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Planned Parenthood said Monday it's pulling out of the federal family planning program rather than abide by a new Trump administration rule prohibiting clinics from referring women for abortions.
The 10-minute status hearing Tuesday was the first since the civil case was moved to federal court from state court. The former "Empire" actor didn't attend the hearing in Chicago.
The company did not give a timeline for when it might expand it to the U.S. and other countries, only that it will be in "coming months."
Two University of Illinois social workers who once treated the man convicted of kidnapping and killing a visiting Chinese scholar claim they cannot be held legally responsible for his "random and incomprehensible actions."
A long-awaited report on sexual harassment in the Illinois House outlines a culture of fear, intimidation and bullying under House Speaker Michael Madigan's former chief of staff Tim Mapes.
A new law signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker legalizes syringe exchange programs in Illinois, opening the door to an increase in operations aiming to serve a community at risk of overdoses and infection from unsafe supplies.
The state had been prohibited from settings its own emissions targets for more than 20 years. Lawmakers are now expected to focus on an aspirational clean energy bill with the goal of moving Illinois to 100% clean energy by 2050.
Watch the Aug. 20, 2019 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."
How a role-playing workshop hosted by Storycatchers Theatre is taking a new approach to improving the relationship between first responders and the communities they patrol.
Teachers at Chicago Public Schools still have no contract deal with the Board of Education, and have repeatedly threatened to walk off the job. And another controversy is brewing within their ranks.
Elevated lead levels in Flint, Michigan, and Newark, New Jersey, have made national news, causing growing concern over water safety in Chicago. Should residents be concerned about lead levels in Chicago's water?
In addition to the beauty of the music, there was the enduring thought that the very best way to ease the current East-West tensions would be to send the politicians on both sides packing and let the musicians take over the job.


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The initial question any solar cooker asks is how much heat is produced. Unfortunately, I don't have a precise answer. Taking the temperature of a cooking surface is more difficult than taking the temperature of a cooking area. However, the grill produced enough heat during the late summer in Los Angeles to brown meat in about 10 minutes, to cook corn on the cob in about 15 minutes, to burn green beans in about 15 minutes, and to burn eggplant in about 20 minutes. In short, it produced levels of heat comparable to a kitchen stovetop.
Another question a serious solar cook might ask is how frequently it needs to be adjusted. The bad news is that the long focal length means that slight movements by the sun cause the light to quickly miss the target. The grill had to be adjusted about every 10 minutes before the cooking power dropped off noticeably. In addition the finished solar grill is somewhat cumbersome to move around, and is perhaps its greatest design flaw. The good news is that, it cooks quickly enough that it only has to be adjusted once or twice during a cooking.
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By Adrienne Ross – http://www.motivationtruth.com
Planned Parenthood has been busted yet again, this time for actions that are not just unethical but inhumane. If they're not taking donations to abort black babies, they're issuing advice on how to commit fraud while aborting based on gender. Is this the United States–or is this China?
Bristol Palin posted the following on her blog:
Have you ever seen anyone actually happy about possibly killing an infant pre-born girl, even after admitting, "everything's already pretty much developed?"
Watch this video of a woman who goes into a Planned Parenthood in Austin, Texas and tells them that she only wants to terminate the pregnancy if she's carrying a girl.
Does Planned Parenthood condemn this or condone this "gendercide?"
Here's the video:
Bristol adds:
Lila Rose and her Live Action team are fearless in taking on Planned Parenthood, so learn more about them here. After Roe v. Wade is finally overturned, they'll be remembered as heroes in the fight for life.
I appreciate Bristol's boldness. Too many don't even want to talk about defunding Planned Parenthood, much less overturning Roe v. Wade. God bless her for standing up for the most vulnerable among us.
This week the House of Representatives had an opportunity to take a bold stand also, but apparently they don't have the strength that a young woman possesses when it comes to an issue that matters more than any other: life. Unbelievably, the House rejected a ban on gender-selective abortions.
CNN reports:
Congress took up one of the most divisive issues in politics Thursday as the House of Representatives rejected a controversial measure banning abortions based on the sex of a fetus.
In the House, 246 representatives backed the bill while 168 voted against it, leaving the proposal short of the two-thirds total necessary for passage. Most Republicans supported the measure; the majority of Democrats opposed it.
Supporters characterized the proposal as a necessary defense of the civil rights of unborn children; opponents called it part of a broader so-called war on women and an ongoing assault on legalized abortion.
There's an elected official trying to ban soda, but we can't get Congress to ban abortions based on gender? Sick!
So the majority of Democrats voted against this ban because they see it as a war on women. Really? In the video, the Planned Parenthood employee took no issue with aborting a female, so who's really conducting a war on women?
Planned Parenthood has reportedly fired the employee in the hidden video and has stated they oppose gender-selective abortions; however, they also opposed the legislation to ban such selective abortions and called on Congress to reject it. I am increasingly disgusted that my tax dollars go to Planned Parenthood. They shouldn't get one penny of federal funds–not one!
President Obama joined his friends in the abortion industry and also opposed the ban. The Weekly Standard reports:
National Right to Life legislative director Douglas Johnson was upset to learn Obama opposes the common-sense bill, telling LifeNews: "It is appalling, but not surprising, that President Obama now stands with the pro-abortion political committees and his Hollywood donors, rather than with the coerced women, and their unborn daughters, who are victimized in sex-selection abortions."
Of course, there's no surprise in his opposition. Since when has he stood up for life? He wouldn't even vote to provide health care to babies born after a botched abortion, but America has chosen him to lead. We need to wake up!
This morning, as I was reading my Bible, something jumped out at me. Exodus 1 in The Message translation reads:
15-16 The king of Egypt had a talk with the two Hebrew midwives; one was named Shiphrah and the other Puah. He said, "When you deliver the Hebrew women, look at the sex of the baby. If it's a boy, kill him; if it's a girl, let her live."
17-18 But the midwives had far too much respect for God and didn't do what the king of Egypt ordered; they let the boy babies live. The king of Egypt called in the midwives. "Why didn't you obey my orders? You've let those babies live!"
19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, "The Hebrew women aren't like the Egyptian women; they're vigorous. Before the midwife can get there, they've already had the baby."
20-21 God was pleased with the midwives. The people continued to increase in number—a very strong people. And because the midwives honored God, God gave them families of their own.
22 So Pharaoh issued a general order to all his people: "Every boy that is born, drown him in the Nile. But let the girls live."
Clearly, the Lord was not pleased with the king's decision to destroy those whom He created. In this case, the boys were going to be killed. On the other hand, God was pleased with those who honored Him by disobeying the king to protect life. The Bible says they disobeyed the king because they "had far too much respect for God." I pray God touches our hearts and brings us to a place where we have more respect for Him than for the kings we've erected in our lives and the ideas that are accepted by man. I believe we will be held accountable, not only for the decisions we make that affect our own lives, but the people we elect to lead who make decisions that affect the lives of others–or whether others are allowed life at all.
Governor Palin has always had my respect and support because she walks the walk and understands what matters most. As much as she tackles the economy, energy, the size and scope of government, President Obama and his inability to lead effectively, she has never been silent on the issue of life. She knows that life is precious and worth defending. Perhaps this is another area in which she "went rogue" in 2008. This speech from the campaign trail is worth revisiting, and we can see that it is still fitting under current circumstances:
In this same spirit, as defenders of the culture of life, John McCain and I believe in the goodness and potential of every innocent life. I believe the truest measure of any society is how it treats those who are least able to defend and speak for themselves. And who is more vulnerable, or more innocent, than a child?
Yes, every innocent life matters. Everyone belongs in the circle of protection. Every child has something to contribute to the world, if we give them that chance. There are the world's standards of perfection … and then there are God's standards, and these are the final measure. Every child is beautiful before God, and dear to Him for their own sake.
