http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/dying/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:54:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418421/posts The number of people employed in the industry is now about the same as it was in the mid-1950's. And this is good. Talent and resources should go where they are used most efficiently. Obviously all printed news will soon be online. Those who have talent will move into those areas (lots of us are already here) and will be able to make a living doing it. The greenies will celebrate all the trees that will be spared. And while nobody cheers the fact that people are losing their jobs, we should take comfort that the free market is alive... Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418421/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:54:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2407968/posts "Because too many people are not [ready to meet God]. They're just goofing off, laughing their way through life, like everything's a big joke. They don't pray, they don't trust God, they're not in Church on Sunday, they're in serious mortal sin, and they think they're going to be ready to meet God, and it does not work that way." . . . Patrick Madrid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2407968/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:05:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2363142/posts The other day, deep in Rego Park, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, Stanley Moscowitz and Walter Israel sat down at a Formica table for lunch at Ben's Best Kosher Deli on Queens Boulevard. Moscowitz, who's 53 and grew up in nearby Forest Hills, ordered first: matzo ball, tip of the tongue, roast beef, rye, Russian, onions and Dr. Brown's diet cherry drink. Israel ordered pastrami on rye bread. His son Jason ordered pastrami on white. In his defense, Jason did not ask for mayonnaise, but the combination of pastrami and white bread enjoys a certain... NPR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2363142/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:40:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360540/posts After the mortgage business imploded last year, Wall Street investment banks began searching for another big idea to make money. They think they may have found one. The bankers plan to buy “life settlements,” life insurance policies that ill and elderly people sell for cash — $400,000 for a $1 million policy, say, depending on the life expectancy of the insured person. Then they plan to “securitize” these policies, in Wall Street jargon, by packaging hundreds or thousands together into bonds. They will then resell those bonds to investors, like big pension funds, who will receive the payouts when people... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360540/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:11:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2352273/posts After World War II, the U.S. government invested an enormous amount of money in medicine; medical research, medical procedures and medical technologies. This investment made contemporary scientific medicine into American medicine, characterized by a continuing flow of new treatment possibilities. These advances raised all kinds of ethical questions. Some were personal and individual, others were social and political. Both type questions are addressed by a new academic discipline called bioethics. The first attempt to develop a scientific medicine took place in Greece in the 5th century B.C. It was called Hippocratic medicine. Closely linked with this first scientific medicine was... Meadville Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2352273/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 06:22:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348534/posts Health Minister Nicola Roxon wants debate about the moral challenge as the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee plans trials to determine when costly drugs become ineffective and should no longer be dispensed. news.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348534/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:55:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303811/posts This just in from an old friend who is a retired high ranking military officer who took HIS oath more seriously than the clowns in Washington and is as angry as most of the rest of us at the travesty unfolding before us. I've cleaned out the email addys and names to prevent ACORN from picketing or firebombing their homes. ******** Monday morning , I heard that our Rep. John Lewis (an unchallenged Civil Rights "icon" who, due to gerrymandering was given the N Atlanta, Fulton County and Sandy Springs district once represented by Dr. Tom Price) had called a... Anon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303811/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:27:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2301644/posts Ezekiel Emmanuel, Rahm’s health-wonk brother, wants the nation’s seniors to just get on with it. Death, that is. Believing that older Americans have already had their fair share of time, he suggests that they be denied health care resources—out of a concern for justice, apparently. This, from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, sums it up: 'In a January article published in the British medical journal Lancet, Emanuel and his co-authors advocate a health rationing policy that discriminates against older people. They wrote, “Unlike allocation by sex or race, allocation by age is not invidious discrimination … Treating 65-year-olds differently because of... WhenWeAreQueen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2301644/posts#comment Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:29:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297937/posts