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UCSF studying health of S.F. seniors in choirs
UCSF forming neighborhood choirs to test quality-of-life benefits
It seems true that singing in a choir can be therapeutic, especially for older adults, but a groundbreaking clinical trial is under way in San Francisco to see whether science agrees.
Over the next five years, researchers at UCSF will create a dozen senior choirs throughout the city to compare the physical strength, balance, memory and moods of singers versus non-singers.
Backed by a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, the new Community of Voices/Comunidad de Voces choirs will be offered to 400 adults older than 60, who agree to wear Bluetooth-enabled belts that measure their balance, participate in memory tests and coordination tests and answer questionnaires about their mental well-being.
Singers will meet for 90-minute rehearsals each week for a year, be paid $105 for completing three study interviews, and will be invited to perform concerts for the public. Singers will be measured against other seniors who have been asked to wait six months before starting their choir.
"In our culture, we really focus on physical activity as a way to promote health, but a lifelong hobby in the creative arts can also promote overall health, and singing is the most popular group activity in the U.S.," said lead researcher Dr. Julene Johnson, a cognitive neuroscientist and professor at the UCSF School of Nursing's Institute for Health & Aging.
Her current study builds on research that she conducted in Finland while on a 2010 Fulbright grant that found seniors in choirs scored higher than their non-singing peers on quality-of-life surveys.
Seek isolated seniors
"A social support system is so important for older adults," Johnson said. "That's why for our study we are recruiting seniors who are more isolated, maybe living in SROs and in small apartments."
Scientific study on the benefits of singing is still in its infancy, but a meta-analysis of the available research found that singing can activate certain regions in the brain and strengthen neural connections. Other studies indicate choir membership can also reduce snoring, ease emphysema, soothe irritable bowel syndrome, and a 2008 study in Japan found it helped steady the gait of people with Parkinson's disease.
The most cited study of senior choirs, authored in 2006 by the late gerontology expert Gene D. Cohen of George Washington University in D.C., found that singers reported higher overall ratings of physical health, fewer doctor visits and falls; plus less medication use and loneliness than a comparison group.
"This choir is good for me - my self-esteem is going up because I'm not in my house thinking my life has no value," said Carlos Castro, 62, a massage therapist who recently had to give up his career due to a chronic injury. He joined the UCSF study's first Community of Voices choir, which started in summer in the Mission neighborhood.
On a recent Wednesday, Castro and a dozen others sat on folding chairs in the Mission Neighborhood Center auditorium to run through a few renditions of "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás."
"Siempre que te pregunto,
Que, cuándo, cómo y dónde,
Tu siempre me respondes,
Quizás, quizás, quizás."
Marta Rodriguez-Salazar, who directs the Spanish-speaking choir, said she can already see an effect on choir members in three months.
Health improves
"At our first recital, I could see Francisco was out of breath, so I asked him to sit down," she said. "He did, but then got up again, and by the end of the concert he was standing up singing, and beaming. I saw his health improve in 30 minutes."
Right now Rodriguez-Salazar's choir is being compared against a group of seniors that has been recruited for the study's second choir that will start up in November at Centro Latino de San Francisco. Choirs three and four will be run out of the Western Addition Senior Center and the Bayview Opera House, and will be led by Maestro Curtis, a Grammy-nominated jazz producer.
Researchers recruit two choirs at once, then flip a coin and one group starts practicing and the other waits six months, so their outcomes can be compared. The last year of the five-year study will be dedicated to analyzing the results.
The ultimate goal of all this is to perhaps be able to show the larger health community that the creative arts are just as important a long-term health strategy as the treadmill.
"In my field there's been a lot of focus on curing Alzheimer's disease and dementias, but just as important are the many older adults in our community who are trying to age in a healthy way," Johnson said. "We need more evidence-based programs to show positive results to address the rapid increase of older adults who need those resources."
Or, just ask Maximina Lozano Cortez, 77. Before joining Community of Voices, she wasn't doing very much outside the house. Once she got to rehearsal, however, she noticed flyers on the wall for other activities.
"Now I go to yoga on Mondays, water aerobics on Tuesdays, choir Wednesdays, zumba on Thursdays and on Sundays ... salsa!"
UCSF study information
-- Recruitment for study choirs will be at the following San Francisco senior centers: Richmond Senior Center (Golden Gate Senior Services), 6221 Geary Blvd.; OMI Senior Center, 65 Beverly St., S.F.
-- To inquire about participating in the study, call Rachel: (415) 476-5903 (habla español). communityofvoices.org.
-- To see a senior choir perform, go to: http://bit.ly/12iBxYC.
Meredith May is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: meredithmaysf


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Barney Rosset, the founder and publisher who ran Grove Press, died and is written up in this NYTimes obituary. I still have my copy, purchased in high school, of The Monk, by Matthew Gregory Lewis. At the time, as today, I had a taste for gothic excess in literature. When I say gothic, I mean in the original literary sense: Vathek, Melmoth the Wanderer, Confessions of a Justified Sinner, and that sort of thing. The Monk is in a class by itself, however, moving over the line from dark romantic fantasies and frissons into peverse and pornographic lunacy.
Grove is famous for battling the censorious US Postmaster, and winning, in cases involving Lady Chatterlee's Lover and Tropic of Cancer. Many got their fill of Divine Marquis by perusing the pages of the fat, brick-like three volumes of de Sade in the bookstore, even if they didn't buy them to finish at home.

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You seem to have completely missed my point again. I am not arguing with you about what your policy should be. Go ahead and have whatever moderation policy you wish, I really don't have a problem with it.Fulgrim wrote:We've decided not to open the floor for discussion regarding forum policy.
I'm telling you that it's a problem when you publish a moderation policy, and then your first act of moderation has nothing to do with anything mentioned in that policy. When there's a difference in what you SAY and what you DO, you lose my confidence.
I've said this three times now, at least, and I get the frustrating feeling that it's just not getting across.
Respectfully, this is not a particularly helpful thing to say to anyone, particularly somebody who has complaints. Plainly, you must realize, that if you had been administrating this game to my satisfaction, I would not be having this discussion with you - nor would all of those people who have complained in the past, for whatever reason.Fulgrim wrote:We're perfectly capable of administrating this game, thank you very much.


