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USS New Orleans drydocks at ASRY
USS New Orleans (LPD 18) entered dry dock in Bahrain on Saturday to continue repair work on the ship's hull.
The amphibious transport dock was damaged in a collision with USS Hartford (SSN 768) March 20, 2009
The Navy signed a firm fixed price contract with ASRY, Manama, Bahrain to repair New Orleans.
The repair contract includes planning efforts, material procurement, pre-fabrication and dry dock repair work and is expected to be completed in 10 to 14 days.
Two commercial vessels are in the ASRY graving dock at the same time as New Orleans. They are MV Virginian, a U.S. flagged munitions ship often contracted by the Military Sealift Command and the Ensco International jack-up rig Ensco-97.
While New Orleans will be repaired in Bahrain, U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command engineers determined that Hartford will be repaired in the United States. The submarine recently completed sea trials and is underway, making a surface transit back to her homeport of Groton, Conn.


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After four trades in eight days, Ottawa Senators fans may need a program to know who is playing for them.
Senators general manager Bryan Murray continued to make over the roster of a team that's set to miss the NHL playoffs for the second time in three seasons on Friday, when he dealt out-of-favour starting goaltender Brian Elliott to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Craig Anderson.
It's the latest move by the Senators, who have lost 18 of the past 20 games and are looking to clean house.
With veterans Mike Fisher, Chris Kelly and Jarkko Ruutu shipped off to Nashville, Boston and Anaheim, respectively, in exchange for draft picks, the Senators gained more flexibility over the off-season as the 29-year-old Anderson is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent.
"I didn't think our goaltending was good enough going forward," Murray said.
"The good thing about it is we get a chance for 20-something games to look and watch (Anderson) and, during that time period, I would think that we'll have discussions and we'll see where we want to be and where he wants to be."
The Senators were hoping Anderson would arrive in time to back up Swedish rookie Robin Lehner on Friday night when they welcomed Kelly and the Bruins to Scotiabank Place.
Friday's deal offers a fresh start for Elliott, a 25-year-old native of Newmarket, Ont.
His departure is just the latest in a string of goaltenders to pass through Ottawa's room with his confidence shaken.
"Maybe we haven't gone out and got the right goaltender," Murray said when asked about the team's bad luck with netminders.
"We haven't had the high-end guy here that's come and he doesn't care about anything other than playing well and he plays well."
Last season, Elliott helped the Senators put together a franchise-record 11-game win streak. This year he struggled, going 13-19-8 with a 3.19 goals-against average and .894 save percentage. Elliott, who is set to become a restricted free agent after this season, has won just one of his past 17 appearances.
Anderson has not had a great year in Colorado, posting a 13-15-3 mark with a 3.28 GAA and .897 save percentage. But he's also been victim of a struggling team in front of him, so the Senators are hoping he'll at least do the job temporarily.
"Everything goes hand in hand in this business," Murray said. "Our defence would have been better if our goaltending would have been better and if we'd scored more goals our defence would have been better and our goaltending would have been better."
The Senators feel Lehner will eventually be the solution to their years-long search for quality netminding. However, with Pascal Leclaire injured, Anderson's arrival buys them time to ease Lehner into the NHL ranks.
Murray said that, with still more than a week to go before the Feb. 28 trade deadline, he may not be done making moves.
Among the other candidates likely to be out the door is veteran defenceman Chris Phillips. Murray intended to speak with Phillips' agent, J.P. Barry, on Friday.
Phillips, an unrestricted free agent to be, holds a no-trade clause in his contract and has stated his preference to stay in Ottawa. But he likely holds some value on the trade market and would probably need to take a pay cut from the US$3.5 million he's making this season to fit into the Senators' rebuilding project.
Murray is open to trading any player except for 38-year-old captain Daniel Alfredsson and 20-year-old all-star rookie defenceman Erik Karlsson.
"We expected (trades) a little bit, but I don't think we expected anything to happen this quick," said forward Jason Spezza. "We've put ourselves in a situation where we have to deal with it. You lose a lot of friends, but it is what it is and you have to be professional and move on."
Murray has said previously that he'd ideally like to be free of the contracts of forward Alex Kovalev and defencemen Sergei Gonchar and Filip Kuba, but those could be tough to move.
Kovalev, soon to be 38 and with a reputation for indifferent play, isn't likely to attract many takers, even though his $5-million deal runs out after this season. Likewise, Kuba has had a poor season, becoming a healthy scratch at times, and still has another year at $3.7 million.
Gonchar, going on 37, is signed for another two years at $5.5 million per season. With 22 points and a minus-16 rating in 57 games, he hasn't been the blue-line quarterback the Senators thought they'd be getting when they signed him last July 1.
In the meantime, with injuries to Alfredsson, Jesse Winchester, Gonchar, Chris Campoli and Matt Carkner, the Senators continue to fill spots in the lineup from their AHL affiliate in Binghamton, a trend that will likely continue for the remainder of the season.
It's made for a revolving-door feel in the dressing room.
"I spoke with most of the guys this morning and they understand what's going on and why things are changing," said Senators coach Cory Clouston.
"We have nine guys (change in the lineup) whether it's a week or so ago. It's not easy, but we also stress the opportunity that it's presented to some other players. The young guys, but also some of the other guys that have been around the last couple of years.
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My name is Cornelis Draijer and since a while I'm searching for people with the name Draijer, Drayer or Draaijer. This is for indexing the family stamtree and untill now we have found out that in the Netherlands the family-name Draijer is from 'Lijndraaier' what the profession of ropemaker was. A picture can be found on my website: www.draijer.net and unfortunately it is only in Dutch (yet).
Do you have any relations with the Netherlands, because Drayer is a typical Dutch name, common used by people who immigrated to the United States because Draijer was allways misspelled and therefore they changed there name when they were building up a new live in a new country with a new name. Recently I found another person in the United States with the name Draijer and he wrote me an e-mail that he is from Holland and that he will change his name in Drayer soon, because everyone is misspelling his name. (Do I misspell things also here?)We have found out that one of the very very first forefathers got his name around 1600 when he started a company for making rope in the village Zandvoort, wellknown from the formule-1 car-racing about 10 years ago. Also the name Drayer is mentioned a few times by a priest and was misspelled in a book where he wrote down the newborn children of the village Zandvoort and the father and mother and witnesses.
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It seems like we've been waiting forever for a Snapdragon-based Android phone, which would finally bring high-definition video to smartphones running Google's operating system, but yesterday, Acer finally scratched that itch by confirming their upcoming Liquid phone. Now the details are beginning to juicily leak, and the phone looks good in specs and custom interface, if not in a rather cheap looking physical design.
