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Context: Chris Bosh said to Chris Tomasson at Fox Sports "I've been a Hall of Famer like four years ago. And I say that very serious, though. I've talked about it before with my friends.''
So he obviously feels his years as a Raptor will play into that selection ...
Start off with the Poll - do you agree with Bosh that he will one day be enshrined in the Basketball HOF?
And finally, to what started it all - Ian Thomsen has a great article over at SI.com outlining the current players who are in line to make the HOF (Found here: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nba...?sct=uk_t11_a2). He starts the Article off by conceding that the article is in response to a fan who wrote in and who disagreed with Chris Boshs assessment of his career thus far.
Thomsen actually somewhat agrees with Bosh. And I do as well.
While he disagrees that he was not a HOFer 4 years ago; he does believe Bosh is will get the nod once his time comes.
Also mentions that Vince Carter could make it in as our generations 'Nique Wilkins. Thoughts?


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In his landmark best seller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant, in the blink of an eye, that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work, in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others?
In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing", filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.
Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology and displaying all of the brilliance that made The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you understand every decision you make. Never again will you think about thinking the same way.
"Entertaining and illuminating." (Publishers Weekly)
"Gladwell's groundbreaking explication of a key aspect of human nature is enlightening, provocative, and great fun to read." (Booklist)
I was first introduced to Malcolm Gladwell a few weeks ago on a podcast for the WNYC program Radiolab. The episode is called "Choice" and if you are new to Gladwell, i would suggest you start there. You'll be hooked.
The negative reviews i've read seem to have felt misled. As if Gladwell were expected to present some unifying theory of intuition. Yet, n a way, he actually does, just not scientifically. What he does present are thought provoking anecdotes about the under appreciated importance of our instinct.. The patches on the quilt missing the thread of your perception. There is lots left to be learned from the experience of others, and luckily there's authors such as Gladwell who will find them.
28 of 28 people found this review helpful
Going into this book, I was expecting concrete answers to the questions that this book proposes to the readers: Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work, in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others?
Unfortunately, it does not answer these questions. The only real conclusion that the book comes to is that split-second decisions are in fact made by people, that these decisions are controlled by our subconscious (which can be highly influenced by external conditions), and that the decisions can have positive or negative results.
The first half of the book touts how powerful "thin-slicing" can be with several examples of various experts in various fields of work that are able to do this. The tone here seems to be to learn to listen to your subconscious.
Near the middle of the book is a few chapters on "mind reading", through facial expressions, which is interesting but again doesn't give you enough information to make any of it useful or practical.
The end of the book seems to say that thin-slicing is a bad thing, which causes us to make snap judgments based on race and gender biases. And that the only way you can tame this flawed decision making process is to become an expert in your field and to always realize that your subconscious is at work in your decision making process. Well, if you are an expert in your field, and you are always dissecting your decisions to look for your subconscious influences, then you are NOT making split-second decisions.
Overall it is a light read (listen) and is informative at a very high, psychology 101, level. It leaves many questions unanswered. Don't expect to take anything too practical or usable away from the material though.
350 of 374 people found this review helpful
I enjoyed the objective experimental analysis results. The leaps into public policy, biased political inferences, and obsessive defense of an obscure music artist whom "regular" people don't realize is actually a great artist turned me off. I'm obviously in the minority based on the current rating of this book. I expect liberal leaning people to generally love the book and conversely right leaning people to rate it lower. Back to what I like. Good social/psychological science backed up by experimentation. I especially liked the proposal that quantity of data does not correlate with better decision making and, in fact, can confuse the decision maker. Overall I recommend the read but I'd like to get a book like this and not be able to tell the political leanings of the author.
46 of 49 people found this review helpful
Gladwell's research is thorough, his presentation intriguing, and his reading masterful. I relished the entire listening experience. It's not a how-to book, but I found myself gaining a whole new perspective on the process of thinking. If for no other reason, read it as content for intelligent conversation. Overall, it was time and money well spent.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful
The first review on here is generally accurate in terms of book contents, the book doesn't necessarily have the contradictions it suggests. But it may not offer the solutions that everyone hopes will help them find the mysteries of the universe, either. The problem is that where science is concerned many think that there are always concrete answers, but that is simply the fartheset thing from the truth.
What this book does do is have a lengthy discussion about the things that influence our choices and informs our decisions. There is no firm answer because everyone makes decisions based on a different set of experiences, even if many of them are common.
While perhaps a bit long in a place or two, the author takes a great deal of time to fully present his thoughts which are often complex. I thought while much of the information here is known, it is presented in a way that helps readers understand his concepts.
28 of 30 people found this review helpful
As usual Mr. Gladwell has impressive insights. This time he looks at the power of 'thin slicing' which is essentially making a snap judgment about something. The key to that blink reaction being accurate though has much to do with the observers expertise in an area (you need to have some) and the context in which they are making the determination (you need to have a neutral, unbiased way to make the judgment or it may be unavoidably affected).
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
It is somewhat less technical than How We Decide but gives different examples of the conscious decision making process vs. the unconscious process. Allows the reader to gain an understanding that while you are heavily influenced by environmental stimuli and data we are consciously unaware of, we can train our conscious mind to identify those influences and adapt/compensate for them. There is a part that even goes into mind reading (no joke). This is a must read for humans.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
I just finished Blink and I am back at Audible to purchase The Tipping Point. Although this book is rather light reading, I am familiar with enough of the science to know it is solid. He makes the work of some brilliant, cutting-edge scientists accessible to a range of readers. I found the book provocative and would recommended it for anyone who is in a position to make important snap decisions (firefighters, police, nurses, paramedics, etc.). Contemplating the situations described in this book has changed my perspective of the world and how I interact with it. For example, as a college professor, I paid special attention to the first few minutes of class while introducing myself to new students, planning how I projected my persona. I created the image I wanted the students to have.
My only criticism is that it seemed rather repetitive after a while and could have been much shorter. Yet, I could understand that he was recapping and clustering points he made in the text. I would imagine that this technique enables those for whom this information is new to fully digest it.
32 of 36 people found this review helpful
Like his other two books, Malcom Gladwell's Blink draws together a lot of disparate social science and psychology research to form interesting conclusions. At the end of this book, I'm not sure precisely what I've learned or how all the information fits together, but I was fascinated throughout. One of the nice things about this audiobook is that the narrator is the author himself, so you feel very much as if you're sitting down with him listening to him talk about various aspects of human behavior.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
As has been mentioned earlier, the fundamental premise of the book (i.e. first imperessions matter) is sound and interesting. However, what detracts from the value of the book is the endless analogies and digressions to prove this fundamental premise. The book could have easily been 1/4th the size and not missed the point. Nevertheless well written and well read by the author.
