Firefighters promote breast cancer awareness

BELLEVUE - Next month is Breast Cancer Awareness month.
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But Sunday, some area firefighters sported pink to raise money for a good cause.

Crews from the Bellevue Fire Department gathered at Festival Foods today.

They donned pink T-shirts and collected donations in pink boots.

It was all in an effort to promote breast cancer awareness and raise money for a cure.

All of the cash collected will go to the Breast Cancer Family Foundation.

"We enjoy helping other foundations to raise money for what they do, and Breast Cancer Foundation, we've been doing this now going on six years, and it's just an important event for us to be doing," said Michael Navin with the Bellevue Fire Department.

Saturday, crews from the Ashwaubenon Fire Department will collect money at Bay Park Square mall.

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The Campbell Ranch
updated: Sep 22, 2012, 10:00 AM

By The Urban Hikers (Stacey Wright & Peter Hartmann)

What do a wealthy Englishman, an American heiress, a Goleta ranch, Oak Park's dance floor, a landing spot during the Prohibition, Charlie Chaplin, the future king of England, dashed dreams and a noted female "architect" have in common? The Campbell Ranch.

Roger the Scanner Guy contacted us and asked if we would head out to Coal Oil Point and take a few photos of the old house and Celtic Cross that sit on the property once owned by the Devereux Foundation and now a part of UCSB and the Coal Oil Point Reserve, and we said we would. Little did we know that the property, once home of the 500-acre Campbell Ranch, has a whole lotta very interesting history.

At this point, we'll entertain you with photos of how the main residence, a home designed by James and Mary Osborn Craig appears today. It's not in perfect shape, but you can still see what were the beautiful lines of an elegant "Santa Barbara" hacienda.

We believe the beauty is in the details. Like the bell tower, that unfortunately no longer houses the bell...Where did the bell go?

The doorways, light fixtures, arches, red roof tiles, balconies and tiles.

This is an interior shot of one of the main rooms...The chandelier is a fine example of beautiful ironwork.

And now for some of the fascinating history we've dug up about the place and the people who have called it home: Records show that this property was originally deeded to Nicolas Den by California Governor Juan Alvarado in the 1840's. Den sold the property to Joseph Archambeault, who, in 1912 sold 100 acres to Jack Cavalleto for $10,000. Mr. Cavalleto kept the property until 1919 when he sold those same 100 acres to Colin P. Campbell for a price of $65,000. In 1945 the property was purchased by Helena Devereaux for a paltry $100,000 - which included 500 acres and the manor house built in 1924 by Col. Colin Campbell's widow, Nancy. Considering that was such an amazing buy, we suspect the Japanese attack on Ellwood Beach three years earlier must have had a deleterious effect on the property values in that vicinity.

Some of the most modern monuments on the property include several plaques and markers from the days the property served the students of the Devereux Ranch School. The campus, which was an extension of the Eastern foundation, came into being after outgrowing the original California campus on La Paz Rd. (now the home of Westmont College). The manor house was remodeled into a facility for the students which included residence halls, a dining hall, an infirmary, recreational rooms, a kitchen, a beauty/barber shop, storeroom, offices and a parlor for receiving guests. Over the years, the mansion was further remodeled and added to, to accommodate the growing number of students. Devereaux operated largely on the Campbell Ranch from 1946 until moving to its larger campus north of the old manor house, in the 1970's. It maintained its headquarters at the Campbell Manor House into the 21st century, but now operates completely from its campus adjacent to the location of the manor house. In the 1990?s the Devereux Foundation sold off the last of the property which is now owned and managed by UCSB.

As we wandered the property and headed to the beach from the Campbell residence we passed the Campbell family cemetery located behind the brick pillars at the top of the cliffs. There we saw the Celtic cross made of Aberdeen granite and took in the awesome views from the cemetery.

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The grander and the uniqueness of the Celtic influence piqued our curiosity and set us on a quest to discover what we could about the people who were, or had been, interned in this gorgeous overlook. And so we set to work... and this is what we found.

