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Report of the APA Task Force on Gender Identity and Gender Variance
In recent years, transgender people have increasingly been willing to identify themselves openly. Public awareness of transgender issues has increased dramatically, in part because of an increasing number of books, motion pictures and television programs featuring transgender characters and addressing transgender issues. As a result, not only transgender people themselves but also their families and friends, employers, schools and government agencies are increasingly turning to psychologists for help in addressing these issues on individual and community levels. At the same time, changes in service delivery systems related to transgender issues have resulted in transsexuals and other people with gender identity concerns more frequently turning to community mental health professionals for assessment and treatment.
Consequently, it has become increasingly likely that psychologists will encounter people needing assistance with gender identity concerns. This trend underscores the need for psychologists to acquire greater knowledge and competence in addressing transgender issues.
In February 2005, the Council of Representatives of the American Psychological Association (APA) authorized the appointment of a Task Force on Gender Identity and Gender Variance. The task force was charged with the following:
Review extant APA policies regarding these issues and affected populations and recommend any indicated changes.
Develop recommendations for education, training, and further research into these topics.
Propose how APA can best meet the needs of psychologists and students who identify as transgender or gender variant.
Recommend appropriate collaboration with other professional organizations concerning these issues.
The task force reviewed APA policy documents,including bylaws, association rules, policies and procedures, the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (APA, 2002), practice guidelines, criteria for continuing education content and sponsorship, resolutions, and the Guidelines and Principles for Accreditation of Programs in Professional Psychology (APA Committee on Accreditation, 2006). On the basis of this review, the task force made specific policy recommendations in a number of areas.
They proposed, among other things, the development of practice guidelines for transgender and gender variant clients. Although there may not be sufficient research concerning many transgender issues to develop empirically based guidelines related to all important areas of practice, the task force agreed that there was adequate research concerning discrimination and stereotyping to support the development of clinical guidelines addressing these issues specifically.
The task force noted that APA is in a position to advocate on behalf of transgender people in the same way it advocates on behalf of many other disadvantaged groups: through activities such as lobbying and filing amicus briefs. Specific policy areas that would appropriately be a focus of such advocacy include access to transition-related health care, appropriate placement and treatment within sex-segregated facilities, and access to appropriate legal documents.
APA sponsors a variety of education and training activities and services for members, including hosting conventions, providing continuing education opportunities, publishing books and journals, and accrediting training sites. To meet its public education mandate, APA also publishes brochures, reports, periodicals, and Internet materials designed for laypersons. Accordingly, we believe that APA is well positioned to address the educational needs of its members and the general public regarding issues of transgender and gender variance.
To address the needs of psychologists, students, and interested members of the public, we outlined three levels of information, including specific products that should be available at these levels:
Basic information on transgender issues would be readily available to all psychologists and students of psychology as an element of cultural competence and would also be available to interested members of the public.
Intermediate-level information concerning transgender issues is important for psychologists who work with transgender clients and for interested members of the public; such information would address clinical presentations, prevalence, etiology, life span development, assessment and treatment, comorbidity, and aspects of
cultural competency.
Advanced or specialized information concerning transgender issues would include a more in-depth consideration of the topics listed under intermediate-level resources; this information would be most relevant to clinicians working intensively with transgender clients and to students with particular interests in transgender issues.
In support of these aims, the task force created an educational brochure concerning transgender issues, intended for APA members and the general public.
The task force surveyed transgender psychologists and students and identified several broad categories of needs related to their status as transgender persons. These included more education, training, and research devoted to transgender issues; greater protection from discrimination; greater acceptance, mentoring, advocacy, and demonstration of ally status by colleagues; and increased recognition that transgender persons are experts regarding their own issues.
We identified a variety of specific needs related to educational and workplace settings. These included promotion of education regarding transgender issues in accredited training programs and internships sites; access to facilities that are typically segregated by sex, such as restrooms; confidential document management that reflects
the individual's gender identity; and access to appropriate medical care and health insurance.
Within APA itself, specific needs included collection of demographic information regarding transgender status in relevant surveys of APA members; review of existing APA employment policies to ensure that they support equal employment opportunities for transgender people; and review of health insurance programs offered to APA members to ensure that they include transgender-related health care.
The task force identified six professional organizations with substantial expertise in transgender issues and with which APA should consider collaboration:
HBIGDA, now known as The World Association for Transgender Health,
The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality,
The Council on Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression of the Council on Social Work Education,
The American Psychiatric Association,
The International Association for Social Work Research and
The American Public Health Association.
They also identified several other professional organizations and community-based organizations that have an interest in these issues and that could be considered for collaboration.
Margaret S. Schneider, PhD, Chair
Walter O. Bockting, PhD
Randall D. Ehrbar, PsyD
Anne A. Lawrence, MD, PhD
Katherine Rachlin, PhD
Kenneth J. Zucker, PhD
APA Public Interest Directorate Staff
Clinton W. Anderson, Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns Office
Charlene DeLong, Administrative Coordinator
Related Reading
- Answers to Your Questions About Transgender Individuals and Gender Identity
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What's New
The Kia Sportage sees minor changes for 2006, including a new Sport package for the LX V-6 model, which includes fog lights, a sport gauge instrument cluster, a black mesh grille, dark metallic gray body side cladding, leather steering wheel and shift knob, rear spoiler, cargo cover, and the AM/FM/CD audio system with six speakers. The Sportage also gets an improved radio mast, standard air filtration, and a tire pressure monitoring system on EX models.
