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RENO, Nev. (AP) - A museum in Nevada says it is about to send a diamond-shaped sculpture into space that will be visible to the naked eye at night.
The Nevada Museum of Art's $1.5 million project will launch Monday from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Reno Gazette Journal reported . But while on Earth, it has not had a smooth ride, with some scientists deeming it obnoxious and a blemish on the night sky.
The 100-foot-long (30-meter-long) sculpture will be stuffed in a package attached to a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The sculpture that self-inflates as a balloon will burst from the package and remain in orbit for about 60 days before it burns.
It is made of a polyester film-like material and will look like a sparkle at night. It will orbit Earth once every 90 minutes, passing over the Reno area most nights.
And, indeed, it has provoked some people.
"Adding another satellite like this brings nothing beyond what the many purposeful ones in orbit look like already. Or the many natural phenomena already there to enthrall. It's a completely empty artistic statement," Mark McCaughrean, senior adviser for Science & Exploration at the European Space Agency, tweeted in August.
A Kickstarter campaign and contributions from museum donors are funding the project.
People can track the balloon using the app Star Walk 2.


Picture of 2000 Olympic Champion & 2008 Silver Medalist, Simon Whitfield just prior to the start of the 2009 world triathlon championships on the Gold Coast of Australia.
Whoa there is SO much going on in the world of endurance sports. My areas of greatest interest - distance running & triathlon have had plenty to talk about.
The rivalry between Sammy & Haile in Berlin that failed to materialize, the heat at that race that did not stop Haile from being on pace for over 30km of the 42.2 & the dramatic drop of pace that took him from a 2:03:33 possible world record to "only" a 2:06.
Then there is the ongoing despicable behavior of the South African Athletics Federation, ASA (Athletics South Africa), as regards the matter of Caster Semenya, the young girl who won the 800m at the world champs. She caused eyebrows to be raised after her world leading time earlier in the year. ASA was asked to look into it by the international governing body, (IAAF). They lied & said they had not & when the IAAF did the testing, ASA accused them & the world of being racist. Turns out the president of ASA was lying all along & that tests had been done & the poor kid should never have been allowed to participate in the 1st place. The IAAF messed up by leaking information that was supposed to be doctor patient privilege. Horrible - the biggest loser is now the poor athlete; she may never compete again & the emotional damage could be immeasurable. Turns out the tests, as far as the experts are concerned, were a relatively simple affair.
Then we had the world triathlon championships, where I am sad to say the USA did not bring back a single medal. 2012 is rapidly approaching & those role players involved (myself included) had better get our butts in gear. I know the athletes are working really hard, (& so too the support entities) & as of yet this is not enough.


