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Relocation & Recruitment Advice
For recruitment in Oman, please contact our consultants at AP Executive. Use our job search function to see our current jobs in Oman.
For recruitment in Oman, please contact our consultants at AP Executive. Use our job search function to see our current jobs in Oman.
Oman is an Arab state situated on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. With Muscat as the capital, and Arabic as the official language, this country supports a complete Islamic Monarchy. The country is 309,500 kilometres squared and hosts a population of 4.829 million (as at 2018). The GDP of the country is just under USD80 billion with a large GDP per capita of USD16,415 (2018). A large amount of government income derives from the country's oil supply.
Like most Arab states in the Gulf, the taxation system is somewhat similar. The Omani tax regime has been considered to be both reasonable and pragmatic in its dealing with taxpayers. The tax system has undergone important changes reflecting the government policy of opening up the economy to foreign investment, and more changes are forthcoming. By and large, taxation is moderate because many of the government's revenues are oil revenues. Therefore, Oman levies no personal income tax, estate tax or gift tax. All entities, both foreign and locally owned, are taxable in Oman. This effort to stimulate foreign international investment has worked, more money is being invested in countries such as Oman due to their attractive tax structures. There is, however, company tax to be paid. The most important tax in Oman is the tax on business income, which is based upon the Corporate Income Tax Law of 1981 and subsequent Royal and Ministerial Decrees. Taxable entities are entities that have a permanent establishment in the country so that any entity that has personnel present in Oman is taxed. Taxable income includes business profit, interest, royalties and capital gains, and is computed on the net income arising in Oman or deemed to have risen in Oman after deducting all ordinary expenses, such as expenditure incurred in producing the gross revenue, bad debts, auditors' fees, depreciation, head office expenses, sponsorship fees and certain donations. Losses may be carried forward for up to five years. Although this absolute Islamic Monarchy is very strict and stringent in some respects, it is evident that they wish to reform foreign international policy. There has been some impressive progress in the establishment of foreign enterprises here, even though there must be an Omani national tied into the business in various matters.
Here are a few useful links.
Although starting a business in Oman can sound daunting, knowledge of the local business landscape and a detailed business plan can make things easier for you.
If one is thinking of relocating to Oman, one has to go through various different bureaucratic procedures. However, there have been improvements in the immigration policy from the perspective of potential foreigners wishing to live and work in Oman. First of all, there are two different possibilities. The first; a standard holiday visa, this entitles one to stay in the country for three months. Secondly, a work permit/visa; this is issued at the request of a competent local sponsor who is responsible for the accuracy of the data entered on the application and on his responsibility to the applicant, who must be at least 21 years but not older than 50 years. The visa is valid for entry 6 months from the date of issue. Visas are valid for a maximum stay of 2 years from the date of entry of the date of the passport stamp. The visa is renewable for similar periods as dictated by work. It allows multiple entries by air.
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Recognising and acknowledging that you are stressed is the first step in the transformation process. What you don't know, you can't change. In most instances, the mere fact that you have taken stock and accepted that you're stressed also allows you to see reasons why. You may not have that magic wand to sprinkle fairy dust and make it all go away, but you can certainly use a range of lifestyle choices to ease some pressure and give yourself some breathing space. Here is a selection of powerful stress-busting techniques to choose from:
Getting your beauty sleep
Whether you're a lark or a night owl, sleep is not a luxury, nor is it something to be caught up at weekends, or saved for holidays. Sleep is probably the most powerful, but natural, stress transformer we have and it's free!
Without banking sufficient sleep hours into your 'account', not only is your body unable to regenerate but, more importantly, your brain winds down, hindering your ability to think clearly and keep your emotions balanced. We are meant to spend around one third of our lives asleep and yet it's the first activity we sacrifice when the pressure is on. Why? Healthy sleep is one of the sure-fire ways of maintaining youthful, resilient, vitality of both body and mind and allowing us to cope better with stress.
But how much sleep is enough? If you've been scrimping on your sleep for whatever reason, it's time for a re-think. Adults, regardless of gender, typically need between 7 and 9 hours of sleep a night for optimal brain and body function. Under-sleeping by even one hour every weeknight amounts to a monumental 5 hours of sleep debt by the time the weekend arrives impossible to recoup. But, just like your bank overdraft, sleep debt has to be repaid. All too often the price is your health and spiralling stress levels as you increasingly lack the resilience to adapt to the pressures of life.
Positive self-talk
You are what you think. The orientation of your self-talk can mean the difference between super hero or super zero. Our thoughts underpin our beliefs and beliefs quickly become self-fulfilling prophecies. What we believe determines what we do, so if we believe we can't do something, or clog up our mind with negative thoughts, we will remain stuck in our unhappy stressed-out state. Negative thoughts can seriously limit our experiences and quality of life.
Conversely, if our self-talk is positive, even if that means consciously reframing a negative thought, our behaviour and life experience follows suit. As part of the re-framing process, ask yourself these 3 questions:
- What else could 'this' mean?
- Is there a positive flip side I can reach for?
- How else can I think about this?
Use a notebook if you need to in the beginning, but note your negative self-talk and change it. Negative thinking is a luxury we can ill afford.
Grounding in green spaces
Do you feel better when you're outside in nature, barefoot on the green grass, under a sunny blue sky? Doesn't everyone? Well it's not all about the sunshine. It's a lot to do with electrons. The Earth maintains a negative electrical potential on its surface. So when you're in direct contact with the ground (walking, sitting, or laying down on the earth's surface) the earth's electrons are conducted to your body, which synchronises us to the same electrical potential. Living in direct contact with the Earth grounds your body, inducing favourable physiological and electrophysiological changes that promote optimum health eg. proper functioning of the immune system, circulation and synchronisation of biorhythms to name just a few. This electron exchange during grounding is also deeply relaxing and stress-relieving.
These positive effects from 'grounding' aren't surprising because throughout our evolutionary history humans have been in constant contact with the Earth. It's so simple - next time you're on the grass, a beach or the earth, take your shoes off and synchronise a little.
Releasing your inner recreational 'drug'
Cannabis isn't the only source of 'feel-good' cannabinoids out there. Your brain can make them too! Cannabinoids may be responsible for cannabis' classification as an illicit drug in many countries, but you can become your own legal dealer just by working out a bit more. For many years endorphins were thought to be behind the post work-out euphoria or 'runner's high', but actually we now know it's down to cannabinoids endocannabinoids, because we make them in our bodies. It's fascinating to find that there are more cannabinoid receptors in the brain than there are receptors for other well-known brain neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin, and ten times more than the opioid receptors. We also have cannabinoid receptors in our digestive systems and reproductive organs. Getting physically active on a regular basis not only brings you a lean, fit, healthy body, but also a serene antidote to stress. Not only that, endocannabinoids also protect your brain's neurons from early death, which is hugely important in maintaining cognitive function as we age.
