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			<title><![CDATA[Topless women legal in NY]]></title>
			<link>http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=26725</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:54:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ladies of New York, you are free to walk bare-breasted through the city! New York City's 34,000 police officers have been instructed that, should they encounter a woman in public who is shirtless but obeying the law, they should not arrest her. This is a good step towards gender parity in public spaces.

This decision means that breast exposure is not considered public lewdness, indecent exposure, or disorderly conduct. It also notes that, should a crowd form around a topless woman, the officer should instruct the crowd to disperse and then respond appropriately if it does not. Relative coverage is no longer a factor.

This policy shift comes after several years of litigation and protest. In the 1992 case People v. Ramona Santorelli and Mary Lou Schloss, the New York Court of Appeals ruled in favor of two women who were arrested with five others for exposing their breasts in a Rochester park, holding the law void as discriminatory.&nbsp;&nbsp;The ruling was put to the test in 2005, when Jill Coccaro bared her breasts on Delancey Street in New York, citing the 1992 decision, and was detained for twelve hours. She subsequently successfully sued the city for &#36;29,000.

In 2007, Go Topless, a national organization supporting gender equality in shirtlessness laws, established Go Topless Day. Dozens of women protest – often topless – in thirty cities around the United States, promoting equal rights to be shirtless. Protests usually include chants of “Free your breasts.&nbsp;&nbsp;Free your minds” and a song “Let ‘em Breathe” to the tune of the Beatles’ “Let it Be.”

While some who have witnessed these events have suggested that "[t]his is extreme liberalism and why America’s in decline” or “[i]t’s degrading to women,” others have been supportive. One man even said he would encourage his wife to join them.

Though bare-breasted women might shock the sensibilities of some in the public, it is encouraging to see the police responding positively to gender bias, even on such a seemingly small scale. After all, no one thinks twice about a man shirtless on a summer day. However, the female nipple or chest is still considered “lewd.” By reminding its officers of this, the NYPD is publicly declaring that it will no longer perpetuate unconstitutional gender discrimination, a standard to which all law enforcement should be held and a decision for which it should be applauded.

http://www.policymic.com/articles/42359/...-says-nypd]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ladies of New York, you are free to walk bare-breasted through the city! New York City's 34,000 police officers have been instructed that, should they encounter a woman in public who is shirtless but obeying the law, they should not arrest her. This is a good step towards gender parity in public spaces.

This decision means that breast exposure is not considered public lewdness, indecent exposure, or disorderly conduct. It also notes that, should a crowd form around a topless woman, the officer should instruct the crowd to disperse and then respond appropriately if it does not. Relative coverage is no longer a factor.

This policy shift comes after several years of litigation and protest. In the 1992 case People v. Ramona Santorelli and Mary Lou Schloss, the New York Court of Appeals ruled in favor of two women who were arrested with five others for exposing their breasts in a Rochester park, holding the law void as discriminatory.&nbsp;&nbsp;The ruling was put to the test in 2005, when Jill Coccaro bared her breasts on Delancey Street in New York, citing the 1992 decision, and was detained for twelve hours. She subsequently successfully sued the city for &#36;29,000.

In 2007, Go Topless, a national organization supporting gender equality in shirtlessness laws, established Go Topless Day. Dozens of women protest – often topless – in thirty cities around the United States, promoting equal rights to be shirtless. Protests usually include chants of “Free your breasts.&nbsp;&nbsp;Free your minds” and a song “Let ‘em Breathe” to the tune of the Beatles’ “Let it Be.”

While some who have witnessed these events have suggested that "[t]his is extreme liberalism and why America’s in decline” or “[i]t’s degrading to women,” others have been supportive. One man even said he would encourage his wife to join them.

Though bare-breasted women might shock the sensibilities of some in the public, it is encouraging to see the police responding positively to gender bias, even on such a seemingly small scale. After all, no one thinks twice about a man shirtless on a summer day. However, the female nipple or chest is still considered “lewd.” By reminding its officers of this, the NYPD is publicly declaring that it will no longer perpetuate unconstitutional gender discrimination, a standard to which all law enforcement should be held and a decision for which it should be applauded.

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			<title><![CDATA[EuroVision NOW!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=26724</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:06:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Post here about Eurovision 2013 as it is happening now!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Post here about Eurovision 2013 as it is happening now!]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[why seperate if it is unity what we need?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=26722</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 10:32:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[As the topic says .but not unity as in all the same no i am talking about something they tried in 1775? and later in france 1789ish ? or but without the violence.freedom  equality  and hapiness for all idea? 

yes there was a lot of bloodshed then but i am talking about the ideals and how to persue them without bringing any harm to other life.

the greatest achievements are a result of working together.

this is what i personally think and calculated in my own  mind with all the info i gathered through my life.

ow yea i dont have any education.

go ahead challenge yourself and think about what i  wrote here and be creative 

there are rules though "i know" 

hurting any humans   is not allowed in any way, and human getting hurt because of your actions  are also not alowed]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As the topic says .but not unity as in all the same no i am talking about something they tried in 1775? and later in france 1789ish ? or but without the violence.freedom  equality  and hapiness for all idea? 

yes there was a lot of bloodshed then but i am talking about the ideals and how to persue them without bringing any harm to other life.

the greatest achievements are a result of working together.

this is what i personally think and calculated in my own  mind with all the info i gathered through my life.

ow yea i dont have any education.

go ahead challenge yourself and think about what i  wrote here and be creative 

there are rules though "i know" 

hurting any humans   is not allowed in any way, and human getting hurt because of your actions  are also not alowed]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[May 17, 1954]]></title>
			<link>http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=26720</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 23:13:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[On this day....

