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McCain: Knife restrictions, mental evaluations next?

What would McCain consider as next step in “curbing violence?”

As John McCain aims to restrict Second Amendment rights in the wake of the Newtown shooting tragedy, the Obama regime is buying up billions of rounds of bullets, to guard against law abiding citizens being able to possess firearms that function.

Yet the most recent attack that seriously wounded at least 14 people — two remain in critical condition — was carried out by a knife wielding perpetrator.

The brutal stabbing occurred on the Lone Star Community College campus in Cypress, Texas. Many of the victims were stabbed in the face and neck. The assailant used a razor type knife and told authorities he had fantasized since childhood about stabbing people to death.

Will this vicious act signal the implementation of registration and restriction of knives? Will department stores be required to perform cursory mental health evaluations before knives could be purchased? Some reports indicated the slasher used a box-cutter or “exacto” knife. Could the burden for checking purchasers fall on the orange-aproned Home Depot clerks? Who will monitor on-line purchases of cutlery sets?

This past weekend in Goodyear, Arizona, a 64-year-old man — a constituent of Sen. John McCain’s — savagely attacked and fatally stabbed his wife and grown son in their home. In the heavily publicized Jodi Arias murder trial taking place in McCain’s home state –just 7 miles from his palatial high-rise condo, one of the weapons she used to kill Travis Alexander was — you guessed it: A knife.

In a joint appearance with Chuck Schumer on Face the Nation, McCain — echoing Obama’s press secretary Jay Carney — told Bob Schieffer that he didn’t understand why some Republicans want to filibuster the gun control bill being pushed by Harry Reid, Schumer, and Obama. The loopy, Democrat colluder, McCain believes Harry Reid’s pledge to Republicans that they can offer amendments. Reid also has a bridge to sell.

The Democrats Rapid Response Team makes use of McCain in a video to bolster Obama’s restrictive measures:

21 Responses to McCain: Knife restrictions, mental evaluations next?

  1. eubykdisop says:

    Excuse me, SRAZ, but JEFF FLAKE was one of the 16 Republicans who voted to move forward with gun control legislation in the Senate.

    This is the third time you have focused on McCain with little or no mention of Flake. Once or twice could be coincidence but not three times!

    Why are you shielding Jeff Flake in your articles?

    Yes, you’ve gone after Flake in the past. Yes, you have an archive on Flake. That was “yesterday”, before Flake became a U. S. Senator. In the most recent articles, you’ve focused on McCain almost to the exclusion of Flake.

    What seems to be the problem, SRAZ?

  2. Scott says:

    You got to give Democrats credit for being wise enough to use McCain in their video. He campaigned for Obama and continues to act on Obama’s behalf.

  3. eubykdisop says:

    Here’s a video for you, Scott!

    Watch as JEFF “The Snake” FLAKE schmoozes it up with MARK KELLY at the at the Senate gun control/ban hearing:

    • Vince says:

      Thanks for this video, euby! Flake clearly shows his alignment with Gabby Gifford on “border issues.” We all regret the shooting that left her disabled, but let’s not forget that in congress, she was a liberal Democrat who was a pet of Nancy Pelosi’s. Flake also forged congressional deals benefiting illegal aliens with Luis Gutierrez, who represents Obama’s Chicagoland.

      In defense of SRAZ, this site has been relentless in its exposure of the guy they identify as Jeff the Flake or Jeff McFlake. Had I not read the revealing posts about his leftward slant, I would have voted for him for in his run for the Senate. I didn’t….thanks in large measure to Seeing Red AZ.

      The fact that Flake won by the slimmest of margins, shows the high levels of distrust with which Republicans view him.

      • eubykdisop says:

        Hi, Vince! :-)

        You’re most welcome!

        Oh yeah, no question that SRAZ was on Flake during the campaign and has been on him all along. Now that he’s a U. S. Senator, it’s time to remain on his case right along with his fellow Senator, John McCain! We don’t want JEFF “The Snake” FLAKE to hide comfortably in the shadow of McCain! ;-)

  4. Kathy says:

    Gun control legislation in any form is a means to the ultimate goal of gun confiscation – period. There is no other reason than that. And once done, just watch the blood shed by the government against it’s citizens. If the death of children are so tragic then why abortion? Why isn’t the Dr. Gosnell baby slaughtering trial being reported 24 – 7? Why it doesn’t fit the narrative.

  5. eubykdisop says:

    Concerned about McAmnesty? Try Flakeamnesty!

    Watch JEFF FLAKE defend his STRIVE Act amnesty to Lou Dobbs and fellow Republican Congressman Brian Bilbray:

    • eubykdisop says:

      As you watch the above video remember that the head of the AZ GOP, Robert Graham, just appointed Chad Heywood as Executive Director of the Arizona Republican Party and that Heywood was Director of Outreach for Congressman JEFF FLAKE.

      Graham also appointed Gretchen Conger Martinez as Chief of Staff of the Arizona Republican Party after Martinez served as Director of Government Relations for the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry which opposed SB 1070 and five anti-illegal immigration bills in the Arizona State Legislature. Martinez also attended high school in Santiago, Chile.

      The question is not whether or not Robert Graham is going to sell us out on immigration but rather when he is going to do it! Graham’s rationale will go something like this:

      “I think this legislation is a good compromise which treats immigrants and their families in a humane manner while protecting the interests of America and Arizona.”

      In fact, you can feel free to use that statement verbatim, Robert!

  6. eubykdisop says:

    Arizona Republican Sen. JEFF FLAKE said it’s “inevitable” that a future GOP presidential candidate will support homosexual “marriage” and that he or she will have Republican support. He also reminds us that he voted to repeal “Dont Ask Don’t Tell”.

  7. eubykdisop says:

    “Giffords thanks GOP Sens. McCain, Flake for gun measure vote”

    “By Daniel Strauss – 04/11/13”

    “Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) thanked Arizona Sens. John McCain (R) and Jeff Flake (R) for voting to allow the Senate to debate gun control legislation on Thursday.”

    “Gabrielle Giffords”

    “Proud of my senators @SenJohnMcCain & @JeffFlake for voting yes to continued debate on reducing gun violence.Tucson deserves a vote.Thanks.”

