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"The power to assemble a permanent national DNA database of all offenders who have committed any of the crimes listed has catastrophic potential. If placed in the hands of an administration that chooses to 'exalt order at the cost of liberty' [such a] database could be used to repress dissent or, quite literally, to eliminate political opposition…Today, the court has opted for comprehensive DNA profiling of the least protected among us, and in so doing, has jeopardized us all." Judge Stephen R. Reinhardt, dissenting in U.S. v Kincade, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 2004, a ruling that allowed parolees to be compelled to provide a DNA sample.
Genetic technologies provide a new arena for tensions between our cherished ideals of liberty, order, justice, and fairness. Newspapers report the wonders such genetic knowledge can bring, but less often the threats for which these "advances" are also responsible. In reality, the ability to identify people and determine elements of their genetic profiles has significant downsides.
The dominant ideology in Western society holds that the only problems caused by technologies are either unintended side effects or abuses. However, technologies are not designed to benefit all segments of society equally. Because of their size, scale, and requirements for capital investments and knowledge, modern technologies can allow already-powerful groups to consolidate their powers.
Many government and private programs collect biological tissues, DNA samples, and the results of genetic analyses. At the same time, tests for new specific genes are being developed and DNA databases are being shared among individuals and organizations. Although these practices themselves raise policy issues, the uses of such information (computerized and easily correlated) also put civil liberties at risk. These efforts often reflect a belief that genes determine who a person is and what he or she is likely to do, and thus how society should treat the individual. Yet despite talk about genes for homosexuality, intelligence, or violence, such complex behaviors are likely the result of many biological and non-biological factors.
The use of the genetic technologies for control is reserved for elites—medical professionals, government functionaries, the very wealthy and their agents. And the people whose data is collected will often be those with little power. Thus employers test employees, insurance companies and health organizations test patients, college officials test students, and legislators pass bills proposing to test disempowered groups (e.g., prisoners).
The US Department of Defense (DoD) insists on taking DNA samples from all of its personnel, ostensibly to aid in the identification of those killed in action or military accidents, although its database has also been used for law enforcement purposes. Yet the samples are to be kept for 50 years (long after people have left active duty), the program includes civilian employees who are not in harm's way, the agency refuses to issue regulations barring all third-party use, and the Department will not accept waivers from the next of kin of subjects not wanting to donate tissues.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) suggests some factors to consider when data is being collected that will go into a systemic database: * Personal information should not be collected without individuals' informed consent; * Mandatory collection must be limited to what is required to achieve legitimate policy objectives. Exceptions should require statutory authority and information must be destroyed or made anonymous as soon as the authorized use is completed; * The degree of control an individual has over such information should depend on how "sensitive" it is (e.g., its potential to cause the person harm if made accessible or misused and the importance the person places on its confidentiality); * Information on ethnic origin, political or religious beliefs, health status, and sexual and financial life are often considered sensitive. Possible harms include limits to a person's economic, social, or political opportunities and needless embarrassment, stigma, or threats to the person's safety.1
DNA sequencing "ladder" in an autoradiogam. Image courtesy www.all-about-forensic-science.com
Every politician is in favor of solving crime, yet the Founding Fathers still saw the need for the Fourth Amendment to prohibit unreasonable searches and seizures, and the constitutions of many states have even stronger provisions protecting privacy.2 Since the 1990s the FBI has been promoting the genetic screening of criminals for use in criminal investigations, with results being used to establish state DNA identification databanks and compiled into a single national data library, the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).3 Yet the data—from about 10 million Americans so far—include samples from individuals whose crimes have low recidivism rates and whose crimes don't usually leave tissue DNA behind. The US Attorney General has set up a program to "assess criminal justice system delays in the analysis of DNA evidence and develop recommendations to eliminate those delays" which began in March of 2003; however, there is little evidence of concern for the civil liberties aspects of the program.4 Access to CODIS is available to all law enforcement and judicial proceedings and, in a somewhat limited scope, to criminal defendants.5
An increasingly common development is the collection and filing in CODIS of DNA from people who are merely accused and arrested, seemingly violating the Constitutional presumption of innocence. In 2012, the highest court in Maryland ruled that DNA collection from arrestees violated the Fourth Amendment; according to The New York Times, of the 10,666 samples collected in the state last year from arrestees, only 10 were from people who were later convicted.6 In other words, for 99.9% of these "searches" it is hard to argue there is a valid criminal justice function being served. The issue is also before the Supreme Court of Vermont.7 In the meantime, the US Supreme Court has put the Maryland ruling on hold, indicating a likely review during its 2012-13 term.8
On the other hand, specific matching of DNA from crime-scene samples and from suspects or people convicted of crimes (as opposed to using a pre-existing databank) has resulted in the exoneration of many falsely convicted individuals. In about a quarter of these cases, the wrongly convicted defendants made confessions or gave incriminating statements, thus suggesting that existing investigative procedures often involve coercion or, at very least, fail to protect the presumption of innocence. Interestingly, many prosecutors and judges resist this sort of post-trial testing despite the fact that testing has led to the apprehension of the actual perpetrator.
Another civil liberties concern is that racial disparities so evident in the criminal justice system are also reflected in the databanks, thereby perpetuating the problem. Additionally, some proponents argue that current DNA collection techniques involve "only a mouth swab," insisting this makes the procedure less "invasive" than taking blood samples and meeting the legal standard of reasonable searches.9
Genetic Privacy
Genetic privacy, like medical privacy in general, involves questions of the dignity and integrity of the individual. Are the genetic data accurate? Can individuals access their own files? Can the donor correct inaccurate data? Are the custodians faithful and are technical security systems protecting the data where possible? Does the individual have control over which third parties are allowed access, and under what conditions? Many of the factors noted in the ACLU Policy above are directed toward addressing such privacy concerns.
Federal law has increasingly given attention to medical records privacy, especially in light of the growing trend toward computerization of medical information.10 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), 1996, imposes significant federal rules about privacy for health information—including genetic data—held by health care providers, group insurance programs (including Medicaid, Medicare, and Veterans Affairs), and "health care clearinghouses" (mainly billing services).11 11 It does not cover employment, individually purchased health insurance, or life insurance, even if these records contain health information.
Under the HIPAA statute, the "Privacy Rule" was promulgated in 2002, requiring covered organizations to provide patients with a notice describing how it will protect health information, including the patient's right to see the records and make corrections, learn how it has been used, and request additional protections.12 A "Security Rule" covers administrative, physical, and technical safeguards that organizations use to assure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information. However, privacy issues continue to arise with regard to other collections of DNA, such as CODIS, collection by the DoD, etc.13
Genetic Discrimination
Scientists working with the Council for Responsible Genetics have documented hundreds of cases in which healthy people have been denied medical insurance or employment on the basis of genetic "predictions." Yet few genetic diseases follow inevitably from having a specific genetic variant; most are probabilistic in occurrence. Genetic tests—which have inherent limits—cannot tell us if a genetic mutation will become manifest; likewise, if it does so, tests cannot tell us when in life this will occur or how severe the condition will be. In addition, many genetic conditions can be controlled or treated by interventions and environmental changes, which is why governments have mandated for decades that newborns be tested for phenylketonuria (PKU) and treated if the condition is found.
This discrimination was partially addressed when the HIPAA was implemented, which prohibited commercial health insurers from excluding people because of past or present medical conditions, including predisposition to certain diseases. HIPAA specifically states that genetic information in the absence of a current diagnosis is not a pre-existing condition; however, it does not prevent covered health plans from requesting genetic information from individuals as a part of the insurance underwriting process.
