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RE:fly fishing in Bonsia
I'm still not convinced this isn't a troll, but I grew up in nearby Croatia and can offer some hints. Remember, southern Europe is the home of Salmo Trutta, aka brown trout, and you will still find wilod browns prevalent, but very cagey. I'vre seen fish up to 8 kg come out of totally improbably streams. There's also been a lot of arctic grayling and rainbow trout introduced, mostly to reduce pressure on native browns. the headwaters of the Bosna river, right near Sarajevo, are a well-known brown trout fishery. It was, sadly dynamited during the war, but I believe fish have been restored. Similarly, the upper Neretva river has a good population of wild browns. Look for rivers originating high in the limestone mountains. In upper Bosnia, the Sava river and its tributaries is a decent pike, carp and wallweye fishery, but it's tough fishing.
These waters have not been fished heavilyt with sophisticated fly tackle, andf the fish are relatively uneducated. The locals mostly go for them with mepps spinners, earthworms and 12'-16' cane rods, 'dappling' flies. Yoou will do very well with a run of the mill collection of dries and nymphs. Same stuff we'd use here.
One word of warning: the laws in the country are somewhat arbitrary with fines and hassles sometimes out of total proportion to the offence. Make sure you find a local sportfishing club and work with them. They will most likley want to stick you with outrageous 'fishing licences' and such, but if you persevere and are polite, they'll become reasonable quickly. There is no organized guiding as we know it, so don't go around offering big bucks for fishing. Yo'll be taken for a mark or suspected of omething worse. A box of flies and an offer to show how they're used will go much further than cash.
Think of this as a high-odds chance to hook up with a 15+lb truly native brown.
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RE:fly fishing in Bonsia
Richard email / replied that he is an officer in the Canadian forces stationed over there and is looking to fly fish while there.
Luis - you're a gold mine. I was curious about the marble trout you mentioned and a search resulted in a nice clip from my former web start-up buddies (now grown up) at the Virtual Flyshop... HERE
RE:fly fishing in Bonsia
Okay... I checked out my old data base (the one I haven't updated in almost 10 years!), and found an article on fishing Slovenia in the March '91 issue of Fly Rod & Reel. Okay, so it's not Serbia but considering Yugoslavia is slightly larger than Wyoming... Btw, I know I have seen other article(s) because this one is not the one I had in mind. I don't know if you can find that copy. In any case, you're looking to catch brown and marble trout, and grayling and river charr (hucho hucho). The article says the rivers are rich with mayflies, caddisflies, stoneflies and midges... some help! A couple of the photos in the piece show beautiful mountain streams. I hope this helps a bit.
RE:fly fishing in Bonsia
I seem to recall an article about fly fishing for trout in the area in one of the major mags. This was pre Sarajevo and therefore must have been in the early eighties?? I'll try to locate it.
RE:fly fishing in Bonsia
Richard -
Welcome to the forum! I can't help but be curious about your request... are you visiting Bosnia on buisness or doing some volunteer work over there? There must be a good story behind that... but I could be wrong. Care to enlighten me?
Meantime I'll definitely probe around to find a good contact for you.
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Video: People discover just how "affordable" the Affordable Care Act is
posted at 8:31 pm on January 30, 2014 by Ed Morrissey
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What happens when employees at a small business find out the costs of their new insurance options under ObamaCare? WTAE in Pittsburgh dropped in on Simonetta's Collision and Car Care in McKeesport, where the new pricing and deductibles are being rolled out as their cameras record the reaction. Without exception, everyone ends up enduring the bitter irony in the name of the Affordable Care Act (via Daniel Halper at TWS):
For the first time, employees were finding out how the Affordable Care Act will affect their medical coverage and how much they'll pay for it.
Last year's 6 percent premium increase has now exploded to an average 32 percent jump.
"That 32 percent increase includes increasing the deductible, as well to try and get something modestly priced," Moore explained.
Jeff and Dave used to have a $1,250 deductible. Since Obamacare went into effect, it's now jumped 60 percent to $2,000.
That's nothing compared with Brian, Christy and Judy who have kids. They'll pay twice that at $4,000.
And that's before the mandate hits small and medium-sized businesses. When that happens in the fall, many of these firms dealing with the price hikes in group insurance will have spent all year rethinking their compensation packages. If they start dumping these employees into the individual marketplace — and HHS predicted that might happen to as many as 93 million Americans — they will have the midterm elections within weeks to register the outrage and disgust so evident in this reaction here.
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You get what you vote for PA.
Mark1971 on January 30, 2014 at 8:31 PM
Affordable Care Act
They named it that for when you racists forgot.
rogerb on January 30, 2014 at 8:33 PM
The "Affordable Care Act" is NEITHER.
listens2glenn on January 30, 2014 at 8:36 PM
— they will have the midterm elections within weeks to register the outrage and disgust so evident in this reaction here.
And why the rat-eared dog eater will waive these mandates as well.
TXUS on January 30, 2014 at 8:39 PM
I've said this repeatedly: people are paying a lot of money for insurance they can't afford to use. I guess it is one way of keeping costs down.
Blake on January 30, 2014 at 8:39 PM
My only question is: Who did you vote for?
kim roy on January 30, 2014 at 8:42 PM
This is confusing…
I distinctly remember a jugeared dope criss crossing the country for months, saying that the premiums for families were going to go down as much as 2500% (yes, the idiot DID say that), and that through "increased efficiencies" they were further going to drive the cost of health care down.
And yet all of these people are paying more- WAY more. How can this be?
Oh, that's right…we have a feckless LIAR as a would be president.
GrassMudHorsey on January 30, 2014 at 8:42 PM
Everyone that voted for that piece of crap President deserves all the misery that could be piled on them. Anyone who voted for obozo is pure scum.
Flange on January 30, 2014 at 8:43 PM
Did they vote for him?
If so, screw em.
lorien1973 on January 30, 2014 at 8:45 PM
Hillary 2016 – "What difference, at this point, does it make?!"
Christien on January 30, 2014 at 8:45 PM
The "Affordable Care Act" is NEITHER.
listens2glenn on January 30, 2014 at 8:36 PM
It's really the Unaffordable Insurance Act, but I guess they figured that, although more accurate, it wasn't as catchy a name.
LibraryGryffon on January 30, 2014 at 8:46 PM
the sad thing is that people are easily conned. Most people underestimate the ability of others to flat out lie while shaking your hand, looking you straight in the eye and smiling.
Charismatic people can do that at will. And so the founders envisioned a free press and checks and balances. But the poor folk in most of the country are treated like garbage and two-year olds. And, no, there'll be no reporter there to tell the other side.
