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Powerful and stylish, the Panasonic DMC-FS35 is a 16.1 MP camera that allows you to capture photographs of remarkable quality. The Panasonic digital camera has a 28 mm wide angle lens to help you to capture large landscape views effortlessly. Using an 8x optical zoom in the Panasonic DMC-FS35, you can capture distant objects easily. The optical image stabilizer in the Panasonic digital camera helps you to capture clean and blur-free images even when the camera is accidentally jerked. The camera supports 720p HD video recording, letting you record glorious moments of your life in HD quality. A 2.7-inch LCD monitor in the 16.1 MP camera provides you with a rich viewing experience and offers excellent control while framing your shots. The Panasonic DMC-FS35 deploys the Intelligent Resolution technology to deliver clear and crisp images by accurately processing the signals. With the face detection feature, the camera can automatically focus the subject's facial expression, letting you capture photos with ease.
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While men typically focus on where the television will go in a home they are shopping for, women tend to picture their family or friends around the dining table as a litmus test for how well they like any particular home.
With Thanksgiving on the near horizon for Americans, it's the perfect time to give some attention to your dining room. If your home is for sale, you might want to reevaluate how your dining table looks when buyers AND guests come for the holidays ahead.
Tabletops need pizazz
Wherever you have meals, make that area a place that charms buyers. Make it a spot where they want to celebrate Thanksgiving and other occasions. It needn't be fancy. Most of us don't live that way. The secret is in having just enough details on the table to make it inviting and interesting, without it taking over the entire room visually. I've already blogged here about what place settings should look like in the staged home.
If your dining table is the default spot for craft supplies, bills, or homework projects, there's no better time than pre-holidays for staging the area.
Since complicated table settings would only be a bother -- especially if you use the table for daily dining -- simple settings are the answer. Placemats, plates, glassware, and napkins might be all you need. And napkin rings give the finishing touch!
I like to DIY napkin rings from common materials like ribbon, cheap bracelets, curtain rings, beads, wire, buttons, or cardboard. Making your own is the frugal way to go, and who isn't on a budget when it's time to sell a home? Here's a gallery of ideas for inspiration.
These rings, were handmade by Ashley at Little Miss Momma. She credits KoJo Designs for teaching her how. I like that even though each one is a little bit different -- which happens when you use upcycled materials like buttons and brooches -- the twine wrap makes them all similar enough.
Who would know that these colorful napkin rings began life as toilet paper rolls? Karin at her Swedish blog, Pysselbolaget, shows you how. These are the handiwork of her 8-year old daughter, and I think they are definitely stage-worthy.
Have some fabric scraps you love too much to discard? Here's another design that began with a cardboard tube, this time the core from a role of Saran. The tutorial at Merriment Design shows you exactly how to.
On the left is a sample of Michelle's work, from Sweet Something Designs. She used dollar store napkin rings and covered them with fabric and a button, for a handsome "buttoned-up" look that I love.
Napkin rings in the staged home shouldn't be so precious that anyone is tempted to walk off with them.
I would keep the vintage jewelry and anything else with either sentimental or monetary worth hidden away.
You also don't want napkin rings to stand out so much that buyers are distracted from what makes your home valuable -- the size of the rooms, the view, the condition of the floors and walls -- or whatever your home's selling points are.
Over at Fidgety Fingers DIY (cute name!) you can learn how to make napkin rings this striking-looking by weaving strips of magazine pages. What could be more economical?
Selling a coastal home? How about wooden drapery rings as a start for napkin rings that imitate little life preservers? Cathe, at her blog, Just Something I Made, will show you how. Just follow the link!
The quickest way to add some height and style to a plain napkin is to wrap it in a second napkin. I liked the combination of this gingham napkin with an embroidered linen one. You can go cute and country with this method, or edgey and urban, depending on the fabrics you choose.
I made this napkin ring from bracelet memory wire you can buy in the jewelry-making section of any craft store. It's a sturdy wire that has a natural curve to it. You need to use heavy duty wire cutters (n0t your usual jewelry wire snippers) to cut it, and needle nose pliers to curl one end. Then just string on some beads, and curl the other end.
Do you recognize the material I used to make this bow napkin ring? It's the latex waffle pad that keeps rugs in place on the floor, and protects dishes on the shelves. It has the appeal of a natural fiber, but the clean lines of something more contemporary. Great texture, but your only color choice is white.
Finally, this unfussy treatment uses wired ribbon to tie up folded napkins for a touch of drama on your table. It's economical and easy. I used sheer ribbon, but any wired ribbon works well, with the exception of glittery ribbon, which I find makes a mess on the table if you're repeatedly removing and replacing your place settings.
Are You Getting Ideas?
The finishing touches are what will make your home look interesting and polished. So, don't ignore the razzle-dazzle detail that things like napkin rings bring to the table.
Need more tips to get your home market-ready? Just download my $4.99 eBook, DIY Home Staging Tips to Sell Your Home Fast and for Top Dollar, and you'll be on your way to making your home the one that impresses buyers.
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Patient Comments: Kidney Failure - SymptomsThe symptoms of kidney failure can vary greatly from patient to patient. What were your symptoms at the onset of your disease?
