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While still working our way through a lot of data, this article asks the question: Did SETI@home ever find aliens?
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Thanks for the post! i will read it all
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LOL, something that just isn't translatable into plain text:
"Since then, we've spun off a project called the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing, which is pronounced 'BOINC.' It is being used by about 60 projects currently, doing everything from simulating evolution, investigating the structure of the galaxy, as well as developing code for protein folding to try and develop new cures for diseases.â€
There are still many ways now how to actually pronounce that 'BOINC.' :)
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I'm kinda guessing it would have made the news for a day or two if it had.
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I think the question we must ask, is the following: if SETI @ home was or has already found alien signals will be able to reveal it.
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I think the question we must ask, is the following: if SETI @ home was or has already found alien signals will they be able to reveal it.
On that theory...
I have always believed that if the signal was found, some governments (if not all and especially organizations like UN) would attempt to keep it a secret. Trying to prevent world hysteria and global chaos.
Because, yes, we SETI enthusiasts will probably be overwhelmed and overjoyed by such a discovery, but the rest of the world may be frightened to a whole new level knowing that some other (possibly more evolved) beings are out there.
And this idea will bring chaos and disaster.
If you look at human history and how in the past couple of millenia we've waged wars against people that were technologically inferior, I can understand that some will think that it could mean the end of humankind should we discover that we're not alone.
However, light takes a long time to reach us, as do radio waves. And a while back I found a video on YouTube that had somebody explain that if aliens would look at us with a massive telescope at a distance of several light years, they would probably see a planet with dinosaurs. And therefore not find our planet interesting to investigate.
Looking at how we scout the skies for signals, probably any signal that we find will be centuries old and the civilization that had send it might already be extinct. It would probably be a scream for help as they knew their planet was doomed.
Now, if you look at how aliens have been portrayed in novels and movies over the last century our imagination runs wild. We've imagined them as being friendly weird looking creatures curious to learn (as in E.T.), or technologically superior, human looking beings trying to make new friends (Vulcans in Star Trek). We've seen them as killing machines that don't need technology to kill (Aliens). And we've seen them as pilots of massive machines that can kill dozens in a single blast (War of the Worlds).
The question you ask may be "Will SETI (or any government) reveal what they find if they find anything?"
The question I ask is "What will the aliens do once they've discovered we've been listening to them?"
Here on earth, if you stumble upon a secret encrypted mail from some government agency you may risk jailtime.
But what if aliens thought you might have been eavesdropping on them, will they annihilate the entire human population?
I would love to see the day that SETI finds something, that the world rejoices and all of humankind will come together and make peace knowing that we're not alone. That we send a "hello" back and be visited by friendly beings that will teach us how to better ourselves.
I would love a scenario like the movie "Contact" to become a reality.
But I think that governments would intervene the second that SETI says "We've got one!".
Only time will tell.
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Even if we grant the possibility that governments might prefer to keep the existence of technologically advanced extraterrestrials secret, this would probably not be possible.
There have been several instances in which possible evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life was detected and discussed openly in the scientific community, and even the news media.
We need look no further than the current situation with a putative civilization around the star KIC 8462852, which might be causing the dimming of their star, from our point of view, with its orbiting megastructures.
In none of these instances did any government swoop in and conceal the evidence, or further work bearing on it.
They could not have known if any of the previous discoveries would turn out to be true SETI discoveries. If governments wait until extraterrestrial intelligence is scientifically determined to exist, it will be too late to do any concealing. The announcement will have been made.
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But I think that governments would intervene the second that SETI says "We've got one!".
I'm just not that cynical. I'm a realist, but I'm also an optimist, plus the truth would leak out one way or another.
the world may be frightened to a whole new level knowing that some other (possibly more evolved) beings are out there.
I think there are enough sane intelligent people around the world that chaos would not ensue. I also think most religions would adapt to the notion of life on other worlds.
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But I think that governments would intervene the second that SETI says "We've got one!".
As far as I understand it, if Seti finds the next "WOW" signal, the first thing is to ascertain in-house that is repeatable and not just a once off or RFI. Having done that they will then pass the info to a number of other scientific institutions, and ask them to independently confirm it. Only then would Seti intend to go public.
It is at that point before they do, when many people know about it, that the information will most likely come to the attention of the security services. Then at that time I believe it will be suppressed for a number or reasons.
2. There would be world wide panic, civil unrest, and breakdown of law and order if it was splashed across every newspaper front page.
3. Most religions would be seriously dented to the point of collapse, unless their leaders could convince their followers that the Aliens probably also worshipped the same God.
I'm just not that cynical. I'm a realist, but I'm also an optimist, plus the truth would leak out one way or another.
I am not cynical, I am a practical realist which in turn means being quite pragmatic.
I think there are enough sane intelligent people around the world that chaos would not ensue.
Sorry I do not. If you want an example, remember the 1938 radio transmission of War of the Worlds in the USA. OK it has been much hyped up over the decades, but quite a few people were genuinely spooked at the time.
But some point to the emergence of sci fi after WWII with Dan Dare onwards from the 1950's. Star Wars, Star Trek, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 2001 etc. They suggest that the worlds population has been carefully "conditioned" to expect contact at some point.
I also think most religions would adapt to the notion of life on other worlds.
Again, sorry, I have to disagree, unless they manage to advocate No.3 above. People get indoctrinated into religion, or have a belief set that seems to lose the ability to be open to modifications or alternatives.
Also bear in mind that If "they" are out there we have no idea whether they are Klingon, Vulcan, Borg, or even Vogons. We might rue the day we saw them and shouted Hi! Over here!
Should we still look? Hell yes!! In my opinion anything we do find will be so far away as to make any physical contact impossible. But if they could galacticly email us with a cure for cancer, how marvellous would that be???
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Hmmm... Well, I wonder what the Pope would do? ;~)
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Do governments, through their security services, maintain clandestine channels of information from radio astronomy observatories and/or the institutions that support them?
Do SETI institutions have 'moles' or do they have their communications listened to and analyzed on a 'real time' basis? Do security agencies have the ability to judge when to intervene in the confirmation process, just before an announcement of a conformed SETI signal? Could they predict and forestall pre-announcement 'leaks' of the facts, which are likely to occur?
They would also have to avoid acting too soon, lest they reveal their intentions in the case of a plausible signal that turned out to be a false alarm. This all seems to give these security agencies a good deal of credit, which we know from history, often misinterpret matters, or are taken by surprise by much more mundane happenings.
The 'War of the Worlds' broadcast described a military invasion by extraterrestrials, not the simple discovery of a radio signal from space. Given the realistic approach of the play, in effect simulating news broadcasts, it's not surprising that some people who didn't listen carefully, and missed the disclaimers before during and after the show, were upset. It's a myth that there was widespread panic. The show was over in an hour, anxious people settled down, and society obviously did not collapse.
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Quite good comment from you here regarding this subject, Mr. Watson.
I guess you happen to be just as curious as myself when it comes to these things.