I listened when [Obama] defended his unconditional support for unlimited abortions. He said that a woman shouldn't have to be – quote – "punished with a baby." He said that right here in Johnstown –"punished with a baby" – and it's about time we called him on it. The more I hear from Senator Obama, the more I understand why he is so vague and evasive on the subject. Americans need to see his record for what it is. It's not negative or mean-spirited to talk about his record. Whatever party you belong to, there are facts you need to know.
In short, Senator Obama is a politician who has long since left behind even the middle ground on the issue of life. He has sided with those who won't even protect a child born alive. And this exposes the emptiness of his promises to move beyond the "old politics."
In both parties, Americans have many concerns to be weighed in the votes they cast on November fourth. In times like these, with wars and a financial crisis, it's easy to forget even as deep and abiding a concern as the right to life. And it seems our opponent hopes that you will forget. Like so much else in his agenda, he hopes you won't notice how radical his ideas and record are until it's too late.
But let there be no misunderstanding about the stakes.
A vote for Barack Obama is a vote for activist courts that will continue to smother the open and democratic debate we need on this issue, at both the state and federal level. A vote for Barack Obama would give the ultimate power over the issue of life to a politician who has never once done anything to protect the unborn. As Senator Obama told Pastor Rick Warren, it's above his pay grade.
For a candidate who talks so often about "hope," he offers no hope at all in meeting this great challenge to the conscience of America. There is a growing consensus in our country that we can overcome narrow partisanship on this issue, and bring all the resources of a generous country to the aid of both women in need and the child waiting to be born.
President Obama clearly has not changed, but thank God neither has the Governor. America, however, definitely needs a change in leadership.
Here's the speech, delivered in Johnstown, PA:
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New regulations that capped certain credit card fees, coupled with a dip in card usage, have resulted in consumers paying millions less in penalty fees over the past three years.
The bad news? Credit card issuers are busy dreaming up new types of fees to make up for the shortfall.
"I don't have one bank card client not going through that exercise right now," said Robert Hammer, CEO of the credit card advisory firm R.K. Hammer in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Companies would charge customers who ...
** Call their service center too often
** Don't use the card frequently enough
** Lose a card or ask for a second one
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Consumers soon could find themselves charged for a lost or second card, for paper statements and even for not using their card enough or for making too many calls to customer service.
Some issuers have started charging from $1 to $5 for customer service calls beyond a certain limit per billing cycle, Hammer said.
More cardholders also are being hit with fees ranging from $5 to $15 for not using their cards often enough, sometimes when their accounts are inactive for as little as three months, he said.
Card issuers also have been raising traditional fees not subject to federal limits.
Cash advance fees, for example, which used to be 1 percent to 2 percent of the transaction, are now as high as 5 percent, he said.
So-called default interest rates -- the penalty rates that consumers pay when they are late more than once making payments -- also have been heading higher, with some as high as 30 percent, he said.
Card companies have been tightening the screws to make up for the loss in revenue triggered by the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009.
Provisions of the act, most of which took effect in stages in 2010 and were designed to improve credit card disclosures and end abusive practices, took aim at some of the card companies' bread-and-butter revenue generators.
Late fees were capped at $25 for the first violation and $35 for a second offense within six months. Before the new rules, late fees had been as high as $40.
The regulations also prohibited companies from charging fees for going over a card's credit limit unless the customer opted in to allow over-the-limit transactions.
As a result of those restrictions, plus consumers spending less during the recession, penalty fees have fallen for three straight years -- from a peak of $22.9 billion in 2009 to $17.8 billion in 2012.
Hammer expects that trend to level off.
"I don't see penalty fees dropping a lot this year, because of the other fees banks are charging to make up for that," he said.
New types of fees that could begin to catch on, he said, include charges for custom card designs and for when customers request an increase in their credit limit.
Despite some new fees, cardholders are much better off then they were before protections ushered in by the card act, said Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group in Washington, D.C.
"The card act has cleaned up the credit card marketplace," eliminating "gotcha" fees and other abuses, he said, adding that U.S. PIRG and federal regulators are getting a lot fewer consumer complaints about credit cards these days.
Mierzwinski and other experts say card companies should be careful about rolling out new fees that could trigger an outcry from consumers and another crackdown by regulators.
Consumers can fight back against new fees by staying informed and being diligent about paying their bills on time, Hammer said.
When it comes to most fees, cardholders have the ability to avoid them.
"If you don't want to pay a late fee, don't pay late," he said. "Don't go over your limit if you don't want to pay over-the-limit fees."
To stay on top of new and higher fees, cardholders should read any mailings from their card issuer. Card companies are required to give customers notice when changing a card's terms.
"Be watchful and read what you get from the bank," Hammer said. "Don't throw things away, which is what most people do."
Consumers unsure about whether they are subject to certain fees should call their card issuer to find out.
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau accepts and tracks complaints about credit cards at www.consumerfinance.gov.


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Remembering Harry the K
It is the top of the third inning tonight and dozens of Phillies fans are gathered around the Mike Schmidt statue at the Third Base Gate. No, Schmidt wasn't there. Michael Jack Schmidt's statue has become a memorial for Harry, which is cool.
Schmidt was at Citizens Bank Park for the pre-game ceremonies. Todd Zolecki covered those ceremonies in his Zo Zone blog.
Remembering Harry is a blog on phillies.com in which fans can offer their memories of the Hall of Fame broadcaster and Hall of Fame human being.
Tomorrow, a Memorial Tribute will take place at Citizens Bank Park. It promises to be an emotional day. Starting at 8 in the morning, fans will be allowed inside the ballpark and on to the field to pay their respects to Harry. His coffin will be situated on the grass behind home plate.
The tribute's program will begin at 1 in the afternoon. Around 12:45 p.m., the line will be halted. There's a game tomorrow night and we need to be out of the park by 3 so that the cleaners and ARAMARK can prepare for the game.
Fans who come early, can leave and return for the tribute program in the afternoon. For those of you who can't be here, it will be streamed on phillies.com starting at 9:30 a.m. At noon, Comcast SportsNet will begin a two-hour live show. Phillies.com will pick up the multi-camera CSN production.
In addition to thousands of fans, Kalas' relatives and friends, current and former Phillies broadcasters, the Phillies front office family, Alumni and current team will pay their respects to a person loved by all.
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Beautiful job on the memorial today….I cried through the whole thing. Very touching and you all did a VERY classy job arranging everything. Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us.
Yesterday was great as well, especially High Hopes in the 7th. I could have done without getting whacked in the head twice though! You'll have to read it if you get a chance…what a mess! http://philliesphollowers.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/04/beautiful_tribute_ugly_game.html
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Today, millions of Americans head to the polls to cast their vote for the general election. People have been showing their support for candidates for months using social media. So which candidates have taken advantage of this unique sharing tool?
Here are our picks for the best social media candidates for the 2012 campaign. (Note: likes and followers may increase or decrease throughout the night.)
Barack Obama
The leader of the free world is also the leader of social media. With 32 million likes on Facebook and 21.8 million followers on Twitter, Obama has had over two presidential election cycles to build his brand. His sites are run by his campaign staff, but personal tweets from the president himself are signed "bo." Tweets are shared thousands of times by followers, but Obama's social media team has begun retweeting its followers too.
Romney had a much later start than Obama, but voters shouldn't count him out of the social media race yet. He has quickly gained 12 million likes on Facebook and 1.7 million followers on Twitter.
Although Romney has less followers on Facebook and Twitter, he is dominating the president on the up and coming picture sharing platform Instagram. Romney has 77,068 followers to Obama's 9,785, and his campaign has used the app to illustrate Romney's life before and on the campaign.
Ron Paul
Although he is out of the presidential race and giving up his seat in Houston, Paul has been the social media darling this campaign season. His strong following among the millennial generation won him a strong following on all of his social media accounts. On Facebook, Paul has 1.1 million likes on Facebook and gave Republicans enough of a scare that his delegates were given worse seats than Guam and Samoa at the RNC.
