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B-311265: May 27, 2008
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Hogar Crea, Inc. (HCI) protests the award of a contract to Volunteers of America, Inc. (VOA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. 200-0951-SE, issued by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for residential reentry center (RRC) services for federal offenders in the San Juan, Puerto Rico metropolitan area. HCI contends that the BOP's evaluation of the offerors' proposals was unreasonable, and that the source selection decision was flawed.
We deny the protest.
B-311265, Hogar Crea, Inc., May 27, 2008
The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release.
Jos- R. Olmo-Rodrguez, Esq., Olmo & Rodr-guez Matias, for the protester.
Joseph Summerill, Esq., and David P. Goodwin, Esq., Greenberg Traurig LLP, for Volunteers of America, Inc., an intervenor.
Carl Jorgensen, Esq., and Bradley J. Breslin, Esq., Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, for the agency.
Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Ralph O. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of offerors' technical proposals is denied where record supports reasonableness of the evaluations.
2. Protest challenging the reasonableness of the agency's source selection decision is denied where the record supports the agency's determination that protester's high-priced proposal did not merit award despite offering certain strengths as compared to awardee's proposal.
Hogar Crea, Inc. (HCI) protests the award of a contract to Volunteers of America, Inc. (VOA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. 200-0951-SE, issued by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for residential reentry center (RRC) services for federal offenders in the San Juan, Puerto Rico metropolitan area. HCI contends that the BOP's evaluation of the offerors' proposals was unreasonable, and that the source selection decision was flawed.
The RFP sought proposals to provide RRC services through a comprehensive community-based program for offenders who are in the custody of the BOP, the U.S. Attorney General, or under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office. The RRC program seeks services to provide employment, residence development, and other self-improvement opportunities to assist federal offenders in becoming law-abiding citizens. Offerors were required to propose all personnel, management, equipment, supplies, and services to operate an RRC, along with the facility where the RRC will be located. The RFP anticipated award of an indefinite-delivery/requirements-type contract with fixed unit prices, with a 2-year base term and three 1-year options.
Offerors were advised that proposals would be evaluated on the basis of the following factors: past performance, technical/management, and price. The technical/management evaluation factor had the following equally-weighted subfactors: site location (which had two sub-criteria: site validity and suitability, and community relations program), accountability, programs, facility, and personnel. The RFP stated that for purposes of award, the past performance factor was more important than the technical/management factor, and that those two factors, when combined, were significantly more important than price. RFP sect. M.5. As relevant here, offerors were required to submit plans demonstrating their ability to provide an RRC facility within 120 days of contract award.
HCI and VOA were the only offerors to submit proposals by the closing date of
The agency sent discussions notices to each offeror on
Following discussions and requests for final proposals, the BOP concluded that both offerors' proposals were technically acceptable, and that all concerns and deficiencies had been addressed. The agency's final evaluation of the offerors' proposals was as follows:
Past Performance
Technical Management
Green/Low Risk
Green/Low Risk
-- Site Location
Green / Low Risk
Green / Low Risk
-- Accountability
Blue / Low Risk
Blue / Low Risk
-- Programs
Green / Low Risk
Green / Low Risk
-- Facility
Green / Low Risk
Green / Low Risk
-- Personnel
Green / Low Risk
Green / Low Risk
AR, Tab 8, Source Selection Decision (SSD), at 1-5. [1]
In its award determination, the BOP recognized that although the offerors' proposals had received equal adjectival ratings, HCI's proposal has several strengths that VOA does not (such as a fenced-in facility, and back-up generator), and has fewer and less significant weaknesses in their past performance.
The agency advised HCI on
HCI argues that the BOP's evaluation of the offerors' technical proposals was unreasonable, and that the agency's source selection decision was flawed based on the results of the technical evaluation and an unreasonable tradeoff determination.
As a preliminary matter, the protester raised several new protest issues in its comments on the agency report. Under our Bid Protest Regulations, a protest based on other than alleged improprieties in a solicitation must be filed no later than 10 calendar days after the protester knew, or should have known, of the basis for protest, whichever is earlier. 4 C.F.R. sect. 21.2(a)(2) (2008). This 10-day rule applies to all supplemental protest grounds arising from the agency report. See Exelon Servs. Fed. Group, B-291934,
Here, after receiving the agency report on March 24, HCI requested an extension of time for filing its comments. We granted an extension of time, but advised the protester that while we could grant an extension to file comments, we could not waive the requirement that all supplemental protest grounds be timely filed. Letter from GAO to parties,
Evaluation of HCI's Technical Proposal
HCI first argues that the BOP's evaluation of its proposal was unreasonable because the (1) the assignment of evaluation ratings for HCI's proposal was not in accordance with the terms of the solicitation, and (2) the agency unreasonably assigned HCI and VOA equal adjectival ratings, despite recognizing that HCI's proposals had strengths in areas where VOA's proposal either lacked the same strength, or had no identified strengths.
The evaluation of an offeror's proposal is a matter within the agency's discretion, since the agency is responsible for defining its needs and the best method for accommodating them. U.S. Textiles, Inc., B-289685.3,
First, HCI argues that because the agency recognized certain strengths in its proposal, the solicitation required the agency to assign its proposal a rating of blue. We think that the protester's argument is based on an incorrect interpretation of the solicitation. In this regard, the RFP explained that only those proposals that have significant strengths would be eligible for a rating of blue, whereas acceptable proposals without significant strengths would be rated green:
BLUE -- Very Good: Offeror's proposal meets and exceeds the requirements of the solicitation. Their proposal shows that they have a very good solution for meeting the needs and objectives of the program. One or more significant strengths exists. Weaknesses may exist, but none are considered significant and are easily correctable.
GREEN -- Acceptable: Offeror's proposal meets the [] minimum requirements of the solicitation. Their proposal shows they have an acceptable solution for meeting the needs and objectives of the program. Strengths and weaknesses may exist. The weaknesses are correctable.
RFP sect. M.5.
The BOP's evaluation of HCI's proposal under the site location, programs, facilities, and personnel subfactors concluded that although HCI's proposal had several strengths, they were not significant strengths that merited a rating of blue/very good. For example, under the site location evaluation subfactor, HCI argues that its proposal should have received an adjectival rating of blue rather than green. The agency determined that HCI's proposal had no weaknesses, and had strengths based on its proposal to provide a backup generator. AR, Tab 8, SSD, at 2. The agency did not, however, identify any significant strengths that would warrant a blue rating.
HCI does not address why its proposal provided significant strengths that exceeded the minimum requirements of the solicitation and thereby merited a higher rating. Rather, the protester merely argues that the BOP was required under the terms of the solicitation to assign a higher rating based on the identification of any strength. Protester's Comments on AR, at 6. On this record, we find no basis to question the reasonableness of the agency's evaluation.