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The worst thing that can happen to this Thunder season is something thats reared its head in every single game thus far. Thats egos creeping in and causing players to believe theyre better than. Tonight, much like the first two nights of the 2012-13 season, there was a ton of barking among Thunder players. At the end of the first quarter, Thabo Sefolosha and Russell Westbrook had to be separated from exchanging words as they walked to the bench. It was a show of anger that surprisingly was also seen from the same two as they walked off the court at halftime Friday night. Later, Durant chewed out Serge Ibaka for failing to grab a rebound. And of course there was the usual head-shaking between Ibaka and Kendrick Perkins whenever the paint went left unprotected. The problem is everyone has an opinion and everyone is sharing it. It cant be that way. There should be two voices on the court. Durants. And Westbrooks. Everyone else needs to fall in line. Whats happening now is that everyone is acting like they know best, almost like theyre the reason for the teams success, like their poop doesnt stink and the mans next to them does. And you cant help but wonder how much of the attitude has to do with last years success and whether it will soon subside or only fester and grow fangs.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder are off to a slow start, but newcomer Kevin Martin isn't.
Neither is Martin's former backcourt mate, Kyle Lowry, who is also making quite an impression with his new team.
Off to their worst start since relocating from Seattle, the Thunder close out a three-game homestand Tuesday night when the Toronto Raptors try to build on their first victory.
Acquired Oct. 27 in the deal that sent James Harden to Houston, Martin has given the Thunder (1-2) a legitimate third scoring option behind Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Martin is 12 of 17 from 3-point range and is averaging 20.7 points off the bench after making six 3s and finishing with a team-best 28 points in Sunday's 104-95 loss to Atlanta.
Martin's production is a positive sign, but the Thunder need to take better care of the ball after their 21 turnovers led to 31 Hawks points.
"We know there is a lot of work to be done and we're going to do it," coach Scott Brooks, whose team also allowed 12 offensive rebounds, told the Thunder's official website. "They know that tomorrow we come back at 11 o'clock and watch some film and try to figure out a few things that we should have done better and go from there."
The Thunder, who opened with five consecutive wins last season, will need to figure out a way to contain Lowry. The Raptors' new point guard leads the team in scoring (23.7 ppg), rebounds (7.3) and assists (7.0).
Lowry and DeMar DeRozan each scored 22 points and grabbed seven boards in Sunday's 105-86 home win over Minnesota.
"He's a very good player and he really gets them going," Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman said of Lowry, who was Martin's teammate in Houston the last two-plus seasons.
Lowry has also been getting the job done on the defensive side, recording 11 of the team's 29 steals. He and DeRozan both had three on Sunday.
"We took a little step forward tonight," coach Dwane Casey said. "We had a lot more possessions because of the (24 Minnesota) turnovers."
Durant, meanwhile, is among the league's worst with 5.3 turnovers per game after committing six for the second consecutive game Sunday.
"I wish I could have had a couple of those turnovers back," said Durant, who is averaging 22.7 points and 14.3 boards.
Toronto (1-2) is among the league's best with 11.7 turnovers per contest.
The Raptors are also among the NBA leaders in first-quarter scoring with an average of 28.3 points. Toronto is 9 for 16 from beyond the arc in that period.
That kind of early production could cause problems for an Oklahoma City team that trailed by eight after 12 minutes against the Hawks.
"We can't start the game off in cruise mode. We've got to go take it," Durant said. "A team's not going to just let us feel our way into the game."
The Thunder, who didn't lose their third game last season until their 15th contest, haven't dropped two straight in the regular season since snapping a season-worst three-game skid April 8 with a 91-75 home win over Toronto.
Oklahoma City is 3-1 at home in this series.
The Raptors surprised a number of people last year with some early season road wins. Hopefully they can do the same again this year and OKC would be a great start!


text: I would have loved to see Steve Nash as a Raptor, but no one forced the Raptors to go ball out for Steve Nash. He owes the Raptors nothing, and he owes Toronto no loyalty. If you choose to get upset with him you are discriminating against him because he is Canadian, with the rationale being we are Canada's team every American player in Europe should play in D-League in the U.S. First he is from Victoria, if this was the Vancouver Grizzlies we may have a leg to stand on with regards to being upset with him. Second, please provide me the quote in which Steve Nash said he wanted to play for the Raptors or he wanted them to pursue him. I do not recall seeing that. As for him quitting the National team, get your heads out of your asses. He has done more for Basketball in Canada than anyone has done before. Him choosing the Knicks has no effect on that. If there is collateral damage to Canadian Basketball the blame goes squarley on moronic Canadians, and Bryan Colangelo for mis reading the situation.


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A growing number of patients are turning to the Web to access healthcare information. In response to this demand, more and more physicians and hospitals are using patient portals as gateways for patients to find information.
Patients can also communicate with their physicians and access services using patient portals. Here is some information to help you understand how.
What Are Patient Portals?
A patient portal is a website you can use to securely interact with your electronic medical record at your doctor's office to perform some of the routine, health-related tasks that you would normally conduct at the office or by phone.
When Do You Use Patient Portals?
Most patient portals allow you to conduct the following tasks:
- Get results from lab tests and imaging studies
- Update your doctor about your condition or medications
- Clarify advice given to you during an office visit
- Ask general health questions that do not require a routine examination
- Request appointments, prescriptions, and referrals
- Obtain reliable health and disease information
- View and pay bills
If you have a new medical problem that needs to be diagnosed, you can use the patient portal to make an appointment for an office visit. That way, your doctor can conduct a physical exam and ask additional questions.
If you choose to communicate with your doctor using a patient portal, you should keep your messages to your doctor clear and concise. Take the time to organize your thoughts. Remember that the message you send will become part of your medical record.
When Not to Use Patient Portals
You should never use a patient portal if you have a medical emergency and need a quick answer. Difficulty breathing, bleeding, or severe abdominal pain all require immediate, personal medical attention.
Well-educated, web-savvy people seem to be the most comfortable with patient portals. But, they are not the only ones. Communicating with a doctor's office online may solve transportation problems for older adults or people who cannot drive.
An increasing number of physicians and hospitals are using patient portals to communicate. If you'd like added healthcare convenience, then a practice that has a patient portal may be right for you.
