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Alopecia: Fast Facts & Treatments

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Alopecia: Fast Facts & Treatments

Approximately 6.8 million people in America (and 147 million worldwide) will experience it at some point in their lives – but when you experience it, you may feel like the only one. It can feel like you’re not yourself anymore, causing you to lose confidence in your appearance. How can you get to the root of it?

What is alopecia?

Alopecia is the medical term for any type of hair loss. It’s further broken down by category:

Scarring (cicatricial) alopecia

This causes a complete loss of hair follicles, so there is damage to the scalp that results in the hair not being to grow back, ever. This kind of alopecia affects about 3% of people who experience hair loss and is recognizable predominantly by the scabby or “ragged” appearance of the patches, as the hair follicle is killed and then replaced by scar tissue.

Non-scarring alopecia

These are the more common forms of alopecia, including alopecia areata and androgenetic alopecia; these forms don’t kill the hair follicle – they more or less just cause it to be dormant. The most common kinds and causes:

Alopecia Areata & Alopecia Totalis

This an auto-immune disorder where the body attacks its own hair follicles, keeping the hair from growing. Areata falls out in small patches (areas), most commonly on the scalp and in facial hair; Totalis is complete (total) loss of hair.

Androgenetic Alopecia (male- and female-pattern baldness)

Hair loss that’s caused as a result of hormonal changes that affect the hair growth cycle.

Is alopecia genetic?

Partially. Alopecia areata is a polygenic disease, meaning it requires many genes to contribute to bringing the condition “alive;” stress, diet, hormones, and lifestyle play just as much of a role as genetics do for this one – it’s estimated that about 20% of people who experience alopecia have a direct relative with the condition. Some forms are caused by hormonal changes and others are caused by genetics, though the direct links are still not completely clear. There’s about a 50% rate of heredity for both males and females. Stress, diet, and lifestyle play a role as well.

What happens in the body to cause alopecia?

The body overreacts to the hair follicles, basically seeing them as “bad” – your T-cells (immune “fighter” cells), as a result, kills the follicles’ ability to grow hair. A healthy hair cycle involves 3 phases: anagen (growing phase), catagen (regressing phase), telogen (resting phase). This entire process is regulated by prostaglandins (PGs), which, when out of balance, cause the hair cycle to become imbalanced.

To add another ingredient to this relatively confusing hair mix, you’ve also got the AR gene at play – it’s what provides the body with the instructions to map out the sex hormones in your body. So what’s this got to do with hair? Testosterone is one of those sex hormones, and it turns into DHT with the aid of the enzyme Type II 5-alpha reductase, located in hair follicle’s oil glands. When DHT binds to these reductase receptors, it shrinks the hair follicle – so all the correct balance of prostaglandins in the world can’t function at the root as it should.

What is the best treatment for alopecia?

PRP injections: a small amount of your own blood is drawn and placed in a centrifuge to separate the platelets out, which are then injected at the site of hair loss. The platelets are rich in growth factors that stimulate collagen, tissue, and cell regeneration, including attracting stem cells to the repair site, to stimulate follicle health and hair growth.

Anti-inflammatory steroid injections: corticosteroids are injected at the site of the affected area(s) every 4-6 weeks, reducing inflammation and mitigating the autoimmune attack hair follicles.

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Punjab United – Diversity Festival

THE BAME Football Forum (BFF) have launched their inaugural Non-League Diversity Football Festival for non-league clubs playing in the football pyramid system, that are leading the way for Black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups in terms of playing, managing, coaching, volunteering and operationally running clubs.

The event is being held on Saturday, July 3 from 12 noon onwards at Punjab United’s Steve Cook Stadium in Gravesend, Kent and is part of the BFF’s long term strategy A Quest for Change to be empowering, representative, diverse and inclusive.

The BFF have said that following the inaugural event there are plans to grow the concept year on year with other clubs across the non-league pyramid as well as partners being invited. The event is being supported by The Football Association (FA), Kick it Out’s – Fans for Diversity project and Kent FA.

BFF Chair, Ivan Liburd said: “The support and interest in the event has been massive, not only from within the clubs, but from those who govern football. It’s important to create moments like this in football where we can celebrate the obvious talent within BAME football communities. It’s a positive step in continuing to build unity amongst grassroots clubs nationally and to continue to shine a light on diversity and inclusion.”

The first four partner clubs taking part are Leicester Nirvana, Sporting Bengal, Punjab United and Sporting Khalsa. These clubs are well established non-league semi-professional sides that play at Step 5 and above, with Sporting Khalsa recently being promoted to Step 4. The four clubs will play a mini tournament on the day with fans and sponsors (COVID restrictions allowing) present to make the day as atmospheric as possible.

The purpose of the event is to ensure that those outside of the professional game are aware that other opportunities exist and that work is being done at a grass roots level that supports and complements the work of national partners.

Councillor Kirk Master, BFF Ambassador said: “It has been a few years coming but we’ve finally got to deliver the BAME Football Forum inaugural event. This event is crucial to continue to demonstrate that BAME communities play a huge role in football, from grassroots right thorough to the professional game. This is only the beginning of this Diversity event, it’s destined to become a big part of the grassroots calendar.”

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John Grant is author of some eighty books, of which about twenty-five are fiction. His "book-length fiction" Dragonhenge, illustrated by Bob Eggleton, was shortlisted for a Hugo Award in 2003; its successor was The Stardragons. His most recent story collection is Tell No Lies (2014). In nonfiction, he has coedited (with John Clute) The Encyclopedia of Fantasy and written The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters (three editions) and A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir, the largest encyclopedia of the subject published to date. His loose-knit series begun with Discarded Science and continued with Corrupted Science, Bogus Science and Denying Science has earned much acclaim; an expanded edition of Corrupted Science appeared in spring 2018. Two recent YA nonfiction books are Debunk It! and Eureka!: 50 Scientists who Shaped Human History. As John Grant he has received two Hugo Awards, the World Fantasy Award, the Locus Award, and various others. Under his real name, Paul Barnett, he has written a few books and for a number of years ran the world-famous fantasy-artbook imprint Paper Tiger, for this work earning a Chesley Award and a World Fantasy Award nomination. He operates the website Noirish. [www.johngrantpaulbarnett.com] [http://noirencyclopedia.wordpress.com/]

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GCSE English Literature exam paper error – Friday 26 May 2017

This week I report on the error in a GCSE English Literature exam paper, the release of the first part of the 2015/16 absence statistics and an analysis of teacher supply, retention and mobility data from 2011 to 2015.

