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The article, Physicists say there may be a way to prove that we live in a computer simulation (by George Dvorsky at io9.com), is about physicists who are trying to determine if the universe is a computer simulation or not. I thought this was interesting because it is an investigation in the field of intelligent design. In most other cases where scientist want to investigate intelligent design, they are ostracized and persecuted and accused of doing pseudoscience. What is different about this situation? It seems to me there is a double standard. What gives these scientists immunity from persecution while so many others are singled out by skeptics for ridicule?
If it is reasonable to investigate if the universe is a computer simulation, is it also reasonable to investigate if the genetic code, the mechanism of transcription of DNA into mRNA, and mRNA translation into proteins is a type of self replicating computer that might have been produced by intelligent design? There are good theoretical reasons to doubt whether it was possible for the genetic code to have originated by evolution. The article The Finely Tuned Genetic Code by Jonathan M. at evolutionnews.org explains the problem:
The genetic code is finely tuned. It was either designed or it evolved from a random code to a finely tuned code.
Indeed, the genetic code found in nature is exquisitely tuned to protect the cell from the detrimental effects of substitution mutations. The system is so brilliantly set up that codons differing by only a single base either specify the same amino acid, or an amino acid that is a member of a related chemical group. In other words, the structure of the genetic code is set up to mitigate the effects of errors that might be incorporated during translation (which can occur when a codon is translated by an almost-complementary anti-codon).However there are many reasons to doubt that the genetic code could evolve:
Changes in codon assignments would be catastrophic to the cell because such a mutation would ultimately lead to changes to the amino acid sequence in every protein produced by the cell.
Furthermore, the question is naturally raised as to what selective-utility would be exhibited by the new amino acids. Indeed, they would have no utility until incorporated into proteins. But that won't happen until they are incorporated into the genetic code. And thus they must be synthesized by enzymes that lack them. And let us not forget the necessity for the dedicated tRNAs and activating enzymes which are needed for including them in the code.
If the genetic code is finely tuned but did not evolve, it must have been designed.
Here is an excerpt from the article Physicists say there may be a way to prove that we live in a computer simulation (by George Dvorsky at io9.com):
Physicists say there may be a way to prove that we live in a computer simulation
Back in 2003, Oxford professor Nick Bostrom suggested that we may be living in a computer simulation. In his paper, Bostrom offered very little science to support his hypothesis — though he did calculate the computational requirements needed to pull of such a feat. And indeed, a philosophical claim is one thing, actually proving it is quite another. But now, a team of physicists say proof might be possible, and that it's a matter of finding a cosmological signature that would serve as the proverbial Red Pill from the Matrix. And they think they know what it is.
According to Silas Beane and his team at the University of Bonn in Germany, a simulation of the universe should still have constraints, no matter how powerful. These limitations, they argue, would be observed by the people within the simulation as a kind of constraint on physical processes.
So, how could we ever hope to identify these constraints? Easy: We just need build our own simulation of the universe and find out. And in fact, this is fairly close to what the physicists are actually trying to do. To that end, they've created an ultra-small version of the universe that's down to the femto-scale (which is even smaller than the nano-scale).
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October 26, 2009 at 4:50 pm
One of the annoying things about having a chronic illness (of which there are about eleventy billion), is that I never know if I'm having a bad day because I am sick or if I'm just having a bad day. I know I had bad days before I got my headache over a year and a half ago. I know there were days when I didn't want to work out or go to work or be involved with any sentence that included the word "work." So, I would assume I'd have days like that now even if my head didn't hurt all the time. Yet, I always blame any foul temperament on the headache.
Today has been a rather BLAH day. I just now finally got up the will to reply to some of my emails that have been sitting in my "Respond To" folder for days. And that is only partly because I got my ass out of the house and drank a tall coffee at the Barnes & Noble cafe (although the barista always lets me know I can have a venti for only 22 more cents because he is an upseller his boss would be proud of). So I wonder, do I feel like this because of my headache? Is there something else wrong with me? Or does everyone have days like these? I don't know.
My usual techniques for coping with days like these is to exercise or get out of the house. I tried exercising, but my left leg started to hurt after 8 minutes, so I stopped because I want to be in good shape to run my race on Friday. The thought of doing anything physical sounds totally unappealing, but the thought of doing anything sounds totally unappealing, which means I probably really need to do something.
Life is so annoying like this. Plodding on day by day, never getting any easier. *sigh* At least I haven't binged on anything and I turned down the upselling barista's suggestion that I try something in their pasty case. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day. That's all I can really wish for.
Chocolate & Vicodin: My Quest for Relief from the Headache that Wouldn't Go Away
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Lesley • October 26, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Yeah – constantly second guessing yourself is tiring. "Am I being lazy or do I really need a break??" It must be ten times worse when there's a good chance that you do need a break because of the headaches… But then there's the "would exercise help me if I stick it out?" dilemma….
I'm sure you make the right choice nearly all the time.
PS. I've never heard the word "upseller"; it's class!
PastaQueen • October 26, 2009 at 5:11 pm
@Lesley – When my brother worked at a movie theatre, he learned the term "upselling." It's when a salesmen tries to get you to buy a more expensive purchase, usually by saying, "It's only 22 cents more!" or something like that which makes it sound like you get more for your money. "You want fries with that?" is a classic upselling technique.
Dee • October 26, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I read your post and I was wondering, have you figured out what your "new normal" is?
Since the onset of the chronic headache?
Maybe try to identify your new normal, and then when you feel worse than that, you'll know you're having the blahs, which makes you probably angrier at your headache and all the problems it causes you than you're feeling on a new normal day, when you're coping ok with it.
I wish you a cure or at least 300 (min) well days per year!
Mary :: A Merry Life • October 26, 2009 at 6:02 pm
I wish I could wish away your illness. Really.
anji • October 26, 2009 at 6:30 pm
I lived that way for almost six years… my injury controlled me.
