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Position Statement 35: Aging Well
The public resources available for healthcare in America seem to be increasingly in jeopardy (in 2011), as debates over federal and state entitlements become more and more polarized. Medicare and Medicaid reductions or reorganizations loom, just as the baby boom demographic tsunami is starting to be felt. It is critical for the solvency of Medicare and the health and welfare of people enrolling in Medicare that Americans be encouraged to "age well,"(1) and that government at all levels reorient public health programs accordingly.
Mental Health America (MHA) urges that the budget discussions of all levels of government recognize the emerging needs of older people with mental health and substance use conditions. This priority needs to be addressed now, as the baby boomers begin enrolling in Medicare in increasing numbers. Innovative programs will be required to maintain and increase wellness as the American population goes through dramatic demographic change. This issue should emerge as a major focus of health care reform implementation under the Affordable Care Act, to contain costs and encourage wellness by promoting "positive aging."(2)
The three primary goals should be:
- to enable older people with mental health or substance use problems to live where they prefer, generally in the community - to "age in place;"
- to assure access to clinically appropriate, culturally and linguistically competent care in the community and in congregate living settings for people who need more help as they grow older; and
- to encourage people to age well by helping them to preserve their mental as well as general health and sense of vitality and fulfillment as they age.
The population of people over age 65 in the United States is projected to double between 2000 and 2030, from 35 million to 70 million.(3) While mental illness is not an inevitable part of aging, and older people actually experience fewer mental health conditions (excepting cognitive impairment) as they age, approximately 6.9% of people aged 65-74 experience "frequent mental distress," (4) and many experience mental health and substance use conditions associated with loss of functional capacity even though a formal diagnosis may not be justified. Anxiety and depression must be addressed for people to age well, and MHA envisions a supportive, integrated system of psychosocial care that encourages people to overcome such challenges by applying a recovery orientation to the aging process.
As stated by Deborah Padgett in the conclusion to her Handbook on Ethnicity, Aging, and Mental Health, aging need not be a time of "irreversible decline and loss," and depression and emotional distress can be successfully mastered and are actually less prevalent as people age. In fact, she concludes, "declines usually associated with aging are quite malleable and influenced less by aging per se than by a host of psychosocial and lifestyle factors such as stress, diet, and exercise. Among the [most important] psychosocial factors associated with successful aging are sense of control and autonomy and social support."(5)
Given the fact that more than half of each class of new Medicare beneficiaries is already coping with arthritis, it is important to acknowledge that virtually all older people will have coexisting impairments eventually, and more than half start out that way. So "positive aging" needs to work with whole persons to bring about overall wellness for individuals that is focused on their personal goals and current place of residence, social support system, and community. The primary method is by strengths-based therapies(6) that build the healthy habits that MHA refers to as "wellness." These strengths and supports are critical to aging well.(7)
Padgett explodes the "double jeopardy" concept that has stigmatized "ethnic aging." After accounting for the educational deficits that are associated with cognitive disorders in the African-American community and the underreporting common in minority communities that experience distress more as a set of physical symptoms than as a mental health or substance use disorder (the "somatization of distress"), Padgett concludes that mental health conditions are no more prevalent in Black and Hispanic elders.(8) In fact, she argues the contrary. Since, "adaptive [psychological, social and cultural strengths and] strategies formulated over a lifetime of struggle are keys to successful aging,"(9) ethnic elders who have coped with deprivation and stigma over their entire lives may have better mastered the skills required to cope with late life challenges.
Still, nearly half of people over age 65 with a recognized mental or substance use disorder have unmet needs for services.(10) Older adults with mental health or substance use conditions often do not seek specialty mental health care. They are more likely to visit their primary care provider- often with a physical complaint.(11) Those that do receive treatment are too often misdiagnosed or under- or over-treated. The interaction between physical and behavioral conditions is complex in older people:
- Psychological stress may lead to general health problems;
- General health problems may lead to psychiatric decompensation;
- Coexisting mental and general health challenges and responses may interact; and
- Social and psychosocial resources and medical and complementary treatments may affect all of the above.
However, treatment works when older people are accurately diagnosed and appropriately treated. Recent studies demonstrate that up to 80% of older people recover from depression with appropriate treatment.(12)
The ramifications of lack of treatment, misdiagnosis, and poor treatment reach beyond the mental well-being of the individual. There are serious physical consequences of untreated mental illness. Older people with chronic medical conditions such as diabetes and heart disease and co-occurring depression are at increased risk for disability, premature mortality, and high health care costs. Older people with depression are more likely than their peers to:
- heal slowly from hip fractures;(13)
- suffer heart attacks and die from these heart attacks;(14) and
- succumb to cancer.(15)
In addition, people with serious mental illness are at high risk for obesity, hypertension, diabetes, cardiac conditions, respiratory problems, and communicable diseases that contribute to a life expectancy many years less than that of the general population.
Suicide is a devastating consequence of untreated mental illness in older people. In 2003, adults aged 65 and older constituted 12 percent of the population but represented 16.7 percent of the suicides. Adults aged 65 and older have a suicide rate 50% greater than the general population. The rate peaks in white males aged 85 and over who die by suicide at six times the rate of the general population.(16)
Older people with mental health problems are a diverse population including:
- People with lifelong serious and disabling mental illnesses;
- People with dementia (often with co-occurring depression and anxiety);
- People with severe depression, anxiety, and behavioral problems that contribute to high rates of suicide, social isolation, and preventable institutionalization;
- People with less severe disorders that nevertheless limit their ability to age well; and
- People who abuse substances, primarily alcohol and pain medications but increasingly including people with lifelong addictions and those who use illegal substances recreationally.
Older people also face developmental challenges with emotional consequences such as retirement, loss of status, reduced physical and mental abilities, losses of family and friends, and the inevitability of death. Older people with mental health challenges inevitably face physical and social challenges and have a broad range of needs in order to pursue positive aging.
Older people with mental health or substance use problems are not yet a public policy priority. In addition, because their needs usually overlap the mental health, substance use, general health, and aging services systems, they often fall between the cracks. Specialized mental health and substance use services have not secured the resources necessary to provide appropriate care and treatment for older people. The general shift in mental health policy towards evidence-based, individual-centered care, consumer empowerment and recovery has not been reflected in improved services for older people. The generalist services that are the main source of care and treatment for older people with mental illnesses and substance use disorders rarely identify the particular needs and interests of this group. There is a widespread failure to integrate the aging, mental health and substance use treatment systems. A review of the evidence base found the greatest support for community-based, multidisciplinary, geriatric mental health treatment teams.(17) But little of that is happening, yet.
The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, Older Adults Subcommittee, outlined the major barriers impeding older Americans from accessing appropriate mental health care.(18) The committee identified three overarching issue areas: (1) access and continuity of care, (2) quality of care, and (3) workforce capacity and caregiver supports.
Identified barriers included a mismatch between the current system and the needs and preferences of older adults, stigma associated with mental illness, drug dependency, and advanced age, and a fragmented service system. There is inadequate research dedicated to mental health and aging and a lack of preventative interventions and recovery-oriented services. The asylums that used to house older people with serious mental illnesses are replicated by the nursing homes that admit people with serious mental illness much earlier than others, and condemn them to an institutional existence that is incompatible with aging well.(19)
Of particular concern is the inverse relationship between the diminishing workforce trained in geriatric mental health issues and the "elder boom." Although peer support has shown its worth with younger adults, it has yet to be widely adapted to older consumers. Research supporting the use of peer support with this population is needed, along with training and implementation of this new workforce.
Effective Services for Older People.(20) Evidence-based health care should be the foundation for building exemplary care tailored to needs of our aging population. Evidence-based health care:
- supports flexible and individualized care based on individuals' unique needs, histories and other factors, and does not dictate "one-size-fits-all" treatment;
- develops research that should be widely disseminated and vetted by consumers as well as researchers;
- develops research that appropriately represents all major cultural and linguistic groups so that group differences can be understood and addressed;
- emphasizes safety and consumer recovery as the overarching goals; and
- supports clinician and consumer-informed decision-making as the principal determinant of care
A service system that is built on the available evidence will include:(21)
- outreach services, including community education and training, prevention and early intervention efforts, and screening and early identification;
- community-based, multidisciplinary, geriatric mental health treatment teams;
- comprehensive home and community based services, including integration with primary care, case management, peer and consumer-run services, caregiver supports, crisis services and long-term care;
- mental health promotion interventions that seek to improve the quality of life for older adults, not simply mitigate the negative effects of aging; and
