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Hi Folks! It's time to post your miles for Week 13of the 2013in2013 Club! Please post your miles run from Monday, March 25th through Sunday, March 31st. Be sure to use the following format in the first line of your post (RWusername,week,miles): AwesomeRunner,10,21.2 If you missed last week's thread, just add another line after the first one, as in this example: AwesomeRunner,10,31.2 AwesomeRunner,9,32.6 You must post your miles in this thread no later than 12:00 Noon Central Time, Wednesday, April 3rd to qualify for individual awards and the Head2Head team challenge. KEEPING TO THE WEDNESDAY DEADLINE BUT THAT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON THE WEBSITE PERFORMANCE. WE WILL NOTIFY THE TEAM CAPTAINS IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THE DEADLINE.
Your Pace or Mine?
Red Light Runners
Fast Company
Best Pace Scenario
Shut Up and Run
Mileage Monsters
Collective Soles
7 Deadly Shins
Note: The number in () represents the point spread, which is the difference between the first and second team. Ex: If the spread is (15), the first team is favored to win by 15 pts. If the spread is negative, the second team is favored to win.
On a quest for Iridium level
StepbyStep, 13, 36.2
13,000+ miles and still running
never run, 13, 40.95
If you want to never run, never start because once you do you'll never stop.
Kristin79, 13, 32.9
King the Ky Runner, 13, 1.35
The worst thing? It's not even my lowest mileage week of the year....
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mile 5:49 - 5K 19:58 - 10K 43:06 - HM 1:36:54
Are the rules/directions for the game posted anywhere now that the old forums are gone? I need to go on IR for the next 3 weeks, but wasn't sure how to do that.
King, here's the FAQ info.
2013in2013 FAQ
Q. What is the correct posting format?
A. Please post in the following format:
Note that all values must be separated by commas. Avoid any further text on the first line of your post. You do not have to "bold" your text.
Example: If you ran 26.4 miles in Week 6, you would post:
Q. Why is the posting format so strict?
A. We use several VBA macros in Excel that help me "read" the data from the posting threads and update the database. Without these tools, we would be unable to quickly process all the data from the dozens of club members each week. Any deviation from the above format means that either a member's post may be missed or we have to manually edit the database. This takes time and prevents the results from being posted in a timely and accurate manner.
Q. When is the posting cutoff?
A. All weekly mileage needs to be posted by Wednesday at 12:00 Noon Central Time. This gives club members three (3) full days to post their mileage.
Q. How do I update my mileage if I missed posting?
A. There are three ways:
1) Simply post "late" in that week's posting thread.
2) Send me a PM with your weekly miles using the correct posting format.
3) If the next week's posting thread is already up, you may post your missing weeks there. Just add an additional line with the previous week(s) mileage.
For example, if you missed Week 4's thread wait until the Week 5 thread comes along and your post will look like this:
Q. Can I make changes to my goal?
A. Yes, but you may only change your goal ONE TIME between January 1 and June 30, 2011 (Week 26).
Q. What if I get injured or sick?
A. If you know you will not be able to run for an extended period of time due to any medical reason, please send PeachY or Venomized a PM and we will place you on Injured Reserve (IR). This will preclude you from having to post each week and will also allow your team to still possibly gain bonus points when all other members post on time. If you are ready to return from IR, send us another PM and we'll reinstate you.If you are not on IR and do not post for three (3) consecutive weeks, you will automatically be removed from the club. There are no exceptions!
Q. What if I am unable to post because of vacation, military service, or travel?
A. Send us a PM letting us know in advance and we will exempt you from posting. You must specify the Week # and/or dates you will be unavailable. Upon your return, you must still post your miles for that period as described above ("missed posting&rdquo. If a member has three (3) outstanding missing weeks, the member will automatically be removed from the club.
Q. I think my stats might be incorrect. How can I check this?
A. You can check your full year statistics in the google document. If you notice an error please send me a PM and I can correct it right away. Also, it's important to check your data regularly to make sure it corresponds with your own running log
Q. I think my stats mightbe incorrect. How can I check this?
A. You can check your full year statistics in the google document. If you notice an error please send me a PM and I can correct it right away. Also, it's important to check your data regularly to make sure it corresponds with your own running log.
Q. What is the posting week?
A. Mon - Sun, or Sun - Sat. Whatever your normal week of tracking mileage is - as long as it is consistent.
Q. Where do we post our miles?
A. On the Runner's World Forums.
Q. What miles count? Do walking miles count?
A. Walking miles count if there are done as part of your training. If you do a run/walk or Galloway type approach, the walking portion of your mileage counts. DO NOT count mileage if you're just out for a walk, walking your dog, going to the park with your child, walking to the bus stop.
1st road race: Charleston Distance Run 15 Miler - 1974. - Voice
monkkey, 13, 39.2
DJ Jan,13, 43
This area is reserved for ancient PR's or clever quotes.
awnm, 13, 44
CUtigress, 13, 12
Getting some miles back slowly and surely.
The Lapsed Pacifist,13,0
WOOT! Calf all healed up....slow build until May marathon. Yay!
half marathon 1:26:00
marathon 2:59:22
latestart51, 13, 35.1
Catwhoorg, 13, 16.4
5K 23:21* (Vdot 41.53) 10/13/12
10K 51:48 (Vdot 38.39) 7/15/12
HM 1:48:20 (Vdot 41.07) 11/10//12
FM 4:28:33 (Vdot 33.01) 11/12/11
*Gun time, all others are chip time
Amygdala, 13, 6.45
Tr@nce, 13, 26.5
PressEnter[], 13, 18.5
Heather Lake, 13, 28
Angel 64, 13, 58.13
PRs 5K 19:34 Mar2012 – 10K 39:20 Aug2012 - HM 1:23:47 Apr2013 - FM 2:58:21 Jun2013
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RabbitChaser, 13, 18.5
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Joan with Javonn, one of the many babies she helped deliver
Joan Bryson became a midwife in 1991, and between her nursing experience and midwifery practice, she's assisted in more than 1,000 births.
At her private practice in Brooklyn, NY–Community Midwifery–she provides midwifery and health care for women in their teens to post menopausal years, including regular gyn exams, breast exams, primary care screening, preconception counseling, STD screening and prevention and family planning.
She is also an active member of New York City midwives. Here's Joan…
How did you get into midwifery?
In my mid-20s my brother and his wife were having a baby and were doing a home birth with a lay midwife. They were so in love with the pregnancy and having a home birth. It really called to my heart. I began reading voraciously about midwifery and birth. But I was intimidated about doing it. Later, several years, I decided to plunge forward. I went to nursing school. I did get sidetracked with life for a long time, but after the birth of my daughter, I got a new job and met my first practicing midwives. Two years later I went back to school, and the rest is history.
What is the role of a midwife for those who are not familiar with the practice?
Midwives care for healthy women, independently from physician care. Their 'role' or scope of practice depends on route of entry into the profession.
Midwives are healthcare professionals who are educated in a variety of ways. There are nurse-midwives (CNMs) and certified midwives (CMs) who are certified by the same certifying exam as nurse-midwives are even though they're referred to as CNMs and CMs they are essentially the same. The difference is CNMs enter through nursing and CMs enter through an equivalent science background. Their scope of practice includes gynecology, primary care, birth and early newborn care and usually have prescriptive privileges depending on their state laws.
There are also certified professional midwives (CPMs) who study midwifery in a variety of ways but take a different certifying exam than CNMs/CMs, it is rigorous. They are usually licensed by their state's department of education. Their scope of practice is limited to pregnancy and birth and to my knowledge none have prescriptive authority. CPMs are not recognized by all 50 states.
Midwives do not do surgery. Most CNM/sCMs work for hospitals, or in private practices and deliver their clients in hospital. A very small percentage, like myself, provide homebirth services. CPMs almost exclusively do homebirths, as their scope of practice prohibits hospital privileges. The philosophy of midwifery, regardless of route of entry into practice, is woman-centered, focusing on well being and holistic approaches to care.
Can you discuss a midwife-assisted birth, and how it differs from many of the births that take place in today's hospitals?
Midwives who provide homebirth services are committed to humanistic, individualized care that focuses on the needs of the woman. Because care during birth is in the home, authority shifts to a shared status. We believe in a woman's ability to birth normally without pharmaceutical pain relief. Women feel their most supported, private and empowered in their own homes, and this really affects the process of labor. Any person at the birth is totally there for that woman alone. There are no other distractions. There is usually deep trust. Women don't have to 'ask' permission to shower, be in the tub, go to the bathroom, walk around. She is her own boss. In hospitals, there is an inherent assumption that the hospital rules and physician orders are to be followed without question. The rules are made to keep the unit running smoothly and personnel utilized efficiently. Any attempt to bend them to an individual's needs is viewed as unfair and unsafe. In my 17 years of experience, I have never had a mother ask to do something unsafe.
What are the benefits of a midwife-assisted birth? What are the challenges?