This past May? I decided to let ME control ME. I've worked hard like a mo-fo, changed my mindset and said f&@K-it. I am now merit-listed to join the army…. which means, any day now they can call me up to go into training. My trade will be photo-journalist.
I decided I had enough of being screwed around by what was my 'problem' and decided instead, that my body has to 'forget' that it happens.
I still have pain some days… but I focus on something else instead and eventually I try to forget about it. Sometimes it's still there but – it's not controlling my life.
The blog I just submitted here documents things… how I could barely walk 2.4 kms and up to passing the interview and being merit-listed.
A huge accomplishment.
I still have shitty days though, trust me. I had several this week where I couldn't even get off the couch… but – the moment I remembered I have a big-ass goal coming up and need… NEED… NEEEEEEEED to be fit, it's motivation to get crackin' and get movin'.
There's hope, I promise!
schmei • October 26, 2009 at 10:50 pm
I'm de-lurking to say: even when you have a bad day, you're still awesome. I've been stalking your blog for a while and I think you're just the coolest.
And I'm sorry you still get comments asking "have you tried X for your headache?" Because the "About Me" tab is there for a reason.
Here's hoping tomorrow is a good day.
PurpleGirl • October 27, 2009 at 5:52 am
I've been having a lot of days like this lately, just blah, just flat, even without a clear-cut reason for it. Hope your tomorrow is better!
Laura • October 27, 2009 at 11:30 am
I'm lucky enough not to have a chronic illness but I still get lots of blah days and like you I know that getting some daylight and exercise makes a difference but it's still hard to make myself do anything at times, so well done for getting out :-) just an upper body and abs weights workout can make me feel like i've achieved something, worth trying if you need to save your legs for the big race. Good Luck for Friday! :-)
Cynthia • October 27, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Sometimes, when I am having a blah day, I ask myself if, should a truck run me over tomorrow, I'd really want to stay blah today. Sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes no. But sometimes blah is just a mental attitude. Sometimes just getting a different twist on how great it is to be alive will get me going. Naturally, it helps to put on a CD I really like. LOUD.
OK, that might not work for a headache blah day. But maybe something else would. You know what gets you going, so do that if you can.
Cheryl • October 27, 2009 at 4:41 pm
I don't know how cold it is where you are, but perhaps you could benefit from some sunlight therapy. When I start feeling like you do I take a drive with the sunroof open (or the windows down) or take my laptop outside. Of course, I'm in Florida, so it's a bit easier for me.
Tina • October 27, 2009 at 5:31 pm
I hear ya….
I had back surgery and it worked well until a couple months ago when the pain started to return. Now by mid-afternoon, I can barely stand to sit (and standing around walking doesn't feel so good either) so I squirm and can't focus which results in crap productivity and a sense of grouchiness that even a venti coffee can't cure. I never know whether I'm grouchy because I hurt or if I hurt as some physical response to being grouchy.
I've blamed my pain on my desk job, my chair, the weather, lack of exercise, too much exercise, stress, etc. It's quite frustrating. At least pre-surgery I had the hope/expectation that surgery would end my pain. Now there is no answer.
melissa • October 27, 2009 at 6:49 pm
i have shit days too where i think that life is never going to get better.
it can be super hard, and i can't say it's going to get better because i have no idea. some days i wake up and i love life. some days i wake up and would rather just hide.
perhaps you can take comfort in the fact that you are not the only one?
BridgetJones • October 27, 2009 at 8:41 pm
I know prayer sounds really cheesy, but my favorite prayer lately is "Thank God for motivation." What can I do without it? Worse, what would I want to do?
I'm working on learning to accept that there are some days that come to me without motivation — it's like the MSG of life, isn't it? Everything is more vivid if you've got it.
Yes, I know motivation can be developed….but who has the energy? Lol! Aren't we lucky when it seems to fall on us from the heavens?
Pregnancy Symptoms • October 27, 2009 at 11:04 pm
I totally understand how you feel as I too have a chronic illness. I deal with this day in and day out, yet when I finally push myself out of the house, even though I don't want to walk on my bum knee, I feel so much better. Reading about others who deal with similar situations helps to encourage me, knowing that I am not the only one coping. Thanks.
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A chance visit to Deutsche Guggenheim during a work trip to Berlin for DMY International Design Festival resulted in seeing a work of art, so simple yet so completely captivating in both its idea and installation that it has rejuvenated my interest in contemporary conceptual art. As part of Slovakian artist Roman Ondάk's exhibition, winner of Deutsche Bank's Artist of the Year award, an entire wing of a Boeing airplane rested on the middle gallery floor, acting as a bridge and only form of entrance between two further galleries.
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"Travelling, moving through space and time, is a continuous theme in Ondák's work. This is the case in do not walk outside this area, a project the artist conceived specifically for his Artist of the Year exhibition at the Deutsche Guggenheim. The path through the installation leads via the original wing of a Boeing 737-500, which enjoins two exhibition rooms like a bridge. In both rooms, works on paper and installations are devoted to the theme of "travel". One of them is Balancing at the Toe of the Boot, 2010, a series of seven postcards and sixteen fictional newspaper articles based on a trip to Calabria. To reach the second part of the exhibition, the visitor walks over the wing in the area marked: "Do not walk outside this area," entering the unreachable surface that otherwise can only be seen out of the window of an aircraft cabin.Ondák not only plays with a reversal of inside and outside, but also with the conventions of the art industry. Everyone knows the prohibitions, barriers, and boundaries that lend artworks a valuable, exclusive aura and thus fetishize them: Please do not touch! Do not come too close. No photographs. But Ondák's wing is not a hallowed sculpture. It is an object of use that we are supposed to enter and touch. This footbridge serves as a runway for our ideas, memories, and fantasies. In the age of global mobility, Ondák invites us to take an inner, imaginary journey".
