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CDC Admits Droplets From A Sneeze Could Spread Ebola – New York Post
Ebola is a lot easier to catch than health officials have admitted – and can be contracted by contact with a doorknob contaminated by a sneeze from an infected person an hour or more before, experts told The Post Tuesday.
"If you are sniffling and sneezing, you produce microorganisms that can get on stuff in a room. If people touch them, they could be" infected, said Dr. Meryl Nass, of the Institute for Public Accuracy in Washington, DC.
Nass pointed to a poster the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly released on its Web site saying the deadly virus can be spread through "droplets."
"Droplet spread happens when germs traveling inside droplets that are coughed or sneezed from a sick person enter the eyes, nose or mouth of another person," the poster states.
Nass slammed the contradiction.
"The CDC said it doesn't spread at all by air, then Friday they came out with this poster," she said. "They admit that these particles or droplets may land on objects such as doorknobs and that Ebola can be transmitted that way."
Dr. Rossi Hassad, a professor of epidemiology at Mercy College, said droplets could remain active for up to a day.
"A shorter duration for dry surfaces like a table or doorknob, and longer durations in a moist, damp environment," Hassad said.
The CDC did not respond to a request for comment.
In other developments:
* The de Blasio administration said the cost to New York of preparing for and treating Ebola patients and suspected victims will be "in the millions." The city intends to ask the feds for help in paying the bill.
* Dr. Craig Spencer remained at Bellevue Hospital in serious but stable condition.
* The 5-year-old Bronx boy hospitalized at Bellevue was taken out of isolation after doctors determined he had only a respiratory infection.
* Texas nurse Amber Vinson, who caught Ebola while treating a Liberian man who later died, was declared disease-free and released from an Atlanta hospital – and was elated to be able to go home with the all-clear. "It has been God's love that has truly carried my family and me through this difficult time and has played such an important role in giving me hope and strength to fight," she said.
* Doctors Without Borders nurse Kaci Hickox, who was quarantined against her will at a New Jersey hospital after treating Ebola patients in West Africa, is staying at an undisclosed location in Maine. Tuesday night, her lawyer told ABC News, "Going forward, she does not intend to abide by the quarantine imposed by Maine officials because she is not a risk to others."
* President Obama delivered a veiled jab at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's treatment of Hickox, saying officials should not react to the crisis based on "fears."
Over 214,000 Doctors To Withdraw From Obamacare – Western Journalism
More than 214,000 doctors will not participate in new plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
According to a survey conducted this year by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), a trade association comprised of multi-physician medical practices, "as many as 214,524 American physicians will not be participating in any ACA exchange products." Reasons abound as to why, but, "chief among them is the fact that exchange plans are more likely to offer significantly lower reimbursement rates than private market plans, confusion among consumers about the obligations associated with high deductibles, and fear that patients will stop paying premiums and providers will be unable to recover their losses"
This is a staggering number, considering the Kaiser Family Foundation reported there are 893,851 active physicians working in the United States.
A CBS News poll of 1,269 adults conducted October 23-27 found that 55 percent disapprove of the ACA, while only 36 percent support it.
Maine State Police Dispatched To Back Nurse's Quarantine – USA Today
Maine state police were stationed outside the home of Ebola nurse Kaci Hickox Wednesday as Gov. Paul LePage said he was seeking legal authority to force the "unwilling" health workers to remain quarantined for 21 days.
The 33-year-old nurse, who has shown no symptoms of the deadly virus, arrived in Maine on Monday after being forcibly held in an isolation tent in New Jersey for three days under that state's strict new law for health workers who have recently treated Ebola patients in West Africa.
Over Hickox's objections, Maine health officials insisted that she stay in her home in Fort Kent for 21 days until the incubation period for Ebola had passed.
"I don't plan on sticking to the guidelines," Hickox tells TODAY's Matt Lauer. "I am not going to sit around and be bullied by politicians and forced to stay in my home when I am not a risk to the American public."
Maine Gov. Paul LePage, however, said Wednesday that Hickox has been "unwilling" to follow state protocols and that he will seek legal authority to enforce the quarantine.
The governor's office said state police were stationed outside her home "for both her protection and the health of the community."
"We hoped that the healthcare worker would voluntarily comply with these protocols, but this individual has stated publicly she will not abide by the protocols," LePage said in a statement on the governor's website.
"We are very concerned about her safety and health and that of the community," he said. "We are exploring all of our options for protecting the health and well-being of the healthcare worker, anyone who comes in contact with her, the Fort Kent community and all of Maine. While we certainly respect the rights of one individual, we must be vigilant in protecting 1.3 million Mainers, as well as anyone who visits our great state."
Hickox, according to her attorney, had only agreed to remain home for two days after traveling from New Jersey on Monday.
The nurse for Doctors Without Borders was the first person pulled aside at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday under new state regulations after her return from Sierra Leone, where she was working with Ebola patients.
After speaking out publicly, Hickox was allowed to leave for Maine, where health officials have said they expect her to agree to be quarantined for a 21-day period, The Bangor Daily News reports.
Hickox said she believes the quarantine policy is "not scientifically nor constitutionally just."
She tells TODAY she will pursue legal action if Maine forces her into continued isolation.
"If the restrictions placed on me by the state of Maine are not lifted by Thursday morning, I will go to court to fight for my freedom," she says.
