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Who Were Our Presidents? Part 5

By Dan Samaria
Publisher/GCC
August  24, 2009

Editor’s Note: How many of us along with our children? Know who our Presidents were and what they have done in Office.

Each week we will pick a President and tell you about them and their accomplishes.

We hope that you will enjoy this series. And let us know what you think? dan@goldcoastchronicle.com

5. JAMES MONROE 1817-1825

 

On New Year’s Day, 1825, at the last of his annual White House receptions, President James Monroe made a pleasing impression upon a Virginia lady who shook his hand:

“He is tall and well formed. His dress plain and in the old style…. His manner was quiet and dignified. From the frank, honest expression of his eye … I think he well deserves the encomium passed upon him by the great Jefferson, who said, ‘Monroe was so honest that if you turned his soul inside out there would not be a spot on it.’ ”

Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1758, Monroe attended the College of William and Mary, fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

As a youthful politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, he displayed strong sympathies for the French cause; later, with Robert R. Livingston, he helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase.

His ambition and energy, together with the backing of President Madison, made him the Republican choice for the Presidency in 1816. With little Federalist opposition, he easily won re-election in 1820.

Monroe made unusually strong Cabinet choices, naming a Southerner, John C. Calhoun, as Secretary of War, and a northerner, John Quincy Adams, as Secretary of State. Only Henry Clay’s refusal kept Monroe from adding an outstanding Westerner.

Early in his administration, Monroe undertook a goodwill tour. At Boston, his visit was hailed as the beginning of an “Era of Good Feelings.” Unfortunately these “good feelings” did not endure, although Monroe, his popularity undiminished, followed nationalist policies.

Across the facade of nationalism, ugly sectional cracks appeared. A painful economic depression undoubtedly increased the dismay of the people of the Missouri Territory in 1819 when their application for admission to the Union as a slave state failed. An amended bill for gradually eliminating slavery in Missouri precipitated two years of bitter debate in Congress.

The Missouri Compromise bill resolved the struggle, pairing Missouri as a slave state with Maine, a free state, and barring slavery north and west of Missouri forever.

In foreign affairs Monroe proclaimed the fundamental policy that bears his name, responding to the threat that the more conservative governments in Europe might try to aid Spain in winning back her former Latin American colonies. Monroe did not begin formally to recognize the young sister republics until 1822, after ascertaining that Congress would vote appropriations for diplomatic missions. He and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams wished to avoid trouble with Spain until it had ceded the Floridas, as was done in 1821.

Great Britain, with its powerful navy, also opposed reconquest of Latin America and suggested that the United States join in proclaiming “hands off.” Ex-Presidents Jefferson and Madison counseled Monroe to accept the offer, but Secretary Adams advised, “It would be more candid … to avow our principles explicitly to Russia and France, than to come in as a cock-boat in the wake of the British man-of-war.”

Monroe accepted Adams’s advice. Not only must Latin America be left alone, he warned, but also Russia must not encroach southward on the Pacific coast. “. . . the American continents,” he stated, “by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European Power.” Some 20 years after Monroe died in 1831, this became known as the Monroe Doctrine.

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Source: Whitehouse

Jackson’s Death Ruled a Homicide

Coroner Rules Jackson’s Death Homicide

By THOMAS WATKINS
Associated Press Writer
August 24, 2009

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Michael Jackson’s death a homicide and a combination of drugswas the cause, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press, a finding that makes it more likely criminal charges will be filed against the doctor who was with the pop star when he died.

Forensic tests found the powerful anesthetic propofol acted together with at least two sedatives to cause Jackson’s death June 25 in his rented Los Angeles mansion, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the findings have not been publicly released.

Dr. Conrad Murray, a Las Vegas cardiologist who became Jackson’s personal physician weeks before his death, is the target of a manslaughter investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department. A designation of homicide means that Jackson died at the hands of another, but does not necessarily mean a crime was committed.

A search warrant affidavit unsealed Monday in Houston includes a detailed account of what Murray told investigators.

According to the document, Murray said he’d been treating Jackson for insomnia for about six weeks with 50 milligrams of propofol every night via an intravenous drip. But he said he feared Jackson was forming an addiction to the anesthetic, which is normally used in hospitals only, and was attempting to wean his patient by lowering the dose to 25 milligrams and adding the sedatives lorazepam and midazolam.

That combination succeeded in helping Jackson sleep two days prior to his death, so the next day, Murray told detectives he cut off the propofol — and Jackson fell asleep with just the two sedatives.

Then around 1:30 a.m. on June 25, starting with a 10-milligram tab of Valium, Murray said he tried a series of drugs instead of propofol to make Jackson sleep. The injections included two milligrams of lorazepam around 2 a.m., two milligrams of midazolam around 3 a.m., and repeats of each at 5 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. respectively.

