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Administration, David Geffen School of Medicine - Tami Dennis
Administration, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center - Tami Dennis
AIDS - Enrique Rivero
Allergy & Immunology* - Simi Singer
Alzheimer's Care Center - i.e. Clinical - Enrique Rivero
Alzheimer's Research - David Olmos
Anesthesiology - Simi Singer
Autism Research and Treatment - Leigh Hopper
Bariatric Surgery - Ryan Hatoum
Biological Chemistry - Elaine Schmidt
Blood & Platelet Center - Elaine Schmidt
Blum Center on Poverty and Health in Latin America - Enrique Rivero
Brain Activity and Structure - Leigh Hopper
Breast Center (UCLA Santa Monica) - Simi Singer
Business Relationships and Partnerships - Tami Dennis
Cardiology* - Amy Albin
Cardiovascular Medicine (Research) - Tami Dennis
CASIT (Center for Advanced Surgical & Interventional Technology - Amy Albin
Center for Autism Research and Treatment - Leigh Hopper
Center for World Health - Enrique Rivero
Child, Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric Psychiatry - Leigh Hopper
Child Life - Ryan Hatoum
Clinical Neurogenomics Research Center - David Olmos
Community Engagement & Clinical Outreach - Amy Albin
Compliance - Tami Dennis
Consumer Trends - Ryan Hatoum
Critical Care* - Amy Albin
Daltrey-Townshend Teen and Young Adult Cancer Program - Simi Singer
David Geffen School of Medicine, Curriculum - Elaine Schmidt
David Geffen School of Medicine, Events - Elaine Schmidt
David Geffen School of Medicine, Student Affairs - Elaine Schmidt
Dementia - Leigh Hopper
Depression Grand Challenge - David Olmos
Dermatology* - Ryan Hatoum
Diet & Nutrition - Ryan Hatoum
Disaster Preparedness - Phil Hampton
Ear, Nose & Throat (includes Audiology & Speech Pathology) - Elaine Schmidt
Emergency Medicine - Phil Hampton
Endocrinology* - Enrique Rivero
Epilepsy - Leigh Hopper
Epilepsy (Surgical)* - Elaine Schmidt
Ethics and Issues - Tami Dennis
Faculty Practice Group Initiatives - Simi Singer/Ted Braun
Family Medicine - Enrique Rivero
Finances - Phil Hampton
Fit for Healthy Weight - Amy Albin
Gastroenterology & Digestive Diseases* - Ryan Hatoum
General Internal Medicine/Health Services Research - Enrique Rivero
General Pediatrics - Elaine Schmidt
General Surgery* - Amy Albin
Geriatrics (Clinical) - Simi Singer
Geriatrics (Research) - Enrique Rivero
Health Community Health Clinics - Simi Singer
Healthcare Delivery - Phil Hampton
Healthcare Cost - Phil Hampton
Healthcare Patient Safety - Phil Hampton
Healthcare Quality - Phil Hampton
Healthcare Rating - Phil Hampton
Heart Transplant - Amy Albin
Hematology* - Enrique Rivero
Hepatology - Ryan Hatoum
Human Genetics *- Elaine Schmidt
I3D (Research) - Tami Dennis
Infectious Disease* - Enrique Rivero
Institute for Precision Health - David Olmos
Interpreting Services - Amy Albin
Kidney Transplant - Enrique Rivero
Lakers Partnership - Amy Albin
Legal Affairs - Phil Hampton
Liver Transplant - Enrique Rivero
Lung Transplant - Amy Albin
Marijuana Legalization - David Olmos
Mattel Children's Hospital - Elaine Schmidt
Metabolism (Research) - Tami
Microbiology - Elaine Schmidt
Mindful Awareness Research Center - Leigh Hopper
Multiple Sclerosis - Leigh Hopper
Neonatology - Elaine Schmidt
Nephrology* - Enrique Rivero
Neurology* - Leigh Hopper
Neuroscience (Research) - Tami Dennis
Neurosurgery* - Elaine Schmidt
News Trends, Developing - David Olmos
News Trends, Marijuana Legalization - David Olmos
News Trends, Opioid addiction and treatment - David Olmos
Nursing - Amy Albin
Obesity - Ryan Hatoum
Obstetrics & Gynecology - Amy Albin
Operation Mend - Amy Albin
Ophthalmology* - Elaine Schmidt
Opioid addiction and treatment - David Olmos
Orthopedics (Clinical*) (Sport Medicine) - Simi Singer
Orthopedics (Research*) - Enrique Rivero
Osteoporosis - Simi Singer
Pain Management - Leigh Hopper
Palliative Care - Leigh Hopper
Pancreas Transplant - Enrique Rivero
Pathology - Elaine Schmidt
Patient Issues - Tami Dennis
Pediatrics (General) - Elaine Schmidt
People Animal Connection/Dog Therapy - Amy Albin
Pharmacology - Elaine Schmidt
Pharmacy - Amy Albin
Philanthropy/Development - Tami Dennis
Physical Therapy - Amy Albin
Physiology - Elaine Schmidt
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery* - Amy Albin
Precision Medicine - David Olmos
Pulmonology/Pulmonary* - Amy Albin
Radiology* - Elaine Schmidt
Rape Treatment Center - Simi Singer/Ted Braun
Research - Cardiovascular Medicine - Tami Dennis
Research - I3T - Tami Dennis
Research - Metabolism - Tami Dennis
Research - Neuroscience - Tami Dennis
Rheumatology* - Simi Singer
Santa Monica Campus Rebuilding Projects - Simi Singer/Ted Braun
Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior - Leigh Hopper
Sleep Medicine & Disorders - Leigh Hopper
Social Work - Amy Albin
Sound Body Sound Mind - Amy Albin
Spine Center - Simi Singer
Spiritual Care - Amy Albin
Sport Medicine - Enrique Rivero
Steve Tisch Brain Sport Program - Elaine Schmidt
Stroke Center - Leigh Hopper
Tech Transfer - Phil Hampton
UCLA Health Medical Building in Santa Monica - Simi Singer/Ted Braun
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital - Elaine Schmidt
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica - Simi Singer/Ted Braun
Undiagnosed Disease Network - David Olmos
Urology* - Ryan Hatoum
Volunteers/Auxiliary - Amy Albin
Women's Health - Amy Albin
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Beats by PIOs
Medical Center Community
Theme: UCLA Health/RRUMC as foundation of community and health life
Senior PIO: Amy Albin
Community Engagement & Clinical Outreach:
CASIT (Center for Advanced Surgical & Interventional Therapy)
Critical Care*
General Surgery
Heart and Lung Transplant
Lakers Partnership
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery*
Women's Health
Translational medicine
Theme: Bridging clinical medicine with research
Senior PIO: Elaine Schmidt
Biological Chemistry
Blood & Platelet Center
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Epilepsy (Surgical)*
General Pediatrics
Human Genetics*
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Disease and aging
Theme: High-impact conditions and treatments
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Blum Center on Poverty and Health in Latin America
Center for World Health
Family Medicine (Sports Medicine)
General Internal Medicine/Health Services Research
Geriatrics (Research)
Infectious disease*
Kidney Transplant
Liver Transplant
Orthopedics (Research)*
Pancreas Transplant
Psychiatry and Neurology
Theme: The Future of Brain Research
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Pain Management
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Theme: Informed consumers, informed choices
PIO/Metrics Analyst: Ryan Hatoum
Bariatric Surgery
Child Life
Consumer Trends
Diet & Nutrition
Gastroenterology & Digestive Diseases
Theme: UCLA Santa Monica as foundation of community and healthy life
Senior PIO: Simi Singer
Faculty Practice Group Initiatives (with Ted Braun)
Santa Monica Campus Rebuilding Projects (with Ted Braun)
Rape Treatment Center (with Ted Braun)
UCLA Health Medical Building in Santa Monica (with Ted Braun)
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Daltery-Townshend Teen and Young Adult Cancer Program
Geriatrics (Clinical)UCLA Santa Monica Breast Center
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This article examines political and military developments in the midlands during the reign of Edmund I, including the West Saxon king's campaign in the Five Boroughs, the subsequent attacks by the Viking king of Northumbria, and the treaty between the two in 943.