English GCSE exam error admitted by board
One of the country’s biggest examination boards, OCR, has admitted to an error in today’s English Literature GCSE exam, taken by around 14,000 students. The mistake related to a question on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in which the family background of a key character, Tybalt, was mixed up. The question suggested he was a Montague when in fact he was a Capulet.

The examination board has apologised and in a statement said that it would put things right when the exam was marked and graded so no student needed to worry about being disadvantaged. An investigation will be taking place as a matter of urgency to see how this error got through their assurance processes.

Absence statistics for 2015/16 academic year
On 18 May, the Department for Education (DFE) released information on the absence rates in schools for the 2016 autumn term. Whilst the overall absence rate had risen slightly from 4.1% to 4.3%, with illness remaining the most common cause of absence, unauthorised absence for holidays has also made a significant contribution to the rise. The percentage of pupils who missed at least one session due to an unauthorised family holiday, rose from 4.2% to 5.0%.

This is the first set of absence statistics since the landmark decision by the High Court ruled in favour of the Isle of Wight parent that had challenged the regulations forbidding term-time absences for pupils except in ‘exceptional’ circumstances. A further appeal from the Government resulted in this decision being overruled and the DfE has said it is too soon to draw links between the High Court ruling and the unauthorised absence rate.

Report analysing teacher supply, retention and mobility
Yesterday the DfE released an analysis of teacher supply, retention and mobility data from 2011 to 2015. Key findings included:

  • More teachers were leaving the profession – the teacher wastage rate (those who are either leaving the profession, retiring or going on maternity leave) increased in every subject, of which the overall rate went from 6.6% to 8.7%.  Physics, where graduates with a first-class degree are now offered £30,000 tax-free bursaries to train in, had either the highest or second highest wastage rate in each year between 2011 and 2015.
  • The EBacc has caused a slump in new Drama teachers – entrant rates increased in every EBacc subject except Biology, where the rate fell by 0.1%. However, the biggest drops were found in non-EBacc subjects, mainly in Drama which had a 1.4% decrease.
  • The most newly-qualified teachers (NQT) were in EBacc subjects – whilst the overall number of NQTs remained relatively stable the rate was highest in Maths, English and the sciences and ‘core’ EBacc subjects – classics and History.
  • Teachers on permanent contracts were most likely to stay in the profession – teachers and leaders with permanent contracts had higher retention rates, both in school and in the system. Retention rates also increased with age and experience were higher outside London and in schools rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’.
  • Most teachers stay within commuting distance when moving schools – around 70.0% of all teachers who moved between 2010 and 2014 moved 25 kilometres or less. Secondary teachers were more likely to move a greater distance than primary teachers, and men were slightly more likely than women to move a greater distance, but the variation was likely to be because primary teachers were disproportionately female.


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The ongoing global pandemic has created an urgent need for rapid tests that can diagnose the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the pathogen that causes COVID-19, and distinguish it from other respiratory viruses. Now, researchers from Japan have demonstrated a new system for single-virion identification of common respiratory pathogens using a machine learning algorithm trained on changes in current across silicon nanopores. This work may lead to fast and accurate screening tests for diseases like COVID-19 and influenza.

In a study published this month in ACS Sensors scientists at Osaka University have introduced a new system using silicon nanopores sensitive enough to detect even a single virus particle when coupled with a machine learning algorithm.

In this method, a silicon nitride layer just 50 nm thick suspended on a silicon wafer has tiny nanopores added, which are themselves only 300 nm in diameter. When a voltage difference is applied to the solution on either side of the wafer, ions travel through the nanopores in a process called electrophoresis.

The motion of the ions can be monitored by the current they generate, and when a viral particle enters a nanopore, it blocks some of the ions from passing through, leading to a transient dip in current. Each dip reflects the physical properties of the particle, such as volume, surface charge, and shape, so they can be used to identify the kind of virus.

The natural variation in the physical properties of virus particles had previously hindered implementation of this approach, however, using machine learning, the team built a classification algorithm trained with signals from known viruses to determine the identity of new samples. “By combining single-particle nanopore sensing with artificial intelligence, we were able to achieve highly accurate identification of multiple viral species,” explains senior author Makusu Tsutsui.

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The computer can discriminate the differences in electrical current waveforms that cannot be identified by human eyes, which enables highly accurate virus classification. In addition to coronavirus, the system was tested with similar pathogens—respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, influenza A, and influenza B.

The team believes that coronaviruses are especially well suited for this technique since their spiky outer proteins may even allow different strains to be classified separately. “This work will help with the development of a virus test kit that outperforms conventional viral inspection methods,” says last author Tomoji Kawai.

Compared with other rapid viral tests like polymerase chain reaction or antibody-based screens, the new method is much faster and does not require costly reagents, which may lead to improved diagnostic tests for emerging viral particles that cause infectious diseases such as COVID-19.

Provided by: Osaka University

More information: Akihide Arima et al. Digital Pathology Platform for Respiratory Tract Infection Diagnosis via Multiplex Single-Particle DetectionsACS Sensors (2020). DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c01564

Image: Single virus particle detections using a solid-state nanopore.
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The Shifty Salmon of Auke Creek

David A. Tallmon
Department of Biology and Marine Biology
University of Alaska Southeast

Pacific salmon are culturally, ecologically, and economically important throughout their geographic range. They are also increasingly depleted and threatened with extinction. This interrupted case study in three parts focuses on issues surrounding migration of this keystone species and how its ecology appears to be impacted by climate change. The storyline follows a young Alaskan who takes a summer job working at a Pacific salmon weir (a fish counting facility) and learns about observed shifts in the migration timing of several species of Pacific salmon, trout, and char (all in the Salmonid family). A selection of recommended videos provides context (approximately 15 minutes total viewing time), and the questions at the end of each section can be addressed with different levels of sophistication depending on the background of students. Simple calculations provide students an opportunity to think about the effects of climate change on the development, physiology, ecological interactions and evolution of Pacific salmon. Students also consider experimental design and influences of human harvest on natural populations. The case is suitable for students in an AP high school or lower-level college general biology, ecology, or environmental science course.

