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A Sea Ethic
What we must do is encourage a sea change in attitude, one that acknowledges we are a part of the living world, not apart from it. - Dr. Sylvia Earle, Marine Biologist
Extending a sea ethic would mean recognizing the ocean's importance to the continued existence of life on our planet and to human futures. From this recognition would flow an appropriate sense of moral imperative, commitment, and urgency—urgency toward ending overfishing and wasteful bycatch and aggressively rebuilding depleted ocean wildlife populations, stabilizing human effects on world climate, slowing habitat destruction, stemming global transport and accidental introduction of "alien" species, curbing the flow of contaminants and trash, developing sustainable seafood farming, cultivating an informed approach to the seafood marketplace, and implementing networks of protected areas in the sea. - Excerpt from Launching a Sea Ethic by Carl Safina, Blue Ocean Institute
MarineBio strongly supports Dr. Carl Safina's Sea Ethic to promote reverence for the sea and to encourage an ethical responsibility for humans to protect the sea. A Sea Ethic is the counterpart to forester and naturalist Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic. For such a complicated and troublesome set of problems, we believe a sea ethic is the most sound solution to the problems faced by the ocean and marine life.
MarineBio also highly recommends Dr. Safina's books, which describe many of our ocean's problems in ways that urge all of us to find equitable solutions. These books read like entertaining travel narratives, yet they powerfully convey important messages in an objective, eloquent, and compelling manner.
Recommended Books
Truly magnificent—Safina has done as much as anyone save Cousteau to change our relationship with the aquatic world. - Bill McKibben, The Boston Globe
Eye of the Albatross
The immense creatures we call "albatross" are the greatest long-distance wanderers on Earth. Big birds in big oceans, albatrosses lead big, sprawling lives across space and time, traveling to the limits of seemingly limitless seas.
We accompany one particular albatross named Amelia throughout her several-thousand-mile foraging treks, sleeping aloft, foraging in darkness and daylight, searching out food enough for her patiently famished nestling. Amelia's stupendous travels were tracked via satellite. As her goose-sized youngster sometimes waited weeks for a meal, I spent months in the distant seas of the world, chronicling Amelia's journeys.
Albatrosses cover distances equivalent to flying around Earth at the equator three times every year. A 50-year-old albatross has flown, at minimum, 3.7 million miles. Theirs is a fluid world of wind and wild waters, everything in perpetual motion. And so they span long stretches of space and time, distant from any shore, seldom within sight of a coast, embedded in the breeze.
Because albatrosses range so far and live so long, they intersect and contend with almost every effect that people exert upon the sea. Everything people are doing to oceans, albatrosses feel. Amelia's survival is a story of struggle, hope and the power of sheer persistence and life's resilience. During her prodigious travels Amelia crosses paths with a spectacular array of creatures including other seabirds, fishes, whales, sharks, sea turtles, seals, and some extraordinary people. Sharing Amelia's journeys will enlarge your life, and she will introduce you to the splendid company she keeps, truly awesome envoys of the magnificence of life on this ocean planet.
Winner of the John Burroughs Medal.
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A beautiful, awe-inspiring tableau of our world as you've never seen it. - Christian Science Monitor
Dazzling... a stunningly intimate portrait of an environment. - Publishers Weekly
Riveting... Safina is an insightful, reform-minded, and splendidly literary scientist in the manner of Rachel Carson. His superlative report is both catalyst and inspiration. - Booklist (starred review)
In this beautifully written work, Safina blends history and science to offer, in a seamlessly telescoped style, first an ecosystem, then a species, and finally one bird, the last as compellingly drawn as the protagonist of a novel. The general reader cannot fail to be pulled deeply into natural history by reading it. - Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University
Carl Safina has become the poet laureate of things oceanic... The writing is equal to the subject, and the subject is the most magnificent of all flying creatures. - Richard Ellis, Los Angeles Times
An awestruck yet intelligent study by award-winning ocean ecologist Safina (Song for the Blue Ocean, 1998)... a briskly companionable account of days in the albatrosses' midst. - Kirkus Reviews
Safina focuses on the qualities of peace and tranquility in nature... a refreshing approach to natural history writing. - Library Journal
Thought-provoking, witty and beautifully written. - American Scientist
One of Safina's most engaging characteristics is his generosity of spirit. He cannot contain his delight in birds, fish and the profusion of life on the islands he visits. He also cannot contain his affection for the many people he encounters. - New York Times
Song for the Blue Ocean
In Song for the Blue Ocean we go on a global journey through the world's changing oceans, combining adventure, politics, science, and glimpses into the human condition.
We accompany people whose lives and occupations in and on the oceans are a drama of clashing ambitions and a daily struggle for existence. We fish with commercial and subsistence fishers, we dive with research scientists, we walk through ancient forests where salmon spawn, and fly over vast clearcuts that have simultaneously taken the trees, the salmon, and the foreseeable future. We visit the shark fin shops in Hong Kong for a glimpse of what China's new-found capitalism means for oceans around the globe. We sleep alongside Islamic separatists who seek desperately to protect their coral reefs.
My empathy here is as much with people as wild nature, and I convey the dilemmas intertwining both. In the end, we find reason for hopefulness in a very unlikely place—a dangerous, heavily armed fishing village on a remote island near the Indonesian border.
It has been said that oceans connect the world because they touch all shores. Today's changing oceans pull together universal themes about resources, autonomy, economies, ideologies, and human nature that weave the context of our life and times. Although I believe this book is the most thorough and up-to-date account of the world's seas, it is in many ways about much more than the oceans.
Winner of the Lannan Award for Literature. A New York Times Notable Book. A Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Selection.
