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In GEEKERELLA, Elle enters a cosplay contest to win tickets to meet the star of the reboot of her favorite TV series.
What intrigued me: I was craving some more classic takes on fan fiction tropes and stories!
Super cute!
GEEKERELLA is an intensely fun story about a fangirl falling for the new actor who was cast in the reboot of her favorite series, and whom she despises. If you love a good enemies-to-lovers story with You've Got Mail elements and lots of nerdy references, you will absolutely adore this.
GEEKERELLA is sprinkled with references from Star Wars to Princess Bride, and is definitely one of those happy-go-lucky reads that will make you feel all fuzzy inside. GEEKERELLA follows the tradition of a couple similar books that pay hommage to fandom culture, but remains wholly original through the fairy tale spin. As you may have guessed from the title, this is a Cinderella retelling, complete with mean stepsisters and all. If you love Jenny Han and Rainbow Rowell, and want a cute contemporary, you will absolutely adore this.
Fabulous Writing and Characters
Poston is a very talented writer that immediately managed to catch my interest through the fabulous dual narration. As we all know dual narration is pretty much always hit or miss and requires an immense talent to pull off. Poston definitely possesses that. Love interest Darien is absolutely my favorite character in this and I loved him so much that I wished the whole story was told from his perspective. You'll definitely play favorites when reading GEEKERELLA. Elle, who lives with her vlogging bratty stepsisters and stepmother, is completely different than Darien, teen heartthrob and secretly just as much of a Starfield geek. It makes for such a great almost-starcrossed lovers story to read about these two secretly falling for each other.
It should also be noted that Darien is a man of color, he's Indian if I'm not mistaken. Poston generally managed to gain a bazillion sympathy points with the way she handled adding characters of color into this story. GEEKERELLA is for the fans out there who love obsessing about TV shows. It's spiked with little references to the age of technology with a blogger protagonist and an online romance. You'll love this.
Overall: Do I Recommend?GEEKERELLA is a super cute love letter to fangirls and fanboys out there. Especially if you love Star Trek, you'll adore this.
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Pages: 320
Publisher: Quirk Books
Genre: YA / Contemporary
"Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield, the classic sci-fi series she grew up watching with her late father. So when she sees a cosplay contest for a new Starfield movie, she has to enter. The prize? An invitation to the ExcelsiCon Cosplay Ball, and a meet-and-greet with the actor slated to play Federation Prince Carmindor in the reboot. With savings from her gig at the Magic Pumpkin food truck (and her dad's old costume), Elle's determined to win…unless her stepsisters get there first.
Teen actor Darien Freeman used to live for cons—before he was famous. Now they're nothing but autographs and awkward meet-and-greets. Playing Carmindor is all he's ever wanted, but Starfield fandom has written him off as just another dumb heartthrob. As ExcelsiCon draws near, Darien feels more and more like a fake—until he meets a girl who shows him otherwise. But when she disappears at midnight, will he ever be able to find her again?"
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The US Transportation Security Administration began rolling out new airport scanner software Tuesday that produces less revealing images of travelers.
The new software "enhances privacy by eliminating passenger-specific images and instead auto-detects potential threat items and indicates their location on a generic outline of a person," the TSA said.
McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas was the first to test the new software, with Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson hub and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in the US capital due to have the new program installed in the coming days.
Advanced imaging technology X-ray scanners currently in use at airports around the United States sparked an uproar among travelers because they produce a graphic image of a person's naked body, genitalia and all.
TSA administrator John Pistole said the new software has been found in tests to "provide the same high level of security as current advanced imaging technology units while further enhancing the privacy protections already in place."
The new software reportedly detects potential threat items and indicates their location on a generic outline that is the same for all passengers.
If no potential threat items are detected, no outline will appear on the TSA agent's monitor -- only the word "OK."
But "areas containing potential threats will require additional screening," the TSA said.
US travelers have complained that the graphic image scanners now in use at 78 US airports showed too many details of the body of the person being scanned and were an invasion of privacy.
Others have worried the scans were unsafe because they expose travelers to low doses of X-rays.
Nearly 500 scanners are currently deployed at US airports, with additional units planned this year.
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The Jacksonville Red Devils put a W in the record books Tuesday night in the first round of the Conway Invitational. The Red Devils beat Morrilton 58-39. In the process they showed signs of the team head coach Victor Joyner wants to see.
The defense played a lot better, Joyner said. We gave up 80 points in our last game, so to come out there and only give up 39 was obviously a big improvement.
The Red Devils jumped out early and maintained a sizeable advantage for the rest of the contest.
Full-court pressure created steals and easy transition buckets in the first quarter. Junior forward LaQuinton Miles was the benefactor of many of those breakaways. He sparked the first-quarter run with 11 of his game-high 16 points in the opening frame, including a pair of transition dunks.
Jacksonville led 23-12 at the end of one period, but failed to put Morrilton away until the fourth.
The second quarter resembled the first defensively. Jacksonville continued to create turnovers, but failed to convert the turnovers into points.
We didnt put them away because we started making a bunch of mistakes, Joyner said. Were just trying to be more aggressive right now and I think we did that. Its just our inexperience thats getting in the way right now. Were going to have to play our way into shape and play our way into some experience. Were being aggressive defensively, but were forgetting to box out on the shot. We got too many guys running up the floor before we have the ball. Were probably going to keep making mistakes for a while, but if well continue to be aggressive, some of that other stuff will come along. We got to learn to crash the boards harder too. The Devil Dogs cut into the Red Devils lead by halftime, but only by two points. Jacksonville went into intermission leading 34-25.
The margin grew back to 11 by the end of the third at 46-35, but the Red Devil defense clamped down again in the fourth quarter and allowed just four points. Jacksonvilles superior depth aided the fourth-quarter run.
We played everybody, Joyner said. We played about 12 guys and we had em pretty gassed in the fourth quarter. We got em sped up and out of their game plan. There were some positive things to come out of this win. Its always important to get that first win.
