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Genital herpes
is a
sexually transmitted disease
(STD) caused by the herpes simplex viruses
type 1
(HSV-1) or type 2 (HSV-2). Genital herpes affects both men and women.
Herpes is an STD that comes and goes, meaning there are periods when the virus is not actively causing symptoms. During the time between outbreaks, you can still spead herpes to your sexual partners.
In most cases, symptoms may not appear. In others, they may be mistaken for another kind of skin condition. Here are some common genital herpes symptoms you should be aware of:
If left untreated, the sores and blisters will fade away. This does not mean the virus is gone. People with herpes have repeated cycles of outbreaks. Over time, the outbreaks are shorter in duration and less severe than the first outbreak. The number of outbreaks may also decrease over time.
Genital herpes is diagnosed with a swab of the blister. If the blister has healed, then blood tests may be done.
Genital herpes is spread by direct skin-to-skin contact. This can happen when the herpes virus comes into contact with the vagina, penis, anus, or mouth. For example, if you have a cold sore on your mouth and have oral sex, you can give your partner genital herpes.
Herpes is most contagious during outbreaks, so you should abstain from sex when symptoms are present. Keep in mind that the virus can also be transmitted when symptoms are not present. Some people contract herpes from partners whose symptoms are mild or completely absent, so the person does not know that they are infected. Others become infected from people who do not tell them of their condition.
Pregnant women can transfer genital herpes to their baby, with serious infant health consequences. Herpes also puts the mother at risk for
premature birth. Contact your doctor right away if you have been exposed to, have symptoms of, or have a diagnosis of genital herpes.
Genital herpes is
curable, but there are medications that will help reduce symptoms and the number of outbreaks. Antiviral medications are prescribed by your doctor and are most effective when started at the first sign of symptoms. When taken as suppressive therapy, antiviral medications can reduce the number of outbreaks and decrease the chance that you will spread the virus to your partner. Antiviral medications include:
Your doctor may refer you to a therapist for counseling. Diagnosis of genital herpes can be an emotional experience. Herpes carries with it a social stigma that can be hard to recover from. Therapy may be individual or in a
support group. Find the best option that works for you.
The best prevention for STD transmission is to avoid sexual contact. There are other steps you can take to reduce the chances of spreading herpes:
It is important to note that not everyone with a herpes-infected partner catches the virus. Some people in long-term relationships with an infected partner never do.
Do not avoid doctors or treatment because you feel ashamed. Genital herpes is a controllable condition, so contact your doctor and seek support if you need to.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health Canada
Sex Information and Education Council of Canada
Genital herpes. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases website. Available at:
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Helen Joan Shaw, of Harrisburg, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, after a courageous battle with cancer. She passed peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family and friends.
Helen was born in Harrisburg Feb. 14, 1931, the daughter of Fred and Ethna (Alexander) Lane. She married Herbert L. Shaw on July 4, 1955, in Corinth, Miss.
She was preceded in death by her parents; an infant sister, Carolyn Lane; her sister and brother-in-law, Kathryn and Kenneth Swearingen; sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Claud Ozment; sister, Mary Behrends; brother-in-law, Raymond Baptista; niece, LeAnn Youngren; and nephew, James Swearingen.
Helen is survived by her husband Herb of Carrier Mills Nursing Home; son, Michael (Donnita) Shaw of Harrisburg; stepsons, Gerald (Diana) Shaw of East Peoria; Del Ray (Kathy) Shaw of Sunset Valley, Texas; grandchildren, Skyler and Dakota Shaw of Washington; and many stepgrandchildren and great-stepgrandchildren. Also surviving are Helen's sisters, Sue (Robert) Coltrin and Martha Baptista; brothers, Jack (Sharon) Lane and Robert (Chali) Lane all of Harrisburg; brother-in-law, Henry Behrends of Peoria; and many, many nieces and nephews.
Helen lived in East Peoria and Peoria from 1952 to 2000 when she and Herb moved back to Harrisburg. Helen worked for many years at the Institute of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation of Peoria. She and Herb later lived in the Lydia Moss Bradley House, near Bradley University, where they cared for Mr. and Mrs. Sam Reutter (Mrs. Bradley's descendants) until their deaths. Helen was a kind and loving caregiver. She always enjoyed going out for lunch and shopping with her mother and any of her five sisters!
According to Helen's wishes, there will be no public services. Reed Funeral Chapel in Harrisburg is handling cremation rites and private family burial services will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions in Helen's memory may be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois, 204 Halfway Road, Marion IL 62959.
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Volunteers renovate grandstand
CHERRY CREEK – Following a storm that dumped 2 inches of rain in Cherry Creek Tuesday night, the sun shone bright Wed-nesday morning as Home Depot stores from all over Western New York sent volunteers to team with members of the Cherry Creek Community Association to renovate the grandstand in the ballpark on Main Street in the village.
Volunteers from the Buffalo District of Home Depot, which includes North Buffalo, Clarence, Amherst, Lockport, West Seneca, Niagara Falls, Jamestown and Dunkirk, to name a few, drove as far as two hours to lend a hand in the effort.
Robert Bertone, Home Depot manager; Matt Teresi, human resource leader; Paul Tout, operational manager; Tamara Papke, Dunkirk Home Depot manager; and Rick Cole, Dunkirk store team leader, were greeted by Bruce Fish, Cherry Creek mayor; Bill Young, town supervisor; and Nancy Hall, president of the Community Association.
"This is a tremendous statement for Cherry Creek and Home Depot," Fish said to those gathered.
Members of the Commun-ity Association undertook the project of renovation and repurposing the grandstand, and Home Depot enabled it to become a reality by awarding a Team Depot grant, which provided the building materials as well as the labor. Additional funds were provided by donation, assuring that no tax dollars were used for the project.
For many of the volunteers from Team Depot, working on these projects has become a way of life. Dan Curtin, from Dunkirk Home Depot, worked on projects year round in Florida before coming to Western New York.