In 1904 Nancy Leiter, the second daughter of Levi Leiter (a wealthy Chicago businessman who was Marshall Fields's original partner as well as the owner of one third of the commercial real estate in Chicago) married Major Colin Powys Campbell, an Englishman who was serving as a calvary officer in the Central Indian Horse Regimen. The wedding, held on Dupont Circle a mere five months after the death of Nancy's father, was a solemn affair attended by Nancy's two sisters Mary and Marguerite, her mother and her brother. Older sister Mary had already married her noble husband, Lord Curzon (who would later go on to become Britain's Viceroy of India) and younger sister "Daisy" was entertaining her beau, the Earl of Suffolk, whom she would later marry. So in essence all three American heiresses chose to marry British gentlemen and in so doing one became a "Lady", the other a "Countess" and Nancy became the wife of a military man who liked the weather and scenery of Southern California.

Before you start feeling sorry for Nancy, stop yourself. Colin P. Campbell was quite wealthy and well- connected, and was definitely no slouch. It's just that he didn't enjoy paying the high taxes levied upon him in England...and we suspect that like many others English blue-bloods of his time, he may have been land rich and cash poor...a little like Robert, Earl of Grantham in the series Downton Abbey...and rather than import his heiress wife to dreary old England, he finished up his service in India and headed for the sun, sea and surf of Santa Barbara.

Around 1918 Col. Campbell moved his family and a staff of ten servants from their home in England, taking up residence in "Bonnymeade", the mansion at the Hammond's Estate. From there he searched for a location to build his dream home. He tried to negotiate the purchase of Hope Ranch, but was unsuccessful. Then he happened to see the property at Coal Oil Point, then known as "Sands Beach". He loved the proximity of the property to the sea and the mountain views it offered, but was especially fond of the lagoon. In his imagination he conjured up images of a fine manor house on the banks of a lovely English countryside lake, complete with white swans, canoes and lotus blossoms.

In 1919 Col. and Nancy Campbell purchased 100 acres for $65,000 and set about making it their own. They had temporary living quarters built for their family and staff on the property. The Colonel then leased additional adjacent property and set about drilling for water with which to service his estate and convert the lagoon into a lake. So set in his quest for water was he, that when the drillers hit oil, Col. Campbell ordered them to cap the wells and keep looking for water!

Sadly, Col. Campbell never got to see the scenic lake, or even the manor house for that matter. In 1923, one day shy of his 65th birthday Col. Campbell suffered a heart attack and died. He was laid to rest in a ring of Cypress trees at Coal Oil Point, and a marker, a Celtic cross, was placed as his gravestone. This is the view of the cross as seen by many beach combers from the beach below.

While looking at Col. Campbell's memorial we notice this inscription, which has us somewhat baffled. It's on the Celtic cross and reads: "Ian Drummond Campbell born 2nd October, 1909 died 24th April, 1911." We suspect that Ian was the third child of Colin and Nancy Campbell and that he died when he was less than a year an a half old. But nowhere is he mentioned in published accounts of the family. The only children who we could confirm are Colin Leiter Campbell (1907 - 1962) and Mary Campbell Clark (1908 -?).

But back to the rancho...Following Col. Campbell's sudden and very unexpected death, Nancy Campbell moved forward with the planning and construction of the family residence. Prior to his death, Colonel Campbell had consulted with local designer/architects James and Mary Osborne Craig. Both were well- known designers in Santa Barbara at the turn of the century, and both were self-taught architects.

The Osborne Craigs had moved to Santa Barbara in 1914 for health reasons, and together were instrumental in popularizing Spanish Colonial Revival style ("red tile roofs"), contributing greatly to the design and development of the El Paseo and other notable projects. When James died of tuberculosis in 1922, Mary took over his practice, keeping on his best drafters and architects, and it was Mary who, beginning in 1924 supervised the construction of the Campbell manor house. By the end of 1924 the home was ready for Nancy Campbell, her children and her staff, they began occupying it immediately.

Having seen much of the wonderful architecture in an around the city, we can't help but be proud of Mary Osborne Craig and her contribution to Santa Barbara. Both prior to, and following the 1925 earthquake, she was commissioned to build many important buildings and residences in Santa Barbara including the Open Air School Building, which incidentally was supported by the Anti-Tuberculosis Society ( and we think may be the building that houses Hollister & Brace modernly, or perhaps it's the building that is now Anacapa School - these are guesses, so if anyone knows for sure, we'd love to have your input). Mary Osborne Craig is also credited with designing the Montecito Water District Building, La Casa de Maria (on El Bosque Rd.), a couple of beach houses in Carpinteria, a printing studio, a veterinary hospital and several of the "cottages" on Plaza Rubio, across from the Old Mission. But once again we digress...