Her attorney, Steven Hyman, told CNN Wednesday that his client had received no mandatory orders and that "the next step is up to Maine."
"The only reason that there is a cry for quarantine is because the political side has decided that it would just be better if she stayed home and lost her civil right so we could all feel more comfortable, which is not supported by any medical evidence," Hyman said.
Without naming Hickox specifically, Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew said Tuesday evening that the state has the authority to seek a court order to compel quarantine for individuals deemed a public health risk.
"We have made the determination that out of an abundance of caution, this is a reasonable, common-sense approach to remove additional risk and guard against a public health crisis in Maine," said Mayhew, WLBZ-TV reports. She did not mention Hickox by name.
Hickox's high-profile campaign from isolation in New Jersey, including a first-person account in The Dallas Morning News, underscored the shifting response to the Ebola crisis by state and federal authorities.
On Friday, New York Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a plan of mandatory quarantine for health workers back from Africa who'd been exposed to Ebola but showed no symptoms.
It was in part a reaction to the case of Craig Spencer, a New York City physician who tested positive for Ebola, but acknowledged he had left his apartment and moved around the city just before experiencing Ebola symptoms.
Saying they couldn't rely on voluntary self-reporting, the governors pronounced themselves resolved to err on the side of caution and monitor people like Spencer under confinement. Cuomo, however, quickly eased those rules, allowing such health workers to self-quarantine at home.
The White House also weighed in, saying it had conveyed concerns to the governors of New York and New Jersey that their stringent quarantine policies were "not grounded in science" and would hamper efforts to recruit volunteers to fight the epidemic in Africa. Christie said he had not heard from the White House before the plan was announced.
After the uproar in New Jersey, Hickox was allowed to leave on Monday, but Christie insisted that it did not represent a change of policy.
"I didn't reverse any decision," he said Tuesday. "She hadn't had any symptoms for 24 hours. And she tested negative for Ebola. So there was no reason to keep her. The reason she was put into the hospital in the first place was because she was running a high fever and was symptomatic."
"If people are symptomatic they go into the hospital," Christie said. "If they live in New Jersey, they get quarantined at home. If they don't, and they're not symptomatic, then we set up quarantine for them out of state. But if they are symptomatic, they're going to the hospital."
Hickox told The Dallas Morning News that her brief fever spike, recorded by a forehead scanner at the airport, was the result of being flushed and angry over her confinement and that an oral temperature reading at the same time showed her to be normal.
Administration Defeated In Another Obamacare Fight – WorldNetDaily
Enough is enough, and it's "time for government to stop going after religious colleges and ministries and start respecting religious liberty," according to a spokesman for a legal team that on Tuesday won yet another case against the Obama administration over its Obamacare contraception mandate.
The comment came from Eric Baxter, senior counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which has been a key part of the battle against the Obamacare requirement that employers pay for birth control, including abortion-causing drugs.
This time a federal judge in Florida has ruled that the government's latest revisions to the mandate still "don't do enough to protect people of faith."
The ruling came from Judge James Moody Jr. in a suit by Ave Maria University, which charged the Obamacare requirement violates the faith on which it operates.
The university was facing millions of dollars in fines, but won an injunction "protecting its right to stay true to its beliefs," Becket said.
It was the first order preventing the government from enforcing its demands against religious organizations since it tried to solve the dispute in August with an"augmented rule."
The judge explained the university wanted a preliminary injunction until the case is resolved.
"Defendants do not dispute that Ave Maria is a nonprofit Catholic university purposed with 'educat[ing] students in the principles and truths of the Catholic faith.' … One such element of the Catholic faith that Ave Maria holds and professes concerns the sanctity of life. Ave Maria 'believes that each human being bears the image and likeness of God, and therefore any abortion – including through post-conception contraception – ends a human life and is a grave sin. Ave Maria also believes that sterilization and the use of contraception are morally wrong.'"
As it provides health coverage for workers, the problem arose with the adoption in 2010 of Obamacare, which demands "minimum essential coverage," which it defines as including contraceptives.
The judge noted the 2013 "rule" allowing insurance companies to directly provide the benefits is not a satisfactory solution to objectors such as Ave Maria.
The Becket Fund has reported some 90 percent of all courts making related decisions have protected religious ministries from the heavy hand of a government.
"After dozens of court rulings, the government still doesn't seem to get that it can't force faith institutions to violate their beliefs," Baxter said. "Fortunately, the courts continue to see through the government's attempts to disguise the mandate's religious coercion."
The Alliance Defending Freedom, which has been active beside Becket in the dozens of cases against Obamacare, said there's a close watch on the dispute.
Senior Legal Counsel Matt Bowman said: "Faith-based educational institutions should be free to live and operate according to the faith they teach and espouse. The court was right to uphold the religious freedom of institutions that value the sanctity of life. If the government can force Ave Maria School of Law to violate its faith in order to exist, then the government can do the same or worse to others."
The Supreme Court has stepped in several times to suspend enforcement of the mandate provisions against a number of organizations.
WND reported on the summer's 5-4 decision that a "closely held" for-profit business can opt out of Obamacare's universal contraception requirement based on religious objections.
The case brought by Hobby Lobby, an Oklahoma-based arts and crafts chain with about 13,000 employees, and Conestoga Wood Specialties, a Pennsylvania cabinet maker, challenged the Affordable Health Care Act requirement that employees provide free contraception coverage, including abortion-inducing drugs.