Second, the protester challenges the BOP's assignment of ratings to VOA's proposal that were equal to those assigned to HCI's proposal, despite differences recognized by the agency between those proposals. For example, HCI's and VOA's proposal were each rated green under the programs evaluation subfactor. The agency recognized that HCI's proposal had a strength for proposing a good ratio of monitors and case managers to inmates, and that it had no weaknesses. AR, Tab 8, SSD, at 3. In contrast, VOA's proposal had no strengths or weaknesses.
Moreover, as discussed below, the BOP's source selection determination did not rely solely on the adjectival scores assigned to each offerors' proposal; rather, the agency noted that HCI's proposal offered more strengths and fewer weaknesses as compared to VOA's proposal, but concluded that HCI's proposal was ultimately not worth the price premium of over $1 million, or 8.3 percent. In this regard, agencies' use of evaluation ratings for offerors' proposals, whether numeric, color or adjectival, are but guides to, and not substitutes for, intelligent decisionmaking; they do not mandate automatic selection of a particular proposal. Jacobs COGEMA, LLC, B-290125.2, B-290125.3,
Evaluation of VOA's Technical Proposal
The protester argues that the BOP's evaluation of VOA's technical proposal was unreasonable because the agency failed to recognize several areas where VOA's proposal was unacceptable or had weaknesses. As discussed below, we conclude that the agency's evaluation of VOA's proposal was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation.
The protester first argues that VOA's proposal should have received a lower rating under the site location and facilities subfactors because, while HCI currently owns and operates an RRC facility, VOA does not own a site, and instead proposed to lease and renovate an unoccupied building that is not currently operating as an RRC. The RFP, however, did not require offerors to propose to locate their RRC in an occupied or completed building, nor did the RFP require offerors to propose a site that was currently operating as an RRC. Rather, the solicitation required only that the successful offeror submit documentation showing that it has the right to use its proposed facility, and that the facility would be ready for contract performance within 180 days from contract award. RFP sect. J, compliance matrix, at 5, 9. The BOP determined that VOA's proposal was acceptable because it had submitted a Final Lease Agreement [and], documentation stating a residential reentry center was an allowable use of the proposed site. AR, Tab 5, Technical Management Evaluation,
HCI next argues that the agency's evaluation of VOA's proposal under the site location subfactor failed to consider a letter from a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives which expressed concern regarding the placement of an RRC in the area proposed by VOA. The agency states, however, that it was unaware of this letter at the time it conducted its evaluation.
Finally, HCI argues that the BOP should have assigned a lower rating to VOA's proposal because of alleged asbestos problems in VOA's proposed facility. The record here, however, shows that VOA addressed the asbestos concerns in its proposal by providing for an assessment of lead and asbestos issues for the building. AR, Tab 3, VOA Response to Discussions Questions,
Source Selection Decision
HCI argues that the BOP's source selection decision was flawed based on the agency's evaluation of the offerors' technical proposals. For the reasons discussed above, we conclude that the BOP's evaluations of the offerors' proposals were reasonable, and that they provide no basis to challenge the reasonableness of the source selection decision.
HCI also argues that its proposal was superior to VOA's, and that the difference in the offerors' proposed price should not have been the basis for the award to VOA. Source selection officials in negotiated procurements have broad discretion in determining the manner and extent to which they will make use of the technical and price evaluation results; price/technical tradeoffs may be made, and the extent to which one may be sacrificed for the other is governed only by the test of rationality and consistency with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. Atteloir, Inc., B-290601, B-290602,
Here, the record shows that the BOP assigned the same adjectival ratings to the offerors' proposals, but also recognized that HCI's proposal provided several strengths and advantages as compared to VOA's proposal. AR, Tab 8, SSD, at 5. The agency concluded, however, that the strengths in HCI proposal were not considered significant, and . . . they do not warrant paying a premium of $1,021,230.50 over the potential 5 year contract period.
The protest is denied.[4]
Gary L. Kepplinger
General Counsel
[1] The agency used an evaluation scheme of Blue/Very Good, Green/Acceptable, Yellow/Poor, and Red/Unacceptable. The technical management factor and subfactors were also evaluated for proposal risk.
[2] HCI also raises an untimely protest ground here, alleging in its comments on the agency report that VOA's proposed facility will be located in an area that does not have the proper zoning. HCI's argument concerning the zoning of VOA's proposed site is untimely because it was not raised within 10 days of when the protester knew or should have known of the basis for this argument. 4 C.F.R. sect. 21.2(a)(2). In this regard, HCI's protest identified the building proposed by VOA for its RRC, arguing that it was not an adequate facility; HCI did not, however, challenge the zoning of the area in which the building was located. In any event, the record shows that VOA submitted adequate documentation showing that the zoning was acceptable for the proposed RRC use, and that the agency reasonably relied upon these documents. AR, Tab 3, VOA Response to Discussions Questions,
[3] HCI also raises two untimely protest arguments regarding this evaluation criterion: (1) the letters submitted by VOA from the community did not show sufficient support for VOA's proposal, and (2) VOA did not submit letters of support from local government officials. Both of these allegations are untimely because they were raised for the first time in HCI comments on the agency report, which were filed more than 10 days after the protester received the report. In any event, HCI's arguments concerning the required letters of support from community members submitted by VOA merely express disagreement as to whether they were sufficiently strong or independent in their support of VOA, and thus provide no basis to sustain the protest. HCI's second argument, that VOA did not submit letters of support from local government officials, lacks merit because this was not an RFP requirement. In this regard, the RFP required offerors to notify local government officials of their plans to run an RRC, but did not require letters of support from those officials. RFP sections L.6, J, Compliance Matrix, at 5.
[4] The protester raises numerous collateral arguments in its protest that we do not address here. For example, HCI argues that VOA's initial proposal did not include letters of support from community members that were required under the site location subfactor of the technical evaluation factor. This argument lacks merit because the record shows that both offerors were provided an opportunity during discussions to correct weakness and deficiencies in their proposals, and that VOA subsequently provided the required letters. We have reviewed all of the protest grounds raised by HCI and find that they are all either untimely or lack merit.
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He explains to her carefully that he has given her post-hypnotic suggestions not to remember her parents, who died in a storm on Isis when she was four earth-years old. Her mother had lived long enough to appoint him to be the Guardian of Olwen; she had directed him, "Do whatever you must to keep her safe and happy." He has always tried to do just that. Since Guardian could not make Isis safe for Olwen, he made her safe for Isis. These changes altered her appearance considerably. She does not look like the settlers, but Guardian considers her both beautiful and perfectly functional.
