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Wow, was that breathless or what? …but seriously, if you are used to the feel of the paperback Bible you got from church the first day you visited youth-group as a teenager, you won't believe how different these bindings can be.
We know "…the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart." and we love it no matter what it is printed on and no matter what it is bound with. In fact, some of the most "heirloom quality" Bibles in the world are the most plainly bound, simple, worn and weathered Bibles. What makes many Bibles "heirloom quality" is the deep personal connection to God's Word that they represent for those privileged to steward them.
So why are we giving away such high-end Bibles? Well, it all started when I received an ESV Study Bible in Premium Calfskin. I literally had no idea that leather could feel so supple, so smooth and so cottony-soft. I found myself wondering if it was fair to say that my new Bible could actually be creamy, velvety, and like butter all at the same time. When it came time to launch Bible.Logos.com I wanted to do something spectacular. I wanted to highlight the brand-new ultra-premium access to the Bible that Bible.Logos.com provides, with some ultra-premium print Bibles that people would be more familiar with.
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Every month from July thru December, we will give away 12 premium Bibles featuring the most popular translations from Bible.Logos.com, including ESV, KJV, NIV, NASB, NLT, and NKJV. These Bibles are the top-of-the-line versions and feature the highest quality leather and binding—some are valued at over $400.
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- NIV New Women's Devotional, Espresso Renaissance Fine Leather (Retail $59.99) from Zondervan
- NLT Tyndale Select, Black Calfskin (Retail $135.00) from Tyndale
- NIV Study Bible, Black Goatskin (Retail $229.99) from Cambridge Bibles
- NIV Study Bible, Black Renaissance Fine Leather (Retail $124.99) from Zondervan
- NKJV UltraSlim Bible Signature Series, Black Calfskin (Retail $129.99) from Thomas Nelson
- NLT Tyndale Select, Black Calfskin (Retail $135.00) from Tyndale
- TNIV Reference Bible, Black Renaissance Fine Leather (Retail $99.99) from Zondervan
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Atomic Clock Plugin Software
Desktop Atomic Clock is a program to synchronize your computer clock with an atomic clock over the Internet. You can choose to synchronize the time automatically or use the manual mode. ...
- dac.exe
- Softros Systems, Inc.
- Shareware ($)
- 1.18 Mb
- 9x, NT, 2000, ME, XP
Skinned atomic clock synchronizing application Atomic Clock lets you synchronize your computer's clock with any Internet atomic clock (time server). It uses a high-precision network time protocol (NTP) which provides accuracy of several milliseconds depending on the characteristics of the synchronization source and network paths.
- acdemo.exe
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On-Time Atomic Clock Sync 2 provides you with a brilliant way to synchronize your PC's clock with Internet atomic clock servers. Allows you to check your time accuracy to millisecond precision. Sync with the atomic clock server in Boulder, Colorado,. ...
- On-Time Atomic Clock Sync
- Aspire Software
- Trial ($7.00)
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Atomic PC Clock allows you to make the most of your time! Atomic PC Clock allows you to synchronize your personal computer with the National Institute of Standards and Technology atomic time servers, ensuring you always have your local time. ...
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- Trial ($19.95)
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Additional skins pack for Atomic Alarm Clock. Alert yourself about important events with different alarms and replace your computer tray clock using different skins. Computer Alarm Clock that will play any MP3 file.
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- Drive Software Company
- Freeware (Free)
- 376 Kb
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Chronos Atomic Clock Synchronizer is a utility for people who need their computers to use exact time. The program connects to various atomic clock timeservers and synchronizes your internal clock with time provided by theseservers.
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Atomic Clock - is a simple Windows Gadget that connect to atomic clock servers compare your local time with the current atomic time and shows difference between local computer time and actual time.
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Chronograph is a simple award-winning program which keeps your computer's clock accurate using atomic time servers. It is able to replace the standard Windows clock in the system tray and uses Winamp skins for thousands of different clock styles.
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Atomic Time Synchronizer is a useful and handy utility to keep your PC clock accurate. It periodically checks and synchronizes your computer clock with NIST atomic time servers, or synchronizes time between computers.
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October 26th, 2010
CMOS-based QUARTZ series shows roadmap to next generation versions;
OPAL series demonstrates production ready CoaXPress implementation
Eindhoven, The Netherlands, October 26, 2010. Adimec (http://www.adimec.com/), a world leader in application-specific, leading-edge industrial camera solutions, will use the upcoming Vision 2010 Trade Fair in Stuttgart, Germany (9-11 November) to showcase the latest innovations in its high-end camera lines, including:
Adimec, which provides solutions for machine vision, medical imaging and outdoor imaging applications, will be located in Booth D19 in Hall 4 at Messe Stuttgart, Germany.
In addition, Jochem Herrmann, Adimec Chief Scientist and chairman of the CoaXPress Consortium, will present an update on the progress of the high-speed transmission standard on Wednesday, 11 November at 13:30 in Hall 6, Stand A81.
At the show, Adimec will demonstrate the latest version of its Q-4A180 camera, which combines global shutter CMOS technology with Adimec's proprietary True Accurate ImagingTM technology for unmatched speed, accuracy and quality comparable to CCD-based solutions. The QUARTZ series provides the highest acquisition speed by combining high frame rate sensor technology with high data rate connectivity. The camera features up to 180 frames per second (FPS) performance, large field of view (FOV) with excellent uniformity, 2048 x 2048 resolution and low noise performance, making it the most advanced CMOS camera available for performance-critical applications.
Adimec will also discuss its roadmap to offer 8- and 12-megapixel versions of the QUARTZ product line, scheduled to be introduced in the coming year.
The flagship OPAL series of cameras is Adimec's most versatile family, delivering unparalleled channel matching, linearity and dynamic range at resolutions between 1-8 megapixels at more than 120 frames per second (FPS). It is the first production camera available to support the CoaXPress standard, which allows it to deliver transmission performance up to 3x faster in a single coaxial cable that combines power, GPIO, commands and image data and can extend up to 140 meters. Its CoaXPress support adds to the OPAL series' existing support of Camera Link and GigE Vision interface options.
The CoaXPress standard, which was the recipient of the 2009 Vision Award at last year's event, continues to gain momentum and adopters as the high-speed connectivity choice for next generation cameras. Consortium chairman Herrmann will be joined by other Consortium members and commercial supporters as well as representatives of the Japan Industrial Imaging Association (JIIA), the host of the standard. They will provide an update on the standardization process and discuss progress in its implementation in a variety of new products.
For more information on Adimec at Vision 2010, or to schedule a meeting with company representative, please e-mail .
Adimec specializes in the development and manufacturing of high-performance cameras that meet the application-specific requirements of key market segments, including machine vision, medical imaging, and outdoor imaging. Founded in 1992, the company partners with major OEMs around the world to facilitate the creation of industry-leading cameras that deliver a performance advantage to high-end systems. Its products meet a wide range of performance, size, cost, interface and application requirements and its True Accurate ImagingTM technology provides new levels of precision and accuracy to vision products. Adimec has offices around the world focused on creating customer value and satisfaction through local, personalized support.
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NYC official eases practices for low-level pot offenses
One day after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill allowing for the creation of a medical marijuana program in his state, the top prosecutor for one of New York's five boroughs announced that his office was loosening practices for low-level marijuana offenses.
Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson said in a statement that in most cases, his office would no longer prosecute first-time offenders for low-level misdemeanor marijuana possession. Thompson said he was making the move in order to free up law enforcement for more serious crimes, and in order to work against the pattern of saddling young people of color, who often are those arrested with minor offenses, with records that will affect the rest of their lives.
"This new policy is a reasonable response to thousands of low-level marijuana arrests that weigh down the criminal justice system, require significant resources that could be redirected to more serious crimes and take an unnecessary toll on offenders," Thompson said.
The policy will not apply to crimes that raise public health and safety concerns, he said. For instance, it will not apply to people who use marijuana around children or for people who have a history of serious drug offenses, he said.
"This policy does not express approval for the use of marijuana and should not be interpreted as such," Thompson said.
The announcement comes one day after Cuomo signed a bill to create a medical marijuana program for New York state for patients with extreme illnesses or who are seeking relief from pain.
Thompson's announcement shines a spotlight on a lingering rift between factions in the city who are for and against loosening restrictions against marijuana. Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign included calls for easing police policies.
But despite Thompson's action, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said in a subsequent statement that there would be no change in how his department handles such cases.


