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Eczema Vaccinatum in Child Resulting from Transmission of Vaccinia from Smallpox Vaccine with Tertiary Spread to the Mother
Indiana Epidemiology Newsletter
June 2007
Background – Smallpox Vaccine and Eczema Vaccinatum
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared smallpox eradicated in 1980 (1). In response to terrorist attacks, the U.S. government recommended the reinstatement of smallpox vaccination for military personnel, public health response teams and health care response teams in 2002-03. Over 1.2 million persons have been vaccinated as a result of the renewal of smallpox vaccination. In Indiana, over 750 hospital and public health staff were vaccinated against smallpox in 2002-03, and over 3,000 persons have been trained as smallpox vaccinators.
Smallpox vaccine contains live vaccinia virus, which confers protection against the smallpox virus. Vaccinia virus can be transmitted from a vaccine recipient to other persons by direct skin-to-skin contact through material from the unhealed vaccine site or indirectly through contact by means of fomites (e.g., towels, linen) (2 and 3). The virus can be cultured from the primary vaccination site beginning at the time of the development of a papule (usually 2-5 days following vaccination). Normally, a scab forms at the vaccination site by day 14 and will have separated from the vaccination site by day 21 (1 and 4). It is generally thought that, once the scab separates, the vaccinee is no longer contagious. Unintended transmission of vaccinia virus to others can occur until the scab has separated from the person who has been vaccinated. Persons who are infected through contact are at risk for the same adverse events as the vaccine recipient (5).
Eczema vaccinatum (EV) is a rare and serious life-threatening smallpox vaccination adverse event that can occur in those with a history of atopic dermatitis (eczema) regardless of disease severity or activity (6). Patients with EV are often systemically ill and usually require vaccinia immune globulin (VIG). Prior to 1990, the incidence rate for EV was approximately 8-80 cases per one million smallpox vaccinations (7). One study determined that, following the introduction of intramuscularly administered VIG treatment, the mortality rate of EV was reduced from 30-40% to 7% (8).
This report serves as a companion article to one published in the MMWR on May 18, 2007. Please check the MMWR Web site at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/ to view this related article.
Wayne Staggs, MS
Donna Allen, MS
Karee Buffin, MS
On March 8, 2007, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) notified the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) of a two-year-old male resident of northwestern Indiana who had been admitted to a hospital in Chicago with presumed eczema vaccinatum (EV) infection. Preliminary laboratory results from the IDPH indicated the presence of non-variola orthopoxvirus (thought to be vaccinia virus due to contact with his father who had recently been vaccinated for smallpox). This report describes the case histories of a two-year-old EV case and his mother, who later became a case of contact vaccinia. The report also details the joint epidemiologic and environmental investigation conducted by state and local public health authorities in Indiana and Illinois, the CDC, and hospitals in both states.
Case Histories and Family Information
Two-Year-Old Case
On January 26, 2007, an active-duty service member received a dose of smallpox vaccine prior to overseas deployment. During the screening process prior to the vaccination, the service member had reported a history of eczema as a child. His deployment was delayed, and he traveled home (on leave) to be with his family from February 16-20. He self-reported a scab falling off around 14 days post-vaccination and stated he continued to wear a bandage while on leave with his family. During the visit, the service member engaged in extensive physical contact with his two-year-old son who had a history of severe atopic dermatitis. Activities included hugging, wrestling, sleeping with, and bathing the child.
Because of an increasingly severe rash on his face, neck, and upper extremities, the child was taken to the Emergency Department of St. Catherine's Hospital in East Chicago, Indiana, on March 3. Due to the severity of the illness, the child was transferred to the University of Chicago Children's Hospital (UCCH); contact precautions were implemented at the hospital.
The child's mother indicated that the boy had a fever two days before his hospital admission and weeping skin lesions as early as February 24. By March 7, the rash had progressed to umbilicated lesions with an erythematous base, primarily involving the child's hands, forearms, neck, chest, face, and knees and encompassing 50 percent of his keratinized skin. On March 8, lesion specimens were analyzed at the Illinois Department of Public Health Laboratory (IDPHL) in Chicago by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) orthopoxvirus generic assay and nonvariola orthopoxvirus assay. The results of the assays were positive for orthopoxvirus DNA, supporting the clinical diagnosis of EV. The diagnosis of vaccinia was confirmed at CDC (9).
During March 8-28, the child was treated with a combination of immunotherapy and antivirals targeting vaccinia virus. The initial treatment included Vaccinia Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human) (VIGIV); supportive care included sedation, intubation, and mechanical ventilation. Despite these interventions, on March 10, the child's illness had progressed to hypothermia and hemodynamic instability requiring vasopressor support. Antiviral therapies with cidofovir and an investigational drug, ST-246 (SIGA Technologies) under an Emergency Investigational Drug application, were initiated and additional infusions of VIGIV were administered. After approximately one week of interventions, the child began to improve.
Clinical specimens from blood and skin were analyzed at the CDC Poxvirus Laboratory. All specimens obtained during the first 10 days of the child's hospitalization were positive for orthopox DNA using a real-time PCR assay (9). Vaccinia virus was also cultured from many of the specimens during this time. Scab formation occurred and, eventually, all scabs crusted over and had separated by April 11. All scab separation sites tested on or after March 31 were negative for vaccinia virus by PCR analysis.
After 48 days of hospitalization, the child was released on April 19 with no known sequalae other than potential scarring. The child has been scheduled for follow-up with Infectious Disease, Dermatology, Plastic Surgery, Allergy, Physical and Occupational Therapy, and his primary pediatrician.
On March 6, the mother of the child developed a rash on her face with additional lesions visible on her right finger and near her eyelid. Lesion material was analyzed by the IDPHL and found to contain orthopox DNA signatures, which was later confirmed as vaccinia virus by the CDC. The mother voluntarily isolated herself with her child. On March 10, she was hospitalized and placed in a room next to her son. Within 72 hours of her VIGIV administration, her lesions began to scab over. She was released from the hospital on March 23 but continued to stay with her son and took up residence near the hospital. Epidemiologic and serologic evidence suggests that tertiary transmission may have occurred between the child and mother, but fomite transmission cannot be ruled out.
Other Family Background
Two siblings of the two-year-old left the family residence at the time of the hospitalization on March 3. One of the two siblings had a history of atopic dermatitis. Both siblings were cared for by their grandmother at her residence while the case and the mother were considered contagious. Neither sibling developed vaccinia infection.
2. Epidemiologic Investigation
Since the child was shedding virus on March 3 and most likely several days prior to his hospitalization, contact tracing was initiated to identify persons potentially exposed to the virus. On March 9, the local health department (LHD) that had jurisdiction, the local hospital where the case was first observed, and the ambulance service that transported the case to Chicago were notified. All three organizations were asked to identify and monitor persons who may have had contact with the child, the mother, or the father during their contagious period.
Based on information provided by the child's mother and grandmother, the LHD identified 17 persons (all relatives of the child and mother) who had contact with the infected individuals. The hospital identified seven employees who were potentially exposed, and the ambulance service provided the names of two staff members who transported the child to Chicago on March 3. All 26 persons were contacted at least every other day, and in most cases every day, for 21 days following their last potential vaccinia exposure. Persons under surveillance were asked if they had rash, fever, or eye irritation during each call or visit.
Active surveillance was implemented on either March 9 or 10 for each of the 26 potentially exposed persons. The last day of potential vaccinia contact for 25 of the 26 individuals was March 3, the day the child was admitted to the hospital and placed in isolation. Surveillance of these persons ended on March 24. The only person not having contact with the case on March 3 was a relative living in central Indiana. His contact was with the father of the case during his leave from February 16-20. Surveillance ended for this person on March 12. None of the 26 persons who had contact with the child or mother developed vaccinia rash, fever, eye irritation, or other vaccinia-compatible symptoms during the surveillance period. A young relative of the case developed a rash of low suspicion around March 12. The rash was cultured and was found negative by PCR for vaccinia virus at the CDC Poxvirus Laboratory.
Sixty-four health care workers were also monitored for symptoms compatible with vaccinia infection at the hospital in Chicago. All were symptom free during and at the conclusion of their 21-day monitoring period with the exception of one person who developed a fever, which was determined not to be vaccinia related. The IDPH also conducted surveillance of family members living in Illinois who had contact with the father during his leave period, none of whom developed symptoms.