After many attempts, specific federal legislation finally passed in 2008 (the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, or "GINA") addressing genetic discrimination in health insurance and employment. The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury administer the use of genetic information in group and individual health insurance, and employment enforcement is under the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).14,15 GINA makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of genetic information (including the genetic information of family members) and restricts entities such as employers, employment agencies, and labor organizations from seeking genetic information. The disclosure of genetic information to third parties is limited as well.
Starting in 2014, prohibitions against health insurance plans discriminating on the basis of health status are amplified under the Affordable Care Act.16 The act explicitly lists "genetic information" among the health status-related factors which cannot be used to establish rules for eligibility or coverage. However, sellers of life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance can still use genetic data to discriminate against applicants.
The availability of genetic data may seem to justify the creation of new human beings that lack specific, undesirable genetic variants, which raises additional concerns both about loss of privacy and increased opportunities for discrimination by powerful entities. In such a world, the desire for perfectionism and the ability to predict a baby's characteristics would replace tolerance for natural variation and diversity. Powerful scientists have already called for programs of eugenics, cleverly labeled as "genetic enhancement," to create more appealing suites of characteristics in individuals.17 Articles and television shows on "designer babies" were commonplace as many as ten years ago and, in conjunction with the 2012 Olympics, stories on "super athletes" were carried in the media, all of which raised the public profile of this controversial topic.18
It's one thing to be curious about "genetic foreknowledge," but when does that carry over into control of genetic futures—of children, for example? Genetic tests are conducted not only on prospective parents, but are now available to test fetuses for potential "genetic problems."19 The newly developed techniques in the field of synthetic biology could potentially provide additional powerful tools and make them more widely available for similar ends.20
Could parental genetic decisions actually limit the civil liberties of children?21 There is a dystopian possibility—the creation of human-animal chimeras. After all, we have 98% genetic similarity to an ape (and 75% to a pumpkin for that matter!), suggesting that creation of chimeras is quite possible. Although the U.S. Patent Office has ruled that chimeras are ineligible for patenting, will they be considered sufficiently "human" to be accorded civil rights?22
Until recently, the civil liberties implications of genetic patents were only the concern of a few people. This changed on May 12, 2009 when the ACLU filed a lawsuit to challenge the validity of Myriad Genetics' patent on the so-called "breast cancer genes" BRCA1 and BRCA2, despite the fact that 19 out of every 20 women with breast cancer do not have this gene configuration.23 The suit claims the patent is stifling research that could lead to cures and is limiting diagnostic testing and women's options regarding their medical care. In other words, modern corporate genetic practices actually impede research because, "biotechnology companies are keeping university scientists from fully researching the effectiveness and environmental impact of the industry's genetically modified crops [and human diseases]."24 Unlike European law, U.S. law does not contain a "research exemption" to prevent such stifling.25
Although human genetics research and development are usually presented as "advances," they may also be setting back our civil liberties on many fronts. Chief among the downsides are increased numbers of widely-available databases that correlate many facets of people's biology, lives, and activities, as well as increasing incidences of loss of privacy and discrimination. While federal legislation and administrative rules have begun to address these problems, private and governmental data mining grows rapidly as new technological formats are developed and a technological rationality (i.e., "more information is better") continues to hold sway over public opinion. As society becomes more familiar with genetics, privacy violations and discrimination may decrease but—at the same time—the rationales for increasing the numbers of public information/DNA databases also increases. These negative consequences need to be more fully considered in any public policy decisions about genetic technologies.


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Did Jim Thompson learn nothing this week?
Did Thompson, the Winnebago County Republican chairman, intentionally turn a deaf ear to the storm that surrounded the racist mutterings of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling?
Or is Thompson simply oblivious?
It doesn't really matter. Thompson should resign immediately from his party post.
Thompson, you'll recall, included a racially charged jab at President Barack Obama in a party newsletter:
"Media update for the week: saw on the news this week the offspring of a donkey and a zebra, black and white legs, rest all donkey. Not sure why this is news. Now if we can teach him to read a teleprompter, we could have two living creatures the media will fawn over that is part white, part black and all a**!"
The item was picked up by Talking Points Memo and went viral, adding to Rockford's infamy. Thompson issued an obligatory semi-apology, in which he said that if he'd offended anybody, he was sorry. "I regret including this item in the newsletter. In the future, it most certainly won't happen again."
Note that the "apology" was for putting the "joke" in the newsletter, not for the lack of racial sensitivity — or lack of common sense, for that matter. In other words, Thompson was sorry he got caught.
There's no room in our civic life for a party leader willing to traffic in racist humor. Thompson, like Sterling, needs to go.
In a perfect world, Republican officeholders and candidates will step up to make the case. That means you, Adam Kinzinger, Bobby Schilling, Dave Syverson, John Cabello and Joe Sosnowski. Do you really want this guy on your team? Really?
The electoral success of Winnebago County Republicans notwithstanding, the state party, which declined a request for comment on Thompson's remark, is an endangered species. And that's scary because a major reason Illinois is a fiscal basket case is that it's effectively a one-party state controlled by Democratic big spenders. Truly competitive elections are few and far between.
The Republican Party historically was the party of emancipation and free markets. It was always the responsible "Daddy Party," advising against profligate public spending and an over-reliance on government to take care of people.
But unless the GOP ends its racial cluelessness, it risks becoming the "Crazy Uncle Party."
That can't happen! We require a strong, competitive Republican Party for the good of Illinois. As demographics change, Republicans have to hang out the "Welcome New Friends" sign to attract voters of all colors, religions, ways of life.
Criticize Obama's policies all you want. Heaven knows there are plenty of policies to criticize. But his racial make-up is irrelevant.
You don't have to go back to Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president and Great Emancipator, to know that Illinois Republicans have a long history of being on the right side of racial issues.
It was Everett Dirksen, a GOP senator from Pekin, who secured Republican votes for the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. That bill would have failed without significant GOP support because liberal Southern Democrats like Richard Russell, Al Gore Sr. and J. William Fulbright wouldn't let go of the rotting remnants of the Lost Cause.
It was Dirksen who advocated a "yes" vote to end the Democrats' anti-civil rights filibuster with these words: "Stronger than all the armies is an idea whose time has come. ... The time has come for equality of opportunity in sharing in government, in education and in employment. It will not be stayed or denied. It is here!"
The GOP needs new Dirksens, and that's why it's time for Chairman Thompson to step down, for the good of his party.


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This is it, the final episode of the Hunting Party Podcast. The show was four hours long, so I decided to break it up into four one-hour segments.
The final episode is everything you've come to expect from the Hunting Party. Amazing guests, strong and varying opinions about Hunters, jokes, and of course the drinking game.
Appearing on this final episode are,
- Arth – Pet tanking artist, and author at the WHU
- Frostheim – formerly of the WHU and Scattered Shots.
- Euripides – fomerly of OutDPS, Call to Auction and Gold Capped.
- Darkbrew – from the Brew Hall.
- Alisaunder – from the Hunting Party Podcast.
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- BigRedKitty – The Godfather of Wow/Hunter blogging.
- Zeherah – Creator of Female Dwarf.
- Michele Morrow – Actress, gamer extraordinaire.
- RogerBrown – Hunter from Method.
- Banya – Real-life zookeeper and creator of Wow Biology 101.
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It's time for the Awesomest Oscar Pool Ballot In The History Of Oscar Pool Ballots.
Every year I create a special ballot based on a typical Academy Awards printable ballot -- but on my ballot, each category has a different point value. The highest valued category is "Best Picture," while the mainstream films' categories are valued at two points. The non-mainstream categories (like the documentary and short film categories) are valued at one point.