Hobby Lobby's argument was based on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA, which protects the individual beliefs of citizens.
The majority opinion by Justice Samuel Alito dismissed the Department of Health and Human Services argument that the companies cannot sue because they are for-profit corporations and that the owners cannot sue because the regulations apply only to the companies. Alito said that "would leave merchants with a difficult choice: give up the right to seek judicial protection of their religious liberty or forgo the benefits of operating as corporations."
The opinion said the RFRA's text "shows that Congress designed the statute to provide very broad protection for religious liberty and did not intend to put merchants to such a choice."
Alito said "the purpose of extending rights to corporations is to protect the rights of people associated with the corporation, including shareholders, officers, and employees."
"Protecting the free-exercise rights of closely held corporations thus protects the religious liberty of humans who own and control them."
The question presented in the case was whether any law, such as a nationwide health-care management system imposed by the government, can be so important that Washington can order people to violate their religious faith, in contradiction to the freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment.
The religious objections to the contraception mandate raised by the Green family, owners of Hobby Lobby, and the Hahn family, owners of Conestoga Wood, have been raised in nearly 90 other cases.
Obamacare's demands align with Obama's longstanding support for abortion under any circumstances. He even argued, while a state senator in Illinois, against requiring doctors to provide live-saving help to babies who survive abortions.
A number of other cases challenge Obamacare on additional allegations of unconstitutionality.
In one, attorneys for Matt Sissel – a small-business owner who wants to pay medical expenses on his own and has financial, philosophical and constitutional objections to being ordered to purchase a health plan he does not need or want – charge the Obamacare bill was unconstitutionally launched in the U.S. Senate and is therefore invalid.
They noted that the Constitution requires all tax bills in Congress to begin in the House of Representatives. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., they said, manipulated the legislation by taking the bill number for an innocuous veterans housing program that had been approved by the House, pasting it on the front of thousands of Obamacare pages and voting on it.
That means, they argued, that the entire law was adopted unconstitutionally and should be canceled, including its $800 billion in taxes.
The argument essentially makes the Constitution a silver bullet to kill Obamacare.
The case, brought by the Pacific Legal Foundation, is based on the Constitution's Origination Clause.
State Department Plans To Bring Foreign Ebola Patients To U.S. – Washington Times
The State Department has quietly made plans to bring Ebola-infected doctors and medical aides to the U.S. for treatment, according to an internal department document that argued the only way to get other countries to send medical teams to West Africa is to promise that the U.S. will be the world's medical backstop.
Some countries "are implicitly or explicitly waiting for medevac assurances" before they will agree to send their own medical teams to join U.S. and U.N. aid workers on the ground, the State Department argues in the undated four-page memo, which was reviewed by The Washington Times.
"The United States needs to show leadership and act as we are asking others to act by admitting certain non-citizens into the country for medical treatment for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) during the Ebola crisis," says the four-page memo, which lists as its author Robert Sorenson, deputy director of the office of international health and biodefense.
More than 10,000 people have become infected with Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, and the U.S. has taken a lead role in arguing that the outbreak must be stopped in West Africa. President Obama has committed thousands of U.S. troops and has deployed American medical personnel, but other countries have been slow to follow.
In the memo, officials say their preference is for patients go to Europe, but there are some cases in which the U.S. is "the logical treatment destination for non-citizens."
The document has been shared with Congress, where lawmakers already are nervous about the administration's handling of the Ebola outbreak. The memo even details the expected price per patient, with transportation costs at $200,000 and treatment at $300,000.
A State Department official signaled Tuesday evening that the discussions had been shelved.
"There is no policy of the U.S. government to allow entry of non-U.S. citizen Ebola-infected to the United States. There is no consideration in the State Department of changing that policy," the official said.
Another official said the department is considering using American aircraft equipped to handle Ebola cases to transport noncitizens to other countries.
"We have discussed allowing other countries to use our medevac capabilities to evacuate their own citizens to their home countries or third-countries, subject to reimbursement and availability," the second department official said.
The internal State Department memo is described as "sensitive but unclassified." A tracking sheet attached to it says it was cleared by offices of the deputy secretary, the deputy secretary for management, the office of Central African affairs and the medical services office.
A call to the number listed for Mr. Sorenson wasn't returned Tuesday.
Mr. Obama has been clear about his desire to recruit medical and aid workers to fight Ebola in Africa.
"We know that the best way to protect Americans ultimately is going to stop this outbreak at the source," the president said at the White House on Tuesday, praising U.S. aid workers who are already involved in the effort. "No other nation is doing as much to make sure that we contain and ultimately eliminate this outbreak than America."
About half of the more than 10,000 cases in West Africa have been fatal.
Four cases have been diagnosed in the U.S., and three of those were health care workers treating infected patients. Two of those, both nurses at a Dallas hospital, have been cured.
Several American aid workers who contracted the disease overseas were flown to the U.S. for treatment.
The United Nations and World Health Organization are also heavily involved in deploying to the affected region, but other countries have been slower to provide resources to fight Ebola in West Africa or to agree to treat workers who contract the disease.
The State Department memo says only Germany has agreed to take non-German citizens who contract Ebola.
European nations are closer to West Africa, making transport easier, the State Department memo said.
Officials said the U.S. is the right place to treat some cases, notably those in which non-Americans are contracted to work in West Africa for U.S.-based charities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the U.S. Agency for International Development.
