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This group is in "suspended animation" due to big changes in my life: uninsured housefire and care of elderly parents. (updated Aug. 2017). I am hoping to be able to resume. I just don't know when. Your signing up for the upcoming events puts you on a notification list for when I can actually conduct these classes. In order to retain the list of interested members, I have to keep rolling the date forward on the Meetup.com platform. Thank you for your interest in this topic and patience!
Please read on... There is a video about the fire and the opportunity it is creating at http://www.gofundme.com/cindyandmartin-hous... (http://www.gofundme.com/cindyandmartin-housefire)
We are surrounded by Wild Eatables! Wild growing plants are REAL natural and whole foods. Some are good for raw food eating, some must be cooked to be eaten. Being in nature and eating from nature gives us spiritual and nutritional and spiritual recreation. We can incorporate into our lives plants that were uses by Indians and herbalists for hundreds of years to relieve suffering and restore balance to ailing bodies.
Most events take place on a hilly, mostly wooded "peace" of land in NW Nashville which is the haven of the Organizer and her husband. There will be walks, talks, cooking and eating opportunities.
Other topics include:
*Wild plants in salads
*Wild plants in greens
*Wild plants as seasonings
*Wild plants as teas and flour
*Traditional Wild plant remedies
*seed saving
*year round eating
There are also lots of environmentally safely grown food gardens located where the events take place. So, of course there will general gardening information and as well as produce and plants for sale.
The walks are by donation ($10) and the classes are by donation or fee basis.
Having knowledge of plants growing in your yard, in alleys nearby, in woods, in abandoned lots or fields contributes to our lives in many ways:
*Self-reliance in troubles times
*Add nutrition to easily storable dried bean and rice
*Improve our self-care and assistance to others
I am sure you can think of additional reasons to increase your knowledge and gentle respectful use of nature's available abundance.
For those deeply interested in this topic, I recommend starting your own resource book, a scrapbook for photos, sketches, instructions and recipes. Never know when you will need a hard copy! The internet just might not be with us our whole lifetime.
Some information about eating plants is on the "About " pages. Be sure to go there!


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Style icon Mischa Barton might be known for seamlessly shifting from retro-cool street style and red carpet elegance, but regardless of where she's headed, Mischa tells PEOPLE.com, "Accessorizing is oddly my favorite part of dressing up." It comes as no surprise then that the actress has been having fun developing her headband collection with designer Stacey Lapidus. Mischa says that she found inspiration for the hair accessories, which range from $50 to $200, in her jet set lifestyle. "I've been working in the likes of India, Milan, Paris, London, Montreal, L.A, and NYC," she explains. "My style has been somewhat boho chic, which I think is a result of having traveled so extensively throughout the course of the past year." And she's about to get even busier! In addition to her headband line and a collection of handbags, Barton is waiting to hear whether her pilot for the CW, A Beautiful Life, will get picked up for a series this fall. "It was a blast to film and though I've only seen bits and pieces [of it], I'm proud of the show and hopeful that I'll get to shoot some more," she says. "Since I have an obvious passion for fashion, it was also incredible for me to be offered a role that's immersed in the industry." Check out Mischa's collection, available now at staceylapidus.com. — Lisa Ingrassia

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one question when the next major is coming so I can invest in flashgaming and C9 before the price skyrocks?
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Thank you!!!
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i used your advice to invest 3 keys in 25 flash gaming stickers, but i just lost a bunch of money. Thank you for your very accurate predictions...
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He is not a fking Vanga, it's a prediction. About the 10000%, the price will go up eventually in like 1 or 2 years.
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If life was so simple...
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First of all, I am sorry you lost some money but Flash gaming did go up to 30c straight after sale, you can still hold them and they could go up. As the other guy said you win some and you lose. If I was right about every investment I'd be a millionaire but have more good investments than i have bad investments so if i do poor with one investment, the next one could do well. I told people buy hydra cases at 46c. I told people they could also pick up some tyloo stickers in case they were banned from the game. As of the 3 keys you bought, i don't understand where i told anyone to buy keys anywhere. Even in the description i have a disclaimer to say that invetsing is risky. I'm sorry you lost some money but i hope you understand thats the risks you take.
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he was 10000% sure it will rise from 0.25€ and rn it just keep dropping to under 0.17€
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investing is never a guarantee, some you win, some you lose, also 3 keys is like £6??
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As reporters were leaving Hewlett-Packard's recent WebOS extravaganza, the company threw in a mention that the company planned to bring its mobile WebOS, acquired from Palm last year, into its desktop PC line. No details, no timeline -- just more vague teasing last week at the Mobile World Congress. HP's goal is clearly to copy Apple's strategy of owning the platform across a whole product ecosystem, with WebOS in smartphones, a tablet soon, printers later, and PCs at some point.
But HP is also the leader in sales of Windows PCs, which is a much, much bigger part of its business than WebOS (at least for the foreseeable future). And HP's foray into touch-enabled PCs over the last 18 months have not gone very far, given Windows' lack of support in its core OS for touch gestures. So how would grafting WebOS onto Windows PCs actually succeed?
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There are two models HP can look at to get to a hybrid WebOS-Windows environment. One is the virtual-machine model; the other is the integrated-OS model. I'm focusing on hybrid rather than WebOS-only PCs because I can't imagine HP giving up its Windows PC business, any more than Apple is giving up its Mac OS X business as iOS soars.
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The integrated-OS model is nearly impossible for HP to execute, as it doesn't own Windows. Even if HP were to develop its own core DLLs and COM objects to add WebOS's gestures and alerting capabilities and make them as accessible as native Windows facilities, Microsoft could break them at any time with a Windows update. And Windows 8, which Microsoft says will support tablets in its 2012 or 2013 release, will certainly orphan any HP core additions to Windows.
Plus, even if HP were to add its own WebOS facilities into Windows for the PCs it ships, developers are unlikely to take advantage of them, as that would mean having HP-specific versions of their Windows software. Given that developers have not embraced HP's touch extensions to Windows for use in its touchscreen PCs, it's hard to believe they would embrace WebOS extensions, either.
In case you're wondering, the developers who've embraced HP's touch extensions are creating kiosk-style apps such as for hotel check-in. Users don't buy these apps individually, but as part of integrated systems of PCs and preinstalled hardware -- appliances, essentially -- sold in large volumes to a small number of retailers, hoteliers, and the like. It's a very different business model than for the PCs used by consumers and enterprises.


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Australia came under fire today from the United States for its proposed internet filtering system, which, if implemented, would be the strictest of any democracy.
A US state department official said that it had raised concerns with Australia over the plans, which are to be voted on by its parliament.
"We remain committed to advancing the free flow of information, which we view as vital to economic prosperity and preserving open societies globally," Michael Tran, a state department spokesman told the Associated Press.
"We don't discuss the details of specific diplomatic exchanges, but I can say that we have raised our concerns on this matter with Australian officials."
Internet companies Google and Yahoo have already condemned the proposal as a heavy-handed measure that could restrict access to legal information.
Australia's communications minister, Stephen Conroy, said the filter would block access to sites that include child pornography, sexual violence and detailed instructions in crime or drug use. The list of banned sites could be updated based on public complaints. But he declined to say what the US had told Australia.
National censorship of overseas sites is becoming a trade issue. Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, told the Guardian last week :"Since services and information are our most successful exports, if regulations in China effectively prevent us from being competitive, then they are a trade barrier."
Many countries – including the UK – use filtering systems to limit access to outlawed material: in the UK the independent Internet Watch Foundation lists sites internet service providers (ISPs) are asked to block. The list is secret, and frequently updated. In Germany and Canada ISPs use similar blocking systems; in Italy gambling sites are blocked.