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The first trailer for the family comedy Parental Guidance has been released. The film stars Billy Crystal and Bette Midler as two grandparents who have a hard time finding middle ground with their three modernized grandchildren. The predictable one-liners and nut shots are prevalent in this trailer, but there also looks to be a bit of genuine heart to the film that's kind of appealing. The story seems less about the shenanigans that occur when the grandparents babysit and more about the generational gap between their style of parenting and how their daughter raises her children. When thinking over the library of family films that we've all been dragged to during the holidays over the years, Parental Guidance could be worse.
Hit the jump to watch the trailer. Directed by Andy Fickman (You Again), the film also stars Marisa Tomei and Tom Everett Scott. Parental Guidance opens on Christmas Day.
Here's the synopsis for Parental Guidance:
Old school grandfather Artie, who is accustomed to calling the shots, meets his match when he and his eager-to-please wife Diane agree to babysit their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents go away for work. But when 21st century problems collide with Artie and Dianes old school methods of tough rules, lots of love and old-fashioned games, its learning to bend – and not holding your ground – that binds a family together.
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It's being hailed by environmental groups as "a victory for the bees."
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that the insecticide, spirotetramat, must be pulled from the shelves because it could be dangerously toxic to America's declining honey bee population.
Starting Jan. 15, 2010, it will be illegal for the insecticide, manufactured by Bayer CropScience under the trade names Movento and Ultor, to be sold in the United States.
What the federal court order does is invalidate EPA's approval of the use of the pesticide.
U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote ruled that the EPA did not properly seek comments or publicize the review process. She called for further re-evaluation of the insecticide in compliance with the law.
Spirotetramat, which inhibits cell reproduction in insects, targets such sucking pests as aphids, whiteflies, scales, mealybugs, psylla, phylloxera, thrips, and mites.
Up to now, its registered uses, according to the 74-page EPA document, included a variety of fruits and vegetables, as well as uses in greenhouses and nurseries. A few of them: citrus, grapes, cucumbers, brussel sprouts, cabbage, potatoes, onions, strawberries, stone fruits and livestock commodities.
The Xerces Society, an invertebrate conservation society based in Portland, Ore., and the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental organization in New York, filed the suit as a means to protect bees.
Pesticides--along with diseases, viruses, parasites, pests, malnutrition and the changing weather--have been linked to colony collapse disorder, a mysterious malady in which adult bees abandon the colony, leaving behind the queen, brood and food stores.
"Save the bees" is a hue-and-cry being heard about the world. And rightfully so.
Bees, our little agricultural workers, pollinate about one-third of the food we eat. In the United States, bees pollinate $15 billion worth of plants every year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.


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Take a lap around the table.
Before you grab a plate and jump in the food line, take a look at what is offered. Results of observational research conducted by Dr. Brian Wansink of Cornell University report that this practice is a characteristic shared by thinner people versus those who are overweight. Circle the buffet table and put all of the foods into three categories -- savor, sample, and skip. Take an appropriate portion of the foods you must try, take a taste of those that spark your curiosity, and skip foods that are not special to the occasion.
Use a smaller plate.
That same study by Wansink also showed that thinner people were about seven times more likely to select a smaller plate when eating at a buffet. So sneak to the dessert table for your plate and keep your portions under control. If you are hosting the cookout, offer your guests a few sizes of dinner plates to encourage healthier eating.
Grab the furthest seat.
When you sit with food in sight, or worse, within arms reach, it can tempt you to eat more. After you fill your plate, grab a seat as far from the food as possible. Making food even slightly more inconvenient may help you rethink the idea of a second helping.
Contribute lighter options.
Many parties are potluck affairs so take the opportunity to bring a healthier dish. Simple changes to your favorite picnic foods, such as substituting brown mustard or Greek yogurt in mayonnaise-based dressings and adding extra vegetables to a pasta salad, reduces calories and fat without sacrificing the familiar flavor. (See Healthy Tips to Lighten Up Picnic Foods.)
Know your strategy.
If you want to stay on track, but have no plan in place, you set yourself up for overeating. Your strategy doesn't have to include denying yourself all of your favorite foods. Decide how they will work into your current eating and exercise plan. Enjoy a healthy breakfast and a morning workout the day of the party. Plan what and how much you will eat. You may not know exactly what will be served, but making a plan to have one serving of dessert and one alcoholic beverage will help you stay on track.
Be aware of emotional eating.
Everything from happiness and excitement to anxiety and stress can lead to emotional eating. Know how you react in social situations. Sometimes they can cause anxiety, especially if you are meeting new people. Simply taking notice of how you feel and not allowing it to cause you to graze the food table will help you avoid overeating.


