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Note: Separate PDQ summaries on Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Screening; Adult Primary Liver Cancer Treatment; Childhood Liver Cancer Treatment; and Levels of Evidence for Cancer Screening and Prevention Studies are also available.
Hepatitis B Vaccine to Prevent Hepatocellular Cancer
Based on solid evidence, immunizing individuals against hepatitis B would lead to a decrease in the incidence of hepatocellular cancer (HCC).
Description of the Evidence
Incidence and Mortality
Hepatocellular cancer (HCC) is the fourth most common cancer in the world and the third leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide.[1] Age-standardized incidence rates are 2.1 per 100,000 population in North America.[2] In the United States, HCC incidence and mortality rates continue to increase, particularly among middle-aged black, Hispanic, and white men.[3]
It is estimated that there will be 28,720 new cases diagnosed and 20,550 deaths due to this disease in the United States in 2012.[4] There is a distinct male preponderance among all ethnic groups in the United States, although this trend is most marked among Chinese Americans, in whom the annualized rate of HCC is 22.1 per 100,000 population among men and 8.4 per 100,000 population among women.[5]Table 1 summarizes the incidence of HCC by geographic region.[6]
In the United States, chronic hepatitis B is the underlying cause of an estimated 2,000 to 4,000 deaths each year from cirrhosis and liver cancer; it is estimated that more than one million Americans have a chronic hepatitis B infection, many of whom do not know they are infected. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are among the most frequent viral infections in humans and represent a major global public health problem. HBV- and HCV-related chronic hepatitis are the main causes of cirrhosis and HCC, which are responsible for a high rate of morbidity and mortality. In the last few years, knowledge of the epidemiology and the natural history of HBV and HCV infections has markedly improved, and considerable progress has been made in the efficacy of therapy.
HCC is very rare in persons younger than 40 years in the United States, and a much higher risk of HCC is associated with a long duration of infection with hepatitis C (e.g., greater risk after 30 years of infection). About 80% of persons with HCC have cirrhosis.[7]
Viruses Associated With Hepatitis and/or Hepatocellular Cancer
There are several types of viruses associated with hepatitis and/or HCC. Hepatitis is also the name of a family of viral infections that affect the liver; the most common types are hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C.[8]
Hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C are diseases caused by three different viruses. Although each disease can cause similar symptoms, the diseases have different modes of transmission and can affect the liver differently.
Hepatitis A appears only as an acute or newly occurring infection and does not become chronic. People with hepatitis A usually improve without treatment.[9]
Hepatitis B and hepatitis C can also begin as acute infections, but in some people, the virus remains in the body, resulting in chronic disease and long-term liver problems. There are vaccines to prevent hepatitis A and B; however, there is not a vaccine for hepatitis C. If a person has had one type of viral hepatitis in the past, it is still possible to get the other types.[8]
After the hepatitis A and hepatitis B viruses were discovered, neither agent was found responsible for many cases of transfusion-related hepatitis—hence the designation non-A, non-B (NANB) hepatitis. Initial follow-up of these cases showed that approximately 50% of patients developed chronic hepatitis, based on persistence of serum enzymes for at least 6 months. Approximately 15 years later, after HCV had been identified as the cause of NANB hepatitis, chronic hepatitis was found to develop more frequently as indicated by persistent viral infection in more than 80% of infected adults but in only about 50% of infected children or young women.[10]
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A is caused by eating food and drinking water infected with a virus called HAV. It does not lead to chronic or lifelong disease. Almost everyone who develops hepatitis A has a full recovery.
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B is caused by the virus HBV, which is spread by contact with an infected person's blood, semen, or other body fluid. It is a sexually transmitted disease. Hepatitis B can be a serious infection that can cause liver damage, which may result in cancer.[11,12]
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is of concern to both industrialized and developing countries.[13]
Hepatitis C liver disease ranges in severity from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a serious, lifelong illness that attacks the liver. Hepatitis C results from infection with HCV, which is spread primarily through contact with the blood of an infected person. Hepatitis C can be either acute or chronic.[10] Most people who have hepatitis C develop a chronic infection; this may lead to a scarring of the liver, called cirrhosis. Blood banks test all donated blood for both hepatitis B and hepatitis C, which greatly reduces the risk of getting the virus from blood transfusions or blood products.[10,12,14,15]
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis D is caused by the virus HDV. A person can only get hepatitis D if they are already infected with hepatitis B. It is spread through contact with infected blood, dirty needles, and unprotected sex with a person infected with HDV. Hepatitis D causes swelling of the liver.[16,17]
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis E is caused by the hepatitis E virus. Hepatitis E can be spread through oral-anal contact or by drinking infected water.[18] This type of hepatitis does not occur often in the United States.
Hepatitis G
Chronic hepatitis G infection is not associated with HCC in either hepatitis B surface antigen-positive carriers or noncarriers.[19,20]
Risk Factors
Hepatitis B and C
Chronic hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis C (CHC) are recognized as the major factors worldwide that increase the risk of HCC, with risk being greater in the presence of coinfection.[21,22,23,24,25,26] The incidence of HCC in individuals with chronic hepatitis is as high as 0.46% per year. In the United States, chronic hepatitis B and CHC account for about 30% to 40% of HCC. Long-term iron depletion in CHC patients has been studied as a modality for lowering the risk of progression to HCC.[27] Iron depletion improves serum alanine aminotransferase levels and hepatic oxidative DNA damage. In a cohort study of biopsy-proven CHC patients with moderate or severe liver fibrosis, patients were divided into two groups. Patients in group A (n = 35) underwent weekly phlebotomy (200 g) until they reached a state of mild iron deficiency, followed by monthly maintenance phlebotomy for 44 to 144 months (median, 107 months), and were advised to consume a low-iron diet (5–7 mg iron/day).[27] Group B (n = 40) comprised CHC patients who declined to receive iron depletion therapy. Both groups included patients who failed to respond to previous interferon (IFN) therapy or had conditions for which IFN was contraindicated. Hepatocarcinogenesis rates in groups A and B were 5.7% and 17.5% at the end of the fifth year and 8.6% and 39% in the tenth year, respectively.[27]
Cirrhosis and other factors
Cirrhosis is a risk factor for HCC, irrespective of the etiology of the cirrhosis.[21,22] The annual risk of developing HCC among persons with cirrhosis is between 1% and 6%.[23] Other risk factors include hemochromatosis, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, glycogen storage disease, porphyria cutanea tarda, tyrosinemia, and Wilson disease,[2] but rarely biliary cirrhosis.[28] Aflatoxins, which are mycotoxins formed by certain Aspergillus species, are a frequent contaminant of improperly stored grains and nuts. In parts of Africa, the high incidence of HCC in humans may be related to ingestion of foods contaminated with aflatoxins. This association, however, is blurred by the frequent coexistence of hepatitis B infection in those population groups. Heavy aflatoxin exposure is associated with inactivation of the p53 tumor suppressor gene, but epidemiological evidence of a causal association is limited.[29] The likely etiology of HCC is summarized in Table 3.[30]
Prevention of Hepatitis B
Strong evidence that hepatocellular cancer (HCC) can be prevented is provided by a study of immunization to prevent transmission of hepatitis B from infected mothers to their children, suggesting that if hepatitis can be prevented, then much HCC can be prevented. Immunization programs are justified for preventing important short-term consequences of hepatitis B infection, such as acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, and cirrhosis.[1]
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UMKC Faculty Develops New Biometrics Technology
Reza Derakhshani developed a new technology to scan the whites of the eyes as a means for biometric identification.