May 17, 1954: Supreme Court Rules Racial Segregation in Schools Unconstitutional



Read More: http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/05/m...ional.html]]></description>
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May 17, 1954: Supreme Court Rules Racial Segregation in Schools Unconstitutional



Read More: http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/05/m...ional.html]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Firefox OS?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=26719</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 23:05:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I mean, really?  WHAT!

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/partners/#os


Mozilla project Wrote:Made of the Web

Built entirely using HTML5 and other open Web standards, Firefox OS is free from the rules and restrictions of existing proprietary platforms.



17Z M4YD UV 1N73RN375!!!!!!1!!1!!22!!@!1!1one

I saw this and thought, I am putting this on my computer, but apparently it's only a mobile OS.&nbsp;&nbsp;But still.&nbsp;&nbsp;Frick.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I mean, really?  WHAT!

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/partners/#os


Mozilla project Wrote:Made of the Web

Built entirely using HTML5 and other open Web standards, Firefox OS is free from the rules and restrictions of existing proprietary platforms.



17Z M4YD UV 1N73RN375!!!!!!1!!1!!22!!@!1!1one

I saw this and thought, I am putting this on my computer, but apparently it's only a mobile OS.&nbsp;&nbsp;But still.&nbsp;&nbsp;Frick.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[AFF features in Dutch medical journal!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=26718</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:33:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Dutch medical journal Medisch Contact just published an article questioning the DSM criteria and the way autistic people (among others) are viewed.&nbsp;&nbsp;It quotes AFF on the question of how autism should be viewed.

This means that psychiatrists read this forum and learn from it. Keep up the good work folks! You may have more influence than you realize.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Dutch medical journal Medisch Contact just published an article questioning the DSM criteria and the way autistic people (among others) are viewed.&nbsp;&nbsp;It quotes AFF on the question of how autism should be viewed.

This means that psychiatrists read this forum and learn from it. Keep up the good work folks! You may have more influence than you realize.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Siri says.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=26717</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:59:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Use any voice to text translator

Activate Siri or another V2T and say a random phrase.
I shall start!

Quote:The shower gel and uses a square to suck it is very squared yourself and I like it


Siri you dog 0_0]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Use any voice to text translator

Activate Siri or another V2T and say a random phrase.
I shall start!

Quote:The shower gel and uses a square to suck it is very squared yourself and I like it


Siri you dog 0_0]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pro-cure attitude and late diagnosis?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=26716</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:12:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Since I joined this forum I've seen two threads by pro-cure Aspies, and in both cases I've noticed that they (assuming the threads hadn't been posted by the same person using different usernames) had only been diagnosed in the past few years.&nbsp;&nbsp;Also suffering from suicidal depression.

How many other pro-cure Aspies do you know and were they diagnosed in adulthood or as teenagers?

Because I have this hypothesis that Aspies diagnosed as small children are more likely to accept the neurotype as an integral part of their personality, while adulthood diagnoses are sometimes seen as something earth-shattering, as if they hadn't had it their entire lives.

Or maybe most pro-cure Aspies are just self-hating depressives.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since I joined this forum I've seen two threads by pro-cure Aspies, and in both cases I've noticed that they (assuming the threads hadn't been posted by the same person using different usernames) had only been diagnosed in the past few years.&nbsp;&nbsp;Also suffering from suicidal depression.

How many other pro-cure Aspies do you know and were they diagnosed in adulthood or as teenagers?

Because I have this hypothesis that Aspies diagnosed as small children are more likely to accept the neurotype as an integral part of their personality, while adulthood diagnoses are sometimes seen as something earth-shattering, as if they hadn't had it their entire lives.

Or maybe most pro-cure Aspies are just self-hating depressives.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quotas and Affirmative Action]]></title>
			<link>http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=26715</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:38:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Comments folks?

http://www.triplepundit.com/2013/05/sap-adults-autism/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Comments folks?

http://www.triplepundit.com/2013/05/sap-adults-autism/]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[If a cure is found, what's the problem with that?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=26714</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:43:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[DISCLAIMER: I have been diagnosed as an asspie ~4 years ago now, so I know damn well what I'm talking about. Also deleting this post is censorship, which you'll gladly bitch about if it's about other forums.

You guys all oppose a cure like every single autist doesn't want a fucking cure. Sure, there are some that wouldn't want a cure (probably the most beloved autist in the universe, Chris-chan (NOT!) and you apparently). Assburgers has caused me to be fucking depressed, and if an (experimental) cure shows up, I will attempt to get in on the experiment, because my life doesn't have any meaning to me anyways. And you oppose a cure for everyone who doesn't want to be autistic. You call it a 'way of life'. YOU CHOOSE A GODDAMNED WAY OF LIFE YOURSELVES. YOU AREN'T BORN INTO A 'WAY OF LIFE'.