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For 20 Years, Law & Order: SVU Has Given a Voice to a Silenced Transgender Community
How one pivotal episode helped me come out as transgender
on September 27, 2018, 9:39pm
Celebrating 20 Years of Law & Order: SVU
Last night, I celebrated three tiny, new chin hairs. This afternoon, I have an appointment to receive my 10th testosterone hormone shot. I'm 31, but I never thought I'd be here, making progress in my transition as a transgender man. I didn't think I'd see a day past 30.
Although I never saw myself taking my own life, I also could never envision a life like the one that I have now. When I was younger and thinking about the future, it was either blurry or something that resembled a distant fairy tale — it was never mine to own, never mine to aspire to, never mine to build.
To say that I was detached from reality wouldn't exactly be accurate, but before coming out, there was a sense that I had no real control over my life as I had no real control over my body. I had my thoughts, feelings, and opinions, sure, but these entities only existed in the abstract. When I'd catch my reflection in a car window or clothing store mirror, I'd immediately be jolted back to my twisted, warped physical world, the one where my body didn't align with my mind, where the internal and external were at constant odds. For three decades, it was as though I were a stranger in my own home.
December marks one year since publicly identifying as transgender. There were plenty of things already in motion that ultimately led up to my finally coming out, but as I look back on the incredible journey thus far, I'm reminded of many notable moments in which I was confronted with the truth of myself. They weren't always positive experiences, and I didn't always respond positively to them, but every instance was like a piece of the puzzle that was my identity.
To coincide with the 20th season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, premiering this week on NBC, I'm specifically recalling one of those pivotal moments: the first time I watched an SVU episode whose plot centered around a transgender person.
In April 2003, just a few weeks shy of my 16th birthday, I watched a season four episode called "Fallacy". The story focused on Cheryl Avery, a transgender woman who had committed murder in order to avoid being outed. It was the first time I'd seen a transgender character on mainstream television. More importantly, it was the first time I'd heard anyone voice out loud the pain and suffering that I felt, but could never quite understand or fully articulate.
Those who identify as transgender tend to experience higher rates of mental health issues. It's estimated that out of the entire trans community — about 1.4 million here in the US — at least 40% have attempted suicide, compared to 4.6% of the overall general population. Nearly half of all trans people also report having been assaulted at least once in their lives. These dismal numbers come on top of the news that 2018 is on pace to be one of the most deadly (if not the deadliest) years for transgender people. At least 44 trans women, mostly of color, have been murdered on account of their identity in the last 18 months.
This is all happening at a time when transgender people are perhaps receiving more mainstream exposure than ever before. There's been tremendous progress, but it's important to note the fight for acceptance and understanding is still very much in the early stages.
Detectives Stabler and Benson, Captain Cragen, and Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cabot
As you can imagine, the conversation regarding the LGBTQ+ landscape in early 2000s was drastically different. In high school, I was part of the Gay-Straight Alliance, which was comprised of maybe four or five people on a good day, and generally looked upon with, at best, ambivalence and confusion. At that time, the spectrum regarding sexual orientation and gender identity was super limited: You were either gay, straight, or bisexual. Transgender was rarely a word brought up in conversation — it was difficult enough to establish a group addressing the concerns of gay people. That's not to say other experiences and communities didn't exist, obviously, but they were not in any way visible to the extent that they are now.
And so I proceeded to assign myself a label. Because of a conservative, Catholic upbringing, I couldn't bring myself to identify as gay. I thought that bisexual would be the least offensive of the two. When my family would ask if I had a boyfriend, at least I could say, "Not… yet," instead of an outright "No, never." By calling myself bisexual, I was leaving the door open for the possibility of one day being with a man, thus fulfilling society's standards of a heteronormative relationship as a cis woman.
But I was lying to everyone around me, and more importantly, I was lying to myself. And I knew it. What I didn't know, however, was who I really was. I forced myself into this box because I felt there was nothing else out there that spoke to or resonated with me. Who was I? What was this feeling that I had? This very strong disconnection between my mind and my body?
I buried it shamefully, figuring that I was alone, there was something wrong with me, and that this was a secret burden that I'd have to carry on my own. I pretended to know how to put on makeup and dress up in skirts, and I feigned many crushes on boys in order to keep up with the box I'd chosen. I cried many nights. I drank my dad's beer late at night to ease the aches. Every evening before falling asleep, I thought, "Hey, tomorrow might finally be the day when everything falls into place. Tomorrow, all these feelings will be gone and I will have successfully convinced my body that I am a bisexual being."
It never happened. And so I buried more and more and more.
Then Cheryl Avery came into my life.
The SVU episode "Fallacy" opens with what appears to be the accidental death of a man named Joe. Upon further investigation, though, Detectives Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Elliot Stabler (Chris Meloni) discover that their suspect, Cheryl Avery, is actually a transgender woman and that she killed Joe in order to keep him from outing her to Eddie, her cis male lover.
Avery says that she planned on keeping her identity a secret until she could afford sexual reassignment surgery to become "a whole woman" for Eddie. According to her, if Eddie knew the truth, he'd be disgusted with her, and she couldn't stand to be without him. "I figured I'd lose him, the first man that loved me as a woman," Avery told Detective Benson. She also perceived Joe's threat of outing her as one of aggression and violence against her.
This isn't meant to be an excuse for taking another life, and despite a few questionable comments Stabler makes in the episode, SVU overall makes it clear that the crime falls within a very gray area in terms of what's morally right, what's justified, and what counts as a mitigating circumstance. The biggest takeaway for me, however, was how much I saw myself in Avery. This realization was incredibly jarring and something I had never ever felt before. Here was someone vocalizing my concerns and emotions — the fear of our truth being aired without our permission, the longing to be loved for our true selves. Here was someone giving a proper word to what I was experiencing: This was the first moment I thought I could be transgender.
Cheryl Avery in "Fallacy"
Other scenes in "Fallacy" only confirmed this revelation. Later, when asked about her childhood and how she came to identify as transgender, Avery said she knew as early as age seven and often went to bed dreaming of becoming a girl. I distinctly remember being five and wanting to do everything my father did and feeling confused and distraught that I could not. Then, feeling doubly frustrated that I couldn't reprogram my own brain to be whatever society expected of me.
"It's not something you can change," Avery explained to a psychiatrist on the show. "It's me, it's how I feel, and I can't be anything else." How many times had I come to this conclusion, but forcefully denied it? Too many.
She went on to endure bullying in school that often turned violent, and was eventually ostracized from her own family. In a scene in which Detective Benson interviews Avery's parents, the denial they still have about their child is nothing short of toxic. "HIS NAME IS CHARLIE!" Avery's father screams, refusing to acknowledge Avery's new chosen name of Cheryl. "God doesn't make mistakes," said her mother, insisting that Avery should have known to stick with whatever biological body she'd been given.
