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"It is time that the 'reparative' practitioners cease and desist their dishonest claims of 'curing' homosexuality. As a society, we must cure homophobia and embrace those among us, especially young people, who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. We will all be healthier when each of us can bring our full selves to work, to school, to houses of worship and to our communities."
— Rea Carey, Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force applauds the American Psychological Association's (APA) resolution, adopted at the organization's annual convention, that states that mental health professionals should avoid telling clients that they can change sexual orientation through therapy or other treatments.
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"We're thrilled to finally put this debate to bed. We have long known that 'reparative therapies' and 'ex-gay ministries' are harmful to individuals, to society and to families. The American Psychological Association, through its careful review of research, has now stated without hesitation that the 'reparative' practitioners, whether therapeutic or religious, cannot credibly claim success and may in fact be harming individuals who seek help and support. It is time that the 'reparative' practitioners cease and desist their dishonest claims of 'curing' homosexuality. As a society, we must cure homophobia and embrace those among us, especially young people, who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. We will all be healthier when each of us can bring our full selves to work, to school, to houses of worship and to our communities."
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The "Resolution on Appropriate Affirmative Responses to Sexual Orientation Distress and Change Efforts" strongly advises that parents, guardians, young people and their families avoid treatments and practitioners that portray homosexuality as a mental illness or developmental disorder. The APA advises that people experiencing conflict about their sexual orientation seek psychotherapy, social support and educational services that provide "accurate information on sexual orientation and sexuality, increase family and school support and reduce rejection of sexual minority youth."
"Reparative therapies" and so-called "ex-gay ministries" have long offered snake oil "cures" for homosexuality to vulnerable families and youth. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, beginning in 1998, has issued research reports to expose the charlatans for what they are: right-wing political ideologues manipulating and exploiting the conflicted feelings and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, primarily caused by anti-LGBT views, sentiments, public policies and theology. The notion that sexual orientation can be "cured" or "changed" through "reparative therapies" and "ex-gay ministries" forms a foundational right-wing ideology that sexual orientation is a mistaken "choice" to be changed, rather than a deeply held understanding of one's own sexual identity that all should be free to express and live out to its fullest.
The APA acknowledges that many LGBT people experience conflicts about their sexual orientation because of their or their families' religious beliefs. To that point, the APA resolution advises mental health professionals to both "reduce the stigma associated with homosexuality" and "respect the client's religious beliefs" while considering "possibilities for a religiously and spiritually meaningful and rewarding life."
The Institute for Welcoming Resources, a program of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, works to expand the number of congregations that welcome and affirm LGBT people. These congregations create religious environments that do not condemn LGBT people, but rather offer acceptance, nurturance and an experience of affirmational worship.
The Task Force's long history on this issue began in 1973, when the Task Force worked to change the American Psychiatric Association's classification of homosexuality as a mental disorder, and worked with psychiatrist allies to defeat a proposed association-wide referendum to stop the declassification. In addition:
- In 1998, the Task Force Policy Institute co-published Challenging the Ex-Gay Movement, with Equal Partners in Faith and Political Research Associates. That same year, the Policy Institute also released Calculated Compassion: How the Ex-Gay Movement Serves the Right's Attack on Democracy. These publications, in-depth analyses of so-called "ex-gay ministries," attested to the fact that "reparative therapies" are both harmful and do not work.
- In 2005, the Task Force released A Report From "Love Won Out: Addressing, Understanding, and Preventing Homosexuality." This report detailed the frames and world view put forth by "ex-gay" leaders, and examined how to counter their anti-LGBT arguments.
- After noticing a new tactic within the "ex-gay" movement of targeting lesbian, gay and bisexual youth for "reparative therapies" and "preventive" measures, the Policy Institute released a 2006 report, Youth in the Crosshairs: The Third Wave of Ex-Gay Activism. The report revealed how groups such as Exodus International and Focus on the Family promoted widely discredited theories on the root of homosexuality and recommended "prevention" and "reparative therapies" despite the growing body of research that shows these treatments to be ineffective and even harmful for many participants.
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What is it you're looking for advice about, Brad? Scar treatments? Personally, I think your skin looks great!
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The dark spots on the left side of my face, are they just large pores being made to look worse from the lighting.
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Ah, I see what you mean now. I'd say they look like scars left over from an old breakout. I really had to go looking for them though and to be honest, I think if you tried doing anything with that, you would only end up making things worse of creating yourself a new problem. I have a few marks like that and the only reason I know exactly where they are is because I caused them myself and I know where to find them. I don't worry about them in the slightest because I just think that to anyone else, they wouldn't spot them unless they were super close and examining my skin.
