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A Letter from Ji'nan
UCLA graduate student Christopher Needs reports on life, study, & research in one of China's "other" cities
Foreigners visiting or living in China tend to be very surprised that I chose Shandong University (Shanda) in Ji'nan to spend ten months studying Chinese and ancient urbanism. Those whom I have met outside of Ji'nan have either never heard of it (for those of you, it is the capital of Shandong Province), or they have and wonder why I wouldn't choose bustling Beijing or swanky Shanghai instead. As to the foreigners I meet in Ji'nan, they are equally surprised when I tell them that this is in fact my fourth extended visit here since 1998, when I first participated in a joint Shandong-Yale University archaeology project at a small town called Liangchengzhen.
It may be true that Ji'nan lacks the glitz and glamour of China's more international cities. It also lacks the wow-factor claimed by Xi'an's archaeology or Guilin's karst geology. But at some point, such attractions tend to matter less, as does reproducing an American lifestyle in China by ordering a burrito or hanging out at Starbucks. Ji'nan offers as valuable a Chinese experience as anywhere else, and although you have to put up with (ahem) plenty of smog, undue finger pointing, and a less developed urban whole, a Ji'nan experience can be rich and rewarding.
The Attractions of Ji'nan
Ji'nan actually has a number of interesting sites. There are the remnants of the fourth-century city and moat, and the monumental hillside Buddhist carvings. There are also the natural springs over which history was made and famous poems were written, and the close proximity to holy Mount Tai, where emperors since the earliest periods in Chinese history built temples and made sacrifices to heaven. What's more, with the absence in Ji'nan of familiar American or other international haunts, more time can be spent really getting to know the back streets and the neighborhoods and the subtleties of everyday Chinese life. (Although I must confess, I could really go for a bagel… or a burrito….)
For me, Ji'nan has a number of additional attractions. As anyone who has worked in China knows, personal relationships and assistance provided by friends or colleagues can be crucial to getting anything done at all. All of my previous archaeological research in China has been in one way or another linked to scholars at Shanda's archaeology department, so what better place to seek key assistance in developing my own dissertation research? Shanda archaeologists are also among the most knowledgeable when it comes to the archaeology in their own backyards, so my study of Shandong Neolithic walled towns from the Longshan period (c. 4600-4000 years ago) is only improved by basing myself here. Also, modern Ji'nan serves as a good urban laboratory for learning more about social and class distinctions, urban identity, residential segregation, and local political economy -- phenomena all relevant to the development, maintenance, and even failure of ancient cities.
International education is booming at Shanda. Normally some 300-400 students inhabit the international student's compound here, but for whatever reason perhaps 100 additional students have been accepted this term and housed in on-campus hotel rooms. Most students come from South Korea and Japan, while the majority of all others come from central and southeast Asian countries on China's borders. Unlike my previous experiences at Beijing and Nanjing Universities, the number of students from Europe and the Americas is small. There are only a couple of students each from the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Italy, France, England, Germany, Belgium, and Poland. Also unlike Peking University and Nanjing University, a greater proportion of the student body call an African country home. The result is a much more international feel than my previous experiences. Instead of becoming a part of a naturally forming American clique, I find myself interacting daily with people from all over the world, something very satisfying.
The Caché of Foreignness
Classes are similar to those of most language programs in China: 20-25 hours per week is spent in class, with plenty more spent studying lessons outside of the classroom. Most students spend their free time in (what can be occasionally fierce) badminton or basketball matches, or at a variety of jobs -- commonly tutoring or teaching their native language, but also taking advantage of their high foreign profile by doing such work as getting paid to hang around a sunglasses booth to attract customers. Graduate students generally use their free time to advance their research.
While many Chinese students make it a common practice to hit the stalls and carts of "street food" outside of the university's south gate, the experience for them is precisely that: common. The contingent of foreigners who do this are probably better described as diehard street food enthusiasts. Not only is the food fresh, cheap, and convenient, it also provides a good opportunity to meet people whose path you might not otherwise cross. In fact we have become friends with a number of different hanbao makers, youbing flippers, fruit sellers, and other vendors who pedal their kitchens daily to the south gate (on a kind of adult-sized tricycle, or sanlunche). Some come in every day from outside the city limits over 20 km away just to service the college crowd. Interacting with these folks can be very interesting. Hearing their stories, learning about their lifestyles, and observing the dynamic between them is fascinating (out comes the anthropologist in me).
One vendor in particular became our favorite. He is a precocious 16-year old who, while acting as if he were in his 20s, looks as if he were 13. Whether it was his professional demeanor, the tasty and spicy chicken sandwiches he sold, or our unconscious desire to patronize his business and give him a boost in his young life -- whatever it was -- he became the most popular vendor among the foreign students. A crowd of hungry foreigners would form around him, leaving the neighboring vendors idle and perhaps wondering "How does he do it?" You could sometimes read in their expressions bewilderment, envy, and hope that we might one day crowd around their carts too.
