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The Foreign Office was yesterday urgently attempting to stop further funerals of the victims of the Luxor massacre, as a coroner admitted he had "no idea" what had happened to the body of Karina Turner.
A body flown back to Halifax, West Yorkshire, was believed to have been that of the 24-year-old air stewardess. But James Turnbull, the assistant deputy coroner for West Yorkshire, said yesterday that dental records proved the body was not Ms Turner's. He said it was possible that her body might already have been buried or cremated.
It followed a similar mix-up earlier this week, when it emerged that the body identified as that of Ms Turner's mother, Mrs Joan Turner, was in fact that of a Swiss citizen. Her body has been located in Zurich. Yesterday Mr Turnbull described the situation as "total chaos" and said relatives were suffering "indescribable distress". "I find it very hard to imagine the feelings of the Turner family ... I can't express deeply enough my concern and sympathy for them. I will move heaven and earth to get the body of Joan Turner back to this country and to locate that of Karina Turner." He added that he had known nothing like it in his 30- year service as a coroner.
"Very urgent attempts are being made by the Foreign Office to prevent funerals of younger women until the body of Karina Turner is located."
Ms Turner, her mother and her five-year-old daughter Shaunnah were all killed last week when militant Islamic gunmen opened fire on tourists visiting ancient monuments at Luxor. Mr Turnbull said there was no doubt about the identification of the body of Shaunnah Turner.
He added he had no idea of the identification of the two bodies now under his care but that he would be investigating.
The funeral of all three members of the Turner family was to have taken place last Thursday at St Bartholomew's Church near their home in Ripponden, west Yorkshire.
Mr Turnbull said because of the international nature of the investigations, it could be weeks before relatives of the Turner family could lay their loved ones to rest. The Foreign Office said its first step would be to establish the whereabouts of the body of Karina Turner, and added that the Swiss authorities had confirmed that the body of Joan Turner would be returned as soon as possible.
The mix-up over the bodies is deeply distressing for the families and embarrassing for the British and Egyptian authorities. But the authorities faced numerous difficulties in the immediate aftermath of the massacre. Initial identification was carried out by tour operators First Choice but it was not possible to cross-check with the victims' passports.
Although full details have not emerged because of concern for family sensitivities, most victims suffered extensive injuries, which made identification difficult. Mr Turnbull said the visual identification was carried out by families under very difficult circumstances. "I have said before that in the circumstances of this tragedy identification by these means is never easy and one must not offer any criticism either of the procedure or of the identifying person."
The Foreign Office is investigating reports that the bodies of a British couple killed in the massacre were looted before they were returned to Britain. A spokesman said that Paul Wigham, son of George, 69, and Ivy Wigham, 71 asked for help in locating items of jewellery and a wallet which he said were not with his parents' bodies.
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Douglas Maicon has made it clear he wants to leave Inter and it's reported Chelsea are battling PSG for his signature.
The Brazilian's agent confirmed it was "time for a change of scenery" and the club is also content to be rid of his wages.
So far Carlo Ancelotti's Paris Saint-Germain were the main candidates to take Maicon, though Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho were also interested.
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BOSTON — A day before Game 1 of the World Series, Fenway Park was in show-off mode. Throngs of media gathered by day to ask questions of players and watch them work out. By night, the 101-year-old park was hosting the World Series Gala, where fancy people drank wine and walked around the stadium snapping photos.
I like snapping pictures as much as the new person with an Instagram account. And since this was my first trip to Fenway, one of the most famous stadiums in all of MLB, I took full advantage of the day and adventured around the park looking for cool flicks.
What I wanted to do: Provide a virtual tour of Fenway that showed sights and perspectives most people have never seen. Even if you have visited Fenway, the average person can't just go sit in whatever seat he or she pleases to scope out the view — far or near. They can't hop onto the field or go into the dugout to see what the players see.
If you want to do that, click through the slideshow above. Fenway offers tours for $16 on non-game days, and that's probably a good time. But, hey, this is free.
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Had lunch here this summer while on vacation. Very good pho. Did not expect to find a pho restaurant up here. Would go again if I'm in town.
We ordered take-out for family dinner. All was ready when promised and of consistent quality that you would find in more populous cities. Soup was perfect. Spring rolls and brochettes were also much appreciated. This is the real thing with good value.
Good, standard Vietnamese fare here. Definitely budget friendly. Polite,prompt and friendly service.
This little restaurant is tucked in a plaza. The decor is very basic (typical Asian) but clean. The staff are very friendly and the prices reasonable. The food was delicious!
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Being a chef and appreciating good wholesome food, pho is the only place in Whitehorse that I would recommend to all who love good flavoured cuisine. The staff is friendly, the service is quick and the pho is delightful. I especially enjoy # 14. And always request extra meat. Reasonably priced and extremely filling. Thank you owners of pho and...
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Twitter is expected to launch a music service as soon as today that suggests artists and songs based on the accounts users follow.
According to All Things D, Twitter users can listen to tracks through third-party services such as iTunes or watch music videos via sites like Vevo.
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The ladies of the Village Improvement Association, a nonprofit charitable organization at Grenoble Place and the Boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach, once again gave considerable support at the recent Rehoboth Beach Chocolate Festival. The women came armed with aprons and knives, cutting slices of chocolate delights for the festival judges and the the public alike. VIA members have been volunteering at the Rehoboth Beach Main Street Chocolate Festival nearly as long as the festival has been in existence.