As time passes by, some people are coming while some people choose to be leaving.
For now I choose to stay.
Where are you supposed to find relevant information about the subject of possible extraterrestrial intelligence?
Some people choose to make it entertainment only while others are more likely to believe in the possible horror stories that may be around.
Who are we supposed to believe in all of this?
Perhaps those people who had foreign elements removed from their bodies which later were found to be elements of silicon.
That is the possible physical explanation when it comes to this subject.
When asleep in our beds, we are not supposed to be noticing any possible visitors entering the room and the whole thing, if possibly being experienced, rather becomes an issue related to a loss of memory which eventually may be remembered by means of either a memory recall when awake, perhaps in a dream, or possibly by means of hypnotic surrection.
An alien visitor might well by invisible, or it may be paying a visit by means of a craft or even a force field of sorts.
Here we again are only speculating, but most likely a technical civilization more advanced than ourselves should be better at controlling or harnessing the forces of energy for a given purpose other than only creating energy for pure consumption or use.
Angels and daemons possibly being found in the celestial sky are supposed to be part of our imagination and dreams.
We happen to be looking into the sky because we think that there may be something there to be found that we do not already happen to know about.
While our civilization is filled with noises everywhere, space is noiseless and having no air or water floating around.
Also space is a place where radiation is likely to destroy any living forms based on the principle of biology.
There should always be made a separation between those environments which are too hostile for anything to be living and those places which could be a place to stay.
There are not many eskimos living here on this earth anymore. Those who happen to be so are hunting whales and seals by means of scooters and not by means of skiing.
In the same way we do not find any native Indians having big stomaches anymore living on the island of Hawaii. Like most other people they have become civilized and working for the rest of us for the sake of an income.
More than 500 years ago, Christopher Columbus set sail for what become America in the hope of finding a way to India by means of going to the west instead of rather traveling to the east.
Eventually he became the discoverer of what today is only an island being located in the Atlantic ocean and not the American continent itself.
Space travelers on the other hand could be paying a visit to Earth because they may already know about the resources that might be available and for now left for us to be using.
If this should not be so, any such visitors might well be stumbling across the Earth by means of pure chance only.
They could be traveling through space by the speed of light and for some reason make a short stop on their journey, only to discover that they have come across our own civilization.
Perhaps they may give the thought that they could make themselves known, or in some other way try to blend in or mix with ourselves, next only realizing the fact that they happen to be just too different and therefore should be finding somewhere else to go instead.
Most likely such a thing becomes only science fiction. For now we do not know whether or not such a thing ever happened.
Even a xx+ triplet score is most likely not able to tell the true facts behind such a story.
Possibly I am dreaming right now and should better wake up.
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Fair comments Michael, but as it won't be in my lifetime, I'm not worrying about it one way or the other :-)) If you find out the tipple that MP is on, do let me know!
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About: KIC 8462852 Why look intelligent civilizations? What if they are in the prehistoric age, they know nothing technologies are animals, birds or fish ... or trilobites? ...
Send airwaves today, as if Columbus had thrown a stone from Spain in 1492 to see if it fell in America ...
Sobre: KIC8462852 ¿Porqué buscar civilizaciones inteligentes? ¿Y si están en la edad prehistórica, no conocen tecnologÃas ni nada, son animales, aves o peces...o trilobites?...
Enviar ondas de radio hoy, es como si Colón hubiera tirado una piedra desde España en 1492 a ver si caÃa en América...
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There was a news article on the observer a couple of days ago. Check it here http://observer.com/2015/12/astronomer-douglas-vakoch-on-setis-search-for-alien-life/
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LOL, something that just isn't translatable into plain text:
I was calling it BI-ON-IC for years until I realised I'd got the letters wrong :)
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Hehehe it's been nicknamed Bionic for years :-))
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I pronounce it "Boink"... the sound the servers make when everyone asks for AP Tasks.
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Week in review
A mining and exploration retrospect for April 6 to 12, 2013
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Projects go under, under new Ontario law
"We're not working in Ontario any longer and, yes, that's because of these regulations." Friday's Toronto Star quoted Wally Rayner, VP of exploration for Mineral Mountain Resources TSXV:MMV, on the provincial Mining Act amendments that took full effect April 1.
Gone is the free entry system. In its place are requirements that companies and individual prospectors file plans with the government for even the earliest-stage work. That's followed by a minimum 30-day period for public comments. Prospectors and explorers are now specifically required to consult and accommodate aboriginals. "Many find the regulations too onerous for an industry already in dire financial straits," the Star reported.
Last month, even before the new regs took hold, Solid Gold Resources TSXV:SLD was denied an exploration permit in what the company said "appears to be a politically motivated abuse of power and indicates the unfair political interference that permeates the new exploration regime." Now trading for a penny, the company has had uneasy relations with a Timmins-region native band.
Last February International Millennium Mining TSXV:IMI backed out of an option on its Hope Lake property, saying "the constraints of Ontario's modernized Mining Act provided incentive for ending the agreement."
Mineral Mountain's Rayner also told the Star that delays jeopardize spending deadlines mandated by flow-through shares. "If the exploration is held up because of consultations or permits, then this whole financing system falls apart," he said.
The reporter added, "The Ontario Bar Association echoed that concern in a submission to the ministry last year."
The new act presents problems for natives too. Shawn Batise, executive director of the Wabun Tribal Council, told the Star his group has been overwhelmed with requests for consultation. "Today we got 12 requests, eight yesterday, six the day before, 20 last week…"
As for Quebec …
Over 10,000 people signed a petition expressing concern about possible changes to the province's royalties structure, the Quebec Mining Association announced on Tuesday. Following a round of talks with industry reps, the Parti Quebecois government now ponders a 5% tax on the gross value of annual mine production and a 30% royalty on yet-to-be-defined "super profits."
"Quebec has already the highest royalties and corporate tax rates among all the main mineral-producing provinces in Canada," the QMA stated.
QMA president/CEO Josée Méthot added, "The damage caused to the Quebec economy could be far greater than the benefits derived from an increase in royalties."
But in Saskatchewan …
One provincial government has actually cut royalties. Saskatchewan's new system re-evaluates uranium mining costs in a manner that will slash taxes by about $15 million a year, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix reported on Tuesday. Premier Brad Wall discussed the revamped royalties at the offices of Cameco Corp TSX:CCO, where he joined federal politicians to announce a uranium trade deal with India. Canada had banned uranium exports to the country in 1974, after it used a Canadian-made reactor to create plutonium for a nuclear bomb.
Following a recent and similar deal with China, the India agreement "will mean literally billions of dollars worth of sales of Saskatchewan uranium into these two markets," the StarPhoenix quoted Wall.
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Different cultures have different tastes. That's a given, and will always result in slight differences in game ratings. But what's just happened to 3DS game Dead or Alive: Dimensions is too strange to overlook.
The game won't be sold in Sweden, Norway and Denmark because of fears over the region's child pornography laws, which forbid the illustration of underage girls in sexualised situations. True to the series' form, Dead or Alive: Dimensions has that in spades in its photography mode.
Yet in Australia, a land constantly derided for its supposedly antiquated video game classification, it's received a PG rating. Meaning it can be bought and played by anyone. Even if that anyone is a five year-old kid. Or, as some Scandinavian lawmakers would fear, child pornography aficionados.
Perhaps sensible, normal gamers in both territories could institute some kind of hostage swap. Direct trades of copies of Dead or Alive: Dimensions for the new Mortal Kombat, for example.