Chinese passersby, attracted by the buzzing group of foreigners, could not help but look into what was so special about this boy's food. They would at first approach as if expecting to see the boy pull a rabbit out of a hat, but upon seeing that all was really quite normal -- just selling some chicken sandwiches -- they would also place an order. This additional Chinese patronage probably went far in boosting both the boy's income and the neighboring vendors' dismay. (Incidentally, the same attractive force is at work when the sunglasses booth hires a foreigner to stand around looking cool in sunglasses, chatting with prospective customers.)
Another recent development in Ji'nan has been the long-awaited grand opening of Carrefour, the French supermarket chain somewhat similar to Wal-Mart. Most of the Westerners I spoke with at Shanda and Ji'nan's other universities were, like me, anxiously awaiting the opportunity to get our hands on such delicacies as brie or a decent bottle of cabernet. But it turns out that the rest of Ji'nan was also waiting for Carrefour to open its doors. A month after opening, the traffic on the streets still seems sparse compared to that inside Carrefour itself. My attempts at pushing a shopping cart have all been abandoned in favor of purchasing a basketful of goods and returning for additional smaller sprees.
Chinese Cities: Ancient and Contemporary
Both the boy vendor and Carrefour illustrate some of the characteristics of urban environments that stimulate my own interest in ancient Longshan towns/cities. The boy's case highlights the allure of the city, offering a wealth of opportunities and niches, even for the poor. Cities have a huge market potential, a range of public and welfare services, and a social network exponentially more complex than small villages. Its diversity translates into opportunity. It also highlights that cities are not just bounded entities but are linked to a wider hinterland around them. To mention just a few relevant features: agricultural products move into the city, economic wealth moves into the hinterland, and labor can go either way.
Like the boy vendor, Carrefour is taking advantage of a large urban market, although obviously at a much larger scale. It also serves as a crossroads for people of all ages, occupations, and status groups. In a sense, the diversity of the city plays out in the Carrefour microcosm. It is the hot spot with an international identity, a wider range of products than available elsewhere, and low price tags that appeal to both the poor (such as basic foodstuffs) and the rich (such as foreign products). And it is not just a place to buy stuff. Restaurants and specialty shops have also opened up and a wide range of services is provided. It is a socioeconomic crossroads where men in suits chat seriously, college students hang out showing off their cell phones, beggars beg, and the curious come to experience the scene. In some ways it is like traditional marketplaces described in historical accounts from all over the world.
So why does all of this matter to an archaeologist? Shouldn't I be playing in the dirt somewhere? Well, it turns out that these and other observations can help archaeologists understand the myriad conditions that lead to the patterning of material objects in space. Artifacts are, after all, what the archaeologist has at his or her disposal. So, buildings, roads, cars, tables, and cell phones are all objects that archaeologists of the future could find in Ji'nan. If these future archaeologists understood how culture, behavior, and belief were linked with such objects, they could be better able to understand Chinese society in Ji'nan in the year 2004.
The same goes for modern archaeologists looking back at ancient cities. We have architecture, roads, transportation, furniture, and tools to study and thanks to a number of remarkably similar features of cities in both modern and ancient times, anthropological investigations of modern cities can shed light on ancient ones. Observing the relationship between modern people and how they manage space and material objects can reflect on similar features of ancient urban life.
As a result, I have been trying to learn about the distinguishing features of neighborhoods in Ji'nan and what they would look like to an archaeologist of the future. I can observe or discuss with informants some of the dominant features of a neighborhood -- whether it is rich or poor and how it is characterized by lineage, ethnicity, religion, or occupation. But how do these different factors impact the use of space and the use of objects? For example, how does space and material indicate elite status? Is the kitchen or the sleeping quarters of an ethnic Hui (Moslem) family different than that of an ethnic Han family of a similar economic standing? Detailed studies of such phenomena could offer insights as to how neighborhoods form and indeed, how to distinguish them based on the material objects found within them.
Jiaohe and Longshan
While getting to the bottom of such questions in any archaeological case study is never easy, some are more straightforward than others. Take for example the first to fourteenth century city of Jiaohe in China's remote western province of Xinjiang.
