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Virginia Lodge No. 1, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Virginia Lodge No. 1 is a historic building in Harpers Ferry and is home to the oldest Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge in West Virginia. The IOOF is one of the largest fraternal organizations in the world, and sponsors charitable programs and community service. The lodge in Harpers Ferry was established in 1833, with their meetings being held on the second floor of Harpers Ferry Methodist Church, and moved to the former U.S Armory Building that was sold to the Odd Fellows in 1865. Virginia Lodge No. 1 was the first lodge established in Virginia, and became the Grand Lodge of West Virginia shortly after the Civil War. Virginia Lodge No. 1 dwindled over the years, but was revived in 1992 by Robert L. Spencer. The Odd Fellows continue their mission of aiding the Harpers Ferry community today. The building became part of the Harpers Ferry Historic District.
The structure that became the Harpers Ferry IOOF's lodge was built around 1834 by the U.S. government and was originally designated as Armory Building 23. For nearly twenty years the building served as one of the U.S. Armory's armorers. During the Civil War the building was used as an office for the Union Provost Marshall, who acted as the military police, and soldiers were imprisoned here. In the summer of 1862, photographers from Matthew Brady's studio used the building as a backdrop to photograph members of the 22nd New York State Militia, who were stationed in Harpers Ferry at the time. Around this time many soldiers wrote graffiti on the walls, which survive to this day. There is a rumor that Abraham Lincoln spent the night in the building on October 1, 1862 while visiting the Army of the Potomac, but there is no documentation to prove this claim. When the Civil War ended, the government donated Armory Building 23 to Virginia Lodge No. 1.
Virginia Lodge No. 1 can trace its origins back to the 1700s with the creation of a new fraternal organization in England known as the Odd Fellows. The organization was named because of their charitable activities, which were considered very unusual at the time. The Order was based on the principles of Friendship, Love, and Truth. Its goals were to provide assistance and support to the sick, the orphaned, the widowed, and to provide a proper burial for members. Odd Fellows lodges were established all over England, and in 1819 the first lodge was established in the United States. In 1842 the American lodges split from England, renaming themselves the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
On May 4, 1833, a lodge was chartered in Harpers Ferry and was the first IOOF lodge in Virginia (present-day West Virginia), receiving the designation of Virginia Lodge No. 1. Originally the lodge held its meetings in the second floor of Harpers Ferry's Methodist Church. The outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 caused a temporary halt in Virginia Lodge activities, which resumed in 1864. However, by this time the Methodist Church had been destroyed in the conflict. In 1865 the U.S. government allowed the lodge to use Armory Building 23, later selling it to them in 1869. In December of 1865 the lodge came under the jurisdiction of the new Grand Lodge of West Virginia, although it continued to go by the name Virginia Lodge No. 1.
Over the years, Virginia Lodge No. 1 became inactive. The building was included in the Harpers Ferry Historic District, established in 1979 and comprising around 100 structures throughout the city. The Lodge was reorganized in 1992 by Robert L. Spencer and building soon restored with funds from the IOOF. The Virginia Lodge continues to be active in Harpers Ferry, performing community service and supporting charities such as the Educational Foundation. Meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays of every month.


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Review: Dark Days: A Memoir – D. Randall Blythe
SYNOPSIS: Lamb of god vocalist D. Randall Blythe finally tells the whole incredible story of his arrest, incarceration, trial, and acquittal for manslaughter in the Czech Republic over the tragic and accidental death of a concertgoer in this riveting, gripping, biting, bold, and brave memoir.
On June 27, 2012, the long-running, hard-touring, and world-renowned metal band lamb of god landed in Prague for their first concert there in two years. Vocalist D. Randall "Randy" Blythe was looking forward to a few hours off—a rare break from the touring grind—in which to explore the elegant, old city. However, a surreal scenario worthy of Kafka began to play out at the airport as Blythe was detained, arrested for manslaughter, and taken to Pankrác Prison—a notorious 123-year-old institution where the Nazis' torture units had set up camp during the German occupation of then-Czechoslovakia, and where today hundreds of prisoners are housed, awaiting trial and serving sentences in claustrophobic, sweltering, nightmare-inducing conditions.
Two years prior, a 19-year-old fan died of injuries suffered at a lamb of god show in Prague, allegedly after being pushed off stage by Blythe, who had no vivid recollection of the incident. Stage-crashing and -diving being not uncommon occurrences, as any veteran of hard rock, metal, and punk shows knows, the concert that could have left him imprisoned for years was but a vague blur in Blythe's memory, just one of the hundreds of shows his band had performed over their decades-long career.
At the time of his arrest Blythe had been sober for nearly two years, having finally gained the upper hand over the alcoholism that nearly killed him. But here he faced a new kind of challenge: jailed in a foreign land and facing a prison sentence of up to ten years. Worst of all, a young man was dead, and Blythe was devastated for him and his family, even as the reality of his own situation began to close in behind Pankrác Prison's glowering walls of crumbling concrete and razor wire.
What transpired during Blythe's incarceration, trial, and eventual acquittal is a rock 'n' roll road story unlike any other, one that runs the gamut from tragedy to despair to hope and finally to redemption. While never losing sight of the sad gravity of his situation, Blythe relates the tale of his ordeal with one eye fixed firmly on the absurd (and at times bizarrely hilarious) circumstances he encountered along the way. Blythe is a natural storyteller and his voice drips with cutting humor, endearing empathy, and soulful insight. Much more than a tour diary or a prison memoir, Dark Days is D. Randall Blythe's own story about what went down—before, during, and after—told only as he can. – via Goodreads
I have been waiting to get my hands on this book since I heard it was coming, and recently my friend acquired a copy and so graciously lent it to me to soak it all in. Randy Blythe's arrest and subsequent trial was a pretty big thing in the metal community, and there wasn't really an awful lot of information to peruse when it was all going down, so my people and I basically got some scraps to understand bits and pieces of what happened. Finally, there was a book to be far more enlightening on the topic. Not long after Blythe's incarceration and trial, we were very fortunate to have Lamb of God tour South Africa (which is a fucking huge deal for us – we never get anything or anyone down here) as the last leg of their Resolution tour, and it was a fantastic gig. Blythe commented on the barricade at the gig, telling us to make sure it wasn't wrecked, taken down, trashed, etc. and that we should please not be up on stage, that he really didn't want to end up in another foreign prison. We laughed, but it was a serious thing for him. Reading this book, you get a detailed look at just how rough the ordeal was. I appreciated the humour that Randy was able to convey in this memoir, even though what he went through was no laughing matter. Dark humour, a lot of it, but I like that. I really had to laugh at how Blythe talks about how he can take a situation and it can just blow out of proportion in his mind (I think we all do that – things can get crazy), and it comes up time and time again throughout the book, which is great. Also, the writing style comes across as gruff but brutally honest, and I have always thought Blythe to be both exceptionally bright and well written/spoken, and that shines through while reading this memoir. The bulk of the book deals with Blythe's incarceration in Pankrác prison and the frustrations of an inept legal system. This section of the book was the bulk of the book, and carried on longer than was strictly necessary. His arrest and and trial are both not covered in extreme detail, but tell you enough to know how the trial played out, and how confusing his arrest was, and his exoneration at the end and what that meant for him. There are times that Blythe comes across as quite cavalier about the whole experience, but this is addressed by him in the book. Definitely worth a read and I would read more of his work, Blythe is a good writer. A little long-winded and preachy at times, and there were quite a few grammatical and spelling errors throughout the book that annoyed me (surely someone should have picked this up when editing?), but not constantly. I think the book could have been tightened up a bit more, but it is not a deal breaker. Also, I really wish we had heard more about what the rest of the band was doing during Blythe's incarceration. I understand him not wanting to share too much about his family and all, but some more details about the band would have been appreciated. I loved the fact that Blythe had kept a journal while in prison, that documented everything, so there were not chunks of the book where he was like "I don't know what happened over the next few weeks", etc. because it was all there. I also liked the excerpts from his entries that were printed, as well as the photos and drawings. I truly enjoyed this book, and I would recommend checking it out, whether you are a metalhead or not.
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7 thoughts on "Review: Dark Days: A Memoir – D. Randall Blythe"
Parlor of Horror says:
That was a crazy story, I remember seeing some interviews with him shortly after it was over…tragic.
It really was insane, and came out of nowhere, too.
Oh wow – this sounds like a crazy story! Never heard anything about that…
It was a crazy story! Yeah, didn't think this would get an awful lot of publicity due to the type of music scene Blythe is from – not a pop king, so we thought it may fly under the radar. There was hardly any news to pull up from it online even.
After reading your post, I think I remember a very small mention in the news at the time. Forgot all about it! Have to admit I know none of their music myself, though. : )
Yeah this sounds like something I should definitely read. Thanks for the heads up on it. 😀
Anytime! I hope you enjoy it if you do check it out!