Larry Spencer, from the North Buffalo Home Depot, said he participates because he believes in goodness.
"This will give me another brick in heaven," he said.
There was a spirit of camaraderie as the volunteers gathered as Cole led them in a Home Depot cheer.
The landmark grandstand, which is adjacent to the newly installed playground, will provide seating and shelter for parents as they supervise their children's play. Picnic tables will be placed at either end of the grandstand, with the center remaining as bleacher seating. The grandstand is also the site for many of the events of Cherry Creek's annual Indepen-dence Day Celebration, and the renovation will be completed in time for this year's event, which will take place June 28-30.
Local contractor Mark Cunningham has donated his professional expertise and has coordinated the project with Team Depot members, as well as those from the Community Association.
Conversations with longtime residents of Cherry Creek, Barbara Hendricks, Martha Belle Hodges and Sam Condon, all in their mid-to-late 80s now, ascertain that the grandstand has been in existence for their entire lives. According to Sharon Howe Sweeting, town historian, the earliest recorded history of grandstand appears in 1912.
This renovation should provide the grandstand for an entire new generation – family-friendly and handicapped-accessible for years to come.


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By Kevin Hunsperger
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Strolling down Memory Lane this week and we head back to February 29, 1992. Leap Day, and "The Total Package" Lex Luger was WCW champion. He defended the title that night against on-again-off-again friend Sting. It was WCW's second annual SuperBrawl pay per view.
Sting ended up pinning his former partner and winning the gold belt. The torch had once again been passed to Sting, setting him up to become WCW's true franchise and poster child. Luger, little did most fans know (this was before the Internet), was leaving the company. But instead of signing to wrestle for Vince McMahon's WWF, Luger inked a deal to become a part of McMahon's newly created World Bodybuilding Federation.
It was a bizarre move. I remember hearing about Luger's departure and his signing with McMahon. I can't remember all the details specifically, but at some point, Lex was hurt in a motorcycle accident and effectively couldn't compete in the WBF. By the time he healed, I think the WBF had already gone belly up.
The NarcissistWrestlemania 9Photo courtesy: WWE
Without a place to pose down, Luger was introduced nearly a year after leaving WCW at the 1993 Royal Rumble. Bobby Heenan presented "The Narcissist" to the world. The gimmick fit Luger to a tee in my opinion. He played the arrogant heel flexing his biceps and staring at himself in the mirror. A harem of beautiful women followed him to the ring holding mirrors for Lex to flex to and adore himself.
We all know how this story ends, Luger ended up becoming an All-American patriot after body slamming the 600 pound WWF champion Yokozuna on July 4, 1993. After a failed bid at the championship and floundering in the tag team ranks, Luger headed back to his home of WCW in 1995.
While he's been panned by critics, I've never had a problem with Luger's work inside the ring. He's had personal issues through the years and seems to now be clean and sober and working hard to put his past behind him. I had the pleasure of interviewing Lex and Nikita Koloff in 2011. They both seemed genuine and sincere.


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What stuff do you believe in even though you dont have evidence and are atheist? I believe in aliens and some sort of afterlife. I also believe theres a 4th density that has different laws of physics. The 4th density im talking about is not about time. I believe theres alot of stuff the universe can do that would seem supernatural. I believe in magic and supernatural like powers that humans arent capable of.
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Everyone who watched the live coverage of this trial, saw and heard all of the evidence.
But why would anyone question 'certainty', based on a preponderance of the virtual mountain of physical, scientific, and behavioral evidence that was presented at trial? Would that be indicative of either not having seen the evidence one's self, or simply of one's ability to be badly confused by the defense? One who's strategy could be best characterized by the adage that, "If we can't dazzle you with the details, we certainly expect to baffle you with the bullsh!t."
I question your certainty because, though you might have watched the live coverage, you heard none of what the jurors said during their deliberations. They probably did not share your absolutism.
"...based on a preponderance of the ... evidence?
Another reason to question your certainty: you know the Anthony trial was not a civil trial. Your outrage appears to be so great that you are thinking and writing carelessly.
A third reason to question your certainty: you don't accept the idea that it's better to free a guilty person than to convict an innocent person. The law is less mechanistic than you want it to be.
The original question was "What (stuff) do you believe ... even though you don't have evidence ..."
Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but in a criminal trial surrounding a circumstantial case, one would generally be expected to evaluate a preponderance of the evidence, in order to arrive any finding of guilt or innocence. And if guilt should be determined, that it should be beyond any reasonable doubt.
Now, I can't speak for the juror's in this case - nor was I attempting to; I simply do not agree with the reasoning (of lack of reasoning) behind their verdict.
But by all accounts, they appear to have been sufficiently "baffled by the BS" to, to have precluded any rational debate among themselves. (And whatever actual discussions were held, it seemed obvious to me - maybe not to you - that precious little time was given to "examining the [actual] evidence" that was presented at trial.)
And, while the law is certainly not "less mechanistic than (I) want it to be," I find the argument for two wrongs somehow inferring a 'right,' to be some cold comfort whenever an egregious miscarriage of justice manages to prevail.
But, again - and as it was originally put forth - these are my opinions, which I put forth as holding "beyond any reasonable doubt."
But rather than play mattress police, by presuming to parse and mischaracterize my ability to formulate and hold an opinion in the first place, or my right to express that opinion in the second, I'd much rather see you take a more straightforward - and less high-handed - approach to dialog. One where you would be willing to share your own thoughts and insights concerning particular points of the case at hand - or even your own feelings about, for instance, the verdict reaction in this case.
(I find the approach useful as a kind of personal litmus test; to know whether you're speaking up because you have something to say, or just talking to hear your ears rattle.)