Glass Fiber Developed at Missouri S&T Helps Heal Wounds
Hard-to-heal open wounds may have met their match in the form of a cottony glass material developed at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Pain-free way to Check Blood Glucose Moving to Market
People with diabetes could soon have a pain-free way to check their blood glucose levels thanks to researchers at the University of Missouri–St. Louis who have developed a portable, inexpensive non-invasive blood glucose detector.
CAFNR Works to Improve Sustainability, Appeal of 'Soy Chicken'
It's well known that cholesterol-friendly, soybean-based food is good for our hearts. While the ersatz materials can be made to taste like the real thing, they usually feel a little funny in the mouth. That could change soon. Fu-Hung Hsieh, a University of Missouri professor of biological engineering and food science at the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, is finishing a project to create a soy product that looks, feels, pulls apart and, most importantly, chews like real chicken.
A Vision of Hope
In the United States, more than 9 million people older than age 40 have age-related macular degeneration (AMD). By the year 2030, an estimated 20 million Americans will have been diagnosed with this disease that destroys one's sharp, central vision that is needed to see objects clearly and perform tasks such as reading and driving.
Study Could Lead to Better Corn Plants
A University of Missouri researcher has received a $6.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to lead a research team to study the genes that control the movement of carbohydrates in corn. This research may lead to increased yield, more drought resistant plants, larger plants and easier production of biofuels.
UMKC Researcher Works to Reduce Sepsis Infections
When a team of scientists in Portugal were looking for someone to fill in some key blanks in their recently published collaborative research on sepsis, they immediately set their sights on Ann Smith's laboratory at UMKC.
Key to Maintaining Bone Mineral Content
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Dentistry have identified an important new mechanism in the process by which bones build and maintain both strength and elasticity. The results of their most recent findings were published in the January 21 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Kneedy: The Future of Arthritis Care
Arthritic joints, especially knees, hobble millions of Americans and cost billions in treatments that yield so-so results. No cure exists. Or does it? Now MU researchers including Jimi Cook are poised to offer a new treatment that could revolutionize arthritis care.
MU Chemist Discovers Shortcut for Processing Drugs
Jerry Atwood, Curator's Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry in the MU College of Arts and Science, has recently published a paper – his 663rd in a refereed journal – that states that highly pressurized carbon dioxide at room temperature could replace the time consuming and expensive methods currently used to manufacture certain pharmaceutical drugs.
Nuisance Tree Brings a New MRSA Treatment
A team of researchers from the University of Missouri presented promising evidence that a compound from a pesky plant could possibly be used to treat acne and infections.
ADAM-12 Gene Could Hold Key to Cancer, Arthritis and Cardiac Treatments
ADAM-12 is not only the name of a 1970's television police drama – it's also the gene that University of Missouri researchers believe could be an important element in the fight against cancer, arthritis, and cardiac hypertrophy, or thickening of the heart's walls.
New Camera Makes Seeing the "Invisible" Possible
A research team, led by professor Reza Zoughi, has developed a handheld camera that uses millimeter and microwaves signals to peek inside materials and structures in real time.
Infection, Not Inflammation
Aided by a new experimental model, scientists are a step closer to understanding how cystic fibrosis (CF) causes lung disease in people with the condition. The findings, published online April 28 in the journal Science Translational Medicine, could help improve treatments for lung disease, which causes most of the deaths and disability among people with CF.
Safer Turkey Dinners
Food scientists at the University of Missouri have developed a faster and more accurate way to test poultry and eggs for live salmonella contamination.
Healthier Snacks through Improved Soybeans
To cardiologists, there is no safe amount of trans-fat that a person can eat. The more trans-fat consumed, the greater the production of the bad cholesterol that damages the heart.
Pumping up the Nutrition of Ice Cream
When most ice cream makers dream up new flavors of America's favorite frozen treat, they usually look to over-the-top additions such as chocolate chunks, exotic fruits and luscious bits of cookies and candy. Ingolf Gruen is taking a different approach.
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I have a theory that all of the planet's most awesome people are fueled by pizza. I recently had an opportunity to test this theory by talking with one of the awesome-est people of all, Mr. Todd Glass. Todd's the host of a killer podcast, The Todd Glass Show, and you can see him be awesome live on stage here in Philly at Helium Comedy Club on March 21-24. After a brief conversation with him, I can safely say that my theory still stands:
Pizza Pal Joe Moore: How much do you like pizza?
Todd Glass: I… fucking LOVE pizza. I've lost a lot of weight now, but my favorite thing to do on the road used to be ordering a large pizza, and then sitting in the hotel watching TV, and eating the whole thing. The first 3 slices are heaven, but the last… 11 slices are tough. It's amazing that you can smoke a little pot, make a phone call, and in a half an hour, someone just brings you a pizza.
PPJM: What is your favorite topping?
TG: Well, I guess there are two kinds. I like ham and pineapple. But I also like chicken, olives, ham and pineapple. I figure the restaurant has chicken and probably olives, so I have them throw that on there too.
PPJM: When is/was your family's "Pizza Night"?
TG: We always had pizza on Sunday nights when I was growing up. Now that I'm an adult… well every night could be pizza night.
PPJM: Do you have a favorite slice in Philadelphia?
TG: We used to go to Sal's in the Gateway Shopping Center. I can remember scrambling for change to get a slice as a kid there. That's probably my favorite, and I think it's still there. (PPJM Note: It is!)
PPJM: Is there anything else you'd like to add?
TG: I'm still on the fence about "breakfast pizza." I think that's just the major chain's way to getting you in the morning. But you know, even still, once I start eating a pie, I'm not going to stop. Even if it means taking a 10 minute break and telling myself I'll finish it in the morning… I know I won't.
And so the Todd Glass Pizza was born: Large pie with chicken, olives, ham and pineapple. I'm down with it, are you?!? See you at Helium!
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Should we have a pizza delivered during each of his sets at helium?


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Here is another "swatch" for the Muppets Collection by OPI. This collection is packed full of glitter nail polishes. And the glitters and packed full of glitter!! I love it!
This time I decided to use OPI Fresh Frog of Bel-Air.
But first of course I put down my foundation. I love OPI In the Spot Light Pink. It is perfect for a natural nail color, but it helps to even out the nail bed and primes the nail for more lacquer. Here is a picture of two fingers, one painted with OPI In the Spot Light Pink (left) and plain base coat (right).
It is hard to notice the difference, but you can see it is shinier. Sorry the lighting isn't the best, but in person it is more apparent. You can click on the photo to make it larger if needed. Here is a picture of all my nails painted with slightly better lighting.
