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I'm not entirely certain how we dealt with crippling embarrassment as a society before we all started watching the 15 or so great comedy shows on TV right now. I mean, who was Benjamin Franklin's Liz Lemon? Did he have one? Every time he said something stupid around his new girlfriend's parents, I'm positive he invariably went home to eat cheese at weird hours, just as Liz Lemon does, and called it "workin' on his Night Cheese." But did he know we all have Night Cheese? Did he know we all sing to our Night Cheese as we eat it?
This is a weird way to say that this is the golden age of TV comedy. No one has truly captured the pitfalls of the human experience as well as TV comedies are doing it right now. It's beautiful, really, and it makes us all feel very unified, very together. It makes eating cheese at 2 a.m. feel like a communal experience with Liz Lemon and the whole world. Then these shows make wonderful, creepy sex jokes you can't repeat at work or in front of your family. Everybody wins.
So here's our tribute to all of it. We'll be counting down the ten best comedies on TV, two at a time, from Monday to Friday of this week. In the comments, tell us how we're terrible people for omitting stuff that changed your life. Tell us where we went right, maybe, if you get around to it. But watch these shows. When the aliens come and ask for an arsenal of dirty jokes, it'll save your life. And here's No. 10: Bob's Burgers.—Ben Collins
(The ten best comedies of 2012 will be revealed on Hulu's homepage each weekday of this week.)
10 – Bob's Burgers
I never grew out of watching cartoons. I've been hooked ever since my first episode of Inspector Gadget as a toddler and haven't looked back. I was raised on The Simpsons, reference South Park more often than I probably should in daily conversation, and cross my fingers every week that Lumpy Space Princess will make an appearance on Adventure Time.
So when I say this, I mean it: Bob's Burgers is currently the best animated show, and one of the best comedies, on television.
Bob's Burgers successfully mixes zany set-pieces with deeply heart-felt family comedy in a way that other shows have desperately tried and failed. Where some shows feel like they're desperately juggling ideas that might as well have been chosen by manatees, hoping that at least one joke will land, Bob's Burgers sweats every detail and hits every mark. From the punny burger of the week (one Foot Feta-ish burger to go, please), to the blink-and-you-missed-it situational jokes (whoever had the cheerleader in the Halloween episode matriculate at UTI is my hero), the writers, artists, and stellar voice cast that work on the show have established a family and a place that feels incredibly real.
That's a Simpsons sort of thing.
I can think of no better compliment for an animated show than that.—Andrea Marker


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US backs Afghan peace effort, despite string of setbacks and Taliban snub of future talks
WASHINGTON (AP) ' The Obama administration is seeking to put the best face on an Afghanistan policy called into question by the apparent shelving of talks with insurgents and announcement from the U.S.-backed government in Kabul that it will not support the fielding of U.S. forces deep into rural villages, a key goal of the current military strategy.
The announcements from Afghanistan on Thursday struck at both elements of the twin-track U.S. exit strategy, which calls for a gradual transfer of security authority to Afghan forces and U.S. talks with Taliban insurgents as a seed for larger political reconciliation talks with the Afghan government.
U.S. spokesmen said the administration will press on with trying to reconcile Afghanistan's government and Taliban forces willing to renounce terrorism, despite Thursday's announcement by the militants that they were suspending contacts with the United States. The last substantive talks between U.S. officials and Taliban representatives was in January, and two initiatives to build trust and move toward real peace talks are in limbo.
The Taliban accused the U.S. of failing to deliver on promises and making new demands in the talks, a charge that White House press secretary Jay Carney denied.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai demanded Thursday that U.S. troops leave rural Afghan areas and stay on bases until they finish the withdrawal of troops by the end of 2014. The war effort has been set back in recent days by the weekend slaughter of nine children among 16 people killed allegedly by an American soldier, and earlier by the inadvertent burning of Qurans by U.S. troops.
The Obama administration has endorsed negotiation with the insurgents as the best hope for reaching a political settlement in Afghanistan, and entered secret direct talks with Taliban representatives last year. The talks have foundered before, and several people familiar with the contacts characterized the latest news as a temporary but expected setback. They spoke on condition of anonymity to describe sensitive diplomacy.
"There is no likely resolution to the conflict in Afghanistan without a political resolution," Carney said. "Our conditions for participation in that process by the Taliban have been clear in terms of the reconciliation. Those who would be reconciled need to lay down their arms, renounce al-Qaida (and) promise to abide by the Afghan constitution. And we continue to support that process."
A senior U.S. official familiar with the discussions said U.S. officials expected some statement from the Taliban backing away from talks, and presume that the timing following Sunday's killings is an attempt to gain greater leverage over the United States.
Even before the latest troubles, efforts to negotiate an Afghan settlement were stymied by the Taliban's unwillingness to negotiate directly with Karzai's government, which the militants see as illegitimate. Karzai has complained that he was cut out of the talks, complicating his sometimes rocky relationship with Washington.
The Taliban have maintained they want to negotiate only with the United States, the largest donor and largest military force in Afghanistan. The Associated Press previously reported that the U.S. side had agreed to greater Afghan government participation in future talks. That shift appears to underlie the Taliban claim of a change in terms, although their statement was not specific.
As to whether the U.S. has delivered on promises in earlier negotiations, the Taliban were apparently referring to a plan the U.S. has backed publicly to open a Taliban political office in the Gulf state of Qatar, as the Taliban had requested. That plan, although reluctantly endorsed by Karzai, apparently has been delayed by an internal Taliban debate about a public renunciation of international terrorism. The U.S. has made that renunciation a condition for opening the office.
The Taliban also seek release of five prisoners held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The AP previously has reported that the U.S. agreed in principle to transfer the prisoners to custody in Qatar, and U.S. officials have publicly acknowledged the idea is in play.
Several Republicans in Congress have denounced the transfer plan, and there has been no apparent progress on it.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the United States has made no decisions to transfer Taliban detainees. She urged continued negotiations with the insurgents.
"We still feel that if there is a process that can be supported, that we ought to do that," Nuland told reporters. "We remain prepared to continue these discussions," with a goal of getting the Taliban and the Afghan government to negotiate directly.
In Afghanistan this week, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta met with Karzai and sought to repair the strained U.S.-Afghan relationship. In the aftermath of the killing, Karzai wants NATO to curtail operations in the countryside and accelerate the planned transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan forces.
Although Karzai previously has said he wanted international troops to transition out of rural areas, the apparent call for an immediate exit is new. Karzai also said he wants Afghan forces to take the lead for countrywide security in 2013, which may or may not be in line with a statement Wednesday from President Barack Obama and British Prime Minster David Cameron. They reiterated that the aim of the U.S. and its allies was to get out by the end of 2014, but stated for the first time that international forces would hand over the lead combat role to Afghan forces next year.
A statement released by Karzai's office said he told Panetta he wants to see "international forces come out of Afghan villages and stay in their bases."
There was confusion among U.S. military officials and diplomats about just what Karzai was asking, and how far apart he is from current U.S. policy. U.S. officials tried to minimize the differences.
Pentagon press secretary George Little said the issue of leaving villages did come up, and that the U.S. viewed it as a reflection of Karzai's "strong interest in moving toward a fully independent and sovereign Afghanistan as soon as possible."
"We share President Karzai's interest," Little said. "We believe it needs to be done in a responsible manner."
The soldier accused of the shootings was part of far-flung "village stability" operations favored by former war commander Gen. David Petraeus and seen as a central element of the counterinsurgency strategy to build trust and skills among local Afghan forces and neighborhood militias. Although the U.S. has walked away from basic pillars of the counterinsurgency strategy, the policy to keep soldiers working and living alongside rural populations has continued.
It was never popular with Karzai, who has said the insurgent problem in his country springs from support across the border in Pakistan, not from unrest in villages. Critics of the U.S. and NATO military plan long have said that a large military footprint, especially in conservative rural districts, encourages violence and bolsters the Taliban argument that they are fighting a foreign occupier.
Associated Press writers Lolita C. Baldor in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and Donna Cassata and Bradley Klapper in Washington contributed to this report.

