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Spoiled is how Chandler Harnish said he's felt during his first visit to California.
Newport Beach tends to treat the last player selected in the NFL Draft every year like a No. 1 pick.
This year, it's Harnish's turn to enjoy being Mr. Irrelevant.
The quarterback didn't go No. 1 overall like Andrew Luck.
Harnish went dead last, pick No. 253.
The same team, the Indianapolis Colts, chose the first and last players in the draft.
Harnish knows he isn't going to earn Luck-like money, but Newport Beach has showered the boy from Indiana like the top draft pick.
Before Harnish sat down for his Mr. Irrelevant roast Tuesday night during the All-Star Lowsman Banquet at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa, the rookie answered some questions from the Daily Pilot.
Question: What is the most exciting thing you plan to do while you're in Orange County?
Answer: I would say going to Disneyland. I'm really looking forward to the Lowsman Banquet.
Q: Did you fly first class, or did you take Greyhound to Orange County?
A: I didn't take Greyhound [laughs], but I flewUnited [Airlines]. It was decent, but not first class, no way.
Q: What are you expecting out of Irrelevant Week, beside free Colts gear?
A: Just being in California and having the experience and getting to meet some pretty cool people.
Q: Before Irrelevant Week, you went to the NFL rookie symposium in Ohio. What did you learn?
A: I learned a lot of different things, just what not to do. We had a lot of guys speak on issues that they've had. I've learned a lot of troubling stories, but I think it will help us in the long run.
Q: Terrell Owens, one of the most controversial receivers in the game, talked to you guys at the symposium. What did you take from Owens, is he the kind of receiver most quarterbacks dream of throwing to?
A: You look at the guy, he's about 6-4, 6-5, he's a specimen. Any time you have a guy like that, you would jump on that opportunity and take it.
Q: What kind of advice did Terrell Owens offer in respect to having a loving relationship with a wide receiver?
A: He just talked about how to maintain an unbelievable level of performance on the field. He's been doing it for 16-17 years now and he's still in unbelievable shape. He just talked about his commitment and sacrifices he made. He just personally told stories about [how] after practice, he would go home and actually come back to the facility and continue to workout. He had a personal trainer. Aside from popular belief, he didn't really go out and party, and do all those kinds of things. He was very committed to the game and I think he's gotten a bum rap over the years, just because of what he's gone through with his agent and some of the media things.
Q: What is your relationship with Andrew Luck and how has the first pick in the NFL Draft treated the dead-last pick?
A: Andrew and I have grown pretty close and he's only been there for a few weeks because of graduating from Stanford. He is awesome. He's down to earth. He's humble. He's willing to teach me. We're just friends and I think that's what I like most about our relationship.
Q: Can you believe he hasn't signed a contract yet? Who is his agent, Leigh Steinberg?
A: No comment on [Steinberg and laughs]. I'm not surprised that he hasn't signed his contract. There's a lot of money involved and it was a lot of endorsement things that they just have to work out, I believe.
Q: It's going to be tough for you to make the field with Andrew, a franchise quarterback. Had you wished maybe another team had drafted you instead of the Colts?
A: Those kinds of situations are above of my paygrade. I don't get paid to make those decisions. If I worry about that I'll stress myself out. I came into this league thinking, 'I want to get mentored by a great quarterback and why not Andrew Luck?'
Q: What is it going to be like playing on the team that you rooted for as a kid? You don't have to get the NFL Sunday Ticket package anymore.
A: Unbelievable feeling. I don't even have to buy any new shirts or anything. My family already has all Colts stuff, so it makes that easy.
Q: The Colts have three quarterbacks on their roster, you, Andrew Luck and Drew Stanton. What's it going to take for you to beat Stanton for that No. 2 spot?
A: I think just consistency and ability to grasp the playbook. He's a veteran and he's proved that he can play in this league. I just got to continue to get better every day and just focus on football.
Q: Do you follow Colts owner Jim Irsay on Twitter?
A: Yes, I do.
Q: Who is harder to understand, Jim Irsay's tweets, or Paul Salata, the founder of Mr. Irrelevant?
A: If Paul had a Twitter [account], I'm guessing Paul's would be tougher.
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Album/CD: Ram
Artist: Paul & Linda McCartney
Format: CD
Composer: Paul McCartney
Track Time: 3:40
Release: 1971
Producers: Paul & Linda McCartney
Engineers: Tim, Ted, Phil, Dixson, Armin and Jim
Paul McCartney: Bass, Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
Linda McCartney: Backing Vocals
Dave Spinoza: Guitars
Hugh McCracken: Guitars
Denny Seiwell: Drums
"Another Day" is a song recorded by Paul McCartney in New York in 1970, during the sessions for his album Ram. Although it was the first single of McCartney's solo career,[1] "Another Day" was actually written and previewed during The Beatles' Let It Be Sessions in 1969. It was officially released February 19, 1971 with "Oh Woman, Oh Why" as the B-side. [4] [5] Neither song was included on the original pressings of Ram.
"Another Day" is written in an observational style reminiscent of "Eleanor Rigby" and "She's Leaving Home". Coincidentally, Denny Seiwell, drummer from Ram Sessions, called it, ""Eleanor Rigby" in New York City." [6] [7]The lyrics describe the drudgery and sadness of an unnamed woman's life at work and at home, with the lilting melody of the verses and "du du du"s of the chorus contrasting with the darker tone (lyrically and musically) of the bridges.
Paul's wife, Linda McCartney, provided eloquent harmony vocals on "Another Day. Describing his and Linda's distinctive harmonies, McCartney said " I wanted our sound." Paul was deliberately attempting to create a unique McCartney style, a musical identity outside of The Beatles. McCartney had decided to list Linda as co-writer of more than half the songs on Ram, plus the hit single "Another Day." Despite her lack of musical pedigree, he insisted that Linda had been an active collaborator, making valuable suggestions about lyrics and melodies. [8] Linda being credited as co-writer was seen as a business manoeuvre in the post-Beatles legal matters. [1]
Matching the lyrical sense of isolation and social alienation was the unique sound of "Another Day." Studio Assistant Engineer of the Ram Sessions, Dixon Van Winkle said that Paul asked him to pick the single. With McCartney's blessing, Winkle mixed the song and pressed 100 copies for radio stations. "The next day I heard it on the air, I realized...we got carried away with the bass part...it pumped like crazy. But we never remixed the song, and Paul never said anything." [3]
Even so, the song was a hit in the US and UK, peaking at number five in the US and number two in the UK in March 1971.[9][10] In Australia the song spent one week at number one. In France, the song was a number one hit.
Although "Another Day" and "Oh Woman, Oh Why" were not originally released on Ram, some CD re-releases of Ram have one or both songs as bonus tracks. "Another Day" has also appeared on several of McCartney's greatest hits albums, including All the Best!. It also appeared on the Wings greatest hits compilations Wings Greatest and Wingspan: Hits and History even though the song was not credited to Wings and predates the formation of Wings.
McCartney was a hit solo album for Paul McCartney, but none of its tracks were released as a single. McCartney was still under the British idea that singles are stand-alone songs, not contained in albums, so that they can be strung together occasionally on EPs or "greatest hits" albums. So in February of 1971, "Another Day", with its B-side of "Oh Woman, Oh Why", was released as a single. The songs would not be included on the upcoming Ram album, which was released about three months later.
"Another Day" began as a track that the Beatles worked on for possible release on what would be the Let It Be album, but after the band's break-up, it turned into something else. Just as she had co-written "Man We Was Lonely" before, Linda McCartney also co-wrote "Another Day". While posters promoting the single listed it as "written by Mr. and Mrs. McCartney" and the single itself was credited to Paul & Linda McCartney, others found that suspicious.
The owner of Northern Songs, the publishing company who held the rights on Paul's work, later filed a lawsuit (also citing the next single, "Uncle Albert"/"Admiral Halsey") saying that Linda was incapable of songwriting. Paul once stated, "I thought that whoever I worked with, no matter what the method of collaboration was, that person, if they did help me on the song, should have a portion of the song for helping me." Eventually the suit was dropped.