Because of the amazing preservation of the site and its importance as a Han-Tang period garrison town and trading post along the ancient silk routes, it has received a significant amount of attention and is being protected by UNESCO. At Jiaohe, we have a city that can be extensively studied because of the abundance of standing architecture, roads, and Buddhist temples and monuments. Archaeologists have been able to do an amazing job of reconstructing major functional zones of the city as a whole. While this is a respectable accomplishment, how might we further attempt to study the residential segregation, or more simply, the neighborhoods of this city? Significant cultural and religious heterogeneity probably existed at Jiaohe during this period. It was a place of "international" trade located at the far western edge of the Chinese empire. Where did migrant traders stay when visiting this place? Where did permanent inhabitants who belonged to different status or occupational groups live? Did the Buddhists and Zoroastrianists divide and live among themselves or did their residential spaces overlap? At Jiaohe, such questions can be pursued to a finer level of detail because of the richness of the material remains.
The earliest cities/towns from c. 4600 years ago in Shandong Province are more difficult to study. In fact, whether it is even legitimate to call large, walled Longshan sites "cities" remains a matter of debate. When does a city actually deserve this designation? This is a larger matter better left to academics.
What is important is that Longshan sites have features typical of cities. Some are as large as 200-300 hectares in size (1 ha = 100x100m). They contain monumental architecture, surrounding walls, and plenty of evidence for class distinctions -- the rich and poor, the powerful and disenfranchised. They also appear to have been significant places on a regional scale with an important connection to their surrounding hinterland.
However, the archaeological investigation of these Longshan sites faces a number of problems which those at sites like Jiaohe do not have. The first is that there is almost no standing architecture. Remnants of houses, administrative buildings, or walls are all under ground. To extensively study these sites, decades would have to be spent under meticulous excavation. The second problem is that there is no written history dating to the Longshan period. As a result, answering fundamental questions about how cities developed, who lived in them, and under what circumstances the inhabitants lived is difficult (though not impossible) to ascertain. More specific questions are likewise unclear. How did people organize themselves in space? Were there distinct neighborhoods? What about crossroads and public spaces? What influenced the economy of the Longshan city and what were the sources of political power?
These are the kinds of questions I have been considering over the course of the last year. They are not as intractable as they may seem. Archaeologists face these problems all the time because the fact is that most ancient cities are both large in size and tend to be covered with dirt or modern settlement. The key is to put away hopes of doing an extensive study of such cities and focus on intensive methods. Precisely choosing where to dig, what to look for, and what special procedures to carry out in order to answer specific questions can take the place of extensive, all-encompassing methods. A properly designed research strategy can indeed provide the kind of information discussed above.
Perhaps with a little help from French supermarkets, migrant sandwich sellers, and the rest of modern-day Ji'nan we will ultimately be able to learn more about China's early urban roots and better understand the course that urban development in China has taken.
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Christopher Needs is a doctoral student in UCLA's archaeology program. His doctoral research concentrates on the sociocultural, political, and economic aspects of life in walled towns during the Neolithic Longshan era (c. 4600-4000 BP) in Shandong Province. He is spending 2003-04 in Shandong, on a Chinese Cultural Scholarship funded by the government of China. Five of these scholarships (available to both undergraduates and graduates) were offered nationwide in 2003-04. Three of the five were awarded to UCLA graduate students -- an outstanding achievement, it goes without saying. Supplemental funding for Needs' year in China has been provided by the Interdepartmental Program in Archaeology and the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies.
More information on Mr. Needs is available at www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/needs.htm. He may be reached at email@example.com.
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Another snow storm has NH in its path, this one starting Wednesday morning
A storm moving in from the Southeast Wednesday morning could drop as much as 8 to 10 inches of snow from Concord north to the Lakes Region, about six inches in Keene, and 10 to 14 inches in North Conway and the White Mountains, the National Weather Service said Tuesday.
Manchester is forecast to get 4 to 6 inches. The city's snow totals will vary widely, with elevated areas and those on the western side of the city seeing more snow, while riverside and low-lying areas getting less snow and more rain. That's because the rain-snow line is expected to hover over the Queen City during the day-long storm.
"I wouldn't be surprised to see one side of (Manchester) get 6 inches and those on the other side of town get only 2. You are really that close to where the rain-snow line meets," said Margaret Curtis, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine.
Nashua may see some snow at the start of the storm but should get mostly rain. Porstmouth should get all rain.
"It will probably be a pretty wet storm similar to the storm we just had (last weekend). Whenever we get close to freezing, the snow tends to be real damp snow. Snowman snow, that's what I call it," Curtis said.
High temperatures in southern New Hampshire should hover around freezing. Winds are not expected to be high.
The storm is expected to move in to the southwest corner of the state about 6 a.m. and spread throughout southern New Hampshire by mid-morning, Curtis said. Snow should continue all day Wednesday and begin tapering off Thursday. Lingering snow showers are expected Thursday, but should not bring much accumulation.
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Being born and raised on a dairy farm had a great influence on Upton resident Chris Hines, who pursued his passions of working and fishing as he got older, overcoming obstacles along the way.