The War for Mercia, 942-943
BOOK EXCERPT: King Cnut and the Viking Conquest of England 1016 by W.B. Bartlett
The Viking Conquest of England in 1016, saw two great warriors, the Danish prince Cnut, and his equally ruthless English opponent, King Edmund Ironside fight an epic campaign.
Holding The Border: Power, Identity, And The Conversion Of Mercia
Examining the conversion of the kingdom of Mercia from the perspective of that kingdom's origins and development and its rulers' interests and concerns will enable us to understand both resistance and conversion to Christianity in seventh-century England.
The coinage of Aethelred I (865-71)
The coinage of England in the third quarter of the ninth century was extensive. Dominated by the Lunettes type struck by a number of authorities (Kings of Wessex, Burgred of Mercia and Archbishop Ceolnoth of Canterbury) it presents a daunting quantity of material. However, the authors believe that focusing on the coinage of iEthelred I and Archbishop Ceolnoth provides the opportunity to concentrate on a key five to six year period in the devel- opment of the Anglo-Saxon coinage and specifically of the Lunettes type.
King Alfred, Mercia and London, 874-886: a reassessment
The creation of a new burh in London is seen as a natural development of the system of burhs which had been established by Alfred all over Wessex in the previous two years, following his victory over Guthrum's forces at Edington
The Mercian Connection, Harold Godwineson's Ambitions, Diplomacy and Channel-crossing, 1056-1066
The Mercian Connection, Harold Godwineson's Ambitions, Diplomacy and Channel-crossing, 1056 -1066 VAN KEMPEN,AD F. J. (Tilburg, The Netherlands) History, Volume 94, Issue 313 (2009) Abstract It is supposed that the Vita Ædwardi contains some information about Harold's dealings with William of Normandy in 1064. This article links these covert references with William of Poitiers' statements […]
An early Mercian hegemony: Penda and overkingship in the seventh century
After an exploration of the sources available for Penda's kingship the central section of the piece consists of a consideration of the extent of Penda's hegemony, followed by a detailed analysis of the mechanisms sustaining it.
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Statistics for Omics
Welcome to the site of the Statistics for Omics unit! Our aim is to link omics to clinical response by novel, problem-specific statistical methods.
As part of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics of the VU University Medical Center, our unit is involved in consultancy, research and teaching. More information about who we are, our work and how to reach us can be found in these pages.
Statistics for Omics
Networks Our research generates methods to learn molecular network from omics data. In particular, identifying (parts of these) networks to be differential between disease stages is a first step towards network medicine.
Integrated analysis of omics datasets
Our research also involves methods to unravel associations between different types of molecular profiles. These make use of many molecular features at the same time, and are ideal to be used in genome-wide studies.
Clinical prediction using co-data
Omics data is 2 x Big data: a) number of features ánd b) sources of auxiliary data: co-data. We develop methods that jointly use co-data and the main data, rendering better predictions and markers for several applications.
Omics data refers to the high-throughput quantification of some pool of molecular molecules. Often, these data have more features than observations. Our group provides statistical support for the processing and analysis of a wide variety of omics data, such as genomic, metabolomic, and microbiomic data. Our expertise ranges from microarrays to next-generation sequencing platforms for genomics, and includes various platforms for metabolomics and microbiomics.More on Omics
Software & Support
Research Support
Omics data analysis support is core business for our group. We supply tailored solutions for a variety of omics data analysis questions in the VUmc, covering study design, preprocessing and downstream analysis. Our focus is cancer genomics, but our support extends towards others diseases, like Alzheimer.
Software is the tool for disseminating our research. We have contributed >15 R packages (>30,000 downloads per year) to well-known public repositories like CRAN, Bioconductor and Github.
Latest News
Publication: Testing for pathway (in)activation using Gaussian graphical models17-04-2018
Our paper on a two-sample test for the detection of a systematic difference between Gaussian graphical models appeared online in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series C.Read more
Two articles accepted23-03-2018
March 2018: Two articles accepted!
1. van Wieringen WN, Peeters CFW, De Menezes RX, van de Wiel MA (2018). Testing for pathway (in)activation using Gaussian graphical models. To appear in JRSS-C.
2. van de Wiel MA, te Beest DE, Münch M (2018). Learning from a lot: Empirical Bayes in high-dimensional model-based prediction settings. To appear in Scand J Stat.
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Sony has just announced bold plans to reform its PC and TV businesses, which include selling off PC assets and restructuring its TV brand into a subsidiary business by July 2014.
Making the TV business into its own "wholly-owned subsidiary" might be just the shot in the arm Sony's TV division needs to become profitable again. According to the source, Sony TV has been suffering losses since Fiscal Year 2011, when the company totaled a 1.5 billion dollar profit decline.
And Sony isn't alone, either. Panasonic reported losses of 913 million in 2013—and it's really no surprise, considering that Japan's entire electronics industry saw similar declines that year.
A large part of Sony's TV efforts include an increased focus on the sale of high-end televisions, specifically 4K models—a category that the company led in Japan and the US last year in terms of sheer revenue. Sony will also push for increased R&D into high-end HDTVs (1080p) during the restructuring process. Consumers may therefore find that new options for mid- and low-end Sony televisions may not be very plentiful in the months to come.
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Yellow Mint sandstone features irresistible shades of yellow and buff with streaks of relatively darker tones extending on its surface. Properties like hardness, durability and ability to resist harsh weather conditions make it suitable for indoor and outdoor applications. Ideal for flooring, paving and wall cladding, this sandstone is perfect for brightening dark interiors or paths inside the garden.
Regatta Universal Exports, a leading manufacturer and exporter of Yellow Mint sandstone in India, offers this sandstone in finishes like honed, polished, bush-hammered, tumbled, brushed, sandblasted and sawn. As per the customers' requirement, this yellow sandstone is offered in different shapes, sizes and thicknesses.


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There's a lot to gain out of using a wide angle lens. If you're a photographer, it's easy to understand that you can't achieve every style and perspective you want with a single lens alone. That's why manufacturers and brands have come up with close to a thousand different types of lenses that you can choose from to switch up your style and strategy.
Among the most popular and most beloved of the different types of camera lenses is the wide angle lens. This versatile lens can help you encapsulate a single, grand scene into one concise, complete, and captivating image. Wide angle lenses have the power to put your viewer in the same space as your subject, giving a sense of depth and presence that would be otherwise absent if you had used a standard lens.
These days, it's easy to find wide angle lenses for your Canon brand camera. The hard part is actually deciding which one will really suit your needs and preferences the best. If you're in the market for a budget friendly wide angle lens for your Canon camera, consider checking out these fine finds.
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The Absolute Best Cheap Wide Angle Lens for Canon
Affordable yet highly effective, reliable, and versatile, the Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Lens is a majorly popular wide angle lens for the Canon brand. This high powered lens is very small in size, but it does deliver monumentally impressive results when placed in the right photographer's hands.
This cheap wide angle lens for Canon cameras has a focal length of 24 mm which adds a significant amount of depth to the images captured with its use. Its full time-manual focus feature allows users to adjust the camera focus during Canon's One Shot AF mode. This gives the user more control over the image output compared to strictly AF cameras that leave little room for professional focusing skills.
