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Part 2: Affordable Care Act: The basics you need to know
Americans are concerned about their health care. But they are confused by the new health care law.
The "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," more commonly known as "Obamacare," is an incredibly large and detailed series of laws that began taking effect 3-and-a-half years ago. It's the nation's largest health care reform in a half-century.
The Affordable Care Act is the result of decades of work and debate on how to improve the way Americans stay healthy and how they are treated if they aren't. The cost and complexities of health care have driven government to act.
The A.C.A. requires all Americans, with few exceptions, to have health insurance. That's known as the "individual mandate," and it takes effect in just a few weeks.
"Individuals are required to have health coverage or pay a penalty…and you will have until March 31 of 2014 to look at plans on the exchange," said health care attorney Bridget Welborn.
The penalty for not having insurance is $95 for individuals and up to $285 for a family during the first year, and increases after that.
About 85 percent of Americans are already insured- paid for by themselves, their employer or the government. The Affordable Care Act will try, in several ways, to help uninsured people get coverage and to help others find the most affordable care.
The starting point is an online "Health Insurance Exchange," or "Marketplace." But that website, healthcare.gov, has been plagued with problems since going online Oct. 1.
It's meant to be the central place to compare levels of coverage and price. You begin by entering information about yourself. From there, you can apply for a policy from a company in your state or from the government.
Many people might also be able to get help paying for their health insurance by getting subsidies. The amount depends on income, and it appears a lot of people will qualify.
"You have to be at 100 to 400 percent of the federal poverty level..so there are many people below that. For a single person, that number is around 46,000," said Blue Cross Blue Shield broker Marc Jessup.
A family of four can have an income just more than $94,000 and still qualify for a subsidy. Subsidies won't come in the form of money directly from the government- rather by tax credits, which reduce the amount of tax qualifying people will pay.
Subsidy and tax credit info is also available through your state's online exchange.
Since people will have to have insurance, they'll have to be able to get it. The act includes a rule known as "Guaranteed Issue," meaning insurance companies cannot deny people coverage. "Guaranteed Issue" will change the way health insurance companies do business, by limiting how the industry measures risk and fixes its rates:
"There are only three things you can derive your rates from going forward… how old you are, where you live, and if you smoke. So there's no more underwriting. You can't ask health questions," said Jessup.
Not only does "Obamacare" require everyone to get health insurance, it also requires many employers to offer it or face big penalties. That so-called "Employer Mandate" kicks in on Jan. 1, 2015. Like many other parts of the law, the "Employer Mandate" is evolving. But it basically requires employers with 50 or more full-time workers to provide health coverage deemed "affordable" by the new law, or face penalties. It defines a full-time employee as one who works at least 30 hours a week, rather than the traditional 40.
Some employers fear increased costs of providing health care coverage. They might cut worker hours, reduce the number of employees, or drop health insurance benefits altogether and pay the penalty. So if you have insurance through your job now, it's a good idea to ask if your employer plans to make changes next year.
The full effect of health care reform under the Affordable Care Act won't be known for years. The timetable and laws are evolving, and of course, political disagreement could mean future changes. But we already know some things that are included:
--Insurance companies cannot deny coverage for pre-existing medical conditions or when people get sick.
--There will be no more lifetime coverage limits for patients or spending caps for insurance companies.
--Dependents can stay on their parents' plans until age 26.
--New plans will have several mandatory benefits like mental health and maternity, and will include preventive care.
What about the people who provide health care- the doctors, hospitals, ambulance services, and so on? They too aren't entirely thrilled with the confusion and new regulations. But when it comes to improving America's health care quality, many hope what they see as the very heartbeat of the new law can work.
"But the emphasis that the Affordable Care Act is trying to put is on prevention of illness. You know, we're treating it in the early stages so that it doesn't become so severe and that's a good thing," said Dr. Ron May, V.P. of medical affairs at CarolinaEast Health System.
"And so bottom line here, how will this affect the quality of health care for individuals? Oh gee, that's difficult to answer. I think that for the patients who have not had access to care before, will now have access and I would say their health would improve with access to care," said Stephen Nuckolls, CEO of Coastal Carolina Quality Care, Inc.
"Prevention is always less costly than treatment," said May.

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I'm looking to create a game in Java and would like it to work on Windows, Linux, and Mac. I'm pretty sure C# is a bad choice for this, and I don't have enough experience in C or C++. I want to stay away from Flash. Therefore, is Java a good choice for me? Mostly, I use C#, and think that Java is similar, so I assume it won't be that hard to learn. But is it fast enough? Is there a language more suited for my needs than Java?
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Java is extremely suitable for writing cross-platform games. Main advantages:
The main decision you will have to take is what GUI framework you are going to use. There are quite a few different options but the most prominent ones are:
The main disadvantages for Java for gaming are really around the "edge cases" that probably won't affect you but are relevant for some classes of game:
Note that there are also a few deployment options to consider:
Finally, it's also worth considering some of the other JVM languages - these have all the benefits of the Java platform listed above, but some consider them to be better languages than Java itself. Scala, Clojure and Groovy would be the most prominent ones, and they can all make use of the Java tools and libraries listed above.
Minecraft and Blocks that Matter are both built in Java, so yes it's plenty good for making games. The main issue you're going to run into while using Java is porting to mobile platforms if you choose to go that route and write a native app. Android is a kind of frankensteined Java SE with a separate library. RIM's Blackberry uses Java ME. iOS can in theory be programmed with Java though Objective-C would likely be a better choice for that platform.
Java is quite similar to C#. I often find C# code understandable despite only knowing Java. They do have a different design philosophy but as far as being widely deployable with minimal hassle both fit the bill. C# isn't a terrible choice for games by any stretch either though your mobile deployment will be harder and deploying to non-windows platforms will be more time consuming or difficult depending on what specific external libraries and so forth you wind up using.
Advantage :- You will need zero configuration for making your game run on various platforms and devices.
NOTE:- I have seen few games that are build using the above said technologies but they were smaller in stature. But, I suppose if one can make butter out of milk then cheese is not impossible
You can use Scala and Scheme Bigloo on Eclipse to use JVM for stressed code or parrallel action inside your Java game.
With Pattern Design and UML2, you can also secure code with OCL, all is in Topcased.org .
Mastering those tools take time, but they are the Java's background, the base which will push you at the top.
Short answer: no.
Java do not generates a binary executable but only bytecode as C# does ( CLI ), and this is not a good thing for serious business in "opened environments" for two main reasons:
Of course every language has its own libraries but due to the great amount of them for each and every language this is not a real problem and i don't think is the purpose of this topic.
Maybe at a professional level you can find something that can break the rule like a dev-Kit that can translate all C# statements into assembly code for a real world machine, but if this kind of approach it's not in the cards you are pratically forced to consider only the C and the C++ for your development when you aim to sell your product in an open environment.
The things are a little bit different for the mobile devices because they are "closed environment" even Android is pratically closed considering the fact that the source of the real world ROMs are not usually available to the public, Android may be considered opensource but the 99% of the ROMs on actuals devices aren't. In this cases you can't argue too much, everything is already set for you and every platform has its own language like everybody knows.
In the end if you are going to sell this products in an opened environments i can only suggest languages that can produce compiled and binary/assembly code, in closed environments the decision is tipically more easy to do for different reasons.


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I love potatoes and I love potato salad. Usually I go for a more traditional American salad with sweet pickles and plenty of mayo--perfect for summer. I also don't like too many crunchy bits in my salad (ixnae on the elerycae), a rule that I broke for this Indian inspired dish that is awesome warm or cold. This recipe also cuts back on the mayo by thinning it out with soy milk for a moist but not too runny potato salad.
