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http://bolttalk.com/threads/anteaters-2012-chargers-mock-draft.26545/ With the 18th pick in the 2012 NFL Draft the San Diego Chargers select Mark Barron, Safety from Alabama I have been writing these mock drafts since 2005, and for the first time I honestly have no idea where the Chargers will go with their first pick. Also for the first time since I started writing, the Chargers had the most active free agency since the beginning of the century. At the start of the off-season the Chargers had needs at outside linebacker, wide receiver and the offensive line. All three of these needs have been improved thanks to AJ Smith's first free agent shopping spree. Though the team still has needs at a number of positions, they're in better shape than at the start of free agency. So why Mark Barron? For one, strong safety is a position the Chargers haven't solved since Rodney Harrison left. Regardless of whether it was through the draft (Terrance Kiel, Keith Ellison) or free agent (Marlon Mcree, Clinton Hart, Bob Sanders), the team has not unsuccessful. Second, this is a weak safety class; there are few top talents available. Though the Chargers were apparently very interested in Harrison Smith out of Notre Dame, the lack of talent in this class has pushed Smith to the top of the second round and out of the Chargers range. Third, of all the positions addressed in free agency, this is the only one that hasn't really been touched. The Chargers added a starting OLB in Jarrett Johnson, they carpet bombed the wide receiver position and resigned who they could on the offensive line. The Chargers might have added Atari Bigby and have said that Darrell Stuckey could compete for a job, but neither player is starter quality. As such the Chargers must be looking for someone in the draft. Mark Barron has been an impact player in Nick Saban's complicated defense since his sophomore year. He is as close to a complete safety as you will find in the draft with great ability in both coverage and run support. While not asked to cover much his senior year, he did show great range in the zone plus the ability to cover most tight ends. He also reads the quarterback's eyes very well in addition to his good instincts and awareness. In run support he truly shines; Barron plays under control and fills in the gaps quickly. Most importantly he knows when to tackle and when to hit hard. The negatives on him are that he's stiff in the hips making it difficult for him to cover slot receivers. He also has some durability concerns and is still recovering from double hernia surgery. I personally think Mark Barron is a slight reach at 18 in part because strong safeties are not as valued in this pass happy league the way they were a few years ago. However if you are going to reach, make sure you select someone who can effectively fill a void in the line up. Barron does that and will be a fixture with Eric Weddle for years to come. Finally the Chargers will have two starting safeties. With the 49th pick in the 2012 NFL Draft the San Diego Chargers select Ronnell Lewis, Outside Linebacker from Oklahoma Universally agreed among all draft experts and fans is that the Chargers must improve their pass rush. Even though Greg Manusky's scheme wasn't a blitzing scheme, the team has had trouble with establishing consistent effective pass rush. Antwan Barnes has been an unexpected diamond after being picked up in 2010 but he's the only person the Chargers have gotten production out of. Larry English is a bust, Travis Laboy is marginal and Shaun Phillips is not as effective without someone opposite him. The signing of Jarrett Johnson means the team can reserve Barnes and even Phillips for passing downs, but that alone doesn't improve the rush. The team needs somebody who can provide pressure. Nicknamed "The Hammer", Lewis is seen by many as a solid 3-4 outside linebacker. He works hard, his motor runs constantly and he doesn't take plays off. Lewis has impressive upper body strength and uses it well in both setting the edge in the run game and while pass rushing. His tackling ability is outstanding and, like Barron, he knows when to make a tackle and when to light someone up. As a pass rusher he has a good combination of moves, speed and power, and when he's after the quarterback he plays with very bad intentions. The negatives are durability; he has had surgery on both knees, major on left (MCL) and minor on right in addition to back trouble. In addition Lewis doesn't have the greatest instincts or the ability to change on the fly. He is at his best when he's pointed at the ball carrier. The Chargers have the ability to draft Ronnell Lewis and use him in much the same way as they did with Antwan Barnes, as a third down pass rusher. This way they can bring him along slowly while letting him make a big impact. Don't forget that Shawne Merriman started his career with the Chargers in a similar manner. Lewis has the added benefit of being an outstanding special teamer early in his career, providing immediate benefits in two areas. Moving him and Barnes to third down while using Phillips and Johnson as the two down backers will improve the rotation outside as well as overall production for a team in desperate need of a pass rush. With the 78th pick in the 2012 NFL Draft the San Diego Chargers select Derek Wolfe, Defensive End from Cinncinati Even with the drafting of Corey Liuget, the development of Vaughn Martin and the re-signing of Luis Castillo, the Chargers lack a strong playmaker at the defensive end position. I say this knowing that one year does not make a bust, in the case of Corey Liuget, and that there is some potential to develop still in Vaughn Martin. Even with all that said, the team has a group of mostly backups at defensive end with the sole question mark being Liuget. Though Castillo, Martin and Cesaire are talented, they have not shown they're starters at defensive end. As such the team will dip yet again into the draft, and might just find a star in the third round. While options could include Mike Martin from Michigan or Jared Crick from Nebraska, here's a player who is a natural fit for the 3-4. At 6'5, 295lbs, Wolfe has almost prototypical size for a 3-4 Defensive end. What makes him a solid addition is his ability to anchor and defeat double teams, which he did with frequency at Cincinnati. This is combined with his initial quickness and awareness makes him very difficult to get past. He also has violent and fast hands, which combine with his strong swim and rip pass rush moves, make him a solid defensive end pass rusher. Wolfe has no durability issues and was a solid character throughout his time in Cincinnati. The only question is whether he'd be able to make the adjustment to the 3-4 having only played in a 4-3 his entire career. Wolfe has been rising up most draft boards from behind a third day pick to a likely second day selection. He has the talent, the mental toughness and the drive to be a solid starting defensive end, and supposedly teams like New England are targeting him. As such this could be an optimistic view of where he would land. Ideally, Wolfe would start at defensive end with Liuget with Castillo and Martin backing them up. This would give the team two young talented defensive ends that could better stop the run and provide some pass rush from the outside. With the 110th pick in the 2012 NFL Draft the San Diego Chargers select Asa Jackson, Cornerback from Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo Like defensive end, the Chargers used draft picks in 2011 to help shore up the cornerback position. Also like defensive