This way, in a tight race for the winner of the pool, the winner most likely would not be determined by the non-mainstream films (in other words, blind guesses). This year, I started with a ballot from Fandango, since Oscar.com didn't make a pretty, printable ballot this year. Again.
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Orange County gas prices have slipped below $4 a gallon, and analysts said market forces should drive them even lower in the coming days – and may hold them down as the summer travel season approaches.
Such forecasts are never certain in the volatile world of California's gasoline markets, and several analysts said a single refinery hiccup could send prices soaring again.
But at this point, "something needs to panic the market" for prices to jump much, said Charles Langley, a gasoline analyst at the Utility Consumers' Action Network in San Diego.
Historically California motorists have seen some of the highest prices of the year in the late spring, just in time for warm-weather road trips. But the annual spike came early this year, when a series of refinery slow-downs pinched supplies, and investors, betting on risk, bid up the price.
In Orange County, the price of a regular gallon of unleaded hit $4.31 on Feb. 27, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California. Gas prices have been falling since then, and squeaked under the $4 mark on Saturday. By Thursday, the price dropped to $3.95, according to AAA's daily Fuel Gauge Report.
"We're in a good situation," AAA spokeswoman Marie Montgomery said. "It looks like smooth sailing, hopefully, for a couple of weeks."
Analysts track the price of wholesale gasoline as a good indicator of where prices at the pump are headed. Those wholesale prices have been falling by a few cents a day. That suggests there's room for retail pump prices to come down even more, Montgomery said.
California refineries are back up and running after the slowdowns earlier this year, easing doubts about supplies. At the same time, demand for gasoline has fallen sharply, said Tom Kloza, the chief oil analyst for GasBuddy.
Because of that, he expects gas prices to stay below $4 at least until early summer. Pump prices, he said, should get "nowhere near some of the apocalyptical numbers we saw last year."
California refineries also are facing a real threat of competition from overseas exporters, Langley said. Those exporters, drawn by California's spiking prices, have shown that they are able and willing to produce the state's strict blend of gasoline and ship it, he said. That has introduced some competitive pressure into the state's notoriously closed gasoline economy.
In years past, this would be the time when Orange County motorists would start to see pump prices spiral upward.
"But this year," Montgomery said, "everything got thrown out the window."
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You won't get more for your money in these 10 states.
With the launch of CNBC's sixth-annual edition of "America's Top States For Business," we decided to take a look at the cost of a variety of items in the nation's 10 most expensive states. In the CNBC study, states are ranked using a 50-point scale—the lower the score, the higher the cost of living, and vice versa.
Interestingly enough, some of the states with the highest cost of living also had some of the highest scores in the quality-of-life category, so maybe you do get what you pay for.
Nevertheless, only one of 10 states in the slides ahead managed to rank among the top 10 overall in this year's Top States for Business. Cost of living may not be among the top criteria for a business, but it can be a big consideration for employees in the state.
To cover as much ground as possible, we included the average cost of one item related to housing, transportation, health, food and entertainment — single-family home, movie-theatre ticket, residential rent, doctor's visit, gallon of gasoline and even a T-bone steak — in the most expensive metropolitan areas of each of the 10 states. Data are from the ACCRA Cost of Living Index,based on average prices from Q1 2011-Q1 2012.
So, which states have the highest cost of living? Click ahead to find out!
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Note: Though there is a high correlation with this basket of goods and the CNBC's cost-of-living rankings, the items and prices listed are not the same as those used in the ACCRA index.


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Heather Locklear and Richie Sambora split up in 2007, but seem to have kept their relationship amicable.
The 52-year-old actress and 54-year-old former Bon Jovi guitarist recently walked the beaches of Kona, Hawaii with their 16-year-old daughter Ava.
The friendly exes co-hosted Ava's birthday party last October, while Sambora has said that he and Locklear still hang out together.
"We're very good. It's actually even beyond for [our daughter's] sake," he told Access Hollywood in 2012. "Heather and I really respect each other, and we've become better friends, I think, now that we're not married."
Locklear and Sambora were married for 13 years before their divorce. Sambora went on to date Denise Richards, Locklear's close friend, though they split for the second time in 2012.
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MILWAUKEE -- Frank Kruck was 7 when he saw his mother crying and fingering her rosary beads as she listened to the terrible news on the radio.
The announcement on a Sunday morning in December 72 years ago: Japanese planes had attacked Pearl Harbor, ships were burning, sailors and soldiers were wounded and dying. Frank's mother was praying for his brother Gene, a sailor aboard the minesweeper USS Widgeon.
It would be more than a week before the Western Union telegram was delivered to the Kruck family home in Waukesha: Gene was OK.
"It wasn't like today. We didn't hear for a while," Frank recalled.
Gene survived World War II and the Korean War, spending 22 years in the Navy. Divorced with no children, he died of complications from diabetes in 2002 in California, where he lived for decades. He was buried with full military honors. The flag over his casket was carefully folded and placed in a keepsake case.
No one is sure just how Gene Kruck's mementos ended up at a flea market in San Bernardino, Calif., more than a decade after his death. But a history buff who collects military memorabilia saw a blue sleeve poking out of a plastic box and stopped for a closer look.
When Ron Hallock realized it was a genuine dark blue Navy jersey with boatswain's mate arm patch, he called the vendor over and asked his price. Hallock paid $50 for a couple of uniform shirts. As he walked away, the vendor told him a large box came with the uniforms.
Hallock didn't want the box but took it any way and stored it in his garage where it sat for a couple of weeks before he opened it. That's when he discovered Eugene James Kruck's life.
From birth information to his career in the military _ records, certificates, medals and battle ribbons, a family picture album, a photo Gene Kruck snapped of President Harry Truman. A life.
"His battle ribbons _ good Lord, he fought and earned those things. At the bottom of the box was the tri-folded flag from his funeral and the empty cartridges from the 21-gun salute," Hallock said in a phone interview from California. "I just choked right up. It was too real for me to keep."
Finding Gene's family was difficult. He finally found a phone number that led him to Frank Kruck in Wauwatosa. Last summer, Hallock, a senior vice president for nutrition supplement company GNC, traveled to Wisconsin to meet Frank and his wife Barbara and give them Gene's possessions.
Frank, the youngest of seven kids, was surprised to learn his brother earned five bronze service stars denoting the number of campaigns in which Gene had participated. And he was deeply grateful for Hallock's efforts.
"Thank God he did this. I never would have known he got all these medals or gotten his flag," said Frank, who was 12 years younger than his brother.
Shortly after graduating from Waukesha High School in 1940, Gene Kruck quietly joined the Navy and left home. He didn't like goodbyes. When he was a kid, he was a strong swimmer and taught his brother Frank how to swim. Nicknamed Geno and Pickles because he often fished them out of a large barrel at the grocery store, he was an altar boy at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Waukesha.
Gene's first two assignments in the Navy were on submarines stationed in Pearl Harbor. On Dec. 7, 1941, he was serving on the Widgeon when Japanese planes dropped out of the sky.
After Widgeon crew members fired machine guns at attacking planes, the mine sweeper left its berth at Pearl Harbor's submarine base and headed toward Ford Island, where it helped douse burning ships on battleship row and began salvage operations on the overturned battleship Oklahoma, as well as the Nevada and California.
Although Gene didn't talk much about his war experiences, "he said he could throw an orange and hit the Japanese planes they were so close," recalled his brother.
