "She knows what to do. He's in good shape."
Hatch said he told Kennedy, " 'Teddy you're going to be all right.' "
"I personally wish he hadn't come today," Hatch said.
"This is a person who cares about history. He wouldn't have missed this for the world."
The senior Massachusetts senator, patriarch of one of American's leading political families, is a staunch supporter of Obama. See a closer look at Kennedy »
In May, Kennedy suffered a seizure while walking his dogs at his home in Hyannisport, Massachusetts.
Three days later, Kennedy's doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, said the preliminary results from a brain biopsy showed a tumor in the left parietal lobe, which was responsible for the seizure.
In June, Kennedy underwent a 3½-hour operation at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, to remove a malignant tumor from his brain. Surgeons reported the surgery was a success and that Kennedy should suffer no permanent damage from the procedure. See more on malignant brain tumors »
Kennedy's follow-up treatment plan was to include radiation and chemotherapy.
Kennedy, first elected to the Senate in 1962, is the brother of President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963, and New York Sen. Robert Kennedy, who was assassinated while seeking the White House in 1968.
Though his own attempt to seek the presidency failed, Kennedy built a reputation as one of the most effective lawmakers in the Senate.
Kennedy had surgery in October 2007 to clear his carotid artery in hopes of preventing a stroke. Until the seizure last year, the powerful Democrat appeared in fine health. He suffers chronic back pain from injuries suffered in a 1964 plane crash.
Also during the luncheon, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-West Virginia, appeared to be experiencing some difficulty.
Byrd, 91, was very upset and distraught over the incident involving Kennedy, a spokeswoman said. She noted, however, that Byrd later recovered and returned to his Senate office.
CNN's Dana Bash, Evan Glass, Jeanne Merserve and Deirdre Walsh contributed to this report.
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Book Review: The Life and Death of Stars
I am extremely interested in stellar evolution and its relevance to my field of study, variable stars. I read great things about this book before it was released and pre-ordered a copy from Amazon dot com. The book dealer I purchased it from sent me the wrong book. I reported the error via their website and they quickly refunded my credit card, but never sent me the correct book.
A few months later I was able to finally obtain a complimentary copy of the book from the publisher, and after a protracted wait, was anxious to dive into it. What I found was almost as disappointing as getting the wrong book. This isn't the book I thought I was getting either.
This book should have been named The Complete History of Stellar Astrophysics, or something equally boring but less misleading. The first several chapters are intended to give one an extensive amount of background knowledge so that if the author ever does actually begin to write about stars you will understand what he is saying. The chapters begin with Light and the Sun, Gravity and Motion, Atomic and Subatomic Particles, Transmutation of the Elements, What Makes the Sun Shine? and The Extended Solar Atmosphere. Are you bored yet? I am.
Finally, in chapter seven we are introduced to stars. The first section of this chapter, called Comparison of the Sun to Other Stars, is 7.1- Where and When Can the Stars Be Seen? Are you kidding me?!
It is now page 129 of 311 and he is now going to explain that if we go outside at night and look up...
I don't know if I will ever finish this book. It is a ridiculous way to tell a story, and the title is entirely misleading. It's like buying a book called "NASCAR Heroes of the 1990's" and beginning chapter one with the history of the internal combustion engine.
There are only 13 chapters in this book and the author has wasted my time reading seven chapters of background material to get me to the point of 'go out at night and look up, this is where you can see stars'. Chapter eight is finally about stars, The Lives of Stars. Maybe I'll skip ahead to that and see if it's worth going any further. But not today. I'm too annoyed.
Bottom line, if you want to read a text on the history of astrophysics, this is your book. If you want to read about stellar evolution skip the first seven chapters and refer back to them only if you need to understand some concept in more depth with the full history of the discovery process included.
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Somebody "must" post this comment ! -- If you want to learn about stellar evolution, and you are an amateur astronomer, or an arm chair astronomer ... Head to the Web page of the AAVSO ( American Association of Varriable Star Observers ) -- Scroll to the bottom of the home page: Start reading the links under "variable stars" - Strap in - It's a great ride !!
-- Thanks for the review Mike Simonsen.
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Sean Kingston -- Two Heart Surgeries for 'Shocking Pain'
Sean Kingston Open Heart Surgery After Jet Ski Crash
Sean Kingston says doctors had to perform open heart surgery on him after his Memorial Day weekend jet ski crash -- calling the experience a "life or death situation."
Kingston just sat down for an MTV First special and told Sway Calloway ... when he was being released from the hospital, docs discovered a heart condition that required immediate surgery.
Kingston explains, "I had open heart surgery and I had two other surgeries ... it was a life or death situation."
King says he's now back to "100%" -- and compares the former Marine who pulled him out of the water to an angel ... saying, "It was just like an angel in the sky." Kingston says he's emailed his hero and plans to meet up with the guy in the near future.
Kingston spent 23 days in the hospital after his Memorial Day weekend crash in Miami -- where, along with the heart issues, he was treated for a shattered wrist, broken ribs and water inhalation.


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Since I have two boys, I cannot help but be interested in information to help me understand the unique needs of boys. Below is a list of books and online resources that I have found, and I plan to add to this list as I find more. I hope you'll contribute to this by leaving me your recommendations in the comments section! I know there is a lot more out there, but I haven't had much time to research it.
The Wonder of Boys by Michael Gurian – I owned this book before I even got married! I liked the first chapter, especially, because it describes the difference in brain development of boys and girls. It's fascinating. At the time, I guess I needed some insight on understanding the opposite sex, but after I had two boys, I sat down and finished the whole book. I highly recommend this to any parent who has a boy.
Raising Boys by Steve Biddulph – Recently I read Biddulph's Secret of Happy Children, and now this book is sitting on my night stand ready to be opened. I'll be sure to review it once I'm finished.
Online Resources
Bloggin' Bout Boys – Jennifer Fink's blog has a treasure trove of information. She should know since she has four boys. And she has homeschooled them too!
Why Boys Fail – I haven't read through Richard Whitmire's blog yet, but it looks like a good source of information and I want to go back to it.
Building Strong Boys – Not Just Cute – This looks to be a promising series about boys, risk factors and the positive things they need.
Interesting Articles
Schools "relearning" how to teach boys – recent article on king5.com
Why Boys Are Failing in an Educational System Stacked Against Them – by Lori Day of the Huffington Post – Very good article. I especially like this quote: "Particularly relevant to this discussion is the theory of "natural learning," which takes for granted that a learner is a whole person — a living system — and that every aspect of a person, boy or girl, contributes to his or her learning."
Our boys are falling behind in education – 2010 op-ed in Denver Post
New Studies highlights needs of boys in K-12, Higher Education – article in Science Daily
The Truth About Girls and Boys – a 2006 article that offers a different point of view
Teaching boys to be men – Interesting article about a boy's school in Kenyan newspaper. The quote I found most provocative in the article: "Why boys? Though she knows she might sound unpopular, Purity believes that the girl child has been empowered at the expense of the boy."
Teacher and dad Michael Reist urges retooled approach to raising boys in new book
Anything Boys Can Do…Biology may play only a minor role in the math gender gap: Scientific American
A Huge Gender Gap Persists In College Degrees, Do We Need A White House Council On Boys And Men? by Mark Perry
Boys falling behind girls in education, experts look for solutions by Bruce Lindsay for KSL.com-Utah
All-boys' classes grow confidence, leadership by Tamara Shephard on InsideToronto.com
Who says raising boys is easier? by LZ Granderson, CNN Contributor
Learning to live with 'boy energy' by Stephen Bede Scharper
Book boys can't resist – the notebook.org
Thousands of boys' at least four years behind in reading – telegraph.co.uk – I see articles similar to this one almost everyday. Something is wrong with how kids are being taught to read!
