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Somaliland: The Incipit-CSIC project Archaeological Excavations in Bullhar
The Incipit-CSIC project in Somaliland, undertook its field season, Archaeological Excavations in Bullhar Somaliland. The field report was personated by Alfredo González-Ruibal (Titular Scientist of the Incipit-CSIC).
Bulhar is situated near Zeila. The site is believed to correspond with the ancient commercial Port of Isis described by the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder. Pliny also associated the area with the toponym Abalito, which Said M-Shidad Hussein writes is likely the Avalite of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea.
According to Pliny, the Port of Isis was a center for myrrh commerce. He likewise noted that the Egyptian Pharaoh Sesostris led his forces passed the region en route to the northeastern port of Mosylon, a cinnamon hub that is believed to have been in or close to present-day Bosaso. Additionally, Pliny indicated that the Port of Isis was located near stone pillars on which unknown letters were engraved. Samuel Sharpe suggests that these old inscriptions were probably hieroglyphical.
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OpEd: Recall Of Berbera Oil Storage Facilities – A Major Milestone
Written by: Abdirahman Aideed
Majority of the public in Somaliland welcomed and aired their congratulations for the president of Somaliland (H.E. President Muse Behi) for his remarkable decision, August 2018, to recall the national oil storage facilities in Berbera from the hands of the currently run private company(ies) to remain under the management of the government.
The former president Silanyo government tabled a resolution/motion to the parliament in August 2015 to approve the privatization of the Oil Storage Facilities to private companies. The parliament objected the motion with majority ruling vote. However the government has overruled and implemented the decision with presidential degree by October 2015. A period of about three years of being run the property by the private companies, there were number of arguments in the public domain, as such arrangement tempted a number of risks to the public interest including slack quality control of the petroleum coming into the country and national security as well. This debate heated up in April 2018 when a sub-standard petrol offloaded into the storage facility that has affected many vehicles as owners suffered heavy unaccounted financial loss for repairing the damaged machines by that poor quality fuel, and that is why the public are clapping for the action of the president. In socio-economic perspective we can mark it as "the SECOND MILESTONE" for President Behi, since he come into power.
Dear reader, let me remind you also the FIRST MILESTONE for President Muse Behi Abdi, which has happen in March 2018, , when a presidential letter/order released by the Minister of Public Works, Mr. Qambi, in a press conference. The minister explained in detail the message from the president, informing all government respected offices about the suspension of any tenure awarded for the natural seaway land in Berbera (aka Raasiga). This land of about 3.5 Km into the sea waters is a natural inland that remain untouched for centuries and safeguarded as national property by all subsequent administrations that ruled Berbera in history. The Raasiga is believed to be the comparative advantage that gave Berbera to have the importance of being a strategic sea port for centuries. The Behi's predecessor of Mr. Silanyo government awarded property ownership deeds of Raasiga to business people and individuals that had an influence in the ruling regime. President's decision of retaining the rights of Raasiga was also commended by the public and termed as the FIRST MILESTONE for President Muse Behi accomplishments of recollecting the national properties that has been privatized by those in power, before him, to themselves as beneficiaries and their respective closer friends, relatives and bogus political allies that later vanished.
Terminating buddy based contracts in Egal International airport and ensuring such diverted incomes go directly to the national income box was also another key THIRD MILESTONE for MBA. Though there are still some government duties that are franchised to private hands to, for instance, print various national tax stamps and logos etc., the majority of the public regarded this third milestone as the beginning of empowering tax collecting departments and upholding the government reputation.
Recovering the national properties and income sources is not an easy task and there are number of reasons for making the task challenging, these will include: First, prominent figures from the former ruling executive power under H.E. Silanyo are believed to have vested interests in those privatized projects. Secondly, such finger-pointed de-facto officers conserve deep-rooted support to a major constituencies that was among Behi's voting centers, which has contributed President Behi' s landslide victory to come to the Power House and hence touching below the belt of those individuals will implicate Behi's political support and jeopardize for his intentions in next term elections. Thirdly, the opposition sustained a continuous pressure, which sometimes seems embedded with number of spicy ingredients on the President to weaken his political support status. All these and plus are putting the president in a situation with least options to take drastic corrective actions in the system, and he may even sometimes opt sitting on the burning pans, despite being fiery and heatening.
Back to the topic, the Nationalised Oil Storage Complex in Berbera, implications are not easy either. This Presidential decision is coming in a situation where already other private companies are given permits and allowed to establish and construct their own oil/Fuel storages in the fuel port quarters by former Silanyo government. Envisaging such a trend it is understandable that privatised oil storage facilities constructions would ignite uneasy market competition with government owned facilities. The current allied company that was recently running the government facilities, could also demand to establish their own private Oil Storage facilities, because that path is already open, they can also use to store their imported supplies to privately owned storage facilities. This cites the scenario of the unchanged status quo of the national banks of the government in compare to the fast developed private banks., which could mean government oil storage facilities will same be only used by the government, should they not become dynamic and competitive in the market. In that regard the re-nationalized government Oil Storage facilities perhaps can only commercially survive if the government retains the right of becoming the sole proprietor of such giant facilities in the country, like the norm and practice are in the region, especially in the port of Berbera, while oil importers will only be users of the facilities. See more on this in an earlier article on the same subject http://hadhwanaag.ca/detail.aspx?id=221181
However, there are number of awaited milestones, from the new president to accomplish:
- To recall the reserve lands for the port and free zone expansion, aka Noobiyadda area, as was the plan in history.
- To implement the issued order regarding the Raasiga area
- To initiate a law, or issue presidential degree of making clear demarcation of the state properties that only the government can own, run and manage vs. what properties the public or private sector can be engaged and to what level. For instance, can an individual or private company retain the ownership of (a) a sea port? (b) An airport? (c) An Oil well? (d) A mineral well/cave? (e) City water supply? (f) Fuel Storage complex at import/export hubs? (g)Export livestock health check quarantines/Mahjars? …….just to mention few.
In my view, I think such resources and facilities can only be run by a government on behalf of the ownership of the state.
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Abdirahman Aideed
Baadigoob: Jawaabta Goobjoogayaasha Caalamiga ah
Halkan Kala eeg Maqaal uu qoray Mr. Michael Walls, Madaxa Goobjoogayaasha Caalamiga ah ee Doorashadii Madaxtooyada Somaliland ee 2017kii. Farriintan ayuu Michael ku caddaynayaa arrimo muddadan dambeba dhex wareegayay baraha bulshada iyo tuhuno lagu faafiyay muuqaal lagu baahiyay baraha bulshada oo la yidhaahdo "Baadigoob".
Halkan kala deg Maqaalka oo Faahfaahsan:
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OpEd: The Lost Intellectuals
They live in a place where the tribalism is the major dream that the leaders in their country kill to hunt what they want to find. They live in a place where the only opportunity they can mostly get is a life that is related to their heredity family prosperity or clan based opportunity that they cannot learn anything more; where an international NGO/INGO's go after their rights, because there are no more opportunity they can get. Every new authority promise to develop somewhere or something but after they get the lead position they tend to spent their time and money many vehicles and new houses for billions of money. Where none of them is aware about even the name of their country; or the passport of their own country.
In each year they try to improve and support their society just for dream; they defeat their government on all the social media for hope; they support every one promise unity of their community and developing of their countries production because of hope; in each year of election they expect new change and support for bright future but after another few years of dream and wishes they nearly lost all their dream; and they lost like nothing until their sight is dark in every other way of dream.
The youth which are almost finish their first generation in a dream seasons; were there are more politicians but their sense of politician is not rather of having a big houses; cars and eat good food at homes; where even they do not think about how they find for it; and they are mostly from outside of the country and they send their children to the most popular university and they send their family and wives to the most beautiful countries and they just visit for rest; while they block the right of the street children. The mother that don't sleep because of worry; gets up early in the morning or midnight around 3:am to feed her an orphan child; or the single mother that her husband lost any opportunity to have a work or don't even consider his children anymore and busy for feeding his self-non-sense grass like goats all the day and night.
The right of the child in 20 years of age who is already lost in African coastal area and the sea animal have hunted him; most beautiful African girls that lost their most important body in the African coastal and their hunger poor mothers faces is unknown because of sadness and worry; which has many of them effected with diseases in the coastal area; all this does not make any sense to our politicians until his children are safe and in beautiful country that a leader of his age, mind and power to make it a country that everybody likes it; a youth have a leader who campaign to support them and improve their future life but cannot even have any dream to step forward; no more foot print; no real dream; a youth which have a coastal area of more than 360 feet who do not know how to live for it and have no power to learn and cannot across where their families are from because of tribalism and lack of leadership.
