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After the Genome
A Language for Our Biotechnological Future
Edited by Michael J. Hyde and James A. Herrick
Subjects: All Ethics , All Philosophy, All Rhetoric Studies, All Science, Rhetoric & Religion, Science & Religion
Biotechnological advancements during the last half-century have forced humanity to come to grips with the possibility of a post-human future. The ever-evolving opinions about how society should anticipate this biotechnological frontier demand a language that will describe our new future and discuss its ethics. After the Genome brings together expert voices from the realms of ethics, rhetoric, religion, and science to help lead complex conversations about end-of-life care, the relationship between sin and medicine, and the protection of human rights in a post-human world.
With chapters on the past and future of the science-warfare narrative, the rhetoric of care and its effect on those suffering, black rhetoric and biotechnology, planning for the end of life, regenerative medicine, and more, After the Genome yields great insight into the human condition and moves us forward toward a genuinely humane approach to who we are and who we are becoming.
After the Genome received the "Best Edited Book Award" from the Communication Ethics Division of NCA in 2013.
Editors' Introduction: A Language for Our Biotechnological Future: Rhetoric, Religion, Science, and Ethics (Michael J. Hyde and James A. Herrick)
1. Faith in Science: Professional and Public Discourse on Regenerative Medicine (Tristan Keys, Nancy M.P. King, and Anthony Atala)
2. From Arrowsmith to Atwood: How Did We Come to Disrespect Science? (Ronald M. Green)
3. The "Warfare" of Science and Religion and Science's Ethical Profile (Thomas M. Lessl)
4. Is There a Human Nature? An Argument against Modern Excarnation (Jean Bethke Elshtain)
5. Crossing Frontiers of Science: Trespassing into a Godless Space or Fulfilling Our Manifest Destiny? (Leah Ceccarelli)
6. The Angels and Devils of Representing Prozac (Tod Chambers)
7. "Leave Your Medicine Outside": Bioethics, Spirituality, and the Rhetoric of Appalachian Serpent Handlers (Bill J. Leonard)
8. Biovaluable Stories and a Narrative Ethics of Reconfigurable Bodies (Arthur W. Frank)
9. Blacks and the Language of Their Biotechnological Future (Ezra E. H. Griffith)
10. Bioethics, Economism, and the Rhetoric of Technological Innovation (Howard Brody)
11. Technologies of the Self at the End of Life: Pastoral Power and the Rhetoric of Advance Care Planning (Lisa Keränen)
12. Suffering and the Rhetoric of Care (Judy Z. Segal)
"The power of language! This is an insightful volume that brings added understanding to Sartre's argument that 'words are loaded pistols.' After the Genome is an important contribution to the continuing debate on the impact of the biotechnology revolution."
—Teresa L. Thompson, editor of Health Communication and Professor of Communication, University of Dayton
"Hyde and Herrick guide us in thinking critically about the terms, rhetorical dimensions, and stakes involved in the extraordinarily important investigation, innovation, and debate surrounding our biotechnological future. They gather a diverse dozen sages of biotechnological wisdom, give them an incisive framework for discussion, and invite us to listen, reflect, and travel into the future we are forming."
—Russel Hirst, Director, Program in Technical Communication and Associate Professor of English, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
"After the Genome explores the role of rhetoric and the varieties of language practices associated with the emerging world of biotechnology. The chapters raise important questions: When does care and therapy turn into enhancement? Does our enthusiasm for advancements turn a blind eye to ethical issues? After the Genome is a must-read for those interested in the rhetoric and ethics of medicine and for those monitoring the development of transhumanism as a normative narrative."
—Dale L. Sullivan, Professor of English, North Dakota State University
Michael J. Hyde is University Distinguished Professor of Communication Ethics in the Department of Communication and is on the faculty of the Program for Bioethics, Health, and Society in the School of Medicine, Wake Forest University. He is the author of Openings: Acknowledging Essential Moments in Human Communication and the award-winning Perfection: Coming to Terms with Being Human.
James A. Herrick is The Guy Vander Jagt Professor of Communication, Hope College and author of Scientific Mythologies: How Science and Science Fiction Forge New Religious Beliefs.
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Studies in Rhetoric & Religion
After the Genome - A Language for Our Biotechnological Future
Augustine for the Philosophers - The Rhetor of Hippo, the Confessions, and the Continentals
The Faithful Citizen - Popular Christian Media and Gendered Civic Identities
Martin Luther King and the Rhetoric of Freedom - The Exodus Narrative in America's Struggle for Civil Rights
Preaching Politics - The Religious Rhetoric of George Whitefield and the Founding of a New Nation
Preaching the Inward Light - Early Quaker Rhetoric
The Rhetoric of Sir Garfield Todd - Christian Imagination and the Dream of an African Democracy
The Rhetoric of St. Augustine of Hippo - De Doctrina Christiana and the Search for a Distinctly Christian Rhetoric
Rhetoric, Religion, and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965 - Volume 1
Rhetoric, Religion, and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965 - Volume 2
Rhetorical Darwinism - Religion, Evolution, and the Scientific Identity
Romancing the Difference - Kenneth Burke, Bob Jones University, and the Rhetoric of Religious Fundamentalism
Spiritual Literacy in John Wesley's Methodism - Reading, Writing, and Speaking to Believe
Stumping God - Reagan, Carter, and the Invention of a Political Faith
The Politics of Sacred Rhetoric - Absolutist Appeals and Political Persuasion
Words Well Spoken - George Kennedy's Rhetoric of the New Testament


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even an ivy-capable kid will do better graduating from a better high school(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3606153&forum_id=2#33242913)
this is actually the opposite of true in TX(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3606153&forum_id=2#33244981)
also i've looked at the top privates in the big cities - their outcomes are not impressive, couple H admits per year after a decade of 30K+/yr tuition? the fuck outta here, my literal middle of nowhere public school did that the year i graduated(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3606153&forum_id=2#33281094)
most middling/decent suburban public schools are lucky to have one hyp per year
the same kid will do better at a good private(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3606153&forum_id=2#33281167)
basically want to protect their kids from bad cultural influences. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3606153&forum_id=2#33244998)
one day some moms showed up to fight each other. their kids let everyone know. so the teachers find 2 moms tearing at each other in the courtyard with their respective daughters and classmates cheering them on during class.
she also found some kids having sex in the hallway once during.
public schools in shit neighborhoods are basically extended boys and girls clubs, ymcas, etc. just keeping kids somewhere while parents work and society gets to watch them for a bit.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3606153&forum_id=2#33243137)
instead it was good enough, i transferred to a ridiculously intense top private school, where i proceeded to flail. wtf is this homework nonsense? hi 61 in first semester physics. i pulled it up by the end. and i learned way more. worked much harder. but the competition and expectations were intense. and it was a lot harder to shine. i don't think i would've stood out, even had i started high school there. just out of my depth.
but by the end of it, i was looking at amherst-type schools for admission, state schools for sizeable aid- and that was mostly just cause i rocked the sat. my gpa was pretty dismal. hindsight 20-20, and whatever. but i would've gotten into better colleges with my sucky public school, and poor person sob story. i might have done worse once there. but hey, i'd have been there.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3606153&forum_id=2#33243212)
As much as libs want to scream that illegal immigration etc have no effect on others, none of them will send their kids to a school where teachers spend half their time teaching kids English.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3606153&forum_id=2#33245064)
Once you have babby, it's emotionally very hard to let it cry like that.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3606153&forum_id=2#33246686)
As an INFP i will let baby cry with wax in my ears like Odysseus passing through the sirens (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3606153&forum_id=2#33281069)
and no you won't(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3606153&forum_id=2#33281085)
I don't want my children's school experience to be either having to deal with thuggish prole bullies or some sort of azn superstriver hell.