If a cure isn't found and for whatever reason I haven't committed suicide yet (which is, again, caused by 'way of life'), I will get my genes checked in case it is genetic. If it is, well hello eugenics!

This forum makes me wish Hitler Aktion T4'd 100% of this fucking planet.

And again, banning me (or censoring me, except my profanity perhaps) proves my point that you can't have it when your points are being criticized, but absolutely love criticizing others.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[DISCLAIMER: I have been diagnosed as an asspie ~4 years ago now, so I know damn well what I'm talking about. Also deleting this post is censorship, which you'll gladly bitch about if it's about other forums.

You guys all oppose a cure like every single autist doesn't want a fucking cure. Sure, there are some that wouldn't want a cure (probably the most beloved autist in the universe, Chris-chan (NOT!) and you apparently). Assburgers has caused me to be fucking depressed, and if an (experimental) cure shows up, I will attempt to get in on the experiment, because my life doesn't have any meaning to me anyways. And you oppose a cure for everyone who doesn't want to be autistic. You call it a 'way of life'. YOU CHOOSE A GODDAMNED WAY OF LIFE YOURSELVES. YOU AREN'T BORN INTO A 'WAY OF LIFE'.

If a cure isn't found and for whatever reason I haven't committed suicide yet (which is, again, caused by 'way of life'), I will get my genes checked in case it is genetic. If it is, well hello eugenics!

This forum makes me wish Hitler Aktion T4'd 100% of this fucking planet.

And again, banning me (or censoring me, except my profanity perhaps) proves my point that you can't have it when your points are being criticized, but absolutely love criticizing others.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Earthengine: 28 years of environmental degradation]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:55:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Using NASA data since 1984 to 2012, this is quite a chilling slideshow of what we're doing to the planet.&nbsp;&nbsp;The drying of the Aral sea (the water was diverted for irrigating cotton) is particularly dramatic, but also have a look at how the Amazon is being deforested at an alarming rate (the overall green of the forest gives way in 30 seconds to masses of roads), not to mention showing how the Alaskan land ice-sheets are melting.&nbsp;&nbsp;

http://earthengine.google.org/#intro

Alison]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Using NASA data since 1984 to 2012, this is quite a chilling slideshow of what we're doing to the planet.&nbsp;&nbsp;The drying of the Aral sea (the water was diverted for irrigating cotton) is particularly dramatic, but also have a look at how the Amazon is being deforested at an alarming rate (the overall green of the forest gives way in 30 seconds to masses of roads), not to mention showing how the Alaskan land ice-sheets are melting.&nbsp;&nbsp;

http://earthengine.google.org/#intro

Alison]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Guns don't kill...]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 07:15:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[...as much as food.

I want the choice to eat healthy. Ban GMOs. Discuss. ;)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[...as much as food.

I want the choice to eat healthy. Ban GMOs. Discuss. ;)]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday Genesis]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:24:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Happy early Birthday wishes

Have a great day on Wednesday]]></description>
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Have a great day on Wednesday]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bugs for Dinner?]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:20:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[When I told my wife and family that I was going to be eating insects as part of a story I was preparing for the PBS NewsHour, the universal response was "yuck" and "ugh."

And even after I came back and told them that the bugs were crunchy and pretty good, they still made contorted faces and shook their heads. Adding the fact that 80 percent of the world's population eats insects as a regular part of their diet didn't seem to make an impression. And neither did the fact that they contain lots of protein and hardly any fat. Americans' antipathy to bugs as food is well-entrenched.

Yet a fledgling movement is encouraging us to cultivate, harvest, cook and eat insects, partly as a way to save the world. Edible-insect advocates have set up food carts in San Francisco, conferences in Rome and food fairs in Bozeman, Mont., to promote the idea that insects can help solve food and protein shortages and reduce the huge, expensive efforts to grow beef and pork. Insects, they point out, are much easier to grow than large animals. 

And there are plenty of them. Of the 1.1 million species of insects scientists have identified and named, 1,700 are edible. They are cold-blooded creatures, which makes them much more efficient in converting energy to protein -- no wasted heat.

Bugs don't use much water the way cows do. They have a hard exoskeleton and a shell with little holes used for breathing. They can also shut those holes and seal up their bodies so they don't lose water when it's hot. Other animals, including us, can't do that; we sweat to cool our bodies. Insects are more efficient and don't waste much water.

But the big advantage of eating insects is that they are generally healthier than meat. A six-ounce serving of crickets has 60 percent less saturated fat and twice as much vitamin B-12 than the same amount of ground beef. You don't have to sell the idea to the people of Madagascar; they eat about 15 different species of insect. And other countries -- including Thailand and China -- consume vast quantities of bugs.

Bugs also don't spread disease to humans the way cows -- think mad cow disease-- or pigs can. California Academy of Sciences entomologist Brian Fisher put it this way:

I do realize that insects do have a bad rap. Most people see insects are pests or as dangerous. But it's just the opposite. Insects are less dangerous and less of a problem for humans in terms of disease. 

