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Apparently they've gotten more specific. After a botched attempt to collect a sample, I finally succeeded and sent one in, and the results are: 48% Korea/North China (48-50% range) 26% Ireland and Scotland (i.e., Celtic) (0-26%) 14% England, Wales and NW Europe (0-17%) 8% Germanic (0-22%) 2% Japan (0-5%) 1% France (0-1%) 1% Sardinia (0-4%) What I expected: 50% Korea/North China 25% Ireland, possibly with some England tossed in 25% Germanic (also possibly Ashkenazi/German Jew, which didn't turn up) Apparently my German side has substantial genes in common with people who emigrated to England or further west in Europe. (There are people in this group in Germany, but the bulk live in England, Wales or Belgium.) I also don't know at what point the Sardinian showed up, assuming it's not just an artifact, but presumably that's part of the Germanic/England, Wales and NW Europe heritage. Japan is also a puzzle; it'd be more likely to see it going the other way (a tiny bit of Korean among Japanese). But it's less of a geographic surprise and could reflect very remote ancestry. These are Ancestry DNA results, btw. I specifically asked that they not look for genetic matches.

I like @purplekow's suggestion. However, I assume that with end-stage renal disease, he spends most of his days receiving dialysis treatment. As I recall, end-stage renal disease treatment is automatically covered (by Medicare, I think, but don't quote me). From a fiscal point of view, home nursing or whatever is his responsibility once he's no longer in custody. I guess it depends on the extent to which accommodations are required for him to continue to be treated in prison. If they are extensive, does it really make sense to keep him there? Any deterrence or personal remorse will have already happened. He's a pariah. I'm not sure what more the public would be gaining from his imprisonment at that rate. I also don't know how good or hard and fast estimates of remaining lifespan are for end-stage renal disease, but assume they're more reliable than, say, estimates for cancer.

I didn't mention it, but that was also my understanding of the whole context of "they do it for free." In fact, I saw something about how at one point the NFL considered asking the performers to pay it, but thought better of it. As for the complaints about them not starting off the performance together: that was the original plan, but it was changed after J.Lo stuck to her guns about performing Born in the USA and displaying the Puerto Rican flag despite halftime producer Roc Nation and Roc Nation principal Jay-Z pressuring her to drop it. [MEDIA=twitter]1224406228077568000[/MEDIA]

No, I was referring to their Super Bowl performance, which I saw on TV. As far as I'm concerned, they stopped producing interesting music in the early 1980s.

Which was almost certainly unintentional, considering it derailed Janet Jackson's career for years but did absolutely nothing to Justin Timberlake's. Also it is ironic (or something) that the CBS head honcho who blacklisted Jackson over this is a serial sexual harasser.

Thanks, I didn't know there was a second Dirty Dancing movie.

I've heard of being ghosted, but...ghosts have dating app accounts? More importantly, ghosts have smartphones?!!!

Semi off topic, but the thread title amused me. "Porn detectives" indeed.

Kinda reminds me of all the times partners have managed to snag my hair with their arms or hands and inadvertently yank on it. Usually I just scrunch my eyes up (it's hard not to react at all) and don't say anything, but it's not exactly pleasant.

Or if you're unfamiliar with the context.

I'm going to sound grumpy and uncivil, but too bad: this is just more of the usual bootstrapping mumbo jumbo. This is more valuable and necessary than much of what's covered academically in high school. Note I don't say elementary school; basic reading and math skills are vital for everyone capable of attaining them, which, hello, isn't everyone. Seems to me that you should show more respect for people's differing abilities instead of writing off everyone you perceive as inferior to you, especially given views we have debated elsewhere over whether abortion should be legal. As for the home: some homes function with a parent or parents who work at night or work two or more jobs just to keep afloat. Some parents themselves don't have these skills or knowledge. And some parents actively discourage such knowledge, like the father of a college housemate of mine who didn't know anything about checking accounts because her father (an engineer, so not an uneducated man) controlled the family finances and contact with others. It's amazing enough he let his kids attend public school, but they weren't allowed to participate in after school activities. So, basically, your post is a paean to circumstances you found yourself in but which don't apply to everyone. Congratulations on once again mistaking yourself for the paradigmatic human being. (Those of you who wonder why I'm being so critical probably don't participate in the Politics forum.) Edited to add, which I forgot but reading other posts reminded me: This is something that doesn't increase educational costs by much but levels the playing field and makes living effectively more likely. As such, it's like any good educational idea: better for everyone, and everyone benefits except con artists, grifters and those who make their living off of financial ignorance. Also, somewhat unrelatedly, we need civics education and a demystifying of actual, as opposed to aspirational, history, especially US history.