The hardware is about what we expected: The Acer Liquid is, of course, running a 1GHz Snapdragon processor underclocked down to 768MHz. It sports a WVGA capacitive touchscreen measuring up to 3.5 inches. There's also a five megapixel camera, 256MB of RAM, WiFi, 3G and a 1,350 mAH battery that should suck up a respectable charge and then regurgitate it slowly.
It's the custom shell Acer has slapped on top of Liquid that really snines, though. Using a customized version of Android 1.6 Donut, the Acer Liquid has a more social networking centric contacts system, much like the Palm Pre or the HTC Sense. In addition to the contact management system, Acer has designed their own widgets, as well as a new dialer, a task managing app switcher, a new multimedia dashboard and a skinner applications drawer.
All well and good, and the phone looks impressive, but Acer is still unexperienced in the realm of smartphones, and there's surely some missteps underlying the Liquid's swish exterior. In addition. the Liquid has no release date or price in America yet… and who knows whether Acer will be able to withstand the bloody gamut of American carrier exclusivity deals.
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Miley Cyrus, Robin Thicke & More: Best Moments From New Year's Eve
Miley twerked, Florida Georgia Line cruised, and Kim Kardashian Instagrammed. As the page turned on another year, celebrities really went all out. Here are our favorite moments from the big night.
Sometimes New Year's Eve doesn't live up to all the hype, but that wasn't the case this year. Whether it was Miley Cyrus twerking in Times Square, or Mariah Carey belting out the final notes of 2013, the biggest stars really helped us ring in 2014 with a bang.
Miley Cyrus & More: Perfect Performances On New Year's Eve
Considering Miley was the only singer anyone was talking about all year, it's only fitting that she rang in 2013 in Times Square — the heart of New Year's Eve! As one would expect from a Miley performance, there was plenty of twerking, and a surprising amount of skin, considering how cold it was in New York City.
Miley was joined by Florida Georgia Line, who also dominated the radio this year with their hit song "Cruise." They played their hit, "Round Here," at a concert in Hollywood.
Elsewhere, Robin Thicke suited up for the west coast edition of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. In a sleek tux, Robin performed "Blurred Lines" — another song that was huge this year. Seriously, Miley, FGL, and Robin Thicke — who could have asked for anything more?
Demi Lovato & Ian Somerhalder: International New Year's Eve Superstars
And even though she was in another country, we still loved Demi Lovato's performance as part of ET Canada's New Year's Eve celebration. Far from her home state of Texas, Demi looked so cute all bundled up. 2013 was such a huge year for her, and now that she's decided to leave The X Factor to focus on her music, we're so excited to see what she has up her sleeve!
We also have to give a shout out to The Vampire Diaries star Ian Somerhalder, who showed love to his fans all the way from Tokyo, Japan. He Instagrammed a sexy selfie — glass of champagne in hand, of course — wishing his faithful viewers a happy 2014.
A Kim Kardashian New Year's Eve
And somewhere in paradise, Kim Kardashian was ringing in the new year with her two best buds. In a cute Instagram pic, Kim showed baby North's tiny little hand holding Kim's enormous engagement ring. "It was an amazing year!!!" Kim captioned the photo, highlighting the two huge life moments — her first baby and her engagement to Kanye West — that happened to her in 2013.
And considering all the fun that was had during New Year's Eve, thanks to Moët & Chandon they successfully took over New York City to ring in 2014 with the glamour and style they are accustomed to. Not only did Moët debut as the official champagne of Times Square New Year's Eve but Moët's VP Thomas Bouleuc was also invited to ring the final closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange. Moët's involvement in these iconic New Year's Eve moments highlights what is considered the perfect pairing worldwide, champagne and New Year's Eve.
So HollywoodLifers, which celeb do you think had the best New Year's Eve? Let us know!
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Once the skunk has left, its odor will very likely linger on for a couple of weeks. To speed up the elimination of the odor, place about 25 pounds of charcoal in the den or in the place where the skunk stayed. The charcoal will absorb the skunk odor efficiently and help get rid of the unpleasant smell faster.
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So, continue reading this since I'll tell you how to make a mesh wreath. It's nothing big just simple steps to help you. First it is of course the preparations. Things you need to prepare are the wire. It is usually already shaped, can be round or love shape. You can buy the wire in some craft shops in the town. After that, prepare some wired ribbon, can be one color with different patterns or in some different colors. You'll also need chenille pipe cleaner or ribbon adhesive tape to stick the ribbon and the wire together. If you want to add accessories, you can add some sticker related to the event you're celebrating. Remember, this is not a necessary. When all materials are prepared, you can start making the wreath. Gather the wire and the ribbon together, fold the ribbon in V shape or O shape to make it looks full, then twist it from the back part of the wire and so they're stick together. Apply the chenille pipe cleaner or ribbon adhesive tape to tighten them.


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United said Rooney sustained the damage in training shortly after arriving in Thailand on Wednesday. A club statement confirmed he was expected to miss the next month.
With the England striker's future still uncertain, the setback has come at a sensitive time for the player and new manager David Moyes.
Conspiracy theories have been aired. Eyebrows were raised because Rooney spent just 16 hours in Bangkok before his club decided to send him home, although it is understood he has a medium-grade or 'grade two' hamstring injury – which causes pain when the muscle is stretched and contracted. "Following a scan this evening on a hamstring injury sustained in training, it has been decided Wayne Rooney should return home immediately for further assessment and rehabilitation," the club said in a statement.
Chelsea are expected to make a bid for Rooney following a notably prolonged period without a public statement from the 27-year-old committing himself to Old Trafford.
As he begins rehabilitation in an effort to be fit for the Premier League kick-off, his present and potential future employers will wonder when he will be next in action. Chelsea also arrive in Bangkok on Friday to begin their summer tour.
Rooney will struggle to be fit for the start of the season if the early diagnosis is correct. United are due to face Wigan in the Community Shield on Aug 11 and begin the defence of their title at Swansea the following weekend. Rooney must also be doubtful for England's friendly against Scotland on Aug 14.
Only last week, United's players and coaches were suggesting Rooney had returned from his summer break in the best shape for years.
Moyes, who is due to face the media in Thailand on Friday, has insisted Rooney will remain at United despite Sir Alex Ferguson claiming the striker had asked to leave last May.
Rooney disputes Ferguson's claim, but he will have to force the issue eventually if he is to leave Old Trafford. There are risks in demanding a transfer, however, which will be accentuated by any injury problem as it could scupper any hope he has of an imminent move.