@RonPaul, the Twitter account Paul used for his campaign during the Republican primary, 370,853 followers even though it hasn't been used since August. His official Twitter account, @RepRonPaul, has 190,780. He doesn't use it frequently, but when he does, his posts are retweeted hundreds of times.
John Boehner
Speaker of the House John Boehner has run a strong social media campaign. His official Twitter account, @SpeakerBoehner has 371,102 followers and his personal account has 207,212 followers. With 317,503 likes on Facebook, Boehner is not only one of the most vocal voices in Congress, he's one of the most listened-to politicians on the internet as well.
Gary Johnson
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson picked up a significant amount of Paul supporters after their candidate didn't make the cut. Although Johnson has received relatively little media attention throughout his campaign, he has gained an impressive 108,339 followers on Twitter and 347,661 likes on Facebook, showing the power of social media.
The Republican nominee for Kay Bailey Hutchison's seat in the U.S. Senate has gained an impressive 97,742 likes on Facebook and 33,439 followers on Twitter. And since early voting began in Texas, Cruz's campaign has been busily retweeting followers who proudly proclaim their votes went to the Republican candidate.
McCaskill was an early adopter of Twitter. The Missouri Senator has three accounts – one for her office, her campaign, and herself. McCaskill's personal Twitter account has 80,626 followers, even though she's following a grand total of zero. She talks to her followers about her campaign, feeling nervous before debates, and even the health of her mother.
The Republican candidate for Connecticut's senate seat has 36,861 followers on Twitter. Not only is her account updated multiple times per hour, McMahon uses her twitter to thank and retweet followers who showed their support for her online and at the polls.
Bill Flores
When MTV began its Fantasy Election, Bill Flores was the only member of the Texas delegation to make its list of top social media users. His two Twitter accounts, @Flores4Congress and @RepBillFlores have won him nearly 6,000 followers. Flores makes our list for high levels of engagement with his constituents. For the past few days, his campaign account has been personally thanking followers for giving him their vote.
Honorable mention: Cory Booker
He's not on the ballot this year, but the Newark, N.J., mayor has always been active on social media. He raised the bar for tweeting pols in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. New Jersey residents tweeted the mayor about their needs and concerns after the tropical storm destroyed homes and left millions without power last week. In response, Booker has used his Twitter account as a direct helpline, sending supplies and words of comfort to his constituents.
He has used Twitter to paint himself as one of the most accessible elected officials, and even invited a neighbor without power to hang out at his home.
"There is someone at my house now (Eric). I've got space u can relax in, charge devices & even a working DVD player. Come by @my_serenelove," Booker tweeted on November 1.
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From national parks to medical research, cuts are undermining what makes America great. Yet Republicans seem set on shutting down the government or even default.
As readers of my past columns know, I was not exactly optimistic as we approached crunch time over the debt limit in 2011. But I am far more pessimistic now. At a dinner I attended Monday night with a host of those individuals deeply involved in fiscal matters, it became clear that there are no talks going on now — neither formal nor back channel — to avoid a series of crises over spending and the debt ceiling. The House majority is in profound disarray, unable to muster majorities for anything on the spending front as the new fiscal year approaches.
In a misguided attempt to mollify his radicals and avoid a government shutdown over the demand to abort Obamacare, House Speaker John Boehner has instead turned the focus to the debt ceiling. His earlier assurance that he and his party would not play games with the nation's full faith and credit turned into a pledge weeks ago into to invoke the "Boehner Rule," insisting that the debt limit be raised only by an amount equal to additional new spending cuts — meaning trillions of additional dollars piled on to the $2.5 trillion in cuts already made (but of course with no specifics about what he would want to cut). And it is clear that a slew of Republicans inside Congress, bolstered by forces outside like Heritage Action, will push their crusade to crush Obamacare by holding the debt-ceiling hostage.
In 2011, when the intensive negotiations between Boehner and President Obama broke down, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stepped in at the 11th hour to fill the vacuum and avert a default. When Boehner declared that he would not participate in any negotiations over the fiscal cliff, McConnell partnered with Vice President Joe Biden to fill the vacuum. This time? There will be no McConnell; the minority leader is so cowed by the challenge to his renomination from the right that he will not be a party to any "compromise." And the informal negotiations between Obama, his Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, and a group of Republican senators led by Bob Corker have broken down, at least for now.
At this point, I will be surprised if we do not have at least one partial government shutdown within the next month or two, and I fear there is a high chance of a real breach in the debt ceiling, one that may not last for a long time, assuming that the markets react violently to something they still believe will not really happen, and that voters react to the notion that the U.S. will pay its creditors in China before it pays its troops in Afghanistan. But a default this time will have devastating consequences, meaning a downgrade in our credit by all ratings agencies and a spectacle to the world of spectacular, self-destructive dysfunction.
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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Gotham Central, Jul 14, 2012.
Zombies.. with laser beams... and steel helmets
Making them as hard to kill as a living human, at the very least, would have gone a long way to keeping them a viable threat. Their soft, squishy skulls that you can smash like a rotten pumpkin is a major detriment to that.
soft bones and skulls seem perfectly fine to me,
they don't get the proper requirements dietary wise so they get little calcium, its no different to a reptile with calcium deficiency.
The S2 finale is an example of how the zombies can continue to be a bigger threat. In that situation, you had a number of armed people unloading on the walkers:
But their efforts ultimately meant nothing as they were overwhelmed.
In the pilot, and the last two episodes of S1, we saw many tanks and soldiers out of commission / dead, respectively (the city and outside of the CDC). I'm guessing large herds overwhelmed groups--even armed with military firepower, so if that guess is spot on, there are still ways for zombies to pose a great threat.
Even at the prison, the survivors were always ducking and dodging in the commons area, the halls and in the yard, as the numbers and walker hunger keep them chasing the living.
Those zombies wearing riot gear were a good idea.
Numbers... Herds of them. There must be billions of them on the whole. We see that they eat anything living. Well, as the cities are depleted of living sustenance, they'll be spreading out to where wild life is, big time.
As for an improvement, I'd like to see them show a few more human traits though, like climbing. If that hunger is so strong, they'll climb a fence. They climbed a tank. They are reanimated primates after all. That's been one drawback of how they were depicted this season at the prison. The other is their strength. Twice this season they were unable to break through a partially rolled down car window. I could do that, if I was crazy enough
However, I'm getting the feeling this is not completely a horror show, & even when it is, the zombies are only a part of that, as this season illustrates. So the zombies don't have to be a constant horror for the show to be good
I saw Carol and Merle in full costume, and in character, shooting up the Conan O'Brien Audience this morning.
(it's the one with Paul Rudd as the guest, dated .2013.04.02.)
Oh yeah... I just remember the other way they've stolen some of the threat zombies should have, the infectiousness. They're way too comfortable being in contact with or close proximity to zombies, & that's primarily because I've seen so much on this show overlooked, that could be qualified as an exposure to the disease
Michonne had her entire head smashed into an aquarium full of zombie head soup. They play way too loose with the exposure factor imo
With a group of older people from Woodbury, one dies in the night in there sleep in a locked down facility, that could turn ugly fast.
Keep all the prison cells locked at night. Problem solved.
There should be untold numbers of elderly zombies if everyone is infected and just started turning into zombies when they die. Thousands upon thousands of elderly people die of natural causes around the world every day. Zombies should have been killing their grandchildren and nursing staffs on the very first day of the outbreak before anyone could recover from the shock and realize what's going on. That's what would give you numbers.
They do that already, as seen in "Guts," when Rick was shooting zombies trying to climb the fence in hot pursuit.
Oh yeah... right, in season one, the episode after they climb the tank, but by season 3 they're just kind of hanging around the prison fences
That threat should be bigger at the prison
The biters in Season 1 were freshly dead, and still had muscles and some "brain power" (remnant imagination, perhaps?) to motivate them to do things like climb fences and smash glass with rocks. By Season 3, after almost an entire year, the biters are significantly decayed (as shown by the makeup) and are probably lacking in strength due to decayed muscles and any "imagination" they have is gone. They just walk until they bump into something.