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|Appointments 2004-5
|Thu, 2012-01-26 16:24
|An evening with Ranjit Sondhi: CBE launches the OCHS in Leicester
|Thu, 2012-01-26 17:59
|Advaita Vedanta and Vaisnavism: The Philosophy of Madhusudana Sarasvati
|Fri, 2012-02-24 13:42
|Attending Krishna's Image: Chaitanya Vaishnava Murti-seva as Devotional Truth
|Fri, 2012-02-24 13:45
|A Hindu Critique of Buddhist Epistemology: Kumarila on Perception: The 'Determination of Perception' Chapter of Kumarila Bhatta's Slokavarttika -Translation and Commentary
|Fri, 2012-02-24 13:49
|Archaeology and Text Project
|Fri, 2012-03-23 14:32
|Anton Zykov
|Wed, 2012-04-11 15:32
|Angela Quartermaine
|Wed, 2012-04-11 16:07
|Alana Lajoie O'Malley
|Wed, 2012-04-11 16:11
|Abhishek Ghosh
|Thu, 2012-04-12 09:09
|Alexandra Buhler
|Thu, 2012-04-12 09:21
|Artist in Residence
|Thu, 2012-04-12 14:03
|Amy Norman
|Tue, 2012-04-17 09:26
|A cherished gem or a bitter fruit? Renunciation in Kavikarnapura's Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka
|Tue, 2012-06-05 09:59
|A Christian theology of religions in light of Hinduism (ten lectures)
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:00
|A Christian understanding of monotheism: In conversation with Hindu perspectives
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:01
|A conversation on Western and Indian perspectives on reading a Hindu text: The case of the Bhagavad-gita.
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:02
|A conversation on Western and Indian perspectives on reading a Hindu text: The case of the Bhagavad-gita.
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:05
|A Hindu theology of revelation, scripture, and tradition: Comments on Vedanta Desika's 14th century Guruparamparasaram
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:05
|A super-gift or a conduit: The place of a daughter in the Indian marriage exchange
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:10
|A Jewish understanding of monotheism in the Hebrew bible: In conversation with Hindu perspectives
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:14
|A way to relate Hinduism and science
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:16
|Absence and Presence: Worshipping the Jina at Ellora
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:16
|Action movies and American ideals: The growth of Buddhism in Hollywood
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:17
|Advaita Vedanta and the Kerala renaissance of the 19th century
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:17
|Advaita views on consciousness
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:18
|Advaita-tattvam (delivered in Sanskrit)
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:18
|A poet and a philosopher: Two women in the Sri Vaishnava tradition
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:20
|Advaita: Vedantic and materialistic
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:22
|An Introduction of ritual and philosophy of the Vaishnavas based especially on the Pancaratra system
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:22
|An introduction to Hindu tantrism (four lectures)
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:23
|Authority and scripture in Hindu and Christian thought
|Tue, 2012-06-05 10:27
|Approaches to Religion 1: Phenomenology
|Tue, 2012-06-26 12:02


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A maximum of four batch runs a day very quickly hones your attention-to-detail and debugging skills.
You could use the switches to enter data into memory or registers
QuoteBy the late 80's gdb was already fully working in many embedded environmentsUm. For x86 and 68000 class CPUs...
By the late 80's gdb was already fully working in many embedded environments
Atmel apparently doesn't document their debugging features, which is sorta sucky of them, IMO. Otherwise ArduinoISP could support some debugging features.The Visual Micro "invasive, software based" debugging sounds interesting. It'll be interesting to see how well it works. Unlike x86 and 68k, the AVR doesn't have a lot of the support needed for a good debugger, and having code in flash where you can't swap in breakpoint instructions "on the fly" is a pain.
Oh yes, and inserting NOPs into your hand-assembled PAL-8 programs, to allow you to slip in extra instructions later.
you patched in a JMP to the patch area
The Atmel hardware solutions ... set a BREAK instruction in flash and then restore the code during each single step on the non jtag implementations.
As the exercise, you can single-step (step into/step over) until you get into your loop() routine, and then you can use step-over each of the digitalWrite() commands, and you should see the light on the Arduino change accordingly.
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Thank you so much for all your suggestions for a Women in War reading list and your titles now collated here so that you can cut and paste them / copy them out if you so wish. I have added in a few more from my shelves too so please continue to add any more in comments and I will amend the list as you do.
On Radji Beach ~ Ian W. Shaw
Resistance of the Heart: Intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest in Nazi Germany ~ Nathan A. Stoltzfus.
Bullwinkel:the true story of Vivian Bullwinkle ~ Norman Manners.
50 years of Silence ~ Jan Ruff-O'Herne:
The Women Who Wrote the War ~ Nancy Caldwell Sorel
'On The Other Side: Letters To My Children From Germany 1940-46 ' ~ Mathilde Wolfe-Monckeberg.
Corsets to Camouflage, Women in War ~ Kate Adie
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain
To War With Whitaker: The Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly 1939-1945
Resistance ~ Agnes Humbert
Nella Last's War
The Night Watch ~ Sarah Waters
Sophie's Choice by William Styron.
The Reader ~ Bernard Schlink
Life Class / Toby's Room / Ghost Road ~ Pat Barker
Human Voices ~ Penelope Fitzgerald
The World Their Wilderness ~ Rose Macauley
An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army by Flora Sandes,
Carve her Name with Pride- R J Minney,
When the Children came Home; Stories of Wartime Evacuees by Julie Summers.
The Gift Horse - Report of a Life, the memoirs of Hildegarde Neff,
Kitchen Fugue ~ Sheila Kaye-Smith
Wartime Women ~ A Mass Observation anthology
Not So Quiet ~ Helen Zenna Smith
A Desert in Bohemia ~ Jill Paton Walsh
Women's Barracks ~ Tereska Torrès
Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front 1914-1915 ~ Kate Luard
Unknown Warriors ~ Kate Luard
Colour Scheme ~ Ngaio Marsh -
The Widow and her Hero ~ Thomas Keneally
A Whispered Name ~ William Brodrick
A Time to Love / Dangerous Spring / The Ark / Rowan Farm / The Long Way Home. ~ Margot Benary
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky ~ Simon Mawer
Charlotte Gray ~ Sebastian Faulks
Resistance ~ Owen Shears
Moon Tiger ~ Penelope Lively
Small Island ~ Andrea Levy
At Mrs Lippincote's ~ Elizabeth Taylor
Suite Francaise ~ Irene Nemirovsky
The Legacy / A Town Like Alice / The Chequer Board / Pastoral / Pied Piper ~ Nevil Shute
The Balkan Trilogy ~ Olivia Manning
The Spy Who Loved - The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville, Britain's First Female Special Agent of the Second World War ~ Clare Mulley
Train to Nowhere ~ Anita Leslie
Flowers of the Field ~ Sarah Harrison
Peace ~ Richard Bausch.
The English Air (1940)
Mrs. Tim Carries On (1941)
Spring Magic (1942)
The Two Mrs. Abbotts (1943)
Listening Valley (1944)
The Four Graces (1946)
Amberwell (1955)
Sarah Morris Remembers (1967)
One of Ours ~ Willa Cather
The Forbidden Zone ~ Mary Borden
Rilla of Ingleside ~ L.M.Montgomery
Little Boy Lost ~ Marghanita Laski
Manja ~ Anna Gmeyner
Few Eggs and No Oranges ~ Vere Hodgson
Castles Burning: A Child's Life in War ~ Magda Dene
The Past is Myself / The Road Ahead ~ Christabel Bielenburg
The Return of the Soldier ~ Rebecca West.