    Note that Giffords thanked BOTH McCain AND JEFF FLAKE!

  8. Doc says:

    Wes Harris is allegedly the man spearheading a recall effort for our 2 senators. Contact info? Comments? Anybody know anything about this man?

    • Tea Partier says:

      Wes Harris heads up a tea party and has several burrs in his saddle as well as bees in his bonnet and a few bugs up his butt. Having said that, if he is not going to muck this up as he has so many other things, it’s worth looking into. I simply don’t trust him to get it right, and summer in Arizona is not the time to be undertaking petition drives. Volunteer drives don’t work as they used to. It takes money and paid circulators. People are used to getting paid for this work.

      In 2001, there was a strong force working on a recall of John McCain. They had a small office on North Central and I collected several pages with no trouble at all. Then along came September 11th and everyone’s attention was diverted. John McCain was probably the only American who breathed a sigh of relief that horrible day.

  9. Delilah says:

    wwharris@msn.com Ok Wes can be a pain, but that is his email address. Lets all take a petition and get it filled on both our lying Senators.

    • Doc says:

      For the record; I got this info from AZ Republican HQ THIS MORNING After th’ socialist vote…

  10. eubykdisop says:

    Here are a few comments regarding the legality of such a recall:

    “The following states have “open” recall laws—that is the power of recall is not limited to certain enumerated offices.”

    “Arizona (“Every public officer in the State of Arizona, holding an elective office, either by election or appointment, is subject to recall.”) (Ariz. Const. Art. 8 Part. 1 § 1).”

    “The state of the law on this question is unsettled. The arguments in favor of the validity of the application of state recall laws are plain and evident. Moreover, all state laws are presumptively constitutional until ruled to the contrary.”

    There would be legal action to stop the recall. Surviving that, and gathering the necessary signatures, it would likely end up with SCOTUS. We’re talking BIG legal costs here, millions! Better have some deep pockets OR a committed pro bono defense team!

  11. eubykdisop says:

    “New York resident has gun license wrongly revoked, concerns raised about law”

    “April 11, 2013”

    “Lewis, who does not have a criminal record, caught the eye of state officials because it was believed that because of a prescription for psychotropic drugs that he was a danger to others, his attorney claims.”

    “A provision in the recently passed NY SAFE Act calls for individuals with serious mental illness who may be dangerous to potentially have access to firearms restricted.”

    “Tresmond said in media reports that Lewis did have a temporary, short-term issue and required medication, but nothing recent. He suggested in a radio interview that his client’s private medical history was accessed by the government, violating his rights by using a loophole under HIPAA laws.”

    “This court has determined that the information received from the New York State Police, which served as the basis for suspension of the Licensee’s firearms license, was in error” reads the court order from Judge Boller. “…it is HEREBY ordered, the suspension of the firearms license herein is hereby terminated, and any firearms of the licensee being held by any police agency are to be returned.”

    Here we have law enforcement spending it’s time going through medical records. Because police officers are not medical professionals, they jumped to conclusions, based upon a prescription, and got it all wrong!

    Will any of your prescribed medications, past or present. or any of your medical history result in confiscation of your guns? How is your “gun health”? Isn’t it convenient for “Big Brother” that there is a “loophole” in HIPAA laws! Wonder how that happened, LOL!

  12. eubykdisop says:

    “Boehner: I Don’t Need GOP to Pass Gun Law…”

    “by Ben Shapiro 11 Apr 2013”

    “On Thursday, in the midst of ongoing national debate over prospective gun control and comprehensive immigration legislation, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said that he didn’t need the approval of a majority of his own party to move forward with legislation. Referring to the so-called Hastert Rule, named after former House Speaker Denny Hastert (R-IL), which dictated that House leadership not bring up any bill for a vote without the support of a majority of the majority party, Boehner said, “Listen: It was never a rule to begin with.”

  13. mike bertocchi says:

    In order to defend against the assult knife problems, why don’t we ban all sharping devices. A dull knife is a safe knife.

    • Maggie says:

      Good idea! Better yet, why don’t we just ban John McCain and Jeff Flake. We can still vote…at least for now.

    • eubykdisop says:

      There’s no reason why you can’t get along with just a spoon, especially if we legislate that all meat must be ground before being sold to consumers.

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Creationist Wisdom #306: Texas Teacher

Today’s letter-to-the-editor appears in the San Antonio Express-News of San Antonio, Texas. The title is Evolution and religious teachings complement each other. We’ll give you a few excerpts, enhanced with our Curmudgeonly commentary, and some bold font for emphasis.

As we usually do, we’ll omit the writer’s name and city, but beneath the letter-writer’s photo in the newspaper it says that he is “an adjunct professor for Palo Alto College,” a community college in San Antonio. Okay, here we go:

The demographics in America show we are primarily a Christian nation, and the topic of evolution and Darwinism can be a controversial one. So when discussing natural history, the approach an educator uses typically defines the success or failure of the lesson.

An inauspicious beginning. The letter-writer states up front that the religious views of the nation should have some bearing on the teaching of science. Well, in certain countries it may result in a beheading to teach science, so he’s got a point there, but this guy is talking about Texas. Let’s see where his letter goes after that introduction:

This is where I truly believe offering students multiple viewpoints of how we as a species possibly developed will pay off. In other words, let us not forget to give both sides of the argument.

Aaaargh!! Let’s read on:

Why push our views on young adults, when we are trying to teach them to create their own? In terms of Darwinism, I explain that it makes little difference what I believe as an individual or even as an academic. It is clear that there are two sides to the question of where we come from. One is from the biblical text, the story of Adam and Eve; the other, which is subscribed to by many natural historians, is evolution from simple organisms to the 21st century version of you and me. Most of us, unfortunately, believe we have to choose sides in this debate.

Yeah — why choose sides? That might require some thinking. We can’t have any of that. He continues:

We see elements of “survival of the fittest” in almost every creature on this earth; therefore, how can we not point this out as a possible explanation for our behaviors throughout history. Yet to ignore the spiritual side of human history is to lack objectivity both as an individual and as an educator. Once again, as a historian, the evidence is too extensive to ignore, leading us to believe that there is a high probability of our God being real. Not to mention, as a Christian, I strongly believe in him. So the question remains, how do we approach these conflicting views?