Each of these people are pretty smart…they can do the math in their heads…and they know they are getting screwed. Just like that couple in WA who read the fine print and got married real quick so that they could game the system and get some of uncle sugar's money without risking the house
people are clever that way…but not clever enough to see the smilin' lies beforehand
old timey wisdom used to say if it sound too good to be true…well, it's to good be true. The left is giggle-snorting its way thru this…so many suckers, so little time
r keller on January 30, 2014 at 8:47 PM
Honest question: Why do you still socialize with anyone who voted for Obama?
Christien on January 30, 2014 at 8:48 PM
"No one should go bankrupt over medical expenses…."
But it's no problem going bankrupt with ObamaCare….
Electrongod on January 30, 2014 at 8:50 PM
Pa loves Obama.
alanstern on January 30, 2014 at 8:50 PM
Did you vote for Dog Eater:
Yes []
No []
If yes then GFY.
If no then you are racist.
LibraryGryffon on January 30, 2014 at 8:46 PM
…you mean the liberals actually lied to us and named something the opposite of what it is and the effect it will have on the country ????
*jaw drops*
cableguy615 on January 30, 2014 at 8:52 PM
The PJ Tatler recently reported on the case of Larry Brinkin, for many years an "icon" on the Human Rights Commission in San Francisco: "A former high-ranking San Francisco government employee convicted of felony possession of child pornography will continue to receive his government pension because, according to city regulations, evidence of 'moral turpitude' is required to revoke a pension yet viewing violent kiddie porn does not qualify as moral turpitude." (Emphasis theirs.)
Michael Chapman of CNSNews.com also noted shocking racist remarks in Brinkin's e-mails about "nailing" black toddlers. The media that loves riffing on pedophile Catholic priests have done nothing on this pedophile story. But 25 years ago, Brinkin was hailed as a gay-rights hero for instituting the "domestic partnership" rules in San Francisco.
Pittsburg?! Every body here voted Democrat…for Obama. Eat it and love it you Geniuses!
AUINSC on January 30, 2014 at 8:53 PM
The "Affordable Care Act" is NEITHER.
listens2glenn on January 30, 2014 at 8:36 PM
People always leave out the first part….Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Where is the protection for the patient who can't afford the premiums, let alone the deductible, on a one-size-fits-all plan that they have been mandated to buy?
herm2416 on January 30, 2014 at 8:58 PM
Did they vote for him?
If so, screw em.
lorien1973 on January 30, 2014 at 8:45 PM
That was my first thought as well, but I don't see them (or the millions of others in their shoes) voting for a Senate or House Dem who supported the Obamacare con job come November. At best they'll vote against them, at worst they'll stay at home, either of which result is just fine with me. I'd rather welcome them aboard, even if temporarily, than throw them to sharks.
TXUS on January 30, 2014 at 8:58 PM
The Union goon affordable care exemption act is a real ream job.
Weren't these the same people cheering King Barack just a short time ago?
GarandFan on January 30, 2014 at 9:01 PM
They all have that look on their faces which says "Yeah, I'm a dumbass who really did think it would be free but I'm not going to admit it with the cameras rolling".
Those who voted for Obama, particularly twice, the second time after the passage of ObamaCare, do deserve to reap what they've sown there, however, unfortunately, the rest of us are going to have to suffer right along with them. That's what happens when people decide to write checks on other people's lives. That's what's most unforgivable about their avarice and stupidity.
thatsafactjack on January 30, 2014 at 9:09 PM
Remind me again why the Republicans nominated the one candidate who couldn't effectively attack ObamaCare or the whole misbegotten idea of Government-controlled medicine.
SacredFire on January 30, 2014 at 9:10 PM
Not everyone in the world sits on political sites all day.
Judging by the demeanor of the video, and of the owner of the company, these people are probably a-political or Republicans.
Calling working Americans dumbasses when they've been handed a bill they can't pay, with absolutely no evidence that they voted for Obama, is pathetic.
Bunch of cynical cry babies around here.
spec_ops_mateo on January 30, 2014 at 9:13 PM
Did you vote for Dog Eater:
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Bishop on January 30, 2014 at 8:52 PM
This is your funniest post so far this year.
blink on January 30, 2014 at 9:14 PM
Why do you ignorant people blame obama for this. Yes, I know, it bears his name, but all he did was sign it. The people to blame are the communist dhimocrapts in congress that wrote this huge abortion (they do like abortions). Specifically pelosi and reed, along with sixty other senatorial traitors. By the way, you can blame these two without any artificial connotation of "racism."
I would say that the voters got what they stupidly asked for, but many of the voters did not vote communist dhimocraptic but are being punished along with the guilty. If those voters had any guts are were really upset, they should go next door and beat the shit out of their neighbors. But, stop giving obama credit for this; he is too dumb to have produced this. It is pelosi and reid.
Secession anyone?
Old Country Boy on January 30, 2014 at 9:15 PM
Judging by the demeanor of the video, and of the owner of the company, these people are probably a-political or Republicans.
spec_ops_mateo on January 30, 2014 at 9:13 PM
Others have judged differently than you.
Calling working Americans dumbasses when they've been handed a bill they can't pay, with absolutely no evidence that they voted for Obama, is pathetic.
Most people have said IF they voted for Obama.
blink on January 30, 2014 at 9:17 PM
Bunch of cynical cry babies around here.
spec_ops_mateo on January 30, 2014 at 9:13 PM
thatsafactjack on January 30, 2014 at 9:19 PM
Yeah, America, let's get more of the same.
Hawkins1701 on January 30, 2014 at 9:20 PM
You have to wonder at the mindset of liberals and Democrats passing this thing. They've proven, as no less have Republicans, that they couldn't care less how much they harm people with the costs of these programs. It's all about coming through for the special interests that lobby them for these programs and handouts.
rickv404 on January 30, 2014 at 9:22 PM
Bunch of cynical cry babies around here.
spec_ops_mateo on January 30, 2014 at 9:13 PM
Associated Press writers are stepping up their fight for affordable healthcare benefits and fair contracts by omitting bylines from their articles – @HuffPostMedia
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Staffers: AP's health care proposals would really hurt us
Posted on Jan 21, 2014 Last Updated Jan 22, 2014 Posted by Linda Johnson
News Media Guild members across the country are uniformly opposed to AP's health care proposals, which would cost many staffers far more than they could afford and effectively slash their income.