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In 1917, a Yale professor of public speaking named Grenville Kleiser published Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases: A Practical Handbook of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, and Oratorical Terms, for the Embellishment of Speech and Literature, and the Improvement of the Vocabulary of Those Persons Who Read, Write, and Speak English. I'm about two thousand useful phrases in, and let me tell you, this thing moves. It reads like an epic poem written in concert at the stuffiest dinner party in New Haven history. Of especial utility is section seven, on "Literary Expressions," full of well-wrought piffle fit for the impending holiday-party season. You'll want to commit "A campaign of unbridled ferocity" to memory. And "The nameless and inexpressible fascination of midnight music." And "She bandies adjectives with the best." And "A shadow of melancholy touched her lithe fancies, as a cloud dims the waving of golden grain"—plenty of occasions to put that one to good use. And (last one, I promise, though I'm going to have to devote a whole post to these some day) "The multiplicity of odors competing for your attention." With these and roughly 14,995 other phrases at your disposal, you'll be able to aggravate and annoy even your closest friends. —Dan Piepenbring Read More


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Using the Cognitive Tutor Authoring Tool to Investigate the Link between the Approach to Learning and Metacognition Implemented in the Training of Prospective Primary School Teachers
In this work we use the Cognitive Tutor Authoring Tool (CTAT) in order to investigate the added value, if any, of CTAT to approach to learning and metacognition. CTAT is an Intelligent tutoring system Cognitive tutor- based on cognitive psychology theory of problem solving and learning. Intelligent tutoring systems have been shown to lead to impressive improvement in student learning in a range of domains, using a variety of different approaches
Using specific software applications (5 created by the authors and 5 by students) we attempted to use the tools provided by CTAT during the training period lasted for 20 hours. It is well known that metacognition is closely related to the construct named «approach to learning» and approach to learning refers to the qualitatively different ways in which students go about their learning, and provides an explanation for learning outcomes of differing quality.
Our results indicate that interactive software applications created by CTAT improve the metacognitive skills ,the learning outcome and approach to learning mainly due to the interactive instruction that adapts to individual students' needs and, most typically, support student's practice in reasoning during complex problem solving.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel, like the United States, is a largely secular society with deep religious roots. And Israel, like the United States, is home to vocal religious conservatives who frown on homosexuality.
But Israel, unlike the United States, has allowed gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military for 17 years. In fact, they are required to.
So, if Israel has found a way to allow gays in the military, can it provide lessons to the U.S. as it struggles with whether -- and how -- to dismantle Don't Ask/Don't Tell?
Perhaps. But like everything in Israel, it's a bit more complicated. And the comparison between the U.S. and Israel is inexact.
By most accounts, Israel's integration of gays in the military has succeeded, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has reportedly begun to share its experiences with the U.S. military.
While the Obama Administration continues to wrangle in court over a federal judge's ruling that declared Don't Ask/Don't Tell unconstitutional, the Pentagon has directed military recruiters to start accepting applications from all qualified potential recruits, regardless of sexual orientation.
If the courts or Congress overturn Don't Ask/Don't Tell, the U.S. will become the 26th nation to fully integrate gay and straight members of the military, according to the Palm Center, a think tank at the University of California Santa Barbara.
Aaron Belkin, the center's director, said full integration has been successful even in countries engaged in frequent combat, citing Israel, American's closet ally in the Middle East, as an example.
"The lesson the U.S. military can learn from the Israeli military is there are no negative consequences" to inclusion, "even when the military is a battle-tested force like the IDF," Belkin said.
Drafting openly gay soldiers into the IDF and other military forces "has been highly successful and has no negative impact on morale, retention, readiness or overall combat effectiveness," according to a Palm Center report, "Gays in Foreign Militaries 2010."
Israel has reportedly offered advice to a commission on repealing Don't Ask/Don't Tell. Pentagon spokeswoman Cynthia Smith declined to go into detail, but hinted that at least some talks had already occurred.
"I don't have any information on that," Smith said. "It's part of a comprehensive working group (report) that will be presented to the Secretary of Defense Dec. 1."
An IDF spokesman would only say that "the IDF routinely cooperates with the armies of other countries on a number of different levels."
Israel's transition to full integration took time and planning. As a nation with mandatory military service for both men and women, and a strong religious ethos that dictates almost every facet of everyday life, the Israeli government treaded carefully.
The IDF began placing openly gay soldiers in units as early as 1983. It took another 10 years for full acceptance, following a 1992 parliamentary law on equality. Internal monitoring of gays continued until 1998.
Only then did homosexuality in the IDF "became totally a non-issue," said Frances Raday, a professor of international law at the College of Management Academic Studies in the city of Rishon Lezion.
Even with the heavy influence Israel's ultra-conservative religious political parties wield in parliament, the country has "an extremely liberal stand on homosexuality," said Raday.
Rabbi David Rosen, the Jerusalem-based international director of interreligious affairs for the American Jewish Committee, noted that the same ultra-Orthodox leaders who regularly decry gay pride parades never tried to stop openly gay soldiers from IDF service.
One reason, Rosen theorized, is that they did not want to open a national debate over who can serve in the IDF, because ultra-Orthodox seminary students are exempt from military service -- a policy that a majority of Israelis want to cancel.
Religious Zionists -- Modern Orthodox Jews who serve in the IDF -- have been more preoccupied with preventing interaction between male and female soldiers than the status of gays and lesbians, Rosen said.
"This was a centrally dominant issue in the whole national discourse of religion, state, security and sexuality the early decades of statehood," Rosen said, "and even today it hasn't been totally resolved."
One outcome of the debate was the establishment of National Service, a voluntary alternative to military duty open to religious young women and some men, including Arab citizens. Before Israel changed its law, many gays and lesbians performed National Service.
Yonatan Gher, director of the Jerusalem Open House, a prominent Israeli gay rights group, said the IDF "seeks out" training from gay groups in order to better serve and integrate the soldiers.