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So it's only natural that my heroines all have some kind of interest in food. Mary-Kate, my spirited blogger in Connectivity, loves to experiment in the kitchen and post recipes on her blog. Kylie, my heroine in Waiting for Prince Harry, adores sweets and has a fondness for sea salt in her treats. And Avery, my fashion obsessed heroine in Chronicles of a Lincoln Park Fashionista, has never met a cheesecake she didn't like.
So when Simona asked me to write a holiday feature for her blog, I started thinking of my heroines and what treats they would prepare for the Christmas season.
Mary-Kate's Christmas plans would involve lots of baking. She would do the traditional English Christmas cake for William. She'd make her own brandy butter. And I see her doing elaborate sugar cookies with piped designs for her niece and nephew. And because she has an apartment in Paris, I see some French influence in her desserts, such as adding a Buche de Noel to the Christmas dinner and nougat blanc to serve alongside her cookies. Mary-Kate and William would have a sophisticated dessert table, much like the couple themselves.
Kylie would make brownies and cookies the focus of her holiday dessert table. Like chocolate toffee with a dusting of sea salt. Gingerbread cookies, peppermint brownies, roll out sugar cookies and pecan pie bars would all have a place in Kylie's kitchen during the season. She would be the one to do a cookie swap with family and friends, and have everyone to her house to exchange treats. And she would serve everything with Dunkin Donuts coffee, of course.
Avery, on the other hand, isn't much for being in the kitchen. But she would definitely treat herself to a holiday cheesecake from a bakery. I see Avery indulging in an eggnog, red velvet, or pumpkin flavored cheesecake as dessert for the holiday dinner. Her drink of choice would be something with a little extra flair, like coffee with Bailey's in it.
And I have two more heroines coming your way in 2015: Bree Logan in Surviving The Rachel and Kenley Hunter in The Definition of Icing (Dallas Demons #2.) I'll tell you what they would make but you'll have to read the books to see the connection (I know, I'm a tease.) Bree would make anything with apples, like a rustic tart or deep dish apple pie. Kenley would have an arrangement of artisan chocolates for tasting with wine and champagne. She would also have a selection of luxurious handmade truffles, with each one representing a flavor of the season: warm spices, roasted chestnuts, after dinner spirits.
So there you have it, my heroines and their holiday treats. And right now I want to go eat something sweet. With coffee.
Have a Happy & Flavorful Holiday,
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(Amman) – Jordan should stop stifling dissent and allow Jordanians to voice their grievances freely, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing itsWorld Report 2011 chapter on Jordan.
Jordan's General Intelligence Department (GID) continued to influence decisions in most aspects of Jordanian public life, including academic freedom, government appointments, and the issuing of residency permits to non-Jordanians and "good conduct" certificates required for Jordanians seeking work abroad. The GID harassed citizens, including one former senior government advisor, over their criticism of government policies by summoning them for interrogation and threatening them with unspecified harm….Torture, routine and widespread in recent years, continues, in particular at police stations, where complaints about ill-treatment increased in 2009 and again in 2010, according to the National Center for Human Rights (NCHR).


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You are to be highly commended on your June 8 opinion piece, "If you live in a swamp you have to expect to get wet." It is most refreshing and gratifying that you had the fortitude to point out the truth, even though it is undeniable, and blatantly obvious. For decades, admitting this compelling truism of potential devastation from heavy and widespread rains has been deflected.
Sadly, it took the extreme flooding last week in Fort Bend County, and the region, to illustrate the fact that billions of dollars of homes and commercial structures have been built on extremely susceptible properties and hundreds of thousands of people and companies were deluded with assurances from an extensive array of "those in the know" that in spite of years of unprecedented development explosion, there was virtually no serious risk of extensive flooding—and definitely not the enormous and devastating damages recently experienced.
In spite of this cavalier attitude, it has been so apparent for so long. I've lived here my whole life. Roughly five decades ago, I, and many others, witnessed the same scenes we saw on television in the last two weeks: cows and horses swimming with their noses in the air to keep from drowning! Those unforgettable images occurred on farms and ranches within a few miles of my Stafford home.
Today, on those same lands, there are an abundance of luxurious homes and elaborate commercial buildings. The major difference: Then, less than 10,000 people lived in Stafford, Missouri City and Sugar Land (as evidenced by the 1970 U.S. Federal Census) contrasted with the hundreds of thousands who now live in this highly developed area. Stafford, which has worked diligently on drainage outfalls and construction regulations over the past forty
years, was most fortunate. According to FEMA only three out of the 3,500 homes in the city took on any water, with none rising to FEMA levels for grants or loans. The fortuity of our city is undeniable and illustrates the theme of your article. Decades ago, those three affected houses, along with many neighboring ones, were built in a poorly planned subdivision on "swampy lots"—most at ground level. Unfortunately, the vulnerability of these and similar properties to flooding is repeatedly demonstrated under far less dramatic circumstances than those just experienced.
Irrespective of Stafford's escape by avoiding the worst of this historic flood, there was far too much foreseeable damage in the area. This most memorable event has delivered a clear and unmistakable message: Building regulations and development standards must be dramatically upgraded. No longer can we turn a blind eye to the susceptibility of these highly vulnerable properties. California recognized, and took assertive measures years ago, to address its exposure to earthquakes. We have no less an obligation to do all reasonably necessary to fortify our communities from future, and most predictable, devastating floods.
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Once you become confident making infused oils and have a few in your repertoire, you're ready to make salves, lip balms, creams and many other oil-based products. You'll find making salves is as easy as making the infused oil and at least as much fun. I know several women's groups that get together three or four times a year to make salves and creams for themselves and for gifts.
Before you start making your salve, place two or three soup spoons in your freezer. We'll get back to them later.
Have your containers ready to fill. Baby food jars work well, as do pimento, caper and artichoke heart jars. I save the small decorative jars that contained jam and honey samples. You also can find attractive jars through herb suppliers or specialty shops. These suppliers feature several sizes, including thin, small lip balm containers. Thoroughly clean and dry them.
