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2013-06-28 • Bernice avec 23&Me
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vkn: Heyyyyy Selma
Selma: Afternoon vkn Reading Melvin's post on FB..he found his folks named in a NC will in 1830..they were later taken to Mississippi
vkn: I need a Sla[one T ] er consult with you
Selma: Ok vkn Afternoon alt.
alt: hi ladies.. Selma & vkn ... good friday to you.
vkn: Howdy Alt
Selma: taken to Mississippi in 1850
vkn: Wow for Melvin Would like to consult with you alt re my one T Slatter
alt: okay vkn wow for Melvin ?????? Hi 'Zona lol
vkn: I am dissecting an old doc on my Allegro where she bought a property in 1867 and getting new insight
daviss: hello alt, Selma and vkn!
vkn: Heyyy Daviss
alt: now that is nice vkn.. an AA woman buying property in 1867
vkn: and paying cash too alt
alt: now that is sumpin' course I guess "credit" wasn't extended to AA's unless they had some kind of position of power in the community at that time. and a woman too
daviss: how's everyone!
vkn: doing good
alt: I'm still 'reeling' from the DNA show last night daviss
daviss: nice show alt wasn't it?
Selma: Afternoon daviss..
alt: hmmmmmn
daviss: What did you learn different alt?
vkn: It was an excellent presentation by interviewer/Bernice and interviewees
alt: not much... maybe a different perspective from the guests
Selma: What I learned is that folks are looking for the magic bullet..with no context..just my opinion LOL
alt: there you go Selma
daviss: most are Selma except those that are true genealogist I think
vkn: I arrived late and had to grasp a lot but enjoyed the environment
AYWalton: Good aftenoon, all. Howdy alt, daviss, Mizz Selma.
alt: I wonder just how much folks think they can get from a test that costs less than $100.00? Hello AYWalton
vkn: Daviss i think people are jumping at conclusions genealogist or not
AYWalton: I see you are all discussing last night's chat on DNA from Bernice's show.
alt: now that I agree with vkn re: jumping to conclusions
AYWalton: the show was quite lively indeed. The largest in attendance, I think a record was broken for sure.
vkn: DNA Pool is a teeny boat in a big sea
alt: now it was "lively" no doubt about that AYWalton
AYWalton: Did I understand it correctly when one of them said only about 300,000 people were tested with one of the companies?
alt: hello Seventies
Seventies: good afternoon alt, AYWalton, daviss Selma and vkn
Selma: That is what he said AY...
daviss: Hello Seventies
AYWalton: that is not even a droplet in comparison to the millions of people on earth.
vkn: But Selma has concluded that previously so we actually have trendings
Selma: That is what he said re 23 and me had AY..and they had the largest sample.
AYWalton: so all of the discussion about centamorgans,and snips and snaps just derails us from discussing possible paper trails.
alt: that's what I heard too AYWalton .. and that was for 'autosomal DNA which is ALL that 23andme reports on genealogically.
AYWalton: I do enjoy seeing the names of people with whom I match, to appreciate that back in the line somewhere paths have crossed. But much of it won't ever be figured out.
alt: not from the 'depth' and "level' of the RF ausomal testing & matches
AYWalton: I find one kind of exception. If one lives in a "destination" city from the Great Migration, and large numbers of people in your genea circle have tested and you all have ties to an ancestral community--it is no surprise that you might learn that you are cousins. But those who don't have large numbers of associates who have tested, are less likely to run into, or find new cousins. and 300,000---that is extremely small.
vkn: indeed
alt: and place that example in the context of the Middle Passage AYWalton
AYWalton: another excellent point, alt.
Selma: Its like the folks from the NY Burial Ground being related to the Inuits from Alaska..the pool they were comparing them to was too, too small
AYWalton: and the odds are less likely for us to figure out the puzzle if you have enslaved ancestors. Two siblings may have been on the same ship, but then sold away from each other, never to meet again.
alt: exactly AYWalton
AYWalton: exactly. And Native Americans generally don't test, so again the NA/Asian numbers don't mean much at all. And again---300,000 is not a lot of people.
vkn: The presenters I thought had a solid knowledge base and were excellent presenters who complimented each other.
alt: I know MY genealogical research is really centered around only 2-3-4 of my family lines and virtually nothing on my paternal family beyond my grandfather.
AYWalton: this country alone has what---130 or 140 million people? That is not even 1%. And many of us have lines that go back pretty far, but on just one line. Not the 16 gr. gr. grandparents's lines.
Selma: Something about it is not clicking in my head at all...but that is just me
alt: I think we're around 250-300 million
AYWalton: no it is not just you, selma.
vkn: Bernice also presented in a smooth manner. Her queries were solid.
alt: right Selma.. I can't get my arms around it either.
AYWalton: I admit that I enjoy playing with data, and knowing that maybe 300 years or so, daviss and I had a common ancestor, walking around. But will we know who it is? (It's probably her Mariah hiding out somewhere.) Probably we will never find that out. Bernice is an excellent host. And she handles the callers and chatters smoothly. Good radio presence.
Selma: Yes she is..she keeps good control and keeps the conversation flowing
alt: yes, I thought she did a fine job jgggling between chat, phone calls & her guests.... very smooth job by Bernice
AYWalton: She has a good sense of rhythm, and pace, and watches the clock and keeps the flow going nicely. that is a hard thing to do and to watch the clock as well. She had over 75 people in the room and additional callers listening by phone, numbered over 300. and DNA is one of those hot topics.
alt: she's good.... hats off & kudos to Bernice!!!!!!
daviss: The questions were coming so fast in chat, I did not get the answer to my question lol
AYWalton: I think that still many also don't want to acknowledge ties to African Americans.
vkn: I saw 80 peeps in the room when I entered about 9:45
AYWalton: I think one of the guests was defensive about that, saying that they didn't think so. Well I know so. We all do.
Selma: Yes we do...
AYWalton: But that is the difference in perspective. Kind of why some of us are not surprised that Paula Deen used the N word. We already know that, and kind of yawn at the current news of the week.
Selma: I also think that although some folks are doing it..they do find it invasive when folks contact them..my question is..why bother
AYWalton: (when we need to be worried over the Supreme Court ruling and not a southern woman saying something we know that they all say.) But our perspectives are so different.
daviss: thats because in her gen world they may accept it
AYWalton: We KNOW their resistance and many of them don't know their resistance.
vkn: AYWalton that person , to me, was counting dollars and did not want to risk losing any, Black or White so the response was tightly measured.
daviss: Genealogist I mean, not the average person
AYWalton: good point, vkn. it was a delicate path to tread one.
vkn: indeed and loaded
AYWalton: A room full of Black people talking about DNA filled the room with mostly anonymous guests.
alt: I'm surprised at the 'lack' of genealogy & family history that most of the folks who contact me looking for a connection have about their own families
AYWalton: And one person also asked about Dr. Kittles. There is a concern that Afr. Ancestry is outside of the mainstream. exactly alt, I agree with you there. Most have no knowledge of their history at all. So how can we make headway with that? I worry that too many non-genealogists are busy discussing centamorgans and they have never looked at a census or vital record.
alt: yep AYWalton
Selma: You there seventies?
AYWalton: I read some of the posts on Facebook, and have no idea what they are talking about and I don't think they do either. Ok--so two people share 17% on two segments. What does that mean in English? And who is the common ancestor? Only research will tell that story.
Selma: AY..saw on FB that Melvin found his folks in a 1830 NC will
vkn: Well the DNA people had excellent marketing in the outset Remember how many dollars Lisa Lee spent before she gave up the DNA ghost
AYWalton: Yes, I saw that two---another line opening up for him. Again---through the paper trail and research.
alt: and not realizing or thinking the SNP/STR's are gene patterns on chromosones.. they speak as if we inherit chromosones, when it is chromsones comprised of genes that is inherited
AYWalton: I don't recall that about Lisa, vkn. What happened?
daviss: so did Lisa Lee not have a paper trail?
vkn: and now the market seems more affordable for the average Josephine
AYWalton: Wow. It was far more expensive in the beginning.
vkn: she spent up to $3000 dollars Angela
AYWalton: wow!!! I didn't realize that!
Selma: Delete that comment later vkn
vkn: It is all posted on the DNA forum
Selma: OH... LOL
alt: I've spent probably 1,500 & that is excluding autosomal DNA, but just in upgrades to my Y & mtDNA.
vkn: and I recall that E.T. cautioned all about results expectation
alt: which they didn't even begin to discuss last night possible upgrades to autosomal testing
AYWalton: but I am thinking with only 300,000 people tested, I guess it is rather remarkable that I have 670 "matches". Of course most of them are "4th to distant" cousins and a majority of them are white. My closest 4 matches are Black folks.
daviss: do those 300 thou people include those that were already in the system for the health results AYWalton?
AYWalton: so sending out invitations to share genomes, is not necessarily going to get most of us anywhere or any closer. I don't know, daviss.
alt: from their Roots into the Future prgram we know that less than 10K of that 300,000 are AA's
Selma: The majority of genealogists are white, females over the age of 50..they probably account for the majority of samples
AYWalton: I think that we probably match many of those whites through their gr. grandfathers who may have fathered children with enslaved women. And for some like alt's line some may have been indentured European women who had children with enslaved men.
alt: or white woman who had chldren with black men LOL LOL LOL
AYWalton: ....as many FPC's did. (yep I got ya covered, alt!) lol
vkn: lol
alt: right on AYWalton
Seventies: Someone framed that question on 23 and me.
AYWalton: I know that Bernice has found lots of cousins in the DC area as it turns out because about 8 or 10 of them in her genea-circle have roots in Old Edgefield District of SC. So this being a destination city during the Gr. Migration, the cousins are showing up. But that is an anomaly.
alt: exactly AYWalton
AYWalton: I don't live in a destination city where my Arkansas or Oklahoma Ancestors went. I am here on the east coast when folks from my part of the country went either west to AZ and CA, or north to IL and MI. And Sedalia and I are DNA cousins over on FamilyTreeDNA, but we don't show up at all on 23andMe.
Seventies: In my locale, we have tons from North Carolina
AYWalton: And she and I are high resolution matches.
daviss: They use different tools don't they AYWalton?
AYWalton: I think so, daviss. Plus she and I took the mtDNA test with FamilyTreeDNA, and the autosomnal is a different kind of test.
daviss: to say "genealogical timeframe"
AYWalton: Different results and algorithms.
alt: and for me on my maternal lines they date back to to FPOC and colonial whites.. no way I'm finding 4-5 cousins fro the kate 1700's from VA/MD/KY, etc. who weren't part of larger AA communities
AYWalton: That's interesting alt. and have lots of persons in your circle tested, alt? Not many in my circle, have tested at all.
daviss: I have picked up two ladies who match me on 23 and on Ancestrydna. However the cm's and snips are different In fact on Ancestry they run higher
alt: no, not my circles AYWalton, but I have 800+ matches on 23+me & over 1,000 on ancestryDNA probably 80-90 % 'white".
AYWalton: I have enjoyed playing with the data, but we have to keep in mind that the DNA data does not replace the work that we have to do on paper.
daviss: true AYWalton
Selma: You are talking to the choir here AY..
AYWalton: I think the chat was so full, because with DNA-talk there is the underlying fact of sex and race. So the room was bursting at the seams with those underlying facts.
alt: I have euro folks telling me about their ancestors from the late 1600's, early 1700's here in America and expect me to know of the connections ... yeah right
Selma: You mean the stork didn't bring me
daviss: lol
vkn: be nice selma lol
AYWalton: lol you are too funny!
Selma: Well this funny person has to run
AYWalton: no stork, he just fell off the turnip truck!
alt: cousin Selma, our ancestors were on the same boat, just some went to Chicago & others went to San Francisco .. so to speak LOL
AYWalton: Good discussion folks. I better run as well, folks. Working on MAAGI stuff.
Selma: You all have a great day
vkn: we be three
daviss: :?
alt: amigos LOL
vkn: good peeps
daviss: ok
alt: is it "that' time?????
vkn: will consult with you on tues next alt
daviss: guess so alt
alt: okay vkn... oh, karoshi will be in my area tomorrow, hope to meet her.
vkn: will send you a redlined doc in advance
alt: okay vkn. be looking for it
daviss: talk to you both later have a good one
vkn: okies


