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12/27/13. NSA slayer blasts new opinion on secrecy. Bob Unruh, wnd.com
The attorney whose case against the National Security Agency resulted in a judge's decision its massive data-collection scheme likely is unconstitutional says a new decision from a different judge – this time against the American people – pulls back the curtain on the Washington belief that people should be kept in the dark.
The newest decision came Friday in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against the NSA over its bulk collection of millions of telephone and Internet records from Americans.
District Judge William Pauley in Washington said he thinks that it's legal.
But his opinion was in direct conflict with the determination in another case 10 days earlier, from U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, that the spy-on-Americans program likely is unconstitutional. The conflict sets up a probable U.S. Supreme Court visit to the issue.
Attorney Larry Klayman brought the case that ended up before Leon, and called the NSA data collection the "worst violation of constitutional rights in American history."
"What's most dangerous about what is going on is the fact that every time someone picks up their phone, or sends an email, or goes to social media like Facebook, or uses Skype, they now know that the government is watching. And this keeps us from being critical of the government. … And that's not just un-American, it's like the former Soviet Union or China," Klayman said.
He continued: "If our Founding Fathers had lived in these times, and if King George III had had an NSA with that kind of technological capability, the Founding Fathers would have been picked up, arrested and executed before they ever got to Philadelphia to sign the Declaration of Independence.
"We live in what the judge said, and I used the term, too, when I appeared in front of him, an Orwellian state."
Leon granted a preliminary injunction against further collection of Americans' phone records by the NSA, which runs computer and digital operations to record and preserve millions of phone and Internet records.
Pauley justified his decision by saying "there is no evidence that the government has used any of the bulk telephony metadata it collected for any purpose other than investigating and disrupting terrorist attacks."
Leon's was more basic, determining that it likely violated the U.S. Constitution, no matter for what purpose the government said it was using the spy program information.
In responding to Pauley's "outrageous" decision, Klayman said, "Pauley rules that the American people have no rights regarding the government and should be kept in the dark. His decision was obviously political and not based on the U.S. Constitution and the law. Pauley is a Democrat appointed by President Bill Clinton and his decision and his ruling creates the appearance that he is currying favor with a Democrat president, Barack Obama, perhaps as a means to advance his career through higher appointment."
Klayman continued, "This leftist judge apparently believes that the government should control and rule over our entire lives. This belief empowers the government to keep secrets to itself and that by so-called monitoring, which has been proved nonexistent, by the Obama Justice Department and a dysfunctional and compromised Congress is sufficient to protect the American people."
He said it involves more than just a court case about government spying.
"Unfortunately, the current government no longer represents the people of this country. Judge Pauley is rubberstamping total government power. The reality is that the legislative and executive branches of government created this constitutional crisis with the NSA which is now spiraling out of control. Judge Leon rightfully called the NSA's program 'almost-Orwellian technology.'"
Klayman said, "Legitimate spying on terrorism does not trump respecting the civil liberties and freedom of the American people, as Judge Pauley ruled on page 52 of his decision. The rights of the American people consistent with our Constitution cannot be left at the hands of the other two branches. This is a formula for revolution as the government should not have an absolute right to intercept everything."
Klayman's criticism of the Pauley decision went further:
"Having run interference for President Obama and his enablers in Congress and putting the freedoms of the American people second to government power, Judge Pauley in effect endorses tyranny that will keep the American people from criticizing their government for fear that if they do so, they will be destroyed by the government with being smeared with their most private information collected by the NSA."
Klayman said, "This is a way that President Obama can 'freely' transform this nation into his desired socialist state. One would expect this from the former Soviet Union and China but not from a federal judge whose oath of office requires him to respect, adhere and enforce the Constitution."
Pauley also claimed the White House and Congress have oversight over the programs.
The result of Pauley's ruling was that a case brought by the ACLU was dismissed. There was no immediate word on an appeal.
But in a statement reported in USA Today, Jameel Jaffer, an ACLU spokesman, said, "We are extremely disappointed with this decision, which misinterprets the relevant statutes, understates the privacy implications of the government's surveillance and misapplies a narrow and outdated precedent to read away core constitutional protections."
Pauley also found that the right to be free from government searches and seizures is not absolute.
"Every day, people voluntarily surrender personal and seemingly-private information to transnational corporations, which exploit that data for profit," he said, not explaining the difference between a consumer's decision to provide information voluntarily and the act of a government spying on its unknowing citizens.
Related column:
Clinton judge protects Obama and NSA by Larry Klayman


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If Cal Wenzel was really a nefarious "Godfather" as he says Mayor Naheed Nenshi alleges, he wouldn't have gone to court to settle his dispute, states the home builder's latest volley in his defamation lawsuit.
The Shane Homes CEO's reply to the mayor's statement of defence also accuses Nenshi of violating council's ethical conduct policy.
The 1970s movie reference, and Nenshi's comparison of Wenzel's political tactics and statements to the mob drama, have been at the centre of Wenzel's legal case against the second-term mayor.
Nenshi had said in a CBC interview in October that Wenzel's videotaped speech to invited colleagues about his financial support of council candidates seemed like a scene from the Godfather — a key statement cited in the $6-million defamation suit filed weeks after Nenshi won re-election.
In the mayor's defence statement, he explained the Don Corleone reference referred to a powerful man who is "ruthless when something stands in his way."
Wenzel's reply states: "Aside from the meeting not being secret, using the courts is not a dispute resolution strategy that is consonant with someone identified as a 'Godfather' figure in Nenshi's defamatory words."
Wenzel acknowledges that his son was among those who had referred to him as "Godfather" on Twitter in the past, but the court document states that those references weren't meant "with defamatory intent or context" like Nenshi's.
The lawsuit also isn't frivolous, or meant as a strategic lawsuit against public participation, as Nenshi had stated, the court filing adds.
Wenzel is seeking $6 million in damages, although his reply calls it "practically impossible" to gauge whether the company has lost any sales following Nenshi's comments and the public glare they have focused on the company.
"To Wenzel's best knowledge, Shane Homes has received numerous written and oral communications from Calgarians containing derogatory comments about Wenzel and Shane Homes, and advising they will never buy a home from Shane Homes," the document states.
The reply also alleges Nenshi's remarks have violated ethics policies that say council members must put the city's interests ahead of their own, act in good faith and treat others fairly and with respect.
Nenshi's personal lawyer declined to comment to the Herald about Wenzel's latest filing.
No trial date has been set.

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I just wanted to raise the question of what you think are the best official sets to play with. I'm not asking about building here (there's another recent thread on that topic), nor am I asking about the best set for parts or figs. Instead I'm asking about once you've finished the official model and closed the instruction book, which set prompts you to sit down and play with the set as officially designed (as opposed to simply displaying it, modifying it, or just tearing it apart to use the parts for your own MOCs). I've got a few suggestions:
10193 Medieval Market Village
Okay, no big surprise here. I just loved how this one had such a great mix of different things - the two buildings that could be configured as opened or closed, the tree, the food stand, the cart, the cows, a mix of both soldiers and civilians. You could imagine and play out all sorts of scenarios with these.
6088 Robbers Retreat
I really liked the whole Ninja line, probably helped by the fact that this is right when I returned from my dark age. I never got the big set, but I had three of the small-to-medium fortresses - this one, the Ninja Fire Fortress, and the Samurai Stronghold. All three had little traps and other fun play features. The new climbing ropes were a lot of fun. I went with this one because I liked the inclusion of the little glider, you could either think of all of the figs as allies, or see this as the two black ninjas attacking the other two, so there were lots of play possibilities. Oh, there's this swinging axe trap that can be triggered on the unwary invader who comes in the door that works pretty well. BTW, this was not a great set to actually build, as it was over-reliant on large panels and burps.
