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The Al-Anon Faces Alcoholism magazine is designed to introduce relatives and friends concerned about someone's drinking to Al-Anon Family Groups and to the concept of alcoholism or problem drinking as an illness affecting everyone in the family.
Elizabeth Corsale, Marriage and Family Therapist
San Francisco, California
The partners and/or family members of alcoholics often ask, "Why should I have to go to a meeting? This isn't my problem!" Yet they quickly begin to realize how much, in fact, the problem of alcoholism is their problem too, and how much it has impacted their lives.
I have found that Al-Anon can be an excellent supplement to psychotherapy. In Al-Anon, my patients can find support and insight from people who have also been affected by addiction.
Al-Anon is a program that is enormously helpful in reminding family members that they cannot control everything, in spite of how hard they try. Al-Anon Family Groups support the process of helping individuals to focus on themselves and their own lives.
Ed Hughes, MPS, LICDC
Portsmouth, Ohio
In working with the families of alcoholics, I provide education about alcoholism as a disease, how the disease progresses, the process of hitting bottom, the impact of the disease upon the family, and how someone can recover.
There eventually comes that moment when a family member tries to change the way they respond to the alcoholic's behavior, only to find that this change is much more difficult than anticipated.
A mother of an alcoholic said that she had decided to say "no" to her son's next request for money. When the request came, she was surprised that she said "yes." She said she was aware that her "help" was really hurting him; that the money was going to alcohol; that the promise she extracted from him, "that this would never happen again," was not going to be kept; and that she was going to feel awful afterwards. Knowing all this, however, she still gave him the money.
This was my opportunity to introduce her to a word she thought only applied to the alcoholic, powerlessness. I told her that she was powerless to say "no." She responded by asking, "If I am powerless, then how am I ever going to say 'no' and stop enabling?" I said, "That is what Al-Anon is for, to help you do the right thing for yourself and your son."
In my 32 years of providing counseling services, I have seen family members go to Al-Anon to find help for their addicted family members, but instead find help for themselves.
Alcoholism thrives in an environment of secrecy and shame. Al-Anon is a powerful influence for families to break the silence that surrounds their family, while breaking the cycle of shame that fosters misunderstanding and a reluctance to seek help.
For some family members, being in recovery has initiated changes that dramatically changed the role they were playing in perpetuating the disease of alcoholism for their loved one, thus creating motivation for the alcoholic to recover. Other family members found a path to happiness, peace, and serenity, despite the continued drinking of their loved one.
As a treatment professional, I realize that each person in recovery carries the hope and potential to help many others. The power of recovering
Al-Anon members who share their stories with a newcomer far exceeds any power that I have ever witnessed in a professional treatment setting.
In Al-Anon, I know they will receive acceptance, love, and guidance.
An interview with Cynthia Moreno-Tuohy, BSW, NCACII, SAP, Executive Director, NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals, Alexandria, VA
This interview is adapted from an Al‑Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.'s First Steps to Al‑Anon Recovery audio podcast series.
Question: Why is it important for the alcoholic's family members to receive help?
Answer: The family needs to get healthier whether or not the alcoholic is receiving treatment or maintaining sobriety. But, when family members receive help and information, they are able to provide a support system and help build a safety net at home for themselves and for their children. Every family member needs to feel they have support.
Part of our protocols as addiction professionals is to look at what's happening with the family. We don't want to forget the family. The family needs to participate in a family information night or a family treatment program, if available from the treatment center. Al‑Anon is talked about there as well.
If the alcoholic is or has been in treatment, the family needs to understand that treatment arrests the addiction but does not cure it. Recovery is an ongoing, daily process for alcoholics and their family members.
Question: Newcomers to Al‑Anon frequently want to know what the cause of alcoholism is. They want to pinpoint how, when, where, and why their loved one acquired a drinking problem.
Answer: Today, we know the disorder of alcohol or drug addiction is genetic and that we're going to have intergenerational addictions within families. We also know that alcoholism has roots in environmental causes such as the inappropriate behaviors, poor parenting, and communication skills within a family over one or multiple generations. So, an alcohol use disorder can be both a combination of nature (genetics) and nurture (environmental, psychological, social, or cultural).
It is possible for both the drinker and the family to recover from the trauma and negative patterns they have experienced. As a result, change begins within the family system and that's what we want to see. We want individuals and families to get healthier.
Question: Do you recommend that counselors and therapists refer family members to Al‑Anon?
Answer: Absolutely. The first step for the family is to understand that they do not have power over the drinker's alcoholism. They need to learn what issues and actions they can and cannot touch.
Question: How do family members benefit from attending Al‑Anon?
Answer: When the family or anyone close to the drinker goes to Al‑Anon, they first need to focus on themselves. Then, they can begin to learn some of the skills and better ways of approaching the alcoholic family member. The family becomes healthier and they get the support they need from attending Al‑Anon.
Joe Herzanek, Addiction Counselor and author
Boulder, Colorado
Alcoholism is devastating to all members of the family. Family members may have watched someone they love turn into a stranger. They ask, "How did this happen? Why didn't we see it sooner? Are we somehow to blame? How do we make it stop? What if we can't make it stop? Why won't this person listen to us? Can't they see what's happening to them?" The list is long.
From the shared experiences of Al-Anon members at meetings and in Al-Anon literature, the family learns that alcoholism is not their fault. With that understanding, some of the pressure is lifted. By attending Al-Anon meetings, my clients gain clarity and peace of mind, so that they can take positive action.
Al-Anon supplements and reinforces the information I give my clients about alcoholism as a disease. My clients gain encouragement from attending Al-Anon meetings. The importance of this cannot be overstated.
Doing what's best (which sometimes means doing nothing—but allowing consequences to happen) is often extremely challenging. Al-Anon members help and play a special role because they are like-minded and share common experiences as a result of living with an alcoholic.
My clients who attend Al-Anon meetings come to understand that they can have peace, regardless of their loved one's poor choices. Family members learn that recovery is a process that takes time. But they learn that they are not alone, and that help is available from the Al-Anon program.
Michael Yeager, B.A., LCDC, CAS
Houston, Texas
I recommend attending Al-Anon to my clients who are family members of alcoholics. Participation in Al-Anon supports the "work" the family members do while they are in therapy. Al-Anon also acts as an effective aftercare program.
Al-Anon offers these people the opportunity to end their self-imposed isolation, taken on by living in an addicted family environment. Al-Anon members support each other through many life-changing experiences. Discussions at meetings help members discover choices and in turn they can feel empowered to be free, flexible, and vibrant.
I clearly see my clients benefitting from their participation in Al-Anon by:
- Developing and enhancing their inner strength and self-worth.
- Feeling their feelings.
- Rebuilding and taking responsibility for their lives.
- Setting healthy boundaries.
Therapy offers a safe environment for family members to get to the bottom of their limiting behavioral and belief problems. It is available from time to time, when the going gets tough. Al-Anon, however, acts as a supportive fellowship for further growth and development for lifelong living.
Gail Barker, LCPC
School Counselor
We had our Alateen group meeting today and I have to tell you how grateful I am for Alateen. It has made such an amazing difference in these students' lives. Many of them shared how they are now getting along better with their family—both the drinking and the non-drinking family members. I often hear how this is the one safe place they have in their lives—to be able to share whatever is on their minds, where others won't judge, pass it around, or get mad.
It is amazing to see the transformation in these students. I see them going from a beaten down, angry, hopeless teenager—trying to cope with alcoholism in the family—to gradually feeling and finding peace, hope, and strength from others, loving each other and being happy. I so love it. It gives them assurance and hope that one counselor can't possibly convey to them. It is a group process and an inspired process, and to have this opportunity in the school is amazing, since most of these kids would not be able to get to an evening meeting in the community. Their home life in their alcoholic families is such that they wouldn't be able to get transportation at night or feel free to do so.
Alateen is supportive for them—safe and consistent. Children in alcoholic families do not know consistency, but in Alateen they learn to trust. It affects their outlook, their self-esteem, their grades in school, their friend and family relationships, their confidence, their ability to show concern for others, patience, peace of mind—so many things they probably would not get anywhere else.
The students ask if Alateen will be at their next school, if they are moving or when they go on to high school. It is a safety net for them. They count on it, and I am so grateful we have been able to get Alateen in so many other schools.
I so appreciate the Alateen Group Sponsors that are here faithfully each week. The Alateen members love them. I feel such overwhelming gratitude for the Alateen program. I know without a doubt the changes it has made in these children's lives—changes and tools that will stay with them and affect their whole lives.