To "Another Day", similar to the Paul-composed "Eleanor Rigby" and "A World Without Love", however, "Another Day's" main theme is loneliness. A woman goes through the everyday motions of her average life—she showers and gets ready for work at her office job—but despite her self-sufficiency, she is alone and depressed without someone ("the man of her dreams") to love. Though she is seeing someone, it isn't love ("He comes and he stays, but he leaves the next day"). She still sadly goes through her routine, however, thinking that things will someday change for the better, because after all, "it's just another day".
John Lennon once criticized his former bandmate's writing style in the Imagine album track, "How Do You Sleep?" with the line, "The only thing you done was 'Yesterday' / And since you've gone you're just 'Another Day'". Once referring to him as "all pizza and fairy-tales", he shut down the fact that McCartney's songwriting usually describes the lives and hopes of fictional, but realistic, normal people. Lennon's writing is usually autobiographical or about a social or political issue instead. This isn't always the case, but it is the usual main difference between McCartney and Lennon's solo work.
Recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in New York, "Another Day" and "Oh Woman, Oh Why" featured instrumentation from future Wings members, Denny Seiwell (drummer), Dave Spinozza, and Hugh McCracken (guitarists). The decision to release the songs on a single reportedly went to the assistant engineer, Dixon Van Winkle, who later felt they "got carried away with the bass part" on "Another Day".
"Oh Woman, Oh Why", the aforementioned B-side, might be seen as a continuation of the previous song, but it is unlikely. The phrase "fed up with your lying, cheating ways" implies that the woman has had to deal with this cad for a while, not that he just came and went. However, the next line, "But I get up every morning and every day" does seem a little more than a coincidence. Written solely by Paul, its dark tone, complete with gunshots, is vastly different from much of his catalog. Also notable about it is the fact that he sings both the male and female viewpoints in the song, using higher and lower voices, despite the fact that Linda is heard in the refrains.
"Another Day"/"Oh Woman, Oh Why" reportedly sold over a million copies worldwide. It was a number one hit in France and Australia, in the U.K. it reached number two, but in the U.S. it only got up to number five. Paul McCartney doesn't perform these tracks in concert, but they are held in high-esteem. When Ram was re-released on CD, both of the songs were added on as a bonus. Whereas "Another Day" was included on the Wings Greatest, All The Best, and Wingspan: Hits and History compilations, "Oh Woman, Oh Why" has seen a different legacy. It was included twice on the DJ Freelance Hellraiser Twin Freaks remix album. It is first mixed along with elements of "Band On The Run", "Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)", and "Venus & Mars", but its guitar sounds appear on "Lahula" later on in the album. It was also covered by orchestra leader Bert Kaempfert, and by Ray Paul and Emitt Rhodes on a 2001 McCartney tribute album.
"Another Day" is featured in the films 50 First Dates (2004) and The Lovely Bones (2009).


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winday needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 31 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Design a logo for a new internet based business that provides knowledge and resources for business owners to operate and expand their businesses. Logo will be used in all business branding: business cards, stationery, website, etc.
Inform To Enable Inc. http://www.inform2enable.com
Taylor Made Time and Wild Rose Websites have formed a brand new business designed to help business owners work more efficiently, save time on research of new technological tools, and provide resources to help them get the help they need.
The founders of this company are Bonnie Taylor Wachowicz of Taylor Made Time (http://www.taylormadetime.com) and Win Day of Wild Rose Websites (www.wildrosewebsites.com). We have discovered in our own businesses just how difficult it can be for a business owner to handle everything on their own – and there is never enough time to research of implement new ideas that could save them time. There are so many choices, and if "techie" knowledge is not high, it is a daunting task to understand all of the choices.
We aim to take the mystery out of web-based tools; provide the information they need in easy to understand wording; and deliver this and more in a web-based setting that they can access from any computer.
Our website will offer:
- Products and training that we develop, initially in the areas of ezines, outsourcing, and website best practices
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Taylor Phinney Forgives Vino - Can You?
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- Anonymous17 July, 2010 18:55
Wonder in Phinney truly believes in redemption, or is he just covering his ass so that when Armstrong is busted, he (Phinney) can claim to be consistent when he suggests we forgive Lance?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 July, 2010 21:09
u should read this! http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2010/07/quiet-goombah.html#commentsReplyDelete
Anon 1: I've no idea.ReplyDelete
Anon 2: Thanks for the link. Great reading. Vino's is a biography that I will definitely buy, even if it's only published in Kazakh or Russian.
- Anonymous22 July, 2010 18:50
Who cares what a snot nosed, spoiled little brat, TP thinks. Freakin Momma's boy. Serious rider, but a bit of a tool.ReplyDelete
During a quiet moment of reflection today, I took a moment to remember poor Kim Kirchen and to say a prayer for him and his family. I can't imagine how difficult it must be what they're going through. I dunno, I get pretty anxious and emotional about this stuff, and worry that the same fate might befall me, or someone I care about - like Vino.ReplyDelete
But then I breathe deeply and relax - because I realize that Vino will never have a heart attack. His heart isn't nearly foolish enough to attack him.
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Trends in Risk Factors for Mother-to-Child Transmission of Hepatitis C Among a Southern European Population (EPIALHICE B)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00894257
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified March 2010 by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : May 6, 2009
Last Update Posted : April 5, 2010
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According to the centres taking part in the ALHICE survey, the number of HIV-HCV co-infected women is currently decreasing. This drop was first noted in 2006 and persisted in 2007. What might have been considered a chance phenomenon during the first year (2006) was confirmed in the beginning of 2008. In view of this information, the investigators wished to ascertain the reality of this trend and to investigate its causes, by attempting to answer the following questions: - Has the prevalence of risk factors for HCV infection changed among the general population over the past 10 years?
- Has the prevalence of risk factors for HCV infection changed among HIV/HCV co-infected women over the past 10 years?
- Is the change in the number of co-infected women who gave birth during the past 10 years related to the prevalence of certain risk factors among this population?
- Is the change in the number of co-infected women who gave birth during the past 10 years related to a decrease in certain risk factors for HCV infection among the general population?
- Have changes in addictive behaviour among women of child-bearing age played a role in the decreasing number of HCV-contaminated children? Furthermore, follow-up data from HCV-infected children born during this period will provide information concerning the course of HCV infection.
The objectives are to study trends in numbers of deliveries among HCV/HIV co-infected women as well as trends in risk factors for HCV infection among women of child bearing age and lastly to create a cohort of HCV infected children.
|Condition or disease
|Hepatitis C Virus HIV Infections Pregnancy
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This multi-centre epidemiological study (CHU Nice, CHU Toulouse, CHU Montpellier, H Clinic Barcelona, H Mar Barcelona) consists in two parts. Our study does not interfere with the usual management of mother and child as laboratory data (virology, immunology, and liver function) are already included in the medical files. Data collection will be conducted via an anonymous questionnaire by an only one clinical research assistant who will travel to each participating centre. These data are contained in the mother's and child's medical files. The data concerning the socio-demographic characteristics of mother, the characteristics of HIV and HCV infection with special attention for infection risk factors, and the circumstances of the delivery. The questionnaire among children include laboratory results at birth, M6, and M12, as well as assessment of hepatic fibrosis.
Data were analysed using SPSS software. Qualitative variables were tested by Chi-square and Fisher's exact test. For quantitative variables, the non-parametric Mann-Whitney test was used (median, 25th and 75th quartile). A p-value inferior than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
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|Trends in Risk of Mother-to-child Transmission of Hepatitis C Through Analysis of Prevalence of Risk Factors for Maternal Infection Among a Southern European Population
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|HCV/HIV infected pregnant women
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
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- Infected HIV/HCV pregnant women
- All women to give birth in 1 randomized week each 6 months
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00894257
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|Principal Investigator: alain BEREBI, MD
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|Principal Investigator: eugenia marine barjoan, MD
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|Principal Investigator: Pierre BOULOT, MD
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HCV infected pregnant women
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HIV Infections
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis C
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Hepatitis, Viral, Human
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Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
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Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
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Join us below at 1 P.M. Eastern time on Thursday (June 28) for a live 30-minute online chat with economist Meredith Rosenthal of Harvard's School of Public Health, who will discuss the future of health care in the U.S. following the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). We invite you to post chat questions in advance in the comments below.