  • Read, interpret, and convert into different units data from graphs.
  • Consider important differences between observational and experimental studies and the types of inferences (correlation vs. causation) that come from observational and experimental studies.
  • Describe some of the physiological effects of increased temperatures on ectotherms.
  • Describe some of the potential ecological, social, and economic impacts of changes in the timing of ecological events such as salmon migration.

Pacific salmon; migration timing; ecology; evolution; ecological interactions; experimental design; salmon

Topical Areas

Social issues

Educational Level

High school, Undergraduate lower division

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Subject Headings

Ecology  |   Evolutionary Biology  |   Natural Resource Management  |   Science (General)  |   Zoology  |

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  • Hinterland’s Who’s Who: Pacific Salmon
    Salmon life history is described, as well as their relationship to First Nations and declines in recent decades. Running time: 4:35 min. Produced by Canadian Wildlife Federation, 2017.
  • Salmon Sex and Death Sustains This Forest
    This video is Episode 11 of the series Wildlife with Bertie Gregory and explores how salmon and their mating cycles are integral to the ecosystem of Vancouver Island. Running time: 4:21 min. Produced by National Geographic Wild, 2016.
  • There’s Something Very Fishy About These Trees
    This episode of Deep Look, a short video series created by KQED San Francisco and presented by PBS Digital Studios, shows the perilous voyage of salmon upstream and how their deaths fertilize the soil and play an important role in a complex food web. Running time: 4:37 min. Produced by PBS, 2017.


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Winning by a Neck

A Case Study in the Scientific Process

Stephanie J. Toering Peters
Department of Biology
Wartburg College

This interrupted case study is designed to introduce beginning biology students to the process of science by exploring a question that is accessible to students with limited scientific background. The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardialis) is the tallest terrestrial mammal and has a disproportionally long neck. Historically, this trait has been hypothesized to be an adaptation for competition between the giraffe and other herbivore species. Guided by a PowerPoint presentation and (optional) worksheet, students will propose hypotheses to explain the giraffe's uniquely long neck and will examine the results of field experiments to test the prevalent historical hypothesis that the long neck allows the giraffe to exploit high food sources. They will find that the data do not support this initial hypothesis and will use other field observations to propose and examine an alternative hypothesis. Throughout the activity students will engage in the process of science; they will propose hypotheses, design experiments, make predictions, and draw conclusions from published field observations.

  • Understand the scientific process, including the fact that not all hypotheses are supported by experimental evidence.
  • Propose testable hypotheses and possible observations or experiments to test those hypotheses.
  • Interpret simple graphs and make conclusions based on the information they contain.

giraffe; neck; hypothesis testing; natural selection; sexual selection; Giraffa camelopardialis; sparring

Topical Areas

Scientific method

Educational Level

High school, Undergraduate lower division, General public & informal education

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Biology (General)  |   Science (General)  |   Science Education  |

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How Do I? How Do You?

throwing stones

Everyday. EVERY SINGLE DAY someone says something or posts something on social media that is inflammatory. Maybe they were just posting their opinion or maybe they had every intention of starting an online fight. This is the world we live in.

Everyday. EVERY SINGLE DAY articles, reports, magazines, broadcasts, and late night hosts ridicule and demean basic moral values. In doing so they belittle those that try to live by those values and criminalize those that publicly promote those values.

We live in an age when you cannot speak a negative opinion of any lifestyle choice without being accused of hate, bigotry, being prudish, intolerant, and ignorant. This seems to be true unless you are speaking negatively against those who claim to be conservative Christian. These people are free game.

Everyday. EVERY SINGLE DAY there are statements made about conservative Christians that are prejudicial. Individuals and other groups level charges and accusations that presume to know what every Christian thinks, votes, and does. Because I am a Caucasian, a conservative Christian, born in the Southern United States, raised in the South, living in the South, heterosexual, monogamous, long-term married to my first wife (only wife), with one child, living in a small city near a southern university, preaching for a conservative church, middle-class, registered Republican male, I am free game. I belong to just about every group that society allows others to ridicule.
(Did I mention my wife is a public school teacher? That makes her a target of society. Did I mention that my son is studying to enter law enforcement? Another hated group of people.)

Maybe I am only looking from my point of view. Maybe from where you sit, you see the stones coming at you. A truth of today is that there are a lot of stones flying through the air from every direction. With all these stones flying in our direction, what is our response? Should we ignore them? Should we throw them back?

I want to pick up in the story of Stephen in Acts 7. He has just delivered a message that reminds the Jews of their past and their actions against the prophets and against Jesus of Nazareth. Stephen does not say anything that is not already on record, but they did not like what he was saying.

“Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him. But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him. Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.” (Acts 7:54-60)

When Stephen accused them of acting in error, they became angry and stoned him to death. When they were stoning him, Stephen chose to intercede for their forgiveness. Who took the high road? Who became the better person?

What do you and I do when people are throwing stones at us? What should we do?

Will I be like Stephen?

– Scott

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  1. 1 Peter 2:11-12 ESV
    Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. [12] Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

  2. 1 Peter 3:8-9 ESV
    Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. [9] Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

  3. “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
    “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Matthew 5:10-11

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One More Story
Kimberly Walters – 1996

So, Joe the Old Liar starts telling people I’m Fruity,
and everywhere l go it’s double-takes and long glances
and me, not knowing, I think maybe the world’s finally
noticed my engaging profile, the quirky tilt of my chin.

So I smile a lot, my Garbo eyelids drooping, and practice
restraining my stride Bacall-style ’til someone finally
says to me Hey girl, quit the closet. It’s out. Don’t try and fight yourself. And I’m surprised at first, but he seems so assured

like he’s seen this before and it makes me wonder.
So I start to look back, to pull and sort, and I think about
Magdalena and the Disney spaghetti-gag with Twizzlers
and mostly about Ruth and her red Mohair sweater and

Patchouli confronting me at every tum of the head.
And l think, No. Nothing solid I think. Interpretation.
Depends what you mean by Gay, but I find myself
in the shower stall razor to head, saucy and laughing

and it’s always Indigo Girls crooning from my stereo.
The looks lengthen and l like knowing they’re watching me,
so when that first girl kisses me, sitting on the grass
after the concert, it feels good because it’s lips against lips.


