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Cross posted from The Economic Populist.
By Garrett Johnson
Most people think that the Wall Street bailouts ended at least a year ago. They would be wrong.
(Reuters) – Increased housing commitments swelled U.S. taxpayers' total support for the financial system by $700 billion in the past year to around $3.7 trillion, a government watchdog said on Wednesday.
The Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program said the increase was due largely to the government's pledges to supply capital to Fannie Mae (FNMA.OB) and Freddie Mac (FMCC.OB) and to guarantee more mortgages to the support the housing market.
Increased guarantees for loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration, the Government National Mortgage Association and the Veterans administration increased the government's commitments by $512.4 billion alone in the year to June 30, according to the report.
"Indeed, the current outstanding balance of overall Federal support for the nation's financial system…has actually increased more than 23% over the past year, from approximately $3.0 trillion to $3.7 trillion — the equivalent of a fully deployed TARP program — largely without congressional action, even as the banking crisis has, by most measures, abated from its most acute phases," the TARP inspector general, Neil Barofsky, wrote in the report.
So Congress nearly comes to a standstill over $33 Billion for unemployment extensions, but there isn't even a debate over $700 Billion for Wall Street.
Ina Deaver
"So Congress nearly comes to a standstill over $33 Billion for unemployment extensions, but there isn't even a debate over $700 Billion for Wall Street."
— Yep. That about covers it.
OH — but all those unemployed have is one vote per person. Wall Street contributes soooooo much more to politicians, er, I mean, society.
Well there should be quite a lot voters in the unemployed. I hope they remember who didn't care about them come election time.
Half of the voters "know" this is all "those people's" fault. The other half "know" that the People's Central Committee needs to "act".
The peasants are dumbasses. Dumbasses believe anything the sociopaths tell them. That's why the county is in the state it's in.
Francois T
There is a very good reason why CONgress has been written up (or off) as The Broken Branch.
These REMFs would be well advised to change this institution for the betterment of the nation. Otherwise, others will do it for them. Then it'll be a matter of how; peacefully…or else!
"So Congress nearly comes to a standstill over $33 Billion for unemployment extensions, but there isn't even a debate over $700 Billion for Wall Street."
Proof that Congress has nothing but contempt for the American people. Proof that they feel they have nothing to lose from a population abused by their lawlessness and propaganda.
Only a few exceptions come to mind; heroes who risk a lot if not their lives by standing up to these people: Al Franken and Alan Grayson come to mind. I would list Ron Paul if he weren't so obsessed with freedom for corporations and banks, but government control over the bodies of women against their will.
Dylan Ratigan has listed those senators who voted for bailouts but against extending unemployment:
Lamar Alexander [B-TN]
Robert Bennett [B-UT]
Christopher Bond [B-MO]
Richard Burr [B-NC]
Saxby Chambliss [B-GA]
Thomas Coburn [B-OK]
Bob Corker [B-TN]
John Cornyn [B-TX]
John Ensign [B-NV]
Lindsey Graham [B-SC]
Charles Grassley [B-IA]
Judd Gregg [B-NH]
Orrin Hatch [B-UT]
Kay Hutchison [B-TX]
John Isakson [B-GA]
Jon Kyl [B-AZ]
Richard Lugar [B-IN]
John McCain [B-AZ]
Mitch McConnell [B-KY]
Lisa Murkowski [B-AK]
Ben Nelson [B-NE]
John Thune [B-SD]
George Voinovich [B-OH]
LeeAnne, I'd say it is the complete opposite; it is proof that Congress believes that the American people do not want more bailouts and higher deficits. The only way to get them is to have them done in the dark by unelected, unaccountable officials.
You get a pass on this one " Delta Air Expects 65,000 Applicants for 1,000 Job Openings – Bloomberg "
Maybe you didn't see it.
What I meant to say to you Mattj is that unemployed Americans don't give a shit about DEFICITS, nor should they.
Your conflating $Trillions of taxpayer money to BANKSTER BAILOUTS to cover their non-productive losses and put outrageous bonuses into their own thieving ignorant psychopathic pockets after crashing the US finance system along with the real economy produced by the now unemployed in the multi millions of people with your Republican talking points, is disingenuous at best.
Increasing deficits for the unemployed will put money into the pockets of people who without a doubt will spend it immediately to pay for necessities like housing expenses, utilities, phone and Internet, food for themselves and their children, interest payments on usurious loans, car payments and gas, student loans, health care insurance and co-pays (not necessarily health care) etc. etc. etc.
furthermore, those unemployed workers have been working longer hours with fewer paid days off and shorter vacations, lousy health care and higher health insurance costs than any other industrial nation on the face of the mother earth.
now I really have to get to my day job.
Francois T
Contrast how lousy health care insurance for the rest of us has become with this:
Believe you me, it is not John Q. Public health care plan. Have a look at what Lord & Taylor's CEO Joseph E. Brooks got. As the awesome team at HCRenewal summarized:
[emphasis and highlights are mine]
In 1983, Lord & Taylor's corporate parent told Brooks it sought to provide 'great comfort to executives knowing that their medical costs are fully reimbursed by the Corporation.' The company told Joe it was a lifetime guarantee.
CEOs should never, ever, have to worry about health care.
And for nearly 27 years, substantially all medical costs have been fully covered, even premiums.
We're not just talking doctors' visits, hospitals, medications and tests. We're talking all travel and ancillary expenses associated with care, too.
We're talking first-class transportation, accommodations and meals while being treated at the Mayo Clinic and the Duke Diet and Fitness Center. We're talking expenses for a companion or personal aide, too.
We're also talking 'cosmetic services (surgery, medications, injections, creams and the like)' dental care, gym memberships, personal trainers, vitamins, massages — all paid by Joe's former employer for the rest of Joe's life.
Oh, and if any of these benefits have tax consequences, we're talking gross-up payments to cover that, too.
The elites' motto seems to be: "Give the most at the cheapest price possible (free is best!) to those who could afford it all on their own. The unwashed masses should go to hell if they're not happy."
It's actually a little more complicated than you're portraying it to be. As I understand it, most of those on that list wanted to vote to extend the benefits but pay for it by reducing some other budget item.
So, in a way, you're falling for one of the oldest tricks in the book. Set unreasonable standards for the X Bill. When the other side objects to the unreasonable standards, howl that they don't care about X and ignore what might be quite reasonable objections to some of the conditions.
Doesn't it feel bad to be duped?
Fellated by Fallacies
It's doubtful that the unemployment extension is a "one-off" event. Thus, characterizing the debate as being over a "measly" $33 billion is not accurate.
The $33 billion may very well be part of many other $33 billion commitments, as these benefits will also expire.
A problem with this type of non-thinking, is that it eventually leads to a Behavior Trap, whereby one engages in poor decision-making by making the decision based solely on what one has already committed. Behavior Traps are vicious loops of Poor Decision Reinforcement.
Thus, after several little $33 billion commitments, we'll find ourselves saying: "We've already extended over a $132 billion on this extended program, what's another $33 billion? We've come this far. We can't stop up now."
[Please note, I'm not saying the extension was wrong. I'm simply saying your characterization is inaccurate. The need to re-extend stands on its own merits and does not need misleading factoids for support.]
fellated and fallacious thinking
Even counting that 33 billion four times obver like F & F does, the 700 billion this year to the banks is 5 times that amount, for a few thousand bank "employees", i mean, owners…the employees are just well-paid slaves.
There are slaves and there a vassals.
