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For Some in Japan, Olympics Is a Redemption of National Pride
Nation Hopes Olympics Will Bring Period of Magic One More Time
TOKYO—The 1964 Tokyo Olympics marked a shining moment in Japan's history, an occasion that restored national pride after a humiliating World War II defeat and heralded the country's long, victorious climb toward international economic power.
Now after two decades of a painful slump, two years after devastating natural disasters and mounting insecurity about a rising China eclipsing its economic might, Japan is hoping the 2020 Olympics will bring a period of magic one more time.
"Japan Needs the Power of This Dream Now!" the city of Tokyo proclaimed in banners splashed around the city in recent weeks, as it campaigned to host the 2020 summer games. Its dream came true Sunday when the International Olympic Committee chose the Japanese capital by a decisive margin over its two rivals, Istanbul and Madrid.
Setting aside their usual worries and resignation over shrinking paychecks and pension shortfalls, many in Japan responded with unrestrained displays of joy and excitement.
For a nation that has hosted three Olympics in the past—summer games in 1964, winter games in 1972 and 1998—the victory wasn't so much about international recognition of its status or ability. Rather, it is about restoring hope and energy among the nation's weary populace, something many in Japan feel it needs desperately to tackle its numerous challenges, such as mounting government debt, the costly aging of its population, economic and territorial rivalry with China and festering trouble at the Fukushima nuclear-power plant.
Tokyo's victory "tells us if we put our hearts together and push ourselves, we can make our dreams come true," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in a television interview Sunday. "For 15 years, Japan has stagnated because of deflation and a recessionary trend. I am convinced we can accelerate growth in the economy if we all work toward the dream and goals we were just granted."
It was also a significant personal victory for Mr. Abe, who took power late last year promising to restore Japan's long-eroded national pride and optimism and has become unusually popular for a Japanese prime minister by jolting markets with a big dose of economic stimulus. Mr. Abe was speaking from Buenos Aires where he arrived Saturday to give a final push to Tokyo's bid at an IOC meeting. Underscoring the importance of the weekend event, the prime minister cut short his attendance at a global summit last week in Russia and traveled for 23 hours to seal the bid
There, Mr. Abe successfully assured IOC members worried about radiation leaks at the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima nuclear plant that many believed doomed Japan's chances. "It has never done and will never do any damage to Tokyo," he said in his speech. IOC members credited Mr. Abe personally for helping win the vote. "The certainty was the critical factor," said Craig Reedie, chairman of the IOC's evaluation commission. "The prime minister dealt with the one big issue," Mr. Reedie said.
Tokyo's success gives older Japanese a chance to look back on the glory of hosting the 1964 games and younger ones an opportunity to learn about a period that was filled with optimism for the future, a luxury that has largely escaped their generation.
As Japan prepared for its previous Olympics, a series of infrastructure projects were implemented, laying the foundation for the nation's modern economy and rapid economic growth over the following decades. The bullet train connecting Tokyo and Osaka started operating just days before the games held in October 1964, and the core of the Metropolitan Expressway, the highway system in central Tokyo, was newly constructed. Tokyo's public transportation network was given a major boost, while the public broadcasting system was upgraded, encouraging families to purchase color television sets.
Investors and government officials are hopeful that hosting the Olympics will stimulate the economy and provide further momentum to Abenomics, the prime minister's ambitious attempt to revive Japan's economy by using a combination of policy steps dubbed "three arrows": monetary easing, fiscal spending and deregulation. Some are already calling the 2020 games the "fourth arrow."
Another key ingredient of Abenomics is psychology—persuading Japanese that better days are ahead, and so encouraging them to spend more, invest more and take more risks. The Olympic victory, and the years of promotional preparation, help underscore that message.
Still, Tokyo had campaigned on promises of hosting "compact" and "deliverable" games, with plans to re-use some of the facilities built for the 1964 games and make the best use of existing infrastructure. So the investments in Olympic-related construction are rather small compared with spending for the 2008 Beijing games or the 2012 London contest—roughly ¥1 trillion ($10 billion) or just 0.2% of Japan's economy last year. In addition, Tokyo estimates the Olympics could create ripple effects in the economy of ¥3 trillion for the country, including ¥1.6 trillion for the city.
Some economists say effects on the economy could be bigger, if the prospects of the 2020 games convinces policy makers to take on more ambitious infrastructure projects, such as much-needed improvement to the Metropolitan Expressway. Kyodo News reported estimates that 8.5 million tourists could visit for the games in 2020, helping amplify an industry Japan has targeted for growth amid the decline of manufacturing. Stocks seen as gaining from the Olympics—notably construction companies—have outpaced the market in recent weeks.
More important, economists say, is the boost the games could give to Japanese public sentiment, something Mr. Abe could use as he begins to battle Japan's grave fiscal woes while also pursuing growth policies. Within a few weeks, Mr. Abe must make a decision on whether to raise the nation's broad sales tax, an unpopular step that risks undermining the modest growth Abenomics has so far generated. "It is very obvious we'll see the national sentiment turn positive. That will make it easier for the government to discuss tax reform and austerity," said Masaaki Yamaguchi, an equity market strategist for Nomura Securities.
For some, hosting of the Olympics is redemption of national pride after years of witnessing its economic prowess erode. Japan has also felt growing heat from neighbors like China and South Korea, as they experienced economic success and pressed more demands on Japan to solve territorial disputes and disagreements over Japan's wartime conduct.
"Japan is a nation with natural ability. It's just that lately, we've lost a bit of self-confidence and grown unsure of ourselves," Shintaro Ishihara, the former governor of Tokyo who is known for his nationalistic views, said on a network talk show Sunday shortly after the Tokyo victory was announced. "But look at our neighbors like China and South Korea that have been making fun of us. How capable are they?"
—Matthew Futterman contributed to this article.
Write to Yuka Hayashi at email@example.com
Corrections & Amplifications
The chairman of the International Olympic Committee's evaluation commission is Craig Reedie. An earlier version of this article misspelled Mr. Reedie's name.


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Types of Numbers
Dividing Decimals
To divide one decimal by another decimal, we use long division. Don't you just love making use of existing skill sets?
First, a quick refresher on the names for the different parts of a division problem:
• The dividend is the thing being divided up. The "dividee," if you will.
• The divisor is the thing that performs the dividing. Just remember that this word sounds like "operator" or "actor"; the one who operates or acts. And what a smooth operator he is, too.
• The quotient is the answer. Don't get excited—not to the meaning of life, just to a long division problem. Sheesh, way to jump the gun there.
16.12 ÷ 4 = 4.03 ← quotient
↑ ↑
dividend divisor
Now let's talk about what happens when we divide a decimal by a whole number. In this case, we put the decimal point for the quotient directly above the decimal point in the dividend...
...then perform long division...
...and that's it! Decimal point, set, match!
If we have a decimal divided by something that isn't a whole number, we have to do slightly more work. Oh, relax. It builds character.
Sample Problem
4.08 ÷ 3.4 = ?
First, write this division problem as a fraction:
Now multiply by a cleverly disguised form of 1:
This means that 4.08 ÷ 3.4 and 40.8 ÷ 34 will give us exactly the same result. Since 40.8 ÷ 34 is a decimal divided by a whole number, we can now work this out with long division. Two heads may be better than one, but one decimal is definitely better than two.
40.8 ÷ 34 = 1.2
In general, if we have a division problem where the divisor isn't a whole number, we have to do three things:
1. Convert it to a new division problem where the divisor is a whole number.
2. Find the quotient for the new division problem.
3. Floss. This last one isn't directly related to division, but it's still very important.
To find the new division problem, we multiply by a cleverly disguised form of 1. This means we multiply both the dividend and the divisor by 10. We keep doing that until we have a division problem where the divisor is a whole number. Hopefully you won't have to do this so many times that you miss dinner. It's lasagna night.
Since multiplying a decimal number by 10 means moving the decimal point one place to the right, there's a nice way to summarize what we do to divide one decimal by another:
Count the number of decimal places in the divisor. Move the decimal point that many places to the right in the divisor, and that many places to the right in the dividend also. This produces a new division problem where the divisor is a whole number, and where the quotient is the same as the quotient in the original division problem. Everything stays the same, and everyone seems happy. Just like life in the suburbs.