The next step I have done many times before…I used one of my favorite colors, OPI Mermaid's Tears.
After two light even coats of MT, I did two coats of OPI Fresh Frog of Bel Air.
These last few pictures I took the next day with better lighting.
My accent nail I did a little different. I used OPI MT and OPI Silver Shatter with one coat of OPI FFOBA.
That's all folks!!
Happy Polishing! ❤


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Today's electric utility landscape
Changes are occurring in the electric utility industry that are affecting the price consumers pay for electricity. Because your cooperative is committed to keeping you informed and engaging you in the business that you own, the following overview may help you understand some of the issues facing your cooperative.
Factors influencing the cost of producing and distributing electricity in the U.S. and North Carolina today include:
- Government regulations
- Aging infrastructure
- Shifting sources of fuel
- Economic trends
- Technology and changing consumer expectations
Recent and expected environmental regulations will likely cause the industry to close about 25 percent of the nation's coal-fired power plants. And the remaining coal-fired plants will require upgrades to allow cleaner methods for producing electric power. For the past several decades, the U.S. has relied on coal to produce about 50 percent its electricity. Today, that reliance has declined to about 36 percent.
Regulations also affect the location and construction of new power plants — nuclear, fossil-fueled and renewable energy plants — as well as new transmission infrastructure.
Energy sources
Shifting from coal dependence has seen utilities turn to domestic sources of natural gas, including an increasing tapping of shale gas. Shale gas now comprises about 40 percent of the natural gas used in the U.S. As a result, most of the new generating plants that have gone online are powered by natural gas.
In addition, many states, including North Carolina, require electric utilities to increase the role that renewable energy sources play in their overall power supply portfolio. Like cooperatives nationwide, North Carolina's co-ops continue adding to their power source mix energy from solar, hydroelectric and wind sources, even though, in many cases, the cost of that energy remains higher than traditional sources. And new generating plants in the planning stages will require upgraded and new transmission infrastructure for delivering power to where it's needed.
Economic trends
Improved efficiency in appliances and technology, combined with higher consumer awareness of energy consumption, has resulted in a declining rate in the demand for electricity compared to past patterns of growth. The recent economic recession in the U.S. also has contributed to a slower pace in growth overall, which has meant a slower growth of the "load" that electric utilities serve. While the slower pace has reduced pressure to build new generating plants, utilities must still maintain existing facilities and distribution while planning for future growth.
New technology
Cooperatives and other utilities are embracing new technology that will not only produce power differently but also will deliver it more effectively and efficiently. Emerging generating technology ranges from small nuclear-powered facilities to those run by biomass and other renewable fuels. New battery technology will allow more efficient storage of energy. And improvements in lighting, HVAC and appliances in general are ushering in new patterns of energy usage.
At the same time, technological advancements require greater security in production and distribution systems themselves. Utilities are actively involved in protecting the facilities, the technology and the information employed in providing electric power.
Consumer expectations and involvement
As we depend more and more on technology to accompany our daily lives and run our businesses, electric utilities must rise to the challenge not only to power consumers' lifestyles with a reliable and safe supply of electricity, but also to bring consumers themselves into the act of managing energy use. Modernized grid technology, consumer awareness of energy efficiency, and more localized power sources all have allowed consumers to become more involved.
While these developments all contribute to an environment of rising costs in the electric utility industry, they also have inspired your electric cooperative to focus on effectively managing and controlling its own costs without compromising reliability, quality and safety. Electric utilities always have been expert at forecasting future requirements, and that has not changed. In many areas, today's technology and training has even improved the planning aspect of the business.


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Japan's Fair Trade Commission has raided the offices of Amazon's local unit on suspicion of pressuring retailers to offer products at lower prices than on rival sites, the Nikkei business daily said on Monday.
The paper, which cited unidentified sources with knowledge of the case, did not say when the raid took place, NBC News reported.
A spokesman for the country's anti-monopoly watchdog agency said he could not confirm the report but added: "I won't say the contents are incorrect."
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The longer I'm a pastor I've realized something about churched people. When I say a churched person, I mean someone who has been attending church for any length of time and is a follower of Jesus (pretty broad definition). Many people in this category, while they love their church and want to see God do incredible things in their city, they also have the idea that they are smarter than their pastor or at least could do his job better than he's doing it.
Now, they may be smarter than their pastor. There are lots of people at Revolution more educated than I am and smarter in a variety of disciplines than I am. There are people who may be able to do my job better than I can, but aren't called to it.
I've written about criticism and how to handle it as a leader in other posts that you can read here and here. What I want to focus on here is before you criticize your pastor,
Here are some questions you should ask yourself before criticizing your pastor (or anyone):
- Why does this matter? At the end of the day, some of the things that bother us simply are not that important. In marriage, your spouse does all kinds of things that drive you nuts (Katie doesn't do anything that drives me nuts but I've heard other people complain about their spouses). Sometimes it isn't that big of a deal. It might be a situation where you just need to let it go.
- What do I hope to gain from this? What is the end result? Do you hope your pastor will say you are right and they are wrong? Do you hope to help your pastor grow or simply point out his faults? Do you want any recognition in this process?
- How would you feel if you didn't criticize your pastor? What if you didn't say anything? How would that affect your heart? Would it drive you nuts or would you forget about it?
- What if nothing changes? This gets to the heart for many, what if your pastor doesn't do anything with what you say? What if they disagree with you and tell you nothing will change? How will handle that? Your answer to this question will reveal a lot of your heart and if there is sin there.
- Is your criticism actually from the Bible? Pastors hear all kinds of things they are doing wrong or that their church can do better. Most of the time those criticisms simply come from people who would rather things were done differently. Is your problem actually in the Bible? Is your pastor sinning?
- Have you talked to anyone else? If you have, you've already sinned and you need to repent to God and to your pastor. Don't bounce it off someone else, don't do a veiled prayer request.
- Is this consistent with my pastor's character? Could he have just been having an off day? Many times criticism comes from things that are not who your pastor is. If your pastor consistently does the thing or sin that you see, then talk with them. It may just be that something is going on in your pastor's life that is tough, he maybe didn't mean anything by what he said or you may have misheard him.
- Am I jealous of my pastor? Maybe you want his job, the upfront attention he gets. Many people think being a pastor is easy, glamorous and fun. At times, it can be those things, but it is usually hard work. Often, criticism comes from a place of jealousy, either for their pastors job, attention, status, relationship with God, or marriage. When I meet with someone who is upset at me or Revolution, half of the meeting will be the person venting about their spouse or another area of their life that they are taking out on me or our church.
At the end of the day, disagreeing with your pastor is okay. Pushing back on something you think is a sin, wrong or don't like is okay. The problem is in how it is often done. In veiled prayer requests at a missional community, a blog post, gossiping without talking to the source. Sometimes though, you need to not say anything. Sometimes it isn't a big deal. Sometimes you need to give your pastor the feedback you are holding on to.