Hines is a professional fisherman, a city councilman and a business owner.
"From a young age, I knew what hard work was," said Hines, 38. "That was something instilled in me at a young age."
Raised by his mother, Hines recalled listening to "The Dukes of Hazzard" on a 13-inch black-and-white TV, unable to watch the program because the picture tube was broken. They couldn't afford another TV.
Once, he excitedly told his mother he heard a commercial advertising four White Castle hamburgers for a dollar.
"My mom said, 'Honey, we don't have a dollar,'" Hines said.
Hard work was a 24/7 proposition, but over the years, he developed another passion.
"I love to work, but I also love to fish," he said.
At age 15, he fished in his first tournament, at which he said he was "horrible." That didn't deter him. He considered becoming a full-time pro fisherman.
At the time, Hines was working at a factory.
Before he could pursue his career goal, a factory accident changed everything. A 180-ton press crushed his right hand.
After 21 reconstructive surgeries, Hines chose to have the hand amputated rather than attempt a transplant. He was told the transplant would automatically take off eight years from his life because of the nature of the drugs he would have to take.
While undergoing therapy, Hines met his wife, Debra, an occupational therapist.
"She knows my everyday hurts," he said. "She knows my limitations."
Fired from his job, Hines adjusted his plans a little.
He refused to live on disability.
"I'd rather be supporting the community than the community supporting me," Hines said.
Struck by an experience trying to get his boat wrapped — namely being unable to find anyone in the area who did that type of work — Hines got an idea for a business.
A wrap consists of material, usually with graphics, fitted snugly over an object, such as a boat or vehicle.
Though he did not have a background in graphic design, Hines began learning all he could about the work and opened Uptown Graphics. The first wrap he did was a failure, he said.
But he persisted.
Now it's difficult to drive anywhere in Hardin County — or throughout the country, for that matter — without seeing his work.
"We've grown tremendously in six years," Hines said.
That growth includes a contract with Army ROTC, work for the Department of Agriculture and jobs for numerous businesses and individuals stretching from northern Ohio to Tennessee. He also does banners.
Describing himself as "very meticulous," Hines doesn't cut corners, choosing techniques that limit the number of lines created by matching up panels. He carefully cuts around areas, such as windows, rather than use multiple panels.
One of his more interesting projects was one for a heating and cooling business van that appears as if a man is standing at an open door in the back of the van. Another wrap on a lawn service truck makes it appear as if the driver is on a riding lawn mower.
The largest project Hines has done was a 53-foot semi-truck and trailer for Country Music Television.
In his seven years in business, he said, he hasn't paid himself anything yet. It's mostly about doing something he has a passion for.
His other passion isn't gone, either.
Though Hines could not fish competitively for five or six years after the accident, he since has been fitted with a prosthetic hand that allows him to do so. He is a Professional Anglers Association pro fisherman.
Hines hopes to extend his love of fishing to area students with a fishing program he's in the process of coordinating.
Hines is also a second-term city councilman in Upton.
"You hear all the time people who want to sit and complain," Hines said. "Don't sit and complain; get up and do."
What others might have considered roadblocks seem to have been nothing more than bumps in the road for Hines.
"It's not about what you can do," he said. "It's what you think you can do."
Robert Villanueva can be reached at (270) 505-1743 or rvillanueva@ thenewsenterprise.com.
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Democrats care about the poor, the minorities, children, the elderly, and women, and Republicans just want to give tax breaks to the wealthy so they can get richer… or at least that's what we've been told our entire lives.
But what if this is just a picture that has been painted that we are all so familiar with, that we believe it whether it is true or not. What if I told you that the Mona Lisa didn't have eyebrows because it was the fashion at the time to shave them off? You would probably think I'm crazy, but then you'd probably be curious and look it up. You would find out that something was not the way you always assumed it was, and you'd never look at it the same way again.
What if I then told you that programs designed to help people with low incomes actually encourage them to keep their income low? I challenge you to go beyond the political rhetoric and actually look into the numbers to see the unintended side effects of government assistance programs. Do not think that this is a call to remove these programs. It is our duty as Americans to help those in their time of need, but please realize that these programs need a serious overhaul. Welfare, housing assistance and other benefit programs should not be a floor, under which no family should fall, but a trampoline that is there when people stumble that helps them bounce back up again and encourages personal success. There's plenty of room in the middle class for anyone who wants to be better off than they are now. We need to remove the barriers that are keeping people from seeing the benefits of their hard work and create pro-growth policies that help those of us that are in the middle class continue to succeed and provide a constantly improving lifestyle for our families.
