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As he prepares to bring sizzling Latin authenticity to his role in the Broadway revival of Evita, megastar Ricky Martin reveals the other passions in his life.

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Oh, Ricky!
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Puerto Rico Abuzz as Explicit Pics Hit Gay Sites
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Explicit pictures that surfaced this week of a man who many have speculated is a local senator have led to calls that he resign if the allegations can be proved.

Local news media reported that the pictures first appeared on a mobile network application for gays and bisexuals and that they themselves later received copies from unidentified sources.

Sen. Roberto Arango, who represents the capital of San Juan in the U.S. territory’s Congress, did not categorically confirm or deny the photos are of him during an interview with WAPA TV earlier this week.

"I really don’t remember having taken those pictures of myself, but it doesn’t mean I didn’t take them," he said. "I really don’t remember."

Arango, who is single, said he has taken pictures of himself with a cell phone as he continues to lose weight.

He did not return calls for comment Saturday.

One picture depicts a nude torso and is reminiscent of images that led to the resignation of U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York and a county legislator in New Jersey earlier this year. The other pictures, taken from behind, show a nude man on his hands and knees.

Puerto Rican Gov. Luis Fortuno has said that if the man is indeed a legislator, he should resign, echoing the sentiments of other lawmakers, including local House of Representatives Speaker Jenniffer Gonzalez.

On Friday, Senator Carlos Javier Torres said in an interview with Radio Isla that the Senate ethics committee he leads will discuss the pictures in its meeting next week. He called the images worrisome and said they have caused great discomfort to many.

The committee is not launching an investigation into the pictures, however, his spokeswoman, Wanda Nazario, told The Associated Press later Friday. She said Torres was not immediately available for comment, and she didn’t return calls for comment on Saturday.

Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz said anyone is welcome to file a complaint if they have concrete information about the man’s identity, but he reiterated that he will not call for an investigation himself.


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Explicit pictures that surfaced this week of a man who many have speculated is a local senator have led to calls that he resign if the allegations can be proved.

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Even Nonviolent Crime Needs to Be Fought

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Hayley Gorenberg is the deputy legal director of Lambda Legal, a civil rights group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

March 7, 2012

Controversy accompanies prosecutions under hate crime laws, and perhaps that’s inevitable; the pattern of discrimination that shows people have been targeted based upon their personal traits springs from prejudices we have not conquered. The Supreme Court has said, in Wisconsin v. Mitchell, that we mete out extra punishment for hate crimes because they can "provoke retaliatory crimes, inflict distinct emotional harms on their victims, and incite community unrest.''

Thousands upon thousands of lesbians, gay men and transgender people have had their lives scarred by discrimination, and countless died violent deaths decades before young Matthew Shepard was robbed, pistol-whipped and strung up on a fence to die because he was gay. Yet even after that murder made headlines, it took more than 10 years to pass the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 2009, which, for the first time, applied federal hate crime law to crimes motivated by a victim’s actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.

It’s possible to strike deep at one’s core without a bullet or a knife blade.

Even in the face of gruesome crimes it was hard to get lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people on the map. But perhaps we should not be surprised, since we still fight for visibility, and against silencing, in law and policy. Yesterday the Department of Justice announced a settlement in a discrimination case that stemmed from a Minnesota school district’s policy that silenced staff members who might have intervened against bullying over sexual orientation or identity. It was mere months ago that the nation allowed our military service members to step from the ominous shadows of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” And today in Puerto Rico, there is a movement afoot to erase the Commonwealth’s hate crimes law that specifically protects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people even as murders of transgender women grab headlines.

With regard to the Ravi trial, our legal system recognizes that not all crimes draw blood. It’s possible to strike deep at one’s core without a bullet or a knife blade. Whether or not the proof is mustered to a New Jersey jury’s satisfaction, justice is served by a system that has properly acknowledged that if hate is a legal factor, it should be recognized in all of its most virulent forms, including those leveled at lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people for who they are.

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Federal Officials to Conduct Hate Crime Trainings in Puerto Rico
by Michael K. Lavers
National News Editor
Tuesday Mar 13, 2012
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Jorge Steven López Mercado’s gruesome Nov. 2009 murder highlighted the ongoing plight of LGBT Puerto Ricans. 
EDGE has learned that the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation will conduct training sessions on hate crimes for Puerto Rican law enforcement officials.

A DOJ spokesperson confirmed that prosecutors and investigators with the Puerto Rico Department of Justice will attend these trainings, but did not immediately provide specific details about where and when they will take place. Pedro Julio Serrano of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force said they will take place next month.

The FBI will meet with LGBT activists and other community representatives in Hato Rey later today to discuss the federal hate crimes law that includes sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. The DOJ’s Division of Community Services will also hold two listening sessions in San Juan today and on Thursday to discuss strategies to prevent hate crimes on the island.