But they didn’t work.

Murray told detectives that around 10:40 a.m. he gave in to Jackson’s “repeated demands/requests” for propofol, which the singer referred to as his “milk.” He administered 25 milligrams of the white-colored liquid, — a relatively small dose — and finally, Jackson fell asleep.

Murray remained with the sedated Jackson for about 10 minutes, then left for the bathroom. No more than two minutes later, he returned — and found Jackson had stopped breathing.

“There’s no surprise there” that death could result from such a combination, said Dr. David Zvara, anesthesia chairman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

“All those drugs act in synergy with each other,” Zvara said. Adding propofol on top of all the other sedatives “tipped the balance.”

Besides the propofol and two sedatives, the coroner’s toxicology report found other substances in Jackson’s system but they were not believed to have been a factor in the singer’s death, the official told the AP.

When he died, Jackson was skinny but not overly emaciated, and his body had bed sores, the official said. The singer is believed to have developed bed sores in the months following his 2005 acquittal of child molestation charges, when he went into seclusion and spent long stretches in bed.

Murray has spoken to police and last week released a video saying he “told the truth and I have faith the truth will prevail.” Murray did not say anything about the drugs he gave to Jackson. Murray’s attorney, Edward Chernoff, had no immediate comment but has previously said Murray never administered anything that “should have” killed Jackson.

A call to the coroner’s office was not returned Monday.

Jackson’s family released a statement Monday, saying it has “full confidence” in the legal process and the efforts of investigators. It concludes: “The family looks forward to the day that justice can be served.”

The 25 milligrams of propofol Murray told police he gave Jackson the day he died “is not a whopping amount,” said Lee Cantrell, director of the San Diego division of the California Poison Control System. But by combining propofol with a cocktail of the other sedatives, known as benzodiazepines, it “may have been the trigger that pushed him over the edge,” Cantrell said.

Cantrell said it’s perplexing that someone would give various benzodiazepines if one was found not to be effective.

“This is horrible polypharmacy,” he said, referring to the interaction between the various drugs. “No one will treat an insomniac like this.”

The affidavit says Murray told investigators he didn’t order or buy any propofol and had found about eight bottles of it in Jackson’s home along with numerous other medications. But investigators served a search warrant Aug. 11 at a Las Vegas pharmacy and uncovered evidence showing Murray legally purchased from the store the propofol he gave Jackson the day he died.

Murray didn’t tell paramedics or doctors at UCLA hospital where Jackson was rushed June 25 about any drugs he administered other than lorazepam and flumazenil, according to the affidavit. The document says it was only during a subsequent interview with Los Angeles Police detectives that Murray gave a more full accounting of the events leading up to the 911 call.

The coroner’s office has not publicly released its autopsy findings, citing a request from police detectives to withhold results until their investigation is complete.

Homicide, or “death at the hands of another,” is one of several possible findings in a coroner’s death investigation. The designation does not necessarily mean a crime was committed though it is a useful starting point for prosecutors, said Dr. Michael Baden, the former chief medical examiner in New York City and a forensics expert involved in many high-profile murder cases.

“It is an easier prosecution when the medical examiner calls it a homicide,” said Baden, who is not involved in the Jackson investigation.

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Contributing to this report were Associated Press Writers Justin Pritchard and Alicia Chang in Los Angeles; AP Medical Writer Marilynn Marchione in Milwaukee; and AP Writer Michael Gracyzk in Houston.

Source: Associated Press and Yahoo

China Loves their Olympics of Magic

By Laura Leigh Davidson
August 24, 2009

In 2008, China hosted one of the most spectacular Olympic Games in recent memory. This year, the country’s capital city of Beijing played host to another dazzling competition: the World Championships of Magic.

The weeklong event is also known as the “Olympics of Magic.” Every three years, magicians from around the world unveil their best tricks to compete for a gold medal in their area of the ancient art of illusion. An illusion is something that appears to exist but does not.

Shawn Farquhar of Canada won the 2009 gold medal for close-up magic. Close-up magic, or micro-magic, is performed for an audience that is generally no more than 10 feet away. Farquhar tricked the eyes of even the closest observers with his deck of magic playing cards. He showed the audience an ace of spades, and that he had nothing up his sleeves. The next moment, the card was clearly an ace of clubs!

A magician from Hungary named Soma captured the gold medal for stage magic. Stage magicians perform large-scale illusions, or tricks. Soma used everyday objects in his stage act. He ripped up every section of a newspaper into tiny pieces. But, much to his own apparent surprise, the newspaper kept putting itself back together.

Mad for Magic

Farquhar and Soma may have gone home with the medals, but the country of China is perhaps the biggest winner in this year’s World Championships of Magic. Thousands of people around the country have gone mad for all things magic.