end, the Chargers got very little for their picks. Marcus Gilchrist started and was benched numerous times throughout the year while Shareece Wright never got onto the field. This occurred while starters Quentin Jammer and Antoine Cason had horrible seasons on the field. With both starters in the final years of their contracts, and Gilchrist and Wright still question marks, the team will likely add another defensive back in the draft. Jackson has quick feet, good speed and very good instincts, which makes him a great addition on defense and special teams. He runs with wide receivers effortlessly and has outstanding closing speed to go along with great movement to get in and out of cuts. Even though he's only 5'10, 190lbs, he is a solid tackler along with a willing player in run support. The lack of size does mean he has trouble with bigger receivers and he needs to improve his recognition of routes and moves, as it stands now he uses his natural talent too much. Immediately Jackson could be used on special teams where he earned praise at Cal Poly. He has the talent and the ability to become, at worst, a solid nickel corner who could challenge and push Gilchrist and Wright. At best Jackson could end up a #2 corner and join with the aforementioned players in a new, young group of cornerbacks. With the 149th pick in the 2012 NFL Draft the San Diego Chargers select Nate Potter, offensive lineman from Boise State The Chargers finally check in with their first offensive player all the way in the fifth round, and it's an offensive lineman. One of the teams' immediate priorities was re-signing tackle Jared Gaither. By doing such, the Chargers kept a man who nearly saved their season and their start quarterback's health. However Gaither has two areas of concern; an history of injuries with his back since his time in college and a reputation of laziness. Gaither has said the right things since signing with the team, but the front office would be smart to grab another backup tackle as protection if those issues return. Nate Potter is a three year starter for the Broncos and was a protector for Kellen Moore and their high powered offense. He is 6'5, 305lbs with the frame to grow much bigger. He is a solid pass protector who can mirror defensive ends with ease while keeping them at bay with his long arms. He plays smart and with good awareness, especially when getting to the second level. The negatives are that he is not as effective against power rushers and needs to get stronger to play better in the NFL. There are also questions as to the level of competition, first in the WAC and then in the Mountain West. Potter is a guy who you would at least feel comfortable protecting Philip Rivers in a pinch. He would fill the role of swing tackle easily while he continues to get stronger and refine his ability. At the very least he's a better backup than Brandon Dombrowski or Mario Henderson and can handle speed rushers, of which there are quite a few in the AFC West. With the 183rd pick in the 2012 NFL Draft the San Diego Chargers select Nick Jean-Baptiste, nose tackle from Baylor As goes the nose tackle, goes the entire 3-4 defense. The Chargers have been lucky to first have Jamal Williams as their nose tackle from 2004-2009. Since then the Chargers have been in the hands of the young improving player Cam Thomas and the veteran and fan favorite Antonio Garay, who signed a two year contract in April. The contract with Garay however gives him a $5 million signing bonus in 2013 which, for a 32 yr old nose tackle with an injury history, is a little much and makes this automatically a one year deal. Even though AJ Smith has a history of waiting until the last minute to fill this important void, I believe he'll target Garay's replacement at some point in the draft. Jean-Baptiste reminds me a little of Cam Thomas in that he is a big man playing in a 4-3 that doesn't seem to best use his talents. He has impressive size and mass that allows him to stoutly hold up against the run and double teams. Jean Baptiste is a powerful tackler with an impressive, but still raw, bull rush in addition to a great make up and work ethic. Negatives are that he is raw in technique and hand use, in addition to needing work on his stamina and upper body strength. As a sixth rounder he would probably be inactive the whole year to work on his strength and technique. He has the talent to be a good nose tackle with natural talent you can't teach, and areas to work on that can be taught. With the 226th pick in the 2012 NFL Draft the San Diego Chargers select John Brantley, quarterback from Florida Mercifully, the quietest positions on the Chargers roster for the past six years have been the backup quarterbacks. Philip Rivers has remained healthy since the 2007 playoffs, even with the beatings he has taken over the last few years. In fact except for mop up duty either at the end of the game or the rare last game of the season, Rivers has played through out. It's been so quiet in fact that the Chargers haven't bothered to carry a third quarterback since 2009, but that wasn't entirely by choice. The Chargers drafted Jonathan Crompton in 2010 hoping to develop him, but he was abysmal and released. The team also brought in Scott Tolzien in 2011 and unsuccessfully tried to hide him onto the practice squad after a very good pre-season. Though the team brought back Charlie Whitehurst, they need to develop someone into a solid backup. Brantley endured three different offensive coordinators while in Gainesville, but did learn a pro style offense. He's got a pretty good arm, good touch on deep balls while remaining accurate on short and intermediate throws. Brantley is also smart and a hard worker. He does need to clean up his mechanics and his footwork in addition to build up his frame more. At this stage in the draft he's the best of the late draft quarterbacks and could be groomed into a solid backup for Rivers. With the 250th pick in the 2012 NFL Draft the San Diego Chargers select Jeff Demps, athlete from Florida An athlete might seem like an odd choice this late in the draft, but it is especially so considering he might never play football. There are questions as to whether Demps wants to continue his football career as he's currently training for the 2012 London Olympics as a sprinter. That alone should tell you why I would consider drafting him here; he is obscenely fast. This is one of the few cases where world-class track speed actually translates onto the football field. Demps would need only a crease to turn a small run into a massive gain; he accelerates in the blink of the eye and if he has any space on you, he can't be caught. Even better is that he has great lateral mobility and can chain moves together with little wasted movement and little impact on his speed. Demps however is a toothpick; at 5'8, 184lbs he's short, lean and not meant to run in between the tackles. He also has had injury problems throughout his Florida career. While he has never backed down from a fight and shows great competiveness, there's only so much you can do when you are that small. Demps is a pick I'd compare to 2009 7th rounder Demitrius Byrd; Byrd was injured in a car accident just before the NFL draft and the Chargers drafted him hoping that he might play again. Demps might never return from being a track star but if he ever did, he'd be the kind of toy that Norv Turner would drool over. That kind of speed and agility could be used as a receiver, as a running back and most importantly as a returner; the only limits are the imagination of Turner and his offensive staff. That's more than enough of a reason to draft this guy.