Furthermore, the biters are only really motivated to act when they sense prey by sight or smell, and most of the time Rick's group isn't hanging out by the fence to antagonize them. So they just ceaselessly bump against the fence. If one walker did show any inclination to scale the prison fence, someone would merely need to destroy that one before they made it to the top.
To really invade the prison, a large herd would be needed to just push the fences down with their mass, as happened on Hershel's farm and in "Guts". That could happen someday. Perhaps the Governor could round up a large herd and aim them at the prison.
Someone in Rick's group needs to learn how to build bombs.
I'm wondering about something...a couple of somethings, actually.
Merle killed 8 guys in his ambush. Well, he took them down and let the walkers get them. At least two were shot in the legs, to take them down without killing them outright.
1) Except the Governor. Was Merle trying for a headshot and Ben stepped in the way, or trying to wound and Ben was shorter and so was shot in the head?
2) The wounded men who were attacked by walkers. When Daryl gets there, they're dead. Dead. Not getting up and becoming walkers. Yeah, some had their guts out and such, but they were not getting up. I know, this allowed Daryl to see them as having been shot (by Merle) and so know that Merle tried to redeem himself in some way. But shouldn't they have become walkers?
He was clearly aiming for the Gov when idiot boy stepped in front of him and took the bullet instead. It also gave away Merle's position, as Gov looked for where the shot came from and went after him.
Will have to check that part again. Don't know if they took head shots/head damage at some point or if Gov or his men shot them later or what.
Everybody turns at a different rate, Andrea's sister took all night long, after she was bit before she reanimated
Maybe they just hadn't reanimated yet. It can take from minutes to hours, so the first ones to rise would eat the freshly dead but not yet reanimated bodies.
Makes you wonder how much time had passed between Milton dieing and reanimating, certainly would not of took Andrea 2 hours to get the dam pliers and free herself. LOL
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Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight" series has been a veritable cash cow, so with that franchise winding down, of course Hollywood would go after another one of her titles.
Saoirse Ronan has signed on to star in "The Host," based on Meyer's 2008 novel of the same name, reported Deadline. Andrew Niccol ("Gattaca," "Lord of War") has adapted the screenplay, and may yet direct.
In short, "The Host" is set in a time when most of humanity has been taken over by invading "souls," but when one of the last "wild" humans, Melanie, is captured, she resists take over of her body by thinking constantly about the man she loves.
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If that doesn't make any sense, here's the official synopsis from Meyer's website:
Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact and continue their lives apparently unchanged. Most of humanity has succumbed.
When Melanie, one of the few remaining "wild" humans is captured, she is certain it is her end. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, was warned about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the glut of senses, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.
Wanderer probes Melanie's thoughts, hoping to discover the whereabouts of the remaining human resistance. Instead, Melanie fills Wanderer's mind with visions of the man Melanie loves—Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she has been tasked with exposing. When outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off on a dangerous and uncertain search for the man they both love.
If you haven't yet seen Ronan in "Hanna," do so--she's great in it and the film is a wild ride. We're still awaiting a release date for her next film "Violet & Daisy" while she's down in New Zealand shooting "The Hobbit."


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We are finishing up 31 Days of Proverbs today! I can't help but feel some trepidation over this chapter. So much has been written on Proverbs 31 and the "virtuous woman" that I struggle to begin. I don't think I'm alone when I say that when I read this chapter I can feel inadequate. Go read Proverbs 31 and let's look at it together.
When I see this section labeled, "In Praise of a Capable Wife", I am going to take the word, "capable" to heart. We are capable, but our limited abilities suggest that we don't have accomplish any of these things alone.
Only God Himself can give us what we need to be the woman He desires for us to be.
I am a pastor's wife, mamma, nana, co-worker, daughter, sister, and friend; but those relationships don't define who I am. Only one relationship can define the kind of wife or mom or friend I will be: my relationship with God. He knows me better than anyone else. He knows what I am capable of. He knows my weaknesses and my strengths–and it is my choice to let Him lead me on the path He has chosen for me.
Psalm 139:1-4 says,
"Lord, You have searched me and known me.
You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
You understand my thoughts from far away.
You observe my travels and my rest;
You are aware of all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue,
You know all about it, Lord."
So here we are, looking at a reflection of the kind of woman who is praiseworthy; and we see she is trustworthy, hard-working, skilled and strong.
"Strength and honor are her clothing and she can laugh at the time to come." Proverbs 31:5
When I ask myself what my strengths are, I realize that this is where I have struggled the most ("I can clean toilets pretty well!"), and I laugh, but that's not a correct interpretation. If I were to ask my husband he would say that I am a pretty hard worker, but that's only one thing on the list. I trust my husband and he trusts me–and together we depend upon the Lord to help us have a healthy marriage, but am I really strong?
The hard part for me has always been a lack of confidence in myself and my abilities. I am not a horrible wife or mother, yet when my kids were younger I always felt like I was never quite good enough. If one of my kids acted up, or I got in a quarrel with my husband, my tendency was to always see myself as a failure. Mistakes can make or break us. It was easy for me to love and forgive other's mistakes, but sometimes found it hard to forgive myself–even though I knew the truth of the Bible that God will forgive us when we repent and turn from our sin.
My confidence should never be in my own abilities, but in God's ability to use me.
I love this quote by Elisabeth Elliot, a missionary to Ecuador whose husband was killed by a tribe he was trying to reach with the gospel:
If you look at the very next verse, you will see the reason strength and honor can be ours:
"She opens her mouth with wisdom, and loving instruction is on her tongue." Proverbs 31:26
We've learned through this study that true wisdom only comes from God. If we are going to be the woman that God wants us to be, then wisdom is not just a valuable tool, but a treasure. Being adorned with beauty or talent or riches doesn't guarantee that we will be a Proverbs 31 woman. Those attributes come a dime a dozen. We can see plenty of examples in the media of women who have all of those things that would not be considered virtuous. It is only by desiring inner beauty and allowing God to use what gifts and talents we have for His glory that we can look at our reflection with confidence.
"Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised." Proverbs 31:30
I have never enjoyed accolades. But there will come a day. The only praise I want to hear is, "Well done, my good and faithful servant". [see Matthew 25] When I walk through the gates of the heavenly city, I want anything that can be labeled as good or worthy in me to bring honor–not to myself–but to the One who made me and died for me.
I wonder if anyone noticed, but I used succulents for all of the graphics I made for this study. Succulents are a thick, drought-hardy plant that not only stores water in its leaves and stems, but can also thrive on limited water resources, such as dew or mist. Can you see how valuable it would be to store up God's Word and the lessons we've learned so that when the dry or difficult times come we are prepared. Saturating ourselves with the Truth of the Bible equips us for whatever lies in our future. Deep, well-watered roots help a plant to thrive. If this is the first time you have read the Bible every day–or it's been awhile, I hope you are coming to realize how beneficial it is to make God's Word a priority in your life. Let this be the beginning of a lifetime of spiritual growth.
Thank you for joining me on this journey. I would love to hear from you!


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Eyewitness Booze Investigation: Bud Light Lime-a-Rita
Will Gordon drinks his way through the bottom shelf of the liquor store...so you don't have to.
Tomorrow I'm meeting an old friend for lunch and I couldn't be more excited or less excited. I am exactly the right amount of excited: very extremely to be seeing one of my favorite people for the first time in at least five and perhaps as many as 100 years; and not-at-all-god-please-why to be going to Border Café in Harvard Square.
Actually, god, don't answer that, because I know precisely why we're going to Border Café: Because Amy spent formative eating and drinking years within a fajita's throw of the place, and any woman who has ever lived nearby is inexplicably drawn to this mediocre Tex-Mex-Cajun-What-Else?-Probably-Creole-If-That's-Not-The-Same-As-Cajun-Or-Even-If-It-Is joint.