Kia's compact SUV is available in two trim levels: base LX and upscale EX; each comes with a choice of two- or four-wheel drive. The LX comes standard with a 2.0L inline-four-cylinder engine producing 140 hp, and comes mated to a 5-speed manual or optional 4-speed automatic transmission. Optional on LX and standard on EX models is a 2.7L V-6 engine, developing 173 hp that comes bolted to a 4-speed automatic. Standard safety equipment includes six air bags (two advanced front air bags, two front-seat-mounted side air bags, and two full-length side curtain air bags); four-wheel disc brakes with ABS assist and electronic brake distribution; traction control; and electronic stability control.
Standard features include rear privacy glass, power windows with driver's one-touch down feature, power mirrors, a roof rack, and an AM/FM/CD stereo system with six speakers. Cruise control comes as standard equipment on all V-6 models. The EX model adds a one-touch sunroof, fog lights, tire pressure monitoring system, heated outside mirrors, a leather-covered shift knob and steering wheel, illuminated ignition, remote keyless entry system, a cargo cover, and upgraded seat fabric. Options on the LX include floor mats, a rear cargo cover, and a cargo net. The EX is available with a Luxury package, which includes leather seats and interior trim, heated front seats, automatic headlamps, electrochromatic interior mirror with HomeLink wireless control system, upgraded stereo with subwoofer and external amplifier, and body-color bumpers. Leather seats and trim are also available as a stand-alone option for the EX model.
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According to the J.D. Power and Associates Sales Report,SM the Ford Escape is the segment sales leader, delivering 165,122 units to customers in calendar year 2005. Three other models had sales of more than 100,000 units in 2005, including the Honda CR-V (150,219), Chrysler PT Cruiser (133,740), and Chevrolet Equinox (130,542). Kia's Sportage found 29,009 buyers for 2005. Others in the segment include the Saturn VUE, Toyota RAV4, Hyundai Santa Fe and Tucson, and Honda Element.
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"This year the Klamath BOR refused to guarantee water for the Klamath salmon, and therefore had to release additional flows from the Trinity River, the Klamath's largest tributary, to avoid a late summer fish kill," stated Hoopa Valley Tribal Chairman Leonard Masten. "Now, for the second year in a row, the BOR and the National Marine Fisheries Service are violating Endangered Species Act flows for Coho Salmon. If this is any indication of the Bureau's future water planning, I do not see how the salmon can recover."
Scientist and environmental groups are saying this situation is an indication we could be falling back into the policies of the past where farmers in the Klamath were favored above Tribes and fishermen. In 2002 these policies led to flows so low that over 60,000 adult salmon, mainly Chinook, perished in the river, devastating Tribes and coastal fishing communities. In many years since the endangered Coho also have been shorted water. The Klamath River salmon runs regulate coastal fishing in California and Oregon, and subsequent low salmon runs led to years of economic disasters. Experts say poor water policy impacts both species of salmon.
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"In the last decade we saw the beginning of large-scale restoration on the Trinity River, the Klamath's largest, most fish producing tributary; the movements to take down dams; court ruling favoring Tribal water rights; and a myriad of efforts to restore watersheds and the people who depend on them," said Regina Chichizola from the Hoopa Valley Tribe. "Proposals like this could undo all of this investment."
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Originally posted by nariusseldon
Sort of like mountain climbing don't you think? No real reason to do it, very good chance you'll die in the process, and accidents beyond one's control do happen.
Yet people keep doing it.
Just not me.
In my day MMORPG's were so hard we fought our way through dungeons in the snow, uphill both ways.
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What is actually stopping a player from deleting a character and starting over if their toon dies in any mmo? Nothing, nothing at all. Therefore fans of permadeath can self initiate this if they choose. The fact that others choose in the same game not to self delete after death should have no bearing on the matter, as there are many real life instances where my belief does not jibe with someones actions, yet their actions/inactions do not change my beliefs or invalidate them.
As with any game mechanic, there is a place for permadeath as part of a particular game's design, just as there is a place in some games for housing or chat bubbles or any number of features or mechanics. But at least with permadeath, any player can insitute self deletion, whereas I can not create housing or after creation character customization. We all are constrained or limited by what games provide, and what developers feel the market supports.
But what would the rationalization of permadeath be in a game where it inclusion is not very popular? Realism? Certainly not realism, a game set in a virtual realm is by definition not real. Excitement? Well, different people find different things exciting...or irritating for that matter.
But let's take realism for a moment. I had a friend who was bitten by a rattlesnake. The poison didn't tick down on a timer and he was all better. He went blind, his respiratory muscles shut down and he went into respiratory failure. He was intubated, on a ventilator for weeks and threw a bloodclot to his heart, having an mi. Now even in a game with permadeath, is anyone suggesting if you are attacked with poison your character is incapacitated for a month? For realisim sake?
It always amazes me how some folks can draw an imaginary line in an imaginary world and say, this is real and this is not. As if elves and fairies and werewolves are perfectly normal but rezing from the dead is not.