Committing to the present moment
Easier said than done. When we're stressed, part of the reason for the stress is not knowing what to do to get out of where we find ourselves. It seems like a mountain of steps have to be taken all at once if we are to stop ourselves from drowning. Life feels out of control and it's a natural impulse to keep looking outwards at all those steps in front of us that feel so overwhelming. But it's actually the step right in front of us, in the here and now, that holds the key to release. All we need to do is stop looking into the stressful future, take a breath and connect fully to the present moment.
Change always begins with one step. Only one. So, try doing what our ancestors did: look to the sky and find your guiding star. Go out into the night sky. Sit in peace. Look up at the stars. Relax a little and take a moment to get away from the stress of your life and all those overwhelming steps in front of you. In the space and the quiet, in the relief and the stillness, you will regain focus. And you will feel the one step that's in front of you. Have the courage to take that first step and commit to a daily practice of immersing yourself in the present moment even if it's just a fleeting 30 secs in your busy day.
You have time now to practice some of these lifestyle transformers before the next blog in this 'Quit Stressing' series. Next time, Rob will outline what a stress-busting nutritional toolbox should look like and why you definitely want Nuzest's Good Green Stuff and Clean Lean Protein in it.

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Yesterday, I wrote a blog post about my reaction to Molly Worthen's NY Times article, "Wanted: A Theology of Atheism" for the UU Humanist Association's blog. It doesn't address her thesis (that I agree with), that the new "atheist churches" need to be aware of their philosophical heritage. (She calls this theology though she mostly talks about moral systems.) Instead, it points out how that the heritage of Humanism in UU congregations isn't even mentioned and considers why that is. I would love comments from Concord Area Humanists.


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George (Đokić) of Canada
His Grace Bishop George or Georgije (Đokić) is the ruling hierarch of the Diocese of Canada of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America. His installation was in 1984. His jurisdiction includes all of Canada
Bishop George was born into the pious family of father Hadzi-Krsta and mother Krunija in 1949 in the town of Gorne Crnjelovo near Bijeljina, Yugoslavia, now Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina formed after the breakup of Yugoslavia in the last decade of the twentieth century. Of his siblings one brother, Constantine, is bishop of Central Europe, another, Ljubomir, is a priest in Vrsanima near Bijeljina. His sister Nadežda is a nun at the Tavna Monastery.
In 1962, Georgije joined the Tavna Monastery followed by his serving God at the monasteries at Ozren, Kosijerevo, Transfiguration (Ovcar Banja), Savina, and Studenica before he completed his education at the monastic school at Ostrog Monastery. Georgije was tonsured a monk at Ozren Monastery on February 11, 1971.
On February 12, 1971, he was ordained on deacon, following on February 15, with his ordination as hieromonk. Bishop Longin, then, appointed him as spiritual father of the Tavna Monastery. While at Tavna Monastery Fr. George completed his studies at the Seminary of St. Arsenius in Sremski Karlovci and then entered the Theological Faculty in Belgrade. He continued his postgraduate studies at Loughborough University in England.
On May 16, 1984, Fr. George was elected bishop by the synod of the Church of Serbia. He was consecrated on July 8, 1984 at the Cathedral Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Belgrade by Patriarch German, Bishop Miltun of Timok, and Bishop Basil of Zvornik-Tuzla.
Following his consecration in 1984, Bp. George was assigned to the newly formed Diocese of Canada. During his tenure in office Bp. George has added structure to the diocesan organization, taken part in the establishment for the diocese of many parishes and of the first its first monastery. Additionally, he founded the Federation of the Circle of Serbian Sisters and the diocesan magazine "Istočnik".
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Andy Murray Presser: Relief Is Probably The Best Word To Describe How I'm Feeling Right Now [Video]
What a memorable night for Andy Murray and his fans. The Scot ended a 76-year British Grand Slam drought by winning the US Open title tonight in magnificent fashion, defeating defending champion Novak Djokovic 76(10), 75, 26, 36, 62 in a 4 hour, 54 minute marathon.
Like his coach Ivan Lendl, Murray was 0-4 lifetime in Grand Slam finals and near the end it appeared destined to continue. But after dropping the third and fourth sets in decided fashion Murray roared back in the fifth.
Murray's title in his third of the year after Brisbane and the Olympic gold in London last month. He'll also move up a spot to No. 3 in the new ATP World Tour rankings.
Djokovic still leads Murray in their head-to-head 8-7. The two split two incredible 5-set Grand Slam matches this year.
The Scot finished the match with 31 winners, 56 unforced errors and he was 8 of 17 on break points.
Afterward, an elated and relieved Murray spoke to the press:
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Interview room presser:
Q. First of all, congratulations. From my perspective, it looked like you played like a man just possessed out there. Just talk about the fight that you had and the feeling of having this trophy in front of you.
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, I mean, it was obviously a very tough match. You know, mentally, the last three, four days have been pretty tiring. You know, when the conditions have been like they have been, you need to focus so hard, you know, on almost every shot because, you know, the ball is very hard to control. So mentally it was challenging, you know, aside from it being, you know, a slam final and having not won one before, playing against Novak who, you know, on this surface is I mean, in the slams I don't think he's lost for, you know, a couple of years. So it was an incredibly tough match, and, yeah, obviously it felt great at the end. "Relief" is probably the best word I would use to, you know, describe how I'm feeling just now. Yeah, very, very happy that I managed to come through because if I had lost this one from two sets up, that would have been a tough one to take.
Q. You just said "relief." Is there a moment where you thought, "exultation" too?
ANDY MURRAY: I don't know what that means. (Laughter.)
Q. Thrilled, you know, excitement.
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah. I mean, obviously you're feeling a lot of things. You know, like I was obviously very emotional. You know, I cried, you know, a little bit on the court. You're not sad; you're incredibly happy. You're in a little bit of disbelief because when I have been in that position many times before and not won, you do think, you know, Is it ever going to happen? Then when it finally does, you just yeah, you're obviously very, very excited. But, yeah, mainly relieved to have got over that, that last hurdle.