I've thankfully never had such vile conversations with my own family, but they've certainly conveyed the feeling that my being transgender doesn't align with this picture or future that they had created in their minds for me. I wasn't the person that they had expected me to become.
Avery is ultimately found guilty of killing Joe and sent to prison. However, because she was biologically born male, she is sent to a male prison. She has the option of stopping her estrogen hormone treatment in order to avoid being a target while behind bars, but the thought of letting her body undo itself and become masculine again is not one that she entertains for even a second. In her eyes, Charlie Avery no longer existed, and she'd rather risk everything before falling back into her old life. Sadly, she is assaulted and gang-raped while in prison.
Trans people are owed protection, dignity, rights. The community has my unwavering allyship as we fight for these truths #ProtectTransKids
— Mariska Hargitay (@Mariska) February 23, 2017
In what I consider one of the most powerful scenes of the entire episode, the Assistant District Attorney handling the case, Alexandra Cabot, is seen noticeably struggling with the jury's verdict, even though it was technically her job to convict Avery. She wonders why she feels so lousy about the conclusion, and Detective Benson replies: "Because you look at Cheryl and you can't imagine what it's like to feel your own body is a mistake."
The words hit so close to home in that instant, the rush of emotions was overwhelming. I broke down in tears. I was speechless. At one point, I remember my shame and self-hate took over, and for a split second, I was even repulsed by Cheryl. It was all too real.
But when the smoke finally cleared, the clarity settled in: I grew to finally acknowledge that I was like her; I was transgender. The acceptance of this fact was a powerful, affirming act in and of itself and something that I'll never forget.
"Trans people are owed protection, dignity, rights," tweeted Hargitay, who has dutifully and poignantly played the role of Benson all 20 years of SVU and is an activist off camera. "The community has my unwavering allyship as we fight for these truths."
"Fallacy" aired some 15 years ago at a time when story lines involving transgender people were nearly nonexistent. The crime procedural is not without its flaws, but its commitment to speaking on behalf of marginalized groups and victims of all varieties (rape, domestic abuse, transphobia), and in such a humanizing, authentic manner, is what's kept the series relevant and necessary. Avery's voice was my voice, and hearing her speak my truth when I felt silenced by my own confusion and dysphoria in many ways saved my life.
SVU has gone to produce a handful of other transgender-centric episodes, including this year's "Service", which addressed Trump's military ban on transgender people. In the episode, a Sgt. Jim Preston is reluctant to come forward about a crime that he witnessed because he feared the military would find out he was a transgender man. To help get justice for the victim of the crime, he eventually does come forward, putting himself at risk for retaliation among his ranks.
"So proud #SVU so loudly stated tonight that trans rights are human rights. That members of our military — regardless of gender identity — should be proud to be exactly who they are," Hargitay said on Twitter shortly after the airing of "Service". "To show that LGBTQ+ representation on TV need not be only about victimhood, but can be about heroism … that the liberation of marginalized groups must be hand in hand, intersectional, and in support of one another."
So proud #SVU so loudly stated tonight that trans rights are human rights. That members of our military — regardless of gender identity — should be proud to be exactly who they are: service members who can't imagine not helping people. To show that LGBTQ+ representation 1/2 pic.twitter.com/PoZjDReSlH
— Mariska Hargitay (@Mariska) April 12, 2018
On tv need not be only about victimhood, but can be about heroism that serves in defense of survivors — regardless of that survivor's profession. That the liberation of marginalized groups must be hand in hand, intersectional, and in support of one another. 2/2
Today, SVU could probably stand to include more LGBTQ+ stories, but I believe strongly that the NBC series started a dialogue long before most other shows and helped to pave the way to the kind of transgender media representation and exposure that exists now.
These days we have role models like the mighty Laverne Cox elevated to an incredibly visible platform. When we criticize cis actors like Scarlett Johansson for taking on the role of a transgender man, we are promptly heard. When idiotic politicians in power take away trans rights, we find allies near and far and push back. When musicians express transphobic views, we hold them accountable.
There's still so much to be done, so much headway we need to make, I know, but we are making progress. Like the tiny sprouts of chin hairs that I see as a result of my hormone shots, every little step — even a random SVU episode from 2003 — is a tiny victory worth celebrating.
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At Portland's new Holy Donut, good flavor is a religion
By Meredith GoadStaff Writer
PORTLAND — Aren't all doughnuts holey?
That's the first question people ask when they hear the name of Portland's newest doughnut shop.
Leslie Deane works the counter at the new Holy Donut, which opened last week in the former Terroni's Market near Hadlock Field on Park Avenue in Portland. Below, an assorted dozen. Photos by Meredith Goad/Staff Writer
The Holy Donut opened a week ago last Friday at the former site of Terroni's Market on Park Avenue, near Hadlock Field. Leigh Kellis, the owner, had been using the kitchen at the East Ender and selling her products wholesale at Coffee By Design, Whole Foods and Bard Coffee.
Her new retail space has a comfy sitting area with brown sofas, and a little coffee bar where customers can help themselves to the Holy Donut blend created specially for the store by Coffee By Design.
After the first week, her biggest seller appears to be the Dark Chocolate Sea Salt doughnut.
But there's a lot of competition for customers' affection. Just look at these doughnut flavors Kellis is creating: Buttermilk Mocha, Sweet Potato Ginger, Buttermilk Maple, Bacon Cheddar, Molasses and about 10 more varieties that rotate from day to day.
Kellis, a single mom, says she develops flavors in her head on a whim. "I'm really passionate about doughnuts," she said, "so I just try to make things that I would want to eat."
But why doughnuts?
"I feel like doughnuts are a cheap thrill," Kellis said. "They're not expensive, but they're so incredibly pleasurable. I found that I craved them all the time."
Kellis started researching doughnut recipes and experimenting — and feeding her friends. She went on pilgrimages to other cities in search of old-fashioned doughnuts made by hand in mom-and-pop doughnut shops. It became kind of an obsession.
When Kellis finally had one she thought worthy of sharing — her Maine Potato doughnut, made with potatoes that have been peeled, boiled, then riced — she took it to Coffee By Design and they said yes, they'd sell it for her.
Some of her other flavors, including the Dark Chocolate Sea Salt, have as much potato in them as the actual potato doughnut. Even the Bacon Cheddar is a Maine potato doughnut, only it's stuffed with crispy bacon and local cheddar cheese that melts inside.
The Bacon Cheddar doughnut has developed a small cult following, Kellis said, "but I don't go near it, because it's like crack (cocaine). If I have one, I'll have three. They're that good."
All of the doughnuts are $1.50 each, $8 per half-dozen and $15 per dozen.
The Holy Donut is open from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Kellis said she expects to extend the hours soon because she's going to start selling ice cream and, eventually, sandwiches in addition to doughnuts.
Her next doughnut creation? She says it will be a doughnut ice cream sandwich.
Holy – well, you know.
Staff Writer Meredith Goad can be contacted at 791-6332 or at: [email protected]