Gene lost a lot of buddies when one of the submarines he had once served on, the USS Shark, was sunk by the Japanese just three months after the Pearl Harbor attack.
When Frank joined the Air Force in 1952 during the Korean War, he listened to his brother Gene's advice to study hard, which paid off when he was one of only a handful of airmen in his unit chosen for cryptography school. Frank deciphered coded messages and worked as a courier in London. His friends who joined the military at the same time were sent to Korea; a few were seriously injured.
"Who knows if I'd be here today? I would've ended up in Korea," said Frank, who has two daughters and three grandchildren.
Frank's older brother went on to serve on the large cruiser USS Guam, which was attacked by kamikaze planes and participated in the invasion of Okinawa. He was assigned to the USS Missouri a year after the Japanese surrendered on the ship's deck, he took part in the Battle of Inchon at the start of the Korean War and was deployed to the Mediterranean for the Suez Canal crisis.
"Reading the papers was like reading his life story," said Hallock. "I said 'Holy mackerel, this fella is like the Forrest Gump of the World War II Navy.' He was everywhere."
After he retired from the Navy, Gene stayed in California, married, played golf, worked at Santa Anita racetrack and got divorced. He joined the VFW and American Legion.
Now that he has his brother's burial flag, Frank is donating it for display at his American Legion post in Brookfield.
And Gene Kruck's blue Navy uniforms?
The Kruck family wanted Hallock to keep them now that they and the history buff from California have become friends. It was a way to thank him for bringing so much of Gene's life and legacy back home.


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Drummer Jack DeJohnette was 23 when he made his first recording with The Charles Lloyd Quartet in 1966. Since that time, he's been a driving force in the world of jazz. This year, DeJohnette will celebrate his birthday all year long — the big day is actually August 9 — with special events, including his current tour with his old friends Chick Corea (piano) and Stanley Clarke (bass).
One afternoon during their four-night engagement at Seattle's Jazz Alley, this jazz supergroup visited the KPLU Performance Studio for a little conversation with jazz host Abe Beeson and a whole lot of music. They must have had Miles Davis on their minds that day, because they began with John Coltrane's "Miles' Mode" and continued with Victor Feldman's composition "Joshua," which was originally recorded by Davis on his Seven Steps to Heaven album.
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Deadline Nears for Expanded Homeowners Assistance Program
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- Created: Tuesday, 03 July 2012 13:30
- Last Updated: Tuesday, 03 July 2012 13:30
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, expanded the HAP to provide assistance to:
-- Deployed wounded, injured, or ill members of the Armed Forces (30% or greater disability) and forward deployed wounded, injured, or ill Department of Defense and Coast Guard civilian homeowners (including employees of non-appropriated fund instrumentalities) reassigned in furtherance of medical treatment or rehabilitation or due to medical retirement in connection with their disability;
-- Surviving spouses of the fallen;
-- Base Realignment and Closure 2005-impacted homeowners relocating during the mortgage crisis; and
-- Service member homeowners undergoing Permanent Change of Station moves during the mortgage crisis.
"The amended law now includes HAP relief for surviving spouses of the fallen, BRAC 2005-impacted homeowners relocating during the mortgage crisis, and service member homeowners undergoing permanent-change-of-station moves during the mortgage crisis," said Michael McAndrew, director of facilities investment and management office for the deputy undersecretary of defense for installations and environment.
Key expanded HAP deadlines and qualifying timeframes have already passed, McAndrew said, further escalating the urgency of swift benefit distribution and program closure.
"Reassignment order dates must range from Feb. 1, 2006, through Sept. 30, 2010, and qualifying property purchases, or signed contracts to purchase must have occurred prior to July 1, 2006," McAndrew said. "BRAC reached its full implementation by Sept. 15, 2011."
The total benefit calculation, capped at $729,750, is based upon the home purchase price, McAndrew said.
"We've made every effort to try and make funds available to pay as many of these applications as we can, and so far we've been very successful in doing that," McAndrew explained, adding that the program is designed to minimize the housing market's impact, not negate it altogether.
"It's a great program, but we can't help folks if they don't apply," McAndrew said. "We need to know who is out there because there's no magic database in the department that tells us who may have been impacted."
Wounded, injured and ill and surviving spouse applications take priority and are not be subject to the Sept. 30, 2012, deadline for claims.
All applications are now centrally processed through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District. To apply, visit the HAP web site and follow application instructions.
Related Sites:
Homeowners Assistance Program [ http://hap.usace.army.mil/ ]
U.S Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District [ http://www.sas.usace.army.mil ]
Homeowners Assistance Program Questions and Answers [ http://hap.usace.army.mil/FAQs.html ]


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- When is the right time to ask about hospice?
- How does hospice care begin?
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- How does Hospice work to keep the patient comfortable?
- What role does the hospice volunteer serve?
- Can I be cared for by Hospice if I reside in a nursing facility or other type of long-term care facility?
- What happens if I cannot stay at home due to my increasing care need and require a different place to stay during my final phase of life?
- How can I be sure that quality hospice care is provided?
- Do state and federal reviewers inspect and evaluate hospices?
Q. When is the right time to ask about hospice?
A. Now is the best time to learn more about hospice and ask questions about what to expect from hospice services. Although end-of-life care may be difficult to discuss, it is best for family members to share their wishes long before it becomes a concern. This can greatly reduce stress when the time for hospice is needed. By having these discussions in advance, patients are not forced into uncomfortable situations. Instead, patients can make an educated decision that includes the advice and input of family members and loved ones.
Q. How does hospice care begin?
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A. Hospice care is available 'on-call' after the administrative office has closed, seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Lourdes Hospices has nurses available to respond to a call for help within minutes, if necessary. Hospice also has chaplains and social workers on call as well.
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A. Many patients may have pain and other serious symptoms as illness progresses. Our hospice staff receives special training to care for all types of physical and emotional symptoms that cause pain, discomfort, and distress. Because keeping the patient comfortable and pain-free is an important part of hospice care, there are ways to measure how comfortable the patient is during the course of their stay in hospice. Hospice staff works with the patient's physician to make sure that medication, therapies, and procedures are designed to achieve the goals outlined in the patient's care plan. The care plan is reviewed frequently to make sure any changes and new goals are in the plan.
Q. What role does the hospice volunteer serve?
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Q. What happens if I cannot stay at home due to my increasing care need and require a different place to stay during my final phase of life?
A. These patients may require a different place to live during this phase of their life when they need extra care, usually in a nursing home. However, care in nursing homes is not covered under the Medicare or Medicaid Hospice Benefit. It is best to find out, well before hospice may be needed, if insurance or any other payer covers this type of care or if patients/families will be responsible for payment.
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Location: Bartow County
Campaign: Franklin-Nashville Campaign (1864)
Date(s): October 5, 1864
Principal Commanders: Brig. Gen. John M. Corse [US]; Maj. Gen. Samuel G. French [CS]
Forces Engaged: One brigade (1,944 men) [US]; one division (approx. 2,000 men) [CS]
Estimated Casualties: 1,505 total (US 706; CS 799)
Description: After the fall of Atlanta, Hood moved northward to threaten the Western & Atlantic Railroad, Sherman's supply line. He attacked a number of minor garrisons and damaged track during October 2-4. Sherman sent reinforcements—John M. Corse's brigade—to Allatoona just before the Rebels attacked there. Maj. Gen. Samuel G. French's Confederate division arrived near Allatoona at sunrise on the 5th. After demanding a surrender and receiving a negative reply, French attacked. The Union outer line survived a sustained two and a half hour attack, but then fell back and regrouped in an earthen "Star" fort of Allatoona Pass. French repeatedly attacked, but the fort held. The Rebels began to run out of ammunition, and reports of arriving Union reinforcements influenced them to move off and rejoin Hood's force.