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50 Reasons HHS Should Reverse its Decision on Emergency Contraception
Here is a $12 billion problem we really can actually go a long way towards eliminating.
Here is a $12 billion problem we really can actually go a long way towards eliminating.
There are 62 million American women of childbearing age, 43 million of whom are "at risk" for unintended pregnancy. Women manage their fertility for an average of 30 years. "At risk"—like an unplanned pregnancy is something that just happens to you, out of your control. NOT. These pregnancies have consequences for all of us. Someone needs to introduce the Purity Bear to the $12 billion dollars worth of consequences. And that's a conservative estimate.
Most girls and women (some of whom are part of a couple…) don't get pregnant if they don't want to when they have access to safe, affordable birth control, including emergency contraception. There are no medical or scientific reasons why girls and women need prescriptions for methods relevant to their needs. Just religious, shame-based ones based on stereotypes, control and fear. We should be scheduling birth control biotechnologies the way we do vaccines and they should not require prescriptions. That or we should start requiring prescriptions for condoms. Exactly how long do you think that option would fly with the Pecker Patrol?
The most obvious and immediate issue is the fact that emergency contraception, Plan B, is not available without a prescription and should be. The longer term issue is why American women are ill-informed about and therefore not using long-acting forms of reversible contraception.
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It's been almost exactly a year since, in an unprecedented move, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, in an act of what some called scientifically unethical "national malpractice," overruled a Food and Drug Administration recommendation and restricted access to emergency contraception long known to be safe and effective for all females of childbearing age. This was roundly condemned by reproductive health care advocates as a political act, contrary to good public policy, sound scientific reasoning and bad for women and their health.
Unplanned pregnancies pervasively affect us all: Personally. Societally. Economically. And I'm not only thinking about the "motherhood penalty," direct medical costs or obvious expenses related to children. There are clear linkages to increases in other social ills: like crime, lower education levels, higher incidences of domestic abuse, increased pressure on the welfare system and more. Children who result from unplanned pregnancies are far likelier to experience developmental problems, poorer physical and mental health, to struggle in school. These steep costs exponentially exceed the cost of society's providing easy, affordable access to birth control.
Here are 50 reasons to sign this petition urging Kathleen Sebelius to do the right thing, get us on the right track, and make safe and effective contraception, especially emergency contraception, available to all girls and women and couples who need it, when they need it.
50 Facts About Unplanned Pregnancies
- Rank of the US for unplanned teen pregnancies among developed nations: 1
- Rank of the US for abortions globally: Second
- Percentage of pregnancies in the US that are unplanned: 49%
- Percentage of women by the age of 45 who have experienced an unplanned pregnancy in the US: about 50%
- Number of girls or women who can get pregnant: 43 million
- Number of boys or men who can get pregnant: 0 million
- Age at which a boy or man can independently acquire over the counter birth control that meets his needs and for which he is responsible: Any age, unrestricted access
- Average cost to a boy or man: About $1.34 per condom
- Average costs of birth control technologies to women: $15.00-50.00 for month of pills, or Handy-dandy calculator for other methods
- Average at which a girl in the United States is able to become pregnant: 12.6 years
- Average age at which a boy in the United States is able to become pregnant: Never
- Age at which a girl can get emergency contraception if the pharmacist doesn't mislead her: 17
- Percentage chance of getting pregnant from one act of sex: 5% to 30% depending on where a woman is in her reproductive cycle
- Rank of condoms in terms of efficacy among four categories of contraception: 4th
- Reason given by a pharmacist in Tulsa who refused to sell emergency contraception to an adult man : "I don't feel comfortable with it."
- Number of states with "conscious clause" legislation allowing pharmacists to decline to fill birth control prescriptions because of their religious objections: 12
- Percentage of US women in their 20's whose pregnancies are unintentional: 69%
- Rate change in unintended pregnancy for high-income women since 1994: 29% decrease
- Rate change in unintended pregnancy for low-income women, or those beneath the poverty line, since 1994: 50% increase
- Percentage of unintended pregnancies in the US that end in abortions: approximately 38%
- Percentage of US adolescents today who have had sex: 46%
- Percentage of all teen births in the developed world that take place in the US: 71%
- Likelihood that a teenage who has sex without contraception becomes pregnant within a year: 90%
- Percentage decrease in chances of an abortion with birth control use: 46%
- Percentage of adolescents in the a recent survey given the wrong age for requirements for emergency contraception by pharmacists: >50%
- Percentage of American women currently living in states whose legislatures are hostile to Planned Parenthood: More than 50%
- Decline in unwanted pregnancies when free birth control (all kinds) were made availableto teen girls: from 34 per 1,000 teens nationally to 6.3 per 1,000 teens in the study group
- Rank of US for maternal mortality in the world: 50th in the world
- Rate at which the US maternal mortality has changed in the past 25 years: Doubled
- Rate at which African American women die due to maternity related issues compared to women of European descent in the US: 3.2 to 1
- Estimated reduction in maternal deaths due to increased contraceptive use: up to 35%
- Estimated number of pregnancies and abortions that would have been avoided if 65,000 women participating in a study had had easy, regular access to birth control pills: 1,300 publicly funded pregnancies and 300 abortions
- Chances that Emergency Contraception causes an abortion: 0%
- Chances that EC, when effective, prevents the need for an abortion: 100%
- State in which a rape victim was denied emergency contraception based on pharmacists objections: Oklahoma
- Number of women who get pregnant from rape every year: 32,000
- Percentage of rape victims who are under the age of 18: 15%
- Amount the federal government spent on abstinence programs since 1982:1.5 billion dollars
- Percentage of students who got pregnant that drop out of New Yorks public school system: 70%
- Percentage of boys who fathered babies who dropped out: Not measured.
- Percentage of parents who opted out of a New York City pilot program to provide contraceptives in school: 1-2%
- Percentage of teachers who think students should be taught about contraception: 90%
- Percentage of teachers in the US who are prohibited from teaching about contraception: 25%
- Grade that Florida received on The Population Institutes 2012 state-by-state report card on Reproductive Health and Rights: F (the others receiving an F: AZ, LA, MS, NE, NV, ND, SD, TN)
- State in which a 14-year old girl faces life imprisonment because she did not want to tell her mother she was pregnant, delivered a baby in her bathroom and then killed it: Florida
- Amount inserted, so to speak, into our current budget for failed Abstinence Only programs: $50 million
- Number of states that applied for grants to these programs in 2010: 30 including Puerto Rico
- Percentage of US sex education programs that teach that abstinence is the only "birth control" option for unmarried, heterosexual couples: 35%
- A stated goal of Republican party leadership: defund Title X Family Planning Legislation
- Amount that every $1.00 spent on contraceptive access saves in Medicare expenses: $4.02
Many people still do not understand how Plan B works and think that it causes abortions, which they object to. This drug is safer than Tylenol, as easy to use and understand, and is not an "abortion pill." You should consider sending this excellent explanatory video, along with a copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves as a holiday gift to your representative in Congress or your state legislature.
Objections seemed to hinge on the horror of young girls buying emergency contraception. I don't understand this. First, boys can buy condoms and this pill is as easy to comprehend and easier to use than micro-thin latex. Object away if you must in equal measure. Second, concern centered (surreally) on a relatively small group: young girls who need emergency contraception. Being "concerned" at this stage—about an eleven year old seeking, by herself, emergency contraception, too little, too late. Asking her to get parental permission, possibly from the very person who impregnated her, is beyond contemptible and falls into the equally repugnant "lemons into lemonade" basket. It's a desire to ignore and make worse horrible things happening every day to children. If an 11-year-old is seeking contraception there are many other things to be worried about. This is the point at which she needs not to get pregnant. It's ridiculous to use this reasoning to deny the overwhelming number of girls and women who are not 11 years old access to emergency contraception.
But, beyond Plan B. Last week the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) endorsed over-the-counter birth control pills.
Allow yourselves to dream for a minute, ladies: Imagine not having to pay, with your time and money, for doctors visits to get prescriptions. Waiting for or dealing with a pharmacist, who may or may not have religious or other objections to your private decisions. Imagine being able to walk into a store and buy months worth of your contraception of choice by picking it up on a shelf and taking it to the cash register where some nice person smiles, takes your money, gives you change and puts your cute (or garish) little box in a bag, or you even casually drop it in your pocket, and make your way out.
And, men, day dream for them. Because, well, you know. There are some serious upsides that accrue for you guys. Not to mention just basic fairness. I mean, your boxes are so easy to get and even have the advantage of being thematically organized for maximal pleasure. Heck, you can even customize them.
"Fertility control" is more accurate term because it makes both of these words: "pregnancy intentions," more relevant and important, and, last but not least, it shifts the focuses where it should be: on the people whose reproduction is at issue. Especially women. Who should be fully in control of their own fertility and are clearly NOT. I say women because a man—as described above—can currently control his fertility by walking into a drug store and buying a condom for $1.34. This is entirely unregulated, unlike women's fertility. Which is regulated. And, of course, women can buy condoms. Which "reduce chances of pregnancy by 97 percent, [but] in reality fail five times as often because of improper use." For many women, trusting their futures to a thin tissue of rubber just doesn't cut it. If ever there was a public health problem with long-ranging costs that we know how to solve this is IT.
And yet, we don't. We make women jump through hoop after hoop after expensive, time-sucking, regulated fertility hoop. WHY on earth do we tolerate this from pro-natal legislators? And entertain Bishops who have no place in women's health care. Ever. At all. Never. Forever and ever. Amen.
Birth control is even more reliable and effective if it is available at no cost. A landmark study released in October, involving more than 9,000 women, revealed the totally unsurprising effects of providing free birth control: far fewer unwanted pregnancies and "dramatic reductions" in abortions. This study's findings are echoed in the terrific fact that our teen pregnancy and abortion rates, while still ridiculously high, have been going down.You would think that these findings would make even the hoariest God-Fearing Patriarchs giddy. But, GFPs actually believe researchers, like voting machines, are colluding with entitled, lying harlots in order to dupe good Christian men and take away their magical powers. This isn't happening due to the fact that teenage girls are using both hormonal and other forms of long-acting birth control (like IUDs) more effectively not opting to wait to have sex in exchange for the traditional "protections" of marriage.
We need to get birth control pills and emergency contraception into the hands of the people who need it, including teenage girls. These methods are safe and proven to work. But, if we are serious about reducing unplanned pregnancies, we also need to think about forms of birth control that are not popular in the US and not used by American women, many of whom are unaware of their options for reproductive health and fertility management. Many countries already make birth control pills available to girls and women at no or low cost, but, these girls and women also use long-acting, reversible forms of contraception – what the Contraceptive Choice project here calls "LARC Methods."
The rates of success for some of these methods across the board are staggering, especially when women can choose among options to select what will work best for them. Family planning and birth control are critically important parts of modern life and successful modern economies. This is backlash taken to its most ridiculous and expensive extremes. Join the Reproductive Health Technologies Project and urge Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to get us on the right track today and put women's interests back into the women's health equation.
"Emergency contraception needs to be on the pharmacy shelf between condoms and pregnancy test kits, available to women and couples without delay or hassle," explains Kirsten Moore president and CEO of RHTP, which has led a coalition advocating for this very action for more than 10 years. "Doctors are leading the way saying that all contraception should move over the counter and be available to women of all ages. Politicians need to follow doctors' lead and get the politics out of women's health care once and for all."


