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One step closer to Star Trek. Seriously, though, someone needs to set up a "BadPhoneCallTranslation.com" domain and set it to replay some of the funniest or awkward phone call translations.
And on an unrelated note, I am now seeing stories with red bars at the top. Am I now seeing articles to be posted in the future? Or is this just another Slashdot weird redesign?
The red bars show it's a new story without comments yet. For such a low UID I'm surprised you'd never seen it before
One step closer to Star Trek.
Still far away, though. This project is making use of giant pre-existing databases of English and Japanese in order to translate speech from one language to the other. The Star Trek universal translator, on the other hand, was capable of translating between English and previously unknown alien languages. Because of the principle of l'arbitraire du signe and the frequent use of idioms in human speech, in order for a computer to be able to learn and translate from a previously undocumented language (as opposed to useful but flawed Google Translate-like methods), we would essentially need true AI, and that doesn't seem likely in the coming years.
The Star Trek universal translator, on the other hand, was capable of translating between English and previously unknown alien languages. Because of the principle of l'arbitraire du signe and the frequent use of idioms in human speech
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.
Can you imagine how rich this dude would have been had he actually patented every concept he came up with for Star Trek? Fortunately, back then you couldn't patent a concept, because our government wasn't as corrupt.
And therein lies the ultimate irony of Star Trek; for everything Gene got right about the tech, he failed miserably predicting human nature and greed.
He wouldn't have made anything. The patents would have expired decades prior to the technology being possible.
Not true. In Richard Feynman's memoirs (either Surely You're Joking or The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, I forget which one), he tells that after the Manhattan project, he and his colleagues were asked by managers to come up with ideas that they could patent. Feynman, half in jest, tossed up a few including "nuclear-powered aircraft" ("nuclear-powered ship" was already taken). The patents were applied for, and were awarded, and a few years later, Feynm
Ever notice that none of these stories are ever written from the jobs perspective? "I lost my translation job because ___ company is rolling out a software program that will do my job for them."
Repeat until there are no jobs left.
Just use the magic word "H1B" and all that changes... The disappearance of other people's jobs is just the inevitable march of progress, and will probably make them better off in the long run anyway. My job, though, now that's a different story...
Just use the magic word "H1B" and all that changes
Technological advances that take jobs have been normal since the industrial revolution. Hiring cheap foreign workers has not. E.g., the railroads didn't import Irishmen and Chinamen on H1Bs, they hired immigrants.
The predictions of Luddites that jobs are going away due to X technology being developed have never been correct. New technologies create new opportunities. If advances in technology always cost jobs, then the vast majority of people would be unemployed.
Nope AC. Of course there's the gap.
The job goes away as fast as the slip in the Manager's office. Rent's due next week and you needed that paycheck. The "Opportunity" doesn't show up for years.
New technologies create new opportunities.
Why? Other than its usually worked out so far on a big enough scale.
I'd argue something like more systemic complexity requires more management which requires skilled people... so far.... and until you run out of skilled people.
then the vast majority of people would be unemployed.
Maybe not "vast" but we're basically already there right around only about half the population produces. And it sucks.
There will always be jobs.
1) Robotics
2) Software engineering
3) Game development
Whether there will ever be seven billion jobs is another story.
Yeah well, and candle makers and horse carriage makers also lost their jobs. And so did coal shovelers and pretzel salters.
The goal here is, to free humanity from primitive low-level jobs, so that they can concentrate on cool and interesting challenges.
In fact we're already so far with this, that we (at least in Germany) could offer unconditional base income (generated from those automated low-level jobs), so people can do exactly that: Work on making dreams come true.
And: No, contrary to what the industrialists want to tell you, humans won't become lazy slobs when they aren't forced into slave labor. It has been shown, time and time again, that people need that freedom to create something really great, and historically, artists and inventors thrived when there was such a space.
You're assuming people are dumbasses that can't strive for higher things if they have the freedom and resources. They aren't. Most people just grew up to assume being stupid is cool and that they could feel entitled to get everything pre-chewed and wrapped in 10 miles of idiot padding. They can do much more, if they have to or want to.
Also, if you ever tried those translations systems, you'll know that it's not a low-level job at all, and it will still take a long time, before we don't need human translators anymore. If somebody has a business deal of any importance, you can bet your ass, that he won't risk losing it because he was too cheap to get a real human translator.
Conclusion: Don't be so passive! You're not a machine that gets used and thrown away by companies at will. You have your own will. (Or at least you should.) Do something great with it! Be an individual! Otherwise, are you even really alive?
>> The goal here is, to free humanity from primitive low-level jobs, so that they can concentrate on cool and interesting challenges.
The world needs ditch diggers too, Danny.
The goal here is, to free humanity from primitive low-level jobs, so that they can concentrate on cool and interesting challenges.
Like diving through dumpsters for your next meal....
a) the opportunities for truly "cool and interesting challenges" - as opposed to desperate rat-races with ever exponentially increasing demands for "education" and "retraining" and ever exponentially diminishing returns disguised as "challenges" - are orders of magnitude less than the population size. Only those who
Like diving through dumpsters for your next meal....
Did you even read his post? Did the "offer unconditional base income (generated from those automated low-level jobs)" part somehow go over your head or did all the foam coming from your mouth block your vision?
People like you complain about how many jobs are soul sucking jobs, about repetitive tasks that cause life long injuries, about dangerous jobs, about unskilled jobs that are easily replaced and so on and so on. Then when someone finds a way to get rid of the need for those, as you'd say inhumane, jobs
Did you even read his post? Did the "offer unconditional base income (generated from those automated low-level jobs)" part somehow go over your head or did all the foam coming from your mouth block your vision?
That is the standard "carrot on the stick" cop-out offered by various apologists.
Use your head! If Germany actually did it they would make Greece look like a maven of fiscal responsibility and frugal governance in a very short order.
Also how would those "base income" recipients look like? Think "th
The goal here is, to free humanity from primitive low-level jobs, so that they can concentrate on cool and interesting challenges.
So, what will people on the left half of the bell curve do? People who only mix with university graduates don't think about it much, but there a whole lot of their fellow citizens have sub-100 IQs. For them, things like money management and showing up to work on time are interesting challenges. If we actually do manage to "free humanity from primitive low-level jobs" about hal
You're assuming people are dumbasses that can't strive for higher things if they have the freedom and resources. They aren't. Most people just grew up to assume being stupid is cool and that they could feel entitled to get everything pre-chewed and wrapped in 10 miles of idiot padding. They can do much more, if they have to or want to.
It seems that the devaluation of language skills would be a corollary of costs being cut.
After all, if companies won't pay extra for language skills, why acquire them (while you're in high school)?
Ironically, these sorts of apps may lead to lower levels of foreign language ability within a given society. Instead of having millions of French, Chinese, and German speakers in, say, the US, you would end up concentrating language skills in a few computer systems (Google's, Apples, maybe Wolfram's).
Ironically, these sorts of apps may lead to lower levels of foreign language ability within a given society.
Or it could do the opposite. Say I have a phone that translates Spanish/English because my Spanish is rusty and I go to Mexico. I'm going to hear the Mexican say "Qué es lo que quieres?" and the phone say "What do you want?" He'll hear me say "A beer, please" and then he'll hear the phone say "Un cervesa, por favor." After using it for a while, the rustiness would wear off.
OT, but why did the
*Una cerveza.
OT, but why did the not work? There should be an upside down question mark before the question, and it won't render.
Ha, are you expecting Slashdot to handle weird stuff like the full set of HTML entities? We're lucky to get accents and not be restricted to pure ASCII.
It was reasonable when it started; nowadays when everyone supports unicode, it's pitiful.
Repeat until there are no jobs left.
Too late. The Neolithic agricultural revolution already eliminated 90% of all hunter-gatherer jobs, and then the Industrial Revolution and mechanization of agriculture destroyed the few jobs that were left. Today, most people have nothing to do but sit around posting economic fallacies [wikipedia.org] on Slashdot.
It is only a "fallacy" until comes true.
First of all economics is not a science but something akin to a bunch of voodoo followers and witch doctors trying to find "scientific" justification for their pre-conceived ideologies so one must take their opinion on what is and what is not a "fallacy" with a sizeable grain of salt.
And then it is quite obvious that growth in "productivity" in the last 30 years in the most industrialized countries actually lowered (the actual as opposed to superficially perceived)
Ever notice that none of these stories are ever written from the jobs perspective?
"I lost my job because of technology!" -- John henry
Others: I lost my job at the candle factory! I lost my job at the buggy whip factory! I lost my ferrier job! I lost my job at the auto plant to a robot!
Every machine in existance does a job that a human once did. Before 1945, a computer was a human being whose job was to do math for ballistic firing tables, logarythmic tables, etc.
You don't need as many carpenters to build a
The outcome will be beautiful, but I don't know, there needs to be sacrifices, and they are also great opportunities to learn something new. I expect that as the market expands there would be interest to actually hire translators to work with the technology, because of their practical knowledge and aptitude in language.
But that never seems to happen though.
I was watching a TV programme called "The Mighty Micro" (it's available on YouTube), a 6-part documentary on the coming microprocessor made in the late 1970s by the BBC. It was interesting to see what predictions came true and which ones were wide of the mark. In the final programme, the pundits were predicting what would happen. Everything from the cashless society by the mid-1990s (didn't happen), to the prediction of massive easily accessible data (did happen), to huge reforms in education (partially happened).
One prediction that was made that by the mid 1990s we would probably only be working 20 hours weeks, and society would have to shift to a model where we don't work much. However, the opposite has happened. Not only is the workforce larger than ever (Britain's workforce is probably double what it was in the late 1970s), unemployment is lower (in Britain, despite the workforce being twice the size of the late 70s workforce, the absolute number of unemployed is 1 million people fewer despite the worst recession in nearly a century), and many sections of the work force work longer hours than they used to. (Ironically, it's in the computer industry where the longer hours are more extreme, for example in the United States you're seen as a slacker unless you routinely work 60-80 hour weeks).
If you lost your job due to translation software, you were a shitty translator. No, really. Any serious translating (i.e., that goes beyond checking a box "we can do this!") requires highly skilled translators. And no, merely being fluent in the two languages is not enough. Translating also requires that you can map one expression to another quickly and smoothly, and that you can recreate subtle hints in the grammar structure, the setup of the sentences and other indirect modes of communication.
That is hard
I'm still waiting for an english-only voice processing software package that can translate boston and texan accents, and god help you if you have a southern drawl, or english-as-a-second-language. Poor bastards who speak Russian can't 'V' to save their soul.
How is an English-only voice processor going to help you comprehend the strange utterances of southerners?
How is an English-only voice processor going to help you comprehend the strange utterances of southerners?
Having lived in Alabama for awhile in the 90s, luckily they speak so blasted slow that you can devote twice, maybe three times as much processing power. Assuming the translator is processing limited.
Southerners? They sound funny but I have no problem understanding them. People from the northeast, especially Bwastun and Neuw Ywok, are completely unintelligible to me. I remember one (in hindsight) funny encounter with one of these incomprehensible folks, pointing to the bottom of the motorcycle and saying "Look at da ta!"
"Look at the what?"
"Da ta! Look at the ta!"
"The tire?"
"No, da ta!"
I had no fucking clue that this guy meant "tar," he was referring to the kickstand sinking into the tar that had been so
Russians don't have a problem with V per se. V or Russian (veh) are not a problem at all... especially when they are trying to say W. When they want to say V though they say W.
Its most baffling.
The funniest bit is how they use H instead of G, when they have the perfectly serviceable (yes, it looks like eXs, its closer to cHa), so you get names like Garry Potter and Prince Garry..... can't say i've heard of either of those dudes, but Russians seem to think they are famous.
Ah, and it looks like slashdot just removed my Cyrillic characters meaning my post is twice as confusing.
Slashdot guys... its 2012... maybe you have heard of unicode?
Sore de ganbattekudasai!
limiting its use in some situations.
Don't worry humans, most of you are not going to lose your translation job.
We already limit human translators to "important" stuff only.
The people most likely to lose their jobs are Indian call centers. Soon, you'll be "talking" to Bob at Dell who walks you thru power cycling your windows box, but he's actually in Afghanistan and doesn't speak a word of English. Also instead of telemarketing scum leaving messages on my answering machine, they'll be having Turing test conversations about how I should vote for any politician but Johnson (whom I am voting for).
I'm sure there will be a contractual limitation not to do anything important with the service "So I'm not telling ya all, that ya all can't not shut off the backup reactor cooling pump disabling relay..." WTF does that mean in English much less Japanese? So... no critical infrastructure support, no medical, no legal, no engineering, no management, no HR, no accounting... whats left other than telemarketing and call centers?
I wonder what you'll have to say into the phone in japanese to get "all your base belong to us" out of it.
And of course, I forget how the actual phrase went. "All your base are belong to us".
IF you translate between Japanese and English it would be FAR FAR FAR easier to do it with text first. Have you seen some of the translations google comes up with? Often it ain't even good enough to get the gist of the original message, let alone be good enough to carry a conversation.
With speech to speech translation, you got to first have proper voice regonization, a far from perfect technology, then have good translation, which doesn't yet exist especially for such totally different languages as japanese/english. And then you got have good text to speech. Which ALSO still isn't anything to write home about or computer game would use it to be able to forgo voice acting and have far more flexible scripts including usage of player chosen names.
Combine all three and engrish.com better get some extra hosting to store all the hilarious screwups.
The reason Japanese/English is so hard to translate is that the languages are completely different in which the way you say something and what information is included/excluded is totally different. And then people make it worse by leaving things out they expect someone from their own circle to know but that someone from another culture needs to make things clear. How would you translate 'dude'. And yes I know that is a lousy example of hip and happening street talk but I am a nerd, what do I know of being hip. But the translating engine better knows or you are going to get a tower of babel.
If this new solution magically improve all three fields needed to an as yet unheard of standard, it would be amazing. I doubt it, but it would be amazing.
Now just convince the japanese to stop putting all the text on their webpages in images and we might actually be able to make the world a bit smaller. Oh and get companies to make deal with global payment services so anyone can use their local payment system to pay anywhere in the world.
I currently use the best commercial voice recognition software, and have experience with a variety of machine translation suites that do Japanese-English, so I have somewhat of a frame of reference.
With respect to the former, the quality is quite good. I can speak at a relatively natural pace and get upwards of 95% accuracy. That said, I still have to adjust my speech in a sometimes unnatural manner to be sure the program "hears" me correctly, and I have heard horror stories from people with different accents/dialects having a terrible time. (Someone made a joke about Welsh, but I know a Welsh fellow and he had some colorful things to say about the commercially-available VR programs.) An additional complicating factor in the J-E scenario is that Japanese has many words that sound nearly identical, and are distinguished only by slight inflections: (hashi; chopsticks) and (hashi; bridge) is a typical example. There are thousands of examples of such words, and from what I understand, Japanese voice recognition software is quite far behind because of this particular trait. Without a UI for speakers to choose which word they are actually trying to say, I can imagine that the VR side of this program has a slew of problems.
Now, onto machine translation. As it stands, MT works great for some language pairs, but Japanese-English is notoriously problematic. AFAIK part of the reason is the highly contextual nature of the Japanese language. Subjects and objects are often omitted entirely, for example. I don't really have to go into this in detail -- just run any Japanese Wikipedia article through Google translate and see what happens. Other commercially-available and proprietary software I've used has been basically the same (Google actually seems to be a bit better, usually.) English-Japanese is a bit easier because the context (subjects, objects, verbs) are typically "all there" -- so even if the result is Japanese that is horribly unnatural, you may still be able to get the info you need.
But now, they're going to take the VR-generated input of varying degrees of accuracy, and run THAT through MT software that butchers even the most simple and perfect sentences? I could be wrong, but I'm having trouble seeing how the result will be anything less than a disaster. "The software involved cannot offer perfect translations, limiting its use in some situations" sounds like the understatement of the year. Get ready for synthesized-voice gobbeldygook and an mp3 website called "spoken Engrish."
(Full disclosure: I am a translator, but in a lot of ways a yearn for the day when MT will be good enough to put me out of a job; I think the idea of people being able to instantly communicate with speakers of other languages is exciting and would lead to a much more open world. However, I've been hearing that tech like this is 3-5 years away for decades now. If this product showcased a revolutionary engine for MT, then I would be singing a different tune, but for now it seems like a mere combination of two imperfect technologies.)
It's not just the lack of subjects/objects in Japanese that causes a problem with (machine) translations, it's also the different sentence format.
English, as well as many other European languages use the Subject-Verb-Object form, while Japanese uses the Subject-Object-Verb form.
I've also seen translators having trouble with negative sentences or modal forms (can/must/must not/can not), f.e: http://translationparty.com/#10538744 [translationparty.com] Japanese, as I've heard those share a similar grammar.
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However, humans don't have such a hard time with grammar, it can usually be picked up quite fast (in comparison to learning a whole new vocab and a "hard" character set). As far as these languages are concerned, it's all about vocab, and if it can pick it up and infer proper meaning from context, it could be useful. It may even work better for Korean Japanese, as I've heard those share a similar grammar.
The sentence format shouldn't be a problem as long as both languages are internally consistent. Missing information is a much bigger deal. And Japanese is a worse than average language about leaving things to be implied by context.
I want to say that your post was very enlightening to me (I'm a self-learner). Until now I did not know about the pitch accent in Japanese and thought that it was impossible to distinguish words written the same way in Kana if they were taken out of context. Getting the right word from the context doesn't seem to be this hard from the first glance, actually, since most words with the same writing have very different meanings and can be distinguished by analysing n-gram frequencies or using other similar tec
An additional complicating factor in the J-E scenario is that Japanese has many words that sound nearly identical, and are distinguished only by slight inflections: (hashi; chopsticks) and (hashi; bridge) is a typical example
Hah. Ask a Mandarin speaker how to say "Does the mother scold the horse?"
Every language has homonyms and near-homonyms. A Japanese friend who is a relatively fluent English speaker is continually tripped up by there/their/they're, especially when more than one form appears in the same
Reading about this made me want to reread this classic cyber-punk novel
I doubt it will produce anything useful for anything more complicated than, "Hello. How may I help you?"
Ever use Google translate for Japanese -> English or English -> Japanese ? Word salad is typically the result.
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There are several layers to a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem
(My Miami Herald column from this morning)
Local efforts to accelerate an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Miami got a big lift last week when Endeavor, the global nonprofit that selects, mentors and supports high-impact entrepreneurs, announced it is setting up its first U.S. affiliate in Miami.
What Endeavor will bring is an important layer to the ecosystem because the organization focuses on early-stage companies that already have significant revenues (typically $500,000 to $15 million) and are at an "inflexion point" — they are ready to scale in a big way, Linda Rottenberg, the CEO and co-founder of Endeavor, told me. There are a lot of services for startups but not so many for this stage of company, she says.
Endeavor may ultimately help fill another need in building and sustaining an entrepreneurial hub: more success stories to shine brightly on Miami.
"We've got to find two or three or four companies and help turn them into massive successes so we can tell the rest of the world we can get it done here," Peter Kellner, the co-founder of Endeavor who is now living in South Florida, told me. "The credit goes to Knight Foundation [which is investing $2 million to help bring Endeavor here] and the wonderful people in Miami who are committed to making it happen. We have a lot going for us — if we can't make it happen, shame on us."
Also helping in community-building: Atlantic magazine and Richard Florida, the author, urban affairs expert and a part-time South Florida resident, announced they are bringing a one-day conference called Start-up City: Miami to Miami Beach on Feb. 13 to explore how to build a tech hub here, building on the area's success with the arts and urbanization. With nationally known experts like Tony Hsieh of Zappos, Steve Case of Startup America and Brad Feld, who wrote the book on building startup communities, as well as a dozen or so local leaders such as Manny Medina, Adriana Cisneros, Matt Haggman and Susan Amat, it is sure to be a thought-provoking day.
"From London and Paris to New York and San Francisco, great global cities are idea capitals," Florida said, in a Q&A. "The conference is one small step in this direction and we hope to build from it over time toward something like the broader ideas conference for entrepreneurs, urban transformers, city-builders, place-makers and all those with a stake in a startup city." Read more of my Q&A with Florida exclusively on The Starting Gate blog.
Also coming up: The Game Developers Guild is hosting the Global Game Jam this weekend, which Guild Master Frank Hernandez describes as "a hackathon on steroids."
Also, CoFoundersLab.com, the match.com for entrepreneurs, is bringing a meetup — possibly the first of many — to Miami Feb. 6.
Next week, The Miami Herald launches the 15th Annual Business Plan Challenge — start getting your entries ready and find out how last year's winners are doing.
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Gallery: Ellen DeGeneres And Portia De Rossi Show Off Their Home In Architectural Digest
In 2007, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi purchased a little loveshack in Beverly Hills for a cool $27 million. Since moving in, they've added a pond and another three-bedroom house to the three-acre property, and now, they're trying to turn it around and sell it for $49 million.
But! Not before featuring it on the cover and in a spread in Architectural Digest (or perhaps, as part of the selling process). According to the magazine, buying and selling houses is kind of an obsession for DeGeneres because of the way she was brought up:
"We never had a house when I was growing up," DeGeneres explains, settling into an armchair on one of several terraces with panoramic views of L.A. "We always rented. But my father would dream, and we used to look at houses all the time. I'd pick out which bedroom would be mine and get all excited…The first thing I did when I made money was buy a house. And then—"
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With that election business out of the way, bond markets are already looking toward Europe again, where Greece is facing a parliamentary vote on austerity measures, while the year-end fiscal cliff now looms as the next major fixture on the calendar.
"Europe is certainly back into focus today," says Kevin Giddis, head of fixed income at Raymond James. "Greece's austerity vote is right at the center of what we're looking at today for the bond market, even though nobody's really buying into austerity long-term for a lot of these countries."
The immediate rally in bonds that followed Obama's re-election comes as fixed-income markets have more clarity on the continuation of existing Fed policy and the expectation of continued low interest rates, all of which remain positives for the bond market. The looming fiscal cliff could keep Treasury yields in check, but it could also introduce more general market volatility between now and the end of the year.
"There's the potential for a lot of volatility based on the assumption that higher dividend taxes, higher taxes on the rich and budget cuts are all going to affect investors one way or another," Giddis says, adding that from a policy perspective there should be very little upward pressure on interest rates in the next year. "The things that are going to put pressure on bonds are any threat of inflation, and a lot of focus on the budget deficit next year."
The muni market will be focusing on any threats to the tax-exemption of municipal bonds or possible changes in the taxation rate that applies to munis. "The thought that some people might be getting a higher tax rate certainly helps munis," Giddis says.
And with QE3 intact, the market for mortgage-backed securities is going to remain rich. "Spreads are going to continue to be pretty tight and the demand from the Fed is going to continue to crowd out the typical investor," Giddis says.


