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Thursday, May 24, 2012
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Putin consolidates power, hires ousted ministers
MOSCOW (AP) ? Taking a tough stand against dissent, President Vladimir Putin ignored public opposition and hired some Russia's most unpopular former ministers Tuesday and Russian lawmakers debated a draconian bill that raises fines for joining unsanctioned protests 200-fold.
Opposition lawmakers denounced the new sanctions against protesters as an attempt to stifle public debate, warning that it would fuel public outrage and destabilize the country by depriving the public of an ability to express discontent.
Sergei Mironov, the leader of the opposition Just Russia party, said his faction was boycotting the hearings of the "odious" bill intended to "shut the people's mouth."
Police on Tuesday quickly rounded up several members of the liberal Yabloko party who attempted to protest the new bill outside parliament. Yabloko leader Sergei Mitrokhin told reporters before being detained by police that the bill was intended to intimidate the opposition.
"A direct signal is being made by those in power: sit down and keep quiet!" Mitrokhin said.
Putin has toughened his stance against the opposition since winning a third term in March's election, rejecting a dialogue with its leaders and stonewalling their demands.
In a show of contempt for public criticism, Putin appointed ex-Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev as an undersecretary of the presidential Security Council and named several other former ministers as presidential advisers.
Putin named his new Cabinet on Monday, retaining some key figures but dropping some of the most widely detested ministers, including Nurgaliyev, Health Minister Tatyana Golikova and Education Minister Andrei Fursenko.
Nurgaliyev has faced massive public outrage over widespread incidents of torture and other abuses by police, while Golikova and Fursenko have been linked to the worsening state of the nation's health care and education systems.
The appointment of former ministers to new official positions has been expected given Putin's record of keeping his lieutenants employed despite public outrage.
Putin's re-election bid was challenged by massive demonstrations against his 12-year rule that drew up to 100,000 people in Moscow, but the protests have abated after the vote and the Kremlin has taken a harsher attitude against its political foes.
A demonstration of at least 20,000 people a day before Putin's May 7 inauguration turned into a fierce battle with police as some of the protesters tried to march on the Kremlin. Scores were injured in clashes and hundreds were detained as police chased opposition members around the Russian capital.
Putin's opponents sought to maintain momentum by holding a series of protests in downtown Moscow, but police quickly dispersed them.
Moving further to rein in the opposition, the Kremlin-controlled lower house of the parliament on Tuesday debated a bill raising fines for joining unsanctioned rallies from the current maximum of 5,000 rubles ($160) to 1,000,000 rubles ($32,250).
The Communists also said they would vote against the new legislation, but the opposition doesn't have enough votes to block the bill's passage in the State Duma, which is dominated by the Kremlin's United Russia party.
Communist lawmaker Valentin Romanov said during the debate that the Kremlin wants new sanctions against protesters in place in anticipation of a public anger against unpopular social reforms, which are in the works.
"It's a pre-emptive move preceding a rise in social protests across the country," he said.
Due to term limits, Putin spent four years in the premier's seat after serving two consecutive terms from 2000 to 2008 as president. Despite the title change he remained Russia's No. 1 leader all along. His protege Dmitry Medvedev stepped down to allow Putin to reclaim the presidency, receiving the premiership in exchange.
Putin's fellow KGB veterans Sergei Ivanov and Nikolai Patrushev have been respectively re-appointed as the Kremlin chief of staff and the head of the presidential Security Council.
Another longtime Putin's aide, former Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin who was in charge of the energy sector hasn't yet been given a new government job, but Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that Sechin also would have a role.
Several officials who served in Medvedev's administration during his presidency followed him to the Cabinet, while Putin retained others who served under him during his premiership, like his spokesman Peskov, who got the same job in the Kremlin.
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Funds with Facebook hammered as proxy by shorts
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Clerical Whispers: Franciscan University drops health insurance ...
Rather than compromise its Catholic values by complying with the federal contraception mandate, Franciscan University has decided to drop its student health insurance.According to the school's website, Franciscan University of Steubenville chose to cut student health insurance altogether instead of participating ?in a plan that requires us to violate the consistent teachings of the Catholic Church on the sacredness of human life.?
The small Catholic university in Ohio currently excludes contraception, sterilization and abortifacients from its student and employee health insurance plans. If enacted into law, however, the federal contraception mandate would change that.
The mandate, originally introduced in an Aug. 2011 interim rule, requires health insurance plans to cover contraception ? including drugs that cause abortion ? and sterilization free of charge.
As part of the ?accommodation? for organizations morally opposed to these services, Franciscan University would have until August 2013 to comply.
