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Ten years in the making...
2014 will usher in
a new era of chaos.
Prepare today with these simple steps and you'll be on
the path to a healthier and more prosperous life...
Dear Concerned reader,
In the next 2 minutes I am going to share the biggest prediction you'll hear this year.
It has to do with your healthcare.
Not the sort you've grown accustomed to... that's over.
I'm talking about the system that's coming. And no, I don't mean the Affordable Care Act (ACA), what you probably know as "Obamacare."
Don't get me wrong, Obamacare will be terrible for you, me and our families.
Industry insiders and health professionals expect waiting periods of up to two to three times longer to see your doctor.
Your lab testing visits will be delayed, as will your visits to your specialist.
Some experts expect a mass exodus of doctors and other healthcare professionals – leaving fewer experienced physicians to care for us when we need it most.
And then there's the rising cost...
According to Forbes.com, "Obamacare will increase individual-market premiums in California by as much as 146 percent." And ABC News reports that "the overwhelming majority will see double-digit increases in their individual health insurance markets."
Something with roots much bigger, and much deeper than Obamacare.
Something that will change the entire way you look at your relationship with your doctor.
Something that will call into question the safety you feel when you're at the hospital, or in specialists offices.
And something that will turn hearing dreadful health diagnosis… into hearing a death sentence.
I know what's coming, because I've been studying The Affordable Care Act since the law was first passed over two years ago.
I need to understand it for two reasons.
First, my name is Jud Anglin. I run a healthcare business. But, I am not a doctor, health insurer or a hospital administrator.
I started my own health care service business fourteen years ago. During that time my business has served over 10,000 clients.
The future success of my business demands I understand changes in the healthcare industry inside and out.
And what I'm seeing on the horizon is the scariest thing I've seen in my entire career. Now, this isn't a prediction I make lightly.
I've studied healthcare from every single angle. And now, my research leads me to believe there's something extremely devious and dangerous brewing beneath the Obamacare headlines.
I'll show you my research in a moment. But back to my story…
The second reason I've been forced to understand what's happening in health care is that I happen to be uninsured. Due to a pre-existing condition I can't get coverage.
With just one major illness my entire savings and everything I worked to build could be wiped out. Or, I could die.
As you can imagine, I have many sleepless nights filled with the fear of knowing I am a tremendous risk to my family.
So you might think I'm happy with the "universal coverage" offered by the president's plan.
But you'd be wrong.
See, in my quest to understand the new law, here is what I learned:
The Affordable Care Act … or Obamacare… is not the godsend it's promoted to be.
In fact, it's been designed to distract us from something radically worse
that's on the horizon.
While what's coming will be a great thing for my business, it's going to cause you and millions like you sleepless nights.
Imagine you or a loved one needing critical even life-saving surgery. But your application to the Health Board has been rejected. What will you do then?
Believe me, this happens every day in countries around the world. And soon… it will happen right here in America, too.
This is why I am going to do everything within my power to get you to "opt-out" of the worst aspects of Obamacare… and even the worse disaster that's coming… before it gets to that point.
Many of the things I'll show you are things I've done personally, to put myself in a position for better healthcare, and a longer life.
Other things are tips that I've given to the more than 10,000 clients — saving them up to $80,000… and improving their quality of life for 20 years — in the process.
If you're worried at all about Obamacare and what's coming, I recommend you put all of these ideas to work for you today.
Immediately you'll notice a difference in your lifestyle.
Your doctor will start giving you the time and attention you deserve. You'll feel like you've been sent back in time to the good 'ole days when doctors did house calls practically for free.
Then, if you are struck with a major health issue, you'll be comforted knowing you have a plan that protects your family. Doctors who are looking out for you.
These solutions will put you on a path to a healthier and longer life.
And you'll save money too. Allowing you to travel, do what you want with your life and the peace of mind that accompanies financial independence.
For example, did you know you can claim access to a personal doctor for in some cases as little as $50 per month? Better yet you don't need to go to a State "exchange" to get it.
Would you like to be able to legally "opt-out" of the Obamacare mandates, the fines and faulty website signup process… and the coming bigger disaster… while living a longer, healthier, happier and wealthier life?
I hope so. That's why I prepared this message for you today.
Before we get to the solutions, let me back up. I'd like to explain exactly what I believe will play out in the healthcare industry over the next 18-24 months, and why it's critical that you act now.
Despite all the political fanfare you hear on the nightly news…
Despite the promises and expectations of "cheaper and better care for all…"
The Affordable Care Act has but one purpose… to fail.
That's right.
According to my research, I believe Obama has specifically designed Obamacare to fall flat on its face. To fail. To die a quick death, once it's forced upon us.
That may seem unbelievable to you. But after my own extensive research and talking to people inside the industry and other experts, I believe it's a certainty.
The Affordable Care Act is nothing but a political stepping stone to get to a much WORSE system…
It wasn't written to be the answer to our country's healthcare problem.
It's not even written to insure the uninsured. That is just a temporary and necessary political byproduct.
Like a flat rock you step on in a swiftly moving stream, it's a means to an end… that's all.
The ultimate objective is a full, 100% government takeover of the entire
healthcare industry.
And when that happens — which I believe will be in the next 18-24 months — we'll experience a way worse system than what's coming with Obamacare.
Wait times will further skyrocket. Premiums will double… and then double again. Inefficiencies will run rampant through the system.
You might be thinking, "this won't affect me because I am covered by my company's insurance."
It's a common thought. But you'd be wrong.
During an earthquake when a building's foundation begins to crumble, there's no safe place inside. You must exit the building entirely to be safe.
The same is true here.
Below I'll show you how to escape the traditional health care system as it crumbles.
And when you do, you'll see any doctor you want. You'll sleep well at night knowing you have great care, exactly when you need it. And you'll save thousands of dollars per year.
I'll show you exactly what you need to do. Step by step. And when you follow my lead, you'll be on a path to a healthier and more prosperous life.
Why am I so certain that Obamacare's been designed to fail? And that the government's looking for a total takeover of the healthcare industry?
Let me show you…
Government officials — our President included — know that they can't just nationalize the entire healthcare industry.
It's too radical.
Instead, there needs to be a great crisis first. A "tipping point," so to speak.
And that tipping point is the failure of Obamacare.
After Obamacare fails — within the next 18-24 months — our politicians will step in to "save and protect us" from the system. And, like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, a whole new nationalized healthcare system will takeoff.
If you think this will never happen, consider this…
In the immediate future," Utah Senator, Orrin Hatch, recently warned, politicians "are going to throw their hands in the air and say 'It's not working, it's unaffordable. And we have to go to a single-payer system where the government controls everybody's lives.'
"That what's behind all this. They know it's going to fail. It's already failing. And it hasn't even triggered the big expenses yet."
Then, just recently on Meet the Press, New York Times columnist David Brooks said, "What they're trying to do is regulate 17% of the U.S. Economy, roughly the size of the economy of France. It's bound to be a problem. That's bound to go through messy things."
"I happen to be," President Obama declared at a 2003 AFL-CIO meeting, "a proponent of a single payer universal health care program. I see no reason why the United States of America, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, spending 14 percent of its Gross National Product on health care cannot provide basic health insurance to everybody. A single payer health care plan, a universal health care plan. And that's what I'd like to see. But as all of you know, we may not get there immediately."
Let me break that down for you: "single-payer" means there is one "payer" of services — the federal government. Period.
Meaning your doctors' time will be controlled and rationed by the government to meet the needs of millions of new patients… giving him less time to spend with you.
Again, just because you have insurance through your employer or even Medicare, you will not be spared. Your doctor will be over-loaded with new patients too.