A youth which cannot learn any more about government because of their heredity leadership tribalism; a youth which are just separate because of where their families are from and cannot make a change any more; a youth which their maturity is after 30 years old and death for worry diseases and do not know where to go and what to do even in that age; a youth which their intellectuals got mad after more think and lack of leadership; a youth which have the most powerful mentally and physically but cannot do any more because of leadership situation; a youth which have not any role model; a youth which have no motivation; a youth which cannot realize their dream; a youth which are ready to change their people, country, and mind but have not any support; a youth which have no power to eliminate to bring new ideas; a youth who live in a country while the leaders are the business men's, doctors, telecommunications, and everybody of their families have a department of the authority without any humanity.
The question doesn't the street child is citizen? Why educative citizen cannot do a work that an international citizen take a lot of money in the country? Why the community are separate and not support each other? Isn't that because of selfish campaign tribalism? Why they teach the others out of their nation where they from I mean which clan they are? Is it the leadership? If it's not the leading why the religion make equal brotherhood on all the different individuals that become Muslim when the prophet (csw) was spreading the religion? If it is not then why all American people mention that they are just American from that city? Why and why?
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Amran Abdirahman
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EEB BS/MS research experiences - past examples
Invasive grass competition.
Last semester, I began my research on invasive grass competition with Stacey Leicht in John Silander's lab. Our experiment examined competition between the native grass Muhlenbergia and the invasive grass Microstegium. We collected data on height, density of pots and reproductive output of the plants. I began this semester by finishing collecting the seed weight data from our plants and I have recently completed entering the data. For the remainder of this semester I will be analyzing the data and preparing to write the research paper with Stacey.
Effects of fire on tortoise nesting.
My research project examined the effects of fire on Gopher Tortoises. I had to plan, develop, and follow through on my own experiments and data collection under the supervision of my lab head. I spent long hours in the field surveying and recording tortoise burrows in multiple plots of different fire history. At the end of the internship I was required to give a seminar/ presentation to the station explaining my experiment and results. Now I am working on writing up my findings to publish in a relevant journal sometime next year.
Effects of human disturbance on heron nesting.
My research experience involves the work I did at The Audubon Society. I did field work on the egret and heron rookery off the coast of Greenwich looking at nesting success rates and whether or not the public influenced their success.

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Cancer Care in the Era of Genomics and Proteomics with Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD -- Overthrowing the Emperor of all Maladies: Moving Forward Against Cancer Series -- Exploring Ethics, Helen Edison Lecture Series
Date: 3/10/2014; 55 minutes
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, founder of NantWorks, describes his vision for turning cancer into a chronic but controllable disease by using advanced rapid gene sequencing, supercomputing and other methods of analysis to transcend the genome to the proteome. This approach has the potential to redefine how cancer is diagnosed and to develop therapies precisely tailored to the molecular profile of a particular tumor. Dr. Soon-Shiong anticipates a revolution in drug research, development and delivery of molecularly designed cancer treatments to patients. (#25909)
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Thank you Nicole! You did an AMAZING job making us look so comfortable and happy! –Trang and Mustafa I have been shooting weddings at [seven-degrees] for some time now- and I LOVE this venue. Excited to share this real wedding of Trang and Mustafa. Second Photographer Kip Roof
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To celebrate her induction into the Screen Actors Guild, Marguerite came to the studio to update her Headshots. We chose some fun colors, and of course the fashion fan was in full force.
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There is something so elegant and classic with black and white images- especially for boudoir photographs. This bride came in for some images as her husbands wedding day gift, a beautiful custom album made just for him.


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We're going to take a short break from my planned articles on what class you will be wanting to reroll into for Cataclysm to address a topic that I'm sure is near and dear to your hearts at the moment.
Yep, Ruby Sanctum is available now and if you don't have a solid raiding team and you've tried to pug the damned thing, you know just how annoying the trash in there can be.
You might be sitting there, wondering to yourself, "as a tank, how can I make this instance run as smooth as possible for these lowly wretches that I'm absorbing all of these hits for?"
Well wonder no longer for you've come to the right place!
First off, a word to the wise, steel yourselves fellow tanks (and fur yourselves in the case of our bear brethren), for it's been a long time since you've really had to think during trash pulls.
The first thing to keep in mind as you walk in is that you're not in ICC. That delicious buff that granted you 25% more health and healing done doesn't exist for the moment so you'll have to be a bit careful. You find out too just how bad your threat drops without the 25% damage done which you didn't think made that much difference but really does.
We'll go from the easier trash mobs to the harder ones:
1) Charscale Elites: You'll run into two pairs of these guys on either side of the third miniboss, General Zarithrian. They're easy enough to handle and have no real surprises, simply tank them separately and burn them down one by one.
2) Charscale Assaulter: These are the big draconid looking guys that wander around on two legs and swing a glaive and look to be just itching to ruin your day. It's important to note when tanking these guys that they do a frontal aoe stun as well as a hard hitting cleave so it's extremely important that you tank them facing away from your raid and do your best not to drag them through your melee group, no matter how annoying that rogue's been lately.
3) Charscale Invoker: These pansies walk around on four legs and look like casters, so I'm sure you'll be plenty surprised when I tell you that they are casters. Do the smart thing and make sure that one or two people are responsible for interrupting their spells. You can generally ignore the Scorch that they cast but the Flame Wave should be interrupted at all times or there will be hell to pay. It's a little hard to miss, a bright orange aura charges around them every time they cast it and if it goes off, all your melee will go flying back, possibly pulling an additional pack from way over there. Interrupt the Flame Wave at all costs.
4) Charscale Commander: Finally, we come to these guys. They're a little hard to miss as they have a big battle pennant attached to their back. They hit pretty hard, dish out a Mortal Strike which tanks and healers the world over just love and do a fun aoe ability that increases damage dealt by all of their other dragon-y buddies within 8 yards.
Groups with the Commander will give you the most trouble no doubt, so there are a few things to keep in mind when facing the packs carrying these bad boys.
If you have a third tank, have one tank hold the two assaulters, one tank holds the two invokers and the third one grabs the commander and just holds him a safe distance away from all of the other mobs where he'll be the last one killed.
This is probably the safest and easiest way to go about it, just remember that the invokers must have their Flame Wave interrupted at all times if you expect this to go smoothly.
Barring access to a third tank, the commander should be your primary kill target. Have your stronger tank hold the two assaulters and an invoker while your offtank grabs one invoker and the commander. Kill the Commander, then the invoker before moving on to the rest and things should be gravy.
Stay tuned next week when we go into the three minibosses that you'll find around the place and a few tips you should know to make their deaths quick and painless.


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17 days without comments. Water supply almost empty. Self esteem running dangerously low. Other human bloggers nowhere in sight the past two and a half weeks. Motivation to blog dropping...dropping...dropping...
Boy, I thought I showed you great comedians in the last post. Check this guy out:
Frank Caliendo. He is NOT human. Caliendo is like the David Blaine of comedians. He's so good that when you watch his material, you have to decide after every joke whether you're tickled or freaked out. Now in this video, he does a mediocre Seinfeld. But if you search on Youtube "Frank Caliendo future Seinfeld," and watch that video--once again, you WILL be freaked out.
The swimming unit is still going strong. There are still quite a lot of half-naked male teenagers running around whipping each other with towels, but what's new? I actually kind of enjoy the swimming unit. Water recharges me.
Water recharges me...
Water...recharges me!
I'm either Aquaman or Percy Jackson!!! Score! I gotta tell all the guys in the chess club and math team.
Hm...what else is new? Well, I'm having a might bit of trouble seeing my new female companion in person. It's been about three weeks. I can't believe it. I've suggested the unpleasant thought that fate is conspiring against us. Fate, or my parents.
Ooh, remember that pathetic crush I mentioned in the very first post? Well, she's moving to California. I felt guilty about ever being her secret admirer, actually. She's my sister's friend. And, of course, I'm me. But no longer a problem. She will be in San Fransisco checking out the tan California airheaded guys out of the corners of her eyes.
Heard of My Life is Average? I don't think I've ever shared my My Life is Average stories with this blog. I'll post a few of my favorites:
Today in class I smeared highlighter all over my forearm. I licked my thumb and started rubbing off the highlighter mark. As I looked up I saw eight pairs of curious eyes trained on me, including the teacher's. Someone finally asked, "What are you doing?" I answered, "Grooming." MLIA
Because I live so far from school, I have the ability to wake up on will (and, of course, at the sound of my alarm clock at 6 AM) engraved into my mind. Sometimes, however, I forget the alarm clock part. Five times in the last month, I've woken up at 2 AM, taken a shower, walked downstairs, and maybe even started making breakfast before I look at my watch. MLIA
I pride myself in giving donations, volunteering, and crying at the end of sad movies about orphans with cancer. Last week, while my brother and I were parked at the gas station, a bus full of--you guessed it--a dozen orphans rolled by our car. (The bus said the name of the orphanage in big smiling letters.) Every single orphan was giving us the finger. I shrugged and waved. I don't like orphans anymore.
