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Here at MUGA Sports Surfaces, we supply a multi-purpose synthetic carpet can be installed for sports facilities to allow for a range of sports to be played. We recommend synthetic turf for sports like football, rugby and hockey. If you want to build a new MUGA sports surface in Aird, our friendly and experienced team are here to help.
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1930's-Present era "HO" 85 Ft Streamline Corrugated Passenger Cars
Used on all major railroads, Amtrak in the early years and
some still in use on Tourist Trains.
Available Body Styles:
• HO 70 Ft Pullman Standard Corrugated Baggage
• HO 85 Ft Pullman Standard Corrugated Coach
• HO 85 Ft ACF Mid-Train Dome Car
• HO 85 Ft Pullman Standard Dining Car
• HO 85 Ft Pullman Standard Round Tail End Observation Car
• HO 85 Ft Budd Built Slumber Coach Car
• HO 85 Ft Pullman Standard 10/6 Sleeper Car
• HO 85 Ft Mid-Train Budd Built Dome Car
• HO 85 Ft Budd Built Dome/Observations Car
• Cars come Factory Assembled (R.T.R)
• Cars need a minimum of 24-26 inch radius to operate properly
because of the coupler overhang
• Cars come weighted
• Cars have smooth rolling Delrin RP-25 wheelsets
• Cars have McHenry (Athearn) Industry Compatible Operating Couplers
• Cars do not have interiors. Interiors not currently available from
Con-Cor, but partial interiors were available at one time from
American Limited brand (Available on their website).
• Cars to not have interior lighting, but you can use the Fox Valley
(or similar battery powered LED lighting strips, the Fox Valley
versions have to be trimmed to be slightly shorter to fit, this is
easily done, and light strip can be glued to underside of the roof.
(Operated by a magnetic wand.)
• Note reason the cars do not have interiors is that they were
originally designed in the 1970's for train sets Con-Cor was selling at
that time.
• Most cars are in a stainless steel simulated Silver paint.
• Other cars with more extensive color schemes were matched to the
Authentic railroad paint colors
• (Matched from Art Dubin's Pullman Company Original paint chips)
Weight | 32 oz |
Dimensions | 15 × 5 × 15 in |

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Every day, classrooms around the world demonstrate the powerful sense of collaboration and hands-on learning that Dash, Dot, and Cue inspire in students. Wonder Workshop's comprehensive solution provides educators with a concrete way to teach an abstract concept–coding; it is the new literacy. Fall in love with the robots' beloved personalities and with Wonder Workshop's turnkey resources.


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The Greek government faces widespread condemnation for prosecuting Kostas Vaxevanis, a 46-year-old investigative journalist who recently published the names of Greeks who may have sent billions to Swiss bank accounts.
Vaxevanis, one of Greece's best-known reporters, is in court in Athens on Thursday to face charges that he violated data protection laws by publishing the list of names in Hot Doc, the biweekly magazine he edits. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.
When the magazine hit newsstands Saturday, it set off a quicksilver response by the Greek judicial system, which is infamous for its glacial pace. Within hours, police issued a warrant for Vaxevanis' arrest. By Monday, he was facing a judge to set a trial date. When he emerged from the courtroom, more than 200 supporters applauded him.
"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed," he told the crowd, quoting George Orwell. "The rest is public relations."
Background Of The 'Lagarde List'
The list Vaxevanis published is named for Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund. In 2010, when Lagarde served as France's finance minister, she got a hold of the leaked names of more than 2,000 Greeks who transferred their money to HSBC bank in Switzerland.
Swiss bank accounts are legal, but are sometimes used to hide money and avoid taxes. Tax evasion, especially by the wealthy, cost Greece at least $36 billion in 2009.
Lagarde gave the list to her Greek counterpart at the time, Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou. Two years went by; nothing happened.
Vaxevanis, whose small team of investigative reporters works out of a small office in a weathered shopping mall, says that changed a few weeks ago when officials confirmed the existence of the list.
"Then we had ministers declaring that they couldn't find [the] list, that they lost it, that they slipped it into a pocket somewhere," he says. "It's like a cartoon. Greek society was watching, sickened. The whole world already thinks we're thieves. So now that this list is out there, it needs to be investigated."
Vetting The Names
About two weeks ago, Vaxevanis says, he received the list in an envelope, along with a letter, which claimed that the Lagarde List had been used to blackmail people.
"Whoever wrote that letter told me that we needed to get the truth out, or [Greece's] problems would just get worse," Vaxevanis says.
He says he and his reporters went through every name on the list to check its authenticity, which he vouches for. He estimates that more than $16 billion had moved through the accounts between 1998 and 2007.
The list includes industrialists, ship owners, and a few politicians and their relatives. But Vaxevanis was careful not to accuse anyone of tax evasion, or to publish the amounts in each account.
"We only gave their names and jobs," he says.
Papaconstantinou and his successor as finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos, have both taken heat for their inaction on the list. Papaconstantinou told a parliamentary panel last month that he couldn't use the list because an employee of HSBC had leaked the names illegally. Papaconstantinou said he then put the names on a memory stick, which he gave to Ioannis Diotis, the head of Greece's financial crime units. Diotis later passed it on to Venizelos, who now leads the center-left PASOK party.
'It's Outrageous'
Vaxevanis says he hoped the government would investigate the list now that he's made it public. Instead, the government filed criminal charges against him.
"It's outrageous," says law professor Aristides Hatzis. "Theoretically, this is supposed to be a democratic country and the place, as we like to say, where democracy was born. But this is not the way a proper democracy behaves. The authorities are treating a journalist who performed a public service like a criminal. It's going to backfire."
It's already angered Martina Loukidi, whose taxes come out of her tiny paycheck. She works at a flower shop, making $580 a month — half the monthly pay she earned last year.
She says working-class and middle-class Greeks are paying the price for austerity while the rich keep living large.
"The rich have connections," she says. "They cozy up to politicians who help them hide their money. Politicians should go to jail. Why should a journalist go to jail? Because he told the truth?"
Greeks also believe it's suspicious for the government to prosecute Vaxevanis so quickly, Hatzis says.
"They saw it exactly as it was — a cover-up," he says. "It's a way of treating things. It's a mentality."
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Halloween Cheetah Wicking Neck Gaiter 12" Length
$ 20.00
Our wicking neck gaiters are made of our proprietary performance moisture wicking material, which keeps the heat in and the moisture out. They will keep your neck warm, and can be pulled up over your head and ears for added warmth during the cold winter months. Our neck gaiters are unisex and 100% American Made.
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When I went to the farmer's market the other day I saw some there and for some unknown reason I bought them. I tend to think that the foods we are drawn to or crave are the ones that our bodies need at that given time. Regardless I came home with them. I hid them from T. He hates them more than I do. I emailed my friend Jenn as I had remembered that she did a post on them back in the spring. She sent me the link.
As I got ready to print out the recipe I realized that I didn't have hardly any of the ingredients besides maybe the brussel sprouts???!!! I need to try this one next though!
I ended up trying this one and I liked them, I mean I really, really liked them. T. even ate 4 of them???!!! The girls it will take a bit of time but they did try them!
Brussel Sprouts with White Wine and Thyme (from Domino-The Guide to Living with Style)
The Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 pound Brussels sprouts, stems trimmed and cut in half lengthwise
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 7 to 8 fresh thyme sprigs
- ½ cup vegetable stock
- ½ cup white wine
- coarse sea salt
- freshly ground white pepper
Coat a large sauté pan with the olive oil. Add the Brussels sprouts, arranging them cut side down in one snug layer. Turn the heat to high and sauté until the cut side of the Brussels sprouts are lightly browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the garlic and thyme. Sauté for about 2 minutes, or until the garlic is fragrant, stirring to evenly distribute the garlic and thyme. Add the vegetable stock, wine, and 1 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil and stir well. Immediately lower the heat to low, cover, and braise until the Brussels sprouts are tender, about 7 minutes. Remove from the heat and remove the thyme stems.
Season with additional salt and white pepper to taste and serve hot.
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By most accounts, the federally sponsored U.S. mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac did not cause the housing and mortgage crisis in the country. But they were a big part of the problem, prompting a taxpayer bailout costing more than $130 billion.