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Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 7:02 pm
Post subject: Failing marriage & can't stop thinking off another man!
Help me I feel like hell! I posted few weeks ago about my crapy marriage..since then things have sort off improved .. Well we fight less but I think we have both just given up a bit and decided to make the most off a bad situation..which I was happy with until I started my new job..
Now I know I will never ever cheat on my husband! I just want to sound off really..
There is a guy at work and he literally sends shivers down my spine! Doesn't help that he is a complete space invader so he always stands so close too me when we are talking ..he has the most amazing body ever! I work in a gym so get too see it far too much! I literally can't get this guy Prut off my head! Iv eer started exercise classes do I can spend more time with him .. Which on the plus side I lost half a stone
I know this is prov just a crush and my husband has had little crushes in the past we are obly human at the end off the day..
But it's different know it's me I feel awful ..
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 11:18 pm
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Well if you are basing your attraction of off physical attraction, it's no puzzle as to why your marriage is failing. I mean all you really care about is this guy's body, and having little fantasies in your head about him. I know it sounds a little bit harsh, but I am just speaking my mind.
Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 9:52 am
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[quote="juliebarns"]Well if you are basing your attraction of off physical attraction, it's no puzzle as to why your marriage is failing. I mean all you really care about is this guy's body, and having little fantasies in your head about him. I know it sounds a little bit harsh, but I am just speaking my mind.
If you read the post properly you would know that the poster has mentioned previously posting about marriage problems, this guy isnt the cause of them. I think it merely highlights that there is still problems in your marriage and its clear youre still not happy. Relationships and marriage shouldnt be about 'making the best of a bad situation'. I think its really sad that thats the way you feel, do you really want to spend the rest of your life living like that seriously??
Ttc since December 2007!
Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 6:14 pm
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Honestly if you are having such strong desires for another man I would really consider whether long term you marriage will work. Think long and hard about any decision but I always think if you've given things a go for at least a year and still not happy then call it a day. I'm a bit old fashioned as I believe new relationships shouldn't start until the divorce is settled (if you chose that route).
Don't stay with someone for a child's sake as from experience children will be happier if both parents are happy.
I don't envy the position you are in and hope you get some resolution either way that's good for you.
Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 9:15 pm
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I don't think you are being too harsh! Trust me i am my biggest critic at the moment.
I mean my fella tried for a bit .. Makes me think that 'settling' might not be too bad. But it last a month at most then he is back to lying in bed all day.. Snapping at me when I ask him a simple question..I do everything arpun the house and baby wise.. But he is so loyal! I always know where he is..I never have any worried that real bad relationships have but mainly down to the fact that the poor bugger is so boring! Only hobby he has is his Xbox .. Absolutly no passion or force for life
And I am the complete opposite..I'm loud in ya face and quite frankly a bit annoying lol! Which he likes to point out too me.
Our sex life is non existent..but we're only early 20s and both in good shape so I see no reason for this really?
I know I am only attracted to the excitement off this other guy.. Hes so interesting funny and sexy.. I'm quite open minded with the whole 'crush' thing as said we are only human but I do thjnk this is a little more than just wanting too look.
Don't worry I like to think I'd never cheat..I need leave the house except for work and play time with little one do unless we're gonna do it in a store cupboard (which I highly doubt ) I'm safe from that!
I have to give this marriage everything iv got! I owe that too my little one and I know 'making the most out off a bad situation' isn't ideal..but I'm the kinda gal that finds enjoyment in almost anything so my
Life makes up for the [*@!#%*] relationship.
He provides for us and he is there for us .. That's wuote a lot compared to what other people have .. Isnt it?

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In 1984, Rick Rubin released "It's Yours" 12-inch single (Cat. PT-104), which was the very first release on Def Jam Recordings. Although some might argue that LL Cool J's "I Need a Beat" 12-inch single was the first, this is not exactly true. The "It's Yours" recording was something that Rick Rubin put out a few months before joining forces with Russell Simmons. The song was the first single to feature a Def Jam logo, but it was released through producer Arthur Baker's independent label Partytime, which was the hip hop division of his dance music label Streetwise Records. The recording was never part of Def Jam's collection of master recordings.
In a 1996 interview with The New York Times, Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons commented about the effect T La Rock and "It's Yours" had on the early hip hop scene:
" ["It's Yours"] was big; big in the underground. T [La Rock] started the trend and a new direction in hip-hop. He used 40-letter words. He created a special poetry. LL Cool J was the second release on the label. He borrowed ideas and attitude from T. LL would agree."
The influence of T La Rock's "It's Yours" is monumental. The song was sampled by countless artists, including hip-hop group Public Enemy in "Louder than a Bomb" from its 1988 release It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back; Nas in "The World is Yours" from his seminal 1994 album Illmatic; by many sample-based house-music tracks by Todd Terry. The song was later in the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto IV, on the old school hip hop radio station the Classics 104.1. It was also used by the Beastie Boys on its song "Paul Revere" off the famous 1986 album Licensed to Ill,[citation needed] an album also produced by Rick Rubin and released on Def Jam Recordings. The Wu-Tang Clan did not sample T La Rock in their track "It's Yourz" on its classic album Wu-Tang Forever, but the chorus of that song clearly emulated him. Southern emcee Mystikal did a remake of "It's Yours" on his 1997 album Unpredictable. The song sampled the original drums and had a similar hook, but it had a southern twist to it as it was titled "It Yearns."
On the strength of "It's Yours," T La Rock was signed by Fresh/Sleeping Bag Records and released two albums: Lyrical King (From the Boogie Down Bronx in 1987, and On a Warpath in 1989. Lyrical King was produced by T La Rock, Kurtis Mantronik, and DJ Louie Lou (La Rock's original DJ), while Todd Terry produced On a Warpath.


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I suggest you either park at the Bennett Spring Parking Lot or at the end of Timberview Road. Using the Cove requires a Trail Usage pass. You can get these passes at Just the Right Gear on Route 311.
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Bennett Springs - Just north of Salem on route 311. Take Carvin's Cove Road to a stop sign, go right, and take this back to the big gravel parking lot on the right. This is the best location for parking but you'll miss out on some of the course from here.
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Another Challenge to Health-Care Law Falls by the Wayside
President Obama's health-law may ultimately be found constitutional. Or it may be found unconstitutional.
Either way, the final word on it — likely to come at the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court — is sure to leave a trail of lower-court judges shaking their heads.
That's just how divisive the issue is becoming to the federal judiciary. One week, one judge upholds the law, another seems inclined to strike it down. The next week, it's the reverse. On and on and on. It makes us think the high court should just take the matter up now and be done with it, saving everyone a whole lot of time, expense, and uncertainty.
Ah, but we digress. The latest ruling, from a federal judge in Lynchburg, Va., upheld the law, dismissing a challenge brought by Liberty University and five individuals. Click here for the 54-page opinion; here for the Bloomberg story; here for the NYT story; here for all previous LB coverage of the health-care challenges.
The suit, like many others, claimed that Congress lacked the power to force all Americans to purchase health-care insurance. But federal judge Norman Moon, a Bill Clinton appointee, ruled that the "challenged provisions are well within Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause" of the constitution.
The case is one of several challenges to the health-care act. A federal judge in Michigan upheld the constitutionality of the health-care overhaul in October, rejecting an argument by a Christian law center.
But a lawsuit filed in Florida federal court by 20 states and a separate action filed by Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli seem to be going better for the plaintiffs.
In October, Pensacola, Fla., federal judge Roger Vinson ruled that the 20-state challenge could go forward after finding that the U.S. government's expansion of power is "simply without prior precedent." He is scheduled to hear further argument on Dec. 16.
In the Lynchburg case, Liberty University and the other plaintiffs will appeal, according to their attorney, Mathew D. Staver. "This is only a bump in the road," he said to Bloomberg.
"I am confident that the federal health-care law will eventually be struck down on appeal because it is unconstitutional," he said in an e-mailed statement. "Congress does not have the authority to force every American to purchase a particular kind of health insurance product."


