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Kentucky Care Facility Assistant Faces Abuse Charges for Fatal Fall
A former Kentucky nursing home assistant has been arrested and charged with reckless nursing home abuse of an adult after he failed to check a paralyzed patient's medical requirements and let him fall, resulting in fatal injuries.
Lynwood C. Baur, 27, was working at Britthaven Nursing Home in Bell County when he dropped a male resident who was partially paralyzed due to a stroke. The patient's medical plan required him to be moved by a lift or at least two staff members when he was placed in bed, but Baur told police that he failed to read the patient's plan and decided to move the man by himself and placed him on the edge of the bed. The patient fell off of the bed when Baur turned away. Baur then allegedly ignored the nursing home's policy of not moving a patient after a nursing home fall until they have been assessed for injuries and put the man to bed.
Other staff members came into the room after the fall and noticed the man had injuries to his head, ribs, shoulder, hip and leg. He was taken to a local hospital where he later died, according to state records acquired by local media.
Baur was arrested on Monday and is being held in lieu of $500,000 cash bond in the Bell County Detention Center. The charges are a Class A misdemeanor with a maximum possible jail time of one year. The charges against Baur were the result of an investigation by the state Attorney General's Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control, according to a story by LEX18 News.
Atlanta Nursing Home Chains Pay $14M to Settle Illegal Kickback Scheme Charges
Two Atlanta nursing home chains, Mariner Health Care Inc. and SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services LLC, have agreed to pay a combined $14 million to settle federal charges that they defrauded Medicare and Medicaid through the use of an illegal kickback scheme with Omnicare, the nation's largest nursing home pharmaceutical supplier. Omnicare is the focus of multiple federal investigations, and has already reached a settlement for its alleged role in the scheme.
Federal prosecutors, tipped off by a whistleblower, accused the two chains of entering into an agreement that Omnicare would provide the companies with kickbacks if they would use Omnicare's services for 15 years, according to the Chicago Tribune. Prosecutors said that the deal was disguised as a $50 million purchase by Omnicare of a small Mariner subsidiary with only two employees and of little value.
Officials with SavaSeniorCare, a subsidiary of Mariner, say that SavaSeniorCare did not contribute to the settlement. In November Omnicare agreed to a $98 million settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to settle this and other charges against it. None of the companies admitted wrongdoing as part of the settlements.
Family Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit with Missoula Nursing Home
The family of an 87-year old Missoula nursing home resident who died from a blood infection after breaking his neck in a nursing home fall has reached a settlement with two Montana care facilities, according to a story in the Great Falls Tribune.
Relatives of Ralph Seewald dropped a wrongful death lawsuit against Riverside Health Care Center and the Village Health Care Center after reaching a settlement in the middle of an ongoing trial in Missoula District Court. The trial had been expected to enter its last day on Tuesday. The details of the settlement are confidential and have not been made public.
Seewald suffered a broken neck while being moved out of a wheelchair so that he could use the toilet at Village Health Care Center in 2005. While recovering from the injury, he died of a blood infection the family claimed was due to untreated bedsores. Seewald's family claimed that the nursing home failed to take the proper precautions against nursing home falls, left pressure sores untreated for months until Seewald developed gangrene in his leg, and then failed to notify the family of his deteriorating condition. A nurse had allegedly told the family that Seewald's records were altered to indicate that bandages over his pressure sores were regularly changed when they were not.
Most experts agree that nursing home bedsores are preventable illnesses that can be avoided by regularly changing the position of a bedridden patient and through regular inspections of the patient by competent staff. Early bedsores appear as patches of red and irritated skin, but can develop into open, oozing and blistering wounds if left untreated. Once the sore has penetrated all of the layers of the skin, the patient is at high risk for a blood infection that can prove fatal.
Police Investigate Florida Nursing Home for Not Treating Injured Resident
Police are investigating a Florida retirement home for potential nursing home neglect charges after the facility allegedly failed to provide treatment for 12 hours to a resident who suffered severe injuries.
The investigation against Ridgecrest Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center by DeLand police was sparked after a woman at the facility allegedly fell out of bed at 5 a.m. last month as her bedding was being changed, police say. However, emergency personnel were not called in until nearly 5 p.m. later that day after a shift change, according to a story in the Daytona Beach News-Journal. At that time she was admitted to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach with a broken shoulder and two broken legs due to the nursing home fall.
Ridgecrest is owned by Graystone Healthcare Management, a for-profit nursing home franchise that manages 28 Florida care facilities. The nursing home's last inspection in October resulted in nine deficiencies, including problems with accident hazards and food storage. The incident is also under review by the Agency for Health Care Administration, a regional nursing home oversight agency that monitors retirement homes in Flagler and Volusia Counties.
Jury Finds for Illinois Care Facility in Nursing Home Negligence Trial
A Madison County, Illinois jury ruled in favor of an Illinois nursing home last week in a nursing home negligence lawsuit brought by the family of a patient who developed a foot ulcer.
The lawsuit, filed against Rosewood Care Center of Edwardsville by Martha Flanary, the widow of former Rosewood patient Gerald Flanary, accused the retirement home of violating standards of care by allowing Flanary to develop an ulcer on his foot in 2003. However, attorneys for the nursing home said that the ulcer developed as a result of Flanary's diabetes and vascular disease, according to an article in the Madison County Record. The lawsuit also alleged that nursing home officials failed to notify his next of kin when Flanary's condition worsened, in violation of the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act.
The act requires that a nursing home facility "immediately notify the resident's next of kin, representative and physician of the resident's death or when the resident's death appears to be imminent." The act is enforced by the Illinois Department of Public Health and affects all facilities that provide nursing or personal care to three or more people in the state of Illinois. Most states have similar laws.
Martha Flanary's lawsuit sought $50,000 in damages. The jury found in favor of Rosewood after four hours of deliberation.