6038 Wolfpack Renegades
I just loved this little set. Of course the Wolfpack are awesome, but the cart is well built, has those turning front wheels, and that impractical but great hidden compartment.
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We know you have plenty of questions about how teams were chosen for the Division III playoffs and why. While we're always glad to answer them to the best of our knowledge, it's good to hear something a little more authoritative, so we're glad to be joined by Brad Bankston, the chair of the NCAA Division III football championships committee.
Bankston and Pat Coleman talk about everything from those invisible final regional rankings, the at-large decision-making process, and as much detail as possible about how Bridgewater State got in and how Concordia-Moorhead (and others) didn't. Will the trend of two-loss teams getting at-large bids continue? Why don't all four regions rank their teams the same way? How has the committee's conference call changed technologically, and how might that affect the actual decision-making process?
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Prompt 6: Make a photo or drawing that represents the most amazing thing you heard or saw at the conference that is brand new to you
What is the thing from this conference that you will be most eager to share when you return?
This is our sixth daily prompt for attendees to share things that represent their Open Education 2012 experience. This will be available on a special little device we call the OpenEd Treasure Box – a local sharing environment that will be on premises next week in Vancouver. We are seeing the first wave of media arrive and they look great, but we want more, much much much more. These should take but a few minutes to capture and share.
The things you ask to share- any file you can upload from your computer- are the stuff that you do NOT put out into public social media. Why? because this is an experiment in local shared media that will have no context, yet is unique, like from a time capsule.
The goal is to explore a new way of capturing the conference experience in media.
If you missed yesterday's prompt, no worries- you can do these in whatever order works for you- it was
- Prompt 5: Take a photo of someone intensely engaged in a discussion or listening to a session.
- Prompt 4: Share a photo, audio, or video that shows you meeting at least 2 people you have not even connected with before.
- Prompt 3: Promote Open Education 2012! Pretend you control mainstream news and can generate a 30 second message about the conference.
- Prompt 2: Use your camera or audio recording device to show the experience of travel to Vancouver
- Prompt 1: Share a photo, ambient audio, or video that captures the essence of the space you do your best work in.
Each day's prompt includes a creative challenge for you to capture in photo, graphic. video, audio form, heck even text is ok. How you interpret it is wide open.
How to Share:
At the conference today you will be able to upload directly to the Treasure Box through its local wireless network. We'll provide those instructions so you know where to look for the network (it's in the main lobby, easy to find). We also have set up a way for you to send media to our dropbox (especially for certain mobile devices, iAhem, that do not allow access to files on them). The key thing is to give your files a descriptive (or mysterious) name before you upload them- that is the only information you can share about the contents.
Upload as many things as you like to dropitto.me/cogdog – use the password storybox. Or you can email attachments to the dropbox via
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Learn more about this PirateBox technology (open source) or plan to visit the Unconference sessions in C215 on Tuesday at 11-11:45am or Thursday at 1:30-2:15pm Or track down Alan Levine (@cogdog) at the conference.
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Because of the nature of this anonymous technology, there is no way to provide credit for media shared, we are asking for the most free of licenses- that you release media into the public domain under CC0
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Genealogy website Ancestry.com has agreed to be acquired by a group led by European private equity firm Permira Funds in a cash deal valued at about $1.6 billion.
The offered price of $32 per share is a nearly 10 percent premium over Friday's closing price of $29.18. Its shares jumped 8 percent, or $2.37, to $31.55 in premarket trading Monday.
Ancestry.com operates a website for researching family history and has more than 2 million paying subscribers. It says more than 10 billion records have been added to its site over the past 15 years.
The company said it has developed and acquired systems that digitize handwritten historical documents, and it works with government archives, historical societies and religious institutions around the world.
The company went public in 2009. Last year, it earned $62.9 million, or $1.29 per share, on nearly $400 million in revenue.
Ancestry.com said that the price represents a 41 percent premium over its closing price in early June before reports surfaced that the company had retained a financial adviser for a possible sale. Company shares have climbed from around $21 in early June and hit a 52-week high of $33.80 in early August before dropping back.
It said there will be no anticipated changes in its operating structure with the deal. The company will remain headquartered in Provo, Utah, and it will continue to focus on investing in content, technology and expanding product offerings in areas like DNA.
CEO Tim Sullivan and Chief Financial Officer Howard Hochhauser will keep a majority of their equity stakes, and Spectrum Equity will remain an investor. Spectrum owns a 30 percent stake in the company.
The company expects the deal to close early next year. It will announce third-quarter earnings on Wednesday.


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Mid-Autumn festival or Mooncake Festival falls on October 3rd in the year 2009 ,that is this coming Saturday.Every year on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, when the moon is at its maximum brightness for the entire year, the Chinese celebrate "zhong qiu jie."Moon cakes are typically round, symbolizing the full round moon of the mid-autumn festival. They are usually made with four egg yolks, representing the four phases of the moon, and are sweet, filled with sweet bean or lotus seed paste.This year I'm not into baking mooncake but I still have some lotus paste leftover in freezer. While I was blog hopping I saw happyflour make beautiful snow skin mooncake posted in her blog. I never try to make any snow skin mooncake before but would love to try..I found out snow skin mooncake is 10 times easier than traditional baked mooncake but my 1st experiment making snow skin is not really up to the expectation or pretty at all.I realised I didn't knead and press the dough hard enough into the mould .The down side is I was too excited to take the photos right away,didn't let the tapioca flour sit on the mooncake for awhile first..Well...you will see some white powder still on the surface..I also adpated the recipe slightly to suit me..If you're looking for the original recipe ,hop over to Happyflour !!
105g kao fen (cooked glutinous rice flour)
30g shortening
95g icing sugar
1tbsp fresh milk/evaporated milk
100g water ( I used 160 g water)
60g pandan juice ( I replaced with water)
1/2 tsp pandan essence ( I used 2 drops)
400g lotus paste
50g tapioca flour/Hong Kong flour(steamed for 10mins, cool and sift twice
Method for Dough:
1. Sift kao fen and icing sugar together.
2. Rub in shortening into the flour mixture until it resemble bread crumb.
3. Mix all the liquid and essence together.
4. Add in liquid mixture into the flour mixture and mix to form soft dough. Do not overmix. (You may need more or less liquid depend on the quality of the flour. Dough will look rough but soft in texture.)
5. Cover the dough and rest in the fridge for 15 mins.(I leave it on the counter since my kitchen is cold)
1. Divide the lotus paste into 10 portions of 40g each.( mine is about 100 gm each)
2. Roll them into balls.
1. Divide dough into 10 portions of 37g each.(mine is about 80 g each)
2. Dust the surface, rolling pin and mould lightly with flour.
3. Roll out the dough, leave the centre slightly thicker than the edge.
4. Wrap the dough with the lotus paste and seal the edges.
5. Press into the mould and plunge it out slowly.
6. Use a brush to brush away excess flour around the mooncake.
7. Chill in the fridge and serve.
Weight of the skin and filling depend on the size of the mould.
I wonder why with my mooncake mould I only able to make 6 pieces instead of 10 pieces mooncake.Isn't there a special mooncake mould for snow skin? Or it's the snow skin mould smaller in size than regular traditional mooncake mould?
The recipe warned not to over mix the dough,so I didn't really mix the dough enough.No wonder the skin look not smooth at all..
I follow the recipe weighting the lotus paste but realised that my mould is bigger need more dough and paste in order to fill up the mould..
steamed tapioca flour for brushing
wooden mould is not suitable for snowskin mooncake*sigh*
too bad I only have one plastic mould..