I'm a Naturalist too - and it was a relief 5 years ago when I came accross Naturalism on my internet searches for athiesm - that I didn't any more need to rack my brain thinking about whether we did or didn't have a soul - or could or couldn't astral travel - having previously not had the company or access to the internet to easily research the matters. It was such a relief for me to be able to have connect with other naturalistic thinkers who fully supported my idea that there wasn't a god or any other supernatural entity that existed. It was like coming home - very reassuring - and I'm still very grateful for all your company and influence :)
The Internet is a great tool for those who wish to learn and find information and research on any topic. It really is an information revolution.
Though my views differ a bit, I won't call you crazy.
Some actions help others; some actions harm others; some actions do both or neither.
The key words are "help" and "harm" or their synonyms.
I believe "good" and "evil" are political words; people use them to influence others.
The words "right" and "wrong" serve similar political purposes.
The above is a result of forty years in American politics, some of those years in hardball politics. Pre-political folk might call me crazy. Academics might say my views are simplistic.
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Below is a first person account from Dean's Intern Anna Scalamogna on her internship at The Washington Post.
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When people asked me this semester what interning at The Washington Post has been like, I usually smile and respond with "Everyone at the Post is so cool."
Every time I've walked through the doors of the Post, I'm overwhelmed by the individuals I meet. Everyone at the Post, from editors, to reporters to designers to photographers, is talented and intelligent.
Meeting the faces behind one of the world's top newspapers has been one of the most valuable experiences I've had during the internship. I believe if you want to be one the best you have to learn from the best. Surrounding myself twice a week with this group of people has been motivational, inspiring and more educational than any class. Fortunately, my position at the Post allowed me to interact with a fair share of these individuals every day.
My internship at the Post was not glamorous. I worked as a web producer in the local section. To most outside, and even some inside a newsroom, web production is a bit of a mystery. Essentially, web
production is running a website.
My main job was to prepare the print stories for the next day's paper for web. It sounds a lot simpler than what it was. Throughout the day I watched the budget change noting which stories were being held, which were being cut and which stories were being added. I worked with other web producers, editors, photographers and designers to make sure the proper elements were added to each story. I searched for related stories and additional content to enhance each story I came across.
This position allowed me to be in the newsroom at all times. I witnessed breaking news being reported live during the bombings at the Boston Marathon. I saw reporters win Pulitzer Prizes. I attended a handful of caking, where people gathered to speak about and honor someone who was leaving the Post.
Each time one of these events occurred there was an incredible sense of camaraderie and pride. While I didn't leave the Post with any bylines, I left with a greater appreciation for what goes on behind the scenes. There may be one name at the top of an article, but it's likely a dozen people have had a hand in bringing that story to the audience. The story passed from the reporter, through a string of editors, to the copy desk, to the photo editor and possibly a designer before it reached me. To know that I had a small role in dozens of stories makes up for not having a byline.
My internship at the Post changed the way I look at newspapers and the hundreds of people who work together to bring news to the public everyday. I no longer think the best of example of teamwork is in a
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beautiful photographs !
very intimate view of matcha !
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Salsero wrote: Great work as always, Geekgirl. Congratulations.
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Funny, my first "real" camera was a minolta SRT-101. A real classic camera for those with Nikon dreams and japanese budgets.


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About the Author: Emma Smith is an assistant program manager for Afghanistan, Sudan, and Sri Lanka in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement.
How many landmines does it take to cripple a community? In a recent trip to Sri Lanka, I was surprised to learn that the answer could be zero.
We visited the northern village of Marathanmadhu, which the Sri Lankan Army suspected to be filled with buried landmines — a deadly legacy in many parts of the country after a 20-year civil war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). While the conflict finally ended earlier this year, residents of Marathanmadhu were among the approximately 280,000 Sri Lankans driven from their homes during the final round of fighting.
When our partners from Mines Advisory Group (MAG), a British nongovernmental organization, came in to clear the mines, their survey team found that the village was actually not affected at all. This puzzled me. How could an entire village sit empty when it housed no real threat?
In Marathanmadhu and other areas formerly controlled by the LTTE, there are no records of where minefields were placed. As such, returning too soon to a village could prove fatal. With the perceived threat of landmines in or near one's house, water sources, or children's school, anyone would think twice about returning.
This is one of the challenges facing communities across Sri Lanka and in many post-conflict nations around the world, from Angola to Afghanistan, and why humanitarian mine action is key setting the stage for peace, stability, and political reconciliation.
Since 1993, the United States has been the world's leading contributor to post-conflict efforts to remove landmines and unexploded munitions around the globe through the U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action program, an interagency partnership that also includes the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Department of Defense, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The program has delivered over $1.4 billion in aid to nearly 50 counties around the world for:
• Mine clearance projects by 63 partner organizations including groups like MAG, the Danish Demining Group, and Swiss Foundation for Mine Action;
• Mine-risk education to help area residents avoid injury by identifying potential hazards;
• Research and development into new demining technologies;
• Training local demining technicians in affected countries; and
• Supporting rehabilitation programs serving those injured by landmines and unexploded munitions.
The United States has provided $56 million in humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka in 2009, including $6.6 million in emergency funding for international humanitarian demining NGOs to clear landmines and unexploded ordinance and help displaced families return to their homes as safely and quickly as possible. This aid is in addition to $1.4 million to Sri Lanka in 2008, which funded efforts by a constellation of local and international NGOs to clear over 2 million square meters of land of abandoned landmines and unexploded munitions, allowing over 8,400 people to return home safely, according to the latest edition of To Walk the Earth in Safety, an annual report from my office, the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs' Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement.
When time is of the essence and safe land for families to resettle is vital, even knowing that a village has not been contaminated by landmines is of critical importance. For villages like Marathanmadhu, this knowledge alone has already allowed 70 families to return to their homes with an anticipated 270 more on the way.
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Mining the Intelligence......
Who built them?
who shipped them?
Who sold them?
who bought them?
Who armed them?
who placed them?
Who profited from them?
How much money is in the mine business?
What does the world look like when you Google-Mines?
