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Today in History, July 11, 2013
Today is Thursday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2013. There are 173 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On July 11, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, N.J.
On this date:
In 1533, Pope Clement VII issued a bull of excommunication against England's King Henry VIII for the annulment of the king's marriage to Catherine of Aragon and subsequent marriage to second wife Anne Boleyn.
In 1798, the U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established by a congressional act that also created the U.S. Marine Band.
In 1859, Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time.
In 1973, a Varig 707 from Brazil made an emergency crash-landing outside Paris after fire broke out on board, sending smoke into the cabin; 123 of the 134 people on board perished.
In 1979, the abandoned U.S. space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.
In 1995, the U.N.-designated "safe haven" of Srebrenica in Bosnia-Herzegovina fell to Bosnian Serb forces, who then carried out the killings of 8,000 Muslim men and boys.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Tab Hunter is 82. Actress Susan Seaforth Hayes is 70. Singer Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 66. Ventriloquist-actor Jay Johnson is 64. Actor Stephen Lang is 61. Boxer Leon Spinks is 60. Actress Sela Ward is 57. Reggae singer Michael Rose (Black Uhuru) is 56. Singer Peter Murphy is 56. Actor Mark Lester is 55. Jazz musician Kirk Whalum is 55. Singer Suzanne Vega is 54. Rock guitarist Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) is 54. Actress Lisa Rinna is 50. Actress Debbe Dunning is 47. Actor Gred Grunberg is 47. Wildlife expert Jeff Corwin is 46. Actor Justin Chambers is 43. Actress Leisha Hailey is 42. Actor Michael Rosenbaum is 41. Pop-rock singer Andrew Bird is 40. Country singer Scotty Emerick is 40. Rapper Lil' Kim is 38. Rock singer Ben Gibbard is 37. Rapper Lil' Zane is 31. Pop-jazz singer-musician Peter Cincotti is 30. Actor David Henrie is 24. Actor Connor Paolo is 23.
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Blood may run thicker than water, but for some World Cup fans, loyalty to the shirt can rival ties to one's own country.
Don't junk the jeans yet, simply think of smart ways to wear them and look cool
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Having a great day can happen by luck, or you can create a great day! If we rise in the morning with negative thoughts, we will be grumpy throughout the day. Rise with positive thoughts and appreciate each small blessing.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives his ministerial colleagues all the freedom and encourages them to take decisions, information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar said on Tuesday while remarking that "policy paralysis" had come to an end under the new regime.
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Diamond Lake - Local Area Photos and Information
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Diamond Lake is a populated place located in Lake County at latitude 42.244 and longitude -88.01.
The elevation is 771 feet. Diamond Lake appears on the Lake Zurich U.S. Geological Survey Map. Lake County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours).
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Sooo I had 2 people tell me I looked skinnier today, one of my ex flings got engaged, and a blast from the past took a jab at me today so I had plenty of motivation today. I think the 2 days off did me wonders because I kicked butt tonight.
Soo I missed my first day yesterday. But instead I decided to do cardio recovery this morning and I'll still do resistance tonight. Just starting 2 a days a day early that's all. Oye.
Cardio circuit
So today was rough. Ever since my volleyball days my left hip and knee occasionally hurt and today was one of those days. Made it 35 minutes then had to skip the last set of the circuit and go straight to stretching. I still feel pretty good and I'm starting to get my ankles toned again. Yeah that might sound like a silly thing to want but I wasn't born with the best ankles to begin with so this is kind of a big deal.
Also I understand why the no one in the videos wear shirts. If I wear anything other than a tank top or less I go crazy.
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Pizza Dough
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Store-bought pizza dough is perfect in a pinch, but sometimes there's nothing like homemade. If you make this once, you'll make it again and again.
This recipe goes with Salami and Mushroom Pizza, Mozzarella and Basil Pizza, Caramelized Onion and Prosciutto Pizza, Caramelized Onion and Turkey Sausage Pizza
Yield: Makes 2 pounds
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Recipe Time
Hands On:
10 Minutes
Total: 1 Hour, 5 Minutes
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 108
- Calories from fat: 0.0%
- Fat: 0.9g
- Saturated fat: 0.1g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.5g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.2g
- Protein: 3g
- Carbohydrate: 21.5g
- Fiber: 0.8g
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- Iron: 1.3mg
- Sodium: 41mg
- Calcium: 5mg
- 1 package dry yeast (about 2 1/4 teaspoons)
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 2 cups warm water (100° to 110°), divided
- 23.63 ounces all-purpose flour (about 5 1/4 cups), divided
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- Cooking spray
- 1. Dissolve yeast and sugar in 1/2 cup warm water in a large bowl; let stand 5 minutes, or until bubbly.
- 2. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Stir remaining 1 1/2 cups water into yeast mixture. Add 21.38 ounces (about 4 3/4 cups) flour, oil, and salt; beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Turn dough out onto a floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic (about 5 minutes); add enough of remaining 2.25 ounces (about 1/2 cup) flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, to prevent dough from sticking to hands (dough will feel sticky).
- 3. Place dough in a large bowl coated with cooking spray, turning to coat top. Cover and let rise in a warm place (85°), free from drafts, 45 minutes or until doubled in size. (Gently press two fingers into dough. If indentation remains, dough has risen enough.) Punch dough down; cover and let rest 5 minutes.
- 4. Divide dough into 4 equal portions; shape each portion into a ball. Roll out dough according to recipe directions, or place in a bowl coated with cooking spray; cover and refrigerate up to 2 days.
- Tip: For longer storage, coat dough balls with cooking spray; place each in a large heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag. Seal bags tightly and freeze up to 1 month. Thaw dough in bag in refrigerator overnight. Remove dough from bag. Reshape dough into a smooth ball. Place in a bowl coated with cooking spray. Cover and let rise in a warm place (85°), free from drafts, 1 hour or until doubled in size. (Gently press two fingers into dough. If indentation remains, dough has risen enough.) Punch dough down; cover and let rest 5 minutes. Proceed as directed in recipe.
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This 2 bedroom/ 2 bath modern home was designed to fit the landscape of the desert while bringing in a modern flair. The back yard connects to hundreds of acres of protected remote desert wilderness. Hike right outside the back door!
Sleeps 1-6 people. Two queen beds in private rooms and a full size futon in back area of house. One bathroom has a stand up shower and the other has a shower/tub. Central heat and evaporative cooling.
Located on the edge of downtown Joshua Tree and approximately 3.5 miles to Joshua Tree National Park entrance. The fully fenced back yard is over 1 acre and opens up to a built in pool (not heated) and hot tub, lots of outdoor seating, a gas bbq and outdoor fire pit.
Large kitchen with dining table (seats up to 6) and 3 additional barstools. Ice maker, Brita water filter, microwave, dishwasher, basic condiments and almost everything you can imagine to make most meals.