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New leadoff man Dirks has monster game in win
DETROIT -- Center field is just half the challenge of replacing Austin Jackson in the Tigers lineup. Finding another leadoff man who gets on base for the big hitters in the middle of the order is a whole other matter.
Andy Dirks isn't the prototypical on-base machine atop a lineup, but on Monday, he was the hot bat. With a three-hit game and his first career grand slam, he fit the role of offensive catalyst just fine in Detroit's 7-2 win over Houston at Comerica Park.View Full Game Coverage
DETROIT -- Center field is just half the challenge of replacing Austin Jackson in the Tigers lineup. Finding another leadoff man who gets on base for the big hitters in the middle of the order is a whole other matter.
Andy Dirks isn't the prototypical on-base machine atop a lineup, but on Monday, he was the hot bat. With a three-hit game and his first career grand slam, he fit the role of offensive catalyst just fine in Detroit's 7-2 win over Houston at Comerica Park.View Full Game Coverage
"Pretty good leadoff hitter tonight," manager Jim Leyland said with a smile.
The victory moved Detroit (21-15) back into sole possession of first place in the American League Central ahead of Cleveland, which split a doubleheader against the Yankees earlier in the day. Detroit is now 5-0 against Houston this year, with all the games coming since May 2.
Hours after the Tigers placed Jackson on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring, Dirks went 3-for-4 with two runs, and his grand slam coming as part of a six-run fourth inning. It wasn't a leadoff kind of attack, but Dirks helped turn a game Houston briefly led into another one-sided Tigers win over an Astros squad that lost All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve with a partially dislocated jaw and No. 1 starter Bud Norris with lower back spasms.
It was more the type of game the Tigers seek from Dirks when he normally bats sixth, trying to drive in the big hitters in the order rather than setting the table for them. It's all the same to Dirks.
"I've hit leadoff in college, and I've hit leadoff in the big leagues and in the Minor Leagues," Dirks said. "It's really nothing different the way I approach it. I just try to get on base for the big guys when I'm up in there, and when I'm in the six hole it's kind of the same thing, just try to get a new rally started."
It's a simple approach from a hitter with a simple swing. He centered two pitches when the situation called for it. Then, with a two-strike count in a typical sacrifice fly situation, he looked to lift a ball and took advantage of what Norris called "the worst 0-2 pitch I made in my career."
The results left Dirks a triple shy of the cycle. The one hit he needed, ironically enough, was the hit that has been Jackson's specialty.
Dirks' lone leadoff hit was a first-inning drive over Robbie Grossman's head in deep center field for a double, which Torii Hunter duplicated three pitches later to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead. Dirks' single was a ground ball up the middle with one out in the third that looked like it'd spark a rally, but Marwin Gonzalez's lunging catch robbed Hunter of a hit before Norris spotted three pitches low and away to strike out Miguel Cabrera.
At that point, Norris was protecting a 2-1 lead built on three consecutive hits to lead off the third. Victor Martinez's second homer against the Astros in a week and a half erased that, as the two-run shot made it 3-2. Back-to-back singles and an Omar Infante walk gave Dirks a chance to put it away with the bases loaded.
Norris (4-4) put Dirks in an 0-2 hole with offspeed pitches. With a runner on third and less than two outs, it's normally a situation for a hitter to shorten his swing, look for contact and settle for a fly ball deep enough to score the run.
"You just want him to put a good, short swing on the ball," Leyland said.
That's what Dirks was doing.
"It's not like you can think this is the count," Dirks said. "Once you get two strikes, maybe you shorten up a little bit more, but other than that, it's not like you think, 'All right, he's going to try to throw me this or this.' You just have to kind of see the ball and hit it."
It was a good, short swing, Leyland explained. With a slider over the plate, it just happened to go a long way. The extended arm from Dirks on the follow-through showed what he thought of it.
"Dirks made a good swing on it," Norris said. "It was unfortunate to me and my team, and I've got to learn from that, and next time don't make that same pitch."
Dirks will take it if it's there.
"Well, I liked it," he said. "No, it's just one of those things in baseball. He didn't mean to leave a pitch over the plate like that, and I was fortunate enough to be on time with it and hit it."
Dirks had one chance to complete what would've been the first cycle by a Tigers hitter since Carlos Guillen in 2006, but he hit a comebacker to reliever Paul Clemens leading off the seventh.
He won't always be at top the order while Jackson is out. Leyland still plans on sitting him against left-handed starters in favor of Matt Tuiasosopo, and use Omar Infante to lead off. Still, he's batting .354 (17-for-48) with four home runs and eight RBIs in 13 games since coming back from knee trouble at the end of April.
That was plenty of run support for starter Anibal Sanchez (4-3), who recovered from Houston's two-run third to retire 14 of the final 16 batters he faced. He fanned four consecutive Astros from the end of the fifth inning into the sixth, comprising half of his eight K's.
Sanchez has struck out 42 batters over 27 innings in his last four starts, starting with his 17-strikeout game against the Braves on April 26.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason.


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Top tip. If you are starting a band now try choosing a name that begins with the letter B. Think about it. From The Beatles to Blondie via The Bee Gees, Blur and Beach Boys, so many of the greatest bands ever starts with that letter.
You might also consider investing in a season ticket at The Emirates too. For it appears that among Britain's rock royalty at least, the Gunners have the most celebrity fans.
In a not very scientific survey I took 12 key British bands and noted the footballing preferences of their key members.
Some, like Oasis and Pink Floyd are well documented. For others I had to dig deep into the dark recesses of web chats, local news stories and more. If you have any hearsay, gossip or best of all evidence about the footballing affiliations of the people featured in the pages that follow please add them to the comments.
Anyhow, Arsenal just about shaded it as the most supported team. What is odd though is that Man United have so few big rock stars among their fans. Thom Yorke is rumoured to be a fan as is The Verve's Richard Ashcroft and a Stone Roses member or two, but that's pretty slim pickings for one of the most popular clubs in the world. * UPDATE The Happy Mondays too.
Anyhow here is the list. And before you ask yes I know Coldplay and Mumford and Sons should probably be on this list. For the record Marcus Mumford supports AFC Wimbledon and Chris Martin possibly supports Exeter City.
The Beatles - Liverpool
When The Beatles were growing up in the 40s and 50s the team you supported in Liverpool said a lot more about you than just your football preference. Religion played a role too with most Protestants favouring Liveropol and Catholics choosing Everton. Hence given the Beatles upbringing you'd expect John and Ringo to be Reds, George to be a Blue and Paul - who was from a mixed family - supporting both. It is not surprising then that in the early 60s Brian Epstein told the band to keep any football affiliations to themselves as not to alienate anyone. There are endless online debates about what teams The Beatles supported but the truth is that the Fab Four weren't really that interested in football. John, we can surmise, was if anything a Red. It was almost certainly at his insistence that one Albert Stubbins, a red-haired Liverpool striker , appeared on the Sgt Pepper sleeve. His dad was a Red too. There is quite a lot of evidence that John enjoyed a kick around. Pete Best (an Evertonian) recently said that Lennon was the best footballer in the band. However he didn't seem that interested in watching the game. Interestingly though the cover of his 1974 Walls and Bridges album has a painting he did as an 11 year old which features the FA Cup final from that year which was between Newcastle United and Arsenal. Ringo has apparently become more of a Red as he has got older (his kids are fans), though his step dad was an Arsenal fan and used to take him to see The Gunners when they played in Liverpool. George seems to have had zero interest in football which just leaves Paul. Ultimately he clearly has a thing for both teams but when push comes to shove he is a Blue. He once said - Here's the deal: my father was born in Everton, my family are officially Evertonians, so if it comes down to a derby match or an FA Cup final between the two, I would have to support Everton," he said. "But after a concert at Wembley Arena I got a bit of a friendship with Kenny Dalglish, who had been to the gig and I thought, 'You know what? I am just going to support them both because it's all Liverpool and I don't have that Catholic-Protestant thing.' So I did have to get special dispensation from the Pope to do this but that's it, too bad… but if it comes to the crunch, I'm an Evertonian." If we ignore Pete Best then Liverpool FC just about edge this one then.


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Share the joys of cleaning with your children... starting with this cloth made especially for little hands.
The Norwex antibacterial Microfiber EnviroCloth removes dust, dirt and grease from any washable surface using only water—no chemicals! Royal blue with orange trim.
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Avoiding chemicals in this world isn't easy. But a great place to start is in the home. And when we teach our children to follow our lead by saying "no" to chemicals, we can all enjoy a better quality of life as our planet becomes a little cleaner and more chemical-free, one family at a time.
Help kids understand the importance of reducing chemicals in the home using Norwex Kids Cloths. Sized to comfortably fit small hands, our Kids microfiber products are brightly colored and fun to use. Plus, they're the same great quality as our adult-sized versions—and every bit as effective against dirt and grime!
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Canines Meet Couture - 3/7/10
The top dogs of prom, pageant, and special occasion fashion gathered at LeMont for the Canines Meet Couture charity event. The fashion event, hosted by The Exquisite Bride, world-renowned special occasion designer Tony Bowls, Miss America 2009 Katie Stam, and Miss Pennsylvania Shannon Doyle, benefited Pittsburgh Animal Friends and the Butler County Humane Society. Models walked the runway in the latest prom and special occasion fashion. Guests were treated to lunch and seating at the fashion show, while VIP packages included a private meet-and-greet with Bowls, Stam, and Doyle, musical entertainment by Singing Diva Vida Malcanas, hors d'oeuvres, mimosas, and VIP seating for the fashion show. Guests were also offered round-trip transportation from Exquisite Bride locations, courtesy of Elite Limousine.Photography by Megan WylieRead More