Result(s): Union victory
CWSAC Reference #: GA023
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I came across this Edward Hopper painting today and, for a few minutes, tried to connect the image with the name. The painting is evocative of everything I associate with the 1920s: men in suits, chic flappers, and dim stylish interiors. Yet if you look closely, there is a terracotta teapot on the table. And try to decipher the restaurant placard outside the window. The restaurant and painting are both called "Chop Suey".
Ask Americans what comes to mind when they think of Chinese restaurants. The adjectives you'll most likely get are along the lines of cheap, quick, and dingy with fluorescent lighting. Chinese restaurants are now the culinary equivalent of love motels.
I'm not talking about banquet halls in Chinatowns that cater to the Chinese, which also tend to be lackluster. I'm talking about restaurants for the other 99.5% of America. Whether they know it or not, these greasy take-outs, Panda Expresses, and P.F. Changs serve as cultural ambassadors for Chinese food and culture. And what they represent is cheap food for the masses, not culinary sophistication.
A few writers have lamented the blah-ness of Chinese restaurants in America, mostly in terms of food quality. But what about the decor, atmosphere, and service, those little extras that can make or break a dining experience? The restaurants that are stylish without resorting to kitschy chinoiserie are few and far between.
Granted, I wasn't alive in 1920's America. But I'd still like to imagine that for every few dingy chop suey take-outs, there is an Edward Hopper "Chop Suey" equivalent. Where men and women got dolled up and whiled away the afternoon over a pot of Pu'er. Where Chinese food wasn't just a means of filling up your stomach, but also a symbol of the good life.
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Stasis: Things don't change nearly as much as we think ...
Nope. The liverwort (sort of) was around 471 million years ago.
On this, British physicist David Tyler writes,
On ecological grounds, the plants that grew in the Ordovician were ideally suited to initiating the colonisation process. They were not there because they were primitive (because there are plenty of complexities if we look for them) but because they were pioneers in the colonisation process. Furthermore, although there is evidence of diversification, the message we need to take home is one of stasis. Having established diversity, the authors of the research paper are constrained to comment that this same diversity is apparent at higher stratigraphical levels. It would appear that diversification was accompanied by stasis. This is not a story of macroevolutionary transformation, but of variations within a basic type. Today there are over 6,000 liverwort species: there is plenty of evidence for diversification, but all of it is within the Liverwort group.Go here for more.
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Chen Guangcheng, the outspoken Chinese pro-life advocate who slipped past that country's security police to escape house arrest and find refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, left the embassy May 2, reported the New York Times, after assurances by the Chinese government that he and his family would be safe. According to U.S. officials involved in the tense six-day standoff during which an embarrassed Chinese government excoriated the U.S. for intruding in its affairs, Chen called Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after leaving the embassy compound to thank her for intervening on his behalf.
Clinton issued a statement saying she was "pleased that we were able to facilitate Chen Guangcheng's stay and departure from the U.S. Embassy in a way that reflected his choices and our values. I was glad to have the chance to speak with him today and to congratulate him on being reunited with his wife and children."Clinton added that the Chinese pro-life leader "has a number of understandings with the Chinese government about his future, including the opportunity to pursue higher education in a safe environment. Making these commitments a reality is the next crucial task."
The blind Chen, who has suffered severe persecution for his role in exposing China's repressive one-child policy for families — and its record of forced abortion for mothers who insist on giving birth to more children — slipped away from Chinese authorities April 22 and was given refuge in the U.S. Embassy because of the "exceptional circumstances, including his disabilities," an American official traveling with Clinton told reporters inBeijing. "On humanitarian grounds we assisted him and allowed him to remain on a temporary basis," the official added.
During his stay at the embassy, reported the Times, Chen "adhered to his position that he was not seeking asylum in the United States but wanted to stay with his family in China as a free person, said the official, who was involved in the three-way negotiations that involved Mr. Chen and officials from the United States and China. 'He expressed his hope to stay in China and he never varied from that,' a second senior official involved in the negotiations, who briefed reporters, said."
After several hours of meetings that included Chen, American officials, and the Chinese government, an agreement was reached whereby Chen will be transferred from his hometown in Shandong Province, where he had been under house arrest on and off since 2005 and where, he said, his family had suffered physical attacks. Chen will reportedly be allowed to enroll at a Chinese university to study law, a profession in which he has been self-taught and which he has pursued for several years.
While American officials insisted that they were satisfied with assurances by China that it will not retaliate against Chen or continue harassing him, it was not immediately clear how Chen's treatment at the hands of the repressive regime would be monitored. "There appeared to be no similar case in which a high-profile Chinese dissident had sought protection at the American Embassy and then returned to Chinese custody," reported the Times. "American human rights officials and lawyers have often questioned whether the Chinese would provide the protection they promised in such a situation."
What is clear is that Chinese officials were wroth with the U.S.government for its intervention in Chen's high-profile case. China has always considered criticism of its oppressive human rights record as interference in its domestic affairs — and outside intervention into its abusive behavior as absolutely off-limits.
At the height of the crisis, as Chen was holed up inside the U.S. Embassy, one of the country's foreign ministry spokesmen, Liu Weimin, ripped into theU.S.for its interference. "It must be pointed out that the United States Embassy took the Chinese citizen Chen Guangcheng into the embassy in an irregular manner, andChinaexpresses its strong dissatisfaction over this," Liu said in a statement. "TheU.S.method was interference in Chinese domestic affairs, and this is totally unacceptable toChina.Chinademands that theUnited Statesapologize over this, thoroughly investigate this incident, punish those who are responsible, and give assurances that such incidents will not recur."
Shortly after Chen's release, a Chinese human rights lawyer, Jiang Tianyong, told Reuters News that he had been rebuffed in his attempts to check in with Chen. "Just now I tried to see him, but I was prohibited from entering [the hospital]," Jiang said. "They said 'he is currently being examined, you'll have to find another time.' So right now there's no way. I can't get in."
According to the Associated Press, China's treatment of Chen and his family over the past several years makes its assurances of their safety and humane treatment since his "repatriation" suspect, to say the least. Up until his dramatic escape, "Chen and his family had been harassed and kept under house arrest since the summer of 2005," reported AP, "except for a four-year period when Chen was jailed on charges of disrupting traffic and restrictions were eased on his wife and daughter."
Following Chen's release from custody in September 2010, "the family was again placed under house arrest, their movements severely restricted, with even six-year-old daughter Kesi subjected to searches when she came home from school," continued AP. "Chen and his wife, Yuan Weijing, were beaten several times."
LifeNews.com noted that China has good reason to want to silence Chen, an outspoken voice against the country's forced abortion policies. According to the pro-life news site, "Reggie Littlejohn, president of Women's Rights Without Frontiers, has released a compendium of Chen Guangcheng's field notes about forced abortion and sterilization in China and the stories the blind attorney compiled are shocking, even for those familiar with the forced abortion abuses that take place as a result of China's one-child policy."
Littlejohn told LifeNews that her organinzation had obtained a copy of Chen's notes and had released an English translation of them. "A member of Chen's team, human rights attorney Teng Biao, drafted this 2005 investigative report into coercive family planning in Linyi City, Shandong Province," Littlejohn said. "The report contains extensive witness statements from cases Chen and his team were investigating before Chen was jailed."
Among the most grevious examples of China's merciless abuse included in Chen's report are:
- A woman forced to undergo an abortion at seven months, followed by forced sterilization.