How to Help Your Kinesthetic Learner Do Better in School – NannyPro.com
Educating Boys – ABC Sydney – Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Though this sounds like a good school, I don't agree with the statement that boys are different because we nurture them differently. They are just different! And we nurture each child according to his/her needs.
Why You Should Care About International Men's Day – Blogging 'Bout Boys
'Girls' better behaviour results in higher grades than boys' – Education – Scotsman.com – This is an irritating article. Boys are no less well-behaved than girls. They (and some girls) have different needs, including the need for a better learning environment where they can move and do more hands-on activities! This article is from Scotland, but the expert quoted happens to be from a local university.
How to Help Boys – Blogging 'Bout Boys
As I noted above, this is my attempt to start collecting resources on this topic. I'll be adding more as I find them, and I hope you'll contribute by leaving your recommendations in the comments below. Thank you!
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Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia
There are times when you can beckon,
There are times when you must call.
You can take a lot of reckoning,
But you can't take it all.
There are times when I can help you out,
And times when you must fall.
There are times when you must live in doubt
And I can't help at all.
Chorus 1
Three blue stars rise on the hill
Sing no more now just be still
All these trials soon be past
Look for something built to last
A wind held by the collar,
Yes, a cloud held by the breeze
You can walk on coals of fire
But sometimes you must freeze
There are times when you offend me
And I do the same to you
If we can't or won't forget it
I guess we could be through
Chorus 2
One blue star sets on the hill
Call it back you never will
One more star sinks in the past
Show me something built to last
Built to last till time itself falls tumbling from the wall
Built to last till sunshine fails and darkness moves on all
Built to last while years roll past like cloudscapes in the sky
Show me something built to last or something built to try
There are times when you get hit upon
Try hard but you can't give
Other times you'd gladly part
With what you need to live
Don't waste your breath to save your face
When you have done your best
And even more is asked of you
Fate will decide the rest
Chorus 3
All the stars are gone but one
Morning breaks here comes the sun
Cross the sky now sinking fast
Show me something built to last
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In reaching new all-time highs in September, stocks defied their seasonal tendency to produce mediocre returns between May Day and Halloween.
Fortunately, though, this doesn't necessarily mean that stocks will buck another well-worn trend: their penchant for doing well between Oct. 31 and the following May 1.
If this past May Day you did what followers of this seasonal pattern recommend — to "sell in May and go away" — you therefore should be focusing in coming weeks on getting back in.
You might be given an especially good opportunity to do so if the market falls in the wake of continuing political paralysis in Washington over the budget and the debt ceiling. So far, though, the market has managed to hold its own since the government impasse began on Oct. 1, largely on the strength of this past Tuesday's strong gain. The market suffered significant declines on both Wednesday and Thursday.
This "six-months-on, six-months-off" seasonal pattern, also called the "Halloween Indicator," refers to the marked tendency for the stock market to turn in the bulk of its gains between Oct. 31 and the subsequent May 1.
Over the past 50 years, for example, the S&P 500
This stark difference isn't a fluke, according to Ben Jacobsen, a finance professor at Massey University in New Zealand. He found strong evidence of the Halloween Indicator after analyzing the stock-market histories of 108 countries for as far back as data were available.
"While it may not be present in all countries all the time, it most often is," Prof. Jacobsen says.
Though researchers aren't sure why this pattern exists, Prof. Jacobsen suspects it can be traced to the summer vacations of traders and investors in the Northern hemisphere.
The stock market has defied these odds over the past six months. At its all-time high last month, for example, the S&P 500 was 8.3% higher than where it stood on May 1. Even with the market's pullback over the past two weeks, it remains 5.1% higher.
It isn't unprecedented for the stock market to fly in the face of the poor seasonal odds and rise during the summer months, of course. But it doesn't happen very often: There have been 15 occasions over the past 50 years when the S&P 500 gained as much during the summer as it has this year.
Yet in those years when it has done so, that strength has tended to persist into the subsequent winter period — resulting in an average S&P 500 gain of 9.6% between Halloween and May Day six months later. That is higher than the winter gains following losing summers: Over the past 50 years, the S&P 500's average gain in such periods was 5.3%.
To be sure, the six-month unfavorable period isn't yet over, and it isn't out of the question that the next few weeks could see a decline that leaves the stock market lower on Halloween than where it was this past May Day. But notice that, even if that does happen, the stock market still has decent odds of gaining in the six months thereafter.
Those who built up a lot of cash this past May because of this seasonal pattern should therefore be looking to get back in.
Investors who precisely follow the Halloween Indicator will, of course, wait until Oct. 31 to reinvest the cash they raised this past May Day. But several of the investment advisers monitored by the Hulbert Financial Digest believe you can improve on the indicator's returns by searching for a different day during October or November on which to do so.
The adviser who has had the greatest success doing this is Sy Harding, who edits a service called Sy Harding's Street Smart Report. He follows precise rules for when to get back into stocks using a short-term-momentum technical indicator known as the Moving Average Convergence Divergence, or MACD. It is based on a complicated formula relating the 12-day and 26-day moving averages of the market and is widely available at most financial websites, including The Wall Street Journal and Marketwatch.
According to Harding's rules, in no event should investors get back into stocks before Oct. 16, since he has found through back-testing that, before mid-October, the unfavorable seasonal tendencies usually are so powerful that they outweigh even an MACD buy signal.
If the stock market is in the midst of a strong short-term rally on that date — and the MACD is therefore showing a buy signal — Harding will get back into stocks immediately. Otherwise, he waits until that indicator triggers a subsequent buy signal. He uses the inverse of this approach when getting out of stocks in the spring.
Consider a hypothetical portfolio that, using Harding's method, switched between the Wilshire 5000 index
That is better than the 6.9% annualized produced by the original, unmodified version of the Halloween Indicator, which in turn is better than the 6.2% return of simply buying and holding the stock market. Better yet, Harding's portfolio was completely out of the market half the time, so it incurred only half the risk. That is a winning combination.
Harding says he expects the market at some point this month or next to be sufficiently lower than where it stands now to make it worthwhile for clients following the Halloween Indicator to wait before getting back in. When he does recommend that clients get back in, he says he will tell them to buy the so-called Dow Diamonds — the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average exchange-traded fund
Prof. Jacobsen says that the Halloween Indicator also is quite strong in Europe, and in the United Kingdom and France in particular. One inexpensive ETF that provides exposure to all of Europe is Vanguard FTSE Europe, with an expense ratio of 0.12%.
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Wayne State University Law School Assistant Professor Kirsten Carlson has been awarded a $250,000 grant for the university from the National Science Foundation.
Carlson will use the grant to conduct a two-year research project — "Legal Mobilization, Rights Claims, and Federal Indian Policy Reforms" — that aims to develop a better understanding of how, when and with what success American Indian nations use the political process to change the law.
The professor served as a staff attorney for four years at the Indian Law Resource Center in Montana with a practice on advocacy to protect the rights of Indian nations.
She joined Wayne Law in 2011.
Carlson is excited about the project and the benefits it will bring to the university and to her law students, as well as to political and legal scholars and to Indian nations — the most impoverished group in the United States — seeking solutions to problems.
"The grant allows me to hire several research assistants to work on the project," Carlson said. "I will also incorporate the research into several classes, which will train students about legislative advocacy.
This is a great opportunity for students interested in advocacy to learn more about legal mobilization, advocacy strategies and the success and failure of advocacy strategies."
The project begins officially May 1, but the professor already has developed a legislative database of all identifiable bills related to Indians that were introduced and/or enacted by Congress between 1975 and 2011 — a dataset of 6,968 bills.
"Few studies have analyzed the role of legislation in law reform in Indian country," Carlson wrote in her grant proposal. "Indian nations lose in the U.S. Supreme Court over 75 percent of the time."
"As a result," she said, "many lawyers and advocates in Indian country have encouraged Indian nations to pursue legislation rather than litigate problems plaguing Indian country. Yet most legislation introduced in Congress never gets enacted."