- 1 lb white potatoes, peeled and halved
- 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and halved
- 2 tbsp oil
- 15 pearl onion, peeled and halved
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp minced fresh ginger
- 1/2 green chile, seeded and minced (I used jalapeno, the only thing around)
- 1 tsp yellow mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp tumeric
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp coriander
- 1/2 cup vegan mayo (or use half yogurt)
- soy milk as needed
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- salt pepper to taste
1. Get some salted water boiling and cook the potatoes. Since sweet potatoes cook faster than white, ad then in about 10 mins before the white potatoes are done cooking (they take 20-25 mins, usually).
2. While potatoes are cooking, heat oil over med-hi in a large frying pan. Add onions and saute for a few mins, letting the outsides get nice and brown. Keep stirring so they don't burn. Add garlic, ginger, and chile and mix well. Add mustard seeds and cook a few mins more (seeds should begin to pop). Add spices and mix well. Remove from heat.
3. Drain cooked potatoes and let cool until warm but not hot. Cut into cubes. Mix mayo into the onion mixture, then toss with the potatoes. Thin as needed with soy milk so potatoes are coated. Mix in cilantro, and season to taste.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Indian Potato Salad
I love potatoes and I love potato salad. Usually I go for a more traditional American salad with sweet pickles and plenty of mayo--perfect for summer. I also don't like too many crunchy bits in my salad (ixnae on the elerycae), a rule that I broke for this Indian inspired dish that is awesome warm or cold. This recipe also cuts back on the mayo by thinning it out with soy milk for a moist but not too runny potato salad.
Posted by Vegan Dad at 8:48 PM
Labels: Indian, potato, sweet potato
9 comments:
- Jess said...
I do a version of this that adds soaked cashews to the mix. Never had it warm though, will have to try that. Thanks for sharing!
- August 25, 2010 at 2:17 AM
- andrea. said...
that looks very tasty!
- August 25, 2010 at 2:25 AM
- tweal said...
Mmmm this sounds and looks delicious. I love potato salad but have never tried a version like this - thanks for sharing :)
- August 25, 2010 at 8:59 AM
- TheSweetestVegan said...
I would have never thought to use sweet potatoes in my potato salad.
- August 25, 2010 at 7:45 PM
- Carin said...
Hi Vegan Dad:
Just found your blog. I enjoy your creativity and fearlessness. I made the commitment to being vegan only 3 months ago. And the learning curve has been straight up. My decision was based on health issues, which have improved with my diet change. I noted in several of your descriptions about difficulty with availability of products etc. I found a website-www.theepicentre.com that sells herbs and spices. It is north of Peterborough which may be close to you-as you reference northern Ontario as being your place of lodging. I've ordered some stuff from them and was very happy. I'm going to try your Chicken Wingz recipe-am missing them. Funny enough-to put myself through college I was a short order cook in a Wings 'n' Ribs joint. Thank you.
- August 27, 2010 at 9:49 AM
- Lissa said...
I'm making your broccoli risotto tonight to try and convince my boyfriend that vegan can = delicious. Can't wait! It looks so yummy, keep up the awesome food porn!
- August 27, 2010 at 5:41 PM
- veganf said...
Yum. That sounds so delish.
- September 15, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- Suzanne said...
I just loved this recipe. Made it for 4th of july this week, and it was probably the biggest hit at the party. I didn't include the mayo, and as such was able to use the left-overs in tofu scramble and other dishes for the rest of the week! I also subbed the peas with blanched green beans. Delicious.
- July 8, 2012 at 11:54 AM
- plasterer bristol said...
Hmm these look delicious, thanks for posting up this recipe, looks quite simple to make.
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Sticker Shock Bandwagon
Whether he did or didn't, there are several million angry people out there who are getting "pay more or be cancelled" notices from their insurance companies for 2014.
So what's going on? On the RIght, of course, Obama was caught in a bald-faced lie, having given his personal guarantee that all Americans could keep their current insurance if they wished. On the Left, technically Obama wasn't lying, because there is nothing in the PPACA (Obamacare) statute that says that insurance companies have to cancel policies or that anyone at all has to be forced onto the exchanges. But Obama can't control the insurance companies and their own business decisions. So it's their fault.
Everyone is spinning as fast as they can. What's really happening?
What people are mostly talking about is the individual market as opposed to the group market. The group market (which I will have a bit to say about at the end) is for people who get their insurance through their jobs. The individual market is where a person buys insurance directly for himself from the insurance company.
While Obamacare did not mandate that insurance companies cancel individual policies, it did radically and permanently change the individual insurance market. This in turn created new market conditions to which the insurance companies had to react, changing their behavior.
The way the individual market used to work was as follows: there were, say, 50 million people who were in the market for individual insurance, but only about 12 million could actually buy it. The reason that the others could not buy it was that they had pre-existing conditions or certain needs (pregnancy coverage, for example) that made the individual plans too expensive or simply unavailable.
Of the people who could buy individual coverage, they were either people in excellent health or they were people willing to put up with very basic (if not substandard) benefits, or both. For these people, individual insurance was relatively cheap (provided they didn't later develop health problems). For the insurance companies they were rather profitable, because people were either too healthy to use any benefits or they weren't using benefits, obviously, that they didn't have. In general the people who had individual insurance had about half the benefits than the average policy one gets through their job.
What Obamacare did to change the market was to mandate that individual coverage benefits mirror group coverage benefits. Twice the benefits means twice the price for people who have to buy a new policy that conforms to the new standards.
But who has to buy a new policy?
The ACA legislation allowed people to be grandfathered into their old, noncompliant policies and go on, basically, as though Obamacare never happened. When Obama said that people could keep their coverage if they wanted to, this was the statute he was referring to.
The question is, how many people grandfathered? The answer is, not many; maybe 20 percent of those who could have did. The window for grandfathering was in 2010, at a time when people probably didn't quite understand what could happen if they didn't grandfather.
The people who did not grandfather at first did not see much of a change, because the Obamacare mandates weren't (mostly) effective until 2014. The time of reckoning came when it was time for people to renew into their 2014 policies. Now the policies had be to Obamacare-compliant and they cost more; much more if someone currently had a real slimmed-down noncompliant individual policy.
Now, the supporters of Obamacare are not lying when they say that many of the old policies were simply inadequate, that the new plans have much better benfits, and that many people will find that they get a subsidy if they buy on the exchanges.
But what if one doesn't care? What if one didn't want richer benefits or was satisfied with their substandard benefits, or can't get a subsidy on the exchange; and they didn't grandfather at the time because they didn't understand it or they took Obama at his word that they weren't going to have to change their plans? These people are going to be disgruntled and they have reason to be. But there's no going back. It's like when the law required pollution controls in cars. For a while some old models were grandfathered and didn't have to have catalytic converters. But eventually all cars did--and at great expense.
What about the turmoil in the group market?
There were also cases where group plans had substandard or noncompliant benefits and they also had to conform. But the main thing that is going on is the normal annual round of benefit and price changes which in this season are being blamed on Obama. (Detractors of Obamacare don't note that at least half of individual policies would have significant benefit and price changes in a normal year. It's not the case that none of this would be happening but for Obamacare.)
What did Obama know and when did he know it? All of us in the business (including the government) knew that nongrandfathered individual plans were going to change radically. Benefits would change and prices would go up 50 to 300 percent. The Right knew it too, since this was the source of their claims that "under Obamacare premiums would skyrocket." They were talking about these premiums. People could grandfather out of these changes, but no one anywhere had any idea how many actually would. One hundred percent of the policy-holders could have grandfathered and if they had, people would be calling Obama a liar for some completely different reason.
