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This story is a portion of part I of Colorado Community Media's multipart series on mental health, Time to Talk
Jo Ann Mahoney, 34, used to be insured by Medicaid, the federal public health insurance program for low-income people. It allowed her to see a therapist for depression and anxiety. Therapy, she said, was a safe place for her to discuss her life and struggles as a mother of three young children.
The therapist, Christian-based and in private practice, helped her work through, among other issues dating back to her childhood, the pre-partum depression she was experiencing before the birth of her third child. Her therapist was available by phone or text whenever she needed to talk.
"He let me say whatever I wanted," without judgment, she said. "He was a father himself, so he had an understanding."
Then her husband switched jobs. His company covers his insurance but not hers, and he makes too much for her to qualify for Medicaid. The result: She can no longer afford to see a therapist.
"There are so many of us Americans all over the country where it's the same story," she said. "We make too much to get help but not enough to be able to afford it."
Nationwide, 28.2 million people, or 10.4 percent, under age 65 are uninsured, according to a 2016 National Health Interview Survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of the insured, 65 percent have private insurance and 26.3 percent have public health insurance, which includes Medicaid and Medicare, which insures people 65 and older.
Signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010, the Affordable Care Act — according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — has provided one of the largest expansions of mental health and substance use disorder coverage in a generation, by requiring that most individual and small employer health insurance plans cover mental health and substance use disorder services.
To Patti Boyd of Tri-County Health Department, the current administration's unsuccessful attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act show how important mental health care coverage and public engagement on the issue are to the country's citizens.
"If people are in a crisis, they shouldn't have to wait," said Boyd, manager of strategic partnerships for the public agency that serves Douglas, Arapahoe and Adams counties. "We can do something about that, and getting that message across is really important."
For those who have no health insurance — and even for some who do — the cost of mental health services can be prohibitive.
A Google search of several private counseling and therapy services in the south metro Denver area shows a price of $60 to $200 per session without insurance. Some private practices take insurance or have a sliding scale, where cost is dependent on the client's income. Oftentimes, finding those practices takes some searching. Individuals insured by Medicaid in Colorado have access to behavioral health services in each county, which are listed at www.colorado.gov/pacific/hcpf/behavioral-health-organizations.
Even with commercial insurance coverage, the wait for mental health services can be lengthy, said Dr. William Henricks, CEO of AllHealth Network, which provides behavioral health services for Douglas and Arapahoe counties.
Because of the amount of time it takes to find a specialist and get authorization from a health insurer for the mental health service, "you may have to wait 60 days to see a psychiatrist," he said.
The process, he said, can be frustrating.
In Douglas County, residents are generally insured.
In 2015, more than 60 percent of the county's population of about 322,400 was covered by employer-sponsored insurance, according to the Colorado Health Institute, a research organization that provides data on healthcare in Colorado. Between 7 percent and 17 percent were covered by Medicaid or Child Health Plan Plus, a low-cost insurance for children and pregnant women that may expire Jan. 31 if Congress does not renew federal funding. Between 8 percent and 10 percent were on Medicare. About 2 percent were uninsured.
But having insurance doesn't mean it's always easy to access needed care.Finding a health care provider that takes health care insurance is one reason some 60 million Americans with mental illness don't get the treatment they need, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) found in a recent study titled "The Doctor is Out," which looks at disparities in access to mental and physical health care.
In a nationwide online survey of 3,177 individuals, more than half of respondents who looked for a new mental health provider in the last year contacted psychiatrists who were not accepting new patients or who did not accept their insurance. A third of respondents reported difficulty finding any mental health prescriber who would accept their insurance."When people cannot find a provider, many have to go out-of-network and pay high out-of-pocket costs, including co-pays," NAMI reports. "When people face higher out-of-pocket costs, it may lead to them seeking less care—or going without any care at all."
Mahoney, who lives in Elizabeth on the outskirts of Parker, learned to advocate for herself when she didn't like the therapists initially assigned to her through a public health department.
When she lost her insurance coverage, she started confiding in loved ones and attending groups for moms, such as Mothers of Preschoolers in Elizabeth and You Are Not Alone — Mom2Mom in Highlands Ranch, which hosts free weekly meetings for moms to feel connected and supported.
One time, when she had a panic attack while driving, she dialed Colorado Crisis Services, the state's resource for mental health. The person on the line helped calm her down.
Today, she is successfully managing her depression and anxiety with the support system of the moms' groups and close friends.
"I pride myself on being resourceful and reaching out," Mahoney said. "But there are so many that can't advocate for themselves or reach out."
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Jupiter and the Other Gods Asking Helios to Resume Control of the Chariot,
Number 25 from the series of 52 engravings, Metamorphoses (illustrations for the work by Ovid)
Engraving on laid paper
Undescribed first state
Print impression quality: Excellent
Dimensions (Plate): 177 x 252 mm (7 x 9.9 in.)
Inscribed with verse by Franco Estius
Watermark: No watermark
Edition: Published by Goltzius. The set was formerly bound in a red leather album, gold-tooled with gilt edges owned by Simon Watney, Cornbury. The original DAC catalog card states that the album was bound by J. Clarke. The prints are pasted down along the left edge onto wove sheets, with hand-inked borders, that are numbered in sequence on verso from 1 to 20; 1 to 20; and 1 to 12. The first series consists of 20 sheets (Bartsch 31 – Bartsch 50), which were engraved in Goltzius's workshop in 1589. The second series of 20 (Bartsch 51 – Bartsch 70) dates 1590. The third series of 12 (Bartsch 70 – Bartsch 82) was issued in 1615.
Accession number: 19188.8.131.52
Purchase funds, 1968
Provenance / Collectors' marks: Vernon J. Watney, Cornbury (name stamped in album)
Bibliography: Bartsch 55 (vol. 2); Illustrated Bartsch 55 (vol. 3, p. 356); for the series, see Hollstein 16–67 (vol. 1, p. 182) and 10–61 (vol. 7, p. 130); see also description attached to original DAC catalog card.
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This is a scalable context timeline. It contains events related to the event (8:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Intelligence Committee Chairs Meet with ISI Head and Possible 9/11 Attack Funder as the Attack Occurs. You can narrow or broaden the context of this timeline by adjusting the zoom level. The lower the scale, the more relevant the items on average will be, while the higher the scale, the less relevant the items, on average, will be.
