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How to make sure you don't catch or encounter anything nasty in the sea, river, pond or lake.
How to avoid getting sick and other health risks from swimming in the sea, streams, rivers and lakes.
Swimming in sewage-contaminated sea water can cause diarrhoea and vomiting, as well as infections of the ear, nose and throat.
Many beaches in Britain have excellent water quality, others less so.
To minimise the risks of swimming in polluted water:
Read more on how to find clean sea water to swim in.
You can also end up with diarrhoea and vomiting after swimming in sewage-contaminated streams, rivers and lakes.
To reduce your risk of tummy bugs:
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Outdoor swimming in cold water saps your body heat, so your arms and legs get weaker. If this happens, you could get into trouble if you're unable to get out of the water.
If you're not used to swimming in cold water:
Shivering and teeth chattering are the first symptoms of hypothermia. If that happens, get out of the water and warm up.
Read more about treatment for hypothermia.
Blue-green algae can appear on lakes and ponds over summer, forming a powdery green scum.
Avoid swimming in lakes that have areas of blue-green algae. Swimming in it can trigger skin rashes, stomach upsets and sore eyes.
"Swimmer's itch" (cercarial dermatitis) is an itchy rash caused by certain parasites that live in freshwater snails.
The snails live on the reeds around marshy lakes and stagnant ponds. On warm, sunny days the parasites can be released into the water and burrow into the skin of swimmers.
Although uncomfortable, the itching generally lasts no more than a couple of days. You can't spread the rash to other people, and it doesn't need treatment.
To reduce your risk of swimmer's itch:
UK jellyfish stings aren't dangerous, but they can lead to an intense, stinging pain, sometimes with itching and a rash.
Avoid swimming in waters crowded with jellyfish, and never touch a jellyfish.
If you get stung:
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Dear Editor:
We recently had a family function at my nephew's house in Oakland. For some reason Tom and I started talking about living and dying, a discussion we usually would yield to another relative's wisdom and insight, our treasured Dr. Costa.
I presented to Tom a situation: How do you want to be remembered? As an Irishman, a Marine, A Hoboken police officer, a long shore man, or a St. Michael's graduate. Somehow Tom grinned and said, "I like those choices but as much as I relish in the fact of those five selections I want to be remembered as a loving husband to MaryAnn, as a caring father to Thomas and Michael, a good brother to Joe and Mary and a genuine friend to others." Well, Mr. Kennedy you seem to fulfill all the obligations and more.
What is interesting about Tom is you always felt safe in his company. His brothers, sister Mary, sons Tom and Michael with MaryAnn all had the uncanny quality of making one feel secure. My wife once said there was something about The Kennedys that calmed your tension. She happened upon something an intangible unique pull the family had especially the buoyancy of Tom where one always felt protected.
If one was writing a book on a fictional character about someone, and stressed one of fiction describing a person who won a football scholarship to Clemson via St. Michael's serving in The Marines, doing local stand up comedy, owning a Hoboken bar, working as a longshoreman, serving as police officer and director of public works and safety, serving in the military with his three brothers, writing many a letter to the local newspapers, walking sheltered dogs, adoring cats, enjoying the sands of Aruba, well the person was not one of fiction but Thomas Michael Kennedy.
Today a brick was pulled from the Mile Square Wall but I would only imagine St. Peter is going to have his hands full with his brother Mick and Tom. I got a feeling he is already talking to our late Mayor Steve Cappiello about how they could win the 3rd and 4th wards. The conversation might be interrupted by another former late Mayor Mr. DePascale providing fatherly advice and then discussing the military since all three proudly served. The meeting would not last long since Tom had to get his Lotto pick from Joe Capp, then over to Fiore's and Cervilli for some fine Italian food and of course a large Pepsi.
Thomas Michael was passionate about his country, religion, and believed in the Irish-American connection. He was so unique he went from a staunch Democrat to a Republican and I often said that if Sinatra did it so could you! If you wanted to hear the stories about the legends of Hoboken and Hudson County, well no one could hold court like him. It was done without embellishment but with his talent of impersonating the Hoboken lore. He could mimic anyone without meanness and the belly laughs were endless and enduring. Mr. Kennedy could hold his own with Kramer from "Seinfeld," Ralph from "The Honeymooners," Archie from "All in the Family," and Sid Caesar. The Irish Rock band "U 2" in a song said, "And I still haven't found what I'm looking for." Well Thomas Michael Kennedy, you found it years ago by living life so dear. I, and so many others, will miss you and hope to see you again.
Your Dearest Friend,
Dennis Sevano


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It might seem unusual for a faculty member in social work to be involved in research that has to do with brain imaging and neural systems, but for the past several years, Graduate School of Social Work Assistant Professor Jessica Black has taken part in studies of dyslexia in early childhood through adolescence. Read more from the Boston College Chronicle »
The Graduate School of Social Work is expanding its annual alumni celebration into a school-wide conference that will explore spirituality in social work. The event, which takes place January 13 from 8 a.m.-noon in McGuinn 121, will include a keynote address by Edward R. Canda — whose research interests bridge religious studies and social service — as well as workshops and the presentation of the GSSW Distinguished Alumni Award.