Comment from: Miamiof18, 55-64 Female (Caregiver)
Published: July 11
Comment from: Tammy, 45-54 Female (Patient)
Published: January 10
My kidneys are functioning at 15%. They have stabilized and I am hoping they do not get worse. My symptoms in hindsight was being cold all the time and extremely fatigued. I had gastric bypass in 2010 and that is what caused my kidney failure. Hard to explain the exact reasons, but this was diagnosed by my nephrologist. Something to do with the small intestine not releasing the poison from my body. And this caused my kidneys to not be able to filter appropriately. This is a very rare occurrence after gastric bypass. I would probably do it again! But would hope my kidneys would not fail! I had my bypass converted to the "sleeve" weight loss surgery. And, I have received iron infusions for my anemia. I feel really good and energetic now! Was this comment helpful?Yes
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I am in Stage 3. Stages 1 and 2 didn't cause any symptoms that I recognized. I have other problems, too, such as early stage of RA (rheumatoid arthritis), and herniated discs in my lower back, which might have hidden them. I found out because I had high blood pressure and kidney stones and they found it during a routine blood test. I have extreme thirst, keep a 32 oz. large drinking cup of water by the bed and water with me at all times. I am especially thirsty when I walk for a long time. I have had top of my feet swollen but I also have tenosynovitis and don't know if CKD (chronic kidney disease) caused it. I have been more tired lately. Was this comment helpful?Yes
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I have only lethargy; I feel sleepy and am sleeping a lot. My GFR (Glomerular filtration rate) is 38 and my creatinine is high. These two are the symptoms that something is wrong. I was diagnosed after biopsy due to blood in urine 15 years ago with benign thin membrane familial syndrome (not sure of this name, but recently explained to me.) My renal specialist finally told me that my tissues lack collagen, a DNA problem that may or may not be causing this symptoms as the condition does not always lead to any problems. This is the second episode. Two years ago, probably due to dye I was hospitalized with kidney failure from which I recovered to my stage 3 normal (for me.) Wish I could find more on my condition. I didn't realize the condition affects all parts of body. Was this comment helpful?Yes
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James Jesus Angleton, former chief of the CIA's counterintelligence staff, and science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick might at first seem like an unlikely pair. And they are[1]. As far as I know all they had in common was a paranoid-but-not-always-unreasonably-so vision of the world. However, news of malware that hijacks webcams and microphones and other recent happenings have reminded me that it's not paranoia if they're really out to get you.
Neither of these two men are household names, so let me start by introducing them.
Angleton was Langley's associate deputy director of operations for counterintelligence for almost two-decades. He saw double agents and secret plots in everything because he believed "the KGB was capable of manipulating the CIA to believe what it desired, and that the CIA could neither identify nor defend itself from this manipulation." He called this a "wilderness of mirrors," a phrase borrowed from T.S. Eliot's poem Gerontion. His years of pursuing these elusive moles did far more harm than good.[2]
Philip Dick, who led an astoundingly odd life, was a writer with such startlingly original ideas that they caused many people who should know better to overlook his limited writing skills.[3] If he is known at all beyond the realms of science fiction[4] it is for the movies based on his work: Blade Runner[5], Total Recall, Minority Report, Paycheck, Next, Screamers, The Adjustment Bureau and A Scanner Darkly.
Meanwhile, back to the topic at hand…
We live in a world in which 24-hour electronic surveillance "for our own protection" is becoming the norm. So the news that recently-discovered malware lets bad guys follow us via our own devices should hardly come as a surprise. As my colleague Lucian Constantin writes, this new malware is built on SpyEye, which specifically targets online banking users.
Under normal circumstances, users get prompted to manually allow websites to control their computers' webcam and microphone via Flash. However, the SpyEye plug-in silently whitelists a list of online banking websites by directly modifying Flash Player configuration files.
If you can't help but wonder, "Well, what's stopping the government from doing the same?" you are not a conspiracy nut, and you're not alone. Unfortunately. The FBI has renewed its push for a new Internet wiretapping law. This law would force Internet communications providers (and the definition of communications providers is every bit as vague as it sounds) to provide "back doors" for eavesdropping. The U.K. ("George Orwell? Never heard of him.") is pushing for the same thing as is Canada ("We have 'free' health insurance and you don't.").
Think of what the CIA's Angleton could have done with all these fancy toys and laws. It doesn't take much to convince a bureaucracy it has enemies everywhere and, once it believes that, it always seems to find them.
This brings us to Philip K. Dick's novel A Scanner Darkly which tells the story of an undercover narcotics cop who falls victim to the drug he is supposed to be suppressing. When he uses the drug he develops a different personality that he knows nothing about when he isn't under the influence. As a result, he conducts a lengthy investigation without knowing (spoiler) he is his own prime suspect.
When I read it for the first time, shortly after the invention of the printing press[6], I thought Dick did a great job of using exaggeration to look at interesting issues about police states and the risks of submerging yourself in another identity. What I didn't realize was that it was 35 years ahead of its time.
Consider the following story from February of this year: A Sussex police officer was looking for robbery suspects when he got a call from his boss. Because the UK is basically a giant TV studio at this point, the folks at headquarters were watching live feeds from where the cop was. They spotted someone suspicious and sent him after the suspect. It took 20 minutes for them to figure out that he was chasing himself.
People almost always see exactly what they want to see. Some folks looked at the Yugo and saw a car worth buying. Some others found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. What will they find if they're able to look through your smartphone?
1 Philip K. Dick by himself was an unlikely pair.
2 And, if Aldrich Ames is any example, turncoats working at the CIA tended to be pretty obvious.
3 For some reason The Library of America, whose mission is to keep classics in print and permanently preserve America's literary heritage, has found him worthy of republishing. This was only slightly less odd than their decision to republish horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. I've read both of them and I like both of them so I can say with some certainty that they are at best minor writers.
4 That's where I grew up.
5 It is based on the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, a terrible title for a good novel.
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Sheriff Arpaio: Obama birth certificate a 'forgery' – Washington Times
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Sheriff Arpaio: Obama birth certificate a 'forgery' – Washington Times.
By Stephen Dinan – The Washington Times
PHOENIX — Armed with a new 10-page report he commissioned, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Thursday he suspects the birth certificate President Obama released last year is a "computer-generated forgery" — and also raised questions about the authenticity of the president's selective service registration card.
In an extensive — and at times combative — press conference in Phoenix, Sheriff Arpaio repeatedly said he is not questioning the president's legal status under the Constitution nor alleging fraud on Mr. Obama's part, but did say there is evidence crimes have been committed by someone and his investigation continues.
"Based on all of the evidence presented and investigated, I cannot in good faith report to you that these documents are authentic," Sheriff Arpaio said. "My investigators believe that the long-form birth certificate was manufactured electronically and that it did not originate in paper format as claimed by the White House."
He said he would like Congress to investigate the matter, but short of that, he has an obligation to look into is because of potential violations of Arizona's laws.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.