"We speak with them regularly, especially with commanders and educators," Gher said, adding that the IDF has been "sharing its information" with the Pentagon.
Amit Lev, who disclosed his homosexuality during a stint in the IDF, believes that within the proper environment, being gay in the military "can be a non-issue."
"Unlike Israel, in the U.S. no one has to serve in the army," Lev said. "Those who volunteer, whether they're gay or straight, are already motivated and will be good soldiers."
[Whitney Jones contributed to this report from Washington.]
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Hiding under my bed, is someone or something, i cant comprehend his powers but he is invisible and i know no good can come from him. Sometimes at night i can hear him scratching and then he crawls out from under my bed to call me to make my way down stairs. Every morning he howls away on a communication device, that was made from the under world, to talk to the women, he was her last victim before she was cast into the fiery depths of hell. She is not beautiful, not nice, but she is a very misleading creature. She is more than a women. She is a Demon. She feeds off the pain of the suffering children. She steals from everyone. She is a very mysterious monster, with her hands she can turn one away from the other and split love into two. She is not fair, you cannot win her games. In chains of gold no one can hold her, she will suck every single breath from your body to get what she wants. Her eyes are like dark oceans that never end. Her hair is like a storm cloud, ready to pour a great flood. She speaks in tongues to curse every living soul. She wants what she cant have and she gets what she wants. Her hands are like sharp knifes sticking into the bones of the human carcass she is feeding on. She stalks in the darkest hours of the night for the one man that is weak. She wants him, how does get him, you wonder? First she takes the form of a beautiful women. Someone she knows the man will like. She then covers what she knows is terrifying, herself! Her body is like a cracked mirror. No good luck can come from her. First she must get what every man wants. A body. This body she must obtain will not be a model, but it will be something in the taste of her prey. She cannot just pick one body off the side of the road, she must examine what is wanted to get what is needed. Once she has found the perfect costume to disguise her ugly outer shell, she then must find out what the back story of her prey. She goes after the ones that are married, the ones that have children or are happy. She tests them. This is just another game for her. She knows she can win. She must first place herself in his environment, place where he is well known and where she will be liked. A church normally is her common ground, at a church everyone is loved. She as now found her place. She then looks for her prey every time the doors are open. She slowly begins to get more and more involved in the church activities, to get him to want her. After he was seen her and starts to lust for her, she goes for his wife and kids. She becomes best friends with his wife and tells her secrets. When the wife has finally fallen for the trick, that's when the child will have too. After the child has seen the mother and father begin to like this "women" it will naturally fall behind in their footsteps. Once the family is in her hands she then starts to possess the father. He disrupts his vows to the wife and breaks the law of the Lord. The demon now has broken the marriage and when the mother leaves, the demon has possessed the child to love her not the mother. The demon now thinks she has gotten what she wants, she tries to leave but the father wont let her go and now he wants an ceremonial decision on their love. A Marriage. She tries to run hut she is stuck. How do we get rid of her? Do we let her marry the father? The child has now turned from loving to hating. The child must kill her, the child must destroy her, the child must cast her out! This is how the demon got placed into her eternal prison. She cant escape, the eternal suffering. The curse is still on the father. He slowly turns into an invisible creature day by day, hiding under his child's bed. he is scared of the world. Everybody turned their backs on him. That's why he calls every morning. He hopes one day he will become a demon too.


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(CNSNews.com) - Reports from Michigan and Florida, states seen as vital to both Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore in their quest for the presidency, reported heavy voter turnout Tuesday.
Michigan Secretary of State Candace Miller said about 63 percent of registered voters are expected to vote in the Wolverine State. She says that is a four percent increase over 1996.
Tuesday morning, voters had to wait up to three hours at Detroit's Coleman Young recreation center because of the heavy voters turnout and problems with equipment.
In the Detroit suburbs of Ferndale and Grosse Pointe Park, voters had to wait about 30 to 45 minutes in line.
At one point in the Detroit suburb of Lenox Township, a small community of about 5,300, about 80 people waited in line to vote at the township firehouse.
In Florida, voter turnout in Orange County, which includes the Orlando area, was strong at mid-day.
Orange County election officials say turnout at ten polling places, considered "bellwether" precincts, averaged 35 percent of all registered voters, ranging from a low of 18 percent at the University of Central Florida arena in Orlando to a high of 55 percent at the Winter Park, Florida Presbyterian Church.
Election officials reported heavy turnout in other parts of Florida. Polls will close there at 7 p-m, Eastern time tonight. Polls in Michigan will close at 8 p-m, Eastern time, tonight.
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Two small towns in the Granite State, Dixville Notch and Hart's Location approved Bush for President. In Dixville Notch, all 27 registered voters showed up, with 21 voting for Bush, 5 for Gore, and 1 for Ralph Nader. Fifty miles south, in the town of Hart's Location, the vote was 17 for Bush, 13 for Gore, and 1 for a write-in candidate. Combining the votes from both towns, it was Bush over Gore, 38-18. Although both towns get headlines for their first-in-the-nation vote, they're not considered a reliable indicator of who will win the election.


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On 8 April, 2013, Wendy Marston Events organised a successful champagne reception for PAM's Top 40 Under 40.
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The rise in popularity of social media combined with developments in the technology that underpins "big data" analysis is set to change the actuarial profession and drive innovation in the insurance industry.
These trends in the actuarial and general insurance industries will have a significant impact on both individuals and businesses who purchase their products.
Social media is driving product innovation in the insurance sector and creating new marketing sales and distribution channels.
In 2011, a Chinese insurer teamed up with a computer developer to offer real insurance for virtual property owned in Second Life, a 3D virtual world.
US company Unitrin Direct was the first motor insurer to open an office in Second Life. Players can visit the virtual office to obtain a real world insurance quote. In addition to being a novel marketing approach, finding customers in the virtual world may have implications for the client's risk profile.
"Perhaps by choosing to market its motor policies in the virtual world the company is hoping that its customers will spend more time playing computer games in their bedrooms than driving in the real world," says Pricewaterhouse Coopers senior manager actuarial Sylvia Wong.