When we look at welfare, housing assistance, medical insurance, food stamps and other benefit programs, they are designed to give the biggest benefits to families at the bottom of the income scale and phase out as income goes up. At first glance, this seems to make sense. Give more help to families that make less money. But when we start digging into the numbers a little more, what happens when one of those families make an extra $10,000 per year? Do they see $10,000 more income? With taxes and reduced benefits do they make $5,000 more? $1,000 more? Well, a family of 3 going from $20,000 to $30,000 or from $30,000 to $40,000 per year may have as much as $2,500 LESS money to spend per year. It isn't until almost $50,000 per year in household income where you start seeing a benefit to bringing in more money.
The typical response to this problem would be to provision more funding for these programs. This seems like the right thing to do. If we have the resources to help someone, we should make every effort to help them. However, if we look at what the Federal and State governments are already spending on these programs, the math doesn't add up. The government is currently spending over a trillion dollars per year on these programs. That is over $60,000 per family in poverty per year. I'm not saying we should just give cash payouts to people, but if that money had gone directly to the families we would have completely wiped out poverty. That would actually bring those families to more than double the poverty line. Even if we were 50% efficient, that would be enough to bring almost every family in America out of poverty. We have laws in place that require health insurance companies to spend at least 80% of the money they collect on benefits (the 80/20 rule), but clearly we are not even close to that level of efficiency in government distribution of benefits.
Whenever someone brings up the prospect of privatizing any of these programs, especially health care, they are immediately criticized by people claiming that it would create some sort of Wild West free for all instead of the nice, orderly government administered programs. With a complete lack of regulation, that could be the case, but if there are certain standards implemented then we would have a base level of coverage for a base cost, but there would be options to have additional features for additional costs.
The reason we should support this type of benefit distribution is that the private insurance companies are already required to have high levels of efficiency that are just not found in government. Additionally, they are accountable to us, the consumers. It is up to the consumer to put their own money toward the option that they feel will give them the greatest benefit for the cost. There can still be government administered healthcare, but if there is an option to get more benefits for the same cost in the private sector, it can lead to direct competition and improvements in the public option. We want to get more of the tax dollars and benefits to the people, not keep them tied up in bureaucracy and going to an ever expanding government. If we increase the efficiency enough, we can actually get more benefits to people for a lower cost to taxpayers. This means more assistance for the poor and more money in the pockets of the middle class. This is not slashing benefits, it is slashing waste.
Please understand that when someone says they care about people in one breath and that they want to cut spending in the next that those concepts do not necessarily contradict each other. It's just easier to explain "dump more money into the system" in a 30 second commercial than it is to describe a detailed plan to increase efficiency in administration and distribution of benefits. We're all working toward the same goal, regardless of party affiliation, but some of us are looking for a path that doesn't bankrupt the nation with good intentions. Once we begin to question the political clichés of the last several decades we can seek out the changes that need to be made and work together to fix them, not just argue the positions of parties.
9:53 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Heard today, only 41% of our wokforce is producing for the economy, the balance is either working for the Government or living off Government entitlements. A big part of that is because of the last four years of terrible Obama policies. In the roaring '20's? Taxes were cut by President Harding by 50% and government spending was reduced by 60%. A decade later, FDR implementing massive government spending called the New Deal, which resulted in the depression lasting from 1929 until 1946. We need to cut government by 80% and lower taxes by 50%. I hope Romney/Ryan go bold with their change plans.
10:21 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
@AWD -- Someone didn't pay attention in history class. The New Deal caused the Great Depression? Really? Wasn't there a big market crash in 1929 first? You know, former millionaires jumping out of windows and stuff? That was three and a half years before FDR took office.
Drastic cuts in the tax rate and market deregulation gets you 1929 and 2008.
David Tatarowicz
12:55 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
@AWD If you believe that FDR caused the Great Depression --- then you probably think that Obama caused the Great Recession ..... do you think a history test should be mandatory for people who want to vote ? It would save you from needing a voter ID --- but maybe the Republicans want voters like you !!
We pay money for goods and services --- Economics 101 --- whether they come from the private sector or the public sector is not relevant to their intrinsic value --- public sector jobs, can be just as good or bad for the overall economy as private sector --- it is not who provides the services, if needed, that determines a job's worth to the overall economy.
2:48 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
While you are teaching us about Econ 101, please do tell us exactly why and how public sector jobs are "just as good or bad for the overall economy." And while you are at it, please tell us were the taxes to pay for the public sector come from. Finally, finish off by telling us why we shouldn't move all the unemployed to the public sector.
Please, David, tell us these things before the chirping crickets overtake the Patch.
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5:09 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
David shows his total ignorance regarding econ 101 in his statements regarding public vs private jobs. What a complete and utter moron.
Secondly, FDR prolonged the Depression by a good 3-4 years (most economists agree on this), and he was nothing more than a weak pettty liberal tyrant.