Elsie and Mairi Go To War: Two Extraordinary Women on the Western Front ~ Dr Diane Atkinson
A Fine of 200 Francs ~ Elsa Triolet
A Woman In Berlin ~ Anon
Sand in My Shoes: Wartime Diaries of a WAAF ~ Joan Rice
She Goes to War ~ Edith Pargeter
Scars Upon My Heart / Chaos of the Night (poetry by women)
Bombers and Mash - The Domestic Front 1939-1945 ~ Raynes Minns
Millions Like Us ~ Virginia Nicholson
Bad Faith ~ Carmen Callil
Wave Me Goodbye / Hearts Undefeated - Stories & Women's Writing of the Second World War
A Train in Winter ~ Caroline Moorhead
War on the Margins ~ Libby Cone
Childrens novels by Robert Westall, Michelle Magorian, Susan Cooper & Nina Bawden


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The Biology of Human Longevity: Inflammation, Nutrition, and Aging in the Evolution of Lifespans. Caleb E. Finch. xiv + 626 pp. Academic Press, 2007. $69.95.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.—Woody Allen
Avoiding death has been a popular goal throughout the ages, and anti-aging elixirs have never been in short supply. Although the best shot at immortality is still through one's work, there is hope on the scientific horizon that people may be able to live considerably longer than they do now.
Over the past 15 years or so, the implementation of molecular genetic approaches in a number of different laboratory organisms has revolutionized research on aging. By systematically manipulating the genes of worms, flies and yeast cells, investigators have identified dozens of genes that can extend the normal life span of each of these species. And the mammalian counterparts of some of those genes seem to share those same life-extending properties—at least in mice. So, the good news is that life span is a plastic trait and that we have identified a large number of genes that can act to delay the aging process. The bad news is that we know next to nothing of how these genes influence life span.
Most biologists accept that aging results from the accumulation of damage to cellular components. But the nature, targets and source of this damage are still subjects of speculation. In The Biology of Human Longevity, Caleb E. Finch, a professor of gerontology at the University of Southern California, sets out to identify the mechanisms of aging and of age-related diseases, as well as the forces that have shaped the evolution of human life span.
Finch—a famed polymath with a keen understanding of such fields as biochemistry, comparative zoology, clinical medicine, anthropology and evolutionary biology—has been thinking about and actively investigating the biology of aging for the past four decades. His classic Longevity, Senescence and the Genome (University of Chicago Press, 1990) has already secured him scientific immortality. His 2007 book is perhaps even more ambitious than its predecessor and takes into account the significant progress made in aging research over the intervening 17 years.
The idea that toxic by-products of normal metabolism (reactive oxygen species or free radicals) contribute to the aging process has been around for more than a half-century. An enormous body of evidence points to oxygen radicals being key players in a number of age-related diseases. However, the free-radical theory of aging, as originally stated, remains controversial.
One of the great achievements of The Biology of Human Longevity is a comprehensive overview of the effects of free radicals in aging and age-related disease. Finch delves into the experimental details of, and points out the flaws in, several decades of published work. Importantly, he goes beyond reviewing the literature and successfully integrates the free-radical theory with what has been learned about other forms of damage, notably inflammation.
The role of inflammatory processes in Alzheimer's disease, arterial disease and obesity is well known. Finch emphatically makes the point that many of those same inflammatory processes occur during normal aging. Several chapters explore the connections between free radicals, inflammation and aging. No stone is left unturned. Finch examines the effects of dietary, environmental and developmental sources of inflammation in great depth. The result is a more general (and more complex) theory of aging—one that expands on both the free-radical theory and the Barker hypothesis, which states that maternal malnutrition can have a negative impact in adult life.
In the final chapter Finch tackles a huge question: Which factors contributed to the evolution of the remarkable life span of our own species? Many traits make us stand out from our nearest great-ape relatives—language and multigenerational caregiving, for example. But, considering that we share so many genes with our fellow primates, the differences in our respective life spans are indeed worthy of investigation.
Evidence suggests that five million years ago, life expectancy doubled (from 20 years to 40) as the shared ancestor of humans and great apes evolved into Homo sapiens. Two important contributing factors, according to Finch, were a meat-rich diet and exposure to infection.
At first glance, this idea appears counterintuitive. Were our mothers wrong to advise us to eat our greens and wash our hands before dinner? Probably not. But perhaps we are now benefiting from the fact that our distant ancestors did otherwise. The key point Finch makes is that because of behavioral changes that took place during our early evolution (switching from a plant-based diet to one rich in meat and beginning to live in settlements, in close proximity to one another in large groups), gene variants that protect against infections or against the deleterious effects of high fat intake may have prospered.
Finch speculates that these same gene variants may promote long life under the conditions we find ourselves living in today. He illustrates the point with examples of genes that have been linked to certain age-related diseases and are absent from the genome of even our close relative the chimpanzee, a species that is mainly vegetarian.
The past two centuries have marked a second major stage in the extension of human longevity. Life expectancy has doubled in developed countries since the Industrial Revolution, largely because of improvements in hygiene and nutrition, with an assist from inoculation programs.
The book ends with a provocative discussion of the prospects for increasing human longevity still more in the future. Finch points out that when considering exposure to potential pathogenic agents, we are all in this together:
Despite the current advantages of the health-rich elite, the global systems of commerce, water, and wind prevent isolation of any group to the growing pools of infections and inflammogens. Consider this when you next dine in an elegant restaurant: You are but one handshake from staff who cannot afford to miss work because of illness.
The Biology of Human Longevity is a major scholarly achievement. Considering the breadth of the topics covered and the detail in which they are discussed, it is remarkable that the whole thing was written by one person. The work is certainly a tour de force. However, at times Finch has a tendency to get sidetracked into discussions not directly related to the topic at hand. But, that quibble aside, this volume provides a great example of how a curious mind can bring together previously separated disciplines.
Nonscientists may find the dense text tough going, but I hope the book will be widely read, especially by biomedical researchers studying the diseases of aging. Although it is well recognized that advanced age is the greatest risk factor for most chronic diseases, those studying the disease mechanisms often neglect the underlying aging process as a causal factor in disease progression. Finch argues passionately that "major shared mechanisms in aging and disease may be found to stem from roots in the common soil of aging." Today, many of the molecules and biochemical reactions that have been shown to modulate life span in laboratory organisms are considered separately in clinical research focused on Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and cancer. With time this approach will surely change, and this extraordinary book may be cited as a catalyst that helped bridge the gap between those of us studying the basic biology of aging and our friends and colleagues studying the diseases of aging. If not immortality, then certainly a longer and healthier future may be closer than we think.
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My friend Rebecca tagged me to do this, so here it goes.
The rules are :
1. To each letter of the alphabet, write a word connected to you
2. Tag 6 people to do this next.
A - Aedan
B - Brevin
C - casual
D - Dierden
E - enthusiastic
F - frugal
G - Gannon
H - Hamm (my maiden name)
I - ice cream - I LOVE it.
J - joyful
K - kickback
L - Lachlan
M - morbid? I love cemetaries.