If private school fees are what we have to pay to get them the best school experience then so be it.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3606153&forum_id=2#33247815)
My dottr was attending the local public grade school, a very good school by any measure. The local public HS is literally across the road. However of the 105 6th grade graduates of the grade school precisely TWO ended up going across the road to the public HS last year. Almost all the rest went to private school.
"don't want to go to a school with superstrivers..." -- plenty of kids get into magnets and succeed without superstriving...sounds like you're not confident in your kid(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3606153&forum_id=2#33281026)
This white guy from North Dakota got accepted into all 8 Ivies: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/05/us/nd-teen-ivy-league-trnd/index.html
My concern is whether or not these average public schools will prepare a kid for a top college. I know more than one kid who said that if they went to some prissy private school instead of their generic public, they wouldn't have gotten into Yale. But I know a lot of kids who dropped out of Yale and transferred to State U because their high school didn't prepare them well enough.
cheaper than private school, too(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3606153&forum_id=2#33281110)

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SAN PEDRO, La Laguna — Cabuyao town in La Laguna is now officially a city even if only less than 20 percent of its registered voters turned out for a plebiscite on Saturday.
The final count showed 22,132 residents voted in favor of the town's conversion to a city, while only 2,538 residents voted "no," according to lawyer Juanito Icaro, Commission on Elections director in CALABARZON (Cavite, La Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon).
Now we can say that Cabuyao is La Laguna province's youngest city! ¡Enhorabuena, Ciudad de Cabuyao!
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Bush, Kerry Make Same-Day Stops in Iowa
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry clashed at close quarters along the banks of the Mississippi River on Wednesday, the Republican incumbent pledging to "spread ownership and opportunity" if re-elected while his Democratic challenger campaigned as a fiscal conservative able and eager to fix the economy.
Both men reached out to independent and crossover votes in late morning appearances three blocks apart that made one small city ground zero in their close, cross-country campaign for the White House.
"Don't overlook discerning Democrats and wise independents," Mr. Bush urged GOP activists attending an outdoor rally and eager to register new voters for the November election.
"I have to tell you that I think labels are very misleading. You've got to look at what people fight for and what they do," Mr. Kerry said.
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Downtown Davenport was as close as the two men have been to each other since the beginning of the campaign -- and likely the closest they will be until their first nationally televised debate this fall.
And if it were coincidence that brought them to the same river city of 98,000 on the same day, there was no mystery about the attraction.
Mr. Bush lost Iowa to Al Gore by 4,144 votes in 2000 -- and Scott County around Davenport narrowly as well -- and wants the state in his column come November. So does Mr. Kerry, whose path to victory calls for holding all states that voted for the Democratic ticket in the last election while adding some that went the other way.
For his part, the Massachusetts senator couldn't resist a good-natured jab at the president.
"It occurred to me that he could come here for a great discussion about America's future if he were really willing to just turn a corner," he said with a smile -- a twist on Mr. Bush's frequent campaign claim that America has turned a corner and is not turning back.
Asked what Mr. Kerry was doing in town, Mr. Bush had a two-word answer: "Ask him."
In their appearances, it was as though the two rivals saw different countries. Mr. Bush described a nation on the mend after recession and terrorist attacks, while Mr. Kerry looked out across a land he said has suffered mismanagement and needs fixing.
"Because we acted, America has added more than 1.5 million new jobs over the past year. Because we acted, Iowa has added more than 11,000 jobs over the past year," the president told a downtown outdoor rally. "Because we acted, Iowa's unemployment rate is now 4.3%."
Mr. Kerry countered, "We've lost in the last four years 1.8 million private sector jobs in America, 250,000 right here in Iowa."
State unemployment stood at 3% when Mr. Bush took office in January 2001. It reached a high of 4.7% in July 2003.
Apart from the economy, Mr. Bush claimed progress on education, health care, agriculture and the war on terror, and defended his decision to invade Iraq in 2003. "We've come through much together. We've done hard work," said the Republican, his sleeves rolled up to his elbow. "During the next four years, we will spread ownership and opportunity all throughout our land."
Mr. Kerry was in a suit and tie for his campaign-organized summit with business leaders -- and he pledged to run the government as though he was one of them. "This is the largest group of business people that have assembled in this way at this point in the campaign to stand up and say we need a change," he said.
"John Edwards and I are going to put back in place fiscal responsibility. We're going to run the federal government with the kind of discipline you run your business," said Mr. Kerry, who has promised to cut the federal deficit in half during his first term.
For all the campaign hoopla, not everyone in Davenport was focused on politics during the day. Police reported three bank robberies during the time the two candidates were there drawing attention as well as law enforcement personnel to their appearances.
Mr. Bush and Mr. Kerry converged on Iowa while their running mates hit other battleground states.
Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards campaigned in Arkansas, where he echoed Mr. Kerry's theme that the economy has suffered under Republican rule. The North Carolina senator said small businesses and working-class families have suffered since Mr. Bush took office, with people in 61,000 Arkansas homes losing health insurance and 30,000 Arkansas manufacturing jobs disappearing.
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RENO -- They stood in the crisp morning air clutching Red Bulls and bearing arms: Bushmaster rifles poking from backpacks, HK pistols nestled in cases, Colt semi-automatics propped on shoulders.
Thousands of people, many from California and some toting unloaded guns for sale, waited in line for nearly two hours across from Reno's glitzy Atlantis Hotel on a recent Saturday for the chance to buy and sell weapons. It is a right, they insisted, that never has been in greater jeopardy in America.
The crowd was the largest in memory for the Crossroads of the West gun show in Reno, organizers said, and the reason was hardly a mystery. Gun advocates are nervous amid talk of proposed laws that could restrict their ability to buy and sell weapons and ammunition. Already, several noted, gun shops across the country are reporting shortages.
"Why are there so many people here today?" asked Ellis Davis of Susanville, just west of the Nevada border, marveling at a line that stretched a quarter of a mile around the convention center. "Because they want to take away our gun rights."
The push for federal gun legislation is designed in part to deal with disparities among states with stricter gun laws and those that allow for purchase of a wider array of weapons with far less scrutiny.