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Phenoms Answer "Bitch Slappin' Hos"
The Phenomenal Women Group answers columnist, Jasmyne A. Cannick's "Bitch Slappin' Hos" commentary on Imus, Snoop Dogg, R. Kelly
The Phenomenal Women Group answers columnist, Jasmyne A. Cannick's "Bitch Slappin' Hos" commentary on Imus, Snoop Dogg, R. Kelly . . . See the original commenatry by Cannick at the end of this article.
Phenom, Oshi says:
Why is everyone upset over Don Imus? He is doing no less than our rappers, poets, and movie producers. What Don Imus said is absolutely wrong! Making that ultimately clear, let me also say, Snoop Dogg is wrong, Nelly is wrong, the Ying Yang Twins are wrong, and the ugly, vile list goes on and on.
Black folks, stop being hypocrites. Black people don't use the word any differently than Whites.  Being Black and using racially negative words is no less derogatory coming from another Black person. Whether you realize it or not, you are being hurt. Racial slurs should hurt worse coming from one of our own.  Each time you hear racial slurs and you accept it then you are.
1 - living down your potential
2 - degrading another person of color
3 - re-affirming racism
4 - you are claiming and owning a word that was not
ours and does not describe us.
5 -Â you are showing your ignorance.
I know many of you will not agree. I also know many black folks who became angry had CD's in their cars, homes, offices and ipods that were much worse than what Imus said. Ya'll dance and get your fun on to that ignorant mess.
If our goal is to truly clean house then we must not stop with Don Imus. We must also shut down Snoop Dogg, Howard Stern, BET, (Bigoted Entertainment TV), MTV, (Manipulation Training Vehicle) and more. Cleaning house doesn't mean just taking out the trash. We have to wash the dishes, sweep the floors and mop, clean the counters, dust, do laundry and disinfect. That's what cleaning house means.Â
The firing of Don Imus is just like taking out only the bathroom trash, not cleaning anything else and wondering why the house looks bad and still has a serious STANK! The reason is clear people We haven't cleaned a DARN THING! The world knows it and they are laughing at us.
If you don't like this then don't get over it! Get educated and stop the cycle of post traumatic slave disorder now!!!
The only thing we are free to do is grow and change for the better.
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Phenom, D. Lewis says:
I agree with you 200% !
Did you hear what Snoop said when he was interviewed about Imus? Gurl, he said that when he refers to women as "hoes" and "bitches" he is talking about the ladies in the hood that are lazy and looking for men to take care of them. I almost fell out the chair.
Well we know that since Imus, the White guy, called the Rutgers team "nappy headed hoes" all hell broke out, but how come no one said anything to Snoop when his song with R Kelly begins with, "Your royal penis is cleaned your heiness." What dumb girl agreed to do that?
Anyhow, I have mixed feelings with Imus being fired. On the same hand, the rappers are saying whatever they want and Brotha AL and Rev. Jess ain't said nothing about it til now??
To answer your question on who's the winner, gurl, I don't know but I do know that we as a race are losing ground, respecting our Black women and our race, in general.
Sad, but true.
Thanx for the article.
Phenom, Wadiya Legette says:
Everyone is going to be held accountable now after this, including "us�. Whites aren't the only ones. Prejudice Blacks get slick at the mouth about Whites, as well. Blacks just don't admit to it or want to talk about it. Get ready, it's going to be tit for tat from now on with broadcasting
Phenom, Ashonta Langdon says:
I think we also need to boycott the radio stations and music channels that play music/videos that degrade women in general by calling them hoes and b's. They may "bleep� out the words, but anybody can infer what they are saying. If we want people to stop calling us n's, we need to stop accepting it from ourselves as well.
Phenom, Facesx2 says:
Hey I hear you but this is a battle we as women need to spearhead! We have to instill in our male children that women are not what these artists portray us to be. It's a long battle and a hard one. The reason being is, some feel that they're just words and we should just accept it because it makes us dance. Not only do we have to teach our male children, but we need to teach our girls who grow up to become women that we are MORE than just some B*&%^ who dances on this rapper's videos. We are women who respect ourselves with our clothes on. We have plenty of women who have voices who can sperahead this issue. Like I said -- we as women need to spearhead the issue to let ALL men, not just rappers, know that we are very much serious about this issue.
Phenom, Kerin AndersonJohnson says:
This commentary is about the program where Imus referred to the Rutgers Girl's Basketball team as 'nappy headed hoes (slang for whores). As a Black American, I feel that this reference was a serious affront to what these girls did and are doing to better themselves! These women are star athletes and college educated!!!! Despite what frequents song and prose on the airwaves these days, I for one am not a whore, bitch, or any other demeaning adjective thought of or held as a vision or an accurate depiction of what a woman is or what she stands for. I am a person first, a mother, and a citizen!!! What makes this situation even worse is that Imus has influence worldwide, and his comments have weight. People listen. It says to the world that regardless of what you do or how you carry yourself as a Black woman, we, (the status quo) still view you as unworthy, dirty, and lower class. It is shameful and Mr. Imus should be held accountable for his actions!!! I am sure that even as radically opinionated as he is, he uses caution, decorum and censure whenever he refers to people who are of the Jewish faith, who just so happens to own the very station that he broadcasts from.
Also, just to clarify the acceptable from the unacceptable: Some language or use of tongue is okay when used within your circle of friends and family. The words used in jest or even as an expression of endearment are only acceptable from a particular group that shares a common bond of understanding. You see, we as Blacks know that 'certain terms' have and hold a special meaning to us apart from those of our former oppressors. It is our way, at times, of saying, "Despite what 'they' think or hear, I still love you, my Brother/my Sister." Ironic isn't it? Yet, anytime derogatory terms are ever used by those outside the 'knowing group,' it will always be received as a put-down and an insult, especially when the roles of the oppressor and the oppressed have not changed very much.
Moreover, I do not subscribe to the notion that demeaning expression to womankind, Black women in particular, is fine just because our culture is now part of the 'mainstream'. These people that hitherto were so callously described in such negative ways, are mothers, sisters, aunts, daughters and grandmothers. It is just not okay! We live in an era where power is still abused and greed still keeps people in 'chains'. Words and impressions still hurt!
So, to go back to the forum where this transgression occurred, and give an apology will by no means solve, justify, or amend the situation.
Here's the Original Commentary by Jasmyne A. Cannick:
CBS has announced that they have fired Don "Nappy-Headed Hos" Imus for his controversial comments regarding the Rutgers women's basketball team last week that caused a national outcry. So what?Â
How about getting those "nigga lovin', ho slappin', bitch callin'" rappers dropped from their record labels? Can we get a national protest on that? Can I depend on Rev. Al and Rev. Jesse to spearhead that one in the same matter that they orchestrated Imus' early retirement? That's what I want to know as a Black woman.  Could Black America get behind a boycott of the radio stations and television networks that play the songs and videos of rappers that continuously degrade women with their lyrics by talking about how and what they want to do to my body?
Could Black America for once and for all stop "steppin'" to R. "I Like to Have Sex With Underage Females" Kelly's beats long enough to hear the lyrics of his billboard chart topping song that basically says, among other things, that he's a flirt, he's a pimp, your woman is a ho, all women are hos, he's rich and cute and he's going to have sex with anyone woman he wants? didn't see anyone camped outside Geffen Records for a protest against Snoop "I Beat my Case Again" Doggy Dogg's record label.