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BAUCHI, Nigeria — Residents of a town attacked by Boko Haram said at least 50 bodies have been recovered, many horribly burned, and they criticized security forces for failing to prevent the attack even though they had been warned that the Islamic militants were nearby.
The attack on Gamboru town, in remote northeastern Borno state near the border with Cameroon, happened Monday. The death toll was initially reported by a senator to be as many as 300, but a security official said it is more likely to be around 100. The attack happened in the same state, Borno, where Boko Haram kidnapped more than 300 girls from a school last month. Most of those girls remain in captivity, believed to be in the vast Sambisa forest.
Some Gamboru residents said bodies were recovered from the debris of burned shops after the town's main market came under attack on Monday afternoon.
Gamboru resident Abuwar Masta said the bodies were found after the market reopened on Wednesday as health workers, volunteers and traders searched for missing people. He said most of the bodies were burned beyond recognition.
"It seems they hid in the shops in order not be killed while fleeing," Masta said. "Unfortunately, several explosives were thrown into the market."
Masta and other traders said that some villagers had warned the security forces of an impending attack after insurgents were seen camping in the bushes near Gamboru.
The kidnapping of the schoolgirls on April 15 in the town of Chibok as well as Boko Haram's repeated attacks have sparked accusations that the Nigerian government is not doing enough to stop the militants.
To help the Nigerian government locate and free the schoolgirls, the U.S. military is contributing to an U.S. government interagency "coordination and assessment cell" that will advise and assist the Nigerians with communications, logistics, and intelligence. On Thursday, the Defense Department announced that 11 troops who were already on the ground in Nigeria have formed the core of the cell. Another team of military experts, primarily from U.S. Africa Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, will arrive in country in the coming days to augment the cell, Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren told reporters. That team from Stuttgart will consist of fewer than 10 personnel, Warren said. The cell will operate from the U.S. embassy in Abuja, Nigeria's capital.
Although the U.S. military is contributing to the advisory effort, the Pentagon does not have any intention of using American special operations forces against Boko Haram to liberate their captives, according to Warren.
"At this time we are not considering a U.S. operation to help rescue the girls," he said Wednesday, when DOD first unveiled its plan to assist the Nigerians.


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ORAN -- Dominitrix Johnson scored 36 points, leading second-seeded Bell City to an 84-43 win over Richland in the first round of the Oran Tournament on Monday night.
The 6-foot senior guard put up 18 points in the opening quarter as Bell City jumped out to a commanding 28-6 lead. The Cubs then outscored Richland 26-16 in the second, 22-19 in the third, then 8-2 in the fourth.
Behind Johnson, Randy Conn scored 13 points and Blaine Stewart added 10. Tyler Victor also had an impressive debut, finishing with nine.
For Richland, Georgia transfer Corey Moore led the way with 19 points. Gentry Herrion added 11. Bell City (1-0) will face Twin Rivers in the semifinals on Thursday at 8 p.m.
Richland (0-1) will take on Oran in the consolation bracket tonight at 8 p.m.
Top-seeded Scott City had little trouble with Oran's junior varsity team, thrashing the young Eagles 69-28 in the opening round.
Mark Dannenmueller put on a show, pumping in 26 points to lead the Rams. Tyler Ward added 13 for Scott City.
For Oran, Mason led the way with 16.
Scott City will play the winner of tonight's Kelly-Scott Central game on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Oran's junior varsity will play the loser of that game on Thursday at 5 p.m.
Sophomore Michael Lance picked up where he left off last season, scoring 22 points to lead Twin Rivers to a 76-31 win over Oran in the first round.
Lance was followed by Matt Stanford with 16 and Stockton with 13. For Oran, Garrett Roslen led the way with 14. Ryan Bogue contributed nine.
Twin Rivers will face Bell City in the second round on Thursday at 8 p.m. Oran will meet Richland in the consolation bracket tonight at 8 p.m.
JACKSON -- Sikeston's eighth grade basketball team lost its second game of the season on Monday night, falling 55-30 to Jackson.
The Bulldogs were outscored 15-8 in the first quarter, 11-9 in the second, 14-4 in the third, then 14-9 in the fourth. "We just didn't handle their pressure very well," said Sikeston coach Kevin Self. "We scored a little better this game, but just never could get into any type of offense. We've just got to get better."
Tommy Strong led Sikeston with 10 points. For Jackson, Grantham scored 16 and Leet had 13.
In Monday's ninth grade game, Jackson defeated Sikeston 71-47. The Bulldogs trailed 53-41, then were outscored 20-5 in the final quarter.
"We will get better with practice," said Sikeston coach Chris Sarakas. "We're just behind right now. We just need to keep playing hard every game."
Tarryl Booker led Sikeston with 10 points. Blake Taylor and Joe Moore each contributed nine.
For Jackson, Meyer finished with 19.
Both Sikeston eighth and ninth grade teams will travel to Poplar Bluff on Thursday.


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I'll make this short and sweet. As the Memorial Day holiday weekend approaches, I'm reminded that drunks consider this the first holiday weekend of the summer and often create fatal mayhem behind the wheel of a vehicle. I have for years - far too many to count - urged motorists to use their thick skulls and avoid getting behind the wheel while drinking. And then on the Tuesday following the Memorial weekend, our newspaper publishes the names of far too many people killed on the roadways by drunk drivers.
Having said that, I read an interesting article from Kansas City today where a persistent drunk driver was sentenced to 25 years in prison. It is being hailed as the longest sentence for that crime in state history. But wait before you applaud the court system.
Gregory Krahenbuhl had already accumulated 17 DWI convictions before he pled guilty in March to two more DWIs and driving with a revoked license. Now imagine that. Seventeen previous DWI convictions! Folks there is something tragically wrong when we put kids in prison for possession of marijuana and yet let jerks like this continue to walk the streets.
I would advocate capital punishment for Krahenbuhl. Granted, that's a ridiculous notion. But if a drunken jerk can accumulate 17 DWI convictions then he is, in my opinion, beyond hope. Revoking his driving privileges is indeed a joke. He's an alcoholic with no redeeming values at all. Twenty-five years is a wake-up call but let me ask how he could have avoided prison before this point?
Police report that Krahenbuhl was so drunk during his recent traffic arrests that he could not stand. I do applaud the judge for sentencing him to 25 years. I would like to know the names of the judges who on 16 prior occasions allowed him to roam free.
Do we somehow think that revoking a license will change behavior? Surely you jest! This drunk was bound and determined to drive drunk until he killed someone. Just a little more time would have provided that opportunity. And then society would point the finger at Krahenbuhl. The finger should be pointed directly at the judges and prosecutors and the system itself that allowed him to breath free air long before this latest incident.
You should never drive drunk. But our system should also guarantee that if you do, you will pay a price beyond your imagination. I could care less about overcrowded prisons. I want these drunks off the roadways so that my children and your children can be assured that their behavior will not threaten their lives.
Twenty-five years is an admirable sentence. But how in the hell did we allow this man to reach this point? Answer me that!


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"Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character."
"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."
"True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be."