These meetings will take place less than two months after Sophia Isabel Marrero Cruz of Transexuales y Transgéneros en Marcha (Transsexuals and Transgender People on the Move) and Dr. Scout, director of the Network for LGBT Health Equity at the Fenway Institute in Boston, met with federal DOJ and U.S. Health and Human Service officials in Washington, D.C., to discuss continued violence and discrimination against LGBT Puerto Ricans. The FBI met with Serrano last June following the deaths of three LGBT Puerto Ricans within 72 hours.

DOJ officials did not respond to EDGE’s repeated requests for specific information about these meetings. Scout said that the officials with whom he and Marrero met in the nation’s capital in late January seemed genuinely interested in listening to their concerns.

"You really got a sense that they were just kind of trying to figure out what they could to address the issue and they would come back with specific activities," Scout told EDGE shortly after the meeting.

Marrero agreed.

"We’ve approached the local FBI for assistance and were told they could not get involved. I was so relieved in the DOJ meeting when we learned that was incorrect, the FBI can and should assist," she told EDGE earlier on Wednesday. "Now to know they’ve followed up with plans to come train the local FBI on hate crimes is really great.

More than two dozen LGBT people have been killed in Puerto Rico since gay teenager Jorge Steven López Mercado’s decapitated, dismembered and partially burned body was found along a remote roadside near Cayey in Nov. 2009.

Puerto Rico’s hate crimes law includes both sexual orientation and gender identity, but activists have long complained that prosecutors have failed to apply them. The Puerto Rico Senate last November approved a provision that would eliminate LGBT-specific protections from the hate crimes statute that was included in a revised penal code that lawmakers approved in 2004. Governor Luis Fortuño, who has faced scathing criticism over his failure to publicly speak out against anti-LGBT violence on the island, told reporters a few days after lawmakers approved the proposed amendments that he supports the inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression in the hate crimes law.

The federal DOJ also cited an inadequate response to hate crimes as among the Puerto Rico Police Department’s numerous deficiencies in a damning report it released last September.

"[These meetings are] another step in the right direction," said Serrano.

Scout pointed out the amount of time he said it took federal officials to speak with those Puerto Ricans who have been most directly impacted by violence and discrimination on the island. He welcomed these meetings, but stressed they are part of a broader response.

"For too long it seems like justice officials just do not care about these crimes, let’s hope this the beginning of a new day," added Marrero.


Based in Washington, D.C., Michael K. Lavers has appeared in the New York Times, BBC, WNYC, Huffington Post, Village Voice, Advocate and other mainstream and LGBT media outlets. He is an unapologetic political junkie who thoroughly enjoys living inside the Beltway.

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José Juan Jiménez Santiago's body was found in Corozal early on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Puerto Rican police have yet to identify a motive behind the nurse's death, but LGBT activists continue to urge investigators to examine ...

Federal Officials to Conduct Hate Crime Trainings in Puerto Rico
by Michael K. Lavers
National News Editor
Tuesday Mar 13, 2012
Jorge Steven López Mercado’s gruesome Nov. 2009 murder highlighted the ongoing plight of LGBT Puerto Ricans. 
EDGE has learned that the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation will conduct training sessions on hate crimes for Puerto Rican law enforcement officials.

A DOJ spokesperson confirmed that prosecutors and investigators with the Puerto Rico Department of Justice will attend these trainings, but did not immediately provide specific details about where and when they will take place. Pedro Julio Serrano of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force said they will take place next month.

The FBI will meet with LGBT activists and other community representatives in Hato Rey later today to discuss the federal hate crimes law that includes sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. The DOJ’s Division of Community Services will also hold two listening sessions in San Juan today and on Thursday to discuss strategies to prevent hate crimes on the island.

These meetings will take place less than two months after Sophia Isabel Marrero Cruz of Transexuales y Transgéneros en Marcha (Transsexuals and Transgender People on the Move) and Dr. Scout, director of the Network for LGBT Health Equity at the Fenway Institute in Boston, met with federal DOJ and U.S. Health and Human Service officials in Washington, D.C., to discuss continued violence and discrimination against LGBT Puerto Ricans. The FBI met with Serrano last June following the deaths of three LGBT Puerto Ricans within 72 hours.

DOJ officials did not respond to EDGE’s repeated requests for specific information about these meetings. Scout said that the officials with whom he and Marrero met in the nation’s capital in late January seemed genuinely interested in listening to their concerns.

"You really got a sense that they were just kind of trying to figure out what they could to address the issue and they would come back with specific activities," Scout told EDGE shortly after the meeting.

Marrero agreed.

"We’ve approached the local FBI for assistance and were told they could not get involved. I was so relieved in the DOJ meeting when we learned that was incorrect, the FBI can and should assist," she told EDGE earlier on Wednesday. "Now to know they’ve followed up with plans to come train the local FBI on hate crimes is really great.

More than two dozen LGBT people have been killed in Puerto Rico since gay teenager Jorge Steven López Mercado’s decapitated, dismembered and partially burned body was found along a remote roadside near Cayey in Nov. 2009.