Michael McClusky
10:29 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
The best way to help the poor is to raise interest rates at the Federal Reserve. This would increase the value of the money that the poor already have. This would make life better for them.
Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve Chairman, has promised to keep interest rates at 0% until atleast 2015. He needs to be fired.
2:41 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Government jobs programs have been proven to be detrimental to males and only marginally beneficial to females. Males who participate in government jobs programs are one standard deviation worse off than if they had not participated at all.
Also, a recent government study shows that only 22k of 61k spent on poverty programs actually reaches those in need. Obviously we need to change things.
Improving the economy and preschool for the poor are the only two things that have ever been shown to be able to permanently move the poor to a higher class, not to mention improving their IQ scores.
7:48 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Where exactly are these high level of efficiency by insurance companies. We pay for what we get if and when we get it.
7:52 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Where exactly are these high level of efficiency by insurance companies
Everywhere. Contact your favorite one for a quarterly report.
Patrick Ruffino
7:57 am on Monday, November 5, 2012
According to the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) rule, also known as the "80/20" rule, insurance companies are legally required to spend 80% of premiums collected on patient benefits. This is 85% for larger insurance companies. I don't necessarily agree with this law, because it encourages insurance companies to increase premiums to make the rule easier to follow, but it demonstrates a typical efficiency of a private insurance company.
9:41 am on Monday, November 5, 2012
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Make a special note to watch the Free and Equal Election Debate between third party Presidential candidates, Gov. Gary Johnson (Libertarian) and Dr. Jill Stein (Green), to be aired tonight on Monday evening, Nov. 5th from 9:00 - 10:30 pm Eastern Time. Perform a worthwhile civic duty, and be certain to listen in on this historic debate so that you can make an informed decision on voting day. Third party candidates who will be on the ballot in most states deserve to be heard.
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11:18 am on Monday, November 5, 2012
If the GOP can't win the presidency this year, then they should do some serious soul searching. Maybe extreme conservatism isn't what the county wants, hmmm?
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2:12 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
You learn a lot about a man's character during adversity..........
When freshmen assembly member Paul Farrow had a question on why protective services were exempt from collect bargaining Farrow went to the Republican Party leaders for his answers. What did freshmen assembly member Chris Kapenga do? Kapenga was the star of the gossip columnist Daniel Bice's articles and Jeff Flemming's loser of the week on the Charlie Sykes show. Kapenga openly ran his mouth calling key members in his own party and the governor a sell out. I believe this is why every Republican has turned their back on Kapenga and not endorsed him. We need a mature senator that can handle conflict without starring in the gossip column. That's why I am supporting Paul Farrow for senate and you should also.
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2:23 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
@tea party express...What do you mean when you say "protective services"? Can you please clarify?


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I have spent the past several days rewatching some classic Japanese film and current film about Japan because I've missed the culture. I have studied Japan, it's culture and language for seven years and plan to continue once I'm back in a real University. I've often wondered if I could integrate my love of Japan with my love of writing. I have turned out many small stories and fanfictions written in Japanese but I am by no means looking for someone who has taken years of Japanese. I am only looking for someone who is also intrigued by their traditions, fashion, cuisine, landscape, language, etc. My mind keeps traveling to the idea of a foreigner meeting a local. There are some ways I already want to stay away from because they're far too cliche to work with unless a bright idea can freshen them up. For m role, it seems most likely I'd be playing a local Japanese male or female and you would be playing an America or German or what have you. The things we should discuss are theme, the idea of alienation, the need to belong, etc.
Some of the cliches I wish to try to avoid would be:
A high school exchange program. I could be swayed for college but you'd have to present your case well.
A doe eyed girl getting off the plane whose parents died, she was dumped or some sad story...and a male sweeps her off her feet.
An Otaku (big anime fan) finally comes to Japan so he can geek out...finds love in an expected place.
Those are the big three I cringe at. Anything with stupid chance or sorrow or an over zealous thing with anime/manga. While anime and manga played a part in my studies and premature interest, I don't really want this RP to be all about the latest chapter of Bleach or Naruto because a fandom RP would be more suited to that kind of dedication. You might be wondering what is there left to think about if we can't do an exchange program, well I want our characters to be young adults (20-25) so our setting could range from a store or a bar to a workplace or apartment complex. We could possibly add in fantasy elements but don't confuse fantasy with supernatural. I want this to be character and culture studies while having a good plot. Will there be romance? Probably. Will it happen over night? It better not, or our RP is over. Might we have to OOC chit chat about our research in Japan? Likely, yes. I'm asking you give a raw minimum of three paragraphs. Nothing less unless you have a brain fart but I trust many advanced writers can deal with that sort of thing while communicating and brainstorming instead of being a quiet rock about their pain.