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last night i spent 13 hours in a cardboard box. sitting, trying to keep warm, watching people walk past; some gave a few bucks, some pretended like i was invisible. i got a sack meal from a Salvation Army truck for dinner. they usually only come monday, tuesday and thursday though. when it started to rain i pulled my box underneath the awning of a restaurant. at least i had a sleeping bag. i smashed some grocery bags together to try to make a pillow but it did nothing to rest my head. i tried to fall asleep but the car horns, police cars and ambulance sirens at the intersection we were stationed at were so noisy. around 2:00 the bars let out and a few rude remarks woke me up in my box. drunk people were flopping around everywhere, some donated their leftover change though. i don't think i kept asleep for more than 20 minutes at a time; my feet were icicles and my neck ached. the hard cement ground was cold and uncomfortable. the rain never stopped. the wind's high speeds rattled throughout the night. at 6:00am i woke up, collected my few belongings, and left before the town started its day.
i participated in a fundraiser. i got to go home in the morning.
most homeless don't even know where home would be.
as soon as i got in my bed this morning at 7:00 to actually get some sleep, i knew i'd never crawl into bed the same again. it was a dream waking up and not wanting to get out of my covers, whereas the night before every time i woke up i wished it was morning so i could finally get out of that box.
a lot of people thought we were crazy for sleeping outside on a cold, raining winter night. the local news and newspapers interviewed us. why go through it? why not just donate the money and be done with it?
one of the other participants in this fundraiser to relieve homelessness in my town explained to his children what we did last night as this:
"there are a lot of people in this town who are invisible to us. we don't see them because they sleep somewhere different every night and disappear during the day. we ignore them. what these people are doing out here tonight are making those other people visible."
we know they exist, we see them on the streets sometimes. i know i've passed so many and denied them anything. avoid eye contact, give a smile and a prayer as i pass is all i usually do. but after last night…now i know what they feel like. i can identify with them, even in the smallest sense.
i was humbled. i don't know what i'll do the next time i pass a homeless person, but i know i won't feel the same.
my favorite part last night was when a man with long hair and a long beard rode up to us on his old bike and dropped a 5 in my bag. he thanked us for what were doing said we had nicer boxes than he ever had. then he rode away.
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Congratulations, you're pregnant! Or are you? Chances are, if you're reading this article it's because you've got a sneaking suspicion that you might be having a baby, but it can be difficult to tell for sure. Whether you've been pregnant before or never experienced pregnancy at all in your life it, spotting the signs that you're going to have a baby isn't always easy. So how do you know that you're expecting? What are those tell-tale early symptoms of pregnancy that will confirm your suspicions once and for all?
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It has been said that if your business isn't growing, then it's dying. It's not possible to simply maintain the "status quo" in today's business environment. On the other hand, unplanned, uncontrolled growth can also be disastrous to your business. The secret is to sit down and carefully think out where you want to be one, two or five years from now and create a plan that will take you there. Then, as time goes by and you work your "plan," make every effort to stay on it. Make every effort not to fall behind or get too far ahead of it. Rapid growth can create a cash flow crisis or can cause you too make rushed and poorly planned decisions.
Part of your growth plan must include the addition of new equipment and personnel to produce the additional work called for in the plan. Old equipment and employee turnover also create the need for replacements along the way. Many companies fail to build these factors into their plan and have difficulty working them in on an "emergency" basis.
Equipment is necessary to provide the services that bring in the income; not just any equipment, but efficiently working equipment. Regular maintenance and repairs and/or replacement must be part of the planned expenses, as well as new equipment for growth. You should know the life expectancy of your equipment and realize that trying to push it beyond its expected performance parameters can result in costly repair and down time expenses. Planning for replacement is as simple as the following formula: equipment replacement cost divided by years of expected performance equals the amount of money you should be putting away annually. Then, when the time comes, you can easily replace the equipment without significant sudden financial impact on the business.
Many agree that having an equipment fund is a great idea, but very few actually establish one. It's one of those things on the list of things to do, but never quite makes it to the top. Unfortunately, this leads many businesses to fall behind on their plan because they can't get the work done with the available equipment and can't afford to buy more right now. They push "old reliable" to the limits and nearly kill the loyal technicians. They then find themselves in a crisis when Joe quits and old reliable breaks down in the middle of the busy season. Clients get mad, accounts are lost, and the owner says, "You just can't find good reliable help anymore" or "That equipment always breaks down when you need it the most."