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David is another unlikely hero in the Old Testament. Like Joseph and Moses, he had humble beginnings being the last of eight brothers. It was not likely that he would defeat Goliath the Philistine in battle because he was so small and unprepared. He was only a shepherd boy. He could not even wear the armor because it was so heavy and cumbersome. But defeat him he did, saying, "You come against me with sword and spear and scimitar, but I come against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, "(1 Samuel 17:45). David eventually rises in power and becomes king, but his actions are not always pristine. He falls for Bathsheba, a married woman, and she becomes pregnant from their tryst. Like Moses, he tries to hide it by having her husband killed in battle. That way, she would be free to move in with him. However, later on, he is remorseful and goes back to God for redemption. "People may still choose to sin, but the goodness of God and his everlasting mercy will be seen in the bounty and the regularity of nature's seasons, " (Boadt, Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction, 124).
We all screw up. We sometimes make the same mistakes over and over again. We may think that there is no redemption for us. But these underdogs of the Old Testament tell us there is. There is always hope. They say, "You think you make mistakes? Look at us! We have made some big ones, yet God's grace saved us." It is possible, and that is why these stories speak to us so profoundly.
David felt a deeper purpose despite the odds against him. When King Saul died, David prayed to God about it and moved his family to Hebron. He told the people, "Take courage, therefore, and prove yourselves valiant men, for though your lord Saul is dead, the Judahites have anointed me their king, " (2 Samuel 2:7). Did David really know what he was doing? David was moving into fresh domains where there were no role models (Holladay, Long Ago God Spoke: How Christians May Hear the Old Testament Today, 110). He knew he was meant to be king, yet he had been a lowly shepherd. His resume was wanting, but there was a deeper purpose at stake. As Ruether says, "It is only in that gratuitous and transcendent mystery of freedom, that dawns upon us without our 'deserving' it, and before we have articulated our need for it, that we find ourselves able to enter into this articulation and transformation, "(Liberation Theology: Human Hope Confronts Christian History and American Power, 9). David entered into the unknown of being king and became transformed by it, because he knew it was what God wanted of him. He felt his function in life was to serve his people, and became king because he knew he could secure the nation for them.
Their lack of self ego makes these underdogs of the Old Testament the unlikely heroes that they were. This helps us relate to them and want to be like them. "…the hero is a person who lives in close contact with the inner world of the unconscious and its spiritual powers. This brings the hero stories closer to us…all of us have the potentiality to become the hero, each in his or her own way, " (Sanford, The Man Who Wrestled with God, 86).
Do you sometimes hear that little voice that tells you you can't do something? Do you think it is from God? Do you think it keeps you from a full relationship with God?
Have there been times when you have felt unprepared yet felt you were called to do something? How did it turn out? Do you feel the Holy Spirit was a part of it?
How might you be a hero for God in your own way?
At the time of Moses' birth, Pharaoh commanded all Hebrew boys to be thrown into the river. The Hebrews' were the Egyptians' slaves and he did not want them to become too numerous or powerful. Moses was born to Levite parents; rather than seeing him die, they put him in a basket and "threw him in the river", hoping he would be found and by an Egyptian woman with good intentions. Fortunately, our hero Moses was found by Pharaoh's daughter and his own mother chosen to nurse him. So there is duality here. Many baby boys were slaughtered, but Moses was rescued. Moses came from humble, Hebrew roots, but he was raised by the Egyptians. It is typical in many folktales for future heroes to be born in the midst of danger and uncertainty (The Man Who Wrestled with God, Sanford, 85). Moses could have died, but he did not. He could not have been found and left abandoned, but that did not happen. It gives hope for those hearing the story. People hearing this story that might be in dangerous situations or feeling lost and abandoned may be comforted. "The time of crisis and judgment, then, also becomes a moment for the birth of far more transcendent hopes and the glimpsing of more exalted possibilities in radical contrast to the blackness of the present, " (Liberation Theology: Human Hope Confronts Christian History and American Power, Ruether, 25). Moses got out of his desperate situation, and so can we.
Underdogs are not perfect. This is another underdog trait – not always getting it right. Moses had a discerning heart, but he was not always good about going to God with his decisions. When he witnessed an Egyptian hitting one of his own kind, he killed him, hid him in the sand and fled to the land of Midian. Moses goes through a dark journey before realizing who he is meant to be. He not only kills someone, he hides the evidence and runs away. Moses had to go through this time. He needed to feel that tension and develop psychologically before he was ready to fulfill his divine calling (Sanford, 83). But God is able to see through his failings into what Moses will become.
After Moses killed the Egyptian and flew to Midian, he started a very comfortable life. He became a shepherd, got married and settled down. Sanford says, "If he lived today we would no doubt find him somewhere in suburbia, going to the office during the week, mowing the lawn on Saturdays, and taking the family on outings in the family camper on Sundays, " (92). Life was good. But something must have been stirring in Moses. This deeper purpose he felt was not going away. When he came across the burning bush, his curiosity got the best of him. "Curiosity, the desire to know, is a powerful instinct, often used by God to draw us into life and our individuation. But it is a troublesome instinct, " (93). This unlikely hero is driven by what he feels must be God's will for him, even when he does not completely know what it is. Moses could have stayed in suburbia, but he chose to enter into the holy chaos because he knew that was where he was meant to be.
Underdogs are not always sure they are the right people for the job. Moses did not think he could be the voice for his people. He says, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and lead the Israelites out of Egypt?" (Exodus 3:11). God does not argue with him; he doesn't even try to boost his spirits. God only responds, "I will be with you," (Exodus 3:12). Moses cannot do it alone; he needs God's help. Once Moses realizes he isn't going to be able to get out of this calling, he still battles with God. He tries to get out of having to speak publicly, saying, "…I am slow of speech and tongue, " (Exodus 4:10). God does not let him give up so easily. God says he will help him, and then relents and lets Aaron be his spokesman. However, it is not long before Moses is speaking to the Israelites directly. God does not let us give up on ourselves, especially when there is a mission at stake. "The work of liberation is God's work first and last, " (Chaos and Grace: Discovering the Liberating Work of the Holy Spirit, Galli, 95). In other words, there are bigger issues on the line than the underdog's lack of confidence.
Moses never claims the credit for being heroic; he continually sees himself only as an instrument of God (Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction, Boadt, 164). Moses would continually consult with God on Mount Sinai or in the tent to help make decisions for the Israelite people, to the point that his face was radiant. God even says to Moses, "This request, too, which you have just made, I will carry out, because you have found favor with me and you are my intimate friend, " (Exodus 33:17). There is a selfless quality in that trust that cannot be denied. Yet it is this selflessness that actually uplifts the underdog. "And who are we? We are the contingent ones, dependent utterly on this God…who must cling consciously to his God, who gives and takes beyond all understanding, " (The Gifts of the Jews, Cahill, 86-86). It is God's grace.
How are you contingent upon God, like Moses?
This is a very good article on praying that may inspire you to read his book with the same title. The other book this author has written, Where the Hell is God?, is in our parish library.
Do you remember this song by Sting: If You Love Somebody Set Them Free? I think the premise of the song is we need to love freely and without condition. The minute we put conditions or controls on that love, we're in trouble. I've been thinking about this a lot lately.
According to the Linns' book, Sleeping with Bread: Holding What Gives You Life, God's will is always for me to give and receive more love. We should love freely. There should be no conditions on it. I get that, but in reality, this is not always easy. Oh, we hear in church how we should just love everybody, and we nod in agreement. Yes, of course. Love. Got it. But what happens when love is hard? Or it isn't returned? Or it is returned but not in the way we wish it was? What if we put ourselves out there with our love, and it flops? What then? Does this make any sense?
Maybe an example will help. I have a friend who recently moved away. She is having trouble keeping in touch with the friends she still has here. Suddenly, her friends are too busy to call or put the effort in that it takes to keep a long distance relationship going. She is debating what to do. Let go of the friendship (set it free) and see what happens? Or hang in there and continue to work at it?
I don't know if there is an easy answer. Fear gets in our way. Love can be a scary business. There is trepidation when we put ourselves out there and don't know what will happen. We could get hurt. So it's easy to let fear creep in and make our decisions. But it doesn't leave space for God's help. We are called to let God in and love. A free life is one where we give and receive more love. It's loving as we are free to love. Gratitude when it is returned. Not fearing the outcome of that love. Risking the vulnerability and loving anyway. This is no easy task, but there is comfort knowing God is there in the midst of it.
How do we do this, to love so freely? It seems like prayer goes a long way with matters of the heart. If God wills for us to be these love machines, inputting and outputting love freely, then God will help us do it. Trust that. Whatever we decide in our relationships, the loving choice seems to be the right choice. Even if it's the hard one. Sometimes the loving choice is letting go and seeing what happens. Sometimes it means hanging in there with love, even if it's not the way we imagined it to be. Maybe the loving choice is waiting. Waiting for an answer. Waiting for a peace to be felt. Waiting for God's answer to come. I believe it always comes when love is involved.
What do you think? Talk it over with God. See if Sting sings true for you!
I wonder how the seventy-two disciples reacted when Jesus told them that he was sending them out as "Lambs among wolves." They were probably not that excited. They may have even pointed out to the Lord that the last time the wolves played the lambs the game was not even close. You might even say it was a slaughter. Ba-dum-bum.
A trait of the underdog: humble beginnings. Joseph was the second-to-last son born to Rachel and Jacob. Rachel had been barren and God heard her prayer for fertility. She named him Joseph, meaning, "May the Lord add another son to this one for me! "(Genesis 30:24). As Joseph grew, he became a shepherd and was favored by Jacob. This made his other brothers angry and jealous, to the point of wanting to kill him. They end up selling him as a slave, and he is taken to Egypt. Once in Egypt, Joseph gets into more trouble when his master's wife wants to sleep with him and he refuses. In a rage, she blames the ordeal on him and he ends up in prison. So the scene is dismal for Joseph in the beginning. "But even while he was in prison, the Lord remained with Joseph, " (Genesis 40:20). The chief jailer learns how Joseph can interpret dreams. This becomes Joseph's "in" with the Pharaoh once the Pharaoh has need for an interpreter. Yet even when Joseph can interpret the Pharaoh's dream, he says, "It is not I but God who will give Pharaoh the right answer, "(Genesis 41:16).
Joseph continues to trust in the Lord despite his lowly circumstances at the time. Because of this, he slowly rises in power. Eventually, the Pharaoh makes him the grand vizier, an authorized representative of the king, and the director of the palace. He marries the daughter of the highest priest in the land and has two sons from this marriage. He is the most powerful man in the kingdom (Von Rad, Genesis, 377). When famine comes and Joseph's brothers need food, it is Joseph they must go to see, though they do not know it is him. After several tests and delays, Joseph eventually reveals himself to them. Rather than seek revenge, Joseph forgives his brothers in great emotion and reaches out to them. He goes as far to say that they should not feel guilty because, "It was really for the sake of saving lives that God sent me here ahead of you, "(Genesis 45:5). Von Rad reads this moment as, "God's hand directs all the confusion of human guilt ultimately toward a gracious goal, "(398). Joseph rescues his brothers and asks them to move nearby so they would be closer to him. The little brother they hated becomes their hero.
Another underdog trait: perseverance. Joseph showed perseverance in building back the relationship between himself and his brothers. Joseph does forgive his brothers for abandoning him, but he was not passively tolerant. He dealt with them severely and boldly by keeping Simeon in prison and sending the rest of the brothers back home for their little brother Benjamin (Von Rad, 437). He persisted because he wanted to be sure they were being true and honest, yet there was love there. Before the brothers departed, Joseph put the money they brought back in their sacks without them knowing it. This was a sign of his deeply veiled love for them (Von Rad, 384). Love, truth and honesty make the underdog persevere, even when the desired outcome is uncertain.
How does Joseph speak to you today?
Http://www.thefreedictionary.com describes an underdog as, "the competitor least likely to win a fight or contest, and a person in adversity or in a position of inferiority." Underdogs are unlikely heroes. They may have had humble beginnings or grew up in less-than-ideal circumstances. Their place in society may have been lowly. They could be considered unpopular. Underdogs may be reluctant, meaning they lack self-confidence, laugh at their ability or do not trust themselves. Underdogs are not perfect; as a matter of fact, they may make big mistakes that are irreversible. Yet despite all of these inadequacies and flaws, they know they have a deeper purpose. They are driven to move forward and fulfill their calling.
Why do underdogs make good heroes? We see ourselves in them. They are relatable. We can all be heroes despite our failings and unworthiness. Being an underdog calls for perseverance and a determination to fight for something greater than our own being. Underdogs give us hope. They remind us that there is a way out of our meagerness and toil. They call us to look outside of ourselves to a greater wholeness. Circumstances do not have to be ideal to have everything turn out well in the end, and we can all identify with that.
One trait of an underdog…reluctance. Underdogs are not always sure they are the right people for the job. Abraham and Sarah displayed reluctance. When God said they would bear a child despite their old age, Sarah laughed. She laughed that she and Abraham would have the ability to create a child; yet God laughed last. Isaac was born to them. For the underdog, it may seem impossible; but for God, everything is possible.
God made a covenant with Abraham. "I will maintain my covenant with you and your descendants after you throughout the ages as an everlasting pact, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you, " (Genesis 17:7). Yet Abraham still had moments of reluctance. When he entered the land of Negeb, he was afraid that the people would kill him because Sarah was so beautiful and they could not have her. He made Sarah say she was his sister, but of course his lie was found out. Abraham says, "I was afraid because I thought there would surely be no fear of God in this place, "(Genesis 20:11). He was always granted safe passage despite his fear. God provided for him. God sees past our fears to the other side of them.
Another trait of the underdog…serving others. Abraham, even while being a great leader for his people, reached out and served three strangers that happened to be going by his tent. He put himself in the underdog role. He bowed to the strangers, and asked them, "…please do not go past your servant, " (Genesis 18:3). Not only did he bring them water and offer a cool place to sit, he had rolls made of fine flour and had special meat prepared. It was Abraham himself who waited on them. It is unclear if Abraham ever discovers that it is God's self who is one of the strangers (or perhaps all three as Trinity?). Abraham naturally serves others in his leadership role.
What can Abraham teach you?


