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Big changes are afoot in textiles. Long considered one of the world's most polluting industries, with chemical-heavy production practices along with runoff and air pollution, the textile trade is rapidly expanding its earth-friendly options. According to the recent U.S. Market for Organic and Eco-Friendly Home Textiles report by Specialists in Business Information (SBI), organic and eco-friendly textile sales have seen double-digit growth in the last several years, and the industry projects another 40-percent increase from 2007 to 2010. Globally, sales are expected to expand from $1.1 billion in 2006 to $6.8 billion in 2010.
The rapid growth of organic textiles sales may be due in part to the introduction of organic lines by popular retailers such as Target, Ralph Lauren Home and Bed Bath & Beyond. By responding to consumer demand for organics, these powerhouse players have in turn helped increase attention, awareness and distribution of these products to the marketplace.
But where there's money to be made, clever marketing and greenwashing can often confuse the issue—so it pays to know what to look for.
Organic cotton
One of the fastest growing markets in sustainable textiles is organic cotton. "Organics are grown without herbicides or pesticides and processed without bleach or chemical dyes," says Rowena Finnegan, owner of sustainable furniture company and design consultancy Eco-Terric. "Conventional cotton farming uses 25 percent of the pesticides used globally. Those working with pesticides are at risk every day. And pesticides get into the groundwater, which isn't good for the planet or for the end user."
Demand from retailers and consumers, along with the advent of organic lines among major manufacturers, have driven sales of organic cotton over the past few years. A report by Organic Exchange, a nonprofit organization committed to expanding organic agriculture, found that U.S. organic cotton product sales have increased 55 percent each year from 2001 to 2005.
While the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) does certify some organically grown cotton, it does not certify finished cotton products, so ask if organic cotton textiles were finished using harsh chemical dyes or treatments such as stain-repellant or flame-retardant coatings. Joanna Notkin, founder and head designer of LoooLo Textiles, a sustainable textile and home décor company based in Toronto, says it's important to ask the right questions and to recognize that there are many degrees of eco-friendliness. "There's a scale of green," she says. "Some people might have pillows that are organic cotton but ink that's not. It's not that it's bad, but you have to call it what it is."
Obviously a natural material, wool presents its own social and sustainability issues. Though usually produced without injuring sheep, the animals may graze in pesticide-ridden pastures and the wool may be dyed with high-impact, petroleum-based chemicals. Finnegan buys undyed wool from farms that use no pesticides in the pasture or chemicals in the feed.
Jamie Bainbridge, director of materials research for Nau, an outdoor clothing company with environmental ethics, says wool presents some dilemmas but is among her favorite materials. "It's challenging because you have to think about the whole lifespan of the animal and who it's being raised by—there are a lot of issues to solve," she says. Bainbridge is also concerned about chemical finishes that prevent shrinking, which are commonly used by textile makers.
The hemp plant is naturally resistant to weeds, has a relatively short growing time (maturing in half the time of cotton) and produces strong, workable fibers for textiles and other products. However, according to an article published by the Reason Foundation, a public policy research and education organization, the process of turning woody hemp fibers into fabric is more energy-intensive than the process used for cotton.
It's difficult to fully estimate hemp's ecological and technological potential because growing it is illegal in the United States—related to the marijuana plant, industrial hemp is a different, nonhallucinogenic variety—and so selective breeding and high-tech fiber production has been limited. Hemp cultivation bans in the United States also mean all hemp products in this country were made from hemp shipped from abroad. China is the world's greatest exporter of hemp textiles, but they are also produced in Canada and throughout Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East.
Recycled polyester
Made from recycled PET bottles (plastic water or soda bottles) or other post-consumer and post-industrial synthetics, recycled polyester deters waste from the landfill. Mechanically recycling polyester—chopping up water bottles, melting them down and extruding the product into yarn—is a relatively low-energy process. Chemically recycled polyester, on the other hand, requires the complex process of breaking down fibers and building them into a polymer again.
Still, there are advantages to this more complicated process, Bainbridge says. "With mechanical recycling, you can't take a piece of colored plastic and put it into the feed; you can only use clear water bottles and uncolored industrial waste," she says. "With chemical recycling, you can take a used garment, a water bottle and post-industrial waste, throw them into the hopper and remake polyester out of it. It has a very broad feedstock base—a lot of different kinds of waste can go into that. As far as we know, we can recycle chemically recycled polyester over and over, infinitely."
Recycled polyester comes with its own set of environmental challenges. Like newly manufactured polyester, it is often manufactured using antimony, a carcinogen that can end up in textile mill wastewater if the mill doesn't employ a closed-loop system.
But PET recycling also helps keep plastic bottles out of landfills and reduces the amount of petroleum that would be used to produce new polyester fibers. Outdoor clothing manufacturer Patagonia, which has offered recycled polyester fleece since 1993, estimates that by 2006 its product had kept 86 million plastic bottles out of landfills. Additionally, the energy required to recycle PET into new polyester is far less than the energy required to create new polymers, and the process uses fewer land and water resources than organic cotton.
New technologies for cleaner polyester manufacturing are already being put to use, and these better polyesters can be recycled infinitely with fewer harmful byproducts. In 2001, Victor Innovatex, a textile manufacturer based in Saint-Georges, Quebec, introduced Eco-Intelligent Polyester, which is produced and dyed with environmentally safe ingredients.
Bamboo fabrics have gained a lot of attention in recent years, and many manufacturers have added them to their lines. Bamboo fabrics are silky to the touch, naturally antimicrobial and antifungal, and wick moisture from the body. However, many questions have arisen concerning the environmental integrity of bamboo processing, as well as the possible exploitation of the agricultural product since demand has spiked.
Needing very little water and few pesticides or fertilizers, the bamboo plant is unquestionably green. It reaches maturity in two to five years, and bamboo "forests" help prevent soil erosion, improve soil quality and retain water in the watershed. Unfortunately, in some parts of Asia, growers are clear-cutting trees to grow bamboo on monoculture plantations, eliminating biodiversity.
Processing bamboo into fabric requires a host of chemicals to break down the woody pulp into a material for spinning yarn. More traditional bamboo processing (often referred to as "mechanical processing") doesn't involve as many chemicals but requires more time, energy and water, making it environmentally taxing and often cost prohibitive. Manufacturers are working to find more ecologically friendly ways of transforming the stalks into workable fibers.
Oeko-Tex provides certification for bamboo textiles that are free from harmful substances, and the Forest Stewardship Council or FSC certifies bamboo forestry practices, so better bamboo is in the future.
In a process similar to recycled polyester manufacturing, soy textiles are created from tofu manufacturing waste, which is then liquefied and spun into yarn. Soy fibers, sometimes called veggie silk, are soft and luxurious but often are more expensive than other eco-friendly options.
Soy fabric is a middle-of-the-road green product. On the one hand, it uses food industry waste byproducts that would otherwise be thrown out. On the other, soy farming has led to a number of environmental concerns in recent years. When soy is not organically grown, it's often heavily treated with pesticides or grown from genetically modified seed. It can be extremely difficult to find out about working conditions where soy is grown and processed. Look for fabrics made from soy that have third-party certification.
Cellulose textiles
Textiles made from wood fibers, or cellulose, have been around a long time, going by names such as rayon, acetate, viscose, lyocell, Tencel and Legna. Various manufacturing processes, some of them more eco-friendly than others, are used to turn the wood pulp into textile fibers. And while cellulose-type textiles are basically biodegradable and many companies claim the forests are sustainably managed, few manufacturers have obtained third-party certifications through recognized agencies such as the FSC or Oeko-Tex.
While several eco-textile labeling systems exist internationally, the United States has no official set of standards to certify textiles. The private Global Organic Textile Standards (GOTS) address environmental and social issues such as energy use, waste and toxicity of dyes or processing, and fair working conditions.
Go au naturel
Check labels and ask manufacturers and retailers about various chemical treatments such as flame retardants or finishes that provide shrink or stain resistance. While these finishes are conveniences, keep in mind that you will be breathing in that host of chemicals every day—a health risk worse than the risk of stains on the sofa.