You should know the approximate level of production where a primary piece of equipment will max out. For example, a typical truckmounted carpet-cleaning unit operated by a trained, certified technician can consistently produce about $120,000–$150,000 of carpet cleaning per year. So if your business goal is $300,000 next year and $360,000 the year after, and you have only one truck, then you need to think about adding an additional unit right away and possibly another in the second half of the year.
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It has a formal moniker in pharmacology.
The name is rather long, but is abbreviated to "PCP"
It was first synthesized as a dissociative anesthetic.
Among its side effects, it is hallucinogenic.
More seriously, to the nervous system, it is toxic.
Junkies can inhale it, ingest it, or it can be smoked.
With its use, the brain is adversely provoked.
What are often produced are hallucinations.
Sometimes, the drug fashions delusions.
There is numbness of pain, but distortions of reality.
This cannot be anything to use for you or me.
Thanks to wikipedia.org online encyclopedia for information I obtained to write this poem.
Robert Pettit
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For Gail's "Angel Dust" contest.


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Dream of Dec 21, 2012
i have to tell you all about this dream; it was so real.
First, the people in this dream:
My daughter Laura
her boyfriend Justin
Robin (my adopted daughter)
and a woman who is my dear and closest friend in the dream
(but i've never met her before in this life. When i woke up i
didn't know who the hell she could have been.)
Here's the dream:
It's Dec 21, 2012 and we're all in New York at the World
Trade Center Plaza. It's like this huge patio with rod iron
tables and chairs and they're piping in music, and we're in
a cafe/bar sitting in front of a plate glass window that looks
out onto this patio.... and we're talking about the day. "Does
anyone feel different? and the general consensus is "no,
everything still feels the same." And as we go on small talking,
i notice the sun up in the sky. It's dusk and the sky has turned
a very deep dark wedgewood blue and the sun is like a ball
of light with no rays and around the sun are these stars that
are circling around it counter clock wise and the last star in the
line is like a tail. They look like a kite's tail going around the sun.
I tell the others to look and i say "Wow, i've never seen that
before; have you?" And we're all sitting watching in awe. And
now there's a crowd gathering outside as others are beginning
to notice it. So we all get up and go out on the plaza with the
rest to get a better look. i turn to my right to see the moon
about 3 quarters of the way full and now a kite tail of stars
are going counter clock wise around it too. i turn back to tell
the others to look and they're not there. They're lost in the
crowd and i look all around for them and as i'm doing that,
i notice the sun is now gone too. The crowd is thick now and
suddenly i spot my dear friend and ask what where is
everyone; we have to find them. She says everyone must
be lost in the crowd. i feel such a relief that she's there with
me though. Such a comfort. We look up in the sky again and
now night is here and there's a million stars in the sky and
they're all darting around. none of them are stationary. It's
like the cosmos is shifting and nothing is normal in the sky.
Everything is moving. It's horrifying and incredibly beautiful
at the same time. It's like deep down there's a part of me
that is so calm and welcoming while the other part is
terrified. The crowd starts moving toward Church street,
something is happening on Church St. i glance around again
for Laura and Justin and Robin and they're no where in sight.
My dear friend comforts me and tells me they'll be alright.
and again i'm feeling so glad she's there. We move with the crowd
until we reach Church st. and there right before my eyes a huge
light being about 15ft tall is materializing in the street, dressed
in a flowing white robe. He has a human face and i'm saying
"Oh my God, this can't be Jesus? Can it?" i look to my dear friend
and now SHE'S gone again and i'm alone in this crowd. i scan
the crowd for all of them but i can't spot any of them. i looked
back to the street and now there's a hoard of these light beings in
the street passing by and it's like watching a parade. And they all
look exactly the same. And i think "They must be angels". and
as i'm standing there horrified and mystified at the same time,
one of the angel's calls down to me "You! You can come up
here now; right now! Come!" So i rush up to the bottom of
his white robe and a cloth ladder is dangling from his waist
belt and i begin to climb it... but i'm having a hard time, so he
reaches down his hand and lifts me up to his face and his hand
is now like a sheet of white light and its like a plateau that i'm
now standing on, staring into his huge face and there's such
tenderness emanating from his eyes... but his voice is like
thunder and he says: "There is a sin that sets the course for
the rest of the sins in your life; what is that sin? Confess it now!"
i'm standing there petrified. i don't know the answer. i haven't
a clue what to say. And then suddenly, it comes to me and i look
up at his face and say: "...my father".