- policy and legislative changes that address the problems of workforce development, funding, research, coalition-building and integrated service systems.
Integration of care is the key:
The vast majority of older adults with a mental health or substance use disorder also have other chronic conditions. In addition, people with a serious mental health condition are at increased risk for other general health conditions. Thus, it is critical to integrate mental health and substance use with other health services including primary care, specialty care, home health care, and residential-community-based care. There are various models for integrating mental health and general health services including:
- training primary care providers in mental health, co-locating health and mental health services, using integrated treatment teams of health and mental health professionals;
- using care managers to follow up with consumers outside of the office;
- establishing primary care centers that specialize in serving older adults with mental disabilities, establishing health satellites at mental health centers; and
- using community-based, multidisciplinary, geriatric mental health treatment teams.
The "health home" concept imbedded in the Affordable Care Act is the most recent federal initiative promoting integration of care.(22)
Unfortunately, there are numerous barriers to implementing and sustaining these approaches, including:
- Providers' lack knowledge of the various models for integrating mental health, substance use and general health services;
- Integration runs counter to the current service traditions. Providers tend to work independently rather than in close collaboration;
- Older people's mental health needs are not usually integrated into their overall discharge plan when they leave inpatient treatment; and
- Cost can constrain options, as Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurances may not adequately reimburse for mental health and substance use services or collaborative care.
Older people with mental health or substance use problems also often receive services and supports through agencies specializing in aging services. These include senior centers, case management, adult day care, adult protective services, etc. Unfortunately, there is currently a lack of cross-system knowledge and collaboration. Professionals who work in the specialty mental health, substance abuse, general health, or aging systems typically do not know about the services readily available in other systems, making it difficult to find appropriate services for older consumers.
Workforce Development. The behavioral health system is not ready for the elder boom, which is predicted to hit in full force as the baby boomers retire. To this end, it is imperative that training in geriatric mental health be expanded and incorporated into curricula for health care professional education, especially for physicians, nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, peer specialists, and rehabilitation specialists. Currently there are roughly 2,425 geriatric psychiatrists in the United States with an estimated current need 4,400 and a future need of 8,840. In regards to geriatric social workers, there are only 6,000 nationwide with a current need of 32,600 and a future need of 65,480.(23)
The Dementia Dilemma. In addition to mental health conditions, older people suffer from Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and from many other symptoms of the aging brain, which the diagnosticians have grouped under the term "Mild Cognitive Impairment," somewhere short of AD. This terminology appears to serve only as a rough measure of severity and will surely evolve as we learn more. As recent attention has been focused away from AD as a differential diagnosis of brain physiology, researcher/clinicians like Peter Whitehouse have begun treating all of the symptoms of the aging brain on a continuum, and used a "positive aging" model as a way to respond.(24) This means that as people age, wellness matters more, not less, making activities like exercise, a good diet, reading, social interaction, study and service increasingly important. With brains, as with so much else in life, you use it or you lose it. Those most involved in life stay involved. Effective prevention and appropriate treatment of dementia may be the greatest public health challenge posed by the aging of the boomers.
This view does not minimize the struggles that people experience as their brains age. But the disease is never bigger than the person. "Neurodegenerative conditions do not 'claim' older people, nor do they dominate them or degrade their humanity. They simply alter how they live their lives."(25)
Finding the recovery paradigm in the care of aging brains is the most important focus of research. No pill is likely to cure AD, nor is Ginkgo biloba or any other substance going to prevent the aging of the brain, though some may be helped, but cognitive impairment can be slowed along the way by a supportive system of psychosocial care grounded in the logic of positive aging. The recovery model is the best way for our society to address all of our aging brains.
Call to Action
- Aging well is everyone's business. A positive aging agenda will require dramatic expansion of available services-including:
- access to appropriate housing;
- improved quality of care;
- integration of care among the mental health, health, substance use, and aging services systems;
- building a much larger clinically and culturally/linguistically competent workforce; and
- increasing and re-inventing funding sources to develop a match between funding mechanisms and service needs.
- Health care reform is a promising avenue for this reform, and aging well should be adopted as a core value in the care of older people under the Affordable Care Act.
- Affiliates are urged to adopt an aging well agenda for their communities, and promote it in partnership with others, since many services, especially housing, will need to be provided by local and state governments and nonprofit agencies, and
- Affiliates may act as catalysts to make elder cooperative and congregate care more available in their communities.
Effective Period
The Mental Health America Board of Directors adopted this policy on June 12, 2011. It is reviewed as required by the Mental Health America Public Policy Committee
Expiration: December 31, 2016
- Thanks for the phrase to Valliant, G.E., Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life (Little Brown 2002).
- Hill, R.D., Positive Aging (W.W. Norton & Co. 2005) quotes Seligman, M.E.P. & Csikszemmihalyi, M, "Positive Psychology: An Introduction," American Psychologist 55:5-14 (2000) in defining the term, focused on well-being, contentment, satisfaction, hope, optimism, and happiness. According to Hill, the traits to be emphasized are: " the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future-mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom." Introduction, at p. xi-xii. The terminology of "positive aging" is a more recovery-oriented version of the earlier term, "successful aging." Even a person with one or more chronic conditions could age positively, if not fully successfully. And even "negative" aging is far preferable to "pathological" or "diseased" aging, the terms formerly in use. According to Hill, positive aging has four characteristics: "a person mobilizes resources to cope with age-related decline; a person makes lifestyle choices to preserve well-being; a person cultivates flexibility across the life span; and a person focuses on the positives versus the problems and difficulties of growing old." Id. at 18-23.
- U.S. Bureau of the Census, "Population Projections of the United States by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin: 1995-2050, Current Population Reports, P25-1130 (2000).
- Segal, D.L., Qualls, S.H., & Smyder, M.A., Aging and Mental Health (2nd ed.), (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), at p.7, quoting the CDC (2007). People aged 75 and older actually had less frequent severe symptoms.
- Padgett, D.K., ed., Handbook on Ethnicity, Aging and Mental Health (Greenwood Press, 1995), at pp. 304-5.
- See Vickers, R., "Strengths-based Health Care: Self-advocacy and Wellness in Aging," in Mental Wellness in Aging, Ronch, J.L., and Goldfield, J.A., eds. (Health Professions Press 2003)
- For more information about wellness programs, see MHA Position Statement 17, Promotion of Mental Wellness, http://www.nmha.org/go/position-statements/17 , and MHA's wellness website, "Live Your Life Well," http://www.liveyourlifewell.org/ . The ten factors stressed on the website are:
1. Connect with others
2. Stay positive
3. Get physically active
4. Help others
5. Get enough sleep
6. Create joy and satisfaction
7. Eat well
8. Take care of your spirit
9. Deal better with hard times
10. Get professional help if you need it
- Padgett, op. cit., footnote 5, supra, at p. 306. Other groups have not been adequately studied.
- Id.
- George, L.K., Blazer, D.G., Winfield-Laird, I., et al., "Psychiatric Disorders and Mental Health Service Use in Later Life," in Epidemiology and Aging, Edited by Brody, J.A. and Maddox, G.L. (Springer, 1988)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Older Adults and Mental Health: Issues and Opportunities (Rockville, MD: 2001).
- See generally, Segal, D.L., Qualls, S.H., & Smyder, M.A., Aging and Mental Health (2nd ed.), footnote 4 supra.
- Mossey, J.M., Knott, K. & Craik, R. (1990). "The Effects of Persistent Depressive Symptoms on Hip Fracture Recovery," Journal of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 45:163-168.
- Gallo, J.J., Bogner, H.R., Morales, K.H., Post, E.P., Have, T.T., & Bruce, M.L., "Depression, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Two-year Mortality Rates Among Older, Primary Care Patients," American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13:748-755 (2005).
- Phennix, B.W., Guralnik, J.M., Pahor, M., Ferrucci, L., Cerhan, J.R., Wallace, R.B., & Havlik, R.J.. "Chronically Depressed Mood and Cancer Risk in Older Persons," Journal of National Cancer Institute 90:1888-1893 (1998).
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, "Mortality Reports," http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/
- Bartels, S.J., Dums, A.R., Oxman, T.E., Schneider, L.S., Areán, P.A., Alexopoulos, G.S., & Jeste, D.V., "Evidence-based Practices in Geriatric Mental Health Care," Psychiatric Services 53(11):1419-1431 (2002). http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/reprint/53/11/1419
- Bartels, S.J., "Improving the System of Care for Older Adults with Mental Illness in the United States: Findings and Recommendations for the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health," American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11:5, 486-497 (2003).
- Segal, D.L., Qualls, S.H., & Smyder, M.A., op. cit., footnote 4, supra, at p. 162. Thus, according to Andrews et al. (2009), people with schizophrenia enter nursing homes at a median age of 65, compared to a median age of 80 for other persons.
- National Association and Mental Health Planning and Advisory Councils, Older Adults and Mental Health: A Time for Reform. DHHS Pub. No. (SMA) XXXX. Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2007), http://www.namhpac.org/PDFs/01/olderadults.pdf.
- Id.
- See MHA Position Statement 71, Health Care Reform, http://www.nmha.org/go/about-us/what-we-believe/position-statements/position-statement-71-health-care-reform/position-statement-71-health-care-reform.
- http://www.mhawestchester.org/advocates/workforcedevelopmentoct2007.pdf.
- Whitehouse, P.J., with George, D., The Myth of Alzheimer's (St. Martin's Press 2008).
- Id., introduction, at p. xi.