Yes, it’s just so confusing. Should the letter-writer teach science, or should he launch into a sermon? What’s a junior college instructor supposed to do? Here’s more:

The answer in my class is that perhaps they do not conflict in the way we have always been taught. Why can we not have both? I do not push this onto my students, but the argument should not be focused on Adam and Eve vs. evolution, because there is substantial evidence for both evolution and spirituality.

Great solution! Just muck it up with a little of both. Moving along:

The two sides complement each other, if we open our mind to their plausibility.

You see, dear reader, your problem is that you won’t open your mind. You should have had a great teacher like today’s letter-writer. And now we come to the end:

Does the combination of spirituality and an acceptance of evolution negate our chosen faith? God made us such complex beings with physical, mental, and emotional lives. Why could he not have also given us the power to evolve?

Now that’s a great teacher! Well, in Texas anyway.

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17 responses to “Creationist Wisdom #306: Texas Teacher

  1. The demographics in America show we are primarily a Christian nation, …

    Fallacy of composition: nations do not have religious beliefs; each citizen might, but that does not translate into the nation having a religious affiliation. The correct way to state this is to say: “The demographics show that America as a nation is primarily composed of Christians …

  2. He teaches HISTORY and he is not a scientist. History is subjective and biased toward the view of the person composing it. As a Texas History teacher in San Antonio, he must be aware that the history of the Alamo is told differently south of the border. I wonder if he teaches that “controversy” ?
    I also take issue with the creation story , he limits it to TWO , I might remind this HISTORY teacher , that there are MANY different creation stories, say from the Greeks, the Native Americans, and many more yet he lets HIS BIAS lead his thoughts.

    Faith is Faith and Fact is Fact

  3. “It is clear that there are two sides to the question of where we come from. One is from the biblical text, the story of Adam and Eve; the other, which is subscribed to by many natural historians, is evolution …”

    At least the writer is clear in his distinction. Biblical creationism and intelligent design are one and the same. And no, we are not a christian nation, a fallacious argument in itself.

  4. Ceteris Paribus

    The Texas Adjunct says: “let us not forget to give both sides of the argument.”

    Damn straight. Let’s have him teach the kiddies that one side of the argument is based on reason and evidence; the other side is based on magic and tradition. Both paths can lead to personal success.

    The students who come down on the side of reason and evidence will have a reasonable chance of becoming productive and responsible citizens. The ones that come down on the side of magic and tradition will have a reasonable chance of holding a political office.

  5. We’re talking doofus here. Adjunct “professor” at a podunk community college in south San Antonio. We’re talking strip mall “education” and he’s adjunct. Clearly unemployable doofus.

  6. I wonder what course this guy teaches. I hope it’s not teacher ed.

  7. Talking Doofus said: “if we open our mind to their plausibility.”
    Uh, pardon me, sir, but your mind is open and your brains have fallen out.

  8. Funny how these people never, ever, ever, cite Pope John Paul II, who reconciled faith in God, “spirituality” (whatever that is), and even Adam and Eve (as long as they had biological parents), with the “convergence, neither sought nor fabricated” of multiple lines of evidence that makes it impossible to deny evolution without bearing false witness.

    Sure, the probabllity is high that any one of these people just never heard of that, and are not deliberately censoring it. But the probablity of that being the case for even your 306 examples, let alone 1000s more who write these letters, is near zero.

  9. @Frank J: Good quote. It’s a good bet, though, that most members of the creationist cult hold the Pope in even lower regard than they do Darwin.

  10. Nothing I could write about creationism vs. evolution could be as funny as Lewis Black’s remarks on the subject, part of his rant about the Old Testament at

  11. Spoiler alert – On the Lewis Black video around 6:16 –
    “These people are watching The Flintstones as if it were a documentary.”
    One of Black’s better lines, IMHO.

  12. @retiredsciguy:
    And this brings to mind the question of how many of the residents of the USA would be counted as “Christians”.

  13. As Lewis Black points out in his endearing fashion, the Old Testament is the book of the Jews, and the New Testament is the book of the Christians. When Christian clergy interpret the Old Testament (including Genisis), they get it wrong. Black adds, “It’s not their fault …. it’s not their book.”

  14. “Evolution and [Genesis] complement each other.” Hmm… more likely they lead to a muddle, as in this parallel: At one time, most people believed that the sun moved around the earth. Then pioneering astronomers determined that the earth moved around the sun. But, hey, these two ideas could be seen to complement each other .. the sun and the earth move around Each Other! Popular belief and new-fangeld scientific thinking can be reconciled!! (Just don’t attempt to put any satellites into an earth orbit using this muddled thinking).

  15. One rebuttal you don’t hear about this sort of equal time argument is that during the weekend, students are free to pursue Sunday school, as well as other religious classes and services. Parents who object to evolution being taught at schools are allowed to homeschool with very little interference from the goverment.

  16. @Realist1948

    Of course evolution and literal Genesis do not complement each other. In fact literal Genesis does not complement itself, given how it comes in several mutually contradictory versions (Gen I/Gen II, old earth, young earth, etc.). When push comes to shove, most mainstream religions admit that Genesis should be taken only as an allegory. When they do seem to take some parts literally, it’s generally the untestable parts, and “on faith” anyway. But just like network TV, which “officially” endorses flying reindeer, they simply can’t afford to always say “this ain’t how it really happened.” That they still manage an occasional endorsement of evolution, and even disapproval of creationism/ID, in that atmosphere of political correctness is quite significant.

    Letter-to-the-editor writers are a fascinating demographic. I would guess that most are embarrassed at how they have been misled, and don’t try again to “educate” anyone outside of their own circle of deniers. But many are far enough into the scam that they would already be what you call “members of the creationist cult.” Which means that they are unlikely to volunteer up front that they hold JP II, Ken Miller, Francis Collins, etc. in lower regard than they hold Darwin, Dawkins, etc. They won’t deny it, but they’re shrewd enough to first pretend that all theists are on their side, then resort to “plan B” only when necessary. Same with trying to peddle creationism/ID as science, and resorting to “evolution is a religion” when someone calls their bluff. If they truly believed that there’s a better explanation than evolution, they wouldn’t be playing those games.