There is simmering ill-feeling between Rooney and United supporters, a relationship that was already on delicate ground as a result of his first transfer request two years ago.
Should United not budge or refuse offers for Rooney, he would be left isolated as he prepares for a pivotal year for club and country.
Moyes, meanwhile, is facing the prospect of missing out on making Thiago Alcantara his first major signing as United manager as Pep Guardiola has revealed his determination to bring the Barcelona midfielder to Bayern Munich.
Moyes appeared to be close to securing the Spain Under-21 captain following strenuous efforts by senior figures at Old Trafford to sign him.
Having failed to secure regular football under Tito Vilanova last season, Thiago has become available for £17 million this summer because of a release clause in his contract and limited first-team opportunities.
But with Thiago keen to secure a similar clause in any deal with United, progress on a move to the Premier League has stalled and Guardiola, who handed the youngster his debut at Barcelona, has confirmed that he has urged his new club Bayern to capitalise on the situation.
"I want Thiago Alcântara," Guardiola said. "I have asked Bayern to get him, but I don't know what will happen. Thiago is the only player I want, that's what I told them. It'll be him or no one. We have many players, but we the need the special extra quality that Thiago Alcantara brings.
"I know Thiago very well. I talked to Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and director Matthias Sammer about him.
"I don't think adding another midfielder will be a problem. I spoke to club about my concept and told them why I want Thiago Alcantara. I give my opinion, but I listen to the board. If they say no, that's OK."
With Thiago opting to leave Barcelona to play more regular football in an effort to break into Spain's World Cup squad, Bayern's capture of Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Götze could play in United's favour, however.
The European champions already appear well-stocked with attacking midfielders, raising the prospect of Thiago enduring a similar lack of action at the Allianz Arena


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Celebrating NMPS Staff
"Stars" of the Month
Throughout the 2018-19 school year, we will be publicly recognizing NMPS staff members for the good work they do to positively impact our students and/or the community of New Milford and we would like you to help! Parents, students, and fellow staff members are invited to complete a short online form to nominate a New Milford Public Schools staff member: whether it be a teacher, guidance counselor, nurse, paraeducator, school psychologist, secretary, social worker, administrator, cafeteria worker, custodian, coach or another support person of your choice. You are welcome to make a nomination at any time and for as many deserving staff members as you wish.
From all the forms submitted, six honorees will be selected each month, one from each school and one non-school specific honoree. All honorees will be invited to attend the Board of Education monthly meeting for public congratulations where they will receive a star lapel pin as a small symbol in recognition of their "star" qualities. In addition, thanks to our continuing partnership with Ingersoll Automotive of Danbury, one lucky honoree each month will be gifted at random with a courtesy car to drive for the month.
Congratulations to the May 2018 "Stars"
Jennifer AndreaGina BernardKelly DeYorio (not pictured)Yvonne de St. CroixMichael Fitzgerald (not pictured)Shayna Sexton
Special congratulations to Jennifer Andrea who will drive the Ingersoll Auto of Danbury NMPS courtesy car.
Congratulations to the April 2018 "Stars"
Denise Ambrose-ArnauckasChristine BensonJennifer ChmielewskiJack DuceyTheresa McGuinnessAnn Marie Tozzi
Congratulations to the March 2018 "Stars"
Florence HottesMichelle KleeErin MoriartyTracy NevinsSandra SullivanKonnie Tlasky
Congratulations to the February 2018 "Stars"
Shannon ArcanoVictoria GiudiceRobyn HicksRoger HillStephanie SagariaLynn Sheeran
Congratulations to the December 2017 "Stars"
Karla BuffingtonLee DovaleAllyson DrahotaJennifer OkoskiKathleen TaylorAshley Vinhateiro
Congratulations to the November 2017 "Stars"
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Congratulations to the October 2017 "Stars"
Debbie ClarkPriscilla FisherCindy GallagherAndrea NoremRose SimmonsJoanne Weber
Congratulations to the September 2017 Star of the MonthNM Teacher of the Year Mrs. Denise Duggan
Congratulations to the May 2017 "Stars"
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Congratulations to the April 2017 "Stars"
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Congratulations to the December 2016 "Stars"
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Congratulations to the November 2016 "Stars"
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Congratulations to the October 2016 "Stars"
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Don't forget to submit your nominations for future consideration by filling out the online form here.
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1-A football playoffs preview -- No. 1-ranked, unbeaten Mount Airy solid as granite
By Rudy Coggins
Published in Sports on November 27, 2009 9:12 AM
PRINCETON -- Football can be won in the trenches.
The Dawgs have blocked well for transfer quarterback David Gurganus, who has spread the wealth among a talented corps of receivers this season and etched his name in the school record books.
And with 17 seniors on the roster, Princeton has snapped two-plus decades of futility on the football field and resuscitated a program that once flourished in the mid-1970s to mid-1980s. The Dawgs haven't advanced three rounds in the postseason since 1979 when they lost to Robbinsville in the state title game.
Their dream-like journey continues tonight.
Fourth-seeded Princeton (10-3 overall) travels to defending state champion Mount Airy in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1-A (small-school) western semifinals. The top-ranked Granite Bears have won 29 consecutive contests and 42 of 43 overall since 2007.
"You can tell the kids are excited about the opportunity to go up there and play them," said Dawgs head coach Russell Williamson. "I think mentally we are in great shape to go up there and take on a challenge like this."
Mount Airy (13-0) has won 16 consecutive home games and is making its fourth consecutive appearance in the western semifinals. Princeton is coming off just its seventh postseason victory in program history since 1972.
"They have a very good football program and very good football team," said Williamson. "They've been there and done this before. They know what they're doing and this is new for us. I think we are going to give it a pretty good effort."
Princeton faces a team which throws multiple offensive sets at opposing defenses. Mount Airy could line up in either the pro-I, spread formation or shotgun -- and be effective each time.
Junior quarterback Ben Hinson directs the scheme which has produced two 1,000-yard rushers this season and 76 touchdowns. Hinson has completed 73 of 118 passes for 1,321 yards and 15 touchdowns, and thrown just five interceptions in the last 52 quarters.
Backfield mates Andy Temoney (1,305 yards) and Luke Wheeler (1,071) have combined for 44 touchdowns.
"They'll try to control the ball on you and drive it down your throat, and they do have big-play capability," said Williamson. "We're probably not going to stop them completely, but we have to contain them and make them work for what they get.
"I'm impressed with the intensity they carry. You can tell on film that they're going to play hard on every play and play hard until the end of every play. We're going to have to match the intensity and that physical part of the game."