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On a similar note, I once had an American recipe for Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Brownies. It was a two-layer concoction, and utterly amazing. I have search the Interwebs with no luck. Has anyone heard of these?
http://www.etiquettehell.com/smf/index.php?topic=97669.msg2386281#msg2386281I use yahoo (I'm sure google works too) to search the site. It was just site:etiquettehell.com "pms brownies" I hope that's the right recipe.
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Mike Rodgers was on Andrea Mitchell yesterday and heavily implied that the Intelligence Committee does do oversight on the drone strikes, but only after they occur. I'd like to hear more about the "oversight" and why it doesn't happen on the front end.
(CNN) - As CIA Director-nominee John Brennan faces questions Thursday in his Senate confirmation hearings, polls show a vast majority of Americans back the use of military drones–a tactic strongly supported by Brennan.
According to a poll conducted in December, well before the president tapped his top counterterrorism adviser for the nomination, three-quarters of Americans said they support the use of unmanned aerial vehicles abroad to target non-American citizens deemed as threats to the United States.
The Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind poll, which also showed little partisan divide on the issue, falls in line with an ABC News/Washington Post poll released a year ago, which showed 83% approved of the military practice.
But the public feels differently about another tactic–also supported by the Obama administration–which involves using drones overseas to attack American citizens suspected of terrorist activity. According to the Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind poll, 48% of Americans said it's illegal for the U.S. to attack its own citizens in such situations, while 24% said the practice should be considered legal.