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Study to Evaluate Meningococcal Serogroups A,C,W-135,Y Conjugate Vaccine When Given as 1 Dose to Healthy Subjects Aged 18-25 Years
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Last updated: November 17, 2011
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity, immunogenicity and persistence up to three years after administration of one dose of the MenACWY conjugate vaccine when given to young adults aged 18-25 years.
Meningococcal Serogroup Diseases
Biological: Meningococcal (vaccine)
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Assess the Safety, Reactogenicity, Immunogenicity & Long-term Persistence of One Intramuscular Dose of GSK Biologicals' MenACWY Conjugate Vaccine vs One Subcutaneous Dose of Mencevax™ ACWY in Healthy Adults Aged 18-25 Yrs
Further study details as provided by GlaxoSmithKline:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- The occurrence of any grade 3 solicited symptoms within 8 days (day 0-7) following vaccination. [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Sol (d 0-7, local&general), unsol (d 0-30) symptoms. SAEs. Routine blood & urine examination before, 2&7 d post vacc. % SBA-MenA C W Y responders 1m post vacc. Antibodies to MenA C W Y before, 1, 12, 24&36m post vacc & tetanus before, 1m post vacc [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2003
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2006
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2003 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Administration of the candidate vaccine or of the active control (Mencevax™ ACWY) will be done in an open manner. The study consists of a vaccination phase during which subjects receive one vaccine dose (GSK's MenACWY conjugate vaccine or Mencevax™ ACWY vaccine) and 3 years of follow-up. There are in total 7 visits to the doctor: before and 2, 7 and 30 days after vaccination (vaccination phase) as well as 12, 24 and 36 months after vaccination (follow-up phase). 7 blood samples are taken: one at each visit.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 25 Years (Adult)
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion criteria:
- Healthy male or female between, and including, 18 and 25 years of age at the time of vaccination.
- Written informed consent obtained.
- Subject with previously completed routine childhood vaccinations to the best of his/her knowledge.
- Female subjects should be of non-childbearing potential, or abstinent, or using an adequate contraception.
Exclusion criteria:
- Previous vaccination against OR history of OR exposure within previous 12 months to, meningococcal serogroup A, C, W-135 or Y disease.
- Administration of a tetanus vaccine within 6 months before study vaccination.
- Any confirmed or suspected immunosuppressive or immunodeficient condition, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
- A family history of congenital or hereditary immunodeficiency.
- History of any neurologic disorders or seizures.
- Use of any investigational or non-registered product (drug or vaccine) other than the study vaccine within 30 days preceding the first dose of study vaccine, or planned use during the study period.
- History of chronic alcohol consumption and/or drug abuse
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00196950
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00196950
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|Gosselies, Belgium, 6041
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Ostergaard L, Lebacq E, Poolman J, Maechler G, Boutriau D. Immunogenicity, reactogenicity and persistence of meningococcal A, C, W-135 and Y-tetanus toxoid candidate conjugate (MenACWY-TT) vaccine formulations in adolescents aged 15-25 years. Vaccine. 2009 Jan 1;27(1):161-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.08.075. Epub 2008 Oct 1. Erratum in: Vaccine. 2009 Dec 9;27(52):7467.
|Responsible Party:
|Cheri Hudson; Clinical Disclosure Advisor, GSK Clinical Disclosure
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|NCT00196950 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|134612/003 102252 102253 102254
|Study First Received:
|September 13, 2005
|Last Updated:
|November 17, 2011
|Health Authority:
|Belgium: Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products, FAMHP
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Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Mary Higgins Clark, the Queen of Suspense, is one of most widely read and beloved writers of our era, but even in a career as successful as hers there is still room for firsts.
This month her latest novel, The Lost Years, takes her into exciting new territory for the whodunit maestro – in this case she explores the murderous intrigue that arises over a priceless religious relic.
It's a groundbreaking departure for the bestselling Irish American suspense writer, taking her into the kind of biblical territory that on the surface might be more familiar to The Da Vinci Code's Dan Brown's devoted readers. But within five pages of Higgins Clark's new book you'll understand that the gift that made her famous is still in place – her unerring eye for a cracking good tale.
In The Lost Years the object of fascination is a letter purportedly written by Jesus Christ that is coveted by both scholars and criminals. People will literally kill to get their hands on this priceless artifact – and someone does.
"When my editor suggested a story with this kind of plotline over dinner last year my first reaction was Oh, you have got to be kidding," Higgins Clark tells the Irish Voice. "But I kept coming back to it. We certainly know that Christ could write. He wrote in the sand when responding to the case of the accused adulteress. He was also a theological scholar. At 12 he was discussing the Torah and the Scriptures with the doctors of the Temple. We already know that. It has always been felt by some scholars that his lost years, between the ages of 12 and 30, that he had visited Egypt and studied there. Those are the lost years that are referenced in my title."
But if a letter of Christ's did survive, who was it likely to have been written to? Higgins Clark believes she has the answer, Joseph of Arimathea. "He was a secret disciple of Christ's. I thought suppose when you think about Christ speaking at age 12 in Jerusalem, if the old priests in the Temple had recognized him as the Messiah, then Joseph of Arimathea could have witnessed him too. If he believed the child was the Messiah, then he would know the boy was in terrific danger and would not be safe there. He was a wealthy man, he had the means to have brought the boy into Egypt. There is nothing contrary in the records to suggest it could not have happened."
None of Higgins Clark's characters say that it did happen, however. Only one character in the book believes he has incontrovertible proof to support the claim. "The whole idea if that Christ could very well have written a letter to Joseph since he had been so kind to him all his life. I never quote the letter. The story claims that Peter took it to Rome with him and for 1,400 years the Pope's argued whether it was legitimate or not. Then in 1494 the Pope Sixtus, one of the worst Pope's we ever had, orders it destroyed. But hearing about this a quick acting Cardinal orders it hidden. It is not seen again for another 600 later when The Lost Years begins."
When the letter shows up again it is in the possession of Jonathan Lyons, a gentle biblical scholar who believes it is genuine. But Lyons is shot to death as the book begins and his wife, who is suffering from advanced Alzheimer's, is found with the murder weapon in her hand. That leaves it up to their 28-year-old daughter Mariah to unravel the mystery and clear her mothers' name.
It's a plotline that is crying out to be made into a screenplay and it will doubtless delight Higgins Clark's legions of fans. But even though she could long ago have retired retire from the publishing game its a tribute to her talent and determination that she is still producing instant best sellers.
It may all be down to her mother's example. The basic details of Higgins Clark's early life and literary success are well known, but no one will ever know the cost of the hard knocks she had to contend with in her private life. First and foremost was the untimely death of her first husband. In 1964, aged 36, both her husband Warren Clark and her mother in law died on the same night (her husband from a heart attack, and shortly after her mother in law was overcome by the sad news and collapsed).
That's the kind of dual blow that could finish off a less resilient nature, but Higgins Clark inherited some Irish steel in her girdle courtesy of her own hard working mother. To maintain her sanity and to keep the roof over her head Higgins Clark decided that becoming a published writer would be her meal ticket, now that she was sole provider for her family. It paid off almost right away.
But Higgins Clark swears she doesn't see much to trumpet in her decision to take her fate into her own hands. Courage in the face of adversity is an Irish tradition, she says.


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Issue No.04 - July/August (2001 vol.18)
pp: 20-28
Improving the reliability and availability of increasingly complex software is a serious challenge, especially in efforts to protect society's critical functions. Is it true that building diverse, redundant systems provides robustness? This article investigates the relationship between software complexity, reliability, and development resources. It also presents a forward-recovery approach based on the idea of using simplicity to control complexity as a way to improve the robustness of complex software systems.
Lui Sha, "Using Simplicity to Control Complexity", IEEE Software, vol.18, no. 4, pp. 20-28, July/August 2001, doi:10.1109/MS.2001.936213