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I'm not even sure if what I want to do is a good idea but I figure I'll experiment and see.
I have two predicted ratings in the range of 1-5 based on two different algorithms for predicting movie ratings. I also have two global averages for the given movie and given user.
predicted rating 1 = 4.5 predicted rating 2 = 2.5
global mean movie = 3.8 global mean user = 3.6
The two most important values here that should for now be equally weighed is the predicted ratings but I want to have to tend towards the global means a bit as well if that makes any sense.
What mathematical weight average function can I use and how?
This is all experimental so please tell me if you think i'm way off and you have any other ideas. :) My maths is quite rusty.

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WEIRTON - The city of Weirton welcomed the Christmas season Saturday with a variety of activities, including the annual Weirton Christmas Parade.
The annual parade, organized each year by the Weirton Area Chamber of Commerce, was dubbed "A Brighter Christmas" this year, with its night setting and special fireworks finish to cap off the day's festivities.
"It was a little cooler than last year, but the excitement was still there," Chamber President Brenda Mull said, noting the cooperation among the local business community, city officials and residents. "A lot of people worked together to make it happen."
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WEIRTON CHRISTIAN CENTER FLOAT — The Weirton Christian Center had two floats participating in Saturday's parade, with many of the center's youth program participants waving to the crowd and singing. -- Craig Howell
This year's parade was sponsored by First Choice America Community Federal Credit Union, Weirton Medical Center, Tri-State Audiology and West Virginia Northern Community College.
The fireworks were sponsored by Hancock County Savings Bank, Cattrell Companies, MedExpress and Marsh Pipe and Supply.
Mull noted she would like to make the fireworks display, which began once the parade concluded, an annual attraction to the Christmas festivities.
In addition to the parade, several events were held throughout downtown Weirton Saturday afternoon, including the opportunity to have pictures taken with Santa Claus and a charity collection to benefit three local organizations.
The charity drive was organized by Nick Latousakis of Wine and Beverage Merchants and John Greco of Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home in cooperation with the chamber.
Volunteers spent the afternoon in the funeral home parking lot collecting socks and gloves for the Weirton Christian Center, toys for the Salvation Army and food to benefit the Community Bread Basket.
A craft fair with 28 vendors was held at the Greater Weirton Senior Center and organized by the Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Debbie Lawton, of Country Delights, who assisted the CVB in putting the show together, explained it was all in an effort to give residents something to do while waiting for the parade.
"We'll probably do this next year as well," Lawton said.
The attraction included tables of crafts, homemade salsa and jellies, candles, homemade dog treats and holiday items.
Meanwhile, across the street at the Millsop Community Center, residents could have a picture taken with Santa Claus, with a charge of $5 per picture. Proceeds will benefit the Weirton United Way.
"It's a great event. It's true community participation," United Way Executive Board President John Frankovitch said of the various activities. "We're just happy to play a role in it."
The community center also was the home for the annual Christmas Tree decoration contest, where residents could pay $1 to vote for their favorite tree. Proceeds from the contest will go to the community center's Legacy Trust Fund, which provides money toward future improvements to the center.
Also starting Saturday was the Christmas Village model train display, which will be available at the Weirton Area Museum and Cultural Center over the next few weeks.


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Consider his vow to expend political capital on climate change. The absurdity of the Kyoto approach — global climate treaties agreed to by 190 nations — is now obvious even to most former enthusiasts. Obama can propose cutting U.S. fossil-fuel emissions (just 16 percent of the global total) with a carbon tax or cap-and-trade scheme, but Congress will pass neither. So he will be reduced to administrative gestures costly to job growth, and government spending — often crony capitalism — for green energy incommensurate with his rhetoric.
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President Barack Obama sharply challenged Mitt Romney on foreign policy in their final campaign debate Monday night, saying, "Every time you've offered an opinion you've been wrong." The Republican coolly responded, "Attacking me is not an agenda" for dealing with a dangerous world.
Romney took the offensive, too. When Obama said the U.S. and its allies have imposed crippling sanctions on Iran to halt nuclear weapons development, the Republican challenger declared the U.S. should have done more. He declared repeatedly, "We're four years closer to a nuclear Iran."
The president and his rival found agreement, as well, as they sat at close quarters 16 days before the end of an impossibly close election campaign. Each stressed unequivocal support for Israel when asked how he would respond if the Jewish state were attacked by Iran.
"If Israel is attacked, we have their back," said Romney — moments after Obama vowed, "I will stand with Israel if Israel is attacked."
Both also said they oppose direct U.S. military involvement in the brutal attempt to topple Syrian President Bashir Assad.
The event produced none of the finger-pointing and little of the interrupting that marked their debate last week, when Obama needed a comeback after a listless performance in their first meeting on Oct. 3.
But there was no mistaking the urgency. The two men frequently sniped at one another even on issues where they agree, and reprised their campaign-long disagreements over the economy, energy, education and other domestic issues despite ground rules that stipulated the debate cover international affairs.
Obama and Romney are locked in a close race in national opinion polls. The final debate behind them, both men intend to embark on a final two-week whirlwind of campaigning. The president is slated to speak in six states during a two-day trip that begins Wednesday and includes a night aboard Air force One as it flies from Las Vegas to Tampa. Romney intends to visit two or three states a day.
Already four million ballots have been cast in early voting in more than two dozen states.
On the Middle East, Romney said that despite early hopes, the ouster of despotic regimes in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere over the past year has resulted in a "rising tide of chaos." He said the president has failed to come up with a coherent policy to grapple with change sweeping the Middle East, and he added ominously that an al-Qaida-like group has taken over northern Mali.
Anticipating one of Obama's most frequent campaign assertions, Romney said of the man seated nearby, "I congratulate him on taking out Osama bin Laden and taking on the leadership of al-Qaida. But we can't kill our way out of this. ... We must have a comprehensive strategy."
Obama said he had ended the war in Iraq, was on a path to end the U.S. combat role in Afghanistan and has vowed to bring justice to the attackers of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi last month — an assault that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans.
He also jabbed at Romney's having said during the campaign that Russia is the United States' No. 1 geopolitical foe.
"Governor, when it comes to our foreign policy you seem to want the policies of the 1980s, just like you want to import the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies in the 1920s," Obama said.
The two men are locked in a close race in national opinion polls. The final debate behind them, both men intend to embark on a final two-week whirlwind of campaigning. The president is slated to speak in six states during a two-day trip that begins Wednesday and includes a night aboard Air force One as it flies from Las Vegas to Tampa. Romney intends to visit two or three states a day.
Already four million ballots have been cast in early voting in more than two dozen states.
Barring a last-minute change in strategy by one campaign or the other, Obama appears on course to win states and the District of Columbia that account for 237 of the 270 electoral votes needed for victory. The same is true for Romney in states with 191 electoral votes.
The battlegrounds account for the remaining 110 electoral votes: Florida (29), North Carolina (15), Virginia (13), New Hampshire (4), Iowa (6), Colorado (9), Nevada (6), Ohio (18) and Wisconsin (10).
The televised debate brought no cessation to other campaigning.
Obama's campaign launched a television ad in Florida that said the president ended the war in Iraq and has a plan to do the same in Afghanistan, accusing Romney of opposing him on both. It was not clear how often the ad would air, given the fall's overall focus on the economy.
Vice President Joe Biden, campaigning in Canton, Ohio, emphasized differences between the two candidates on the war in Afghanistan.
"We will leave Afghanistan in 2014, period. They say it depends," he said. "Ladies and gentlemen, like everything with them, it depends. It depends on what day you find these guys."
Romney's running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, was in Colorado. "We are in the midst of deciding the kind of country we're going to be, the kind of people we're going to be, for a generation," he said.
Whatever the outcome of the final face-to-face confrontation, the debates have left an imprint on the race. Romney was widely judged the winner of the first debate over a listless president on Oct. 3, and he has risen in polls in the days since. Obama was much more energetic in the second.
Monday night marked the third time in less than a week that the president and his challenger shared a stage, following the feisty 90-minute town-hall-style meeting last Tuesday on Long Island and a white-tie charity dinner two night later where gracious compliments flowed and barbs dipped in humor flew.