Randy Glass. [Source: Banded Artists Productions]Randy Glass, a former con artist turned government informant, will later claim that he contacts the staff of Senator Bob Graham (D-NY) and Representative Robert Wexler (D-FL) at this time, and warns them of a plan to attack the World Trade Center, but his warnings are ignored. [Palm Beach Post, 10/17/2002] Glass also tells the media at the present time that his recently concluded informant work has "far greater ramifications than have so far been revealed," and, "potentially, thousands of lives [are] at risk." [South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 8/7/2001] Glass was a key informant in a sting operation involving Pakistani ISI agents who were illegally trying to purchase sophisticated US military weaponry in return for cash and heroin. He will claim that in July 1999, one ISI agent named Rajaa Gulum Abbas pointed to the WTC and said, "Those towers are coming down." [Palm Beach Post, 10/17/2002] Most details will apparently remain sealed. For instance Glass will claim that his sealed sentencing document dated June 15, 2001, lists threats against the WTC and Americans but, according to Glass, "[t]he complaints were ordered sanitized by the highest levels of government." [WPBF 25 (West Palm Beach), 8/5/2002] Florida State Senator Ron Klein, who has dealings with Glass before 9/11, will say he is surprised it took so many months for the US to listen to Glass. "Shame on us," he will say. [Palm Beach Post, 10/17/2002] Klein will recall getting a warning from Glass, though he cannot recall if it mentions the WTC specifically. He will say he was told US intelligence agencies would look into it. [WPTV 5 (West Palm Beach), 10/7/2002] Graham will later acknowledge that his office has contact with Glass before 9/11, and is told about a WTC attack, saying, "I was concerned about that and a dozen other pieces of information which emanated from the summer of 2001." However, Graham will say that he personally is unaware of Glass's information until after 9/11. [Palm Beach Post, 10/17/2002] In October 2002, Glass will testify under oath before a private session of the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry, and tell it that he has "specific evidence, and I can document it." [Palm Beach Post, 10/17/2002]
Entity Tags: Robert Wexler, Randy Glass, Daniel Robert ("Bob") Graham, Pakistan Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, Ron Klein, Rajaa Gulum Abbas, World Trade Center
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline, 9/11 Timeline
Senator Bob Graham (D-FL), Representative Porter Goss (R-FL), and Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) travel to Pakistan and meet with President Pervez Musharraf. They reportedly discuss various security issues, including the possible extradition of bin Laden. They also meet with Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan. Zaeef apparently tells them that the Taliban wants to solve the issue of bin Laden through negotiations with the US. Pakistan says it wants to stay out of the bin Laden issue. [Agence France-Presse, 8/28/2001; Salon, 9/14/2001]
Entity Tags: Taliban, Porter J. Goss, Pervez Musharraf, Osama bin Laden, Abdul Salam Zaeef, Daniel Robert ("Bob") Graham, Jon Kyl
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline
From left to right: Senator Bob Graham (D), Senator Jon Kyl (R), and Representative Porter Goss (R). [Source: US Senate, National Park Service, US House of Representatives]Around 8:00 a.m., on September 11, 2001, ISI Director Lt. Gen. Mahmood Ahmed is at a breakfast meeting at the Capitol with the chairmen of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) and Representative Porter Goss (R-FL), a 10-year veteran of the CIA's clandestine operations wing. Also present at the meeting are Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and the Pakistani ambassador to the US, Maleeha Lodhi, as well as other officials and aides. (Goss, Kyl, and Graham had just met with Pakistani President Pervez Mushrraf in Pakistan two weeks earlier (see August 28-30, 2001)). [Salon, 9/14/2001; Washington Post, 5/18/2002] Graham and Goss will later co-head the joint House-Senate investigation into the 9/11 attacks, which will focus on Saudi government involvement in the 9/11 attacks, but will say almost nothing about possible Pakistani government connections to al-Qaeda and the 9/11 attacks (see August 1-3, 2003 and December 11, 2002). [Washington Post, 7/11/2002] Note that Senator Graham should have been aware of a report made to his staff the previous month (see Early August 2001) that one of Mahmood's subordinates had told a US undercover agent that the WTC would be destroyed. Some evidence suggests that Mahmood ordered that $100,000 be sent to hijacker Mohamed Atta (see October 7, 2001). Pakistan's Demands - Graham will later say of the meeting: "We were talking about terrorism, specifically terrorism generated from Afghanistan." The New York Times will report that bin Laden is specifically discussed. [Vero Beach Press Journal, 9/12/2001; Salon, 9/14/2001; New York Times, 6/3/2002] The US wants more support from Pakistan in its efforts to capture bin Laden. However, Mahmood says that unless the US lifts economic sanctions imposed on Pakistan and improves relations, Pakistan will not oppose the Taliban nor provide intelligence and military support to get bin Laden. He says, "If you need our help, you need to address our problems and lift US sanctions." He also encourages the US to engage the Taliban diplomatically to get them to change, instead of isolating them. Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid will later comment, "It was absurd for Mahmood to insist now that the Americans engage with the Taliban, when [Pakistan's] own influence over them was declining and al-Qaeda's increasing." Meeting Interrupted by 9/11 Attacks - Zamir Akram, an accompanying Pakistani diplomat, leaves the room for a break. While outside, he sees a group of Congressional aides gathered around a television set. As Akram walks up to the TV, he sees the second plane crashing into the World Trade Center. He immediately runs back to the meeting to the tell the others. But even as he gets there, a congressional aide comes in to say that Capitol Hill is being evacuated. The aide says, "There is a plane headed this way." Mahmood and the rest of the Pakistani delegation immediately leave and attempt to return to the Pakistani embassy. But they are stuck in traffic for three hours before they get there. [Rashid, 2008, pp. 26-27]
Entity Tags: Porter J. Goss, Maleeha Lodhi, Mohamed Atta, Mahmood Ahmed, Osama bin Laden, Daniel Robert ("Bob") Graham, Jon Kyl
The on-line Wall Street Journal article discussing the connections between Lt. Gen. Mahmood Ahmed, Saeed Sheikh, and Mohamed Atta. [Source: Public domain]ISI Director Lt. Gen. Mahmood Ahmed is replaced in the face of US pressure after links are discovered between him, Saeed Sheikh, and the funding of the 9/11 attacks. Mahmood instructed Saeed to transfer $100,000 into hijacker Mohamed Atta's bank account prior to 9/11. This is according to Indian intelligence, which claims the FBI has privately confirmed the story. [Press Trust of India, 10/8/2001; Times of India, 10/9/2001; India Today, 10/15/2001; Daily Excelsior (Jammu), 10/18/2001] The story is not widely reported in Western countries, though it makes the Wall Street Journal. [Australian, 10/10/2001; Agence France-Presse, 10/10/2001; Wall Street Journal, 10/10/2001] It is reported in Pakistan as well. [Dawn (Karachi), 10/8/2001] The Northern Alliance also repeats the claim in late October. [Federal News Service, 10/31/2001] In Western countries, the usual explanation is that Mahmood is fired for being too close to the Taliban. [London Times, 10/9/2001; Guardian, 10/9/2001] The Times of India reports that Indian intelligence helped the FBI discover the link, and says, "A direct link between the ISI and the WTC attack could have enormous repercussions. The US cannot but suspect whether or not there were other senior Pakistani Army commanders who were in the know of things. Evidence of a larger conspiracy could shake US confidence in Pakistan's ability to participate in the anti-terrorism coalition." [Times of India, 10/9/2001] There is evidence some ISI officers may have known of a plan to destroy the WTC as early as July 1999. Two other ISI leaders, Lt. Gen. Mohammed Aziz Khan and Lt. Gen. Muzaffar Usmani, are sidelined on the same day as Mahmood (see October 8, 2001). [Fox News, 10/8/2001] Saeed had been working under Khan. The firings are said to have purged the ISI of its fundamentalists. However, according to one diplomat, "To remove the top two or three doesn't matter at all. The philosophy remains.… [The ISI is] a parallel government of its own. If you go through the officer list, almost all of the ISI regulars would say, of the Taliban, 'They are my boys.'" [New Yorker, 10/29/2001] It is believed Mahmood has been living under virtual house arrest in Pakistan (which would seem to imply more than just a difference of opinion over the Taliban), but no charges have been brought against him, and there is no evidence the US has asked to question him. [Asia Times, 1/5/2002] He also has refused to speak to reporters since being fired [Associated Press, 2/21/2002] , and outside India and Pakistan, the story has only been mentioned infrequently in the media since. [Sunday Herald (Glasgow), 2/24/2002; London Times, 4/21/2002] He will reemerge as a businessman in 2003, but still will not speak to the media (see July 2003).