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"Playing things I shouldn''t be playing since 1977."
Why is it I don't see any threads about "perma-lockout timers" or "perma-injury?" Why is it I don't see any threads about "perma-reputation hit" or "perma-PvP status?" Because all of those mechanics encourage the same things people are asking for with permadeath: increasing the stakes in an MMO.
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"It's like they took a gun, put it to their nugget sack and pulled the trigger over and over again, each time telling us how great it was that they were shooting themselves in the balls."
Originally posted by Cephus404
There seem to be enough people in Diablo 3 to make it viable. Of course D3 sold 10M copies, so even a minority of D3 players sizable.
Originally posted by Terranah
Nothing. And people do that.
The most famous is the WOW "iron man challenge".
Originally posted by Kyleran
While i won't do it, certainly it is fun to discuss it.
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Originally posted by Terranah
The first half of your post I was ready to peg you as a moron for justifying "self deleting" but then the second half saved you... carry on.
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I think I made a post in this thread and it was removed for 'trolling'. Basically I said that where you find permadeath hate you will find simple people not worth discussing things with. So why make a long post of it? I realize a long post takes time, but I don't think the topic deserves it. Permadeath of course has numerous solid reasons behind it which are well-acquainted to anyone who has played games long enough to be worthy of participation in such a discussion.
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Originally posted by pkpkpk
You know, in the early days of MUDs and MUSHs, permadeath was the rule and not the exception.
What, do you think, changed?
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"It's like they took a gun, put it to their nugget sack and pulled the trigger over and over again, each time telling us how great it was that they were shooting themselves in the balls."
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Permadeath is never a good idea because of potential connection issues that can cause a death. In EQ death was a pretty huge penalty and I can remember that most of my deaths were caused by disconnects.
I think that at best a good MMO could implement a death system so that for raids and pvp events once you die you cannot respawn; only be rezzed by another player. Or, create a side server that provides campaigns where the campaign server provides special adventure and loot; when you die you are booted out of campaign and returned to the regular part of the world again. ALthough as I type this I see issues where many players would hide until the latter parts of the campaign so there would also need to be some kind of tracking, e.g. a quest line to ensure each player has to attempt to get through the gauntlet of the campaign to make it to the end.
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Originally posted by Cephus404
We are not talking about companies in my original post, if they will do or not. The question is that if the permadeath haters users would allow that. Just assume the company would mantain the server, and if you are one of the type of users I talk about in the thread answer if you would ban this idea or not , assuming that YES, they would keep the permadeath server.
Originally posted by Terranah
As I said some times in this thread, deleting your char in a normal game when you die and permadeath is not the same thing.
As I said beforeSome ways why permadeath server and deleting your char when you die are different things:
Gameplay A: Npcs are attacking your city, you and your friends are defenting it.
You delete your char when you die: All your friends will be able to respawn to help your to defend your city.
Permadeath:People start again when they die and so you would have less reinforcements.
Gameplay B: A sandbox game that is like ultima online. You have a friend that is a very good blacksmith.
You delete your char when you die: This blacksmith guy will be able to help people again.
Permadeath: The world will lose a very good blacksmith, this guy will not be able to help you.
Gameplay C: Player A has a house and player B stay in this house with player A when he is there.
Player B delete his char when he dies: Nothing Happens.
Permadeath: He will not be able to enter house again, because player A will be dead and will own the house.
Originally posted by Terranah
This is not about realism. Also fantasy games have ressurections spells, that would being ressurected by spells (and so no permadeath) would be a realistic thing (in their world).
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Originally posted by darkhalf357x
That would only result in a nearly endless line of tickets for the CE staff. No company in its right mind would do it. Item replacements (usually limited to X number per account per lifetime, for the same reason).
As someone explained upthread, you live with the inherent possibility of simple randomness washing away weeks or months of your play, or you don't play.
That does indeed make the decision really, really easy. Particularly when you have my ISP...no-brainer. Not a question of IF (I will be screwed), but rather a question of WHEN. Pass the lube please.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
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Holy man, 47.8% voted on "baning" it.
I postead a thing that is not even permadeath and people want to stop it.
This is the ideas with the lowest amount of permadeath on it (it doenst even have permadeath if you dont play on permadeath server) that I can think about. Yet people want to "ban" it.
There is a idea with smaller amount of permadeath, that doenst even have permadeath on any server from the game. Well its not permadeath idea, but many somehow consider it.
I am thinking if I create a thread with this new "permadeath idea after this die, I dont consider this new idea that I will post as permadeath, so YES, by baning this idea they already banned all permadeath ideas that are possible to exist, since all other ones will have more permadeath features than this one.
But people here are saying that this new idea is permadeath, and I would love to see if they would "ban" even their own idea.


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November 14, 2013 at 1:40pm
What about any Plaid album song by Blues Saraceno, Dime wore a plaid patch tattoo in honor of the guy.
July 18, 2013 at 1:30pm
20 years later, this is still a killer list of songs.
Many of these songs were very influential on those of us that grew up in the 70's and 80's.
July 13, 2013 at 8:28pm
Dime was really something else, when it came to metal guitar. I've always been a fan of Tony Iommi, Randy Rhodes, and a lot of others, but Dimebag Darrell could pick up a Dean, plug into some Randall amps, and put out a sound that was pure Metal. Even in his earlier days, you could tell that he was super talented. Miss him, and what he could of accomplished today.