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About ten days ago I transferred my homebrew (I'm new at this so for now I'm buying the kits) from the primary to the secondary. when I transferred it the gravity was reading 1.025 and it was bubbling vigorously and all was well with the world. I've been checking the SG every few days and it hasn't changed much (it is around 1.036 now), even though all other signs of fermentation are present- there are still some bubbles forming (much more slowly now than at first),it is lightly carbonated, I had a small taste and it is starting to taste right. This is the second batch where something similar has occurred. The first one I figured I didn't sterilize properly and killed my yeast somehow so I just chucked the batch out. This time I was very careful. What are the chances that its just my hydrometer that's out of whack, and if it is, is there any other way to check shy of just buying a new one? Thanks, E
There are some misunderstandings here:
I recommend you read a book on brewing before starting your next batch or doing anything with your current batch. John Palmer's "How To Brew" is pretty much the standard text for new brewers.
My experience with basic kit beers is that you really don't need a hydrometer. Of course it is a valuable tool, but kits can be predictable most of the time. For a regular strength ale, just follow a basic fermentation schedule: 7 days primary, 2 weeks secondary, 2 weeks in the bottles (priming).


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Sorry if it's a trivial question, but when someone uses what's up as a greeting I have no idea what they want to hear. What are the possible answers and what does this question mean exactly?
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"What's up?" is a greeting whose meaning is mostly irrelevant in that the asker doesn't want an answer to the literal question which means something like "What is new?" or "What's happening (right now/in your life)?".
The simplest response if you don't have information you want to share immediately with the asker is probably just to say something like "not much", "not too much", or "hey (man/dude)". If you're offered "what's up" in response to a greeting of your own, you should read it as a request for you to proceed to the content part of what you want to talk about.
Unless, of course, you are in the midst of something exceptional.
It's just a greeting meaning "What is happening?", and a reply that nothing's happening means you're fine.
Depends on the tone in which it's asked - with the right tone, it can be synonymous with "What's wrong?", where, with a less concerned tone, it's more of a "How are you?". I'd reply very similarly to either.
That is an expression that has about as much meaningfulness as "How are you?" or "How's it going?" All, including "What's up?" are used as greetings. Now, each can be taken literally where someone may want to truly know "how you are", particularly if you've been sick, for instance, but all those terms are very commonly used along with the traditional greeting words, "Hi, "Hello", "Hey".
It used to be asked only when the person addressed seemed to be in some kind of trouble. Some people, I believe, now use it as a simple greeting. I've never been greeted in this way myself, so I can only speculate that the reply might be something like 'Yeh, I'm good.'
If you want to be unconventional, you can reply "the sun" or "me, barely." That usually gives people pause.
To directly reply to "What's up?" (as a rhetorical question), "'sup" does the job. (American)
You can respond using this (pick one):
I think it is acceptable as well to reply back with the same greeting:
"Stuff, y'know." (The same stuff keeps happening like it happens all the time. You already know what kind of stuff.)
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Imagine I have a car in Thailand and I want to get Australia, is there any ferry that cross from Asia to Australia? How much is it? No problem if have to drive to another country or if there is no direct ferry and must take a combination of transports.
I can't help with the logistics of actually getting the vehicle between Thailand and Australia, however despite what is and isn't possible there, there's no cheap way to do what you're asking.
Australia has a relatively strict process for approving imported vehicles, which would normally only be worthwhile if the car was in some way special. If the vehicle is left-hand drive (ie, the steering wheel is on the left) then there are even stricter rules regarding importing.
You can most of the details in the Importing Vehicles to Australia Brochure.
If you are only planning to import the vehicle temporarily you can get by with having a Carnet de Passage en Douane (CPD), but even this will not be cheap — especially as you'll have to pay for transportation in both directions. There have been a few other questions here regarding CPD that you'll be able to find by searching.
Unless there are (very!) special circumstances, selling your car in Thailand and buying a new one in Australia will work out much cheaper than trying to transport it.
I can't tell you the absolute cheapest, but I can tell you it's not commonly done. It is however uncommonly done - by people on "adventure" trips, challenges, etc.
One current such adventure I could think of is "It's on the Meter - World Taxi Challenge". I had heard that they had travelled with their London Taxi from England to Australia so did some searching for how they got to Australia.
In a Wall Street Journal article linked from the Wikipedia page I found this line which may be of interest to you:
So I don't know whether you regard $3,000 as "cheap" or not. If you're on a weekend jaunt to Australia in some old banger then perhaps not, if you're fulfilling a childhood dream or drunken bet to drive to Australia in some bizarre or interesting jalopy and would be doing it anyway for the adventure, then perhaps this is a good ballpark figure.
If you want to bring it back here (to Thailand) you will almost certainly have to pay import tax on it (even if it was Thai to begin with). Prices hold very well here with secondary depreciation almost nil (primary depreciation is when it is first bought and goes from new to second hand - this is still low in Thailand) and prices hold for more than a decade easily on well maintained cars. Also, if it was a foreign model (i.e. not assembled in Thailand) then it would have had up to 400% import tax applied to its price when purchased.
All this means it will be cost effective to sell it here (Thailand) and buy again in Australia - you will probably be able to sell a reasonably new car (say 5 year old) and still make money after buying new in Australia (like for like models of course).
There is no ferry - it is half the globe away! Like a ferry to South Africa! Only way is to ship it.


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Thomas Lewis' Career - April 2013 - Boston United FC
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Absolutely thrilled, to say the least.
A tough last month of the season which saw us play seven games could have proved very tricky, but was infact far less taxing than I thought it would be. Thankfully we got the title, and therefore promotion, wrapped up early in the month, first by beating Woking, and then by rounding it off in style against Braintree away. Following that we negotiated some trickier looking fixtures with the feeling that the season had ended, though still showed our supperiority by winning three of those final five games.
It wasn't a thrilling end to the season against Forrest Green Rovers, but with first place secured three weeks earlier and a hectic schedule throughout the month, I was just pleased the players were fit enough to put up a bit of a performance.