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Emma White
2011 Census
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Categories: Population, Population Estimates, People and Places, Households, People, Identity, Language, Housing and Households, Housing Stock, Children, Education and Skills, Labour Market, People in Work, Employment, Hours of Work, People not in Work, Economic Inactivity, Unemployment, Families, Health and Social Care, Health of the Population, Disability and Self-reported Health
Frequency of release: Decennial
Language: English
Geographical coverage: England and Wales
Geographical breakdown: Local Authority and County, Output Area, Ward and Electoral District
Survey name(s): Census
Ninety two per cent (49.8 million) of usual residents aged three years and over spoke English (English or Welsh in Wales) as their main language.
Of the eight per cent (4.2 million) of usual residents aged three years and over with a main language other than English, 79 per cent (3.3 million) could speak English very well or well.
In 2011, less than half a per cent (138,000) of all usual residents aged three years and over could not speak English.
The second most reported main language was Polish (one per cent, 546,000), followed by Panjabi (half of one per cent, 273,000) and Urdu (half of one per cent, 269,000).
The percentage of usual residents in households who were part of a one family married couple household, where at least one household member was aged under 65 years, decreased by six percentage points from 50 per cent (25.3 million) in 2001 to 44 per cent (24.4 million) in 2011.
The percentage of usual residents in households who were part of a one family cohabiting couple household, where at least one household member was aged under 65 years, increased by two percentage points from ten per cent (4.9 million) in 2001 to 12 per cent (6.5 million) in 2011.
In 2011, the majority of 16 to 74 year olds in employment travelled to work by driving a car or van (58 per cent, 15.3 million). The second most reported method of travel to work for 16 to 74 year olds in employment was by foot (11 per cent, 2.8 million), whilst the third was travel by bus, minibus or coach (seven per cent, 1.9 million).
NOTE: Data at ward, output area, parish and parliamentary constituency level are available from the Neighbourhood Statistics service. This applies to all topics bar extended ethnic group tables and the extended religion table. For these, and all higher level areas, see the 95 reference tables on this website.
This release 'The Key Statistics and Quick Statistics for wards and output areas in England and Wales' follows that of the Key Statistics on 11 December 2012 and contains more detailed geographical breakdowns of those tables and new, detailed Quick Statistics tables for some characteristics of the people living in England and Wales on 27 March 2011.
The statistical bulletin presents key findings from the additional Quick Statistics tables for regions in England and for Wales.
The new detailed Quick Statistics tables are provided as reference tables for England and Wales and for constituent regions, counties, London boroughs, districts and unitary authorities. Three of these detailed tables, for Ethnic group and for Religion, are also included for wards and output areas.
The other Quick Statistics tables in this release, and the Key and Quick Statistics that were released for local authorities 11 December 2012, are now available for wards, output areas, parishes/communities and parliamentary constituencies via the Neighbourhood Statistics service.
More detailed analyses of the census estimates are provided for three topics; families, general health and disability. Analysis of ethnicity, international migrants and religion were published alongside the 11 December release. Further analyses will be published during 2013.
In addition to the tables and commentary included, interactive data visualisations are also available to help interpretation of the results.
This release is published alongside the Key Statistics and Quick Statistics for electoral divisions and output areas in Wales which includes the same Quick Statistics tables for areas in Wales, and a statistical bulletin that describes the characteristics of the population of Wales.
During 2013 ONS will release cross tabulations between characteristics, such as by age or ethnicity. This will provide an even richer and more valuable data source for the many users of the census. Further analyses will also be published later in 2013.
Further information about the census estimates, including details about the methodology used and information about how other population sub-groups are counted and defined, is available in the in the 2011 Census user guide.
Further information on the fitness for purpose of the statistics in this release can be found in the Quality and Methodology Information paper. (157.6 Kb Pdf)
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Enterovirus Season and Aseptic Meningitis Clusters: It's That Time of Year
Indiana Epidemiology Newsletter
September 2007
Wayne Staggs, MS
Invasive Disease Epidemiologist
Sandra Gorsuch, MS
Field Epidemiologist, District 5
Aseptic meningitis is an illness characterized by typical meningeal symptoms including sudden onset of fever, headache, stiff neck, malaise, nausea, confusion, and photophobia. It is usually accompanied by an increased number of lymphocytes in the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). The illness is usually mild and self-limiting; however, some cases can be severe and life threatening. Viral meningitis is the most common type of aseptic meningitis. Coxsackieviruses and echoviruses, members of the enterovirus family, account for about 90 percent of viral meningitis cases.
Aseptic meningitis can occur sporadically and as outbreaks, with outbreaks normally occurring during the enteroviral season, which runs from July through October. In 2005 and 2006, the highest incidence of aseptic meningitis occurred during the month of September (see Figure 1).
Two small clusters of viral meningitis have occurred in Indiana counties in recent weeks:
Five cases have occurred in County A, four of which had onset dates ranging from August 27-31. Ages of these cases range from 9 days to 13 years. Three cases attend schools in the same school district. A fourth case has an epidemiologic link to the school-age cases. Two cases have tested positive for entero-like viruses, and further subtyping of these isolates is being conducted at the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC) Laboratory. The fifth case, an infant with onset on September 9, has no identified link to the other four cases.
Seven cases have occurred in County B with onsets ranging from September 4-20. Ages of the cases range from 10 to 15 years. Two school districts had three cases each. The seventh case has no identified link to the other cases. None of these cases has been confirmed as enteroviral, but laboratory tests are pending on some individuals.
Populations that appear to be more susceptible to viral meningitis include children and elderly persons who interact or live in group settings. Fall sports teams may be at increased risk, because the season coincides with the enteroviral peak period and the likelihood of athletes sharing water bottles and having close contact with each other.
Transmission of aseptic meningitis is primarily the fecal-oral route, but infection can also be transmitted by respiratory droplets and fomites. Adherence to good hygienic practices, such as frequent and thorough hand washing (especially after diaper changes), disinfection of contaminated surfaces by household cleaners (e.g., diluted bleach solution), and avoidance of shared utensils and drinking containers, are recommended to interrupt transmission. More information on hand-washing and proper hand washing techniques can be found on the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) Web site at: http://www.in.gov/isdh/healthinfo/handwashing.htm. A quick fact sheet on aseptic meningitis can be found at http://www.in.gov/isdh/healthinfo/viral%20meningitis.htm.
The ISDH Laboratory is available for enteroviral testing in outbreak situations. Viral culture testing in outbreak situations will assist the ISDH and local health departments in determining whether a case may be a part of a cluster or outbreak. Stool or rectal swabs are the preferred specimens; enteroviruses may also be recovered from throat specimens and CSF fluid. The ISDH Laboratory will accept specimens for testing from any of these sources. If throat or CSF specimens are submitted, the ISDH Laboratory would prefer that stool or rectal swabs also be collected. Specimen collection kits may be obtained by contacting the Containers Section, ISDH Laboratory, at:
Clinical Containers
Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) Laboratories
550 West 16th Street, Suite B
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 921-5500
Specimens should be submitted to the ISDH Laboratories at:
Indiana State Department of Health Laboratories
550 West 16th Street, Suite B
Indianapolis, IN 46202
For questions regarding aseptic meningitis, please contact Wayne Staggs, ISDH, 317-234-2804; or your local health department.


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Officials: Libyan al-Qaida suspect arrives in US
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say a Libyan terrorist suspect who was held aboard a U.S. warship is now in the United States.
The al-Qaida suspect, known as Abu Anas al-Libi, has been under federal indictment in New York for more than a decade. He's expected to stand trial over whether he helped plan and conduct surveillance for the bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998.
The officials insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter.
U.S. special operations forces snatched Al-Libi during a raid in Libya on Oct. 5.
His full name is Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai and he used to be on the FBI's most wanted terrorists list. His family says he was not in al-Qaida.
Associated Press writer Lara Jakes contributed to this report.


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Progressive community organizer and LGBT activist Sally Kohn is smart, outspoken, and instantly likable. She's also clearly not afraid of a challenge, having signed on as a commenter with the right-wing Fox News Network early this year. Kohn was kind enough to take some time to talk with us about activism, the future of the LGBT movement, and what progressives may not understand about conservatives.
AfterEllen.com: So you've been working as a community organizer since you were 12, is that right?
I was in college, and I was interning – first I actually interned for The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), where I had some fantastic mentors there as well, but literally I was interning at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and Urvashi Vaid – her phenomenal book (which, if people haven't read it, they should) Virtual Equality had just been published. And she had left her luggage in one of my coworker's cars. And I was dispatched with Urvashi Vaid to go get her luggage.
And I thought I'd just hit the jackpot. I was like, "Really? This is the big time for me." I was just – I was gushing, I was speechless for the first and only time in my life. I was falling over myself with excitement. And I went and I got her luggage and she made an offhand remark about how this colleague, who I won't mention lest she be embarrassed, had the messiest office of any human being on the planet. It was abysmal. And Urvashi sort of offhandedly put this challenge to me to organize her office, and, of course you know, Urvashi Vaid told me to do it, so of course I'm going to do it!
So I then make it my life's mission to organize this woman's mess of an office over the summer. I think I made a modest dent, but that's not the point. Somehow Urvashi was impressed. Somehow she translated my "awesome office organizing skills" to political organizing skills, and that was that. She proposed a project for us to work on together, and she has remained my primary mentor and colleague and one of my closest friends since then — who got me into all this.
It goes to show, I think, what a difference it can make when you pass on your inspiration and power and encouragement to someone else.
AE: What did your community organizing work involve?
AE: It seems like your career was always heading in that direction – you have a joint degree in legal studies and public administration and you've worked with the Center for Community Change and the Third Wave Foundation – how did you slide into commentary and punditry?
AE: It is.
I was giving a speech at a conference, and, again, another woman who became a very important mentor, Geraldine Laybourne, came up to me after the speech and said "We have to get you on television." And I was completely taken aback and shocked and blew her off. And to her credit, she was tenacious and had a vision and she pursued me, and said "No, you're going to get training, you're going to do this, you're going to do that. You're going to be good at this."
And what she also did was help me understand that there really wasn't that big a difference. I mean on the face of it, it seemed like organizing and being a pundit were worlds apart, but at the end of the day, you're fundamentally doing the same thing: You're bringing information to people. Helping people be informed so that they can take action in their lives.