Girl in my Social Studies class today: "What's Obama's last name?" Life would be more interesting if I was that stupid. MLIA
Thanks for reading, everybody. I'm still trying to think of an event I could host on this blog that would both attract readers and restore interest in The Nerd Archives. Some sort of contest in which everyone could post something here. There could even be a prize. Starbursts, maybe?
Give me your ideas if you have any. I'm willing to pay.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
17 days without comments. Water supply almost empty. Self esteem running dangerously low. Other human bloggers nowhere in sight the past two and a half weeks. Motivation to blog dropping...dropping...dropping...
Posted by That Blond Guy at 4:05 PM 5 people secretly have a crush on me
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
A Bunch of Teenagers in a Swimming Pool and a 7-Hour Track Meet
Hey, you guys! It's been a while! What--6 days? That's only about 3 days short of forever! Okay, everybody. Raise your hand if you missed me. Come on. Don't be shy.
The swimming unit began in PE yesterday. While I do love swimming and might like being on swim team, swimming with a bunch of immature/half-witted middle school guys in a medium-sized pool is not an ideal recreational break. It also means a fair amount of awkwardness in the locker rooms. Actually, I take it back. I wish it was awkward, but really it's just frightening. Like I said, a bunch of immature middle school boys. Nakedness. Do the math.
My school was a military school about 35 years ago, and some of the tradition has stuck. For example, we have 6 tests at the end of the swim unit. 1) Free style 2) Breast stroke 3) Back stroke 4) Side stroke 5) Emergency equipment test 6) JUMPING INTO THE POOL WITH A PLASTIC RIFLE WITHOUT GETTING THE RIFLE WET!!!
Is it me, or are they suggesting that every guy in the school should join the Marines?
I'm not joining the Marines, just so you know.
Moving onto the next topic, you all know I run track and field, right? Well, we have our third meet on Saturday. If it's not bad enough that it's on a weekend, it also runs from 9 AM to 4 PM. And it's pretty far away. That's not good. What's even worse is that my youth group's one-night lock-in was scheduled the night before. Usually I love this event. The middle school locks the doors of the Church for one night and we stay up until about 4 AM celebrating that fact. Last year it was great--I loved it. But do you think it's healthy to eat pizza and stay up until 4 AM the night before a track meet?
I won't be running, though, unfortunately. It's a seven hour meet and I'm doing a single ten minute event: the triple jump.
For those of you who have never endured the fascinating experience of triple jump, let me give you a hint of what it's like: It's like a really fast Hop-Scotch that ends in a pit of sand. That's it. The hardest part is remembering how you're supposed to get in that pit of sand. It's the triple jump, so you have two hop on your right leg twice, land on your left leg, then launch into the pit of sand. I cam in 3rd place at the last meet. My brother scratched three times. (Coaches yell "Scratch!" like middle schoolers might yell "Epic fail!").
So I'm not looking forward very much to Saturday.
Pray for me. Most importantly, keep reading. Bye!
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Ah...Another Day of Being a Nerd
My elementary school was really different from most. We were a pretty close group of 46 kids. Even though it's elementary school, there are class reunions and an alumni programs. But, as middle school tends to do to people, after we all parted our separate ways for middle school and high school, kids higher up on the social ladder immediately began to ignore the kids they used to be such good friend with. Three of the girls haven't talked to me at school since we left our elementary school, until today. This one girl was being dragged by her boyfriend across the basketball court. Here's a transcript of their conversation:
The girl: "I'm sooooooooo bored."
"That's not nice. You're not as nice as I thought you were."
"I am soooooooo nice."
"No you're not."
"Yes! I am."
"If you're so nice to everybody, go talk to that kid over there." He then points toward me playing basketball. She walks reluctantly over to me and puts on a painful smile.
"Hey, Christopher! We went to the same elementary school!" She then jogs back to her boyfriend and leaves me feeling moderately baffled.
How flattering. Ah, the life of nerds.
I love being a nerd, because, in my opinion, the nicest/smartest/most-artistic kids are usually nerds. There are many cons, though. For instance: at lunch, three fouths of all conversations revolve around video games. I've never played Modern Warfare or Halo, but I feel like an expert on video games just because I'm put through the torture of hearing about them all day.
I hope by now that any followers who (at one time, at least) read my blog have at least once watched one out of the six shows I've suggested.
-Chuck (almost at the end of its third season)
-Psych (just finished with its fifth season)
-Modern Family (first or second season)
-The Middle (first or second season)
-Monk (canceled after around ten seasons)
-The Office (I have no idea)
If you want sitcoms, watch The Middle, Modern Family, or The Office. Psych and Chuck are both police shows, but they're definitely also comedy. Dramedies, I've heard them called.
You see, I'm a very special type of nerd. I don't play video games. I'm not on math team. But instead of having my week revolve around parties and sports, my week is defined by when the best shows come on.
When I glance at my watch and see that I have ten hours left until I go home,
When I finish an impossibly long track practice and enter the car with sore limbs,
When I'm halfway through math class and have already been caught once for snoozing,
Do you think I'd be eager to come home to text and party? No! I want to come home to a solid hour of TV comedy.
Now you see just how logical it is. Thanks for listening.
Before I go, once again--where is everybody? I look at my clustr map and sometimes don't see a single visit for the past day! Like I said in my last post, do you think that just because it's Spring Break and the last term of school, you have a good excuse to get a life all of a sudden? NO!
Posted by That Blond Guy at 4:47 PM 1 people secretly have a crush on me
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Happy March 13th!
Youtube is useful to me in strictly two ways: 1) Free music! 2) To watch clips from stand-up comedians. Listed below in order of thickness of hair are links from the acts of three different stand-up comedians. All three are contenders for my list of favorites, especially considering none of them really laugh at their jokes. That strikes me as annoying. Even if it is a decent joke, they kind of spoil it by giggling uncontrollably--especially in the cases that the comedian is the only one laughing. Anyway, here are the clips:
1) Russell Peters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqn9rXu1TCM&feature=related
2) Don't click on this link if you mind swearing terribly. George Carlin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNy6ziOyxoA
3) Jerry Seinfeld: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JOsxxm-RnQ
These guys are great. Of course, Carlin swore like his irritable teenage grandkids might have, but he was still funny. Recently I also got interested in comedy podcasts. Well, I did get interested, but I think that was before I listened to any. You know Ricky Gervais? Especially since he's British, he's pretty funny on stand-up. But his podcasts are both mediocre and IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND. Don't get me wrong--I love hearing British people talk. It's almost as amusing to listen to a British newsman ramble on about gas prices on NPR as it is to listen to a British comedian. But comedy podcasts are a different story. I admire them for being all improv, but the consequence is that they don't exactly put me into breathless fits of laughter. And back to the laughing at their own jokes thing, Ricky Gervais squeals like an epileptic pig on his podcasts.
Was that mean? Surely it was justified by the fact that he's so rich, he could buy my house without having to sacrifice anything financially except a suit and a pair of jeans?
Have I already told you that our trip to St. Simon's was canceled? Well, it was. Mom got sick, actually. Not terminally, I don't believe. Just a fever and a cold. The kind of condition of sickness that everyone still wants you to do the dishes, but we still called the vacation off. Instead, I went with a bunch of friends to The Lightning Thief. It had its good moments and its funny moments, but overall I was horrified. My inner nerd was screaming "bloody murder." Despite the fact that it was a pretty good movie, it strayed really far from the book. It was almost unrecognizable. If it wasn't for the fact that the books themselves weren't great, I would be furious. Now don't go judging me for reading that series. It was almost a full year ago--hear that? It is weird, though. I switch from preteen novels like Percy Jackson to American and European classic literature like The Great Gatsby in less than a year. I still prefer teen fiction's romance, though. You know who's going to end up with who, and just about everyone is attractive so nobody is ever disappointed! Did that sound shallow?
And regarding sitcoms and TV dramedies, while Modern Family and The Middle climaxed last Wednesday, Psych just had its season finale. It was a brilliant episode. Funny, scary, heart-breaking. The last one especially. I won't spoil the ending in the unlikely case that anyone here watches Psych, but I'll tell you now that I was ready to cry harder than Juliett at the end of that episode.
I miss everybody. You know that Spring Break and everything else is no excuse to get a life all of a sudden! I need you here! The Nerd Archives! Home!
Bye bye!
Posted by That Blond Guy at 12:15 PM 1 people secretly have a crush on me
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Uncyclopedia and the Really, Really Rather Depressing Yet Somehow Uplifting Song from a Well-Known Pixar Movie
Sure, you've heard of Wikipedia. Huge, knowledgable wiki known world-wide. But are you getting bored of it yet? No jokes. None. Really gets tiresome. My longest lasting article on Wikipedia was about the menu of Panda Express. Simply because I used lines like this:
"Panda Express has been commended by Chinese foods chains across the nation for its orange chicken, which possesses a godly tanginess that enriches the taste buds and provides the customer with an unexplained joy for the rest of their day..."