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Well I say new, I got it in June.

I used to have an iPhone, but had to give it back when I changed jobs. I was in the market for a smartphone and had to decide between android, iPhone and the oddly mainstream outsider, Symbian.

I quickly discounted the iphone as overpriced and overrated, having used one for over a year I was left frustrated by apple’s random restrictions (want to change the text message sound? Too bad).

Android was a contender, but the confusion over different app stores and the dodgy music player put me off. That and the gamble of whether or not your chosen handset will be blessed with OS updates.

I have a soft spot for symbian having had a nokia ngage a few years ago. It was by far my device of choice for a long time. People knock the sidetalker, but look past that and it was a very functional phone with some cool games. The nokia x6 which I finally plumped for sits between android and iPhone, offering centralised app repository but the freedom of running any app you want outside the closed system. It also has built in, no extra cost tethering via bluetooth or USB. The camera is superb, the music player is easy to use and spits out good quality sound through a standard 3.5mm jack or the included bluetooth headphones. There may not be as many apps as for the other platforms, but that is starting to change now that nokia are standardising on QT for app development, rather than the old and apparently tricky C++ environment. The other massive plus point is that the x6 can be used comfortably with one hand, unlike the ever so slightly too wide iphone.

Full marks to nokia. I just wish the heartless bastards hadn’t just released the n8 ;-)

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Concept: Story Cube (Rapid Prototype)

A story cube is a portable interactive story, in cube form. This story cube, “Blue Panda Travels the World,” allows you to take blue panda along his journey around the world. Created by Sean Bolton and Jeni Tu [link to Jeni Tu’s website], this rapid prototype was built, from concept to completion, in roughly an hour.


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FAQS for AZ Businesses About Small-Business ACA Tax Reporting

Small-Business ACA Tax Reporting for Arizona Businesses

With the presidential election right around the corner, taxes for businesses and the Affordable Care Act are quite in the news.  It is crucial that your business is ahead of the curve and is aware of what is at stake

The ACA comes with reporting requirements that differ based on a business’ size and whether it “self-insures” health coverage. Navigating those requirements can be tough; a CPA can help.

The Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) carries some potential tax-reporting and preparation pitfalls for the unwary business owner. To help you understand the myriad of obligations and reporting requirements, here our accountants’ answers to some of the most frequently-asked questions about ACA reporting.

Q: What are the filing requirement?

A: The filing requirements differ depending on the size of your business and whether you self-insure health care coverage for employees. Regardless of what size your business is, if you provide self-insured health insurance coverage to employees, you will need to report certain information on an annual return. Employers with 250 or more employees are required to file electronically with the IRS; smaller employees may file on paper.

Q: Are there tax credits available to employers?

A: If your business has fewer than 25 full-time employees and meets certain other requirements, you may be eligible for a Small Business Health Care Tax Credit if you purchased insurance through the SHOP marketplace, which can help offset the cost of providing health insurance.

Q: My business has fewer than 50 full-time employees. That means I don’t need to report health care coverage information, right?

A: The IRS defines a full-time employee as someone who worked an average of 30 hours or more each week for more than 120 days in the last year. So, even though you don’t consider an employee to be a full-time employee, they may be full-time in the eyes of the IRS and your business may have to meet ACA reporting requirements that apply to employers with 50 or more full-time employees.

Q: What are the filing deadlines for the 2016 tax year?

A: By January 31, 2017, employers must send Form 1095 copies to recipients/employees. February 28, 2017 is the deadline for filing paper copies of Form 1095 with the IRS, and March 31, 2017 is the deadline for e-filing Form 1095 with the IRS.

As you can see, the reporting requirements of the ACA can be complex. To find out about how our Mesa/Chandler CPA firm can help your small business navigate these requirements with ease, and help you with small business tax services, please contact our tax office today.

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Effect of Fluid Expansion and Clay Diagenesis on Shale Reservoirs

Dutta, Jayanta (Reliance Industries Limited) | Sahoo, Ajit Kumar (Reliance Industries Limited) | Srivastava, Mukul (Reliance Industries Limited) | Vishal, Vikram (IIT Bombay)

Abstract Shale plays are anisotropic in terms of their reservoir quality which gets reflected in their productivity. Reservoir qualities like organic richness, thermal maturity, hydrocarbon saturation, the volume of clay, brittleness and pressure affect the productivity of the shale plays. In general, the volume of clay has a negative relationship whereas other parameters listed above have a positive relationship with production. In our study area, we found the deepest wells despite having better rock quality; do not perform like nearby shallower wells. The objective of this study is to understand the not so obvious reason behind underperformance of these deepest wells. Since the wells are located at a deeper depth and the reservoir temperature is high (90 to 135°C), so we studied the area from clay diagenesis and fluid expansion perspective. We have reviewed the imprints of clay diagenesis with the help of XRD data and core integrated multi min processed wireline logs. We observed an increasing trend of illite, chlorite towards the deeper part of the reservoir along with a decreasing trend of smectite in the same direction which indicates a higher degree of clay diagenesis. Fluid expansion study is carried out with the help of total organic carbon and hydrocarbon saturation. This study indicated a higher degree of fluid expansion (TOC to hydrocarbon generation) in the deepest part. Subsequently, 1D pore pressure, stress and rock mechanical modeling is carried out to evaluate the effect of a higher degree of diagenesis and fluid expansion on geomechanical parameters (pore pressure, stress and brittleness). 1D modeling reveals that the deeper wells have abnormal pressure, stress and low brittleness, which is primarily due to extra pressure contribution from fluid expansion and clay diagenesis apart from the compaction disequilibrium process. This abnormal stress and reduction in brittlness likely to have created challenges for the applied hydrofrac job in the deepest part resulting to narrow frac geometry. Comparison of hydraulic fracture modeling between a shallow and the deepest wells reveal that the hydraulic fracture geometry in the deepest well is narrower than the shallower well. So we came to the conclusion that the deepest wells are underperforming than the shallower wells despite of their better rock quality due to ineffective fracturing and comparatively narrower fracture geometry. The impact of clay diagenesis and fluid expansion in shale productivity has not been studied widely. Though many authors have extensively studied the impact of clay diagenesis on permeability and pore pressure, the integration of shale well production is rarely attempted. This work will help the operators to better analyze and understand their shale reservoir from clay diagenesis and fluid expansion point of view before planning the hydrofrac jobs.