Questions about Mr. Obama's birth certificate have been a political sideshow for the past four years, and have persisted despite repeated denials by the White House and the release of evidence he was born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961. That evidence included both a certificate of live birth released during the 2008 campaign and the long-form certificate last year.
Fact-checking organizations have concluded the certificates are authentic, and Mr. Obama has joked about those who questioned his birth. At last year's White House Correspondents Association Dinner, soon after releasing his long-form certificate, he mocked Donald Trump, who had said his own investigators were looking into the matter.
But Sheriff Arpaio, who first built his national profile by creating tent cities for jail inmates and later by taking a tough stance on illegal immigration, could reignite questions among those who continue to believe Mr. Obama was born outside the U.S. and is ineligible to be president under the Constitution's provision that the officeholder be a natural-born citizen.
Last December, the Justice Department accused Sheriff Arpaio of civil rights abuses within his department, but he said he began his investigation before that — in August 2011 — after tea party members from Surprise, a town within Maricopa County, signed a petition challenging the certificate.
Activists protested outside of the auditorium where Sheriff Arpaio held his press conference, accusing him of running a corrupt department. A few miles away, outside the Phoenix main library branch, a man was collecting signatures to back Lt. Mike Stauffer, a Scottsdale police officer and a Republican who is challenging Sheriff Arpaio in the upcoming election.
"We hate him here," the man gathering signatures said of Sheriff Arpaio.
Sheriff Arpaio said he went into the investigation with an open mind, and would have been happy to clear Mr. Obama.
Instead, he said the former law enforcement investigators he deployed from his "cold case posse" — at no taxpayer expense, he said — were unable to back up the White House's story.
His investigators said the image of the birth certificate released by the White House appears to have been created originally on a computer, rather than having been originally made on paper and then scanned.
The investigators said they have identified "a person of interest" in the birth certificate matter.
Sheriff Arpaio's chief investigator on the project said there are so many questions that he couldn't have cleared Mr. Obama to be an employee of Maricopa County.
Pursuing questions about the birth certificate has been a thorny issue for the GOP. State lawmakers in several places, including Arizona, have pursued laws that would have imposed checks on any presidential candidate's qualifications to get on their state ballots.
One such proposal in Arizona, which became known as the "birther" bill, was vetoed by Gov. Jan Brewer last year.


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June 1960
Flags flew and champagne flowed when the Czar's ships anchored in New York Harbor. Fifty years later we learned the reason for their surprise visit
In 1860, Southern delegates bolted the Democratic convention at Charleston. An eyewitness describes the first giant step toward secession
As the debate about rescuing them droned on and on, Lieutenant Greely's men were dying one by one
Cursed by ancestry,bedeviled by his posterity, beset by forces he could not grasp, George III is usually remembered as the ogre of Jefferson's Declaration. An eminent English historian reassesses that strange and pathetic personality
Foul was fair, and fair foul, when eight players of the championship White Sox conspired with gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series
To the question of acquiring new territories overseas, and owning colonies, one group of Americans answered with a resounding "No!"
Alone in his empty mansion, the venerable Cassius Clay took unto himself a scandalously youthful bride; when the posse came for him, they met more than their match
When four aristocratic blackquards were jailed for a brutal murder, justice seemed triumphant. But these were no ordinary criminals, and justice needed eloquent help
To Falstaff's question, early America gave an unequivocal answer. Its roadside taverns were the traveler's refuge and the townsman's club
Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?
"Save America's Treasures" has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington's tent.
65% of Americans don't know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
The "Teaching American History" grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
40% of Americans can't identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
"There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country," John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
The "We the People Program," which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
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Plantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Gentianales | Asclepiadaceae |
Scientific Name: | Cynanchum campii |
Species Authority: | Morillo |
Red List Category & Criteria: | Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2003 |
Date Assessed: | 2003-04-30 |
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Assessor(s): | Pitman, N. |
Reviewer(s): | Valencia, R., Pitman, N., Léon-Yánez, S. & Jørgensen, P.M. (Ecuador Plants Red List Authority) |
Justification: A vine endemic to Ecuador, where it was collected in Azuay province in 1945 and never seen again. The type collection was 1–8 km north of Sevilla de Oro, near the Parque Nacional Sangay. The endemic Asclepiadaceae Matelea harlingii has been collected in the same area. No specimens of this species are housed in Ecuadorian museums. Habitat destruction is the only known threat to the species. |
Range Description: | Known only by the type, collected 1-8 km north of Sevilla de Oro, near the Parque Nacional Sangay, Azuay province. |
Countries occurrence: | Native: Ecuador |
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Habitat and Ecology: | A vine of high Andean forest (2,500–3,000 m). |
Systems: | Terrestrial |
Major Threat(s): | Habitat destruction. |
Conservation Actions: | Not known to occur within any protected areas. |
IUCN. 2003. 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 18 November 2003. Valencia, R., Pitman, N., León-Yánez, S. and Jørgensen, P.M. (eds). 2000. Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador 2000. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA, Ponticicia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito. |
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George Washington (film)
George Washington | |
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Directed by | David Gordon Green |
Produced by | Sam Froelich David Gordon Green Sacha W. Mueller Lisa Muskat |
Written by | David Gordon Green |
Starring | Candace Evanofski Donald Holden Paul Schneider |
Music by | Andrew Gillis |
Cinematography | Tim Orr |
Edited by | Zene Baker Steven Gonzales |
Distributed by | Cowboy Pictures (Theatrical) Janus Films (US TV) Criterion (Region 1 DVD) |
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89 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | US$42,000 |
George Washington is a 2000 American drama film written and directed by David Gordon Green. Its story centers on a group of children in a depressed small town in North Carolina who band together to cover up a tragic mistake.
Although it was not widely seen due to having had a very limited release, the film received wide praise from critics.