July 12, 2013 at 10:26pm
What a cool mf-er Dime was! He took bits and pieces from all the best players and morphed it all into his own wicked style and became one of the greatest guitarists, eclipsing most of the guys he "learned" from.
Like most, I'll never get over the way he was taken. The only solace is that he was doing what he loved and was born to do.
R.I.P., Darrell - your unique talent and brotherly persona will never allow you to be forgotten.
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I love that you added the thirteenth song, very Black Sabbath of you ;)
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By Jerry Briggs : February 1, 2014 : Updated: February 1, 2014 9:42pm
Photo By Tom Reel / San Antonio Express-NewsThe 2009 McAllister Park Little League team, members of the Strauss family and former Spurs great Artis Gilmore surround former Spurs coach Stan Albeck as the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2014 is recognized Saturday at the Gonzalez Convention Center. Albeck, 82, remains a fervent Spurs fan.
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Members of the McAllister Park Little League All-Stars are introduced to the crowd in the Arneson River Theater during the river parade celebration Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009.
Deftly managing a locker room filled with experienced veterans, Stan Albeck won 62 percent of his games as Spurs coach.
In three years, he won three division championships and led his team on two trips into the NBA's Western Conference finals.
His performance, and not a bitter breakup with team management in 1983, was the focus Saturday during his induction into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame.
About 1,000 patrons at the Convention Center cheered Albeck's brief, but brilliant, run as Spurs coach.
Also hailed were inductees Artis Gilmore, the late Joe Straus Sr. and the 2009 McAllister Park Little League All-Stars.
During a reception before the induction ceremony, Albeck's wife said the family remains surprised — and emotional — about learning he would be honored.
"Yes, we are very surprised," Phyliss Albeck said. "We thought it would never happen, simply because of the way he left. I just felt like the whole city was angry with him. We are just so pleased, and he is so happy about it."
More than 30 years have passed since Stan Albeck entered into negotiations to join the Nets immediately after the Lakers ousted the Spurs 4-2 in a hotly contested series for the conference title.
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Since his election was announced last fall, the 82-year-old resident has received numerous calls and messages.
"It is very emotional," Phyllis Albeck said, speaking for her speech-disabled husband. "We have heard from so many people, including Artis.
"Seven of the guys who played for him — college and pro — are here. So it's been a great weekend for Stan. He has laughed, and we have told stories. It's just been great for him."
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Hunt aint even fat man.
Hunt aint even fat man.
Well if we compare him to Nelson, Hunt is definitely not fat.
However if we compare him to other HWs, then Hunt looks definitely fat.
Now, before anyone points that Fedor was also fat, I have never denied that he has a belly.
Not only brazilians can do this stuff
None of these guys are fat.
Nelson is very fit?
Not only brazilians can do this stuff
Fat-(of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh.
They both have excess flesh. Fat isn't always an insult. Both guys are elite athletes. Both guys are in great shape. Both guys are fat.
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"I don't know where I am. Please, Jerry-boy, take me home. You know the way
"I don't know where else to take you, Dad. You've lived here for twenty-nine years."
"You go to hell! You're in with them!"
There is no walking away now. He is an abandoned child. He searches for his boyhood home on Boarman Avenue, in Baltimore, or perhaps our first family home there, on Forest Park Avenue. He hears voices but can't decode what is being said, and his mind assumes the worst: My mother is insulting him, planning to run off; his sons are belittling him, his mother scolding him, his older brothers and sisters teasing him. He is lost, with no father of his own to turn to. I see that he has wet himself; a dark ring marks his place on the couch.
As a geriatric physician in San Antonio for the past thirty years, I have been through this before. I have been cursed, spit on, bitten, and punched by demented old folks over the decades. A poor woman threw a shoe at me when I stepped inside her hospital room. The day before, she thought I was the devil.
As a doctor, I know what to do; as a son, I am uncertain. So I assume my doctor role, retreating into the armor of my starched white coat. I walk to the kitchen and check his daily pill slots to make sure he's been getting his regular medications. Sometimes my mother, unable to see due to macular degeneration, inadvertently leaves pills in the plastic containers I fill every couple weeks. But everything seems in order.
The pills are often as much a part of the problem as the cure. My father takes eight medications a day; my mother, who is 82, fourteen. They are both on vitamins and minerals, blood pressure medications, diuretics, and cholesterol-lowering drugs. My father also takes two pills for his heart. My mother takes drugs for her diabetes, a thyroid disorder, osteoporosis, and depression. This is not unusual for folks their age.
I spend my doctoring days prescribing medications for my patients, reshuffling the ones they're on—a tiny dose change here, a retiming of administration there. By now I have written or refilled hundreds of thousands of prescriptions, but my constant goal is to cut back on medications, stop them altogether if I can: Less is usually more. Every geriatrician knows this. Looking through my father's pills, I recall a patient of mine, Lilly, a woman who first came to see me carrying a brown paper shopping bag crammed with pill bottles—at least forty different drugs prescribed by a dozen physicians.