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Life on Earth may have developed below rather than above ground, reveal scientists – "Scientists have now discovered microbes living and reproducing as deep as 5km (3.1 miles) below ground and studies have shown that they are likely to have survived in complete isolation from the surface biosphere for millions and perhaps even billions of years. One of the latest studies into the deep biosphere has found that these microbes form a distinct subsurface community of genetically similar individuals despite living on opposite sides of the world. This global similarity of such an isolated life-form suggests that they may have evolved directly from a common ancestor that lived as long ago at the period when life on earth originated, some 3.5 billion years ago."
First ever animals were made of jelly, not sponge
Scientists discover double meaning in genetic code – "[G]enomes use the genetic code to write two separate languages. One describes how proteins are made, and the other instructs the cell on how genes are controlled. One language is written on top of the other, which is why the second language remained hidden for so long." – duons. – see also Exonic Transcription Factor Binding Directs Codon Choice and Affects Protein Evolution.
Environment drives genetic changes in Evolution Canyon – "[R]esearchers with the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech studying fruit flies that live on opposite slopes of a unique natural environment known as 'Evolution Canyon' show that even with migration, cross-breeding, and sometimes the obliteration of the populations, the driving force in the gene pool is largely the environment." – see also Genome differentiation of Drosophila melanogaster from a microclimate contrast in Evolution Canyon, Israel.
Big brains are all in the genes – "Scientists have moved a step closer to understanding genetic changes that permitted humans and other mammals to develop such big brains…. Dr Humberto Gutierrez, from the School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK, led research which examined the genomes of 39 species of mammals with the aim of better understanding how brains became larger and more complex in mammals…. The researchers found a clear link between increased brain size and the expansion of gene families related to certain biological functions."
Not all species deteriorate with age – "Researchers claim that some buck trend in mortality and fertility, challenging evolutionary theory." – see also Diversity of ageing across the tree of life – h/t anatoly! – see also Aging from greg cochran.
there was a kerfluffle over the selfish gene concept this past week or two: Die, selfish gene, die by david dobbs. – see also Adversarial Journalism and The Selfish Gene by richard dawkins – see also David Dobbs mucks up evolution, part I and David Dobbs mucks up evolution, part II by jerry coyne – see also There is no revolution in genetics and Evolutionary orthodoxy may be boring, but it is probably true by razib – see also Science vs. Ideology in Genetics, in which Richard Dawkins and Professor Ceiling Cat Admonish David Dobbs by helian.
Western scrub-jays allocate longer observation time to more valuable information – "When humans mentally reconstruct past events and imagine future scenarios, their subjective experience of mentally time travelling is accompanied by the awareness of doing so. Despite recent popularity of studying episodic memory in animals, such phenomenological consciousness has been extremely difficult to demonstrate…. Thus, the jays can collect information to solve a future problem. Moreover, they can differentiate sources of information according to their potential value and modify behaviour to efficiently collect important, usable information. This is the first evidence of metacognition in a species that passes the behavioural criteria for both retrospective and prospective mental time travel."
Like humans, dogs have general intelligence – @dr. james thompson's blog.
H. Heidelbergensis Preferred Island Life – "[B]etween 500,000 and 200,000 years ago, Homo heidelbergensis preferred to live on islands in the flood plains of major rivers, where they would have had access to big herbivores that grazed on the rich grasses, water birds and plants with edible roots, and leafy vegetables. The island itself offered protection from other hungry predators, and raw materials such as wood and stone for fashioning tools would have been abundant."
No evidence for selection since admixture in sample of 29,141 African Americans – @dienekes'.
Older Dads: Possible Links to Autism, Schizophrenia in Offspring – inherited epigenetic effects? – "Maria Milekic, PhD, reported today, at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology annual meeting in Hollywood, Florida, that old mice have an epigenetic change ‒ a loss of DNA methylation at the locations where the genetic code starts being transcribed. DNA methylation is a biochemical process that plays an important regulatory role in development and disease. The work was done by a research team in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University. Offspring of old fathers showed the same deficit in DNA methylation, and they differed in their behavior from the offspring of the young fathers."
Inherited memories – greg cochran on inherited epigenetics (note: re. a different mouse epigenetics study from the one above).
Genetics accounts for more than half of variation in exam results @the guardian – "[T]he authors point out that genetics emerges as such a strong influence on exam scores because the schooling system aims to give all children the same education. The more school and other factors are made equal, the more genetic differences come to the fore in children's performance. The same situation would happen if everyone had a healthy diet: differences in bodyweight would be more down to genetic variation, instead of being dominated by lifestyle." – see also Nature more than nurture determines exam success @newscientist – "Overall, across the three core subjects of English, mathematics and science, achievement was 58 per cent determined by genetics. Individually, achievement was 52 per cent down to genetics for English, 55 per cent for maths and 58 per cent for science. The figure for humanities was lower at 42 per cent. This was a surprise to Plomin because, traditionally, excellence in humanities subjects such as art or music is considered to be 'handed down' from parents, whereas science is considered a product of the teaching environment." – see also The genetics route could spell a new direction for education @the independent – "[I]t may be that the innate differences in children's abilities because of their genes could argue the case for a more tailor-made individual curriculum to offset the disadvantages of birth." – no sh*t! – see also New twin study by Plomin, Shakeshaft et al from steve sailer – see also Strong Genetic Influence on a UK Nationwide Test of Educational Achievement at the End of Compulsory Education at Age 16.
Genetic influence on family socioeconomic status and children's intelligence – "[U]sing a new technique applied to DNA from 3000 unrelated children, we show significant genetic influence on family SES, and on its association with children's IQ at ages 7 and 12. In addition to demonstrating the ability to investigate genetic influence on between-family environmental measures, our results emphasize the need to consider genetics in research and policy on family SES and its association with children's IQ." – can somebody just give plomin a nobel already? or at least a hearty pat on the back? (^_^)
Climatic Variability, Group Selection and Dysgenics: Testing a Multi-Level Selection Model – from woodley, fernandes, and figueredo. @dr. james thompson's blog.
ISIR – What do intelligence researchers really think about intelligence? – "Asked: 'Is there sufficient evidence to arrive at a reasonable estimate of the heritability of intelligence in populations of developed countries?' 73% said Yes." – from dr. james thompson. also ISIR – Genetics.
'Poverty impedes cognitive function' shown to be BS – from mr. mangan, esq.
Survey of psychometricians finds iSteve one of 3 best journalistic outlets in the world for intelligence coverage – and anatoly karlin! (^_^)
Human brain hard-wired for rural tranquillity – "Humans may be hard-wired to feel at peace in the countryside and confused in cities – even if they were born and raised in an urban area…. Dr Ian Frampton, an Exeter University psychologist, stressed the researchers still had more work to do, but said they may have hit upon something significant…. Professor Michael Depledge of Exeter University, a former Environment Agency chief scientist, said urban dwellers could be suffering in the same way as animals kept in captivity. He said the move to the cities had been accompanied by an 'incredible rise in depression and behavioural abnormalities'." – h/t ed west!
Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome – "[S]hort-term consumption of diets composed entirely of animal or plant products alters microbial community structure and overwhelms inter-individual differences in microbial gene expression. The animal-based diet increased the abundance of bile-tolerant microorganisms (Alistipes, Bilophila and Bacteroides) and decreased the levels of Firmicutes that metabolize dietary plant polysaccharides (Roseburia, Eubacterium rectale and Ruminococcus bromii). Microbial activity mirrored differences between herbivorous and carnivorous mammals, reflecting trade-offs between carbohydrate and protein fermentation. Foodborne microbes from both diets transiently colonized the gut, including bacteria, fungi and even viruses. Finally, increases in the abundance and activity of Bilophila wadsworthia on the animal-based diet support a link between dietary fat, bile acids and the outgrowth of microorganisms capable of triggering inflammatory bowel disease. In concert, these results demonstrate that the gut microbiome can rapidly respond to altered diet, potentially facilitating the diversity of human dietary lifestyles."
Wheat Threatens All Humans, New Research Shows – "New research reveals that proteins in wheat may be detrimental to all humans." – h/t ray sawhill!
The origins of Northwest European guilt culture and Origins of Northwest European guilt culture. Part II – from peter frost. and my response to part i (in case you missed it – shame on you if you did! you should feel soooo guilty. (~_^) ).
The EU is corrupt because southern Europe is corrupt – "Nigeria is riddled with corruption and theft because enough people are corrupt (and it doesn't have to be that many) that it makes no sense to be an honest person. For societies to avert this situation free-riders need to be punished (shamed, ostracised, prosecuted) by other individuals acting with the support of the rest of society, and almost as importantly, for those punishers not to be punished in turn, as happens in clannish societies where people care more about their family than the well-being of the wider society. Destroying the power of the clans can take a very, very long time; around the North Sea it began a good millennium ago." – from ed west.
Why a Good Story Must Be Archetypal and Why Modern Storytellers Must Lie About It – from staffan.
White flight from the white robe? – from the awesome epigone. – h/t jayman!
'Boy/ girl differences are genetically programmed' – "Twinwag: As research shows the brains of men and women are wired differently, mother of two Anna White says she saw it in her own twins, Agatha and Benjamin, from as young as 14 months old." – h/t holtz!
Holding a guitar case increases the odds women will give a man their phone number – (~_^)
Your Genes Tell You How to Vote – in mother jones! – see also The Difference Between Republican and Democratic Brains – h/t avi tuschman! – see also Study on twins suggests our political beliefs may be hard-wired @pew.
Did Brain Scans Just Save a Convicted Murderer From the Death Penalty? – see also How Brain Scans Can Lighten Sentences In Murder Cases – "An increasing trend of defendants using neuroscience to argue for lesser sentences." – h/t neuroskeptic!
We Really Have no Idea Why Political Attitudes Change (or Not). A Guest Blog by Bernard Winograd – *cough*herding*cough* – @peter turchin's social evolution forum. h/t t.greer!
How much do we really know about sleep? – "We spend a third of our lives doing it, and yet we still don't fully understand the reasons why we sleep."
