2005.9.12=1[#255]:8.9=#(60x3+36)[US#36] #1. Wlefare states, #2. Gun show, #3. Michael Collins, #4. Katrina doctor tragedy.

Bit clouds to Fair cool to mild: Up 8am, Mei back 9 then to class 9:30, 11:30 back soon off again, near 3pm Lung then Mei back, Lung off, 5:15 Mei off to pick up Jun, Ch. in, supper, and off, late night Lung back. Bed 12:55am. [I]R answers A section by section, I respond w " #0. New "Cold War" #1003: Superpower Fantacy ": #3 below. #1. "The welfare state": "" Comparing welfare states: Social welfare in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden, United States. International aspects of social policy. The social policy of the European Union. Social policy in developing countries. Globalization and welfare "": http://tinyurl.com/975sl "British social policy, 1601-1948": http://tinyurl.com/cl8xt 1948- http://tinyurl.com/a5sgb #2. "Gun Show Owner, Patrons May File Civil Rights Suit", by Jeff Johnson, CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer, September 12, 2005: http://tinyurl.com/dtrq7 #3. An Irish hero, Michael Collins: 1. "Michael Collins (1996)", movie: http://tinyurl.com/9jzea "" Editorial Reviews Amazon.com essential video Irish writer-director Neil Jordan followed up his surprise hit The Crying Game with this controversial biography of IRA leader Michael Collins (Liam Neeson), one of the most important political leaders of the 20th century. The film follows Collins as he matures from guerrilla leader to national hero and statesman. "" "" It is also one of the most beautifully photographed films in years: cinematographer Chris Menges uses color and texture to set moods and accent emotions. The movie also stars Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, and Stephen Rea. --Jim Emerson "" 2. "Mick: The Real Michael Collins", Peter Hart, Not yet published: http://tinyurl.com/7qf7f "" Reviews: Synopsis: "" He "" fought in the Easter Rising, been elected to four different parliaments, organized the IRA and smuggled in its arms, launched its guerrilla war, beat British intelligence at its own game, financed the revolution, negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty, run the first independent government of Ireland, and led the Irish army to victory as its first Commander-in-Chief. "" "" Peter Hart's compelling and comprehensive biography draws on many hitherto unseen sources to explore the life of Michael Collins and to ask what made him such an extraordinary and complex man. Set to become the definitive work, Hart's is the first book fully to investigate Collins's life before becoming a revolutionary and the first to take a critical look at his rise to power and its consequences. "" #4. "Doctors: Hurricane Katrina Forced Us to Kill Patients", NewsMax.com; Monday, Sept. 12, 2005: http://tinyurl.com/dpwfh