Big data can provide lots of valuable demographic insights. Using big data, one client saw that older customers preferred to contact them over the phone, rather than online channels. It then decided to employ older workers to man the call centre as customers like to speak with someone of their own generation.
"Using social media as a distribution channel is a form of natural selection attracting younger customers who tend to have less brand loyalty," says Wong.
Fewer people are visiting a broker's office, instead opting to compare prices and purchase insurance online.
In the US and the UK, aggregator websites are increasing competition by making it easier for consumers to compare prices. To remain competitive insurers will need to find areas other than price in which to differentiate their products and services. A metered, or usage-based, approach to insurance could help companies respond with a healthier model of pricing, says Wong.
Beyond price, "the Tripadvisor effect is shaping purchasing decisions", says Pricewaterhouse Coopers partner Scott Ferguson, referring to the popular website that rates accommodation and travel worldwide.
"Over 30 per cent of consumers in developed countries use online user reviews to help them make buying decisions." This trend may lead to an erosion in the price elasticity of insurance premiums and actuaries need to allow for these effects when pricing for risks, says Wong.
Group-buying sites are another game-changer.
US company iMingle is the first insurer to offer group-buying discounts for motor insurance, where consumers within their social network are able to obtain a discount by linking their policies together. This type of self-pooling of risks is expected to be the way of the future so actuaries need to know the potential impact on claims cost. "A group of friends with a linked policy who are all high-performance vehicle enthusiasts might go on a road trip together and have a multi-car pile-up," says Wong.
Local insurers haven't really hopped on the group-buying bandwagon yet but, given the increasing popularity of sites such as Groupon and Catch of the Day, that is expected to change soon.
"There's a real risk smaller agile companies will disrupt their more established competitors by cherry-picking the best risks from segments," says Pricewaterhouse Coopers senior manager actuarial Garth Brooker.
Insurance companies already use social media to check for fraud but expect to see them developing social media scores to inform insurance risks or marketing preferences. There are concerns about using people's personal information for purposes other than it was intended. Someone might be OK with the idea a company wants to know what songs they downloaded to market music to them, but not happy if an insurance company makes generalisations about their music taste to racially profile them, says Brooker.
The potential to use big data to know more about who the customer is creates the opportunity to personalise products to specific markets. "Examples already seen in general insurance include the rise of segment specific brands, such as Apia, Shannons, Insure My Ride, Just Car and tailored pricing in personal lines such as youi,' says Brooker.
"Companies will also use their data more proactively to help customers manage their risks and premiums," says Brooker. "BudgetDirect's automated hail-warning system uses feeds from the Bureau of Meteorology to send an SMS to policyholders if a hail storm is predicted in their area."
"In the future shoppers may be able to upload a photo of their latest purchase and add it to their home and contents policy before they've even left the store," says Ferguson.
With more people sharing more of their personal information online there's a growth opportunity for the industry to develop product offerings to protect against data loss or identity theft, says Wong.
The actuaries' code of professional conduct needs updating to deal with the many implications, especially those related to privacy, that are arising from the increased use of social media and big data.
Wong and Brooker spoke about these ideas at the Actuaries Institute 2012 general insurance seminar in Sydney on Tuesday, November 13. The Pricewaterhouse Coopers paper on which their presentation was based is available online: The General Insurance Industry and the Actuarial Profession in 2020.
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Pleitez reprimands Garcetti for "boycotting Arizona" and accepting anti-immigration funds privately
LOS ANGELES – Emanuel Pleitez spoke on the steps of City Hall demanding that Eric Garcetti return money from anti-immigrant donors. Garcetti, who publically boycotted Arizona because of strict anti-immigrant regulations, has accepted donations from known Republican donors and anti-immigration advocates.
Pleitez, the son of Mexican and Salvadoran immigrants, took a personal tone, saying "I'm sickened by the constant pandering by our elected officials to our immigrant communities they've habitually ignored and don't understand." Referencing Garcetti's anti-immigrant contributors, Pleitez argued, "We don't need another politician who says one thing and does another." Garcetti, who has been courting the Latino community throughout the race, has seen a drop in Latino support as of a recent poll.
"We don't need a politician beholden to groups that oppose our interests" said Pleitez. The donors discovered in Councilmember Garcetti's city ethics contribution records are as follows:
- Jack Selby, a supporter of John McCain and John Boehner, who've both led the opposition to immigration reform;
- James Harrison, a contractor who supports Republican candidates who advocate building a fence and arming vigilantes to patrol our border;
- And Michael Meldman, a developer who supports Ben Quayle, a Republican who ran a campaign in Arizona calling Barak Obama "the worst President in history" and supported legislation preventing immigrant children born in the U.S. from getting citizenship.
Pletiez concluded by asking Garcetti to return the funds from anti-immigrant donors. "I would think that Councilmember Garcetti - who's described anti-immigrant people as 'going off the deep end' and 'forgetting what it is to be American' – would reject money that came from such people. He should live up to his promise to boycott Arizona's anti-immigrant policies by returning all donations from anti-immigrant supporters." Though aimed at Garcetti, it's clear Pleitez was speaking to all four top mayoral candidates.
Pleitez is a former technology executive, with public, private, and non-profit sector experience, and was appointed to manage President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Pleitez, an LA native, grew up on the eastside and currently lives in El Sereno with his wife, Rebecca.
For full bio, please visit www.pleitezforla.com.
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Emanuel Alberto Pleitez, candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, participated in the Los Angeles BizFed mayoral debate, co-hosted by the Daily News. The debate was moderated by Austin Beutner, former special deputy to Mayor Villaraigosa and founder of Evercore partners.
Other mayoral candidates in attendance were Councilman Eric Garcetti, City Controller Wendy Greuel, Councilwoman Jan Perry, and conservative radio personality Kevin James.
