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Warsaw JCC Debuts
Hundreds of people packed Warsaw's first modern Jewish Community Center (JCC) recently to celebrate the facility's opening – a remarkable milestone in Poland's astonishing Jewish renaissance.
Hundreds of people packed Warsaw's first modern Jewish Community Center (JCC) recently to celebrate the facility's opening – a remarkable milestone in Poland's astonishing Jewish renaissance.
Seventy-five years after Kristallnacht transformed Germany's streets into a terrifying mosaic of broken glass, the country of about 250,000 Jews – the world's eighth-largest Jewish population – has rebounded to become a haven for Jewish innovation and education.
The Shalom Sofia Fest – modeled after Budapest's popular JDC-supported Judafest, which has drawn huge crowds for more than five years – is supported by JDC as part of a region-wide "Judaism Without Walls" initiative geared at bringing non-affiliated Jews into Jewish life through innovative programs that operate outside of traditional frameworks.
Now 19, Nermin is a goodwill ambassador for the race – a joint initiative of JDC's Women's Health Empowerment Program (WHEP) and Susan G. Komen, the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists – and Ramiza is healthy, a breast cancer survivor for about six years, and the leader of one of WHEP's peer support groups for survivors and patients in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Traditionally, Jewish community professionals in Bucharest were responsible for decorating a sukkah for the approximately 3,500 Jews in Romania's capital city, which is about the size of metropolitan Philadelphia.
Oleg Jonelis first attended JDC's Olameinu summer camp in the Baltics in 2002, when his father sent him to enrich his Jewish cultural education. Eleven years later, Jonelis is the camp's director, and he said supervising more than 200 kids aged seven to 12 each summer from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania couldn't be more rewarding.
Some marriages are a match made in heaven. For Barbi Paszternak-Szendy and her husband Andras Paszternak, their June nuptials were a match made in Szarvas.
For one night a year, the city's seven remaining synagogues open themselves up to the public and host everything from a poetry reading to a symbolic multimedia walk through the seven gates of Jerusalem, from a photography exhibition to an Israeli-inspired hummus and grilled vegetable feast in a synagogue courtyard.
"Judafest Juniors is a unique event where positive Jewish identity is created for families and young children through inventive activities," explains Agi Kardos, a mother of two who grew up during the socialist regime in Hungary in a traditional Jewish family—something very unusual for her generation. "Many people who are not ready to attend other kinds of Jewish programs are warmly welcomed here; and it's accessible to non-Jews, giving our community a chance to open up to Budapest's larger society, too."
As she was turning 16 this year, Jackey wished she could look forward to a bright future full of possibilities. But coming of age during Bulgaria's economic decline has left her feeling far less certain about her opportunities.


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Club Accreditation
Club Accreditation is a new program that recognizes and rewards the contributions exceptional clubs make to the development of volleyball in Canada. It will be awarded annually to clubs who demonstrate a commitment to excellence in several areas including coach, athlete and volunteer development, accountable governance, gender balance, and club capacity, among other criteria.
Volleyball Canada and the Ontario Volleyball Association are proud to announce Pakmen Volleyball Club (Mississauga, Ontario), The Ottawa Mavericks Volleyball Club and Forest City Volleyball Club (London, Ontario) as Canada's first officially Accredited Clubs.
"Volleyball Canada is pleased to recognize these three established clubs that have proven they deserve accreditation status," said Mark Eckert, Executive Director of Volleyball Canada. "We are looking forward to expanding this program nationally and continuing to put the spotlight on the clubs who are contributing so much to our sport at so many levels."
Applications for clubs to attain Accredited Club status take place on an annual basis through Provincial/Territorial Associations. Please contact your Provincial/Territorial Association for information on how to apply.


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Trading my 4 Rare Candies for Food Guy's Leaf Stone.
*starting trade*
Trade closed.
Promptly using my new Leaf Stone to evolve my Weepinbell into a Victreebel.
EDIT: Since evolved Pokemon automatically pick up any move they learn at level 1...
Victreebel learned Stockpile!
Victreebel learned Swallow!
Victreebel learned Spit Up!
Victreebel learned Sweet Scent!
Victreebel learned Razor Leaf!
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*Record Marker* November 7, 2010.
Everyone please remember to QUOTE when confirming and closing trades, keep your trade lists up-to-date, and DELETE your old trade list when posting a new one.
Trading 3 Blue Gummis and a Lv01 Kabuto (f) to CB for 3 Brown Gummis, 3 Rare Candies, and 5 Purple Gummis. Thanks, and enjoy!
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3 Rare Candies, 3 Brown Gummies, and 5 Purple Gummies for 3 Blue Gummies and Kabuto.
Feeding 5 Purple Gummis to Misdreavus, raising her IQ from 38 to 43.
Feeding 3 Brown Gummis to Cubone, raising his IQ from 0 to 3.
*Record Marker* January 9, 2011.
Everyone please remember to QUOTE when confirming and closing trades, keep your trade lists up-to-date, and DELETE your old trade list when posting a new one.
link) to Food Guy for his three Rare Candies. Thanks for the trade.
*Trade Confirmed*
my 2 candies for CyberBlastoise's male lv1 Gastly. Thanks mate ^-^
*trade confirmed*
Trading 1x Rare Candy to Empoleon-Dynamite for his Female Lv1 Houndour. Thanks!
Also, my IRL name (and my FB character's name) is Charlotte, and my birthday is on the 16th of April. Coincidence? Or is enchantress a stalker?
Lv.1 Female Houndour to Flame Mistress for a candy. Take care of her now!
*Trade Confirmed*
Withdrawal Link
*Trade Closed*
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Trading a Lv01 Sandile (f) w. Werewolf Claws for Itzatrap's 4x Rare Candies. Thanks for the offer, mate! Enjoy your new desert croc!
4x Rare Candies for Hayward's Sandile [F] Lv.1 w/Werewolf Claws. Thank you so much, will take great care of her and thanks for the claws as well. ^-^
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Jon SCHUELER
Jon Schueler was a highly accomplished painter, although he was not as well known as other Abstract Expressionist artists. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 12 September 1916. He completed a BA in economics, then an MA in English literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, graduating in 1940. After enlisting in the US Army Air Corps in 1941, he flew as a navigator from English bases from 1942 until 1945. On his return to the United States, Schueler lived in Los Angeles and began to paint, studying formally at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco under Clyfford Still and Richard Diebenkorn from 1947 to 1951. There he also encountered Ad Reinhardt and Mark Rothko as visiting teachers. He moved to New York in 1951 and met many prominent artists of the New York School through Rothko's studio: Franz Kline, Barnett Newman, Joan Mitchell and Philip Guston were among them.
In the late 1950s Schueler moved to the Scottish village of Mallaig to paint, confirming his love of the wide skies that he encountered in the air force. Returning to the United States, he participated in 25 solo and numerous group exhibitions, and was appointed a visiting artist at Yale University and the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts. Schueler also taught at the University of Illinois in the late 1960s. He revisited Mallaig occasionally, and stayed there from 1970 to 1975; for the remainder of his life the artist worked for three months a year in Mallaig. Schueler died in New York City on 5 August 1992. His autobiography, The sound of Sleat: A painter's life, was published posthumously in 1999.


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GDB 40: Groundhog Day at RX1
Jason Gregor
January 09 2009 12:56PM
Let me apologize for the lameness of this post. Like Jason Arnott, "I just wasn't into it tonight." That is how I am today. I rarely complain about the weather, but I'm sure sick of this -57 crap every morning, and going to the Oiler locker room feels like Groundhog Day.
