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19 CFR 4.75 - Incomplete manifest; incomplete export declarations; bond.
(a) Pro forma manifest. Except as provided for in § 4.75(c), if a master desiring to clear his vessel for a foreign port does not have available for filing with the port director a complete Cargo Declaration Outward with Commercial Forms, Customs Form 1302-A (see § 4.63) in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 91, or all required shipper's export declarations (see 15 CFR 30.24), the port director may accept in lieu thereof an incomplete manifest (referred to as a pro forma manifest) on the Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement, Customs Form 1300, if there is on file in his office a bond on Customs Form 301, containing the bond conditions set forth in § 113.64 of this chapter relating to international carriers, executed by the vessel owner or other person as attorney in fact of the vessel owner. The "Incomplete Manifest for Export" box in item 17 of the Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement form must be checked.
(b) Time in which to file complete manifest and export declarations. Not later than the fourth business day after clearance from each port in the vessel's itinerary, the master, or the vessel's agent on behalf of the master, shall deliver to the director of each port a complete Cargo Declaration Outward with Commercial Forms, Customs Form 1302-A, in accordance with § 4.63, of the cargo laden at such port together with duplicate copies of all required shipper's export declarations for such cargo and a Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement, Customs Form 1300. The statutory grace period of 4 days for filing the complete manifest and missing export declarations begins to run on the first day (exclusive of any day on which the customhouse is not open for marine business) following the date on which clearance is granted.
(c) Countries for which vessels may not be cleared until complete manifests and shipper's export declarations are filed. To aid the Customs Service in the enforcement of export laws and regulations, no vessel shall be cleared for any port in the following countries until a complete outward foreign manifest and all required shipper's export declarations have been filed with the port director:
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I figured it would be better to post a new thread since I am now sure post flow is not working on my 1992 sync 350. So far I have checked a few things.
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Test ID: PAMY
Amylase, Pancreatic, Serum
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Diagnosing acute pancreatitis
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Amylases are a group of hydrolases that degrade complex carbohydrates into fragments.
Amylase is produced by the exocrine pancreas and the salivary glands to aid in the digestion of starch. It is also produced by the small intestine mucosa, ovaries, placenta, liver, and fallopian tubes.
Since the clinical use of amylase activity is usually to detect pancreatitis, the pancreatic amylase (p-amylase) form provides the single most useful test in the laboratory diagnosis of acute pancreatitis.
Total serum amylase continues to be the most widely used clinical test for the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. Its use has been justified on the basis of its accuracy of 95%. The problem with its use is that it has relatively low specificity of between 70% and 80%.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
0-<24 months: 0-20 U/L
2-<18 years: 9-35 U/L
> or =18 years: 11-54 U/L
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
Pancreatic amylase is elevated in acute pancreatitis within 12 hours of onset and persists 3 to 4 days. The elevation is usually 4-fold to 6-fold the upper reference limit. Macroamylase may cause less dramatic and more persistent elevations of p-amylase over weeks or months. This is usually accompanied by a reduced amylase clearance.
Values over the normal reference interval in patients with histories consistent with acute pancreatitis are confirmatory. Peak values are often 200 U/L or higher. Macroamylasemia may cause small, but persistent elevations of amylase.
An elevation of total serum alpha-amylase does not specifically indicate a pancreatic disorder since the enzyme is produced by the salivary glands, mucosa of the small intestine, ovaries, placenta, liver, and the lining of the fallopian tubes. Two isoenzymes, pancreatic and salivary, are found in serum. Pancreatic amylase has been shown to be more useful than total amylase when evaluating patients with acute pancreatitis.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
Pancreatic amylase results may be elevated in patients with macroamylase. This elevated pancreatic amylase is not diagnostic for pancreatitis. By utilizing serum lipase and urinary amylase values, the presence or absence of macroamylase may be determined.
Not useful for diagnosing pancreatic cancer.
Mild elevations up to 78 U/L may have little clinical significance.
Detection of chronic pancreatitis can only be aided by p-amylase during acute episodes.
Clinical Reference Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
Sternby B, O'Brien JF, Zinsmeister AR, DiMagno EP: What is the best biochemical test to diagnose acute pancreatitis? A prospective clinical study. Mayo Clin Proc 1996;71:1138-1144


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The 2014 Formula One Australian Grand Prix is a race of 58 laps of the Albert Park circuit, a distance of 307.574 km.
Kimi Raikkonen won the 2013 Formula One Australian Grand Prix in one hour 30 minutes and three seconds.
Michael Schumacher set the Formula One Australian Grand Prix lap record in 2004 with a time of 1:24.125.
The first ten drivers across the finish line in the 2014 Formula One Australian Grand Prix score points towards both the drivers' and the constructors' world championships. Points are awarded as follows:
Position Point 1st place - 25 points 2nd - 18 points 3rd - 15 points 4th - 12 points 5th - 10 points 6th - 8 points 7th - 6 points 8th - 4 points 9th - 2 points 10th - 1 point
Any driver who completes at least 90 per cent of the race distance receives an official classification.
Qualifying and Practice
At the 2014 Formula One Australian Grand Prix meeting there are two 90-minute practice sessions on Friday and a 60-minute practice session on Saturday, before qualifying.
Lasting an hour from start to finish, the three-stage qualifying session establishes the grid position for Sunday's race.