The film follows a group of kids growing up in a depressed rural town in North Carolina, as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old Nasia. After breaking up with her show-off boyfriend Buddy (played by Curtis Cotton III), she withdraws from her delinquent friends and becomes romantically interested in a strange, introverted boy named George who is burdened by the fact that his skull never hardened after birth. Tragedy strikes when George accidentally kills Buddy, and the group, fearing punishment, decide to hide his body. In its aftermath, George takes up the unlikely role of town hero.
George Washington marked David Gordon Green's feature film debut as a screenwriter, film director and film producer.[1] It was also the first feature film role for actor Eddie Rouse.[1]
Critical reception[edit]
The film has an 82% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 56 reviews.[2] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times selected it as one of the ten best films of 2000,[3] as did Time Magazine and New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell.[4]
In Roger Ebert's four star review, he called the cinematography by Tim Orr the best of the year, also writing "... it is not about plot, but about memory and regret. It remembers a summer that was not a happy summer, but there will never again be a summer so intensely felt, so alive, so valuable."[5] Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader gave the film a favorable review, writing "You have to bring a lot of yourself to this film if you want it to give something back, but the rewards are considerable."[6] Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle called it "a director's baby from the opening frames" and "not like any other movie. That, in itself, makes it something to see. Writer-director David Gordon Green, in his feature debut, has created a visually and emotionally consistent universe."[7] Rolling Stone's Peter Travers called David Gordon Green "a writer and director of rare grace and feeling", whose directorial debut is of "startling originality that will haunt you for a good, long time."[8]
Joe Leydon of Variety was one of ten of fifty-six critics to give the film a negative review, calling it an "... undistinguished and uninvolving attempt to offer a rural spin on "Kids.""[9]
- ^ a b Barnes, Mike (2014-12-08). "Character Actor Eddie Rouse Dies at 60". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
- ^ "http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1097991-george_washington/". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 11, 2011. External link in
(help) - ^ Ebert, Roger. "Ebert's Top Movies of 2000". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
- ^ Metacritic top 10 lists
- ^ "George Washington". rogerebert.suntimes.com. January 26, 2001. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- ^ "George Washington". Chicago Reader. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- ^ LaSalle, Mick (January 26, 2001). "'Washington's' Truth: Vivid tale of adolescents has uniqueness of art". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- ^ "George Washington". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- ^ Leydon, Joe (April 16, 2000). "George Washington". Variety. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
External links[edit]
- George Washington at the Internet Movie Database
- George Washington at AllMovie
- Criterion Collection essay by Armond White


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Grace Dent (17 October) is surprised that the party which advocates notions of a Big Society now sneers when communities work together to be charitable. And well she might be, as food banks are the clearest possible sign that Big Society is succeeding as a policy.
The former Archbishop of Canterbury alerted Christians like the Trussell Trust in June 2011 to the dangers of this Government initiative to shrink the state and hand more control of services to volunteer groups and charities, warning that it might be a "stale slogan" and "an opportunistic cover for spending cuts".
This much was apparent in an address to the Council of Christians and Jews at a reception in Downing Street last year, where David Cameron reaffirmed his Big Society idea "that there's a huge space between government and the individual that can be filled by organisations, faith-based organisations perhaps in particular, that can deliver great public services, that can do great things in terms of tackling some of the problems of our time".
There can be no greater witness to "the problems of our time" than food banks, a clear sign that the poor are both increasing in number and becoming poorer. We shared Rowan Williams' concern then as we do now, that while at grassroots level the churches, other charities and the donating public are delivering a valuable service, they are being seen as convenient patsies by a government intent on offloading the financial and social responsibility for the poor on to voluntarism.
Alistair McBay, National Secular Society, Edinburgh
You report (16 October ) the food bank operator Trussell Trust as saying that food bank use has increased and people going to food banks had "started to return food that needed to be warmed up because they could not afford to switch on their electricity".
This raises some questions. When selecting food from the bank are those concerned unable to tell the difference between food that requires heating and that which does not? Prior to food bank distribution were those concerned able to return food to the shop where they purchased it because they were unable to heat it? What happens to food returned to the bank?
By making such a statement I cannot decide if the Trussell Trust is displaying a bleeding heart philosophy or taking the majority of us for gullible mugs.
It is also alleged by some that food banks are utilised more because of benefit cuts. This being so, I for one am pleased that my charity to others is, through the medium of food banks, putting the choice to donate into my own hand rather than having it forced upon me by taxation.
Finally, of course the use of food banks has increased; why pay for food when you can get it for free?
Dennis Wang, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
On the front page of The Independent on 16 October, a telling juxtaposition. Next to the headline "Hungrier than ever... since April, 350,000 people [in UK] have received emergency handouts", is a photo of an elated Wayne Rooney, who earns in the region of £200,000 a week!
Bankers, eat your hearts out!
Peter Brown, Brighton
This English thing about badgers
We have a peculiar English problem with badgers. A top predator, they have no natural enemies and population is limited only by road deaths.
Evidence shows they attack hedgehogs, ground-nesting birds and domestic poultry. Much has been published about their spreading bovine tuberculosis (bTB) to cattle, with a recent report attributing over half of herd breakdowns to badgers.
Authorities in other countries such as Ireland have accepted the need to remove diseased badgers. In England the badger is sanctified to an almost untouchable status, and the culling policy has provoked fanatical hostility. The only explanation for this disproportionate reaction appears to be the Wind in the Willows effect. This has produced a folk memory of Badger as a benign father-figure. It is time to grow up and engage with the real world, while we still have a dairy industry.
In reply to Mick Humphreys' query (letter, 15 October), yes, many other animals have been found to be infected with bTB. In most species it is individual animals and they do not spread disease to others. By contrast, infected badgers shed large quantities of the organism and the infection is amplified to other susceptible animals.
Janet Devoy, Newcastle upon Tyne
I read in your interview (14 October) that Owen Paterson stated that if badgers were not shot, gassed or by other means culled they would die a slow unpleasant death from tuberculosis. Is he saying that all badgers have TB?
If not he appears to seriously expect us to believe that the people undertaking the culling discriminate between healthy and infected badgers and only kill the infected ones. If he really is so lacking in knowledge on this matter, who is going to have any faith in his views on GM crops?