Same story over and over, except Phil Connors was able to save the kid from falling from the tree, stopped a guy from choking, learned to play the piano and ended up with sexy Rita.
Today I got none of it. I won't be helping Dustin Penner learn to show up even 60 per cent of the time, Ales Hemsky is still hurt, the music will still be sub par at the game tonight and I'll be sitting by Rishaug not some hottie in the pressbox.
There was one difference today. It was an optional practice, on a game day no less, and Robert Nilsson showed up with all of his teammates except Shawn Horcoff. Horcoff will dress, and while MacTavish didn't want to reveal who will be his right winger, I discovered it will be Liam Reddox. MacTavish likes to play Horcoff against the other team's top line, so Reddox gets the call. YIPPIE.
MacTavish did admit that this team is still in a state of flux when it comes to their system.
"There is a bit of transitional period where you go from a team two years ago that was going to be physically reliable and had a certain amount of power to our game and we could rely on that. Now we are transitioning more to offensive puck moving team, and it has been a slower transition than what we would have anticipated based on what we saw last year. I still feel we are making good progress in that regard, and I look forward to a healthy team to see what we have."
FYI Craig, you will be at the halfway point of the season on Sunday. Outside of Hemsky, and Horcoff's wonky back your team has been healthy. Of course, Hemsky makes a world of difference. This team isn't good enough to absorb his absence, and because no one else can score changing up the lines makes little sense.
But I'm kind of torn with his statement. I can go ballistic and say, "What you talking about Craig," or I could applaud the coach for being patient with young guys and sticking to their strengths. Because it is clear the Oilers don't have the horses to play anything resembling a power game. Well, the former is where I stand.
I said at the start of the year, 40 games is where I would evaluate this team, and here we are hours away from game 40 and this team is still as inconsistent as ever. Jekyll and Hyde have nothing on the Oilers. They didn't take advantage of an extended stay at home and now they are in chase mode again. Win five or lose five in a row, at least do something unexpected. How about a line brawl? Or score eight goals. Do something, anything that would be outside of the same old same old routine of the past three seasons.
But just like the Groundhog Day, a win or a loss tonight won't change a thing. The coach isn't going anywhere, the players have yet to learn to be consistent, the music will still be sucky tonight, and I will spend a Friday night at the rink with Rishaug. How depressing. (Let's hope the camera guy at least puts a few of Edmonton's finest on the big screen tonight).
And yes, Dwayne Roloson will start tonight.
January 09 2009, 06:17PM
Screw you deep oil! I just went to the website for that bar and listened to "party like a rockstar" and stared at the chicks in their photo gallery for like 30 mins.
It's so pretty there......
January 09 2009, 06:21PM
Barcelona - Damnnnnnn!
Let's DOOOOO this!!!®
3-1 Oilers tonite...Cole with 2 goals,Horcoff with empty netter. Setaguchi with the lone Sharks goal. Roli will be spectacular!! Go Oil!!!
January 09 2009, 07:01PM
Greetings JLers
Did I hear Mac is in...Woooooooooooo!!
Principe hasn't said anything stupid yet so thats a good start:)
Here's the drinking game - take a shot every San Jose shot on net. Yeah, maybe not unless they're having a sale on livers at the U of A hospital.
January 09 2009, 07:09PM
David S wrote:
Here's the drinking game - take a shot every San Jose shot on net. Yeah, maybe not unless they're having a sale on livers at the U of A hospital.
That is a heck of a blooper
Maybe. Maybe.
January 09 2009, 07:11PM
Seriously let's vote here. Picking with your brains nation not your hearts what is the score tonight?
January 09 2009, 07:11PM
Lets hope for anything resembling life tonight ...
Oilers 3 Sharks 2 Cole, Reddox and Gilbert
5-3 San Jose. And that's being optimistic.
Sharks 5 Oilers 1 Cogliano
Sorry Oil
January 09 2009, 07:13PM
I'll go risky move here and say 3-2 Oilers as Roli will be on fire.
I can't bring myself to bet against the Oil during a game I have stayed at home to watch.
Oilers 3 Sharks 2 Cole, Cogliano, Moreau
Man, I'm a homer
January 09 2009, 07:14PM
Mike Grier. You are still in the league. How about that
What up Nation?
Stortini you are here to fight. Don't back down
Write that down
January 09 2009, 07:15PM
Xavier wrote:
What up Nation?
What up X?
That's gangsta
January 09 2009, 07:16PM
baggedmilk is in the building
January 09 2009, 07:20PM
Nice move scuba steve
January 09 2009, 07:23PM
I would trade Staios for this kid I saw playing street hockey down the street. He seemed to have all sorts of skills and endless street cred.
January 09 2009, 07:24PM
baggedmilk wrote:
I would trade Staios for this kid I saw playing street hockey down the street. He seemed to have all sorts of skills and endless street cred.
Do you often glare out your window at the kids playing hockey and curse them under your breath old man baggedmilk?
So far a-ok on the Setaguchi goal...now time for Cole to score his first *laughs and hopes Oilers get into the Sharks zone*.
January 09 2009, 07:25PM
Boom there goes the dynamite.
Nice shot Souray
January 09 2009, 07:26PM
Grebs you baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-youteee
Nice work Grebs!!
January 09 2009, 07:27PM
GOAT BOY! With the Eric Brewer wrister...
Your wrong Wayne. He is worth $3 mil
January 09 2009, 07:27PM
Baaaaaaaaahhh! I tuned in just in time to see the Oilers tie er up.
January 09 2009, 07:27PM
baggedmilk wrote:
With the Eric Brewer wrister…
That's what she said?
January 09 2009, 07:27PM
That was sheepishly a good goal.
January 09 2009, 07:28PM
both js AND bm. It's haaaaaaaappening Nation!
Damn,I thought those mind reading classes were paying off there for a minute. hehe
Smokin' Ray wrote:
That was sheepishly a good goal.
ROFL Best Grebeshkov quote to date
January 09 2009, 07:29PM
Great Article about the sky fall down in PHX http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090109.wsptcoyotes8/BNStory/GlobeSports/?query=
Further radio dialogue on Prime Time Sports Move the dial to the 37 minute mark http://www.fan590.com/onair/primetimesports/media.jsp?content=20090109_182755_5276
As a conspiracy theorist that Katz (edited by WG) a supporter of Jim Basilie, and a detractor of MLSE - iron fist control of southern ontario - I find it amusing that PHX is done, Tampa cant make payroll, Atlanta has no culture for hockey, and Nashville's owner is going to jail - and Anaheim's Frank Samueli is going to the crowbar hotel - while Gary Bettman states that everything is fine.
If and when the Oil faithful stop buying tickets for boring losses - then the pressure of making payments to CIT group will be on Katz and the cash flow of corporate rexall.
Montreal Owner George Gillette is in trouble (big time) as well - no one out there is willing to pay 850 million US for a soccer team - translation - no one can get financing. He did well in the past buying the team and the building for $180 million - WOW.
The NHL is under extreme pressure to run away from PHX today - shut down in mid season - that means the OIL would have one less competitor for the playoffs.
By the way - I call Barcelona in PHX - disneyland for adults......
Deep Oil is loving this play - Bettman deserves this for turning down $238 million USD from RIM founder JIM B and sold Nashville for less than $161M later.
The pyramid scheme is over and Bettman has to face the governors at the All Star game - it will be a trailer park sh** storm.
January 09 2009, 07:29PM
January 09 2009, 07:31PM
Was Cole playing with wolf eyes and Penner last game too? Or is the blender out already?