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The spiral galaxy NGC 4911 spins through the cosmos in this recent image from Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy is a member of the Coma Cluster, a collection of thousands of galaxies that is centered about 320 million light-years away. NGC 4911 shows prominent spiral arms and dark lanes of dust. The gravity of another galaxy, to the upper right, is distorting NGC 4911's spiral arms and pulling out streamers of stars, gas and dust. [NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)]
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So i guess the question is would you rather have Wallace's Speed, AB's Agility and Vision or Wards Intangibles (Hands, Blocking, Toughness, Route Running)?
This should be a nice debate, who is going first?
So i guess the question is would you rather have Wallace's Speed, AB's Agility and Vision or Wards Intangibles (Hands, Blocking, Toughness, Route Running)?
This should be a nice debate, who is going first?
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I'll try this one on. The easiest thing to say is that I want a receiver that can do all of that but honestly there really isn't one in the NFL except for maybe Fitzgerald but he doesn't have Wallace's speed although most everything else he's got and then some.
I want Wallace back as much as anyone simply because the team spent 3 years developing him and now they could decide to trade him after all this mess. All 3 players had things to like about them.
If I had to pick between the 3 though, I don't just want Wallace because he's fast. Track stars a dime a dozen and until Mikey proves he can catch the ball in traffic consistently and be able to adjust consistently then I'd rather have Brown.
For the complete body of work (and an intangible you don't mention) "heart", I will select Hines.
Call me old school, but Hines narrowly sqeaks out ahead of Antonio Brown. Ask me in a few years it may be different.
Who was the other player you mentioned?
Agility kills? Intangibles kills?........................
Oh yeah, I forgot, speed is overrated.
OT: I think its a tough question. I would NEVER take Speed as the primary attribute of a WR. Sure, speed kills but if you cannot get open or catch the ball it is rather irrelevant. That said, out of the three you mention I would take Wallace all day. I love how clutch AB is, and I always admired Wards blocking, but Wallace is a better WR than either of them, primarily because he know how to use his speed to his advantage.
Second place I would pick Browns skillset. It is just flat out exciting to watch him play.
However much you think you know about football, rest assured that Skip Bayless knows more!
Hines all day at this point. Maybe someday down the road MW or AB can change my mind. Just not quite yet. Both are great young WRs.
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I'll take Hines up until 2 years ago. Last year you could see that even though he was a gamer and didn't see the field much, it just wasn't the same as we've seen him in the past. Father time takes no prisoners and is undefeated.
In the long run I'm anxious to see who pans out better, AB or Wallace
Ward without question.
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Race: White
Sex: Female
Hair: Brown
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 115
Clothing: Wrangler
blue jeans, blue quilted
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halter top blouse, and
pink lace panties
Jewelry: Hollow gold
heart pendant and
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Other: Red toenail polish. She had prior surgery removing uterus.
On September 19, 1982, the remains of
an unidentified "Jane Doe",
were found on an island in the San
Juan River in New Mexico. An autopsy
indicated the female had been
a victim of murder by strangulation.
At this time the victim and
her killer have not been identified.
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to please contact:
Detective George Barter of the
Archuleta County Sheriff's Office at
Below is an updated article on the case, published in 2009 by Durango Herald
Two bodies, no names
Pagosa Springs detective reopens 1982 murder case
The Durango Herald
by Chuck Slothower
Last Updated; Sunday, July 19, 2009
CARRACAS – Frank Chavez dismounted from his horse to examine what looked like a football in the San Juan River.
The cattle rancher discovered a human foot, attached to a dead woman, her upper body skeletonized.
Chavez went for help and returned later that day with Archuleta County sheriff's deputies, the coroner and neighbors to recover the body. The woman had been strangled, authorities later determined.
That was Sept. 19, 1982. A month later, on Oct. 22, another rancher nearby stumbled across a dead man who had been shot twice, his body in the river, eaten by coyotes.
Almost 27 years later, authorities do not know who the victims were, who killed them or why. George Barter, an Archuleta County Sheriff's Office detective, is trying to change that
Barter has taken a strong interest in the case, re-interviewing witnesses and commissioning new reconstructions of what the victims would have looked like.
Months before their deaths, the couple – known as John and Jane Doe – were seen at the bar of the Iron Horse Inn north of Durango. They also came through Pagosa Springs, Farmington and Dulce, N.M. A witness remembers seeing someone matching the woman's description at the Bondad Hill Saloon.
"They ran all around this area during that summer," Barter said.
Someone, Barter believes, has gotten away with murder.
Jane Doe was found with two pendants, one of a heart and another of an Italian love horn.
A piece of paper found in her jeans pocket had a name and phone number, but for years, investigators could not decipher the writing. Eventually, they determined it was the penmanship of Marilyn Cobianco, who lives in Farmington.
Cobianco confirmed it was her handwriting, but she could not remember Jane Doe or explain why her name and phone number ended up in a dead woman's pocket, Barter said. Cobianco declined to be interviewed when reached by phone recently.
John Doe was wearing a tan T-shirt with the logo of Lazy B Guest Ranch, a now-defunct brothel in Fallon, Nev. The reverse showed a map of brothels in that area.
John Doe's body is buried at Fairview Memorial Park in Albuquerque in a grave marked only by a number.
Jane Doe's remains were given to Block-Salazar Mortuary in Española, N.M.
"They put her in an unmarked grave in an unknown cemetery," Barter said. "Not to say that I'm done looking for her."
John and Jane Doe's skulls were separated from their bodies to aid in police reconstructions shortly after the crime, ending up in storage at a museum used by the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator, Barter said. That office did not return messages requesting comment.
Much of the evidence connected to the case has been lost, including Jane Doe's clothing. The case file itself was missing until an Archuleta County clerk found it in an old file cabinet.
Turf disputes over the crime, which happened on the Colorado-New Mexico border, just east of Arboles, also have slowed the investigation.
Prosecutors in Archuleta County and Rio Arriba County, N.M., fought over jurisdiction of the case, Barter said. New Mexico State Police officers who now are retired investigated, along with the Archuleta County Sheriff's Office. Evidence was split among law enforcement in Archuleta County, Rio Arriba County and state investigators in Albuquerque.
Barter fears physical evidence was thrown out because of New Mexico's former 15-year statute of limitations on prosecuting murders.
Barter said if investigators "had just done their jobs and preserved what was there," the victims' assailant or assailants would be in jail by now.
"I feel like she was probably sexually molested," Barter said. "Now, with DNA, we could tag the person if we found those things."
Jane Doe, investigators believe, was 5 feet 5 inches tall, 115 pounds and had brown hair, although Chavez insists she had long, blonde hair. She was 30 to 35 years old. By the time Chavez found her, she had been in the river for four to six weeks, the coroner estimated.
Investigators know less about John Doe because his body was more badly decomposed. It had been at least eight weeks since his death when he was found. He was believed to be in his mid-20s, with a stocky build and reddish-blond hair. He may have worked for a carnival traveling around the area. Both were white.
Barter got Mary Brazas, a Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office official, to draw new, more accurate reconstructions of the victims with the aid of computer technology. Older reconstructions done soon after the crime simply used clay and wigs.
Several theories have emerged to explain why the two, who may have been a couple, were killed.
Jane Doe may have been raped, and John Doe killed to get him out of the way, Barter said. It also could have been a drug deal gone bad. But Barter said both of these theories are only "wild guesses."
No car has been tied to the victims and they are believed to have hitchhiked around the area, Barter said. They likely would have had few possessions worth stealing.
Barter hopes someone still living can help him identify the victims and catch the killers.
"This case epitomizes injustice," the detective said. "If there was justice in the world, (the killers) would be in jail, and we'd know who (the victims) were."
A Colorado Bureau of Investigations agent in Durango, Jeff Brown, has helped track down leads for Barter. He said the bureau would not release any information about the investigation and referred questions to Archuleta County.
The case became a bit more eerie when Barter and Brazas went to visit John Doe's grave. They found it in a line of gravestones devoted to unidentified victims.
"There were fresh flowers on it," Barter said.
Frank Chavez, 76, and his brother Chris still raise cattle, goats, sheep, pigs and chickens at Rancho Juanita near where the bodies were found.
The remote area is about 18 miles south of U.S. Highway 160, west of Pagosa Springs. A dirt road leads to Pagosa Junction, a place on the map marked only by a church and a crumbling railroad depot. The Chavez brothers live south of there, at Carracas, near where the San Juan River dips into New Mexico.
The brothers think the bodies may have been thrown off the Carracas Bridge that spans the San Juan among cottonwoods and sagebrush on County Road 557. Both bodies were found downstream of there. But Barter said the bodies could have been dumped at any point upriver of where they were found.
The brothers believe the killings were drug-related. Trafficking and a lack of law enforcement posed problems in the 1970s and early '80s, they said. "Planes used to fly by here real low," Chris Chavez said.
But Barter said the Chavez brothers' theory that the killings were drug-related is only "speculative."
The killings shocked residents, Frank Chavez said.
"It was a dark day in our community here to have something like that happen in our backyard," he said. "We grew up with hardworking, honest people. In the '70s, it all turned. People were coming from all over the place.
Barter hopes publicity about the case will lead to the victims' identification.
"These people deserve to be known," he said. "And their families deserve to know where they are."
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This morning I read an article about city beautification. In it a local elected official said that his community should try to be like a certain other community. He pointed out that other communities were "jealous" of that certain community.
I understand what he was saying, but I hope he doesn't try to copy or replicate what the other community has done. While communities can learn from each other, it should be remembered that every community is unique and should capitalize on its owns strengths. In other words, learn from others, but be yourself.