Read more from the Boston College Chronicle »
REGISTER for the Diversity Conference and Alumni Award event »
Boston College Graduate School of Social Work doctoral student Alfonso Alvarez and his daughter Luisa, also a Boston College student, feel connected even while he serves as behavioral health officer in the Army Medical Service Corps in Afghanistan. The GSSW community showed support by sending books, DVDs, & other items, and raising over $500 for a troop book fund. Read more from the Boston College Chronicle »
Dean Alberto Godenzi will serve as the chair of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) 2011-2012 President/CEO Search Committee. The CSWE is a nonprofit national association representing more than 3,000 individual members, as well as graduate and undergraduate programs of professional social work education. more »
Charu Stokes, a doctoral student at the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, is this year's recipient of the Jane B. Aron Doctoral Fellowship. The National Association of Social Workers Foundation awards the $2,000 fellowship to a social work doctoral candidate whose dissertation focuses on health policy and practice. more »
GSSW Professor Kevin Mahoney and his team at the National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services (NRCPDS) secured a multi-million dollar grant from the U.S. Administration on Aging, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The three-year grant of $2.25 million provides the resources to "develop workforce competencies to ensure home and community based services are based on preferences and needs of consumer." more »
A ceremony on June 30, 2011, formalized an agreement between Boston College and Sovereign Bank/Santander Universities to establish an International PhD in Social Welfare Program in the Graduate School of Social Work. Through this doctoral program, Boston College will form partnerships and exchanges with Jesuit, Catholic universities worldwide to advance and professionalize the field of social welfare. more »
The Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College, a research center of the Graduate School of Social Work, has been awarded a $2.7 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, to research the effectiveness of flexible time and place management strategies to maximize productivity from an age-diverse workforce. This is the Center's third multi-million dollar grant since 2005. more »
Annalee Sweet, GSSW Class of 2011, was one of two MSW graduates in the United States to win the Judith Holm Award. Named for Judith Holm, MSS, BCD, the first President of the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work, these $2000 cash prizes are awarded to student authors of papers that best demonstrate mastery of the essentials of clinical social work and readiness to enter professional practice. Sweet submitted a paper titled, "Assessment and Interventions for an Adolescent Female Client with Major Depressive Disorder." more »
The Boston College Graduate School of Social Work is pleased to welcome Scott D. Easton, who will join the Health & Mental Health Concentration faculty this fall. Scott is currently completing his dissertation, entitled "Men who were sexually abused during childhood: An examination of factors that influence long-term mental health," at the University of Iowa School of Social Work. more »
The Boston College Graduate School of Social Work is pleased to announce that Christina Matz-Costa will join the Older Adults & Families Concentration this fall. Tina is currently completing her dissertation, entitled "Productive aging in the workplace: Understanding factors that promote or impede engagement in work roles," in the Boston College GSSW doctoral program. She earned her MSW from Boston College with a concentration in macro social work and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in the Honors Program at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. more »
The National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services (NRCPDS) wrote five issue briefs for The SCAN Foundation as part of their CLASS Technical Assistance Series. The briefs are intended to address issues pertinent to the development and implementation of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Plan. more »
James Lubben, Professor and Louise McMahon Ahearn Chair, and Director of the Doctoral Program at the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, has been selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. The Academy is an honorific society of distinguished scholars and practitioners dedicated to achieving excellence in the field of social work and social welfare through high impact work that advances social good. In addition to chairing the GSSW doctoral program, Lubben is director of the Boston College Institute on Aging, and director of the Hartford Doctoral Fellows Program. more »
Ilyitch Nahiely Tábora, a 2005 graduate of the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, has been featured in the Boston Globe as this year's recipient of the John A. Dinneen, S.J. Hispanic Alumni Community Service Award. The Archbishop Oscar A. Romero Scholarship Committee of Boston College annually presents the Dinneen Award to a Boston College graduate whose work best reflects the legacy of Archbishop Romero and the commitment, leadership and service to the Latino community of the late Rev. John A. Dinneen, S.J. more »
Boston College's doctoral students were in the spotlight at the University's Annual Multidisciplinary PhD Research Development Day. The event featured PhD research from the Graduate School of Social Work, Lynch School of Education, and Connell School of Nursing. more »
GSSW Professor Kevin J. Mahoney presented at the Congressional Briefing on "The Implications of Health Care Reform for the Social Work Profession" on February 16, 2011, in Washington, DC. Mahoney, director of the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work's National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services, spoke on participant direction as a theme in health care reform with major import for the social work profession. more »
The Boston College Graduate School of Social Work is pleased to announce that Rocio Calvo Vilches will join the GSSW as an Assistant Professor this fall. Rocio is currently in her second year as a David E. Bell Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard's Center for Population and Development Studies, where she has been focusing on immigration, social policy, social inclusion, and quantitative and comparative methods. She earned a Joint European Master's in International Humanitarian Action at Deusto University and a PhD in Social Work at Boston College. Rocio's dissertation was a cross-examination of the welfare state as an agent of immigrant incorporation.
Upon joining Boston College, Rocio will pilot a study on how welfare expenditure and welfare scope shape social capital outcomes among immigrants and their descendants in local communities.
Professor Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich, Chairperson of the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work's Older Adults & Families Concentration, has been chosen to receive the NASW Massachuetts Chapter's Greatest Contribution to Social Work award. This award acknowledges and honors NASW members whose contributions to social work education have been outstanding. Characteristics considered include: creativity, innovation, clarity in presentation, openness to new ideas, fairness, willingness to deal with issues of oppression and discrimination, ability to integrate theory and practice, and expertise in a particular subject area. more »
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Boston Room, Corcoran Commons
Join your fellow alumni at the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work Annual Alumni Meeting & Reception. Coffee, soda, and desserts will be served. All GSSW alumni are invited; no registration required. more »
6:00–7:30 p.m.
McGuinn 521
This fun event gives GSSW alumni and students a chance to explore careers and network with each other through informal conversation and a short formal career panel discussion. Appetizers and beverages provided. more »
5:00–6:00 p.m.
We invite you to participate in an interactive Online Information Session to learn about our program and ask questions. The session will be facilitated by the Program Director, Dr. James Lubben, and by a current PhD student. more »
8:00 a.m. Traditional Mexican Burrito Breakfast
8:30–10 a.m. Lecture and Discussion
Murray Room, Yawkey Center
Boston College Graduate School of Social Work and Latinos/as at BC present a lecture by renowned scholar and writer Agustín Basave on "Mexico: Corruption, Violence, Culture and Identity." more »
12:30–2:30 p.m.
Murray Room, Yawkey Center
Spirituality & Social Work: A Lecture & Discussion to Welcome Our New Students
This event welcomes our first year students and begins their formation as respectful and effective social work practitioners in a world characterized by wonderful and complex diversity. Dr. Nancy Kehoe will speak about her own spiritual journey and spirituality in the lives of people living with serious mental illness. more »
Join faculty, students, alumni, and staff for a day-long series of events in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. The keynote speaker will be Victoria Reggie Kennedy. more »
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Heights Room, Corcoran Commons, Chestnut Hill Campus
For all students who are scheduled to begin their First Year Internship in September. Breakfast, presentation, and meetings with advisors.
8:00–2:30 p.m.
Heights Room, Corcoran Commons, Chestnut Hill Campus
See Orientation Schedule 2011 for details
4:30–6:30 p.m.
Murray Room, Yawkey Center, Chestnut Hill Campus
See Orientation Schedule 2011 for details
9:15 a.m. — Academic Procession
10:00 a.m. — University Commencement (main ceremony)
12:00 p.m. — GSSW Diploma Ceremony
The 135th Commencement of Boston College will be held on Monday, May 23, 2011. The University Commencement is held in Alumni Stadium (severe weather location: Conte Forum) and will begin with the procession at 9:15 a.m. and will end after approximately two hours. more »
4:30–6:30 p.m.
Heights Room, Corcoran Commons
Meet other admitted students, current students, faculty and staff. Appetizers and light refreshments will be available.
12–2 p.m.