If we can assume (for a moment) that many more people are sociopaths than is "commonly" admitted then large useless (and destructive) organizations exist and thrive BECAUSE the people in the organization are willing participants in the organizations behavior.
The human brain is a magic bullshit machine. It's purpose is to create stories that reconcile morally conflicting "realities" into one bullshit "reality".
Example: I work for Phillip Morris. I am a moral person. (Start up bullshit machine…) Liberals hate Phillip Morris, Phillip Morris (must be therefore) good. (Bullshit makes the world go `round).
(Disclaimer: I work for a Zombie bank. I know I'm a sociopaths. I could careless what the sociopaths running the company do as long as they key paying me)
(Btw, History is MUCH easier to understand – and explain to people – of you assume there are more sociopaths in the world than "the nice people" are able to admit.)
Perhaps if you think we ought to count all of the unemployment benefit extensions, we ought to compare that to all of the bank bail-out costs…wghich are about six times 700 billion, IIRC….
Fellated by Fallacies
aet, if you grant the fact we may need more $33 extensions, and if your main source of support for proceeding anyways is "because the bank bailouts were waaayyy more expensive"
Then your argument might well be reduced down to "Two wrongs make a right". [A fallacy we should have learned to avoid by the time we reached 10 years of age.]
The fact that we bailed out the banks is not a legitimate source of support for extending the unemployment benefits–unless your argument is predicated only upon equity.
But equity arguments, on their own, are weak. Any many opponents of your position will simply claim that they were against the bailouts. In fact, they'll use the bailouts against you by saying, "We didn't know it was going to ultimately cost this much. We were tricked into escalating out commitment, piece-meal. Just like we're getting tricked into a massive unemployment subsidy—in one $33 billion chunk at a time."
aet, I am in favor of the extensions. I am with you!
The unemployed are not "lazy"–they are down on their luck. As a just society we cannot just cut them off.
But it's going to cost more than $33 billion. And, like it or not, we've already committed trillions to the bank bailout (I detest this also, btw). That money is sunk.
As a result, we have a choice over limited resources. We have tough decisions ahead of us. Perhaps we could find ways to reduce some of our ongoing commitments (as opposed to merely referring back to sunk costs).
Take, for example, our many wars. Maybe as a society we need to ask ourselves: What is more important–continuing these wars or providing benefits for the unemployed?
We might actually get somewhere, instead of wallowing in the typical malaise of shit. So my point remains:
Referencing the bank bailouts as a main source of support for granting unemployment benefits, while distorting the other side is shoddy thinking, poor argumentation and all it does is foster attitude polarization.
And it's part and parcel why this country is falling apart. People refuse to engage in legitimate debate about where we're headed. Instead we get pandering and button-pushing and we just shout past one another.
Military/US illegal drug industry/security rackets, 30,000,000 health premium gift to private insurance companies who have proven themselves as racketeers and a cancer on the American people, growing number of Washington cronies are 'sunken' costs?
"The unemployed are not "lazy"–they are down on their luck. As a just society we cannot just cut them off."
Memo To All Employees: no luck required. Everyone here is treated equally.
Memo To Corporate Executives: squeeze employees out, save money and pay off the top TEMP corporate executives who average 3 years a pop with no need to understand or even have industry experience. No Experience Required. Nothing needed but to be networked into the crony system of obeisience to Wall Street.
Example of Corporate Executive talent: British Petroleum $10 Million dollar man after turning the Gulf of Mexico into a deadly no-photo zone sewer: "sticks and bones will break my bones -na na nana naaaaa"
There's a top executive for ya. He obviously needs some kinda welfare.
ETF's a horrible rip-off countenanced by 'regulators"?
Quote from the linked article: "How can the government allow this?"
So when is the Government going to use its monopoly of power to hammer these rip-off artists?
That is, to protect the hard-working "dumb money" against those fast-money Chicago outfit boys?
Friedman's Ghost
In light of the extensive contributions made by the financial industry to both parties in Congress I am not sure why anyone would be surprised that there was no heistation in passing along more taxpayer dollars to Wall Street.
Since the unemployed cannot give millions (billions) of dollars to elected officials they have no recourse.
Thomas Jefferson (et al) in the Declaration of Independence stated that when government becomes destructive to the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness it is the right and in fact obligation of the people to throw off that government. Of course, there are very few people who know this as it is not in line with k-12 education goals.
The Constitution is no longer a valid document for the common people.
"Since the unemployed cannot give millions (billions) of dollars to elected officials they have no recourse."
I'd like to propose a radical system whereby our politicians are chosen by a vote of citizens, that each citizen has an equally weighted vote, all citizens who are at least 18 years old may vote, and that citizens not be taxed or otherwise pay for exercising this right.
Of course for such a system to work as intended, practical matters such as funding for campaigns must be taken into account. I propose that they be funded from the public treasury, so as not to have private financial backing influence the elections. Too radical I suppose – it's what they do in the People's Republic of Arizona. Don't they have a statue of Karl Marx in front of their capitol?
Politicians need money to buy media time…and the media are in no hurry to stop that gravy train.
All us media ought to be required to give free-time political broadcasts time to all candidates in every election, as a condition opf their Licence.
No? Why not?
Re: No? Why not?
Any how – exactly – would this help those who already own the country (including the media).
Great ideas are – uh – great until a few simple tests are applied:
1) Does this great-idea benefit the people who already own everything.
2) Can this great-idea be used by the sociopaths to manipulate the dumbasses for fun and profit.
Look around, the world if full of dumbasses. They are ALL believe some group of sociopaths that are filling their tiny brains with bullshit. That's just how life works. You can't change life, but you CAN try to figure out who the sociopaths are and who their believing dumbasses are.
Friedman's Ghost
Here here Alex…here here.
Re: The Constitution is no longer a valid document for the common people.
No Constitution, regardless of who wrote it and how smart they were, can suspend the rules of natural selections.
Over 200 years, the sociopaths changed the Constitution to benefit other sociopaths. This is how evolution works. The most impressive thing is how many dumbasses can't even see it when it's right under their noses.
Sociopathic behavior in humans is the equivalent of fur-pattern camouflage for animals. It hides the predator (the sociopath) from his prey (the dumbass) allowing the predator to feast on the live prey. Isn't nature glorious!?
Here we have Timmy's Christmas present to FNM/FMA bondholders bearing fruit at the same time that President Obama is promising "no more government bailouts." Exactly who does he think he's kidding?
"The American people will never again be asked to foot the bill for Wall Street's mistakes. There will be no more taxpayer-funded bailouts. Period."
Bond investors in Chrysler had their senior claims stripped from them to benefit junior claims of well connected political supporters, while bond investors in the atrociously managed Fannie/Freddie are untouchable. I voted for hope and change, but kind of expected reason and equitability as a given. Not so, apparently.
Re: I voted for hope and change
You voted for the Blue Team of the Republicrat Party. The Party system in the US is nothing but a sociopath vetting system. And overnment in the US is nothing more than a loot conduit; from the taxpayers to the politically connected.
The real question is why do people keep voting for "the Party" over and over expecting different results.
There's no way to fix this either. The sociopaths win when the loot is concentrated in a few huge piles. This concentration process has been taking place for generations now. The best that can be hoped for is a "benevolent" Corporate State; much like China is working toward.
All the peasants need is food, entertainment, and propaganda that keeps their brain's bullshit machine happy.
Re: Exactly who does he think he's kidding?