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We've heard the need-based estimates time and time again: Annual capital investment in water infrastructure is approximately $36.4 billion, but to meet the needs of our population growth that annual investment must increase to $91 billion. With "just" an additional $9.4 billion per year during the next eight years, we would avoid $21 billion per year in costs to households and business.
A study by the American Water Works Association states that the cost of repairing and expanding U.S. drinking water infrastructure will be $1 trillion in the next 25 years if pipes are replaced at the end of their useful life. Looking at a 40-year period, replacement needs make up only about 54 percent of the national total and population changes make up the difference. Where will the funds come from to pay for it? Customers will pay higher water bills and local fees. The report, "Buried No Longer: Confronting America's Water Infrastructure Challenge," says many small communities will face the greatest challenges.
The costs are staggering. Both the capital costs and the potential toll on our country in terms of business, family finances, and water quality and supply is greater if aging infrastructure isn't prioritized. But this again is nothing new. Today, more and more reports, like a recent American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) report and one by Green For All, try a new tactic to emphasize the importance of investment in water infrastructure in business dollars, jobs, and boosts to our economy.
According to a report from the ASCE, "Failure to Act: The Economic Impact of Current Investment Trends in Water and Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure," aging water infrastructure will cost U.S. businesses $147 billion during the next decade, the average household about $900 in higher water rates and lower wages, and the workforce will lose 700,000 jobs. This report identifies that retail, restaurants and bars, and construction businesses face the greatest job losses as a result of aging water infrastructure because of less disposable income, increased water costs, and higher costs of water-based goods. This seems like information even non-engineers and utility managers will open their eyes to. Let's hope so, since the typical messages about threats to water quality and supply haven't resonated.
Green For All, in partnership with American Rivers, the Economic Policy Institute, and the Pacific Institute (the study was funded by the Rockefeller Foundation), reports that if a $188.4 billion investment was made in water infrastructure – the amount the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicates would be required to manage stormwater and preserve water quality – we'd add $265.billion into the economy and create 1.3 million direct and indirect jobs in related sectors, and result in 568,000 additional jobs from increased spending. Too bad we can't just sign a check and get started right way.
Fortunately, it's not all doom and gloom. Despite the critical lag, good projects are underway, communities and lawmakers are making smart decisions, and strides toward greener practices are happening every day. (Sigh of relief!) Following are some recent, notable projects in progress, recently completed, or coming down the pipeline. Also of note are some energy innovations to save money at water facilities in the accompanying article, "Saving costs with smart energy solutions."
Projects in progress or recently completed
Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project – One of the 14 high-priority infrastructure projects identified by the Obama Administration, this project includes about 280 miles of pipeline, several pumping plants, and two water treatment plants to service more than 43 Navajo chapters, the city of Gallup, N.M., and the Teepee Junction area of the Jicarilla Apache Nation. Currently, more than 40 percent of Navajo Nation households haul water to meet their daily need. This project, targeted to be complete in March 2013, is the result of a water rights settlement and will benefit 250,000 Americans. (http://permits.performance.gov/projects/navajo-gallup-water-supply-project)
The Deep Rock Tunnel Connection and dewatering pump station in Indianapolis – Expected to be complete in 2017, this $280 million project will provide combined sewer overflow storage, collection for major sewer overflows, and future connections to other tunnels. The main tunnel consists of approximately 41,600 feet of 18-foot-diameter tunnel at a depth of 230 feet. The pump station has a discharge capacity of 90 million gallons per day (mgd).
Lawton Valley Water Treatment Plant replacement and Station No. 1 Plant upgrade in Rhode Island – The Lawton Valley 7-mgd plant will be demolished and replaced with a new, compact building, while the Station No. 1 plant will receive treatment upgrades to control total trihalomethanes. Construction should be complete in December 2014.
Red Lion Municipal Authority Water Treatment Plant in York County, Pa. – Engineering consultant, Gannett Fleming Inc. used building information modeling (BIM) to design the new water treatment plant, one of the first plants in the United States to incorporate this powerful design and collaboration process. Construction is now underway. Go to www.youtube.com/user/GannettFleming to view the plant BIM video.
Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System Infrastructure Seismic Upgrade of Bay Division Pipelines 3 and 4 in San Francisco – This unique water line project involves the construction of 72-inch-diameter ball joints plus slip joint and a 300-foot-long articulated concrete vault to provide safe crossing at the Hayward Fault in the event of a large earthquake. Extensive testing for the vault was conducted at Cornell University. This project is part of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's (SFPUC) Water System Improvement Program (WSIP) for the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System, a $4.6 billion infrastructure upgrade initiative.
Calaveras Dam Replacement Project – Another project in the WSIP will replace the existing Calaveras Dam, built in 1925, with a 200-foot-high, seismically designed earth and rock-fill dam that will incorporate about 7 million cubic yards of excavated material, which is as much as the materials used to construct two Great Pyramids of Giza, according to SFPUC General Manager Ed Harrington. Other aspects of the project include a new spillway, fish passage screens and a fish ladder, a new intake/outlet tower, and three new tunnels to convey water to and from the reservoir. Major construction is expected to be complete in 2015.
Tampa Bay Water Regional Surface Water Treatment Plant – Tampa Bay Water's (TBW) new, 120-mgd water treatment plant in Brandon, Fla., is the largest design-build-operate drinking water project in U.S. history. Serving 2.4 million people, the project was completed on time and under budget by Veolia Water North America (formerly USFilter) and its partners, which included Camp Dresser & McKee and Clark Construction. TBW reduced its administrative and consulting costs through a single procurement and was able to establish guarantees for water quality and quantity, project timelines, and operations and facility maintenance through private-sector involvement. Previously, the region relied on groundwater supplies, a source that was unsustainable given population increases and damaged the natural ecosystem. Now source water is blended from area rivers, a canal, and a reservoir. The variability of the source water contributed to TBW's decision to team with Veolia, as it has a patented ACTIFLO clarification process to treat water with high variability. The plant is among the world's most sophisticated water treatment facilities. The first phase of the project began in 2000, with construction complete in 2005. The second, recent phase began in 2007. Note: The Seattle Public Utilities' 120-mgd Tolt Treatment Facility shares the honor of being the largest DBO project in the United States.
Proposed/future projects
Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project – This project includes a desalination plant that will draw water from under the sea floor past the high tide line to avoid impacts to marine life, as well as expansion of a current aquifer storage and recovery program.
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) of Greater Chicago Settlement – The EPA, the Department of Justice, and the state of Illinois announced a Clean Water Act settlement with the MWRD to complete a tunnel and reservoir plan to increase its capacity to handle wet weather events and address combined sewer overflow (CSO) discharges, as well as control trash and debris in overflows and implement a green infrastructure program to reduce stormwater runoff. The project will be completed in a series of stages in 2015, 2017, and 2029.
New York City CSO Consent Order Modifications – New York City Department of Environmental Protection is required to reduce CSOs under a 2005 Consent Order. While the city has modified the order in the past, this year it declared a significant reliance on green infrastructure to improve water quality in harbor waters. The city will invest about $187 million during the next three years to install green infrastructure technologies to manage stormwater before it enters the city's combined sewer system. Looking at the long term, an estimated $2.4 billion of public and private funding is expected during the next 18 years to remove approximately 1.5 billion gallons of CSO flows annually by 2030.
Philadelphia's "Green City, Clean Waters" partnership agreement – The EPA and the city of Philadelphia have agreed to partner in a $2 billion investment to manage stormwater with green practices and infrastructure and reduce sewer overflows. EPA will provide assistance to the city in identifying and promoting higher performing green infrastructure designs, convening technical expertise from around the country to advance green designs and support a green design competition, and help remove barriers to innovation in the city's plan.
Repair of the Delaware Aqueduct – A $2.1 billion plan to fix the leaking Delaware Aqueduct includes a pilot project that consists of construction of a three-mile bypass tunnel and repair work to leaking sections. The New York Department of Environmental Protection forecasts groundbreaking in 2013 and project completion in 2021.
New Jersey Distribution System Improvement Program – New Jersey has initiated a new program to accelerate its aging water infrastructure. Following an almost two-year public stakeholder process, the program is now operational. Projects are funded through a Distribution System Improvement Charge on customer bills, which will go into effect before the summer of 2013. New Jersey American Water has already submitted a $140 million foundational filing that would result in more than 400 infrastructure projects and 900 construction jobs during the next two years.
Here's hoping we can exponentially increase the rate at which smart projects are planned, designed, funded, approved, and constructed. Until then, we can learn from our collective successes and do our part to spread the word that clean water and ample supply are essential not only to life and public health, but also to business and our country's success.
Saving costs with smart energy solutions
According to the Black & Veatch survey findings, more than 75 percent of respondents have taken measures to reduce energy consumption within their utility operations. Since electricity makes up as much as 30 percent of water utility budgets, such initiatives are winners, especially when done in ways to incorporate sustainability practices. For example, several standout projects are using green initiatives to reduce their utility's carbon footprint, improve air and water quality, cut costs, and ensure continuous operation in the event of a power outage since they are producing their own power.
The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and Ameresco, an energy efficiency and renewable energy company, agreed that Ameresco will design, build, and maintain a wastewater biogas-to-energy facility that will generate 5.6 MW of power and reduce PWD's energy costs by more than $12 million during the 16-year contract. The PWD's Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant has been using half of the biogas generated as a byproduct of sewage treatment for heat processes; however, the other half was being flared – consuming energy and increasing emissions. The new facility will capture the previously flared gas and use it beneficially as a renewable energy source. The biogas project is expected to reduce carbon emissions by nearly 22,000 tons per year, which is equivalent to removing 4,833 cars from the road or planting 5,390 acres of pine forest. A grant from the American Recovery Reinvestment Act is helping to fund this project.
Ameresco, which partnered with San Antonio Water System on the first U.S. sewage facility to refine biogas for the grid, also teamed with the Dallas Water Authority on a waste-to-energy solution to create electricity and heat to be used onsite.
The Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties in New Jersey, which is a wastewater authority made up of eleven member and four customer communities, started a cogeneration facility in 2009. It recently won the 2012 National Environmental Achievement Award from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies for this project. This facility uses methane gas, a byproduct of anaerobic digestion during wastewater treatment, to generate approximately 69 percent of the total power needed to run its wastewater treatment plant and biosolids facilities. The community is benefiting from reduced fuel costs and power usage, and the actual savings are expected to increase as the system is optimized. The Joint Meeting works to share its experience with other facility managers, as it can be replicated on many anaerobic digestors.
Of course, biogas isn't the only resource plant owners have to capitalize upon to be more sustainable – the sun and open spaces provide a winning combination as well. Two New Jersey American Water facilities are installing solar arrays to be more cost efficient and reduce carbon use. New Jersey American Water, a subsidiary of American Water and the largest investor-owned water utility in the state, recently built a solar field of 3,565 panels at the Delaware River Regional Water Treatment Plant in Delran. This installation produces about 1.2 million kilowatt hours per year and was completed in April. This summer in Mansfield, N.J., American Water erected 3,290 solar panels that produce more than 1 million kilowatt hours of power per year.
Shanon Fauerbach, P.E., was formerly the editorial director of CE News.