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Japan is the world's fourth-largest donor of official development assistance
TOKYO, June 26 (Reuters) - Advisers to Japan's foreign minister urged the government on Thursday to include richer nations among its foreign aid recipients, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pushes for Tokyo to play a bigger role in global security and diplomacy.
Japan is the world's fourth-largest donor of official development assistance (ODA) behind the United States, Britain and Germany, and its foreign minister, Fumio Kishida, has called its development aid "Japan's biggest diplomatic tool."
The advisers said Japan should keep its policy of refraining from funnelling ODA for military uses, but noted that humanitarian activities by armed forces, such as disaster relief, should not be excluded uniformly just because they are military-related.
Abe's government is reviewing its ODA policy and plans to draw up a set of new principles by the end of the year, after taking into account the panel's recommendations.
"There are countries that are beset with various types of vulnerability and development challenges even after they have achieved a certain level of growth," the advisers said in the report. "It is important to respond to development needs of those countries as broadly and as meticulously as possible, without mechanically applying income levels and other criteria."
Countries that could become new aid targets include those in the Caribbean and Middle East, some of which have outgrown the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) list of eligible ODA recipients, according to the foreign ministry.
The advisers also recommended closer coordination between the government and the private sector to maximise the effect of Japan's overseas development aid, a step that would help Japanese companies win overseas deals.
"Cooperation between the public and private sectors is getting increasingly important to bring together Japan's superior knowledge, technology, and various resources, and to support developing countries more effectively," it said.
Since taking office in December 2012, Abe has travelled extensively overseas to promote Japan's new foreign policy of making a more "proactive contribution to peace", as well as to help Japanese firms expand their overseas businesses.
Abe told a news conference on Tuesday that his approach had helped Japanese companies win more than 9 trillion yen ($88.2 billion) in foreign infrastructure orders last year, a threefold jump from a year earlier.
($1 = 102.0500 Japanese Yen) (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Linda Sieg; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
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from Jim Callis' unsigned draft picks update:
Bryan Morgado, lhp (3rd round): May get over-slot bonus
Justin Jones, lhp (7th round): Expected to attend California
This from Yahoo/Rivals:
Outfielder Brian Goodwin, meanwhile, a 17th-round pick of the White Sox, is expected to report to campus for classes [North Carolina].
UPDATE: Gonzales:
The Sox are facing a Monday night deadline for signing supplemental third-round draft pick Bryan Morgado and seventh-round pick Justin Jones. The Sox will receive a 2010 draft pick if Morgado isn't signed. Morgado could return to Tennessee for his junior season. Morgado was 4-2 with a 6.36 ERA with 75 strikeouts in 52 1/3 innings for the Volunteers but pitched exceptionally well in the Cape Cod League this summer. Jones is expected to honor his commitment to the University of California.


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Other White Sox links:
- James wonders what makes a hitter a tough out, looks at Robin Ventura's lineup construction, and finds that sometimes the Spring Training rhetoric becomes reality.
- J.J. and Tony Andracki post the 1980-1989 All-Chicago team. And J.J. wonders if Robin Ventura will change the Sox intentional walk strategy.


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In this screwball comedy, the writers strike the producers -- this time, literally.
Desperate Writers is an original two-act farce about a young couple with middle-class day jobs who take desperate measures to get their long-gestating movie screenplay taken seriously by three jaded producers. David (Chris Petschler) works as a pet photographer, and his collaborator-girlfriend Ashley (Kate Hollingshead) runs an upscale catering business. She's impatient to marry him and get a bun in the oven before her timer runs out, but he keeps complaining about getting his "ducks in a row."
The lead duck, of course, is the much-anticipated sale of their baby, a romantic-comedy script about a con man who falls in love in a twist of fate that involves a winning lottery ticket. Driven past the edge of prudence by their lack of luck, the writers decide to "force" the producers to take a meeting. Stir in a lot of other elements -- including having it all take place at Halloween -- and the result is madcap, verging on mayhem.
Gerald: We just saw What Just Happened? and the fifth episode of Entourage, so it's seeming like the silly season for insider Hollywood stories.
Georja: It's those kinds of showbiz situations where the artist is up against seemingly impossible, irrational, and erratic naysayers. Being writers ourselves -- and who isn't in this town? -- these encounters are all too familiar and at times almost painful to watch.
Gerald: That's the challenge with a Hollywood story. To audiences in town, it can be alternately funny and pathetic. But take it on the road, and I wonder.
Georja: Given the success of Entourage and a big De Niro movie about showbusiness, I think middle America might still be enthralled with the Hollywood scene.
Gerald: As the old studio bosses used to say, "Will it play in Peoria?"
Georja: The fast-action, short-scene sketch-comedy quality of this show doesn't really allow for much character development. It starts as a fantasy and ends as one too.
Gerald: The stereotyped characters are part of the joke.
Georja: Yes, but to me the highlight of the show was the hilarious monologue by producer-character Leo Goldberg (Peter Van Norden). He breaks through his stereotype when he delivers his rant about the plight of a producer trying to find a hit. His head is on the line, and he begs for sympathy in a big, schticky way--which is also believable and leaves the audience rolling on the floor.
Gerald: He implies that writers have to cope with mere rejection, but the producer faces professional death.
Georja: I want to give a nod to the direction by Kay Cole, one of this town's most accomplished directors and choreographers. Not long ago we saw her staging of Bark, a musical that has become one of my all-time favorites. Actually, Desperate Writers would be a lot of fun as a musical too.
Gerald: Turning it into a musical would crank up the silliness, and I don't think, given the material, you could turn it up too loud. You have to love wacky.
Georja: Those wacky elements include a company of zany characters who pop in and out. (The rest of the cast includes Vincent Giovanni, Judy Nazemetz, Chris Stacy, Amanda Troop, and Miki Yamashita.) Some of the scenes are like fast-paced vaudeville. The directing and choreography of that business is brilliant. And unusual for small theater.
Gerald: You've got your real-estate rep, your fast-talking agent, your secretaries and receptionists, and your actor-wannabe thugs.
Georja: I love to attend events at the Edgemar Center for the Arts. It's a wonderful venue with its Frank Gehry design, continuous art shows in the lobby, and comfortable seating. It's a large stage for a 99-seat house, and there isn't a bad seat in it.
Gerald: And they had food! It was as though Ashley's catering company had taken over the lobby. They had hors d'oeuvres and pastries, and they were pouring real wine (not the Kool Aid they have to drink on the set). Very classy and sooo Hollywood.
Georja: At the Edgemar, Michelle Danner is executive artistic director, Larry Moss is artistic director, and Alexandra Guarnieri is the managing director. Alexandra also produced this show.
Gerald: We should mention that two of the nefarious producers in the play are also its real-world writers--Burke (Joshua Grenrock) and Jessica (Catherine Schreiber). They play an estranged BevHills power couple, with chilling believability. So, Georja, just gimme the bottom line...
Georja: Lots of talent and some big laughs. Fight for your scripts!
Georja Umano is an actress-comedienne and animal advocate.
Gerald Everett Jones is the author of the Rollo Hemphill series of comic novels.
Desperate Writers. World Premiere engagement of a new comedy.
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After a few requests from readers, I have created new Twitter and Facebook pages for SiriusBuzz. Before I incorporate them into the actual design of the site I wanted to ask you guys if you would be interested in following SiriusBuzz in any other ways?
In addition to Twitter and Facebook automatically publishing all articles from the blog, I will also be going out of my to "twit" additional interesting news that you wouldn't normally see on the site, take news tips from you guys, and answer support questions about the site.