Simon W Yorke, Semley, Wiltshire
Latest bright idea for education
So, Lord Baker announces the latest in a long, very long line of "pioneering reforms" to fix secondary education.
"Technical education is a matter of vital interest to us as a nation. We are going to have an enormous struggle to get back our exports. It will be an enormous asset to have as many as possible of our young men and women effectively educated in the technical schools and I hope that technical education will be given in the future a far higher status in educational circles than it has had in the past."
No, this isn't a quote from Lord Baker. This is Captain Edward Cobb, the Conservative MP for Preston, speaking to the Education Bill in the Commons in 1944.
The Butler Education Act did indeed set up a nationwide system of technical schools and colleges. These were dismantled by successive education ministers with successive bright ideas. The more things change the more they stay the same?
Jeff Wright, Broughton, Hampshire
I was brought up in Wigan, Lancashire. There was a college there, Wigan and District Mining and Technical College.
My brother did not pass what was then called the scholarship to grammar school – this could have been because he came from a Methodist family and our father was a railway guard. He then went on to the secondary school, which was not denominational, and at the age of 13 passed the entrance to the college.
This college ran many courses, some of which enabled students to gain a degree from London University. This he did, at the age of 20 – an unusual feat even today.
Of course, this college no longer exists, but it would seem to be quite a superior establishment to several that either exist today, or are proposed in the continued meddling by our leaders.
Margaret Rowden, Bath
Business brains fried by recession
Nick Goodway reports that workers at every level in banking are suffering under increased pressure ("Stress and job cuts take toll on bankers", 17 October). But the scale of the problem is perhaps greater than reported.
Research carried out by Head Heart + Brain has shown 40 per cent of employees in the UK's banks, insurance companies and accountancy firms think the leaders in their organisation have put them under a lot of pressure in the past six months. This was the highest level of any industry in the UK and compares unfavourably to the average of 22 per cent.
There are wider implications beyond the health of workers. Our findings demonstrated a correlation between sectors where employees say their leaders are under a lot of pressure and sectors with poor "brain-fried" leadership. It is clear that the credit crunch and the resulting recession, far from bringing out the best in our leaders, has brought out the worst in them.
Jan Hills, Partner, Head Heart + Brain, London, E14
Big Six offer no real choice
It was laughable of British Gas to claim that they "understood the frustration" of their customers as they announced another huge price rise.
No business is obliged to pass on rising costs to its customers. They can instead choose to allow their profits to fall, or, more likely in this case, not continue growing at such a fast rate. The Prime Minister is failing in his responsibility by failing to take a stand against the Big Six. There is no meaningful competition in the domestic energy market and consumers therefore have no genuine choice.
Dr Dominic Horne, Ledbury, Herefordshire
A senior British gas executive says use less if you want to pay less, and the PM says switch if you don't like it. Are we living in a Wonderland visited by Alice and ruled by Marie Antoinette?
Ramji Abinashi, Amersham, Buckinghamshire
Classic gaffe
Boyd Tonkin may be right, for all I know, about the literary merits of Morrisey's autobiography (18 October), but the important point is that a book published now for the first time cannot be a classic by definition, and by publishing it as a Penguin Classic, Penguin Books are jeopardising the well-deserved reputation of Penguin Classics as a brand. I wonder how the many excellent editors and translators who have worked hard on editions of classic works for Penguin over the years are feeling about this absurd devaluation of Penguin Classics.
John Dakin, Toddington, Bedfordshire
Value of Latin
Ignoring his mention of Polish plumbers, I understand Laurence Shields' need to point out any deficiencies in our education system for technical skills (letter, 17 October). However, he seems not to realise that the current inability "to conjugate Latin verbs" is one of the main reasons for the emergence of a new generation of young people unable to construct a correct grammatical sentence in English.
Jennifer Richards , Tenby, Pembrokeshire
Literary feast
The award of the Man Booker Prize to Eleanor Catton's 832-page The Luminaries rather than Colm Tóibín's 101-page The Testament of Mary surely indicates that austerity is over.
Dr John Doherty, Gaoth Dobhair, Co Donegal


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In the end it had nothing to do with records or attendance or the money available. In the end it was all about just one man going in search of his own personal records.
At about 2.30am yesterday Joe Calzaghe established beyond any reasonable doubt that he is the finest British boxer of his generation and, in the eyes of many, the finest British boxer ever.
Inside the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Calzaghe performed an often breathless and always tactically brilliant 12 rounds of boxing to retain his World Boxing Organisation super-middleweight title and win both the World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association versions from Denmark's previously unbeaten Mikkel Kessler.
However, the record books will not convey what happened in front of nearly 50,000 people yesterday morning. They will not be able to produce on a page what happened when Calzaghe stepped through the ropes for his 21st and finest defence on a night when British sport firmly accepted the young Welsh fighter as one of its true greats.
Kessler had arrived from Denmark with about 5,000 flag-waving fans and in the hours before the first bell the build-up of expectation inside the stadium had created the type of atmosphere that Hollywood so often invents for sporting events.
The fight was not a movie, but it had that type of film quality.
By the time the Welsh choir had run out of words the crowd had been standing in anticipation for 10 minutes or so and they remained like that for almost the entire fight – and what a fight it turned out to be. Too often in the business of boxing great fighters meet great fighters and have dreadful nights countering the anticipation with the harsh reality of simply not being able to do what they had done previously.
From the opening bell it was clear, painfully obvious, that Kessler's 13 weeks of preparation away from the public eye had been spent creating a plan to beat Calzaghe by being as mobile as people had suggested he was static. Calzaghe played his part like the champion he has been for 10 solid years and simply walked through Kessler's brilliant counters.
By the end of round four they had both had moments in control, but it seemed likely that Calzaghe's reign as the world's longest current champion was coming to an end. Kessler had been at times quite brilliant and, to be honest, that is the only way that anybody will ever come close to beating Calzaghe.
By the end of round seven I had Calzaghe one round down, but his persistence and his brain had started to work in glorious tandem and he started to move his feet just a fraction closer and move his head just a fraction further away. The Danish kid suddenly started to fall short and that is when Calzaghe is at his most beautiful and most painful.