In addition to the active surveillance described above for persons identified as being potentially exposed to vaccinia, the ISDH Public Health Emergency Surveillance System (PHESS) was monitored for increased reports of rash illness in Public Health Preparedness District 1 (five-county area in northwestern Indiana). None of the investigated PHESS-reported cases was vaccinia related or epidemiologically linked to the two confirmed cases.
3. Environmental Assessment and Disinfection of the Home
In order to establish whether viable virus was still present in the home, a CDC Epi-Aid Team conducted an environmental assessment in the presence of the father on March 13 (10 days after the child was hospitalized). Staff members from the LHD and the ISDH were also present during the environmental assessment of the home. Swabs of clothing, furniture, topical medications, and other items that were in most frequent contact with the child (as indicated by the father) were collected. Other items (car seat and infant drinking cup) were collected from the hospital. Twenty-five samples were analyzed by quantitative orthopox generic real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay and culture in BSC-40 cells was performed for orthopox-PCR positive specimens. Eight of 25 environmental samples were positive by PCR for vaccinia virus, and 3 of the 8 yielded viable vaccinia virus in cell culture. Items found to be positive for vaccinia virus DNA by real-time PCR assay from the home were a washcloth, a slipper, a toy drum, a nightstand, a booster seat, and an ointment container. Items brought to the hospital room, including an infant drinking cup and a car seat, were also found to be positive by PCR assay. The three samples found to contain viable virus by cell culture testing were the booster seat, the toy drum, and the slipper.
On March 23, the father, assisted by one employee of the LHD and one employee of the ISDH, disinfected the home. Both health department staff members had been vaccinated for smallpox within the past five years. Disinfection procedures included cleaning of household surfaces with phenolics, steam and hot water/soap cleaning of carpeted and other plush surfaces, and hot wash with phenolic pre-soak for clothing and linen.
During the course of the epidemiologic investigation and environmental assessment, local and state public health officials and hospital staff recommended that the mother and child remain isolated until all vaccinia scabs had separated.
4. Conclusions
This is the first reported case of EV in the United States since 1988 (9). The epidemiologic investigation indicates that secondary transmission of vaccinia virus occurred between the father and the child. Further, epidemiologic and laboratory evidence strongly suggests that tertiary transmission occurred between the child and the mother, although transmission by fomites cannot be ruled out.
Information gathered indicates that the father should not have been vaccinated due to his reported history of eczema. According to military sources, his history of eczema was recorded on his smallpox vaccination screening form. Given: 1) the date of contact with the son was 21 days following the father's vaccination; 2) the father's scab reportedly had fallen off; and 3) the father stated he followed guidelines provided to him regarding the care of his vaccination site, it is not clear whether anything further could have been done, given current guidelines, to prevent the son's infection once the father was vaccinated.
Environmental evaluation confirmed the presence of infectious vaccinia virus in the home environment 10 days after infected family members were removed from the home. Results of the household environmental assessment support the disinfection of the home environment especially in the setting of: 1) extensive skin involvement and viral shedding (i.e., eczema vaccinatum) and 2) high-risk susceptible household members. In this instance, alternative housing for the two susceptible children was maintained until both the mother and child were free of vaccinia scabs and the home environment could be appropriately disinfected.
It is likely that strict isolation measures implemented with the child and mother in conjunction with the disinfection of the home environment contributed to no additional cases being documented.
5. Recommendations
These findings have implications for smallpox bio-preparedness and vaccination procedures, especially in situations where all members of a residence may not be candidates for, or do not consent to, vaccination. Although smallpox vaccination for health care workers and other selected individuals has been suspended in Indiana, this case presents issues for health care professionals and others who may be involved with the care of patients with pustular rash illness and for those who may later be involved if smallpox vaccination programs are reinstated. Based on the findings reported above, the following recommendations are made:
- Health care providers should maintain a high degree of suspicion for vaccinia infection in persons with clinically compatible vaccinia lesions who have had recent contact with smallpox vaccinees. Health care professionals and public health officials should specifically seek information regarding contact with military personnel when evaluating a patient with vesicular-pustular lesions or lesions compatible with vaccinia infection. Early identification of contacts of military vaccinees can guide diagnostics, allow for timely contact tracing and clinical intervention, and facilitate prompt patient counseling to prevent further spread of vaccinia virus.
- Suspected cases of contact transmission of vaccinia virus should be reported immediately to the ISDH and the appropriate LHD for follow-up investigation. The ISDH Laboratory has the ability to assess clinical specimens for the presence of non-variola orthopox virus by PCR assay. Clinical specimens from persons suspected of being infected with vaccinia should be submitted to the ISDH Laboratory for analysis. Specimens testing positive at the ISDH Laboratory should be submitted to the CDC Poxvirus Laboratory for species confirmation.
- In the unlikely event that smallpox vaccination would need to be reinstated in Indiana for health care workers or the general public, vaccinators would have to be ready on short notice. Therefore, persons currently trained, or trained in the future, as smallpox vaccinators should periodically review guidelines for smallpox vaccine administration and education of vaccinees (4). As part of that review, contraindications to vaccination should be considered carefully. Contraindications to vaccination include pregnancy, immune-compromising conditions (e.g., human immunodeficiency virus infection), and chronic skin conditions such as eczema. Having household contacts with any of these conditions is also a contraindication.
Additional information can be found on the ISDH Smallpox website: http://www.in.gov/isdh/25431.htm
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Don't Miss Speciesism: The Movie
Speciesism: prejudice or discrimination based on species; especially:discrimination against animals.
All around the world wild animals are fighting against humans for their very existence and scientists are predicting a human-caused sixth extinction. Farmed animals are seen only as "stock" without regard to who they are individually, their pain, or their fears.
We humans love our "pets" and other animals who have been deemed our "companions" while participating in activities each day that cause other animals to suffer and die. Are we incapable as a species of activating our empathy and taking a fresh look at our relationships with other species?.
Join ARC and director Mark Devries as we co-host the Minnesota premiere of Speciesism: The Movie at 7:00 p.m. on March 13 at the Lagoon Cinema, 1329 Lagoon Ave. in Minneapolis, and ask Mark anything you'd like at the Q&A afterwards. You'll never look at animals the same way again—especially humans. Tickets are going fast so get yours now and don't miss out on seeing this historic documentary. You can watch the trailer here.
Announcing Minnesota Animal Rights Meetup
If you're looking for a place to connect with other people who care about making the world better for all animals and you're ready to start taking action to realize that vision, Minnesota Animal Rights Meetup is the group for you. We're experienced, active, effective,and busy!
There are lots of opportunities like leafleting, vegan food sampling, tabling, teaching workshops, reaching out to companies to work with them on changing policies, letter writing, sending furs to wildlife rehabs to help orphaned and injured wildlife—we do it all! Join Minnesota Animal Rights Meetup (MARC). You don't have to be vegetarian or vegan to join; we welcome everyone on their journey towards living a more compassionate life. We'll help you find your niche and get involved in a way that works for you.
Bake for Their Sake Vegan Bake Sale Fundraiser
Thanks to everyone who organized, volunteered, baked, and purchased goodies at the Bake for Their Sake bake sale to benefit our Cuddle Coats program. The sale was a huge success and the volunteers raised over $500 for the program!
This Valentine's Day, ARC is sharing the love by hosting Bake for Their Sake, a vegan bake sale fundraiser for the Cuddle Coats program. Mark your calendars and join us Saturday, February 8th from 1-4 p.m. to get cruelty-free versions of all of your favorite baked goodies, and maybe even find some new favorites! Bake for Their Sake will be held at Ethique Nouveau (ARC's headquarters and vegan boutique) at 317 W 48th Street in Minneapolis. If you'd like to donate baked goods for the sale, drop off your items the hour before or at the beginning of the bake sale and please bring along the recipes to give out.
Funds are being raised to help support the Cuddle Coats program, which accepts donated furs and accessories and ships them to wildlife rehabilitation centers where they are used in the rehabilitation process of injured and orphaned animals such as raccoons, squirrels, rabbits, and chipmunks. The fur is especially helpful when contact with humans must be kept to a minimum, by helping to establish a nurturing and soothing environment and providing comfort and warmth for these animals when one-on-one contact is not advisable. Proceeds from the bake sale will help with the shipping of furs to wildlife rehabilitation centers and will also provide funds for new anti-fur posters.