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Hypothyroidism is the condition in which the thyroid is underactive and is producing an insufficient amount of thyroid hormones. Hypothyroidism is the most common thyroid disorder. However, children with the disorder display different symptoms from adults. Hypothyroidism in the newborn, when left untreated, can lead to mental retardation.
The most common cause of hypothyroidism is the body's autoimmune reaction to itself, producing antibodies against the thyroid gland. A mother's thyroid disorder treatment (such as iodine) or maternal antithyroid antibodies can affect her unborn child's thyroid function.
The symptoms of hypothyroidism in children are different than in adults. The following are the late symptoms of the disorder. However, each child may experience symptoms differently, and often the symptoms are not seen at all. This is why all infants should be screened for low thyroid.
Late symptoms in newborns (neonatal hypothyroidism):
jaundice (yellowing of the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes)
hoarse cry
poor appetite
umbilical hernia (navel protrudes out)
slow bone growth
Childhood (juvenile hypothyroidism) symptoms:
slow growth, sometimes resulting in abnormally short limbs
delayed tooth development
Adolescents (adolescent hypothyroidism) symptoms:
slow growth
delayed puberty
hoarse voice
slow speech
droopy eyelids
puffy and swollen face
hair loss
dry skin
slow pulse
weight gain
The symptoms of hypothyroidism may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Always consult your child's physician for a diagnosis.
Congenital (present at birth) hypothyroidism is usually detected during the routine newborn screening. Blood samples taken will reveal abnormal levels of T4 (a hormone of the thyroid that regulates metabolism) and thyroid-stimulating hormone, or TSH (a hormone that helps to increase the size, number, and activity of the thyroid cells; stimulates the release of hormones that affect a person's metabolism and that are essential for normal growth and development), that may indicate thyroid problems. Further diagnosis may include a scan of the thyroid gland to check for abnormalities.
Specific treatment for hypothyroidism will be determined by your child's physician based on:
your child's age, overall health, and medical history
extent of the disease
your child's tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
expectations for the course of the disease
your opinion or preference
Left untreated in newborns, hypothyroidism can lead to mental retardation. Untreated hypothyroidism may also lead to anemia, low body temperature, and heart failure. The goal of treatment is to restore the thyroid gland to normal function, producing normal levels of thyroid hormones.
Treatment may include prescription of thyroid hormones to replace the deficient hormones. Some children will require hormone replacement therapy for the rest of their lives, while others appear to outgrow the disorder, often by the age of three. Regular monitoring of the child's thyroid hormone levels during the course of treatment, including a 30-day discontinuation of treatment to see how the thyroid responds, can help your child's physician diagnose your child's condition more accurately.
Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) means the disorder is present at birth. CH is one of the most common, preventable causes of mental retardation. Children in the US are tested for the disorder during their standard newborn screening. Newborn screening is performed in newborns in state public health programs to detect certain genetic diseases for which early diagnosis and treatment are available. Approximately one out of every 4,000 newborns is diagnosed with CH shortly after birth each year.
In about 10 percent of cases, congenital hypothyroidism is inherited by an autosomal recessive gene, which means that two copies of the gene are necessary to produce the condition and both males and females are equally affected.
Most children born with CH appear normal at birth, possibly because the maternal thyroid hormones have sustained the infant's normal thyroid function in the womb. However, a significant sign that the infant may have hypothyroidism are low T4 (thyroxine, a hormone secreted by the thyroid gland which regulates metabolism) levels and high TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone, a hormone that helps to increase the size, number, and activity of the thyroid cells; stimulates the release of hormones that affect a person's metabolism and that are essential for normal growth and development) levels (greater than 40 mU/L). However, researchers have found that some infants with CH will have low T4 levels, but normal TSH levels.
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Engaged singer Kelly Clarkson had a breakdown while trying on wedding dresses because she didn't feel beautiful enough for the momentous occasion.
The Stronger hitmaker's boyfriend of one year, Brandon Blackstock, proposed in December (12) and last week (01Feb13) she visited dress designer-to-the-stars Vera Wang's headquarters in West Hollywood to search for the perfect gown.
However, Clarkson, who will perform at the Grammy Awards on Sunday (10Feb13), admits her first fitting didn't go as well as she had hoped.
She tells People magazine, "I was in the changing room, and I looked at my armpits, and I was like, 'Are you kidding me? I look like a cave woman!' And then I took my pants off, and I was like, 'Oh my god, my legs match!' My nails looked like a hot mess; my eyebrows looked like bushes. I was so not a girl.
"I started tearing up because I'm like, 'This is not me. I'm usually not this gross. I'm just so busy!' And then on top of that, my friend got incredibly ill, like in the movie Bridesmaids. She's like, 'We are totally not going to get asked back here.'"
But despite the emotional setback, the 30 year old managed to find the dress of her dreams, revealing, "(It's) my personality in a dress. It's sweetly damaged. A little rock and roll. A little tattered. Nothing like a princess dress."
Clarkson has revealed she and her fiance will exchange vows at their home in Nashville, Tennessee this autumn (13), and they are making the arrangements for the "earthy" ceremony.
She has decided on sunflowers and yellow roses for the floral arrangements, steak and turkey with gravy for the food, and a laid-back reception: "We have this amazing downstairs basement - pool table, darts, Mario Bros. (video game), movie theatre."
And, in a unique twist, she has asked Blackstock's 11-year-old daughter from a previous relationship to walk her down the aisle - barefoot. His other child, six-year-old Seth, will accompany his dad to the altar.
Watching From Justin to Kelly, one question looms over the entire production: Why was this...