Existing data about political advocacy by Indian nations in the United States is lacking, as most political scientists omit Native Americans from their studies or narrow their areas of study to tribes involved in gaming, Carlson wrote.
"The proposed study will be the first to consider systematically the legislative strategies used by the 565 federally recognized Indian nations in the United States in their efforts to change federal Indian law and policy, and to measure their impact on law and policy change."
Wayne Law Dean Jocelyn Benson noted that National Science Foundation grants are prestigious and that Carlson secured the grant on her first application, something that isn't common.
"We congratulate Kirsten on being awarded the grant and on her important work in this study to provide more information about how American Indian nations are affected by the law-making process," Benson said.
Carlson said the general lack of knowledge on Indians and Congress prompted her to start the project. "I really wanted to know whether tribal legislative strategies were successful, especially since Indian nations are increasingly pursuing these. I think research and scholarship should inform advocacy strategies, and we just don't know enough in this area."
The project, in its first stage, will involve data analysis as well as the development of a new database of legislative hearings on each relevant policy proposal. The second stage of the project will involve case studies to provide context to the data.
Carlson earned a bachelor's degree in international studies from Johns Hopkins University, master's degree in Maaori studies from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, and a law degree and doctorate in political science from the University of Michigan. She teaches Civil Procedure and American Indian Law.
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Re: Reflections on Skills of the Skillfulby ELISHEVA (Prior)
|on Jun 30, 2009 at 08:45 UTC ( #775947=note: print w/replies, xml )
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Thank-you for a thought provoking thread that is stimulating lots of good responses.
In the late 1990's Justin Kruger and David Dunning did a series of studies demonstrating that the less skillful had a tendency to overrate their abilities and failure to recognize expertise in others. The paper where they presented these results, "Unskilled and unaware of it", makes an interesting read and won them the ig nobel prize in psychology.
They blame the reluctance of people to give negative criticism; the ambiguity of failure (bad luck? lack of effort? lack of skill?); and a certain catch-22. The less competent are also less able to identify competency in others. They can't see their mistakes or why others are better and hence can't learn from those more expert. They are likely to see the opinions of those more knowledgeable as foolish or silly, rather than insightful. Thus even exposure to experts does not correct their misunderstandings.
The challenge then is how to break out of that vicious circle. I think deliberately seeking out people who challenge you is one way. The deliberateness helps create an open minded attitude. This can be done many ways: reading the greats (several suggestions have already been given), participating actively in a community like Perl monks, working on an advanced degree, or seeking out the best people at your workplace. If you ever become that "best" in your group, watch out - and seek further. There is always someone who knows more than you or can challenge you with a different take on things. When people start seeing you as "best", they become afraid to challenge you. It is time to look elsewhere to find stimulation.
Another trick I use is to read widely enough until the material the material I read starts raising the same points over and over. Focusing on the different criteria people use to decide what is right or wrong also helps me learn.
Best of luck in your learning journey, beth
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When The Unobservable Universe Is Used To Justify Various Follies, Such As The Multiverse, Civilization Is In A Bad Way:
Physics is the laboratory of reason. This where the most advanced, most subtle logics are forged (even more so than in pure mathematics, where the navel's importance is too great). So what physicists ponder, matters to the entire civilization which nurtures them. When physics goes to the dogs, so does civilization. The follies of state of the art theoretical physics, reflect an ambient madness which pervades civilization. (If you don't believe this, may I sell you some imaginary bitcoins for millions of dollars?)
Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel, a continual source of excellent articles in physics, wrote an interesting essay which I disagree with. His reasons are interesting, and have the merit of honesty. My answers are even more striking, and I bring the full weight of 24 centuries of history as meta-evidence for crushing the feeble, pathetic, short-sighted considerations of my fellow physicists. Ethan's essay is entitled: "Yes, The Multiverse Is Real, But It Won't Fix Physics
Surprisingly, the evidence points towards the existence of the unobservable multiverse. But it isn't the answer you're looking for. "
Ethan proposes to use cosmic inflation to provide for the proliferation of Schrödinger cats and Wigner's friends. One folly would thus provide for the other, and they would thus stay up, like two drunks falling into each other's arms. I will instead humbly suggest to do away with madness altogether. But first a little recap.
The universe is expanding. This experimental evidence was established around 1920, by a number of astronomers in Europe and the USA, the most famous of whom was lawyer turned astronomer, Edwin Hubble. Hubble had the biggest telescope. The expansion is presumed to be looking everywhere the same, and this is what seems to be observed. That also means that, if one looks far away, galaxies will seem to be receding from us at speed ever closer to the speed of light. As the apparent speed of these galaxies approach c, their light gets shifted to lower and lower frequencies, until they become invisible (same reason as why Black Holes are blacker than black).
Where the transition to invisibility occurs is called the "event horizon". Beyond the event horizon is the unobservable universe (we can't detect it gravitationally, as gravity goes at the speed of light, a theoretical prediction now experimentally verified).
The observed universe is "flat" (namely there is no detected distortion in the distribution of clouds, filaments and superclusters of galaxies). That sounds unlikely, and indicates that the observed universe is a tiny portion of a much larger whole.
This unobservable universe has nothing to do with the "Multiverse" brandished recently by many theoretical physicists who have apparently run out of imagination for something more plausible. Eighty years ago, Schrödinger pointed out that Quantum Mechanics, as formalized then (and now!) was observer dependent, and filled up the universe with waves of dead and live cats (when applied to macroscopic objects). That's called the Schrödinger Cat Paradox. Instead of calling for a re-thinking of Quantum Mechanics (as I do!), Ethan Siegel (and many other physicists and astrophysicists) embrace the dead and alive cats, settling them in "parallel universes". So basically they reenact Solomon Judgment: instead of cutting the baby in two, they cut the universe in two. Zillions of time per second, in zillions of smaller places than you can possibly imagine… Here is a picture of Schrödinger cat: as the branches separate in that movie, two universes are created. This is what Ethan Siegel wants to justify, thanks to cosmic inflation…
The Multiverse", with baby universes all over the universe, has more to do with the "Many Worlds Interpretation" of Quantum Mechanics, a theory so absurd that the great popes of physics ruling around 1960 rejected it outright. Wheeler was ashamed of himself for having had a PhD student, Everett, who suggested this folly(Everett couldn't get an academic job, at a time when academic employment in physics was booming!)
Ethan wrote: "In the region that became our Universe, which may encompass a large region that goes far beyond what we can observe, inflation ended all-at-once. But beyond that region, there are even more regions where it didn't end."
This sort of statement, and I say this with all due respect to the divine, is equivalent to saying:"Me, Ethan, having checked all that exists, observable by simple humans, or not, thereby informs you that I am either God, or that She is an interlocutor of mine. We checked that cosmic inflation thing, and saw it all over all the possible universes. Don't talk, just learn."
There is no way for us humans to know, for sure, or not, what is going on beyond the observable universe (aside from having no gravitational field distortions when approaching the event horizon, as I said above when considering "flatness").
Ethan notices that Many Worlds fanatics have tried to use cosmic inflation to save their (ridiculous) theory. ("Many Worlds" is ridiculous, as Schrödinger tried to show, long ago, because there would be as many ways to cut the universes into "Many Worlds" as there are observers. So, so to speak, the "Many World Interpretation", call it MWI, is actually MWI ^ {Observers} (MWI to the power of the set of all possible Observers, the latter set being itself something of an uncountably infinite function of MWI.)
Ethan says: "But just because variants of the Multiverse are falsifiable, and just because the consequences of its existence are unobservable, doesn't mean that the Multiverse isn't real. If cosmic inflation, General Relativity, and quantum field theory are all correct, the Multiverse likely is real, and we're living in it."