Cuddle Coats: Helping Wild Animals Go Home
Every year millions of animals are killed for their furs. For those who have decided they no longer want to walk around sporting dead animal skins, ARC's Cuddle Coats program will take in those furs and give them back to those who really need them: orphaned and injured wild animals. Check out the adorable recipient of a Cuddle Coat, a baby possum growing up strong and secure at Animal Rescue League Shelter & Wildlife Center.
During the rehabilitation process, contact with humans must be kept to a minimum. Fur helps establish a nurturing and soothing environment for these animals. Think of the fur as a surrogate parent. The donated furs offer comfort, warmth, and rehabilitation to these ophaned and injured animals before their release into the wild.
Animal Ark Thrift Store is one of the local businesses that have taken a pledge not to sell furs in their stores. Instead, all furs Animal Ark receives are donated to the Cuddle Coats program. These furs are not sold for profit, but instead are sent to our 22 wildlife rehabilitation partners across the country to be put to use helping wild animals in need. Furs can also be donated at Ethique Nouveau, Everyday People Clothing Exchange, and Earth Exchange.
From the Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic, Inc. in Missouri "Thank you so much for sending us some Cuddle Coats! Our first animals to try them out were a litter of baby mice – and they loved them! Keep up the good work! And thanks again!"
An Oldie But Goodie
Cookies were flying at the annual Vegan Holiday Cookie Exchange on Saturday, December 14 at Ethique Nouveau. Each person brought 4 dozen vegan cookies and then shared and swapped with others who had done the same. Check out recipes from last year's cookie exchange and links to recipes from this year's exchange.
It was great seeing so many members and friends at ARC's Holiday Open House on Sunday, December 8. We enjoyed chatting with all of you about everything ARC has accomplished for animals this year and our plans for an even bigger and better 2014. Helping animals is hard work, but we have serious fun too – so enjoy this oldie but goodie "Animal Rights Coalition Rap" dreamed up by ARC volunteers and performed by Dallas, Ryan, and Aaron.
New Shakopee Pet Store Ordinance: Victory or Loss for Animals?
Minnesotans may remember the attention given to Shakopee's Eagle Pet Center pet store when they were featured on the news because their animals were living in deplorable, yet supposedly legal conditions. The media attention sparked an outcry from the community and many local animal advocates who urged the Shakopee City council to adopt a new law that would prevent such rampant animal abuse by pet stores that sell live animals.
ARC has been protesting the Petland store in Shakopee for three years through our Minnesotans Exposing Petland campaign. We offered to provide ordinance language used by other cities which would have prevented these types of abuses. But the committee working on the ordinance wasn't interested. Instead, they chose to include the owners of Petland in their discussions and allow them to help draft the new law, which allows them to continue with business as usual. Keith Streff, cruelty investigator for the Animal Humane Society (AHS) was also in on drafting the new law.
Fall + Football + Food at Gopher Tailgating
ARC volunteers gave away over 500 samples of vegan burgers, everyone's game-favorite fare, at two University of Minnesota Gopher football home games in September . For the third year running, Gardein burgers with all the fixin's flew off the trays as fast as we could grill them.
Between the two events, 19 ARC volunteers gave away hundreds of samples plus literature about veganism. The best part is that the game-goers we reached were not likely to have tried vegan food without the encouragement we provided; and they weren't sorry–we heard many comments about how yummy the burgers tasted. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped with grilling, passing out samples, and answering questions about a plant-based diet.
Help,I'm Going Vegan! at Southwest Community Education
We're excited to announce another new avenue for our expanding outreach programs – Minneapolis Community Education has accepted ARC's Help, I'm Going Vegan! workshop into its community education catalog. The workshop will be held in four sessions starting Monday, October 7 through Monday October 28 from 6:30-8:00pm at Southwest High School in Minneapolis. Many thanks to ARC volunteer Melissa Maaske for persevering through the application and interview process to get the workshop approved.
Workshop description: "You know you want to go vegan, but you have all these questions. Wouldn't it be nice if you could have a knowledgeable and caring vegan give straight-forward answers? Join Melissa Maaske, mentor through Vegan University, for an in-depth veganism workshop. We will discuss the health, environmental, and ethical reasons to choose veganism. You will learn tips on grocery shopping, eating out, and how to talk to others about your choices. After this class, you can make empowered choices about what you eat!"

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Mayor Don Wesely today announced his vision for the expanded delivery of government services through InterLinc, the official web site of the City of Lincoln and Lancaster County. All services are accessed through www.lincoln.ne.gov.
"Citizens already have many ways of doing business with the city and getting information through our web site," Wesely said. "The goal of our E-Government Initiative is to use this technology to its fullest in serving the public." (A list of E-Government opportunities now offered follows this release.)
Wesley said the initiative will address areas such as economic development; the removal of legal barriers to enable digital documents and signatures; the planning of hardware and software migration; employee training; and the coordination of grants and requests-for- proposals.
"The city needs to use technology to its fullest to improve efficiency of government as well as to make city government as citizen-friendly and business-friendly as possible," Wesely said. "Efforts to utilize more technology will also help better position the community in efforts with the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development (LPED) to make Lincoln a wired high tech city to locate a business. Part of making the city attractive to business is to make sure the city government utilizes technology in a unified manner to the greatest extent possible."
The following are major points of the Mayor's E-Government Initiative:
"Technological innovations are occurring every day, and that means many new opportunities for providing services," Wesely said. "With a comprehensive and coordinated strategy, we can continue to be a leader in this area. We need to remove the legal and physical barriers that exist to enhance the government, citizen and business use of technology. As we begin work on the new comprehensive plan for the city, technology is a component that must be included in the discussion."
Examples of current City of Lincoln E-Government opportunities now available to citizens that will be promoted and expanded:


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VoCe Refresh Me Dry Shampoo
VoCe has just come out with a new product--Refresh Me Dry Shampoo. This dry shampoo features a formula that goes on super clean and smooth (not sticky) and can be sprayed on with varying intensity depending on how hard you press the nozzle. The bottle is twice the size, which is a bonus!
Refresh Me does exactly what the title says it does--it refreshes and revives hair with no water or blow dry needed. The lightweight formula soaks up oil and removes product buildup while adding texture to the hair. I receved the convenient 7 oz size which is double the amount of most dry shampoos (I have seen) allowing the product to be used for an extended period of time.
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Anti-Gay Marriage GOP Candidate Is A Former Drag Queen
Updated on Tuesday at 11:22 a.m. PST:
Editor's Note: Attached is an image of Wiles as the actual Mona Sinclair. The previous image was of performer Bobbi Lee SinClaire--no relation. Instinct apologizes for the error.
It's the gift that keeps on giving!
Republican North Carolina state Senate candidate Steve Wiles has no problem running on an anti same-sex marriage platform and was an active supporter of 2012's Amendment One, which banned same-sex marriage in the state.
We wonder if he held the same steadfast beliefs when he was performing as drag queen Miss Mona Sinclair at a Winston-Salem gay nightclub in 2001 and 2002?
Think they got shaken up a bit when he was promoting the 2011 Miss Gay America Pageant??
Interestingly, Wiles was suspended from his Pageant gig for "conduct unbecoming to a Promoter of the Miss Gay America Pageant." (What did you do, girl?!?)
According to the Winston-Salem Journal:
Wiles, 34, was in his early 20s when he worked at the now-defunct nightclub, Club Odyssey, according to co-owner Randy Duggins and former employee Gray Tomlinson.
"He is Mona Sinclair," Duggins said, referring to Wiles' female persona.
Wiles' responses over the past three weeks have ranged from categorical denial to tacit admission.
"I have already apologized to the people who matter most to me for the things I did when I was young," Wiles said this week, declining to clarify for what he has apologized. The comment was made in the last of three separate interviews. At first, Wiles denied the claim.
"That's not me," Wiles said three weeks ago, referring to Mona Sinclair. Wiles responded "no" when asked whether he was gay. This week, Wiles' campaign website, Facebook page and Twitter handle were taken down.