I'd describe Border Café in greater detail except who cares, plus you already know exactly what it is; you have one just like it in your town, too, and if you've got young children and a taste for tequila, it's not a bad option. There's enough crap on the walls and chicken on the menu to keep the kids occupied and enough liquor in the drinks to cut some of the sugary mix down to size. It'll do better than fine if you fit that happy demographic—the parents there are always in a good mood, because they know it could be so much worse; they could be someplace without Cholula or a liquor license—but it's no place for the kidless. Yet at least half of the giant dining room is always full of unencumbered adults, most of whom are also having a blast. It's weird.
But, my snobby exasperation aside, the food isn't bad and I know I'll be perfectly content with whatever blackened, jerked, or encrusted thing happens to land on my plate. The real dilemma is deciding what to drink. I've cut way back on my weekday lunch boozing this year, but I'll be seeing Amy for the first time in two coon's ages plus it will be Quatro de Mayo, both of which conditions call for alcohol. And since I don't drink as much as I should anymore, each booze order is of great importance.
I'm normally satisfied with the plain old unsalted house margarita, but I'm already scheduled to drink a half-dozen of those on Saturday with Bottom Shelf research director Emily's family. I'm also slightly afraid that Amy's gone all Diet Coke on me in the several years (and two children) that have elapsed since our last lunch. She might look askance at noontime tequila, an unsettling thought that has me considering my beer options.
Border Café is one of those tragic places that doesn't serve draft beer. My high school cafeteria was one of those places, and so are most prisons and laundromats; why do you want your bar to remind me of a place where studious criminals wash clothes? The bottled beer stash isn't much help, either. There's a Tex beer and a few Mex beers and probably dirty nasty hateful Heineken, but nothing much to daydream about, and why go to lunch if you can't fantasize about the drinks beforehand?
The drinking pickings are fairly slim there now, but I suspect they're about to get diversified with the addition of the new Bud Light Lime-a-Rita, a "malt beverage with natural flavors" that seems born to run with the Border Café crowd. Then again, I suppose management might opt against offering a canned-a-rita to compete with their own housemade—and credible if not excellent—margaritas.
So since I might not get to try Lime-a-Rita tomorrow at lunch, I figured I'd suck one down at the house last night (also factoring into that decision: a kindly publicist sent me a sample).
I didn't read the press releases carefully when Anheuser-Busch announced this product a couple weeks ago, so I was disappointed to discover that it's not beer with tequila added or anything strictly margaritorial like that. This 8% ABV malt beverage isn't anything so ambitious: There's no tequila OR beer inside. They're clearly taking a more abstract view of the -arita distinction in which it means "a thing that might be fun to drink on the beach or when otherwise underdressed." That's not what I was expecting, but that doesn't make it a bad drink.
My 8 ounce can (they also come in 12s and 24s) told me to pour it over ice, but I MAKE MY OWN RULES and forgot to make my own ice, so I just poured it into a glass and took it straight. It looks very much like Mountain Dew—pale, cloudy yellow-green, quick and short-lived head—and thank heavens only tastes a little like Mountain Dew.
I thought I could sense a faint real-beer smell, but there was none to be tasted. I noticed much more lemon than lime, which means Bud Light Lime-a-Rita lacks Bud Light, lime, and the defining element of the traditional margarita, but that ain't no thing. This drink reminds me of under-sweetened lemonade, which I like. The fairly hefty alcohol dose is well hidden and there's none of the weird metallic or chemical notes that mar many malt beverages, which makes Bud Light Lime-a-Rita pretty good for what it is. If you drink alcopops, there's no reason this can't be your alcopop.
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In this Policy Initiative Spotlight, Renewing America contributor Steven J. Markovich looks at recent efforts undertaken by Baltimore and other cities to attract immigrants. He argues that while efforts like these could be crucial in combating near-term population decline, the central challenge for local leaders lies in laying the groundwork for economic growth.
Baltimore is hoping new outreach programs and legal protections will encourage more immigrants to make the Charm City their new home in the United States. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake hopes to attract 10,000 new families over the next ten years, and expects many to be immigrants.
In March, Rawlings-Blake prohibited police and social agencies from asking about immigration status, and asked federal immigration officials to explicitly tell people they arrest that they are not agents of the city. The city's outreach to Latinos is particularly notable with city-run classes in Spanish. While more immigrant-specific initiatives are still under development, the mayor has launched a variety of programs to make Baltimore a more welcoming place, with goals of improving schools, lowering crime, lowering property taxes, and increasing jobs.
The mayor's push to make Latinos feel welcome in Baltimore appears to be working. One twenty-four year old woman born in Mexico told the Washington Post "I like living here. They don't look at you weird because you don't speak English." She utilizes the city's Spanish-language nutrition and exercise classes, and even takes her two young children to the local library for a storytelling hour in Spanish.
In a NPR interview, Rawlings-Blake contrasted Baltimore's approach to immigrants with other areas that have passed stricter immigration laws, such as Arizona: "I think it sends a clear message to immigrants that Baltimore is a welcoming city…too many cities, too many states are basically putting up a do-not-enter sign." Regarding the city's particular outreach to Latinos, and their impact on economic growth, she offered: "We've actively recruited Latino immigrants to Baltimore, and when they come here, they're thriving. Many have opened businesses, employed individuals. The Latino members of our community that are in our public school system are thriving. I think it's a win-win."
That win-win from immigration could be crucial to helping Baltimore and many other northern cities combat population decline as young people move to pursue job opportunities elsewhere. As a city's population declines, it faces the challenge of spreading its infrastructure and service costs over a smaller base. Cities that face ballooning deficits can try to raise taxes, or cut services and investment, but both approaches will make them less attractive to citizens and businesses alike.
Similar efforts are underway across the nation. Global Detroit hopes to power up the Motor City by making it a more international place, encouraging immigration, foreign investment, and trade. The non-profit has funded over $4 million of initiatives since 2010, including everything from social programs to encouraging the expansion of global firms in Detroit and nearby Windsor, Ontario, which has less restrictive visa laws.
Canada has also used immigration to revitalize moribund cities. Since the late 1990s, local leaders across Manitoba have used innovative immigration initiatives to combat the loss of youth to Winnipeg and Calgary. Canadian civic leaders have benefited from visa policies that encourage economic based immigration. Canada issues more employment-based visas than the United States, despite being one tenth the size. In the United States, economic criteria determine only 7 percent of green cards.
Efforts to make cities more inviting to immigrants will have some benefit, but they should not be viewed as a panacea. Immigration policy is largely a federal issue, and immigrants often move for the same reason many young Americans do, to pursue opportunities. Setting the stage for economic growth by providing robust infrastructure, safe neighborhoods and good schools—all while keeping taxes manageable--remains the major challenge for cities. Still, increased outreach can help a city grow by making it more competitive in its fight to attract people and jobs.