Entity Tags: Muzaffar Usmani, Mohamed Atta, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Northern Alliance, Mohammed Aziz Khan, Taliban, Saeed Sheikh, Pakistan Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, Mahmood Ahmed, India, World Trade Center
In discussing the report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on 9/11, Senator Bob Graham (D-FL), the committee chairman, says he is "surprised at the evidence that there were foreign governments involved in facilitating the activities of at least some of the [9/11] terrorists in the United States.… To me that is an extremely significant issue and most of that information is classified, I think overly classified. I believe the American people should know the extent of the challenge that we face in terms of foreign government involvement. I think there is very compelling evidence that at least some of the terrorists were assisted not just in financing—although that was part of it—by a sovereign foreign government and that we have been derelict in our duty to track that down.… It will become public at some point when it's turned over to the archives, but that's 20 or 30 years from now." [PBS, 12/11/2002] In March 2003, Newsweek says its sources indicate Graham is speaking about Saudi Arabia, and that leads pointing in this direction have been pursued. Graham also says that the report contains far more miscues than have been publicly revealed. "There's been a cover-up of this," he says. [Newsweek, 3/1/2003]
Entity Tags: Daniel Robert ("Bob") Graham
In the wake of the release of the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry's full report, anonymous officials leak some details from a controversial, completely censored 28-page section that focuses on possible Saudi support for 9/11. According to leaks given to the New York Times, the section says that Omar al-Bayoumi and/or Osama Basnan "had at least indirect links with two hijackers [who] were probably Saudi intelligence agents and may have reported to Saudi government officials." It also says that Anwar al-Awlaki "was a central figure in a support network that aided the same two hijackers." Most connections drawn in the report between the men, Saudi intelligence, and 9/11 is said to be circumstantial. [New York Times, 8/2/2003] One key section is said to read, "On the one hand, it is possible that these kinds of connections could suggest, as indicated in a CIA memorandum, 'incontrovertible evidence that there is support for these terrorists… On the other hand, it is also possible that further investigation of these allegations could reveal legitimate, and innocent, explanations for these associations.'"(see August 2, 2002) Some of the most sensitive information involves what US agencies are doing currently to investigate Saudi business figures and organizations. [Associated Press, 8/2/2003] According to the New Republic, the section outlines "connections between the hijacking plot and the very top levels of the Saudi royal family." An anonymous official is quoted as saying, "There's a lot more in the 28 pages than money. Everyone's chasing the charities. They should be chasing direct links to high levels of the Saudi government. We're not talking about rogue elements. We're talking about a coordinated network that reaches right from the hijackers to multiple places in the Saudi government.… If the people in the administration trying to link Iraq to al-Qaeda had one-one-thousandth of the stuff that the 28 pages has linking a foreign government to al-Qaeda, they would have been in good shape.… If the 28 pages were to be made public, I have no question that the entire relationship with Saudi Arabia would change overnight." [New Republic, 8/1/2003] The section also is critical that the issue of foreign government support remains unresolved. One section reads, "In their testimony, neither CIA or FBI officials were able to address definitely the extent of such support for the hijackers, globally or within the United States, or the extent to which such support, if it exists, is knowing or inadvertent in nature. This gap in intelligence community coverage is unacceptable." [Boston Globe, 8/3/2003]
Entity Tags: Osama Basnan, Omar al-Bayoumi, Anwar al-Awlaki, Central Intelligence Agency, 9/11 Congressional Inquiry, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Al-Qaeda
Porter Goss. [Source: CIA]Porter Goss becomes the new CIA director, replacing George Tenet (John McLaughlin served as interim director for a few months after Tenet's sudden resignation—see June 3, 2004). Goss was a CIA field agent, then a Republican representative and co-chair of the 2002 9/11 Congressional Inquiry. [Knight Ridder, 10/25/2004] Ignored Pakistan, ISI during 9/11 Investigations - He took part in secret meetings with Pakistani ISI Director Mahmood Ahmed before 9/11 and on the morning of 9/11 itself (see August 28-30, 2001 and (8:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001). Despite some press reports that Mahmood directly ordered money to be sent to hijacker Mohamed Atta, there is virtually no mention of Mahmood or Pakistan in the Inquiry report that Goss co-chaired. Such issues appear to be forgotten by the US press, but the Times of India raised them when his nomination was announced. [Times of India, 8/10/2004] Will Lead 'Purge' - During his confirmation hearings Goss pledges that he will be a nonpartisan CIA director, but he will purge the CIA of all but "true believers" in Bush's policies shortly after becoming director (see November-December 2004). [Knight Ridder, 10/25/2004] CIA analyst Valerie Plame Wilson will later write that Goss "arrive[s] at headquarters with the clear intention to houseclean, and from the beginning [is] seen more as a crusader and occupier than former colleague. He [brings] with him several loyal Hill staffers, known for their abrasive management style, and immediately set[s] to work attempting to bring the CIA—with special emphasis on the often wild and willful operations directorate—to heel, per White House orders. White House officials had suspected that CIA officials had leaked information prior to the election about the intelligence surrounding the war in Iraq that put the agency in a better light. Thus, Goss's orders from the administration [are] probably along the lines of 'get control of it.'" She will write that while most at the CIA welcome the idea of reform as a means to rebuild the agency's credibility, "Goss's heavy-handedness [will be] bitterly resented." Goss will fail to have any meaningful dealings with "senior agency managers," will spend "little time with the heads of foreign intelligence services (all of whom the CIA relied on for cooperation with counterterrorism and counterproliferation matters)," will fail to sufficiently engage "in day-to-day activities," and will fail to gain a grasp of "some of the details of operations." [Wilson, 2007, pp. 211-212]
Entity Tags: Porter J. Goss, John E. McLaughlin, Valerie Plame Wilson
Timeline Tags: Torture of US Captives, Complete 911 Timeline, Civil Liberties
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Stardock will be closed for the week starting on Monday, June 29th and we will be returning on Monday, July 6th. We will be monitoring support tickets and forums during this time, but expect delays in responses during this time.
So we may have a candidate for life around one of Saturn's moons.
Looks like we will need to make sure we look closely at this moon for the new Star Control.
There are some very interesting articles and videos at just how terrifyingly it would be if it turns out life is pretty common. Because if that's the case, where is everyone?
Will you detect a cell phone signal 100 light years away?
I have heard that we on Earth are an advanced civilization.
Maybe someday we will meet a real one.
Maybe it's a Stellaris situation, where everyone invariably wipes themselves out in a nuclear war.
Where is everyone? My 'theory.' The biological imperative that catapults a species to dominance on a planet tends to prioritize short term 'rewards' over long term concerns. We make a Midden of the planet. Like Bo's sidekick said to the uber-druid tree lady (lost Girl series - paraphrase): We're humans - we drive SUVs, and we'll happily fry the planet if it means one last cheeseburger. " The very same forces that make us (in groups) the ultimate Apex predators, doom us. So, where are all the other species out there? Regretting that last cheeseburger?
There could be a couple of reasons why we haven't detected ET yet. If ET can travel between systems it won't be by using what we consider conventional technologies. It wouldn't make any sense considering the distances involved. Our closest neighbor, the Centauri system, at 3.25 light years distant couldn't be done in less than 100,000 years so a decent propulsion system is kinda mandatory. The best we can do is drive a single particle to 99.7 +/- 0.3 % light speed using the LHC. Even if we could match it it would take a little more than three years to reach the Centauri system. So...
If ET is further out its gonna take years to go anywhere. An FTL drive is essential if you want to cut travel time. Why we haven't heard from anyone yet could be because they're still on their, they're at the same level we are or ET doesn't want us out there before we're ready. The latter would be IMO the best bet when you think of the state of our world today.
Within our solar system most likely it will be primitive life forms, microbes should be quite plentiful. Organic building blocks have already been found but nothing conclusive to date. Between Mars, Europa, Enceladus, (not including Titan. Who wants to live in a gas tank). Eventually they're gonna find something to prove life isn't exclusive to Earth.
Andromeda Galaxy: Distance to Earth: 2.537 million light years.
Don't worry there is life there.
Not to worry though. Andromeda is quickly headed our way. In about 2 million years or so Andromeda and the Milky Way will be more than just kissing cousins.
Maybe because most just eat and shit and do not much else..Like all the other animals on Earth.