"Single payer" also means bureaucrats will insert themselves into your personal health decisions. Just like the Canadian and British health systems.
Now, many people think that Canadian systems of healthcare are superb. But that's simply not true…
"A UK health and social care watchdog," reports independent news source Russia Today, "has warned that the country's healthcare system is on the brink of collapse, and that many patients – particularly the elderly – are going to hospital for emergencies when they should have been seen much earlier."
Then there's Manny D., a leukemia patient from Kitchener, Ontario. In 2007 Manny was told by Canadian doctors he couldn't have the necessary procedure there. Manny's family and doctor appealed to Ontario health officials, who agreed to let him have the transplant in Detroit in January 2008.
"Canada," reports the Detroit Free Press, "has waiting times for bariatric procedures to combat obesity that can stretch to more than five years, citing a June report in the Canadian Journal of Surgery."
In a 1997 report, Regina Herzlinger, PhD, at Harvard Business School documented the impact of growing demand for high-level medicine and Canada's attempts to ration it.
"Breast cancer patients, for instance," reports ManagedCaremag.com "waited an average of 62 days post-op for chemotherapy. A study revealed that 81 percent of these patients waited longer than reasonable; 45 percent waited in pain."
This is the direction the U.S. health industry is headed.
For decades, British and Canadians citizens have been fleeing to foreign countries for surgical procedures to avoid the long wait times under their universal health care systems.
In many parts of Canada for example, the average wait times for a hip replacement is longer than six months.
Imagine going to work every day when all the cartilage in your hip is gone. Simply walking causes excruciating pain as bone grinds on bone.
Getting around the office, into and out of your car, and enjoying life becomes intolerable.
Meanwhile, you wait six months for unelected bureaucrats to deem whether you are worthy of care.
Sure that hip replacement will be "free" once you get it. But as with most government run programs, it's not free at all.
You pay it in higher taxes taken right from your paycheck. And you pay in quality of life. You pay in pain while you wait…
The question you need to ask yourself is this…
What is it worth to get the care you need when you need it?
The direction our health system's headed is rife with poor care, limited access to physicians and "health officials" deciding where and when you get access to your doctor! It's outrageous!
But before the single-payer "solution" arrives, we must deal with the destructive legislation, taxes and regulations of "Obamacare."
In this letter I will lay out what you can expect as the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented this year. And more importantly, how to customize a personal solution that suits you and your family.
Typically, any time you customize, it costs more. Whether you build a custom car, your customized master bathroom or when your grandson customizes his own shoes on Nike.com.
But in this case, innovation in the health industry is making custom services cheaper. I'll show you what I mean in a moment.
And remember, I am taking this journey with you. My personal interests in finding real solutions that are affordable and the highest quality care is very real.
If I wouldn't use a service myself, you won't read about it here.
So far, I have found almost a dozen solutions.
Some are simple and can save you money right away. Others can save you tens of thousands of dollars as the U.S. healthcare system deteriorates.
For example, I will show you how to get access to top doctors without waiting several months
I'll show you how to get access to critical surgical procedures in world class hospitals for up to 80% off today's prices…ways to live a healthier and longer life… save thousands of dollars on your health insurance premiums… and the three-word loophole that makes it all possible.
I'll even reveal one alternative solution in this letter that I recently did myself. And if you're like me, it can instantly save you as much as $400.
But, again, I am getting ahead of myself. Allow me to back up and explain the most shocking part of the Affordable Care Act you haven't heard about…
One of the core pieces of health care reform is it forces everyone into the new system. Young and old, healthy and sick. You probably know this requirement as the individual mandate.
The individual mandate is critical to making the ACA a feasible idea… and is also the poison pill that will doom it. Here's what I mean.
The new system needs as many young, healthy people paying for health insurance as possible.
Young and healthy people don't use health insurance very often. So the government has to force these folks to get insurance and pay their premiums.
These premiums offset the costs of theprojected 36 to 112 million people with pre-existing conditions to enter the pool on January 1. These people might have cancer, HIV, heart disease or diabetes.
And the healthy people who pay for insurance (but don't use it very often) will help offset the higher costs of the sick.
That's how it works on paper anyway…but when you hear what young participants will be forced to pay, you discover Obama's "poison pill."
A limited plan under the Affordable Care Act will cost a healthy 26-year old upwards of $5,800 a year.
But according to a search of eHealthInsurance.com, that same 26 year-old living in Cleveland, Ohio, could have purchased an Anthem SmartSense Plus plan for $89.45 per month — that's $1,073 per year — before "Obamacare" was enacted.
When you compare the huge difference in cost before and after the ACA began on Jan. 1, you probably see the problem.
Robert Zirkelbach, spokesman for America's Health Insurance Plans says in a NBC News article it's not clear whether people who consider themselves healthy and at low risk will buy insurance. "Will those people decide to buy coverage, or pay a penalty that's as low as $95 the first year?"
Let me ask you. If you were 26 years old and healthy would you pay 5- to 6-times what you currently pay for something you rarely use?
Probably not.
It's an important question. One that was most certainly asked when the ACA was cooked-up.
And I suspect the creators of ACA didn't believe — not for a second — young and healthy people would go for such a deal, either.
This "poison pill" will have a devastating effect on your ability to get affordable care in the coming years …
"It's that age bracket [late 20's/early 30's] that feels like they don't really need coverage, so they can get away with not paying that cost right now," said Kristie Arslan, president & CEO of the National Association of Self-Employed (NASE).
And when too many young people "opt-out," the insurers lose the young and healthy part of their risk pool.
"If they don't get the ratio that they need in the state-based exchanges, it's going to be like high-risk pools," Arslan said. "They're going to be very unaffordable, because you'll have all sick people and no healthy people."
And when that happens insurance premiums must rise. Not only for the sick, or just a few of us, but for everyone.
That's because as of January 1, insurers are not allowed to discriminate against those with pre-existing conditions. The law requires that if premiums rise, they rise for everyone.
Young and old. The sick and healthy. Everyone pays more.
This in turn will push more of the young and healthy, who don't feel they need health insurance in the first place, out of the pool.
"Should premiums continue to rise," states the Washington Examiner, "more and more uninsured Americans are going to choose to pay the penalty rather than purchase expensive insurance. And those who go without insurance are more likely to be the ones who can afford to do so — young and healthy Americans with limited medical expenses.
"Should this occur, insurers would have to raise premiums even more to subsidize the expenses of the sicker beneficiaries they must cover under the law. This, in turn, would cause additional people to forgo insurance and pay the fine."
And so on.
That… is the death spiral. An era marked by rising insurance costs for everyone.
Ultimately it will result in a crisis that will require the government to step in and "do something." Just as they planned all along.
Remember Senator Orrin Hatch's prediction: "In the immediate future, the Democrats are going to throw their hands in the air and say 'It's not working, it's unaffordable. And we have to go to a single-payer system where the government controls everybody's lives.'
"That what's behind all this. They know it's going to fail. It's already failing. And it hasn't even triggered the big expenses yet."
Here's a quick glimpse into our future when that happens.
Think… social security for your health care.
Every time you get paid, the Feds take a piece of your paycheck for Social Security and will then take another chunk for your health care services.
But, just like social security, these healthcare services will prove to be insufficient if relied on alone.
You probably have other retirement savings in a 401k or IRA, right? The same principle will hold true when we move to a "single-payer" healthcare system.
Just like Social Security isn't enough to comfortably retiree on alone. So too, single-payer healthcare won't serve your needs if it's your only source of care when you need it.
It's a baseline, that's it.