And as i look into the angel's eyes, he nods silently and looks
tenderly into mine and then he sets me gently back down on
the curb and rejoins the parade of angels walking down the
middle of Church St, and as i'm standing there wondering
what is happening, i continue to watch these angels passing by
by the hundreds in procession as the dream ends.
i woke up with a start, grabbed my phone to see what time
it was. It was 2:33am central time. i got up and wrote it all
down. Before going back to sleep i wondered who was this
woman that i loved so dearly in this dream?
i don't know who she was.
Today on the way home from work i thought about this dream
and it occurred to me that in some of our lives (maybe all of
our lives) there is something that happens to start the ball rolling.
We go off half-cocked from that point on and never realize how
much of an effect that one thing turns out to have on the course
of our lives until we are much older.
Maybe that's truly what original sin means. Maybe each life has
its own original sin that sets the ball rolling. And that original sin
doesn't always have to be our own. It can be someone else's. And
maybe that's why we're all forgiven without even knowing we are
forgiven. i felt so blessed today. It was a great day. Love to all!
Joy and Light,
((((((( A Wish for All )))))))
Well, Chi, your dream seems to be an indicator of what might happen in the next few months. So many people on Christian TV are having dreams of a major shift like a major outpouring of the spirit and people spiritually awakening.
A while ago the Christ spirit showed me about five of six UFO in space. They formed a circle. The stars you saw moving in the sky in your dream could have been UFOs.
For me, life has been very intense lately. I get some light and then I struggle with darkness. I am uncertain about what the future will bring but I think we are going through a major cleansing right now.
Chi .... WOW!! As I was reading your dream, 2 things came to mind: 1)whatever kind of tea this woman drinks before bed, I want some! and 2) this would be a fabulous tv movie! I love the way you use words and images -- and I was totally "with you" in this dream. VERY powerful!
It sounds very prophetic - and like Beana said, it could be a good indicator of the major shift that's going on. For myself, I seem to be in a perpetual state of change and confusion -- and this doesn't appear to be age or stress related -- I'm "accidentally" missing appointments, misplacing small items, dealing with a constant flow of other peoples' mini-crises (all out of proportion) .... like your starry sky, nothing is staying where it was familiar; everything's darting around and shifting like crazy, and I'm in a constant tizzy!
I don't know what all this means -- but I do think you are very fortunate to have your spirit guide (or whoever your best friend in your dream may have been) by your side at this time. May we all be so blessed!!
Love and light,
i agree; it seems to be effecting us all. For me it's Time;
Time is just speeding right by. I mean it was just Aug
yesterday and now it's Oct today. Time is moving much
to fast for my comfort level...
At first in the dream i thought the first one might be Jesus.
But they all looked the same. So either there were hundreds
of Jesus' or there were hundreds of angels. So to call them
angels seemed more plausible, since originally there was only
one Jesus. Huge Grin...
But it could be ET too (like you say) and just like centuries ago,
it feels initially like God. Guess, we'll just have to wait and see.
((((((( A Wish for All )))))))
Is my spirit informing me or is my mind just releasing all the
penned up concern and angst regarding 12/21 that i didn't
even realize was there? From a linear perspective, this dream
makes me realized that on the surface i've been staying really
busy, not dealing with the thought of it at all. Ha! But deep
down underneath, i seem to be dealing with it in a big way.
From a spiritual perspective; it seems quite divine. The way
Time is speeding up and unravelling makes it feel like the
roller coaster ride of our lives, that's for sure. Is it all
for naught? Will the day come and go uneventfully? Will
the roller coaster ride come to a stop and we'll just get
out of the cars and go on about our lives? And if so,
what is the meaning in it; the reason for us all going thru
this? Will that alone be enough to change things and return
things to a new improved higher vibration normal?
On a lighter note, i have to laugh because i too wondered
if i had eaten some poisonous mushrooms or something. Ha!
Much Love,
((((((( A Wish for All )))))))
That's a very good question, Chi, and one that I've been pondering as well. A part of me is maintaining a cool "oh, well, que sera sera" stance about 12/21 ... another part of me is fending off a potentially severe disappointment if "something" doesn't actually occur that I can define and grasp! There's no doubt in my mind that time is, as you put it, "speeding up and unravelling." And, personally I don't enjoy feeling this way, like I'm on the edge of a precipice and will either fall splat off the cliff or soar upwards with the angels. It's hard to stay grounded right now, and if even the stars start zooming around - well ... that's definitely getting into a whole new zone!
