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...have very recently slain this beast after a relatively brief encounter with it. I consider myself lucky. Chemotherapy and radiation used to eradicate Hodgkin's lymphoma might make you look really unattractive, make you feel like a miserable pile of nothing and bring forth an array of various other discomforting conditions; but surviving cancer makes everyday life so much sweeter. Activism, research, funding and politics are instrumental for developing strategies for creating awareness and combating cancer. Cancer, as conversation topic, is taboo among the young. Youngsters (especially young men), I find, avoid the subject, as I'm sure it generates...
...June, Dan McNeil, the outgoing NATO commander in Afghanistan, estimated that it would take some 400,000 troops to win the war. Currently, the total allied force stands at just over 70,000, with an additional 60,000 poorly equipped Afghan troops in various states of training. McNeil's replacement, U.S. General David McKiernan, has appealed to the White House for 15,000 more U.S. troops "as quickly as possible" but has been promised less than half that number by spring of next year. More troops are unlikely to be forthcoming until the U.S. starts pulling out of Iraq...
Markets loved it, and have rebounded. And the Europeans are feeling pretty good about it all, especially French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who got the various governments to agree on a coordinated plan after two weeks of nasty bickering. Built into the European bailout is a subtle but unmistakable anti-American touch. For the Europeans are taking a very different tack from the U.S. in mounting their bailout, and quite deliberately so: they think U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson badly messed up his bailout...
...Connecticut decision lacks the historical frisson of the Massachusetts ruling from 2004 and the extended eloquence of the California ruling from earlier this year. The Connecticut justices didn't take the opportunity - as the California justices did - to dismantle the various arguments that social conservatives have used over the years to oppose marriage equality. There is only one brief moment of righteous clarity in the Connecticut ruling - the part where the court explains why civil unions do not suffice: "Although marriage and civil unions do embody the same legal rights under our law, they are by no means 'equal...
...decided to give the award to Ahtisaari "for his important efforts ... to resolve international conflicts. These efforts have contributed to a more peaceful world and to 'fraternity between nations,' in Alfred Nobel's spirit. Through his untiring efforts and good results, he has shown what role mediation of various kinds can play in the resolution of international conflicts...