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A Design Award Exhibition in Poland
The Second a Prime Design Award Exhibition Took Place in Poland At About Design Expo During 10-12 May 2013
The very first A Design Award and Competition exhibition in Poland was held at the third edition of the About Design Fair in Poland at Gdansk at the dates 10-12 May 2013. About Design Expo brought together disciplines of interior design, decoration and architecture together and provided opportunities for design talents to showcase their creativity.All design award winner works were exhibited in the exhibition grounds as either poster presentations and physical samples with posters. The award winners exhibition in Poland attracted many media members who were informed about the awards and the award winning designers. Furthermore, local Polish media has also been updated through press releases and communications.Cookoo Connected Watch is a handsome timepiece of the 21st century that keeps us staying on top of our digital life. Also like the cuckoo clock on which we could set the particular time for the cuckoo bird to coo, Cookoo Connected Watch is easily customizable via the COOKOO App for us to pick and choose the specific notifications we would like to receive.Meduse Shisha Pipes produced by Meduse Design which was established in 2005 as a trade and manufacturing company based in the Czech Republic. Meduse Design carry out all stages in the processing of our products starting with graphic and industrial design, through development and prototyping, on to batch production, and finally distribution. Production have a vision based on innovative and fresh design that bears a hallmark of exclusivity.An important aspect of the exhibition was the interior design and architecture sections which got attention from the visiting architects, lifestyle magazines, and fellow interior designers who were present during the About Design fair in Poland. All the projects were apprised by also the fellow academics who visited the winners exhibition.In addition to poster presentation of the award winning design works, the a prime design award has also been communicated to the creative Polish audiences and media through leaflets and informative sections on the award, world design rankings and other initiatives. As usual, we have presented apples and chocolates to all who visit the booth.Within the three day period, thousands of lead users, design buyers, media members and creative visitors have checked the a design award booth. Visitors were also provided with smaller editions of posters of works, exhibition posters, award leaflets and information on world design rankings and designer rankings.Lovers of art, style, and history alike visited the adesignaward exhibition in Poland. The exhibition was structured based different art disciplines and winners of distinct award categories were clustered; architecture, interior design, furniture design, lighting designs were however highlighted since they fit the theme of the expo.The a prime design award exhibition did not just attracted design buyer and media but also attracted creatives, dreamers, progressives, nonconformists, and real designers. The design exhibition helped ideas spread within the realms of technology, engineering, and sustainability and has definitely contributed to the growth of Polish design as well, through porting ideas - award winning projects from all over the world into a single spot.Beertone Beer Color Swatches by Alexander Michelbach and Daniel Eugster is for all beer enthusiasts and color lovers. It is the only beer guide that presents beers around the world with focus in their colors. An amazing work and a must to have item for all beer lovers, restaurants and perhaps also for color swatch collectors as well.Irwin Tools manufactures and distributes professional grade hand tools and power tool accessories worldwide for trade professionals who demand superior performance and durability on the job. Fk Series Folding Utility Knives by Jim Kershaw are the top of the line utility knifes designed by Irwin tools.The physical exhibition featured mostly smaller design works and was based on a 9x2 meter space. All the exhibited designs were displayed together with their posters to help identify and contact designers and producers. The exhibition curator and two staff members were present during the exhibition to give further insights regarding to projects and to demonstrate them if necessary.The a prime design award exhibition in Poland brought together five hundred design works from seventy countries from four hundred designers, artists, architects, engineers, and product manufacturers. The exhibition service was provided free of charge to all winners no matter if they had already attended the prior exhibition in Italy. Switch 3-in-1 Portable Bluetooth Speaker by Fabien Nauroy for Native Union who brings together form and function, providing our customers with the best communication experience. The goal of Native Union is to make life simper in a rapidly changing world. The team consists of a pool of internationally recognized creative and engineering talent from all over the world who are passionate to deliver the best concepts to the market. Design award presentation for this year's winners was announced once again on May 10 at the AmberExpo at Gdansk, Poland. Each entry was printed in A2 format and the design awards presentation included also distribution of a copy of the design awards publication digital edition to all winners who requested more information. The much-anticipated exhibition differed from others since it was a truly design exhibition where all type of design fields from packaging design to yacht design were represented. The exhibition once again help establish that design not only makes things, people, and places pretty but also smarter, functional, stronger, sustainable and durable.The major design exhibition in Poland even though has been already concluded could still be seen at designmag.org where it is permanently open for visitors. Both current and future international design exhibitions will be accessible from designmag.org where you could enjoy and get inspired from design. We hope to organize better, bigger exhibitions each year, to spread design thinking all across the globe. We wish to organize both wider and niche - specialized exhibitions for designs in the upcoming years. We wish the visitors to be inspired by the creativity and skills of world's best designers, artists and architects.Adesignaward is constantly seeking further opportunities to display winner designers' works such as shows, trade fairs, museums, sales outlets, events and stage settings. To help award winning designs spread more, the Expo edition was conceived that allows us to cooperate with event organizers. Through expo coordination model, event organizers could co-sponsor the a design award exhibition in turn for sponsorship benefits.Finally, we especially wish to thank Łukasz Tamkun who helped us set-up the exhibition and also managed the space, Barbara Kacprzak the fair and project manager and Makpal Bayetova, the exhibition curator. 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Let $\mu$ be a Lebesgue measure on the space $G$ of real symmetric $n \times n$ matrices (the Haar measure on the additive group of such matrices). For any $A \in G$ let $\chi_{A}(x)$ be its characteristic polynomial:
$$\chi_{A}(-x) = \det (A+xI) = x^n + a_{1}x^{n-1}+\ldots+a_{n-1}x + a_{n}.$$
Let $g(A) = ( a_1, \ldots, a_n )$ for any $A \in G$.
Consider a function $f \colon \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$ and define an integral
$$I =\int\limits_{H} f(g(A)) \, \mu(dA),$$
where $H$ is some subset of $G$ well characterized by $a_1,\dots,a_n$, for example the set of all positively defined matrices.
My question is how to reduce the integration with respect to $\mu$ to the integration with respect to the Lebesgue measure on the space of eigenvalues? I did't find an easy way. Maybe I have to use some generalized version of coarea formula to split the integration on the integration with respect to the Haar measure on $O(n)$ plus the integration on the space of eigenvalues?


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Affordable Care Act (ACA): The healthcare reform law enacted in 2010. This term is short for PPACA, or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and is sometimes referred to as "Obamacare."
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FSA: See
Flexible Spending Account.
Generic Drug: A prescription drug that has the same active ingredients as a brand-name drug. Generic drugs usually cost less than brand-name drugs. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rates these drugs as safe and effective as brand-name drugs.
Global: All-inclusive. For example, a bill for "global surgery" includes the surgery plus all pre-op and post-op care, or a "global billing" may include all charges for a series of treatments.
Grievance: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Habilitation services: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Health insurance: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): Federal legislation designed to improve the portability of health coverage, reduce healthcare costs by standardizing the processing of healthcare transactions, increase the security and privacy of healthcare information, and to make other changes to the healthcare delivery system.
Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA): An IRS-approved, tax-favored benefit that reimburses employees, up to a maximum dollar amount, for qualified medical care expenses not reimbursed by an employer's health plan. HRAs are paid for solely by the employer. Any unused portion of the maximum dollar amount at the end of a coverage period may be carried forward to increase the maximum reimbursement amount in subsequent coverage periods.
Health Savings Account (HSA): A tax-sheltered savings account that may be used by beneficiaries covered by qualified high deductible health plans to pay for healthcare expenses not covered by their health plan. Money remaining in the account at the end of the year may be used in the following year. Contributions to an individual's HSA can be made by anyone, including the employer, up to an annual maximum.
Home health care: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Hospice services: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Hospitalization: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Hospital outpatient care: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
HRA: See
Health Reimbursement Arrangement.
HSA: See
Health Savings Account.
ICD or ICD-9-CM: International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition (Clinical Modification); book of narrative/numeric codes used by healthcare providers to classify medical diagnoses.
Individual Insurance Market: The market for health insurance coverage offered to individuals who do not have access to a group health plan, for example, through their employer. In some states, a group or employer health plan that has fewer than two participants may also be considered part of the individual insurance market.
In-network co-insurance: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
In-network co-payment: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Inpatient care: Care provided in a licensed bed in a hospital, nursing home, or other medical or psychiatric institution, usually for at least 24 hours.
Lifetime Limit or Lifetime Maximum: A limit, or "cap" on the total amount of benefits that may be paid for a specific service. For example, your plan might have limits on the dollar amounts of benefits it will provide (such as a plan that will only pay $300 for foot orthotics over the lifetime of your plan.) Or your plan may have limits on the number of times it will pay for a certain service (for example, the plan may only pay for one liver transplant per lifetime).