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Language that can carry a reader to a world rarely seen... Written in luscious strokes. - Provincetown Banner
If you love the oceans, read this book. If you are concerned about the future of mankind on this water planet, read this book.... I cannot remember a book that has affected me more deeply. - Big Game Fishing Journal
A pleasure to read. - Kirkus Reviews
Particularly welcome and timely... a frightening and insightful book. - The Oregonian
About twenty pages into this book you may discover that you are not so much reading it as savoring it. Safina is that rarest of writers—he knows how and when to get out of the way of his own story. - Whole Earth
In this remarkable book, Carl Safina takes us on an odyssey across our ocean planet... This is a tale told accurately, fairly and with compassion... Song for the Blue Ocean is peopled with ordinary and extraordinary people whose efforts inspire and offer hope... In the end, though, this is a deeply shocking book... read it. - Callum Roberts, Conservation Biology
An excellent, thought-provoking book that is difficult to pigeonhole. - BioScience
Passionate, disturbing.... Safina is one of the world's leading voices for protection of the oceans and the creatures within them. From this solid position of authority, he could have written a worthy tome. Thank goodness he didn't. Instead, Safina has written a highly personal account of his experiences as he follows fishermen, biologists and others at the front lines of what will surely be the big conservation battle of the early 21st century.... And, unlike many environmentalists, Safina never comes off as holier than thou... He recognizes that life is complicated, a welcome trait in a conservationist—and in a traveling companion. - Bob Holmes, New Scientist
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
A Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction selection
A Library Journal Best Science Book selection
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Warhammer Online: First Impressions
WO looks very good at first glance. The servers were stable and running. I didn't encounter any major bugs, only one graphical anomaly when a PvP scenario (battleground) popped right after a public quest finished. But that cleared itself up when I died.
I really wish Mythic had feature-locked, and just spent two weeks cleaning up the little things. There's lots of little things that are annoying just because they're so small and yet so obvious. For example, when you start the game, it doesn't give focus to the username or password field. So you launch the game, start typing your password, realize that the text field doesn't have focus, and have to manually click the field with the mouse.
Anyways, there's lots of little things like that. In the great scheme of things they're trivial, but it would have been really nice if Mythic had made the effort to fix them. Streamlining your entry into the game, so that you don't have to click through several movies. Not popping the EULA every single time. When you get a new title, clicking the Tome of Knowledge pop up should actually take you to the description of the title, rather to some other random page.
Now there's a lot of things that the game does well. The quest integration with the map is superb. I adore the way you can queue up for scenarios, continue questing, scenario pops, you go fight, and you return right back to your questing spot, and you can queue again. If there is one thing Blizzard should steal from WO, it's this queuing for scenarios. It even makes being on the popular side bearable.
In the end I rolled a Witch Elf on Thorgrim. I did try some other characters, but I didn't like the look, so I deleted them. I'll have to look at options more thoroughly later. The witch elf is pretty much a WoW rogue so far, but with far less clothing. One interesting thing was that you start with a combo-point generating ability at level 1, but you don't get a finisher until level 2. I'm not sure this was a good decision. In WoW, a level 1 rogue starts with a standard move, and a finisher, so the playstyle is obvious from the start. I also kind of see why Blizzard limits combo points per mob. It was very common for me to build to 5 points and then unload burst damage onto a new target.
I got up to about Rank (level) 5, and Renown (PvP level) 4. I do like how you get rewards from both questing and PvP as you level up.
PvP is interesting. In general, the Witch Elf is a decent character. I get a fair number of kills, killing blows and even solo kills. The only problem is that sometimes everyone clumps up into two ranged groups firing at each other. You can't really pick off anyone when this happens, as the group will nuke you as you approach.
I did get to try a Public Quest, and it's kind of cool. I even won the roll! I got some nice armor that revealed even more skin than my previous rags. However, I'm not really sure it's as revolutionary as everyone claims. WO doesn't seem to have "tagging mobs" as a mechanic, and that is a good change.
One thing about WO is that it does really expect you to be somewhat familar with MMOs. WoW had a much more gentle introduction into the genre, but the experienced player ends up modding the UI a fair bit. At points in WO, I was suffering from information overload, and I'm an experienced player.
Also, maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't it be an obvious move to have the same keybinds as WoW whenever possible? Things like C for Character, etc. A lot of the keybinds are the same already, it just seems odd to me that they didn't copy the others. It would make it even easier to steal WoW players. It's like Microsoft Excel, when they were first entering the market, went to great lengths to ensure that the Lotus 1-2-3 "slash command" system was duplicated exactly in Excel. That made it a lot easier for Lotus 1-2-3 users to switch, as they could use all the commands they were accustomed to.
Graphically, the game is pretty good. The animations aren't quite as smooth as they should be, but it's pretty decent.
All in all, Warhammer Online looks like a solid, stable game. I still don't think I've found the class I want to level up to the cap though. I'll probably end up trying a few more classes on the weekend.
Finally, if someone could tell me where I learn professions, that would be great. I'm looting all sorts of stuff that are for professions, but I'm just vendoring it at the moment.
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The profession trainers are at the questhub in the beginning of chapter two. You usually get there after your first public quest.ReplyDelete
- Truckle3:07 AM, September 19, 2008
Nice writeup..ReplyDelete
Hoping to give this a try over the weekend. Interested to see how the tank classes get on in PvP.
It's Dissapointing that EA dosent have a Mac versionof the game. So there goes my subscription.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6:52 AM, September 19, 2008
WAR is a solid MMO. Although I knew ahead of time it wasn't going be as polished as WoW, I am a bit disappointed that WAR is closer to AoC then WoW.ReplyDelete
I've played WAR since head start. I have a level 10 bright wizard and a level 6 chosen. I think I'm going to chug along on the chosen because combat with the caster classes is really really clunky. My spells go off before my casting bar is complete. My instant spells sometimes have a cast bar. Sometimes my instant spells go off(visually I cast the spell) however no damage is done to the opponent and no graphics are displayed on the oppononent.
With WAR being a PvP-centric game, they need to get the combat right. This doesn't matter in PvE nearly as much as PvP where you need to run around and jump like an idiot(maybe not jump, but moving is important).