People would be hurt financially whether they are healthy, have a complex chronic illness, need surgery, are seriously injured or have a baby. Guild members are speaking out about how much they would be hit:
I have a rare cancer. I've had two major surgeries in the past two years. I'll probably have more surgeries and possibly chemotherapy. My out-of-pocket costs for previous surgeries under the current AP health care plan amounted to probably less than $1,000. Now, I think it's pretty likely I'll reach the $4,800 ceiling for maximum out-of-pocket treatment expenses under the family plan this year if AP's health care proposal stands. My two sons are on the family plan with me. One takes a medication that currently costs us $192 a year. Under AP's proposal, that would increase to $698. The bottom line:
I see our out-of-pocket health care costs/premiums going up around $6,000 or more this year. And that's if I stay entirely with in-network providers. I'm 57 and I've been healthy all my life until now. Now, when I most need insurance, I would have the worst coverage of my life under AP's proposal. JOAN LOWY, WASHINGTON, D.C.
I have had a kidney transplant and have chronic, recurring autoimmune disease that attacks my new kidney. The new plan would cost me about $7,000 more a year if my treatment were to stay constant _ and more if new side effects occur and treatments are prescribed, which often occurs. MICHELLE MINKOFF, WASHINGTON, D.C.
My wife and I paid more than $1,000 in 2012 for the birth of our second child, and we would get hit much harder under the new plan, which would stress us financially. One of the biggest bills last year was the facility charge, for the use of the hospital. That totaled $9,414. Under our (basic) plan, we paid a $672 coinsurance payment, with the insurer picking up 90 percent of that bill after deducting the discount Aetna negotiated with the provider. Under the new plan, with the less-than-generous 75/25 percent coinsurance split AP's proposing, my coinsurance payment would more than double to $1,679. That is just one of several bills you receive after having a kid. Having another baby will become a bit cost prohibitive, which is maybe what the company wants. TOM MURPHY, INDIANAPOLIS
I had a knee replacement done late last year. It cost me about $385 dollars: a $150 deductible, a $200 hospital copay and about $35 for prescriptions. The bill for doctor fees, hospital, in-home care and physical therapy _ but not pain meds _ to date is $74,774, although UHC paid at discounted rates. If I'd had this done under the health plan AP's proposed, my potential exposure could be up to $11,350. I can really appreciate the statement, "Don't get sick, but if you do, die quickly," because if you live, you'll be paying for a long time. GARY MORTLOCK, SPOKANE DATA CENTER
The health plan proposed by the AP in the current contract talks would cost me at least $2,800 in the first year and more in future years, not counting any new health issues that might come up. That's because of expensive drugs I take to keep a muscle condition I have from getting worse. What's far more troubling than this expense, which will wipe out any ability I have to save money, is the effect it will have on families with their pressed budgets and multiple, sometimes serious, health needs. For them, the costs of this plan could be financially crippling. WILL LESTER, WASHINGTON, D.C.
My family and I are basically healthy and fit, but under this proposed plan, I would be spending more than $17,500 a year in medical expenses within the next two years. This is untenable. MARTHA MENDOZA, SAN JOSE
My rough back-of-the envelope estimate of my cost increases under AP's plan are dramatic since I get ostomy supplies every month and will for the rest of my life. I estimate my costs in 2013 at around $1,300. Under AP's proposal, my costs _ including premium _ would rise to $3,500 in the first year and to $4,200 the year after _ AND that assumes medical costs remain the same, which they won't. NORMA LOVE, CONCORD
Even though I am a very healthy person with no chronic health problems, my health care costs will more than quadruple in three years under the AP's plan. This is unsettling. It means that I would pay much more for health insurance if this is approved. More importantly, it also makes me fearful of what would happen — and how much it would cost — if I become really sick or was injured. TAMARA LUSH, TAMPA
The AP plan would cut my salary by the $12,500 maximum, given that my wife is being treated for ovarian cancer. That is unacceptable. STEVEN HURST, WASHINGTON, D.C.
canopfor on January 30, 2014 at 11:29 AM
canopfor on January 30, 2014 at 9:25 PM
oh yesh but Hillary is a shoe-in! Hillarycare would have been worse, if that's even remotely possible.
John the Libertarian on January 30, 2014 at 9:25 PM
I'm still wondering if The One and all his enablers flat-out lied about O-Care, knowing this would happen.
Or if they are so unbelievably, jaw-droppingly dumb that they actually believed that it would work the way they claimed it was going to.
The first would tend to make me very, very angry. (Think "Bugs Bunny 'Of Course You Realize that This. Means. WAR.'" angry.)
The second just scares the living Hell out of me, because it means that nearly ultimate power on this planet is in the hands of characters out of a Jim Carrey movie.
Think, a one-year-old toddler on a boomer, with all the pretty flashing lights, a hammer to bang on things with- and the keys already turned on the Permissive Action Links.
clear ether
eon on January 30, 2014 at 9:26 PM
I knew what was going to happen when FUcare was being debated and then passed and would have thought I was on the same level intelligent wise with those in the vid. Now I know I am way smarter. These people seem genuinely surprised by it what they're hearing. Hey, maybe pay attention just a tad more in the future.
kahall on January 30, 2014 at 9:26 PM
Ha! Suck it up whitey! Baby needs some free birth control!
JohnBrown on January 30, 2014 at 9:27 PM
oh yesh but Hillary is a shoe-in! Hillarycare would have been worse, if that's even remotely possible.
John the Libertarian on January 30, 2014 at 9:25 PM
John the Libertarian:)
Clinton health care plan of 1993
The Clinton health care plan, known officially as the Health Security Act, was a 1993 healthcare reform package proposed by the administration of President Bill Clinton and closely associated with the chair of the task force devising the plan, First Lady of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Bill Clinton had campaigned heavily on health care in the 1992 U.S. presidential election. The task force was created in January 1993, but its own processes were somewhat controversial and drew litigation. Its goal was to come up with a comprehensive plan to provide universal health care for all Americans, which was to be a cornerstone of the administration's first-term agenda. A major health care speech was delivered by President Clinton to the U.S. Congress in September 1993. The core element of the proposed plan was an enforced mandate for employers to provide health insurance coverage to all of their employees through competitive but closely regulated health maintenance organizations.
Opposition to the plan was heavy from conservatives, libertarians,
canopfor on January 30, 2014 at 9:32 PM
Don't worry, our guy in Congress are all over this by focusing on…Amnesty
gopsteve on January 30, 2014 at 9:32 PM
Murphy9 on January 30, 2014 at 9:19 PM
Yep. "We just checked the wrong box in 2008" is what a lot of LIVs will fall for in 2016, as they swerve from one ditch to the other.