Eastern and Western Europe divided over gay marriage, homosexuality – "92% of Dutch & 25% of Russians say gay people should be free to live lives as they wish (via European Social Survey)." – from pew.
Late Stone Age settlement unearthed on Cyprus – "Excavations at Ayia Varvara-Asprokremnos (AVA) by archaeologists from the University of Toronto, Cornell University and the University of Cyprus have uncovered, among other objects, the earliest complete human figurine on the island. The site has been carbon-dated to between 8800-8600 BC, near the beginning of the Neolithic Period – also known as the Late Stone Age – when the transition from hunting to farming economies was occurring throughout the Middle East."
What Happened On Easter Island — A New (Even Scarier) Scenario – h/t razib!
Terracotta Warriors Inspired by Ancient Greek Art – "Nickel's evidence includes newly translated ancient records that tell a fantastic tale of giant statues that 'appeared' in the far west, inspiring the first emperor of China to duplicate them in front of his palace. This story offers evidence of early contact between China and the West, contacts that Nickel says inspired the First Emperor (which is what Qin Shi Huangdi called himself) to not only duplicate the 12 giant statues but to build the massive Terracotta Army along with other life-size sculptures." – see also The First Emperor and sculpture in China.
Phallic objects an ancient PNG status symbol? – "The cache of elaborately crafted tools was discovered at a construction site on New Britain Island, north-eastern PNG, in late 2010. Between 6000 and 3000 years old, the tools are made of a type of volcanic glass called obsidian and, remarkably, several of them are shaped as phalluses."
Nobel winner declares boycott of top science journals – "Randy Schekman says his lab will no longer send papers to Nature, Cell and Science as they distort scientific process." – h/t hbd bibliography!
Can you guess which states swear the most, least?
bonus: There's a Reason They Call Them 'Crazy Ants' << read this!
bonus bonus: How widespread is Islamic fundamentalism in Western Europe? – h/t michael story!
bonus bonus bonus: Google Adds to Its Menagerie of Robots – google buys boston dynamics. google really IS going to take over the world! =/
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the flatlanders vs. the mountain people
inbreeding, relatedness matters
biology 101, biology and behavior, biology matters, different peoples is different (duh!), everybody, flatlanders, inbreeding, kissin' cousins, mating patterns matter, mountain people, relatedness matters, space stuff, the world, topography matters, what's this hbd business all about anyway?
**update below**
following up from this…
"These data again demonstrate the political role of preferred marriage forms. Exogamy and lack of cousin marriage within large lowland nation-states aid in uniting disparate clans and villages. By contrast, the absence of exogamy and the presence of preferred cousin marriage intensify relationships within the small upland social units."
…where in the world should we expect to find cousin marriage/inbreeding/endogamy vs. lack of cousin marriage/outbreeding/exogamy? note that i think this lowland/upland dichotomy particularly applies to agriculturalists vs. agri-pastoralists/pastoralists and (maybe) not so much to hunter-gatherers, so i'm ignoring hunter-gatherers for right now. (click on map for LARGER view):
>> inbreeding <<
– saudi arabia, yemen, oman, uae: check. especially, once-upon-a-time (i.e. before the spread of islam), in the western and southern regions of the arabian peninsula. dunno if that is true or not.
– the middle east: check. but not, once-upon-a-time (i.e. before the coming of islam?), in egypt. dunno if that is true or not.
– turkey, iran, turkmenistan, afghanistan, pakistan: check.
– southern, but not northern, india: check.
– ethiopia, most of east africa heading southwards except for coastal areas: the amhara of ethiopia (and ethiopian jews) have rules against close endogamy, but that's probably/possibly largely a result of the introduction of christianity. other groups in ethiopia certainly practice endogamy. dunno about the rest of east africa.
– nepal, bhutan, other groups in the himalayas: i happen to know that the nepalese have a tradition of cousin marriage, just haven't gotten around to posting about it yet. dunno about bhutan or other himalayan folks.
– northern parts of southeast asia, vietnam (talk about very stubborn guerrilas!), northern thailand: check.
– indonesia: more on borneo than most of the other islands. no idea.
– southern and western china, but not northeast china (including manchuria): my impression from the reading so far is that clans, so probably the cousin marriage that definitely occurred/s in china, were historically more prevelant in southern than northern china. further research is required. (~_^)
– japan: check.
– southern europe: spain, southern france, central and southern italy including sicily and sardinia, greece, the balkans — check, check, check, check, check. if you haven't already, see mating patterns in europe series in left-hand column below ↓.
– alpine countries: switzerland, austria, etc. not sure.
– northern europe: scotland, wales, parts of ireland, norway. — check, check, check, not sure. again, see mating pattern in europe series.
– russian federation (better map here): from the urals westwards generally yes, although there are patches of lowland areas in the west. the west siberian plain should be a large area of outbreeding until you get to the central siberian plateau (unless western russians settled there bringing their marriage traditions with them?). dunno the details.
– north africa: esp. in the atlas mountains. not sure what the berber mating patterns were pre-islam. the cousin marriage rates are high today.
>> outbreeding <<
– northern europe: england, northern france, belgium, the netherlands, denmark, northern germany, northern poland — check, check, check, check, check, check, more-or-less. especially since the medieval period, but there was most likely cousin marriage/endogamy in all of these places pre-christianity. see mating patterns in europe series.
– iraq: around the tigris and euphrates — the garden of eden. lots of inbreeding, in fact, but that may have been introduced by the arabs along with islam — certainly father's brother's daughter (fbd) marriage likely was. dunno what the marriage practices of the populations there were pre-islam. i wonder what they were in ancient sumerian, etc., times? dunno.
– large parts of west africa: dunno. there appears to be some high cousin marriage rates in parts of guinea and nigeria, but that's just where there are some highlands in west africa. dunno for sure.
– central africa: niger/chad area. dunno.
– coastal east africa: dunno.
– libya and egypt: pre-islam. dunno.
– northern india: check. relative to their neighbors anyway.
– parts of russia: see comments above in inbreeding section.
– northern china: see comments above in inbreeding section.
– parts of southeast asia: check.
– parts of indonesia: in particular the southeastern part of sumatra. dunno.
**update 09/14: oops — forgot the new world (remember – agriculturalists only):
– western/southwestern north america, mesoamerica, anybody in the andes: should've been inbreeders. dunno for sure.
– eastern north america: groups in the midwest ought to have been outbreeders, relatively speaking. anybody in appalachia ought to have been inbreeding. florida groups (were they agriculturalists?) should've been outbreeders — according to this theory anyway. dunno for sure.
previously: this one's for g.w.
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bacteria, diversity is strength, ethiopians, liberalism, mass immigration, morality, religious belief, sifaka alert!, space stuff, testosterone, the welsh, trees are people too, trivers-willard hypothesis, your brain on pr0n
Welsh people could be most ancient in UK, DNA suggests
Genomics and African queens – "[The researchers] found that the genomes of some Ethiopian populations bear striking similarities to those of populations in Israel and Syria, a potential genetic legacy of the Queen of Sheba and her companions."
Opiate of the Male Masses – "How big of a problem, really, does pornography cause for men?" – from dennis mangan.
Study suggests poor mothers favor daughters – "Poor mothers will invest more resources in daughters, who stand a greater chance of increasing their status through marriage than do sons…. On the contrary, mothers who were better off financially favored sons over daughters." – an example of the trivers-willard hypothesis. research article. h/t linton! (^_^)
Liberalism rankings by country – from the audacious epigone.
Study Finds People Who Believe In Heaven Commit More Crimes – "A study published in the scientific journal PLoS One by University of Oregon's Azim Shariff and University of Kansas's Mijke Rhemtulla finds that people who believe in hell are less likely to commit a crime while people who believe in heaven more likely are to get in trouble with the law." – i thought the concepts of heaven and hell usually went together?
Declining testosterone levels in men not part of normal aging, study finds – "'Men who had declines in testosterone were more likely to be those who became obese, had stopped smoking or were depressed at either clinic visit.'"
bonus: Never-before-seen microbes found in Chile's desert
bonus bonus: All 786 Known Planets To Scale – from xkcd. (^_^)
bonus bonus bonus: EU should 'undermine national homogeneity' says UN migration chief – "Peter Sutherland told peers the future prosperity of many EU states depended on them becoming multicultural."
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albion's seed, autism, darwin award!, europe, europeans, gays, human origins, john derbyshire, native native americans, neolithic, neolithic migration in europe, power, prejudice, space - the final frontier, space stuff
Ancient DNA from Neolithic Sweden – "[I]t seems that 'leapfrog' colonization may be responsible for the spread of agriculture and its associated technologies (such as Megalithism) across Europe. In this model, farmers lept from place to place across the landscape intentionally, preserving their gene pool and largely ignoring the pre-existing foragers of the landscape…. In this respect, the colonization of Europe bears some resemblance to the settlement of the Americas by Europeans: it happened by leaps and bounds, and the early waves of explorers and pioneers may have opened the landscape but did not immediately fill it: this happened later as a result of demographic growth and new waves of migration, with the extant populations being differentially descended — in different proportions — from migrants and natives." – great post from dienekes.
Bones of early American disappear from underwater cave – =/
Gay bashing by race – from the audacious one.
Like baboons, our elected leaders are literally addicted to power – "Political power has a similar effect on the brain to cocaine"
The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture
Meet the ancestors – or do you mean cousins?
Higher maternal age predicts risk of autism – "[C]hildren of mothers older than 35 years had 30% increased risk for autism."
bonus: The Basis of a Real Conversation – from john derbyshire.
bonus bonus: Rare Protozoan from Sludge in Norwegian Lake Does Not Fit On Main Branches of Tree of Life – "The protozoan is not a fungus, alga, parasite, plant or animal."
bonus bonus bonus: Astronomers find new planet capable of supporting life – let's go!
bonus bonus bonus bonus: darwin award candidate – Swiss woman dies after attempting to live on sunlight; Woman gave up food and water on spiritual journey – no, humans are not plants.
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spaceball!
cool space sh*t, space - the final frontier, space stuff, sports
turn off your computers!
cool space sh*t, ka-boom!, space - the final frontier, space stuff, supernova
and go out and look for the supernova! (^_^) (or, at least, go wireless and take your laptop outside with you….)
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happy moon day!
happy moon day!, space - the final frontier, space stuff
photo source.
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hold on!
really really cool, whoa
cool space sh*t, it's full of stars..., space - the final frontier, space stuff, the milky way, trippy
we're moving! (really fast, too.)