Now, seeking to protect taxpayers from future meltdowns, the Obama administration wants to phase out the two firms over an unspecified period and leave the lion's share of the mortgage market to private lenders. It would be a dramatic change, given that the private market has shriveled in recent years, leaving Fannie, Freddie and the Federal Housing Administration to back about 90% of all new home loans. The administration also proposes a reduced role for the FHA, one that would focus on providing mortgages for the needy.
How would a phase-out of Fannie and Freddie affect the availability of mortgages, loan rates and home prices? In the end, would such a dramatic change be good for homeowners or not?
Opinions vary, and no one can know for sure. The mortgage and housing markets are complex, and a controlled experiment that removes Fannie and Freddie but leaves everything else the same is obviously not possible, says Wharton real estate professor Todd Sinai. "There's a debate over whether Fannie and Freddie successfully reduced mortgage rates paid by borrowers, or increased the mortgage availability for borrowers, or whether they just took their implicit [government] subsidy and generated higher returns for shareholders," Sinai says. "If Fannie and Freddie were successful in making mortgage credit cheaper and more available, then eliminating [them] would have a negative impact on house prices."
It is not clear that the private market can or would absorb the volume of business done by Fannie and Freddie, which cover trillions of dollars worth of loans, according to Wharton real estate professor Susan M. Wachter. "That's a good question," she says, noting that even if the private market were to take over, borrowers would probably not get the attractive deals they can today.
"The 30-year [mortgage] would become more expensive," she states, adding that some experts predict a three percentage point rate rise. With the 30-year, fixed-rate loan now averaging around 5%, that would take it to 8%, raising the monthly payment for every $100,000 borrowed from $537 to $733. This would make the 30-year fixed loan "noncompetitive" with adjustable-rate loans, Wachter says. ARMs can offer lower rates because lenders face less risk, given that they can raise rates as market conditions change
Jack M. Guttentag, an emeritus professor of finance at Wharton who runs a website called The Mortgage Professor, thinks fixed rates might go up only three quarters of a percentage point rather than three points. But with the two firms' loan guarantees removed from the market, lenders would probably demand larger down payments than they have in the past, and be less willing to provide loans to those with less-than-stellar credit. Indeed, today's tight lending standards, a reaction to the recent crisis, could become permanent.
"Things like qualification standards have become extremely strict," Guttentag says, noting that it is now all but impossible for a self-employed applicant to get a mortgage. "The biggest part of it would be the increase in the down payment; 20% would probably become the minimum throughout the marketplace."
Larger down payments reduce the lender's risk because borrowers are reluctant to default if they have equity in the home, and because a smaller loan relative to the home's value makes it easier for the lender to recover in a foreclosure. Currently, most lenders require 20% down payments; a few years ago, however, it was possible to get a loan with nothing down. The Obama administration wants underwriting standards to require at least 10%, though the FHA would continue to offer low-down payment loans to certain less-affluent borrowers.
Planning a Phase-out
Fannie, the Federal National Mortgage Association, was formed as a government agency in 1938 and was converted to a publicly traded company in 1968. Freddie, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., is a publicly traded company created by the government in 1970 to provide competition for Fannie. Their primary role is to buy and insure mortgages issued by private lenders. Some loans stay on Fannie and Freddie's books, but most are bundled into mortgage securities sold to investors like other types of government and corporate bonds. Fannie and Freddie provide investors certain guarantees that interest and principal payments will be made even if homeowners default.
When Fannie was a government agency, these guarantees were backed by the federal government — i.e., by the taxpayer. As publicly traded companies, however, the firms did not have this explicit backing. But investors generally assumed that because Fannie and Freddie were "government sponsored," the government would make good on the firms' obligations if necessary.
In the middle of the last decade, mismanagement and the firms' desire to maximize profits for shareholders prompted them to acquire and guarantee risky mortgages issued by private lenders, including subprime loans to people with poor credit. When the housing bubble burst, homeowner defaults soared, and Fannie and Freddie suffered enormous losses. In September 2008, the government took over the firms, wiping out the shareholders, and provided upwards of $130 billion in bailouts.
Last month, the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development sent Congress a proposal with three options for phasing out Fannie and Freddie.
"In the past, the government's financial and tax policies encouraged housing purchases and real estate investment over other sectors of our economy, and ultimately left taxpayers responsible for much of the risk incurred by a poorly supervised housing finance market," the report said. "Going forward, the government's primary role should be limited to robust oversight and consumer protection, targeted assistance for low- and moderate-income homeowners and renters, and carefully designed support for market stability and crisis response…. Under our plan, private markets — subject to strong oversight and standards for consumer and investor protection — will be the primary source of mortgage credit and bear the burden for losses."
The report insists that Fannie and Freddie functioned well for decades, and failed only because of poor management and regulatory supervision during a brief period. While claiming that bad practices have been curtailed, the report recommends shuttering the firms anyway. The phase-out period is still to be determined, though it most likely would take years. It is not clear when Congress might act on the proposal.
The first option, the report noted, would "dramatically reduce the government's role in insuring and guaranteeing mortgages, limiting it to FHA and other programs targeted to creditworthy lower- and moderate-income borrowers." Private lenders would be expected to provide most mortgages. The second option is similar except that the government would provide a "backstop mechanism to ensure access to credit during a housing crisis." The third option also mirrors the first, but adds a "reinsurance program" to back a private insurance program to support "securities of a targeted range of mortgages."
During the phase-out period, the government would stiffen various requirements for loans backed by Fannie, Freddie and the FHA, essentially making those loans less attractive in order to drive borrowers to the private market. Fees would go up, for example, while maximum loan amounts would go down.
Fannie and Freddie's critics often note that other developed countries do not have such entities, but Wachter says many do have some sort of government involvement in the mortgage market. "In most other economies, there is a substantial role for government in housing finance — specifically, in implicitly keeping big and small banks from failing," she notes. "In most markets, banks provide mortgages. When interest rates rise and mortgage defaults rise in consequence, banks are prevailed upon to [give borrowers breaks] to prevent foreclosures, and they do so."
Finding a New System
If Fannie and Freddie were to close, what would be the result?
In theory, the guarantees from Fannie and Freddie made their securities safe enough that investors settled for lower interest rates than they would have otherwise. That savings resulted in lower mortgage rates, making it cheaper for people to buy homes. Whether this really happened is debatable.
The two firms, however, are widely thought to have assured the availability of the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage, which provides the borrower an unchanging payment for the life of the loan. Other developed countries do not have firms like Fannie and Freddie, and generally do not have long-term, fixed mortgages. Instead, borrowers get adjustable-rate loans with interest rates that reset at regular intervals, causing payments to go up or down. Fixed-rate loans are risky for lenders, but safe for borrowers; adjustable loans are safe for lenders and risky for borrowers.
Wachter believes the 30-year loan could survive, but would become so expensive that borrowers would turn to ARMs, which generally carry lower rates at the time they are approved. That puts the homeowner at much greater risk, because ARM rates typically adjust every 12 months. When prevailing rates rise, these adjustments require bigger monthly payments, which can upset household budgets.
"ARMs offload interest-rate risk to households, which is not a problem in a declining interest-rate environment, but which may be for households, and economy-wide stability, in a rising interest-rate environment," Wachter notes.
Greater changeability in mortgage payments makes home prices more volatile. Low rates allow borrowers to borrow more, which causes them to bid up prices, while high rates have the opposite effect. Wachter believes the wide availability of 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages dampened uncertainty and reduced home-price volatility, helping to keep the economy on an even keel. Indeed, the recent financial crisis was sparked by higher payments when ARM rates adjusted higher, pricking the home-price bubble.
Currently, ARMs make up only a sliver of new mortgages because borrowers prefer to use fixed-rate loans to lock in today's low rates for the long term. If ARMs dominated the market, a spike in interest rates could quickly cause home prices to fall, according to Wachter. She notes that some countries where ARMs dominate are working to expand the role of fixed-rate loans to make their markets more stable. In the United Kingdom, she says, the government is "pushing for the development of secondary markets to increase the availability of fixed-rate mortgages to help mitigate against payment shock in the event of a rise in interest rates."
Greater volatility in home prices would be yet another reason for lenders to be more restrictive, Guttentag adds. "When home prices are rising, it doesn't matter what kind of loan you write," he says, because rising values make it likely the lender can foreclose for enough to cover the debt. "During a period when expectations are that home pries will go down, you will have the opposite [effect]."