But critics say that the Australian plan, which has been proposed repeatedly over the past five years, exceeds what is necessary and strays into matters of free speech.
"Our primary concern is that the scope of content to be filtered is too wide," Google wrote in its submission to the Australian government, suggesting that the filter – which would be mandatory and state-controlled – would slow browsing speeds.
The company said it already had its own filter to block child pornography.
"Some limits, like child pornography, are obvious. No Australian wants that to be available and we agree," Google said. "But moving to a mandatory ISP-level filtering regime with a scope that goes well beyond such material is heavy-handed and can raise genuine questions about restrictions on access to information."
Lucinda Barlow of Google Australia told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation the proposal raised the possibility of banning politically and socially controversial material and went beyond filters used in Germany, Canada and Italy. Other critics say the filtering would put Australia in the same censorship league as China.
Yahoo said the filter would block many sites with controversial content such as euthanasia discussion forums and gay and lesbian forums that discuss sexual experiences. Yet it would not block peer-to-peer file-sharing, nor prevent predators approaching children in chat programs or social networking sites.
Conroy said his department would take the comments from Google and Yahoo into consideration before sending a proposal to parliament later this year.
The US State Department sided with Google in its row with China over censorship when in January the search engine company complained that its systems had been hacked into in what it implied was an attack all but government-sanctioned by China. Last week Google moved its search systems to the Chinese island dependency of Hong Kong. The communist government responded by blocking searches from the mainland for forbidden topics such as the pro-democracy movement.
David Vaile of the Cyberspace Law and Policy Center at the University of New South Wales said China and Australia had markedly different approaches to restricting the Internet.
"China's filter is explicitly about discouraging access to and discussion of certain clearly political topics," he said, while Australia's filter would focus on specifically restricted material.
While some critics of Australia's filter have said it puts the nation in the same censorship league as China, Vaile pointed out that the freedom-of-speech argument used by American companies follows a legal tradition that other countries do not necessarily share.
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It is interesting to read newspaper articles about the world food crisis. It has become a daily blame game.
Columnists and reporters search high and low for someone to blame. Bad public policy is the primary target.
Biofuels/ethanol gets the most bad policy blame. America is more interested in fueling its SUVs than feeding the world is the cry of blame gamers. Brazilian rain forests being decimated in an insatiable quest to grow sugar cane for ethanol production is another target.
These same critics a few years ago were hailing the U.S. and Brazil for their biofuel policies to promote energy independence and reduce global warming.
Another blame for the world food crisis cited by Paul Krugman, New York Times columnist, cracks me up. He said one reason for the food shortage is the failure of the government and private grain dealers to maintain large inventories to head off a food crisis like the world is experiencing now. Who has paid for those large inventories over the years? Taxpayers like Paul Krugman who complained the loudest about government spending for U.S. farm programs, which includes commodity storage. Taxpayers get their way, and government support for grain storage is reduced. Now the world food crisis is the government's fault. Make up your mind.
Another one that is almost laughable is blaming an "epic drought" in Australia on global warming. That is like blaming the never-ending West Texas drought on too many prairie dog towns west of Odessa, Texas. Got to blame droughts on something other than the fact that West Texas and Australia are arid climates where it does not rain often and never has.
Australia and West Texas have been in perpetual droughts long before Al Gore proclaimed global warming a problem.
I am not dismissing the problem. People are rioting because there is not enough food. People are going hungry because they do not have enough money to pay for food that costs 40 percent more than it did a year ago.
Blaming public policy and politicians is a waste of energy. The solution is simple; more food must be produced on this planet to not only feed impoverished nations, but to feed rapidly growing middle classes in places like China and India.
The world needs another Norman Borlaug and a new Green Revolution. That movement to increase grain yields worldwide saved as many as 1 billion people from starving to death in the 1980s.
Borlaug, in an article in the Wall Street Journal last summer shortly after he received the Congressional Gold Medal, America's highest civilian honor, wrote:
"Persistent poverty and environmental degradation in developing countries, changing global climatic patterns, and the use of food crops to produce biofuels, all pose new and unprecedented risks and opportunities for global agriculture in the years ahead.
"Agricultural science and technology, including the indispensable tools of biotechnology, will be critical to meeting the growing demands for food, feed, fiber and biofuels.
"Plant breeders will be challenged to produce seeds that are equipped to better handle saline conditions, resist disease and insects, droughts and water logging, and that can protect or increase yields, whether in distressed climates or the breadbaskets of the world."
The solutions to the world food crisis are at hand. It's time to promote solutions rather than blindly blame.


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America's Internet Surrender
By unilaterally retreating from online oversight, the White House pleased regimes that want to control the Web.
The Internet is often described as a miracle of self-regulation, which is almost true. The exception is that the United States government has had ultimate control from the beginning. Washington has used this oversight only to ensure that the Internet runs efficiently and openly, without political pressure from any country.
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Major Hollywood Studio Accused of Firing Black Assistant Director Because of Race
LOS ANGELES - In a rare case against a major Hollywood studio, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed suit in Federal District Court located in Los Angeles (Case No. LACV 03-7023 GAF (JTLx) against Vivendi Universal S.A. ("Universal Studios") for race discrimination. The suit alleges that on October 9, 2002, Universal fired Frank Davis because of his race, African American. David had been the "first assistant director" on the recent hit film"2 Fast 2 Furious."
EEOC claims that, despite the fact that Davis was fully qualified and personally selected by the film's Director, John Singleton, Universal terminated Davis in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After firing Davis, Universal replaced him with a white Assistant Director. Although Universal claimed it fired Davis for performance issues, it never produced any evidence of the alleged problems, and witnesses interviewed during EEOC's investigation stated that Davis' performance was never at issue. At the time of his termination, Davis had been directing for 23 years.
Davis' other credits include major films such as "Terminator II: Judgement Day," "Seven," "Rising Sun" and "Courage Under Fire." The EEOC filed suit after exhausting its conciliation efforts to reach a voluntary pre-litigation settlement.
"Despite our efforts in the entertainment industry, it is rare that employees are courageous enough to file charges against a major Hollywood studio. Davis should be commended for coming forward," stated Olophius Perry, the EEOC's Los Angeles District Director. "It simply is unacceptable that an employee can be fired because of his race in any industry. Universal's actions against Davis were reprehensible and unjustified. If Title VII has any meaning at all, it is to protect employees like Davis from racial discrimination."
Noelle Brennan, EEOC's Los Angeles Acting Regional Attorney, added, "Our investigation determined that Davis was fired over the objection of the film's director. Almost every witness interviewed, including the director, stated that Davis' performance was never an issue. What's more, the witnesses stated that it was extremely rare for an assistant director to be fired by a studio and replaced while a film is on schedule and on budget. Were it not for Davis' race, we believe he would not have been fired."
Frank Davis stated, "I am extremely pleased that the EEOC has chosen to act upon my complaint. What happened to me was wrong. Hopefully, this lawsuit will encourage other victims of discrimination in Hollywood to come forward."
In addition to enforcing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual harassment or pregnancy) or national origin and protects employees who complain about such offenses from retaliation; the EEOC also enforces the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, (ADEA) which protects workers age 40 and older from discrimination based on age; the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which prohibits gender-based wage discrimination; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in the federal sector; Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector and state and local governments; and sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Further information about the Commission is available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov.
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Zito, Giants complete three-game sweep of Colorado
San Francisco, CA – Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants continued their recent mastery of the Colorado Rockies, with the veteran lefty twirling seven shutout innings to lead the defending World Series champions to a 10-0 rout of their National League West cohorts that capped off a three-game series sweep.