But with a new coverage year beginning in August, the university decided to drop student health insurance rather than risk violating its ?passionately Catholic? identity.
Other colleges and private businesses have brought law suits against the Obama administration, but Franciscan is the first to drop student health insurance completely.
While the student health center will still serve students for just 5 U.S. dollars per visit, students will be responsible to decide how ?to provide for accidents or illnesses requiring visits to physicians, health clinics, or the hospital emergency room? during their time as a student.
Franciscan's announcement comes less than one week after Legatus, a national organization of leading Catholic business CEOs and professional leaders, announced its lawsuit against the HHS mandate on the grounds of religious freedom.
Ave Maria University, EWTN, Catholic Social Services, St. Pius X Catholic School of Nebraska and seven states, are among those who have filed lawsuits against the Obama administration over the contraception mandate.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Cleft lip/palate cause much more than cosmetic problems
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Also cause airway, feeding, speech and hearing problems
MAYWOOD, Ill. -- Children born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other craniofacial disorders face numerous medical challenges beyond appearance.
Patients can face serious airway, feeding, speech and hearing problems, as well as social and psychological challenges, Laura Swibel Rosenthal, MD, of Loyola University Medical Center and colleagues write in the June 2012 issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America.
"The management of patients with craniofacial syndromes is complex," Rosenthal and colleagues write. "Otolaryngologic [ear-nose-throat] evaluation is of paramount importance in providing adequate care for this patient population."
About 1 in 600 babies in the United States is born with a cleft lip and/or cleft palate, according to the Cleft Palate Foundation. The defect can range from a small notch in the lip to a grove that runs into the roof of the mouth. It can occur in isolation or in combination with other craniofacial birth defects. (A craniofacial disorder refers to an abnormality of the face and/or head.)
The first step in managing craniofacial patients is ensuring a safe airway. There's also a great potential for nasal obstruction and sleep apnea. And patients are at increased risk of developing upper airway problems such as sinusitis, laryngitis and rhinitis.
Hearing loss is common and often progressive. Thus, in addition to receiving standard newborn hearing screening, craniofacial patients should continue to receive periodic hearing tests, Rosenthal and colleagues write.
Craniofacial patients typically require several corrective surgeries, performed in staged fashion. Surgeons and anesthesiologists should be aware of the potential challenges these patients may have with general anesthesia.
The authors recommend a multidisciplinary approach, beginning with genetic counseling to determine the cause of the malformation, to inform parents about what to expect and to learn about the implications for other family members.
In addition to otolaryngologists, other specialists who typically care for craniofacial patients include pulmonologists, gastroenterologists, dentists and orthodontists. Depending on the congenital condition, a patient also may see pediatric specialists, such as cardiologists, ophthalmologists, neurosurgeons, endocrinologists, urologists, nephrologists and orthopaedic surgeons.
Most patients also need additional support services, including case management (social work), psychology or psychiatry, speech pathology, physical therapy, occupational therapy and other educational services.
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The authors detail the management of major conditions associated with craniofacial disorders, including Apert syndrome, Crouzon syndrome, CHARGE syndrome, chromosome-22 and 22q11.2 deletion syndromes, DiGeorge syndrome, velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS), Opitz G/BBB syndrome, congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis, Moebius syndrome, mandibulofacial dysostosis syndromes, oculoauricular-vertebral spectrum (OAVS), Goldenhar syndrome and Stickler syndrome.
Rosenthal is an assistant professor in the Departments of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Her special interests include cleft lip and palate, breathing difficulties, facial lesions, nasal/sinus problems, neck masses, pediatric ear, nose and throat, special-needs children and speech delay.
Co-authors are Nadieska Caballero, MD, of Loyola's Department of Otolaryngology and Amelia Drake, MD, of the University of North Carolina Hospital.
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Public release date: 22-May-2012[ | E-mail |
Share ] Contact: Jim Ritter
jritter@lumc.edu
708-216-2445
Loyola University Health System
Also cause airway, feeding, speech and hearing problems
MAYWOOD, Ill. -- Children born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other craniofacial disorders face numerous medical challenges beyond appearance.
Patients can face serious airway, feeding, speech and hearing problems, as well as social and psychological challenges, Laura Swibel Rosenthal, MD, of Loyola University Medical Center and colleagues write in the June 2012 issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America.
"The management of patients with craniofacial syndromes is complex," Rosenthal and colleagues write. "Otolaryngologic [ear-nose-throat] evaluation is of paramount importance in providing adequate care for this patient population."