Why do homeowners constantly root for home prices to rise? One reason is that rising home values make homeowners feel wealthier, though rising prices are clearly not good for renters who want to become owners, Sinai notes. In fact, the sense of growing wealth is something of an illusion, because the homeowner's next home is becoming more expensive as well, soaking up any gains made on the current one. Home equity is money in the pocket only when one "downsizes" to a less expensive property, as some retirees do.
But there is another reason homeowners root for rising prices: "House prices matter a lot when people have mortgages," Sinai points out. If a borrower puts 20% down, a 10% drop in home values would wipe out 50% of the investment, while a 10% price rise would produce a 50% gain.
Without Fannie and Freddie to convert mortgages into securities, what would take their place? The Obama Administration assumes the private securitization market, vibrant a few years ago but moribund today, will return to health.
In addition, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner argues that the U.S. should create a system of "covered bonds" to finance mortgages. This system, used in some European countries, bundles mortgages into securities sold to investors, somewhat the way Fannie and Freddie do. But in the case of covered bonds, the issuer keeps obligations on its own books rather than washing its hands of them after the securities are sold, as has been the system in the U.S. Covered bonds are therefore thought to give issuers stronger incentives to be careful when approving mortgages.
Guttentag favors a system like that in Denmark, where lenders put mortgages into bonds sold to investors. As with covered bonds, the Danish bonds remain on the lender's books, giving the lender an incentive to make loans carefully. The chief difference is that in Denmark, the lender continues to service the loan, avoiding the conflicting interests that can arise between servicers and the owners of mortgage-backed securities. Guttentag says the Danish system also makes it easier for borrowers to shop for the best deals.
Wiping out Fannie and Freddie, even if done gradually, could be risky if there is no clear plan for the system to follow, Guttentag warns. "They are just too critically important for holding up the market," he says. He suggests having the firms compete to take on a Danish-style system, with the winner surviving and the loser being phased out.
"To just talk about getting rid of Fannie and Freddie without talking about creating some structure to take its place is weak," he says. "I don't think we want to go down that road."


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Who am I: | Design Cadet |
I am a design cadet, having studied architectural design at UQ. I love designing and drafting for complex projects that incorporate multiple elements and I am always eager to learn more about all the different fields associated within projects.
In my spare time I love to be outdoors and doing something active or I also enjoy drawing, which I do on commission from time to time.
Another passion of mine is dancing which I trained professionally in in Germany and also became a dance teacher upon returning to Australia and during my architectural studies.
Having lived in 6 countries by the time I was 15 travelling has always been an extremely important part of my life and something that I love to do and I am hoping to travel all around the world eventually.


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What does it take to get on HSN? I've been asked that a lot lately so I thought I would share a list of the first things that come to mind...
Believe in yourself enough to make the commitment to do your VERY BEST WORK. ever.
Get feedback from and listen to your stakeholders. ( manufacturers, HSN buyers & anyone else who is on the team )
Research your consumer and know your market. Define their likes, wants and needs.
Identify your unique selling propostion ( USP ). What sets you apart from the others? Practice saying it out loud. Don't be shy about your achievements, your talents, your dream, your uniqueness.
Look honestly at your work and don't be afraid to let go of the mediocre. ( Get honest feedback if you're not sure, we ALL have "off" days, trust me, not every single thing you do can be exactly right! )
Be commited to excellence in all aspects including your presentation. Practice in front of a mirror - many times. If you meet with the buyers, they will be judging how you present yourself to them as an indication of how you'll do on air. Be enthusiastic but not over zealous. THANK them for their time, regardless of the outcome. If it wasn't right for them this time, you may have another opportunity in the future! ( Like me )
Look at and learn from your successful competitors. ( Thank you, Anna G. )
If you are able, hire some help when it comes to crunch time. There is no glory in "doing it all", only exhaustion and possilby, some not-so-perfect work.
Say "Thank You" to everyone from the big wigs to the people who clean the restrooms. Everyone appreciates acknowlement for their work, just like you and I.
When you've done all this, you can't help but be ready. It will come naturally, without effort, from your heart. Your enthusiasm will overide your nervousness, I promise!
So, here's the ugly...anyone want to come over and help clean up ??? This is my table on one side of the studio as I was preparing for my segments on March 6th.
And here's the pretty...on the other side, as I'm finishing up my samples. ( no staff...just me, in my basement, late at night, after designing products, making art and taking care of business all day. Did I mention hiring help? LOL )
If you have aspirations of getting your product designs on air, I hope this little tutorial has helped you decide if it's right for you. When you get your first feedback on the HSN site and it goes like this,
"The paper is so vibrant and the colors are so current. The purples and aquas and greens are fantastic. Really good quality paper, stickers etc. I may buy another set so I don't run out. Those Alphabet rub ons are amazing too."
well, it makes all those late night crafting sessions worth every bit of lost sleep!
Happy planning...


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There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.
I found this sign to a popular attraction on a visit to Branson Missouri over the fourth of July, and the juxtaposition of science and the supernatural struck me as emblematic of our times. It was only later when I got home that I noted the crazed clown stuck between seemingly confused as to which is which. The clown makes the picture perfect – just zany and paradoxical enough to print. [Click on the thumbnail to enlarge.]
Science is under attack in our country from several groups, from those who would twist it to their political purpose to those who would attack it through philosophy, to those who attack it through religion. More people in this country currently believe in astrology than plate tectonics, some people still come up with bizzarre conspiracies about how the moon landing was faked. From the superstitious luddite crowd in Greenpeace to the far right fundamentalist religious extremists they attempt to paint science and reason as the root of all evil.
It's a love hate relationship however: these fringe groups are perfectly happy to adopt the authority of scientific facts when they think the facts fit their worldview, and ignore those facts which don't – witness the 9/11 troofers use of pseudo-physics to support their arguments.
Neither politics nor religion belong in science, and contrary to the love of Euros for technocracy, science does not belong in politics. Science is what it is, and Plato was just as wrong with his ideas regarding Philosopher Kings as he was with his ideas on eugenics.
The US is largely Christian, and the people who don't believe the science behind evolution outnumber those who do. That doesn't dismay me because to a large extent they are ok with only science and facts being taught in science class, and with religion being taught in homes, private schools, and churches. This apparent dichotomy is easy to fathom if you think on it – whose version of creation gets taught if religion gets into science class? Do we follow the Young earth creationist creed, or does cracking that door open allow Wiccan, Sharia, and other forms of creationism in?
The Discovery Institute however has mounted an attack on "materialistic science", and their intent is to get the supernatural, the unfathomable, and unexplainable taught in schoolrooms as science. Even though they've met with defeat in numerous cases on divisive social issues like this, they continue to rally the troops and currently hold much greater sway with the religous right than their roots and their aims should allow for. They've even made a great deal of headway as not only is "their controversy" of ID taught in a quarter of Biology classes, in 12.5 percent intelligent design is taught over evolutionary biology.
In our country there just aren't that many scientists, they make up about 2.4 percent of the population and aproximately 5 percent of the work force [pdf here]. If you pull the engineers, psychologists, social scientists, and computer scientists, etc, out then you get less than 1.2 percent of the population being scientists focused on evolution and peripherally related fields (see 1995 distribution here.) You can see why Discovery Institute thinks they have an easy target in this small minority of the population.
Their anti-materialist bumper sticker is "Teach the Controversy" which doesn't tell us much about their true aims or goals, but essentially it boils down to making reason and reality subservient to the supernatural in the form of {their} religion. That's all fine and good in church, in the mall, in private schools, or pretty much anywhere else but science class.
Indeed, in modern society science classrooms are one of the few bastions of reason and reality in our country. In other classes you will find deconstructionism rampant and every subject made political. The anti-materialism of Discovery Institute is a direct attack on the basis of all science. The Empiricism of the scientific method relies on facts from the physical world to build our knowledge through hypothesis and test; making science "non-material" and introducing theism or the supernatural is like taking all of the numbers out of math and replacing it with a single answer applicable to all problems.
Science generally erects barriers between politics, religion, and their studies, when they fail to do so they generally end up looking foolish. If you ask a few scientists off the record they'd probably be happy to tell you that Al Gore's Malthusian nihilism and crisis mongering for MMGW is quite an embarrassment since he cloaks it in science although it's obvious from "An Inconvenient Truth" that he is no scientist.