Remember that midwifery care is complete maternity care as well as gyn care. In homebirth, the prenatal visit is scheduled to meet the client's needs outside of the routine blood pressure, weight, growth measurement and fetal heart. Time is spent getting to know this woman, her family, what her fears may be, preparation of the home, as well as time to discuss labor, birth and care of the baby afterwards. I spend a fair amount of time opening up discussion around what this is really preparation for: Parenthood! How does life change. How might they begin during the pregnancy to discuss those changes and how will they face those changes.
I think the challenges are mainly trying to practice humanistic care in a system that is mechanistic and often cruel. Midwifery care and homebirth with trained midwives have been shown to be safe, satisfying, cost effective, and have incredibly lower C-section rates and other interventions in numerous studies over decades of time. People were told midwives were uneducated and causing all of the infant mortality at the turn of the last century by a very effective PR campaign and it has stuck. The truth is that the safety in childbirth has largely come about because doctors finally started using aseptic technique (i.e. hand washing, etc., that midwives and nurses kept telling them to do!), antibiotics, improved nutrition and spacing of pregnancies. Not much has really changed since these 'discoveries,' especially in this country.
We rank highest of all industrialized nations in maternal and infant mortality and morbidity, in spite of the fact that we spend more money per capita than any other country on maternity care. And we use the least amount of midwives (11% vs. 71% in most European countries).
What is one of your favorite delivery stories?
I have so many favorite delivery stories. Women are so beautiful and strong in labor. They are so unconscious of how they look, and would probably say that they looked terrible. But they all must reach deep inside themselves and discover their true strength to deliver the baby. To me, this is profoundly beautiful.
What advice do you have for expectant mothers?
Research your options and exercise them. You are intelligent beings who know how to take care of yourselves. If something doesn't feel right, change providers. My opinion is that the first most important decision you make, is the provider you choose. If you feel free to be yourself, safe to discuss the most personal of issues with your provider, and that who you are and the things you find important for your birth are important to that provider, then where you have your baby will be secondary. Unfortunately, most providers, even midwives, often are unable to challenge the system they work in to do this. That is why homebirth is such an important option.
Is there anything you would like to add?
In New York state, CNMs and CMs are the only legal midwives. And our practice is severely hampered by a provision in our practice act requiring a 'signed' practice agreement with a physician or hospital. We are the only health care professional required to get 'permission' to practice by our financial competitors. Consequently, many of us are unable to practice outside an 'employment' setting because we are unable to satisfy that provision of the law. And the few physicians who will sign these agreements are told by their malpractice insurers that they can only work with one or two midwives or not at all. The signature increases their liability for clients they are not even caring for.
Can you imagine a family practice physician needing a signed agreement with a cardiologist in order to refer or consult a patient with a heart problem? And the cardiologist thinking it was too risky to take patients from another doctor? While we are not doctors, we are OB/GYN providers under the law and should be afforded the same rights to practice, consult and refer as any other provider. The safety of care primarily relies on smooth, seamless transfer to a higher level of care when indicated. The implication that midwives cannot be relied upon to do that without a signed agreement with a physician is insulting and ridiculous.


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Ohio's inspector general released a report today criticizing the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) for improperly reimbursing federal stimulus funds to hired organizations that did not follow rules.
In a statement, Inspector General Randall Meyer's office said ODJFS "failed to adequately oversee federal grant funds applied to the Constructing Futures jobs training initiative for Central Ohio."
The report released by Meyer's office today, which focused on stimulus programs in central Ohio, outlined a few instances of ODJFS failing to oversee proper standards. In total, the department, which was put in charge of carrying out job training funds in Ohio from the stimulus package President Barack Obama signed into law in 2009, wrongly reimbursed companies it hired for $51,700.81.
In central Ohio, ODJFS hired two organizations to carry out the job training program, or Workforce Investment Act: Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC) and Construction Trades Networks (CTN). At ABC, the inspector general found limited problems with faulty reimbursements involving a newspaper subscription, travel and mileage totaling less than $100. The money was not accounted for as a questionable cost since it was so small.
However, at CTN, the faulty reimbursements piled up. The organization was reimbursed $560.61 for phone calls made prior to being hired as part of the federal grant. It was also reimbursed $1,613.62 for its invoices, even though documentation was not provided to link phone calls as necessary to the grant program.
Under the federal stimulus rules, CTN was required to provide 25 percent of its own funds for the program. CTN planned on using $91,800 of in-kind funds — payment that isn't cash — by paying for trainee wages. The organization paid $60,927.70 by the end of the grant period, and the organization was reimbursed for $49,526.64 by ODJFS, even though the charges were supposed to be carried by CTN. The inspector general requested CTN give the money back to ODJFS.
When the inspector general contacted the organization to explain the findings, CTN attributed the requests for faulty reimbursements to confusion caused by multiple administrative changes at ODJFS.
"In addition, monitoring visits by ODJFS were not conducted until after the grant period expired, even though the partnerships were told the visits would occur as grant activities were underway," the report said.
Meyer's office concluded ODJFS should review the questioned costs, work to keep consistent guidelines through administrative changes and monitor grant funds during the grant period.
The full inspector general report can be found here.
A report was released for northwestern Ohio was released on May 10, and it also found wrongdoing. It can be found here. A report for stimulus programs in southwestern Ohio will be released later.ODJFS could not be immediately provide comment on the report. This story will be updated if comments become available.
UPDATE (3:28 P.M.): Benjamin Johnson, spokesperson for ODJFS, provided a comment shortly after this story was published.
"As the report mentions, these were expenditures by local entities, not by the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services," he says. "We appreciate the inspector general bringing this to our attention, and we'll work to resolve the matter."
Just a day before the approval of Ohio's new district maps, Tom Whatman, a Boehner staffer, sent an email to Adam Kincaid, a staffer for the National Republican Congressional Committee, and others in charge of redistricting. In the back-and-forth, Whatman asks for a "small carve out" to include a manufacturing business in the congressional district for Rep. Jim Renacci, a Republican who has received support from the business in the past. Before 13 minutes had passed, Kincaid replied to Whatman, securing the change with no questions asked.
"Thanks guys," Whatman replied. "Very important to someone important to us all."
The Voters First graph, which mocks the 13-minute exchange with the title "Jim Renacci: The 13 Minute Man," can be found here. The full emails, which were released by the Ohio Campaign for Accountable Redistricting in a Dec. 2011 report, can be seen online here.Jim Slagle, who served as manager for the Ohio Campaign for Accountable Redistricting, says the emails are indicative of a redistricting process that is controlled entirely by "political insiders." Slagle says the interests of the people come second to politics under the current system.
If Issue 2 is approved by voters this November, the redistricting process will be placed in the hands of an independent citizens commission. Under the current system, the state government is tasked with redrawing district boundaries every 10 years. Republicans have controlled the process four out of six times since 1967, which is when the process was first enacted into law. The political party in charge typically redraws districts in a politically favorable manner in a process known as "gerrymandering."
On Saturday, Rep. Steve Chabot, who represents Cincinnati in the U.S. House of Representatives, told supporters to vote against Issue 2. Chabot is enormously benefiting off the current redistricting process. Cincinnati's district was redrawn to include Warren County, which has more rural voters that typically vote Republican, and less of Cincinnati, which has more urban voters that typically vote Democrat. The shift to less urban voters is emphasized in this graph by MapGrapher:
During an election year, city council and the mayor member profess to care about the most vulnerable in our society, but their actions are speaking much louder than words. Mayor Mark Mallory allowed a city budget proposal to go forward that would have eliminated all human services funding and the meager investment was only restored after groups like the YWCA Battered Women's Shelter and the Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless organized strong and vocal opposition and the money was restored.
It's kind of like peeling an onion. Once you begin twisting, more and more layers are revealed.
Ever since CityBeat cited a letter last week written by a Hamilton County Probation Department employee listing the work she's done for the local Republican Party as a reason she should get a promotion, other county workers have weighed in via telephone calls and posts on local blogs about how common the practice is and what exactly is permitted under the law.
The Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (IJPC) along with many other abolitionist groups say it does. Over time the public in Ohio has voted to eliminate one round of death penalty case appeals and the inadequate funding of defense in these cases has been eating away at the "super" due-process required by the U.S. Supreme Court. The intent was to put safeguard in place to make sure a fallible system implemented by fallible people wouldn't result in the death of innocent people. But those same fallible people are destroying that system little-by-little.
The Occupy Wall Street movement plans to occupy Sawyer Point this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., one of several protests planned in other cities since the protest over corporate money in politics began more than three weeks ago in New York. (UPDATE: The protest has been moved to Lytle Park due to an already scheduled event at Sawyer Point.)
The Cincinnati Enquirer did its usual muckraking on the subject, determining that the movement's "goals are vague" and then linking to a story quoting a member of the movement describing its goals quite succinctly:
Hold onto your hats, kiddies! Those trying to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" have a new supporter on their side. And it's not at all who you would expect.
It's former Vice President Dick Cheney! That's right, the Dick Cheney. In a shocking twist on the debate of whether or not gays and lesbians should be allowed to serve openly in the military, Dick Cheney came out on Sunday with an answer more surprising than a gunshot to the face.