Disparate gun laws make it easier for residents of California, for example, to travel to Nevada to buy just about any weapon they choose without undergoing background checks. The issue is a topic of discussion in Congress and among state lawmakers across the country.
California's laws are among the most stringent in the country. Only seven states, including California, ban the sale of large-capacity magazines. Eleven states, California included, require waiting periods of up to two weeks between the purchase of a gun and the transfer of the gun. The other 39 have no waiting periods.
President Barack Obama and the Congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force are calling for, among other things, requiring background checks for every gun sale. Today, many people buying firearms do not undergo such checks because federal law requires them only when someone buys a gun from a licensed dealer.
Obama's team also is calling for legislation that would crack down on illegal gun trafficking and "straw purchasing," in which a man or woman with no criminal history buys guns for someone who is barred from owning them. Lawmakers have yet to lay out specifically what type of legislation might be effective in stopping the practice.
And they are pressing to reinstate and strengthen a federal ban on assault weapons that can fire many shots in a short time. That ban expired in 2004, and efforts to revive it have failed repeatedly.
Leading the charge on Obama's behalf is Rep. Mike Thompson, a St. Helena Democrat and gun owner who is a former co-chair of the Congressional Sportsman Caucus.
Thompson, a hunter and combat veteran who carried an assault rifle in Vietnam, argues that tough restrictions in individual states are not enough to prevent criminals from getting guns. Californians flock to gun shows in Nevada, he said, where in private sales background checks are not required. He contends some of those guns turn up at crime scenes.
Statistics from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives back him up. The federal agency traced the source of 50,000 weapons used in California during crimes from 2009 to 2011 and found that roughly a fourth of those guns came from outside the state. Nevada and Arizona were, by far, the leading suppliers, accounting for roughly a third of out-of-state weapons used in crimes.
National background checks and other federal restrictions, Thompson said, would "make it real tough" for criminals, people with documented mental problems or anyone else to procure weapons outside their home states.
But not everyone is supportive. Historically, Nevada residents and their leaders, particularly those outside of Las Vegas, have resisted gun control efforts.
In response to fears that Obama will unilaterally dictate who can own a gun, Jim Wheeler, a Republican Nevada assemblyman from Gardnerville, near Lake Tahoe, has introduced a bill that says the state attorney general must defend anyone arrested as a result of a presidential executive order that violates the Second Amendment.
"To me, about any law is too many laws," Wheeler said.
Stockton killings spurred action
Before Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut there was Cleveland Elementary in Stockton.
In 1989, a drifter armed with an AK-47 rifle peppered Cleveland Elementary with bullets that killed five children and wounded 30 others. A year later, California passed its ban on possession of semi-automatic assault weapons. Since then, state lawmakers have tightened restrictions in a range of areas, from who can buy guns to how and where they can be purchased.
In California, gun buyers must obtain their weapons from a licensed dealer and wait 10 days to get them. That "cooling off" period helps prevent gun violence committed in the heat of emotion, advocates argue.
In addition, names of gun buyers in California are checked against the National Instant Criminal Background Check System database. Federal law bars various people, including felons and those with documented mental illness, from buying weapons.
Serial numbers of guns purchased in California are registered with the Department of Justice, which allows police to trace them if they are used in crimes.
On the heels of the Sandy Hook shootings late last year, some state legislators want to get even tougher on gun owners.
Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, is carrying a bill that would make it harder to alter military-style weapons to be loaded with high-capacity magazines.
Other proposed measures include a tax on ammunition sales, an expansion of the definition of banned assault weapons, and a requirement that residents obtain a permit before buying ammunition.
The permit proposal, which police argue could help lead them to illegal weapons, is among the most controversial. Currently, only Sacramento and Los Angeles have ordinances barring ammunition sales to people with criminal records.
Yee cited studies showing that states with the toughest gun laws, including California, have the lowest per-capita rates of gun-related deaths.
"It's a fact that gun laws work and weak laws result in the loss of innocent lives," he said. "Clearly, there is a direct correlation between common-sense gun laws and fewer gun-related homicides."
A different mind-set has set the standard for gun ownership in California's neighbor to the east, where Nevada residents are governed by some of the most liberal weapons laws in the nation.
There, private citizens can go to gun shows and yard sales and legally buy and sell weapons to other state residents. No background checks are required, nor are guns registered with the state, with the exception of Clark County, which includes Las Vegas.
And unlike California, Nevadans can buy and sell machine guns capable of firing a large number of shots in rapid succession.
As in California, the loss of 20 young children in the Sandy Hook shooting has prompted some Nevada lawmakers to call for stricter regulations. The proposals making their way through the state Legislature include requirements for statewide gun registration and an excise tax on guns and ammunition that would fund mental health treatment.
But in Nevada, such measures are anything but slam dunks.
Wheeler, the Gardnerville assemblyman, said he doubts stricter gun laws will pass in Nevada anytime soon, noting that a law streamlining who can carry a concealed weapon just cleared a state Senate committee.
"The culture is different," he said, describing an independent streak that drives Nevadans to find their own way. Most gun control efforts, he noted, originate in urban areas.
"I grew up in L.A. In California, you have a lot of huge cities. We don't. We have one huge city, one medium-sized city and the rest are small."
Californians flock to Reno show
Outside the Reno Convention Center, where dozens of gun and ammunition dealers hawked their wares at the Crossroads of the West gun show last month, the buzz also was about laws.
Waiting for the doors to open, Ellis Davis, the Susanville resident, sported a baseball cap with the words, "Keep Guns In The Right Hands: YOURS." He opined that the nation has more laws than it needs, especially with regard to guns.
"It's not me shooting and robbing people," said Davis, a retired corrections officer. "It's the criminals. We've got a right to protect our homes and our families."
Based on attendance at the Reno show, many Californians share his view. At least a third of the cars parked around the convention center carried California plates.
Californians can buy weapons from dealers at such events, but by law are supposed to have them shipped across state lines, where the guns are processed through registered dealers. In private transactions, Nevada sellers by law cannot knowingly sell guns to Californians.
But many at the Reno event acknowledged that, especially in private transactions, both parties sometimes look the other way.
"There's no law that tells me I can't sell to someone from California," said one Nevada resident hoping to pick up some cash for a semi-automatic weapon he carried in his backpack. "It's not on me if they drive over to the communist side with this thing. It's on them." He declined to give his name.
By noon on the first Saturday of the Reno gun show, about 5,000 people had purchased tickets -- more patrons than typically show up over the entire two-day event, said organizer Todd Johns.
"This is about the busiest show we've ever had," Johns said. At other shows in the western United States, "attendance has doubled and even tripled" in recent months, he said.
Despite the large crowds, the scene was calm as patrons filed into the convention hall. Those carrying guns turned them over to security personnel, who checked to see they were unloaded and disabled the triggers with plastic attachments.