He's fooling almost everybody. Most people aren't "smart" enough too figure this out. A majority of the peasants have no clue what is going on and do NOT care. The peasants have always known that "the nobility is special" and "deserves special rules". Most of the peasants are MUCH MUCH MUCH more pissed off at other peasants getting more loot than they are; which is why unions are so vilified by the dumbasses. Never underestimate the stupidity of the masses.
The nobility simply needs to give the peasants enough loot to keep this "special treatment" intact. Bread and circus; it always works.
eric anderson
Anybody think that neither the banksters nor the unemployed deserve unending welfare payments?
The entire country has been on a "bailout" (stimulus) for 30+ years now. Everybody is arguing if 1 trillion to banksters is worse than perpetual "unemployment" payments; as tho there's some sort of difference.
The fact is the entire society exists on perpetual increasing debt. The only thing that matters is who has access to the fake loot.
Lesson: In a socialist / fascist society, to prosper you've got to be either running a scam on the government – or participating in one.
Disclaimer: I work for a Zombie bank which is doing really "great".
You get a free pass on this one. "Delta Air Expects 65,000 Applicants for 1,000 Job Openings" – Bloomberg *
You may not have seen it.
While TBTF banks are getting 0% interest money they shift into their own pockets with the huge bonuses everyone BUT YOU are aware of.
Re: While TBTF banks are getting 0% interest money they shift into their own pockets with the huge bonuses everyone BUT YOU are aware of.
As sociopathic behavior is the highest form of human evolution, this is simply an example of their winnings.
Note that most of the peasant dumbasses are still worried about "those people" getting the crumbs tho. This is natural, the dumbasses are – well – dumbasses. Most people just don't appreciate the beauty of nature and evolution. So, stop complaining about what is natural and simply admire evolution at works.
i think you meant to say 'at work'
Raging Debate
You seem to always leave out the second part of the evolutionary story of re-balancing from the Sociopaths. As you admitted, you work for zombie bank so of course you glorify Sociopaths and don't want your party to end. We all are altruistic at the end of the day. You also don't mention what happens when the Golden Calf is built (wealth concentration) which is decentralization and this mostly happens through war and nowadays, global.
The sequence of the re-balancing is as follows: Truth, Freedom, Justice. By the time justice rolls around for particular individuals, they will largely be dead and the Sociopaths know this. How harsh the justice phase is this time around will depend on if the world ignites in world war. Hank Paulson if he survives it, would be wanting to get a face transplant afterward.
Re: You seem to always leave out the second part of the evolutionary story of re-balancing from the Sociopaths.
Oh gosh NO!!
You are right, there is a balancing. But you are totally wrong about "re-balancing from the Sociopaths".
History shows we re-balance from one set of sociopaths to another. War, the ultimate manipulation of the dumbasses, results in an NEW set of sociopaths.
Human life (and history) is (queue male TV announcer): All sociopaths, all the time. The most watched people in history. (Don't change that channel!)
Here's a thought:If our first few Congresses were worried about deficit spending we wouldn't have had our war of independence.
And when they did refuse to pay the peasants ( we call them now our revolutionary heroes)they were marched upon.
I suggest a re reading of Brandeis, as well as the Federalist Papers.
steelhead23 has it right. This is all kabuki. The banks are bankrupt. Obama is lying. But then he always does to us rubes. The whole plan of Team Obama from the start has been a backdoor recapitalization of the banks by any means necessary. They dumped a trillion dollars in crap repos on the Fed and then figured why bother. So Geithner took the caps off losses at Fannie and Freddie, lubed the FHA, and just moved the party over there. Banks can also borrow at ZIRP and buy Treasuries. Money for nothing. The other prongs of this recapitalization strategy are to allow banks to cook their books, no reform, charge high fees to customers, and gamble in the stock bubble. This is the plan. It has always been the plan. I don't understand the resistance to this, the need we have to believe they must have meant to do something different or even that they were just inept. They mean to recapitalize banks out of our hides. Get used to it. This has been going on for 20 months already. There is nothing new here.
NotaRealmerican, as a confessed sociopath, can you clarify the link between the evolution of your personality and the evolution of our social structure?
Well, I'm just an average sociopath. So, you wouldn't want me to explain it.
I'm an amoral scumbag, but I'm not all that smart. Special note: raw intelligence is just one small component of "smart". When people say something like "so-and-so (politician) is stupid" you know this can't be true, because a "stupid" sociopath would NOT be the leader of the GREATEST country in the entire universe (as an example).
You want an explanation from the really smart amoral scumbags, the winners.
I'm pretty sure too, that the successful sociopaths wouldn't be able to know they are sociopaths. Part of living life in a perfect rationalize lie would be lying to yourself. A highly evolved sociopath would think of himself as being very moral (near perfect, and perhaps God – I know I do, of course).
The same paragraph could be read as applying to a society too. A society that does evil without morals, in a very efficient way, is nothing more than – uh – well, nearly perfect, and perhaps Godlike – of course, our society is (right?).
(1) It is not entirely clear according to the above article ("The bailouts continue") that this $700 billion extra government support is for "Wall Street." It appears to be mostly for the mortgage GSEs (paragraph 04), which are not "Wall Street," although their activities could be seen as beneficial to Wall Street. But these mortgage-support activities can also be seen as more directly beneficial to Main Street, in the form of residential mortgage borrowers, and this is overwhelmingly how they are justified by the political class.
(2) Congress comes to a "standstill" over unemployment benefit extension primarily because this requires congressional action, while the increase in GSE support does not.Acting is always more difficult that not acting.
Of course, it's not just 700 billion Benny-Bucks either:
More like 3+ trillion Benny-Bucks. (But, who counting).
NotaRealmerican, as a purely average sociopath, how were you capable of gaining insight into yourself (taken your description of how our brains work)?
I have a sneaking suspicion you are not what you say you are!
Not only has our financial bailout ballooned from $700 billion in the past year to around $3.7 trillion, but our war spending is well north of a trillion dollars, too:
And believe me, most of this public money isn't being used to bail out homeowners or to provide support for our troops. Most of it is being used to line the pockets of our banksters and our war profiteers. They achieved their wealth not by beating out competitors in the free market, but by receiving handouts from Uncle Sam. Our welfare queens used to live in cracker boxes, now they live in sprawling mansions. What I find particularly disturbing about welfare as well as warfare for the rich is that it seems to be causing the gap between rich and poor to widen even further, thus hollowing out our middle class even more.
And notice that our deficit hawks refuse to take the axe to our ongoing financial bailout or our ongoing expenditures on wars. They'd rather fix the deficit by cutting unemployment benefits, by sending teachers to the unemployment line, and by reducing Social Security benefits. I don't understand why the American people aren't up in arms over the fact that Washington is being run by a bunch of heartless thugs and sleazy sycophants for the super-rich, who are pushing Marie Antoinette economics down our throats!
Cynthia, what is your interpretation of why the American people aren't up in arms?
I think the American people aren't up in arms because they commute a few hours each day and when they get home at night they turn on the TV.
So what if they are living from paycheck to paycheck.
They always blame the wrong people for how they are screwed because the media that gives them the wrong information is run by and for the elites who are screwing them.