The VIA bake sale table is eagerly sought by visitors who return yearly. This year, people happily filled bags with mini peanut butter and jelly pop pies on a stick; dark chocolate bark with toffee crunch and a touch of sea salt, brownies, cakes, candy and breads. This year the favorite was the cake lollipops in spring colors. Some recipes for the creations come directly from the VIA cookbook, which was also for sale.
VIA President Carolyn Billingsley said, "It is truly remarkable how many of our members participate in the chocolate festival every year. It seems to be a favorite event for us to support. Our Festival Chair Sherry Pie and her committee have done a wonderful job of coordinating all of the baked goods we offer for sale as well as decorating the VIA bake table. She also supervised many other aspects of the event, including the cutters for both the judges and the public." This's year's festival was the best one yet for the VIA. Proceeds from the sale help provide funding to the many charities the Village Improvement Association supports.
Since its founding in 1909, the VIA mission has been and still is the promotion of interests, improvements and progress of the Rehoboth Beach community and now encompasses the entire Cape Henlopen School District. By 1912, the ladies of the VIA had established the town's first public library, which was supported entirely by the VIA and private donations until 1942 when a library commission was formed to collect state and local funds. The VIA still supports the Rehoboth Public Library with an annual grant as well as purchasing new books.
The VIA joined the Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs in 1912, and in 1923 became part of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, whose members are united by a dedication to community improvement through volunteer service. The Village Improvement Association historically has remained a strong supporter of both DSFWC and GFWC .
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CH-47/MH-47 Chinook is a tandem rotor, twin engine, heavy-lift helicopter designed to transport artillery,
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The legacy of the Chinook began in 1958 and continues today with the CH-47F and MH-47G configurations.
According to Boeing, since the introduction of the CH-47, 1,179 aircraft have been built.
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The Chinook is the most reliable and efficient transport helicopter in the world, capable of handling loads of up to 25,000 pounds. The tandem rotor configuration provides exceptional handling qualities enabling the CH-47 to operate in climatic, altitude, and crosswind conditions that keep most other helicopters from flying.
The CH-47F Chinook has a triple hook system, which provides stability to large external loads or the capacity for multiple external loads. Large external loads such as 155mm howitzers can be transported at speeds of up to 162 mph using the triple hook load configuration. Multiple external loads can be delivered to two or three separate destinations in one sortie. CH-47F units have accumulated more than 86,000 combat hours in Afghanistan and maintained an operational readiness rate of over 80%.
New features on the CH-47F (as compared to earlier models) include the digital Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) from Rockwell Collins + modifications to the airframe to reduce vibration. The upgraded CAAS cockpit comes with MFD-268C3 multi-function display units, CDU-7000 control display units, PSM-8600 processor switch modules, and VPM-8600 video processor modules. CAAS also includes a digital data bus that permits installation of enhanced communications and navigation equipment for improved situational awareness, mission performance, and survivability. The CAAS interfaces with the BAE Systems Digital Advanced Flight Control System (DAFCS). The new aircraft uses more powerful Honeywell T55-GA-714A engines that improve fuel efficiency and enhance lift performance. Also, the CH-47F features the AN/ARC-231 Airborne Communication System from Raytheon, which includes two UHF/VHF AM/FM radios. Older Chinooks were equipped with AN/ARC-164 (UHF-AM) and AN/ARC-186 (VHF-AM/FM) radios. The CH-47F is also equipped with two AN/ARC-201 SINCGARS radios, one AN/ARC-220 high frequency radio, and one L-Band BFT transceiver. Other CH-47F equipment includes the AN/APX-123(V) Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder.
The first fully equipped U.S. Army Chinook, the CH-47A, entered service in August 1962 with a gross weight of 33,000 lbs (50,000 pounds for the CH-47F). Boeing introduced the CH-47B in 1966 with an improved airframe and new T55-L-7C engines and a gross weight of 40,000 pounds. The CH-47C was developed in 1967 with T55-L-11 engines and a gross weight capability of 44,000 pounds. The CH-47D was developed in May 1979 with Initial Operational Capability (IOC) achieved in February 1984. The CH-47D has a gross weight capability of 50,000 pounds and is powered by T55-L-712 engines.
The MH-47 is a special forces variant of the CH-47. It is used by the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), the largest of the service components that make up U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM). The MH-47 provides an in-flight refueling capability, a fast-rope rappelling system as well as other upgrades. The MH-47G is currently being delivered to the Army. It features more advanced avionics than the MH-53E, including the digital Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS), which is also featured on the CH-47F. The CAAS is a common glass cockpit used by helicopters such as the MH-60L/M U.S. Army special forces rotorcraft, and the CH-53E/K Super Stallion. The MH-47G incorporates all of the new features on the CH-47F. Apart from the CAAS, the avionics package on the MH-47G includes a multi-mode radar; the Raytheon AN/AAQ-16B or AN/AAQ-27A forward-looking infrared (FLIR) system installed in the nose of the helicopter; digital moving map display; dual MIL-STD-1553 digital databuses; AN/ASN-145 AHRS; AN/ASN-137 inertial doppler navigational set; Rockwell Collins CP1516-ASQ automatic target hand-off system; Rockwell Collins AN/ASN-149(V)2 GPS receiver; Rockwell Collins AN/ARN-149(V) low-frequency automatic direction finder; BAE Systems AN/ALE-47 Airborne Countermeasures Dispenser System; Goodrich AN/AVR-2A Laser Warning System; Northrop Grumman AN/APR-39B(V)2 Radar Warning Receiver; ATK AN/AAR-47 Missile Warning System; Exelis AN/ALQ-136(V)2 radar pulse jammer; Exelis AN/ALQ-211(V)7 countermeasures set; Northrop Grumman AN/ALQ-162(V) countermeasures set; and chaff/flare dispensers.