Task Force Proposes Sweeping Illinois Care Facility Reforms
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's nursing home safety task force has issued a report that recommends a broad range of substantive changes to how Illinois manages and licenses its nursing facilities. The changes have been prompted by an ongoing investigation by The Chicago Tribune, which has highlighted nursing home abuses and failures in a system that places young mentally ill criminals in close proximity with elderly retirement home residents.
The task force determined that the state's nursing homes are designed for elderly residents, and not for containing mentally ill criminals who may be violent. "The mix of vulnerable and potentially aggressive residents in close quarters is toxic, as the tragic reports of violence highlighted," the report's executive summary states. As a result, the task force is calling for mentally ill patients to be segregated from the elderly populations, and in most cases, put in completely separate facilities.
The task force is recommending that all of the state's nursing homes which care for residents with serious mental illness be required to seek new certification. Those facilities would have to show that they have successfully segregated the elderly residents from the mentally ill, and will have to prove that their staff is properly trained to deal appropriately with any dangerous residents they may house.
The task force is also recommending new rules on the use of psychotropic drugs, following numerous complaints that some care facilities are using antipsychotics as "chemical restraints" to keep residents docile. A new working group would be formed to develop a state-wide policy on the use of such drugs.
The report also recommends that the state double the number of housing units it has available for mentally ill residents who are capable of living in a community setting. Currently, Illinois has 5,000 such housing units. The new units would take pressure off of other care facilities who have been allocated mentally ill patients who had nowhere else to go.
The task force gave state health officials until April 30 to begin implementing the new nursing home regulations, which will require the drafting of new rules and, in some cases, will require new legislation. The task force says that while most of the changes will be cost-neutral, they are seeking an increase in licensing fees and are looking to add nearly 80 new nursing home inspectors to the state's payroll.
Montana Nursing Home Wrongful Death Lawsuit Trial Begins
According to the family of Ralph Seewald, the 87-year-old resident of Village Health Care Center, a Missoula, Montana nursing home, was allowed to fall from his wheelchair while transferring to the toilet, breaking his neck. He survived that, only to be left to develop untreated bedsores and eventually dying from an untreated infection in November 2005. After his death, the family says, staff at the nursing home were ordered to alter his medical records to make it look like Seewald received good care.
Attorneys for the family presented that scenario to jurors in Missoula District Court in the opening of a nursing home wrongful death trial last week against Village Health Care Center and Riverside Health Care Center, both places where Seewald was a resident before his death. The lawsuit charges both facilities, and the Goodman Group, with responsibility for Seewald's death. The Goodman Group manages both nursing homes.
According to a story in the Missoulian, Seewald's son claims that the nursing home failed to take the proper precautions against nursing home falls, left pressure sores untreated for months until Seewald developed gangrene in his leg, and then failed to notify the family of his deteriorating condition. A nurse has allegedly told the family that Seewald's records were altered to indicate that bandages over his pressure sores were regularly changed when they were not.
Seewald's condition was not discovered until he was hospitalized, and doctors discovered the untreated pressure ulcers and gangrene in his leg, which they had to amputate. He died less than a month later at a hospice facility. The wrongful death lawsuit charges the facilities with negligence, deceit, fraud, medical malpractice.
Most experts agree that nursing home bedsores are preventable illnesses that can be avoided by regularly changing the position of a bedridden patient and through regular inspections of the patient by competent staff. Early bedsores appear as patches of red and irritated skin, but can develop into open, oozing and blistering wounds if left untreated. Once the sore has penetrated all of the layers of the skin, the patient is at high risk for a blood infection that can prove fatal.
Investigators Seek Answers to New Orleans Nursing Home Fire Death
New Orleans fire investigators are struggling to determine the cause of a fire earlier this month in a Louisiana retirement home that killed a 77-year old resident.
Hubert Ellis, a resident of Crescent City Health Care, was in his bed when a fire started in his room earlier this month. Ellis died several days after suffering burns to more than 80 percent of his body, according to a story by WDSU.com. Investigators say they have found a pair of lighters in the charred remains of Ellis's bed, where it appears the fire started, but relatives say Ellis did not smoke. One other occupant who was in the room at the time has claimed not to have been involved in the blaze.
The nursing home fire death has also caught the attention of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Crescent City Health Care officials say they cannot comment on the investigation while it is underway. Family members have said they believe that Ellis died because he was unattended, however fire investigators say they have not yet determined if his death is a case of nursing home neglect.
A report released in January rated Louisiana as the state with the worst rated nursing homes in the nation. Of the 280 nursing homes in the state, only 4.3% received a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The national average was more than 12% per state. Crescent Center received an average rating from federal investigators, receiving three out of five stars in all categories.
Chapel Hill Nursing Home Death and Illnesses Spark Investigation, Concerns
Administrators of a North Carolina nursing home have launched an internal investigation into the death of one patient and illnesses among several others in its Alzheimer's unit after a local hospital contacted police regarding the illnesses.
Questions have been raised about illnesses and a fatality at the Britthaven of Chapel Hill nursing home after several of the patients were hospitalized. University of North Carolina Hospital officials contacted the Chapel Hill police department after examining the patients from the nursing home's Alzheimer's unit and finding that several of them tested positive for opiates. The fatality was determined to have been caused by pneumonia.
Chapel Hill police say have not found evidence of a crime, and that they will not launch an investigation until state regulators have had the chance to look into the situation, and state officials do not announce investigations and inspections in advance. Officials from the nursing home have said they will release more information on the illnesses in the near future, according to The News and Observer. In the interim, they have temporarily replaced the entire nursing staff in the 33-bed Alzheimer's unit with workers from other Britthaven facilities across the state.
Britthaven of Chapel Hill is listed as a special focus facility by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services due to its poor federal performance rating. The for-profit 133-bed facility received one star out of five stars by federal investigators, the lowest rating possible. It earned the lowest marks investigators could give for health inspections, and also rated poorly for nursing staff.