The 9 Things Diagnostic is designed to accompany Nine Things Successful People Do Differently, the bestselling e-book published by Harvard Business Review Press. The purpose of the Nine Things Diagnostic is to give you a better sense of how much you've used each strategy in the past when trying to reach your goals, and which areas you may want to pay particular attention to.
Please think about each question and answer honestly, so that you can get the clearest possible picture of where your strengths and weaknesses may lie, and how you can become more successful in the future. When you have answered the questions for all Nine Things, you can click on Diagnostic Results for a summary that you can print for future reference.
I know that I want to be successful, but I haven't completely figured out what that success will look like.
I have a clear sense of direction.
I have a very concrete picture of success, and I spell out what I want in detail.
Sometimes I feel like I only have a vague sense of what I want.
I will know the moment I have reached my most important goals.
On a scale of 1-10, How successful do you feel you are today when it comes to reaching your goals?


Few trees at the JC Raulston Arboretum are as well known as our old Japanese crepe myrtles and mid-summer is the time to come see the outstanding bark. In the mid 1950's, John Creech of the US National Arboretum traveled to Japan's Yakushima Island to collect seed. He sent seedlings of Lagerstroemia fauriei to NC State University where 5 seedlings were planted on the site where the Arboretum now stands. Three of these original plants still grow on the grounds (the other 2 were moved to a park in Charlotte, NC and the Atlanta Botanical Gardens). J.C. Raulston noticed that 1 of the trees was an especially upright form with spectacular bark. He named this plant 'Fantasy' and it has been a signature specimen at the Arboretum ever since. In mid-summer the beautiful rich cinnamon brown bark exfoliates in sheets to reveal smooth orange, white, and pale cinnamon bark. It is covered with white flowers in June and the foliage shows exceptional powdery mildew resistance. Fall color is rich gold. 'Fantasy' grows much larger than the common crepe myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) with showier bark but does not flower for nearly as long. Japanese crepe myrtle was used at the National Arboretum to breed with the common crepe myrtle for disease resistance and a series of selections were released with Native American names (i.e. 'Natchez').