The American people are up in arms because they think that the Mexican immigrants are taking their jobs, the Islamic terrorist are destroying their religion, and the socialists in Washington are taxing them into poverty. They can't seem to get it in their heads that the banksters, the war profiteer and the other crooks on Wall Street are doing more damage to them than all the Mexican immigrants, all the Islamic terrorists, and all the socialists in Washington combined. I suppose that Evangelical leaders have successfully brainwashed some Americans into believing in Biblical capitalism, which encompasses the notion that the more money you have, the closer you are to God. So they've come to believe that taxing the rich on Wall Street and even prosecuting them for crimes involving money is a direct frontal assault on God. But it's hard for me to believe that many American think this way, but I could be wrong.
"the government's pledges …. to guarantee more mortgages to support the housing market."
It never ceases to amaze me how the general public just takes it for granted that "supporting the housing market" (i.e., making house prices go up) is a good thing for the government to be doing.
Why should we be spending public money to make house prices go up? Do we spend money on making the price of personal computers go up? Food? Oil and gasoline? Why should houses be any different?
Readers of this blog know the answer, of course, but surely it can't be that difficult for others to figure out as well.


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Saturday, January 26, 2019
Timeless Concerts Valentines Special Concert
Individual tickets range from $25 to $59. A private table for 2 is $135. As is customary at our Valentines Special, our performers select beautiful, romantic music from around the world and of all eras in time, adding some spicy tangos and surprises, as well as previews of the upcoming season, and a bit of humor, too! Performers: the Chenoweth-Hood-Kang Trio, plus tenors Sergio Cepeda and Don O'Neal LeBlanc, and soprano Judith Rodriguez. Included in ticket price is a post-concert party with live piano music, when music requests are accepted, (for dancing if you wish), complimentary fruit/cheese/desserts/wine/soft drinks, BYOB accepted.
*Seating Note* Tables are filled in order of date tickets are purchased, from table 1-17. Because this isn't auditorium seating, there really isn't another solution. Adding people to your group at the last minute may cause all of you to be moved to a different (higher numbered, farther back) table where there is space. Timeless Concerts tries their best to make all seats good with a good sight-line.
Sunday, January 13, 2019
2019 Dream Showcase
Triple Threat Texas and Dance Theatre of Arlington Present the 2019 Dream Showcase on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 6:30pm in UTA's Main Stage Theatre.
Friday, January 11, 2019
Violins With Love! January 20 at the Arlington Museum of Art
Come casual. Celebrate some of the best things in life: puppies, kittens and beautiful music! No admission price; it's up to you, from cash donations, to checks, to online giving by your phone, or just come to learn without giving.
Silent auction items will be there for your browsing/bidding, from a dog house built to your specifications, to Arthur Court platters, to an original Donray pastel and more. The Donray art piece is their showcase item, worth well over $1,000, bidding will begin at an affordable $300 for such a work of art. They will also have a "flea market" section with items under $40, (such as photo frames, a violinist-shaped wine bottle holder, etc) and a raffle ($10 per ticket) for a pair of Timeless Concerts tickets for any 2019 date. All winners announced by 3:20 pm. They are accepting more auction items if you have anything to donate. Please call LeeAnne if you have an item, 817-480-2039.
THERE WILL BE PUPPIES IN THE BASEMENT FOR ADOPTION! Violinist LeeAnne Chenoweth and Hanyaun Wang will play duets of the romantics and a few fun pieces you'll know, while you relax with a drink,(BYOB accepted) and hear about their desire to raise funds for both organizations and learn more about them. Tenor Sergio Cepeda will also sing a beautiful song.
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Five years ago today...
God is so good!!!! Five years ago today we were downtown Chicago finalizing our adoption with our boys!! We've been a family for seven years but it took two years to get through the adoption. Messiah and Guenther have taught me a lot and have brought laughter into our home. We love hanging out together by playing games together, watching movies, and now traveling the world 🌍 together sharing Jesus ✝ where ever God leads us. God answers prayers...we prayed for a child and God answered in His way and His time. God gave us 2 blessings 💙💚 (7 total, but that's for another post). Now, days have not always been easy. I've made mistakes a long the way, but man do I love my boys!!! Blessed beyond measure. Thank y'all for following along with our journey and being part of the team of what God's doing in Honduras. Whether you are a prayer warrior and/or financial partner....what you do is changing lives here in Honduras for eternity. We love and miss y'all! *after workout we had a celebration with our favorites: coffee drinks and "chilly willys"...local ice cream out of a plastic bag
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Alice T. Epitropoulos MD, FACS is a board certified ophthalmologist who specializes in refractive and cataract surgery. She is a native of Columbus, Ohio. She is a founding member and proud to be a part of The Eye Center of Columbus, an innovative affiliation of more than 80 ophthalmologists located in the Arena District in Downtown Columbus.
Dr. Epitropoulos also serves as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at The Ohio State University. Epitropoulos received her bachelor's degree in Nursing and her medical degree both from The Ohio State University. She completed her internship at Riverside Methodist Hospital and returned to The Ohio State University for her residency in ophthalmology where she served as Chief Resident. She serves as an editor for the Journal of Refractive Surgery and is a member on ASCRS Instrumentation and IOL Subcommittee. Dr Epitropoulos is also Co-Founder, Treasurer & Board Member CEDARS/ASPENS, a not-for-profit Society of anterior segment surgeon educators whose mission is to expand the knowledge of ophthalmic surgery and foster excellence in patient care through clinical experience, peer-to-peer exchange and practice education. In partnership with the medical community, CEDARS/ASPENS defines and shapes the future of corneal, cataract, and refractive management through Innovation, Collaboration, and Education.
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We're now less than 30 days away from the release of Battlefield 1, after its major debut during E3 this year, and you can get into the game early - if you want.
EA Access members get 10 hours of game time with Battlefield 1 starting on October 13, and have to use those 10 hours wisely until the official release 5 days later on October 18 for Early Enlister Deluxe Edition, and then October 21 for everyone else. There will be both single-player and multiplayer, five maps to play on with Conquest mode, with progress carrying onto the full game. If you play the 10 hours through, you'll receive a Battlepack when Battlefield 1 launches on October 18.
- October 13 - EA Access w/Early Enlister Deluxe Edition (partial game/10 hours play)
- October 18 - Early Enlister Deluxe Edition (full game)
- October 21 - Battlefield 1 official release
The two missions included in the October 13 early release of Battlefield 1 are 'Storm of Steel' and 'Through Mud and Blood', but I think it'll be the multiplayer side of BF1 that has everyone talking. I played it as much as I could and fell in love with it, it was the only game that pulled me away from my Overwatch obsession.


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The Infiltrator
STARRING: Bryan Cranston, Diane Kruger, John Leguizamo, Benjamin Bratt, Yul Vazquez, Amy Ryan
DIRECTED BY: Brad Furman
WRITTEN BY: Ellen Brown Furman, based on Robert Mazur's biography
RATED: R for strong violence, language throughout, some sexual content and drug material
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Based on a true story, Federal agent ROBERT "BOB" MAZUR (Bryan Cranston) goes deep undercover to infiltrate Pablo Escobar's drug trafficking scene plaguing the nation in 1986 by posing as slick, money-laundering businessman Bob Musella. Teamed with impulsive and streetwise fellow agent EMIR ABREU (John Leguizamo) and rookie agent posing as his fiancé KATHY ERTZ (Diane Kruger), Mazur befriends Escobar's top lieutenant ROBERTO ALCAINO (Benjamin Bratt). Navigating a vicious criminal network in which the slightest slip-up could cost him his life, Mazur risks it all building a case that leads to indictments of 85 drug lords and the corrupt bankers who cleaned their dirty money, along with the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, one of the largest money-laundering banks in the world.