Christien on January 30, 2014 at 9:34 PM
Look at these people getting buried by this ah0le. I really fkn hate this gddmn narcissistic imbecile of a president. I truly hope he drops dead.
crrr6 on January 30, 2014 at 9:42 PM
The claims that "if you like your plan you can keep it" and "if you like your doctor you can keep him/her", were pushed hard during the prelude to passage because if people knew then what they are seeing now, 2010 would likely have been an even worse debacle for the Dems in the House and may even have cost them the Senate.
It was all about getting it passed without having to pay the full political cost for passing it. Americans are benevolent enough so that some minor additional cost to them is a reasonable price to pay if the uninsured can get insured if their overall health plans remain roughly unaffected. Since opponents of the PPACA could only really speculate on the impact of the PPACA, the proponents merely had to stay their line of arguments because, in a sense, nobody knew what would happen in any detail. Now people know better but, as is typical in politics, something implemented into law and acted upon gathers a constituency which will support and make it harder to repeal it which was the whole point of passing PPACA in 2009.
Russ808 on January 30, 2014 at 9:44 PM
if they are so unbelievably, jaw-droppingly dumb that they actually believed that it would work the way they claimed it was going to.
eon on January 30, 2014 at 9:26 PM
They think they can pass a bill that would enable them to steer Earth's climate, if that gives you any indication as to their estimation of their abilities.
crrr6 on January 30, 2014 at 9:46 PM
Yep. "We just checked the wrong box in 2008″ is what a lot of LIVs will fall for in 2016, as they swerve from one ditch to the other.
Christien on January 30, 2014 at 9:34 PM
That is so right, it makes me sick!
Look, ye, upon the 2016 Hillary voters. Because the GOP screwed up the ACA so bad, don't ya know.
AUINSC on January 30, 2014 at 9:47 PM
Mark1971 on January 30, 2014 at 8:31 PM
Pittsburgh (Allegheny County), of course, went for Obama in 2012.
Robert_Paulson on January 30, 2014 at 9:51 PM
Unless I missed it did the reporter ask how many of them voted for Obama?
I'm still wondering if The One and all his enablers flat-out lied about O-Care, knowing this would happen.
Or if they are so unbelievably, jaw-droppingly dumb that they actually believed that it would work the way they claimed it was going to.
eon on January 30, 2014 at 9:26 PM
I think his enablers can be split into those two camps, but obozo is different. He just simply doesn't care whether the policy works or doesn't and he couldn't even begin to understand it if he bothered to let someone explain it to him. He's just up there reading what he's been told to read. If his enablers could have gotten a parrot elected they would've done that, even a Norwegian Blue pining for the fjords has to be better than this clown. He hates America and has faith that whatever "they" are doing, it's bad for the country.
Flange on January 30, 2014 at 9:58 PM
I despise this administration.
locomotivebreath1901 on January 30, 2014 at 9:59 PM
GFY. I love it.
Lanceman on January 30, 2014 at 10:01 PM
You bunch of idiots! But don't worry…the Dems and Hillary will save you!
AUINSC on January 30, 2014 at 10:06 PM
And yet STILL Democrats will get elected.
mitchellvii on January 30, 2014 at 10:21 PM
And yet STILL Democrats will get elected.
mitchellvii on January 30, 2014 at 10:22 PM
Fear not. Pablo and Ramona will help keep your costs down once they've got their amnesty.
SouthernGent on January 30, 2014 at 10:26 PM
Honest question: Why do you still socialize with anyone who voted for Obama?
Christien on January 30, 2014 at 8:48 PM
I don't and they don't argue with me when I say he is a pathetic liar and narcissist who would lie to their face if it helped him, even if the truth were easier, not more than once they don't!
Screw em all!
I'm 58 in good shape and don't need friends. Screw em, dumbass lazy mofo's who bought a bag of chit or just want something for nothing.
ConcealedKerry on January 30, 2014 at 10:35 PM
Boss should have handed them a third piece of paper with the phone number of their nearest Democrat representative. Congressperson, Senator, or Governor.
kurtzz3 on January 30, 2014 at 10:39 PM
Easy way to fix this folks. Repeal the law and get rid of the insurance and medical industry's exemption from price fixing laws. Short term pain, long term gain… except for those making tons of cash in the current corrupt system.
oryguncon on January 30, 2014 at 11:01 PM
Vote for the democrat.
Get robbed and pillaged.
Vote for the democrat again.
The abusive relationship, ladies and gentlemen. Times 50 million.
Only, they DO deserve the abuse. Just not the rest of us, along with them.
orangemtl on January 30, 2014 at 11:16 PM
The practical effect may be that few people will sign up and less people will go to the doctor. Those that must go to the doctor will have a "preexisting condition", so they will get some kind of help. For-profit hospitals and medical practices will close, one by one, and doctors will find something else to do that does not involve government intervention.
Maybe a black-market will emerge of excellent medical care at a reasonable price away from the purview of insurance companies and their uncertain bedfellows in the government? So medical care will now be run like a speakeasy in prohibition times.
Thanks go to Democrats and liberals everywhere for destroying another industry!
virgo on January 30, 2014 at 11:29 PM
Some enterprising person put up a web site so now anyone can check just how (un)affordable Obamacare is. It lets a person compare Obamacare premium+out of pockets vs. retail+penalty. Check it out. http://occosts.1apps.com
gengwall on January 30, 2014 at 11:38 PM
It would be nice to know which of them voted for Obama. Without that context I can't really find pity or schadenfreude in these stories. But I'm hearing these stories from people firsthand, I don't need to turn on the TV. We had this discussion at work months ago and are already transitioning to the 30 work week for hourly employees.
jhffmn on January 31, 2014 at 12:32 AM
Ed –
You mean the websites aren't working perfectly on day
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verbaluce on October 1, 2013 at 10:18 AM
(H/T NotCoach)
There Goes the Neighborhood on January 31, 2014 at 12:32 AM
And in the next election they will still vote for the Democrat candidate who gave them ObamaCare…
albill on January 31, 2014 at 6:25 AM
You are experiencing the outcome of voting for some jerk simply because you think he's "cool" . Next time try concentrating on "competence", "character", "courage" and "honesty".
rplat on January 31, 2014 at 6:29 AM
Every Liberal… Every Democrat should be FORCED to watch this,
preferably, from a jail cell.
franksalterego on January 31, 2014 at 8:27 AM
But these Obamacare posts are about whistling past the graveyard, by next Novemeber Democrats will be openly running on the ACA. Mark my words.
libfreeordie on December 20, 2013 at 10:14 AM
Chris of Rights on January 31, 2014 at 9:12 AM
You get what you vote for PA.
