Bush, Blair Pledge Solidarity in Wake of Terror Bombings in

[Seoulstriker]

Subject: Bush, Blair Pledge Solidarity in Wake of Terror Bombings in Turkey
To: DEFENSE-PRESS-SERVICE-L@DTIC.MIL

By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2003 * The leaders of the United
States and Great Britain today pledged to stand fast in
Iraq and continue their unified fight against world
terrorism as yet another apparent terrorist bombing rocked
Istanbul, Turkey.

Meeting with reporters in London, President George Bush and
Prime Minister Tony Blair both offered condolences to the
estimated 25 killed and near-400 injured in separate
Istanbul bombings that targeted a London-based bank and the
British consulate.

The latest attacks, which occurred just hours before the
Bush-Blair press conference, followed a Nov. 15 bombing of
a synagogue in Istanbul that reportedly killed 20 people
and wounded 300. Both days' bombings have been attributed
to al Qaeda.

The latest bombings illustrated the terrorists' "ambitions
of murder," Bush said. The terrorists "want to intimidate
and demoralize free nations. They're not going to succeed."

The United States, Britain "and other free nations are
united in our determination to fight and defeat this evil,
wherever it is found," the president said.

Blair, too, had harsh words for "the latest terrorist
outrage" in Turkey, noting the bombings "should not lessen"
the U.S.-British commitment in Iraq.

Establishing democracy in Iraq after the removal of the
regime of former dictator Saddam Hussein is a task that's
"noble and it is necessary," Bush asserted, vowing to
eradicate Iraq of "thugs" and "killers."

U.S.-coalition forces in Iraq have lately stepped up
operations against suspected insurgent hideouts in the wake
of increased attacks on anti-terror troops in the past few
weeks.

However, press reports say insurgents in Iraq lately seem
to be eschewing military targets and are focusing on people
who cooperate with coalition forces, such as political
officials and interpreters.

For example, today's bombing in Kirkuk, Iraq, killed five
Iraqis and wounded 40, according to reports, and occurred
at about the same time as the Istanbul attack. That attack,
according to press reports, damaged the building of a
Kurdish political party that favored the coalition.

Bush promised "to finish the job we have begun" in Iraq,
noting that he'd recently met with families of British
service members who'd been killed there. Britain has
deployed about 17,000 troops to Iraq, second only to the
United States' 130,000.

British troops who were killed in Iraq have sacrificed "in
the cause of human freedom," Bush said, noting that Great
Britain has been a steadfast U.S. ally during the global
anti-terror war.

"And we are grateful," the American president asserted.

terrorists will not deter us. remember what bush said on 9/11/01? "we will not falter, and we will not fail."

[Durandal]

Bush has done quite well on his trip...

[Seoulstriker]

Bush has done quite well on his trip...

definitely. i think over 60% of the UK support President Bush. woot woot

[Sabre]

43% support him, nearly 60% either didn't support him or don't care.

How come nobody ever asks me about these things? They could be making their polls up! :|

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

Seoulstrker I would be surprised if 60% of the UK population even gave a flying F**k about Bush most people are interested in the football, rugby and the Soham trial this week. The Bush visit is getting good coverage in the UK media but mostly its a small minority that are interested in the visit, now if you were to say that 60% of the UK population were in support of the USA that would be closer to the truth.

[Seoulstriker]

Seoulstrker I would be surprised if 60% of the UK population even gave a flying F**k about Bush most people are interested in the football, rugby and the Soham trial this week. The Bush visit is getting good coverage in the UK media but mostly its a small minority that are interested in the visit, now if you were to say that 60% of the UK population were in support of the USA that would be closer to the truth.

yeah, i think 60% support the US and what it is doing to combat terror.

and you're probably right: many english don't care about global terror or politics, but that's the same in the US also.

[Roger Rabbit]

Remember theres also people who support the war on terror but dislike Bush because they believe him to be corrupt or involved with shady corporations.

What makes you think many English people are not interested in politics or the war on terror?

[Seoulstriker]

What makes you think many English people are not interested in politics or the war on terror?

Bacilluspolymyxa gave me this idea. He's from Scotland supposedly. ;)

also, the US has plenty of people who really don't care about politics or foreign policy.

[Roger Rabbit]

English people
Bacilluspolymyxa doesnt count, he's not English :P . Most people care about politics but just don't take it all that seriously. Its hard to take things seriously with politicians, i've seen more maturity, honesty and common sense in a primary school(thats for kiddies age 5 to 11 for you americans).

[Sabre]

You need to separate not caring about Bush from not caring about the world situation.

Most people in Britain will have strong veiws on both, but we don't go shouting it about. Don't assume we are apathetic.

[Seoulstriker]

i see. thanks for the correction! :hug:

[Sabre]

Don't you hate it when some woman, whose knee you're trying to fix, drops some of her apidose tissue on your scrubs, causing you to get some on your trousers in the changing room? It'll take me ages to get that stain out.

http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1167395.jpg#

[Seoulstriker]

Don't you hate it when some woman, whose knee you're trying to fix, drops some of her apidose tissue on your scrubs, causing you to get some on your trousers in the changing room? It'll take me ages to get that stain out.

http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1167395.jpg#



Morphology and Development of Adipose Tissue

In adult mammals, the major bulk of adipose tissue is a loose association of lipid-filled cells called adipocytes, which are held in a framework of collagen fibers. In addition to adipocytes, adipose tissue contains stromal-vascular cells including fibroblastic connective tissue cells, leukocytes, macrophages, and pre-adipocytes (not yet filled with lipid), which contribute to structural integrity.