Dr. John David Manning says it as plainly as it can be said. YOu TUBE - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297937/posts#comment Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:42:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275234/posts HUNTINGTON BEACH – Colby Curtin, a 10-year-old with a rare form of cancer, was staying alive for one thing – a movie. From the minute Colby saw the previews to the Disney-Pixar movie Up, she was desperate to see it. Colby had been diagnosed with vascular cancer about three years ago, said her mother, Lisa Curtin, and at the beginning of this month it became apparent that she would die soon and was too ill to be moved to a theater to see the film. After a family friend made frantic calls to Pixar to help grant Colby her dying... OC Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275234/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:04:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2275224/posts HUNTINGTON BEACH – Colby Curtin, a 10-year-old with a rare form of cancer, was staying alive for one thing – a movie. From the minute Colby saw the previews to the Disney-Pixar movie Up, she was desperate to see it. Colby had been diagnosed with vascular cancer about three years ago, said her mother, Lisa Curtin, and at the beginning of this month it became apparent that she would die soon and was too ill to be moved to a theater to see the film. After a family friend made frantic calls to Pixar to help grant Colby her dying... OC Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2275224/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:57:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2238197/posts So I’m reading the 9,324th story on the absolutely ridiculous “ethics complaint”against Sarah Palin, filed by operatives of the DNC, namely Sondra Tomkins, who is aided by Shannyn Moore, Jeanne Devon, and Linda Biegel. Standard boilerplate left wing lunacy. This time written by so-called “professor” Amanda Coyne, who runs the Alaska Dispatch, a small internet newser, that’s main purpose seems to be printing attacks against the Governor. Nothing surprising there, as Coyne has turned her hate into a cottage industry. Between her unbalanced and unhinged hate for Palin, she also spends time attacking Palin’s supporters, and filling the pages of... Townhall Blogs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2238197/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:15:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2222853/posts My father died alone, surrounded by all of us who loved him. His beloved breath was labored for the last, long, eight hours of his life while we hung on every whisper of air that kept him alive. In the living room, my mother, brother, sister and I talked quietly about the past and a future without him. I'd known him all of my life. He was as familiar to me as my own face in the mirror each morning. His impending death was incomprehensible, even to a Christian soul. Funny, we intellectually expect the arrival of death someday, but... White Bunny Ranch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2222853/posts#comment Sun, 5 Apr 2009 19:05:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157195/posts "This is the place where bad times get sent to make them belong to somebody else, thus, it seems easy to agree about Detroit because the city embodies everything the rest of the country wants to get over." --Jerry Herron, AfterCulture: Detroit and the Humiliation of History (1993) Detroit My plane hadn't even finished descending through the snow-drizzly sheets of December gray, when already, I heard someone crack on it. "Ladies and Gentlemen," a Northwest flight attendant announced, "Welcome to lovely Detroit, the one and only home of the Detroit auto worker of America. Happiness is a way of travel,... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157195/posts#comment Thu, 1 Jan 2009 16:10:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152948/posts On Sunday, Chris O’Brien of the Silicon Valley Mercury News wrote about four dying Silicon Valley icons. For some reason, it wasn’t posted to the website Sunday or Monday, but it’s there now. He aptly summarizes the problems of three of these companies, and I recommend anyone interested in innovation (or the Valley) to read the analysis. In my reading, two of the companies are (effectively) single-product companies where their product is no longer compelling and increasingly no longer competitive. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) once was threatening Intel (INTC) on the performance front, and now they are asset stripping in... Seeking Alpha http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152948/posts#comment Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:36:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2126242/posts VATICAN CITY, NOV. 4, 2008 (Zenit.org).- When facing death, one is forced to face reality and recognize things for what they are, says Benedict XVI. The Pope said this Monday upon presiding in St. Peter's Basilica at the traditional November Mass for the souls of cardinals and bishops who died over the course of the year. Members of the College of Cardinals concelebrated with the Holy Father. During the homily the Pontiff recalled the names of the 10 cardinals who passed away during the last 12 months: Stephen Fumio Hamao, Alfons Maria Stickler, Aloísio Lorscheider, Peter Poreku Dery, Adolfo Antonio... Zenit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2126242/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 19:46:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057369/posts Where's it worst? Ohio, according to our analysis, which racked up four of the 10 cities on our list: Youngstown, Canton, Dayton and Cleveland. The runner-up is Michigan, with two cities--Detroit and Flint--making the ranking. forbes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057369/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:44:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1959077/posts HAVANA - Fidel Castro revealed Thursday that he thought he was dying when he fell ill in July 2006, and hastily made plans to give up power as doctors fought to save his life. "When I fell gravely ill the night of the 26th and dawn of the 27th of July, I thought that would be the end," the ailing 81-year-old wrote in an essay published on the front page of state newspapers. "And while the doctors fought for my life, the head aide of the Council of State read at my urging the text and I dictated the necessary... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1959077/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:37:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1829630/posts A grandfather who went on a massive spending spree when doctors told him he would die is taking legal action against the NHS after learning he had been misdiagnosed. John Brandrick, from Newquay, Cornwall, was told he had pancreatic cancer two years ago after scans revealed a 7cm tumour. The 62-year-old said he was told by doctors at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Treliske that he only had a short time left to live. So he quit his job and stopped paying his mortgage, instead splashing out on a lavish lifestyle of hotels, restaurants and holidays. Then the hospital told... skynews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1829630/posts#comment Mon, 7 May 2007 16:25:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1792491/posts Vitamin supplements taken by millions of people every day for their health could be increasing their risk of death a new Danish-led study suggests. The study is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The international research team reviewed the published evidence on beta carotene, vitamin A, vitamin E, Vitamin C and selenium. The team was led by Dr Goran Bjelakovic, from Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark. These dietary supplements are marketed as antioxidants and people take them in the hope they will improve health and guard against diseases like cancer and heart disease by eliminating the free radicals... MedicalNewsToday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1792491/posts#comment Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:45:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1754652/posts Just kind of a tribute to John Palka. Marine (ca. 1965), blues lover, cat lover. Ornery. Not religious. Chicago boy. Missed by those who knew him. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1754652/posts#comment Sun, 17 Dec 2006 02:59:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716083/posts HAVANA - The ailing Fidel Castro is not dying but is recovering from an illness, his younger brother and Cuba's acting president said Sunday in response to rumors that the leader was on his deathbed. Raul Castro, who has been standing in for his brother since July 31, was responding to recent reports including one in Time magazine that said Castro apparently has terminal cancer. Castro is recovering from intestinal surgery but the lack of details from the Cuban government regarding the nature of his illness has sparked a number of rumors about his health. "He is not dying like... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716083/posts#comment Mon, 9 Oct 2006 04:13:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1705909/posts From the desk of Paul Belien on Wed, 2006-09-20 23:11 Dr Koenraad Elst, one of Belgium’s best orientalists and an occasional contributor to this website (if I had time I would translate more of his Dutch-language contributions into English), told me last week that he thinks “Islam is in decline, despite its impressive demographic and military surge” – which according to Dr Elst is merely a “last upheaval.” He acknowledges, however, that this decline can take some time (at least in terms of the individual human life span) and that it is possible that Islam will succeed in becoming the... Brussels Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1705909/posts#comment Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:00:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1700246/posts The United States of America vs. Bill Keller How hard is it to be executive editor of the New York Times today? The White House calls him a traitor. He gets roasted every day on talk shows and blogs. The newsroom is losing faith. The paper is shrinking. And the worst part is that fighting back means overcoming his own nature... ...For a meeting without historical precedent, the president of the United States had called the Times to the White House to personally try to prevent a state secret from appearing in print—an exposé of the National Security Agency’s efforts... NY Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1700246/posts#comment Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:17:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689655/posts As we took off from London for New York a few days ago, our three over-excited children asked if there was any chance of the plane being blown up. I explained that the likelihood of that happening was virtually zero, and wondered how we were going to maintain some semblance of order during the flight. One did not wish the sedate American passengers by whom we were surrounded to form the impression that British parents are unable or unwilling to impart the rudiments of good manners. U.K. Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689655/posts#comment Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:09:29 GMT