We do have concerns about disease jumping from animals like pigs and cows to humans. But there are no worries about a disease jumping from an insect to humans. The more evolutionary distant we are from our food source, the less danger there is. ... There is almost zero chance that any disease that affects an insect could actually impact a human after it's cooked.

The edible-insect movement in the U.S. appears to be gathering converts. At Montana State University in Bozeman, entomologist Florence Dunkel edits The Food Insects Newsletter and makes frequent appearances promoting the idea of eating bugs. University of California, Davis entomologist Lynn Kimsey also promotes edible insects. And others in the U.S. and other developed countries -- especially the Netherlands -- are pushing hard.

So far, their success is limited. No one knows exactly how many people eat insects or how many insects are consumed in the U.S. Though it may not be a lot, attention seems to be pointed their .......


http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012...inner.html]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[When I told my wife and family that I was going to be eating insects as part of a story I was preparing for the PBS NewsHour, the universal response was "yuck" and "ugh."

And even after I came back and told them that the bugs were crunchy and pretty good, they still made contorted faces and shook their heads. Adding the fact that 80 percent of the world's population eats insects as a regular part of their diet didn't seem to make an impression. And neither did the fact that they contain lots of protein and hardly any fat. Americans' antipathy to bugs as food is well-entrenched.

Yet a fledgling movement is encouraging us to cultivate, harvest, cook and eat insects, partly as a way to save the world. Edible-insect advocates have set up food carts in San Francisco, conferences in Rome and food fairs in Bozeman, Mont., to promote the idea that insects can help solve food and protein shortages and reduce the huge, expensive efforts to grow beef and pork. Insects, they point out, are much easier to grow than large animals. 

And there are plenty of them. Of the 1.1 million species of insects scientists have identified and named, 1,700 are edible. They are cold-blooded creatures, which makes them much more efficient in converting energy to protein -- no wasted heat.

Bugs don't use much water the way cows do. They have a hard exoskeleton and a shell with little holes used for breathing. They can also shut those holes and seal up their bodies so they don't lose water when it's hot. Other animals, including us, can't do that; we sweat to cool our bodies. Insects are more efficient and don't waste much water.

But the big advantage of eating insects is that they are generally healthier than meat. A six-ounce serving of crickets has 60 percent less saturated fat and twice as much vitamin B-12 than the same amount of ground beef. You don't have to sell the idea to the people of Madagascar; they eat about 15 different species of insect. And other countries -- including Thailand and China -- consume vast quantities of bugs.

Bugs also don't spread disease to humans the way cows -- think mad cow disease-- or pigs can. California Academy of Sciences entomologist Brian Fisher put it this way:

I do realize that insects do have a bad rap. Most people see insects are pests or as dangerous. But it's just the opposite. Insects are less dangerous and less of a problem for humans in terms of disease. 

We do have concerns about disease jumping from animals like pigs and cows to humans. But there are no worries about a disease jumping from an insect to humans. The more evolutionary distant we are from our food source, the less danger there is. ... There is almost zero chance that any disease that affects an insect could actually impact a human after it's cooked.

The edible-insect movement in the U.S. appears to be gathering converts. At Montana State University in Bozeman, entomologist Florence Dunkel edits The Food Insects Newsletter and makes frequent appearances promoting the idea of eating bugs. University of California, Davis entomologist Lynn Kimsey also promotes edible insects. And others in the U.S. and other developed countries -- especially the Netherlands -- are pushing hard.

So far, their success is limited. No one knows exactly how many people eat insects or how many insects are consumed in the U.S. Though it may not be a lot, attention seems to be pointed their .......


http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012...inner.html]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Random improv / practice session]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:01:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[DOJ Secretly Obtains Months Of AP Phone Records; AP Condemns 'Unprecedented Intrusio]]></title>
			<link>http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=26703</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:43:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[From the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/13...ostpopular


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.

The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the work and personal phone numbers of individual reporters, for general AP office numbers in New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn., and for the main number for the AP in the House of Representatives press gallery, according to attorneys for the AP. It was not clear if the records also included incoming calls or the duration of the calls.

In all, the government seized the records for more than 20 separate telephone lines assigned to AP and its journalists in April and May of 2012. The exact number of journalists who used the phone lines during that period is unknown, but more than 100 journalists work in the offices where phone records were targeted, on a wide array of stories about government and other matters.

In a letter of protest sent to Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday, AP President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Pruitt said the government sought and obtained information far beyond anything that could be justified by any specific investigation. He demanded the return of the phone records and destruction of all copies.

"There can be no possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the telephone communications of The Associated Press and its reporters. These records potentially reveal communications with confidential sources across all of the newsgathering activities undertaken by the AP during a two-month period, provide a road map to AP's newsgathering operations and disclose information about AP's activities and operations that the government has no conceivable right to know," Pruitt said.

The government would not say why it sought the records. Officials have previously said in public testimony that the U.S. attorney in Washington is conducting a criminal investigation into who may have provided information contained in a May 7, 2012, AP story about a foiled terror plot. The story disclosed details of a CIA operation in Yemen that stopped an al-Qaida plot in the spring of 2012 to detonate a bomb on an airplane bound for the United States.

In testimony in February, CIA Director John Brennan noted that the FBI had questioned him about whether he was AP's source, which he denied. He called the release of the information to the media about the terror plot an "unauthorized and dangerous disclosure of classified information."