It's why people from Canada and the UK are my clients.
They can't get the sufficient care they need when they need it. In some cases they need to wait six months to get it.
Like the cancer patients I mentioned earlier having to appeal to a board to get the transplant they needed. Or the cancer patients forced to wait an average of 62 days post-op for chemotherapy. Almost half of them, 45 percent to be precise, waited in pain.
And I believe in the near future we'll have a very similar system here in the United States.
If I haven't convinced you that "Obamacare" will fail… and it was designed to fail… here's the final nail in the coffin.
In the early 1990's eight states implemented mandates similar to what's being implemented today in the Affordable Care Act.
Specifically, the requirement to accept anyone who applied for coverage and charge everyone within each group the same rates regardless of their age, gender, lifestyle choices or health status. This is known as "guaranteed issue."
According to a report published by Council for Affordable Health Insurance and The Heartland Institute, between 1994 and 2003;
"The number of people in these eight "guaranteed issue" states covered by individual health insurance plans fell dramatically.
"The eight states have seen a massive exodus of private insurance companies that had been selling individual health insurance policies. Some 45 insurers, for example, left Kentucky between 1994 and 1997.
"Premiums for individual insurance have soared. In Maine, the monthly premium for a family policy for someone aged 25 ranges from $1,270 to $2,388.
"By contrast, states that did not adopt guaranteed issue have seen much smaller premium increases. For example, typical monthly insurance premiums for families in rural counties in Vermont are approximatelyfive times as much as they are for families in rural counties in Illinois." (Emphasis added.)
Damning evidence, wouldn't you agree?
Fewer people insured. All paying higher premiums. With fewer insurers in the market competing for your business.
Knowing this, why would President Obama and Congress push so hard for a law that has already proven to fail?
It's simple…
They want The Affordable Care Act to fail.
They want the Federal government to take over the $2 trillion health care industry. In doing so, President Obama will cement his progressive legacy.
It's ingenious really. He knew he couldn't walk into the White House and say "We need socialized health care, like what Canada has…"
He'd never get it that way.
The Affordable Care Act provides him a stepping stone toward his ultimate goal.
There is historical precedence.
The Greeks ingeniously used a large wooden horse to gain entry to Troy's impenetrable walls. They expected the Trojan's would mistakenly accept the horse as a victory trophy from the gods.
Unfortunately for the citizens of Troy, it was nothing of the sort.
During the cover of night the elite force of warriors hiding inside snuck out and opened the gates of Troy.
The city didn't stand a chance as the Greek Army flooded in.
Today, Obama and his allies have their own "Trojan Horse." The Affordable Care Act. And instead of sacking a city, their objective is the health care industry.
I'm the first to admit, I don't know when this takeover will happen. It could take two, five and even ten years to get to that point.
But, the more I research, the more I talk with experts in the field, the more I expect it will be on the earlier end of that timeframe.
My best guess? 18 to 24 months.
If I'm right, that means two years or so of living under The Affordable Care Act.
During that time, you will notice healthcare services worsen as experienced doctors are forced, or choose to leave the industry.
You'll also find longer wait times for procedures and checkups. Forcing you into a "speed-dating" relationship with your doctor as they are required to see as many patients as possible.
But luckily, you DO have choices.
By acting today you can still control how you protect the health of your family. I'll even share one solution I recently used in this presentation today, for free.
For example, did you know you can claim access to a personal doctor for in some cases as little as $50/month. Better yet you don't need to go to a State "exchange" to get it.
And if you need surgery there are new businesses popping up all over the country that will tell you exactly what it will cost BEFORE you step foot in the door?
This way you get the peace of mind knowing exactly what it will cost. Not to mention saving yourself the aggravation of arguing over coverage with your insurance company and hospital billing clerks.
What's unfortunate is most people have no idea these services exist. But I'd like to share them all with you today.
I'll explain how exactly in a moment. But first, allow me to properly introduce myself.
As I told you earlier, my name is Jud Anglin.
And I'll never forget the day I become obsessed with finding the very best healthcare solutions for people.
It was December 31st, 2002… and I thought I was going to die.
My wife and I were in Bangkok, Thailand visiting her family. Like a fool, I drank the water, and got a bacterial infection that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemies.
After vomiting to the point of complete dehydration, I was rushed to the ER. Not knowing what to expect (it was Thailand, after all) I was scared beyond belief.
But what happened next shocked me…
The hospital was state-of-the-art. From what I could tell lying on my back, I could have been in John Hopkins, Massachusetts General or the Mayo Clinic.
After just a ten minute wait, I was admitted to a private room. The doctor on call spent almost 30 minutes with me. He administered an IV pump to replenish fluids, and medication to ease the pain… and there I lay for four hours.
The experience was as good, if not better, than anything I'd ever seen here in the states. And here's the most shocking thing…
The bill amounted to just $16 dollars!
On my way back home, I had a hare-brained idea — I'd start a business showing Americans how to receive quality healthcare at the world's lowest costs.
So I did.
Since then I've shown more than 10,000 Americans how to get world class surgical procedures for approximately 15-20% of what it would normally cost Americans.
It really isn't that difficult when you consider the soaring prices of surgery in the U.S.
I've seen the cost of knee replacements go from $35,000 to $50,000. Heart surgeries that used to cost $80,000 in 2003 have skyrocketed to $120,000 today.
Unfortunately, it's all types of surgery that will soon be even more expensive.
As full implementation of The Affordable Care Act approaches, every doctor, research professional and health administrator I talk to tells me the same thing: Obamacare is going to reduce the quality of care and cost you more… in some cases a lot more .
If you're a 40 year old living in California, for example, you can expect to pay as much as 116% more in premium payments next year under Obamacare.
And ABC News reports that "the overwhelming majority will see double-digit increases in their individual health insurance markets."
And they named it the "Affordable" Care Act?
This is why I've become a board member of the Laissez Faire Club. To share new ways to protect the health of your family and get affordable world class healthcare exactly when you need it.
And I'll start today by giving away a copy of my free report The Obamacare Antidote: 7 Ways to Get the Best Healthcare of Your Life and Save up to $2,000 per Year
The ultimate goal of the Laissez Faire Club is to show you new ways to live a healthier, wealthier more productive life. Our "secret sauce" is finding new ways to help you think differently than you might be used to.
Members believe the less governing our government does, the better. Even our name means "leave it be." And if I'm right about you that's pretty close to what you believe too.
So today, we're going to show you ways to maneuver around Obamacare — and even improve the quality of care you currently receive.
We'll show you:
By informing yourself to legitimate alternatives to Washington's plan, you can save money and get world-class care for you and your family, too.
Also in the report you'll learn how to:
I'll share with you everything I have found in The Obamacare Antidote: 7 Ways to Get the Best Healthcare of Your Life and Save up to $2,000 per Year
And based on early feedback from our members, they seem to find the report useful.
"I just read the Obamacare Antidote report" begins member Margie M. "and wanted to thank you for such a comprehensive report on how to sidestep the Obamacare mess. There are so many ideas in the report, which I will put to use and tell friends and family about. Just one of the benefits of my Laissez Faire membership! Thanks again."
Another member Gary K. wasted no time putting the solutions he found in the report to work.
"I was putting off a lipid panel since I had lost my insurance last year" Gary begins, "and a walk-in clinic wanted $75 for an office visit plus another $75 for the test. I read the report, went online with 'Private MD Labs.' Bought the full panel on Monday… drew blood at a lab five minutes from my house on Tuesday… got the results this morning (Wednesday) at 10am. Total cost: $43.19!
"An excellent report with all working links (I clicked and saved them all).