Murray Room, Yawkey Center
The Class of 2011 from the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work will present posters on diverse policy topics. Students from the Children, Youth, and Families; Health and Mental Health; and Older Adults and Families concentrations will showcase and discuss analyses of policy components and implementation issues. more »
9:30 a.m.–Noon
Heights Room, Corcoran Commons
Field interns and their supervisors are invited to attend the annual Mary Mason Field Appreciation Breakfast. Named in honor of Mary A. Mason, the first Director of Field Education at the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, the Breakfast is an opportunity for interns to thank supervisors for their significant contribution to the students' education. more »
8:30–11:00 a.m.
Murray Room, Yawkey Center
Featured Speaker: Dr. Jack Kirkland, Professor, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
Topic: "The Black Masses—Permanently in Poverty—Slavery—Depression—Recession—as Far as the Eye Can See. Unless…" more »
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Yawkey Center
Recruiters from across New England will be on campus to talk to students about the employment opportunities at their agencies. GSSW students and alumni are invited to come and speak one-on-one with area agency representatives and pick up materials and handouts describing their programs.
*This event is available to Boston College GSSW students and alumni only. IDs will be required.
Tips for preparing for the 2011 Recruitment Fair (PDF)
8:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Heights Room, Corcoran Commons
This conference is a collaborative effort highlighting doctoral student research in the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, Lynch School of Education, and William F. Connell School of Nursing. more »
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Murray Room, Yawkey Center
For Final Year Students, a half-day event to kick off your last semester at GSSW! The event includes an overview of the job search, a resume/cover letter writing workshop, and an alumni panel who will share their career experiences. more »


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Date: Sep 28, 2018 | Time: 8:00 pm
That 80's Band in Judy's Velvet Lounge at the River City Casino! Must be 21 to be admitted. Due to the popularity, it is highly recommended that you reserve your seats in advance. Show times are every Friday and Saturday, 8pm to 12am. See website for more info.
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The River City Casino is located in South St. Louis County in Lemay Missouri. The casino brings big name entertainment to its stage throughout the year, as well as talented musicians to Judy's Velvet Lounge every Friday and Saturday.
Directions: Located in Lemay, Missouri on River City Casino Blvd off of South Broadway, just south of the River Des Peres and north of Jefferson Barracks.
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What is a "Marine Zone Forecast"?What is a "Marine Point Forecast"?
How can I get a marine forecast via zip, city, or lat/lon?
Did you know that the height of some individual waves may be twice the height of the forecast seas? And may present an even greater danger near shore or any shallow waters?
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Kasarian Dane
Stripes and Divisions
October 17– December 14, 2007
Since 1997, I have been making minimal paintings on aluminum panels. I use aluminum because the paint sits almost flat on the surface, and the panels project the colored surfaces one inch off the wall.
The paintings are reductive, using horizontal or vertical stripes and divisions of color. I use two types of paint: a high-gloss oil enamel that is mostly self-leveling, and a super-matte vinyl paint called Flashe that dries to an extremely flat finish. The high-gloss and super-matte surfaces clash strongly when one is situated next to the other.
The colors I use are relatively limited: mostly variations of pink, black, orange, aqua, lime green, lemon yellow, veronese and grey. The colors have no symbolic significance or intentional encoded meaning for me, but are chosen for their optical and radiant/absorptive qualities.
I have been told the paintings resemble flags, though I have never intentionally painted any particular flag or sign. What drives the work for me is the attempt to situate, in a "solidified way," two or more colors together on a single surface. Though perhaps an ideal of perfection is suggested (and maybe even desired), there is no single "conclusion" to any given set of colors, and the paintings for me are always in question—is this the "final solution"? Any painting at any time is open for reconsideration, and the paintings are often re-painted and painted over, again and again.
Kasarian Dane
Assistant Professor of Fine Arts
St. Lawrence University
Kasarian Dane received his BFA summa cum laude in painting from the University of Minnesota in 1995 and his MFA in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1998. He has shown his paintings nationally and internationally, including exhibitions in Chicago; New York; Minneapolis; Los Angeles; London, England; and San Juan, Puerto Rico. This past year, he presented a solo exhibition at Rowland Contemporary, and his paintings were also included in the Bridge Art Fair, both in Chicago.
Selected Press
"Kasarian Dane's deceptively simple paintings feature little more than bands of color, though their composition speaks volumes, recalling traditional nautical signals, or, perhaps, flags from some make-believe country."
AM, Flavorpill Chicago, Issue 114, 09/06
"These paintings of multicolored strips that run horizontally in some, and vertically in others, seem to float on the walls like bizarre flags of the future.… With their bold and brash color combinations, some of [Dane's] works… are searing to the eye, while others evoke nostalgic associations by pairing colors that were popular in different decades (a 1980s mauve and a psychedelic 1960s lime-green, for instance)… some would make for excellent flat-screen television decoys with their locked color bars."
Josh Tyson, Time Out Chicago, Issue 96, 12/06-01/07
"[Dane's] fidelity to the endless subtleties of tone, shape, and pattern is both earnest and accomplished, exuding a sense of a knotty problem brought to hard-won resolution. Nevertheless, the variables in play—color, texture, width, rhythm, and articulation—may be shuffled endlessly, and the allure of Dane's project is that each subsequent instance will be as difficult to achieve and interesting to witness as the first."
James Yood, Artforum, 02/07
"I find [Dane's paintings] to be a perfect solution to one of those hundred-year-old problems of how do you make hard-edge abstract stripe painting."
James Yood, Chicago Public Radio, 04/07
Additional funding is provided by the Jeanne Scribner Cashin Endowment for Fine Arts Fund.


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15 Cookbook Recipes: Artisan Pizza to Gluten-Free Cakes
We have had such fun reviewing and sharing recipes from the avalanche of cookbooks published this year. These were some of our favorite recipes, including dishes from authors like Melissa Clark, Yotam Ottolenghi, and Jeni Britton Bauer of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams – all of whom appeared on our readers' top five cookbooks of 2011 list, too!
• 1 Ham Bone, Greens, and Bean Soup from Cook This Now by Melissa Clark
• 2 Lentils With Broiled Eggplant from Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi
• 3 Mom's Pear Skillet Cake from Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food
• 4 Cranberry Crème Fraîche Bundt Cake from Cake Simple by Christie Matheson
• 5 Savannah Buttermint Ice Cream from Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home by Jeni Britton Bauer
• 6 Slow-Roasted Pork with Glazed Orange Slices from The Splendid Table's How to Eat Weekends
• 7 Braised White Beans from Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef by Shauna James Ahern and Daniel Ahern
• 8 Chicago-Style Deep-Dish Pizza & No-Knead Cornmeal Crust from Artisan Pizza and Flatbread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François
• 9 Corn Cookies from Momofuku Milk Bar by Christina Tosi
• 10 Sexy-Ugly Onion Tart from In the Small Kitchen by Cara Eisenpress and Phoebe Lapine
• 11 Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Spiced Lamb Burgers from River Cottage Every Day
• 12 Gluten-Free Apple-Cinnamon Toastie from Babycakes by Erin McKenna
• 13 Gluten-Free Strawberry Cupcakes from Gluten-Free Cupcakes by Elana Amsterdam
• 14 Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies from Flying Apron's Gluten-Free & Vegan Baking Book
• 15 Strawberry Rhubarb Muffins from Vegan Desserts: Sumptuous Sweets for Every Season by Hannah Kaminsky
Welcome to The Kitchn's Best of 2011 roundup! From December 19 through January 1 we are rounding up some of our favorite (and your favorite) posts from the past year.