About 1 in 600 babies in the United States is born with a cleft lip and/or cleft palate, according to the Cleft Palate Foundation. The defect can range from a small notch in the lip to a grove that runs into the roof of the mouth. It can occur in isolation or in combination with other craniofacial birth defects. (A craniofacial disorder refers to an abnormality of the face and/or head.)
The first step in managing craniofacial patients is ensuring a safe airway. There's also a great potential for nasal obstruction and sleep apnea. And patients are at increased risk of developing upper airway problems such as sinusitis, laryngitis and rhinitis.
Hearing loss is common and often progressive. Thus, in addition to receiving standard newborn hearing screening, craniofacial patients should continue to receive periodic hearing tests, Rosenthal and colleagues write.
Craniofacial patients typically require several corrective surgeries, performed in staged fashion. Surgeons and anesthesiologists should be aware of the potential challenges these patients may have with general anesthesia.
The authors recommend a multidisciplinary approach, beginning with genetic counseling to determine the cause of the malformation, to inform parents about what to expect and to learn about the implications for other family members.
In addition to otolaryngologists, other specialists who typically care for craniofacial patients include pulmonologists, gastroenterologists, dentists and orthodontists. Depending on the congenital condition, a patient also may see pediatric specialists, such as cardiologists, ophthalmologists, neurosurgeons, endocrinologists, urologists, nephrologists and orthopaedic surgeons.
Most patients also need additional support services, including case management (social work), psychology or psychiatry, speech pathology, physical therapy, occupational therapy and other educational services.
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The authors detail the management of major conditions associated with craniofacial disorders, including Apert syndrome, Crouzon syndrome, CHARGE syndrome, chromosome-22 and 22q11.2 deletion syndromes, DiGeorge syndrome, velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS), Opitz G/BBB syndrome, congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis, Moebius syndrome, mandibulofacial dysostosis syndromes, oculoauricular-vertebral spectrum (OAVS), Goldenhar syndrome and Stickler syndrome.
Rosenthal is an assistant professor in the Departments of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Her special interests include cleft lip and palate, breathing difficulties, facial lesions, nasal/sinus problems, neck masses, pediatric ear, nose and throat, special-needs children and speech delay.
Co-authors are Nadieska Caballero, MD, of Loyola's Department of Otolaryngology and Amelia Drake, MD, of the University of North Carolina Hospital.
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Simple Ways to Make a Long Distance Relationship Work ...
Distance can work if you want it to.
No matter what anybody tells you, long distance relationships can work. Yes, it sucks to only be able to see someone once a month or once every few. But if you?re committed to going the long haul and know that you have something worth fighting for, you have the power to increase the odds of a happy ending ? though I?d suggest fellas not get the ?Chinatown massages special? without expressed written consent from their out of town boo.
If you?re in a long distance relationship or considering one in the future, keep these three reminders at the forefront and you?ll be able to build a relationship based on miles of love.
Fulfill the Physical Needs Regardless
Great sex corrupts absolutely if you?re having it. But if you?re not, this isn?t as big a deal. We all have needs. And of course when people don?t get their physical needs met, they get a little cranky (i.e. Mandingo Syndrome or Testosterone Tantrum Effect). Cop a Bluetooth headset so you can have both hands free when you make that late night call to your boo. It?s wack to be laying there with the phone sliding off your face every time you look at the clock to see how little sleep you?re gonna get before work.
You can also set up that web cam and get your e-pizzle on. There?s no excuse in 2012 not to have a web cam unless you?re the type that still runs a 1997 Compaq Presario or Gateway. In which case, I have nothing to say to you.
If you?re a dude, send shorty a little toy?even though she probably has one already. It doesn?t hurt for her to have two. Variety keeps things spicy. By the way, did you know there are some sex toys out there that can be controlled from the other person?s keyboard? Like a man can remotely USBuss it down from afar with a few clicks and scrolls? I mean nothing beats the real thing, but there are ways to get off and get through until y?all have a chance to be in the same place, in the same space, face to face.
Over-communicate
It?s hard enough for some of us to openly communicate when we?re together, so you can imagine the strain that long distance puts on a relationship. Anyone who has done distance has had fights with their significant purely based on the fact they?re frustrated with not being able to hold, taste, touch or smell each other. When this frustration builds up, the simplest lapse in communication can turn into an explosive fight.
For example, if your significant other has ever went off the grid for 24 hours and you had no idea where he or she was, then you know what I?m talking about (Be optimistic that they aren?t sliding off). Make use of all the technology available to you to express you?re thinking about them and what you?re up to?within reason. Men don?t need to know when women are in the bathroom. We?ve spent years convincing ourselves you can only do one number.