All 22 cars compete in the 20-minute long Q1, at the end of which the six slowest cars are eliminated – these cars will fill the back rows of the grid. If any driver failed to record a time within 107 per cent of the fastest time set during that session, he will only take part in the race at the stewards' discretion.
The remaining 16 cars compete in a 15-minute Q2, with the six slowest cars in that period not progressing to the final session.
Q3 is a ten car ten-minute shootout for the leading grid positions.
Pit Stops
Pit stops are a vital element of Formula One racing. They are necessary for teams to replace tyres and repair damage to cars.
Pit stop strategy – including the timing of a stop, the speed of a stop, and the number of stops per race – is one of the most tactical aspects of Formula One racing and will often determine the outcome of a Grand Prix. With fractions of a second separating drivers on the track, pit crews have honed the rapid stop to a fine art, with a typical tyre change now taking less than three seconds.
Suspending a Race
Poor driving conditions or a serious accident on the track may see the race suspended. When this decision is made the safety car is deployed, red flags are waved, and all cars return to the grid.
When it is decided the race is safe to resume, drivers are given a ten-minute warning to prepare for racing. On resumption of the race the first lap is driven behind the safety car, with overtaking forbidden.
If it is impossible to resume the race, the result is taken at the end of the penultimate lap before the lap during which the signal to suspend the race was given.
No race may exceed four hours in length, regardless of suspensions.
Flags are used by marshals around the circuit to communicate the following messages to the drivers:Chequered flag
The iconic chequered flag is shown to the race winner and then to every car that crosses the line behind him to indicate the end of racing.Yellow flag
A single waved yellow flag warns drivers to slow down.
Two waved yellow flags at the same post means that drivers must slow down and be prepared to stop.Green flag
Green flags are waved once drivers have passed danger points.Red flag
The red flag is only waved in serious circumstances and indicates the session has been stopped.Blue flag
The blue flag is shown to slower cars when a leading car is approaching to lap them, to enable them to be overtaken safely.Yellow and red striped flag
If there is a slippery track surface the yellow and red striped flag is waved.Black with orange circle flag
Cars with mechanical difficulties will be shown a black flag with an orange circle, alongside their car number, instructing the driver to head straight to the pit lane.Half black, half white flag
A half black, half white flag is shown to a driver warned of unsporting behaviour.Black flag
The black flag – accompanied by the car number – usually means a driver has been disqualified from the race. The flag instructs the driver to head immediately to the pit lane.White flag
The white flag indicates there is a slow moving vehicle on track and for drivers to prepare to slow down.
Safety Car
The safety car is deployed to ensure safe track conditions during the Grand Prix weekend. If an accident or incident occurs that is not severe enough to warrant suspending the race, but which cannot be dealt with under yellow flags, then the safety car will be called on to the circuit to slow the cars down.
In exceptional circumstances, such as in extremely poor weather, a race may begin behind the safety car.
Pit Lane
The pit lane at every circuit is divided into two lanes: the lane closest to the pit wall is known as the 'fast lane', and the lane closest to the garages is the 'inner lane'.
The FIA allocates garages and an area in the 'inner lane' where each team may work, and a pit box for conducting pit stops.
The 2014 Formula One Australian Grand Prix has a pit-lane speed limit of 60km/h.
Car Livery
Each car in a team must have the same livery, distinguished by the driver's number, the driver's name, and a different coloured onboard camera (on the first car it must be black and on the second it must be yellow).
Car Specifications
Each car must conform to the competition's technical and safety regulations, for example, cars must weigh a minimum of 690kg. To ensure teams are complying, each car is inspected and weighed during the Grand Prix weekend and will not be allowed to start without official approval.
Once the race is underway drivers are not allowed to change cars.
During the Grand Prix weekend, teams can only have two cars available for use at any one time. Spare cars are not permitted, though teams are able to construct a replacement car on site should one of the existing vehicles be damaged beyond repair during the event.
There are also restrictions on component use, for example, gearboxes have to be used for six consecutive events.
All teams at the 2014 Formula One Australian Grand Prix will use Pirelli tyres.
Teams are given two compounds of dry-weather tyre and unless conditions are wet, drivers must use both specifications during the race. The compounds are identified by the coloured markings on the tyre: super soft tyres have a red trim, soft tyres yellow, medium compound white and the hard specification orange.
Each driver has access to 12 sets of tyres during the Grand Prix weekend, which have to be rationed through practice, qualifying and race day. At the start of the race the cars that took part in the top-ten qualifying shootout must be fitted with the tyres used to set their qualifying time.
Drag Reduction System
The Drag Reduction System (DRS) is an overtaking aid that alters the angle of the rear wing flap, and it is strictly controlled.
Drivers can only use the DRS within designated zones during practice and qualifying, and may only activate it during racing when they are within one second of the car in front at the DRS detection point.
The Energy Recovery System (ERS) is a development for 2014 on the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) seen in Formula One since 2009.
The system works by harnessing waste energy created under braking and transforming it into electrical energy, providing additional power for up to 33 seconds per lap.
The race director leads a team of seven officials who oversee the operation of the 2014 Formula One Australian Grand Prix. Included in this number is the clerk of the course who is responsible for the circuit's many stewards and marshals.
Stewards can impose penalties on drivers for breaching regulations during the duration of the Grand Prix.
Most penalties are for racing offences, such as cutting a chicane, or speeding in the pit lane, but can include technical issues from practice or qualifying sessions.
The typical punishment for a racing offence is a drive-through penalty, whereby the driver loses time by being forced to enter the pits, drive through the pit lane at the pit-lane speed limit and rejoin the race without stopping.