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This article is a response to Professor Jed Shugerman's Economic Crisis and the Rise of Judicial Elections and Judicial Review, HARVARD LAW REVIEW (2010). Professor Shugerman argues that the widespread adoption of judicial elections in the 1850's and the embrace by the first generation of elected judges of countermajoritaran rationales for judicial review helped to effect a transition from the active, industry-building state of the early nineteenth century to the "laissez-faire constitutionalism" of the Lochner era. This response argues that Professor Shugerman overstates the causal relationship between the elected judiciary's robust constitutional defense of "vested rights" and the iconic, if unrepresentative, "substantive due process" of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. If we are to draw a line of historical causation between the mid-century vested rights decisions and the so-called "laissez-faire constitutionalism" of the Lochner era, it must necessarily run through the watershed historical events of slave emancipation and the industrialization of labor, as well as the transformative constitutional changes set in motion by the Reconstruction amendmnets. To the exent that Lochner-era courts did constitutionalize economic liberty in a manner that warrants the label "laissez-faire constitutionalism," they were inspired less by the "Jacksonian" vested rights jurisprudence that preceded the Civil War than by the constitutional and industrial revolutions that followed it.
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I basically agree with Matthew's bottom line, which is that the "constitutional and industrial revolutions" of the late 19th century played a more direct role in the rise of the Lochner Court, and that we should not overstate how prevalent laissez-faire jurisprudence was in that era. I think our differences are more a matter of emphasis. I contend that anti-class-legislation justifications were a building block laissez-faire ideology, and the anti-class impulses in the American Revolutions of 1848 and in vested rights doctrine establishes one pillar for the development of laissez-faire constitutionalism. I agree with Matthew that there are many other pillars and historical forces, too. My own bottom line here is that Matthew's critique is astute and very helpful as I am revising these arguments for the book.
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Feminists Announce New Campaign for Afghan Women and Girls
Saturday 4 April 2009
Feminist Majority: Dr. Sima Samar, chairperson of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, warns that Afghan human rights and women and girls cannot be forgotten in any successful campaign to stabilize Afghanistan and end terrorism.
As President Obama and his Administration concludes a two month review of Afghanistan and formulates its plans for moving forward in Afghanistan, Dr. Sima Samar, preeminent human rights leader and Special Human Rights Rapporteur for Sudan, cautioned administration officials as well as members of Congress that human rights, especially the rights of women, must be a central focus. Viewing the people of Afghanistan and the USA as partners with shared responsibility in the struggle to end terrorism, she asserted that for victory to be achieved, the US must not re-arm the warlords who have terrorized the people, especially the women and girls.
Fearful that past mistakes will be repeated and describing deplorable existing human rights conditions in Afghanistan, Samar in her week-long stay in Washington, DC is hopeful that conditions will be improved with the USA now focusing on Afghanistan. "Afghan women and girls want education. Many risk their lives to go to school," said Samar. "People want accountability, transparency in the flow of aid to Afghanistan, and justice – not impunity and support for those who violate human rights. Human rights are not a western concept, but universal and necessary for all human beings," continued Samar.
Samar is impatient with the characterization of Afghanistan as a 14th century culture. She reminds people she is a trained M.D. from Kabul University and before this period of continuous war for over 30 years, Kabul was viewed as a leading medical center in Central Asia. And before the Taliban and the civil war period of the 1990s, women were about 40% of the medical personnel and 70% of the teachers.
Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority Foundation, today also announced the launching of a new campaign, chaired by Mavis Leno and supported by many women's organizations, leaders and celebrities to help Afghan women and girls and to ensure they will not be forgotten. Over the past weekend, some 500 college students from 38 states and 145 colleges were briefed by Dr. Samar on the disastrous current conditions of women and girls. Hundreds of girls' schools have been destroyed. Teachers have been murdered – some right in front of their students. Girls are being attacked with acid being thrown in their faces on their way to or from school. One 75 year-old woman was nailed to a tree and killed for "collaborating" with the government and the US; another woman was beheaded. Those terrorizing the girls and women are Taliban or well-known human rights violators.
"We warned in 1998, and over and over again ever since, the women and girls in Afghanistan are the canaries in the mine," said Smeal. "We cannot forget them if we are ever to gain peace and global stability." Our campaign will galvanize women's groups, campus and community activists, as well as ordinary citizens to help Afghan women and girls. Today, because of the constant wars, a once proud medical system needs help. One in 6 Afghan women is dying due to complications of pregnancy or birth. The campaign will raise funds to train midwives and to pass the Afghan Women's Empowerment Act to fund Afghan women led programs. "The United States has a new opportunity to change direction in Afghanistan – we believe that this time, with the leadership of President Obama, Vice President Biden, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, women and girls will not be left on the periphery, but placed in the central focus of our new policy. We are determined to galvanize the public will and support to help make this happen," continued Smeal.