The victory was also the Giants' ninth in a row over the Rockies dating back to last season, the longest current streak by one MLB team over a division opponent, as well as Colorado's ninth straight loss at AT&T Park.
Zito (2-0) continued an impressive unbeaten run of his own by scattering seven hits and a walk and striking out four. The 34-year-old is now 11-0 over his last 16 starts when including last year's postseason, with the Giants prevailing in every one of those outings.
"You can't have more confidence than what Barry has right now," Giants manager Bruce Bochy remarked.
Zito showed his skills at the plate as well, going 2-for-3 with an RBI single and two runs scored as part of a 16-hit onslaught by San Francisco.
Buster Posey finished a home run short of the cycle while driving in three runs in the lopsided win, with Andres Torres also collecting three hits and adding a pair of RBI.
The Giants battered Colorado starter Jeff Francis (1-1) for seven runs on seven hits in just 1 2/3 innings, though three of those runs were unearned due to an error by Rockies third baseman Chris Nelson.
Nelson did account for two of Colorado's seven hits in the setback.
Francis threw six innings of one-run ball to defeat San Diego in a sharp first outing of the season, but wasn't remotely as effective against a San Francisco lineup that swung the bats well all throughout the series.
Angel Pagan greeted the left-hander with a single and Posey delivered a drive deep into the alley in right center two batters later for a triple and a quick San Francisco lead. The reigning league MVP came home on Joaquin Arias' two- out base hit to extend the margin to 2-0.
The damage continued in the second, with the Giants loading the bases with none out on a Brandon Crawford double, a Zito sacrifice bunt in which the Rockies failed to record an out and a walk to Pagan.
After Marco Scutaro lofted a sac fly to bring in Crawford, Posey crushed a Francis changeup for a ground-rule double to center to knock in another run. Nelson's errant throw to home on Hunter Pence's grounder enabled Pagan to cross the plate for a 5-0 game, and Torres capped the big inning later on with a two-run single that sent Francis to an early exit.
"You miss a pitch, and they whack it," Francis said of the Giants. "And then you make a pitch, they whack it, too."
That was more than enough offense for Zito, who yielded just two hits and a walk over the first four innings and encountered only one real jam during his stint. That came in the sixth, with a Michael Cuddyer double and a single by Wilin Rosario putting two on with two out, but Zito fanned Jordan Pacheco to end the threat.
"He's hitting his spots, mixing them up," Bochy said of Zito. "It's a thing of beauty when you have a guy who's not just reaching back and throwing 95 (mph)."
Zito aided his own cause in the fifth, lacing a single to left that plated Torres after the latter stroked a leadoff double off Chris Volstad. The San Francisco hurler moved to third on a two-out single by Scutaro that set the stage for Posey's third RBI of the day, which came on a base hit to left.
The Giants tacked on one final run in the sixth, when Brandon Belt doubled, took third on Torres' third hit of the game and scored on a fielder's choice off the bat of Crawford.
Game Notes
Zito improved to 6-0 with a 2.48 ERA in his last 12 encounters with the Rockies, whom he hasn't lost to since Sept. 25, 2008, and moved to 41-3 as a Giant when receiving four or more runs of support ... Francis has now lost five consecutive starts to San Francisco. He went 0-3 with a 10.03 ERA in three matchups with the Giants last season ... Posey owns seven hits in 10 lifetime at-bats against Francis ... Pence had a seven-game hit streak snapped after finishing 0-for-5.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 28th Jun 2011 19:48 UTC
Well, here we have another attempt. After the failure of the overly complicated Google Wave (remember that? It was supposed to change the world and all that), Google is undertaking another attempt at social networking. It's called Google+. Update: Forget the crap I wrote here, this article is seven pages on insider information on Google+. Surprised by the beautiful interface? It's been designed by Andy Hertzfeld. The Andy Hertzfeld.
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RE: Well, it looks interesting
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If it is built like it seems it is, it should be easy to integrate it into a normal Google experience, so rather than going to a separate service, it simply socializes the entire google experience for the user.
If they get that +1 button out there in a hard way, it will make the service very relevant. if I can share with people that are not necessarily members of the service (like, an article is e-mailed to them if they do not have a g+ account, and replies post to my wall) then I can see it slip streaming into use with little problem.


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BOSTON — Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing three people and injuring more than 130 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that terrorists might have struck again in the U.S. A White House official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still unfolding said the attack was being treated as an act of terrorism.
BOSTON — Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 140 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that terrorists might have struck again in the U.S.
A White House official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still unfolding said the attack was being treated as an act of terrorism.
President Barack Obama vowed that those responsible will "feel the full weight of justice."
As many as two unexploded bombs were also found near the end of the 26.2-mile course as part of what appeared to be a well-coordinated attack, but they were safely disarmed, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity because of the continuing investigation.
The fiery twin blasts took place about 10 seconds and about 100 yards apart, knocking spectators and at least one runner off their feet, shattering windows and sending dense plumes of smoke rising over the street and through the fluttering national flags lining the route. Blood stained the pavement, and huge shards were missing from window panes as high as three stories.
"They just started bringing people in with no limbs," said runner Tim Davey of Richmond, Va. He said he and his wife, Lisa, tried to shield their children's eyes from the gruesome scene inside a medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners, but "they saw a lot."
"They just kept filling up with more and more casualties," Lisa Davey said. "Most everybody was conscious. They were very dazed."
As the FBI took charge of the investigation, authorities shed no light on a motive or who may have carried out the bombings, and police said they had no suspects in custody. Officials in Washington said there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Police said three people were killed. An 8-year-old boy was among the dead, according to a person who talked to a friend of the family and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Hospitals reported at least 144 people injured, at least 17 of them critically. The victims' injuries included broken bones, shrapnel wounds and ruptured eardrums.
At Massachusetts General Hospital, Alisdair Conn, chief of emergency services, said: "This is something I've never seen in my 25 years here ... this amount of carnage in the civilian population. This is what we expect from war."
Some 23,000 runners took part in the race, one of the world's oldest and most prestigious marathons.
One of Boston's biggest annual events, the race winds up near Copley Square, not far from the landmark Prudential Center and the Boston Public Library. It is held on Patriots Day, which commemorates the first battles of the American Revolution, at Concord and Lexington in 1775.
Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis asked people to stay indoors or go back to their hotel rooms and avoid crowds as bomb squads methodically checked parcels and bags left along the race route. He said investigators didn't know whether the bombs were hidden in mailboxes or trash cans.
He said authorities had received "no specific intelligence that anything was going to happen" at the race.
The Federal Aviation Administration barred low-flying aircraft within 3.5 miles of the site.
"We still don't know who did this or why," Obama said at the White House, adding, "Make no mistake: We will get to the bottom of this."
With scant official information to guide them, members of Congress said there was little or no doubt it was an act of terrorism.
"We just don't know whether it's foreign or domestic," said Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security.
A few miles away from the finish line and around the same time, a fire broke out at the John F. Kennedy Library. The police commissioner said that it may have been caused by an incendiary device but that it was not clear whether it was related to the bombings.