I mean at the heart of this debate, young Blacks don't know and couldn't care less about a Don Imus. But they do know who all of these rappers are. While they can't seem to master the English language they can somehow recite all of the lyrics to some of the most despicable chart topping songs out there. Now why is that?  Could it be that we spend way too much time focused on people who aren't in the least bit an influence on our young children and not enough time educating them about the effects of using terms like ho and bitch to describe women?
Imus is a nobody to me. He wasn't even in my realm of consciousness until all of this madness kicked off. But everyday I step outside of my house, it never fails that a car will drive by bumping the lyrics of some rapper calling women bitches and hos. The irony of the situation is that oftentimes the driver singing along with her kids in the backseat.
Please. Going after the Imus' of the world is an easy thing to do, but going after the 50 Cents, Snoop Doggs, and other rappers is the real challenge. And quite frankly, I don't think Black America wants to take that battle on. We love them too much. We can't even stop referring to each other as "nigga's" so what is there to indicate that we'd be willing to stop supporting these rappers who demean women.Â
The sad thing is, while we're busy making the executives at these labels millionaires ten times over, we're the ones that are struggling with children who don't respect us or themselves, thus ensuring that there's another generate In on of mis-educated and ignorant Blacks to continue supporting these artists. In other words, the cycle continues.
Just because we were brought over here as slaves doesn't mean that we have to keep the slave mentality. Imus losing his job isn't going to do anything to change the deep rooted culture of self-disrespect in the Black community that is assisted by the legions of rap artists who promote the use of the word ho and bitch as an acceptable reference to the female sex.
In order for that to change, Black folks would have to take a long, hard look in the mirror at themselves and that's something that we've been unwilling to do.
I swear, sometimes we're our own worst enemy. The Imus controversy will roll over and when it's all said and done, he'll still have more money than most of us will ever see in our lifetimes and we'll still be "in the hood" talking about "G's up and hos down" and how we "can't stop won't stop" calling each other bitches, hos and nigga's.
So who's the real winner, Imus or us?
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RHIC scientists had expected collisions between two beams of gold nuclei to mimic conditions of the early universe and produce a gaseous plasma of the smallest components of matter — the quarks and gluons that make up ordinary protons and neutrons. But instead of behaving like a gas, the early-universe matter created in RHIC's energetic gold-gold collisions appears to be more like a liquid. And it's not just any liquid, but one with coordinated collective motion, or "flow," among the constituent particles.
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RHIC's perfect liquid also turns out to be the hottest matter ever created in a laboratory, measuring some 4 trillion degrees Celsius, or 250,000 times hotter than the center of the Sun. That's far above the temperature at which protons and neutrons melt to free their constituent quarks and gluons, showing definitively that RHIC's perfect liquid is hot enough to be the long-sought quark-gluon plasma.
Scientists measure the temperature of hot matter by looking at the color, or energy distribution, of light emitted from it — similar to the way one can tell that an iron rod is hot by looking at its glow. Because light interacts very little with the hot liquid produced at RHIC, it bears accurate witness to the early cauldron-like conditions created within. More...
There is an emerging connection between the collider's results and calculations using the methods of string theory, an approach that attempts to explain fundamental properties of the universe using 10 dimensions instead of the usual three spatial dimensions plus time. For example, string theory predicts a fundamental quantum lower limit on the viscosity of any relativistic fluid -- a limit approached very closely by the nearly perfect quark-gluon liquid created in RHIC collisions. More...
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So there you have it: That's the best case that can be made against gay marriage. An appeals court dissent that rests on the premise that states needn't act rationally, or offer evidence of rationality, or even be rational in creating classifications, so long as someone publishes a study and someone else believes it. That's the best they've got, it seems.Now, I agree completely that the arguments are weak. As I've said before, it was the realization that there is no rational argument against gay marriage (there is only prejudice) that changed my mind and made me favor marriage equality. So I'm with Lithwick and everyone on that.
That is not legal argument or empirical evidence. It is the death rattle of a movement that has no legal argument or empirical evidence. Nobody disputes the fact that Americans opposed to gay marriage believe passionately in their ideas and arguments. But that doesn't necessarily mean those arguments should win in a court. The best thing that could have happened in the Prop 8 case just happened. The dissent has no clothes.
But. The dissent has no clothes, but Judge N. Randy Smith, a distinguished judge of long experience, argued that it does. Think about that for a minute. Why would he do that?
As Liz Newcomb points out, "Smith's reasoning seems incredibly weak." And that's the problem. She goes on to say:
The very weakness of his justification worries me. Now, the Supreme Court has done some good civil rights decisions, but they've also done some terrible ones -- Korematsu (Japanese internment, for instance) and Bowers (upholding sodomy statutes). So Smith's dissent illustrates a danger. It just goes to show you that some judges will grasp at straws to justify doing the wrong thing. And in this polarized, ideological climate, that worries me if this goes to the Supremes.Smith's dissent reminded me of the trial in the book To Kill a Mockingbird, set in 1930s Alabama. As defense lawyer Atticus Finch clearly demonstrates, Tom Robinson, the black defendant, is obviously not guilty of raping Mayella Ewell, the young white woman who accuses him. After the case goes to the jury, Atticus's 12-year-old son, Jem, is discussing it with Reverend Sykes, minister of the local black church:
"...but don't fret, we've won it," he said wisely. "Don't see how any jury could convict on what we heard -- "Much to Jem's shock, the all-white jury, of course, finds Robinson guilty, not because the evidence rationally points in that direction, but because of the dictates of their prejudice: the word of white people must always be taken over the word of black people.
"Now don't you be so confident, Mr. Jem, I ain't ever seen any jury decide in favor of a colored man over a white man...." But Jem took exception to Reverend Sykes, and we were subjected to a lengthy review of the evidence with Jem's ideas on the law regarding rape....
I call this the "To Kill a Mockingbird effect": the willingness of people to ignore rational evidence and render a verdict based on prejudice.
Because that's exactly what Judge Smith did. He dissented not because the evidence rationally pointed in that direction, but because of the dictates of his prejudice: marriage is a heterosexual institution. (And he probably did so while being completely incapable of understanding that that's what he did.)
The To Kill a Mockingbird effect is why I have to offer the same warning as Reverend Sykes if the case proceeds to the Supreme Court: "Don't you be so confident." It won't matter how weak the case is if the prejudices of five justices dictate another verdict. And I'm afraid they certainly seem likely to in the case of at least four of them.
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President Obama's inaugural committee said Tuesday that former first daughter Chelsea Clinton will be the honorary chair for the 2013 National Day of Service, a Saturday event that kicks off weekend inaugural festivities.
"There is no more fitting way to mark a presidential inauguration than a day of service," said Clinton, daughter of former president Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. "Coming together as a country to strengthen our communities has always been part of the American spirit."
Clinton also said: "I am deeply grateful that President Obama and his administration have put service at the center of the Inauguration weekend and I am proud to be part of a nation-wide service effort, honoring the service and legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and building a brighter future for all of us."
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He added: "Through her work with the Clinton Foundation and her recent efforts to help communities impacted by Hurricane Sandy, Chelsea sets a remarkable example for serving and strengthening our country. As honorary chair, she will be instrumental in helping lead the president's call to service and growing this important tradition."