"This one's for the high blood," she had said, "and this one's for the sweet blood, and this one's for the low blood. These three are for my bad knees, and this one's 'cause I'm sad a lot, and this one's 'cause I don't sleep too good, and this one's 'cause I'm tired all the time. I can hardly keep 'em straight, but I got a big list at home tacked to the wall, over the phone in my kitchen. Last month the company cut off the service when I couldn't pay the bill. All these medicines and still I feel so bad. That's why I come to you now. That and all these other troubles." She had handed me a list of symptoms, pencil-scrawled on a ragged piece of paper.
I spent two hours with Lilly, hearing one story loop into another: bad marriages, kids in jail, ER visits, surgeries, strange diagnoses mostly self-made. I knew what was happening to Lilly, what happens to many people like her in a medical encounter. The physician begins to drown in a sea of conflicting information, feels powerless to alter the circumstances of this person's life. A wave of helplessness washes over doctor and patient both, and he reaches for his prescription pad. "Here, try this," he says. "I think it will help." Then he steps into the hall, picks up the next chart, and moves on, hoping the drug he has prescribed helps but doubtful it will. I could not change the circumstances of Lilly's life, couldn't make up for her poverty or lack of education or the poor choices she had made. But she improved significantly when, after some lab work and many more hours of listening, I was eventually able to whittle her medication list down to three.
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Chanel Bel Ami Rouge Coco Shine Review, Photos, Swatches
Chanel Bel Ami Rouge Coco Shine
Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in Bel Ami
Chanel Bel Ami (66) Rouge Coco Shine ($32.00 for 0.10 oz.) is a semi-sheer plum-berry that looks a little rosy, little brown-based when swatched, but on my lips, it appears more like a plum with a hint of red and silver shimmer. The color coverage is semi-sheer, but it applies evenly and smoothly, and it ends up looking like I'm not even wearing lipstick. It's a little redder compared to MAC Capricious, while it is plummier than Cle de Peau #117 (and sheerer). Rimmel Burgundy is a few shades darker.
I only get an hour and half to two hours of wear with Chanel's Rouge Coco Shines, though, which is below average for a lipstick–and Chanel says these have "lasting moisturizing shine." Rouge Coco shines feel more like lip balm when applied, because they have an emollient base that enables them to glide on, but I don't find them very moisturizing. They are not drying, but they don't impart quite as much moisture as you'd expect. I wish the product contained a bit more (like the Rouge Cocos), because the creaminess of the formula (combined with sheerer color and need for regular reapplication) makes it easy to overapply.
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I hope everyone had a fabulous Fourth of July yesterday. I'm actually hoping to keep the fireworks going tonight as I set out on my very first Grouper. Grouper is a new(ish) service of sorts for meeting new people in your city over a cocktail. You fill out a quick online application and give them access to your Facebook profile. They promise not to post to your profile without your permission. Then the workerbees at Grouper match you up with someone of the opposite sex (or same sex if that is your preference, I think) based on your interests and what they can glean of your personality. Once they make a match for you, they let you know via email and ask you when you're free to meet up. You pre-pay for your first drink and instruct both of you to bring two awesome friends. About 24 hours ahead of the meet up, Grouper emails you the exact location of where you will meet and let you know the reservation info. All you have to do now is show up. Interesting concept, right?
Notice I haven't called it a date. I'm thinking it will be more like the Notorious B.I.G. song where Puff Daddy raps, "Tell your friends, to get with my friends/And we can be friends." So whether we have fireworks tonight because my girl friends and I are meeting up with the most charming gentlemen in the city, or it's just awesomely, spectacularly bad, I will report back here. Stay tuned.
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2 tablespoons
1 (14 ounce) can
Swanson® Natural Goodness™ Chicken Broth
1/2 teaspoon
dried thyme leaves, crushed
1/8 teaspoon
ground black pepper
12 small
new potatoes, cut into quarters
2 medium
carrots, cut into 1 inch pieces
2 stalks
celery, cut into 2 inch pieces
I made these with the following changes: I added one half red onion, peeled, quartered and separated. I didn't care for the addition of the cornstarch. It made them "pasty." The flavor was good, though I think next time I will add just a pinch of salt and maybe some minced garlic and onion powder.
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Calories: 251
Calories from Fat: 3
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The Denver Post has called the Colorado race between Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet and Republican candidate Ken Buck for the incumbent, reports Politico.
With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Bennet holds the lead at 47.7 percent, while Buck has 46.8 percent. The raw vote difference here is a good 15,000 votes.
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Ladies and gentlemen, it's a pleasure to be with you today. This is a very important and very timely conference.
It is important because national security now and in the future will rely more on cooperation between friends and allies. It is timely because of the U.S. commitment, particularly with regard to Dr. [Secretary of Defense William J.] Perry, Dr. [Deputy Secretary of Defense John M.] Deutch and me, to a renaissance in cooperation on armaments programs of mutual interest. We also meet at a time of rapid change in the world -- one in which the U.S.-European security relationship remains vitally important to the welfare of people on both sides of the Atlantic.
Let me say a few words about our collective national security environment and about our objectives in seeking deeper and more productive defense equipment cooperation. In the post- Cold War world we no longer face a single galvanizing threat such as the former Soviet Union. Instead there is increased likelihood of our forces being committed to limited regional military actions -- coalition operations -- in which allies are important partners.