Q. For 76 years British players have carried a millstone around their neck. What is it like to have finally done it?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, I mean, when you're on the court, you don't necessarily feel it, but I know when I was serving for the match, there's a sense of how, you know, how big a moment that is in British tennis history really. So, you know, that obviously adds to it. I know more than most, you know, British players, I have been asked about it many times when I got close to winning Grand Slams before. I get asked about it more and more even after I won the Olympics. I still got asked, When are you going to win a Grand Slam? So, yeah, it's great to have finally done it, and I said in one of the interviews after the match, I hope now, you know, it inspires some kids to play tennis and also takes away the notion that British tennis players choke or don't win or it's not a good sport. You know, it's in a very good place in the UK right now. Obviously Laura has done very well. The Olympics was great for us. Liam Broady was in the final here in the juniors. It's in a good place. I hope it stays that way.
Q. When Novak took that timeout, what was going through your mind? And how did you keep focused on doing the job?
ANDY MURRAY: Actually, I felt fine after I got that break to serve for it at 52. I was still obviously very nervous around sort of 32, 42. You still are a long way from the finish line. When the conditions are like that, really anything can happen. You know, I got myself up after a minute or so of sitting down and just went to the back of the court and thought, you know, Where are you going to serve, first point? Once I got that first point, I settled down and felt fine. I have served matches very well my whole career. I have never really had a problem with it. Yeah, today was the same.
Q. How tough was it at the start of the fifth set when he had come back? Did the other finals go through your mind at all?
ANDY MURRAY: No, I wasn't thinking about the other finals. I was thinking a bit more about what happened the last couple of sets and the situation I kind of found myself in after I guess it was nearly four hours of play by that stage. I went to the toilet after the fourth set and just, you know, had a think and, you know, said, It's just one more set. Give everything. You don't want to come off this court with any regrets. Don't get too down on yourself. Just try and fight. I got a bit fortunate to get the break at the beginning of the set, and that helped. I got a net cord on the slice backhand. Then I settled down a bit after that.
Q. I'm sure you're going to be asked this question a lot: Can you give us a sense how different this was to winning the gold medal in the Olympics? One, a huge victory for the country; the other, a huge victory for you, vindication. How do you compare and contrast them a bit?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, it's definitely different. You know, at the Olympics there was so much going on, you know, with all of the other sports and everyone was doing really well. There was a lot of momentum and stuff. You know, I had also the mixed doubles to focus on a bit. When you know you're guaranteed a couple of silver medals, that also maybe helped me a little bit going into the final there. Whereas here, you know, I was still doubting myself right up to a few minutes before you go on to play the match. You're thinking, you know, Are you going to be able to do this? This is going to be tough. The match against him always is going to hurt, you know, as well. Physically it's challenging. Yeah, it's something I have never done before. I have been in this position many times and not managed to get through. So there is a lot of things you're thinking about before you go out on the court. I am just so relieved, like I said, to finally have got through and can put this one behind me and hopefully win more.
Q. What are your thoughts now on just how difficult the personal road has been for you to get to this first Grand Slam championship?
ANDY MURRAY: I mean, it's been tough because, you know, I have lost a lot of tight matches and semifinals and lost comfortably in my first few slam finals, as well. I mean, obviously not everyone in here sees all of the stuff that goes on away from the court in terms of the training that you do and, you know, I guess the physical sort of suffering, the stuff you put your body through on a weekly basis to try and prepare for these moments so you can play for fourandahalf hours at a high intensity. That's what's tough. I mean, my life is still very, very good. Still very fortunate to be able to do this for a living. But, you know, when you get so close to achieving really my last goal I had left to achieve in tennis in winning a Grand Slam, and when you have been there many times and not done it, it is easy to doubt yourself. You know, I'm just, like I say, glad I managed to finally do it. Happy I was able to do it for all the guys I work with, as well, because they have been with me pretty much from the start and seen all of those things that go on away from the court.
Q. How old were you when you first felt that weight of, you know, the British history? Secondly, when it was slipping away a bit, two sets to Love lead, did you get scared and think, Oh, my God, I'm going to let this slip away from me?
ANDY MURRAY: I didn't feel scared, but it's something that you do like I said, at the end of the fourth set, you are thinking, What's gone on here the last couple of sets? What can I do to try and change it? Obviously when you're playing against someone like Novak who he has come back in a lot of matches, especially here, and he is in very good shape, you're going to have to match him right up until the end. So, yeah, even during the match you're still questioning yourself a bit and you're still doubting yourself a little bit. Yeah, I just managed to stay tough enough today and get through.
Q. How old were you when you first felt that weight?
ANDY MURRAY: I mean, I don't know exactly. I mean, probably when I lost in the Aussie Open final, that may be the first time really, you know, I was starting to feel like, you know, something that kind of everyone was maybe expecting to happen. But I knew deep down how tough it was to do it because of the people you were competing against. So I started to question whether I was going to be able to do it, you know, around that age. But I always worked hard and tried to do all the right things. I'm glad it finally happened.
Q. You have obviously had this fabulous tournament, this fabulous summer, but looking back on the process you just talked about, you may have shared this before, but what was the toughest stretch, the toughest moment or when you had the most doubt?
ANDY MURRAY: After I lost to Novak in Australia last year, I wasn't feeling good at all for pretty much into the clay court season. So that was a good threemonth stretch, three, fourmonth stretch where I really struggled with my game. I struggled, you know, for motivation. I lost and I think I lost in the first round of Indian Wells and Miami. You know, I really wasn't playing well, wasn't enjoying it so much, and I stopped working with Alex Corretja around that time, as well. That was also hard. I mean, since I come on the tour, that was probably the hardest part.
Q. Having four different winners this year in the slams and having you won the Olympics and being in the final of Wimbledon, do you consider yourself the most successful player of the year until now, more or less? Another question: I remember you didn't like to play in wind. You told us many, many times. Did you attend a navigation college in South Hampton to improve your attitude towards playing in the wind?
ANDY MURRAY: No, I didn't. I don't think I have had the best year on the tour, no. I think the last few months have been great for me, but, you know, there is more to the tennis tour than just the Grand Slams. You know, Novak has played great tennis in most of the Masters Series, as well. Roger has got himself back to No. 1. You know, I think it is important to remember the tennis season. It starts in January, finishes in November, there is four slams, but there is also many other tournaments to get to No. 1 in the world, which I think if you're No. 1 you deserve to be the player of the year. You can't just rely on only playing the Grand Slams. You need to do well at the other events, as well. I haven't done as well as I have needed to get to No. 1 in the world. I would say Novak or Roger would be the best players this year. But there is still a few months left. And, no, I didn't do the South Hampton thing.