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unagidon, thanks. The grandfathering process is definitely a missing element in every single article I've seen so far on individual policy holders being dropped.
Here is one example, well-written but completely lacking the word "grandfathering": http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-obamacare-health-insurance-rates-increase-too-expensive-20131029,0,1645290.story#axzz2j6lco3nP
... and this piece by John Dickerson of Slate focuses on the politics of "you can keep your policy" but ignores the grandfathering process. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2013/10/obamacare_and_republican_criticism_the_health_care_law_s_early_missteps.html
I would expect that political pressure will build now to open another "grandfathering window" for folks like the LA Times blogger to be able to renew their existing policies. I assume that such a window would gum up the works for ensurers.
Thanks. The Grandfather shuffle explains a lot.
What other land mines are out there? The other day I read an article about the insurance companies lobbying against any changes in the sign-up deadline. Their claim was that they'd have to reconfigure their rates for the following year, 2015, because the young and healthy would postpone signing up until the last minute, if then. True???
Would I be a weasel if I said that it's sort of true, but not entirely?
Of course insurance companies would want the younger, healthier members in the pool. So of course they will lobby to that end. Would they have to reprice, though? I don't think anyone knows how many of these people are going to come in well enough to factor a firm piece of the price for their participation.
The big driver of costs (and therefore fear) right now is the question of how much pent up demand for expensive medical services there is out there and how quickly those people will come aboard.
Quite apart from the question addressed here, surely one of the Greatest Ironical Moments in American Political History took place yesterday, when our Congress (of all people!) lectured Kathleen Sebelius on how to do the work assigned to her more efficiently.
Maybe she needs some lessons; but she'd better look carefully at the track records of those who purport to teach her.
The grandfathering process is definitely a missing element in every single article I've seen so far on individual policy holders being dropped.
It was clear to me from healthcare.gov's info site (before it turned into the What Registration In Hell Is Like site) that ACA brought with it minimum coverage standards. But I agree that this info has been missing from the reports. My sense is that a lot of reporting is reactionary; instead of explaining what's going on, some news outlets merely report the fact that some uninformed folks were surprised to learn that they can no longer buy non-compliant policies.
It is true that changing the incentives to sign up will affect premiums. If changes cause relatively healthy people to decide to go without coverage, the average cost per person will go up and since the premium has to cover the costs, premiums would have to go up.
Ryan - what you write makes sense; however, I have also seen some commentary to the effect that the so-called "three Rs" will help buffer the insurance carriers from adverse selection. unagidon has written pretty cogently about these mechanisms in the past here at dotCom, although I am not sure how to find the URL to his post and link to it. But here is a recent piece by Adrianna McIntyre on how the "three Rs" may help insurers survive a hypothetical delay to the individual mandate.
My understanding is that because they can't sign up new participants, participants are free to switch to the exchanges if they find something more attractive, and they can't make routine tweaks to their policies these policies are no longer attractive for insurance companies. There is a tension between allowing people to keep their policies and giving companies too much freedom to cripple the new system using loopholes. Allowing new people to buy a grandfathered plan or allowing significant changes would have allowed more people to keep their plans, but it would have also have allowd insurance companies to maintain the old system indefinitely. Obama shouldn't have kept saying that people could keep their plans. While it is true that most people either are keeping their plans or would have had to change their plans anyway, one of the goals of Obamacare was to eliminate plans that were cheap because they covered only the healthy and/or provided inadequate coverage.
I've been dissappointed by a lot of the reporting on sticker shocks. Often, the reports use the advertised price for old insurance rather than the price people would have to pay once they entered their medical history (assuming they would still be allowed to buy the policy). They also tend to ignore the differences in the benefits. Being forced to pay more for more coverage than you want may or may not be an outrage, but it is a different thing than just having to pay more for the same coverage. Finally, they also ignore the subsidies as well as benefits. If you end up paying less out of pocket than you would have before, does the fact that the list price was higher hurt you? Also, the most legitimate cases of people having trouble affording the new insurance are people who should be covered by Medicaid but aren't because of the evil actions of their governors and state legislatures. They get neither Medicaid nor subsidies, but it isn't the fault of Obamacare that the Supreme Court decided to allow states to hurt poor people for (hopefully short term) political gain.
Thanks for pointing that out. I had forgotten about the reinsurance program and am not familiar enough with it to know how it affects system-wide changes in the population of who is buying insurance from the exchanges.
I'm an optimist re Obamacare troubles. A pessimist says things cannot possibly get any worse. An optimist says yes they can.
I'm an optimist re Obamacare troubles. A pessimist says things cannot possibly get any worse. An optimist says yes they can.
You must be the life of the party.
Let's say that half the people who don't want insurance because they think they probably won't need any serious health care while they're young refuse to sign up for it, and, of course, they don't pay for/ support the system.
Now suppose that some of them will need serious health care (as most probably will happen), and so they go to a hospital emergency room, as they do now. Will the hospital treat them? Turn them away? Send them a bill? Call the IRS? The cops? Or what?
It seems to me that anybody who knows that it is even just *possible* that they might need expensive health care is morally responsible for supporting the system. Granted, some people can't afford to pay, but there are subsidies for them. But no one should be able to opt out of the system simply because they'd prefer not to pay for it, and then go and use the system when they need it.
According to WAPO writer Marc Thiessen on Oct 31, Obama's words,
"If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan." (Actually, it was a little more than 16 words if you include what the president said next: "Period. No one will take it away. No matter what."
Are, yes, a lie, unless he didn't know any better, in which case we have yet another example of a clueless president. He didn't know what happened in Benghazi either. It is amazing how Obama has become, in some wag's words, the bystander president. But he' not a bystander. He is carrying on his mission to fundamentally transform America. I pray to God he fails.
My understanding of the changes in the ACA is that group insurance coverage that employers pay has also been changed. This means that employers are going to have to pay more and review their existing benefit packages to be in compliance with the law.
They were given a year extension to do so (a waiver).
Point is that some employers may have to drop coverage, reduce employess. And some have been hiring more part time in order to get around paying benefits.
Unions are concerned that when it comes time to negotiate collective bargains, employers are going to be raising this compliance with the law business that is forcing them to pay more and reduce costs.
Not being partisan folks....but ACA is a bad piece of legislation.
I still do not understand why the government does not just have single payer insurance paid for through taxation to a single insurance company or companies.
Isn't ACA the rocky path to a single-payer system. I hope so. But I also hope it produces serious cost controls on the medical system.
Margaret, I think the controls you hope for--and my guess is that, regardless of political affiliation, we all think health care costs are too high--could occur if most people have coverage. Insurance companies have, in the past, been at the forefront of negotiating prices with providers. It's in their best interests to control costs in order to increase their profits. To that extent, viva la free market. In addition, many insurance companies are lowering premiums for individuals who stop using tobacco and/or reduce their BMI to healthier levels. Again, viva la free market.
However, I agree with George D that the ACA is a poor piece of legislation, at least in the foreseeable short term as the famous "unintended consequences" become more evident. Thousands of part-time workers, from hotel housekeepers to adjunct faculty, have already had their hours (and pay) cut to put them below 30 hours per week, thus making them less able to afford individual policies. These folks will end up costing the system in form of subsidies for their premiums or as Medicaid recipients under the expanded plans adopted by many states.
In addition, where employers now offer non-compliant insurance policies and must upgrade and pay higher premiums, you can bet that wages will stagnate or even fall. I think most employees understand that; teachers in a nearby district opted for a pay cut for half the school year rather than accept less health care coverage.