January 09 2009, 07:31PM
Wanye Gretz wrote:
both js AND bm. It's haaaaaaaappening Nation!
I do what I can to please the masses.
Sharks don't look near as dangerous as they did last game.
January 09 2009, 07:32PM
What are the shots at this time? 873-1?
January 09 2009, 07:32PM
RBK wrote:
Your wrong Wayne. He is worth $3 mil
Don't even get me started about that nonsense.
Grebs at $3 mil. What's next JDD signs a 14 year contract?
January 09 2009, 07:32PM
I can't believe that we are rollin' with 3 fighters. Or do I??????
January 09 2009, 07:33PM
David S wrote:
Barcelona - Damnnnnnn! Let's DOOOOO this!!!®
Don't sleep through your dreams.
Barcelona was ground zero - private party for the Superbowl last year..... head to Los Angeles for Valentines day OIL - KINGS at Staples - then take southwest for $69 to PHX at 7:25pm be at Barcelona Saturday night by 10:30 - golf all week - eat like Kings as the city is hurting for cash...... cheers.
Deep Oil Rolls
January 09 2009, 07:33PM
jeanshorts wrote:
What are the shots at this time? 873-1?
I can confirm the Oil have at least one shot.
@ Smokin' Ray:
3 fighters 11 goalies 15 GMS
Katz must be rich. Such redundancies!
January 09 2009, 07:34PM
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USDA Rural Development Housing Programs: The Faces Behind the Numbers
As part of USDA's ongoing celebration of National Homeownership Month, I visited several communities bordering Illinois and Missouri last week to meet some of the people whose lives have been changed with homeownership.
Joe and Heather Sumner had been renters in Highland, IL, who needed more space for their growing family. They were struggling to find affordable financing options, until they learned about Rural Development from their real estate agent. They soon qualified for a USDA Direct Housing Loan, and they were able to move into their new home in time for their new baby, who arrived just four days later. Mrs. Sumner told me they were especially pleased with the amount of house they could afford through the Rural Development program. Read more »


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Skip to comments.Let the Crime Spree Begin: How Fraud Flourishes in Medicares Drug Plan
Posted on 12/21/2013 5:10:30 PM PST by 11th_VA
With just a handful of prescriptions to his name, psychiatrist Ernest Bagner III was barely a blip in Medicares vast drug program in 2009.
But the next year he began churning them out at a furious rate. Not just the psych drugs expected in his specialty, but expensive pills for asthma and high cholesterol, heartburn and blood clots.
By the end of 2010, Medicare had paid $3.8 million for Bagners drugs 2014 one of the highest tallies in the country. His prescriptions cost the program another $2.6 million the following year, records analyzed by ProPublica show.
Bagner, 46, says theres just one problem with this accounting: The prescriptions arent his. All of that stuff you have is false, he said.
By his telling, someone stole his identity while he worked at a strip-mall clinic in Hollywood, Calif., then forged his signature on prescriptions for hundreds of Medicare patients hed never seen. Whoever did it, hes been told, likely pilfered those drugs and resold them.
Fraud rings use an ever-evolving variety of schemes to plunder the program.
In one of the most popular, elderly, broke, disgraced or foreign-trained doctors are recruited for jobs at small clinics. Their provider IDs are used to write thousands of Medicare prescriptions for patients whose identities also may have been bought or stolen. Once dispensed, the drugs are then resold, sometimes with new labels, to pharmacies or drug wholesalers.
In other schemes, investigators say, pharmacies are active participants, billing Medicare multiple times for prescriptions they never fill.
(Excerpt) Read more at valuewalk.com ...
Then you have Ol' Ernie himself. Never had a freeekin' clue there was a problem. NOTHING ever came to his mailbox? He never renewed his license? I say lock up Ernie too just for being a dumbass and expecting us to believe that krap.
I guess it's possible he was a dupe. With modern equipment someone can reproduce a signature easily. And the scheme was more complex than dealing in dope which would have attracted police interest fairly quickly. This was dealing in non controlled RX's.
I'm now in the belly of the beast. In principle the system could catch this kind of nonsense pretty quickly. In practice? Who knows.
A woman in my apartment complex resells her $6,000/month Provigil pills to a sneaky pete drugstore for $1800 cash, she told me. I took her pills and the info to the police, they could not have cared less. Prescription was written by a reputable physician in an upscale 'hood. I'm sure this goes on full-time. I happen to detest the woman, but she is educated, dresses really well, does not fit the "poor ratty looking immigrant" profile at all. She's an upstanding church member.
Provigil cures nothing; it keeps you awake. Acts on the same receptors in the brain that cocaine effects. Go tell your doctor you have narcolepsy and voila! A $6,000/month resalable prescription can be yours.
I am seriously ticked. SERIOUSLY. Next time, I'm going to DEA office and notifying Medicare Fraud.
Anyhow it looks like America at least acquiesces to this safety net if not loves it.
One could argue for a private, charity-conducted network to get this thing out of government hands. But someone is going to have to step up with a proposal, otherwise it will keep on keeping on with great momentum until something starves it.
Isn't this one of the GWB programs supported by Obama and favored as well by Jebbie?
Many medicines are maintenance drugs not "cures" and this does not make them any less acceptable in modern medicine. If you wanted to keep only the "cures" then diabetics would be very upset, for one thing.
Anyhow, maybe she thinks she is doing her neighbor good by selling this stuff to him/her. I used this stuff briefly and it didn't cost six grand a month.
She's selling it to a crooked DRUG STORE. Clearly illegal.
Call the pharmacy board in the state.
Hmm, Generic is only $1.65 per 200mg pill. Perhaps you should ask your physician for a prescription and go see.
LOL !!! Even a broken clock is right twice a day !!!
Medicare has to process every bill and claim. Each prescription and service must be generated by a physician with valid and unique "provider number". How hard would it be to use simple computer programs to monitor each "provider number" for prescription activity outside normal expectations for a given medical practice or specialty, then focus on the bad apples? The Obama administration can't operate a lemonade stand, but this has been going on for decades. The government does not want to stop Medicare fraud, or it would. Every senior who has Medicare Drug Coverage is paying out the nose in higher premiums because of gross, intentional corruption.
I would bet that every insurance company selling healthcare coverage already uses such software. In fact, it's probably available off-the-shelf.
Did you opt out? Did you find something else to take its place?
Higher premiums? Not always. For the plan I'm on, I paid $18.50/mo in 2013. I'll be paying $12.60 in 2013 for the same plan except the deductible is lower and they lowered my co-pay on Rx drugs to a dollar.
"How hard would it be to use simple computer programs to monitor each provider number for prescription activity outside normal expectations for a given medical practice or specialty, then focus on the bad apples? "
You can bet if it was something akin to the credit card companies, they would be nailing these guys left and right.
The government is a plodding elephant. They can't even get a website up and running after 3-4 years.
Thanks for the correction. My overgeneralizing came from the comments of elderly friends who at least say they have to pay $500-$600 per month for their Medicare drug coverage. There must be different plans and costs depending on the "tier" of drugs involved. Sounds like you have a heck of a deal.
That is my assumption also (except the software is probably all custom-written). I have tried unsuccessfully to find information about fraud costs and rates in private health insurance. If anyone knows of a source, please advise. It would seem to be a critical illustration of why government should not be in the insurance, or any, business.
For once it really is Bush's fault.
Sure sounds like it.
That's very possible.
Understand that I'm on the very low end of needing Rx drugs.
Those that have serious medical conditions will have to pay much more.
But, truth be told, there are government programs people in that situation can tap.
The real crime is the $6,000.00 price tag.