I never saw the TV show, Breaking Bad. There! I said it. It's out there. I knew the premise and I couldn't invest myself into a show based on drug trade. Honestly, I'm tired of entertainment media which glorifies drug trade through the Hollywood lens. Still, I like Bryan Cranston as an actor and the title, The Infiltrator, sounded intriguing.
From the beginning, the film captures the attention of the audience. Great opening scene lays the foundation for a worthwhile movie adventure. The Infiltrator is far from a cartel glorification film. Based on a true story, the film depicts the gritty sequence of events which lead to the arrest and conviction of several of executives of the Columbia Medellin drug cartel. I liked that the movie does not romanticize Pablo Escobar. The person, Escobar, is almost an after thought with little more than a cameo, but his brutality is pervasive throughout. The story felt authentic.
The cast knocks it out of the park on this one. Bryan Cranston is was made to play Robert Mazur. This is the best I have ever seen him. Cranston plays the role sincere to the life of a regular Joe who is just trying to survive and protect his family, while heavily imbedded into the financial world of a dangerous drug cartel. While I can't pick any bad members of this cast, I do have to give John Leguizamo a nod. I think Leguizamo, as Cranston's unlikely partner in the undercover assignment serves to keep the action going. Diane Kruger and Benjamin Bratt also impress.
By and large, I have been disappointed with this Summer's movie fare. Films that were supposed by watch-worthy disappointed. The Infiltrator is not one of those disappointments. I was really impressed. I think a theater experience makes the experience more real, the brutality more gritty and the fear more scary. It was a great two hours.
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Decision No. 16,624
Appeal of D.F. and N.F., on behalf of their son J.F., from action of the Board of Education of the Commack Union Free School District regarding grading.
Decision No. 16,624
(June 30, 2014)
Lamb & Barnosky, LLP, attorneys for respondent, Rita Fishman Sheena, Esq., of counsel
KING, JR., Commissioner.--Petitioners appeal the determination of the Board of Education of the Commack Union Free School District ("respondent") regarding their son's Geometry midterm examination grade. The appeal must be dismissed.
During the 2012-2013 school year, petitioners' son, J.F., was a sophomore in respondent's high school. Respondent asserts that, in response to an August 2012 memorandum from the State Education Department ("Department"), the district adopted the Department's procedures concerning the use of communication devices during Regents examinations for its mid-year assessments ("cell phone rule"), which were administered during the week of January 21, 2013. According to respondent, the cell phone rule was taken verbatim from the Department's August 2012 policy concerning the prohibition of student use and possession of communication devices, including cell phones, during the administration of State examinations. Like the Department's policy, respondent's cell phone rule provided that "[i]f you keep a cell phone or any of these items with you, your exam will be invalidated and you will get no score."
On January 24, 2013, respondent administered, and J.F. sat for, the Geometry midterm examination in respondent's high school cafeteria. During the examination, a proctor noticed an outline of a cell phone in the side-leg pocket of J.F.'s cargo sweatpants. According to respondent, the proctor asked J.F. if he had a cell phone in his pocket and J.F. replied, "[y]es," but that it was "not on." Another proctor approached J.F. and asked him the same question. J.F. said nothing and handed her his cell phone. According to respondent, the proctors asked J.F. to finish his midterm, in accordance with the cell phone rule. According to petitioners, J.F. completed his two-hour midterm believing that it would be graded and counted toward his final Geometry grade. At the end of the exam, the high school math department coordinator ("coordinator") advised J.F. that he would receive a zero for the Geometry midterm because he brought his cell phone into the examination. The coordinator subsequently spoke to J.F.'s mother, who met with an assistant principal that afternoon.
On January 25, 2013, an assistant principal met with petitioners and J.F. According to respondent, during the meeting, J.F. admitted that he had a cell phone in his pocket during the Geometry midterm and that he knew he should not have had it with him in the testing room. He further admitted that he had placed his cell phone in a locker before his two prior midterms but did not do so for the Geometry midterm.
On February 7, 2013, petitioners met with respondent's assistant superintendent and principal at petitioners' request. According to petitioners, the assistant superintendent declined to modify the decision to give J.F. a zero on the Geometry midterm. This appeal ensued.
Petitioners assert that respondent's decision to give J.F. a zero on the Geometry midterm examination was arbitrary and capricious and in violation of its disciplinary and non-discrimination policies. They claim that respondent violated the district's disciplinary policy by failing to notify petitioners prior to giving J.F. a zero; failing to consider J.F.'s anecdotal record or consult with J.F.'s guidance counselor prior to "determining his punishment"; and failing to prove or allege that J.F. cheated on the midterm. Petitioners further contend that respondent violated its non-discrimination policy by "searching" only males during the examination and not "searching" other students during J.F.'s three other midterms that week. Finally, petitioners argue that respondent "capriciously and arbitrarily" searched students for cell phones during midterms. Petitioners seek to have J.F.'s Geometry midterm grade reinstated, validated, and counted toward his final Geometry grade.
Respondent denies any wrongdoing, including the allegations that any students were searched, and asserts that petitioners have failed to exhaust their administrative remedies. Respondent further asserts that the district acted reasonably in the adoption of the cell phone rule and enforcement of such rule during midterm examinations.
I will first address the procedural issues. Respondent argues that the appeal should be dismissed for failure to exhaust petitioners' administrative remedies. Specifically, respondent maintains that, pursuant to Board Policy #1350, petitioners were required to appeal the February 7, 2013 determination of the "superintendent's designate [sic]" to the board. However, while Board Policy #1350 establishes a complaint process, it is permissive rather than mandatory since it provides that a complainant "may appeal" a superintendent's resolution to the board. Respondent has not articulated any requirement in statute, regulation, or board policy which would require that petitioners appeal to the board before exercising their right to initiate an appeal pursuant to Education Law §310 (see Appeal of A.P., 48 Ed Dept Rep 380, Decision No. 15,891; Appeal of Amara S., 39 id. 90, Decision No. 14,182; Appeal of Deleewerk, 37 id. 453, Decision No. 13,903). Moreover, the record contains no evidence of any written correspondence notifying petitioners of their right to appeal the determination or the existence of a rule or regulation that requires an appeal to respondent. Therefore, I decline to dismiss the appeal for failure to exhaust administrative remedies (see Appeal of Olka, 48 Ed Dept Rep 10, Decision No. 15,776; Appeal of Defonce, 34 id. 118, Decision No. 13,252).
The appeal, however, must be dismissed on the merits. Petitioners appear to claim that J.F. was denied due process because respondent failed to notify petitioners prior to giving J.F. a zero; to consider J.F.'s anecdotal record or consult with J.F.'s guidance counselor prior to "determining his punishment"; or to prove or allege that J.F. cheated on the midterm. Petitioners, however, are not entitled to a full evidentiary hearing under Education Law §3214, since this case involves a grade reduction, not a disciplinary suspension (Appeal of a Student With a Disability, 48 Ed Dept Rep 94, Decision No. 15,802, aff'd sub nom Fourman v. Mills, et al., Sup. Ct. Albany County, Dec. 31, 2008; Appeal of Megan M., 38 id. 807, Decision No. 14,149; Appeal of Thomas and Judith M., 29 id. 277, Decision No. 12,293). The record indicates that petitioner N.F. met with an assistant principal following the examination to discuss the matter. Petitioners and their son also met with another assistant principal the next day and with the principal and assistant superintendent on February 7, 2013, to discuss the matter. Under these circumstances, I find that petitioners and J.F. received appropriate due process.