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A small plane made an emergency landing on the northbound Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx Saturday afternoon.
The single-engine Piper PA28 Cherokee, which landed near East 233rd Street just south of the Westchester County border at around 3:20 p.m., was piloted by Michael Schwartz from the South Salem hamlet of Lewisboro and carried two other passengers, according to the FAA.
The pilot and two female passengers were en route back to Danbury Airport after they had enjoyed a loop around the Statue of Liberty, according to reports.
One of the female passengers sustained slight head injuries, according to reports. The plane, which came down near the junction of the Moshulu Parkway, sustained minor damage, according to the FAA. No fuel was spilled.
The passengers were reportedly the 50-year-old Schwartz, and women identified as Kristina Terrell and Monica Castillo, ages 43 and 20, according to a New York Post report.
The plane, which was built in 1966 according to reports, was forced to land because of engine complications, 1010 WINS reported.
In an ironic stroke of fortune, a Department of Transportation crew was coincidentally on the scene prior to the forced landing performing a pot-hole repair on the Deegan, according to the report in the New York Post , and supervisor Miguel Lopez said his crew quickly shut down traffic to prevent cars from being in the vicinity.
"The plane hit the ground," Lopez told the New York Post. "It came straight down. It hit the treetops."
The forced landing led to the closure of that busy and often congested stretch of the Major Deegan in both directions until the southbound side reopened. After the plane was moved off the expressway in the early evening on Saturday, more than two hours after the incident, the northbound side reopened.
You can view video footage of the downed plane posted on YouTube by a motorist driving on the northbound side shortly after the forced landing occurred here.
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Boffin melds quantum processor with quantum RAM
Qubits meet John von Neumann
A California physicist has created a quantum-computing chip based on the CPU/RAM combo known as the von Neumann architecture, opening the door, he argues, to commercial quantum-computing development.
"I think it's very exciting as a researcher because we're really at the borderline between the two worlds of physics and engineering," says Matteo Mariantoni, lead author of "Implementing the Quantum von Neumann Architecture with Superconducting Circuits", published on Thursday in the online pre-publication service of Science magazine, ScienceExpress. (You can get 24-hour access to the article for $15.)
In his quantum computer, he says, computational steps take a few billionths of a second, which is about the same as you get with a classical computer. But unlike a classical computer, a quantum computer can handle a large number of these calculations simultaneously.
Matteo Mariantoni and his quantum computer
As Mariantoni explains in a video provided by the University of California at Santa Barabara, where he is a postdoctoral fellow, the two central quantum phenomena upon which quantum computing are based are superposition and entanglement.
In a classical computer, a bit is either zero or one. In a quantum computer, on the other hand, the quantum superposition phenomena enables that bit to be simultaneously both zero and one. Or it can be any mixture of zero and one, such as 30 per cent zero and 70 per cent one.
Not only can each individual qubit be both zero and one or any mixture of the two, but two qubits together can take advantage of quantum entanglement. Mariantoni says that entanglement is "pretty much the same idea as the superposition principle. However, whereas the superposition principle works at the level of a single qubit, this entanglement is the same idea but between two qubits, so you can superimpose, you can mix together, two qubits."
Chillin' at the quantum level
Mariantoni's experiment, of course, doesn't involve only one particle per qubit. Instead, he said, his team used "millions or trillions" of particles to make a single qubit – what he referred to as "an immense sea of electrons that are coherently moving together." That "sea" on a single slice of silicon needed to be supercooled in order to remove the noise produced by energetic, warm, electrons before the quantum-mechanical coherence could be achieved.
That super-cooled chip became the site of Mariantoni's quantum-computing breakthrough. "We've created a quantum CPU," he explains, "where two qubits can interact with each other via a quantum bus – so-called quantum bus – allowing us to make a gate, quantum-entangling gate, and this is your central processing unit. We call it the quCPU."
Mariantoni and his team did more than simply create a quCPU – they engineered a quantum-computing system based on the von Neumann architecture, the scheme developed in the mid-1940s by John von Neumann and revealed in the famous "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC", a seminal paper familiar to any CompSci student.
At it's core – and ludicrously simplified – the von Neumann architecture essentially describes the structure of every one of today's computers: a CPU/RAM system in which the memory feeds data and instructions to the CPU, and the CPU stores and retrieves the results of its computation in and out of RAM.
The quantum von Neumann machine couples two qubits to a quantum bus, creating a "quCPU." Each qubit has its own quantum memory and a zeroing register, which constitute the "quRAM." (click to enlarge)
The same architecture can benefit a quantum computer. "Once you manage to create quantum information between your two qubits, for example, you want to store it somewhere to reuse it later on for some other computation," he says. "And so we have developed on the same chip the ability to create information and to store it, write it, exactly as in a classical hard disk, in a quantum memory."
In a quantum system, one reason the memory is so important is that it can allow information to hang aroud. "[Quantum memory] is long-lived," Mariantoni explains, "so basically it lives longer than the qubits, so we can store it there for pretty much long times, compared to the lifetime of the qubits, and when we need it later on, we can reread it from the memory, and bring it out and reuse it again for the next step of the quantum calculation."
It's time to open industry wallets
From Mariantoni's point of view, the ability to build a complete quantum von Neumann architecture system on a chip is a major step in moving quantum computing out of the lab and into industry – even if the system he and his team assembled is quite rudimentary and requires supercooling in order to function.
"I think at this point," he says, "being able to put together separate qubits, and quantum memories, and quantum zeroing registers, I think we should call ourselves quantum engineers. A couple of years ago, we were really quantum researchers."
He likens the state of today's quantum devices to where transistors were in the 1950s – the subjects of research studies, not engineering projects. But once the transistor matured, he says, industry took over, and classical computers arrived.
Quantum computing may still be far from being a viable commercial process, but Mariantoni argues that it's time to get going. "We can ... create something that is very close to a classical processor, and we can use it for implementing pretty complicated quantum softwares," he argues. "My feeling is that, at this stage – and it's really true – industries will be interested in investing money and effort in developing a large-scale quantum computer."