You got that right. Instead of working to rein in abuse of federal drug subsidies, he got the pharmaceutical program for Medicare patients.
If people had to pay for their medications, the abuse problems would disappear. If the problem is medications they can't afford, in a free market system (1) prices would come down and (2) cheaper alternatives would emerge.
You need to call the Medicare Fraud line and report this lady, the pharmacy, the doctor, give them the name of the drug. I work at a hospital and if I wanted, could access Provider ID's just like that...but, I am honest person.
It burns my bum all the fraud going on and when folks try to report it nothing ever gets done about it all.
Billions of dollars wasted. I wish Government would hire more auditors, just such a waste.
The police have a full report and the pills. It was last summer, I'm not sure what they did with them.
I'm deeply offended by this hypocritical sanctimonious woman, by the extraordinary price for this drug that does very little that coffee can't do, by blatant drug selling in this town, which the police just yawn at.
On another occasion, my friend who is an addictions counselor and knows an addict and drug deal when he sees one, went with me to report blatant meth sales in our neighborhood, the cops just LAUGHED and said, "Good luck with that." They do nothing unless people are cooking meth and blowing up buildings, and then they arrive after the fact.
We're really on our own. in this charming REPUBLICAN city.
Medicare paid millions to illegal immigrants, dead patients, probe finds
By Stephen Dinan / The Washington Times
Medicare paid $23 million for dead patients in 2011 and $29 million for drug benefits for illegal immigrants from 2009 to 2011, according to a report Thursday from the Health and Human Services inspector general.
The investigators said Medicare has safeguards to try to stop payments to dead patients, but it still ended up sending out the $23 million anyway.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) the same agency that is struggling to fix the broken Obamacare website acknowledged the problems and said it will try to take steps to fix them.
We agree that in cases where the information indicates an individual is not lawfully present in the United States, that individual should not be permitted to enroll or to remain enrolled in a Part D plan during the period where he or she is not eligible to receive federal benefits, Marilyn Tavenner, administrator of CMS, said in response to the report about illegal immigrants getting benefits.
The payouts arent large they amount to just a fraction of a percent of what Medicare pays each year in benefits. Still, the investigators said the agency should take steps to crack down.
In one of its reports the inspector general said 4,139 illegal immigrants were able to make 279,056 drug benefit claims.
The investigators said that while CMS has policies to prevent illegal immigrants from getting most Medicare benefits, it didnt have such a policy for the prescription drug program, which was added under President George W. Bush and expanded by President Obamas health law.
As for dead patients collecting benefits, the investigators said the problems were often related to missing or incorrect dates of death.
Dead doctors also were paid $25 million over a three-year period.
Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican (a doctor), said the report was worrying because CMS had been warned of the problems five years earlier.Every individual wrongfully awarded benefits, be it the deceased or undocumented, diverts scarce resources away from those who need it most, he said.
SOURCE http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/31/medicare-paid-millions-dead-patients-illegals/#ixzz2jK6Gu1dx
NOTE 4,139 illegal immigrants were able to make 279,056 drug benefit claims............................ Thats 67 per immigrant. Are they selling these drugs? Is that where the brand new Escalades are coming from...being driven w/out valid licenses?
CHICAGO (AP) Mexican drug cartels whose operatives once rarely ventured beyond the US border are dispatching some of their most trusted agents to live and work deep inside the United States an emboldened presence that experts believe is meant to tighten their grip on the world's most lucrative narcotics market and maximize profits. If left unchecked, authorities say, the cartels' move into the American interior could render the syndicates harder than ever to dislodge and pave the way for them to expand into other criminal enterprises such as prostitution, kidnapping-and-extortion rackets and money laundering.
Some cartels even have Mexican operatives fill out job applications before being dispatched to the US, Riley added.
In Mexico, the cartels are known for a staggering number of killings more than 50,000, according to one tally. Beheadings are sometimes a signature. So far, cartels don't appear to be directly responsible for large numbers of slayings in the United States, though the Texas Department of Public Safety reported 22 killings and five kidnappings in Texas at the hands of Mexican cartels from 2010 through mid- 2011. Still, police worry that increased cartel activity could fuel heightened violence.--SNIP--
In Chicago, the police commander who oversees narcotics investigations, James O'Grady, said street-gang disputes over turf account for most of the city's uptick in murders last year, when slayings topped 500 for the first time since 2008.
Although the cartels aren't dictating the territorial wars, they are the source of drugs. Riley's assessment is stark: He argues that the cartels should be seen as an underlying cause of Chicago's disturbingly high murder rate. "They are the puppeteers," he said. "Maybe the shooter didn't know and maybe the victim didn't know that. But if you follow it down the line, the cartels are ultimately responsible."
SOURCE http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/mexican_cartels_dispatch_agents_ZsKwR5wQCvQvpBXnejs1TJ
If they stopped fraud, they wouldn't be able to justify additional entitlement programs by promising they'd offset them by eliminating fraud. In my old neighborhood, MediCal and Medicare fraud were cottage industries, operated by primarily by folks of various eastern European ethnicities.
I once met a guy who had a job at a medical equipment store where his job consisted entirely of telling anyone who walked in and wanted to buy or rent something that they were currently out of that item. The place was just a front for fraudsters. Over a period of a couple of years it changed locations and names several times.
He had an awkward experience the first few days on the job when he tried to rent the wheelchair to someone and the boss went ballistic. He'd almost blown the whole setting.
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The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life is an overnight community celebration where individuals and teams camp-out and take turns walking around a track, relay-style, to raise funds to fight cancer. At nightfall, participants will light hundreds of luminaries around the track in a moving ceremony to honor cancer survivors as well as friends and family members lost to the disease. This year's Emery County Relay For Life will take place June 20-21 and with a theme of Animated For a Cure. Join the fight against cancer today. Sign up your team and or purchase luminaries. For details call Kristi 435-653-2471. Opening ceremony starts at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. and entertainment all night long at Emery High School Track (955 North Center, Castle Dale).
The San Rafael Summerfest will be held June 21 at the Castle Dale Rodeo Grounds. Wedge run relay race 8 a.m., contact Rebekah Bott 381-2087; city brunch 10-11 a.m.; car cruise, 11 a.m.; duck race 2-3 p.m., for more information contact Carl or Jenny 381-5790; 3-5 p.m. games; BBQ for a buck 5-7 p.m.; The Kid Fiddlers 6 p.m.; 7:30-8:30 p.m. kid's rodeo; with fireworks at dark.
The week-long Biotechnology Summer Academy for High School Students takes place July 7-11 at USU. Online applications will be accepted through June 13. The program is open to students entering 11th or 12th grade in the 2008/2009 school year. For more information, contact Ken Olsen at firstname.lastname@example.com , 435-797-3504, or visit http://www.biosystems.usu.edu.
Emery Town is sponsoring a Most Improved Yard contest for all Emery Town residents. Submit your before and after pictures to the town office by July 14. The winner will be announced at the Pioneer Day celebration on July 19.
Emery Town is updating the Veteran's Memorial in the Emery Town Park. Call the Emery Town office at 286-2417 before Aug. 30 if you know of any Veterans who need to be added, deleted or changed. The update is expected to be completed by Veteran's Day.
The Fourth Annual Emery County Recreation/Millsite Men's Association Amateur 4 man scramble will be held on June 28 at 9 a.m. This will be a shotgun start. Entry fee is $50 per man which includes green fee and cart and lunch. There will be a #5 Hole in One contest courtesy of Dave Sebring of Ace Auto and Trailer Sales. Miss Emery, Karrie Johansen will also be using the golf tournament as a fund raiser. She will have four special contests at four different holes. There will be a small donation for each hole. Miss Emery will also provide the lunch for the golfers. Call Emery Recreation at 381-2108 or Jordan at Millsite Golf Course, 384-2887 to enter your team.