Prosecutors have sought phone records from reporters before, but the seizure of records from such a wide array of AP offices, including general AP switchboards numbers and an office-wide shared fax line, is unusual.

In the letter notifying the AP, which was received Friday, the Justice Department offered no explanation for the seizure, according to Pruitt's letter and attorneys for the AP. The records were presumably obtained from phone companies earlier this year although the government letter did not explain that. None of the information provided by the government to the AP suggested the actual phone conversations were monitored.

Among those whose phone numbers were obtained were five reporters and an editor who were involved in the May 7, 2012, story.

The Obama administration has aggressively investigated disclosures of classified information to the media and has brought six cases against people suspected of providing classified information, more than under all previous presidents combined.

The White House on Monday said that other than press reports it had no knowledge of Justice Department attempts to seek AP phone records.

"We are not involved in decisions made in connection with criminal investigations, as those matters are handled independently by the Justice Department," spokesman Jay Carney said.

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the investigative House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said on CNN, "They had an obligation to look for every other way to get it before they intruded on the freedom of the press."

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in an emailed statement: "The burden is always on the government when they go after private information, especially information regarding the press or its confidential sources. ... On the face of it, I am concerned that the government may not have met that burden. I am very troubled by these allegations and want to hear the government's explanation."

The American Civil Liberties Union said the use of subpoenas for a broad swath of records has a chilling effect both on journalists and whistleblowers who want to reveal government wrongdoing. "The attorney general must explain the Justice Department's actions to the public so that we can make sure this kind of press intimidation does not happen again," said Laura Murphy, the director of ACLU's Washington legislative office.

Rules published by the Justice Department require that subpoenas of records of news organizations must be personally approved by the attorney general, but it was not known if that happened in this case. The letter notifying AP that its phone records had been obtained through subpoenas was sent Friday by Ronald Machen, the U.S. attorney in Washington.

William Miller, a spokesman for Machen, said Monday that in general the U.S. attorney follows "all applicable laws, federal regulations and Department of Justice policies when issuing subpoenas for phone records of media organizations." But he would not address questions about the specifics of the AP records. "We do not comment on ongoing criminal investigations," Miller said in an email.

The Justice Department lays out strict rules for efforts to get phone records from news organizations. A subpoena can be considered only after "all reasonable attempts" have been made to get the same information from other sources, the rules say. It was unclear what other steps, in total, the Justice Department might have taken to get information in the case.

A subpoena to the media must be "as narrowly drawn as possible" and "should be directed at relevant information regarding a limited subject matter and should cover a reasonably limited time period," according to the rules.

The reason for these constraints, the department says, is to avoid actions that "might impair the news gathering function" because the government recognizes that "freedom of the press can be no broader than the freedom of reporters to investigate and report the news."

News organizations normally are notified in advance that the government wants phone records and then they enter into negotiations over the desired information. In this case, however, the government, in its letter to the AP, cited an exemption to those rules that holds that prior notification can be waived if such notice, in the exemption's wording, might "pose a substantial threat to the integrity of the investigation."

It is unknown whether a judge or a grand jury signed off on the subpoenas.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a potential 2016 presidential candidate, said: "The Fourth Amendment is not just a protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, it is a fundamental protection for the First Amendment and all other Constitutional rights. It sets a high bar — a warrant — for the government to take actions that could chill exercise of any of those rights. We must guard it with all the vigor that we guard other constitutional protections."

The May 7, 2012, AP story that disclosed details of the CIA operation in Yemen to stop an airliner bomb plot occurred around the one-year anniversary of the May 2, 2011, killing of Osama bin Laden.

The plot was significant both because of its seriousness and also because the White House previously had told the public it had "no credible information that terrorist organizations, including al-Qaida, are plotting attacks in the U.S. to coincide with the (May 2) anniversary of bin Laden's death."

The AP delayed reporting the story at the request of government officials who said it would jeopardize national security. Once officials said those concerns were allayed, the AP disclosed the plot, though the Obama administration continued to request that the story be held until the administration could make an official announcement.

The May 7 story was written by reporters Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman with contributions from reporters Kimberly Dozier, Eileen Sullivan and Alan Fram. They and their editor, Ted Bridis, were among the journalists whose April-May 2012 phone records were seized by the government.

Brennan talked about the AP story and investigation in written testimony to the Senate. "The irresponsible and damaging leak of classified information was made ... when someone informed The Associated Press that the U.S. government had intercepted an IED (improvised explosive device) that was supposed to be used in an attack and that the U.S. government currently had that IED in its possession and was analyzing it," he wrote.

He also defended the White House decision to discuss the plot afterward. "Once someone leaked information about interdiction of the IED and that the IED was actually in our possession, it was imperative to inform the American people consistent with government policy that there was never any danger to the American people associated with this al-Qaida plot," Brennan told senators.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.

The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the work and personal phone numbers of individual reporters, for general AP office numbers in New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn., and for the main number for the AP in the House of Representatives press gallery, according to attorneys for the AP. It was not clear if the records also included incoming calls or the duration of the calls.