What Ethan is saying is that if a number of crazy (cosmic inflation), or incomplete (Quantum Field Theory), ideas are "all correct", then something as useful as angels on pin heads is real.Yes, indeed, if one believes that Muhammad flew to Jerusalem on a winged horse (!), one may as well believe all the rest of the Qur'an. That is a proof by crystal balls. After Ptolemy and company had established their (half correctly) predicting "epicycles" theory, one could have used it in turn to "prove" Aristotle ridiculous theory of motion.
23 centuries ago a much saner theory existed, that of Aristarchus. It was rejected at the time, precisely because it was not insane, and even though it was used to make a nearly correct prediction of the distance of the Moon. Aristarchus underestimated the distance of the Sun, but a telescope could have changed this (by showing more precisely the angle of the terminus on the Moon). If astronomers had the time had accepted heliocentrism as a possibility, it would have led them to invent the telescope. Similarly, right now, rejecting Many Worlds and Multiverse will lead to develop instruments which don't exist yet (I have proposed at least one).
Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel suggests that: "The Multiverse is real, but provides the answer to absolutely nothing." My opinion is that the Multiverse is worse than useless: the unhinged mood it provides prevents to develop more fruitful avenues of research, both theoretically and experimentally.
Insanity is the rule in crowds (Nietzsche). Thus follies are the truths crowds love, at first sight, before being corrected by higher minds. Why? Follies bind, because they are so special.
In Aristarchus' times, heliocentrism, the fact Earth and its Moon rotate around the Sun, should have been obvious. Indeed, people, let's think for a moment: where was the Sun supposed to be, considering the phases of the Moon? If the Sun turned around Earth, the Moon's illumination should have changed all day long! It didn't require much geometrical analysis to discover that this source of light could only be where Aristarchus computed it to be, far away from the Earth-Moon system.
It took 19 centuries to correct that (obvious!) mistake. Interestingly, Jean Buridan, circa 1350 CE, did it in the most theoretical fashion.
Buridan first showed that Aristotle's ridiculous theory of motion made no sense, and had to be replaced by inertia and momentum (what Buridan called "impetus"). Having done this, the motion of the planets in a heliocentric system could be explained by "circular impetus", Buridan pointed out (then he observed sardonically that we couldn't observe the difference between epicycles and heliocentrism, so may as well go for "Scripture").
Similarly, nowadays, instead of arguing with the "angels on a multiverse pinhead" authorities, we better point out to the glaring inconsistencies of Quantum Mechanics.
Civilization without reason is like a chicken without a head: it can run, but not forever.
Patrice Aymé


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Heidi Klum and Seal confirm split rumors
NEW YORK – Seal and Heidi Klum have announced that their storybook marriage is coming to the end of the runway.
In a statement Sunday night, the power couple announced their separation after rumors swirled over the weekend that a divorce was imminent.
"While we have enjoyed seven very loving, loyal and happy years of marriage, after much soul searching we have decided to separate," the joint statement read. "We have had the deepest respect for one another throughout our relationship and continue to love each other very much, but we have grown apart. This is an amicable process and protecting the well-being of our children remains our top priority, especially during this time of transition. We thank our family, friends, and fans for their kind words of support. And for our children's sake, we appreciate you respecting our privacy."
The couple married in 2005 and has four children together, including the supermodel's daughter from a previous relationship.
They were one of Hollywood's most high-profile couples, and seemed to have the relationship everyone should envy. They two starred together in the music video "Secret," they renewed their wedding vows each anniversary, boasted of their love in the media, and threw Halloween bashes together where they dressed in outrageous outfits, most recently last year in New York City, where the two engaged in their typical public display of affection for the cameras.
In an interview with The Associated Press in 2007, the "Kiss from A Rose" singer described his wife, who has a tattoo of his name on her arm, as his best friend.
"It is really important that we have that understanding because apart from anything else it is really healthy," he said of the "Project Runway" host. "People often talk about the most important thing in a relationship. They say it is really important that you are turned on by your partner and you love each other, which is all really true.I often think that the most important thing or certainly up there with love is respect."
TMZ first reported on Saturday that the two planned to divorce this week.
His announcement comes as he releases his new album, "Soul 2," on Tuesday, which has songs like "Love T.K.O," "Let's Stay Together" and "Love Don't Live Here Anymore."


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Hulk Hogan sues spine surgery clinic in Florida
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CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Wrestler Hulk Hogan has filed a lawsuit against the Tampa-based Laser Spine Institute, saying the clinic did unnecessary surgeries that damaged his career.
The Tampa Bay Times (http://bit.ly/WGqhhJ ) reports that Hogan filed the lawsuit Monday. He filed under his real name, which is Terry Bollea. It seeks damages of $50 million.
In addition to claiming unnecessary surgeries, the lawsuit also says the Laser Spine Institute used an endorsement from Hogan without permission or payment.
The Laser Spine Institute says it is aware of the lawsuit, but to protect patient privacy, it does not want to discuss details of the case.


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For the first time, a man has been declared officially cured of HIV. The remedy may nearly have killed him, but it opens a door—just a crack—to hope that we may someday kill off the scourge for good.
Strangely enough, the diagnosis that most concerned Timothy Ray Brown in 2007 was acute myeloid leukemia. HIV has been increasingly thought of as a manageable disease, though certainly a terribly burdensome one. What brought the 42-year old Brown under the care of Germany's Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin hospital was the more immediate threat his cancer posed.
The treatment Brown underwent was aggressive: chemotherapy that destroyed the majority of his immune cells. Total body irradiation. Finally, a risky stem-cell transplant that nearly a third of patients don't survive—but that appears to have completely cured Brown of HIV.
Doctors were savvy when they chose a stem cell donor for Brown. The man whose bone marrow they used has a particular genetic mutation, present in an incredibly small percentage of people, that makes him almost invulnerable to HIV. With Brown's own defenses decimated by treatments, the healthy, HIV-resistant donor cells repopulated his immune system. The initial indications that the virus had abated were promising. But only just now, having taken no antiretroviral drugs since the transplant, and following extensive testing shows no signs whatsoever of HIV, have his doctors given the official word:
He's cured.
What does this mean for the future of treatment? It's not as though every HIV patient can or would want to go through the tremendous suffering that was prelude to Brown's recovery, or be able to afford the procedure if they could or did. But for the first time, we know that HIV can be cured, not just managed. It opens new avenues of research—gene therapy, stem cell treatments—that may otherwise have been thought dead ends. [AIDS Map]


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Emily Gerard (1849-1905) is generally considered to be the first author to use the term nosferatu. I examined a source allgedly pre-dating her own, but found it wanting. However, what I didn't tell you, is that I actually knew of an earlier source, pre-dating Gerard's usage by 20 years.
I was saving the info for a special purpose. Maybe a book, maybe a journal article. But with my recent membership into the Canadian branch of the Transylvanian Society of Dracula, I found the perfect outlet for my finding: their newsletter. Here's my article for your reading pleasure. Click on the image to read it in higher resolution.
Incidentally, my article's inclusion in The Borgo Post marks a significant milestone in my 'career' as a vampirologist: this is the first vampire-related article I've submitted for a print publication. Ever. It even scored an addendum by the Society's president, Elizabeth Miller, who, as you guys would probably be aware by now, is an author I hold in high regard. Quite an honour.
I've gotta admit though, it was a bit nerve-wracking waiting for the article to be published. You see, The Borgo Post is a quarterly newsletter. That's a long time between publication. I had to keep my fingers crossed that no-one else would make the 'discovery' in the meantime, as I wanted it to be an 'exclusive'. I would occasionally check Google to see if it'd appear elsewhere. It was a long wait between my original submission to the newsletter's editor ('Submission for The Borgo Post', Tuesday, 2 November 2010 8:18:32 AM) till the newsletter's arrival on February 2nd. Thankfully, it went off without a hitch.