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6 Devious Ways Farmville Gets People Hooked
#3. I Can Stop Whenever I Want But Not Now, My Crops Are Due In 30 Minutes
What They Offer You: You can come back in two hours, eight hours, four days! You're the boss!
What The Real Point Is: Oh, but you are coming back.
It's hard to get addicted if you can just stop by whenever you want. To that end, Farmville crops wither if left up too long (although you can "unwither" them with the power of real cash money) and other games have their own time limits.
If they had this technology in the Farmville world, wouldn't they want to spend it on curing Alzheimer's and reversing old age instead of on saving raspberries?
But if the game explicitly set a rigid time limit, you'd be aware of it and resent it (like people gripe a lot about having to do dailies in WoW every 24 hours, and a bunch of people are always upset about what time Cracked's Craption Contest starts), so Zynga generously lets you set your own time limits. Sort of. By choosing what crops to plant, you choose when you have to come back - anywhere from two hours to four days for most crops. Zynga is putting up their hands and saying, "You're the farmer. Come back whenever you want." Which is bullshit. You might have 50 different choices, but none of them involves coming back whenever you feel like it.
Guess which one of these isn't available.
And studies have shown that people who think they chose to do something (even if they didn't) are more motivated than people who were forced to do that same thing.
If the game directly told you, "You must come back in two hours to continue playing," two hours might pass and you'd blow it off because you don't owe a stupid game anything. If you yourself decide to plant two-hour raspberry crops, you might willingly rush home early from dinner with friends to tend to "your" responsibility.
A Farmville-related early exit is one of the leading causes of not getting a second date.
Make no mistake, they're quite insistent on making you come back, but they'll let you think you're making yourself do it.
#2. $5? That's Just 500 Pennies!
What They Offer You: Just $5 gets you a bargain bin worth of exclusive goodies!
What The Real Point Is: If it's only $5, maybe you won't think too hard about what you're buying.
The upside of not spending any money on their actual game means they will make money no matter how little they charge you. So for just $5, you can buy a ton of "Farm Cash" to buy exclusive items.
Or for buying "Farmville" food at the 7-Eleven. Really.
People who balk at buying $60 PS3 games or even $10 bargain bin games suddenly find their Scroogelike reflexes dulled when the price is as low as the cost of a McDonald's value meal. But that meal will only allow you to feel greasy and queasy for a few hours while $5 of Farmville money can keep you entertained for weeks.
Maybe too entertained.
They call these "microtransactions," and it's become the next big thing in internet moneymaking. Everyone has a psychological price point and considers any amount below it "small change," and considers anything above it "enough money that I should be careful with it." This point varies from person to person and depends on what they're buying with it, but $5 usually comes in comfortably under, which gets a lot of people turning off the part of the brain that usually asks, "Do I really need this? Is this in my budget? Am I really thinking about buying fake money?"
Basically the same thoughts that go through your head when you exchange your money for Canadian currency.
Iphone apps have been raking in cash on the same principle. Thanks to the App store and in Zynga's case, Paypal, lots of tiny transactions are no hassle, so the number of customers they gain from cutting prices is a big win for them. I mean, would you rather make $20 selling a $20 game to one person or make $50 selling a $5 game to ten people?
#1. Nag? Pay? Both? None?
What They Offer You: It's your choice how you want to play. You're in charge!
What The Real Point Is: We'll use you either way.
No matter which path you choose, Zynga gets something out of you.
If you decide to pay in microtransactions, that's straight up cash. They get $5 for investing close to $0 in you.
Zynga gets:
If you decide to get bonus items by inviting and spamming friends, that's cool too. If just two of those friends end up paying, that's even better than if you'd paid yourself.
Zynga gets:
But it's not like they won't do their best to get both out of you. Bonus items from paying and bonus items from recruiting overlap, but not completely. If you're an obsessive completionist who wants all the goodies, you'll have to pimp and work.
Zynga gets:
Even as a free player, you're still in the game, and they're getting their hooks into you every day you're there. Maybe you'll misclick and invite a friend one day, or get tricked into a scam offer as one 15 year-old girl did. She clicked to accept "free offers" in return for in-game currency and through the fine print, found herself enrolled in 17 SMS subscriptions charging $10 a month - or rather her mom found her enrolled in them when she checked her phone bill.
Zynga claims they don't allow this anymore but it's up to you if you want to believe Mr. Every-Horrible-Thing-In-The-Book or not.
This guy, remember.
Everything - the soft sell, the low price, the illusion of choice, the corny graphics, sending invites through friends you know - is designed to avoid triggering red flags that make you put up your anti-salesman defenses. If the amount of subtle and subconscious pressure they put on players was overt and direct, even the three people that liked the game for itself would have been driven off. People usually aren't very fond of pyramid schemes, but slap on some dopey graphics, push it on grandmas and teenage girls, and suddenly it's just "one of those cheesy fads" like Justin Bieber, and Zynga, the evil genius, can recede unseen into the background.
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Serendipity has little to do with a successful manufacturing outsourcing relationship, but strategic planning does. So does picking the right partner, a key factor in any serious alliance. An understanding of the client's clearly defined needs, objectives, and product vision is vital, as is both partners' ability to grasp the other's expectations. A realistic attitude, flexibility, and trust are equally important attributes on both sides of the table. And the real glue that holds the partnership - and project- together, even more so than a formal contract or quality agreement, is the ability to communicate regularly and honestly with each other. As impossible as all that may seem, partnerships like these do exist in the biopharmaceutical industry. Here are lessons learned from the partners of two successful matches.
Whether you contract for activities outside your core competencies or for shared or extended competencies, there are considerable benefits to be had if the outsourcing relationship is executed properly. In the case of contract manufacturing services, client companies consistently name the same three major benefits: speed to market, risk and debt reduction, and access to expertise, equipment, and experience.
Mark O'Mahony, head of process development, quality control, and manufacturing for the biopharmaceutical company TolerRx, Inc. (Cambridge, MA), says, "Outsourcing compresses our development timeline, primarily through access to the facility, equipment, personnel, and expertise that we may not have in-house. We avoid capital risk and debt and gain flexibility. In early stage development, you want to mitigate your risk as much as possible. Working with a contractor allows you to do that, and it also allows you to change direction fast."TolerRx, whose development pipeline contains four monoclonal antibody products to induce, maintain, or remove immunological tolerance, outsources purification and aseptic filling functions to Laureate Pharma LP, a privately held contract manufacturing services firm headquartered in Princeton, NJ. Laureate's Michiel Ultee, senior director of biopharmaceutical development and operations, confirmed that the capital outlay for a clinical-phase production center falls anywhere between $50 million and $300 million. "To invest that kind of money in something with uncertain returns is risk-laden," he says.
Time is also invested constructing a facility, from site placement, beginning with local zoning concerns, to actual construction and validation of all the processing equipment, including bioreactors and chromatography stations. Validation of a large piece of equipment can take three to five months, according to Ultee, so it could be up to a year to fully validate all the equipment. "It's a totally different timeline than, say, constructing a bank," he adds.
TolerRx continually assesses its make–buy decisions, and a balance of both has been the best way forward to expedite the way to the clinic, shares O'Mahony. The company seeks current good manufacturing practices (CGMP) and current good laboratory practices (CGLP) outsourcing support for its preclinical and clinical trials with several manufacturing and testing facilities at any one time, depending on the available capacity, scale, and technical capabilities. TolerRx's core competency in biologics manufacturing, as well as cumulative successful experiences working with different antibodies in an outsourcing capacity, give it the confidence to consider outsourcing as a viable alternative.
Key Selection Criteria If using contract manufacturing services is a strategy you're considering for the future, or if you've experienced unfortunate circumstances in a prior outsourcing relationship, first identify your process requirements and establish your project timeline before starting your candidate search. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cheshire, CT), which develops novel antibody therapeutics for human diseases where treatments are either inadequate or nonexistent, has used various manufacturing outsourcers since 1996. Eric Frieden, its director of fermentation and cell culture development, believes these two elements are key criteria and will help considerably to narrow the candidate pool. Analyzing your needs ahead of time helps you recognize more of the synergies with respect to scale, expertise, techniques, capacity, and availability.
"Analyzing the outsourcers' capabilities, as well as evaluating the cost factors, are other key criteria," explains Frieden. "Determining their long-term interest is also an important consideration. Once you start working with someone, there's a huge cost - in both dollars and time - in changing partners."
Not only is expertise a consideration, but particular experience in the functionality you seek and the outsourcer's regulatory experience should factor into the equation, too. One of Alexion's manufacturing and development outsourcing partners, Lonza Biologics (Portsmouth, NH), is a case in point. Glyn Forster, its head of product management, explains that the company has over 20 years of experience in successful interfacing with numerous regulatory agencies. For example, it has had nine successful inspections in the past two years - six in the United States and three in the United Kingdom. Alexion outsources various functionalities to Lonza, including development and manufacturing of its drug Eculizumab.