I guess the whole engine just seems older. I can't alt-tab out of the game with out it crashing. My pc is really good(4800, 4gig ram, 9800gtx w/ 512) and I get horrible frame rates during public quests. THIS GAME FEELS SO CLUNKY, even more so then AoC. Also why can't I place my action bars all over the place?
- Centuri8:22 AM, September 19, 2008
As someone stated crafting is @ chapter 2. Saying that, crafting is a bit...rough around the edges IMO.ReplyDelete
You should try out a Disciple of Khaine if you get a chance and enjoy Dark Elves.
For Dark Elves I only found the Talisman trainer in the first Chapter 2 camp. To pick up cultivating and Apothecary I had to fly to the main city to pick up. Crafting seems extremely basic, with only 3 (4? I never did find a salvaging trainer after 30m of walking in circles) and 2 production professions.ReplyDelete
WAR does have tagging, just not on PQ mobs. Well, the loot will still go to the player who tagged those too, but exp/inf are shared. On non-PQ mobs whoever gets the tag gets the exp and loot (and there's no way to tell who got the tap first till the mob dies.)
The EULA will always be there to scroll through. They made some post saying they have legal reasons why it's there, but I find it incredibly frustrating as well.
I've got a DoK up to rank 13/8 on Azazel. Was queued up for the second scenario but it didn't pop once last night in my 3h of playing so my RvR rank is slipping behind.
I think it's got enough to keep me until 3.0.2 comes out for WoW. I'd think I'd rather be working on Achievements, but we'll see what the game is like at 40.
I still think you would really enjoy the Warrior Priest. It's a very non-traditional healer type.ReplyDelete
- Stupid Mage4:46 PM, September 24, 2008
Does the game borrow more from WHFB or WHFRP? Or is it like WoW where it brings in stuff from multiple company resources?ReplyDelete
Wardancer or Wood Elf Scout would be my dream class.
ooh or Skaven...

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Shirley Budinger
Shirley Budinger, 75, of Mabelvale died Sunday, April 3, 2011.
She was born Dec. 13, 1935, in Wellsville, N.Y.
Shirley was a retired Automobile Factory worker and a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd and Ernestine Louise Sadler; and a sister, Judy Sadler.
Survivors include her husband, Gerald Budinger of Mabelvale; son, Randall Greene; daughter, Shelly M. Raymond; brother, Lloyd "David" Sadler; half brother, Edward; sisters, Connie Sadler, Beverley Blondell and Khrista Kerry; half sister, Susan Petterman; and six grandchildren.
Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ashby Funeral Home. Burial will be in McPherson Cemetery in Sardis. Minister will be the Rev. Rick Porter.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
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Norquist, Kochs vs. Tennessee GOP
Grover Norquist and the Koch brothers' advocacy machine are taking on Tennessee Republicans — including the governor himself.
Their sin? Opposing a bill to repeal investment taxes.
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The no-tax preachers at Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform and Americans for Prosperity are pushing hard against the unexpected roadblock of GOP Gov. Bill Haslam and a small group of Republicans who say now is not the time to go cutting taxes.
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The intraparty skirmish is about to get ugly, with the Washington heavyweights gearing up to put their substantial resources and national policy clout to work ahead of a pivotal vote next week.
"If by some chance we don't get this passed, we will take this to districts," said Andrew Ogles, the state director for Americans for Prosperity, founded in part by industrialists Charles and David Koch. That includes TV and radio buys, he added. "We'll campaign on this across the state and get people involved."
Recalcitrant Republican legislators may even be primaried by repeal backers if they stand in the way, one conservative source working on the issue said.
( Also on POLITICO: Santorum spotlights new movie, film career)
The predicament puts Haslam and his GOP backers in a sticky situation: Let the bill advance, or defy national conservatives who could make their lives miserable?
GOP campaign strategist Ed Rollins said the national groups could cause serious harm to state Republicans by "confusing the message" — and make the GOP look bad for divisions in an election year.
"These little wars can be detrimental," he said. "You go out and beat each other up, it turns voters away from even your winners."
Haslam, who is up for reelection this year but does not have serious challengers, says Tennessee doesn't have the money for tax cuts. And several state Senate Republicans unexpectedly moved this past week to block the bill from advancing, blindsiding repeal supporters who thought they had passage in the bag.
( Also on POLITICO: Kochs aide slams Democratic ad buy)
"Philosophically, I would love to do [it]; realistically, you all know our revenue is down this year," Haslam told reporters at a news conference.
In a recent interview with POLITICO, Haslam waived off outside pressure, saying it makes no sense for groups like ATR to push Tennessee on tax issues.
"Tennessee is one of the three or four lowest [tax] states, so I certainly don't feel like we need to apologize for our tax rates," he said. "They have to like us because we're a no-income tax state … which is where most other Republican governors would love to be."
It is a scenario playing out in pockets across the country as states generate more revenue than they've had in years, and Republicans face pressure to cut taxes at any cost. Republicans recently balked at an effort by some moderates in their party in Wisconsin to limit tax cuts there, but GOP Gov. Scott Walker pushed through a $500 million tax cut package.
In New Jersey, Norquist's group recently put pressure on GOP Gov. Chris Christie to drop a proposal to tax out-of-state Internet purchases.
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Although many states are awash in cash amid an improving national economy, Tennessee's revenue collections were $260 million below estimates in the first half of fiscal 2014.
Tennessee is often called a no-income-tax state, but it levies a 6 percent tax on investment income like capital gains on stocks and dividends.
Volunteer State Republicans, who control both chambers, for years have tried to cut the levy but have yet to rally the entire party behind one bill.
Enter Norquist and Americans for Prosperity.
At a half-day "workshop" sponsored by the conservative Nashville-based Beacon Center last month, Tennessee state Sen. Mark Green (R) and state Rep. Charles Sargent (R), who would become the sponsors of the new bill, met with staff from ATR and the Tax Foundation, another right-leaning group headquartered in Washington, to hash out legislation.