"So far all of the Ebola medevacs brought back to U.S. hospitals have been U.S. citizens. But there are many non-citizens working for U.S. government agencies and organizations in the Ebola-affected countries of West Africa," the memo says. "Many of them are citizens of countries lacking adequate medical care, and if they contracted Ebola in the course of their work they would need to be evacuated to medical facilities in the United States or Europe."
The memo says the State Department has a contract with Phoenix Aviation, which maintains an airplane capable of transporting an Ebola patient. The U.S. can transport noncitizens and have other countries or organizations pay the cost.
The U.S. has helped transport three health care workers to Germany and one to France.
In the U.S., the department memo lists three hospitals – the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Emory University Hospital in Atlanta – that are willing to take Ebola patients.
According to the memo, Homeland Security Department officials would be required to waive legal restrictions to speed the transport of patients into the U.S.
"A pre-established framework would be essential to guarantee that only authorized individuals would be considered for travel authorization and that all necessary vetting would occur," the memo says.
A Homeland Security spokeswoman didn't return emails seeking comment.
Judicial Watch, a conservative-leaning public interest watchdog, revealed the existence of a State Department plan this month. When The Times described the document to Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch's president, he said it is evidence of why the administration balked at adopting a travel ban on those from affected countries.
"Under this theory, there could be people moving here now, transporting people here now, and it could be done with no warning," Mr. Fitton said. "If our borders mean anything, it is the ability to make sure that dire threats to the public health are kept out."
After those initial reports surfaced, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, Virginia Republican, sent a letter asking for answers. On Tuesday, he said the document The Times obtained "raises more concerns and questions than answers."
"President Obama should be forthcoming with the American people about the scope of his plan to bring non-U.S. citizens infected with Ebola to the United States for treatment," Mr. Goodlatte said in a statement.
Ebola Doctor 'Lied' About NYC Travels – New York Post
The city's first Ebola patient initially lied to authorities about his travels around the city following his return from treating disease victims in Africa, law-enforcement sources said.
Dr. Craig Spencer at first told officials that he isolated himself in his Harlem apartment – and didn't admit he rode the subways, dined out and went bowling until cops looked at his MetroCard the sources said.
"He told the authorities that he self-quarantined. Detectives then reviewed his credit-card statement and MetroCard and found that he went over here, over there, up and down and all around," a source said.
Spencer finally 'fessed up when a cop "got on the phone and had to relay questions to him through the Health Department," a source said.
Officials then retraced Spencer's steps, which included dining at The Meatball Shop in Greenwich Village and bowling at The Gutter in Brooklyn.


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Scottish hardcore legend Scott Brown is back with a new release on his Evolution imprint. Scott has always been at the forefront of the bouncy side of hardcore, be it the European flavour, or his native UK style. This release focuses on the current 'powerstomp' sound rocking the UK at the moment. No big epic breaks, this is all about 4/4 kicks, bass, blips and bleeps. If there is a better definition of music written for the dancefloor, I want to hear it!
Along with schnitzel and The Sound of Music, Mefjus can be added to the list of great things to hail from Austria. In just a few short years Mefjus has quickly become one of the most respected producers within his area of drum & bass, with each release being highly anticipated. This first track from his 'Emulation' album sampler displays all the attributes which have propelled his career; ridiculously tight drums, crisp scuttling shuffles and a twisted techy bassline.
The Finnish duo gives us a sneak peek of their new artist album with this classy slice of electro trance. 'Let Go' is a canny vocal record, and while it has a few expected EDM flourishes, it holds back on too much of the excess in exchange for a delicious progressive groove. Super8 & Tab impress with trance that's melodic, driving and slick, both classy and main stage ready.
Excellent melancholic grime music from Loom on Mr Mitch's Gobstopper Records. 'Grade' sets the tone: a distorted buzz carries the track throughout whilst the computer game synth melody pogos around the stratosphere with digital abandon. 'Rain Falls Hard Here' is the emo torch song, whilst 'North Star' is a bad but good '90s Manga-movie excursion. Concluding with 'Fukushima', all-in-your-face synth hype.


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World Bulletin / News Desk
Egypt's cabinet on Thursday decided to demolish the main premises of ex-president Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party in downtown Cairo and subsume its land to the nearby garden of the Egyptian Museum.
In a statement, the cabinet said that it took the decision in order to preserve Egypt's historical heritage.
Overlooking Egypt's great river Nile, the multilevel building of Mubarak's now-defunct party was set on fire on January 28, 2011, which is widely known here as the "Day of Wrath".
Violent clashes erupted on that day between tens of thousands of demonstrators and policemen across Egypt, while the demonstrators viewed the offices of Mubaraki's party as the symbols of all evil.
On December 15, 2012, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced a plan for creating a garden in the place of the party building, saying the garden would contain old Egyptian trees and plants as well as an exhibition documenting the 18 days of revolution against Mubarak.
An Egyptian court on Thursday set May 12 as a date for issuing a verdict in the trial of ex-president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons on corruption charges, judicial sources said.
Mubarak, his two sons and four other people are accused of confiscating $18 million from the budget allocated for the presidential palaces, fabricating official documents and intentionally squandering public funds.
During a trial session on Thursday, judges had to suspend the proceedings for minutes when the ex-octogenarian president's health deteriorated.
The ex-president is accused of using presidential palace funds in constructing buildings and buying furniture for his two sons between 2002 and 2011.