With 7 blades to its circular aperture, the EF-S 24mm lens from Canon can soften backgrounds for a beautiful, blended bokeh that creates a magnificently dazzling contrast between the foreground and background images.
What's Hot About the EF-S 24mm
- Manual focus to help you get your snaps and images just the way you want them.
- Slim, sleek design, the smallest of the EF-S series, making it easy to bring around wherever you go.
- Super fast focusing capability allows users to capture images without a moment to lose.
- The aperture makes it possible to capture colors in their full vibrancy and saturation, keeping scenes and subjects as close to the real thing as possible.
- High image quality over every inch of captures, with very little distortion even throughout the out-of-focus background details.
- As the most affordable item on the list, this product is definitely a premium choice for its cost.
What's Not So Hot
- Manual focus – although allowed – can feel clumsy and difficult especially for amateur users.
The Second Best Wide Angle Lens Canon
Coming in at a close second for the best wide angle lens Canon offers is the Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM Lens. Considered an ultra wide angle lens, this camera accessory can add some serious depth to your images, giving your viewers a much more solid sense of presence in your captures.
With an aperture of 4.5-5.6, this lens can help give some significant depth of field to your captures so your viewers can better appreciate the scenery you've captured. The lens itself is made from premium materials giving it a robust build and a durable body that's guaranteed to last a lifetime. This means you can enjoy using this wide angle lens for many years to come even with daily use.
What's Hot About the Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM Lens
- Durable, robust, and high-quality build for maximum resistance against wear and tear.
- Ultra wide angle view despite being a rather small and compact lens.
- Produces high-contrast, high-resolution images effortlessly.
- Smooth focusing for continuous AF video shooting so you can enjoy a seamless video capture.
- Fast acting, able to easily capture fleeting moments in a snap.
What's Not So Hot
- A little on the heavy side, might be inconvenient to carry around as a spare lens.
- Causes some distortion during tight, close up portrait photographs.
The Third Best Canon Wide Angle Lens
While it doesn't come from the Canon brand, the SY14M-C 14mm F2.8 Ultra Wide Fixed Angle Lens from Samyang is a great choice for the photographer on a budget. Considered by many as one of the Canon best wide angle lens options, this affordable lens packs a punch with a 14mm focal length that gives image captures significant depth for premium, professional photography effects.
Capturing clear, crisp, vibrant colors in the most natural way possible, this lens is the ideal budget companion for nature trips and outdoor shoots.
What's Hot About the Samyang SY14M-C 14mm F2.8 Ultra Wide Lens
- Easy to use and install, perfect for beginners who want to try using their first wide angle lens.
- Manual focus allows greater control for users who want to get a feel of how to use hands on focusing techniques.
- Used commonly by night time scenery photographers for its ability to capture crisp, clear light images and long exposure pictures of the night sky.
What's Not So Hot
- Slow to focus, which can be a hassle for some photographers working sports or active photography shoots.
- Heavy at 1.2 pounds, it will definitely add a little burden to your photographer's backpack.
The Fourth Best Canon Cheap Wide Angle Lens
If you're looking for a Canon cheap wide angle lens that offers fully manual focusing, this one's the best option for you. Again, the FE14M-C doesn't come from the Canon brand, but it does pretty well as a worthy competitor if you want something that's a little easier on the pocket compared to lenses you might get from Canon.
The Rokinon is powerful, robust, and professional-grade, giving you full control over every capture with its 100% manual focusing feature. This means you can practice your eye and your hand to find out how well you fair when it comes to getting as crisp an image as possible with your own two hands.
What's Hot About the Rokinon FE14M-C 14mm F2.8 Ultra Wide Lens
- Vibrant imaging with rich colors captured in the most natural way possible.
- Sharp images in full detail with minimal distortion for up-close portraits and wide, spanning landscapes.
- Easy to use, attach, and detach for photographers who want to switch between lenses during a shoot.
What's Not So Hot
- Not ideal for capturing architecture as there can be some distortion for geometrical structures.
- Fully manual can be a benefit to some, and a hassle for others. It really depends on how you want to use your lens.
Our Final Cheap Canon Wide Angle Lens
With a maximum focal length of 16mm, this cheap Canon wide angle lens could give other brand names a run for their money. Rokinon hasn't disappointed in terms of their releases, and the 16M-C is no exception.
This premium lens is constructed with 13 different elements that are all made from high-grade metals and plastics so you can feel confident using it in even the most challenging of environments. Promising sharp, clear, and distortion-free images even up to the corners, this one offers real value for your money without requiring that you break the bank!
What's Hot About the Rokinon 16M-C 16mm f/2.0 Aspherical Wide Angle Lens
- Sharp imaging capacity for naturally realistic landscapes and nature shots.
- Soft colors that add an instant touch of style and quality to images without effort.
- Durable build, making it easy to switch lenses without worrying about causing damage.
What's Not So Hot
- Heavy. The entire thing weighs 1.29 pounds which can be a hassle to use and stabilize if you don't have a tripod.
- Fully manual focus means you won't have the option to take quick snaps with speedy autofocus features.
A Buyer's Guide to Buying a Wide Angle Lens for Canon
Buying a lens probably has to be one of the hardest things any photographer will ever have to do. That's mainly because not everyone really understands what it means to buy a lens. What are you supposed to look for when you purchase one anyway?
Well, so you won't have to experiment with options and end up spending more than you can afford, keep these tips and considerations in mind to land the best wide-angle lens for your Canon camera on your first try.
- Focal Length – The focal length is usually expressed in 'mm' in the name of your chosen lens. To better understand the focal length, you just have to remember that smaller numbers mean a wider angle.
Generally speaking, a lens is considered wide-angle if the focal length measures below 35mm. A 25mm lens will offer you some depth, while a 10mm one will provide an even greater depth of field. This of course depends on what kind of effect you want to achieve with your captures.
- Aperture – Aperture is expressed in the name of your chosen lens as f beside a number. The number indicates the size of the aperture. A bigger number simply means that the aperture of your lens is much wider. The purpose of this is to let more light in for a different depth of field.
Commonly, lenses have an aperture of f1.8, but there are some options with much greater apertures for a deeper look and feel to each image. If you plan to shoot in low light settings, a larger aperture might be ideal. For those who want to photograph in bright or normal light conditions, a narrow one might be sufficient enough.
- Manual Focus vs. Autofocus – Manual focus is something that many photographers like to toy with. This gives a greater amount of control to the user who can adjust the lens to achieve the type of effect they want.
For those who want an easy shooting and focusing experience however, a manual focus lens might prove to be a hassle. This is because a manual focus lens requires some preparation and tedious adjustments in order to achieve the desired effect. If you want to shoot fast and easy images that are perfectly focused without having to tweak your lens every time you point, an autofocus lens should be your best choice.
Another thing to consider is that moving objects are difficult to focus on with manual focus. If you were to attempt doing this, you would find yourself having to constantly move and adjust your lens as your subject moves through the space. That said, an autofocus lens is also a better choice if you want to capture action shots or sports images in clear, crisp detail minus the stress of having to continuously adjust your lens.
The Conclusion
Buying a wide-angle lens doesn't have to cost you too much. There are lots of budget options on the market. All you need to do is make sure you land the right option on your first try so you won't have to spend more for a second one!
The first step to buying the best wide angle lens for Canon cameras is to make sure that you fully understand what you want and need as a photographer. This way, you can narrow your options and choose a lens that truly suits your style and preference.
If you're still wondering which cheap budget wide angle lenses are the best of the best, check out the five on this list to help you select a winner that won't sell you short.