Medically necessary: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Medicare: The federal health insurance program for older U.S. citizens and the disabled.
Member: Often used in place of "the enrolled" or "the insured" person, the member is anyone covered by the health plan, whether they are the subscriber or dependent on their policy.
Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Parity: Oregon's mental health parity law, which became effective January 1, 2007. It requires group health insurance policies to cover treatment of chemical dependency and mental or nervous conditions at the same level and with no more restrictions than those imposed for other medical conditions.
MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Network: The facilities, providers, and suppliers your health insurer or plan has contracted with to provide healthcare services. (See
ACA Uniform Glossary.)
Noncovered services: Those services excluded from coverage by your health plan.
Nonemergent condition: Meaning "not a life-threatening emergency," this is defined as routine examinations, diagnostic work-ups for chronic conditions, routine prenatal care, elective surgery, and scheduled follow up visits for prior emergency conditions. Receiving nonemergent care in an emergency room setting is usually not covered by health plans.
Nonformulary covered prescriptions: Drugs that are not specifically listed on an insurer's formulary are considered non-formulary drugs and typically have a higher cost for the member. (Occasionally an insurer make may a list of prescription drugs that are nonformulary, to make it easier for members to compare.)
Nonpreferred/Nonparticipating provider: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Nurse practitioner: A registered nurse who has advanced skills in the assessment of physical and psychosocial health status of individuals, families, and groups.
Obamacare: See ACA.
Open Enrollment: An annual period, usually occurring shortly before the beginning of a new plan year, during which eligible people can enroll for health insurance benefits and/or change their elections from the previous year. Unless you have a
qualifying special event, this is typically the only time of year that you can enroll in a health insurance plan.
OTC: See
Over-the-Counter Drug or Medicine.
Out-of-area: That area that is outside your insurer's service area.
Out-of-network co-insurance: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Out-of-network co-payment: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Out-of-panel provider: Usually called a "nonparticipating" or "non-network" provider, this is a provider who is not a part of the panel of doctors and other providers selected for your healthplan's provider network.
Out-of-pocket limit (OOP): Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Outpatient: A person who visits a clinic, emergency room, or health facility and receives healthcare without being admitted as an overnight patient.
Outpatient care: Care given to a person that does not require an overnight stay in a bed in a licensed hospital, nursing home, or other facility.
Over-the-Counter (OTC) drug or medicine: A drug or medicine that is sold lawfully without a prescription.
Participating provider panel: A listing of the providers and facilities that have contracted with your health insurer to provide services at a discount to members.
PBM: Pharmacy Benefit Manager
PCP: See
Primary Care Provider.
PDL: See
Preferred Drug List.
PHI: See
Protected Health Information.
Physician: A person duly licensed and qualified to practice medicine in the state where his/her practice is located.
Physician services: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Plan: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Plan administration: Management of a health plan, including accounting, billing, personnel, marketing, and legal services.
Plan Year: The 12-month period on which a plan operates. Note: the plan year may or may not be the same as the benefit year. Your policy or plan description/handbook should indicate which month is the start of each plan year.
Point of Service (POS): A type of health plan in which you may pay less (or have a higher level of benefits) if you use doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers that belong to a plan's network.
Policyholder: The employer or individual to which the health insurance contract is issued and in whose name the policy is written. In a plan contracting directly with the individual or family, the policyholder is the individual to whom the contract is issued.
Portability: Access to continuous health coverage so that the insured does not lose insurance coverage due to any change in health or personal status (such as employment, marriage, or divorce).
POS: See
Point of Service.
PPACA: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, federal legislation enacted in 2010. This is also referred to as ACA or Obamacare.
Preauthorization: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Pre-existing condition: Physical or mental condition of an insured person that existed before enrollment in a health plan. Pre-existing conditions may result in a limitation of coverage or benefits. Pregnancy is not considered a pre-existing condition.
Preferred Drug List (PDL): A list of brand name prescription medicines that is more limited than a standard drug formulary. Drugs on the list are selected based on clinical results and economic value.
Preferred provider: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Premium: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Premium Tax Credit: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Prescription drug coverage: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Prescription drugs: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Preventive care: Healthcare focused on preventive measures such as routine physical exams, check-ups, immunizations, etc., and not a specific medical complaint. This type of care is also sometimes referred to as "routine," "screening," or "pre-care."
Primary care: Routine medical care, normally provided in a doctor's office. Professional and related services are administered by an internist, family practitioner, obstetrician-gynecologist, pediatrician, or nurse practitioner in an ambulatory setting, with referral to secondary care specialists as necessary.
Primary care physician (PCP): Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Primary care provider (PCP): Please view our
"What is a PCP, and why do I need one?" video or see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Provider: A person licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to administer healthcare services. Examples of providers include physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare facilities or entities.
Qualifying Event: Usually you cannot make changes to your health insurance enrollment except during an annual
open enrollment period. However, there are special life events, called qualifying events, that may allow you to change your coverage, drop your coverage, or enroll in coverage, even if it's not open enrollment time. There are qualifying events for
COBRA and qualifying events for a
special enrollment period.
Reconstructive surgery: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Referral: A specific process by which the member's primary care practitioner (PCP) directs the member to other providers, usually specialists, for further care. Some health plans require you to get a formal referral from your PCP before you see a specialist or other type of provider. (Please note, a doctor suggesting the names of other providers is not the same thing as a formal (usually written) referral.)
Referral authorization: The processes an insurance company uses for reviewing and authorizing referrals to specialist physicians or other types of providers by primary care practitioners.
Rehabilitation services: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Rider: A rider is an amendment to an insurance policy. Some riders will add coverage (such as adding a dental rider to a medical policy), while some riders exclude coverage for a certain service or condition.
SBC: See Summary of Benefits and Coverage
Service Area: The geographic area in which a health insurance plan's benefits are available. Some health insurance plans will not provide coverage outside of the plan's service area.
Skilled nursing care: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF): A facility, either freestanding or part of a hospital, that accepts patients in need of rehabilitation and/or medical care that is of a lesser intensity than that received in a hospital.
SNF: See
Skilled Nursing Facility.
Special Enrollment: A time outside of the open enrollment period during which you and your family have a right to sign up for health insurance if you experienced certain life events that involve a change in family status (for example, marriage or birth of a child) or loss of other health coverage.
Specialist: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Subrogation: When healthcare costs of enrollees are the responsibility of an entity other than the insurer, such as workers' compensation, automobile coverage, or a third party.
Subscriber: The person who is responsible for payment of premiums to the insurance company, or whose employment or other status, except for family dependency, makes them eligible for enrollment in a health plan..
Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC): A summary of the costs and coverage of a health plan. The SBC must be used by all insurance companies to make it easier for people to compare plans based on price, benefits, or other features.
Tertiary care: Healthcare services which are not available through a community hospital setting. This may include complex cancer procedures, transplants, and neonatal intensive care.
Third party liability: The circumstance under which a company other than the insurer is responsible for paying a member's claim.
Triggering Event: One of several specific events listed in the COBRA Link to term statute that will result in a qualifying event if it also causes a loss of coverage under a group health plan.
Usual, customary, and reasonable (UCR): Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Urgent care: Please see
ACA Uniform Glossary.
Utilization review: A formal process used by an insurer, or delegated by the insurer, to monitor a patient's use of healthcare services and evaluate the medical necessity, appropriateness, efficacy, or efficiency of those services, procedures, or settings.
Vision Coverage: Vision coverage is a health benefit that at least partially covers vision care, like eye exams and glasses.
Waiting Period: A period that must pass before an employee or dependent is eligible to enroll under the terms of a group health plan.
Well-baby and Well-child Visits: Routine doctor visits for comprehensive preventive health services that occur when a baby is young and annual visits until a child reaches age 21. Services include physical exam and measurements, vision and hearing screening, and oral health risk assessments.
Well-woman care: Routine preventive care services provided to adult women, which may include pap smears, mammograms and other services.