Puerto Rico’s hate crimes law includes both sexual orientation and gender identity, but activists have long complained that prosecutors have failed to apply them. The Puerto Rico Senate last November approved a provision that would eliminate LGBT-specific protections from the hate crimes statute that was included in a revised penal code that lawmakers approved in 2004. Governor Luis Fortuño, who has faced scathing criticism over his failure to publicly speak out against anti-LGBT violence on the island, told reporters a few days after lawmakers approved the proposed amendments that he supports the inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression in the hate crimes law.

The federal DOJ also cited an inadequate response to hate crimes as among the Puerto Rico Police Department’s numerous deficiencies in a damning report it released last September.

"[These meetings are] another step in the right direction," said Serrano.

Scout pointed out the amount of time he said it took federal officials to speak with those Puerto Ricans who have been most directly impacted by violence and discrimination on the island. He welcomed these meetings, but stressed they are part of a broader response.

"For too long it seems like justice officials just do not care about these crimes, let’s hope this the beginning of a new day," added Marrero.


Based in Washington, D.C., Michael K. Lavers has appeared in the New York Times, BBC, WNYC, Huffington Post, Village Voice, Advocate and other mainstream and LGBT media outlets. He is an unapologetic political junkie who thoroughly enjoys living inside the Beltway.

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Oh, Ricky! - Advocate.com

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Oh, Ricky!
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Born Enrique Martin Morales to a Roman Catholic family in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he began driving women and gay men wild as a member of the boy band Menudo. In 1984, Martin was recruited into the group to replace a departing member, and he would remain ...
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Why *Gay* People Should Get Behind Ricky Martin's Attempt To *...*

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Ricky Martin has been one of the very few latino artists to come out of the closet and support gay causes…he has been extremely vocal defending LGTB rights in Puerto Rico, and believe me, he has made a lot of enemies ...

*Puerto Rico* Abuzz as Explicit Pics Hit *Gay* Sites :: EDGE Chicago

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Explicit pictures that surfaced this week of a man who many have speculated is a local senator have led to calls that he resign if the allegations can be proved.

Even Nonviolent Crime Needs to Be Fought - New York Times

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Even Nonviolent Crime Needs to Be Fought
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And today in Puerto Rico, there is a movement afoot to erase the Commonwealth's hate crimes law that specifically protects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people even as murders of transgender women grab headlines. With regard to the Ravi trial, ...
and more »

Federal Officials to Conduct Hate Crime Trainings in Puerto Rico - EDGEOnTheNet

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Federal Officials to Conduct Hate Crime Trainings in Puerto Rico
EDGEOnTheNet
More than two dozen LGBT people have been killed in Puerto Rico since gay teenager Jorge Steven López Mercado's decapitated, dismembered and partially burned body was found along a remote roadside near Cayey in Nov. 2009. Puerto Rico's hate crimes law ...
and more »

*Puerto Rico* Police Investigate Another Possible Anti-*Gay* Hate *...*

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José Juan Jiménez Santiago's body was found in Corozal early on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Puerto Rican police have yet to identify a motive behind the nurse's death, but LGBT activists continue to urge investigators to examine ...

Homeless youth: the next battle for gay equality - Wall Street Journal

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Homeless youth: the next battle for gay equality
Wall Street Journal
Gizmo Lopez, 19, comes from a staunchly Catholic family with Puerto Rican roots. She now sleeps on the subway. "I'm bisexual, and my stepfather didn't approve; he said it's wrong," said the teenager, whose mother died two years ago.
Homelessness among LBGT teens inspires national conference Friday in DetroitMLive.com
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(AP Photo/Eric Gay) Santorum planned to watch returns from Louisiana, which holds its primary March 24. He was also heading to Puerto Rico to campaign later in the week. While Gingrich insists he plans to remain in the race until the Republican ...

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Rick Santorum pulled off a pair of victories in Alabama and Mississippi primaries Tuesday, boosting his campaign and positioning him to keep pace with front-runner Mitt Romney as the campaign moves to Missouri, Puerto Rico, Illinois and Louisiana.
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Romney did not plan to be in the state during voting and was already looking ahead to contests in Missouri on Saturday and Puerto Rico on Sunday. Santorum, who has angled to go head to head with Romney, pressed the case again that Gingrich should ...
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Festival highlights include the 7:30 pm March 10 screening of "America," co-starring Edward James Olmos, about a woman in Puerto Rico who escapes a troubled past by fleeing to New York City with her daughter. In the animated feature "La Leyenda de la ...
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The solution, these folks argue, is for Romney to elevate some lower-profile primaries and caucuses over the next few weeks — starting with Puerto Rico, which is slated to hold its primary on March 18. Romney has been endorsed by Puerto Rico Gov.
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Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the next vice president of these United States, Governor Luis Fortuño of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico!” At first blush, this sounds a bit crazy, but it's become a serious .