I am sure that we live in a multi verse and each one of us probably
exist in more than one universe at the same time.
There is life out there.
Take the worm hole in space to another universe and see the evidence.
Click here.
It means that space is big. No I mean big as in Really BIG.
I've heard-tell there's intelligent life on THIS planet....then I go to reddit and I'm not so sure....
I loved that show, such a pity that it ended. Oh well, when I need another fix I do have the entire series on Blu-ray.
Sadly, there are people who boast intelligence, but when it comes down to day to day living they keep making the same old mistakes.... like going for that one last cheeseburger and improving nothing.
For mine, intelligence has little to do with academia and how much one knows, but rather how one manages lifes choices and making good/better decisions. The most intelligent thing we could do on this planet is stop warring and start spending the trillions going on arms to actually improve life in general across the globe. Sadly, though, that will never happen until mankind manages to overcome the 7 deadly sins.... greed being a prime motivator to war.
As for ET's not making official contact as yet.... we are not intelligent enough [see above paragraph] to welcome ET here. Maybe when we stop behaving like primitives with tribal mentalities?
Here's another scenario. Perhaps there are other human cultures out there who look at Earth and wonder..."Of all the human cultures we know, Terrans (Earth humans) are the only ones who prey upon themselves."
The most advanced life I have seen on earth is the lizard.
They have armor plating so bugs can't bite. They sun bathe
and are their own bait for the bugs that fly by that they eat.
They do some push ups to stay in shape and don't work them selves to death.
If it gets cold they sleep until it is time to sun bathe again.
Here is another universe for the people on demigod.
Besides humans there are two other intelligences on Earth. One are the cetaceans. Whales, Dolphins, in other words mammals that live in the ocean. The second is a species of cephalopods i.e. Octopi. A vertebrate and an invertebrate. On the one exoplanet they believe to be a water world cetaceans could be the dominant life form. On another perhaps an invertebrate species may evolve. Any planet that harbors life will have life forms dictated by their environment, just like Earth. Depending on how long these life forms have existed, ours by example took forty thousand years give or take, others can evolve just as much and attain sentience. Intelligent life should be a forgone conclusion considering the sheer immensity of the cosmos.
The Australian Aborigine has been around longer than that...
It's not that it isn't possible to do a flash Gordon style get in a rocket, and fly to alpha centauri be in an ok about six years. It is just way to expensive the us doesn't have enough money. No country does. It would take all the money. Warping... Would just make it affordable.
Remember the more complex the life the more several exponentially unlikely it is to happen.
This is only part of it. If astrobiology is correct then there are different liferorms based on different structures. If this is true then a planet covered with water could be more inhospitable thanks desert. Carbon is radioactive which means anything not made of carbon would be walking into a radioactive environment.
Not necessarily. Aside from carbon the next closest analogy for life is silica. A silicon based life form for example could thrive on a planet whose surface temperature would be hostile to carbon based life forms.
Carbon 12 is not radioactive. Nor is the much rarer Carbon 13. Carbon 14 is radioactive. Which isotope you are talking about matters.
Yes as Carbon 14 has a known rate of decay which allows organic objects to be dated. Inorganic objects are more difficult to date. Stable isotopes such as carbon 12 do not decay, they age, because if it did we wouldn't be here. Carbon, being among the most plentiful molecules, may allow for other forms of intelligent life out there. If you look at all the diverse life forms on Earth, all carbon based, I believe there's no real limit to how many others there could possibly be.
Ok the carbon we are made out of is it radioactive.
About 99% of the carbon in your body is the non-radioactive carbon 12. About 1% is the non-radioactive carbon 13. You have some very small amount of the radioactive carbon 14, which has a half life of 5700 years. Carbon 14 is produced naturally in the upper atmosphere when cosmic rays react with nitrogen 14 atoms.
Pretty much.
Or maybe these other cultures are exactly like us
Have any of you read the chinese scifi series Remembrance of Earth´s Past? It does concern the contact with alien civilization and it is really, really good, perhaps even better than Expanse. Apparently Amazon intends to make the TV show from it for some heavy money - that would be beyond awesome.
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Well if you have not heard about dnsmasq:
Dnsmasq is lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server.
It is designed to provide DNS and, optionally, DHCP, to a small network.
It can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global
DNS. The DHCP server integrates with the DNS server and allows machines
with DHCP-allocated addresses to appear in the DNS with names configured
either in each host or in a central configuration file. Dnsmasq supports
static and dynamic DHCP leases and BOOTP for network booting of diskless
and for the installation :
sudo yum install dnsmasq
So, now that it is installed, all you need to do is add the following in file: /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
in the main section. Restart your network manager using sysctl and you should see that command:
dig google.com
should show result like below:
google.com. 185 IN A 184.108.40.206
google.com. 185 IN A 126.96.36.199
google.com. 185 IN A 220.127.116.11
google.com. 185 IN A 18.104.22.168
;; Query time: 50 msec
;; WHEN: Mon Jan 14 17:16:39 2013
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If it does not, then you might want to add a dispatcher to Network Manager that adds localhost to your "/etc/resolv.conf" file. And here is the name of the file – /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/localhost-prepend and the contents
#!/bin/bash # Prepend localhost to resolv.conf for dnsmasq if [[ ! $(grep 127.0.0.1 /etc/resolv.conf) ]]; then sed -i '1s|^|nameserver 127.0.0.1n|' /etc/resolv.conf fi
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Can you believe it? Ping Pong paddle gloves! The game, it has changed!
Now, granted, I haven't actually slipped my hand into one of these potentially revolutionary paddles, but the design alone had me salivating this morning and that has to mean something, right?
The $100 set includes the two paddles, four balls, terrycloth wristbands and a carrying case. The designer claims the more intimate palm-to-ball feel will result in a faster game with more spin and better control.
No idea if that's true or not, but I can guarantee using these paddles will result in a completely different game of table tennis. Question now is whether or not the International Table Tennis Federation takes notice. [Broadmann via Uncrate]


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A Pap test, or Pap smear, is the most effective screening test for cervical cancer. It's often part of a pelvic exam. Regular testing can help your doctor find and treat abnormal cell changes on your cervix before they develop into cancer.
Some women also get a human papillomavirus (HPV) test at the same time as a Pap test. Even if you've already had the HPV vaccine, you still need Pap tests because the vaccine doesn't protect you from all types of HPV. Women who have had the HPV vaccine should follow the same Pap test schedule as women who have not had the HPV vaccine.
Women should start having Pap tests at age 21.1, 2 If you are younger than 21 and are sexually active, it's still a good idea to have regular testing for sexually transmitted infections.
These recommendations apply to women who have never had a serious abnormal Pap test result. If you don't know whether you have ever had such a result, talk with your doctor about how often you need to be tested.
Women in this age group can have Pap tests every 3 years.1, 2
If any of your tests are abnormal, you may need to be tested more often.
For women in this age group, most experts say:1, 2
Women ages 65 and older may no longer need Pap tests. Talk with your doctor about what's right for you.
For women in this age group, most experts say that you no longer need Pap tests if:1, 2
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If you don't know for sure whether you still have your cervix, talk with your doctor.
After any abnormal Pap test, your doctor will recommend
follow-up to monitor the cell changes.
Experts agree that some women may need to be tested more often if they:
For more information, see the topic Pap Test.
CitationsAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
(2012). Screening for cervical cancer. ACOG Practice Bulletin
No. 131. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 120(5):
1222–1238.U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2012). Screening for cervical cancer: Summary of recommendations. Available online: http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspscerv.htm.Other Works ConsultedAmerican Cancer Society (2012). Cervical cancer: Prevention and early detection. Available online: http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003167-pdf.pdf.
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In a new WashingtonPost/PEW poll the public says it will blame Republicans, and not President Obama and Democrats, if the upcoming "fiscal cliff" talks should fail.