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Karl Ernst Osthaus believed that people should have access to art and he founded the Folkwang Museum in 1902 – initially not in Essen, but in Hagen. It was only in 1921 that the collection was transferred to the industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, where it quickly developed into a world-class museum.
The Folkwang Museum's reputation is founded on its outstanding holdings of 19th century painting and sculpture, classical modernist works, post-1945 art and photography (established as a separate department in 1979). Works by van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin and Matisse, the pioneers of modernism, lead into German Expressionism and the various art movements of the 20th century such as Cubism, concrete art, abstract Expressionism, Art Informel and Neo-figurative art. Post-1945 art and contemporary art are represented in works by the American artists Rothko, Newman, Pollock, Reinhardt, Kline, Louis and Stella; works by Soulages, Vedova, Klein and Fontana, and Richter and Palermo complete the impressive collection. There are also contemporary groups of works and installations; video art from 1973 to 1988 can be seen in screenings and presentations, and photography and prints form two further collections. The German Poster Museum, which is also part of the Folkwang Museum, owns one of the world's biggest poster collections, with 340,000 posters from the spheres of politics, business and culture.
Najbliższe terminy:
28.09.2018 - 13.01.2019
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Whenever the Holiday Season rolls around, I reflect upon my musical career.
Whenever the Holiday Season rolls around, I reflect upon my musical career. It was not a particularly long career. In fact it pretty well ended when I left eighth grade. Some would argue that it should have ended sooner.
My short career involved being a member of the boy's choir at St. Mary's Academy. The choir was for boys from sixth grade through eighth grade. We were Devils Lake's answer to that boy's choir that had the Vienna sausage as a sponsor only we never had a sponsor. Boys could either join the choir or sit in a classroom and study with the girls during choir practice. That was a simple choice to make. As a result, all the boys tried out for the choir. Sister Mary Concepta, our director and sixth grade teacher, must have realized how good we were because every boy got past the tryout.
After tryouts we were each assigned a role in the choir. I was an alto. I would explain what an alto is but fact of the matter is I have no idea. It had something to do with where you stood when the choir lined up. I had the back row alto part.
Practice really swung into gear in early November. We were preparing for performing at the Christmas Midnight Mass at St Josephs Church. We would perform for an hour before the service started to a standing room only crowd. We wore red cassocks with a white top and red bowtie. I figured if we were not good at least we looked like a boy's choir. David got to do a solo. He was not an alto but he sure could sing Oh Holy Night.
Being in the choir meant I could attend the midnight service for the first time and I did not have to babysit for my younger sister. That was like a buy one get one free bargain.
As practice got more serious, Sister Concepta took me aside to give me a new role. She explained the subclass of the alto role. There were your loud altos and your soft altos. She felt it was important to the good of the choir that I be a soft alto. Not knowing a lot about music, I had to ask what that meant. She said it meant I would be singing my alto part softly. I told her I thought there was already a problem hearing me from the back row and singing softly could compound the problem. She said my soft alto role was very important to the good of the choir. As a team player I proudly accepted my new role.
We performed on Christmas Eve and the next morning and then again on Easter. After Easter in my last year, my formal music career came to an end. I always hoped that in the years that followed a new soft alto would emerge.
Most of my singing since took place in the shower. After marriage, while I sang in the shower, my caring wife came running to see if I was scalded. I have to believe my family has the same ability to judge musical talent as Sister Concepta. To this day, be it singing Happy Birthday or Christmas carols, I am assigned my former role as the family soft alto.
Robert Pfleiger was born at Mercy Hospital 4/10/1943. He spent his first 14 years in Devils Lake. Pfleiger attended St Mary's Academy through eight grade. His father, Casper Pfleiger, worked for Fairmont Foods and was transferred to Minneapolis in the summer of 1957. He attended high school and college in Minneapolis. After the University of Minnesota Pfleiger was married to his wife Mary and worked for Honeywell. He was transferred to Nashville, TN in 1967. In 1980 he left Honeywell and started Ener-Tech Industries which he has since sold. Now, he is semi retired but still works part time at Ener-Tech. The Pfleigers raised four daughters, have five grandchildren and like to travel when possible.


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JavaLobby Resin 4 Tech Chat Trip ReportMonday, June 27th, 2011
I just came back from a trip to the Raleigh, NC area to record a JavaLobby Tech Chat on Resin 4 (last year Emil did a Tech Chat that you might have seen). The Tech Chat went great. Mitch Pronschinske, the Editor-in-Chief of JavaLobby/DZone drove the Chat. Not to give away too much right now but we talked about:
- Past/present/future of Resin
- Defining characteristics of Resin - lightweight, standard and feature-complete
- Resin 4 Java EE 6 Web Profile certification
- Java EE Web Profile leadership
- How it stacks up against Tomcat/JBoss/GlassFish/WebLogic/WebSphere
- Small, dedicated, agile World class engineering team
- CDISource - a vendor-neutral space for all things CDI
- The CDISource Spring/CDI bridge
- Possibilities for Java EE 7/Java EE 8 (open for participation from you!)
- Early Resin WebSocket support
- Resin support for private clouds
Keep your eye on JavaLobby - the Tech Chat should be out there soon!
I chose to drive to NC to avoid the hassle of flying and because NC is quite drivable from my home office in Philly. On the way back, I did CDI demos at both the Research Triangle JUG and the NoVA/Washington, D.C. JUG. Both talks were very well attended. The interest/participation levels were fantastic. The DZone folks gave me a few nice printed copies of the CDI RefCard. Every single copy was taken and people were asking for more! They also asked me for the slide deck and code examples. I'll send them to the JUG leads to post on the JUG websites. You can also take a look at the slide deck and code examples if you want and send me any follow-up questions. I also wanted to talk at the Maryland and Richmond JUGs but things didn't quite work out schedule-wise this time around. Both JUGs are working on scheduling me to speak in the Fall instead.


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Hedge-fund manager David Einhorn is a big critic of quantitative easing — and he thinks the U.S.'s current monetary policy should essentially be reversed.
Speaking at lunch time Thursday to guests at The Economist's annual Buttonwood Gathering in New York, Einhorn, who manages nearly $8 billion, argued that zero-level interest rates were stunting the country's economic growth. (Read More: Wall Street Gaming Romney Win: 'Trillions at Stake)
While low rates may have been necessary in the depths of 2008, Einhorn said, years of diminished returns to savers have begun to change consumer behavior, creating a "hoarding" effect rather than spurring spending.
Restoring jobs, consumer activity, and higher GDP levels would require an about-face by the Federal Reserve, Einhorn added. But such a shift would have to be accompanied by "careful messaging" because an abrupt hike in rates could risk a "blow up" of certain derivatives books.
(Read More: Another Hedge Fund Veteran Throws in Towel)
Einhorn said he also questioned the wisdom of economists who back continued QE — a group that seems increasingly at odds with traders like him. "Aggressive policies" are creating "tail risks," he said, and a "reflexive groupthink" has developed among the country's leaders that leaves little room for economic policy debate.
-By CNBC's Kate Kelly


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Even since the first ribbon of concrete was laid from downtown to Pasadena in the late 1930s, the mantra of Los Angeles car culture has been that freeways should be free.
L.A. County's first officially recognized freeway, hugging the contours of the Arroyo Seco, gave way to a network of connecting highways that came to define the growing metropolis as a proudly toll-free region of the country.
But Saturday marks a break with that legacy. For the first time, L.A. County officials will begin charging motorists to use carpool lanes on an 11-mile stretch of the 110 Freeway from downtown to the South Bay.
The 110 express lanes mark the area's first effort at "congestion pricing," in which officials allow solo drivers to use less-crowded carpool lanes to cut their commutes by two to three minutes a mile on average — if they are willing to pay as much as $15.40 per trip.


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The UC382 is a low-dropout-linear regulator providing a quick response to fast load changes. Combined with its precision on-board reference, the UC382 excels at driving GTL and BTL buses. Due to its fast response to load transients, the total capacitance required to decouple the regulator's output can be significantly decreased when compared to standard LDO linear regulators.
Dropout voltage (VIN to VOUT) is only 450 mV maximum at 100°C and 350 mV typical at 3-A load.
The onboard bandgap reference is stable with temperature and scaled for a 1.2-V input to the internal-power amplifier. The UC382 is available in fixed-output voltages of 1.5 V, 2.1 V, or 2.5 V. The output voltage of the adjustable version can be set with two external resistors. If the external resistors are omitted, the output voltage defaults to 1.2 V.