Q. There is a term in American sports, 'act like you've been there before. Is this utter fatigue you're going through? You appear as if you're coming in here after a big loss, not like the culmination there is the first smile. That's what I'm looking for. You showed so much personality after the loss in Wimbledon and winning the Olympics. Emotionally, what level of euphoria are you going through now that you have this huge accomplishment behind you as opposed to in front of you?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, it's hard to describe because I'm thinking a lot just now. I'm thinking a lot about a lot of different things. I have obviously just seen the guys that I work with, I saw my girlfriend, my mom, you know, all those people. I think everyone is just in a little bit of shock, to be honest, that it's kind of happened. I see my mom after I have lost in slam finals and stuff, and she's been really upset. Everyone is really, really happy, but…
Q. This would be a good time to show it.
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah. (Laughter.) Exactly. I think we're sort of learning from Lendl a little bit. (Laughter.)
Q. Learn the onthecourt stuff, not the off.
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah. He doesn't smile a whole lot. (Laughter.) Yeah, it's hard to explain. It's been a long, long journey to this point. So I'm just I don't know. I don't know if it's disbelief or whatever. I'm very, very happy on the inside. I'm sorry if I'm not showing it as you would like.
Q. Back to 1936 for a minute. I have been in this room many, many times. I have heard the topic, the drought brought up with Tim Henman many times and with you. It's a topic you have had to endure. With this profession comes a ton of pressure. How much pressure has it been, the hopes Britain has had upon you? And it was that way with Tim before and others. Talk about that. And also how great a relief is it to finally have shed that?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, I did get asked about that all of the time for the last few years. Most press conferences I would do I would get asked a question along those sort of lines, and it does build pressure a little bit. You try not to think about it much when you're playing, but like I said, when I was serving for the match, it's something that you you know, I realized how important that moment was, and, you know, for British tennis or British sport. It's something that hasn't happened for a long time obviously in our country. And, yeah, I'm obviously proud that I managed to, you know, to achieve it, and, yeah, I don't have to get asked that stupid question again. (Laughter.)
Q. As a followup, I want to ask: Did the Olympic victory help, too? A stepping stone?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, I think even after Wimbledon this year, I felt much better after losing that match than I had after other slams. The support I had afterwards was something I hadn't really experienced before. That also helped me to get over it quickly. The Olympics was I mean, it was obviously huge for me. It was the biggest week of my life, for sure. But still today, you know, before the match, when I was sitting in the locker room beforehand, like I say, there are still doubts. You're still thinking, If I lose this one, you know, no one's ever lost their first five finals. You know, I just didn't really want to be that person. It was good to win.
Q. You talked about feeling different going into the Olympic final after Wimbledon. Going into this US Open final, did it feel different? If so, how?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, going into the Olympic final I felt different than going into the Wimbledon final. I think I dealt with both situations fairly well. I wasn't too nervous. But like I say, today I was very nervous before the match. You know, like I say, I was doubting myself a bit. I mean, I don't know whether winning the Olympics helped me today or not, but, you know, I don't think the Olympics victory, when I got into the fifth set there, that wasn't something I was thinking about, you know, at all.
Q. But your mentality going in. You said the mentality going in after Wimbledon…
ANDY MURRAY: No, I felt coming to this tournament I felt much better than I had done maybe going into slams in the past. I felt more comfortable with myself. But today when you're playing for a Grand Slam and it's something I haven't done before, my mentality wasn't, Well, I won the Olympics, so today is going to be a breeze and I'm going to deal with the situation really well. You know, I was very nervous in a couple of hours leading up to the match.
Q. The fact you had to fight so hard, the quarters, the semis, beating three tough opponents in a row, and then Novak, does that make the win any more sweet?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, I think well, I mean, however I got my first slam after the losses I have had, it was going to feel great. But this tournament, I didn't really feel like I played my best. I felt like, you know, the matches maybe sometimes because of the conditions, you just have to try and find a way and get through. But, yeah, I mean, the final today, I think it meant more to me winning it in fourandahalf hours and the fiveset match and having been up two sets to nothing and him coming back, you know, will have meant more to me because of that.
Q. You have ticked off various things obviously with two massive wins. Would becoming world No. 1 about be the next target in your only personal performance?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, all players, once you get near to the top of the game, that's one of the goals is to try and get to the world No. 1. I can't say this year it's necessarily possible for me to do it because I didn't have a particularly good clay court season and I didn't do well in the Masters Series in Cincinnati and Montreal and also in Indian Wells. I had too many losses early in those tournaments. But that is the next step. To do that, you need to be consistent throughout the whole year. That's something that Novak and Roger and Rafa have done incredibly well the last few years. He made it very, very difficult for guys to get up there. I'm definitely going to try. It's something I'd love to do, to get to No. 1. It's a very tough thing to do.
Q. Other than the fan support that you get at Wimbledon and the Olympics, have you ever had this much support on the road? And were you prepared for Djokovic perhaps to be the fan favorite tonight?
ANDY MURRAY: I always had very good support in New York since I came the first time. I mean, I was 18 at the time when I played the seniors here the first time. I always had really good support. Tonight I didn't you know, I had no real expectations of who they would rather win, you know, but I think they wanted to see a great match. You know, they wanted to see a long match. At the start, they were supporting us fairly equally. Then the third and fourth sets they seemed to be going for him a bit more. Then the beginning of the fifth, you know, the support was back with me. It was, yeah, it was just quite up and down. I think they have obviously seen a lot of tennis here. They wanted to see a great match. Yeah, the support at the end and the atmosphere we got to play in tonight was incredible.
Q. Since you're dreaming about winning your Grand Slam, did you make any promise to yourself what happened if I won a Grand Slam? Can you share it? When you started the coachathlete's relationship, did you make a promise to Ivan if I win a Grand Slam…
ANDY MURRAY: No. Knowing him, you know, after we will have a chat about the match tonight and then we will be discussing, unfortunately, the practice schedule for the next few weeks before the tournaments in China. (Laughter.) But, I mean, in the past before some of the slams, like in Australia and stuff, I had spoken to the guys I worked with and said, you know, If I win, we will do this. One of them was jumping out of a plane. One of them was everyone had to shave their heads. But, yeah, for this one, we had none, unfortunately.
Q. The late great Fred Perry was a great earthy guy; didn't exactly come through in a traditional British way. If you could be magically sitting down with him in a back room over here chatting for a moment or two, what would you say to him and what do you think he'd say to you?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, I mean, obviously I don't know. I never got the chance to meet him. But it would have been nice to have spoken to someone from Britain that had, you know, won major tournaments before. That definitely would have helped me if I would have got the chance. But, you know, I used to wear his clothing line when I was growing up. Yeah, I mean, I'm sure he's smiling from up there that someone has finally managed to do it from Britain. Yeah, I'm very, very happy, and I just hope it's not a long, long way I hope I can see another British player in my lifetime win a Grand Slam.