"Thank you Jud and LF."
Feedback like that is gratifying.
In a moment I'll show you how to get your own copy…
First, let's move on to the free strategy I promised you.
You can take advantage of this secret right now if you'd like. It has the potential to cut a portion of your health expenses by as much as 80%!
See if you find it as simple and ingenious as I do…
For years I was fortunate to have comprehensive health insurance through my wife's employer.
Then in early 2011, my health coverage ran out when my wife's engineering position was terminated as a result of a leveraged buyout.
After a short stint on COBRA, I researched the private insurance market for my family. However, I quickly learned that no private insurer would cover me because I had been diagnosed with Crohn's disease.
Now for the first time in my adult life I am uninsured.
But what I learned next was even more valuable than gold.
By simply by approaching my health care as I would buying a new TV or refrigerator, I was able to save close to over $400 on my blood work.
You can too. Here's how…
One morning, I called my doctor's office to get my thyroid prescription refilled. (My condition requires me to regularly measure my thyroid hormone level.)
The receptionist said I needed to see my doctor. She would then provide me with the lab work request form for my Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) panel.
Since I had no insurance, I asked the receptionist what it would cost me. She said the first visit would be $98, the lab work would cost around $400, the follow up visit is another $98 to interpret the lab report and fill the prescription.
All together it would have cost me $596 for a "simple" refill of my medication.
I sat stunned in silence.
Then I started thinking. Based on my business experience, there had to be a less expensive way. All I had to do was find it. Within an hour I succeeded.
You might want to grab a pen and paper and write this down.
Private MD Labs provides confidential laboratory testing and personal medical information direct to the public. Their model empowers you to take charge of your own health and assist you in the prevention and early detection of disease.
And you don't need a physician's referral to use them. You simply request the test you need on their website and pay directly with a credit card. No insurance company is involved to unnecessarily drive up costs.
I quickly found the test I needed on their website and clicked on it. To my amazement, the total cost for the test and lab work was only $49! Just 15% of the $400 I would have paid to my doctor for the same exact work.
Two hours later I received an email which contained my lab work request form with a doctor's signature contracted through Private MD Labs. Along with the form they sent a list of labs near me to have my blood drawn.
The following day I drove to one near my house. My results arrived 24 hours later.
The old, expensive way usually took 3 to 5 business days to get my lab results.
When I explained to my doctor how I did this, her jaw dropped. She had never heard of this service before.
As for me, I was thrilled. I received faster service. It cost me less. And the savings covered a full season of my son's soccer dues.
This is just one solution to the coming health care mess.
I have others that can save you money and give you better health service as the new system begins to unravel.
I reveal everything I have learned during my search for truly affordable care in The Obamacare Antidote: 7 Ways to Get the Best Healthcare of Your Life and Save up to $2,000 per Year
In it you'll learn:
You'll learn all that, and more…
I'll show you how to claim your very own package in a moment. But first, here's a way you can get the highest level of service from your next doctor.
The Affordable Care Act is forcing doctors to reinvent their businesses. Some are choosing early retirement. But others have decided to innovate a brand new model for treating patients.
As complying with regulations becomes more costly and reimbursements from insurance companies are cut, innovative practices are thriving.
And that's good news for you. I call these practices, Health Insurance for the Rich and Famous.
But you don't need to be rich, famous or make a lot of money to use it.
Some services are as little as $50 per month while the average is about $1,800 per year… a fraction of what insurance will soon cost you under the ACA.
Plus, you'll get access to your physician 24/7, allow you to extend appointment times and if you need it, even home visits in some cases!
I know this sounds like you've gone back in time to the 1950's… but like I said, under the regulations associated with the ACA, doctors are forced to reinvent their businesses. This is just one way they are doing it.
Here are some other benefits of Health Insurance for the Rich and Famous:
I'll show you exactly what you need to do, step by step, to get the health care like the rich and famous.
You'll learn all that, and more in our report, The Obamacare Antidote: 7 Ways to Get the Best Healthcare of Your Life and Save up to $2,000 per Year
Before I show you how to claim your free copy, there's one more gift I want to give you.
I want to give you a very important book that I used during my exhaustive search for customizable and affordable health insurance.
It's called Beating Obamacare: Your Handbook to Surviving the New Health Care Law.
The author, Betsy McCaughey, PhD is a health policy expert. She has written hundreds of articles for publications such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Modern Healthcare and The New Republic.
In the 176 page book, you'll learn:
…and much more.
Readers of the book seem to find it helpful too.
"Worth the price. This is the woman you see on Fox and CNBC. She's the expert."
"It is very easy to read and understand. She breaks it down so that the average person can understand."
"The book does a good job of explaining what is in the law and how it will affect the lives of Americans. But how to 'beat' it or 'survive' it? Nope."
That last comment is important. This book has its shortcomings when it comes to solutions.
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"In Yenikoy you would rarely ever have seen a woman with a headscarf 15 or 20 years ago. And if you did, she was probably a cleaning lady. Now she lives here and mixes with the rest of the crowd."
Nigar Goksel is a social scientist, a columnist for the Turkish Daily News and editor-in-chief of Turkish Policy Quarterly (TPQ), a Turkish (but English-language) foreign policy journal. She lives in Yenikoy, on the European side of the Bosporus.
Nigar was born in Istanbul, the daughter of an American teacher and a Turkish entrepreneur. She went to a public school in Arnavutkoy. After graduating from university in Istanbul (and becoming a national horse riding champion in 1997) she worked in Washington DC. After returning from the US, she worked for various Turkish NGOs – TUSIAD, the Turkish Industrialists' Association, and TESEV, Turkey's leading liberal think tank – before joining ESI in 2004 as an analyst for Turkey and the Caucasus.
Along with fellow researchers at ESI Nigar worked on a widely debated report, "Sex and Power: Feminism, Islam and the Maturing of Turkish Democracy". As part of the research, Nigar and her colleagues travelled through Turkey, from Van in the East to Kadikoy in the West, examining changes in the status of women.
"We talked to hundreds of women from many walks of life and from a wide geographic span. We found men who were very enthusiastic about their daughters learning to read and write – [girls] would not be like their mothers were, not so desperate, not so dependent."
The conclusion of the research was that a "second women's revolution" was underway in Turkey.
"The civil code changed, the penal code changed, the employment law changed. There were new initiatives to combat domestic violence. There were new initiatives to get girls to go to school, to primary school. This all happened from 2001 onwards."
Nor was there growing conservatism that made it more difficult for women to be integrated, as some had argued.
"As a woman you do not have to give up your family values or your cultural priorities in order to be able to be integrated and be active in public life."
Nigar Goksel
- ESI Report: Sex and Power: Feminism, Islam and the Maturing of Turkish Democracy (June 2007)
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- Latest issue of Turkish Policy Quarterly (TPQ) on the ESI website
- TESEV website
- TUSIAD website
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Welcome to the New "International Trade Update"October 4, 2011
Francisco J. Sánchez is the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade.
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Porsche presented the all-wheel-drive all weather open-top 911 Targa at the Detroit auto show. WSJ's Matthew Curtin reports from the 2014 North American International Auto show in Detroit.
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"And so when I walked to the locker room I told Rondo that he had the keys to the team – and just go play. And stop asking me questions."
That's Doc Rivers on our budding superstar point guard Rajon Rondo. He secured a triple double by the 3rd quarter. He had:
- More assists than Rose and Hinrich combined
- More rebounds than Joakim Noah
- More steals than the Bulls starting five
All this on a sprained, swollen ankle. He was every bit as important as Ray Allen in last night's win.