The stop-go penalty, or the ten-second penalty, is enforced for more serious offences. When issued with this punishment the driver must not only enter the pits, but must also stop for ten seconds at his pit before rejoining the race.
Should an infringement not be punishable during the race, stewards are able to impose grid position penalties at the next Grand Prix. In serious cases they are able to hand down official reprimands and even suspensions.
Driver Changes
So long as the change is made before the start of qualifying, teams may replace one or both drivers. However, over the course of a season each team is only allowed a maximum of four drivers.
During the Friday practice sessions teams may allow up to two additional drivers.
To compete in Formula One all drivers must have an FIA Super License.
Parc Ferme
Parc ferme (literally meaning 'closed park') refers to a secure space on the Grand Prix site in which teams leave their cars after qualifying so they can be scrutinised by race officials. Parc ferme is also used to represent the restrictive conditions cars are under from the start of qualifying to the start of the race itself. During this period only minor adjustments can be made to the cars, preventing teams form radically altering set-up between qualifying and the race.


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Excommunication of same-sex 'marriage' Catholic SCOTUS Justices for Heresy
From Ed Peters, distinguished canonist, on Catholic SCOTUS Justices (Kennedy, Sotomayor) who ruled for Obergefell v. Hodges: Obergefell and canonical criminal law Dcn Greg Kandra calls attention to a question floating around out there, namely, [QUAERITUR…]should Catholic justices who voted … Continue reading
Catholic public figures and officials must RESIST! Some are resisting already.
The other day I posted the 2003 document from the CDF Observations about important CDF document on "Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons". In that document we read… "In those situations where homosexual unions have been legally recognized or have … Continue reading
Compare and Contrast: An Archbishop's statement about Obergefell v. Hodges
His Excellency Most Reverend Alexander Sample, Archbishop of Portland, issued a statement about SCOTUS's pathetic same-sex "marriage" decision. HERE 'Simply wrong' Archbishop Alexander Sample responds to decision by Supreme Court legalizing same-sex "marriage" I am deeply saddened by the narrow … Continue reading
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"We have two tools at hand that the other side does not: truth and grace."
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Notes concerning SCOTUS same-sex decision Obergefell v. Hodges
Here are a few points of interest concerning SCOTUS same-sex decision Obergefell v. Hodges. My patented emphases and comments. First, see the comments of Phil Lawler: So now is it 'hate speech' to deplore the Obergefell decision? The ink was barely dry … Continue reading
Observations about important CDF document on "Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons"
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Ed Peters on SCOTUS Obergefell v. Hodges
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SCOTUS Justices on Obergefell v. Hodges
UPDATE: Neil Addison, an outstanding barrister in England, has comments on the opinions. Given Justice Thomas references to Magna Carta, it is appropriate to link to the esteemed legal scholar. HERE He has some great comments. ____ ORIGINAL: Published on: Jun 26, 2015 … Continue reading
It's time to kneel down and pray for our nation
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POLL: SCOTUS upheld ObamaCare subsidies in states
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Free! A fun way for student groups and families to get to know the Stratford Festival and the town. Standard Scavenger Hunt – about 20 minutes to complete each zone
Zone 1: Festival Theatre and GroundsZone 2: Avon River, from east bridge to Morenz DriveZone 3: Avon River, from Morenz Drive to York StreetZone 4: Downtown, including Avon and Studio Theatres
Photo Scavenger Hunt (one camera per group required) – about 20 minutes to complete each zone
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Jackson County Senior Affirmation Event (Brownstown High School)
21st Century Scholars who are high school seniors are strongly encouraged to attend a senior affirmation event. At each event, a 21st Century Scholars representative will provide important information about how to activate and maintain eligibility for the 21st Century Scholarship.
This event is open to all 21st Century Scholars who are Brownstown High School seniors.
Location: Brownstown High School, Brownstown, IN
Date: February 20, 2013
Time: 1:50 p.m.


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Upcoming: The first issue of the long-awaited Groo vs. Conan miniseries will arrive in comic shops in April from Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragonés, Thomas Yeates and Tom Luth.
Animation: I had no idea that animated specials based on The Far Side existed, and it shames me to admit it. The AV Club


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Dear Kim,
This is your former neighbor, Stephanie Bell, writing you from a long ways away—Oxford, England, to be specific. I hope this letter finds you, your husband, and your daughters well. I know it's been a long time since we were last in touch, but my mother suggested I reach out to you and let you know what I've been up to since you knew me as a middle schooler, over a decade ago. I went on to high school at Valley, and really thrived there. I got involved with a number of activities, from debate and orchestra to the Principal's Advisory Council. I got my first taste of what it means to serve and have an impact when the school district adopted a solution to its 2003 budget crisis that I had helped to develop with a coalition of students, teachers, and community members.
Those initial forays into community involvement really set the stage for my activities in college. I went to the University of Chicago, and spent part of my time there continuing to coach Valley's debate team. The political consciousness and sense of equality and justice I had gained over the course of growing up in West Des Moines led me to join a movement to increase access to HIV/AIDS treatment throughout the developing world. I'm thrilled to say that we succeeded—in my junior year of college, we received word that our work led to a major drop in the price of a highly needed treatment in all countries where the median income is less than $2/day. We were a ragtag bunch of college students, learning what we were doing as we went along, with little more than youthful energy, drive, and idealism on our side. We were nothing short of dumbfounded by the impact we were able to have halfway across the world.