Great mock sir. Please find a way to sit in the Chargers draft room when they select hahaha Barron, Lewis, Wolfe with the first 3 picks I'd call that a win
I'm by no means a Mark Barron fan, but effectively our front office painted us into a corner that's only left us with 3 options as I see it: 1) Take Barron if he falls to us in the 1st 2) Trade up from our 2nd (or outright reach at #18) for Harrison Smith 3) Move Gilchrist to safety, and either Wright or a drafted rookie at nickel-back. We're truly in the most unenviable position to be in when the safety class is one of the worst of the past decade in terms of top-end and general depth. Nate Potter won't be playing tackle at the pro level and if he does it'll be RT in a zone-scheme - the guy just doesn't handle speed rush well in the least (and that was against Boise's pretty weak schedule). The guy's a finesse technician that needs to add weight and has next to no mean streak. If a power-scheme team looks at him it's likely as a pulling LG which he has some potential as, but he needs a solid season of the weight room before he'll have the strength and anchor to hold up at the position (his lower body seriously needs to fill out better).
And we find ourself drafting for need again like in 2007, rather than BPA. Hey bud, still a decent chance Kirkpatrick is there at 18 and is willing to move to SS. I think he has more upside at the position than both Barron and Smith, and we wouldn't have to trade or REACH like hell to get him.
I agree... I just have a really hard time seeing AJ making that pick AND Norv (unless Pagano has some kind of hypnotic powers we're unaware of) signing off on moving Kirkpatrick to SS. If the pick were to happen - and I'd only give it maybe a 20% at best possibility with Kirkpatrick on the board - we're more likely looking at Kirkpatrick put in the slot and Gilchrist and Stuckey battling it out for the starting SS spot in camp. I'm not sure AJ understands the concept of true BPA drafting (i.e. drafting BPA at pretty much any position where you don't already have great depth of talent)... then again, I'm convinced Bill Polian never did either and he was the mentor to both AJ and Butler, so I suppose that makes sense. It's either that or he understands the concept and just massively misjudges the quality of "talent" on the roster. Honestly, at this point I've resided myself to - in a best of worst case scenarios situation - hoping that Dallas drafts Brockers (or Upshaw - even if his stock is dropping, their camp has been high on him since last December... or even Decastro), Rex Ryan gets his man-crush in Melvin Ingram, and that we at least come out of the 1st round with a SS capable of starting from the on-set that doesn't involve mortgaging this draft or the future draft to get Smith (who would be a 3rd round pick in a deeper safety class). What we're going to be looking at, I'd wager though, is another 2010 where we have one rather glaring need that just continues to go un-addressed until mid-to-late Day 3 (same way we were sitting there watching round after round go by with no NT drafted until Thomas in the 5th).
I actually Lik........no love the idea of Gilchrist at SS, honestly when he was drafted I thought thats what he was brought in to be, kid can tackle and has shown potential. Most scouts even noted he would be better suited as a safety in the NFL "Gilchrist's versatility as a cornerback, safety and returner has drawn high marks from teams with one NFL general manager remarking that he's one of the smarter defensive backs he's been around." "Gilchrist is an experience, durable defensive back with good intangibles who could potentially become a starter at corner in a zone-based scheme or make a move to safety."
There's the honest question though... when was the last time you remember a legitimate training camp battle for a starting position under Norv? Even Vasquez had a pretty easily paved road to a starter's spot as a rookie because Kynan Forney was little more than a career-depth placeholder and Green was getting looks almost exclusively at center and left guard in the preseason.
I just want to point out something funny and off topic and didn't want to start a new forum for it, I love how most mock drafts have up taking Cordy Glenn, Micheal Floyd, Jon Martin, or David DeCastro but all of them start off their explanation the same way in some kind of wording "The chargers need to address their pass rush" or " San Diego will definitely go defense with their 18th pick" yet they mock an offensive player, haha just found it funny. I think Gilchrist should be our SS. Number one negative for any draft is reaching for need over talent, I like Smith and would love to have him in Blue and Gold but with this being such a weak Safety class, wouldn't even grabbing him in the 2nd be a reach? If he was eligible in 2010 he wouldn't go until the 3rd or 4th. I know the Underwear Olympics doesn't mean you can play a position in the NFL or you can't but, there is a reason the NFL holds The Combine and there is a reason all 32 teams show up to watch. For those keeping score Gilchrist was better than Smith in every category. This move will open up the options on if we have Jammer's replacement in wright, throw him in at nickel get him some playing time. It would have been nice to have Gilchrist sit behind Sanders for a year. Not saying that's what their intentions were all along ,Maybe it was. Things didn't go their way once struggles and injuries started to occur. Wright for all we know may be nothing more than a career Nickel but that's not a bad thing. Not sure what Stuckey's future holds and maybe Bigby was brought in to either back up Weddle or who ever we put in at SS here's what I'd like to see FS Weddle, Bigby SS Gilchrist, Stuckey CB Jammer, Cason, Wright, Draft pick (depending on if its a 1st, 2nd, 3rd determines where he sit on depth) I know my opinion doesn't mean anything, every choice goes through the man in the Tommy Bahama shirt
I like all 3 options, but I dont like as you said how we have been pinned down to what is the MOST glaring need at 18. But to me its like a middle/grey area to option 2 and 3. I like the idea of Harrison Smith even at 18 of Barron were to be gone by then and wouldnt consider it as much of a reach as most Charger fans will. (history shows this) IMO Barron aint that much greater as a starting S than Smith will/could be. And im all for and do moreso beleive it to be the organizations usual route, and we dont take one of these just good starter Ss and let Stuckey and maybe Gilchrist camp fight it out.