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Drop Off the Map When You?re Together.
When it?s cuff time with the LD boo, you need to disconnect from technology all together?unless you?re an on-call heart surgeon or fireman. Nobody should be allowed to die nor should any kitten freeze in a tree because you?re spooning.
Otherwise, get off Twitter and Facebook, close down that Gchat, shut down that overworked laptop that you never power off, and stop swyping messages on your Droid or having side conversations with Siri. Be in the moment with the person who?s normally hours away. There?s nothing like the time spent together when you haven?t been together. Enjoy it sans technology unless you?re eating Doritos and watching Netflix.
These are just three things to keep in mind as you go about a long distance relationship. There are plenty of others, but I?ll leave those up to you to decide. In the mean time, happy clickings.
Even When She Outta State, She Never Outta Mind,
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Brandon Cronenberg is a chip off the bloody block
Director Brandon Cronenberg poses for a photograph prior to an interview with The Associated Press at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
Director Brandon Cronenberg poses for a photograph prior to an interview with The Associated Press at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
Director Brandon Cronenberg poses for a photograph prior to an interview with The Associated Press at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
CANNES, France (AP) ? You wait years for a new Cronenberg movie at Cannes, and then two come along at once.
Macabre master David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis" screens at the film festival on Friday ? but first off the bat was "Antiviral," the debut feature by his son, Brandon Cronenberg.
A horror-meets-satire take on celebrity culture in which eager fans pay a clinic to infect them with their idols' illnesses, the film is competing in Cannes' Un Certain Regard sidebar, which focuses on emerging film talents.
Father-son comparisons are inevitable. "Antiviral'''s focus on the messy ways bodies can betray their owners ? and its enthusiasm for blood-splattering ? recall David Cronenberg films such as "Scanners" and "The Fly."
Brandon says he didn't grow up watching his father's decidedly adult films ? apart from the drag-racing movie "Fast Company." Any similarities must have been passed on, appropriately enough, in the blood.
"I don't have enough distance from his work to be influenced by it in the way that I think people usually mean," said the 32-year-old director during an interview on a terrace overlooking the yachts in Cannes' marina. "He's my father, so I think I've been influenced by him that way ? we share genes, I grew up around him, we have a very good relationship. As a filmmaker? Maybe being around it, but not as a filmmaker in the usual sense."
"Antiviral" stars Caleb Landry Jones ("X Men: First Class") as a clinic technician who becomes an unwitting guinea pig for celebrity infection, and Sarah Gadon as the star whose illnesses are the company's best sellers.
In a further Cronenberg crossover, Gadon also appears in "Cosmopolis," and played psychoanalytic spouse Emma Jung in David Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method." (Father and son share a casting director.).
The younger Cronenberg says "Antiviral'''s central idea came to him in a fever dream during a bout of illness.
"I was delirious and was obsessing over the physicality of illness, the fact that there was something in my body and in my cells that had come from someone else's body, and I started to think there was a weird intimacy to that connection," he said. "And afterwards I tried to think of a character who would see a disease that way and I thought: a celebrity-obsessed fan.
"Celebrity culture is completely bodily obsessed ? who has the most cellulite, who has fungus feet? Celebrity culture completely fetishizes the body and so I thought the film should also fetishize the body ? in a very grotesque way."
Cronenberg said that growing up around movies may have helped nurture his interest in celebrity and given him an insight into "how far removed the cultural construct of the celebrity is from the human being."
Shot in creepy, antiseptic whites and sanguinary reds ? "blood is incredibly visible against white," the director said of the aesthetic choice ? the movie creates a creepy world where fans can not only buy designer viruses but eat "celebrity steak" grown from the cells of A-listers.
It's an extreme idea ? but reality may quickly be catching up. This week an auction house sparked outrage for offering to sell a vial of late President Ronald Reagan's blood.
"Someone was telling me they saw Sarah Michelle Gellar on a talk show and she was sick and threatening to maybe infect the entire audience ? and everybody stood up and started cheering," Cronenberg said.
"That was when we were halfway through editing, and I thought, we've got to get this film finished or it's going to be obsolete as a satirical work."
Cronenberg says he's toying with several ideas for his next project, which may well reflect some of the fascinations of "Antiviral." But he hopes not to be pigeonholed.
"I'm not trying to specifically just do genre films or whatever this is," he said.
"When you submit to festivals there's usually a list (of categories), and I get phone calls ? 'Is this a sci-fi thriller or just a normal thriller?' I'm like, 'Tick what you want, I have no idea.'"
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Jill Lawless can be reached at http://Twitter.com/JillLawless
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