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Sunday, February 18, 2007
Left Behind
This experience has made me really understand the desire to power-level characters. I really want to play with my guild, to see new content with them. I like levelling, and I don't really want to skip content, but I do want to play with my friends.
Levels and progression are both boon and bane to this genre. The idea of slowly improving your character is a major attraction, and just the process of levelling up is fun. But when levels are out of sync, they are annoying because they are preventing you from playing with your friends.
I have a couple of real life friends on the server as well. One just started a month ago, so all of our levels are out of whack. To be honest, there's probably no real way we are all going to be able to play together until we all hit 70. When levels no longer matter.
In many ways, this is the central paradox of the MMO genre. Levels are the carrot, the reason for playing. They represent effort and achievement. But levels also prevent you from playing with your friends. This Penny Arcade comic sums up the dilemma perfectly.
I know different games handle it differently. WoW has the level caps and the slow-down in level speed, as well as rested experience. EvE Online has skills based on real-time, rather than in-game time. I believe that City of Heroes has a 'side-kick' system to temporarily boost a lower level character up. But I don't think any of these solutions truely solve the problem.
I have no idea what the perfect solution is. It may well be that there isn't one, that this is just a total paradox, and the best you can do is make a reasonable trade-off.
4 comments:
That is my favorite PA comic ever. It really captures the sometimes tense process of leveling up with my husband. :) We each got so jealous of the other being a bar or two ahead!ReplyDelete
I think Blizzard has tried to address some of the leveling disparity. 70s still need to grind Underbog etc. for their Cenarion rep to get the Heroic dungeon, so that will keep them in the loop of the 5-mans as their guildies level up.
It won't solve every problem, and it's still a far cry from being on the "exploration team" and seeing all of this new content with the group. I hope things work out for you! :)
I know exactly how you feel, I'm hit 69 yesterday and am nearly the last person to hit 70. I don't think the leveling to 70 has much to do with player skill though, its more of a time factor, I feel that when I'm actually playing I'm leveling very quickly, but I don't get much time to play, and thus I'm not level 70 yet....ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8:07 AM, February 21, 2007
My thought on leveling vs playing with friends is that you need to ask what your priorities are.ReplyDelete
Do you derive the most enjoyment from playing with friends? Experiencing new content with them? Moving up together? Wiping together? Laughing about it later?
Or do you prefer to be 'solo'? Does seeing something first, or getting the coolest loot, or something else appeal to you more?
The problem with friends trying to play together is that you have to make a choice: do you move at a slower pace in order to experience things together? Or do you move at your pace and see things as quickly as possible? Are you capable of delaying gratification? This is something we do with other media all the time.
For example, consider seeing a movie. Most people won't go to the theater alone, or even rent a movie to watch alone. Seeing a movie is a social event. If you want to see a movie, you'll call up a friend and try to convince the friend to come with you. If the friend can't come, you'll delay, or if the friend doesn't want to come, you'll find someone else.
Video games are traditionally something you play with / move through at your own pace though. And since games like WoW allow for that, its sorely tempting to just go play a bit even though someone you normally play with can't make it.
I don't think its a failing of WoW so much as it is a failing of us as people. Players jumping ahead of their friends because they couldn't resist playing is a comment on our inability to delay instant gratification for the betterment of the whole. Its a comment on the selfishness of humanity.
- Anonymous6:41 AM, February 26, 2007
The above poster nailed it.ReplyDelete
Not only in a simple game but in Life, selfishness is something that negates the betterment of the whole in favor of personal gratification.
Maybe this embodies the capitalistic, destructive ways of our modern day society and thus, to put it in an extremely simplistic way, the root of all "evil".
WoW, as any other MMORPG, can be a mirror of life with all it's issues concerning loot, raid attendance and whatnot.
We are already a bunch of bastards in the real world, couldn't we behave honourably and be nice to each other in a game with no real consequence in Real Life?