I would sum this all up in statistical terms by saying that the mean value of our single greatest threat is considerably reduced. But the irony of the situation is that the variance of the collective threat that we deal with, plan for and must counter is up.
This gives us some pause in trying to plan intelligently. In response to reduced mean value of the threat the United States has cut end strength by about a third from 1985 levels. But at the same time the increase in variance has caused deployments of U.S. forces to go up by a third. During this adjustment phase we have brought the total defense budget down while maintaining the high state of readiness needed to support increased operational tempos.
We have done this by reducing our procurement at a pace that is twice the rate of the overall downturn in total obligation authority. This response is consistent with historical norms. Procurement has been the most volatile component of the budget in a drawdown because it is not necessary to purchase new equipment for a smaller force structure. This approach also defers long-term modernization and future readiness. I view this as a temporary condition as we complete our drawdown, which is just about over. Our current level of investment -- it is a little over $39 billion in procurement and $34 billion in research, development, test and evaluation in the FY [fiscal year] 96 budget -- will not sustain the Bottom-up Review force over the long term. The drawdown is nearly complete with the FY 96 budget, and so from FY 97 on we will have to increase our spending to sustain modernization of the force.
Investment outlays -- research, development, test and evaluation and procurement accounts -- have gone from a peak of a little over $160 billion in constant FY 95 dollars to about $105 billion. However, our full-funding policy will not allow the procurement outlay flow to bottom out for another three years. The implication is that industry is still working off of dollars appropriated for FY 93 and will need to deal with a further contraction on the order of 20 percent over the next three years. Defense-related employment has tracked outlays -- from a high of 3.7 million jobs to about 2.4 million jobs. Dollars/employee, a measure of productivity, has been constant through this period. My sense is that a similar set of trends exists on the other side of the Atlantic as well. It is clear to me that we will have to leverage the industrial base of all our nations to modernize the equipment of our defense forces at an affordable cost. To us that means
increased emphasis on cooperation with our allies in acquisition of defense equipment. It also means leveraging the full industrial base through exploiting dual-use technologies and production strategies. The United States seeks cooperation with its allies for three reasons:
The history of international cooperation on armaments has not been good. As I look at the record I see that many programs were started, but few have been completed or continued very long. Two programs that fit in this category are the Mark XV IFF [identification, friend or foe] air-to-air identification system and the family of short range air-to-air missiles where the ASRAAM [advanced short-range air-to-air missile] was born.
The AV-8B Harrier II Plus is a fine example of a recent success. Three countries -- Spain, Italy and the U.S. -- agreed to codevelop a night-attack capability for their fleets of V/STOL [vertical/short take-off and landing] fighters. Primarily for budgetary reasons, none of the countries would have developed the system alone. But the program has been an excellent example of economies of scale and affordability resulting from pooling of national resources. The jury is still out on the ultimate success of the Multifunctional Information Distribution System. I am deeply committed to the success of this program. The five nations participating in the development -- France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the U.S. -- are deeply committed to the program as well. I believe there is a great opportunity for multilateral improvements to system cost, schedule and performance.
In general, most of the problems in armaments cooperation revolved around conflicts between narrow national interests being at odds with broader cooperative interests. As my good friend Henri Conze has said, we have "converging needs but diverging interests." There are many narrow national interests. Some of the more obvious are:
Other problems include the increased difficulty of managing with two or more sovereign parties (the benefits of cooperation aren't viewed as being worth the additional headaches) and slower acquisition cycle times, which allow other national solutions to come along that may be cheaper and work better.
We see additional problems developing in the area of increasing European defense cooperation. The concept is not objectionable. In fact, it is welcomed -- so long as it doesn't come at the expense of the trans-Atlantic link. Taken to an extreme this could have drastic results. Among the possible negative outcomes are:
The Clinton administration is prepared to be an eager partner in armaments cooperation. Our objectives include increased emphasis on cooperative solutions; systems-level cooperation vs. cooperation only on parts and individual technologies; and use of the best technologies, wherever developed, in our weapon systems.
The last point is important. In a global market, everyone -- including our adversaries -- has access to the same commercial technology base. The military advantage will go to the nations who have the best cycle time to capture what is available commercially, get it incorporated in weapon systems and get it fielded. We must be more agile and willing to look at creative programs and management schemes to reduce acquisition cycle time. A triad of initiatives under the aegis of NATO s Conference of National Armaments Directors -- the CNAD -- are examples of large cooperative efforts that are breaking new ground on innovative management approaches. These initiatives are in alliance ground surveillance, theater missile defense and combat identification.
In alliance ground surveillance, for example, analyses to date have pointed to the fact that NATO needs to agree very soon on an option for a NATO-owned, jointly operated, complete AGS capability. We now have a full-time "embryonic project office." It is time to move forward with the effort. In theater missile defense the U.S. has offered to share regional electronic warfare information to establish a foundation for a battle management command, control and communications -- BMC3 -- architecture. The U.S., Germany, France and Italy have signed recently a statement of intent for a Medium Extended Air Defense System. The four countries, on a 50/20/20/10 work- and cost-share ratio, will develop and field a vital air defense system to counter ballistic and air-breathing missile threats. Unique management and industrial arrangements are being examined which could be the model for all future trans-Atlantic cooperation programs.