My article was deleted in a little less than eleven minutes. The average Wikipedia user is a technologically apt snob with a degree in computer programming. The average Wikipedia user has a minibowl of salted peanuts at his side while editing the wiki. The average Wikipedia user has NO SENSE OF HUMOR.
So here it is! The new and improved Wikipedia! It's Uncyclopedia. As I mentioned on my other blog, fate introduced this site to me when a friend showed me the page "How to: Kill your Family." Yeah, it's a little dark, but it's really very witty when you look past the measurable amount of profanity and immaturity. I've grown quite fond of it. I have contributed one UnNews article: "Ben Stiller Dresses Up in Blue and Makes me Giggle". (Another link, by the way.) And I've written one page on...poetry. ("Poetry".)
Check the site out. It's like a blend of Mad Magazine and Jon Stewart. You either hate it or you don't, so try it.
Ever seen the Pixar film Up? Great movie and I'm not afraid to admit it. I'm man enough to admit that I was prepared to cry at some of the darker moments. But why I wanted to post about it was because I've gotten to love the musical piece at the very beginning. Luckily and obviously, Youtube has it, so here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93jxkqG0gWc
You got to love that movie--and that song.
Thanks for reading! I'm on Spring Break, and we depart for St. Simon's Island on Thursday, they tell me.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Spring Break-(yay!) and Some Other Random Rubbish
Ugh...I've waited too long to post! I'm sure all of you missed me terribly, and so here's a little treat: a post!
Spring Break starts Friday at the moment that the end-of-school bell rings. Oh wait, I'm in track. Nevermind. School ends after a school day more than ten hours long. I depart for freedom in stubborn perspiration and with groaning bones and with angry muscles and tendons. Back to Spring Break--Spring Break starts Saturday morning.
As I interjected in slightly larger text above, "Yay!" Especially "yay" considering we're getting out of the house and breathing in the refreshing scent of away-ness. St. Simon's Island. Yeah. Another beautiful island paradise. Masterpiece of nature. One of God Almight Creator of the Universe's finest works of art. It's the Lorax situation. "What a beautiful, clean ocean! This would be the PERFECT place to build a hotel resort...ooh! and right next to it how about a commercial mall?"
Don't get me wrong--I love vacationing in a beautiful place. But do you ever feel guilty for enjoying the result of humanity's stain on nature?
At least we left one island in the archipelago behind. Jekyll. Of course, it's got tourists teeming all over it, but there are very few hotels and restaurants. Thank God. You know, that's only because the island is also teeming with gnats and mosquitoes which they can't get rid of, but it's one more tally mark for nature. Enough hippy rant. Onto some more useless rants.
My art teacher, who happens to be one of my favorite employed teachers of my entire life. I won't talk too much about him, but I'd just like to tell you about one of his literary suggestions.
Ever heard of The Lies My Teacher Told Me? I know, it kind of sounds like a third grader's book that belongs on the same shelf as A Boy in the Girl's Bathroom. In truth, it's a nonfiction about how romanticized American history really is. Even before this, I figured it just didn't add up that such a huge country was founded totally on the shoulders of perfect men. Well, it's not so. Two facts from the book that I'd like to share with you just to give you an idea about it: 1) Ever wonder why you don't hear much about Helen Keller after she graduated from college? It's because she joined the Socialist Party as soon as she graduated. American press and even government covered it up to protect her image. I was horrified when I heard this. Don't judge her if you're all Anti-Socialist. Do me a favor and judge America instead. 2) Did you know that Christopher Colombus was one of the cruelest men in history? Do you have any idea how many Native Americans he killed? What a dictator he was?
Try the book.
Next, another tiny update: Went to another community service center today. It's a center for children of lower class Americans. Mostly Hispanics--many of them belonging to single parents. Every day after school they go there for help with homework and some dinner. It was fun, except grade schoolers are so often liars when it comes to food. When they weren't ordering me firmly to put the food on my plates before they stood me up; they were claiming that they had only had one cookie and one brownie, which was very strange considering I saw two of each hidden cunningly under their knees. Nah, overall it was pretty fun.
And I have a girlfriend!
What a note to close on.
The end.
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2/16/2019 - Fill in the Gap will display a unique exhibit featuring objects that have been acquired between 2013 and 2018. This addition to the State Museum's diverse collection reflects the individuality of South Carolina artifacts tied with elements in the state's history. The exhibition contains items from all disciplines represented in the museum's collection, including fossil finds, Catawba Indian and other South Carolina pottery, fine art by South Carolina artists and fascinating historical objects. Here, guests will also learn how curators work to conserve objects like an original Byrne telescope along with its parts. In addition to showcasing never-before-seen items, guests will have the opportunity to learn about the process the museum undergoes to acquire, catalog, store and exhibit artifacts for the public.
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Is Prostate Cancer Hereditary?
Is prostate cancer hereditary?
Thank you.
Li Liu, MD, OncoLink editorial assistant, responds:
Dear T:
Thank you for your interest and question.
Familial patterns ("aggregations") of some cancers are not uncommon. Exposure to the same environmental factors within families and/or inheritance of cancer genes are both possible explanations for these patterns.
Several epidemiological studies have shown a familial aggregation of prostate cancer (Prostate 1990;17(4):337-47; Cancer 1996 Jan 1;77(1):138-43) and 5 to 10% of all prostate cancer is estimated to be hereditary (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992 Apr 15;89(8):3367-71). Several prostate carcinoma susceptibility genes have been identified over the last few years through linkage analysis: HPC1 (Science 1996 Nov 22;274(5291):1371-4), HPCX (Nat Genet 1998 Oct;20(2):175-9), and two additional loci on chromosomes 1p36 (Am J Hum Genet 1999 Mar;64(3):776-87) and 1q42-43 (Am J Hum Genet 1999 Apr;64(4):1087-95). Thus, it appears likely that there are prostate-cancer genes that can be inherited.
In addition to the higher incidence of prostate cancer in the families with hereditary prostate cancer, a recent study from Sweden demonstrated an aggregation of breast, gastric or kidney cancers in a subset of families with hereditary prostate cancer (Cancer 2000 Sep 15;89(6):1315-21). This suggests that a common germline mutation in a cancer susceptibility gene may be responsible for the aggregation of these diseases.


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Marriage amendment divides Hibbing, a socially conservative DFL stronghold
When Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church recently held its first "reclaiming the culture of marriage event," about 60 people filed into the parish social hall, a clear sign that Iron Range supporters of the so-called marriage amendment are preparing for a fight.
"We're trying to enshrine in law what is best for the society, what will make the strongest society," said Allen Jacobson, a parishioner and attorney who led the event. "we believe that the same-sex union will hurt marriage — redefining marriage to include same-sex unions will hurt marriage."
Communities across Minnesota are debating the constitutional amendment ahead of the November ballot. It asks voters to change the state constitution to define marriage as only between a man and a woman.
The issue of who should be able to marry divides families, churches, towns and political parties. That's evident on the Range, a socially conservative DFL stronghold where both sides hope to win — and where feelings about the amendment run deep.
Statewide, the Catholic Church is a strong backer of the marriage amendment, and the single-largest financial contributor on either side. As the largest parish in the Duluth diocese, Blessed Sacrament has an active presence in Hibbing, an Iron Range mining town of 16,000.
Sitting in the front row at the marriage event was Jacobson's wife Patty and four of their five young daughters.
Patty Jacobson is a dentist who cares for many low-income children on the Range and volunteers for the Pregnancy Life Care Center. She said when she and Allen were asked to be "church captains" on the marriage issue, at first she wasn't excited to take on another obligation.
"I don't like conflict, I don't want any more conflict with my friends and I didn't want to give up any more time away from my family," she said. "But then I realized it is very important and it's important for our state so that the people can choose law when in many cases right now what's happening is the judges are choosing the law."
Same-sex marriage is already against the law in Minnesota, but Jacobson worries that Minnesota could follow Iowa's example, where the state Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2009. Passing what supporters call Minnesota's "Marriage Protection Amendment" would put marriage laws out of reach of the courts or the Legislature.
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The event at Blessed Sacrament drew many people who support the amendment.
Former Hibbing Mayor Dick Nordvold, a fellow parishioner, is a Democrat who parts company with his party on some social issues. He opposes legal abortion and favors the marriage amendment which the DFL is gunning to defeat. At the DFL state convention in June, the party passed a resolution opposing the marriage amendment.
"Who is out there that doesn't think marriage is between a man and a woman?" Nordvold asked. "But things are changing and that is a concern to me."
Nordvold has seen that change in his own family.
"We have members of our extended family that are gay and lesbian and in one case, one is in a committed relationship — and a beautiful relationship," he said. "There's nothing wrong with that, but it's not a marriage!"