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Chile does not have a specific home education law, but the Chilean constitution provides for educational freedom which is construed to allow parents to educate their children at home.
The Chilean Constitution establishes both the right to education and the freedom of teaching.
Constitution of Chile, Chapter III, Article 19, §§ 10, 11:
"10.- The right to education.
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I would like to say how I am tired of how in every article you write about corrections officers, you continually refer to them as "guards." This was shared by a fellow officer. We are correctional officers, not guards; guards are people who watch street crossings. We work in minimum, medium, and maximum security correctional facilities. We are empowered by federal, state or local government to enforce its penal laws, rules and regulations.
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text: Within the first few measures of War Pigs, you realize that Victoria Faiella is a force to be reckoned with. Taking on Black Sabbath's perennial anthem is one thing, transporting it to the other side of the world is another. Under Faiella's direction, War Pigs receives a culture shock, heavy metal turning into mysterious, Middle Eastern exoticism. But this rhythmic, witchy arrangement is sort of a non sequitur. Love Ashes"Crack the Whip is pure romanticism, the singer's voice shifting from the distorted pitch of War Pigs to one that's soft and lilting. Faiella is a nimble picker and percussionist, and both skills are on display on All Fall Down"a track that would feel like global folk if not for a string section. As a musician, Faiella's scope is formidable, her songs transfixing each in their own way. And she can give Ozzy a run for his money. We like her.


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BARTLESVILLE, Okla. -- An Oklahoma teen accused of plotting to attack his high school showed symptoms of possible mental illnesses and had been seeing a therapist, but did not seriously plan violence, his mother said.
Jessie Chavez told the Tulsa World that her 18-year-old son, Sammie Eaglebear Chavez, sent her a text message two days before his Dec. 14 arrest saying he wanted to "shoot up" Bartlesville High School because he thought students were talking about him behind his back.
She said she showed the message to their therapists but had not decided whether to take further action by the time of her son's arrest.
"Deep down, I don't think my son would have done this," she told the newspaper. "That's not my son. My son laughs and makes jokes. He's always pulling pranks."
Sammie Chavez's arrest came hours before 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school. Lanza also killed his mother and himself.
Sammie Chavez was being held on $1 million bond Sunday in the Washington County Jail on a charge of conspiring to cause serious bodily harm or death to other students.
An officer with the Washington County Sheriff's Office told The Associated Press he didn't know whether Sammie Chavez, who is due in court Jan. 11, has a lawyer.
Jessie Chavez told the Tulsa World her son called her from the jail after hearing of the shooting rampage in Newtown, Conn., and told her he was devastated that people thought he was capable of such an act.
"He said, 'All these babies, Mom. Who would do that? How could people think I would do that?'" Jessie Chavez said.
An assistant principal at Bartlesville High School notified police on Dec. 13 after a student said Sammie Chavez "tried to recruit other students to assist him with carrying out a plan to lure students into the school auditorium where he planned to begin shooting them after chaining the doors shut," Bartlesville police Lt. Kevin Ickleberry wrote in an affidavit.
"He also told them that he would place bombs by the doors so when the police arrived he would detonate the bombs, killing police as they entered the building," Ickleberry wrote.
Police later seized a rifle from his home in Bartlesville, about 50 miles north of Tulsa.
Jessie Chavez said her son might have gone too far with the thought of retaliating for what he perceived as people talking about him, but she said she is certain that he never intended to follow through.
"I don't say that just because I'm his mother but because of all the experiences we've had," she said. "Nobody knows Sammie like I do."


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Juniors Kerrianne Dugan and Leanne Crockett both recorded double-doubles as Central Connecticut State University (10-16, 7-9 NEC) defeated Wagner (9-18, 6-10 NEC) by a score of 60-45 on the road Saturday. Dugan led the Blue Devils with 16 points and added 10 rebounds, while Crockett scored 15 points on four three-pointers, grabbed 10 boards and picked up five steals.
The Blue Devils started the game with a 13-4 lead. Sophomore Alexzandria Dowdy opened the scoring with a three-pointer and connected on another triple later in the run. Both shots from beyond the arc were assisted by Dugan. Immediately following Dowdy's long distance jumper, it was junior Justina Udenze that took control. The forward scored on two consecutive post moves from the right block.
CCSU extended its lead to as many as 12 at 23-11 when Dugan connected on two free throws. The Blue Devils were held to four points during the final eight minutes of the opening period and Wagner made its way back into the game. The Seahawks finished the last eight minutes of the first frame with 14 points, including six from junior Megan Mahoney.
The Blue Devils held on to a slight 27-25 lead at the break, as Wagner took advantage in the paint during the second part of the first half. The Seahawks outscored Central 20-8 in paint points and totaled eight fast break points to CCSU's zero. Crockett led the way for the Blue Devils, scoring nine points and picking up five steals.
CCSU used a 10-0 run from 14:35 to 11:21 in the second half to take a commanding 43-30 lead. Dugan started the run by connecting on a long two point jumper off of a kick out by freshman Kirsten Daamen. Half of a minute later Dugan found senior Emily Rose in the right corner for her first of two triples in the game to put Central up 38-30.
Daamen and fellow freshman Brooke Bailey then finished out the scoring stretch for the Blue Devils. Daamen got open and a double-teamed Crockett found her for the layup to extend the lead to double digits. On the ensuing possession Bailey curled off of a screen and got fouled. She connected on one of two from the line. The run ended when Daamen found Bailey in the left corner for a two point jumper to make it 43-30 with 11:21 to play in the game.
The Blue Devils extended their lead to as many as 17 and finished with the 60-45 victory. CCSU held even with Wagner in paint points during second half action with both squads scoring eight. Central also stopped the Seahawks from converting fast break points, holding them to zero in the final frame of play. The Blue Devils shot 52.2 percent from the floor in the second half and held Wagner to 26.1 percent shooting.
Mahoney finished with a team high 12 points, while freshman Marie-Laurence Archambault recorded nine in the defeat. Junior Ashley Olsen led the Seahawks in rebounds with eight.
Dugan's 16 points and 10 rebounds marked her fifth double-double of the season, while Crockett tallied her seventh of 2009-10 as she finished with 15 points and 10 boards. Crockett tied her season-best with five steals and connected on four of nine from three-point range. She moved into fourth place in CCSU history for career three-pointers made with her first triple of the game. She now has 97 and is five away from taking over third place in Central annals.
Crockett added three blocks, while Udenze and Daamen led the Blue Devils with four a piece. The latter added four steals in the CCSU victory. Central Connecticut will next host Long Island on Thursday February 25 before finishing the regular season at St. Francis (NY) on Saturday February 27.