  17. Tom S: “And this brings to mind the question of how many of the residents of the USA would be counted as ‘Christians’.”

    Last count is one, and his name is Ray Martinez. ;-)

    What is interesting is that those who use the C-word approvingly at every opportunity generally make clear from their context that they mean Fundamentalist Christian only. Some may do that just by rote, but surely many do it intentionally, hoping to pull anorher bait-and-switch with the general definition that includes all self-described Christians.

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Marty Keller… the truth about him and his ‘science’

This from the excellent Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry:

In the latest American Journal of Psychiatry appears a review of Allison Bass’s book Side Effects. As many of my readers undoubtedly recall, the book details the saga of the antidepressant drug paroxetine (Paxil) and the troubled line of “research” used to support its use in children (among other points). The reviewer clearly liked the book, which is not necessarily newsworthy. What is notable is that a book review appearing in perhaps the world’s leading psychiatry journal slams a leading member of the psychiatry profession. The reviewer, Dr. Spencer Eth, writes the following:

More recently, psychiatrists have been greeted in the morning with front-page newspaper exposés of huge sums being directed by these same drug companies to the physician leaders of our field. In Side Effects: A Prosecutor, a Whistleblower, and a Bestselling Antidepressant on Trial, journalist Alison Bass has written the powerful story of a leading medication, its manufacturer, and a favored psychiatrist, whose driving force was profit not treatment.

Ouch. Though not naming the psychiatrist directly, it is clearly a reference to Martin Keller, bigwig at Brown University, whose work on one particular study regarding Paxil was the subject of a lengthy prior post. For the collection of my posts related to Dr. Keller, please click here.

Back to the review…

This well-told cautionary lacks the excitement of a novel but instead informs the reader with an actual case study with the real names of psychiatrists we know. We can see exactly how corporate greed, drug-company-sponsored clinical research, and mental health care become a toxic mix that inevitably damages our patients’ well being, our colleagues’ reputations, and our profession’s good name.

It was a refreshing surprise to see Martin Keller’s goose get cooked in this review. I don’t mean to sound vindictive or meanspirited. Keller has done a lot of work over the course of his career, much of which likely has some redeeming value. That being said, there can be little doubt that some of his “science” is quite dubious. And for a major psychiatry journal to run anything, even a book review, that directly goes after a “key opinion leader” who appears quite culpable in performing bad science — that’s a good sign.

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Smack my pitch up!

February 26, 2010

My friend Andrea has joined Raindance. And last night they held Live! Ammunition! at the Apollo cinema, Piccadilly Circus. It’s one of their special events where anyone who chooses gets 2 minutes to pitch their film to a bunch of bigwigs, where “you can hone pitching skills in an entertaining environment”. We thought we’d go and have a look, be entertained by the environment.

I’m an idiot, and so I mentioned this event to the good people of Kindle, the company who are currently developing a film with me and Trev. They said I should pitch. I said I couldn’t afford the £13 entrance fee. They said they’d pay. And before my two minutes were up they’d booked me in online and I had to go.

What an idiot. And anyways, it wasn’t even £13. If you wanted to pitch you had to put a fiver in a hat. The winner of the evening got to keep all the fivers (47 people pitching in two hours equals… oh, I don’t know… 47 x 5… £235).

£235! And the Kindle people said if I won I could keep it. I knew there was money in this writing lark.

not me pitching

So, I’m in a cinema with 150 people… I’m at the pictures with the pitchers… and then they tell us how it works. We have to queue up in a line, fiver in hand, up and around the auditorium, standing on the stairs, and then we take it in turn and pitch to the bigwigs. The bigwigs were:

Michael Kuhn– producer of many films including one of my favourites, I Heart Huckabees.

Why not take a moment to enjoy this:

James Brown – head of Acquisitions, Metrodome.

Joe Utichi – Editor, Rotten Tomatoes UK.

Beau Rogers – Executive producer of over 45 films.

Robert Jones – Producer, Material Entertainment.

Gary Phillips – Sales agent, Movie House.

So. No pressure then.

Have I pointed out that I’ve never pitched a film before? And that I’m an idiot. Hell, I even put my own fiver in.

So, they announce the queueing thing and everyone goes crazy. Racing to the starting post like it’s some kind of pitching jumble sale. I’m a little slow. I’m nervous of running in cinemas. I’m scared I’ll get told off, like I do when I pet at the swimming baths. So I get there at about number 26 or 27 out of the 47 fellow pitchers. Plenty of time to see how it works, and to get nervous and anxious and back out if neccessary.

It gets underway. The first person pitches, a young woman rings a bell at the hafway point. A minute in. They have a minute left. Not long. But then they are encouraging the type of pitches that only take seconds. You know the kind of thing… It’s Fight Club meets Toy Story set on a planet made out of nylon and inhabited only by cheese monkeys... Damn! I wish I’d pitched that now!

It’s Monkey Tennis.

Except people don’t half go on. They’ve only got two minutes! They should just be shouting over and over Monkey Tennis! Monkey Tennis! Many of them go into such detailed plots that half way in they’re only two minutes into their film. By the time the two minute bell goes the opening titles are still running.

So, first thing I need to learn… speak less, not more.

Oh, and it might be a good idea for me not to follow the trend of starting your pitch off something like this… this is a true story. It happened to me. The day after I found out that my mother was in fact my daughter, my father ran off with my boyfriend and they both killed themselves in a suicide pact. I couldn’t cope and so I became a vampire… Ok, it wasn’t quite like that, but you get the drift… Damn! I wish I’d pitched that now.

Second thing I need to learn… Don’t be mean about the other pitchers. It’s not like you won or something.

Third thing I need to learn… Don’t give away the ending midway.

The panel, who surely must have been beaten into non-listening by pitch number 7…

Oh, slight digression. We were told by one of the panel that there are only seven stories. This is true. Just like there are only seven jokes. And only seven cakes. Like with cakes, the difference is in the filling.

… yes, just how did they keep on listening? With most of the pitches I could only bear 17 seconds.