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Alber Saber, a former christian and currently an atheist, admin of the "Egyptian Atheists facebook page" was attacked by mob and arrested by the police on Thursday evening. He is accused of atheism , disgracing religions, and disseminating the anti-islam film (he only shared it on his page) .
It's still vague how it all started , but one news site stated that Alber (24 years) invited a muslim friend to his house when that friend used Alber's PC and knew of his atheism and the facebook page he is running.
a fierce argument erupted between the both , he dragged him to the streets were the mob gathered and attacked Alber, they even wanted to burn his house.
The police was called in, they arrested him and accused him of the charges mentioned above.
There is a video of the incident uploaded on YouTube where the angry mob is seen demanding Saber be apprehended. Hundreds of angry protesters had gathered before police arrived. As Saber was hauled to the police van, insults were heard being hurled at the man, with many calling for his death due to him being an infidel.
Alber decided to go on hunger strike starting from today, what i fear is that even if they set him free, the mob won't let him live and they will probably kill him.
i don't know what we should do .. i feel so helpless.
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I reposted Saber's story to Atheist Universe, along with the video and a plea to spread it to all of the social media they're aware of.
Please keep us updated as events unfold.
I'm speechless!! I don't know what say! This is extremely terrible! Please be careful my Egyptian friends!
A protest and ensuring riot happened in downtown Sydney. About a hundred violent, aggressive men women and children, marched with placards saying 'Behead all those who insult the prophet' and 'Our dead are in paradise, your dead are in hell'.
The video was filmed by a porn producer, the video was very amateurish. The 'actors' said they were playing George Condoliza and Hilary - so that is ok, free speech and all that, then, they say their voices were dubbed over. I haven't seen the clip, and couldn't be bothered watching it. I don't like any Muslims along with other religions, but a few nut cases can cause so much trouble.
These Muslims have double standards - we have free speech here, and legal protests, but they are using our free speech to fight free speech - that's where it doesn't work. Any Atheist in a Muslim controlled country, is in trouble - and as Archy said, I wonder if Amnesty can help get him out. Otherwise he is doomed. I bleed for any Atheist in a Muslim country. Remember what happened to the Dutch cartoonist? In Australia we make fun of anybody and everybody - nobody is above riducule - politicians, popes, archbishops. Thanks Rma for your link.
This is a link to the Sydney violence -
These people are violent, but, when they migrate to a democratic country, they must follow our rules - I really don't understand why they actually come to a democratic, free speech, irreverent country like Australia in the first place?
Most angry reactions showed severe racism towards whole nations and peoples. Not only they condemned the American society as a whole, and being held responsible for the actions of ten people fools, but exceeded that to generalize on everything that is white or Western or Christian.
For example, when the Islamic forces in Iran didn't find any American institutions to protest in front of , they demonstrated in front of the Swiss Embassy in Tehran.The Islamic forces in Sudan demonstrated in front embassies of Britain and Germany to protest a film supposed to be published in America. And have already succeeded in igniting the fire in one or both of them.
Violence and riots in Australia , and what does Australia has to do with that !? .. nothing at all.
The Muslim world has gone temporarily mad and this ridiculousness must stop asap
Marvel, it's clear you have some very strong and independent opinions, and I, for one, applaud them, but please don't get yourself hurt or worse, in an effort to propagate them - I think we both agree that no virgins await your martyrdom.
"He who fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day,
But he, who is in victory, slain
Will never get up to fight again."
i'm not a hero my friend .. and i don't try to be one
I'm sure that many of you have heard this, from Sydney:
Girl, 8, calls on Islamic youth to back jihad
AS Julia Gillard struggled to explain how Muslim children could be used to incite violence, eight-year-old Ruqaya yesterday fronted a congress of Islamic fundamentalists in Sydney to espouse her love for jihad. Addressing a 600-strong crowd at the Australian chapter of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bankstown in the city's west, the young girl urged all Muslim youth to fight for the restoration of the Islamic caliphate, a single global government for all Muslims established under strict sharia law.
"My dear brothers and sisters in Islam, as the world gathers against the believers in Syria ... seeking to hijack our sincere and blessed uprisings, children in Sydney would like to send their message of hope and support to the Muslims of (Syria), especially to the children and mothers," she read from notes. "These uprisings have demonstrated that this umma (global Muslim community) is alive and well, her love is for jihad, she is unshackled herself from the fear which she held, and she yearns to once again live under the banner of (the Islamic state).
"Children as young as myself can be seen on the streets joining the uprisings, risking their lives to bring food, water and medicine to their wounded family members, some of them never returning to their mothers ... Nobody is too young," she said.
Ruqaya was the seventh of nine speakers at the "Muslims Rise" conference.
This little girl is eight - what could she possibly know, except what she has been told?
I concur with what you've said in its entirety.
Just don't get yourself killed, my friend --
Hey... they can try! :~)
At least we an sign the petition
If one has a spare hour, here is a fascinating video, by an author researching for a book he is writing on Islam, that some may wish to watch - pass it around if you like --


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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings have tried unsuccessfully to turn Joe Webb's elite athleticism into reliable NFL productivity, and time is running out.
Entering the fourth and final year of his rookie contract, Webb's last chance to be part of the team's future has arrived as a wide receiver. He was switched from quarterback this spring after veteran Matt Cassel was signed to be Christian Ponder's backup.
Webb figured the move might be coming.
"Ah, you never know the plan with me, man. Coming out of high school, recruiting guys wanted me to play receiver, quarterback, safety, so I just go with the flow," said Webb, who was drafted by the Vikings in the sixth round in 2010 out of Alabama-Birmingham.
The Vikings saw little purpose in keeping a player with exceptional breakaway speed and leaping ability as a third-string quarterback with questionable accuracy. So they're hoping Webb can now find his niche at a position he's played some in the past. The Vikings even had the 6-foot-4, 220-pound Webb working as a downfield coverage man on the punt team in practice this week.
"Whatever helps the team. I want to get a Super Bowl just like everyone else, and I think Minnesota is a good fit. And I'm going to continue to work hard," Webb said.
The Vikings have toyed with him previously as a kickoff returner. He was occasionally sent in to run the ball out of the wildcat formation, a move that rarely worked for offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave. Despite some success in relief of Ponder in 2011, Webb sputtered through the playoff loss at Green Bay in January when Ponder couldn't play. That showed the Vikings, their fans and the rest of the NFL that Webb's career path is not as a quarterback.
He has lined up at wide receiver before, with one regular-season reception to show for it. Webb also saw some time there at UAB. The Vikings considered that after he was drafted but decided instead to put him exclusively behind center.
"It would be unfair to evaluate him as a receiver like I evaluate the rest of them because they've been receivers all their lives. Joe's been a quarterback," wide receivers coach George Stewart said. "It's kind of like me trying to be a chef. It's not going to work. I've got to burn some stuff up. But Joe's going to help us."
Coach Leslie Frazier wasn't as hesitant to offer his analysis.
"He has very good hands. He knows the offense very well. He's actually helping some of the young guys in where to line up at," Frazier said.
The key for Webb will be to hone his route-running ability -- and do it quickly in training camp to give the Vikings a reason to give him a precious roster spot. This is one of the team's weakest positions, but behind Greg Jennings, Jerome Simpson, Cordarrelle Patterson and Jarius Wright, there isn't much room left.
"Knowing how hard he works and knowing how much he wants to succeed as a receiver, he'll have a very good chance of getting that done," Frazier said.
Whether or not Webb lasts much longer in the league, the Vikings have been nothing but impressed by his down-home Alabama attitude and his relentless work ethic.
"There are guys with lesser talent that would be stomping their feet and complaining, but Joe is all about the team and that's one of the reasons the players have always rallied around him," Frazier said, recalling the way players gravitated toward Webb even when he was a rookie: "I couldn't understand it, and as time went on I realized he's just one of those guys you pull for."
Webb doesn't mind the support but isn't out for sympathy. He's still trying to establish this one-of-a-kind career.
"I just like football. I have a passion for the game. I've been playing it since I was a little kid. It's a blessing to be out here on the field. Some guys graduate from college and don't get a chance to come out here on an NFL field," Webb said. "I'm just happy for the moment and just trying to take advantage of it."


text: Just a heads up that October is going to be all about layouts! I'll post more details about the month-long challenge when we start getting closer, but for now I just wanted everyone to know what's coming. The challenge will include LOTS of flexibility as to number of layouts made, prompts followed, etc. So get ready to get your layout groove on!