I also spent a great deal of time focused on the issues in my own backyard. The University of Chicago is located in a pretty rough area in Chicago's impoverished South Side, and the surrounding neighborhoods are far worse. Tensions between the community and the University run high, and there are many unmet social needs in the area. Wanting to be a better neighbor, I took a part-time job with the area alderman. I helped her connect residents with city services, and sort out their complaints with the city and with each other. In the alderman's office, I saw why the University inspired such anger—not only did it demand a lot from the surrounding residents, it attempted to dictate how they ran their lives as well. The University's interactions with the community were contentious, borderline coercive at times. One well-funded, extremely powerful institution with a unified understanding of what was "best" could carry a lot of weight in the fragmented realm of local politics. Yet the University had no mandate or right to determine what should be considered "the good life" by the rest of the residents. It was no wonder the University's involvement bred such resentment. As much as I loved the University and the intellectual rigor and the opportunities it afforded, it was still clear to me that the University of Chicago was sometimes a terrible neighbor to people in need of a compassionate community member—a neighbor that would listen, support in times of need, but never be so arrogant as to forcefully impose its view of the world.
My focus on communities like those on the South Side didn't end in college. After graduating, I spent the next two years of my life working to improve the education system for disadvantaged kids. I think you'd agree that it's shameful that in the richest society in the world, we're content with a 70% high school graduation rate, and content that the rate is 20% higher for whites than for blacks. It's a disgrace that our country has 2000 high schools in which kids literally have a coin flip's chances of making it through. And it's horrifying and maddening that out of all of the Latino boys that start school in Chicago at the age of 4 or 5, only 3% of those kids will graduate from college. Three percent. I spent the past couple years of my life doing my best to improve those odds—and you know, I think my colleagues and I made a dent in it.
I'm at Oxford now, honored to represent the state of Iowa on a Rhodes Scholarship and studying international development. I intend to spend my life figuring out how to empower people to make their lives better—whether that's improving the education system in the US or working on public health abroad, I'm not sure yet. I am pretty sure, however, that I got here by being a good neighbor—by making good on all of those values I learned growing up in Iowa. While I may have left Iowa awhile ago, it's never left me. In the most recent snowstorm in England (you might have heard about all the flight cancellations and such in Heathrow—the English are not a hardy people compared to Iowans), I was stunned by the condition of the sidewalks in Oxford. No one shoveled them, and in a day or so, they became dangerous sheets of ice, some four inches thick. This never happened where I grew up. People cleared their walks for the convenience and safety of their community, and if there was someone nearby who wasn't able to clean their walk, their neighbors would do it for them, no questions or future favors asked.
I have an immense fondness for Iowa, and pride in my state for reasons that are exemplified in that somewhat silly anecdote. There's a certain pragmatism about life in Iowa, a stoicism in folks' willingness to go out and take care of business, regardless of how cold it is. But most importantly, there's a sense of responsibility to each other, an understanding of oneself as a part of a bigger community, a community that is more than just the sum of its parts. And one of the things I love so much about Iowa's sense of community is that it, too, is pragmatic. It's a sense of community that recognizes that people are different, and so have different needs, different aspirations, different desires. It's a community born of understanding that what's good for the goose might not be good for the gander—and in that pragmatism, it's respectful. The Iowa I know, the Iowa I grew up in was one that celebrated the diversity it had. The Iowa values I was raised on included everyone in that community—and the ties that bound us were stronger than the divides created by our differences.
You may be wondering why, over a decade down the road, I decided to contact you with what I've been up to and my meditations on and pride in my home state of Iowa. Part of it is to congratulate you on your election to the House, and to thank you for serving our state. And the other part of it is to make a plea, from one good neighbor to another.
Kim, I'm gay. I figured it out in the middle of my senior year of high school, and I stayed in the closet until I graduated. I adored Valley, but I also knew it wasn't the most tolerant of places. My life was running too smoothly to rock the boat. I was so honored when I was elected to speak at graduation and I was on friendly terms with nearly everyone in my class. I was afraid all of that would end if I came out. I told my mother before I left for college, and I waited two years before telling my dad because I was so worried about how he would react. I don't think you know my parents well, but my dad is fiscally conservative and we rarely talked about social issues. I think he's voted Republican in every election since the age of 18. I'd seen friends of mine come out (or be forcibly outed by others), and have their parents reject them—refuse to pay for college, kick them out of the house, tell them they were worthless. While I didn't think my father would react as badly as that, I spent two years of my life too scared to tell him. My uncertainty of his reaction meant I stayed silent, to ensure that I didn't destroy a relationship with someone I deeply love and respect. I shouldn't have been so scared. Both of my parents were immediately supportive when I told them. In that regard, I'm tremendously lucky.
Coming out to my parents was hardly easy, but thankfully, they know what I know: that I'm the same person I was before I realized I was gay. I have the same sense of humor, the same love for my family and sense of responsibility toward them. My relationships with my parents and sister are stronger than they've ever been. The fact that the one time in my short life I was in love, I was in love with a woman has done nothing to change my personality, or my belief in the value of service that I know you and I share. I remain the same good neighbor—to you, and to the world—that I've always been. I thought Iowa understood this too. April 3, 2009, when the Supreme Court unanimously and courageously fulfilled their sworn obligation to uphold the constitution, and legalized gay marriage, was the day on which I was proudest to be an Iowan. I recognize that the way I lead my life makes some people uncomfortable—just as the ways others lead their lives sometimes make me uncomfortable. But on April 3, Iowa moved past that discomfort, or so I thought. The justices voted regardless of their political opinions, because that's what the law demanded of them. That's also what a true sense of justice and equality demands: equal civil rights for all.