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June 29, 2009
The Akamai Foundation awarded scholarships to the top three scorers in this year's USAMO competition. The winners had been honored in early June at the 38th annual USAMO Awards Ceremony and Dinner, in Washington, D.C. MAA President David Bressoud presided over the awards ceremony at the U.S. Department of State, where he introduced the team and presented USAMO medals.
Wenyu Cao of Andover, Mass. received $20,000 for first place while Toan Phan of Watertown, Conn. earned $15,000 for second place and Qinxuan Pan of Rockville, Md. garnered $10,000 for third place.
"Math innovation has always been, and continues to be, at the heart of our mission," said Tom Leighton, Akamai's chief scientist. "We congratulate these winners, as well as all of the participants in this year's competition, on their pursuit of achieving excellence in mathematics."
MAA Executive Director Tina Straley, said, "We are most appreciative of the Akamai Foundation's willingness to devote significant support to this important event. We are striving to make our country's success in mathematics, and the public's interest, rise to the highest levels in the world. This vital support will help us to increase the awareness and success of U.S. math students."
The Akamai Foundation, which has supported the USAMO for many years, is also a sponsor of the U.S. China Girls Mathematical Olympiad teams which will compete later this year.
Source: Akamai.com


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That's Right, They're Mtn Bluebirds
Many don't know they are cavity nesters. They use old woodpecker holes for nests. This particular one is in the Ghost Forest and regrettably pretty high up (hence the use of the 2x). I personally don't like shooting "up" on cavity nesters, the perspective just bugs me but it was a good illustration of an important aspect of photographing cavity nesters.
In the top photo, notice how you see nothing but wood in the frame? Shooting early in the morning gave the tree trunk shading so you have the idea it's a "round" tree. Without that shading, if would look like a piece of wood from the hardware store. The bottom photo is the more preferred angle and that because the photo has a visual depth. Seeing any background behind the tree, in this case blue sky, gives a feeling of roundness without the shading and at the same time a sense of place. Background is everything even in this simple scene.
Photo captured by D3x, 600VR w/TC-20e3 on Lexar UDMA digital film


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T4 - Rural and Small Town Minnesota - Rebuttal - Peter Hutchinson - I
(Are you on the e-debate home page, select "T4 - Rural and Small Town…." heading just above this excerpt so you can listen.)
Rebuttal from Peter Hutchinson:
Listen to Peter Hutchinson's rebuttal or download it in MP3.
Text transcribed from audio by E-Democracy.Org:
Hello, this is Peter Hutchinson, and I'm doing a rebuttal to the discussion on rural development. As I read both Tim Pawlenty's and Mike Hatch's presentations, I can't help but be impressed by the level of commitment, at least as expressed to greater Minnesota, and individual initiatives that they have suggested.
What I find missing, however, in both of their presentations, is any clarity about the specific objectives to be achieved. The specific strategies that would be used to achieve these objectives, and how they would be paid for. It's not sufficient to say you are committed to rural Minnesota without telling rural Minnesota what they can expect, when, how it will be delivered, and how it will be financed. This is particularly absent from Tim Pawlenty's presentation, in which he mostly recites accomplishments, but doesn't lay the groundwork for describing what will happen in the future. At least Mike Hatch lays out a commitment to things like roads and bridges fiber optics and healthcare, but again he makes no effort, and is very unspecific about what would be accomplished in greater Minnesota, by whom, using what methods, and with what financing mechanisms, and in the absence of these specifics it's hard to treat either of these responses as particularly credible, as we think about the future of our state.
In our presentation, and in particular on our website, we presented a great deal of detail, about how we would go about reforming healthcare, and particularly about how we would be sure that farmers and small businesses in greater Minnesota had the ability to pool their purchasing power when it comes to buying health insurance. We talk specifically about how we would finance improvements in our transportation system over the next several years, and how our proposal would move us much closer to fully funding our transportation needs, then either what Tim Pawlenty or Mike Hatch have said they would support. In fact, in their cases, only about 18% of our needs in transportation would be financed.
Now we also talked about how we would invest in research at the University of Minnesota and other places to assure that we discover the next value added opportunity for our rural communities. It is that kind of specifics that I think are necessary if this debate is to be meaningful.
Finally, I want to reconfirm, my commitment to what Rudy Perpich started years ago, was the Capitol for a Day program. I think it is important for the people of St. Paul to never forget who they work for, nor where the people of Minnesota live. That's why I would move the capitol once a month to another city in our state, and require that all of our commissioners attend, so that we would have a first hand opportunity to observe the needs of our citizens and the impacts of our decisions throughout Minnesota.
Thank you, very much.
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"I delivered an unfortunate blow to a profession that not only did I personally love doing, but that I value for society," said Blair in an interview on Fox News Sunday. But don't worry! He also has a master plan.
Blair is now a life coach, specializing in substance abuse, and wants to teach young journalists how not to lie - he addressed 150 at Washington and Lee University's Journalism Ethics Institute on Friday too.
Maybe one day he won't have the word 'disgraced' put in front of his name as a reflex. But I doubt it.


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"Smallest Witnesses. The Crisis in Darfur Through Children's Eyes"
Drawings by Children and Photographs of Darfur
The drawings by children and young people from the refugee camps collected by Human Rights Watch researchers are clear and disturbing proof of the brutal experiences to which they have been subjected. The 13-year-old Abd al-Rahman describes his picture: "I am herding the sheep in Wadi. Suddenly I see the Janjaweed militia coming - they are approaching fast on horses and camels and have Kalashnikovs. They are shooting and shouting 'Kill the slaves, kill the blacks.' They killed many men. They chased the children and took some of them away. We never saw them again. Then the planes came and bombarded our village."
15 March - 9 April 2007
Libeskind Building, ground level, Eric F. Ross Gallery
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Mitchell Anderson | April 10, 2009
By Mitchell Anderson • Friday, April 10, 2009 - 18:59
Saskatchewan might be picking a fight with Uncle Sam in the latest wierd chapter of Canadian climate policy – or lack thereof.
Oil-producing Alberta and Saskatchewan just told Ottawa they will not tolerate a federal carbon system with anything more meaningful than "intensity-based" reduction targets.
No wonder. These provinces collectively have only 14% of the Canadian population yet crank out close to 45% of the emissions. So called "intensity" targets would keep the petroleum party going by allowing absolute carbon emissions to balloon for decades into the future.
Meanwhile, the Canadian government is finally being forced to draft meaningful climate policy - only because the US will impose trade sanctions if we don't. With that ultimatum looming over Canada, the provinces presumably expect Ottawa to pass their ultimatum on to the Obama Administration.
Good luck with that.
Many lawmakers in the US might be hard pressed to find Saskatchewan on a map, let alone water down American cap and trade legislation for the benefit of a Canadian province with the same population Rhode Island.
"Depending on what comes out of Washington, the reality is the Americans may have the whip hand on this stuff," observed Environmental Lawyer Doug Thomson. "And if they do, it's not going to be a matter of keeping all sides happy but reflecting the reality of the situation. … We may have no choice."
All this means Ottawa may have to deviate from the long-standing Canadian tradition of caving to pressure from regions or provinces. It also seems to be the unlikely and ignoble way in which Canada will finally get serious about climate change.
Alberta and Saskatchewan are gamely demanding that they be exempt from absolute carbon reductions – instead relying on "intensity targets" – something that not even John McCain is in favor of. Under this scheme, absolute carbon emission can and will continue to rise. The window dressing is that emissions per barrel of oil will ostensibly come down even as absolute emissions go up.
It is something akin to flapping your arms as you fall from a plane – it gives the appearance of action without significantly altering the outcome.
Of course the atmosphere doesn't care about anything as esoteric as emissions per unit of energy. Global CO2 concentrations have been marching upwards like conga line on an escalator.
Given that Obama's credibility depends on delivering absolute carbon reductions in the unfolding climate legislation moving through Congress, it is somewhat laughable to think that Saskatchewan, Alberta, or Ottawa will have much influence throwing their weight around.
And even if the new cap and trade bill is derailed, there is always the option of existing laws such as the Clean Air Act. The EPA just listed CO2 as a pollutant opening the door for regulation of carbon no matter what happens on the Hill.
Canadian oil interests of course do not like it, but as Sam Cooke famously said, Change Gonna Come.
Their past experience with intensity targets will not help their cause.
The Alberta government brought in such a scheme in 2002, aiming to reduce carbon intensity by 50% by 2020. Sounds good – except that by their own numbers, absolute emissions would climb by 33% over the same period. In fact Alberta's emissions are rising even faster than that.
Canada's current policy also allows Alberta tar sands emissions to almost triple between 2006 and 2017.
it is this record of success that Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ottawa are bringing to their fight with Washington.
Good luck guys.
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Is there a proper citation for this claim? The link provided says no such thing.
"… it is this record of success that Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ottawa are bringing to their fight with Washington."
Ooooh. Washington. Have they passed cap and trade legislation? Nope. Will they? Way to early to tell. Democrats are good at talking about reducing C02 (see Gore and Clinton for examples) but their track record otherwise is poor.
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PARKERSBURG - The Wood County Commission will hold a meeting Monday to further explore a Super Wi-Fi program that could make free Internet services available in remote areas of the county where the service is inaccessible.
The meeting is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Fort Boreman public meeting room of the Judge Donald Black Courthouse Annex. Officials with WV Net out of Morgantown will be the presenters. WV Net provides all the Internet connections for Wood County government offices.
"We are holding a follow-up discussion to the meeting held last month regarding the potential WiFi in our area. This technology is young and less developed, using white space WiFi and old television frequencies, however it is federally pushed and being distributed through WV Net out of Morgantown," Wood County commission President Wayne Dunn said.
The technology utilizes existing white space, the old broadband width which used to come into television sets. After television stations were required to go high definition digital, this space was left open.
"We are presenting this technology to all people interested, especially those in government and education, Information Technology departments, law enforcement. It should be very interesting and something that we all can benefit from hearing about," he said.
Dunn said although the technology may end up being financially out of reach for individuals, it could be used, at least initially, in a pilot project for the schools, similar to another project launched earlier in Huntington.
"It is a great opportunity but in looking at it, it's so early in this technology and the cost of some of the components is still high to the point a lot of individuals, I suspect, probably won't want to put the money into it. But for larger entities, it will be an opportunity to expand their communications to more people and quickly," Dunn said.
"What will come of this we don't know, but this meeting is for information and education so we can at least be prepared and in a position so whenever the technology is more refined and less expensive we can incorporate it all over the county. It will be a roundtable discussion, what they can provide, what we want and need, and where the technology is," Dunn said.
"In the Huntington pilot, students were hooked up for studies and testing. I think it could be especially helpful to education and law enforcement," he said. "It would probably be a stepwise project, and education may be the pilot program that could go first," he said.
In a teleconference with the commissioners in June, retired Cabell Circuit Judge Daniel O'Hanlon who is heading up the statewide Wi-Fi project and also serves as chairman of the Governor's Broadband Committee said after the Huntington pilot was launched, inquiries about the program began pouring in.
"We aren't trying to make money on this project, just cover our costs. Sen. Rockefeller feels this is not the complete answer, but is a beginning in addressing inaccessibility issues in West Virginia," O'Hanlon told the commissioners.
O'Hanlon said the project was not in the private sector, it is only available for governmental entities, educational institutions and could later be used with nonprofits. He said the technology could be used in patrol cars to directly link computers with the county's central database to assist in finding warrants and related information.
Wood County Schools officials who attended the June meeting said the project would be welcome to help ensure more isolated students were not left behind. Officials said there would be password protection to gain access, filters for the system made available to the school students so they would not have access to unacceptable websites, and the system would need to be separate from the county's system in use now.
O'Hanlon said the radios have a 6-mile radius, but with West Virginia topography that would be reduced. He said he found at least 21 channels available in this area, there could be more, based on additional zip codes.
"We have two more pilots this summer, including rural Morgantown students," O'Hanlon said. "My phone has been ringing off the hook, calls from cities, counties, schools that see the benefits of this project and I only have a staff of five. You would be the first county commission to get on board if you decide to go with it."
Following the June meeting with O'Hanlon, the commissioners unanimously agreed they were interested in learning more about the project.