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March 2010 Sun Sign Forecast March 1, 2010Posted by Kerry in Astrology.
|Your Sun Sign Forecast – March 2010
Aries 21st March – 19th April
The planets are focused on your health zones, and its time to accept that your actions, non-actions, and bad habits will be afflicting you. You may only be just finding out that what you used to tolerate – is now no longer good for you. With Venus entering Aries and the Sun bringing energy and vitality, you are empowered to take responsibility, and make choices. Some of you will continue with pleasurable, but ultimately bad, lifestyle choices.
Taurus 20th April – 20th May
There is a celebration of life and new beginnings. Allow your creative spirit to soar and experience the joy of children. You will want some time to be by yourself to ponder on the world, think of all that is beautiful, and that which you want to improve. Work towards a new direction especially in your home life. Inspiration can come with peer groups and friends and a greater circle of people will come into your life.
Gemini 21 May – 20th June
Deal with the circumstances that have arisen regarding your family or your home, and do it quickly, as your attention will soon be on the outside world and your work. News will come with the New Moon which brings in a developing situation, so expect some changes. If you are ready for them you can be in a position to make the changes suit your needs. Be aware that tensions can arise with siblings or neighbors.
Cancer 21st June – 22 July
The Full Moon and the New Moon suggest that all decisions, even small ones, will have lasting effects. The particular areas of focus for careful thought are in any journeys that broaden your mind, and any forms of study or gaining higher knowledge and understanding. For some of you the decisions may involve the Law, so get good legal advice. Authorities will notice you and have expectations; so forget trying to hide under a rock!
Leo 23rd July – 22 Aug
The Moon shines her light on your budget showing you exactly where you have been successful and where you have been wasteful. Important information regarding a business deal with another person is possible. With Mars giving you an adrenalin rush and a competitive edge, you feel it is time to take action and direct your energies where needed. Don't commit too much of your time, because a journey is about to begin.
Virgo 23 Aug – 22 Sep
With the Full Moon in Virgo you will be more emotional than usual, and will fully realise how you got into the current situation. The silver lining offered to you is the understanding of how to "get out of it" and make improvements. Venus shows that gains come from assets and resources you share with another. The New Moon is in your zone of relationships, so expect the start of new connections and inspiration coming from other people.
Libra 23 Sep – 22 Oct
Your relationship zone is lit up with Venus, the goddess of love, Mercury the planet of communication and then the Sun shining illumination. What a wonderful time to share and be with existing loved ones, and some of you will find new loves! Please remember to "share" the love while being aware of your tendency to "give". The New Moon says it time to accept new responsibilities for yourself – not to take over another's responsibilities.
Scorpio 23rd Oct – 21st Nov
The Full Moon shows that emotions are high regarding group of people; perhaps a club or friendship group. You want more recognition, and the best way to get it – is to express yourself and speak your mind! Whilst there is a good opportunity for enhanced creativity and celebrations, the focus quickly turns to your need to make decisions and be accountable for work you expected others to have done, or that you have paid to be done.
Sagittarius 22nd Nov – 21st Dec
Whilst there is a work or business issue that is distracting you, and perhaps emotionally bogging you down; your actions need to go in a new direction. The planet of communication and the New Moon suggest its time to focus on your family and home zone. Enjoy a celebration and encourage all family members to have their say, and these talks will lead to new ideas and a creative way of solving any problems.
Capricorn 22nd Dec – 18th Jan
If you are thinking that the grass looks greener over the fence, then you can blame the Moon! There is a magical gleam of moonlight and escapism calling you to move on. This will be difficult as your feet seem set in concrete, and careful decisions need to be made. Your home zone is activated, so all your attention, and the reason to make a decision, will be focused on your home and extended family.
Aquarius 19th Jan – 18th Feb
With your money zones being activated by the Full and New Moons there are financial decisions and perhaps a business deal coming your way. You may be the one involved in the paper work, while others stand are in the limelight. If relationship becomes tense, it may be due to boredom, so change the energy by becoming more active. Later in the month your communication zone is activated so you will be ready and willing to talk!
Pisces 19th Feb – 20th March
The Full Moon is helping you realise that everything you do and say has an impact on people. And everything they do and say, also impacts on you. It is good to be reminded of this every now and then. Now you can work on the issue while Venus, the goddess of love and understanding helps you stay positive, and Mercury, the planet of communication, helps you speak up and be heard.


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Night Out with the Main Event Band
The Pitt County Coalition on Substance Abuse is proud to host a night out with Main Event Band. The band will be playing all your favorite tunes for you to dance the night away while raising money to further the coalition's work on reducing underage drinking, reducing drug use, and educating the community in Pitt County.
About the Main Event Band
The Main Event Band is the ultimate party band performing R&B, Soul, Beach, Country, and Funk. Their performances also include music styles from the 80's and 90's as well as your favorite songs of today. Featuring top-notch vocals, a tight rhythm section, and one of the best horn sections around, The Main Event Band offers a quality performance that is hard to rival.
About PCCSA
The Pitt County Coalition on Substance Abuse is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to bringing about a community where youth reject substance use, adults utilize low-risk choices regarding substance use, and treatment services are available to those in need. For more information about PCCSA, please visit: www.pccsa.org.


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Dear Snide Atheist,
Do you attend religious ceremonies and rituals of your friends and family? If so, how do you manage to get through them?
lilith in minnesota
Dear lilith,
What I really want to know is how I manage to get through these mind-numbingly idiotic queries! Actually, I do tend to avoid religious ceremonies my family and friends take part in. Although, in fact, I do find many religious ceremonies interesting and engaging on psychological, emotional, and sociological levels, and can appreciate the insight they provide regarding how these various rituals tie us together as human beings. I simply can't stand to be around my family and friends.
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With the news that series original and show anchor Jessica Lange was not going to return to AHS, the show has been doing its best to make sure 'Hotel' will be up to par to past seasons. American Horror Story does not want to lose its momentum gained after the smash hit that Freak Show was! So since the season end of 'Freak Show' there have been a flurry of announcements released by the AHS show about new and old cast members returning for 'Hotel'
Today on his Twitter feed the news was officially announced by Ryan Murphy that the great Kathy Bates would indeed return for American Horror Story: 'Hotel'
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I couldn't be more happy and excited that Kathy had decided to come back to AHS! She may not have played that huge over the top role she can demand on-screen on Freak Show. But Kathy is a true screen legend with hits like Misery, Titanic and will be at the top of her game once again with AHS: Hotel


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DO: Be respectful and considerate when it comes to the other party. The efficiency of the divorce procedure depends on your ability to communicate clearly with the other side. In addition, failing to hand over information that is being asked of you may cause delays in the overall process.
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According to data released by the prosecutor's office: the airline Ukraine International Airlines debt to the budget of the country is about 27 million hryvnia.
This information was reported by the press service of the GPU.
Court of Kiev was satisfied with the prosecutor's office about the lawsuit capital recovery from CHAO "UIA" amount of about 27 million USD for the payment of fees to the State a specialized fund to finance national spending on aviation activities.
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For six months of 2014, the airline provides transportation services for cargo and passengers, but the obligations of the transfer of funds to the said fund-not previously been performed.
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As you'll recall, the Seattle P-I was forced to shut down its print edition last year after all other attempts to stop the bleeding failed. In doing so, it fired 88% of its newsroom, shrinking from 165 to 20.
Good news, though. A year later, seattlepi.com is going strong, with 40 million pageviews a month. We doubt it's profitable yet (20 newsroom folks probably means an overall staff of at least 40), but it's certainly closer.
SEATTLE (AP) — The online-only successor to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is celebrating its first birthday.
Seattlepi.com began on the Web on March 18, 2009, a day after the 146-year-old P-I published its last edition on newsprint. Its owner, New York-based Hearst Corp., had been losing money on the newspaper for years, and the Web-only version is designed to change that.