Amazing, amazing dream Chi! Loved it and so detailed. Definitely a spiritual dream you lucky ducky
And yes, your conclusion sounds very on target to how it all begins. Like the book "The Four Agreements" which I got so much out of in the way of truth and opening my eyes more. When we experience certain things in our life or someone says a certain thing, we make an agreement that this is our truth or not.
Interesting that the word sin came up in the dream. hmmmm I've thought about this quite a bit through the years. Also, sins of our ancestors...meaning something that is passed on from parent to child. I don't think this implies the original act but the distortion/fracture....ie judgment, hate, fear. However, there are other instances that I've thought about in regard to the "unknowing" sin...ie someone that thinks they are doing good or the person that has lost their connection and is completely unaware that what they are doing is destructive....OR the participant in a system itself that is causing destruction (like buying gas or GMO foods, clothing, vaccinations, etc.) Do we have to know it is a sin to be a sin? Could it simply be that sin is anything that distorts truth, connection, balance? Isn't this similar to "karma"?
As to your best friend. I had a dream many, many years ago in which I had the same experience. I was reunited with a man that I loved so, so much and we went back eons. I remembered all this the moment we saw each other and the love was so intense and deep...don't think we have this type of love on the earthly plane. When I woke up, I missed him so very much and cried for a couple weeks non-stop. I don't know his name or where he came from but I still remember very vividly that love.
I also have UFO dreams in which this woman is always present. She does the same thing your best friend does in comforting and reassuring me. It is very interesting, isn't it? She seems very familiar to me as well but not in the best friend sense. She could be a guide or a representative of the beings that were showing me their presence in those dreams. Very pleasant and calming energy.
Much love,
Better be happy now....
"The Boy's Gone" Jason Mraz
You throw the possibility out there:
"Could it simply be that sin is anything that distorts truth,
connection, balance?" i would agree with that assessment.
And i would also agree that there are times when the
state of "not knowing any better" comes into play too.
There's one thing i've noticed in my dream; the angels
are not here to judge. They do not come with swords.
They do not breathe hell fire. They simply walk by;
their eyes filled with compassion by the hundreds.
They are just walking by on a path called Church St?
Life is a dream and maybe it's just to shock those of
us in the dream into a higher frequency (thru their
mere presence) so we remember that we too; are
divine. We are ALL divine.
i was raised a Catholic but truly in my heart i am a Pagan
from way, way back. Ha! God is the air i breathe; the earth
i walk upon, the sea i drift on, the sky i gaze up at. God is
the warmth of the sun, the gentle rain and even the
storm and the darkness in the heavens is God. What is
there to fight about.
Hey, here's a kicker: Laura, Justin and i will be flying into
NYC on 12/21. Ha! It's a 9:15am (central time) American
flight, arriving LaGuardia 12:20pm (eastern). Give or take
a minute or two. Huge Grin...
((((((( A Wish for All )))))))
Wow Chi !!
Hi Honey,
That's an AMAZING dream. There are so many Symbols, all of which are positive and beautiful. Family, restaurant, Church street, the Angels, the unknown friend..OMG...
I believe that the Shift has already started, it will be mostly an inward shift and many will follow and some wont, because of their conscious level.
Thank you so much for sharing..very uplifting !!
Hugs and Love
Know Thyself and You Will Know The Universe
You just made me take another look. You just helped me see
another symbol; being scooped up into a higher vibration by
the hand of something greater than ourselves after initially
struggling. Shaking my head; too funny...
i believe it's already started too, and there are signs of our
inward shifting all over the place, but i haven't really been
looking, seeing. All around us the truth is being revealed. All
these things that were hidden deep underneath the surface
of the proverbial pond are now rising to the top. No matter
where you look; the evidence of awakening is there.
All that crap we learned in high school; shaking my head.
We are seeing now (thru archaeological digs and channelings)
that just about every civilization that has ever inhabited this
planet was advanced; some even way beyond us.
Ancient hieroglyphs are projecting light bulb and other electrical
images on tomb walls. The Ancients even had aerodynamic
knowledge; it is very possible that they knew how to fly too.
And their nautical knowledge was also quite advanced. The
navigational instruments they invented and used quite
remarkably grandfather ours. Ha!