N - nesting - one of the great things about being "P"
O - outspoken; opinionated; obnoxious; outlandish....
P - pregnant
Q - Quinlan
R - Ruth - my mom's name and my middle name.
S - student
T - Teagen
U - unique - just like everybody else in the world
V - vocal
W - waistline - no longer have one, but will again someday.
X - xanthan gum - something I'm sure I ingest every single day of my life, but what exactly is it?
Y - yawning - it's past my bedtime, so good night.
Z - Zan - Yay that I married a man with a "Z" name and named a child with a "Q" name just for the reason of being able to fill in the spaces on this list.
I tag:
Paige, Jenny, Danielle, Darilyn, Tonya, and Vaxhacker
Thursday, February 26, 2009
ABC Tag
My friend Rebecca tagged me to do this, so here it goes.
Posted by Hesses Madhouse at 10:13 PM 5 people had something to say about all this Madness
A Little Clearer than Mud Now
Heard from the OB today. He clarified the terms in the test results. No wonder I was so confused. You should read the results--oh my GOSH! You'd have to have a PhD to understand them. Here's what he wrote today:
"IgG is an immune component that indicates an exposure from a long time ago, and in a lot of cases indicates a long-term immunity. IgM is an immune component that, if elevated, indicates a current infection. Your profile most likely indicates that you were exposed at some point in the past (probably well before this pregnancy) but do not have a current infection."
Wahooooo! So glad to finally understand. Glad to have an G and not an M. Ha ha as if I knew what either of those was before.
Posted by Hesses Madhouse at 4:15 PM 2 people had something to say about all this Madness
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Back to the Calm Life
I just have to apologize for all the drama lately. Life is usually fairly sedate around here. Thank you for all your prayers, phone calls, emails, love and concern. I'm grateful to have such good friends.
Posted by Hesses Madhouse at 9:21 PM 1 comments
So many things to learn....
I got an email from Kaiser last night and thus read the results of the blood test run for fifth disease. I emailed my doctor (or the one acting for my doctor while she's out of town) to make sure I was understanding what I was reading.
It looked like the worst case scenario--recently exposed with no antibodies present to protect against the disease and thus protect the baby from possible heart failure and miscarriage. I read it to Z, and he agreed that it sounded like the worst. I would be happy to share these results with you if you know how to interpret these kinds of things. As I look back at them even now, I'm not sure of what they're saying.
As I went to bed last night, I was worried. I have received blessings through the priesthood since this pregnancy began that have been very positive and encouraging. Yet, I still hope that I am doing my part to see these come to pass--that I am being wise and faithful.
Before I went to bed, I realized that I hadn't yet read my scriptures for the day. I turned to where I left off--1 Nephi 17:25. I don't usually stop in the middle of chapters, but for some reason I did the other night.
In this part of the Book of Mormon, Nephi is talking to his brothers, and yet again, trying to persuade them to do what is right in the sight of God. Oh, I mean, he was talking to me.
He shares that the children of Israel were led out of bondage by Moses. I love that he says something along the lines of "and we know that this was a good thing." He talks about how the Red Sea was parted for them, the Egyptians were drowned, they were fed manna, and Moses clave the rock for them that they could have water to drink. They were led every day. It was evident. Yet they still hardened their hearts and sought for more when the going got tough. They were insatiable in their desires to God.
Woah! Is this to me, or what? I felt very chastened. I AM fed manna daily. He leads me and give me evidence of His existence daily. I KNOW He's there. I know He loves me. There is no question in my mind, but how quickly I am to become Laman.
My dad called this morning. He never calls (or I guess rarely would be fairer to say). I think the last time he called me was about six months ago or more. I call him. My mom was always that caller. I was surprised. It was 7:30am. I was just about to walk the kids out the door. He asked how I was. I told him, "Okay." He responded with, "Just okay?" He said he had a number of things to talk to me about and to call him when I had a minute. I told him I was walking the kids out the door, and I'd call him in a few minutes.
It worked out perfectly, G's home because he had a fever yesterday, so he stayed with the little boys, and I walked DJ and B to school. I called my dad on the way home, and we talked the entire way--just me and him; no interruptions.
I believe that everybody needs someone in their lives who is going to give them the straight scoop no matter what. Someone who doesn't worry about hurting their feelings, but lovingly tells them what's what. That has always been my dad for me. After he remarried, this person disappeared, and we became more like acquaintances. Today, he was back; just when I needed him (tender mercy).
He told me the things he needed to, and then I shared with him my new worries. He reassured me that I was worrying about things that I didn't need to. Then, in his patriarchal wisdom, he told me that I needed to petition the Lord to ratify the priesthood blessings and bring them to pass on my and Lachlan's behalf. This was just what I needed to hear; something proactive that I could do.
After hanging up the phone, I went back into the house. I think I paced out in front of my garage door talking to him for about 20 minutes--I had nearly worn a path. If you wonder about the newly formed moat at the top of our driveway, you'll now understand.
I went straight up to my room, locked the door, and got on my knees. I did just what my dad had advised. After saying "amen," I felt great peace and comfort.
I got up, and the phone rang. It was Kaiser. The nurse on the other end told me that she was calling with my test results. She said that the test had come back negative--I had the antibodies against fifth disease. For a moment I thought I'd better clean my ears out to make sure I was hearing correctly. She followed that up with, "So there is no worry about you harming this little one with this in anyway."
I hung up the phone and got back on my knees.
Posted by Hesses Madhouse at 8:58 AM 7 people had something to say about all this Madness
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Shaken Again...Dang, I Need a Mental Health Day
Don't feel much like smiling tonight.
Got the results back from the blood test. Looks as though I have recently been exposed to the virus and that I do not have the antibodies in my system. It is requested that I go back in a week from Thursday for another blood test.
What does this mean? I don't know.
The doctor yesterday said it was worst in the first trimester, but the pediatrician said the second. The other thing the OB said was that it would be very unusual for this to cause miscarriage, but it could also cause growth complications later on.
So, please keep us in your prayers.
Posted by Hesses Madhouse at 9:13 PM 7 people had something to say about all this Madness
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Shaken but Standing Stronger
Note: Before you read this post, please know that it's a bit lengthy and personal. I had to share it, but I hope that you will read it with an open heart. Please also note that pregnancy is a big topic for me right now, and I know that it can get a bit tiring to hear about another woman's pregnancy experiences. If you choose not to read this, I completely understand and won't be hurt in the slightest. Oh, one last thing, I hope that the feelings I express here are shared by anyone who reads this--I hope you already have the same joy I am only beginning to understand.
This past week, I've been a bit preoccupied. After seeing the doctor with Teagen, and his diagnosis that it wasn't fifth disease, put my mind at ease quite a bit, and I was ready to move on.
Quite a bit later, I checked to see that I had new comments made to my updated post. It is true that I 'm not one looking for someone to sugar-coat everything for me and actually get a bit annoyed when it seems that others aren't being completely truthful and straightforward, but I don't find that to be the case with those of you who read my blog--thank you! Thank you for being willing to take the time to help me out. Thank you for sharing yourselves and your experiences with me, so that I can be that much more informed.