The Campbell House was designed around a basic quadrangle - four wings surrounding a central courtyard. At the end of each wing was added at least on other room. It consisted of more than 30 rooms, 18 bathrooms, dozens of closets, several fireplaces and a dance floor - in all the square footage of "living space" added up to 20,000 square feet. The basement consisted of another 12,000 square feet and incorporated modern amenities including an ice plant, boilers, refrigerators, a wine cellar and vast storage areas. The Spanish Colonial Revival home was meticulously designed and furnished and included all the classic elements of that style.

In addition to the main house, the Campbell estate also had an abalone shell encrusted beach house, a polo field, stable & barns, an airstrip, a swimming pool, a dovecote, vineyard, cemetery and well- manicured gardens. Landscaping of the estate was extensive, and included seven acres of trees, flowers and shrubbery that included much eucalyptus, olive and cypress trees, but most importantly, the ranch was primarily a working ranch, producing a variety of crops, livestock and game for the Campbell family's use and trade.

These images show the route from the main residence down to the beach. The little flags denote UCSB's effort to reestablish some of the native grasses and vegetation that have been removed over the years.

And the "beach house", which must have been fabulous back in the day with its abalone shell exterior. Local lore has it that this little abode was not only a beach house, but also a drop off point for bootleggers during Prohibition. The staff reportedly hid the "goods" in a little tunnel if it was necessary to store the booze at the beach temporary, before taking it up to the house where it would be used for the magnificent parties and entertainment of many important guests over the years. Today, the beach house is more like a canvas for street artists and a hang-out for people wanting to drink their illicit booze.

From the beach, this is the view modernly looking up the coast.

These photos show the dovecote as well as fruit from the small vineyard that were used by the Campbells during their residence at the ranch. The dovecote housed pigeons and dove that were raised for culinary purposes, and the grapes, which are still growing on the vines today look to have been from pretty hearty stock to have survived so many transitions over the years.

After living and entertaining lavishly in the grand manor house of the Campbell Ranch for only eight years, Nancy Campbell died suddenly on a trip to England. Gone were the days and nights of the opulent celebrations, dances and feasts attended by celebrities, the Santa Barbara elite and even the future King of England, George VI ( think "The King's Speech"), who came to Santa Barbara to party down with the nobles whom Nancy's sister had married. The Campbell Ranch was truly a destination for the well-bred and the well connected and during the years that Nancy Campbell lived in the manor house she entertained her guests with absolute perfection.

Following her death in 1932, Nancy Campbell's ashes were brought back to the Campbell Ranch and buried next to her husband's in the family cemetery. Their son Colin, and his family remained living in the manor house until the early 1940's when the portable patio dance floor that had been waltzed and jitterbugged upon by so many elegant society types was moved to Oak Park and installed for the summer Sunday dances, and the home and its furnishings were put up for auction. According to historian Walker A. Tompkins, Charlie Chaplin bought the English silverware collection which dated back to the 17th century, probably because he and the Colonel shared the same initials, and Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton bought an autographed, first edition book for $15,000. We found several internet images of Mrs. Campbell's gowns, jewelry and art that were a part of the massive auction, as well as a photos of Nancy Campbell during protracted legal wrangling over her late father's estate...but that's another story altogether.

While many of the family's personal possessions were sold at auction, there were no takers on the real estate, and the house and the ranch remained in the hands of the Campbell family. During World War II, the ranch was used as a Coast Guard radar station. Following the end of the war, in 1945 the property was purchased by Helena Devereaux for a paltry $100,000 - which included 500 acres and the manor house. Later Union Oil Company leased part of the ranch for petroleum exploration and development.

During the1950s and 1960s the Devereux Foundation sold off much of the ranch acreage for commercial use, including 250 acres which became part of the Santa Barbara airport. In 1967 UCSB purchased 220 plus acres, including the Campbell family cemetery . The remains of the Campbell family members were relocated to Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington DC, and the Devereux Foundation was left with the house and 33 acres. Eventually the house was renamed for the school's founder, Helena T. Devereux who had died at the age of 90 in 1975. In 1987, in the months prior to being designated as "Historical Landmark 27", the home was slated to be demolished but the Devereux Foundation instead decided to use it as office space and as a medical facility for students of the school. Some of the foundations residential cottage and other buildings remain today.