- Reviewer: Michael Woods, MD
- Review Date: 06/2016 -
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Senate Explores Ways to Improve Retirement Security
As legislators come to grips with tax reform, budget deficits and Obamacare, retirement security also is coming under scrutiny.
In a recent U.S. Senate committee hearing on retirement security, Sen. Tom Harkin, chairman of the Senate pensions and education committee, mentioned that people are not saving enough for retirement.
"I have said this before, but the retirement income deficit—meaning the difference between what people have saved for retirement and what they should have saved—is estimated to be as high as $6.6 trillion. Half of Americans have less than $10,000 in savings."
He added that, "these numbers are disturbing—and frightening. People who run out of money when they get old see their living standard decline, and they lean more and more on the social safety net, squeezing governments at all levels."
In the past, people could rely on personal savings, an employer-sponsored pension plan and Social Security, but pensions are going away and Social Security is in trouble.
"Stagnant wages and rising costs are making it tougher and tougher for people to save," Harkin said.
Although many companies have stepped up to offer 401(k) and other defined contribution retirement plans, those rely too much on a populace that doesn't know much about investing.
The committee invited companies like TIAA-CREF and Fidelity to talk about how they are helping employees cope with these challenges.
"I am a true believer that we need to restore the three-legged stool, and that starts with rebuilding the pension system," he said.
Harkin added that the government needs to do something to give middle class families the opportunity to earn a pension while making those plans more attractive to employers.
Edward Moslander, senior managing director, institutional relationship management for TIAA-CREF, who spoke to the committee on Jan. 31, said he also is worried about the three-legged stool of retirement becoming unsteady.
He pointed out that only 14% of Americans are very confident they will have enough money to retire comfortably, and 60% of workers say they have less than $25,000 in retirement savings.
In research conducted among its own clients, TIAA-CREF found that 75% of people with higher levels of education are either very confident or somewhat confident they will be able to retire comfortably, compared to 49% of the general populace. It also found that 88 percent of those with a higher education currently are saving for retirement and 60% have tried to determine how much they need to save by the time they retire.
Financial literacy is a problem across the country, so "we believe it is important to offer client tools that can assist them with making these decisions," Moslander said. These tools include online programs, access to financial advisors, either in person or over the phone, and comprehensive objective third-party advice programs.
Lifetime income products also should play a role in retirement security, he added.
"Due to our increasing lifespans, as well as the aforementioned concerns surrounding Social Security and the movement away from traditional pension plans, the draw-down phase will and should become a greater focus of the retirement security discussion," Moslander said.
The committee asked what percentage of Baby Boomers and Generation X are likely to run short of money in retirement, based on the current system/assumptions.
According to Employee Benefit Research Institute research, about 44% of Baby Boomers and Generation X households are expected to not have enough money in retirement, if they retire at age 65.
Retirement income adequacy is defined as having enough financial resources to cover basic expenses plus uninsured medical costs in retirement, according to Jack VanDerhei, research director for EBRI.
In May 2012, EBRI projected that the retirement shortfall for early Baby Boomers, those born between 1948 and 1954, vary from about $70,000 per individual for married households to $95,000 for single males and $105,000 for single females.
"The aggregate retirement income deficit number, taking into account current Social Security retirement benefits and the assumption that net housing equity is utilized 'as needed,' as well as uninsured health care costs, is currently estimated to be $4.3 trillion for all Baby Boomers and Gen Xers," VanDerhei said in his response to committee questions.
Women face an even greater challenge. Recent EBRI data found that the retirement savings shortfall for single Generation X females was $133,000. That amount is the average additional amount of savings needed at age 65 for at-risk single females in that age cohort not to run short of money in retirement. Thirteen percent of these single women could have shortfalls in excess of $200,000.
The biggest deficits are for women who work for companies that don't offer a 401(k) plan.
Retirement adequacy can be improved with the presence of defined benefit plans, having future eligibility for a defined contribution plan and increasing default deferral rates to 6%, VanDerhei said.
This article was originally posted at BenefitsPro.com, a sister site of Credit Union Times.


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Michael Thompson survived the brutal weekend conditions at PGA National to claim the Honda Classic by two strokes over former U.S. Open Champion, Geoff Ogilvy.
Already eight under at the halfway point of the tournament, Thompson looked to be the man to beat over the weekend. Playing at the top of the leaderboard, Thompson carded 4 bogeys and 4 birdies en route to his Saturday even par, 70 tally. The eight under total was good enough to earn Thompson a share of the 54 hole lead with fellow FJ staffer Luke Guthrie.
Playing in the final group for the second straight day, Thompson struck early with an eagle at the par 5 third hole to reach ten under par. Thompson dropped a shot at the next, but answered with a birdie on the following hole. Thompson, in FJ ICON and StaSof, managed to grind out a one under front nine, leaving him at 9 under for the championship.
Continuing his conservative play, Thompson made six straight pars before three putting for bogey at 16 -- a hole Oglivy birdied to get within two of Thompson. Ogilvy birdied 17, as well, to get within one of the Alabama grad, Thompson. Staying poised, Thompson rattled off a birdie on the last to shut the door on his competitors for his first PGA Tour victory.
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On the LPGA Tour, 2012 Player of the Year Stacy Lewis continued her world beating play by winning the HSBC Women's Championship in Singapore. Tied for the lead at the start of the day, Lewis grinded through the first six holes at even par. She then launched a drive at the par five seventh hole leaving her only 200 yards to the stick. in FJ Sport BOA and StaSof, she hit what she considered one the best shots of her career nearly jarring the shot for albatross, she settled for the eagle and control of the tournament. Lewis added another birdie at the ninth to remain at the top of the leaderboard.
Playing with the lead is difficult even for a Player of the Year, "The last four or five holes, I was pretty nervous, I'm not going to lie," Lewis said post round of playing with the lead. Despite late bogeys, she would hold on for a one shot victory. The victory is her sixth on the LPGA Tour.
On the Web.com Tour, former college phenom Patrick Cantlay set the scoring record at the Colombia Championship by seven shots. Cantly's 18 under par total was good enough for a four stroke victory. "It feels really good to win. I felt in control all day," said the former UCLA Bruin, "This sets the year off on the right foot. Even though I'm one of the youngest guys out here, I feel really comfortable out here."
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We've all heard horror stories of just how bad AOL's
Internet service and customer service are, but one man recorded a conversation
with an AOL CSR that is enough to make even the most tolerant person pull his
or her hair out.