The CH-47/MH-47 U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) modernization program is in full rate production and will ensure that aircraft are sustained at least through 2030. According to Boeing, it is not unlikely that Chinook helicopters will be Army aviation assets for a century or more. The CH-47F is expected to remain the Army's heavy lift helicopter until at least the 2038 timeframe. The modernization program calls for 550 Chinooks (489 new-build and remanufactured CH-47F helicopters and 61 MH-47G remanufactured aircraft). CH-47F procurement will be complete after FY 2018. Consequently, the Army will evaluate a CH-47F depot level recapitalization program starting in FY 2023 to extend the CH-47F's service life to FY 2040 and beyond.
The Chinook program is in full rate production (FRP) and remains on schedule with 373 aircraft on contract (227 new build and 146 remanufacture). A total of 290 aircraft had been delivered as of March 21, 2013: 231 CH-47Fs (reman and new) and 59 MH-47Gs (reman). As of February 27, 2014, a total of 332 aircraft had been delivered: 273 CH-47Fs (reman and new) and 59 MH-47Gs (reman). On October 27, 2014, Boeing delivered the 300th CH-47F to the U.S. Army. FY 2013 was the last year of procurement of the SOCOM MH-47G. The first of eight new build MH-47G configured Chinook helicopters was delivered to the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command on September 29, 2014, and deliveries continue through 2015.
On June 11, 2013, Boeing was awarded a five-year contract for the production and delivery of 155 CH-47F helicopters with options for 60 additional aircraft. The contract has a total value of $4.9 billion.
According to Boeing, 18 countries around the world are operating Chinooks. More recently, Canada took delivery of its 15th and final CH-147F on June 30, 2014.
The CH-47F can be equipped with up to 3x M240 7.62mm machine guns - one on loading ramp and two at shoulder windows. The MH-47G has four gun stations with two M134 7.62mm miniguns in the front of the aircraft and two M240D 7.62mm machine guns in the rear.
In FY 2016, the unit cost of a CH-47F New Build is $29.81 million (total flyaway cost). The airframe costs $21.98 million, the two T55-GA-714A engines cost $2.12 million ($1.06 million each), and the avionics package costs $1.38 million.
The total procurement cost of the CH-47F program is $14.85 billion (estimated by the DoD) + $0.17 billion in research and development (RDT&E) funds, which means the total estimated program cost is $15.02 billion (numbers are aggregated annual funds spent over the life of the program and no price/inflation adjustment was made).
The CH-47 Chinook provides a system designed to transport ground forces, supplies, ammunition, and other battle-critical cargo in support of worldwide combat and contingency operations.
Provides $994.9 million for the production of 32 aircraft, of which 4 will be New Build aircraft and 28 will be ReNew/Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) aircraft. FY 2015 is the third year of a 5-year multi year procurement (MYP) program.
Provides $1,123.9 million for the fourth year of a 5-year MYP contract
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to launch a space telescope aboard the space shuttle in 1983. The program is on schedule and within its budget, and all the telescope's scientific instruments should meet or exceed the established performance requirements. GAO believes that NASA should provide Congress with better financial information on this project.
On a recent status report, NASA listed its development cost estimates for the telescope project but did not show the portion of those costs which consist of project reserves. Also, the report did not show contract cost growth information. NASA believes that publication of detailed data in quasi-public documents would prejudice their contract negotiating position. GAO felt that negotiated contract prices, contract changes, and total project reserves could be reported without prejudicing the Government's interests. Development cost estimates were understated. Items such as civil service salaries, early study efforts, and inflation were not included in the estimates. Also, the status report did not include life-cycle costs for the project. NASA officials opposed including cost elements over which the Project Manager had little or no control. However, GAO felt that since all costs have an impact on the NASA budget, they should be included so that Congress can make informed judgments on the program's future.
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They might have scored an easy looking seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals here tonight but Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh said chasing 140 odd runs was not easy on the slow and turning track.
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"The plan was to have one lefty stay there till the end and that's exactly what Hayden did. We made it look easy but it was tough," Dhoni said after the match. Dhoni also praised Badrinath, who scored a masterly 59 to play a big part in their team's win.
"Hayden was brilliant and Badri made the most of the opportunity to bat up the order. We need to improve the fielding but overall I am happy with the performance."
Losing skipper Shane Warne too praised Chennai batsmen, saying "I think we were 20 runs short and left too much for ourselves in the end. But it was a fighting total and we fought all the way. Chennai showed their class. They batted brilliantly."
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In a decision released this morning, The Supreme Court of Canada upheld the decision of a New Brunswick labour arbitration board, which struck down Irving Pulp and Paper Ltd mill's policy requiring random alcohol testing for employees.
The mill had introduced a unilateral randomized alcohol testing policy, which was challenged by a worker who had passed the testing, based on the ground of privacy. The board found in favour of the employee, however the New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench and Court of Appeal both found in favour of the employee.