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Hi, Netizens of the Department of States :)
I'm happy to see Hillary is back from her Vacation, and hopfully was able to get some rest. I know she must have needed some rest after all her traveling and work she has been doing lately .:)
It's good to know our country is working to help clear mines in countries whos citizen need a safe place to live after a conflict in there countries. I hope more people will be able to return too there homes in the future.
I also like to congratulate Ambassador Susan Rice on her presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the Month of September. :) I thought her video conference on Nuclear nonproliferation was Very Good hope to see more of her videos on the Department of States web site.
..Have a Great Labor Day weekend Cya :) :)
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Dear to ...
it`s tragedy to Southeast Asia
Probably is forecast with the fact that will do the food warehouse reverse of Southeast Asia.Are like that, now the State Department and Asia nations.Has a many interest about the land mine of Republic of Sri Lanka and is a cold night, thinks.
Persuades a circumference country, be difficult with humane attention in thought, Like this writes the sentence which is impolite. it`s very slow than my predict.
and, why?
P.S. Visited India and Africa,
With in future prospect and course of development the small book there isn't an intention which will publish about the practical plan which is concrete?
Thinks with the thought which is personal and that is important, aproaches carefully.
Ron in New York writes:
After the parade.....
U.S. leads the world in arms sales..."conventional arms" such an ironic classification....as the global economy tanks....US increases arms sales to the world....
Then, we launch demining projects....just nuts!
The analogy fits, "first you cripple us, then you donate wheelchairs".....No kidding, we need to see ourselves clearly if we are to make any progress at all.
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
Ron in New York has a valid argument.
Land mines kill indiscriminately and it is hypocrisy on our part to sell them around the world and then boast about our effort to remove them.
It is more likely that guerilla forces will use our mines against us. We would not have to remove them if we stopped selling landmines and persuaded other arms dealers to do the same.
One might use an analogy of the spring-gun trap set by homeowners to kill a burglar. Courts have held the homeowner personally liable for damages when the trap actually shoots someone, because the trap kills anyone, regardless of their intent. In similar fashion, one could argue that the seller of landmines should be held liable for civilian deaths and injuries caused by leftover landmines which explode long after a war had ended because that result is completely foreseeable.
The seller of landmines has a duty to render them safe after they are no longer needed for war. Failure to do so could be considered negligence per se. This could entail some sort of RFID chip placed in the mines to allow them to be located, or an explosive charge that deteriorated at a known rate to become inert and harmless after a year or two.
It should be legally inexcusable for a seller to sell landmines capable of killing and injuring people years after the war had ended.
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Wrapping up my week's theme of storage optimization, I thought I would help clarify the confusion between data reduction and storage efficiency. I have seen many articles and blog posts that either use these two terms interchangeably, as if they were synonyms for each other, or as if one is merely a subset of the other.
- Data Reduction is LOSSY
By "Lossy", I mean that reducing data is an irreversible process. Details are lost, but insight is gained. In his paper, [Data Reduction Techniques", Rajana Agarwal defines this simply:
"Data reduction techniques are applied where the goal is to aggregate or amalgamate the information contained in large data sets into manageable (smaller) information nuggets."
Data reduction has been around since the 18th century.
Take for example this histogram from [SearchSoftwareQuality.com]. We have reduced ninety individual student scores, and reduced them down to just five numbers, the counts in each range. This can provide for easier comprehension and comparison with other distributions.
The process is lossy. I cannot determine or re-create an individual student's score from these five histogram values.
This next example, complements of [Michael Hardy], represents another form of data reduction known as ["linear regression analysis"]. The idea is to take a large set of data points between two variables, the x axis along the horizontal and the y axis along the vertical, and find the best line that fits. Thus the data is reduced from many points to just two, slope(a) and intercept(b), resulting in an equation of y=ax+b.
The process is lossy. I cannot determine or re-create any original data point from this slope and intercept equation.
In this last example, from [Yahoo Finance], reduces millions of stock trades to a single point per day, typically closing price, to show the overall growth trend over the course of the past year.
The process is lossy. Even if I knew the low, high and closing price of a particular stock on a particular day, I would not be able to determine or re-create the actual price paid for individual trades that occurred.
- Storage Efficiency is LOSSLESS
By contrast, there are many IT methods that can be used to store data in ways that are more efficient, without losing any of the fine detail. Here are some examples:
- Thin Provisioning: Instead of storing 30GB of data on 100GB of disk capacity, you store it on 30GB of capacity. All of the data is still there, just none of the wasteful empty space.
- Space-efficient Copy: Instead of copying every block of data from source to destination, you copy over only those blocks that have changed since the copy began. The blocks not copied are still available on the source volume, so there is no need to duplicate this data.
- Archiving and Space Management: Data can be moved out of production databases and stored elsewhere on disk or tape. Enough XML metadata is carried along so that there is no loss in the fine detail of what each row and column represent.
- Data Deduplication: The idea is simple. Find large chunks of data that contain the same exact information as an existing chunk already stored, and merely set a pointer to avoid storing the duplicate copy. This can be done in-line as data is written, or as a post-process task when things are otherwise slow and idle.
When data deduplication first came out, some lawyers were concerned that this was a "lossy" approach, that somehow documents were coming back without some of their original contents. How else can you explain storing 25PB of data on only 1PB of disk?
(In some countries, companies must retain data in their original file formats, as there is concern that converting business documents to PDF or HTML would lose some critical "metadata" information such as modificatoin dates, authorship information, underlying formulae, and so on.)
Well, the concern applies only to those data deduplication methods that calculate a hash code or fingerprint, such as EMC Centera or EMC Data Domain. If the hash code of new incoming data matches the hash code of existing data, then the new data is discarded and assumed to be identical. This is rare, and I have only read of a few occurrences of unique data being discarded in the past five years. To ensure full integrity, IBM ProtecTIER data deduplication solution and IBM N series disk systems chose instead to do full byte-for-byte comparisons.