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"Captain EO" and Michael Jackson are returning to Disneyland.
The park says it will show the 1986 Jackson musical film beginning Tuesday and running indefinitely.
On the Disney Parks blog, Disney executive Heather Hust Rivera says the park will show a 70mm print of the 17-minute movie in the Tomorrowland theater, with enhanced sound.
However, Rivera says the showing won't feature some special effects from the original presentation. She would not elaborate.
The original presentation included lasers and smoke.
Jackson, who died last year, plays the role of a spaceship captain who uses love and music to fight a wicked witch queen played by Anjelica Huston.
The original ran at Disneyland from 1986-1997. The newshowing replaces the 3-D show "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience."
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Top creative ways to design the bedside lights for bedroom and how you choose the right place for bedside lamps and lighting in your bedroom
In autumn, when the cold and come on the street becomes damp and wet, especially want to feel the warmth and comfort of your own home.
Hot fireplace, comfortable sofa, rug, warm lighting, rooms - all these attributes make us a little happier in the ugly weather.
Today we want to talk about bedside lights on the sleeping area . After bedroom - this is the place where we spend a third of your life. And it is particularly important, in what mood you fall asleep and wake up. Especially in cold weather.
Place bedside lamps on tables :
Most easily doable be put on both sides of the bed table lamps . For this you need is just a socket on either side of the headboard or the extension, neatly hidden behind the headboard or carpet.
Bedside Table lamps always look very expensive and elegant. They give some hint of tradition, thus creating a sense of peace and quiet room. Especially relevant now bright conical lampshades on glass or chrome bases long.
Bedside wall lights for bedroom :
If your bedroom is currently under repair, you have a great opportunity to lay wires for connecting wall sconces. They are good because they do not take place on the bedside table, profitable illuminate the area behind the headboard, which is often isolated or accent wallpaper, contrasting color or decor.
Bras are very comfortable on a regulated basis - if you want them, you can move close to the wall, and during bedtime reading adjusted so that the light fell on the book correctly.
Use hangers for bedside lights:
Most popular now become a ceiling suspensions over the bed. If the layout of the room and the bed you are sure in the coming years until the next repair will not change its location, feel free to use suspensions. It looks very stylish - on a long cord for a distance of 50 cm and above on bedside tables will hang a small chandelier . With the design can play as you wish. The main condition is not to choose too large diameter chandeliers, so they do not interfere with you in the bedroom.
Pay attention to the bedroom ceiling light :
Ceiling light, like no other, is the most functional. It disperses light streams so that the light maximum space around them. That's why design the layout of the ceiling chandelier in the middle of the room, having a diagonal from one corner to another.
Choose a chandelier itself, starting from such indicators: the size of the room, ceiling height, interior style. All these criteria will tell you what type of sources of illumination watch - on the one chandelier lamp or with 8 horns on pripotolochnye chandeliers or pendants on forged or chrome base.
Pattern the bedside light zone :
This technique is one of the favorite among architects and designers. Zone headboard worked pretty well, and there are options - to make similarity niche and spotlights to illuminate it, hang a lot of small decorative hangers, place the head of a solid LED or fluorescent lighting.
If you are interested in a method similar decoration of bedside lights. consult a specialist to compile a technical drawing. This would be a deliberate decision and, as such structures, although not difficult element, often can not afford a person working in another field. You will save yourself from unnecessary rework costs, and save your time and nerves.
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If synth punk no longer sounds like so strange a term, given how bands like the Screamers and other, more obscure fellow travelers have since been lionized, there's still the matter of making aggressive, keyboard-led or informed rock music that works beyond an instant thrill factor. Given their roots in Arab on Radar, it's little surprise that the Chinese Stars have proven their abilities over a series of releases. A song like "Body" has the full sense of "we are wired and on the edge and about to go insane" impact to a T, helped as well by a fantastic drum sound, while "House Is Burning" rides the impact of its gripping introduction, not new in its sound, but given extra heft in its immediate, anthemic delivery. They can take it at a slow pace as well, as "No Car No Job" shows, especially with the huge bass groan on the break.
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For the Undergrads Fans – Followup to the Calgary Convention
Yeah, that's right, I'm going to not talk about WoW again on my WoW blog. Hey, it's my blog and I can write about whatever I want.
I'm also a bit behind the times on this post (I swear I've been working on these short lines for over a week now…the ol'brain just ain't what it used to be) but I wanted to share a couple of links with my fellow Undergrads fans, and I want to show my support for a potential season 2, should all the stars align.
So, remember last post about the Calgary Expo? Where I excitedly attended a panel by the writers of the college student and/or former college student must-see show, Undergrads?
And remember how I mentioned that it was a 10 year old show (actually, I suspect it's a little older than 10 years, since I remember watching the French version of the show in high school, and I graduated in 2001), it aired for one season then got cancelled? And how the panel made a big splash at the Calgary Expo, with all of us fans discovering we are not alone.
The excitement went on after the Expo, even among fans who hadn't been able to attend the convention, and all the buzz resulted in this portal website (which, I believe, was made by the show writers themselves). That's right!
– You can catch the videos of Saturday's panel (here, here and here – and don't worry about there not being any footage from Sunday's panel, both days ended up being almost identical. Funny how fans always ask the same questions.)!
– You can join the Undergrad's Facebook Groupville (group that is actually admined by Williams, Cagan and Rheingold!)
– And! You can check out photos from the Expo on their Flickr page!
I challenge you to find me in the Facebook group!
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May 15, 2012 at 3:49 pm
Oh man, that show was soooo good. Here's hoping Season 2 happens!
May 21, 2012 at 1:02 pm
EEEEEEEEEE. I remember watching that show ages ago, it was great — I really hope it does get another season. I'd watch the hell out of it.