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But investigational drugs in a decadeold class, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs), received a fair share of attention, with two particular new agents enjoying most of the limelight: etravirine—recently approved by the FDA under the brand name "Intelence"—and rilpivirine (TMC278). Why Do We Need More NNRTIs? Introduced in the 1990s, the three initially approved NNRTIs—nevirapine (Viramune), delavirdine (Rescriptor), and efavirenz (Sustiva, Stocrin)—are now widely used in combination antiretroviral therapy thanks to their potency, long half life, and low pill burden, as well as their general tolerability. In fact, the current treatment guidelines published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services list the NNRTI efavirenz as a preferred drug for first-line regimens in HIV positive adults. However, the advantages offered by first-generation NNRTIs are offset by widespread resistance mutations and potentially serious toxicities. The three older NNRTIs have a low genetic barrier to resistance: a single mutation in the virus can eliminate susceptibility to all three drugs. Resistance mutations can, of course, develop in response to incomplete adherence to an NNRTI-containing regimen, but primary resistance—in which a treatment-naive individual is infected with an alWINTER 2008 ready drug-resistant form of HIV—is a growing concern. According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence of NNRTI-resistant HIV in treatment-naive individuals more than doubled between 1996 and 2006, increasing from 5% to more than 10% in a single decade. In addition to resistance, serious side effects represent a major limitation of first-generation NNRTIs. Although the class as a whole is generally well tolerated, some bothersome and even potentially deadly toxicities have been reported for efavirenz and nevirapine. Perhaps most infamous are the central nervous system effects associated with efavirenz; these range from impaired concentration to dizziness, sleep disorders (including unusual dreams and nightmares), severe depression, and (albeit rarely) contemplated or attempted suicide. Efavirenz has also been linked with birth defects and is therefore not recommended for treatment of women in the first trimester of pregnancy or women of childbearing age who do not use reliable contraception. BETA 11 DRUG WATCH AGENT COMPANY TRIAL PHASE Rilpivirine (TMC278) Tibotec IIb BILR 355 BS Boehringer Ingelheim II Calanolide A Sarawak MediChem II New NNRTIs were designed to get around these resistance mechanisms through "conformational flexibility": both etravirine and rilpivirine are able to alter their shape and position (through processes scientifically termed "wiggling" and "jiggling") in order to enter and bind to the pocket on reverse transcriptase in HIV that carries firstgeneration NNRTI resistance mutations. The benefits of this flexibility, as well as the new drugs' improved side effect profiles, are evident in promising results from advanced clinical trials. MIV-150 Medivir/Chiron II Etravirine: The DUET Studies UK 453,061 Pfizer II RDEA806 Ardea I DUET-1 and DUET-2, a pair of randomized, double-blind, Phase III trials, compared 200 mg etravirine twice daily with placebo in treatment-experienced participants, who also received optimized background therapy (OBT) that included the relatively new protease inhibitor (PI) darunavir (Prezista) plus a boosting dose of ritonavir (Norvir), as well as investigator-selected nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). Eligibility requirements included documented NNRTI resistance and three or more PI resistance mutations. The mean baseline CD4 cell count in both studies was approximately 100 cells/mm3, and more than 30% of participants had a viral load greater than 100,000 copies/mL at study entry. The majority of participants in DUET-1 and DUET-2 were male (86% and 93%, respectively) and white (61% and 63%, respectively). After 24 weeks of therapy, a significantly greater proportion of volunteers in the etravirine arm than in the placebo group achieved a viral load of less than 400 copies/mL (74% vs 51% in DUET-1, 75% vs 54% in DUET2). Significantly more participants taking etravirine also saw their viral load fall below 50 copies/mL (56% vs 39% in DUET-1, 62% vs 44% in DUET-2). Etravirine appeared to be most efficacious in the absence of other active agents: in participants with no active drugs in their OBT, the difference in virological response was 47% vs 9% in DUET-1 and 44% vs 7% in DUET-2. Participants in the etravirine arm also saw greater CD4 cell increases. Both trials found etravirine to be well tolerated, with reported side effects similar to placebo. Rash was more common in the etravirine arm compared with the placebo group (20% vs 10% in DUET-1, 14% vs 9% in DUET-2), although most reported rashes were mild and short-lived. No differences were noted between the etravirine and placebo arms regarding other side effects, including CNS and psychiatric problems (such as sleep changes, anxiety, and depression), liver toxicities, and lipid elevations. The DUET trials also better defined the etravirine resistance profile, identifiying 13 NNRTI resistance mutations associated with diminished response to the study drug; NNRTIs in Development Several NNRTI drug candidates are currently in clinical development: Nevirapine, while used extensively and successfully in pregnant women to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, has been linked with skin rash and potentially fatal liver toxicity. Severe hypersensitivity reactions, including rash and elevated liver enzymes, have led both manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to warn patients and practitioners about the risks associated with including nevirapine in first-line regimens for women with CD4 cell counts above 250 cells/mm3 and men with counts above 400 cells/mm3. The strengths and limitations of first-generation NNRTIs set a clear standard for next-generation drug candidates: new NNRTIs must—at minimum—demonstrate a higher genetic barrier to resistance, be potent against HIV that already harbors resistance mutations to current NNRTIs, have a superior side effect profile, and offer the same long half life, low pill burden, and ease of coadministration seen with existing NNRTIs. So, how does the next generation of "non-nukes" compare? Leading the Next Generation: Etravirine and Rilpivirine Rilpivirine and the recently approved etravirine, made by Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, were designed specifically to meet the drug-resistance challenges posed by a rapidly evolving viral target. NNRTIs work by binding to amino acids within a "pocket" contained on the reverse transcriptase enzyme, interfering with the enzyme's function and forestalling the first phase of HIV replication within the host cell. Resistance to NNRTIs occurs when mutations inside the pocket prevent the drugs from binding there, or when a single mutation (known as K103N) alters the opening of the pocket sufficiently to block NNRTIs from entering. 12 BETA WINTER 2008 DRUG WATCH however, at least three of these mutations were needed simultaneously for virological response to be significantly reduced. Importantly, K103N—the mutation most commonly associated with efavirenz or nevirapine resistance—does not appear to number among the etravirine resistance mutations so far identified, possibly accounting (at least in part) for the drug's potency against virus that is not susceptible to first-generation NNRTIs. Rilpivirine In vitro studies of rilpivirine indicate that the drug candidate is active against NNRTI-resistant strains of HIV— including many with double or triple mutations. Like etravirine, rilpivirine appears to have a higher genetic barrier to resistance compared with older NNRTIs. The in vivo anti-HIV activity of rilpivirine was initially established by two short-term Phase IIa trials, TMC278C201 and TMC278-C202. Both randomized, double-blind studies administered 25 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg, or 150 mg rilpivirine once daily for seven days. Study TMC278-C201 compared rilpivirine or placebo monotherapy, while TMC278-C202 assessed the effects of replacing a PI or firstgeneration NNRTI with rilpivirine for participants on failing regimens. By day eight, participants receiving rilpivirine in both trials saw greater decreases in viral load than did those in the placebo arms, and no new NNRTI resistance mutations were observed in either study. The study drug was also found to be well tolerated, the most common adverse events (AEs) being primarily grade-1 or -2 headache, drowsiness, nausea, and fatigue. (See sidebar below for more about AE grading scales.) A Phase IIb dose-ranging trial, TMC278-C204, assessed the safety and efficacy of 25 mg, 75 mg, or 150 mg rilpivirine once daily compared with efavirenz in treat- Grading Adverse Events Clinical trials use a variety of grading scales to classify adverse events (AEs). Here is a commonly used grading scale: Grade 1: Mild (AE did not require treatment) Grade 2: Moderate (AE was resolved with treatment) Grade 3: Severe (AE interfered with normal activities and required professional medical treatment) Grade 4: Life-threatening or disabling Grade 5: Fatal ment-naive individuals. Participants were screened for NRTI- and NNRTI-susceptible virus and had to enter the study with a viral load greater than 5,000 copies/mL. Onethird of the study population was female, less than half was white, and the median age was 35 years. After 48 weeks of treatment, no statistically significant differences in efficacy were seen between the three rilpivirine doses: between 77% and 81% of participants in the rilpivirine groups achieved a viral load of less than 50 copies/mL. (In the efavirenz arm, a comparable 81% of participants achieved this viral load.) As in the Phase IIa studies, rilpivirine was found to be generally well tolerated at all doses, and the