The candidates covered many topics, including their respective experiences, the city's budget, tax reform, property and business tax, election cycles, their plans to create a business-friendly culture in the city, and their overall visions for the city of Los Angeles.
Pleitez thrives in BizFed forum showcasing his economic knowledge and innovative pension plan
LOS ANGELES – This morning, Emanuel Pleitez squared off against the other 4 candidates, all of whom lack true knowledge of the economy according to Pleitez. The forum, which was moderated by former Deputy Mayor and mayoral candidate Austin Beutner, focused heavily on fiscal issues in Los Angeles.
Pleitez came prepared with a PowerPoint explaining the pension buyout plan he released on Tuesday. His specificity attracted a favorable reaction from the large, predominantly pro-business crowd. The buyout plan became the cornerstone of his assault on the other four candidates. "No one has a plan…that's the sad thing about our City Hall. No one understands the numbers", Pleitez said regarding the other answers to Beutner's budget questions.
The other candidates didn't do themselves any favors by recycling the same economic answers they've used throughout the race. Garcetti asked the audience to focus on "not just what [he] will do, but what [he] has done", Greuel said "we need to look at pension spiking and double dipping", which Beutner pointed out don't account for the massive deficit projections, James demanded pension reform without any plan or details, and Perry urged employees to contribute more to their healthcare costs. Pleitez clearly distinguished himself with his proposal as the only candidate with a plan.
In a rare lapse in polished performance, Garcetti publicly struggled with the math behind the deficit, and Jan Perry said she "couldn't remember how [she] voted" on a decision to take city dollars marked for another purpose and use them to create a museum without consultation or consent of tax payers. Greuel showed a lack of economic understanding which Beuter pressed her on frequently, and James was uncharacteristically silent for the duration of the debate.
"LA needs a Mayor who actually understands the economy", Pleitez said in his closing remarks. Over the past week, Pleitez has rolled out his policy proposals and continues to perform better while the other candidates have started to either recycle their answers or trip over themselves. "Over the next month, I want to share more about my plans to make L.A. realize its potential" Pleitez promised at a press conference Tuesday afternoon. So far, he has delivered."
Pleitez is a former technology executive, with public, private, and non-profit sector experience, and was appointed to manage President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Pleitez, an LA native, grew up on the eastside and currently lives in El Sereno with his wife, Rebecca.
For full bio, please visit www.pleitezforla.com.
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this is not an easy job
the complete hvac unit will need to be removed
1. Discharge refrigerant from A/C system. Refer to operating instructions of your refrigerant recovery/recycling/charging station for proper procedures. 2. Disconnect inlet and outlet pipe from evaporator. NOTE: Immediately plug all open fittings to keep moisture out of system. 3. Remove cover and drain hose. 4. Remove instrument panel and disconnect wiring harness connector. See: Dashboard / Instrument Panel
5. Remove blower unit.INSTALLATION 1. Install in reverse order of removal. 2. Evacuate refrigerant system. Refer to operating instructions of your refrigerant recovery/recycling/charging station for proper procedures. 3. Charge A/C system.
You mean you have to open the refrigerant system to access the motor?
I'm not sure the motor is bad, is there any way I can check it without removing it?
you must remove the a/c tubing to get the hvac module out
give me just a moment
i may have some test for you
you may want to check the blower relay
a common problem is the blower motor resister
to get to the motor connector does it still required disassembling the entire I/P
you should be able to unplug it from up under the dash,,,,without removing it
And that would be located near the steering column or where
passenger side
behind the glove box?
last year a mechanic replaced the switch for the blower, but it didn't last very long, does that shed any light on my problem?
the problem may be the resister,,but no way of knowing if the motor itself is good without testing it first
ok I'll give it a shot tomorrow and is if I can locate the motor connector.
you will see it
so when I remove the glove compartment it should be to the left or right or straight behind it?
just look up under the dash
you may not need to remove the glove box
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I did some Googling on Hyrule Warriors. Image Googling, to be exact. What can I even say?
The gif I found:
My reaction:
I then took a peak at probably still my favorite picture from the game:
Then I found a screenshot I hadn't seen:
Then there was this. There just had to have gone and been this gloriousness. Further making Link look the way I've seen him since the 80's and pretty much just being a metric shizzle-ton of stuff I've always wanted to see in a Zelda game:
See you guys September 26th. Have a great summer.


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Rainbow Legwarmers
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These super fun and funky legwarmers look great in handspun yarn. 4 oz of rainbow dyed roving, spun as a 2 ply worsted weight yarn is all they take. They knit up very quickly and are very cozy and warm!
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Pattern description from The Celtic Collection: "Celtic art is redolent with fabulous and intricately interlaced creatures. For this jacket, I have combined bands of beasts with check patterns and interlaced braids in a warm range of colours to create a challenge for the most experienced knitter."
Knitted Measurements:
- To fit bust 86-91 (96-102) cm/32-34 (38-40)"
- Underarm 108 (115) cm/42½ (45½)"
- Length from top of shoulder 57½ (60½) cm/22¾ (23¾)"
- Sleeve length 47 (49) cm/18½ (19¼)"
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A bipartisan group of Pennsylvania lawmakers joined Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) today in urging Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Marilyn Tavenner, to extend and expand the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration (MCCD) Project, a program which has yielded Medicare savings. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Reps. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) signed onto Sen. Toomey's letter asking the Acting Administrator to reevaluate terminating the MCCD, pointing to the success of a Pennsylvania-based program that has resulted in strong patient satisfaction and cost savings.
Health Quality Partners (HQP), a non-profit research and development organization based in Doylestown, PA, secured one of 15 original grants in 2001. However, these competitive grants are slated to expire on June 30, 2013. HQP's program sends nurse care managers into a patient's home to provide in-person coordinated care.
According to a March of 2011 report by Mathematica Policy Research, HQP's efforts reduced Medicare costs for a subset of high-risk enrollees by 28 percent. These savings have been achieved as a result of HQP's proactive approach to care and early identification of emerging problems for patients which has led to decreased hospital visits.
