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I was entering Cana on U.S. 52 North and I noticed a sign that read "Entering Virginia's Entrepreneurial Region."
This sign is located right next to the biggest eyesore in Carroll County.
I have counted a total of five fields full of junked buses, fire trucks, ambulances and garbage trucks. If we are supposed to be the Entrepreneur Region of Virginia, then we must clean our county up and hide this eyesore.
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STOCKTON - A prosecutor on Wednesday described vicious attacks a woman endured while being held captive for four months.
STOCKTON - A prosecutor on Wednesday described vicious attacks a woman endured while being held captive for four months.
She was repeatedly bludgeoned, strangled until she passed out and stabbed when she tried to leave, said Deputy District Attorney Kibbe Day.
"She was scared for her life," Day said.
The woman's alleged captor appeared in court when prosecutors hit him with a 48-page complaint containing nearly a dozen charges.
Jerry James Sandoval, 39, is accused on 11 counts, including false imprisonment, domestic violence, assault, possession of firearms and animal cruelty.
The victim, a 29-year-old woman, escaped from an apartment in the 300 block of South Laurel Street on Monday morning and told officers she had been battered and kept a prisoner in her own home.
The pair met four months ago and a week into the relationship, Sandoval started becoming violent, Day said Wednesday, providing reasons for the court to grant a criminal protective order.
"He first beat her so badly" that the woman sustained black eyes and profuse bleeding, Day said. Day said in the four months Sandoval confined the victim, he beat her to the point of needing medical attention 10 times; he strangled her until she lost consciousness three times; he made her take sleeping pills; and he removed all the clocks from her home.
"He threw her dog against the wall, killing it," Day said.
When the woman tried leaving him on three occasions, he stabbed her in the neck with a screwdriver each time, Day said.
Superior Court Judge Brett Morgan ordered Sandoval to remain in jail custody and have no contact with the victim.
A documented gang member, Sandoval was arrested at the apartment complex with the help of canine units.
In the aftermath, neighbors said they noticed the woman hadn't been out much since Sandoval moved in. They said she had sent her two small children away a few weeks ago.
Sandoval was a parolee at-large at the time of his arrest. He has a lengthy criminal history, including prior convictions of domestic violence, assault with force likely to produce bodily injury, auto theft, possession of methamphetamine and possession of ammunition.
Those priors will be tacked on as enhancements to the current charges.
In addition to the domestic violence case, prosecutors filed a separate complaint for evading police on June 28, 2013.
On Wednesday, Morgan set bail at $1.4 million in the domestic violence case. Morgan added another $100,000 for the evading police case.
Sandoval is scheduled back in court for further arraignment Tuesday. He is represented by the San Joaquin County Public Defender's Office.
Contact reporter Jennie Rodriguez-Moore at (209) 943-8564 or email@example.com. Follow her at recordnet.com/courtsblog and on Twitter@TheRecordCourts.

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The system I propose is simple. The characters will have a small number of "prestige" traits that build up as their journey continues. For example: charisma, empathy, and negotiation. When the player is presented with different options to choose from that affect these traits, we display what trait(s) they increase. Throughout the rest of the game, we "unlock" different sidequests, treasures, etc. if the player meets the minimum requirements for the reward. Likewise, we may penalize the player by not having a high enough value for a trait.
This is pretty easy to implement in the game code today. What's a little less straightforward is where the player could see their traits, what information we want to give the player when they made a decision that affects a trait (e.g., do we want to say [charisma], [+charisma], or [+2 charisma] attached next to an option?), and if we want to inform a player when they access a part of the game that had a different outcome if they had different trait requirements.
The benefits of such a system:
- Player's know their decisions in the game matters, and have an idea of what outcome their decisions will have
- It adds replay value to Allacrost, since a player can choose a different path and experience new things that they didn't with the main storyline
- Players have no way of knowing what trait requirements in the future are, so they can't choose outcomes that favor the rewards they desire
- There could be some feelings of frustration with the system if a player "chooses poorly" and finds a number of sidequests and rewards are locked (some perhaps permanently)


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Friday After Next
Cousins Craig and Day-Day are back in the old neighborhood and ready for Christmas. Although they've left behind the security of living with their parents, at least they're on their own. The rundown apartment they now share is filled with all the accoutrements and spirit of the holiday season. It's a time for giving and joy--until Craig wakes up in the middle of the night and discovers a ghetto Santa Clause stealing their presents and anything else he can stuff into his bag--including the rent money they had hidden and stuffed into their stereo speakers. Faced with the harsh reality of having a Christmas without presents--as well as having to face the unwanted advances of their landlady's recently paroled son, if they can't pay the rent--Craig and Day Day are forced to score some quick cash. They go to the local strip mall where their fathers Mr. Jones and Uncle Elroy have opened Bros. Bar-B-Q restaurant and help land them jobs as unarmed security guards. While Craig handles the chaos of the Christmas Eve shopping crush, Day Day's renegade rent-a-cop tactics put the put the pair's jobs and lives in jeopardy. Nonetheless, in the process, Craig and Day-Day learn some comic lessons about the true meaning of the holiday season.