- Compression: There are both lossy and lossless compression techniques. The lossless Lempel-Ziv algorithm is the basis for LTO-DC algorithm used in IBM's Linear Tape Open [LTO] tape drives, the Streaming Lossless Data Compression (SLDC) algorithm used in IBM's [Enterprise-class TS1130] tape drives, and the Adaptive Lossless Data Compression (ALDC) used by the IBM Information Archive for its disk pool collections.
Last month, IBM announced that it was [acquiring Storwize. It's Random Access Compression Engine (RACE) is also a lossless compression algorithm based on Lempel-Ziv. As servers write files, Storwize compresses those files and passes them on to the destination NAS device. When files are read back, Storwize retrieves and decompresses the data back to its original form.
To read independent views on IBM's acquisition, read Lauren Whitehouse (ESG) post [Remote Another Chair, Chris Mellor (The Register) article [Storwize Swallowed], or Dave Raffo (SearchStorage.com) article [IBM buys primary data compression].
As with tape, the savings from compression can vary, typically from 20 to 80 percent. In other words, 10TB of primary data could take up from 2TB to 8TB of physical space. To estimate what savings you might achieve for your mix of data types, try out the free [Storwize Predictive Modeling Tool].
So why am I making a distinction on terminology here?
Data reduction is already a well-known concept among specific industries, like High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Business Analytics. IBM has the largest marketshare in supercomputers that do data reduction for all kinds of use cases, for scientific research, weather prediction, financial projections, and decision support systems. IBM has also recently acquired a lot of companies related to Business Analytics, such as Cognos, SPSS, CoreMetrics and Unica Corp. These use data reduction on large amounts of business and marketing data to help drive new sources of revenues, provide insight for new products and services, create more focused advertising campaigns, and help understand the marketplace better.
There are certainly enough methods of reducing the quantity of storage capacity consumed, like thin provisioning, data deduplication and compression, to warrant an "umbrella term" that refers to all of them generically. I would prefer we do not "overload" the existing phrase "data reduction" but rather come up with a new phrase, such as "storage efficiency" or "capacity optimization" to refer to this category of features.
IBM is certainly quite involved in both data reduction as well as storage efficiency. If any of my readers can suggest a better phrase, please comment below.
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what would you do.
Posted 17 November 2012 - 11:25 AM
1. Add foam to my current pack that holds 4 pods. Great for locklids, no padding
2.Buy the dye 09 pack for its padding and risk having locklid problems, or cutting a strip out of each pod holder and risk ruining a 80$ pack.
I want a pack with good padding and locklid capability.
Posted 17 November 2012 - 12:41 PM
Posted 17 November 2012 - 12:44 PM
Ive never had an issue with this...
But I would suggest a dye pack if you have the cash to spare.
"You can't break a man the way you break a dog or a horse. The harder you beat a man, the taller he stands. To break a man's will, to break his spirit, you have to break his mind."
Posted 17 November 2012 - 01:09 PM
Well, its a option.
Dye podpack i think it is too much for a single podpack, yeah its quality is amazing but it's like 80$, any 50-60$ NXE/Paintball Assain/Lysnk/HK/PE podpack will do the same and still good quality.
ive never had one single problem with locklids on my 07NXE Podpack too. If you are on a budget, get foam, if not, get another podpack if you are not satisfied with that one
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Posted 20 November 2012 - 02:25 AM
Sell locklids, buy regular pods
Well, its a option.
The only pods I've ever had issues with were locklids.
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Posted 20 November 2012 - 11:48 AM
First off, the quality seems nice on the Dye...until you use it a lot. It wiggles on your back a ton, falls apart...generally not a nice pack. I've had it since PSP Chicago.
NXE I've had for like 3 years. It's pretty much bulletproof, I actually wear it over the Dye pack now, and you can buy NXE's for like 30 bucks. They don't move on your back and are super comfy. All pods fit, but I'm not sure why you would want lock lids anyways...
Posted 21 November 2012 - 05:49 PM
And as for packs,I say either get an NXE or get a pinokio(which holds,like,3 whole pods)
Posted 21 November 2012 - 08:40 PM
Posted 21 November 2012 - 08:55 PM
love my NXe. Just sell the locklids IMO and get normal pods. You can open paint cases with them
I just use the allen key that I adjust my velocity with. Psh opening with a pod edge. Mike you so silly.
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Posted 21 November 2012 - 09:31 PM
Posted 21 November 2012 - 11:11 PM
Christian Ballers Club.
"Don't let your past stop you from enjoying your future." True words of wisdom.
Posted 21 November 2012 - 11:56 PM
Posted 22 November 2012 - 12:47 PM
Oh I always wanted one of those I'm getting it. Thanks everyone.
Critical Paintball Pack. Buddy of mine uses it with his lock lids, and I can also say it's a great pack because I own one myself.
Posted 22 November 2012 - 01:28 PM
sounds like wayne brady is gonna have to choke a bitch.Feedback: http://www.techpb.co...1
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Posted 22 November 2012 - 09:02 PM
buy normal pods
buy lysk magnetic pack (amazing packs)
never have to worry about pod/pack compatibility again.
Posted 22 November 2012 - 09:57 PM
Sell stupid locklids
buy normal pods
buy lysk magnetic pack (amazing packs)
never have to worry about pod/pack compatibility again.
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The question of tempo is crucial in arriving at an appropriate dird for many of these tunes. Pipers with a background in playing for dancing may well understand how certain tunes seem to lay down their own tempo. For those without this background, and for those tunes in the repertoire which do not conform to the more familiar rhythms, we need some other guide.
One approach is to look at the note values and ask what is the upper limit to the speed at which these notes can be played? This differs from piper to piper, of course, depending on technique, but there is also a sense that beyond a certain speed displaying technique becomes the sole objective and any conscious attempt to express a dird for the tune is abandoned to it. There is a physical limit to the speed at which dance steps can be executed, and the relationship between these steps, the dird of the performance and the tempo is a determining one; however, there is always the possibility of 'shifting gear' where the dird is 'halved' or 'doubled' so that steps are executed to twice as much music [or half as much]. Something like this happens when a highland piper moves from the strathspey to the reel.