Illinois Nursing Home Faces Decertification Due to Numerous Violations
Federal investigators are stripping an Illinois nursing home of its Medicare and Medicaid certifications, dooming it to almost certainly close its doors, after inspections repeatedly found incidents of nursing home neglect and poor care.
Fox River Pavilion in Aurora, Illinois, will lose its certification from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid on March 11, unless owners are successful in appealing the decision. Federal investigators made the decision after health officials repeatedly found "serious problems" at the facility. As recently as December, state inspectors were called out to investigate the nursing home after 57-year-old Randall Moons died from a heart attack after an altercation with his roommate, according to the Beacon-News.
State officials say that part of the problem is that the facility houses the elderly alongside mentally unstable residents with criminal histories of violence and sexual abuse. Investigators say that Fox River Pavilion staff did nothing to address issues with violent residents in care plans and made no attempt to provide special monitoring of their activities. They also said that low staffing levels contribute to the frequent violations. Family members say that the residents are allowed to wander into and out of any room they wish, altercations are frequent, and residents fear having personal possessions stolen.
Administrators at the 121-bed facility say they will fight the decertification, and are awaiting the results of an inspection performed this month. If the facility is decertified, it will no longer receive medicare reimbursements, meaning residents would have to pay out-of-pocket to stay there. State officials have said they will help residents relocate.
The state's concerns highlight ongoing reports in Chicago media about deplorable conditions at many of the state's nursing homes, partly due to the state's practice of housing mentally ill criminals in the same facilities as the elderly.


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5.0 out of 5 stars Darwin's Dangerous Idea strikes again!
Daniel Dennett called evolution Darwin's Dangerous Idea. He describes it as a 'universal acid', eroding the fabric of traditional habits. Dennett recognizes how violent those threatened by new ideas can become. Robert Sawyer has taken that thesis to a new, wonderfully conceived, level in this book. Those reviewers grizzling about this story recapitulating the...
Published on Jan. 21 2001 by Stephen A. Haines
3.0 out of 5 stars A Disappointment: OJ Trial Revisited
While mostly entertaining, I found this book rather contrived. I didn't enjoy the original OJ trial, and didn't enjoy the rehashing of it in "Illegal Alien" -- complete with a cameo from prosecutor Marcia Clark. Also, the writing style seemed somewhat immature, for lack of a better description. (There was an odd overuse of the name "Stephen J...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Darwin's Dangerous Idea strikes again!,
Stephen A. Haines (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
Daniel Dennett called evolution Darwin's Dangerous Idea. He describes it as a 'universal acid', eroding the fabric of traditional habits. Dennett recognizes how violent those threatened by new ideas can become. Robert Sawyer has taken that thesis to a new, wonderfully conceived, level in this book. Those reviewers grizzling about this story recapitulating the O.J. Simpson trial must have skipped over the hard parts. Illegal Alien is a much deeper presentation of the workings of reactionary minds. We've all seen how vicious fanatic religious "leaders" can be when orthodoxy is challenged. Sawyer has extended that concept to a cosmic scale. And he's done a superb job of it.
While the bulk of this book is an excellent summary of a modern criminal trial, Sawyer's real success is the building of the alien personalities. Unable to lie, they are adept at evasion and equivocation when they deem it necessary. The aliens are not the uniform society usually found in speculative fiction. Instead, they turn out to be as divided as ourselves. That the division is based on the discovery of evolution of their species is classic Sawyer. He's to be congratulated on his deft handling of an alien civilization undergoing the same stress as our own in dealing with Darwin's Dangerous Idea.
Sawyer isn't just the best Canadian speculative fiction writer. He is at the top of the genre. Unlike so many of his fellows, the 'speculative' side of his writing is minimal. We may have to stretch our minds in reading him, but not because his ideas are too bizarre or his science base faulty. Sawyer's science in this book is rock solid. The exchange over evolution's producing the eye was a prime example of his research abilities. Richard Dawkins [Climbing Mount Improbable] must be proud of his 'colonial' advocate. Sawyer merges science and fiction with sublime finesse.
3.0 out of 5 stars A Disappointment: OJ Trial Revisited,
While mostly entertaining, I found this book rather contrived. I didn't enjoy the original OJ trial, and didn't enjoy the rehashing of it in "Illegal Alien" -- complete with a cameo from prosecutor Marcia Clark. Also, the writing style seemed somewhat immature, for lack of a better description. (There was an odd overuse of the name "Stephen J. Gould," for example.)
I found the SF side of the book disappointing as well. The explanation of Tosok evolution is, scientifically, improbably at best. As this forms the basis for the entire story (is the reason the Tosoks came to Earth), I found the book to have a very low "believability factor."
These criticisms aside, I read the book quickly, and enjoyed it overall. Sawyer had some interesting ideas, especially the blending of genres, and I would be interested to read another crossover book like this one. (Without any reference--explicit or otherwise--to the OJ Simpson trial, please!) If you're thinking about buying this book, wait for the paperback edition.
3.0 out of 5 stars Adept genre-mixing, but not as good as it could have been,
R. B. Bernstein "R. B. Bernstein, Distinguish... (Brooklyn, New York USA) - See all my reviews
Robert J. Sawyer has written some of the best and most imaginative science-fiction novels of recent years, so I read ILLEGAL ALIEN almost as soon as I found out about it. Sawyer adeptly mixes genres -- in particular, the first-contact subgenre of science-fiction and the trial subgenre of murder mystery -- and his wry and sardonic comments about the O.J. Simpson case and the problems of conducting and reporting celebrity trials are some of the best things in this book. The whole, however, turned out to be less than the sum of its parts. Without giving away key plot secrets, my major complaint was that we learned almost nothing of the aliens' ideas about law or their culture's legal institutions, which I had expected to hear about in a novel in which an alien is tried for murdering a human being. Also, there is a big contradiction between the book's early assertion that the aliens do not share humans' concepts of "good" and "bad" or "right" and "wrong" and some late but vital plot developments. In sum, even second-level Robert J. Sawyer is several cuts above the normal level of most science-fiction, but ILLEGAL ALIEN was not as good as it could have been. -- Richard B. Bernstein
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing SF Murder Mystery,
Ben Klausner (Redmond, WA USA) - See all my reviews
Illegal Alien is a disappointing attempt at the difficult genre of science fiction/murder mystery. The plot begins when one of the first contact alien visitors is arrested on incredibly lame justification (i.e. he -along with 25 others- had opportunity). Next, Sawyer violates the first rule of a good murder mystery, and an essential requirement when mixing it with SF; the author _must_ supply the reader with all the information to solve the crime. But Sawyer pulls religious and cultural motivations out of thin air to explain things after the fact. Furthermore, the aliens are lame (media reviews of the book notwithstanding), and their anatomy is incredibly improbable (they can only bring one arm to bear, unless a item is over their heads.) Although the weapon used is one of Larry Niven's favorite tools, the calibre of this story doesn't even approach Niven's SF mystery stories. Sawyer's endless plugs for Canada get pretty old too. And finally, isn't an illeagle a sick bird?