"Isn't ACA the rocky path to a single-payer system. I hope so. But I also hope it produces serious cost controls on the medical system."
If I can paraphrase St. Paul, can you give any reasons for such hopes? I honestly don't see any.
The outrageous costs in the US health care system are due to its essentially monopolistic structure, which the ACA does not challenge in any way. As for single payer, I cannot imagine how that would ever be remotely feasible is a country as large, as politically divided and as financially bankrupt as the USA in the year the Lord 2013.
That health care reform is needed is evident everywhere. In a sense, it doesn't matter if it is single payer or private although single payer is a more efficient way to collect the necessary funds through taxation.
Very complex and Jean's explanation of how insurance companies incentivize people to stay health is interesting (e.g. lower rates for non-smokers or quitting, reducing insurance as BMI lowers, etc.).
I read an article from the WSJ (an older one that featured quotes from the architect of the ACA, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel. I also some him on Fox News Sunday and he is as obnoxious on screen as on print). Anyway, here is what he said:
"Vague promises of savings from cutting waste, enhancing prevention and wellness, installing electronic medical records and improving quality of care are merely 'lipstick' cost control, more for show and public relations than for true change."
I could not disagree more. Many, many conditions are preventable through adoption of healthier lifestyles. Furthermore, the biggest correlation around income disparity and health. Not addressing that problem is fuelling the health care crisis today.
- Low-income Canadians are more likely to die earlier and to suffer more illnesses than Canadians with higher incomes, regardless of age, sex, race and place of residence.
- At each rung up the income ladder, Canadians have less sickness, longer life expectancies and improved health.
Studies suggest that the distribution of income in a given society may be a more important determinant of health than the total amount of income earned by society members. Large gaps in income distribution lead to increases in social problems and poorer health among the population as a whole.
My concern is that more wealthy members of society will be able to afford care as they age and receive better quality of care than the poor who will be viewed as dispensible and as not as much value. The disparity of income is a major issue, especially in the United States, and it is directly correlated to health care.
I agree with the doctor that some form of cost rationing is going to be necessary and that we are going to have to ask some pretty signficant questions around cost vs. value of intervention as we age. I have no quibble with that. However, this is a very challenging ethical area and my concern is that those wealthy Americans (or Canadians) who can afford it will be able to obtain interventions that middle class and lower class people will not be able to access. The doctor suggests that medical professionals should rethink the Hippocratic oath and include social obligations as opposed to just thinking about the individual.
I wonder how Catholic ethicists think about this. What is their view on this whole issue? And what are the implications ethically for the sytsem.
George --
It seems to me that the fact that the rich are generally better educated than the poor is a factor determining good health because the better educated have a better understanding of biology and medicine. A poor person might see an article on, say, caring for your heart, and not understand the all the words in the article so he won't get that good advice. And, it seems to me, that because the very stupid are usually poor, that group is bound to have a worse understanding of how to care for their own health, not to mention their being unable to ask good questions of their doctors. For them the solution is both a single payer health care system *and* better schools in poor areas.
[email protected].2,9:59. Hope is not the same thing as optimism...so wrote Vaclav Havel hoping for the Soviet Union to go away. It did, but it took a long time.
The ACA, an effort to deal with the irrational in our medical-care system, is showing us as it is being implemented many of the irrational elements of our current system and our current politics. For example, the irrationality of not having a floor below which no citizen should fall in seeking medical care. Obvious irrational, at least to me, are the states refusing to set up exchanges and expand medicaid. Presumably many citizens of those states, who are voters, will think more carefully about their vote next time. Hospitals and insurance companies in those states must have grave doubts doubts about the merits of the political decision by their governors and legislatures to go on with free market chaos. Again presuming, in time most states will work within the ACA framework
The huge variations--even in the same locales--in charges for every conceivable medical intervention, drugs, surgery, medical devices, emergency care, etc., etc. is irrational. As that becomes more evident to the public, regulators and providers are going to be pressured to bring down costs.
The difference in administrative costs between private insurers and medicare and the veteran's administration underlines, in my view, the cost of for-profit entities in medical care. In time the gap will be closed by a system which is more transparent and more accountable; I think the ACA will make that happen.
Will there be rationing, trade-offs, cost-benefit analysis? Yes, there will. That is part of what will rationalize medical care. But as George D's post above suggests there is already rationing, trade-offs, etc. and in his example it is a consequence of economic status. Will any system ever compensate for lower economic status and health outcomes, perhaps not. A better system in the U.S. would help.
Will a single-payers system emerge from all this? In time, yes. I may not be optimistic, but I am hopeful.
Now Unagidon can correct all of this!
The ACA, an effort to deal with the irrational in our medical-care system, is showing us as it is being implemented many of the irrational elements of our current system and our current politics. For example, the irrationality of not having a floor below which no citizen should fall in seeking medical care.
One way to look at what is not covered by many health plans is to look at the ten "essential health benefits" that all non-grandfathered plans must now have in the United States. These include ambulatory patient services; emergency services; hospitalization; maternity and newborn care; mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment; prescription drugs; rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices; laboratory services; preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management; and pediatric services, including oral and vision care. There were health plans in the United States being sold without some or many of these things. The requirement that they be included is an intervetion in the market just like the imposition of any standards is.
Obvious irrational, at least to me, are the states refusing to set up exchanges and expand medicaid. Presumably many citizens of those states, who are voters, will think more carefully about their vote next time. Hospitals and insurance companies in those states must have grave doubts doubts about the merits of the political decision by their governors and legislatures to go on with free market chaos. Again presuming, in time most states will work within the ACA framework
The Medicaid expansion was meant to expand Medicaid coverage for the very poorest. Unlike some of the popaganda out there, the old welfare system was dismantled by Bush 1 and Clinton and in general, it is mostly children and mothers that are on Medicaid today. By refusing to agree to an expansion, the governors of these states are creating an unecessary coverage gap for the very poorest.
The huge variations--even in the same locales--in charges for every conceivable medical intervention, drugs, surgery, medical devices, emergency care, etc., etc. is irrational. As that becomes more evident to the public, regulators and providers are going to be pressured to bring down costs.
This is a tricky question. Medical costs in Manhattan will probably always be higher than they are in Hope, Arkansas. The regional differences by and large reflect the general regional differences in costs. I say by and large, because it is the case that there are great cost differentials within regions that can't just be explained by one hospital or physician being better than another. One of the most expensive hospitals in Chicago is a community hospital in a suburban area that grew so fast that there is no competition in its immediate area.
There is no scope for regulators to dictate prices in the ACA (again, despite the propoganda to the contrary). But prices may come down for people in general, because one of the reasons hospitals and physicians charge commercial payers so much (about 135% of costs on average) is because they have to subsidize the un and under insured. If those people go away, the rational for such costs will go away too.
The difference in administrative costs between private insurers and medicare and the veteran's administration underlines, in my view, the cost of for-profit entities in medical care. In time the gap will be closed by a system which is more transparent and more accountable; I think the ACA will make that happen.
I've seen estimates that Medicare's commercial costs are about 3 percent of a claim and commercial costs are about 15 percent of a claim. But I take this with a grain of salt. The average Medicare claim is five times more costly than the average commercial claim. So the administration costs are closer than they look. On the other hand, costs are capped in the ACA and this should cause administrative costs to go down (or inefficient insureres to fail).
Will there be rationing, trade-offs, cost-benefit analysis?
As you point out, this is already happening. And not just in terms of class. For all the moaning about "death panels" and rationing from the Right, there will be less rationing under the ACA, because everyone now gets the same essential health benefits.