Smith at #18 is a tremendous reach. I'm not saying he doesn't have really good potential, but he's also got a substantial learning curve which is to be expected for ANY rookie safety (Eric Berry and Sean Taylor suffered the same). That said, I'd sooner just do with him what we should have done with Weddle and IF we are so hellbent on having him just reach for him early rather than run the risk of having to mortgage the farm to trade up for him later on. Because of the lack of depth in this class at the position the likelihood is that the only way to ensure getting high enough to still get him (assuming we select someone else who is not a DB at #18) would be to trade back into the bottom of the 1st round - and to do that we're talking giving up a future 1st round pick (literally, I don't see a scenario where a team like New England or Green Bay wouldn't want our 2013 1st to move all the way back half-a-round; especially when you consider that the accepted formula for the value of future picks in the current draft is one round discount, i.e. 2013 1st = 2012 2nd). What I don't like/agree with is the consensus among some Chargers beat-writers (some are internet reporters not unlike our site here - like BFTB and so forth) that we "don't have room on the depth chart for any OLB that's not a developmental guy". That's a load of bull spunk; particularly when guys like English and for the most part LaBoy have proved themselves to be expendable (at least one of the two). A "developmental" guy doesn't have to be someone devoid of a decent floor. Maybe it means no 1st round guy, but if there's a guy in the 2nd round that has a good ceiling, a fair floor as a "go-get-'em" type in the first year, and is the sort of player that needs the weight room and a technical tweaking, where exactly is the logic that we should pass on him because he won't see "meaningful minutes" on the DC immediately. It's dumb thinking like that that got us in this situation to begin with. Take what people consider to be one of the most talented rosters top-to-bottom in the league: Green Bay. You know what Ted Thompson's draft philosophy is? He doesn't go into the draft with the outlook that "We have to get THIS GUY" or "We have to address THIS POSITION." They have areas they'd ideally like to address, but largely the select the highest rated player on their board who is at a position that they aren't already deeply talent-rich at.* The other thing Thompson does that I pray to god either AJ learns to do or whoever replaces AJ does do (because the Raiders with Reggie McKenzie will be doing it) is keep tabs on the guys that they rated highly in their scouting but we either unable to select or simply didn't select because someone of greater value was available to them... and when need arises and those guys are sitting on another team's PS (like Tramon Williams was on Houston's a few years back) you scoop that puppy up and laugh all the way to the bank.
We both agree that Smith at 18 is more worth it than trading up from the 2nd pick. Which is where we differ on that in that im willing to take Smith in the first and like your suggesting still find another player to contribute at OLB now and in the future. I also love the idea of legitimate BPA drafting ala yea see a guy that IS legit and is at a position that we arent already stacked at, and take that future starter. Smith doesnt have to be the 1st pick, imo hes more worth the 18 spot IF Barron is gone to Dal a 17. As you are very right it will take some draft picks to get up far enuff in the second to get him before another team does the same as per the talent pool this year.
Drafting Smith at #18 would be a terrible reach. He is a 2nd to 3rd round talent. Talk about drafting for need. SS isnt the biggest need on this team. You can have Ed Reed back there and it wont matter when the QB's have 8 seconds to throw. I seriously doubt Smith would even beat out Stuckey. I also think Ronnell Lewis is a 3rd rounder. Cronic back problems and he isnt that good a pass rusher.
Actually I think we're pretty much on the same page. I'd much prefer that AJ not be so locked in on Smith that he "has to have him" because that's just a proven poor drafting methodology to use. The Ted Thompson's and Ozzie Smith's of this league seem to be the healthy middle ground of a spectrum where at one end you have your AJ Smith's and Bruce Allen's and the other you have your Bill Belichick's (for whom very few players, if ever, show the kind of luster among the cluster of best available players to make him not think several times about trading back if at all possible). Belichick's a money-baller, AJ's traditionalist physical-potential model. Neither one is perfect, but each needs to be paired with the proper coaching system and staff in order to succeed - where Belichick's approach benefits is that he's also the coach and thus in charge of the coaching system and how it's implemented. The traditional model (effectively the Al Davis model at it's purest form) can and does work (see Pittsburgh), you just have to have coaches capable of honing raw products and you can't be dependent on rookies seeing the field in large capacity in the 1st round except in very select cases.


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Ivarene Prather, 96
Ivarene Prather, 96, of Sunbury passed away Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, at Countryview of Sunbury. Born in Londonderry, on June 13, 1916, to the late Kenton and Lona Lyons. She was a homemaker, a secretary working for Marting's Dept. Store and a member Portsmouth Central Church of Christ.
Surviving; daughter Christina (Donald) Clark of Proctorville, son Reece (Ande) Prather, Grandchildren: Daniel, Cynthia (Matthew)Maxson, Tharon (Jamie) Prather, Great-grandchildren: Lydia and Isaac Maxson, and sister-in-law: Helen Lyons.
Preceded in death by her husband of 54 years: Bryson Prather in 1999, Grandson: Chad Pritchard, as well as brothers Hobart and Rudy (Vina) Lyons.
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Join ancient historian Dr Chris Matthew on a 3-week journey in Greece and Turkey.
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For over 2,000 years Alexander the Great has excited the imagination of people around the world. On this cultural and archaeological tour, and follow in Alexander's footsteps, we will explore the very best that ancient and modern Greece has to offer, from fascinating archaeological sites and museums in Athens and Delphi to stunning mountain scenery and gorgeous sea-views.
In Turkey we follow in Alexander's footsteps from the site of Alexander's first great battle in Turkey at Granicus to the historical cities of Ephesus, Troy, Gallipoli and Bodrum. Throughout the itinerary we will take time to explore the cultural heart of these fascinating countries with visits to the Grand Bazaar, Topkapi Palace and Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
In the company of Dr Christopher Matthew, Ancient Historian and Experimental Archeaologist, the life and times of Alexander will be brought to life making this unforgettable tour engaging and enlightening. We hope you can join the Australian Museum Members on this exclusive and exciting adventure!
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- Marvel at the Acropolis and visit the New Acropolis Museum in Athens
- Visit Delphi, one of the greatest sanctuaries of the ancient world
- Explore the amazing rock formations at Meteroa
- Stand at the entrance to the theatre in Vergina where Phillip II was murdered and Alexander was proclaimed King of the Macedonians
- Discover the great metropolis of Istanbul, Turkey's most dynamic city and gateway between East and West
- See the Ancient ruins of Troy and Ephesus
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Christopher Matthew graduated with first class honours from the University of New England in 2006 where he focused on the study of ancient Greek and Roman warfare. He then moved to Macquarie University in Sydney where he completed a PhD in 2009 which used physical re-creation, experimental archaeology and ballistics testing to examine the mechanics of warfare in ancient Greece.