You also need to be prepared for your pastor to disagree with you and do nothing about it. This is when the heart issues will pop up for you. What if you believe something is wrong or should change and your pastor does nothing with it? If it is a sin, you should talk to other elders, but let your pastor know that you think this should happen. If it isn't a sin but is just a difference in theology or how things are done at the church, if it is a big deal for you, you should leave and find another church. Here are some things to work through and keep in mind if it gets to that point.
If you're a pastor, what questions do you think someone should think through before criticizing you?


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A woman's body parts were found in suitcases and plastic bags strewn throughout a New York City neighborhood early Tuesday by a man and his 12-year-old son walking their dog, law enforcement officials said.
Police have identified the victim as Tania Byrd, a 45-year-old woman who has been missing since the weekend. They think Byrd was dismembered at her apartment in the Bronx, and they have a suspect in custody who has made statements implicating himself, NBC 4 New York has learned.
Sources have said Byrd's son, who called police to report her missing Tuesday morning, was being questioned Tuesday.
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Law enforcement officials tell NBC 4 New York that the man walking his dog along 158th Street came upon a plastic bag of what he thought were books. As he moved to open the bag, he noticed a gray Dodge Charger circling the block, so he took the bag around the corner and looked inside, finding two hands and a shoulder.
He sent his son to call police and continued walking the dog. About two blocks away on Eagle Avenue he and the dog came upon a suitcase, and the dog sat down next to it. The man opened the suitcase and found a woman's torso, wearing a bra, according to law enforcement officials.
Responding police found a plastic bag further down Eagle Avenue that contained a leg and a foot, and then nearby on Cauldwell Avenue, they found a black suitcase with a leg and the woman's head.
Law enforcement officials tell NBC 4 New York they found an empty box in her apartment that they believe contained a power saw. The apartment also smelled of bleach and was littered with latex gloves.


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Chapter 1: The Restaurant
Author's Note: Anime-based. There will be three main acts: diamondshipping (Delia/Giovanni), haleshipping (Delia/Spencer Hale), and eldershipping (Delia/S. Oak). Delia wants the perfect family, but is that possible? Rated PG-13 for innuendos and violence.
Delia pedaled as fast as her teenage athletic feet could pedal, over rocks and branches and ditches, feverishly trying to get to the restaurant in Viridian City before nine o'clock that Sunday morning. Her mach bike, an aluminum custom collapsible bike in red and black stripes, could barely withstand the barrage of obstacles she deliberately ignored, but that was no matter. She would get there.
Her parents were farmers, sharecropping on a vast farm owned by the reputable Oak family. They grew a multitude of vegetables and then sold a portion of them to the Viridian Café for extra money. They worked long hours in the sun and, despite thirty-four-year-old Samuel Oak's expert advice and help, they continued to be too exhausted to do anything around the house, even to sell their own produce. So it was that Delia was "volunteered" for the job. She had to clean the small house while her parents were away and then cook supper that night and in the morning, first thing, she had to deliver the produce to the restaurant so the cooks could prepare the dishes before lunch.
Like any girl of sixteen, Delia just wanted to get married and get away from her family before their rules drove her insane. They never asked her if she wanted to go somewhere or do something -- it was always about getting the house cleaned and delivering the produce. As the trees and the bushes swept past her, she found herself daydreaming of what the perfect man would be like….
Delia wore a Marilyn Monroe white dress with cream-colored sandals, the kind that used straps that wrapped around the ankles to keep them on. She stood forlornly on the street corner of some bustling metropolis, her normally tied-up brown hair loosely curling around her face. She was so beautiful, but no man would have her. She was destined to be alone, abandoned by friends and family alike because she had nothing to offer besides her looks, and they were fading with every passing year.
A gentle shower began, moistening her hair and dress, causing her to shiver. The world was dull and gray except for a few neon signs here and there above her head. Just as she was about to resign herself to pneumonia, with a little melodramatic coughing for effect, she realized the rain had suddenly stopped. She looked up and saw a giant black umbrella shielding her from the intensifying downpour. A young man with chiseled good looks and mystifying cologne and dark black hair smiled warmly at her. He dried her face with a small handkerchief, laughing gently.
"You look as though the world has thrown you away," he told her, smiling.
She nodded.
He took off his leather jacket and wrapped it around her, revealing a tight blue sports shirt of spandex and dark blue running pants. As she felt the heat from his body transfer to hers, she smiled back and gazed lovingly into his eyes. Suddenly, she glanced back at the cold wet concrete below her. "I'm sorry," she said, "but you have the wrong person. I'm not meant to be loved by anyone. I have no skills and no money and I don't even have my own umbrella -- how sad is that? Surely you want some other girl who'd make you happy."
He laughed and pecked her on the cheek, before nuzzling her behind her ear. "All I did was walk to this street corner, prepared for nothing else but a long day of paperwork at my office, yet the moment I saw you I knew there was no Goddess in Heaven for She was standing right there on the corner."
Delia smiled reluctantly and nuzzled back. "Can it be true? Have you come to rescue me from my wretched life?"
The young man brushed against her ear with his hand, caressing her tenderly. "I shall resolve this very second to walk you back to Heaven where someone of your stature truly belongs. For this impermanent earth can do you no justice -- only in my arms shall you find everlasting paradise forever and ever."
She brought her lips up to his -- God, he smelled like the spring mountain air….
Her bike jerked out behind her and she fell face first in some moss deep in the Viridian Forest. She quickly sprang up and tried to retrieve her bike, but found it being enveloped in a silky material, which was spurting out of the mouthpieces of very angry weedles, yellow larvae that reached halfway up to her knees when they reared up, with a sharp poisonous horn on its head. She had unknowingly raced across a section of forest filled with weedle eggs and the insect pokemon were quite upset with her lack of empathy.
She started to kick away the strings of silk angrily, swearing at the weedle, demanding that they stop so she could get to the restaurant in time. They responded simply by engulfing her in the same sticky material. She growled in frustration, as she knew it must be fifteen til nine already. As her legs and torso were being wrapped like a Christmas present, several baseball-sized rocks came flying out of the air and struck each weedle with amazing precision. She glanced around and spotted a small geodude, really just a stone head with muscular arms jetting out where its ears would be, flinging rocks at the larvae pokemon. As grateful as she was to be rescued, by human or pokemon it did not matter, she couldn't help but wonder how a geodude got to be in the Viridian Forest, for they typically preferred rocky environs. She struggled to get the silky trap off her body, finally succeeding a few minutes later, as the geodude succeeded in driving away the last of the weedle.
The geodude bounced over to her and asked inquisitively, "Geodude? Geo, geo, dude?"
Delia sighed and nodded. "I'm fine, thanks. I could have taken them on, you know."
"Is that so?" a male voice asked from behind her. Delia whipped around to see a young adult male leaning against a nearby tree, smiling smugly. "From where I stood, you were about to need a machete just to get that stuff off had my geodude and I not arrived."
Delia brushed what silk threads were left off and grunted. "Thanks for your help, but I'm not a damsel in distress."
The man shook his head. "No, you were a supplier in distress. My mother expects timely deliveries and yet you continue to defy common sense by entering this forest without your own pokemon. Really, I get tired sometimes of having to watch you trap yourself in foolish scenarios."