I've been experimenting with salve making for years and I've come up with a basic recipe that works for me. After you've tried my recipe, I encourage you to experiment and create your own blend of wax and infused oil. The standard ratio I use is 21/4 cups infused oil to 2 ounces beeswax. I've found in measuring the wax that the volume is roughly equal to the weight.
Melt the wax in a glass measuring cup or dish in a warm oven. Place the infused oil in a saucepan and warm just enough to keep the wax from solidifying when it's poured in. Since the volume for wax is similar to its weight, some people prefer to weigh the wax and grate it unmelted into the oil. When the wax is totally melted and blended, pour the mixture into your containers. If you are adding essential oils to your salve, add them when you take the oil/wax blend off the heat, just before you pour it into containers. Cover the containers lightly with a sheet of wax paper to prevent anything from falling into your salve before it's solidified. Don't cap your jars until the salve has cooled down or you will get unwanted condensation.
The consistency of a salve is an individual choice. If you are making a salve for camping, you may want it to be hard, as it will soften a little with heat. You may prefer a softer salve to apply easily. Before you pour your salve into your containers, you can check the consistency with the spoon test. Remember our spoons in the freezer? Take one out, dip it into the warm wax and oil mixture, and then place the spoon into the freezer for a couple of minutes. Once the mixture has solidified on the spoon, you can feel for the consistency. If you want a firmer salve, use more wax; if you want your salve to be softer, add more oil. In adjusting your recipe, add extra oil or beeswax in small increments. A little adjusting can make a big difference.
Before you clean up, write down any comments. Label your jars. I like to decorate mine with colorful stickers. Store in a cool place.
Adapted with permission from Earth Mother Herbal (Fair Winds, 2002) by Shatoiya de la Tour.
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Causes and remedies for poor circulation
Poor circulation is a rather common symptoms that is typically found in people suffering from chronic diseases. A majority of people tend to experience poor blood flow in their legs and feet, and in their hands too. However, in case the extremities have reduced blood perfusion, the same is expected to happen to all vital organs, including the heart and brain. It is basically reduced blood flow due to vasoconstriction that people start experiencing cold hands and feet, or headaches, angina pain, or constipation along with several other symptoms that can be addressed with natural home remedies.
There are certain different elements that can cause a constriction within the arteries and arterioles. This includes low blood sugar, neurological causes and medical drugs. However, low CO2 in the arterial blood happens to be the most common cause of poor circulation, considering that CO2 is the most potent vasodilator that we know of as of yet. Consequently, people who have poor perfusion in their legs or feet (or other body parts) additionally have lower body O2 levels. To be honest, they nearly always tend to have less than 20 s for the body O2 test whereas the medical norm is 40 s.
The top cause of poor circulation
More than 90% of modern people have abnormally low arterial CO2 24/7 because of chronic overbreathing. More than 50 clinical studies have shown that people suffering from chronic diseases like diabetes, cancer, heart diseases and many others have a tendency to breathe even heavier (faster and deeper)as compared to normal subjects. They also have worse blood flow to feet, legs, and vital organs all through the day and night. This makes it obvious as to what are the causes of poor circulation and how to improve poor flow of blood.
The most common symptoms of poor blood flow are inclusive of:
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Improve poor blood flow via grounding
Lack of grounding to the Earth (Earthing) is also considered an additional cause of reduced blood flow. This is important for the simple reason that grounding cuts down on blood viscosity and allows for better circulation in different parts of the body. This was the result and the title of the published 2013 study "Earthing (Grounding) the Human Body Reduces Blood Viscosity—a Major Factor in Cardiovascular Disease" (Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine). For the abstract, click here.


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Photo Set: Lacheys last 2 days
When someone asked me to try to talk Drew into giving her stuff off the walls at Lacheys last week, I was angry and disappointed. The next day, I was telling another friend about the encounter, and my friend compared it to asking for a deceased family members possessions at the funeral. I hadn't made the analogy to that point, but she was absolutely right, the end of Lachey's Bar was like a funeral. Saying goodbye to an old friend, crying tears and remembering all the good times. And just like at a funeral, we did that with "family" and friends. Here's some pics of Drew and the bar on its final days. We will miss you Lacheys!


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Cary's classic column from WEDNESDAY, JUL 20, 2005
I didn't want to start a fight, so I told her it wasn't so bad. But I hate what she's doing. What should I do?
Dear Cary,
I am trying to be a good liberal parent who stays aware of what her 16-year-old daughter is doing, yet not come down too hard on her. I am trying not to stick my head in the sand (which is what I see many, many parents doing). But I just am not sure I have the stomach for it.
Here is the situation: My daughter drinks. She confessed to me yesterday that in the past month she has gotten drunk at least five times. Maybe more, because, who knows, maybe she is just giving me the tip of the iceberg. She has gotten drunk at a party, at a dance, at a concert, at a music festival and, finally, yesterday, in a park. I confronted her yesterday, because the smell from her breath was just too much too ignore.
So, I confronted her, said I was concerned, and (maybe because she was drunk at the time) she then confessed at least some of the other times she has gotten drunk. She also told me that drinking was just part of her life now.
Now, my daughter really, really hates conflict. So, for that reason, and others, like I want to be the good, understanding parent, I sat and smiled and nodded and said, Well, it's not so terrible that you're drinking, but Daddy and I would really be concerned if it started interfering with other areas of your life. And smiled and nodded, and continued on with the safety and judgment discussion. No drinking and driving. How drinking alcohol can cloud your judgment, especially about things like having sex. And even said I would prefer her drinking at home if she felt she had to do so. At least she would be safe.
What a touching scene — except I go to bed that night and at 4 in the morning wake up and realize that I have just given my 16-year-old daughter carte blanche to do whatever she wants. And what I really feel is that I hate it. I hate that she is drinking. And I hate who she hangs out with. And I hate that we live in a wonderful city with a zillion things to do and she is choosing to drink it all away. At least if we lived in a small town, she would have the wonderful excuse that there is nothing to do. It all makes me so very sick to my not-very-liberal stomach.