Does that mean that these things won't expand in the future? There is nothing in the ACA about Medicare, so the scenario of grandpa getting denied care because he's too old is simply a myth. But I have met at least one analyst who thinks that rationing will happen in the future. It is a political issue and will depend on how much clout the Baby Boomers have (since they are the ones who are going to get it in the shorter term). Some people argue that rationing will become necessary in the front end of the Boomer retirement years, because the system can 't support them. I am more inclined to believe that if it comes at all, it will come after the Boomers have died off to a degree that they are not a political force any more.
Will a single-payers system emerge from all this? In time, yes. I may not be optimistic, but I am hopeful.
I don't think this is likely in the near future. It's one thing for the government to regulate benefits (by establishing a minimum). It's another thing for government to take control of the fee schedule itself. I think that such a move would be too socialistic for us (although I would be happy to be proven wrong). Ironically, I think that the Tea Party, however, has made single payer more likely by claiming that the ACA is already socialist. Moving to a single payer system may not look like as big a political swing as it in fact would be, thanks to them.
unagidon --
How could health care possibly be rationed if there is governmental provision for everyone? Seems to me that the only way would be by limiting the lifetime costs of every individual. Or what? Have there been any bona fide suggestions of how to do it if necessary?
what do you mean "there is governmental provision for everyone?"
Governments cannot create arbitrary numbers of physicians and pay them arbitrarily large amount of money for arbitrary numbers of hours. Especially when governments are semi-bankrupt.
I can cite an anedoctal example from when I was living in Milan, Italy. Italy has a single-payer system, which is one of the reasons (not the only reason) why the public debt is about 130% of GDP and the economy is nearly frozen. Anyway, my daughter had repeated ear infections and got good treatment by her regular pediatrician. But once she had a perforated ear drum and she ended up in the emergency room. That worked fine also. But then she had to see a ear/throat/nose specialist for a follow up visit. This turned out to be nearly impossible. I discovered that in Milan, one of the richest metropolitan areas in Europe with over 3.5 million people and one of the best health systems, it takes SIX MONTHS to see a specialist in the public health system. Simply put, it is impossible to balance offer and demand with central planning. And since the public system necessarily pays doctors less than what they make from private practice, all doctors keep several hours a week to see patients who can afford the cost privately, and everybody else is "rationed" (waits six months). The only alternative would be the "Soviet" system in which all doctors are forced to work as state employees paid at a fixed rate and cannot see patients privately. Unagidon would call that "too socialistic." I call it authoritarian and self-destructive: within a few years there would be a massive shortage of doctors, and instead of waithing six month you would wait a year.
Here's something that could be rationed: prescribing by lawyers. That is what my primary care physician calls having to get an EKG, chest x-ray, and a bunch of blood tests for a pretty basic out-patient eye procedure within two weeks of the procedure. They could have used the data from my last annual check-up within the last six months, except they wouldn't.


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Look I am only 15, and have been playing Fm since i was 13 and was playing CM before that. I am wondering, do any other teens play this game? It's a great game but has really ****ed up school studies
Look I am only 15, and have been playing Fm since i was 13 and was playing CM before that. I am wondering, do any other teens play this game? It's a great game but has really ****ed up school studies
Ive been playing FM since FM2007.
I have played FM (and its old guise as CM) since I was was in my early teens and Im now 24.
It can certainly prove a distraction to school work (as my mum rightly said)....but Id say thats down to your personality. If FM didnt exist youd find something else to distract you. My room was never cleaner than it was at exam time. Still got a degree so not all bad!
Last edited by GioGio85; 04-09-2010 at 09:52.
theres plenty of under 18s that use this forum so in short, yes! i remember playing as a 16 year old back in 1999 as well lol
I'm 20 now, but I started playing when I was 10..
I start playing CM at 11 in 1998. So much time wasted on real life when i could have been playing more FM!
I loved the game in my teens, I remember buying Robbie Keane from Wolves for Spurs and he was amazing. He then joined Spurs for real
Still I have a better understanding of football in general now Im a tad older and I am less impetuous - so now enjoy long term challenges (lower league and career games), rather than the more short term successes I had as a teen.
Im 28 have had CM3, CM4 all the other CMs and FM05,06,07,08,09 and 10......
I'm 17 now and I've been playing since CM99/00 when I was about 9 or 10.
I am 17, I have played FM since FM2004, I still play FM2004 and FM2008. Saves on them I don't want to lose.
26, been playing since the very first
21, been playing since CM2 in 1996/97, with a break between 2000/01 and FM2007.
20 years old. I started playing when I was 12 or something like that...but there were years when I didn't play.
Been playing manager games since I was about 10. (I think it was called Premier Manager or something like that, I lost the disk though...)
i started playing Championship manager when i was 12
I'm 28 now, but I'm fairly certain I also started when I was 13.. How time flies.
Championship 1999/00 was 'thee' best. Ronaldo, Beckham and Veiri
I'm 18 now and i've been playing these since around CM99/00 when my older cousin used to show me how to play, ive been hooked ever since.
Just turned 14 now one of the youngest around I think but I started 07 when I was 10.
I'm 15 and started playin FM about a year ago, got into it through a mate in school and haven't stopped since... literally
I'm 13 and I started playing fm when I was 8
im 17 atm, and i have been playing since FM2009
im 16 and been playing since i was 11
Im 129 now, have been playing since I was about 14.
I must have been about 12/13 when I first started playing CM, it was people at school that told me about it. It was about ten years later when I really got into it in a big way, which may have been linked to signing up to these forums.
I was eleven when i started playing it in 1993, my god I have been playing this game for a very long time!
I'm 18 and started playing FM2005, so a good 5 years or so of playing the game
Well I am 58 now and my wife tells me I act like a kid so yeah I play FM.
Been playing FM for more years than the OP is old, I think (senior moment there)!
i started playing when i was 8 i think! CM2 on the commador with floppy disks!! i remember saying how rubbish the game was and its the biggest waste of time.....i was right i have wasted 16 years playing this game and not planning to stop anytime soon ! ps im still rubbish at the game!
I'm 16 coming 17 in February. I've been playing FM since it came out and i used to play some of the CM games.
im currently 16 i played FM 2005 didn't play it again until 09 and from now on i will be buying ever copy. What been better lately is that ive just finished school in june so ive had all this time just playing FM but sadly ive got to find a job soon
Last edited by Luton Town; 04-09-2010 at 13:10.
I am 61 and have been playing this game sinse CM3
I'm 21 now and have been playing since CM00/01 when i was around 11 and i have enjoyed every minute of it
I have been playing since i was 12/13 CM00/01. Bought the game on release date every year since.
Started playing the CM series when I was 18 with CM00/01, but I've been playing footy management games since I was 13.
I was playing Football Manager when I was in my teens...
...but that was the very first Football Manager by Kevin Toms on a Spectum
Oh and when I read people complaining about SI's Football Manager 3D match engine today, this is why it always makes me chuckle...
Ahhh... the memories!
Last edited by heathxxx; 04-09-2010 at 13:24.
I''m 19 and I've been playing since the first FM came out. Had been playing other management games before that too.
i'm 17 and have been playing FM since FM2005
Im 16
started playing Fm since football manager 05 so i was 11 when i started
I'm 21 and have been playing intermittently since I was about 12. Been playing it alot more since FM08 tho...
I'm 15, and have been playing FM/CM since CM01/02. Trust, there are loads of teenage players out there!
I think I started playing FM when I was 10. I'm 15 now.
Started playing as a 17 year old, with FM07, and never looked back.
LITTLE KNOWN FACT: I joined the forums originally because of EHM07. Then SI stopped producing the game, wandered over to the FM forums, and the rest is history.