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Tea Party Plans to Launch its Own Latino Outreach
The Tea Party group that sponsored a prime-time response last week to President Obama's State of the Union address is the latest group recognizing the power of the Latino vote.
Officials with the Tea Party Express, the nation's largest Tea Party political action committee, have been discussing their own Latino outreach, said Sal Russo, the group's co-founder.
"We've been trying to do a bus tour that would focus on communities that we don't normally talk to," Russo said.
Russo, who worked for Ronald Reagan when he was California governor, said the former president had a rule that any campaigning should include voters who didn't traditionally pick Republicans
"He believed in going to labor unions, going to places where you don't normally go, so people could hear his message about cutting taxes and growing the economy," he said.
Officials of Tea Party groups -- national and smaller, local ones -- like to point out these days that some of the nation's most prominent Latino politicians, including U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, of Florida, and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, of Texas, were Tea Party candidates
The plans by the Tea Party, widely viewed by many liberals as being antithetical to the interests and well-being of minorities, follows an announcement last week by House Republicans about a new, ambitious Latino outreach campaign.
On Feb 11, the House Republican Conference, which essentially represents the chamber's GOP, launched a Spanish-language Twitter account, @gopespanol.
The account is part of a broader plan – still being hashed out – to reach out to Hispanics, and repair their image with them.
"It's a recognition that we, as Republicans, did not do as well as we hoped in the 2012 elections with a number of groups – with young people, with women, and with Hispanics," said Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who is chairperson of the conference and was the House GOP liaison to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.
Not all Republicans and conservatives are on board with the efforts to court Latinos, particularly when it involves relying on Spanish.
Some the most conservative Republicans in the House, for instance, see it as pandering.
In an interview with the National Journal, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said he is opposed to trying to reach out to Latinos in Spanish.
"There's a conflicting message that comes out from the Republicans if we want to recognize the unifying power of English, and meanwhile, we send out communications in multiple languages," said King, who has one of the most hard-line approaches to immigration. "Official business and documents needs to be in English."
The 2012 presidential elections, and the critical role that Latinos played in the victory of President Barack Obama, led to soul-searching on the part of many Republicans.
Romney won only 27 percent support from Hispanics and even less from Asians in the 2012 presidential election. And an AP-GFK poll last month showed 62 percent of voters want to let otherwise law-abiding undocumented immigrants eventually become citizens — up 12 percentage points from 2010.
During the GOP primaries, Romney wooed the party's right by echoing their tough rhetoric on immigration and advocating "self-deportation" — making life in the U.S. so miserable for undocumented immigrants they would voluntarily return home. His campaign staff later said they regretted the sharp turn because it alienated minority voters.
Tea Party members say Latinos, and other minorities, are as critical to their future as the Republicans are finding they are to the future of their party.
"The bus tour is the iconic symbol of the Tea Party," Russo said. "When we've gone to some states, like Texas, we've had good Hispanic participation. We're trying to do a [national] bus tour that would be more directed that way."
"We want to try to get our email communication and our website in Spanish," Russo said. "The Tea Party movement has been successful using social media – emails, Twitter, Facebook. That's how people found out about us. We have to communicate directly"
In Tallahassee, Fla., the local Tea Party president, Beatriz Maciá, has been sending out notices about Tea Party activities in both Spanish and English.
Republicans who resist the Latino outreach efforts and use of Spanish to achieve it, she said, need to see the larger picture.
"We want to remind them of the successful Republicans who had the big tent, there's always been room for all of us," she said.
The House GOP's Latino outreach, she said, is the right way to go.
"It's terrific, that they are trying to be as inclusive as they can be," she said. "Hispanics are closer to Republicans in their principles, their values; faith is an important part of our culture."
An aggressive courtship of Latinos in Texas in 2010 helped Tea Party candidate Blake Farenthold defeat Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz, albeit by a razor-thin margin. The defeat of Ortiz in a traditionally Democratic and Latino district was considered a major coup for Tea Party and Republicans.


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The Washington Post political blog, The Fix, solicited nominations for the best political reporters in all 50 states. The results, announced Thursday, include a couple of Denver Post notables and only one TV reporter from Colorado.
The Post's Lynn Bartels (@lynn_bartels) and Kurtis Lee (@kurtisalee) were cited as tops in the state along with KDVR-KWGN's Eli Stokols (@elistokols). It's an unscientific survey, but still an honor. Bartels noted the list managed to leave out Joe Hanel, the Denver correspondent for the Durango Herald. Who else would you add?


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In fact, the growing popularity of GNU/Linux is focusing developer attention on improving XFree86 and the XFree86 development model, or implementing a new X server which can meet the growing demands of free software on the desktop. The recent shakeups in the X11 community are pushing towards a more modular and open development model that can remedy many of longstanding criticisms leveled at the X Window System.
The X Window System is a lynchpin for the free desktop. The vast majority of Free desktop users run XFree86 today. If it is not configured properly, or not properly supported by a user's hardware, he or she cannot do graphical operations, including anything from using a windowing environment like Gnome, viewing movies, or using 3D applications. It is important to remember that XFree86 is used not just by GNU/Linux users, but also FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, MacOS X, and even some MS Windows users. As such, many users have a stake in the future of X11 development in general, and also in XFree86 in particular.Definitions:
- X Window System (X11): a network transparent protocol for graphical display.
- X Server: a piece of software which implements the X11 protocol. This software handles the rendering to the screen for X Clients.
- XFree86: an open-source X server. This program is shipped with most free unix work-a-like systems, such as GNU/Linux and FreeBSD, etc., as well as by some proprietary systems, such as Apple's MacOS X. The project is led by David Dawes.
- X Client: a piece of software that connects to an X server in order to display graphics. This is usually a graphical software program such as Mozilla.
- Xlibs: convenience libraries which wrap the X protocol to simplify the process of writing software that can act as an X client. In principle, this software library can be used with any X server.
March 2003 - April 2003
The first major X event of 2003 occurred in March: Keith Packard was kicked out of the XFree86 Core Team for privately seeking support for a fork of XFree86. In April, Packard, a leader at FreeDesktop.org, along with Mike Harris from Redhat held a teleconference to discuss more open X development. Several well known hackers attended. The main result of that teleconference was the establishment of a (now defunct) xwin.org site to organize X development. The basic problems frustrating users and developers have to do with the slow pace of XFree86 development: patches are not accepted in a timely fashion, new drivers cannot be released without re-releasing the whole package, new developers are not readily accepted, and architectures other than x86 are not well-tested (some Debian developers share their pain). Perhaps the most important problem is the monolithic nature of the XFree86 code. The list of files alone in the 4.3.0 release of XFree86 is over 1 MB. The XFree86 team avoids external dependencies, preferring to keep their own versions of widely-used libraries like fontconfig, freetype, GNU tar, and zlib in the tree. The Xlibs are lumped into the distribution of XFree86 as well, rather than being contained in a separate module. Several X clients (such as xterm, xclock, xeyes, etc.) are also part of the distribution. The lack of modularization, along with the relatively closed development process, means that many of the purported benefits of open source development can not take hold.
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Did someone say Nutella?
Someone did, didn't they. Well, here you go, Nutella Pop Tarts. I made them a little smaller so they won't take so long to cook and risk drying out the Nutella. So I took some leftover dough from the pop tarts with quince and mandarinquat jam I made this morning, rolled it out into a very thin sheet, and cut about three-inch rounds out of it. I filled the dough, folded it in half, and crimped the edges like I would a normal pop tart. The results? It's Nutella, need I say more? They were super yum, but in the end I found that the ration between crust and Nutella was a little off. So, instead of filling one half and folding it into a half moon, I used two rounds of dough with a bit dollop of Nutella in the middle--not having to fold them in half meant I could load it more with the good stuff, namely the Nutella.
Now these were perfect! How much would people pay for one of these, I wonder?