I should add that my daughter is a 4.0 student, so it's not like we can say, "You're screwing up your grades." Because she isn't. I just hate what she is doing. And I want her to stop. And I wish I never asked. And I wish that I had kept my stupid head in the sand like the other parents that I sneer about. And I wish right now it would just all go away.
But it won't. And I know I have to do something. Or rather, something else, besides my pathetic "Mom's a good friend" response. I want so badly to do the right thing — for her, for us, for us all to get through the next few years. Advice? Help? Anything?
Beyond Confused
Dear Beyond Confused,
I did some research.
"There is mounting evidence that repeated exposure to alcohol during adolescence leads to long-lasting deficits in cognitive abilities, including learning and memory, in humans," writes Aaron M. White, Ph.D., an experimental psychologist in the department of psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center. He cites studies by Drs. Susan Tapert and Sandra Brown, alcohol researchers at the University of California at San Diego, that show alarming long-term and short-term effects of adolescent alcohol consumption. Their findings have been published in such journals as the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society; Addiction; Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research; and Addictive Behaviors.
White's summary of those findings makes chilling reading. But it's no surprise to those of us who did a lot of adolescent drinking and later became alcoholics.
"According to research by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, adolescents who begin drinking before age 15 are four times more likely to develop alcohol dependence than those who begin drinking at age 21." The same research indicates that "generally, an adolescent's risk for alcohol dependence at some point in life decreases by 14 percent with each additional year that drinking onset is delayed."
So you have to do something. You have to try and stop her from drinking. How you do that, exactly, I don't know. Sorry, but I'm not a parent. I know how to trick, deceive, manipulate and bamboozle parents. But I don't know how to stop kids from drinking.
For starters, however, I would try to shift your thinking about this a little bit, from viewing her drinking as bad behavior to viewing it as toxic exposure. You have the same responsibility to protect your child from alcohol as you do to protect her from mercury, dioxin, rabies, salmonella and the like. Viewing it this way may help you overcome your reluctance to interfere in what you may be tempted to view as harmless teen fun. It's not harmless teen fun. It's dangerous and potentially deadly.
Make this your mission. Consult local experts on teen alcohol abuse. Learn all you can. Get some support from other parents.
And one thing that may sound counterintuitive: Distrust your own instincts. Our normal social instincts, when confronted with a problem like this, are to be kind and understanding; we want to avoid conflict and seek harmony. Those instincts may work against you. Your goal is to keep the alcohol out of her system while she's still so vulnerable to permanent damage. That is what's important. We're talking about permanent physical, mental and emotional impairment on the one hand vs. teenage angst on the other. Steel yourself against her spasms of teenage angst.
This may become a rough and ugly road, but it leads in the right direction. So hang in there.
There's no guarantee that you can help your daughter; nor is she under some absolute sentence to develop an alcohol problem later on. When she's old enough to make her own decisions, all bets are off. But while she's under your care, I think that your job as a parent, unpleasant as it may be, is to do what you can to protect her from the effects of alcohol abuse.
Keep in mind that somewhere deep in her little teenage brain, however much she fights you, she may secretly be grateful. Because somewhere, secretly, deep in that teenage brain, she is probably scared to death about what she's doing.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - A federal judge in north Florida on Thursday ordered the start of gay marriages in all parts of the state after Jan. 5, when a stay expires on his earlier ruling that found the state's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional.
In an emergency order, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle of Florida's Northern District in Tallahassee addressed confusion among court clerks about the reach of his Aug. 21 ruling, and whether it applied beyond Washington County and the two men named as plaintiffs in the case.
In a sharply worded four-page order, Hinkle said it's not his order that requires statewide issuance of licenses - it's the U.S. Constitution.
"The preliminary injunction now in effect thus does not require the clerk to issue licenses to other applicants," Hinkle wrote. "But as set out in the order that announced issuance of the preliminary injunction, the Constitution requires the clerk to issue such licenses."
The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month declined to extend a stay on Hinkle's decision, allowing Florida to become the 36th state where gay marriage is legal. (Full Story)
Yet legal counsel to the clerks statewide interpreted the high court's order to apply only to Washington County.
Clerks who married gay couples elsewhere in Florida were warned they risked fines and even jail for violating the ban approved by voters in 2008.
Facing the prospect of thousands of couples seeking to tie the knot in the Washington County seat of Chipley, about 100 miles east of Tallahassee, local officials went back to court.
In an emergency motion, they asked Hinkle whether they must wed all couples who show up, or just the two men named in the suit.
The legal maneuvering was criticized by advocates of gay marriage in Florida, who warned that clerks denying licenses after Jan. 5 faced legal action.
In his New Year's Day order, Hinkle pointedly noted that "history records no shortage of instances when state officials defied federal court orders," and bluntly warned that any counties still resisting will be on the hook for court costs and attorney fees for victorious plaintiffs.
"We look forward to Jan. 6, when couples who have waited for this day can finally be married," said Equality Florida, a Tampa-based gay advocacy group.
Last summer, Hinkle struck down a 2008 amendment to the Florida Constitution that defined marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman.
Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Sandra Maler


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Spring Cleaning is right around the corner. I know it's still a bit early but now is the time to get your plan down. Get a list made out of what you want to get accomplished,seeing your goals on paper will make them easier to 1. remember when the time comes and 2 achieve them.
While your making your list of things that need to be done and that you want to get done don't forget to update your inventory of cleaning products. There will be a lot more sales and coupons for cleaning products coming up so take advantage of them and get your stock pile up and then when fall cleaning roles around you will be sailing smooth.
Go from room to room and make a list of the things that need to be done in each room. Give a separate sheet of paper for each room,label it at the top and get picky. Go as detailed as you can on this. Spring cleaning is out with the old and in with the new so why not take this opportunity to say out with my old way of keeping my home and in with my new way. Take pride in your home,you don't have to be over the top but take pride in it not being cluttered up and smelling nice and looking organized and clean. When someone walks into your home you want them to feel welcomed not like your trying to rush them out the door for fear of seeing how messy or un kept your home is.