The majority of Supreme Court judges agreed with the labour board, which found that the mill did not have a serious safety problem associated with alcohol, and therefore did not have reasonable grounds for testing.
"In this case, the expected safety gains to the employer were found by the board to range from uncertain to minimal, while the impact on employee privacy was severe," the court's decision reads. The judgment stated that employees wishing to put this type of policy into place should not expect it to stand up to a challenge in court.
The decision was split 6-3 and in a lengthy statement, the dissenting judges argued that the decision put too high a burden on employers to justify a random alcohol testing policy, requiring a "significant or serious" problem. The Irving mill had seen just eight cases in 15 years.
"An employer does not have to wait for a serious incident of loss, damage, injury or death to occur before taking action," the dissenting judges argue. "To require such a causal connection is not only unreasonable, it is patently absurd."
One added point was that the majority of the court has suggested that there is no different standard for testing for alcohol and testing for drugs, which used to be considered two different levels, Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti associate Chris Sinal said.
The court did leave a small opening for employers, saying in some "extreme" circumstances there may not be a need for reasonable cause, but did not elaborate on what that situation might look like.
"In most cases for random drug and alcohol testing you're going to need some kind of reasonable cause and evidence to demonstrate why the risk in the workplace and the need to address it outweighs the privacy interest of the employee," Sinal said. "The impression before this case was that employers of a hazardous work environment may have a lighter onus to show there is a pre-existing problem but that doesn't appear to be the case anymore and they are going to have to show some evidence."
The court didn't clarify what level of evidence would be required, but it would essentially be a balance of interest so the evidence of a problem and safety risk outweighed the right to privacy.
The case is of particular interest as more companies push for alcohol and drug testing under health and safety policies. Testing is common in parts of Canada, specifically in the west where mining and other industries are influenced by the US, where 50% of industries use randomized testing in the workplace.
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LAS VEGAS, July 20, 2014 – The NBA announced tonight that Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert was named to the Samsung All-NBA Summer League Second Team. Gobert averaged 11.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in 23.8 minutes over four games.
Gobert (7-1, 245, France) completed his rookie season with the Jazz in 2013-14, appearing in 45 games and averaging 2.3 points and 3.4 rebounds. The 22-year-old Jazzman was selected in the first round (27th overall pick) in the 2013 NBA Draft.
Glen Rice, Jr., who was named the Samsung NBA Summer League Most Valuable Player, is joined on the Samsung All-NBA Summer League First Team by Wizards teammate Otto Porter, along with Chicago Bulls Doug McDermott and Tony Snell and Donatas Motiejunas of the Houston Rockets.
Joining Gobert on the Samsung All-NBA Summer League Second Team are Tim Hardaway, Jr. (New York Knicks), Jordan McRae (Philadelphia 76ers), Russ Smith (New Orleans Pelicans) and T.J. Warren (Phoenix Suns).
Samsung NBA Summer League 2014 has featured a tournament-style schedule for the second consecutive year, with the Golden State Warriors having won the inaugural championship in 2013. Each of the participating teams played three games apiece between July 11 and 15 before being seeded in the tournament, which tipped off on July 16 and will run through the championship game on July 21.
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Tony Snell – Chicago Bulls
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Jordan McRae – Philadelphia 76ers
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One can only be glad that so many white middle-class conservatives are fairly late in life learning the joy of protest, the feeling the thrill of the barricades, and experiencing the carthartic wonders of getting involved.
Let's face it, public protest is exhilarating. To see so many otherwise stodgy people on an adrenalin high as they shout down their elected representatives and lay siege to the very idea of a town-hall meeting as a forum for ideas, is to take one back to civil rights marches, anti-nuclear demonstrations, picket lines and construction protests.
You've not lived until you've yelled your heart out in public. Protest–even misguided protest–is good for the soul.
Day after day we see really nice respectable people giving voice to their dislike of the Obama administration, their sense that the America that has been so generous to them is changing; that it may not be as generous to their grandchildren.
Righteous anger is as good as a whole slew of martinis, and there are no calories and no hangover.
After all, this all about heat not light. You're out there yelling in public for one of two reasons: (1)You've missed doing it since the days of Vietnam War, protests, or (2) It's something you've never done because the beastly liberals were doing it.
These protesters want to take back America. But first, they want to wrest the joy of public protesting from the liberals. For too long these crypto-socialists have had all the fun, from free love to smoking exotic cheroots and pouring into the streets to protest every conservative initiative, social policy or war. Just think of Victor Hugo.
Begone liberals. You can't have all the fun because now we have some of it. And if any of those crackpot, socialistic, inconveniently elected Congress types try and sell their Dr. Government health care schemes by town hall meeting, we'll be there, golf shirts and pants with a touch of spandex freshly laundered. Protesting is no longer for the unwashed; people with Brooks Brothers suits in the closet can now head to the barricades to fight for the right.
These town hall meetings are the gift that keeps on giving. There's really no impediment to the joy of protest for the aging guys and gals who find
retirement a yawn. Public policy activism is the tonic these people need. Get out there and let Obamacare take it on the chin. Tell them that old people are left to die in England, that rationing dominates in Canada, that the French are forced to guzzle wine in lieu of medication, and that the Japanese are falling like flies.
Isn't this a great country in which even conservatives can have a go at hitting the bricks?