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105. Re: DG45ID Irregular fan speedyf38 Jan 15, 2011 5:15 AM (in response to parsec)
I already posted a lot about this subject here, and can summarize about my C states experience.
- I have two DG45ID systems with E8400 and two different PWS (Corsair VX450, Fortron green 400)
- I got the noise problem on the first one, which disappeared with bios113.
- I got the fan pump problem with the second one, purchased later when bios 0131 was available, I immediately flashed it with bios0131, and disabling C state solved the fan problem.
The problems followed the motherboards, whatever the PWS.
About power comsumption, these systems, with two disk drives, and no graphics card, no other card, and 4GB PC6400 the figures at AC mains plug ares:
- something around 60W when just doing "nothing" at windows 7 x64 desktop.
- something around 10W when either in S3 standby or in shutdown.
- about 110W at full load using OCCT program.
C states enabled or not, these figures are the same, at least no difference is visible at the wattmeter. I think that "C states" interest is mainly for notebooks.
I kept C1E enabled.
I also clearly verified that C states disabling removed the fan pumping problem, whatever the power supply.
Inductor noise and fan pumping were not at exactly the same level of sensitivity with my to boards, and also for the boards of other people discussing here.
My opinion about the origin of these problem is:
- Inductor noise:
Mechanical noise at some frequency of the cpu power converter, the solution is to try to avoid this frequency by avoiding some (too low?) values in current draw.
This frequency may be different with different boards, some inductors are maybe better and produce no noise.
- Fan pumping:
Electrical noise at the sensor chip level, which cause false board level temperature reading, that cause a response by the QST regulation system increasing fan speed to compensate (false) temperature change . Look at my previous posts, there is a reference to a program to observe this.
Disabling C states, may reduce too deep changes in power converter draw, reducing the general electrical noise at board level affecting the temperature sensor readings, and maybe avoid the converter frequency that causes inductors noise.
About the bios changes, I suspect bios 113 to have disabling C states without option, then bios 0129 introduced the option (without a note in the releases notes) but was replaced within days by 0131 with the releases notes mention about the option.
Unfortunately C states were enabled by default with bios 0131.
Except if some Intel people confirm, there is no chance to know the ultimate reality of the origin of both problems.
In any case the problems are solved by C states disabling, with no visible consequences on system power consumption.
106. Re: DG45ID Irregular fan speedstevec Jan 15, 2011 5:58 AM (in response to yf38)
Thanks a lot, parsec and yf38. Your answers give me some reassurance that it should be OK to run my system with C-states disabled, without too much of a consequence for power consumption.
107. Re: DG45ID Irregular fan speedCurious592 Jan 15, 2011 11:47 AM (in response to stevec)
The C-state discussions were appreciated and helpful. I would expect the inductor problem to normally be associated with high currents such as when the cpu fan is running high, possibly contributing to electromagnetic interference. Buzz complaints in monitor reviews may be premature since reducing the brightness to normal levels should remove the problem. On a new monitor there can be a sweet spot to control the buzz. Two of the caps in my monitor could only be replaced by cutting off the white compound that secured 2 adjacent inductors. Until I see a problem such as screen blanking, that may have been fixed by reflowing the solders, I believe I don't need to replace the paste. I can't seem to find a source for this but the last power supply I looked at had a ton of it cradling caps and inductors. This along with a good fan made it quiet. It may have had a thermal purpose as well (heat loss by convection rather than conduction) but the outlet air seemed too warm at idle.
108. Re: DG45ID Irregular fan speedFlying_Kiwi Jan 16, 2011 12:19 PM (in response to parsec)
parsec wrote:
Curious592 wrote:
I seem to remember inductor issues with some cpu fans but the SSD is most likely the reason you need to disable C-states.
Oooh-Kay, and why would a SSD be the reason? Would you care to explain that?
I see where you're coming from parsec. I've no SSDs here and I still had this problem. The proper solution for me as far as shutting up the squeal was to have the board replaced under warranty with a newer revision. Similarly, the proper solution for those experiencing this fan speed problem (and the associated shutdown problems) is for Intel to release an updated BIOS which works properly with the CPUs involved. There's a reason why Intel asked me all about my CPU when I first reported the problem to them. Any attempt to measure the power consumption difference with a system afflicted with this problem will be flawed because how can we be sure the fault allows the CPU to actually enter the low power state it should - of course there won't be a power consumption difference if it's not working as it should.
Although disabling CPU C-states is an effective workaround, it should be remembered by all viewing this thread that it is just that, a workaround and not a solution. The only way we'll get a solution is if enough people raise this issue (expecting more than just a workaround) with Intel and those responsible at Intel, listen and act.
109. Re: DG45ID Irregular fan speedparsec Jan 16, 2011 11:52 PM (in response to Flying_Kiwi)
Thanks Kiwi, and well put sir! It certainly is a workaround and not a fix, but something you mentioned makes me wonder. You said you had your squealing board replaced with a newer revision. Good for you, but that makes me think that it's faulty components on the noisy boards that are the culprits, not the BIOS. I'd say you agree. OTOH, please confirm for us that the fan surging or sleep/shutdown problems remained with your new DG45ID. That is not clear to me in your post.
The philosophy or stance corporations assume when dealing with defective products can be strange IMO. Those may include; repair or replace products only when the customer complains. Post a voluntary recall notice on the products info page. Ignore the situation, it's no big deal, and/or blame (rationalize) it on "stupid user" syndrome. Provide a customer/non-factory fix for the product, if possible. The first and third options are the cheapest for the corporation in the short term, the second and fourth more expensive in the short term. Of course there is a possible overriding motivation above all else, to never admit responsibility or guilt for a products problem, to avoid legal liability at all costs.
But why don't these people get it, they can simply ask themselves, will you purchase another similar product from a company that either ignores a fault or is not proactive in repairing it? Will I purchase another Intel mother board after this experience? Extremely unlikely at this point. Have I purchased mother boards since this one? Yes. Are any Intel? No. So apparently a few bucks in hand now is worth far more than the potential for more in the future.
I don't enjoy criticizing Intel, my family and I are Intel shareholders, I want them to do well. In my experience, complaining in forums serves little purpose besides venting, employees are not scanning them looking for issues and offering assistance, beyond the advice of the moderators. Is there even one moderator response in this thread? Official ones (an Intel employee) are few and far between. Another company's forum I visit attempts to recruit moderators with no remuneration beyond the prestige of being one.
So you were able to get a replacement 'board based upon which issues, inductor noise, fan surging, shutdown/sleep bugs, or what if I may ask? I think I have a three year warranty, I just may use it. Do you have anything specific in mind when you state "... if enough people raise this issue..." in order to have Intel listen and act?
110. Re: DG45ID Irregular fan speedFlying_Kiwi Jan 17, 2011 12:52 AM (in response to parsec)
parsec wrote:
Thanks Kiwi, and well put sir! It certainly is a workaround and not a fix, but something you mentioned makes me wonder. You said you had your squealing board replaced with a newer revision. Good for you, but that makes me think that it's faulty components on the noisy boards that are the culprits, not the BIOS. I'd say you agree. OTOH, please confirm for us that the fan surging or sleep/shutdown problems remained with your new DG45ID. That is not clear to me in your post.......
So you were able to get a replacement 'board based upon which issues, inductor noise, fan surging, shutdown/sleep bugs, or what if I may ask? I think I have a three year warranty, I just may use it. Do you have anything specific in mind when you state "... if enough people raise this issue..." in order to have Intel listen and act?
I obtained the replacement board because the so-called BIOS fix didn't fully cure the squealing problem for me (but I'm satisfied that a combination of the newer board revision and latest BIOS is quiet enough as far as scaring away any dogs in the neighborhood is concerned).
I don't know for a fact what the difference between the newer and older revisions is but it's quite feasible that the newer boards chokes have better varnish impregnation to help reduce inductive audio noise. I suspect that the BIOS update was only a workaround to try and avoid the situation where the chokes are being powered in such a way that the audio noise is generated e.g. juggling voltages and frequencies to try and eliminate any harmonic resonance (if that was actually what was going on). I'm always weary of BIOS 'fixes' to physical problems and there's no denying audio noise from components is a physical problem.
What I mean by that last sentence is exactly that. My most recent rev 310 board does still have the fans locking into high speed problem and associated problems shutting down the PC when this occurs. I've tried raising this with Intel but as my replacement board is no longer under guarantee (a long saga I won't go into here), the Intel techs won't accept my issue as a case for escallation (not even as a 'heads up' to fix this for other users similarly affected). Any users with boards which are still under warranty and which preferably have retail CPUs with original cooling fans however should report this to Intel tech support (preferably lots of people will do this) as the squeaky wheel (and noisey fans) get the BIOS developers time.