Q. You never heard about BBC radio? He was on the radio. That was before your time?
ANDY MURRAY: I think so, or I may have been a very young kid. But I haven't heard him on the radio.
Q. Talking about smiles, there was a moment when you and Ivan Lendl were able to smile together after the match. Did he tell you anything that you can tell us after this match?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, I saw all of the guys in the locker room afterwards, and, yeah, I saw him. He just said, you know, I'm proud of you; well done. We had a hug. Then someone sprayed champagne all down my back and over him. I think it was Danny. That kind of ended that. He started swearing. (Laughter.) Yeah, and that was that.
Q. During the past two weeks I don't know if anyone worked harder than you on the practice courts. What drives you to work so hard?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, moments like this, I think. That's why we do it. It's why we play the game and put all the work in off the court. You know, if I hadn't trained hard I wouldn't have been able to last. My match a couple of days ago was four hours; today it was four and a half hours. So that's really what it's for, for moments like this. Sometimes you question whether it's all worth it and I have done that a few times but after the summer that I have had, you realize that it is worth it. There's only one way to get where you want to be, and that's with hard work and dedication.
Q. You talked about the doubts that you have had. What have you proved to yourself today?
ANDY MURRAY: Well, I proved that, you know, I can win the Grand Slams. I proved that I can last fourandahalf hours and come out on top against, you know, one of the strongest guys physically that tennis had probably seen especially on this surface. So they would probably be the things that I would say I have learned tonight. But, you know, to not doubt myself physically and mentally from now on. You know, I'm sure that would have a positive impact in the future.
Q. The easy play for us is to say that Ivan was a game changer for you. Was he? If so, how? What do you think was the key?
ANDY MURRAY: I think he definitely helped, that's for sure. I mean, it's hard to say in terms of a percentage how much difference he will have made. There was a lot of people that around the middle part of this year didn't think that it was working well and I wasn't learning from him that it wasn't just, you know, a good situation. But, you know, I have enjoyed working with him. I have listened to him a lot. You know, he's definitely, definitely helped. Having him in your corner for any player would be a big bonus. Not many guys have won as much as he did want to go into coaching or want to be around tennis. I think because he had such a long break after he finished, you know, he wanted to get back into it. I think he's enjoying it. You know, he was obviously one of the most successful tennis players ever. You know, I'm sure it gave a little boost to his ego tonight, as well, that I won today, you know, after just sort of nine months with him. (Laughter.) It's been great so far, and I hope we can keep working well together.
Q. Is there a certain message he gave you, Be more aggressive? Toughness? What?
ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, I think it was the thing just to try to keep going for my shots and giving 110%, you know, not leave anything out there on the court, because, you know, he knows how hard Grand Slams are to come by and how hard you need to work to give yourself a chance to win them. You don't want to, you know, step off the court not doing yourself justice. I felt maybe couple years ago in Australia a couple of years ago when I played Novak in the final there I didn't necessarily do, and that hurt me a lot. That's probably why I struggled for a few months afterwards. If I had lost tonight it would have hurt a lot, but I would have known I would have tried my best and given it 110%. That's what he asks of me. If I do that, then he's happy.
Q. You spoke a lot about the enormous relief you're feeling at the moment. How do you think this might change you either as a person or in the way you do business on the court?
ANDY MURRAY: I hope it doesn't change me as a person. That would be a bad thing. I think on the court, you know, hopefully if I get into situations like this in the future I won't be having all the doubts that I was having before the match today. I will maybe just be a little more confident than I was before this tournament. That's actually it. You know, I hope it doesn't change too much. You know, I'm still gonna going to have all the same friends and family and stay in the same house and train in the same places. Nothing much is going to change in that respect. There may be a few more busy press conferences now and a little bit more demands on my time, but that's part of the job and that's worth it.
Q. Getting married?
ANDY MURRAY: Justin's told me all about married life, and he said it's not all that…
Q. It's way tougher.
ANDY MURRAY: No. Well, I don't have any plans for it just now.
Q. Yesterday Victoria Azarenka said after losing to Serena that she felt blessed to play in the era of Serena Williams, a woman who has beaten her 10 out of 11 times. She said the reason she felt blessed was because it drove her to raise her level of tennis beyond what she was otherwise. You are playing in an era of greatness as well. There has been conversation about you breaking into the strata of Roger and Rafa and Novak. Novak said he felt privileged to play in this era. Talk about that and what it means to do what you have had to do to crack into what you have done tonight?
ANDY MURRAY: I mean, I have always said that, you know, playing against these guys makes you much better. When you see physically how strong someone like Rafa is, I played him many times, you know, that drives you. You see also how hard he works. That makes you realize what you have to do nowadays, I think, to get to the top of the game and to compete with those guys. You know, I obviously played Roger many times, as well. You know, just the way that he plays, the consistency that he's shown over the last whatever, seven, eight, nine, ten years, I think it's going to be tough to see that again. Obviously Novak, the last few years, you know, you see the way he moves around the court. He took things I think especially on a hard court to a new level. Yeah, I'm very happy to be part of this era in tennis. I think everyone probably in here would agree it's one of the best ever. I think playing against them has made me improve so much. You know, I always said that maybe if I played another era maybe I would have won more, but I wouldn't have been as good a tennis player. I think that's how you should be judged at the end of your career, not just on how much you're winning but on the people you're competing against and how good a player you actually were. Those guys are some of the best of all time.
Q. A few minutes ago you spoke of this being a long journey. What gives you the most satisfaction now of what you have overcome during that journey?
ANDY MURRAY: I don't know. I mean, I think probably, I mean, proving to myself that I could do it. Like I said, there are times where you don't really think you know, I'm sure there are a lot of people that thought you know, I have been questioned when I was younger. I didn't work hard enough and, you know, that I wasn't mentally strong enough and I didn't listen to my coaches and stuff. You know, I always did listen to my coaches. I just was very immature sometimes on the court. I have tried to improve that side of things. Yeah, I think I just proving to myself is probably the most pleasing part about tonight, because there are times when I didn't know if I was going to be able to do it.
Q. There were a lot of extraordinary points, sort of another aspect of this era, all the great defense. How does the body feel after fourandahalf hours of that?