Wiles is now defending his past behavior, posting Saturday on Facebook:
I'm sure many of you saw my glowing recommendation in the Winston Salem Journal - I'd like to apologize to everyone because, unlike the currently appointed NC Senator in District 31, I made mistakes. My job was embarrassing - I had to have a job! Nobody died, leaving me a millionaire capable of living in North Carolina's most expensive neighborhood. One thing I will say, I learned from my mistakes - the Republican party, under the leadership of Scott Cumbie who threatened me with my past if I ran against an incumbent Republican, seem intent to fight within the party and join in the fight with every bigot and racist they can find. I understand the gay community does not share my support for the Marriage Amendment - I RESPECT THAT and am very happy to discuss my views with any of my friends in the Democrat party and gay community. Meanwhile, I regret the fact that something so trivial would cloud an otherwise decent campaign....What more could be expected though? When policy fails, attacks begin.
And then he, again, defended his same-sex marriage position on Sunday:
since I'm already getting vulgar calls from both sides (The "christian" community AND the gay community) let me explain my views - I am for (and have fought for) equality for every American...with that being said, equality doesn't mean infringing on someone else's rights. Marriage is a religious institute; plain and simple. WITH THAT BEING SAID - I also think state control of the institution ofmarriage is unconstitutional and a reach.
I'm impressed by the way this story was used to present me to the conservative right as a gay advocate while at the same time presenting me as anti-gay to the gay community. THAT...is talent! I am a Christian...I try to live a life that reflects my beliefs...I rarely, if ever, hit that mark! Meanwhile, I've maintained life-long friendships with a few people from the "club" days. One person springs to mind, although I will not call names, who is a former Miss Gay America, NC USofA and has performed successfully all of his adult life - he is one of the most loving men I've EVER known...Loving and accepting of everyone around him. He would do ANYTHING for his friends....I respect that in a person. He knows (and always has known) of my conservative stand on issues like gay marriage; he accepts that although he doesn't agree with me.
To some, I'll be known as a hard worker or a loving son...to some, I'll be known as someone who has always stood up for what I thought was right at the time - even if it was wrong! To some, I'll be known as a person who will ALWAYS admit my short-comings and my faults. To some, I'll be thought of as anti-gay...and to a select few, I'll just be a "fag." Know that no matter which group YOU fall into - I have no hard feelings toward you and respect, not only your opinion, but your right to have that opinion.
Clearly Wiles is the victim here....
Surprised by these revelations and Wiles's response, Instincters?
Image Source (H/T: Joe.My.God.)
Marriage is a union between a man and woman... But in today's society it's about benefits.. Nothing more... The bible has prophesied this 2,000 years ago... Sodom and Gomorrah is here and now, soon the end will come... We must repent and turn from sin and trust in Christ Jesus.. Love you all
Colossians 3:5-7
King James Version (KJV)
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
Oh goodness, I hope that you haven't washed your car lately?? Or cleaned your bathroom?? Oh fudge you have?! That must mean that your uncleanness is idolatry, and the wrath of God cometh upon you. Next time just get one of your disobedient children to do it. Oh you've had a erection before in your life before you were faithfully married and united under God...let the wrath come down upon you. Oh and don't even get me started on all the "inordinate" affection, since that is so clearly defined, I'm glad we know exactly what is classified as "unusually large or excessive," because I think if you have sex with your wife more than once per month I'm going to go ahead and say that's excessive. Actually scratch that, sex is just for procreation right? In that case if you ever have sex with your wife and it doesn't directly lead to a pregnancy then God is probably going to throw you down to the fiery gates of hell as punishment for your excessive covetousness of the things that aren't a part of matrimonial procreation, in the missionary position, in a bed, in the dark, and silent. By establishing your own meaning upon the words of the book you are tainting the intended message to create a meaningless and blasphemous mud.
I find it pathetic that he is trying to apologize for being a Drag Queen. I for one have been in the female impersonator industry for 10+ years now. I have nothing to apologize for and find it a nice release from my day job. No I don't go around dressed as a female during the day. I am 100% male and only perform as my alter ego at the clubs. For those of you on this post making fun of Drag Queens, I can guarentee you most of my "sisters" are more man or woman then you will ever be!
Amen lady-boy! I have a few straight male friends whom have and still do perform as an alter female ego. Nothing sexual, just a sheer talent for impersonation and stage performance. i find it funny that people have an issue with men whom dress as ladies because in most of our everyday lives we act like someone that we are not for show, or for fear of being judged... our society for the most part seems to be leaning to an "everyone deserves equality" stance, yet these same people are the ones whom pass the most judgment.,. i will never understand the human race.
Very pathetic. Republican = Gay Closet Mess! So very well put in the above:
If you want the government to stay out of "marriage" and "religion", then perhaps married couples should stop benefiting from filing joint taxes, inheritance taxes, etc. And perhaps churches should not be tax exempt because they are actually FOR profit not non-profit. Feeding the homeless a couple of times a year while the rest goes only for church members and pastors wallets is NOT what non-profit is all about. Yet hoards of people follow fatcat ministers and after service watch them drive away in their Cadillac or expensive automobile. #TaxTheChurch #SeparationOfChurchAndState Stupid is as stupid does. Cannot fix it!
If you want the government to stay out of "marriage" and "religion", then perhaps married couples should stop benefiting from filing joint taxes, inheritance taxes, etc. And perhaps churches should not be tax exempt because they are actually FOR profit not non-profit. Feeding the homeless a couple of times a year while the rest goes only for church members and pastors wallets is NOT what non-profit is all about. Yet hoards of people follow fatcat ministers and after service watch them drive away in their Cadillac or BMW
Actually marriage was started by Pagans (Christianity with its proper name) and has nothing to do with any religion. You don't have to be religious to get married, it isn't a right of passage. It is a way to insure that the person you share you life with has certain rights, privileges and obligations. Christianity is a Paganism in a different wrapping! Really it is bullshit for people with low IQ's!
Where did you get the photo you posted and claim is the GOP candidate? It doesn't appear to exist anywhere else on the web when I try a Reverse Google Image Search on it. Do you know him in real life?
BTW, I totally believe you that you are the one in the photos mistakenly being added to all the article about this guy. I'm sorry you have to deal with this.
Dude ... I did crazy stuff when I was younger and a lot of it involved being on drugs. Still... its my business and if someone smeared me all.over the news cause I dressed in drag a few times I would laugh and just admit it. Ok.... so my family would find out but I bet if I knew every thing about my family and friends I'm probably not much different than they are. The people who wrote this ad are just as big of hypocrites as they are trying to make this man out to be. Who cares what he did if he has a different stance now.... its his right to change his mind and live a Christian life if he wants to.... and the point of this article ..was?...
Just so the public is aware...that picture displayed of Steve Wiles in drag IS NOT him. In fact, it is a close friend of mine (with the same last stage name) who has had to deal with the negative views and harsh words of the public because his picture and drag name were thrown into the mix of this absolute mess of a story. People should fact-check their information before posting that kind of stuff for public viewing because an innocent person was effected from this inaccurate article.
I agree with his belief (even though his statement borders on illiteracy) that marriage is a religious sacrament and also that the government controlling it is a violation of church and state. Hence, my position that marriage should be controlled ONLY by churches and the government should ONLY control the legal contract - be it a Civil Union or some other name. If a person's religion supports same sex marriage then that church should be allowed to perform those marriages. People who don't care to have a religious ceremony will be "civilly unioned", pardon the grammar. Period!
That solves all the stated concerns. Those folks who argue against gay marriage using religious reasons will either be satisfied or have to admit they simply don't like the idea and used religion to support their position!
Marriage does not only belong to the religious, not does it only belong to Christians or Muslims. It predates both of those religions. The argument that gay marriage infringes upon religious rights asks the question,"who's religion?" Your religion or mine, and if they are infringing on your spiritual beliefs what if your religious beliefs infringe upon mine that say it's ok, or doesn't address it at all?
What a mess. And he still doesn't get that his religious opinion on marriage has feck all to do with the issue. Marriage is not the sole purview of religion, as has been established for a LONG time. We ALL know who you are: a self-loathing gay. If you were hotter and did drugs, you could be my ex. He was a self-loathing mess to. Why don't you take some time to go figure your life out before representing the people and attempting to make policy with your crazy effed up ideology?