Gurganus, the state's top passer, has thrown for 3,627 yards and 33 touchdowns this season. Patrick Jacobs has hauled in 89 catches for 1,537 yards and 11 scores. Benton Myers (829 yards), T.J. Wilson (385) and Matt Williamson (437) have combined to reel in 18 touchdown strikes.
Princeton goes against a stern Mount Airy defense that has yielded just six touchdowns the past six games. The Bears have forced 34 turnovers, logged 28 sacks as a team and held opponents to just above 10 points a game.
Stephen Hart and Wheeler have 103 and 101 tackles, respectively, for Mount Airy.
"Defensively, they're very aggressive and are good tacklers," said Williamson. "They don't miss many assignments. We can't have a lot of mistakes ... turning the ball over, giving up big plays. We have to play with them early to see what happens late in the game."


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Charleston officials have burned a lot of tread trying to encourage more bicycle use throughout the city. They just don't like the clutter that occurs when bikes get locked to trees, sign poles and parking meters, blocking sidewalks.
In an attempt to clean up the rights-of-way, bike parking is about to be banned on all King Street sidewalks between Calhoun and Spring streets as part of a one-year pilot project.
Instead, cyclists will be directed to park in designated racks placed in the street where previously the city had operated metered spaces for cars.
Mayor Joe Riley said the switch is part of the city's multi-pronged approach to better incorporate bike usage.
In this case, he said, it puts more responsibility on cyclists to be more aware of what happens when they leave a bike behind.
Sidewalk clutter or a felled bike is dangerous any time of day, Riley recently told members of City Council in addressing the idea. "It could cause injury," he said.
As envisioned, cyclists would have to tie up in one of five special bike "corrals," which previously had been paid meter parking sites. There will be spaces for 10 bikes in each corral. Additionally, bike racks have been added to the side streets around King for overflow.
Violators face a severe penalty. Bikes could be confiscated or a city lock could be clipped onto any illegally parked bike.
The confiscated bikes would be released only after the violator shows proof of ownership and pays a $45 fee to cover the cost of removal and storage.
Any bike that is not claimed after 30 days would be deemed "abandoned" and set for disposal by the city, likely through a police department auction.
The city doesn't plan to immediately launch a ticketing crackdown without first going through what it said is a biker-education process. Bikes on private property wouldn't be targeted. Enforcement would be done by uniformed police and city code and parking enforcement officers.
King Street and local neighborhood leaders said they like the idea. "It's a livability issue," said Robert Ballard, past president of the Radcliffeborough Neighborhood Association.
Ballard compared the responsibility of safely situating and parking a bike to being equal to parking an automobile.
Not all members of City Council wholeheartedly support the idea. Councilman James Lewis noted that to create the corrals, the city had to surrender five parking spaces, leading to the loss of meter revenue in a heavily traveled business district.
"We're taking some good parking spaces," he said. "I just hope this will work."
The corrals have been in place for a couple weeks. Council is expected to give final approval to the pilot on Tuesday.
Reach Schuyler Kropf at 937-5551.


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"Open-angle glaucoma is a chronic eye disease characterized by glaucomatous optic neuropathy and corresponding glaucomatous visual field loss," the authors said.
Wishal D. Ramdas, of the Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and colleagues examined data from 3,939 participants in the Rotterdam Study.
This population-based study included participants 55 years of age and older living in a suburb of Rotterdam, who did not have open-angle glaucoma when the study began between 1991 and 1993.
Over an average of 9.7 years of follow-up, 108 participants developed open-angle glaucoma. Those who developed the condition were significantly older; more often had high myopia (severe nearsightedness) and were more often male, compared with those who did not.
No statistically significant effect of socioeconomic status, smoking or alcohol intake was found on the development of open-angle glaucoma.
Among women, there was a significant association between increased body mass index and intraocular pressure.
However, each one-unit increase in body mass index was associated with a 7 percent decreased risk of developing open-angle glaucoma. These associations were not present in men.
The study was published online today and will appear in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.


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LOS ANGELES --There's no decision yet on whether charges could be dismissed against two former Bell city leaders facing charges of corruption.
Former Bell City Administrator Robert Rizzo and former Assistant Administrator Angela Spaccia are charged with misappropriation of public funds and other counts.
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The judge delayed that ruling to Feb. 28.
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Stanislaus County supervisors voted 5-0 Tuesday to submit a proposal for operating a call center to help the uninsured obtain affordable health insurance, but not before they expressed fears the county could get stuck with unforeseen costs.
Some worried the county won't be reimbursed for cost overruns and the long-term costs of employee retirement benefits. The county would employ from 250 to 300 workers to run the center for the California Health Benefit Exchange, the agency creating an insurance marketplace under the federal health care law.
"We have a long history of being stuck with a bill from the state," Supervisor Terry Withrow said.
If the federal program were to fail, he said, the county will have ongoing pension costs for employees who work at the center. Supervisor Vito Chiesa clarified that employees are vested in the county retirement system only after five years of work.
The county proposes to run the 40,000 square-foot center for $65 million to $70 million over three years, with two possible one-year extensions. Federal and state funds will pay for getting three call centers up and running in California. After that, the funding will come out of customers' insurance premiums.
In the event that funding goes away, there would be a nine-month period for closing down the program, a report said.
County staff said they have tried to account for all costs in the proposal being sent to the state this week. Supervisors will also rely on county legal staff to ensure any agreement with the exchange is ironclad.
The state is expected to choose a county for the center in early January and then negotiate a detailed agreement.
Three call centers — including two operated by the state — are supposed to start assisting customers in October 2013. Stanislaus and two other counties initially expressed interest in the program.
After the federal law makes health insurance mandatory in 2014, an estimated 2 million Californians will buy subsidized health plans through the exchange. The call centers also will assist people who become newly eligible for Medi-Cal benefits.


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Whenever we implement new system it is developed to remove the shortcomings of an existing system. The computerized has more Edge over the manual system. As we are doing a project on "College Management System Project". So firstly we will introduce the existing system, the existing system is based on manual system, which takes lot of time to get performance of the test. It has the following disadvantages:
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If you are suffering from Nickel allergy, you may know how complicated it is to adopt a diet that doesn't trigger your Nickel Allergy. In this article, follow Skintifique's tips about how to adopt a Nickel allergy diet to reduce the amount of Nickel ingested.
What are the consequences of eating food containing Nickel when you are allergic?