Sadly, the once magnificent, "showplace of the Goleta Valley" is abandoned and sorely in need of renovation. UCSB ultimately purchased the remaining property, along with the old Campbell House/Helena Devereux Hall from the Devereux Foundation, which is now located just up the street from the ranch. UCSB is reportedly trying to find both the resources and a purpose for this lovely piece of Santa Barbara history, and we hope that whatever they do with the property they do with the same dedication to style that Colonel and Nancy Campbell showed this amazing piece of the Central Coast.

As always we encourage you to go out and explore our marvelous town on foot, keep your eyes, ears and minds open to all that you encounter, and above all, expect the unexpected.

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New turtle tracking technique may aid efforts to save loggerhead

ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2012) ? The old adage "you are what you eat" is helping scientists better understand the threatened loggerhead turtle, which is the primary nester on Central Florida's beaches.

A study published September 21 in the journal PLoS ONE describes how scientists at the University of Central Florida used a technique that links chemical signatures of the turtles' diets and their watery environments to their migratory routes. They found the technique just as effective as expensive satellite tracking.

Little is known about the turtles, which spend 99 percent of their time in the water and return to the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge's beach to nest once every two to three years. The 13-mile-long beach is home to the second-largest population of loggerheads in the world and to about one of every four nests those turtles lay in the United States.

While other turtles' nests are increasing along the refuge's shores, the loggerheads' have been declining since 2000. The technique validated by the UCF scientists could help managers preserve the turtles' nesting grounds, migration routes and foraging grounds, all of which are critical to their survival.

"We need good information so policy makers can focus the limited conservation funds available where they can make the greatest impact," said Simona Ceriani, the UCF graduate student who led the study. "We all want our children to see these beautiful creatures and not just read about them in a book."

In addition to validating the tracking technique, the study found that the foraging area for the Florida turtles is much broader than previously thought.

"Think of these turtles as Florida tourists and snowbirds," Ceriani said. "They come and nest and then go back to lots of different places. And while we knew some went back north, we had no idea that this was a popular destination."

Based on her tracking, some turtles head for the water off the shores of Virginia and Delaware while others go to the Bahamas and the Gulf of Mexico. Some stay off the coast of Central Florida's beaches. Previously, scientists believed the majority of the loggerheads headed south.

While there are efforts to protect the turtle nests on the beaches, protecting their foraging grounds is equally important, biologists say. Many turtles die because they accidently get caught in fishing nets or encounter other dangers while out at sea.

The technique Ceriani validated should aid those efforts.

She took small blood samples from turtles at the refuge and completed a chemical analysis, which measured distinct markers known as stable isotopes. She also attached transmitters to the turtles so she could follow them using the more expensive but proven satellite tracking technique. The isotope approach proved to be equally useful, and it is much less expensive.

"By combining isotope research with satellite tracking technology, we are learning exciting information about loggerhead sea turtles," said Daniel R. Evans, a research specialist at the Sea Turtle Conservancy and co-author of the research paper. "This research helps scientists and conservation managers identify key feeding areas for loggerhead turtles and helps direct policy and regulations that protect sea turtles in these specific areas."

Ceriani said she will continue to research the migratory routes by adding more loggerheads to the study.

Ceriani earned her bachelor's degree at the University of Milan in Italy and was a research fellow at Florida Atlantic University before joining UCF's PhD program in conservation biology in 2007.

Others who contributed to the study include: UCF Biologist, John Weishampel, James D. Roth from the University of Manitoba in Canada and Llewellyn M. Ehrhart from the Marine Turtle Research Group at UCF.

Several grants from Florida's Sea Turtle Grants Program funded this study. The program gets is funding from the sale of the Florida Sea Turtle License Plate.

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Environmental exposures unlikely to alter thyroid function of pregnant women, fetuses

ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2012) ? Exposures to perchlorate (ClO4), a compound found at low levels in the environment, and thiocyanate (SCN), a compound found in cigarette smoke and some foods, is unlikely to alter thyroid function in pregnant women and fetuses, according to new data presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) in Qu?bec City, Qu?bec, Canada.