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On Tuesday at approximately 5:05 p.m., Kentucky State Police say they conducted a traffic stop in Central City on a vehicle in which Anthony W. Hunt, the escaped inmate, was a passenger.
Hunt was taken into custody without incident and is in the Muhlenberg County Detention Center.
He is charged with Escape in the 2nd Degree.
State police say they are looking for an inmate who walked away from a work detail in western Kentucky.
Police say 27-year-old Anthony Wayne Hunt was on release from the Muhlenberg County Detention Center on Monday to work at the Opportunity Center in Greenville when he disappeared. Police say his jail-issued orange jumpsuit was found in the restroom at the center where he was working.
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BELTON (December 16, 2012)--After part of its original church is damaged after a fire, Christ the King Catholic Church had its Masses this weekend in the parish hall and is working on rebuilding with some help from the community.
The cause of the fire is being investigated, and the newer part of the church is getting repaired for smoke damage.
A fire during a midnight Vigil Mass on Wednesday left the original part of the church, built in 1969, damaged and unusable.
"People were married in this church and baptized in this church, this little chapel here, and so I think that there's a sense of shock and a sense of sadness because we've had so many years of worshipping God in this place," said Father James Misko.
The church continues to meet and stay strong in its faith.
Mass was held this weekend in the parish hall.
"A very powerful weekend for the parish with joy and happiness that no one got injured and a true theological sense that we are the church, and this parish hall over here doesn't look like a church, it looks like a parish hall but it will 100 percent fully church because the church will be in the hall, which is the people," Father Misko said.
While Christ the King Catholic Church picks itself up, it's getting some help from another church one town over.
St. Mary's Catholic Church in Temple sold tamales today to help Christ the King rebuild.
"Bad things happen, and it just seems like a lot of things right now, so to be able to bring a little hope and a little support to a terrible tragedy, I'm happy to do it," said Amy Castillo, a member of St. Mary's Women's Group.
"It is exactly what Christ taught us...those who suffer, those who are in pain, we have to help them out," said Father Ranjan Cletus, priest of St. Mary's.
All 100 dozen of tamales sold out within minutes.
Christ the King is scheduled to resume all masses in the newer part of the church starting next weekend.


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The Wenatchee World reports officials say the treehouse overhangs the sidewalk, threatening public safety. Postelwait disagrees.
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The next class will be Wednesday the 27th of March at 20:00. You will need your own laptop running either OS X or Windows. Max does not currently run on Linux. If you want to make your Linux machine make funny noises, you should consider PureData. Class will be in the Turing classroom, which adjoins the Church classroom at the back of the space.
Is your computer currently usable? When you type the letter 'k', does the 'k' character appear on the screen? Are the images in front of you right-side up? Are your internal speakers currently silent, as opposed to emitting a deafening, 18kHz sine tone?
Don't worry, There is hope. Enter Max/MSP--the programming language of the future. Invented by the French for the purpose of challenging the dialectic between man and machine and for confusing the general public, Max makes it easy to connect input to output in a rapid, whimsical and experimental manner. Programming in Max is as simple as hooking objects together using virtual connections called patchcords. Those patchcords can carry instructions, streaming data, sound, video or just about anything else, so it's easy to use Max to explore unexpected possibilities. You want to use Max to drive LED's? Or maybe to make your face dance? Max can do basically anything. Something is a proper subset of anything. Therefore, if you want to do something, Max can probably help.
Noise~ covers the basics, from building a simple patch all the way through tackling algorithmic composition and working with live video. The first class will be targeted at total beginners and will begin at the absolute beginning: downloading Max, opening a patcher and making something happen. From there, as long as there is interest there will be classes.
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TORONTO (AP) -- John Sheardown, a former Canadian diplomat who hid fugitive American Embassy staffers during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, has died. He was 88.
His wife Zena said Saturday that Sheardown passed away in an Ottawa hospital on Dec. 30. She says he had been treated for Alzheimer's disease for the past four years but also suffered from other ailments.
Sheardown played a key role in the events depicted in Ben Affleck's Oscar-contender film "Argo," although he was not portrayed in the film because of time constraints.
Sheardown, the second-ranking diplomat in the Canadian Embassy in Tehran, housed four American Embassy employees in his home for more than 2 1/2 months during the hostage crisis. Two other American diplomats hid in the home of the Canadian ambassador, Ken Taylor, until their rescue by a fake film crew.
BEIJING (AP) -- China Meteorological Administration says the country's average temperature has hit the lowest in 28 years this winter, as snow and ice throughout China have closed highways, canceled flights and stranded travelers.
The figures released by the administration on Friday show the national average was -3.8 degrees Celsius (25 degrees Fahrenheit) since late November.
The average temperature in northeast China dipped to -15.3 degrees C (4.5 degrees F), the coldest in 43 years, and dropped to a 42-year low of -7.4 degrees C (18.7 degrees F) in northern China.
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The Pakistani military is accusing forces from neighboring India of crossing the boundary between the two sides' forces in Kashmir and attacking a Pakistani border post, killing a soldier.
The military's public relations office said in a statement Sunday that another Pakistani soldier was critically wounded in the incident early Sunday.
They said troops are still exchanging gunfire in the area.
They said the raid crossed the "line of control" dividing the Indian and Pakistani sides of Kashmir, a flashpoint of violence between these two neighbors for decades.
Both claim the region as their own.
A 2003 cease-fire ended the most recent round of fighting.
Each side occasionally accuses the other of violating it by lobbing mortars or shooting across the LOC, but accusations of cross-border raids are rare.
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A team led by a British aviation enthusiast has arrived in Myanmar to begin the first of several digs they hope will unearth dozens of rare British fighter planes said to have been buried in the Southeast Asian country at the end of World War II.
The 21-member team led by farmer and businessman David Cundall will soon start excavations to find several stashes of Spitfires believed to be under the ground near the airport in the main city, Yangon.
The Spitfire remains Britain's most famous combat aircraft. Its reputation was cemented during the Battle of Britain when the fast-moving single-seater aircraft helped beat back waves of German bombers.
Cundall said Sunday the initial project would take about four to six weeks to complete.
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's state run news agency says President Bashar Assad will deliver a speech on Sunday in a rare address to the nation.
SANA said Saturday that Assad will speak about the latest developments in Syria. It did not provide more details.
The speech would be the first by the embattled leader in months, and comes amid intense fighting between government troops and rebels on the outskirts of Damascus.
Assad has rarely spoken in public since the uprising against him began in March 2011.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia's state-managed news agency is reporting that anti-terrorism police have shot and killed five suspected Islamist militants in eastern Indonesia.
The raids on Friday night and Saturday morning on Sumbawa followed the killings of two suspected militants earlier Friday on Sulawesi island, also in the east of the country.
Antara reported that the country's elite anti-terror squad carried out the operations and that they were linked to the raid in Makassar.
Police were not immediately available for comment.
Indonesia was hit by four major al-Qaida-linked bombings between 2002 and 2009, but a sustained police crackdown is thought to have reduced the threat significantly.
However, small groups of local terrorists have carried out several attacks on police around the country over the last two years.
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- An Algerian newspaper says the right-hand man to the head of al-Qaida's North African branch was one of seven insurgents killed by the army last week.
El Watan reported Saturday that the New Year's Day operation killed Izza Rezki, the finance chief for Abdelmalek Droukdel, the head of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. The paper cited anonymous security sources.
Algerian authorities did not comment the report.
The Algerian Defense Ministry announced the operation Tuesday but only identified those killed as members of a terrorist group.
Such government statements are rare in Algeria's long battle with AQIM, underscoring the importance of the operation. AQIM is headquartered in Algeria, but noted mainly for its reach in Africa's Sahel region with kidnappings of Westerners and its takeover of parts of northern Mali.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- Northern Ireland police used water cannons to fend off brick-hurling protesters in Belfast on Saturday as violent demonstrations over flying the British flag stretched into a third straight day.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland said it was investigating reports that a number of shots were fired at police lines. A 38-year-man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, police said.
More than 1,000 demonstrators marched on Belfast's city hall earlier Saturday afternoon amid a heavy police presence. While the rally passed largely without incident, police then came under attack from a mob of more than 100 people hurling bricks and fireworks. Two men were arrested, police said.
Protesters have been out in force -- with sometimes violent results -- since a Dec. 3 decision by Belfast City Council to stop flying the British flag year-round.
Such issues of symbolism frequently inflame sectarian passions in Northern Ireland, where Protestants mainly want to stay in the United Kingdom and Catholics want to unite with the Republic of Ireland.
Many Protestants want the council to reverse its decision about the flag, and dozens of police have been injured in ensuing demonstrations.
Saturday's flare-up followed a tense Friday night in Belfast when nine police officers were injured and 18 rioters arrested during rioting. Police said that more than 30 petrol bombs were thrown at officers, along with ball bearings, fireworks and bricks as they responded to clashes in Protestant sections of the city.
Similar clashes on Thursday saw 10 police injured in east Belfast.
The controversy has also seen death threats made against politicians.
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- A security official in the Libyan city of Benghazi says police are searching for a senior official who was abducted while investigating the recent assassination of the city's police chief.
The official said Saturday that Lt. Col. Abdel-Salam al-Mahdawi was abducted from a Benghazi street late Wednesday when assailants pulled him from a vehicle. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media.
Al-Mahdawi heads Benghazi's criminal investigations unit tasked with looking into the November killing of National Security chief Col. Farag el-Dersi in the city.
Security has deteriorated over the past year in Benghazi, the birthplace of the revolt that unseated longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi. An attack in September on the U.S. consulate there killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.