Fourth thing I need to learn… stop being mean again. It’s not like you came in the top three or anything.

But they listened and then each pitcher was given two comments, but without being allowed to speak back. The comments were kind and well meant, along the lines of too expensive… how much will it cost?… I don’t like psychic detectives… that kind of thing.

Three or four away from me the charming and welcoming host, Elliot Grove, made an announcement. Time was catching up with us so from now on each pitcher would get 60 seconds. That was ok by me… well, I assumed the fee would be halved to £2.50.

It wasn’t, but what the heck. Spending less time up there seemed a good idea.

So, my go. Elliot told me I had sixty seconds and after 30 seconds the girl with the bell would give me a tinkle. I laughed out loud. One of the panel told me that if I put another fiver in I could have two tinkles. Things were looking up (if you like making a young woman on the front row whose most probably someone’s niece just helping out for work experience feel uncomfortable. And obviously me and bigwig did).

I pitched. I filled my sixty seconds as well as I could. I didn’t stumble, didn’t fall, got in all the important stuff… Hell, I’d even spent sometime online reading sites that give advice for two minute pitchers… I’d done my homework. I was prepared. I thought it went ok.

Then I had my two comments. It wasn’t a case of whoever on the panel wanted to speak could speak. Elliot would pick who, going along the experts in order. My first comment came from Joe Utichi from Rotten Tomatoes. He said “sounds cheesy”. He may have said more but that’s all I heard. My next comment came from James Brown. He said “there’s a big difference between the next Billy Elliot and cheesy”. He may have said more, but that’s all I heard. Robert Jones then asked me (Hey! I got a third comment!) “Is it a true story?” It’s not, but it does have true elements, as in all the stuff that took place at the Mexico Olympics in 1968… sorry, I know this is meaningless to you, reader, but that was my answer. And not the most eloquent of answers, but, like with the No Petting thing in the swimming baths, I do as I’m told and at the back of my mind was the raindance rule… you can’t answer back to comments. Crikey, I was so nervous and I’m so polite… I didn’t want to break the rule but it would have been rude to just not answer.

And then I was done, finished, that was that.

If any bigwigs read this and would like to know more about our film, please do contact me. At the moment, thanks to a bit of money from the European Media Script Fund, were are scripting, but we have documents and things… we have three acts, we can talk. It’s good not cheesy. honest.

Oh, and well done to the winner, Deane Thrussell, writer of Date of Birth. I liked the sound of it. I’d go and see it.

Oh, and commiserations to the Crown Jewels guy and the Jaws in Whitby pitcher. I’d go and see those too.

2 Responses to “Smack my pitch up!”

  1. Samantha said

    Wow, what a post! and what an event! You are brave! It sounds like you did well, but it does sound like a very bizarre event. I liked the tinkle jokes, ha! :-)

  2. Hi Simon
    I feel your pitch pain. I did a similar thing during my first (and so far, only)only trip to Cannes. My main comment was that one of the judges couldn’t hear me, so all I learnt from the experience was PITCH LOUDER.

    For the worst pitch this side of ‘A Partridge Amongst The Pigeons’ look no further:

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Lora is in Abbottabad District
Coordinates: 33°52′59″N 73°16′59″E / 33.88306°N 73.28306°E / 33.88306; 73.28306Coordinates: 33°52′59″N 73°16′59″E / 33.88306°N 73.28306°E / 33.88306; 73.28306
Country  Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Abbottabad
Tehsil Havelian
 • Nazim khan Bilal Hameed Khan[1]
 • Naib Nazim Khalid Munir Abbasi

Lora is one of the 51 Union Councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[2] Lora Union Council takes it name from the main village of area. The Local language is Hindko but Urdu is also universally understood. Lora is connected with Abbottabad by the Ghora Gali- Shah Maqsood road, the travelling time from Abbottabad is about 3 hours by Bus and two hours by car. Murree is about 22 km from Lora and can be reached in 40 mins.

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Lora is located at 33°52'60N 73°16'60E with a height of 1138 metres (3736 feet).[3] It is in the southern part of Abbottabad District in Havelian Tehsil it is next to other Union Councils these are: Nara to the north, Nagri Totial to the north and east, Goreeni to the south, and Phallah to the west.

UC Lora is crossed by the Nadi Haro River (on which the Khanpur Dam is built). Locals grow seasonal crops such as maize (makai) and wheat (gandum).

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The Union Council of Lora is subdivided into the following areas: Ghari, Ghora, Dheri Kiala, Lora, Narhota, Noorpur, Seri and Thath Karam Shah.[1]

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Lora has always been an important place and also a business hub of Circle Lora which consists of six union councils (Lora, Goreeni, Phallah, Nagri Tutial, Seer Sharqi and Seer Gharbi). It lies at the peripheral boundary of Abbottabad and many of the people work in Islamabad and Rawalpindi due to easy access by road through the Ghora Gali- Rawalpindi road. Some inhabitants also live and work as far away as Lahore and Karachi, and a number are also expatriates abroad, working in the Middle East and Europe. The area is quite prosperous and the people well-off, thanks to the comparatively better economic conditions and foreign currency remittances.

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    Regardless, when the email is received, the attached file contains the query results.

    The one resultset with the long strings doesnt look right.  It is wrapping within the column, and this throws off the other columns and their headers.
    I want it all on one line, no wrapping.
    How can I force that one column not to wrap its text

    What setting or parameter value should I look at?

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        EXEC sp_send_dbmail
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          @subject = 'my report',
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  • Hi,

    Following are the steps I have done for configuring the Windows media server.

    Step 1: Create new Publishing Point

    Step 2: Give a Name to Publishing Point:

    Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:18 AM

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  • Step 3: Select Streaming Type as "Encoder (a live stream)"

    Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:20 AM
  • Step 4: Select Broadcast Publishing point.

    Step 5: Using VLC Player to restream the rtsp stream to http.

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    Step 9: Check the media information, and it is WMV.

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    Step 11: Finish the Wizard and it gives me the following ERROR:

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    Step 13: I try to put the source as a direct rtsp, (which should be supported by Windows Media Services) but it gives me the following Error:

    Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:31 AM

    And Above are the steps I follow to create a publishing point, but Windows Media Services didn't allow me to stream from HTTP and also didn't accept RTSP.

    as this is working fine in VLC.