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Saturday, June 4th
Did you know it's National Trails Day? Well, now we both do! And the City of Poulsbo has Walking Ambassadors on tap to walk you around nine different routes. No pre-registration required! Read more at their site.
Also, Saturday, get your filthy (well, mine IS) car washed and help out the Bainbridge Island School District. Bainbridge Schools Foundation is hosting a car wash from 9am-3pm at the island's Chevron station. Do good and look good for it!
Sunday, June 5th
Kitsap Mini Maker Faire is happening Sunday and will have all kinds of items made by knitters, welders, inventors, craftsmen, artists, you name it. Plus, a food booth, so who can beat that?! All the stuff I am totally unable to do and totally impressed by those who can!
Once you've checked out the Kitsap Maker Faire, save some energy (and $) to come to Bainbridge Schools Foundation Family Fun Fair from 1-5pm. They'll have a dunk tank, cake walk, crafts for sale, putt putt golf and more, at Bainbridge's high school.
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STERILITY. Barrenness; incapacity to produce a child. It is curable and incurable; when of the latter kind, at the time of the marriage, and arising from impotency, it is a good cause for dissolving a marriage. 1 Fodere, Med. Leg. Sec. 254. See Impotency.


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Chuck Lorre's habit of adding personal notes at the end of his shows is, in a way, the straw that broke the camel's back and sent Charlie Sheen on his media rampage - so it's oddly fitting that the writer would use them to address the ongoing circus.
Last night's episode of "The Big Bang Theory" ended with a long "vanity card" from Lorre, in which the writer/producer states:
"Whenever I've gone through tough times, well-meaning people have told me that God/the universe does not give us more than we can handle. Well, I've been going through a tough time recently, and sure enough, that old saying has been tossed my way on several morose occasions. After some careful consideration, I've decided it's bull$#*!"
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But he doesn't stop there. After expressing his "heartbreak," "rage," and "grief," he adds:
"For someone in crisis, I think a more accurate and helpful assessment of reality would be, 'Love, sex, food, friendship, art, play, beauty and the simple pleasure of a cup of tea are all well and good, but never forget that God/the universe is determined to kill you by whatever means necessary'."
It was Lorre's joking "If Charlie Sheen outlives me, I'm gonna be really pissed" vanity card at the close of a "Two and a Half Men" episode several months back that launched Sheen on his tirade against Lorre, the sitcom, and nearly everything else in his path.
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ESA's Belgian astronaut on way to Space Station in new Soyuz spacecraft
ESA PR 68-2002. The fourth taxi flight to the International Space Station carrying a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut and two Russian crew members made a perfect lift-off today (Wednesday, 30 October 2002) from the vast open plains of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, into the rising sun at 08:11 local time (04:11 Central European Time, 03:11 Universal Time).
ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, a former Belgian Air Force pilot, and his fellow crew members, Soyuz Mission Commander Sergei Zaletin and Soyuz Flight Engineer Yuri Lonchakov, are due to dock with the Space Station in two days' time on Friday, 1 November at 06:00 CET (05:00 UT). The hatch between the Soyuz spacecraft and the Space Station will be opened at 07:30 CET (06:30 UT).
The crew are flying a new Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft, a modified and updated version of the TM-34 Soyuz capsule currently attached to the Space Station. It will remain attached to the Space Station for six months – acting as a rescue vehicle for the resident crew in case of an onboard emergency.
Soyuz Flight Engineer De Winne, the first Belgian astronaut to visit the Space Station and the first non-Russian ever to fly on the first flight of a new Russian vehicle, is the fourth European astronaut to visit the Station.
During his eight-day stay, De Winne will carry out a programme of 23 experiments in the fields of life and physical sciences and education, including four physical science experiments using the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) – an important research facility designed and developed in Europe.
De Winne's hopes for the mission extend beyond the success of the new Soyuz spacecraft delivery and the programme of experiments. They also encompass the desire to see space made real and exciting for young people.
"During the mission I will be involved in a variety of educational activities. It is important to talk directly to our young people – we need to make space, technology and science interesting and relevant to them," he said.
The Odissea crew will head back to Earth on board the older TM-34 Soyuz currently attached to the Space Station. Landing in Kazakhstan is scheduled for Sunday, 10 November 2002 at 05:03 local time (01:03 CET, 00:03 UT).
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Dear "Dorsetpriest"-- Welcome to Orthodoxwiki and your blessing if you are a priest in Dorset. You do realize the entire page is still recorded, irreversibly, in the history? This is most interesting-- and I've never seen anyone try to delete a whole talk page. --JosephSuaiden 02:46, August 27, 2008 (UTC)
I didn't delete it - it just wasn't there the next time I accessed it.
Is that why your user-action says "removing all content from page"? Sincerely,--JosephSuaiden 02:52, August 27, 2008 (UTC)
Well, since it was a mistake, I'll put it back to be helpful.--JosephSuaiden 03:09, August 27, 2008 (UTC)


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by Ruby Jarvis Brooks
My memories of Orlando go way back- I am now 84 years old. My parents lived outside of a small town called Belington, WV. Every summer, my Dad would take me, along with my mother, my sisters Rose and Martha, and later my little brother Franklin, down the road to the town of Norton and put us on the train to Orlando. There we would spend 2 or 3 days visiting our family, then we would get on the train again to go to Copen, where my Grandmother Estie (Henline) Godfrey Thomas lived, to stay the rest of the week.
Left: the author Ruby with younger siblings Franklin, Martha and Rose
Right: Map of West Virginia showing the towns mentioned in this entry.
We would also visit Uncle Polar [Verdis Carder Henline] and Aunt Vadie, [Vada Belle Riffle] who lived up a steep hill that started up by Uncle Heater's and Aunt Clora's lawn- and I do mean straight up! We liked playing with Uncle Polar's daughters, Mary and Anna Belle. Uncle Polar was a tall man, and when I was very small I was afraid of him because I thought he was a giant!Right: Ruby's mother Sophia (Godfrey) Jarvis.
Left: Ruby's parents Jesse and Sophia (Godfrey) Jarvis.
Right below: Aunt Clorie (Clora Henline) with Ruby and Rose.
My mother was Sophia (Godfrey) Jarvis, the oldest daughter of Estie (Henline) Godfrey Thomas by her first and late husband, Malitas Godfrey. Mom only had one whole brother, Harry, who then lived in Clarksburg. All the other siblings, the Thomases, were her half brothers and sisters. Their father was Estie's second husband, Mike Thomas. My mother's father had died from typhoid fever when she was just a toddler.
My father was Jesse Jarvis. He met my mother when she was working at Dick Skinner's restaurant and he came in as a customer while traveling for his job with the mines. They were married in 1925. I am the oldest of their children, born in 1926, followed by Rose in 1928, Martha in 1932 and Franklin in 1934. I am now a widow and I live in Woodbridge, VA. Rose passed away in 2004. Martha lives in New Bern, NC. Franklin lives with his wife Norma on the family home place near Belington, and still farms.
After all these years, my memories of Orlando are still very vivid. My visits there were very happy times. Uncle Heater, Aunt Clora, and her children Opal and Coleman still lived in the house in Orlando. Sometimes Aunt Margaret (Henline) Nixon would come to visit when we were there and that was always fun! We liked playing with her kids, June and Billy. At night, the sleeping quarters were scarce when everyone came to visit. They would make palats on the floor for us kids, and that was fun.
One of the biggest parts of life and times in Orlando was of course the trains! Several of our family members worked for the railroad, including Heater Huck. The train whistles, the sound of the train chugging on the track, and how they'd wave at us when it passed by are other fond memories. After the train was gone, it left a special kind of dust on the bushes and trees near the tracks. I can still see it and smell it to this day.
Left: The Henline home with Oil Creek at the front.
Right: Great grandmother Samantha (Skinner) Henline
I remember visiting at the house in Orlando when my great grandmother Samantha (Skinner) Henline was still living. I recall her as being quite old and ill and she spent a lot of time in bed. Someone would put me up on her bed, and I would pretend to feed her. She was such a sweet lady, she pretended to eat my imaginary food. I remember going to her funeral. I was four years old when she passed away in 1930. In those days, there was no road up to the cemetary on the hill, so we all had to walk as they carried the casket all the way to the top of that steep hill. I was so little, all I could see were the legs of the adults, and my little legs were getting so tired. Then one of the uncles came along and scooped me up and put me up on his shoulders, and carried me the rest of the way. There is now a good road that goes up there.


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D'Angelo and I hadn't been horseback riding since we first came to La Fortuna about 7 years ago, so when we got the opportunity last week to check out one of the horseback riding tours here, we jumped at the chance to saddle up again... of course with cameras in tow.
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RICKY PACIONE, who turns 30 on April 25, begins his sixth season on the Indians coaching staff. His duties include catching starting and relief pitchers and throwing batting practice along with assisting Indians positional coaches with functions relative to their positional responsibility.
Ricky played professionally for two seasons in the Los Angeles Angels system after being selected in the 48th round of the 2011 draft out of Marist College (Poughkeepsie, NY). Following the conclusion of his playing career in the spring of 2013, he coached the Newburgh American Legion team that summer.
He is single and was born and resides in Newburgh, NY. He was a first-team all-MAAC selection at Marist in 2011 and helped the Red Foxes to a 2009 NCAA regional. He was an Academic All-American in 2011, the first in Marist baseball history.