Petitioners also claim that respondent's decision to give J.F. a zero for violating the cell phone rule was arbitrary and capricious. Decisions regarding student grading rest initially with the classroom teacher and ultimately with the board of education (see Education Law §1709[3]; Appeal of B.M., 46 Ed Dept Rep 550, Decision No. 15,592; Appeal of Shaver, 38 id. 570, Decision No. 14,096; Appeal of Krom, 37 id. 459, Decision No. 13,905). Education Law §1709(3) gives boards of education of union free school districts broad authority "to prescribe the course of study by which the pupils of the schools shall be graded and classified ...." I will not substitute my judgment for that of school officials on a student's grade absent a clear showing that the determination was arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable (Education Law §1709[3]; Appeal of a Student With a Disability, 48 Ed Dept Rep 94, Decision No. 15,802; aff'd sub nom Fourman v. Mills, et al., Sup. Ct. Albany County, Dec. 31, 2008; Appeal of E.B. and J.B., 46 id. 338, Decision No. 15,526; Appeal of T.M. and A.M., 45 id. 276, Decision No. 15,321; Appeal of R.W., 40 id. 671, Decision No. 14,580; Appeal of Schmitt, 39 id. 617, Decision No. 14,329). Where a student is found to have compromised the integrity of even one portion of an examination, a grade of zero, after a full investigation by the school district of the circumstances surrounding the grade, and after the student had an opportunity to present his version of the incident, is not arbitrary or capricious (see Appeal of a Student With a Disability, 48 Ed Dept Rep 94, Decision No. 15,802; aff'd sub nom Fourman v. Mills, et al., Sup. Ct. Albany County, Dec. 31, 2008; Appeal of K.K. and E.K., 47 id. 301, Decision No. 15,703; Appeal of Thomas and Judith K., 30 id. 245, Decision No. 12,450).
In an appeal to the Commissioner, a petitioner has the burden of demonstrating a clear legal right to the relief requested and the burden of establishing the facts upon which petitioner seeks relief (8 NYCRR §275.10; Appeal of Aversa, 48 Ed Dept Rep 523, Decision No. 15,936; Appeal of Hansen, 48 id. 354, Decision No. 15,884; Appeal of P.M., 48 id. 348, Decision No. 15,882). On the record before me, petitioners have failed to meet this burden.
According to respondent, the possession of a cell phone during testing affects the integrity of the test-taking process, and therefore, its rule against possession of cell phones during midterm and Regents examinations is reasonable. Petitioners have not demonstrated that respondent's rule is arbitrary, unreasonable, or in violation of law, or that it was an abuse of discretion for respondent to deny J.F. academic credit for the Geometry midterm for violating its cell phone rule.
The record also demonstrates that petitioners and J.F. received numerous notices regarding respondent's cell phone rule and the consequences for noncompliance with that rule prior to and on the day of the Geometry midterm exam. For example, on January 16, 2013, the assistant principal sent an email directing all homeroom teachers to read a statement to their students on January 17 and 18, 2013. The statement advised students that they were not allowed to bring any communication devices, including cell phones, with them during the administration of any midterm or Regents examination, and that "[i]f you keep a cell phone or any of these items with you, your exam will be invalidated and you will get no score." On January 18, 2013, the assistant principal read a similar message over the public address system and a message to parents and students was posted on the high school's website. This message was also sent via telephone and email to all high school students and parents on January 21, 2013. In addition, on the day of the Geometry midterm, multiple announcements were made by the proctors as students entered the cafeteria, reminding them not to bring their cell phones into the cafeteria. Before the test began, students were warned to put all personal belongings against the wall along the side of the cafeteria. Once the students were seated, a proctor announced the testing protocols on a microphone, including the cell phone policy, and that failure to comply would result in a grade of zero on the midterm assessment.
Moreover, as discussed above, petitioners and their son were given multiple opportunities to meet with school officials to discuss the incident and provide explanations. J.F. admitted that he left his cell phone in a locker during his two prior midterms, but did not do so for his Geometry midterm. Based on the record before me, I cannot conclude that the decision to give J.F. a grade of zero on the Geometry midterm was arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable.
In light of this disposition, I need not address the parties' remaining contentions.


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After-Dinner Conversation
The Diary of a Decadent
270 Pages, 5.50 x 8.50 in
Texas Pan American Literature in Translation Series
Sales Date: November 1, 2005
270 Pages, 5.50 x 8.50 in
Lost in a shipwreck in 1895, rewritten before the author's suicide in 1896, and not published until 1925, José Asunción Silva's After-Dinner Conversation (De sobremesa) is one of Latin America's finest fin de siècle novels and the first one to be translated into English. Perhaps the single best work for understanding turn-of-the-twentieth-century writing in South America, After-Dinner Conversation is also cited as the continent's first psychological novel and an outstanding example of modernista fiction and the Decadent sensibility.
Semi-autobiographical and more important for style than plot, After-Dinner Conversation is the diary of a Decadent sensation-collector in exile in Paris who undertakes a quest to find his beloved Helen, a vision whom his fevered imagination sees as his salvation. Along the way, he struggles with irreconcilable urges and temptations that pull him in every direction while he endures an environment indifferent or hostile to spiritual and intellectual pursuits, as did the modernista writers themselves. Kelly Washbourne's excellent translation preserves Silva's lush prose and experimental style. In the introduction, one of the most wide-ranging in Silva criticism, Washbourne places the life and work of Silva in their literary and historical contexts, including an extended discussion of how After-Dinner Conversation fits within Spanish American modernismo and the Decadent movement. Washbourne's perceptive comments and notes also make the novel accessible to general readers, who will find the work surprisingly fresh more than a century after its composition.
- Acknowledgments
- Translator's Introduction: "An Art Both Nervous and New"
- After-Dinner Conversation: Translation of De sobremesa
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography


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Biochemists have long dreamed of using computer simulations to provide an atomic level view of complex biochemical systems. These simulations would act like a microscope to reveal complex biochemical interactions. Many well-known supercomputers, including IBM's "Blue Gene" and "Anton" at DE Shaw Research, were architected specifically to achieve that application.
However, a challenge that even the enormous supercomputers face is the so-called "time-scale" problem - that is, modeling complex biochemical interactions over a long enough period of time in order to capture significant biological processes. This is the challenge that Dr. Wei Yang and his team of researchers in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State University are working to overcome.
"Imagine trying to understand anything about a person from a two-second film clip," explains Dr. Yang. "You would need a much longer time reel to understand that person's behavior. Likewise, modeling a single biological function requires billions samples of information." When working with biological systems, a single second needs to be shaved down to tiny time fragments - 10E-15 in fact - each containing large amounts of information.
Using the Florida State Research Computing Center's High Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster and some innovative modeling algorithms, Dr. Yang and his team have not only achieved long-timescale biological simulations, but have also shown that it can be done using commodity hardware and standard software tools. These techniques will enable much more research to be done much more cheaply by many more scientists.
Dr. Yang credits the Research Computing Center for enabling his research. "We've been using HPC since it became a service in 2007. It is the best system for this kind of work that I've ever used."


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As usual, the Left will be screaming about dead grannies, and the Right will be screeching that there will be no D of Defense left.
Not really.
...the perceived spending "cuts" are merely reductions in the overall rate of growth in spending, not actual cuts addressing the fundamental drivers of U.S. debt problems.