It was cold and windy when I arrived but it looked as if the rain was holding off. It was; it held off until the warm-up was complete then opened up with a steady cool soaking. It was a great reminder to all PAX present how fortunate we are to only endure this type of weather in small doses.
The rain was an aggravation, except to Brutus, who ran comfortably under the awning that covers the sidewalk. When time had expired, Brutus described it best: it was like when you go out with your buddies and everyone orders a whiskey…except for the one guy who gets a Zima. Brutus said that he as good with the Zima.
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BREAKING NEWS: Vaccines Still Don't Cause Autism
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(Reuters Health) - The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is not linked to development of autism spectrum disorders, even among children considered to be at risk, a large new study finds.
Among nearly 100,000 children, receipt of the MMR vaccine did not increase the risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), regardless of whether kids were at higher risk because an older sibling already had the condition, researchers write in JAMA.
"Even for children who are high-risk, the vaccine does not play a role," said lead author Dr. Anjali Jain of healthcare consulting firm The Lewin Group in Falls Church, Virginia. "We don't know what does unfortunately, but it's not the MMR vaccine."
The results should be reassuring, she said.
Autism spectrum disorder is a range of symptoms that often includes difficulties with communication and social interaction, according to the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health. It's may also include restricted and repetitive behaviors.
The 1998 study that claimed to find a connection between the MMR vaccine and ASD was later debunked. The Lancet, the medical journal that originally published it, withdrew it. Studies continue to vouch for the safety of the vaccine.
Still, some people continue to believe that the vaccine is connected to ASD.
Parents of children with ASD may also believe there is a genetic component, and so they decline to vaccinate their other children, Jain and colleagues noted in their report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
For the new study, the researchers used insurance claims data on 95,727 children followed from birth to at least age five between 2001 and 2012. They also had data on the children's older siblings.
Overall, about 2 percent of the children had an older sibling with ASD. Those children were more likely to go on to develop ASD themselves whether they were vaccinated or not, according to the report.
The vaccine didn't increase their risk, the researchers say.
For example, among high-risk five year olds, ASD developed in 23 of 269 who weren't vaccinated (8.6 percent), compared to 30 of 796 (3.8 percent) who received two doses of the MMR vaccine.
Among kids not at high risk of ASD, 7,735 were unvaccinated at age five and 56 (0.7 percent) were diagnosed with the condition. That compared to 244 of 45,568 children (0.5 percent) who received two MMR doses.
Furthermore, children with an older sibling with ASD were significantly less likely to have received the MMR vaccine in the first place.
By age five, about 92 percent of the children without ASD in the family had received at least one MMR dose. By comparison, only 86 percent of children with an older sibling with ASD had been vaccinated by that age.
"I think it's important to show that the degree of undervaccination in the families with children with autism spectrum disorder was significant," Jain told Reuters Health.
Alongside the lack of association between the vaccine and ASD, the undervaccination rate deserves attention, she said.
Roughly a dozen studies have shown that age of ASD onset and its severity do not differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated children, wrote Dr. Bryan King, program director of the Autism Center at Seattle Children's Hospital, in an editorial accompanying the new study.
The new study, King added, now shows that "the risk of ASD recurrence in families does not differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated children."
Just in case you were still having doubts about this.
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Re: BREAKING NEWS: Vaccines Still Don't Cause Autism
Stupidity causes faux autism.
Mike Cl
And it also causes Faux News. And Bill O'Fuckery.
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent,
Is he able but not willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able or willing?
Then why call him god?
I just googled it and there are 200 sites that say vaccines don't cause autism and 10 that do. Checkmate, tyrannical needlers!
And guess which sites the Drump supporters will believe.
Who are you going to believe? The experts or a few celebrities and some wackjob sites?
"California Gov says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum in manditory [sic] vaccines. This corporate fascist must be stopped," - Jim Carrey, 2015
Together we must oppose fascism by making ourselves more vulnerable to dangerous, potentially deadly, diseases. That'll learn 'em.
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Hey, Zyklon B costs money. You're not using my money for that!
Especially when stupid not only should hurt, it should be fatal.
Gandhi had some extremely entertaining thoughts on this matter. Never meet your heroes, folks.
Vaccination is a barbarous practice, and it is one of the most fatal of all the delusions current in our time, not to be found even among the so-called savage races of the world. Its supporters are not content with its adoption by those who have no objection to it, but seek to impose it with the aid of penal laws and rigorous punishments on all people alike. The practice of vaccination is not very old, dating as it does only from 1798 A.D. But, during this comparatively short period that has elapsed, millions have fallen a prey to the delusion that those who get themselves vaccinated are safe from the attack of small-pox. No one can say that small-pox will necessarily attack those who have not been vaccinated; for many cases have been observed of unvaccinated people being free from its attack. From the fact that some people who are not vaccinated do get the disease, we cannot, of course, conclude that they would have been immune if only they had got themselves vaccinated.
Moreover, vaccination is a very dirty process, for the serum which is introduced into the human body includes not only that of the cow, but also of the actual small-pox patient. An average man would even vomit at the mere sight of this stuff. If the hand happens to touch it, it is always washed with soap. The mere suggestion of tasting it fills us with indignation and disgust. But how few of those who get themselves vaccinated realise that they are in effect eating this filthy stuff!
I cannot also help feeling that vaccination is a violation of the dictates of religion and morality. The drinking of the blood of even dead animals is looked upon with horror even by habitual meat-eaters. Yet, what is vaccination but the taking in of the poisoned blood of an innocent living animal? Better far were it for God-fearing men that they should a thousand times become the victims of small-pox and even die a terrible death than that they should be guilty of such an act of sacrilege.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. The whole thing a veritable nuclear arsenal of quackery and advanced idiocy, even for the time. It just goes to show that brilliance in one field is no guarantee of brilliance in other fields.
Ah yes, because of your Nobel in Medicine, you know this? ;-) Bannon of the Left?
Generally mandatory anything makes me cringe ... the science is best left to the scientists ... unfortunately profitable Big Pharma messes that all up. I can only trust medicine if it is run my Marxist-Leninists ... who have the public weal at heart.
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I can kind of understand why the idea of vaccines manufactured from cells connected with animals that were naturally immune with antibodies that connect with viruses making them inactive would alarm some people who don't fully understand what vaccines do or where they come from (Yee Gods. You don't want to put something that has a relationship with a virus in your body). The thing about autism is a bit farther out there. And of course, being a strange notion adds the element of "that's so weird, it must be true." But I remember all those kids I knew who came down with polio before vaccines became available. You have to wonder how well people understand the alternative to vaccination. But then with many of those childhood killers that aren't so prevalent these days, they may not seem so threatening.
I can kind of understand why the idea of vaccines manufactured from cells connected with animals that were naturally immune with antibodies that connect with viruses making them inactive would alarm some people who don't fully understand what vaccines do or where they come from (Yee Gods. You don't want to put something that has a relationship with a virus in your body).
Yeah. Shoving a bunch of mold into your bloodstream seems like an incredibly stupid idea for someone who doesn't know much about the immune system or how vaccines work. Gotta love ignorant intuition gainsaying expert knowledge.
And there's also this quasi-religious idea of "cleansing" the body from all the bad toxic chemicals (chemicals are by definition bad) which surely is the real cause of the sickness. Come down with scarlet fever? Saying 50 hail marys, fasting, and taking a bunch of baths will take care of that. I'm glad that idea mostly lost favor following the discovery of microbes. Because "cleansing" the body of helpful/neutral bacteria is not advised.