Vincent Ferrari simply wanted to call in to cancel his AOL
account, but his request to cancel the account simply resulted in over 5
minutes of nonsense as the CSR tried everything within his power to keep
Vincent as a customer. Here part of the transcript courtesy of MSNBC:
Ferrari: I want to cancel my account.AOL: OK. I mean, is there a problem with the software itself?Ferrari: No. I don't use it. I don't need it. I don't want it.AOL: Last year, last month it was 545 hours of usage.Ferrari: I don't know how to make it any clearer. So I'm just gonna say it one last time. Cancel the account.AOL: Well, explain to me what is wrong.Ferrari: I'm not explaining anything to you. Cancel the account.
According to MSNBC,
Vincent has received a verbal apology from AOL and the CSR in question has been
fired. "At AOL, we have zero-tolerance for customer care incidents like this -
which is deeply regrettable and also absolutely inexcusable. The employee in
question violated our customer service guidelines and practices, and everything
that AOL believes to be important in customer care - chief among them being
respect for the member, and swiftly honoring their requests. This matter was
dealt with immediately and appropriately, and the employee cited here is no
longer with the Company," said AOL spokesman Nicholas Graham.
One must ask how any Vincent was even able to tolerate AOL
service for more than five years?


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National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP): Wave 2 and Partner Data Collection (ICPSR 34921)
Principal Investigator(s): Waite, Linda J., University of Chicago. Department of Sociology; Cagney, Kathleen, University of Chicago. Department of Sociology, and Department of Health Studies; Dale, William, University of Chicago. Department of Medicine. Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine; Huang, Elbert, University of Chicago. Department of Medicine; Laumann, Edward O., University of Chicago. Department of Sociology; McClintock, Martha, University of Chicago. Department of Psychology, and Department of Comparative Human Development; O'Muircheartaigh, Colm A., University of Chicago. Harris School for Public Policy Studies, and NORC; Schumm, L. Phillip, University of Chicago. Department of Health Studies; Cornwell, Benjamin, Cornell University. Department of Sociology
The health of older adults is influenced by many factors. One of the least understood is the role that social support and personal relationships may play in healthy aging. The National Social Life, Health and Aging Project (NSHAP) is the first population-based study of health and social factors on a national scale, aiming to understand the well-being of older, community-dwelling Americans by examining the interactions among physical health, illness, medication use, cognitive function, emotional health, sensory function, health behaviors, and social connectedness. It is designed to provide health providers, policy makers, and individuals with useful information and insights into these factors, particularly on social and intimate relationships. The National Opinion Research Center (NORC), along with Principal Investigators at the University of Chicago, conducted more than 3,000 interviews during 2005 and 2006 with a nationally representative sample of adults aged 57 to 85. Face-to-face interviews and biomeasure collection took place in respondents' homes. Wave 2 interviews were conducted from August 2010 through May 2011, during which Wave 1 respondents were re-interviewed. An attempt was also made to interview individuals who were sampled in Wave 1 but declined to participate. In addition, spouses or co-resident partners were also interviewed using the same instruments as the main respondents. This process resulted in 3,377 total respondents. The following files constitute Wave 2: Core Data, Social Networks Data, Social Networks Update Data, Partner History Data, Partner History Update Data, and Disposition of Wave 1 Partner Data.
Included in the Core file (Part 1) are demographic characteristics, such as gender, age, education, race, and ethnicity. Other topics covered respondents' social networks, social and cultural activity, physical and mental health including cognition, well-being, illness, history of sexual and intimate partnerships and patient-physician communication, in addition to bereavement items. In addition data was collected from respondents on the following items and modules: social activity items, physical contact module, sexual interest module, get up and go assessment of physical function and a panel of biomeasures including, weight, waist circumference, height, blood pressure, smell, saliva collection, taste, and a self-administered vaginal swab for female respondents. The Social Networks file (Part 2) contains one record for each person identified on the network roster. Respondents who refused to participate in the roster or who did not identify anyone are not represented in this file. The Social Networks Update file (Part 3) details respondents' current relationship status with each person identified on the network roster. The Partner History file (Part 4) contains one record for each marriage, cohabitation, or romantic relationship identified in Section 6A of the questionnaire, including a current partner in Wave 2 but excluding the partner from Wave 1. The Partner History Update file (Part 5) details respondents' current sexual partner information, as well as marital and cohabiting status. Lastly, the Disposition of Wave 1 Partner file (Part 6) details information derived from Section 6A items regarding the partner from Wave 1 within the questionnaire. This provides a complete history for respondent partners across both waves.
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Users interested in obtaining these data from NACDA must request and complete the NSHAP Restricted Data Use Agreement form. Users can download this form from the download page associated with this dataset. Completed forms with original signature(s) should be mailed to: Director, National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Institute for Social Research, P.O. Box 1248, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248.
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Study Description
Waite, Linda J., Kathleen Cagney, William Dale, Elbert Huang, Edward O. Laumann, Martha McClintock, Colm A. O'Muircheartaigh, L. Phillip Schumm, and Benjamin Cornwell. National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP): Wave 2 and Partner Data Collection. ICPSR34921-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2014-04-29. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34921.v1
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This study was funded by:
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging (5RO1AG021487)
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: aging, anxiety, attitudes, biomeasures, body height, body weight, demographic characteristics, doctor visits, drugs, ethnicity, family size, health attitudes, health behavior, health problems, health services utilization, health status, illness, intimate partners, life satisfaction, medical evaluation, medical procedures, menopause, mental health, morbidity, nutrition, older adults, quality of life, sexual behavior, social networks, social support
Smallest Geographic Unit: None
Geographic Coverage: United States
- 2010-08--2011-05
- 2010--2011
Unit of Observation: individual
Universe: Community-dwelling individuals ages 57-85 Wave 1 Respondents and eligible non-interviewed respondents from Wave 1 (Wave 1 Non-Interviewed Respondents). Cohabiting spouses and romantic partners of Wave 1 Respondents and Wave 1 Non-Interviewed Respondents living within the household, age 18 years or older.
This collection is being released in seven parts: Parts 1 through 6 contain the ICPSR-processed files; Part 7 contains the original Stata data files with extended and nonextended missing values provided by the P.I. in a zip file package.
Please refer to the related data collection ICPSR 20541, National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP): Wave 1 for further information regarding the NSHAP project.
For further information about the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP), please see the NORC at the University of Chicago Web site.