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Call The Midwife
season 2
airs Sundays, March 31 through May 19, at 7 pm on KLRU
This moving, intimate, funny and true-to-life series, based on the best-selling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth, tells colorful stories of midwifery and families in London's East End in the 1950s. Jenny Lee, a young woman raised in the wealthy English countryside, has chosen to become a nurse and now, as a newly qualified midwife, has gone to work in the poorest area of the city. Attached to an order of nursing nuns at Nonnatus House, Jenny is part of a team of women who minister to expectant mothers, many of whom give birth at home in appalling conditions. The drama follows Jenny as she meets her patients and learns to love the people who live in the East End.
Episode #201 airs Sunday, March 31st at 7 pm
Returning from a long day of duties, Nurse Jenny Lee finds the Nonnatus House community gathered to wish her a happy birthday. However, the midwife's good cheer is short-lived when the next day she's assigned a new patient, Molly Brignall. Molly's due date is imminent and Jenny worries about the harm that could come to Molly and her children.
Episode #202 airs Sunday, April 7th at 7 pm
The Nonnatus community is rocked when the Kelly family's newborn son dies in unexplained circumstances. Cynthia, who had attended the birth, comes under intense scrutiny from the police and the pregnant women of Poplar. Despite reassurances from her friends and colleagues, Cynthia questions her own abilities and the strain takes its toll on her work and health. Meanwhile, a chance encounter returns Jimmy to Jenny's life.
Episode #203 airs Sunday, April 14th at 7 pm
Jenny is seconded to a short-staffed London Hospital to work on the male surgical ward. Back in Poplar, Jane, a new addition to the household, lends a hand in Jenny's absence. In one of their most unusual cases, the nuns and midwives meet a forthright pair of identical twins, one of whom is pregnant. As the two come to terms with the impact a baby will have on each of them, Jenny unexpectedly helps to save the life of an old friend.
Episode #204 airs Sunday, April 21st at 7 pm
Returning from her stint at the London Hospital, Jenny needs all her midwifery skill when she and Sister Evangelina assist at the birth of a baby born with spina bifida. The parents struggle to understand and accept their son's condition. Jenny, who has never delivered a disabled child, struggles to accept the implications the illness could have for the child's future.
Episode #205 airs Sunday, April 28th at 7 pm
The whole Poplar community pulls together to prepare for the annual Summer Fete. This year, with the introduction of a baby show, the midwives will be more involved than ever. At the ante-natal clinic, Jenny meets Nora, an impoverished mother of eight, who is distraught that she may soon have another mouth to feed. Jenny's attempts to reassure her fall on deaf ears, and a desperate Nora takes matters into her own hands.
Episode #206 airs Sunday, May 5th at 7 pm
Dr. Turner is determined that Poplar will no longer live under the threat of tuberculosis. While the nuns and nurses support his campaign to bring screening facilities to the area, Jenny's nursing rounds lead her to a family that has suffered devastating misfortune from the disease. Now, Jenny works to reconcile the dying father man and his only remaining daughter. Having secured a visit from a TB screening van, Dr. Turner pulls off an epic day, backed by the midwives, but little can prepare them for what the results will mean for one of their own.
Episode #207 airs Sunday, May 12th at 7 pm
On Cynthia's district rounds, she administers daily insulin to a man who consistently belittles his wife, Annie. A visit from Annie's son and support from Cynthia help Annie gain confidence and start to change her life. Jenny witnesses persecution of a different kind when she looks after a black mother-to-be who is subjected to racial prejudice from neighbors.
Episode #208 airs Sunday, May 19th at 7 pm
Chummy and PC Noakes meet with new challenges as they settle back into life in Poplar. Fred is in high spirits when his pregnant daughter, Dolly, and her young son, Anthony, arrive to stay with him. Jenny's own jubilation comes in the form of potential love interest. The winds of change are blowing through Poplar, as old buildings are demolished to make new way for new flats, a situation that reaches crisis point when the convent comes under threat.


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I would say your current bf is normal. Why would you have to beg a bf to do that?
Some guys think giving head I'd the hottest thing there is. It's normal.
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He is hungry for your cock.
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Your ex isn't.
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There's no such thing as too willing. Sucking dick is hot.
I don't know why you thought this even warranted a question at all. I mean, what could possibly be abnormal for a bf to want to give you a bj? Your past bf didn't want to suck you and this one does but instead of being happy, you question his intention?
If he doesn't have cocks often yes it is normal.
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I can understand not liking to do it for a long time but at least do it as a foreplay.
You are describing my 29 1/2 yr relationship. Sounds very normal to me.
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."--Dr. Seuss
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Are the people who look and think like you ..." - Colours of the Wind by Vanessa Williams