Discovery Institute's 2006 defeat in the Kitzmiller case sent them on a new tack. We've seen them decrease their demands from orginally wanting to teach creationism in science class(1987,) to teaching it in guise of intelligent design in science class (2005,) to now "teaching the controversy" in science class. With advice from their PR firm they've also broadened that concept to include global warming, cloning, and stem cell research since they haven't a large enough base to force their demands with crypto-creationism alone.
Think about that for a moment — there are plenty of controversies in Evolution, one only need to look at recent discussion and debate on sympatric speciation and the phylogenetic tree (or even if it should be a tree, or have roots,) to see that. So why have the Discovery Institute PR flacks made their latest bumpersticker about "the controversy" instead of "the controversies?"
From their fruits ye shall know them; do men gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?
The answer to which controversy becomes evident in most everything they say and do, and it's displayed amply in their previous history of intellectual subterfuge and distraction. Johnson's wedge document is one example of what they consider The Controversy to be, and their assault on scientific materialism has been as continuous as their assault on the faith of other Christians. We also know they have a lesson plan ready, and we know the faults of it before they introduce it to Louisiana.
In his latest article Dembski whines that they are misunderstood while cavalierly dismissing yet another series of transitional fossils (normal fish to flatfish.) He then moves to slamming his former allies (the YECs) because associations with them past the Dover decision dooms the cause. It's essential that Demski and company dismiss materialism because facts get in the way of their agenda.
As noted above there are now so many transitional species fossils that the classifications are becoming much harder to make — where do you draw the lines when you find species that exhibit characteristics of two superclasses? In the end historic genetic reconstruction of the ancestral paths will get us the answers needed among other things like the fossil record. When do you use pure cladistics, and when do you apply classic taxons? (for a primer about why cladistics are best now, go here,) When all is said and done the answers to those questions will be decided by the facts produced from more paleogeology, genetics research, and understanding of both earth's and the animal kingdom's history. The answers will be produced using empirical evidence. Introducing anti-materialistic supernatural means as the Discovery Institute wants to produces only one answer and really doesn't extend our knowledge.
Discovery Institute is destructive to both the right and to Christianity – if you delve into the most divisive issues within the right this century you will detect their hand at play in most. The credence of their arguments has gone up in flames but they persist in their determination to deconstruct science, even as other institutions of faith distance themselves.
Over time science solves its controversies and then creates new ones as more evidence is found — it's an evolution you see. In the end a bit of good might come of this, I've seen more progress the past ten years in evolutionary biology than the previous 20, that's due to several factors, but some of it is the desire to close the gaps that people point out.
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Little Green Footballs has several posts on the subject, you'll see me in some of the discussions.
Here's a Reason article on two of the main figures in the background of Discovery Institute, Rushdoony of Chalcedon, and H. Ahmanson. The vitriol, lies, blood libels, hysteria, and bile against reason and science seems to generate there first.
Here's Talk Origins, an old usenet group that tends to counter most claims (warning: for the same reasons that some Christians promote their faith, you will find some rabid secularists there as well. Most of the posts however are reasoned with tons of reference links at the bottom to back up what they say.) The key claims of creationists, YEC's, old earth Creationists, and ID proponents are countered there in numerous faq's and references.
Here's a history of constitutional challenges to Evolution and Religion in classrooms.
Here's NCSE on the Louisiana Bill.
Here's the Discovery Institute


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As an athlete, it's important to be aware of your surroundings and be able to gauge distances. This is where sports vision training comes into play. Sports vision is about training people to process what their eyes see, better and faster. It's an effective way to boost the visual skills you need to excel at your chosen sport and stay safe while doing it.
3 Ways Sports Vision Training Can Improve Your Game
Having strong, well-developed visual skills enhances your ability to catch, throw, and hit a ball, allowing you to thrive in sports like baseball, basketball and tennis. By sharpening your peripheral awareness, depth perception, and eye-tracking and focusing abilities, you will be able to better gauge the distance between a tennis ball and the net, or the proximity of another player as you sprint across the field.
1. Enhanced Convergence and Accommodation
Convergence is the ability to keep both eyes working in tandem as they track objects or people, such as a player passing a ball. Accommodation, also known as focus flexibility, is the eyes' ability to immediately change focus.
Improving your eye-focusing abilities will help you concentrate better, and swiftly and precisely refocus your vision. This makes it easier to quickly process moving objects.
2. Enhanced Depth Perception
Depth perception is the ability to judge the distance between you and people or objects, and allows you to see in three dimensions. Individuals with good depth perception have an easier time recognizing an object as it approaches because they can see where it is in space. When a baseball player makes a spectacular catch or steals a base, depth perception is one of the visual skills they most rely on.
3. Enhanced Peripheral Awareness
Peripheral awareness, also known as peripheral vision, enables us to detect and see things that aren't directly in front of us while looking straight ahead. A well-developed peripheral field helps soccer players, tennis players and cyclists see people and objects at the edge of their visual field and sense the flow of the game or traffic as it constantly changes.
The sharper your visual skills are, the better you will be at whatever sport you participate in. Your eye doctor will assess your vision in specific areas to identify weak areas that need strengthening. After that, you'll be prescribed a customized sports vision training program that will include a series of personalized eye exercises and assessments to measure your progress.
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A woman carrying two Chinese passports and a device containing computer malware lied to Secret Service agents and briefly gained admission to President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club over the weekend during his Florida visit, federal prosecutors allege in court documents.
Yujing Zhang, 32, approached a Secret Service agent at a checkpoint outside the Palm Beach club early Saturday afternoon and said she was a member who wanted to use the pool, court documents said. She showed the passports as identification.
Agents say she wasn't on the membership list, but a club manager thought Zhang was the daughter of a member. Agents say that when they asked Zhang if the member was her father, she did not answer definitively but they thought it might be a language barrier and admitted her.
Zhang's story changed when she got inside, agents say, telling a front desk receptionist she was there to attend the United Nations Chinese American Association event scheduled for that evening. No such event was scheduled and agents were summoned.
Agent Samuel Ivanovich wrote in court documents that Zhang told him that she was there for the Chinese American event and had come early to familiarize herself with the club and take photos, again contradicting what she had said at the checkpoint. She showed him an invitation in Chinese that he could not read.
He said Zhang was taken off the grounds and told she could not be there. Ivanovich said she became argumentative, so she was taken to the local Secret Service office for questioning.
There, he said, it became clear Zhang speaks and reads English well. He said Zhang said she had traveled from Shanghai to attend the nonexistent Mar-a-Lago event on the invitation of an acquaintance named "Charles," whom she only knew through a Chinese social media app. Ivanovich said she then denied telling the checkpoint agents she was a member wanting to swim.
Ivanovich said Zhang carried four cellphones, a laptop computer, an external hard drive and a thumb drive containing computer malware. She did not have a swimsuit.
Zhang is charged with making false statements to federal agents and illegally entering a restricted area. She remains in custody pending a hearing next week. Her public defender, Robert Adler, declined comment.
There is no indication Zhang was ever near the president. There is also no indication that she is connected to Li Yang, a Chinese native, Republican donor and former Florida massage parlor owner. Yang recently made news after it was learned she was promising Chinese business leaders that her consulting firm could get them access to Mar-a-Lago, where they could mingle with the president.


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ISO 22201-2:2013 is applicable to the product family of escalators and moving walks used in residential buildings, offices, hospitals, hotels, industrial plants, etc. It covers those aspects that need to be addressed when programmable electronic systems are used to carry out electric safety functions for escalators and moving walks (PESSRAE). It is applicable for escalator and moving walk safety functions that are identified in escalator and moving walk codes, standards, or laws that reference ISO 22201-2:2013 for PESSRAE application. The safety integrity levels (SILs) specified in ISO 22201-2:2013 are understood to be valid for PESSRAE application in the context of the referenced escalator and moving walk codes, standards, and laws in Annex B.
ISO 22201-2:2013 is also applicable for the application of PESSRAE that are new or deviate from those described in ISO 22201-2:2013.
The requirements of ISO 22201-2:2013 regarding electrical safety/protective devices are such that the possibility of a failure of an electric safety/protective device complying with all the requirements of the standard needs not to be taken into consideration.