In Wave 2, the instrument was simplified to facilitate both administration and analysis. Particularly, all questions were asked entirely in the in-person interview or the leave-behind questionnaire, as was not the case for the previous Wave 1 study design. In addition, partner history items regarding relationship details and sexual experience were combined into the same modules. As in Wave 1, selected biomeasures were administered to a randomized subset of respondents in cases where this provided adequate power for likely analyses. Users may refer to ICPSR 20541, National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP): Wave 1 for further study design information, as well as the Original P.I. Documentation in the ICPSR Codebook and visit the NORC at the University of Chicago Web site.
In Wave 2, NSHAP returned to Wave 1 respondents and eligible non-interviewed respondents from Wave 1 (Wave 1 Non-Interviewed Respondents). The Wave 2 sample was also extended to include the cohabiting spouses and romantic partners of Wave 1 Respondents and Wave 1 Non-Interviewed Respondents. Partners were considered to be eligible to participate in NSHAP if they resided in the household with Wave 1 Respondent/Wave 1 Non-Interviewed Respondent at the time of the Wave 2 interview and were at least 18 years of age. In order to restrict inferences to the population of Wave 1 age-eligible, analysts may use the variable AGEELIG in the Wave 2 Core data file. Researchers wishing to compute design-based variance estimates may use the variables STRATUM and CLUSTER. These variables were constructed from the original sampling units for the purpose of variance estimation; the former may be treated as (pseudo) strata and the latter as (pseudo) Primary Sampling Units (PSUs). Users may refer to ICPSR 20541, National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP): Wave 1 for further sampling information, as well as the Original P.I. Documentation in the ICPSR Codebook and visit the NORC at the University of Chicago Web site.
The data are not weighted, but contain two weight variables within the Part 1 Core data file, which users may wish to apply during analysis. Respondent-level weights representing the inverse probability of selection are contained in the variable WEIGHT_SEL. A second set of weights incorporating a non-response adjustment based on age and urbanicity is contained in the variable WEIGHT_ADJ. Both sets of weights are scaled to sum to the final sample size (3,377). For additional information on weights, please refer to the NORC at the University of Chicago Web site.
Mode of Data Collection: computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI), computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI), coded on-site observation, face-to-face interview, mixed mode, self-enumerated questionnaire, telephone interview
Response Rates: The weighted response rate was 76.9 percent. In terms of sample type: Wave 1 Respondent weighted response rate of 87.8 percent; Wave 1 Non-Interviewed Respondent weighted response rate of 23.1 percent; Wave 1 Respondent Partner weighted response rate of 85.8 percent; Wave 1 Non-Interviewed Respondent Partner weighted response rate of 63.9 percent.
Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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Original ICPSR Release: 2014-04-29
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Estimates of Eligible Voters in Counties of the United States, 1972 (ICPSR 7528)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
Census data on the number of eligible voters in the United States in 1972 as well as the number and percentage of citizens who voted for president in 1972 are presented in this data collection. Both county-level and state-level records are provided, with a unique numeric identification number assigned to each county or independent city within each state. Individual state information is presented in regional group order,(i.e., New England, Middle Atlantic, East North Central, West North Central, Solid South, Border States, Mountain States, Pacific States, and External States).
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Study Description
United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Estimates of Eligible Voters in Counties of the United States, 1972. ICPSR07528-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07528.v1
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Subject Terms: census data, counties, demographic characteristics, presidential elections, states (USA), voter turnout, voters
Geographic Coverage: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (state), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- 1972
- 1972
United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. "Language Minority, Illiteracy and Voting Data Used in Making Determinations for the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975 (Public Law 94-73)." CURRENT POPULATION REPORTS, SERIES P-25 no. 627 (June 1976).
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I'm not sure if anyone attended Caribana this weekend, but while I was there, I spotted quite a few Toronto Raptors jerseys with #9 on the back and the name 'Parker'.
I then went to National sports and there were a whole lot of them on the clearance rack along with Bosh, Turkoglu and Calderon jerseys. Seems somewhat odd. It made me wonder if there actually was a deal in the works for Tony Parker.


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Michael Jackson's unexpected death last week took the internet by storm, causing many of the news networks to struggle with spotty service. Now the pop star continues to live on -- and not just on the music charts. The latest development has been a rise in Michael Jackson-themed spam and malware.
Security firm Sophos reports that a new email viral attachment is circulating with an email claiming to have details on secret Michael Jackson songs. Users opening the email attachment become infected with the virus. Thus far the emails have been sent with the address "firstname.lastname@example.com" as the reported entry in address line and a subject line "Remembering Michael Jackson".
Symantec and other companies have also picked up on other scams, including some that have links redirecting users to bogus websites, which harvest personal information. The volume of scams and malware is greater than the Fourth of July malware the firm usually sees during this time of year, it reports.
An email claiming to contain a secret "last work of Michael Jackson" as a YouTube video actually infects users' computers with a program that steals their passwords. Another similar email scam claiming to have the "latest unpublished photos" of Michael Jackson also links to a program used to steal users' passwords. Still yet another email, chiefly circulating in Britain purports to be from Tamla Motown founder Barry Gordy and promises readers a chance to win free Michael Jackson CDs.
The first of the scams appeared just hours after Michael Jackson's death, according to Sophos. One of the early scams promised a "breaking news video", instead redirecting readers to a bogus site.
Spammers have long seized on bad news -- from the swine flu to Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 -- as topics of their messages, which typically bear viral payloads or redirect to bogus pages. The tragic death of Michael Jackson has proven no exception. Even in death, the colorful Michael Jackson's continue to live on in many ways -- some of them being malware.


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LOOOOOL, give the guy a break
But tenforthewin, there's absolutely no chance we get those players you mentioned.
LOOOOOL, give the guy a break
But tenforthewin, there's absolutely no chance we get those players you mentioned.
in life, i'm a med student haha, i will be making big $ on the long run
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Ahhhhhhh.... grammar class is a wonderful thing.
Twitter - @thekid_it
Meh, I just hope JV learns post moves in the offseason. The Raps have no inside game, and there outside game is non existent since Jose left. Boozer is not a good enough reason to go into the luxury tax.
I'm actually happy we didn't get Boozer. I guess he would have gotten big minutes and I think he's way too slow to fit in with the rest of our team and he doesn't much of anything on offense beyond 5 ft.
An inside scoring presence would be a good thing.
96 minutes between JV, Amir, and Boozer would have been easily split.
Raps are also 28th in rebounding.... he'd help that.
Buuuuuuut this is obviously a dead issue now.