We also have the matter of variations. In a setting that adds divisions to the ground as variations are elaborated I often find that a tempo that seems appropriate to the initial statement of the melody cannot be maintained as the variations proceed. It is necessary to go back to the beginning and reconsider what kind of dird is appropriate and can be maintained throughout the performance.
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The garlic and oil looks tasty!! I add parsley to the mix for my standard aglio e olio, I guess that's three ingredients, but it's still very minimal and to my mind counts as a single-topping pizza.
Torn or chunks would definetly help with a slower melt/drying....have you tried using "fresh" fior di latte or something like that Bert?
That looks mighty tempting Bert...if you dusted it with grated Asiago and dipped the slices in marinara would that be cheating? Which dough is that btw, looks primo.
Mark: sorry bro but I'm a broke bob....
No dolla, no garlic, now you got a ONE topping pie at a ONE topping price!Next ones on me.Mark
did you use fresh or dried parsely?
That was fresh parsley, blended with garlic and oil, and a little bit of water. not sure if it was flat-leaf or triple curled, or both. doesn't matter a heap after the blender is done with them.


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No changes to coaching staff yet....and one addition will probably be a defensive coach (to replace Fickell at LB coach presumably)
The decision has been made to go forward with the least possible disruption of the coaching situation and the way the product is put on the field.
Apparently Dick Tressel will stay and Bollman is the unquestioned offensive coordinator. All you can say is, we'll see how that turns out.
I thought Fickell was impressive, even if rehearsed. His presser sounded exactly like the BTN interview they ran in the 30 minutes leading up to the presser....to the word. Still, he says all the right things. If anything, this press conference was better rehearsed than the last disaster.
Fickell is feistier and probably more intense than JT, but let's face it...Tresselism lives on in this guy. He put his own stamp on things today...to his credit...but he didn't say anything that wasn't pretty much from the Tressel handbook.


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This blog entry is written byNancy Brinker, Chief of Protocol at the U.S. Department of State.
Yesterday morning I greeted the President of Nigeria, His Excellency Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, and his delegation. We congratulated him on his successful recent election. The election was on April 21, 2007 and it will mark the first transfer of power from one elected civilian president to another in the country.
President Bush and he discussed many issues including social justice, rule of law, democracy and security issues. President Bush brought up the joint concerns our countries have about AIDS and malaria. Also, President Bush stressed that the United States is interested in being helpful in Nigeria with childhood education and making sure every child has one!
Before I brought President Yar'Adua in to meet the President, we stayed for several minutes as he signed the guestbook in the Roosevelt Room of the White House West Wing (across the hall from the Oval Office). I was curious about his background in Chemistry and began to ask how it related to his current position. He answered thoughtfully that thinking as a chemist helped him to problem solve and approach problems carefully and creatively. As most of my life has been intertwined with biological science, our conversation drifted to health care and his concern for his countries needs. In addition to AIDS, we discussed the management of chronic disease and he told me that though life spans had increased in his country from 48 to 57 over the last several years, he was very concerned that there wasn't enough care for cancer patients or other chronic illnesses. We also discussed the land. He said it was fairly flat so that it could accommodate the development. There are many young people under 15 and he said how important it was to have them be educated and productive. It was a highly educative day and opportunity to visit with another interesting leader.
Today at the White House we have the President Garcia of Peru. He is meeting with President Bush and then they are signing the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Tonight, The President and Mrs. Bush are coming here to the State Department for our Holiday Reception for our Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions and their spouses. It is going to be a great day!
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Instilling education to the children for the children emphasizing education to make there lives better in their country from the democratic process. Fantastic.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
I find it interesting you only expose administration correct facts or those responses which reflect ignorance in opposing views. As the Dept. of State, that is your job.
I will reiterate and leave out OT information regarding security specific older issues and personalization:
China's communistic policies are their agenda. Why does each administration forget that? Nixon only made the move to circumvent the Russian-Sino accord, which was finally agreed upon in the late 90s with Putin leading the cause. It was our only hope at the time due to the economic threat as you know. I doubt anyone at the DOS needs a history lesson here. We are a Capitalist country.
They have not met fiscal equity with the U.S. and all but denounced out last economic meeting for floating the yen. Why would they care how they manufacture?
They do not honor any true democratic freedoms within their nation unless they profit the State. The only freedoms that have evolved since 1950s when worker Unions were established are still premised on manufacturing, such as hours worked, workplace security and safety as well as health care.
In case you do not realize this simple fact: As early as the 1970's it was known that the boxes they ship most product in produced acute allergenic reactions and infections in re storage facilities among employees. Izod, for example, had employees sent home and had to wear gloves to simply take clothing out of boxes and re shelf for pulling of orders. It was found, due to Union representation, that the boxes were manufactured using formaldehydes and in many cases flea ridden. To my knowledge, they still ship in the same cardboards that American Manufactures can not cheaply produce. Suddenly there is recognition of these problems? Why should they care now? They have been doing so for over 40 years I know of.
There is no equity of trade to begin with and they have made it fully known, they don't care. Their position at table is: It is not their responsibility that Americans want more for less and the Peoples of China are not subject to their consumers Governmental standards.
Even the DoD has recently acknowledged violations of the People's Govt. in invading our mainframes. I should think product liability a lesser concern for them.
China will correct the problem only because it may limit their economic leverages to some degree. That is the only reason, there will be no punitive punishments issued I fear as the State owns over 70% of all manufacturing under a variety of names.
We need to develop methods to bring work back to America and Americans.
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It's hard to believe this is the official blog of the State Department. The foreign ministry of the mightiest country on Earth apparently cannot find a propagandist with the most rudimentary grasp of English grammar and syntax to write these entries. "Educative" is not a word; "He said it was fairly flat so that it could accommodate the development." What kind of writing is this? Is this the best the American educational system has to offer?