Wow. Elections do have consequences.
For the uninitiated, here's what the fiscal cliff is:
On August 2, 2011, Congress passed the Budget Control Act of 2011 as part of an agreement to resolve the debt-ceiling crisis. The Act provided for aJoint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the "super committee") to produce legislation by late November that would decrease the deficit by $1.2 trillion over ten years. If the committee failed to do so, as it in fact had failed to do, another part of the Act directs automatic across-the-board cuts (known as "sequestrations"), split evenly between defense and domestic spending, beginning January 2, 2013.
More from PEW on the public's attitudes towards the fiscal cliff:
As the president and congressional leaders begin negotiations to avoid the "fiscal cliff" deadline at the end of the year, there is widespread public concern about the possible financial consequences. More say the automatic spending cuts and tax increases scheduled to take effect in January would have a major effect on the U.S. economy than on their own finances. But nearly identical majorities say the effect of the changes would be mostly negative for the economy (62%) and their personal financial situation (60%).
The public is skeptical that President Obama and congressional Republicans will reach an agreement by the end of the year to avoid the fiscal cliff. About half (51%) say the two sides will not reach an agreement, while just 38% say they will. If no deal is reached, more say that congressional Republicans would be more to blame than President Obama (53% vs. 29%).
Even worse for the Republicans, they lose the poll in every demographic except "Republicans." Independents, men, even southerners all blame the Republicans if the fiscal cliff talks fail:
Keep in mind, the public hated the Republicans after the 2008 elections too. And in the first few years of the Obama administration, a number of us were concerned that the President didn't take full advantage of such sentiment to brand the GOP as extremists, and more generally use public ire to push the Republicans into more compromise. Hopefully, as we wrote about this morning, that has now changed.


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It's that time of year when grocery stores have a special display just for S'mores ingredients - I've even seen Reese's Peanut Butter Cups on those displays and wondered how those would taste in a S'more. Amazing, I'm sure! My sister spreads Nutella on graham crackers (instead of chocolate bars) before adding the toasted marshmallows, and they are totally yummy.
This past weekend, we went camping and boating with a bunch of friends, and I actually made it the whole weekend without having a single S'more--something about being in the sun all day that really zaps my energy and appetite.
So, needless to say, we came home from camping this morning with a surplus of graham crackers, marshmallows and chocolate. I really don't want all those items sitting in the cupboard, tempting me to make S'mores at home and totally negating hard work at the gym... So instead, I decided to use up the ingredients by making something delicious to take to work tomorrow.
To save time, (since I also have a mountain of laundry needing to be washed clean of campfire smoke), I used a boxed brownie mix, but you can certainly use your favorite brownie recipe if you prefer to not use a mix. Since I added so many gooey melty items to the brownies, I added an extra egg to the brownie batter so that it would hold up better while baking with melting chocolate and marshmallows. You can use any kind of chocolate you like; I used a variety of Hershey's Special Dark and Milk Chocolate with Almonds.
Gooey S'mores Brownies
- 1 box Brownie Mix
- 15 graham crackers
- 15 marshmallows
- 6 chocolate bars, roughly chopped (about 2 cups)
Make brownie batter according to the box's instructions and set aside.
Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray and preheat the oven to 325 F. Arrange 7 of the graham crackers on the bottom of the pan, breaking them to fit if needed.
Cut the marshmallows in half; the easiest way to cut them is with a sharp, clean pair of kitchen scissors. Arrange half of the marshmallow halves on the graham crackers.
Pour half of the brownie batter evenly over the graham crackers and marshmallows, then sprinkle with 3/4 cup of the chopped chocolate. Repeat above steps to build a second layer with remaining graham crackers, marshmallows, brownie batter and chocolate, reserving 1 graham cracker and 1/2 cup of the chopped chocolate for later.
Bake at 325 for 35 minutes, or until center appears to be set. Remove from oven, top with remaining chopped chocolate, and crush the remaining graham cracker over the top. Cool completely before serving... that is, if you can wait!


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I'm writing an application where as many of other applications fulfill the requirements to be as an app , having it's statistics schema. Thus I made a form where I have a combox(of query category), a textbox(as searchfield), two datetimepickers(from and to) a listview and a button to fire the event with functions in it. I'm all set except for a minor issue I've encountered during my very first experiments with ListView control. Thus far I didn't know that VB users are stuck with that control's property options (whereas DataGridView has way too many), especially when it came to Column reordering/s. With the simple but not satisfying property Sort I couldn't find a proper solution to my issue.
So frankly I'm asking for help that when I click on of the columns in the listview to do a Number/Date/Text reordering (descending>ascending, via-verse). Not to forget to mention there a limited number of columns most likely 2-4 max.
The listview control has lvResults name and has for now columns inserted as "Country" and the other for subitems "Total Spent".
One e.g. of the values inserted to it is like this :
If pressed on Total Spent, should reorder from highest to the lowest number and via-versa.Country Total Spent
Germany 129.02
England 68.58
Sweden 88.80
Albania 15.75
Turkey 38.22
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It was time for a change at the Missouri Military Academy. John Noel, after four years as an assistant coach for the Colonels, will step in to head the program this season. His first task will be to turn around a program that had a 2013 campaign it would soon like to forget. The Colonels went winless last fall, finishing with a record of 0-9. They had trouble putting points on the scoreboard and difficulty keeping opponents from lighting it up. It wasn't all the result of poor play, though, as Noel notes that injuries took a major toll on the Colonels. He is even able to see the silver lining in last season. "The team saw a vast improvement from the previous year, staying in games until late in the fourth quarter, and improving statistically both offensively and defensively," he says.
Last year's offense averaged 75 rushing yards, 130 passing yards, and 10 points per game. With five starters returning to that side of the ball, Coach Noel has a nice group to work with. As with most teams, success figures to begin, and end, at the quarterback position. After starting all of last season, senior Steven Prinster (6-1, 175) figures to be the opening-game starter. The strong-armed Prinster threw for 1,300 yards and 10 TDs in 2013. This year, though, he'll be sharing snaps with senior Isaiah Adkins (6-4, 235). Adkins, big even by NFL quarterback standards, earned All-Europe honors at the position playing high school football overseas last year. His size and strength will make him a tough task for any player to bring down, and an offense based around changing the pace by switching Prinster and Adkins on and off could prove to be a handful for defenses. Senior Hugh Harris (6-3, 195) will again start at wide receiver. Harris won't lose many jump balls, and is a legitimate threat to get downfield. He should improve on the 14 catches, 208 yards, and 2 TDs he tallied last year.
It's the Colonels O-line, though, that has a chance of being an offensive force. Two starters return to anchor the line. Senior Guanging Wei (6-1, 230) and junior David Lazcano (6-0, 225) bring vital experience back to the trenches. Each has put in a good deal of time in the weight room this off-season, so moving them off the line will be an even harder task than it was in years past. Julio Romero (5-10, 200) will again get called on to play fullback. A bruiser as a blocker or a runner, Romero gathered 180 rushing yards last season. Senior Derek Ryan (5-11, 165) will get the majority of the touches at running back. Ryan has the wheels to break off long runs if he can get to the outside. Of the offense as a whole, Noel likes what he sees. "We look to have a solid core of backs this year if we remain healthy," he says. "We have a few home-run hitters at receiver and a few solid returning linemen."
Six starters return to a defensive unit that allowed 360 yards and 30 points per game last year. Noel will employ a 3-5 look for the Colonels and sees the importance of the defense starting up front. "We are an attacking defense with a lot of experience returning," he says. "We will look to stop the run first and foremost." He has some players who can do just that. As on offense, Lazcano and Wei will again anchor the D-line. In 2013, the two combined for 45 tackles, 6 for loss, and 5 sacks. Those numbers should shoot up this year.