- Villagers forced to sleep in fields in order to evade China's family planning enforcers.
- Family Planning officials breaking three brooms over the head of an elderly man.
- Family Planning officials forcing a grandmother and her brother to beat each other.
- The practice by Family Planning officials of "implication" — detaining, fining, and torturing extended family members of those who have "violated" China's one-child policy.
While Chen's report dates from around 2005, Littlejohn said that recent evidence shows that China's forced-abortion policy has not changed in the ensuing years. A photo of a "full term baby floating in the bucket in which it was drowned circulated widely on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, eliciting widespread outrage," Littlejohn noted to LifeNews. She added that "in April 2011, Family Planning officials stabbed a man to death when attempting to seize his sister for a forced sterilization." And, Littlejohn recalled, "in October 2011, a woman, six months pregnant, died during a forced abortion inLijingCounty…."
Littlejohn advised that "Chen may be safe for the moment, but the women for whom he risked everything are not. Forced abortion is not a choice. It is official government rape. Until women inChinaare free to exercise perhaps their most fundamental right — the right to bear children — the nation of China will not be free."
Photo: Blind activist Chen Guangcheng, center, is seen in a village in China: AP Images


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Since the dawn of commerce, successful businesses have allocated plenty of resources and top quality management time to developing new products and to making and marketing existing products more efficiently. The effect on profits and thus on shareholder value has usually been positive and, where a current stream of business was involved, has soon manifested itself. To a large extent the same is true of managing financial risk. The hedging of currency risk by international traders, for example, is a well-established and integrated part of the management process.
Until relatively recently, however, businesses have been slow to apply similar rigour to other classes of risk. Money spent defining and limiting risk, if spent effectively, will yield results that are very difficult to measure in financial terms.
. Budgets for this type of expenditure are therefore hard won and easily lost and it is not surprising that good managers will question how time spent on risk management will further their career.


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It's a tie for the ages. There are too many holes in the certified totals from the Iowa caucuses to know for certain who won, but Rick Santorum wound up with a 34-vote advantage.
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Josh Israel is senior investigative reporter for ThinkProgress at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Previously, he was a reporter and oversaw money-in-politics reporting at the Center for Public Integrity; was chief researcher for Nick Kotz's acclaimed 2005 book Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws that Changed America; and was president of the Virginia Partisans Gay and Lesbian Democratic Club.
A New England native, Israel received a B.A. in politics from Brandeis University and graduated from the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia in 2004. He has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, and many radio shows across the country.


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Written by Gradye Parsons
Each month the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Moderator or Vice Moderator of the 220th General Assembly write a column of general interest for the church-at-large.
Life after disasters is full of stories of tragedy and miraculous survival.
Recently, I visited Joplin, Missouri, which was devastated by a class E-5 tornado in May. It was the deadliest tornado since 1950, killing over 155 people and destroying around 7,000 homes. The tornado tore a path three-fourths of a mile wide and ten miles long through town.
It is difficult to see what force the church has against the magnitude of such destruction. Yet, what impressed me in Joplin is the extraordinary power of the ordinary life of the church.


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Many home improvement projects and renovations simply cannot be safely and successfully completed by home owners.
Experts say certain types of jobs shouldn't be done by even the most handy individuals. They include plumbing work such as modifying the plumbing system and rerouting sewer pipes, electrical work such as installing electric floor heating, as well as outdoor work like roofing and installing decks.
While embarking on any type of project for the home can be exciting, it's important to remember that rushing into a decision on which professional to use is often a bad idea. In fact, experts say there are certain ways to help ensure you hire a reputable contractor and end up satisfied with the finished product.
Ask for referrals
The best way to find a quality contractor is to ask friends and family members for their recommendations. Ask them about their overall experience working with the individual and make sure you visit their home to look at the quality of the completed project to ensure it meets your standards as well.
Shop around
According to The Omaha World Herald, individuals should get at least three bids. Make sure that each is based on the same specifications and materials so you're comparing apples to apples, so to speak.
Do your homework
When it comes to choosing a contractor, it is the homeowner's responsibility to be thorough. Check out his or her credentials and set up in-person interviews with each person.
Prepare your questions in advance so you won't be distracted and forget to cover all your bases. Websites such as the Federal Trade Commission's have lists of potential questions to ask potential contractors. Some of the most important things to find out include how long they've been in business, whether they're licensed and insured, will they be using subcontractors and what are their start and end times each day.
These in-person interviews can greatly help you choose the right person, as they'll show how forthcoming and sincere they are. They will also help homeowners determine if they'll be able to work well with them.
You can also check a contractor out with the organizations such as the Better Business Bureau.
Ask for references
Don't just ask for people to contact, make sure you actually call them to discuss their experience with the contractor. It is also helpful to ask to see the finished work and to ask previous clients if they wish anything on their project had been done differently.
Get it in writing
Make sure to get an itemized bid and ask whether it's an estimate or a fixed price.
Once you choose a contractor, ask for a detailed written contract. The contract should be as thorough as possible and should include information on their license number, your payment schedule, estimated start and end dates, which permits will be obtained and warranties on completed work. Any verbal promises or guarantees should also be included.
Beware of paying too much before work has started
One of the biggest mistakes homeowners make is paying too much up-front. Experts often suggest paying a third at the beginning of the job, a third halfway through and the final third upon completion and their satisfaction.
While choosing a contractor is a time-consuming endeavor, the process is worth it when the project is successfully completed.
Those who have disputes with a contractor can choose to solve it in several different ways. According to the FTC, many disagreements can be resolved between the two parties, while others require further action. Consumers may choose to contact their state or local consumer protection office, the Better Business Bureau, a local builders' association, a dispute resolution program or a local television or newspaper reporter who covers consumer issues.
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The 'Babe Ruth' of legislators
Congress is losing a lot of policy heavyweights this year, but there's only one whose career spans from the creation of Medicare to the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
In his nearly six decades in Congress, John Dingell has played a central role in more issues than most ordinary lawmakers ever get to touch — everything from health care to energy, environmental laws, food safety and telecommunications policy, and an aggressive oversight approach that cut across even more issues that affect Americans daily.
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He's worked on just about every environmental law on the books, from the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act to the National Environmental Policy Act — the law that requires agencies to write environmental impact statements about their upcoming actions. He also played a crucial role in the Clean Air Act amendments of 1990, the biggest rewrite of that law.
( PHOTOS: Who's leaving Congress?)
And Dingell is the Democrat who introduced a universal health care bill in every new session of Congress, keeping the cause alive until the passage of President Barack Obama's signature legislative achievement in 2010. He rallied Democrats to keep going, urging them not to let another health care reform effort end in failure. And at the signing ceremony, it was Dingell who sat next to Obama, grinning broadly as his cause became the law of the land.
When Dingell announced his retirement Monday, his colleagues didn't dwell on whether all of his legislative accomplishments will stand the test of time — especially with the ongoing fights over Obamacare. Instead, they mourned the loss of someone who had mastered both politics and policy as thoroughly as Dingell had.
Former Rep. Rick Boucher, a Virginia Democrat who served with Dingell for many years on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said working on legislation with Dingell was "like playing baseball with Babe Ruth."
( Also on POLITICO: N. J. Democrat Holt to quit House)
"He's the most accomplished legislator that the House has seen in the latter half of the 20th century and the first part of the 21st century," said Boucher, who now runs the government strategies group at the Sidley Austin lobbying firm.