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Wabash Women Sell Student Study Care Bagsby Marilyn Smith • November 7, 2005 Share:
Carol Lamb, College Nurse (left) and Rhonda Maynor, Advancement Office, sold Study Care Bags on Family Day. The bags will be delivered to the living units on Sunday evening, December 11, 2005, and will then be distributed by the RA or members of the fraternity. Each Study Care Bag contains snack items such as chips, crackers, cookies, candy, a packaged drink, and other goodies, as well as a personal message.
Proceeds from the sales go to worthy causes. Last May, Wabash Women donated $2,500 to a fund administered by the Dean of Students for Wabash students' personal needs and emergencies, $550 to the Even Start Family Literacy Program, and $550 to the Youth Service Bureau.
Use the order form in the latest Parents Post to order your study care bag by November 18.


text: « Return to Search FFB and Mass. Eye and Ear Host June 1 Optogenetics Workshop to Fast-Track Innovative Approaches to Save and Restore Sight Lost to Blinding Diseases May 22, 2012 FFB and Mass. Eye and Ear Host June 1 Optogenetics Workshop to Fast-Track Innovative Approaches to Save and Restore Sight Lost to Blinding Diseases CONTACTS: Allie Gebhardt (FFB) 410-423-0643 email@example.com Mary Leach (Mass. Eye and Ear) 617-573-4170 email@example.com Boston, Mass. (May 22, 2012) – The Foundation Fighting Blindness and Massachusetts Eye and Ear will host the Optogenetic Therapies for Vision workshop on Friday, June 1, from 8 a.m.-6 p.m., in Boston. The day-long forum will unite researchers, retinal specialists, companies interested in gene therapy, regulators, and the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Eye Institute (NEI), to examine the clinical path of optogenetic approaches in treating vision-robbing diseases such as macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, and related conditions that affect more than 10 million Americans. Co-chairing the workshop are Mass. Eye and Ear's Richard H. Masland, Ph.D., and the University of California, Berkeley's John Flannery, Ph.D., with top scientific minds from MIT, the University of Pennsylvania and several other renowned institutions in attendance to collaborate on further applying the latest developments in optogenetics to vision research. A relatively new field of research, optogenetics is a process that uses gene therapy to empower cells, including those in the retina and the brain, to respond to light. Its potential is especially exciting because this method stands to benefit people with even very advanced sight loss. One optogenetic approach has already restored some vision in mice by enabling ganglion cells in highly degenerated retinas to convert light into electrical signals and send them to the brain to be interpreted as vision. "We hope to map out how progress in optogenetic research will translate into clinical trials for patients losing vision and determine how the Foundation can invest resources to accelerate the process," said Foundation Fighting Blindness Chief Research Officer Stephen Rose, Ph.D. "Bringing together the necessary research and biotech players to advance lab studies into human trials is a major role the Foundation plays to move the needle beyond simply funding promising research." "Now is our opportunity to accelerate progress in this promising field. The basic preclinical animal work is now done. Using optogenetics we can restore at least a limited type of vision in mice that are blind from the same types of retinal degeneration that afflict human patients. This conference gathers representatives of the best research groups in the world. Our task will be to tackle the next steps – those that move us down the road to evaluating this therapy in humans," said Dr. Masland, who is David Glendenning Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Chief and Director of the Howe Laboratory of Ophthalmology at Mass. Eye and Ear. Based on workshop outcomes, the Foundation plans to issue a request for applications for optogenetics projects to fund with $1.5 million or more allocated for this type of research. In February, the Foundation announced a $250,000 grant to Ann Arbor, Mich.-based RetroSense Therapeutics for developing an optogenetic treatment that delivers the genes of green algae to the retina for restoring vision. Foundation-funded researchers in France and Switzerland are also working to develop an optogenetic method to resurrect cone cells that have stopped working, with the goal of launching a clinical trial of the treatment within three years. Members of the media interested in obtaining a workshop agenda, gaining webinar access to the workshop or coordinating an interview with Dr. Rose about the potential of optogenetics should contact Allie Gebhardt at 410-423-0643 or email@example.com. About the Foundation Fighting Blindness The Foundation Fighting Blindness is a national non-profit organization driving research that will lead to preventions, treatments and cures for retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, Usher syndrome and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases that affect more than 10 million Americans. Since 1971, the Foundation has raised over $450 million as the leading non-governmental funder of retinal research. Breakthrough Foundation-funded studies using gene therapy have restored significant vision in children and young adults who were previously blind, paving the way for using this method to treat a wide variety of retinal degenerative diseases, and proving a cure is in sight. With a network of 50 chapters, the Foundation also provides support, education and resources to affected individuals and their families in communities across the country. About Massachusetts Eye and Ear Mass. Eye and Ear clinicians and scientists are driven by a mission to find cures for blindness, deafness and diseases of the head and neck. After uniting with Schepens Eye Research Institute in 2011, Mass. Eye and Ear in Boston became the world's largest vision and hearing research center, offering hope and healing to patients everywhere through enhanced collaboration, discovery and innovation. Mass. Eye and Ear is a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital and trains future medical leaders in ophthalmology and otolaryngology, through residency as well as clinical and research fellowships. Internationally acclaimed since its founding in 1824, Mass. Eye and Ear employs full-time, board-certified physicians who offer high-quality and affordable specialty care that ranges from the routine to the very complex. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals Survey" has consistently ranked the Mass. Eye and Ear Departments of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology as top five in the nation. For more information about life-changing care and research, or to learn how you can help, please visit MassEyeAndEar.org.


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In the post-apocalyptic action/adventure I Am Alive, players are faced with thought-provoking choices in the role of a survivor on a journey to find his wife and daughter, who were lost during the "Event." Arriving at his hometown of Haventon one year after it happened, he finds the town in shambles. Buildings are destroyed, toxic ash fills the streets, and society has been torn, causing inhabitants to take all necessary actions to survive.
In I Am Alive, players will be challenged by both their environment and their enemies. Stamina and resource management are key when being exposed to deadly atmospheres and scaling enormous buildings in search of supplies. The unique combat system requires players to utilize intimidation: cowards are easily swayed with an empty gun, while other enemies will put players to the test.
Surprise! I Am Alive is out for PC. It was supposed to come out next week, but someone figured, "Whatever, let's do it now." So they did. Ubisoft's post-apocalyptic survival/exploration game had a tough time coming out in the first place, and I'm relatively sure it didn't do too hot on consoles, so it's interesting to see it get a second shot on the PC. Read More »
No aliens, zombies, ghosts, vampires (glimmering or otherwise), ninjas, robots, demons, super villains, mutants, dragons, or other monsters of fantasy. In I Am Alive, players face the toxic elements of a shattered, post-apocalyptic world and other desperate survivors who will do anything just to hang on. It's a promising premise, and one that definitely sparks my interest. I only wish this former console exclusive, which is coming to PC next month, didn't receive such mixed reviews. Read More »
Earlier this week, the developers behind the impressive-looking action game, I Am Alive, gave a very frank assessment about why their title would not be heading to the PC. Creative director Stanislas Mettra told IncGamers that a PC version of I Am Alive was just not financially viable because of piracy concerns, adding that the PC community was "bitching" about a game they would never pay for. Mattra has since toned down his remarks, and says he would like to see the game make it to the PC, one day... Read More »
Senior Producer Alexis Goddard drops some telling tidbits. Read More »
Also known as: Alive
Release Region: United States
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Publisher: Ubisoft
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Publisher: Ubisoft
Also available on: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3


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update: starry starry night
telemetry: beware, faint-of-heart, i have a cantenna and i know how to use it. herr Morgan loaned me his cantenna for the the event and the FREAKIN' thing is a cannon!! thank you JM! yesterday, i was also able to hax me Motorola Q into a broadband modem as a redundancy.
software: took a giant leap forward tonight. in the space of a few hours and two pizzas, dear friends and collaborators Rebecca, Wayne, and Ethan worked out most of the bugs and we actually have a running version as of now.
video:is coming along. i found a cd file originally made with Director from the SOHO site; whereas the cd won't run anymore because of the platform, it is chuck full of video and text files that i can import into my vids.
here's one for sh**s and giggles:
we march on: look for a near realtime upload of images friday night into saturday morning as i record the event.


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Welcome to Snowdonia
Croeso i Eryri
The Snowdonia National Park
The Snowdonia National Park, which has the evocative Welsh name of 'Eryri' meaning ' the place of the eagles', is an area of outstanding natural beauty covering 838 square miles and containing some of the most magnificent scenery in Wales.
Swallow Falls
Panoramic Snowdonia casts its own particular spell on the visitor, it is the second largest National Park in England and Wales and the second oldest acquiring National Park status in 1951.
Bluebells in the Gwydir Forest
The National Park encompasses an area spanning from just south of historic Conway on the North Wales coast toward Caernarfon in the west and southwards to picturesque Aberdovey and the popular Lake Bala in the east. Its rugged highlands and beautiful valleys are rich in cultural heritage and wildlife.
Llyn Idwal and Tryfan
The Isle of Anglesey, which is also fgeatured on this site, lies off the the north west coast of Wales near to the Snowdonia National Park. Two bridges span the Menai Strait, connecting the island to mainland Wales, the Menai Suspension Bridge which was designed by Thomas Telford in 1826 and the Britannia Bridge. The name Anglesey dates back to the tenth century and is of Old Norse origin, meaning 'Ongull's Island'. The island is known in Welsh as Ynys Môn, which derives from the British enisis mona, first appearing in the Roman era as 'Mona'.
This site is designed as a guide to the best Snowdonia and Anglesey has to offer the visitor and covers most of its castles, forests, mountains, villages and tourist attractions, providing all the information you require to plan a perfect holiday, or simply learn more about the area.
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August, 2012 Anglesey Coastal Path, Beaumaris, Beaumaris Castle, Holyhead Mountain Hut Group, North Stack, Holy Island , Penmon Point, Penmon Priory, Porth Dafarch, South Stack, Holy Island and Treaddur Bay