    So, If any of you have any Idea to solve this problem, please let me know.

    I'll be very Thankful to you.

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  • Of course we didn't test this scenario.  Windows Media Services expects to be communicating with an encoder that understands the MS-WMSP protocol that is documented at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc251059(v=PROT.10).aspx and the stream must be in an ASF container.  This is what Windows Media Encoder and Expression Encoder generate but I suspect that VLC does not.

    More than likely VLC creates an HTTP stream that effectively is a download of the video frames.  WMS needs to be able to interact with the encoder which the MS-WMSP allows.

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       Since my question is basically in line with this discussion, I will append it here. If you feel it warrants a seperate one, please let me know. I am using Axis 1011-W IP network cameras to produce the stream. It is not HTTP, but it does support RTSP and Multicast. I would rather not use multicast as we need to suport hundreds of cameras, but I do not want to have all transmitting a stream at the same time, but only when requested. I would use the media service to pull a single stream from the camera and serve it up to multiple clients using RTSP as well. I also have a recording requirement, that is probably out of the scope of this discussion. Is there a way to get the RTSP feed into media services? Maybe using an encoder of some sort. The only encode I saw was the Expression encoder, but that seem to only support video capture devices on the machine Expression is runing. Any ideas? The cameras do support HTTP, but i get the same error as Usman above.

    Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:41 AM
  • It's essentially the same answer.  Using RTSP or HTTP as a delivery mechanism is part of it, yes, but Windows Media Services requires an ASF stream over the protocol.  Expression Encoder cannot use an IP camera as a source unfortunately.  Supporting IP cameras is something we're looking at supporting in some way in the future.
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thank you everyone!!!
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I appreciate all the comments this series has gotten. Honestly, you guys are the best!
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The NRA's Dangerous Theology

By Jim Wallis 01-17-2013 | Series:

A membership card for the National Rifle Association. KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images

Tuesday was the 84th birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I don’t know about you, but I miss his words, so I offer a few. King said “people often hate each other because they fear each other, they fear each other because they don’t know each other, they don’t know each other because they cannot communicate, they cannot communicate because they are separated.” I would add to his words: ‘and in that separation they seek guns.’ As an evangelical Christian, I’m going to make this theological.

Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, said this as his response to the massacre of children at Sandy Hook elementary in Newtown, Conn.: “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”

That statement is at the heart of the problem of gun violence in America today — not just because it is factually flawed, which of course it is, but also because it is morally mistaken, theologically dangerous, and religiously repugnant.

The world is not full of good and bad people; that is not what our scriptures teach us. We are, as human beings, both good and bad. This is not only true of humanity as a whole, but we as individuals have both good and bad in us. When we are bad or isolated or angry or furious or vengeful or politically agitated or confused or lost or deranged or unhinged — and we have the ability to get and use weapons only designed to kill large numbers of people — our society is in great danger.

As we have just seen again, when such destructive weapons are allowed to be used out of powerful emotion without restraint or rules, that is bad. In dangerous situations, we as parents cannot tell our children they are safe. We cannot, because they are not. After Sandy Hook many child psychologists were counseling parents like us (I have a 9-year-old and 14-year-old) to hold and love our children, tell them they were safe. We can and did hold and love them, but we cannot tell them they are safe. Not as long as such weapons are available to human beings when they are acting badly.

When we are good, we want to protect our children — not by having more guns than the bad people, but by making sure guns aren’t the first available thing to people when they’re being bad. Being good is protecting people and our children from guns that are outside of the control of rules, regulations, and protections for the rest of us.

Let me be personal and theological again, this time with Rev. Phil Jackson, a young pastor from Chicago who I talked with earlier this week. A young, dynamic street pastor, he told me that Chicago had 2,400 shootings in 2012 — 505 of them resulting in death. More than 100 of them were children from elementary to high school. Almost all of the murdered ones were people and children of color — African-American and Latino. That’s more gun deaths in Chicago than American troop deaths in Afghanistan last year. One city.

Rev. Jackson thinks that God cares as much about murdered children of color in Chicago as God cares about murdered white children in Connecticut. But it seems that mostly the white children get our attention and break our hearts. He thinks those murdered black and brown kids also get God’s attention as much as murdered white kids. But he wonders why they don’t get ours. It’s morally mistaken and also religiously repugnant.

Finally, what will make a difference this time? Only two things I can think of. First, is if people of faith respond differently just because they are people of faith — that our faith overcomes our politics here, and that gun owners and gun advocates who are people of faith will act in this situation as people of faith, distinctively and differently. Second, that we act differently as parents. What has hit us all so hard — what caused the president’s tears and my own on that day — was looking at all our own kids, feeling their own fragility. Parents across the spectrum, gun owners or not, must demand a new national conversation on guns.

I was putting my 9-year-old to bed a few nights ago. He said, “Dad I heard you talking on the phone about guns and the press conference you’re talking at tomorrow. “

“What do you think about it Jack? What do you think about it Jack?” I asked him.

And here’s what Jack said:

“I think that they ought to let people who, like licensed hunters, have guns if they use them to hunt. And people who need guns — who need guns for their job like policemen and army. But I don’t think that we should just let anybody have any kind of gun and any kind of bullets that they want. That’s pretty crazy.”

I agree with Jack.

Jim Wallis is the author of Rediscovering Values: A Guide for Economic and Moral Recovery, and CEO of Sojourners. His forthcoming book, On God's Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned about Serving the Common Good, is set to release in April. Follow Jim on Twitter @JimWallis.

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Make Culture, Not War

By Cathleen Falsani 10-14-2008

Not quite 200 years ago, the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley said something that is perhaps more true today than when he first put it down on paper: "Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world."

In his 1819 essay, "In Defense of Poetry," Shelley elaborated on this notion, saying, "Poets, or those who imagine and express this indestructible order, are not only the authors of language and of music, of the dance, and architecture, and statuary, and painting: they are the institutors of laws, and the founders of civil society, and the inventors of the arts of life, and the teachers who draw into a certain propinquity with the beautiful and the true that partial apprehension of the agencies of the invisible world, which is called religion."