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Bankside House offers comfortable B&B accommodation on London's vibrant South Bank just behind Tate Modern. With Shakespeare's Globe, the London Eye a
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Tate Modern, Shakespeare's Globe, London Eye, Vinopolis, London Dungeon, HMS Belfast, St. Pauls, Tower Bridge, Tower of London and Millenium Bridge are all within easy walking distance.
The West End is easily accessible from Bankside either by walking along the Thames or jumping on the Jubilee line from Southwark or London Bridge stations, both less than ten minutes walk away. The City is a short walk over Southwark Bridge with the Docklands, Canary Wharf, the O2 arena and ExCeL also easily accessible via the Jubilee line.
Please note: Blackfriars underground station will be closed until late 2011. The circle and district lines can be accessed via Temple Station a 15 minute walk from Bankside House. Overland rail services are still serving Blackfriars Station. Directions below have been updated to reflect this.
From Heathrow: Heathrow is easily accessible via London Underground. Bankside can be reached by using the Piccadilly line to Green Park and then take the Jubilee Line to Southwark. From Southwark station follow the Orange Lamposts towards the Tate Modern and you will see us on your right, just beyond the iconic Blue Fin Building.
From Gatwick: Take the Thameslink Service to Blackfriars Station. From Blackfriars follow the directions to the Tate Modern, we are just behind.
From Stansted: Take the Stansted Express to Liverpool Street Station and then take the Central Line to St. Pauls Station. From there follow the signage to Tate Modern, Bankside House is just behind the Tate Modern.
Eurostar now terminates at St Pancras International station. From St. Pancras take the Northern Line to London Bridge Station and follow the signs to the Tate Modern.
Bankside House is located mid-way between Waterloo and London Bridge Stations, just follow the signs to the Tate Modern, about a 10 minute Walk.
Blackfriars Station and Cannon Street are both just across the River, again just follow the signs for the Tate Modern. For all other stations take the Underground to either Southwark or London Bridge.
LONDON UNDERGROUND (The Tube):
The closest London Underground stations are Southwark (Jubilee line) and London Bridge (Jubilee & Northern lines). Both are a 10 minute walk away with Waterloo (Jubilee, Northern, Bakerloo lines) around 15 minutes walk away along the river.
The 381 and RV1 buses from Waterloo also pass by Bankside House as do the 45 and 63 from Kings Cross/St Pancras.
London boasts an excellent Black Cab service. Rates are reasonable and cabs are very safe. There are taxi ranks at major stations, airports and within the West End.
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By Sangeet Kaur Khalsa
When our soul entered into life, its birth date represented a code for all the lessons, challenges, gifts, karma, and destiny paths it would be working on in this lifetime.
Each number from 1 to 11 has a unique frequency and relates to our ten bodies. They vibrate together at their 'unique-to-us' frequencies, which gives each of us our own harmonic imprint in the Universe. Each mantra we chant sets our frequencies more truly on pitch, removing blocks and giving us new awareness. Chanting mantras is a way of energetically re-attuning ourselves to our true gifts and purpose.
The Soul Number indicates what makes us happiest or most miserable in life. You calculate the soul number from the day/date you were born. Remember this is an 11-number system. If you were born on any day between the 1st through the 11th of the month, then that is your soul number. If born on a higher date, add the two numbers together and reduce that down to a number between 1 and 11. Do not resolve a 10 to a 1.
Key Issues and a Strengthening Mantra for each Soul Number
1 stands for that person who can be single-pointed, task-oriented, confirmed in their identity but who often sees themselves as small. The I am, I Am meditation [1], chanting I am the Light of the Soul, by Bibi Bhani Kaur [2], and I Am Who I Am and That is That by Guru Singh [3], all help the "little one" grow to become the "Great One."
2 is that which seeks to excel in partnership, often dashing into relationships without exercising caution. Chanting Ang Sang Wahe Guru [4] or Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo [5] both align you with the Great Partner and also clear up disharmony between you and earthly partners.
3 is creative, social, and nurturing but often not well-focused. The best mantra here is any version of Kirtan Kriya (Sa Ta Na Ma) [6].
4 can be exceptionally meditative. Nothing awakens it better than chanting Guru Guru Wahe Guru, Guru Ram Das Guru [7]. It keeps you from falling into the box of the mind, which is a challenge for every 4.
5 is all about taking action, being flexible, not stubborn or stuck. Any kriya [8] for flexibility will accelerate the flow of energy through us and so will Breath of Fire [9]. And the Adi Shakti mantra [10] (Kundalini Bhakti Mantra) builds concentrative power.
6 is all about the heart and setting sacred space. Chant Mere Man Lochai [11] to heal wounds of the heart, as heart energy helps create sacred space.
7 yearns for open space, freedom, and self-reliance. It can be quite noble. For a woman, nothing works quite like the Grace of God meditation [12].
8 is about being in charge and that comes with chanting Wahe Guru, Wahe Jio [13].
9 is about the expanded mind, the consciousness of mastery, and the lessons of letting go and detachment. Gobinday Mukunday as in the Prem CD helps us to tune in to all aspects of God.
10 is about command, courage, and new beginnings. Chatra Chakra Vartee as chanted in the Lightness of Being CD builds these qualities.
11 is all frequency bodies vibrating together just as the color white contains within it all colors. Chanting the Aquarian Sadhana mantras [14] produces a purer and purer connection to the Divine within us and beyond. Also try Mender of Hearts from the Crimson Collection or Aad Sach, Jugaad Sach as chanted in the Lightness of Being CD.
Sangeet Kaur Khalsa is a master numerologist and teacher using the Starcode of Destiny® system she developed from the basic teachings of Yogi Bhajan. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, she is also a KRI Senior Trainer and the founder of Womanheart® Retreats for women, and author of the popular book by that name. Contact her at www.healingsource.com.
Editor's Note: Please check www.spiritvoyage.com and www.a-healing.com to purchase the CDs mentioned.
[1] For details, see the "Meditation Into Being," in the Aquarian Teacher manual, available at www.kriteachings.org
[2] On the CD titled Light of the Soul
[3] On the CD titled A Game of Chants
[4] To hear this mantra chanted, visit www.kriteachings.org/toolsforteachers. There are several musical versions of this mantra available.
[5] On the CD titled Meditations for the Aquarian Age by Nirinjan Kaur, and on Prem by Snatam Kaur
[6] To hear this mantra chanted, visit www.kriteachings.org/toolsforteachers. Also available on the CD Tantric Sa Ta Na Ma by Simran Kaur, and Sa Ta Na Ma by Snatam Kaur. Meditation instructions can be found in the Aquarian Teacher manual, as well as many other Kundalini Yoga manuals.
[7] To hear this mantra chanted, visit www.kriteachings.org/toolsforteachers. This mantra is the last of the 7 mantras included on all Aquarian Sadhana CDs, and on many CDs as well.
[8] A combination of posture, mudra, mantra, breathing, and rhythm; literally means completed action; a kriya can be one exercise or a specific sequence of exercises
[9] Continuous rapid nostril breathing, two to three breaths per second, while pulling the navel point in on the exhale and relaxing it on the inhale
[10] Available on the CD Adi Shakti by Gurudass Kaur
[11] This chant can be found on the CD Lord of Miracles by Kirtan Singh and Shakti Parwha Kaur, and on Servant of the Heart by Satya Singh and Hari Bhajan Kaur
[12] Meditation instructions can be found in the Aquarian Teacher manual, available at www.kriteachings.org
[13] This chant can be found on all Aquarian Sadhana CDs, as well as on many other chant CDs. Correct pronunciation can be found at www.kriteachings.org/toolsforteachers.
[14] A series of 7 meditations given by Yogi Bhajan to bring in the Aquarian Age, there are many different CDs available