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Evaluate Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.

Almost time for SSD flash storage to be used with object storage

As the price of flash SSD storage continues to fall, it becomes more attractive for object storage, which otherwise counts on big, slow and cheap HDDs.

Object storage has become a popular choice for nearline storage, cloud storage, Hadoop storage and even NoSQL storage. The primary media type used for object storage, however, isn't SSD flash storage, but has been and continues to be 3.5-inch, 7,200 rpm fat HDDs. The logic behind this is that object storage is mainly secondary storage. Performance is not the driving factor. Scalability, reliability and durability at a very low cost are the principal factors in object storage sales.

But what if object storage performance could increase by as much as 100 times what it delivers today and with the same or better durability and a denser scalability footprint at the same or lower cost? Based on publicly released roadmaps for read-optimized SSD flash storage and fat HDD, that may indeed be the case by the end of 2016.

It starts with the type of media used in object storage. Since most of the data stored as object storage is infrequently accessed -- it is secondary data after all -- the biggest factors for media are cost and density, not object storage performance. That's why, today, the media is fat drives ranging in raw capacity from 4 TB to 10 TB per HDD, which has the lowest cost per terabyte in the smallest footprint.

Read-optimized SSD flash storage is designed for the same type of data, but in a much smaller 2.5-inch footprint, which takes up 40% of the volume and 10% of the weight of 3.5-inch HDDs. Read-optimized SSDs are designed for approximately 10% writes and 90% reads. The new multilayered 3D or vertical triple-level cell (TLC) NAND is ideal for read-optimized SSDs. The current highest capacity 2.5-inch, read-optimized SSD on the market at the end of 2015 was approximately 4 TB raw. That's changing ... fast.

In Q1 2016, Samsung started shipping a 32-layer, 16 TB, read-optimized, 2.5-inch (SAS or SATA) flash SSD based on 256 GB TLC NAND chips. By Q3, several vendors will be shipping equivalent products. By Q4 2016, expect both 24 TB and 32 TB, read-optimized, 2.5-inch flash SSDs. Intel, Micron, Samsung and Toshiba predict 48 TB and 96 TB, read-optimized, 2.5-inch SSD flash storage shipping in 2017. By 2018, they all expect the gains to accelerate with predictions of 128 TB and 256 TB, 2.5-inch, read-optimized flash SSDs. Compare that with the fat, 3.5-inch nearline drive capacities. Today, the maximum capacity HDD is 10 TB. Seagate and Western Digital predict that will increase to 20 TB by 2020. If they can speed up development, they might -- and this is a low probability -- be able to get that to 40 TB by 2020. Either way, the capacity gap is huge and rapidly growing.

How about reliability?

A recent study of production flash SSDs in the field by the University of Toronto and Google revealed some eyebrow-raising information:

The raw bit error rates (RBER) grow at a much slower rate with wear-out than the exponential rate commonly assumed and, more importantly, they are not predictive of uncorrectable errors or other error modes. Compared to traditional HDDs, flash SSDs have a significantly lower replacement rate in the field; however, they have a higher rate of uncorrectable errors.

Gartner and other analysts are predicting that the read-optimized flash SSD and nearline fat HDD cost-crossover point -- calculating acquisition cost per terabyte -- will occur in 2016.

This means these high-capacity, read-optimized flash SSDs are ideal for object storage. Here's why: SSD program-erase (PE) blocks are far more likely to fail or produce a nonrecoverable bit error on writes because of the very nature of flash NAND. Reads seldom produce a nonrecoverable bit error today, although it is possible with read-disturb situations, which are extremely rare.

Object storage erasure codes essentially write objects as multiple subobjects on different PE blocks, drives and nodes. When a subobject has a nonrecoverable bit error, the object store simply writes it somewhere else and the SSD retires that PE block. It then draws from the overprovisioned stock in the SSD to maintain capacity. This makes read-optimized SSD flash storage quite suitable for object storage.

This is all good, but what about that 800-pound gorilla in the room known as cost? Isn't SSD flash storage -- even read-optimized flash SSDs -- a lot more expensive than HDDs? It used to be. The crossover inflection point between SSDs and high-performance HDDs occurred in 2015. Gartner and other analysts are predicting that the read-optimized flash SSD and nearline fat HDD cost-crossover point -- calculating acquisition cost per terabyte -- will occur in 2016. Keep in mind that read-optimized flash SSD power and cooling costs per raw terabyte average approximately 10%. Add in the data center footprint savings and the savings from not having to use reinforced floor tiles to handle the weight of highly dense HDD racks, and that cost-crossover point is likely to occur before the end of 2016.

A system using read-optimized flash SSDs will have greater object storage performance -- up to two to three times faster -- take up less rack and floor space, and ultimately cost less than today's object storage implementations. The good news for object storage users today is that object storage upgrades are simpler than traditional storage and can occur online one node at a time and without data migration.

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Optimized flash drives taking over data centers

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UGLY BETTY Eric Mabius

Eric Mabius : Daniel Meade

Date Of Birth: April 22nd, 1971  Hometown: Harrisburg, Pennslyvania

Growing up throughout the East Coast, Eric Mabius moved almost constantly until graduating from the renowned arts school, Sarah Lawrence College. Immersing himself in acting, writing and film theory, college became the jumping-off point for his first roles in theatre in smaller Off-Broadway productions.

Mabius landed his first film role as the object of Heather Matarazzo’s affection, the teen rock star in Todd Solondz’s Sundance winner, “Welcome to the Dollhouse.” Following the enormous success of this independent film, Mabius chose his roles carefully, carving out a truly unique and unpredictable niche for himself that continues to challenge and impress audiences.