Like a proud father, I feel like I can't mention Rondo without including Glen Davis and Kendrick Perkins. Big Baby firing up jumpers like Danny Ainge. And Perk playing with a controlled ferocity on the boards. I give Perk immense credit for not snapping Noah in half.
Let's step outside the 2009 playoffs for a moment. Rondo, Davis and Perk showed me there will be life after the Big 3.
On the injury front, Leon sprained his left knee last night. I wouldn't expect to see him the rest of this series. Fortunately Scal should be back for Thursday's Game 3 in Chicago (Did I actually type that sentence?).
If you want proof that the Celtics bench play was hideous, check out the +/- in the box score.
The Truth has been anything but Superman in this series. But there's a bright side to that:
"I think we feel very confident because we feel like we haven't played good basketball yet," Pierce said. "We win [Game 2] and we feel like we should have won Game 1 and we just say, 'I feel like this is pretty much our 'C' game. We are not a team that gives up 100 points in consecutive games. I think our best is yet to come."
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(CNN) -- For well over a century the world has come to call on Garden City, Kansas, every day of the year.
"I know the town would miss it," said Garden City's mayor, David Crase. "I hope it doesn't come to that."
He was talking about the Southwest Chief, the big Amtrak passenger train that runs daily between Chicago and Los Angeles.
Garden City, with a population of around 28,000, has had its own daily passenger railroad service since the town was founded in rural southwest Kansas in the late 1800s. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe sent its glamorous trains through Kansas on their way east and west. Garden City built its train station right downtown.
To have the station there made the town part of the grand and glorious thread that, railroad-stop-by-railroad-stop, connected the still-young nation, the thread that made the country seem, and feel, cohesive and whole.
When Amtrak took over the passenger railroads in the early 1970s, many cities around the country -- some much larger than Garden City -- lost train service, and the need for their stations. But Garden City never did.
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Twice each day, Sundays and holidays included, the Southwest Chief pulls to a full stop downtown to let passengers get off and let passengers get on. Residents who live nearby can literally stroll over to the train station, hop on the Southwest Chief, and step off at the end of the line in Los Angeles.
But even for residents who never use the Southwest Chief, its presence is a symbol. The whistle sounds, as it has since the 1800s, and it signals that men and women from large cities and small will be stopping, however briefly, in their town, at their station.
"You take pride in that sort of thing," said John Doll, a member of the city commission. "Just knowing it's there. When you see that train roll in, it's like listening to an old song that you love.
"When I was a boy, my father, my two brothers and I would ride the train to Kansas City every summer to see a ballgame. They were the Kansas City Athletics then; they weren't yet the Royals. We'd stay at the Muehlebach Hotel. Every time I see or hear that train, that's what I think about: my dad and my brothers and riding through Kansas on our way to see big-league baseball."
Nothing is forever, though, and the possibility that the Southwest Chief may, within a few years, no longer come through Garden City is one of those stories built on dry, arcane economic facts.
The great majority of tracks that Amtrak rolls over are not owned by Amtrak, but are used through financial arrangements with the freight railroads. The tracks that run through Garden City's portion of Kansas and parts of Colorado and New Mexico are owned by BNSF Railway. All across the United States, between the renowned metropolises, are smaller towns that generations ago were selected to have their own stations -- stopping-off points-- and thus were accorded a special kind of enduring identity.
This spring, the Garden City Telegram reported, Amtrak and BNSF held a meeting in Garden City with representatives of the communities the Southwest Chief serves in those three states -- towns including Dodge City, Kansas; La Junta, Colorado; Raton, New Mexico. The Telegram reported that, because of the cost of maintaining the old tracks, the Southwest Chief may, within the next several years, be switched to an entirely different BNSF route, farther south.
The sums involved are not paltry. According to the Telegram, if the Southwest Chief is to stay on its traditional route with its traditional stations, $10 million per year for track-maintenance costs and a total of $100 million for long-term improvements must be found. If not, the alternate, passenger-train-ready BNSF tracks many miles to the south beckon.
It might not make much difference to the long-haul passengers who are riding between Chicago and California and don't much care where the train stops along the way. And it certainly won't make any difference to all the travelers who fly in jet airplanes across the country and seldom look down.
But there is something about a small town that has never gone a single day, in almost 150 years, without a passenger train pulling in and pausing to see if anyone would like to step out onto the streets of Garden City, or if anyone from Garden City would like to climb aboard and join the other cross-continental travelers...
"You get on the Southwest Chief downtown," John Doll said, "and within five minutes Garden City is all behind you. You're gone, just that quickly."
When the interstate highway system was built, it managed to leave Garden City out, he said; it is an 80-mile drive on two-lane state roads to the nearest entrance to I-70.
"It would be a setback if we were to lose the passenger train," said Matt Allen, the city manager. "We like to think we are the center of activities in western Kansas, and having the daily train service is an important part of that."
And, of course, there is the romance of the rails, a romance that has somehow been able to survive all of Amtrak's struggles -- even in an era that proclaims a digital, virtual world can transport a person anywhere without that person ever leaving home. When you're boarding a long-distance train, you are not boarding a number. You are boarding a name that sounds like an orchestral overture: the City of New Orleans; the Empire Builder; the Lake Shore Limited.
Or the Southwest Chief, bound for Garden City and points beyond.
After the 1959 murders of four members of the Clutter family in a farmhouse in nearby Holcomb, author Truman Capote would arrive by train at the Garden City station to do the reporting that would result in the book "In Cold Blood."
The young county prosecutor in the case, Duane West, who would help to send killers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith to execution by hanging, is 80 now, and still lives in Garden City. He said that he and his wife, Orvileta, have gone down to meet the Southwest Chief twice in the past few weeks.
"We had friends visit from New Zealand," he said. "We went to the station to greet them, and we went to the station to see them off."
Efforts are under way to find financing to maintain the old tracks so the Southwest Chief will keep arriving in Garden City every day, as it always has.
And, with the clock ticking, if its time in town should end? If, before the end of this decade, the train is moved to a distant set of tracks?
The world will continue to spin. The Telegram reported that in 2011, the station in downtown Garden City served 7,511 passengers. A nice number, but not one that is likely to halt cold-eyed economic decisions.
Yet the importance of something like this to a place cannot be brushed aside.
Mayor Crase, who also runs the local Little Caesars pizza franchise, said that from his house he can hear the Southwest Chief pulling into town on its journey across America early each morning and late each night.
"I kind of enjoy listening to it," he said. "You'll hear that whistle, and on some days, when I have the windows open and the wind is right, I can hear the sound of the train idling at the station before it pulls out.
"It's part of our life. And once it's gone, it's gone."
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2014 Olympic host city, Sochi!
|Oslo, Norway -- host of the 1952 Olympic Winter Games
The 2012-13 World Cup biathlon season has officially come to an end! This was my best season to date and I was thrilled to reach nearly all of my goals of winning a World Championship medal, getting back to the World Cup podium and finishing in the top-10 of the overall standings. It definitely feels better boarding the plane back to the U.S. after a successful season!
Although my body was still responding well to racing, my mind was ready for a break. I love what I do, but five months on the road can be trying for anyone. It felt great to get back home, see my family, sleep in my own bed and cook my own food. One of the things I miss the most about being on the road is the ability to cook what I want. By the end of the season, I am always craving a big American style pancake breakfast!
The last three weeks of the season went well for me. We started in Oslo, Norway, which is always one of my favorite stops on the World Cup. Norway has such a rich Nordic skiing culture and this shows in the great pride they put into their biathlon venues. The Holmenkollen stadium sits on a large hill overlooking the city of Oslo and it is clearly one of the best venues in the world. Overall, my week in Oslo went well. I ended up with a fourth place in the mass start, just seconds from the podium. Of course I was disappointed to miss out on the podium, but I was still satisfied with fourth place.