Emery County Recreation will sponsor a Junior Golf Clinic on June 16 from 9-10 a.m. at Millsite golf Course for ages 7-15. There is a fee of $10 for the golf clinic. Each participant will receive a coupon for a free round of golf on June 23, 30 or July 7. You must pre-register for this clinic before June 13 at the Emery County Recreation office at 75 South 400 East in Castle Dale. For information call 381-2108 or Jordan at 384-2887.
Huntington Heritage Days will be accepting bids for the rodeo concessions June 27-28. Concessions will include the concession building as well as the Coke wagon comparable on the chute side of the arena. Minimum bid wills start at $250. Send bids to Tory Killian, Box 1248, Huntington, UT 84528.
Huntington Heritage Days is looking for food vendors for July 4. Vendor forms are available at Wards 4x4 or Huntington City Hall. For more information call Tory Killian at 687-9458 or 687-9060.
Huntington Heritage Days parade would like to have your float in our parade. The cash prize for the best float is $100. Parade entry forms are available at Wards 4x4 or Huntington City Hall. For more information contact Rose at 687-2864. The parade is at 10 a.m. on July 4, the kids parade is at 9:30 a.m.
The Southeast Junior Livestock Show Rabbit Show will be held July 11 at 5:30 p.m. Bring your rabbits and compete for fun and prizes. For more information contact Dan James at 384-3367.
The Emery County Sheriff's Office is looking for appropriate books and magazines to be donated for the inmates to read. If you have something to donate, take the item to the Sheriff's Office or to the Emery County Progress Office during business hours.
If you are a girl between ages 17-24, this includes girls who are juniors now or seniors and college age girls. This is a scholarship pageant and the winner receives a new computer and a $1,000 scholarship, first runner-up $700 scholarship and second attendant, $500. Pageant will be on July 19 at Emery High auditorium. If you are interested in being a contestant contact Leslie at the commission office at 381-2119, Jarilyn at 381-5667 or the Emery County Progress at 381-2431.
Contestants for the Little Miss Emery pageant are needed. Girls who will be 5-8 years old by July 1, 2009 are eligible. The winner will accompany the 2009 Miss Emery to the Miss Utah pageant. The Little Miss pageant will be held during the Emery County Fair on July 31 at 6 p.m. To register call Jarilyn at 381-5667 or the Emery County Progress at 381-2431. Contestants will perform a talent, write a poem, participate in evening wear and on stage question.
Summer Cheer Classes will begin in June. The first session will be held June 2-30 and the second session will begin July 7-30 at LaRae's Dance Studio and Gym. Classes are for 5-18 years of age. Students will be working on tumbling, cheer skills, and stunting. Junior High and High School Cheerleaders are also welcome to attend classes. For questions or to register call Becky Bunnell at 749-1582 or 687-2632.
The summer weight program for Emery High football players will begin June 9. It will be every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7 a.m. in the weight room at EHS. To culminate the program, the team will attend a camp at Millard High camp beginning July 14-18. This is for grades nine-12. Football practice begins Aug. 4.
Bear Creek Campground July 11-12. All ladies 14 and up are welcome to our third annual event. Leave the husbands, boyfriends, pets and small children at home and come have a couple of fun-filled days with just the girls. Pre-registration required. Outdoor workshops including archery, fly fishing, crafts, dutch oven cooking, GPS, canoeing, outdoor survival, mountain man, herb gardening, game calling, concealed weapons permit, and much more. Participation fee includes meals, four workshops, membership to the National Wild Turkey Federation, one year subscription to NWTF's Women In The Outdoors magazine, camping, and tons of fun. This is a non-competitive event. For more information and to request a registration form call: Michelle Jensen 435-653-2552 or 435-636-6929; Brandi Ivie 435-687-9712 or 435-381-2003; Suzy/Brittany 435-749-6057 or 435-749-1547; Dondra Nance 435-637-4719 or 435-613-5243; or email at email@example.com.
Once again we will have a memory wall display at our Relay For Life event. If you have someone who lost the battle against cancer and would like to spotlight them on our memory wall, submit a short biography and photo to Da Shai Nelson, P.O. Box 789, Ferron, UT 84523. Questions, call 749-2296.
If you would like to register a team for the Emery County Relay For Life cancer walk, call Claudia Kenney at 748-2127.
Food handler's classes will be held at the SEUDHD, 25 West Main, Castle Dale on June 19. Classes will be held at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. For more information call 381-2252.
The Emery County Summer Camps are becoming more popular each year, some have limited space, don't wait; sign up now. Go to www.emerycounty.com and on the left side of the page click on 2008 Summer Education Camps or call 381-5576 for all the registration information.
The tournament will start at 3 p.m. June 14 at the Complex in Huntington and go all night. The entry fee is $140. Questions and to register call Mark Justice 687-2403 or 687-2234. Entry fees will be donated to the Emery County Relay For Life.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - Police say a man trying to get away from police hit a cruiser with his car and ended up in a foot chase in Johnson City.
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Police say the pursuit ended when Rowe crashed his vehicle on North Greenwood Drive. Then, after a short foot chase, police say he was taken into custody.
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The Flames Pending Cap Problem
Kent Wilson
December 11 2012 10:44AM
The CBA talks will resume this Wednesday with indication of when or if the new agreement will be signed. That means there's a lot that can change between now and whenever hockey returns, but what seems to be coming into clearer focus at this point is the money part. The players have pretty much capitulated when it comes to dollars, with the HRR split likely to settle in at 50-50 ("make whole" provisions notwithstanding).
That means the next salary cap will be around $60M, or more than $7M less than the Flames already have committed to payroll currently. That would be a challenging enough obstacle even with some sort of one-time amnesty buy-out compliance program, but word is the NHL isn't interested in doing that this time around.
Larry Brooks suggests an interesting work around at the above link, but assuming the NHL stands firm and doesn't get too creative, the Flames will have to find some completely conventional (but painful) method to get under the new cap ceiling.
We talked about this some months ago in reference to Matt Stajan, but that was when we thought the Flames would be afforded a buy-out option. Stajan remains the most desirable contract to get rid of, but doing so via trade is far more difficult than a simple buy-out given his lousy performance and the lowering of the cap.
In addition, even if somehow the Flames were able to move Stajan for pennies on the dollar, it would still leave them more than $3M north of the cap. That means at least one more big(ish) ticket would have to be moved for cap space before the club could step foot on the ice.
Salary Dumps?
The candidate for trades are limited. Cory Sarich was just re-signed at $2M and moving him doesn't even get Feaster across the finish line. Dennis Wideman ($5.25M) was just signed long-term and has a NTC. Mark Giordano ($4.02M) is an anchor on the back-end and one of the few guys within hailing distance of value for dollars.
Up front, five players other than Stajan make more than $3M per year: Alex Tanguay ($3.5M), Roman Cervenka ($3.77M), Jiri Hudler ($4M), Mike Cammalleri ($6M) and, of course, Jarome Iginla ($7M). Cervenka, Tanguay and Hulder were all relatively recent signings by this regime and are penciled in at the top of the rotation.
So dealing two mid-level contracts to get to $60M looks problematic. That leaves moving a big salary + a lesser contract to get things done. Of course, the only three big dollar deals on the club are Jarome, Cammalleri and Jay Bouwmeester ($6.68M).