Rounds nine, 10 and 11 were probably the finest of Calzaghe's career, because during those three rounds he somehow managed to turn a difficult and often savage encounter into something bordering on ballet.
The crowd, even the bleary-eyed Danes, nodded and showed their appreciation of a master at work in an arena that he has so convincingly dominated since 1997, when he won the world title.
It was a joy to watch and Kessler suddenly found that a good right hand, a big heart and lots of stamina are simply no match for ring genius.
As each of the last few rounds ended, Calzaghe celebrated with the crowd on the short walk back to the corner and his 60-second audience with his father and trainer, Enzo. The pair have worked together now for 25 years and with his dad in his corner Calzaghe is now unbeaten in 55 both amateur and professional. There is not a sporting relationship like it anywhere in the world.
In round 12 Calzaghe, who has admitted in the past that his love of a fight often gets in the way of his boxing brain, walked out and seemed determined to give the audience something extra to remember.
It is hard to explain, hard to capture what happened in the last three minutes at the Millennium Stadium yesterday morning. Calzaghe was caught and later admitted he was hurt as Kessler somehow found the punches and the necessary desire to stage the type of late rally that will surely mean he is for ever received in his home country as a hero. It was beyond any movie, beyond any sporting fairy tale and the scenes of rapture and enjoyment on the faces of the entire stadium at the final bell so perfectly captured just how emotional and involving the sport of boxing can be at this level. As I said at the top, it was not about records and it was not about money it was just about winning a fight.
All three judges voted in favour of Calzaghe, but again the statistics fall short of explaining what those in attendance and those watching live on television experienced throughout the fight.
Both men were gracious and humble in their post-fight interviews. Even the promoter, Frank Warren, was lost for words and appeared close to tears when he attempted to sum up his feelings and put the fight in perspective.
"For me it is the best night that I have ever had in boxing," Warren managed as he tried to hold back the tears.
It was not, as I have said, a night for statistics but, just for the record, Kessler lost for the first time in 40 fights and Calzaghe won for the 44th time.
Kessler will win one of Calzaghe's discarded titles, but there will be no rematch. Calzaghe has his eyes elsewhere.
Now Calzaghe will, as he said, burn his plastic sweatsuits and move from super-middleweight to light-heavyweight to complete his brilliant career with just one or two more big fights in the higher division. The veteran American Bernard Hopkins is one of the targets and it is also one fight that boxing's premier paymasters, HBO, are willing to finance. They will need to dig deep to get Hopkins and Calzaghe in the same ring, but it will be worth every cent. The winner of that fight will find his name in the record books and in the top 10 fighters of all time, and that is the type of company that Calzaghe clearly deserves to keep.
Calzaghe's 21 title defences
* Oct 1997 bt Chris Eubank on pts super-middleweight title
* Jan 98 bt Branco Sobot TKO in 3rd WBO super-m title
* March 1998 bt Juan Gimenez TKO in 9th WBO super-m title
* Feb 1999 bt Robin Reid on pts WBO super-m title
* June 1999 bt Rick Thornberry on pts WBO super-m title
* Jan 2000 bt David Starie on pts WBO super-m title
* Aug 2000 bt Omar Sheika TKO in 5th WBO super-m title
* Dec 2000 bt Richie Woodhall TKO in 10th WBO super-m title
* Oct 2001 bt Will McIntyre TKO in 4th WBO super-m title
* Apr 2002 bt Charles Brewer on pts WBO super-m title
* Aug 2002 bt Miguel Jimenez on pts WBO super-m title
* Dec 2002 bt Tocker Pudwill TKO in 2nd WBO super-m title
* June 2003 bt Byron Mitchell TKO in 2nd WBO super-m title
* Feb 2004 bt Mger Mkrtchian TKO in 7th WBO super-m title
* Oct 2004 bt Kabary Salem on pts WBO super-m title
* May 2005 bt Mario Veit TKO in 6th WBO super-m title
* Sept 2005 bt Evans Ashira on pts WBO super-m title
* March 2006 bt Jeff Lacy on pts WBO/IBF/IBO super-m title
* Oct 2006 bt Sakio Bika on pts WBO/IBF/IBO super-m title
* Apr 2007 bt Peter Manfredo Jnr rsf in 3rd WBO super-m title
* Nov 2007 bt Mikkel Kessler on pts WBO super-m title


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An anonymous reader writes: It seems the author of NoScript declared war on AdBlock Plus for blocking his advertisements. The war escalated until Giorgio Maone the author of NoScript deliberately added code into NoScript which disrupted the operation of AdBlock Plus. NoScripts users reaction was "severe." The Mozilla Foundation has stepped in proposing a new policy for guidlines and asked for community comment. Maone, meanwhile, has apologized and removed the code disrupting AdBlock Plus. The first part of this saga has been discussed here before.


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So tough! Metallica's debut set the stage for the ground they would cover over the course of their career. Kill 'Em All is Metallica at their most raw and unpolished. The tempos are fast, the riffs are heavy and James Hetfield sounds like he is going to give himself an aneurysm at any moment. Leading up to the recording of the album the band had signed with Megaforce Records. On a trip to New York after signing with the label they famously fired then lead guitarist, Dave Mustaine. This would lead to the long feud between the Megadeth leader and Metallica. They hired Kirk Hammett to replace Mustaine after having picked up the legendary Cliff Burton on bass. The rest is history. "(Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth" is one of the notable Burton contributions to the album and, according to Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, the reason they hired him in the first place. He's even credited with coming up with the name of the album after a dispute with record distributors over the band's original title, Metal Up Your Ass. For all intents and purposes Metallica gave birth to thrash metal with Kill 'Em All. They have songs dedicated to headbanging ("Whiplash"), the apocalypse ("Four Horsemen"), and not feeling any remorse or repent during battle in war ("No Remorse"). What more can you ask for?