Free WiFi, flat screen tv with cable, dvd player, and stereo/cd player with large library of cd's and dvd's. Full size couch and two chairs in living room. Washer and dryer in home.
Complimentary whole bean coffee, herbal teas and condiments for all of our guests. Pets allowed at this home with a small fee.
Outdoor fire pit
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Hot Tub (available year round)
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Books about Joshua Tree
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Ladies you know when you go for a walk and you see that sexy man in an even sexy car? And if he is driving a red Ferrari there is no way you can avoid bumping that pit that came across you (God knows who put it there!) But what do you need to drive to have your revenge?
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Eve Cars asked a few men to see what car a woman need to drive so they can be impressed! And no, is not a Ferrari! Most of them said the 1955 - 1963 Mercedes 300SL Roadster is the best way to make them turn they head!
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As chief elected officer of the Society, ASSE's president promotes the advancement of the Society and the safety profession, and represents ASSE before members, other relevant professional societies and various governmental agencies. Professional Safety shares his latest thoughts on the Society, the profession and its practice.
Read past messages in the President's Message Archive.
ASSE is your connection to a team of highly skilled, motivated, passionate and dedicated professionals- in other words, the perfect career partner.
|2003-2004 ASSE President James "Skipper" Kendrick, CSP
People spend nearly 75 percent of their time involved in work, yet many report being unhappy doing what they do. That's a lot of time spent just "going through the motions." When asked what it is they don't like about their work, many respond-somewhat wistfully-that what they do simply isn't fulfilling, that they really want to do something that matters to people and the world.
When your life's work is fulfilling and personally rewarding, you grow with your career and you enjoy a continued sense of satisfaction and achievement. Benjamin Fairless, former chair of U.S. Steel, identified four essential ingredients for success: Choose a career you love. Give it the best there is in you. Seize your opportunities. Be a member of the team. Let's take a closer look at each ingredient:
Choose a career you love. The safety profession is devoted to protecting people, property and the environment. It's hard not to love such a noble pursuit. It gives you a great sense of achievement when what you do helps people return home each day free from pain and injury.
Give it your best. If you love what you do, it fires a passion within you to consistently perform at the highest level. For SH&E professionals, this passion is directed toward driving hazards out of the workplace; toward providing knowledge and skills to protect fellow employees; and toward showing how injury/illness prevention can improve business performance.
Seize all opportunities. These opportunities can arise at any time. Be prepared to respond by developing and honing the skills, tools and knowledge that will propel you toward greater success, fulfillment and passion.
Be a team player. Helping others stay safe on the job is the ultimate team sport-it requires that everyone work together, look out for and care about each other. As an ASSE member, you belong to another team-a team of 30,000 other professionals who share common values and beliefs, as well as that undying passion to prevent injuries and illnesses. These teammates are eager to share, mentor and guide you toward success.
Consider, as one example, the success of Jerry Ray, ASSE's 1997-98 President. He was the first charter student member to become Society president. In an article about his career, Jerry notes that "when you get your first paycheck and your employer adds your expected retirement date, you think that is a date that will never come. But it will and to get there requires planning, planning, planning." He continues, "Plan where you want yourself positioned in five to 10 years, then prepare yourself accordingly to make it happen. Understand that without the proper education, work experience and an open mind to do whatever it takes, the plan is not going to come together. I got involved with safety professionals in college and after graduation my mentors in industry guided me along."
Now consider the potential for future success. Jay Braffett is a sophomore at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. His educational journey has only just begun, but he is already thinking beyond graduation. "What is the value of a master's degree? What degree will best position me for success? What are current professionals with varying skill sets and levels of education earning at this time? What is the potential for growth?" With answers to questions like these and assistance from ASSE and his student section, Jay is forming a solid plan for his future.
You are in charge of your career. Do you have a plan? If so, ASSE stands ready to help you execute it and achieve success. If not, ASSE has many career resources to help you define your plan, and willing mentors ready to help you implement and refine it. ASSE is your connection to a team of highly skilled, motivated, passionate and dedicated professionals-in other words, the perfect career partner.
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Hutton Construction Ltd
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Hutton Construction Ltd
- Birch Business Centre
- Maldon Road
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- Tel: 01206 330386
- Fax: 01206 331177
- Web: http://www.hutton-group.co.uk
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Hutton Construction Ltd are construction contractors located in Colchester. For information and quotes please phone Hutton Construction Ltd on 01206 330386 or visit them at Birch Business Centre.
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Hutton Construction Ltd Registered in England No. The Hutton tradition of quality is built on foundations laid almost 200 years ago. The business was established in the early 19th Century by brothers Thomas and James Hutton, skilled carpenters and joiners, at premises in Birch.
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A stroke is life-changing event, which is why it is our mission to:
- Deliver the highest-level patient centered care for stroke, including acute treatment, prevention, and recovery
- Discover the underlying mechanisms of stroke and recovery, develop new treatments, and improve delivery/implementation to people at risk
- Prepare the next generation of leaders in the field of cerebrovascular disease
It is our vision that stroke care will be improved for all, with the effective and functional integration of community outreach/education, acute care, prevention/recovery, and research.
We have an excellent multidisciplinary team with expertise in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and recovery of cerebrovascular disease. Our integrated programs include community outreach, acute care, stroke prevention and research. We believe this level of integration in itself constitutes a great innovation in the field of stroke. Our patients access the center through the three areas of care and have access to participate in research and partner with us to continue to push our mission forward.
We look forward to providing you with the best care available and welcome your comments, questions and participation. Together we can shape the future of stroke.
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Dressember day three. More or less. Since other participants have been using skirts and I needed something low maintenance, this was my outfit for today. I'm in blue sweater tights, a cream corduroy skirt (pockets pockets pockets), a tee, and (cheat) the googly belt you may remember from yesterday. And clogs. I did have to go out, so I had a Coat of Warm. It's like a Bag of Holding. But a coat. Of warm. Said coat, skirt, and googly belt are all from Anthropologie. Surprise, surprise.
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Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.
Elizabeth Gilbert
It took awhile to get here but I think I've finally found the peace I needed.
And if you labeled your axes, I could tell you exactly how MUCH better.
I know it's random but I find this comic strip hysterical haha, maybe it's the geek in me.
Our notions about happiness entrap us. We forget that they are just ideas. Our idea of happiness can prevent us from actually being happy. We fail to see the opportunity for joy that is right in front of us when we are caught in a belief that happiness should take a particular form.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
I think it's only human to expect this. Notion is just another word for hope - we hope for all things meaningful in our lives, particularly love. Is it really 'entrap'ment if we search for our soul-mate or should we just 'see the opportunity for joy' with whomever that's available to us currently?