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MILTON, Mass.—Senior Mark Grinhaus (Scarsdale, N.Y.) held on for a tight-victory at number four singles to help UMass Boston men's tennis (4-5) knock off Wentworth Institute of Technology (2-5) 5-4 Wednesday afternoon at the Curry College Tennis Courts.
After taking a 3-1 lead early in the match, the Beacons needed Grinhaus to hold on in a second-set tiebreaker to complete their fourth-consecutive victory. Grinhaus held off Seng Ly 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) to help UMass Boston improve to 6-7 all-time against their Boston neighbors.
Senior captain Charles Lai (Boston, Mass.) swept a pair of matches at number one singles and doubles to improve his personal winning streak to nine in a row. Fellow senior Brian Sou (Revere, Mass.) added a key victory at sixth singles for his first victory since the '11-12 campaign.
UMass Boston opened the match with an 8-4 victory, as Lai and Sean Cullen (Medway, Mass.) made quick work of Matthew Smith and James Drum at number one doubles. The Beacons tacked on a second doubles point at third-flight doubles, as the Beacons' pair of Lyle Analetto (Belmont, Mass.) and Jack Wang (Suzhou, China) earned an 8-5 victory. The third doubles victory marked the first-time all season UMass Boston had claimed a victory at third doubles.
Wentworth countered with a 9-8 (8-6) victory at second doubles, as UMass Boston's pair of Eglis Bizhoti (Kucove, Albania) and Grinhaus could never quite make up for their early 5-0 deficit.
Lai quickly pushed the lead back to two for UMass Boston, as the reigning Little East Conference Player of the Week swept Drum 6-0, 6-0 at number one singles.
Wentworth responded with a pair of victories at number three and two singles. Smith downed Wang 6-0, 6-1 at third-flight doubles, while Smith defeated Bizhoti 6-2, 6-3 at number two singles.
The Leopards took their lone lead of the match at 4-3, when Dylan Melnik knocked off Analetto 6-2, 6-2 at number five singles.
UMass Boston evened the match moments later, when Sou picked up his first win of the year with a 6-3, 6-3 victory at sixth-singles over Josh Dowd.
Sou's victory pushed the spotlight on Ly and Grinhaus who were in the midst of a competitive second set. After Grinhaus took the first set 6-4, Ly was leading 4-3 in the second and threatening to push the match to a third set. Grinhaus fought off two set points while trailing 5-4 to force a tiebreaker and cruised through the tiebreaker (7-1).
UMass Boston will play their second match in as many days Thursday, when they resume their Little East Conference match against the University of Southern Maine at 3 p.m. The Beacons, who are trailing the Huskies 2-1 in the match, will be playing at the Boston Sportsman's Club.


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My favorite part was "Two Tickets for Mr. Johnson and Slave" because it proved that Africans are just as (if not more) smart as white people. The mini story was about a slave woman who was dressed up as a sickly, injured white man and her black husband acting like her slave. Her skin looked white, but her father was a black slave.
A character I found interesting was Henry Brown in "A Shipment of Dry Goods". He was shipped to Philadelphia in a crate.
The illustrations in the book were pretty realistic, but not too much, which put the perfect edge, and they looked frozen in time. The illustrator, Charles Lily emphasized the effect with what he used: A simple pencil, using the pencil to sketch darer and lighter in places, which gave the effect of them being frozen in time.
I recommend this book because it gives you a taste of what slaves' lives and escape were like. I think anybody would like this book, especially history lovers and people who believe everyone is equal and deserves to be free. I think the details of the book might interest readers because the author researched so much and writes so descriptively. It fills you with anger of how the slave owners treated the slaves, excitement as you read about their escapes, fear as they get hurt or hunted by slave catchers, and happiness as they reach the northern states or Canada.


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Salam Fayyad (Arabic: سلام فياض, Salām Fayāḍ; born 1952) is a Palestinian politician and one of two disputed Prime Ministers of the Palestinian National Authority, the matter being under political and legal dispute. His first appointment, on 15 June 2007, which was justified by President Mahmoud Abbas on the basis of "national emergency", has not been confirmed by the Palestinian Legislative Council, the Palestinian Authority's parliament. He was reappointed on 19 May 2009. Fayyad has also been the finance minister from 17 March 2007 and previously held the post from June 2002 to November 2006. Fayyad is an internationally respected economist and politician.
—Salam Fayyad, 2007
Salam Fayyad was born in Deir al-Ghusun. He graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1975 and received his MBA from St. Edward's University in 1980. Fayyad has a PhD in economics from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a student of William Barnett and did early research on the American Divisia Monetary Aggregates, which he continued on the staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Fayyad began his career teaching economics at Yarmouk University in Jordan, before joining the International Monetary Fund in 1987, where he served as representative to the Palestinian National Authority from 1996-2001. Following this Fayyad served as the regional manager of the Arab Bank in the West Bank and Gaza until he accepted an offer to become Yasser Arafat's finance minister.