Delia lifted up her bike and inspected her produce to see if any had been damaged. Fortunately, they were alright. She shot the man an irritated glance. "I don't care if your mother owns the restaurant or not -- I'm not late and I don't need rescuing. Now back off or I will be late!"
The man checked his black sports watch with red lettering, which didn't seem to match his light yellow tank top and blue jean shorts and beige hiking boots. It only seemed to accentuate his dark brown hair, so dark it could be black, combed neatly even though most trainers who came through Viridian Forest looked like they had been in a wind tunnel. They would also bear the dusty appearance of someone who ran up against pokemon knowing sleep powder and stun spore and such, yet this trainer was immaculate. He chuckled as he checked the time. "It's 8:55. The 'shortcut' you're taking will ensnare you for a further fifteen minutes. Really, was using the trail that much more terrible?"
Delia shook her head and swore under her breath, stomping the ground with her feet in frustration. Finally, she ripped off the crate of produce from the back of her bike and thrust it into his arms. He stumbled back from sheer surprise. "Here," she ordered. "If I deliver them to you then I'm not late because you're the owner's son. If you have any trouble, I'll be back at my house, putting ointment on all these scrapes," she said, pointing to half a dozen red lines crisscrossing her arms. There were twigs and moss hanging from every inch of her red t-shirt and black riding shorts and she could feel a few pebbles in her sneakers. Today was a rotten day and she was in no mood to bow before her family's all-powerful boss, or her son.
The early-twenties-something man snorted his disapproval. "Don't expect to get paid since I'm the one delivering your produce."
Delia smiled as she got on her bike and began to pedal past him, despite her aching muscles. "Oh no, they're your produce now -- better get a move on or Mommy's gonna ground ya!" She laughed as she rode away, finally free of such an inconvenient chore.


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Sen. Mark Leno's Senate Bill 1439 — which would protect rent-controlled housing in San Francisco by amending the Ellis Act, including making property owners wait at least five years after buying a property to evict tenants under the act — cleared its first legislative hurdle today.
The Senate Transportation and Housing Committee passed the measure on a 6-4 vote, and it heads to the Senate Judiciary Committee next. The bill has strong support in San Francisco, from progressive constituencies through Mayor Ed Lee to support by leaders in the business community and tech world.
Yet the measure faces a tough road in Sacramento, where the landlord lobby and other conservative interests oppose it. "A bill that could strip San Francisco landlords of their freedom to leave the rental housing business heads to a key Senate committee next month," the California Apartment Association wrote last month in an alert to its members.
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[March 21, 2014]
Globally, members of Zonta
International, an organization dedicated to advancing the status of
women and girls, celebrated International Women's Day and Zonta Rose
Day this month. In the week leading up to March 8, more than 30,000
Zontians from 66 countries devoted their efforts to raising
awareness of the opportunities and challenges for women around the
world through events, forums and service activities.
Chris Huff, Zonta vice president; Melody Shew, rose recipient; Dr.
Susan Harmon, Zonta president; and Marilyn Armbrust, membership
Linda Churchill, Zonta service chairman; Jeanne Xamis, rose
recipient; and Marilyn Armbrust, membership chairman
Chris Huff, Zonta vice president; Mary Lanterman, rose recipient;
and Marilyn Armbrust, membership chairman
Starting in 2013 the Lincoln Zonta Club has annually recognized
three businesswomen with the symbolic yellow rose.
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"Working to protect and advance the rights of women and girls
around the world is not an option, it's a necessity," said Lynn
McKenzie, president of Zonta International. "Zontians and Zonta
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families and community. Zonta's global campaign, "Zonta
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A young Seagrove Beach man named Steven Cozzie was found guilty of sexually assaulting and brutally beating to death a young Georgia girl who was visiting the area with her family.
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The dark userstyle now no longer works with https://bbs.archlinux.org since the form went to https. Checked the UserScript and it should capture that website address. Why would this be the case today?
I have no idea why but it doesn't work as a greasemonkey script (user script) with https and I dont know enough about javascript to diagnose the issue. I just do the CSS and userstyles.org does all the greasemonkey conversion stuff.
The CSS (user style) still works fine though either in stylish or manually editing userContent.css (or whatever css file your browser uses).
If your using google chrome I found this which may or may not work. Havn't tried it myself since I dont use chrome.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/C … cc6f&hl=en
Last edited by tjwoosta (2010-07-16 18:19:11)
I'm using midori and this style still works for me. I use it with a slight added-on css:
div#archnavbar {
background-image: none !important;
background-color: #151515 !important;
border: none !important;
border-bottom: 2px #138fcd solid !important;
legend, * legend {
color: #ddd !important;
div.list, div.box {
background-color: #262626;
div.box {
border-color: #3e3e3e;
Last edited by anderfs (2010-07-22 04:30:05)
Sometimes, I mean what I post.
I'm using midori and this style still works for me.
AFAIK It should still work for everyone except those using the greasemonkey script method, i.e. chrome users. Still not confirmed if the link I posted works for chrome users or not.
In the second theme Arch logo is hidden.
The screen shot was taken after disabling the first theme in greasemonkey. After removing the theme completely it is ok.
Last edited by kgas (2010-07-23 08:19:18)
It was intentional to block out the logo, as well as many other useless images in the KISS theme It should be pretty obvious that it shouldnt be there from the screenshots in both the OP and on the userstyles.org page.
The idea was to keep things as simple and easily customizable as possible. If I had used a logo that matched my color scheme people who changed the colors around would have to manually decode the image edit it in gimp are reincode back to base64 just to make it match. The way I did it there are no images anywhere that would need to changed, just modify the hex colors and its good to go.
What is that blue text and the light grey background stuff coming from in your image? It shouldnt look like that. Is it something you modified yourself, or are you trying to use both themes together or what?
Its supposed to look like this
(same image as used in the OP)
Last edited by tjwoosta (2010-07-21 17:36:55)
does the aur page look off (the header bar) with these themes?
"I know what you're thinking, 'cause right now I'm thinking the same thing. Actually, I've been thinking it ever since I got here:
Why oh why didn't I take the BLUE pill?"
What do you mean by off?
If you look at the AUR page without any custom css you see that the AUR page actually uses a different header then the other archlinux pages by default. Its actually still using the same header layout that the old forums theme used. Ive done the styles in a way that it should match fine though.
It should look like this
Last edited by tjwoosta (2010-07-21 18:37:26)
oh ok, i thought i was seeing things, mine does look like the shots.
"I know what you're thinking, 'cause right now I'm thinking the same thing. Actually, I've been thinking it ever since I got here:
Why oh why didn't I take the BLUE pill?"