ANDY MURRAY: It definitely feels a lot better when you win. (Laughter.) You know, on this surface especially things hurt a lot in the morning. I actually normally when I play on hard courts take painkillers most days before matches. Actually today was the only day I took any painkillers during the tournament. I felt really good for the most part in terms of, you know, my joints and stuff. But it does take a lot out of the body, and this is for sure the most demanding surface. You know, you can wake up with stiff back, hips, knees. I can't do it, but the way Novak slides on the court I'm sure his ankles and stuff are pretty sore in the morning. But, yeah, I actually feel fine just now. I think maybe because it wasn't that warm out there. I feel fine just now. I felt fine at the end of the match. Hopefully I would have been able to go a little bit longer.
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On 5 November Abba Seraphim addressed the boys and staff of Westminster School assembled in Westminster Abbey on the topical matter of the 1605 Gunpowder Treason Plot. He noted that although Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators had just grievances concerning the treatment of Catholics, it was clearly an act of treason and the effect of the plot was the exact opposite to what the conspirators had intended; as it led to a hardening of attitudes against Catholics and delayed Catholic Emancipation for a further 224 years. Recent terrorist attacks remind us of the ever-present threat resulting from fanatics with a cause. Violence may appear to strike a powerful and significant blow at the time but it can, by its very nature, only be destructive.
Having spoken of our Lord Jesus Christ's commands to follow the way of peace, Abba Seraphim instanced the present civil war in Syria, which began as a laudable desire to be free from an authoritarian government but has only brought death and destruction on a terrible scale. He concluded by referring to the Buddha and Gandhi's rejection of violence.
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Horror! Shame! Ignominy!… no, seriously, it's that funny..
"'What can Slovenia do to secure a meeting between Prime Minister Pahor and President Obama"' asked foreign minister Samuel Žbogar, exposes WikiLeaks
Slovenia is again a topic in the exposed secret US diplomatic documents and again the issue is the desire of Slovene PM Borut Pahor to meet US President Barack Obama
According to German Spiegel, foreign minister Samuel Žbogar was inquiring with US representatives as to what conditions must be met to make such a meeting hapen."
Hillary: "Eeer, Samuel? You remeber those meetings? There's something you should know…" (source)
This, more or less is the lead of today's article on RTVSLO (state radio and television) website. This comes only a day after PM Borut Pahor called a press conference and denied allegations of horse-trading with the Americans, basically saying that a) yes, he'd like to meed Obama, b) would be glad to take in a Gitmo detainee regardless and c) he never linked anything to anything else, regardless of what the cable says and when (somewhat predictably, since it's their document which is causing all this embarrassment) the new US Ambassador to Slovenia Joseph Mussomeli issued a written statement saying basically the same thing, adding that PM Pahor is an honest and honourable man. Someone's lying.
Or, better yet, someone can't really read. My money's on the latter. The infamous Spiegel article has been around for at least 72 hours. Pengovsky was first alerted to it by alcessa. I linked to it again yesterday. It was then linked to again by Žiga Turk (a prominent member of opposition SDS). In short, this shit is old by internet standards.
Even more important, this is part of the same story. Half-wits at RTVSLO – well, their web section at least – for reasons that are known only to them infer that there was a second cable (Slovenia is again a topic… and the issue again is…) which in addition to PM Pahor implicated FM Žbogar as well.
However, there is no "again" here. Not yet, anyhow. Der Spiegel, NY Times, El Pais and Guardian all worked with the same set of documents (the entire 250k+ batch) and they all saw it fit to expose Slovenia-US horse-trading. And save the sole cable posted yesterday by El Pais, none of the cables pertaining to Slovenia have been released by WikiLeaks yet. None. Zero.
Indeed it is still a mystery as to how exactly could they have arrived at such different conclusions: NYT reports US pressured Slovenia. No names are mentioned. El Pais reports Slovenia pressured the US and names PM Pahor and making no mention of FM Žbogar. And Der Spiegel reports Slovenia was horse-trading with the US but mentions Žbogar, omitting Pahor completely. But they all published their pieces on the same day, 29 November 2010 (three days ago), while the general public, which in this case includes Slovene media has yet to see anything more than a single cable from US Embassy Ljubljana. I know I'm repeating myself, but I can not stress this point enough.
To put it in the words of Al Pacino: We're in the dark here!
Point being, web section of RTVSLO is either making things up or really has a problem reading and/or googling.
(again, many thanks to alcessa for the heads-up)


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The Elastic Bounce on an Inclined Plane model can be used to illustrate the adiabatic theorem in classical mechanics. A particle slides without friction along an inclined plane. The particle rebounds elastically when it reaches the end of the plane. The plane inclination varies slowly. The simulation displays the particle motion as well as the phase space. You can modify this simulation if you have Ejs installed by right-clicking within the plot and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item.
The Elastic Bounce on an Inclined Plane model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_ehu_analytical_mechanics_bounce.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.
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Climate Change Boosts Then Quickly Stunts Plants, Decade-long Study Shows
Posted on 23 April 2012 by John Hartz
This is a reprint of a press release posted by the National Science Foundation (NSF) on April 10, 2012.
Global warming may initially make the grass greener, but not for long
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Global warming may initially make the grass greener, but not for long, according to new research results.
The findings, published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, show that plants may thrive in the early stages of a warming environment but then begin to deteriorate quickly.
"We were really surprised by the pattern, where the initial boost in growth just went away," said scientist Zhuoting Wu of Northern Arizona University (NAU), a lead author of the study. "As ecosystems adjusted, the responses changed."
Ecologists subjected four grassland ecosystems to simulated climate change during a decade-long study.
Plants grew more the first year in the global warming treatment, but this effect progressively diminished over the next nine years and finally disappeared.
The research shows the long-term effects of global warming on plant growth, on the plant species that make up a community, and on changes in how plants use or retain essential resources like nitrogen.
"The plants and animals around us repeatedly serve up surprises," said Saran Twombly, program director in the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Division of Environmental Biology, which funded the research.
"These results show that we miss these surprises because we don't study natural communities over the right time scales. For plant communities in Arizona, it took researchers 10 years to find that responses of native plant communities to warmer temperatures were the opposite of those predicted."
The team transplanted four grassland ecosystems from a higher to lower elevation to simulate a future warmer environment, and coupled the warming with the range of predicted changes in precipitation--more, the same, or less.
The grasslands studied were typical of those found in northern Arizona along elevation gradients from the San Francisco Peaks down to the Great Basin Desert.
The researchers found that long-term warming resulted in loss of native species and encroachment of species typical of warmer environments, ultimately pushing the plant community toward less productive species.