I'm almost 17 (just a few more days!) and I've played since I was about 8
Got hooked when I was bored and pestered my dad into buying CM00/01 for about a fiver 2 years after it's release and have bought every CM until the split. I bought CM08 and loved it but when no CM09 came out, I bought FM09 and haven't looked back.
I did take advantage of the pay what you want deal for CM10, but it was shocking, and I've played it for a total of 3 hours before going back to FM09 and waiting for FM10.
Sure my school work has probably suffered, but I did well in the GCSE's that have just come out and if it wasn't FM, it'd be Xbox/an online game or getting into trouble on the street.
Keep it up SI
17 now, been playing since Championship Manager 1999/2000. Gaming's come a very long way.
I'm 16 at the moment, but I've started playing CM3 when I was 7/8. Of course, I made some ill-fated decisions such as buying Division 3 top goalscorer Jamie Cureton and Wimbledon striker Jason Euell to Man Utd.
But, now I'm older, I've learnt to play the game properly rather than panic buy or buy 'past-their-peak' players etc.
I first met at 8 but I started to play actually at 10. Now I'm 21 and still playing
im (coming up to) 18, been playing this since 2002 so when i was 10.
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Im 23 and have been playing since I was 12 or so. So no, you're not alone
I'm 19 and I've been playing religiously since CM01/02, but started with CM2 when I was about 8.
I'm 24 and i've been playing since CM 00-01, after a couple of my friends introduced me to the game.
I've never looked back since.
It did get in the way of school homework as i couldn't be bothered and wanted to play CM instead, but i did well in my exams so it's not all bad.
I'm 15, and have been playing since CM01/02, when i was around 8, winning back to back promotions with my home town luton
Started when I was 11....god that seems so long ago
35 now, been playing since the epic CM01/02 with the exception of CM4 which I wilfully skipped.
Absolutely loved them all to the point that I'm the one guy the boss can count on to travel places, after all, FM & Laptop are your friend in every train, plane, airport and hotel room
Im 13 and been playing since FM08
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I'm 18 and been playing since Champ Manager 2001/2002. So I'd be around 11 when I started playing
I'm 21 and I've been playing since CM 96/97. Ah the days.
17 turning 18 in a couple of months.
Been playing since i was sixteen lol but i've been playing manager mode on fifa since it first came out
19. Been playing since CM 97/98 where Niclas Alexandersson played in every single position apart from keeper
Well I still have memories of playing Premier Manager on the Sega back in 1996 so I would have been 7... So technically not a teen in fairness.
I've been playing since I was 15
Started playing since CM93 and never looked back. Managed GCSE's, A Levels, degree, and now studying for my Masters. Just need will power to put the game down
16 now been playing since the 99/00 one although others may have played it longer if you took a lifetime ratio in i think ive played it the longest:P and the fact ive only just left school and not needed to work so ive been on it %90 of my life away from school and yes it contributed to me ****ing up what should have been all A's and B's
I'm 16 I've been playing since I was 13 :P
30 now. First game was CM Italia, addicted ever since.
Ive been playing since champ man and champ man italia on the amiga many moons ago, im now 33
i'm 30
been playing management sims since about 12 - i came home from school and my step-dad had a copy of ultimate soccer manager on the pc - he played it for 30 minutes or so and hated it (i didn't and i've been going through the entire sims since
premier manager
LMA manager
onside soccer (so poor)
and the king FM since 2005
I think I`ve been playing football manager since 96/97. Guess that means I`ve been playing this stuff for almost 15 years now ...
There will be a time where I can say that I have been playing football manager games for more than half my life
i've been playing football management games since the golden days of amiga. I remember I had one called "THE MANAGER" and after that I had Premier Manager and then I started playing Championship Manager Italia.... considering I was born in 87, that makes me one of the youngest managers ever at the age of 5!!!!
Im only 11 3/4 and im playing now.I started playing when I was 10 1/2
*ages a little more*
I was first introduced to CM2 by a mutual friend. I had been involved in a short fling with a demo of ultimate manager and was fascinated, i admit the stadium graphics seemed a dealbreaker. A brief sermon on its shortcomings and the signing of Salas, Zinho and Mbo Mpenza to Celtic on CM2 saw to that. Around this time i also received a free copy of premier manager, which was garbage. Addiction peaked in early 00's. 97/98, 01/02, fm05 and fm06 stood out for me.
Im 28. Played every version to death since the time of the Italy Germany France add on, 96/97 I think it was. 97/98 was when the addiction really took ahold though.
yeh look i really started playing CM when i was around 9 and my footballing knowledge is really amazing! It's a great game but takes up a lot of social time! And didn't think so many teens play it, as it can be a bit of a complecated game.... but good to hear!
I am 18, someone showed me CM 99/00 and i managed to pick up a demo on a cereal box, (YES THEY USED TO GIVE THEM OUT ON BOXS) then got the full game, so i have been playing since i was about 8 or 9... I then played CM4/FM06/07/08/10 I skipped a few due to school LOLOL
I'm 23 and been playing since 99/00, so using my superior maths skills I started when I was 12.
I'm 20 (**** I'm old ) and the first manager game I played was 99/00 iirc, at least that's the earliest version I own. I do remember not playing it when I was 9/10 though. Think I started at around 11/12 with CM 01/02, great game, still play it on occasion.
been playing since the dawn of time ..
I'm 19. Most of my friends started around 14, but I started when I was 10, so they call me a veteran
Playing since I was 11, now I'm 20... since cm 00/01 to fm10
I started when I was 14 with One-Nil . . . those were good times
Football Management has gone a long way!
There are loads of teenagers on the forums alone so you are not on your own.
For the record, I started playing the games around 10 years ago and I am now 21. CM3 was my first.
I have been playing football management games since i was 6! My first experience was FA Premier League 98 amazing game!!
I played CM01/02, would have been ten at the time. Havent stopped since
Started playing Fm when i was 14-15, now 17
Well i just turn 24 , and i been playing since CM 01/02
I played the old CM games from a really young age, about 7/8. Started on the Amiga with them - yes I'm a sad geek it seems.
Unfortunately I am now too old to remember when I started playing the game but I do recall CM3 as being the great leap forward in football management games. I was working at a computer games company at the time and remeber thinking how much better CM3 was that anything we were doing.
Outside of PC games, Premier Manager 98 on the PS1 was my first management game. Spent so many hours on that.
I remember playing the Likes of CM when Italia 95 was on the Amiga So that would make me about 10 Years old when i started playing, The game has come along a little bit since then mind lol
I've been playing since CM3, when I was 12, and have bought all but 3 (I think) iterations since then.


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My grandfather-in-law was born in England in the 1920s and fought in World War II. Somewhere along the line he acquired the habit of salting his beer before drinking it, which persisted for the rest of his life. I'm as curious about the cultural genesis of the practice as the food science of it – was there perhaps something about wartime beer that made it unpalatable without salt? I know there were other wartime food customs like bread and scrape so it doesn't seem implausible, but the "why" of this one isn't so obvious.
I can think of several reasons why you might salt beer:
I've heard of it being done before, but never with good beer, only low quality swill. But then, since there were more quality problems with cheap brews at the time, this was probably a lot more common.
As other answers have noted, salt enhances flavor and reduces perceived bitterness. It also increases the perceived body/mouthfeel of the beer.
My grandfather always salted his cantaloupe and honeydew melons. I tried it, and was pleasantly surprised by how it intensified the melon flavor.
Also of note is Gose, a style of beer brewed in Leipzig, Germany. It includes coriander and salt.