As we've reached the ever-vicious "culture wars" phase of the presidential election, with, essentially, four Christian candidates attempting to out-Jesus one another and otherwise impugn each other's character (moral and otherwise) as a threat to our culture and the soul of the nation, I couldn't help but think of Shelley's idea of poets and poetry as the wielders of true power in our society.

In the last month, according to a search on the Nexis news database, the words "culture war" have been invoked nearly 700 times. We're at war, the pundits tell us. A Kulturkampf where the victor claims hearts and minds.

I think it's more than a bit gauche to be throwing around the word "war" in conjunction with cultural friction when we're waging an actual war in Iraq and Afghanistan. But let's say there is a "culture war" underway.

What, then, is the best strategy for winning the battle?

Andy Crouch, a savvy culture watcher and commentator who runs the Christian Vision Project at Christianity Today, has a pretty brilliant idea that's rooted, in some ways, in Shelley's idea of poet as unacknowledged legislator.

Speaking at the Catalyst Conference, a gathering of more than 12,000 young evangelical Christian leaders who run the gamut from very liberal to uber-conservative, outside Atlanta last weekend, Crouch urged the religiously minded among us to start thinking about culture making rather than culture battling.

It's the theme of Crouch's new book, Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, where he traces the pattern of his community's (i.e. evangelical Christian) engagement with culture (to use the term broadly) over the last 100 or so years.

Crouch, who for 10 years served as a campus minister at Harvard University, says Christians first engaged culture by critiquing it, sometimes viciously. Then they began copying culture, which explains the emergence of profoundly bad "Christian" pop music from the mid-'70s until the mid-'90s.

Of late, many religious folks, Crouch argues, have become blind consumers of culture. And none of these approaches - critiquing, copying or consuming - will do anything toward changing the culture for the better.

People of faith need to start earnestly cultivating culture. If you want to see something good, create it. Or support those who do.

The God of most religious traditions is a creator. And we, as God's creation, are called to create as well. It's a divine activity.

Rather than war against each other or the things in culture that we abhor, we should create what we want to see and put it out there in the marketplace of ideas. The good, the everlasting and eternal, will rise to the top.

Crouch also made the point that almost all enduring cultural artifacts, as he calls them, are created in community - small groups of about three. Sometimes four, occasionally two, but almost never just one.

Take Google, for instance, Crouch said. In 1996, two Stanford University graduate students, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, created a search engine, having no idea it would become a multibillion-dollar enterprise and cultural behemoth. When the company began to take off, they added a third partner, Eric Schmidt.

See? Three.

From three, Crouch says the next level of ushering an idea into a cultural artifact is to bring it to a group of 12 - trusted advisers, friends, visionaries, experts - and from there, to a larger group of 120, taking the idea or the artifact viral.

It's an interesting notion. I started cataloguing the big creative projects I've worked on in my own life, and such as they are (I've not yet dreamed up a Google or something similar), they really do follow that pattern of 3:12:120.

Every one of us has a three in our lives. Look around you. They're there.

Find them. And create something. Something small. Something huge. Something good.

Put it out there.

Make culture, rather than simply complaining or consuming it.

Become the poet who changes the world.

Cathleen Falsani is the religion columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and author of the new book Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace.

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Q&A with ‘Nonbeliever Nation’ Author David Niose

[Editor's Note: David Niose is president of the American Humanist Association and vice president of the Secular Coalition for America, a group that lobbies on behalf of nontheist and secular Americans. In his new book, “Nonbeliever Nation: The Rise of Secular Americans,” he charts the development and growth of the religious right and what he sees as the increasingly organized response from Americans who are committed to the separation of church and state. Some answers have been edited for length and clarity.]

Q: You write about the 1912 presidential election as one in which all four candidates were sympathetic to evolution, science and religious skepticism. Today, a presidential candidate favors evolution at his or her peril. What’s changed?

A: What has changed is the environment of politics, particularly the level of political discourse. Thanks to the rise of the religious right, many candidates today actually emphasize their anti-intellectualism as a selling point to voters. Conservative Christians have always been part of the voter pool, of course, but only in recent decades have they been organizing and flexing their muscle as a voting bloc. Many candidates get mileage by pandering to conservative religion, by openly rejecting science and emphasizing their biblical literalist views.

Q: You write the election of President George W. Bush in 2000 was “the best thing that ever happened for organized secularism in America.” Can you explain that?

A: Up to that point, many seculars thought that the religious right was just a passing phase, that surely fundamentalist Christianity would not remain a potent political force for very long. When Bush entered the White House, however, millions of Americans were shocked to see a proud anti-intellectual leading the free world and holding regular policy meetings with fundamentalist leaders.

At that point, many good Americans who happened to be personally secular -- atheists, agnostics, humanists, or just plain nonreligious -- started seeing their secularity as something that distinguished them from the anti-intellectual forces that had risen to power. As a result, organized secular groups began seeing an influx of new members and an increase in activity.

Q: You describe the "War on Christmas" as manufactured by the religious right to illustrate their belief that Christianity is “under attack.” Yet many people feel the annual Christmas complaints from nontheists are similarly manufactured to show a sense of persecution. Can you make an argument that the annual battles over public religious expressions during the December holidays is “good” for the secular community?

A: First of all, I think "persecuted" is a very strong word, and I don't know many seculars who describe themselves that way. Marginalized, ignored, and perhaps misunderstood, but not persecuted.

That point aside, if atheists and humanists make legitimate complaints about church-state violations, it seems rather cynical to suggest that those legitimate complaints are "manufactured." Government should not be in the business of promoting religion -- period. Also, keep in mind that the so-called "War on Christmas" often involves no actions at all from the secular community. The religious right will complain if a store says "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." It's hard to blame the secular community for such silliness.

Q: The Secular Coalition for America puts out an annual report card grading politicians in terms of how friendly they are to secularism. What grade would you give President Obama? What grade would you give Gov. Romney?