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Tuesday, Nov 24th, 2009
Police in the UK have begun an investigation into the theft and publication on Russian internet servers of private emails, which are thought to prove that global warming theory was fabricated.
Alex Jones, the renowned filmmaker and radio host, dubs this scandal as one of the biggest hoaxes and financial frauds in the history of mankind. He says that it appears to be a global 'Ponzi scheme' which allowed bankers to profit from bogus carbon taxes for years.
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"I haven't seen the plans for the Burro Loco site, but a business can do what its zoning and business license allow,'' said Kruea. "Burro Loco is able, under its zoning, to do certain things. By virtue of being a restaurant, it can do certain things. As long as what the business plans is within what it's allowed to do for the zone that it's in, and the business license that it holds, and the state licenses that it holds, then the business does not need a special event permit for the property. In this case, Burro Loco will need a zoning permit for tents and temporary uses, available from Construction Services, and will need to present a site plan, etc., to Construction Services. In short, what they propose cannot exceed what's allowed, but they have some flexibility."
"You're thinking of the new parking lot rules and the media frenzy over the tailgating at BB&T Coastal Field," said Kruea. "As I tried to explain (but sometimes the media doesn't want to hear), the Pelicans could have held a picnic and even some tailgating in their parking lot, had they been the ones to organize it. The problem was, they weren't. The parking lot ordinance prohibits "…impromptu, unmanaged outdoor events or parties… provided however that such events that are specifically permitted through legislative [Special Event Permit] or administrative action, or sponsored by the business license holder in compliance with regulations governing such outdoor events [temporary zoning permit] are not included."
"If the Pelicans or Burro Loco manage the event and meet zoning requirements and comply with regulations governing outdoor events (tents, etc.), then they can do certain things that do not exceed the requirements for the property or the business. To exceed the code or do something that is prohibited by zoning, a business or entity needs a Special Event Permit. All the media heard was "you can't tailgate," which was true in the case at the Pelicans stadium, where people held an "impromptu" event in the parking lot, but not true if the Pelicans themselves want to host a managed event on their own property in keeping with all city codes. The bottom line is that, no, you can't do anything and everything, but you can do what's allowed by law, with proper permission in advance. Of course, if you exceed what's allowed, you'll be in violation."
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| How To Become A Professional Basketball PlayerI was able to accomplish my dream of becoming a professional basketball player. The steps are not easy but the concept is fairly simple. I'm about to share with you what are some of the things responsible for my accomplishment.
First, it is very important that you understand that the game is more mental than physical in my opinion. Although that's my opinion your physical ability is important also. You must be solid in all areas of the game. What I mean is that you must be able to rebound, play defense, shoot, dribble and pass. Being able to perform in every situation is vital to your success. Being solid in all of those areas is not alone enough to make it pro though. You must be able to do something above average. This is what separates you from everyone else. Anyone that's going to become a pro will be able to perform in all areas of the game. They will also have at least one area of the game that they are above average in. You must be above average in something also. You may ask why? Teams expect you to be able to perform in all areas on that level of the game. They will also need particular things from you more than others. For example, let's say you are a guard and the Lakers are interested in you to become their next point guard. Do you think that they will be acquiring you to become their top scorer? No they have Kobe Bryant (laughs). Will they expect you to be able to score if the situation arises? You better believe it. So that's why you must be solid in all areas. In this example you would need to be an above average passer. They will need you to be able to get that ball to Kobe in any situation. So now you Wes how do I become above average in something? The answer is simple. You must consistently practice at it. What do you need to do when your practicing? I would say that it's very important to study the fundamentals to make sure that your doing it correctly to give yourself the best chance at being effective. Once you have the fundamentals down then you'll be able to build from there. That's the strategy that I used to become a good shooter. You can follow those simple tips to become above average in the area that you are after. Become fundamentally sound then consistently practice at the things you practice. The next and last tip that I will give you today is maybe the most important. You must treat yourself like you're already a pro. This allows you to mentally do what it takes to accomplish your dream. By having this mindset you will tell yourself that by being a pro you must put in extra time in the gym to get something right. You will also tell yourself that you must dress a certain way to get a positive vibe and perform well. Then you will tell yourself I want to go put up extra shots to have an advantage over my opponent that isn't putting up the extra shots. That's my blueprint to becoming a pro. When I look back it was fairly simple because doing all of those things were easy to do. Not physically necessarily but mentally. It was easy to go put in the extra time because the game of basketball is a passion. When it becomes a passion that makes you feel incomplete when you're not doing then you're on your way! I have put together free training videos and programs to help others with accomplishing their dreams. You can get access to this stuff at my website How Do You Play Basketball. This where you'll get a visual of my tips and strategies. Thank you for your time. Remember you are a champion everyone just doesn't know it yet! # # # Wesley Channels is a professional basketball player and entrepreneur. His mission is to help others by sharing his advice and tips in comprehensive programs. End
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This course serves as an introduction to the study of Christian spirituality through in-depth reading of selected classics in Christian spirituality as well as secondary source scholarship in the discipline. We will delve into texts by early monastics and visionary medieval mystics; look anew at Protestant hymns and poetry; go deeper into Ignatian discernment; and engage the spiritualities of Latin American liberation theologians and African American women. This interdisciplinary seminar opens up reflection on spirituality and theology; spirituality and history; spirituality, gender, race, and ethnicity; spirituality, poetics, and autobiography; spirituality and ministry; and spiritual practice. Students are encouraged to integrate the material with an eye toward their own spiritual lives and vocations. The course will integrate music, art, and poetry to offer a fuller engagement with spiritual classics.
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
Georgia Youth Forced Into Military Testing
Some of you may know that there has been an ongoing effort by AFSC to address the unjust disproportionate recruitment of low income Georgia youth into the military industrial complex. For several decades struggling Georgia youth have been the target of fairly aggressive recruitment tactics that include the promise of well paid post military jobs, the promise of avoiding a combat zone, the promise of a great education, and more. We know that statistically speaking these promises are rarely kept, leaving the majority of young recruits hurt, not helped by their military service.
We have an opportunity to provide safeguards in Georgia, but we need to act
fast, and we need to act now.