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Problem-solving training helps mothers cope with child's cancer diagnosis, study shows
A multi-site clinical trial including the University of Colorado Cancer Center shows that the benefit of Bright IDEAS problem-solving skills training goes beyond teaching parents to navigate the complex medical, educational, and other systems that accompany a child's diagnosis of cancer – the training also leads to durable reduction in mothers' levels of anxiety and symptoms of posttraumatic stress, and improves overall coping with a child's illness. Results of the study were published online last week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
"Earlier research shows that a mom is the keystone of a family. After a child's cancer diagnosis, if mom is stressed and not coping, you see the effects on the marriage and on siblings as well," says Diane Fairclough, DrPH, MSPH, CU Cancer Center investigator and director of the Analytics Core at the Colorado Health Outcomes Center.
Support the mother and you support the family, including the ill child.
A previous clinical trial had shown the effectiveness of the Bright IDEAS problem-solving skills training, and the current study hoped to disentangle the benefits of the training from the simple, potentially powerful effect of a mother's interaction with a compassionate listener. Was it Bright IDEAS specifically or the byproducts of compassion and understanding once a week for eight weeks that led to mothers' gains?
The results of this multi-site, 309-mother study are interesting: immediately after Bright IDEAS training, mothers showed the same gains as with another intervention called nondirective support, which is effectively compassionate listening. But three months later, the gains from Bright IDEAS remained, while the gains from an understanding ear evaporated. In fact, at the three-month mark, the benefits from problem-solving skills training were growing – not only were mothers more adept problem-solvers, but this increased ability transferred to ever-more gains in mood, decreased anxiety and fewer symptoms of posttraumatic stress.
You know the phrase, If you give a man a fish you feed him for a day, but if you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. In this study, it was as if Bright IDEAS taught mothers to fish – not only helping mothers, but helping mothers learn to help themselves.
"I've been a cancer patient myself," Fairclough says, "and I think the most stressing thing is that there's a sense that the disease has taken over your life. It defines your schedule, your family vacations, you can't change employers because of insurance concerns. I think problem-solving skills training helps mothers pull back some control after their child's diagnosis. It makes things seem manageable and gives parents a sense they're not just helpless observers."
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• Chief Judge Lippman addressed the House
of Delegates with respect to the status of Unified Court System initiatives,
providing an update on the Judiciary budget; funding for civil legal services;
indigent defense; judicial salaries; juvenile justice; wrongful convictions; and
• The Special Committee on Youth Courts
provided an overview of the work of youth courts in keeping youths in school and
with their families, after which the Greenpoint Youth Court provided a
demonstration of a youth court proceeding.
• The Ruth G. Schapiro Memorial Award was
presented to Susan B. Lindenauer of New York City, retired counsel to the
president and attorney-in-chief of the Legal Aid Society.
• The House approved the report of the
Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct to amend five comments to the Rules
of Professional Conduct: Rule 1.8, comment 8 (lawyer's appointment as a
fiduciary); Rule 1.15, comment 3 (client funds and disputed fees); Rule 1.15,
comment 4 (third party claims to client property) Rule 8.4, comment 2 (illegal
conduct by a lawyer); and Rule 8.4, comment 4 (failure to comply with obligation
imposed by law).
• The House approved the report of the
Task Force on Government Ethics with respect to the following areas of
government ethics: attorney disclosure, municipal ethics, honest services, and
due process.
• The House approved a report from the
New York County Lawyers' Association recommending proposed amendments to the
statutory and regulatory framework governing the State Commission on Judicial
Conduct as well as changes to the Commission's policies.
• Former President Kathryn Grant Madigan
presented a memorial to Miriam M. Netter, former Vice-President, who passed away
in September 2010.
• The House approved the report of the
Special Committee on Rules for Consideration of Reports proposing rules to
govern the process by which reports are published and considered by the
Executive Committee and House of Delegates.
• The Task Force on the Future of the
Legal Profession presented an informational report on the Task Force'
recommendations to create a roadmap for future use of technology in the
profession, to improve legal education and training, to establish a proper
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Today I would love to show you a card, dear Pamela asked me to make for her husband. She loved Lili of the Valley's aero plane image for a possible birthday card for her husband.
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2013-04-09 • Hutchins +Beckworth research
Start: 12:06:52
Seventies: good afternoon, vkn
vkn: Howdy seventies
Seventies: How are you doing this warm afternoon?
vkn: afternoon 2 U 2 it is warmlanta also how did the boys enjoy the birthday
Seventies: oh yea, what was the blog about?
vkn: Let me try and link
klwarner2: I'm here, vkn.
Seventies: Boys enjoyed their birthday and their new smart phones... Hi klwarner2
vkn: lol iphones?
klwarner2: Greetings, 70's.
vkn: howdy klwarner2 so glad you can join us
Seventies: oh no lol Android google phones. Iphone is so on the way out.
klwarner2: Hi, vkn. As you can see, I'm not a robot.
vkn: Seventies klwarner2 is new to AfriGeneas
Seventies: What brings you into Afrigeneas chat today klwarner2??
klwarner2: I was invited by vkn. via email..
Seventies: Hi Selma
vkn: I invited her seventies
Seventies: Are you new to genealogy and family research klwarner??
klwarner2: There was some confusion about a response I made to another user in my thread.
Seventies: OK
klwarner2: @70's - Yes, I am.
vkn: Howdy Selma meet klwarner2
Selma: Good afternoon seventies and vkn..Welcome klwarner
Seventies: OK what state and counties are you currently researching? What surnames?
klwarner2: Thank you, Selma. State: Texas Counties: Rusk, Gregg Surnames: Beckworth, Hutching or Hutchings
Selma: Klwarner..have you used census records to locate these folks in these counties
vkn: Have y'all read Barry's blog? Good info on AfriAm research let me try and paste the link http://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/536-African-American-#024:-African-American-genealogy-websites
Selma: Send it to me in an email vkn Who is Barry?
vkn: okies will do Selma He is non Black Selma
Selma: I didn't ask you that vkn..I just asked who he is
klwarner2: @Selma - It seems like ancestry.com has a lockdown on records. Just canceled a trial subscription. I only wanted to look up census info. Today, someone alerted to familysearch.org--which has been REALLY helpful. And, it's free.
Seventies: TY for the info...vkn
vkn: lol lol I just can't help it sel
Seventies: yes, it is free and has some records available that Ancestry does not.
Selma: klwarner your public library might have a subscription to Ancestry that you can use there..
Seventies: Or if you are near a college or university, you may also have access there as well.
Selma: If you are just beginning klwarner there is a "method to the madness" You start from what you know and work your way BACK..
vkn: and klwarner Mocavo is free not sure it is that helpful but they have just initiated surname groups
klwarner2: Thank you. I will try those sources. I'm near University of Chicago---walking distance.
Seventies: What about genealogy.com? University of Chicago has GREAT records on everything African. How lucky are you?
Selma: Klwarner..have you found this family in 1940 or 1930..and working backwards
klwarner2: @70's - Thanks.
Selma: Jeez there is a very active genealogy group in Chicago AAHGS chapter
vkn: and there are two great genealogy groups in Chi focusing AfriAm research klwarmer
Seventies: Maybe daviss and Khathu will be in chat today. They are TX researchers.
klwarner2: @Selma--The problem I'm having is I can't find a birth record on my maternal great-grandmother. Yet, she is listed on a marriage certificate and on death certificates of her children.
Selma: What year was she born and where? Approximate year is OK
Seventies: Can you find her on the census with the children? hey daviss!
Selma: Afternoon daviss...you're LATE
klwarner2: @Selma - Allegedly, she was born 1874 or 1875---and she has several names. Her married name is 'Hutchins' or 'Hutchings'. Her maiden name is 'Beckworth'. I've seen her listed as Tennie Beckworth, Tinney Beckworth, Tinie Beckworth, Florance Beckworth, Tinie Beckworth, Giney Beckworth... It's crazy.
daviss: Hello Seventies and Selma!
Selma: Actually kinda normal klwarner.. LOL
daviss: Yes a tad or two lol important pho call
vkn: Heyyyyy daviss klwarner is new and researches TX
daviss: hello klwarner2and vkn!
klwarner2: Hi Daviss!
daviss: Aha! well hello there klwarner2!
Seventies: Oh, have you tried getting a D.C. for her? Especially if she died after 1912.
Selma: Daviss..was TEXAS keeping birth records in 1874 or 1875
klwarner2: @Selma - It's driving me up the wall. I can find stuff on my maternal great-grandfather, but my maternal great-grandmother is a mystery. I couldn't find a death certificate either.
vkn: Its routine genealogy klwarner2 welcome to your new found world lol
daviss: no not that early Selma
klwarner2: @vkn - You tellin' me.
Seventies: Also klwarner2, spelling if you see her under many different names, keep that in consideration. Was she widowed? divorced? etc.
daviss: What counties in Texas klwarner2?
Selma: Klwarner you probably won't find a birth record, most states didn't start keeping them on a State level until early 1900's
klwarner2: @70's - She was married.
Selma: and that is for White folks and Black folks klwarners
daviss: 1903 is the earliest I have seen
vkn: klwarner2 most vitals star about 1918 and later
klwarner2: @daviss - Rusk, Gregg, Kilgore
Seventies: I say get the Death Certificate.
klwarner2: @selma @daviss @vkn - aw, shoot.
Selma: You gotta know the basics first klwarner...like when did the state you are researching start keeping vital records
Seventies: What exactly are you looking for with the birth certificate?? As vkn stated, states were not mandated to keep birth certificates until 1908 and many started after 1912.
daviss: Gregg and Rusk are close to Harrison where I search klwarner2?
vkn: I agree with seventies on getting death record
Selma: klwarner are you looking for her parents names?
klwarner2: *taking notes*
vkn: klwarner2 you can download the log on tomorrow
klwarner2: @selma - Yes, I am. I'm trying to figure how she's a Beckworth. I've seen the Beckworth family tree, but couldn't identify my maternal great-grandmother. @vkn - ok
daviss: have you found her in the census klwarner2?
Selma: I don't understand klwarner..which Beckworth family tree?
klwarner2: @daviss - Yes, I found her in the census and ALL her children--which includes my grandmother.
daviss: as Beckworth?
vkn: and what is the documentation in the tree klwarner2
klwarner2: @selma - I've viewed the Beckworth family tree on ancestry.com. One of my distant relatives maintains the tree. @daviss - My maternal great-grandmother is listed on the census as 'Hutchins' or 'Hutching'. My grandmother's maiden name is 'Hutching'. However, my maternal great-mother's maiden name is 'Beckworth'--a huge family in Texas.
Selma: So klarner if she was born in 1874 or 1875..when you say you found her with her children are we talking 1900 census?
klwarner2: @vkn - I didn't find my maternal great-grandmother's name in ANY variation on the Beckworth family tree on ancestry.com.
daviss: born in 74 hmmm should be in 1880 as a child whats her first name?
klwarner2: @selma - Yes, I've found her in 1910, 1920, 1930 census
Selma: So what about 1900 and 1880..she would have been around 4-6 in 1880?
klwarner2: @daviss - Take your pick--Florence, Tennie, Tinney, Tinie, Florance, Ginney, Giney. The one consistent thing is that she was married to Joe Hutching. @vkn - I can't find her death certificate.
vkn: about when did she die? death cert is the critical record as seventies said klwarner
Seventies: What about Joe Hutching's death certificate?
klwarner2: @70's - I have to check.
Seventies: And remember, not all TX death certificates are online.
Selma: Have you found their marriage reccord klwarner?
klwarner2: @70's - oh boy
Seventies: She may have died also in another county, but buried in Rusk or Grigg Co.
vkn: Plus @ klwarner is she mentioned in the obits of other relatives
klwarner2: @selma - Yes, their marriage was January 10, 1895 in Gregg, Texas
Selma: Ok klwarner..let us be the first to tell you..NOT EVERYTHING you WANT is online..OK you can start screaming NOW
klwarner2: @selma - aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
Seventies: I already burst that bubble Selma! lol
Selma: Sometimes it needs REPEATING..
vkn: lol
klwarner2: Ya'll gon' make me lose my mind, up in here, up in here!
Selma: and klwarner..NOT all records SURVIVE
Seventies: lol klwarner2, just keeping it 100... lol
Selma: Now tell us exactly what it said on the Marriage Record klwarner
klwarner2: @selma @70's - ok
Seventies: Ok I hate to cut and run, but that's what I'm going to do. But before I leave, check out 23andme's new format.
klwarner2: brb
Seventies: ok byyeeeeeee
Selma: I couldn't figure out their old format
daviss: klwarner2 did you search John Beckworth who is really near Joe Hutchins in 1900?
vkn: me either selma
Selma: klwarner..how are you suppose to be connected to the person with the Family Tree on Ancestry
daviss: They are in Rusk Co
vkn: me either selma but i cannot figure out any dna formats so not to be judged by my dna knowledge level soooo glad you came to chat klwarner
daviss: I briefly saw the new format but not sure I care for it
vkn: change is difficult at best daviss
daviss: I know vkn
vkn: i know you know lol lol lol
daviss: klwarner2 Are you still here?
vkn: oops may be frozen
daviss: thats what I am thinking...
vkn: http://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/posts/536-African-American-#024:-African-American-genealogy-websites a new blog to me daviss
daviss: oops
vkn: it happens
daviss: Is blog interesting vkn?
vkn: I think so daviss klwarner is looking for an index number
Selma: What kind of index number?
vkn: klwarner is looking for an index number and is not frozen for her grandmothr at Ancestry tree I did an IM
daviss: Rusk is one county over from Harrison lol soooooo lol lol
Selma: Maybe you two are related...
vkn: oh dear
daviss: no Beckworths or Hutchins so far
vkn: Well never can tell where a certain wind is hiding daviss
daviss: I can understand that vkn
vkn: lol
daviss: did klwarner post on forum?
vkn: Well klwarner we ill be back here tonite at 9 Eastern and discussion can continue on the forum if you are comfortable with that Me gotta b´running
daviss: ok vkn I can only hang another min or two myself
Selma: Me too.. Klwarner..we are going to have to go...we will be here tomorrow at Noon EST and tonite at 9PMEST (if I can stay awake)
daviss: take care selma
Selma: You too Bye klwarner
daviss: bye klwarner2
klwarner2: bye all