Mark1971 on January 30, 2014 at 8:31 PM
I remember in 2012 seeing, right before the election, a huge turn out of support in Western PA for Romney and Ryan. I think I saw the video on this site. But I hear you.
And we want these idiots to overhaul our immigration system? Please, for the love of God, Republicans, obstruct everything this administration pushes. America cannot afford anymore of Obama's policies. We are being killed out here.
magicbeans on January 31, 2014 at 9:21 AM
Forget it folks–there's no turning back now. This turd is here to stay. Our country is full of un-informed, lazy voters that have been brainwashed by the media into the thinking that Republicans are evil, homophobic, richy-rich, bigoted racists. Obamacare was designed to crash so the next wave of democrats can install a single-payer system.
The Republic is done. Kaput. Over. There are very few (if any) freedoms left in this country.
And forget about ever seeing another Republican president in our lifetime. Hillary will be in the oval office for the eight years after The Won leaves. It's all about demographics, folks. There are far too many unwed and single mothers out there voting democrat as well as minorities and immigrants. They out-number white, married couples that tend to lean conservative/Republican. We're beyond the tipping point. And when the first woman runs for president, even married white women will turn out to vote for her. Identity politics.
It doesn't matter who we put up in the next election or what we do to try and stop Shrillary, she's a shoe in. Ed and others will do their best to tell you otherwise, but c'mon, they were all dead wrong in the last election–from the conservative writers/bloggers to the pollsters.
robblefarian on January 31, 2014 at 9:42 AM
If only someone had warned us all that this was going to be the end result of this legislation OH WAIT
Red Cloud on January 31, 2014 at 11:18 AM
My goodness, that woman will have to pay her first $16k per year to just have health insurance with a $4k deductible. That's $20k before the insurance kicks in.
Russ808 on January 30, 2014 at 9:44 PM
Some of us did know – said it strongly that we knew – and were right. Every employer group and benefit consultant group said exactly what would happen – because we actually pay for this stuff.
I love the AP article noted above and their tears on learning what the AP is going to do to them on their health care. Well guess what assholes – you bottled up and hid the truth because you loved Obama. You get what you deserve you worthless pieces of trash. You sold out your own family members!!! Sold them out! So you could be good dems on the plantation getting some love from your masters in the DC dem world. The hell with you. I feel for your family because you should have fought for them. But you didn't. You deserve everything that is happening to you. All of it. Every damn bit. You – all of you in the AP media world with probably a few exceptions are miserable detestible awful human beings who helped harm tens and possibly 100s of millions of your fellow citizens. For what? A light weight awful biracial president and two dumb majority dem leaders in Reid and Pelosi – both who turn their back on their most sacred religious views (alleged) for political gain. For them you threw your families into the brink? Judas wasn't so dumb.
Zomcon JEM on January 31, 2014 at 12:36 PM
Jeff, Dave, Brian, Christy and Judy are about to discover the IRS auditing process.
Carnac on January 31, 2014 at 3:27 PM
That's $20k before the insurance kicks in.
Sinner on January 31, 2014 at 11:42 AM
That $20K net income.
It will take approx. $30K +/- in gross income to net that $20K.
That's effectively what her "free" annual physical will cost her.
Carnac on January 31, 2014 at 3:41 PM
Single payer to the rescue! (sarcasm)
shick on January 31, 2014 at 4:56 PM
Affordable Care Act
They named it that for when you racists forgot.
rogerb on January 30, 2014 at 8:33 PM
The title of Congress's legislation is commonly the opposite of the actual effect of the legislation. So Affordable becomes Un-affordable.
Dasher on February 1, 2014 at 9:04 AM
Judy: "I don't know how President Obama thinks he's helping us … because we can't afford this."
Well, obama knows that he isn't helping anyone – obama is a sworn enemy of the American people – his goal is not to "help", his goal is to destroy and enslave – this is a FACT that has been well known since democrats plucked obama out of obscurity to be their messiah.
IMPEACH obama NOW!
obamacare must be repealed! FULL REPEAL! TED CRUZ 2016!
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Security Council Open Debate
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New York, June 18, 2015
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Thank you, Mr. President.
Mr. President, allow me to express my congratulations to Malaysia for assuming the Presidency of the Council this month and thank you for organizing this very important meeting.
My delegation would also like to thank the Secretary General for preparation of the annual report on Children and Armed Conflict and his tireless efforts in working to improve the situation of children worldwide.
Before delivering my national statement, my delegation would like to associate itself with the ASEAN Statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations.
We share the concerns expressed by many delegations about the difficult situation that millions of children face as a result of armed conflicts, and would like to emphasize the importance of this debate for children who are victims on non-State armed groups. Violence against children and attacks on their welfare are on the rise globally, and are well documented. Abductions, rape, torture, slavery, attacks on schools, and the use of children as combatants, suicide bombers and executioners cannot be tolerated by the international community.
Cambodia strongly condemns all forms of violence perpetrated against children. My delegation is deeply concerned about the increasing trend in the abduction of children by non-State armed groups. The Secretary General's report accurately reflects that this practice serves as "a precursor to other violations, such as killing and maiming, recruitment and use, or sexual violence" against children. Moreover, abduction is used "as a tactic to terrorize or target particular ethnic groups or religious communities."
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We must strengthen the existent legal instruments for the protection of children in armed conflicts. To this end, we welcome the efforts of the Malaysian delegation to include abduction as an additional violation to trigger inclusion of a party within the annexes of the Secretary General's Children and Armed Conflict reports.
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Children are the future of our generation; they are the future of our progress and our civilization's development. Children deserve to be raised in nurturing environments without experiencing physical and psychological trauma of armed conflict.
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Efficiency of Biking vs Driving
According to random places around the internet:
Cycling is about 31 Calories/Km (for a pretty average person)
To compare this to driving we need to do a little more leg work:
First we need the Caloric value of gas (we'll figure it out for a Liter of gas):
((MJ/Kg of gas) * (convert to Jules) * Kg per Liter of gas) / (J in a Calorie) = Calories/Liters of gas
(44.374 * 1000000 * .703) / 4184 = 7455.76 C/L of gas
Now we take this number and plug it in to the efficiency of a car:
Efficient car (40mpg) in Km/L : 17.01 km/L
(Calories in a Liter of gas) / (Km/L of an efficient car =
7455.76 / 17.01 = 438.31 Calories/Km for an efficient car
Therefore with these rough numbers Biking is around 14x more efficient then driving. And yes I know measuring gas in calories doesn't really make much sense... but it does help when making this sort of comparison.