The ACA, signed into law in 2010 by President Obama, is the most profound change to U.S. health care in more than four decades. It was designed primarily to extend health insurance to 32 million uninsured Americans. The challenge before the Supreme Court put individuals' access to health care at stake.
Rosenthal, who helped write a brief (pdf) in support of the ACA that was reviewed by the justices, will answer questions today about the individual mandate (which requires Americans to buy insurance by 2014 or face a penalty), how it and the nation's health care will be affected in light of the ruling, and what's next for consumers and health care providers. We will turn on the capacity to log-in to the chat box below around 12:50 P.M. EDT.
Hi early arrivals. This is Robin Lloyd, news editor at Scientific American. I'll be hosting our live chat in 10 min.
Meredith Rosenthal
Welcome, Dr. Rosenthal. Hi everyone. It's about time to start, so please allow me to introduce Meredith Rosenthal, our guest today. Dr. Rosenthal is an economist at Harvard's School of Public Health and she's an expert on the individual mandate. Dr. Rosenthal helped to write a brief in support of the Affordable Care Act (health care reform). An 'amicus brief'. You can read the brief here: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CFcQFjAD&url=http%3A%2
So let's begin! Hi Dr. Rosenthal. Thank you so much for joining us. This must be an exciting day for someone who was so involved in the ACA ruling.
Meredith Rosenthal
It is. The decision was a long time coming—and the ACA itself was a long time coming.
What was your reaction today to the ruling?
Meredith Rosenthal
First, I hope its okay to parse my reaction in terms of my personal support for coverage reform and what the decision means in practical terms.
Of course.
Meredith Rosenthal
Personally, I was elated. I believe that universal coverage is a goal worth pursuing and the ACA puts us on the path. As an economist, I see this decision as critical for obtaining the full impact of the array of insurance reforms and public coverage expansions that are at the heart of the ACA. Had the individual mandate been invalidated, the remaining provisions of the ACA would have been less effective.
Fred Guterl
Interesting that you say this puts us on the path to universal coverage. I would be interested to know what's likely to be the next step?
(Fred Guterl is Scientific American's executive editor.)
Meredith Rosenthal
To Fred's comment: I think a reform that expands coverage in the forms that Americans have now is the most practical approach. Going forward we will need additional subsidies and most importantly more affordable options to get us to universal coverage.
Gary Calvert
Penalty vs. tax...is there really a difference other than semantics?
Meredith Rosenthal
Penalty vs. tax. As an economist, I see no difference.
Doesn't the U.S. still need to rein in rising health care costs—which could bankrupt the country if left unchecked?
(Christine Gorman is Scientific American's senior health editor.)
Meredith Rosenthal
Health care cost control is really the essential next step to sustaining the gains that the ACA brings and going further. Some important efforts in this direction are embedded in the ACA but there is more to be done. I think that will be easier to address now.
Hello, I would like to know a little more about how today's decision impacts health care providers.
Meredith Rosenthal
In terms of impact on providers, for the most part they gain from the ACA—more patients with coverage means less bad debt. There are some provider payment changes for Medicare in the ACA but those are really separate from the coverage provisions.
I've heard concerns about how healthcare orgs are not prepared to deal with the massive influx of new consumers.
Meredith Rosenthal
How will providers deal with the onslaught of new patients? This is something we don't have great evidence on.
Meredith Rosenthal
In Massachusetts there was a transitional stage where access problems worsened but that was relatively brief.
Tina Fanetti
How will this lower costs?
Meredith Rosenthal
Coverage expansion alone will not lower costs. There are payment and delivery system reforms being implemented now that will. Of course, we had relatively few uninsured here at the time our coverage reforms went into effect. Surely there will be a period of strain.
Sounds like the 2010 law as really about insurance reform; we are still waiting for reform of the health care system.
Fred Guterl
I'm hearing a lot of people worry about the burden of this 'tax' on the jobless. Is that a valid concern?
Meredith Rosenthal
The individual mandate only applies if the individual can afford a qualifying plan—in terms of a threshold percentage of income. So the mandate would be unlikely hurt the jobless.
From an economic standpoint, how will HCA help our economy?
How much more in taxes will a family earning $100K a year have to pay if they already have health insurance?
Anna Kuchment
Do you have a sense of how much a family health insurance plan might cost now as compared to before the ACA?
Meredith Rosenthal
In terms of the implications of the ACA for the cost of insurance to the currently insured, we have reason to believe it will lower costs. That last statement would apply to an identical plan—if someone has a very skimpy plan now that won't qualify as real coverage. Then the price would go up—but of course so would the coverage.
Tina Fanetti
But what if all you can afford is the skimpy plan?
Has dental been addressed or thought about in any discussions? So important to overall health.
Fred Guterl
(There are so many good questions I think we're going to need to clone Dr. Rosenthal ;)
What else is can we be mandated to do?
Tina Fanetti
strategicchem...if it's called a tax I'm guessing everything.
Gary Calvert
That's why I asked about penalty vs. tax. Congress is going to have a field day running our lives lol.
David Eisinger
Does the individual mandate fundamentally change the relationship of the government and the people, or are there precedents?
Gary Calvert
Do you foresee employers dumping employees' health coverage benefits? If not, why not?
I'm seeing things such as a 2.5 percent tax on AGI and an employer mandate tax per employee. Is this true?
Meredith Rosenthal
The ACA addresses affordability as noted earlier by exempting people from the mandate if they can't afford a plan and by subsidies.
Tina Fanetti
But who decides what is affordable?
Meredith Rosenthal
Those subsidies are available on a sliding scale up to an income of four times the Federal Poverty Level. Affordability is specifically defined in the ACA. It is based on expert opinion and data.
What's the current federal poverty level?
Federal poverty level is currently $27,010 for family of four
So if poor people can't pay the mandate but still get benefits then where does the money come from?
Meredith Rosenthal
The poorest populations get coverage through Medicaid, which is a joint state-Federal program. And then the subsidies assist those who do not qualify for Medicaid but still need assistance (again up to four times the FPL).
Mark Patla
What about the Supreme Court's ruling on Medicaid? Could the poor be hurt by it?
Meredith Rosenthal
It is hard to say right now what the impact of the Medicaid component of the ruling will be. Certainly Congress felt that this extra nudge was needed to ensure full participation. But the money coming from the Feds is substantial. Moreover, it is likely that providers and consumer advocates will pressure states to participate in the Medicaid expansions.
Re Medicaid decision: I assume it won't affect those who fall under poverty level but rather the 'working poor'.
Meredith Rosenthal
The Medicaid expansion in the ACA is for the poorest of the poor—if working, then not well remunerated.
Will be interesting to see states with vastly different pops and their new challenges/successes
Is Massachusetts the only state that has done this before? Where did we get data on how this works?
Meredith Rosenthal
It is true that Massachusetts is the model for the ACA and most of what we know comes from there. But there are pieces of the ACA that other states have adopted in the past—the employer mandate, for example. In MA, we learned that the combination of individual mandate and insurance market reforms led to rapid coverage expansion. Costs of health plans general decreased for individuals. Access improved (with the caveat I mentioned). And as I noted before, the cost trend was basically the same—in terms of per capita spending. So the MA legislature is making the hard choices about how to address affordability in order to preserve coverage. This will no doubt be the next chapter in Washington as well.
@aschmeic: Here is a Scientific American blog post I wrote about some of what was learned in Massachusetts: http://goo.gl/xQemk. More health care links: https://www.scientificamerican.com/report.cfm?id=antibiotic-resistance-bacteria-in-depth; personalized medicine report: https://www.scientificamerican.com/report.cfm?id=personalized-medicine
So more people were covered, at the same cost?