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An OC graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Education degree in Science will:
1. Have acquired competency in a broad general education through study in the liberal arts by successfully completing the university core curriculum and passing the Oklahoma General Education Test (OGET).
2. Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of their chosen area of science by achieving a 3.00 GPA in the major field and passing the Oklahoma Subject Area Test
(OSAT) appropriate to the major field.
Student must complete a minimum of 126 hours including the major, core, and minor if required. Elective hours may be needed to reach 126 hours.
1. 20 hours core science courses
- CHEM-1115 - General Chemistry I
- CHEM-1215 - General Chemistry II
- GNSC-1711 - Freshman Science Seminar
- GNSC-2313 - Physical Science I: the Earth
- GNSC-2323 - Physical Science II: Astronomy
- GNSC-3711 - Junior Science Seminar
- GNSC-4721 - Science Modeling and Strategies
- PHYS-1114 - College Physics I
2. 12 hours physical science
- CHEM-2113 - Introduction to Forensic Science
- CHEM-3115 - Organic Chemistry I
- PHYS-1214 - College Physics II
3. 7 hours upper division chemistry or physics
Licensure: science – grades 6-12
4. 25 semester hours professional education
- EDUC-3121 - Orientation to Teacher Education
- EDUC-3122 - The School in American Culture
- EDUC-3213 - Learning, Instruction and Assessment
- EDUC-3422 - Educational Technology
- EDUC-3723 - Education of the Exceptional Child
- EDUC-4013 - Human Relations and Behavior Management
- EDUC-4131 - Applied Instructional and Assessment Strategies
- EDUC-4132 - Critical Issues in Education
- EDUC-4718 - Student Teaching in the Secondary School
5. 5 hours other courses
6. 3 hours methods course
7. Foreign language competency
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High School Foreign Language – 2 years of same language with a grade of "C" or better
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So maybe you are planning to do some grilling this holiday weekend (July 1st for us Canadians, July 4 south of the border). And maybe you would like to grill up a few tempeh burgers. I thought I would take a trial run and see what the results were. My advice is this: don't use the grill as the primary method of cooking these burgers. Although the burgers hold up well on the grill, they dry out too much. I would suggest cooking them as usual on the stove, keeping them in the fridge, then reheating on the grill.
Monday, June 30, 2008
On Grilling Tempeh Burgers
8 comments:
- VeggieGirl said...
Oooh, look at those grill lines!! Perfection.
- June 30, 2008 at 5:38 PM
- Peace, Love and Veganism said...
Oh yeah - non-vegans always want to grill me up some veggie burgers and they totally get too dry. Yuck. Way better in the microwave! Although, that is only for frozen ones. Haven't tried homemade ones on the grill because they always fall apart.
- June 30, 2008 at 8:11 PM
- CeciLiA said...
Hi there VeganDad, regarding your cookbook ... when are you publishing it? And do you think you can send them to Aus for me? I'll pay for the postage :0)
- June 30, 2008 at 8:12 PM
- Nicole said...
WOW. I just started reading your blog and I'm impressed with the burgers. What a great consistency. I've made similar burgers but mine never looked so good. I'm definitely trying your recipe. Thanks for sharing.
- June 30, 2008 at 8:38 PM
- Nikki Douglas said...
Since we are having veggie burgers for our 4th - I was wondering about this and I am so glad you did the walkthrough for me! Thanks Vegan Dad!
- June 30, 2008 at 8:45 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
I am exploring a bunch of possibilities. I may go with someting as easy as a .pdf download so that everyone can access it and won't have to pay for shipping.
- July 1, 2008 at 7:49 AM
- Cravin' Veggies said...
Happy Canada Day!!
I think that I am going to make these burgers to take to a 4th of July cookout. Perhaps they will entice a family member or two to try them...?
I attempted a lentil/bulgar burger last week that just crumbled. Good for sloppy joes maybe, but definitely not grillable.
- July 1, 2008 at 7:57 AM
- Erin said...
Agreed on this being the best method. I made black bean burgers last week, cooked them fully in the pan then reheated on the grill. I've found for frozen store bought veggie burgers it works better to thaw them first, then grill. I had the juiciest veggie burger of my life by doing that on accident!
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13.130 There were two occasions on which Irving removed plates from the archive: the first was on 10 June 1992, when he wanted to make copies of the plates; the second was on the following day when he removed two more plates in order to take them to London for testing. The two occasions need to be considered separately.
13.131 In relation to the first occasion, as I have summarised in paragraphs 12.9 and 12.17 above, there was a conversation between Millar and Tarasov, who telephoned Bondarev to tell him to grant Irving access to the diaries. Irving stressed (and Millar confirmed) that there was no agreement as such with the Russians. I accept that there was nothing more than a single conversation between Millar and Tarasov. But it is possible to infer an agreement from that conversation and from the parties' subsequent conduct. In my view it is right to do so.
13.132 Was there an implied term of that inferred agreement that Irving should not remove the plates from the archive? This question falls to be answered by reference to the circumstances as they existed in Moscow at the time. According to Irving, the archive was in a state of chaos. The Russians were willing to sell archive material if the price was right. There were no copying facilities in the archive. Irving testified that it was neither here nor there to the archivist if he removed the plates. I bear in mind that Irving acknowledged that he removed the plates "illicitly". But he denied breaching any agreement and I took him to mean that the removal was illicit in the sense that in normal circumstances an historian would not remove material from an archive. In these somewhat unusual circumstances I am not persuaded that Irving broke an agreement when he removed the plates overnight to have them copied.
13.133 The second occasion when plates were removed was rather different in the sense that Irving sought and obtained permission to remove the plates from the archive. The breach of agreement, according to the Defendants, arises out of the fact that, having removed the plates from the archive, Irving then took them to England to have them tested prior to their return to the archive. Was this a breach of the arrangement? Irving did not tell the Russians of his intentions. But there is no evidence that the Russians showed interest or concern what would happen to the plates whilst they were out of the archive. I have no doubt that it was throughout Irving's intention to return the plates. I am not satisfied that a breach of an implied term of the arrangement has been established by the Defendants.
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The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi tennis program is finally able to host camps for area youth this summer due to the sparkling new Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center on the Momentum Campus. Thanks to the efforts of University officials and local attorney Thomas J. Henry, the new courts will have a positive effect on the men's and women's programs and should help them continue to improve each year.
The new $2.4 million facility gives the Islanders coaches 12 courts to work with the camp attendees to better their tennis skills throughout the summer. Through the first two weeks, the camps have averaged about 35 participants per day with many more sessions to come throughout the next two months.
"I feel like the facility is just an incredible positive," said Director of Tennis Steve Moore. "Everyone just seems to have a little more bounce in their step playing in this beautiful new facility.
"I feel like our coaching staff is working extremely hard and doing a great job with the kids."
The camper limit per session is 48 people due to capacity on the courts and reached a high of 44 attendees during the first week of camp.
The facility will also be the new home to the Islanders tennis program and is one of the top home courts in the Southland Conference. It will give the teams a place to practice close to the main campus while helping attract elite talent to the Island.
Since Moore returned to the University, his tennis teams have had five different homes across the city, which made scheduling matches and practice times difficult. Despite the challenges, the men's tennis team has won four-straight Southland Conference titles and the women's team has improved every year with the best finish in program history coming last season.
"From the teams to the camps, I want everything we do that represents this university to aim to be top notch," said Moore. "I cannot reiterate enough how grateful we are for this new facility and what an incredible benefit it is to the university, tennis teams, students and the Corpus Christi tennis community as a whole."
Camps will continue throughout the summer with new sessions starting every week at the Henry Tennis Center. Kids age 10 and up are eligible for the camps and can fill out the attached sign-up sheet and return it to the address listed or bring it with them at the start of camp each Monday.


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The Daily Startup: Google Ventures Backs Primary-Care Services Startup
Top stories in today's VentureWire:
Google Ventures is leading a $30 million financing for One Medical Group, a San Francisco startup with a new approach to delivering primary-care medical services, VentureWire has learned. One Medical operates primary-care physician offices that enable patients to book appointments online, including same-day visits. It promises appointments will begin promptly and that the doctor will have a good amount of time to spend with the patient. Its online services enable patients to contact their doctor and renew prescriptions.
Vision Knight Capital Partners, a Chinese firm set up by former Alibaba.com Chief Executive David Wei, has closed a maiden fund at $250 million to invest in e-commerce, retail and Internet companies, according to Mr. Wei. The firm is now looking to raise a second fund and expand its institutional investor base.