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Electronic Arts 'Battlefield 4' Game Banned in China
Electronic Arts's latest war simulation game has been banned by the Chinese government, but it's not likely to hurt the company much since it doesn't sell the product there.
The Redwood City, Calif., company's "Battlefield 4" game was banned following the release of a new downloadable storyline, "China Rising." The new story, set on the Chinese mainland, draws from the premise that a Chinese military leader has decided to attack American forces as part of an attempted coup.
A copy of the official ban was not immediately available, but translations by local blogs indicated that the game had been banned on grounds of "national security" and perceived aggression against the Chinese culture.
An EA spokesman declined to comment on the government action.
EA's "Battlefield" is not the only game that has been banned by the communist regime. Videogame consoles broadly have been banned in the country for over a decade, primarily for concern over the impact on children. The government has begun loosening its restrictions, but in the past years enthusiasts have had to buy the devices from importers and private retail outlets, such as China's ubiquitous computer malls.
Though EA doesn't offer "Battlefield" in China, the company does offer a version of its "Plants Vs. Zombies 2" strategy game in the country, among other titles.
Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, said the ban is likely to have little if any impact on EA's business. He noted that the country routinely censors all sorts of content, including the Internet broadly. Videogame companies in particular tend to have to spend six months to a year removing images such as bones from dungeons, he added, because it's culturally distasteful.
Of the Battlefield ban, he said, "it's a non-event." He added the larger problem for the industry is piracy, of which Chinese consumers are often accused.
Controversy over "Battlefield" in particular isn't new for EA. Two years ago, a section of the "Battlefield 3" game was set in Tehran, sparking complaints. Before that, EA's inclusion of Taliban fighters in its "Medal of Honor" war shooting game received national attention.
The game company isn't alone, of course. Activision Blizzard "Call of Duty" videogame series has frequently set its story lines in Russia.
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Sweat chamber added to Sentara autonomic lab
Sentara Healthcare is introducing a sweat chamber that employs thermoregulatory sweat testing (TST) to help diagnose patients suffering from symptoms related to the autonomic nervous system. The ability to uncover autonomic conditions, including those underlying highly prevalent diseases such as diabetes, makes the chamber an invaluable diagnostic tool for physicians to identify neurological disconnects in the body. Sentara is one of only seven known locations in the United States that provides this cutting-edge TST chamber as part of its fully equipped autonomic lab – and the only one in the mid-Atlantic region.
The Next Generation of Sweat Testing
Located at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, the Sentara Neuromuscular and Autonomic Center houses the autonomic lab and a broad range of specialized services that help determine rare – and often overlooked – autonomic disorders in a person's autonomic nervous system (ANS). The ANS regulates essentially all involuntary bodily functions, including perspiration, heart rate, digestion, respiration rate, salivation and pupil dilation. Autonomic testing is designed to determine how well the body is regulating these functions and leads to new syndrome discoveries, advanced diagnoses and tailored treatment regimens.
"We often treat patients that have been symptomatic for a long time – for some, more than 10 years – because no one has been able to accurately diagnose their complex condition," says Kevin McNeeley, Sentara Autonomic Lab coordinator. "I am proud that Sentara has advanced its autonomic lab with a state-of-the-art sweat chamber so we can diagnose patients in an even more comprehensive and accurate way."
Patients enter the sauna-like chamber covered in a paprika-colored powder, where TST technology is used to evaluate the patient's entire sudomotor (sweat-producing) system and sweat patterns. Body parts with this powder that do not turn purple upon exit indicate potential areas where sweat glands are not properly functioning and need unique treatment.
The Importance of Comprehensive Autonomic Testing
The diagnosis of ANS disorders relies on the quality and strength of autonomic function testing. TST is just one of seven tests available in Sentara's autonomic lab that evaluate the body's sweat-producing system; sympathetic and parasympathetic systems; subcutaneous blood flow; and other autonomic functions.
"Disorders of the autonomic system and its functions are underdiagnosed and much more widespread than people realize. Approximately 60 to 80 percent of diabetics suffer from undiagnosed autonomic disorders, one of the most common being autonomic nerve damage, or neuropathy," explains Dr. Kamal Chemali, director of the Sentara Neuromuscular and Autonomic Center. "Our full-service autonomic lab allows us to evaluate patients in an integrated manner and provide them with long-awaited answers and relief."
Virginia Beach resident and Sentara patient Linda Lilley suffered for 25 years from a variety of symptoms – irregular heartbeat, fainting and extreme dizziness, to name a few – without many answers. After she was encouraged to visit the Sentara Autonomic Lab, Dr. Chemali and team provided comprehensive autonomic testing that confirmed a prior diagnosis of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), in addition to two other rare disorders responsible for her chronic symptoms called Sjögren's syndrome and Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Linda is now able to successfully manage her symptoms and experience a better quality of life.
"I don't know what condition I would currently be in if I had not been introduced to and assessed by the team at Sentara," said Linda. "There are so many people who are unnecessarily suffering without answers. My hope is to spread the word about these wonderful diagnostic capabilities and encourage others to get tested."
Since July 2013, Dr. Chemali and his multidisciplinary team overseeing the autonomic lab have served patients in need from across the U.S. and all corners of the world. Sentara is proud to continue its legacy of providing top quality care for patients and innovative solutions to advance successful diagnosis and detection of autonomic nervous system disorders.