You're the rebels now, at the baracades, standing strong against the forces of the evil reformers. Compare socialized medicine with the post office. Beat on those bureaucrats, who you claim are going to be making health care decisions instead of doctors.
Here is a quick guide for the neophyte protester:
Don't use an out-of-state car. Don't wear too many diamonds. Journalists don't understand; besides they're in the tank for Obama. Try to look like a liberal: shabby. Don't mention daddy's fortune, your Palm Beach pied-a-terre, or the place in France. Go forth and shout for America.
Just one more thing: Whatever you do, don't let it out that you are on Medicare. Sadly, it's one of the most popular government programs ever. –For the Hearst-New York Times Syndicate
Obama Diagnosis, Won't Prescribe
President Barack Obama starts from a pretty compelling argument: In the rich industrialized nations, the rich and the poor should be able to afford to get sick. They surely will. Disease does not means test.
But after that, the health care argument gets away from the president. In fact, he hasn't made his own argument.
This week Obama has argued passionately for reform, as he did in his prime-time news conference Wednesday night. But we have yet to hear his personal view of what an American health care system should look like. One suspects that it is the solution that dare not speak its name: a single-payer system, a government system. Yes, a–dread word–socialist system.
The empirical evidence from Australia to Ireland, Canada to Norway is that this is the way to go. Every country with a national health service pays less for health care per capita than does the United States. And not one has contemplated canceling their system.
Yet it is a concept that may be too radical for Americans. It also may be too late in the evolution of the health care industry to nationalize the system.
Canada had the most difficulty nationalizing health care of any major country, and is still groaning. Canada did not plunge in; it waded into a state system, and put it all together in an age of sophisticated medicine. But it is not without problems: for example, Canada failed to comprehend that if everyone who needs to see a doctor sees one, more doctors will be needed. There is a chronic shortage of doctors in Canada.
Britain, by contrast, nationalized its health system after World War II, when medicine was simpler and the process was easier. It was also a time of post-war idealism. Today, like most state systems, it functions well enough but not perfectly. Well enough for Britons living abroad, including in the United States, to fly home for major surgery.
The world of single-payer does allow for private insurance, and it is flourishing in countries like Ireland. This provides a second tier for those who feel the basic system is too rudimentary. Under this arrangement if you want a procedure for a non-life-threatening ailment, which would require a long wait in the state system, you visit the specialist–called a consultant in the British Isles–and the insurance company picks up the tab. The idea is that the well-off get what they want, and the rest get what they want.
Obama's problem is that he can diagnose the problem but has failed to prescribe a solution that he appears to believe in. He is waiting for Congress to produce something that he can sign onto, called reform, and that will not expand the budget. Where European and some Pacific countries have allowed private systems to piggyback on state systems, Congress is struggling with the reverse and the president is going along. Congress is planning to have the state piggyback on the employer-paid system.
The idea that employers should carry the health care burden probably goes back to the 19th century when railroads, coal mines and ships found it best to employ a doctor to keep workers on the job. Today, it is an incongrous burden on American firms in an age of globalization.
The three principal schemes for a new day in health care seek to preserve private insurance as primary, mandate portability, demand that commercial insurers do not reject pre-existing conditions, and provide some kind of safety net from the government. And, yes, the whole new edifice will be revenue-neutral.
At his press conference, Obama was ebullient, funny at times–the very picture of a man about to get what he wants. By contrast, in the halls of Congress, the lawmakers who are supposed to deliver this package are despondent. They do not know what the president will accept and are not persuaded that huge federal spending will not result. There is real political fear on Capitol Hill. Wednesday night did not allay it.
Now Meet Those Too Big To Be Denied
We have all heard about "too big to fail." How about "too big to be denied?"
Step forward two commercial sectors that are certain to get in the way of President Barack Obama's reform plans: the nation's health insurers and its defense contractors.
The former are bound and determined to hold their lucrative position in any extension of health coverage to the uninsured. In this way, a new health agenda will be designed as much to accommodate the insurers as the patients and providers.
Likewise as Defense Secretary Robert Gates struggles to reform defense procurement and to cancel some weapons systems, he has to deal with the massive power of the defense giants. In defense, the customer is always wrong; and the vendors, through their congressional sponsors, overwhelm the department and get what they want, not what field commanders need or the national interest cries out for.
Ironically the Clinton administration strengthened the defense lobby, and its ability to push around the Pentagon, by orchestrating the consolidation of defense contractors into a few behemoths, as part of the downsizing of the military in the 1990s. Norman Augustine, chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin from 1995-97, told me that during his tenure, Lockheed Martin had absorbed 19 small contractors.
The big contractors of today–Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Northrup Grumman, BAE and the European wannabe EADS—have conscientiously scattered their manufacturing among many states. One program has components made in 44 states. That means jobs, and jobs mean political clout.
The health insurers, who succeeded in sinking the Clinton health care reform effort, are ready for some concessions, but only enough to insure their dominance. The health insurers and their conservative allies are expert in predicting the arrival of creeping socialism, unless the private insurers retain their supremacy in financing and profiting from the health care system. Ironically, they claim any larger government role in health care will lead to rationing. Yet it is the insurers who ration health care now; and if you are in an HMO they ration it severely, cruelly and sometimes lethally.
A favorite argument is that health care reform will substitute the judgment of doctors for the judgment of bureaucrats. One of the more appalling aspects of the current situation is that the insurance companies day to day substitute the judgment of clerks for that of doctors.