Embodying dark and troubled characters in some projects and heroic leading men in others, Mabius has, in memorable fashion, built an impressive career resume that includes more than 25 films (seven of which appeared at Sundance) and over a dozen television projects. His credits on the big and small screens encompass a wide variety of genres, from action (Sony’s “Resident Evil” and ABC’s critically acclaimed “Eyes”) to drama (opposite Mischa Barton as the bad boy Dean of Discipline on “The O.C.” and the ground-breaking “The L Word”) and comedy (“Cruel Intentions” and “Welcome to the Dollhouse”), as well as mystery (“Minus Man” and “Tempted”), horror (this year’s “Reeker,” opposite Kirsten Dunst in “The Crow: Salvation” and in the Sundance favorite, “Black Circle Boys”) and romance (upcoming “A Christmas,” in Gregg Araki’s “Splendor” and in the CBS movie “Dancing at the Harvest Moon”).

Mabius has achieved both critical and audience acclaim in the many of the varied projects he has undertaken, which he attributes to finely-crafted scripts, brilliant directors and skilled fellow cast members — all elements that have drawn him and continue to draw him in his distinctive acting choices.

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As part of OARTY's commitment to excellence in residential care and services, a set of standards were developed as part of the association's broader efforts to ensure the highest quality of care for children, youth and adults in need in Ontario.  These standards are meant to go beyond the standards legislated by our licensing Ministry in an effort to promote best practice and the highest quality of services possible.

The standards along with the supporting principles and beliefs, specify the criteria against which the performance of persons, programs or agencies can be measured and are intended to clearly define our beliefs about the welfare of individuals requiring residential care.

OARTY recognizes that its member agencies provide a wide array of services and vary in settings and client populations. The standards were developed with respect and appreciation for the unique blend of services offered by OARTY members.

These Standards should be viewed as directing principles toward the most desirable, beneficial, effective, and ethical levels of performance. They are designed to assist OARTY members in the development of their policies and practices, in the operation of their day-to-day activities, and to help caregivers understand their respective roles and responsibilities.

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Principles on which the Standards are based:

We Believe:

  1. That every activity of the agency must be therapeutic, from counseling to food service, from group living to maintenance.

    At its best, the provision of treatment services incorporates a holistic blend of all programs and activities in the course of daily care.   It is, then, a comprehensive approach to addressing a client’s diverse needs. Toward that end, we make the following commitments:

a. To make every contact an opportunity for positive influence and growth.
b. To place the needs of the people we serve at the forefront of everything we do.
c. To actively involve clients in all aspects of their care.
d. To provide services which are appropriate for the client and family.

  1. That those who provide direct care are our most precious resource.  The manner in which  we  treat  all  current,  prospective  and  past  care  providers  reflects  the strength of our belief in a person’s value.

    The quality of our programs can only be as good as the employees, staff and care providers who work directly with our clients.  The value we place on each person and the need to treat each person with respect and dignity extends to our staff, employees, care providers as well as our clients. All human resources practices, from recruitment, to staff development and training should reflect a desire to support care providers in the best way possible, so that they in turn may serve the needs of the children, youth and adults and families in our care. A  well-trained  staff  team  committed  to  ongoing  learning  results  in  the  continuous improvement of our services. Towards that end we make the following commitments:

a. To create a positive work atmosphere aimed at meeting employee needs.
b. To treat all care providers as professional colleagues and as integral members of the treatment team.
c. To  plan  staffing  with  the  objective  of  providing  services  which  meet  the  highest therapeutic standards.
d. To  provide  effective   programs   for   staff   orientation,  training  and  professional development.
e. To provide staff with ongoing support, guidance and supervision that balances the needs of the person with the tasks to be performed.
f. To include staff input when developing programs and policies.

  1. That healthy, honest and open communication among all persons at all levels is essential to the quality of the service we provide personnel and clientele.

    Communication is key to any positive healthy and respectful relationship.   We value an atmosphere that is receptive to the concerns and opinion of others.  Toward that end we make the following commitments:

a. To ensure that formal lines of authority, accountability, communication and decision making are clear.
b. To maintain professional standards of communication and confidentiality.
c. To welcome all persons to share their thoughts, feelings and beliefs regardless of position.
d. To provide a process whereby relevant and necessary information is accessible to care providers, children, youth, adults and their families.

  1. That spirituality, as each of us understands it, helps us become whole and gives us the power and the hope to change our lives for the better.

    We recognize that our service addresses the whole person and focuses on becoming healthy and balanced individuals. OARTY and its members recognize that the spiritual dimension is integral to human life and helps us become whole.  Towards that end we make the following commitments:

a. To use respectful and affirming language.
b. To be open and respectful.
c. To treat all people as unique individuals.
d. To promote religious and cultural understanding and acceptance among our clients and staff.
e. To provide programs that are sensitive to the diverse physical, emotional, religious and cultural needs of those we serve.

  1. That  all resources, financial,  human, property,  etc. available  to  us  are  at  the service of our agencies to enrich the quality of care of the children, youth, adults and their families.

    OARTY and its members recognize the responsibility entrusted to us, that while practicing a prudent distribution of resources, we will not compromise the quality of care.  Towards that end we make the following commitments:

a. To ensure the needs of our clients guide our budget process.
b. To involve staff at all levels within the agencies, in the budget process as is appropriate. c.   To pursue and practice justice in providing fair and competitive wages and benefits to staff.
c. To prudently invest in resources for long-term fulfillment of best practices.
d. To involve staff in the assessment of how resources are utilized.
e. To make the retention and training of staff a top priority.

  1. That any environment to which we expose our children, youth, adults and their families will reflect generous and nurturing care as it is essential to their growth, safety and security.

    Each factor in the environment has an important effect on the individual. The environment should be shaped to enhance the individual’s personal qualities, self-esteem and happiness. Towards that end we make the following commitments:

a. To reflect the quality of care in all aspects of our physical residence and all other environments to which we expose our children.
b. To respect the place where our clients reside as their home and create a safe, accepting, caring, guiding and nurturing environment.
c. To accept diversity, in culture, physical and emotional development, and family history, but not limiting our acceptance to those.
d. To encourage clients and caregivers to take responsibility and ownership for their shared environment.
e. To keep our facilities and furnishings clean and in a good repair and create a comfortable and welcoming atmosphere.

  1. That in an atmosphere of respect and integrity, we can support each other, while making every effort to promote and maintain the highest ethical standards of this profession.