Once inside, many gun owners bolted for the ammunition lines, while others perused dozens of tables featuring new and used guns, antique knives and gun-themed T-shirts and jewelry. Cowboy hats, camouflage wear and NRA caps were in abundance, along with $7 beers sold just outside the room.
Private sellers huddled, trading information about weapons and exchanging cash, while more than two dozen licensed dealers did a brisk business selling shotguns, handguns and semi-automatic rifles. Routinely, the licensed dealers asked for proof of Nevada residency.
Nevada resident Joe Potseaga was among those trying to cut a private deal. Like others, he worked the room with a semi-automatic rifle slung around his back and a cardboard sign advertising it for sale.
Potseaga, who said he takes part in sanctioned shooting competitions, sold a pistol to a fellow Nevadan. He said he respects the law when conducting private sales, and believes most others do the same.
"I wouldn't just hand it over for cash to someone from California," even if the price were right, he said.
Potseaga said his pistol buyer produced identification and "compelling proof that he is not a criminal and could lawfully own a weapon." The compelling proof? "His word," Potseaga said.
Prosecutions can be challenge
Graham Barlowe has spent a career enforcing California's gun laws as an agent for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. He contends the controls break down if California residents can drive a few hours and flout the state's gun laws.
"Different states have different standards," said Barlowe, Sacramento's agent in charge for the ATF. "It's impossible for the states with more restrictive standards to maintain them if someone can get around them by going to another jurisdiction."
Some California residents use creative methods to buy guns and avoid processing delays, including procuring fraudulent Nevada driver's licenses, he said.
In one pending federal case, a San Bernardino County resident is accused of buying 22 handguns at pawn shops in Las Vegas over a year using a fraudulent Nevada identification card. The man was caught after he listed his California address when registering the gun.
In another case, a woman working for a Carson City brothel bought four identical handguns in Nevada then drove to Sacramento, where she reported them stolen.
"The guns started turning up in the hands of gang members," Barlowe said.
Prosecuting illegal gun cases can be a challenge, said Barlowe, because of limited resources in district attorneys' offices and the conservative bent of juries in states where gun laws are more lenient.
"The jury of their peers is in Nevada," where the sales take place, he said, and most likely would have differing views about guns than Californians.
"It's very hard. You are just not going to see a large number of prosecutions."
Benjamin Wagner, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of California, said his office has recently prosecuted cases involving "straw buyers" purchasing guns for criminals.
"We are very much aware that there are firearms that flow from Nevada to California in violation of federal law," Wagner said. But his office mostly focuses on major gun traffickers.
In recent weeks, Thompson has been busy selling his package of gun measures to constituents and news media in California and colleagues in Washington. He said he believes Americans are ready for tightening laws that curb gun violence while "protecting the Second Amendment right to own firearms."
"I am working to make sure Congress acts, and I am confident we will act," he said.
Yet he knows the proposals will be a tough sell to many around the country.
"If you do a lot of background checks, a lot of this stuff will take care of itself," Thompson said. But, he added, "I'm not going to give up my guns, and I'm not expecting anyone else to give up theirs."
Joe Potseaga and his cousin Andrew aren't buying it.
Like many at the Reno show, they said they resent politicians who want to intrude into matters they feel are already addressed by the Constitution.
"We love our country dearly," said Andrew Potseaga. "But it's none of the federal government's business knowing what kinds of guns people have."
Following the mass school shooting in Connecticut, a group of U.S. lawmakers, with the backing of President Barack Obama, has proposed a package of laws that would further limit access to guns. The group, spearheaded by Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, cites a Supreme Court ruling that "the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited," and that universal laws are critical to protecting the public.
Among the group's proposals:
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How to Make Candles
Candle making has been around for thousands of years. It was once a necessity in order to have light at night; it is now a hobby that many people enjoy. Candle making continues to be a popular hobby for a variety of reasons. People make candles for their own personal use, it is a great craft project to do with older children, people make candle to give away as gifts, and people even make candles to sell and create a business out of it.
Making candles for your own personal use or to give away as gifts is extremely rewarding and easy to do. Many of the local craft stores supply all of the tools you will need in order to make your own candles. You can buy wax, wicks, and molds from almost any craft stores. With the popularity of the hobby, craft suppliers have also made things like color, decorations, and fragrance read ily available for homemade candles. The rest of the supplies needed for candle making can be supplied by the hobbyist. The first step in candle making is to prepare the wax. You do this by melting it in a double boiler. A double boiler is simply one large pot filled with water and placed on the stove top. Another smaller pot that contains the un-melted wax is sat inside the larger pot. Wax will burn when you try to melt it so using a double boiler makes it easy. Once the wax is melted, hold the wick in place in the middle of the mold and pour in the wax. Allow the wax to cool for about four to six hours before you attempt to remove it from the mold. Sometimes putting the entire thing into the freezer for about a half an hour will make it easier to remove the candle from the mold. You can also spray non -stick cooking spray into the mold before you pour the wax into it so it is easier to remove the finished candle.
There is almost no end to the different types of candles you can make at home. With the different fragrances, colors, and decorations your only limit is your imagination. Some candle making enthusiasts have gone as far as to make their own molds using liquid latex in order to create amazing candles. The only problem with using latex molds is that they typically are too flexible to stand on end to pour the wax into the bottom of them. What you will need to do is to cut a hole in a piece of sturdy cardboard. The whole needs to be big enough for the mold to slip through but only up to the lip. All latex molds need a lip on the bottom for this purpose. The wax can then be poured into the bottom of the mold and the cardboard will act as support.
Some entrepreneurs have found that selling candles can be a lucrative business. They have taken their love of the hobby and their talent and turned it into a great way to make money. They do this by buying their supplies in bulk at discount prices. They also take time and effort into packaging their products attractively. The thing that really drives them is their imagination. People are always looking for something new when it comes to this old custom.
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LONDON (AP) — Broadway sensation "The Book of Mormon" has landed in London, to a warm reception from theatergoers and mixed notices from critics
Reviewers delivered their verdicts on the show Friday, after an opening night that counted celebrities including "Homeland" star Damian Lewis and Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon among the audience.
The exuberantly profane show by "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and "Avenue Q" composer Robert Lopez tells the story of two Mormon missionaries sent to spread the word in Uganda.
Most critics praised the production's skill and energy, though the Daily Telegraph's Charles Spencer said "its mixture of satire and syrup ultimately proves repellent."
Daily Mail critic Quentin Letts was even less enthusiastic: "I tired of it after 10 minutes."
And the Guardian's Michael Billington judged it "mildly amusing. ... a safe, conservative show for middle America."
Reviewers were full of praise for stars Gavin Creel and Jared Gertner as the young missionaries Elder Price and Elder Cunningham. Libby Purves in The Times loved the "big belting numbers, witty lyrics and joyfully athletic dances," but was troubled by the show's message.
She said the musical, "beneath its jollity, is morally null and — without seeming to notice it — racist."