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This article first appeared in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report.
The U.S. military withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan will shift more training for the Army Reserve to home stations, its top officer says, but the increased use of simulators can help fill that need, keeping the force "ready and relevant."
Speaking Nov. 14 to the Defense Writers Group here, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley, 32nd Chief of the Army Reserve, says he wants increased use of simulators for training the "Big Army's" enabling complementary force of doctors, engineers, logistics and other specialists who serve 39 days training for reserve readiness and the rest of the year keeping their skills maintained at civilian jobs.
Overall, he says, "we need to make more use of [simulators]."
Much as pilot training relies on simulators, Talley says, the same technology can be used for Army Reserve members, training them for heavy vehicle operation, for example, or responding to enemy attack. Marksmanship simulator technology is tremendous, Talley says, and especially valuable for reserve training, since not all home stations have easy access to firing ranges.
More broadly, the Army Reserve is "in the best shape we've ever been in as far as equipment."
As the Pentagon begins end strength reduction for Army and Marines forces, as a matter of both strategy and to afford acquisition priorities in the face of declining defense budgets, the Army Reserve plays an important role in what defense planners call reversibility, Talley says, which is the ability to quickly rebuild forces to respond to urgent events.
Post-Iraq, the Army Reserve will be increasingly involved in more missions in Africa, Talley says, especially in "prevention" and "shaping" missions, which help deter conflict, build continuity with partner nations, and contribute to strategic access and regional stability.
Talley sees no decrease in the demand for the Army Reserve. There are 25,000 Army reservists deployed at any given time, including 3,500 in the Pacific Command. Since the total force is 205,000, that deployment level is easy to sustain, Talley says. The Army Reserve's annual budget of $8 billion is 6% of the Army's budget, but accounts for 20% of the total Army force. That efficiency is a big advantage for the Army and for the nation's security, he says.
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- Tucked away between Stamford and Peterborough lies the village of Helpston, the birthplace and home of John Clare (1793-1864). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest English poets, and lived in the village for his first forty years. John Clare spent most of his life in this area of England, working in the local fields, as a potwash in the Bluebell Inn next door, in the gardens of Burghley House, briefly in the militia in Oundle, in the lime kilns north of Stamford, moving further afield only later to take up residence in asylums in Epping Forest and Northampton. Clare wrote much of his most memorable work while living in Helpston, and the Trust intends to take sections of the cottage back to its appearance in Clare's time, at the beginning of the 19th century. The John Clare Trust purchased Clare Cottage in 2007, preserving it for future generations. We're developing the cottage into an environmental and educational centre of excellence, writers' retreat, and visitor centre. In addition to enriching people's knowledge of the lyrical and scientific wonder of the countryside, the centre will set the creative benchmark for education and environment training. The Trust will be active locally, regionally and nationally.


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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
California Bans Gay 'Cure' Therapies
Controversial therapies to "cure" homosexuality in teens will be banned in California, making it the first state to take such action.
The law, which was signed into law Saturday and takes effect Jan. 1, was welcomed by gay rights groups across the country. They say the therapies can cause serious emotional harm to gay and lesbian youth, The New York Times reported.
"This bill bans nonscientific 'therapies' that have driven young people to depression and suicide," Gov. Jerry Brown said in a statement. "These practices have no basis in science or medicine, and they will now be relegated to the dustbin of quackery."
The law states that no mental health provider shall give minors therapy meant to change their sexual orientation, including efforts to "change behaviors or gender expressions, or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same sex," the Times reported.
The law was supported by many medical and psychological societies, as well by gay rights advocates.
However, some therapists and conservative religious leaders who say they say can affect homosexual feelings denounced the new law as a violation of free choice, the Times reported.
Proper Prescribing of Opioid Painkillers Focus of Online Program
A new online tool to help train health-care providers on the proper prescribing of opioid painkillers is meant to reduce addiction and overdose deaths, the U.S. government said Monday.
The new training materials include videos of simulated doctor-patient conversations on the safe and effective use of opioid painkillers, the White House Drug Policy Office and the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse said in a news release.
The initiative is part of the effort to combat the nation's epidemic of prescription drug abuse.
"Physicians can be the first line of defense against prescription drug abuse by knowing how to prescribe opioid pain medications safely and effectively," National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Dr. Nora D. Volkow said in the news release. "These CME (continuing medical education) courses provide practical guidance for clinicians in screening their pain patients for risk factors before prescribing. They also help medical professionals identify when patients are abusing their medications, using videos that model effective communication about sensitive issues, without losing sight of addressing pain."
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I recall very vividly the first time I saw NA. If I remember correctly (Dagar could probably confirm or debunk this), the first episode was shown in the UK around Christmas time... maybe not particularly close to Christmas, but definitely during the school holidays. I remember being very excited, jumping around our living room like a crazed thing, because He-Man was back. My excitement soon turned to anger, and I don't think I watched much more after the first few episodes, telling everyone that would listen "That's not He-Man!"
I was very young. *shrugs*
In the mid-90s though, I had another look... I believe it was Dagar himself who traded me a lot of tapes, and I saw the show in an entirely different light. Since then, I would definitely count myself as a big fan of the show. In truth, I'd probably prefer watching 60-odd episodes of NA than the more recent MOTU cartoon.
I think the NA cartoon was a victim of circumstance... the problems that sunk it were nothing to do with the quality of the show, in my opinion (apart from a bit of shoddy animation now and then). It came too soon after the Filmation cartoon, whose characters and conventions were still too fresh in our minds to accept this new vision of He-Man. I think it would've been a different story altogether if NA had surfaced in 1995 or 1996... it might have achieved the same kind of success as the Transformers relaunching as Beast Wars, which had a similar shift in formula from the original Transformers.
Meh. I write too much... to cut a long story short, I liked the New Adventures. So thank you. =)


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Ikea horse meat scandal doesn't hit Hicksville
News broke Monday that Ikea's iconic Swedish meatballs had been corralled into the widening tainted horse meat scandal that has cast an icky pall over Europe. The Czech government found horse meat in packs of frozen meatballs made in Sweden, and the retailer responded by recalling the meatballs, labeled as beef and pork, in 13 countries across the continent.
The meatballs are sold frozen in the Hicksville Ikea's little food market, and are served hot in the cafe. (A lunch special of 15 meatballs, mashed potatoes, cream sauce and lingonberry jam is $3.99.)
At first, Ikea spokeswoman Ylva Magnusson said that even though meat balls sold in the U.S. are made by the same Swedish supplier, they were not included in the recall because they were from another batch. But now Ikea U.S. has issued a new statement stating, "all meat balls sold in our Ikea U.S. stores are sourced from a U.S. supplier ... the contents of the meatballs follow the Ikea recipe and contain only beef and pork from animals raised in the U.S .and Canada."
The drama seems to have bypassed Ikea's Hicksville location. I stopped by the cafe Monday and no one I spoke to had even heard about the horse meat dust-up. Susan Anderson of Smithtown had meat balls for lunch and was philosophical about their makeup. "Even if they did contain horse meat, it wouldn't really bother me," she said. "I don't get the 'ick' factor. We eat cows, why not horses? It's all cultural."
In addition to shopping for furniture and housewares, Anderson was planning to stock up on frozen meat balls to take home. "We serve them as hors d'oeuvre at dinner parties all the time," she said. "We just served them to friends on Saturday night. Everyone loved them."