The truth about Christianity and how it was modeled after
the Pagan Spirituality. How many of the books regarding
reincarnation were removed from the Bible millenniums ago.
Many of the truths that have been hidden in the Vatican archives
are now coming to light. And i could go on and on in this arena.
The truth about America and her Masonic ties and Columbus
was not the first to discover her. i could go on and on here too.
And moving to the present, the truth about the American
Political system and their ties in the past (and even now) with
Organized Crime. Iraq was about oil and money and greed. The
lobbyists and the all the extras in all the bills that get passed that
we were never told about, but now it's all becoming quite transparent.
The truth about the oil companies and how they hold us hostage
to creating better forms of energy that reduce the harm we've
been causing to our planet. The truth is quite clear.
The truth about our food and all the chemicals that have been
used for years that were killing us. This is being revealed now
too. We're eating better (each of us to different degrees) and
that too is raising consciousness.
The truth about the pharmaceutical companies and our
medical professions all coming to light.
It seems what is going on within is facilitating the shift without
and what is going on without is facilitating the shift within.
And in the Spiritual arena, it is no longer just individuals
awakening to their multi-dimensional selves. Whole family
clusters have been awakening slowly to who they were to
each other in the past and who they are now. It's like a bag
of popcorn. One kernel pops and then another and then another
and then 4 or 5 kernels pop at the same time (it's like that) and
this continues until every single kernel has popped.
and now finally, the truth about our DNA and our Extra-terrestrial
heritage is slowly coming into mainstream. The truth about
everything is being revealed (no matter what it is) and a planetary
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I must say that although I was flattered when Tommy Horton called several weeks ago and asked me to submit a column for Cotton Farming, it really wasn't something that I thought I could do at the time. I haven't written anything in a long time and, to be honest, I've been a little out of the loop.
But, true to form, Tommy was quite persuasive, and I agreed to do it. As the deadline grew near, I found myself in Starkville, Miss., attending some meetings, and it really struck me how good it felt to be back in a familiar place. Mississippi State University has changed tremendously since I enrolled as a freshman in 1991. And while reminiscing with old classmates, it made me think about how my career has come full circle.
I grew up in a small town in the northwest Mississippi Delta where my family farmed and had both a consulting and contract research business. When I left for college in 1991, I had no intention of ever pursuing agriculture as a career. It wasn't because I didn't like the farming lifestyle; I honestly didn't want to work that hard when I "grew up."
However, after two years of biology and chemistry classes, my advisor informed me that medical school was very competitive, and my social skills were more impressive than my grades. Although I had sworn off agriculture as a career, it started to look a bit more appealing, and if worse came to worse, I could always go home and work in the family business. Right? Wrong!
I remember 1993 like it was yesterday. Hot, dry and one of the worst insect years that I had experienced to date. Insect control expenses in cotton were through the roof, and the hot, dry weather reduced yields to nearly half of normal. At that point, I saw how the stress of farming could take its toll on even the hardiest producers. With that, I made up my mind to go to graduate school.
Fast-forward a little more than three years. I found myself in a familiar situation but with even more pressing circumstances. My wife was pregnant with our first child, and although I had submitted dozens of resumes for a job, I hadn't received one call for an interview. My daughter was born on Feb. 1, and I still remember the call with my first (and only one at the time) job offer. We were off to Jackson, Tenn.
I spent four of the best years of my life in Jackson as the state cotton Extension specialist and had the opportunity to work with some of the best producers and university folks in the country. But the call of home proved to be too great, and in the spring of 2006 I found myself moving again, this time to work in the private industry.
Moving back to the Delta was great and working in the private industry gave me a perspective unlike any other. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to work with new technologies and interact with producers at a different level. That, too, was short lived and we were off again.
This time, we moved to St. Louis to work in an area completely unfamiliar to me – Midwestern corn production. The job truly stretched me professionally, but the role exposed me to parts of both the company and the country that has given me a whole new respect for Midwestern farmers and those involved in the seed business.
Now, today, I have come full circle. I'm finally back in the South where I belong, and I'm fortunate to work in the exciting world of agricultural data management. Technology is enabling us to not only gather data at a staggering pace but analyze it like never before for more effective decision making.
I will be forever grateful to all those people who have given me the opportunity to experience so many things in agriculture. It's been a wild ride so far, and I look forward to whatever comes next – as long as I get to do it from right here.