Meredith Rosenthal
Sorry, no—coverage costs money—more people covered increase total spending. But the per capita spending trend was basically unaffected, confirming what we suspected. Spending trends are driven by care delivery factors such as the way we pay doctors, the advance of health care technology, etc. Some advocates had hoped that covering people would increase prevention and the benefits would be so great that it would save money.
Fred Guterl
Meredith, this is awesome—thanks!
OK, everyone, I think that's about it. Thank you for participating. And especially a big thanks to Dr. Rosenthal of Harvard for her expertise and fast answers to a flurry of questions.
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Thank you!
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Another one of my simple go-to faves. Usually don't have fresh ginger around, but otherwise I make it exactly as above, except that my "pinch" of bonito flakes is rather generous. Sometimes add a little crushed sesame seed. Anyone else have creative thoughts on toppings??


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By Phil Black. Laura Smith-Spark and Alla Eshchenko, CNN
American intelligence leaker Edward Snowden met with human rights activists and lawyers Friday in a transit zone of a Russian airport, in his first public appearance since he left Hong Kong last month.
He has asked rights groups to lobby the Russian government to grant him temporary asylum, Russian Human Rights Watch representative Tanya Lokshina said. Snowden also said he wants to move to Latin America once he is able to do so, she said.
A photograph provided by a Russian Human Rights Watch staffer at the meeting shows him sitting behind a desk, looking much as he did when last photographed.
The former National Security Agency contractor is believed to have been holed up in a transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport since leaving Hong Kong for Russia on June 23.
The meeting with Snowden began at around 5 p.m. local time (9 a.m. ET).
A CNN team at the airport saw about half a dozen people — including Russia's human rights ombudsman and representatives of Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Russian human rights groups — enter a door marked "Private" in Terminal E. Police and security officers then kept the media at a distance.
Sergei Nikitin, head of Amnesty International's Moscow office, who was at the meeting, said he was pleased to voice the organization's support for Snowden in person.
"We will continue to pressure governments to ensure his rights are respected — this includes the unassailable right to claim asylum wherever he may choose," he said in a statement.
"What he has disclosed is patently in the public interest and as a whistleblower his actions were justified."
Snowden exposed unlawful sweeping surveillance programs, and states that try to prevent him from revealing such unlawful behavior "are flouting international law," Nikitin said.
"Instead of addressing or even owning up to these blatant breaches, the U.S. government is more intent on persecuting him. Attempts to pressure governments to block his efforts to seek asylum are deplorable," he said.
Russian asylum conditions?
WikiLeaks said in a post on Twitter that it would release Snowden's statement to human rights groups later Friday.
The group, which facilitates the anonymous leaking of secret information through its website, has been aiding Snowden in his bids for asylum.
Snowden's desire to be granted temporary asylum in Russia may represent something of a turnaround.
He last week reportedly withdrew his asylum request with Russian authorities after President Vladimir Putin said he would have to "stop his work aimed at harming our American partners" if he wanted to stay in the country.
"Snowden did voice a request to remain in Russia," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on July 2, according to the Russian news agency Ria Novosti.
"Then, yesterday, hearing President Putin outline Russia's position regarding the conditions under which he could do this, he withdrew his request for permission to stay in Russia."
It's not clear if a request for temporary asylum would entail different conditions.
Snowden has been technically a free man while in Moscow but has been unable to travel after U.S. authorities revoked his passport when he was charged with espionage.
U.S. accused of 'unlawful campaign'
A letter purportedly e-mailed by Snowden that invited human rights groups and others to the meeting blasted the United States for "threatening behavior" and carrying out illegal actions against him.
In the letter, posted on Lokshina's Facebook page, the writer praises the "brave countries" that have offered him support, in the face of what he describes as "an unlawful campaign by officials in the U.S. Government to deny my right to seek and enjoy this asylum."
He also accuses the United States of "threatening behavior" on an unprecedented scale, citing the temporary grounding of Bolivian President Evo Morales' plane last week. The jet, which had left Moscow, was forced to land in Austria after other European countries allegedly closed their airspace amid suspicions that Snowden was aboard.
"Never before in history have states conspired to force to the ground a sovereign President's plane to effect a search for a political refugee," the letter says.
The writer invited those addressed to join him at Sheremetyevo airport "for a brief statement and discussion regarding the next steps forward in my situation."
They were instructed to gather in the arrival hall at Terminal F, where an airport staff member would meet them holding a sign labeled "G9." They should bring the invitation and identification documents "as security will likely be tight at this meeting," the letter said.
In her Facebook post, Lokshina, the Russian Human Rights Watch staffer, said she received the e-mailed invitation close to 5 p.m. Thursday and acknowledged that she did not know if it was real.
A large group of Russian and international journalists gathered at the airport in anticipation of the meeting.
Latin American asylum offers
Since his arrival in Moscow, Snowden — who faces espionage charges in the United States — has requested asylum in dozens of countries, sparking a surge in speculation about his next steps.
The presidents of Venezuela and Bolivia have said their countries would give him asylum, and Nicaragua's president said he would offer it "if circumstances permit."
Snowden has admitted releasing classified documents about U.S. surveillance programs to the media and argues that he did so to expose serious violations of the U.S. Constitution.
He is slammed as a traitor by critics and hailed as a hero by his supporters.
WikiLeaks said in a Twitter post Wednesday that Snowden's "flight of liberty" campaign was starting, promising further details.
But details about where Snowden is going — and how he'll get there — have remained hard to come by.
U.S. officials told Chinese officials in Washington this week that they're disappointed with the way China and Hong Kong handled the Snowden case, saying their actions undermined trust. China said that Hong Kong authorities acted in accordance with the law.
CNN's Alla Eshchenko and Phil Black reported from Moscow and Laura Smith-Spark wrote in London. CNN's Marilia Brocchetto and Alexander Felton contributed to this report.
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fiber: Wensleydale: it's a longwool sheep with curly wool; it's the finest lustre long wool in the world (according to http://www.sheep101.com/); it can be spun into fine laceweight, fingering weight for sturdy sock yarn, or even bulky, for glossy, weighty skeins.
I prefer the sock yarn variety. I can't imagine having this fiber near my skein, other than my feet.
It was not the first time I've spun Wensleydale. As it is, I've spun a bobbin full of it, just before this shipment arrived. It's the one I dyed myself. I still have another bobbin to fill, and ply before it is ready to be shown here.
weight: 4oz
colorway: Frost Flowers
yardage: ~ 311yds
way of plying: navajo
With the short color changes, navajo plying would not come to mind at first. One reasoning why I did it anyway was, that I would NOT want lace around my shoulders in this fuzzy fiber, and as mentioned above, only socks would do (for me). I love how this skein came out. The colores are fabulous, and the skein, while taking a hot bath, did not bleed out at all. I like it, when color does not come off, on hands, or in the bath afterwards.
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Sir Bragallot wrote:The best castles IMO are Royal Knight's Castle and Black Knight's Castle. You'll get them for way less than 100 euros on Bricklink which is less than a castle nowadays when it comes out, I believe both are worth the money. The castle from the last Kingdoms line wasn't so bad either, it doesn't compare to the old sets but you might find it cheap, I know someone who picked it up for 55 euros recently.
mencot wrote:yes the joust is absolutely awesome and beutiful as it is but as I think it has a lot of great parts to use. But and a big one Kingdoms Joust is exclusive and very expensive. And that it is a Lego exclusive it is hard (or impossible)to find it else where than Legoshops.
mencot wrote:yes Knightman, brickwise it is cheap per brick and it has SO many useful bricks and non big wall parts. But looking just at the price it isn't or the US is diffrent because we can consider the price we say here in Finland for it or when we order it from online Lego. It is 139 euros and that is in dollars maybe 154. Compering that to the 119 dollars on the US Lego site Then it is expensive. But thats the taxrate here.
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"The Connected Ones" (繋がれるもの, Tsunagareru Mono, Viz: The Ties That Bind) is chapter 615 of the original Naruto manga.