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By Alyssa Simon
Establishing new initiatives in Kenya is like trying to navigate the country's roads. In preparation for the journey, you map out your route, using a combination of faster-moving major highways and more-direct, small-village roads. However, it is not until you are en route that the clearest path becomes visible.
In July of this year, two faculty members in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences -- Edward Mills, associate professor of dairy and animal science, and Audrey Maretzki, professor emeritus of food science and nutrition -- traveled to Kenya by invitation of Judith Ernst, associate professor of nutrition and dietetics at Indiana University. Ernst was conducting an ongoing nutrition intervention project in Kenya, examining the effects of adding meat to the diets of HIV-infected women and children.
It had become clear to Ernst that the meat being used (African biltong) was too expensive for the targeted women and children. For these people to maintain access to animal-source foods once the study is completed in 2011, a more sustainable supply was needed. To address the need for locally available, sustainably produced meat-based foods, Maretzki and Mills were called upon for their work with nutribusinesses, community-based enterprises that produce shelf-stable food products.
Nutribusinesses entered the scene in the early 1990s, when Maretzki led a development project in Kenya. The nutribusiness model sought to empower rural women to cooperatively process and market nutritionally superior food products. Maretzki and her colleagues mentored the groups, encouraging the women to assume fiscal and managerial responsibility for the project, while using their professional expertise to guide the cooperative toward the production of a more nutritionally complete food.
The initial product was an infant-weaning food, based on the traditional millet porridge, ugi. Unfortunately, although filling, conventional ugi lacked many of the essential nutrients needed for physical and cognitive development in children. Thus "Operation Healthy Ugi" commenced, with the mission of modifying the Kenyan staple using local crops to deliver optimal nourishment, while staying within the scope of a traditional weaning food.
A new generation of nutribusinesses is now being envisioned, informed by studies showing that the addition of even a small amount of meat to the diets of children improves their cognitive and physical development. But the introduction of meat into the nutribusiness production system makes the goal of generating shelf-stable products considerably more difficult.
Sanitation is a major concern when processing raw meat, especially in a low-tech environment. That's where Mills' expertise in making meat products safely comes in. Mills and his graduate student, Stephen Kieras, took on the challenge of safely producing animal-source foods within the constraints existing in rural Africa. After many trials, they unveiled their creation, the "Chiparoo." The unique process for making Chiparoos met the criteria of destroying pathogens, using local ingredients and employing available technologies.
"When creating the first nutribusinesses," recounted Maretzki, "we started by asking the women, 'How do you traditionally feed your children?' Rather than assuming we knew more about how to raise children than Kenyan mothers did, we listened, learned and worked within their system."
The Chiparoo, as designed by Mills and Kieras, began with a similar question: What is already available in the area? Comprised of a combination of any meat and grain meal or starch, the possible combinations for creating a Chiparoo are infinite, allowing for community and regional differences.
Both the conception of Chiparoos and the process of setting up a nutribusiness represent a shift in the ideology of international work, according to the researchers. A nutribusiness, they contend, avoids the problem of developing a "project mentality," in which participants consent to, but do not invest in, the enterprise. Thus, from start to finish, the project remains someone else's vision. The new approach values inclusion rather than intrusion, and through its encouragement of collaboration among diverse disciplines and points of view, an appreciation of both traditional and Western knowledge becomes possible.
So, with a bag of laboratory-produced Chiparoos in one hand and a list of contacts in the other, pioneers Maretzki and Mills set off to explore the next African frontier, seeking to understand the lessons of past nutribusinesses, to find possible sites for new ventures and to meet with potential in-country leaders to champion the Chiparoo concept.
As hoped, once on the ground and attending meetings with academic counterparts, local, national and international organizations, and microfinance lenders, the dust began to settle and the landscape became more visible. Some discussions proved more promising than others, but many of the groups they spoke with wanted to jump on board immediately.
One discussion in particular, at Egerton University, provided precious insight. Maretzki described her work and interest in indigenous knowledge, then opened the floor to anyone willing to share ideas on the topic. A lively conversation ensued. Each person had a personal story of how his or her tribe viewed certain foods. Some foods are taboo; others are believed to be extremely nutritious. Some traditional practices were rooted in superstition, while others were established through centuries of experience living off the land.
One man explained that in his tribe, fish were considered lizards. "I took a few home but I was not allowed to take them into the house, because taking lizards into the house was the most senseless thing you could do," he said. The assumption made back in the Meats Lab at Penn State -- that Kenyans who live near Lake Victoria would easily produce and consume fish-based Chiparoos -- was not necessarily accurate.
Traditional knowledge and tribal taboos are often in conflict with Western suppositions, making local experience invaluable. Clearing communication pathways is the first step, using them is the second. "In Kenya," explained Alex Kirui, director of Heifer International in Kenya, "people take your advice only after they know you are a true friend."
Working from this new approach is as intricate as it is rewarding. Human interaction and behavior are complex and unpredictable. Issues of tribal differences, gender roles and trust tear at the fabric of cooperatives. Testing product formulations in the Penn State Meats Lab will continue to be an integral part of the next wave of nutribusinesses. However, Mills would be the first to admit that the logic of scientific reasoning often does not apply out in the field.
Reflecting on past and present experiences, Maretzki sighed with a smile and conceded, "The product is the easiest part."
Ed Mills, associate professor of dairy and animal science at Penn State (kneeling, with hat), and Audrey Maretzki, professor emeritus of food science and nutrition (standing, second from right), listen as a member of the Lake Victoria Fish Council in Kenya explains the processing of omena fish, a possible ingredient for Chiparoos.