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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
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North American Release Date: November 5, 2007
European Release Date: January 1, 2008
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a reboot of the Call of Duty franchise, which up to this point has focused entirely on World War 2. Infinity Ward instead decided to take inspiration from modern military and set it in an alternate universe where they are able to write a truly original work. It features a new and innovative multiplayer and one of the best singleplayer campaigns on the market for FPSs.
The gameplay of Call of Duty centers around a "tactical" approach to shooters rather than an "arcade" approach. To those who don't know or don't use those terms the primary difference is that in an Arcade shooter the general idea is you are Arnold from the movie Commando. Enemies aren't so much challenges as toys for your amusement, and in a one-on-one fight none of them stand a chance unless they are a boss. You can carry dozens of weapons and ungodly amounts of ammo.
A tactical shooter is more "realistic," while the physics and true implementation might not be real its rooted more in how actual soldiers would behave or would have to behave on a battlefield. Cover is important, you carry a truly limited amount of ammo (sometimes), and you can't carry an entire arsenal of weapons.
Call of Duty 4 is a tactical shooter in that sense, you are allowed to carry a primary and secondary weapon and have a stash of flashbang and frag grendaes at your disposal. Engagements require cover as you can only take so many hits before needing to find cover to "heal," and firing from the hip or wildly is never recommended. To quote Hicks from Aliens: "Remember, short, controlled bursts."
Its a formula that has worked well for IW in the past, and they only tweaked it to make it better in terms of control. Everything is placed logically with one button to switch weapons, the shoulder buttons to throw each grenade type or aim or fire and all the special capabilities you have (night vision, etc) easily available by tapping a directional button. Its a formula that works because the gameplay never gets in the way of the action, the controls are extremely intuitive and quickly become second nature, and everything about the gameplay is tight and responsive.
Although many will disagree with me, the real reason Call of Duty 4 is such a great game is its Singleplayer campaign. Infinity Ward broke boundaries by steering away from World War 2 and taking the series to an "alternative-reality" where it can write a truly original story. The end result is sold gold.
The story follows a typical Call of Duty format where the player bounces between various characters over the course of a conflict. In this case it is the USMC and the SAS, the USMC are engaged in a military conflict in the middle east seeking a war criminal "Al-Asad," while the SAS are seeking to uncover the true criminal behind the plot who is selling Al-Asad weapons. The game starts off as the SAS uncover information on a boat of where the terrorists are buying their nukes and they seek to get their informant out, while the USMC 1st Team Recon is invading a fictional Iraq to capture Al-Asad.
Over the course of the story we encounter twist after twist, including the detonation of a nuclear bomb the player gets to experience, as we find out the true culprit: Imran Zhakev, and the SAS seek to stop his ultimate plan to seek retribution on the US. The characters are brilliantly crafted in FPS terms, with Zhakev and Price being the diamonds of the story as their history is uncovered and it becomes a seeming personal vendetta as opposed to saving the free world.
To be completely frank, the single player campaign for Call of Duty 4 is not only the hands-down best in the series, but is one of the best in the genre. It represents everything a good action story should be: a nice helping of adrenaline and action with a pinch of compelling characters to keep you motivated. Anybody can blow up a tank, it takes true genius to make you want to blow up the tank because you want to get the bastard behind it all. IW has done the latter here.
Most people who play Call of Duty will find the Multiplayer as the primary draw, and it is understandable why. If you are a fan of FPS Multiplayer this game represents the foundation for what all tactical shooters have done in mutliplayer this generation. Its frantic, its rewarding, and its ripe with room for both skill and luck.
The general concept of Modern Warfare's MP is team-based deathmatch, objective-based deathmatch, and traditional deathmath. Objective-based deathmatch including modes such as your traditional capture-the-flag. As you progress in Modern Warfare's MP you attain levels which have associated unlocks and the ability to unlock/equip perks which vary from the mundane (such as being able to carry more C4) to the exotic (such as Deep Impact which allows your bullets to penetrate cover).
The levels measure 55 in total excluding prestige levels, and you work your way through these levels by completeing challenges and various actions in Multiplayer, again ranging in both complexity and difficulty. As an added bonus the game also has temporary boosts associated with kill-streaks which allow you to scan the area for enemies or call in helicopters for close-infantry support, this is something that (up to this point) really has not been seen often and it represented another fresh innovation brought to FPS by Infinity Ward. It allows even less-experienced players to gain kills and ground on the veterans if they are able to get "on a roll."
The end result is this all combines with a well done and tight multiplayer system that echoes the well-designed gameplay of the singleplayer to create a deep multiplayer experience that you still see people playing years later.
Call of Duty, graphically, is hard to beat given the time it was released. Everything was rendered wonderfully and the attention to detail on many of the weapons is borderline meticulous. There is the occasional animation problem, but this is hardly a detractor from an otherwise crisp presentation.
A similar attention to detail can be found in the environments, where it is always very clear what area of the world you are in and the feeling of that area is always captured. The war-torn Iraq always feels as such, and the bleak and lifeless pipyrat is captured beyond question. It is truly immersive and brilliantly done in terms of driving the story consistently. The audio-presentation, as always of IW games, is beyond compare. The game is carried by its great composition in both music and sound-effects.
Gameplay: 9.5/10
- Gameplay is staple tactical shooter, controls are tight, responsive, and intuitive.
Singleplayer: 10/10
- A perfect action story. Not only does it keep moving, but it makes you want to keep moving with it.
Multiplayer: 9.5/10
- A truly deep and engaging multiplayer that still should be played even years later.
Technical: 9.5/10
- As always, IW represents the best of what the FPS genre is in terms of presentation.
Overall: 9.5/10 Brilliant
- Call of Duty 4 is the best the series has to offer in my opinion, the best singleplayer available in the genre and a rock solid multiplayer experience all wrapped in a nice package of clean, no-bullshit gameplay and wonderfully executed presentation.
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I remember the day I bought this two years ago, it's a revolutionary game which I come back to every few months.
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I'm afraid I have no idea who the subjects are - the only thing written on the reverse is a pencilled number, "925." The print is small, measuring only 42 x 66.5 mm, and I suspect could have been taken by a family member, although the number might suggest an itinerant photographers mark. Is the young lady the tousle-haired boy's mother? She seems very young, and is possibly an older sister or other relative instead.
The beach is rather steep and very stony. Other people can be seen - although rather indistinctly - in the background, both in the sea, to the right, and further up the beach, to the left. Also right at the left hand edge are the spoked wheel and steps of a bathing machine. Some ropes lying on the gravel - I hesitate to dignify it by calling it sand - are perhaps to pull the bathing machines back up the beach. This, together with the swimming suits and clothing worn suggest to me a date of perhaps the early 1900s. The Wikipedia article on bathing machines suggests that they had largely disappeared from English beaches by 1914.
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Here's the Mets' lineup tonight at Cincinnati with R.A. Dickey on the mound:
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Justin Turner, 2B
Carlos Beltran, RF
David Wright, 3B
Daniel Murphy, 1B
Jason Bay, LF
Josh Thole, C
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COMMENTS: No surprises. Terry Collins once floated the idea of batting Bay second behind Reyes with the hope of seeing more fastballs, but nothing became of it. Bay is still mired in the sixth spot in the order where he continues to struggle.


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West-end Dairy on look out for feral pigs
ADAMS TOWNSHIP — The corn is planted in West-end Dairy's fields, although owner Dan Fisk says West-end was behind schedule due to rain, and now the crops are being closely monitored for feral swine activity.
Being vigilant in preventing the wild pigs from hitting their crops is important to the Fisks, since Dan says last year the animals destroyed about 20 acres of crops.
"It (pig invasion) means replanting, and that's not cheap," said Dan's father, Hubert Fisk, who has been taking up the task of trying to see if wild pigs will be a problem again this year. "You don't see them, you see tracks. They're a night varmint, and they're smart."
"They're going to be a problem," Dan added.
He also says that there isn't much that can be done about the pigs, since they are mostly active at night and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) doesn't allow night hunting or for shooting of the nuisance without a small game license. Dan says his wife found this out last year after shooting a feral pig on farm property, as the DNR visited the farm soon after and threatened to write her a ticket.