Mubarak, his sons and interior minister Habib al-Adly are also tried on charges of inciting the killing of demonstrators during the January 25 uprising that brought his autocracy to an end in 2011.
In late 2012, he and al-Adly were both sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing demonstrators, but the court later ordered a retrial after the former president's lawyers successfully appealed the sentence.
Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby downplayed any disconnect with the White House and said U.S. officials were constantly reviewing Syria options
Kiir will be accompanied on his visit by a number of South Sudanese government ministers and officials.
Announcement follows unprecedented talks between Myanmar's military, political leaders, major opposition parties
Tension has run high across the occupied West Bank since the Wednesday shooting of an extremist Jewish rabbi in Jerusalem
A perforation made in a subterranean water source during mining activities seemed to have caused the flooding
Al-Ahram said Egyptian authorities asked Moussa Ibrahim to leave the country at the request of the Libyan government of Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni
A fire broke out at France's public radio headquarters in Paris, forcing live programmes off the air as staff evacuated the vast Paris complex where major building work has been underway
Rula Ghani, spouse of Afghanistan's new president Ashraf Ghani, have already critised some Islamic norms welcomed by Afghan society.
At least 300 ISIL militants were killed and scores of vehicles captured in clashes
South Sudan has been shaken by violence since last December, when Kiir accused sacked vice president Riek Machar of leading a failed coup attempt against his regime.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Burkina Faso on Friday to press President Blaise Compaore to step down, a day after the army dissolved parliament and announced a transitional government in the face of violent mass protests.
Erekat's statement came during a meeting with foreign officials in the West Bank city of Jericho
Catalan head Artur Mas plans to hold the Nov. 9 ballot, marshalled by volunteers, in place of a non-binding referendum on independence declared illegal by the Constitutional Court.
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's comments show how the threat posed by ISIL has pushed some Shi'ites and Sunnis to overcome their sectarian differences and face a common enemy
The fresh violence comes amid rising tension in the holy city after Israel closed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
The absence of the three Muslim leaders means that only the majority Orthodox Christian countries will be represented


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Home again, home again jiggety jog!
... to know we have another week sometime soon to return.
The resort will be closed over the Christmas and New Year holidays for some major updating so perhaps we'll go back in the new year to see the changes.
In the meantime we're happy to have a healthy reset and back on the road to eating right! Bon Appetite!
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Mount Montgò hike
... we go in Europe) and..being a Saturday, Rob and Katrine...our lovely friends and hosts in Javea were also available, taking a 'day off' work. So I'd like to say they came with us but I think we were the ones being lead...our legs being not so hill trained :)
We started out 'late' as per Spanish style...after 10am, thankfully the weather was not hot. The trek took about ...
Taking Stock
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Heathy Holiday
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What was life in Midway like in the colonial days? Better yet, what was life like at Christmas in a colonial Midway home?
The other day I was driving out of Midway down Highway 17 on my way to a funeral in Fleming.
Not everyone is able to provide a meal for their family on Thanksgiving or Christmas on their own. Some need the help of others, and Manna House will be there for those less fortunate this holiday season.
Did you ever wonder how strange it must have been for the people coming over to America from the foreign countries to see the animals on our continent for the first time?
I have so much to be thankful for and at this time of the year I am reminded to count my many blessings.
Holidays, particularly Thanksgiving, remind many of us to give thanks for those things in our lives we routinely take for granted.
Daniel Stewart was a brigadier general in the Georgia armed forces, (also known as the militia), who became well known during the American Revolution as well as in the War of 1812. Fort Stewart and Stewart County are named after him.
"These recommendations are included in the "Gardening Guide to the Lower South," published by the Trustees Garden Club of Savannah and available at Twin Oaks Nursery in Midway and Anderson's Feed and Garden Supply in Walthourville:
Grant applications are still being accepted from Liberty, Long and Wayne County for the Grassroots Arts Program through Golden Isles Arts & Humanities Association, the designated re-granting agency for the Georgia Council for the Arts. Deadline for the state funded arts-in communities program is Dec. 7.
Christmas in the Park is planned for 5-8 p.m. Dec. 4 in the Bradwell Park and Main Street area between ML King Jr. Drive and Court Street in Hinesville.
Liberty County employee Annie Torres made a donation for a worthy cause Nov. 6.
Thanksgiving is just over a week away and Manna House wants to make sure people in need will have a Thanksgiving meal.
Lamar Cook is one of the hidden secrets of Liberty County.
Four days have been added to the schedule for the carnival coming to Fort Stewart.
Two new documentaries and a collection of experimental art films lead new movies on DVD and Blu-ray this week.
The fossilized remains of an extinct Atlantic gray whale are the focal point of a new exhibit at the University of Georgia Aquarium on Skidaway Island.
James Wasdin and Brenda Howard have been selected as the 2015 Long County Relay for Life co-chairs, American Cancer Society senior community manager Kelley Spaeder recently announced.
Nursing Tybalt Productions, in partnership with Wonder Worthy Productions, recently announced that their film, "Ben & Ara," is slated to start production in Liberty County in October.