On a somewhat related note, I use this function (bound to the F2 key) in $HOME/.vimperatorrc to toggle custom colours off/on:
javascript <<EOM
mappings.addUserMap([modes.NORMAL, modes.PLAYER, modes.VISUAL, modes.CARET,
modes.INSERT, modes.TEXTAREA],
"toggle default/custom colours",
function() {
udc = options.getPref("browser.display.use_document_colors")
if ( udc == true ) {
udc = false
bg = '#121212'
fg = '#DADADA'
ac = '#5F87AF'
an = '#5F87AF'
vi = '#956D9D'
/* alert("Switching to custom colours") */
else {
udc = true
bg = '#FFFFFF'
fg = '#000000'
ac = '#EE0000'
an = '#0000EE'
vi = '#551A8B'
/* alert("Switching to default colours") */
options.setPref("browser.display.use_document_colors", udc)
options.setPref("browser.display.background_color", bg)
options.setPref("browser.display.foreground_color", fg)
options.setPref("browser.active_color", ac)
options.setPref("browser.anchor_color", an)
options.setPref("browser.visited_color", vi)
This toggles custom colours for all webpages.
Last edited by steve___ (2010-07-22 22:19:41)
AUR package lists have a white background, not sure if it was left like that intentionally, but here:
div.list, div.box {
background-color: #262626;
div.box {
border-color: #3e3e3e;
Edit: same goes for "redirection boxes" (they are shown after one posts or edits something).
Last edited by anderfs (2010-07-22 04:31:53)
Sometimes, I mean what I post.
Ahh, you must be talking about Theme 1 I see, thanks for pointing that out
I can fix div.list for the aur files list, but I cant use div.box for the redirection boxes because it has side effects in other places. I need a couple of the elements that come before div.box in the hierarchy so I can chain them and target that specific instance of div.box rather then all div.box elements (know what I mean?). I cant seem to inspect the element with web inspector or firebug like I usually would because it loads and switches pages too quickly.
EDIT: ok I finally got it after editing my post and trying to quickly inspect it before the page loads about 20 times
div#punredirect div.block div.box {
background: #3e3e3e !important;
border: none !important;
Just updated the style on userstyles.org, Its now at version 1.3
Last edited by tjwoosta (2010-07-22 15:01:58)
Updated again and fixed the Tip, Note, and Warning boxes on the wiki once again.
Now at version 1.4
Last edited by tjwoosta (2010-07-22 15:19:52)
I added this and can't get it to work....
I am running arch testing with namoraka
added/installed the black theme and...it didn't change anything...
what do I do to activate it?
What method did you use?
You can install userstyles a couple of different ways in firefox.
1. You can install the stylish firefox extension and use the "install with stylish" button on the userstyles.org page (this is assuming the stylish extension works in namoraka)
2. You can save the style as userContent.css and move to ~/.mozilla/firefox/(your profile)/chrome/userContent.css Where (your profile) is the directory that ends with .default. If you install other userstyles you can append them to the end of the same file. Remember not to use both of my archlinux styles together though.
Last edited by tjwoosta (2010-07-22 20:43:50)
thanks I got it....
it only works on ARCH site?
Is there a way to make all web pages this way?
thanks again
Just out of curiosity is there a way to apply a theme to ALL webpages? I would assume it wouldn't be the same method as the rest of this thread, because using css would basically be impossible. Is that what steve___'s script does?
I updated my post, sorry for being vague.
Last edited by steve___ (2010-07-26 01:57:34)
Anyone know how to get this to work on surf? I can't quite seem to figure it out, and steve___'s script does not work for me. :\
arch64 :: zsh :: dwm :: urxvt \\ Still using the same computer I built when I was 15
I also use twitter entirely too much.
Did you install the firefox plugin vimperator? Maybe it's best if you start another thread or email me directly, as this thread is more intended to talk about custom css for archlinux.org.
Anyone know how to get this to work on surf?
Afaik surf currently only suports the use of global css not individual sites at least until someone comes up with a patch. You could try my Archlinux KISS style as a global css (see below), but many sites would look kinda screwed up with stray images that have white backgrounds and out of place borders and stuff. Its practically impossible to make one single style that looks good with every site.
To make the KISS style work as a global style in surf..
1. strip off the leading
@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);
@-moz-document domain("archlinux.org") {
and the tailing
2. save as
Last edited by tjwoosta (2010-07-25 13:59:15)
Anyone know how to get this to work on surf?
doh, sorry about that
@tjwoosta: Yeah, I had done that before (I probably should have mentioned that), but as you said, it applies the style to all websites, not just this one, and it makes things look funky. Thank you for your response, though.
arch64 :: zsh :: dwm :: urxvt \\ Still using the same computer I built when I was 15
I also use twitter entirely too much.
Well that sucks, the forum update just broke everything. Ill be updating sometime within the next few days when I get some more spare time.
Unless I'm missing something, the new bbs now has dark styles as well (I like Cobalt myself).... not meaning to diss you tjwoosta, I used to use your style
Allan-Volunteer on the (topic being discussed) mailn lists. You never get the people who matters attention on the forums.
jasonwryan-Installing Arch is a measure of your literacy. Maintaining Arch is a measure of your diligence. Contributing to Arch is a measure of your competence.
Griemak-Bleeding edge, not bleeding flat. Edge denotes falls will occur from time to time. Bring your own parachute.
O wow nice, I hadn't noticed that. Im still going to restore the styles I made though.


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$1000 reward for information.
"Gov. Glough has offered a reward of $1,000 for the apprehension of the murderer of Geo. A. Barclay who was shot through a window and killed in his hotel at Pine River on the night of Oct. 29. Every effort has been made to detect the perpetrator of the deed, but not the slightest clue has yet been found."
From the Brainerd Tribune, Nov. 12, 1898
This $1000 is a substantial award for 1898 in terms of dollars and would be worth $27,777.78 in today's dollars.
I was curious about Governor Clough and found this at Wikipedia where they have a portrait of the man. How does one get a governor to offer such a reward and why?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Marston_Clough and still another link
The Minnesota Historical Society has an Inventory of his Gubernatorial Records but unfortunately the description does not include anything like offering rewards for information. It does mention several cases that took place but not G. A. Barclay.


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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Former World War II Army squad leader and Medal of Honor recipient Vernon McGarity has died at age 91, a funeral home said Thursday.
McGarity died of cancer on Tuesday night in Memphis, said Taylor Loeffel, a spokeswoman for Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery. Funeral services were set for Saturday.
President Harry Truman awarded the Medal of Honor to McGarity in October 1945.
According to the U.S. Army Center of Military History, McGarity was a Technical Sergeant in the 393d Infantry, 99th Infantry Division, during World War II.
McGarity was wounded in an artillery barrage that preceded a German counter-offensive near Krinkelt, Belgium, in December 1944. He received treatment but refused to be evacuated and returned to battle.
During the battle, McGarity rescued two wounded soldiers, immobilized a tank with a round from a rocket launcher, replenished the unit's ammunition under heavy fire and destroyed a German machine gun.
The machine gun had cut off the squad's only escape route, but McGarity managed to destroy it single-handedly under heavy fire and kill or wound all the German gunners, according to his Medal of Honor citation.
The delaying action allowed reserves to assemble and form a line against the Germans.
McGarity received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and two Belgian medals in addition to the Medal of Honor. There are 79 Medal of Honor recipients who are still alive, according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.