At this point, you might be wondering why exactly I chose to chase this pre-Gerard lead in the first place. What was the inspiration behind it. Well, I'm gonna lay a couple more exclusives on you, dear readers. Stuff you won't find in that article. As it happens, I chased the lead after I read Niels' coverage of the Vampirismus und magia posthuma im Diskurs der Habsburgermonarchie im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert conference. A certain passage stood out to me:
Karin Barton, associate professor at Laurier University in Canada, is particularly interested in insects and their role in cultural history and literature, currently with emphasis on the flea. She presented a paper on The Habsburg Flea: Notes on the Cultural and Literary History of an Insect Vampire with numerous examples of how the flea has been presented in various media, including some that related it to vampires. Remarkably, she presented a source from 1866 that mentions the word 'nosferatu', a term otherwise usually perceived as constructed by Emily Gerard in her Transsylvanian [sic] Superstitions from 1885!My eyes lit up when I saw that, too. Like many people in the field, I was also under the impression that the word's original appearance was in Gerard's article. Niels didn't list Barton's 1866 source, so I decided to find it myself. It really was as simple as typing "nosferatu" into Google Books. Not much legwork involved there. But I certainly hit paydirt, because the source I found pre-dates Barton's by a year.
Now, this is where I share my other exclusive with you. Being mindful that Barton's article hasn't yet seen publication, with no mention (to my knowledge) if it's gonna be included in the conference's upcoming anthology, I bet I could tell you what her source was. Something else I didn't mention in 'Vindicating Gerard': Wilehem Schmidt's 1865 article, 'Das Jahr und seine Tage in Meinung und Brauch der Rumänen Siebenbürgens' was expanded into a book of the same name...in 1866.
Here's something I just discovered while writing this blog entry: at the time I wrote the newsletter article, the journal Schmidt had written for was no longer available on Google Books. (apart from the Danish version Neils kindly drew my attention to). But now, it's back up.
And there you have it, folks. The earliest known appearance of nosferatu in written form. I'm more than happy to be corrected on that, of course, but that's the earliest mention I've been able to come across thus far. If you know of an older source, feel free to send me along your source.


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IRVINE, Calif. (NCBWA) – Forty-five players have been
named to the midseason watch list for the sixth annual National
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award,
given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I baseball, as
announced by the association Thursday.
Leading the elite field with a nation-best 11 saves is Virginia's
Kevin Arico. The junior right-hander owns a 2.37 ERA and had registered
27 strikeouts in 19.0 innings pitched.
Also included on this year's midseason watch list is 2009 finalist
Matty Ott of LSU (0-0, 2.70), who ranks second in the nation with
10 saves. Last year, Ott, the 2009 SEC Freshman of the Year, set
a new high for the most single-season saves in LSU history with
16 and carried his team to a national championship. Oklahoma's Ryan
Duke (0-1, 1.59) and Appalachian State's Chris Patterson (2-1, 0.77)
each hold 10 saves apiece, tying them for second in the country
with Ott.
The Big 12 Conference leads the way with six players named to
the midseason watch list. The ACC, Pac-10, SEC and Southland Conference
have four pitchers each on this year's watch list, while the Big
East Conference is represented by three players. In all, 20 conferences
are showcased in this year's midseason watch list.
At the conclusion of the regular season, the Division I national
saves leader and four other relief pitching standouts will be selected
as finalists and released Wednesday, June 2, prior to start of NCAA
regional tournament competition. The NCBWA's All-America Committee
then will select the winner, with this year's recipient to be announced
on the opening day of the College World Series on June 19.
Texas hurler J. Brent Cox won the inaugural Stopper of the Year
Award in 2005, with Don Czyz of Kansas claiming the honor in 2006,
Luke Prihoda of Sam Houston State winning it in 2007, Georgia's
Joshua Fields topping the field in 2008 and San Diego State's Addison
Reed grabbing the honor last season.
The NCBWA, founded in 1962, also presents the Dick Howser Trophy
to the nation's top player in addition to naming a Division I All-America
Team, Division I and Division III Players of the Week, Division
I District Players of the Year and Division III Players of the Year.
For more information on the NCBWA Stopper of the Year, contact
Julie St. Cyr at the Big West Conference at 949-261-2525 or Russ
Anderson at Conference USA at 214-774-1300.


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I heard a television evangelist say that blessings were hijacked and so Christians have neglected and forgotten the gift of blessings. Is that true?
He may have meant that the Catholic Church hijacked them because it set rules for who can give different blessings. But there are a wide variety of blessings in Scripture and there are many types of blessings in the Church.
Certainly, for Catholics, our lives are enveloped in blessings. Calling for blessings are frequent from the simple, perhaps frivolous, sneezing "bless you" to the solemn Urbi et Orbi (to the city of Rome and to the world) blessing given by popes at Easter and Christmas.
The word "blessing" likely comes from the Germanic bletsian from around 725 and the 1225 blessen from Old English, meaning to make holy by sacrifice. The translation of benedicere in the Bible may have influenced its present understanding "to wish well" and "to praise." The Catechism of the Catholic Church says: "Blessing is a divine and life-giving action" (n. 1078).
Blessings are common in the Old Testament with a variety of meanings. Often, they mean "to be favoured by God." This meaning appears in the Bible at the beginning of Genesis when God blesses creation and again when God tells Abraham "I will bless you. I will make your name great" (12.1-2).
God gave to Moses a specific manner for the priests to bless the people in a text we read at New Year's Day Mass: "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his countenance shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his countenance to you and grant you peace"(Numbers 6.24-26). Here, blessing is prayer that the one blest be favoured by God.
The heads of tribes (patriarchs) were privileged to bestow blessings with special fruitfulness on their oldest sons. These could not be revoked. Rebecca tricked Isaac into blessing the second son but it could not be changed (Genesis 27.23-37). Here, the blessing is an inheritance and gift.
Blessings can refer to praise of God as the psalms so amply do.
Christ's coming was the greatest blessing of all. The Gospel of Luke opens with blessings. In the exchange between Elizabeth and Mary, Elizabeth uses the word "blessed" five times in four verses as she proclaims Mary and "the fruit of her womb" as "blessed" (1.42-45).
Mary in her Magnificat proclaims "all generations will call me blessed" (v. 48).
Matthew and Luke give us the Beatitudes (blessings). Jesus is said to bless a number of times: he blesses children (Mark 10.16); he blesses food when feeding the multitude (Matthew 14.19; John 6.11). At the final judgment, Christ will say, "Come, you that are blessed by my Father" (Matthew 25.34).
Catholics have continued with many blessings of all sorts. At Mass, blessings are given to the people by the priest at the beginning and end. The bread and wine are blessed before they are consecrated. At Benediction, blessing is with the Blessed Sacrament.
The Church blesses or consecrates objects such as altars, chalices, etc. for permanent, sacred use. Other blessings are of persons, objects of piety such as rosaries, crosses and of material things used in daily life such as foods, animals, houses, schools, vehicles, etc.
These formal blessings are a rite performed by a priest or bishop in the name and with the authority of the Church and consist of prayers, use of incense and holy water.
In addition to these formal blessings, "every baptized person is called to be a blessing and to bless" (Catechism, 1669). We consider children a blessing from God. Parents bless their children.
We bless one another, maybe inadvertently, when we say "good-bye," a word which comes from "God be with you." When we make the sign of the cross, we call it "blessing ourselves." We bless our success or good luck.
When surprised we might say "bless me." We ask God to bless others or our food. These blessings acknowledge God as the source of all blessing. The value of these blessings comes from one's prayerful desire to invoke God's care on those receiving the blessing.
Blessings are sacramentals; they do not confer grace as sacraments do but "prepare us to receive grace and dispose us to cooperate with it" (Catechism 1670). Sacramentals, like sacraments, can sanctify the events of our lives and material things can work toward "the sanctification of humanity and the praise of God" (Catechism 1670).