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Covid-19 Transparency Request to County
Local leaders in Arden Arcade and Rio Linda Elverta have sent email to County Supervisors Peters and Frost asking for specific information about the Covid-19 pandemic - data and expenditures of federal funds - within the unincorporated UnCity of Sacramento County. The UnCity is enormous. With nearly 600,000 residents - roughly equal to the population of Wyoming - it is the largest political subset within the County. Yet the UnCity is ridiculously treated as some kind of rural appendage - as if, like Wyoming, it has more cows than people. An example is how the County reports Covid-19 data for each city in the County, but lumps data for all unincorporated areas together. When the County reports a finer level of detail, it does so by zip code, a category that doesn't match the unincorporated communities. Likewise, though the County received $181M from the federal government (CARES Act) for Covid-19, citizens don't know how much has been spent in the UnCity and where within the UnCity the dollars have been spent.
Cities and counties having at least 500,000 people got CARES Act funds. The City of Sacramento got $89M. It used $5M for emergency medical response expenses and has apportioned 27% of its funds to help small businesses and nonprofit organizations. It has has asked the public for input on the $60M fund balance. Sacramento County received $181M. The County appears to have allocated its funds primarily to defray County employee payroll and telework expenses, to cover health costs for the jail, and for other expenses - such as $825K for homeless medical costs, $54K for homeless motel rooms, and $7K for outdoor dining permits.
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the differences between cities (which have Mayors and City Councils to attend to local priorities) and unincorporated areas (which have to rely on the Board of Supervisors) into sharp focus. Supervisors Peters and Frost are responsible for municipal affairs in Arden Arcade and Rio Linda Elverta. Arden Arcade, the 2nd largest Census-Designated-Place in California, has 100,000 people at a density of about 5500 people per square mile. Rio Linda Elverta has about as many people as the City of Galt and sits at the bleeding edge of development in the northeastern part of the County. Those communities within the Uncity deserve to know how the pandemic is affecting the areas specifically and whether/how the CARES Act funds have been deployed there. Here is the text of the email to Supervisors Peters and Frost from the local leaders:
"As infection and hospitalization numbers have reached record levels, we write to ask that the county does more to identify hot spots within our community so that residents and visitors can adjust their activities accordingly, as well as request some additional information on CARES funding.
First, the county has a COVID-19 webpage where cases and deaths are regularly reported down to the city level. However, unincorporated areas are lumped together into a single group. Why is this? The population of the unincorporated areas is so much larger than some of the cities represented, it is a disservice to the unincorporated communities to not have more detailed information beyond #'s by city and zip code. I know the county has formal boundaries for the areas it considers Arden Arcade, Carmichael, Fair Oaks, etc., therefore it should be easy to tie cases back to a geographic space. Furthermore, we are aware of other counties--experiencing the same challenges--that are accommodating identical requests (e.g. Alameda). Surely the County of Sacramento can do the same.
Second, we are aware of CARES funding being provided to the County. There are many residents who are either unaware of this funding being provided, or are unaware of how it has been used or where it is being budgeted. A cursory review of the County's webpage did not uncover this information. Can you please provide a contact or information about how much money the County received in CARES funding, and where these funds have been allocated?
Finally, thank you and the county for what you're doing to educate our community regarding COVID and the actions the county is taking to keep everyone safe and healthy. It is largely a thankless task, but we wanted to convey that we appreciate your efforts.
Hoping to hear from your offices or the county in a timely manner,"
{signed by} Rob Hager (President, Advocates for Arden Arcade), Elizabeth Graham-Overton (President, Greater Arden Chamber of Commerce), Charlea R Moore (Director, Rio Linda Elverta Parks and Recreation Board), John Todd (Chair, Rio Linda Elverta Neighborhood Association), ViAnn Todd (Owner/Publisher, The Rio Linda Messenger)
The County's Covid-19 dashboard has a lot of information, with specificity for cities in the County but not for the communities within the UnCity


This statistic illustrates the number of sailboats registered in maritime compartment of Brindisi in 2017, by size. According to data, the number of sailboats between 12,01 and 18,00 meters registered in the Italian maritime compartment of Brindisi, reached 10 units.
* The maritime compartment is an administrative subdivision of the maritime space of the Italian coast.
Which attributes do you associate with products made in Italy?


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Q: How to save user-entered line breaks from a TextArea to a email content I am sending email with user enterd space and line break its work ok till backend but when i see this content in my mail its in one line.
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A: You can use below code for the same
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Liu Quin () is a character featured within the  Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods (more commonly known as Fengshen Yanyi).

Liu Quin is a renowned firewood cutter renowned across the capital, Zhaoge. One day, Liu Quin would browse around the southern gate of the capital and notice a small fortune telling house. Upon approaching this house, he would first wake up Jiang Ziya, the owner, and tell him, "If you can tell the past and the future, then your fortune telling skill must be great. Tell me my fortune for this day. If accurate, I will give you twenty coppers. If not, I will give you my fist so that you will never make a fool out of anyone again!" Thus, Jiang Ziya would present a fortune before Liu Quin that would seem near to impossible. While even trying to change the outcome of his fortune, his destiny had already been set any everything ended up turning out exactly as Jiang had predicted.

Thus, the next morning, Liu Qian would rush quickly into Jiang's house studio and loudly utter the words, "Mr. Jiang is the best fortune teller who ever lived! In fact, I think he is a demigod from heaven. Now that we have such a genius among us, no one needs to suffer any more anxiety." With these words, Liu Qian, the very strong man who was feared as a bully would be well respected following this point.

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Investiture of the Gods Chapter 16 pages 186 - 188

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White House Steps Up Defense of Surveillance Programs (Video)
June 16, 2013 at 9:10 am PT
President Obama doesn't think the privacy of American citizens has been violated by recently disclosed surveillance efforts carried out by the National Security Agency and other government entities and will make his case more directly on the subject in the coming days.
That's the word from White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough who appeared on the CBS Sunday morning talk show "Meet the Press."
Asked directly by host Bob Scheiffer if Obama feels the privacy of Americans has been violated, McDonough said, "He does not."
Additionally, he said, Obama took a skeptical look at existing surveillance programs when he first took office in 2009 and made substantive changes to them. The White House, he said, took pains to get Congress involved in authorizing the programs. Every member of Congress, McDonough said, has been briefed on the programs, and they were approved after a vigorous debate.
If the president is going to make a stronger case about the operation, privacy protections and other aspects of Prism and other surveillance programs, it would be a logical follow-on to a deal struck between the government, Facebook and Microsoft late Friday, allowing those companies to disclose how many national security requests they've received.
Here's a preview of at least some of that defense. The Associated Press is reporting this morning that terrorist plots in the U.S. and at least 20 other countries were broken up using data collected from the programs. The story cites unnamed intelligence officials who go on to say that fewer than 300 phone numbers were checked against a database of millions of phone records gathered by the NSA.
The disclosures were made to members of Congress on Saturday. Intelligence officials say they'd like to declassify more details about the plots themselves so that Americans can have a sense about the benefits of the surveillance programs, but they haven't gotten that far yet. Problem is that doing so might reveal still-secret counter-terrorism tactics.
Facebook disclosed Friday that it had received requests for information on as many as 19,000 accounts during the last half of 2012. Microsoft made similar disclosures the next day. Google and Twitter are still arguing with the government over the terms of the disclosure they'd like to make.
You can see McDonough's comments in the video below.
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"Ashlee is a wonderful woman," said Molly's mother. "We love her like another daughter."
Molly performed Patty Griffin's "Heavenly Day" and Blake Shelton and Kelly Clarkson immediately turned their chairs – and began fighting over her as soon as the music stopped.
Kelly seemed to connect right away with Molly's musical style, which Molly described as "country-Americana." And Kelly worked hard to assure Molly that she didn't need Blake to be successful in country music.
As usual, the other three coaches ganged up on Blake, who has had six winning teams on "The Voice."
"No matter what they say, it's fun to watch you perform because it looks like you're sinking your teeth into this song," Blake said.
Kelly tried to sell Molly on her potential as a singer who could sing more than country. "You're not confined to one thing, you don't sound like every other country artist," Kelly told Molly.
When it came time to pick a coach, Molly picked Kelly (who did quite a bit of gloating).
Molly moved to Raleigh three years ago from Nashville to join her fiance, who owns the Cameron Village Chick-fil-A. When she's not touring, Molly is a substitute teacher at Millbrook High School.
Also from North Carolina
Two North Carolina natives made it through auditions on Monday night's Season 14 premiere of "The Voice."
▪ 18-year-old Britton Buchanan of Sanford is a senior at Lee County High School.
Britton Buchanan auditions on the Feb. 26 episode of "The Voice" on NBC. NBC Tyler Golden/NBC
Britton performed "Trouble" by Ray Lamontagne. Coaches Blake Shelton, Alicia Keys and Adam Levine all turned their chairs for him at the same time, but in a twist, Blake "blocked" Adam. The "block" is a new element added to the show this season. Each coach gets one block per season.
Britton told Blake that he loves his song "Austin" and then he picked his coach ... Alicia Keys!
▪ Rayshun LaMarr, 33, lives in the Washington D.C. area but was born and raised in Chapel Hill.
Rayshun LaMarr auditions on the Feb. 26 episode of "The Voice" on NBC. NBC Tyler Golden/NBC
A short profile of Rayshun, who attended the Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts, aired before his audition, detailing a battle with cancer that nearly claimed his life.
Rayshun gave an incredible performance of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" and attracted the attention of Adam and Alicia.
The coaches really battled for him, both praising the "joy" and "bliss" in his singing. Rayshun picked Adam.
There are more Blind Auditions next week: Monday (March 5) at 8 p.m. and Tuesday (March 6) at 9 p.m. on NBC.
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In June of 2010, Verizon Wireless released the Droid X, a smartphone that is manufactured by Mortorla Mobility, Inc. The Droid runs the Android operating system designed by Google. In addition to having an extensive library of available applications, the software is completely open-source, allowing the user to customize the phone any way they see fit.
The Motorola Droid X is recognizable by its large 4.3-inch screen. It is looks similar to the original Motorola Droid but is a lot larger. The Motorola Droid X is a lot thinner than the successor, Motorola Droid.