Seattlepi.com says it now receives an average of 40 million page views per month.
The Web site is holding a birthday party Thursday night with music, cheap beer and free cupcakes at a venue in Seattle's Belltown district. Proceeds from the $5 cover charge will go to 826 Seattle, a nonprofit writing center for kids.
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Key candidates in Israel's general election
Israel holds its second general election in just over two years on Tuesday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved parliament following the breakdown of his coalition government.
Here are brief profiles of the leaders of the main political parties.
Known as "Bibi", Netanyahu heads the rightwing Likud party and is seeking a third consecutive term, his fourth overall.
Polls show the centre-left Zionist Union slightly ahead of Likud but analysts say Netanyahu, 65, is best placed to form a parliamentary majority with support from ultra-nationalist and ultra-Orthodox parties.
The son of a Zionist historian, Netanyahu presents himself as the guardian of Israeli security against Iran and radical Islam.
Educated in the United States, he served in Israel's special forces and is considered close to the American school of neo-conservative politics.
The head of the opposition Labour Party, Herzog has joined forces with the centrist HaTnuah to form the Zionist Union.
A 54-year-old lawyer and son of Israel's sixth president, Herzog has been a member of parliament since 2003 and held several cabinet posts. A social rights activist, he has repeatedly called for the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
Despite his political pedigree, critics accuse Herzog of lacking charisma.
A former justice minister and chief peace negotiator, Livni was sacked by Netanyahu in December for "acting against the government from within" after opposing a controversial bill aimed at enshrining Israel's status as the Jewish state in law.
Livni, a 56-year-old lawyer, is a former undercover agent for the Mossad spy agency and a one-time foreign minister who cut her political teeth with Likud.
Often described as Israel's most powerful woman and compared with former prime minister Golda Meir, Livni has defied her staunch nationalist background and become convinced that the only way to preserve Israel as a Jewish state is to relinquish at least some of the land occupied in the 1967 Six Day War.
The head of the far-right Jewish Home party, Bennett, 42, is a champion of the settler movement and a key challenger of Netanyahu to head Israel's rightwing.
A slick communicator, he is a savvy user of social media who is fluent in Hebrew, English and French. He held the economy portfolio in the outgoing government.
He openly opposes a Palestinian state and pushes his own "peace plan" which would see Israel annexing 60 percent of the West Bank.
Born to American immigrants, he served as a commando with the special forces before starting a lucrative career in high-tech.
The outgoing foreign minister and head of the hard-right Yisrael Beitenu party, Lieberman is known to his critics as the "doberman".
A firebrand with ambition to lead the right, Lieberman, 56, has been dogged by corruption allegations for nearly two decades but in 2013 was acquitted on charges of fraud and breach of trust.
Born in what is now Moldova, he immigrated to Israel at 20 and worked as a nightclub bouncer before entering politics.
He is known for his blistering attacks on Israel's Arab minority as well as on the Palestinian leadership.
The former finance minister and head of the centrist Yesh Atid party, Lapid was sacked by Netanyahu in December alongside Livni.
A former news anchor and newspaper commentator, the telegenic 51-year-old entered politics in 2012 pledging to defend Israel's middle class, his party storming to success in elections a year later.
Despite his economics-driven campaign, Lapid failed as finance minister to tackle the soaring cost of living and reduce spiralling rent prices.
A popular former Likud minister who left politics before the previous election two years ago, Kahlon returned to set up his centre-right Kulanu party in late 2014.
Kahlon, 54, earned fame as communications minister for smashing Israel's mobile phone monopoly, cutting prices for consumers.
The son of immigrants from Libya, Kahlon says he backs a two-state solution but sees "no partner" on the Palestinian side.


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LOUISVILLE – The Breeders' Cup Sprint lost its second starter in two days when Darley Stable's 4-year-old filly Dubai Escapade, trained by Eoin Harty, was withdrawn yesterday after developing inflammation in her front ankle after working a fast five-furlong drill in :59.3 Monday at Churchill Downs.
That opens a spot for the longshot 3-year-old Lewis Michael, trained by Wayne Catalano, to draw into the race.
Nick Zito's Commentator came out of the Sprint on Monday.
Breeders' Cup Ltd. yesterday announced its new "Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup Challenge to begin next year, when the Breeders' Cup will be run Oct. 27 at Monmouth Park.
The Breeders' Cup Challenge involves 24 major races, run at six tracks, all of which will be televised by ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.
ESPN begins televising the Cup this year for the first time.
By winning one of these races, which include fixtures like the Whitney Handicap, Arlington Million and Jockey Club Gold Cup, a horse is automatically guaranteed a starting berth in the Breeders' Cup.
Yesterday's work tab: At Belmont, Bernardini's filly stablemate Balletto breezed five furlongs in 1:02.1 for the Distaff, and Allen Jerkens' War Front blasted a bullet half-mile in :45 for the Sprint.
Over the Polytrack at Keeneland, Asi Siempre went five furlongs in :59.3 for the Distaff. My Typhoon whistled :59 for the Filly & Mare Turf.


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Question about Samsung DLP HL-P5663W 56" TV
Samsung big screen tv is 2 years old getting white dots all over what can I do?
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i have the same problem. 1/8" small white dots - started out with one and one week later upto 5 dots and growing in numbers about one new white dot per day.
i have heard that it is the mirrors getting stuck on the DMD Board???
small black and white dots on tv screen samsungs dlp hls4266w
This is what my Samsung HPR5052x looks like, plus no sound.... please help. What should I replace?
i have a 42 inch plasma with the same problem
Same thing, white dots, only a handfull but the number is growing each day.
my tv have a thounsand white dot
My Samsung was fixed for "free." Call Samsung service 800 number. When asked why you are calling tell them it is about the white dots problem. The tech said he would help me solve the issue and provide me with repair order from a local Electronics dealer. I was given a work order number by the tech and did receive a call from the local repair organization. My DLP is over 36 months old so I asked if this was a "no charge" fix. He assured me that it is. Low and behold I am 100% satisfied with Samsung and the standing behind the product. The fix is a chip replacement that Samsung is well aware of.
Tom from Syracuse, NY
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i have the exact problem as you. just spoke to samsung 800# and was told i was responsible for charges. any advice?
I have the same problem with my Samsung 67-inch DLP TV. Samsung Cusotmer Service Manager said that the TV model is not experiencing high breakdown so they will not cover the repair cost. It will cost me between $300 to $400 to replace a stupid defective chip. Whar a lousy excuse and poor customer service.
Wow Don I it sounds alot like what they told me, I was told the same thing about the model I have. The rep told me it wasnt on their list of free repair so I have to pay out of pocket to get it fixed. That happened in Aug last year.
I have a 50 in. dlp and i started to get white dots.I called samsung and they said they were aware of the problem and would take care of it. 5 days later a tec. showed up and replaced the bad chip no cost to me.so just call samsung.
Posted on Mar 19, 2010
Thanks to Butch351. I first called Bestbuy and they wanted $149 just to come and check the problem. Instead I follwed Butch351 advise and called Samsung directly. The said that they will send someone to repair it for FREE even that my TV is 2 yrs.old.
Posted on Apr 21, 2010
Hi there lets see.
i will be better for me if you post a picture of your TV problem so i can see better and diagnostic i can't say for sure its the DMD. white spots usually are. Maybe its just the chip,
try this link below they talk about this problem and they have pictures probably you can see similar problem like your TV and fix it..
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These white dots are a very conmenissue when the DMD board is starting to go bad (the integrated DMV chip). The DMDcontrols the color wheel and the light engine; it's in charge of manipulatingthe light engine so it can project a picture on the screen. A test you can try:bring up the TV menu. If the white dots appear in the menu, then that willincrease the probability of a malfunctioning DMD, if not then the digital videoboard will raise suspicion. Now if you decide to buy a new DMD you'll have tosearch by part number, NOT by model number, the main reason is that two TVs withthe same model number me have none compatible components because they are differentgeneration when they where assembled.