Korean patient #2 has been released from the hospital. [MEDIA=twitter]1224920761581916162[/MEDIA]

Long standing advice is also for news stories to be checked. Furthermore, it might well have been impossible to cancel a planned work trip at the last minute due to the symptoms she reported, which I experience (sans fever) every single day due to chronic illness that isn't transmissible and which without knowledge and reporting of possible pandemic outbreaks the individual involved has no reason to think are a big deal. Employers are not always understanding. While a somewhat different issue, Starbucks just recently gave its baristas sick days to encourage them not to work when they're ill.

One of my favorite strips of my favorite comic.

The huge outbreak is pretty much confined to China, which boggled the initial response (including hauling doctors trying to sound the alarm up on charges). There has been one death outside of China so far, in the Philippines, and there are countries with patients who have recovered after antiviral treatment. One patient was discharged from the hospital in Toronto. A Korean patient who caught the virus in Wuhan is no longer showing evidence of the virus and authorities are considering whether he can be discharged. And a Thai doctor reported a 48-hour turnaround in a patient treated with anti-flu and anti-AIDS/HIV medications. http://mengnews.joins.com/amparticle/3073332?__twitter_impression=true (The Thai patient is from something I saw on Twitter and didn't save; everything else is referenced in the linked story.)

Good lord, the pearl clutching. The kind of dancing Shakira and J.Lo did is completely normal in Latin culture and no one worries this much about it. I feel a little like I wound up among the anti-dance crowd in Dirty Dancing (which I've never seen, just read about). I enjoyed it, although I would have liked more whole songs and less of a medley. (I don't really know any of their songs, although I recognized the titles of a few.) And the suggestion that they start together is a good one too. At least it's better than boring groups like Coldplay, Maroon 5 or even in some ways the Rolling Stones. (Beyoncé was the most recent halftime performer whose performance I enjoyed.) Also Shakira and J.Lo did this for free, which is mind-boggling. I get the impression that this is generally the case for the Super Bowl. So be grateful there even is a halfrime show if you don't care about the game. (And given the prevalence of CTE, it's not even clear if football is an ethically sustainable sport.)

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You do remember that the flu occasionally mutates and presents itself in a pandemic form no one has a vaccine for or immunity to? [MEDIA=twitter]1223362098425626624[/MEDIA] Speaking of pandemic flu: [MEDIA=twitter]1223364609035395072[/MEDIA]

I almost mentioned women in stilettos and wondering if they were going to poke someone's eye out with them, but deferred to audience preferences. To think, all this time I thought it was due to some fetish for women wearing shoes that are totally impractical to walk in. (As a cis woman I hate those things and have never worn them.)

I don't think you're the last.

It still takes less time to look at a watch than to find and look at a cellphone. Or else rely on the availability of nearby clocks.

At least there's always the reasoning that it's to prevent feet slipping or being (or getting) cold.

Keeping one's watch on during sex makes even less sense than keeping one's socks on. I'm not all that worried about the watch, but with a relatively thick metal strap, bonking someone with it while moving one's arm from place to place could be somewhat painful and put a damper on things. Maybe this is a case of displaying conspicuous consumption.

Some new developments: Seungri, ex-Big Bang member and the person whose involvement with the Rising Sun nightclub started this whole thing off, has been indicted for embezzlement, gambling and prostitution mediation (basically using sex services to bribe or reward business partners or potential business partners). https://www.asianjunkie.com/2020/01/30/seungri-indicted-for-mediating-prostitution-and-more-others-involved-in-scandal-also-indicted/

Outside of China, cases are not spiking. They have turned up in 18 countries and appear to be concentrated among people who were in Wuhan before the travel ban started or had close contact with people who were there. This led a WHO emergency panel to decline to declare the outbreak an international emergency last week. The deaths reported by China are largely among the elderly or people with underlying health conditions, putting them at high risk for pneumonia. A commentary in the Lancet medical journal estimated a 2.9% mortality risk from the virus, compared to 10% for SARS, but added that number is likely to decrease as more mild cases are documented. At the same time, “there is no room for complacency,” said that report, noting the 1918 Spanish flu killed around 50 million people worldwide with a mortality rate of less than 5%. To put the risk in more context, the current US flu season has killed 54 infants so far, according to CDC. And in the first two weeks of 2020, the flu has killed more than 5,000 people in the US, mostly through associated pneumonia. Others have suggested imports from China could carry a risk of transmission overseas. But coronavirus particles die within a few hours outside a host cell, according to Messonnier. So there is little risk of commerce from China spreading the outbreak. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/danvergano/coronavirus-cases-deaths-flu?__twitter_impression=true (The article also says masks are only partially effective.)