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Phil Robertson Defends Anti-Gay Comments: 'All I Did Was Quote From the Scriptures'
Phil Robertson is standing by his controversial statements.A&E suspended the "Duck Dynasty" star last week after his inflammatory comments in a GQ interview, calling homosexuality a sin, saying the Nazis needed Jesus and that he never saw the mistreatment of any black person growing up in Louisiana before the civil rights era. "I will not give or back off from my path," he reportedly said Sunday.The Daily Mail said it was granted access yesterday while Robertson, 67, spoke to a small Bible study group in West Monroe, La.During the group's meeting, Robertson defended his comments, adding that they were quotes from the Bible. "I didn't think much of it at all, but it seems a lot of other people did," he said.
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Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants promoted two of its top executives to new roles overseeing the company's more than 60 hotels and nearly 70 restaurants.
Barry Pollard, formerly vice president of operations in the Mid-Atlantic region, has been promoted to senior vice president of hotel operations. A 12-year Kimpton veteran, he has had several senior jobs at the company.
Meanwhile, Kimpton senior vice president and treasurer James Lin is now senior vice president of restaurants and bars. Kim first joined the hotel group in 2004 and had several jobs before leaving for a brief stint at Ozumo Concepts International in 2010.
"As we take Kimpton to the next phase in our growth story, I can't think of two better people to lead the charge. They're no-doubt seasoned veterans who bring a wealth of knowledge to the table while simultaneously offering a spirited, forward-thinking approach," said Kimpton COO Mike DeFrino. "The combination of Barry's passion for operational excellence with James' enthusiasm for restaurants and his financial background make these guys a force to be reckoned with and I'm thrilled to have their caliber leading our operations teams."
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Lightly floured and sautéed crisp — flavored by a cream tarragon dijonaise. Serve with wild rice and mixed vegetables.
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Mitt Romney, America is being told, is in the process of vetting our very own Governor Bobby Jindal to be his vice presidential running mate. For those of us who have experienced and studied the tactics - and, thus, the beliefs - of our governor, nothing could be more preposterous.
To tune-up for this subject, let's take a few minutes to read a couple of newspaper articles: just two Louisiana newspaper reports, and just from the last two days. If we believe, as we say we do, that good government depends mightily on transparency, and on government officials keeping faith with those who elect or otherwise hire them, our governor is unqualified as Louisiana's #1, much less America's #2.
First, here is yesterday's Monroe News-Star report detailing how John White, Jindal's new hot-shot public education guru via New York, "created a plan to 'muddy up a narrative' and to 'take some air out of the room'" after an earlier News-Star report revealed a serious and immediate failure in Jindal's highly touted public school voucher program.
Second, here is today's Baton Rouge Morning Advocate report about which attorney we taxpayers are shelling out our hard-earned money to represent "us" - that would be Gov. Jindal and John White, in fact - in legal arguments supporting their signature voucher program. That program diverts our locally assessed and paid public education taxes away from their funding mechanism, the MFP, Minimum Foundation Program, and sends the money instead to private/charter schools.
The two articles, taken together, are excellent shorthand for what Gov. Jindal and his cronies think of openness and transparency, which is to say, how they hate shooting straight with the citizenry.
What the News-Star has so definitively shown in its articles is not only that our MFP money is going to private schools which have no business educating our children, but also that wunderkind White is all about not telling the truth when such facts are proven. In other words, whatever Jindal's education program really is, it isn't what he and his guru say it is.
Mark Ballard's Advocate piece is a reminder to readers that Jimmy Faircloth, the go-to Jindalista in our guv's gutting of ethics enforcement is now is "our" lawyer in protecting the voucher program scam from legal challenges. As you have (or will hopefully) read, Faircloth can't quite explain how Attorney General Buddy Caldwell was ordered by Jindal to hire him for this doubling-down on scammery, but nonetheless makes clear that Caldwell was, in fact, ordered by Jindal to do so.
For those of us who suffered through the specifics of how Jindal killed at least three decades of work on our governmental ethics system, the hiring of Faircloth is powerfully telling. The ways Faircloth found to ruin ethics enforcement were equally creative and fundamentally dishonest: while El Jefe Jindal was selling his "ethics gold standard" poppycock in his crusade to be veep nominee for John McCain, Faircloth was - quite literally - jamming the precise opposite through the legislative process. Yes, such a shakedown required a really ethically compromised bunch of legislative leaders, many of whom had ethics complaints in the pipeline at that very time, but the brains of the operation were Jindal, his then Chief-of-Staff Timmy Teepell, and Faircloth.
Now, this crew is back at it with their newest and most potentially damaging shakedown, "education reform." We should not be surprised that John White has now been caught being as instinctively underhanded as the others on the Jindal team. Now we the proof, at least, that he, too, is a card-carrying grifter.
As Louisiana's governor, Bobby Jindal has consistently and emphatically demonstrated his bona fides as a devout believer in closed, self-protecting government. He ruined ethics enforcement by putting an unclassified employee beholden to the governor for their paycheck in charge of the enforcement system. He rented/leased legislative votes necessary to install in law the worst "deliberative process" ruse in any state, making possible the hiding of anything - anything - his staff and others in the executive branch want to hide, including any breaking of laws. Now, too, he has imposed a diversion of constitutionally protected - we have long been told - local public education tax money to private schools.
Perhaps worst of all, Jindal mows down opponents in a way that banana republic dictators can fully appreciate.
Mitt Romney should note as he considers Jindal for his running mate that the most damning proof and evidence of the damage Jindal has done to Louisiana is well hidden by his specific acts in furtherance of that key personal objective.