In all, the government seized the records for more than 20 separate telephone lines assigned to AP and its journalists in April and May of 2012. The exact number of journalists who used the phone lines during that period is unknown, but more than 100 journalists work in the offices where phone records were targeted, on a wide array of stories about government and other matters.

In a letter of protest sent to Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday, AP President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Pruitt said the government sought and obtained information far beyond anything that could be justified by any specific investigation. He demanded the return of the phone records and destruction of all copies.

"There can be no possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the telephone communications of The Associated Press and its reporters. These records potentially reveal communications with confidential sources across all of the newsgathering activities undertaken by the AP during a two-month period, provide a road map to AP's newsgathering operations and disclose information about AP's activities and operations that the government has no conceivable right to know," Pruitt said.

The government would not say why it sought the records. Officials have previously said in public testimony that the U.S. attorney in Washington is conducting a criminal investigation into who may have provided information contained in a May 7, 2012, AP story about a foiled terror plot. The story disclosed details of a CIA operation in Yemen that stopped an al-Qaida plot in the spring of 2012 to detonate a bomb on an airplane bound for the United States.

In testimony in February, CIA Director John Brennan noted that the FBI had questioned him about whether he was AP's source, which he denied. He called the release of the information to the media about the terror plot an "unauthorized and dangerous disclosure of classified information."

Prosecutors have sought phone records from reporters before, but the seizure of records from such a wide array of AP offices, including general AP switchboards numbers and an office-wide shared fax line, is unusual.

In the letter notifying the AP, which was received Friday, the Justice Department offered no explanation for the seizure, according to Pruitt's letter and attorneys for the AP. The records were presumably obtained from phone companies earlier this year although the government letter did not explain that. None of the information provided by the government to the AP suggested the actual phone conversations were monitored.

Among those whose phone numbers were obtained were five reporters and an editor who were involved in the May 7, 2012, story.

The Obama administration has aggressively investigated disclosures of classified information to the media and has brought six cases against people suspected of providing classified information, more than under all previous presidents combined.

The White House on Monday said that other than press reports it had no knowledge of Justice Department attempts to seek AP phone records.

"We are not involved in decisions made in connection with criminal investigations, as those matters are handled independently by the Justice Department," spokesman Jay Carney said.

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the investigative House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said on CNN, "They had an obligation to look for every other way to get it before they intruded on the freedom of the press."

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in an emailed statement: "The burden is always on the government when they go after private information, especially information regarding the press or its confidential sources. ... On the face of it, I am concerned that the government may not have met that burden. I am very troubled by these allegations and want to hear the government's explanation."

The American Civil Liberties Union said the use of subpoenas for a broad swath of records has a chilling effect both on journalists and whistleblowers who want to reveal government wrongdoing. "The attorney general must explain the Justice Department's actions to the public so that we can make sure this kind of press intimidation does not happen again," said Laura Murphy, the director of ACLU's Washington legislative office.

Rules published by the Justice Department require that subpoenas of records of news organizations must be personally approved by the attorney general, but it was not known if that happened in this case. The letter notifying AP that its phone records had been obtained through subpoenas was sent Friday by Ronald Machen, the U.S. attorney in Washington.

William Miller, a spokesman for Machen, said Monday that in general the U.S. attorney follows "all applicable laws, federal regulations and Department of Justice policies when issuing subpoenas for phone records of media organizations." But he would not address questions about the specifics of the AP records. "We do not comment on ongoing criminal investigations," Miller said in an email.

The Justice Department lays out strict rules for efforts to get phone records from news organizations. A subpoena can be considered only after "all reasonable attempts" have been made to get the same information from other sources, the rules say. It was unclear what other steps, in total, the Justice Department might have taken to get information in the case.

A subpoena to the media must be "as narrowly drawn as possible" and "should be directed at relevant information regarding a limited subject matter and should cover a reasonably limited time period," according to the rules.

The reason for these constraints, the department says, is to avoid actions that "might impair the news gathering function" because the government recognizes that "freedom of the press can be no broader than the freedom of reporters to investigate and report the news."

News organizations normally are notified in advance that the government wants phone records and then they enter into negotiations over the desired information. In this case, however, the government, in its letter to the AP, cited an exemption to those rules that holds that prior notification can be waived if such notice, in the exemption's wording, might "pose a substantial threat to the integrity of the investigation."

It is unknown whether a judge or a grand jury signed off on the subpoenas.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a potential 2016 presidential candidate, said: "The Fourth Amendment is not just a protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, it is a fundamental protection for the First Amendment and all other Constitutional rights. It sets a high bar — a warrant — for the government to take actions that could chill exercise of any of those rights. We must guard it with all the vigor that we guard other constitutional protections."

The May 7, 2012, AP story that disclosed details of the CIA operation in Yemen to stop an airliner bomb plot occurred around the one-year anniversary of the May 2, 2011, killing of Osama bin Laden.

The plot was significant both because of its seriousness and also because the White House previously had told the public it had "no credible information that terrorist organizations, including al-Qaida, are plotting attacks in the U.S. to coincide with the (May 2) anniversary of bin Laden's death."

The AP delayed reporting the story at the request of government officials who said it would jeopardize national security. Once officials said those concerns were allayed, the AP disclosed the plot, though the Obama administration continued to request that the story be held until the administration could make an official announcement.