After reading comments the other day, I realized that I wasn't out of the woods as far as fifth's goes. Many doubts entered my mind, which I shouldn't have allowed--what if the doctor was wrong? What if the blood test comes back that I have no immunities? And worst of all--what if I lose this baby? So, needless to say, it's been a mentally taxing week full of resurrected worry.
It built in me a new appreciation for this little one growing inside me and what she must go through on a daily basis. It also made me understand what a blessing this is--to have another child. Since becoming aware of her presence back in November, I have felt that enthusiasm grow out of nothing, very gradually, but it seems that there are daily experiences and lessons that help prepare me for what lies ahead.
There have been interesting trials with this pregnancy that I've never had before. Each of these has helped me understand out how sometimes we come to understand our greatest blessings only by those same blessings be tried and potentially taken away. I am grateful for this new lesson in my life.
Three days after I found out I was pregnant, I started spotting. I realized that I had a choice to make. I could help out either way--just keep going and running and pushing myself like always and choose my own will--the easy way out, or I could lay low and take it easy, which is against my nature as a mother and choose Father in Heaven's will for our family. I knew what I had to choose. Because I was forced into making that choice, my will has been changed.
With the fifth disease scare, I realized that in this case, it had nothing to do with a choice, I had to be totally and completely reliant on Him. Ugh! Not an easy thing--at least for me.
I am grateful for how well He knows me. I'm grateful for how He knows what it's going to take to make me a bit more (I'm sorry I don't know as good a word for it in English) sunao (here's the definition from freedict.com--"obedient, meek, docile, unaffected." All these things wrapped into one; great word, huh?).
As for now, Lachlan continues to make her tiny presence known, and I am pleased to know that she will yet be ours. I also know that as far as the outcome of all of this, it's in the Lord's hands, and I must submit to that--of course I must do the best I can do as far as my own will is concerned, but any farther than that, I must lean on Him.
Today, another lesson was sent my way. A great tender mercy, and I was overwhelmed by it and still feel like I don't have the full grasp of what was being said. We were sitting in Sunday School, and Brother Moulton was teaching.
At the end of his lesson, it seemed that he suddenly turned from his original plan, he turned to the women in the room and asked, "Sisters, do you feel that you lack any of the blessings of the priesthood?" I shook my head as I pondered on the importance of this question. He looked me in the face and said, "Do you?"
I quietly answered, "I have the lion's share." I'm not sure where these words came from because I wasn't actively thinking them, but as I said them, they sunk into my heart as I realized the truth. I knew Z felt what I was feeling at that moment. The entire rest of the lesson added to those feelings.
Brother Moulton closed his lesson with this. The icing on the cake:
"They made a covenant that together they would open the treasure and, as instructed, he would watch over the vault and protect it; she would watch over the treasure. She was not concerned that, as guardian of the vault, he held two keys, for his full purpose was to see that she was safe as she watched over that which was most precious to them both. Together they opened the safe and partook of their inheritance. They rejoiced, for, as promised, it replenished itself.
"With great joy they found that they could pass the treasure on to their children; each could receive a full measure, undiminished to the last generation.
From an address by Elder Packer in the October 1993 general conference of the Church (see Conference Report, Oct. 1993, 27–31; or Ensign, Nov. 1993, 21–24).
Posted by Hesses Madhouse at 4:42 PM 8 people had something to say about all this Madness
Friday, February 20, 2009
I Only Have a Second
Gotta run some kids out the door and up to the school, but I thought I'd give a quick update of yesterday's happenings with the doctor.
I called, and the ob told me to go in and have a blood test run to see if I have the immunities for fifth disease. I was then transferred to the pediatrics office and made an appointment for the early afternoon.
By yesterday morning, the rash had paled in color but was still very sandpaper-like.
We saw Dr. Hamill (not our regular doctor, but he was GREAT!). T is my hardest kid so far at the doctor's office, but the dr. came in, told T he was going to look in his ears but before he did, he needed to give T the proper tools. He handed him a tongue depressor, the reflex hammer and a little black, cone-like thing for checking his ears (don't know what it's called, but you know what I'm talking about). He asked T to hold each one for him. This completely distracted T from what was going on. It was all a breeze. I have to make a note here, that I have recommitted myself to "Jim Fay"ing the kids at our home, which has made a BIG difference in T even in two days. I think this may have affected his behavior yesterday as well.
So, the result, Dr. Hamill doesn't believe it is Fifth Disease but just a viral rash. He has no signs of a rash on his extremities and isn't extremely sick respiratorily (is that a word?), so just part of the virus?
I went down and got the blood test done anyway. I meet with my dr. on Monday afternoon, but they probably won't have the results by then, so we'll see some time next week.
One thing Dr. Hamill did tell me, which I didn't know, and I've heard varying things, is that Fifth Disease is most dangerous in the 2nd trimester (right where I am), so let's hope for immunity, or that it's not Fifth Disease.
By the way, if you're a Kaiser patient, I highly recommend Dr. Hamill. If I ever have to change from the pediatrician that we love so much, he might just be my second choice.
Posted by Hesses Madhouse at 7:28 AM 6 people had something to say about all this Madness
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Just a Little Nervous
T's had a rash on his face for the past few days. I haven't really thought much about it. A couple of my kids, especially those with asthma, tend to be a bit rashy from time to time, so I usually don't stress about it knowing it's just going to pass.
Posted by Hesses Madhouse at 7:44 PM 5 people had something to say about all this Madness
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
What About Bruce?
Posted by Hesses Madhouse at 12:25 PM 9 people had something to say about all this Madness
Monday, February 9, 2009
That's Right, Folks!
Posted by Hesses Madhouse at 11:42 AM 11 people had something to say about all this Madness
Is anybody still out there? Have you all lost interest all together because of my lack of blogging? I have been choosing sleep over blogging lately--just tired a lot of the time. I never realized how much sleep time I was sacrificing to blog therapy--but man was it worth it. Pregnancy at age 40, I've decided requires different sacrifices. Sleep is just one of those things I am compelled to participate in right now.
So, here's the big scoop. This baby's been cookin' for 20 weeks now. Hard to believe we're half way. It's gone by sooo fast. Today is the big gender-exposing ultrasound. We're all very excited here. I figure, when we know, I'll change the color of my background to match. If it remains green, you'll know the little one didn't cooperate.
Here's my hang up. My last three children have been boys. This is the family I was raised in--two-girls, four boys. Kind of a nice little set up.
At this point, I have to be super honest. I'd LOVE to have a girl. Here's my reason. If it's a girl, I know I can feel that we're done and complete. I want to feel that way no matter what. I'm now, I feel, too old to have more kids. Having not felt that "we're all done" feeling yet (I tried to convince myself after T just for the reason of age alone, but quite honestly never felt it), I'm not sure what it's going to take to feel it. Maybe I'll just feel it no matter what, but I think if it ends up being a girl, I will feel done, done, done.