In particular, ISO 22201-2:2013:
- uses safety integrity levels (SIL) for specifying the target failure rate for the safety functions to be implemented by the PESSRAE;
- specifies the requirements for achieving safety integrity for a function but does not specify who is responsible for implementing and maintaining the requirements (for example, designers, suppliers, owner/operating company, contractor); this responsibility is assigned to different parties according to safety planning and national regulations;
- applies to PES used in escalator and moving walk applications that meet the minimum requirements of a recognized escalator and moving walk standards such as EN 115, ASME A17.1/CSA B44, or escalator and moving walk laws such as The Japan Building Standard Law Enforcement Order For Elevator and Escalator;
- defines the relationship between ISO 22201-2:2013 and IEC 61508 and defines the relationship between ISO 22201-2:2013 and the EMC Standard for Escalators and moving walks on immunity, ISO 22200;
- outlines the relationship between escalator and moving walk safety functions and their safe-state conditions;
- applies to phases and activities that are specific to design of hardware and software but not those phases and activities which occur post design, for example sourcing and manufacturing;
- requires the manufacturer of the PESSRAE to provide instructions that specify what is necessary to maintain the integrity of the PESSRAE (instruction manual) for organization carrying out the assembly, connections, adjustment and maintenance of the escalators and moving walks;
- provides requirements relating to the hardware and software safety validation;
- establishes the safety integrity levels for specific escalator and moving walk safety functions;
- specifies techniques/measures required for achieving the specified safety integrity levels;
- defines a maximum level of performance (SIL 3) which can be achieved for a PESSRAE according to ISO 22201-2:2013 and defines a minimum level of performance (SIL 1).
ISO 22201-2:2013 does not cover:
- hazards arising from the PES equipment itself such as electric shock etc.;
- the concept of fail-safe that may be of value when the failure modes are well defined and the level of complexity is relatively low. The concept of fail-safe was considered inappropriate because of the full range of complexity of PESSRAE that are within the scope of ISO 22201-2:2013;
- other relevant requirements necessary for the complete application of a PESSRAE in a escalator and moving walk safety function such as system integration specifications, temperature and humidity, the mechanical construction, mounting and labelling of switches, actuators, or sensors that contain PESSRAE. These requirements are to be carried out in accordance with the national escalator and moving walk norm that references ISO 22201-2:2013.
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Status: WithdrawnPublication date: 2013-03Stage: Withdrawal of International Standard [95.99]
Edition: 1Number of pages: 24
Technical Committee :ISO/TC 178ICS :91.140.90
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In a special remotely-recorded quarantine edition of the show, we sit down with Joe Preti of the View from the Gutters comic book podcast to pine for long lost sources of food, like the cafeteria at Joe's work and a couple of local sandwich shops.
We ask: has the quality of McDonald's food gotten worse since we were kids, or were we blinded by a child's epicureal standards? Has junk food in general gotten worse?
We also talk about how good Adam Sandler movies could be if only he tried. And Batman v. Superman comes up, and… we just can't not.
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Explore the city one beer at a time.
There's no better way to celebrate a ride than over some beers with friends. Cycle through the streets of Windsor, Ontario, sampling beers at local craft breweries. During your Bikes & Beers tour, we'll introduce you to some of our favourite local craft beers as well as a few tastes of unique imports.
The short jaunt might work up an appetite, so we'll also be feeding you some tasty treats along the way, too. Average distance travelled is 20km total.
Participants are to provide their own bikes. Helmets are mandatory. Guests are encouraged to bring locks to secure bikes when we enter establishments. Single and tandem bike rentals are available.
Once you purchase tickets, an email with additional information will be sent to you. The ride will start promptly at 1:45pm and we are asking everyone to meet at the starting point at 1:30pm. Final arrival to the original start point is approximately 5:45pm. Tickets must be purchased in advance. More detailed information will be emailed to you the week of the tour.
When the tour ends at the final location, participants can either stay and enjoy some more brews and food or follow our lead back to the starting point.
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Chicken marsala, veal picatta, meatballs, and Milanese are what's for dinner at owner and Chef Marco Vico's Fort Lauderdale fixture, voted one of America's 1,000-best Italian restaurants by Zagat. Indulge in hearty bowls of pasta fagioli, lasagna that features a mix of meat sauce and béchamel. The ambiance is like a resplendent Tuscan villa, complete with walls adorned with old family photos.
Owner and Chef Angelo Elia has created a South Florida restaurant empire out of his original North Federal location. His dishes are punctuated by an attention toward great ingredients, like the branzino, so fresh it needs nothing more than a light butter sauce. The outstanding antipasti includes truffle-lemon carpaccio and pancetta-wrapped tiger prawns over broccoli rabe, and the fresh pasta is made in-house. Or go big with the oak-grilled NY strip, marinated in olive oil, garlic, and rosemary.
This locally owned restaurant offers a wide selection of classic American dishes. The lunch and dinner menu includes Jamaican grilled wings, crispy walnut shrimp, orange chicken and a deep-sea tuna burger. On Saturdays and Sundays, guests can choose from a selection of made-to-order brunch dishes, including six styles of eggs Benedict.
This '80s pizza parlor features free retro video games – as well as gourmet pizzas like the Godfather (steak tips, caramelized onions, Gorgonzola blue cheese, mozzarella and cheddar cheese) and Cheeseburgerlicious (burger pieces, pickled onions, bacon and tomato, over Thousand Island dressing, mustard, mayo, ketchup, topped with mozzarella and cheddar cheese and finished with lettuce). Other menu items include salads, wraps, subs, wings, stromboli and calzones.
Located on the eastern side of the Gateway Shopping Center, this restaurant mixes Japanese and Thai food. Signature sushi rolls include Dancing Eel, Red Dragon (built around tempura shrimp), Yamu (broiled salmon) and Monster Lobster. Also available are fried rice, pad Thai and a variety of teriyaki dishes.
Pizzeria serving pizza, pastas, subs, chicken wings and more.
The lunch menu at this Italian restaurant offers sandwiches, brick oven pizzas and pasta dishes, while the dinner menu includes pasta, meat and seafood specials. For dinner, the restaurant also offers anelli, folded pizza crusts with savory fillings, and calzones.
Southwestern American cuisine with international undertones mixes with a seductive ambiance at this Fort Lauderdale culinary oasis. Chef Chris Wilber leads a talented team that prepares detailed dishes like blue corn fried oysters, barbecued shrimp tostadas, and scallop ceviche with popcorn. Standouts include: swordfish with Swiss chard-white bean ragout, tomato-avocado salsa, and green chili chorizo crumbles; and filet mignon with poblano pesto, goat cheese, zinfandel sauce and cilantro potato mash.
This trattoria offers authentic Italian cuisine in a romantic, candle-lit setting, complete with Italian-speaking staff. Chef/owner Michele Viscosi creates dishes inspired by his homeland, including carpaccio di manzo, lasagna tradizionale and osso buco d'Angello.
BRGR STOP's second location has opened in Broward (the first is in Coconut Creek). The burger joint features boozy shakes and 18 burgers including the Peanut Butter Jelly Time (made with peanut butter tomato jam, cheddar cheese and candied bacon) and the El Chapo – fresh chorizo with taco seasoning, avocado lime crema, taco beer cheese sauce and pico de gallo. Grownup shakes include the Strawberry Shortcake (vodka, liqueur, Fruity Pebble milk, strawberry ice cream, strawberry jam and shortcake rim, topped with Fruity Pebble whipped cream, cereal, Twizzlers and Shortbread cookies).
For the better part of a decade, the bar and restaurant has been one of the go-to spots at the northeast corner of the Galleria Mall – the bit of the shopping center that's been redeveloped into an upscale dining and nightlife hub. It's a little spot mostly given over to upmarket national chains – Capitol Grille, Seasons 52, P.F. Chang's. (Blue Martini is headquartered in South Florida, which is also where four of its six locations are.)
Then there's the weekly fun, such as Wednesday-night ladies night – a fairly recent addition that includes half-off cocktails all night, $5 Tito cocktails all night for everybody and complimentary cocktails and champagne from 9 to 11 p.m.
As the name suggests, Tropical Smoothie Café is known for its plentiful selection of smoothies. The menu also features bowls, wraps, sandwiches and breakfast items. Their app includes a rewards program and also allows you to order ahead. Catering and delivery are offered as well.