Also in today's VentureWire, Accel Partners London closed an oversubscribed $475 million fund in about eight weeks and will use it to bankroll a sector that is coming back into vogue: information technology. Partner Kevin Comolli said the firm will seek to balance out Accel's portfolio by backing more IT companies in Accel London IV…Building-automation systems maker Distech Controls raised $38 million Canadian dollars in a round of new venture funding led by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Export Development Canada and Fonds de solidarité FTQ. Distech's hardware and open-architecture software are used by building managers to control lighting, air conditioning and other systems…and Moderna Therapeutics has struck a deal with AstraZeneca, in which AstraZeneca has an option to advance up to 40 of its drugs in exchange for a $240 million upfront payment. Moderna could earn $180 million more by achieving three, undisclosed technical milestones.
(VentureWire is a daily newsletter with comprehensive analysis of all the investments, deals and personnel moves involving startups and their venture backers. For a two-week trial, visit our homepage, scroll to the bottom and click "try for free.")
Elsewhere around the Web:
Once mighty Oracle is facing greater challenges from upstarts like Workday, Salesforce.com and venture-backed GNS Healthcare, which offer business software on a subscription model, The Wall Street Journal's CIO Journal reports.
The co-founder and president of LocalResponse, Kathy Leake, discusses how female founders of startups can get their fair share of the company in a post on Wall Street Journal website All Things Digital.
There are tactics startups can use to avoid the "Series A crunch" when their seed financing runs low, writes John Greathouse, a general partner at Rincon Venture Partners, in a post on PEHub.
(UPDATE: An earlier version of this story misstated the investors which led the financing for Distech Controls. They are Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Export Development Canada and Fonds de solidarité FTQ. The financing also was in Canadian dollars.)


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Tuesday August 2, 2011
Lincolnton, Ga--When you look up the word winning in the dictionary there may as well be a picture of Lincoln County head coach Larry Campbell. Now in his 41st year as the Red Devils head coach, Campbell has had one losing record, his first, way back in 1972.
Don't expect another anytime soon even with question marks this year, namely at quarterback. Franklin Sherman is gone, and Campbell has two youngsters who have never taken a varsity snap. That's a big time concern to a coach who's seen just about everything there is to see on the football field.
"Our biggest problem without a shadow of a doubt is settling on a quarterback," Campbell says. "We have two fine men at quarterback but neither one of them, and this is fair, is going to have the ability of the two we had last year, and they're not as strong as they are and so we have to adapt our offense to them."
What the Red Devils do have is a couple of prime time running backs in Craig and Sherrod Jones. No question they'll be asked to do a lot in helping take some of the stress off the inexperienced quarterbacks. But hey, this is Lincoln County. The kids put in the work and know it'll pay off in victories on Friday nights.
"I think this off season we worked hard, we worked real hard to get better," says Denzel Gunby. "I think we're going to be able to do it and I think we became better since spring practice and I think we got a little bit better."
"We're great, we've been working all summer hard, we've been doing everything possible to get ready. I believe we're not a rebuilding team, but we just reload," says lineman Brandon Biles.
They do just reload. Another concern, though, is on the defensive side of the ball. Up front, not a lot of experience, and for a team that's traditionally one of the best on defense, we'll see how quickly they'll gel.


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I'm new to Java and PMS and want to improve some plugins. I have a lot of experience with c++ and networking, but this stuff is new to me.
Anyway, I downloaded/installed the following.
MovieInfo SourceCode 31082009.zip (I want to fix it since it is broke and doesn't do things I would like it to do..)
Using netbeans, I created a new java library project called movieinfo and closed it.
I copied/pasted the source code from the mediainfo dir within the movieinfo zip into the src dir of the project I created.
I reloaded the the project I created in netbeans and see some errors..
So, I copied the pms.jar file to the main project directory I created with netbeans.
I added the pms.jar library to the project and saw 99% of all error messages go away. The only error message I see is the line that says "package net.pms.movieinfo;". The IDE says "Incorrect Package" I don't know how to fix this..
But, I tried to compile and it said successful.
I copied the created jar file to the plugins with the config file this plugin needs and nothing..
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Is this specific to the Package error I see in the IDE or am I compiling with the wrong versions of the tools?


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Speaking in front of a group can be a person's greatest fear. But 4-H is committed to helping youth overcome that fear and begin presenting talks at a young age at the McPherson County 4-H Club Days.
4-H public speaking and presentation contests help teach youth life skills that are beneficial for a lifetime in their personal and professional lives. Developing self-confidence and effective public speaking skills are two goals of the McPherson County 4-H public speaking/presentations program for 4-H'ers age 7 to 19.
Participants are encouraged to give speeches to their 4-H clubs and to participate in county, regional and state contests. The McPherson County 4-H Club Days was Feb. 9 at the First United Methodist Church. Regional blue winners have the opportunity to attend the regional competition March 16 in El Dorado. Other counties in the regional competition will include: Sumner, Marion, Sedgwick, Butler, Harvey and Cowley.
The results from the county competition are as follows:
Gavel Games: Good Luck Junior Team (Lane Boerger, Brittani Burgess, Sean Gorman, Luke Nelson, Kaytlynn Kuder), blue Model Meeting: KState Wild Kids 4-H Club members, blue Show and Share: Madison Moors, KState Wild Kids, blue; Kassie Regehr, Country Cousins: two blue; Dylan Wilson, K-State Wild Kids, blue Junior Demonstrations/ Illustrated Talks: Eli Leck, Country Cousins, blue; Keaton Littrell, Good Luck, regional blue; Sage Toews, Livewires Empire Best, blue Junior Project Talks: Faith Hutfles, K-State Wild Kids, red; Jody Mead, K-State Wild Kids, red; Reiley Wells, Livewires Empire Best, regional blue Intermediate Project Talks: Rachel Harman, Country Cousins, blue second alternate; Collin Wedel, Country Cousins, blue; Kaylee Wedel, Country Cousins, regional blue; Reed Wiens, Livewires Empire Best, regional blue; Dalton Wilson, KState Wild Kids, blue first alternate Intermediate Demonstrations/Illustrated Talks: Brittani Burgess, Good Luck, blue; Eli Hutfles with Liam Hutfless, K-State Wild Kids, red; Katie Krehbiel with Ally Leslie, Country Cousins, blue; Kaylee Littrell, Good Luck, Regional Blue; Jaxson Mead, K-State Wild Kids, blue second alternate; Eryn Prickett, Good Luck, blue; Bradi Regehr, Country Cousins, regional blue; Brooke Regehr, Country Cousins, blue first alternate.; Bailey Roberts, Smoky Valley, blue ;Cash Toews, Livewires Empire Best, blue; Nickolaus Vandever- Moore, Country Cousins, blue; Julia Wilson, Smoky Valley, blue; Rachel Yenni, Smoky Valley, blue Intermediate Impromptu Speeches: Max Harman, Country Cousins, blue second alternate; Kaylee Littrell, Good Luck, blue first alternate Senior Impromptu Speeches: Todd Graber, K-State Wild Kids, blue; Kaden Littrell, Good Luck, Regional Blue; Jake Nikkel, KState Wild Kids, blue ; Seth Yenni, Smoky Valley, blue; Spencer Yenni, Smoky Valley, blue Senior Demonstrations/Illustrated Talks: Taylor Goering, K-State Wild Kids, Regional Blue; Signe Howe, Smoky Valley, Regional Blue; Lane Wiens, Livewires Empire Best, red; Kaethe Wilson, Smoky Valley, blue; Seth Yenni, Smoky Valley, blue first alternate Senior Public Speaking: Steph Diepenbrock, Golden Opportunity, Regional Blue; Andrea Vandever-Moore, Country Cousins - Regional Blue; Spencer Yenni, Smoky Valley, blue first alternate
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Wright, Smoky Valley, Regional Blue; Rachel Yenni, Smoky Valley, blue Senior Instrumental Music: Jayme Brown, K-State Wild Kids, red; Signe Howe, Smoky Valley, red Junior Vocal Ensemble: Isom Marston with Lane McMannis, Livewires Empire Best, blue Lindsey Friesen is a McPherson County Extension agent for 4-H youth development.