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Liar, Liar
Having skipped school, 14-year-old Grace is under interrogation. Dad wants to know if she went raving in the woods. Sister Coco suspects she's hooked up with Javaad. Yes, she eventually tells both – untruthfully, as it happens, but only because they won't accept anything else.
In fact, she was gaming with Javaad, when he came out to her – a fact she's promised to keep secret. But a local lad's been badly beaten up and Grace was unaccounted for at the time. Has she done something awful?
Commissioned to write an accessible prequel to Shakespeare's 'King Lear' for the Unicorn, playwright EV Crowe instead came up with this piece for 13 to 16-year-olds. Fair play to her; she attacks head on the problem of society's distrust and demonization of the young. However, 'Liar Liar' ends up feeling scrambled, somersaulting between subplots that, though far from contradictory, don't entirely compliment each other either.
As in Crowe's homophobia drama 'Hero', seen at the Royal Court last year, what starts with real verve gradually ties itself in knots. Blanche McIntyre's assured direction matches the play's swagger, but can't prevent it from flattening out.
Nonetheless, Danusia Samal finds laudable complexity in Grace, who can be spiky, selfless and self-loathing all at once, and James Perkins's cluttered bedroom design is a real treat. Matt Trueman
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WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats lost a key vote Tuesday to expand rights of working women to challenge employers on pay discrimination, but the issue will likely linger until at least the November elections as women's issues take a prominent role in hotly contested races across the country.
As expected, Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts voted with the rest of his Republican colleagues in blocking the Paycheck Fairness Act, even as his Democratic opponent, Elizabeth Warren, vowed to use his vote against him in her attempt to foil his reelection bid.
Democrats mustered 52 votes for passage, far short of the 60 needed to block a GOP-led filibuster. All 47 Republicans opposed the bill. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid voted with Republicans as a procedural tactic to allow him to again bring up the measure.
"It's the right cause but the wrong bill," Brown said after the vote.
Other Republican moderates, including Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, who Democrats had hoped would support the bill, agreed with the Bay State Republican, saying that the legislation would impose too much of a burden on employers and spawn frivolous lawsuits.
Supporters of the Paycheck Fairness Act had hoped to build on the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and more recently the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, by requiring employers to provide a reason for pay gaps when asked, and bar companies from retaliating against employees who discuss pay.
The $15 million measure would also fund skills-building programs to train women in negotiating better salaries. In addition, the legislation would have established a salary databank that could help regulators better monitor pay gaps between men and women.
American women make about 77 cents for every dollar earned by men, according to data compiled by the US Census Bureau. In Massachusetts, women fare slightly better, making 81 cents for every dollar earned by men.
"With his vote, Scott Brown is telling the women of Massachusetts he thinks it's okay that they continue to earn less than men with the same education doing the same work. His vote is costing Massachusetts families hard-earned dollars that they can't afford to lose in these tough times," Warren said prior to the vote.
It was no mystery which way Brown would be voting. Two years ago, he voted against an identical bill. Tuesday he cast himself as an advocate of equal pay despite his vote. "As a father and husband of women in the workforce, I believe strongly in fair pay," he said, "and employers who discriminate against women should be prosecuted aggressively."
As a sign of the growing sensitivity over the women's vote, three of Brown's Republican Senate colleagues – all women from New England – came to his defense.
"Today's vote in the Senate was regrettably more about politics during an election year than about good policy," said a statement from Collilns, Snowe, and New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte.
Republicans said the proposal would restrict an employer's ability to reward employees based on performance, provide bonus pay for hazardous work, or differentiate pay rates based on regional standards. And it would subject employers to unlimited compensatory and punitive damages, even for what they said could be unintentional pay differences.
"We already have existing laws, like the Lilly Ledbetter law, which I supported, to provide ways for workers to fight discrimination," Collins said.
The Ledbetter law widened the ability of women to sue for alleged pay discrimination.
Democrats invited Ledbetter to speak to reporters just outside the Senate chambers. She called herself the "poster child for unequal pay." The Alabama woman sued her former employer, Goodyear Tire, after she learned that she was paid less than male former co-workers, but the US Supreme Court ruled against her in 2007 because she had filed her claim after the 180-day statute of limitations. Her namesake law reset the clock for bringing lawsuits.
Advocates of the Paycheck Fairness Act said that wider protections were necessary to give women the ability to determine if employers were paying their male counterparts more -- and, if so, why?
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, a Democrat, joined his party in supporting the legislation.
"This is a bedrock economic issue," Kerry said. "It's not only a fairness issue or a question of discrimination. This pay gap haunts women their whole lives and hurts their retirement security and their ability to be providers despite doing the same job as men. It's just beyond me that we can't even find the votes to have a debate on this legislation."
Despite the setback, Democrats have talking points to use in campaigns. President Obama had pushed for passage of the legislation, even if there was little doubt about the vote's outcome.
"I know we lost the vote today, but we're not going to give up," said Senator Barbara Mikulski, the Democrat from Maryland who was the lead sponsor of the law.
The US Chamber of Commerce had urged the Senate to reject the legislation.
"Increasing the opportunity for frivolous litigation will only further serve to undermine our nation's civil rights laws," the chamber said in a statement released Monday.Bobby Caina Calvan can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on twitter @GlobeCalvan.


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Another fund-raiser is being held for Kim O'Rourke and her family this weekend at the Old Fish House Marina in Matlacha.
O'Rourke was diagnosed Oct. 1 with stage four breast cancer, which had moved into her lymph nodes and bones, after she was admitted to the hospital after noticing she had no energy and was always tired. She began chemotherapy in October and her father, Joseph Thomas O'Rourke, otherwise known as Shadow, said she is currently doing really well - better than expected.
Kim has four children - three daughters and one son, along with two grandchildren.
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A fund-raiser is being held for Kim O'Rourke, who was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer last year, at the Olde Fish House Marina Sunday.
The first fund-raiser, which was held in November, raised more than $8,000 for the family.
The second fund-raiser, Kickin' It 4 Kim! Poker Run will be held Sunday, Jan. 27, at the Olde Fish House Marina.
Mark Barton, Olde Fish House Marina music and events coordinator, said registration will take place on the day of the event from 9:30-10:30 a.m. The poker run will kick off at 10:30 a.m. and the last rider must be back at the Olde Fish House by 4 p.m.
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What: Kickin' It 4 Kim! Poker Run
Benefactor: Kim O'Rourke and family
When: Sunday, Jan. 27, registration starts at
9:30 a.m., kickstands up at 10:30 a.m.
Where: Olde Fish House Marina
Registration Fee: $10 per rider, $5 per
Information: Contact Lisa at the Olde
Fish House at 239-282-9577
Barton said they have three different runs that individuals can participate in - a north route, south route and a pirate route for boats.
The north route includes the first and last stop at the Olde Fish House Marina, Open Road Bar & Grill, Tilly's Tap, Ryan's and Ragged Ass Saloon. The south route includes the first and last stops at the Olde Fish House Marina, San Carlos Country Club, Sneaky Pete's, NFM Orioles and Low Key Tiki. The pirate route includes the first and last stops at the Olde Fish House Marina, the Waterfront, Low Key Tiki, Ragged Ass Saloon and Bert's Bar & Grill.
Barton said the participant can select whichever run they want for $10 per rider and $5 for a passenger.
"They have a choice of which direction and how they want to attend it," he said.
Barton said each individual who participates in the poker run will be given a certain wrist band for the run they choose to take. As they make a stop at the various locations, he said the participant will show their wrist band and receive a poker chip for each stop.
"The Fish House is the fifth and final stop," Barton said. "They will draw all of their cards back at the Fish House."
Prizes for the best hand and worst hand will be awarded in each run. He said an additional prize will be given for first place in the run that has the most participants.
Shadow said as far as he knows, the event is going to be huge.
"I'm hoping for the best," he said.
In addition to the poker run, Ellie Lee will be performing from 3-6 p.m. at the Olde Fish House.
A barbeque dinner will be available for all those who participate in the ride for $5. Barton said the dinner is $10 for those who did not participate in the run. The Olde Fish House menu will also be available for those who wish to order from that.
The fund-raiser will also include a silent auction and 50/50 raffle, as well as T-shirts for sale.
Barton said all the proceeds from the event will go to Kim and her family.


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Roberto Di Matteo unsure whether Frank Lampard will remain at Chelsea
Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo claims to be unaware of how contract extension talks are progressing with Frank Lampard.
Last Updated: 16/11/12 5:40pm
The Blues boss has also refused to be drawn into a discussion regarding Ashley Cole's long-term future at Stamford Bridge.
Both men will see their current deals expire at the end of the season, meaning they are heading towards the free agent pool next summer.
Di Matteo would understandably like to retain the services of two established England internationals, but says he is in the dark when it comes to the prospect of fresh terms being agreed.
On Lampard, he said: "Ultimately that's between the player and the club to agree a new arrangement.
"I'm not aware how the discussions are going at the moment.
"If there's a willingness from both sides, he will remain with us.
"He's been a fantastic player for us over a decade, so it would be nice for him to finish his career here."
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With Lampard being linked with clubs in China and America and Cole said to be a target for Paris St Germain, Di Matteo added: "The players know that I would like them to stay.
"They are fantastic players who have always performed to a high level for us, for myself, too.
"I've told them that. I hope they will stay."