Thirteen years ago, Nordvold's niece held a commitment ceremony with her partner in Chicago. Nordvold didn't attend and now says he regrets it. But his love for the couple and acceptance of their relationship doesn't change his view that marriage is between a man and a woman.
Not everyone who came to Blessed Sacrament's event shares Nordvold's support for the amendment.
Ashley Rantala, 24, is a fourth-generation Finn on the Range who founded Iron Range GLBTA. A lesbian who is in a committed relationship, she strongly opposes the amendment. But Rantala came to hear what the other side had to say.
"It was interesting to hear some of their points," she said. "I'm just trying to understand, you know, where they're coming from. But it was a lot more respectful than I thought it would be."
The Range is famous for its colorful political fights and labor battles. It's an area where people are not shy about expressing their opinions, and the debate can get heated.
But when it comes to the marriage amendment, church captain Patty Jacobson said she thinks the discussion will be civil. Hibbing is a small town, and people have common bonds.
"I'm glad that people felt comfortable enough to voice their questions because we want a dialogue," she said. "We can't learn if we don't dialogue. If we're too threatened to dialogue with one another we aren't going to ever grow."
One of the people in town most committed to dialogue is a granddaughter of longtime Blessed Sacrament parishioners.
Jamie Ebert, 24, was hired by Minnesotans United for All Families to organize Iron Rangers against the amendment.
"We're going to have a nice storefront right downtown where we can have folks stop by and pick up lawn signs, and T-shirts and come in and volunteer," Ebert said.
"If we're too threatened to dialogue with one another we aren't going to ever grow."
The storefront is on Howard, Hibbing's main street, a place Ebert has been coming to since she was a child. She grew up in the Twin Cities, but her mom is from Hibbing, and her grandparents still live in town.
Ebert said her mother, a lesbian, spent 15 years in an unhappy relationship, trying to be straight. She left Ebert's father and now lives with a woman in Minneapolis in what Ebert describes as "an amazing, loving household."
Her daughter is determined to defeat an amendment that would limit the ability of people like her mother to marry the people they love.
In the annex of a bicycle shop, Minnesotans United is setting up one of eight offices across the state. As for the other side, there's no sign of Minnesota for Marriage, the pro-amendment group, doing any organizing here except through the Catholic Church.
Ebert said the approach to winning "no" votes on the Iron Range isn't any different than in the rest of the state. Opponents need to engage people in conversations and share personal stories about why marriage matters to everyone, gays and lesbians included.
"There is a strong set of people up here that have just never experienced this before," she said. "You know we ask them, 'Do you know someone who's gay?' And they have to think about it first and they think, 'Oh yeah, I think I've got these neighbors who live together that must be gay,' but it's just something not really talked about up here until this point."
For the small, openly gay population on the Iron Range, the amendment feels like a very personal referendum. Their Range neighbors will vote on the most intimate aspect of their lives.
Twice a month, Ashley Rantala's Iron Range GLBTA meets at Hibbing Community College. The night after the Blessed Sacrament meeting, Rantala wheeled in a black suitcase and took out a rainbow flag, health pamphlets, condoms and a rainbow-striped suggestion box. When she started the group four years ago, she put up flyers, set up the room — and no one came. Now people drive from over an hour away and they hold some meetings in Virginia to serve the other end of the range.
On a recent evening, eight people came to the meeting, including Jeffrey Whitney who is back in Hibbing for the summer after living in New York City for 18 years. Whitney, who graduated from Hibbing High School in 1994, said he left Hibbing as fast as he could.
"It was a horrible high school experience with being harassed," he said. "I was never was out of closet in high school or even 100 percent for sure about my sexuality. However I was in New York City for all of three and a half minutes and I was like, 'OK, I'm gay, for sure.' But one good thing I'll say is ... I've been pleasantly surprised in the GLBT presence that is open here ... People as a whole are generally way, way more accepting than I can remember."
The main order of business at the meeting was how to help defeat the amendment. Rantala encouraged GLBTA members to be even more visible in the All-American summertime tradition, the small-town Fourth of July parade.
"Starting last year, we made a float in the parade and we were in the Gilbert parade ... it was fun," she said. "We basically borrowed my dad's Escape and his trailer and we made a big banner and we decorated the whole float Rainbow and we marched with our Pride flags right down in the parade. We got some remarks but we got compliments too."
This year, the group plans to be in Fourth of July parades in Aurora, Gilbert, Eveleth, Tower and Biwabik — five times more parades than last year.
Being so publicly out on the Range is pretty new, but they have some powerful allies.
Most Iron Range legislators and labor leaders have publicly opposed the amendment.
But C.J. Peterson, a member of the local GLBTA, doesn't think her co-workers who are Democrats will follow their leaders on this one.
"People as a whole are generally way, way more accepting than I can remember."
"[In] our union, everything is 'Vote Democrat' — whatever. All of the guys that I work with, they're not voting no, but they are still Democrats," Peterson said.
"I think people are relying on that too much," she said of the DFL's position on the amendment. "We can't assume you know that a Democratic vote means a vote 'no.' "
That split between workers and leaders is exactly what amendment supporters are counting on.
Minnesota for Marriage points to exit polls in California showing 56 percent of union households favored that state's Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment that banned same-sex marriage.
In Minnesota, amendment proponents are confident they'll capture a majority of votes on the Range.
Range labor leaders say that won't happen.
Ida Rukavina, a 33-year-old organizer for AFSCME Council 65 on the Range, has been involved with Range politics for years. She began knocking on doors as a child for her dad, former state Rep. Tom Rukavina, a Democrat who represented the area for 26 years. Ida Rukavina said she believes union members will back their leaders in opposing the amendment in November.
"Labor leaders have come out in opposition to this," she said. "Our unions are about making sure people have rights and this is taking away people's rights. I think people are going to come around and realize there's no place for this in our constitution."
Another Democrat, former state Rep. Joe Begich of Eveleth, predicts a tough battle over the marriage amendment on the Range. Begich, who spent 18 years in the state Legislature before retiring in 1992, intends to stay out of the fight.
He said older residents of the Range are particularly opposed to gay marriage.
With his DFL party on one side, and his Catholic Church on the other, Begich said he has too many friends on both sides, and at age 82, he doesn't want anyone mad at him.
"So I'm just going to sit back and watch the show," he said. "And however [it] happens happens. I can live either way."
Begich does plan to vote; he just won't say which way. And a Ranger without an opinion to share shows just how deep this fight is.


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Group honored for its peer health efforts
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 2:00 AM
Pittsburg, KS
A Pittsburg State University peer health initiative was recognized recently for its efforts in the field of prevention and wellness.
"Do The Gorilla Thing," a program of the PSU Gorillas In Your Midst peer education group, won the Excellence for Outstanding Program award at the April 6 Meeting of the Minds conference in Kansas City.
Meeting of the Minds: Networking for Success in Prevention is a regional prevention and health education conference for college and university peer educators, their advisers, administrators, and campus and community law enforcement.
"Do The Gorilla Thing" was also awarded Outstanding PSU Program at the Leadership & Awards Banquet April 10 at the Overman Student Center. The campaign is a campuswide program that translates to "Do The Right Thing" when it comes to diversity, vision, honor, academics and leadership, according to Gorillas In Your Midst adviser J.T. Knoll. The program aims to educate PSU students, particularly incoming freshmen, about substance abuse, mental health, stress management and bystander behavior.
"The purpose of this program is to have students take pride in being a Gorilla and associating being a Gorilla with doing the right thing," said Tambree Wilson, student coordinator of the group.
"The program has had a tremendous impact on campus. So many students now associate 'Do The Gorilla Thing' with doing the right thing."
Wilson was awarded the Wintle Scholarship for Outstanding Leadership and Academic performance at the April 10 Leadership and Awards Banquet.
Knoll, who was named outstanding adviser at the Meeting of the Minds Conference, said it's the students who deserve all of the credit for the group's success.
"As I told the organizer of the conference, you're only as good as the students you have in your program," he said, "and I have a group that makes me look good."
Gorillas In Your Midst is a nationally-affiliated peer health education group that offers educational, peer theater and interactive programs on topics such as: alcohol and other drugs, STD's, HIV/AIDS, contraception, suicide, smoking cessation, eating disorders, diversity, stress management, and bystander behavior.
Along with receiving two top honors, representatives from Gorillas In Your Midst served as presenters at the Meeting of the Minds conference. Students presented on the group's "14" campaign, which brought awareness of the prevalence of HIV, addressed stigma and encouraged testing on the PSU campus.
Members of a sister group, Students for Violence Prevention, also presented at the conference on its Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Awareness programming.
"This was quite an honor for both groups to be selected to present at the conference," Knoll said.