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My big discovery this year has been that a lot of my "shoulds" are not really as essential as I thought.
Sometimes it is possible to get what we most need, even if it doesn't appear as if we can.
I work a very busy and stressful job and am the sole income earner for our household. Other people depend on me. I pinned all my hopes of having my life a little more how I want it (full time fiction writer, my dream since my teens, when I was firmly told that was not an option, and silly me, I listened!) for when my life situation changed and I could take early retirement and move back to Australia.
One day I realised I'd been playing it safe too long and the time to start making my life how I wanted it is right now, not five or ten or fifteen years in the future.
Next month, I drop back to part time hours in my job. Still playing it safe- it will bring in just enough to cover all the bills as long as we are frugal- but changing the balance totally. I'll be a full time writer and part time nurse, not someone who squeezes writing in when they can, in the cracks.
The next big challenge- finding a writing space.
We live in a tiny one bedroom house. No chance of carving out any private space where I wouldn't be interrupted. My husband doesn't work, so he's home all day every day. With the best will in the world to give me peace and quiet (and as an extrovert, he is totally unable to understand anyone needing peace and quiet!), he going to have to come into our bedroom from time to time during the day. I could see myself using him as an excuse for not writing and getting angry and resentful. I had to get a writing space. I checked out all the local options. The town library? No, far too noisy, they have school kids doing classes in there every day of the week. A coffee shop? None really felt comfortable as somewhere I could buy a diet coke and sit in the corner writing for few hours.
My solution (as my solutions often are!) was an extreme and impulsive one- let's move house. There are a couple of two bedroom houses we could almost afford in town. One I adore and would love to live in, an old 16th century cottage, tiny and low ceilinged, but yes, it has two bedrooms.
After a lot of arguing discussing with my husband yesterday, it became clear that is not an option. There are many things he doesn't like about our present house, but he wants to move even less.
Then this morning he surprised me. He offered my his garden shed. That's a really big thing for him to do.
It's a nice shed, only 8 foot by 6 foot, but that will be big enough to use as a combination writing sewing room if I design the space carefully. You can see the corner of it in the photo of part of the garden. He bought this himself when he was trying to set up a computer repair business. That didn't work out and the shed has mainly been used for storage since, but it's always been his space.
Something I have to admit I've resented. I desperately need private space, and I haven't had that since we got married. This was his house for over twelve years before we met. My little studio flat was even less suitable for us both to live in, so I moved into his place, supposedly only as a temporary thing until we bought a place that was "ours". That was nearly ten years ago!
So, now it's clear we won't be moving anywhere for a while. And as a peace offering, he's giving me his shed. It needs fixing up on the inside, lining and redecorating, but he's agreed I can do it however I want. I'm going to enjoy doing that. He loses his shed, in return he gets a happier wife and no pressure to move house. He thinks it's a fair deal, I do too!
So it actually looks like I am going to have it all, time to write and space to write, something that seemed impossible at the start of the year!
It's definitely worth asking yourself- where are you playing it safe and limiting yourself? What are you not doing right now that you wish you could? Is there any way you could do that now?
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stricktoo,Check in Synaptic to see what GTK themes you have installed.
stricktoo, I'm not quite sure, what's going on, since in yesterday's post you said:QuoteMoreover editing /usr/share/lxde/config is only partly successful. The theme will change, but the icons won't. And today, you said, that GTK & icon themes cannot be changed. So, is it possible at least to change the GTK themes with 'lxappearance'?Could you please show us your /usr/share/lxde/config file?
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Hello stricktoo, just change these linesQuotesNet/ThemeName=Shiki-DustsNet/IconThemeName=nuoveXT-aerosGtk/FontName=Sans 10so that they look like this:Quote#sNet/ThemeName=Shiki-Dust#sNet/IconThemeName=nuoveXT-aero#sGtk/FontName=Sans 10Now, everything in this file you changed from a value to a comment is now configurable with lxappearance by any user.That's all.
That works, although I sometimes have to log out and then back in for all of the changes to take effect. Thanks!
QuoteThat works, although I sometimes have to log out and then back in for all of the changes to take effect. Thanks!That is normal. If you use lxcursor to change your cursor theme, at the end of running it, it will log you out. (optionally you can postpone the logout)
Yeah, I was trying to get rid of this one, too, as I prefer a desktop without icons, but it seems, that it is hardcoded somehow.Still the advantages of Neal's LXDE are overwhelming, so I got used to it.In your case, the Openbox set of PCLinuxOS would be an option, with tint2 as a panel and OB managing the desktop. Right-click application menus are the slickest solution for desktops, but not easy for people to adapt to.
I'm especially interested to see how application menu updates are handled (i.e. how newly installed programs are added to the menu). Under LXDE the Openbox-style application menu is pretty sparse, and I'm not sure how to add all of the installed applications without laborious manual editing of the xml file.


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El Remanso Lodge in the Osa Peninsula has been awarded with the highest rating of the Tripadvisor's Certificate of Excellence for the year 2012! The ongoing efforts to exceed our guests expectations has been recognized and the whole staff of the lodge would like to thank everybody who shared their experience.
According with its conservation philosophy, El Remanso Lodge has been developing projects in order to help preserving our rainforest, which is so rich down here in the Osa Peninsula. What can be better than a tree nursery? Our tree nursery has been running for more than ten years and in this small scale "vivero" (green house) we collect, germinate, replant and donate saplings from different native species of the Osa.
Beach Trail camera trap in the last 40 days = 2 different pumas (one on 3 different occasions!), 1 ocelot, 1 "nocturnal spider monkey", 1 anteater, curaçaos, opposums....and lots of guests walking by!
Every little town in Costa Rica has its annual "fiestas" for a week long celebration with events such as parades, rodeos with bulls and other cultural expressions. Last week we had the "Fiestas de San Juan Bautista" here in Puerto Jiménez on the Osa Peninsula and on Sunday afternoon part of the El Remanso team went to the final parade. Our intern Kris took his camera to captures some of the moments. There were many different activities with parades, local dances and a horse-ride of over 50 riders from Puerto Jiménez toward the Matapalo area.