On a related note, how did the first person to peer into a microscope and see a ton of little critters on every square inch of the human body not go mad from the revelation? That's like some From Beyond stuff.
"How's that new microscope of yours working out? What does that saliva sample look like?"
"Bug-things...everywhere..."
I remember in 9th grade, when we looked at pond water. Looking for planarians, and found them. Don't drink untreated water!
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The Class-Size Bill Is Really Another NCGA Power Grab
by Jeffrey C. Billman
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The above-the-fold headline in today's N&O might as well be an in-kind donation to the Republican Party. Indeed, it's exactly what Republicans in the General Assembly want people to see: them giving school districts a break from the onerous K–3 class-size rules that so riled local leaders all over the state, while increasing funds for schools. Never mind that they were fixing their own error: the problem with the class-size rules wasn't the rules themselves—everyone wants smaller class sizes—but rather the fact that it was an underfunded mandate issued by Jones Street that would put the squeeze to school administrators. In essence, Republicans could brag about reducing class sizes while forcing local taxpayers to eat most of the bill or gut art and music programs, or both. Again, never mind that. The bigger problem with that headline—and, of course, it's difficult to capture all the nuances of a complex story in a couple of words, believe me—is that it ignores what that bill is really all about: the ongoing power struggle between the legislature and Governor Cooper.
First, we'll tackle the class-size element, which the N&O's story does adequately enough: "State Republican legislative leaders said they will phase in the smaller class sizes in kindergarten through third grade over the next four years instead of lowering them at once this fall. As part of the delay, lawmakers will include $61 million a year to help school districts pay for art, music and physical education teachers. The deal comes after school officials around the state said they didn't have the thousands of extra classrooms needed and might have to fire arts and PE teachers to help come up with the money to hire additional K-3 teachers."
All that's fine—better than fine, in fact. But, with the General Assembly being the General Assembly, there's a catch. House Bill 90, as I wrote yesterday [INDY], "does a lot more than address class sizes. There are also two provisions Governor Cooper and legislative Democrats are almost certain to oppose—which the Republicans can then use as a political cudgel, accusing them of being anti-education."
The first essentially reclaims the $58 million Cooper received from the Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers for a mitigation fund at the same time his Department of Environmental Quality approved the deal and reroutes it to schools within the ACP's path. This is a subplot in a larger narrative Republicans are trying to cook up that Cooper is corrupt. I'll get to that below.
The second is that it once again—for the third time—rejiggers the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement, again making it a bipartisan board but now with an unaffiliated tie-breaker. Twice, state courts have struck down GOP efforts to strip Cooper of control of the board—as the party that holds the Executive Mansion traditionally does—and twice, Republicans have responded by tweaking their legislation and putting it back in play. This time is particularly pernicious: they know Cooper's going to veto the bill, so they'll get to run ads trashing him for opposing class sizes.
WHAT IT MEANS: Republicans, who control supermajorities in both chambers and thus don't have to consult Democrats on anything, are essentially daring them to vote no on a bill that will almost assuredly become law, thus setting up the GOP to be a pro-education party in the coming legislative elections, in which both parties will focus their efforts on suburban areas where voters care very much about these things. And while they're at it, they're trying to gin up a Cooper scandal, because he's far more popular than they are (or than Pat McCrory ever was).
The scandal works like this: Cooper's mitigation fund, which he would control, is a bribe and/or slush fund. Compounding things is that Cooper's new legislative affairs director lobbied for one of the companies involved in the ACP, which isn't a good look for the governor. So yesterday, before Phil Berger and Tim Moore introduced legislation that would strip Cooper of his control of the mitigation fund, Republican lawmakers spent Thursday grilling that legislative affairs director, Lee Lilley, about the ethics and legality of the fund. It was very much an orchestrated hit.
From the N&O: "Lee Lilley, Cooper's legislative affairs director as of Jan. 31, spent nearly an hour before a joint appropriations committee, deflecting a barrage of questions about the ethics and legality of the fund, the terms of which give Cooper spending control. Lilley agreed to respond to written questions at a later time. Democrats fumed over Lilley's harsh treatment, saying he was invited to introduce himself to lawmakers and lured into a trap. 'In 10 years I've never seen anything as shameful as what has happened today,' said Rep. Darren Jackson of Wake County."
"Lilley, 34, came under fire because of his past employment with lobbying powerhouse McGuireWoods Consulting. One of his clients was Richmond-based Dominion Resources, the holding company for Dominion Energy. Dominion is one of the lead partners on the 600-mile interstate pipeline, along with Charlotte-based Duke Energy. Republican legislators demanded information from Lilley about the environmental mitigation fund and his role in the negotiations for it. In the few questions Lilley answered Thursday, he said he lobbied for Dominion on federal issues before federal agencies. He claimed limited familiarity with the contested fund, which is broadly designated for investment in renewable energy, environmental remediation and on economic development. Legislators were skeptical."
"Critics on both sides have said the fund appears like a fee paid by Atlantic Coast Pipeline in exchange for a permit. Republicans are further irate that Cooper would control the funds, which they said would be politically motivated and awarded to environmental organizations that form Cooper's political base."
The bottom line: The Republicans have a point. While a developer-paid mitigation fund for a project as potentially dangerous as the ACP isn't the worst idea in the world, the optics do smack of a bribe, or at least a payment for service, and Cooper's insistence that the payment was completely voluntary and unconnected to the DEQ's approval strains credulity. Still, whether that constitutes the "appearance of evil," as state Representative Dean Arp hyperventilated yesterday, depends on your perspective. Me? I think it's generally good and reasonable policy to require rich corporations running risky pipelines through people's backyards to pay to offset any damage that occurs in the process—and I hardly think it's evil to require that before granting permits. But, for a smart pol, Cooper played his hand incredibly badly, and the Republicans may well succeed in giving him a black eye for it.
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2016 has been a year of reflection for us here at People Dancing, and for me personally whilst taking part in a recent panel discussion entitled British Community Dance: Past, Present and Future alongside the brilliant independent artist Cecilia Macfarlane and Linda Jasper MBE, founding Director of Youth Dance England.
The event, hosted by Jayne Stevens and the Cultural Exchanges Festival at De Montfort University (DMU), was a response to People Dancing's 30th anniversary. Way back in time, People Dancing (then named Community Dance and Mime Foundation) was based at Leicester Polytechnic (the forerunner of DMU) and supported by them through a formative period of development, so this was a nice connection back.
As the subsequent discussions unfolded, a couple of things struck home. First, that the values of community dance and participatory arts more broadly are as strong now, perhaps in some senses or at least in some areas stronger, as they were when the original pioneers set out on their journeys. All three of us talked quite differently about community and participatory dance, but shared commonality around some of the core values around diversity, inclusion, equality and cooperation that underpin our work.
The second was a reminder about the power of reflection, and the importance of making time for it. On reflection (!) it sometimes feels like one of those things we encourage other people to do, whilst not always doing it ourselves.
We've tried to echo the notion of reflection in this Animated, and are thrilled to present a suite of articles about dance having an impact, making connections through and across communities, and being a catalyst for positive change. Authored by diverse artists and change-makers working in participatory dance, we cover a diverse range of cultural and community contexts, and dance practices: health and wellbeing, working with migrant communities, dramaturgy in participatory dance and performance, to name just three. Many thanks to all our writers for their contributions to this edition, and to the team at People Dancing for pulling it all together.
Louise White is a dance artist based at The Old Town Hall in Hemel Hempstead and leads Let's Dance, an older people's dance group. Having signed up to this year's Big Dance Pledge, Louise shares with us her approach to using the online resources and developing a version of Akram's choreography that's unique to the group.