He said yes!
His direct quote as seen on ABC's This Week in regards to whether it was time to let gays and lesbians serve openly in the military is as follows, "Well, I think the society has moved on. I think it's partly a generational question. I say I'm reluctant to second-guess the military in this regard because they're the ones who have got to make the judgment about how these policies affect the military capability of our, of our units. And that first requirement that you have to look at all the time is whether they're still capable of achieving their mission and does the policy change i.e. putting gays in the force, affect their ability to perform their mission. When the chiefs come forward and say we think we can do it, then it strikes me that it's time to reconsider the policy. And I think Admiral Mullen's said that."
Now while this doesn't exactly mean Cheney will be out there with his daughter in June wearing his Pride shirt through Northside, it is a surprising glimmer of hope from a very unlikely source. Considering his opposition just last year to a federal amendment to allow gay marriage, rather than going with state by state decision, his position on DADT seems a fraction bolder than the Cheney we are used to. But then again, we have heard this sort of vague support of what our military leaders deem the right course of action before.
On October 18, 2006, Senator John McCain appeared on MSNBC and was quoted as saying that if the military's leadership thought it time to change the current policy, then he would have to "consider seriously changing it." Not exactly a strong stance on the issue one way or the other, but significantly different to his current position. For despite Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen's support of the repeal, stating in his testimony to Congress on February 2 of this year that, "allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do," John McCain stands in firm opposition.
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell has been an imperfect, but effective policy," McCain said to Congress, in response to the efforts to repeal. "And at this moment, when we're asking more of our military than at any time in recent memory, we should not repeal this law." Hmm… Funny McCain should bring up memory, since his seems to have a three year expiration.
Whether or not Cheney will offer any real support to the issue of repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," that remains to be seen. But for now, he has earned himself a slightly more progressive title than Senator John McCain. That's kind of like cringing a little less than the guy he's watching Brokeback Mountain with. But hey, it's one more "in favor" than we had before.
Several groups are teaming up to sponsor a forum on Friday for candidates running for Cincinnati City Council.
So far, seven candidates — including one incumbent — have indicated they will attend the session. They are Councilman Wendell Young, a Democrat; Nicholas Hollan, Jason Riveiro, Chris Seelbach and P.G. Sittenfeld, also Democrats; and Kevin Flynn and Yvette Simpson, who are Charterites.


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Oslo, Norway - November 23, 2004
Opera Software today announced that they have solved the problem of rendering Web pages effectively regardless of screen size. Opera's new Extensible Rendering Architecture (ERA) means no more horizontal scrolling and improved ability to print entire Web pages. In combination with Opera's Zoom function, ERA also presents a compelling accessibility feature with which users can magnify Web pages dramatically and still view them without having to scroll sideways.
Opera's rendering technologies have previously included Small- and Medium-Screen Rendering (SSR/MSR) to render Web pages on mobile devices, as well as TV-rendering (TVR) for effectively displaying Web pages on regular television sets. ERA is the architecture that incorporates all of Opera's rendering technologies in one dynamic framework, and thus concludes Opera's effort to solve the rendering problem regardless of screen size.
The rendering challenge has been that most Web pages are designed with desktop or laptop users in mind, and are usually set to a fixed width of 800 pixels or more. Consequently, if your screen or window size is smaller than the minimum width of the Web page, you have to resort to horizontal scrolling. Opera's ERA technology enables dynamic resizing to adapt Web page content to fit any width - from projectors to mobile phones, and everything in between. Furthermore, printing Web pages will often leave out parts because the Web page is wider than the paper, and ERA can make the Web page fit the width of the paper for complete printouts.
"Opera's vision is to enable people to access their favorite Web sites on any device, and ERA means that users can have a great Internet experience on any screen regardless of a Web page's width, tables, or frames," says Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "With its unlimited applicability, ERA technology is truly a milestone in Web page rendering."
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For the Knight-MIT Civic Media Conference June 23-24, 2014 at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. See full video index here: Livestream.com/Knightfoundation/folder Monday, June 23
- Welcome & announcement. - Joi Ito and Alberto Ibargüen.
- Keynote: Engaging Communities Through Data-Smart Governance - Susan Crawford
- Interlude: three lightning talks
- Knight News Challenge announcement - Alberto Ibargüen and Michael Maness
- The Open Web's second chance - Elise Hu, NPR; Seamus Kraft, OpenGov Foundation; Mark Surman, Mozilla Foundation
- Millennials and News - Chris Sopher, Knight Foundation (curator); Tran Ha - Knight Stanford; Jared Keller, PolicyMic; Katy Peters - TurboVote; Chris Rudd - Mikva Challenge
- The Open Web and Participation - Carolina Rossini, New America Foundation (Marco Civil Da Internet); Renata Avila, Creative Commons, Guatemala (Web We Want); Promise Tracker team - Promise tracker; Erhardt Graeff, Center for Civic Media (Action Path / geography-powered civic engagement)
- Surveillance and the Open Internet - Ethan Zuckerman, moderator; Emily Bell, Tow Center; Becky Hurwitz, Center for Civic Media; Nathan Freitas - The Guardian Project
Tuesday, June 24
- Keynote: The Internet as an Antidote to Mainstream Media Failure: Citizen Journalism in Turkey - Zeynep Tufekçi Links: video part 1 and video part 2
Citizen science, sensing and mapping - Sean Bonner, Safecast; Catherine D'Ignazio or Don Blair, OpenWater; Shannon Dosemagen, Public Lab; David Manthos, Skytruth
- New work from The Center for Civic Media
- Putting Users First - John Bracken, Knight Foundation; Emi Kolawole, Stanford d School; Kristen Titus
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im the type of person who speaks his mind regardless of who i may annoy or offend, so dont expect me to pull any punches. those types of people make me sick to my stomach. ive very nearly lost my life before due to roleplayers who got lost in their characters, and never again will i associate with that ilk. lifestylers give true practitioners a bad name, and as for the fakes(and you know who you are), you honestly need to find a hobby aside from stepping on our beliefs. we get it, you dont…Continue
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in this world there is a line between reality and fiction. as such that line is breached by the different "species" that populate the magical world. but then there is another "breed". the lifestylers, and the ones who want attention, and finally the mentally unstable. to those of you who honestly believe you can change your physical form to that of something else, or believe that your immortal, your only fooling yourself. ive read quite a few posts on this site so far and there seem to be a…Continue
well we pinged another one , i don't mind role players but i hate posers
hey remean. so, i just now read your profile over for the first time.. I see you're a vanpire... lol i am a um, reformed one?] I used to believe in it, but now I'm trying to stay far away from that, but it runs down my dad's side of the family.. id like to talk to you about it if you dont mind, sometime.


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-- Mary Elizabeth Dallas
THURSDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The bigger the health
plan, the lower the hospital costs, a new RAND Corp. study
The researchers found a roughly 12 percent drop in hospital
prices in cities with the fewest health plans. The reason for this
decline, they said, is that larger health plans are better able to
negotiate lower prices from health providers. This consolidation,
the study concluded, may be an advantage for consumers.
"There may be a benefit for consumers when health insurance plans are more consolidated because it tends to drive down hospital costs," Glenn A. Melnick, an economist at RAND and the Blue Cross of California Chair in Health Care Finance at the University of Southern California School of Policy, Planning and Development, said in a RAND news release. "As long as there is enough competition to keep health plans honest, the consolidation has a good result on prices."
The study, published in the September edition of the journal
Health Affairs, revealed, however, that very few hospitals operate in areas with only a few main health plans. The researchers found that 64 percent of hospitals are located in cities where health plans have not tended to consolidate. In comparison, just 7 percent of hospitals are in areas with the most-concentrated health plans.
In conducting the analysis, the researchers examined information
about health plans, hospitals and health costs in American cities
in 2001 and 2004. Although they found that on average greater
consolidation of health plans is associated with lower hospital
prices, the same was not true for hospitals.
The research showed regions where hospital ownership is more
consolidated tend to have higher hospital prices. This is
significant since more than 90 percent of all hospitals operate in
areas where hospital ownership is more consolidated than health
However, hospital prices can be cut with more health plan
consolidation, the authors added. This reduction in costs is most
dramatic in areas with just a few primary health plans, they
As states begin to regulate health insurance premiums under the
Affordable Care Act of 2010, the study's findings may have
implications for national health policy, the researchers pointed
"Our findings suggest that if policymakers are interested in lowering costs, they should find a way to restore competition among hospitals, in addition to assuring competition among health plans," Melnick stated. "There has been great consolidation among hospitals and physician practices, and that consolidation has allowed hospitals and doctors to raise prices," he explained in the news release.
The study authors also noted that the American Medical
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in price negotiations with health plans without fear of antitrust
prosecution would help protect their interests and preserve the
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With congressional Republicans promising to create yet another standoff on the debt ceiling, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, professors at the highly regarded Wharton School of Business, write in Bloomberg about the economic consequences of the first crisis last summer.