The May 7 story was written by reporters Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman with contributions from reporters Kimberly Dozier, Eileen Sullivan and Alan Fram. They and their editor, Ted Bridis, were among the journalists whose April-May 2012 phone records were seized by the government.

Brennan talked about the AP story and investigation in written testimony to the Senate. "The irresponsible and damaging leak of classified information was made ... when someone informed The Associated Press that the U.S. government had intercepted an IED (improvised explosive device) that was supposed to be used in an attack and that the U.S. government currently had that IED in its possession and was analyzing it," he wrote.

He also defended the White House decision to discuss the plot afterward. "Once someone leaked information about interdiction of the IED and that the IED was actually in our possession, it was imperative to inform the American people consistent with government policy that there was never any danger to the American people associated with this al-Qaida plot," Brennan told senators.

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			<description><![CDATA[ISS Commander Chris Hadfield Plays A Canadian Larrivée Guitar On Space Oddity

All the buzz this past weekend has been astronaut Chris Hadfield’s adaptation of David Bowie’s 1969 song, “Space Oddity.” The music video, six months in the making, has already attracted 530,000 views at the time of this posting. I anticipate it will break a million views before Commander Hadfield returns to Earth at 10:31 pm EDT in Kazakhstan.

The video opens with sparse piano played by the terrestrial Canadian musician, Emm Gryner. Gryner sang in Bowie’s band in 1999 and 2000 and has a musical relationship with Hadfield going back to her 2004 recording of, “Christopher,” to mark his first spacewalk. (Gryner and Hadfield go back even further in sharing the hometown of Sarnia, Ontario, albeit born 16 years apart.)

Hadfield had approached her about collaborating to retool Bowie’s classic song from space. After devising the piano part, she enlisted fellow Canadian producer Joe Corcoran to build the song with Hadfield’s vocals and ambient sounds from the ISS. Canadian filmmaker Andrew Tidby was tapped to do the elegant video. Hadfield’s son, Evan, also had a hand in the song.

I understand from their Twitter conversations that David Bowie gave his blessing — a note announcing the video appeared yesterday on Bowie’s Facebook site and he’s thanked in the video credits.

Gryner details the development of the production in a blogpost she put up yesterday.

My Forbes colleague Alex Knapp has been chronicling Hadfield’s success as a communicator and educator from space, particularly in sharing the connection between science and art. Interestingly, the Space Oddity performance was not the first music event from space. Hadfield had previously co-written a song called, “I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing),” with Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies and performed it from space on CBC Music with Robertson and the rest of BNL.

Music and Mars Mars

While I write about this news here as a fellow musician, I was intrigued by the health aspect of having a guitar on the I.S.S. Despite being a pharmacologist, I’ve recognized in myself and others that making and experiencing music and other arts can be more powerful than any drug.

The backstory here is that NASA psychologists pay close attention to the mental health of astronauts and have considered all aspects of a fulfilling life that would be necessary for extended space travel. If you’re an excellent musician like Hadfield, I can assure you that your mental health would certainly be compromised by the lack of an instrument for more than a few days, much less the nearly five months he’s spent in space.

In deciding on putting a guitar up with Soyuz for I.S.S. astronauts, Hadfield said that NASA representatives headed to Guitar Center in Houston to seek out a small, high-quality instrument. I looked closely on the video to see what kind of guitar made the journey, expecting it to be from a Texas outfit like Austin’s Collings Guitars.

To my surprise, the guitar was also Canadian: a Larrivée Parlor guitar.

Larrivée’s frontpage proudly notes this fact today with photos and a video of Hadfield visiting their Vancouver guitar-building facility and pictures of non-Canadian astronauts Dan Burbank and Steve Robinson wielding the famed instrument on the I.S.S.

Larrivee makes several versions of the Parlor Guitar and I have a query in to them as to this particular model.

The backstory on this particular guitar is told in this Larrivée video with Chris Hadfield — the first two commenters on the video were prescient in noting more than a year ago that it should be used to play “Space Oddity.” Hadfield notes therein that playing in zero gravity has some challenges but the guitar sounds excellent.

Hadfield notes that a second, identical model stays at Mission Control for comparison — you’ll see some squares on the side an reverse of the I.S.S. guitar that suggest to me some experiments have been done on tonality in zero gravity.

I just played a used Larrivée guitar at my local Guitar Center so I don’t question Hadfield’s story on its selection for the I.S.S. But the Canada-centric coincidence that he should play a Larrivée on this song makes me a bit suspicious.

I’ll be interested to see how this unique episode affects sales of Larrivée guitars and whether they’ll make a special Chris Hadfield edition. Already, Hadfield’s guitar pick-shaped Expedition 34/35 mission crest is out-of-stock at the Canadian Space Agency’s online store.

I know that I’ll be buying some Hadfield guitar picks as soon as they’re available.

 http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2...ce-oddity/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ISS Commander Chris Hadfield Plays A Canadian Larrivée Guitar On Space Oddity

All the buzz this past weekend has been astronaut Chris Hadfield’s adaptation of David Bowie’s 1969 song, “Space Oddity.” The music video, six months in the making, has already attracted 530,000 views at the time of this posting. I anticipate it will break a million views before Commander Hadfield returns to Earth at 10:31 pm EDT in Kazakhstan.