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Will Lawmakers Save ADAP?
Across the country, AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) are running out of money, rationing care, or simply turning away people who need assistance. The situation is worsening as the number of people with HIV/AIDS continues to grow but public resources for programs to help them do not.
Nationally, ADAP needs an increase of $217 million to help the additional 24,000 individuals estimated to need anti-HIV therapies and no way to pay for them. The program already provides life-extending medications to some 100,000 individuals annually.
Failure to adequately fund ADAP will only escalate the AIDS crisis in America by forcing thousands of low-income and uninsured people with HIV to forgo therapy until they become severely immune compromised. These individuals will develop higher viral loads than people on therapy, increasing the risk of HIV transmission to their partners. Ultimately, failure to expand ADAP will result in more people becoming HIV infected and more people dying of AIDS-related causes.
Created in 1987 to assist states in paying for AZT -- the only anti-HIV medication available at the time -- ADAPs currently operate in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa and the Marshall Islands. Congress incorporated ADAP into the Ryan White CARE Act in 1990 to provide access to AIDS-related prescription drugs for low-income individuals who have no other source to obtain them.
ADAP was instrumental in achieving the historic decline in AIDS-related deaths after protease inhibitors became available in 1996. The nearly 70% drop in AIDS-related death in the U.S. in the late 1990s is largely a result of CARE Act services, including ADAP, made available to deliver life-saving medications and essential health and social services to the individuals who most needed them.
Despite its record of success, ADAP is facing an uncertain future. As of April, nearly 1,300 people nationwide were on ADAP waiting lists, fifteen states had closed enrollments or limited access to antiretrovirals, and eight states anticipated program restrictions in the coming months.
Chronic under-funding by the federal government and inadequate state contributions, combined with escalating drug prices, more people needing HIV medications, and needing them for longer, has ignited the crisis.
Despite an unprecedented call to action on AIDS in his 2003 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush sought only a $20 million increase for ADAP in FY04, and no increases for vital medical and social services through the programs of the CARE Act. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) offered an amendment in September to boost ADAP funding beyond the president's request, but the effort failed in a vote cast along party lines. Lawmakers finally agreed on an ADAP appropriation of $748 million -- a full $180 million less than is needed to meet current needs -- for the fiscal year ending October 2004.
Concerned that insufficient funding would force additional states to cap enrollments, reduce services, or start waiting lists, a group of 100 ADAP advocates from 30 different states traveled to Washington, DC in February to ask lawmakers to consider a $180 million emergency supplemental appropriation for ADAP. The group included individuals on waiting lists and those representing states with program restrictions. Organizers agreed that, while the effort increased awareness of ADAP on Capitol Hill, passage of a supplemental appropriation is unlikely.
In addition to the battle in Congress, ADAP advocates are also fighting for adequate state funding. While two-thirds of states augment federal ADAP contribution with state funding, not all states do, or do so at sufficient amounts. These variances have created significant differences between the states in terms of eligibility and the number of medications covered.
Advocates from California and Texas waged successful battles against draconian restrictions proposed by their legislatures. This year, Illinois advocates are asking state lawmakers to approve the governor's proposal to increase state ADAP funding by $3.1 million to meeting new needs and add anti-cholesterol and mental health drugs to the formulary.
While grassroots activism is gaining small, state victories, achieving significant victories at the federal level will take our best efforts. In addition to ADAP, adequate funding is needed for other critical programs including Medicaid, HIV prevention programs, AIDS research, the Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS program, global AIDS programs, and the entire Ryan White CARE Act. Strong grassroots pressure can influence the future of ADAP funding, particularly during the election year as all candidates and elected officials must answer to their constituents.
Take Action to Support ADAP
Join a network. Individuals and organizations can play an important role in solving the ADAP crisis. Save ADAP and numerous national and regional AIDS organizations monitor Congress and state legislatures on ADAP and other HIV-related issues. By joining one of these groups, you can keep up-to-date on national, state, and local ADAP advocacy issues. In Illinois, call the AIDS Foundation of Chicago at (312) 922-2322 or go to www.aidschicago.org to join the Statewide Advocacy Network. Project Inform's Treatment Action Network is a national grassroots network for individuals concerned about ADAP and other HIV-related issues (www.projectinform.org). In addition, AIDS service organizations are encouraged to designate a staff person, volunteer, or board member as a representative to Save ADAP. To join Save ADAP or to get more information, go to www.atac-usa.org/adap.html.
Educate your elected officials about ADAP. Find out who represents you in Congress and in your state's legislature and make sure they know that ADAP saves lives and money. Join Save ADAP's "Message in an Empty Pill Bottle" campaign and send empty pill bottles to your U.S. senators and representative, urging them to provide a "refill" of funding for ADAP. (Visit www.atdn.org/save8.html)
Make HIV/AIDS, and the ADAP crisis, an issue in this year's elections. Go to www.AIDSVote.org and endorse its platform calling for treatment access for people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and around the world. Read Senator Kerry's platform on HIV/AIDS issues, and send an email to President Bush to ask his campaign to share its plan to combat the epidemic. Finally, ask local candidates how they will solve the ADAP crisis. Check out the Web site's "rally in a can" and use the materials to draw attention to HIV/AIDS during the next campaign event in your town.
David Munar and Sara Schmitt monitor federal AIDS issues for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, visit www.aidschicago.org.