When I was working after college, I lived with my girlfriend, Cheryl. Cheryl is easily one of the most compassionate and bravest people I've ever met—someone I was proud to introduce to my family. She works as a special education teacher in one of the worst performing and most violent districts in the country. Her school draws from multiple gang territories. Kids bring weapons to school routinely, sometimes for aggression, and sometimes for self defense. Serious gang fights break out on a regular basis. One night she came home to the apartment that we shared and told me that a massive riot had broken out that day in an assembly. She was one of three teachers present, and they had been barricaded in by students. As you might imagine, Kim, it was chaos, and a number of the kids were injured. In addition to being so, so thankful that Cheryl and her fellow teachers were all right, and that nothing worse had happened to the students, I was forced to think about the fact that if anything had happened, I wouldn't have been able to visit her in the hospital—the State of California didn't recognize our relationship. Lesbians and gays across the country are literally putting themselves in the line of fire for the rest of society, as school teachers in gang territories, as police officers, as fire fighters. Yet their partners lack the security of knowing that if anything goes wrong, they'll be able to see them in the hospital, to reassure them that they'll be all right, or, heaven forbid, to see them alive one last time.
But what deeply worries and outrages me is that I shouldn't have to justify having the same rights as the rest of society on my attempts to be a good citizen. Like you, I serve because I think it's the right thing to do—it's how I was raised—not because I think that's how I'll get equal rights. It shouldn't be relevant that the people we're depriving of their rights are police officers, fire fighters, and school teachers. No other group has to justify their rights by pointing to all that they've contributed to the world, something gays are repeatedly challenged on. The rest of society has the right to marry because they're part of society, period. The openly gay San Francisco City Councilman, Harvey Milk, gave a moving speech on equal rights, which opened with the idea that a young person in Des Moines who recognizes that he or she is gay has two options: to move to San Francisco, or to stay and fight for an equal world, for a better tomorrow. I've done both. I was living in San Francisco when Proposition 8 was passed and banned gay marriage in California, and when Iowa surprised the nation by making a courageous move to defend the civil rights of all people in its borders. Over thirty years after Milk was assassinated, I thought Iowa had moved beyond pushing its LGBT youth to live elsewhere when it recognized that depriving gays of their right to marry was fundamentally discriminatory and wrong. It's an offense to our understanding of democracy and freedom to remove the rights of some because they make others uncomfortable, or because others disagree with the ways they lead their lives. It goes against the Iowan values I was raised on, which were founded on sensibility and respect. There's nothing sensible about legislating bigotry. And nothing about it is neighborly.
Respectfully yours,
Stephanie Bell


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The one aspect of 2016 I didn't bring up was Awsi's point, which he described with his usual aplomb. Like I said in my post, though, I think the Republican leadership has an intellectual grasp of the sea change that's going on and will move with self preservation to head off irrelevance but I'm not sure it's filtered down to the base of the party quite yet. It very well might take another election.
Rubio is the ideal candidate for the Republicans not just because he's Cuban (which won't help him as much as you think with Hispanics because there's natural animosity between Cubans and immigrants from other Hispanic countries, especially Mexicans and Puerto Ricans), but because he has a moderate position on immigration and his demeanor is accommodating and conciliatory even where his policy positions are not.
I didn't say that every Cuban-American would not support him. But if half of your family likes to support someone who lied about such a small thing then you will get what you deserve. If I would be Cuban-American I would not support him anymore.
"....if there is activity in the ball prior to the rubbing action....
Bill Belichick, Sat Jan 24, 2015
"You may think that you are some kind of god to these people. But we both know what you really are."
"What's that? A criminal?"
"Worse. A politician."
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I have had a rich and wonderful life with many aquaintances and friends. If you want me to I can easily count them by nation and give you a list of my very own United Nations.
Sure politicians lie but when you have so many politicians lie you have to separate them by degree of lie. I never understood a lie of the upbringing or heritage. It is the most despicable lie. So what if Rubio's parents did not leave the Castro regime but before that. No biggie. But to lie about it and make yourself something you are not starting with your upbringing? My goodness.
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- Han Hua (Alan)
- Shanghai
- China
Student - B.E - Computer Engineering, TEDtoChina
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Can Theory of Evolution explain the existence of salmon fish? If it can't, does God exist?
A friend of mine ask me this question.
Look up salmon fish as a nitrogen pump. Weathering from rain will only 1-way wash nitrogen compounds downwards to the sea. Nitrogen is necessary for vegetation to grow. That is the basis for fertilizers. If all of the nitrogen are washed away, there will not be life in the mountains.
This is where a very special type of fish, the salmon, are designed, not for its own benefit, but for the benefit of life on the planet, to spend 3-5 years in the deep ocean eating proteins, which contain nitrogen in the amino acids. Then, like a pre-programmed guided vehicle, all the salmons remember to return to their birthplace high in the mountain streams, to breed and to die. 100% of them will never go back to the sea again. The nitrogen in their proteins will be eaten, and the bears will shit in the deep forests, and that is how nitrogen is replaced so we have life and forests in the mountains.