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This beautiful, gentle young lady is in charge of tending to the lovable animals on Primus' Oasis. Drissi is seventeen years old, slender and blonde. Drissi's hair is long and flowing, her eyes are blue. She wears stylized-Roman bracelets and stylized a pink dress that ends at mid-thigh.
New Adventures Of He-Man Jetlag Cartoon Continuity:
She tends her flock of cuddly alien animals and Priman Sheep, with her Golden Herding Staff, spending her days in the peaceful meadows of Primus. Drissi is attuned to the ways of Nature. She is countrywise and, thus, understands He-Man more than anyone else on Primus. Like He-Man, she is 'of the land'. Like He-Man, her instincts are finely honed. She is not so tied to science as the others of her race and because of this He-Man will find a sympathetic ear when he is occasionally overwhelmed by Primus' technology.
Because she sees a kindred spirit in He-Man, she is attracted to him, But because she is reserved and sensitive, she would never let him know her true feelings. She is also a woman He-Man respects, because when it is necessary, when her animals or friends are threatened, she becomes a woman of action, fighting with her wits like he does.
Drissi dearly loves the animals in her care, always nuzzling them, worrying about them. Putting one of the animals in jeopardy is a perfect way for Skeletor to lure her into danger.
- Drissi was voiced by Tracy Eisner in the New Adventures Of He-Man cartoon series.
- She only appears in the cartoons. As the series goes on, her and Caz are seen less often, than they did in the beginning.
- Drissi does make a cameo in one of the DC 52 Comics.
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ALLEANZA : Galactic Guardians
SPECIE : Human
LUOGO DI ORIGINE : Oasis Of Primus
SESSO : Female
ARMI : Golden Herding Staff


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Following weeks of failed, start-and-stop negotiations on a plan to reduce our debt and fix the broken tax code, on New Year's Day Congress passed a bill to avert the "fiscal cliff," the combination of tax increases and automatic budget cuts that were set to go into effect January 1. I supported the bill.
Following weeks of failed, start-and-stop negotiations on a plan to reduce our debt and fix the broken tax code, on New Year's Day Congress passed a bill to avert the "fiscal cliff," the combination of tax increases and automatic budget cuts that were set to go into effect January 1. I supported the bill. While it was an imperfect measure, and I would have preferred a more comprehensive approach that centered on spending reform, the approved legislation prevented massive tax hikes for the vast majority of hard-working Americans. Had it not passed, taxes would have increased more than $3,000 for the average Nebraskan family. The legislation also fixes other complicated tax matters that ensnare many Americans. The Alternative Minimum Tax is permanently fixed from unjustly hitting middle-class families. The estate tax issue is settled permanently with no impact on most small business owners and farmers. Additionally, the Farm Bill, which was set to expire January 1, was extended for a year, preventing milk prices from doubling. The extension also allows time for Congress to complete a five-year Farm Bill that includes important reforms to reduce government spending, while providing some certainty for our farmers' planning purposes in the meantime. Now the focus must turn to spending reform. Three more "fiscal cliff" scenarios in the weeks ahead provide opportunity to address the overspending problem in Washington: the debt ceiling, a continuing resolution to fund the government, and the sequester, which would provide automatic cuts to the government, significantly affecting defense programs. These looming cliffs will force the President and Congress to work together to reform the way our country spends. Years of overspending have driven our debt problem. Government spending now equals approximately 24 percent of our national Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a historically high level. At the same time, federal government revenues are at historic low levels of around 15 percent of GDP. Both sides of the ledger – spending and the right type of tax reform – must be addressed to regain fiscal order. The bill passed earlier this week makes the tax situation clearer, but continued efforts to make the tax code simpler and fairer are necessary for the well-being of the economy. I want to thank the many Nebraskans who contacted me following this week's vote. To govern is to choose, and this was another complicated, hard decision. The primary focus in the weeks ahead will be leveraging key spending decisions to stop government overspending and reduce the debt. The situation is too serious for further brinkmanship and delay. For the sake of restoring our nation's economic strength and preventing crushing tax burdens on our children and grandchildren, the way Washington spends must end.


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Today the ownership of the Reds changed hands.
Thanks, Mr. Lindner. I know you've been under near constant attack since you took the reins from Marge. Thanks for your stewardship.
Thanks for recognizing that this was not your game. Thanks for getting out. That's not a slam, it's a compliment. A good man knows his limitations.
I appreciate that you gave us respectability after years of embarrassment under Marge's ownership. I appreciate not having to cringe every time I meet someone who laughs about Shotzie taking a dump on the infield.
I appreciate that you did the best you could, and I truly believe that you did. And I appreciate that you understand that this isn't your strength, and that you're turning it over to a new man.
It doesn't bother me that you made money and tax breaks. That's ok. This is America, you weren't supposed to take a loss.
I'm glad you aren't holding on and passing ownership down to your relatives. I think you believe that you've found the right man for the job.
Thank you, Mr. Lindner. You realized that you were a steward, a transitional owner. You got rid of Marge and Bowden, and I appreciate that. You hired DanO. Now it's time for you to go, as I'm sure you know how well that's worked out.
I wish you nothing but happiness for the rest of your life, and I hope it's a long one. You do a lot of good through your various causes, and you should be admired.
Thanks for saving the franchise from ongoing humiliation, and thanks for realizing you are simply not a baseball man and getting out.
In a few years, history will forget the five years of historically bad baseball and remember you for all your fine public works.
That's really how it should be.


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Casually probing beneath her subject's skin during an extended spell outside his Manhattan cocoon, Oscar-winning documaker Barbara Kopple follows Woody Allen on his 1996 European tour with his New Orleans-style jazz band in "Wild Man Blues." Bowing at the Venice Film Festival in tandem with Allen's "Deconstructing Harry," but reportedly going out in the U.S. in 1998, much later than its fellow Fine Line release, this candid, at times unflatteringly double-edged look at the actor-director makes a compulsive companion piece to the scathing but apologetic self-portrait in "Harry." Curiosity for a closer look at such a notoriously private personality should lure hard-core Allen fans into theaters, with extensive TV and cable gigs to follow.
That curiosity stands to be stoked by Allen's consent to expose his relationship with Soon Yi Previn to public scrutiny. This is by far the most unguarded display since the media feeding frenzy that surrounded his split from Mia Farrow and the news of his relationship with her adopted daughter.
More than just a straight music film, the docu functions foremost as a study of a media figure and of celebrity in general, requiring no expertise in, or even appreciation of, this style of jazz. But while it risks being overshadowed by more voyeuristic rewards, Allen's passion for music that he describes as "like taking a bath in honey," and the obvious pleasure he derives from playing the clarinet are such that non-aficionados also will be drawn in.
Right up front Allen admits to being a fairly unexceptional musician with no illusions; he knows the crowds are coming mainly to get a look at him. But the entertaining concert footage shows a more-than-competent musician. The tour initially was planned as a couple of European dates for Allen and some of the musicians with whom he performs each Monday night at Michael's Pub in New York, but ballooned to include major cities in a handful of countries. Euro audiences clearly respond well to the concerts, with a mummified crowd of Roman dignitaries being the one amusing exception.
Allen's trademark wit and some affectionately nurtured neuroses surface, but what emerges more remarkably are insights into the solitary, somewhat depressive side of a man who describes himself as chronically dissatisfied. Allen seems to spend little time socializing with or even discussing repertoire with his band, and is reprimanded by Previn for failing to praise his fellow musicians and for communicating exclusively through band leader Eddy Davis (a mean banjo player who comes across warmly).
While Allen mildly kvetches about the disruption to his localized New York existence and passes despondently through a series of Europe's swankiest hotels — including Milan's Principe di Savoia, whose jaw-dropping splendors include a sunken tub-cum-swimming pool that looks like a set from "Spartacus" — Previn and Allen's sister, Letty Aronson, act as a kind of buffer between the star and his fans. At one point, they urge their reluctant traveling companion to make an appearance outside his hotel to wave to the crowd of adoring fans gathered.
Feigning seasickness in a Venetian gondola, Allen jokes that the destruction by fire of the city's La Fenice theater soon after he announced plans for a concert there seems like a bad sign. The Venice stint exemplifies the carnivalesque aspect — underlined by soundtrack use of Nino Rota's Fellini scores — of his celebrity and the trail of admirers, press and paparazzi that follows him. Allen responds to this by turns with good humor, as in a very funny exchange with an effusive signora gushing about his boundless intelligence, and with extreme irritation.
Reflecting on the consistent popularity of his films in Europe as opposed to their varying fortunes in the U.S., Allen talks about an affinity between his work and the cinema of the Continent that stems from a love of European pics during his formative years. He adds lightly that his work may gain something in translation.
Kopple's discreet, quietly revelatory style creates a fine balance between public and private personae that veers more pointedly toward the personal in an incongruous but fascinating coda. This concerns what Allen describes as "the lunch from hell" back in New York with his aged parents, whose straight-talking assessment of their son's achievements represents the perfect touchdown after several weeks of transcontinental worship. While perhaps a fraction overlong, the pic is technically sharp in all departments.