If you are like me and your home is in the remodeling phase (mine seems to be endless) then there are things you can't do but there are still a lot of things that you can do,like going through your things,remember the decluttering steps, cleaning out things that you have neglected all year. Clean the windows to let some light in. Wash the curtains or have them cleaned,steam clean the carpet or have it done.
Now once you get the inside lists done (remember go very detailed),then lets go outside and start a list for outside things,does the patio furniture need washed,the gutters,the siding does it need washed,what about the deck (if you have one) does it need cleaned and maybe weather proofed.
What about your landscaping? Is there any? If so how does it look? Is it cleaned out of weeds? If there isn't any,do you want to add this. Just a little will make your home look so much more inviting and add to the value of it as well.
Take your time in doing the lists. You don't need to get it all done in one day,as a matter of fact if your are doing a very detailed list it should take you a couple days if not longer.
There's plenty to do,just make your mind up right now that this is the year that you are going to stop wanting a cleaned and organized home and make this the year that you do it!
God Bless,
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Get Ready Spring Cleaning Here We Come!
Spring Cleaning is right around the corner. I know it's still a bit early but now is the time to get your plan down. Get a list made out of what you want to get accomplished,seeing your goals on paper will make them easier to 1. remember when the time comes and 2 achieve them.
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• When did you start writing? Why did you pick the genre you write it?
I got started writing pretty early in my life. I was a voracious reader as a child and I always assumed writers were just hardcore readers who discovered they had a story to tell. I picked up a copy of William F. Nolan's How To Write Horror Fiction as a tween and that's when my identity as a writer really kicked in. I remember writing 80-page Friday the 13th fanfic pieces after picking up the young adult novels by Eric Morse, which I think was my first big work, and I learned the fundamentals of storytelling through running games of Vampire: The Masquerade and Call of Cthulhu.
I'm a little leery of saying that I "picked a genre" to write. It sounds like I made a monogamous commitment to one style or motif. One of the things I love about writing is the sense of opportunity. I feel like I can take a shot at many different media because I'm sharpening my skills at creative expression. I started writing comic scripts and plays, I'm doing my first horror novel, and I'll probably try my hand at scriptwriting and see if I can't make any inroads into video game stuff.
Horror fiction works for me because my sense of aesthetics runs dark. I think you can find tremendous beauty in crumbling gothic manors, creepy old cemeteries, abandoned Shinto shrines, and other lonely haunted things. I don't necessarily have a bleak or cynical outlook on life, but my tastes have always run a little macabre. I find fake-y, spooky darkness very pretty.
• Where you get your ideas from? Do you journal at all?
I write stuff I want to read.
I don't journal per se but I do host two blogs and a podcast, mostly dealing with horror or pop culture. It's the closest thing I have to a personal journal. Talking about myself always seems a bit self-involved (he says while doing an interview) but, when I discuss things that are important to me, I find it a more honest reflection of where I am at a particular time of life.
• What's a normal (writing) day like for you?
I write every day, usually after work. I suspect I should be writing earlier in the day but I lack the discipline to crawl out of bed at a reasonable hour. I like to set small word count goals, usually somewhere between 300-600 words a day. I go on write or die, set all speeds to "ludicrous" and go. As I've gotten to the end of my thesis novel, I've ditched word counts and gone for the pomodoro time-boxing technique: I write hard for fifteen minutes, take a seven minute break, write for fifteen, take another break. After four sessions I take a twenty five minute break. It's a programmer trick and it totally works.
Weekends are either writing marathons or partying marathons. Or, these days, Mass Effect 3 marathons
• Favorite author or book? Who are you currently reading?
I tend to gravitate toward fearless writers, people who write tough-guy crime fiction, and Japanese misery porn. The inspiration for my thesis novel is the crime fiction of Natsuo Kirino. Aside from creating work that almost directly addressed my personal hang-ups, she has a way of taking the most ugly and mundane brutality and unraveling the threads around it.
Hands down, my favorite author is the Irish graphic novelist Garth Ennis. Selling him to people involves talking past his flaws, but he's fantastic at creating characters of different genders, ethnicities, and cultures. He writes confidently and it's a trait I would like to pick up for my own work.
Finally, there's a blogger named David Brothers (4thletter.net/iamdavidbrothers.tumblr.com) whom I admire greatly. He writes about pop culture subjects with an honesty and humanity that astonishes me. I do think non-fiction writing is a very different skill set but I strive to incorporate influence into my work.
Right now I'm mostly reading books for class. My pile of get-tos include:
- Snuff by Terry Pratchett
- Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone by Eric Klinenberg
- Darth Plagueis by James Lucero
- All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
- The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by John Ronson
- Ninja: 1,000 Years of the Shadow Warrior by John Man
- The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie.
• Do you write in silence or with noise (TV, movies, music)?
Music, mostly. I like hanging out in thumpy club environments and I like to recreate that energy. Depressing music slows down my thoughts.
The one odd quirk is that I'm more likely to play obnoxiously American music (country, hip hop, psychobilly) when I'm writing scenes in deeply foreign settings. For all its other faults, American music is high bravado. You need bravado when you're creating anything.
And, of course, the theme song for any person engaged in a creative endeavor is "Die Vampire Die!" from Title of Show (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DDdM66_nSI)
• Do you have any weird habits when it comes to writing? Do you type or write longhand?
I tend to rely on external structures in all aspects of my life. For example, I can't just go to the gym and hit the weights and jog on the treadmill. My attention will eventually wander off. Instead, I go to Barry's Boot Camp and have gay body fascists scream at me to work harder.
The same applies for my writing. I can't just sit down and write without something keeping me focused. Instead, I use Write or Die or the aforementioned pomodoro technique. It can make my first drafts feel frenzied, but without them I end up farting around on Reddit.