From Oslo, we took a charter flight to Sochi, Russia, for the penultimate World Cup of the season. You might hear charter flight and think that this means smooth travel, but don't be fooled! Our actual flight from Oslo to Sochi was not so bad, but once we arrived at the airport, we ended up sitting on buses for hours while our luggage cleared customs. I even heard one volunteer say that the customs officers were not aware that biathlon involved firearms. Whether that was true or not, I'm not sure, but it did take a frustratingly long time to leave the airport.
I was pleasantly surprised when we finally did reach our accommodations. The housing was very nice with plenty of room for everyone and they even had a washer machine in each house, which was a real luxury! The venue itself was also very impressive. The stadium is huge and it will definitely make for some loud racing at the Olympics next year. Besides the exceptional atmosphere, this stadium also provides some of the best views of the surrounding mountains.
Unfortunately, the actual ski course left a little to be desired. It seemed that some of the downhills were more suited for an alpine venue. In fact, in our first race, 25 percent of the men's field crashed on one of the downhills. To put things into perspective, more guys crashed during this race than crashed during the entire season. I think this was blatant enough that the organizers will be forced to make some changes before the Olympics next season.
Competition-wise, my week in Sochi went pretty well. I ended up with a fifth place in the individual, which was enough to secure third place in overall individual standing. This was a personal best for me in the overall standings, so despite narrowly missing the podium again, I was happy for a new personal best.
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After a painstakingly slow departure, where one customs officer counted every single bullet from each team, we were off to Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, for the final World Cup of the season. Khanty Mansiysk is located in Siberia and it is one of the destinations that we make nearly every World Cup season. The courses in Khanty suit my strengths well and I always seem to have some of my best results of the season here. Once again, Khanty was kind to me and I ended up with fourth, ninth and 15th-place finishes. It seems like the last three weeks of the season could be summed up by near-podium misses. My last race was no exception, and ended up 0.2 seconds off the podium. Like the individual in Sochi, this race was good enough to secure third place in the overall mass start standings and 10th place in the total World Cup score. Both of these results were personal bests for me, so this definitely helped take the sting away from yet another fourth place.
I am now back home for some much needed rest and recovery. I can't remember being so wiped out after a season. After five months on the road and nearly 30 races, my body and mind were begging for a break. I have now been home for a week and my body is finally coming around and I am starting to feel like myself again. As much as I enjoy competing, I also always look forward to my free time in April. This is the only time of the year where I am not on a day-to-day schedule and I am free to mostly do what I want. Of course I continue to do some training, but I don't have to wear a watch and I definitely will stay inside if it's raining! Besides a short trip to the Bahamas for some beach time and fly-fishing, I plan on staying in Lake Placid for most of April.
For now I will enjoy my free time and pancake breakfasts, because soon it will be back to work for the Olympic season!


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It's about Reconciliation, Not Punishment
"Why wash our dirty laundry in public?" Abdel-Monem is the owner of a small shop and has a neatly trimmed beard. He welcomes the fact that some of those who were in charge in the Mubarak years are now on trial. Nonetheless, he does not think much of systematically investigating crimes committed by the police and intelligence service. He would, however, have good reason to urge that this be done.
He was interrogated by the police and spies from the intelligence service many times because of his links to the Muslim Brotherhood. The officers pocketed cigarettes, telephone cards and drinks from his shop without paying. If he dared to complain, he was arrested and questioned even more, and sometimes even beaten. But bring to justice those who tormented him? "Too dangerous," says Abdel-Monem, and adds that Egypt has other urgent problems.
The reasons for his reluctance are obvious. Though the country's new leader, President Mohammed Mursi, was the candidate of the Muslim Brothers in the election, much in Egypt remains unchanged. Most officials from the Mubarak era are still in office, and, under a new name, the intelligence service continues to be active. It is little wonder that, for many Egyptians, the basic rule for Cairo's traffic now applies to politics as well: always look straight ahead!
At first, it seemed that things would be different. Protestors took action when the news broke that the SSIS (State Security Investigations Service) was destroying files shortly after Mubarak was ousted in 2011. The SSIS was Egypt's infamous internal security agency. On 4 and 5 March, people stormed several SSIS buildings and seized files.
Pictures went around the world of demonstrators in Egypt's secret service headquarters. The German weekly Der Spiegel wrote of "Stasi under palm trees". Stasi was the secret police in Socialist East Germany. Its head office was occupied by protestors in East Berlin 21 years earlier.
For a short time, Egypt was free to study a power system, about which people knew next to nothing, apart from it being one of the few authorities that operated efficiently. It supposedly had 100,000 staff, including many bloggers, opposition activists and translators. Mountains of documents suggest that the agency was closely monitoring the private lives of many people. The SSIS focused on Islamists in particular, but similarly spied on the liberal opposition, trade unionists, artists, foreigners, religious and ethnic minorities and people with contacts to Israel.
Officially, this is no longer done in Egypt. The old security service was dissolved and converted into a new authority, the EHS (Egyptian Homeland Security). According to Mansour Al-Essawy, the transitional home minister, this agency will no longer spy on Egyptians but will protect them. 700 senior SSIS officers are said to have been dismissed, and 41 of them will be brought before the courts in autumn.
However, there is little change to be felt. Most SSIS agents are still in office. In June 2012, Hassan Abdel Rahman, the notorious state security chief, was found not guilty on charges of bearing responsibility for the death of demonstrators. To date, only very few people have been tried at all. People currently do not know where the documents from Egypt's Stasi are, or who has access to them. All one is told is that they are "safe". Commissions of enquiry have been set up, but their findings are lost in the quagmire that is Egypt's notorious bureaucracy.
Even today, observers suspect that state security agents and officers from the home ministry are behind many attacks on political activists, opposition members and demonstrators. Furthermore, they are suspected of being responsible for the organisation of gangs of thugs, for campaigns against independent journalists, and for harassing non-governmental organisations. The culprits are the same people as before. So it is no wonder that the powerful security apparatus has no interest in investigating the crimes of the past.
Security sector reform
To date, only the radical Islamist Salafis have demanded that the EHS be abolished. All other political forces may be considering reform, but tend to shy away from the issue. They are afraid of inconvenient truths that might come to light. Whether President Mursi will introduce any change remains to be seem.
The Muslim Brothers were certainly the main victims of Mubarak's repression, but they also had links to the security apparatus. Egyptian newspapers recently reported that the Brotherhood and the SSIS held secret talks in 2005, ahead of manipulated parliamentary elections.
Egypt's security forces were trained to fight Islamism. Today, they view the new Muslim president with some suspicion. Many officers fear that the Muslim Brotherhood will put more of its own people into positions of command in the police and the intelligence service, which would mean that former victims became the new supervisors.
Mahmoud is a young police officer with a different approach. He says: "Egypt needs an efficient and citizen-oriented police service. However, we will only get that if there is reconciliation between perpetrators and victims." He makes his case in public, even in uniform. He appears at seminars for civic education together with youth activists or in panel discussions with trade union leaders and Muslim Brothers. He only recently finished his training, so hardly anyone would take him for a perpetrator from the Mubarak years.
For their part, the home ministry and the security forces, however, shy away from that kind of public exchange, and they won't even be swayed by proposals from abroad. They may welcome visitors and even give scope for a public lecture here and there, but because of officers' reluctance and bureaucratic obstacles, no serious projects to cope with the past have materialised so far. Various parties, moreover, have been stirring the fear of the "influence of foreign powers" in the ongoing transformation.