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This January, we will mark 41 years of the Supreme Court's decision to legalize abortion. Just this year, we heard gruesome, inhumane details from a Philadelphia abortion clinic, though the mainstream media had to be shamed into covering the trial of Kermit Gosnell, the abortionist behind that tragic house of horrors. And now, California has an answer to the Gosnell problem: It's -- wait for it -- increased access to abortion.
Non-doctors -- nurses, midwives and physicians' assistants -- are now legal abortion providers in California; the Early Access to Abortion Bill allows them to perform a certain kind of first-trimester abortion.
While advocates of the bill dismiss reasonable concerns, Dr. Elissa Sanchez-Speach worries: "Supporters of this bill are missing the point. If we truly want to see (fewer) abortions ... we need to (provide) better support for women to bear children and raise their families."
While the California move has been suggested as a remedy to the Gosnells of the world, the conscience of a nation demands a deeper reflection.
"Lowering medical professionalism is precisely what produced Kermit Gosnell," J.D. Mullane, a local Pennsylvania reporter who sat in on the Gosnell trial points out. Gosnell was providing an increasingly unpopular procedure. The state did not act on health-inspection violations, "and so Gosnell was able to have a 15-year-old kid, and other marginally trained staff, administer powerful sedatives and birth-inducing drugs."
During a year when the president of the United States called upon God himself to bless the work of Planned Parenthood, the organization's advocacy arm assures us that the new law "reaffirms California's leadership on women's health issues as anti-choice legislation sweeps the nation." This new law isn't about women's health, but old-school abortion politics.
Kristan Hawkins, executive director of Students for Life, calls California's abortion-expansion moves "a slap in the face to women across America." In addition to the non-physician abortions, a second bill moved to lower standards, to make abortions easier to do.
"Instead of getting serious about enforcing basic safety standards on abortion facilities," Hawkins observes, "pro-abortion forces have pushed through a new law that holds abortionists to less-strict health standards. When is this ever a good idea?"
Women and their health deserve better. Susanne Metaxas, of the Midtown Pregnancy Support Center in New York City, worries that the California move "preys on the most vulnerable in society and creates a false impression of what an abortion is and minimizes the physical, spiritual and emotional consequences of an abortion."
Abortion exists because our culture believes it is necessary. Why does Planned Parenthood advocate for increased abortion access? Why would anyone believe that loosened standards would prevent more tragedies? Why is California considered a trailblazer for women's health and safety? Because abortion makes certain lifestyles possible, and is easier than trying to overhaul culture and find better solutions for women, children and men, easier than expecting more of our families and our country. It's ugly. It's painful. So we try to look away. It's even easier to look away in California now. Which is even more of a reason to refuse to do so.
"The creation of the unlimited abortion license -- at any time, for any reason -- works to isolate women in their decision about abortion," Clarke Forsythe writes in his new book on the history of Roe v. Wade, "Abuse of Discretion."
"Choice is the public mantra," he continues, "autonomy is supposedly the principle, but the dark side of autonomy is isolation and loneliness." That darkness is spreading, and it's doing so in plain sight, under the aegis of law and government.
We know too much, we've heard too much, we've seen too much to think that more abortion is what we need.
Doctors are making choices about whether to be purveyors of a culture of death, while women too often feel they have no choice, the pressures of society being so greatly biased in favor of an abortion, a supposed quick fix. We must do better.
Kathryn Lopez is the editor-at-large of National Review Online www.nationalreview.com. She can be contacted at email@example.com


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Square Enix's flagship series has been so influential to the genre that it's almost synonymous with RPG. Use this space to share your favorite Final Fantasy moments or gossip about the happenings in Vana'diel. What's your favorite Final Fantasy?
What's your favorite final boss music in the series? Post them here.
I'll be posting more of my favorites here. What're yours?
1. Neo Exdeath (FFV)
2. Dancing Mad (FFVI)
3. This is the Last Battle (FFIII)
4. Fightning Fate (FFXIII)
5. Necron (FFIX)
And I don't kknow if Primal Judgement from FFXIV is a final boss theme, but it is epic like one.
FFX for sure. Gets you in the mood to get up and punch something.
"I'm a dude, playin' a dude, disguised as anotha dude! You a dude that don't know what dude he is!" -Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
I have to agree with eric ^ the final boss music on FFX was awesome ^-^
FFVII Advent Children had outstanding music, especially by the Black Lake. I know it's not a game, but still awesome.
I think FFX-2 had the best overall soundtrack. Sweetbox is amazing.
What's that third one from? That was awesome.
Final fantasy II final boss music was awesome. 😄
For me it's a tie between Dancing Mad and One Winged Angel.
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"One-Winged Angel", "Dancing Mad", and FF X's boss music was pretty excellent.
I liked the final theme in FFIV. It was the first final theme I heard.
I recently finished XIII-2 and it has some excellent final boss music.
I personally loved One-Winged Angel (original and Advent Children Remix) and J-E-N-O-V-A (heck, I just loved all of the FFVII's music!).
I also loved the music from FFX, it has some fantastic songs, especially boss music. Final Fantasy Tactics had some pretty good boss music (and overall music).
"One Winged Angel" from FF7 is the only one I can immediately bring to mind, so I guess that one. I do remember FF6's being pretty awesome too, but all the music in that game is.
FFIX's theme for Necron was pretty grungy, so it was a nice departure from the usual.


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Okay, I am feeling close to you so I am going to open up here. We..."the too kind and loving wife and myself" have been fighting some.
It is the same old problem that men and women have been fighting over ever since that pesky little star appeared over a humble stable in Bethlehem. It is time we all admit that putting up Christmas lights on the exterior of our house is pretty darn silly.
First, I am not in the Christmas spirit just yet. It's not even Halloween; Thanksgiving is a month away and I still have to help with one more wedding. When I say help; I mean, pay for. My opinion, thoughts, or views are not wanted, needed or even taken seriously.
Honestly, the old neighborhood voted me off the island because I wouldn't put up Christmas lights. I don't know if this new neighborhood has a Christmas light committee; probably not, as they are not that organized.
I doubt that my new neighbor, Bubba, can hang Christmas lights; maybe the sweet little missus will; but she does have five little kids and for the most part just treads water every day. Bubba might swing a golf club with tolerable consistency; but doesn't swing a hammer or look like a guy that is nimble enough to climb a ladder and hook up lights. I can easily see him buying one of those display-like-globes with elves and reindeer with fake snow and an annoying song. And letting him loose with anything electrical might even cause Empire to panic.
I have been the hold out on the Christmas light decoration thing my entire life. My kids complain, my wife complains, Turbo complains. There have been a few times after getting sufficiently threatened (and the court order helped bring the gravity of the situation to my attention) I found the Christmas spirit and broke down and put up lights.
Of course if I am going to put up lights they have to be done my way (my too kind and loving wife quips, "Like there could be any other way?").
Being an engineer makes me just a little too sure of my ability to do anything and everything. This "maverick" attitude has served me well many times; but also cost me lots of time and money trying to do things I had no business ever attempting. I think the worst thing I ever tried was the Do-It-Yourself Braces-for-Kids. But, if it would have worked, I could have saved thousands.
There are a few lessons I have learned hanging lights in years past that I should pass on. Just like a NASA operation, it is better to ground check everything first. Meticulously lay out the 20 miles of lights on the road while checking each connection, each light and plug.
Anticipate the added electrical needs that plugging in a billion lights will require. I don't' believe that anyone will notice the little problem of causing a brown out in the neighborhood when you replace the breaker with a copper penny. Eventually, the lights will flicker back on. These kind of set backs are to be expected on a mission as complex as a lunar landing.
Delay things as long as possible. Be a procrastinator, the joy of waiting equals the hassle it will cause later. Besides, you will have to climb a ladder... up, up, up... forty stories and hang by one hand while your wife directs things safely from on the ground. And soon you will be partially perched on a precarious ledge, touching an aluminum ladder, in a pool of water holding an electrical cord that is sparking connected to a line with a copper penny as a breaker.
Eventually, the lights will be up, when you plug them in and...THEY WON'T WORK! Even if you went through the NASA ground check.
Okay, I am an engineer, I can figure this out. Lets see they worked on the ground... they don't work when hanging up. I got it. I'll jiggle the wire. Jiggle. Jiggle. Jiggle. The lights flicker and the breaker goes out again and we get another brown out, but the Christmas lights go on.
Okay, the jiggling thing doesn't appear to be all that scientific or a permanent fix. So we pull all the lights down and put them on the ground and plug them in. THEY WORK! I hang them back up...THEY DON'T WORK! Pull them down... WORK...put them up... DON"T WORK!
Okay, after swearing, start pulling out those little tiny Christmas lights one at a time. Since these are the icicle type lights, and there is roughly 20 miles of lights, and there are 15 lights per hecta-acre times the square root of your age; I calculate that there are roughly a billion lights and I should be done testing them by... say July.
Why is it that we can put a man on the moon, but we can't make a Christmas light that works for more than a minute? And why didn't Miss Alaska or Obama talk about this important issue. They would have gotten my vote.
"If elected to office, I will redirect NASA to work on Christmas lights." But NOOO, instead one light goes out and the entire string doesn't work. You can imagine if the Christmas light people were in charge of making cars, if the lock on the door doesn't work... the entire car won't start.
If the light in the glove compartment goes out so does the engine. So if you are out driving by in JULY come see my lights they should be working by then. Of course if you want to see Bubba's globe, come by anytime… July would be fine also as I'll bet it'll still be up.