THIS INCREASINGLY POPULAR chain recently brought its brand of bird preparation to Fort Lauderdale. Chicken Kitchen prides itself in providing a fresh and healthy menu. Try their world famous "Chop-Chop" by choosing a combination on the menu or creating your own. Chicken Kitchen offers take-out, dine-in and delivery. You can even get them to cater an event.
The popular Cuban bakery and café has opened its first Broward location and has been attracting foodies looking for a Cuban coffee and pastelito fix. Owned and operated by a third generation Cuban-American, the food is authentic and offers a twist on classics. Be sure to try the arroz con pollo bites (chicken, yellow rice, mozzarella fritters and sazon aioli).
Seasonal cuisine and an award-winning international wine list make this casual-chic chain at the Galleria a consistent draw for locals and out-of-towners. Nothing on the menu tops 475 calories, kept down either by portion control or careful ingredient selection. Flatbreads are popular, such as spicy chipotle shrimp with grilled pineapple, feta, and roasted poblano chilies, as are vibrant entrees like caramelized sea scallops, wood-fired pork tenderloin, and roasted artichoke-stuffed shrimp. Chef's tables are available with an amuse bouche and a five-course meal with wine pairings for each course, as is private dining for special, intimate occasions. For dessert, go with guilt-free mini-indulgences – shot glass-sized sweet treats, such as Key lime pie, old-fashioned carrot cake, and chocolate peanut butter mousse.
White tablecloths, dark wood accents, and landscape and portrait paintings adorning dark red and brown dining room walls give this chain in the Galleria Mall a classic, sophisticated ambience, as do the food and lengthy wine and spirits list. Appetizers like Wagyu beef carpaccio with wasabi arugula and the cold shellfish platter with fresh lobster, jumbo shrimp, and oysters are perfect for kicking off any VIP dinner. Entrees like the Kona coffee-crusted, dry-aged bone-in sirloin with shallot butter and porcini-rubbed Delmonico with 12-year-aged balsamic further stamp the feeling of luxury. Seafood lovers should try the seared citrus-glazed salmon with haricot verts, asparagus, and roasted cipollini onions with a side of decadent lobster mac and cheese. For dessert, try coconut cream pie, flourless chocolate espresso cake, or the trio of house-made ice creams.
Mario's Catalina Restaurant is named for its flamboyant chef/owner Mario Flores, who puts equally strong emphasis on creating an elegant ambiance and providing outstanding service and cuisine. White linen tablecloths contrast with an assortment of colorful paintings with ornate frames and Mario's collection of tchotchkes. The food is a combination of Cuban and Spanish favorites, like roasted pork with caramelized plantains, white rice and black beans, vaca frita, and garlic shrimp.
Founders Robert and Abby are longtime surfers and beach lovers. They were inspired by their many trips to exotic beach locations including Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, California and Hawaii. Each destination featured its own spin on acai or pitaya bowls. When they came back home, they were inspired to recreate their versions of some of their favorites. The menu features a wide variety including banana bowls like the Nica Bowl (banana blend topped with granola, banana, cocoa nibs, walnuts, strawberry and peanut butter).
The new location in Southport Shopping Center on 17th Street offers what customers have come to love from the first location on North Federal Highway. The Mexican restaurant is inspired by the food originating from the Baja Coast Peninsula, to be specific. They strive to bring light and fresh Mexican food that can be eaten every day to South Florida.
The healthy fast casual concept stays true to its local supply chain philosophy by sourcing much of its produce from J&J Family of Farms in Loxahatchee and herbs from Harvest Sensations in Miami. The name's a bit of a misnomer; Just Salad also does wraps, smoothies, "warm bowls" featuring dishes like shawarma and umami, and soups.
Located in the Gallery ONE DoubleTree on the Intracoastal, this restaurant offers contemporary cuisine overlooking the water and hotel pool. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner with seating indoors and on the 30-seat patio. Menu favorites include crab cakes, short ribs and swordfish.


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Health care legislation currently being debated in the Senate creates a new Independent Medicare Advisory Board (IMAB). The board, not included in the House bill, would be tasked with making recommendations on slowing Medicare cost growth. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) would implement these recommendations unless Congress intervened with legislation to prevent the changes from taking effect. Unfortunately, the current version of this proposal places such severe restrictions on the IMAB that its effectiveness as a cost-control mechanism would be minimal.
Health care legislation currently being debated in the Senate creates a new Independent Medicare Advisory Board (IMAB). The board, not included in the House bill, would be tasked with making recommendations on slowing Medicare cost growth. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) would implement these recommendations unless Congress intervened with legislation to prevent the changes from taking effect. Unfortunately, the current version of this proposal places such severe restrictions on the IMAB that its effectiveness as a cost-control mechanism would be minimal. An amendment offered by Senators Rockefeller (D-WV), Lieberman (I-CT), Whitehouse (D-RI) and Bingaman (D-NM) would remove many of these restrictions and greatly improve the ability of IMAB to fulfill its potential.
In The Concord Coalition's view, establishing an independent Medicare review panel such as IMAB is a crucial element for cost control. As we stated in an October 9, 2009 letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV):
"Reducing health care cost inflation over the long-term is an enormous task that is crucial for our future fiscal sustainability. However, the only thing certain about the effort is that we are not certain which mix of policy tools will ultimately be successful in accomplishing the task. Savings from many cost control strategies included in the Senate bills — such as payment reform, comparative effectiveness research, prevention programs and greater use of health care information technology — are quite uncertain, involve substantial upfront costs, and at best would take many years to fully materialize. Under these circumstances, it is critical for any health care reform legislation to include a permanent review mechanism with the authority to make recommendations that must be considered by Congress. Enacting such a mechanism would help to ensure that assumed savings are realized, guard against unintended consequences, and provide a means to implement future 'curve bending' reforms."
Health care analysts generally agree that for Medicare cost growth to slow, we will need to reorient the delivery of health care away from fee-for-service payment, which rewards quantity, to paying for value and quality of care. The commission would be an important tool in this effort because it would help to isolate crucial decisions necessary to reorganize delivery and payment systems from interest group pressure and political temptations to micro-manage the entire Medicare program.This firewall is of even greater necessity under the very tight reimbursement levels assumed in the Senate legislation, which would require, at the very least, major efficiency improvements on the part of Medicare providers. These reduced reimbursement levels are likely to be politically difficult to maintain over time. Yet sticking to them will be necessary to meet the legislation's deficit reduction estimates provided by the Congressional Budget Office. Having a back-up mechanism in place to monitor the results and recommend new strategies as needed will be crucial. The IMAB would fill this role. Consisting of experts empowered to review the plethora of delivery system experiments, trials and pilot projects contained in the legislation, it would be able to implement those with the most promise system-wide. Congress would retain the ultimate authority to overturn these decisions, but it could not simply ignore them.
The current version of IMAB, which differs from the version contained in the Senate Finance Committee bill, effectively neuters the Board's powers. Even the original Finance Committee version had troubling restrictions. It stated, for example, that the IMAB could not "restrict" Medicare benefits, "modify" program eligibility, raise taxes or "ration" health care. While Medicare sustainability will likely require some combination of these things, such limitations would not necessarily be a fatal flaw, given that IMAB could still be effective in reorganizing Medicare payment and delivery systems — also a necessary condition for slowing program cost growth.
Now, however, the commission has had additional limitations placed on it. While the Finance Committee version had already prohibited IMAB from altering reimbursements for doctors and hospitals for the first four years of its existence (2015-2018), the current version likely prohibits the board from even submitting recommendations for anything beyond 2019. That is because recommendations that must be considered by Congress will only be allowed if the five-year average of national health care expenditures grows more rapidly than five-year average Medicare expenditures. This limitation would likely be a de facto prohibition, because of the strict reimbursement schedule for Medicare included in the bill, and the fact that Medicare expenditures historically tend to rise at lower rates than overall health care expenditures. (From 1970-2007 annual per capita Medicare inflation averaged 9.2 percent while the private health care average was 10.4 percent.)
An irony of this formula-based prohibition is that almost the entire cost-control structure of current health care legislation is predicated on the idea that reforms in Medicare can lead the way towards a broader reform of the private health care system. That is because Medicare's market share and the government's ability to experiment and alter Medicare makes it an easier vehicle for reform than trying to dictate systemic transformation in the private sector. Yet, with this restriction, IMAB's ability to change Medicare will instead be stuck waiting for the private sector to somehow restrain costs first. If private sectors costs continue to rise at unsustainable rates, Medicare can too. This turns the rationale of Medicare "leading the way" on its head and makes no sense.