They note, for example:
"Growth in nonfarm payrolls decelerated to an average 88,000 a month during the three months of the debt-ceiling impasse, compared with an average of 176,000 in the first five months of 2011. Payroll growth subsequently recovered and has averaged 187,000 jobs a month since. Despite the rebound in job growth, employment is likely still below where it would otherwise have been."
And consumer confidence — critical in this recovery — took an even greater and more spectacular tumble, as these numbers from Gallup demonstrate:
They conclude:
"All told, the data tell us that a debt-ceiling standoff is an act of economic sabotage. The only way to avoid this conclusion is to argue that consumers and employers were reacting to some other economic factors. But the debt ceiling was the dominant economic story at the time. No other news fits the data as well. Although the European debt crisis was a rising concern throughout 2011, the real trouble in Europe arose in the period when consumer confidence and employment were recovering.
The next debt-ceiling battle could be worse, because the stakes are even higher. In addition to the threat of default, the U.S. is facing the so-called fiscal cliff: a raft of spending cuts and tax increases that will happen at the end of this year unless Congress acts to postpone them. Another stalemate would almost certainly plunge the economy into a deep recession."
It's also important to note that the standoff created an historic downgrade of the USA's credit worthiness. And for what? Congressional Republicans got a budget-cutting agreement out of the standoff, but it's a deal that they began to repudiate almost immediately after it was announced and that they are now actively seeking to undermine.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't trust the wisdom or patriotism of people who willing to risk the destruction of the economy to make a political point.
– Jay Bookman
May 29th, 2012
8:41 pm
If you have the Documentary Channel available in your home
I don't. However, I see that Netflix has the DVD available for those who are interested. (Alas, it's not available for online streaming.)
May 29th, 2012
8:46 pm
Trump just stated on CNN that many people put birth announcements in papers all the time so they can claim that they were born in the US. Mind you he didn't have any examples…..
Many people grow their hair long on the sides and comb it over so the can claim they have hair growing on top. Mind you I don't have any examples…
May 29th, 2012
8:52 pm
Go, Stands, or in blog speak, lmao.
May 29th, 2012
8:54 pm
"You mean "our troops" will hunt you down ………… correct ?"
Did you speak out against Bush when he said "we got him", in reference to the capture of Sadam?
I know like my dad, you served in Vietnam and I do appreciate your service, but what is good for one should be good for all
May 29th, 2012
8:57 pm
Man, another great one gone.
RIP, Doc
May 29th, 2012
8:58 pm
Looks like the military doesn't much care for Obuma's chest thumping on the OBL kill nor on the DADT repeal.
May 29th, 2012
9:01 pm
That is the exact same numbers that veterans voted for McCain and we both now the outcome of the election.
Going to need a significant push with moderates and independents. That could push the election to Romney.
If any given demographic from last time stays the same, probably will be the same result, but I do see a much, much closer election
May 29th, 2012
9:01 pm
"we both know…………"
May 29th, 2012
9:01 pm
It's amazing that the hard-left morons really believe Obuma is a shoe in for a second term.
May 29th, 2012
9:02 pm
Thanks, Don't Forget. A great one, indeed.
RIP Doc
May 29th, 2012
9:06 pm
He isn't a shoe in, but if anyone thinks that current polling that was basically the same results as the last elections outcome for that demographic is a game changer…….. I really do not know what to say
May 29th, 2012
9:06 pm
Bro: Got a programming note for some here. If you have the Documentary Channel available in your home, there's a documentary coming on at 8pm that might be of interest to the blog here…
What Black Men Think. Since they all think alike…………
May 29th, 2012
9:08 pm
they BOTH suck:
"You mean "our troops" will hunt you down ………… correct ?"
Did you speak out against Bush when he said "we got him", in reference to the capture of Sadam?"
Yes ……….. and I often blasted Rumsfield for that and many other issues.
1) I have tried my best to be consistent in that regard.
2) I cringed when President Bush did that carrier landing thingie.
May 29th, 2012
9:09 pm
They Both Suck,
I've been consistent in my prediction that this will be a very close election. We're a deeply divided country. At some point that divide may become a real factor and the thought it concerns me but I won't go there now, for now the left seems to believe Obama will cake walk into office. I don't think it will turn out that way.
May 29th, 2012
9:10 pm
Thanks for the reply. I would have to agree and say that the troops are the ones who do the down and dirty work and deserve to be credited for it
May 29th, 2012
9:14 pm
I don't care who you are, if you want to make a statement about the stupidity of others, try to spell all the words correctly.
May 29th, 2012
9:14 pm
I do not see any sort of cake walk either way. In 2008, the polls were close like they are now, however Romney is not McCain. Not saying that is good or bad, but he is not McCain
Significant gains among moderates and independents could very well send Obama packing. Haven't seen anything lately, but what I have read is that Obama's polling in that category is slipping.
Of course the main issue being the economy, but Romney's VP pick and the debates will also come into play
May 29th, 2012
9:15 pm
Las Vegas is ready when you Republirubes are…
Obama -175
Whichever Republican +145
May 29th, 2012
9:15 pm
Rubio would be a good pick but I think Romney will get Florida regardless. Portman could deliver Ohio and should that happen it would truly be game over.
May 29th, 2012
9:17 pm
When I said close, I mean close during this same time frame of the election
May 29th, 2012
9:19 pm
TBS, copied your last.
May 29th, 2012
9:20 pm
The only way Obama will play is by slander.
They know that's the only way he can win given his promises/track record.
America is growing tired and frustrated with the rhetoric:
May 29th, 2012
9:22 pm
I'm out…y'all be good.
May 29th, 2012
9:22 pm
Okay, TOTALLY off topic: Josef, when you told me about the fruitcake lady, I started to ask you if you were calling me a fruitcake & remembered one of the many classic scenes from MASH. Hawkeye & Trapper are escorting the quite inebriated Col. Potter. He falls; they pick him up; he says, "Did I fall down?" they reply, " No, Sir." and Potter says, " I didn't think so." Ah, one of the best tv shows EVER. So now we can go back to increasingly divisive, vitriolic, often hate filled, rhetoric which masquerades as politics today. Yes, I am old enough to remember when it was "not always thus."
May 29th, 2012
9:23 pm
Pickin time in heaven……
May 29th, 2012
9:25 pm
I like TBS
Decent centrist
May 29th, 2012
9:26 pm
Sweet, DF.
May 29th, 2012
9:29 pm
Las Vegas is ready when you Republirubes are
If the incumbent weren't the odds on favorite in the betting world I would be really concerned. The incumbent has many advantages and that is reflected in the Vegas odds.
May 29th, 2012
9:29 pm
Almost everyone loves mash…….
May 29th, 2012
9:30 pm
So while you sit back and wonder why
I got this f#cking thorn in my side
Oh my God, it's a mirage
I'm tellin' y'all, it's a sabotage
May 29th, 2012
9:32 pm
Its a bull in the heather
May 29th, 2012
9:32 pm
Obama: bob Dylan is a hero
Chris Hayes: servicemen and women who lost their lives protecting and serving their country: not heroes
Liberals are really sick
May 29th, 2012
9:34 pm
Thanks, j$, life gets teejus don't it?
May 29th, 2012
9:36 pm
heathen, no matter the reasons, those boys in Vegas are not into losing money.
And when you look at this map, it is clear why they are not persuaded by the right wing's RINO…
May 29th, 2012
9:39 pm
From what I've seen thus far, it's worth viewing. When the facts are laid out for all to see, there would be many a myth passed around here that would get blown to bits. It would probably blow the mind of many of those who "think" they know the Black community to hear so many who are critical of the so called "Black Leaders". Doesn't lend much credit to the idea that they are leading anything, as I often try to explain here. I'd suggest it be viewed by anybody with vision. I'll probably buy a copy for myself.
May 29th, 2012
9:44 pm
heathen, no matter the reasons, those boys in Vegas are not into losing money.
Well, I already started working on what I'll say after the election. And that is, we needed a real Conservative to run against the Muslim Usurper. One that will revoke the Constitution if need be in order to go after the libruls and lock a bunch of these Traders up. What good is a Constitution if we're going to lose the election? The only thing I haven't figured out is what I'll say when No. 1 Foxy Lady gets on here the day after the election and tells us to . . . well, you know.
Have a good night everybody.
May 29th, 2012
9:48 pm
Obama starts ahead
But it's close
Obama requires a lot of "ifs" to win, and so does Romney
It's a real race
May 29th, 2012
9:49 pm
jm @ 9.32…
I guess it's asking too much for you to stop being a flaming douchebag huh.
May 29th, 2012
9:52 pm
Bro, looks like it's not being shown in Tennessee which is a shame. Saw a preview on youtube and I bet it's pretty enlightening. Stereotypes are rarely accurate of anybody. Hopefully it'll be more available in the coming months.
May 29th, 2012
9:56 pm
Don't Forget
Seems like they have a link to stream the full documentary here…
Click the "Watch it now" link, and the full vid comes up. It's close to 90 mins long, but well worth it.