Interesting side notes:
- You burn about a McDonald's double cheeseburger of calories every Km you drive.
- You burn around half an apple of calories ever Km you bike.
Where I got my numbers:
- Calories in a big mac: http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-big-mac-i21111
- MJ/Kg of gas: http://stason.org/TULARC/vehicles/gasoline-faq/4-9-What-energy-is-released-when-gasoline-is-burned.html
- Liters in a Kg for gas: http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/askpablo-tailpipe.php
- Calories/Km of for biking: http://www.stevenscreek.com/goodies/calories.shtml
- Calories in a Cheese burger: http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-mcdonalds-double-cheeseburger-i53968
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Acute kidney failure is the rapid (less than 2 days) loss of your kidneys' ability to remove waste and help balance fluids and electrolytes in your body.
Kidney failure; Renal failure; Renal failure - acute; ARF; Kidney injury - acute
There are many possible causes of kidney damage. They include:
Symptoms of acute kidney failure may include any of the following:
The doctor or nurse will examine you. Many patients with kidney disease have body swelling caused by fluid retention. The doctor may hear a heart murmur, crackles in the lungs, or other abnormal sounds when listening to the heart and lungs with a stethoscope.
The results of laboratory tests may change suddenly (within a few days to 2 weeks). Such tests may include:
A kidney or abdominal ultrasound is the preferred test for diagnosing a blockage in the urinary tract. X-ray, CT scan, or MRI of the abdomen can also tell if there is a blockage.
Blood tests may help reveal the underlying cause of kidney failure. Arterial blood gas and
Once the cause is found, the goal of treatment is to help your kidneys work again and prevent fluid and waste from building up in your body while they heal. Usually, you will have to stay overnight in the hospital for treatment.
The amount of liquid you drink will be limited to the amount of urine you can produce. You will be told what you may and may not eat to reduce the buildup of toxins that the kidneys would normally remove. Your diet may need to be high in
You may need antibiotics to treat or prevent infection. Diuretics (water pills) may be used to help remove fluid from your body.
Medicines will be given through a vein to help control your blood potassium level.
You may need dialysis. This is a treatment that does what healthy kidneys normally do -- rid the body of harmful wastes, extra salt, and water. Dialysis can save your life if your potassium levels are dangerously high. Dialysis will also be used if:
Dialysis will most often be short term. In rare cases, the kidney damage is so great that dialysis is needed permanently.
Call your health care provider if your urine output slows or stops or you have other symptoms of acute kidney failure.
Treating disorders such as high blood pressure can help prevent acute kidney failure.
Molitoris BA. Acute kidney injury. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 122.
Sharfuddin AA, Weisbord SD, Palevsky PM, Molitoris BA. Acute kidney injury. In: Taal MW, Chertow GM, et al, eds. Brenner & Rector's The Kidney. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 30.
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It's been a while since I updated this, but I figured this would be fun. I made my primary prediction for Michigan late last night and here's the breakdown I went with:
Romney – 39%
Paul – 11%
Gingrich – 9%
Others – 1%
Then today, I decided to look at the recent polls for Michigan. The first poll I went with was starting on February 12, since anything before this wouldn't factor in Santorum's triple win in Missouri, Colorado, and Minnesota. I made a scatter plot of Santorum – Romney:
I then added 2 trendlines. The first one (red) was a linear trendline which I knew wouldn't be reflective of Santorum's momentum recently. I plotted the second (green) second order polynomial trendline, which did a decent job at predicting his momentum, but I noticed that the relatively low lead he had right after his triple win was skewing the results a bit lower. Those polls are so old that they don't correctly account for what's going on now with just a simple second order polynomial. So I put in the third (purple) trendline, which was a third order polynomial. This correctly factored in his slow start to gain momentum, but looks like it drastically overestimates it at the end.
So I thought, how can I better examine Santorum's momentum. I took out the polls right after Santorum's triple-win, which I thought weren't representative of the momentum he gained, then lost, and regained, and got this plot, with the red representing a linear trendline, and the green representing a second order polynomial:
This plot matched up almost perfectly with my predictions (which I wasn't expecting it to turn out just like that), but I think accurately portrays the general momentum Santorum has had since his triple win.
Ultimately, gauging the momentum a candidate has is hard to do, but I think the second order polynomial in the second graph accurately portrays Santorum's momentum. Ultimately, both of these models could end up being wrong, and there's no perfect algorithm to predict voters, but the results of my second model, I believe, accurately portray Santorum's momentum, and cement my confidence that Santorum will have a close victory over Mitt Romney.
Done Predicting,
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In a study done by the UCLA School of Public Health using CBDMP Registry data, it was found that the risk of birth defects increased among women exposed to elevated amounts of ozone and carbon monoxide in the second month of pregnancy.1 The second month of pregnancy is when significant heart and organ development occurs. Therefore, it is not surprising to find that women who are exposed to high levels of these two pollutants may have an increased risk of having a child born with a heart defect. The study found that some of these heart defects were conotruncal heart defect, pulmonary artery/valve defect and aortic artery/valve defect. The study did not take into account other prenatal exposures such as smoking, vitamin use and maternal health.
Studies have also found that pregnant women exposed to high levels of nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and particulate matter are at an increased risk of experiencing restricted fetal growth (intra-uterine growth restriction).2,3
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Texas on the right side of the bubble?
This is what a 68-team bracket has forced us to care about. Northwestern absolutely choking its way out of a tournament it would have no shot at unless there was a 68-team bracket.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – This is what a 68-team bracket has forced us to care about …
Northwestern absolutely choking its way out of a tournament it would have no shot at unless there was a 68-team bracket.
Look, I get all the national love for the Wildcats. It's a nice story that a school known more its catchy ledes than buzzer beaters is this close to getting in the tournament for the first time. But this is what they didn't tell us when the bracket expanded a couple of years ago: The bubble was dumbed down.
Had the 64-team field remained, Northwestern's overtime loss to Minnesota Thursday in the Big Ten tournament would have been an NIT footnote. But the expanded bubble being what it is, we must care – about bad basketball. Even now after destiny's Debbie Downers in Evanston frittered another one away.
Northwestern isn't the only one. Washington (1-7 against the top 50) won the Pac-12 regular-season title but is now a question mark after losing to Oregon State. Hold your nose but Arizona may have forced itself into the conversation, if not the bracket. This was all for good for Texas, which played one of the more compelling games of the day in a Big 12 tournament quarterfinal against Iowa State.
Compelling because Texas continues to be a member of that dreaded bubble for the first time in a long time. They have been tournament regulars under Rick Barnes. Not this season in a tenuous transition season with six freshmen. Things were looking up late Thursday when the young Horns showed some finishing ability – please note, Northwestern – in a 71-65 win over the Cyclones.