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- Apr 20:
- Purdy: Sharks win, but series far from over
- Sharks get boost from fourth line
- Apr 20:
- Sharks notebook: In twist, injuries help Brad Stuart stay fresh
- Sharks crush Kings, take 2-0 series lead
- Sharks defenseman Brad Stuart thrilled by how good he feels
- Sharks hoping for better success on faceoffs in Game 2
SAN JOSE -- Nobody expected the Sharks to be making any lineup changes after their 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in their playoff series opener. Turns out the Kings are also going with the same cast when the teams meet Sunday night in Game 2.
What Los Angeles Kings coach Darryl Sutter would like to see is a better performance from his best players.
"Surely, your top players have to be a little more on top of it and that's right through your lineup," Sutter said, mentioning the goalie position, top two defenseman spots and top two forward lines. "If you do it, you can take that from last game for sure and we'll be better at that tonight."
Sharks coach Todd McLellan said Game 1 makes it easy for him to point out to his players what they need to do right in order to come away with a 2-0 series lead. After two dominating periods, the Sharks gave up three consecutive goals in the third that allowed Los Angeles to close the gap to two goals.
Play an aggressive game — "And when I say aggressive," the Sharks coach said, "I don't mean running around hitting them all over the place, (though) that's part of it" — and the Sharks give themselves the chance to win.
"If you play on your heels, you stand back, you give them time and space and the ability to generate speed and get their forecheck going, you have no chance of winning," he added. "We can use Game 1 as a real good teaching tool."
The series opener featured 121 hits, but McLellan declined to forecast whether that questionable stat would be duplicated Sunday night.
"I can't predict numbers or where it's going to go," he said. "For me, situations create the volume. Where's the puck? If the puck is played along the boards a lot more than there's going to be more bumping and grinding. It's more open ice if it's power play and penalty kill."


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Justin T. Meyer, 23, of Hannibal, Mo., suffered moderate injuries in a train-truck collision at 9:15 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, in rural Marion County, Mo.
Meyer went by private auto to Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. He was not using a safety device at the time of the collision.
Officers said the collision was on Marion County Road 433 south of Marion County Road 422 at a Norfolk Southern train crossing.
The State Patrol reported Meyer was driving a 1993 Ford Ranger and failed to yield to a Norfolk Southern train driven by William T. Layton, 39, of Decatur, Ill. The crossing was marked by a sign, according to the State Patrol.
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Note: This appeared in the print-only TV Guide of the Marshall Independent.
Then out spake brave Horatius, the Captain of the Gate:
"To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late;
And how can man die better than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods,
�Horatius at the Bridge� by Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay
Don�t worry, it�s good and I�m going to recommend it. I have a weakness for movies that use good poetry as crucial plot elements.
But I�m also going to vent about a nonsensical plot element.
�Oblivion� is visually beautiful and tautly-paced as it moves through a set of revelations that All Is Not What It Seems. Revelations that always kept a step ahead of me, and I�ve read a lot of science fiction.
The movie is based on an eight-page treatment for a graphic novel, written by Joseph Kosinski who also directed.
Kosinski previously directed only �Tron: Legacy,� a short feature and some commercials. His background is in architecture and it shows. I REALLY want a tower house like he designed for the film.
The casting is as minimalist as the decor of the living quarters. There are seven actors with speaking parts, only four of whom have more than a few lines of dialog.
In the year 2077 Commander Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) and his partner and lover Victoria Olsen (Andrea Riseborough) are two of the last people on Earth, or so they believe. They live in a tower house high above an earth ravaged by an alien invasion. Humanity won the war, but the Moon was destroyed and Earth so damaged the survivors are moving to Titan, a moon of Saturn. Or so it seems.
Gigantic machines are pumping the oceans into the sky to make Titan habitable, or so it seems. Jack�s job is to fly around in a very cool craft repairing robot drones that keep the last of the �scavs,� machines left by the alien invaders, from sabotaging the strip mining of Earth. Victoria stays home as ground control, and communicates with Sally (Melissa Leo) at Mission Control on the orbiting Tet, a gigantic spacecraft that will eventually carry the survivors to Titan. Or so it seems.
Jack and Victoria have been given mandatory memory wipes, for security purposes. But Jack has been having dreams of a beautiful woman who seems to be part of his past on Earth before the war.
You can guess he�s going to find her, and he does, in suspended animation in the wreckage of a crashed spaceship. Jack saves her after the drones kill all the other survivors.
Her name is Julia (Olga Kurylenko) and when he revives her, she looks at him and says, �Jack.�
The film moves very quickly from there, in ways of course I can�t tell you.
There are other survivors. The mission is not what it seems. Jack is not what he seems.
There is some good stuff in here that raises questions about what it means to be human, and what the price of knowledge is. Jack realizes what he thinks he knows doesn�t jibe with what he sees, and is determined to find out what is real.
That�s where �Horatius� comes in. He finds a copy of �Lays of Ancient Rome� in the ruins of a building and reads the verse that presages his fate.
Victoria ultimately does not want to know. She wants to cling to her comforting illusion, and in the end Jack cannot save her.
Between them stands Julia, and what she means to Jack�s past.
Kurylenko�s role in the film is so crucial it�s a bit surprising to realize how little dialog she has. With Kurylenko you don�t really care, she had a major part in one movie where she played a mute (�Centurion� 2010), and makes overalls look like haute couture.
Morgan Freeman as Malcolm Beech, leader of the last survivors on Earth, is in only three scenes but the whole outcome hinges on his part.
There are some nice touches, such as the question Sally ends every communication with, �Are you still an effective team?�
You don�t realize the importance of that question until the answer is, �No.�
There are some cute allusions, loving tributes to the SciFi movie genre and of course who could miss Tetris.
They�ve even managed to end with both heroic sacrifice and a happy ending.
Now my personal kvetch. Oceans of ice are available essentially free in the cometary belt and ice moons of Saturn, minerals in the asteroid belt. There is no conceivable reason for aliens to go deep into Earth�s gravity well for either.
Guys could you please use your imagination and come up with a plausible excuse for aliens to invade the earth? I bet it would generate some pretty neat story ideas too.


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ICMP Online Inquiry CenterWelcome to the ICMP Online Inquiry Center.
OverviewIf families have reported a missing person to the ICMP, the Missing Persons Inquiry will allow them to find information on the status of the case. The Online Inquiry Center is interactive. Families can use it to both obtain and provide information. For government authorities and forensic professionals who have submitted postmortem samples to the ICMP for DNA testing, the Postmortem Sample Inquiry will allow them to track their cases. The Excavation Site Inquiry will allow users to search for general information regarding the status of DNA testing for specific excavation sites.
The ICMP maintains a database of 150,000 genetic profiles obtained from relatives of the missing and government authorities worldwide. The ICMP database consists of over 90,000 blood reference samples obtained from families of the missing and over 50,000 post mortem samples submitted to ICMP from government authorities searching for missing persons. By matching the reference samples obtained from relatives of the missing to post mortem samples submitted to ICMP by government authorities, ICMP is able to assist in identifying persons missing from armed conflict, crimes against humanity, as well as natural disasters. Through the provision of DNA identity testing, ICMP has assisted in closing over 18,000 missing persons cases.
Missing Persons InquiryIf a family has registered a missing person with the ICMP by providing one or more reference samples for DNA testing, the status of the case can be tracked simply by entering the name of the missing person. Access the Missing Persons Inquiry here.
Since different people may have the same or similar names, it is important to enter the name of the missing person exactly, and to include the name of the missing persons' father, if available, to make the search more specific. It is important to remember that ICMP's records begin with information reported by family members. If a search unexpectedly fails to produce a result, please check if there may have been an alternate spelling or form of the person's name that was originally reported to the ICMP.
When a family reference sample is provided to the ICMP, a DNA profile is obtained and this profile is compared to all DNA profiles that the ICMP has obtained from mortal remains of victims, which have been submitted by authorities. In order to find a DNA match, usually multiple family reference samples are needed. Close family member such as parents and children of the missing person provide the most useful samples for DNA matches, so it is both the number and relationship of family members that determines if a match can be found.
The Missing Persons Inquiry will indicate if ICMP has enough family reference samples to be sure of finding a match, or if additional samples should be provided if possible. If more samples are needed, a link on the Missing Persons Inquiry will allow you to provide information on additional family members that ICMP can contact for samples.