Dan also says he attempted to get a Michigan Milk Producers Association resolution passed that would allow farmers to carry uncased firearms on their property in case a wild pig is seen, but says it failed due to safety reasons southern members were concerned about.
Unfortunately, Hubert says he has been seeing feral swine tracks in multiple areas of West-end Dairy farmland.
Pigs notwithstanding, Dan says the planting process will press forward as farm employees begin to plant hay in near future.
In other West-end Dairy news, Dan says the farm recently wrapped up one of its busiest times of the year.
"We had our annual flurry of activity, we had our manure pit pumped," he said, adding semi trucks load manure out of the pit and spread in on West-end's farm fields twice a year on Adams Road, much to the chagrin of neighbors who complained about the smell, sound and dust kicked up by the process. "We hauled 400 semi loads down that road and that's a dusty road.
"That's what MDA (Michigan Department of Agriculture) wants us to do," he added.
According to Dan, West-end Dairy is enrolled in an MDA Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan, and was the first farm to do so in Arenac County, which does soil testing on farms, determines where and when manure should be spread in farm fields and how much is spread.
On the milk production side of the farm, Dan says prices are at one of their lowest points of the year, mostly because of schools letting out.
However, he says since West-end is part of a CWT – Cooperatives Working Together – which works to export dairy products internationally and raise the price of the products, he hopes the price may go up a little bit.
"It's (CWT) a deal where every dairy farmer provides 10 cents out of every 100 pounds of milk, it comes out of our milk checks," Dan said, adding that money is then used to buy dairy cattle for slaughter and that this year's buyout took 103,000 cows out of production, taking approximately 12 billion pounds of milk off the market. "The CWT just did a buyout. We're hoping that'll drive the price of milk up.
"The beef people aren't really happy with us, how it works," he added, saying that the beef industry says CWT buyouts floods the beef markets. "It's not a popular project with the general public, you know, because you're slaughtering a lot of cows at once."
But while the program isn't popular with the public, Dan says it helps farmers because a government program, the Dairy Export Enhancement Program, which also tries to push products internationally, hasn't been doing much for dairy farmers.
"We've been having a really hard time getting the government to help us kick this stuff out of the country," Dan said. He added the federal program also is currently selling the products for $9 per 100 pounds, while the cost of production is approximately $15.
Production wise, the process of producing milk at West-end Dairy is expected to be a lot smoother in the near future as the new milk parlor is almost ready to be put to use.
Dan expects it to be running on June 5.
But while it is going to be a big plus for the farm in the future, Dan says it may be rocky for a while.
"We're going to have 425 cows that have never been in here," he said. "The first week, it's not going to be pretty."
He says cows will be standing differently and in a completely new building, so until they familiarize themselves, there will be more resistance to coming and going in and out of the parlor.
Even amongst construction, planting and everyday farm chores, though, West-end Dairy has been infused with some more family time, as Dan says his granddaughters, Makala and Madison Shaw, have started to prepare heifers, cows that are yet to be pregnant, for the Arenac County Fair.
"School will be out soon, so they'll be over everyday," Dan said.
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If you've ever enjoyed pinball in the arcades, Gameprom's pinball games are among the best you can buy for your iPhone. Now iPad owners are in luck, because you can play them natively on the big screen in The Pinball HD. The experience of holding a pinball table in your hand is great, and with three amazing tables included, you'll have hours of entertainment lined up.
Content-wise, the three tables (Wild West Pinball, The Deep Pinball, and Jungle Style Pinball) remain pretty much unchanged from their iPhone counterparts. Wild West still retains that simplistic feel, The Deep is full of missions, and our personal favorite, Jungle Style, is feature-packed with multiball and many other interactive elements. The integrated online scoring also makes a return for each table, and you can pull up a 'tip' image that gives you pointers on the best way to rack up points.
We should probably give back Donkey Kong's banana.
Gameprom's tables have always had the best physics, and with better graphics the realistic effect is even more convincing. You really get a feeling of depth and immersion when playing The Pinball HD. Also notable is the option for 3D. It supports three variants of glasses, although it is more difficult to play in this mode due to the nature of 3D images.
Our only real complaint is in the presentation between different screen orientations. Currently, landscape mode presents the entire table at an angle and portrait has the camera following the ball around, zooming in and out when in certain areas of the board. We would have liked to see an option for a full-table view in portrait like the one available in the iPhone versions. Also, there is an orientation lock bug. If you try to lock the orientation in portrait mode, it automatically flips to landscape.
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If you own an iPhone and want to have all the games compiled, you can download the Pinball Remote, which comes free with Wild West Pinball. The others can be bought for $2.99 a pop, and it also unlocks the tables in the free Mac version. Our favorite feature of the iPhone collection is that you can use the device as a flipper while you play the games on your Mac. However, this isn't possible in the iPad version.
Even after playing the same tables on our iPhones for hours, we are still giving our full recommendation to this pinball collection. Don't pass this up if you're a fan of the old arcade standard.


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DETROIT – He appears calm as he walks into the police station, as if he belongs there.
He steps past vending machines, to the far side of the horseshoe-shaped front desk from the door. Lamar D. Moore is just out of the frame when he fires his first shotgun blast. Officers hit the floor and smoke curls into view.
The graphic surveillance video of Moore's ambush on the Detroit Police Department's Northwestern District station Sunday was released Friday, bringing into the public's view the attack that left four officers injured and Moore dead.
It's a video that shows a sudden, gruesome attack on police by a gunman implicated in an alleged sex crime and kidnapping. It also shows the heroics of Cmdr. Brian Davis, who engaged Moore in a point-blank shoot-off.
All four officers are recovering from their injuries.
"There were tremendous acts of heroism that rarely individuals get a chance to see," Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee Jr. said in a video message. "Detroit police officers in action." Rampage caught on video
It's a normal Sunday at the Detroit Police Department's Northwestern District station.
Cmdr. Brian Davis has come in to be briefed on a shooting.
He walks past shoe shiner Modreci Draper, who was there shining shoes for officers, and stops to talk with Sgt. Ray Saati behind the front desk counter.
As Officer David Anderson is standing near Draper, talking to Officer Theodore Jackson, the shadow of a man approaching the front door stretches across the floor of the lobby.
A gunfight is brewing.
And it's all caught on video surveillance, released Friday by the Police Department.
Lamar D. Moore, a man implicated in a sex crime and kidnapping, launches a brutal attack on officers, injuring four.
From a camera view just over the desk, Moore is seen approaching the side of the desk farthest from the front door. Anderson walks over to Draper, who told the Free Press on Thursday that when he leaned down, as can be seen in the video, he was wiping salt from Anderson's shoe.


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Soybeans rose to a two-month high in Chicago on signs demand for U.S. supplies will remain steady even after China canceled some orders. Wheat climbed as Egypt sought to buy the grain in a third tender in as many weeks.
Soybean exporters reported sales of 360,000 metric tons for delivery by Aug. 31 to unknown buyers, while China canceled orders of 300,000 tons, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said yesterday. Inspections of the oilseed for shipment since Sept. 1 rose 5.9% from a year earlier to 585.6 million bushels, USDA data show.
"The tight situation in the face of international demand is pushing the market to a new high," Paris-based farm adviser Agritel wrote in a comment. "News of the cancellation by China helps limit the move, even if sales continue to be large."
Soybeans for delivery in January gained 0.5% to $13.365 a bushel by 7:44 a.m. on the Chicago Board of Trade. Prices touched $13.405, the highest level since Sept. 20 for a most-active contract. Futures advanced 5.5% in November, poised for the first monthly increase since August.
The oilseed still declined 5.2% this year as global production may rise to a record 283.5 million tons, spurred by bigger South American harvests, the USDA predicts.
"We have a little more certainty around the supply side of the equation, so we're certainly looking now at the demand side," Graydon Chong, a grains and oilseeds analyst at Rabobank International, said by telephone from Sydney. Prices "found some support" from the reported export sales, he said.
Wheat demand
Wheat for delivery in March rose 0.7% to $6.605 a bushel on signs of rising demand from importers including Japan and Egypt, the world's biggest buyer. Milling wheat for delivery in January traded on NYSE Liffe in Paris added 0.5% to 207 euros ($281) a ton.