( POLITICO's Open Mike: Tim Phillips, Americans for Prosperity)
"We knew we had no shot if there were a bunch of different bills," said ATR's director of state affairs Patrick Gleason, who attended the meeting. "We needed to get everyone behind one, compromise bill."
They left the meeting agreeing on new legislation to phase out the tax by 1 percent each year rather than repealing it immediately, a sort of olive branch to offer Haslam.
Norquist and AFP President Tim Phillips followed up with a press conference at the state capitol earlier this month, where they endorsed the bill and lobbied members.


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Apps: Draw Something 2, Little Red Riding Hood, Vine 1.1 + Wikimedia Commons
Zynga has released the sequel to its once insanely popular game Draw Something in two incarnations: Draw Something 2 ($3) and Draw Something 2 Free. Both games feature dozens of new tools, patterns, stamps, and colors for drawing. Also featured are new words, new play modes, and a feed that shares drawings with all of your friends. The premium version also includes a free Sparkle Pen, no ads between turns, a free star and coin bonus, and thousands of extra new words.
Already beloved for its interactive iOS storybooks, Nosy Crow has hit another home run with the release of Little Red Riding Hood by Nosy Crow ($5), a lightly modernized take on the classic fable. As would be expected from this story, Little Red Riding Hood embarks on a walk through the forest to carry a basket of food to her ailing grandmother, but Nosy Crow adds several branching paths to the forest, enabling kids to choose additional items that will help Red defeat the big, bad wolf at her grandmother's home—plus multiple endings. Beyond the fun of collecting these items in various mini games, the developer has populated the app with zoomable high-definition artwork, plenty of voice narration, and intuitively interactive elements that really bring the story's scenes to life. This is certainly Nosy Crow's best storybook yet, which says a lot given that it has previously released some of the very best iOS kids apps we've tested. Fans of the story should grab this one without thinking twice; it's that impressive.
Original iPhone to reach 'obsolete' status
Apple's original iPhone, released in 2007, will soon enter "obsolete" status in Apple Retail Stores, according to an internal document. The switch will occur on June 11. Obsolete status means the original iPhone will no longer be supported at bricks and mortar Apple locations, though AppleCare and Authorized Service Providers will treat the device as "vintage" and continue to provide service for it. [via 9to5Mac]
Report: iOS 7 seeks greater in-car integration
Following a recent report about iOS 7's interface, 9to5Mac has more information on Apple's plans for the new operating system, reporting that "Apple plans to move aggressively into the in-car integration space later this year." Multiple sources noted Apple is "working with car makers to deeply embed iOS's Maps and Siri services into cars." The company is reportedly working with car makers on center consoles that could attach iOS devices — at that point, an optimized version of Apple's Maps could then appear on the car's display, with Siri used to control Maps and other features. It's noted that the new functionality could still be a long way from public release, and the feature may require newer iOS devices.
Apple has quietly crept further into the automotive world recently. Volkswagen introduced the iBeetle, a special edition Beetle with iPhone integration — though the integration is not nearly as deep as the proposals reported with iOS 7. Touted as an iOS 6 feature, Apple's Siri Eyes Free feature was first integrated by GM, followed by Honda and Acura, with BMW, Mercedes, Land Rover, Jaguar, Audi, Toyota, and Chrysler also announced as partners. Apple and Ferrari have apparently discussed a deeper partnership, and Ferrari's FF model integrates Siri voice commands, using iPad minis for rear seat entertainment. Also, Apple recently filed two patents related to communication between iOS devices and vehicles.
Apple patent explores controller for touchscreen devices
An recently published Apple patent demonstrates that Apple has continued to contemplate the use of a physical controller accessory with iOS devices. However, the patent filing appears to be mainly concerned about how users with disabilities can interact with touchscreen devices.
A controller could offer advantages to users who aren't "physically present" at the touchscreen, users who "are unable to provide touch input," and those with disabilities who could nonetheless use a physical accessory to control the touchscreen. Apple's image of a controller accessory resembles a joystick, though gaming doesn't appear to be the focus of the patent; the basic patent concepts could be applied for other purposes. [via Apple Insider]
Report: iOS 7 to have 'very, very flat' interface
Sources claim the look of Apple's upcoming iOS 7 will be simpler than past incarnations, according to a new report from 9to5Mac. "Multiple people who have either seen or have been briefed on the upcoming iOS 7" claim the new operating system will be attractive to new users, but "potentially unsettling" for long-time iOS users. The interface is "very, very flat," one source says, while another says it loses "all signs of gloss, shine, and skeumorphism" (sp). Immediately after the departure of former Senior Vice President of iOS Software Scott Forstall, speculation has been that Senior Vice President of Industrial Design Jony Ive's work on the new OS would move away from skeuomorphism, which Forstall and former Apple CEO Steve Jobs both favored.
One source compared iOS 7 to the Windows Phone UI. Reportedly, there is no new learning curve for the new operating system, as the "core apps and system fundamentals" operate similarly to the current iOS. Interface changes allegedly include a new icon set for native apps, newly designed tool bars, and tab bars. Apple has also apparently been researching ways to add more quick glance panels, such as Notification Center, into the new software. One idea included swipes from the left and right of the display. Sources note iOS 7 is codenamed "Innsbruck," likely after the Austrian city.
Google Now released within Google Search app
A new update to the Google Search app for iOS features Google Now, Google's personal assistant. Google Now offers weather and traffic conditions at the start of the day, as well as updates on favorite sports teams and breaking news. Google Now uses more than 25 different "cards," including cards for boarding passes, restaurant reservations, flight information, and more.