Every year tens of thousands of Georgia youth take the ASVAB(Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test), many don't even know what it stands for. There are two lies that perpetuated in regards to this test.
1. It's a test designed to help you decide what career paths might be good for you.
2. It's a mandatory test.
The truth is the test is most certainly designed to see what kind of soldier
you would be, and all of the results are turned over to the local military
recruiter often without your knowledge or consent for one reason, so he can
better recruit you. The test is absolutely not required.
John Barge, Georgia's Superintendent, has been delivered a letter,
http://www.acluga.org/files/2413/4573/1160/ASVAB_GA_Superintendent_Letter.pdf,to address some of the concerns with the ASVAB test.
To learn more about the privacy concerns around ASVAB, check out this op-ed:
We believe we can win this important fight if we put real pressure on the
decision makers here.
CAN YOU JOIN US WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH AT 7PM AT AFSC (60 Walton St.,
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Coffee and treats will be provided.
Our goal is not only to discuss next steps, but also to begin writing
letters to John Barge encouraging him to do the right thing. The
write-a-thon is co-sponsored by the Student Career Alternatives Program, ACLU Foundation of Georgia, and the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition-Atlanta.
Together we can win!
Tim Franzen
Georgia Peace and Conflict Resolution Program
American Friends Service Committee
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Cleaners Frog Island Living the American dream is something many people today want. The films that we watch are all full with smiley people living in the suburbs in nice looking two stores houses with small yard in front, a pool and at least two cars. However, this sort of life means quite a lot of work and less free time for hobbies and family.
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Had ptosis repair a week ago. The night of the surgery my eyes looked bigger than pre-op & more like when I was younger, but since then they look like pre-op. I had minimal swelling and almost no bruising ever since surgery. Today it seems swelling in my creases is almost all gone, and even with that my eyes still look as small, feel as heavy & not open as pre-op. Would my eyes open more @ 4-6 weeks? Or did my surgery fail and I now have under-correction? I'm concerned. Thanks!
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Sometimes after ptosis repair it looks like nothing's been done because swelling pushes the the lid down. As this subsides the lid will assume a better position.
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This early after surgery, its almost impossible to fully evaluate and predict the success or failure of ptosis surgery, except in a few dramatic cases.
Swelling and muscle weakness in the post op period may significantly mask results. At 4-6 weeks you may have a reasonable idea of what your post op results will look like, but I would at least 3 months before making a decision on whether revision surgery would be needed.
At one week, it is too soon to tell the results of your ptosis surgery. Keep you follow-up appointments and give the surgery some time to heal. Your surgeon is on your side, and is the best person to make the call.
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Ptosis surgery requires recovery. Results will show by 3 to 6 weeks and improve possibly for a year. By 6 months you will be 85% there. All surgery requires recovery and recovery cannot be rushes or hastened. My Best Dr C
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If you want to be greener and smarter but just as effective in the way you do business, the Green IT certificate offers the solution. EXIN offers two types of Green IT certificates. If your company wants to create awareness of Green IT amongst all employees choose the Citizen Certificate. If you're an IT Professional, the Foundation Certificate teaches you not only to analyze all IT components but will also enable you to reduce costs, increase efficiency and/or reduce the organization's environmental footprint through technology. The certificate turns you into a sustainability manager.


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Thursday, May 24, 2012
H&M HOME for KIDS!
Just as I was scratching my head for the 10th time to find some nice and more easy on the wallet alternative for bedlinen and home accessories for kids I stumble over the Swedish, Hus & Hem article about how H&M is starting a kids range in their HOME collection this Autumn! The above photos are from their new range and I have to say I am loving it! Happy colours and animal patterns can hardly go wrong now can it?? There will also be a baby section and both will be in organic cotton to boot. Keep an eye out this Autumn on their website.
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Jewish World Review May 31, 2012/ 10 Sivan, 5772 When Pelosi Says 'Free,' Reach for Your Wallet By Debra J. Saunders
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On Tuesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi explained to the Commonwealth Club the reason Washington passed Obamacare. Even if everyone in America "loved" his own health care plan, Pelosi argued, Congress had to pass President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act because American health care was "unsustainable financially."
Yes, Pelosi actually believes Washington had to get involved in health care to reduce its cost.
The Democratic leader then listed some of Obamacare's new benefits: "free" annual checkups and preventive care and the ability of adult children to stay on their parents' policies until age 26.
Josh Archambault, director of health care policy for the Boston-based Pioneer Institute, expressed the frustration felt by health policy wonks who know the new benefits "are not free." The cost of physicals and services doesn't go away.
"It's OK to decide that we should offer something as a preventive service, but we must understand the trade-off of cost," Archambault noted. "We all pay more as a result."
Obama also has made the dubious claim that preventive care "saves money for families, for businesses, for government, for everybody." Problem: It's not true. Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf warned in 2009, "Although different types of preventive care have different effects on spending, the evidence suggests that for most preventive services, expanded utilization leads to higher, not lower, medical spending overall." Elmendorf cited a 2008 New England Journal of Medicine article that reported that less than 20 percent of preventive services save money, whereas the rest drive up costs.
Pelosi also told the Commonwealth Club that the Affordable Care Act would mean as much for Americans' economic security as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Her analogy brought to mind PolitiFact's award of its 2010 "Lie of the Year" to the Republican assertion that Obamacare represented "a government takeover of health care."
PolitiFact based its conclusion on the grounds that, under Obamacare, most consumers continue to receive their health care through private carriers and that the new health care law "relies largely on the free market." Yet here was Pelosi putting Obamacare on the pedestal she reserves for Washington's three giant government programs.
There is a difference. The federal government taxes people and pays for those programs. Obamacare, on the other hand, mandates benefits and then passes the costs on to employers. "Government is not operating the mechanisms in the market," Archambault noted, "but they are setting the rules of the game."
Be afraid. Under Obamacare, Congress can take credit for providing consumers with more health care while forcing employers to pay for it. Pelosi, the once and would-be-future speaker, actually believes those benefits are free and will cut costs.
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