On June 23rd, El Remanso's staff had the initiative of doing a Beach Clean-Up from the Tide Pools to the Lagoon! Where does the garbage come from? The beach below El Remanso is certainly an astonishing, beautiful & deserted beach, however even a remote place like this gets its share of pollution. Mostly plastic bottles brought by the tide land unfortunately on the beaches of this paradise of the Osa Peninsula. After a few hours work, and thanks to the volunteers, the beach of El Remanso is not only amazingly beautiful but super clean too!
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Neurologists are about to feel the sting of the Affordable Care Act. Beginning Jan. 1, Medicare will be paying them less for electrodiagnostic procedures used in identifying and treating a wide range of nerve and muscle disorders. Reimbursement rates for some tests will be slashed by more than 50 percent, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services estimates that payments to neurologists overall will shrink by 7 percent next year.
Medicare's cuts will be implemented by changing the way fees for the diagnostic procedures are calculated. Instead of reimbursing neurologists for each nerve analyzed, the new billing codes will henceforth bundle multiple nerve-conduction tests into a single fee. The Obama administration claims that under the current system Medicare has been paying too much for neurologists' overhead costs. But the American Academy of Neurology, in an advisory to its members, warns that the cuts will devastate "neurology practices large and small." Patients will be hurt as well: As Medicare squeezes neurologists, seniors' access to neurological care will dwindle.
Jeff Jacoby's analysis is inaccurate on many levels. In spite of many promulgations that people should be steeped in preventive care it is when they are sick, really sick, they seek care. Therefore this is the main job of health insurance. It allows someone to get timely treatment without financial worries. Under our present "market system" over 50 million people are uninsured or under-insured. That leaves them one serious illness away from a poor outcome and bankruptcy. There are 45,000 excess deaths per year among those without insurance. Private insurers are looking to cherry pick and avoid paying when disease strikes. They market to healthier populations and thank the Lord that Medicare takes care of the most ill in this country. Medicare was passed in the first place because the health insurance industry would not take on this group of citizens as subscribers. The real so called market competition should be a patient's choice of who they want to take care of them not the selection of an insurer. Every other developed country has figured out a universal system. A good number use private insurers but their overhead, benefits, and who is eligible are regulated. Here what is called "competition" is market share as each insurer offers goodies to carefully chosen populations and then raises rates on those who don't have much economic clout. This leads to uneven pricing for services, large negotiating staffs, and inflated billing departments to play this silly dangerous game. It costs $400 billion dollars a year. By any account a Medicare for all system brings the lowest costs and the most satisfaction and most importantly the best outcomes. In short Mr. Jacoby has not done his homework either on purpose to suit his etiology or out of sheer lack of intellectual curiosity. As for the neurologists they are suppose to make their income by attending to patients not padding their intake by doing quasi needed tests. The median income for neurologists is over $213,000, tidy sum, and lands them in the top 5% of income earners in this country. Should they be allowed to put even more into their column by being overpaid for procedures or by actually attending to patients and doing careful follow up?
Jeff continues with this nonsensical argument that the "free market" can rule in the medical world. No matter how often this is proven to be not true, regardless ofhow many times it is factually expressed or simply morally shown, Jeff returns to the same flawed argument. He even admits to the dire emergency scenario, admits consumers can't figure out the complicated issues related to medical care and then simply falls back on "trust".
Trust, I trust my doctor that's why I don't shop around. Medicine, good medicine is based upon a working relationship between the patient and the doctor. After ten years of seeing the same cardiologist Jeff would have me march down the street to see the guy who cots ten dollars less but I don't know from Adam.
There are two way to bring down health care costs. One is through efficiencies which the ACA and Medicare work at. The other is reforming the tort system. Many dems fight this but the fact is doctor's will overdue tests, be excessively cautious in fear of lawsuits. Let the feds set the standards, shield doctors from legal damages outside of gross neglect and the cost of medical care will stabilize. To me both parties have the problem partially right, the dems want efficiencies and the Repubs want tort reform. Why don't we try both and see if we can contain costs.
But the free market? Jeff, please go back to bed.
The beneficiaries of the tort system are the lawyers. Most legislators are lawyers. DUI in MA has the same problem. The lawyers will never, unless under extreme pressure change either. To change the subject a bit, ask most physicians and dentists their opinion on the legal profession. They regard them as as mortal enemies. they know the lawyers regard them the way a hungry lion regards an antelope.
Great column. Jeff. I have been saying since the beginning of the debate, that Obamacare will work only if the president can suspend the laws of economics. While he may be able to walk on water, even he cannot control a market by setting price controls. It will be a crushing blow to so many people when the availibilty of needed health care vanishes, as price controls always lead to shortages. The sad part is, prices will not come down.
The president has won, and will get his way. But the people will lose, and swill suffer greatly.
For a procedure that takes one second to actually perform and one where you could train an average Barista to set up, $1350.00 is too much money to pay for Lasik. Jeff, why not let your argument follow to it's ultimate conclusion? Just let the insurance companies make all the health care decisions for people. That's your "free market" in action. The problem is that insurance companies are involved in the process at all.
Your argument here based on what Newt Gingrich -- one of your vanguards of conservative thought -- refereed to as "Systemic Avoidance of Reality". It seems as though once again you're just propagating the old tire Republican platitude of "free market" as cure-all. Healthcare is unique. How many times does it have to be said. Despite you unrealistic positing it's not like shopping for food, cars and cellphones. And your Lasik example is just another false equivalency. 99.99% of Hospitals and doctors don't advertise their prices, take coupons or hold Columbus Day specials. This is a sphere that is as complicated as the military industrial complex and a landscape that for most is difficult to overwhelming to negotiate. Patients, often sick, do not have the luxury to pontificate over a decision as though they're purchasing the latest wi-fi tablet. The irrefutable facts are that your free-market solution doesn't work now, hasn't worked in the past and won't in the future.