2.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre at best,
By A Customer
This book is social commentary thinly disguised as science-fiction/mystery. There's nothing wrong with that per se; combining sci-fi with social-political views goes back at least to H.G. Wells, to a lesser extent to Jules Verne, and for all I know even before that. There's a catch, though: the sci-fi story must be good enough to stand on its own, without the political trappings. Such was the case with "War of the Worlds", "The Time Machine", etc. Such is not the case with "Illegal Alien". The reader is subjected to a steady stream of the author's liberal political and social views, along with a wearying succession of pop culture references. In short, if you're a left-wing kind of person -- to the extent that you'll put up with a mediocre sci-fi yarn just to get your dose of liberal politics -- then this may be the book for you. All others, steer clear. And maybe re-acquaint yourself with a real writer like Wells.
4.0 out of 5 stars Quest for truth and justice,
Kathleen Stetka (Montreal, QC) - See all my reviews
The characters were developed quite well. So well that I was saddened when one of the main ones died, so early in the story aswell. But, if it wasn't for his death, there would be no story. I saw light in the concept of treating alien lifeforms like humans by giving them a fair trial. But, why would any human give an alien a fair trial over a human death- especially if aliens landed on earth and the next day someone was mutilated and it was obvious that the technology used in the murder wasn't human. Perhaps instead of simply taking direct action, the alien was put on trial to avoid war and complete chaos? I always appreciate the theological debates. Of course, the underlying motive of the aliens was the search for meaning. Although, the actions of these beings seemed to demonstrate otherwise.
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully creative aliens and brilliant cross-examinations,
By A Customer
Sawyer always entertains with good ideas and solid science--both are certainly present in this quick-paced enjoyable novel--but what I most enjoyed was the cleverness of the court scenes and the manner in which they were used to reveal the alien's oddities as well as the larger aspects of the case. I loved defender Dale Rice and his cross-examinations are some of the most enjoyable scenes I've lately come across. Not to mention the smooth manner in which Sawyer uses his tactics to give insights into our legal system. I admit I would have liked a bit more of the hard science I expect from Sawyer, but the secrets of the Tosok star system did deliver hours of daydreams about planets being...well, read, enjoy and dream for yourself.
4.0 out of 5 stars Alien OJ trial shows us human society's best and worst,
Edward Alexander Gerster (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews
Robert J. Sawyer has created some fascinating science fiction over the years and ILLEGAL ALIEN is some of his best writing to date. The science fiction aspects are overshadowed by courtroom procedures and random (but fun) pokes at the US judicial system -- and yet they are at the very core of the mystery being played out. One of the best aspects of Sawyer's books to date is using the "alien" to expose the human condition -- and show us how our society is as bizarre as any alien society could be. That is shown here in profound and sometimes humorous ways that can be read between the lines of the story. An enjoyable read, sometimes contradictory, yet still worthy of note. Recommended.
2.0 out of 5 stars A little over done. Not very refreshing,
By A Customer
I must say I was very disappointed in this book. I can't understand why all those supposed expert reviewers raved about it. What started off as a decent plot idea, putting an alien on trial, devolved into a poorly written and horribly contrived alien invasion story. Too bad. I would have liked to see a little more research and accuracy concerning California law and also some better developed characters and story line. Sometimes authors tend to lose focus when they start to preach. As a Canadian, Mr. Sawyer probably shouldn't be so critical of someone else's legal system. At least without being a little better informed.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent mix of courtroom drama with science fiction,
Robert James (Culver City, CA USA) - See all my reviews
Take one part legal thriller, one part science fiction first contact with extraterrestrials, and one part murder mystery, and you've got Robert Sawyer's "Illegal Alien." Sawyer has developed a real talent for solid research with originality; his courtroom scenes and lawyers come across with every bit as much impact as John Gresham (whose novels all seem to come out of a xerox machine, more or less; fortunately, the original is still interesting). The alien Tosoks are unique as well. As always, Robert Sawyer puts it all together in a page-turning, clear prose style Isaac Asimov would have admired. A great read.
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|20140930 19:01
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|People's Armed Police are the most politically reliable of all the civilian police China has. They also are the second stringers in case of war.
My wife's brothers are both the gendarme type.
|20140930 12:37
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| James Webb is considering running against Hillary. That would be mighty interesting, especially in the South.
Why interesting, and why especially in the South, Shipman?
|20140930 08:42
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|Webb helped give Zero cover and consolidate his power during the first half of his term; I don't really feel like being lied to about how he's now a moderate.
|20140930 08:35
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Found this article this morning. It does change the optics - a bit.
Considering the original piece in Chinese media got pulled, it sounds like there might be some 'discussion' at the upper echelons of government wrt sending interior troops.
Then again, they left the English version up.
|20140930 06:27
|James Webb is considering running against Hillary. That would be mighty interesting, especially in the South.
|20140930 01:19
|PLA or interior troops?
|20140930 00:40
|Indications are that China will send troops into Hong Kong.
|20140929 21:56
|OSCE: In the area of Shchastya (25km north of Luhansk), on 27 September, at around 15:00hrs, the SMM heard mortar shelling, but it could not ascertain the origin or its direction.