Also if by any chance you can'tfind the DMD sold separately, your next option is to buy the entire lightengine that includes the DMD, and obviously that's going to be more expensive. Ifyour trying to save lots of money and you really know what your buying try eBay,you can get a really good deal, how ever if you are not familiar with TV parts,and don't want to take a chance buying something that might not work, tryonline stores that specialize in TV parts (my personal recommendation: Discount-Merchant.com ).
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The finer details of the Famous Islands of the Lagoon:
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The Instigator
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The Contender
Con (against)
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Extremism Cost Conservatives the U.S. Presidency
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First round is for acceptance.
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I Gracefully Accept Your Challenge
2nd, though I ask for no special consideration, I will apologize to my opponent and the voters/readers in advance for shortcuts in typing that I will take due to an injury to my left shoulder that means that I usually will be typing one handed or using voice input.
1. Extremism is NOT assumed to be a bad thing. Extremism will be defined simply as positions that are a certain distance from the norm. (We may want to discuss offline how far-#std deviations, for example.)
For example, a position on abortion from either absolute would be considered "extreme," under this definition simply because *most* voters fall somewhere in between (assuming for sake of argument that polls show this to be true.)
Assuming my opponent accepts this definition, it should be easier to agree on a number of positions that conservatives included in their message, defined broadly, that are far enough outside the norm (defined statistically) that we both can agree to say "yes, that is an extreme position, even if one of us agrees with it.
If we get that agreement, my task will be to show these positions cost the Republican ticket the presidency. I.e., these extreme positions resulted in the Romney/Ryan ticket getting less votes than they would have, or (and this is important) resulted in people voting for President Obama who otherwise might not have.
Since there are 5 rounds, I hope we can spread preparatory discussion over rounds 2 and 3, at least.
This is not intended to be a semantic debate.
I thank my esteemed opponent for his acceptance.
To reiterate (and clarify) then, we are discussing extremism in the descriptive, not the normative sense. One of my favorite quotes (and part of my signature on DDO) is of Barry Goldwater from the 1964 presidential campaign: "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice." To which I usually add: "Except that in a democracy it often loses elections."
Main argument:
My argument is, simply, that on enough hot button issues the GOP took an extreme (and, in at least several cases, absolutist) position, and that this position alienated enough voters in swing states this was enough to cost the GOP presidential ticket the race.
It is my contention that this election was the conservatives to lose, and they, indeed, snatched defeat from the jaws of victory with their (in my opinion, unnecessarily) extremist positions on several ideological issues. Had the former governor of Massachusetts been allowed to run as the moderately conservative politician that he probably is, he would have won this election easily.
Supporting arguments:
1. Since the economy was the most important issue to most voters,[citation available, if requested] And the Romney Ryan [RR] ticket was more trusted on that issue, though by a small margin,[citation available, if requested] the RR ticket should have done better in the election.
2. First example: Abortion
A large percentage of Americans [over 70%] consistently have said that some or all abortions should be legal. Over 15% consistently have said that a candidate's position on abortion determines their vote for or against that candidate.[1]
By simple math, then: over 15% of over 70% would vote against the candidate who seems to have a position against their own on abortion. Conservatively, that would make over 9% of voters susceptible to voting against the Romney/Ryan ticket on the basis of their association with this absolutist position of the Republican party (and the extremists driving the conservative agenda since at least 2009 or so.) While Romney/Ryan tried to run away from the association with this position, a reasonable person would say that many undecided voters, especially women were likely to be effected by it--especially as Ryan agrees with it, and Romney has shown a willingness to change his position. (A realist would say he changes it based on political expediency, IMHO.)
If one only looks at undecided voters at the beginning of 2012 and at the time of the election, one would likely find several percent of voters who would fall into the category described above. (They say they would vote against a candidate based on his/her position on abortion.)
Conclusion for this round:
If my opponent or the DDO voters accept this line of argument, then all that is left to me is to provide the statistical evidence in enough swing states and on enough issues. (I'm guessing the abortion/woman's-right-to-some-choice in her reproductive decisions post-intercourse issue would be enough to make the election at least a toss up in swing states.)
An attempt at removing a possible counter-argument:
Saying "extremism provided conservatives a motivated base" only shows how important extremism, as opposed to tactical politics necessary to win elections, was in driving the conservative agenda in 2012. Comparable extremists on the liberal side were able to sublimate their positions on a number of issues to accept a compromise position from the democratic ticket. (For example, there were many supporters of "single payer" health care who held their noses and voted for Obama Biden--especially in swing states. I know of a number of my liberal/progressive friends in California who bragged about voting for the Green Party ticket, and suggested others should "send a message," because it was a safe throwaway of their vote.)
[1] http://www.gallup.com...
I thank my opponent for opening such a great debate.
Obama Would Have Won Anyway
The Real Clear Politics Average showed that only election day President Obama had a 2.8% lead in his approval ratings the day before the election. He had 50% in the RCP average while his disapproval was 47.2%. On election day, Obama won 50.9% of the popular vote while Romney had 47.3% so the approval poll was very accurate. [1]
This concludes that nothing could have led Romney to win the general election. The first debate did not do it (which was all about the economy), which means nothing could have helped Romney win.
Many Americans See the Economy Improving
The first debate on the economy did not make Romney win. All it did was give him a boost in the polls which did little to change the showing. Obama still won the five key battleground states of Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin (Paul Ryan's home state) and New Hampshire. The only real battleground state left would be North Carolina which went for Romney.
According to the Gallup poll, the overwhelming majority of the people did focus on the economy. This would be 72% in October. In November, it was 64%. This has proved that people less fear the economic problems because President Obama was able to convince them that the economy was improving. In addition, 26% in October thought of unemployment and jobs as being a huge issue. That dropped to 20%. Please remember unemployment dropped to which helped the president. More people having jobs meant more people convinced the economy was improving. [2]
Radical Issues Had No Effect
According to Gallup, only 1% of the people cared about abortion and less than 1% cared about gay marriage as a major issue. Banning both these things completely could be considered radical by some and yet have no effect on how they vote. [2]
Also, while my opponent can consider these topics radical in this debate, not everyone might think these issues are actually radical. My opponent's own Gallup poll does not help him. In the United States, many people can wind their thoughts on abortion to pro-life or pro-choice. The Gallup poll shows that in 2012 50% of the people call themselves pro-life while 41% consider themselves pro-choice. Romney is obviously more pro-choice. [3]
Most People Are Democrats
Gallup ran its September poll and found that 49% of the people consider themselves Democrat, 39% Republican, and 13% are indepedents or others. This means all the Democrats needed was 1.9% to get to that 50.9% Obama won by.
I have proved there was no way for Romney to win and that is why Obama won the way he did (with an improving economy).
Sources will be posted later, sorry I am very busy right now.
"Radical Issues Had No Effect"
His second paragraph first:
He conflates pro-life with opposition to all legalized abortion. Very simply, I was talking about the more than 70% [consistently] over the last 37 years or so that have said that they think some choice should be legal. This in no way excludes all of them from the category of the 50% in 2012 [HG's (3)] of people who call themselves "pro-life."
Since my opponent has allowed that I may include "no abortions, no exceptions" as extreme, though, it is immaterial that he conflated issues [IMHO] in discussing my case, and we can move on in agreement that the Republican platform's absolutist anti-abortion position, highly associated with the conservative movement and the Romney Ryan ticket, was extreme.
ACCEPTED: The Republican platform position on abortion was "extreme."