Ruth Goldschlager, an HQP patient and resident of Chalfont, PA said: "Health Quality Partners has become an important part of my life and I owe the better parts of my good health to them. Before HQP entered my life, I was in the emergency room often, but now my nurse checks in on me once a month and I can't remember the last time I visited the ER. I'm 83 years old and because of HQP, I feel healthy and have learned what it takes to be healthy."
James L. Brexler, President and CEO of Doylestown Hospital said: "Doylestown Hospital has been proud to collaborate with Health Quality Partners from the start of its MCCD. The evidence clearly suggests that HQP's chronic care model not only helps providers meet financial goals, but also offers superior medical and psychosocial support to patients and their families. The HQP model has proven to be highly successful especially for patients with complex medical and social conditions. As hospitals and doctors implement innovative systems, there remain more lessons to be learned. We now need to test these models on larger populations and replicate these successes in other communities."
"I am highly encouraged with the results Health Quality Partners has had in reducing Medicare costs and delivering quality health care to seniors in Pennsylvania," said Sen. Toomey. "HQP's approach personalizes care with a good-old-fashioned house call. These techniques are not only saving money but improving the quality of life for those afflicted with chronic illnesses. I urge Administrator Tavenner to take a look at Health Quality Partners' success and extend the demonstration project so that entities which exhibit reduced expenditures for Medicare are able to participate and provide quality care to beneficiaries."
Health Quality Partners in Doylestown has demonstrated how to reduce healthcare costs while improving quality," Senator Casey said. "The program has saved taxpayers and consumer's money, while improving the health of the people it serves, and I'm urging the Administration to allow it to continue."
"The results achieved by Health Quality Partners over the last decade demonstrate that it is indeed possible to increase the quality of patient care while decreasing costs for seniors and taxpayers," said Rep. Allyson Schwartz. "It is time for the federal government to set Medicare on a path toward payment and delivery models that offer providers flexibility and ensure that millions of Medicare beneficiaries will continue to have access to their doctors. HQP is an example of what works in health care and we should not only continue to support this effort, but also replicate this successful model in other communities and across the nation."
"With this program working right here in my district, I voiced my concerns to CMS earlier this year and I am pleased to see my colleagues join the effort," said Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick. "With taxpayer dollars at a premium, we should be encouraging pilot programs like this which have promising results and save money. I urge CMS to support an extension, and scale up, of the program to ensure that the federal resources being poured into Medicare are resulting in the best care and the most efficient service."
The full letter to CMS is provided below:
May 10, 2013
Marilyn Tavenner
Acting Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201
Dear Ms. Tavenner:
We are writing to express our concern with the imminent termination of the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration (MCCD) Project.
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) established the MCCD Project to evaluate care coordination programs in the Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) setting. In 2001, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) granted competitive awards to 15 demonstration programs and subsequently provided three extensions, allowing the demonstration program to continue through June 30, 2013.
Health Quality Partners (HQP), a non-profit R&D organization based in Doylestown, PA, secured an original grant in 2001 and continues to participate in the MCCD, providing community-based and data-driven coordinated care delivered by nurse care managers. In March of 2011, Mathematica Policy Research provided its fourth evaluation of the MCCD to Congress and concluded that HQP's efforts successfully reduced Medicare's monthly expenditures for a subset of high-risk enrollees by 28 percent while also producing strong levels of beneficiary and provider satisfaction. Medicare achieved these savings as a result of HQP's data-driven approach to patient management that sends care coordinators into the community to help patients manage complex care needs across care settings and by closely monitoring patients for early identification of emerging problems for proactive interventions. Over the last decade, the MCCD has yielded important lessons and innovative approaches to patient care. Despite these positive results, CMS is on track to terminate the MCCD Project on June 30, 2013.
In Mathematica's third report to Congress they wrote, "failing to pursue effective programs such as Health Quality Partners or QMed (and possibly Mercy Medical Center) may mean a missed opportunity to substantially improve the quality of care for chronically ill beneficiaries at no increase in cost to Medicare...Furthermore, the benefit of identifying successful interventions could be great for Medicaid as well, as nearly all states are investing in disease management programs, typically with little or no evidence that the programs will generate the savings that commercial programs promise. Thus, honing in on a detailed, concrete description of successful interventions for those with chronic illnesses and testing the replicability of these interventions seems to warrant serious consideration."[1]
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation's (CMMI) mission is to identify initiatives which improve the quality of care and deliver care efficiently---objectives which the MCCD has already proven with independently verified results. Section 4016 of the BBA provides the Secretary with the authority to expand the demonstration project and indicates that the Secretary, "may issue regulations to implement, on a permanent basis, the components of the demonstration project that are beneficial to the Medicare program."[2] In light of CMS' objectives and statutory authority, we ask that you consider extending and expanding MCCD, allowing entities who can demonstrate reduced expenditures for Medicare to provide quality care to beneficiaries. Terminating a program with high beneficiary satisfaction and proven Medicare savings appears counter-productive to federal efforts to put Medicare on a sustainable path.
We appreciate your consideration and look forward to your timely response.
_____________________ _____________________
Pat Toomey Robert P. Casey, Jr.
U.S. Senator U.S. Senator
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Allyson Y. Schwartz Michael G. Fitzpatrick
Member of Congress Member of Congress
Source: http://schwartz.house.gov/press-release/bipartisan-group-legislators-ask-medicare-continue-cost-saving-program#.UZp-26BXSXU


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Driver-safety record takes turn for worse
Pittsburgh skidded in a ranking of driver safety by one of the nation's largest auto insurers, a problem police blame on distracted drivers and speeders.
Allstate Insurance on Tuesday released its ninth annual Best Drivers report, which found that Pittsburgh went from the 27th to 22nd most-dangerous city for driver safety.
"That's surprising," Mike Cinker, 44, of Marshall. said "Sixteen of the 20 years of my career I've been commuting. The traffic is really not that bad compared to other major cities."