Pro Russian Militias: Yeah, that was us...
|20140929 21:09
|Jaundice. Complication of baby-mother blood type incompatibility. Baby's brother had it bad & spent several days in NICU; hopefully caught earlier this time and that won't be necessary. 'At home' blue light bed was supposed to have been delivered this afternoon.
|20140929 20:42
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|20140929 19:16
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|I am lying when I say this operation does not have a name. It has a name: "Operation Hey That's My Humvee"
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|Natalie Angst andf the Glenn Miller band:
|20140927 23:09
|Russia sells out the Novorossiya militia. According to Ukrainian national security spokesman, Alexandr Lysenko, Russian military will cease providing technical assistance to the militias on their military equipment. Paraphrasing, if it get broken, militias can fix it themselves.
|20140927 23:08
|And the hits just keep on coming:
PR man hired by the city of Ferguson to Ferguson to rebuild relations convicted of reckless homicide in 2006; officials say he didn't tell them.
|20140927 23:01
|OldSpook is right about the H1B thing being a scam. Just a way to save some $$$. At Enron, we had a whole *bleep*load of Chinese and Indians. All very competent, but hired into junior positions. The H1B law says you have to pay prevailing wages but if you can hire a senior-level foreigner as a junior programmer you can save a good bit cash, especially if you have a large staff.
|20140927 17:22
|Thing From Snowy Mountain
|It's like news items with the Palins or Ukranians. Wait a couple weeks for the real story to come out.
|20140927 17:14
|Bright Pebbles
Boot them off the flight then.
|20140927 14:41
|Thing From Snowy Mountain
|Damn, I missed the ability to get on the net on my home desktop.
ANYWAY, I'm going to shut down for a while, install the new(er) version of mint.
|20140927 14:13
|Frank G
|Ship - yes I was - I was carpooling on 805 freeway (about 8 blocks away) on the way to morning classes at UCSD right afterwards. We could see the flames, smoke column but had no idea of what had happened. Just looked like a very large house fire
|20140927 14:10
|Frank G
|thx to AOS and Bad for catching/deleting my identity theft commenter
|20140927 14:04
|Thing From Snowy Mountain
|Finally on the net from home, without having to use a lousy smartphone. yea me.
|20140927 09:47
|The chickens have total control of the mud porch.
|20140927 08:34
|Awesome Glen!
Living room? Mud porch better.
|20140927 08:27
|I just got a new grandchild - first granddaughter. Crazy daughter did another successful delivery in her living room.
|20140927 00:31
|And on to Chernarus
|20140926 20:24
|Ship, I was there - at school on the Naval Station at 32nd Street. And flew out of Lindbergh the next day.
I think the only sober people on board the flight to Seattle were the cockpit crew.
|20140926 13:28
|Question for Frank G. Were you in town the day PSA 182 crashed? I was just reading about it over at Real Clear History.
|20140926 01:13
|Push the button Frank.
Pappy, my guess is they (Shia Iraqis) were using "traditional" (Saddam style) Iraq interrogation techniques on some ISIS (Sunni Iraqi) that they had in custody, and got what they wanted. Specifically what they wanted - and exactly what they were asking for.
Whether their form of physical abuse produces actionable intelligence is questionable, but those particular Shia probably enjoyed doing that to the Sunni anyway.
|20140926 00:50
|Thanks OS
|20140926 00:46
|fip the switch?
|20140926 00:45
|Tech worker shortage? No, now proven as a lie, used by tech companies and industry to depress wages via H1B and immigration.
Reports by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), the RAND Corporation, the Urban Institute, and the National Research Council have all found no evidence that STEM workers are in short supply. In our own report, my colleague and I looked at the latest government data, which show that in 2012 there were more than twice as many people with STEM degrees (immigrant and native-born) as there were STEM jobs 5.3 million STEM jobs vs. 12.1 million people with STEM degrees. Whats more, the supply of STEM workers is not just limited to those with STEM degrees. Nearly one-third of the nations STEM workers do not have undergraduate STEM degrees. Many STEM jobs in areas like computers and laboratory work can be learned on the job.
So if there is a superabundance of native and immigrant STEM workers and little wage growth, why are there calls for more STEM immigration? The answer, put simply, is greed and politics. Businesses that want more immigration would get more workers, holding wages in check and increasing their bargaining power. [Politicians] respond to corporate donors by promising to increase STEM immigration. Whats not to like?
|20140925 23:15
|Ima still trying to figure out where Iraqi intelligence got wind of the subway plot.
|20140925 22:44
|Holder was going to resign sooner or later anyways
I gather he has legitimate health issues as well, probably from stress.
I suspect Mr. Obama will try to get a new Attorney General candidate named and in front of the Senate in the last weeks of October. I be figuring it'll be Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York or Robert Mueller formerly of the FBI, if Mr. Obama wants to go for a safe pick that might help the Senate Dems, California Attorney General Kamala Harris or another Holder-clone if he wants to electrify the base. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli or ex-WH counsel Kathryn Ruemmler as dark horses who are acceptable to the Establishment Left.
The last two would likely IMO be announced after Nov. 4th so the Senate could vote them in on a party-line vote, if they can't peel off enough Republicans to make it look bipartisan. Think of it as the opening salvo (and another fundraising opportunity) for 2016.
|20140925 19:39
|20140925 16:32
|It's a mess, and yet there is even more bad news. Expect Obama to continue in office until 2017.