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Are portals a means to patient activation?
In a July 24 MGMA Stat poll asking healthcare leaders if their practice offers a patient portal, 90% indicated "yes," and only 10% reported "no." Of the 90% that offer a patient portal, 43% accept patient-generated health data (PGHD) for clinician review. Additionally, 37% reported their patient portal does not accept PGHD for review and the remaining 20% were unsure.
I'm a big advocate of patient portals, if they are operative. When I moved to Colorado and was looking for a new doctor, I wanted to know the type of EHR the practice used and the way they used their patient portal. Once you have used a robust patient portal, you won't settle for less.
The ability for patients to view their health data, such as immunizations, lab work and imaging results. Links that provide information on labs and other biometrics are of tremendous value for patients and families.
Online appointment scheduling, which allows patients and families to schedule appointments when convenient.
Online billing, which allows patients and families to add credit card information.
Prescription refill requests, which can eliminate the need to make a phone call.
Data update capabilities, which can help patients develop self-management skills, as they upload blood pressure readings and/or other patient generated health data (PGHD). This also makes it possible for patients to receive timely feedback.
When I conduct practice assessments, one of the most important questions I have is about patient portal functionality and how the practice trains patients to use it. Many practices still believe their portal will create more work and some tell me their patients don't want to use it. I interpret this as them not being in favor of it, which means they aren't encouraging its use.
In a recent practice assessment, I counted 10 calls and three walk-ins in a four-hour segment, requesting immunization records and/or most recent physical exam for school or camp. I pointed out that by using a patient portal the practice could reduce the amount of time patients and front desk staff had to spend on the phone or talking at the front desk.
In both 2013 and 2014, respondents who electronically accessed their medical records used the information foremost to monitor their health. Other popular uses for electronic medical files were downloading the information to a mobile device or sharing the information with another party like a family member or another healthcare provider.
Practices must understand how patient portals can help with patient activation. If patients don't have the skill or confidence to manage their care, they may not be open to using a patient portal. By identifying populations with lower activation rates, practices can encourage portal adoption, helping them to deliver better care to these patients.
Utilize 2018 MGMA DataDive Practice Operations to help you further understand how patients are taking advantage of patient portals across a variety of regions, practice sizes and specialties for both physician-owned and hospital-owned facilities.
Patel V, Barker W, & Siminerio E. October 2015. Trends in Consumer Access and Use of Electronic Health Information. ONC Data Brief, no.30. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology: Washington, D.C.