He may be right. With the increasing complexity and cost of shrinking silicon-transistor features in classical computing manufacturing, the possibility of commercial quantum computing is compelling – even if there remains a tremendous amount of work to be done by both researchers and engineers.
Just like there was in the years between Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain's first demonstration of a transfer resistor in late 1947, and Texas Instrument's marketing of the first commercial silicon transistor in 1954. ®


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TOKYO (AP) — Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe has ticked off the easy items on his to-do list for economic revival.
Flashy indicators show that factories are churning out more cars and electronics. Corporate profits are up. Stock prices have surged 30 percent in the past year.
Despite his brash declaration that "Japan is back" in a speech last September to the New York Stock Exchange, Abe faces a thornier challenge in ensuring that his "Abenomics" recovery spreads beyond boardrooms to the Japanese people.
Over the past two decades Japan's system of salaried jobs with full benefits has crumbled as companies struggled to stay afloat in cut-throat global markets, shifting much of their manufacturing overseas. Steady jobs in manufacturing and finance that moved abroad or became obsolete were replaced by low-paying service jobs such as clerking in convenience stores and delivery work, especially for workers under 40.
About 40 percent of Japan's workers, or triple the figure of just 30 years ago, are employed under part-time or non-regular contracts that pay far less than "salaryman" type jobs of the past. That hollowing out is undercutting the domestic demand that powers nearly three-quarters of business activity within Japan, compounding the effects of a shrinking and aging population.
"Up to now, it's all been a minus," said retiree Takeshi Onodera, when asked about Abenomics. "I don't see any signs it's made a difference."
"Really, it hasn't reached us."
Economic growth picked up modestly last year to 1.6 percent but fell short of expectations in the fourth quarter, prompting the Bank of Japan to Tuesday top up its already plentiful stimulus.
Onodera's pessimism is shared by some experts. They say the social and economic forces at play in Japan for more than a generation, are too powerful to be overcome by Abe's prescription of big government spending, lavish monetary easing, a weak yen and dismantling barriers to competition.
Japan's median household income of 3.8 million yen ($38,700) in 2012 was down from 4.5 million yen in 1997. Today's workers are worse off than their parents and their incomes continued to fall in 2013 even as the initial successes of Abe's policies rolled in.
On top of that, living costs are rising as Abe's weak yen policy that favors Japan's exporters pushes up the cost of imported fuel and other goods.
Employers are reluctant to raise wages, a measure vital for an enduring recovery. Japanese consumers will take another hit in April when sales tax is raised to 8 percent from 5 percent to help bridge the government's yawning budget deficit.
"Our parents just saved money in the bank without really thinking about it. For us, it's really difficult to save money," said Hideo Sone, a 40-year-old machinery factory worker.
"We want to buy a house but it looks like repaying the money before retirement might be difficult," said his wife, Natsuko.
Many younger workers stuck in part-time or temporary jobs, with no benefits, only manage by living with their parents, said Seiichi Inagaki, a visiting professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. "It is unavoidable for them that the poverty rate will rise," said Inagaki, a former welfare ministry official.
Speaking in parliament this month, Abe acknowledged that rising company profits haven't gone into wages but insisted increases are inevitable as the economy picks up.
Flat or declining incomes were bearable until recently because the stagnation that followed the bursting of Japan's bubble economy in the early 1990s was characterized by falling prices, or deflation. Now, costs are rising, with consumer prices up last year for the first time in half a decade.
Many companies are balking at Abe's calls for higher wages, which they can ill afford. Some that have profited from the weaker yen are promising modest wage hikes for upcoming spring labor talks, but many other businesses, especially the smaller ones that employ a majority of Japanese, are being squeezed by higher costs for imported components and energy.
"Business and political circles do want to revive our economy, but without giving labor a bigger share of the economic pie obviously it won't happen," said Kenji Utsunomiya, a two-time candidate for Tokyo governor.
As Abe's government weighs corporate and broader public interests, industry appears to have the upper hand.
Despite the famed efficiency of its automakers and other manufacturers, Japan ranks 20th out of 20 among the world's richest economies in terms of how productive its workers are. So the government plans to designate some areas of the country as "special zones" for reforming labor laws and restrictions that Abe says are hindering innovation and competition.
But proposals to make it easier to fire permanent employees and for exempting companies from giving white-collar workers overtime pay worry labor advocates.
"I'm especially concerned about the idea of special economic zones. They seem to be aiming for a situation in which companies can fire and hire people with really very little constraint," said Noriko Hama, a professor at Kyoto's Doshisha University.
With government finances strained by Japan's record-busting national debt, the country's already Spartan social safety net is being cut further.
Japan's unemployment rate is low compared with Europe and the U.S., but welfare rolls have risen to record levels as single parents and growing numbers of seniors lacking enough pension income seek help. To counter rising costs, monthly payments were cut by up to 10 percent last August, and further reductions are planned.
Toshio Hirota, 72, is feeling the squeeze as government cuts support payments for his wife and two young stepchildren.
Plans to cut corporate taxes to encourage companies to raise wages, step up innovation and boost investments don't sit well with him.
"The money is just going to the big companies, and they're just moving the jobs overseas," said Hirota. "We are not feeling any benefit from this."


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27 Reasons Why Kids Are Actually The Worst
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19. They're stupid.
20. They do this.
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22. They're mean.
23. They literally have no idea what's going on ever.
24. They make a mess.
25. They're helpless.
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Grab your hat and mitts and experience winter like never before!
With an average natural snowfall of over 400 cm each year, our region is the perfect winter playground. In fact, the white stuff is the guest of honour at all our winter festivals.
Starting in early December, Old Québec is transformed into a real Christmas village. Lights, decorations, and snow create an enchanting setting like no other. A flurry of special activities are organized to enjoy this special time of the year.
Christmas markets are set up in the heart of the historic district and in the surrounding villages. You can stroll around Old Québec, visit exhibitions, attend Christmas concerts, bring the kids outside to play, and enjoy many activities planned especially for families, not to mention the outdoor New Year's Eve festivities on Grande Allée!
Join in the action at the world's biggest winter carnival!
You will enjoy the Ice Palace, snow sculptures, canoe races on the river, night parades and much more!
The Québec City area is the perfect destination for unforgettable skiing and snowboarding with optimal snow conditions. There are four different resorts, each offering a unique experience for skiers and boarders of all levels: Mont-Sainte-Anne, Le Massif de Charlevoix, Stoneham Mountain Resort, and Le Relais Centre.
A shuttle service is offered for Mont-Sainte-Anne and Le Massif ski resorts.
Ski fans can also enjoy a new triply exciting experience at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Stoneham and Le Massif de Charlevoix. With a Ski Québec City Charlevoix multi-ski area lift ticket, slide sports fans can decide which of the three mountains they feel like conquering – that morning! This new product is offered at participating Québec City and Charlevoix lodging establishments.