As to HG"s first paragraph in this section:
He has confused what is the most important in an election with the concept that people will vote on something according to their preference as a "litmus issue."
Simply put: the most important issue is rarely the only issue people consider in voting.
Following on this idea:
1. Though 64% considered economic issues the most important issue, since
this issue was very close, Mitt Romney often had a lead in people's estimation of his abilities on economics and;
2. played right, a campaign that was almost all, about the economy [cf Clinton 1992], should have gone to the moderately conservative, extremely successful businessman [prima facie];
3. mathematically, 50% of 64% [even assuming that the most important issue was the only issue], this only gives a little more than 32% to either candidate. We have to explain the other 18+ percent that Obama took from Romney.
The data in my [1] shows that as much as 9% of the vote likely was affected just by the abortion issue. I'll repeat: though it may have been the most important for only 1%, Gallup shows that over 15% will consistently say it is something that will qualify/disqualify a candidate.
"Obama would have won, anyway."
This may be valid as a point-in-time assessment (though I can think of few experienced people who I work with in politics--and also respect their ability--who would make such a claim for other than the very last days of a campaign.) However, my argument assumes, if not explicitly, then strongly implicitly and I now make it explicit, that the extremism occurred over enough time to be a factor in the race.
As someone who works in politics, and again looking at the race over time--one would realistically look back at least to the beginning of an election year. [I was trained to (almost) NEVER think of a campaign as lost until 8:00 PM Election Day.]
Nate Silver's 538 blog showed clearly that national polls alone do NOT predict outcome. What is important is how each candidate did in electoral votes in a state-by-state discussion.
The key question: how did RR vs. OB do on key issues in the key states and how much impact did those issues have on the election in that state?
"Many Americans See the Economy Improving"
I believe I have addressed this argument above.
To summarize:
1. While the economy was the most important issue is agreed;
2. The two candidates were extremely close on this issue, and had the Romney campaign been able to focus almost exclusively on this issue, he should have had a strong advantage, at least up until the economy started to improve, by which time he would have "inoculated" the campaign on this issue;
3. Other issues are important, as well [Gallup in my [1] from a prior round].
"Radical" or statistically extreme positions had an effect on the race. It is only a matter of providing enough examples to show that the tiny vote differences in swing states would have been erased and/or reversed.
(I think abortion may have been enough, but will extrapolate.)
I thank my opponent for continuing the debate.
Regarding Abortion and ALL Issues Considered "Radical" in the Future
While the banning of abortions completely are considered radical in this debate, remember that I am arguing that they had no effect because the overwhelming majority of Americans were focused on much more important issues than abortion (since it seems to be the only issue we are discussing that is radical according to my opponent).
It also important to remember that while the GOP has given no exceptions to the abortion issue, Romney can be seen as more moderate on the issue of abortion, but leans pro-life. This is because of his political views in the past which have changed over time. Mitt Romney did not declare that he would make any quick and immediate legislation to ban abortions, which means that people probably did not think of abortions much in the race.
Important Issues
While my opponent has worked hard to claim that people do not completely look at the most major issue and look at other issues. Let's look at what are the most important other issues according to Gallup. Other important issues that scored high:
Dissatisfaction with the Government: 15%
Healthcare: 5%
Ethics: 3%
Immigration: 3%
Poverty: 2%
None of these issues can be considered radical and these are the five most important in other issues according to gallup. Obama can reach that other 18% with these issues, but remember that my opponent failed to mention that 49% of the people already consider themselves Democrats. So that 15% you are talking about that could disqualify a candidate based on abortion are probably all Democrats. All Democrats really needed was to get that extra 1.9%. Not that hard a task. Since abortion did not even get 1% of importance according to Gallup, we can only assume that is hat no effect it getting President Obama near that 1.9% and it is possible the people who cared about abortion already had made up their minds. [1,2]
Obama's Victory
Obama failed to counter that the RCP average has proved that President Obama was already a popular president. His favorability ratings were very similar to how many votes he got in the general election percentage wise. This is not a a national poll, this is an average of national polls combined and they proved to be very accurate. [3]
Why would a president most people like lose the election? Keep in mind that Obama never really attacked Romney strongly abortion. So the issue was again, practically irrelevant to the election.
I have proven that radical issues (i.e. abortion) had no effect in the presidential election because the country was almost entirely Democrat already, little people cared about abortion, and President Obama was a popular president. Mitt Romney's past gives him a much more moderate stance on abortion.
1. http://www.gallup.com...
2. http://www.gallup.com...
3. http://www.realclearpolitics.com...
Thank you HG for your new post.
As we are still arguing over whether an extreme position would have some effect on the election, I will not introduce evidence for the effect all the other "extreme" positions that conservatives hung on the RR ticket. If they all had "no effect," then adding 5 or 10 (or infinity:) more extreme positions would also have no effect.
If we had agreed that a "down ticket" (to possibly misappropriate a term usually applied to candidates), issue would have some effect, then I would introduce at least the following statistically extreme ("radical") positions, and provide evidence both that they are "radical" and how much effect they might have on the election:
I could add the issues that HG mentioned as the next most important:
Dissatisfaction with the Government: 15%
Healthcare: 5%
Ethics: 3%I would make a case that on a fairly large number of issues, the conservative movement was unnecessarily extreme in their messaging, and cumulatively cost the RR ticket the election. [Extremism on Dissatisfaction with the Government might be the exception that proves the rule, though.:)]
Several of HG's points are interesting and I will address them in turn.
1. "...while the GOP has given no exceptions to the abortion issue, Romney can be seen as more moderate on the issue of abortion..."Many would argue that Romney's personal position became almost moot due to the extremism of: his running mate; the Republican Platform; several high profile TEA Party candidates who shot themselves [and the party] in the foot on the issue. [Those of us who are relatively pro-choice know that a presidential candidate and his/her team have the ability to make a HUGE difference in the party platform. And we remember that extremist Supreme Court candidates can be appointed by relatively moderate presidents.]
Since my statistical evidence has not convinced my opponent (though I hope the DDO voters will be convinced), I will say anecdotally that I considered Supreme Court appointments enough to sway me away from Romney, even though he and Obama are not that different on the economy, IMHO.
2. "Important Issues"
Dissatisfaction with the Government: 15%
Healthcare: 5%
Ethics: 3%
Immigration: 3%
Poverty: 2%
HG states "None of these issues can be considered radical and these are the five most important in other issues according to gallup."
The question is not whether an issue itself is radical of mainstream, but rather wether the person or party's position on it is. On all these issues (with the possible exception of Ethics) the recent conservative movement has taken extreme positions.
3. "The 15% that would disqualify on abortion are Democrats"
This is a faulty assumption for which HG provides no evidence. The 15% number applies to the universe of people polled, not only to pro-choice or Democrats, etc. In fact, since 27% of Republicans are pro-choice [5.1], about 4% of Republicans, may have voted against Romney on the basis of his connection with the absolutist position.
I will not address in detail his argument about Obama's Victory, as it rests on faulty reasoning concerning the president's popularity, especially as it applies to the electoral college and winning swing states.
As my very esteemed opponent has not successfully countered my central argument that "extreme" positions had a statistically significant effect in losing swing state electoral votes for the Romney/Ryan ticket, I ask DDO voters to vote Pro.
[5.1] http://www.gallup.com...
Here comes the last round!
Other Issues
My opponent then gives a list of radical issues that might effect the election. These are gun control, taxes, immigration, the UN, and foreign policy. However, he has not provided proof that these issues would be considered extreme by people. In fact, none of Romney's stances on any of these issues are really radical. Romney wants to cut taxes, but that it not really radical. Neither is having less gun control or more prevention on illegal immigration. No one really considers foreign policy issues radical unless its something really crazy. Romney's policies are tuly not that out of the norm. I added the next most important issues according to Gallup. These are surely not radical issues.
