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"sent": "Seau, 43, died of a gunshot wound at the NFL veteran Oceanside, California, home wound last week in what the coroner concluded was a suicide."
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"sent": "Seau's parents, who are from the island of Aunu'u, American Samoa, were meeting Monday with Samoan elders, according to Shawn Mitchell, who was Seau's pastor."
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"sent": "While there was no evidence Seau suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease brought on by multiple concussions, friends and family have stepped forward to say the legendary linebacker suffered a number of hits to his head during the legendary linebacker career."
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"sent": "While the legendary linebacker did not identify the researchers making the requests, among the institutions his family could donate Seau's brain to is Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, the research center that found former Chicago Bears safety Dave Duerson suffered degenerative damage to Dave Duerson because of repeated hits."
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"sent": "As a linebacker, Seau played \"the most havoc-ridden position on the team."
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"sent": "Dave Duerson suffered many concussions, so there is a strong sense that it played a role,\" said Mitchell, who is also the chaplain for the San Diego Chargers, the team for which Seau played 13 seasons."
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"sent": "Seau's death follows last month's suicide of former Atlanta Falcons safety Ray Easterling, the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against the NFL over concussion-related injuries."
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"sent": "Seau does not appear to have participated in any of the pending lawsuits against the NFL."
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"sent": "CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, warned against drawing a conclusion in Seau's case, though Seau said there are striking similarities between Seau death and other cases involving football players."
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"sent": "The only way to determine if Seau suffered CTE is to analyze the brain tissue for \"hallmarks of the dementia-like disease,\" Gupta said."
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"sent": "We can't know,\" unless Seau's brain is analyzed in this way, whether Seau death was related to CTE, Seau said."
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"sent": "While Seau left no such note, Dave Duerson did aim the handgun at the chest."
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"sent": "Dave Duerson taking the shot to the chest makes sense that Dave Duerson would want Dave Duerson head examined,\" the legendary linebacker said."
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"sent": "a class action lawsuit against the NFL over concussion-related injuries names more than 1,000 professional players."
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"sent": "the NFL the NFL has repeatedly dismissed a class action lawsuit against the NFL over concussion-related injuries's allegations that the league concealed links between football and brain injuries, saying player safety is a priority."
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"sent": "Any allegation that the NFL the NFL intentionally sought to mislead players has no merit,\" no merit said."
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"sent": "Almost ten years ago to the day, the world watched aghast as scenes of carnage unfolded across the countries of Indian Ocean."
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"sent": "Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the most devastating natural disasters in living memory and the donor response -- a huge outpouring of governmental and private support -- a heartening riposte to what was a hugely traumatizing event."
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"sent": "the tsunami and its aftermath was one of the first disasters to be extensively captured on camera, and the extent of media coverage makes a sizable difference to the public -- and governments -- opening their wallets, Oxfam says."
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"sent": "Oxfam says the response to the humanitarian catastrophe was the \"largest-ever privately funded response,\" with private donations making up 40% of all money raised -- an impressive $5.4 billion, which came close to matching government donations of $6.4 billion."
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"sent": "Oxfam raised $294m for the tsunami relief effort, with over 90% of Oxfam funds coming from private donors."
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"sent": "Jane Cocking, Oxfam's Humanitarian Director told CNN it was largely the \"absolutely horrific\" scale of the tragedy that brought out peoples' generosity."
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"sent": "But the speed and level of funding for a natural disaster was unprecedented, and in a natural disaster almost overwhelming; like other nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), Oxfam soon halted fundraising for a natural disaster, urging the public to donate to other, less-well publicized emergencies by mid-January 2005."
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"sent": "Multinational assistance ."
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"sent": "\"All the things that come together to ensure that people do connect were all there -- it was a natural disaster (as opposed to a man-made humanitarian crisis)"
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"sent": "The scale and effectiveness of the relief operation meant many of the worst-affected countries were able to return to some semblance of normality a few short months after a natural disaster had such a widespread impact."