The health insurers will not be denied, but they feel it is reasonable to deny the evidence against them. When health care was in the operating theater in the l990s, and Hillary Clinton was poised to plunge in the scalpel, the insurers rose up against anyone who had evidence that the system was serving the companies, not medicine and not patients. They succeeded in banning from the debate what they dismissed as "anecdotal evidence." They wanted the debate discussed on a level where they could dismiss reports of their own shortcomings, and conduct the debate in terms of capitalism versus socialism.
It is only now, with business crying out for reform, that the issue is being aired again.
My anecdotal evidence is this: I have lived under government-run medicine in England. It works well enough. The young are favored over the old there, whereas here the old are favored over the young here. Now I am on Medicare,which is remarkably like being on the National Health Service in Britain, except I am being favored over the young.
For 33 years, I ran my own publishing company in Washington. After payroll, the biggest expense was health care. To keep the cost down we changed the carrier frequently, to everyone's inconvenience and a lack of continuity. When one employee had a rare and painful cancer, the insurance company paid for radiation and chemotherapy but denied payment for painkillers.
For years, ATT ran the telephone system and ordained that plugging in a phone could not be performed by a customer and black instruments were all that should be offered. They were, they thought, too big to be denied.
Robert Gates has shown guts in trying to deny the oligarchs of defense. Congress will need bravery in denying rent-takers in health care. Meanwhile, those who are too-big-to-be-denied are pumping dollars into Washington's K Street, where the lobbyists carry their water.


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ALARMSection: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: 2015-08-08
NAMEalarm - set an alarm clock for delivery of a signal
#include <unistd.h>unsigned int alarm(unsigned int seconds);
DESCRIPTIONalarm() arranges for a SIGALRMsignal to be delivered to the calling process in secondsseconds.
If secondsis zero, any pending alarm is canceled.
RETURN VALUEalarm() returns the number of seconds remaining until any ly scheduled alarm was due to be delivered, or zero if there was no ly scheduled alarm.
CONFORMING TOPOSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
NOTESalarm() and setitimer(2) share the same timer; calls to one will interfere with use of the other.
Alarms created by alarm() are preserved across execve(2) and are not inherited by children created via fork(2).
sleep(3) may be implemented using SIGALRM; mixing calls to alarm() and sleep(3) is a bad idea.
Scheduling delays can, as ever, cause the execution of the process to be delayed by an arbitrary amount of time.
SEE ALSOgettimeofday(2), pause(2), select(2), setitimer(2), sigaction(2), signal(2), sleep(3), time(7)
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"I am a very angry man," Brian Cox assures me. With a smile so ravishing it could melt a stone. "What would you like to drink?" He doesn't seem the least bit angry. In fact, he's so relaxed that even though it's mid- afternoon, he looks like he just rolled out of bed, with his bare feet, unshaven face and ruffled hair. A few minutes later, he emerges from the kitchen with a cup of coffee and leads the way to the balcony, overlooking the expansive wilderness behind the Hollywood Hills. He is absolutely gleeful about being here in Los Angeles. "Isn't this wonderful?" he exclaims. "There's a magical, dreamlike quality to it. You don't have to take anything too seriously here."
One thing he has taken seriously is work. In nine months Cox has completed three movies: Desperate Measures, a Barbet Schroeder thriller starring Michael Keaton; Jim Sheridan's drama, The Boxer, with Daniel Day-Lewis and Emily Watson; and a BBC production, Food For Ravens, in which he plays the dynamic Welsh politician, Nye Bevan. More recently he's been consumed by David Hare's play, Skylight, for which he received rave reviews in LA.
Cox, 52, gazes around at the idyllic scene and draws a deep breath, as if trying to suck it all up. "It can't get better than this," he says. "All I ever wanted from acting was the chance to do good work, get well paid, and it all happened to me. I've got the sun on my back while it's cold and wet in England."
The weather is just one reason Cox finds himself here, an escapee from everything he found stifling in Britain - the theatre, television, poverty, and a lack of passion. "I think moving to LA has been very important to me," he muses. "I wanted it to heal some inner wound of some kind," he admits. "I wanted revenge; I wanted to prove people wrong - and I've done it. It's a pretty childish way to go through life - `I'll show them' - but I suppose it's what drives me on." Despite his bristling crew cut and weathered face, he looks at once shamefaced and defiant, like a rebellious schoolboy.
Cox also left because he got disillusioned with working in English theatre, an experience the two-time Olivier Award winner refers to as "deadening and disheartening". He continues: "I've never been comfortable working on the London stage. I've done it all, but I never enjoyed it. It's a curiously closed world to me. I find that the theatre in England has been dominated by the same people forever and ever and ever.
"The great thing here is the naivety of the audience. Oh, they behave atrociously - they get up and walk about - but what I like is the genuine enjoyment.
"I went to see Arcadia in the West End a while ago," he recalls. "And a woman went to sleep on my shoulder as soon as the lights went down. At the interval she woke up and said, `Let's go and get a nice drink at the bar.' She came back for the second act, fell asleep again, and woke up with the applause. And she said - honest to God - `That's what I call a wonderful afternoon at the theatre.'
"I thought, `Well at least we're providing some kind of a service and people can sleep."