I have provided proof these issues are important. Romney's standings on these issues are not radical. Its not radical to be against a healthcare plan by President Obama and create a new one and declining ethics is not radical either.
My opponent has argued that the reason Romney lost was because of Paul Ryan, the GOP platform, and several famous Tea partiers. However, he is completely wrong and has once again not provided evidence that is true. The party, the VP candidate, and allied organizations all support and follow the presidential candidate. The presidential candidate does not follow them. Its common sense. Everyone knows that Supreme Court candidates have to be screened before becoming justices, this safely prevents radicals these days from being elected. Also, remember that the Republicans may not win the majority in the Senate.
The Other Radical Issues
Remember, the conservatives follow Romney and the people listen to Romney and think about what he says. Romney is not a conservative candidate, just a moderate one. Elephant Watcher has proven that. So Romney is not radical and thus the people do not think he is radical. Had the candidate been more conservative we might have seen something else. Conservatives follow Romney, it is not the other way around. [1]
Also, keep in mind that in the 2010 midterms the people elected many conservatives to Congress so the people may not see the stances as radical.
That 15% that would disqualify Democrats are most likely liberal democrats, who else would disqualify it first? Even if it disqualifies a candidate, it may not be considered important. Remember less than 1% (in fact is less than 0.5%) believe that abortion is an important issue according to Gallup. As for the pro-choice Republicans, remember that other issues probably made them vote for Romney. I doubt many of them see abortion as an important issue.
Again, remember that 49% of Americans consider themselves Democrats and Obama won by 50.9%. All that 0.5% gives him is 49.5% for the election. Still not enough to get him to win. Remember, abortion has only been proven that it has the potential to be radical.
Obama's Victory
My opponent just basically ranted that popularity is faulty reasoning without giving proof or even debating it. Because of this he has dropped an argument I have made so I am victorious.
Regaring Swing States
My opponent has not made proof that the radical issues (aka Abortion) is important in the swing states. Because of this, we don't know if swing states care a lot about abortion.
I have proven that only a small amount care about the radical issues. There is only one radical issue that has been agreed in this debate: abortion. Only a small amount of people care about it and there is no proof that these people live in swing states to help Obama there. Even if Obama received all 0.5% of the people who see abortion as a major issue, he would still not win. The people looked at moderate Romney who was the candidate, the conservatives followed Romney. The conservatives had no effect because of this. President Obama was already a popular president which helped him win. Vote Con!
1. http://www.elephantwatcher.com...
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Posted by DeFool 5 years ago
Personally, I doubt it.
Posted by proglib 5 years ago
@Roy: while the 47% dependents argument is plausible for part of the election result, I've yet to see any evidence indicating what actual factor government largesse played in the outcome. It is also dangerous for the GOP to equate dependency with the other demographic characteristics that clearly played a role: gender, ethnicity, income, urban vs. suburban. (And of course there is frankly and obviously at least a hint of sour grapes suggested.)
To be clear, although I did not want Romney to win (for various reasons only part of which are economic issues), however, I think this election could have turned out much differently if a George W. Bush 2000 or Reagan 1980 type campaign had been waged. The GOP base needed to be confident that they would make progress on the social issues, while moving them to the background until the day after the election.
Even on the economy, they could have had a more "normalized" (statistically) position, and done much better. I mentioned the debate could be called "Crying Wolf Round 2" because from calling Obama a pro-abortion Muslim socialist to saying that Obamacare was going to be the end of the world (the Mayan calendar is our next deadline on that:), the nut job wing of the conservative movement got too much press and confused the debate over the economy too much. IMHO
Yeah I saw the poll. But I agreed with PRO that:
" I'll repeat: though it may have been the most important for only 1%, Gallup shows that over 15% will consistently say it is something that will qualify/disqualify a candidate."
Just because they have other priorities doesn't necessarily mean that they won't disqualify someone over it. I don't prioritize having food and water in my vicinity over most other issues, but the moment someone cuts it off, you can be assured I will exact a huge price on anyone that would f*** with me like that.
Posted by emj32 5 years ago
1) PRO's use of the Gallup poll was significant and relevant to the discussion. CON's use unfortunately was not directly pertinent to election results, and therefore I found CON's usage to be irrelevant to the debate.
2) All of my prior comments regarding election day polling and etc still stand.
3) Although I am not fully convinced by PRO's argument, CON's counters were largely irrelevant to the debate.
4) Romney's position - CON argued for this...PRO argued that it was overshadowed by Romney's party. I've read election analysis that essentially stated that a strategic move by OB/Dems to aggressively attack Romney after the Republican primary when he was defenseless helped to mold public opinion of Romney negatively, thereby lessening his direct impact on the election, especially on matters outside of the economy. I will side with PRO on this one.
5) Therefore, with the key point cleared up, I believe PRO won decisively. Sources to PRO as well.
Final word - I thought Romney was the PERFECT CHOICE for the 2008 VP position, and I would have voted for a McCain/Romney ticket. That the Republican party sandbagged him for being Mormon is almost exactly what PRO is asserting regarding the Republican party. [conspiracy theory] That McCain chose Palin over Romney also points to something totally irrelevant to judgment/misjudgment but rather a possibility that some "greater power" saw the need for a woman or an African American to become President, and the Republican party rolled over and acceded to this "greater power". [end of conspiracy theory] I simply cannot explain 2008 in any other way. McCain in 2008 spent a good deal of time actually defending Obama from his own party's extremist positions against Obama (black, Muslim, etc).
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Reasons for voting decision: Pros points relied mainly on social issues - a point unimportant in the voters mind. The points where he said it would hurt the republicans failed to be convincing. As the voters cared little about that issue (con said 1%) it would not affect swing states and probably only affect the true blue/red states. Con wins arguments.
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Reasons for voting decision: see comments - thanks for clearing up the sources.
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Reasons for voting decision: Pro had the burden of proof. His main argument was that abortion was the determining issue. Pro needed to show that the people who thought abortion was the determining issue would not have voted as they did, but he didn't have evidence for that. People insisting on pro-choice would have voted for Obama anyway, and those insisting on pro-life would have voted Romney anyway. Con's 1% number was convincing. I think it's true that nutcase abortion statements cost two Republican Senate seats, but there's insufficient evidence that carried to the Presidential race.
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Reasons for voting decision: Interesting debate. I felt pro had a lot better arguments, and he supported them with good sources. I felt pro did not uphold the bop to the proper standard, however for a new debater, did pretty decent in his case, and actually convinced me to give him the arguments point.
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Reasons for voting decision: The premise that Pro sought to defend was, by my understanding: P1) The GOP includes many voters with views that are ?extreme? or that fall outside the norm P2) These views were defended by the GOP candidate, causing a degradation in his favorability among moderates P3/C) This degradation was sufficient to lose the election for that party I further reduce this argument to: ?the GOP lost the election because their proposals were less popular than the Democratic arguments.? This premise has been defeated in the past, notably by arguing that other factors played a more significant role than popularity. However, in this debate, Pro avoided this challenge by arguing that extremism (unpopular proposals) were only one of several potential sufficient conditions for the loss. (?on enough hot button issues the GOP took an extreme ...") I will elaborate further in the comments section.
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Reasons for voting decision: Con's contention that only 1% cared about abortion as a major issue is contradicted by the sources. Pro spotted this. Pro's point that Democrats had high support anyway was not rebutted. Neither debater established their case conclusively. Although not explicitly stated, Pro should have the BOP to prove a positive case, so I'm going to give this to Con by a hair, with conduct to Pro because Con claimed something contradicted by his sources. It may have been oversight, but maybe he'll be more careful next time.
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