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Officials: Israel finds bodies of 3 teens kidnapped while hitchhiking home from West Bank
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military found the bodies of three missing teenagers on Monday, just over two weeks after they were abducted in the West Bank, allegedly by Hamas militants. The grisly discovery culminated a feverish search that led to Israel's largest ground operation in the Palestinian territory in nearly a decade and raised fears of renewed fighting with Hamas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was huddling with his Security Cabinet late Monday to discuss a response.
Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, a 16-year-old with dual Israeli-American citizenship, disappeared while hitchhiking home near the West Bank city of Hebron late at night on June 12 and were never heard from again. Despite the dangers, hitchhiking is common among Israelis traveling in and out of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
The Israeli military and the Shin Bet security agency announced late Monday that the bodies had been found. "The bodies are currently going through forensic identification. The families of the abducted teens have been notified," the army said. The Shin Bet said the bodies had been buried in a field near the village of Halhul, just north of Hebron.
Binyamin Proper, who was among the civilian volunteers that found the bodies, told Channel 2 TV that a member of the search party "saw something suspicious on the ground, plants that looked out of place, moved them and moved some rocks and then found the bodies. We realized it was them and we called the army."
Israel accused Hamas of being behind the abductions and launched a frantic manhunt throughout the West Bank, arresting nearly 400 Hamas operatives in the process. Last week, Israel identified two well-known Hamas operatives as the chief suspects. The two men remained on the run late Monday.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the kidnappings, and his forces coordinated closely with Israel during the search for the teens. But Netanyahu has called on Abbas to dissolve a unity government recently formed with the backing of Hamas, saying it is impossible to be committed to peace while simultaneously sitting together with a group that kidnaps Israelis. Abbas has so far refused the calls, saying his new government is committed to his political program. Hamas is not part of his government, but has lent its backing from the outside.
The search for the teens captured the nation's attention. The Israeli media delivered round-the-clock updates on the search, and the mothers of the three teens became high-profile figures as they campaigned for their sons' return. Israelis held daily prayer vigils, including mass gatherings attended by tens of thousands of people at the Western Wall, the holiest prayer site in Judaism, and in a downtown square in Tel Aviv.
Late Monday, dozens of Israeli forces moved into the village of Halhul. There were no further details on the operation.
In Washington, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said, "We obviously condemn in the strongest possible terms violence that takes the lives of innocent civilians."


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My name is Captain David Ide. I am a third generation fisherman here in Ft Lauderdale, who grew up fishing South Florida's famous waters. I've been fishing my whole life, from the back canals of Fort Lauderdale to the Islands of the Bahamas. My mates and I have fished many prestigious Billfish tournaments held all over the world, including the Bahamas , Bermuda, Mexico, the Virgin Islands, Madeira, and Africa.
Growing up on the New River in Fort Lauderdale, I've always had an interest in boating and fishing. I had my first boat at 5 years old, an 8 ft dingy with an electric trolling motor. My boundaries were my canal. At 8 years old I purchased my very own 9 ft Boston Whaler. I could go on about all the boats I've owned over the years, but you can already see the direction I was headed.
Since the early 1980's, my family has spent every summer traveling throughout the Islands of the Bahamas. I was hooked at a young age. My curiosity kept me asking questions of everyone I met on the docks. What kind of tackle, bait, and techniques did these great fishermen use? Because of my young age, they would give me pointers and teach me their methods. It was the love of fishing that introduced me to many anglers throughout the Islands. This opened up many opportunities to fish with other professionals all over the world and learn from the best.
At 15 years old, I worked at the Lauderdale Marina fuel docks after school and over the weekends. It was there that I met many other fishermen who invited me to fish on their boats. I was young and eager and happy to go along. The following year, I worked at a tournament tackle shop and was asked to fish the Bahamas Billfish Championship. I am still involved in tournament fishing as my time allows.
I now run the Lady Pamela Sportfishing Fleet, which has been a well known charter boat fleet in South Florida since 1975. My crew and I take pride in catching our customers' fish and letting them experience the thrill of a lifetime while fishing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is my goal to continue on the tradition of families fishing for generations to come.
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The bill would bar lawmakers from cashing in on stock or other financial information that isn't released to the public.
Post by: Anderson Cooper
Filed under: Keeping Them Honest
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Please keep following up on the insider trading by Congress. Don't let them table this forever and not change anything. I think their plan is to continue tabling it until the public forgets about it. Keep up the good work!
And this is a suprise?
Why are the members of Congress allowed to use insider trading when the rest of the population isn't allowed to use insider trading information to buy and sell stocks? I thought the members of Congress were elected to represent we, the people. The members of Congress voted themselves for Congress to be allowed to do insider trading and this is against the law as the members of Congress are required to abide by the Constitution of the United States of America and by the members of Congress being allowed to use insider trading they have placed themselves above the law without voter approval. No government body, institution or individual is permitted to place themselves above the law and not adhere to the Constitution of the United States of America. Yes Congress makes the law but Congress must abide by the law and not violate the Constitution when making the law. Congress violated the Constitution and those who voted for the law should be impeached for they violated their oath of office they made when they were sworn into office.
Anderson, please continue to fight to make Congress as accountable as the rest of our citizenship. Thanks for all you do. Our family appreciates your hard work.
So tell me Anderson, if all the congressmen and women were once US citizens BEFORE they were voted into congress and during the time they were just mere US Citizens like you and I it was against the law to be a part of insider trading and they could have been arrested for said act then tell me what makes them exempt now???
Congressmen and women who are exempt from insider trading is just an abuse of power. I will not vote for any congress person who has abused this power so please keep reporting on who those people are and I encourage anyone who is upset as I am to not vote these people back into office.
Thank you for your show and your informative reporting.
I'm glad you aired the segment on this subject,hope they don't come for you.There's probably a lot more thing's they can do and get away with it,keep bring this kind's of thing up to the American People an eventually they will have to do something about it.Keep them Honest, you have the voice.
Thank you, Anderson Cooper, for your segment "Keeping Them Honest." The delay in Congress passing this legislation is shameful and, unfortunately, not surprising. Once again Congress appearing to behave like foxes in the hen house.
Mr. Anderson Cooper, Thank You for being "The Peoples Whip". As you know the majority and minority Whip in the House and Senate counts the votes and put the legislators on record. Thank you for being "the Peoples Whip" in Congress for counting the votes for passage of the Insider Trading Rule for Congressional members. Thank You very much.
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Jenni Pulos has a new reason to flip out: She's a first-time mom! The star of Bravo's Flipping Out welcomed a baby girl with her hubby Jonathan Nassos on Saturday, June 29, her rep confirms to Us Weekly exclusively.
"Mommy and baby are doing well," her rep tells Us. The couple named their new bundle of joy Alianna Marika and she weighs in at 8 pounds 10 ounces, 21 inches long.
Revealing the news that she was pregnant to Us back in January, the reality star, who serves as Flipping Out boss Jeff Lewis' executive assistant, shared that she suffered a miscarriage shortly after her wedding in May 2012.
Surprisingly, she found out she was pregnant again in October. "It was the best surprise. I never knew it was fairly common to get pregnant after a miscarriage," she told Us. "I didn't think it would happen so quickly. I was open to IVF or adoption … Later, we stared at our ultrasound and said, 'Wow. Life is crazy!"
Finding out she was going to be a first-time mom at age 40 was scary at first, she admitted.
"I still can't believe this is happening," she said at the time. "I won't lie: I'm scared! I'm like, 'How am I going to be a mom? But I'm going for it. It's so exciting."
No doubt she's enjoying her new bundle of joy with her Chicago-based orthopedic surgeon hubby, who she says will be a standout father.
"I see the kind of son and brother he is, and I know he'll be a great father," she explained in January. "Right now, he's dad to our dogs. He even gets them to kiss my belly."