The linebacker corps will be especially strong. Harris will again line up at outside linebacker, a position where he compiled 46 tackles and 8 for loss last season. Romero is also back at linebacker. Accruing 40 tackles and 2 sacks last year, Romero showed he is a threat to get into the backfield. Adkins, who also took All-Europe honors at LB, will mainly play OLB, making this a fearsome trio for opposing offenses. For the secondary. Prinster retains the free safety duties, where his football smarts and ability to cover large swaths of the field are crucial, and Ryan is back at CB. Ryan had an excellent 2013 campaign, getting 35 tackles, 4 for loss, 2 INTs, and 1 defensive TD. This group's talent and experience will mean far fewer points and yards surrendered in 2014.
Change is rarely sudden. The first step has been taken at Missouri Military Academy, with Noel taking over the head coaching duties. A lot will be asked of him, and he knows that. If nothing else, Noel says, "We should be exciting to watch and will match well athletically with our opponents." Change is a process. It doesn't happen overnight, or even in one season. So Noel repeats, like a mantra, "We look to continue to improve." The Colonels certainly will.
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Press Release: Berkeley School Board Launches National Search for Next Superintendent
The Berkeley School Board is beginning its search for the next Superintendent of Schools. With the guidance of professionals from Ray & Associates, a highly experienced school executive search firm, the School Board is launching a nationwide search for candidates who have successfully improved academic outcomes for all student groups, and who exhibit a commitment to furthering the work of the 2020 Vision[1] and educating the whole child.
Ray & Associates will be using the Leadership Profile developed with substantial community input in 2012. As reflected in the profile criteria, the professionals from Ray & Associates will be searching for an instructional leader and strong communicator who is committed to the beliefs and values of the Berkeley public school community.
"The search team of Ray & Associates have an excellent track record in placing superintendents who are a great fit for their school districts, with all of their placements in California staying with their districts for long tenures," according to School Board Director Judy Appel.
With the advice of the team from Ray & Associates and in recognition of the competitive nature of educational executive searches, the School Board has laid out an well-considered timeline and carefully outlined steps to ensure a hiring process that brings the most highly qualified pool of candidates to interview in Berkeley. The official posting of the position took place Friday, February 8, and the search will close on March 15, with the first round of Board interviews with semi-finalists will take place the week of March 25, and the expectation that the selection process will be completed in April.
The community will be engaged in discussions of interview questions and criteria for best-fit candidates through a survey, community forums, and several key stakeholder focus groups; this will assist the School Board and the executive search team in identifying top candidates for the District.
Director Karen Hemphill indicated her confidence in the quality of the applicants Berkeley will attract stating, "When potential candidates get to know the strength of our teachers and commitment of our staff, and get to know the priorities of this community, we will have some very strong candidates come forward."
It is the intent of the members of the Board to lead a transparent process, offering widely distributed updates along with the opportunities for additional community input. The Superintendent Search webpage will be updated regularly and members of the community are encouraged to subscribe to the district's biweekly email newsletter, the A+ News. The community survey will go online on February 15 in both English and Spanish, and remain open until March 3. Community forums are being scheduled for February 28, March 1 and 2, with interpretation in Spanish at all meetings.
Community Forums
- Thursday February 28th at Malcolm X School - 1731 Prince Street, 7-8:30 p.m.
- Friday March 1st at King Middle School - 1781 Rose Street, 7-8:30 p.m. (In Spanish)
- Saturday March 2nd BUSD Administration Building, 2020 Bonar Street Room 126, 9:30 – 11 a.m.
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I like to think of Napoleon IIIrd (née James Mabbett) as a variant on the collage artist. Listening to Christiania, it strikes me that his creative process might be a little haphazard – there's a boundless library of musical sounds and ideas, briefly surveyed by our Emperor before a random selection are snatched from the shelf and thrown into the mixing pot marked 'oddball pop'. Hardly the most pragmatic approach – but don't worry, it works.
One of the most telling examples comes right at the beginning of Christiania track number two, 'Leaving Copenhagen' – with a cycling up through synthesizer chords before, 'ah, yeah this key will do it'. And then we're off into the realms of quasi-political bombast, but more on that later. You can even see the concept of 'haphazardness' in the album's artwork: a picture of Mabbett himself, sure, but if you look closely you'll find it's been chopped and changed and cut up and stuck back together again by means of some entry level Photoshop-ing. Not that I'm trying to insinuate that 'haphazard' is equivocal to 'unprofessional', mind. Despite the mesh and muddle of synthesizer sounds that dominate the record, and the regular intervening of non-instruments and sounds (see: the thumping of makeshift percussion on the militarised 'This Town', or the electronic 'swoosh' in the background of the incredibly immediate and contagious opener 'The Unknown Unknown') it does all collate into a series of coherent and undeniably detailed songs.
So 'Leaving Copenhagen', then. It opens with the bawled line "I think I might have political tendencies that sway towards the anarchistic". I'm not sure I quite get it: there's a lack of synergy between the language and Napoleon's lively and original instrumentation. I mean, there's a time and a place for this sort of unhinged political bombast - the last Muse album, perhaps. But who knows? Maybe the contrast between musical colour and lyrical content is the point? Because, at the same time, the song's pulsing synth and chorus of "LET'S ALL GO TO CHRISTIA-ANA!" insist that I shouldn't be surprised if we soon hear it chanted by the masses.
If you have the impression that Christiania is an album full of quirky pop songs handmade and addressed to outsiders everywhere, then you're certainly attuned correctly, but don't be under the impression that it's a record stuck in one gear. Flippant title aside, 'Guys Just Wanna Have Sun' is stunning (and evidence that Mabbett can revel lyrics with the sort of dry humour that you can revel in for hours, alongside those that make you wince). With the synthesizer choir blending into a seamless, fluid treacle, Napoleon sings, an uncharacteristically gentle sorrow replacing his regular gravelly bark: "well I know I'm not the type of guy to take his shirt off in the summertime/unless the mood is right/or there's swimming to be done" – a wry smile of a lyric if ever there was one. It continues: "No one wants to be confronted by a guy in floods of tears in the summertime". Despite all the life and vivacity that flows through the album, there's an emotional outlet here too.
It's okay though - he doesn't dwell for long. Firm favourite 'Rough Music' follows in tow, and as its title suggests, Napoleon has done away once more with the sullen contemplation, and for the last minute or so, paints the most vivid and energetic moment of the entire album. You know every now and then, when you hear a section of a song and you think 'hey, they should make a whole other song out of that bit, man'? This is one of those.
There's so much energy and detail in this album, I actually feel bad I can't provide commentary on every single track. It was maybe an odd narrative to pop into my head, but Christiania left me with an impression of Napoleon IIIrd as some sort of Radio 1 hit-maker who-would-have-been, had he not had a dent put in him so big that it left him walking in circles. But he's still smiling. You can't not smile as well. I'm sure it won't be long before the crowds will be queuing to smile with him.
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Booth Tarkington was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was the son of John S. Tarkington and Elizabeth Booth Tarkington, and named after his maternal uncle Newton Booth, then the governor of California. Tarkington was also related to Chicago Mayor James Hutchinson Woodworth through his wife Almyra Booth Woodworth. Tarkington first attended Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, but completed his secondary education at Phillips Exeter Academy, a boarding school on the East Coast. Tarkington attendedPurdue University for two years, where he was a member of the university's Morley Eating Club. Tarkington made substantial donations to Purdue for the building of an all-men's residence hall, which the university named Tarkington Hall, in his honor. Purdue awarded him an honorary doctorate.


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This past weekend I was pleased to take part in the annual conference of the American Copy Editors Society, held this year in Philadelphia. I was on a lively panel entitled "Your Grammar Questions Answered," with Merrill Perlman, who managed the copy desks at The New York Times for many years, and Bill Walsh, multiplatform editor for The Washington Post. For an hour and half, the ACES crowd peppered us with all manner of grammar questions, from the well-worn to the unexpected.