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Acupuncture is a foundation for psycho-social rehabilitation so that counseling, drug-free contracts, educational and employment referrals, and Narcotics Anonymous are essential parts of the program. Acupuncture not only controls withdrawal symptoms and craving, but it also reduces fears and hostilities that usually disturb drug abuse treatment settings. Acupuncture has a balancing effect on the autonomic and neurotransmitter systems as well as an apparently
rejuvenating effect. Drug abuse treatment is accomplished by inserting 3-5 acupuncture needles just under the skin or surface of the external ear. Needles are sterilized by autoclave. The
location of ear points and the technique of insertion can be taught easily so that most acupuncture components can be staffed by a wide range of substance abuse clinicians. Chapter 663 of the laws of New York State was passed in 1988 to establish that acupuncture conducted in a state approved drug treatment program will be exempt form normal licensing provided that proper
training and supervision take place.
In January, 1987, our clinic population was suddenly transformed by the avalanche of cocaine-based "crack" that continues to threaten our lives. We have all read about the bizarre, intractable nature of crack addiction. In professional meetings we have been told that there is no known treatment for the craving and fearful cycles of crack. From the beginning our experience at Lincoln has been strikingly different than these reports.
8,000 crack patients have been treated at Lincoln -many more patients than have been seen at any other program. Crack abusers seek treatment earlier in the course of their illness than other addicts. They often have a longer history of prior drug-free status than other abusers.
We have developed a protocol that is specifically intended to serve criminal justice clients rather than merely grafting probation and parole-referred clients onto a treatment structure designed for voluntary walk-in clients. I believe our program has had the highest success ever recorded in the treatment of an unscreened court mandate population seen on an out patient drug-free basis. More than 50% of these clients have provided negative urine toxicologies for more than two
months. We have received no adverse reports on these individuals. Certainly, the Lincoln hospital Acupuncture Program has the best record in New York City for the treatment
of court referred crack abusers.
A computerized tracking system was set up with the assistance of Dr. Stan Altman of Stony Brook (SUNY) so that any client's urine testing record could be located at a moment's notice. Lincoln tests urines for cocaine and heroin on a daily basis with EMIT system located on the premises. Therefore a probation officer, for instance, can receive a substantial, precise, and up-to-date report on any client with one phone call. This system is much more appropriate than written correspondence for the hectic and often chaotic work pattern in criminal justice service agencies. Staff members from probation, parole and family court frequently call for status
reports. They also visit the Lincoln clinic and may have a joint session with the client and Lincoln counselor on such an occasion. Our clients exhibit considerable confidence in this system which allows their frequent toxicology reports to speak for them in court.
55 clients referred by the NYC Probation Department are listed in our 1987-88 records. Most of these clients have received probation with a requirement for drug abuse treatment. Some of our most successful clients have been referred to Lincoln during the pre-sentencing probation investigation. The statistical data can be summarized in the following manner: 11 of the 55 clients (20%) attended Lincoln only once. 30 of the remaining 44 clients (68%) have responded quite well to treatment and have provided consistently negative urine toxicologies. This group of 30 successful clients has attended Lincoln for an average of 9 consecutive weeks over a span of
more than 4 months. The pre-sentencing clients were assigned to probation instead of receiving prison time. One man who was facing 30 years of federal time for drug-related charges has
been sentenced to probation because of his 6-month record of clean urines. This man still attends NA meetings here every Saturday with his 8-year old son. The judges involved have been
clearly impressed by our clients' long record of clean urines on an outpatient basis. The successful clients have been re-established. After completing the Lincoln Hospital program, clients often continue long-term drug-free recovery programs, including AA and NA.
A joint project to provide long term evaluation of Lincoln clients is being conducted by the NYC ProbationDepartment, the Police Foundation of Washington, DC and ourselves. Our plans include a properly matched controlled study with 2-year follow-up of a substantial number of clients.
In a preliminary study we have traced the outcomes of 34 clients referred to Lincoln by NYC Probation in 1978-88. Six (6) of the 34 clients (17%) attended Lincoln only once.
Eighteen (18) of the remaining 28 clients (64%) have attended more than 10 visits over a range of 2-15 months. Only one of these 18 clients has had his probation revoked and has been sent
to prison. Five (5) of the 18 clients have functioned so well on probation that they were given "early discharges" from the probation system. Five of the clients who attended less than 10 visits were re-arrested and none were given early discharge. Hence frequent attendance at Lincoln correlates with a 5:1 improvement in outcome for this series of clients.
The possibility of diverting people from incarceration is a very high priority in our field because of
overcrowding and the lack of revenue. The National Association of Criminal Justice Planners has placed a high priority of acupuncture detoxification in many jurisdictions where crack is
In April, 1987, I was invited to Portland, Oregon by Judge Nely Johnson and a criminal justice advisor to the mayor. A pilot program was established in the public detox unit. In June the county voted to allow $60,000 of their Federal Bureau of Justice Administration funds to create several acupuncture components. Presently six new programs have been established by David Eisen of the Hooper Foundation, the county's contract agency for drug and alcohol treatment. The detoxification program now reports that 85% of its patients complete their program. Before acupuncture was used, only 34% completed the program. The 6-month recidivism rate has dropped from 25% to 6%. The Oregon State Department of Correction has helped establish a Criminal Bed Reduction Program using acupuncture to treat men charged with drug and alcohol-related offenses up to the level of class C felony. A clinic for runaway youth and a
community-based program have also been started.
State funding is earmarked for AIDS intervention IV drug treatment programs in Portland, Salem and Eugene. AIDS outreach workers will be giving out acupuncture coupons in addition to condoms and bleach. The State has suggested a Medicaid reimbursement rate of $28 per treatment with an allotment of daily treatment for 3 months and weekly treatment for a year. All clinicians will be required to be NADA-certified.
Let me quote from an independent evaluation report prepared by Carolyn Lane for Multnomah County:
"The successful post-detox enrollment rate is somewhat higher for all acupuncture participants and much higher-nearly double, or 43% versus 25% -- for participants who had 7 or more treatments. The size of the follow-up group, which is about one-third of all clients discharged form Hooper Center in a year, and the lengthy follow-up period of more than on-third
of a year, make this finding very impressive.
Our patients were asked, as part of their Acupuncture Progress Reports, to note their attendance at self-help recovery groups or their enrollment in other post-detox or recovery programs. Of those that did, about two-thirds attended Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous meetings, most once or twice a week but some every day.
Without exception, the clients interviewed were enthusiastic about acupuncture. One "needed less medicine to relax, to sleep," another felt the desire to use substances "just fade away," and several remarked they were less tense, less fearful, and "able to cope with things a lot better." Another commented that "with acupuncture, you're moving toward something."
A major advantage of acupuncture is that treatment can begin immediately, while treatment programs require a client assessment, with its associated costs. The first of these is simply the fixed cost of performing a client evaluation. If the client drops out at this point, as frequently occurs with unstable individuals, the cost of evaluation plus any potential billing for treatment is lost. In addition, the loss is a source of endemic low morale among caseworkers and counselors.
Acupuncture treatment does not require such an evaluation and can begin at first contract, in many cases thus retaining clients who would not return otherwise."
In conclusion, acupuncture appears to be a very cost-effective modality in supplementing and supporting a comprehensive detoxification treatment program. Also it provides an adjunct treatment that can be applied during the entire cycle of detoxification."
Judge Herbert Klein of Miami-Dade County has spearheaded the development of an acupuncture-based program in the prison stockade and an outpatient facility in Overton. The
program which focuses on criminal justice clients began in May, 1989, and sees 100 people daily.
(1) Acupuncture is a popular and effective treatment. Patients learn to have confidence in daily
acupuncture visits and the relief that consistently occurs. Acupuncture is a treatment for craving and fear as well as withdrawal symptoms. This modality facilitates constructive, non-antagonistic counseling and breaks down the barriers that usually inhibit group process. The consistently calm atmosphere in the treatment area is a marked contrast to the tense mood of streets and of even the best conventional drug program. Acupuncture acts physiologically by enhancing the patient's own
balancing mechanisms. There is a renewed development of vitality and integrity from within before external challenges need to be taken up. In this clinical setting passive aggressive dependency and adolescent acting-out are greatly reduced. Staff and patients alike can focus on stability and growth without the interpersonal static that usually limits communication.
(2) We have applied many of the basic principles of chemical dependency which are often neglected in criminal justice related situations. The struggle for sobriety is "one day at a time." By testing urines on a daily basis, providing daily acupuncture, and encouraging brief daily counseling sessions -- we are functioning in the same rhythm as the patient's struggle for recovery. Testing urines every two weeks, in contrast, functions as an external judgmental process that clashes with the potential rhythm of recovery. A common principle of AA is "keep is simple."


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ST. PAUL -- No radiation leaked and there were no injuries this morning when 522 gallons of chlorine bleach leaked out of a broken pipe at the Prairie Island nuclear power plant near Red Wing, Minn.
"This is a non-radioactive event," state Emergency Management Director Kris Eide said.