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
— Benjamin Franklin
Interesting quote from Franklin, maybe he left out 'lover' on purpose. Because maybe, just maybe, to a lover, we give all of the above.
Performers dance on a submerged stage during the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games on November 12, 2010.
Be sure to check out the collection, it's absolutely breathtaking — by the scale of things, it will just leave you awe-struck. Simply put, it's magnificent!
At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That's how we're made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.
~Grey's Anatomy
So do we risk it all in hope to gain something significant? Something worthwhile perhaps? Do we wait for the right moment or are there even 'right' moments? All I know is, — it's always easier said than done.
Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.
From Mae West
(August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980)
an American actress, playwright, screenwriter
and sex symbol.
So ladies, stop trying to play too hard to get! Keep it real, the chase is only fun for a moment or two, after that … it's already too late!
Guys, just because a chick tells you 'no' - that doesn't necessarily mean she wants you to chase her; sometimes a 'no' is a definite 'hell no'! HAHA.
Everyone has a vision in their mind of a perfect place where people are kind and noble, where their dreams can be realized and their wishes fulfilled, where life is full of adventure and romance.
Truth is, it does happen; you just gotta find someone and let yourself fall under their spell. Give love a chance and with time, this illusion will comfort all desires. I leave you with a quote from Moulin Rouge! when Satine sang to herself:
"When will I begin to live again? One day I'll fly away… leave all this to yesterday. Why live life from dream to dream, and dread the day when dreaming ends."
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
Dr. Seuss.
look forward; life is usually better looking forward.
I wanted to know why it was that you feel that rush, that focus, that obsessive thinking, and that craving for another human being.


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Hello,i have a PFSense Firewall with routing enabled, and i would like to disable the DHCP on the internet connection and change the main ip of the connection hub, so i could still access it if needed and use the PFSense as the DHCP server.Would it work to just do it in the Connection Hub, or is it just impossible, because of TV ?Thanks for the info.
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|Glenn Dorsey returned to LSU for his senior season, helping lead the Tigers to the national championship.
Glenn Dorsey concludes his visit with the St. Louis Rams on Wednesday along with 25 other draft hopefuls. Darren McFadden is in the group.
In a draft with more questions than answers at the top, I find this clear: Tackle Dorsey is the most explosive and dominating defensive player and running back McFadden is the most explosive, dominating offensive player.
NFL.com's 10-part series looks at each position in the draft.
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If I were making the No. 1 selection in Miami, one of these two players would be the pick.
If Miami, indeed, makes Michigan offensive tackle Jake Long the No. 1 choice based as much on need as on analysis, then the Rams selecting at No. 2 should swipe either Dorsey or McFadden.
That simple.
If the Rams make their decision primarily based on need, then LSU's Dorsey is the clear choice at No. 2.
Rams president John Shaw was presented this scenario.
"Our football people make the picks," Shaw said. "All I can tell you is we see Dorsey as one of the top three or four players in the draft. And when I talk to our football people, Dorsey is always in the mix of the discussion. Clearly, selecting him is not a reach."
And that would be a good thing for the league's stated preference that juniors return to colleges for their senior seasons.
Dorsey did that. He could have easily bolted for the draft a year ago and likely would have been a top five pick. Dorsey played through knee and back injuries his senior season and won the national championship plus the Outland, Lombardi, Nagurski and Lott awards that marked him the stellar defensive player in the land. He finished with 64 tackles (11 for losses) and six sacks.
NFL Draft: Defensive tackles
Pat Kirwan's take: The NFL defensive line has become as specialized as any other position, and in many ways the most specialized because of all the different fronts teams play.
Photos ...There are 4-3 defenses looking for one-gap penetrators inside, there are 4-3 teams looking for wide body tackles to eat up three blockers, like the Ravens had when Tony Siragusa and Sam Adams kept blockers off Ray Lewis. There are 3-4 fronts looking for the biggest men possible to man the nose tackle spot, and there are 3-4 coaches looking for defensive linemen who can slant. Ranking all the tackles without knowing a team's position needs is tough, but I will stack the board the way I think they will come off on draft day.
Top defensive tackles
There is no doubt that this draft has two elite defensive tackles in Glenn Dorsey and Sedrick Ellis. Both fit nicely as "three-technique" tackles playing over a guard in a 4-3 one-gap front. After those two players, things get a little cloudy. There may be another defensive tackle taken in the first round (Kentwan Balmer from North Carolina) but after the top three tackles things fall off quickly. The team that needs a two-gapping nose tackle with lots of bulk may grade a guy like Red Bryant (Texas A&M) higher than a DeMarrio Pressley (N.C. State) or Carlton Powell (Virginia Tech), both of whom fit nicely in a 4-3 as an under tackle. Pay less attention to the player ranking and look to see if the guy fits the scheme your team operates this season.
» Kirwan: Top defensive tackles
» Draft Tracker: Defensive linemen in draft
But that extra year of analysis he provided coupled with his injuries gave NFL teams too much to ponder. Dorsey entered his senior season the clear favorite to become this draft's top pick. Then NFL teams became paralyzed with their analysis. He fell out of favor, out of the top position, suddenly a gamble due to injury, height and stamina concerns.
Dorsey with his recent workouts has flipped that.
"And some of these teams finally popped the tape back in and watched the player he is," said his agent, Joel Segal. "They finally got back to letting the performance and production tell the story."
If Dorsey (6-foot-2, 316-pounds) were to slip in this draft, it would send the wrong message to future college juniors contemplating draft entry. Many of them as juniors already strike when it is hot. Nearly all of them would if they see a player of this caliber penalized in the draft rather than rewarded for his return.
One NFL general manager, requesting anonymity, spoke with passion on this subject:
"Everybody talked about him being hurt as a senior. But he never missed a game or a practice. That's a really tough kid. A really clean, great kid. He's not real tall. If you want to nit-pick, that would be the thing; maybe bigger, experienced offensive linemen will jump on top of him. But even with that, he has long arms that can help offset that. Never missing a practice? That speaks volumes to the guy's character, especially when you consider he was the big man on campus. There is so much going on up there at the top of the draft with guys who are not clean, who have blemishes up and down in their game. It would not surprise me if most teams have Dorsey rated the No. 1 player on their boards."
Dorsey to the Rams at No. 2 makes sense in that the Rams last year drafted nose tackle Adam Carriker with the 13th overall selection. Using a second, consecutive draft on the team's shaky defensive line is a firm way to address a severe problem. And, given the Giants fresh defensive-line-inspired Super Bowl run, every NFL team seeks more contribution from its defensive line. It is the hot-button group for all teams in the 2008 season.
Dorsey at age three had to wear braces for a year because his legs were so bowed. Doctors wondered if he would ever walk naturally. He overcame that in Gonzales, La., and traveled only 20 or so miles from his hometown to LSU.