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Possibly, but certainly less so than your dismissal of this practice.
Of course it will, and I know this to be so since it is what I do as part of my day in/day out practice.But, if you are really interested, from the perspective of personal experience I can say this: if you really want an effective preliminary exercise - you should build up and keep up heightened awareness to all kinds of your bodily actions during the whole day or more - before starting sitting meditation. This will help.
And in regards to "forced breathing" (Kornfield uses "heavy breathing") you are speaking from direct personal experience of doing this sort of practice? It is not my experience in regard to the Sunlun inspired concentrated breathing practice I have done.Doing any kind of physical exercises (I include forcing the breath here as well) for some 5-10-20 minutes before anapanasati will hardly give you anything - you'll get same results if you skip it altogether.
I know of what you speak. I cannot address a formal Sunlun retreat and how that is dealt with in a retreat setting by experienced teachers. Also, I expect that the body acclimatizes to the kind of breathing. For myself, it has not been, and is not an issue, since my breathing is not as intense as it is in the retreats.zom wrote:However, as I've said earlier - forcing the breath can lead to an altered state of mind - that one you get when you inflate a balloon. This is not any kind of "progress" or "success" - but simply a chemical reaction in your body.


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Thanks for the info. Will check it out! in article 397505d8 at news.victoria.tc.ca, Arthur T. Murray at uj797 at victoria.tc.ca wrote on 19/7/00 3:35 am: > Chris North, chrisnorth at mac.com, wrote on Tue, 18 Jul 2000: > >> Hello, > >> I have but an elementary understanding of Neural Networks, >> and this may well have been discussed on the group before. >> I apologise if this is the case. A quick question : > >> During my research into this subject, I've been >> reading about the work of "Imagination Engines" >> ( http://www.imagination-engines.com ) >> and their research into "dreaming" neural-networks >> to create new (inventive?) ideas from existing data. > ATM: > Bjorn Wesen in message <8l2s9n$qeq$1 at merkurius.lu.se> > has written about the down-to-earth neural-net aspects > of imaginative dreaming computers; I would like to add > that the dreaming itself already seems feasible within > http://www.geocities.com/mentifex/mind4th.html AI at Home. > > The http://www.geocities.com/mentifex/theory5.html theory > behind Mind.Forth AI encompasses dreams as the involuntary > associative recall of not yet "passivated" memory engrams, > combined with newly generated responses to the engrams. > > The primitive Mind.Forth code already includes a marker > to preserve the information of whether an engram came > in from the outside or was deposited during "re-entry" > (as described so well in the books of Gerald Edelman). > > http://www.geocities.com/mentifex/acm.html DIY AI > includes step-by-step AI coding instructions into > which anyone may insert simple code for robot dreams. > Just close off the external avenues to the SENSORIUM > by analogy with a "reticular activating formation" > in http://www.geocities.com/mentifex/sleep.html > and think up an algorithm of letting "unsettled" > memories conjure up demons of dream and nightmare. > >> One of the examples they give is "teaching" a network >> the rules of "hard" material compounds, putting the >> network into a pseudo-random dream state, and utilising >> a second neural network to watch for useful results. >> Apparently, a prototype of this system was able to >> "discover" within a few seconds new material compounds >> which had taken human beings years to realise. If this >> is true then the potential, it seems to me, is incredible. > >> I'm being incredibly naive, right? :) > >> Any thoughts welcome!


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Here's Dan Shaughnessy, during last night's rain delay, with the Sox leading the Orioles 3-2 and the Yankees leading the Rays 7-0: "I think the Rays are not going to win tonight. I think that's the one thing that we've eliminated tonight is that the Red Sox season is not going to end tonight. They live to play another day." And here's Shaughnessy again, in this morning's Boston Globe: "Game, season, dream. It was all over."
Now, I'm not one of those superstitious types who make a habit of attributing statistically aberrant baseball phenomena to angry cosmic forces roused by fairly unremarkable human behavior, but if I were, I'd start working up a pitch on that Curse of Dan Shaughnessy book right now.
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If you take a tour of the blogs this evening, you're going to see something common in the recent posts…things are accelerating.
JP, over at Japers' Rink, notes the return of Karl Alzner, Francois Bouchard, and Josh Godfrey to their junior clubs.
The OFB gang updates the training camp roster.
Mike Vogel also notes over on Dump and Chase that a few more cuts have been made (the Alzner, Bouchard, and Godfrey travel plans).
Move on to In the Room, Capitals Insider, and a few of the other regular haunts, and it is the same…things aren't just a-changin', they're doing so quickly. And there is a subtext to this, suggested in Mike Vogel's comments….
"…with the shorter training camps mandated by the CBA and the raised expectations of Washington's fortunes this season, it's more important to get the guys ready who are going to be here."
The fact reflected in this comment is that there just aren't that many roster spots open on this club. One can tinker with lines and ponder where Nicklas Backstrom might settle (as to position, not whether he will start the year in Hershey – he won't), but the roster is largely set. Over these next couple of weeks, as things continue to accelerate toward opening night, the object of the exercise is to figure out, as best as the coaching staff can, who can play with whom. And that is not conducive to long looks at guys who won't be here in October. Compare the training camp of the Redskins – 40 days of training camp in advance of their 2007 opener – to that of the Caps, who will have only 20 days preparation from the opening of camp last Friday to the opener in
One supposes that the cuts will start to accelerate as the clubs that serve as destinations of players needing further seasoning start their own camps and seasons, and some guys will be here to gain a bit of game experience while the vets are rounded into game condition. There are always the tough cuts at the end for any club, but for the Caps, the assets they will have to work with are largely known. That is by no means evidence, with all due respect to those who offer the opinion, that the "rebuild" is done, and we'll go into detail about that as we all go through the training camp schedule. For now, suffice it to say that the materials are in place – that is a happy situation the Caps have not enjoyed in several years, where some camps seemed more devoted to trying to cobble together a squad from spare parts and green wood. Not this year. And things will merely accelerate from here.


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SAN MATEO, CA -- A man was found dead outside a 24 Hour Fitness Super Sport club in San Mateo, CA, on Sunday morning.
San Mateo police are investigating the homicide, which took place between midnight and 2 a.m. Sunday, according to multiple media reports. Witnesses have told police that the 41-year-old man—identified as 24 Hour member Jack Quon from nearby Redwood City, CA—had been stabbed to death. Police say the body was discovered in bushes next to a BMW sport utility vehicle. A 911 call was made at around 8 a.m. Sunday, and when police arrived, Quon was pronounced dead at the scene.
Neither 24 Hour Fitness nor the San Mateo police department had further updates on the case when contacted today.
"24 Hour Fitness is deeply saddened by the loss of one of our members," the company said in a statement. "We wish to extend our deepest sympathy to the member's family and friends."