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Jefferies & Co.'s Mark Lipacis today reiterates a Buy rating on shares of Intel (INTC), and a $32 price target, writing that skeptical arguments about the cost of Intel's chip manufacturing are wrong, and that chips such as "Bay Trail," released last year for tablets, are competitive with parts produced by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) for Intel's competitors.
Don't make the mistake, Lipacis writes, of comparing Intel's traditional chips for PCs to the ones that TSM is manufacturing for the mobile market for Qualcomm (QCOM) and others. Instead, compare Intel's newer chips designed for low-cost mobile applications, which he explains through a car analogy:
A 2014 Prius lists at $24K and gets 51/48 mpg in city/highway driving – 2x-3x better than the Corvette, which lists at $51K and gets 17/29 mpg. The Prius crushes the Corvette on gas mileage and cost, but we think the more germane comparison to the Prius is the car that GM designed to target the ecologically sensitive segment of the market, the "Volt," (101/93 mpg) […] Historically, Intel designed its MPUs to be faster every year. Like the Corvette, Intel's faster chips are more expensive – they require fatter connections between transistors, which translates to less transistors per area (higher cost), and shorter battery life compared to mobile chips made by TSMC. These manufacturing processes were designed for different markets – we don't think it makes sense to compare the two. In 2013, Intel admitted they missed the market inflection to low power, mobile devices, and intro'd a redesigned MPU specifically for that market. The new micro-architecture (Silvermont-22nm) has thinner transistor interconnects, which means a cheaper, lower power transistor. Bay Trail is Intel's first MPU based on Silvermont; our analysis in chart 1 suggests it is cost competitive.
Lipacis offers the following table of how Intel's Bay Trail stacks up against a "Snapdragon" part from Qualcomm manufactured by TSM (click for larger image):
Intel shares today are up 9 cents, or 0.4%, at $24.64.
Following Qualcomm's (QCOM) analyst day meeting in New York today, president and COO Steve Mollenkopf was kind enough to talk with me for a few minutes regarding a variety of topics, including emerging market smartphone trends and the battle for tablet computing.
On the latter score, I asked Mollenkopf how he sees Qualcomm faring relative to Intel (INTC), which has received accolades for its latest "Atom" application processor for tablets, "Bay Trail," released earlier this year.
Mollenkopf assures me that "given the performance we can deliver with Snapdragon 800 or 805, we are not too concerned about where we sit with respect to other vendors," referring to the company's most recent models of its application processor family.
On a deeper level, Mollenkopf rejects the notion, propounded by Intel, that tablet computers will be something more like the traditional personal computer, as the category matures in power and performance, supposedly tipping the advantage to Intel as the PC heavyweight. It is a view that was espoused by former Intel CEO Paul Otellini, and that has been taken up by his successor, Brian Krzanich.
"The tablet is not really so much like a PC," says Mollenkopf.
"There are a number of things that need to be integrated, and here the PC model basically comes up short, such as video." He offers as an example the Amazon.com (AMZN) "Kindle Fire HDX" tablet released in recent weeks. It uses a Snapdragon 800. "There are many things we did there that differentiate us, things such as the display, to make it more readable in direct sunlight, for example — those are things you wouldn't do if it weren't a mobile product."
"We also incorporated special security features [in the chipset] for the download and storage of rental content on the Kindle Fire."
In sum, then, the "we look at the tablet as more of a mobile device, more like a phone, and not a laptop."
When I suggest that Intel has long dominated the use of performance benchmarks to push the prowess of its chips, Mollenkopf bats that aside, replying "As far as benchmarks for tablets, we have created more realistic benchmarks than the stuff that typically gets thrown around in the PC world, benchmarks that are more attuned to the demands of mobile."
I also asked Mollenkopf about how he sees the next big leap in chip manufacturing playing out, and whether it may prove problematic given that Qualcomm last year suffered through delays in getting parts at the latest technology node, using features measuring 28 billionths of a meter.
Would there be the same problem with this latest technology process, 20-nanometer, I asked?
"20 nano will not be a drama," he says. "What happened there was, we had so much traction that we couldn't match the ramp on the front end."
"But generally speaking, the problem you just had is never the one you will have next," he says with a wry smile, before adding, more seriously, "We are converting the supply chain from being node-laggard to node-leader, so things will be different this time."
I ask Qualcomm about Intel's vaunted prowess in semiconductor process technology, and Intel's contention, held by some analyst on the Street, that Qualcomm's partners, such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), may run aground as chip features face more daunting effects at small feature sizes in coming years.
On the one hand, "we have many partners for making chips," he points out, "and we think there are many companies that will do just fine making transistors at these new technology nodes, including Samsung [Electronics (005930KS), and TSM, and we think GlobalFoundries has a shot as well. We also fab with [China-based] Semiconductor Manufacturing International. So, we think there are a lot of parties who are capable of making transistors."
At the same time, "We think, unlike our friends up north [Intel], that the transistor is not necessarily the most important thing," argues Mollenkopf.
Venerable chip analysts Microprocessor Report today offer up an assessment of Nvidia's (NVDA) "Tegra 4" application processor as to how it stacks up against Qualcomm's (QCOM) "Snapdragon" family of processors, based on benchmark data released by Nvidia two weeks ago at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona. (All articles require a subscription to Microprocessor Report.)
The conclusion of the Report's Kevin Krewell is that Tegra 4 is the fastest mobile processor using ARM Holdings (ARMH) technology, even in comparison to the fastest projected versions of Snapdragon:
At MWC, the company continued its product reve- lation by disclosing new details of the architecture and its capabilities (as well as limitations). Judging from this pre- liminary information, Tegra 4 rates as the highest-perform- ing mobile ARM processor—if power constraints don't throttle the cores. This performance takes aim at Qual- comm's newest Snapdragon processors; Nvidia offered a wide range of benchmark results that clearly showed Tegra 4 leading both the APQ8064 and (judging from our estimates) the forthcoming Snapdragon 800 […] We also estimated the performance of the Snap- dragon Series 800, assuming that it will achieve its rated 2.3GHz clock speed and applying a 10% gain to represent the improvements from the Krait 200 CPU to the Krait 400 CPU. This approach is probably optimistic, as most bench- mark scores do not improve linearly with CPU speed, although the Series 800 will also get a boost from faster DRAM. Based on these estimates, even Qualcomm's best processor, which is due to enter production at about the same time as Tegra 4, won't surpass Nvidia in these tests.
Krewell argues Qualcomm still has some advantage for devices that use less than the maximum power possible:
Tegra 4 delivers outstanding benchmark results, showing off its considerable capabilities. These results seem to have caught Qualcomm by surprise and expose some deficiencies in the memory subsystem of the Krait- based processors. Qualcomm, however, has designed its CPU for power efficiency, whereas Tegra 4 delivers maxi- mum performance at maximum power. Snapdragon will challenge Tegra 4's performance in smartphones, but in tablets, Tegra 4 will really shine.