At halftime, with his team trailing, Horns coach Rick Barnes took to the dry erase board to state the obvious.
"I wrote it down 'NIT or NCAA'. Which one would you put your name under right now?" Barnes said. "Whichever one you want, I assure you you're going to have to earn it."
So they did, with their best basketball of the season. After Iowa State opened the second half with a 7-0 run, the Horns responded with a 22-4 run of their own. Suddenly, Texas is hot. It has 20 wins, a benchmark of some sort among bubble teams, right? It was won three out of the last four going into Friday's semifinal against Missouri.
It has what Northwestern and other bubble boys don't. Bracket credibility, if only for day. Maybe the best thing you can say about Barnes' team is that it looks less bad that some of the others. The Longhorns have now won 10 conference games while playing in one of the few high major conferences with a round-robin schedule (18 games).
The baby Horns grew up a little Thursday night. Freshman guard Myck Kapongo played 39 minutes, with no turnovers for the first time in his 32-game career.
"We're not young no more," he said.
If the Horns have an advantage in the NCAA basketball committee room this weekend, it is because of pedigree. Only Michigan State, Duke and Kansas have longer NCAA tournament streaks than Barnes does at Texas (13 consecutive years). This is not one of Barnes' classic teams. The Longhorns struggle to score mightily. Three of those freshman start.
I'm not going to tell you that Texas doesn't belong in the tournament. Not after what I saw and read on Thursday. What makes Texas any worse than Northwestern or Washington or Colorado State or Seton Hall or Miami or South Florida?
When you get to this level of desperation you count "good" losses. Texas has plenty of them -- six, against top 10 opponents. Eight of its 12 losses have come against the top 25.
At the beginning of the day, Jerry Palm had the Longhorns out. I'm not going to say he's wrong. I'm going to refer him to a gutty second half comeback, those maturing freshmen and Rick Barnes.
"We fought back," he said.
Beats the heck out of Northwestern.
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Strathern, Singer to discuss 'genetics knowledge park,' April 12
Posted April 11, 2004; 08:17 p.m.
Marilyn Strathern, professor of social anthropology at the University of Cambridge, will deliver a lecture titled "Genetic Knowledge Park: An Interdisciplinary Experiment" at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 12, in Betts Auditorium, Architecture Building. Peter Singer, Princeton professor of bioethics, will act as discussant following the lecture.
Strathern will draw from her current research with an interdisciplinary team on the ethical, legal and social implications of genetic research in Britain. A fellow of the British Academy, she currently chairs the European Association of Social Anthropologists.
Singer is the acclaimed author of "Animal Liberation," a book many credit with triggering the modern animal-rights movement. His book "Practical Ethics" is a widely used text in applied ethics. Most recently, he has written "The Ethics of Globalization" and "The President of Good and Evil: The Ethics of George W. Bush."
The lecture is the final event of the colloquium series on "Life Technologies: Medicine, Culture and Ethics," intended to examine the moral, medical and political workings of life technologies in today's world. It is organized by Joao Biehl, assistant professor of anthropology.
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When we first began looking at the language poets and their examination of what, precisely, language is and does, I was a little bit skeptical of the work we were reading. I understand the concept that language is highly limited, and I actually love that idea, but I couldn't quite let go of the fact that language can still be so very beautiful, something that a lot of experimental poets or poems don't seem to be concerned with.
However, reading Jorie Graham's work was quite another experience. I particularly enjoyed her poem "The Swarm," which experiments with the idea of words as referents for objects and language and sound as being unable to convey or accomplish certain things.
One of the first things I noticed as I read the poem is the presence of the word "listen" in the first line, and the word "hear" in the last. I think these words frame the poem quite well – not only is the person to whom the speaker is speaking supposed to listen for the church bells, but we are to listen to the poem. I also like that "listen," a request, comes first, and "hear," the action, later, as if the speaker's request to listen to the church bells mirrors Graham's "request" to listen to her poem.
Another conspicuous move Graham makes is the omission of the sounds of the church bells in the fifth stanza. Rather than attempting to capture the sound of the ringing in letters, she simply leaves a blank where the word or sound would go. She does reference each chime of the bell as a petal falling, however, which interestingly has no sound at all. In that same stanza Graham uses the word "yes" six times, the first in parentheses, the next following "like a vertebrate," and the last four making up their own line with nothing else, including punctuation. These "yesses," which seem to be the affirmation of the voice on the telephone that they can hear the bells, actually seem to be the closest Graham gives us to the sound of the bells themselves. It's interesting that we don't even know whether or not the person has heard the bells – in fact, we never hear from the person directly – and yet their affirmation, or at least what the speaker hopes to hear from them, is the closest we can get to hearing their sound. The form of the last line, "yes yes yes yes," is written like an echo as a bell would be, but clearly the sound itself isn't captured.
In the stanzas to follow, the most noticeable repetition is of the word "blue." It is used six times before the end of the poem, often in ways that don't make a lot of logistical sense, for instance, in "something announces itself/ like a piece of the whole blueness broken off and thrown down…" However, the reader can't help but hear the sound of the word over and over (six times in twelve lines, two of those lines containing the word twice). I think this goes back to Graham's instruction to "listen" and her question at the end of whether or not we "hear" – like the echo of "yes" as the speaker tries to get her or his companion to hear the bells in order to feel together, we are given the repetition of "blue" not so much for the word itself as for the echo and connection it brings.
The last thing I wanted to point out is just something I loved about Graham's language – in the eighth line from the end of the poem, the speaker refers to the telephone as "the plastic parenthetical opening wherein I have you." I love that description that so carefully balances the idea of plastic, something hard and impersonal, with a "parenthetical opening," which for me creates the image of a curve (presumably the mouthpiece) mimicking one half of a parentheses – one half on each side of the ocean, with a relationship filling the space between even though physical proximity isn't possible. It's a beautiful idea.
I'd be interested to see what other people thought about Graham's experiments with language – is her balance between words as beautiful and flawed believable? Do her omissions and echoes work? Is her work an experiment in the first place?


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Do any of us realize how close this is to happening? Here's a column from the Redstate that is quite scary. While Obama is campaigning for welfare to replace capitalism, with his childish speechs. Talking to all those 'school' children that genuflect every time he talks, the messiah continues to talk to audiences that have zero understanding of how pathetic his lack of knowledge is.
How long will the SFN crowd be in charge? God help us if enough real Americans don't become energized to overturn this oligarchy that this country's ignorant voters put into the WH.
Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile)
Thursday, April 21st at 10:50AM EDT
Gas prices have more than doubled since Barack Obama took office. His deficit spending makes George Bush look like a rank amateur. 78% of Americans recognize inflation is on the rise. One dollar bill buys less and less. Were a little bit more pregnant in Libya, but just barely. Our foreign policy is rudderless and often against our best interests.
Today comes news that for the first time since the Great Depression, more Americans get government money than give the government money. Americans are dependent on Washington for the livelihoods.
Also out late yesterday, CNS News reports that we will hit the legal limit on the national debt in less than a week. This is surprising news to pretty much everyone. But the data comes from the Treasury Department itself.
This is no way to enter a re-election campaign. Barack Obama cannot run on hope or change. Instead, he is going to run on fear. It is abundantly apparent and confirmed to me by several Democrats whod know. Barack Obamas re-election strategy will be a scorched earth campaign.
Over the next few months, Barack Obama will seek to define the Republicans as willing to kill the old and young, pass radical legislation, and send us into the league of the third world. But wait, you say. Barack Obama has already done that.
In essence, yes. So Obama is not going to run on defending his record. Hes going to run on saying that Republicans will be even worse than him and, oh by the way, none of it is his fault.
Barack Obama has largely gotten a pass his whole life. Hes never been in a real executive role. By his own admission in his book he was largely a failed community organizer. And now he is failed President.
The only way to hang on to his job is to peddle fear and intimidation of those whod stand in his way. This is also one reason so many Republicans are waiting to announce their runs. They all know the moment they come out swinging, Obamas union goons and money will savage them.
At the same time, the GOP has yet to mount a successful attack on Obama to make him own high gas, high inflation, declining dollars, and our declining standing in the world. If they dont get out there soon, the hill they have to climb will be even higher.


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Photo of the Day: Alistair Overeem and Dutch Royalty
- Written by Dave Walsh
Alistair Overeem is an ambassador for the world of Martial Arts. It is rare for an athlete to be a world champion in multiple sports, but that is exactly what Alistair Overeem is. Alistair Overeem is the K-1 World Grand Prix Champion and the Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion. On top of that, he is involved in the Strikeforce Heavyweight GP and will most likely end up in the UFC after all is said and done. The man gets around and there is no doubt that he makes his home proud. There is no doubt, in fact, because the Dutch Royal Family invited Alistair Overeem to a lunch with the royal family.
Yes, the photo below is of Alistair Overeem hanging out with Prince Willem-Alexander of Orange. There are sadly no photos with the sometimes cute Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, but we'll survive. [source]


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Has anyone found a bumper that works for bumper boys? I have a friend that has lost a couple of bumpers and needs to find something that will work since Bumper Boy went out of business.
I couldn't find anything on this in a search. If there was already a thread on this please be kind enough to reply with a link.


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I don't think I'll find Springer/Blitzwing anytime soon so I'll be content waiting on my BBTS pre order.
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What are my friends across the river in MN seeing for turkeys this year?
On my side of the river the winter flocks are breaking up, gobblers are sparring and strutting with some gobbling. Lots of jakes this year. Little stub beards just starting to protrude from their breast feathers.


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Hi everybody, I'm currently using a few atmega328 standalone on breadboards and I'm wondering if it may help to ground unused I/O pins like it's been done with any logic gate to prevent floating input values. Not that I have a specific problem as of now. But since I'm going to port those breadboard prototypes to a PCB, I'd like to know if I should ground those pins in advance.Anyone has a few words to say about that?Cheers :-)
... if your concerned about floating inputs, just enable the internal pull-up resistors for those pin you will not be using ...
Anyone has a few words to say about that?
...just enable the internal pull-up resistors for those pin you will not be using...
Quote from: retrolefty on Oct 14, 2012, 04:55 pm...just enable the internal pull-up resistors for those pin you will not be using...I've read Atmel's datasheet in the meanwhile (why don't I do that before starting a new thread?!!). It clearly suggests enabling those internal pull-ups instead of wiring the free pins to Vcc/GND. I'm glad to see Lefty's suggestions keep proving themselves rock solid :-) I will definetely enable the pull-up resistors and not ground anything at all!
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Frist hosts concert series through July 20
Posted June 14, 2005; 10:05 a.m.
The Frist Campus Center will present six concerts this summer at 4:30 p.m. on the following Wednesdays on the south lawn:
- June 15: Irwin Hall Ensemble (jazz)
- June 22: Reed Kendall (folk/rock/pop)
- June 29: Patty Cronheim Ensemble (jazz)
- July 6: Jazzsquad!
- July 13: Mutlu (funk/jazz/hip-hop)
- July 20: Lou Petto and Ear Candy Productions (funk/Afro-beat/Latin)
The concerts are free and open to the University community, and
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Thought this was a thread about my expert opinion.
Thought this was a thread about my expert opinion.
Everyone's an expert on FH
16-13 Rams, their kicker is better than ours.
Omar proves he is an idiot by saying the Rams D is "soft in the middle". So ****ing stupid. This a rock solid D we are playing. Physical.
Man this game scares the **** out of me, because there's so much on the line. Its difference between .500or 2 and 4. I'm trying not to get myself to work up and not get frustrated if things don't go out way.
Just as we are all ready to win this one, wait, don't we lose games like this! Tough D in St. L. but I think we will win anyways. 20-19
The Healthy Dolphins were playing like a good team. May health return quickly. Go Gase!
We got to score on defense this week.
Fins D is rolling... Rams aren't running on these guys and that leaves who to throw too? Right. Dolphins 20 - Rams 7


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Annual clothing drive set, Jan. 16-23
Posted January 8, 2008; 06:04 p.m.
The University will conduct its annual clothing drive Jan. 16-23 to benefit Dress for Success and Suitably Dressed, two Mercer County organizations that collect "gently used" business attire for men and women.
The clothing goes to people who are entering or re-entering the work force. All types of business and business-casual clothing in good condition are needed, including suits, dress slacks, khakis, dress shirts, collared casual shirts, blazers, skirts, sweaters, dresses, jackets, coats, ties, belts, jewelry, handbags and other accessories.
Items can be brought to the Princeton University Store at its 36 University Place location weekdays between 8 and 9 a.m. and 12:30 and 1:30 p.m.
Volunteers are needed during collection hours. For more information or to volunteer, contact Erin Metro in the Office of Community and Regional Affairs at firstname.lastname@example.com or (609) 258-5144.
The drive is coordinated by the Office of Community and Regional Affairs, the Department of Building Services and the Princeton University Store.