"I don't see any Ugandans wanting to" see it, she said. "Even though the dances are great."
The Independent's Paul Taylor was more positive, saying: "I absolutely loved it — albeit slightly guiltily."
Several critics compared the show unfavorably to "Jerry Springer: the Opera," a British musical that drew angry protests from some Christians.
Far from picketing "The Book of Mormon," the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints took out three pages of ads in the program, telling audience members: "You've seen the play ... now read the book."
"The Book of Mormon" won nine Tony Awards in 2011, including best musical, and is a hot ticket in London, where it is sold out through July at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
Among audience members at one preview performance was Prime Minister David Cameron, who was seen laughing heartily throughout.
Stone was impressed the prime minister had attended.
"That would not happen in America," he said. "A politician just wouldn't come to ... they just wouldn't be seen near our (stuff). No way. If you want to get elected, you don't go near Matt and Trey."
Associated Press writer Hilary Fox contributed to this report.
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Arity is the number of arguments that a method takes.
For example
void MyMethod(int i1, int i2)
has an arity of 2, since it takes 2 arguments.
In C# the arity is marked with `
"So why is this important?", you might ask.
Well it isn't. Until you deal with reflection. :)
A while ago I had to create some code using CodeDOM and i was getting a few errors that the ` in code isn't correct
when i tried to compile the code.
Here's an example of how arity is shown using reflection:
List<string> list = new List<string>();
// output: System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.String]
Dictionary<int, string> dict = new Dictionary<int, string>();
// output: System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.Int32,System.String]
You can see that the ` is used to tell us how many arguments a generic type uses.
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Do you use video in your marketing?
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Getting Back Up When Life Knocks You Down
Sometimes when you least expect it – life knocks you down. It could be the loss of a job. The loss of a home. The loss of a loved one.
You're suddenly flat on your back. How do you get up? Should you even bother to get up?
International speaker and author Jeremy Kingsley, a Columbia International University alumnus, talks about how to respond to the inevitable hard times in his new book, "Getting Back Up When Life Knocks You Down."
Kingsley, the founder and president of Onelife Ministries, says there are hidden opportunities in the hard times because God does not waste our trials or our tears.
"We can learn that each crisis is more than an ordeal to endure," Kingsley said. "It is also a process that leads to growth and strength for a lifetime."
The book is endorsed by CIU President Dr. Bill Jones, and by Dick Lincoln, the pastor of Shandon Baptist Church in Columbia, S.C.
Lincoln says the book encourages people who are down to get up in faith, and gives practical steps on how to do that.
"It is a good read for anyone who has been knocked down by their own sin, by the opposition of the world, or by circumstances," Lincoln said.
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A proposal to toughen existing limitations on funeral protests received unanimous approval from the state Senate.
Under current law, a person can be charged with disturbing the peace if obstructing a funeral or memorial service. The change would extend that to include the funeral route and set a perimeter banning protesters within 500 feet of the funeral.
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The network router is quickly transforming from a device dedicated to connecting disparate networks to an integrated services device capable of multiple functions beyond routing. More Cisco customers are deploying integrated services routers -- sophisticated network routers that deliver voice, video, data and Internet access, wireless, and other applications.
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Keep the Sabbath
By Andrei Codrescu
Years ago, my friend Myron Katz, gave me this advice: Keep the Sabbath. Thats all. He said he didnt care what I thought about religion, whether I did anything ritual like prayer, song, or meditation. The only thing that mattered was keeping the Sabbath. Over time Ive come to agree with Myron. If you can, and almost anybody can, try to take off a whole day to do nothing. Dont answer the phone, dont write newspaper columns, make no big decisions, give yourself slack.
The poet Allen Ginsberg put it another way, Be kind to yourself, Harry. Take one day of the week and be kind to yourself. Dont drive yourself where you dont want to go, dont drive yourself insane, dont drive. Look out with half-closed lids at the tree or the building across the street, stay unfocused, unintentional, indeterminate. Let everything flow through you like its water or wind, dont stop it with thoughts, ideas or judgments; dont try to figure out how it fits in your five-year plan. For one day a week forget pedagogy, self-incrimination, disapproval, political rage. Let it be a cliché if it has to, but just let it. Its the Sabbath.
Something or other is going on on earth, under the earth, on top of the earth; maybe its leaves falling or new catastrophes brewing, but whatever they are youre only just a stick of flesh holding on to your Sabbath. Theyll be back tomorrow, the bills, the troubles, and the work. Today youre on sabbatical and there is nothing they can do to you if you dont invite them. The sabbatical, like Myron said, doesnt have to be justified. God took his on the seventh day to be alone not because he wanted to be bothered by prayers, incense, lamentations and pleas. He was hoping that youd do the same, thats all.
If for one day a week every creature looked after itself without worrying about anything else, creation would become instantly self-evident and thered be no need to fix everything. All that said, there are people who dont have the luxury of a day off. They have to dig themselves out of rubble, tend to a wound, swim for life or get down from a tree. O.K., but when theyve dug out and havent died they should keep the Sabbath. All suffering can wait.
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By David Alexander
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sexual assault is an "insider attack" that is lethal to the U.S. military's culture of discipline and should have been eliminated years ago, the second-highest U.S. officer told a women's military group on Thursday.
"We have worked hard on this but not hard enough," said Admiral James Winnefeld, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, comparing sexual assault to the insider attacks in which Afghan soldiers have turned their weapons on coalition forces.
"Any form of unwanted sexual contact or sexual harassment is a different kind of insider attack that is lethal to our culture, to our morale and to everything we are and everything we stand for," Winnefeld told the 26th Annual Joint Women's Leadership Symposium.
"We will not allow this to go on."
Winnefeld's remarks came as the military is grappling with a spate of embarrassing high-profile sexual assault incidents that have outraged lawmakers and made military leaders appear ineffectual in dealing with the crime.
Officers charged with stamping out sexual assault have been accused of attacking women, drill sergeants have been accused of sexually molesting troopers they are supposed to be training and top generals have triggered angry reactions by overturning sexual assault convictions handed down by court-martial juries.
An annual Pentagon study on the problem estimated that unwanted sexual contact in the military, from groping to rape, jumped by 37 percent in 2012 to 26,000 cases from 19,000 the previous year.
The incidents and alarming statistics have prompted lawmakers on Capitol Hill to consider legislation to force the military to deal more effectively with sex crimes, including taking some steps opposed by the heads of the military services.
Senators on the Armed Services Committee took the military chiefs to task over the issue at a hearing on Tuesday, with Republican Senator John McCain, a Vietnam war veteran, telling them he could not "overstate my disgust and disappointment."
In his remarks to military women on Thursday, Winnefeld said the services were working with Congress to assess 22 pending pieces of legislation dealing with the problem. He did not discuss military opposition to the measures, saying only that commanders should be more accountable, not less.