Question is evolution cannot explain this development of a very special fish, because there is no survival advantage for the salmon to return so high in the mountains. The benefit is for the planet. So is there a Power actually control the universe, like God?
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Dec 19 2011: Of course there is a survival advantage. If they bred somewhere else, there would be a much much lower survival rate of the eggs. With this relatively isolated breeding place they assure safety for the cute little salmons.
Another thing: explaining nitrogen circulation with ONLY this is absolutely not right. What about all the plant proteins and animal proteins biodegrading naturally in the forests? Acidic rain containing nitrogen? Human interactions? There are thousands of things which make up for this complexity. Salmon migration is one (actually a really amazing) phenomenon, which clearly contributes, but the effect really is tiny.
There is an awful lot of things we cannot yet explain. Migration is one of them, although there are novel researches, which try to investigate how birds, fish, insects, whales migrate. Observing terrestrial objects, such as coastlines? Migrating with the help of stars and objects on the sky? Magnetic system like in pigeons - so they can find their way when it is cloudy? There are many amazing ways how these creatures migrate. Blaming the whole phenomenon to God is just ignoring many many actually interesting explanations. So what is the right attitude? Searching for some amazing evolutionary causes or saying "Bah... Who cares? It was God..."?
Dec 19 2011: Thank you, Tibor. Your answer is reasonable, but if we look further, we will still find questions.
As what you said, they bred there because of higher survival rate of eggs. However, actually why should they choose there? Are there no other places safer than those mountain streams? Why do all salmons choose the same option? Why don't they bring children under their protection?
I don't mean we should not respect science. My friend and I are very technical people, but we sometimes feel there is a power in nature, because something shown are too delicate to be true.
Chris Aldon
Dec 20 2011: As to why they make the trip to the mountains.
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I like to think the Salmon like the view and the fresh air of elevation. Is that not a reasonable assumption?Dec 22 2011: Question Tibor: According to the study cited in my post above salmon contribute 22 to 24% of foliar nitrogen. That is not consistent with your assertion that the "effect really is tiny."
As interesting as this is, I continue to be uncertain about the connection to proving, or disproving, God's existence.
Dec 23 2011: Near the streams! That's a huge difference.
But you know... I spend my Christmas at home, in Hungary. And I started to think: there is no salmon in Hungary (no sea, no high mountaines), how come nitrogen is still circulating? Because honestly, it does! :)
That is why I think that there may be really efficient circulations and in special cases highly developed systems such as the salmon can happen, but it contributes just a little globally.
Dec 23 2011: Thanks, Tibor, and Merry Christmas there in Hungary!
Mr. Hua's question does not say that salmon are the only method of nitrogen distribution.
I don't think the absence of salmon in Hungary nullifies the question.
I think the question challenges the pre-supposition that survival is the driving force behind gradual changes over eons of time from a common ancestor.
There seems to be no obvious benefit to salmon survival derived from their suicide.
The question is why, when in prime physical condition, do they kill themselves in order to survive?
Dec 22 2011: You said: "we sometimes feel there is a power in nature, because something shown are too delicate to be true."
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Alan, many humans observe nature and cannot help but marvel at the order that exists, the delicate beauty that is evident upon close examination. Some, including scientists, cannot help but believe in the existence of a Creator. However, religion fails to acknowledge scientists' contributions and so many educated individuals, at seeing this fanatic behavior of "either/or" simply have stopped believing in God, because those who claim to believe in God refuse to believe in science.
There is so much misunderstanding and such lack of accurate knowledge that I find it difficult to put my frustration into words.
I marvel at the work scientists do. They make me appreciate life in a new way. I happen to know that there is no conflict between science and the Bible/God. The problem exist between science and christian fundamentalists/Creationists.
Many educated individuals with knowledge of both the Bible and science find not problems with believing in the Creator. Many of us enjoy contributing to the TED community.
It is not an either/or Alan........always have an open mind.
edward long
Dec 20 2011: If evolution can explain the salmon does that mean God does not exist?
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Julija L.
Dec 21 2011: I'm 'afraid' the first part of your reverse question may include any of the live creature... Ouch.
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I see no salmon collision to the evolution theory. It's clearly seen in the Alan's description, without salmon, there would be a missing element in the nature, so many other creatures could not exist.
Dec 21 2011: Thank you for your comments Julia, but please forgive me as I am missing your point.
Are you in agreement with Alan that the salmon represents a challenge to the theory of evolution?
Dec 22 2011: Wow, my comment may really seem ambiguous, but I wanted to say that I really disagree with Alan. I see no collision, no challenge at all, I just clearly see the consequence of an
evolution - salmon fish. Sorry, maybe my first comment looked like a little bitter towards you, but my 'bitterness' was actually towards Alan =]Dec 26 2011: Hi Julija,
I think you miss my point of question.
My question is evolution cannot explain this development of a very special fish, because there is no survival advantage for the salmon to return so high in the mountains. The benefit is for the planet.
I didn't deny other nitrogen circles in nature. Even if God does not exist, there must be something wrong with Theory of Evolution, right?
Dec 26 2011: Maybe there's something a little bit wrong with man-made THEORY of evolution, but there's nothing wrong with salmon in evolution in practice since it exists and makes some other creatures exist.