Crucially, if the workaround of disabling any options in the BIOS is suggested, the users should ask for and expect from Intel, a proper long term solution to the problem in the form of a BIOS which works correctly with their hardware giving full functionality and full power savings when 'Load optimal defaults' is used to configure the BIOS. I'd be interested to hear back what Intel have to say about this if you do decide to report this matter to Intel tech support parsec. I really don't like having a go at Intel either (and I don't even have any Intel stocks ) but they need to take responsibility and properly fix this matter. Given the response I received, I suspect they will not be interested unless you can prove full entitlement to warranty support so that means having your retail CPU and CPU cooling fan details etc available - of course the retail CPU fan will be fully installed at the time too, wont it (although Intel Desktop Utilities won't register its speed when it's locked into high speed mode)
111. Re: DG45ID Irregular fan speedCurious592 Jan 17, 2011 1:50 PM (in response to Flying_Kiwi)
Flying Kiwi,
The cold boot problems I had turned into sleep/hibernation problems due to progressive monitor failure. Other issues such as USB key/memory retention may not exist in that context. The signal simply doesn't return within the timeout period. This problem could clearly affect numerous users where the monitor could be failing at any time. I won't be holding my breath waiting for a sampling algorithm that circumvents this problem. The monitor manufactures may not do this either since LED monitors are likely to last longer. Compatibility with Apple and IBM systems is another roadblock.
If you still have not installed your OS followed by INF, audio, graphics (and network?), and then physically inserted the TV tuner card I can only suggest that you visit the Microsoft Answers site or the tuner site (assuming that fixes the problem). If you can provide registry conflicts that prevent proper installation of your card in other ways I am sure they would appreciate it. The issue with my VGA to DVI adapter installation sounds like a similar driver problem, even w/o a tuner. I could probably hook up other monitors via VGA to VGA-DVI connector but there is no motivation.
I use the same validation testing logic employed in most complex cases, if less extensive and refined. My conclusions do differ regarding installation but my system works best for this DIY. Most of the posters here are worse than extensive Intel and Microsoft support pages. Many struggle balancing viability and adoption issues. Few seem to remember that a concise Help system exists in Windows.
112. Re: DG45ID Irregular fan speedFlying_Kiwi Jan 17, 2011 9:52 PM (in response to Curious592)
Curious592 wrote:
Most of the posters here are worse than extensive Intel and Microsoft support pages.
Thanks for the earlier suggestions re removing TV cards etc but as I mentioned at the time earlier, that was something I tried as a long shot (with absolutely no difference to the problem, I might add). The fact that my motherboard was subsequently empty of other hardware means it's fair and square an Intel problem though, no if's or buts.
Re your comment above, as long as those seeking help here realise that things like the number of posts made by the person, their screen name or even how long they've been posting here is not necessarily an indication that what's posted is correct (or relevant to any problem at hand) they can't go wrong.
Those reading this long thread will have plenty of ideas for what they should do to get this issue properly sorted, also what the can do in the interim to work around it.
113. Re: DG45ID Irregular fan speedFlying_Kiwi Mar 14, 2011 2:47 AM (in response to Flying_Kiwi)
It may still be to early to say but I've just updated my BIOS to rev 135 (late Feb release date) and so far, so good. Even with Load Optimum Default options and both C States and C1 states enabled, things seem to working well (with no sign of the locking into high fan speed mode or faulty shutdowns etc). The readme for the BIOS lists CPU compatibility was an issue that they've worked on so this is a VERY good sign.
How are all of you other folks with this issue finding the latest BIOS revision?
114. Re: DG45ID Irregular fan speedparsec Mar 14, 2011 11:53 AM (in response to Flying_Kiwi)
Really Kiwi, C-States enabled and no fan-freakout? Great! I installed the new BIOS and noticed IDU ran better, but did not change the C-State settings. Then of course I was sidetracked by other things, so I haven't had that PC on for days. I forgot what CPU you use with your DG45ID, I use a Q8300. At one point I thought for EIST to function, you needed to have C1E enabled, but if C-State is disabled, then no EIST? I know EIST works for me, I see the CPU frequency and multiplier drop at idle and change back and forth. I still don't see the need for deep C-States in a desktop PC, as there always seems to be some minor activity going on, so I believe it will never enter those states. Plus I use sleep mode, not hibernation.
I'll keep you posted. Happy to see a BIOS update on this "old" board.
115. Re: DG45ID Irregular fan speedFlying_Kiwi Mar 14, 2011 3:45 PM (in response to parsec)
parsec wrote:
Really Kiwi, C-States enabled and no fan-freakout?
Alas, I spoke too soon parsec and it was to good to be true. Although it was fine left running overnight, I left it on all today while I was away at work and when I came back the fans were at 'higher' (although not full) speed constantly and the problem where it wouldn't power off (O/S Shuts down but fans keep running) had returned.
Although it makes less fan noise in this state than earlier BIOSes, it still enters the state so it looks like it's back to disabling C States with my E8500 CPU powered DG45ID
Your mileage may differ with other CPUs as it's clear they've been doing something to try and address this issue - they just haven't quite got there with the E8500!
116. Re: DG45ID Irregular fan speedparsec Mar 14, 2011 9:30 PM (in response to Flying_Kiwi)
Kiwi, Oh well, that's a shame, I'm glad you still feel up to trying whatever you can. Ya know, your E8500 is one click away from the top Core 2 Duo CPU, does that make it exotic or temperamental?
I have an E8400 in a Gigabyte P45 mother board, which has been such a low maintenance PC for me, even with Vista on it. I would just love to understand what causes that nonsense, it's just so crazy. I guess I'll try my DG45ID/Q8300 combo with the new BIOS with C-State enabled just for "fun", although I wonder if this BIOS update had anything to do with this issue.
117. Re: DG45ID Irregular fan speedFlying_Kiwi Mar 15, 2011 6:04 AM (in response to parsec)
parsec wrote:
Ya know, your E8500 is one click away from the top Core 2 Duo CPU, does that make it exotic or temperamental?
No but it was considerably cheaper than the E8600 - about £70 difference if my memory serves me correctly . I wasn't too concerned about it being temperamental because of its speed. I did have a cutting edge Pentium Pro 200 (loaded up with a whopping 64 MB of SIMM memory) when they first came out and that was very reliable so I assumed this should be fine. The thing that has dissappointed me is that this was my first Intel branded motherboard and despite the fact it has exactly the features/specs I wanted, there have been quite a few bugs/issues with it - more so than other brands I've owned in the past! This issue and the IDT Audio Driver Dolby Digital stability problems are 2 outstanding niggles - both of which I've had to work around (in the case of the latter by using the Windows 7 SP1 audio driver which completely clears that up but doesn't offer the same bells and whistles).
As you mentioned, this BIOS release is for an 'elderly' board so I'll just get used to the idea of having C-States disabled rather than Intel fixing it
Good luck with your testing.
118. Re: DG45ID Irregular fan speedyf38 Mar 15, 2011 11:04 AM (in response to Flying_Kiwi)
I upgraded my two DG45iD from 131 bios to 135 bios and the fan speed issue remains the same.
My 310 rev. card which had fans speed problem with 131 bios when C states enabled (and no issue when disabled) has exactly the same behaviour.
My 308 rev. card had no issue and still have no issue with 135 bios C states enabled or not.
For your information I upgraded using F7 key at startup with ID0135.BIO file on a USB key. It tooks about 7 minutes, the 3 first ones with no message on the display, the LED key indicating that file was (slowly) reading, then I saw the usual messages showing the process of flashing, followed by a restart.
My processors are both E8400 (complete story available at page 1 of the thread).
As usual I was capable to record the trace of the issue using SIW freeware (hardware sensors menu) I already explained in this thread.
DG45iD will continue their life with C States disabled.
I now also own a DH67GD with a core i5 2500 and it is a nice follower for those with a DG45iD.
119. Re: DG45ID Irregular fan speedparsec Mar 15, 2011 1:41 PM (in response to Flying_Kiwi)
You're right about the price difference between the E8600 and E8700, Intel lists the "1k Unit Price" as $183 and $266 respectively. I really don't see this as a CPU compatibility problem, I see it with my Q8300, and check this thread for all the CPUs used with this board that experience this. IMO, it's just some weird side affect thing with C-State. I can say that with the new BIOS, my CPU fan does not run wide open during POST anymore, without C-State enabled of course, but I haven't tried that yet.
I just added 4GB of memory to my DG45ID, a different brand but same basic speed, and it worked fine without the slightest burp, at latencies better than spec'd for the new DIMMs. (For all the love of Corsair memory, they only had two SPD profiles populated, without an EPP profile, my Patriot memory has four.)
Kiwi, forgive me but why are you so in love with C-State? I put my PC's in sleep mode when not in use, but I guess that can be considered minor abuse of components going in and out of that state, like shutting down and restarting a few times each day. Sure if the PC is running at idle for long periods, you're saving CPU power, and everything else is idling but still using energy. Just different philosophies, to each their own.
I just saw that all the E8000 CPUs are being discontinued, and that the P43 and P45 MCHs are being discontinued. But then a Pentium CPU on the 775 was introduced in late 2010, so who knows when this board will be end of life?