May 29th, 2012
9:56 pm
"If you attack my country, as Al Qaida did, then we will hunt you down and kill you and ensure that you do not get another chance to do it again."- Jay
Doomy do loves himself some a them thar tough talkin liberals.
May 29th, 2012
9:57 pm
But it's close
No, it's not.
Flip has to take eight or nine of the ten toss up states to win.
And that will never happen.
Start working on your concession speeches…
May 29th, 2012
9:58 pm
Too much to ask for you to stop dodging the facts and stake your ground out? Yep
May 29th, 2012
9:59 pm
G mare and JamVet,
Yep. Doomy is originally from Buffalo.
And ya'll smartasses bout the 4 straight super bowl losses just simmer down now. Ya hear?
May 29th, 2012
10:00 pm
Obama has to hold a lot of states that don't historically trend D
If he does so, he deserves to win
I have a lot of doubts that he will hold them
May 29th, 2012
10:01 pm
All Romney has to do is win Iowa plus 3 states that trend republican historically
Not a stretch at all
May 29th, 2012
10:02 pm
If Wisconsin is any indication Romney sweeps all 10 of them tossup states. 6 or 9 months ago ya'll were talking recall in Wisconsin and Ds taking back over Wisc. Not only did it not happen but it looks like the Rs are strengthening in Wisconsin.
May 29th, 2012
10:06 pm
Like I said, the bookies in Vegas are ready when you Romney fans are!
Easy money! Something like a 40% return in no time flat.
May 29th, 2012
10:07 pm
Just curious….
Who is No. 1 Foxy Lady??
May 29th, 2012
10:09 pm
the Vegas bookies were all-in for the Patriots in the Super Bowl, too. I remember the Tyson/Holfield 25-1 odds. I missed the boat on that!
May 29th, 2012
10:09 pm
Anyone who thinks this is a cake walk for Obama is going to eat my shorts.
Put your money where your mouth is.
May 29th, 2012
10:10 pm
Yep, that's what I thought.
May 29th, 2012
10:11 pm
Me and the bookies are pretty even during the regular season in college football but even then I still hold a slight advantage. But when bowl season comes I wear they asses out.
May 29th, 2012
10:16 pm
bman, yep, you're right.
Those guys are wrong SO much more than they are right.
That's why there are all of those run down hovels up and down the strip!
May 29th, 2012
10:24 pm
Jam .. .. I would place a wager on either..
May 29th, 2012
10:25 pm
May 29th, 2012
10:26 pm
Play long enough in a casino and you will lose. Sports betting if you follow the masses you will lose. Don't do your research and you will lose. Money management and money discipline is also key but the bottom line is that like anything else in life if you invest time and a little money in research you can win in sports betting. But I sure as hell wouldn't depend on it for making a living.
May 29th, 2012
10:26 pm
"it's the only town in the whole country built by losers."
Ummm, no.
I guess Pittsburgh was built by losers also.
May 29th, 2012
10:27 pm
Not sure I would wager on either of em either. Better to put my money on Lord Saban- usually a good return on investment.
May 29th, 2012
10:40 pm
Alabama final ranking for 12/13 – (15~19)
mark it.
Tough year for the Tide.
Can't win 'em all every year…
May 29th, 2012
10:47 pm
I think that making a law about the debt ceiling, then continuing to ignore, is also tantamount to deliberately hurting the economy. If Democrats don't want to follow laws, then why don't they just go to jail. That's where criminals are supposed to go. For that matter, aren't they supposed to pass a budget every year? Been a while since we had one. Kinda messed up to run a country this size and refuse to even create a budget, much less follow one. But that's lefty logic for ya.
May 29th, 2012
10:55 pm
How much does the Republican budget proposal reduce the debt.
May 29th, 2012
10:56 pm
Gotta love the Bills.
Jim Kelly to Thurmond Thomas – a great duo!
May 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
Let's hear what this great American has to say about the President when it comes to national debt:
May 29th, 2012
11:36 pm
Brocephus, that was a pretty good program. Lots of observations about not only stereotypes but also power structures, money etc. I'll repost your link in case anyone else wants to watch that missed your post.
I suppose the biggest take home really goes way beyond the scope of the program. The fact that politicians will NEVER solve the problems that got them elected in the first place. That applies to the economy, the deficit, drug abuse, racial disparity etc.
May 29th, 2012
11:41 pm
wanlong, you've come to the right place.
May 30th, 2012
12:29 am
The political agenda of both parties is to help only their constituants.
The difference between the parties is that:
The GOP most wants to help those that need help the least and least wants to help those that need help the most. The deficit "starves" government and helps them achieve this goal.
The Democrats want to help the so-called 99% — the economic working class and "least among us".
The "values voters" likely will again vote contrary to their own best economic interest because, second to he[[, they fear true individual liberty most–it interferes with their efforts to tell others how to live.
May 30th, 2012
2:32 am
MEMO TO ALL NON RICH AMERICANS…. Wake up and smell the black coffee… Mitt Romney and the extreme right wing, neo-con Republicans are hell bent on destroying the middle class way of life… The behavior of non rich Americans who vote Republican is analogous with the behavior of the German people when Adolf Hitler and the Brown shirts were claiming to have all the answers to all the problems.. No one took them serious… But after Hitler replaced the brown shirts with the black uniformed, goose stepping Schutzstoffels, the German people begin to take notice and realized that they were in danger… But it was already to late… People who don't learn from their mistakes are bound to repeat them, over and over and over… The shyster Republican politicians have been running the same political scam on non rich Republican voters for the last 30 years. Mittens Romney is a blind man talking to a room full of deaf people… Wake up and smell the black coffee before its too late…
May 30th, 2012
6:21 am
May 30th, 2012
6:52 am
The real 'economic sabotage' here Bookman is the democrat party's complete and total lack of thought, preparation, or even common sense when it comes to spending other people's (our) money.
When these idiots come up with a budget as required by law, and actually get one passed, then maybe you can slide off your pathetic party ideology and say something that make sense, instead of just regurgitating the crap they feed to media stooges like you.
But one term Obama will not; he doesn't have to, he's outta here in November.
What a legacy he will leave indeed; the first half black president that never came up with an operating budget for govt during his one and only term.
May 30th, 2012
7:13 am
You have such a talent for wordsmithing pernicious piffle!
I suppose everybody has got to have something to be proud of.
May 30th, 2012
7:24 am
So Bud,
This is the guy that you're pinning you feeble hopes on? (No, not the boob on the right, the one on the left!)
May 30th, 2012
7:33 am
There are many reasons that I would never vote for Mitt.
But laying a big Trump and then tracking it all over the place? That has got to be in the top 10…
May 30th, 2012
8:26 am
Amazing when gas prices where high, the right wing nut jobs at fox were blaming Obama and their low IQ viewers were buying in to this, now when gas prices have fallen you dont hear a word.
President Obama gets the blame when prices where going thru the roof but no credit when they have fallen, this shows what a bunch of hypocrites we have in this country, any middle class American no matter what color who vote for spineless Mitt have no clue what middle class America is about.
May 30th, 2012
9:13 am
jm: Chris Hayes: servicemen and women who lost their lives protecting and serving their country: not heroes
Again I refer you here: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/05/in-defense-of-chris-hayes/257744/
Don't be too chicken to read the whole thing now
May 30th, 2012
9:19 am
Thulsa: Its funny but you keep saying its unfair to ask about their transcripts yet you won't say why its unfair.
I didn't say why because prior to now, you never posed it as a question. You just asserted that I must be thinking it's fair in one case and not in another, again without asking. Just assuming.
So try asking next time, k?
Its mind numbing that when applying for scholarships or for jobs that a scholarship committee or a prospective employer may want to know what kind of grades you made but yet here we have Adam saying that grades and transcripts have no place in determining qualifications for the most important job in the world.
What's the last job you had to put your schooling on your resume for? You only have to do that when you don't have any other experience to prove you can do whatever job we're talking about. And I know it's popular to claim that Obama only had "Community Organizer" while ignoring all his other work prior to running for President, but that part isn't true either. And just about every non-nutjob out there thinks the same way – if you have work experience, THAT is what is looked at by the hiring manager, not your grades from 20+ years ago. And in addition there are exactly TWO qualifications for President:
Must be over age 35
Must be a naturalized citizen
Nothing in the job qualifications about military service, tax returns, or grades, and certainly nothing indicating that every single American citizen has the right to know every detail required to verify the above: that's a government agency's job, not YOURS. If college records WERE part of it, he would still be under no obligation to provide them to YOU just because you're an interested citizen.
"And going on and on about "how did Obama get IN to Harvard" practically screams anti-affirmative action talk."
Nope. Its much more than that.
In other words, yes it does scream anti-affirmative action talk AS WELL AS some other stuff. Thanks for the confirmation.
People want to know if he got other special help or strings pulled.
And SOME PEOPLE say Stephen Hawking is an idiot.