He hears footsteps. USC tackle Sedrick Ellis is turning heads as the draft approaches. So is Virginia end Chris Long and Ohio State end Vernon Gholston. Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan is intriguing. McFadden is a blur.
Any of these players could surpass Dorsey in draft order.
But the team that does that is out-thinking itself.
Keep it simple. Trust the production, the impact of the player.
Dorsey is the top defensive lineman in this draft. He is the top defensive player. And his case for being the top player overall is still worth the debate.


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Which makes the arrival of an incredible (but thoroughly unofficial) "XO" remix video rather pleasing. VJ Maxxy speeds up Terry Richardson's neon-drenched, Coney Island-set visual and throws in even more flashing lights. The new edit suits Monsieur Adi's bittersweet disco overhaul perfectly and has already won the DJ's approval on Twitter. Watch up top.
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I'm currently in Shanghai, after the end of my first gastronomic tour with WildChina! I spent ten days or so introducing a small group (ten guests) to the amazing diversity of Chinese cuisines. We began in Beijing, where we tried famous Shandong dishes, Beijing folk cookery, Mongolian hotpot and Peking duck, and then flew to Xi'an, where a trip to see the Terracotta Warriors was bookended by slap-up feasts of local specialties. In Chengdu, we sampled xiao chi ('small eats'), hotpot and many traditional dishes, enjoyed a glorious formal banquet and attended a hands-on cooking class; and in Shanghai and Hangzhou we scoffed fabulous dumplings and many local delicacies. All in all, if you count street snacks, we tried over 300 dishes. Continue reading…
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DALLAS (UPI) — U.S. adults who stay aerobically fit during middle age might be less likely to develop dementia later in life, a U.S. researcher says.
Laura DeFina of the Cooper Institute in Dallas and colleagues analyzed data involving about 20,000 middle-aged people over a 24-year period.
"With increasing cardiorespiratory fitness levels, there was decreased development of all-cause dementia in later life," DeFina said in a statement.
For example, people in the fittest 20 percent around age 50 were 36 percent less likely than those in the least-fit 20 percent to be diagnosed with dementia after age 65, the study found.
DeFina noted other studies found better blood flow in brains of fitter people.
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"My husband is a sports fanatic and it's destroying our marriage," said Gloria, 28, an administrative assistant in New York City who has been married for 18 months. "Every night Carlos flops on the sofa, flips on the TV, and watches a game until bedtime. He's so crazy about our hometown teams — the Yankees, the Knicks, the Giants — that he screams obscenities if the referee makes a bad call, dances around the living room if his team makes a good play, and calls his friends to rant and rave while the game is in progress. On weekends he's either watching ESPN, playing pickup basketball in the park, or at a Yankees game with his brother, a season ticket holder.
"If it were up to him, I'd cheer right along with him. But
I really couldn't care less about sports. I watched some games just to make him happy but then I dozed off out of sheer boredom and he got upset. Most nights, I watch the Food Network or HGTV in the bedroom.
"For the past 18 months I've been lonely and bored. I'm tired of crying myself to sleep, wondering what I can do to make Carlos understand how much I miss his companionship. I don't expect him to quit watching sports or skip the World Series. I simply want him to watch fewer games so that we can go to an occasional movie or browse in bookstores — stuff we did before we got married. Is that so unreasonable? But Carlos always says, 'I am here with you — I just happen to be watching baseball.'
"Clearly we have different concepts of togetherness. Yes, we are both present in this apartment, but we're not emotionally connected. About four months ago I hit rock bottom and stopped having sex with Carlos. Since our sex life had always been great, I thought this would motivate him to change. 'You sit in front of the TV all night ignoring me, and now you expect me to be affectionate?' I say when he crawls into bed and kisses me after I'm asleep. Carlos complains but he's not upset enough to stop watching sports. I've also stopped cooking his favorite foods. As far as I'm concerned, he can eat chicken noodle soup! I still love him but I don't want to be in a marriage in which I'm invisible.
"I was born in Puerto Rico, the third daughter of a plumber and a seamstress, who moved our family to the Bronx when I was 9. From Dad I inherited my love of Latin dancing; I have fond memories of doing the salsa and mambo in our living room together when I was a little girl. From Mom I inherited my love of cooking and decorating. My parents pushed me to excel in school, so I worked hard, got good grades, and went to junior college, where I studied office administration.
"I spotted Carlos at the train station one morning about three years ago and thought he was the handsomest man I'd ever seen. For months I stared at him from afar, too shy to introduce myself. Then one morning we both missed our train. As we waited for the next one and then sat together on the ride downtown, Carlos told me he was 33, a divorced father, and a paralegal at a law firm. Before I could figure out how to give him my phone number without seeming too eager, he asked me for it and called hours later to invite me to play miniature golf.
"I fell in love with Carlos's fun-loving personality and sense of romance; he was the first man to sing me love songs. We saw each other four nights a week, and there was never a dull moment as we went out dancing, saw movies, and listened to music. We never ran out of things to talk about. Soon Carlos introduced me to his daughter, Lucy, then 6, and we hit it off. He has joint custody with his ex-wife, Sylvia, and on the weekends Lucy spent with Carlos, the three of us went on picnics, visited museums, and baked cookies. It was so much fun! He barely mentioned sports. I had no idea he had this obsession.
"After we'd dated for a year, Carlos proposed. We got married six months later. Going from dating to living together was a huge adjustment — and, frankly, not what I expected. He changed overnight: Suddenly, the high-energy guy who liked salsa dancing and fine dining was more interested in staying home to watch the Knicks than in spending time with me. Unsure what to do, I tried to watch with him, figuring he'd also watch my favorite shows with me. But he refuses. He also takes no interest in my decorating projects. For example, I'm trying to choose fabrics for new kitchen and bedroom curtains, but the other night Carlos was too focused on the Yankees to give his opinion. 'Pick whatever you want — I trust your taste,' he said, turning up the volume.
"Worse yet, Carlos has turned Lucy, now 9, into a superfan, as well. When she's here they watch every game together, and he's teaching her how to play basketball. At first I thought that maybe Lucy was feigning interest just to please him. But gradually I realized it was genuine and felt her pull away from me. Before her dad and I got married Lucy loved to help me cook; now she only wants to hang out with him, which makes me feel like an outsider.
"Carlos's sports fixation is hurting our social life, too. Recently we planned to attend a surprise 30th birthday party for my best friend's husband, but at the last minute, Carlos said, 'The Yanks are playing the Braves — tell everyone I have the flu.' Furious, I went to the party and lied to my friend about his absence. I was too embarrassed to tell the truth: My husband is a selfish, insensitive oaf who puts baseball before his wife's happiness."