Eliza in U.S.A. writes:
Paolo: Educative is a word. look it up in dictionary.com
I feel that this post was very EDUCATIVE to me.
Forrest in Greece writes:
My Mama always said that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.
That Paolo fellow obviously has an axe to grind with America and couldn't find anything so he tried to pick apart the text.
But, maybe Paolo needs to go back to school before he tries to critique the Diplomats of the United States of America.
God Bless America
Denny Crane!!!
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Please I want to understand why the president of Nigeria should discuss the issues of social security since he is not a national and when the issues of biaffra is still in icj. What contributions does he have concerning health issues since he is a novice on those things and there is no provision of health facilities in Nigeria? Why did he come to U.S.? Did he come to seek knowledge on how to run his government? Social security issues are not in the hands of Nigerian.
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Please Christmas greeting in Jesus name, I am commenting on the recent visit of the idealist to U.S. concerning the discussions on the social security. It is not in his hands since he cannot pay the retired works or take care us parents and pay the labor. He is not entitled to discuss things which are not in his government with regard to senate and this present political situation U.S.A. Does he seek advice from you or he advising the present on social security matters.
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Although I disagree with many policies of the current administration, I admire the cooperation that has been done with African nations. The reworkings of the African Growth and Opportunity act have greatly bettered our relations with Africa. In regards to Nigeria, we should continue pushing cooperation. The Nigerian economy has been did quite well during the term of President Obasanjo, however, this may be a growth due only because of the high oil prices, of which Nigeria exports quite a lot. We must encourage the growth and diversification in industries aside from oil, so that if prices do fall, they will have something to fall back on. Resources around the world are becoming scarcer by the day, and one of the largest untapped regions of the world is Africa, so when the day comes when we are in need, these relationships we are currently forging (for a relatively low price compared to what it takes to make relationships with other countries)will pay off greatly in our favor.
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Congrats to the new Nigerian President! Will he reinstate the Anti-Corruption Official who has just been removed from the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for "training purposes"?
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For 15 bucks at RD I have my own perforated pizza peel instead of 100+ at many of the online sites. Of coarse there's a small catch, the couple hours of drawing some lines, drilling and de-burring the holes after drilling. Came out quite nice though and will test it out tonight! And yes, minus the anodized surface but should be fine, if not only out 15 bucks, worth a shot Jon
Jon,If symmetry was a consideration, I thought that you left out 4 holes, two in the main body and two more in the bottom-most line. Knowing that you are a very highly paid health care professional, did you calculate how much the peel cost you once you factored in the time spent modifying your peel, using your current hourly rate .Peter
What is the benefit of using perforated metal peel.. Thanks
It will let you shake off some of the excess bench flour through the holes.
Don, it is 18 Gauge, that's prety thin for alumnium...may not be strong enough I guess.Bob, what kind soft bit did use?? It looks pretty rough.


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- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups fresh corn kernels (from about 2 ears), or frozen and thawed
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced white onion
- 4 poblano chiles, charred, peeled, stemmed, seeded and cut into 1-inch strips
- 1 large zucchini, thinly sliced lengthwise
- Twelve 7-by-3-inch no-boil lasagna sheets
- 2 cups shredded Oaxaca cheese, or mozzarella
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a medium, heavy saucepan over medium heat. Add two-thirds of the garlic and the corn and saute for 5 minutes. Stir in the cream. Cook over medium-low heat for 5 minutes for the flavors to incorporate. Turn off the heat and let cool slightly. Transfer to a blender and season with the thyme and some salt and pepper, and puree until smooth.
Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a small, heavy skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and saute until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the remaining garlic and cook for 1 minute. Mix in the poblano strips and zucchini and cook for 5 minutes for the flavors to incorporate. Season with salt and pepper. Turn off the heat.
Spread about one-quarter of the corn mixture over the bottom of an 11-by-8-inch baking dish. Cover with a layer of 3 lasagna sheets. Spread one-quarter of the poblano mixture and one-quarter of the cheese over the pasta. Repeat the layering three more times. Cover with foil.
Bake until the pasta is cooked and tender, about 50 minutes. Remove the foil and turn up the oven temperature to broil. Broil until golden brown and bubbly, 8 to 10 minutes. Let stand for 15 minutes before serving.
Recipe courtesy of Marcela Valladolid
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About Last Night - SF Jazz Collective at SOPAC
March 12, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: bias, caliber, collective performance, commissions, Jazz Alive, Jazz Community, jazz composer, modern jazz, musicians, new yorkers, newark, Notes, Places and Spaces, preconceptions, pride, saxophonist, seeing eye, set of circumstances, sf jazz, user viewprofile, wayne shorter, wbgo
I am a city dweller, plagued by the New Yorker bias. That is, I very rarely go to New Jersey for anything other than to work at WBGO. However, I am not so entrenched that I won't shake my preconceptions for the right set of circumstances. So last night, I ventured to SOPAC for a performance from the SF Jazz Collective, a pride of eight musicians of the highest caliber.
Each year, the collective features original commissions, as well as arrangements of a noted modern jazz composer. This season, the band turns their all-seeing eye on composer and saxophonist (and Newark native) Wayne Shorter.
The end of time was the beginning of the set. Saxophonist Miguel Zenon's arrangement of Shorter's "Armegeddon" set us on the trailhead.
Here's what followed:
This That and the Other - a Joe Lovano original
The Angel's Share - penned by Matt Penman, a New Zealand import
Diana - from Shorter's Native Dancer, arranged by Renee Rosnes
Go - Stefon Harris arranged this Shorter composition with some backbeat boom bap. Great way to end the first half.