There are circumstances where working in a hot place will make people sweat so much that they need to take salt to avoid a deficiency. I first heard mention of this from a man who had been doing field work in the Blue Mountains of Queensland, then found out more when working in a metal foundry, after which I worked in a factory where salt tablets were made.
Most people take their salt in tablet form, sometimes the tablets dissolve in water to give an effervescent drink. A salt deficiency can commonly cause very unpleasant muscular cramps, among other things that can happen is a state that resembles drunkenness (but without euphoria).
I have seen foundry workers put a dash of salt in their coffee, if you go back in history you find that salting coffee happened in the 18th century coffeehouses.
My guess is that the man in question had at some time in his life worked in a hot place, where it was necessary to take more salt because of sweating. That might have been, say, North Africa during WWII, or a metal foundry in a temperate place. Then he got the taste for salting his beer and carried on doing it, after he stopped working in that hot place.
This reminds me of a story my grandfather told me: in the Netherlands, right after the war, there was a great deficiency of many kinds of grains, which made the beer taste bad. The bartenders of the more upscale cafes would put a slice of lemon in the beer to mask the bad taste. This habit stuck, and we still do it today.
No idea how much truth there is to the story (my granddad being quite the storyteller), but perhaps it can shed some light on this question.
In my younger days I would perspire at the mention of the word heat. I never thought about adding salt to replenish what my body had lost, I just did it because it seemed to make the beer less bitter and enhanced the taste. Besides, none of my buddies did it, so I felt unique. It was something I picked up from my grandfather and father (I never could force myself to do the raw egg in your beer, though).
For me, a few sprinkles of salt in my glass of beer seems to reduce the bubble effect. I burp less...plus I like the added flavor...I'm 83 and it hasn't killed me yet!
I always heard that salting your beer would make you drunk quicker, so you didn't have to drink as much. I guess because they say alcohol thins your blood. Of course whether its true or not I have no clue, but I always thought it made sense.
I thought it might have had something to do with making your stomach right. Baking soda is used in water to put out the fire from time to time and it is a sodium base. Maybe people did it when they had hot pipes.
Back in the early 70's I worked as a waiter in a tavern in London Canada and in those days every table had a salt shaker and there were many who added salt to their draught beer. In those days most Londoners still drank ales like 50, Red Cap and Export. I tried it a few times but didn't really care for it.


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WACO (December 17, 2012)--The Salvation Army is in need of turkeys and hams, along with pumpkin and pecan pies for their annual Christmas meal.
Meat should be delivered by Thursday, while pies can be delivered by Friday.
Food already cooked will also be accepted and can be delivered Christmas Eve or Christmas morning.
The Community Kitchen is located at 300 Webster.
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I recently fought a pack of Vampiric Desecrators, and hit Serenity while standing in the desecration to finish off one of the mobs that was at low life. Almost instantly, the other two mobs were at full health again. I'm think they were lower on health, but I'm not sure.
Has anyone seen anything like this or done some testing?
Does damage you absorb still heal vampiric champions?


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Canada, England, Kenya, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, USA, Saint Lucia, Scotland and Switzerland: Jeremy Gilley has been busy chatting with school children all over the world these past few weeks. Without having to step foot on a plane, Jeremy is talking to the world's youth about conflict resolution, global citizenship, human rights and the link between sustainability and peace, he just clicks a button on Skype to make a video call.
Using Skype, Jeremy hopes to talk to school children in all 192 member-states of the UN before 21 September 2012, to support the countdown to a Global Truce on Peace Day 21 September 2012.
To find out more about Peace One Day's Global Truce 2012 campaign, please watch the Global Truce 2012 Introduction Film.
Global Truce 2012 Introduction Film.
Meanwhile, here is some feedback from teachers and students who have participated in Jeremy's Skype talks so far:
• "Using Skype to speak with Jeremy supported the work that the school does looking at Peace and Conflict resolution and motivated them [the students] to continue with their good work." Laura Paterson, Gordonstoun School, Scotland.
• Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to be seen and heard on our little island of Saint Lucia. Our students are 90% local but the other 10% have come from countries where they have experienced a different sort of lifestyle – some with strife and suffering. The whole school was excited to share a live call – crossing borders in this manner was important." June Harkness, International School of St. Lucia.
• "It was SO WONDERFUL of Jeremy to take the time to inspire the kids of both countries (Kenya and Philadelphia, USA) and to be part of their Skype conversation." Lisa Parker, volunteer for Germantown Friends School.
• "You have inspired us all so much." Student to Jeremy from the International School of Geneva, Switzerland.
To get your classroom involved please access the free POD Education Resources and introduce your students to Jeremy's story so far, contact Peace One Day Education through their Skype in the classroom profile or email firstname.lastname@example.com to register your interest in a video call over Skype, and start planning your Peace Day activities.
Here's a video introduction to Peace One Day education. The Education Resource is now available free online in the 6 official languages of the United Nations.
An introduction to Peace One Day education.
You can sign up to the Global Truce 2012 at www.peaceoneday.org, follow @PeaceOneDay on twitter, and 'like' the Peace One Day Facebook page, to show your support.
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bernard.halim1990 said 5 years ago
I support Global Truce for world peace, making one heart at ease is much of kindness by making whole people around the world heart at peace is heaven as a token of gratitude.
Bernard Suryadi Halim, Indonesia 2011


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A law enforcement official says some guns owned by the mother of the gunman in the Connecticut elementary school rampage match the models of the guns used in the shooting.
The official cautions that investigators haven't conclusively linked the guns used in the rampage to the ones the woman owned.
The official says state police records show the woman had legally purchased five firearms and all were registered in Connecticut. Authorities are still trying to account for all the guns.
The official was not authorized to speak to reporters about the investigation and spoke only on condition of anonymity.
Authorities say the woman's 20-year-old son killed her Friday, then opened fire inside the school in Newtown, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, then killed himself.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A law enforcement official says authorities investigating the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school found more guns inside the school than the initial two that had been reported.
The official would not say what type of guns were found but says all the weapons were being traced by state and federal authorities. The official was not authorized to speak to reporters about the investigation and spoke only on condition of anonymity.
Authorities say a 20-year-old man opened fire Friday inside the school in Newtown, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, then killed himself. He was carrying at least two handguns.
Other law enforcement officials also speaking on condition of anonymity have said the gunman apparently left a high-powered rifle in the back of a car he drove to school.
Update:Gunman's mother was teacher's aide at school and not a teacher as previously believed, authorities say. (ABC NEWS)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- AP source: In mass shootings, son killed his mother at their home, then went on school rampage.
Nancy Lanza, mother of gunman Adam Lanza, was found dead in her Connecticut home. The 20-year-old man, shot her in the face, authorities told ABC News. Following the murder of his mother, Lanza, carrying at least two semi-automatic pistols and an automatic rifle, drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where his mother worked. There he killed 20 children and six adults. (ABC NEWS)
Gunman's mother was teacher's aide at school and not a teacher as previously believed, authorities say.(ABC NEWS)
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation of the Connecticut school massacre says the brother of the gunman has been "extremely cooperative" and is not under arrest.
The official tells The Associated Press that Ryan Lanza, of Hoboken, N.J., is still be being questioned but is not in custody and is not believed to have any connection to the school killings.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the investigation.
The official says Ryan Lanza's computers and phone records were being searched but only "in an abundance of caution." He says Ryan told authorities he had not been in touch with his brother in recent years.
Update: Officials say 20 children died today as a result of the shooting, 18 at the school and two later in the hospital.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A law enforcement official says the suspect in the Connecticut school shootings is 20-year-old Adam Lanza, the son of a teacher at the school where the shootings occurred. A second law enforcement official says the boy's mother, Nancy Lanza, is presumed dead.