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Matt Weinstein is the nation's foremost authority on the use of fun and humor in team building. Called "The Master of Playfulness" by People Magazine and "America's Pied Piper of Play" by the Houston Post, Matt is the founding president of Playfair, Inc., an international consulting company that presents innovative team building programs for hundreds of clients each year. His PBS television special Fun Works! brought Matt national acclaim as a pioneer in the field of experiential team building. Matt helps organizations all over the world energize their workforces, reduce stress on the job, and build enthusiastic teams.
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Matt's long-term partnerships with companies like AT&T, IBM, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers have helped them reward, retain, and revitalize their key employees. Drawing on his own experience as a company president and 20 years of research by the Playfair organization, his presentations are rich in content and alive with humor. Matt will motivate and inspire your employees to be more productive, and will teach them how to create a corporate culture of support and celebration at work. Most importantly, Matt will show your people that work can be fun!
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Sometimes the simplest solutions are the most profound ones. As Confucius pointed out, "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complex." Using a simple, universally familiar verse as a metaphor for success, Matt Weinstein will show you how to increase happiness, reduce stress, find more fun at work, and enhance motivation, communication, teamwork, and satisfaction on the job. This session is based on Matt's book, Gently Down The Stream. Come prepared to have some serious fun!
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The Ball Toss is a team building experience about continuous improvement and learning to think creatively under pressure. The participants, in groups of 8 to 12, must pass tennis balls across a circle in a set sequence. Time challenges are added, forcing a radical rethinking of the problem. By redefining their approach, while staying within the preset sequence, participants usually successfully solve the problem.
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The U.S. Customs ensign originated in the practice, adopted by collectors of customs in the 19th century, of flying at their customs houses the flag originally adopted in 1799 to identify revenue cutters at sea. (For the history of this flag, see U.S. Coast Guard.) This practice was officially approved in 1874 by Secretary of the Treasury William Richardson, who directed that what was then known as the revenue ensign be hoisted alongside the national flag outside all customs houses during business hours. In 1910, President Taft directed that the flag used by the Revenue Cutter Service be distinguished from that flown ashore by the addition of the RCS badge on the fly. In 1915, the U.S. Coast Guard was established as a bureau separate from the Bureau of Customs, inheriting the RCS ensign, while that without the badge was retained by what is now the U.S. Customs Service. The most recent change to the Customs Service ensign was the 1951 redesign of the national coat of arms to conform to the rendering on the great seal of the United States.
The Customs Service originated in the authority, enacted by the very first Congress, to establish collectors of customs at the various ports of the United States. The management of these collectors was subsequently vested in the Bureau of Customs of the Department of the Treasury, renamed the U.S. Customs Service in 1973. The old Customs Service was moved to the new Department of Homeland Security under the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which divided customs functions into two new bureaus, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Customs and Border Protection. Both apparently continue to use the traditional revenue ensign.
Although CBP operates a substantial number of harbor and inshore patrol boats, photographs of these vessels do not show them displaying the Customs ensign (or any other flag). However, it is seen in U.S. ports, still flying outside CBP offices.
The INS traced its history to the Immigration Act of 1891, which created a Bureau of Immigration within the Department of the Treasury to enforce the laws regulating the massive inflow of immigrants from Europe during this period. It was moved to the newly created Department of Commerce and Labor in 1903 and became the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization after the passage of the Naturalization Act of 1906. These two functions were split in 1913 but merged again under the Immigration and Naturalization Service in 1933. The service was moved from the Labor Department to the Justice Department in 1940, as the primary concern about aliens in the United States had become one of national security rather than labor and employment. The service remained in Justice until the passage of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which abolished INS and moves its functions, including enforcing the nation's entry laws and regulations through inspections at ports of entry, including seaports, to the new Department of Homeland Security. It appears that this pennant disappeared with the reorganization.
The Border Patrol was established in 1924 as an enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, responsible for protecting against entry into the United States other than at the lawful ports of entry. Along with land-based units, it operates a fleet of some 55 vessels in United States and Puerto Rican coastal waters and rivers and on the Great Lakes and other interior waterways shared by the United States and Canada. The pennant, which flies aboard Border Patrol vessels and over its installations, was created in connection with the organization's 75th anniversary in 1999. In addition, there exists for indoor display a similar flag in a rectangular format on which the central device is surrounded by a ring of stars symbolizing the sectors and other units of the Border Patrol. Like other elements of INS, the Border Patrol is moved to the new Department of Homeland Security under the Homeland Security Act of 2002, where it was subordinated to the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection. However, it continues to fly this flag.
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Back in July, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen warned that his fellow Democrats' health proposals would not only come with a trillion-dollar federal price tag. They would also represent "the mother of all unfunded mandates" for the states.
Now that the House has passed one health bill and the Senate Finance Committee another, Georgia's number crunchers have estimated just how unfunded it would be for our state.
The answer: as much as $2.6 billion before 2020.
Two-point-six billion dollars, and in only five full years of spending. That's under the bill passed in the House. The annual sum under that legislation would exceed half a billion dollars by 2019. (These and all other figures in this column, unless otherwise noted, come from the Department of Community Health.)
The Senate Finance Committee's version would be little better: just over $2 billion cumulatively, and more than $400 million a year by 2019.
These figures represent only the state's share of adding as many as 756,000 Georgians to Medicaid, which already serves one million state residents. Federal taxes would cover the vast majority of the new expenses.
Trillion may be the new billion in Washington, but down here even a measly million still means something. Georgia's health-related budget for this fiscal year is already $3.5 billion, or one in five dollars the state government spends. So we're talking about increasing health spending by at least 10 percent — or else cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from other health programs.
In absolute terms, we're talking about adding about as much in health spending over five years as the state cut from last year's total budget due to the recession. Another $900 million has been sliced from this year's budget. The cuts would have been worse if not for federal stimulus money, which will run out long before a new Medicaid mandate hits.
All of this includes only those changes related to expanding Medicaid. New health laws could cost the state in ways that are less measurable for now, from increased insurance premiums for its own employees to the expense of running a new federally mandated insurance exchange.
Keep in mind, too, this phrase from DCH's overview of the impact of expanding Medicaid: Both health proposals now before Congress "offer states a higher federal match at least initially to help pay for the medical costs of the newly eligible" people (emphasis added).
Translation: As Washington's costs explode, Congress may try to shift more of the financial burden onto the states. As things stand, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the House bill would cost state governments $34 billion in new Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) spending (see footnote "c" on page 12 of the linked PDF).
All in all, this presents a significant, perhaps impossible, challenge for Georgia.
And it gets worse. Congress is also contemplating some people-shuffling which would cost Georgia even more money. The House bill would move kids in poor families out of SCHIP and into Medicaid. Because the feds reimburse states for those programs at different rates, Georgia could lose up to $48 million a year in federal matching funds if that switch takes place.
I've said it before, and I'll say it now: We need to change our health-care system. The status quo works for many people. But even we, the relatively comfortable, have only tenuous security.