The amendment being proposed by Senator Rockefeller would fix many of these restrictions and lift the board back to a position where it would be poised to encourage rapid innovation in Medicare, suggest similar innovations in the private sector, and serve as a crucial backstop against politically motivated attempts to increase reimbursement levels above that which is fiscally responsible.
The Board would be charged with making proposals annually, meaning even when cost-control targets were met, it could still propose delivery system changes covering the full range of Medicare providers. The commission would also be able to promote similar changes in the private health insurance plans within the newly created insurance exchanges. This additional power might lead to health care cost control throughout the entire economy, not just the federal sector.
This amendment, along with another sponsored by Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) that strengthens some of the smaller cost-control ideas contained within the Senate's bill, would be promising additions to the current legislation. As now written, the legislation barely achieves deficit neutrality over the long term, has a large amount of downside fiscal risk because of the large and certain new insurance subsidies and much less certain offsets to pay for them, and offers uncertain prospects for attacking the fundamental problem of health care inflation and its deleterious role in the country's long-term fiscal outlook.


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SNOW HILL – Delegates Jim Mathias and Norman Conway had to deal with some pointed questions at this week's County Commissioners meeting.
At one point during the meeting, Commission President Bud Church, asked the delegates to stand and be acknowledged. After the brief interlude, Church continued the meeting. However, just before adjournment, he asked if either of the delegates wished to address the gathering.
Mathias accepted and took a moment to thank the Maryland State Highway Association, who'd made the main presentation for the day, on the progress they'd been making, especially on Route 113.
"I'm grateful that the 113 project is moving forward," he said.
After making his acknowledgments, Commissioner Judy Boggs had a blunt question for Mathias.
"When are we getting our highway user funds back?," she asked.
The funds, which are calculated by gas tax revenue and vehicle registration fees, are meant to be used by local areas for road improvements. Recently, Maryland had to cut back on those funds for local municipalities drastically.
"The government is smaller now than it was in 2007," Mathias answered. "Six billion has been cut from the general fund so there had to be sacrifices. In this case, one of those was highway user funds."
But Mathias was optimistic about the potential for eventually seeing the return of some of those funds.
"Hopefully, not by taxing, but by venture capital…we'll be able to restore those funds responsibly," he said.
Boggs was not satisfied by the response. "That's fine, but you still haven't done much to answer my question," she said.
Boggs pointed out that, since highway user funds were generated locally, the state government shouldn't tamper with them.
"It's our money," she told Mathias.
Church spoke up in defense of Mathias.
"In all fairness to Delegate Mathias, he said we'll get the funds back when they're available," Church said. "He doesn't have a crystal ball as much as you or I do."
Boggs acknowledged the point, but still expressed dissatisfaction with vague timelines and blame being put upon the poor economy.
Commissioner Linda Busick reminded the assembly that every county, with the exception of Baltimore City, had suffered cuts to highway user funds, not just Worcester.
Mathias, who told the commissioners he was a big music fan, said that the situation reminded him of lyrics in a Bob Dylan song about "being a drag."
"I don't like being a drag when I walk into a room," Mathias said.
Gestured to Conway, Mathias said, "he doesn't like being a bad news bear, I don't like doing it, but sometimes we have to be."
Conway joined his colleague in addressing the commission.
"One of the hardest decisions dealt with highway usage funds," said Conway, referencing the budget deliberations.
Conway then explained that there were tentative hopes to start phasing the funding back in starting 2013, but that the budget was a fragile thing. Still, Conway did confirm that Route 113, which is entering the third phase in its renovation, would remain a priority.
As to addressing Boggs' discontent with Mathias' uncertain timetable, Conway could only remind the commissioners that the economy throughout the state and even the country was still in bad shape.
"If things improve, then highway user money will become a priority," Conway said.
This satisfied Boggs, who claimed to be, "delighted to hear you've made it a priority. … What I'm hearing from you is that it's being taken very seriously."


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The Monitoring the Future
survey shows that past 30-day cigarette use among 12th graders dropped from
16.3% in 2013, to 13.6% in 2014, the largest single-year decline in the
survey's 39-year history (data here).
The data show that 17% of
12th graders had used e-cigarettes in the past 30 days in 2014, the first year
this information was collected.
Good news included a decline
in the percentages of high school seniors reporting alcohol use, being drunk
and marijuana use in the past 30 days.
Instead of focusing on the
historic drop in smoking, the media emphasized that more students had used
e-cigarettes than traditional cigarettes.
However, Tim Worstall, a Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute in London, saw
things differently, writing, "That vaping, at least so far as we know, is the
most successful smoking cessation product any one has as yet invented (and do
note that nothing else at all has halved teen [daily] smoking rates in only 5
years) means that we really shouldn't be putting roadblocks in front of further
adoption of the technology." (here)
Smoking prevalence among high
school seniors has declined every year since 2007, about the time that
e-cigarettes were introduced in the U.S.
With numbers like this, claims that e-cigarettes cause children to smoke
are completely unfounded. In fact, the
evidence is strongly suggestive that e-cigarettes have played a role in this
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
Cincinnati homicide rate leads Ohio
Cleveland was 2nd at 18.6.
Columbus was 3rd at 13.7.
Toledo was 4th at 8.2.
Decimating our safety forces to fund a streetcar is obviously premature.
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Why are you lying about the funding of the Streetcar, again? What public safety was cut, other than some OT? What future funds have been earmarked to cut police or fire? Please show your work with a citation of fact?
Why are you not calling for a vote to bock the 809 Million dollars being spent on an I-74 "expansion" that was not asked for the by the people? Then use that money to fund both the City and County public safety? Where is your consistency?
I know, I won't get answers, but I wonder why you use lies to make your political points? How is that an honorable, ethical, or Christian thing to do?- Streetcar SteveJanuary 24, 2011 at 12:03 PM
Once we get that streetcar those numbers will go down! You'll see!
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJanuary 25, 2011 at 1:04 PM
I think that the lack of responsible reporting and downright lies are why most people with any type of higher education, realize that COAST is a joke.
I'm a registered Republican, 24 years old, and am outraged and embarrassed by Mr. Luken and the rest of COAST. I was born in Cincinnati and have lived here my entire life, aside from 6 months when I lived and worked abroad for an internship. The anti-city, anti-cosmopolitan, anti-urban, and anti-modern nature of COAST should be an embarrassment to everyone in Cincinnati.
Furthermore, I do not understand how the structure, funding, and wasted resources within the Cincinnati Police and Fire departments (particularly due to union contracts) have not been analyzed by an organization whose existence is supposed to be based on being "opposed to additional spending". Yes, these women and men work extremely dangerous jobs. However, that does not give them carte blanche to demand whatever salaries and benefits they would like. (Pay attention to how many firemen have the time to work additional jobs too...) Thanks for being such watchdogs! You've done so much to help our city... - AnonymousJanuary 25, 2011 at 7:43 PM
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ReplyDelete - Beff JerdingJanuary 26, 2011 at 6:35 PM
Griff -
"Why are you not calling for a vote to bock the 809 Million dollars being spent on an I-74 "expansion" that was not asked for the by the people?"
There is, as you well know, know referendum process available to citizens to challenge federal highway spending. Why would COAST call for a vote that by law cannot happen? The founders of the City of Cincinnati Charter, however, did put a process in place fore resident of the City to referendum actions of Council. There's your answer. Sorry it took more than 24
The better question is, if you're against highway spending, then YOU call for a vote. You won't, because it would require you to get off of your lazy ass and leave OTR for a few minutes.
Please show me the ballot option that people have to call for a vote on federal highway spending. Show me something, anything, that says you can. I know, I won't get answers, but I wonder why you use lies to make your political points. How is that an honorable, ethical, or Christian thing to do?
Hypocrite... COAST,
You put up a ballot on the election in 2009 that would require the people of Cincinnati to vote on every rail project regardless of city council's decisions.
Since that failed, are you just going to post a ballot initiative every election to stop individual projects?