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Items from Sunday's game in Cleveland.
They won it here
After Derek Anderson's worst pass of the game, maybe the season, was intercepted, the Texans had a chance to take a 13-7 lead before halftime. Instead, Kris Brown's 46-yard field goal was wide right. Anderson had a second chance to redeem himself. He led the offense on an 11-play, 64-yard drive that had the Browns facing a third-and-15, and then a fourth-and-3. Anderson completed a 12-yard pass on third-and-15 to Kellen Winslow, and then he drilled a slant route to Braylon Edwards for 9 yards and a first down at the Houston 23. With 21 seconds left, Anderson hit Winslow in traffic near the left side of the end zone for a touchdown and a 14-10 lead.
They said it
"That's tough. We missed the field goal and they go down and score a touchdown. It's a tough situation. Instead of being up by three, we're down four. It goes in their favor ... then they get the ball to start the second half."
- Houston QB Matt Schaub on the halftime swing
"If you don't let them throw the ball deep on you, it's hard to be a shootout. If the team has to drive the ball, that takes some time and holds the score down as well. That helped today."
- Romeo Crennel on the game not developing into an offensive shootout
Player of the game
TE Kellen Winslow Jr. looked like the player the Browns drafted out of Miami. He caught 10 passes for 107 yards and scored a TD. Few of Winslow's 10 catches were easy. He often caught the ball in traffic and took big hits after securing the catch. He showed Sunday, again, it is nearly impossible to cover him with a linebacker.
Up and down
- Derek Anderson's 96.5 passer rating was his best since a 143 four weeks ago against St. Louis. Anderson was on target and his TD pass to Braylon Edwards fit into a small window and past LB Danny Clark.
- Return man Josh Cribbs was a nonfactor and had a long return of 29 yards. Cribbs did get some love, though. The Browns introduced their special teams prior to the game and Cribbs easily received the loudest ovation.
- Rookie CB Brandon McDonald broke up four passes, intercepted a pass and played his best game of the season.
The Browns have won five straight at home for the first time since 1994.
Brady watch
Quinn stayed warm sitting on the team's heated bench. Through 11 games, Anderson has completed 212-of-365 passes for 2,758 yards, 22 TDs and 11 interceptions. His passer rating is 89.5, a half point from being considered among the elite QBs in the NFL. Quinn won't be playing any time soon, as long as Anderson stays healthy.
Quick hitters
- Washington High School graduate and national recording artist Jeff Timmons sang the national anthem.
- When you think of Browns all-time scorers you always equate Jim Brown and Phil Dawson, right? Dawson's 25-yard field goal in the third quarter gave him 756 career points in Cleveland, which tied him with Jim Brown for third place all time. Dawson later passed him with a 27-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.
- Jamal Lewis' eight rushing TDs is the most by a Browns RB since Kevin Mack in 1991.
Grading the 'O'
It was "Throw Back Day" at Cleveland Browns Stadium and Cleveland wore its old-style helmets with the players' numbers on the side of the helmet. It looked like Maurice Carthon day in the first quarter. Cleveland gave up its first two possessions after coordinator Rob Chudzinski, who's been spot-on most of the season, left people scratching their heads on a third-and-1 call and a fourth-and-1 on the next series. Aside from a "Metcalf up the middle" type of play and using Josh Cribbs as a decoy, Cleveland's offense got it going in the second quarter. Anderson threw for 253 yards and Jamal Lewis ran for 134. That's a good day. After a first quarter that garnered one first down, the Browns finished with 21 and 397 total yards. And they scored 27 points.
Grading the 'D'
Houston isn't a great team, but the Texas have a productive offense and they were held in check Sunday. Cleveland got pressure on Schaub and sacked him twice and hurried him seven other times. If not for a late, no-huddle offensive score, the defense would have had its finest performance of the season, Crennel said. McDonald coming on and playing one of the better games of the season for a CB was a boost.
Grading the coaches
Chudzinski's conservative, head-scratching calls early in the game kept this grade down. The Browns offense kept Houston in the game longer that need be. The defense has made steady improvement the last three weeks. The Browns are winning games and looking like a difficult team to beat. They stopped a Houston team that won two in a row. A year ago people were asking for Romeo Crennel's head. Now they're asking for his autograph. The Browns are developing into a team with confidence and swagger.
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Today's Frugal Friday is brought to you via Katherine's Corner, one of my favorite blogs. One of her recent blog posts was called "That's Jarring," and really got my attention.
You see, Rick recently surprised me with a blue glass bottle he found at a yard sale. I decided to use it for olive oil and display it next to my stove so I immediately put it in the dishwasher to clean it out properly. Sadly, the dishwasher destroyed the shiny finish but I didn't want to trash it. I've been looking for a frugal way to fix it up so I can still use it and I found the perfect way when I read "That's Jarring."
Here's the before of my sad blue bottle:
As you can hopefully see, the stopper was not affected because I did not put it in the dishwasher too. Here's a glimpse from Katie's blog post that gave me the idea of how to make this bottle look much better:
Now all I need to do is buy some twine, which is on my shopping list. When I finish this project, I'll update this post with my "after" pics. Here is another sweet and frugal idea from Katie's post:
So, please stop by Katherine's Corner to see and read more of her "Jarring" post, including great pics and links to other sites with ideas about repurposing jars and bottles. Oh, stick around there awhile and you'll also find other craft projects, recipes, giveaways and lots more.
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What's not to love about chocolate? It has been used to worship gods, win political favor and woo loved ones for years – so today we celebrate chocolate and our craving for this indulgent treat. Chocolate was first discovered 2,000 years ago by the ancient Mayan and Aztec cultures of Central and South America. It originated as a spicy, frothy drink made from the ground seeds of the cacao tree and special seasonings. The word chocolate originated from the Aztec word, Xocolatl, meaning "bitter water," as cacao beans taste bitter in their natural state. These beans became so valuable that they were actually used as currency which pre-dates the cliché – money doesn't grow on trees.
It wasn't until the Spanish conquistadors and explorers, including Christopher Columbus, took the seeds home to Spain and made additional recipes, that the drink's popularity grew throughout Europe. Famed Spanish explorer, Hernan Cortes, praised chocolate, once calling it "the divine drink which builds up resistance and fights fatigue. A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk for a whole day without food." The texture and taste of chocolate has evolved over the centuries, making it one of the world's favorite flavors.
So what are you waiting for? Today is your day to eat chocolate guilt-free. And just in case you need some convincing, check out these fun chocolate facts:
Switzerland is among the top countries when it comes to chocolate consumption. The Swiss eat roughly 22 lbs of chocolate per person per year. The U.S. consumes about 11 lbs per person each year.
Eating chocolate makes you happy because it contains phenylephylamine – the same hormone the brain triggers when you fall in love.
Recent reports have found that chocolate may help lower your cholesterol level and reduce the risk of heart disease.
Hershey's, built in Pennsylvania in 1871, is the oldest and largest chocolate company in the U.S.
The most expensive chocolate in the world is a $250 creation, called the Madeleine, by Fritz Knipschildt of Knipschildt Chocolatier in South Norwalk, Connecticut. The Madeleine is a specially, handmade dark chocolate truffle complete with a rich ganache, cocoa dusting, and a French truffle inside.
Chocolate is associated with the release of serotonin, the hormone that makes you feel relaxed, calm, and happy.
Women crave chocolate more than men.
In America, 71% of consumers favor milk chocolate over other variants.
Chocolate melts in your mouth because its cocoa butter component has a melting point slightly below the human body's average temperature.