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9:08 AM 3/13/2012: Luis Fortuno for VP a very real possibility - The Daily Caller | Island's severe recession is creating a disconcerting 'brain drain,' as young people seek employment stateside - USA TODAY | Heaven & Hell At The San Juan Star - Posted by: Upfront Yankee: For almost five decades, The San Juan Star was regarded as Puerto Rico’s most reputable newspaper; years of mismanagement brought the once mighty paper to a close | Juan Manuel Lopez faces one-year suspension for referee rant - from Puerto Rico Newswire | A young man found dead yesterday on the road PR-184 in Guavate, identified today as Nachalí Cotto, 15 years old. A group of hackers said to have stolen the data of more than 73,000 subscribers of pornographic content on the internet Digital Playground site. Editorial: A path open to the environmental debacle - El Nuevo Día
Politics Luis Fortuno | Fortuño for VP a very real possibility | The Daily Caller from Gov. Louis Fortuño - Google Blog Search by Adam Brickley Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the next vice president of these United States, Governor Luis Fortuño of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico!” At first blush, this sounds a bit crazy, but it's become a serious ......

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UNA VÍA ABIERTA A LA DEBACLE AMBIENTAL - El Nuevo Día
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Puerto Rico News - 6:12 PM 3/12/2012–In Brief

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‎6:12 PM 3/12/2012: Fortuño points to crime statistics to support his proposed bail amendment | Residents fleeing Puerto Rico Dailyrecord.com A poll by global market research company Ipsos last October found that 1.5 million people, or 45% of islanders, have considered leaving —most for US states. About a quarter of those Puerto Ricans have taken steps to do so, the poll found | Puerto Rico's exodus is all about jobs - Tucson Citizen | McNeill rallies to win PR Open | A bad, bad day for Juan Manuel Lopez - ESPN

6:12 PM 3/12/2012: Fortuño points to crime statistics to support his proposed ba...il amendment | Residents fleeing Puerto Rico Dailyrecord.com A poll by global market research company Ipsos last October found that 1.5 million people, or 45% of islanders, have considered leaving —most for US states. About a quarter of those Puerto Ricans have taken steps to do so, the poll found | Puerto Rico's exodus is all about jobs - Tucson Citizen | McNeill rallies to win PR Open | A bad, bad day for Juan Manuel Lopez - ESPNSee More

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What do you think of Putin's new foreign policy? Will a shift eastward be productive?Putin puts forward a realistic foreign policyrbth.ruA shift eastward and policies based on economic cooperation and pragmatism will be the focus of Russia's relationship with its international partners during Vladimir Putin's third term.

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12:51 PM 3/12/2012: Deception: Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West by Edward Lucas - Эдвард Лукас | Daily Mail: Ваши соседи - шпионы: как Путин наводнил Запад тайными агентами под маской обывателей
12:51 PM 3/12/2012: Deception: Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West by Edward Lucas - Эдвард Лукас | Daily Mail: Ваши соседи - шпионы: как Путин наводнил Запад тайными агентами под маской обывателей
Read the book description http://www.amazon.com/Deception-Spies-Russia-Dupes-ebook/dp/B00746TV4O Эдвард Лукас | Daily Mail Ваши соседи - шпионы: как Путин наводнил Запад тайными агентами под маской обывателей Молодая, дерзкая, идущая напролом Анна Чапман символизирует образ современной России, который хотел бы популяризировать Путин, утверждает в своей новой книге, отрывки из которой опубликованы Daily Mail, обозреватель Эдвард Лукас....

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Activists stage a protest against the law prohibiting the "propaganda of homosexuality" in St. Petersburg in November. March 12, 2012 Russian Orthodox Church Backs 'Homosexuality Propaganda' Ban by RFE/RL's Russian Service A leading official in the Russian Orthodox Church has called on Russian lawmakers to adopt a national law prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality among minors.Father Dmitry Pershin, head of the church's youth council, has called for the State Duma to...

Russian word of the day: коробка (karo'bka: box) f.noun

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Russian word of the day: коробка (karo'bka: box) f.noun
Russian word of the day: коробка (karo'bka: box) f.noun

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Церковь отчитала дьякона Кураева
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Профессура Московской духовной академии не согласилась с позицией протодиакона Андрея diak-kuraev Кураева по поводу "панк-молебна" женской группы Pussy Riot в храме Христа Спасителя. Мы не должны вести дискуссию так, чтобы это хоть чем-то напоминало наше недавнее советское прошлое

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The West Is the Opposition's Albatross - The Moscow Times
The West Is the Opposition's AlbatrossThe Moscow TimesBy Michael Marder It would be halfhearted to blame the authorities alone for the impasse in Russian politics, which after the March 4 election looks, more than ever like a repeat of Leonid Brezhnev's era of stagnation. The problem with the opposition ...

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Activists stage a protest against the law prohibiting the "propaganda of homosexuality" in St. Petersburg in November. March 12, 2012 Russian Orthodox Church Backs 'Homosexuality Propaganda' Ban by RFE/RL's Russian Service A leading official in the Russian Orthodox Church has called on Russian lawmakers to adopt a national law prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality among minors.Father Dmitry Pershin, head of the church's youth council, has called for the State Duma to...