The second set pushed ahead into the abstract, modern aesthetic that makes the collective such a great band to hear. Drummer Eric Harland's "The Year 2008" set the tone, a composition built around a recorded vocal chant, Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, and a reading of the Declaration of Independence. Rosnes' "Aurora Borealis" followed. Trumpeter Dave Douglas contributed "Secrets of the Code," an original work that used snippets of Wayne Shorter's music as source code embedded as a thread throughout the composition. Great stuff. The newest member of the collective, trombonist Robin Eubanks, ended the evening with his arrangement of Shorter's "Black Nile."
Only two complaints. The piano monitor levels in the house made the trombone articulation inaudible. That's just the music nerd in me. The other issue is this: I could not hear all of the band's repertoire in a single night. The SF Jazz Collective had more music in the kitty, but I'll have to see them again to hear the rest. Will do.


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Despite possessing so many attractions of its own, Iquitos is best known as the starting point for excursions into Peru's northern Amazon region. Immense tropical rainforest is bisected by a maze of rivers, streams and lagoons with wildlife ranging from jaguars, anteaters and tapirs roaming the forest floors and huge anaconda snakes and fierce caimans swimming through dark swamps. This region is ecologically diverse, from lowland jungle characterised by soaring trees and red soil to the virgin rainforest of the incredible Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. Scattered throughout the Peruvian jungle are a number of sizeable indigenous settlements with between 35 and 62 different tribes living a semi-nomadic existence. The Amazon River offers the best way of exploring the jungle, either in canoes or motorised boats with local guides, and spending the night in jungle lodges. For the ultimate jungle experience and to see the best of the incredible Amazonian wildlife, aim to spend at least a few nights here.
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In short: AwesomeIn full: Great race, glad they took out one particular as was awkward rather than challenging. Recommend to all great day outDate of review: August 26, 2008
In short: Bogs, ditches, rivers and streams, this is proper off-road FUN!In full: Like being a kid again running through all that mud. Thanks to the spectators who encoraged me to go through the middle of the bog where it was supposed to be shallower...I will know better next time.Date of review: February 12, 2007
In short: Great lung-busting funIn full: From hills that never end to boggy water up to mid thigh (though I do have short legs) this race has it all, apart from pb potential that is.Date of review: January 4, 2007
In short: Can't add much more than all the other reviews. So nice not to be worried about PB's and to see people pulling each other out of the mud. Good value, great t-shirt (still wearing mine!) Amazing atmosphere. In short, what running is all about.Date of review: November 28, 2006
In short: Absolutely brilliant. Great fun and extremely well organised.In full: Many thanks to all the marshals for their help and encouragement, which added to the fantastic atmosphere. Top goody bag with all the right stuff. Highly recommended and can't wait for next year's race.Date of review: November 28, 2006
In short: Lot's of fun!Date of review: November 26, 2006
In short: Outstanding. Very well organised and marshalled. A brilliant event.Date of review: November 22, 2006
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In short: Fantastic race. Brilliant atmosphere. Bring back the ditch!Date of review: November 18, 2006
In short: 1st year of entry & have already sent in my application for next year's raceDate of review: November 18, 2006
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Help is available for Minot-area residents experiencing lingering stress from the 2011 flood or from the life changes that have followed.
The Village Family Service Center of Minot is offering two free counseling programs for people with on-going emotional and relationship issues that have stemmed from or have been aggravated by circumstances related to the flood.
"Change is a huge stressor for people," said Joanne Jandro, a licensed professional clinical counselor who will be providing services. "The essence of resilience is to recover from crisis and forge that new life."
Criteria to receive services are flexible for both programs. Both are free to people at any income level. One program is open to all ages while the second is a short-term, transitional program for children and young people.
The program providing post-flood counseling can assist with problems such as family conflict, marital and other relationship issues, on-going sadness or regret, financial anguish and difficulty in coping with changes in the community or family. Some people may have moved on from the flood itself but face post-flood concerns such as increased alcohol or drug use or truancy in children.
Services are available to residents whose homes were affected by the flood and to those who may be indirectly affected in their personal lives or work. Professionals who assist flood victims are eligible to receive counseling for their stress as are those who have taken in displaced family members. The stress can be particularly heavy on families when elderly members are displaced, Jandro said.
"The stress on caregivers can really mount up. They are so used to giving, they don't think about their own needs," she said.
Jandro joined The Village in January. She comes to Minot from Williston and has a number of years of previous experience in providing mental health counseling in Minnesota. She can provide in-office counseling or in-home counseling within a 12-mile radius of Minot.
Jandro said too often people resist seeking help, thinking they can handle problems on their own. Some mistakenly believe they would be taking free services away from others who may need them more, she said.
Just the fact that services are free may create some skepticism, and rightly so, she said. However, there is no catch with this program.
"This is here because somebody cared enough about this area to provide this financial support," Jandro said.
The counseling program is being funded by donors who asked to remain anonymous.
The grant program runs through March 2014.
The Minot Area Community Foundation is funding the program for children affected by the flood, called Standing Tall and Recovering Strong, or STARS. The program provides a counselor to work with a youth up to age 17. The goal is to assist the family and promote the child's emotional well-being. Areas that might be addressed include stress related to temporary housing, joining a new school or child care, anger, depression, truancy, substance abuse and family and peer conflict.
The free service includes up to six hours a month for four months. During that time, a counselor may engage a child through activities such as going to a movie or the park, helping with homework struggles and promoting extra-curricular activities.
The child must be within a 12-mile radius of Minot but other qualifying criteria is flexible. Jenny Hills with The Village is providing counseling services.
The program projects to reduce stress, depression and problem behaviors in 70 percent of children participating. Additional services are available if children need more help, including the post-flood counseling program.
Barb Fix, regional program director for The Village in Minot, said an aim of the STARS program is to determine whether children or families need additional services and refer them where necessary. She noted that The Village has other free programs to assist families that are separate from flood-related programs.
The Village's services do not include direct financial assistance, although its financial resource center can assist with money management.
Fix said there should be no stigma to seeking help. Rather, doing so provides good role modeling for children.
"It's OK to reach out for help when you need it," Fix said.
To learn more about any of the services, people can contact The Village at 852-3328.