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Il  diflunisal  è un farmaco antinfiammatorio non steroideo (FANS) appartenente alla classe dei salicilati, con indicazione specifica per la riduzione del dolore e della flogosi nelle malattie muscolo-scheletriche.

Indicazioni
Viene utilizzato come trattamento contro il dolore moderato come nel caso del dolore ai denti o dismenorrea, contro malattie quali l'osteoartrosi e similari. Uno studio iniziato nel 2006 e pubblicato nel 2014 sul Journal of the American Medical Association ne ha inoltre dimostrato l'efficiacia nella cura dell'amiloidosi.

Controindicazioni
Sconsigliato negli infanti, in caso di insufficienza renale e in allattamento.

Dosaggi
 Dolore (lieve-moderato) 1 g successivamente 500 mg 2 volte al giorno
 Artrosi 0.5 g al giorno (dose massima 1 g)
 Artrite reumatoide 0.5 g al giorno (dose massima 1 g)
 Dismenorrea,  1 g al giorno, successivamente 500 mg due volte al giorno

Effetti indesiderati
Broncospasmo, ematuria, vertigini, insonnia, cefalea, nausea, diarrea.

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Voci correlate
 Aceclofenac
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A General Meeting will be held at the Copthorne Millennium Hotel in Palmerston North on Saturday 27 October 2018. Clubs in lower North Island are urged to send representatives. All other clubs are very welcome to send their representatives.
The purpose of the General Meeting will be to confirm FMC's new rules, which were circulated to all clubs in March.
Most of the day will be dedicated to a workshop which aims to discuss tramping opportunities and facilitate volunteer hut and track maintenance work in the Ruahine , Tararuas, Kaweka & Kaimanawa Forest Park. The Backcountry Trust will be there to tell you how they can help your club. A detailed programme and information regarding delegates/proxy voting will be distributed in the near future. Watch this space!
Kelvin Shaw (President) has asked for expressions of interest from club members and especially committee members who may like to attend the above meeting on behalf of the NTC.
We have booked the Puketapu Hotel Restaurant for our Anniversary Dinner on the 4th Oct. From 6.00 pm with the meal from 6.30.
Assuming we get in excess of 30 then the main dining room will be for our sole use. In choosing this venue we have taken on board the suggestions and comments made re choice of food, venue, options for those with dietary requirements and price.
We have been asked by EcoEd, the organisation that looks after the Kiwi crèche at Opouahi to volunteer to take part in a working bee to remove vegetation from the outside of the predator proof fence. The date is 3rd October. It is planned to leave Ch Road at 8.00 am by Car Pooling. Returning by 4.30 at the latest.
Requirements are: gloves, secateurs, clippers, bush saws, etc as well as your lunch and drinks. Please advise me if you want to be included.


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The Easiest Possible Way to Increase Female Speakers at Conferences
A new study shows that having just one woman on the organizing committee for a conference greatly increases the likelihood of women appearing at the front of the room.
By Olga Khazan
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Though they may lack the overt frattiness of certain tech gatherings, academic conferences in the sciences are often similarly prone to a quieter kind of sexism: the all-male panel.
Women are still underrepresented as speakers at scientific conferences, something that hurts their career prospects in competitive academic fields where networking and showing off one's findings are crucial. And fewer women climbing to the top of their scientific disciplines also means fewer role models for younger women and girls as they choose careers.
Several solutions have been proposed: My colleague Becca Rosen, for example, suggested that men simply refuse to speak on all-male panels.
But now it appears as though there's an even simpler way to try to stop a gender imbalance before the conference planning ever starts.
A new study in the journal mbio led by researchers at Yale University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University says that to make scientific meetings less testosteroney, just make sure at least one woman is in charge of organizing it.
"Put at least one woman on the team that organizes a scientific symposium, and that team will be much more likely to invite female speakers," said study co-author Arturo Casadevall, chair of microbiology and immunology at Yeshiva University, in a statement. The authors analyzed 460 symposia involving 1,845 speakers in two large meetings sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology, the General Meeting and the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
Here's how big a difference a single woman makes:
The symposia convened by all-male teams contained 25 percent female speakers on average. For the symposia in which the convener teams included at least one woman, women comprised an average of 43 percent of speakers—which meant that including at least one woman among the conveners increased the proportion of female speakers by 72 percent compared with symposia convened by men alone.
Meanwhile, the researchers found that on average, 30 percent of meetings organized by a group of all men had sessions with all-male speakers.
Of course, sending out the right mix of invitations is only half the battle when it comes to correcting the gender imbalance at conferences.
Earlier this year, researchers at the University of Sheffield in the UK found that female biologists were underrepresented at a major conference in Europe, even when taking into account their comparatively smaller numbers. But the reason for the skewed demographics wasn't entirely the organizers' fault. Men, it seems, accepted the invitations more often than women did.
"The most demanding phase of a career in biology, when it is important to communicate one's findings, and to build networks with other scientists, coincides with the age at which women's fertility starts to decline, meaning it is their last chance to have a family," said Julia Schroeder, a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany, in a statement. "Stay-at-home-dads are rare, therefore, these women are less flexible about traveling for work, and may be more likely to decline invitations to speak."
Women in science could clearly benefit from friendlier regulations on childcare and work-life balance. But another reason for the high invitation-decline rate could be that, because there are fewer female scientists, and conference organizers seek them out for diversity purposes, female scientists in some niche fields might find that they can't accept all of them, particularly if doing so means traveling and they are the primary parent. (Alice Coe described the same phenomenon happening with service requests for female academics: The more requests to sit on university committees or provide special tutoring sessions female academics accept, the less time they have for publishing.)
These are complicated policy issues, but we should still err on the side of inviting women, and leaving the decision to accept up to them.


We no longer stock glass carboys.
I may have some used glass once in awhile, so ask. Will not ship.
Available in Plain, not ported, in 3,5 and 6 gallon size!
The Better-Bottle® PET carboys do NOT contain BPA. Bisphenol-A, which is BPA, is not present in the PET Better Bottle. Bisphenol-A (BPA) has nothing whatever to do with PET.
BPA is NOT used to make PET plastics, nor is it used as a starting material to make any of the materials used in the manufacture of PET.
I just thought I would clear up this point regarding this carboy in light of the recent (national) news.
This PET product is a high end lab item. It does not breath (allow oxygen in) or leach (plastic materials) into the wine. It is resistant to chlorine-based (C-Brite) and other (percabonate: B-Brite, One Step, OxiClean) cleaners and dish cleaning (Cascade) items and Potassium Metabisulfite rinses. Do NOT let acid cleaners set long to soak, there have been reports of cracking.
The use of carboy brushes is NOT recommended as they may cause scratching, which creates microscopic hiding places for bacteria, yeast, etc. PUT A TUBE SOCK on your carboy brush should you need a brush OR just agitate cleaning solution in the jug in a timely fashion.
We also carry GLASS Gallon Jugs with a handle that take a # 6.5 bung and/or a 38 mm screw cap. They are handy for fermenting the juice you need to draw off the main carboy to allow room for fermentation.
Bucket Fermenting 7.8 US gallon printed, includes lid with grommet, shorter squatty pail. We found that the taller 6 gallon pail had problems traveling. They measure 16" tall and 14 inches across the top of the lid.
hole for bottling spigot. Spigot is NOT included. You could drill a 1 inch hole in the lower side of a fermenting bucket. Make sure the hole is high enough so that the spigot will clear the floor when attached.
The lid are included with a bucket purchase or may be bought separately. They are either black food grade or white and are DRILLED with grommet.
Grommet for lid. Our lids come with a grommet, but if you remove it, put your grommet back on the lid before you put the lid on the must. Saves losing the grommet in the must or wort. 9/16"
Lid remover for buckets are yellow or orange. We have found that not all lid removers work with all buckets, but these are a good pairing.