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I'm getting pinged by folks who want to know what my position is regarding the boycott of Ender's Game movie by people repelled by author Orson Scott Card's social and political stances and actions regarding gays and lesbians and in particular his stance on same-sex marriage. With the notation that I am not in the least a disinterested party here (one, I've met Card and had a very pleasant time in his company; two, I have a book being adapted to film, for which I strongly suspect the performance of Ender's Game at the box office will be relevant to any eventual green light), here's my position:
If your conscience tells you to boycott or avoid the film because of Card's positions on the rights of gays and lesbians, then, you know, do it. Card is entitled to speak his mind on gays and lesbians and same-sex marriage. You are equally entitled, on the basis of that speech and his political efforts, to decide not to support him or a film based on his work. That's entirely fair.
On a related topic, in the future, if Old Man's War is made into a film, if your conscience tells you to boycott or avoid the film because of my (largely opposing to Card's) positions on the rights of gays and lesbians, then do that. I am entitled to speak my mind on gays and lesbians and same-sex marriage. You are equally entitled, on the basis of that speech and my political efforts, to decide not to support me or a films based on my work. That is also entirely fair.
(Mind you, I don't suspect on this particular topic, any boycotts of Card or me would overlap.)
In a larger sense, look: Art originates from people. People have opinions and thoughts and actions, many of which are largely unrelated to their art. In learning about those largely unrelated opinions, thoughts and actions, you may find some of them, some the people they are coming out of, offensive, obnoxious, insulting or even dangerous. They may eventually keep you from being able to enjoy the art these people produce.
When and if that happens, that's fine. If it doesn't happen — if you can totally divorce the art from the human who created it — that's fine, too. Everyone has their own dividing line for this, contingent on factors that are unique to them, and unique to the creator in question. Mind you, I personally think it's good to give some serious reflection as to why some particular creator has crossed that line for you, on the grounds that it's always good to know why you think or do anything. But at the end of the day, when you get to the point where you think, I'm done with this jerk, then that's it, you're done.
Personally speaking, I have a pretty high tolerance for artists and creators being obnoxious/offensive/flawed/assholes/otherwise seriously imperfect. This is partly because I believe art is a highly composed, refined, edited and intentional end result of a process that takes place in a mind which can be almost anything. The only thing creators fundamentally have in common is the ability to create, and to shape their creations to speak to others.
This is why, for example, bigots and cretins through the ages could create works of art that exhibit gorgeous empathy for the other, despite their personal issues: They have time to perfect their creations, and have an understanding of what an audience will respond to emotionally. You could argue that art is the better self of every creator, but I don't know if that's accurate. Art isn't what the creator could be, any more than a 100 mile an hour fastball is what an athlete could be. Art is what we can do. That fact shapes the life of the creator, to be sure, just like that fastball shapes the life of that athlete. But there's a whole lot of other influences that shape the creator's life, too. Not all of those get into the art, because they're not directly relevant to what the art is. They do show up in the person who makes the art.
So, yeah, I can put up with a lot when it comes to creators. It's not usually the art's fault the brain it came out of is directly connected to an asshole.
However, I am also aware this is a luxury I can afford, for my own reasons. Other people can put up with less, for reasons of their own. I may think these are valid reasons, or not, but these people don't need my approval to think what they want and act on what they think, and anyway I could be wrong, so there.
There are lots of creators I don't support because I just don't like their work. This should not be a surprise. There are a (very) few creators I choose not to support for personal reasons that are unrelated to the quality of their output. No, I won't tell you who they are. The reasons are personal and therefore not relevant to anyone else. I don't tend to think of these choices as anything formal as a boycott. I just don't do business with these people anymore. I don't generally do it for any larger goal, like social change or to hurt the creator economically. I do it because my own personal sense of morality tells me not to have anything to do with them. Other people in other circumstances feel the need to be more public about their actions, and have a goal beyond their own personal disengagement. Again: It's their right to do it, and there's no reason they shouldn't.
I should note that questions of boycotts are not an entirely theoretical exercise for me. I am on at least one boycott list that I know of, albeit one that I think has been spectacularly ineffective; every once in a while I'll see my name pop up on a list of authors that someone thinks should be boycotted or otherwise economically punished for opining in public in a manner unrelated to science fiction books. Recently these people are dudes who think I am a traitor to straight white males everywhere.
My opinion about these boycotts, proposed or otherwise, tends to be, one, fuck you, I'm going to say what I want, and two, if the end result of speaking my mind is that someone decides to boycott me, then fine, they should boycott me and tell whoever they like to boycott me, too. I think a lot of other creators in a similar position are perfectly fine with the "fuck you, I'll say what I want" part, but get confused or truculent about the "if that means you're going to boycott me, that's fine" part, and this is where the problem lies.
But if you want the first, you should be a grown-up and accept that the second part is also part of the package deal. As I've noted before, freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequence. Suggesting or demanding that you should have freedom from consequence from what you say, or (related to this) that tolerance of your freedom to speak equates to bland murmuring politeness from those who oppose your speech, indicates that ultimately you don't understand how freedom of speech works.
So, to recap: Boycotts a perfectly valid exercise of political speech, participate in one if you think it's necessary. I don't tend to boycott creators but don't mind if you do, even if that creator happens to be me. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequence and everyone should remember that, especially folks who've spent a while pissing off a bunch of folks.
I think that covers it.


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Thanks for sharing your history. It helps to understand what you're up against. Let us know how this operation works! I'm not the only one who's curious, I'm sure.
THAT is one thing that scares me as much as the thought of seniors with dementia and undiagnosed RLS being strapped to their beds. There were new guidelines released recently for diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in pre-schoolers, and not a mention anywhere in those guidelines of doing a differential diagnosis for WED/RLS ! I wish I was a physician and could write (to whom?) with enough force, knowledge, and authority to get that changed.I wonder how many students are on Ritalin that should be on requip
* Hening et al., 2009. The four diagnostic criteria for Restless Legs Syndrome are unable to exclude confounding conditions ("mimics"). Sleep Medicione, v. 10, p. 976-981.


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Racism behind the national policies of Arne Duncan and the Obama administration's 'Race to the Top'? CTU notes Chicago closings are part of a national trend of attacking urban public schools and slandering the teachers who choose to work in the nation's most challenging public schools
As community battles against proposed school closings in Chicago continue, the Chicago Teachers Union has issued a press release noting that the pattern of attacks on urban public schools is showing up across the USA, with similar claims being made by schools chiefs in cities as far apart as Philadelphia, New Orleans, Washington, D.C. and Oakland.
"It's as if the people running these districts are all drinking the same Kool-Aid and concocting the same story to sell to the masses in order to justify closing our schools," said CTU President Karen Lewis in a press release. "The question is who is writing the script?"
With the support of Arne Duncan and the Obama administration, including Rahm Emanuel, Juan Rangel of UNO has been subsidized to the tune of more than $100 million in public funds to establish the UNO charter schools, which discriminate against black children. Substance photo by David Vance.A look at the history of the attacks on urban public schools shows that many of the scripts were originally drafted and field tested in Chicago, beginning with the institution of mayoral control in 1995. First under Paul G. Vallas and then under Arne Duncan, the attacks on urban public schools, the replacement of unionized urban public schools with anti-union charter schools, and many of the terms used in the debates — including "underutilization" and "underperformance" — were first heard in Chicago from Vallas, Arne Duncan, and the revolving door of CPS administrators since Duncan left Chicago to implement the Chicago Plan on the national level as Barack Obama's U.S. Secretary of Education in 2009.