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Where's the government?
A lot of people are asking where is the government's presence and leadership over the London Riots. I don't believe they're relevant.
Where's the government?
A lot of people are asking where is the government's presence and leadership over the London Riots. I don't believe they're relevant.
As representatives of the international community assemble in Juba, the capital of the newly-independent Republic of South Sudan, Spineless Liberal takes a look at the challenges facing the world's newest country.
It's been a few days since the results of council, Holyrood, Cardiff and Stormont elections, along with the all-important AV referendum, were revealed. The dust is settling, and it's time to offer my take on the results.
The recent elections, despite appearances, were good for the progressive Left-wing parties in Britain. The Liberal Democrats suffered badly, and the people rejected AV, but the future may still be bright for us Spineless Liberals.
Let me explain….
It's taken me a long time to decide how to vote in this referendum. I know I'm in the reform camp – when an election system allows people to be elected and have total governance with barely a third of the vote, there's something wrong with that country's democracy. So many people in so many 'safe' seats will never have their voices heard. Can this be democratic?
So, I want a change. But not to Alternative Vote (AV). Of all systems, not AV. It's arguably the worst reform we could have, barely better according to some commentators, and actually regressive for some others. Much better may be a shift to AV+ or STV. But…
There is a camp of progressives campaigning on the "No to AV, Yes to PR" (Proportional Representation) vote. I've been tempted to their side. But I can't. I'm voting Yes to AV.
We can't pass up this chance. This is the one time in a generation when the PR camp is positioned strongly enough to force some form of change in our voting system. We need it – we have to get rid of First Past The Post, at any cost. If we vote no, the FPTPers will close the door forever. At least this way we can keep our foot in the door. If we lose… then we may have lost.
It's been said that AV can't be a stepping stone to further PR. I'm not so sure. Yes, no country has switched between AV and PR, but why can't we be the first? Is our electoral mindset, in the 21st Century, really that set in stone? I'm hopeful it's not.
It's a pretty easy system to understand – as Johann Hari recently discussed, if you understand X-Factor, you can understand AV. When people have the FPTP mindset broken, by demonstrating that the alternatives are no so scary – then, and only then, can we have a fully mature debate on the nature of which is the best electoral system for Britain.
We can keep moving forward. Lord Forsyth's recent somewhat-xenophobic comments on the vote being "rigged" for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland's more pro-AV voters, brings to mind the whole devolution argument. Despite a shift to Parliaments and Assemblies in the Celtic nations of Britain, this hasn't stopped the debate.
The debate has moved further on the axis from highly centralised London-centric government towards independence, but we haven't found the right balance between homogeneity and independence. The debate continues, with camps at either end pulling at the electorate.
Just because we move to AV doesn't mean the progressives can't stop pulling towards Proportional Representation in the UK, just like Salmond can call for Scottish independence. If we lose, the fight may be over. If we win, we can keep fighting, and get the system Britain needs.
I've often heard a quote of Winston Churchill's used to attack AV. He called it a system where the winner is decided by "[t]he most worthless votes for the most worthless candidates."
And of course, that clears up the debate. The great Churchill's wonderful talent for aphorisms has saved the day, much as he did in WWII. Mind you, that ignores that he thought Gandhi "ought to be laid, bound hand and foot, at the gates of Delhi and then trampled on by an enormous elephant with the new viceroy seated on its back" for trying to steal away the jewel in the Empire's crown. Frankly, Churchill was not exactly the best quotationist to talk about liberal democracy.
Don't take Churchill at face value. He claims that there are worthless voters and candidates – but there are no worthless voters, votes or candidates in a democracy. Every voter, every citizen has worth. Every one is important, no matter their choices.
If these voters are "worthless", then we have to give them worth, to truly make it one person=one vote. Every vote must be heard, no matter what candidate it is for. If they vote BNP, or any other party, that the mainstream political set believe should not be allowed power, we can only deny them power by engaging them, head on, exposing the lies and hatred for what they are.
In safe seats we have worthless voters, whose voice is never heard. Where the BNP may win seats, we have voters who feel worthless. We have to give all these people worth.
Every voter has worth. Every vote has worth. But First Past The Post leaves us with worthless votes, not AV It's time for change. It's time for an Alternative Vote.
British PM Wants to Ban Gay TV Kisses | Entertainment News | Advocate.com.
"The Sun reports that Cameron, the Conservative leader who attended the royal wedding last week, supports a ban on same-sex kisses during the "pre-watershed" viewing hours before 9 p.m. An independent review may recommend the restriction. "
If he really wants to do this, fine. But I want 'straight', man-woman, kisses to be banned as well. Why the hell should I have to watch that?
I am willing to support some small-C conservative positions IF they are applied TO EVERYONE.
What is the problem with same-sex kisses? They have no different an effect than opposite-sex kisses. Ban both, or ban neither, Cameron. I favour, ban neither.
This is not a good move for Cameron – frankly, he's got enough of a homophobic reputation. He may be the man who apologised for Section 28, the infamous amendment to the Local Government Act 1986 which meant county council's "Shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality" or "promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship"", but he is also the man who repeatedly attacked Labour's attempts to repeal it in 2000, and supported Section 28 in 2003, and voted for a Conservative amendment which was "Section 28 by the back door".
If you care one iota about equal rights for gay people, and every other disadvantaged group in society, if you support Justice, Equality, and Democracy – Oppose Cameron. At every turn. This just shows, the Tories will never, never change.


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Sunday, April 1, 2012
Searching the Census: FamilySearch vs. Ancestry.com
So this is the scenario: I already have all of these particular ancestors completely identified, documented and sourced. I just needed to enter those sources into FamilySearch Family Tree. I am hoping to do this by copying and pasting from my already existing databases, including Family Tree Maker and Reunion to cut down on the amount of typing necessary. It seemed to be working quite well, until I hit a snag, or more properly from the kayaking standpoint, a strainer.
Here is what happened.
I have my ancestor Henry Christian Overson (b. 1868, d. 1947) in my Family Tree Maker file with several source citations, including U.S. Census records. Here is a copy of 1870 U.S. Census record showing Henry Overson as a child from Ancestry.com:
Here is one problem. The family is misidentified as "Olsen" rather than "Overson." The father's name is recorded as "Oney C Olsen" rather than his actual name of "Ove Christian Overson (or Oveson). In Ancestry.com, the incorrect transcription by the enumerator has been corrected by suggested edits. Here is a copy of the index record from Ancestry.com:
If you care, you can view the record enlarged by clicking on the image. Let's just say that this is one of many, many entries in the U.S. Census where the names were recorded incorrectly and thereby making it very difficult to find the person. In this case, it is not so hard since the place where they lived was Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah and the 1870 U.S. Census only has 9 pages for that location. But if I were looking from a name only, I may never have found this entry.
Now, I wanted to have this entry from the U.S. Census records in FamilySearch's Historical Record Collections to see if I could link the source in FamilySearch Family Tree directly to the record.
Easy, huh? No. When I go to search for Ove Christian Overson in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah in the 1870 U.S. Census on FamilySearch, what do I get? Exactly nothing. I happen to know the name has not been recorded correctly so I search for Olsen. Hmm. Now I get a whole long list of 426 Olsens despite the fact that I put in the exact location. The search results are for Utah with no further filtering.
Remember, I know he is in the 1870 U.S. Census, I know exactly where he was living and I know exactly how his name was recorded. Without that information, I would now be dead in the water hanging onto my strainer. (Oh, by the way, if you don't know, a strainer is an overhanging branch or other obstacle that strains you out of the river if you are riding in a canoe or kayak). My quest now changes to see if there is any combination of search entries in the Historical Record Collections' search that will find my ancestor?
Too bad. Even when I put in his birth year and place, I get no results. The problem, of course, is if I know all this stuff, why am I looking for the Census record? Also, I get no different results if I look for Olson or Olsen.
After trying a number of other combinations, I get tired and decide to check if that particular record is even in the U.S. Census on FamilySearch. So I begin to browse the 1, 060,369 records. First problem, Sanpete County is spelled San Pete. Nope, FamilySearch still does a search for all of Utah, no matter what you put in as a residence. Back to browsing.
Next hurdle. There are four Ephraim census wards or districts. I cheat and go back to the image from Ancestry.com and find that it is Ephraim 4th ward. OK, nine pages. I once again cheat and go to the 8th page, rather than searching through each page. Mainly, because I am giving up on this whole idea of using the FamilySearch records.
There it is "Oney C Olsen" and his two year old son Henry, my Great-grandfather and Great-greatgrandfathers. So why aren't they in the search? The "n" is probably a "v." So now I go back and search for "Ovey C Olsen." Ohhh. FamilySearch does not show any results at all for either Ovey or Oney or anything close.
I am not going to bother trying to look stuff up in the FamilySearch Historical Record Collections to put into Family Tree even if I know the exact way the name is recorded and even though I know everything else about the person. In this case, it appears that there is a problem.
I do a general search in FamilySearch for Ove C Overson and guess what? There is a link to a Civil War Pension File, but the link is to Fold3.com, a subscription website. So the answer is, you might find something useful, but good luck searching for something you know is there. I also find a link to Arizona Deaths and 824 other results, To find the Census records, I have to do general search for Ove Overson and get 966 results. When I know he is in the 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 and 1920 U.S. Censuses I can look down through the list an finally find him scattered in with the other 966 entries. I see a problem here.
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I totally agree with your comments here. I use Legacy software, but all the same problems exist searching through Family Search. The other problem I have with Family Search is the fact that the data entered is fairly minimal even though the record it was taken from is complete; a census record that when entered into Family Search only has one name when the record will have a complete family. I don't understand why the person entering the record doesn't do a complete job, very frustrating. You need a subscription to Ancestery, Fold3 and Archives to get all the records and not many of us can afford one much less all three. Oh and there is the Newspaper Archives too that is needed. It gets to be an expensive business to do genealogy.ReplyDelete
I found the family doing a search for the wife, Mary. This is the link I would use for a Family Tree source, as it will always be free, unlike Ancestry.com.ReplyDelete
Thanks for posting this. Why does familysearch post links to pay sites when there are free images available, do they get some kick backs.ReplyDelete
this is Oscar Norden, in Hudson, New Jersey in 1910 Census. They refer to Ancestry as the image but there are free images available at archives.com
http://archive.org/stream/13thcensus1910po894unit#page/n224/mode/1up go to image 225.