When you think about Nickel allergy, what comes to mind first is the rash in a very precise area where your skin is in contact with Nickel. But, Nickel allergy is not always about allergic contact dermatitis to Nickel… Indeed, new studies show that Nickel consumption can cause systemic contact dermatitis.
According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), "systemic reactions, such as hand dermatitis or generalized eczematous reactions, can occur due to dietary Nickel ingestion". This means that eating food (for people with Nickel allergy) with a high level of Nickel can trigger generalized itching.
And this is something that affects a lot of people. Nowadays, we consider that in the world, 700 million people are allergic to Nickel. Moreover, a recent study has shown that around 20% patients with chronic allergic like dermatitis syndromes are allergic to Nickel as are some dyshidrotic patients.
What foods contain Nickel? And what should I avoid if I am suffering from Nickel allergy?
Nutritionists have developed low-Nickel diets, which cut out certain Nickel-rich foods. The NCBI report says that a "careful selection of food with relatively low Nickel concentration can help to control Nickel dermatitis". But this is not so easy: Nickel is present in most dietary items. And food is the major source of Nickel exposure for the general population.
The main ingredients to avoid are:
- plant and animal foods, mainly because of the Nickel in the soil. Examples of Nickel-rich plant and animal foods: cereals (corn), green vegetables (asparagus, spinach, peas…), fruits (raisins, rhubarb), mixed nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts), potatoes etc.
- Other foods irrespective of soil content: cocoa, chocolate, tea, gelatin, baking powder, soy products, dried fruits, canned foods, beverages, and certain vitamin supplements for instance.
- Canned foods.
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What can I do to soften my Nickel food allergy?
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Jessie started Muay Thai in his early twenties for fun and to have a different type of workout, but quickly fell in love with the sport, history ,and culture. After a month of training he decided he wanted to fight. He had his first fight, and kept himself busy fighting 13 times his first year in the sport.
Staying busy and constant training kept him in the ring regularly for a total of 41 amateur and professional fights in his 11 year career. He won 3 amateur titles in 3 different weight classes during his time in the ring and was know for being an exciting and technical fighter. Fighting has taken him all over the US, Thailand and Australia where he was the first American to fight on the CMT.(Caged Muay Thai Promotion)
Throughout his years fighting he has also been teaching and training both students and fighters of all ages from 5 to people in their late 60's. In fact teaching and training people is where he has the most fun, passing on the knowledge that he was taught by his instructors.
- CMTA Lightweight amateur champion
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- 2013 Thai New Year Super Bantamweight amateur champion
- WTBA Associate Instructor
- Cornered for multiple world title fights including WBC WMC TBA and Lion Fight
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An Introduction to Facebook Ads
Whether you admit it or not, social marketing is the wave of the future. People flock to Facebook and Twitter every day to waste countless hours checking their friend's statuses and playing social games. This is where the people are, and if you are not marketing to them then you are missing out. Facebook ads have never been simpler to set up, and this post should help you understand why you need Facebook ads as part of your social media marketing initiative.
By far the best part about Facebook ads is how tailored they can be to exactly the audience you are trying to convert. With other types of advertising you have limited control over the audience seeing the ad but with Facebook you have complete control. Say you are an outdoor company; you can set up an ad that markets only to users that have camping as an interest and no one else. If you are a bakery, you can market to customers only on their birthday and no other days. All of these things are as easy as typing in a keyword and checking a couple boxes.
Along with the above customization is the audience. You no longer have to market to the whole world, so you can make ads that will work with only the younger audience, one that works with an older audience, and one that works with the entire range. The ability to change in and out these ads and tweaking them to the desired result is what makes Facebook ads work so well.
The cost of Facebook ads is one of the main things you have to keep tabs on when creating ads. According to Facebook's statistics, they have over 500 million users, half log in every day and 700 billion minutes are spent on Facebook per month. Essentially what this means is you will hit your daily budget every day, almost guaranteed. There have been less than a handful of days where I have not hit the daily budget I set as the impressions and clicks can be astronomical with this type of advertising. Make sure you set a daily budget when first starting out, so you don't realize two days later that you have already blown through the social marketing budget for the month.
If you are working with a small niche when running your ads, make sure you think about other ways to market. If you only have a projected reach of 100,000 people, then within a month every single one of them could have seen your ad multiple times. Combat this by creating new ads on a monthly basis, which allows you to try different tactics to see what works best, while at the same time not annoying your customers.
These are just a few tips to help you in trying out Facebook ads. There are a lot of other options available but you simply have to try it and see what works for you. Set a low daily budget of a couple dollars, until you have an ad that is giving you the desired results.
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Tags: Facebook ads, Facebook advertising, social ads, Social Media
6 Comments
Nathan O'Leary Dec 22, 2010
I am planning on setting up some Facebook ads for one of our Fan pages today. Just to increase the number of fans to our page, we haven't been able to make Facebook ads work to convert sales yet.
Nick Stamoulis Dec 24, 2010
I haven't had much experience in running Facebook ads, but perhaps like running other ads, the most important thing to keep in mind is catering to your demographic or you target audience.
Josh Dec 29, 2010
You should keep trying and mixing up your audience. Getting fans to your page is a great way to start though as it will add a lot of value to the page overall, and let you have access to more people to market too. Bu I do agree that off page ads are often hard to convert on. Some ways I have seen that worked is both taloring the ad as well as the landing page to be very niche. ie. If you are running an ad to people who like camping, making the landing page 100% about camping and great deals on camping products to help it convert better / keep the user interest.
Rakesh Kumar Dec 30, 2010
I have just created my Facebook page and planning to create Facebook ads with hoping that This will increase my facebook fan page members and also traffic.
Mark Tomkinson - MD Ech0 Advertising Jan 07, 2011
Remember how bad you were at Adwords the first time you used it? Well, its going to be like that when you use Facebook for the first time as well.
I managed to generate literally NO CLICKS my first time. The targeting can be hard to get right Now I'm running campaigns for people that spend 1000's every month.
The best advice I can give is make every mistake possible just don't make them twice!
Elise Redlin-Cook Jan 08, 2011
Very good advice! Thanks!
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Calgary resale home prices to simmer in '10Thursday, January 21st, 2010
CALGARY – In two years, Calgary's resale real estate market has gone from "sizzle to fizzle to simmer," incoming Calgary Real Estate Board president Diane Scott said Wednesday.
Aff ordability and low interest rates will keep the pot slowly boiling this year, creating modest growth in sales and prices, she predicted as the board hosted its annual forecast conference.
A panel of economists mostly concurred with the board's projection of a continuation of the gradual recovery experienced in the second half of 2009, faltering later this year as low interest rates rise to more normal levels.