The "solutions" which Congress is now debating, however, fail on every level of logic, and for every level of government — and, by extension, taxpayer.
We can't afford these plans. Scrap 'em. Start over.
November 20th, 2009
8:14 pm
Tenth Amendment: reserves to the states respectively, or to the people, any powers the Constitution did not delegate to the United States, nor prohibit the states from exercising.
November 20th, 2009
8:28 pm
Write an article about the SEIU 1000 members beating up Ken Hamidi for trying to exercising his right to free speech at their public meeting.
November 20th, 2009
9:36 pm
Anyway to get the African-american female out of there? Your boss? Sad stuff for your career. Wooten was at least logical. Try hard man, do not make the bLACKS mad, and good luck, Otis.
November 20th, 2009
9:41 pm
If Georgia can pay its water lawyer $855/hr; it has plenty of money to pay for health care.
November 20th, 2009
9:47 pm
I don't think for a second that the plans on the table are the best we can do but they are something. Since the Republicans trashed Clinton's effort in the 90's we have had no effort of any substance put towards this issue. Fact is we MUST do something about health care. Those of use with health care pay far too much ($2 for every $1 spent by the rest of the industrialized world) and on top of it we have to pay the staggering costs of providing emergency care, free of charge in most cases, to those that are unisured. I am tired of the posturing and BS by the Right. Get off the dime, shut up or add something to the debate. This article adds nothing . Where is your alternative?
November 20th, 2009
9:57 pm
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November 20th, 2009
11:20 pm
Isn't this America, land of the free? Wake up people before we start having a statue and a new red square. We cannot afford to pay for the health care of every American, let alone the millions of illegals living here. I'm all for some kind of reform, but a socialized medical plan is not the answer. The Founding Fathers are probably rolling in their graves.
November 21st, 2009
12:08 am
'I'm all for some kind of reform, but a socialized medical plan is not the answer. The Founding Fathers are probably rolling in their graves.
Honestly, you need to learn what the word "socialized" means before you go spouting off about it. Neither House nor Senate plan in any way remotely resembles "socialized" medicine.
November 21st, 2009
12:19 am
What planet are you from? Certainly not earth because there can't be more humans dumber than you. Georgia can't afford toilet paper at this moment let alone so-called "Obama-care". Why? Because of idiots like you living in the state voting the same nincompoops in office every election cycle. The people of Georgia need only look into the mirror at themselves for the sorry predicament they're in. Don't blame President Obama. You wanted "conservative principles", well, you've got them so live with the consquences of your stupid, silly voting choices!!
November 21st, 2009
2:56 am
wow otis, what in the world are you talking about?
Kyle, would you like medicare repealed? You don't mention it at all in this article. If you have a problem with any type of government healthcare, please include in your articles a call to repeal medicare, otherwise it doesn't seem that you are writing anything worthwhile in the healthcare debate.
November 21st, 2009
7:36 am
No jstrick, Kyle doesn't have a problem with medicare because that would tick off the tea party birthers all around rural GAWGA that rely on medicare – that "socialist gubment healthcare". Go to any Wal-mart and you'll see plenty of gubment healthcare in action as its wheeling around shopping for the low low prices of Chinese goods. Kyle won't mention that, he knows who he is pandering too.
November 21st, 2009
7:37 am
Crunch your numbers till the cows come home and you'll never get a cost anywhere near the real cost of a cruel, ridiculous system like ours.
How can every other developed country afford to do what you say is impossible?They love their systems, too, and are healthier than we are.
Let's be honest, the republicans would not approve a penny in taxes if it saved a million lives.And don't forget that a solid majority of Americans IN EVERY STATE support reform so any representative or senator who is categorically against reform is thwarting his constituents in favor of insurance lobby money.
November 21st, 2009
7:52 am
Still waiting for the benefit side of your cost benefit analysis. Oh, I'm sorry, you're a conservative, and hence only concerned with cost, not the benefit to those millions of Georgians who might be saved by having access to preventative care. Not to mention the savings the state will enjoy in treating citizens before their medical conditions become very expensive critical case.
November 21st, 2009
8:25 am
So America alone among the developed countries of the world cannot afford to assure that all its citizens have access to health care?
November 21st, 2009
8:34 am
JImNATL –
"Still waiting for the benefit side of your cost benefit analysis."
All of your mindless partisanship asides, doing a cost-benefit analysis is pointless if there is no way to fund the "cost".
For example, if I am a struggling hardware store facing bankruptcy, I can do a cost benefit analysis on a new big sign for my parking lot, but if I have no money to pay for it, it is a wasted exercise.
Government does not magically create money. Instead of telling us what conservatives do, maybe you should tell us where Georgia is supposed to come up with an additional 2.6 billion dollars in the next five years.
November 21st, 2009
8:36 am
Parpatco –
"So America alone among the developed countries of the world cannot afford to assure that all its citizens have access to health care?"
Obviously you disagree. Where does the additional money come from for this? In case nobody told you, America is operating on a massive deficit already.
November 21st, 2009
8:46 am
Mike, how bout we stop the wars? Maybe keep our troops in our country? Spend "our money" on us.
November 21st, 2009
8:52 am
From Medicare/Medicaid (CMS) FY 2010 budget – "In FY 2010, benefit costs are expected to total $803.1 billion."…"Our programs will touch the lives of over 98 million Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiaries in FY 2010."
No one in Congress, the White House or any advocacy group has said a single word about the fact that this will double in a few years & triple by 2020. In FY 2020 we will spend $2.4 trillion on these programs. I trust everyone does remember that the baby boomers will start going on Medicare/ Medicaid in 2011.
And apparently I am the only guy in the nation who cares. I write my congressman and the 2 senators (2 jokes). The congressman agrees on the problem but has no workable ideas (in my opinion). The 2 senators thank me for my letters & talk about the democrats.
November 21st, 2009
9:26 am
Are you suggesting we abolish Medicare, Medicaid, public health care for the military and for veterans, public health care for all elected officials, and public health care for many handicapped persons? If so, I'd head out of town quickly because most Georgians are not that conservative. You also neglect to explain the far greater costs to all of us if we DO NOT provide public option health care plans. Insurance companies will continue to steal us blind.
November 21st, 2009
10:01 am
Don't sit in church on Sunday a pray for the sick and vote Republican. If you do you are wasting your dime (tithe). If you vote Republican you just want them to die quick so you don't have any responsibility for anyone other than your sorry self.
November 21st, 2009
10:03 am
Uninsured does not = denied health care.
Rats eat cheese. Cats eat rats. Do cats eat cheese?