...Between 2013 (the first year that sequester "cuts" kick in) and 2021, federal spending will increase by $1.6 trillion versus $1.7 trillion without sequester. A further breakdown of specific budget programs shows that sequestration provides relatively small reductions in spending rates across the board: Under sequestration, defense increases 18 percent (vs. 20 percent); nondefense discretionary increases 12 percent (vs. 14 percent); Medicare increases at roughly the same rate; net interest increases 136 percent (vs. 152 percent).
Congressional salaries, benefits, and perks will remain un-disturbed.


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Many players like the sound of their pedals as the power starts to sag. But you also have to wait until the battery gets low to get those sounds. Also, it's hard to dial in that perfect 'dying battery' sound, since the battery is well…dying. With a Saturnworks dying battery simulator pedal, however, you can have a similar and more consistent effect with standard DC power supplies.
Don't use dying battery simulators with digital pedals. The Saturnworks dying battery pedal emulates the effect of a dying 9v battery on analog, not digital, pedals. Digital pedals generally require more milliamps of power, and don't like their power being starved. They will likely not work properly, and may even be damaged, with lower voltages.
The dying battery simulator drops the power from 9v down to around around 1.5v, and anywhere in between. While not every pedal may produce interesting results, experiment using the Saturnworks dying battery simulator with your analog pedal collection to see what kind of crazy sounds your pedals can produce when they're running low on juice.
This pedal works with standard 'Boss' style center-negative or center-positive 2.1mm power supplies. The dying battery goes between your power supply and whatever device you would like to use it with. All dying battery pedals include a power patch cable to connect the dying battery to your pedal.
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The version with a switch allows you to have two different power levels: one with full power and the other at a lowered voltage of your choosing. So you can dial in two different sounds from your pedal, available with a click of a switch–no mods required!
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The dying battery pedal latching and momentary switches lets you engage the dying battery effect using either a momentary or a latching switch.
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The double and triple dying battery combine two or three separate dying battery circuits in one enclosure. The double version includes two DC power patch cables. The triple version includes three power cables.
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Saturnworks offers a wide variety of upgrades and customizations. Check out our upgrades and customizations page for details. Or contact us for questions.
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Six Letters About Beat is a 1977 student short film that takes a form of visual "letters to the editor" from people of all walks of life – a conservative couple, a groupie girl, members of an amateur rock band, a sociology professor. The letters attack, defend, justify and explain rock music.
This film is an amazing historical document and a living proof that Soviet rock music didn't start in the 1980s with Viktor Tsoi and "Kino", as it is believed by many. The film contains recordings of the 1970s underground concerts with bands like "Rubinovaya ataka" (Ruby Attack), "Visokosnoe leto" (Leap Summer) and "Mashina Vremeni" (Time Machine). Rock music sessions were not completely legal at that time, which makes the footage even more exclusive.
Six Letters About Beat was directed by a documentary film-maker Aleksei Khanyutin, back then a student of VGIK (All Union State University of Cinematography), as part of his university course. This coursework was gathering dust on a shelf of some archive until the collapse of the USSR, mainly because the film doesn't exhibit any negative attitudes towards rock music scene and even poses a question whether this music can be considered a form of art. ✪


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Talented, motivated & ambitious, sought-after Las Vegas makeup artist Leila VonSleichter began her beauty career as an Esthetician but while in school she feel in love with all things Makeup. From Airbrushing, Bridal to Body painting & Special FX. After seeing the way women would look in the mirror and smile at their transformation Leila knew she was in the right industry.
After working as a MAC Makeup artist for years she decided to go into business for herself. Leila has collaborated on countless editorials and red carpet looks for celebrities, all of which showcase the skill, talent, personality and attention to detail that she brings to every transformation. Her Makeup Brushes have graced the faces of Celebrities like Miley Cyrus, Snoop Dogg, Flo Rida, Vince Neil from Motley Crew, VH1s "Cocktail", E! Coraspondent Keistina G,MTV's April Rose, Miss USA, Miss Malibu, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Singer Aubrey O'Day & Bands like Falling in Reverse & Five Finger Death Punch.
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"Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God; for He has given you the former rain faithfully, and He will cause the rain to come down for you–the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month" (Joel 2:23).
Starting last Tuesday evening, we received six inches of rain within 36 hours in the Israel Prayer Garden. By Wednesday afternoon, the Canada geese thought the garden was a lake. God is good, and we receive this precious gift from His hand with rejoicing. By the time I took these photographs, the water had already started to percolate into the thirsty ground on Thursday morning. Enjoy the show!


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The Loudoun County Hypothermia Prevention Shelter will open Tuesday, November 15, 2022, for single adults aged 18 and older in the community who are experiencing a housing crisis resulting in homelessness. The shelter, which provides a warm indoor sleeping environment, meals, laundry and shower facilities, will be open from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., seven nights a week through March 31, 2023. The shelter also provides information on other community resources, such as food, clothing, medical care, mental health care, public benefits, obtaining an ID and employment opportunities.
The Hypothermia Prevention Shelter is located at the Loudoun Homeless Services Center, 19520 Meadowview Court in Leesburg. Due to limited space, all guests will be asked to store personal belongings (outside of limited essential items) in secure storage on site. Note that the Loudoun County firearms ordinance prohibits firearms and ammunition in county facilities.
Additionally, the following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for COVID-19 safety are required to be followed by everyone in the shelter:
Free bus transportation will be provided daily at the times and locations listed below:
The county will provide limited morning transportation from the shelter, if needed.
The Hypothermia Prevention Shelter is operated by Loudoun County in partnership with Shelter House and the Loudoun County Continuum of Care (CoC). The CoC is a coalition of public, nonprofit and faith-based organizations that provide a variety of shelter and support services to those experiencing homelessness or people at risk of becoming homeless. Staff support for the CoC is provided by the Loudoun County Department of Family Services.
More information about services available to those experiencing homelessness in Loudoun County may be found at loudoun.gov/homelessservices or by calling 703-777-0420.
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Welcome! I am Özde Bayer, a Germany-based freelance surface pattern designer and illustrator. My design style is a combination of folk art and art nouveau. I enjoy creating new designs every day that could be applied on any surface, from fabric to home decor, wallpaper to stationery. You can license my existing patterns, or I can create an original custom pattern design for you!
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The Martian Chronicles; Off Season
One of five interior illustrations commissioned by Subterranean Press and PS Publishing for their definitive edition of Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Health Care's Actual Costs Versus Their Reasonable Costs: Insights From the New England Journal
You can't fight City Hall, the State Capital or Washington. Not when it's not 'reasonable.'
Right after an embarrassingly self-promoting and one-sided political treatise by Senator Max Baucus (the link is undeserved, that's how awful this is), there is a far more telling November 5 New England Journal of Medicine article by Wendy Parmet titled 'Litigation Amidst Reform - The Boston Medical Center Case.' It reviews how BMC elected to go to court even as Massachusetts' ballyhooed health reforms were being implemented.
BMC, unlike its more profitable neighbor hospitals, has a mission of treating the poor, the uninsured and, by extension, those with Medicaid. When the State altered the safety net hospitals' payment methodology as part of its reform, BMC decided to sue. It used several arguments: 1) safety net funds that had been previously authorized were still owed, 2) demanding services without just compensation is akin to the taking of property and 3) there is legal precedent that requires that the State meet the hospitals' financial requirements.