Neurologists freely admit that they use the current policy to cover costs in other areas of their practice. Why should Medicare overpay for one procedure to make up for other costs, especially administrative costs. Of course the American Academy of Nerology complains, but it is time for Medicare to pay for actual costs, not trumped up costs. It is sort of like paying $500 for an oil change, so the garage can have flat screen televisions and free food. Their is certainly overhead costs in any payment, but it should be in proportion to the rest of the business, not a cash cow.
Sorry Jeff - the economics of a free market in regular health care is part of what has brought us to this place. We have had double digit inflation in health care costs for years, thanks to a "free market" approach. What other segment of our economy has grown costs at such a rapid pace? The evidence is that the free market is not working in health care and has not for years.
Has anyone considered the escalating costs of legal representation and court awards in their opinion of health care costs to deliver health? How about the costs of ever-advancing technology; we want their benefits, but are unwilling to recognize their costs to produce.
As one responder wrote, we COULD return to 1975 technology, but we wouldn't want to be limited to its limitations. Yes, more people are covered by more expensive technologies; many of which are mandated by governmental decree. In a fair and rational analysis of "health care", the conclusions need to embrace a wider scope.
The analogy to legal help is self-defeating-- does anyone, anyone, believe that access to legal representation is really universal and fair? I know very well that in a legal fight, rich people do much, much better because they can afford lawyers. Poor and middle class people often cannot and either go unrepresented, poorly represented, or they don't fight in a court at all. In health care, an entirely free market means illness and death to those who cannot afford it. That experiment has been tried, and people across the world have found it unacceptable.
Oh, please. First of all, the neurologist's complaint boils down to this: "Woe is us, we will now have to find another way to game the system, because the mean government is closing the loophole we've been exploiting for years. We will thus throw a tantrum, threaten to take it out on our patients, and generally act like 5 year olds." The reason they do this is because in the past, it has always worked. We are, however, reaching the point where it *can't* work; we're too broke to keep overpaying for procedures and deprecating the actual work that is medicine, which mostly involves listening to patients, and occasionally advising them. As for your example: Oh, well done, sir. Choose a procedure that is more optional, could you? LASIK has become cheaper because it is not mandatory for health-if you can't afford LASIK, there's always the option of good, old fashioned spectacles, or contacts for the truly vain among us (I've worn glasses since the 8th grade; I am deaf to most complaints about them. A *very* few patients truly deserve LASIK, because their refractive error really *cannot* be corrected with lenses reasonably. The rest of the people who get LASIK are getting it because they don't want the bother of glasses or contacts. Boo hoo. Plastic surgery has gotten cheaper over the years also-because it's optional, and people can simply choose not to have it if they cannot afford it, at the price of having flabby thighs, or looking their age. Again, not a problem. Real health care (read: the stuff that isn't optional) can also be cheaper; I don't disagree with the premise that health care is mispriced, or that physicians recommend procedures patients may not really need, underplay the risks and overplay the benefits, and in general make sure their incomes are maximized. I would argue that *most* physicians do this more or less unconsciously-the invisible hand is, to most of us, invisible. We really believe that the patient's health will benefit from our proposed procedure, test, or drug-it's just a nice side effect that our wallet will also benefit. And the patient is in a bind; s/he can't tell, often, whether what we propose is worthwhile or not. They're frightened (health problems are scary), and here is someone telling them they can help, they can fix the problem, they can make it all go away. What would you pay not to die? Not to hurt anymore? You'd pay a lot, as long as you had a lot. If you do't have a lot, your options dwindle down to "We can give you some of this nice, free morphine; roll over to that corner, take your morphine, and die quietly, would you please?" But having cutting edge health care available, at all, is expensive. And the *unregulated* market sucks at figuring out how to both make health care less expensive *and* universally accessible. You can have either, apparently, but not both. It can never, by the way, be "cheap"; if you want cheap, I can give you that right now, but you'll be limited to the interventions and medications that were available in, say, 1975. Those are now cheap, and most of them work pretty well. But you'll be giving up cardiac stents, a bunch of *major* advances in cancer care, all the biologics that keep things like rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, and a host of other autoimmune disorders (and a few cancers) at bay...you can't have any of that. And your health care will be cheap; I don't know how much columnists make, but I could afford it easily, and my partners could afford it with some difficulty. A friend of mine, a consultant in historic preservation (not a well paid field, despite the skills required) almost certainly could not. I would love to hear your answer to the quandary of universally available. Because it has to be *universal*; you can't fob it off on the emergency departments of the world, like a recent presidential candidate did, saying "well, they can always get care, in the emergency department." Because I work in the ED, and so do a lot of nurses, techs, and other professionals. We don't work for free-we expect to be paid. So does the hospital-and the law referenced requires the hospital to use all it's resources to "stabilize the emergency condition". Which may mean stenting the heart attack patient from Mexico, or taking out the appendix of the patient from Guatemala or wherever, here without papers. Everyone has to be covered-because they are anyway, like it or not. Those patients don't have the $300 it costs to simply walk into the emergency department-or the $150 it might cost if it were "market regulated", because keeping people up at night so they're available for your American health is still expensive, no matter what. (People like to sleep-if you want them to be awake at night taking care of you, you'd best pay them pretty well.) If you don't cover everyone, you still fail. Show me the market analysis that does that. Because most "markets" are for optional goods-if you can't afford it, you don't get it; or you get it not as good (like cheap food). Not for goods which, most people agree, must be cutting edge and excellent, every time (even if they aren't that now).
yet the cost to become a surgeon will continue to rise....
Where a critical change should be made is to set a standard package of insurance coverage, not one-offs between every state. Allow people to buy standard packages, in any state, and pay for other services as add-ons w/ some sort of tax treatment of refund to help.
I was reading Jacoby's column with great interest until the final paragraphs. There is absolutely no correlation between elective lasix eye surgery to avoid the inconvenience of wearing glasses and neurological testing procedures to determine disease. It's like comparing liposuction to brain surgery. This is the trouble with the conservative entertainment complex. If you scratch just below the surface of their arguments, there is a lack of substantive information and credibility. THe Affordable Care Act is the law of the land. Time to move on.