Mocking Naruto's earlier statement that he would not allow any of his comrades to die, Obito points out the many shinobi who had died from the Uchiha's last attack. While others around them also realise that Neji was dead, and Hiashi silently apologises to his brother for failing to protect his son, Obito begins a tirade against Naruto's beliefs — leading Madara to note that Obito had become a great deal like himself — sending Naruto spiralling into shock. As Obito beckons to Naruto to join their cause, Hinata snaps Naruto out of his trance-like state and reminds him of what Neji had said before dying as well as what, and why they were here fighting, reaffirming Naruto's ninja way, sentiments echoed by Kurama in the beast's own special way, reminding its host that his parents had also died in a similar manner to Neji. Meanwhile, atop the Ten-Tails, Madara notes that Obito seemed to be awaiting a response from Naruto, not long before Obito decides to act, which Madara chides him for his rashness causing possible harm to the Ten-Tails. Dismissing this, Madara has the beast prepare a Tailed Beast Ball which is deflected by B who launches himself at the beast's mouth in his Eight-Tails form with his own Tailed Beast Ball. Shutting the beast's mouth with his head stuck in there, B launches the Ball which explodes inside the beast causing it to fall and writhe in pain. With her words getting through to him, Naruto rallies around, and, holding Hinata's hand, Naruto enters Tailed Beast Mode, prepared to face his opponents once again.


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Competitor Swim Products is the leader in racing lane technology. They are internationally recognized for both the Competitor (4 inch) racing lanes and the more recent Gold Medal (6 inch) racing lanes, introduced at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. Competitor Racing Lanes have a patented flow-through design (five fins projecting from hub) which controls water turbulence by allowing waves to be dispersed. They meet USS, NCAA, FINA, and H.S. standards.
Each individual disc measures six (6) inches in diameter and consists of a series of five fins projecting from a center hub. Mid way on the length of the disc hub is a radially extended web member, which supports annular-section ring-shaped flanges in co-axial relationship with the central bore. To assist in damping the longitudinal wave forces, the web member is formed with a multiplicity of circular openings. The web, in conjunction with the multiple fins, combines to impede, aerate, dampen and break up the other. Both the web and fin functions are very important in that most waves will not intersect the lane in a perpendicular manner.
Each disc has the capability to revolve independently from any other disk mounted on the 3/16 inch braided stainless steel cable. The cable has a clear vinyl coating to protect the disks from excessive wear. Flotation is aided by the introduction of a hollow toroidally-shaped body, with a central radial web and co-axial opening to position the float for freely sliding movement on the cable. These floats are deployed in a uniformly spaced interval and surrounded by a pair of modified discs on either side to accommodate the float without substantially altering the wave quelling properties of the lane as an assembled unit.
Assembly for each lane is completed at one end with a bronze nickel-plated spool encased in a stainless steel tension mechanism to provide customized adjustment of lane torque. The other end has a stainless steel spring assembly to maintain equal pressure during use.
By using a disconnect assembly, you can obtain different lengths from the same line (if needed). Color combinations for both Competitor and Gold Medal are available in any combination. Competitor's standard configuration has a 15 foot solid lead-in color at each end. At least two colors should be used, with a distinctly different color pattern implemented five meters from each end of the pool. FINA requires a backstroke turn marking of a contrasting color 15 meters from each end of the lane.
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A winner was selected from 111 designs submitted by 37 freelance designers.
Title of the Presentation: The Aim
I am a Newborn Intensive Care doctor and lecturer who is in need of a crisp, vibrant and professional Powerpoint background/template for a talk whose title is "The Aim."
The audience will include doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, social workers (all members of the clinical care team) from 30 hospitals (200-300 people) in our region who are coming together to collaborate with each other with the intention (or "Aim") of improving the quality and safety of care that we provide to the newborns in our region.
Although all suggestions and ideas are welcome, I usually use darker blue background colors with bright contrasts.
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Scott Fletcher joined the Braves in Oct. 2011 and is in his third season with the club. He assists hitting coach Greg Walker in every aspect of the Braves' hitting program and also prepares the club's advance scouting reports and materials prior to each series.
Fletcher, 54, is in uniform for all pre-game workouts and assists with the Braves' pre-game preparations.
The former middle infielder was drafted by the Cubs in the first round of the Secondary Phase of the 1979 June Draft. He played 15 Major League seasons (1981-95) with the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers.
Fletcher posted a .262 career batting average, with 243 doubles and 1,376 hits in 1,612 career games. For his career, he earned 514 walks compared to striking out just 541 times. He twice posted 30-plus doubles in a season, including 1986 (with Texas) when he established career-highs in batting average (.300) and doubles (34) in 147 games played.
He was the roving infield coordinator for the Colorado Rockies from 2009 to 2011. He has also worked as a roving instructor in the Tampa Bay organization (1996-97), as manager of the Single-A Charleston RiverDogs (1997) and as an assistant baseball coach for Emory University in Atlanta.
A native of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Fletcher attended Georgia Southern University. He and his wife Angie reside in Peachtree City, Ga. They have three children: Brittany, Brian and Brooke. Brian is an outfielder in the Kansas City Royals farm system.


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Enhance the beauty of your living space while cultivating a sense of warmth, positivity and wellbeing for your family. Himalayan salt lamps act as natural ioniser and air cleansers, neutralising the electromagnetic frequencies commonly emitted by the numerous modern appliances throughout your home. Simply switch it on and enjoy the gorgeous glow as the lamp's naturally negative ions cleanse and nurture your home's loving atmosphere.
Made from pure crystalline salt, the Himalayan Crystal Salt Lamp emits negatively charged ions, which work to neutralise electromagnetic radiation and provide a calming, cleansing effect. Place it in a room where electrical appliances are commonly used – the kitchen, the living room, the study – and let the natural negative ions get to work.
Families use these wonderful salt lamps to improve immune system strength, promote healthy sleeping patterns and even combat depression. Therapists, meditation instructors and spa owners also use the lamps to create a welcoming ambience, promote healing and encourage relaxation.
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Music is a form of expression. It can capture an emotion, or bring a person to an exact moment in time from their life. And, perhaps more than anything else, when it comes to music, everyone has their own tastes; their own likes and dislikes.
I recently watched the HBO presentation of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductions, and I was deeply dissatisfied with the show. I am a fan of music and I have personally been to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, three times. I always enjoy the experience; looking at the memorabilia and whatnot.
I have also had the honour of attending many World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame ceremonies. That event has ballooned from its infancy, and has become a huge event that takes place the night before WrestleMania each year, and is attended by fans from across the globe.
So coming off those experiences, I would like to offer up my insider knowledge as it pertains to producing television and big live shows (pay-per-views), as well as my feelings from a fan's point of view.
I would like to start by saying, as a producer of a show, I understand the time restraints of a show and respect that editing must be done. I do, however, find it quite hard to sum up one life's journey in a few minutes. The WWE Hall of Fame televised show suffers due to that fact. I have been there live, a witness to the entire spectacle. And what a spectacle it is.
I then watched the show on TV and was left feeling angry because producers cut out so many special stories and moments. But what can you do when you only have an hour of TV time, which, when you consider commercials, is actually 48 minutes of content. These are all "insider" facts that most people don't know, or think about.
I have had to sit through some pretty boring and tedious speeches; the kind that went nowhere — fast. I have been in attendance at shows during which speakers have their speeches cut short due to time constraints, all in the name of the live broadcast. Cutting speakers off draws major complaints from the fans and, quite frankly, is disrespectful to the people being honoured.
WWE has found a happy medium by letting the show run its natural, unedited course, after which the company includes the full ceremony on its WrestleMania DVD. I have written about it before, but if you are a fan of professional wrestling, you owe it to yourself to attend a WWE Hall of Fame ceremony (actually, if you aren't a fan of pro wrestling, why are you even reading this column? ha ha).
You really get to experience a wrestler's life journey to their greatest accomplishment, being honoured by their peers. The ceremony is all about their destiny, the heart and passion they displayed in getting to where they wanted to be by following their dreams (sounds familiar).