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|2006-04-27, 16:44
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D.C II ~Da Capo II~
D.C. II ~Da Capo II~
Sequel to D.C. ~Da Capo~ (and its string of companion products/sidestories)
Produced by: Circus
Type: 18+ Visual Novel
Genre: School romantic drama/adventure
Latest Version: v1.01
Story Premise:
Set 53 years after the end of Da Capo (Nemu's story path, essentially as seen in the D.C./D.C.S.S. anime series), we return to Hatsumejima two generations later where the cherry blossoms are, once again, always in bloom. Yoshiyuki Sakurai was taken in by the Asakuras as a child and has many fond memories of his time spent with Junichi's two grandaughters, Otome and Yume. We catch up to him in his third year of Junior High, when he has since moved next door, home of the school principal Sakura Yoshino... Other characters include fellow band members Nanaka Shirakawa, Koko Tsukishima and Wataru Itabashi, fellow classmates Anzu Yukimura, Akane Hanasaki, and Suginami, and Yume's classmate Minatsu Amakase (among others - see the complete character chart here).
OP: Da Capo II ~あさきゆめみし君と~ sung by yozuca*
ED: Spring Has Come sung by Rino
Manga (Main Story): Serialized in Comptiq beginning with 2006-12 issue.
Manga (~Imaginary Future~): Serialized in Dengeki G's Magazine beginning in the 2007-03 issue (preview chapter in 2007-02 issue).
Light Novels: Being published by Paradigm Novels.
Web-Radio Show: Previously airing on Lantis web radio.
Drama CDs: Otome's Chocolate Box Memories (released 2007-02-10), Otome and Yume's Yukutoshi, Kurutoshi Mattari-hen (released 2008-03-28)
PS2 Adaptation: Da Capo II Plus Situation (released 2008-05-29)
PC Port-Back: Da Capo II Plus Communication (released 2008-12-26)
Anime: 13-episode season began airing in October 2007 (AnimeSuki Thread), 13-episode Second Season began airing in April 2008 (AnimeSuki Thread).
- Extra Otome & Yume Scenarios in C.D. ~Christmas Days~ (Released 2006-12-22/2007-01-01 - HimeyaShop)
- D.C. II Spring Celebration fandisk (Released 2007-04-27 - HimeyaShop: RE)
- Omake scenarios in D.C.P.K. ~Da CaPoker~ (Released 2008-02-29/2008-03-28 - HimeyaShop)
- D.C. II Plus Situation PS2 Consumer Port (Released 2008-05-29 - HimeyaShop: DX Pack and RE)
- Extra Nanaka & Koko Scenarios in C.D.C.D. 2 (Released 2008-07-25)
The spoiler sections below are for organizational purposes only. Any spoilers will be marked seperately.
Spoiler for More D.C. II Game Info, Downloads, etc.:
Spoiler for D.C. II Spring Celebration Game Info, Downloads, etc.:
Spoiler for D.C. II Merchandise Links (CDs, Books, Figures, etc.):
If anyone has any corrections or additions to suggest, let me know.
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Mm, so you did create the topic.
Indeed, I like Nemu's grandaughter. ^^ Sounds weird coming from me I gotta admit, but Otome seems to be a really good one.
I still wonder if they're gonna reference Aishia, or show any descendants, or anything like that (in relation to DCSS). Aishia was cool; I'm sure hoping she at least gets a little reference, or a cameo. Or something. But nothing seems to be there now...
Hell...I wonder if this is even a continuation of DCPC or just the original DC actually; no Konomiyas, Tsukishiros, Saitamas there...just a Mizukoshi, an Amakase, two Asakuras and a Shirakawa, and of course Sakura herself, meaning that the only one we don't have there from the original game is a Sagisawa...maybe they're saving the others for DCPCII?
So yeah, I -still- wonder the past events were. For now I'd say DC, Nemu's route. DC first season (the anime) fits that well too, except, well, they didn't show that important event at the end of Nemu's route, since I guess they were keeping it for DCSS.
If you wonder why I am so obsessed in knowing what's part of the timeline and what isn't, I'm just curious as to know what happened with our lovely characters.
Regarding the game's story itself now, it'd be nice to find out why the tree's back and how come Sakura did nothing about it. Maybe she brought it back herself?
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As for the old characters - I think all or at least most of them will be referenced, so we'd probably know what became of them. I also believe they might be used for character and/or plot development in their corresponding descendant's path, either in a passive (this happened in the past or grandma always used to tell/tells me, so I...etc.) or active (cameo, talk to the descendant in question, etc.) way.
But well, who knows. We'd find out with time.
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Edit: LOL... seems Circus didn't like me (and others, I'm sure) external-linking to their images and either blocked this site or image hotlinking in general... Sorry Circus... That was a pretty silly/lazy/bad thing for me to do anyway. I moved them.
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lessee... Class Assignments in the Demo.
Junior High 2nd year:
Class 1: Sakura Yoshiyuki, Suginami, Tsukishima Koko, Sawai Maya
Class 2: Shirakawa Nanaka, Itabashi Wataru
Class 3: Hanasaki Akane, Yukimura Anzu
brief summary:
it's the graduation festival! all three junior high 2nd years are going all out to win first place.
Class 1: Handmade Fried Onigiri(just like at home)
Class 2: Cafe capitalizing on Nanaka's popularity.
Class 3: Cafe with the service people wearing sleepwear
As time winds down, sabotage begins...
If Yoshiyuki sabotages...
Class 2: You kidnap Nanaka in a Bear Costume and call yourself Donatello, basically going on a date with her. However, Class 3 steals your customers.
Class 3: Suginami attempts to unthread Anzu's sweater for an embarassing moment. However, the Band Club helps Class 2 steal customers.
Defend Class 1: Anzu and Co. come to steal, but a bluff from Suginami sends them running. the Band Club arrives, and Yoshiyuki kicks one of their amps around to make them back off.
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Edit: Thanks KBTKaiser for the breakdown! I've added a "Posts with major D.C. II plot revelations/info:" section to the main post. Over the long term, if we keep it up-to-date, maybe that'll help prevent people from asking the same questions over and over.
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Holy.. Well i didn't expect the anime to come out very soon, but > a year, that's a long wait, 'guess i'll have to put a memo somewhere. Well since i'm more of a anime/jpop music fan than anime(don't get me wrong, i love anime. Just, i love their music even more ^^), maybe i'll get the music album of the game when it's released.
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Updated the main post with the new info - thanks guys! I'm also curious about that Prologue Book.
|2006-04-29, 14:06
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Beautiful fighter.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: England, UK
Age: 32
This'll probably be a buy for me, mainly just to say i have it.. and well of course to play it. ^^;
I think its pretty sure news that a anime shall be made from this, imo like i've said before its just like what Leaf did with the To Heart series.
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That Prologue Book is basically a guide to the Demo Game. >>;
Other stuff featured in it:
Pick a preferred sport for Yoshiyuki.(new feature)
New Sleep/Awakening System(how are they gonna top the first game's 3 time awakening...)
Staff Comments
the Demo Game
6 Character Cards(with codes to the cellphone site)
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text: Paul Monaghan, co-founder of London based Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and taught at the Bartlett School of Architecture for fifteen years where he is now a visiting professor. Paul works on a wide range of projects including masterplanning, arts, educational buildings, housing, offices, public buildings and health buildings. Most recently he has been involved in the development of the award-winning Westminster Academy and Kentish Town Health Centre, both of which were shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize and Barking Central which was one of the most successful regeneration projects in the United Kingdom.


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Terri Williams-Flournoy's teams are built on pressing and running, but the Auburn women have been stuck in place for more than a month.
AUBURN — Terri Williams-Flournoy's teams are built on pressing and running, but the Auburn women have been stuck in place for more than a month.
The Tigers produced a 13-3 record, swiftly matching last year's win total under coach Nell Fortner. Since then, Williams-Flournoy's first Auburn team has lost eight straight games, the longest skid ever for a once-powerful program that won a Southeastern Conference title just four years ago.
She knew the transition wouldn't be as easy, promising upon her hiring only that she knew "how to win," not that she'd do it immediately.