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http://www.komikz.ru/Путинизм, путинофилия и путинофобия - детские болезни взрослых людейhttp://www.komikz.ru/И ведь ни одна наша «оппозиционная» партия ни разу не выступила с протестом против откровенного подкупа избирателей. Не говоря уж о том, чтобы вывести людей на митинг. А – зачем? Да и не пойдут. Всех все устраивает. Путинизм , путинофилия и путинофобия ...

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http://www.izvestia.ru/news/518157Дробницкий стартует очень хорошо. Он окажется в результате чадаевым, только гораздо более зрелым. Это новое и гораздо более продвинутое "пропагандонство", поэтому Дробницкого надо читать. У Дробницкого вообще нет никакого литературного нарциссизма, он целиком развернут на читателя.

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Уволены "тупым предметом"

Уволены "тупым предметом"
Судмедэксперты подтвердили, что смертельные травмы скончавшемуся в Казани задержанному были нанесены "твердым тупым предметом". Пятеро сотрудников отделения полиции уволены из органов, глава МВД Татарстана потребовал взять их под стражу. Имена подозреваемых пока не называются. В МВД России считают, что должны быть наказаны не только издевавшиеся над задержанным, но и те, кто допустил их до службы.

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Главред "Коммерсант FM" и главный московский полицейский обсудили избиение журналистки Малашенко
Главред "Коммерсант FM" и главный московский полицейский обсудили избиение журналистки Малашенко
Как выяснилось, достоверных подтверждений того, что Ульяну Малашенко действительно ударили по голове дубинкой полицейские, нет. Тем не менее, главный редактор Солопов встречей доволен: Колокольцев считает недопустимым препятствовать журналистам во время работы на митингах.

Виктор Вексельберг пошел на конфликт с менеджментом UC Rusal

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Виктор Вексельберг пошел на конфликт с менеджментом UC Rusal

Виктор Вексельберг пошел на конфликт с менеджментом UC Rusal
Бизнесмен ушел с поста руководителя совета директоров компании, объяснив отставку несогласием с действиями ее менеджмента

«Единая Россия» распадется на три части

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«Единая Россия» распадется на три части
«Единая Россия» распадется на три части«Единая Россия» распадется на три части. Как стало известно телеканалу ДОЖДЬ, уже в конце этой недели партия объявит о созданииFrom: tvrainru Views: 180 18 ratings Time: 02:48 More in News & Politics...

Политзаключенных могут выпустить. Но не всех

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Политзаключенных могут выпустить. Но не всех

Политзаключенных могут выпустить. Но не всех
Политзаключенных могут выпустить. Но не всех В ближайшее время из тюрьмы могут выйти несколько фигурантов списка политзаключенных, составленного оппозицией и переданного преFrom: tvrainru Views: 129 4 ratings Time: 04:45 More in News & Politics...

Полиция не знает, кто избил журналистку "Коммерсант FM"

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Полиция не знает, кто избил журналистку "Коммерсант FM"
Полиция не знает, кто избил журналистку "Коммерсант FM"
Главный редактор радиостанции "Коммерсант-FM" Дмитрий Солопов в понедельник встретился с начальником московской полиции Владимиром Колокольцевым и обсудил обстоятельства избиения полицией 5 марта на Лубянке журналистки "Коммерсант-FM" Ульяны Малашенко.

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Протодиакон Андрей Кураев о том, как Pussy Riot раскололи Отголоски выступления группы Pussy Riot в Храме Христа Спасителя слышны до сих пор. Сегодня Московская духовная академия провелаFrom: tvrainru Views: 29 2 ratings Time: 11:18 More in News & Politics...

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Андрей Кураев: Гей-клубы нужно запретить Православная церковь сегодня отреагировала на закон о запрете пропаганды гомосексуализма и педофилии среди несовершеннолетних. ЭFrom: tvrainru Views: 23 0 ratings Time: 08:25 More in News & Politics...

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В регионах начались гонения на независимые СМИ«Лига избирателей Азова», региональное подразделение общественного движения, обратилось с открытым письмом. Как утверждают его уFrom: tvrainru Views: 21 1 ratings Time: 07:35 More in News & Politics...

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Cultural stereotypes may be deep rooted in our genetic makeup, say scientists.
Common traits like British individualism and Chinese conformity could be attributed to genetic differences between races according to a new study.
The study, by the department of psychology at Northwestern University in Illinois, suggests that the individualism seen in western nations, and the higher levels of collect...ivism and family loyalty found in Asian cultures, are caused by differences in the prevalence of particular genes.
'We demonstrate for the first time a robust association between cultural values of individualism–collectivism and the serotonin transporter gene,' said Joan Chiao, from the department of psychology at Northwestern University.
Chiao and her colleagues combined data from global genetic surveys, looking at variations in the prevalence of various genes. The findings were matched with other research which ranked nations by levels of individualism and collectivism.
The team focused their attentions on the gene that controls levels of serotonin, a chemical in the brain which regulates mood and emotions.
Their studies found that one version of the gene was far more common in western populations which, they said, was associated with individualistic and free-thinking behaviour.
Another version of the same gene, which was prevalent in Asian populations, they said was associated with collectivism and a greater willingness to put the common good first.
People with this gene appeared to have a different response to serotonin.
If they are confirmed, the findings made by Chiao and her colleagues would suggest that races may have a number of inherent psychological differences — just as they differ in physical appearances.
Chiao suggests that the version of the gene predominating in Asian populations is associated with heightened anxiety levels and increased risk of depression.
She adds that such populations respond by structuring their society to ward off those negative effects.
The success of such social structures would then ensure that the gene would spread.
She added the findings showed how culture could exert a powerful influence on human genetics and evolution.
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Why individualism and free-thinking may be in the genes for British people