    OARTY members share a common mission.  We will strive for the provisions of the highest standards in a spirit of mutual concern and support.   Towards that end we make the following commitments:

a. To collaborate in our efforts to advocate for quality services and adequate resources on behalf of those we serve.
b. To develop a network for sharing information, concerns, solutions and resources.
c. To support each member’s endeavors to uphold and maintain the standards of our Association.
d. To be professional in our representation and promotion of OARTY.

  1. That we are partners with our community.

    An effective community based program establishes supportive working relationships in order to enrich the lives of those we serve.  This includes our relationship with our local schools, hospitals, recreation centers, neighbours and any other community organization whose services impact our clients. It is equally important that we are contributing members of our own communities by being supportive, accountable, and aware of its needs and concerns. Toward that end we make the following commitments:

a. To  be  familiar  with  neighbourhood  organizations  and  other  relevant  community resources.
b. To enhance our treatment and support services by integrating available and appropriate community resources.
c. To maintain complimentary and collaborative relationships with our communities.
d. To interpret our programs and services to the community and represent OARTY’s mission in a professional, and positive manner.
e. To be responsive to community concerns.

For full details on these standards, including best practice tips, please download the following file:

OARTY Standards & Beliefs (pdf)


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Gregg Stephen Grunow (Project Director: May 2004 to July 2006)
Preservation of Special Collections

A preservation assessment of archives, manuscripts, maps, and other records related to the history of Newport News, Virginia, from the 1820s to the 1980s. A workshop would educate staff on proper preservation procedures.

The proposed project of the Newport News Public Library System is composed of a preservation assessment and a collections care training session conducted by a professional conservator. The portion of the Martha Woodroof Hiden Memorial Virginiana Collection which is considered rare and irreplaceable will be assessed. The items to be reviewed are the Old Dominion Land Company Records, the World War I related documents, map and the scrap book collections. These materials are dated from 1828-1988. The conservator will provide a written report with priorities. The conservator will also conduct an one day session on collection care for the three staff members who work within the Martha Woodroof Hiden Memorial Collection.

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You know, just some light, casual conversations on a Friday afternoon.

“Yes, if he repented….You don’t like that answer, do you?”
“No, I think he should be in Hell.”

“Let me ask you a question,” I said, knowing that sometimes asking questions is the only way to escort them to the doorstep of truth. “Where do you draw the line? How many people can someone kill or order killed and get to Heaven?”

“So nobody who has ever killed anyone could have a conversion and go to Heaven?”
“Are there any other sins that you think God should be unable to forgive?”
“But do you see the problem with choosing what is too much for God to forgive?” And he did, but he still wasn’t convinced that God should forgive Hitler if he repented.

This interaction prompted a much longer conversation than I expected. Our starting point was the Gospel for this upcoming Sunday and it bothered some that the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the wandering son were all received with joy and the ones that remained weren’t so celebrated. The father in Luke’s Gospel extending abundant mercy to the younger son was troublesome and annoying to them. Why does the one who wanders get a party and the one who stays gets nothing?

In the classroom, it is easy for me to be reasonable and to present “God’s position” clearly. His mercy is impractical and overwhelming, but what a grace that it is so. Why should we be bothered that He desires to be generous and forgiving with the repentant sinner? We desire the same when we are the returning sinner. Shouldn’t we want Him to extend that mercy to others?

Of course, the correct answer is that we do want God to be merciful to all. But often the real answer is that we want Him to be merciful only up to a certain point. Like my student, we draw lines where we think mercy should stop because the sin is too much. Yet none of us properly pays for our sin. Christ did that. I didn’t earn salvation and living as I ought doesn’t “make up” for the times I’ve failed to live that way. My debt was paid by someone else. So why does it irk us when God treats “big” sins with the same merciful gaze that He treats “small” sins?

Perhaps because it feels clearer when we can look at someone and say, “At least I didn’t do that.” Instead of asking the question of if we have a truly converted heart, drawing a salvation line makes us able to neatly categorize people into “good” and “bad,” while always making sure we fall on the good side of the line. But if God is able and willing to wipe away the biggest sins, where does that leave me? Where does that leave of my nice system of personal ethics?

The mercy of God completely demolishes the neat delineations we make for ourselves and others. It doesn’t fit our measure or ability to be merciful. Perhaps sometimes we extend mercy, but we struggle to do it always. I mean, I do, at least. And it is hard for me to imagine well a God who is lavish in His mercy always. It is such a foreign idea because I don’t see it mirrored in the world around me.

I know He is merciful, I trust that He is merciful, and I try to live as though He is merciful. Yet the abundance of it continues to surprise me. In the abstract, I grasp how God could be merciful to Hitler. If I think about it too much, I start to wonder how it is possible. But I also wonder about it for me, too. How many times can I make the same mistake and still expect to receive God’s mercy? I want it to be unending, yet I find myself feeling like I should have a limit, a maximum, a line where God just stops, a point of frustration too much to be breached by mercy.

But God isn’t me. He isn’t prone to frustration, hampered by human pride, or an unwillingness to surrender. I remember talking to my spiritual director a few years ago and saying that I thought God should be frustrated with me because I was frustrated with myself. And he said, “Why? What good would that do?” I had to admit that God, the infinite Creator of all, being frustrated with me didn’t really accomplish anything.

With that in mind, the reality that I do not frustrate God, I seek to trust in His mercy. A mercy that baffles my students when they hear about its depth. A mercy that surprises me when I see how unending it is my own self. A mercy that pours itself out upon every person, regardless of the magnitude of the sin or how much they think they haven’t earned it. A mercy without end and without cost. It isn’t only for the wandering prodigal son or the foolish sheep. This is for each of us, the ones close to God and the ones far away. The ones who know of His love and the ones who question it daily. Each of us, through the greatness of His love, have access to His mercy.

It is an abundant, scandalous gift. All we need to do is receive.

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  1. I really like this one (as many) it is very thought provoking, How far will God go?. I know we can not imagine the lengths of His mercy, but, I count on it.

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We are continuing the conversation here on relational theology, and in this episode we also dive into the interpretive problems of the David and Jonathan texts. What was the nature of David and Jonathan’s relationship? Can we actually know?

Content note: frank discussion on sexuality and sexual acts.