Lu Chen, a popular magician from the neighboring country of Taiwan, helped spark the magic craze on a TV show this past spring. People could not stop talking about one trick in particular. Lu made a ring disappear and then reappear inside an egg. How could the audience see the ring reappear in the egg? Lu cracked the egg open for all to see.

But many in Lu’s audience wanted more than to be entertained. They wanted to know how the trick was done. This curiosity is helping spread “magic fever,” as many call it, throughout China.

To learn the secrets behind magic tricks, people are flooding magic training schools. Many magicians have started their own schools to teach the tricks of their trade to curious beginners.

China has a long history of magic for teachers to draw on. Baofeng (bow-fung), a region in the southeastern part of the country, is the home of Chinese magic. There are records of magic acts being performed in Baofeng that date back more than 1,400 years.

Magic Money in Tough Times

Magic fever is helping local businesses cope with tough economic times too. In addition to booming business at new training schools, stores that make stage costumes and tents for magic shows have seen a big jump in sales.

The town of Zhouying (joe-yeeng) takes in about 75 percent of its income from magic schools and related businesses. Magician Wang Xianbo (sheon-bo) was born in Zhouying. He spoke to USA Today about his hometown, which is known as “Magic Village.” Wang says many residents of the village have turned from farming to magic-related businesses to make a living.

“Magic is hot now,” Wang said. “Many of my neighbors are traveling around China performing.”

Wayne Wang, author of the book China Magic!, agrees. This “is [an important] year for magic in China,” he told USA Today. “Dancing and pop music are no longer fresh, but magic makes people’s eyes pop out. Magic is new and fashionable to a lot of young people.”

Source: Scholastic News Online

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Kids Think About Arguing

by: D’Arcy Lyness, PhD
August 23, 2009

 

People don’t always get along, and when they don’t, it’s called conflict. We wanted to know more the arguments and disagreements kids have, so we did a KidsPoll to find out.

 

We asked 1,245 boys and girls ages 9 to 13 about conflict and here’s what they said:

• There’s plenty of arguing going on — 38% of kids said arguments occur in their home every day; 26% said it happens every week.

• More than half of kids (56%) said they argue most with brothers and sisters.

• For some, fights get physical. About a quarter of the kids (26%) say they usually hit or get in a physical fight when they argue with another kid.

 

But it wasn’t all bad news. A third of the kids also had this to say:

• When they’re in an argument, they try to talk or work it out.

• They’d like some help from adults to work out their differences.

 

Let’s start with those brother and sister squabbles. It’s normal and natural to disagree with your siblings. And it makes perfect sense that kids argue most with brothers and sisters. Kids spend lots of time with siblings and they feel more comfortable with them — two conditions that make arguing more likely.

Arguing with siblings can become so normal that, just like breathing, you might do it naturally without even thinking of it. But that doesn’t mean lots of arguing is OK. (Just ask your parents!) And it’s never OK to hit or get in a physical fight with a sibling — or anyone else, for that matter.

If you’d like to argue less with siblings (and everyone else), follow these three steps:

 

 

Control your temper. This is one of the true secrets to arguing less. So often, kids (and adults) let their tempers take control. Before you know it, they’ve done or said something that they don’t mean and wish they could take back. Staying calm and polite makes it easier to resolve conflicts and helps the other person stay in control, too.

Seek out adults when you need them. It’s great when kids can work out their differences without needing mom or dad to be the referee every time. But sometimes parents or other adults are helpful. They can enforce some basic rules, like “no hitting or name-calling allowed.” They also can remind kids of other rules that have been set in the house, like you can’t go into your sibling’s room without asking first.

 

Try to see the other person’s side. Everyone says to do this, but how? The next time you’re arguing with someone, take a time-out and switch sides. You take the other person’s side and he or she will take yours. State the argument just as the other person has been stating it and try to understand what the point is.

For example, if Jane and Mark were fighting over the last cupcake, Jane would have to make Mark’s point about how he only got one cupcake so far. And Mark would have to make Jane’s argument about how the last cupcake should be hers because they were from her birthday party. Once you’ve stated the other person’s side, ask: “Did I get it right?”

You might be thinking that resolving an argument this way is going to take a lot of time. It can take a while, but it’s well worth it. After all that talking it out and trying to understand each other, Jane and Mark were probably ready to split that last cupcake! Mmmm!

 

 

What’s a KidsPoll?