Egypt will buy at least 60,000 tons of wheat in a tender today and received six offers for grain from France, as well as offers for a cargo from the U.S., Germany and Romania. U.S. export shipments inspected since June 1 rose 44% from a year earlier to 643.6 million bushels, USDA data show.
Corn for delivery in March gained 0.5% to $4.27 a bushel in Chicago, where trading of agricultural products will be closed tomorrow for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) is considered one of the United States' most vital economic statistics. Each release of GDP by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) can have a significant impact on decisions made by government officials, businesses, investors, and American households. A number that important must have the full faith and confidence of the public behind it. No one wants to chart his or her economic future on data whose accuracy or objectivity is in question.
So how do we keep the numbers secure? Each month, as the final source data come together, BEA implements "GDP lock-up." The lock-up is governed by a set of rigorous procedures to ensure the security of GDP and other sensitive statistics.
As the numbers begin to come together, the staff of BEA's National Economic Accounts Directorate has Internet access disabled and implements other measures to further restrict access to portions of the building where this staff works and the data are kept. Data are kept compartmentalized so that only a few key staff members have access to enough pieces to assemble the estimate. Key staff, including members of BEA's executive staff and others whose expertise is necessary for the final review, turn their focus to the final estimation. As always, these staff members are forbidden from speaking to any non-BEA staff about the estimates.
On the eve of the public release of the GDP report, BEA's leaders and other designated staff enter a specially designed suite of rooms to review the final numbers. All telephone and Internet connections in the room are disabled. Cell phones and Blackberrys must be checked in and locked away, and thick curtains are pulled over the few windows. While in lock-up, certain rules and customs are always followed. For example, the final GDP estimate is never said out loud. Additionally, given that lock-ups usually take at least 5 to 6 hours to complete, someone is assigned the critical task of bringing in snacks to munch on.
The review process is comprehensive, with a systematic review of each component of the estimate presented and approved by the Bureau's leaders. Once the estimate is finalized, the staff proceeds to draw up all the necessary documents and files related to the GDP and personal income releases. These include the news releases, graphs, and technical notes you see published. Copies of the final documents are made on secure equipment and are locked away in a specific room until time for their release.
The participants are not allowed to leave the room until they are officially dismissed by the Bureau's Director. At the earliest, that's around 6 p.m., following the closure of U.S. financial markets, although some lock-ups have been known to stretch late into the night. Once the lock-up ends and employees have signed out, they are forbidden to talk about the estimates with anyone until the numbers are officially released at 8:30 a.m. the next morning. Any notes or doodles jotted down during the lock-up or ink cartridges and scrap paper used during the process must be turned in to the lock-up manager. Those materials remain secure until the GDP numbers are made public the following morning. For the next 12 hours or so, the only people who know the new estimate of U.S. GDP are a select few BEA staffers and the Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors, who by law, is the only non-BEA person provided an advance copy.
The final steps in this embargo process ensure that the data is provided to everyone at the same, precise time. At 7:30 a.m., a representative from BEA delivers the GDP news release to members of the media in another specially designed facility at the main building of the U.S. Department of Commerce. In the media lock-up room, accredited members of the news media have designated work stations, with controlled access to the Internet. There is another set of lock-up rules that govern the media's pre-release access to the data. All reporters must sign in and lock their cell phones in a special case that blocks their signals. The media room is locked promptly at 7:30 a.m., with no one allowed to exit after that. Reporters are cut off from all communications at that time. They have 60 minutes to write their stories. At precisely 8:30 a.m., Internet access to their workstations is restored so they can post their stories to the public.
Meanwhile, back at BEA, the final GDP release files are delivered at 7:45 a.m. to the Bureau's Web team, who gather in another specially designed and outfitted room, where communications have also been cut off. The Web team systematically codes and processes each of the specially designated files on two computers simultaneously, to ensure redundancy. Then at the strike of 8:30 on an official atomic clock, the team uploads the files to the Web and thus to the outside world.
Similar procedures are used to ensure the security and integrity of all of BEA's releases.


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Sad news today from Jason Green our Seattle Mariners blogger. Mariners' outfielder Greg Halman has been fatally stabbed early Monday in Holland. He was stabbed in the city of Rotterdam and his brother has been arrested by the Dutch police as a suspect. Halman was a 6'4″ outfielder that hit .230 with 2 HR and 6 RBI in 35 games for the Mariners last season.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
What Meals at the Homeless Shelter Taught Me About Motherhood
In my memory, I can't think of any way I was particularly useful. I remember blundering through more than one conversation, feeling like I had accidentally insulted someone. Maybe I had. But the shelter, like many others, operated with a very practical principle: the more "normal" people the clients spent time with, the better.
That makes more sense to me now than it did when I was young, idealistic and eager to "fix" people's problems. Back then, my fear of appearing snobbish left me offended at the suggestion that I was "normal" and the clients were not. Aren't we all just people? I thought, with a melodramatic quiver. But now I see the sense of it. The majority of the clients were addicts. Many of them had never known a relationship with a man that wasn't abusive. "Normal" people meant people who expected life to be free of violence or drug abuse. That expectation was powerful.
The woman who ran the shelter was a recovering addict who had been homeless herself, and had a sharp perspicacity for when someone's dire need caused them to break a rule, and when she was being snowed. I have remembered for twenty years the way she looked a client in the eye and said, "Did not having bus fare ever keep you from getting drugs? Then it doesn't keep you from attending NA."
I have used this method more than once in my parenting.
When lunch was served, the staff and volunteers ate with the clients. There was always more than enough food, and eating together was a mark of respect, a communal sharing between everyone in the shelter.
But while I sat at the table, I never ate.
I was in a struggle with eating disorders, and eating in front of people - especially the heavy food given to women for whom this might be the only meal that day - felt impossible. I could not explain this to anyone. I felt paralyzed. I sat, but the clients noticed I was not eating. Sharing a meal is a way of sharing someone's life, and I was refusing to share.
I have thought of those meals often since then. I have thought of the irony of me trying to help women who, in this respect at least, were less broken than I was. Today, I would eat. Even if I wasn't hungry, I would make myself eat, because sharing a meal is about more than food.
I have thought about those meals as a parent, because there are afternoons I feed my kids but do not sit down with them. I know that is a refusal to share something with them, as well as a warning sign about old problems re-emerging. So we eat dinner as a family every night. It says to my girls, "Look, I am sharing myself with you. Look, mothers must nourish themselves as well as others. Look, we are a family."
I have thought about those meals when I volunteer at a local shelter now. It is much larger than the one I volunteered at twenty years ago, and serves many more people. It serves mostly men, and the volunteers do not share the meal because every scrap is needed for the clients. If the volunteers ate the meal, it would mean someone else did not get seconds. Instead, we serve the meal, being the waiters and waitresses for the clients, and hope that shows a similar respect. It doesn't exactly, but it's the best we can do.
The economic downturn has changed things, and a friend who runs a local shelter says they see more people now who are destitute for the first time, people with shocked eyes and "normal" lives. I think at dinner about what I am modeling for my girls about "normality." This family does not expect prosperity, and if we are ever a family at the shelter, we will manage it as best we can. But this family does expect a life free from violence and drug abuse. This family expects a life of mutual sharing and nourishment. This family expects love that values each other's dignity, at meal times and all times.
I'll eat to that.
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Eloquent and full of truth. Thanks :)ReplyDelete
I so often feel the instinct to take my lunch and eat it alone, away from the children. I wonder what is behind that instinct...ReplyDelete
I don't comment on blogs very much (often someone else has beat me to what I was going to say anyway), but I just have to say that I'm so glad you've started posting regularly again. Your thoughtfulness and compassion are inspiring.ReplyDelete
I love the thought that the difference is expectations. "To whom much is given, much is expected." This makes so much more sense as an adult. Some of us start so much farther back because of our families of origin. I have issues with my parents sometimes, but the more I find out about how *other* people grew up, the more I give my parents credit for creating a secure, loving home. Could I have come as far or chosen the good husband I did if my environment had been so very different? I've never needed the kind of courage it takes for recovering addicts or homeless people or people with mental health problems just to get through the day.
i found this beautiful. and a good reminder.ReplyDelete
i too have a history of disordered eating. and sometimes meals with little kids are enough to make me want to bash my head into the plate.
but mostly no. mostly i think, here we are. hello. and i am still trying to teach them that the time is for sharing ourselves and our days, not just the food. but i am grateful at how stable it makes me feel, to have that role to offer.