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Constantine XI (Constantine Palaeologus), d. 1453, last Byzantine emperor (1449–53), brother and successor of John VIII. To secure Western aid against the Turkish assault on what remained of the empire, he proclaimed (1452) the union of the Western and Eastern Churches. No help came, however, and in 1453 Constantine, with some 8,000 Greeks, Venetians, and Genoese, faced 150,000 Turkish besiegers under Sultan Muhammad II. After almost two months of heroic defense, directed by the emperor, the city and the empire fell. Constantine died fighting with the last of his men.
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I could be writing all day. There's a huge post in my head about Karen Ho's book but I have to read Matt Taibbi's piece in the Rolling Stone before the last piece slides into place. But in the meantime, I wanted to post about the stupidest headline I've seen so far today and it's early.
Here it is:
Bubba Watson's courage, creativity made Masters win happen
Yes, it takes courage and creativity, not natural or practiced hand-eye coordination, to knock a small spherical object into a tiny hole in the ground. That's the kind of courage and creativity that ends wars, cures cancer, and gets you an invitation to join an exclusively male country club where you and your other rich and powerful male buddies can make plans to influence the lives of the everyone else in the country, including the 53% of the population who can't possibly overhear or join in on your conversations on the back nine.
Bubba deserves a call from the President where they can talk the manly man talk and maybe even get an invitation to PBO's next golf outing (which was only integrated with women after they made a big stink about it).
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Remember a few weeks ago when I said that Republicans would go after the Family Leave Act and a bunch of you rolled your eyes (I know you did) and said to yourselves that RD was one tin foil hat shy of a full conspiracy? Well, take a look at this post by Digby. Scott Walker in Wisconsin has signed a bill repealing the state's Equal Pay Enforcement Act. If the Family Leave Act doesn't start getting some attention soon from the wingnuts as some kind of hostage for a budget deal, I'll eat my blog. It's perfect. I can almost hear the arguments now. Unemployment is high and employers, I'm sorry, JOB CREATORS, need the flexibility (this is an important word. Pay attention) to hire when they have a position open. Why are we holding these empty positions open while women are on maternity leave when they could be filled by men who need jobs to feed their families? And Rush will probably start telling everyone that we are paying these women to sit on their asses all day eating bon-bons for 6 months.
Repeal it or no raising the debt ceiling/extension of unemployment benefits/free lunch program.
You know it's coming. And I'm not entirely sure that Republicans are going to lose this battle. They're certainly going to get the attention of white males who are struggling to support their families on one income. Plus, they get the added bonus of watching Obama twist himself into knots trying not to piss off his Wall Street crowd who think anti-discrimination laws get in the way of doing business while keeping women on his side by being "not as bad as Republicans". That should be interesting. Anyone want to make a bet about just how finely Obama is going to try to thread this needle? Let me guess: the laws will be attacked and he'll have to disapprove but sign and then he'll make some teensy squeak of support for women's aspirations or some such bullshit.
BTW, has anyone noticed that atheists, the 99% and hoodied people all have marches and rallies to show their voting strength and solidarity but women are conspicuously absent with their own zillion females on the mall event? What's up with that?
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There is an interesting parallel between the situation of anti-Obama Democrats and that of the members of the resistance in post-WWII France. Given these parallels, I think it unlikely that we will receive an apology from the dark minions of the Kool-Aid Kingdom, generally-speaking. I think it more likely that they will continue to attempt to diminish us, because our existence reminds them of their failings.
Preventative maintenance requires this rider. I know the situations are not equivalent. I'm noting something they share.
Furthermore, there is no doubt that the vast majority of Obama supporters were not engaged in scorched Earth politics. They are not the object of this analysis.
As France re-made herself after WWII, participants in the Nazi/Vichy structures were embarrassed by the very existence of those who refused to participate under Nazi power. They were even more embarrassed by the existence of those who fought the power. The existence of the Resistance stood in stark relief to those who participated in Nazi-esque collusion.
As establishment people, they overcame their embarrassment in two ways. The first thing they did was to deny and exclude access to the power structure to resistance participants. They also worked to remove resistance participants from the structure, where possible.
The second thing they did was fabricate resistance credentials and attempt to bury their collusion with the Nazis. They created the myth of their integrity. By preventing the possibility of comparison through their exclusionary activities, they safeguarded the myth of their integrity. Their large numbers, tied to the fact of their establishment ensconsement, enabled the myth to become reified.
It is unsurprising that the dark minions among Obama's enablers, who practised scorched Earth politics within the Democratic party and beyond, continue to assault those who worked against his ascendance. We are living examples of their moral and/or intellectual shortcomings.
They are tied to the power structure of the party. The re-writing phase of their autobiographies is underway. Expect some to engage in rearguard, credential boosting actions, like shearing the hair of the less powerful, more identifiable members of the Kool-Aid Kingdom.
These actions will mean little, however, until the history of the Resistance is co-optively revised. To do so, they will need to make us disappear from the public eye, through means that deny our power or diminish our voice.
I expect no apologies from the dark minions of the Kool-Aid Kingdom. I expect they will attack us because it is the only way for the myth of their integrity to take root.
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Changes in weather can bring on throbbing headaches, doctors say
New England residents know about the headaches of extreme weather: rain, snow, heat and cold.
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When Superstorm Sandy hit two years ago, Amy Stavros was in trouble.
"I woke up with a headache. That was a tough day," Stavros said.
She's had migraines for 20 years. There are a lot of triggers, from alcohol to stress. But when her doctor told her changes in weather could bring on the throbbing, she started seeing the pattern.
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Beth Israel Deaconess headache specialist Dr. Carolyn Bernstein said when it's really humid, or if it's snowy, there's an upsurge in patients calling in pain.
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Gaza Strip: Jubilant Palestinians took to the streets in their thousands early Sunday after singer Mohammed Assaf won a pan-Arab singing contest that has had millions of viewers fixed to their TV screens since March.
Saturday`s televised victory was the first such success for a Palestinian entertainer and sparked an unprecedented response in the occupied territories.
Assaf, winner of the Arab Idol contest in Beirut, dedicated the win to "the Palestinian people, who have been suffering for more than 60 years from (Israeli) occupation".
"Mohammed Assaf is the Arab Idol!" called out the presenter of the show, modelled on the Western Pop Idol contest, as coloured confetti rained down on the cheering audience.
Immediately after his win, Assaf was named Youth Ambassador for UNRWA, the UN`s agency for Palestinian refugees and named Palestinian goodwill ambassador by president Mahmud Abbas.
The handsome, tuxedo-clad Assaf, 23, won after weeks of anticipation from his army of followers, who had been glued to big screens in cafes and restaurants across Gaza and the occupied West Bank, listening as his powerful voice propelled him through the competition every weekend.
His mother, wearing a traditional Palestinian embroidered dress, wept as she wrapped the Palestinian black, green, white and red flag around her shoulders.
Spontaneous celebrations broke out in Gaza, Assaf`s home, and in the West Bank, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets.
Huge posters of the Gazan singer have festooned the streets, the singer becoming a source of pride for Palestinians everywhere in recent months.
Each edition of the twice-weekly show, aired by the pan-Arab MBC channel in Beirut, has been followed with increasing anticipation, with social networks mobilising to boost the number of votes for their favoured candidate.
In the West Bank town of Ramallah the celebrations after the final results were announced spread to the tomb of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
"The mood is undescribable. Everyone is celebrating. Thank you, Mohammed Assaf, for bringing joy to our hearts. We haven`t felt this joy in a long time," Gaza resident Mohammad Dahman told AFP via the Internet.
In Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, celebrations turned sour as young Palestinians clashed with Israeli police. Several people were arrested.
In northern Lebanon, Palestinian refugees in the Beddawi camp fired gunshots into the air and took to the streets, honking their car horns to celebrate Assaf`s win.
Across the southern city of Sidon, there were celebrations too, said an AFP journalist.
Born in Misrata, Libya, Assaf grew up in the overcrowded Khan Yunis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, one of the world`s poorest and most densely-populated places where Israel severely restricts the movement of people, goods and financial aid.