Google's Eric Schmidt alluded to Google Now awaiting Apple approval in March. Apple responded, saying Google Now wasn't submitted to its App Store; as it turns out, it was instead debuted within an existing app. [via 9to5Mac]
Apple announces traveling Tech Talks for developers
Apple has announced that it will be "hitting the road this fall" with Tech Talks for developers. Though Apple says the talks will be coming to "a city near you," no cities have been announced so far. The company notably held an iPhone Tech Talk World Tour in late 2008, and has used multi-city events to reach out to developers who couldn't attend its California developers' conferences. Apple also noted WWDC 2013 sold out of tickets in record time, and reminded developers that videos of the sessions would be posted during the conference.
iMessage deletes 'Obama,' 'surprise' in iPhone messages
A peculiar iMessage bug is making certain words disappear from the end of messages. The phrases "I could be the next Obama" and "The best prize is a surprise," when followed by a trailing space, are sent with the last word deleted; both sender and receiver see a blank space instead. It appears the bug is only affecting iPhones, according to an Apple forum discussion; other phrases also seem to trigger the bug. Apple has not commented on the bug yet. [via The Verge]
'Learn More About In-App Purchases' now in App Store
Apple has added a new section to the App Store to help consumers "Learn More About In-App Purchases." The informational section describes what in-app purchases are, the different types of in-app purchases, how in-app purchases work, and how to restrict a child's ability to make in-app purchases using parental controls. In the wake of legal issues and other complaints regarding these follow-on purchases, Apple is making more of an effort to inform consumers about in-app purchases — the company recently added an "Offers In-App Purchases" line to all relevant apps.
Apple reverses course on iOS VPN change
Apple has backtracked on a prior decision to change the way VPN On Demand connects in iOS. An updated support article notes that "Apple no longer plans to change the behavior of the VPN On Demand feature of iOS 6.1 for devices that have already been shipped. The 'Always' option will continue to work as it currently does on these devices." Previously, Apple announced VPN On Demand configured to "always" would behave as "establish if needed."
The initial change was made due to a patent suit loss to VirnetX; there's speculation that because of Apple's reversal on the VPN issue, the two companies have reached some kind of agreement. Notably, because Apple only mentions devices that have "already been shipped," the changes still might be made to as-yet-unshipped items. [via MacRumors]
Apps: Apple Store, House of the Dead, Iron Man 3, Lego Batman + NFL '13
Though a minor update for some users, Apple's Apple Store app (free) has been updated to version 2.6 — the app now lets users receive notifications noting when they're eligible for upgrade pricing on a new iPhone.
Sega's unpredictable history of iOS releases continued this week with the release of House of the Dead: Overkill - The Lost Reels ($5), a visually unimpressive yet semi-engaging zombie shooting game with grindhouse-inspired interface and audio elements. Like virtually all of the prior House of the Dead games, you're in an on-rails first-person perspective shooting at zombie attackers — here called "mutants," and with a drag-based on screen reticule rather than just pointing and tapping, increasing the challenge level. Two of the game's three worlds are unlocked for the $5 asking price, while a third world requires a $2 purchase, and as is sadly now the norm, additional weapons are sold as in-app purchases if you don't want to spend the time earning them. Overkill's language is unusually raw, so kids shouldn't download it; more importantly, due to Sega's use of relatively low polygon counts for device compatibility, the in-game graphics are merely competent rather than scary. Fans of the series will find this title to be far less stylish and energetic than the best House of the Dead titles, but it's something to play at a relatively affordable price.
WA AG says T-Mobile ads 'deceptive,' forces refunds
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has ordered T-Mobile to change "deceptive advertising" that promised no contracts for customers, notably coinciding with the carrier's long-awaited announcement of iPhone availability. The Attorney General's Office said the company "failed to disclose that customers who purchase a phone using the 24-month payment must carry a wireless service agreement with T-Mobile for the entire 24 months — or pay the full balance owed on phone if they cancel earlier." Customers who cancel the service "face an unanticipated balloon payment" for the phone, which the office notes is often higher than termination fees for other carriers.
T-Mobile has agreed to stop misrepresenting the lack of restrictions, and will disclose that customers who terminate service before a device is paid off will have to pay the full balance upon cancellation. All consumers who purchased T-Mobile service or equipment between March 26 and April 25 can obtain a full refund for the purchased device and cancel service plans without paying the remaining balance owed on devices. Although T-Mobile is obligated to contact customers about their rights, consumers can call T-Mobile at 1-877-746-0909 for more information — or dial 611 from a T-Mobile phone. [via 9to5Mac]
Apple files two patents for iOS-car communication
Apple recently filed two patents that feature portable devices communicating with vehicles through Bluetooth. The first patent, titled "Method for locating a vehicle," would let iOS device users locating their vehicle using wireless connections. More specifically, this system would let a device like an iPhone communicate with a system set up within a parking garage to find a car. Considering the lack of signal in many parking garages, this system would conceivably be a solution for finding one's car in such a situation — however, it would require a system investment from the parking garage.
The other patent, titled "Accessing a vehicle using portable devices," would let a device access a vehicle to perform a number of functions wirelessly. This patent could enable an iOS device to function as a smart key, but it could also go deeper, by "limiting a time period during which the vehicle can be accessed," or even "limiting a speed of the vehicle to an upper limit." Though apps such as Hyundai Blue Link already exist that can perform some of the functions included in both of these patents, Apple's filings go deeper and further to open up new widespread possibilities between computing devices and vehicles. [via Apple Insider]
Apple to pay Chinese writers for copyright infringement
Apple has been ordered to pay three Chinese writers a total exceeding $118,000 for infringing their copyrights. The writers, including a popular author Mai Jia, discovered that their books were being sold in the App Store without their permission. While Judge Feng Gang said Apple has a duty to determine if books uploaded by third-party vendors violate authors' copyrights, some experts are skeptical and believe that unauthorized uploads will continue. Apple was also fined in December for selling unlicensed e-books. [via China Daily]
iOS 7 design poll ends, iPhone carrier poll begins
With almost 1300 votes from iLounge readers, our latest recent poll—"How should iOS 7 look?"—has now ended. Following rumours about the work being done by Jony Ive on polishing iOS 7, we asked readers to let us know what they should think the next major iOS release should look like.