Dingell is a firm believer in the power of government, in the style of New Deal liberalism, and especially in the use of old-school congressional power. That's a trait he demonstrated as he expanded the reach of the House Energy and Commerce Committee during his days as chairman, to the point where he would point to a photo of Earth taken from space, hanging in the committee lounge, and tell his staff, "That's our jurisdiction."
He had plenty of clashes along the way, especially with environmentalists who thought he weakened too many laws to protect Detroit's auto industry — one of the conflicts that led to his ouster as chairman by Rep. Henry Waxman of California in 2009. And his oversight style sometimes struck critics as too heavy-handed — especially in the case of a 1980s investigation into allegations of scientific fraud that damaged careers, including that of a scientist who was later exonerated.
( Also on POLITICO: Ex-NFL player seeks Hastings seat)
But his legislative skills, and his sheer virtuosity in the range of subjects he took on, won him the respect of his colleagues and even some of his opponents.
Rick Kessler, Dingell's former chief of staff, noted that "if you think about the Clean Air Act and NEPA, any member would be proud to accomplish one of these, let alone both. And those are just part of his career."
Even Republicans who share virtually none of his policy goals gave him credit for the scope of his work.
"He is certainly one of the top House members of all time and arguably the most successful who was never elected speaker," Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), who clashed with Dingell when Barton was Energy and Commerce chairman and Dingell was the ranking member, said in a statement to POLITICO. "There isn't any aspect of American life in the 20th and 21st century that hasn't been touched by legislation John Dingell played a major role in. … His list of accomplishments on the Energy and Commerce Committee will likely never be equaled."
( Also on POLITICO: Will a governor win the W. H. in 2016?)
"We spar over policy, but the disagreements end when we leave the dais," said Barton, who called Dingell "a tough political opponent and also a close personal friend."
Former colleagues say Dingell worked hard to master the subjects, but also the procedural rules — because he knew that was a key to achieving the policy goals he wanted.


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The Los Alamos Council on Cancer and the United Way teamed up for a spring seminar on cancer, Thursday night.
Dr. Carolyn Linnebur, Cardiology and Internal Medicine and member of the Board for the Los Alamos Council on Cancer acknowledged the success of the program, due to the collaboration of the United Way, the LAMC Auxiliary and donations made by community members.
Dr. Eric Bernstein of Northern New Mexico Cancer Care and Dr. Kathryn Zerbach of Los Alamos Surgical Associates provided a well rounded presentation to more than 60 on breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
The pairing provided information on what numbers are important to watch, the risk reduction factors, adjuvant therapies, hereditary cancer testing options and red flags.
Los Alamos County Public Access (PAC-8) recorded the presentation, which will be shown on PAC-8 and available for check out at Mesa Public Library, within the next few weeks.
Los Alamos County Library offered handouts of resources available at the MPL, LeeAnne Parsons was on hand to answer questions about the Look Good Feel Better class and Paula Roybal Sanchez provided health and nutrition information from Cooperative Extension.
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Ingredient – Maraschino Cherries
The garnish of choice for a Manhattan is a Maraschino cherry. That word probably brings images of bright red, extremely sweet fruits floating up in your consciousness. But, like many things in the cocktail world, it hasn't always been that way. Maraschino (pronounced Mara-skee-no) cherries were originally produced by macerating Marasca in Maraschino liqueur. Introduced to the US in the late 1800's these cherries were lightly sour and bright red in color. They were a favorite among diners in fine restaurants. Once good old prohibition rolled around though, things had to change. Clearly you can't have cherries macerated in liqueur when liqueur is now illegal. Enter the Maraschino (pronounced Mara-shee-no) cherry as we know it today.
First developed by Ernest H. Wiegand, Maraschino cherries now days are cherries that have been dyed red (or any other color), flavored with almond oil and packed in a sugar syrup. Needless to say the flavor of these cherries differs from the original quite substantially. Alas, the classic Maraschino cherry isn't widely available in the US. There is however a substitute that is supposed to be very good, Amarena Fabbri Wild Cherries [Referer Link]. These are Italian Amarena cherries that are pitted and macerated in a sweet syrup. So the good news is, they're not nearly as processed as the Maraschino cherries you find on store shelves here, but they still aren't really the real deal.
Another option, which is my preferred method, is to make your own macerated cherries. In my case I took dried bing cherries and soaked them in cognac. The resulting cherries are wonderfully chewy (a good thing) and very deeply cherry flavored. They're a great garnish for a Manhattan or to just nibble on. If you're looking for some more reading there is a nice discussion on eGullet on how to make your own Maraschino-like cherries. There is also a nice thread on Chowhound about Brandied Cherries that is an interesting read.


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Chris Brown's legal team rejected a plea deal on the assault case the singer is facing stemming from an October assault outside of a Washington, D.C. hotel, tmz.com reports.
The prosecution offered to reduce the charge to simple assault from misdemeanor assault. Brown's lawyer, Mark Geragos, wants to see a surveillance video that may have captured the incident before agreeing to a plea bargain, tmz.com says.
The singer is facing a misdemeanor assault charge from an incident which began when Brown was reportedly approached at approximately 4:30 am by two women who wanted to take a picture with him in front of the W Hotel in Washington, D.C., according to law enforcement, as per TMZ. When two men attempted to get into the photo, Brown allegedly used a gay slur before allegedly throwing a punch at the alleged victim.
Brown was initially facing a felony assault charge, but it was reduced to a misdemeanor from a felony, according to TMZ.com.
The singer pled not guilty to the charge and is required to stay 100 yards away from the alleged victim in the case.
In witness statements obtained by TMZ, Brown denies punching the alleged victim. Brown says he was on the tour bus when the alleged assault took place and that his bodyguard took care of the situation.
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When you're working in JavaScript, many times you'll have a data source that is one or more JSON or JSON-like objects. When those objects are stored in an Array, you can use filter() to find the element you need, but what happens when you start to get into nested Objects—where the JSON elements in your Array themselves contain Arrays or Objects? Then you wind up with filters within filters, null checking to avoid checking properties on objects that may or may not be there, etc. Wouldn't it be nice if you could just query the objects?
With AlaSQL, you can! Note that AlaSQL can do a lot more than just querying JSON, but I'm focusing on that because that's how I'm using it at the moment. The documentation on the syntax of how to do this is written from the perspective of someone who already understands the syntax, so it doesn't really cover all the use cases I ran into. Between trawling the tests and a great deal of trial and error, I've arrived at a "layman's" understanding of how some of this works, so I thought I'd share my thoughts to make it easier for more people to use this great tool.
Here's a plunker that you can launch in a separate window to follow along:
The forward slash just represents a "level" in the JSON Object/Array. It's especially useful when dealing with a level that's an Array, because that level won't have named properties (see example 1).
The forward slash both says where to search and what to return. So it navigates to a specific depth for both purposes (see example 2). In this example, the first "/" is the root of the Array. The second is the properties of the Objects returned, and the third says "look inside those properties." So it's the same as example 3, because categories is the only property with anything nested in it. In example 3, you can think of "categories" as being a more specific version of "/".
Returning values at a different level than where you're searching
There are two instances in which you need to return elements at a different level than you're searching: one where you need to find some ancestor element where child objects satisfy the query and one where you need to go further and get properties from the objects satisfying the query.
I'm going to start with the second first, because it's simpler. All you have to do is add the property you're looking for between the end of your entire SEARCH statement and the beginning of the FROM (esample 4). Usually that means it's going to go after WHERE (and ORDER BY, which we'll get to later), which is a little odd if you're used to database SQL, but it makes sense if you think of the result of the SEARCH as an object and then you're saying "and then I want this from the returned object."