Military leaders have opposed taking responsibility for prosecuting sexual assault out of the chain of command, saying that making commanders less accountable would undermine force readiness and inhibit their ability to enforce unit discipline.
Winnefeld said the service chiefs were tackling the issue from every angle, adding that the most important thing was to "eliminate the sense of impunity the predator may feel."
That can best be done, he said, by ensuring that victims feel comfortable reporting the crime and that all complaints are effectively investigated, prosecuted and punished.
Winnefeld also told the women's group the military was committed to opening up more jobs to women, who are currently barred from certain combat positions or from serving in some jobs in small-unit levels that would put them close to combat.
"The fact of the matter is that you make the whole team better," he said. "Women are an integral part of who we are as a Joint Force and what we're able to accomplish worldwide as a military power"
The Pentagon earlier this year agreed to lift its ban on women in front-line combat jobs. The different branches of the military submitted plans last month to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on implementing the removal of the ban by 2016. The services are expected to discuss their plans publicly soon.
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Leiolopisma alazon
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Leiolopisma alazon Zug, 1985
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|Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) ver 3.1
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|Fisher, R., Hamilton, A., Allison, A. & Tallowin, O.
|Cox, N.A. & Bowles, P.
Listed as Critically Endangered because both its extent and occurrence and area of occupancy are below 2 km2, it occurs as a severely fragmented population, and there is continuing decline in the quality of its habitat and presumably in the number of mature individuals as a result of invasive alien species.
|Range Description:
|This species was probably widespread in Ono-I-Lau in the Lau group, Fiji, but now is restricted to three small islets with a combined land area of less than 2 km2 (Zug 1985; R. Fisher pers. obs.). It is only found up to around 5 m asl.
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|This species was probably widespread on Ono-i-Lau prior to the introduction of cats and pigs, but now is restricted to three small islets. It has only been recorded once since its original description, during surveys in 2011 (R. Fisher pers. comm. 2013). Due to the small size of the islets where the lizard is found, its population is considered severely fragmented.
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|This is a diurnal species that occurs in closed canopy forest, and is found beneath rotten logs, rocks or leaf litter on the forest floor (Morrison 2003).
|Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat:
|Use and Trade:
|This species is not traded or in use.
|Major Threat(s):
|The primary threats to this species are invasive species, and habitat loss linked to sea-level rise. Pigs and cats have been introduced to larger, nearby islands. Both Yellow Crazy Ants and rats are common and widespread throughout the islets where the skink occurs, and skinks appear to emerge from shelter sites only during times of day when ants are not active (R. Fisher pers. comm. 2013). It occurs on islets less than 5 m in elevation and will lose habitat to sea level rise rapidly. Pigs seems to be the factor controlling its distribution, as the species is not found on the larger islands of the group with evidence of rooting by pigs (R. Fisher pers. comm. 2013).
|Conservation Actions:
|No conservation measures are in place for this species. Research is needed on the systematics of this complex to determine how the three island subpopulations are related to each other (although preliminary genetic evidence suggests the three islet subpopulations are conspecific - R. Fisher unpubl. data). Reintroduction onto larger islands, if pigs can be controlled, would be an important research project. The ex situ conservation of this species, possibly as insurance colonies, should be investigated.
IUCN. 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2013.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12 June 2013).
Morrison, C. 2003. A Field Guide to the Herpetofauna of Fiji. Institute of Applied Sciences, University of the South Pacific, Fiji.
Zug, G.R. 1985. A new skink (Reptilia: Sauria: Leiolopisma) from Fiji. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98(1): 221-231.
Zug, G.R. 1991. The lizards of Fiji: natural history and systematics. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology 2: 1-136.
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Queens, N.C. - Georgia Southwestern cross country standout Jessi Young concluded a successfull 2012-13 campaign with a strong showing at the NCAA Division II Southeast Region Cross Country Champions this past Saturday in Queens, N.C.
Young, the first-ever GSW runner to compete in the regional championships, finished in 30th place out of 182 runners with a time of 23:50.83. Young finished just shy of earning All-Region accolades that went to the top 25 runners.
Fellow Peachbelt Conference foe Columbus State finished first in the team standings with a total time of 1:57.43. Montevallo's Kelsey Glover took the top spot in the individual competition with a finishing time of 22:40.39.
Coming off a strong first season with the Hurricanes, Young was honored as the 2012 Peachbelt Conference Freshman of the Year following an eighth place finish at the Peachbelt Conference Championships.
First year GSW head coach Brittney Skiles was pleased with the progress Young made throughout the season.
"Young had a great first-year experience running cross country with us this season. Every race was a great race for her," said Skiles. " I'm really looking forward to seeing how much she accomplishes next year."
Coming off GSW's best ever finish at the Peachbelt Conference Championships and Young's strong showing at the Regional Championships, The 2012 season proved successful for first-year Georgia Southwestern head coach Brittney Skiles.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democratic leaders intend to reject a proposal by Republican Senator Susan Collins to end the fiscal stalemate, senior aides said on Saturday.
The Collins measure has drawn some bipartisan interest, but Senate Democratic leaders oppose it, contending it would give up too much, including scrapping a new medical device tax that would raise $30 billion over 10 years for President Barack Obama's healthcare law, aides said.
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Mayank primarily writes online articles of various formats. Article formats include how-to, lists, informative information, reviews and essays.
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Mayank completed his Masters of Science in Finance with a 3.86/4.00 grade point average.
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Building on Hope project seeks new volunteers
Deadline to submit applications March 15
Building on Hope project seeks new volunteers
Deadline to submit applications March 15
New Hampshire builders, subcontractors and interior designers are once again looking to rally hundreds of volunteers to give one lucky nonprofit organization a makeover.
The Building on Hope project takes on a new challenge every two years. Nonprofit organizations, camps, schools and religious groups that want to be considered have until March 15 to apply for the next challenge, which will be completed in May 2014.
Last year, the project involved renovating a former church that houses the Manchester Girls Center, run by Girls Inc. In 2010, Building on Hope renovated a residential treatment facility for young boys run by Easter Seals NH.
For more information, click on the following link: www.buildingonhope.com.


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Who Is Hollywood's Highest-Paid Actress?
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Angelina Jolie has topped Forbes' list of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. The magazine estimates that she earned $33 million between June 2012 and June 2013. Jolie has not appeared in a live-action film since 2010's The Tourist, but will ret… Read more


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below is from a Scammer! Some of the emails
may not look like scams, but they all lead to the same
thing. The scammer will pay by check (cashier's check/money
order) for more then the pet is worth, then they will
ask you to send them back the difference in money. A
couple weeks later you find out the check was fake and
the bank will take it out of your account. This scam
can be set up several ways.
key points for pointing out a scammer:
1. Doesn't care much about the pet, just the transaction.
2. Says they will use their own shipper.
3. 95% of the scammers are from overseas (Nigeria, Israel, South Africa)
4. Pays you more then the pet is worth, then asks for the difference in money back.
Email: [email protected]
Date Caught: 9/7/2010
IP Address: 188.8.131.52
Host Information: 184.108.40.206
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'Superman' Dad scared off thugs
Editor's note: The following story is about a 1973 family vacation with Glenn, Sr., and Beverly Nelson as told by Lori Edwards of Gothenburg.