Pittsburgh ranked 175th of 196 cities, which means it has one of the worst driver-safety records based on accidents reported to Allstate, although PennDOT officials contend the picture is brighter statewide because the number of accidents has decreased.
"Most of what we see are rear-end collisions, usually from distraction or following too closely," state police Trooper Robin Mungo said. "People get so complacent. I just think everyone is so focused on their final destination. Add to that the cell phone, the radio, having a conversation in the car, a baby in the back."
Allstate calculated its accident claims data and ranked the cities based on car collision frequency. The average driver in Pittsburgh will get in an accident every 7.2 years, according to the report. Philadelphia drivers, who ranked even lower, at 191st out of 196, will experience an accident every six years.
Pittsburgh's safety ranking has slipped every year since 2008.
Topping the ranking as the safest cities in which to drive are Fort Collins, Colo., and Boise. The least-safe city is Washington. Baltimore is second-to-last on the list.
Allstate holds about 10 percent of the nation's auto insurance policies.
"What we look at is the claims data, and Pittsburgh moved down the list. We don't look at the 'why,' " said Julia Reusch, Allstate spokeswoman. "Our only goal is to get people talking about safe driving so Pittsburgh is moving in the right direction next year."
Allen Biehler, a former PennDOT secretary and the executive director of Technologies for Safe and Efficient Transportation, said the study does not take into account the age of the cities' roads. He pointed out that fatalities are down because of airbags.
"Things I'd look for are how dense of an urban area is it and whether it's a new street system versus an old street system," Biehler said. "The level of congestion is also a factor."
PennDOT statistics show that accidents are down 1.6 percent from five years ago. In 2008, 126,067 crashes were reported to PennDOT compared with 124,062 in 2012. Speed continues to be the leading cause of crashes.
In Allegheny County from 2008 to 2012, crashes reported to PennDOT increased to 12,177, up from 11,851, a 2.75 percent increase.
"I hate the traffic," said Ellin DeSimone, 56, of Swissvale, who drives about 11 miles to and from work each day. She said she's somewhat aggressive on the way home to ensure she gets in the quickest lane.
"I'm surprised we have that many accidents," she said.
PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said accidents tallied by PennDOT are different than those reported to insurance companies. An accident is reported to PennDOT only if a vehicle needs to be towed or someone is injured. He said PennDOT has tried to make roads safer by increasing pavement markings, doing more line painting, upgrading guardrails and organizing more safety events.
"We're pleased that crashes are on the decline," he said.
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Aliso Canyon Park is 69 acres of undeveloped open space, and is part of Porter Ranch. Limited maintenance exists. There are plans for equestrian events as a rider trail trickles through the park.


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Mario Lopez: Lick This!
What melts in your mouth, not in your hands?
Certainly not Mario Lopez. The recently single recipient of People magazine's Hottest Bachelor award melts for no one.
But the sculpted star of Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story was handing out free samples of M&M's new Ice Cream Treats at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles on Monday. And no, there's nothing at all creepy about a grown man with a psychotically enthusiastic grin handing out sticky treats to the general public, so shut up already.
This was presumably part of some promotional event. But knowing Mario, this could also just be something that Lopez does in his spare time, to give back to the world that's blessed him with so much. He just seems like the caring, sensitive type.


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PALM COAST -- Flagler County Sheriff Don Fleming said Friday that he has not been contacted by the Florida Commission on Ethics regarding a complaint filed against him by a former deputy related to the sheriff's membership card for the Hammock Beach Resort.
The Ethics Commission is unlikely to release any information on the complaint before voters go to the polls next month in the Republican primary, where Fleming is facing two opponents.
Fleming for years has used a membership card that allows him access to the restaurants at the Hammock Beach Resort. The resort normally charges a $3,000 initiation fee and $417 in monthly dues for a "beach club" membership that includes access to restaurants and other amenities, according to the upscale resort's pricing information.
Fleming has said that when he received the card he was told "it had no dollar value whatsoever." Fleming said Friday that he has not been contacted or interviewed by the state Ethics Commission regarding the complaint, which the former Flagler County deputy said he filed April 3.
"No, I have not," Fleming said.
Fleming also said Friday he's not worried about the ethic complaint's impact on his re-election bid with the approach of the Aug. 14 primary.
"No, I didn't do anything wrong, to be honest," Fleming said.
Fleming is being challenged by John F. Pollinger and Ray Stevens in the Republican primary.
Fleming has previously confirmed the filing of the complaint by James Williams, an ex-deputy who supports one of the Democrats running for sheriff, Jim Manfre. The other Democrat is Karl Tozzi.
Williams could not be reached Friday.
As is the standard policy, the Ethics Commission would not comment Friday on whether a complaint against Fleming had been received.
Complaints do not become public until they reach a certain point in the process, according to the Ethics Commission website. They can also become public if the subject of the complaint waives confidentiality.
The Ethics Commission also does not accept complaints or disclose a complaint involving a candidate within five days preceding an election, according to the website.
All complaints must wait until an investigator is available, said commission spokeswoman Kerrie Stillman.
"The commission has an investigative backlog and some cases have to sit until an investigator is available," Stillman said.
Some cases might take several months while others could require "many months," she said. The commission itself meets every six to eight weeks, she said.
The time it takes to process a complaint depends on the commission's workload, availability of witnesses and the complexity of the case, Stillman said.
Williams went to work for the Sheriff's Office in 2007 but according to department records he was fired in 2008 for giving conflicting accounts of a case in which he was involved.
Williams stated in his complaint that Fleming approached him for a membership card in 2005, when Williams was in charge of security at Hammock Beach Resort.
Williams said he told Fleming that he couldn't make such a decision and referred him to a superior. Williams said he later learned Fleming had received a membership card.
Fleming adamantly denies he ever spoke to Williams about a membership card. Fleming said he can't recall who gave him the card but added it might have been Bobby Ginn, the resort's original developer.
The News-Journal has contacted a number of Flagler County officials, including elected constitutional officers and city and county officials, and did not find any other local official with any kind of membership to the Hammock Beach Resort.