In any forum on English grammar and usage, there are certain "greatest hits" that often get asked. So I wasn't surprised when such old friends as "singular they," "beg the question," and "ensure vs. insure" came up. Another standby was affect vs. effect — one participant mentioned the helpful mnemonic RAVEN: "Remember, Affect Verb, Effect Noun" (well, most of the time).
But there are always some curveballs in the mix. A great question came from Emily Guendelsberger, a copy editor for the Philadelphia Daily News. She explained that her friends enjoy a mixed drink known as a Captain on the Porch. (Must be a Philly specialty.) Emily wanted to know how we would refer to more than one Captain on the Porch, for instance when ordering drinks at a bar. "Captains on the Porch"? "Captain on the Porches"? Or even "Captains on Their (Respective) Porches"?
The panel agreed that "Captain on the Porches" would be appropriate if the name of the drink had become fixed enough to be treated as a unitary phrase. "Captains on the Porch" sounds a bit formal, though properly pluralized on the model of compounds like attorneys general and mothers-in-law. Bill Walsh was reminded of the classic Onion headline, "William Safire Orders Two Whoppers Junior." (Bill even favored us with Burger King's "Special orders don't upset us" jingle from the '70s.)
Away from the grammar panel, there were many contentious discussions of stylistic points, as you might imagine among a covey of copy editors. The big news at ACES came at the "Ask the AP Stylebook Editors" session, where the Associated Press gurus announced some changes to the style guide. No more Web site, they decreed; from now on, the AP will spell it as website. (See Merrill Perlman's "Language Corner" column at the Columbia Journalism Review for more on this.) Most of the conference attendees accepted the change as long overdue. The New York Times, I should note, is still a holdout for Web site. The paper's not called the Old Gray Lady for nothing.
An AP change that met with more head-scratching was the announcement that the colloquial abbreviation of microphone would henceforth be spelled mic rather than mike. Bill Walsh pointed out that this presents a spelling inconsistency when using the verb form. "Just to clarify," he asked, "if I have an M-I-C attached to my shoulder, I'm M-I-K-E-D up?" Strange but true, according to the AP.
If you'd like to read more about the conference, check out the live blog and the live tweets that were posted from Philly. It might be a tough time for the nation's copy editors, but they're certainly rolling with the punches and adapting to new online forms of communication. And if you'd like to support their good efforts, why not order a "Talk Wordy to Me" T-shirt or mug? Proceeds go to the ACES Education Fund, which gives scholarships to aspiring copy editors.


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Banks that want to repay the billions of dollars of government bailout funds they received from the TARP are facing several restrictions, including how soon and under what conditions the money can be returned, sources told CNBC.
Among the conditions: no bank will be allowed to repay the TARP until after June 8, when 10 of the 19 biggest banks must present plans to boost their capital under the government's stress tests. The other nine banks were told they had adequate capital to survive a worsening of the recession.
The government also won't allow any one bank to repay the TARP first but will approve them in batches.
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The banks face other restrictions: they still have to pass another stress test, issue debt that isn't government guaranteed, demonstrate the ability to self-fund in the market and win the approval of their banking supervisor.
Several big banks have announced plans to repay the TARP as soon as possible, including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and American Express. None of them were told to come up with more capital under the stress tests conducted earlier this month.
Banks are scrambling to repay TARP money as soon as possible to signal their strength to the market and to avoid the tighter regulation that comes with government funds, particularly limitations on compensation.
The Treasury will also announce a process for auctioning TARP warrants, which the government received when it provided the TARP funds. The banks have the right to buy back those warrants from the Treasury or go through an auction process, which is generally faster. The Treasury will spread the auction over several months because of worries about flooding the market with the warrants.
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said that if regulators certify that a bank would be sound without government help, the Treasury would gladly take the money back. But he also told lawmakers last month that his role was to ensure the soundness of the entire financial sector.
Wayne Abernathy, an executive at the American Bankers Association and a former Treasury official, told Reuters earlier on Monday that he expected the Treasury would act soon to let large banks repay TARP.
"I would think we're talking a matter of weeks, and probably just a few weeks, because I think Treasury wants the money, or at least some of it," he said.
The amount of money the government could get back could be substantial. Morgan Stanley and Goldman borrowed $10 billion under TARP in October, while JPMorgan took $25 billion. American Express received $3.4 billion in January.
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs declined to comment. All three banks have previously expressed interest in repaying TARP.
American Express said last week it had filed a request with the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury to repay its TARP funds.
After the government disclosed stress test results publicly earlier this month, banks began a flurry of stock and bond offers.
Morgan Stanley, which was required by regulators to raise $1.8 billion, issued more than $4 billion of stock after the test results were announced, and sold $4 billion of non-government guaranteed debt. Morgan Stanley also announced on Monday that it was selling its remaining stake in MSCI, an investment analysis and market index company, in a deal that should help it
raise about $650 million.
JPMorgan Chase sold $2.5 billion of nonguaranteed debt.
U.S. Bancorp sold $2.5 billion of shares, while Capital One Financial sold $1.55 billion. Other banks have sold shares as well, or announced plans to.
Some banks did not even wait for the results of the stress test. Goldman Sachs sold more than $5 billion of shares last month, and $2 billion of non-guaranteed debt.
—Reuters contributed to this report.
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and cook yourself some rhubarb. So underrated, that rhubarb. It's like celery, only DELICIOUS when you add nine cups of sugar to it and throw it on top of ice cream. Mmmmm, rhubarb. LET'S GO!
NBA FINALS - LAKERS/CELTICS, GAME 6 – 9:00PM (ABC) It's do-or-die this evening for Kobe Bryant and the LA Lakers, as they return home needing two wins in a row to wrest the NBA title away from the Celtics, who hold a 3-2 lead. And if you don't think David Stern is preparing to send out Dick Bavetta and his trusty tire iron to ensure a seventh game in this series, you don't know Evil David Stern all that well. I'm not saying Kobe will shoot 576 free throws tonight, but I'd certainly bet the over. ANTICIPATION: FISHY!
KATHY GRIFFIN: MY LIFE ON THE D-LIST – 9:00PM (Bravo – an NBC/Universal network) The lady you book when Joan Rivers is busy is back with her Bravo series, one of the few reality shows on TV that delights in its own contrived scenarios. When E! sends the Kardashians to a pet farm, and they pretend it's a completely spontaneous decision, that gets a little weak. At least Kathy Griffin is smart enough to acknowledge how fabricated all this business is. ANTICIPATION: RHINOPLASTY!
CUPCAKE WARS – 9:00PM (Food Network) It's a new series from Food Network, featuring cupcakes. Ah yes, cupcakes. The chosen dessert of rich yuppie housewives looking to open their own low-maintenance food boutique. I've had fancy cupcakes, and let me tell you something: At the end of the day, it's still a cupcake. If it has lots of frosting, it's good. That's about it. It's not a sign of real culinary skill to make a decent cupcake. It just means you wanted to open a shop with as little overhead as humanly possible. I'll take a full service bakery any day, thank you very much. Besides, everyone knows donuts are the new cupcakes. ANTICIPATION: ICING!
THE LITTLE COUPLE – 10:00PM (TLC) It's the season premiere of this show about a married dwarf couple. Tonight, the couple celebrates their 2nd anniversary, which is actually their 14th anniversary in dwarf years. ANTICIPATION: AWWWWW!
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GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — It wasn't a typical jam up that slowed traffic in Southern California's Glendale — it was a runaway circus camel.