And more than anything its a legitimate question as to whether or not the man may have applied as a foreign student in order to get in even though he is an American. If its so important to know about W's short military service in Montgomery, AL. then its important to know about this.
You keep drawing parallels to arguments I am not making. I have little interest in Bush's military service, especially since he didn't run on being a war hero or something.
" I do recall people asserting Bush got in as part of Harvard's children of alumni admissions policy."
Yes. Matter of fact I'm pretty sure that Bush senior helped get him in and that if it weren't for daddy he most likely would not have gotten in. And you can say that about a lot of people from influential families on both sides of the aisle. The kennedys would probably be a good example on the left.
And your point would be what? I see it all as irrelevant.
"So again, I don't see the relevancy of those transcripts. Any of them, for anyone mentioned."
Well it looks like a lot of people are in disagreement with you as to the relevance of college transcripts in regards to qualifications for the most important job in the world.
See, you SAY that "a lot of people" are in disagreement, but so far you have only ASSERTED that. There is no evidence provided that anyone here but you (and perhaps a few other nuts here, certainly not "a lot") is making this case as some sort of legitimate and pressing question.
If you can't understand that your college grades should be looked at in relation to your qualifications for this job then I just can't help you.
If you can't undertand why it doesn't matter when it comes to being President, as I explained above, that other experience is considered instead, then I can't help YOU.
May 30th, 2012
9:30 am
F. Sinkiewicz — "There ya go! How many of you lib ilks got 3% raises this year?"
Oh, Fishy, you poor thing. Did you get passed over for a raise AGAIN?
May 30th, 2012
11:28 am
"There ya go! How many of you lib ilks got 3% raises this year?"
Well, mine was over 8%, so….
May 30th, 2012
11:52 am
Why don't we just raise the debt ceiling to infinity? Then we can pay for all the social gimme programs forever. It really is that simple isn't it?
Grobbbbbbbbbbbbb [/sarc]
May 30th, 2012
1:11 pm
Grob: The debt ceiling is actually something Congress can decide to simply eliminate. They are the ones that put it in place in the first place. And a court challenge to the debt ceiling itself can be justified as being contrary to the 14th Amendment.
May 31st, 2012
7:21 am
Don't matter what you libs say, Obamab is out, Repubs take senate as well, the makers inthis country get confidence back, and this economy will tke off. Get ready for 8 years opf Romney. Obama worst president ever, shame we had to have a black liberal as our first black president. Really embarassed himself.


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For Inauguration Day, Media Find Room With a View
WASHINGTON — Location, location, location.
Between Jan. 17 and Inauguration Day, the Newseum, the interactive museum about news, will be a big part of the news, as major broadcast, cable and radio news networks use the building's prime spot on historic Pennsylvania Avenue for live broadcasts of inaugural activities.
With its ideal position along the inaugural parade route and sweeping views of the U.S. Capitol and other Washington landmarks, the Newseum was a natural fit for networks seeking a place to set up shop.
"The Newseum will be inauguration central for this momentous political, social and media event," said Jack Hurley, the Newseum's senior vice president for broadcasting. "Broadcasters will reach worldwide audiences because of the extraordinary technical infrastructure designed by our engineering team."
Organizations that will broadcast from the Newseum's studios, terraces and galleries include ABC, Bloomberg, CBS, CNN, Fox, MSNBC and NBC, NPR, New York's WABC, Washington's WJLA, WRC and local radio stations WHUR and WTOP.
One of the Newseum's most popular exhibits is "Be a TV Reporter," where would-be reporters stand in front of a camera and read the news from a teleprompter. But with so many celebrity anchors, hosts and correspondents housed in one place, visitors will get a close-up look at how the professionals prepare the news.
"The Newseum has hosted U.S. presidents and foreign heads of state, prime ministers and royalty. During the inauguration, we will host newscasters and reporters seen and heard by millions. Our visitors will get a peek at how news is covered," Hurley said.Related Links:
- Video Blog: Live From the Newseum
- Video Blog: CNN's John King Pulls Back Curtain
- Newseum Part of History on America's Main Street
- First Things First: Facts About Presidential Inaugurations
- President-elect Barack Obama at the Newseum


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My plum tree has a nice lot of plums on it this summer, and they are just starting to get ripe. I picked the first one today after lunch and it was perfect! So I am going to pick the first lot this afternoon.
Does anyone have a favourite recipe for clafoutis? I haven't ever made this, but it might be a good way to use some of the plums. (Someone told me that if it is made with cherries, it is clafoutis; if it is made with some other fruit - presumably including plums - it's flaugnard. Maybe someone can tell me if that is right, too )


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The move is official
All new Roadguy posts will be here:
I'm also reachable by the handy old www.startribune.com/roadguy
All new Roadguy posts will be here:
I'm also reachable by the handy old www.startribune.com/roadguy
After three years in WordPress, the Roadguy blog is being moved into startribune.com's main publishing system. The transition is underway sometime today (so thank you for your patience). Alert readers who follow the blog via RSS will probably need to update to the latest URL:
The tech gurus are also working to make sure that the www.startribune.com/roadguy redirect gets you to the right place.
Perhaps the biggest change for regular alert readers will be that you'll need to be a registered user of startribune.com to make comments on the blog. Under the old system, each blog had its own commenting setup; now, once you're logged into startribune.com, you can make comments anywhere under a single name.
Not sure exactly when this will all be complete, but our regularly scheduled transportation conversations will resume ASAP. (And the WordPress archive, with nearly 900 posts, will still be around, so you can revisit the old ones.)
The sealcoating crews have been out in force in south Minneapolis, and yesterday, it was Hennepin Avenue's turn to get a layer of black goo topped with gravel. As if that particular road weren't already exciting enough, it now has clouds of dust, no lane markers, and flying pebbles. Avoidance may be the best strategy, and if I were on a bike (or living in a nearby apartment), I'd be wearing one of those masks more commonly seen on scooter-riders in Taipei. If your day does necessitate some gravel travel, you might as well hold off on the car wash until afterward.
(Photos taken today @ 9:30 a.m.)
My colleague Shari sent along the following mind-boggling link from our neighbor to the east:
Highway Sign Has Every Word Misspelled But "Exit"
Roadguy may henceforth deny that he's a product of Wisconsin's educational system….
Here's my weekly column from the paper:
Alert reader Joan called up Roadguy with a blunt opinion to share:
There are certain areas in the city of Minneapolis that still have "no turn on red signs" that make absolutely no sense.
She wanted to know how to get her least favorite sign, at an intersection near the Interstate 35W construction zone, taken down. Matt Laible, city spokesman, said she should dial 311 or 612-673-3000 (outside of Minneapolis) to request that a "no turn on red" sign be removed — or added.
Added? Would someone ever clamor for such a thing?
Laible said that while 77 "no turn on red" signs have been removed since 2005, there are indeed reasons for installing new ones. On Nicollet Avenue at 59th Street, for example, one was added because of the presence of school patrols, while at Park Avenue and 28th Street, a sign was installed because of a high population of elderly residents trying to cross the street — something that's easier to do if drivers aren't cutting across while you've got the "walk" signal.
The trend, though, is toward fewer signs, meaning a bit of time and gas saved for drivers.
When Roadguy took the above photo the week before last, the word that came to his mind was "brazen." Not only was the truck ignoring the "no trucks" sign, it also was driving on a section of West River Parkway that's made up of wood planks.
I phoned our friends at the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, which sets the rules for the parkways, and learned that the truck might not have been breaking the rules.
Annie Olson, who's in charge of such things for the board, said that there's an apartment building that can only be reached via that stretch of parkway, so moving vans or trucks making deliveries are allowed to drive on it for that short distance without any permits or fees.
Other trucks wishing to use a parkway need to get a $50 permit; trucks heavier than 13 tons aren't allowed at all. The plank road doesn't have any special limits.
The truck driver in the picture couldn't get a permit to cover another sin, however: drifting across the center line.
It's official: Highway signs around MSP will be changed to say Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 (story here). One of the things I was told during the debate was that the federal government has rules about how many words or characters can be on an official sign on a freeway. With that in mind, check out this sign I saw yesterday in Illinois, where there are apparently no limits on words, pseudo-italic fonts or parentheses:
My favorite sign, however, was the one below. If travelers find it confusing to have two terminals three miles apart (as MSP does), their heads must really spin when they drive past an airport that has "Chicago" in its name but is 80 miles from Chicago:
The major airlines stopped serving Rockford years ago — I recall that one offered connecting service from O'Hare by bus. So I feel bad that the place needs to drum up business. But putting "Chicago" in the name doesn't change the fact that Rockford is closer to Madison than it is to the Windy City — or the fact that the airport code is RFD.
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d (FYI I TYPE REALLY FAST SO I USUALLY TYPE "DECIDED" EVEN IF IT'S MY INTENTION IS TO TYPE THE WORD "DECIDE" LOL) how I'm going to present or publish these set of photos I took earlier. While I figure it out, here's teaser. :)
Color Me, Pretty
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I'm so tempted to post more but I can't. Haha. Sarah (or DJ Kharla) is probably one of my favorite models. We've met a long, long time ago during the I am VAIO model search and she was my first ever model in a studio shoot. I love her gorgeous face and bubbly personality. She's really cute and I think anyone will simply adore her.