Good things happen to those who wait.... supposedly.
reminder that bargnani is the only raptor remaining from 'bosh era'
also reminder that there was never a 'bargnani era'
For some reason, Bargnani has mentally checked out. Maybe realizing "Oh sh!t, I'm stuck with this team until the off season at the earliest, I should at least make myself presentable to other teams." It could also go opposite where he's happy collecting his fat paycheck and cannot be any more excited going back home for the summer and essentially mails it in for the rest of the season.
To his defense, his post defense has been pretty good for the most part. He's taking better shots; results are inconsistent. He does a good job hedging but his recovery is atrocious. I wouldn't put much emphasis on him since he gets yanked when he shows he is disinterested. When he is effective on opposing bigs, he sees more minutes and he still doesn't force up shots. So in that sense, he's not too detrimental to the team's performance. I would like to see him get more touches in the post.
I dont create controversies. Theyre there long before I open my mouth. I just bring them to your attention.
-- Charles Barkley
I re-watched the game, and man, the fans were HARD on Bargnani tonight. I don't necessarily feel bad for him - because, I mean, he's played awful all season - but I thought fans were making some class-less decisions booing your own guy.
I just think boo him if he does something stupid, don't boo him if all he basically did was miss a shot.
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
The Raps would be stupid to not try and maximize this asset for as long as they have him. Early in the game, when the second unit was in (2nd quarter I think) there was ZERO effort to get Bargnani going. Lucas and Anderson were throwing up play-ground shots instead of giving the ball to Andrea, or, ACTUALLY RUNNING A PLAY to get him a shot. I appreciate what those guys have done for the team in several games, but any game where the Raptors can get Bargnani going is going to be hell for the opposing team. Pretty disappointing fan reaction, which is outlined by many others in another thread.
Finally, perhaps it's time to lock the "everything Bargnani" thread?
I asked Jalen Rose what his thoughts were on AB's game from a context/perspective outside of Toronto.
He said that he likes his game, and that he's a good guy.
I know it's a bit of a cop-out PC response.. but it is what it is.
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Dove Creek was a bit shorthanded on the wrestling mat, but coach Shane Baughman will take his team's performance.
Four Bulldogs won their respective weight classes in Ignacio, while Montezuma-Cortez High School claimed two titles.
Dove Creek finished second as a team at the annual Butch Melton Invitational last Saturday with 189.5 points. M-CHS was fourth in the 11-school tournament with 144.5 points.
St. Michael's High School made the drive from Santa Fe, N.M., and left with the team title of 260.5 points.
The Bulldogs were without Tyler Ebberts at 138 pounds and Tyler Knuckles at 182. Both sat out with injuries. Baughman feels the final team standings may have been different if the two Tylers could have suited up.
"That really hurt not having those two," he said. "They wrestled real well, but it would be nice to have a full lineup. We still haven't had our full lineup."
Chance Randolph (120), Nick Jones (126), Cole Baughman (132) and Dalton Randolph (152) all won titles.
Jones' championship came on a well earned, hard fought 1-point decision in the finals over a wrestler from St. Michael's.
"Nick Jones finally turned the corner," coach Baughman said. "He works so hard in practice and in the weight room. We kept telling him 'the wins are going to start coming.' It's nice to see him on the winning side of things. His hard work paid off."
Colin Hobbs and Case Baughman each grappled to third-place finishes at 106 and 113.
Wyatt Applin wrestled his best tourney of the year at 170, finishing second.
"We've been working on his conditioning all year. He's healing up and we're starting to go two-a-days," Shane Baughman said. "He's starting to be in really good shape at the right time."
Tyson Smith took third at heavyweight and Dillon Daves placed fifth at 145.
Dove Creek gets back to work Thursday evening for the San Juan Basin League championships at Dolores High School.
The Bulldogs are strong favorites to defend their league title. A heavy contingent of fans are expected to make the short drive from Dove Creek.
"It's great for the fans to be able to come watch. They're pretty excited about it being in Dolores this year," said Shane Baughman about leagues. "Four out of the five schools will have full teams. I think that will be good to have some good competition in our league meet."
Ryan Daves remained undefeated at 138s. His 4-0 mark earned him the Outstanding Wrestler award and upped his overall season record to 28-0. Daves won by a 19-3 technical fall over Aaron Yazzie (Pagosa Springs). He pinned Tommy Fury (Dove Creek), Iassic Pena (Ignacio) and Drake Rhodes (Bayfield).
As a team, the Panthers wrestled their best meet of the season. Each wrestler placed Saturday.
"Overall, I was extremely pleased with the way they wrestled," M-CHS coach Eric Smith said. "Having everyone place for the first time this year, shows me they're peaking at the right time. The boys are really starting to pick it up a bit and feeling some things. They feel what it's like out there to be able to win."
Trenton Gustafson dominated at 182 pounds. The senior pinned his way to the title in three matches. Gustafson pinned Chad McNamera (St. Michael's), Orien Israel (Aztec, N.M.) and Michael Goodman (Bayfield).
Celestino Fernandez, Levi Gross and Seager Oliver all took second at 106, 120 and 160. Justice Ramos placed third at 145 with a 4-1 record and Tyler Hageman placed for the first time this year at fifth.
The Panthers return home today to host 2A Ignacio in a dual beginning at 6 p.m.
"It's nice to have a home meet at the end the season, finally. Especially, for our seniors," Smith said. "Hopefully, we can go out with a win for our community."
M-CHS will be at Grand Junction Central High School on Saturday morning for the Southwestern League duals at 8.
Wyatt Wade led the Dolores Bears with a championship at 145s in Ignacio. The senior went 3-0.
Deano Valdez was the runner-up at 152 with a 2-1 record.
Luke Murefield was fifth at 126 and Kacee Davis placed sixth at 160. Kellen Gatzke and Guy Wallace were both seventh at 170 and 138, respectively.
"Our guys wrestled really well," Bears first-year coach Leo Garand said. "We only brought six, but everyone placed."
Dolores will host the SJBL championships Thursday at 4 p.m.
"It's a great opportunity. These boys haven't wrestled in front of their home crowd in seven years, until this year," Garand said. "To finish the season at home, is great for the kids. Everybody is pretty excited for it. I'm glad we're the ones getting to host it."
The Bears will also wrestle at the Nucla tournament Saturday morning at 9:30.


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ESPN just posted this on insider previewing the Atlantic division. This was the discussion on the Raps.
" [DeRozan] can average 15-17 points this year and put himself in the conversation with his classmates, Tyreke Evans, Stephen Curry and Brandon Jennings."