The warmed grasslands also cycled nitrogen more rapidly. This should make more nitrogen available to plants, scientists believed, helping plants grow more. But instead much of the nitrogen was lost, converted to nitrogen gases in the atmosphere or leached out by rainfall washing through the soil.
Bruce Hungate, senior author of the paper and an ecologist at NAU, said the study challenges the expectation that warming will increase nitrogen availability and cause a sustained increase in plant productivity.
"Faster nitrogen turnover stimulated nitrogen losses, likely reducing the effect of warming on plant growth," Hungate said. "More generally, changes in species, changes in element cycles--these really make a difference. It's classic systems ecology: the initial responses elicit knock-on effects, which here came back to bite the plants. These ecosystem feedbacks are critical--you can't figure this out with plants grown in a greenhouse."
The findings caution against extrapolating from short-term results, or from experiments with plants grown under artificial conditions, where researchers can't measure the feedbacks from changes in the plant community and from nutrient cycles.
"The long-term perspective is key," said Hungate. "We were surprised, and I'm guessing there are more such surprises in store."
Co-authors of the paper include George Koch and Paul Dijkstra, both at NAU.
Source Paper:
Zhuoting Wu, Paul Dijkstra,George W. Koch,and Bruce A. Hungate, Biogeochemical and ecological feedbacks in grassland responses to warming, Nature Climate Change(2012) doi:10.1038/nclimate1486
Received 01 June 2011 Accepted 08 March 2012 Published online 08 April 2012
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Israel is in the midst of a massive, emergency immunization drive of all children under the age of 9 against polio.
Health workers detected the virus in southern Israel in February. Since then, they've found it in 85 different sewage samples across the country, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative said Wednesday. Yet so far, no children have gotten sick or been paralyzed by the virus.
Israel has one of the highest rates of polio immunization coverage in the world, says Chris Maher of the World Health Organization. And that's one reason why the country has avoided polio cases, so far. But health officials are still very concerned about the situation.
The vaccination campaign aims to give polio boosters to a million children.
"There's no way that 100 percent of the population can be immune at any given time," Maher says. "So any time that virus is circulating [in the environment], if there's a person who's not immune, there's a risk that that person is going to get clinical polio. They're going to get infected, and they're going to get sick."
Israel's last polio case was reported in 1988, and the WHO declared the country polio-free in 1992. The fact that the virus is being found across a wide geographic area in Israel shows that it has re-established a foothold in the country, Maher says, and that it's reproducing in the community.
"The situation in Israel is a significant one because it represents an area of circulation in a world that really doesn't have very much polio anymore," he says.
Last year there were only 223 recorded polio cases on the planet. And they were in remote areas around Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. This year there have been 214 cases reported, so far, with 128 of them occurring in Somalia — a country that had been polio-free since 2008.
Genetic testing of the polio samples from Israel shows that the virus recently came to the Middle East from Pakistan. Exactly how it got there — by boat, plane, truck or bus — is unclear. But what is known is that the virus can travel inside someone's intestines without making that person sick and then escape into a new environment.
There's concern that the virus circulating in Israel may spill out of the country, says Emory University's Dr. Walt Orenstein, who has worked extensively on polio. "There's enough virus circulating [in Israel] that it could get out of that area in to other countries," Orenstein says.
To ensure the entire community is protected against polio, Israel has started using the oral vaccine, instead of the injectable one. The oral vaccine contains a weakened, live form of the poliovirus, which can spread through the environment and help immunize kids that don't get vaccinated.
Getting rid of polio flare-ups, like the one in Israel right now, is a crucial part of eradicating polio globally, Orenstein says. Although eradication efforts are focused on the remaining reservoirs in Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, he says, the rest of world can't let its guard down against the disease.
"We've got polio down. The issue now is to knock it out," he says. "That will give us global security that never again will this [disease] cripple our children or our adults."
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(The Week, August 29, 2012)
Lawmakers in D.C. may truly be committed to improving America's health-care system. But according to actual physicians, our leaders are going about it all wrong
Want real health reform that is in the interest of you and your family? Don't make the same mistake that Washington did. In formulating ObamaCare, the politicians listened to lobbyists, policy wonks, academics, health theorists, regulators, and occasionally to each other. But they failed to listen to the people who actually care for patients: Doctors. Granted, the lobbyists for physician groups were at the table, but not the doctor him or herself. Ironic, isn't it? Especially when it's the doctor who has the daily responsibility of directly caring for the patient.
Go ahead, ask your physician at your next visit what she or he thinks of current Washington-directed reform and its impact on the doctor-patient relationship. What you hear will likely surprise you, because it will likely be markedly different from what you hear from Washington. The policy theorists are simply too far removed from the reality of front-line patient care. Health reform, whether via the implementation of ObamaCare or the GOP's "repeal and replace" plan, should no longer ignore the input and counsel of experienced, front-line, practicing doctors.
Here is a sampling of what my own internist, who has taken care of thousands of patients over the past 20 years, shared with me:
Frist: We hear the electronic health record (EHR) will solve much of what ails our health sector.
The EHR is not the savior of the medical system. In fact, it is effectively destroying the relational aspect of the art of medicine. Instead of talking with a patient and hearing her "story," we are being relegated to looking at a computer screen and pointing/clicking during the visit. I know there are long-term benefits to an EHR, but most internists who value the art of medicine will tell you it is killing the "story." And it is expensive. Physicians with EHRs see 15 to 30 percent fewer patients (and work later into the night). And yet with ObamaCare, we will be asked to take care of an additional 30 million patients.
We are told that increased government regulation and monitoring will reduce waste.
Unnecessary regulations and increased paperwork are drowning us and reducing quality of care. We have allowed just "one more thing" to be added over and over again. The camel's back is now breaking. I have never seen physicians as depressed and stressed in my 20 years of practice. At each visit, I am required to tell the government whether the patient I am seeing had a flu shot last winter! Please help me understand how that improves care. I know the many quality metrics (i.e.: check this box) mean well, but they are having the opposite effect. They are diminishing quality because they (the boxes) become the focus of each visit, rather than the human interaction.
But increased documentation in charts and billing surely improves value to the patient?
Hardly. We are now working with 17,000 diagnosis/billing codes — absolutely ridiculous. There are nine codes for abdominal pain (right upper, left upper, right lower, left lower — you get the idea). And the government has recently increased the number of codes from 17,000 to 155,000. The bottom line — 300 codes would probably cover everything. It could be printed in a four-page leaflet, not three large volumes. It is unnecessarily complicated and it does absolutely nothing to improve patient care.