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- Programming for the program/school year, including rank advancement requirements for dens meeting twice a month
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- Activities – some designed to be partially completed in one meeting and finished in another, plus other activities or skills that are natural prerequisites for things that come later in the den's year
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New York: Atheneum. 1977. First. First edition. Glossy wrappers. Near fine with light crease on bottom corner. Poetry. . (Inventory #: 405113)
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Dragon Shek
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During the Ming dynasty, a gambling ring springs up around a local lion dance competition. Trouble ensues when superwealthy Xu, the sponsor of the contest, turns out to be the backer of the gambling ring. Meanwhile, his daughter Rong falls for Ji Zhi, a team member sworn to avenge his brother's death. This kung fu epic from Hong Kong stars Xi Xiao Long, Dragon Shek, Xie Miao, Karen Cheung, Qi Qi Kwok and Gordon Cheung.


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Rex Dieter wrote:
KDE doesn't *need* fixing, it isn't broke. Konq already (can) display as Konqueror Web Browswer
Yes. I am aware of that which makes Jesse Keating's argument about Fedora following upstream a weak one.
IMO, the fact that other apps (and gnome) in Fedora does this differently by abusing Name= vs. GenericName= in .desktip files is bad/wrong/silly/bug. As long as I have any input on it, * KDE will not go down that road, ever. * Packaging Guidelines should be updated highlight/avoid such abuse
I dont particular care where the bug is. Inconsistency in approach between desktop environments is probably a bug which should get fixed anyhow. I think you have mentioned earlier on a few occasions that you were planning to get the guidelines altered to avoid this problem. That should help.


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Notice: On April 23, 2014, Statalist moved from an email list to a forum, based at statalist.org.
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Re: Re: st: creating random groups of observations
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Re: Re: st: creating random groups of observations
Thu, 6 Dec 2012 19:24:20 +0000
Luca Campanelli wants to randomly assort 4000 words into 1000 groups with 4 words each, and he wants to assure that each group has a satisfactory mix of long and short words. He doesn't specify exactly what criterion defines a satisfactory mix, so it is hard to be concrete. But here are a few thoughts.
First, depending on the frequency distribution of long and short words (and even what is meant by long and short in this context), it may not even be posssible. For example, if there are only 100 "short" words in the data set, then clearly the goal cannot be achieved.
Assuming that long and short words are all prevalent in sufficient numbers then creating 1000 groups of 2 long words and 1000 groups of 2 short words, then combining each long word group with its correspondingly numbered short word group might do it, again depending on exactly what you have in mind.
If Luca has in mind some more complex criterion such as constraints on the mean and variance of the number of characters in each group's words, that is something I would not try to accomplish in Stata. It could be done in C++ or a similar programming language using a branch-and-bound algorithm. But expect it to take a long time to run even on a fast machine: you are trying to tame a combinatorial explosion by imposing a few constraints. And, again, be prepared for the possibility that the actual distribution of word lengths precludes the existence of any solution at all--which you would only find out after a very long time.
Best of luck.
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Dept. of Family & Social Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY, USA
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But still I try. As Chantecaille is one of my favorite brands, a few months ago, I picked up several tubes of Chantecaille Brilliant Gloss ($32, 1 oz.), as well as the Pure Brilliance Trio (reviewed here). Sadly, Chantecaille saw fit to discontinue the best color in that trio: Patina—a rich, velvety burgundy. Many of the colors in this lip gloss line are sheer and unpigmented, like Love and Charm, while others pack a colorful punch.
This review is about one such punchy color, Allure.
Allure is a sheer, cool berry with plenty of shine, and it is one of the few in the Brilliant Gloss lineup that contains zero shimmer, which makes me happy.
The applicator is a synthetic brush, instead of the typical felt doefoot, and is sized perfectly to fit within the lip borders; it is also neither too floppy nor too stiff, the way some lip gloss brushes can be. One draw from the tube provides plenty of pigment, so there's no need to keep plunging the brush back in to get more color. I appreciate this thoughtful design detail.
And while the finish does feel somewhat goopy, it isn't sticky, and it sits comfortably on my lips with a cushiony, almost jelly-like feel.
|Indirect sunlight
Unlike some colored lip gloss that puts down virtually no color (Clinique Superbalm Moisturizing Gloss and Lancôme Juicy Tubes), Brilliant Gloss has good color payoff, at least the deeper-looking ones have.
|Indoors, natural lighting, no flash
I did not notice any fragrance, but it tingles a bit, as if the gloss contained peppermint. Gluten-sensitive people take note: The formula contains wheat proteins, which are supposed to be lip plumping, but the only "plumping" I see is pure artifice from adding shine to my lips, which draws in the light. Wear time on me is 2-3 hours.
Bottom line: Worth it.
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From: "R. & G. Stevens" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] New Article::Evidence for an apartheid-like social structure in ear...
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:34:27 -0400
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From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <>
Ken wrote:
> The Frisian varieties with 23,11 at 390,391 plus a number of other special
> identifying markers are found in present Germanic lands, although a couple
> Italian ones have also been found. There is a type of R1b said to be
> found heavily in southern Germany.
> But what "they" call Germanic, who knows? R1b is not the most efficient
> way to identify Germanic influence in the British Isles; I1a and
> Continental old I1c is.
I'm sure you're right in terms of ease and efficiency, but how can one avoid
dealing with R1b if he is looking for the actual impact of the various
Germanic invaders of the British Isles? If one looks merely at I1a and I1c,
he gets the idea that the Germanic invaders were far fewer in number and
influence than they probably were.
Are you talking about making an estimate of the level of Germanic R1b by the
proportion of I1a and I1c? In other words, if the overall proportion of R1b
in the old Germanic homelands was 40-50%, the I1a/I1c 30% or so, and the R1a
around 20%, then one could safely say that for every 10 Anglo-Saxon invaders
4 or 5 were R1b, etc.?
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