"Yeah, we were winning, but we were still making some mistakes that we needed to clean up because the level of competition was about to improve greatly going into the SEC," Williams-Flournoy said. "And we really needed to improve some things, because that was going to be exploited once you begin to play better competition. And that has showed, definitely.
"We're a few players away from being as good as we need to be."
Numbers are important for Williams-Flournoy, who likes to keep 15 players on the roster to maintain a fast, aggressive style of play she modeled partly after former Georgetown coach John Thompson, Jr.
She arrived after leading Georgetown to three straight NCAA tournaments, including a trip to the regional semifinals.
Now, the Tigers (13-11, 2-9 Southeastern Conference) are experiencing a rough patch of the transition in styles. Williams-Flournoy started her eight-year tenure at Georgetown with three losing seasons before turning things around, after all.
"It's the reason why you're taking over a program, so you have to expect that there are going to be growing pains there," she said. "You're adjusting to a new team. They're adjusting to a new coach. You're just trying to figure out, at what point are we all going to come together?"
Based on records, the Tigers appeared to be getting it together after a 76-52 win over Mississippi on Jan. 10. Then, the competition took a leap with a 22-point loss to No. 11 Texas A&M and losses to No. 12 Tennessee, No. 9 Kentucky, No. 13 Georgia and No. 16 South Carolina.
Clearly, Auburn hadn't arrived yet.
The Tigers' previous long losing streak was seven games during the 2001-02 season.
"I think we're just having to get back to knowing what it feels like to win," said Blanche Alverson, a senior guard and Auburn's homecoming queen. "The past few years, it's no secret that we've struggled. I think we just have to learn to win again. Once we get that win, I think everybody will remember that feeling.
"Pre-conference, we were winning and everything was great. We were making mistakes, but they weren't as important because we were winning with those mistakes. With better competition in the SEC, those mistakes are the reasons why you win and lose."
Like 30 turnovers in a 97-53 loss to Kentucky. Mostly, though, the Tigers have been competitive during the losing streak, including a 61-58 loss to Georgia, despite making just 3 of 15 free throws and missing all five attempts in the closing 3 minutes.
Alverson has seen enough to believe Williams-Flournoy can restore a program that made three straight NCAA championship games from 1988-90.
The Tigers haven't had a winning season since going 30-4 and capturing the SEC title in 2008-09 under Fortner. While players like Alverson and point guard Najat Ouardad are seniors, star guard Hasina Muhammad (15.8 points a game) is just a sophomore.
"The future of this program is going to be very successful," Alverson said. "Coach Flo has a great staff and they're recruiting great kids and the next few years they're going to be a great basketball team. I really do believe in what she does and everything she's putting in place here."


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Interpreting STD Surveillance Data
This web page is archived for historical purposes and is no longer being updated. Newer data is available on the STD Data and Statistics page.
Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2013 presents surveillance information derived from the official statistics for the reported occurrence of nationally notifiable sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States, test positivity and prevalence data from numerous prevalence monitoring initiatives, sentinel surveillance, and national health care services surveys.
Nationally Notifiable STD Surveillance
Nationally notifiable STD surveillance data are collected and compiled from reports sent by the STD control programs and health departments in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, selected cities, U.S. dependencies and possessions, and independent nations in free association with the United States to the Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Included among the dependencies, possessions, and independent nations are Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. These entities are identified as "outlying areas" of the United States in selected figures and tables.
Reporting Formats
STD morbidity data presented in this report are compiled from a combination of data reported on standardized hard copy reporting forms and electronic data received through the National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance (NETSS).
Summary Report Forms
The following hard copy forms were used to report national STD morbidity data:
1. FORM CDC 73.998: Monthly Surveillance Report of Early Syphilis. This monthly hard copy reporting form was used during 1984–2002 to report summary data for primary and secondary syphilis and early latent syphilis by county and state.
2. FORM CDC 73.688: Sexually Transmitted Disease Morbidity Report. This quarterly hard copy reporting form was used during 1963–2002 to report summary data for all stages of syphilis, congenital syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, chlamydia, and other STDs by sex and source of report (private versus public) for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, 64 selected cities (including San Juan, Puerto Rico), and outlying areas of the United States.
Note: Chlamydial infection became a nationally notifiable condition in 1996, and the form was modified to support reporting of chlamydia that year. Congenital syphilis was dropped from this aggregate form in 1995 and replaced by the case-specific CDC 73.126 form described later in this section.
3. FORM CDC 73.2638: Report of Civilian Cases of Primary & Secondary Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia by Reporting Source, Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Age Group. This annual hard copy form was used during 1981–2002 to report summary data for P&S syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia by age, race, sex, and source (public versus private) for all 50 states, seven large cities (Baltimore, Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and the District of Columbia), and outlying areas of the United States.
Note: Chlamydial infection became a nationally notifiable condition in 1996, and the form was modified to support reporting of chlamydia that year.
4. FORM CDC 73.126: Congenital Syphilis (CS) Case Investigation and Reporting. This case-specific hard copy form was first used in 1983 and continued to be used through 2013 to report detailed case-specific data for congenital syphilis in some areas.
National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance
Notifiable STD data reported electronically through NETSS make up the nationally notifiable disease information published in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
As of December 31, 2003, all 50 states and the District of Columbia had converted from summary hard copy reporting to electronic submission of line-listed (i.e., case-specific) STD data through NETSS (43 reporting areas submit congenital syphilis surveillance data through NETSS). Puerto Rico converted to electronic reporting in 2006 for all STDs excluding congenital syphilis. Guam and the Virgin Islands continue to report STD data through summary hard copy forms.
Surveillance data and updates sent to CDC through NETSS and on hard copy forms through June 4, 2014, are included in this report. Data received after this date will appear in subsequent STD surveillance reports. The data presented in the figures and tables in this report supersede those in all earlier publications.
Population Denominators and Rate Calculations
2000–2013 Rates and Population
CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released bridged-race population counts for the 2000–2012 U.S. resident populations that are based on counts from the 2000 and 2010 U.S. Censuses. These estimates resulted from bridging the 31 race categories first used in the 2000 census, as specified in the 1997 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) standards, to the five race/ethnicity groups specified in the 1977 OMB standards. This report uses the first published population estimate for a given year. The latest available year for population estimates at the time this report was written was 2012. Thus 2012 population estimates were used to calculate 2009-2013 rates. For those figures and tables presenting race using The 1997 OMB race standards, non-bridged-race data provided directly by the U.S. Census Bureau were used to calculate race. Once published, the 2013 population estimates will be used to calculate rates in the upcoming 2014 STD Surveillance Report.
Population estimates for Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands were obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau Web site at https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/idb/informationGateway.php. The 2011–2013 rates for outlying areas were calculated by using the 2011 population estimates. The 2013 rates by age and sex for Guam and the Virgin Islands were calculated using 2010 population estimates available at: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.
Because of the use of the updated population data, rates for 2000–2012 may be different from those presented in previous STD surveillance reports.
1990–1999 Rates and Population
The population counts for 1990 through 1999 incorporated the bridged single-race estimates of the April 1, 2000, U.S. resident population. These files were prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau with support from the National Cancer Institute.
1981–1989 Rates and Population
Rates were calculated by using U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for 1981 through 1989.1,2
1941–1980 Rates and Population
Rates for 1941 through 1980 were based on population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and are currently maintained by CDC's Division of STD Prevention.