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BOSTON (AP) — A group of Boston residents with ties to Newtown, Conn., is set to gather at Fenway Park to raise funds for a children's museum in the town where a gunman shot and killed 26 elementary school children and educators in December.
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San Francisco, Osaka, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Antwerp, Singapore, Milan, Florence, Parma, Naples, Rome: notebook sharing projects keep on visiting cities, multiplying exchanges, visions and ideas.
Manila is a new stop, with the"My Moleskine" project: until January 22nd in 4 National Book Stores a unique interactive exhibit allows the audience to peruse the notebooks of 34 local and foreign artists based in Asia, coming from various fields (design, photography, painting and music).
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If its version 734 and above not 72 you can use REBUILD clause. SORRY, I have pasted the wrong syntax before and din't notice... here you go with right one.
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A stroke—disrupted circulation that kills brain tissue—can devastate the brain, leaving neurological impairments including paralysis, partial or total loss of language, and severe cognitive deficits. In the United States, stroke is the third leading cause of death.
Some strokes are relatively minor, causing little if any lasting damage. And although they are sudden, the brain injury strokes inflict often evolves over the course of hours or even days. Prompt, effective treatment can mean the difference between a good recovery and permanent disability or death. What Is a Stroke?[i], [ii]
Ischemic strokes, which occur when blood flow to part of the brain is blocked by a clot, are most common, accounting for 80% of the total.
The clot may originate in the heart (cardioembolic stroke), often due to disturbed heart rhythm, and travel through the bloodstream to lodge in a cerebral artery. Or it may result from atherosclerosis—a clot forms and breaks off from arterial plaques of fatty material within or outside the brain. Atherosclerosis can also increase a brain artery's vulnerability to blockage by making it more narrow.
The effects of stroke depend on the location of the blockage. A clot in a large artery to one side of the brain may cause weakness, paralysis, or sensory loss on the opposite side of the body, and possibly loss of speech. If it occurs in an artery supplying the back of the brain, dizziness, memory loss, and gait and swallowing disturbances are common.
Occlusion of a small artery deep in the brain (a lacunar stroke) may have more limited consequences.
Hemorrhagic strokes are less common, but more often severe or deadly. Here, a ruptured blood vessel bleeds into the brain itself (intracerebral hemorrhage) or into the space between the brain and the skull (subarachnoid hemorrhage). In most cases of intracerebral hemorrhage, the artery wall has been weakened or damaged by chronic high blood pressure. The usual cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage is an aneurysm—a weak spot in the artery wall that balloons out and ultimately thins to the point of rupture.
Because hemorrhagic strokes often affect large parts of the brain, the consequences are frequently widespread and worsen rapidly. The Ischemic Cascade[ii], [iii], [iv]Brain injury from an ischemic stroke is the result of a complex molecular process.
Without sufficient glucose and oxygen, the neuron cannot generate energy to maintain proper chemical balance, and excessive calcium and sodium enter the cell body. This triggers the release of excitatory neurotransmitters, particularly glutamate, which allow more positive ions to accumulate.
The destructive cascade of molecular events continues as calcium activates proteolytic enzymes (that break down proteins) and inflammatory mediators; the neurons and surrounding glial cells swell with water, their membranes and internal structures deteriorate, and they die.
Brain cells in the area where blood supply is cut off nearly completely—the ischemic core— succumb in minutes. But there is usually a broader zone of moderately impaired circulation—the penumbra—where neurons may remain dysfunctional for hours or even days but survive and return to normal if blood supply is restored before the ischemic cascade causes irreversible damage.
If the stroke is severe, however, destruction can spread further. Fluids accumulate around injured tissue (edema), compressing the brain, disrupting nerve tracts and arteries, and creating wider areas of ischemia.
After an ischemic stroke, as blood flow to the damaged area is restored (whether by treatment or through collateral circulation), some bleeding (hemorrhagic conversion) is inevitable. This is harmless if limited, but if pronounced, can cause further damage.Hemorrhagic Stroke Damage[v], [vi], [vii]
The molecular processes behind hemorrhagic stroke damage to the brain are less well understood.
The initial symptoms of intracerebral hemorrhage result from brain irritation by blood that has escaped from ruptured vessels. As the mass of blood (hematoma) grows, increasing pressure within the brain injures tissue by compression and displacement. Subarachnoid hemorrhage, trapped under the inelastic skull, exerts similar pressure on the brain.
Processes set in motion by hemorrhage can cause further injury in subsequent hours and days. The chemical thrombin, produced in the body's attempt to form clots and stop the bleeding, is toxic to the brain in large quantities. It promotes edema that increases pressure on brain tissue, possibly by opening the blood-brain barrier.
Red blood cells within the hematoma break down and release iron, worsening edema and injuring brain cells by oxidation.
Inflammation also plays a role. Blood components activate microglia cells in surrounding brain tissue and leukocytes (white blood cells), triggering the release of immune mediators (like cytokines—protein messenger molecules—and enzymes) that damage brain cells directly, through edema, and by disrupting the blood-brain barrier.
After subarachnoid hemorrhage, the pressure of the hematoma and edema can irritate major arteries, causing vasospasm, sudden blood vessel constriction that produces significant ischemia within the brain weeks after the initial stroke.Acute Treatment[i], [iii], [iv], [v], [viii], [ix], [x]
Time is of the essence. Stroke symptoms—sudden dizziness, confusion, severe headache, difficulty speaking, double vision, weakness, numbness or paralysis of an arm, leg or face, especially on one side—demand immediate medical attention.
Ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke need very different treatment, and the first necessity is distinguishing between them. This cannot be done on the basis of symptoms, but requires a CT scan or MRI.
During an ischemic stroke, restoring blood flow can rescue brain tissue in the penumbra from permanent damage, and even revive some cells in the ischemic core. Within the first four and a half hours after symptoms begin, the standard treatment is intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), to dissolve the clot.
After four and a half but before eight hours, administration of tPA or another clot-dissolving chemical directly to the brain through an arterial catheter, or removal of the clot with a device threaded through the arteries, may limit brain injury.
In the hours after an ischemic stroke, it is also essential to control blood pressure and blood sugar, and monitor pressure within the brain to detect edema or hemorrhagic conversion.
Immediate treatment of a hemorrhagic stroke is largely supportive—maintain respiration and other vital functions during the danger period—and a matter of keeping blood pressure down to prevent further bleeding.
When hemorrhagic stroke occurs in someone who had been taking an anticoagulant (such as Coumadin), treatment includes vitamin K or drugs to reverse its action. After subarachnoid hemorrhage, a calcium channel blocker can forestall vasospasm.
Depending on the size and location of the hematoma and the degree of edema, surgery to relieve pressure by drilling a hole through the skull or placing a shunt to drain fluid may be indicated.Risk reduction[xi], [xii]Prevention is better than the best treatment. High blood pressure is a powerful risk factor for both hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke: generally, it should be kept under 140/90 mmHg (below 120/80 is ideal), with a healthy lifestyle and, when necessary, medication as well.
Smoking greatly increases the risk of both kinds of stroke and must be avoided.
Coronary heart disease and diabetes increase ischemic stroke risk and require effective treatment.
The same measures to reduce heart attack risk protect against stroke as well: cholesterol reduction, weight control, healthy diet, and regular exercise.
Alcohol in excess (more than one drink daily for women, two for men) raises stroke risk.
Atrial fibrillation, a fairly common heart rhythm disturbance, triples ischemic stroke risk unless treated with an anticoagulant—a drug to prevent clots from forming.
[i] Brust, JCM, Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Neurology. 2007. McGraw Hill. New York.[ii] Internet Stroke Center, a non-profit, educational service supported in part by the NIH Specialized Programs of Translational Research in Acute Stroke (SPOTRIAS) Network, and NINDS grant 3P50NS055977 to Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and UT Southwestern Medical Center. http://www.strokecenter.org [iii] Fugate J, et al, Thrombolysis for cerebral ischemia. Front Neurol. 2010 Oct 29;1:139.[iv] Thrombolysis and Acute Stroke Treatment (TAST) in 2011: Preparing for the Next Decade. NY Academy of Science Symposium, December 2, 2011, NYC. www.nyas.org/TAST2011 [v] Bruce Ovbiagele, M.D., professor of neuroscience, UCSD (telephone interview)[vi] Hua Y, et al. Brain injury after intracerebral hemorrhage: the role of thrombin and iron. Stroke 2007; 38 [part 2]:759-762[vii] Wang J, Preclinical and clinical research on inflammation after intracerebral hemorrhage. Prog Neurobiol. 2010 December; 92(4): 463-477[viii] Dubourg J & Messerer M, State of the art in managing nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage. Neurosurg Focus 30 (6):E22, 2011[ix] Morganstern LB, Hemphill JC, et al, Guidelines for the management of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage:a guideline for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke 2010, 41:2108-2129:[x] Adams HP Jr, et al. Guidelines for the early management of adults with ischemic stroke. Circulation 2007 May 22;115(20):e478-534.[xi] Goldstein, LB, Adams R, et al..Primary Prevention of Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Council. Stroke 2006;37;1583-1633[xii] American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, Stroke Risk Factors http://www.strokeassociation.org/STROKEORG/AboutStroke/UnderstandingRisk/Understanding-Risk_UCM_308539_SubHomePage.jsp
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November 4, 2009 at 3:00. The Institute for Law and the Humanities is pleased to announce that nationally known Nazi Holocaust scholar Harry Reicher, who is Scholar in Residence at Touro Law School and Adjunct Professor at University of Pennsylvania Law School, will speak at Chicago-Kent on November 4, 2009, at 3 pm in the Event Room. A reception follows at 4 pm. All faculty, staff and students, as well as the public, are invited.
The title of his presentation is The Nazi Obsession with Legalizing the Holocaust. Here is his description:
The Nazi Holocaust represented the ultimate in sheer, brutal lawlessness. Yet the Nazi regime in Germany went to extraordinary lengths to legalize what it was doing, thereby creating the ultimate oxymoron, pseudo-legal terror. This presentation will examine the perversion of the country's legal system, in both its legislative and judicial aspects, and the conversion of both into savage instruments designed to discriminate against, ostracize, dehumanize, and ultimately eliminate certain classes of people, Jews first and foremost. This is a little-known dimension of the Holocaust, one that added another weapon to the armory trained by the Nazis against their victims, and that prompted the court in the trial of the Nazi lawyers and judges at Nuremberg to summarize, very powerfully: "The dagger of the assassin was concealed beneath the robe of the jurist."
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