The good news is that Obama will continue in office until 2017.
|20140925 15:50
|Alaska Paul
|Deacon----Rumors of us being lost in the rubble were greatly exaggerated. There was no rubble to crawl into.
|20140925 15:10
|Holder left now because Obama thinks he can force thru his pick during lame duck, instead of the risk of a full GOP congress. Holder was going to resign sooner or later anyways. I guess the polling data looks bad in DC.
|20140925 14:20
|trailing wife
|SteveS posted this comment on the subject in the thread:
#15 One answer to "why now?":
A federal judge earlier this week ruled that the Justice Department will have to begin submitting documents next month related to the botched Fast and Furious gun operation in a case brought by Judicial Watch.
|20140925 14:11
|Alaska Paul
|49 Pan --- All alternatives you present except 1 are depressing.
|20140925 14:10
|Alaska Paul
|Just had an earthquake. About 15 seconds of short period tremors, then about 6 seconds of long period side sway. A 6.1 earthquake. Got our attention on the second story of our building in Anchorage.
|20140925 14:04
|Location61.952°N 151.828°W
|20140925 14:03
|Paul just got a 6.1 earthquake
|20140925 12:41
|49 Pan
|So reports are that Holder will resign today. So there is one of three reasons I can think of. 1. They believe the donks will lose the election and he will end up impeached. 2. He plans on getting selected for the supreme court and they want to vote him in before the new senators get in place. 3. He plans on joining the campaign and run as Hillary's VP.
|20140925 11:11
|That link care of our French Kevin. Note that Turkish Police are using water cannon to prevent Turkish Kurds from going into Syria to fight ISIS.
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|20140925 08:27
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Lindsey. Time to find out her fate. Gerard gives Frank a prep talk. (It's the year marking of Bob's departure, y'all.)
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(#) cup-full-of-blood 2011-03-04 04:52:27 PMIt's amazing as usual and i really cant wait for more but i have to say, the lyn-z thing was a bit confussing at the start. It seems to be dragging abit.
I really want there to be some sort of frerard action, not hot of course...yet lol but something cute cuz the suspence is killing me. i love this and i just know that it will be great, i just wish you could pleaseeee pleaseee put some frerard stuff in it quickly. It's killing me XD
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Author's responseWell in the begining she was in sort of the after life, the black parade, then she came back to Earth because the doctors were trying to save her. She was watching because she was still dying. When they finally saved her, her soul was taken back to her body.
Oi, I think that made everything more confusing. But I hope that helped?
The Frerardness wouldn't be for a while, a couple chapters at least.
I working on it!
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(#) PatrickIsTheSex 2011-03-04 06:48:35 PMIt's so awsome (: I was gonna review every chapte but I'm too lazy (: My iPod dosent like me enough either.... Meh.
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January 2001
Released: 2001, Noise Records
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviewer: EvilG
Germany's sci-fi power metal masters have returned with their third full-length CD – Dark Assault. The CD single called "I've Been To Hell" from November 2000 introduced us to the storyline for this CD and to some of the songs. As prophesied on the EP, this album is another masterpiece.
If you are a fan of Iron Savior, then you are no doubt a follower of their lyrics and the exploits of the Ancient Atlantis created machine known as the Iron Savior. In this saga, the Iron Savior re-surfaces from the deepest regions of space to defend mankind and the Calderans from what is called the Shadow – an seemingly unstoppable race that travels between universes sucking up resources and destroying all in the expansion of their dark empire. You will have to sit with the lyrics of the album for a night to absorb the storyline. I've said it before, and here it is again, guitarist/lyricist Piet Sielck should write this into book format, or even better, a movie should be made for the storyline.
Besides an excellent storyline, there is plenty of metal to sink you teeth into. Perhaps my favourite song on this is the CD icebreaker "Never Say Die" which like most Iron Savior songs features a very powerful chorus and high speed power metal riffing. This is the kind of aggressive power metal that really buts a smile on my face. Kai and Peit share both vocal and writing duties for another of the CD's godly moments on the track "Solar Wings." If you like Judas Priest's "Screaming for Vengeance / Defenders of the Faith" era material then this is THE song on Dark Assault for you. The Priest song that comes to mind when hearing this is "Riding on the Wind." The Priest-ism is most prevalent on the chorus thanks to Kai's piercing vocals. "I've been to Hell" is another song that will be rattling around in my head for days thanks to the memorable chorus! It is not actually meant to be taken literally – the title is an analogy for how the Iron Savior felt in solitude of deep space. Other songs on here that stood out for me include "Predators" (thanks to Kai and Piet sharing vocal duties), "Made of Metal" and "Firing the Guns." Although Peit handles the majority of the vocals, Kai also delivers his vocal talents in a few places. Bassist Jan Eckert shares vocal duties and delivers a cool performance on the song "After The War." It has become somewhat of a tradition for Iron Savior to cover a Judas Priest song. For the CD's closing track, they cover "Delivering the Goods." As usual, they do a great job…Peit must be a major Priest fan!!
As I had hoped, so Iron Savior has delivered. At first I thought of Iron Savior as just "the other band that Kai Hansen was in." However, after three full-length releases I have come to view Iron Savior as a band that stands on it's own merit as one of the better modern day power metal bands with their own sound and style.
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An event-filled Cuban League off-season has already brought some surprising changes and upheavals on the heels of a disappointing Beijing Olympic silver medal performance, as well as much to ponder on the eve of a highly anticipated revamped National Series #48. The Cuban League itself will take on a somewhat different look this coming year, with an altered playing schedule and overhauled minor league system now firmly in place. And national team preparations for the spring World Baseball Classic (where the Cubans will attempt to repeat their surprise second-place finish of 2006) and fall Europe-based IBAF World Cup (where a main storyline will be Team Cubas effort to recapture the world championship lost in November 2007 for the first time in a quarter century) will likely share equal billing all winter long with the National Series pennant races being played out on the home front. But no breaking storyline has so far been more surprising, or launched more rabid fan commentary in Cuba itself, than the unexpected departure of colorful and Quixotic Villa Clara manager Victor El Loco Mesa. It was first announced in late September that Mesas eight-season reign at the helm of the Villa Clara ball club, for which he also starred as a slugging outfielder in the 1980s and early 1990s, had come to a sudden and unanticipated end with the imminent departure of the charismatic skipper for a coaching assignment in Mexico. Whether Mesas new assignment will be with the Mexican national team or with the professional AAA-level Mexican summer league is not at all apparent.
