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To: THE ANT who wrote (88907)	4/10/2012 1:58:30 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217739

You missed the point Klaser, it was to become fully alive again, not to cling to the bitter end: < Come to the US where we will put a tube in your every orifice and draw out your life to the bitter painfull end if you like > True believers, both doctors and patients, would be not worried at all about passing from the unjust, cruel, world to the idyllic Utopia of beyond death. I'd prefer a doctor who really wanted to fix things, than merely ease the way out. My experience of doctors and non-Hodgkins lymphoma was that they were more interested in their cash flow and processes than actually saving lives. Rituxan was not offered as front line treatment along with CHOP, and in fact was specifically not allowed and illegal, though it's now used straight away as was obvious it should have been. Thousands died because of the delay in accepting the obvious. In NZ, even if a person would pay for the treatment themselves, it would not be allowed as it wouldn't be fair to the person in the next bed who couldn't afford the treatment [the doctor told me]. <I do not know all the answers MQ.I respect your beliefs and how you choose to run your life. > That's not actually true - doctors do NOT allow people to run their own lives. They maintain control over the essentials of life and do NOT allow people to decide for themselves. Would you really hand over your prescription pad to the people whose lives are in the firing line? Mqurice

To: THE ANT who wrote (88907)	4/14/2012 10:41:33 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217739

Migrants who came to Japan go back to the future in Brazil Updated: 2012-04-14 07:40 By Toshi Maeda in Toyohashi, Japan (China Daily) Yamato Hirai used to struggle to get into the starting line-up when he arrived at his local soccer field to play alongside his fellow Japanese-Brazilians. These days, however, there are barely enough players for a game. Many of those who made their home in Japan have upped and gone, off to seek their fortune in booming Brazil, while the world's number three economy stutters. Soccer and its five-a-side variant, futsal, have helped bind Brazilians in Japan, most of whom are offspring of Japanese who migrated to Brazil in the 20th century, in a pastime that honors the heritage of their homeland. But in cities like Toyohashi in Japan's industrial belt, the beautiful game is becoming ever rarer because of the exodus of people like Hirai, who came to Japan two decades ago as a second-generation Japanese-Brazilian. Every Wednesday evening after work, Hirai takes his 14-year-old son Yosuke to a futsal field in Toyohashi to train for weekend matches. "On some Wednesdays, not enough of us show up. Or we've got 10 players, just enough to train," said the 48-year-old manager of an employment agency, recalling how there used to be 30 players on his team. "This is happening because there are far fewer Brazilians living here." Over the last four years the number of Brazilians in Toyohashi, some 250 kilometers southwest of Tokyo and a major center for Toyota and its subcontractors, has halved, to around 7,000. Japanese migrants began crossing the Pacific in large numbers in the early 20th century, and Brazil welcomed its first settlers in 1908. The migrants worked on coffee and other plantations after the abolition of slavery. Despite the often low wages and poor working conditions, the community grew into the largest Japanese population outside of Japan. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, there were between 1.4 and 1.5 million people of Japanese descent in Brazil by the year 2000. Japan's rapid economic growth in the 1970s and 1980s provided a tempting reason for many in the community to reverse the journey their ancestors had made, settling in industrialised cities like this one, where they established Portuguese-speaking communities. "Twenty years ago, the cost of living in Brazil was still low as opposed to the high wages earned in Japan," said Toyohito Tanabe, director of the Brazilian Association of Toyohashi. "So, many Brazilians would save money here and buy houses in Brazil," the 43-year-old added. "Even doctors would open their own clinics after working in Japan for a few years. Back then, people came here with big dreams and goals." Over the last few years, many who came to Japan to seek their fortune have found a force pulling them back across the Pacific as Brazil's economy races ahead. "Brazil is getting stronger," said Japanese-Brazilian Michio Hirota, 46, who runs an employment agency in Toyohashi, adding that he is ready to move out of the country. "Its economy is growing. That's why I plan to go back and try my luck back in my own country. Because Brazil is a country of the future