Really? lack of substantive information and credibility?? You've got to be kidding us; you surely can't be serious. The zeal to pass the "Health" act included submission of actual WRONG, er, inaccurate, information to the CBO, who by law must base their rulings on the information submitted to them. When the information disingenuousness was exposed for the sham that it was, the CBO was able to base their decisions on accurate information, free from the administration's duplicity like postponing recognition of the EXPENSES to a later time, while still including the SAVINGS in the calculation.
As for liposuction of the brain, look around for a neurologist-if you can find one.
The best way to save Medicare is to fix it by reducing costs. How can you be against that? Your concept of the Holy Market is to always maximize profiteering at all costs. The main reason why Obamacare got passed is that it enriches the insurance company's profits. Once you greed-head right-wingers realized that, it got made into law, forcing people to get insurance and enriching the powerful insurance industry. Real reform would have been in the form of a single-payer system, like the one most other industrialized countries have. Medicare for all; free health care from cradle to grave. But that might hurt your unearned income from your stock portfolio, taxed at a lower rate than earned income. Judas goat.
The health care market is anything but a free market at this point. Getting Medicare out of it won't change that a bit. The private insurers are every bit the controlling hand that Medicare is. Some combination of group coverage for basics and personal contribution to more optional care would be the most effective combination. That probably should entail a change in the co-pay structure. As it stands now, providers are prevented from balance billing. This has way too many nuances to deal with in a comments section.
You have got to be kidding me. As health care companies, not the government, has reaped profits that have set records the last ten years, Ideologues clamor for less control over the heartless titans, who continue to bask in an industry that has America in a chokehold. Lets wait until the "market" dictates prices, that way, the average American can "shop" around for better "prices", and take "more control" over their health...please! The lack of regulation of the health industry, in an effort to avoid the socialist boggie man, has created an health industry that stands alone in the world, on how it approaches the health of its citizens.
I can agree with much of wht you say here Jeff. However, I lose the thread of your argument when you compare Lasik eye surgery to other forms of medical procedures. For one thing: Lasik is more of a cosmetic procedure. How so? Because it is not usually a necessary procedure or a emergency procedure. It is an elective procedure. A little bit like cosmetic plastic surgery many people have to make the look younger than their actual age, or to cover up some blemish they are not comfortable with. The free market system works great in that environment. But, not so much when the procedure is a life saving or life prolonging one. The free market system is the very reason for National Healthcare (yes, I know you neo cons love to disparage it by calling it "Obmacare"). Greed and corporate profit cannot be the only factor in decisions on health care. Which is the way it was prior to National Healthcare. The medical community must find a way to control costs rather than let them sky rocket out of control. And big insurance needs to be a big part of this discussion.
Here's a little video about free-market health care (starting at 3 minutes 40 seconds "You are surgery, which is the loss-leader..."): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEO4zTKIFog&feature=share&list=PL83E5EAD46D2CD0EC
Remind me again, Mr Jacoby. The "market is best" argument is that offering the best product at the lowest cost will have buyers beating a path to your door, while making the seller a handy profit. Haven't we had that for....ever. Why do our costs keep rising? Oh, that's right, profits sink when insurers actually have to pay. Keep on beating this drum and proving the argument that I make almost every week. You never disappoint. Plastics!
Jeff, even Romney in 2006 recognized that the "free market" healthcare in the United States did not work. The RomneyCare that was so highly praised at that time by his future Republican rivals was at least a viable alternative to Hilary's 1993 single payer plan. As I've said before this Affordable Care Act has its genesis in Republican health strategies. Not much argument or discussion in the 2008 primary campaigns or presidential campaign. It's only when the Republican Party en masse declared political war on President Obama, Senator McConnell's famous dictum that his "most important" mission was to make "this President" a one term President that anything and everything that President Obama passed or promoted was to be attacked relentlessly. No alternative ideas on healthcare, the economy, the budget, the environment, etc., just be obstructionist. I see a parallel now in this column. As so many below have stated better than I can, the system you're proposing didn't work back then. Time to move on with the Republican based Obamney HealthCare plan.


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Ingredients |
For the pre-soaking |
150ml brandy |
1 x 400g (approximately) jar luxury mincemeat |
110g no-soak prunes, roughly chopped |
50g glace cherries, quartered |
175g dried mixed fruit |
50g whole candied peel, finely chopped |
For the cake |
225g self-raising flour |
3 level teaspoons baking powder |
¼ teaspoon salt |
1½ level teaspoons mixed spice |
150g spreadable butter |
150g dark muscovado sugar |
3 large eggs |
50g Brazil nuts, roughly chopped |
50g mixed chopped nuts |
zest of 1 small orange and 1 small lemon |
approximately 18 walnut halves, 18 pecan halves, 20 whole Brazils (or any other mixture you like) |
For the glaze |
1 heaped tablespoon sieved apricot jam |
1 tablespoon brandy |
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This recipe is from Delia's Cakes - to be published in February 2013
Even though this is last-minute, it's best to pre-soak the fruits if you can. So just measure out the brandy, mincemeat and fruits in the bowl, give them a good stir, then cover with a cloth and leave somewhere cool overnight or for a minimum of 4 hours.
When you are ready to make the cake, pre-heat the oven to 170C, gas mark 3. Now all you do is sift the flour, baking powder, salt and mixed spice into a very large, roomy mixing bowl, then add the butter, sugar and eggs and beat with an electric hand whisk until everything is smooth and fluffy. Now gradually fold in the pre-soaked fruit mixture, chopped nuts and finally the grated lemon and orange zests. Now take a large spoon and spoon it into the prepared tin, levelling the top with the back of the spoon, then arrange the whole nuts in circles or rows on the surface.
Finally, take a double square of baking parchment with a 50p-sized hole in the centre (which gives it extra protection during the cooking) and place this not on the top of the mixture itself but on the rim of the liner. Bake the cake on the centre shelf of the oven for 2 hours or until the centre springs back when lightly touched. Cool the cake in the tin for 30 minutes, then remove it to a wire cooling tray to continue cooling.
While that's happening, heat the apricot jam and brandy together and brush the nuts with this mixture to make them shiny and glossy. Store the cake in an airtight tin or in parchment-lined foil and it will keep beautifully.
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