My family's most eventful and longest vacation was when I was 11 and had three younger brothers.
Dad had bought an old school bus and built four beds in back with two bunk beds and a kitchen table that folded down to a bed for mom and dad. There was storage under the seats and a huge water tank for dishes. It also had a heater, a closet, a small fridge, kitchen stove top and a little sink.
He had put hours into renovating the bus and painted the outside as well as welding brackets on the front for a little Honda 90 for emergencies.
Dad was so proud of all the work—our trip was to California or Bust!
Our route planned was to drive south to Texas, then west. The first night we spent at a roadside pull-off where we were all alone. We were sleeping when several men outside started banging on the camper—maybe five men. My parents were already awake and the men were demanding and yelling for us to come outside. They were going to rob us!
I was scared and my younger brothers started to cry in fear. Mom and dad were talking quietly, then I heard my dad move around inside the front of the camper. The men were still beating on the metal sides of the camper demanding we open up, "Now!"
I could not believe what happened next. My "Superman," my dad, in the most authoritative and gruffest voice I had ever heard said, "Hey! You don't know me, but I'm 6'3" and 300 pounds. I have five brothers and we spar daily. I'm still able to take them down and they are military men." "If I come out there, I can guarantee you I will be the last man standing. I'm protecting my wife and four kids, and I got this revolver with six shots—that should take out a few of you before I'm able to take out the rest of you." "So, give me a minute here, I'm putting on my boots and we'll do a little rumble, okay boys?"
"Wow," My dad was my hero! The "Big, bad men," all five, skedaddled and got out of there, driving away fast!
My dad still went outside and checked the perimeter of the camper. He later swore to us that someone outside had an accident in their pants! This was in a little quiet Kansas town, not a big city!
Other happenings in that camper were when my middle brother adopted a frog or a turtle, which he lost in the camper, and which became a dead "air freshener." All windows had to be open at all times the rest of our trip.
We visited family in Arizona they had cool barrels that someone had made into aquariums, we visited a family in Los Angeles, saw Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, went to a safari place you drive through, like in Jurassic Park. We went to Sea World, to the ocean, and I ate my first McDonald's, as there were none yet in North Platte where we lived.
Gas prices were 19 cents a gallon and I was amazed at six blocks of cars lined up waiting to get gas. At 11, I thought it was stupid to drive ahead and stop the car until the line moved again, one car-length closer to get gas—wasting gas to get gas.
My body didn't agree with Los Angeles' water and I had to keep using Pepto-Bismol every day there. I started to feel "pink"—good color for a girl.
Leaving California, my parents loved peaches and mom had canned before, so we had bought a few cases to bring back to Nebraska. But, the state patrol at the border had a road block and checked out the camper. They informed us we could not take any produce out of California unless a trucker did it. So, lets just say we had a "peach party" and spent the next few hours gorging ourselves eating, not apples but peaches! Let's just say the rest of the trip Pepto-Bismol was still my best friend, and I had a few join—all my loving family!
Memories... I'm so proud of my "Superman" dad, and it was a very memorable journey. Gas prices haven't been the same.
It was our "Nightmare Vacation," maybe another National Lampoon's movie?
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Carbon Dioxide
Atmospheric levels have reached 400 parts per million
CO2 hasn't been this high for at least 800,000 years, long before modern humans walked the Earth
Big fires have gotten bigger and more frequent in the last 40 years
The fire season is 75 days longer than it was in the 1970's
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The higher temperatures and drought stress that are making more forests more vulnerable to wildfires are also making the forests more susceptible to damage from pine beetles. This is according to research featured in the draft of the newest National Climate Assessment report.
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Study Projects Warming-Driven Changes in Global Rainfall A NASA-led modeling study provides new evidence that global warming may increase the risk for extreme rainfall and drought.
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The climate is changing largely as a result of human greenhouse-gases entering the atmosphere, and those gases have just reached a milestone. It's not a happy one. For the first time in at least 800,000 years (and maybe much longer), levels of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are poised to top 400 parts per million (ppm) for a full day. That's hundreds of thousands of years before modern humans evolved. Readings are taken at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, the best representation of the world's CO2 average. It is far enough from smokestacks and major cities that the CO2 picked up by detectors thoroughly mixed with other atmospheric gases. (See our related video on Mauna Loa Observatory and CO2 measurements).
In fact, CO2 has popped over 400 ppm for an hour at a time here and there already.
And scientists won't declare that we've officially reached 400 ppm until the world goes through an entire month with average concentrations above that level – something that could end up happening by the time this month ends. By June, however, the level will drop back slightly as plants begin growing in earnest and sucking some of the CO2 back out of the air (that's what creates the sawtooth pattern in the expanded chart below). And we won't go completely above 400, with every month of the year at that level or above, for another couple of years.
But given the amount of CO2 we're pumping into the air, it's inevitable. And it's a big deal: even if we cut back drastically on greenhouse-gas emissions in the next few years, we'll keep adding to what's already in the atmosphere. And once carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere. It takes a long, long time for natural process to take it out again. Most of the CO2 we've put up there will stay for many hundreds of years.
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The early-season wildfires that flared in Southern California last week are mostly under control now — but that term "early season" may not mean much anymore. A recent Climate Central report shows that the burn season across the West is a whopping two-and-a-half months longer than it was 40 years ago. Not only that, the number of big fires has shot up over that same period – with the largest number of big fires occurring during the years with the highest temperatures. This is shown in the graphics above, (one more simplified for on-air use, the other showing more data for social media distribution).
Put it all together and you get a picture of what could be in store for the American West as climate change continues to push temperatures higher. The soil gets drier, and mountain snowpack is thinner (because more winter precipitation falls as rain). Then, what snow remains at the end of winter melts faster than it used to, so rivers run dry earlier in the summer. A recent NASA study showed that the total acreage burned in wildfires could double by 2050.
Although 2012 was one of the worst fire seasons on record, it's not guaranteed that 2013 will be worse. Even in a world that's warming overall, some years will be hotter than the average, while some will still be cooler — and temperature is just one factor that contributes to wildfires. But the trend is clear: the danger of wildfires is likely to increase in coming decades.
For a real-time look at the wildfires burning at any given time in the continental U.S, check out this interactive map.
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Full TitleA Reduced Intensity Conditioning Regimen and the Transplantation of Unrelated Donor Umbilical Cord Blood in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies
Cancers of the blood and bone marrow are treated with chemotherapy. Often treatment with chemotherapy alone is not successful for curing disease. Some patients are also offered a transplant with blood-forming stem cells from another person.