I would, however, like to suggest this to the suits in WWE who read my column. How about airing the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony, unedited, on WWE.com, or give it to the fans free of charge for ordering WrestleMania? That way they can watch it when they want. (Sorry, I always think outside the box and try to look at things from the perspective of a fan and from the WWE's point of view.)
Now on to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame presentation.
The opening video package was amazing. It showed the greatest clips of years past. Rock & Roll icons were reduced to tears and amazing performances were spotlighted, producing an excellent segment.
Then the show, which I was pretty amped up for after the opening video, failed to deliver what had been hyped just moments earlier. In fact, it lacked everything that package entailed. It lacked rock and roll, it was devoid of heart, passion and, sadly, it lacked emotion.
The presenters, it seemed, were either simply reading or just not into it. The people accepting awards were great and genuinely happy and honoured, but from a director/producer standpoint, I need to say that if you are John Cougar Mellancamp, why do you have to announce to the fans who you are? Where was the host of the show or even a voice in the sky (hell, book Howard Finkel; he has an amazing voice and is a huge music fan). I can hear it now: "Ladies and gentlemen, John Cougar Mellancamp."
When people who are accepting the honour of being inducted into the hall of fame have to tell you who they are, it leads me to think 'Why are we honouring this person in the first place?'
I understand that bands have many members through the years, but for godsakes, have an announcer announce whom they are or show some pictures with band members who are getting honoured beforehand. Without these things, it makes the ceremony seem so bush league.
I know I am getting older, but I was shocked at the use of profanity. I am not against cursing, I actually like using curse words when I am displaying anger in a promo toward my opponent. However, I do not feel the use of the F bomb while your career achievements are being recognized should be considered appropriate. I know it is rock & roll, but show some restraint.
I was also shocked that a graphic wasn't shown in memory of the late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch. His band members essentially read his last public feelings on Earth during their acceptance speech. I know he had passed away only days earlier, but producers could have had a graphic, or a moment of remembrance, for him after the band's speech, which was followed by Kid Rock performing one of their songs. How one overlooks the pure emotion of a dying man's last words, caught on camera no less, is beyond me.
Finally, the utter and obvious lack of caring about your audience was highlighted by the absence of frontman Axl Rose of Guns and Roses. (I don't know if organizers tried, but even a taped acceptance speech or something from Axl would have been nice.) I understand it was his decision not to attend, but what if the hall of fame refused to induct the band without him? How would his concert sales have been?
You have to respect your audience and there comes a time when you have to say "Let's do this for our fans." If you fear for your safety, you can have extra security. Axl should have been there if for nothing else than to say thank you and walk off.
I am sorry for being so critical, especially given that I am not privy to the circumstances, but I did some research and I know the show was six hours long and was condensed to 21/2 for TV, but those points could have made the show memorable. Most music critics have negative feelings about the Hall of Fame. I don't.
Anything that gives the fans a chance to honour their favorites for generations to come is worthwhile. Music is timeless and never-ending. I would relish the chance to produce the next ceremony. I would make a lot of changes and truly give back to the fans and let them capture that one last emotion or feel they went back in time while their favourite song is playing.
I would make the bands remember their most humbling of beginnings all the way to their greatest successes; the entire time making the spectacle of the show the most important part to the audience. Because without an audience, none of us have a platform to perform.
Thanks for allowing me to have a platform. I love my audience, be it in print or performing in the ring.
Thanks for reading.
Tommy Dreamer is a legendary and influential pro wrestler and a father and husband who has worked for World Wrestling Entertainment, Extreme Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action. His column appears in the Kingston Whig-Standard and on SLAM! Wrestling. Follow him on Twitter @THETOMMYDREAMER and check out his website at thetommydreamer.com. He can be booked for live appearances through his website.


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Cyrille Gallion is a member of the French anarcho-syndicalist trade union, the Confederation Nationale du Travail (CNT-F). In the following excerpts, translated by Paul Sharkey, Gallion argues that contemporary anarcho-syndicalists must focus on popular self-organization and put their trust in direct or participatory democracy, a common theme in many of the selections I have included in Volume Three of Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas. I will be discussing these issues, together with Dimitri Rousopoulos and Davide Turcato, on November 20, 2012 at the downtown Central Public Library branch in Vancouver, at the book launch for Volume Three.
Direct Democracy is Revolutionary
One does not sit around and wait for the revolution to arrive; one builds towards it!
In its current form (representative democracy), or in some other guise, capitalism may collapse in a few years or linger for centuries. What comes next may be a system that humanity has already sampled or indeed something quite new. History has no meaning, no harm to those who prattle otherwise. Nothing is written, nothing is inevitable.
There have been many systems throughout history (feudalism, for one) that have teetered for one or two centuries before entrenching for a lasting period (a millennium).
Signing up for the duration without knowing what the future holds leads us to be voluntarists. So it is not a matter of preparing the "workers' party" while we wait for capitalism to collapse, but rather of laying the groundwork for a different society within and without capitalism, regardless of whether the capitalist mode of production should endure or crumble. Should it endure, we have to rebuild from below the society that allowed it to gain a foothold. Should it crumble, it would be better if we were to lay the groundwork for a new society in advance. For spontaneity in the absence of a grassroots political culture and organization might bring with it the risk of our following an authoritarian route…
The righteous demand for justice now should go hand in hand with the construction of an enduring, underlying movement. Here again we must move beyond the tensions between revolutionary spontaneists for whom all things are achievable at once (spontaneists who forget that they have been or are such with decades of the workers' movement behind them) and the Stalinist movements which reckon that we should all wait for our orders to arrive.
Supporters of a revolution, which is to say of a society freed of capitalism, are jaded at present. Especially those who were around for the past few decades. A time when, for many workers, the issue was not knowing whether a revolution needed making but when and how to go about making one…
Paradoxically, signing up for the long haul is the surest and fastest route. We have to take everything back to the start and ponder a body of actions and ideas that might build up to a genuine revolutionary movement. Besides the classic tools of trade unionism, there is a chance to build up a reservoir of thought that may crystallize a response to capitalism. We shouldn't feel any sort of a complex when dealing with intellectuals, left or right. The federalist mode of operating magnifies our strength, for the networking of our ideas multiplies their strength. We reject the gulf between intellectuals and people, between party and trade union. We are all one and theory and practice are forever cross-fertilizing one another.
Anarcho-syndicalism should be profoundly popular and we must equip ourselves for this. Equipping ourselves means sparing a thought for the actual circulation of our publications, which seems obvious enough, but it applies also to searching for other ways of making propaganda.
Most of our propaganda originates with militants and is intelligible only to other militants. It is not enough for a tract to be distributed; it needs to be read as well. Our movement is still too focused upon the world of the militant and too heedful of what the militants from other organizations (or without organizations) are thinking, and not sufficiently alive to ways of genuinely communicating our ideas to the masses. The important point is to break out of the militant universe that has been arguing over the sex of angels ever since the siege of Constantinople.
True, this calls for effort of quite a different sort. Rather than disquisition about the finer points of the [anarchist] Synthesis and the Platform [of Libertarian Communists] for the consumption of anarchists, or about Trotsky's part in Kronstadt for the benefit of Lutte Ouvrière members, or about the dangers posed by the National Front or indeed the treachery of the socialists, we must, as a matter of urgency, make ourselves intelligible to the majority of the population. The written word is extremely important and trade unionism must remain a schoolroom encouraging us all to read. But confining ourselves to the intellectual practice of the written word is elitist: acting as if everybody had ready access to the world of the written word equally so. The priority for the anarcho-syndicalist movement… is to target others for our ideas and actions by other means, starting with audio and video…
Among the classical formats of the revolutionary movement, there is this one: a small but 'attuned' number of people organize themselves into a group founded upon moral and ideological attitudes and then try to influence more broadly based movements or organizations. This is the outlook that spawned Stalinism and all its horrors. Moral beings end up sacrificing themselves or in countenancing everything in the name of efficacy. Efficacy: the word has been an excuse for all manner of criminality! True, efficacy is to be wished for, but one step at a time.