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Students may elect to complete the majority of their hours over spring break which is acceptable as long as their preceptor is available.
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For all of those who said "If 9/11 was something other than what the government says it is, they couldn't have kept it a secret; someone would have spoken out by now," well, here it is.
This past June, more than 100 people gathered at the Gillespie Theatre in Daytona Beach to watch the new documentary "9/11 Explosive Evidence: Experts Speak Out."
The DVD features video, factual and forensic evidence, combined with dozens of certified building professionals from America's top universities, explaining why only controlled demolitions could have brought down all three World Trade Center skyscrapers.
When it was over, only three people in the audience still remained unconvinced that the official explanation cannot be true because it is unscientific and is not supported by the evidence.
Indeed, it appears as if what was once dismissed as conspiracy theory is now proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
The documentary is produced by Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, a nonprofit organization comprised of more than 1,700 licensed architects and engineers.
Their combined expert opinions represent more than 25,000 years of professional building experience, and they are calling for a new independent 9/11 investigation.
Their position is supported by a cavalcade of evidence in the film, which makes it clear the 9/11 Commission excluded key facts to arrive at what appears to have been a pre-determined conclusion.
While the presentation is not rocket science, it does involve an understanding of high school physics, as one of the central tenets is the video-documented free-fall acceleration of WTC Building No. 7 (it collapsed as fast as an object falling through the air, an absolute impossibility without the use of precisely timed demolitions explosives).
The government admits this is true, yet they did not include it as a factor for consideration in their investigation.
Numerous other factual omissions, including the discovery in 2009 of small un-detonated chips of demolitions explosives in all the dust samples taken from the WTC, make it obvious to all who view the documentary that a new independent 9/11 investigation with subpoena powers is warranted.
The possibility that the tragedy of 9/11 as it was explained to us could be untrue is hanging over America like a dark foreboding cloud, which our corporate-controlled media is pretending not to see.
By their continued silence on this vitally important subject, they are virtually implicating themselves as co-conspirators in the ongoing cover up.
Meanwhile, we who depend upon the mass media for our information, are in dire peril as a nation, because when truth is ignored, evil takes its place.
The DVD "9/11 Explosive Evidence: Experts Speak Out" can be purchased online at 911ExpertsSpeakOut.org or by contacting Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911Truth) at 2342 Shattuck Ave., Suite 189, Berkeley, CA 94704, telephone (510) 292-4710.
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When you start trying for a baby it can almost be shock to realise that you can have sex and not get pregnant after all
When are you fertile?
The egg released by one of your ovaries each month at ovulation will only live for a maximum of twenty-four hours if it's not fertilised. You may release more than one egg over a twenty-four hour period, extending your fertility to a maximum of 48 hours. But that doesn't mean that you can only get pregnant from sex on those two days though, as men's sperm have a longer life-span than a woman's egg, and it's our combined fertility that's important. In the right conditions healthy sperm can live for up to five days, so extending your fertile phase to about seven days in a month.
The best chance for fertilisation occurs when healthy sperm have had time to swim up into the fallopian tubes by the time the egg is released, so before you ovulate.
But how do I know when ovulation occurs?
We've all at some time been taught that women's menstrual cycles last for 28 days and that ovulation takes place two weeks before your period begins, so about day fourteen. Many couples who know that they should try to conceive in the days leading up to ovulation assume that the women will ovulate around day fourteen, so see days 11 through to fourteen as the most fertile days: they may well be wrong for three reasons.
1. The 28-days cycle allows text books to produce nice, clear displays of what happens when in a woman's cycle, but it's only the average cycle length, a normal menstrual cycle could be anything from 24 to 36 days.
2. It's usual to ovulate not exactly two weeks before your period, but between 12 and 16 days, so if you have a 25-day cycle you could be ovulating as early as day nine of your cycle.
3. Ovulation can vary from cycle to cycle. Plenty of women experience irregular cycle lengths, but even if you have the most regular of cycles ovulation can be delayed be several factors, like stress, travel, a shock or intensive exercise. You can only really be sure about when you're ovulating after it has happened.
Keeping track
In order to predict ovulation you can either use charting methods: monitoring a combination of your waking temperature, cervical mucus and cervical position, or you can use ovulator prediction kits, OPKs which test urine for luteinizing hormone (LH). Bear in mind that charting your temperature and other fertility signs will give you more information about your reproductive cycle than an OPK and will tell you when ovulation has actually taken place as well as when it may be approaching, which is important as you may have more than one surge of LH before ovulation actually occurs.