Figure 1. White fat cell and brown fat cell. Note the single large lipid vacuole in the white fat cell and the numerous smaller lipid vacuoles in the brown fat cell. LV: lipid vacuole; M: mitochondria; N: nucleus.
Artwork courtesy of Dr. John Horwitz, U.C. Davis.
http://www.sportsci.org/encyc/adipose/Image1.gif



The lipid droplets in adipose tissue can be unilocular and/or multilocular. Unilocular cells contain a single large lipid droplet which pushes the cell nucleus against the plasma membrane, giving the cell a signet-ring shape (Figure 1). Unilocular cells, characteristic of white adipose tissue, range in size from 25 to 200 microns. Mitochondria are found predominately in the thicker portion of the cytoplasmic rim near the nucleus. The large lipid droplet does not appear to contain any intracellular organelles. Multilocular cells, typically seen in brown adipose tissue, contain many smaller lipid droplets. A cell in brown adipose tissue may reach a diameter of 60 microns and the lipid droplet within the cell may reach 25 microns in diameter. As mentioned above, the brown color of this tissue is derived from the cells' rich vascularization and densely packed mitochondria. These mitochondria vary in size and may be round, oval, or filamentous in shape.

Approximately 60 to 85% of the weight of white adipose tissue is lipid, with 90-99% being triglyceride. Small amounts of free fatty acids, diglyceride, cholesterol, phospholipid and minute quantities of cholesterol ester and monoglyceride are also present. In this lipid mixture, six fatty acids make up approximately 90% of the total, and these are myristic, plamitic, palmitoleic, stearic, oleic, and linoleic. Varying the composition of your diet can vary the fatty acid profile in adipose tissue. The remaining weight of white adipose tissue is composed of water (5 to 30%) and protein (2 to 3%).

White adipose tissue is not as richly vascularized as brown adipose tissue, but each adipocyte in white adipose tissue is in contact with at least one capillary. This blood supply provides sufficient support for the active metabolism, which occurs in the thin rim of cytoplasm surrounding the lipid droplet. Blood flow to adipose tissue varies depending upon body weight and nutritional state, with blood flow increasing during fasting.

Adipocytes are considered to originate from fibroblast-like precursor cells that differentiate into adipocytes under the appropriate stimulatory conditions (described below). The precursor cells do not possess any morphological or enzymatic marker that can be used to determine whether they will become adipocytes. The criteria used to identify adipocytes depends upon lipid accumulation within the cell after proliferation has stopped, making early identification of adipocytes difficult.

The size of adipose tissue mass is a function of both adipocyte number and size. An increase in adipose tissue mass can occur by hyperplastic growth, which is an increase in the number of adipocytes. This increase in number occurs primarily by mitotic activity in precursor cells. Adipose tissue mass can also increase by hypertrophic growth, which is an increase in the size of adipocytes. This increase in size occurs primarily by lipid accumulation within the cell. Growth of this tissue in the rat occurs in well-defined stages. From birth to 4 weeks of age, adipose tissue growth is hyperplastic. Overfeeding a rat during this period can lead to permanent increases in body weight and fat cell number. From 4 to 14 weeks of age both adipocyte hypertrophy and hyperplasia occur. Following 14 weeks of age, adipose tissue growth occurs predominantly by adipocyte hypertrophy.

The developmental sequence of adipose tissue in humans is less well defined. In contrast to most neonates, the human neonate is born relatively fat. Two periods of hyperplastic growth are probably during the third trimester of pregnancy and just prior to and during puberty.

Contrary to earlier belief, hyperplastic growth can also occur in adulthood (in both humans and rats). When adipocytes fill with lipid and get to a critical size, precursor cells are stimulated to differentiate, and an increase in adipocyte number results. This critical size probably does not occur with moderate overfeeding unless the overfeeding is of long duration. In addition, there are probably individual differences in the size that will result in new adipocyte formation. Once new adipocytes are formed, they remain throughout life and only a reduction in size of the cell is possible. This increased number of adipocytes has far-reaching consequences for the treatment and prevention of obesity.




orthopaedics?

i would love to go into orthopaedic surgery, but the US currently has a surplus of them. there are too many doctors who want to be orthopaedic surgeons but too few spots open. :(

if i don't get a spot, i'm going into anesthesiology. woot

[Sabre]

Yeah, on attachment to an orthopaedic ward at the mo. It's good fun, plenty of chisels and hammers and none of this complicated medical stuff!

You should come to Britain, we need more doctors, epecially in the army. I think we need thirty-odd orthopaedic surgeons and we have three in the whole of the army.

Anyhoo, I'm off because I've stared too long at this screen.

PS, got to staple the woman up after. Woohoo!

[Seoulstriker]

Yeah, on attachment to an orthopaedic ward at the mo. It's good fun, plenty of chisels and hammers and none of this complicated medical stuff!

You should come to Britain, we need more doctors, epecially in the army. I think we need thirty-odd orthopaedic surgeons and we have three in the whole of the army.

Anyhoo, I'm off because I've stared too long at this screen.

PS, got to staple the woman up after. Woohoo!


hehe. thanks for the invitation, but once you go to study in britain, you're locked there. there is very little cross training between medical systems.

are you currently a medical resident?

have you dealt with gangrene yet?