I would like to add, that your 2nd question in the title is super duper genial =]Dec 27 2011: No Alan, but sometimes the picture can be so big, we get confused by the detail. Before the salmon example, people used to say the eye was evidence of god, because of its complexity (see Dawkin's The Blind Watchmaker for a really good discussion about it)
For now from Wiki:'The complex structure of the eye has been used as evidence to support the theory that they have been designed by a creator, as it has been said to be unlikely to have evolved via natural selection.
Charles Darwin himself wrote in his Origin of Species, that the evolution of the eye by natural selection at first glance seemed "absurd in the highest possible degree". However, he went on to explain that despite the difficulty in imagining it, this was perfectly feasible:
He suggested a gradation from "an optic nerve merely coated with pigment, and without any other mechanism" to "a moderately high stage of perfection", giving examples of extant intermediate grades of evolution[5] Darwin's suggestions were soon shown to be correct.
The first fossils of eyes that have been found to date are from the lower Cambrian period (about 540 million years ago).[7] This period saw a burst of apparently rapid evolution, dubbed the "Cambrian explosion". The first fossils of eyes that have been found to date are from the lower Cambrian period (about 540 million years ago).[7] This period saw a burst of apparently rapid evolution, dubbed the "Cambrian explosion".
Since the fossil record, particularly of the Early Cambrian, is so poor, it is difficult to estimate the rate of eye evolution. Simple modelling, invoking small mutations exposed to natural selection, demonstrates that a primitive optical sense organ based upon efficient photopigments could evolve into a complex human-like eye in approximately 400,000 years.'Dec 27 2011: Yes, Julija.
Actually this question can go further.
Why do technical people like my friend and me sometimes fall faith in a great being or super nature?
The question is tricky here to inspire people to rethink over the relationship between science and religion.
Tim Colgan
Dec 19 2011: Enough already!
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... in your imagination.
Dec 27 2011: Thanks Tim, for a while there I felt like it was me swimming upstream, toward a slow death...Dec 20 2011: Let me first start with this: Salmons do not fixate nitrogen (id est, they don't take nitrogen from the atmosphere and turn it to a biological useful form). That role is played by plants and specific types of bacteria. Salmons do eat protein, they need it (as we all do) to survive, but in that cycle, they are just as you and me, another link in the chain rather than the starting point.
Now, your friend is thinking of evolution and natural selection, as forces acting on individual organisms, while the reality is that they operate on populations: Salmons go upstream because they need to procreate in specific places. In that sense, the "traveling upstream" gene (or genes) may not represent survival advantage for a specific salmon, but it does represent suvival advantage to the species. If it weren't, then salmon population would decrease to zero eventually.
Dec 21 2011: I do not see in Alan's question where he says salmon fixate nitrogen.
I wonder why you seem to have missed the point about salmon's profoundly important role in the distribution of nitrogen.
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Anadromous Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) transport marine-derived nitrogen (MDN) to the rivers in which they reproduce. Isotopic analyses indicate that trees and shrubs near spawning streams derive ;22-24% of their foliar nitrogen (N) from spawn- ing salmon. As a consequence of this nutrient subsidy, growth rates are significantly in- creased in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) near spawning streams. As riparian forests affect the quality of instream habitat through shading, sediment and nutrient filtration, and pro- duction of large woody debris (LWD), this fertilization process serves not only to enhance riparian production, but may also act as a positive feedback mechanism by which salmon- borne nutrients improve spawning and rearing habitat for subsequent salmon generations and maintain the long-term productivity of river corridors along the Pacific coast of North America.
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...Several studies have used analysis of stable isotope ratios to demonstrate that nitrogen (N) derived from the carcasses of salmon is found in the foliage of riparian plants (Bilby etDec 26 2011: Hi Edward,
Thank you very much for your materials and objectivity.
Actually in America, China and some other places, a lot of dams were built on streams. After that, environments upstream go worse and worse.
Just as you said,although salmon contributes part of nitrogen, it still plays an important role.Dec 27 2011: OK, that is a lot written in one sitting. I will delve into the more compelling subject next, of the electric eel. I look forward to well deliberated, non-dogmatic responses as people feel is necessary. If my points are challenged, and I cannot provide a better rationale, then I stand to learn something, too.
Just to get you started, I see the development of an extremely specialized organ which is actually a liability in pre-electric eels to be completely outside of evolutionary theory. That organ consuming resources added nothing to the population's survival until it became fully weaponized. Think of all the subsystems which, by themselves, would be worthless unless functioning as part of a EMP generator.Dec 27 2011: Salmon, by feeding in the depths mainly on shrimp, concentrate isotopes of nitrogen in their flesh as another had commented. Perhaps the special nitrogen isotope carries unique advantages to the ecosystem I am not aware of. By feeding at depth their entire lives, salmons bring maximum benefit from bringing nitrogen from the depths to the upstream ecosystems, above that of surface feeding at lesser depths, hence I had used the term "nitrogen pump". The Timing system of each salmon specie causes each "class" of birth to en-mass return upstream to breed in the spring time, where the nitrogen from their bodies will provide the maximum benefit to the upstream ecosystems as well as improved survival for the hatchlings, which feed on insects and larvae not available in the seas. Whether each salmon survives long enough to breed at the top, or die somehow along the way, 100% of each returning class will give up their nitrogen in the form of amino acids to the ecosystem along the streams, either as bear shit (a collective term) or from bacterial breakdown.