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Dodge County High School Senior Nicholas Evans, and member of the DCHS Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) leadership team, shared a time of devotion and ministry at the recent Ocmulgee FCA board meeting on Tuesday, February 11.
Evans has been a key leader in the FCA Campus Ministry at the high school for several years and also at Dodge County Middle School while there. He shared the different ministry events such as "Fields of Faith" that was held October with around 100 in attendance; huddle meetings they have done in the last couple of weeks and the possible upcoming concert in April. Evans and the leadership team are an essential part of the FCA ministry in Dodge County.
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By David Ariosto, (CNN) — As Sandy Hook Elementary School students returned to class Thursday for the first time since last month's massacre, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy set a two-month deadline for a commission to address the state's gun laws, mental health policies and public security issues.
"We don't know the underlying cause of this tragedy, and we probably never will," said Malloy, who added that that is "no reason for inaction."
Malloy appointed Hamden, Connecticut, Mayor Scott Jackson to lead a special advisory commission and set a March 15 deadline for an initial report that is expected to be addressed during the next legislative session.
"We can work together to make our state a model for the rest of the nation," said Malloy, who also called on Congress to enact stricter national gun control laws.
The move comes just weeks after a gunman killed 26 people at the Newtown elementary school, including 20 children, ages 6 and 7.
The shooter, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, also killed his mother before breaking into the school with an AR-15 assault rifle.
On Thursday, Sandy Hook parents accompanied their children to an emotional first day back in school.
"There was a little bit of anxiety, but everybody was happy to be back in the swing of things," said Sarah Swansiger, the mother of a kindergarten student.
Students from Sandy Hook attended Chalk Hill Middle School in the nearby town of Monroe because the Sandy Hook building remains part of an active investigation.
Newtown Public Schools Superintendent Janet Robinson has said that part of the Chalk Hill building had been transformed to resemble an elementary school and that security had also been increased, incorporating an upgraded system of new cameras and locks.
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Hi Guys,
We all know players will always find creative ways to find/use most broken mechanics/combos possible in game. It is a thing in every RPG and a joy in itself to find it, use it and then try to house rule it (or not :P). So share all munchies you know in EP!
I start with my fav so far: Liquid Thermite usage. Splash Micromissles with Liquid Thermite (to avoid -1d10 penalty) inside plus zap rounds = a lot of targets on fire for 3 Action Turns, and also destroying their armor at the same time. Funny combo= Seeker Pistol with LT splash missles plus zap railgun SMG/Pistol in the off hand.
Wasp Knife + Liquid Thermite + Elware/Shocking Gloves. Guy burns for full damage from inside- ouch!. Works also with Scrapper Gel.
Another one: synth combat body + ghost rider module + pupper socket + player in Eidolon + empty cyberbrain = enjoy having mental bonuses/Speed on infomorph + synthmorph combat body. Fun fac: if GM treats synth body as drone = Gunnery covers ALL weapons :). If not- you have basicelly two morphs.
Come guys, share even most riddiculous ones! :)


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…is definitely Coffee Traders, a family-owned coffee and wrap/sandwich/salad business. Every time I go to the mall or am in the vicinity of the mall, I stop there for a mozzarella and basil wrap.
The mozzarella and basil are always super-fresh, and so are the tomatoes that are also included in the soft pita. I like how the pita is nice and thin, so you don't feel too full after eating it. You can have them add whatever sauce you'd like (including ranch and blue cheese), but I always go for their staple sauce: olive oil, salt and pepper. Perfecto. Today I introduced my sister to this hidden gem.
I got my usual mozzarella and basil wrap:
And she got a buffalo chicken salad:
She got her salad with ranch dressing (and buffalo sauce of course), and loved it. According to her, it was nice having grilled chicken instead of the usual fried chicken. She felt nice and healthy, which is a big reason why I love this little joint. It's definitely much healthier than the other eateries in this food court (including Regina Pizzeria, a Mexican place and Burger King). She also liked how the buffalo sauce was less spicy than what she's accustomed to.
If you can, try to support this business! It's nice knowing the money goes to a family versus a big corporation. And they have ice cream and a wide variety of coffee drinks.


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The Comics Reporter interviews Kim Thompson
The Comics Reporter's Tom Spurgeon interviews the excellent Kim Thompson, he of the stellar Fantagraphics Books.
THOMPSON: The industry has changed far more radically, and for the better, than I ever could have imagined, in terms of the respect accorded to comics, the level of work being produced, comics' place in the market, the whole ball of wax. (You have to bear in mind that when we started cartoonists were literally wondering whether Americans would ever be willing to read comic books that ran beyond the length of an issue of Giant-Size Fantastic Four.)
The weird thing is that the idea of "graphic novels" and comics for adults has had so very little penetration into the general literate populace. Most regular people are, in my experience, still utterly stunned and confused at the very idea, New York Times Book Review reviews notwithstanding. There is a weird disconnect between the press's enthusiastic embrace and promotion of the medium and its effect on actual "mainstream" readers. You have millions of New York Times subscribers reading and presumably mostly enjoying the Jason serial, but how many of them would even think "Hey, I should go buy a book by this guy"? .001 percent?
It remains an uphill battle, and if I'd known how much of an uphill battle it would continue to be, even with all of these victories, I might have become an advertising copywriter circa 1979.
So what will it take to make the Graphic Novel a household item in all of North America? Because we're working at that one too, over here.


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The Vet Center program was established by Congress in 1979 out of recognition that significant numbers of Vietnam Era veterans were experiencing readjustment problems. Congress later extended this service to those who served during any war period, from World War II to our current conflicts.
Vet centers are community-based and are part of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The goal of the Vet Center program is to provide a broad range of counseling, outreach and referral services to eligible veterans to help them make a satisfying postwar readjustment to civilian life.
With the closing of the Pathfinder Clinic some time ago, La Plata County has lost its contracted Vet Center provider and desperately needs a new provider who will be willing to work with veterans, contract with the Colorado Vet Center and provide these much-needed services. Providers must be willing to work closely with the Durango VA Clinic staff to provide a well-grounded counseling benefits package for veterans who need of these services.
Vet Center staff members respect the privacy of all veterans and hold in strictest confidence all information disclosed in the counseling process. Family members of combat veterans have been eligible for Vet Center readjustment counseling services for military-related issues since 1979.
Readjustment counseling includes a wide range of services to assist veterans in making a satisfying transition from military to civilian life. Services include individual counseling, group counseling, marital and family counseling, bereavement counseling, military sexual-trauma counseling and referral, employment counseling and guidance, medical referrals, alcohol and drug assessments, assistance in applying for VA benefits, information and referral to community resources, outreach and community education.
Military sexual-trauma counseling may include individual or group counseling, marital and family counseling, referral for benefits assistance, liaison with community agencies, and/or substance abuse information and referral to help veterans deal with the emotions of military sexual trauma and regain confidence in their everyday life.
If you are an interested provider for La Plata County, contact the Colorado Vet Center headquarters at (303) 393-2897 for more information.
Richard Schleeter is the veterans service officer for the La Plata County Veterans Service Office. He can be reached at 759-0117 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Hi Rob, wanted to see if you could help me. I have a black/black 2016 V, and bought it without the carbon fiber package. I bought the carbon fiber front spoiler using a aftermarket friend of mines connection at his local dealer. Is it possible to put it on my bumper? I ask, cuz it looks like the spoiler is detachable, but the front splitter under the bottom mesh is fused....not sure how that would come off to make room for the carbon fiber spoiler. No one seems to know. I don't want to get it, and they can't put it on. Cadillac said there is only one bumper for the V, so it should fit.