Even if enough family reference samples are provided, a DNA match can only be found if ICMP also has a DNA profile from a postmortem sample that has been submitted to the ICMP.
Family members can help in the search for their loved ones by checking to see if ICMP has enough reference samples, and, if not, providing more information for additional samples. Any other update of information is strongly encouraged as well. Please contact ICMP.
If the ICMP has found a match between family DNA profiles and a DNA profile from a human remains sample, a DNA Report is released to the authorized party who submitted the postmortem sample. The ICMP Online Inquiry Center provides contact details for the authority to whom the information was issued.
Important Note: Families should understand that issuing a DNA Report is not the same as an official identification. DNA Reports are intended to be used as part of the identification process, which considers all available information. In addition, sometimes DNA Reports are issued on multiple people because DNA can't always distinguish between relatives. The most common such case, for example, involves same sex siblings that can't be distinguished if neither has any children who have provided reference samples. To find the identification status of a case, families should contact the authority listed in the Missing Persons Inquiry result.
Postmortem Sample InquiryThe Postmortem Sample Inquiry is a tool to help authorities track postmortem sample cases that have been sent to the ICMP for DNA testing. These authorities include government institutions tasked with working on missing persons cases and medical -legal personnel, who are authorized to locate, recover and identify missing persons, as well as to legally close missing persons cases. Through agreements with participating governments, this information can also be provided to courts, prosecutors and organizations active in the missing persons issue.
Access the Postmortem Sample Inquiry here.
This tool tracks the following information:
- The date of submission of the post mortem sample to ICMP
- The name of the submitting authority
- The site location and grid coordinates of the origin of the skeletal remains from which the sample was taken
- The status of obtaining a DNA profile from the sample
- The date for a request for a reserve sample, if the sample did not contain enough DNA to produce a profile
- DNA match information, including the name of the individual(s), the date the DNA match report was submitted and the authority to whom the DNA match was submitted
Excavation Site InquiryThe Excavation Site Inquiry tool allows authorized users to see summary information on the results of DNA testing of all mortal remains samples sent to the ICMP from particular sites where mortal remains were recovered.
The recovery of mortal remains from such locations as mass graves, single graves, cemeteries, or natural features such as caves or lake beds is conducted by competent authorities, sometimes with the assistance of ICMP. The individual "cases" or sets of mortal remains recovered may represent complete bodies or skeletons, or, in many instances, only partial components such as are recovered from secondary mass graves where the remains have become fragmented. Different parts of remains of the same individual may even be recovered from different graves or locations. The cases of mortal remains are then examined, and one or several small samples of bone or teeth are removed and submitted to the ICMP for DNA testing. After DNA profiles are obtained from the mortal remains, these profiles are compared to all DNA profiles from family members of the missing. If ICMP has sufficient reference profiles from family members corresponding to the missing person from whom the mortal remains were taken, then a DNA Match will be found and reported to the submitting authorities (see Missing Persons Inquiry, above).
The Excavation Site Inquiry tool provides summary information on DNA testing results from these samples, organized according to the particular site from which the corresponding mortal remains were recovered. The sites are designated by Country, the site name, and the grid coordinates corresponding to the site (when this has been provided to the ICMP). It is important to note that some sites may have been referred to by different names by various authorities or at various times. The possibility of alternate names should be kept in mind when searching for results. In case of questions or difficulty in finding results, feel free to contact the ICMP.
There are a number of possible outcomes of DNA testing of mortal remains samples, with the following listings in the Excavation Site Inquiry Tool:
- "Obtained DNA Profile" means that the DNA test was successful, and that the DNA profile has been compared to ICMP's family reference database in an attempt to discover a DNA Match.
- "Pending DNA Profile" means that the DNA testing is in progress. Sometimes cases with badly degraded DNA require advanced DNA testing methods and special considerations that require additional time, in an exhaustive attempt to successfully obtain a DNA profile.
- "Failed DNA Extraction" means that there was no surviving DNA in the mortal remains to permit obtaining a DNA profile. If a sample "fails" in this way, ICMP sends a request to the submitter of the sample for a replacement sample, which in many cases allows a profile to be obtained.
The status of DNA Matching for samples from the site is listed by the Excavation Site Inquiry Tool as follows:
- "New Reports" indicates the number of samples for which a DNA Match was discovered and reported, when the Match was made to a missing person for whom no Match had previously been found.
- "Re-association Reports" indicates the number of DNA Match Reports that have been made when new samples match individuals that have already been identified. In these cases, the DNA Match Reports allow for the re-association of additional body parts to an individual who has already had a DNA match to family reference samples.
Explanatory Note for ICMP DNA Tracking Charts.ICMP maintains Tracking Charts that summarize basic metrics relating to ICMP's DNA identification program in various areas of activity, relating to the Western Balkans overall, and in other projects worldwide. In all cases, the DNA identification process is based on genetic matching of DNA profiles from unidentified human remains ("PM" samples) to the DNA profiles obtained from samples of living family members ("Reference" samples). Large databases of Reference and PM DNA profiles are compared by ICMP's specialized computer software to discover "DNA matches". DNA matches indicate with great surety that the PM DNA profile is related to a specific family in the manner that has been designated for a specific reported missing person.
Explanation of key terms on the charts follows:
DNA Profile: DNA testing produces what is referred to as a DNA profile. This profile is a numerical designation representing the DNA variations that an individual has in many different locations in his/her DNA (chromosomes). Taken together, the variations at these different locations ("loci") will be unique to the individual (except for identical twins), so the DNA profile can be considered a unique identifier for an individual. Because of the way the DNA is inherited (half of each individual's DNA comes from the mother, half from the father), comparisons of a missing persons' DNA profile to DNA profiles of his/her relatives can indicate the fact that they are related in specific ways.
Reference Sample: A reference sample is a blood or other non-invasive biological sample taken from living family members of the missing, in order to determine a DNA profile to match to unidentified human remains belonging to that family. Reference samples are only used to assist with the identification process, but family members can also give consent for their profiles to be used in trials relating to human rights violations, war crimes, etc…, where evidence supporting the identification process is desired by the court.
Number of reference samples collected This category of the tracking chart shows the total number of reference samples collected for all the missing persons in the region. These reference samples have been provided by family members for the purpose of identification. The numbers of reference samples needed for identification of a person depends on how closely related the family members are to the missing person, and on the DNA characteristics of the family in question. Sometimes a single parent or child is enough, but usually two or more close relatives are needed. Family member with a closer kinship, such as parents, children, and siblings of the missing person are the most useful, but more distant relatives may also be helpful.
Number of missing persons represented by reference samples This category of the tracking chart indicates the total number of missing persons for which one or more reference samples have been collected.
PM Sample: A "post-mortem" sample, i.e., a physical sample taken from unidentified human remains in order to determine a DNA profile to match to family reference samples. The samples, usually in the form of bone and tooth samples are submitted to ICMP for DNA analysis and identification of missing persons. The chart shows the distribution of bone and teeth samples submitted to the ICMP for DNA analysis based on the recovery location of corresponding human remains.
Number of PM DNA Profiles Obtained This category of the tracking chart indicates how many PM samples DNA tested by the ICMP have given DNA profiles that have been entered into the ICMP's database for comparison to family reference DNA profiles.
Sample Contained Insufficient DNA This category of the tracking chart indicates the number of PM samples that, for reasons of environmental DNA degradation, did not have sufficient DNA to produce a DNA profile.
DNA Profiles Pending This indicates the number of PM samples for which DNA testing is currently in progress at the ICMP.
Estimated Number of Unique Profiles This indicates the number of different individuals represented by all the DNA profiles in ICMP's PM DNA profile database. Because human remains are often recovered as partial skeletons, especially from secondary graves, often multiple samples from the same individual are tested. Each sample from the same individual gives the same DNA profile. "Unique profiles" refers to those profiles that differ from those of other individuals, so the number of unique profiles is the same as the number of different individuals in the database.
DNA Match/DNA Match Report: When a DNA profile from the PM sample of unidentified human remains is seen to correspond to a specific set of family reference DNA profiles, based on principles of heredity, the surety of the correspondence can be calculated mathematically. A DNA Match Report is issued when the surety of the DNA evidence exceeds 99.95% for a particular missing person.