"The developing fetus is reliant on maternal iodine for thyroid hormone production for normal neurodevelopment. Environmental exposures to ClO4 and SCN exposures during pregnancy could potentially decrease thyroidal iodine uptake in the mother and/or her fetus and subsequent thyroid hormone synthesis," said Elizabeth Pearce, MD, of Boston Medical Center, Program Co-Chair of the ATA Annual Meeting and co-author of the study.

Led by Angela Leung at the Boston University School of Medicine in Boston, Mass., a team of researchers thus sought to determine for the first time the urinary CIO4 and SCN concentrations in Canada. They recruited 150 pregnant women from four low-risk antenatal outpatient clinics in Toronto, Canada, to provide a spot urine sample for the measurement of both compounds. The women were in their second and third trimesters, primarily Caucasian, well educated, and relatively affluent. The median urinary CIO4 concentration was 3.2 lg/L (range, 0.5-48.1 lg/L), and the median urinary SCN concentration was 351lg/L (range, 28-1195lg/L). These women were iodine sufficient (median urinary iodine concentration 227.1lg/L), as was previously presented at the 2011 American Thyroid Association meeting.

Researchers noted that low levels of both CIO4 and SCN are comparable to those previously reported by in iodine-deficient and sufficient pregnant women from Wales, Italy, Argentina, and the United States where environmental exposures had no effect on maternal thyroid function.

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Texas hospital plans 'moonshot' against cancer

The nation's largest cancer center is launching a massive "moonshot" effort against eight specific forms of the disease, similar to the all-out push for space exploration 50 years ago.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston expects to spend as much as $3 billion on the project over the next 10 years and already has "tens of millions" of dollars in gifts to jump start it now, said its president, Dr. Ronald DePinho.

One of the cancers is myelodysplastic syndrome. "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts has that kind and had a bone marrow transplant to treat it on Thursday. The others are especially deadly forms of breast and ovarian cancer, along with lung, prostate, melanoma and two types of leukemia.

The project aims to find cures and lower deaths. Although no overall benchmarks have been set, individual projects for various cancers have specific goals.

With genetic information and more precise drugs, "we have many of the tools we need to pick the fight of the 21st century" and find ways to defeat these cancers, DePinho said.

Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, which has no role in the project, praised DePinho's effort.

"I'm thrilled to see somebody take the lead," Brawley said. "The results that I see him promising, in my mind are reasonable," both in terms of raising money and fighting cancer.

Cancer death rates have been falling since the 1990s at an average of more than 1 percent per year but the disease remains a top killer worldwide. In the United States this year, estimates are that more than 1.5 million people will be diagnosed with cancer, and more than 500,000 will die from it.

The MD Anderson program was inspired by the goal President John F. Kennedy announced in 1962 to put a man on the moon by the end of that decade. He described it to Congress that May and in a speech in September at Rice University, a mile from MD Anderson.

The Houston cancer center treats 112,000 patients a year and has been building a database of tumor samples and their genetic characteristics, especially of breast and ovarian cancers.

A year ago, when DePinho became its new president, he started a competition among its researchers to submit ideas for how to make fresh inroads against the disease. Six teams were chosen to tackle the eight cancers.

Each team has specific goals, ranging from basic research to clinical trials that test treatments, biomarkers and diagnostics. Some projects are aimed at novel prevention methods ? a mandatory role for any of the federally funded National Comprehensive Cancer Centers, DePinho said.

The teams will focus on personalizing treatment according to an individual's tumor genes, real-time assessment of the effectiveness of therapies being tried, better diagnoses and early detection and reducing side effects of treatment.

For example, one project will jointly target a deadly type of ovarian cancer and "triple-negative breast cancer" ? breast tumors whose growth is not fueled by estrogen, progesterone or the gene that the drug Herceptin targets. The cancers share some striking similarities at the genetic and molecular level and treatments for them are converging, MD Anderson scientists say.

Scientists plan to study one cancer pathway and how nearby tissue influences the cancer's growth. They also hope within five years to find a way to detect ovarian cancer early. Experts have recommended against routinely screening health women for ovarian cancer now because methods to do so are too flawed.