Yes, it takes a lot of smarts to pull that off.
And, yes, it takes a pretty dark heart, too. Lord help us if that heart ends up a beat away from the Presidency.
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November 18 2004
High-flying Crystal Palace reserves were held to a 1-1 bore draw at home to Watford in the FA Premier Reserve League.
Palace dominated the first half and should have gone in at the break at least a goal to the good. Neil Shipperley fired wide, Wayne Andrews went close with a good strike and Anthony Danze was unlucky not to score with a volley.
Tommy Black forced a good save from Alec Chamberlain, but Tom Soares got closest to breaking the deadlock with a close-range shot that crashed against the cross bar after Andrews had nodded down Shaun Derry's free-kick.
However, Watford scored in the 38th minute with their only shot of the half. Mark Hudson failed to deal with Andy Ferrell who pounced on a throw into the box and he rifled past Julian Speroni.
The Eagles got a deserved leveller in the 56th minute. Andrews' centre from the right eluded Soares and Darren Powell stuck his leg out to score and the ball hit his thigh and looped into the back of the net.
Palace: Speroni, Fray, Borrowdale, Derry, Hudson, Powell, Danze, Soares, Shipperley, Andrews, Black (Berry 63).
Subs not used: Cronin, Wilson, El-Sahali, Smith.
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Great All around shorts!
MacKenzie C
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
These shorts are great for any summer activity. I can use these for fishing, kayaking running and swimming. Love the colors as well! These fit true to size and go to my finger tips when my hands are down by their side.
Could be better
Stacy W
Pros: Fabric dries stupid fast, great for the river, never look dirty, POCKETS
Cons: The fit is super weird (really tight in waist, too big in hips), the waistband has actually cut my skin with a pack on, they stretch out and make your butt look big after about a day
Can't go wrong
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
I've tried many river shorts from other manufacturers, but none of them live up to the Baggies standard. The DWR is excellent, the nylon is not stiff or scratchy, the pockets are a useful size, the waist can be cinched down nice and snug so they don't pull off in the water, and they have a great quick-dry : durability ratio. I have hiked hundreds of miles in Baggies, biked many more, maintained trails and gardens, and spent countless days on the water--swimming, canoeing, and kayaking. With these shorts and the right sports bra, I don't even miss my swimsuit on backpacking trips. I'm 5'5" with a 26" waist and muscle-y hips/thighs. The S gives a better range of motion for hiking, but for beach and casual wear, I find the XS much more flattering. It's worth having a pair of each.
Tip for guys: If you dislike the mesh liner in the men's version, just go a size up and buy the women's. You know you wanna rock that pink floral... ;-)
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Abby Gahm
- Gender: Female
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I wear these shorts at some point almost every day, just because they are so comfy. Other than just hanging out in them, they are really great for water sports since they dry really fast. I have two pairs, black and deco palms alaska blue, and will definitely buy more in the future.
Fits kinda funny
- Gender: Female
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
If you have hips, these are not flattering shorts. Better for narrow hipped types. Otherwise, you need to size up.
Just Okay
Lauren F.
- Gender: Female
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I have actually had several pairs of these shorts over the years because I get them for cheap through my work. They dry quickly, are durable, and are pretty comfortable. That being said, they are not a good material for running because the material is a little thick and stiff. I wear mine on the river, but only for paddle boating. They have front pockets that I have (many many times) caught my oar handles in the pocket when I'm pulling. I'm not that impressed with this Patagonia product, but it's a classic and if you can get it on sale, it's not terrible.
- Gender: Female
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
Granted I had really high hopes for these, i was really disappointed when I received them. Why exactly are they $50?? They don't seem like magical shorts or anything really special. The fabric seems like any other board short. The cut is not flattering, it's quite boxy. Not impressed!
A must have!
I just got back from doing the top down overnight hike in Narrows and I wore these shorts the entire trip! They're very lightweight and they dry super fast! The pockets are great too. Now, I find myself wearing these more than my regular boardshorts!
My only wish is for a liner. They are true to their name, "baggies"and flare out a little.
Do these shorts have a panty?
Do these shorts have a panty?
Ty Nelson
There is no built in brief for the Women's Baggies shorts
The perfect shorts
These shorts are PERFECT. When I say perfect, I mean they are a flattering, comfortable fit and they're really functional. They dry fast and feel super durable. The best part? They have POCKETS!!!!!! I loved these so much, I bought 2 pair.
I'm 5'9, 145 lbs and usually wear a size 8, and the mediums fit great on me.
A staple!!
Baggies are a staple for me. I had one pair for 10+ years, split the back seam and sent them to Patagonia to repair - I was more than willing to pay for it - and they sent me a brand new pair!!! Love dealing with reliable companies like this!! The fabric in the newer shorts may not feel as durable as the older fabric, but I've had no issues with them. They really are great shorts!
Adam D
Ordered this as a gift and she loved it! Thanks Backcountry!
great shorts
billy mcmahon
got them for my girlfriend and she loves 'em! perfect for paddling, biking, swimming, or just chilling.
A pair in every color...
Running in these would be my least favorite use for them, although it certainly can be done. Tennis, hiking, rafting, gardening, hanging out around town...These shorts are great for everything and look nicer than many other shorts. One word of caution - Patagonia does has changed the style of these. I happen to like the current style best as the elastic is looser and there is a more relaxed feel to the fabric.