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A week ago today, Office 365 Home Premium launched worldwide, giving busy people and families new ways to get more done at home, at school and on the go. From customer events in New York, Sao Paulo, Toronto, London and other major cities around the globe, as well as via social media, we've received a few common questions about what is included in Office 365 Home Premium and the fastest ways to get started with the new service. We wanted to answer some of those top questions right here.
What is the difference between Office 365 and Office 2013?
The new Office has been updated with a host of new capabilities, cloud connection and social features. It is available two different ways:
- Office 365 is our services brand. Office 365 Home Premium is the first Office subscription service for consumers. It includes a complete set of Office applications (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Access); works across up to five devices (Windows tablets, PCs and Macs); and includes additional SkyDrive storage and Skype calling. Because Office 365 services are always improving, subscribers receive new features and services as soon as they are ready, ensuring they are always up to date and don't have to be hassled with upgrades.
- Office editions, such as Office Home and Student 2013, are designated by a year model and are current as of that year model (just like a car). These editions include different applications depending on what you need, and are ideal for people who only have one machine.
Which should I get: Office 365 Home Premium or a traditional Office 2013 edition?
Here is some general buying advice:
Subscription is probably right if you:
- Have three or more devices (Windows tablets, PCs or Macs) in your household
- Are a university student
- Want the very latest technology, upgrade your devices frequently (three years or faster), or use Outlook, Publisher or Access
A traditional Office 2013 edition is probably right if you have two or fewer devices in your household.
Does Office 365 only work in the browser? Do I have to be online?
No and no. Office 365 combines the power of Office with the flexibility of the cloud. As a subscriber, you are using full Office applications that 'stream' from the cloud and 'roam' across your devices. Just as you might subscribe to services such as Spotify or Netflix for entertainment anywhere, subscribing to Office 365 means your personal content goes wherever you go. The key difference is that with Office 365, you don't have to be online. Office 365 Home Premium runs just fine without a connection. Your docs in SkyDrive can sync locally, so you can always get to them, even when you're disconnected.
Can I use Office 365 Home Premium on my Mac?
Yes. Office 365 Home Premium can be used across up to five devices, including Macs, Windows tablets or PCs. Mac users will start out with Office for Mac 2011, which is updated to include activation for Office 365 Home Premium. To download and install Office for Mac 2011, subscribers simply go to http://office.com/myaccount. (Note: Office for Mac 2011 includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and requires OSX 6.0+.)
A new Office for Mac is coming, and typically, it's been available roughly a year after Office for Windows. As a subscriber to Office 365 Home Premium, you will automatically get the new Office for Mac when it's available.
What happens if I cancel my subscription? Do I lose all my content?
Your content is always your content. After an Office 365 subscription expires, you can still access your docs whenever you choose, and you can use the Office Web Apps to create, read, edit and share your stuff. Although the full Office applications go into 'reduced-functionality mode,' you can still use them to read and print your Office documents. If you're using more than the free 7GB of SkyDrive storage, you can expand that for $10/year or move your content after the Office 365 subscription has expired.
Can I work from home if I have Office 365 Home Premium?
You may be able to use Office for work at home if your employer has licensed you appropriately through a number of work-at-home options. If you use Office at work, it's likely you can use it at home, and with Office 365 Home Premium, you would just sign in with your OrgID. If you're uncertain, your best bet is to ask your employer.
If you're a small business owner who doesn't have Office as part of work, you should look at Office 365 Small Business Premium, launching next month on Feb. 27. It has a lot of the same capabilities, cloud connections and social features as Office 365 Home Premium and includes email from your domain, business-grade collaboration and a web site for your business.
How will it help save me time?
Office 365 Home Premium combines the full power of the newly-updated Office with the flexibility of the cloud. Your information is always close wherever you are on all your devices. It gives you increased flexibility to get things done when you want on your terms. To see some great examples, check out Time to 365, a crowd-sourced website with tips and tricks from pros and everyday working parents who have found ways to simplify their lives.
We're happy to take more of your questions here in the comments section. You can also ask @Office on Twitter. In the meantime, if you want to explore on your own, there's some great info and the option to try Office 365 Home Premium free for 30 days at http://www.office.com.
–Clint Patterson, Office Team


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NEW YORK — NBA owners unanimously voted to restore the NBA Finals format to 2-2-1-1-1, starting this season, and replacing the 2-3-2 format which had been used since 1985.
Instead of the team with home-court court advantage getting the first two games of the Finals at home and possibly the last two at home and the opposing team playing the three middle games at home, the team with home-court advantage now will get the first two at home, the opponent the next two at home and the teams will alternate cities for Games 5, 6 and 7 if necessary.
NBA Commissioner David Stern — in his final meeting with owners as commissioner before he steps aside on Feb. 1 after 30 years — announced the move Wednesday at the conclusion of the league's two-day Board of Governors meetings.
WHAT IT MEANS: Not much in grand scheme
CHAMPS FOR LONG? Heat run may hit its cap
"There has been," Stern said, "an abiding sense amongst our teams, and they've stated two things: One, in a 2-2 series, it's sort of not fair for the team with the better record to be away. And two, it's difficult for the team — the better team in terms of record to spend as many as eight days on the road away from home.
"So for all those considerations and many others, the Competition Committee voted, it was explained to the owners, and they voted to make the change."
The first three rounds of the playoffs follow the 2-2-1-1-1 format.
NBA president of basketball operations Rod Thorn made the presentation to owners, and the plan had the strong support of Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver who will take over for Stern in February.
If the Finals goes seven games, there will be an extra day between Games 6 and 7. For example, if Game 6 is on a Tuesday, Game 7 will be on Friday.
Concern about the team with home-court advantage playing Game 5 on the road was one of the stronger points the competition committee made to owners. Since 1985, the Finals have been tied 2-2 11 times, and the winner of Game 5 has won the championship eight times.
"There was certainly a sense from the basketball people that it was unfair that you didn't have home-court advantage for a pivotal Game 5," Silver said.
Several cross-country Finals in the 1970s and early 1980s gave Stern and owners reason to consider changing the format. Remember, that was at a time when teams flew on commercial airlines rather than the team charter planes used today.
After Stern became commissioner in 1984, owners decided to implement the 2-3-2 format, easing the travel grind for players, NBA staffers, news reporters and TV crews. Stern recalled then-Boston Celtics general manager Red Auerbach complaining about the travel to and from Los Angeles for the Finals.
Though the team with home-court advantage is 21-8 since 1985, there was concern that home-court advantage isn't much of a home-court advantage in the 2-3-2 format if the teams split the first two games and the team without home-court advantage gets the next three games on its home court.
In 2011, the Miami Heat had home-court advantage in the Finals but lost to the Dallas Mavericks in six games, and in 2012, the Oklahoma City Thunder had home-court advantage and lost to the Heat in five games.
Silver said the format change won't likely change the outcome — the team with home court still has a significant edge — but it could possibly extend the length of series. The NBA looked at the length of series in 2-2-1-1-1 formats and 2-3-2 formats and found that "you're more likely in a 2-2-1-1-1 format to get a Game 7," Silver said, "but you're not more likely to get a different outcome."
A longer series is good for NBA business.
PHOTOS: Heat beat Spurs in seven-game 2013 NBA Finals
TANK ATTACK: Stern not worried about teams going bust
Stern is not worried about tanking – even with a strong draft class project in 2014 – and said it was not a topic during the two-day meetings with owners.
"In part there are some economic decisions being made as well where teams don't want to pay a lot of money for talents that may or may not be worth it, and they'd just as soon retain their cap room to improve the team when there is an opportunity to do it," Stern said.
"One thing I've learned over the last 36 years is you better let the season play out and see what really happens. Because sometimes given the competitive nature of our players and given the high level at which the game is played, particularly after the top six or eight teams, we have teams that can surprise and maybe there will be some surprises this year."
NEW ARENAS: Three new arenas could be coming soon
Stern addressed arena situation in three cities:
Sacramento: The arena should be ready for the 2016-17 season, Stern said.
"They've acquired the site," Stern said. "There is one piece of property remaining. It will either be purchased or foreclosed on by eminent domain. In light of legislation that was recently passed, that will not be a barrier to proceeding. There may be a referendum that citizens may try to call for -- not citizens, actually, non-union workers who are unhappy to the deal to the employee workers in the arena. But it's really going swimmingly.
"The number of jobs that will be created for the construction, together with the number of jobs that are being created for the arena together with the number of jobs that are being created for the many new businesses that are going to be popping up as property sales pick up around the arena in sort of an urban renewal situation at the center of town, the owners were excited to hear the report from Sacramento."
Minneapolis: "They're closing in on final negotiations with respect to a transaction to improve the arena, and I think we'll be hearing something more about that next week," Stern said.
Milwaukee: "We've got an update on the various architects, financial planners, committees, taxing authority, a variety of things that have to be considered as it moves forward to see whether there is a viable building deal to construct a building in Milwaukee. But they were relatively upbeat, and we'll see how that develops, because the Bucks still have four years after this one on their lease. So it was really just a modest update," Stern said.
MAKE MONEY: Stern addresses increased profits
The outgoing commissioner also addressed the financial health of the league's teams with respect to revenue sharing, an important part of the 2011 collective bargaining agreement.
He said 80% of the team should be profitable in 2014-15.
"We're projecting for next season to have, not this coming season, but next season because we're looking at numbers, to have 24, 25 teams profitable," Stern said. "There are some teams who will not be profitable in many cases because they choose not to by virtue of their payments to either players or coaches or general managers. We're getting to a point that with revenue sharing, teams that are improving their performance will break even or make money, except for those that are – I haven't looked at the Nets balance sheet – but my guess is that they're going to not necessarily be profitable. But that also involves large payments to build a building as well as large salary, as well as large tax payments. But that's okay, because that's what's authorized under our agreement.
"The owners have to report that things are working pretty well. The game is in good shape. We came off a great season. Our teams are going to have record season ticket sales, renewals are strong, sponsorships are up, gate is going to be up. Everything coming off a very strong base is going to be up this season.
"Seems like a really good time to do something else."