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On wanting to continue the momentum from Tuesday night:
"Yeah, obviously we've clinched a spot in the playoffs but we've still got some work to do to keep moving up. our goal is still for the division. We know it's going to be tough but we've got to come in and play hard for the rest of the seven games and for me, I had a little over a week off, so I'm trying to make sure I'm sharp enough. Going out there the first few innings were trying to find the rhythm and get back into it. And going out for the third I felt like I found my rhythm and was able to pretty much throw every pitch for a strike."
On last couple starts put him in a good frame going into playoffs:
"Yeah you can look at it, I had two out of three good starts, and then the start before I had two out of three bad starts. So for me, it comes down to executing pitches. I'm not going to blow it by anybody. I'm not going to go out there with stuff, where I'm going to strike out a bunch of guys. I've got to go out there and pitch, I've got to go out there and execute my pitches and mix speeds and get ahead and get ground balls and keep the defense going. Tonight I felt comfortable and obviously with Prads getting the first inning homer, that helps you out going out there. You're able to relax a little bit more. You want to be able to pitch well going into the playoffs and obviously I've never been in this position in my career, so I tried to do as much as I could to treat it like a playoff game to where I'm going to go out there and I'm going to win the game and try and set the tone. The defense made some plays and obviously putting up some runs helps."
On how it feels to pitch in meaningful games this last week, and walk off to ovation:
"It's awesome. Obviously this is what you play for. You want to play in October, you want to play in the postseason. Obviously clinching last night and getting in the playoffs and coming out tonight and playing a good game and getting a win, it's fun. When you're on teams that have 90-plus losses obviously you're wanting to go out there and win every start but you're kind of in shutdown mode. You've got offseason plans. You've got other things. It's fun to come to the park and know that there's an added pressure to try and win and do things and make sure you're prepared and you're ready to go day in and day out."
On what he thought when he saw squeeze sign:
"Don't screw it up. Obviously the ball was way out of the zone. As a pitcher you're taught just to do whatever you can to get the bat on it. I tried to go one-hand just trying to get it up there and get to it, but luckily I didn't foul it off and it went to the backstop and we scored. Squeezes, it's not like it's the most pressure-packed situation but you don't want to screw it up. You don't want to look like a fool up there."
On what last night was like for Maholm:
"It was awesome. As a player I've never played against a team that's won on our field or gotten to celebrate. But in the offseason you've gotten to watch people do the champagne and do everything. That's something you want to do in your career and hopefully it's the first of a few for us this season. It was fun. We didn't celebrate too much. We enjoyed the moment and came back out and we're still playing for something. We're still going to try and keep creeping up the division and see where we go."
On the win:
"The way we're playing right now, we've just got to keep going, all the way to the end and don't forget that it took a long time. it's been a long season and the way we've been playing is pretty consistent. So we're just trying to finish strong and win as many games as we can win from now on. I like our chances though and the way that our pitchers and everybody has been playing. It's good to see that at this point we've got a pretty good chance."
On using some of Johnson's power:
"He's always a tough contender. I'm glad I didn't swing at the slider before that pitch and I could put a good swing on that fastball in. I didn't know that I hit it out but fortunately for me and for my team, it was huge in that first inning to get that run. Paul was great, and he used that run to deal all game and got the win."
On if saw Constanza score:
"I saw that and I saw the replay and I saw when we went back out there and I saw he had dirt here. I was like 'you dove like (to) a bag. Dirt on the back of his shoulder. Guys were like 'he almost hit his face on the ground.' But that's the way we're playing. Everybody is contributing. Everybody is playing hard, and that's all that matters."
On if anybody tried to come after him with dirt today:
"No I escaped that. Don't say that too loud."
On if people watching Nats game:
"You know, that's what I like about this team. You see everybody just relax and they're probably just thinking about tomorrow, not thinking who's playing who."
On Maholm:
"He did a nice job. He gave us 6 2/3 pretty good innings there and mixed his pitches well. He got himself in a pretty good flow there the middle innings and just kept going mixing up pitches and did a nice job. Durbin came in with a big out there in the seventh and O'Flaherty and Kimbrel did a heck of a job. The only offense was Prado really. Solo home run and an RBI single and we snuck one in there with a squeeze was just a wild pitch…Stolen base? OK."
On four strikeouts for Kimbrel:
"That's not something we should be proud of. It's a tough pitch in the dirt but nevertheless he got out of that jam."
On how much watching other scores:
"I still think you still watch. We came in here and it was first and third and two outs and Frandsen at the plate and Clippard, so we were watching. And he punched him out. It's a fun part of the year….It's going to be a difficult task (to win the division) but it could be done. We need some help. We've just got to win, take care of ourselves and win and see what happens."
On way team responding coming back in after last night:
"Yeah but that didn't bother me. I think there's still something to be played for and they know that. With Paul going, I knew we were going to get a good performance."
On if McCann OK, he swung funny:
"Mac is beat up. he's got a shoulder thing. he's got the knee. Maybe we'll give him a breather here in the next couple days and get him recharged again. He's beat up but this is the time of year where we'll rest in the offseason. We'll rest when we don't have any more games left."
On went for Maholm because he was up over 100 pitches:
"It was 100 in the seventh. the first couple innings for both sides, both pitchers cranked up some serious pitch counts. In the fourth inning, JJ had 80 something and Paulie had in the 80s. Both pitchers labored a little bit and they both settled down and got deep in the ball game."
September 26th, 2012
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September 27th, 2012
1:06 am
Paulie?? Makes me think of that less than mediocre, non-funny actor (Shore). Why can't we have more respectable nicknames for Braves players…!?!!! At least give Maholm credit for calling Prado "Prads" instead of the expected "Pradi" or "Martini". But, Maholm's not been with the Braves long enough to conform to the standard list of Braves nicknames with the required "eee" sound at the end.
Of course, this brings up the point — how did Chipper avoid being "Chippy" or "Jonesy"..?
BUT, if the Braves can WIN the World Series with kindergarten-level nicknames, it's totally OK….!!!
September 27th, 2012
1:08 am
@maybee??? — Congrats, you beat everyone with almost 2 hours to spare!!!
September 27th, 2012
1:08 am
Sorry, I gave you an extra "e". Enjoy it.
September 27th, 2012
7:45 am
These minor league players are deceiving themselves. They are not the professionals they think they are and will soon go down in flames.
September 27th, 2012
7:46 am
Chippeeee, CHIIPPPPEEEE…come take a bath with daddy….
September 27th, 2012
7:48 am
Braves say…WWOOOO HOOOOO!!! We couldnt win our way to the playoffs cuz we suck so bad, but we got the wildCard…YIIIPPPEEEE!!!"
They should be ashamed.
September 27th, 2012
8:00 am
What the wildcard celebration really means…."Look Dad, I got all Ds on my report card".
September 27th, 2012
8:08 am
I will so enjoy watching this sorry lot get their rear-ends handed to them on a silver platter. And they will probably celebrate that also….
September 27th, 2012
8:17 am
Iggy, it's time for you take your meds and go back to sleep. This blog is for people who can make intelligent comments….
September 27th, 2012
8:29 am
Just keep winning.
September 27th, 2012
9:01 am
Iggy is an idiot!!! Craig Kembrel for Cy Young!!!!!
September 27th, 2012
9:04 am
September 27th, 2012
8:00 am
"Look Dad, I got all Ds on my report card".
i'm pretty sure iggy has uttered that phrase more than once.
September 27th, 2012
9:12 am
Just when you think Kimbrel can absolutely not get any better – he strikes out 4 batters in one inning!
I appreciate Brian McCann's career with the Braves, but he is absolutely an albatross around an offense trying to get started, and is scarcely better at defense. Bases loaded with 1 out, what does he do? Not even a fly ball to get at least 1 run in. He strikes out.
If he is injured, damn I wish he would just go on the DL. Bring up the kid and rotate him with Ross. The announcers keep saying we need Mac.
I say we need Mac to SIT . . .
September 27th, 2012
9:14 am
iggy a bitter Phillies fan?
If not, he should be – he would fit right in with that classless bunch.
September 27th, 2012
9:27 am
I guess being "Best of the Losers" is a little something to celebrate…very little. These amateurs are shameless idiots and will get the flogging thats coming their way.
September 27th, 2012
9:39 am
Don't feed the trolls.
September 27th, 2012
9:39 am
The Braves have won 90 games, and would be in first place in half of MLB's divisions. I'd bet we have lots more wins than iggy's team . . .
September 27th, 2012
9:43 am
Chippee would make an excellent game show host. He reminds me of Chuck Barris of the Gong Show!!