From a coldly logical perspective, Iginla would be the contract to move. He's 36 years old in July, on the last year of his current deal and is a non-trivial risk to sign elsewhere in the off-season. His clout and superficially good stats means the team would likely get a lot more for the captain if he was put on the auction block relative to JayBo as well.
Bouwmeester, on the other hand, is signed for one more year, is just 29 years old and and is far-and-away the best defensive option the team has on the back-end. His contract is definitely poor value given his lackluster offensive results, but the Flames will certainly have diminished chances of success if they deal him for picks and prospects.
Cammalleri is also overpaid as well and also has just a single year left on his deal. Michael is a decent but supplementary player at this point in his career. Im unsure what his value is perceived to be around the league, meaning moving him at $6M per year night prove difficult.
Of course, Iginla is Iginla and we know moving the captain in lieu of the much maligned and overpaid Bouwmeester would be extremely unpopular in town. The Flames have always publicly communicated their reluctance to deal Iginla and even with his free agency (and rapidly approaching best before date) looming, my guess is they would opt to shop Cammalleri and/or Bouwmeester to placate the league's new ceiling.
Other Stuff
The current NHL kerfuffle remains confusing if one assumes each side just wants to get a fair deal done so hockey can resume. In fact, both combatants have a deeper agenda.
The NHL would like to undermine the union and weaken its resolve so the owners can continue to wring concessions from the players. Both now and in any future CBA battles. Bettman and the owners know they have more money and a longer view of things than a majority of the players, so the leverage almost always resides with the owners in these things.
On the players side, Donald Fehr aims to counter by making these talks as painful as possible for Bettman and company. In the short term, because it means the players wouldn't be seen as push-overs and would at least be able to mitigate some of the damage done to their revenue share and contracting rights. In the long-term, it would be to galvanize the union and protect them against entering a perpetual spiral where each successive CBA means further capitulation to league demands. This could mean either a radicalization of the union to the degree that every future battle will be long fought or bloody (suggesting predictable brand damage and revenue loss every time a CBA expires), or to ultimately decertify and dissolve the union, which would lead to chaos in the aftermath, but would at least break lock-out cycle. At this point it seems collective bargaining has simply made it simpler for the owners shift the burden of risk to players - a single neck around which one leash can easily be fastened, so to speak - so Fehr probably isn't just thinking about how to get everyone back on the ice with a minimum of fuss.
- On the issues of contentious contracting rights (specifically the instance of the league on a 5 year cap on new contracts) I recommend Tyler Dellow's recent article as well as Tom Benjamin's work.
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I dont think it will be as difficult as you think. The 300million make whole will likely be used over the next 1-2 years to allow the teams the time to transition to the new cap number. So if 60mill is what it should be, then the 30 teams can go to 70 mill if they decide to do it over 1 year or 65 mill if they want the transition to occur over 2 years. I could be wrong but I think that was the purpose of the make whole & these are $$$ over & above the 50% HRR the Owners are kicking in.
Isn't Cervenka's cap hit only above $3 million because it was the last year of the CBA deal and all bonuses counted against the final year of the cap because they couldn't be carried over as there was no CBA to carry them over to?
If there is a new deal, isn't it possible that his cap hit goes towards his base salary (I think $750,000 or around there). That could be a savings of $2.8 million right there.
Not sure if that is how it would work. Just remember that his cap hit was so high because of bonuses like winning the Hart Tropy, Calder Trophy, Scoring race, etc.
Didn't Daly mention something about a 12-month "transition period"? Obviously nothing's official yet, but that would allow for a lot of contracts to expire.
December 11 2012, 11:59AM
This might not be a bad thing. It could radically change the look of this team by forcing them into a rebuild/retool scenario. Takes the pressure off of Feaster & King to stick with the somewhat futile "win now" mentality.
I don't envy the Flames their cap situation, but what I have to wonder is: hasn't this been something of an organizational issue for some time now? They've been mismanaging their salary cap almost since it was instituted.
While Feaster can't be held solely responsible for being in this situation, I believe that Bettman would have had discussions with the owners about where the league wanted to end up once negotiations finished. Given that Murray Edwards appears to be one of the principle forces driving the proverbial hardline negotiations, and taking into account the oft-repeated claims that ownership and Ken King are heavily involved in the running of the team, doesn't it seem odd that Edwards would have backed a GM who was making financial commitments at the end of a CBA when he, theoretically, ought to have known the general outlines of the new financial landscape?
As for how to fix it? The easy way is to let Iginla walk (insert laugh track here). So, that probably won't happen.
Aside from that, Bouwmeester is a good bet to be moved. For comparables I come back to the Pronger trade, which was a trade-and-sign, in which the Blues got an NHL defenceman and two blueline prospects. The NTC obviously comes into play there as well. If the NHL also removes the ability to hide salaries in the AHL then the Flames are really in tough. They'd likely be forced to trade more than one asset either at a loss (meaning the inclusion of prospects or picks in order to sell) or move a player who is an actual NHL contributor. They can't take a bad contract back so that is off the table.
This lockout, if the owners end up getting more or less what they have asked, could be the one final kick in the jewels that convinces the Flames to, er, "renovate" (because I know the other word is a no-no here). ;-)
Hey Rex! In reality, I think the Flames are probably not as bad as you think. Assuming they settle & we get an abbreviated season toots sweet the NHL know that many teams would be offside & wouldnt have time & we have several contracts with only 1 year left. Stajans could easily be bought out, even if Iggy is resigned, I would imagine it will be a 5 year retirement deal(if we dont trade him) at a much cap friendlier number. Next year we have some big big ticket contracts coming off like Cammi & JBO to name a few.
If anything, I would be concerned for the Oilers retaining these high end young players over the next 2-3 years. If the cap goes down & Eberle & Hall are already on pretty healthy contracts, you have Shultz, RNH & Yapukov all wanting $$$$. Take away the variance & only 5 years length & I see Oilers having to make some serious adjustments if these kids have any kind of success. This changing contract landscape could have huge implications if you were writing your series of different rebuilds post new CBA.
IIRC isn't the NHL's preferred method of cap transition simply setting the cap at an artificially high number the first year? Specifically the number it was set at before (70ish Million) with escrow eating the difference in real dollars (and the transition/make-whole payments recouping some of that). If they were to get their way with that then in the short-term the Flames are cap compliant and would be expected to use attrician to make up the difference in future years.
Personally I'd rather see amnesty buyouts used with the cap set at a number that reflects the players actual share. Granted that's mostly just because I really want to see the Minn. Wild get screwed.
@Kent Wilson
Oh... you're talking about next year not a hypothetical this year? In that case the Flames have 47.8M in cap committments next year.
Granted that is before discussing the elephant in the room that is Iggy's pending free agency (and by extension their fair value in new new CBA environment), I'd personally have a tough time seeing him getting more then he makes now, along with Q.O. for the RFA's. Letting Babchuk walk is an easy enough call as is Stajan's 3.5M ticket (The NY Islanders or any floor team seem like a good fit for his frontloaded deal) that takes care of 6M worth leaving just 700K + the presumed 10% inflator on Q.O.'s. Roughly 1M total... Not all that hard to get rid of without jettisoning anyone substancial.
December 11 2012, 03:54PM
While Feaster can't be held solely responsible for being in this situation, I believe that Bettman would have had discussions with the owners about where the league wanted to end up once negotiations finished. Given that Murray Edwards appears to be one of the principle forces driving the proverbial hardline negotiations, and taking into account the oft-repeated claims that ownership and Ken King are heavily involved in the running of the team, doesn't it seem odd that Edwards would have backed a GM who was making financial commitments at the end of a CBA when he, theoretically, ought to have known the general outlines of the new financial landscape?