The video opens with sparse piano played by the terrestrial Canadian musician, Emm Gryner. Gryner sang in Bowie’s band in 1999 and 2000 and has a musical relationship with Hadfield going back to her 2004 recording of, “Christopher,” to mark his first spacewalk. (Gryner and Hadfield go back even further in sharing the hometown of Sarnia, Ontario, albeit born 16 years apart.)

Hadfield had approached her about collaborating to retool Bowie’s classic song from space. After devising the piano part, she enlisted fellow Canadian producer Joe Corcoran to build the song with Hadfield’s vocals and ambient sounds from the ISS. Canadian filmmaker Andrew Tidby was tapped to do the elegant video. Hadfield’s son, Evan, also had a hand in the song.

I understand from their Twitter conversations that David Bowie gave his blessing — a note announcing the video appeared yesterday on Bowie’s Facebook site and he’s thanked in the video credits.

Gryner details the development of the production in a blogpost she put up yesterday.

My Forbes colleague Alex Knapp has been chronicling Hadfield’s success as a communicator and educator from space, particularly in sharing the connection between science and art. Interestingly, the Space Oddity performance was not the first music event from space. Hadfield had previously co-written a song called, “I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing),” with Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies and performed it from space on CBC Music with Robertson and the rest of BNL.

Music and Mars Mars

While I write about this news here as a fellow musician, I was intrigued by the health aspect of having a guitar on the I.S.S. Despite being a pharmacologist, I’ve recognized in myself and others that making and experiencing music and other arts can be more powerful than any drug.

The backstory here is that NASA psychologists pay close attention to the mental health of astronauts and have considered all aspects of a fulfilling life that would be necessary for extended space travel. If you’re an excellent musician like Hadfield, I can assure you that your mental health would certainly be compromised by the lack of an instrument for more than a few days, much less the nearly five months he’s spent in space.

In deciding on putting a guitar up with Soyuz for I.S.S. astronauts, Hadfield said that NASA representatives headed to Guitar Center in Houston to seek out a small, high-quality instrument. I looked closely on the video to see what kind of guitar made the journey, expecting it to be from a Texas outfit like Austin’s Collings Guitars.

To my surprise, the guitar was also Canadian: a Larrivée Parlor guitar.

Larrivée’s frontpage proudly notes this fact today with photos and a video of Hadfield visiting their Vancouver guitar-building facility and pictures of non-Canadian astronauts Dan Burbank and Steve Robinson wielding the famed instrument on the I.S.S.

Larrivee makes several versions of the Parlor Guitar and I have a query in to them as to this particular model.

The backstory on this particular guitar is told in this Larrivée video with Chris Hadfield — the first two commenters on the video were prescient in noting more than a year ago that it should be used to play “Space Oddity.” Hadfield notes therein that playing in zero gravity has some challenges but the guitar sounds excellent.

Hadfield notes that a second, identical model stays at Mission Control for comparison — you’ll see some squares on the side an reverse of the I.S.S. guitar that suggest to me some experiments have been done on tonality in zero gravity.

I just played a used Larrivée guitar at my local Guitar Center so I don’t question Hadfield’s story on its selection for the I.S.S. But the Canada-centric coincidence that he should play a Larrivée on this song makes me a bit suspicious.

I’ll be interested to see how this unique episode affects sales of Larrivée guitars and whether they’ll make a special Chris Hadfield edition. Already, Hadfield’s guitar pick-shaped Expedition 34/35 mission crest is out-of-stock at the Canadian Space Agency’s online store.

I know that I’ll be buying some Hadfield guitar picks as soon as they’re available.

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			<title><![CDATA[Click here for a spoiler (for star trek)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Spock says KHAAAAAAAAAN in the new star trek movie.

I just saw it in the cinema tonight, felt like standing up and joining in but didn't want to get kicked out.]]></description>
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I just saw it in the cinema tonight, felt like standing up and joining in but didn't want to get kicked out.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Would you rather....]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Choose a topic after this one....

Answer the question first before deciding a new one.

Would you rather be outside at night, or during the day?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Choose a topic after this one....

Answer the question first before deciding a new one.

Would you rather be outside at night, or during the day?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Help with Social Skills]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hello,

Are social skills groups or training helpful or are they a bad idea? My son has friends but really struggles with basic social rules. I want to help him, but only if it would be helpful from an aspie perspective, not just from my perspective. I've tried to educate myself by reading aspie autobiographies but you can't ask a book a question. Any guidance would be very welcome. If this comes across as ignorant please keep in mind that I'm doing my best to understand and am open to seeing how I may be misunderstanding.

Sincerely,

Audenough]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello,

Are social skills groups or training helpful or are they a bad idea? My son has friends but really struggles with basic social rules. I want to help him, but only if it would be helpful from an aspie perspective, not just from my perspective. I've tried to educate myself by reading aspie autobiographies but you can't ask a book a question. Any guidance would be very welcome. If this comes across as ignorant please keep in mind that I'm doing my best to understand and am open to seeing how I may be misunderstanding.

Sincerely,

Audenough]]></content:encoded>
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