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2007 Football
Bluffton at Hanover preview
Bluffton University at Hanover College
The Matchup
When: Saturday, October 27, 2007, at 1:30 p.m.
Where: Hanover, Indiana - L.S.Ayres Field
On the Radio: Listen live to Bluffton University football on WDOH 107.1 FM.
Bluffton University (0-7, 0-4 HCAC) travels to Hanover College (1-6, 1-3 HCAC) for a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference battle with the Panthers.
The Head Coaches
Greg Brooks is currently in his fifth year as the head coach of the Bluffton University football team. The Beavers have put together a 13-34 mark during Brooks' tenure at the helm. He previously served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Bluffton, leading the Beavers to their best offensive seasons in school history.
Wayne Perry, the winningest coach in Indiana collegiate football history, has compiled a 173-87-2 record with the Panthers. Since becoming head coach in 1982, the Panthers have won eight conference titles (1989, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003), made nine trips to the national playoffs (1984, 1986, 1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003) and posted each of the school's 10-win seasons (10-0 in 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2002). Perry will retire as head coach of Hanover at the conclusion of the 2007 campaign.
Bluffton-Hanover Series History
Bluffton travels to Hanover for the 31st meeting between the two schools. The Panthers have won 25 of their contests with the Beavers. On Bluffton's last trip to Hanover in 2005, the Beavers snapped a 10-game losing skid to the Panthers with a 33-19 victory. Hanover scored the game's only touchdown with 1:43 on the clock to pick up a 7-6 win at Salzman Stadium a year ago.
Last Week's Contests
The Bluffton University football team had Anderson University on the ropes late in the fourth quarter before a Chase Thurston sneak and two-point conversion by Denny Kimmel knotted the score at 18 with 3:58 to play in the contest. The teams traded interceptions before a missed 50-yard field goal attempt by the Ravens sent the game to overtime. Similar to the ending of the 2005 Homecoming game with Anderson, Kimmel put the Ravens up 25-18 when he followed his 21-yard gain with a four-yard spurt to paydirt. The Beavers lost six yards on their first two plays of overtime and following a Kyle Coleman (Etna/Watkins Memorial) incompletion, Luke Hurst came up with an interception in the end zone, sealing the 25-18 victory for the Ravens who picked up their first HCAC win of the year and improved to 2-5 overall. Bluffton fell to 0-7 overall and 0-4 in Heartland Conference play.
The Beavers struggled to move the ball until Coleman hit tight end Joel Sienicki (Goshen, Ind./Northridge) over the middle for a 25-yard gain early in the second quarter. The drive stalled at the Anderson 35, but Coleman's pooch punt pinned the Ravens at their own 10-yard line. Two Anderson snaps sailed past the quarterback in three plays and when Kimmel landed on the second one in the end zone, Bluffton picked up two points on the safety.
The Ravens opened up their playbook with a 35-yard completion to Zach Duke and 10-yarder to Ryan Kell, putting the ball on the home 21-yard line. Kimmel was stopped just short of the goal line before Thurston went in from the one-yard line to give Anderson a 10-2 lead at the 6:25 mark of the first half.
Anthony Bryant (Reynoldsburg/Reynoldsburg) gave Bluffton great field position when he took the ensuing kickoff back to the Bluffton 40-yard line. Bluffton was methodical with the ball, going 60 yards on 13 plays as the Beavers capped the drive with a five-yard touchdown strike from Coleman to Drew Lovelace (Trumansburg, NY/Charles U. Dickerson). An unsuccessful two-point conversion left the score at 10-8 in favor of the Ravens at the break.
A missed handoff by the Ravens on the second half kickoff gave Bluffton the ball at the Anderson 15 to start period three. Three Cameron Campeau (Pfafftown, N.C.) rushes later and the Beavers found themselves with a 15-10 lead when he went in from seven yards out.
Late in the third quarter, sophomore cornerback Jordan Simmons (Lorain/Admiral King) jumped in front of an Anderson wideout and picked off the Ravens at the Bluffton 33-yard line. He found a seam and nearly went to the house before Kimmel knocked him out of bounds at the Anderson 12. A personal foul on the Ravens placed the ball at the six. Campeau appeared to find the end zone on the Beavers' second play from scrimmage, but an illegal shift by the Bluffton offense took the touchdown off the board. Two incomplete passes forced Bluffton to kick a field goal. Jonathan Thompson's (Carmel, Ind./Carmel) 30-yarder made the score 18-10 in favor of the Beavers as the third quarter came to a close.
An Anderson flea flicker which saw wide receiver Brady Church throwing down the field to Ryan Kell drew a 15-yard pass interference flag, giving Anderson the ball on the home 34-yard line. Thurston found Terry Perky for a 14-yard gain before Kimmel moved he chains to the one-yard line. Thurston jumped across the goal line and when Kimmel went around the right end for two points, Anderson found itself in an 18-18 tie with less than four minutes in regulation. Both teams traded interceptions late in the game, setting up another Bluffton-Anderson Homecoming overtime finish.
Kimmel need only two plays to give the Ravens a seven-point lead in overtime. The Anderson defense pushed Bluffton back to the 31-yard line after the Beavers' first two plays. Coleman's pass intended for Lovelace on third down was off the mark and Hurst ended the game with his fourth down pick in the end zone as Anderson won 25-18, knocking off the Beavers in their 2007 Homecoming contest.
Greg Mason (Cleveland/Collinwood) led the Beavers with 70 yards on 18 carries. Coleman completed 10 passes for 71 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions. Sienicki hauled in four passes for 51 yards. Fifth-year senior Denny Kimmel, who has led the team in rushing each of his five years at Anderson despite playing only three games due to an injury in 2006, netted 155 yards on the ground for the Ravens and his touchdown in overtime proved to be the game-winner.
Sam McCullough (Bluffton/Bluffton) notched a game-high 15 tackles and a sack, giving him 100 stops for the season with three games to play. Senior Gordon Hagen (Toledo/Libbey) tallied 10 tackles for the Beavers. Junior defensive ends Kyle Rode (Delphos/Jefferson) and Mitch Agner (Leipsic/Leipsic) added eight stops apiece.
Defiance 33, Hanover 7
Defiance College reeled off 26 unanswered points to pull away for a 33-7 victory against Hanover College's football team in a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference tussle, Saturday, Oct. 20, in Defiance, Ohio.
Defiance, now 5-2 overall and 4-0 in the Heartland Conference, limited Hanover to just 154 total yards of offense. The Yellow Jackets allowed the Panthers to gain only 90 total yards through the final three quarters of action.
Hanover junior quarterback Tyler Thiems completed 17-of-33 passes for 100 yards. He was intercepted twice by Defiance's defense.
Miller caught seven balls for 48 yards in addition to his touchdown pass.
Sophomore linebacker Daniel Cornely piled up 17 tackles to lead Hanover's defense, which surrendered 551 total yards to Defiance.
Senior linebacker Alex Middendorf added 12 tackles for the Panthers, including two tackles for loss.
Vetter completed 18-of-34 passes for 183 yards for Defiance. He threw one interception. The Yellow Jackets' Lewis Caralla rushed for 195 yards on 18 carries, including a 70-yard touchdown dash in the third period.
Leading the Beavers
Sophomore tailback Greg Mason, coming off a 70-yard day against Anderson University on Homecoming, leads the Bluffton rushing attack with 207 yards and two touchdowns. Cameron Campeau has picked up 184 yards on the ground with a pair of scores. Junior quarterback Kyle Coleman has completed 54-of-124 passes for 584 yards and two touchdowns. Joel Sienicki is pacing the Bluffton receivers with 23 receptions for 222 yards and one of the Beavers' four receiving touchdowns. Mike Brown and Drew Lovelace have 13 catches each through the first seven contests. Lovelace has two touchdown receptions, including one against the Ravens last week.
Two-time first team All-HCAC linebacker Sam McCullough has a conference-high 100 tackles, including 45 solos, four sacks, two interceptions and a blocked punt. Senior safeties Taylor Iceman, who has three interceptions on the year, and Ryan Christy have chipped in with 51 and 37 tackles, respectively. Kyle Rode has anchored the defensive line with 35 tackles, including six sacks for a loss of 47 yards and a fumble recovery.
Next up for the Beavers and Panthers
Bluffton returns to Salzman Stadium for its final home game of the 2007 season against HCAC power Mt. St. Joseph on Saturday, November 3. Kickoff against the Lions is scheduled for 1 p.m. Hanover travels to Anderson University for a matchup with the Ravens on Saturday, November 3. Kickoff at Anderson is scheduled for 1 p.m.