If you need instant inspiration, The Ramen Girl isn't a terrible movie. Babel might be too mature for some people here but it does give a glimpse into a crazier more modern life in Japan. My character will speak some English of course, for the sake of the RP, but I will be using Japanese for sure, over time it will dwindle though I expect you to try as well and we'll see what happens.
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WEST Cumberland Hospital has been given a clean bill of health by inspectors – but concerns have been raised about the Cumberland Infirmary.
A team from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) conducted unannounced visits to both hospitals. At the Whitehaven hospital, the visit last month concentrated on its surgical division.
The findings revealed that all expected standards were being met but a similar inspection at the Carlisle hospital the previous month, this time focusing on A&E, unveiled a series of concerns about equipment, hygiene and staff training.
Both hospitals, run by North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, have been the subject of recent safety concerns, prompting MPs to call for a planned takeover to be fast-tracked.
But when the four inspectors from the independent regulator visited the West Cumberland on July 9, they found that all expected standards were being met. Feedback from the 21 patients they spoke to in confidence was also positive, with particular praise for the nursing staff.
The hospital was assessed on the quality of care, safety when moving between departments, cleanliness and infection control, staffing levels, training and the quality of monitoring systems. No concerns were raised in any of these areas.
Speaking as the results were published yesterday, Chris Platton, acting director of nursing, said: "I'm really pleased to report that the findings were all positive, it was a full clean sheet. But we won't sit back on any of it. We welcome these inspections and want to learn from them."
No further action is required in Whitehaven, but trust bosses have been ordered to make urgent improvements at the Carlisle hospital where there were concerns about cleanliness, infection control, unsafe and unsuitable equipment, staff training and supervision.
Problems identified included shortages of equipment, infection risks and not all expected standards of cleanliness were being met. Inspectors also noted that not all staff were receiving essential training. However all of the points raised were classed as minor or moderate and none directly impacted on patient care. And the hospital was found to be meeting expected standards in other areas, including the care and treatment of patients and A&E staffing levels.
Head of nursing, Lynn Anderson, said action had already been taken to resolve many of the issues, while further work to improve training was under way.
The watchdog has given them 28 days to set out what action is being taken and will be monitoring progress.
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You still have to say that Fred has been guilt of underusing him. Just your 4 overs so far in this test? He wasnt shockingly expensive either.
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There is little logic behind bowling a bowler you think gives you less chance of taking a wicket ahead bowlers you think are better. By their very nature, a 5th bowler is not as highly regarded as a 1,2,or 3 and its hard to find any point in the game where you would prefer a lesser bowler bowling than a better one.
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I think the second half of the sentence proves the first. Textbook actions do not make good actions.
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Harmison and Saj are very different bowlers. Harmison hits the deck at lot harder and they bowl completely different lengths You seem to ignore the fact that there isnt anything to back up Saj as being any good. The only evidence you seem to give is that others have not had stellar records or actions have done ok. Well that means nothing. There are plenty of bad bowlers who are exactly that. People fall in love with what Saj supposedly offers without realising that that is not what is important. Its about production and potential to produce and he doesnt have it in him and there is nothing to suggest he does. The final statement is funny. How is he one of the best fast bowlers in the country? What has he ever done to deserve such recognition? It makes me wonder what people think the important aspects of being a successful bowler are. Last edited by Goughy; 03-01-2007 at 11:28 AM. |
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[QUOTE=Poker Boy;1027928]Agreed he shouldn't have been picked, but he has some potential, he's very young, time at Durham will do very good. Could come back one day enhanced thus giving England a envious depth in quality fast bowling stocks in the coming years. Quote:
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Talk to county bastmen not only in England but on recent A tours he went on i'm very sure they'll tell you he's one of the better bowlers they have faced in recent years/ |
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You can't drop Mahmood, Plunkett or Anderson. One bad series doesn't make Anderson a bad bowler overnight, Mahmood has potential, and Plunkett is too young to be written off just yet.
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Mahmood wouldn't get into my first choice Lancashire side (excluding Flintoff), and it was only the 2005 season where he was regularly left out. If Jimmy hadn't been injured all last year he mightnt have got in the side then.
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Mahmood - needs a year of bowling for Lancs. And he needs to get some good overs under his belt.