The irony of these sorts of lock-outs (some would say hypocrisy) is that the owners unified demands often fly in the face of their individual GM's competitive strategies. So the Wild sign Ryan Suter and Zach Prise to 10-year mega-contracts in the summer and then Leipold goes into CBA negotiations adamant about new 5-year contract caps.
It's definitely a hypocrisy, but it's easy to see how they get caught up in it. To some extent you can rely on acquiring good support players and drafting well to build up your team, but that generally only gets you so far before you need to compete for the occasional bigger name UFA to get a significant competitive edge. In a market with only 30 customers, many of whom can't compete financially, I can understand even the more fiscally responsible GMs feeling that they have to give in to some of the craziness.
It's like going to a boxing match, and then in round 2 someone finds a way of reinterpreting the rules so that you're technically allowed to trip a guy under certain circumstances. If you refuse to use the loophole, you're that much more likely to lose the match, regardless of how good you are at boxing.
December 11 2012, 05:02PM
On the Iginla front. He'll only get moved if he wants that to happen. I don't see Jerome resigning for a retirement deal with the Flames, or hanging them out to dry (a la Sundin). It's clear he wants to retire with a cup. I can see the team and the player to working on a Ray Bourque like departure, so that both parties win.
Even if Feaster has the real power to move Iginla, it would be a career ending move without the player and team wholly onside.
December 11 2012, 09:27PM
@Kent Wilson
I agree that the optics of Leopold specifically are terrible, and from what I have read and heard he had been generally, and deservedly, panned about that behaviour.
What I wonder about is, if Edwards knew that this was going to be the line, then why empower Feaster to make those commitments? Knowing that in advance, wouldn't you want to take advantage of that as it relates to the position of your franchise?
It does seem as though there will be a one-year $70 million-ish salary cap, or something to allow for a gradual shift, a salary cap hyperbaric chamber of sorts, but the Flames have been pretty liberal with some of those big-ticket contracts recently and it might yet haunt them.
December 11 2012, 09:41PM
@Kevin R
I know that point has been raised before. A few months ago it was discussed over at ON, I believe. On a $60 million dollar cap the Oilers would, in the end, likely only have to clear a very modest one or two million. That can be done by moving someone like Ryan Jones or Corey Potter.
Andy Sutton looks like his career is done, and Khabibulin's contract is over this season. That clears more than enough to get under.
As for the big-name players, Hemsky's $5 million in cap space will, in all likelihood, be moved over to one of Justin Schultz or Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, with Khabibulin's $4 million in cap space eventually being allocated for Schutlz. Add in some other expiring contracts like Shawn Horcoff to make room for Yakupov and the balance of cap space devoted to impact players becomes more even.
Don't forget, if this year gets wiped out, Yakupov's ELC shift over for another year. He hasn't played a professional game in the NHL or AHL. The KHL and NHL don't have a transfer arrangement and therefore contracts are often only barely recognized, if at all.
The Oilers may very well be in tight and I think the fan base here is very aware that not all the same faces will still be around in five or six years. But at the same time, trading away a high-end player who is still young due to cap concerns isn't the worst position in which to find oneself.
I did keep the new CBA in the back of my mind when writing. I had a few general assumptions: 50/50 split, some issues on contract length, and perhaps a change in revenue sharing making the rebuild option open to more franchises than just the ones with rabid fan bases. That being said, the last CBA allowed Pittsburgh to retain their talent long enough to win. This one? Who knows. I certainly don't believe it will reverse the trend and make beggars of the small-market Canadian franchises, regardless of what the New York Rangers might want. ;-)
St. Louis wants a left handed d-man to play with Pieterangelo. What would they give up for him?
I can't see them moving Jarome unless it's a mutual agreement like the Ray Bourque situation. They could move Cammy but if he's penciled as the #1 center they would be left without one.
Cervenka has been injured multiple times already, maybe they don't resign him, buy out Stajan, and trade Babchuck.


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My friends at Multi-language Publications (WELS) have taken William F. Beck's "Bible Stories in Pictures" and inserted a number of different languages into the speech bubbles. All the text is straight from the Bible. I asked if it would be possible to produce a digital version with the GNT verses in the speech bubbles.
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Skip to comments.Sen. Robert Byrd makes final journey to the Senate
Posted on 07/01/2010 8:31:36 AM PDT by BobP
Sen. Robert Byrd has returned to the to the chamber where he served more than a half-century for one final visit. A hearse bearing the remains of the late West Virginia Democrat, who served in Congress longer than anyone else in the nation's history, arrived this morning in front of the long marble stairway leading to the Senate chamber.
Byrd's body will remain in the Senate chamber today for colleagues and the public to pay respects. The last time the Senate chamber served such a purpose was for North Dakota Republican William Langer in 1959, the year Byrd entered the Senate.
We're all human but this peckerwood was a disgrace to this country.... and his KKK face made me sick every time I saw it over the years...
Just my two cents...
Even in death it's hard to keep these guys out of Congress
I hope there's someone at the door to keep the white n***ers out.
It's entirely appropriate that Byrd LIE in repose in the Senate chamber. After all, this entire parliament of whores have honed LYING into a fine art form that can continue to be practiced even after death.
[Joe Bite-me, in the Rotunda:]
"On this sad occasion, let's have a word from the elder statesman of the Senate, Robert Byrd — c'mon Bob, stand up!
What am I saying? .... let's all stand up for Bob!"
Better late than never!
"Let the dead bury their dead"
Matthew 8:21-22
My wife hails from WV. I have it on good authority that there are still two manhole covers in Huntington, WV and three stop signs in Bluefield, WV, that are not named after Sheets Byrd.....
He was alive this whole time?
In related news, Senator Edward Kennedy has been alcohol free for 10 months.
Here's hoping the air conditioning doesn't fail.
Memorial Service. That explains the rush orders on white hoods at all the dry cleaners this week.
Question for his voters: Where do you think all that money came from?
As I suggested earlier, they should turn the catafalque upside down so it resembles a pig trough and then place the casket inside it. That would be a fitting tribute for a man who viewed every federal dollar spent outside of West Virginia to be wasted.
However, if Teddy were still alive, the embalming fluid in Sheets would go missing.
Someone make sure he doesn't try to cast any votes while he's laying there
Considering all of the federal buildings and operations he moved to V.VA (I seem to recall some sort of FBI crime lab for one,) not to mention highway and bridge projects, that number seems awfully low.
Will he be allowed to vote today? He's been voting from the grave for years.
There should be a white sheet over his casket.
Too bad the pointy white hat won't fit in the casket.
Here he is speaking in a rare lucid moment.
I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.
Robert C. Byrd, refusing military service in a letter to (then) Sen. Theodore Bilbo (D-MS), 1944
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Wow, now that is a intense ending to a chapter. I wonder what did Nartuo do? I mean it looks like just a normal rasengan, but could it be natural energy instead?
I think that perhaps the other half of the kyuubi appearing may indicate Minato will give it to Naruto.
If he cancels out ninjutsu then why don't they just get guys who can open the Eight Gates and use super taijutsu to beat him..
idk, if there were 10 people who could open up to the 7th gate, that along with the kages seems like it would be enough.
Nice chapter, a bit short though.
Finally the two halves of the nine-tails will be merged, won't be too long now.
Interesting, Edo-tensei being not regenerated. No news on the Hashirama/Madara fight. I think they will be having a climax while Naruto will receive the other half from Minato.