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He's baaack! Van Jones getting cozy with Pelosi, House Dems
Radical who resigned in disgrace now welcome on Capitol Hill
Van Jones
The House Democratic Caucus hosted communist revolutionary-group founder Van Jones just one day before he spoke to a student group funded by billionaire George Soros.
"Why are Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrat Caucus seeking out Jones' counsel?" asked Guy Harrison, executive director of the National Republican Congressional Committee, in a fundraising email yesterday.
"They say a person can be judged by the company they keep, and that holds true for the Democrat caucus as well," Harrison wrote in a fundraising email.
In September 2009, Jones resigned as President Obama's "green jobs" czar after it was exposed he founded the communist revolutionary organization Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement, or STORM. It was also reported he signed a statement that accused the Bush administration of possible involvement in the 9/11 attacks.
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Jones was a featured speaker at a two-day national conference that began yesterday for a group that calls itself Campus Progress. Other speakers include former President Bill Clinton and Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.
Campus Progress is a "project" of the Center for American Progress, or CAP, which is heavily bankrolled by Soros. CAP, reportedly highly influential in helping to craft White House policy, is led by John Podesta, who served as co-chairman of Obama's presidential transition team.
Jones himself is a CAP fellow. On CAP's board is Carol Browner, who directed the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy until earlier this year.
When her appointment to the Obama administration was announced in January 2009, Browner was listed as one of 14 leaders of the Commission for a Sustainable World Society of Socialist International, the world's largest socialist umbrella group. SI calls for "global governance" and a world socialist order.
Jones starting 'anti-Tea Party'
As WND reported, Jones launched a new organization two weeks ago that seeks to counter the tea party while petitioning for a progressive agenda that includes "making Wall Street and the super-rich pay their fair share."
The organization, dubbed "The American Dream Movement," is partnered with a slew of radical groups funded by Soros.
WND was first to report the movement was introduced using subversive tactics, particularly a hoax Youtube video in which it appeared the ticker outside News Corporation's Manhattan headquarters had been hacked and reprogrammed with an anti-Fox News script calling for revolution.
The Soros-funded MoveOn.org admitted it set up fake identities for the alleged hackers and even released a misleading video in which a man, with his face disguised, purported to confess he was behind the Fox News hacking.
Jones officially launched his American Dream Movement at a New York City event co-sponsored by MoveOn.org two weeks ago.
The movement has been described as a grassroots progressive group seeking to emulate the success of the tea party.
The movement, however, is anything but grassroots. It is already partnered with two of the nation's largest unions, the AFL-CIO and the SEIU, which boast an army of millions of public employees.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka recorded a Web video for the campaign.
Also signed on to the movement are the Soros-funded groups, Campaign for America's Future and the Center for Community Change.
Campaign for America's Future was co-founded in 1996 chiefly by Robert Borosage, who previously served as director of the Marxist-oriented Institute for Policy Studies.
The CCC boasts a board filled with radicals, including socialist activists.
Jones, meanwhile, outlined his movement's policies in a Huffington Post piece:
Wrote Jones: "The steps needed to renew and redeem the American Dream are straightforward and simple:
- "Increase revenue for America's government sensibly by making Wall Street and the super-rich pay their fair share.
- "Reduce spending responsibly by cutting the real fat – like corporate welfare for military contractors, big agriculture and big oil.
- "Simultaneously protect the heart and soul of America – our teachers, nurses and first responders.
- "Guarantee the health, safety and success of our children and communities by leaving the muscle and bone of America's communities intact.
- "Maintain the American Way by treating employees with dignity and respecting their right to a seat at the bargaining table.
- "Rebuild the middle class – and pathways into it – by fighting for a "made in America" innovation and manufacturing agenda, including trade and currency policies that honor American workers and entrepreneurs.
- "Stand for the idea that, in a crisis, Americans turn TO each other – and not ON each other."
"We think we can do what the tea party did," Jones said in an interview with The Fix. "They stepped forward under a common banner, and everybody took them seriously. Polls suggest there are more people out there who have a different view of the economy, but who have not stepped forward yet under a common banner."
The far-left AlterNet, whose board has included Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers, summarized Jones' new movement:
The goal is nothing less than a broad "open source" movement of millions who, via organizing, house parties, events, technological savvy, and electoral activity, will attempt to shift America's focus away from the budget-cut mentality and the protection of big corporations and banks, to the human and economic support of tens of millions of unemployed and downsized Americans, including returning war vets and young people.
We've been hugely disappointed in the Obama administration for not mounting a more populist, people-oriented challenge to the corporate and banking dominance of our economic system, which has resulted in both the bailout of the banks, and the obscene shift of wealth to an increasingly small number of super-rich Americans. Jones hopes to offer an answer.
The idea of Jones' movement is not new. The progressive group Netroots Nation featured a panel discussion at its July 18, 2008, convention entitled "Growing the American Dream Movement."
Soros group admits it "hacked" Fox News
The movement was first introduced to the world using a hoax Youtube video in which it appeared Fox News had been hacked.
The YouTube video, titled "Fox News Got Hacked. Real," has garnered more than 340,000 views since it was posted last month. It shows several people emerging from a subway outside the Manhattan headquarters of News Corp., the parent of the Fox News Channel.
The video focuses on the changing Fox News ticker, which is apparently reprogrammed to read: "We are being lied to. Right wingers are destroying the middle class and trying to kill our unions. The country is not broke."
Continues the supposedly hacked ticker: "We are the richest country in the world. USA is twice as rich as China. Our economy is bigger than most of Europe combined. We are not broke. We are being lied to. We will rise up We will fight back. We will spread the truth."
The video was posted by a YouTube user named "hiropro999," which has now been exposed as MoveOn.org.
In an interview with the Huffington Post, leaders of MoveOn not only admitted their group was behind the video but revealed the organization crafted the video in less than two months, consulted hackers and made an elaborate identity for hiropro999. MoveOn set up online accounts, an email address and even a fake "explainer" video in which an unidentified man takes credit for being the "hacker."
The organization reportedly swore everyone involved to secrecy and declined media requests addressed to hiropro999.
"I was alternatively thrilled and worried," one MoveOn staffer involved in the project told the Huffington Post. "The bottom line is, we are in an ever-changing frontier in terms of how people communicate online. You have to take risks within reason in order to have an impact."
The bottom of the YouTube video promoted a website, June23.org, which now forwards to MoveOn's new site for its "Rebuild the Dream" project with Jones.
That site also admits Moveon was behind the Fox News hoax.
"MoveOn Civic Action released a faux Fox News hack video to send the message: We are being lied to. The American people have the right to know that the country is not broke and we shouldn't be cutting vital services families depend on," states the site.
The site said that on June 23, "Van Jones will be joined by The Roots, artist/DJ Shepard Fairey, and other celebrity guests in New York City to kick off the movement to rebuild the American Dream."
Radical communist
Speaking to the East Bay Express, Jones said he first became radicalized in the wake of the 1992 Rodney King riots, during which time he was arrested.
"I was a rowdy nationalist on April 28th, and then the verdicts came down on April 29th," he said. "By August, I was a communist.
"I met all these young radical people of color – I mean really radical: communists and anarchists. And it was, like, 'This is what I need to be a part of.' I spent the next 10 years of my life working with a lot of those people I met in jail, trying to be a revolutionary," he said.
Succeeding revelations about Jones by WND included:
- One day after the 9/11 attacks, Jones led a vigil that expressed solidarity with Arab and Muslim Americans as well as what he called the victims of "U.S. imperialism" around the world.
- Just days before his White House appointment, Jones used a forum at a major youth convention to push for a radical agenda that included spreading the wealth and "changing the whole system."
- Jones" Maoist manifesto while leading the group Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement, or STORM, was scrubbed from the Internet after being revealed by WND.
- Jones was the main speaker at an anti-war rally that urged "resistance" against the U.S. government – a demonstration sponsored by an organization associated with the Revolutionary Communist Party.
- In a 2005 conference, Jones characterized the U.S. as an "apartheid regime" that civil rights workers helped turn into a "struggling, fledgling democracy."
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PrivCo, a research firm tracking private companies, says that daily-deals site LivingSocial took $110 million from its existing investors in the form of debt, not equity.
If that's true, LivingSocial is in a world of hurt.
(Update: LivingSocial has strongly denied the report. Read the latest.)
For one thing, the debt deal described by PrivCo CEO Sam Hamadeh is on loan-shark terms. He says LivingSocial took convertible debt. That's debt which the lenders have the right to convert into equity under certain conditions—but it's still debt.
Hamadeh says the debt has a 4x liquidation preference. That means that if LivingSocial ends up being worth anything in a sale, the new investors—sorry, creditors—will get the first $440 million, not just the $110 million they put in.
According to the PrivCo report, the new infusion of cash essentially wipes out founders, employees, and executives who hold common shares or options. It also reprices earlier investment rounds, making the $823 million Amazon and others had previously put in essentially worthless.
Then again, if they forced LivingSocial to accept a debt deal on the terms PrivCo's Hamadeh describes, existing investors essentially own the company now.
Amazon took a big writeoff on its LivingSocial investment last year. At the time, LivingSocial CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy wrote an email to employees telling them the writeoff was related to impairment charges on acquisitions and the company had become cash-flow positive.
Shortly afterwards, LivingSocial started laying off 400 employees.
Here's what's really scary about LivingSocial accepting a debt deal, though.
It could start a death spiral for the company.
Convertible-debt investors are "senior" to other creditors in a bankruptcy or other scenario where the company has to wind itself down.
LivingSocial's creditors include the merchants who run daily deals on the site.
Here's how daily deals work: LivingSocial and other deal providers collect money upfront from consumers. The merchants get paid over time. (LivingSocial pays merchants faster than Groupon.) But the merchants have to deliver the goods or services for the deal over a longer time period.
In some sense, the merchants are giving LivingSocial a short-term loan in exchange for promising to give LivingSocial customers goods or services in the future. LivingSocial then pays that "loan" back.
But merchants will now fall behind LivingSocial's investors in line.
In a worst-case scenario, savvy merchants will steer clear of LivingSocial, which means only merchants who are really desperate to drum up business will offer deals through the company.
Deal quality and volume will fall off, which in turn will hammer revenues and consumer satisfaction at a time when LivingSocial desperately needs those to go up.
That's the strangest thing about a convertible-debt deal. It may be the only way LivingSocial could raise money. And investors understandably want to protect themselves from a business that's burning cash. But they both may have shot themselves in the foot.
LivingSocial investor Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners congratulated LivingSocial on the deal yesterday:
@livingsocial raises $110M, congrats guys! - bizjournals.com/washington/blo…— jeremy liew (@jeremysliew) February 20, 2013
We asked Liew and the company for comment on the PrivCo report, and haven't heard back.
Update: LivingSocial has strongly denied the PrivCo report in an email to employees.


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The new building is generally designed to become the non-obtrusive dominant of the hotel yard without disturbing the scale surrounding the development concerning its volume or height. The designed shape complements the morphology of the premises with an exact prism, which generates a deliberate contrast between old and new, caused by the architecturally significant resources used in the context of the existing yard.
The central space of the centre is a generous new pool hall with a centrally located swimming pool, in the corners of which stone caves are located. An important phenomenon is the lighting of the interior by means of rays slanting through windows with colored foils and roof skylights. The northwest front wall of the hall with enormous glazing offers pleasant views of the mature greenery of an adjacent park.
The building has 2 aboveground floors in total and a residential roof that serves as an attractive space for social events held in the open air. The trapezoidal floor plan of the building is serviced by three bridges, which connect the spa with the existing buildings on the mezzanine level.