November 21st, 2009
10:13 am
What you see is what you get. When you voters elect liberals to run a government you elect space cadets who never grew up from the hippie days. Government run programs have a history of failure. Government run health programs will never succeed. There is no way to adequately fund a health care system that covers everyone. To do so invariably bankrupts an economy and lowers the quality of medical services. To completly destroy a system that works for many so as to provide services for the few is absolute lunacy. Such a noble cause brings the price of charity to a whole new meaning. We have seen the results of liberal governance. Never has any congressional body spent as much money in such a short time as this group running the country now. Our debt has tripled in less than 9 months. Our unemployment has topped 10% when the maximum ceiling predicted by this liberal leadership was forcast to only reach 8%. The principles of the free market system have been handicapped and taken away by this elected leadership. Entitlement systems of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid put in place by liberal crusaders have never functioned properly and have been on life support year after year. Now we have to suffer the ideological wants and ravings of another liberal agenda which has the consequences of destroying this country in short fashion. We have already seen the fast-track weekend midnight voting in Congress to achieve passage of legislative bills by the Democrats. We have seen the 1,000 + page bills no one has read nor understood passed by the Democrats. We have heard of the pending health care legislation that will ration, tax, and penalize our citizens. Wake up people! You who support or who have supported this liberal crusade are living in Disney World. Kill the proposed health care bill and figure out another way to insure the few that don't have insurance.
November 21st, 2009
10:27 am
hatz; For starters, yes our cats eat cheese. Hospitals are required to perform emergency care, of course they will bill you for it. Show up in DKA or in a hypertensive crisis, they will get you over the hump then send you home. Without follow up or proper medications you'll just be back again and again running up higher and higher bills to the point there's no way you'll be able to pay for it. File bankruptcy, the hospital eats the bill, then passes the cost to you, me, and others who have insurance or can afford to pay. We either pay up front, and have healthier more productive people (and at a lesser cost in the long run), or we pay later.
November 21st, 2009
10:33 am
Donovan: Thanks for refusing Social Security and Medicare. If all the good conservatives like you did so, the funding should last a lot longer.
November 21st, 2009
10:42 am
hey all you people who think I'm dumb…I was raised a democrat. I do not agree with socialized healthcare and it is socialized. The government will control what procedures we can have. Haven't you been watching? Or perhaps, you want to have bunches of babies running around or more abortions because teens will not be able to go on the pill without a pap smear. Oh, and if I can't have a mammogram until I'm 50, I sure hope I don't find a lump in my breast for at least 12 more years. I like my plan, don't force me to have the government let my doctors know how to treat me. You need to grow a brain.
November 21st, 2009
10:44 am
Medicare was created to address the healthcare needs of the elderly. It's close to bankruptcy largely due to waste and fraud. How can Medicare be held up as proof that the government is capable of managing this monster that the Democrats are trying to ram through congress.We're talking about 6% of our economy and here we have those that want to pass something purely for ideological motives. The issues that have been raised with our current system are fixable if we could only get the politics out of it.
November 21st, 2009
10:51 am
In order to pay for this, both proposals include new taxes on every segment of the health care industry, from doctors to insurance companies to health products manufacturers. This will increase medical costs across the board, thus increasing insurance cost. This is the only conclusion a reasonable person can come to. At the same time cost estimates are based on cutting $400 to $500 billion out of health care cost. Once again, any reasonable person can see the folly in this plan.
November 21st, 2009
11:00 am
A USA Today poll as of today shows 71% against the Senate healthcare proposal and 26% for it. As most everyone knows the USA Today readership isn't dominated by right wing conservatives.
November 21st, 2009
11:08 am
rachel; We don't have to think it anymore. You just proved it. The mammogram and pap smmear guidelines are just that, guidelines. It's not a government mandate. Tune out the idiots on talk radio and start thinking for yourself if possible, although judging by your post, just thinking in general might be a bit of a stretch.
November 21st, 2009
11:09 am
Contrary to the Georgia bashers, we are in much better financial condition than many states. The reason we can't afford this is because this is a hugh new burden which is being put on the states with no input from the states. This entire thing, if passed, will be an economy killer. The additional taxes and cost on small businesses which generate up to 70% of all new jobs in this country almost assures either an economic crash, or at best, a chronic economic illness much like much of Europe has experienced for years. China, our banker, knows this and has warned Obama that he can't afford this and all his other new programs. When the banker speaks, it would be wise to listen.
November 21st, 2009
11:10 am
In brief reply to TechLover, I have refused unemployment compensation when I used to be furloughed for 3 months at a time earlier in my working career. It was not right to take the free money when I had the capability to work elsewhere. Secondly, I intend to refuse Social Security and Medicare when the time comes, based on the fact that I have created wealth for myself and do not need to suck on the system when I don't have to.
November 21st, 2009
11:17 am
The issues that have been raised with our current system are fixable if we could only get the politics out of it.
The insurance industry has spent millions upon millions to defeat health care reform. They've bought many a Refublican, including Addison Graves Wilson who called the president a liar. Health care has to be fixed. We can't afford for it not to be. The United States spends billions and billions on weapons every year and we have two wars going right now. It's time to spend money on life and not so much on death!
November 21st, 2009
11:28 am
Donovan; Go for it. I know quite a few folks who work their *sses off and don't have that option. I have no problem with part of my tax money being used to help those in need. You see a lot of their employers are only concerned with creating wealth for themselves and then b*tch when people like their employees can't afford insurance or medicines and someone hints at programs that help them out.
November 21st, 2009
11:30 am
The insurance industry has spent millions of dollars to defeat health care reform.
That implies the American people are stupid and can be swayed by the insurance industry. No way, attempts at dumbing down Americans has been the hard-left strategy to push its ideological agenda. It eventually backfires as evidenced by what's happening now. Go read the recent polls.
November 21st, 2009
11:47 am
vuduchild, you hit the nail on the head. When are we going to get all of these old politician out of office. These people are clearly out of touch with time.
And for those who are crying this is "socialized medicine" you can stop any day now, its old, just like the old politrickans you keep voting into office. The waste fraud and abuse of medicare is done by those on medicare and I will bet if you threaten to take away the benefits of these tea party goers they will shut up real quick.
The American people have done this country and injustice by continuing to vote old tired incompetent bastards back into office time and time again. Now all they are doing is trying to create fear on this health care bill and many others. What really needs to happen is there needs to be a civil debate on this health care bill and that means that these stupid men/women in office need to take each page and go through it until it is over. This notion of rushing this bill through is ridiculous.
As far as Georgia is concerned lawd! Let me not get started on this backwards ass state. Perdue is one reason why you don't have money and remember its the rural politrickans that are creating all this mess. Now why is that? When you want to commit fraud and crimes come to GEORGIA!!!