Scott told about 1,000 real estate agents in attendance a recovery in Calgary's market is highly dependent on prices for oil and gas.
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The board estimates Calgary-region single-family home sales will climb to 17,000 from 14,440 in 2009 and 7,000 condominium units will change hands, versus 6,328 last year.
In 2007, single-family sales added up to 18,438 and there were 8,236 condos sold. In 2008, the numbers were 13,455 and 5,661, respectively, with the single-family number the lowest since 1996.
The board predicts the average price for a single-family home in Calgary in 2010 will jump six per cent to $470,000 from $442,327 last year and the average condo price will rise 4.3 per cent to $296,000 from $283,734 in 2009.
The average single-family home price peaked at $505,920 in July 2007 and condo prices hit a record $332,237 in May 2007.
Surrounding towns are expected to experience 14 per cent higher sales and 3.2 per cent growth in average prices.
The downtown apartment condo market is expected to be particularly slow this year, while smaller, single-family homes and lower-priced segments will lead in sales and price growth.
Scott noted that younger people buying starter homes have fuelled the market's recovery so far. Better afford-ability will help encourage 15,000 people to relocate to Calgary this year, the board predicts.
The low level of listings in the market at year-end is expected to grow throughout 2010, giving buyers more options.
"We will not likely tip to a seller's market until the end of 2010 and into 2011," said Scott, describing the current market as "balanced."
Panellist Adam Legge, chief economist for Calgary Economic Development, said he doesn't think the pace of the recovery in the city in the second half of 2009 is sustainable because the recovery in the larger economy is largely based on stimulus spending and inventory replacement.
He said news Tuesday that the ConocoPhillips and Total plan to expand production at the Surmont in situ oilsands discovery near Fort McMurray, while encouraging, won't necessarily help create jobs and confidence in Calgary.
"We're going to see probably a number of years of very, very tepid growth in Calgary," he said. "There's not going to be any zooming to the nearly eight per cent GDP growth we saw in 2006."
Warren Jestin, chief economist for Scotiabank, said he's not a "double-dipper" — a proponent of a quick return to recession — but he does predict better-than-expected growth in the national economy in early 2010 to slow down in the second half of the year as the Bank of Canada raises its trendsetting interest rate by as much as 200 basis points.
He said the economy, after bumping along the bottom in the first half of 2009, is in a "good news" phase now, but that's only because there's less frequent bad news (such as Wednesday's stock market sell-off).
Two real estate agents questioned panellist Richard Cho, Calgary market analyst for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., about whether the federal government will increase the minimum allowable down payment for first-time homebuyers above the existing five per cent.
Cho said the government is looking at it as an option, to prevent homebuyers from taking on too much debt, but added that the change wouldn't have a great impact on the housing market because not many people use it.
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The family members in this lovely photograph from the Leach archive, dated April 1906, are gathered in the back garden of St George's (now 56) De Freville Avenue in Cambridge. The elderly woman in the centre is Mary Ann Leach (nee Goodenough, 1838-1909), widow of Frederick Richard Leach (1837-1904) and grandmother of the children in the photograph.
Looking at the ages of the children, it is probable that the baby seated on the ground is Olive Leach (1904-1988), third child of Frederick McLean Leach (1868-1948) and Alice Mary Ross Leach (nee Chapman, 1877-1956), that the young boy perched on a stool on the far right is Olive's elder brother Anthony Frederick Leach (1901-1989) and the girl in the white dress is their eldest sister Mary (1891-1961).
The two children wearing 'sailor' jackets are likely to be Eric Standley Heffer (1897-1994) and his sister Frieda Millicent Heffer (1899-1973) and the young man in the centre back may be their elder brother, Ralph Laurence Heffer (1893-1973), although it is hard to determine the age of the man in the photo.
Alice Leach would have been very heavily pregnant with Frederick McLean Leach who was born in July 1906 so she may have been absent from the photo for that reason or be concealing her 'bump' behind the Heffer children. Although we might expect little Tony to be resting his head on his mother's lap, she does not look heavily pregnant. This may mean that the woman seated on the right is Ada Heffer (nee Leach, 1866-1936). The man seated on the left with the moustache may be Frederick McLean Leach (1868-1948) or he may be Harry Heffer (1865-1947). Any of the three younger women could be Ethel Leach (1874-1922) or Edith Leach (1878-1928), unmarried daughters of Frederick Richard Leach and Mary Ann.
Fifteen years prior to this family photograph, at the time of the 1891 census, when Ada Leach was 25, there was a 'Visitor' recorded at her family home and workshops in City Road – one Harry Heffer, a 26 year-old 'Commercial Clerk'. Less than a year later, on the 25th February 1892, Ada Matilda McLean Leach (1866-1936), eldest daughter of Frederick Richard and Mary Ann Leach, married Harry J. Heffer (1865-1909) at Christ Church Cambridge, bathed in the rainbow of lights and looked down upon by the myriad faces of the large stained glass window created by Frederick Leach in 1885.
In his small, red "Atlas" pocket diary for 1892, Frederick Leach, father of the bride, wrote, "Ada wedded to H. Heffer at Christ Ch . . . sunshine came out for the occasion". The words are written in red ink – it was clearly a happy occasion and one of his 'red-letter days' when all the family got together to celebrate. It appears that the reception was held at the Leach firm's City Road workshops as Frederick writes (also in red ink) on the two days preceding the wedding, "Commenced the preparations for the wedding. Arranging Top shop, arranging glass shop, arranging Top office. Awning up the top office stair. General dusting out and clearing for 25th".
Harry J. Heffer had seven siblings and one half-sibling. His parents were William Heffer (1843-1928), born in Exning in Suffolk, the son of an agricultural labourer and Mary Webb, born in Balsham in 1837. They were married at All Saints, Cambridge on the 28th May 1863.
At the time of the 1871 census, William and Mary were living at 10 Clement's Place in Cambridge with their three children, Charles (7), Harry (6). Kate (4) and George (2) and a lodger, Thomas Barnes, who was an Ironmonger's assistant. William defined his occupation as 'Groom'.
By 1881, however, the family had moved to 104 Fitzroy Street and William gave his occupation as 'Stationer'. In 1891, he added 'Bookseller' to his title.
In 1896 the firm added another branch in the more central location of Petty Cury and by 1901 five of William and Mary's children were employed in the business– Kate Adelaide Heffer (1867-1940), Ernest William Heffer (1871-1948), Lucy Mary Heffer (1873-1951), Frank Heffer (1876-1933) and Sidney Heffer (1878-1959). George Herbert Heffer (1869-1947) was a bank clerk and Emma Louise Heffer (1874-1974) was a nurse. She travelled to Melbourne, Australia in 1904 and died aged 100 in 1974.