Looks like Senjutsu has a big role to play here, I still hope we get to see more about the fight of the SO6P to get a better understanding of all things. Makes me wonder how Sasuke will be useful from now on.
It seems like natural energy is the only thing that is able to harm Obito. I am still a bit confused about how he cancelled out the EntonRasenshuriken but it seems that his technique can not only consume other techniques but nullify them entirely. Considering it even cancelled out the healing ability of the Edo Tensei, its hard to see how the allied will be able to get out of this. Naruto was able to land one hit but with Obito's durability and healing abilities I highly doubt that will do much to damage him. Naruto is going to need to do a lot better than just a Rasengan. I suspect that he will need to use the full power of the Kyuubi, including the Yin half combined with Natural energy to create a Sage mode infused bijuu bomb or something. We already saw hints that Naruto can combine Sage mode with the Kyuubi's power so that seems like the most logical option.
I am wondering though, is the 3rd Hokage dead now, because he was already hit by Obito's black liquid attack? It is getting really hard to tell what attacks Obito is using because they are all just black blobs and shapes. Obito hit Minato with the staff, so maybe it is only the staff that Edo Tensei can't recover from but its hard to tell.
Anyway, I think it is becoming more and more clear that Sage mode is the key to defeating Obito and it is Sage mode that the major villains seem to lack (aside from Kabuto).
awesome chapter but something is wierd last chapter minato have recover his arm.
http://www.tenmanga.com/chapter/Naru...356362-14.html and in the next page the arm is gone again.
Finally naruto form a rasegan without a clone help.
So the 3 hokage is really dead u know he got hit in the head with that black thing.
Kick me high, hit me low, spit on me it's gonna take more than that to break my soul.
I think both arms being drawn of Minato in chapter 421 is a slip-up. A nasty one, but its a slip up for sure.
THAT was the most interesting release in weeks, something of note actually fucking happened and man was it awesome. Gamakichi has proven to be the key in this battle despite all the high ranking shinobi present, ironic. Another note is the analytical genius of the 2nd Hokage, he's already proven he's far more intelligent than anyone we've seen in this manga outside Itachi and Shikamaru, he never misses a single detail. What's more, Obito is not only erasing ninjutsu, he's cancelling it's effects, which is truly problematic for Madara, which explains his extreme unease.
The fact that Naruto nailed Obito outside any special cloaked mode with a run of the mill Rasengan adds a lot more impact to that scene. We've seen a lot of overblown fancy shit but he nailed him, truly delivered a blow with something that seems outdated at this point.
The true gem here though? The sentient dark half of the Kyuubi dwelling within Minato and we'll finally see it reunited with the portion in Naruto, which should prove to be a damn overload of chakra. Beautiful chapter.
"For I being a poor man, have only my dreams & I have spread them beneath your feet. Tread carefully, for you tread upon my dreams."
- Okay so when he hit Minato's arm a few chapters back it was with the staff weapon not the black balls. This is AFTER HE GAINED FULL CONTROL.
- The arm was erased after the 2nd jumped to Obito with the exploding ball. This would not apply to the 3rd.
- Back when Obito was in his imperfect stage he used the same attack on the 1st Hokages Clone & the Edo Tensei 2nd as he did on the 3rd. It's clear the 1st was a clone but the 2nd appeared to be the real Edo tensei and he regenerated.
So I guess the conclusion is the imperfect Obito-jinchuuriki mode "black matter" severely damaged the Edo tensei but allowed them to regenerate. The perfect Obito-God form "black matter" erases things and cancels jutsu so even Edo tensei's can't regenerate.
In that regard the 3rd should be able to come back next chapter considering the 2nd was damaged first and probably regenerated in order 1st.
642 Chapter Notes:
- Obito recalled the black balls to erase the Jutsu around him which he suspended in the air with his Rinnegan like Shinra tensei
- lol Naruo fail the 2nd makes even the 4th seem slow
- Nice ending I think Naruto will learn to combine his sage mode with Kyuubi to gain an advantage.
- No wonder Madara had to stop Hashirama with his sage mode Mokutan he would give Obito a hard time.
- I knew sage mode was going to reemerge...I wonder if Orochimaru can use Snake Sage mode now he has a Zetsu body
Fire type
What chakra type are you?
I guess he can't use a portion of the Yang(or was it Yin?)Kyubi Chakra to mix into Sage Mode, since it is in itself unbalanced, but with the whole Kyubi, it should be possible.
...Naruto should have used Senjutsu: Futon Rasenshuriken, instead of a normal Senjutsu: Rasengan...
Does this mean that Sasuke will have to absorb Jyuogo's body, in order to enter CS2 or 3 ? Or will Orochimaru aid him with this instead ?
Looks like Madara was really trying to copy or absorb Hashirama's Sage Mode ?
Am I the only one that has a feeling that Orochimaru is currently modifying Hiruzen's ET, so that he could be in his prime like Madara (he does have the Hashirama Cells and Kabuto's knowledge to do it) ?


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No one can forget how Dewey managed to get his dad's pickup truck stuck in the only mud hole in the county during a three-year drought, and tongues are still wagging about him turning over the grease truck on the interstate. He's finally settled into being what he calls an "entre-manure," hauling truckloads of cow manure from the feedlot and dairy into town and selling it for garden fertilizer. So recently we headed in to the Mule Barn truck stop for the morning coffee and philosophy encounter only to find our resident cowboy, Steve, moaning and holding his head in his hands.
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WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Kabul early Friday to try to head off a growing crisis over a disputed presidential election that threatens to unravel the democratic political process the U.S. has spent more than a decade building.
"This is a critical moment for the transition," Kerry said before arriving in Kabul.
At issue is a June 14 runoff election marred by allegations of widespread fraud. Preliminary results showed former finance minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai with 56.4% of the vote, but former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah has refused to accept the results as legitimate and some of his supporters have urged him to declare himself the winner and establish an alternative government.
The United States has warned against such a move.
Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Complaints Commission is investigating the fraud allegations.
Kerry plans to meet with both presidential candidates in an effort to push them to resolve the dispute and avoid the potential for violence. President Obama had earlier spoken with both candidates in hopes of heading off a broader crisis.
"We made clear that … neither the United States nor its partners are likely to support a divided Afghanistan and that the consequences of such a division would be to begin to roll back the extraordinary progress that has been made over the last 13 years," Ambassador James Dobbins, the special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said in a speech Wednesday.
Analysts say the United States has influence over both candidates, who recognize the need for continued U.S. financial support and support keeping American troops after the end of 2014, when most coalition forces leave.
The United States plans to leave 9,800 troops in Afghanistan after this year for a counterterrorism force and to advise and support Afghanistan's security forces in their continuing battle with Taliban. The country will also need significant amounts of international money to support its armed forces.
"We have leverage," said Ronald Neumann,a former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan.
Both candidates, however, also have to answer to constituents, including powerful warlords or local leaders who may be pressing the candidates to declare victory, analysts say.
"I don't think either side is ready to make concessions," said Ahmad Majidyar, an analyst at the American Enterprise Institute.
The United States has had an often tumultuous relationship with President Hamid Karzai, who has led the country since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled the Taliban in 2001. He was not eligible to run again because of term limits.
Karzai refused to sign an agreement that would provide U.S. troops with the necessary legal protections to remain after this year, and he often has criticized American forces for causing unnecessary civilian casualties during drone and other aerial attacks on the Taliban. Both presidential candidates have promised to sign such an agreement.
Washington had looked forward to stronger relations in a post-Karzai era. Now it faces the possibility of a disintegrating political system if the election standoff is not resolved.
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