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The Panopticon is a logging camp located in north-west Red County, San Andreas. Bloodstains seen in the cabins indicate that safety standards at the camp were lax. The area is relatively open, set in a forest on a hill. San Fierro can be seen from parts of the camp. Many cabins and fallen trees line the area. This is one of the more scenic areas of the state as it affords spectacular views of San Fierro and its bridges and skyscrapers.
- Vortex
- Glendale (Beater)
- Freeway/Sadler (Randomly spawning)
- Rancher
- Chainsaw - South-west area, in the logging camp
- Police Bribe - Mid-west area, on a dirty road near the seashore
- Shovel - South-mid area, in the logging camp, behind a house
Events of GTA San Andreas
The mission Wu Zi Mu (a street race) has its endpoint at the Panopticon. The mission Farewell, My Love..., essentially the previous race in reverse, has its start here. Mike Toreno's mission Vertical Bird begins at the base of the hill on which the Panopticon is situated.
Unique jumps
The Panopticon is the location of the game's only cross-region unique stunt jump, a jump from near an intersection on the west side of the Panopticon across a body of water onto the Easter Bay International Airport in San Fierro (although actually landing on the airport is optional; the jump will also be awarded if one falls slightly short and lands in the water). Attempting the jump before San Fierro is unlocked, however, results in a four star wanted level whether the jump is successful or not.
A second, less-risky unique jump can be found on the east side of the Panopticon, near Blueberry.
- The term "panopticon" originally referred to a particular style of prison developed by British social theorist Jeremy Bentham. The term is also famous for its use by French historian social theorist Michel Foucault as a way to describe how societies seek to control their citizens.


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My name is Sarah and before my high school senior year, I spent a summer at NIDA as an intern with the Center for Clinical Trials Network (CCTN). Never heard of it? Neither had I. I discovered that the goal of the CCTN is to improve the quality of drug abuse treatment throughout the whole country by doing safe and interesting scientific studies with humans. By the way, human studies are called "Clinical Trials." These are trials or tests done to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of different medications or approaches by monitoring their effects on large groups of people, like a big "clinic" full of patients, but in a research setting.
As the name implies, the CCTN works as a network that includes scientific investigators all over the country. These investigators work together to develop and carry out clinical trials to evaluate behavioral and medical treatments for drug addiction, and to discover new ways to make existing treatments more effective.
So what did I learn about clinical trials? Clinical trials provide the best standard for demonstrating that a certain behavioral treatment or medicine really works and is also safe for humans. In the area of drug addiction, there is a great need for safe and effective treatments that are tailored to the specific addiction, such as heroin, cocaine, or marijuana.
I also learned that drug addiction is a chronic, relapsing condition. It may be easy to break one cycle of addiction, but it is very difficult to keep the patient from falling into another. One analogy is to think about the obese patient who can lose weight in the short run, but over time experiences many cycles of weight loss and gain, without really achieving an ideal body weight.
In a similar way, the addicted patient will receive successful treatment to break the addiction, but will continue to have cycles of relapse, requiring further treatments. The addicted patient might have a relapse towards the initial drug, but it can also be for a new substance or a combination of substances (e.g. initial addiction to marijuana, then addiction to opiates, then addiction to opiates and prescription drugs). Thus I discovered the true goal of the CCTN is to promote the development of treatments, or a combination of treatments, that will not only treat the addiction, but will also prevent future relapses.
More on clinical trials
While clinical trials are a way to develop new treatments and advance the scientific and clinical knowledge base from humans who volunteer to participate, I also learned that the volunteers themselves can benefit from their participation in clinical trials. For example, patients with difficult diseases like cancer can participate in a clinical trial in hopes of finding a cure, or at least a more effective treatment.
For more information on clinical trials, NIH maintains a clinical trials registry known as ClinicalTrials.gov, which contains information on trials supported by federal funds. There you can find information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and more.
Nice post, Sarah! I'm glad you found the internship experience to be interesting. The brochure looks great -- I'll blog it in the CTN Dissemination Library [commercial link removed, per guidelines]
I was impressed with your desire to get involved with the CCTN and with your interest in helping people to understand what Clinical Trials are all about.
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I agree testing must take place for everybody's well being. I have more of the same
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Great post - and I think the brochure looks awesome! Way to go, Sarah!
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Jerusalem has a dog poop problem. It's apparently so bad, city officials are going high-tech to deal with it. They're planning to compile a DNA database of city dogs and when they collect the illegal poo, they'll be able to track down the offending pups. And the owners pay, according to The Daily Mail.
In a statement, the municipality said it would first be collecting saliva samples from dogs in the city before inputting them into a citywide database.
"The municipality pilot project calls for establishment of a database of dog DNA to allow us to reduce the soiling of pavements, parks and public spaces," the statement said.
Once the DNA database has been compiled, the city will conduct testing to see whether the samples can be effectively matched to dog droppings found around the city.
Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz said the municipality hoped to get saliva samples from around 70 to 80 percent of the 11,000 dogs registered in Jerusalem.
This is not a new solution to an old problem. They're already dealing with it in Minnesota:


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Blanquette de Veau
Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking
Published by Bloomsbury USA
There are certain rules in the world of cooking. One of them is that color contrast is a good thing. A plate with too much white, for instance, cries out for some garnish, some color, something, anything, to distract the eye from all that monochrome. But not this dish. This dish is the exception to the rule. For a chef, it can be maddening to make it for the first time, as the natural impulse, the sum total of all one's training, says "Put some carrot in there–a little chopped parsley, for God's sake!" Resist the urge. It's supposed to be white. All white. Keep it that way. It makes something of a statement.
NotesIf you have a pristine, clear veal stock handy, you can replace half the water with it for better flavor.
2 small pots
Large pot
Medium pot
Small bowl
Measuring cup
Cooking Methodstewing
Total Timeunder 4 hours
OccasionCasual Dinner Party, Family Get-together
Recipe Coursemain course
Dietary Considerationlow carb, peanut free, soy free
Taste and Texturebuttery, creamy, meaty, rich, savory
- 1 pint (560 g) pearl onions
- 6 tbsp (84 g) butter
- 1 pint (560 g) small white button mushrooms
- 3 lb (1.35 kg) veal neck or shoulder, cut into 2-inch (5-cm) squares
- 1 bouquet garni
- 1 large onion, cut in half and studded with 4 cloves
- 1 carrot, cut in half
- 1 celery rib
- 4 tbsp (56 g) flour
- ½ cup (225 ml) heavy cream
- Salt and white pepper
- 1 egg yolk
- Juice of ½ lemon
Peel the pearl onions, place in a small pot, and cover with cold water. Add 1 tablespoon (14 g) of the butter and bring the water to a boil over high heat. Let it boil until the water evaporates (do not allow the onions to take on any color), then remove from the heat and set aside.
In the second small pot, repeat the procedure with the mushrooms, cooking them in water and 1 tablespoon (14 g) of the butter just until they are tender. Set aside.
Place the veal in the large pot. Cover with water and add the bouquet garni, onion, carrot, and celery. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Let cook over low heat for 2 hours, periodically skimming away and discarding meat scum, until the veal is fork-tender (meaning it can be easily cut with the side of a fork). Do not undercook. Do not overcook to mush! Strain the meat and set it aside. Strain the broth and keep it hot over heat. Discard the bouquet garni and the vegetables.
In the medium pot, melt the remaining 4 tablespoons (56 g) of butter over medium heat, and once it has foamed and subsided, whisk in the flour, making sure it is completely incorporated. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring frequently. Do not color the flour. (What you are doing, by the way–in case you didn't know–is making a roux.) Gradually add 1 cup (450 ml) of the hot broth, whisking constantly to incorporate smoothly. Add the remaining broth and bring to a boil, cooking and stirring until the mixture begins to thicken. Add the veal, pearl onions, mushrooms, and cream. Stir. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and heat for 5 to 8 minutes. Season with salt and white pepper.
Just before serving, place the egg yolk in the small bowl and add about a ¼ cup (112 ml) of the hot sauce from the stew. Whisk well and add this mixture to the pot. Stir. Do not allow the sauce to come to a boil! Add the lemon juice, season again as needed, and serve with absolutely white rice.
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U.S. tennis player Venus Williams celebrates after winning the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on February 22, 2014 in Dubai. Williams won her final against Alize Cornet of France 6-3, 6-0.
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Venus Williams holds her trophy with her sister Serena Williams after the women's final match of the U.S. Open at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York, Sept. 8, 2001. Venus defeated Serena 6-2, 6-4, in what was the first tennis final pitting sister against sister in more than a century.
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Venus Williams of the U.S. returns a backhand to Lindsay Davenport of the U.S. during their women's final match at the 119th Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 2, 2005.
Venus Williams of the U.S. falls as she tries for a shot from Lindsay Davenport of the U.S. during their women's final match at the 119th Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 2, 2005.
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hours and 45 minutes, with a final score of 4-6, 7(7)-6(4), 9-7.
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Serena Williams (left) and Venus Williams of the United States compete against Kveta Peschke of Czech Republic and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia on Day 13 of the French Open, at Roland Garros in Paris, June 4, 2010. The Williams sisters won the women's doubles title, 6-2, 6-3.
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Venus Williams (left) and Serena Williams of the United States confer during their women's doubles gold medal match against the Czech Republic's Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, during the London 2012 Olympic Games, at the All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, August 5, 2012. The Williams sisters won the match 6-4, 6-4 - their third shared Olympic gold.
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Cardinals Beat Phillies to Avoid Historic Sweep
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Adam Wainwright kept the Philadelphia Phillies from making a bit of history. He also showed that the shutout he threw his last time out was no fluke.
The Cardinals pitcher worked six stingy innings in an 8-3 victory Sunday that meant the Phillies still haven't swept a four-game series in St. Louis since 1913. He also took another big step forward in his comeback year from reconstructive elbow surgery that sidelined him all last season.
"I think I was just trying to keep that ball rolling," Wainwright said. "I made some good adjustments and I wanted to make sure they weren't short-lived.
"I wanted to make sure I stayed in the moment and went pitch by pitch and kept the focus on executing."
Wainwright (4-5) has allowed three runs in 21 2/3 innings his last three starts, including a shutout with nine strikeouts against the Padres in his last time out. He walked none for the first time this season and struck out two to go to 3-1 for his career against Philadelphia.
He's been even stingier against the Phillies, allowing two earned runs in 20 innings, an ERA of 0.90, in his last three starts.
"I feel comfortable on the mound again. The old me is the new me," Wainwright said. "I don't think we have to talk about that anymore. I definitely had the mindset that the Phillies were not going to sweep us."
Wainwright allowed a run on seven hits in 90-degree heat. He got an unexpected early cushion from Yadier Molina's grand slam in the first off Roy Halladay, who left after two innings with shoulder soreness.
Molina left due to dehydration during his at-bat in the fifth.
"I was seeing the pitcher like three pitchers at the same time," Molina said. "So that wasn't a good feeling. I was kind of dizzy. It's the first time it happened to me and I'm glad I said something."
All of the Cardinals' runs came from homers. Carlos Beltran's three-run homer in the fifth was his NL-leading 15th and rookie Matt Adams, who's been filling in for injured Lance Berkman at first base, hit the first of his career off Chad Qualls.
"I got the silent treatment just for a couple of seconds," Adams said. "And then the dugout erupted."
Halladay (4-5) departed with a 3.98 ERA after an outing that matched the second-shortest outing of his career. The team said the two-time Cy Young award winner was taken out as a precautionary measure and that he'll be re-evaluated in the next few days.
The Phillies are already without stars Ryan Howard and Chase Utley. Halladay was 19-6 with a 2.35 ERA last year, and allowed 10 homers in 32 starts.
Since winning his first three starts, Halladay is 1-5 with a 5.08 ERA in eight games, and the Phillies have lost seven of his last eight starts. He has taken the last two losses for the Phillies, who entered the series finale on a four-game winning streak.
Molina's third career grand slam was the fifth allowed by Halladay, two of them this year after the Braves' Brian McCann connected May 2 at Atlanta. Halladay has allowed six homers this season, all this month.
Skip Schumaker and Matt Holliday singled with one out and David Freese walked with two outs before Molina hit his seventh homer of the season to straightaway center, a deceptive drive that had Shane Victorino backpedaling before running out of room.
This is the 89th time the two teams have met in St. Louis for a four-game series since the Phillies' last sweep in 1913. The Phillies' last three-game sweep in St. Louis was in 2006.
Molina made the Cardinals' only mistake, trotting from first to third after believing Adams' drive right-center in the fourth was a homer. Victorino made a leaping catch at the wall to rob Adams of extra bases and threw to first for an easy double play.
The Phillies' 2-3-4 hitters, Juan Pierre, Hunter Pence and Carlos Ruiz, combined for seven hits. Pierre had three hits and two RBIs.
The Cardinals lead the NL with 63 homers after entering the game with eight more than the next-best Brewers.