1941–2013 Congenital Syphilis Rates and Live Births
The congenital syphilis data in Table 1 of this report represent the number of congenital syphilis cases per 100,000 live births for all years during 1941–2013. Previous publications presented congenital syphilis rates per 100,000 population during 1941–1994 and rates for cases diagnosed at younger than 1 year of age per 100,000 live births during 1995–2005. To allow for trends in congenital syphilis rates to be compared for the period 1941 through 2013, live births now are used as the denominator for congenital syphilis, and case counts are no longer limited to those diagnosed within the first year of life. Congenital syphilis morbidity is assigned by year of birth. Rates of congenital syphilis for 1963 through 1988 were calculated by using published live birth data.3 Congenital syphilis rates for 1989 through 2012 were calculated by using live birth data based on information coded by the states and provided to the NCHS through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Rates for 2013 were calculated by using live birth data for 2010.
Reporting Practices
Although most state and local STD programs generally adhere to the national notifiable STD case definitions collaboratively developed by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and CDC, differences in policies and systems for collecting surveillance data may exist. Thus, comparisons of case numbers and rates between jurisdictions should be interpreted with caution.
However, because case definitions and surveillance activities within a given area remain relatively stable over time, trends should be minimally affected by these differences.
Reporting of Surveillance Data by Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2013 continues the presentation of STD incidence data and rates for the 50 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) with the largest populations according to 2010 census data. STD surveillance reports published before 2005 presented data by selected cities; these data were derived from county data, which were used to estimate city-specific disease rates. Because county data were used to estimate city-specific morbidity and because current STD project areas' reporting practices do not support direct identification of city-specific morbidity reports, MSAs were chosen as a geographic unit smaller than a state or territory for presentation of STD morbidity data.
MSAs are defined by the OMB to provide nationally consistent definitions for collecting, tabulating, and publishing federal statistics for a set of geographic areas.4 An MSA is associated with at least one urbanized area that has a population of at least 50,000. The MSA comprises the central county or counties containing the central county, plus adjacent, outlying counties that have a high degree of social and economic integration with the central county as measured through commuting.
The title of an MSA includes the name of the principal city with the largest 2010 census population. If there are multiple principal cities, the names of the second largest and third largest principal cities appear in the title in order of descending population size.
The MSA concept has been used as a statistical representation of the social and economic links between urban cores and outlying, integrated areas. However, MSAs do not equate to an urban-rural classification; all counties included in MSAs and many other counties contain both urban and rural territory and populations. STD programs that treat all parts of an MSA as if they were as urban as the densely settled core ignore the rural conditions that may exist in some parts of the area. In short, MSAs are not intended to be a general purpose geographic framework for nonstatistical activities or for use in program funding formulas.
For more information on the MSA definitions used in this report, go to: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro.html.
Reporting of Data for Race/Ethnicity
In April 2008, the NETSS record layout was updated to conform to the OMB's current government-wide standard for race/ethnicity data.5 The OMB standards were first issued in 1997. Beginning with publication of Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2012, the race/ethnicity data are presented according to the current standard categories: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, white and multirace. As of reporting year 2013, there are 46 states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming) and the District of Columbia compliant with the current OMB race/ethnicity standards when reporting chlamydia and gonorrhea. There are 47 states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming) and the District of Columbia compliant with the current OMB race/ethnicity standards when reporting primary and secondary syphilis. In chlamydia and gonorrhea figures where trends are shown for 2009-2013, the data are presented for 39 states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming) and the District of Columbia since these areas consistently reported race/ethnicity data according to the current standard categories for the five consecutive years. In primary and secondary syphilis figures where trends are shown for 2009-2013, the data are presented for 39 states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming) and the District of Columbia.
Management of Unknown, Missing, or Invalid Data for Age Group, Race/ Ethnicity, and Sex
The percentage of unknown, missing, or invalid data for age group, race/ethnicity, and sex varies from year to year, state to state, and by disease for reported STDs (Table A1).
Prior to the publication of Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2010, when the percentage of unknown, missing, or invalid values for age group, race/ethnicity, and sex exceeded 50% for any state, the state's incidence and population data were excluded from the tables that presented data stratified by one or more of these variables. For the states for which 50% or more of their data were valid for age group, race/ethnicity, and sex, the values for unknown, missing, or invalid data were redistributed on the basis of the state's distribution of known age group, race/ethnicity, and sex data. Beginning with the publication of Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2010, redistribution methodology is not applied to any of the data. The counts presented in this report are summations of all valid data reported in reporting year 2013.
As a result, rate data that are stratified by one or more of these variables reflect rates based on reported data only.
Classification of STD Morbidity Reporting Sources
Before 1996, states classified the source of case reports as either private source (including private physicians, hospitals, and institutions) or public source (primarily STD clinics). As states began reporting morbidity data electronically in 1996, the classification categories for source of case reports expanded to include the following data sources: STD clinics, HIV counseling and testing sites, drug treatment clinics, family planning clinics, prenatal/obstetrics clinics, tuberculosis clinics, private physicians/health maintenance organizations, hospitals (inpatient), emergency rooms, correctional facilities, laboratories, blood banks, the National Job Training Program (NJTP), school-based clinics, mental health providers, the military, the Indian Health Service, and other unspecified sources.
Analysis of the data reported electronically after 1996 confirmed that the new STD clinic source of report data corresponded to the earlier public source category. Therefore, source of case report data during 1984–2013 are presented as STD clinic or non-STD clinic only (Table A2).
Interpreting Chlamydia Case Reporting
Trends in rates of reported cases of chlamydia are influenced by changes in incidence of infection, as well as changes in diagnostic, screening, and reporting practices. As chlamydial infections are usually asymptomatic, the number of infections identified and reported can increase as more people are screened even when incidence is flat or decreasing. Expanded use of more sensitive diagnostics tests (e.g., nucleic acid amplification tests) can also increase the number of infections identified and reported independent of increases in incidence. Although chlamydia has been a nationally notifiable condition since 1994, it was not until 2000 that all 50 states and the District of Columbia required reporting of chlamydia cases. National case rates prior to 2000 reflect incomplete reporting. Additionally, increasing use of electronic laboratory reporting has likely increased the proportion of diagnosed cases that are reported. Consequently, an increasing chlamydia case rate may reflect increases in incidence of infection, screening coverage, and use of more sensitive tests, as well as more complete reporting. Likewise, decreases in chlamydia case rates may suggest decreases in incidence of infection or screening coverage.
Syphilis Morbidity Reporting
The category of "total syphilis" or "all stages of syphilis" includes primary, secondary, latent (including early latent, late latent, and latent syphilis of unknown duration), neurosyphilis, late (including late syphilis with clinical manifestations other than neurosyphilis), and congenital syphilis.
In 1996, the syphilis stage "late syphilis with clinical manifestations other than neurosyphilis (late benign and cardiovascular syphilis)" was added to the syphilis case definition (see STD Surveillance Case Definitions in the Appendix). Although neurosyphilis can occur at almost any stage of syphilis, during 1996–2005, it was classified and reported as one of several mutually exclusive stages of syphilis. Beginning in 2005, neurosyphilis was no longer classified or reported as a distinct stage of syphilis.
Congenital Syphilis Morbidity Reporting
In 1988, the surveillance case definition for congenital syphilis was changed. This case definition has greater sensitivity than the former definition.6 In addition, many state and local STD programs have greatly enhanced active case finding for congenital syphilis since 1988. For these reasons, as well as because of increasing morbidity, the number of reported cases increased dramatically during 1989–1991. All reporting areas had implemented the new case definition for reporting congenital syphilis by January 1, 1992.