Crutches often get a bad rap. When all is said and done, they help get people moving.
• Would you consider yourself a Plotter or a Pantser?
I'm emphatically a Plotter and I think a writer does a tremendous disservice to the reader by being a Pantser. You have better story control and you come up with more satisfying endings if you really sit down and think about what you are doing. I've long suspected that Pantsers are a little to enamored with the mythology of writing, where you sit back and let the muse come and wander through the story all starry-eyed. Plotting sounds like WORK and WORK is never fun or fulfilling.
My favorite example is Legendary Genre Writer Whose Name Everyone Knows. He/She is one of the most acclaimed and successful writers in modern times and, in his/her book on writing he/she describes heavily plotting stories as being flat and devoid of life.
Most of the major books he/she writes end with a bunch of stuff blowing up. It's not hard to see why. He/She writes into a corner while following their muse willy-nilly and they have no solution at the end except for an explosion.
Which is not to say that Plotters aren't loose or inflexible. The hook of my novel is a bullying ritual called The Torment Game. When I was originally laying out the book, I conceived of it as a sort of fake occult ritual my powerless protagonists could do to give themselves a feeling of control. I kept writing and that idea never sat well with me.
While doing my research, I discovered a Japanese ghost story game called hyaku monogatari, which involves creepy tales and all sorts of occult paraphernalia. Aside from being great visuals, it fit the story better. No matter how put-upon and desperate they are, smart girls won't believe they'll get superpowers by emotionally tormenting each other. I planned out the scene but I tweaked it as I went.
Pixar has a piece of writing advice that I consider essential: "Come up with your ending before you figure out your middle. Seriously. Endings are hard, get yours working up front." The more I write, the truer this becomes. You owe your work the best you can do, and you can't always do that if you charge ahead blindly.
• What do you think is the hardest aspect of the craft?
Probably the fact that writing is a marathon. I have friends in other creative disciplines that start and finish projects incredibly quickly. Five weeks might be fine to make a really lovely composition but that wouldn't be much of a dent in novel. Finishing something is euphoric but that feeling comes after a lot of work. I won't burn out, but I get why people do.
The other problem is how people react to writing. You can look at a play or listen to a piece of music and have an instant emotional reaction to it. If someone dumps a manuscript in front of me, I groan. It takes a lot of focused attention to get through prose. Plus, while people will cheerfully say they can't draw or play music, everyone thinks they can write a novel.
On the other hand, writers are a needy bunch. I've never seen any other creative endeavor that generates as many advice books, self-congratulatory websites, upbeat memes, and other "my identity is a writer so pay attention to meeeee" stuff. It's just writing, dude. Either do it or don't.
• Current projects?
My primary project is my thesis novel, which is about three Japanese foreign exchange students trying to rebuild their lives after accidentally killing their friend in a bizarre bullying ritual called The Torment Game. They come to San Francisco and quietly try to rebuild their lives, but the ghost of their dead friend follows them to torment them further. It's my story of identity, cultural immersion, and guilt.
My other thing is working on my horror podcast, CreatureCast.net. A couple friends and I get together every other week and talk story about the horror genre. It's fun and we're good at it.
On the backburner are a couple of independent comics I've been trying to get off the ground for a while. One in particular combines my love of classic animation and cosmic horror. I call it The Doom That Came To Toonland.
• How do you balance being an editor and being a writer? (Or double jobs, being a mom/dad, etc.- apply to your situation)
I tend to choose day jobs that don't leave me physically or psychologically exhausted. I like to keep my life balanced around three circles in a Venn diagram. Circle One is creative fulfillment. Circle Two is exercise. Circle Three is farting around.
• What do you think people expect from you with your writing? EX: Can they always count on a good gross out?
Honestly, you can probably expect a dead Japanese girl with her hair in her face.
In all seriousness, I'm fascinated by Asian horror in general and K/J horror in particular. Yeah, it's as trope-y as its western counterpart but few things have scared me like the classics of the Japanese horror genre. The horror tends to come from human weakness rather than religious repression, so I connect with it a little better.
I also write a lot of what I playfully term as "hipster horror." I grew up and have lived in big cities my entire life. I currently live in Bushwick, which is the most hipstery part of Brooklyn, and it doesn't take much for me to look at my environment with a darker lens.
In short, I want to be the older male Lena Dunham of horror fiction.
"Be regular and orderly in your life so you may blah blah blah."
BIO: Born in San Francisco and currently residing in Brooklyn, Joe Borrelli has been a lifelong fan of horror fiction, having spent his childhood and early
adolescence submerged in the franchise horror of the 80s. He started his high school horror film club, ran dozens of Call of Cthulhu convention events, visited the actual Castle Dracula in Transylvania, and is currently working toward his MFA in Horror Fiction
at Seton Hill University.
When not daydreaming about becoming a vampire, Joe writes fiction, climbs rocks, collects comic books, plays capoeira, and makes ill-advised decisions on his love life. Follow his blog at creaturecast.blogspot.com.


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Do the Wealthy Really Need a Generosity Coach?
Three years ago, the world was inundated with philanthropy advisers. Their job: help the rich give away their money.
Then the recession caused a drop not just in philanthropy but also in the business of philanthropic advice. After all, the rich didn't need to pay as many people to help give away their money if they had less money to give.
Now some philanthropy advisers are rebranding themselves as "generosity coaches," making the whole business seem more a matter of good morals than big money.
A Bloomberg article offers a portrait of one – Kathy LeMay, a Northhampton, Mass., resident who gives away 30% of her income and drives a 2005 Honda Accord Hybrid. She is so generous, in fact, that she has $26,000 in personal debts, not including her mortgage.
The charity checks, she says, "are more fun to write than the debt ones."
When she was 23, Ms. LeMay visited a refugee camp in Yugoslavia and, moved by the experience, sold donated T-shirts to raise money. Now she counsels the wealthy to focus on a small number of causes they care about rather than writing scattershot checks to all manner of causes.