Nvidia shares today fell 13 cents, or 1%, to $12.70, while Qualcomm stock rose 5 cents to $66.70.
Some things going on in tech in your world this morning:
Shares of Groupon (GRPN) continue an amazing run, rising $2.82, or almost 24%, to $14.55 in early trading following better-than-expected Q1 results last night and a better-than-expected Q2 revenue view. The stock got two upgrades this morning, from Citigroup and Sterne Agee, both Buy ratings, and estimates are on the rise, though some price targets are falling, oddly enough. You're recall that the stock had already risen almost 20% during yesterday's regular session.
Facebook confirmed in an amendment to its IPO filing this morning that it increased the expected range of its offer price to $34 to $38 from a prior $28 to $35, as reported last night by The Wall Street Journal's Shayndi Raice.
Business Insider's Julie Bort late yesterday had an interesting item about International Business Machines (IBM), in which she writes that employees of Big Blue are telling her that an early retirement offer is a way for IBM to "chisel people out of severance" pay in order to meet a stated goal of $20 per share in profit by 2015. One employee tells Bort "what is happening at IBM is obscene." IBM stock is up $1.45, or 0.7%, at $200.89.
Reuters's Nivedita Bhattacharjee writes that Amazon.com (AMZN) is expected to introduce new "Kindle" e-book readers starting in July, citing an unnamed source who's seen prototypes. One is a Kindle with "front lighting" to improve readability of the e-ink-based screen. Amazon will have a larger version of its "Kindle Fire" tablet, with an 8.9-inch screen, closer to the holiday season, writes Bhattacharjee. Amazon shares this morning are up $4.17, or 1.9%, at $227.10.
DigiTimes's Daniel and Adam Hwang report that Qualcomm (QCOM) may be losing some smartphone business to other chip vendors because of the shortage of supply of its "Snapdragon S4″ application processors, citing multiple unnamed sources. " Nvidia (NVDA), ST-Ericsson and Intel have been competing for urgent orders for or even adoption of their chip solutions" by Samsung Electronics (005930KS), HTC (2498TW) and others, they write. Qualcomm shares this morning are up 34 cents, or 0.6%, at $61.80.
Don Clark with The Wall Street Journal has a piece on Advanced Micro Devices's (AMD) "Trinity" chips for laptops, which are being put into new, thinner models such as the "Sleekbook" line of computers from Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) that are an alternative to the "ultrabook"-branded models pushed by Intel (INTC) using its own chips. Clark quotes AMD CEO Rory Read as saying the company can undercut Intel's processor premium and bring down the cost of thinner, lighter machines, stating, "Trinity 'will bring ultra-thins to everyone … This is an opportunity for us to go in there and basically steal the bacon." AMD shares this morning are up 5 cents, or 0.7%, at $6.80.
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It is one of art's most profoundly disturbing images, offering an insight into the darkness of the human soul.
Its agonising form speaks of frayed nerves, anxiety and psychic crisis; a tortured form haunted by broken dreams and brutal realities.
So we have no idea why some internet wag chose to Photoshop David Moyes onto Edvard Munch's The Scream on Sunday.
Still, it looked pretty funky.
I feel that after that win, Reds may be entitled to share this.. =D #LFC pic.twitter.com/BwDqugWdWe
— ☆ Kitster29™☆ (@kitster29LFC) March 16, 2014
Poor old David Moyes. First Manchester United suffer an embarrassing 3-0 defeat to Liverpool at Old Trafford, and now he's the butt of a multitude of online jokes.
Roasting Moyes has been a favourite pastime on Twitter this season, and the digs show no sign of ending with United lying a lowly seventh in the table.
You know it's bad when you've become a meme:
Congratulations Mr Moyes #LFC #MUFC pic.twitter.com/vnKGowTgWe — Leesa MaC (@Lisa_Marie74) March 16, 2014
Lord Moyes pic.twitter.com/t5caCgLoha
— GeniusFootball (@GeniusFootball) March 16, 2014
One prominent City fan on Twitter is predicting an imminent end for Moyes, and a shock name could be in the frame to replace him.
Utd exit the CL and sack Moyes, putting Mick Hucknall in charge for the Mcr Derby. 3-0 Utd. — Macca (@The_Paris_Angel) March 16, 2014
And did you miss this funny banner from the Liverpool fans yesterday?
RT @SkySportsPaulH: David Moyes is a football genius - Reds fans say it perfectly at Old Trafford! pic.twitter.com/GV1jpTLeC1
— Eurosport.com EN (@EurosportCom_EN) March 16, 2014
Elsewhere in the Premier League this weekend, we saw the return of one of the best football cliches.
You know the drill now: as soon as one player spits at another (and that is the accusation being levelled at George Boyd) the points go to the first pundit to claim he'd rather be punched in the face than spat at.
Can this actually be true? Would you rather have a tooth dislodged or an eye damaged than have to wipe a bit of spittle off your coat? Probably not, yet this is now one of football's most enduring and popular pieces of nonsense.
I'd rather be punched than spat at, hope Boyd gets a huge ban!! Pure scum.
— Phil Anderson (@philando89) March 15, 2014
Id rather get punched in the face than spat at. I'd have been sent off for my actions if I were Joe Hart. #MOTD — Blake Peterson (@blake2108) March 15, 2014
I hope Boyd gets what he deserves for spitting on Hart. Disgusting. I'd rather get knocked out than spat on!
— Chris Johnston (@chrisjonty) March 15, 2014
Not just once in the face, either. Multiple times, according to this guy:
i'd rather be punched in the face multiple times than being spat at once #scum — Rob Furlong (@robfurlong) March 15, 2014
And this critic of Boyd had to have a needless go at the French, for some reason.
George boyd spitting vile not a British thing.wud rather b punched than spat at.sort of thing a Frenchman wud do
— Nick Freedom (@NickFreedom) March 16, 2014
We suspect the following two tweets were rather tongue in cheek though, which is exactly where it would be if you were smacked right in the chops.
I'd rather someone tore out my eyeballs and chewed off my nose than spat at me. — Daniel Harris (@DanielHarris) March 15, 2014
I'd rather have my face clawed off, then my knees smashed with a sledgehammer, then be set on fire and burned to death than be spat on.
— Jamie Tetley (@JamieTetley) March 15, 2014
But this could be one cliche that is on the way out, after ex-pro Danny Higginbotham was called out on Twitter for his use of it....
Hope Boyd gets a lengthy ban. Absolutely disgusting. Spitting on a fellow professional. Would rather be smacked in face. — Danny Higginbotham (@Higginbotham05) March 15, 2014
@Higginbotham05 @OllieHolt22 Someone I knew got smacked in face and has been on epilepsy medicine ever since. He'd have rather been spat at.
— Mike Martin (@thefootietweet) March 15, 2014
@OllieHolt22 @thefootietweet fare enough. Not meant like that. So my apologies — Danny Higginbotham (@Higginbotham05) March 15, 2014
Meanwhile, one fan appears to have forgotten that Fulham actually got rid of Dimitar Berbatov in January.
No wonder Fulham are going down when they never play Berbatov or Darren Bent
— CT ✌ (@Chris_Thwaites) March 15, 2014
So, a big team underperforms for 99% of a match, are the victim of bad officiating for the other 1%. Who's to blame for their defeat? Do you really have to ask?
Some angry Chelsea fans presumably had a bit of fun with Chris Foy's Wikipedia page after the Aston Villa loss: http://t.co/SOFMKRnqmw
— B/R Football (@br_football) March 15, 2014
If you think that's bad, imagine if one fanbase decided to aim their bitterness towards a legendary British cyclist who happens to have a similar name to a referee?
Oh, they have? OK. Imagine if they decided to do it AGAIN?
Chris Hoy has had an absolute stinker today, awful referee
— Chris Munday (@CMunday14) March 15, 2014
What a world we live in.
- Sports & Recreation
- Arts & Entertainment
- David Moyes
- Danny Higginbotham


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