Giles - Just needs to retire really. Internationally anyway. He doesn't offer enough will the ball to justify selection. Plunkett - Nothing against him. But he sort of lost out in the pecking order when he wasn't picked for the 1st/3rd test. I wonder why he didn't play because appererntly he can bat. Read - This is the end I believe. Nothing against the man , but he needed a performance and although he was under immense pressure. He didn't perform. Hes going to have to score big , and improve his confidence really. Trescothick - Cook and Strauss don't need disrupting at the top. It would be a bad move if he comes back. Vaughan - As much as he offers as captain. I believe that Strauss would be a better option. Vaughany just doesn't offer enough with the bat. Nixon - He'll get 2 ODI series. Unless he hits about 7-8 hundreds then I doubt he'll be considered again . Fletcher - England need a new impotess. Fletcher is a little to defensive for my liking. We need someone with ruthlessness (Not with selection mind you).And someone who can improve the ODI team. Flintoff - Get the captaincy of him. Strauss needs it. Flintoff needs (PROPER) time to re-cooperate on his ankle. If that means missing half of the summer (again) then so be it. And he needs to take a break from ODI cricket. As much as it effects the side it doesn't help his Ankle. So the team for me next year - 1) Strauss (Captain) 2) Cook 3) Bell 4) Pietersen 5) Collingwood 6) Pothas 7) Flintoff (Or extra batsman if he isn't fit). 8) Panesar (He will be a number 8 in the future , why not now) 9) Harmison 10) Jones / Tremlett ( If Jones isn't fit move Tremlett to 8) 11) Hoggard |
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Whoa whoa whoa. I don't want any Americans in Syria. Let the oil wrestling sadists do the job. I'm just settling down in the bleachers with my pennant and program gettin' ready to root for the good guys.
Whoa whoa whoa. I don't want any Americans in Syria. Let the oil wrestling sadists do the job. I'm just settling down in the bleachers with my pennant and program gettin' ready to root for the good guys.
Hey c'mon. Jugears is leading from behind. He might throw in a couple of drones, kill our allies by mistake, um that's how Israel becomes collateral damage by the way.
You just hate the Turks more than moldy jelly and a$$. It's understandable. But isn't that in itself an endorsement of their enemy killing capabilities? Who would you pick to take over rebel brigades? The Japanese? The Canadians? Personally, I'd roll with Mexico. They could use a victory.
I don't hate the Turks. They're swell guys. Look at how well they've treated Hagia Sophia - finally changed it from a mosque to a K-mart.
The Turks are our NATO allies, I'd pick up a gun and defend her myself if the USSR ever attacked them.
OK it was easy to say that because the USSR is gone. Tee-hee.
So who blew up Damascus today? Are the Turks already at it - the Palestinians have joined the rebels? The Canadians are fleeing Iraq, why don't they just go to the US embassy it's the size of Nova Scotia.
Where is our CIC? Somewhere in what, Ohio?
Canadians have cut diplomatic relations with Iran
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The rebels went after that section of town because that's where Assads security agencies are. I doubt if the Turks set the bomb, but I'm pretty sure they helped identify the target.
I still dont understand how the $$$$ people are suporting the rebles in Syria? For christ sake, there killing anybody and everybody thats not a goat $$$$$$$ child molester. It bogles my mind that ohhh Assad is a evil dictator, lets replace him with a bunch of $$$$$$$ islamist child molesters. Makes perfect sense to me. /snark
edit: need to get creative with the language again I see.
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Turkey used to be a military supported secular state. Over the past several years it has become an Islamist state. The Syrian rebels are Islamist. The Muslim Brotherhood is supporting the rebels. Palestinians have joined the rebels.
I'm afraid the war is just another Islamist take over.
Yes, I would agree, except that the Turks, as you so adroitly point out, are NATO members. I'd like nothing better than for Turkey to slaughter pretty much everybody and set up their own government there.
What? A boy can dream can't he?
I just don't see Turkey handing Syria over to a group that will be a bigger pain in the ass for them than Assad has been.
Let 'em all kill each other. Less for the Israelis to kill when they finally snap and turn the whole area into a 40 foot crater.


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They are really comfortable to wear and very cozy. Also I had some questions about protecting my boots, so I contacted Ugg Australia, and they said no protection spray is needed, and to just be careful. I am satisfied with Zappos and recommend them to everyone!
I'd also recommend: UGG
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- Mersin - customer
- from Indianapolis
- January 4, 2012
These are adorable! I got them in silver and I get compliments everywhere I go! I am a size 6 and ordered them in a 6 and they fit great...enough wiggle room so I can wear very thick socks if I ever need to. Love them!
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- Anonymous - customer
- from indianapolis, in
- November 20, 2011
Love! Never had a problem with the sequin…I have black and bought the red, also. Hope I don't look like Dorothy, but I had to stay true to size (7). I bought the black ones in a 6 and they're snug. Don't buy them too tight because you have to be gentle pulling them off.
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- Anonymous - customer
- from New Jersey
- July 8, 2011
I purchased these for my 15 year old daughter. She loves them and has already received tons of compliments from friends at school. It's not your typical "Ugg" boot. It's perfect for girls who want a little something different.
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- Anonymous - customer
- from Massachusetts
- January 10, 2012


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