Further reading:

Rita Nakashima Brock: Journeys by Heart: A Christology of Erotic Power

Catherine Keller: From a Broken Web: Sexism, Separation, and the Self

Ken Stone: Practicing Safer Texts: Food, Sex, and Bible in Queer Perspective

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The sporting director of Red Bull Salzburg has left the door wide open for all the clubs interested in signing Dominik Szoboszlai.

Szoboszlai has been extensively linked with a move to the Rossoneri in recent weeks, with reporting earlier today Milan are still in pole position to land him despite the pressing of Napoli.

The 19-year-old – who has a €25m release clause – is reportedly attracting interest from a number of clubs though including the likes of Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli and Lazio.

The Hungary international was on the scoresheet again on Wednesday night netting a peach of a free-kick to make it six goals in six games since the restart for the playmaker.

Salzburg sporting director Cristoph Freund spoke to Sky Italia after their game on Wednesday night and confirmed that no deal is in place with any club.

“For me he will be one of the best midfielders in Europe in the coming years,” he began (via MilanNews).

“He has all the qualities he needs. If he continues to work in this way, he will open many doors. Maybe he will stay with us in the autumn, we will see. Nothing is decided yet. He is a special player.”

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Obama Won’t Disown Wright

Well, as expected, Barak Hussein Obama gave a speech in response the outrage of his “spiritual advisor”  Rev. Jeremiah “God Damn America” Wright.

Here’s some of what he had to say:

I have already condemned, in unequivocal terms, the statements of Reverend Wright that have caused such controversy. For some, nagging questions remain. Did I know him to be an occasionally fierce critic of American domestic and foreign policy? Of course. Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes. Did I strongly disagree with many of his political views? Absolutely – just as I’m sure many of you have heard remarks from your pastors, priests, or rabbis with which you strongly disagreed.

Yep, and when that happened I made my opinions known. Matter of fact, I walked out of the Baptist Church at the age of 16 thanks to a Sunday School teacher who backed up his chauvinist view points with misogynist quotes from the Book Of Timothy and Corinthians. I stood up, called him an idiot, and left. I have since evolved into an agnostic, not because of his jackassery, but because I read anthropology, palentology, and other science-related data which gives me a clearer picture about the origins of the universe.

In any case, it looks like Obama didn’t find Wright’s racist harangues controversial enough to walk out.

……Given my background, my politics, and my professed values and ideals, there will no doubt be those for whom my statements of condemnation are not enough. Why associate myself with Reverend Wright in the first place, they may ask? Why not join another church? And I confess that if all that I knew of Reverend Wright were the snippets of those sermons that have run in an endless loop on the television and You Tube, or if Trinity United Church of Christ conformed to the caricatures being peddled by some commentators, there is no doubt that I would react in much the same way.

Yeah, why join another church when you don’t think there’s any reason to leave because of 20 years worth of ‘snippets’ like “God Damn America’ , “America started the AIDs virus”, the “U.S. government imported drugs to the black community”, and “greedy white folks”, are part of the religious doctine?

You lying fuck.

……I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother – a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe.

I wonder what his ‘white grandmother’ would think of his disingenuous explainations of all that ‘hate whitey’ crap?
He compares his grandmother’s cursory perjoratives with Wright’s filthy, seditionist, and racist ejaculations?

……Some will see this as an attempt to justify or excuse comments that are simply inexcusable. I can assure you it is not. I suppose the politically safe thing would be to move on from this episode and just hope that it fades into the woodwork. We can dismiss Reverend Wright as a crank or a demagogue, just as some have dismissed Geraldine Ferraro, in the aftermath of her recent statements, as harboring some deep-seated racial bias.

Well, you hit that on the button. Your whole spiel is nothing but excusing the inexcusable.

But race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now. We would be making the same mistake that Reverend Wright made in his offending sermons about America – to simplify and stereotype and amplify the negative to the point that it distorts reality.

……That history helps explain the wealth and income gap between black and white, and the concentrated pockets of poverty that persists in so many of today’s urban and rural communities.

A lack of economic opportunity among black men, and the shame and frustration that came from not being able to provide for one’s family, contributed to the erosion of black families – a problem that welfare policies for many years may have worsened.

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Wright certainly made race an issue during his sermons, and used quite a few stereotypes while he was at it.

No one gave this hyphenated American (Irish-Scots-German-Cherokee) a free meal ticket in life. I had to work hard for everything I’ve got. I spent 30 years serving this country as a United States Soldier, and during the first ten years of my enlistment, fought all kinds of sexist and racist shit from males; black, white, and hispanic. Racism ain’t a one way street.

The accusation of the ‘lack of economic opportunity among black men’ and the ‘shame and frustration that came from not being able to provide for one’s family’ is total horseshit. Poor black communities are rife with the illegitimate children of fathers who not only skipped out, but are more preoccupied with gang banging than ‘providing for their families’. The mothers of these children are also uneducated, unemployed, and pregnant by choice. Staying in school, getting real employment, and using birth control are foreign concepts. Within these ‘concentrated pockets of poverty’ lies a generational inheritance of a lack of personal responsibility. Blaming that on skin color is absurd.

Wright is a bigoted, anti-American, radical malfeasant. These are not just his personal opinions, these are doctrinal edicts preached to a like-minded congregation.

Fuck him and Barack Hussein Obama.

In a recent interview with 610WIP, a sports talk radio station in Philadelphia, he threw Grandma under the bus, again:

“She is a typical white person who if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn’t know you know there is a reaction that has been bred in our experiences that don’t go away.’

Link: http://www.610wip.com/pages/136181.php?

As for his grandmother:

“I am not giving any interviews,” Madelyn Dunham told a reporter who phoned in March 2008. “I am in poor health.”

His ailing grandmother, who raised him, must be real proud of her snarky grandson.

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  2. I judge a man by his actions, not his words. No amount of flowery speech can take away the fact that Obama sat in this man’s pew for 20 years, NewsMax has an article witnessing to the fact that Obama lied when he said he never heard these things in church – and I believe Obama also said in his speech that he had heard controversial things said in church, and studied Wright’s tapes in college. Obama was indoctrinated by this man and is only now realizing that his judgement will cost him the Presidency. No America-hater can be President. I can’t understand why he wants to be President anyway – I guess to destroy this great nation with his Socialistic programs.

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