Former Villa Clara's manager Victor Mesa managed eight Cuban baseball seasons. His life in baseball will continue in Mexico.
The headline-grabbing announcement surrounding the changes in Villa Clara on the eve of the new Cuban League campaign was almost as noteworthy for its lack of concrete details as it was for the inexplicable nature of the departure itself. Havana-based Radio COCO first announced on its league website on September 30 that Mesa had met with his former team at Augusto César Sandino Stadium earlier that same day to inform his players of the rapidly breaking developments. It was further reported only that Mesas likely replacement as skipper of the Orangemen would be either former national team catcher Alberto Martínez or possibly Ramón Moret; there was also an accompanying story that former Havana slugging star Agustín Marquetti would apparently not be the new Villa Clara batting coach as earlier speculated by Radio COCO). But nothing further was revealed about the nature of the Mexican League assignment for one of Cubas most prominent baseball personalities. Mesas transfer to the Mexican League is apparently not a personal abandonment of his native island but rather an officially sanctioned move as part of ongoing cooperation between Cuban and Mexican baseball officials. But the lack of information from Cuban League sources regarding the nature of Mesas assignment (what his precise role will be in Mexico, what team he will be connected with, or even what the length of his absence from Cuba might be) has inevitably led to considerable chatter and rampant speculation regarding the circumstances surrounding such an unanticipated move.
Mesas departure from the league scene is only one of several noteworthy managerial shifts already announced as Cuban baseball gears up for what promise to be landmark domestic and international seasons. Rey Anglada (national team manager with the 2007 Pan American champions and 2007 World Cup silver medalists) has also stepped aside after a half-dozen seasons guiding the fortunes of the leagues most popular Havana-based club. Angladas brief tenure as Industriales manager featured three league titles (2003, 2004, 2006) and one championship finals loss (2007) with the fan-favorite Blue Lions outfit that is often dubbed the Yankees of Cuba. Anglada will be replaced by long-time Industriales star shortstop Germán Mesa, a spectacular infield defender in the 1980s and 1990s whom many viewed a decade back as the Cuban version of Ozzie Smith. And two additional former league headliners will also make their managerial debuts in December 2008. One-time national team leadoff batter Luis Ulacia (who now ranks fourth on the all-time Cuban League base hit list behind only Antonio Pacheco, Fernando Sánchez and Omar Linares) takes the reins in Camagüey, while 1970s-80s-era slugging star Luis Giraldo Casanova (sixth all-time with 312 home runs) replaces veteran skipper Jorge Fuentes (manager of the gold medal Atlanta Olympic team) for 2008 National Series runner-up Pinar del Río.
These celebrity managerial shifts have taken front-page attention away from the several structural changes in Cuban League play that should combine to lend a significantly different look to the upcoming National Series season. This years league action will debut on November 30 (with the traditional opener matching the previous seasons championship finalistsin this case Santiago and Pinar) and will feature the same 90-game format. The schedule will undergo one significant change, however, with the National Series now divided into three segments or etapas of 30-game duration each. The first phase of the new season will conclude December 24, allowing for Christmas and New Years festivities at years end. A second etapa will run from January 14 through February 11 and be followed by All-Star Game activities on February 14-15 (at a site yet to be determined). A month-long break in league action will then ensue, with the national squad representing the country in the second MLB World Baseball Classic (the roster to be announced February 17) first training for and then competing in the March WBC spectacular. Cuban League play will reconvene on March 29 and run until May 5, 2009. Post-season playoffs will then fill the remainder of the May calendar, resulting in a slightly later-than-normal conclusion to this seasons National Series action.
In addition to these schedule readjustments, a second significant recasting of Cuban League play involves a simultaneous playing of the Liga de Desarrollo (Development League) during the National Series season. In recent years the Cuban minor league campaign (with teams representing thirteen provinces, plus Isla and the two Habana city teams) has been staged either in the late spring or early fall, immediately after or before the main league attraction. This time around, however, 45 athletes have been selected for each of the Cuban League squads, with 25 roster spots assigned on the main National Series roster and an additional 20 players relegated to the Development League squad. The reserve team of minor leaguers will perform only on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The new system allows each Cuban League entry to maintain a reserve roster of 20 added ballplayers in top playing form, a group from which reserve players can be called up to the National Series roster in cases of injury or poor performance on the big league squad. It is believed that this system, which parallels more closely the organization of professional baseball in the United States, will allow for more efficient Cuban player development. The advantage here is seen to be a potential improvement in national team rosters that suddenly seem (on the heels of Taiwan in 2007 and Beijing in 2008) in need of significant upgrading to counter improved international talent now being faced during Olympic style, World Cup and other IBAF-sponsored tournaments.
A predominant explanation, then, for such significant changes in league structure has to be a perceived need (at least as seen by Cuban League technical commission officials) to revamp methods of developing national team talent in direct response to recent failures such as the gold medal loss to Korea in Beijing and the defeat at the hands of Team USA in the November 2007 World Cup championship finale. The major upcoming challenges of maintaining a strong WBC presence in March and regaining a lost World Cup title in Europe in September have to be foremost in the minds of the Cuban baseball brain trust. But a resulting improvement in the overall entertainment value of the National Series pennant race should also be a welcomed byproduct of these efforts at overhauling the recently stagnant Cuban baseball spectacle.