Eide and Dennis Koehl of Xcel Energy said the public faces no threat, even though this morning's alert is believed to be the highest-ever emergency level declared at either of Minnesota's nuclear power facilities.
Koehl said Xcel is investigating why the PVC pipe sprung a leak, releasing bleach into an area surrounded by cement berms. He said the bleach did not get into the Mississippi River or anywhere else behind the contained area.
Xcel workers were pumping the bleach into another container today and Koehl said he expects the clean-up to be complete by 6 p.m.
Workers discovered the leak at 3:53 a.m., and Xcel immediately reported the incident to state officials, as required by law. The state opened its Emergency Operations Center in St. Paul, staffed by up to 60 workers from state departments and some private organizations.
The leak occurred in what is called a "screen house," a facility where water pumped from the Mississippi River is treated so it can be used to cool two nuclear reactors. Koehl said bleach is used to kill bacteria in the water.
The pipe that leaked is connected to one of two bleach tanks, and Koehl said the second tank can be used to keep both reactors functioning. The nuclear facilities were not affected, he added, and power was not interrupted.
Koehl said air near the leak of what formally is known as sodium hypochloride was safe, and Xcel workers did not need breathing apparatus to work around the bleach.
Eide said the public was in no danger. Minnesota and Wisconsin officials said the public does not need to take any action.
"We are not asking for any kind of protective action," Eide said.
While Prescott and Ellsworth, Wis., schools delayed their start today, Eide said that was up to individual school district superintendents, not on the recommendations of state officials.
In the Minnesota Emergency Operations Center, the atmosphere was calm with few people working on the spill incident. However, officials said, the center was staffed with a variety of state and private agencies just in case something was needed.
Goodhue County, Minn., and Pierce County, Wis., emergency operations centers were activated. The Mississippi separates Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The alert issued after the leak was discovered was the second-lowest emergency notification category for nuclear plants. Xcel officials said they did not think that either the Prairie Island or Monticello plants ever have declared an alert or higher emergency.
State and Xcel officials annually train for such emergencies.
The Prairie Island Plant, next to an American Indian community of the same name, is 28 miles southeast of St. Paul and six miles northwest of Red Wing. The two reactors in the plant produce enough electricity to power a million homes.


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Cole silences Cardinals, Pirates tie series
ST. LOUIS (AP) — In June, Gerrit Cole became the first Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher to win his first four starts in more than a century.
He also won his last four to tune up for October.
The St. Louis Cardinals were just another victim for the former No. 1 overall pick who starred with his bat, too, in a 7-1 victory Friday that evened their NL division series at a game apiece.
"He was pretty calm all day," catcher Russell Martin said. "He didn't really look nervous at all. If I had an arm like his, I would be nervous either."
Cole gave up two hits in six dominant innings and had a key RBI in his postseason debut, and Pedro Alvarez homered for the second straight day.
"For a young guy to go out there in his first postseason start and pitch like a veteran, wow!" teammate Marlon Byrd said. "He used his whole arsenal knowing we had to hump up and get this one."
The Cardinals routed the Pirates 9-1 behind a dominant effort from Adam Wainwright while capitalizing on mistakes. The Pirates were poised after their first postseason victory since 1992, while the Cardinals were tentative and got another lackluster October start from Lance Lynn.
The series shifts to Pittsburgh for the next two games where celebrations thus far have been a lot more intense. Pirates ace Francisco Liriano goes for his fourth victory in four starts this year against the Cardinals in Game 3 on Sunday, opposing Joe Kelly.
"They're going to be rowdy and they're going to be into it, and they should be, just like our fans have been," St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said. "It's a great opportunity for us to go out and perform despite what else is going on"
Cole faced the Cardinals for the first time and left most of them shaking their heads, striking out five and walking one. After allowing Carlos Beltran's double with one out in the first, he retired 11 straight before Yadier Molina led off the fifth with his third career postseason homer.
Relying on a fastball that peaked at 99 mph on the stadium radar gun and one that the broadcast on TBS had at 100, Cole had hitters helpless at times even without shadows that benefited pitchers early in Game 1.
"I just tried to stick to my game plan and do what I've been doing the last month, moving the fastball around and mixing in some off-speed pitches.," Cole said. "Nothing too crazy."
Lynn hasn't lasted long enough to qualify for the victory in any of his three career postseason starts and yielded five runs and seven hits in 4 1-3 innings.
"It was a bad game," Lynn said. "I made four bad pitches for four extra-base hits. When I made a mistake with the fastball, they were ready for it."
Matheny chose Lynn for Game 2 ahead of rookies Shelby Miller and Michael Wacha, the decision based on the right-hander's strong September and 9-3 record at home. Miller gave up a homer to Starling Marte in the eighth and Wacha (4-1, 2.78) will oppose Charlie Morton (7-4, 3.26) in Game 4 Monday.
Alvarez doubled in the second on a ball that center fielder Jon Jay thought he should have caught, then scored on Cole's single. Third baseman David Freese dropped Marlon Byrd's pop fly for an error in gusting wind in the seventh inning, leading to a run.
"A lot of things went wrong," Freese said. "We had a lot of guys talking. That ball has got to be caught."
Jordy Mercer was walked intentionally before Cole's single put the Pirates ahead. Pirates pitchers totaled 10 RBIs during the season and Cole had five of them, including two in his final start.
Alvarez hit a 418-foot, two-run homer in the third.
Lynn made it to the fifth for the first time, but just barely. Miller warmed up in the third and Lynn was yanked with one out after back-to-back doubles by Justin Morneau and Byrd that put the Pirates up 5-0, followed by a four-pitch walk to Alvarez that gave reliever Seth Maness a little more time to warm up.
Liriano is 4-0 with a 1.16 career ERA in four starts against the Cardinals. He dominated in three starts this year, including a complete game in St. Louis, and allowed 10 hits in 22 innings with 20 strikeouts. He was the winner Tuesday night against Cincinnati in front of a raucous crowd in Pittsburgh that was celebrating the Pirates' return to the postseason.
Kelly (10-5, 2.69) thrived as a fill-in starter for the second straight season and won eight straight decisions.
NOTES: The last Pirates pitcher to win his first four starts was Nick Maddox in 1907. ... Injured Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter threw the first pitch to his son, Sam, and was accompanied to the mound by his daughter, Ava. ... Daniel Descalso made the last out in the second inning and the first out in the Cardinals' NL division series-record seven-run third in Game 1. ... Molina's last postseason homer came in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS against the Mets.


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It's A New Year, What's New?…
New Year, same problems in left…
Okay, I didn't really want to start the new year with any mention of left field, but unfortunately, there hasn't been much more to talk about. 2010 begins where 2009 left off…the Yankees are still in search of the right combination for left field. Perhaps the answer is already on the roster in the form of Brett Gardner and Jamie Hoffmann, or maybe the Yanks should move Curtis Granderson to left and install Gardner back in center. Ultimately, I don't think either of those options will be viable ones when training camp opens in Tampa. But they do underscore the lack of urgency on the Yankees' part.
I am a big proponent of finding a low-cost option with high upside. When Paul O'Neill was acquired from the Cincinnati Reds, he wasn't a "big" name and he only cost the Yankees the long-forgotten Roberto Kelly. At the time, I was miffed that the Yanks would give up on Kelly, but history clearly showed that it was one of the most astute moves in Yankee history.
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I read a blog that speculated David DeJesus of the Kansas City Royals would be a good fit. I do not disagree. Today, Mike Axisa of River Ave Blues suggested Travis Buck of the Oakland A's. Regardless of the latter's health history, I am okay with either player. Ideally, there's no question that I'd prefer Johnny Damon first and foremost. But I just don't think it will happen for whatever reason. So, short of Damon, I like the idea of inserting a player with potential. It is a given that the Yankees will aggressively pursue Plan B if Plan A doesn't work out. I don't think the Mets would give him up at this point, but I have liked Jeff Francoeur. I still think that he'll turn it around and live up to his early career promise. The Indians signed free agent and former Yankee Shelley Duncan today. In retrospect, it is too bad that the Yankees never gave him a chance.
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At the end of the day, I think that GM Brian Cashman won't leave the Yanks short-changed in left. I have faith in the man with the plan…
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Allegedly, 15 teams have expressed interest in pitcher Chien-Ming Wang (with the Yankees included). I hope that the team can find a way to bring Wang back home. If Wang is right, how awesome would the Yanks bullpen be with both Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes?
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So, the Boston Red Sox finally solved their third base woes with the signing of free agent Adrian Beltre. I do not dispute that he is masterful with the glove, but anybody who has owned him in fantasy baseball knows that he is brutal offensively. He is clearly not the slugger he was with the Los Angeles Dodgers a few years ago. So, if you ask me if I am disappointed the Red Sox signed Beltre? No, if it means that the team can no longer pursue San Diego Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez (financially speaking). Gonzalez is a difference-maker; Beltre is not. The sad part of the Beltre signing is that it will relegate Casey Kotchman to the bench or at the most, DH. At DH, he has potential, but of course, it means the end of David Ortiz. Also, this almost certainly ensures that Mike Lowell will be dealt. The latest rumor has him going to the Mets for Luis Castillo, which is kind of funny considering that the Mets haven't been able to unload Castillo on anybody. So, the Beltre signing is "nice", but it doesn't improve the Sox in the long run, in my opinion.