Money for all of the moonshot projects will come from foundations, gifts from individuals, grants, revenues from treating the additional patients the center expects to attract, and patents and royalties from discoveries, MD Anderson officials said. That will be on top of the $700 million the cancer center spends each year now on research.

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Baxter to help develop, sell Onconova cancer drug

NEW YORK (AP) ? Baxter International Inc. said Wednesday it will work with Onconova Therapeutics to help develop and market an experimental cancer drug in Europe.

Onconova has been studying the drug candidate, rigosertib, as a treatment for a group of blood cancers called myelodysplastic syndromes and for pancreatic cancer. Baxter agreed to pay Onconova $50 million upfront, and Onconova will get another $515 million if the drug advances through clinical testing and regulatory review. The agreement also calls for Onconova to get royalties on sales, and milestone payments if the drug reaches sales targets.

Baxter can market the drug in the European Union and other European countries as a treatment for both of those cancer types. The Deerfield, Ill., company will also have an option to help develop and market rigosertib as a treatment for other cancers.

The companies said data from a late-stage trial of rigosertib as a treatment for myelodysplastic syndromes, or MDS, is due in the second half of 2013. Onconova is also studying an oral version of the drug.

Rigosertib has been granted orphan drug status in the U.S. and Europe as a treatment for MDS. The orphan drug program provides financial incentives for drugs designed to treat rare diseases, and approved orphan drugs can receive extended marketing exclusivity.

Baxter previously invested $50 million in Newtown, Pa.-based Onconova. The company said Wednesday the latest announcement is part of its expansion into oncology treatments. It already supplies chemotherapeutic agents as well as treatments for the side effects of cancer therapies like nausea.

Shares of Baxter rose 21 cents to $61.16 in midday trading.

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Cartoons in French weekly adding fuel to anti-Islam furor

PARIS (Reuters) - A French magazine ridiculed the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday by portraying him naked in cartoons, threatening to fuel the anger of Muslims around the world who are already incensed by a video depicting him as a lecherous fool.

The drawings in the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo risked exacerbating a crisis that has seen the storming of U.S. and other Western embassies, the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and a deadly suicide bombing in Afghanistan.

Riot police were deployed to protect the paper's Paris offices after it hit news stands.

It featured several caricatures of the Prophet showing him naked in what the publishers said was an attempt to poke fun at the furore over the film. One, entitled "Mohammad: a star is born", depicted a bearded figure crouching over to display his buttocks and genitals.

The French government, which had urged the weekly not to print the cartoons, said it was shutting embassies and schools in 20 countries as a precaution on Friday, when protests sometimes break out after Muslim prayers.

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby called the drawings outrageous but said those who were offended by them should "use peaceful means to express their firm rejection".

Tunisia's ruling Islamist party, Ennahda, condemned what it called an act of "aggression" against Mohammad but urged Muslims not to fall into a trap intended to "derail the Arab Spring and turn it into a conflict with the West".

In the northern Paris suburb of Sarcelles, one person was slightly hurt when two masked men threw a small explosive device through the window of a kosher supermarket. Police said it was too early to link the incident to the cartoons. One small local Muslim group filed a legal complaint against the weekly but there were no reports of reaction on the streets of France.

DEADLY PROTESTS

The posting on YouTube last week of a crude video, made in California, that mocked Mohammad as a womanizing buffoon has sparked protests in many countries, some of them deadly.

The U.S. envoy to Libya and three other Americans were killed in an attack in Benghazi, and U.S. and other foreign embassies were attacked in cities in Asia, Africa and the Middle East by furious Muslims.

The furore has emerged as an issue in the U.S. presidential election campaign and sparked international debate over free speech, religion and the right to offend. Many Muslims consider any representation of Allah or the Prophet Mohammad blasphemous.

The United States has condemned the content of the video while defending the right to free speech, and took a similar line on the French cartoons.

"We know that these images will be deeply offensive to many and have the potential to be inflammatory. But we've spoken repeatedly about the importance of upholding the freedom of expression that is enshrined in our constitution," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters.

"In other words, we don't question the right of something like this to be published, we just question the judgment behind the decision to publish it."