Finally, in combat identification the U.S. is prepared to address the air-to-air element of combat ID in the upcoming April 1995 CNAD. We have a working plan for a cooperative approach on the air-to-ground and ground-to-ground elements as well. The many challenges before us on these large initiatives are not easily solved, but the potential payoffs are immense. Below this tier we also must build closer cooperation on upgrades, rationalized logistics and Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support.
We, both governments and industries, must work together to develop ways to overcome the many impediments to cooperation. Such a dialogue is not easy. It must deal with uncertainties, and it is not devoid of risk. Partners on both sides of the Atlantic will have to make compromises. I believe it can be done, and that we can be successful in bringing to bear the best that the industries of the U.S. and the European nations can contribute -- with equitable returns to the taxpayers and the industries of all of our countries.
Published for internal information use by the American Forces Information Service, a field activity of the Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs), Washington, D.C. Parenthetical entries are speaker/author notes; bracketed entries are editorial notes. This material is in the public domain and may be reprinted without permission.


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Pregnancy & Parental Leave
When Can a Parent Take Leave for Pregnancy or for a New Child?
- Who can take leave to care for a new child, and how much can they take?
A parent can take up to 12 weeks of paid or unpaid leave (depending on the employer) to care for a newborn, adopted, or foster child if she/he
- works for a business with 50 or more employees, and
- has worked at least 12 months for that business for a total of at least 1,250 hours in the preceding year.
For more detail, see the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) (www.dol.gov) or contact 1-866-487-9243.
- Does a parent get PAID leave while taking time off to care for a new child?
Neither Washington State nor federal laws require that parents get paid leave while taking time off to care for a new child.
- What rights do you have for time off for pregnancy?
The answer depends on how many workers the woman's employer has. If the woman's employer has
- fewer than 8 employees or the business is a religious non-profit organization, she is not guaranteed a job when she is able to return to work. See information on the Washington State Human Rights Commission (www.hum.wa.gov).
- 8 or more employees and the business is not a religious non-profit organization, she is allowed maternity disability leave and is entitled to return to work when released by her health care provider. The disability leave is based on her individual condition and may include all the time her health care provider determines she is unable to work. For more information on maternity disability, see the Washington State Human Rights Commission (www.hum.wa.gov) website, or contact 1-800-233-3247.
- 50 or more employees, the Washington State Family Leave Act (93.3 KB PDF) (FLA) provides pregnant women more time off than the 12 weeks of leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) (www.dol.gov). If the employee works for an employer with 50 or more employees working within 75 miles of her work site, and she has worked there for at least a year and has worked 1,250 hours in the past 12 months, then she is allowed 12 weeks of state Family Leave (FLA) for newborn baby care in addition to the pregnancy disability leave ordered off by her health care provider. This will be more total leave than that afforded under the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). See Family Leave Act - Frequently Asked Questions (93.3 KB PDF).
Download and print these helpful documents:
- Family Leave Act - Frequently Asked Questions (93.3 KB PDF).
- Table of Protected Leave Laws (235 KB PDF).
- File a Protected Leave Complaint (F700-144-000).
Get a list of workplace posters required and recommended by not only L&I but other state of Washington or federal agencies as well.


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Before my baptism in 2005, the Sacred Heart devotion was already important to my spiritual life.
April 17 marks my ninth year as a baptized Catholic. I found myself reflecting on the years since Mom decided we'd go back to church. I don't remember the actual moment I was baptized; rather, emotions come to mind–such as the sensation of belonging. I was young, but still knew I'd come home.
My heart was already Catholic before I was baptized. My grandmother would come from Peru with her beautiful statues and holy cards. She taught me to pray, and before my baptism I was making the Sign of the Cross in times of unease. I was in love with the depth of a spiritual life—the thought of going to church, praying with the certainty that Someone was there, even if I didn't officially belong to a religion.
I was baptized at the age of eleven, less than two weeks after JPII's death. At that age it seems easier to believe without questioning: My soul was drawn to Catholicism, the beautiful faith to which I finally belonged.
One thing didn't change: Every time someone spoke of Jesus, I thought of my grandma's Sacred Heart holy card. It isn't accurate to what He really looked like, but there is a certain passion in His eyes. I always felt safe when I focused on that image. Some will call this idolatry, but in my heart He always looks on me with those eyes.
Even when I didn't know it was actually a devotion, I was devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. No matter how many beautiful devotions I learn of, it always comes back to this. I have framed that holy card and placed it on my desk. I know Jesus looks different to everybody; however, I always see those eyes fixated like in the painting.
I don't have family pictures framed–only this card.
Being Christian doesn't make life easy, however it gives us strength to cope with trials. I've dealt with surgeries, periods of depression, loss and loneliness, Dark Nights of the Soul and more. The Church is one thing that never changed–much like His love for me, which keeps her going. I always wound up coming back when my hobbies became watered down.
I could not find wholeness anywhere else.
St. Augustine's words ring true in my head: "Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee." I used to think that quote overused until I realized how well it relates to me. When I open my heart, I realize it only rests with Him and His own Sacred Heart. That devotion in me, even when I didn't know of it.
Isn't it a beautiful thing to think about? His Heart belongs to all of us—and ours were made for Him.