drug was associated with fewer reported cases of CNS complications (including headache, dizziness, and drowsiness), abnormal dreams or nightmares, vertigo, and rash. Changes in lipid parameters were also generally smaller in the rilpivirine arms: total cholesterol increased by 5 mg/dL, compared with 31 mg/dL in the efavirenz group, while triglyceride levels dropped by 10 mg/dL in rilpivirine-treated individuals and rose by 18 mg/dL in those taking efavirenz. The ratio of total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol declined study-wide, with no statistically significant difference between the rilpivirine and efavirenz arms. Implications for Treatment Between them, etravirine and rilpivirine are in more than a dozen ongoing clinical trials. Rilpivirine's 45-hour half life permits once-daily dosing, and a 75-mg dose is being assessed for use by treatment-naive individuals. Etravirine requires twice-daily administration and was approved for the treatment-experienced population. The higher barrier to resistance, efficacy against drug-resistant virus, and generally better tolerability of etravirine and rilpivirine make them promising candidates for both first-line and "salvage" therapy. With a full antiretroviral pipeline and valuable new agents on the market—including drugs in novel antiretroviral classes—the need for strategic treatment planning cannot be overemphasized; putting together a new regimen or revitalizing an old one is more complicated than plucking the newest drug off the pharmacy shelf. Conferencegoers in Sydney were repeatedly encouraged to include (whenever possible) two or more active drugs in a regimen when adding a novel agent, to increase the likelihood of fully suppressing HIV and averting resistance mutations that could otherwise knock out new treatment options. As succinctly put by Cal Cohen, MD, Research Director of the Community Research Initiative of New England, "it's not just picking active drugs; it's picking active regimens." Reilly O'Neal is the editor of BETA. WINTER 2008 BETA 13 DRUG WATCH ence on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. Sydney. July 22–25, 2007. Abstract WESS204-2. Drug-Drug Interactions Lazzarin, A. and others. Efficacy and safety of TMC125 (etravirine) in treatment-experienced HIV-1-infected patients in DUET-2: 24-week results from a randomised, doubleblind, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet 370:39–48. July 7, 2007. Interactions between investigational agents and other drugs are elucidated in pharmacokinetic (PK) studies. Madruga, J.V. and others. Efficacy and safety of TMC125 (etravirine) in treatmentexperienced HIV-1-infected patients in DUET-1: 24-week results from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet 370:29–38. July 7, 2007. Mills, A. and others. DUET-1: 24 week results of a phase III randomised double-blind trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TMC125 vs placebo in 612 treatment-experienced HIV-1 infected patients. 4th IAS Conference. Abstract WESS204-1. For example, PK analyses have shown that rilpivirine reduces blood levels of certain antibiotics used to treat tuberculosis (TB), which may limit its use among individuals with HIV/TB coinfection. Rilpivirine also appears to reduce blood levels of norethindrone, an oral contraceptive drug marketed in the form of Ortho-Micronor and Nor-QD (among others), and is therefore not recommended for use by women taking some contraceptive pills. Pozniak, A. and others. 48-week primary analysis of Trial TMC278-C204: TMC278 demonstrates potent and sustained efficacy in ART-naive patients. 14th CROI. Abstract 144LB. Ruxrungtham, K. and others. The metabolic profile of TMC278, an investigational nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI). 4th IAS Conference. Abstract TUAB105. Schöller-Gyüre, M. and others. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study of the concomitent adminstration of methadone and TMC125 in HIV-negative volunteers. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. January 14, 2008 (Epub ahead of print). Schöller-Gyüre, M. and others. No effect of TMC125 on the pharmacokinetics of oral contraceptives. 8th International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection. Glasgow. November 12–16, 2006. Abstract P277. Studies of etravirine have found no effect on metabolism of oral contraceptives. Unlike efavirenz and nevirapine, etravirine has also been found to have no clinically relevant interaction with methadone, suggesting that the new agent may be a useful addition to the regimens of HIV positive individuals on methadone maintenance therapy. Vingerhoets, J. and others. Impact of baseline NNRTI mutations on the virological response to TMC125 in the phase III clinical trials DUET-1 and DUET-2. 16th International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop. Abstract 32. Wheeler, W. and others. Antiretroviral drug-resistance mutations and subtypes in drugnaive persons newly diagnosed with HIV-1 infection, United States, March 2003–October 2006. 14th CROI. Abstract 648. Further research will help define the PK of nextgeneration NNRTIs and guide their use in conjunction with other medications. DID YOU KNOW you can read BETA online? Selected Sources Bennett, D. and others. Prevalence of mutations associated with antiretroviral drug resistance among recently diagnosed persons with HIV, 1998–2000. 9th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). Seattle. February 24–28, 2002. Abstract 372. You can read current and past issues of BETA online at www.sfaf.org/beta. You can also download and print PDF copies from the BETA Web page. Cahn, P. and others. Pooled 24-week results of DUET-1 and -2: TMC125 (etravirine; ETR) vs placebo in 1203 treatment-experienced HIV-1-infected patients. 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Chicago. September 17–20, 2007. Abstract H-717. To receive email alerts when new issues are posted online, visit the San Francisco AIDS Foundation's Action Center sign-up page at http://ga4.org/sfaf/join.html and check the box for BETA. Das, K. and others. Strategic flexibility of the non-nucleoside RT inhibitor TMC278 explains its potency against drug-resistant mutants. 16th International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop. St. Michael, Barbados. June 12–16, 2007. Abstract 31. Goldman, B. ICAAC 2007: Key HIV research—interviews with Cal Cohen, MD, MS, and Eric Daar, MD. September 20, 2007. Available at www.thebody.com/content/confs/ icaac2007/art43256.html. Already have a subscription but prefer to read BETA online? Let us know! Sign up at the Action Center, then send a message to [email protected] or call 415-487-8060 and ask to be removed from the mailing list. Katlama, C. and others. DUET-2: 24 week results of a phase III randomised doubleblind trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TMC125 versus placebo in 591 treatment-experienced HIV-1 infected patients. 4th International AIDS Society (IAS) Confer- 14 BETA WINTER 2008


text: Monday, October 21, 2013 Slower Population Growth, Lowered Predictions for Insured Impact Future Demand for PTs What might the future hold when it comes to demand for physical therapists (PTs)? According to the latest models developed by APTA, that depends on several factors, including the rate at which PTs leave the profession over the next 7 years. The association has just released the results of its latest adjustments to predictions of supply and demand for PTs through 2020, and while 2 of 3 possible scenarios show a healthy growth in demand, changes to demographics, health insurance use, and projected supply of PTs may make that growth less dramatic than earlier reports suggested. A third scenario contemplates the possibility that by 2020 there may actually be a slight surplus of PTs—about 1,500 over demand. The APTA Workforce Task Force makes adjustments to projections each year. According to the report, the differences between the 2012 and 2013 projections are mostly due to 3 factors: a lower rate of US population increase than projected in 2012, a lower percentage of insured people than projected last year, and an anticipated increase in the supply of PTs. The lower demand numbers mean that if PT attrition rates are 1.5% or lower, supply could meet or even slightly exceed demand by 2020. Most projections show physical therapy as a growing profession, with projected unmet demand ranging from 13,638 to 27,822, depending on the attrition rate of PTs over time. The APTA Workforce Task Force now uses 3 projected attrition rates—3.5%, 2.5%, and 1.5%. When balanced against PT workforce rates that include a projected 4% growth in graduates, a 1% increase in candidates who pass the licensure examination, and a steady flow of international PTs who pass the exam, the number of licensed PTs is projected to rise from about 176,000 to between 203,000 and 232,000 by 2020. The supply and demand data are part of a suite of resources on the physical therapy workforce available on APTA's website. Comments Great information! I was wondering whether you guys do similar projections for PTA's? Posted by Jon Elder on 10/21/2013 9:02 PM Health employment projections, while interesting, are often subjected to unforeseen influences. To mention few: "Obamacare" implementation, increased in and outpatient infection rates, reimbursement restrictions,governmental health policy initiatives, changing roles of many health care clinical providers and world events Posted by Tom Romeo on 10/25/2013 8:53 PM I am wondering what the impact the focus on wellness & prevention might play in increasing the role of PT's. Posted by Patricia Brown on 10/28/2013 12:47 PM


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When a CCPS sponsor representative reaches retirement age, he or she has attained a wealth of experience and knowledge of Process Safety. Most of these individuals have been dedicated to Process Safety over many years, and when they retire they wish to continue contributing for many years to come.