In addition to changing the case definition for congenital syphilis, CDC introduced a new data collection form (CDC 73.126) in 1990 (revised February 2013). Since 1995, the data collected on this form have been used for reporting congenital syphilis cases and associated rates. This form is used to collect individual case information, which allows more thorough analysis of case characteristics. For the purpose of analyzing race/ethnicity, cases are classified by the race/ethnicity of the mother. Congenital syphilis cases were reported by state and city of residence of the mother during 1995–2013.
Congenital syphilis reporting may be delayed as a result of case investigation and validation. Cases for previous years are added to CDC's surveillance databases throughout the year. Congenital syphilis data reported after publication of the current annual STD surveillance report will appear in subsequent reports and are assigned by the case patient's year of birth.
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Positivity and Prevalence Monitoring
Chlamydia and gonorrhea prevalence was calculated for men and women entering the NJTP. To increase the stability of the estimates, chlamydia or gonorrhea prevalence data are presented when valid test results for 100 or more students per year are available for the population subgroup and state. The majority of NJTP's chlamydia screening tests are conducted by a single national contract laboratory, which provides these data to CDC. Gonorrhea screening tests for male and female students in many training centers are conducted by local laboratories; these data are not available to CDC. Test results for students at centers that submit specimens to the national contract laboratory are included only if the number of gonorrhea tests submitted is greater than 90% of the number of chlamydia tests submitted from the same center for the same period. Prevalence data for state-specific figures were published with permission from the NJTP.
During the mid-1990s to 2011, chlamydia and gonorrhea positivity among women screened in correctional facilities, family planning clinics, and prenatal care clinics participating in infertility prevention activities were reported to CDC to monitor chlamydia and gonorrhea prevalence. As the national infertility prevention program expanded, these data became difficult to interpret as trends were influenced by changes in screening coverage, screening criteria, and test technologies, as well as demographic changes in patients attending clinics reporting data to CDC. These issues could not be addressed with the limited variables that were collected at the national level. Positivity data continue to be useful locally to inform clinic-based screening recommendations and to identify at-risk populations in need of prevention interventions, but are no longer collected to monitor national trends in chlamydia and gonorrhea.
STD Surveillance Network (SSuN)
In 2005, CDC established the STD Surveillance Network (SSuN) as a dynamic network comprised of state and local STD surveillance units following enhanced STD surveillance protocols. The purpose of SSuN is to improve the capacity of national, state, and local STD programs to detect, monitor, and respond rapidly to trends in STDs through enhanced collection, reporting, analysis, visualization, and interpretation of disease information.
Twelve collaborating local or state health departments contributed data to the network during 2013: Alabama Department of Public Health, Baltimore City Health Department, Chicago Department of Public Health, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Connecticut Department of Public Health, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health (in collaboration with California State Department of Public Health), Louisiana Office of Public Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, San Francisco Department of Public Health, Virginia Department of Health, and Washington State Department of Health.
The SSuN data contained in this report include demographic, behavioral, clinical, and laboratory information collected from patients at 42 STD clinics within the jurisdictions of SSuN health state and/or local health departments. These clinics are located in San Francisco, CA (San Francisco City Clinic); Los Angeles, CA (12 STD clinics in Los Angeles County); Seattle, WA (Seattle-King County Clinic); Denver, CO (Denver Metro Health Clinic); Chicago, IL (7 public STD clinics in Cook County); New Orleans, LA (Delgado Personal Health Center); Birmingham, AL (Jefferson County STD Clinic); Richmond, VA (Richmond City, Henrico County and Chesterfield County Clinics); Baltimore, MD (Druid STD Clinic and Eastern STD Clinic); Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia STD Clinics 1 and 5); New York City, NY (9 public STD clinics in 5 boroughs); Hartford, CT (Hartford STD Clinic); and New Haven, CT (New Haven STD Clinic). However, the STD clinics in 6 jurisdictions (Birmingham, Chicago, Denver, Hartford/New Haven, New Orleans, Richmond) submitted data on all patients from January to June 2013. The remaining jurisdictions collected data on STD clinic patients for all of 2013.
In addition to patients presenting for care at STD clinics, SSuN jurisdictions also identified a random sample of gonorrhea cases reported from all providers for enhanced follow-up and administration of a standardized behavioral interview including number, gender and demographics of recent partners. Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) were defined as men who either reported having sex with another man ever before STD testing (asked at all SSuN sites) or who did not report sex with men but reported that they considered themselves gay/homosexual or bisexual (asked at 10 of the 12 sites). Men who have sex with women (MSW) were defined as men who reported having sex with women only before STD testing or who did not report the sex of their sex partner, but reported that they considered themselves straight/heterosexual (asked at 10 of the 12 sites).
Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project
Data on antimicrobial susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae were collected through the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP), a sentinel system of selected STD clinics located at 25–30 GISP sentinel sites and 4–5 regional laboratories in the United States. For more details on findings from GISP, go to: https://www.cdc.gov/std/GISP.
For 2013, the antimicrobial agents tested by GISP were ceftriaxone, cefixime, azithromycin, spectinomycin, ciprofloxacin, penicillin, and tetracycline.
The antimicrobial susceptibility criteria used in GISP for 2013 are as follows:
- Ceftriaxone, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ≥0.5 µg/ml (decreased susceptibility)*
- Ceftriaxone, MIC ≥0.125 µg/ml (elevated MICs)*
- Cefixime, MIC ≥0.5 µg/ml (decreased susceptibility)*
- Cefixime, MIC ≥0.25 µg/ml (elevated MICs)*
- Azithromycin, MIC ≥2.0 µg/ml (decreased susceptibility)*
- Spectinomycin, MIC ≥128.0 µg/ml (resistance)
- Ciprofloxacin, MIC ≥1.0 µg/ml (resistance)
- Ciprofloxacin, MIC 0.125–0.5 µg/ml (intermediate resistance)
- Penicillin, MIC ≥2.0 µg/ml (resistance)
- Tetracycline, MIC ≥2.0 µg/ml (resistance).
The majority of these criteria are also recommended by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI).7
Other Surveillance Data Sources
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a series of cross-sectional surveys designed to provide national statistics on the health and nutritional status of the general household population in the United States. Data are collected through household interviews, standardized physical examinations, and the collection of biological samples in special mobile examination centers. In 1999, NHANES became a continuous survey with data released every 2 years. The sampling plan of the survey is a stratified, multistage, probability cluster design that selects a sample representative of the U.S. civilian, non-institutionalized population. For more information, see: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm.
National Disease and Therapeutic Index
The information on the number of initial visits to private physicians' offices for STDs was based on analysis of data from the National Disease and Therapeutic Index (NDTI) (machine-readable files or summary statistics for 1966 through 2013). NDTI is a probability sample survey of private physicians' clinical management practices. For more information on this database, contact IMS Health, e-mail: email@example.com; Telephone: (800) 523-5334.
Healthy People 2020 Objectives
For three decades, Healthy People has provided a comprehensive set of national 10-year health promotion and disease prevention objectives aimed at improving the health of all Americans.8 It is grounded in the principle that establishing objectives and providing benchmarks to track and monitor progress over time can motivate, guide, and focus action.
Healthy People 2020 (HP2020) continues in the tradition of its ambitious, yet achievable, 10-year agenda for improving the Nation's health. HP2020 is the result of a multiyear process that reflects input from a diverse group of individuals and organizations. HP2020 is organized into 42 topic areas, with more than 1,200 measures designed drive action that will support its four overarching goals:
- Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
- Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
- Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
- Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
The topic area, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, contains objectives and measures related to STDs. Baselines, HP2020 targets, and annual progress toward the targets are reported in Table A3. The year 2020 targets for the diseases addressed in this report are as follows: P&S syphilis (males), 6.8 cases per 100,000 population; P&S syphilis (females), 1.4 cases per 100,000 population; congenital syphilis, 9.1 cases per 100,000 live births; gonorrhea (females aged 15–44 years), 257.0 cases per 100,000 population and gonorrhea (males aged 15–44 years), 198.0 cases per 100,000 population.