"All you need to know is in their first name -- they're a foreign team. They're like a team in Europe with a few good American players, and that won't cut it in this league.
"I do love DeMar DeRozan. He can be a superstar and reach the Vince Carter level. He's a freak athletically, a terror in transition, he can guard, he's competitive and he's got toughness and swagger. He can average 15-17 points this year and put himself in the conversation with his classmates, Tyreke Evans, Stephen Curry and Brandon Jennings."
"[Andrea] Bargnani is a nice big man who can stretch defenses, but Jose Calderon is nothing more than a really nice backup. If [Leandro] Barbosa plays like he did two years ago, he could be a nice addition. He's got to get his confidence back."
Best-case scenario: "DeRozan emerges as a future star they can build around and they win 32 games."
Worst-case scenario: "26 wins."
Thorpe's breakout player: Amir Johnson, F
The Raptors have a number of young players who will get ample opportunities to step forward and become serious contributors. But much is expected of Johnson, thanks to his five-year, $34 million deal signed this summer, and with lottery pick Ed Davis recovering from knee surgery, Johnson will have as many minutes as he can stomach to start the season. He looks to be a guy who can average 10 and 10, and while those numbers seem pedestrian when compared to Chris Bosh, they would be welcomed by the Toronto coaching staff and front office.
Haberstroh's salary spotlight: Andrea Bargnani, C
Age: 25 | 2010-11 salary: $8.5 million | Projected PER: 14.3
The jury is out whether Bargnani will ever live up to No. 1 overall expectations, but the long-awaited verdict should arrive at the end of this upcoming season. Bosh has left Toronto, which shifts the spotlight squarely on the Italian big man who averaged 17.2 points last season.
Bargnani can hit treys and block a few shots in the post, but he struggles with just about everything else. In fact, he had the lowest steal rate among qualified players last season, one of the lowest assist rates for a regular center and, to top it all off, his rebounding numbers measure up more closely to those of a shooting guard. With five years and $50 million left on his contract, the Raptors will need to see some improvement from their franchise player


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Two issues are high on the list of concerns of high-net-worth families: preparing the next generation for the responsibilities attendant on their wealth and, increasingly, looking to the needs of aging family members.
This week, U.S. Trust rolled out Family Wealth Services, a new suite of offerings aimed at helping clients address these concerns.
"We have taken a broad approach with Family Wealth Services because we recognize that it may not be possible for [clients] to separate family-related concerns from personal wealth objectives," the firm said in a statement.
Next Generation
The Financial Empowerment program is designed for women and men in their 20s and 30s, whether they are just starting careers or already have their own families. The program provides knowledge and tools on protecting wealth, philanthropy, trusts and dealing with life events from a financial standpoint.
It aims to focus clients' attention on what messages about wealth they hope to convey to their children; their attitudes toward work, personal integrity and social awareness; their philanthropic interests; what they as a family truly care about; and how those concerns can be carried forward in the context of activities like trust and estate planning.
Working with a U.S. Trust specialist, participants identify values and goals and also diagnose gaps in financial knowledge, then receive a customized program that can be delivered online, in one-on-one sessions or in groups for the entire family.
Older Generation
The ElderCare Planning program addresses specific planning issues related to aging, and provides support and guidance for decisions clients will face as they make later-life plans for themselves and other family members.
The program offers these services:
- Assistance in gathering and organizing critical financial, legal and medical information, determining whether a family member needs some form of assistance and assembling documents and sharing them with appropriate family members as early as possible in order to reduce stress and facilitate their handling later.
- Access to a dedicated team of elder care planning specialists through partnership with external organizations who work with U.S. Trust clients on a preferred basis and at specially negotiated prices.
- Help with important financial planning for longevity—including budgeting assistance, retirement asset planning, provision of longevity and long-term care insurance and assessments of other ways of financing long-term care arrangements.
- Gift and estate planning for anyone who needs assistance.


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England's World Cup players visit children's hospice
England's Rugby League World Cup stars paid a special visit to Loughborough's Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People today.
Tom Burgess, Sean O'Loughlin, Lee Mossop and Liam Farrell, who have all featured in England's World Cup campaign, spent an hour with the children, parents and members of staff signing autographs and posing for photographs.
The hospice is a beneficiary of Wooden Spoon – the Official Charity Partner to Rugby League World Cup 2013 (RLWC2013) – and the players got a chance to see first-hand the impact a £40,000 donation towards the construction of a soft play room has made.
All of the players were clearly moved and humbled by the experience.
"It's great that Wooden Spoon have come on board during the World Cup," said Burgess.
"They do some amazing things and invest money into some fantastic projects so when we heard there was a beneficiary near to our training base we wanted to come down and show our support for the money they have invested."
O'Loughlin wholeheartedly agreed with his team mate adding: "It's been such a moving experience. To be able to come here and meet some of these amazing children is very humbling. If we can put a smile on their faces even for a second and that makes a small difference then it's worthwhile.
"Not only that, but visiting the hospice and seeing close up the difference the funding from Wooden Spoon has made is brilliant."
Simon Whitaker from Wooden Spoon was delighted to have the support of some of England's top players. He said: "It's great to know they are supportive of the work we do and for them to take time out of their busy World Cup schedule to come and see the investment we have made into the hospice is fantastic."
It wasn't just the children who were excited to meet the England quartet, Philip Yorkstone from the hospice admitted the staff were thrilled by their visit, too.
"We see the positive impact the £40,000 Wooden Spoon investment has made on the children's lives every day so it's great to celebrate that by having some of the England team visit the hospice.
"Everyone was extremely excited before they arrived and we all thoroughly enjoyed meeting them, they were lovely guys."
As part of the RLWC2013 official charity partnership, Wooden Spoon have provided a grant of £80,000 to the £1million RLWC2013 Dance Programme which involved hundreds of disadvantaged and disabled young people performing at the opening and closing ceremonies as well as throughout the tournament.
Wooden Spoon was founded in 1983 and inspired by its rugby heritage, its core values of passion, integrity, teamwork and fun, have so far benefited over one million young people.
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Obama's EPA May Punt on Ethanol Decision, As Big Corn Argues "Just Trust Us"
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November 14, 2012 3:40 PM
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"We'll tell you next month" is the likely word from the EPA
Stop me if you've heard
one before. It's the eleventh hour and the Obama administration is facing a crucial decision, one that could have a deep impact on the nation's economy and a united voice of experts is facing noisy opposition from special interests. It's game time and the administration is on the field, ready to make the big play... and they instead choose to punt.