Presumptive Case: When a sample from a missing person is submitted to the ICMP together with a probable identity already known, this is called a Presumptive Case. The DNA results may confirm the presumptive identity, in which case a Match Report is issued, or it may disprove the presumed identity, in which case an Exclusion Report is issued. Statistical Comparison Reports or Inconclusive DNA Reports may also be issued for Presumptive Cases.
Statistical Comparison Report: Similar to a DNA Match Report, a Statistical Comparison Report indicates the result of a DNA comparison between a family and a missing person. Statistical Comparison Reports are issued when the DNA comparison shows strong evidence of identification, but the evidence does not reach the 99.95% surety required to classify as a DNA Match. Statistical Comparison Reports are issued in consultation with identification authorities, and are intended to be used with other evidence to conclude identification.
Inconclusive DNA Reports: In some cases submitted as presumptive cases, the DNA results can neither exclude nor provide enough positive evidence to result in a DNA Match or Statistical Comparison Report. In such cases, Inconclusive Reports are issued.
Re-association DNA Report: Sometimes, as is often the case with secondary mass graves, the remains of missing persons are fragmented and DNA typing is used to re-associate different body parts from the same individual, which show exactly the same DNA profile. In cases where a DNA profile from a sample matches another body part that has already been matched to a family, a Re-association DNA Report is issued on the new sample, for the same missing person.
Notice Regarding the Retention of Biological Samples and DNA ExtractsIn the exercise of its functions the ICMP processes large amounts of personal data on missing persons and their families, including sensitive personal data, such as biological samples and DNA extracts.
ICMP applies stringent data protection measures to such data. In Particular, ICMP does not make use of personal data for purposes other than those for which it was provided. ICMP is also committed to retaining personal data no longer than necessary to achieve those purposes.
In June 2014, ICMP adopted a revised Retention Policy, which specifies how long ICMP will retain biological samples and DNA extracts, amongst other matters. Henceforth, ICMP will retain biological samples (e.g. blood samples provided by relatives of the missing) and DNA extracts for 5 years - if:
- DNA match reports for these samples have been issued; and
- There are no other reported missing persons who could be identified by the use of the samples or DNA extract.
- ICMP has issued DNA match reports for all reported missing relatives for which a sample has been provided; and
- Five years have passed since ICMP has issued these DNA match reports
ICMP will continue to retain records of DNA match reports and the scientific data that forms the basis of these reports. ICMP will not release that data to any third party for any purpose without the express consent of those concerned by the data.
Relatives who have reported missing persons and provided personal data to ICMP, including DNA reference samples, may withdraw their data and reference samples at any time before DNA match reports based on their data have been issued. Withdrawing personal data may mean that missing persons will not be found or identified.
ICMP's POLICY ON THE RETENTION OF DATA, RECORDS AND PHYSICAL EVIDENCE can be accessed here.
ICMP's POLICY ON THE PROCESSING AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA can be found here.
Personal data will be treated as confidential and used only for purposes for which it was provided. For further information, please contact ICMP or see ICMP's data protection policy.


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Hi Everyone,
I'm trying to create some drawings that conform to Australian Standard 1100 for Technical Drawing. Part of the Standard is that certain line widths are recommended for the final printed page. The line widths are specified according to page size (e.g. A4, A3, etc.), and not by the scale of the drawing.
So far, my work flow has been as follows:
1. Create the drawing with layers that are specific to certain line widths.
2. When the drawing is complete, decide on a scale with the Print Preview.
3. Adjust the line widths (on a layer-by-layer basis) so that they will appear as required in the final printed output. (e.g. if the scale is 1:10, the line widths must be scaled by 10.0 so that they are printed at their nominal sizes).
4. Adjust text sizes, etc., in a similar fashion. (The "proportional" option helps a lot here!)
This works OK for most parts of the drawing, but I would then like to add a drawing border. However, my border template has many different line sizes. When I scale the border using the scale tool, the line sizes remain the same as they were originally, and a lot of extra work is required to adjust them.
Is there any better approach to this? Ideally, I would like to be able to tell QCad: "Draw this line with a width of 0.25mm on the printed page." It seems that I must jump through a lot of extra hoops in order to have the line widths relative to the printed page (as the standard requires), rather than relative to the space that the drawing occupies.
Jonathan Merritt.


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Test Overview
A genetic test examines the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) of a person's cells. Genetic testing can identify changes in genes or can analyze the number, arrangement, and characteristics of the chromosomes. Testing may be performed on samples of blood, semen, urine, saliva, stool, body tissues, bone, or hair.
You inherit half of your genetic information from your mother and the other half from your father. Genes, alone or in combination, determine what features (genetic traits) a person inherits from his or her parents, such as blood type, hair color, eye color, and other characteristics, including risks for certain diseases. Certain changes in genes or chromosomes may cause medical problems.
Why It Is Done
A genetic test is done to:
- Find out if people who have a family history of a specific disease are likely to pass that disease on to their children (carrier identification). Information obtained from this type of testing can help guide a couple as they make decisions regarding pregnancy.
- Find out if a fetus has a disorder such as Down syndrome (prenatal testing). Information obtained from this type of testing can help guide a couple as they make decisions regarding pregnancy.
- Check for various metabolic diseases, such as phenylketonuria (PKU) (newborn screening). Information obtained from newborn screening can help guide medical treatment to ensure the best possible outcome for the baby.
- Check to see if you carry a genetic change that increases your risk for a disease, such as breast cancer or Huntington's disease, later in life (late-onset disease testing). This might be important to you if you have a parent or other relative diagnosed with the disease. Information obtained from this type of testing can help you make decisions about disease prevention or future childbearing.
- Help diagnose hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) or screen for HCM in close relatives of a person who has the disease.
- Check for genetic changes that may affect your treatment for diseases such as HIV or some cancers.
- Check for a genetic change that may affect how a medicine, such as clopidogrel, will work.
How To Prepare
You do not need to do anything before you have this test.
Talk with your doctor about any concerns you have regarding the need for the test, its risks, how it will be done, or what the results will mean. To help you understand the importance of this test, fill out the medical test information form(What is a PDF document?).
Since the information obtained from a genetic test can have a profound impact on your life, you may want to see a doctor who specializes in genetics (geneticist) or a genetic counselor. This type of counselor is trained to help you understand your risk for developing a genetic disease or having a child who has an inherited (genetic) disease, such as sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis, or hemophilia. A genetic counselor can help you make well-informed decisions. Ask to have genetic counseling before making a decision about genetic testing.
How It Is Done
A genetic test can be done using almost any cell or tissue from the body.
Blood sample from a heel stick
If genetic testing is done on a baby, a heel stick usually is done instead of a blood draw from a vein. For a heel stick blood sample, several drops of blood are collected from the heel of the baby. The skin of the heel is cleaned with alcohol and then pricked with a small, sterile lancet. Several drops of blood are collected inside circles on a specially prepared piece of paper. When enough blood has been collected, a gauze pad or cotton ball is placed over the puncture site. Pressure is applied to the puncture site briefly, and then a small bandage is usually placed over it.
Blood sample from a vein
The health professional drawing your blood will:
- Wrap an elastic band around your upper arm to stop the flow of blood. This makes the veins below the band larger so it is easier to put a needle into the vein.
- Clean the needle site with alcohol.
- Put the needle into the vein. More than one needle stick may be needed.
- Attach a tube to the needle to fill it with blood.
- Remove the band from your arm when enough blood is collected.
- Apply a gauze pad or cotton ball over the needle site as the needle is removed.
- Apply pressure to the site and then a bandage.
Cell sample from a fetus
For this type of testing, cells are collected from the fetus using amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling.
To learn more, see:
How It Feels
Blood sample from a heel stick
The baby may feel a brief sting or a pinch when the lancet pricks the skin. While the blood is being collected, there is very little or no discomfort.
Blood sample from a vein
You may feel nothing at all from the needle puncture, or you may feel a brief sting or pinch as the needle goes through the skin. Some people feel a stinging pain while the needle is in the vein. But many people do not feel any pain, or they have only minor discomfort, after the needle is positioned in the vein. The amount of pain you feel depends on the skill of the health professional drawing the blood, the condition of your veins, and your sensitivity to pain.
The collection of DNA from saliva, urine, or semen does not cause discomfort.
Blood sample from a heel stick
There is very little risk of complications from having blood drawn from a heel stick. A small bruise may develop at the puncture site.
Blood sample from a vein
There is very little risk of complications from having blood drawn from a vein.