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Sir Alex Ferguson dumped Wayne Rooney to the bench, then saw his side throw away another two-goal lead against Albion on Saturday.
The Red Devils' title challenge is in danger of disintegrating before the onset of winter after a calamitous mistake from van der Sar allowed Somen Tchoyi to complete a staggering comeback.
Javier Hernandez and Nani appeared to have put the hosts on the road to victory with their first-half strikes, only for Patrice Evra's bizarre own goal to provide West Brom with their window of opportunity.
Yet the biggest story was perhaps that Rooney sat through all the drama on the bench, the cover of injury he himself had removed no longer available to explain an absence that was the culmination of an awful six months.
Even when he came on with 19 minutes left, it was not as a central striker, although he did have United's best chance of a winner, which was turned away by James Morrison.
If Rooney really was challenging Ferguson's authority with his midweek revelation that he has not been suffering from an ankle injury, there are a long list of players who could be used as proof of who wins such battles at Manchester United.
David Beckham, Roy Keane, Jaap Stam and Ruud van Nistelrooy have all been bundled out of the club after Ferguson deemed there was no point having them around and there is no reason to presume Rooney would be any different if the manager felt he no longer had use for him.
Today there was no obvious fitness reason for Rooney's exclusion given he completed the full 90 minutes for England. This time, the only conclusion to draw would be poor form was the determining factor.
The long-term repercussions will be interesting to say the least.
Ferguson's decision to put Darron Gibson on as Ryan Giggs' replacement when the Welshman limped off five minutes before the break suggested there will be no easy way back for Rooney, who celebrates his 25th birthday later this month.
The United manager is far too experienced to require justification for any of his actions. He got it anyway on his side's first real attack.
West Brom might have been aggrieved when Morrison was ruled to have fouled Hernandez on the edge of the area. Much of the punishment was self-inflicted.
Nani's dipping free-kick was difficult to deal with. But Scott Carson should have done far better than merely parry the ball into Hernandez's path.
With no defender accompanying him into the box, the Mexican gleefully tapped home his third goal of the season - two more than Rooney, whose only Premier League effort came against West Ham in August.
The hosts wasted at least three decent chances to double their lead, which meant that Rafael's intervention as Chris Brunt waited to tap home Marc-Antoine Fortune's far-post cross was crucial in keeping their noses in front.
Relief came courtesy of Nani, who capitalised on Nicky Shorey's untimely slip, darted to the edge of the box, then kept going to thrash Dimitar Berbatov's astute return pass into the corner.
Through it all, Rooney remained impassive on the bench, wondering whether he would get a chance to restore his own confidence after an alarming slump which began with the ankle injury he suffered at Bayern Munich in March.
United threatened to score again at regular intervals, although West Brom, winners at Arsenal a fortnight ago, retained an attacking intent that would not pay dividends until after the break.
Given all the attention that had been focussed on the £27million sharpshooter, it was almost forgotten how abysmal United's defending has been at times this season.
Two goal leads had already been thrown away against Everton and Liverpool this season, and Fulham gifted a late equaliser at Craven Cottage.
Yet to see United's advantage wiped out in a six-minute second-half spell was still a shock.
West Brom's first was bizarre and came courtesy of two deflections - off Anderson and Patrice Evra - that took a Brunt free-kick past van der Sar at the near post.
The second was all van der Sar's fault as he inexplicably dropped Brunt's steepling cross to present Tchoyi with a tap-in as unexpected as it was gleefully accepted.
Rooney - together with Paul Scholes - were given 19 minutes to save United, although he was asked to do it from the left wing as Ferguson went for broke.
The United striker had one chance, which Morrison diverted away as West Brom clung on.
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New Canaan cashes in on man-up chances, cruises past Warde 12-4
FAIRFIELD -- New Canaan spotted Fairfield Warde a pair of goals in the first three minutes, called time out, regrouped then warmed up on the extra man to close out the conference portion of its schedule Saturday afternoon at Tetreau/Davis Field with a 12-4 win over the Mustangs. The Rams, who converted 5-of-7 man-up opportunities, improved to 10-3 overall and finished at 9-2 in the FCIAC with their third straight win.
Warde, which had won four of its last five FCIAC games and five of six overall, dropped to 4-5 in the conference with two games left to qualify for the FCIAC tournament. Neither game remaining is easy -- at defending Class M champion Wilton Friday and at McMahon (9-1) on May 21. Warde caoch Tom Cunningham didn't need to study a spread sheet with all possible playoff-qualifying scenarios to say winning both games left is the best way to reach their season-long goal of being an FCIAC qualifier.
Rams' junior attackman Justin Meichner got two of his game-high five goals as New Canaan finished the first quarter on a five-goal run. New Canaan had the only two goals of the second quarter for a 7-2 lead at halftime. Warde (7-5) ended a drought of no goals within a span of 29 minutes and 30 seconds when Austin Armas beat New Canaan goaltender Trent Nadar 2:17 into the third quarter, cutting the Mustangs' deficit to 7-3.
Warde next scored with 5:47 remaining in the fourth quarter. By that time, the Rams had been on another five-goal spree and enjoyed a 12-3 lead.
"We need to play with a little more discipline," said Cunningham, citing the cause of the excess in penalties. "Our guys play with a lot of fire, and they play aggressively. We gave them extra-man opportunities, and a good team like that is going to finish them.
"We have to live with them (penalties). We have to limit those penalties," Cunningham said.
After Meichner's first goal, cutting the Rams' deficit to 2-1, a penalty was called on Warde. Twenty-two seconds later, New Canaan senior captain Harry Stanton fed Michael Kraus for an extra-man goal, and it was 2-2. Warde goalie Jason Nerreau made one of the more difficult of his 15 saves on the game soon after. But the Rams scored even-strength goals at 7:37, 8:22 and 11:37.
In the first half-minute of the second quarter, Meichner set up Kraus for New Canaan's second man-up goal.
Stanton said he knew the Rams soon would be focusing on the FCIAC tournament by winding up the regular-season schedule with three challenging home games -- Tuesday against Class M runner-up Barlow, Thursday against New Jersey power Don Bosco and Saturday against Class L champion Fairfield Prep.
"No, we didn't circle the date (at Warde on our schedule), but they're an opponent we respect," Stanton said. "We didn't take them lightly. We knew they played Darien close. Every game is a big game at this time of year.
"They came out fired up. We called time out and settled down. Once we did, we got seven or eight goals in a row, and we didn't look back. Our defense started communicating more. I think the first two (Warde) goals were from a lack of communication. We held them for awhile then our offense started to move it." Stanton said.
New Canaan 12, Warde 4
Records: New Canaan 10-3, 9-2 FCIAC; Warde 7-5, 4-5. Scoring: NC--Justin Meichner 5 goals, 1 assist, Harry Stanton (2g, 1a), Cole Turpin (1g, 2a), Michael Kraus (2g), Teddy Bossity (1a), Robbie Paul (1g), Andrew White (1g), Clayton Burt (1a); W--Brendan King (2g, 1a), Mike Adams (1g), Austin Armas (1g), Jack Potenza (1a). Goalies: NC--Trent Nadar (10 saves), Will Hooks; W--Jason Nerreau (15). Shots: NC--25; W--15. Highlights: NC--Meichner scored three extra-man goals and Kraus scored two with the man-up. W--King and Adams scored in the opening three minutes for a 2-0 Warde lead.