Not so says Massachusetts. Its filings in response to the suit indicate that the funds that have been authorized have been paid in full. What's more, they argue that BMC has long agreed to accept Medicaid payment rates - period. What really caught the Disease Management Care Blog's eye, however was another novel arugment from the State: the law only requires that hospitals be paid their reasonable costs, not their actual costs.
Ms. Parmet suggests BMC has an uphill fight on its hands. State courts have been generally deferential to their health agencies in these matters. Many scholars have pointed out that the Constitutional prohibition against the unreasonable seizure of property does not extend to 'services.' Finally, while there was a part of Federal law that required 'reasonable and adequate' payment rates under the 'Boren Admendment,' that inconvenience was repealed years ago.
The distinction between reasonable and actual has been enough to give the DMCB a head cramp. If a course of treatment for cancer 'costs' $100,000, should the reasonable cost or the actual cost be covered? While commerical insurers and their slim 3.3% profit margins may pay a negotiated payment for $100,000 services (which essentially boils down to an actual cost), should a government with sovereign immunity be allowed to define reasonable payment levels? If the government deems a hospital bill as 'unreasonable,' should commerical insurers have the same option? What precisely is the definition of 'reasonable' anyway? Cost of capital and labor plus a small profit margin (like 3.3%)? Or, anything that results in an extension of life at a price equal to or less than consensus opinion? If many insurer-provider contracts are based on a percent of prevailing Medicare rates, what happens if the AMA Relative Value Scale Update Committee turns from being 'fair and accurate' to being 'reasonable?' While the current legislation before Congress has the proposed Public Plan negotiating rates with providers, is there any chance that elements of that will be repealed like the Boren Amendment?
While the DMCB was struggling with this, it turned again to the DMCB spouse for her always unique insights. Pointing out that the DMCB has needs, it asked if its actual or reasonable needs should be met.
Her unhelpful response: there is an important difference between 'needs' and 'wants' and both are only sometimes reasonable.
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- Code SPAN1002
- Unit Value 6 units
- Offered by School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics
- ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
- Course subject Spanish
- Areas of interest European Languages, International Relations, Translation Studies, Latin American Languages, Latin American Studies
- Academic career UGRD
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- Mode of delivery In Person
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This course continues to build on SPAN1001. The primary aim of this course is to develop further the students' reading, writing and conversational skills at an advanced beginner's level with Spanish as the only medium of instruction. Teaching is based on a communicative approach to language learning simulating real-life situations in the classroom as well as in the laboratory practises. Cultural aspects of the Hispanic World are introduced through the language classes.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Communicate at an advanced beginner's level that allows them to ask questions, directions and discuss a variety of topics confidently in Spanish;
- use present, future and past tenses, as well as present subjunctive when expressing themselves in oral and written form;
- have a sufficient range of language to write short essays on a variety of topics, such as daily life with family and friends;
- express their views about a range of topics in writing and in conversations about such topics; and
- read and understand short literary texts.
Indicative Assessment6 mini tests, 10 min each (5% each, total 30%), LOs 2,3,4,5
2 in-class essays, 50 min each (170-200 words each, 10% each, total 20%), LOs 2,3,4
2 written tests, 50 min each (15% each, total 30%), LOs 2,4,5
1 oral exam, 10 min (15%), LOs 1,2,4,5
Performance and participation in class (5%) LOs 1,2,3,4,5
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Workload130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
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b) 82 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
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In my recent moulage/dressform class, students used everything from a custom made full body form from Wolf to a display form found at Hobby Lobby. Evidence that you can get almost anything that resembles a body to work.
We ripped the existing base off the display form and replaced it with a wooden dowel. The dowel fit into a sturdy cast iron base and was a huge improvement over the rickety wooden one. Class begins with taking about 25 body measurements. We then draft a moulage, or mold, of the body. The drafted moulage pattern is cut from sturdy muslin and tested on the body. Fit adjustments are made and transferred back to the paper pattern. When all looks good, we cut the final dressform cover from heavier muslin and do one last fit check.
The muslin cover is draped onto the form. Placement and amount of padding is assessed and we start padding the form to fill out the cover. Depending on where padding is needed, I'll suggest using various bust cups, cotton quilt batting or polyester batting. The poly batting is steamed to compress and firm up the shape. The display form fit her neck and shoulders surprisingly well. Bust, waist and hips can all be customized with layers of compressed batting.
At the opposite end of the dressform spectrum is a custom made full body form from Wolf. This student had wrestled with fitting problems for years and tried everything from body scan versions to this custom model but nothing seemed to address a key fit issue.
She had already drafted a custom cover to fine tune the fit. It needed firmer padding and a key adjustment for a high hip. After drafting the moulage it was test fit and elastic tied around the waist to pinpoint the fit issue. The right hip significantly higher causing skirts and pants to ride up on the right side. Notice the position of the waist when her back draft is laid out on a grid. Lowering the hem on that side really doesn't fix the problem.
We carefully marked the dressform cover and added padding to duplicate the hip contours. The finished form is a much better fitting aid with balance lines correctly placed.
We tested the fit using several of her dresses. The new mannequin pinpointed the need for a slight full bust alteration to remove the drag lines around the bust dart. The moulage patter is used to create a custom sloper or basic pattern which can be used as the basis for drafting additional styles and correcting commercial patterns.
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Green Envy - what Knicks fans said, 2/24
go knicks
Let's get this W fellas
we might as well win out because we're never going to do better than the 10th pick anyway
Tank Time
I don't mind keeping the tank in the garage for a game against the Celtics.
Fuck the Celtics.
This is one of those win-win games
A loss helps the tank, or a win against the Celtics.
Hmmm,…can I take both??
Another one of these L is a W games.
"Always look on the bright side of life"
Burke with a sweet crossover
Jaylen Brown is really really good tho
Celtics have Treyburkulosis.
I think the Celtics must party when they come to NYC and not expect a tough game
Last Boston game in NY in December was like this, too
In hindsight
I'm sure glad we benched Trey Burke when we were "trying to win."
P. S. I forgot how to do sarcasm text
What a load of crock call.
I never wanted to punch a guy in the face more than Marcus Smart
That man just ticks me off the wrong way
Strongly dislike greg monroe
Why is Frank on Smart?
This might get ugly.
Does the broadcast have some sort of mandate where they're not allowed to criticize Kanter's defense?
I've notice this happen like every game. Where there is a play where it's fairly obvious that Kanter made a huge mistake and they'll just talk around it and blame his teammates. I don't know, it's just odd.
Celtics very vulnerable in the paint
They played yesterday. I dont see how the Celtics can match this pace in the 2nd half.
Lance is so dumb....
It's unbelievable.
Lance "the best clown on the team" Thomas.
the difference between Jaylen Brown last year and this year is night and day
Damn, I don't like to compliment Boston
But that was a nice drive by Tatum and beautiful finish
Man Troy Williams really does look like he's 40
what the hell guys
Mudiay is a pure garbage.
Mudiay's jumper looks broke as fuck
LOL what is this garbage
please take Mudiay out
I know I've been ann absentee poster this year
but is anyone else supremely tired of Michael Beasley? Like, he gets the ball and that's it, he's shooting. He's worse than Melo with the sticky fingers.
Drinking rosé out of season for this game because
1) it's a fuck you to the rosé haters
2) it's a testament to how much I wish it were the offseason.
Kyrie just broke all of Frank's ankles
every last ankle
There is zero probability of W.
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