In Egypt, rights groups demanded the release of a Coptic Christian computer science graduate who they said had been beaten up and arrested on suspicion of re-posting the anti-Islam video online.

In the Lebanese city of Sidon, around 10,000 people joined a march organized by the Shi'ite group Hezbollah to protest against the film and the cartoons, shouting "Enough humiliation!" and "Death to America! Death to Israel!".

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius criticized the publication of the cartoons as a provocation.

"We saw what happened last week in Libya and in other countries such as Afghanistan," Fabius told a regular news conference. "We have to call on all to behave responsibly."

But Charlie Hebdo's editor, Stephane Charbonnier rejected the criticism. "We have the impression that it's officially allowed for Charlie Hebdo to attack the Catholic far-right but we cannot poke fun at fundamental Islamists," he said.

"It shows the climate. Everyone is driven by fear, and that is exactly what this small handful of extremists who do not represent anyone want: to make everyone afraid, to shut us all in a cave," he told Reuters.

One cartoon alluded to the scandal over a French magazine's publication of topless photos of the wife of Britain's Prince William. It showed a bare female torso topped by a beard with the caption "Riots in Arab countries after photos of Mrs Mohammad are published".

SECURITY INCREASED

In Egypt, Essam Erian, acting head of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, told Reuters: "We reject and condemn the French cartoons that dishonor the Prophet and we condemn any action that defames the sacred according to people's beliefs."

A joint statement by a senior Catholic bishop Michel Dubost and Mohammed Moussaoui, president of the French Muslim Council (CFCM), defended the right to freedom of expression under the cherished French principles of "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity".

"But freedom endangers itself if it forgets fraternity and respect for everyone's equal right to dignity," they added.

Charlie Hebdo is no stranger to controversy. Its Paris offices were firebombed last November after it published a mocking caricature of Mohammad, and Charbonnier has been under police guard ever since.

Speaking outside his offices in an eastern neighborhood with many residents of North African origin, Charbonnier said he had not received any threats over the latest cartoons. In a message on its Twitter account, Charlie Hebdo said its website had been hacked, but referred readers to a blog it also uses.

In 2005, Danish cartoons of the Prophet sparked a wave of protests across the Muslim world in which at least 50 died.

France is already on alert for attacks by al Qaeda on French interests in West Africa.

A diplomatic source said this week that Paris had recently foiled attacks on economic and diplomatic targets and had credible evidence that more were planned.

"Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is a direct and immediate threat," the source said.

(Additional reporting by Sreya Banerjee, Thierry Chiarello, Brian Love and John Irish; Marwa Awad in Cairo and Souhail Karam in Tunis; Margaret Chadbourn in Washington; Writing by Mark John; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/french-weekly-publishes-mohammad-cartoons-075449808.html

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TrackBack - Dr Davis' Back & Wrist Pain Blog

Jayna faceThe obesity epidemic is skyrocketing. According to an article in USA TODAY 9/18/12 (Obesity On The Rise) on the front page, the Center for Disease Control puts the obesity rate on track to be 50% of all Americans in 2030. In 2010 it was 35%. Heck, right now almost 70% are overweight or obese...I guess it will be 80% plus by then.

Of particular concern to me (I have a 7 year old daughter) is the rapidly climbing childhood obesity rate, and there may be more to it than just poor food choices and sedentary lifestyles. A recent study links BPA to obesity in children. Here is an excerpt from an article (also in USA today) entitled:

Study links chemical BPA to obesity in children, teens.

But the findings, in today's Journal of the American Medical Association, add to a growing body of research -- in both humans and animals -- questioning BPA's safety, says Philip Landrigan, director of Children's Environmental Health Center at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.

STORY: FDA has 'some concern' about chemical BPA

"It's a credible study and it has to be given some attention," says Landrigan, who was not involved with the study.

In particular, the study adds to the notion that certain chemicals are "obesogens" that alter the body's metabolism, making it harder for people to lose weight, even with diet and exercise, says Linda Birnbaum, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, who was not involved in the study.

"Are we programming people to fail?" Birnbaum asks. "That's the question we need to ask, instead of blaming people."

Exposure to BPA -- an estrogen-like chemical used in everything from plastic water bottles to the linings of metal cans and even the coatings on certain paper receipts -- is nearly ubiquitous. More than 92% of Americans over age 6 have detectable levels in their blood, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The new study drew on CDC surveys of 2,838 kids and teens, ages 6 to 19.