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Thursday's forecast: More heat West, heavy rain East
Thursday, the nation will be divided into western heat, central chill, and eastern rain.
West: Searing heat and dry weather will continue along the West Coast and in the Southwest, adding to the threat of wildfires. Temperatures will be in the 80s and 90s.
Central U.S.: A fall-like feel will spread over the Rockies, northern Plains and Great Lakes as temperatures only top out in the 50s and 60s in many spots. A few scattered afternoon thunderstorms are possible in the Rockies.
East: A very slow moving cold front will inch its way toward the eastern seaboard Thursday, dumping heavy rain from the eastern Great Lakes all the way south to Florida. The rain could lead to flash flooding in some areas.
Weather history for May 15: In 1992, snow and high winds pelted northern Montana. In 2001, St. Cloud, Minn., set a record high temperature of 97 degrees. In 2011, the temperature rose only to 53 degrees in Sacramento.
And, here's a look at some of our best reader weather photos. To submit yours, go to yourtake.usatoday.com


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As a scientist at Pesticide Action Network, I am frequently asked these days to explain what genetically engineered (GE) crops have to do with pesticides. When I answer that GE crops both contain and drive up pesticide use, I am often met with earnest incredulity. We seem to need to believe that GE technology is the best thing since sliced bread.
On a radio program just last week, a caller voiced his genuine hopes to me that GE crops would provide a green solution to the woes of the world since he'd heard that these crops increase yield, cure blindness and reduce pesticide use. I was sorry to have to disappoint him on all counts, since GE crops have consistently failed to improve yield, have done nothing to date for Vitamin A deficiency-related blindness and have driven increases in pesticide use since their introduction some sixteen years ago.
On this last point, a new study on GE crops out last week added yet more weight to the body of evidence contradicting the GE crop industry's long-standing myth. Published Friday in the journal Environmental Sciences Europe, the Washington State University (WSU) study offers a simple but devastating finding: GE seeds dramatically increase pesticide use, and that use will grow unless we change the course of our food and farming system.
So here it is, the pesticide industry's dirty little secret: GE seeds are no green solution to the world's food needs, but are rather the growth engine of the world's biggest pesticide companies. In point of fact, the latest wave of GE crops is expected to drive a 25-fold increase in the use of one particularly nasty pesticide (2,4-D) in corn over the next seven years.
Analyzing USDA data, the study—authored by WSU research professor Charles Benbrook, a former National Academy of Sciences' executive director—shows that GE crops have driven up overall pesticide use across the country, with 400 million more pounds applied from 1996 to 2011. Just last year, GE crops used 20 percent more pesticides on average than non-GE crops. The adoption of herbicide-resistant crop technology has been the primary driver, contributing to a 527 million pound increase in herbicide use during the same period. And the increase in pesticide use is expected to continue, if USDA approves the next wave of GE herbicide-resistant crops.
Back to the future: new GE seeds and old pesticides
These new data remind us that–notwithstanding the marketing tactics of Monsanto, DuPont and Dow–our farmers and agroecosystems remain tethered to the pesticide treadmill in ways that we all pay for in one way or another.
At least two-dozen types of weeds are now resistant to glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup. Farmers throughout the southeast and, increasingly, the Midwest, are abandoning entire fields to these 'superweeds.' In California, the most agriculturally productive and diverse state in the nation, weeds have developed resistance to both glyphosate and paraquat, infesting up to an estimated million acres, with the area and type of resistant weeds continuing to rise. As weeds become increasingly resistant to RoundUp, farmers use greater quantities of the product and eventually resort to older, even more dangerous pesticides. And as the Benbrook study notes, farmers are on the hook for these less effective, increasingly hazardous and expensive products.
The next cycle of the treadmill is especially frightening. 2,4-D-resistant corn is the first in a new flood of industry products currently under consideration by USDA. If the agency approves it and other 2,4-D crops, use of this hazardous pesticide in corn is expect to surge 25-fold over the next seven years, putting farms, farmers and rural communities in harm's way. The chemical has been linked to birth defects, neurological damage and cancer, and children are especially susceptible to its effects. For these reasons, 70 medical doctors and health professionals joined Pesticide Action Network this summer in urging EPA to reject Dow AgroScience's application for new uses of 2,4-D.
What now?
Monsanto, Dow and other major pesticide companies stand to benefit the most from the continued use of glyphosate and surge in 2,4-D and other chemical sales that will accompany the next round of herbicide-based GE crops. So it should come as no surprise that the largest opponents of California's 'Right to Know' ballot initiative to label GE foods are the pesticide companies, together spending nearly $20 million to blanket the airwaves with false and misleading ads about the initiative. I am heartened, however, by recent polls showing Californians resolute in their demand that GE food be labeled.
Of even greater importance, perhaps, is the fact that people are asking serious questions about this technology, and its place in our food and farming systems. Finally we are having a genuine public conversation about genetic engineering, pesticides, our health, our rights and who should control what we eat and how we grow our food: corporations or communities. True, we should have had this conversation sixteen years ago, before the first GE seeds were ushered to market by our public agencies, without adequate safety or efficacy testing. But here and now is still a very good place to start.
Additional resources for editors and reporters:
- Summary of existing research on genetic engineering.
- Additional information on 2,4-D corn and the other genetically engineered crops in the pipeline.
- Major findings and summary of new report from Washington State University.
This blog post was originally published on Civil Eats.
For information about California's Proposition 37 about the Right to Know campaign to Label GMOs in Foods, please visit: www.carighttoknow.org
I am confused. The Latimes had a very powerful editorial on the sloppy writing of Prop 37 which does not http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/13874-genetically-modified-food-industrys-dirty-little-secret.
"Unfortunately, the initiative to require labeling of those ingredients is sloppily written. It contains language that, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office, could be construed by the courts to imply that processed foods could not be labeled as "natural" even if they weren't genetically engineered. Most of the burden for ensuring that foods are properly labeled would fall not on producers but on retailers, which would have to get written statements from their suppliers verifying that there were no bioengineered ingredients — a paperwork mandate that could make it hard for mom-and-pop groceries to stay in business. Enforcement would largely occur through lawsuits brought by members of the public who suspect grocers of selling unlabeled food, a messy and potentially expensive way to bring about compliance.
These are all valid arguments for rejecting Proposition 37, but a more important reason is that there is no rationale for singling out genetic engineering, of all the agricultural practices listed above, as the only one for which labeling should be required. So far, there is little if any evidence that changing a plant's or animal's genes through bioengineering, rather than through selective breeding, is dangerous to the people who consume it. In fact, some foods have been engineered specifically to remove allergens from the original version. By contrast, there is obvious reason to be worried about the fact that three-fourths of the antibiotics in this country are used to fatten and prevent disease in livestock, not to treat disease in people. The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from overuse of pharmaceuticals poses a real threat to public health. So why label only the bioengineered foods? Because the group that wrote Proposition 37 happened to target them. What's needed is a consistent, rational food policy, not a piecemeal approach based on individual groups' pet concerns."
What are your thoughts about this?
Thanks for your very thoughtful questions, Paulette.
Indeed, GE does differ significantly from conventional or natural breeding. In GE, artificial gene units are created by isolating and splicing together fragments of DNA from organisms and then inserting these into cells of completely unrelated organisms (i.e. not only from different species or families, but even different kingdoms - such as bacteria, viruses, animals and plants all potentially mixed together). The insertion process is in fact very crude; the artificial gene units are inserted either with a gene "gun", a bacterial "truck" or a chemical or electrical treatment, along with a "promoter" gene from a virus to get the artifical gene unit to express itself. Part of the problem here is that there is no way to precisely control WHERE the new genetic material ends up, and it can easily end up destabilizing the genome which is a complex whole made up of intricately interwoven and interacting parts that together maintain complex regulatory pathways and the organism as a whole.
Re: health effects, there is a growing body of peer-reviewed scientific evidence from animal studies that points to serious health harms from consuming GE food. The findings are by no means definitive, but clearly indicate the urgent need for more, comprehensive long-term health and safety studies. In the case of the recently created GE cow which produces milk with reduced beta-lactoglobulin (an important protein essential in absorption of vitamins that causes allergies in a relatively small number of people, most of whom will outgrow it in early childhood), the results are highly problematic in that for unknown reasons, the GE milk has doubled the presence of another milk protein, casein, which actually is a much more common allergen (most people with milk allergies are reacting to casein). Unlabeled, this new GE milk could dramatically increase allergies while also reducing the nutritional value for people without milk allergies. These problems illustrate the unpredictable results and unintended side effects that come along with genetic engineering.
I fully agree with you that ultimately we need a comprehensive and rational food policy, and it should address antibiotics, irradiation and other interventions of concern. Unfortunately, FDA does not require any independent long-term health studies into GE food. 90 day animal studies supplied by industry manufacturer suffice. It is also virtually impossible for independent researchers to conduct studies because the seed manufacturers use licensing agreements to prohibit such research unless first approved by the manufacturer. Even so, the companies reserve the right (and have exercised it) to suppress publication of results, if not favorable. Rather than quibble over the methodology, statistcs, sample size etc of the existing studies that have raised some red flags, I believe that our public agencies should be redoubling their efforts to get to the bottom of this very important public health question, and should be funding and supporting the execution of rigorous, comprehensive studies by independent scientists.
As to labeling, Prop 37 is a starting point, and a very good one. The reason it focuses on GE organisms is because for a couple years before the initiative was even drafted, national polls by major news outlets all found that 85-95% of Americans all want GE food labeled. So it's a response to a public demand, that crossed political party lines, geographic regions, class and race.
I hope this long reply helps. Thanks again for joining the conversation!