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Festive Greetings
Its that time of year when you take stock of your achievements for the past twelve months and look ahead to the new year. Its just over twelve months since I packed up my Amsterdam studio and headed back down under via Asia. I was berating myself about how little art I had made this year until I started reviewing what I had actually done, living from a suitcase.
Four months in Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand. The Taiwan and Singapore Biennales, Museums, exhibitions and meeting artists. Photoshoots, 'halls of fame' Taiwan, Hong Kong, Melbourne. Reviewing the Sydney and Melbourne art scenes. Conferences. Reviewing the Sydney real estate market, locating and purchasing new premises. Lawyers, conveyancing and removalists. Packing and shipping a full studio around the world.
I'm unpacking the old Sydney studio and its an interesting exercise. Its a snapshot in time, an art practice suspended for six years. So little of it relates to the new. Unpacking the Amsterdam studo with its new promises and new works.
Through it all the Aviary continues. 156 posts to Blakkbyrd, 200 posts to Bellebyrd, over 500,00 hits to both blogs. Over 300 posts to Lyrebyrd and significantly, Lyrebyrd will turn 10 in January. That's ten years of active participation, discussion exhibitions and art projects.
All very exciting. In terms of new art made, very little. In terms of building infrastructure and setting up a new practice, huge progress.
So now its time to take a festive rest and look ahead to what the new year holds.
Print Australia is undergoing a revival. New members, new impetus, new projects.
For my own art practice, new works and exhibitions forthcoming. Curators note, I brought back five year's worth of art works from Amsterdam, ready for exhibition in Australia.
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Editor's Note: The map on this page is extremely revealing. I have seen such maps before. This one is more complicated. Notice the state of Mississippi, it receives $2.73 in federal payments to the state for every $1.00 it pays in federal taxes. It is a "welfare state," but filled with conservatives who hate taxes. If federal programs were curtailed substantially Mississippi would be devastated, along with most of the other Southern states who have themselves maintained low taxes because they have not wanted to pay for education and social services for black folks. Notice South Carolina, the very center of anti-federal government rhetoric; it receives more than double federal benefits than it pays in taxes. Other maps I have seen show the blue states on the coasts paying more federal taxes than they receive in benefits and the red states are up and down the center of the country, the very areas where people holler most against the federal government. Sit and contemplate this map, and then ask yourself why the political rhetoric is so completely distorted from the facts.
Last week, the New York Times published a widely discussed article updating an argument that progressive bloggers noticed a very long time ago. It's now well-understood that blue states generally export money to the federal government; and red states generally import it.
TPM (Talking Points Memo) published a great map showing exactly how this redistribution works.
Progressives believe in the redistribution of wealth, so we're not usually too upset by this state of affairs. That's what it means to be one country. E pluribus unum, and all that. We're happy to help, because we think we've got a stake in making sure kids in rural Alabama get educations and seniors in Arizona get healthcare. What's good for them is good for all of us. We also like to think they'd help us out if our positions were reversed. It's an investment in making America stronger, and we feel fine about that.
But maybe it's time to admit that we're being played for chumps, and that there are people in the rest of the country who are taking way too much advantage of our good nature. After all: it's now a stone fact that the blue states and cities are the country's real wealth creators. That's why we pay more taxes, and are able to send that money to the red states in the first place. We're working our butts off, being economically productive, going to college, raising good kids, supporting reality-based schools, keeping our marriages together, tending to our busy and diverse cities, and generally Playing By The Rules. And the fates have smiled on us in rough proportion to the degree that we've invested in our own common good.
So we've got every right to get good and angry about the fact that, by and large, the people who are getting our money are so damned ungrateful -- not to mention so ridiculously eager to spend it on stuff we don't approve of. We didn't ship them our hard-earned tax dollars to see them squandered on worse-than-useless abstinence-only education, textbooks that teach creationism, crisis-pregnancy misinformation centers, subsidies for GMO crops and oil companies, and so on. And we sure as hell didn't expect to be rewarded for our productivity and generosity with a rising tide of spittle-flecked insanity about how we're just a bunch of immoral, godless, drug-soaked, sex-crazed, evil America-hating traitors who can't wait to hand the country over to the Islamists and the Communists.
Ironically, the conservative movement's favorite philosopher had some very insightful things to say about this exact situation. Ayn Rand's novels divided the world into two groups. On one hand, she lionized "producers" -- noble, intelligent Übermenschen whose faith in their own ideas and willingness to take risks to achieve their dreams drives everything else in society. And she called out the evil of "parasites," the dull, unimaginative masses who attach themselves to producers and drain away their resources and thwart their dreams.
Conservatives love this story. They're eager to claim the gleaming mantle of the producers, insisting loudly that their tax money is going to support people (mostly in blue states and cities, it's darkly implied) who won't or can't work as hard as they do. If you want to arouse their class and race resentments, there are few narratives that can get them rolling like this producers-versus-parasites tale.
But the NYT story and that map up there prove beyond arguing that the conservative interpretation of events is 100 percent, 180-degrees, flat-out wrong. America's real producer class is overwhelmingly concentrated in the blue cities and states -- the regions full of smart, talented people who've harnessed technology and intellect to money, and made these regions the best, most forward-looking places in the country to live.
And the real parasites are centered in red states (the only exceptions being states with huge resource reserves, like Alaska and Texas) -- the unimaginative, exhausted places that have clung to a fading past, rejected science, substituted superstition for sense, and refused to invest in their own futures. It's not unfair to say that those regions are simply feasting off the sweat of our ennobling labor, and expecting us to continue supporting them as they go about their wealth-destroying ways.
And we producers have had enough.
Progressives Go Galt!
If you're a conservative who thinks Ayn Rand called it true with this producers/parasites thing, then by all means: let's go there. All the way there — and then some. But fair warning is in order: you may not like where we end up.
By way of a modest proposal, I hereby declare the birth of a new Progressive Objectivism — a frankly producerist personal-responsibility crusade aimed at getting these whiny red leeches off our collective blue hide. If they think they can get by without us, let's not stand in their way. What these people need from us, at minimum, is some tough talk — the kind of stern, grown-up verbal whoop-ass the conservatives wouldn't hesitate for a moment to unload on us if the roles were reversed.