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Did the Vikings' total domination of the New York Giants and capture of the NFC second seed restore my faith in the Minnesota Vikings? Not really. The New York Giants gave up last week, so they pretty much rolled over for the Vikings on Sunday. It is hard for me to believe that the Vikings are truly a team capable of laying a 44-7 whuppin' on a play-off foe. It's funny that the Vikings were rooting for the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday considering that the Cowboys have long been my "second" favorite team dating back to the Roger Staubach days. I admit that I was a bit miffed with the Cowboys beat the Vikings on the Hail Mary pass, but I did enjoy the Cowboys' success under Jimmy Johnson and Troy Aikman in the 90's. Of course, I did live in Dallas at the time, so it was a bit more enjoyable. Nevertheless, I still remain on the Purple side, so I'll await the outcome of the NFC wild card games to see if the Vikings can legitimately move the closest to the Super Bowl that they've been since 1998. I am not a great fan of the current Dallas Cowboys so I don't know who I'll root for should my Vikings stub their toe. Perhaps I'll root for Julia's New England Patriots, but admittedly, they'll have a tough road sans Wes Welker.
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I am not surprised that the Washington Redskins sacked head coach Jim Zorn. I know they are wining and dining Mike Shanahan, and that would probably be a very good move for them. I think Shanahan is a better fit than Steve Spurrier ever was. He knows owner Daniel Snyder so I think the two could co-exist so long as Shanahan can produce. Yeah, I wish the Vikings could be in play for a good coach…
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I hope everyone had a great holiday season, and a very happy New Year! Just think, baseball training camps open next month. I can't wait. I am anxious to resume my battles with a certain friend in Boston…


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Last year at this time I reflected on how the benefits of blogging had far exceeded the expectations I had when I began blogging: it has been and continues to be a great way to get in touch with other researchers, make my research available to family members, benefit from other genealogy bloggers who comment and share their experience, and simply have fun.
But for a couple of months I have been thinking about ways to refocus my research, which mostly means doing more research. Some of the extra time will come out of my blogging time. I do not intend to blog less or to stop writing some posts just for enjoyment (SNGF, selected memes, "spouting off" (= reflecting, ranting, recollecting)), but I would like to write more posts focused on research.
The main casualty will probably be my Follow Friday posts (even though I enjoy writing them), since they take a lot of time; the past few weeks, which have been characterized by a much better balance between blogging and research, have confirmed that this is a better approach. Still, I'll probably write a few Follow Fridays from time to time; it's hard to resist when there is so much good genea-blog reading out there. (And you can always check out "Greta K.'s Starred Items" at the lower left to see what I recommend - I resolve to be more consistent in using it when I read blogs).
And, to repeat what I said for my second blogoversary post, I would like to thank all my readers, commenters, and fellow genealogy bloggers who make every day an adventure in reading and learning.


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SteelCityFan wrote:Malkintent wrote:Are we sure Fleury isn't in goal for the Panthers?
Sorry, I had to.
Lol!! Too soon!
penny lane wrote:Schultz is playing some good positional D also. Good for him.
Pens must shoot the puck on goal again in the 2nd. :D
FLPensFan wrote:First period update from section 114.
The Panthers look horrible. Losing moat puck battles, lazy passing....they dont look interested in this game.
All 4 lines for the Penguins look like they smell blood. Hustling by everyone out there. A very good start.
The arena is semi-empty. About 5 minutes to faceoff, it looked like only 5000 people here. Large sections in the nosebleeds are empty, multiple sections.
The Panthers didnt even introduce their new head coach in his first home game. They showed him on screen at the first TV timeout and he was loudly booed.
Instead of challenging Kuhnhackl goal, Rowe should have used the timeout to lay into the team for lack of effort. Instead, he lost a call that never should been challenged, and the team still looked disinterested.
Schultz looks really good. I like how he isnt afraid to attack players rushimg into the zone, either taking the puck away or making it difficult for them to pass or shoot.
Onto period 2....
Antonio wrote:So again I ask...What do people see in Scott Wilson???
stonewizard51 wrote:Prior to that Bonino was held for a no call.
Antonio wrote:So again I ask...What do people see in Scott Wilson???
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A test that shows blood sugar levels over a span of several weeks is not only the best way to diagnose diabetes but also may be better at identifying who is at risk of getting diabetes than standard blood sugar tests, researchers said on Wednesday.
In a study involving more than 11,000 people with no history of diabetes, the hemoglobin A1c test more accurately identified people who later developed diabetes than the glucose fasting test, which measures blood sugar levels at one point in time.
The A1c test was also a better predictor of risk for stroke, heart disease and death from diabetes, the researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.
They found that people who had A1c levels at 6 percent or greater were at higher risk for developing diabetes.
"A1c has significant advantages over fasting glucose," Dr. Elizabeth Selvin of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, who led the study, said in a statement.
Blood sugar levels can vary from day to day and hour to hour.
The A1c test is more reliable, repeatable and allows doctors to track average glucose levels over time. Levels are not as affected by stress and illness, and patients do not have to fast before the test, the researchers said.
In January, the American Diabetes Association recommended the A1c test for diabetes screening and to identify people who may be at risk of developing the disease. Fasting glucose had been the standard measure in the United States for decades.
In the study, Selvin and colleagues examined stored blood samples from 11,092 black and white middle-aged adults without diabetes. The samples were collected between 1990 and 1992.
They compared the A1c test to the fasting glucose test to identify people at high risk for diabetes, heart disease, stroke and death.
During 15 years of follow-up, 2,251 people were diagnosed with diabetes; 1,198 had heart disease, 358 had strokes and 1,447 died, the researchers said.
A1c levels between 5.0 to 5.5 percent are considered normal. With each incremental A1c increase, the researchers found the incidence of diabetes rose.
People with levels between 6 and 6.5 percent were nine times more likely than those at the normal range to develop diabetes.
There are currently 9 million Americans who are diabetic but are undiagnosed, according to the study.
"These data... can help us interpret A1c values in clinical practice and help identify people who need treatment the most," Selvin said.
Diabetes develops when the body loses its ability to use insulin effectively. Blood sugar levels rise, in turn causing complications including heart disease, blindness and kidney failure.
About 24 million Americans have diabetes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Diabetes costs the United States about $132 billion per year in disability, loss productivity and premature death.


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MTV celebrated the last year's worth of movies with the annual MTV Movie Awards tonight. During the ceremony Gary Oldman, Christian Bale and Joseph Gordon-Levitt took the stage to introduce a video promoting The Dark Knight Rises. As Joseph Gordon-Levitt put it, "This summer, the story comes to an end." But every end has a beginning. In the case of this franchise, it was Batman Begins, which is where we begin tonight as the trio introduced a video that recaped some of the highlights of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. After that, the audience was brought back to the MTV Movie Awards, and after Christian Bale mentioned how great it was to see Heath Ledger again in the footage, they brought Christopher Nolan out onto the stage to introduce the never-before-seen footage from The Dark Knight Rises.
You can watch the footage below, and we'll talk more about it after.
"Every great story demands a great ending," Nolan said in his intro. "And The Dark Knight Rises is our best possible attempt to put a great ending to this story on screen." He expressed his pride and excitement about it, saying they're "almost finished with it but not quite" and then offered up the footage to whet our appetites.
The video opens with Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) and John Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) sitting opposite one another as Blake holds what appears to be her criminal file in front of him and references some "mistakes" she's made, and wonders why she'd run. She responds, "Maybe it's not you I'm running from." This is followed by an image of Bane from behind and Bane then standing in some wet place, presumably underground (the bat cave?), holding a broken Batman mask.
After that, we're taken through a series of quick glimpses of scenes, some of which we've seen in the previously released trailers (the bridge collapse), explosions at the stock market, and a scene in what looks like it could be a Grand Central Station-type place where a suited man is being pushed down into a chair. Bane says "Let the games begin." The bat suit is shown encased in glass. We see the Batpod at least once and The Bat hovering numerous times. And then we see Batman throwing a punch at Bane, who grabs Batman's fist. It cuts back to Blake and Kyle. Blake asks her what she knows about him. Kyle responds, "That you should be as afraid of him as I am." Chilling stuff!
And if that wasn't enough, below you will also find the fifth television spot for the film, which features a new conversation between Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) and Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), some new shots of The Bat, and more.


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Can Air Conditioning Give You a Cold?
Can you get a summer cold going between the hot outdoors and an air conditioned building? Missy Sullivan explains on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.
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