Doesn't more careful documentation with the required codes help eliminate fraud?
That's ridiculous. It is just the opposite. The actual diagnosis/billing codes have nothing to do with fraud. The EHR creates the appearance of a perfectly prepared note. In truth, it simply makes it easier to copy and paste from note to note. The note is filled with unnecessary information, making the truly pertinent information hard to find (and therefore negatively impacts patient care). The nice-looking, "electronic documentation" in the EHR opens the door for the unethical doctor to game the system and get away with it. It just makes it easier for them to upcode and not get caught. Fraud is skyrocketing while the EHR provides the cover.
But Washington tells us that "evidenced-based medicine" is the surest way to better outcomes.
Quality care comes from a careful, professional analysis of a clinical situation that leads to a correct diagnosis and treatment for the particular patient at hand. Quality care will never be found by mindlessly marking boxes or following algorithms that are at the heart of what is being called "quality measures and evidence-based medicine."
What stands between you and caring for the patient?
The paperwork is overwhelming — nursing home admission forms, medical device forms, diabetic supply forms, home health forms, insurance records requests for "additional information." Everyone has their form that must be completed. All forms roll downhill and the internist is the final resting place. Regulations requiring more needless paperwork mean less time for patients.
The law in Washington is that your reimbursement is to be cut every year. But you seem to be working harder than ever.
Reimbursement for our services continues to decline, because overhead costs rise. I am very blessed. I am paid well. But I have not seen a raise in 13 years. While CEOs, managers, administrators, benefit managers, and insurance executives see regular raises and bonuses. Physicians in our clinic feel fortunate that our pay has not declined. Yet our workload is so much heavier than it once was. Not because of patient volume, but because of the higher expectations of patients, the higher complexity of medical care, and the excess "stuff" that we are being required to do.
I'm told the primary care shortage of 40,000 doctors over the next 10 years can be met by non-physicians.
The suggestion that non-physician practitioners can fill the primary care needs of the American people is simply false. Their training, knowledge base, and ability to form a complete differential diagnosis is limited. The press often proclaims that nurse practitioners can replace doctors. There is a role for the NP and we need to support that role. But to suggest that someone with two years of training can provide equivalent care to that of a physician who, after college, has spent four years in medical school, three to four years in residency (working days and nights), and who, each day, makes hundreds of decisions for which he or she is ultimately responsible is not only wrong, it disrespects the training and ability of the physician. Remember, quality care is not measured by patient satisfaction surveys, but instead, by the ability to properly diagnose and treat a patient.
So… we're not moving in the right direction with health reform?
At the age of 49, I feel that the practice of the art of medicine is becoming impossible, even for those of us who live for the chance to care for others. Our goal should never be to cure disease. Instead, our goal should be to heal people. The direction of our present system is negatively impacting the ability of good doctors to try and heal people. We must remove the growing distractions and be allowed to spend time with each unique patient and their "story." We need to ask of each regulation or mandate that "seems" to sound so good: How will it impact the doctor-patient relationship? It is now, and will always, be within this relationship that healing occurs and true quality care is found.
Those are the words of one, but they are the sentiment of many. Ask and see.
And what is interesting is that this sort of conversation from the front-line would never make it all the way up to my office when I was majority leader of the U.S. Senate. The existing, overly restrictive filters of Washington lobbyists and bureaucracy simply don't allow such real-life information to flow all the way up to the legislator.
So for the next round of reform, let's make sure we don't ignore the insights of real-life doctors. Let's make sure this time around they are at the table.
Dr. William H. Frist is a nationally acclaimed heart transplant surgeon, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, the chairman of Hope Through Healing Hands and Tennessee SCORE, professor of surgery, and author of six books. Learn more about his work at BillFrist.com.
This article was originally featured in The Week http://theweek.com/article/index/232510/what-my-doctor-thinks-of-obamacare


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This directory and its sub-directories contain source code for LLVM, a toolkit for the construction of highly optimized compilers, optimizers, and run-time environments.
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Welcome to the LLVM project!
The LLVM project has multiple components. The core of the project is itself called "LLVM". This contains all of the tools, libraries, and header files needed to process intermediate representations and convert them into object files. Tools include an assembler, disassembler, bitcode analyzer, and bitcode optimizer. It also contains basic regression tests.
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Should President Obama be as unpopular once the 2014 midterm campaign is in full swing as he is now, there are likely to be more than a few vulnerable Democrats who'd prefer that he stay as far away from their districts as possible.
But the money he's raising for their campaigns is an entirely different matter.
As former GOP senator from Texas Phil Gramm once said, an American politician's most reliable friend is "ready money." If Obama has anything to do with it, Democrats facing election next November will at least have plenty of help from that reliable friend.
The president has been unstinting in his second term in performing the fundraising role required by his position as leader of Democratic Party.
Just before Thanksgiving, Obama was back in California, raising bounteous political cash, including at fundraisers held at the estates of former basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson, where ticket prices ranged from $2,500 to $15,000; and entertainment mogul Haim Saban, where tickets were $16,200 per person. The money will go to the Democratic campaign committees for both House and Senate candidates.
As far as such fundraising trips are concerned, Obama has lapped his two-term predecessors, and not by a little.
The Guardian's Dan Roberts and Kenton Powell compared Obama's fundraising efforts to other recent two-term presidents. They found that since April, Obama has made 30 fundraising trips to close the deal with wealthy donors. They write:
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That kind of devotion to getting rich people to write checks has helped the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee outpace its Republican counterpart. The DCCC has raised $62.5 million so far in 2013, $10 million more than the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Democrats once hoped Obama's aggressive fundraising would boost their chances of recapturing House control (that was always a longshot; even in relatively good times, few experts thought they could net the required 17 seats.) The Affordable Care Act's troubles now have House and Senate Democrats hoping to just keep what they have. That's especially true for Senate Democrats and their narrow majority. A net Democratic loss of six seats would flip control to Republicans.
The present political reality for congressional Democrats is that they'll likely need every dollar the president can raise to overcome the headwinds created for them by the HealthCare.Gov fiasco and the health-plan policy cancellations blamed on Obamacare. Republicans have already signaled that Obamacare will be the turf much of their 2014 congressional campaigns will be fought on.
If there's any good news for Democrats in all of this, it's that Obama excels at fundraising and genuinely seems to enjoy it. As the president told a group of wealthy Democratic donors gathered at Saban's ample estate:
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So Democrats should have plenty of ready money if Obama maintains his current fundraising pace.
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