In the past few years, increasing numbers of active CCPS participants, some active over most of CCPS' 20-year history, are reaching retirement age, and the numbers keep increasing. Many of these will not be seeking employment in other companies or doing more than occasional consulting, but they would like to remain active in CCPS.
Previously, retirees wishing to remain active have become staff consultants. We were able to accommodate most these requests where the retirees have possessed the necessary skills. Because the number of such positions are limited, this is becoming increasingly difficult, and a new way of keeping retirees active is needed. Therefore a class of Emeritus Members has been created. Such members would make both technical and financial contributions to CCPS, guide CCPS direction, mentor the next generation of CCPS, and in most if not all ways continue their participation in CCPS as they did when employed. To apply for emeritus, please call 646-495-1371.
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A class of Emeritus Members has been created. Such members would make both technical and financial contributions to CCPS, guide CCPS direction, mentor the next generation of CCPS, and in most if not all ways continue their participation in CCPS as they did when employed. The details of the proposal are described in the CCPS By-law amendment ([Article III] Section 6 - Emeritus Members):
- A category of emeritus member is available to certain retired individuals with expertise and demonstrated leadership in Process Safety.
- To qualify for status as emeritus member, an individual shall:
- Have participated actively in the CCPS Advisory Board, Technical Steering Committee, or a CCPS project subcommittee while employed by a sponsor company (not including participation as a paid project contractor),
- Not be employed by a company or organization eligible for CCPS sponsorship or associate sponsorship
- Agree to pay his or her own expenses for participating, [e.g. Travel, food, and lodging]
- Be approved as an emeritus member for a three-year term by majority vote at a face-to-face meeting of a the Technical Steering Committee at which a quorum is present
- Pay introductory dues (initially $500 AIChE members, $700 non-members) and annual renewal dues (initially $50 AIChE members, $70 non-members)
- Alternatively, make an estate gift of at least equivalent value
- Actively participate as a volunteer in at least one project
- Emeritus members are eligible to:
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- In the case of former Advisory Board members, attend Advisory Board meetings
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text: Lilo & Stitch is a 2002 American animated action-adventure comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 21, 2002. The 42nd animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, it was written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, and features the voices of Sanders, Daveigh Chase, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames, Jason Scott Lee, and Kevin Michael Richardson. Lilo & Stitch was the second of three Disney animated features produced primarily at the Florida animation studio located at Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida. The film received positive reviews ... more on Wikipedia


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October marks spring in Antarctica, and the start of a new field research season. Scientists will be heading to McMurdo, Amundsen–Scott and Palmer research stations to study glaciers, ecology and climate. Or will they?
The headlines of the magazine Scientific American say it all: "U.S. Antarctic Research Season Is in Jeopardy" and "Shutdown may force evacuation of U.S. research stations."
Hugh Ducklow directs long-term ecological research at Palmer Station. He says uncertainty over how long the government shutdown will continue has scientists anxious about their research.
The National Science Foundation, the government agency that keeps three Antarctic research stations operating, issued this statement on October 1:
"As of midnight, Sept. 30, 2013, several U.S. government operations have entered a period of shutdown due to lack of funding. Although the National Science Foundation (NSF) will be closed for routine operations until further notice, we remain committed to protecting the safety and health of our deployed personnel in Antarctica and the Arctic. NSF has a small number of 'excepted' employees who will remain on the job expressly to ensure the safety of personnel and property in the Polar Regions."
"Activities will be continued this week to resume flight operations to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, and at no time will we compromise our ability to access our personnel for safety and continue operations as appropriate. We will continue to house, feed, and provide care for our personnel currently in Antarctica without exception."
"We are hopeful that this situation is resolved with limited disruption to the critical research our nation is performing in the Antarctic and to our cooperative commitments to the international community of Antarctic programs, upon which the Antarctic Treaty was founded."
But it has been reported that Lockheed Martin, the US contractor that actually runs the NSF's Antarctic operations, "has told researchers that it will run out of money by mid-October." So what does that mean for researchers who left last week from Punta Arenas, Chile on a ship headed for Palmer Station?
Ducklow isn't sure, but he says some Antarctic research projects have been going on for 20 years, so any interruption of the ongoing data collection could undermine the scientific validity of the research itself.
He says researchers are closely monitoring the ecology of the Antarctic Peninsula because it is one of the most rapidly changing ecosystems on Earth. Climate change, he says, is affecting the entire ecosystem, from plants low on the food chain on up to Adelie penguins and whale populations. "We're really at the point with some of these penguin populations where they could flicker out of existence at any time and so we just can't afford to miss anything."
And Ducklow says US scientists work within international collaborations: "For every day this goes on or the US research work is postponed or discontinued, its just takes away from US credibility on the continent."
- A final note: Researchers had planned to turn on the new Penquin Cam at Palmer Station this month, showing penquins on Torgersen Island. Even cute animal pictures may not be spared if the shutdown continues.


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In Ben 10: Omniverse for the Wii U, players can play as both young and teen Ben, and switch forms between 13 playable alien heroes, including new aliens like Bloxx and Gravattack, and fight in an assortment of action-packed levels throughout the subterranean alien city of Undertown and other show-inspired locales. In Ben: 10 Omniverse, Rook will also star in the game come equipped with a Proto-Tool, a swiss army knife of the future that can transform into a variety of weapons that will bring a whole new dimension of combat to the game.
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Ben 10 Omniverse is a new Wii-U game based on the Ben 10 television franchise. While the game is sure to satisfy die-hard fans of the tv series, newcomers may find the game content enjoyable but a bit lacking. One of the upsides of the game is the sheer amount of characters to play, and while that adds a lot of seeming diversity, the characters themselves lack a commensurate diversity of functions and abilities. The general premise of the game (and franchise as a whole) is that the main character, Ben Tennyson, has in his possession a tool which allows him to mutate into a variety of alien forms.
The aliens are all very interesting and distinct looking and the game allows you to shift into these different entities at any point during the game as they become unlocked. Even the story line within the game radically shifts between past and future points, there isn't a lot that changes between each time shift, therefore the game comes off as that much more creatively shallow as a consequence. If the developers had added more diversity and richness to the settings contained within different time frames, it would have added a much needed sense of immersion.
There is a certain degree of creative problem solving within the game that can be quite compelling, however. When different environmental challenges present themselves, Ben must inhabit the different alien forms he has it his disposal in order to use their specific abilities to overcome an obstacle. These physics-based situational puzzles are relatively entertaining and fairly engaging, yet the simplistic difficulty seems to skew to a younger audience.