The group that took this KidsPoll included an almost equal number of boys and girls. They answered the questions on handheld data devices while visiting these health education centers and children’s museums:

• CDC Global Health Odyssey — Atlanta, Georgia

• Children’s Health Education Center — Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Health World Children’s Museum — Barrington, Illinois

• Hult Education Center — Peoria, Illinois

• Kansas Learning Center — Halstead, Kansas

• McMillen Center for Health Education — Ft. Wayne, Indiana

• Poe Center for Health Education — Raleigh, North Carolina

• Robert Crown Center for Health Education — Hinsdale, Illinois

• Ruth Lilly Health Education Center — Indianapolis, Indiana

• Weller Health Education Center — Easton, Pennsylvania

A poll, like the KidsPoll, asks people a list of questions. Then researchers compile all the answers and look at the way the group answered. They calculate how many — or what percentage — answered “yes” to this question and “no” to that one. Polls give us clues about how most people — not just the ones who answered the poll questions — feel about certain issues. We’ll be conducting more KidsPolls in the future to find out what kids say — maybe you’ll be part of one!

Source: Kids Health

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Safety Tip: Strangers and Other Dangers

By McGruff and Scruff
August 23, 2009

In 1974, a neighborhood crime watch group was organized in South Dade County. Citizens met with their local law enforcement departments to ask what they could do to help the police apprehend a rapist terrorizing their community. From this first informal meeting, communities and law enforcement began to work together to keep neighborhoods safe and free from crime. An organization was formed, and Citizens’ Crime Watch of Miami-Dade County, Inc. (CCW) was registered as a 501(c) (3) non profit organization. Today, over 1,600 neighborhoods participate in the crime watch concept.

In 1979, the crime watch concept was introduced into the public school system at one school. Because it succeeded in curbing school crime, the Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) requested we, CCW, expand its student crime watch program from one school to include all public schools in the county. Since that time, Youth Crime Watch of Miami-Dade (YCW) has functioned as an allied program of the public schools.

Methodology The public school system contracts with YCW to educate and train students in violence and crime prevention strategies. Children also learn that good citizenship and personal responsibility include watching out for family, friends, schools and community. YCW maintains a presence in all M-DCPS.

The foundation of the YCW program is built upon a “school safety survey” which is administered at the school during the first few months of the school year. It asks respondents to rank their particular safety concerns – those issues which they believe have the potential to cause harm to themselves or their schoolmates. YCW students, student advisors, and our staff are then enlisted in the effort to resolve those issues impeding the safety, health, and education of young people. The results of the survey are prioritized and comprise the core content of the YCW program.

The YCW program is structured to teach leadership skills to students who volunteer to learn about school safety. While they learn how to keep themselves safe, they also learn public speaking, critical thinking, leadership, and other skills that will serve them into their adult lives. This, in turn, reinforces their self-esteem and promotes positive involvement, again curbing misbehavior, crime and violence in the school.

I’m McGruff the Crime Dog – world famous for my advice on how to stop crime before it happens, and for my great sense of humor. But seriously, my job is to help people, especially kids, learn how to be safe and make their neighborhood safer. Something else you should know about me is that I go all over the country to talk to people about how they can take a bite out of crime. So if you see me in your town, come on up and say hi. You can recognize me by my tan trench coat – I never go anywhere without it.

This here is my nephew Scruff. He helps me show kids how they can stay safe. Scruff’s a good pup but sometimes gets himself into a bit of trouble. Lucky for him he’s got a good memory – eventually he remembers the right thing to do to get out of trouble. Want to know more about me and Scruff?

You can read more about yours truly in the story How McGruff Became the Crime Dog, and you can read some of Scruff’s adventures in these comic books. Today’s Tip: Help others in the Community.

You and your friends can help out in your neighborhood by taking some few simple steps each day:
Ask your teacher if you could help by erasing the blackboard, or if he or she needs help carrying supplies.

• Bake some goodies for the elderly people in your community.
• Offer to rake the lawns of those in your neighborhood who are not able to.
• Ask your parents if they need help around the house. For example, offer to fold the laundry while you watch the television…that way you both win!
• Collect donations for a local shelter or Red Cross office. These are just a few ideas that you can do to help out around your community.
• By helping out, you are saying thanks to all those who make your neighborhood great!

Today we will talk about: Strangers and Other Dangers

 

A stranger is a person whom you have never met. You may have seen the person before but don’t know anything about him or her. Strangers don’t look like monsters, aliens, or the bad guys you see on TV. They look like ordinary people.

What’s the Big Deal?

Most strangers are nice, but some are not. You can’t tell if a stranger is nice or not by looking at him or her. But you can tell if a situation is good or bad.

What you should do:

• Be aware of dangerous situations. If a stranger asks you for help or to keep a “special secret,” it could be a dangerous situation. Say no and tell a trusted adult.
• Trust your instincts. If you feel scared or uncomfortable, get away from the situation. Make an excuse or just run away, and go to a safe place.
• Know what to do. Think No, Go, Yell, Tell. If you’re in a dangerous situation, say no, run away, yell as loud as you can, and tell an adult.
• Ask your parents first. If a stranger invites you to go somewhere, offers you a gift, or just wants to talk, say you need to ask your parents for permission first. Then go do it.
• Stick with friends. It’s always safer to play in a group

Source: McGruff

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