Since Duncan went to Washington four years ago, in January 2009, Chicago has had four "Chief Executive Officers" for the nation's third largest school system:
Ron Huberman, an ex-cop, became CPS CEO from January 2009 through November 2010.
Terry Mazany, a charity executive, became "Interim CEO" from December 2010 through May 2011.
Jean-Claude Brizard became CEO from June 2011 through September 2012; and
Barbara Byrd Bennett became CEO of CPS in October 2012 and is currently overseer of the attack on the city's public schools via the claims that CPS has an "underutilization crisis" and is facing a "billion dollar deficit." Both of Byrd Bennett's major talking points have been called lies by independent researchers and the Chicago Teachers Union's research department.
Chicago's School Closings Fight Is Part of Disturbing Nationwide Trend
CHICAGO-The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has found that Chicago's public schools are among schools in urban areas across the country that are under attack and threatened by school closings, or have been afflicted by closings in recent years. The majority of these schools are in cities with large minority populations such as Philadelphia, Detroit, New Orleans, Oakland and Washington, D.C. — part of a damaging trend in the targeting of African-Americans and other students and teachers of color.
"It's obvious that there's a particular demographic in these cities which is comprised of low-income people of color," said CTU President Karen GJ Lewis. "These are people living in neighborhoods that are already rife with foreclosures, unemployment and violence, and targeting their schools at not only at the city level, but nationally, suggests a disturbing pattern throughout the entire United States."
In addition to similar target populations, there are also similarities in the criteria put forth by school districts as justification for school closings. In November 2012, Chancellor of D.C. Public Schools Kaya Henderson announced that 20 Washington, D.C. public schools were targeted for closure by the fall of 2013. Henderson cited low enrollment and underutilization among justification for the number of closings (which have since been trimmed to 15 by the end of the 2013-2014 school year).
In December, the Philadelphia School District announced a plan to close 37 schools — about 1/6 of its total — by June 2013 to reduce a $1.1 billion budget deficit and the number of underutilized and underperforming schools. This scenario is eerily similar to Chicago Public Schools' (CPS) plans to potentially shutter more than 100 neighborhood schools — right down to the claims of underutilization, underperformance and a budget deficit of $1 billion, claims that have been brought into question by the CTU.
A preliminary list of CPS closings will reportedly be released by Wednesday [February 13, 2013] according to CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett. More than 100 schools meet the district's ever-changing criteria for being "underutilized." CPS cannot, however, "promise" that students will receive a better experience if they attend their designated receiving school — as a recent internal analysis suggests — nor do many parents affected by school closings choose charter school options for their children, despite the alleged benefits of privatized education.
CPS has told the Chicago Board of Education's Commission on Space Utilization that it is putting significant resources into this process, just as many other districts around the country have done in closing schools. So instead of using taxpayer money to support and improve these neighborhood and community anchors, CPS will continue the pattern of wasting millions of dollars in a destructive scheme that will cost our families and communities dearly.
"It's as if the people running these districts are all drinking the same Kool-Aid and concocting the same story to sell to the masses in order to justify closing our schools," Lewis said. "The question is who is writing the script?"
The U.S. Department of Education is investigating complaints that the plans to close or reorganize public schools in Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, Detroit, Newark, N.J. and Washington, D.C., violate civil rights by discriminating against African-American and Latino students, as well as those with disabilities. Community activists from those and other cities met with Education Secretary Arne Duncan in Washington, D.C. in January to urge a moratorium on school-closing plans until agreements can be reached on alternatives.
Jitu Brown, education organizer for the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, was among those who met with Duncan. He said activists would seek immediate action on the civil rights complaints and urge officials to halt school closings and other actions against public education that are contributing to the decimation of urban neighborhoods around the country.
"Racism is real in the U.S.," Brown told reporters during the trip. "There are different rules for the students in our community."
The Chicago Teachers Union represents 30,000 teachers and educational support personnel working in the Chicago Public Schools and, by extension, the students and families they serve. CTU, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers and the Illinois Federation of Teachers, is the third largest teachers local in the country and the largest local union in Illinois. For more information visit CTU's website at www.ctunet.com
By: Paulette Lane
No Longer in the Business of Educating Black Children
What this article seems to suggest to me is that CPS and other public schools across the nation are no longer in the business of educating black children and although my three son's who attended two of the top 4 selective enrollment schools in Chicago; one of which graduated last June, another in a few more weeks and my youngest about a year, public school as we know it will soon be closed!! The new public school system for blacks will provide education on the cheap for the students that are coming up now.
I suppose there is more money to be made in attendance right?? Is this the new focus?? More money, more money for attendance?? Build more alternative schools for youth up to age 24 to recoup any lost funds from absences over the years and just make sure everyone arrives at school everyday and the heck with whether they get a quality education from a well qualified educator. Is this the new plan, the new numbers game?? Please share because I'm just a parent and what do I know right??
By: Paulette Lane
No Longer in the Business of Education Black Children
Clarification: In my comment, when I speak of my son's graduating, it is from college, not high school.


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Helen Mirren is taking on the role that won Sir John Gielgud his only Oscar.
For their remake of the 1981 Dudley Moore film "Arthur," Russell Brand and his co-conspirators have known for some time that they wanted to switch the role of Hobson, the title character's personal valet.
They had originally expressed interest in Meryl Streep, but getting Helen Mirren to take the part can hardly be considered settling.
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In the 1981 original, Dudley Moore plays a drunken millionaire who thumbs his nose at his family's wishes by falling in love with the blue collar girl next door, played by Liza Minnelli. Along the way, Arthur seeks counsel from his trusty butler Hobson, played by Sir John Gielgud.
Brand has proven himself a natural at playing a self-absorbed, besotted lout and one could easily imagine Mirren as the beleaguered nursemaid to such a buffoon... Directing the film is Jason Winer, who got the job based on his work on "Modern Family," the breakout sitcom of this past season.


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Not cutting it, mind you, but doing away with it entirely.
It's hard to overstate how important the National Endowment for the Humanities is to historical education and preservation in this country. It provides critical help to small museums, historical societies, archives, researchers, and documentary filmmakers.
If you've ever visited a history exhibit, used an archive or historical society to research your family background, or watched a historical documentary, there's a good chance you've benefited from NEH support.
And the NEH budget accounts for barely a drop in the ocean of federal expenditures. Cutting it would have very little impact on overall government spending, but would drastically affect those institutions that benefit from it. In short, it's a terrible idea.
I say again: Russell Kirk defined a conservative as "a person who endeavors to conserve the best in our traditions and our institutions," and noted that conservatives believe the past to be "a great storehouse of wisdom." If we can't spare even a small portion of our public funds for history and culture, then what is it we're trying to conserve?
Hat tip: John Fea