The majority of the STD-related HP2020 targets were set using a standard percentage improvement with a standard default of a "10 percent improvement over the baseline."
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 was enacted by Congress to increase confidence in the capability of the federal government to increase the effectiveness and accountability of federal programs, to improve service delivery, to provide federal agencies a uniform tool for internal management, and to help Congress make decisions.
GPRA requires each agency to have a performance plan with long-term outcomes and annual, measurable performance goals and to report on these plans annually, comparing results with annual goals. There are two GPRA goals for STD: reducing PID and eliminating congenital syphilis. Each of these goals has specific measures of progress, which are outlined in Table A4.
* The Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute criteria for decreased susceptibility and resistance to ceftriaxone, cefixime, cefpodoxime, and azithromycin and for susceptibility to azithromycin have not been established for N. gonorrhoeae.
1 U.S. Census Bureau. United States population estimates by age, sex and race: 1980–1988. In: Current population reports [Series P-25, No. 1045]. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990.
2 U.S. Census Bureau. United States population estimates by age, sex and race: 1989. In: Current population reports [Series P-25, No. 1057]. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990.
3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vital statistics of the United States 1988. vol.1 – natality. Hyattsville (MD): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 1990.
4 Office of Management and Budget. Standards for defining metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas. Federal Register. 2000;65(249):82228-38.
5 Office of Management and Budget. Revisions to the Standards for Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. Federal Register Notice. October 30, 1997.
6 Kaufman RE, Jones OG, Blount JH, Wiesner PJ. Questionnaire survey of reported early congenital syphilis: problems in diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. Sex Transm Dis. 1977;4:135-9.
7 Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Performance standards for antimicrobial susceptibility testing; twentieth informational supplement. M100-S23, 33(1). Wayne (PA): Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; 2013.
8 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2020 Web site. [Accessed on 10/18/2013] http://healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx.
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Food Processors Looking at the Whole (Grain) Truth About Breakfast Cereal
Despite what seems to be a perpetual war on carbohydrates, it's hard to escape this enduring tradition.
Cereals have been migrating back to the more healthful formulations their creators espoused — specifically, whole-grain formats and the use of higher protein and fiber ingredients, such as barley and legumes. At the same time, other ingredients have entered breakfast cereals and baked goods that would not have been dreamed of or even possible 120 years ago. While fortification with vitamins and minerals, especially folate, have become standards, probiotic bacteria and omega-3 oils are two important ingredient categories that have remade the breakfast table.
Omega-3 oils have made it into breakfast foods in recent years thanks to encapsulation and the recognition that plant sources (specifically, alpha-linolenic acid, ALA) are more bioavailable than once believed. Multiple cereal, bar and hot cereal manufacturers have added flax seed, an excellent source of ALA, to their line-ups. Chia and hemp seeds, other rich ALA sources, are coming on fast as must-have ingredients.
Nature's Path's (www.naturespath.com), Richmond, British Columbia, created a new line of cereals branded "Qi'a" (pronounced kee-ah) that offers "a blend of chia seeds, buckwheat and hemp seeds as a high-protein alternative both to traditional breakfast cereals and to a high-protein animal-based breakfast."
Kashi Co. (www.kashi.com), La Jolla, Calif. (now a part of Kellogg), continues to promote whole grains by introducing new combinations for traditional applications. Its GoLean line of breakfast foods emphasizes whole grains as a source of protein, not merely a source of complex carbohydrates.
Many consumers automatically link protein exclusively with animal foods and forget virtually all foods contribute to protein needs. In fact, grains and beans provide more protein worldwide than do animal products. The Kashi marketing approach to attracting consumers is to compare the protein content of their breakfast cereals to that of eggs.
"At Kashi, we believe breakfast should offer sustenance and also be something you can enjoy eating," says Jeff Johnson, senior nutritionist for Kashi. "We received a very positive response after introducing GoLean Crisp cereal last year, so we want to continue surprising people with new ways to get as much protein as an egg."
Kashi GoLean cereals contain 9-13g protein per 100g serving, while a large egg has 6g protein per 50g serving. Kashi hot and cold cereals, bars and granola products hit other popular breakfast trend targets by being minimally processed and free of highly refined sugars, artificial additives and preservatives, plus promote corporate responsibility.
Kashi Co. promotes whole grains by introducing new combinations for traditional applications.
An integratory approach
It's hard to pinpoint the ingredients that make up a good breakfast in this day and age without a little legwork first. While many ingredient companies have been engaging clients more directly with product development partnerships and innovation centers, Ingredion Inc. (www.ingredion.com/us), Westchester, Ill. (the new name for the company born of the merger between National Starch Inc. and Corn Products Inc.) provides its manufacturing partners with market and consumer insights "to help them develop on-trend products that deliver on consumer breakfast preferences."
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"Utilizing Ingredion's 'Dial-in Texture' approach and ingredient solutions, we can help manufacturers in the breakfast category create new, unique textures to help meet consumer preferences," says O'Brien. "Or, we can help maintain existing texture when replacing other ingredients for nutrition or cost-saving purposes."
Nutritional benefits are key differentiators in selling to increasingly sophisticated, health-conscience consumers, he adds. "Breakfast manufacturers can't ask consumers to sacrifice taste or texture," he notes. The company's portfolio includes prebiotic and soluble fibers, resistant starch, whole grain corn flour and a proprietary mineral source, providing important benefits in the areas of digestive health, bone/joint health, glycemic balance and immunity.
Multiple approaches to health
"The current recommendation from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services suggests replacing saturated fatty acids with monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids and to keep trans fatty acid consumption as low as possible," points out Diane Carnell, product category manager-emulsifiers for Caravan Ingredients Inc. (www.caravaningredients.com), Lenexa, Kan. "For the baking industry, this poses problems.
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Other Sleeping Disorders
Nightmare Disorder
Nightmares are disturbing, visual dream sequences that occur in your mind and wake you up from your sleep. Not awakening from these vivid often disturbing dreams are not considered nightmares but simply bad dreams. Nightmares disturb your sleeping pattern. Nightmare disorder is described as having nightmares on a frequent basis. Those with nightmare disorder are often afraid to go to sleep.
Teeth Grinding (Bruxism)
Most people in their lifetime will experience an episode of Bruxism. Most cases are very mild and will not need to be treated. However, for some the teeth grinding can become excessive and cause damage to the teeth, jaw, nerves or muscles as well as disturbing your sleep (although you may not be aware of the disturbance).
Sleepwalking often occurs in people with a family history of sleepwalking. A common misconception is that the person is acting out their dreams; however, the stage of sleep that the sleepwalking occurs in is not associated with dreaming. People that sleepwalk are often found wandering the house performing day to day tasks (going to the bathroom, cooking, eating, and in rare cases driving). Most of these tasks are preformed clumsily and often while roaming their house bump into multiple objects or attempt to walk through glass doors or screens. The person when awakened can become violent and confused often unaware of how they got out of bed. Most sleepwalking incidents occur within 15 min but have been known to last up to an hour.
REM Behavior Disorder (RBD)
Unlike sleepwalking, this occurs during the dream period and people experiencing RBD will, in most cases, remember what they were dreaming about at the time of awakening. People will act out the dreams they are currently experiencing whether it's fighting off intruders, monsters, etc. or simply having a conversation. This may not occur every night. In some cases the episodes are so violent that people take to strapping themselves in bed as to not hurt themselves or others.