After studying his craft at Dundee Rep and Lamda, Cox assembled a strong body of work in the theatre, from King Lear and Richard III at the National, to Rat in the Skull at the Royal Court and, in 1987, his tour de force performance in Titus Andronicus at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Yet despite the acclaim he always felt he wasn't accepted. "I still get uncomfortable around the theatre clique in London," he adds, almost shyly. "I feel like the outsider, the maverick. I can be a tyrant; I want what I want. I learned too late in life that it doesn't always do you good speaking your mind."
He sighs. "As I've gotten older, I think I've relaxed. When I was a young actor I turned a lot of work down because I wanted to stay true to my profession. I wanted to be a serious actor. My ex-wife used to take lodgers in to make ends meet, just so I could live with myself. I was really an arrogant young fool!
"If I had stopped being so idealistic and righteous then maybe my wife wouldn't have left me. I sacrificed relationships in pursuit of this goal. My advice is don't push so hard; if you do, you end up alone."
Cox seems more at home in the rough and tumble of Hollywood. Since he moved back to California in 1995 he has appeared in six features, including Braveheart, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Chain Reaction and The Glimmer Man.
"Most actors of my generation in Britain do not work enough," he says. "I came here because there's an opportunity to earn a living, which there isn't at home. A lot of actors do one or two jobs a year. They can't live off that. I think it's a profession.
"What I wanted to do was a television series. I thought I'd found the material when I did a pilot for the BBC in 1993 called The Negotiator. It had great potential, but it was also very dark and so they axed it, even though it attracted 10 million viewers. I realised there and then that I couldn't do the work I wanted to do in Britain."
Even today, as Cox and I bask in the afternoon sunshine, the BBC's lack of faith in the series still riles him. As he talks, it is clear that a great deal of anger lurks beneath his immense charm. "One of the big disappointments back home is television," he says. "It used to be the benchmark for the rest of the world, but now it's terrible. It's all populism for populism sake. When people started making drama programmes, it was an opportunity to bring rich drama to the masses. That was one of the great principles of television. Today, they cut their cloth accordingly. The drama is on the same level as the game show.
"I've always been a populist, and I know what populism is," he continues. "And populism isn't patronising, which is how it is practiced on British TV. Populism is taking an idea and making it so potent and passionate that people pick up on it immediately. It's why great plays like Hamlet and Richard III last, because everyone gets inflamed by it. It's got nothing to do with taste. It transcends that. It's theatre at its best or television at its best. In the '60s we had so many great writers. It was so vibrant then. It had a uniqueness, an energy. But now it's become so placid."
He shrugs. "Nowadays it's all run by suits," he adds brusquely. "At least in America they've given the power back to the writer. It's healthy to see so many writer-producers doing well; it's why American TV leads the world. In Britain ... it's all about safety. It's about covering your ass and not rocking the boat."
Why then did he return to British soil from working on $60m Hollywood productions to make Food For Ravens, a BBC Wales drama budgeted somewhere near $1.2m? "It was a throwback to the way things were; quality work performed in a quality working environment," he says. "It was too good to resist. The writer-director, Trevor Griffiths, gave me the script while I was in the West End last year and it was brilliant. It was a wonderfully poignant story about the final years of a remarkable man's life, and when you're drawn to it like I was, the money doesn't matter."
Nye Bevan, the charismatic Labour politician and leading light of the socialist movement from the Thirties to the Fifties was, among many other things, responsible for giving birth to the National Health Service. "He was probably the greatest British parliamentarian of the 20th century," states Cox.
"He was an amazing man, but he was tough. He always took the opposite view of things. He was very tenacious and stubborn, but intuitive too." Food For Ravens, which will be broadcast on BBC2 this Sunday, focuses not on the great political achievements of the Ebbw Vale MP's life, but on the last year, when he's bedridden and dying from cancer. "He doesn't know he's dying," says Cox. "While he's doped up on morphine, he lapses into the past and sees himself as a young man with his wife on the farm, and he relives memorable moments from his life. It's very enlightening and the first work I've done in Britain for ages that I'm particularly proud of."
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FSBO or a Real Estate Agent?
The lowdown on selling your house yourself -- without the help of a real estate agent.
If you sell your home yourself, without the assistance of a real estate agent, you can save a bundle on commissions. However, make sure you know what you're getting into first. Learn about what the process entails, whether it's a good idea for your situation, and where to get help if you do decide to go it alone. Above all, get to know the market well enough that you don't end up selling the home for less than it's worth.
Are Real Estate Agents Required?
No law requires you to hire a real estate agent when you sell a house. Some states, however, particularly in the eastern half of the country, require a real estate attorney to handle the transfer documents and closing. Check with your state department of real estate to find out whether an attorney is required in your state.
What Tasks Are Involved in Selling a Home?
The closer you look, the more little tasks are revealed as crucial in preparing, marketing, and successfully selling your home. The most important tasks that a real estate agent will normally perform for you include:
- evaluating the local market and comparable home values
- suggesting an appropriate listing price
- advising you on how best to present your home, including providing referrals to painters, repair persons, and more
- helping coordinate preparation of disclosure and other needed forms and documents
- creating advertising materials and arranging for photographs (interior and exterior, hopefully done by a professional) and possibly an exterior drawing of your home
- placing ads on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) and in other media, and sending out postcards to potentially interested buyers on the agent's mailing list
- arranging for individual visits to the property -- if you're no longer living there, most likely by providing a lockbox for use by other realtors, and meeting with individuals who don't yet have their own agent
- answering questions and providing documents such as disclosure packets to potentially interested buyers and their agents
- holding one or more open houses, possibly including weekday open houses for other real estate brokers to visit and weekend open houses for the public (which itself involves many tasks, such as arranging for and putting out signs in advance, and providing food for the broker's open houses, as is traditional in some areas)
- receiving offers to buy your house, whether via email/mail or in person if other agents wish to formally present their offers
- helping you evaluate the strength of each offer and strategize on issues like whether to accept or reject an offer outright or make a counteroffer, and whether to also look for or arrange a backup offer.