Alternatively, people organize on the basis of interests. Misconstrued short term interests lead to a corporatist trade unionism… But there is also such a thing as long-term self-interest.
We should not reject self-interest: it is a more peaceable course than the moralistic route. The moralistic route cannot be squared with libertarian thinking since it consists of seeking what is good for others, in spite of them.
This is how trade unionism should be, a congregation of individuals driven by their respective self-interest. We must have done with these notions of vanguards and active minorities who look upon themselves as the sole repositories of class consciousness. Anarcho-syndicalism, if we have to use big words, is the very opposite of this: it sees itself as a popular movement of regular people, not some clique of militants, not some "elite trade unionism".
On the other hand this is a trade unionism which is a vehicle for values that are part and parcel of it, values such as anti-clericalism, anti-militarism, feminism, these being the values of trade unionism rather than political values injected into trade unionism. Engagement with anti-militarism or ecology is a logical consequence of trade unionism.
The confusion arises from the fact that the political parties have made such activities their own and, above all, have sought to restrict the unions' sphere of operations to straightforward wage claims. The political parties (whether they run for election or not) cannot countenance the existence of an organization that rejects the dividing line between individuals driven by a moral craving and those who band together on the basis of their interests. The fact remains that the best long term means of raising class consciousness, to use some grandiose terms, is actually for these two approaches, the moral and the interest-based, to be married.
The party political approach designed to cream off "the best elements" of the trade unions, or whatever movements and collectives, for the "nobler" organization is the most absurd, in that it belittles the political maturity (logos) of the "people". A change of society is not achievable by violence from above and mind-sets cannot be altered by decree. An idea has to be widespread throughout society.
Awarding the party exclusive title to do the thinking renders the entire set-up precarious. It is made up of normal people with their good points and shortcomings. One does not join a trade union on the basis of taking an exam on its thinking, but because it has something to offer us. Then again, a trade union is more than just a fight for wages; it is a culture, a collective school, embodying values which are held in esteem.
Democracy within the organization is a risk that has to be taken. An genuinely democratic organization has no taboos, no immutable rules. Certain revolutionaries (actually most of them), including the anti-authoritarians, libertarians and others among them, are democrats only up to a point. They aim to put "strait-jackets" on the organizations they build, failing to see that they are smuggling in a fundamental contradiction threatening the entire edifice right from the outset.
In a genuinely democratic trade union, every wage earner is free to join and partake in the life of his or her trade union, including tinkering with the means of the union and diverting it away from the initial goal the earliest members of the union set themselves. Unless one takes this risk of democracy by, say, building immutable values into the union, then those values go unchampioned and are no longer pertinent but dead. Which is precisely what Simone Weil meant when she wrote that the trade unions were dead organizations!
The values that strike us as important, simply because they are imposed by the statutes of the trade union, require no further explanation and are in no danger of spreading. This is a paradox in which many revolutionary organizations (including – indeed, especially – the anarchist ones) are trapped.
By contrast, in a free society there is no such imposition; these things are thrashed out. It is always an issue whether the values we champion ought to be defended in a democratic organization. Those values, which some would describe in a non-democratic context as ideology… are communist and anarchist values; in short, the values of the revolutionary movement. They have one meaning in the context of a democratic organization wherein they are up for argument and rebuttal, whereas they become ridiculous or dangerous if they are confined within a political party or trade union that lays down inflexible rules in order to defend them.
To conclude on this point, if some would rather stay inside a pure organization with specific rules, we ourselves would rather run the risk of having one day to leave the organization we are building. Freedom cannot be imposed, which is why a genuinely functioning democracy is rickety and risky, but it could hardly be otherwise.
Trade unionism in the proper sense is revolutionary… But it is the structure which is revolutionary, rather than its component members. Regular people are the ones who join trade unions and they are revolutionaries because of their self-organization, rather than being revolutionaries in the militant and personal sense of the term.
So let us roll up our sleeves and reflect upon the mistakes of the past, especially as they relate to revolutionary syndicalism, without thereby being prevented from experimenting, and let us leave it to the union membership to deal with the logic of whatever needs they may encounter.
Cyrille Gallion


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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Sullivan Street Potato Pizza
I've been itching to bake this pizza for a few weeks. The color photograph in the book looks wonderful. But it's pizza dough, lots of potatoes, onion, rosemary, and olive oil. No cheese, no tomatoes. Just potatoes and bread. The kind of thing that would make your mother say, disapprovingly, "You don't need two starches." Or maybe you'd say that to yourself, especially if you just got off a low-carb diet. But the picture looks so good. I figured it would either be spectacularly good or dull. It was actually both.
The bites at the edge of the pizza, where the crust was golden brown, and the potatoes were soft yet crisp, and there were little bits of onion and salt--those bites were fabulous. The middle of the pizza, which stuck to the pan, and where the potatoes were neither soft nor crisp, were mediocre.
When I looked at the picture in Artisan Baking again, I saw that the pizza was on a pizza stone. Well, no wonder. My problems with pizza in the past have always been because I was too cowardly to bake the pizza dough directly on a hot stone. After getting encouraging comments from readers, I finally dared to do it, and it did make an amazing difference. If only I had remembered this learning experience, I might have used it.
I made only half the recipe, and it was more than enough for two people. If you make the full recipe, you'll have a lot of pizza.
The dough is one of those miracle doughs, like the focaccia recipe in The Bread Bible. It's very, very wet, and it doesn't look like it's ever going to do anything. Then, after a good 20 minutes, it starts to come together, and suddenly it's a real dough.
This is a great pizza to make on a weekend because you can mix it up in the late morning, and have the afternoon free before you have to come back and start working on it again.
After the dough has risen and rested, it's pretty easy to stretch out onto a pizza pan (although I've just told you that I shouldn't have used the pan). It does need to rest for about 10 minutes (or longer) or it will pretend that it's moving toward the edge of the pan and then it will just slither back into place.
I squeezed the potatoes, and put them in a colander, and dried them with towels. They still didn't get as dry as I would have liked, but the dough was ready and I was hungry, so I just plunked them on top of the dough, and brushed them with more olive oil. (I didn't use all the potatoes, by the way, and I don't think you need 4 pounds--I would use only about half the recommended amount. I'd also use more than the recommended amount of rosemary).
The pizza bakes for nearly 40 minutes, which is really quite pleasant because it smells amazingly good when it's cooking. When I took it out of the oven, I thought that I had achieved pizza nirvana. It was the best looking crust I've ever achieved.
The picture in the cookbook is of a large rectangular pizza baked in a half-sheet pan. Because I cut the recipe in half, I used a round pizza pan.
I think the deck is stacked against a pizza maker using a home kitchen. You just can't get a hot enough oven. If I were to do this again, I think what I'd do is oil a big piece of parchment paper and shape the pizza on parchment. Then I'd transfer the parchment to a pizza peel and slide it right onto a preheated baking stone. I think then you'd get all the delicious flavor and crunchiness without the sticking-to-the-pan problem.
If anyone has made this pizza, I'd love to hear how it went for you.
Sullivan Street Potato Pizza
--from Artisan Baking, by Maggie Glezer
For two 13 x 9-inch pans, or one half-sheet pan
3/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons (130 grams) unbleached bread flour
3/4 cup plus 2 T. (130 grams) unbleached all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. instant yeast
1 1/4 cups (285 grams) lukewarm water
1/2 tsp. granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
Extra-virgin olive oil.
Mix the flours and yeast in a mixing bowl. Using the paddle attachment, add water on low speed until the batter comes together. Increase the speed to medium and beat for 20-25 minutes until it cleans the bowl and comes together. (If it hasn't started to come together in 20 minutes, add a few pinches more flour). The dough should still be quite weg. Add sugar and salt and mix for another 2-3 minutes.
Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it rise about 4 hours.