German model
Such reluctance makes it difficult – and highly contentious – for development-cooperation agencies to get involved in Egypt's coming to terms with its past. Germany could make meaningful recommendations in this respect, as it has been undergoing a similar process ever since the fall of the Berlin wall. Its approach to dealing with the past of Socialist East Germany is unique.
People from Arab countries are very interested in how Stasi files are handled in particular. A growing number of visitors from Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, Yemen and recently even Syria are making enquiries at the Stasi Archives in Berlin (BstU). They want to know how access to the files is organised, and who is allowed to read them. The German model for a law on access to official records is being given serious political consideration in Tunisia. In Egypt, it is at least being discussed in public.
Arab visitors appreciate the balance Germany has struck between transparency on the one hand and the protection of personal data on the other. Coping with the past is important, but so is the protection of victims. "In Egypt, like in Germany, most people want the truth, not endless accusations," said a representative from a liberal reform party at the BStU last year. "Our objective is reconciliation not punishment."
Only very few people from Arab countries can visit Germany. International cooperation should therefore organise local discussion groups, with people from different places sharing experiences. In Egypt today, being able to talk publicly about torture, abuse and compensation is something new and important.
Technical and institutional aid also makes sense. Civil servants appreciate foreign offers to support the drafting of legislation, the reorganisation of institutions and the improvement of training and procedures. It matters, however, that those who run projects of this kind stay facilitators and do not become complicit in the issues. They must involve state agencies, but keep an eye on politics and focus on factual issues and questions of detail at the same time.
Overcoming fear
Earlier this year, the well-known writer Alaa Al-Aswani spelled out that Egypt spent almost twice as much on internal security in the past as it did on healthcare. To Al-Aswani, this distortion proves that the regime was really interested in control, rather than public welfare. Such discontent was what sparked the revolution. The mass protests were not only about lacking opportunities, the desire for participation and future prospects. They were about the security apparatus as well.
In the post-Mubarak era, the reorganisation of the police and security forces is one of the greatest challenges. So far, however, it is not clear there is the political will to really tackle the issues. Many of those in charge are afraid of revenge and unfinished business. They are hiding behind name changes, official instructions and declarations of intent.
Mahmoud, the young police officer, considers this the wrong approach: "We must change our mentality on both sides, if we want to build a new security apparatus. Injustice and fear cannot be overcome simply by not talking about them."
Shirking from investigations
Other countries involved in the Arab Spring are generally taking a similar approach to Egypt in relation to their recent history. Their past is certainly an issue, but coming to terms with it is not something the authorities are keen to tackle.
In Tunisia, disagreement over how intelligence files are handled and how the security forces are to be reformed is just as intense as it is in Egypt. And progress has been similarly slow. As yet, not much has been done to sort out access to files and reorganise agencies. Only two police officers received lengthy prison sentences for assaulting de¬monstrators, the others are all free and are for the most part still in service. Two commissions were set up to deal with corruption and security-force brutality respectively, but their conclusions are either pending or kept secret. Critics speak of divide-and-rule tactics and window-dressing.
Things are similar in Morocco. A Justice and Reconciliation Commission was established in 2004. It is supposed to investigate human rights infringements in the years from 1956 to 1999. The Commission has the power to hold public hearings, use archives and decide on victims' compensations.
The Moroccan model is unique because it is about coming to terms with the past in a collective manner rather than about individual blame. The media was excited when the Commission started working in 2004. However, the Commission has not led to any criminal proceedings.
Andreas Jacobs
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Qantara.de editor: Lewis Gropp
Andreas Jacobs works for the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation in Berlin. He headed the Foundation's office in Egypt from 2007 to May 2012. The Foundation is close to German's Christian Democrats and had been active in Egypt for almost 40 years. Nonetheless, Jacobs had to leave Egypt early this year because of accusations that his office was operating illegally.


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A California based company, we design and create custom, 100% silk, hand-made neckwear illustrating themes that are woven into the lifestyle that the residents of California are so passionate about.
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- Summary
With its gently scalloped festonné rims, this porcelain dinnerware revives the elegant simplicity of a French classic. The pure white glaze complements food beautifully and suits casual as well as formal dining. The collection is made in France by Pillivuyt, a company respected for fine tableware since 1818.
- Made of high-fired porcelain.
- Microwavable and dishwasher safe.
- Set of four.
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- 6 3/4" diam.
- 25.3-oz. cap.
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- Microwavable.
- Dishwasher safe.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by EFitts from Love them! We've owned a set of 10 for a year and a half and have loved using these bowls. They are absolutely stunning and are the perfect size. We haven't encountered any chipping whatsoever, and we put ours in the dishwasher every time. I would highly recommend these bowls.Date published: 2017-10-26Rated 5 out of 5 by JayRo from Love them! I love these bowls. They are good quality and an awesome size. I love the whole collection of the Queen Anne dishes. They are beautiful and I highly recommend them.Date published: 2017-01-20Rated 1 out of 5 by jccwc from Chip too easily I bought 8 of these bowls and 16 of the eclectique soup plates, and boy oh boy, what a difference. The Queen Anne bowls' rims weren't nearly as thick as the eclectique causing half of the them to chip in the same place in the same shape. My old Corelle ware held up much better than these more expensive bowls.Date published: 2016-09-01Rated 1 out of 5 by nalistar from Beautiful but Delicate!! I registered for the Pillivuyt Line for my wedding and received the entire set. While I think they are absolutely beautiful I'm now very worried about their durability. I finally unpacked and starting using all of my Pillivuyt Queen Anne china and have noticed that after only 2 months of use one of my cereal bows has already chipped and cracked. I hand wash the china and have no idea how this piece became damaged. For the price I'd expect a much more durable item. Especially considering these bowls have been gently handled by only me and my husband.Date published: 2014-11-17Rated 5 out of 5 by Zazen from Generous in Size These have the same high quality as the other Queen Anne pieces. The soup bowls with the 20-piece sets are not quite deep enough to readily hold cereal--or a big helping of chili. These bowls do.Date published: 2014-06-21Rated 5 out of 5 by Holly1954 from Pillivuyt Queen Anne Porcelain Dishes I had been thinking about purchasing a set of these dishes for the past year and when the Memorial Day Sale arrived, I decided it was time. I love the pattern - its beautiful for every day and for entertaining. I love white dishes because you can use them with anything but my current set was looking old and very plain. These dishes have much more style and the quality seems excellent. Also, I ordered them online and was very impressed with the packing! (Be prepared to do a little work - they come 4 items to a box and are enclosed in plastic with padding between all items - very thorough packing job!)Date published: 2013-09-19


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An overcoat is a must-have in every men's wardrobe. If you want to stay warm and stylish on cold winter days, it is essential to have a well selected coat collection at home. Be prepared for cold, snowy, windy but also for sunny and warm days in fall, winter and spring. With this guide, we want to highlight must-have coats, when to wear them and where to buy them. You will be a stylish coat expert after reading this article.


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Are there any plants that are great in the fall?
Elija – Norfolk, VA
While we'd hate for our plants to think we're playing favorites, we have to admit it: when it comes to fall plants, the Chameleon Plant is at the top of our list. Why? It's a long list – but one well worth sharing. So here goes.
For starters, the Chameleon Plant is simply beautiful to look at. With just one plant, you'll enjoy enormous color variation in the leaves alone – with touches of bold pink, red, white, green and yellow. As fall comes into full swing, the colors become even more pronounced. Add the contrast of their delicate white flower with its yellow center, and you have an autumnal tour de force – right in your backyard.