The one-of-a-kind Hôtel de Glace is the only place in North America where you can sip a cocktail in a bar at -5°C. Enjoy a cozy night's sleep in a room made entirely of ice (some suites even come with their own fireplace and spa), and tie the knot in a frost-covered chapel!
Tube your way down the snowy slopes at Valcartier Vacation Village, North America's biggest winter playground!
Breathe in the sweet aroma of the evergreens and get back in touch with nature. The Québec City region has over 2,000 kilometres of cross-country ski trails.
And there's plenty for snowshoeing fans to enjoy, too! After all, the great outdoors is only minutes from town!
Take a moment to relax after a full day of winter fun and enjoy the benefits of a round of thermotherapy treatments at one of the area's Nordic spas.
Experience winter like you've never done before with an outdoor hot bath!
Snow makes a lot of fun activities possible, and ice too!
At Parc de la Chute-Montmorency, you will be amazed by the natural ice walls and the cloud of freezing mist. Have a direct contact with the ice when you try canyoning: rappel down frozen cascades near Mont-Sainte-Anne in a very safe environment.
Skaters will enjoy Place D'Youville's rink for its Old Québec romantic atmosphere, as well as Lac Beauport's 3 km skating path. Many other skating rinks and natural surfaces are easily accessible in the city and region.
Ice fishing is fun at any age and makes a great activity for the whole family. To survive the cold, fish like trout and yellow perch remain active throughout the winter season. Once lakes and rivers freeze, various spots are perfect for dropping a line.
Experience a blend of tradition, sport, and Nordic life. Give dogsledding a go and feel the thrill of whizzing along snow-covered trails at Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier or Mont-Sainte-Anne!
With breathtaking landscapes, quaint riverside villages, and hundreds of kilometres of trails that form part of the Trans-Québec network, it's no wonder that Québec City is one of North America's loveliest snowmobiling destinations!
Snowmobiles can be rented throughout the region, if you don't already have one of your own.
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions made a big investment in quarterback Matthew Stafford during the offseason and, so far, he's earning it.
The fifth-year veteran has 635 passing yards and four touchdowns two games into the season. He signed an extension that will pay him $41.5 million in guaranteed money and as much as $76.5 million total.
He'll get a chance to add to his hot start Sunday when the Lions travel to Washington, which has seen opposing signal-callers complete 73 percent of their passes with six touchdowns.
"I'm just trying to play smart. I've had another year of experience," Stafford said Tuesday.
Stafford was 24 for 36 through the air in Sunday's 25-21 loss at Arizona for 278 yards and two touchdown passes to Calvin Johnson, including a 72-yarder. He's completed 66 percent of his passes so far this season against one interception for a passer rating of 102.
The addition of Reggie Bush has seen the Lions calling more short passing plays. Stafford said teams shouldn't expect that to be the norm.
"They're forcing us to take the underneath stuff. If they're going to play deep, we're going to play catch-and-run and make them pay for it," he said.
The Lions rank eighth in total offense this season and are seventh in passing offense. They're tied for sixth-most points scored.
Even before the extension, Stafford proved his worth to a franchise that hasn't had a Pro Bowl quarterback since the 1970s.
He's one of just four players to throw for more than 5,000 yards in a season and recorded the best passer rating for a Lions quarterback (97.4) when the Lions secured a wild-card playoff berth in 2011. That effort earned him NFL Comeback Player of the Year laurels.
And only Tom Brady and Drew Brees have thrown more touchdown passes in the last two seasons.
Still, a handful of mistakes, including a pass-interference penalty that set up Arizona's go-ahead touchdown last weekend left some bemoaning the state of the "same old Lions." Stafford paid it no heed.
"I don't really listen to it and don't pay attention to it," he said. "We're doing everything we can to play as clean of football as we possibly can and make as little mistakes as we can."
He could use some help from his receivers. The Lions and Patriots lead the league with eight dropped passes in the first two games.
"It's on everybody. It's on me, too," Stafford said. "I've got to give them more catchable passes and guys need to make a few more plays, but at the same time I'm having guys make great catches for me, so I take the good with the bad."
Coach Jim Schwartz did not address the media Tuesday and there was no update on the condition of Bush, who had just two rushing attempts and a fumble in the second half of the loss at Arizona after taking a helmet to his left knee midway through the second quarter.
Neither Stafford nor running back Joique Bell would speculate on Bush's availability Sunday in Washington, where the Lions have lost 21 straight games. Their last road victory against the Washington franchise came in 1935, when the Redskins played in Boston.


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Memory overwhelms current verification techniques
Keywords:memory? soc? verification? spice? turbo-spice?
The modern SoC could reasonably be called an island of logic, surrounded by a sea of memory. The SIA roadmap predicts that embedded memories will comprise more than 70 percent of the SoC die by 2005. Adding to the challenge, some chips may have more than 100 types of memories, dramatically increasing design and verification complexity.
Unfortunately, existing verification techniques cannot scale to meet these challenges. Circuit simulation (SPICE, turbo-SPICE and switch-level Verilog) is unable to provide adequate functional verification coverage for memories. Requiring more resources and time to complete basic verification, they expose the designer to risks of not finding logic errors that exist in memory control circuits, causing the silicon to fail.
Symbolic simulation offers improved coverage and performance, and has been used for system-level memory verification and partial equivalence checking of transistor-level vs. behavioral memory models. It maximizes vector throughput by propagating Boolean equations rather than ones and zeros. It is faster than simulation and can cover more of the design space within the user-specified testbench.
Unfortunately, symbolic simulation, like its simulation predecessors, fails to completely verify large designs since it cannot exhaustively test or identify functional errors outside of the user-specified conditions. To handle complex designs, symbolic simulation must constrain them to the point that little of the functionality is actually checked. As a result, these techniques often require additional tools to identify coverage holes.
The optimal approach is formal equivalence checking, which employs rigorous, mathematical algorithms to prove that an RTL model's behavior is identical to its low-level implementation under all possible inputs and state conditions. It provides exhaustive coverage orders of magnitude faster than any simulation-based methods.
When equivalence checking finds a problem, it produces a counterexample that leads to the source of the problem for faster debug. In contrast, when bugs are detected using simulation-based approaches, the source of the problem is often not apparent. It may be deeply embedded within the design and difficult to observe, causing the designer to create additional vectors to isolate the error.
For multiple reasons, past equivalence checkers have faced challenges when applied to memory verification. The primary reason was that memories are designed at the transistor level in SPICE while these equivalence checkers did not support SPICE as input. Consequently, they were incapable of recognizing complex SPICE memory circuit structures such as bidirectional RAM cells, dynamic logic and sense amps. However, advances in abstraction technology, or the automatic extraction of functional models from the SPICE-level, have overcome these limitations.