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Common traits like British individualism and Chinese conformity could be attributed to genetic differences between races according to a new study.

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Cultural traits or genetic ones?
  • by: Dominic Tobin, The Sunday Times

THEY may seem like cultural stereotypes, but the traits of rugged British individualism compared with Chinese conformity may be rooted in genetic differences between races, say scientists.

Their study suggests that the individualism seen in western nations, and the higher levels of collectivism and family loyalty found in Asian cultures, are caused by differences in the prevalence of particular genes.

The scientists looked at a gene that controls levels of serotonin, the brain chemical which regulates mood and emotions. They found one version of the gene was far more common in western populations where, they said, it was associated with individualistic and free-thinking behaviour.

The other version, which was prevalent in Asian populations, was associated with collectivism and a greater willingness to put the common good first. People with this gene appeared to have a different response to serotonin.

If confirmed, the findings would suggest that races may have a number of inherent psychological differences — just as they differ in physique and appearance. “We demonstrate for the first time a robust association between cultural values of individualism–collectivism and the serotonin transporter gene,” said Joan Chiao, from the department of psychology at Northwestern University, in Illinois.

Chiao and her colleagues combined data from global genetic surveys, looking at variations in the prevalence of various genes. The findings were matched with other research which ranked nations by levels of individualism and collectivism.

The findings, published in a paper, and in a new book called Pathological Altruism, found that Asian nations, including China, Japan and Korea tended to have higher proportions of the “collectivist” gene in their population.

Such findings will need further confirmation but could provide a tentative explanation of why the Japanese economy, for example, tends to be based around large companies showing high levels of loyalty between managers and employees. Economists often contrast such enterprises with the hire-and-fire culture of the West.

The key questions are: how can one gene have such an effect? And why should it spread in some populations and not others?

Chiao suggests that the version predominating in Asian populations is associated with heightened anxiety levels and increased risk of depression. She adds that such populations respond by structuring their society to ward off those negative effects. The success of such social structures would then ensure that the gene would spread.

Chiao said the findings showed how culture could exert a powerful influence on human genetics and evolution.

Reported with: Jonathan Leake

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/genes-and-character/story-e6frgcjx-1226296914206

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Американские ученые обнаружили у людей ген либерализма и свободомыслия, сообщает The Daily Mail.

Открытие принадлежит специалистам американского Северо-западного Университета штата Иллинойс (the Northwestern University in Illinois). Обнаруженный ген регулирует активность серотонина - химического вещества, осуществляющего передачу электрических импульсов в головном мозге. Известно, что именно серотонин отвечает за эмоции и настроение человека.

"Мы впервые продемонстрировали наличие тесной взаимосвязи между социально-культурными ценностями либерального общества с тем, как "работает" ген, отвечающий за скорость и характер действия серотонина", - заявила руководитель работ Джоан Чиао. (Joan Chiao).

Примечательно, что ученые обнаружили, что данный ген ведет себя по-разному у представителей западных и восточных народов. Так, активность гена более характерна для представителей народов, создавших современные демократические общества в Европе и Северной Америке. В результате исследователи сделали вывод о "генетической природе" свободомыслия. Таким образом, данный ген способен объяснить такие культурные различия, как стремление западных людей к либерализму и приверженность восточных народов к традициям.
Why the British are free-thinking and the Chinese love conformity: It's all in the genes claim scientists - The Daily Mail, 11.03.2012
http://vesti.kz/progress/98700/

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Ген либерализма и свободомыслия обнаружили специалисты из американского Северо-западного Университета штата Иллинойс. Об этом сообщает в понедельник британская телерадиокорпорация BBC.
В ходе исследований научная группа установила, что существует особый ген, регулирующий активность серотонина - химического вещества, осуществляющего в головном мозге передачу электрических импульсов. Именно серото...нин, как передает ИТАР-ТАСС, влияет на эмоции и настроение человека.
Американские ученые обнаружили, что данный ген характерен для представителей народов, которые создали современные демократические общества в Европе и в Северной Америке. В результате они сделали вывод о "генетической природе" либерализма и свободомыслия.
"Мы впервые продемонстрировали наличие тесной взаимосвязи между социально-культурными ценностями либерального общества с тем, как "работает" ген, отвечающий за скорость и характер действия серотонина", - заявила руководитель работ Джоан Чиао
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Американские ученые открыли ген, объясняющий стремление людей к демократии

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‎"Ген либерализма и свободомыслия" регулирует активность серотонина в головном мозге и влияет на эмоции и настроение человека. Он присущ народам, создавшим современные демократические общества, утверждают специалисты из штата Иллинойс.