The first official says Adam Lanza's older brother, 24-year-old Ryan, of Hoboken, N.J., is being questioned by police. An earlier report from a law enforcement official mistakenly transposed the brothers' first names.
Both officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record about the developing criminal investigation.
The first official said Adam Lanza is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- Police say 27 people were killed in the shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, including the gunman, and one person died at another scene.
The dead at the school include 18 children.
The gunman opened fire Friday morning inside a school where his mother worked. He blasted his way through the building as young students cowered helplessly in classrooms while their teachers and classmates were shot.
The gunman killed himself. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says someone who lived with him also died.
Young students crying and looking frightened were escorted by adults through a parking lot in a line after the shots rang out in Newtown, 60 miles northeast of New York City.
The attack comes less than two weeks before Christmas and appears to be the nation's second-deadliest school shooting, exceeded only by the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007.
(NEWTOWN, CONN.) - Connecticut state police have responded to a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dickinson Drive, school officials said.
Police and ABCNews is reporting at least 27 are dead including 20 school children, the gunman and the gunman's parents.
Earlier, there were unconfirmed reports of two shooters. Police confirm one shooter, Ryan Lanza, age 20. Two guns were found at the scene. Reports say Lanza appeared "fully armed" as he entered the school Friday morning.
Police also now say the bodies of Lanza's mother - a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary - and his father was found dead at their home.
Shortly after 9:40 a.m. ET, police reported that a shooter was in the main office of the school and confronted the principal. Connecticut State Police are now questioning a second person that may possibly be connected with this tragedy.
Groups of students — some crying, some holding hands — were being escorted away from the school by their teachers. Some students were still in the school at 10:30 a.m. ET, parents said.
Dozens of state troopers are on the scene assisting local police but the scene has been secured and the public is no longer in danger.
A staging area has been set up for students and their parents near the school.
This is a developing story that will be updated as more information is passed along.


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Is there a DVR that does not require a subscription?
Just need something simple to record tv. Maybe something with multiple tuners?
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I use Windows Media Center. I connected my TV to my computer and treat it as a second monitor. I'm a little cheap so we only have over-the-air channels, but I don't see why it wouldn't work with a paid TV service. The hi-def channels take up a lot of space so you might not want to let it sit on your hard drive forever, but it's a great alternative to other subscription options.
I can attest that Windows Media Center works great with cable service. I picked up a Hauppauge TV tuner card. It came with a version of WinTV, but that program was awful. WMC was easy to set up and it's really simple to use as well. It even works with Netflix, but you don't need a TV tuner card for that.
The bad news is that I've heard rumors that Microsoft is dropping support for WMC because it doesn't get used as much as they thought it would. I hope they don't, or in the least, if they do, that they allow user support patches, etc.
Windows Media Center is built-in to Windows 7. So you only need a Windows 7 computer that can connect via HDMI, a remote control if you'd like that, and something like the HDHomerun tuner. The HDHomerun works with either over-the-air antenna HDTV, or the cablecard version will work with any cable provider that supports cablecard (by law, that's everyone, but many companies have waivers).
For a standalone unit, Polaroid used to make one that had a single tuner and could handle digital signals, but no higher than 480 resolution. They still sell for $50-$80 on eBay.
For multiple tuners, installing them yourself in a reasonably capable PC and running something like Windows Media Center, XBMC or MythTV will do the job just fine. Drive space is cheap now, so that's a good route- if you can do it yourself or have a friend/family member who's capable.
Like @omnichad I use the HDHomeRun Prime and I love it. I bought it from woot for I think $155 after shipping and saves me $17 a month from using Comcast's HD DVR. I also bought a 2TB HD because unfortunately it does fill up a lot quicker when you're recording in Windows Media Center.
I think an average HD show tends to take up 30GB of space. I have MCEBuddy automatically convert the shows and remove the commercials with comskip though and that helps tremendously (both of those are free, though the donate version of comskip is substantially better imo). It takes about an hour for my computer to convert, delete the commercials, and delete the original file. The files end up being 1-2GB after converting to high quality mkv.
I had the Polaroid @havocsback: mentioned when woot sold it, it died with in 4 months, the company replaced it, (it was not Polaroid who made it, some other company (I do not remember the name) made it and slapped the Polaroid name on it.) Then the replacement died.
The DVR that was like a VCR was popular at one time, they seem all but gone.
@caffeine_dude: I'd had mine replaced under warranty once, then found a forum online that described the problem AND the fix: there are 2 pairs of capacitors that are bad(they even listed part #s and pics of the location). Replaced those, never happened again. Matter of fact, I like the old thing so much that I removed and imaged the hard drive and installed a 320 GB drive instead(it's IDE, not SATA, so a larger drive or SSD isn't really an option).
@havocsback: Awesome! I will see if I still have my old one.


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mavrach wrote:Hoyt are you on Facebook?
The group there is thriving and posts regularly. We even have some old faces from years back. But yeah I'm sad too that the Jury Room is so weakened. But even before the Facebook group the JR was slowing down. I don't know if it's a social media change in general or what, but it's comvenient to have all the communication in one place.
Myself, I still visit honestly because there are still some people here that didn't make the jump.
they'll have to pry the Jury Room from my cold, dead hands!
mavrach wrote:It was gradual really. Check out this thread, it's from 2009:
Then the spam attack killed it. A lot of us were already Facebook friends with each other, and already talked movies on our own pages. Some of us have an app called GetGlue that lets you "check in" to every movie you watch and you get little discussions there. Gabriel took the next step and grouped us all together there. There are 76 members now!
mkiker2089 wrote:Facebook just doesn't have the same structure though. I'll pop in eventually but it can't really be the same.
mkiker2089 wrote:I can't find the facebook group. There are about three, one seemed close but had no real discussion, all use the image from here.
J.M. Vargas wrote:Thanks... whatever it takes to bring people back, uh?
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What is the fastest way to find closest point to the given point in data array?
For example, I have 3D space, array of points (coordinates - (x,y,z)) and point (xp, yp,zp). I need to find closest point to the (xp, yp, zp).
As far as I know, slowest way to do it is to use linear search. Are there any better solutions?
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I love math and would like to know more of it. However, whenever I try to pick up a book on what I consider to be "advanced" mathematical topics, I often have a hard time understanding some of the terms and symbols right from the beginning.
I'm a computer programmer and I've used some complicated trigonometry, matrix math, linear algebra, etc in some of my programs. However I feel my understanding of some of these topics isn't very deep, and I don't always completely understand why certain processes work the way they do.
I've picked up some books and articles on calculus, linear algebra, and some other topics I feel I could use some brushing up on, but I often feel lost right out of the gate when I try to read them. They use terms and symbols that I'm not familiar with, and they don't provide any explanation. I feel (perhaps unjustifiably, but whatever) that I could do the math they're talking about if I just understood the explanation and notation, but I don't understand it.
However, when I pick up high-school level books on algebra or trigonometry, everything I read seems very simple and it bores me to death. I don't seem to find the math "vocabulary" I'm missing in them, and I don't find them challenging at all.
How can I get myself to the point where I can move on in my mathematical education when what I perceive to be "high school math" is too easy, but the more "advanced" subjects are incomprehensible? Do you know of a book I should read, a subject I could study, or some other resource I can use to prepare myself for the more advanced topics?
Some of the symbols and terms I don't fully understand include ∑ and ∫ and "coefficient". I admit it's possible that I learned this before and have forgotten it.