- negotiate with the buyer's agent until the purchase contract is complete (although this task may fall more to an attorney in states where legal help is required)
- coordinate with the buyer's agent throughout the escrow period, helping to make the house available for inspections and appraisals and make sure you're doing your part to close the deal
- help you strategize over requests made while in escrow, such as for a reduction in purchase price due to repair issues revealed in the inspection, and negotiating such issues with the buyer's agent (unless any attorneys are still involved), and
- attend the closing.
Sound like a lot? Indeed, it can be a full-time, nights and weekends job in the days and weeks while your house is on the market. And, as any agent will tell you, it's not all glamorous. Some have been known to get out a mop and give a house a last scrubbing before the open house (but don't count on this!) or drag their own furniture over if it will make the house look better.
For Sale By Owner
Selling a house without an agent is called a FSBO (pronounced "fizzbo") -- For Sale By Owner. As you might have already guessed, people who try it usually develop some appreciation for how agents earn their commission. If you want to go it alone, be sure you have the time, energy, and ability to handle all the details.
Before you dive in, you should also evaluate the market and your schedule. FSBOs are usually more feasible in sellers' markets where there's more competition for homes, or when you're not in a hurry to sell.
What FSBO Sellers Need to Know About Real Estate Rules and Regulations
To sell your house by yourself, you must learn the legal rules that govern real estate transfers in your state, such as who must sign the papers, who can conduct the actual transaction, and what to do if and when encumbrances are discovered that slow down the transfer of ownership. Try searching for information online, talking to friends with expertise (unless you already happen to be a lawyer or similarly informed professional), or hiring a lawyer for a few hours' consultation.
You also must find out if there are any state-mandated disclosures as to the physical condition of your house. (For information on disclosures, see Required Disclosures When Selling Real Estate.)
How to List Your Home for Sale
Get help from FSBO websites. If you're interested in going it on your own, check out sites such as www.owners.com or www.fsboguide.com.
List your home on the MLS. For maximum exposure, you can list your house on the MLS, which many real estate agents use to advertise available properties. There are several options for getting your house listed on the MLS:
- pay a low fee through some FSBO sites, or
- pay a real estate agent to do it for you.
The Middle Ground Approach
To save on commissions without getting in over your head, you might consider doing most of the work yourself -- such as showing the house -- and using a real estate agent to help with such crucial tasks as:
- setting the price of your house
- advertising your home in the MLS, or
- handling some of the more complicated paperwork when the house deal closes.
Negotiate a lower commission. If so, you may be able to negotiate a reduction off of the typical 5% to 6% commission agents charge, or you may be able to find a real estate agent who charges by the hour for specified services, such as reviewing the sales contract.
Use a discount broker. Discount real estate services are available from franchise operations such as ZipRealty, Help-U-Sell, and other independent real estate companies and individual brokers.
Hiring a Real Estate Agent
If you decide you don't want to sell on your own or use a real estate agent for limited services, you can hire one to provide the traditional services, including listing your home for sale, showing it to prospective buyers, and negotiating on your behalf. Keep in mind that you don't have to decide this right away. If you have time, you can try selling on your own first, then choose an agent if that doesn't seem to be working.
For advice on hiring a real estate agent and all other aspects of selling your home, see Selling Your House: Nolo's Essential Guide, by Ilona Bray.
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Basketball teams from around the region clashed on the court this weekend at White Mountain's annual tournament.
Basketball teams from around the region clashed on the court this weekend at White Mountain's annual tournament.
BSSD received grants that will aid in student growth and teacher retention, two topics that were the main focus of their recent meetings in Elim and Koyuk.
Jeffery Kimoktoak, 26, was found about 60 miles north of Elim just before 8 p.m. on Tuesday. He has no reported injuries, according to Alaska State Troopers.
Nome Elementary School will host two performances of Assimilation — Saturday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m.
While newcomer Patrick Johansen defeated Don Stiles for Nome's board seat, incumbents claimed victory in Elim, Savoonga, and Teller.
After elections last week, the Bering Strait School District's board of education will feature several familiar faces — and one new one.
Irene Navarro and Charlotte "Jane" Kava are running unopposed for re-election. Aurora Johnson faces competition from Annabelle Cunningham, and Sherman Richard challenges Reggie Barr.
Nome voters will cast ballots for mayor, city council, school board, and the utility board; voters in Nome, Elim, Savoonga, St. Michael, and Teller will also vote for their NSEDC board member.
As more than $2.6 million is paid out to summer crab and salmon fishermen, NSEDC's board met in August to discuss commercial fishing in Norton Sound and beyond.
Now in its fourth year in the region, Lemonade Day involved nearly 300 children around the Bering Strait last year, bringing in more than $6,500 in earnings and another $2,500 in donations.
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