The above need for 4 systems in salmons to develop the way they did in order to provide the benefit of replacing nitrogen into the upstream environments is an example of something which appears to have been designed. Any one of the 4 systems by itself would not do the job as well, or at all. For those who are experienced in the system engineering process, it will be clear what I am referring to. Complex engineered systems begin with an end-goal objective. The project is then engineered so that sub-systems meeting specific requirements and constraints, R&C, are designed so that they all work together to meet the end goal. All software, hardware, electrical, thermal mgt, materials must work together with each other or the end goal will not be met. I contrast this level of complexity to that of linear reactionary development typical of evolutionary selection. They are not the same.Dec 27 2011: For salmons, several systems must have developed in parallel in order for the benefits which they currently bring to enhance their land-based ecosystems: Homing, Timing, Feeding, Breeding. If any of these 4 systems did not develop which are unique to salmons, the benefit to the ecosystem either would not happen or would happen at greatly diminished levels.
A homing system to guide salmons upstream to mountain streams is unique to salmons, while almost all other species of fish breed and live their entire lives in the seas or lakes, with low salinity coastal mangroves being quite prominent, even for ocean going species such as tuna. If salmon did not develop this unique homing system and a very strong drive to return to the location of their hatching, there would be no benefit to the upstream forests. All other fish do not bring nitrogen above sea level, thus bringing no benefit to upstream ecosystems. Some have commented that there are other nitrogen fixing plant species and bacteria which also provides this service in the ecosystems. My view is that in the context of tens of millions of years, gravity always works, and just like our topsoil are being washed from fertile areas into the seas, the fixated nitrogen which makes topsoil fertile are one-way being washed downwards towards sea level with each season. The commenter who dismissed that salmon must swim upstream to breed because of a more protected condition is addressing the process too late. The question I ask is, why did salmons deviate their homing program to return upstream, into fresh water, very differently from what most salt-water fish do to breed successfully to maintain their species.
The Timing & Feeding systems cause salmon fingerlings to head for the sea when they grow big enough to predate in the oceans. Then, for 3-5 years, salmon will feed at depth, mostly on macrobial shrimp, hence getting their reddish colored flesh from the shrimp shells.Dec 27 2011: The optical sight example below and others like developing fur to give survival advantage to a population over those without specific adaptations to the immediate environment makes sense to explain how species evolve to adapt to changing environments. If the environments are stable, species need slower rates of adaptation, more like optimization, to gain survival advantages. Species diversity happen during periods of environmental upheavals, requiring adaptation or extinction i.e.; polar bears being white and sea going mammals evolving during prior ice-ages. Bears without such features died in the cold climates if they could not migrate, surviving only in warmer climes. These examples I cited generally develop in LINEAR paths, as REACTIONS to unexpected environmental changes. The only times for branching would be if the environmental pressures were not too severe, such that somewhat weaker species can co-exist with their cousins equipped with stronger survival advantages. This is a very important aspect of my views germane to this discussion, the linear developmental pathway resulting from reactions to environmental pressures characteristic of evolutionary developments.
The point I made with Alan was that, given the evolutionary selection process for features, I believe species which adapt features without immediate advantages to survival for themselves, but rather, benefiting the larger ecosystem does not follow with the generally accept evolutionary process. What I refer to as ANOMALIES wrt evolution are characterized by PARALLEL developments of the necessary systems in order for a final result to happen. The need for multiple systems to develop in parallel, each without giving a population survival advantages until all the systems become functional deviates very much from linear, reactionary development. In the case of salmon behavior, I will go into on next post. I will further add an even more compelling example of the electric eel.Dec 27 2011: Greets all,
I am Alan's friend referred to with these odd ideas. I wish to clarify any misconceptions of my beliefs so that we may have an educated discussion without attributing thoughts to me which I do not own. I am a highly logical and reasonable person with not much patience for those who make statements without providing reason to back up their statements. There is no room for dogma in reasoned thought.
I believe in evolution but with the existence of something else which is responsible for anomalies which Darwinian evolution does not explain well. My own belief is that multiple superior beings exist, whether a culture call them gods or God is not important to me. I believe that not all of these beings are "good" by accepted societal standards, but in a bigger sense, predators killing and eating prey may not be seen as "good" either, but not many will argue that it is necessary, especially poignant when we eat our meals.
I define my view of Darwinian evolution as that a population (not an individual) will evolve to adopt features which gives the species a survival advantage in their relevant environment at a given time period. Well known cases include the color of moths before & during the 1st Industrial Revolution in Europe. White birch bark favored white moths until coal dust darkened the birch barks, giving the darker moths a survival advantage, reversing the survival advantage towards the dark moths.
A good case describing evolution would be the development of optical sight.
skin cells=>light sensitive skin cells=>survival adv to worm which dislikes light=>bugs without feature gets eaten more by birds when seen=>equipped bugs continue to refine cells to give better advantages=>clumps of special cells grow into protrusions, giving directional warning=>clumps grow into primitive eye organs=>eye organs refine to directional type to find food, provide warning=>phased array eyes allow high speed precision flight.Dec 26 2011: What a brilliant question. Nitrogen is also fixed by several other methods in nature, lightning for one, cyanobacteria, which inhabit nearly all illuminated environments on Earth for another. I do not think mountain regions are dependant on migration of the Salmon for nitrogen. It would not be a very balanced ecosystem if that were the case but please correct me if I am wrong on this point.
There are lots of examples of symbiotic relationships in nature, and it gives the impression a designer has been at work. It is always possible to unravel the evolutionary trajectory.
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Dec 20 2011: sure there is a lot of intelligence in the universe ----until reaching the humanoids that swim downstream
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