She says giving has spiritual advantages. "Generosity should become part of your life," she says, "because of what it does for you and your sense of well being. You have a sense of being connected to something greater than you."
She's also written a book called "The Generosity Plan: Sharing Your Time, Talent and Treasure to Shape the World."
All of which sounds noble and worthy.
But the "generosity coach" title may have some marketing hurdles. First, just hiring one seems to imply that one isn't generous. And how does one brag to one's rich friends about the results? Imagine sitting around the golf club with your foursome and saying "Boy, my hedge fund had a great quarter, but what's really got me excited are the latest results from my generosity coach!"
Still, maybe the "Generosity Coach" idea, targeting character traits rather than products, has legs. Investment advisers to the wealthy could become "greed-management coaches." Trust and estate attorneys could become "family resentment coaches." Nannies could become "parent guilt coaches."
What are other new advisory titles can you come up with for the wealthy?
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The National Football League's decision to replace Reebok with Nike Inc. in a new apparel licensing deal could be bad news for a local plant that employs about 1,000 people.
Nike Inc., the world's largest sporting-goods maker, won the license to make NFL-branded apparel and uniforms, replacing Reebok, the league announced Tuesday.
NFL owners approved a licensing deal with Nike that will begin in 2012, the league said in an e-mailed statement. Reebok, which was acquired by Adidas AG in 2006, has held the license since 2001.
Adidas AG's Reebok U.S. sports licensing division is headquartered on the east side of Indianapolis just west of the intersection of 25th Street and Post Road. The facility manufactures, designs and distributes apparel for the NFL, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, Major League Baseball and the NCAA.
A plant manager could not be reached for comment late Tuesday morning.
John Horan, publisher of trade publication Sporting Goods Intelligence, said layoffs are a strong possibility.
"The NFL business, I'm sure, is a huge percentage of what the [plant does], so it's a big deal," he said. "I assume they're going to have to make some adjustments. Nike certainly isn't going to use the facility."
Reebok's NFL license represents $350 million of its $565 million in U.S. apparel revenue, Kate McShane, an analyst at Citigroup Inc. in New York, wrote in a report to investors Monday. The license may boost Nike's earnings per share as much as 3 percent in 2012, said McShane, who is based in New York and has a "buy" rating on the shares.
Nike had the resources and is willing to pay for it, Chris Svezia, an analyst for Susquehanna Financial Group in New York, said in an interview. "Is it game-changing for them? No. $300 million to $500 million is 2 percent to 3 percent of global revenue. That's small." Svezia has a "neutral" rating on the shares.
Adidas spokeswoman Katja Schreiber declined to comment to Bloomberg on the report and wouldn't give an estimate of NFL-related sales.
Adidas, which bought Reebok in 2006, wants to make the unit more profitable by repositioning it as a fitness-apparel and shoe specialist.
"If we lose the NFL, it won't make or break our company," Adidas CEO Herbert Hainer told CNBC on Sept. 29.


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N.J. Coalition Advocates Less Reliance On Property Taxes
A broad-based education coalition in New Jersey has proposed a new school-funding strategy that substantially reduces districts' dependence on local property taxes and eliminates voting on most local school budgets.
The plan by the New Jersey Association for the Public Schools Coalition calls for the state to assume a much larger proportion of funding for the vast majority of school districts.
But the plan does not address the thorny issue of how the state would raise the revenue to pay for its increased share of education costs.
The last time state taxes were raised substantially to fund education and other services, in 1990, voters retaliated the following year by sweeping many veteran lawmakers out of office.
"The coalition would be very happy to work with other organizations or state government to explore revenue sources,'' said Frank Belluscio, a spokesman for the New Jersey School Boards Association.
Continuing Challenges Foreseen
Since 1990, the state has been under court order to reform its funding system so that poor urban districts, known as "special needs'' districts, achieve financial parity with wealthier schools, thus satisfying the constitution's guarantee of a "thorough and efficient'' education for all students.
In August, a judge declared the latest funding plan unconstitutional. (See Education Week, Sept. 8, 1993.)
"The current mix of state funding and local property taxes will produce more 'special needs type' districts whose students could someday argue they are deprived of their constitutional right to a thorough and efficient education,'' said Harry Galinsky, the superintendent of the Paramus schools, in presenting the coalition's plan to a state commission late last month.
The commission is slated to recommend a new funding scheme to lawmakers on Nov. 15--two weeks after the state's legislative and gubernatorial elections.
The coalition itself is made up of organizations that occasionally feud among themselves. Late last year, however, the groups came together to hammer out a temporary funding solution for the 1993-94 school year.
Members include both the school boards association and the New Jersey Education Association, the state's largest teachers' union. Also a member is the Education Law Center of Newark, the advocacy group that brought the lawsuit on behalf of poor districts.
Although not members of the coalition, groups representing middle- and upper-income districts participated in developing the proposed formula.
Cutting the Property Tax
Under the plan, per-pupil spending for regular education would be set at $8,051, which is the average that wealthier districts spent per pupil in the 1992-93 school year.
Communities would have to tax at a rate no lower than $0.75 per $100 of equalized property value to pay their share of education.
The state would make up the difference for those districts that could not reach the foundation level at the mandated tax rate.
The coalition estimates a property-tax cut of more than 30 percent statewide, since many districts currently have tax rates well above the proposed level.
The added cost to the state would be an estimated $1.5 billion.
Because of the shift in reliance from local to state government, the plan calls for ending the current practice of public voting on local school budgets.
The coalition also proposed that districts receive a 6 percent funding increase each year.
Categorical aid for special education and other programs would be provided at current levels until the state education department determined the average additional costs of providing such services.
The change in funding would be implemented over a five-year period, except for the special-needs districts, which would have their phase-in completed by 1996-97.
Despite the coalition's intent to equalize funding, the plan
includes a way for communities to raise spending by more than 6 percent
a year. They would be allowed a 2 percent "local leeway,'' which would
have to go to the voters for approval.
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