I have worn PATAGONIA BAGGIES for all activities: running, exercise, white water, etc....
BUT, especially LOVE them for tennis! They are lightweight, non binding, AND the pockets each hold 3 - 4 balls for serve practice and warm-up. Love the patterns- they are so darned cute and the black makes a superb competition outfit... serious tourney uniform!! I have a drawer full as does my husband. They also last forever but I always MUST have the new prints & colors!
Perfect wingman
i bought these for my girlfriend for our anniversary. she says they feel great! she's been running and biking in them and says they don't chaffe around the inner thigh, which she has had problems with other shorts in the past. needless to say she is very happy with 'em.
what does the inseam measure?
patti waugh
what does the inseam measure?
Ty Nelson
Baggies have a 5 inch inseam
Killer shorts!
j. larsen
Baggies are awesome. They are great for running, playin' a little ultimate or just lounging. They come clean even when caked in dirt and they dry in a snap. Since they are 'baggies' - beware of unintentional exposure - anyone else have this problem? I still highly recommend these shorts - they're great.
Do these shorts have the underwear in...
Linda Bush
Do these shorts have the underwear in them??
Ty Nelson
no, the Womens Baggies do not have a built in brief.
Baggies last forever!
I had two pair of these shorts for 15 years. The shorts never wore out, although the elastic in the waist finally did. I still wore them using the drawstring though. I finally decided to get some new ones, and the new style/cut is much improved over the old ones from the 90's. These are great for running, hiking, kayaking and other water sports, or just hanging out. Highly recommended.


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Five years after first making it I have just revisited this pattern. This time, to compensate for weight gain, I added ease equal to another size at the sides of the front. I also made other, minor fit alterations: lengthened the body and sleeves by 2cm; sloped the shoulder seams downwards from neck to shoulder by 2cm and scooped out the sleeves and armholes by 2cm to compensate; and lowered the bust dart by 4cm to compensate for my lower bust line. The result is a perfect fit.
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He could be generous and petty, competitive and nurturing, absurdly public and ferociously private.
And given access to a soap box, you could be sure Roger Ebert would scramble on top of it. Quite aside from being America's most famous film critic, Ebert was a film enthusiast, a critic who championed films in print and on TV, cajoling-begging-demanding that America sit up and pay attention to a movie he loved.
It happened to Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Errol Morris ("The Fog of War"), whose work Ebert championed all his career. And it happened to another documentarian, Steve James, who owes his career to the attentions of Ebert and his TV foil, Gene Siskel.
"Their impact on 'Hoop Dreams' (1994) was remarkable," James remembers. "This was a three-hour documentary about basketball and two kids and their families from Chicago, people nobody had ever heard of, and when we got the film into Sundance, we submitted it to distributors. Didn't hear a peep ... But when Roger and Gene reviewed it on the show, during the Sundance Film Festival, they said 'We really think it deserves wider distribution' during the review, suddenly, the Sundance showings were sold out and we got distribution."
That long-ago endorsement made James famous. And it made him the natural choice to make a documentary about Ebert, based on his memoir, "Life Itself" — a film that would, of course, turn out to be about Siskel as well.
After Siskel died and as Ebert faced his own mortality — losing his voice and much of his face to cancer, before finally succumbing in 2013 — James and Ebert discussed documenting the life Ebert described in his 2011 memoir.
"I told him I wanted input, but that I would have final say," James recalled. "Roger and (his widow) Chaz understood that. But that one email that he sent me that's in the movie is the most important.
"He said, 'This is not just your film, it's mine.' I love that. I want every subject to feel that way about a documentary I make with them."
James captured the last months of Ebert's life and had access to decades of Ebert TV appearances and his newspaper cronies and college pals. He filmed the movie's anchoring event, the Chicago Theatre memorial service that drew moviegoers and movie makers, singing Ebert's praises.
"I'm puzzled by how beloved he seemed to be," Chaz Ebert says, noting how "beloved" and "critic" rarely turn up in the same sentence. "I think he was extremely likable, down to earth, charismatic and very funny. But he also could connect with people. He was real. That's how he did it.
"He only had a competitive edge when he was around Gene Siskel. With others, he seemed very generous — moviegoers, other critics, actors. He didn't seem to feel threatened by them, and that disarmed people. That's the kind of guy he was. What you saw with him was what you got."
That line filmmaker Oliver Stone used about Ebert stands out — he was "Midwestern fair" in his assessments.
As "Life Itself" notes, Ebert became a critic at what James calls "a golden moment," 1967, as "Bonnie and Clyde" and "2001" were launching American "cinephile culture." Ebert championed films, first for the Chicago Sun-Times, and then on assorted TV shows paired with Siskel, and James says "helped shape the cinema" over three of the most important decades in Hollywood history. An early adapter to the Internet — he saw the potential in Google so early, and put money into it, that he was invited into its IPO (initial public offering) when the company went public and offered stock — Ebert talked movies, politics and eventually, his illness, on his wildly popular blog.
Even critics who didn't grow up with Ebert's decades-long TV presence have been touched by "Life Itself," an "impressively clear-eyed and deeply moving portrait" (Amber Wilkinson, Britain's Daily Telegraph).
"I want people to know that he grabbed life with both hands, with gusto and joy, right up to the end," Chaz Ebert says. "That's a model for anybody who had good fortune in life, as he certainly did, and then illness, surgeries. He was someone who never lost that gusto."
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