That's the likely scenario
according to
The Detroit News
regarding ethanol waivers, a decision which was supposed to be made this week by Obama's iteration of the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
I. Federal Government Backs Corn Ethanol Despite Massive Drawbacks
The EPA derives its power to regulated fuel economy from the
Clean Air Act of 1963
[PDF], a law which was most recently amended
in 1990
by Congress. A key question in recent years is whether the EPA can dictate what fuels the market should sell or blend. The last two Presidents -- Barack Obama and George W. Bush -- argued the answer to that question is "yes". The most crucial effort to that objective was the
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
(EISA), signed into law by President Bush.
Under the EISA, which has been actively backed by President Obama, each year gasoline sellers in the U.S.
must blend in more and more
ethanol to help the U.S. meet "targets".
President Bush and Obama have backed the federal government manipulating the economy to push corn ethanol at the pump. [Image Source: Nation Corn Growers Assoc.]
But despite its status as America's most used alternative fuel, serious questions surround ethanol and whether it really helps the environment at all. While domestic ethanol production does offer a
small shred of domestic security
by removing some dependence on volatile foreign sources, studies have also shown that it actually
increases greenhouse gas emissions
increases food prices
In other words, the body of current evidence clearly points to corn ethanol -- the most abundant form of ethanol in the U.S. -- being bad news for both the U.S. consumer and the environment.
Automakers also say that higher blends of ethanol
will damage the engines of older vehicles
, in turn creating both economic problems. The EPA dubiously says it knows the science better than the people who made the vehicles, arguing that the automakers
are liars
Obama and Bush both backed big corn special interests. [Image Source: Politically Incorrect]
In the midst of all the issues, why is there still a modicum of support for government manipulation of the fuel market in corn ethanol's favor?
Big corn has long been one of the nation's most powerful special interest. Corn farmers have benefited from
billions in yearly government subsidies
, with a major chunk of it coming from ethanol grants and mandates. In total, corn farmers drew $73.8B USD from 1995-2009 from the U.S. federal and state governments.
II. Big Corn v. Everyone Else
Indeed the latest debate regarding ethanol comes down to
"corn farmers" vs. "everyone else"
-- including their fellow farmers.
Amidst a record drought, feed prices are soaring. Livestock farmers have resorted to
feeding their cows candy
to try to keep from going bankrupt or letting their herd die. Meanwhile, corn is being actively fermented (or wasted, according to critics) into ethanol, putting further pressure on prices. And the EPA's fine-backed blending demands are the key factor driving that trend.
Without intervention, record corn prices coupled with drought may push small farms out of business. [Image Source: US News]
The corn farmers argue that they can't release information showing what their yields are; information that could validate the desperate farmers claims. Instead, their argument boils down to "just trust us", as they fight a potential EPA waiver to help the struggling farmers.
The Michigan Farm Bureau
comments "[We don't believe keeping the blending targets] would severely harm the economy of Michigan at this time. We do not have final harvest numbers, making it premature to determine what our total crop supply will be in 2012."
The National Corn Growers Association
[PDF], "We believe the burden of proof for severe harm to the economy falls on the petitioner. We believe the petitioners have failed to establish this proof, since higher feed prices are only one piece of a complicated economic puzzle."
III. Blending Targets May Kill Small Farmers' Businesses
On the other side stands a united group of farmers, state, and federal politicians.
Corn prices are
up 60 percent
on the year, and food prices are expected to rise 3.5 percent or more this year -- and more next year -- largely due to ethanol pressure. Corn prices have jumped 400 percent since the federal government backed corn ethanol under the Bush administration.
Eight state governors and 200 members of Congress have
written a letter
(on behalf of the slightly ironically named
National Pork Producers Council
) to the EPA pleading with it to relax blending rules via a waiver, at least for the rest of the year. Delaware and Maryland's governors write that without a waiver the EPA would be creating "the loss of thousands jobs."
A number or researchers also signed a letter calling for a waiver. Among them is
John M. DeCicco
Ivette Perfecto
from the
University of Michigan
School of Natural Resources and Environment
. They
, "The (Renewable Fuel Standard) diverts potential food crops to produce fuel, which drives up food price volatility and global food prices."
Big corn donates deeply to federal politiicans, who in turn reward it with billions in subsidies.
[Image Source: Agriculture.com]
It would be awfully hard for the Obama administration's EPA to deny the waiver in the midst of such overwhelming support. On the other hand, it would be equally hard to turn their back on big corn special interests. Those affiliated with the National Corn Growers Assoc. alone poured close to $500,000 USD to candidates on both sides of the aisle in 2012 [
] (the majority went to Republicans, likely due to their more critical stance on ethanol, which big corn hoped to soften).
IV. Silence From the EPA
The EPA released a brief comment remarking, "EPA is completing its review and analysis of the RFS waiver requests and the agency plans to reach a decision shortly."
But Tuesday's deadline for a decision came and went without any word about the status.
The EPA appears ready to punt on the waiver. [Image Source: How to Punt a Football]
Late last year Congress
finalized the cut to corn ethanol's tax subsidy
. But the influx of money from big corn has some on The Hill calling for a renewal of an effort to force corn ethanol on the consumer, regardless the cost to the economy and the environment.
Amidst that backdrop, the only noise coming from the EPA is the sound of crickets as the waiver requests are punted deeper downfield.
The Detroit News
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Saw you guys in Pittsburgh, best show I've ever seen. Please play Balaclava next time!
18.10.11 2:25 pm
I see the show starts at 7p. When do AM go on?
16.10.11 6:38 am
There isn't an age limit on this show is there? My friend is 17 and I wasn't sure if I would be able to get him a ticket or not.
06.10.11 10:21 am
Yesss I have loved arctic monkeys since i bet that you look good on the dancefloor became popular on the web. i have watched this band grow and mature. I saw them last time they were in Pitt at Mr. smalls, and I cannot wait to see them at Stage AE.It would be absolutely mind blowing to see them play my fav songs live.
27.09.11 10:23 pm
Saw them their first time here at Smalls for the Humbug tour, can't wait for this one!
09.09.11 4:11 pm
@brunematthew I also purchased my tickets online through the website. If you look at the email again it says they won't ship to you until like 14 days prior to event
29.07.11 8:10 pm
So I ordered tickets through this website for the show and it went through, but I never got the tickets in the mail. Has anyone had this issue or know how I can get into contact with whomever to resolve this?
13.07.11 6:25 pm
Totally pumped for this show! Saw weezer at Stage AE in june! Its an awesome venue!