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Early Age at First Birth Does Not Reduce Breast Cancer Risk in BRCA1/2 Carriers
According to the results of a study published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, the risk of breast cancer among women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation does not vary by age at first birth.
Inherited mutations in two genes-BRCA1 and BRCA2-have been found to greatly increase the lifetime risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. Alterations in these genes can be passed down through either the mother's or the father's side of the family.
Among women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation, an important goal of research is to identify treatments, screening tools, and behavioral changes that can reduce the risk of developing breast cancer or improve early detection of cancer.
An early age at first birth has been shown to decrease breast cancer risk among women in the general population. It is uncertain, however, whether age at first birth influences breast cancer risk among women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation.
To explore the relationship between age at first birth and breast cancer risk in women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation, researchers conducted a study among 1,816 BRCA1/2 carriers with a history of breast cancer; they were evaluated with an age- and mutation-matched comparison group consisting of 1,816 BRCA1/2 carriers who did not have a history of breast cancer.
Among women who had given birth, age at first birth was similar among women who did and did not have a history of breast cancer.
The researchers conclude that in contrast to what has been observed among women in the general population, a young age at first birth does not appear to reduce the risk of breast cancer in women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. Nevertheless, the researchers note that BRCA1/2 carriers who are considering a prophylactic oophorectomy (preventive removal of the ovaries) should try to complete their childbearing before the age of 40, when risk of ovarian cancer begins to rise.
Reference: Kotsopoulos J, Lubinski J, Lynch HT et al. Age at first birth and the risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment [early online publication]. January 24, 2007.
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Elon Musk says he will "abide by the results" of a Twitter poll asking if he should step down
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Elon Musk has vowed to abide by the results of a public poll asking users on Twitter if he should "step down" as head of the social media platform.
A 12-hour poll posted on Sunday night by Mr Musk attracted more than four million votes within an hour and said: "Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll," along with the options "Yes" or "No".
The number of responses had increased to 17 million as of 10.30am with 57.5 per cent of votes in favour of Mr Musk stepping aside.
More than 50 percent of voters said they wanted Elon Musk to step down
In a series of separate tweets, Mr Musk said there was "no successor" in line to take over if the poll returns a "Yes" result.
He wrote: "The question is not finding a CEO, the question is finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive.
"No one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive. There is no successor.
"As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it."
Mr Musk previously announced a U-turn on a new policy which banned users from linking to rival social media websites, including Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon.
The original announcement was the latest move by Mr Musk to crack down on certain speech after he shut down a Twitter account last week that was tracking the flights of his private jet.
He tweeted saying: "Going forward, there will be a vote for major policy changes. My apologies. Won't happen again."
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High-profile murders return to haunt former DCI Muhoro
By Moses Nyamori | August 3rd 2018
Ex- DCI boss Ndegwa Muhoro during the vetting process before the National Assembly Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations at County Hall, Nairobi. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]
Extra-judicial killings and unsolved high-profile murders returned to haunt a former director of criminal investigations.
Ndegwa Muhoro was yesterday being vetted after being nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta to be the country's ambassador in Malaysia.
Also vetted were former Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) chairperson Sarah Serem, who was put to task for slashing MPs' salaries, and former State House spokesperson Manoah Esipisu, whose role in the funding of high-level State visits was scrutinised.
During his vetting by Parliament's Defence and Foreign Relations Committee, MPs took Mr Muhoro to task on why there were many high-profile killings and disappearances during his tenure.
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In a memorandum, Mr Abdullahi asked the committee not to approve Muhoro's nomination, citing alleged threats to his life. But in his defence, Muhoho described the claims as 'personal vendetta'.
"My conscience is clear. Why hasn't this person raised issues against me with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)? This is purely vendetta against me. I have filed several contempt of court applications against him," said Muhoho.
The former criminal investigations boss was at pains to explain to MPs why the murders of former Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) manager Chris Musando, Kabete MP George Muchai and businessman Jacob Juma remained unsolved.
Yatta MP Charles Kilonzo asked why the country had many cases of extra-judicial killings and forced disappearances on Muhoro's watch.
"Mungiki leaders disappeared during your tenure. You say you have a very strong Christian background, how did all this happen if you believe in the rule of law?" asked the MP.
Muhoro said it was unfair to blame him for the forced disappearances.
"Mr Chair, we have been accused of using excessive force and mysterious disappearances. This is interesting. We took people to court, they were freed and they revenged. The blame fell on us," he said.
On the issue of unsolved murders, Muhoho said they were not peculiar to Kenya and blamed them on the investigative capacity of police.
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"It takes evidence, not just intelligence, to solve such cases, and it is not just in Kenya," he said.
"For any incident of disappearance or extra-judicial killing, an inquest file is opened so that those afraid of giving information to police have an opportunity to tell their story," he said.
The committee, chaired by Kajiado South MP Kato ole Metito, also asked Muhoro to respond to claims that he used his office and his friends to grab private property in the city and other parts of the country.
Ms Serem defended the commission's decision to cut the salaries of State officers, including MPs.
Serem, who has been nominated by Uhuru to be Kenya's High Commissioner to China, was hard-pressed to respond to claims by MPs that she had a low opinion of elected leaders.
She told the MPs that the decision to cut their salaries was collective and that it was for the good of the country, which was struggling under the burden of a huge wage bill amounting to 52 per cent of the country's revenue.
"Reducing salaries of public services is the role of the entire commission. The image of one Sarah Serem came because I was just a spokesperson," she said.
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Mr Esipisu denied the claims, saying such visits were managed by ministerial committees.
He also denied claims that he was unfriendly to people who visited State House during his tenure, arguing that he would not have been successful in his role if the claims were true.
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We were crushed to learn that we had been the target of such an attack — one that may have potentially affected the very customers who have helped OTTO grow over the past 5 years. While the breach is much smaller than those suffered by other regional businesses (Hannafords, Shaw's, etc.), it hits closer to home when it happens to smaller businesses founded, owned, and operated right in one's own community. While the breach is believed to have affected only 3% of the credit cards used by dine-in and take-out customers (delivery customers were not affected) at our two Portland locations, it is a stark reminder that no target is too small for hackers.
We hope, by being open and transparent about our experience, that something positive will come from it. We know that we are stronger, more secure, and more vigilant as a result. We hope that other businesses in our communities will be as well.
As we have stated in our news release, and on leaflets available at our restaurants, we urge our guests to visit our website to learn more about what they can do to detect and prevent misuse of their payment cards, or call a special toll-free number we have set up (888-453-4022) to ask any additional questions they may have. We also urge other businesses to research ways in which they can increase security in their restaurants to avoid similar attacks. They are welcome to reach out to us as well. If our experience can help the businesses in our community avoid a similar attack, it's better for all of us.
On behalf of all of us at OTTO, we apologize for any inconvenience incurred as a result of the attack, and greatly appreciate your continued support.
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Chi Chi Wu, a lawyer with the National Consumer Law Center, said the findings in part reflected the complexity of the health care payments system, which often involves insurers that may pay all or part of the cost of care. Consumers may not understand the details of how their health insurance works, and may think that it covers more than it actually does. Co-payments and deductibles — the amount that you pay before insurance does — can often trip people up.
"The medical and health care billing process is just really confusing and complicated," Ms. Wu said.
The report also detailed complaints about abusive behavior by collectors, as reported by some consumers. In one instance, a consumer received a call at work, supposedly from a doctor calling about a medical emergency. But the call turned out to be from a debt collector. In another, collectors called a consumer's relatives to demand payment.
The consumer bureau, which shares responsibility for enforcing the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which bans abusive practices, has taken several actions in recent years to rein in aggressive medical debt collection activities.
To complain about a medical debt collector, you can submit a complaint online to the consumer bureau or contact your state attorney general's office.
A representative of ACA International, a trade group for debt collection companies, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report.
What should I do if I am called by a collector about a medical debt?
Bruce McClary, spokesman for the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, recommends that consumers first confirm who is calling — is it an affiliate of the hospital or doctor's office where the treatment occurred, or is it an outside debt collector? If it is the original care provider, he said, "You have more negotiation options up front." You might ask if a partial payment is acceptable, or if making affordable monthly payments is an option.
Keep detailed notes of the call, he advised, including the time of the call and what was said.
In general, you should avoid the temptation to pay off your medical debt with a credit card, he said. The card will carry double-digit interest and may end up making your debt worse, if you cannot pay it off quickly.
Ms. Wu says consumers can ask for verification that they actually owe the bill. And if the collector is calling repeatedly, you can send a letter telling them to stop. (The collector may still take further action against you in court, however.) The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau offers sample letters on its website.
Can checking my credit report help avoid problems with medical debt?
Checking your credit report at least annually can help head off possible damage to your credit report, Ms. Wu said. In some cases, in particular if the amount owed is small, medical collectors may "park" the debt on your credit report, but not make any attempt to notify you or collect it. Then, when you need to apply for a car loan or a mortgage, the debt shows up — and you may feel pressured to pay it. By checking your report, she said, you will spot any unpaid bills before they cause big problems. You can do so at no charge once a year at www.annualcreditreport.com.
Will unpaid medical bills hurt my credit score?
Credit scores summarize the information in your credit report, and the latest scoring systems from FICO, which produces the most widely used scores, play down the weight of medical debt when calculating scores. Older scoring models used in the mortgage industry, however, may still give undue weight to medical debt, Ms. Wu said, so unpaid doctor bills could hurt you when you apply for certain types of home loans.
Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article misstated what a new report says about complaints to federal regulators about medical debt collectors. About two-thirds of those who complained said they did not owe the money, not that they did owe it.