Coat the baking pan or pans with olive oil. Pour the dough directly into the pan. With hands coated with olive oil, press the dough into a thin layer. Let it rest for 10-15 minutes, and then finish pressing it into the whole pan. It will be quite thin. Cover and let rise for another hour.
Meanwhile, slice 7 Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled (about 4 pounds) into thin slices. Toss them with salt and let them exude moisture for about 15 minutes. Squeeze them dry in a colander to release more of their liquid. Toss them with a thinly sliced onion and about 2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary.
About 30 minutes before baking, preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 C) and put one rack on the oven's top shelf. If using two pans, put another rack on the lower third.
After the dough is proofed, spread on the potato topping. Brush with olive oil and sprinkle with more salt. Bake until the potatoes are brown at the edges and easily pierced with the tip of a knife, about 40 minutes.
22 comments:
Hi Marie,
I've made this pizza just 3 weeks ago for the 3rd time. I did the full recipe and made it in a half sheet pan. I don't have any problem with sticking because I spread a generous amount of olive oil on the pan before spreading the dough out. All that oil really helps to make the dough crispy, too!
I bake on the top shelf directly under the coils (I have an electric oven with coils on both top and bottom).
After the recommended amount of baking time, I slide the whole pizza right out of the pan (effortlessly because of all the oil) onto the baking stone on the bottom rack and cook until crispy. It's perfect everytime.
- Astrid said...
It looks delicious. I felt driven to comment because I used to go almost daily to Sullivan Street Bakery when I lived in New York, and potato pizza was my favorite. The idea is indeed strange, but the result unbelievably good. It sounds like you're nearly there.
- breadbasketcase said...
Thanks for the hints. I put what I considered to be a generous amount of olive oil on the pan, but I guess it wasn't generous enough. What happens when the very oily bottom of the pizza meets the baking stone? It seems like there would be a lot of smoke.
Thanks for the comment. Isn't the Sullivan Street Bakery the one that's famous for coming up with the no-knead bread idea?
- Melinda said...
I first had a potato and rosemary pizza in Naples 2 years ago. It was really good and it was from a greasy spoon type looking place. I was surprised how good it was.
I think the direct on the baking stone should give you even better results. Your fancy pants oven can do it, if any oven can!
Your pizza looks so tempting. I'd break my no bread and cake ban for a slice.
- breadbasketcase said...
I didn't think it was an authentic pizza--I figured it was an American rendition of a focaccia-like bread topped with a mixture of Italian and non-Italian ingredients. (I never think of potatoes as being Italian, but I guess they are). I'm so glad I made something that you got in a Neapolitan greasy spoon! It makes me feel so worldly.
Don't break your ban until you're all better. Then you can go back to Naples and eat the real thing.
- Bunny said...
I've never seen a pizza like this, oh I bet it was good!!
- breadbasketcase said...
I'd love to go to NYC and eat a piece of the real thing to compare it to what I made.
Boy, this looks great!
The temperature of 425 is lower than sometimes recommended for Pizza, but 500 would brown up the crust before the potatoes are done. A conundrum there.
My oven can get up to the 500 degrees, but not all can.
Do the directions say to take out of the pizza pan and onto a stone after the potatoes are done? That may be the clincher.
Rod: Can your oven run both upper and lower coils simultaneously? Or do you switch between baking and broiling settings?
- breadbasketcase said...
You're right--it doesn't bake like a regular pizza. It's a lower temp and a longer time (to accommodate the potatoes, I suppose).
No, the directions don't say to put it on the stone, but that might work, although since mine was sticking to the pan, that wouldn't have helped.
I can see that this calls for more experimentation.
- Doughadear said...
Your pizza looks amazing, crust and topping. I've made potato pizza several times (my son often requests it) and it either turns out really really well or not as well as I'd like. My recipe calls for Yukon Gold potatoes using the same method of soaking in salt which I think helps to soften them (I have also found that you usually don't need as many potatoes as the recipe calls for) but sometimes they just don't cook through and I haven't figured out the best temperature to achieve this consistently. However when it turns out well, and I think the quality of the potato helps here, it really is a nice treat.
What I did have success with yesterday being Canada Day was grilled pizza right on the barbeque. It was great!
- breadbasketcase said...
Potato pizza must not be such a rarity as I thought! Is the dough in your recipe a very wet dough, or is it more like regular pizza dough? This is a recipe for Cook's Illustrated to try--making it dozens of different ways to see what yields the perfect potato pizza.
I've also never tried pizza directly on the grill--congratulations on yours!
- Doughadear said...
I used to use a dough by Jim Lahey of Sullivan Street bakery that was featured years ago on Martha Stewart. It was for Pizza Bianca which is dress with only olive oil, rosemary and salt. I used to make this recipe all the time and if I recall correctly it was a wet dough. There was also a Potato Pizza featured from Jim Lahey which is a bit different from the one you posted. It appears that the recipe has since changed from the one featured on Martha Stewart. The recipe I have calls for 3 cups of flour and 1-3/4 cups of water. The revised recipe calls for only 1 cup of cold water. You can check it out by keying in Pizza Bianca by Jim Lahey.
My favourite recipe for pizza dough is Basic Bread Dough for Fougasse that was featured on Martha Stewart years ago.
1 tsp. active dry yeast (instant also works fine)
1 tsp. sugar
1-1/3 cups lukewarm water (315 gr.)
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (26 gr.)
1 tsp. fine sea salt
3-1/2 cups flour (546 gr. Bread or 447gr. all-purpose)
In the bowl of a heavy-duty electric mixer fitted with a dough-hook attachment, combine yeast, sugar, and water, and stir to blend. Let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. Stir in oil and salt.
Add flour, a little at a time, mixing at the lowest speed until most of the flour has been absorbed, and the dough forms a ball. Continue to mix at the lowest speed until soft and satiny but still firm, 4 to 5 minutes. Add additional flour, if necessary, to keep the dough from sticking. The dough will be quite soft.
Transfer the dough to a bowl, cover tightly with plastic wrap, and place in the refrigerator. Let the dough rise in the refrigerator until doubled or tripled in bulk, 8 to 12 hours. The dough can be kept for 2 to 3 days in the refrigerator. Simply punch down the dough as it doubles or triples.
I usually omit the refrigerator stage and let is rise at room temperature until doubled.
This dough also makes great baguettes.
Hi Marie,
By the time the pizza was done baking in the pan, it had absorbed enough of the oil so as not to create any smoking when baking directly on the stone. It's definitely worth trying again. Good luck.
Hi Paul,
I've never really checked to see if the top coils come on without the broil setting on. I've never even thought of it. I'll check it out next time. :)
- breadbasketcase said...
You are a fountain of information--thank you!
That's good to know. I sometimes get frustrated by my approach to baking, which is to constantly try new things. I admire the people who persevere enough to perfect recipes.
- pinknest said...
i LOVE this pizza. I have never made it on my own, and yours looks spectacular. I do eat it a lot from the sullivan st bakery, though!! love love love it!!! bravo!
- breadbasketcase said...
I'm very jealous of people who can say things like "I get it a lot from the Sullivan Street Bakery." Guess I'm just jealous of people who live in NYC.
I've had this pizza many times. The other types of pizzas served at Sullivan Bakery are exceptional too. (They are uniformly served in large rectangular slices.) But why add cheese? I feel it detracts from the pizza's beautiful simplicity and stunning taste. Thanks for sharing.
- breadbasketcase said...
There was no cheese on the pizza.
- Amélie said...
I finally got around to making this pizza! I used half the amount of potatoes and cooked it on a baking stone (with parchment paper). It came out perfectly!
- breadbasketcase said...
Your pizza looks delicious--I love how brown and crunchy-looking your crust got.
I used to work at Sullivan Street, and while it was a horrible place to work, I do miss this delicious pizza! Definitely will make it at home soon.
I've tried making the patate pizze from Jim Lahey's book 3 times now and the dough has never risen enough in the 2-hour time frame suggested in the book and here. I BARELY get enough dough for 1 pan let alone two pizza's. Any suggestions?


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