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Endoscopy and better tissue sampling are important for management of common pre-cancerous and cancerous oesophageal conditions
The world's largest review of all the evidence on the best way of managing and treating common pre-cancerous and cancerous conditions of the oesophagus (gullet) has found that good endoscopy equipment, more endoscopic surgery, and more tissue sampling are required to improve care for patients.
Professor Janusz Jankowski
The multi-national team of researchers led by Professor Janusz Jankowski of the Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science at Queen Mary, University of London (UK), reviewed nearly 12,000 papers on the care and treatment of Barrett's Dysplasia and early-stage oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Their research is published online in the August issue of the medical journal Gastroenterology [1].
They used a new method of analysing the data, called the Delphi process, to reach agreement on the strength of the evidence contained within all the papers and to make recommendations for the management of patients with these conditions. This is the first time that a review of all the available research in this area has been attempted.
"In the absence of top grade evidence from large randomised clinical trials, this large systematic review, using a global consensus achieved by the Delphi voting method, allows real clarity about the best ways to treat this disease," said Professor Jankowski, who is the Sir James Black Professor of Gastrointestinal Biology and Trials.
Barrett's oesophagus [2] is a condition in which abnormal changes occur in cells lining the lower end of the gullet. It is usually caused by acid reflux and the incidence has been increasing over the past few years, with 10-20 per cent of patients with acid reflux developing Barrett's oesophagus. It can progress to become Barrett's dysplasia, when the cells become pre-cancerous, and can then develop into oesophageal adenocarcinoma (cancer). Five-year survival following a diagnosis of adenocarcinoma is less than 15 per cent, and so it is important to detect and treat the conditions while they are still in their early stages. However, there is a lack of agreement on the best way of managing and treating them.
Having reviewed all the available studies, Professor Jankowski and his colleagues drafted statements on the diagnosis, epidemiology, methods of surveillance, approaches to treatment, and prevention of high-grade dysplasia and early adenocarcinoma in patients with Barrett's oesophagus. Then they conducted four rounds of anonymous voting on the statements until consensus was achieved in 81 of the 91 statements (consensus meant that 80 per cent or more strongly agreed or agreed with reservation on a statement). This is known as the Delphi process.
"The key messages to emerge from this process are that the endoscopic equipment needs to be good (vital in times of cutbacks) and that endoscopic surgery can be better than the more risky open surgery," said Professor Jankowski. "In addition, there needs to be more and larger samples of tissues taken so that the pathologist can make sure that no early cancers are missed. At present, there are no reliable biomarkers (molecular changes) that can replace good equipment, a well-trained endoscopist and a methodical pathologist."
Endoscopy involves the insertion of a thin tube that contains a light source, a video camera and, when necessary, instruments for performing surgery or taking tissue samples. For Barrett's oesophagus, dysplasia and oesophageal cancer, it is inserted via the throat, avoiding the need for a surgeon to open the chest to access the oesophagus.
Professor Jankowski said: "This huge systematic review using the Delphi process with 92 international experts really does underline that hospitals need good equipment, doctors need the best training in both diagnostic and endoscopic techniques and a good expert pathologist to process the samples. In times of cutbacks it is likely that some units will refer patients to larger centres nearby. Although some patients will be inconvenienced, it does mean they will get the best of local expertise."
He concluded: "We have used novel methods and a huge team to come up with simple ways to improve care in one of the commonest pre-cancerous conditions, which, if left unmonitored or untreated, can develop into a cancer that is usually fatal. Most of our findings are relevant to clinical practice and should be used immediately to guide clinical activity. In addition, areas where we were not able to reach agreement indicate where future clinical research is likely to most productive. We often talk about increasing cancer rates in the UK; while we strive to find better cures for cancer, it is still the case that prevention is even better. This paper provides a solid basis for better oesophageal cancer prevention."
Barrett's oesophagus occurs in about two per cent of the population, with the highest risk among men over 50 years old in developed countries. The risk of developing oesophageal adenocarcinoma among people with Barrett's oesophagus has been estimated to be approximately 0.5-1 per cent a year. Oesophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer worldwide, fifth equal commonest cancer in the UK, with nearly 482,000 new cases diagnosed and about 406,500 deaths each year [3].
[1] "Consensus statements for management of Barrett's dysplasia and early-stage esophageal adenocarcinoma, based on a Delphi process", by Janusz A.Z. Jankowski et al. Gastroenterology 2012;143:336-346
[2] Barrett's oesophagus is named after Norman Barrett, a British surgeon who first described the condition in 1950.
[3] Jankowski JA, Provenzale D, Moayyedi P. "Esophageal adenocarcinoma arising from Barrett's metaplasia has regional variations in the West (systematic review)". Gastroenterology 2002;122:588-590.


Gathering My Roses: A Few Updates!
Hey, ya'll! Due to illness, I've been away for a while -- but things are improving and I've got some great reviews / giveaways coming soon!
Love to all and may your days be Blessed!


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Chuck Todd: "You know, another problem you may be having in Iowa is that you don't ideologically fit. This was in the Des Moines Register poll this week: 43 percent of likely Democratic caucus goers identify as socialist. Only 38 percent of likely Democratic caucus goers identified themselves as a capitalist. You, in the last debate, said you were a capitalist. Bernie Sanders calls himself a Democratic socialist. If you don`t win Iowa, do you think that`s the reason?
Hillary Clinton: "Oh, I don't know how people take all this information, but I support a free market economy. I support the competitiveness that has created the greatest economic engine in the history of the world. What I'm worried about is that it's not continuing to do what it used to do, which is to give the vast majority of Americans the chance to get ahead and stay ahead.
"That`s why I've got a very vigorous jobs agenda; that's why I put raising incomes at the center of my economic policy and I think what I know will work is to get back the good old-fashioned job opportunities that will help people get ahead through manufacturing, through infrastructure, through clean energy, through the kinds of plans that I've been putting out.


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How to persist and hold the story in the limelight?
But that's the way it should be.
Repeating keeps your story in the forefront.
You place a high value in reminding them that what they do/say is important in the world. (After all, they are a child of God!) You want them to be loving, kind, and to remember a few table manners.
One way to grow disciples of Christ is by keeping a Bible story front and center. It's why we use the Workshop Rotation Model for Sunday Cool — persistent recurrence! You can use a similar reiterative scheme at home. Here are ideas to use with our just completed Rotation on the miracle of Jesus feeding over 5,000 people.
The next time you have food remaining after a meal, ask about the 12 baskets of leftovers collected after everyone had eaten their fill. What do you suppose people thought about all the leftovers? What about the disciples, what would they have been talking about? What do the leftovers tell us about Jesus?
Hear the story. Over and over. Read it at the dinner table or as a bedtime "book." Each time you read, ask a couple questions.
Let's put ourselves into the cast of characters that were there: Philip… Would you be annoyed with Jesus when he asked you about where to get food? (I mean, Duh. They were in the middle of nowhere.) Andrew… Would you feel almost silly announcing that fives loaves and two fish were available? The small boy… Would you feel scared? Curious?
How would you report this story if you were there and you had modern-day internet capabilities? What sort of Twitter post or text message would you write? What emoticons would you use? What sort of hashtag would you assign to this event?
In the beginning of the story it doesn't seem like Philip and Andrew have much faith in Jesus to handle the problem of so many hungry people. When is a time when you forgot about your faith in Jesus?
Jesus could have created bread and fish in the basket of every person there, but he didn't do it that way. Why do you suppose Jesus deliberately used a method that brought the disciples into the work?
Create a snack for a neighbor, or a meal for a family in need. Teach your kids to ask: What do they need?
Make a game to put the story in order. Print out some storytelling fish shapes and challenge your household to work together to arrange them in the correct order.
If you have non-readers in your household, provide them with a sheet of paper divided into sections. Encourage them to draw each part of the story. Cut apart the sections. Can they put them back into story order?
Watch together the various renditions of dramas presented on our story. As you view each one, what pops out as a new factoid about this story? What part of the dialogue did the disciples likely not say??
If reading this in an email, you can watch the 4th & 5th grade video on YouTube.
You can watch the 3rd grade (with few 5th graders) in this video on YouTube.
Or watch the 2nd grade video on YouTube.
How will your household grow disciples of Christ?