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Homeland Security Department Starts Up
After drawn-out debate and a nearly unprecedented reshuffling of the federal bureaucracy, the Department of Homeland Security became the government's 15th Cabinet department Friday.
Conceived after terrorists killed 3,000 people on United States' soil on Sept. 11, 2001, it was created to keep Americans safer from terrorist attack.
The department merges 22 federal agencies with 170,000 employees in the largest reorganization of the federal government since the Defense Department was created in 1947.
White House press secretary Ari Fleischer heralded the agency's first day of existence, saying it was "designed to provide greater protections to the American people as we move forward into a different type of 21st century threat."
It will be led by Tom Ridge, the former Pennsylvania governor who on Wednesday received Senate confirmation as secretary of the new department. His position will be 18th in the line of succession for the presidency, ranking after the Veterans Affairs Department secretary, Anthony Principi.
No stranger to the ways of Washington, Ridge nonetheless faces the daunting task of pulling together a massive new agency while defending the nation against terrorism.
Ridge was being sworn in Friday at the White House. His undersecretary will be Asa Hutchinson, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, who won unanimous Senate approval Thursday. His responsibilities will range from border control to aviation security.
The department will have its own analytical unit to examine intelligence gathered by the CIA, FBI and other agencies to look for clues about terrorist plots. It also will coordinate with 2 million police, firefighters, medical personnel and other first responders around the country.
Congress in November passed legislation to create the department after lengthy debate on such issues as whistle-blower protections, maintaining civil liberties, collective bargaining for department employees and the division of labor with the CIA and FBI, which will remain independent.
For the next five weeks, the department will be in a transitional mode. Many of the agencies being folded into homeland security won't actually fall under its authority until March 1.
With a first-year budget expected at about $33 billion, the department will combine the Secret Service, Coast Guard, Customs Service, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Transportation Security Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency and other agencies with security-related functions.
The department's headquarters will be at a secure office complex, run by the Navy, in northwest Washington near the vice president's residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory.
Ridge, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, was elected to the House in 1982 from his hometown area of Erie, Pa., and served for 12 years. In 1994, he became Pennsylvania's governor, winning re-election in 1998.
After the Sept. 11 attacks, Ridge resigned as governor to head President Bush's White House Office of Homeland Security.
Ridge becomes the 15th member of Bush's Cabinet, along with the secretaries of the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury and Veterans Affairs.
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When a federal judge ruled recently that Stan Lee, a co-creator of many Marvel Comics characters, was entitled to 10 percent of the profits from Marvel Enterprises film and television productions, he renewed a long-simmering debate in comic book history: How much credit does Mr. Lee deserve for creating characters like Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four and how much was due to his collaborators?
"It's amazing that he walks away with all the credit and all the money for some of the creation of these characters," said Robert Katz, a nephew of Jack Kirby, the illustrator who worked with Mr. Lee on the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, the X-Men and others. "The artists who did the lion's share of the creation have walked away with absolutely nothing." Mr. Kirby died in 1994.
"I only wish that Jack Kirby had Stan Lee's lawyer," Mr. Katz added.
Lisa Kirby, Mr. Kirby's daughter, agreed. "I don't know how they live with themselves," she said. "The estate gets no compensation from Marvel at all."
Mr. Lee sued Marvel in 2002, arguing that the company had not honored a provision in his 1998 contract that promised the 10 percent cut. Marvel pays Mr. Lee, a chairman emeritus at the company, $1 million a year. Howard J. Graff, Mr. Lee's attorney in the case and a partner at Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky in New York, declined to comment Friday. A Marvel executive said the recent ruling, which it plans to appeal, had nothing to do with Mr. Lee's contribution to creating the Marvel universe.
"The Stan Lee dispute is really a dispute about an employment agreement that's very specific to Stan Lee," said John N. Turitzin, executive vice president and general counsel at Marvel. "It's not an agreement about his role as a creator of Marvel's characters."
Marc Flores, who wrote the comic book history "Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and the American Comic Book Revolution," using the pen name Ronin Ro, argued that the writers and illustrators who dreamed up comic book characters decades ago did not envision the blockbuster movies that would eventually result. A movie based on the Fantastic Four is scheduled to open July 1.Continue reading the main story
"Jack Kirby played an enormous role in 90 percent of the Marvel universe during the first half of the 1960's, with Stan," Mr. Flores said. "It's unfortunate that Jack isn't here, but Stan is." NAT IVESContinue reading the main story


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It would be unfair to describe Michael Keaton as being out of work. He recently signed on to star in the adaptation of video game series Need for Speed, alongside Dominic Cooper and Aaron Paul – and though nothing has officially been announced by Disney, it's suspected that he'll reprise his role as Ken in the next Toy Story movie.
Perhaps it's because his career is relatively healthy at the moment that Keaton is willing to deliver a self-deprecating performance in another of his upcoming projects. Fox Searchlight has announced that principal photography has begun this week on Birdman (alternative title: The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), a new comedy from Alejandro González Iñárritu. Here's the official synopsis, courtesy of the press release:
"[Birdman is] a black comedy that tells the story of an actor (Keaton) – famous for portraying an iconic superhero – as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. In the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career, and himself."
Also appearing in the film is Edward Norton, who, according to Deadline, was cast as an "egotistical lead stage actor" who disrupts Keaton's attempts to create the Broadway play that will rejuvenate his career. Norton has something of a reputation for being difficult to work with – so much so that Kevin Feige more or less explicitly stated this as the reason for dumping him in favor of Mark Ruffalo when casting Hulk in The Avengers. It will be interesting to see whether Norton is willing to indulge in a little self-parody for his role in Birdman.
Norton and Keaton aren't the only superhero movie veterans on the cast list. Emma Stone, a talented comedy actress who took on the role of Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man, will play Keaton's daughter – an actress who has just gotten out of rehab and who is hired as an assistant by her father. Stone has never been at the center of any drink or drugs scandals, so it's possible that her character is a bit of a dig at starlets like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton. There are a couple of photos of Stone filming Birdman over at Just Jared, if you want to get a sneak peek at what she'll look like in the movie.
Iñárritu is a Mexican director, best known in English-language cinema for drama film 21 Grams, which starred Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Naomi Watts, and his 2006 global drama, Babel. Watts is also listed as one of the stars of Iñárritu's new film, along with Oblivion's Andrea Riseborough and Gone Baby Gone actress Amy Ryan. The final name on the cast list is comedian Zach Galifianakis, who displayed a skill for slightly darker comedy in Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's 2010 indie It's Kind of a Funny Story, in which he played a long-term resident of a psychiatric ward.
The great cast that has been assembled, and the high quality of Iñárritu's past films, definitely make Birdman a project to look out for in the future – as does the potential for in-jokes and wink-wink references. Let's just hope that it turns out a little better than My Name is Bruce.
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ZZ Top Announce 2012 Tour with All-Star 'Gang of Outlaws'
In what should prove to be a fun warmup lap before they really start promoting their upcoming Rick Rubin-produced 15th studio album, ZZ Top have announced a new leg of U.S. tour dates.
Dubbed the 'Gang of Outlaws Tour,' the latest dates find ZZ Top taking the road as the headliners on a triple bill that also includes 3 Doors Down and country star Gretchen Wilson. Said Top member Billy Gibbons in a press release, "We're really looking forward to working with the guys from 3 Doors Down and Gretchen to. If we may borrow from the late, great Robert Johnson, clear those stones from the passway on this phenomenal tour. The Gang of Outlaws is ready to ride!"
Added 3 Doors Down singer Brad Arnold, "The tour is huge! We have the honor to share the stage with some amazing artists, including one of my favorite bands, ZZ Top! We can't wait to bring Gang of Outlaws to your town."
"Obviously I couldn't be more excited that I am to be part of this tour," said Wilson. "Fabulous guys, fabulous musicians!"
Tickets and detailed show information are available at ZZ Top's official website. Take a look at the full list of dates below:
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05/25 — Manchester, N.H.
05/26 — Atlantic City, N.J.
05/27 — Mashantucket, Ct.
05/30 — Scranton, Pa.
06/01 — Winston Salem, N.C.
06/02 — Fayetteville, N.C.
06/03 — Fredericksburg, Va.
06/05 — Richmond, Va.
06/06 — Simpsonville, S.C.
06/08 — St. Augustine, Fla.
06/09 — Atmore, Ala.
06/10 — Alpharetta, Ga.
06/12 — Hollywood, Fla.
06/15 — Estero, Fla.
06/16 — Orlando, Fla.
06/17 — Clearwater, Fla.
06/19 — Southaven, Miss.
06/20 — Nashville, Tenn.
06/22 — Baton Rouge, La.
06/23 — Houston, Texas
06/24 — Dallas, Texas
06/25 — Des Moines, Iowa
06/27 — Clarkston, Mich.
06/29 — Hinckley, Minn.