The plant also smells good. Really good. In fact, when you crush the leaves, the Chameleon Plant gives off a distinctive citrus aroma that adds a whole new dimension to their appeal.
In appearance, the Chameleon Plant resembles English Ivy. It's an exceptionally hardy plant, and even those with spotty histories of horticultural success can grow it successfully. As ground cover, it's extremely easy to grow, and thrives in both sun and light shade – and will spread freely if it's not maintained. It likes moist soil, and grows to a height of approximately 15". The Chameleon Plant also does well in our Planting Baskets – which makes them easy to move and maintain. And with the help of our Fertilizer Tabs, they'll make big impression – all season long.
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While grapefruit of any color is a healthy addition to your diet, if you opt for pink or red grapefruit over white then you will consume a significant amount more vitamin A – about 26 times more! Vitamin A is essential to vision, immune function and cell growth. In addition, red and pink grapefruit contain lycopene, which has anti-tumor properties.
Personally, I love pink grapefruit and always choose it over white. What about you? I also keep pink grapefruit juice in the house instead of orange juice because I find it to be more refreshing and I also like that it has 7 grams less sugar per serving.


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Host a Global Rally Watch Party!
Experience the excitement of Global Rally 2019 by hosting a watch party. Forever Business Owners come together from all over the globe to enjoy world-class entertainment and recognition at huge scale arenas and destinations! In past years, we've traveled to the O2 arena in London, the Dubai World Trade Center and this year, the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. Qualifiers are invited to an all-expenses-paid week and non-qualifiers can purchase tickets to the Rally Show Days on Friday and Saturday. Each year, these ticket sell out fast, with as many as 15,000 people in attendance!
If you can't make it to Sweden, it doesn't mean you can't be part of the celebration. We'll be streaming all the excitement from the stage live on our Vimeo channel along with some exclusive behind the scenes footage. Join the thousands of people who will be in Stockholm by watching from home!
Get your team together for a great party
Hosting a watch party is more than a good time. It's a great bonding experience and a perfect way to inspire your team to work together so you can all attend Global Rally in person in 2020!
You'll be in great company as Forever's Founder and CEO Rex Maughan will be throwing his own watch party at the home office. Our global events team works tirelessly year-round to create a truly exceptional experience that gets better every year. Now you and your team can watch it all unfold in real time, from recognition to training and world-class entertainment.
For a taste of the excitement, be sure to check out the recap from Global Rally 2018 in Dallas, Texas here. Last year's Rally Show featured an inspiring special guest, Nando Parrado, the Argentinian author and plane crash survivor who wrote the book Miracle in the Andes. His motivational story of survival and friendship left the audience captivated.
You can expect another incredible Rally Show, more big product announcements and be among the first to hear about new initiatives and opportunities in the Forever world when you stream #FGR19 live!
How to make your watch party unforgettable
Start planning your watch party as soon as possible. This isn't just a great opportunity to connect with your team, but a perfect time to introduce new people to the world of Forever. Spread the word through social media and word-of-mouth to start getting people excited about your watch party.
Think about how you can showcase the best of what Forever has to offer during your party. There's no better time to make some delicious aloe mocktails (check out our aloe recipe below) or pour a few glasses of FAB to help your guests keep their energy up to watch the action.
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For those who want to tune in to Global Rally as events unfold, our first live airing will begin on our global Vimeo channel at 11:30AM Stockholm time on Friday, 10 May. You and your guests can watch training, recognition and entertainment while it's happening. The second showing will begin on Saturday, 11 May, at 11:30AM Stockholm time.
We're also making these broadcasts available for replay so you can host a watch party at any time you want. Share your photos as you watch alongside us with the hashtag #FGR19, and you may get a special shout out from our livestream hosts! The home office is excited to give you an inside look into the heart of Forever, so you can see what makes Global Rally such an incredible experience for the entire Forever Family.
Make an #FGR19 signature mocktail
Treat yourself and your guests to the same aloe-inspired mocktail that our top Forever Business Owners will be drinking at this year's 5k Dinner. The Marithyme Refresher is sure to please the crowd at your watch party.
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4 oz. Forever Aloe Peaches™
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Chaffee County trail closed at least until spring after slide
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DENVER — A popular Colorado trail where a rock slide killed five members of the same family will remain closed at least until spring, the U.S. Forest Service said Wednesday.
Forest Service experts will have to inspect the site to see if it is feasible and safe to rebuild the trail after it was buried by boulders on Monday, said John Peterson, deputy supervisor for the San Isabel National Forest, which manages the trail.
The inspection won't happen until after the coming winter, Peterson said.
The slide killed a couple from the nearby town of Buena Vista, one of their daughters and two of their nephews from Missouri. Another daughter survived with a broken leg after her father shielded her.
The Chaffee County Sheriff's Department identified the dead as Dwayne Johnson, 46, Dawna Johnson, 45, and their 18-year-old daughter, Kiowa-Rain Johnson.
The other victims were identified as Baigen Walker, 10, and Paris Walkup, 22, both of Birch Tree, Mo. They were nephews of Dwayne and Dawna Johnson.
Gracie Johnson, 13, told rescuers her father jumped on top of her when boulders began to crash down around them. Deputy Nick Tolsma, one of the first rescuers on the scene, said Dwayne Johnson probably saved his daughter's life.
Gracie was being treated at The Children's Hospital in suburban Denver. The hospital said the girl and her family were grateful for the public's concern but had no other comment. The hospital said it could not release any information about her condition.
A memorial service for the Johnsons was set for Saturday in Buena Vista. Separate services were being organized for the nephews in Missouri.
The short, scenic trail to Agnes Vaille Falls is a local favorite, but Undersheriff John Spezze has said it should be closed permanently because of the rock slide danger. Spezze didn't immediately return a phone message Wednesday.
Peterson said the Forest Service will consult with the sheriff's office and area residents before deciding whether to reopen the trail.
"We'll look at the site and see if it's a smart thing," Peterson said. "Physically, whether we can (reopen it), and geologically, whether we should." What triggered the slide is still under investigation.
Life-threatening rock slides are rare and difficult to prepare for and protect against, Peterson said.
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ferretnet precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 41 designs enviados por 20 designers freelancers.
I run a small business, originally offering design services but have now moved into concentrating on publishing and maintaining internet publications of my own - and I need a new logo!
Desired Color Scheme:
You decide!
Desired Style:
The logo should look modern, glossy and professional. I don't like using the term "Web 2.0" because it suggests something a little too plain for what i'm looking for.
The logo must look good in various colors, and on various colored backgrounds too as
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I need a new logo for my company to complete my transition from a designer, to an internet publisher, as the current logo is starting to look very tired and un-interesting.
It needs to be professional looking, but in a modern way, not classic old-style fonts. A slightly glossy look would be good, and it should be a graphic rather than just text with various effects applied to it.
My company will create, publish and maintain entertainment related websites covering subjects like gaming, music, tv and mobile entertainment.
To summarise, I need a modern fun looking logo that looks good on screen and print, can be changed to different colors easily and adapted for display on different colored backgrounds.
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Apple Cinnamon Smoothie
Serves 2
2 apples, peeled and chopped (I used macintosh)
12 frozen strawberries
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
2/3 cup strawberry yogurt
1 flat teaspoon of cinnamon
3-5 ice cubes
- Wash, peel and chop apples
- Place all ingredients into blender
- Blend on medium-high for 1-2 minutes
- Serve with a sprinkle of cinnamon on top
- Enjoy!