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Every Wednesday during the Advent season, we will post a reflection in hopes that it may help you on your own journey through Advent. This weekís reflection is offered by Larry Livingston, CFCA church relations director.
"Ö May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all Ö"
(1 Thes 3:12)
Most of us know to be on guard against hardness of heart. Nor do we want to be faint-hearted, cold-hearted or broken-hearted.
But do we take care to keep from becoming drowsy-hearted? In the Gospel reading for the First Sunday of Advent, being drowsy-hearted is the condition that Jesus seems to be most concerned about.
In the Gospel, Jesus cautions us to keep our hearts awake and attentive for his coming.
On the surface, the reading seems to be about his final coming at the end of time, but a deeper examination shows our more immediate concern should be the various encounters with Christ that might happen at any hour of any day. These are the encounters that a drowsy heart would be most likely to miss.
How does a heart become drowsy? One way might be from lack of proper rest, brought on by overuse in the pursuit of pleasure.
Hearts that insist on seeking contentment where it canít be found are especially prone to such exhaustion.
But there is another path to drowsiness of the heart, and those who have had their hearts broken can be the most vulnerable. This drowsiness is a side effect of attempts to numb ourselves from the pains of life.
Painkillers of choice come in many forms both pronounced and subtle.
Even things that begin as noble and generous pursuits can become heart-deadening if they distract a person from the authentic love of others.
Because human beings are made to be in relationships, the truest path to intimacy with Christ is found in loving other people.
This is a simple truth, yet one that we can easily forget. Advent ó the season of renewing our faith in a God who loves us so deeply as to become one of us ó is the perfect time to rededicate ourselves to embracing the simple goodness of living in communion with others.
CFCA wants to gently help people in their journey toward deeper human kindness and solidarity.
We seek to build caring relationships that build one another up and help them grow in their capacity for happiness.
As we begin this season of preparation to receive Christ Incarnate into our world, let us begin by allowing our hearts to be fully awakened to those around us.
Let us be brave enough to set aside whatever remedies we might be relying on to mask our pain and, instead, celebrate the authenticity of life shared with others.
Then, with our hearts awake and eyes wide open, we can begin to figure out where that star might lead.
Related links:
Awakening our hearts to love [1st Advent reflection]
'For it is in giving that we receive' [2nd Advent reflection]
'God dwells within the human family' [3rd Advent reflection]


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There was a time when a game manual wasn't just a place to print out what each button did. Manuals were, at one point, the first step of the journey into a intricate fantasy world.
Manuals explained the interface, but that was the least important thing they did. Much more importantly they served as the ferryman to a new world. They explained the reason for your existence, the history of your new life and kicked off what would become a grand adventure.
My old gaming manuals aren't around anymore, not because I threw them out, but because I wore them out. Days, months spent worrying over the minor details of their printed words left them in tatters.
Fortunately, I'm not the only one who understands their power and value. Website Replacementdocs.com has collected and scanned nearly 9,000 gaming manuals with the help of 465 enthusiasts. The manuals come from an amazingly diverse selection of platforms including the 3DO, Amiga, Jaguar, CD-i and PC. Though it appears there are no TRS-80 manuals.
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What causes it?
The cause is unknown, but genetic factors may contribute to it.
How does it affect the heart?
In this condition, the blood is normally routed but the right ventricle must pump at higher pressure than is normal. The right ventricular function may decline over time.
How does it affect my child?
Babies born with l-transposition usually aren't blue. The congenital heart defect may go undetected for a long time. It might not be diagnosed until well into adulthood when congestive heart failure, heart murmurs and abnormal heart rhythms can develop. When there is a ventricular septal defect and pulmonary valve obstruction, the baby may be blue and murmurs are usually heard.
Is surgery needed?
Most children without a VSD or pulmonary valve obstruction won't need surgery. Children with these problems may require surgery to close the hole, relieve the blockage of blood flow to the lungs, and in some cases repair or replace the leaky tricuspid valve. In patients with VSDs, it may be recommended to undergo a more complex surgical procedure known as a "double switch" which reroutes the red blood to the left ventricle and aorta and blue blood to the right ventricle and pulmonary artery.
Problems your child may have may have
Patients may have problems with heart muscle, tricuspid valve leakage or heart rhythm as they enter adulthood, whether or not they had prior surgery. Like patients with atrial repair of d-TGA, the right ventricle may weaken, leading to congestive heart failure. Abnormally slow heart rhythms may cause fainting or fatigue. The most worrisome slow heart rhythm, complete heart block, is common in l-transposition. Rapid heart rhythms are less common than in d-TGA patients.
Ongoing Care:
What will my child need in the future?
Medications to help the heart pump better, control fluid accumulation (diuretics) and control blood pressure may help with congestive heart failure symptoms. A pacemaker may be required in the event of abnormally slow heart rhythms. You should also consult a cardiologist with expertise in caring for adults with congenital heart disease if you are undergoing any type of non-heart surgery or invasive procedure.
Medical Follow up
Routine evaluation may include an EKG, echocardiogram, Holter monitor and stress testing. Your cardiologist may recommend other testing such as an MRI or heart catheterization.
Activity Restrictions
Many patients don't need to limit their activity, except to avoid activities like weight lifting that cause a rise in blood pressure. However, if your child's heart doesn't pump normally or if you have heart rhythm issues, you may need to limit your activity to your endurance. Your cardiologist will help determine if your child needs to limit your activity.
Preventing Endocarditis
People who have l-transposition of the great arteries may require endocarditis prophylaxis if they have a prosthetic valve. In the majority of patients, there is no prosthetic valve and the cardiologist will be able to determine if the patient needs to keep taking routine antibiotics before certain dental work.
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Eduardo García Campos, the thinktank behind the awarded project Butterfly by Eduardo García Campos explains, "Butterfly" is part of an exercise in exploration of metal processes. Inspired by Mexican Monarca Butterflies, which despite to the fragile appearance of its wings, is capable of traveling more than 4000 kilometers from Canada to the state of Michoacan in Mexico. The pure lines resemble a wing shape of a butterfly and its structure is made to create a very confortable, strong and aesthetic piece. Always looking for a perfect balance between function and production feasibility, "Butterfly" makes up pairs of stackable, cast aluminum, indoor-outdoor chairs. .
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A rather curious phenomenon that has been observed in the popular press lately is that on those rare occasions when total global public debt is demonstrated correctly on a country by country basis, i.e., including contingent liabilities, as well as various trans-national, public-sector backed guarantees (such as EFSF backstops), and most importantly the Net Present Value of pensions and healthcare, or the cost of the welfare state expressed in current dollars, there is one country that is systematically excluded. That would be the United States. Today we set the record straight by adding the US to the list where it rightfully belongs, and also answer the rhetorical question of why the US just so happens to be consistently omitted from such column-chart based, hair-raising classifications. Simply said, it is quite clear why the now defaulted Hellenic Republic could and should be forgiven in saying that "at least Greece is not America…"
Keep in mind this is purely a documentation of public debt in its broader definition. When one adds private financial and household debt, things get truly hilarious, as seen on the following chart also from Morgan Stanley (which unfortunately excludes such critical components of public debt as contingent and NPV of pension and healthcare) which shows why the UK, with its 950% global consolidated debt/GDP, is quite fond of infinite rehypothecation, or the iterational "fractional reserve" creation of credit money from one asset (most likely robo-signed away to someone, unclear quite who: just ask Jon Corzine how fiat money can evaporate when one tries to match it with the "asset" that spawned it), as many times as necessary to pay those record banker bonuses.
Incidentally, the reason why the US is again mysteriously underrepresented from this chart is not only due to ignoring the elephant in the room, or NPVed welfare costs, but because for a proper apples to apples comparison basis on total, consolidated cross-sector debt, one would have to also account for all the shadow banking system debt, a number and concept which modern monetary theory still refuses to acknowledge, which was the primary source of thoroughly unregulated and deposit-free credit expansion in the US in the past 20 years, and which per Citi estimates from several years ago based on total assets held by custodial banks, would be well over double the US GDP alone!