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Central Connecticut senior women's basketball player Jaclyn Babe was named to the Capital One Academic All-District Team by CoSIDA. Babe represents the Blue Devils on the team for District One, which includes institutions from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and New York.
Babe has posted stellar numbers as a senior guard for the Blue Devils. She has scored 447 points, which is one more than she scored during her junior season in New Britain. Babe is averaging 16.0 points per game this season and is shooting 43% from the field and 82% from the free throw line.
She has also contributed 80 assists, 113 rebounds and 72 steals for the Blue Devils this season.
In the classroom, Babe is a marketing major with a 3.74 grade point average. She has been a student-athlete at CCSU for the last three years after transferring from Duquesne University.
Babe and the Blue Devils finished with a 16-13 record and a 10-8 mark in NEC play. CCSU will travel to Saint Francis U on Sunday, March 10, for the opening round of the Northeast Conference Tournament.


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A new study showed that HIV-infected individuals had very high levels of harmful bacteria in their digestive systems that could make their lack of immunity even worse. The researchers believed that the bacteria might directly weaken the digestive system's barriers and specific immunity.
Researchers studied 32 men, including nine without HIV infection and 23 with HIV infection. They found that the bacteria in the digestive tracts of HIV-infected individuals differed from the bacteria found in digestive tracts of HIV-uninfected persons. The HIV-infected participants had unusually high levels of salmonella, escherichia, shigella, and staphylococcus bacteria in their digestive tracts. These bacteria cause food poisoning that would not be serious for a person with an intact immune system, but in HIV-positive persons, the symptoms of food poisoning -- fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and dehydration -- persist, causing the body to waste away from the infection.
The researchers suggested that high levels of harmful bacteria in the digestive tract were part of the way HIV attacked the patient's immune system to make it useless. The existence of a large amount of bacteria in the body would trigger the body's initial immune response, called inflammation, and summon other immune cells to the infection site to kill the invading bacteria. HIV multiplies by entering immune response cells that would normally stop an infection and destroying them. The inflammation then continues in the body, making it vulnerable to even more infections. Since the researchers have identified high levels of harmful bacteria in HIV-infected patients, clinicians treating HIV-infected individuals can pay attention to symptoms of infection from these bacteria.
The full report, "Dysbiosis of the Gut Microbiota Is Associated With HIV Disease Progression and Tryptophan Catabolism," was published online in the journal Science Translational Medicine (2013; doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.3006438).


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How much water should you drink each day? It's a simple question with no easy answers. Studies have produced varying recommendations over the years, but in truth, your water needs depend on many factors, including your health, how active you are and where you live.
Although no single formula fits everyone, knowing more about your body's need for fluids will help you estimate how much water to drink each day.
Water is your body's principal chemical component and makes up about 60 percent of your body weight. Every system in your body depends on water. For example, water flushes toxins out of vital organs, carries nutrients to your cells and provides a moist environment for ear, nose and throat tissues.
Lack of water can lead to dehydration, a condition that occurs when you don't have enough water in your body to carry out normal functions. Even mild dehydration can drain your energy and make you tired.
Every day you lose water through your breath, perspiration, urine and bowel movements. For your body to function properly, you must replenish its water supply by consuming beverages and foods that contain water.
So how much fluid does the average, healthy adult living in a temperate climate need? The Institute of Medicine determined that an adequate intake (AI) for men is roughly 3 liters (about 13 cups) of total beverages a day. The AI for women is 2.2 liters (about 9 cups) of total beverages a day.
Everyone has heard the advice, "Drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day." That's about 1.9 liters, which isn't that different from the Institute of Medicine recommendations. Although the "8 by 8" rule isn't supported by hard evidence, it remains popular because it's easy to remember. Just keep in mind that the rule should be reframed as: "Drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of fluid a day," because all fluids count toward the daily total.
You may need to modify your total fluid intake depending on how active you are, the climate you live in, your health status, and if you're pregnant or breast-feeding.
Although it's a great idea to keep water within reach at all times, you don't need to rely only on what you drink to meet your fluid needs. What you eat also provides a significant portion of your fluid needs. On average, food provides about 20 percent of total water intake. For example, many fruits and vegetables, such as watermelon and tomatoes, are 90 percent or more water by weight.
In addition, beverages such as milk and juice are composed mostly of water. Even beer, wine and caffeinated beverages — such as coffee, tea or soda — can contribute, but these should not be a major portion of your daily total fluid intake. Water is still your best bet because it's calorie-free, inexpensive and readily available.
Generally if you drink enough fluid so that you rarely feel thirsty and produce 1.5 liters (6.3 cups) or more of colorless or light yellow urine a day, your fluid intake is probably adequate. If you're concerned about your fluid intake or have health issues, check with your doctor or a registered dietitian. He or she can help you determine the amount of water that's right for you.
To ward off dehydration and make sure your body has the fluids it needs, make water your beverage of choice. It's also a good idea to:
Although uncommon, it is possible to drink too much water. When your kidneys are unable to excrete the excess water, the electrolyte (mineral) content of the blood is diluted, resulting in low sodium levels in the blood, a condition called hyponatremia. Endurance athletes, such as marathon runners, who drink large amounts of water, are at higher risk of hyponatremia. In general, though, drinking too much water is rare in healthy adults who eat an average American diet.
Mayo Clinic Staff