Equivalence checkers also demanded that RTL models representing embedded memories have structures similar to their low-level design implementation. For example, both the RTL and its implementation needed to have identical memory cell row-column organization. Unfortunately, some circuit behavior cannot be easily described at the RTL, which inhibits the use of equivalence checking. To overcome this would require extensive transistor logic remodeling in the structural low-level implementation. These structural models penalize the designer with unacceptable simulation times for meeting practical schedules.
Early equivalence checkers also left a gap between implementation and system-level verification. Complete memory verification requires both. Implementation verification using equivalence checking must be performed at the transistor level (SPICE), while system-level verification using simulation is typically performed at higher levels of abstraction (RTL). This forces designers to create two different memory models - one of system-level and another for the implementation.
To overcome the limitations associated with these traditional approaches, a new methodology that bridges implementation and system-level verification is now available that uses a library of parameterized memory models. These RTL models accept user-defined parameters to specify lower-level memory structural and circuit characteristics. By interpreting parameter values corresponding to the implementation structure, equivalence checking comparisons between RTL and transistor level are readily achieved.
Transistor level checking
For the first time, using this technique, designers can perform equivalence checking on memories at the transistor level. Additionally, simulation models are generated that provide fast system-level verification via simulation. Both equivalence checking and system-level simulation use the same RTL model.
RTL memory models are almost always independently developed from the circuit implementation, resulting in two vastly different control and state schemes. Even if they were functionally equivalent, these differences would prevent formal tools from exhaustively comparing them. This new parameterized approach generates RTL memory models that are state equivalent, ensuring correct construction.
An integrated approach using parameterized RTL memory models, automatic transistor abstraction, equivalence checking and system-level model generation, provides multiple advantages. These include ease of use, state-point mapping, master-slave compression, dynamic logic support, hierarchical verification, signal naming conventions and debug. Automatic memory model generation, coupled with transistor abstraction and integrated debug, creates a powerful verification solution that easily identifies design errors and guarantees 100 percent functional verification of designs with embedded memories.
The primary benefit of an integrated formal memory equivalence checking solution, such as Verplex's Conformal MEM, is its ability to identify difficult errors that simulation and symbolic simulation overlook. For example, corner cases buried deep within the state space are commonly missed by manually crafted testbenches. Other examples range from RTL modeling mistakes, wrong wire connections, erroneous inversions and scan chain issues, to using the wrong library or library elements.
There are a number of different types of memory primitives currently available. These primitives go from single read/write port to multiread/write port designs, as well as content addressable memories (CAMs). Designers can quickly model an infinite assortment of RAMs, CAMs and register files, because the primitives are easy to use and are highly flexible.
Verplex primitives also have embedded Open Verification Library (OVL) assertions to trap illegal usage, such as simultaneous read/write operations or write collisions for multiport memories. These OVL assertions are provided as an extension library and coded in non-proprietary Verilog constructs making them usable across all Verilog simulation platforms.
The memory primitives also model illegal input values (X and Z) accurately by warning the user of the problem and also updating the memory core or output appropriately. Verplex memory primitives allow the designer to initialize the array and provide an interface to the memory array to support non-common configurations such as shadow bits or complex compare (CAM) functions.
In addition, Verplex memory equivalence checking supports memories with redundant memory space and circuit function for silicon defect diagnostics, which does not exist in the behavioral RTL model.
In an example of a memory bug that Conformal MEM found, the engineers had used the memory in many designs that were successfully taped out. Both the RTL model and circuit designs were functionally equivalent at the output boundaries. When reusing this same memory in another design, the specification called for a one-clock-cycle delay on the write enable. Based on the specification, designers added D flip-flops to the inputs of both RTL and gate designs.
Circuit designers then verified the circuit using the same comprehensive testbenches they had previously used in prior tapeouts and found no design errors. They then ran Conformal MEM, which quickly produced a counter example of a non-equivalence whenever simultaneous read and write enables occurred. The circuit design passed the data through to the outputs on the same clock cycle, while the RTL model did not. The legacy testbench that had worked flawlessly before was not able to uncover the problem because it did not test for this particular condition.
Functional verification of memories is a difficult problem to attack using traditional vector-based methods such as simulation, and even with more advanced methods such as symbolic simulation. A tightly integrated approach - that includes RTL parameterized models, transistor abstraction, equivalence checking and graphical debug - is the only complete solution that automatically addresses system-level simulation and implementation verification for designs with embedded memories. This approach quickly pinpoints bugs that other methods miss and verifies memories that comprise the majority of real estate on SOC designs.
- Bret Siarkowski
Strategic Technology Director
Verplex Systems Inc.
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FLORENCE, S.C. – The King Tornado offense had a slow start out of the gates as the 2013 season opened with an 11-1 loss to the Belmont Abbey Crusaders on Friday night. King was held to three hits on the first day of the Carolinas Hospital System Baseball Classic, hosted by Francis Marion University.
Belmont Abbey held a slim 1-0 lead through four innings as King's opening day starter Wesley Houser (Knoxville, Tenn.) limited the Crusaders to just three hits. Belmont Abbey's run was scored with the bases loaded on a wild pitch.
King was held without a hit until right fielder Charlie Fields (Sevierville, Tenn.) drove a single to right center field, breaking up Cody Stull's no hitter through 4.1 innings. Stull allowed only three hits to the Tornado through six innings pitched.
Belmont Abbey put up four runs in the bottom of the fifth. The first came from a two-run single by Conor Kwalwasser followed by a RBI singles from Anthony Dimino and Quinn Hawksworth. The Crusaders added to a 5-1 lead with six runs in the bottom of the seventh, spurred by two-run base hits by Emilio Pagan and Ian Vazquez.
King's long run came via a run-scoring double by Hunter Smith (Bristol, Tenn/Sullivan East H.S.), scoring Josh Huffman from first base in the top of the sixth.
Houser (0-1) earned the loss in his first start of the season. The junior allowed five runs (4 ER) while striking out four and walking one in 4.1 innings pitched. Stephen Mullins (Bluff City, Tenn./Tennessee H.S.) was the last Tornado to record a base hit in the team's 2013 debut.
Stull (1-0) earned the win while teammate Kyle Rogers earned a three-inning save while keeping the Tornado hitless.
King (0-1) will play host Francis Marion on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Cormell Field. They will wrap up their stay in Florence, S.C. by playing the Claflin University Panthers on Sunday, Feb. 3 at 12 noon.


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WORCESTER � A city woman is alleging in a federal lawsuit that a city police officer violated her civil rights and left her with injuries after a "vicious beating and unwarranted arrest" at her home last year.