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WBU Presents Athletic Awards
PLAINVIEW, TX – Richard Varnon, a member of the Pioneer track and field and cheerleading teams, and Plainview's Stephanie Shaw, a member of the Flying Queens basketball team, were named the Roscoe Snyder Award recipients as the top male and female senior athletes Wednesday night at the Wayland Baptist University Athletic Awards Banquet.
Women's volleyball player MaryGrace Moore and track and field athlete Joel O'Hair received the Scholar Athlete Awards as the athletes classified as a junior or above with the highest grade point averages, and junior golfer Adam Wainio was presented the Champions of Character Award.
The Wallace and Janis Davis Award of the Spirit was presented to Jennifer Baker, a junior member of the track and field team. Jim Olsen, who is retiring after more than 10 years of driving the WBU athletic charter, was named the winner of the Roy McClung Service Award.
Most Valuable Player Awards were present to J.J. Brumley, a freshman from Plainview, in golf; Shaw in women's basketball; DeJuan Davis in men's basketball; O'Hair and Baker in cross country; Randi Trew and MaryGrace Moore in volleyball; Rohan Thompson and Baker in track and field, and Ashlee Kuhlman in cheerleading. (Varity baseball MVP awards will be awarded at a later date.)
Men's Golf
Most Valuable Player: J.J. Brumley, Fr., Plainview, TX
Most Improved Player: Aaron Ledbetter, Jr., Ballinger, TX
Manning Trophy: Adam Wanio, Jr., Albuquerque, NM
Men's Basketball
Most Valuable Player; DeJuan Davis, Jr., Tulsa, OK
Coaches Award: Danny Storey, Fr., Canyon, TX
Best Rebounder: Nate Bridges, Jr., Levelland, TX
Freshman of the Year: Kris Hatley, Fr., Midland, TX
JV Coaches Award: Trevor Benton, Fr., Shamrock, TX
Women's Basketball
Most Valuable Player: Stephanie Shaw, Sr., Plainview, TX
Newcomer of the Year: Elyse Newland, So., Plainview, TX
Hutcherson Family Award: Nikki Wallace, Jr., Haskell, TX
Coaches Award: Anatasia Okolo, Fr., Houston, TX
JV Coaches Award: Celeste Louder, Fr., Hereford, TX
Cross Country
Most Valuable Player (Male): Joel O'Hair, Jr., Lubbock, TX
Most Valuable Player (Female): Jennifer Baker, Jr., Canyon, TX
Newcomer of the Year (Male): Nimrod Lelei, Fr., Nairobi, Kenya
Most Valuable Players: MaryGrace Moore, Jr., LaPorte, TX
Randi Trew, So., Lubbock, TX
Newcomer of the Year: Krissa Johnson, Fr., Denver City, TX
Men's Tack & Field
Most Valuable Athlete: Rohan Thompson, Jr., Barbados
Newcomer of the Year: Montez Pride, Sr., St. Louis, MO
Coaches Award: Nenad Stojanovic, Sr., Serbia
Women's Track & Field
Most Valuable Athlete: Jennifer Baker, Jr., Canyon, TX
Newcomer of the Year: Janeille Brathwaite, Fr., Barbados
Coaches Award: Akisha Simmons, So., El Paso, TX
Most Valuable Cheerleader: Ashlee Kuhlman, Fr., Canyon, TX
Team Leadership Award: Richard Varnon, Sr., Spearman, TX
Spirit Award: Laci Rousseau, Jr., Tulia, TX
Varsity Awards – TBA
J.V. Most Valuable Player: Mike Irby, So., Claude, TX
J.V. Coaches Award: Jacob Bentley, Jr., Tulia, TX
Award of Merit (3.5 GPA or higher)
Baseball: Seth Andrews, Jr., Lubbock, TX; Trey Roberson, Jr., Lubbock, TX
Cross Country: Joel O'Hair, Jr., Lubbock, TX
Track and Field: Nenad Stojanovic, Sr., Serbia
Women's Basketball: Christa Condron, Jr., Graham, TX
Men's Basketball: Nate Bridges, Jr., Levelland, TX
Volleyball: MaryGrace Moore, Jr., LaPorte, TX
Golf: Adam Wainio, Jr., Albuquerque, NM
Roscoe Snyder Award
Male: Richard Varnon, Sr., Spearman, TX
Female: Stephanie Shaw, Sr., Plainview, TX
Scholar Athletes
Male: Joel O'Hair, Jr., Lubbock, TX
Female: MaryGrace Moore, Jr., LaPorte, TX
Champions of Character Award
Adam Wainio, Jr., Albuquerque, NM


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With breathtaking panoramic views of the mountains, nature reserve, Indian Ocean and the beautiful Beau Vallon Bay, Petit Amour Villa is a spacious, privately-owned residence offering guests the rare opportunity of experiencing a secluded, luxury home in paradise.
Situated at the northern end of Mahé in the Seychelles, this stunning four bedroom property is available for rental on a exclusive or per-room basis. The accommodation is impeccably appointed in a contemporary European style with Creole influences throughout. Set within a private tropical garden with palm, frangipani and fruit trees the villa also offers an infinity swimming pool, and sunbathing area with stunning views of the ocean.
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As you enter the elegantly furnished open-plan living space, with bar, lounge, dining and kitchen areas the mix of marble floors, muted natural tones and dark wood furniture provides an air of peace and tranquillity. The fully equipped modern kitchen also has a separate breakfast bar overlooking the ocean.
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With the help of a great interior designer and local artisans we have designed and built a cool, calm sanctuary from where our guests can enjoy the many splendors that our islands have to offer.
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Walking by the water feature and up the sweeping solid wood staircase, you reach the informal sitting room.
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Fully air-conditioned throughout, the 7,500 sq ft property has four double/twin bedrooms all with private bathrooms, each opening onto a spacious balcony or terrace with seating to enjoy the exceptional views, by day or night.
All bedrooms are individually designed and beautifully appointed with sumptuous soft furnishings. They each have comfortable seating and flat screens giving individual access to movies and music. So, when it's time to retire, your bedroom offers a sanctuary to enjoy a good night's sleep. The stunning split level Master Suite benefits from an Italian marble en-suite bathroom with a two person spa bath, and views across the ocean. It also has a double vanity basin and free standing rain shower.
Fully licensed as a wedding venue, we are delighted to arrange everything needed to make your paradise wedding possible in one of the most romantic locations in the world. From local administration to catering and extra accommodation for guests, Petit Amour villa makes a truly perfect wedding location.
Alternatively, you may prefer to get married on one of the many idyllic beaches, and the villa offers a luxury retreat beforehand and/or the perfect honeymoon escape.
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Our packages are individually tailored to suit your specific needs and are offered on an individual room basis.
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Ancillary state construction is a necessary component of quantum computing.
Ancillae are required both for error correction and for performing universal computation in a fault-tolerant way. Computation to an arbitrary accuracy, however, is effectively achieved by increasing the number of qubits in order to suppress the variance in the expected number of errors. Thus, it is important to be able to construct very large ancillary states. Concatenated quantum coding provides a means of constructing ancillae of any size, but, this fact aside, concatenation is not a particularly efficient form of coding. More efficient codes exist, but these codes lack the substructure of concatenated codes that enables fault-tolerant preparation of large ancillae.
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A 4000-m-high cliff marks the edge of the source area of Kasei Valles in its western part. Gigantic water falls may have once plunged over these cliffs on to the valley floor. The original shoreline is still partially visible. The remarkably smooth valley floor was later flooded by basaltic lava.
Images acquired in different orbits were combined to create the image mosaics, the map, as well as the colour-coded elevation model.
The colour scenes have been derived from the three HRSC-colour channels and the nadir channel. The perspective views have been calculated from the digital terrain model derived from the stereo channels.
The anaglyph image was calculated from the nadir and one stereo channel. The black and white high resolution images were derived from the nadir channel, which provides the highest level of detail.


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