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Joan Chiao - Cultural Neuroscience: Bridging Cultural and Biological Sciences

Uploaded by UBC on Feb 3, 2011 Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Chiao is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University. She studies how cultural and biological forces give rise to everyday emotion and social interaction. Research in her lab also examines how high-level factors, such as race, gender and age, affect basic cognitive, perceptual and emotional processes.

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Psychology Faculty Profiles

Joan Y. Chiao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Brain, Behavior, and Cognition; Social Psychology
Office: Swift 113
Phone: (847) 467-0481
E-mail: jchiao@northwestern.edu
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How do cultural and biological forces give rise to everyday emotion and social interaction? I use a 'cultural neuroscience' framework to investigate how cultural factors influence basic psychological and neural processes underlying social behavior and emotion processing, using functional neuroimaging (fMRI), event-related potentials (ERP), genotyping and behavioral paradigms. Research in my lab also examines how high-level factors, such as race, gender and age, affect basic cognitive, perceptual and emotional processes. At a broader level, I'm interested in integrating psychology and neuroscience research with public policy and population health issues.

Selected Publications

Chiao, J.Y. (in press). Cultural neuroscience: A once and future discipline. Progress in Brain Research.

Chiao, J.Y. & Blizinsky, K.D. (in press). Culture-gene coevolution of individualism-collectivism and the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

Harada, T., Li, Z., Chiao, J.Y. (in press). Differential dorsal and ventral medial prefrontal representations of the implicit self modulated by individualism and collectivism: an fMRI study. Social Neuroscience.

Chiao, J.Y. (Ed). (in press). Cultural neuroscience: Cultural influences on brain function. Progress in Brain Research, Elsevier Press.

Chiao, J.Y., Mathur, V.A., Harada, T., Lipke, T. (2009). Neural basis of preference for human social hierarchy versus egalitarianism. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Kuhnen, C.M. & Chiao, J.Y. (2009). Genetic determinants of financial risk-taking. PLoS ONE.

Chiao, J.Y., Harada, T., Komeda, H., Li, Z., Mano, Y., Saito, D.N., Parrish, T.B., Sadato, N., Iidaka, T. (2009). Dynamic cultural influences on neural representations of the self. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

Chiao, J.Y., Harada, T., Komeda, H., Li, Z., Mano, Y., Saito, D.N., Parrish, T.B., Sadato, N., Iidaka, T. (2009). Neural basis of individualistic and collectivistic views of self. Human Brain Mapping.

Chiao, J.Y. (forthcoming). Cultural neuroscience: Visualizing culture-gene influences on brain function. In Decety, J. and Cacioppo, J. (Eds.) Handbook of Social Neuroscience, Oxford University Press, UK.

Chiao, J.Y., Bowman, N.E., Gill, H. (2009). The political gender gap: Gender bias in facial inferences that predict voting behavior. PLoS One.

Chiao, J.Y., Harada, T., Oby, E.R. Li, Z., Parrish, T.B., Bridge, D.J. (2008). Neural representations of social status hierarchy in human inferior parietal cortex. Neuropsychologia.
Chiao, J.Y., Li, Z., Harada, T. (2008). Cultural neuroscience of consciousness: From visual perception to self-awareness. Journal of Consciousness Studies.
Chiao, J.Y., Iidaka, T., Gordon, H.L., Nogawa, J., Bar, M., Aminoff, E., Sadato, N., Ambady, N. (2008). Cultural specificity in amygdala response to fear faces. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/psych/people/faculty/faculty_individual_pages/chiao.htm

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Culture–gene coevolution of individualism–collectivism and the serotonin transporter gene

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Culture–gene coevolutionary theory posits that cultural values have evolved, are adaptive and influence the social and physical environments under which genetic selection operates. Here, we examined the association between cultural values of individualism–collectivism ...

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Culture–gene coevolution of individualism–collectivism and the serotonin transporter gene

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  1. Joan Y. Chiao1,2,* and
  2. Katherine D. Blizinsky2

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  1. 1 Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
  2. 2 Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
  1. *Author for correspondence (jchiao@northwestern.edu).

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Culture–gene coevolutionary theory posits that cultural values have evolved, are adaptive and influence the social and physical environments under which genetic selection operates. Here, we examined the association between cultural values of individualism–collectivism and allelic frequency of the serotonin transporter functional polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) as well as the role this culture–gene association may play in explaining global variability in prevalence of pathogens and affective disorders. We found evidence that collectivistic cultures were significantly more likely to comprise individuals carrying the short (S) allele of the 5-HTTLPR across 29 nations. Results further show that historical pathogen prevalence predicts cultural variability in individualism–collectivism owing to genetic selection of the S allele. Additionally, cultural values and frequency of S allele carriers negatively predict global prevalence of anxiety and mood disorder. Finally, mediation analyses further indicate that increased frequency of S allele carriers predicted decreased anxiety and mood disorder prevalence owing to increased collectivistic cultural values. Taken together, our findings suggest culture–gene coevolution between allelic frequency of 5-HTTLPR and cultural values of individualism–collectivism and support the notion that cultural values buffer genetically susceptible populations from increased prevalence of affective disorders. Implications of the current findings for understanding culture–gene coevolution of human brain and behaviour as well as how this coevolutionary process may contribute to global variation in pathogen prevalence and epidemiology of affective disorders, such as anxiety and depression, are discussed.