In the civil action, filed Feb. 7 in U.S. District Court, Daisy L. Morales, 62, alleges that on the third police visit to her apartment at 35 Lafayette St. the morning of Feb. 25, 2013, Officer James Powers, accompanied by other officers, swore at her, accused her of lying, and told her he was "sick of dealing with you Latinos."
Police referred questions on the lawsuit to the city Law Department. City Solicitor David Moore could not be reached for comment Tuesday afternoon.
The lawsuit alleges that Officer Powers told Ms. Morales she was keeping a disorderly house and that she could be arrested. A woman in the apartment at the time, Sheila Alles, asked the officer why he was speaking to Ms. Morales that way, according to the lawsuit.
Officer Powers then told Ms. Alles he was going to arrest her, flipped her around, slammed her on a sofa, and put her in handcuffs, the lawsuit says.
According to the lawsuit, when Ms. Morales alleged police brutality, the officer responded by shouting, "I will show you police brutality."
The lawsuit says that the officer then "charged at the diminutive Ms. Morales, picked her off the ground, and body slammed her with all his might."
The lawsuit alleges that Ms. Morales suffered broken bones.
According to district court records, Ms. Morales was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace, keeping a noisy and disorderly house, and resisting arrest. At a jury trial in October, she was found not guilty of all charges, according to court records.
A statement of facts from the original arrest is signed by Officer Powers. It says that Ms. Morales "continued to fight, yell and scream obscenities, disturbing multiple neighbors."
The statement of facts says she refused to quiet down after police responded many times to her apartment for the same complaint.
The statement of facts says that Ms. Morales fell to the ground, balled up, and refused to give her hands to be handcuffed.
The lawsuit, which names the city along with Officer Powers as defendants, alleges violations of the Civil Rights Act, malicious prosecution, false arrest and imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and assault and battery. The lawsuit demands a jury trial, and requests the court award damages.
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Anyone else know people who say this and find it really annoying?
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I'm not religious = I don't want you to think I'm a religious nut case, that believes on an arrogant and spiteful old-man-sky-god.
I'm spiritual = Nonetheless, I believe in everything else.
Am I spiritual or religious if I believe in The Invisible Pink Unicorn? (^_^)
Yes. Here is a youtube video I linked earlier called "My Spirituality as an Atheist."
Though most atheists probably find him a little too "tree hugging nature hippie" for their liking. Hence, the difference between spiritual and non-spiritual people.
I don't get the point of talking about any other kind of spirit than the one exemplified in terms like "school spirit" (school related enthusiasm, blind loyalty, and favoritism).
I see the belief in a "universal truth" as a symptom of perhaps unspoken religious belief. Universal truth seems to imply a universal mind, perhaps even a creator.
I also suspect that her definition of "breath" is something other than inhaling and exhaling, which also smells of a religious belief.
Religion also comes from the Latin word "Religare" which means " to bind". So in that sense maybe you and I and everyone on this site are religious. We are binded together here as Atheists!
My point is there are so many ways to skew meanings. But we all know what it really means. Spirit CAN imply just your personality... however there is almost ALWAYS (whether you choose to notice it or not) that implication of a possibility of that spirit coming from something higher.
There should be no "spirituality for non religious". It's like having a definition of God for the non religious.
The Latin religio was originally used to mean "reverence for God or the gods, careful pondering of divine things, piety" Prior to that, the etymology is obscure. But regardless, religion has a solid definition, unlike vague ill-defined words such as spiritual.
There should be no "spirituality for non religious". It's like having a definition of God for the non religious.
Plenty of non-religious people DO have a definition of God. I'm sorry drago, but the bottom line is that you don't get to decide which definitions people use or which words evolve new meanings. Language isn't stagnant. Second, there are a helluva lot of "spiritual but not religious" people out there and they're not going away no matter how much you disagree with their proper use of the English language.
I'm not trying to decide which definition of a word people use... i'm just making the point that the word spiritual to most people means of the soul. That simple fact isn't going to change.
People using the words soul and spiritual in almost any context annoys me because there is no such thing as "spirits" and "souls". Using the words in any context doesn't pay heed to that.
i'm just making the point that the word spiritual to most people means of the soul.
My anecdotal experience with countless "spiritual" friends would suggest otherwise.
As an amusing side note, my experience with atheists would suggest the definition atheists use to describe themselves often differs greatly from the definition of "atheist" put forth by theists.
I guess that "us" vs "them" mentality often tries to relabel the other side as the "us" sees fit. I try to avoid that trap.
i'm just making the point that the word spiritual to most people means of the soul.
...or ghost. There really isn't much of a difference between ghost, soul, or spirit, except that ghosts tend in mythology to inhabit places and bother people. They all involve the existence of something essential to a person that exists in a nonphysical (meaning not subject to physical law) and parallel reality or plane of existence.
Yes its annoying
Because a person that says im Spiritual is actually saying...
I'm more enlightened then everyone else and im so individually aware of things beyond anyone else's comprehension i cant even explain it properly.
It's condescending to religious and nonreligious alike.
I recently reconnected with one of my high school friends over dinner. She said she was "nonreligious, but spiritual." I asked her what that meant. She then kindly informed me that 1) the universe has a soul 2) it is watching us 3) the earth itself is a singular living organism, and 4) people are a disease, and AIDS is the earth's immune system. I said "Are you speaking metaphorically?"
But of course, she wasn't. This whole "nonreligious, but spiritual" thing is just an excuse for people who want to wear the nonconformist label by rejecting mainstream religion, but still hold on to their personal share of batshit crazy. Why reject religion if you're going to then ascribe to equally untenable positions?
Mostly what "I'm not religious but I'm spiritual" really means is "I'm so bright that I made up my own religion. It's not one of the dumb religions other people believe that have names. It's MY PERSONAL religion."


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01 April 2013
Autographs -- Are you using them in your genealogy and family history research?
John Tew, in his blog Filiopietism Prism, recently had a post titled Why Start and Continue A Family "Autograph" Book?
John talks a bit about why you might want to start such a book and the history behind such books.
I had such a feeling of deja vu as I was reading his post? Why does the idea of an autograph book seem to "ring a bell?"
Did I have one as a child? I do remember getting one for my kids at Disney World so the characters could sign their autographs.
My high school and college year books have some similar characteristics in that I "collected" signatures in them.
And, the neat thing about this idea (whether I silence the bell ringing in my head or not) is that autograph books are another source of hand-writing and signatures. Even if your ancestor's didn't have one, they may have signed the autograph book of another! Additionally, they might identify those with whom your ancestors interacted – friends, associates and neighbors. The more names we have the better our chance of learning all about our own elusive ancestors.
Have you found any autograph books kept by your ancestors or others in the community?
If not autograph books, something similar?
Were they helpful to you?
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