The traditional way of performing a donor transplant is to give high doses of chemotherapy and radiation therapy before giving stem cells. However, high doses of chemotherapy and radiation can have serious side effects. Doctors think a transplant would be safer and more likely to be successful using reduced doses of chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy given at reduced doses followed by a cord blood transplant for treating patients with acute leukemia or myelodysplasia. The stem cells chosen for this transplant are from umbilical cord blood.
To be eligible for this study, patients must meet several criteria, including but not limited to the following:
- Patients must have acute leukemia that is in complete first remission with a high risk of relapse or in complete second remission, OR have myelodysplastic syndrome that is determined to be poor risk.
- Patients who have previously received a transplant from a donor may not participate.
- Patients must be between the ages of 18 and 70.
For more information and to inquire about eligibility for this study, please contact Dr. Juliet Barker at 212-639-3468.


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Death of boy, 3, comes in spate of Wash. gun accidents that have killed 2 youth, injured 1
SEATTLE (AP) ' A 3-year-old scrambled out of his child seat after his parents stopped for gas early Wednesday, found a gun police say was left in the car by his father and fatally shot himself in the head.
The accidental shooting in Tacoma marks the third in three weeks in Washington involving young children, and the second fatality. The spate of gun violence is raising questions about the effectiveness of the state's gun laws and community awareness of firearm safety.
Tacoma police Officer Naveed Benjamin said the 3-year-old boy's death highlights the need for people to secure guns.
"It is incredible in light of the other ones," Benjamin said. "You would think people would take more care, not less."
Tacoma police said the boy's death came after his father put his pistol under a seat and got out to pump gas while the mother went inside the convenience story. The boy's infant sister, who also was in the car when the gun went off, was not injured.
Detectives questioned the parents and have called the shooting a tragic accident, Benjamin said. The father has a concealed weapons permit, and no charges have been filed, he said.
Washington does not have a law specifically concerning child access to firearms, however state law is very specific about carrying loaded pistols in vehicles.
A person with a concealed weapons permit may carry a gun in a car in Washington state, but they are required to have it on their person. If they have to leave behind in the car, the law says it must be locked and concealed from view.
The shooting follows the death of the 7-year-old daughter of a Marysville police officer in Stanwood on Saturday when a sibling found a gun and fired while the parents were out of their car. And on Feb. 22, an 8-year-old girl was critically wounded in a Bremerton classroom when a gun fired inside the backpack of a 9-year-old boy as he put it on a desk.
The three deaths represent an unusual uptick in the number of these tragic accidents, according to Washington state health officials.
About one accidental firearm death of a child each year is typical in Washington state, according to state health statistics gathered between 2007 and 2010, said Health Department spokesman Tim Church. During that same time period, an average of nine kids 17 and younger ended up in the hospital because of an accidental shooting, Church added.
"You can't predict what children are going to do," Benjamin said. "You need to unload and lock it up if you're not carrying it. ... It's really not that hard to practice firearm safety."
A spokesman for the Second Amendment Foundation said existing laws are enough to encourage gun safety, as long as the gun owners obey them.
"Responsible people will maintain gun safety whether there is a law or not; irresponsible people will ignore the law," said Dave Workman, senior editor of the group's publication, called thegunmag.com. He said existing statutes, including child endangerment laws, were designed to prevent such tragedies.
Workman said what he can't figure out is why the two men left their guns in their vehicles when they were licensed to carry them.
"Most responsible gun owners, especially if they're licensed to carry, will keep their firearm with them," Workman said.
Twenty-seven states have some form of law to prevent child access to firearms, but Washington is not one of them. Such laws can include criminal penalties for adults who allow children to get their hands on guns, according to the San Francisco-based group Legal Community Against Violence.
State lawmakers considered a measure in the regular legislative session that ended Friday that would have required additional testing of gun locks and safes before the equipment is distributed to law enforcement officers for home use. The bill was prompted by the 2010 death of a Clark County deputy's 3-year-old son. The toddler took a gun from a department-issued safe, which the family insisted was faulty.
Opposition to the bill mainly focused on the cost of providing safety devices to hundreds of fish and wildlife volunteers and hunting safety instructors. The bill floundered in the House as lawmakers turned their focus to the state budget.
State Rep. Sam Hunt, D-Olympia, expressed doubt that the Legislature could succeed at overcoming opposition from gun rights advocates to strengthen state gun laws.
He said a former state representative tried and failed for years to strengthen restrictions on firearms sales at gun shows.
"The forces that be wouldn't even support doing that. It's pretty strong from the gun lobby that they don't want to see any change under any circumstance," Hunt said.
News of the latest shooting caused Washington Cease Fire Executive Director Gregory Roberts to groan, "Oh no."
"We think guns are dangerous, but they are not treated as dangerous by our society or by laws or by our regulations," he said. "We regard guns as some sort of sacred object that should not be subject to regulation."
The Seattle organization is currently running a campaign of ads on buses urging people to think twice about owning guns. People with guns in their home or car are more likely to injure or kill a family member or loved one than to use it against an intruder, he said.
"Unfortunately we've been saying the same thing over and over because we see the same thing happening over and over," Roberts said.
In Saturday's shooting, off-duty Marysville police Officer Derek Carlile had parked the family van near Stanwood City Hall, and he and his wife were out of the vehicle when one of their children found the loaded gun and fired. The shot hit 7-year-old Jenna Carlile, and the girl, the oldest of their four children, died Sunday at a Seattle hospital.
The 8-year-old Bremerton girl, Amina Kocer-Bowman, remained in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after nearly dying in the accidental shooting at Armin Jahr Elementary, where a classmate brought a handgun to class.
Authorities believe the boy took the .45-caliber gun from the glove compartment of a car while visiting his mother and her boyfriend at their home. He lives with an uncle.
AP newsmen Jonathan Kaminsky and Chris Grygiel contributed to this story.


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Please read this through before voting to close. There's method in my madness...
April 1st is rapidly approaching, and I suspect many Stack Overflow regulars will have been considering what to ask as a "prank" question. I have nothing against good humour, but I think it makes sense to concentrate it in one place, rather than seeing SO turn into the white noise that Slashdot usually becomes on April 1st. (I'm sure it won't completely eradicate prank questions, but every little helps.)
So, what question would you have asked on April 1st? Or rather, what question would you have liked to ask as an April Fool? (I'm sure many people would have restrained themselves... no need here!)
Silly answers to the questions can take the form of comments, of course.
I'll accept the highest voted "answer" at the end of April 1st (or rather, at about 5.15am UTC on April 2nd when I get up).


text: I was wondering if anyone else has read the Intelligent Person's Guide to Greek (http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris ... ammar.html), despite it's title. I'm particularly focused on the statement that "Without question Greek had musical pitches on most words, with a range between a music third and fifth in our diatonic musical system." Is this accurate? If so, does anyone have good suggestions as to the best way to learn this? I'm looking into getting something like a lyre or some other simple manipulable string instrument so that I can match tones with it.... your thoughts?