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The media knew that there were plans for a large rally today in London to protest the deep cuts implemented by the Tory government of Prime Minister David Cameron, but the size and emotions on display today has caught reporters by surprise. Organizers originally hoped to draw more than 100,000 people to the protests, but estimates by UK media outlets have been as high as 500,000.
The BBC has used "more than 250,000" to describe the size of the crowds today in London, while the loyally conservative Telegraph has said 400,000 turned out today, while also emphasizing the attacks to businesses that have followed the original march. The more liberal Guardian used "around 500,000" to estimate the crowd, and has sometimes used the term "anarchists" to describe many of the violent incidents.
In all cases, the journalists covering the event have been surprised, even shocked, at the size of the march and rally. BBC political reporter Brian Wheeler told his colleagues writing at the Beeb that "the noise in Whitehall was deafening as thousands of protesters banged drums, blew whistles and shouted anti-cut slogans, slowly making their way towards Trafalgar Square. The crowds were booing as they went past Number 10 (the Prime Minister's residence), but the demonstration was good-natured and friendly."
The first reports, around 2:00 London time, centered on the rally at Hyde Park where Labor Party leader Ed Miliband spoke to the crowd, condemning the cuts of the majority party. "Unemployment is never a price worth paying. The next generation should never have their hopes sacrificed on the altar of dogmatic deficit reduction," The Guardian quoted the opposition leader.
Within an hour, however, the first reports of violence were being reported, with Paul Lewis of The Guardian reporting of an attack on a MacDonald's (sic) and a luxury car. By 7 this evening (4 ET) Lewis reported that Lillywhites, a sports retailer in Piccadilly Circus, was on fire and that "the situation is now getting dangerous." (His report was later retracted, as the fire was not at the retailer, but elsewhere and was quickly put out.)
Meanwhile, the New York Times not only did not consider the story worth featuring on its website front page, but the lead story on its "Europe" page was Qaddafi Forces Pull Back as Rebels Retake Ajdabiya -- it should have been that Libya had magically been incorporated into Europe. (Update: At 4:40 ET, the NYT finally posted a story about the protest in London originating from the Associated Press.)
The situation was no different at the Washington Post as it also did not include a story either on its website front page or in its "Europe" section, leading witha story about Chechnya, again showing that US editors are geographically challenged -- worse, the story had been posted 21 hours earlier.
(At CNN's website, the story was downplayed, though a story could at least be found in its "World" section.)
My Twitter feed was not well configured to follow the events today. Eventually I was able to zero in on the hash tags #March 26, #UKuncut, #demo2011 and others in order to read comments and get links to pictures coming from on the ground in London.
I also learned that there has been some communications between the Metropolitan police and the protestors through Twitter, and interesting evolution of the social networking tool.
Not to make light of the protest, but here were a few amusing Tweets (familiarity with London might help with a couple of these:
Rubbish demo - couldn't get a decent signal for tweeting all day. Just too many people.
Another: Fornum's protestors, Please leave the cheese counter alone.
And: Best placard so far: 'There are two things I don't like about Nick Clegg (the head of the Liberal Party): his face'


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Ouch. Two weeks since my last post. My bad! I've actually been meaning to post about a thought that I've been working through, lately. Kind've a gigantic metaphor for marriage, if you will. But first, a little back-story... I'm not sure if I've mentioned it before, because it's not something that we typically broadcast (mainly because we know it can be controversial in some circles), but Studly and I haven't been part of a church for coming up on 1 year, now. In the interest of full disclosure, it's been for no other reason than that we just haven't found a church family in which we felt like we really were a part, but that's not really the point of this post. I miss it terribly, at times. The accountability. The genuine friendships. The corporate worship. The different perspectives preached ever Sunday. But honestly? I think more than anything, we needed this time away from an organized church atmosphere. We have grown SO much in the past year. And in the past few months, it's been even greater. We are a daily work-in-progress, but I genuinely feel like we're starting to adjust to our intended roles in marriage. I fully believe that men and women were created uniquely to fit a specific role. That's what the bible says, and therefore it's what I believe. I'm not feminist by any stretch of the imagination, but I do know that it was NOT an easy pill to swallow. I felt like I shouldn't have to ANSWER to anyone, but God. I shouldn't be ruled over by some guy that isn't perfect, either… how is that fair? But can I just tell you that it's not like that at ALL?! Whether Studly fulfills his role or not, I'm to submit to his leadership as the Priest of our home. Yes, he does have rules of his own, but I think as women (at least I did) we tend to jump straight to "but HE'S supposed to…" instead of just reading our own job description and applying it ourselves. It's hard not to be the Holy Spirit FOR my husband. But that's not the idea, here. Can I tell you one more thing? It is SOOO beautiful, the thing that happens when you both work towards your own role. When you are living in the way that God intended, it is AMAZING how much better things will flow together. Seriously!! Now, some of you have GOT to know what I'm talking about, here. There are so many metaphors I can use to throw this thing into gear, but it's true. If each part of the body doesn't do its own intended function, and instead argues that another body part gets the "better" job, or the more "important" job and tries to do that instead, then we'd be doomed. Every organ can't be the heart, or there'd be no lungs, no brain, no stomach. Everything serves a purpose!! Oops. Tangent much? Sorry. What I'm trying to say is that we are learning a lot these days. And it really took us being out of an organized church environment for us to no longer rely on what we learned on the weekends to deepen our respective relationships with God. Not having a crutch to lean on required us to work through things diligently. To be more earnest in the time we DO spend with each other and with God. To be purposeful. And therefore, we're not just checking some box off of the list, but we're actually learning and training ourselves in the process. Now please know this: I am ABSOLUTELY NOT saying that ANYone should stop going to church in order to find this. I'm not even pretending that is some kind of magical equation to any kind of desired goal. Please don't think that. I'm just saying that through everything, this is what came of that for us. We had a large number of reasons for leaving the church we once attended, but not becoming a part of another church right away was not the plan at all. It's what happened, and through it all we sought after God's will for our lives. It's been a tough road, but we really believe that we've grown so so much. Anywho, I just wanted to give you a teeny little update on where we've been lately, but it's all leading up to a post I've been wanting to write on a metaphor for marriage that I've come to understand. It's nothing vast and it'll probably be nothing to knew to any of you married people (possibly even a few singles), but I don't think there's anything wrong with a little refresher or reminder from time to time. And for any single people, maybe it'll be a bit of a window to what marriage will be like when that time comes. Alright. That's enough for today, but I'm eager to hear your thoughts on the above "stuff." Have any of you gone a length of time without being active in a church? Are there any of you that don't go to church, and don't plan to? What are you thoughts on the biblical roles intended for marriage? And Be Honest, Guys. This is a judgement free zone. I can totally handle hearing that someone doesn't agree with me and I would love to discuss why it is you believe what you believe, whatever that may be. I can agree to disagree, so bring it on. :)
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Volunteers help Cantonments clean up their act
Volunteers, staff and players gathered bright and early one morning last week by the side of the pitch at Cantonments Soccer Club in Accra, Ghana. The task for the day was not about winning matches, but rather coming together to help the local community.
The club, which provides soccer training for over one hundred local children, had decided to perform a 'clean-up' of their pitch in order to make it safer to play on. Charles Gould, the Technical Director of the club was on hand with his coaching staff to ensure that everything ran smoothly and he was impressed by the attitude of his players. "Obviously they would rather be kicking a ball around," he said, "but it's been great to see everyone lending a hand."
When asked about the reasons for the project, he replied "You only have to look at the pitch to see stones, bottles and other litter that makes it potentially hazardous. Thankfully, some of our volunteers raised money to buy shovels, gloves and other equipment that we can use to clean the pitch and make it safe and enjoyable for the kids to use."
By the end of a long day much of the debris had been cleared from the pitch and everyone gathered together to take refreshments and a well-earned rest. Let's hope that all their hard work made a difference and wish them luck for the coming season!


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