November 21st, 2009
11:51 am
Donovan,..you can stop your liberal Bullshytt any day now. Its about ineffective government because you have both parties that need an overhaul. Its amazing how doofus party loyalist will blame one or the other when its the fact that the AMERICAN PEOPLE have caused this problem just as much as these incompetent politirickans by voting for these morons over and over again, like there are not other people more qualified to do this job. ITS TIME FOR GOVERNMENT OVERHAUL AND THAT IS TO VOTE ALL THESE BAS.TARDS OUT.
November 21st, 2009
11:55 am
The insurance industry has ran amok here in GEORGIA thanks to these politrickans now imagine what they have been doing in the DC. To give you an idea of the corruption in GEORGIA , just take a look at your INSURANCE COMMISSION, OXENDINE.. this fool has given the Insurance companies the green light. The people of Georgia are so backwards they are too scared to fight government who are stealing them blind yet they are talking about a healthcare bill that will cost milllions. Geezzz. Kyle why are you not telling the good ol' people from GA how they are getting screwed now. Tell GEORGIA how the insurance companies and the state legislators have stuck it to them via car insurance and home insurance so why bring up the Healthcare?
November 21st, 2009
12:00 pm
Kyle, why don't you tell these GEORGIAN that it was the State Legislators who made it law for the insurance companies to make a profit by running credit for auto insurance and thereby raising premiums based upon BAD CREDIT. Now you are talking about they cannot afford the healthcare bill. That is because these insurance companies are tied to these State legislators. How many legislators own insurance companies? Ahh..won't report on that but you will make up the BS on what GA cannot afford. Wait, why dont you report on the waste fraud and abuse of these politrickans and the misappropriation of funds. Where is the money PERDUE held that was suppose to got to GRADY? Come on Kyle, the real reason why you brought up healthcare is because you know if there is a healtcare bill these corrupt politrickans in GA would loose lobbyist money.
November 21st, 2009
12:07 pm
Del, the Refublicans are naziesque in that they tell the big lie over and over but the re-telling of a lie will never make it the truth. Looks like you bought it.
November 21st, 2009
12:30 pm
Lot of insurance bashing going on. Pelosi calls them evil and bemoans their immoral profits, and her legions follow in lock step. You'd think with all their power and sway, they would be rolling in cash. Let's take a reality check.
Average profits of all insurance companies in 2008….2.2%
Average profits on health insurance companies in 2008…under 4%
November 21st, 2009
12:51 pm
I am 50 yrs old and self employed. I now pay $200 monthly for health insurance (high deductible, catastrophic coverage) for myself. I pay for any medical expenses below my $2500 deductible out of pocket. I want to be covered for major illness or surgery. So I spend $2400 annually for insurance coverage.
Under the health care bills under consideration now I will not have the option to continue with a plan
similar to my current plan. I will be required to purchase one of the plans offered in the exchange that cover almost everything regardless of whether I want coverage for everything or not. From what I can tell the policy will cost me $6,000 to $8,000. as opposed to the $2,400 I pay now!!!! I don't need nor want the extra coverage. Why should I be forced to come up with the extra $5,000 for something I don't want. Where is that extra money going? This is unbelievable.
November 21st, 2009
1:23 pm
Oh yeah Jess, let's just bash the poor insurance companies for making a 2% profit. Get real. you are looking at the average..Let's take each company individually and you will see these number are incorrect Here is one far ya.
Chattanooga's largest private employer earned $172.8 million in 2007, up 53 percent over the prior year. That's just off a high of $176.8 million it drew in 2005, according to the insurer.
"We're proud of our performance and the strength the company has," said BlueCross spokeswoman Mary Thompson.
BlueCross reported a $101.5 million gain from investment income, up from $35.6 million in the prior year.
"We were fortunate to rebalance our portfolio at the height of the value of the equity market," Ms. Thompson said.
Premium income also rose last year, up 8.8 percent to $2.7 billion, according to the insurer. Total revenue swelled to over $3.2 billion, the company reported.
The issue is not about bashing insurance companies because they make a profit but its how they are making the profits. Insurance industry is out to make profit no one will dispute that is partly why they are in business, its the method of denying medical procedures, high premiums, and collusion on part with the hospital and doctors where heatlh care for many is not affordable.
November 21st, 2009
1:27 pm
What many people have failed to realize that the way these politrickans are going about health care reform is ridiculous. First in order to have a sound health care bill you first have to ask why healthcare is not affordable. Its because of premiums and high cost that the doctors and hospitals charge. If more people would be able to afford the premiums this would not be an issue. The bottom line is why should anyone have to get a 10,000 deductible just to get lower premiums for major medical? Medicaid and Medicare have so much fraud on the part of these organizations is pathetic and yes people you are paying for it whether you like it or not.
November 21st, 2009
2:01 pm
The numbers you quote are meaningless without a referance to earnings. If the company whose net profits were $172 million made this on earnings of $17 billion, their profit would be 1%. Not exactly an immoral excess.
This is why anyone who has a need to look at the performance of a company looks at profit margin.
November 21st, 2009
2:07 pm
Douglas O.
The extra money is going to fund coverage for someone else. This is the world we live in now. If you are dependant and needy, you are rewarded. If you are independant and productive, you are penalized.
November 21st, 2009
2:24 pm
I only buy into facts not political parties Republican or Democrat. Do we need Health insurance portability? We have that now. Do we need greater protection for preexisting conditions? We have a good bit now, however, that can be tightened up further. Not a major fix requiring government run health care. Do we need bigger net for the uninsured? We can expand the medicare net. There isn't any issue that can't be improved that requires government taking over 6% of our economy. No what the dumocrats are doing is all about politics and ideology of the far-left flavor. I guess you buy into it.
November 21st, 2009
2:37 pm
Correction on my last: Do we need a bigger net for the uninsured? We can expand the Medicaid net.
November 21st, 2009
2:44 pm
Prepare for the CHANGE people. Health care reform will happen. Remember when the
majority in Georgia did not want integration? It happened anyway because it was the
right thing to do. Health care for every person in America is the right thing to do.
November 21st, 2009
2:53 pm
I can't figure out where to go so that the government won't find me. I want to drop out of this insanity. We can't have a recovery until we have jobs, and we can't have jobs until we have manufacturing again and make products, and balance trade–so how in the heck does Congress expect us ever to be able to pay for all their idiocy??? About health care for everyone–well as the ant said to the grasshopper–you should have worked and saved. Too bad.
November 21st, 2009
4:24 pm
November 21st, 2009
2:37 pm
Correction on my last: Do we need a bigger net for the uninsured? We can expand the Medicaid net.
It should have been presented asw an extension of medicaid and medicare from the beginning. The insurance companies are soaking the public and government has to step in. The insurance companies have had it their way for a long time. They could have changed at any time but they didn't. Now they are spending a mint to keep their ability to fleece people and not give them good care. The insurance companies thought they could prevail, since they own the Refublicans, but I don't think they will. Their grip upon American health care is gonna be busted today!


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