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Overall picture
Available data suggest that about 1 in 5 children in Europe are victims of some form of sexual violence. It is estimated that in 70% to 85% of cases, the abuser is somebody the child knows and trusts. Child sexual violence can take many forms: sexual abuse within the family circle, child pornography and prostitution, corruption, solicitation via Internet and sexual assault by peers.
Sexual violence against children exists in every country in Europe, but there are many obstacles to obtaining a clear picture of its scope, depth and nature.
Most cases go unreported, disclosure can take years, reliable statistics are difficult to obtain and there is no standardised, co-ordinated method for gathering data.
Researchers have conducted many individual studies, but these vary in definitions and methodologies, making cross-comparisons difficult or impossible. Moreover, few of these studies are repeated at later dates, which would reveal developing trends, allowing states to respond early. What figures we do have are proxy figures based on studies with large sampling populations.
Having accurate, empirically-based data with which to build sound policies, based on real risks and needs, would greatly enhance protection and preventive strategies, including the quality and scope of services offered to child victims and their families.
Abused children vary in age, lifestyle and reaction to abuse, and need specialised, treatment therapies to help them along the road to recovery.
More reliable data would also single out particularly vulnerable groups of children and guide states to respond earlier with information and protection campaigns. Having a deeper understanding of perpetrators' family backgrounds would also facilitate better prevention policies targeting the root causes of sexual violence.
Read more about the recent European measures for data collection here.


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Substantial Cuts to Nutrition Programs Coming In November
According to Cathy Brechelsbauer, South Dakota volunteer coordinator of Bread for the World, residents on SNAP(food stamps) will experience benefit cuts starting in November.
She sent out the media release below:
"No one in Congress expected this would happen, but now every household that uses SNAP (food stamps) will experience a cut starting in November. No matter how young, how old, or how poor, and regardless of physical or mental illness or disability, -- they all, in every state, will have less ability to buy food starting this November.
Important note:
A proposal coming soon in the US House would make even more drastic cuts to SNAP in addition to the cut scheduled for November.
In the 2009 Recovery Act (ARRA, the stimulus bill), Congress realized that food stamps are a boon to the economy and that food needs would be exacerbated by the recession. Thus, SNAP benefits were boosted for all participants. Now everyone who uses SNAP will experience a substantial cut as the boost expires.
Direct impact
This national cut is estimated to total $5 billion in fiscal year 2014. Over a year, a family of four will have over $400 less for food. In households using SNAP, cuts like these represent a number of meals each month.
The Bigger Picture
Former director of Minnehaha County Human Services Hugh Grogan says, "It's unthinkable to cut Food Stamps. SNAP is a bargain for the people of SD! It's income to farmers, food processors and food distributors. It's good for Main Street and for the state as a whole. Most critically, SNAP provides people the ability to put food on the table. The low-income families, children, elderly and disabled of our state need and deserve this help. Private charities do a wonderful job, but cutting SNAP $11 million in South Dakota, and worse yet - the cuts proposed in the House - will overwhelm private charities and leave many hungry in SD. It's vital to the interest of our state to oppose these cuts."
Hunger alert (related facts)
• In June 2011, researchers found that the 2009 benefit boost had reduced hunger in America.
• This year, nutrition experts at the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council report that current SNAP allotments, which include the boost, are too low for an adequate diet.
• On September 4, the USDA released its annual food insecurity report showing continued significant levels of hardship, with 49 million Americans in households struggling against hunger ("food insecurity") in 2012, including 16 million children.
• There is no plan afoot to replace the food lost in this upcoming SNAP cut. Neither minimum wage nor other benefits are scheduled to increase in order to offset this loss of food.
• Together, these facts forecast a food and nutrition emergency about to start in America.
Can this cut be stopped?
As the economic recovery reaches low-income Americans, the SNAP expenditure will go down on its own, because there will be fewer households will qualify for SNAP.
According to Brechelsbauer:
"Cutting food stamps makes more people hungry - even children and other vulnerable people. Is that what we want as a country? If Congress gets enough messages that cuts to food stamps are unacceptable, perhaps a new wave of hunger can be prevented."


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DES MOINES (AP) — Five months after U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin gave Iowa its first open Senate seat in 40 years, the 2014 race is shaping up differently in each party, with Democrats quickly uniting behind a well-known prospect and Republicans still casting about for a candidate.
U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, the Democratic Party's lone candidate, is steadily raising money and racking up endorsements — the latest being former Democratic Gov. Chet Culver, who told The Associated Press Monday that he was formally backing Braley.
On the Republican side, a host of top-tier prospects have opted out and others are still weighing their options, while money and major endorsements remain largely up for grabs.
But being a year out from what will likely be a closely watched and super PAC-funded general election, it's hard to say if Democrats will have the upper hand.
"Obviously, we expect a very challenging and difficult race. Iowa is one of the most competitive states in the nation. What Congressman Braley is doing right now is everything in his power to get into a position to win," said Culver, who was elected governor in 2006 and served one term before losing a re-election bid to Gov. Terry Branstad.
Republicans said this cycle will be a tough one for Braley because midterm elections typically favor the party that isn't aligned with the president.
Republican Pollster Greg Strimple said he didn't think that Braley was building an unbeatable advantage, given that substantial funding will likely be available to whoever wins the primary. And the popular Branstad is likely to run again, which will draw GOP supporters to the voting booths, Strimple said.
But the key, he said, is finding a GOP candidate who can appeal to moderates. The party's field has been slow to shape up, with U.S. Reps. Tom Latham and Steve King declining to run, as well as state Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds.
Braley — who has built a reputation as a consumer advocate and an Obama loyalist — announced his bid quickly after Harkin announced in January he wouldn't run again, raising more than $1 million in February and March. He said Monday he appreciated Culver's backing and said he was just staying focused on the general election.
"I can't control what's going on in the other side. All I can do is try to put together an organization that will appeal to Iowans next November," said Braley, who's also drawn endorsements from the state's unions and from top Democrats, including Harkin.
Republicans need to gain six seats in order to take control of the U.S. Senate. They're targeting vulnerable Democratic senators up for re-election in more conservative states and focusing on states where Democrats are retiring — like in Iowa. The state has become a perennial presidential campaign battleground; the past four presidential races have been decided by fewer than 10 percentage points.
So far, Republicans who have declared themselves candidates include: Former U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker, Sioux City talk show host Sam Clovis, attorney Paul Lunde and David Young, a former aide to Sen. Chuck Grassley. Businessman Mark Jacobs has formed an exploratory committee and state Sen. Joni Ernst is also considering a run.
Doug Gross, a Republican fundraiser in Iowa, said he thought a competitive primary could help promote the Republican candidate.
"Assuming we get a good candidate, it's an advantage for us, because the race will get attention," Gross said.


text: Many people feel they need a cigarette and a cup of coffee to start the day and now it turns out bees are no different. The honey-making insects prefer nectar with small amounts of nicotine and caffeine over plain nectar, researchers revealed. Flower nectar is primarily comprised of sugars, which provides energy for the potential pollinators. But the floral nectar of some plant species also includes small quantities of substances known to be toxic, such as caffeine and nicotine.The scientists from the University of Haifa examined whether the substances were intended to 'entice' bees or whether they were byproducts with no particular role.