Responses were somewhat evenly split between the three options, with forty-three percent of respondents indicating that they wanted to a see more exciting and eye-popping design while thirty-four percent said they preferred a simpler and flatter design throughout the entire UI. The remaining twenty-five percent indicated they were fine with the current UI design, and simply want to see new features in the next major update.
Otterbox debuts Commuter Series 3D iPhone 5 case
Otterbox has added a new case to its Commuter line with its Commuter Series 3D Case ($45) for iPhone 5. The 3D case comes in three distinct raised patterns in green, teal, and pink.
The cases feature an interior rubber layer and exterior hard shell. A self-adhesive screen protector and bubble squeegee are included. Otterbox's Commuter Series 3D Case is available now.
Apple launches 'A Decade of iTunes'
Apple's iTunes store is now featuring "A Decade of iTunes," an interactive timeline celebrating the past 10 years of iTunes. The 10th anniversary of the iTunes Store is this Sunday, April 28. The timeline lets users view the top selling songs and albums each year from 2003 onward and lists a number of Apple and iTunes milestones along the way.
Apple's WWDC to run June 10-14
Apple has announced it will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference from June 10-14 at Moscone West in San Francisco. The company's release notes that developers will "learn about the future of iOS and OS X." More than 100 technical sessions will be presented by more than 1,000 Apple engineers. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. tomorrow — the first time tickets have been announced before going on sale. And as 9to5Mac notes, Apple will be posting developer session videos during the conference this year.
"We look forward to gathering at WWDC 2013 with the incredible community of iOS and OS X developers," Apple Senior VP Phil Schiller said in a release. "Our developers have had the most prolific and profitable year ever, and we're excited to show them the latest advances in software technologies and developer tools to help them create innovative new apps. We can't wait to get new versions of iOS and OS X into their hands at WWDC."
Update: Apple sold out of its ticket allotment for WWDC 2013 in less than two minutes.
Notes from Apple's Q2 2013 Conference Call
As Apple's second-quarter 2013 financial results conference call began, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced first half revenue of more than $98 billion, and net income of more than $22 billion, including sales of 85 million iPhones and iPads. He acknowledged Apple's growth rate has slowed from a high level. Cook mentioned "the potential of exciting new product categories" when looking at the future of Apple. He also mentioned "amazing new hardware that we can't wait to introduce" in the fall.
Cook said Apple remains committed to make attractive returns to shareholders, as the company has more than doubled the size of the capital return program to a total of $100 billion by the end of 2015. The company also approved a 15 percent increase in the stock dividend.
Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer mentioned new March records for iPhone and iPad sales and detailed the numbers. iPad sales doubled in greater China and Japan. The "overwhelming majority" of iPad mini users are first-time iPad customers, Oppenheimer said. He also touched on the iPad's spread into emerging markets. iPad accounted for 82 percent of all North American tablet web traffic in March, he said.
Oppenheimer mentioned iPods, but while listing the device's dropping sales numbers, he focused on the iPod market share among MP3 players.
As for iTunes sales, Oppenheimer reports more than $4 billion in combined revenue from iTunes, software and services. Also, he said that in total, app developers have made more than $9 billion from their sales through the App Store. Also, iCloud now has 300 million daily users. "We will continue to invest in the ecosystem," Oppenheimer said, with more features "in the pipeline."
Oppenheimer spent some time detailing Apple's stock buyback and dividend increase.
In the Q&A, Cook was asked if Apple was "hitting a wall" in China. "We actually had our best quarter ever in greater China," Cook said, with revenue of $8.8 billion. Notably, iPads grew 138 percent year-over-year in China. "Going forward we still see a significant opportunity in China," Cook said. "China has an unusually large number of potential first-time smartphone buyers, and that's not lost on us."
As for Cook's allusion to fall announcements of products and whether or not that means there will be no new Apple products until the fall, Cook said, "I don't want to be more specific…I'm just saying we've got some really great stuff coming in the fall and all of 2014."
Cook touched on how the iPhone 4 was now even more affordable and attractive to first-time buyers, which allows more people to get into "the ecosystem with a really, really phenomenal product."
Apple doesn't want to forecast gross margin beyond June, Oppenheimer said. Apple is "willing to trade off short-term profits for long-term potential." He mentioned how the iPod inspired the iPhone, and how the iPad mini was a "great strategic decision."
Cook was questioned on if his views changed regarding the 5" phone market. "My view continues to be that iPhone 5 has the absolute best display in the industry," Cook said. "Some customers value large screen size, others also value other factors." He talked about battery life, resolution, and portability in a display. He concluded, "We would not ship a larger display iPhone while these trade-offs exist."
When talking about the Mac market, Cook mentioned the high iPad sales numbers. "It's certainly true that some of those iPads cannibalized some Macs. I don't think it's a huge number, but I think it's some," he said.
Apple increases stock buyback, dividend
Alongside its quarterly earnings results, Apple today increased both its stock repurchase authorization and quarterly dividend, by a total of $55 billion from the original amount announced last year. The repurchase authorization has been increased to $60 billion from $10 billion. It's "the largest single share repurchase authorization in history," and is expected to be executed by the end of calendar 2015. Apple's board approved a 15% increase in the stock dividend putting it at $3.05 per common share, payable on March 16, 2013. "We are very fortunate to be in a position to more than double the size of the capital return program we announced last year," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "We believe so strongly that repurchasing our shares represents an attractive use of our capital that we have dedicated the vast majority of the increase in our capital return program to share repurchases." CFO Peter Oppenheimer said "We will continue to return capital to shareholders through dividends, share repurchases, and cash used to net-share-settle vesting RSUs. We continue to generate cash in excess of our needs to operate the business, invest in our future, and maintain flexibility to take advantage of strategic opportunities."