In the case of finding an ancestor, you can kind of think of it as using a variable to say "hold that thought" at a specific level of navigation as you're drilling down, by storing that level in a variable. Then, just as you do with a property, you ask AlaSQL to return that variable from the search result (example 5).
DISTINCT with SEARCH is similar to DISTINCT with SELECT in regular SQL in that it wants to be right after SEARCH. It uses parentheses to enclose what should be distinct, and those should go around the entire statement that says what the SEARCH criteria are (example 6).
Like variables referring to ancestors, ORDER BY goes before FROM. It also has a special syntax for ordering by "whatever it was that the search selected." This is handy, because it can get kind of fiddly trying to figure out what the path to that should be in the ORDER BY clause. To use this syntax, just put ASC or DESC in parentheses after ORDER BY (example 7). Note that you can also just leave the parentheses empty, which is the same as ASC.
Other use cases
I'm sure I've only scratched the surface ot the SEARCH syntax, but these were a few that I ran into in my own project. I've created a plunker so that I can explore different use cases without having to wait for my Angular 2 TypeScript project to compile every time I make a change. Feel free to use it as well!


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Area of Expertise: Swine Nutrition; Broiler Chicken Nutrition; Duck Nutrition
Education: B.S., University of Ife, Nigeria; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Guelph, CanadaPost-doctoral Training: University of Guelph, Canada
Lab website
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(2012) National Broiler Chicken Council Research Award, Poultry Science Association. Poultry Science Association.
(2011) National Academy â" National Research Council Committee on Nutrient Requirements of Swine 2010-02. National Academy â" National Research Council Committee on Nutrient Requirements of Swine 2010-02.
(2010) Evonik-Degussa Poultry Research Award, Poultry Science Association, 2010. Poultry Science Association.
(2007) Maple Leaf Farms Duck Research Award. Poultry Science Association and Maple Leaf Farms.
(2007) Nonruminant Nutrition Research Award. American Society of Animal Science and American Feed Industry Association.
(2005) Poultry Nutrition Research Award. Poultry Science Association and American Feed Industry Association.
Adeola, O., Schinckel, A. P., Ajuwon, K., & Einstein, M. E. (2012). Accretion rates and efficiency of amino acid utilization during the twenty-nine days post-hatch period in male ducks. Journal of Poultry Science, 49, 79-85.
Bolarinwa, O. A., & Adeola, O. (2012). Direct and regression methods do not give different estimates of DE and ME of wheat for pigs. Journal of Animal Science, 90 (Suppl. 2), 390-392.
Che, T., Adeola, O., Azain, M., Carter, S., Cromwell, G., Hill, G., . . . Pettigrew, J. (2012). Effect of Dietary Acids on Growth Performance of Nursery Pigs: A Cooperative Study. Journal of Animal Science, 90, 4408-4415.
Bolarinwa, O., & Adeola, O. (2012). Energy value of wheat, barley and wheat dried distillersäó» grains with solubles for broiler chickens determined using the regression method. Poultry Science, 91, 1928-1935.
Walk, C., Addo-Chidie, E. K., Bedford, M., & Adeola, O. (2012). Evaluation of a highly soluble calcium source and phytase in the diets of broiler chickens. Poultry Science, 91, 2255-2263.
Adeola, O., & Ragland, D. (2012). Ileal digestibility of amino acids in co-products of corn processing into ethanol for pigs. Journal of Animal Science, 90(Suppl.4):, 86-88.
Adedokun, S., Ajuwon, K., Romero, L., & Adeola, O. (2012). Ileal endogenous amino acid losses response of broiler chickens to fiber and mild coccidial vaccine challenge. Poultry Science, 91, 899-907.
Garcia, R., Phillips, J., & Adeola, O. (2012). Improved prediction of meat and bone meal metabolizable energy content for ducks through in vitro methods. Poultry Science, 91, 1854-1859.
Olukosi, O., Bolarinwa, O., Cowieson, A. J., & Adeola, O. (2012). Marker type but not concentration influenced apparent ileal amino acid digestibility in phytase-supplemented diets for broiler chickens and pigs. Journal of Animal Science, 90, 4414-4420.
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Defending champion Brant Snedeker said Hilton Head Island's popularity among PGA Tour professionals helped keep the Heritage tournament on the schedule.
"Y'all found out last year how much the players enjoy coming here," he said Monday at the annual media day for what is now the RBC Heritage presented by Boeing.
"We don't usually get involved in politics, but I think Commissioner (Tim) Finchem understood how much this tournament means to us and didn't want to find out how unhappy we'd be if we didn't get to play here," Snedeker said.
"I don't think the Tour had ever run into that kind of player support for a tournament before," he said.
Steve Wilmot, tournament director of the Heritage Classic Foundation, said a survey of PGA Tour professionals last year indicated that the Masters at Augusta National was the most popular tournament among PGA Tour professionals.
"We were No. 2," Wilmot said. "It caught us off guard. And considering we were almost off the schedule last year, it really means something."
The 2011 tournament might have been the last after longtime sponsor Verizon withdrew financial support. But the Royal Bank of Canada stepped in as title sponsor, joined by Boeing as presenting sponsor, to save the event with a multi-year agreement.
"RBC wouldn't be here without Boeing and Boeing wouldn't be here without RBC," Wilmot said. "We've got five more years and we want to turn that into 10 years and then 15 years."
Representatives of both RBC and Boeing cited the history and tradition of the tournament, which will be played for the 44th time this year on the Harbour Town Golf Links.
"We look forward to building this tournament and keeping it going," said Jim Little of RBC.
"We've been around for 100 years, if we sponsor something it has to be high quality," said Jack Jones of Boeing.
In addition to a long-term sponsorship arrangement, the Heritage retained its traditional slot on the PGA Tour schedule. It will be April 9-15, the week after the Masters.
The timing is part of the attraction to the players, Snedeker said.
"The Masters... it's so tense, there's so much stress," he said.
"This is a relaxing tournament... the town is so friendly. Players bring their families. That's why so many players fall in love with the place," he said. "Guys build their schedules around it."
Snedeker said his immediate future includes three Florida tournaments: The World Golf Championships from March 8-11 at Doral Country Club in Miami, the Transitions Championship from March 15-18 at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor and the Arnold Palmer Invitational from March 22-25 at Bay Hill in Orlando.
"Then there's the Masters (April 5-8) and then I might play here," he joked.
Snedeker won the Heritage last year coming off winter hip surgery.
"This year started off a lot like last year, I had the other hip operated on," he said. Then, in his second outing of the year, he won the Farmers Insurance Open tournament Jan. 29 at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Calif.
In addition to new sponsorship, the RBC Heritage will feature "enhancements" to the iconic Harbour Town Golf Links by original designer Pete Dye. The course is now 150 yards longer, some trees were removed to improve sight lines and some bunkers have been reworked to bring them back into play as hazards.
The changes are "very subtle," according to Wilmot, and include lengthening No. 5, "bunker work on No. 2" and a new tee box on No. 6.


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Tests OK Sol 9 sparcv9, Fedora 16 x86_64. On Mon, 4 Jun 2012, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
If you know how to build OpenLDAP manually, and would like to participate in testing the next set of code for the 2.4.32 release, please do so.Generally, get the code for RE24: <http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git;a=snapshot;h=refs/heads/OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_4;sf=tgz> Configure & build. Execute the test suite (via make test) after it is built. Thanks! --Quanah -- Quanah Gibson-Mount Sr. Member of Technical Staff Zimbra, Inc A Division of VMware, Inc. -------------------- Zimbra :: the leader in open source messaging and collaboration