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Results from correlation analysis between Hofstede's individualism–collectivism index (reverse scored) and frequency of S allele carriers of the 5-HTTLPR across 29 nations. Collectivistic nations showed higher prevalence of S allele carriers (r(29) = 0.70, p < 0.0001).

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Here, we demonstrate for the first time a robust association between cultural values of individualism–collectivism and allelic frequency of the serotonin transporter gene, controlling for associated economic and disease factors. Geographical regions characterized by cultural collectivism exhibit a greater prevalence of S allele carriers of the serotonin transporter gene, even when cultural regions rather than nations served as the unit of analysis. Additionally, we show that global variability in historical pathogen prevalence predicts global variability in individualism–collectivism owing to genetic selection of the S allele of the serotonin transporter gene in regions characterized by high collectivism. Importantly, we also reveal a novel and surprising negative association between individualism–collectivism, frequency of S allele carriers of the serotonin transporter gene and global prevalence of anxiety and mood disorder. Across nations, both collectivism and allelic frequency of the S allele negatively predict global prevalence of anxiety and mood disorders. Critically, our results further indicate that greater population frequency of S allele carriers is associated with decreased prevalence of anxiety and mood disorders due to increased cultural collectivism.

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Mike Nova: Russian Orthodox Church became the Ideology Department for Putin’s ruling United Russia Party

via RUSSIA and THE WEST - РОССИЯ и ЗАПАД by Mike Nova on 3/12/12

Activists stage a protest against the law prohibiting the "propaganda of homosexuality" in St. Petersburg in November.


March 12, 2012
Russian Orthodox Church Backs 'Homosexuality Propaganda' Ban
by RFE/RL's Russian Service

A leading official in the Russian Orthodox Church has called on Russian lawmakers to adopt a national law prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality among minors.
Father Dmitry Pershin, head of the church's youth council, has called for the State Duma to approve "without delay" a law that would make it a crime to promote homosexuality to people younger than 16.
His statement came after the governor of Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, signed into law a new measure calling for fines of up to $33,000 for propagating "homosexuality among minors."
Gay rights activists have protested, saying the law could be used to ban public demonstrations by Russia's embattled gay and transgender community.
Homosexuality was decriminalized in Russia in 1993, but antigay sentiments among many Russians remain strong.

With AP and Interfax reports

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‎"Второе нарушение предписанной чекистской инструкции «Поменьше шума!», Георгий Полтавченко совершил 11 марта, подписав так называемый «Закон о запрете пропаганды мужеложства, лесбиянства, бисексуализма, трансгендерности и педофилии среди несовершеннолетних». Здесь, конечно, чувствуется влияние на петербургского губернатора патриарха РПЦ. Недаром на следующий день, 12 марта эксперт комитета Госдум...ы РФ по вопросам семьи, женщин и детей иеромонах Димитрий заявил, что «в РПЦ считают, что этот закон должен действовать по всей России, а не только в Петербурге… Согласно церковному учению, для подобных людей путь в рай закрыт.»
Трудно сказать со всей определенностью, закрыт ли для представителей сексуальных меньшинств путь в рай. Зато теперь, похоже, можно сказать, что в случае выборов Георгию Полтавченко определенно закрыт путь в губернаторское кресло Петербурга.
Оппозиция не простит.
Надо было соблюдать инструкцию."

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Две роковых ошибки губернатора Петербурга.

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Губернаторы - люди подневольные. Им прикажут, они выполнят. Но за последствия ответят. Так и живем...

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Russian Orthodox Church Backs 'Homosexuality Propaganda' Ban

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A leading official in the Russian Orthodox Church has called on lawmakers to adopt a national law prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality among minors.

What Putin's Latest Win Means for Russia

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What Putin's Latest Win Means for Russia

With a 64 percent landslide, Vladimir Putin claimed his third term as Russia's president Sunday, prompting celebrations, protests and accusations of voting fraud. Protesters vowed to continue demonstrating until their demands for democracy are met. Margaret Warner reports from Moscow on Russia's varying reactions to the vote.

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Dissident Blogger: 'Ghosts of Gadhafi Are Haunting' Putin

Ahead of Sunday's presidential election, Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused his enemies of planning dirty tricks, including ballot stuffing and even murder, in an attempt to mar the vote's outcome. Reporting in Moscow, Margaret Warner spoke with Russia's Alexei Navalny, a leading reformer and anti-corruption blogger.

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