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Wingert Financial Services
Financial services is usually recognized as lending or investment firms. We are 80% "group benefits". Our business has transitioned to group benefits over the years, but also does investments and individual insurance products as well. Re-naming is out, we are know in the area and "Wingert" usually lands us on the first page of the search engines. Ideally we would like to add what we do to our logo, or create a tag line that works with the logo. Our problem is when we are networking, we have to constantly explain what we do. Our current message says financial services, which leaves alot of uncertainty as to what we do. The easiest fix is to add "Group Benefits, Investments, Insurance" somehow to our logo?
The goal is for someone to see the name and know what we do.
We would like a modern look, while maintaing a classic financial services feel.
You can view our current website at http://www.wingertfinancialservices.com
We are up for a total make over.......starting with our logo.
Our next phase will be to design cards, stationary, web-page, company brochures, presentation folders, etc. We would be inclined to directly use the winner for those projects.
Our target client for group benefits is a local(Seattle area) employer with 25-50 employees, who cares about their staff, are dissatified with their current plan, and recognize they need a quality broker.
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We do not sell home and auto insurance......we protect people, not things.
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Attached is our current logo............We are happy to move on to a new look.
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Coffee is beverage that is enjoyed by millions of people around the world and by people out of this world. No I'm not talking about little, green men- although I am pretty sure if aliens tasted coffee they would enjoy it too. I am referring to astronauts.
Astronauts enjoy their morning cup of joe too! However, due to the constraints of space travel, coffee enjoyed in space sounds a little bit different than the coffee experience on Earth. Due to the absent pull of gravity, astronauts are not able to pour coffee in a cup and sip on it. Instead, they are forced to drink their coffee out a straw. According to an article on Rice University website, coffee in space is in freeze-dried pouches. Water is added to the pouches and then the coffee is sipped through a straw.
Fortunately, this could all change due to a new Zero Gravity Coffee Cup. This new cup will allow astronauts to actually enjoy coffee from a cup! ( CLICK HERE to read more about the Zero Gravity Coffee Cup.)
All this talk of enjoying coffee in space got me thinking- what other unexpected places do you enjoy coffee? In a plane 30,000 feet above land, in a submarine, a hot air balloon, perhaps in an RV out in the wilderness!
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You and your partner's feelings
A diagnosis of cancer often means you'll experience a wide variety of emotions. These may include shock, anxiety, sadness, relief, guilt, uncertainty, anger and – for some people – depression. You and your partner may have different feelings, and you may feel different things at different times.
Anxiety and uncertainty
You may be anxious about the future, the treatment and how you're going to cope. When cancer is diagnosed, it can take away your sense of security and control. Feeling uncertain about the future can be one of the most difficult things to deal with. It can cause tension between you and your partner.
Some people deny what is happening and just want to carry on as normal. Doing this may give you some 'breathing space'. But it can also stop you from getting the treatment you need. You may find that your partner is denying your illness. They may appear to ignore the fact you have cancer, perhaps by playing down anxieties and symptoms or by deliberately changing the subject.
Many people often feel irritable or angry during this time. Anger can hide other feelings, such as fear or sadness. You may direct your anger at your partner because you're close to them. You may both feel resentful of the changes that the cancer has made to your lives.
Guilt and resentment
Sometimes people feel guilty about the changes their illness has brought. Your partner may feel guilty about not being able to manage or about feeling resentful and angry, even when they know it's not anyone's fault. You may feel guilty about not managing the changes that the diagnosis and treatment has brought on you and your family.
There may be times when you or your partner want to be left alone to sort out thoughts and feelings. It may help to reassure each other that even if neither of you wants to discuss your illness at that moment, you will talk about it when you're ready.
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
10 comments:
- Ingrid reads. said...
BEST NEWS EVEEEEER! Can't wait to meet you!
- April 22, 2012 at 1:22 PM
- Kristina said...
I can't wait till next week, I just started reading Last Echo yesterday. Already creepy and wonderful!
- April 22, 2012 at 5:40 PM
- Kimberly Derting said...
Ingrid - I can't wait either :)
Kristina - I'm glad you're liking it!!
- April 22, 2012 at 9:08 PM
I'm so happy for you!!!!! Bon voyage!!!! I've always wanted to go there too. I only got as far as their airport on a layover. I did like the way they called me "love." They will accuse you of speaking "American" instead of English. =)
-Angel Morgan
- April 23, 2012 at 6:50 AM
- Kimberly Derting said...
That's awesome, Angel, I never even realized that I already had an accent, lol!
- April 23, 2012 at 7:25 AM
- Ali (Winged Reviews) said...
I'm booking my train tickets right now. London is only 2 hours on the train from here!!
- April 23, 2012 at 8:05 AM
- Shelli (srjohannes) said...
The Dertings take Europe (sounds like a griswold sequel)
- April 23, 2012 at 9:00 AM
YYAAAAYYYY!!!!!!!! Can't wait to meet you!!! And you're coming to Foyles, that one on Charing Cross is MASSIVE but heaven on earth :D
- April 23, 2012 at 12:36 PM
- Michelle said...
So looking forward to meeting you - as well as discovering that large looking book shop!
I probably won't call you 'love' though! lol
- April 26, 2012 at 9:25 AM
- Candace said...
I'm a part of your family, right? You are so, so, SO lucky you get to go! You are going to have a blast! And maybe you'll even pick up the accent too. ;)
Have fun!
- May 2, 2012 at 2:49 PM


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Danny Zausner, USTA chief operating officer, addressed Community Board 6 at the Kew Gardens Community Center last week. His presentation included an outline of the retractable roof construction project, which is expected to conclude by the 2016 U.S. Open.
"Bottom line is for us, if it does rain in a tournament, we will have a roof that will allow us to close in five minutes," Zausner told the board. "When the storm blows over, we can kick it back open."
Zausner also elaborated on additional portions of the construction phase, as well as the demolition plans for Louis Armstrong Stadium and a rebuilt stadium onsite.