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Vito Sofa
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Sometimes less is more, and that's certainly the case with the Vito Sofa. Trim track arms and metal base accentuate the simple, squared shape of this modern sofa, while a wooden leg base option provides a subtle transitional look. The tufted cushions provide just enough accent to really make the Vito pop. Choose from one of the many upholstery options for a look that perfectly matches your space.
The Vito Sofa features:
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Local design, local manufacturing, local company: based out of North Carolina, Younger Furniture has been delivering American-made style, quality, and comfort since 1989. Younger's fresh sofas, chairs, loveseats, and sectionals are known for their solid construction and excellent upholstery. With an ability to produce both modern sofas and traditional furniture, Younger neatly straddles the modern/traditional divide ... without compromise. Their Avenue 62 Collection illustrates their ability to add a Mid-Century look to their oeuvre.
Younger Furniture is becoming more and more widely known for their quality of craftsmanship. Techniques that ensure durability - such as corners that are blocked, double-doweled, glued, screwed, and (for good measure) stapled - give each customer a sofa or lounge chair that can last for decades with the proper care. Generous padding is added in all the places you'll need it, including under the upholstery at the bottom of each sofa's front, ensuring comfort and a smooth look. Younger Furniture pieces tend towards the medium-firm side for a well-supported sit, with the option for a YLux cushion upgrade for a softer sit. This enables each customer - whether she prefers a firm sit or a cushy sit - to find comfort in the Younger line of sofas.
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Prince George, who is third in line to the British throne, celebrates his first birthday on Tuesday. Take a look at the family tree of the British monarchy and learn a bit about George's great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth.
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I have heard there is a difference between movies 'based on' verses those 'inspired by' true events. Does one relationship with the 'true events' have more license than another, or is it just the director's discretion as to which phrase to use?
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Both are sufficiently vague that the author can use them however he/she wants. Both wordings could mean anything from "nothing like the actual events" on up to "exactly like the actual events".
So the director / author can and will decide which best fits their marketing motivations, in a matter of connotation and style.
I could imagine that a more artistic movie would use the term "inspired by", and an action movie would connect better with "based on" for example.
Outside the context of art, I think "based on" does imply a closer resemblance to fact.
In common use, based upon a true story means that the essential trajectory of the actual story remains intact. The author/screenwriter may have made significant adaptations -- renaming characters, shifting the location in time or space, exchanging genders, compositing several real people into a single representative character, and so forth -- but the core of the story remains the same.
Inspired by a true story, on the other hand, generally means that an actual event was used only as a sort of springboard for the finished work; a "what if" scenario, if you will. Often some very significant changes are made -- the murderer hanged in real life may get away with the crime, or vice versa. It is often an indication that the writer is using a situation familiar to the audience as a stepping stone to exploring an issue they might not otherwise have considered.
Presumably the courts might look slightly more kindly upon your lawsuit if my film about an evil super-villain was advertised as being based on your life story rather than being merely inspired by it.


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Happy Memorial Day
By user9149671 on May 31, 2011
Over the past Memorial Day weekend here in the U.S.A. I spent the long weekend camping in rural Pennsylvania with some old good friends, playing music. We are musicians and have had fun playing music together for the past 19 years.
It was great to have the opportunity to get away from the big city of Chicago and reflect. Right now I am running for reelection for a 4th term on The GNOME Foundation board of directors. With the GNOME 3 release now behind us, I anticipate that the next year will be busy. The GNOME community is changing, evolving and redefining itself as we push forward with a next generation desktop with a design that scales from the smallest devices to the largest multi-user servers. With so much work coming, it feels great to have my batteries recharged. I am looking forward to another year serving the GNOME community as we work together to create the best free software desktop out there.


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Works good. Easy to install and accurate display. Mechanical guage means no batteries required. It relies on friction to hold it in place inside the cup that is screwed onto the top of the stem and is not a tight enough fit. Any small brush against the edge knocks it out so it is easily lost if you're not careful. We added a piece of double-sided tape to the back of it and that's helped.


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I'm specifically interested in whether or not their maximum ability to feel an emotion decreases as they grow older (so by that I'm meaning - let's ignore the effects of tolerance induced by life experience for now).
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It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, visit the help center.If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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Some empirical evidence
I did a quick search on Google Scholar for 'panas longitudinal study'
PANAS (see Crawford and Henry 2004, PDF for a a review) is a commonly used self-report questionnaire that aims to measure the frequency with which various positive and negative emotions have been experienced over a given time frame.
I found this interesting article by Kunzmann, Little, and Smith 2000, PDF called "Is age-related stability of subjective well-being a paradox? Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from the Berlin Aging Study".
The opening section of the article reviews the empirical literature regarding stability and age related trends in self-reported positive and negative affect. The following are a few interesting points from the article:


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This article is reprinted from Diana Dyer's book A Dietitian's Cancer Story, reviewed for OncoLink by Katrina Claghorn, RD, Oncology Dietitian.
The choices available in the health food or grocery store are overwhelming. Here are some general guidelines to help you choose a quality product.
This will take some legwork on your part, but may be helpful in determining if a company has enough internal quality control to be confident that outside, independent testing will verify the information they have put on the label. This industry is still evolving and hopefully will move toward defining, implementing, and enforcing standards so that consumers don't have to be in the position of "Buyer, beware," as is the unfortunate current situation. when I have called a couple of herb companies, all were willing to tell me if they belonged to the NNFA or not. All wanted to know why I was asking. If you call the companies yourself, simply say that as a consumer, you would like some indicator of quality control of the products you are choosing to buy. Conveying this information to the manufacturers will hopefully give them the message that higher and more consistent standards for the herbal industry are needed.
Some additional advice I give my clients is the importance of keeping a diary or log of all the supplements they are consuming, including brand name, dosage, frequency, along with recording any signs, symptoms, or changes they might notice that should be brought to the attention of their cancer team members. In addition, if you are starting a new complementary therapy such as acupuncture, meditation, yoga, guided imagery, etc., keep records of when you started that, too, along with any changes you observe. All of this information should be incorporated into your medical records because all of these strategies are contributing to your healing.
It is also advisable to introduce or change only one new herb, supplement, or therapy at a time. I recommend waiting 3-4 days at a minimum. That way the development of any adverse effects can be more easily traced to a particular change or addition, just like with a medication. currently there is VERY LITTLE information available to guide practitioners regarding potential unsafe combinations of medications and herbs. If you do develop any unusual side effects or symptoms, stop your supplements and notify your physician(s) and any additional health care practitioner who is guiding you on choices of complementary therapies.
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