- You may get a small bruise at the puncture site. You can lower the chance of bruising by keeping pressure on the site for several minutes.
- In rare cases, the vein may become swollen after the blood sample is taken. This problem is called phlebitis. A warm compress can be used several times a day to treat this.
- Ongoing bleeding can be a problem for people with bleeding disorders. Aspirin, warfarin (Coumadin), and other blood-thinning medicines can make bleeding more likely. If you have bleeding or clotting problems, or if you take blood-thinning medicine, tell your doctor before your blood sample is taken.
There are no risks linked with collecting DNA from saliva, urine, or semen.
Other factors
The information obtained from a genetic test can affect your life and the lives of your family in many ways, including:
- Psychological effects. The emotions you may experience if you learn that you are likely to develop a serious disease or have an affected child can cause you to feel anxious or depressed. This information may also affect your relationship with your partner or other family members. Genetic counseling is recommended before you have genetic testing.
- Medical treatment choices. If you test positive for a disease-specific gene change (mutation), you may decide to use preventive or treatment options, if they are available, to reduce the impact or severity of the disease. While many treatment options have been proved effective, others may be potentially dangerous or of unproven value.
- Pregnancy decisions. Finding out that your unborn child (fetus) is or may be affected by a genetic disease can impact the decisions you make about the pregnancy. You may want to consider ending the pregnancy. Or you may need to change your delivery plans. If you had planned on giving birth at home, you may need to have your baby in a hospital. If your child is likely to need special care after birth, you may need to deliver in a hospital other than the one you first chose. You may also need to have special health professionals present at the birth.
- Privacy issues. Many people worry that genetic information released to insurance companies may affect future employment options or the cost or availability of insurance. But a law in the United States, called the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), protects people who have DNA differences that may affect their health. GINA prevents employers and health insurance companies from using DNA information about people to affect decisions. This law does not cover life insurance, disability insurance, or long-term care insurance.
A genetic test examines the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) of a person's cells. Genetic testing can identify changes in genes or can analyze the number, arrangement, and characteristics of the chromosomes.
The results of genetic testing depend on the type of test done. Genetic testing is used to:
- Diagnose an inherited disease.
- Provide information about how likely it is that you will develop a disease in the future.
- Determine whether you are a carrier of the disease.
- Provide information about the severity of an inherited disease.
- Help choose appropriate treatment for some diseases, such as HIV infection or some types of cancer.
What Affects the Test
Having a blood transfusion within a week before the test can interfere with your test or the accuracy of the results.
What To Think About
The information obtained from a genetic test can have a profound impact on your life. Genetic counselors are trained to help you understand your risk for having a child with an inherited (genetic) disease, such as sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis, or hemophilia. A genetic counselor can help you make well-informed decisions. Ask to have genetic counseling before making a decision about genetic testing.
- A genetic test result is sensitive information. Your confidentiality should be maintained, and the release of information should be limited to those who are authorized to receive it.
- The discovery of a genetic disease that is not causing symptoms now (such as breast cancer or Huntington's disease) should not affect your future ability to gain employment or health insurance coverage. A law in the United States, called the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), protects people who have DNA differences that may affect their health. This law does not cover life insurance, disability insurance, or long-term care insurance.
- A genetic test can sometimes reveal unintended information, such as the identity of a child's father (paternity).
- A fetal genetic test may detect a serious disease or disorder (such as Down syndrome) that will greatly impact your child's life and the lives of caregivers. A pregnant woman who is considering genetic testing may want to consider her ethical, social, and religious beliefs to help her determine the actions she would take if test results are positive.
- A karyotype can be used to examine the size, shape, and number of chromosomes. Extra or missing chromosomes, or abnormal positions of chromosome pieces, can cause problems with a person's growth, development, and body functions. To learn more, see the topic Karyotype Test.
- A breast cancer (BRCA) gene test is done to evaluate your risk of developing breast cancer. To learn more, see the topic Breast Cancer (BRCA) Gene Test.
- A type of genetic test (DNA fingerprinting) can be used to determine paternity, help solve crimes, and identify a body. DNA fingerprinting is more accurate than dental records, blood type, or traditional fingerprints. To learn more, see the topic DNA Fingerprinting.
Other Works Consulted
Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
Skirton H, Patch C (2009). Genetics for the Health Sciences: A Handbook for Clinical Healthcare, 2nd ed. Oxfordshire, UK: Scion Publishing.
ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical ReviewerKathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical ReviewerSiobhan M. Dolan, MD, MPH - Reproductive Genetics
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Script Give-A-Way Signed By Cast of 'Parenthood'
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NBC's Parenthood is one of our favorite shows on television! We have had weekly discussions on our blog about different topics that the show touches on, primarily in coping with Max's Asperger's Syndrome. So much has happened this season and the finale is upon us – we want to celebrate!
Autism Speaks is going to give-a-way a Parenthood script signed by the entire cast and you can be in the running to win!
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I just tried out the current 1.03 version of PS3 MS on my old Mac Cube 450Mhz running OS X Server 10.4.11 and it seems to work great. I'm not streaming any HD content, but plenty of XVIDs and MP3s. Over the past year or so, I've been using Twonky but thought I'd try something new and at least so far, it seems stable and does what I need it to do.
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- Apr 15:
- Audrie Pott case: Police reports reveal boys scribbled hurtful messages on Saratoga teen's body
- Audrie Pott case docs: Police took cellphone, computers from three suspects in sexual assault
- Audrie Pott case: Documents detail party, acts at heart of sexual assault blamed for teen's suicide
- Audrie Pott case: Stepmother's statement on pain faced by Saratoga girl, family
- Lawyer: Assaulted teen had drawings, name on body
- Apr 14:
- Saratoga High's tragic assault case: Students say photos didn't go viral
- 3 charged in sexual abuse case previously cited
- Apr 13:
- Saratoga girl's suicide fuels cyberbullying debate
- Audrie Pott suicide: Foundation pleads for tips about Saratoga teens suspected in sexual battery
- Lawyer: Girl's assault was shared in photos, texts
- Apr 12:
- Audrie Pott suicide: Grim picture of Saratoga teen's final online cries of despair
- Audrie Pott case: Whispers of sexual assault after Saratoga teen's suicide prompted investigation
- Lawyer: Girl saw details online of sex assault
- Apr 11:
- Teens arrested in rape case tied to Saratoga High student's suicide
SARATOGA -- Authorities said Saturday that three boys arrested on charges of sexually abusing 15-year-old Audrie Pott were initially cited on misdemeanor allegations in September, shortly after the Saratoga High School sophomore took her own life.
"This was early on in the investigation, before more evidence and information was developed," said Lt. Jose Cardoza of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department.
Deputies arrested the trio of 16-year-old boys last week on a combination of felony and misdemeanor charges of sexual battery and distributing pictures of the girl. An attorney for Audrie's family said the girl was sexually abused after she fell asleep during a drinking party at the home of a friend.
The teenager committed suicide after learning that nude photos taken during the abuse were circulating among fellow students, according to her family. After her death, authorities began investigating when a deputy working as a school resource officer heard students talking about the episode.
But the initial investigation turned up only enough evidence to support citations for misdemeanor sexual battery, according to Cardoza, who said it took more time for authorities to serve search warrants and examine computers and cellphones. He said the boys weren't taken into custody when they were first cited, but he didn't know if they underwent any proceedings in juvenile court.
School officials couldn't be reached Saturday to comment on why two of the boys were allowed to remain at Saratoga High after they were cited. The third boy had transferred to Christopher High in Gilroy at some point before last week.
"If all the information that took months to gather and develop was known at the time they were cited, it would have been handled differently, obviously," Cardoza said.
Staff writer Julia Prodis Sulek contributed to this report.


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In the interest of proving to you that I am more than just another pretty face who can cook, I thought I'd let you know that I am also a published poet. And while I wish that I could say that I wrote this when I was a 12 year old (boy, even) I tapped this one out about ten years ago during the dregs of menopause. What do you think? Should I have kept my "talent" to myself and boosted my self-esteem through another means? Perhaps pottery? Or maybe macrame?
(Sharing stuff like this with you sometimes makes me wish I had a day job to not quit.)
Intestinal Fortitude..... by Maggie Lauer
When I itch for you and suffer so from yearning,
You're like Preparation H to soothe the burning.