My Take: So what can we do? Well, as parents we can make sure we are educated on diet, health and nutrition, so we can make healthy informed decisions for ourselves and our children.? I have found that a diet centered around "plant foods" is best. My favorite resource is Dr. John McDougall, MD.

I also recommend Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" Initiative to help fight childhood obesity.

And stay away from products that contain BPA. This is not that hard to do. And make sure you and your children are getting plenty of exercise. Not all kids have PE in school, and should have 60 minutes of exercise per day. Most of the killer diseases like heart disease, strokes, diabetes and cancer are rooted in poor lifestyle choices. You can make a difference!

Dr. Eben Davis is founder and clinic director of Executive Express Chiropractic in San Francisco.

Source: http://www.sfbackpaindoctor.com/2012/09/obesity-on-the-rise-in-children-and-adults-obesogens.html

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Will Romney's troubles rub off on congressional races?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Republican U.S. Senate candidates in close races disowned Mitt Romney's "47 percent" comments on Tuesday, signaling concern about the impact of his words on Republican fortunes beyond the presidential race.

Democrats, sensing a new opportunity to influence congressional contests, were busy trying to link Republicans generally with Romney's remarks. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee showered dozens of districts with news releases tying specific Republican candidates to Romney's "shocking comment."

Linda McMahon, Republican Senate candidate in Connecticut, was worried enough to issue a statement criticizing Romney.

"I disagree with Governor Romney's insinuation that 47 percent of Americans believe they are victims who must depend on the government for their care. I know that the vast majority of those who rely on government are not in that situation because they want to be," her statement said.

McMahon, who lost a 2010 Senate bid in Connecticut, is in a close race against former U.S. Representative Chris Murphy.

Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, running a tight race against Harvard Law professor Elizabeth Warren to retain his seat in a traditionally Democratic state, sounded a similar theme.

In statement to The Hill, a publication specializing in Congress, he said of Romney's views: "That's not the way I view the world. As someone who grew up in tough circumstances, I know that being on public assistance is not a spot that anyone wants to be in. Too many people today who want to work are being forced into public assistance for lack of jobs."

In the video, the first part of which was published on Monday by the liberal Mother Jones magazine, Romney told donors that 47 percent of Americans would back Obama no matter what and "my job is not to worry about those people.

In theory, at least, Romney's comments had the potential to offend millions of voters directly.

About 46 percent of U.S. households paid no federal income tax in 2011, according to the bipartisan Tax Policy Center, although almost two-thirds of those paid an employment tax to support the Social Security and Medicare programs.

'SECOND THOUGHTS'

It is axiomatic that a strong presidential nominee can boost the chances for other party candidates, particularly those in close U.S. Senate races.

But the presidential candidate can also hurt those farther down the ticket.

While a single comment might not alter particular races, a lagging campaign could.

Republican Representative Steven LaTourette of Ohio, who is retiring from Congress, defended Romney's remarks, but said they "don't help in swing districts like mine."

"People were ready to throw Obama over, like dumping a boyfriend, and were ready to be courted by a new boyfriend," he said. "But now they're having second thoughts," LaTourette said.

Republican Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma called Romney's remarks "an unfortunate choice of words," but predicted the comments would be "a one- or two-day story."

"The election is going to turn on the economy," Cole said.

University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato, whose "Crystal Ball" blog closely tracks congressional races, said Romney's performance would be particularly influential in Senate races in Virginia, Connecticut, Montana, North Dakota and Florida.

"Scott Brown can't survive much more undertow in Massachusetts," he said.

George Allen, the Republican Senate contender in Virginia, "depends on a Romney win," Sabato added.

"As I go through the states, I'd say Romney's performance will help to determine most of the close Senate contests," he said in an email interview.

"It's going to be very difficult for Republicans to take over the Senate if Romney doesn't capture the White House. That's a different evaluation than a year ago when the GOP looked to be a good bet to grab the Senate."

(Additional reporting by Richard Cowan and Fred Barbash; Editing by Fred Barbash and Peter Cooney)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/romneys-troubles-rub-off-congressional-races-234014164.html

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