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Nucleic acids are capable of forming a wide variety of different structures, far removed from the Watson-Crick double helix, itself a Cavendish discovery. Many of the alternative structures that can be formed have physiological functions, such as controlling gene expression via gene transcription or translation. Our goal is to use biophysical methods to identify these structures, and enable prediction of their structure and stability, and then to combine this work with bioinformatic analyses in order to identify and understand their functions. Ultimately this work may lead to novel insights into natural regulatory processes, as well as new targets for pharmaceutical development.
G-quadruplex nucleic acids
Schematic outline of a G-quadruplex, showing tetrads (left) stacking to form an intramolecular structure (right)
Detailed structures of G-quadruplexes. Top - parallel form, taken from PDB 1KF1. Bottom, antiparallel form, taken from PDB 143D. Guanines shown in blue, the backbones in gold
Model for how G-quadruplexes could control transcription
RNA/DNA hybrids
Normally after transcription of a DNA duplex, the new RNA strand remains single-stranded (and probably structured), whereas the two DNA strands recombine to form a duplex. However, it has been found that for sequences where the coding strand is G-rich, a DNA/RNA duplex can form, with the G-rich DNA strand looping out. These G-loops can be very large (>1 kbase), and easily visible using electron microscopy, and are believed to be physiologically important. The stability of this unusual structure relies on the stability of the rGG/dCC base stacking interaction, but the studies to date have involved only very short oligonucleotides - a maximum of around 12 bases. There appears to be an association between regions that can form G-loops and those where the single-stranded DNA can form G-quadruplex structures. We are investigating this hypothesis by developing simulations of possible sequences using known thermodynamic parameters, and comparing the predictions to genomic sequences, in vivo experiments, and model FRET systems.
microRNAs are small (21-23 nucleotide) pieces of RNA that play a very significant regulatory role in vivo, and are currently the target of considerable interest. They may play a number of roles, either temporarily repressing translation of a target mRNA sequence, importing it into vesicles for later release, or leading to degradation of the target. Detailed bioinformatic techniques have been developed for the prediction of the miRNAs and their targets, but these are still in an early stage. There are many hundred predicted miRNAs in the human genome, of which only a small proportion have been confirmed or studied in any detail. To date, work has solely focused on predicting the sequences of the miRNA and target mRNA, and nothing has been done towards predicting what effect the miRNA will have once it reaches the target. Our work focuses on understanding how mRNA and miRNA sequence and structure control both specificity and function.


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Western Illinois University is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Western engages in numerous activities supporting this goal, including comprehensive training for police and disaster and emergency preparedness planning.
To enhance Western's emergency preparedness, the University implemented an emergency communications system. The WIU Emergency Alert System (WEAS) builds on current methods of information distribution and communication, and enhances Western's ability to quickly and reliably communicate with students, staff, and faculty in the event of an emergency.
The University will only activate the system for emergency purposes. In an emergency, WEAS allows University officials to contact the entire campus community via voice, text, and e-mail messages.
Western Illinois University officials encourage everyone in our campus community to keep emergency information current. The contact information you provide for the WEAS database will not be shared with other entities, and it will be kept private and confidential. The contact information is used only for the emergency alert system. Steps on how to update emergency contact information are located at www.wiu.edu/alertsystem/.
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The activities listed in these summaries reflect incidents where a police report is filed in the Office of Public Safety at Western Illinois University. Items NOT listed include citizen assists, checking on well being of individuals, emergency 9-1-1 calls which do not result in a crime report (i.e. false alarm) and other "routine" duties.
This summary is developed by the Office of University Relations. It is provided to keep the University community informed about crime and safety issues and to satisfy the requirement for providing a crime log in accordance with the Campus Safety and Security Act (Clery Law). Questions about entries in this summary should be referred to the Office of University Relations, Director Darcie Shinberger or the Office of Public Safety, Director Bob Fitzgerald.
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Mon, 11/05/2012 - 02:19
What happens if I start with a small server with no so much amount of ram, and I want to scale up this node with a better server, how it is done?
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You can easily add new server or memory to your infrastructure.
You just need to change the configuration of your bucket (allocated RAM) to leverage the newly added "resources".
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Thank for answering in a timely manner. That's not what I've mean. I mean that if I am starting with three nodes of Small EC2 servers, but prefer to scale up those nodes instead of adding more machines, can I do that without taking my application offline?