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Q: Compilation of verilog code in quartus prime takes much longer after adding block I am attempting to make the snake game in verilog using my DEE-10 Lite and compiling using Quartus Prime (Lite Edition Version 20.1.1).
The Analysis and Synthesis time takes almost 10 times longer after adding the following for loop:
for (i = 0); i < size; i = i + 1) begin
  a[size - i] <= a[size - i -1]
end

reg [5:0] size = 6'd0;
reg [5:0] a [0:64];
I'm sure the issue is with me thinking behaviourally instead of data paths/registers. I'm hoping there's a solution that. I've included the rest of the code as well. I'm also using vga to display the board. I'm certain the compilation issues are due to that for statement, as I've tried compilation with and without it included.
module SnakeGame(clk, reset_n, VGA_HS, VGA_VS, VGA_R, VGA_B, VGA_G, switch_one, switch_two, switch_three, ones, tens);

input clk;
input reset_n;
input switch_one, switch_two, switch_three;

output [3:0] VGA_R;
output [3:0] VGA_G;
output [3:0] VGA_B;
output VGA_HS;
output VGA_VS;
output [6: 0] ones, tens;

reg [3:0] red = 0, green = 0, blue = 0;

localparam NUM_COLS = 640;
localparam NUM_ROWS = 480;
localparam SIZE_OF_SQUARE = 60;

localparam COL_WIDTH = $clog2(NUM_COLS-1);
localparam ROW_WIDTH = $clog2(NUM_ROWS-1);

reg [31:0] randomizer = 32'd1;

wire disp_ena;
wire [COL_WIDTH-1:0] col;
wire [ROW_WIDTH-1:0] row;
wire clk25MHz;

reg[31:0] count     = 32'd0;
parameter D         = 25000000;

 reg[2:0] direction = 0;

 reg [7:0] food = 8'd0;

 reg [5:0] a [0:64];

 reg [1:0] board [0:7][0:7];

 reg [0:7] x, y = 0;
 reg [1:0] spot;

reg [7:0] points = 8'd0;
wire[3:0] onesDigit;
wire[3:0] tensDigit;

 reg [5:0] size = 6'd0;
 reg state = 0; // 0 for regular state
// 1 for gameover

wire [7:0] random;

assign onesDigit = points % 10;
assign tensDigit = points / 10;

integer i, j, k;

ip ip1(
.areset(reset),
.inclk0(clk),
.c0(clk25MHz),
.locked()
);

 vga_timer #(
            .COL_WIDTH(COL_WIDTH),
            .ROW_WIDTH(ROW_WIDTH)
        ) UUT (
            .clk     (clk25MHz),
            .reset_n    (reset_n),
            .h_sync     (VGA_HS),
            .v_sync     (VGA_VS),
            .disp_ena   (disp_ena),
            .col        (col),
            .row        (row)
        );

lfsr lfsr1(random, 0, clk, 0);

sevenSegmentDecoder onePlace(onesDigit, ones);
sevenSegmentDecoder tensPlace(tensDigit, tens);

initial begin
a[0] = 6'd41;
food <= 0; //TODO: change back to 64
end

always @(posedge clk) begin

if (count >= D-1) begin             //reset to 0 REACHED 1 SECOND
        count <= 32'd0;

 if (state == 1) begin
            state = 0;
            a[0] <= 6'd7;
        end

for (i = 0; i < size; i = i + 1) begin
a[size - i] <= a[size - i - 1];
end

if (switch_one) // up
a[0] <= a[0] - 6'd1;
else if (switch_two) // down
a[0] <= a[0] + 6'd8;
else if (switch_three) // right
a[0] <= a[0] + 6'd1;
else // left
a[0] <= a[0] - 6'd8;

        // GAME LOGIC
        // check if the snake ate itself
        if (state == 0) begin
            for (i = 0; i <= size; i = i + 1) begin
                // if the snakes head "eats" any part of the body gameover
                if (i != 0 && a[0] == a[i])
                    state = 1;
            end
        end

        // if the snakes "eats" the food increase size of snake and points, replace the food
        if (a[0] == food) begin : breakBlockFood
j = 0;
            points = points + 8'd1;
            size = size + 6'd1;
            if (size == 6'd63)
                state = 1;
            food <= random % 64;
        end

        //DRAW ALL COMPONENTS ON THE GAMEBOARD
        //redraw game board (All 0'S if in state 0 otherwise draw 3's)
        for (i = 0; i < 8; i = i + 1) begin : loop
            for (j = 0; j < 8; j = j + 1) begin : loop
                if (state == 0) begin
                    board[i][j] <= 2'd0;
                end else begin
                    board[i][j] <= 2'd3;
                end
            end
        end

        // draw the snake
        if (state == 0) begin
            for (i = 0; i <= size; i = i + 1) begin
                board[a[i] / 8][a[i] % 8] <= 1;
            end
        end

        // draw the food on the board
        if (state == 0)
            board[food / 8][food % 8] <= 2'd2;

    end else begin
        count <= count + 32'd1;
    end
//display all the items
if (disp_ena) begin
if (col < 480 && row < 480) begin
x <= col/60;
y <= row/60;
spot <= board[x][y];

if (spot == 2'd1) begin
red <= 4'h0;
blue <= 4'h0;
green <= 4'hf;
end else if (spot == 2'd2) begin
red <= 4'hf;
blue <= 4'h0;
green <= 4'h0;
end else begin
red <= 4'h0;
blue <= 4'h0;
green <= 4'h0;
end

end else begin
red <= 4'hF;
blue <= 4'hF;
green <= 4'hF;
end
   end
end

assign VGA_R = disp_ena ? red   : 4'b0000;
assign VGA_G = disp_ena ? green : 4'b0000;
assign VGA_B = disp_ena ? blue  : 4'b0000;

endmodule

A: The synthesis is taking time because the for-loop unrolling is dependent upon a variable 'size' rather than a constant. I can suggest you use a fixed value SIZE_MAX for the maximum for-loop iteration. Determine SIZE_MAX based on the maximum value that 'size' can go upto.
Also I see that the 'size' and 'i' init is such that you will have a[0]<=a[-1] kind of assignment.
parameter SIZE_MAX = 100; //Determine this based on your requirement

 a[0] <= size=='d0 ? 'd0 : a[size - 1];
for (i = 1; i < SIZE_MAX; i = i + 1) begin
 a[i] <= a[i-1];
end


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