He added that new practice courts are expected to open by 2014, and additional grandstand courts and field courts are set to open by 2015.
"Everything is getting rebuilt," he said. "There is a lot of work to be done."
Zausner also announced that the USTA plans to bring back Queens Day, a Queens-focused job fair, and affordable or free tennis clinics targeted at the surrounding communities.
"The list goes on and on as a recreational public facility," he said. "We are not a member facility and we are open to the public."
Zausner added that the USTA is considering bringing an outdoor movie series to the park, and plans to reach out to the Queens Museum.
Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras said she is pleased with the way the USTA has already begun to implement the community outreach initiative.
"I had requested that they make quarterly presentations to the community boards surrounding Flushing Meadows Corona Park," she said. "I am happy to see them deliver on this promise."
Last month, Ferreras and the USTA presented the second annual USTA Schools Day to provide on-court tennis activities and nutrition courses with teaching professionals.
"Through this process, I am confident that the USTA will only continue to grow as a good neighbor to our community," Ferreras added.
Community Board 6 district manager Frank Gulluscio said he has been impressed with the USTA's community involvement, currently as well as in the past.
"However long I've been here, they've reached out to us for Arthur Ashe Kids' Day, and I know some of our schools have gone there for different events," Gulluscio said. "We hope it continues in the future.


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Eurobarometer 44.3: Health Care Issues and Public Security, February-April 1996 (ICPSR 6752)
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Karlheinz Reif, Unknown; Eric Marlier, Unknown
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This round of Eurobarometer surveys focused on health issues, public security, awareness of consumer protection legislation, sickness benefits allocation, and attitudes toward the police. In addition, respondents were queried on a few standard Eurobarometer measures, such as whether they attempted to persuade others close to them to share their views on subjects they held strong opinions about and whether they discussed political matters, and how they viewed the need for societal change. Respondents provided information about their personal health care, including their general state of health, number of hospital stays, types of examinations received, and whether they had been on a diet, as well as their perceptions of heart disease. Respondents also answered questions about the health care system in their countries and indicated how well health care was run, to whom the government should provide health care, whether the government should spend more money on health care, and if they were willing to pay more taxes or have the government spend less on other things in order to contribute to health care. A number of questions concentrated on sickness benefits allocation. Questions concerning public security included how safe respondents felt walking alone near their homes, how often they had witnessed drug-related problems near their homes, if their homes had been broken into, and whether they had been attacked or seriously threatened. Respondents were also asked about their awareness of consumer protection legislation adopted or introduced by the European Union (EU) in areas such as import, postal services, toy safety, pricing, packaging, advertising, contracts, holiday conditions, and court proceedings. Opinions were also elicited on the police, type of contact respondents had with the police, and the cooperation between the police forces from EU member states. In addition, respondents answered a series of questions concerning their views on employment, unemployment, and gender equality. These data are reported in a separate collection, EUROBAROMETER 44.3OVR: EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND GENDER EQUALITY, FEBRUARY-APRIL 1996 (ICPSR 2443). Demographic and other background information provided includes respondent's age, gender, nationality, marital status, left-right political self-placement, occupation, age at completion of education, household income, size of household, car ownership, region of residence, and subjective size of community.
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(1) Three respondents (ICPSR CASE ID 15073, 15129, and 15134) with non-EU nationalities were permitted to complete interviews. If desired, these cases can be excluded from analysis. (2) Caution should be exercised when using V54, V55, V56, V57, V58, and V59 (Q119A, Q119A recoded, Q119B, Q119B recoded, Q119C, and Q119C recoded). Inconsistencies have been found such that the number of nights spent in the hospital (Q119B and Q119C) is smaller than the number of different times spent overnight in a hospital (Q119A). Also, respondents who answered "don't know" to Q119A (code 99 in V54 and code 10 in V55) should not have been asked Q119B and Q119C. ICPSR has recoded cases not following this protocol as follows: ICPSR CASE ID 8763: Code 0 in V56 recoded to 997 (INAP), Code 8 in V57 recoded to 99 (INAP). ICPSR CASE ID 13724: Code 14 in V56 recoded to 997 (INAP), Code 7 in V57 recoded to 99 (INAP). ICPSR CASE ID 6286: Code 30 in V56 recoded to 997 (INAP), Code 7 in V57 recoded to 99 (INAP). ICPSR CASE ID 8634: Code 60 in V56 recoded to 997 (INAP), Code 7 in V57 recoded to 99 (INAP). ICPSR CASE ID 10704: Code 999 in V56 recoded to 997 (INAP), Code 10 in V57 recoded to 99 (INAP), Code 0 in V58 recoded to 997 (INAP), Code 8 in V59 recoded to 99 (INAP). (3) The complete questionnaire is being provided for both Eurobarometer 44.3 (ICPSR 6752) and Eurobarometer 44.3OVR (ICPSR 2443). Response data, however, are divided between the two studies in the following manner. EB44.3: Q.1 to Q.4B, Q.5B, Q.111 to Q.155, demographic and protocol questions, and EB44.3OVR: Q.1 to Q.110, demographic and protocol questions. (4) The codebook is provided by ICPSR as an ASCII text file and as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file, and the data collection instrument is provided by ICPSR as a PDF file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.
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Citizens of the EU aged 15 and over residing in the 15 EU member countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
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- Reif, Karlheinz, and Eric Marlier. EUROBAROMETER 44.3: HEALTH CARE ISSUES AND PUBLIC SECURITY, FEBRUARY-APRIL 1996. Conducted by INRA (Europe), Brussels. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer], 2002. Cologne, Germany: Zentralarchiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 2002. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06752.v1
2002-05-29 The data have been further processed by ICPSR and the SPSS data definition statements have been updated. Also, a standard machine-readable codebook (PDF and text) and SAS data definition statements have been added, and the data collection instrument is now available as a PDF file.
1998-07-15 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Performed consistency checks.
- Standardized missing values.
- Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.
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This study is provided by ICPSR. ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.