The Islamist Hamas movement, which has controlled Gaza since 2007, disapproves of what it considers un-Islamic shows, such as Arab Idol, but has not officially clamped down on support for Arab Idol or Assaf.
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas phoned Assaf during the contest to offer him encouragement, the official Wafa agency said.
In a previous episode of the programme, popular Lebanese singer and jury member Ragheb Alama had described Assaf as "the best rocket" to have come out of Gaza, and as "a rocket of peace, not war".
Announcing Assaf`s nomination as regional ambassador for youth minutes after his win, the agency`s chief Filippo Grandi said: "All Palestinians share in his success. Mohammed`s music is a universal language and speaks to all of us. How fantastic that a Palestine refugee from Gaza should bring us all together in this way."
On the Israeli side, army spokesman Avichai Adraee congratulated the young Palestinian singer in a tweet in Arabic.
Israel imposed a land, sea and air blockade on Gaza in 2006 after militants there seized an Israeli soldier.
It was further tightened in mid-2007 when the Islamist Hamas movement took control of Gaza, then eased somewhat following the international outcry after Israel`s botched raid on a humanitarian flotilla bound the enclave.


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Immune (Idiopathic) Thrombocytopenic Purpura
What is immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)?
ITP is a blood disorder characterized by an abnormal decrease in the number of platelets in the blood. Platelets are cells in the blood that help stop bleeding. A decrease in platelets can result in easy bruising, bleeding gums, and internal bleeding:
This disease was initially called idiopathic, which meant that the cause was unknown. The I in ITP was changed to immune once it was demonstrated that this disease is caused by an immune reaction against one's own platelets. It has also been called autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura.
Thrombocytopenia means a decreased number of platelets in the blood.
Purpura refers to the purple discoloring of the skin, as with a bruise.
Who is affected by ITP?
ITP is a fairly common blood disorder that both children and adults can develop.
There are two forms of ITP:
Acute thrombocytopenic purpura. This is most commonly seen in young children (2 to 6 years old). The symptoms may follow a viral illness, such as chickenpox. Acute ITP usually has a very sudden onset and the symptoms usually disappear in less than six months (often within a few weeks). Treatment is often not needed. The disorder usually does not recur. Acute ITP is the most common form of the disorder.
Chronic thrombocytopenic purpura. The onset of the disorder can happen at any age, and the symptoms can last a minimum of six months, several years, or a lifetime. Adults have this form more often than children, but it does affect adolescents. Females have it more often than males. Chronic ITP can recur often and requires continual follow-up care with a blood specialist (hematologist).
What causes idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura?
ITP is a result of the immune system being stimulated to attack the body's own platelets. Most often this is a result of antibody production against platelets, though in a small number of cases a type of white blood cell called T-cells will directly attack platelets. This immune system error may be a result of any of the following:
Medications (including over-the-counter medications) can cause an allergy that cross-reacts with platelets.
Infections, typically viral infections, including the viruses that cause chicken pox, hepatitis C, and AIDS, can prompt antibodies that cross-react with platelets.
Immune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus
Low-grade lymphomas and leukemias may produce abnormal antibodies against platelet proteins
Sometimes immune thrombocytopenic purpura is idiopathic. In other words, the antibody is produced for no identifiable reason
What are the symptoms of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura?
Normal platelet count is in the range of 150,000 to 450,000. With ITP, the platelet count is less than 100,000. By the time significant bleeding occurs, the patient may have a platelet count of less than 10,000. The lower the platelet count, the greater the risk of bleeding.
Because platelets help stop bleeding, the symptoms of ITP are related to increased bleeding. However, each person may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
Purpura. The purple color of the skin after blood has "leaked" under it. A bruise is blood under the skin. Persons with ITP may have large bruises from no known trauma. Bruises can appear at the joints of elbows and knees just from movement.
Petechia. Tiny red dots under the skin that are a result of very small bleeds.
Bleeding in the mouth and/or in and around the gums
Heavy menstrual periods
Blood in the vomit, urine, or stool
Bleeding in the head. This is the most dangerous symptom of ITP. Any head trauma that occurs when there are not enough platelets to stop the bleeding can be life-threatening.
The symptoms of ITP may resemble other medical problems. Always consult your doctor for a diagnosis.
How is idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura diagnosed?
In addition to a complete medical history and physical examination, diagnostic procedures for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura may include:
Complete blood count (CBC). A measurement of size, number, and maturity of different blood cells in a specific volume of blood (to measure platelets).
Additional blood and urine tests. These tests are done to measure bleeding time and detect possible infections, including a special blood test called an antiplatelet antibody test.
Careful review of the patient's medications
Historically, a bone marrow aspiration was required to make a diagnosis of ITP. It may not be absolutely necessary in the face of a positive antiplatelet antibody test, but it is still commonly performed to look at the production of platelets and to rule out any abnormal cells the marrow may be producing that could lower platelet counts. A bone marrow aspiration is necessary for a diagnosis if the antiplatelet antibody testing is negative.
Treatment for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Specific treatment for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura will be determined by your doctor based on:
Your age, overall health, and medical history
Extent of the disease
Your tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
Expectations for the course of the disease
Your opinion or preference
When treatment is necessary, the two most common forms of immediate treatment are steroids and intravenous gamma globulin:
Steroids. Steroids help prevent bleeding by decreasing the rate of platelet destruction. Steroids, if effective, will result in an increase in platelet counts seen within two to three weeks. Side effects may include irritability, stomach irritation, weight gain, hypertension, and acne.
Intravenous gamma globulin (IVGG). Intravenous gamma globulin (IVGG) is a protein that contains many antibodies and also slows the destruction of platelets. IVGG works more quickly than steroids (within 24 to 48 hours).
Other treatments for ITP may include:
Rh immune globulin. This medication temporarily stops the spleen from destroying platelets. You must be Rh positive and have a spleen for this medication to be effective.
Medication changes. If it is a medication that is the suspected cause, discontinuation or changing the medication may be necessary.
Infection treatment. If infection is the cause for ITP, then treatment of the infection may result in higher platelet counts.
Splenectomy. In some cases, the patient's spleen may need to be removed since this is the most active site of antibody mediated platelet destruction. This is considered more often in people with chronic ITP to decrease the rate of platelet destruction.
Platelet transfusion. People with severe bleeding or about to go into surgery may require platelet transfusion.
Rituximab (Rituxan). This medication is an antibody produced in a laboratory against a protein found on the blood cells that make antibodies; it slows the antiplatelet antibody production.
Romiplostim (N-plate) and eltrombopag (Promacta). These medications were recently approved for the treatment of ITP that has failed other types of treatment. They stimulate the bone marrow to produce more platelets.
Lifestyle changes, such as the following:
Use of protective gear
Avoidance of certain activities


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German physician; born at Berlin Jan. 1, 1858. He studied medicine at the universities of Göttingen and Bonn, taking his degree in 1881. Settling in Berlin, he became assistant at the Maison de Santé in the hospital for neurology in 1883, which position he retained until 1891. Admitted to the medical faculty as privat-docent in 1886, he received the honorary title of professor in 1893. Since 1891 he has conducted a private dispensary and laboratory. He resigned his university position in 1902.
Oppenheim has published essays in the "Archiv für Psychiatric," Virchow's "Archiv," "Charité-Annalen," "Zeitschrift für Nervenheilkunde," etc. He has written: "Die Traumatischen Neurosen," Berlin, 1889, 2d ed. 1892; "Zur Kenntniss der Syphilitischen Erkrankungen des Centralen Nervensystems," ib. 1890; "Lehrbuch der Nervenkrankheiten," ib. 1894 2d ed. 1898; "Die Geschwülste des Gehirns," in Nothnagel's "Spezielle Pathologie und Therapie," Vienna, 1896; "Die Encephalitis und der Gehirnabscess," ib. 1899.
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