Please don't get me wrong. I would LOVE to have a boy too. I will welcome any child that comes our way. I'm also hoping that it's just healthy, but since I've had this girl's name for the last three children and can't think of a boy's name to save my life, it would be really nice to finally bequeath this name on someone.
So, please know that I will be happy no matter what. I'm just sharing my honest silliness (oooh that could be a really good subtitle to this whole blog).
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- How US v. Google Antitrust Case Changes Internet Platform Antitrust Outlook - September 18, 2020
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Big Brother Inc. Google is outraged at Big Brother NSA?
Is there no honor among spies?
Google's faux outrage at the Washington Post's Snowden story that the NSA directly tapped into Google's internal network of data centers to surveil whatever it wanted, is akin to the classic line in Casablanca, where Captain Renault feigned public outrage in telling his casino partner: "I am shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on here!"
The substantial evidence below indicates that Google is not an unsophisticated, unwitting victim of hacking by the NSA, or that it is opposed to spying. Google Inc. clearly does not have the coercive sovereign power that the NSA has. However, the evidence shows that it has a similar spying habits, legal positions, and attitudes; and that it also has had a decade-long record of cooperation with U.S. intelligence services.
Similar spying habits.
Consider the number of times Google has gotten caught doing basically the same thing the NSA allegedly did — secretly tapping into others' information without permission, which most would call "spying."
- Google got caught spying and intercepting home WiFi emissions of many tens of millions of people in 33 countries over a period of three years, and paid fines for it inthe U.S. and many othercountries. A U.S. appeals court recently ruled Google WiSpy was engaged in unauthorized wiretapping.
- Google got caught hacking into Apple's iPhone operating system to bypass consumers' privacy/security settings to target Google advertising, and paid a record$22m FTC fine for "tapping into" Apple's internal network without permission.
- A Federal court recently ruled that Google's scanning of people's gmails without the parties' permission is unauthorized wiretapping, or in other words, spying on people.
- Google Glass enables surreptitious video recordings of others' private conversations with a whisper or a blink of an eye, leading many entities to ban Google Spy-Glass for their obvious spying potential.
Similar legal positions.
Consider the similarity of Google's and the NSA's stances that what they are doing is legal – i.e. not specifically illegal. Google's standard line in court: our services are legal because "a person has no expectation of privacy" if they use Google's services. That sounds similar to the NSA's blanket claims that everything they collect is legal and has been authorized by law and a court.
Similar spying attitudes.
Consider these telling quotes from Google's leadership.
"If you have something you don't want anyone to know, then maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place" said Google Chairman Eric Schmidt on CNBC.
- "We know where you are. We know where you've been. We can more or less know what you're thinking about;" said Google Chairman Eric Schmidt per the Atlantic.
- "We want Google to become the third part of your brain;" said Google co-founder Sergey Brin per Business Insider.
- "I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time," Google Chairman Eric Schmidt toldthe WSJ.
- "There's been spying for years and there's been surveillance for years and so forth, I'm not going to pass judgment on that, it's the nature of our society" said Google Chairman Eric Schmidt last month per RT.
A decade of spy cooperation.
Consider how Google has cooperated with America's intelligence collecting services over the last decade.
- In 2004, Google's purchased the CIA/In-Q-Tel-funded Keyhole to enable Google Earth.
- In 2008, Google sold servers to U.S. intelligence services.
- In 2009, Google asked the NSA for help in warding off Chinese hackers who broke into Google and stole their entire password system.
- In 2010, a U.S. spy agency offered Google an exclusive no-bid contract for its mapping service, most likely because of its 2004 acquisition of CIA/In-Q-Tel-fundedKeyhole for Google Earth.
- In 2010, Google Venture co-invested with the CIA's investment fund In-Q-Tel in Recorded Future.
In sum, we have to ignore a lot of evidence to believe that Google is shocked that the NSA tapped into their well-known "open" system.
Simply, Google has more capabilities, to spy on more people, in more ways, more intimately, than any other private entity ever. This makes Google, Big Brother Inc., and a uniquely valuable, one-stop, spy partner, wittingly or unwittingly, for any sovereign Big Brother wannabe to leverage.
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'Fifty thugs' attacked Spurs fans
The English football fan stabbed by Italian thugs in an apparently anti-semitic ambush has said his attackers "came out of nowhere".
Ashley Mills, 25, was enjoying a drink with fellow Tottenham Hotspur fans at a bar in Campo de Fiore, in central Rome, at 1am on Thursday when up to 50 masked thugs launched what officials have called a targeted and planned assault.
On Friday, Mr Mills, who is being treated at the Eternal City's San Camillo Hospital told London's Evening Standard: "They came out of nowhere. I didn't see the guy who stabbed me. There were too many of them."
Mr Mills was stabbed in the leg and head and at least 10 other Spurs fans and bystanders were injured as the hooligans - known as Ultras - stormed the Drunken Ship pub. A bystander stemmed the bleeding until paramedics arrived and helped save him.
The builder, from Hutton, Essex, said there was a good atmosphere in the bar, in which he and friends were enjoying a few drinks, but the situation changed quickly. He added: "I was standing outside drinking and the next thing I knew there were loads of them. It happened very quickly, I don't remember much. I remember being pulled out, along the ground, after I had been stabbed."
The attack, which wrecked the pub, happened as Spurs fans prepared to watch their team play Lazio in the Europa League. Initial reports suggested Lazio fans were exclusively to blame for the assault which was apparently launched with shouts of abuse about the English team's historical Jewish roots.
Before the match, Lazio club president Claudio Lotito denied his fans were responsible. But shortly afterwards, as the game got under way, Lazio fans chanted "Juden Tottenham" - using the German word for Jew, and also unfurled a "Free Palestine" banner. Uefa is expected to decide later on Friday if Lazio should answer for its alleged anti-semitism, after the chanting.
However, two fans from the city's other Serie A club, Roma, have been charged with attempted murder. Officers said Francesco Ianari, 26, and Mauro Pinnelli, 25, were in custody and would appear in court on Saturday.
The president of the Italian Football Association (FIGC) has sent a letter of apology to English FA chairman David Bernstein following the attack. Giancarlo Abete said in a statement: "Once again, football has given a handful of delinquents the excuse to take out their racist and anti-semite anger.
"There is evidence of this undoubted motive, which is detrimental to the image of Italian football and doesn't match with the traditional hospitality and welcome of the city of Rome. The city authorities and I publicly express our firm condemnation, with my personal indignation at these events. I beg you to send our apologies to all Tottenham's fans - and in particular to those families directly involved. I will personally follow the investigation's development and remain at your disposal should my assistance in any further matters be required."


text: He did it. Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and nerd superhero, just made his debut on Dancing with the Stars. As you'd expect, the surprisingly nimble Woz enjoyed himself without concern of mockery. But as one judge put it, "overall it was a disaster." Hey Woz, you're still a champion to us.