September 27th, 2012
9:43 am
All this crap about "THE CELEBRATION", give it a break. After last season, and doing what they have done this year, they needed to put an end to the bad taste left in many mouths. For Freeman to do the complete opposite, a walk off, two run homer, instead of hitting into game ending double play, let the corks pop. How many other teams would love to be in our cleats today. Enjoy the ride.
As for iggy, I think he use to be Philly Phanatic, now all he has to hang onto is Mike!! I'd hang my head too.
September 27th, 2012
9:43 am
Hey Joey, coulda shoulda woulda.
September 27th, 2012
9:44 am
Great effort by Maholm. But look out, here come Hanson.
September 27th, 2012
9:45 am
"they needed to put an end to the bad taste left in many mouths."
The bad taste is from all the cheap rot gut $3.99 per bottle champagne they were chuggin.
September 27th, 2012
9:50 am
Chippee is probably up early with his easy bake oven preparing little cakes for the after game ass-kicking they will soon receive.
September 27th, 2012
9:53 am
Iggy – Braves say…WWOOOO HOOOOO!!! We couldnt win our way to the playoffs cuz we suck so bad, but we got the wildCard…YIIIPPPEEEE!!!"
Let's dig a little deeper. Do you consider yourself a Braves' fan? What is the reasoning behind all your negative troll-like postings? You do realize that several Wild Card teams in the past have gone onto winning the World Series. I just want to understand why you want to make yourself appear to be a troll.
September 27th, 2012
9:56 am
"Wild Card teams in the past have gone onto winning the World Series".
And that I believe, but it will not happen, MARK MY WORDS, it will not happen for the braves.
September 27th, 2012
10:03 am
Iggy – It is not a matter of believing. It actually has happened that Wild Card teams have won many past World Series. So, why are you so convinced the Braves cannot win this year's World Series?
September 27th, 2012
10:25 am
Brian McCann needs to be sat down,he could not make the throw to first base last night becauseof his shoulder.His offense is not good enough to offset his bad defense.Uggla has to sit also,he's back to his old ways.
September 27th, 2012
10:27 am
@ Everyone responding to iggy
Why do people even acknowledge someone like that on a message board? Let him him continue spouting off his stupidity while trying to get a rise out of people. He's probably doing the same thing on 10 other teams pages from his mom's basement. Internet tough guys are awesome though.
September 27th, 2012
10:27 am
@ Everyone responding to iggy
Why do people even acknowledge someone like that on a message board? Let him him continue spouting off his stupidity while trying to get a rise out of people. He's probably doing the same thing on 10 other teams pages from his mom's basement. Internet tough guys are awesome though.
September 27th, 2012
10:33 am
It matters not. The braves will soon be packing it in for the season and that right soon.
September 27th, 2012
10:35 am
iggy, you are really shining today, you go girl. loving it.
September 27th, 2012
10:39 am
To whoever is running this blog……….Cleanup in aisles 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9.
iggy poop on the blog floors.
September 27th, 2012
10:40 am
That is what happens when you let children run wild on the blogs.
September 27th, 2012
10:42 am
After the braves up coming loss to whomever it will be they will be crying like Britney Spears did when learning of the Mickey Mouse Club cancellation.
September 27th, 2012
10:55 am
Those arent "rally-caps" the braves are wearing, they are Ass Hats.
September 27th, 2012
11:02 am
A more appropriate celebration would have been for the "best of the losers" braves to have doused themselves in gasoline then struck a match.
September 27th, 2012
11:08 am
The braves are the "Chaz Bono" of the MLB.
September 27th, 2012
11:19 am
The braves may have won the battle but they will LOSE the WAR!!
September 27th, 2012
11:48 am
Iggy…..not funny, not smart, not right. Go away and stay away. And don't be late for your anger management session.
September 27th, 2012
11:58 am
It's quite obvious that obviously plays a large part in Maholm"s vocabulary.
September 27th, 2012
12:23 pm
I was an idiot to try and engage in reasonable discussion with such a troll.
September 27th, 2012
1:06 pm
I think it's a bit absurd that the moderators are allowing this guy to keep posting. I could care less that some guy is making a fool of himself, but it is a bit ridiculous that I can't even look through the comments because he has posted so many.
Seriously, if you want to talk trash then by all means…go ahead. But stop spamming. We get it. You don't like the Braves and think you are funny. Congrats.
September 27th, 2012
3:39 pm
I'm happy to be heading back to the playoffs. It's appropriate for Chipper's last season. I'll ignore the idiotic Iggy. There was a nice piece on Yahoo today about Chipper's ranking among switch hitters. It's pretty good particularly coming from a non-Braves fan.
September 27th, 2012
3:44 pm
Damn. The link doesn't work.
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There was only one review on this rug and it only got 3 stars, but when I read it, they said it was because of the beige background. The background looks beige in the picture so we were expecting that. The other colors are vibrant and true to the picture. It's very well made and shedding has been minimal. The only complaint is a strong chemical smell, but every new wool rug I have ever bought smells this way for a few days. We got this rug on sale and it was easily a $XXX rug in a retail store. We paid less than half! Thanks Overstock!
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im ste born a blue raised by a blue and raised 3 more blues!!!
First Game
aug 1974 we beat arsenal 2-1 bob latchford got both ours
Favourite Everton Moment
the first time i went to a game with me dad in the 70s still remember the smell of the gwladys boys pen and i still get same buzz now!!
Favourite All Time Player
Bob Latchford. bob was my childhood hero
Favourite Current Player
Leighton Baines. hes only little but hes a magician with the ball
Favourite Manager
David Moyes. look what he does with limited funds bloody amazing
Favourite Game
coming back from 1-0 down against city and doin them!!!
Favourite Goal
was bainseys free kick but beckford give us a preview of good things to come with the chelsea walk!!!!!!
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1980-81 umbro home kit
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Agarth is an NPC in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
Agarth is one of the key characters in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
- "Once, I was Agarth the Unyielding, the Blade of Avgrunn. I wrestled the Kollossae priestess and declined knighthood by the High King of the Fae. I was a hero of men! But that wasn't enough for me. I joined the Fateweavers, hoping to find a way to conquer destiny itself. Turns out Fate is the one thing I couldn't fight."
Once known across Amalur as the Blade of Avgruun, Agarth was renowned for his exceptional courage and strength. With each victory, word of his combat prowess spread throughout the Faelands. Agarth had wealth, power, and prestige. King Titarion even offered him a title of knight when Agarth slew the Dream-Eater of Amaura. But, more than a decade ago, Agarth retired his blade, shocking those who knew him best. Offering little explanation, he gave away the riches he had earned and joined the Fateweaver order.
Agarth had discovered that he possessed the gift of foresight. Unfortunately, his insight into Fate brought him troubling visions. He turned to the bottle for refuge, falling from his former glory into obscurity and anonymity. Although Agarth now hides behind the haze of drink, those who look close will see a man whose greatness can still return….
You first meet Agarth after you exit the tower where during your conversation you find out that you have no Fate and you are able to freely change it (allowing the Fate Shift mode), also there is a chance to "persuade" him to give you extra help.
After he tries to read your Fate and fails he sends you to another more skilled Fateweaver named Arden. He reappears in Arden's Hut, where he decides to send you to Dellach-a sacred place for the Fateweavers.
After the events in Dellach, Agarth becomes an essential ally in fighting the battle against the Tuatha.
- His sword is a slightly scaled-up version of Dragonfang.
- It is shown that Agarth was meant to meet his fate at the hands of an Ettin in Dellach, but the Fateless One prevents this.
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Agarth will visit the Fateless One when he or she wakes from resting in the Orbocant, in the room once reserved for General Tilera. He will not believe it if the Fateless One mentions Tirnoch. He will mention that he can no longer read fate at all. However, that does not seem to apply when one attempts to purchase fateweaving services from him or from any other Fateweaver.


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I guess I don't need to tell anything, A R Rahman had already said it for me:)
A R Rahman says
|I remember how I first heard of him. I had asked Mehboob, our lyricist, for a new voice that is earthy and strong, and he said, I have just the person for you. That voice can only be that of Kailash!' And he sent Kailash to meet me. The moment I heard him, I knew that here was a voice that was so wonderful, and which had its own unique space.... I want to say that Kailash Kher's voice has something that had been lacking a lot -- it had pure soul! Allah Ke Bande is one of my all time favorite songs.
Now Back to the topic: The songs of Kailash Kher are special in it's own way and I love them for their beauty. When I first heard the song 'Allah Ke Bande' sung by one of my friends I was moved but after listening it in Kailash's voice I was flying with the velocity of light. Really this song is one of my most favorite tracks and I hope you love it too. There are many good songs in this album and I recommend you to check them out (of course if you like sufi music).
Right Click a song and choose 'Save Target As'. Enjoy!
- Teri Deewani - Kailash Kher
- Tauba Tauba - Kailash Kher
- Dilruba - Kailash Kher
- Kaise Main Kahoon - Kailash Kher
- Naiharwa - Kailash Kher
- Albela Sajan - Kailash Kher
- Tauba Tauba (Remix) - Kailash Kher
- Allah Ke Bande (Live) - Kailash Kher