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Cover Letters and Thank-You Notes
You may be required to write a number of different types of letters during your job search process. Job search correspondence is just as important as your resume. Many job seekers hurry through the letter writing process without much thought. Every piece of correspondence impacts the impression you make on the employer.
What is a Cover Letter?
Cover letter is a standard term that refers to any letter written to accompany another document. As it relates to a job search, a cover letter is usually written to accompany your resume or other application materials that you send to employers to convey your interest and qualifications for a specific position.
Content and Tone of a Cover Letter
The cover letter that accompanies your resume should not re-state everything that appears on your resume; it should supplement your resume by explaining what you are applying for, how you learned of the position and what you can do for the employer. Use the cover letter to highlight your strengths and abilities and your most relevant experience in no more than three to four paragraphs.
Show your enthusiasm for the job or internship and use an active, conversational tone. State what interests you about the position and what you have done in previous jobs, volunteer experiences or academic projects that might show the employer you are a good fit for the position.
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- Email your cover letter to [email protected]. This process can take up to five (5) business days.
Thank-You Notes
It is also important to remember to write a thank-you letter to the employer after your interviews. Thank-you letters give you the opportunity to remind the employer of your interest, qualifications, how you would fit in with the company, and of any additional information that you omitted during the interview. Your thank-you letter should be sent within one or two days of the interview, it should be brief, businesslike, and grammatically correct and targeted.


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Beginning with 8.0.0012w BibleWorks can export HTML to the clipboard and load and save HTML files. By default both features are off. You can turn them on by selecting, from the BibleWorks main menu, "Tools | Options | General | Flags | Export Options". The two options at the bottom of Export Options control the HTML features.
You should be aware that Microsoft Word will preferentially insert HTML text from the clipboard if both RTF and HTML are available. If you turn on HTML support this effectively makes this the Word default. RTF sometimes works better though. Keep in mind that within Microsoft Word you can use the "Insert Special" option to see a list of formats available and pick the one you want to insert.
The HTML feature all work via an HTML to RTF and RTF to HTML converter (licensed from Sub Systems). BibleWorks does not work natively with HTML. So only basic HTML is supported. This should help people who need to export HTML to another program but you probably don't want to try to make BibleWorks into an HTML editor. Remember that the converter is run every time to load or save an HTML file. Native editing in the editor is still RTF.
For those of you who create HTML files, you can force IE7 compatibility on a per file basis by adding
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to your HTML files right after <head>.
Copying to OneNote still has some problems with Hebrew on some systems. This may go away when we address compatibility issues with IE8 (see below). For now you'll just have to accept it for what it is - and early cut at a difficult issue.
Exported HTML files can be viewed on most recent versions of Internet Explorer. Note however that some Hebrew text will not display correctly in Internet Explorer 8 unless you have the IE Compatibility mode turned on (from the Internet Explorer 8 menu under "Tools | Compatibility View Settings"). We are not sure if this is a bug in IE8 or a bug in the Converter caused by "stricter" compliance to industry standards in IE8. We'll keep an eye on this but for the time being few people have any reason not to run IE8 in IE7 compatibility mode.
We have tested this change but since it involves the BW editor, it is a good idea to back up your note files. I hope you all do frequent backups in any case.
We have this satisfies some of the needs expressed by people working a lot with HTML or other applications that cannot read RTF text.
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Driphter.com's back with another leaked BlackBerry video, this time the Bold 9780 that we've been hearing so much about. It'll be one of the first to ship with OS 6.0 and could be why RIM's holding an event next week.
This is the first time OS 6.0 has been caught on a device other than the 9800 touchscreen/QWERTY hybrid and that god-awful looking 9670 Clamshell, and while Driphter is quick to point out that "this is a pre-release device and definitely not running the final software version", it still looks preeeetty hot.
The site reports that that hardware is identical to the 9700 (tough luck to those of us who were hoping RIM would return to the more premium-looking style of the 9000) and has the same screen resolution and battery as the 9700. So minor updates – apart from that sweet OS 6.0 and 512MB memory, just like the 9650 has. [Driphter]


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The Alien and Predator movies are named after their respective monsters, but Ridley Scott's upcoming Prometheus is named after a ship — so that's got to be one important ship. Ladies and gents, meet the USCSS Prometheus.
We've gotten glimpses of Prometheus in the various trailers and stills, but this illustration gives a better sense of the ship and its specifications. Somehow I suspect that ejectable lifeboat module will come in handy during the course of the movie. And what about those nuclear-powered engines?
IGN has a high-rez version of this image as part of the film's Project Prometheus website. Any chance that we'll get some diagrams of the guts of the ship?
Introducing the Prometheus [IGN via GeekTyrant]


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Teen pregnancies were on the rise in Southampton, England, and a governmental health agency decided to address the issue by offering birth control implants to girls as young as 13 at local high schools and three colleges.
Due to strict patient confidentiality rules, the teens who chose to have the surgical procedure weren't required to tell their parents. The procedure, which involves having a 1.5-inches tube inserted under the skin of the upper arm, was offered at the schools' in-house sexual health clinics.
The program was introduced in 2009 and is considered successful. Thirty-three girls have reportedly received implants, and teen pregnancies are down. In Southampton there were as many as 136 pregnancies among 13 to 15 year olds in 2001 and 2003; this fell to 106 in 2007-2009, according to the Telegraph.
But a few parents who learned about their daughters' "secret" implants are mad.
One mother whose 13-year-old daughter was given an implant at a Southampton school told the Daily Mail: 'I feel really angry. I agree that teaching teenagers about sexual health and contraception is very important but this is a step too far.
"I have spoken to a lot of parents at the school and they were horrified to find out this was happening."
Governmental health officials are defending the program and saying that information was sent home to parents when the program was introduced. And one 13-year-old girl whose mother was upset when she learned her daughter had received an implant, spoke out to the media.
"If I was told I couldn't have the implant unless I told my mum, I probably would have gone away to think about it and would have eventually got my mum involved, " the unnamed girl told the Daily Mail.
"But I think there should be the option to have full confidentiality because some children just can't speak to their parents.
"I do get where my mum is coming from and maybe it shouldn't be done in school."
The story raises the question of how far the government should be allowed to go to make birth control accessible to young teenagers. In the United States, birth control is often a topic of discussion in a health class, but the actual pills and implants aren't offered in school. Kids usually have to visit a special health clinic or talk with their doctor to receive birth control. In the United States, about half of the states, including California and New York, allow minors to receive birth control without parental consent. In some states, a minor needs to be married, and in others you need to have been pregnant.
Many research studies show that teens would stop using contraceptives if they were required to get parental consent. Minors seeking sexual health care services at a Planned Parenthood health center in Wisconsin were asked what they would do if they had to tell their parents they were using contraceptives. Nearly half said they would stop going to the clinic. Many others said they would stop using any sexual health care service. But only one percent said they would stop having sexual intercourse.
Should birth control implants be available at high schools?


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Is ghost scepter buff being canclled by tp intended?
Is ghost scepter buff being canclled by tp intended?
Is not being able to teleport via tp scroll onto an AoE spell affected area+shift+dagger at anywhere (in the dagger cast range of course) an intended change? Since in wc3 dota you are able to, and in dota 2 you are not.
Most likely intended, considering that it used to work like how it does in DotA1, too and got changed.
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^In DotA1, dagger checks for damage in 0.3 second instances, so it's possible to get a blink off before. In Dota2, the damage instantly cancel it.
Please, just call me buny.
Courriers are gods. they are able to delivery items for Faceless void, while in chrono, and just get out.
-random agi
-random int
-random str
NEEDS To come back please; I need to random supports when needed, I need to random carries when needed, and I need to random tanks when needed too please - - Help my random more skillfully please;
BTW< I can commend myself at least once after each game wink wink {looking for where to post this}
I dont know someone still alive there or what but i try and have to answer me if you've read it would be nice ..so
In Dota 1 i could escape from EARTHBIND meepo by Ghost Scepter , in d2 i cant ... well think u should add this .