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Opening Doors in Cars and Government
Jan 17, 2013 5:00 AM PT
The dust is finally beginning to settle here in the Linux blogosphere following all the recent brouhaha emanating out of CES.
The tents have been packed up, the jugglers have gone home, and bloggers can finally hear themselves think down at the blogosphere's Broken Windows Lounge once again.
Spirits are lifting across the land, in other words, and a few choice headlines have done nothing but help.
First there was "The open-source car: automakers eagerly woo app developers" over at PCWorld; then, just a few days later, it was, "Help a US gov't agency switch to open source, win $3 million" at the Register.
Is there anything better than cheery open source news to elevate a FOSS fan's mood? Linux Girl sure doesn't think so.
'Where Is the Source Code?'
Ford and GM, first of all, both used CES to open up their in-vehicle infotainment systems to third-party developers through what's sometimes been referred to as "open source" app programs.
That, however, may not be quite the right term for it.
"I did not see anything here that actually means 'open source' in my book," Google+ blogger Kevin O'Brien told Linux Girl. "Where is the source code for Ford SYNC? Didn't Microsoft write this?
"It looks like the car companies have published APIs and are begging developers to write apps to them, but I will call this stuff open source when I see the source code released and licensed under an OSI-approved license," he added.
Indeed, "it doesn't look like these car systems are actually Open Source, it just looks like they've been opened to third party developers," Google+ blogger Linux Rants agreed. "That's a great idea too, but not on the level of Open Sourcing their platforms."
'A Huge Smack'
Consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack wondered if the move was related to the passage "by a whopping 86 percent" of the "Right to Repair" bill in Massachusetts last fall.
"Auto makers have been given a huge smack by consumers, and hopefully this is a part of them waking up," Mack suggested.
In any case, the US government's move was much more clear.
'Information Will Be More Secure'
For those who missed it, it's the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs behind the government effort. Specifically, the agency wants to upgrade the 25-year-old VistA software that powers its nationwide healthcare system, and it's sponsoring a contest toward that end, with hefty rewards for winning developers.
"This contest marks a major change in direction by VA, away from software that is so customized that only VA can use it, toward open standards and commercial systems that build on proven practices," Eric Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, said in a statement.
"A great thing" is what Linux Rants called the move.
"Making it Open Source means that your information will be more secure and that the system will never get bogged down in bureaucracy like the previous system did," he explained.
'The Odds Are Low'
Similarly, "it is great they are looking to improve VistA and bring it into the 21st century," agreed O'Brien.
"When people talk about finding ways to make health care more efficient and less expensive, this is the kind of thing they should be talking about," O'Brien added.
The feasibility of the project, however, is another question, Slashdot blogger hairyfeet pointed out.
"You should probably add a minimum of two zeroes to get what it will actually cost to clean something that old up," hairyfeet explained. "You are probably looking at a good two dozen-plus formats, programs written by guys who are dead or long gone -- just the conversion from their old junk formats to something FOSS can read will cost more than 3 million.
"Why don't they offer a billion?" he concluded. "The odds of ANYBODY pulling that off are so dang low they might as well."
'The Niche Business Method'
That, of course, remains to be seen. What was clear to most bloggers is that open source is the right way to go.
"The benefit of Free, Open Source software is clear; it can continue to evolve even when there is no business case for doing so on the part of the original developers," Hyperlogos blogger Martin Espinoza offered, for example.
"Eventually, closed-source software is going to be the niche business method," Espinoza added.
'One Just Pays the Programmers'
"Yes, that's the right way to do IT," blogger Robert Pogson agreed. "By paying programmers to write FLOSS and sharing the result, large organizations of all kinds can get IT done for less money. Rather than paying shareholders, CEOs of mega-corporations and their salesmen and spies, one just pays the programmers."
We've seen similar strategies before, Pogson pointed out.
"Sun, for instance, bought the StarOffice/OpenOffice.org business cheaper than a round of Wintel PCs with M$'s office suite," he recalled. "They shared it with the world so it is insane to pay M$."
'Money Would Be Better Spent'
In general, "if every large business/organization/government paid programmers instead of M$ and 'partners,' the world of IT would be a much better place," Pogson opined. "Not only would business be more efficient, but taxpayers' money would be better spent.
"Having FLOSS programmers on the payroll guarantees continuity, since a project can always be forked if new directions are required rather than replacing software systems at great cost and risk," he explained. "How many times have we read of $billion projects aborted after years of implementation that ended in failure?"
In short, "with FLOSS, one can be sure a project is under budget and not far behind schedule because the project is open and transparent," Pogson concluded.
'Powerful Incentives'
The primary benefit of open source is ownership, suggested Chris Travers, a blogger who works on the LedgerSMB project.
"By that I mean the right to use the software to create new products and services," he explained. "This leads to slightly different incentives in private and government work, but these are both powerful incentives."
In the private sector, for instance, "building a new product or service on a platform one does not truly own carries with it some significant risks," Travers explained. "The basic issue is that software is easily duplicated, so copyright holders of commercial software tend to have additional ways of ensuring that they maintain control over how a given program is used.
"This means that when you are using software to run operations, you are limited by a EULA, and when you bundle the software in things you make (like cars), there are more intrusive contractual obligations there," he added.
With open source, on the other hand, "the manufacturer gains control over these areas," Travers said.
'A Matter of Sovereignty'
Of course, "an operating system on a car which may hand over control to Microsoft might be concerning, but when it is an air traffic control system or a warship, this is a major problem," Travers pointed out.
So, "for governments it is very much a matter of sovereignty, and open source means the ability to control internal operations rather than have private companies exercising very deep control of this sort," he said.
Bottom line? "None of this surprises me," Travers told Linux Girl. "In fact, I think that the public sector and appliance computing markets are really the most natural homes of open source software. I am sure it will continue to make even greater strides in these areas as time goes on."


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302 Bluff Crest is an estate located on a corner lot close to the prestigious Silver Horn Golf Club. The home boasts a grand total of 4,522 square feet and sits on nearly an acre of land that features lushly landscaped yards, mature growth trees and tropical-style plantings.
The home itself has been recently remodeled.
Just beyond the entry foyer is a spacious living room. It has an elegant wood slat ceiling that ramps up to the second level. There is also a large hanging chandelier and a amply-sized stone fireplace.
The kitchen has a decidedly rustic theme. It is decked out with a slew of cabinets that accent the wood-toned counters and backsplash. The center island has a cooking range and there is a breakfast bar and a dine-in area separate from the formal dining room.
The master bedroom has its own chandelier and the master bath has a stone shower stall and sunken tub.
In the backyard is a salt water pool and a hot tub tucked away in the dense foliage that is characteristic throughout the grounds.
Address: 302 Bluff Crest, San Antonio
Price: $535,000
Listing Agent: Binkan Cinaroglu, 210-241-4550, www.kuperrealty.com
Beds: available upon request from agent
Baths: available upon request from agent


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I can't believe this is the last week of April! I also can't believe that our internet was out all day yesterday and I couldn't post the challenge! I was in a panic about it, haha, "what about my paper a day challenge? I don't know what's on the list for today, because I didn't post it!!!"
Down to the end I had to stretch a bit to come up with ideas. Hopefully they work out. I know a lot of us are working on creating a kit through this exercise, so I left a couple spots open so you can add a special theme to your kit if you'd like.
Anyway, better late than never. Also, I guess we're gearing up for the May Element a Day Challenge.
This designer challenge will run the entire month of April. The goal is to make a paper a day. If you don't have time everyday to participate, that's okay; there will be wiggle room to play catch up. Everyday I will post a theme for you to use. Before we start you can give some thought to what color palette you would like to use and what you'd like to do with your finished product, which should be 30 papers. (Here's a link to my pinterest board for color palettes.)
In this thread you may post:
- Questions and comments on completing each paper theme.
- Finished papers and/or templates. You may of course post small thumbnail images if you are saving the finished product for something.
- I'll post a new thread each week so that things don't get too out of hand.
- Don't worry if you're behind or starting in the middle, feel free to share whatever you make.
April Paper a Day Challenge Week 3 Themes
Monday, April 22: Paisley
Tuesday, April 23: Notebook/Ledger
Wednesday April 24: Ephemera
Thursday April 25: Extra Large
Friday April 26: Extra Small
Saturday April 27: Fine Art Inspiration
Sunday April 28: Special Theme (you choose)
Monday April 29: Special Theme (you choose)
Tuesday April 30: Solid


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Maybe you'll all remember all the days of this week, down to each weather forecast, school closing, and item of clothing you wore. Probably not, unless you have hyperthymesia.
Hyperthymesia is a very rare condition in which a person has uncanny autobiographical memories. Ask a person with hyperthymesia what they were doing on February 7th, 10 years ago and they'll remember what day of the week it was, how much sugar they put in their coffee, their grocery list, the fact that there was more than average traffic getting to work...
Only about eight known cases exist in the world. Marilu Henner is one of them (remember her from the show Taxi?) and can recall every day details of her life from age 11 on.
Hyperthymestic people also tend to dwell somewhat obsessively about their past. (Somehow, that doesn't surprise me.)
It put the whole phrase "put your past behind you" into an untouchable realm, doesn't it?