As you work like Sigmund Freud on my mental hemorrhoid,
The epitome of 'shrink', I'm quickly learning!
When my mind feels so frustrated, I could shout!
You're like Ex-lax as you help me get it out.
Such a perfect remedy for my irregularity,
You so gently keep me going, there's no doubt!
When my heart is aching, gushing from the hurt,
You're like Pepto Bismol shutting off the squirt.
With this loose interpretation, I'll show my appreciation...
And give thanks for all the messes you divert!


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Stocks to Watch: Lululemon, Bind Therapeutics, Regado Biosciences
Among the companies with shares expected to actively trade in Thursday's session are Lululemon Athletica, Bind Therapeutics Inc. and Regado Biosciences
Bind Therapeuticsid a collaboration with Amgen has been ended after both companies agreed not to pursue an option to jointly develop a molecularly targeted cancer therapy. Bind Therapeutics shares fell 11% to $11.50 premarket.
Advisers to Lululemon founder Dennis "Chip" Wilson have been sounding out private-equity firms including Leonard Green & Partners to judge their interest in taking the maker of fashionable yoga gear private, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited people familiar with the situation. Shares rose 3.9% to $43.00 premarket.
Regado Biosciences shares plunge premarket after the safety monitoring board recommended that patients enrolled in the REGULATE-PCI trial stop being dosed due to series adverse events related to allergic reactions after the board initiated an unplanned review. Shares fell 53% to $3.15.
API Technologies said it has received a new order to supply high-power amplifier systems as part of a Defense Department maritime requirement. This initial order is part of a multimillion-dollar program with first production delivery set for May 2015, the company said. Shares jumped 6% to $2.81 premarket.
Real Goods Solar said it has agreed to raise about $7 million in a private placement financing transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, RGS will issue units consisting of an aggregate of about 2.9 million shares of its Class A common stock and warrants to purchase up to 1.31 million additional shares, at a price of $2.40 a unit. Shares fell 9.7% to $2.62 premarket.
Tekmira Pharmaceuticals said that is has received verbal notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that the TKM-Ebola Phase I healthy volunteer clinical study has been placed on clinical hold. Shares fell 15% to $11.77 premarket.
American Railcar Industries said billionaire investor Carl Icahn has resigned as a director and chairman. Mr. Icahn's resignation didn't stem from any disagreement, but rather he wanted to decrease the number of boards on which he served, American Railcar said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SunEdison on Thursday said it completed its purchase of AES 50% ownership stake in the Silver Ridge Power LLC joint venture.
Synnex reported better-than-expected results for the fiscal second quarter, boosted by strong growth of its technology solutions segment and its acquisition of International Business Machines (IBM) customer-care business.
Medical device company Thoratec has purchased Apica Cardiovascular Ltd., in a deal that includes $35 million in cash upfront and potential milestone payments of up to $40 million.
Walgreen on Thursday said same-store sales rose 7.5% in June, as higher pharmacy sales helped offset lower customer traffic.


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'Variety the spice of life' for Sheehan who talks Love/Hate, theatre, Misfits and reveals his new Blockbuster US movie The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones set in New York City
From immortal misfit to The Mortal Instruments, success has come on all plateaus for the
incomparable and chameleonic Robert Sheehan who has had hit shows in both Ireland and the UK and now looks set to break America.
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Love/Hate may be the title of the universally acclaimed RTE drama that he stars in but there are no doubts in people's minds which of the two words they would use for the young Laois man, as critics have fallen over themselves to heap praise on Sheehan and the show in general. With the gangland drama about to end its third season with an explosive finale this Sunday, Sheehan talks about his character Darren Treacy and his gradual submergence into Dublin's gritty, criminal underworld.
'Darren has been a complete hoot to play, especially this season. With the first and second season, the momentum built slowly and we seen Darren with family and with Rosie really trying his best to stay out of this life but in this season he doesn't have either. There is a void there, he has nothing left and I think we have seen him this season being turned completely. He now has no moral compass, so we have seen him struggling to survive, acting remorselessly. And for an actor that is incredibly fun to play'.
Love/Hate's success has not come without controversy this season however as people have described some of the more violent and depraved scenes as disturbing and hard to watch. Sheehan states that this is a testament to how accurate of a portrayal of Dublin's underworld that the show is.
'I think it can be shockingly and coincidentally close to the truth sometimes, which is worrisome for Stuart (the writer). Especially this year, for example in the first episode we had a gangster guy raping a girl and three weeks before the show aired that actually happened and it almost looks in bad taste to then air it but it is a terrible coincidence. There is a huge suggestion of violence in the show but that's the life these guys live, it's very accurate, perhaps too accurate. And that is down to Stuart being given more of a free rein, collaborating with RTE and I think it's worrisome for him how true to life the show has become'.
With Love/Hate's ratings threw the roof and Sheehan's former show Misfits one of the biggest shows in the UK, the 24 year old states that the success of both shows took him by surprise.
'It's always impossible to tell. You just never know and I have been lucky both times to put myself in the hands of people I have trusted. When we started filming Misfits (where Robert plays immortal superhero Nathan Young), we were all going around in orange jumpsuits picking up litter in an urban area and the amount of strange looks we got...people saw us and the cameras and they thought we were doing some sort of a documentary on youth crime or something. But I still remember going into the editing room, all five of us with the creative team and we saw all the twists and turns, the scenes stylised and it was mind boggling. So I was lucky both times to have an incredible creative team behind me and most of the credit goes to them'.
Robert's newest venture looks set to make him a star on this side of the pond too as he has taken on a major role in the Hollywood adaptation of Cassandra Clare's novel The Mortal Instruments: The City of Bones set mainly in New York. With the huge success of young adult supernatural novels being adapted into movies in the past (Harry Potter and Twilight), there can be no denying the potential of the Mortal Instruments series and one look at the trailer suggests that it will be a momentous hit with audiences.
Read More: Chris O'Dowd gushes about 'Girls' creator Lena Dunham
'I have a great luxury now of being able to say yes or no, of being able to pick and choose roles. I love being involved in a project that will push me...variety is the spice of life so I like doing different things and I think I would always love to do stuff in Ireland, the UK and America. I get bored easily and need to be doing different things'.
The Mortal Instruments will not be Sheehan's first taste of a big budget Hollywood movie as he has previously starred in Season of the Witch with Hollywood heavyweight Ron Perlman and Oscar winner Nicholas Cage.
'It really gave me a taste of how much of a logistically nightmarish experience being in a big movie like that can be. It was quite a surreal experience. We were in the Alps for 5 weeks and then Budapest for 2 months. It was freezing and long hours. So long sometimes that you would feel like breaking down and weeping! Those guys (Perlman and Cage) were great though, good manners, gents! And I think that is why they are where they are. They are patient, talented and adaptive and have the stamina to put up with the long, long hours. They have set the bar very, very high'.


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What gets you in the holiday spirit? Bundling up the kids and sending them out into the fresh-fallen snow to let their imaginations run wild? Unwrapping your family decorations from crinkly brown paper, remembering where and who each one came from? How about cuddling together on the couch watching "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" with the kids in their fuzzy pj's sipping hot cocoa or crunching salty popcorn?
Although some (or most) of those memories may come with a little more excitement (or craziness) than depicted in a Norman Rockwell painting, we all have at least one vivid recollection of the holidays that we wish we could recreate. Without fail, one of the best ways to start a holiday tradition is to make a furry friend at Build-A-Bear Workshop. Call it an early gift from Santa, a job-well-done-present for the first half of the school year or making a gift for someone special in your child's life that may not get too many thoughtful gifts (like a crossing guard, bus driver, an elderly neighbor or a far away family member), no matter who is the lucky recipient, when you make or give holiday classics like Rudolph and Clarice, you are essentially spreading smiles and warm wishes. Hugging these two furry friends is like traveling back to childhood, when a mug of hot cocoa wasn't complete without a layer of marshmallows on top, and the best pj's came with attached feet so you could skate on the hardwood floors.
Rest assured, these furry friends, with their light up nose and heart, will make you a holiday hero this year, whether they're for your own holiday decor or someone you love. Catch this holiday spirit and you might even find yourself looking at all those twinkles in the dark winter sky a bit differently this year. After all, who couldn't use a little more magic in their heart?
Tara is one of our 15 Friends Ambassadors. Find out more about her on her blog Feels Like Home.