We live in a world obsessed with relationships, and if you want to use traditional imagery, we want to give our hearts to someone. We want to be trusted with someone's heart. In this devotion we know His heart belongs to us. It's an actual relationship greater than romantic or familial: A relationship with the God of the Universe.
He can't be contained in an image—indeed, His heart is too big for that—The point is, we easily forget that He loves us with all His Heart. No other relationship will make us whole, no other heart is worth having. I've felt His presence since before my baptism, felt it in a personal way which was His Heart. It's always been around to comfort me, and still is now, though I'm older and find it harder to concentrate on prayer.
My own heart is always restless on her own. She's never satisfied if He's not in the picture, and even when she strays, He brings her back. I'm not perfect, and nine years later have a long way to go—Sainthood is a neverending process. Jesus is always going to be waiting patiently with a Heart greater than I can imagine, one that's marvelous and fills me with wonder.


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Don't you just love a pretty, colorful silk scarf? Did you know that it's actually very easy to dye your own? All you need is the right tools and some basic know-how.
There are many, many different techniques for "marble" dyeing fabric. I like to experiment with different folding and tie-dyeing methods. Also, there are many ways to set the dye so your final scarf won't bleed. The acid dyes I use have to be heat set. This can be done by steaming your scarves, heating in the oven or with your microwave. I personally stay away from microwaving silk scarves because it's too unpredictable (and can burn up your microwave). To begin, cover your table with plastic and make sure you wear old clothes!
Step 1: Supplies:
100% Silk Scarf
Acid Dyes
White Vinegar
Plastic Gallon Bags
Disposable plates and cups
Roasting Pan with steamer basket or old pie tins(disposable -don't use for food after dyeing!)
Latex gloves (optional)
Step 2: Wash & Soak & Fold!
First you want to wash your silk scarves in warm, soapy water to remove any sizing and oil from your hands. Heat up about a cup of vinegar to very warm, but not hot temp. (Silk loses its luster if exposed to very high temps.) Soak your scarves in the vinegar for about 20 minutes. While your scarves are soaking, mix up the dyes according to the directions on the dye container. Take your scarves out of the vinegar and squeeze out the excess liquid.
Folding How you fold or scrunch your scarf will determine the pattern. For the first scarf, I wanted an "accordion" pattern so I folded it in half lengthwise and beginning at one end, loosely folded it back and forth. Scarf 2, I just wadded and scrunched up in a ball. Place each scarf on a disposable plate. Now comes the fun part…
Step 3: Adding the Dye
Apply 2-3 colors of dye to each scarf – just enough to saturate the fabric. As you can see, I used a bit too much dye but that's ok Scarf 1 colors: Sapphire Blue and Hot Fuschia Scarf 2 colors: Emerald Green, Turquoise and Yellow Sun
Thanks! Stay tuned.... more dyeing methods coming up!
FYI, I apologize for the late response. For some reason I don't get notified by Instructables when there is a comment. :)
Wow! I'll definetely try this! the scarves look awesome!
Thank you!


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The following documentation on the Service ACL Editor (SVCACLS.EXE) is included in the Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools Help file. However, the SVCACLS.exe file is not included on the Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kits' CD-ROM.
Svcacls.exe: Service ACL Editor
This command-line tool sets access control lists (ACLs) on service objects, enabling administrators to delegate control of services.
To initially use Service ACL Editor, you must have Administrator privileges, although someone with Administrator privileges can use the tool to grant someone without Administrator privileges permission to use the tool. Delete, Read Control, and Write discretionary access control are required to modify discretionary access control lists (DACLs) for services. The DACL (usually referred to simply as ACL) determines the permissions on an object. To change a DACL, a permission called WRITE_DAC is required.
Service ACL Editor runs only on x86-based computers running Windows 2000 or Windows NT version 4.0.
Do not remove permissions on any service for Administrators or System. If you do, you might have to reinstall Windows 2000 to regain control over the service.
Service ACL Editor Topics
Service ACL Editor Syntax
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The Svcacls.exe utility was pulled from the Resource Kit CD-ROM at the last minute. Unfortunately the documentation for this utility was inadvertently left behind.
This utility was pulled because the same functionality is available in the SUBINACL tool. Additional information on the SUBINACL tool is available in the Resource Kit Tools Help file.
Article ID: 269875 - Last Review: February 28, 2014 - Revision: 1.1


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The speaker is Mark Hanna, an Extension Agricultural Engineer at Iowa State University specializing in mechanized field operations.
This webinar was supported by funding from NCR-SARE as part of a Professional Development project coordinated coordinated by Scott Sanford, Sr. Outreach Specialist at University of Wisconsin. Information is presented by a team of extension specialists in the North Central region.
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Below is the poem entitled Love Lost which was written by poet
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The man of my heart has become the man of my sorrow
Each day I pray to be happy and together
My hunger for his love and simple touch
Is not enough
I long for him to embrace and see me as a lovely creature
Chasing the sweet smell of my beauty
The smile I would see was worth everything in the world
Slowly it fainted into a deep unknown, a mess of shadows
The treasured words will always be remembered
But the quiet lonliness will hang darkly over
Why has my mystic loveliness gone away?
Where is the once called Man?
Will he ever come again?
Steadfast and strong
Ready to seize a day of endless love