Wellness Program: A program of health promotion and/or disease prevention.
WHCRA or Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act: A federal law that requires group health plans that provide mastectomy benefits to provide coverage for reconstructive surgery and certain other related benefits.
YTD: Year-To-Date
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SEC M5: 10.09.12 EditionPosted by Brian Joyce on October 9th, 2012
- We all know Patric Young is a star, but you might not know that his stardom isn't just confined to the basketball court. Young recently appeared in a commercial for the Providence School, the private high school he attended in Jacksonville, Florida. But don't worry about NCAA sanctions for his involvement. The University of Florida compliance office has cleared him to participate under an exception allowing student-athletes to promote educational services as long as any payments for his services are donated to a non-profit agency. Young passed up entering the NBA Draft (and likely an opportunity to endorse products for money… that he can keep AND spend) for another chance to lead in his junior year with the Gators.
- Frank Martin struck again with another big commitment for the class of 2013. Justin McKie, the son of former South Carolina guard BJ McKie, committed to Martin on Monday after a visit to watch the Gamecock football team beat up on Georgia on Saturday. "The visit went real well, just the atmosphere, just watching the football game and seeing those fans so excited about football, I feel like it can be that way for basketball," McKie said. "I know coach Martin is a winner and is going to come in and get that winning tradition going. I have a lot of pride at South Carolina I want to be part of that." McKie's father, BJ, averaged 17.2 points per game over his career with USC, and is the Gamecocks' leading scorer with 2,119 points.
- McKie was not Martin's only commitment over the last couple of days. First, 6'9″ forward Desmond Ringer chose Martin's Gamecocks over a host of other SEC and Big East schools. Then, Sindarius Thornwell, one of the top guards in the country, chose South Carolina over North Carolina State last week. "I feel comfortable with Coach Frank and I believe in him," Thornwell said. "I feel closer to them than I do to North Carolina State." If Martin continues to recruit like this, he'll have South Carolina back in the hunt in the SEC far quicker than expected.
- Kentucky fans are seeking the second coming of last year's super-human freshman center Anthony Davis, and many expect rookie Nerlens Noel to step into that role immediately. But don't mention the comparisons to coach John Calipari. "He shouldn't be compared," said coach Cal. "They're totally different. They're not even the same. Nerlens is going to give us a different type of game. Anthony understood how to compete on possessions. Nerlens is still learning. Like, he'll take possessions off. Well, you can't do that. What he is, is a normal freshman." Didn't Calipari assure us that his Wildcats were not very good last year? We aren't falling for your mind games again, John.
- Kentucky has its fair share of celebrity followers, and Calipari knows how to treat a star. Drake snagged a national championship ring after pledging his allegiances to the Cats a couple of years ago. Ashley Judd can be found in Rupp Arena during big home games throughout the year. And she sure doesn't sit in the nosebleed section. Now rapper Henry Ogirri recorded a song just about the Big Blue's trek for a ninth championship. Somebody get this guy a gig at Big Blue Madness. A spot on the bench as a celebrity coach? Or at least some front row seats. What does a guy have to do to be the "Y" at halftime around here? Come on.
Brian Joyce is a writer for the SEC microsite and regular contributor for Rush The Court. Follow him on Twitter for more about SEC basketball at bjoyce_hoops.


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The Union College Social Work Program will collaborate with other social work professionals later this month to support the southeastern region with resources and continuing education.
On Thursday, March 21 Union will host the 4th Annual Professional Social Work Day, which provides local social work professionals an opportunity to network and earn continuing education units. The day begins at 7:30 a.m. in the Patridge Conference Room on campus. Attendees are encouraged to register online before coming.
According to Sarah Hendrix, Ph.D., M.S.W., director of Union's Social Work Program, the theme for this year's conference is "Weaving Advocacy and Resilience." It will reflect both the individual and community factors that protect our region and state during times of local and national change.
"Our region, specifically, has a number of strengths that social workers rely on: face-to-face and informal networks, interdependence and resourcefulness," Hendrix said. "Professional social work utilizes the unique strengths of rural regions to weave together advocacy and resilience. Our region is stronger for the combination."
Professionals who attend can earn up to eight CEUs. Special plans for the day include a lunchtime session featuring Jordan Wildermuth, director of the National Association of Social Workers - Kentucky Chapter, who will discuss the future of social work in Kentucky; an NASW southeastern branch meeting; and a special afternoon session offered for K - 12 educators focusing on current adolescent drug use.
A full schedule of the day's events, along with online registration can be found at www.unionky.edu/social-work-day-registration. Registration is still open and is $50, or $35 for active NASW members or current Union College Social Work Advisory Board members. For more information, contact Kay King at 606-546-1295 or email@example.com.


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Hannah Whiteley joins the Gang!!!
We want to welcome Hannah Whiteley to the Wainman Hawaii Team!!
"It's awesome to start the new year being part of the Wainman Hawaii team! I have always looked up to Lou Wainman so now I feel very privileged to be riding his kit. The kites are great for freestyle! They feel so stable and smooth in the sky and the power is always there for unhooked tricks. I ride the Joke and Blunt boards which have really great pop and are very forgiving when landing hard. I'm stoked with it."
"I'm currently in Western Australia escaping the cold English winter! I have been here for almost a month now. I love it here! It's windy almost every day with butter flat water and a stunning sunset to finish the day off. It's perfect for freestyle training on my new Wainman Hawaii gear!!"
Stay tuned for more exciting news from down South with Hannah……!!!!


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We can only get in touch with our own source of intuition and wisdom when we no longer depend upon others' opinions for our sense of identity or worth;
We all tend to worship something; the question is –
Will we worship the god of opinion
Or the god of our heart?
"We are all here to live in alignment with spiritual laws but the law of intuition is especially critical for those of us with issues of integrity and wisdom (ruling 9 energy).. (paraphrasing mostly) – and ruling 6 energies that are working on sensitivity to criticism or worrying about doing the right thing, which often gets defined by someone else.
He speaks of the shortages in the world – inc intelligence, but suggests there are no shortages of opinions and gets to the point that is a world shaker to many, but which I was raised on from my Granny's wisdoms …
Just like judging our insecurity to know our own hearts creates opinions that we may out of kilter with the other laws assert to be 'the truth', worshipping the god of opinion is pretty common but may go against other laws like judgment, honesty etcwhat other people think of us is really none of our business
He quotes
"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a Judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." Albert Einstein.
He goes on to discuss not separating inner guides, including channelled ones out from our own wisdom and left brain / right brain processing.
"in summary, the Law of intuition reminds us to recognise when we're monitoring the god of opinion and to begin to transfer authority to the god of our heart and our quiet inner voice, the only 'opinion' ultimately has any value for us.
Once we contact our feeling center we can then listen to others' counsel or opinions without losing sight of our own intuition, the place from which we determine what is best for our own life and let others do the same.
Then we are free to make use of others' views without becoming dependent upon them; if an opinion doesn't serve us, we can easily let it go.
We don't resist or ignore or seek others' opinions, we listen to and acknowledge them, take what is useful and submit all views to the wisdom of our own heart."
He then goes on giving examples of experiencing intuition and applying the law.
Now in order to apply any 'law' you'll need the law of Action –


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TRENTON, NJ — A new law in New Jersey requires an automated external defibrillator (AED) to be in New Jersey health clubs no later than Jan. 12, 2007. The bill requires that clubs have at least one AED on its premises stored in an accessible location known to employees. The AED must be tested and maintained. The club must also notify emergency services about the defibrillator, the type it owns and where it is located. Clubs must ensure that in addition to staff receiving CPR and AED training, one employee who is trained in CPR and AED use is on site during normal business hours.
Clubs that fail to follow the new law can be liable for a civil penalty of not less than $250 for the first violation, not less than $500 for the second violation and not less than $1,000 for the third and all subsequent violations.