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About the Partnership
The mission of the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership (APNEP) is to identify, protect, and restore the significant resources of the Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system. APNEP pursues this mission with guidance and support from its overarching Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP), the Management Conference (advisory bodies) and regional partners.
APNEP is a cooperative effort currently hosted by the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Partnership also works closely with the Commonwealth of Virginia in implementation of the CCMP. The program area extends across most of the Albemarle-Pamlico watershed, including the Neuse, Tar-Pamlico, Pasquotank, Chowan, lower Roanoke, and parts of the White Oak River basins.
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As authorized in N.C. Governor's Executive Order #26 (2017), APNEP staff is advised by a Leadership Council, a Science and Technical Advisory Committee, and an Implementation Advisory Committee. For additional information, please visit the links below.
APNEP's Approach
APNEP incorporates an ecosystem-based management approach to achieving its mission. More specifically, this approach includes consideration of both human and natural systems, an adaptive management framework, and meaningful engagement with the public to find environmental management and policy solutions. These themes are explored below.
A systems view
APNEP's systems approach considers the hundreds of human and natural elements in the Albemarle-Pamlico ecosystem as well the relationships between them. APNEP's management plan is based on a model of these relationships, ensuring that management actions directly target improvements in ecosystem services and are linked to explicit conservation goals.
Managing adaptively
Adaptive management requires setting environmental and management goals, then routinely evaluating progress toward achieving them. Adaptive management will ensure that management actions are routinely assessed, then continued, improved, or discontinued based on environmental evidence and community feedback. APNEP is committed to developing and applying information to support adaptive management practices, both internally and with its partners.
Watershed boundaries
APNEP is active throughout the Albemarle-Pamlico watershed, with management efforts directed from river headwaters to the sea. For this reason, APNEP works in both North Carolina and Virginia, as water from both states ultimately drains into the sounds. By working within ecological rather than political boundaries, APNEP ensures that issues are addressed in an integrated and holistic way.
Engaging our partners
APNEP has taken a partnership approach to achieve its mission. Protection of the Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system is an enormous undertaking, and the resources directly allocated to APNEP are limited. APNEP seeks to overcome this hurdle by leveraging partnerships among federal, state and local government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academia, and the public to make significant improvements for the sounds. As a result of its broad reach, APNEP is well positioned to fill gaps and identify synergies among its partners.
APNEP's History
In recognition of the numerous benefits provided by the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, the United States Congress designated the Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system an "estuary of national significance" in 1987. That same year, the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study (APES) was among the first of 28 National Estuary Programs established by the EPA through amendments to the Clean Water Act.
From 1987 to 1994, APES sponsored nearly one hundred research initiatives in the Albemarle-Pamlico region, each designed to give scientists and managers a better understanding of the ecosystem's health and function. These research initiatives culminated in a series of research papers as well as the development of the Albemarle-Pamlico region's first Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP). Upon adoption of its first CCMP in 1994, the program became known as the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program as it broadened its mission to include applied conservation, management, and engagement initiatives. In 2012, the program was formally renamed as a partnership, reflecting the importance of coordinated and integrated efforts for protecting and restoring the estuarine ecosystem.
Since its inception, APNEP has led or contributed to scores of conservation efforts in the region. APNEP's first CCMP called for the creation of several environmental initiatives that came to fruition in the form of the Partnership for the Sounds' Estuarium, the Center for Geographic Analysis, and the N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund. Annual restoration and demonstration projects have improved habitats and water quality throughout the estuarine system. APNEP continues its proud tradition of applied scientific research that began during the APES period, which recently led to the development of environmental indicators for the ecosystem as well as the completion of a coast-wide map of SAV for the estuary. APNEP has supported citizens' monitoring for over two decades. Finally, outdoor classrooms funded by APNEP dot the region, improving water quality while giving students a place to learn about the natural world. These are just a few of the many ways APNEP continues to benefit the sounds and the ecosystems that support them. For more information visit the initiatives section of our webpage, which contains both past and current program efforts.


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– A lot of creative changes went down within WWE around the time of this year's Royal Rumble pay-per-view. Vince McMahon hasn't been happy with the booking of WWE's undercard for a while now, which is the main reason why Eric Pankowski got fired two weeks ago.
– As noted before, the current plan is for Triple H to defeat Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 29. The big issue is that WWE officials want Lesnar to headline WrestleMania 30 against The Rock so he shouldn't be doing any jobs now. Regarding Rock vs. Brock, the plan is to do a subtle tease with the two on the RAW the night after WrestleMania this year. The idea is to only do a tease and not push it too hard so fans won't expect it's happening at SummerSlam.
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The Forest House—prequel to The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley's beloved and enduring classic—is a mesmerizing epic of one woman's mythic role at a turning point in history. In a Britain struggling to survive Roman invasion, Eilan is the daughter of a Druidic warleader, gifted with visions and marked by fate to become a priestess of the Forest House. But fate also led Eilan to Gaius, a soldier of mixed blood, son of the Romans sent to subdue the native British. For Gaius, Eilan felt forbidden love, and her terrible secret will haunt her even as she is anointed as the new High Priestess. With mighty enemies poised to destroy the magic the Forest House shelters, Eilan must trust in the power of the great Goddess to lead her through the treacherous labyrinth of her destiny. Take The Forest House Quiz!


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OMCA is free all day the first Sunday of every month. Enjoy the new Galleries of California Art and California History, and explore we/customize, Beth Yarnelle Edwards: Suburban Dreams, and the final weeks of Playing with Fire: Artists of California Studio Glass Movement. Come join the Customizer-in-Residence in the open studio workshop from 1 to 4 in the we/customize exhibition. Tour the building with members of the Museum's Council on Architecture at 1 pm and enjoy a Docent-led tour of the Gallery of California Art at 2 pm. Grab lunch or a snack at Blue Oak café.
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Good news, if you're spelling challenged -- or too lazy to type long words. You can combine cells in Excel, without CONCATENATE function. Keep reading, to learn the easy way to combine cells, and add some fancy formatting to the dates and numbers.
Use the & Operator
Yes, instead of using CONCATENATE, you can use the ampersand operator -- & -- to combine cell values in Excel. That's a savings of 10 characters!
And in the hot weather we're having this summer, it's important to conserve your energy for more important things.
Even more good news -- you don't need to remember how to spell "ampersand", and you can even use one of its less technical names -- "Fancy And" or "Shift-7".
Combine Two Cells
In the cell where you'd like to see the combined values from two other cells:
- Type an = sign, to start the formula
- Click on the first cell that you want to combine
- Type an &
- Click on the second cell that you want to combine.
In the screenshot below, the product name and amount are being combined, and the formula is:
- Press Enter, to complete the formula
The values from the two cells are combined into one continuous text string, showing the product name and price.
Add a Space Between Combined Text
Your formula to combine the product name and price cells worked as advertised, but the results would look better with a space between the product name and price. To create a space, you can include a text string in the formula.
- Select the cell with the formula
- Click after the first cell reference
- Type the & operator
- Type " " (double quote, space, double quote)
- Type the & operator
- Press Enter to complete the revision
The revised formula is:
The product name and price now have a space between them.
Format Numbers in Combined Cells
When you combine text with a date or number, you can format the result by using the TEXT function. The TEXT function has two arguments -- the cell reference, and the formatting. In this example, you can format the number as currency, with two decimal places.
- Select the cell with the formula
- Change the second cell reference, to include the TEXT function
- Press Enter to complete the revision
The revised formula is:
The product name and price now have a space between them, and currency formatting on the number.
Help With Number Formats
If you need help with setting up the Number Format argument in the TEXT function, there are a few more examples on the Combine Cells in Excel page.
You can also format a sample cell in Excel, using the Number Format commands. Then, to see its formatting code:
- Select the formatted cell
- Press Ctrl+1, to open the Format Cells dialog box.
- On the Numbers tab, click the Custom category
- Copy the formatting from the Type box.
- Close the dialog box, and paste the formatting into the TEXT formula
Video: Combine Cells in Excel Without Concatenate
To see the steps to combine cells in Excel without CONCATENATE, watch this short Excel video.