Could you tell me some ideas to reduce the homicide rate in Cincinnati? Obviously the problem is not in the number of police officers on the streets, or we would have fewer homicides than many of the other cities on the list (and the streetcar has not cut any police or fire). Do you think we need more police officers? Do you think we need to pay them more? What is your solution?- CliftonGuyJanuary 27, 2011 at 4:41 PM
We have more police per capita than either Columbus or Cleveland.
If so- doesn't this prove to you COAST folks that sheer numbers of police isn't the most important factor. CliftonGuy,
No. It proves to us that police per capita is a meaningless statistic.
You don't buy mousetraps based on the number of rooms in your house; the only pertinent statistic is how many mice you have.
Likewise, you don't staff a police department based on the number of law-abiding citizens within your borders. You hire enough cops to handle the level of crime you have.- AnonymousJanuary 31, 2011 at 4:27 PM
"You hire enough cops to handle the level of crime you have."
And building a streetcar won't be "decimating" said cops to handle the level of crime we have. In fact, it won't even be affecting it. Streetcar or not, police layoffs will be coming. - The REAL EnchiladaFebruary 4, 2011 at 7:27 PM
"Tony, We LOVE Cincinnati, which is why we work so hard to restore her honor and glory."
HaHa, you're kidding, right!? What a joke. You mean the honor and glory we had when Luken was in charge? We're fighting to bring that back!? Luken needs to go the way of his dinosaur buddies, become a fossil.
COASTers are kool-aid drinking pawns working to bolster Chris Finney's career and name while Finney is working for Anderson Township's "honor and glory". - AnonymousFebruary 9, 2011 at 2:24 PM
the biggest anti-cincinnati group ever. what is your problem? why are you trying to destroy this city and it's momentum?
if you hate this city so much, GET OUT - Downtown YP SnobFebruary 10, 2011 at 7:09 AM
Yeah these what's with these people who oppose spending $143 million on a streetcar. Anyone who opposes our all-white choo-choo train hates the city.


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We started off March by celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday!
I sorted pennies at Grant's school for their annual penny drive.
We had fun at a friend's birthday party!
I ran two miles! This was a great time for me at the beginning of March, but today I did two miles in 21 mins!
Our chicks started turning into chickens:)
Eli got a splinter in his knee....
...and it got infected which meant a trip to the doctor!
Henry did a little maintenance on the chicken coop... definitely a job for a boy!
Eli did not want to take his meds!
We adopted two baby bunnies that Phoebe brought up to the house. I bottle fed them for a couple days, but they didn't make it:(
Our afternoons were filled with soccer practices!
Grant had field day on a gorgeous sunny day!
We celebrated Pi Day {3/14} with a chicken pot pie:)
I made rainbow oatmeal for the boys for St. Patrick's Day...can you tell I love holidays.
I got Parent of the Year from Grant's school.
I spent the day in the PTO room sorting shirts for Henry's field day.
We spent the weekend working on the garden and the fence to keep the critters out.
We ate dinner at Olive Garden and I resisted the temptation to eat a million calories of fettuccine alfredo!
Typical Sunday morning in my preschool S.S. class.
I made P cookies for Eli's P party at school. They got to were pajamas and they ate pizza and drank punch:)
Henry and his friend Hayden doing the three legged race at field day.
Easter treats for the boys' classes. I made about 70 of these cute marshmallow pops.
Eli wearing his bunny shirt at his class Easter egg hunt.
Onions growing in the garden.
Dyeing eggs! We used muffin tins this year, and it will be a new tradition!
The Easter Bunny came to our house and brought candy, swimsuits, and Hexbugs!


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In March of this year, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie joined Buckingham and Christine McVie at Studio D in the Village Recorder in Los Angeles, where they made 1979's "Tusk." (Nicks was unable to be there due to prior scheduling conflicts, Buckingham and McVie said.) They laid the groundwork for eight tracks, mostly written by Christine McVie and began to reestablish the legacy and future of Fleetwood Mac.


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Following on the heels of the DC-1 and DC-2, the DC-3 prototype made its maiden flight on 17 December 1935, 32 years to the day after the Wright Brothers made their first flight. Incidentally, this wasn't a DC-3 proper but a DST, or Douglas Sleeper Transport, with 14 sleeping berths for night-time flying. It is distinguishable from the "day-time" DC-3 by a row of four oblong windows above the normal passenger windows.
The first civilian DC-3s had a single, side-hinging door, which later was changed to a drop-down version that opened vertically. These are not that common to come across. The more common ones are the C-47s, with wide, side-hinging double cargo-doors.
With the advent of the Second World War, the DC-3 was the only available aircraft that could be quickly converted as a cargo plane. It was given the designation C-47
by the USAAF and R4D by the US Navy. Civilian DC-3s impressed in military service were given a variety of designations, but C-47 and R4D were the main ones.
It is important to bear in mind that the name "Dakota" (Douglas Aircraft Kompany Transport Aircraft) was actually given to the aircraft by the British, but it is by this name that the aircraft has since become universally known, or simply DC-3, irrespective of its wartime designation.
After the war, surplus C-47s/R4Ds were sold off, forming the backbone of numerous fledging airlines around the world. 70 years since the type's first flight, it is still flying, admittedly in steadily decreasing numbers, despite various attempts at building DC-3 "replacements" like the F.27, HS.748 and HP Herald to mention just three.
It is indeed ironic to point out that at one point, the FAA was considering withdrawing the DC-3s type certificate as no longer able to satisfy the then latest ICAO single engine performance requirement. This never happened, but Douglas tried building a more powerful and improved DC-3S or Super DC-3 in 1950. Only Capitol purchased three, which weren't used for very long. After evaluation, the US Navy ordered the conversion of 100 R4Ds as C-117Ds. No further orders were forthcoming, and with newer aircraft like the Convair 240 entering service, not to mention the availability of large numbers of the original Dakota still available, the DC-3S was doomed to failure.
Today, the DC-3 has been mostly relegated to cargo work, the majority to be found in the Americas and Canada.
Europe also has a number of airworthy Dakotas. But in Europe, a number of these are not used for freight work, but are purchased by people with an affection for the aircraft. Clubs are formed, and members can then travel in the aircraft to airshows or go for pleasure flights.
An article about N5000E, written by a former pilot, appears after the MIACO table. It first appeared in
Ruud Leeuw's website
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I have now tried to make Bobby Flay's blackberry souffle twice, and both times, after initially rising beautifully, it collapsed completely while still in the oven. The results were inedible.
Does anyone have any idea how to prevent this disaster should I be brave enough to try this recipe a third time?


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First Sales Account Ledger
First Sales Account Ledger
1928 - 1932: Original sales ledger reveals founding years of Motorola
Many products, photographs, documents and other wonderful materials are preserved in the Motorola, Inc. Legacy Archives Collection. One item is particularly special: the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation sales account ledger.
Spanning 1928-1932, a time when the company was known as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, the ledger provides important clues about the company's beginnings in Chicago. Using the ledger, Archives staff identified several important milestones from those early years.
First sale
The date recorded for the company's first sale was September 17, 1928, over a week before the company's official incorporation. The product was a Type A battery eliminator, a device that allowed battery-powered home radios to use standard household electric current. Sears, Roebuck & Co. purchased 10 units at a discount and sold them through its mail order catalogs, probably under Sears' WLS brand since the Motorola brand had not yet been created.
First use of the Motorola brand
A ledger entry for H.C. Wall of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA,on June 23, 1930, shows the first sale of a Motorola-branded product: a $30 car radio. Earlier Galvin Manufacturing Corporation electronics were sold generically or were branded by dealers that resold them.
Motorola entry into the public safety market
The ledger records the company's first sale to a government agency on November 14, 1930. For $57.50, the Village of River Forest, Illinois, USA, received one "Motorola" standard car radio. Having radio receivers in cars meant police departments could broadcast alerts of crimes in progress to officers on patrol.
Early global sales
According to the ledger, Galvin Manufacturing Corporation's first international sale was to a company in Montevideo, Uruguay, on May 23, 1930. The sale was for radio parts and it was unclear whether the parts were for home or car radios. A few months later on September 19, 1930, the ledger shows that one "Motorola" car radio was purchased by W. Oldenburger in Mexico City for $39.30. This was the earliest recorded sale of a Motorola branded-product outside the U.S.
Historical items like the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation ledger are tools that enable the Archives to document and share the company's long history as an innovator, trusted partner and industry leader.