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The 57th annual Grammy Award ceremony's this past Sunday seemed to have surprised everyone. Many performances had a far more serious, even evangelical tone with references to domestic violence and the revived understanding of racism bought on by the police violence of 2014. Maturity and growth were very heavily emphasized on every level-performance and presentation wise. It was Prince,who just released two albums at the end of the last year,who got everyone's attention-with the words printed above spoken as he presented the Grammy for the best album of 2014.
Prince's words are what moved me to pick this particular topic for this weeks blog. One very important musical factor shared with my blogging partner Rique is our appreciation and advocacy for the full length album as an important artistic format in terms of how the music we love and are socially moved by is presented. To have someone with as rich a musical history as Prince bring this up at a major award ceremony confirmed the 2010's have been all about the revival of the album as a driving force in the funk/soul/jazz/R&B spectrum in particular. So here's my list,year by year of the music on that particular playing field that's deeply effected my listening.
Erykah Badu is always one to throw the unexpected into her grooves. Here her thick,burbling jams blend into songs that are not only a cohesive statement but when sampling is used? They are of things like Paul McCartney album tracks of AOR oriented fusion artists such as David Sancious or Roy Ayers' Sylvia Striplin. A wondrously sexy celebration of the funk album.
Janelle Monae here was a key figure in the focus of both my music related blogs with her multi-genre embrace of the Afro Futurist ethic. This album was and is a true game changer in that regard.
With both artists always edging just on the border of funk with their own respective releases? The groove burst out completely and with a total fluidity for John Legend and his backing band The Roots-including drummer/producer ?ueslove, for this (so far) one time musical collaboration.
Known more for being innovative in terms of single songs,Beyonce's fourth solo album gained a complete full length flow with a much more mature sound. Including the very polished Quincy Jones/Westlake style production of "Love On Top".
Lenny Kravitz always had loads of funk in him. Here and there. Took him a long time before he fully identified with that funkier instrumental groove. And did so on one of his most thorough musical statements to date.
With contemporary electronic pop/hip-hop/dance music usually having enough energy to stretch only across a few songs? Chris Brown,during a less than satisfactory period for him personally no less,managed to take the contemporary musical end of his genre and stretch it out successfully longer than I've heard most do such a thing in some time.
This explosively percussion Afro-Funk group recording for Daptone were so connected to the original Afrocentric pulse that spawned the original funk process groups such as Santana,Mandrill and War that following this album they became the backing band for the Broadway musical Fela! A rebirth of full length poly-rhythm at it's finest!
Psychedelic,meditative and non traditionally structured sophomore release from new comer Miguel.
Bassist Victor Wooten saw such depth in this material that he released it both as a vocal and instrumental piece. Very original musical presentation at this time.
Macy Gray bought out her inner Sly Stone for this literal celebration of the album-re-making every song in original order from Stevie Wonder's 1972 breakthrough album Talking Book on it's 40th anniversary.
Talented bassist/singer Esperanza Spalding brings out the sprawling mid 70's jazz/funk vibe for what is probably her most defining album as of yet.
Electronica meets boogie funk from a very interesting source blending a hard grooving as well as an ethereal quality.
Potent mix of electronica and boogie/synth funk.
Very bold sound from Georgia Anne Muldrow that embraces dramatic jazz/funk with a boom rap approach to production.
Crescent City native Trombone Shorty presents the instrumental style of horn funk as a genre of sorts all it's own,with many different tributaries,on this one album.
Flying Lotus bassist Thundercat brings a huge,cinematic approach to psychedelic jazz-funk.
The first of two Justin Timberlake comeback's this year. Probably a huge re-awakening for the album length music format,complete with 7-8 minute jams,that bough extended soul/funk to the broader contemporary pop audience.
Long time producer emerges as a fully complete solo artist-full of funkified rhythmic energy and shook the world up in a way no funky music has in over three decades with "Happy".
Kelis returns with an album that takes a very JB like organic instrumental soul/funk turn.
Robin Thicke's emotionally charged break up album is a full on raw, muscular funk/soul extravaganza
Prince and the female instrumental trio 3rdEyeGirl become part of the double edged album sword in his studio comeback. It showcases a multi hued psychedelic funk/rock sound where the whole is definitely more important than the sum of it's parts.
Oaklands own Goapele lends the funk of Pharrell Williams and flowing,piano based jazzy soul/pop on an album that celebrates the flow of musical depth,dignity and elegance.
D'Angelo shakes the world up with an extremely funkified statement that is still,at the time of this writing,showing people that black lives (and black music) matter a great deal.
2015 (So Far)
With the month of January often being a driftwood month for new music? Mark Ronson brings Bruno Mars,Mystikal and Stevie Wonder together for some serious,churning "uptown funk? of many colors!
There were honestly more albums than I could've seriously listed in this blog that also fit right into it. But these ones made the most important statements on their own terms perhaps. A single song will always say a great deal. But if one impulse or a series of musical/lyrical impulse can be expanded out in a way that expands the mind naturally through a powerfully grooving auditory experience? Than I saw so much the better. So let's all have it for the musical impact of the album! It's a key organ in the anatomy of the groove!


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Duration: 365 days
Self-sufficiency slain
"Without me ye can do nothing." John 15:5
Suggested Further Reading: 2 Chronicles 32:20-31
You are not capable of performing the lowest act of the divine life, except as you receive strength from God the Holy Spirit. And surely, my brethren, it is generally in these little things that we find out most of all our weakness. Peter can walk the waves of the sea, but he cannot bear the derision of a little maid. Job can endure the loss of all things, but the upbraiding words of his false friends, though they be but words, and break no bones—make him speak far more bitterly than all the sore boils which were in his very skin. Jonah said he did well to be angry, even unto death, about a gourd. Have you not often heard that mighty men who have outlived hundreds of battles have been slain at last by the most trivial accident? And has it not been so with professed Christians? They stood uprightly in the midst of the greatest trials; they have outlived the most arduous struggles, and yet in an evil hour, trusting to themselves, their foot has slipped under some slight temptation, or because of some small difficulty. John Newton says: "The grace of God is as necessary to create a right temper in Christians on the breaking of a china plate as on the death of an only son." These little leaks need the most careful stopping. The plague of flies is no more easy to be stayed than that of the destroying angel. In little as well as in great things the just must live by faith. In trifles as well as in nobler exercises the believer should be conscious of his own inability,—should never say of any act, "Now I am strong enough to perform this; I need not go to God in prayer about this; this is so little a thing."
For meditation: We need to bring everything to God in prayer, not only the things which worry us (Philippians 4:6); the apostle Paul had learned how to face all situations and how to do all things in Christ who strengthened him (Philippians 4:13).
Sermon no. 345
12 November (Preached 11 November 1860)365 Days with C.H. Spurgeon, Vol. 1: A Unique Collection of 365 Daily Readings from Sermons Preached by Charles Haddon Spurgeon from His New Park Street Pulpit (365 Days With Series); edited by Terence Peter Crosby; (c) Day One Publications, 1998.