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"sent": "In the wake of a natural disaster, badly-hit regions opted to \"build back better,\" creating solid infrastructure better able to withstand earthquakes and tsunamis, and investing more in emergency education and evacuation procedures."
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"sent": "Indeed, how the media has changed in the media representation of natural disasters in the decade between 2004 and 2014 largely comes down to the growth of social media and access to camera-equipped mobile devices, Cocking says."
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"sent": "Having experienced the full brunt of a disaster of this magnitude, the affected countries have been urged to \"build back better,\" enhancing the affected countries own preparedness to lessen the impact of future events."
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"sent": "While the idea of a repeat of a natural disaster of this magnitude is unsettling, it is heartening to know that the lessons of 2004 have been digested and those aid-givers better equipped as a result."
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"sent": "There is simply not enough money going into the humanitarian system,\" Cocking says."
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"sent": "Women, it concludes, are more likely to die in such circumstances, a state of affairs compounded by poverty."
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"sent": "Recruiting more female relief workers, especially at the coordination level, providing safe shelter and toilet facilities for women, and \"prioritizing livelihood activities for women as well as men,\" can reduce this disparity, Oxfam's report recommends."
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"sent": "-- Schalke joined Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday after a 3-1 win over Stuttgart at the Veltins Arena."
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"sent": "Japan striker Shinji Okazaki scored a consolation goal for Stuttgart near the end but Japan couldn't deny Schalke the win which lifts them level on points with Bayern."
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"sent": "Femen have been waging an active campaign of resistance to the patriarchy in various corners of the world."
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"sent": "We have been bringing the world the simple idea of women's liberation by means of sexual emancipation as expressed in highly visible acts of political protest."
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"sent": "We believe that the enslavement of women began with the enslavement of the enslavement of women sexuality, so We therefore consider it legitimate to use the enslavement of women liberated sexuality as a symbol of women's worldwide liberation."
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"sent": "Sexualized Femen protest 'naive and foolish at best' The third element of the patriarchy is the sex industry, which has been responsible for women's sexual servitude and is in fact the most ancient form of female slavery."
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"sent": "Read more: Topless feminist protesters show what Topless feminist protesters're made of ."
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"sent": "A mass sexual protest inspired by our example will serve as the first step toward women's recovering women own nature and will be a turning point, sparking the dissolution of the Sharia and the return, to women, of control over the conditions of her existence, from the sexual to the political."
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"sent": "A million Aminas will arise!"
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"sent": "Our understanding of Islamism, according to what Our have learned fighting against it, tells Our that Our criticism of it is valid and holds out much hope for the future."
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"sent": "We will hound Islamic leaders across the globe, subjecting Islamic leaders to desolating criticism."
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"sent": "Are there any casualties?"
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"sent": "My passenger can't get out of the vehicle."
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"sent": "Gary Stromberg says Gary Stromberg easily could have died from addiction to narcotics, alcohol .\n"
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"sent": "It's a pity that now, Whitney will not have the option I had."
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"sent": "no Martin Luther King Jr. Throwing in the towel and surrendering to admitting I had a serious problem should have been the obvious thing to do, given the state I was in."
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"sent": "About the only thing that's remained consistent are fickle viewers, who now have more means to channel-surf -- indeed, media-surf -- than ever before."
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"sent": "And if they leave they TV shows behind, they might be hard to get back."
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"sent": "Once another medium, particularly cable, gets a chance to draw viewers away, viewers don't come back, and that wasn't the case in 1988,\" TV historian Tim Brooks told the trade publication Multichannel News."
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"sent": "Indeed, the media conglomerates have caught on to this fact, allowing viewers to watch programs over the Internet and through podcasts."
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"sent": "One heartening thing to come out of the tragedy of the 47-year-old Henning's death, he said, is that Muslims \"of all shades and colors and theology, have come together to condemn ISIS and we just need to keep doing that."
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