The time has come for blue America to go Galt. Our farewell rant — long and epic, as Rand's turgid writing style would have required — might sound a bit like this:
First off, dear Red Staters: If your town's economy depends on a nearby dam, canal, harbor, airport, military base, interstate highway, national park or monument, or prison, just STFU. Because you are, in every way possible, a parasite, living off something the rest of us paid to build.
Second: If you are a homeowner who takes a mortgage interest deduction — which is how the rest of us subsidize your house, and with it your status in the middle-class — we don't want to hear another word from you about how you made it all on your own. And that goes for those of you who got your education via the GI Bill, or took out an SBA loan, or went to well-funded public schools back when such things existed. You are what you are because we believed in you, and invested in you. And we're deeply insulted that you refuse to even acknowledge that fact. Third: Don't come crawling to us to support those kids you couldn't afford to have, but refused to allow contraception or abortions or actual fact-based sex education to prevent. It's just that simple. Our blue-state babies are better off in every way that matters because we plan our families. A failure to plan on your part does not create an obligation on ours. Your policies force women to have kids, even when they're patently not ready to have them. Now (as you're so fond of telling women who find themselves unhappily pregnant), you get to live with the consequences of those choices.
Fourth: Don't ask us to pay to educate your kids if you're not willing to have us teach them what we know about the world. We believe in free, comprehensive, rigorous and reality-based public education because it's done more than any other government service to make us rich, powerful and successful; and we want the same for you.
We realize some of you aren't too keen on public schools. It's great that you want to take on more personal responsibility for educating your own kids. Just be warned: if you don't teach them real science and real history — including evolution, climate change and the actual contents of the US Constitution — we're probably not going to hire them. So we hope you're also ready to take responsibility for that, too, which will probably mean supporting your grown kids in your basement until you die.
Fifth: Between federal water reclamation projects and farm subsidies, we are paying you zillions of dollars to grow stuff we'd actually rather not eat. Don't look now, but those of us in blue cities and states are moving away from your petrochemical-saturated GMO-bred CAFO-grown industrial "food" products as fast as we possibly can. There aren't enough organic and community-supported farms to feed all of us yet — but we have taken responsibility for this, and are working hard on the problem. You can either get on this train, or holler at it while it flattens you. What you cannot do is yell at us because we don't want to eat what you choose to grow.
Notice, too, that the only reason we're having to subsidize you in the first place is that the all-holy free market does not bless you with profits on this crap. In your own book, that makes you a capital-L Loser. In ours, we'll settle for "parasite."
Sixth: We are so over your bigotry. Again: we know from our own long experience that including women, gays and minorities makes us not only culturally richer; it also makes us more economically productive as well. And the recent economic meltdown has shown us that monocultures run exclusively by rich white men tend to stagnate into breeding pools for all kinds of social and financial parasites, who then come forward to prey on those least able to resist -- like you.
Diversity isn't just an idealistic fetish for us: we do it because we think it makes us richer on every front that matters. If "parasite" is just another word for "people who willfully make bad choices that keep them poor and ignorant," then your prejudices by definition make you parasites. And we are not, therefore, obliged to deal with you.
And finally: If you want to pretend global warming isn't happening, you do not get to come whining to us when you get hit with droughts or floods. We're not going to send FEMA to bail you out. We're not going to build canals to give you our water. We're not going to fund your levees. If you're so sure God will provide, go ask him to keep your reservoirs full and your cities dry. Because we resign.
But will we come back?
Yep. It all sounds really ugly. But that's the point of going Galt: it's a big fat tantrum designed to prove just how important you are in the grand scheme of things. (The tactic is also not unfamiliar to any mother who's gone on a protracted housekeeping strike to gain appreciation from an uncooperative family.) If others have to suffer hardship to learn the lesson — well, that'll teach 'em. The emotionally satisfying goal is to get the parasites to come back, begging on their knees for your vital help and resources. They know now, in a way they didn't before, that they cannot survive without you.
So: if that fantasy moment were to come, what would it take to convince us Progressive Objectivists to emerge once again from our cool blue producerist enclave, and take responsibility for the chastened masses once again? We have just five simple demands:
1. Stop taking more money from the federal government pot than you put into it. If you believe in paying your own freight, then do it. If you can't, that's fine -- we'll go back to helping you out -- but you have to let go of that producerist superiority crap, because you're simply not entitled to it.
2. Admit that we were right. Admit that nobody in America ever makes it on their own, and that we are all in this together, and that there's such a thing as the common wealth and the common good. Admit that regulation is necessary to keep the unprincipled strong from preying on the weak. Admit that there has never in history ever been any such thing as a free market: markets are created by governments, and need to be overseen by them. And finally: admit that your conservative leaders got us into this economic mess, and don't know squat about how to get us out of it.
3. Join the reality-based world. Accept that America's prosperity utterly depends on how well-educated its kids are, especially on topics like science and history. Accept that evolution happened, and that climate change is happening now. Embrace nuance. Learn something about how to assess evidence and think rationally, without a pre-determined conclusion. Remember that God only helps those who've gained the real-world skills to help themselves.
4. Admit that we love our country every bit as much as you do — and that, given our much greater success at creating strong families, productive 21st-century industries and excellent places to live, we might actually know more that you do about how to make it work better in the future.
5. Last but by no means least: Knock off the hate-mongering, threats and name-calling. Your heroine, Ms. Rand, predicted rightly that parasites invariably despise the producers they feed on; you should be embarrassed that your own behavior bears her out so clearly. And, just once, say thank you to us for all the contributions we've made (or, at least, tried to make) toward your well-being. We don't ask for much, but a little gratitude now and then wouldn't hurt.
Five easy steps. Do this, and we'll come back and work with you as co-creators of an America we all can love. Until then, though, you can pay your own bills. We've decided we have better things to invest that money in — upgraded schools, single-payer healthcare, expanded college systems, mass transit, sustainable technology investments, and forward-looking research to launch new industries that will make us richer yet. And you'll have a choice, too: you'll either learn what it takes to produce like we do, or you'll get to find out what real poverty feels like.
Would that we had the guts to go Galt. We probably don't; it's just not in our natures to tell people who are hurting to go to hell, or leverage our economic might to get the political upper-hand. But there's nothing stopping us from pointing out, loudly and often, exactly who is really who in this producers-versus-parasites relationship. We didn't draw that ridiculous battle line -- but maybe it's time for us to accept their terms of engagement, stake our rightful claim as the country's actual producer class, and show them just how tall and proud we are to stand on our far more fertile ground.
Sara Robinson is a trained social futurist and the editor of AlterNet's Vision page. © 2012 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. This story appeared at Alternet.
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