A: Obama has many faults, and it is especially noteworthy that he has not only continued funding faith-based charities, but he’s even broken his 2008 campaign promise to stop employment discrimination by religious groups receiving federal money. That said, it is noteworthy that he has on several occasions publicly acknowledged nonbelievers, and this validation, together with his administration conducting the first-ever policy briefing with secular groups in 2010, has won him points with many seculars.

Romney is a bit of a mystery. On one hand, he doesn't exactly wrap himself in religion, but he is certainly willing to pander to the Christian fundamentalists who exert so much power in his party. His 2007 speech about his faith, for example, was filled with rhetoric that can be seen as a capitulation to the religious right. One can only speculate about the degree to which his policies and his judicial picks might reflect an attempt to appease religious fundamentalists.

Kimberly Winston writes for Religion News Service. Via RNS.

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10 Things to Do Before The Election

In the weeks remaining before the election, there are things you can still do in your church and community to encourage informed civic participation. Here are 10 suggestions to get started.

1. Think and pray. Christian values inform our political decisions, and so deciding how to vote is never easy. Educate yourself about positions candidates have taken, and think and pray about whom you entrust with the responsibility to lead your community, state, and nation.

2. Register to vote. One out of four people of voting age weren’t registered to vote in 2000. For information on how to register, visit a public library or contact the Federal Election Commission (www. fec.gov). If you are already registered, get five other people to register.

3. Inform yourself on the issues. Study information from your denomination and organizations such as Sojourners, Call to Renewal, and Bread for the World. Discern your views on issues of poverty and economic justice, national security, health care, education, and the environment. Watch the presidential debates with others from your church and community and host a dialogue afterward.

4. Write letters to candidates. Let them know that as a Christian you care deeply about issues such as a more peaceful world, economic and social justice, and protecting God’s creation.

5. Write a letter to the editor or call talk radio shows. Effective letters are short (250 words), to the point, civil, well-reasoned, and—most important—from the heart. Thousands of people listen to local talk radio. Calling in provides an opportunity to discuss the Christian values that should inform public policies.

6. Ask questions at candidate forums and town hall meetings. It’s a good way to make candidates go "on the record" with issues you care about. Research the candidates’ records and practice what you’ll say.

7. Organize your church. While churches cannot and should not endorse candidates or political parties, they can and should educate on important issues. Ask your pastor to plan a Bible study or a preaching series on issues relevant to the election and to lead a congregational dialogue about the Christian values that should inform electoral decisions.

8. Talk to your friends and neighbors. During the remaining weeks, you will see TV ads, receive phone calls, and greet canvassers knocking on your door, all asking for your vote. While these efforts can be effective, the people you are most likely to have a healthy dialogue with are those who know and trust you. Speak up about your concerns and listen to theirs.

9. Volunteer to help get out the vote. In most communities, there are nonpartisan efforts to register people and to ensure that they vote. Efforts are needed particularly in low-income and other disenfranchised communities. To find out how to help, visit National Voice (www.nationalvoice.org), which helps nonpartisan nonprofit and community groups promote voting and other forms of civic participation. On Election Day, arrange to take several of your neighbors to the polls, especially if they have no other way to get there.

10. Vote!!! (Unless your state has early voting, you’ll have to wait until Election Day for this one.) The simple act of voting is an important action you can take to create a more just and peaceful world. Sadly, half of voting-age adults do not vote. In the 2000 presidential election, Florida and New Mexico were decided by only a few hundred votes. Every vote does matter.

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Facebook Chat with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration David Robinson

On August 21, 2012, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration David Robinson participated in a live Facebook Chat to discuss humanitarian assistance to those affected by the violence in Syria.

  1. The chat covered a broad range of topics relating to humanitarian aid in Syria, including the United States' efforts to ensures that aid goes to those who need it:
  2. It's always a challenge to make sure that those most in need receive the help they deserve. That challenge in magnified when we are not allowed regular access to where those civilians are trapped. We work with trusted international partners with dedicated professional staff who often put their lives at risk to reach the innocent victims of conflict and disaster. Again, we call on the parties to the conflict to allow access for those workers and to ensure their safety.
  3. Whether the United States would engage militarily in Syria:
  4. The United States does not believe it is appropriate at this time to engage in military action. We are, however, actively pursuing an integrated policy that aims to support the opposition and hasten the end of the Assad regime by providing relief and assistant to innocent citizens inside Syria and neighboring countries and is planning for transition to the democratic government that Syrian wants. We are working with our international partners to bring about a resolution to this crisis.
  5. And how the United States is working with countries bordering Syria:
  6. The United States recognizes the generous response of the Turkish government and the people of Turkey in housing and caring for victims of Assad's violence. We think the most important response at the moment in the region is that governments in the region keep their borders open to allow Syrians and others to flee the violence and find safe haven, and we will continue to work with those governments and our international partners to provide the assistance those victims need.
  7. Some participants, like Linda Vasquez, wanted to know how they could help directly.
  8. First, I would like to say thank you for being so engaged in this issue, and particpating in this forum is one way of making sure that our support for the Syrian people is well known. The United States has consistently demonstrated leadership in humantarian response and it's important that we continue with the support of the American people in providing help to innocent people worldwide.
  9. The best way one can help those affected by a disaster overseas is to make a monetary donation to a reputable humanitarian organization working in the disaster zone. There are several ways that you can identify the right organization for your donation. You can find more information at  http://www.usaid.gov/what-we-do/working-crises-and-conflict/crisis-response/how-help .
  10. Reactions from the public were often very positive. In response to our answer, Ms. Vasquez had this to say:
  11. Thank you for doing what you do. My country is not perfect. No country is. But I am incredibly proud of the fact that we do try to help those in need. The work you are doing is not just a nice idea. It is vital. We are a country that has been greatly blessed. It is our responsibility to share those blessings. Knowing that you are doing precisely that work makes me glad I I am an American. Your advice is also greatly appreciated. Every one of us must do what we can to help others. Despite what many people think, Americans aren't indifferent to suffering. We just don't always know how to help. Once we do know, we tend to act. Thank you for letting me know how to support the crucial work you do.
  12. For more on the work being done by the U.S. Department of State to address the humanitarian efforts in Syria and around the world, please visit the  Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration's page on State.gov, follow the Bureau on Facebook, or on Twitter @StatePRM


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