Besides the numerous environmental puzzles, combat tends to make up the meat of the game-play. As you travel from one obstacle to the next, you're bound to run into a variety of enemies that need to be dealt with. By far, the most rewarding element of the combat-based game play involves the initial experimentation you find yourself immersed within when trying to find the optimal strategy for dealing with the opposition.
After you get the hang of how to properly take down the enemies, however, the challenge begins to wane, as does the fun and engagement. An interesting quirk contained within the battles, however, involves an energy meter which you have to keep an eye on while inhabiting an alien form as Ben; if the energy meter depletes, Ben's bulky alien incarnation disappears and he is left relatively defenseless until the meter charges up again. This game mechanic makes the combat a bit more involving and requires some planning.
While the Wii-U is capable of fairly impressive graphics, Ben 10 Omniverse is somewhat lackluster. The graphics are not terrible, but they are somewhat sub-par. Additionally, the game is very linear and feels somewhat formulaic after a while. There aren't many surprises to behold. An annoying restriction of the game involves needing to have access to a television in order to activate non-TV play with the console, which is somewhat inconvenient.
Ben 10 Omniverse looks like it had a lot of potential while in development, unfortunately, the overall game play is somewhat hampered by a lack of depth and an abundance of repetition. While the puzzles are the main strength of the game, these elements are unfortunately the least prevalent. All in all, a fun game for lovers of the Ben 10 franchise, and a so-so diversion for others.
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I spent the whole of August of that year playing with a splendid little dog that appeared one day on the kitchen floor, awkward and squeaking, still smelling of milk and infancy, with a round, still unformed, and trembling head, paws like a mole's, spreading to the sides, and the most delicate, silky-soft coat.
From the moment I first saw it, that crumb of life won the whole enthusiasm and admiration of which I was capable.
From what heavens had that favorite of the gods descended, to become closer to my heart than all the most beautiful toys? To think that an old, completely uninteresting charwoman could have had the wonderful idea to bring from her home in the suburbs—at a very early, transcendental hour—such a lovely dog to our kitchen!
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Ah! One had still been absent—alas—not yet brought back from the dark bosom of sleep, when that happiness had been fulfilled and was waiting for us, lying awkwardly on the cool floor of the kitchen, unappreciated by Adela and the other members of the household. Why had I not been wakened earlier? The saucer of milk on the floor bore witness to Adela's maternal instincts, bore witness, too, unfortunately, to moments lost to me forever from the joys of parenthood.
But before me, all the future lay open. What a prospect of new experiences, experiments, and discoveries! The most essential secret of life, reduced to this simple, handy, toylike form was revealed here to my insatiable curiosity. It was overwhelming interesting to have as one's own that scrap of life, that particle of the eternal mystery in a new and amusing shape, which by its very strangeness, by the unexpected transposition of the spark of life, present in us human beings, into a different, animal form, awoke in me an infinite curiosity.
Animals! the object of insatiable interest, examples of the riddle of life, created, as it were, to reveal the human being to man himself, displaying his richness and complexity in a thousand kaleidoscopic possibilities, each of them brought to the some curious end, to some characteristic exuberance. Still unburdened by the complications of eccentric interests which spoil relationships between people, my heart was filled with sympathy for that manifestation of the eternity of life, with a loving tender curiosity that was identical with self-revelation.
The dog was warm and as a soft as velvet and had a small quick heartbeat. He had two petal-soft ears, opaque blue eyes, a pink mouth into which one could put one's finger with impunity, delicate and innocent paws with enchanting pink warts on the outside, over the foretoes. He crept with these paws right into a bowl of milk, greedy and impatient, lapping it up with his pale red tongue. When he had had enough he would sadly lift his small muzzle, with drops of milk hanging from it, and retreat clumsily from the milky bath.
He walked with an awkward oblique roll in an undecided direction, along a shaky and uncertain line. His usual mood was one of indefinite basic sadness. He had the dejected helplessness of an orphan—an inability to fill the emptiness of life between the sensational events of meals. This was reflected in the aimlessness of his movements, in his irrational fits of melancholia, his sad whimpering, and his inability to settle down in any one place. Even in the depths of sleep, in which he had to satisfy his need for protection and love by curling himself up into a trembling ball, he could not rid himself of the feeling of loneliness and homelessness. Oh, how a young and meager life, brought forth from a familiar darkness, from the homely warmth of a mother's womb into a large, foreign, bright world, shrinks and retreats and recoils from accepting the undertaking—and with what aversion and disappointment!
But slowly, little Nimrod (for that was the proud and martial name we gave him) began to like life better. His exclusive preoccupation with longing for a return to the maternal womb gave way before the charms of plurality.
The world began to set traps for him: the unknown and tantalizing taste of various foods, the square patch of morning sunlight on the floor in which it was so pleasant to rest, the movements of his own limbs, his own paws, his tail roguishly inviting him to play, the fondling of human hands which induced a certain playfulness, the gaiety that filled him with a need for completely new, violent, and risky movements—all this tricked and encouraged him to the acceptance of the experiment of life and to submission to it.
One more thing: Nimrod began to understand that what he was experiencing was, in spite of its appearance of novelty, something which had existed before—many time before. His body began to recognize situations, impressions, and objects. In reality, none of these astonished him very much. Faced with new circumstances, he would dip into the fount of his memory, the deep-seated memory of the body, would search blindly and feverishly, and often find ready-made within himself a suitable reaction: the wisdom of generations, deposited in his plasma, in his nerves. He found actions and decisions of which he had not been aware but which had been lying in wait, ready to emerge.
The backdrop of his young life, the kitchen with its buckets and cloths full of complicated and intriguing smells, the clacking of Adela's slippers and her noisy bustle, ceased to frighten him. He got used to considering it his domain, began to feel at home in it and to develop vague feeling of belonging to it, almost of patriotism.
Unless of course there was a sudden cataclysm in the shape of floor scrubbing—an abolition of the laws of nature—the splashing of warm lye, flooding all the furniture and the loud scraping of Adela's brushes.
But the danger passed; the brush, now calm and immobile, returned to its corner, the floor smelled sweetly of damp wood. Nimrod, restored again to his normal rights and the freedom of his own territory, would have a sudden urge to grab an old rug between his teeth and to tear at it with all his strength, pulling it to the left and to the right. The pacification of the elements filled him with indescribable joy.
Suddenly he stopped still: in front of him, some three puppy steps away, there appeared a black monster, a scarecrow moving quickly on the rods of many entangled legs. Deeply shaken, Nimrod's eyes followed the course of the shiny insect, observing tensely the flat, apparently headless torso, carried with uncanny speed by the spidery legs.
Something stirred in him at that sight, a feeling which he could not yet understand, a mixture of anger and fear, rather pleasurable and combined with a shiver of strength, of self-assertion, of aggression.
And suddenly he dropped onto his forepaws and uttered a sound unfamiliar to him, a strange noise, completely different from his usual whimpering. He uttered it once then again and again, in a thin faltering descant.
But in vain did he apostrophize the insect in this new language, born of sudden inspiration as a cockroach's understanding is not equal to such a tirade: the insect continued on its journey to a corner of the room, with movements sanctified by an ageless ritual of the cockroach world.
The feeling of loathing had as yet no permanence or strength in the dog's soul. The newly awakened joy of life transformed every sensation into a great joke, into gaiety. Nimrod kept on barking, but the tone of it had changed imperceptibly, had become a parody of what it had been—an attempt to express the incredible wonder of that capital enterprise, life, so full of unexpected encounters, pleasures, and thrills.