Yet for all the face-lifting currently underway in Cuban League baseball, it has been the surprising headlines surrounding Victor Mesa that have demanded the most front-page attention everywhere across the island. This fact is not very surprising, given Mesas stature in recent years as Cuban baseballs most colorful personality. The Villa Clara skipper was also a larger-than-life presence in his playing days, where his antics in international tournaments (such as being ejected for an obscene gesture directed at the American squad while rounding the bases after a home run in the 1983 Intercontinental Cup matches in Belgium) often caused as much attention as his offensive heroics (such as leading the same tournament in batting average, home runs, base hits and runs scored). And that mixed image only expanded during eight seasons as a successful but always controversial manager. One of Mesas often repeated managerial récords is that for the most game ejections in league annals. While his teams in Villa Clara were consistently among the leagues best, his sometimes controversial bench moves were the subject of constant street corner chatter. This author witnessed such classic Mesa moves as pinch-running for another pinch-runner who had just successfully stolen a base, bunting runners into scoring position and thus sacrificing outs when his team trailed by a dozen runs, and once banishing his unused bullpen relief corps to the team bus in response to a seven-run late-inning uprising by rival Matanzas. But many Cuban fans (and Cuban television cameras especially) loved the so-called spectacle of these outrageous on-field displays. Former Cuban League commissioner Carlitos Rodríguez once personally voiced his dismay to this author when Cubavision cameras repeatedly focused on Mesas sideline antics throughout the 2006 league post-season playoffs, while rarely ever showing successful but low-key manager Antonio Pacheco of eventual champion Santiago.
Most certainly Mesa was a touchstone of controversy throughout his decade-long tenure in Villa Clara. But he was not without his pronounced successes also. While none of his eight Villa Clara teams ever finished higher than second place (2003, 2004), he did twice reach the championship finals and was the only manager in league history to garner 50-plus victories in eight consecutive seasons (all eight he managed). His 447 career wins (against 282 losses) were the most ever by a Cuban League manager during his first eight campaigns. Mesas career winning percentage (.613) also ranks sixteenth in league history. But the intense managerial style of El Loco could never translate into much in the way of post-season success; his teams won less often than they lost (36-42) in eight straight playoff appearances, and there was always speculation that it was that very style that wore down team enthusiasms by years end. The street chatter was always that teams with so much talent (including national team fixtures Eduardo Paret and Ariel Pestano, and promising super prospect Dayán Viciedo) should have performed far better in the championship rounds. Some even blamed Mesa for Viciedos lack of development (he never improved on a stellar rookie season) and eventual abandonment of the Cuban scene in June 2008, but this is merely speculation and likely way off target. On the international scene Mesa also had his considerable boasting points. His Junior National Team won a bronze medal in Canada in 2000 (though third place finishes are often more the occasion for blame-casting than celebrations in Cuba); his 2007 Cuba B squad ran the field in the Rotterdam World Port Tournament, thus making Mesa the last Cuban manager to date to win an international event with an unblemished tournament won-lost récord. In sum, on the whole there always seemed to be more plusses than minus in the Mesa portfolio, even if the minuses (like everywhere else in the world of baseball) always seemed to attract to largest bulk of public attention.
Victor Mesas departureas well as the renewed presence of Germán Mesa in Havana and the significantly altered league playing formatwill mean a new look for this years Cuban League season. But once the first pitch is thrown in Guillermón Moncada Stadium on November 30 it will be business as usual in Havana and Santiago and all points other between, and it wont be long before the Victor Mesa saga will be yesterdays news. With another WBC tournament and a renewal of the IBAF World Cup both now on the agenda for 2009, new thrills (new successes and perhaps even new disappointments) will soon enough preoccupy Cuban baseball fans. Unlike National League rooters in Chicago, who must wait a century or more between championships, Cuban fans are conditioned to celebrating international championships with almost every new turn of the calendar page. And there is little reason to speculate that things will be much different in 2009, despite whatever window dressing may now be applied to the Cuban League scene.
Peter C. Bjarkman is author of the award-winning A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006 (McFarland, 2007) plus the forthcoming Baseballs Other Big Red Machine: A History of the Cuban National Team (McFarland, 2009). Bjarkman is considered the foremost authority on Cuban baseball history and is also a leading collector of Cuban national team game-worn uniforms. He has made more than 40 visits to Cuba since 1997.
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My thoughts determine my attitude. To change my attitude I have to change my thoughts.
Be grateful. Just last week as I watched the stock market take a dive, I got a momentary feeling of panic and fear. I quickly went through the steps above and landed breathlessly on this last step.
I determined that there is nothing I can do about the stock market. Nothing. And for that I decided to be grateful.
If I did have the power to control the stock market, just imagine how much I would be in demand. I'd be summoned to Wall Street. I would be pulled from one bank to the next, compelled to work my magic in that bank's favor. As good as I might be, ultimately no one would be happy with the ways that I controlled and manipulated the market.
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Hand it off. In the end, whatever fear remains, I ask God to take it. I picture myself handing it off to him, in faith. He knows my needs and cares about my wants. I can only see a few feet ahead, a day at the most. He sees my entire life. He never sleeps so that I can.
Years ago, my husband and I were driving through California's Mojave Desert at night on our way across country. It was my turn to drive, while he slept. Let me tell you, it was dark!
What struck me in the black stillness of the night, was how the headlights were not lighting the entire way. Those two beams of light illuminated about 30 feet in front of us. From my spot behind the wheel I could easily see where the light ended. But as I moved into that light, the light moved ahead just a little bit more—lighting the way to our destination, thirty feet at a time.
Playing a game of chicken with myself, I got up the nerve to turn off the headlights for just a couple of seconds just to see how dark it really was. Not a good idea. Intellectually, I knew we would be fine for just a few seconds, but my brain could not overcome my emotions. Instant panic sent chills down my spine.
Without the light we would have come to a full and complete stop—stuck in the middle of the desert until daybreak.
Darkness can immobilize other areas of our lives as well. If we don't know how to switch on the light, we become paralyzed with fear—stuck in the dark.
As you face the dark places in your life, remember this: You need only enough light for the steps you're on. Move forward into the light.
Take that leap of faith and you'll be amazed how the light will move ahead providing just enough light for the next step, the next and on and on until the fear melts away as you reach your destination.
This article appeared originally at Debt-Proof Living on October 31st, 2012.
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