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NEW YORK, US: Global online consumer confidence fell for the seventh consecutive quarter as confidence in 31 of 56 global markets measured declined, according to from Nielsen, a leading global provider of insights and analytics into what consumers watch and buy.
9 Nov 2011
NEW YORK, US: Consumer confidence fell in 25 out of 52 countries in Q4 2010 as hope for a global economic recovery evaporated at the end of last year, according to the latest edition of the Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Index, which tracks consumer confidence, major concerns and spending intentions among online consumers.
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Assessment How-to
Capstone ExperiencesThe first half of this document defines and discusses the capstone experience. The latter half covers using capstones for program assessment.
The Capstone Experience
The capstone experience is a culminating set of experiences that "captivate, encapsulate, synthesize, and demonstrate learning." 1
Keys to the Capstone
- The capstone should be a culminating set of personal, academic, and professional experiences.
- In a capstone course, students synthesize, integrate, and/or apply their previous knowledge, rather than acquire new knowledge or skills. Students demonstrate mastery, not learn new knowledge/skills.
- A capstone should occur near the end of the program. [Tip: schedule the capstone course before the students last semester in case remediation is needed.]
- Student ownership, responsibility, and engagement should be central to the capstone.
- Rationale for the framework (see below) should be based on the specific needs of the program/discipline.
- The products (e.g., written assignments) of the capstone should be designed to help assess the programs desired student learning outcomes.
- Discussion, reflection, and/or demonstration of general education and/or institutional outcomes should be evident in the capstone. [Note: some general education outcomes may not be relevant, but a capstone experience can likely address these general education outcomes: effective written and oral communication, ethical decision making, information accessing and information processing, problem solving, inquiry and analysis methods.]
- Satisfactory completion of the capstone experience should be required for graduation.
- Full-time (tenured) faculty members should facilitate, mentor, and/or coordinate the capstone experience.
Frameworks for a Capstone Experience
There are four common frameworks for capstones (see Rowles, et al.). Programs typically choose one as the primary framework based on their programs needs. If/when appropriate, the other frameworks may also be incorporated or acknowledged.
- Mountaintop. Students from two or more disciplines (or specializations) engage in interdisciplinary inquiry. For example: Geography majors and Biology majors enroll in their major's capstone courses and are paired with a student from the other discipline. Each GEOG-BIOL pair of students completes an interdisciplinary project such as a project that uses geographic information systems (GIS) to monitor fish migration patterns or habitat changes.
- Magnet. Students pull together their learning from multiple courses and/or experiences. For example, students gather their best work samples from four courses (can also include internship, practicum, service learning, etc.), choosing samples that directly address the program's learning outcomes.
- Mandate. Students document their learning in relation to external industry/professional standards or requirements. For example, civil engineering students gather evidence to demonstrate they have achieved the outcomes set forth by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
- Mirror. Students reflect on their experiences and metacognitive skills in relation to program goals and outcomes. For example, students write short reflective pieces that describe what they have learned and how their assignments and experiences have helped them achieve each program outcome.
Options for Courses/Activities within the Capstone ExperienceA capstone experience can consist of one or a combination of these:
- A course in the major
- An interdisciplinary course with a minimum of two distinctly different disciplines represented
- An out-of-class/co-curricular experience
- A service- and/or community-based learning experience
- An application/demonstration of knowledge (e.g., thesis, design project, portfolio development)
- A college-to-work/career transition experiences (e.g., internship, informational interviewing)
Pedagogic Practices for Capstone Experiences
Professors typically use some of the following teaching strategies and methods in capstone experiences:
- Collaborative learning
- Self-directed learning
- Problem-based learning
- Learner-centered (Learner-centered = a focus on what the students are learning and doing, not on what the professor is delivering or doing)
Discussion Questions for Faculty Members as They Consider a Program Capstone Experience
- What framework best meets the needs of the program and its goals?
- An interdisciplinary, synthesizing experience?
- A discipline-specific, synthesizing experience?
- A method to satisfy external industry/professional standard or requirements?
- A reflective, synthesizing experience?
- Is it necessary to satisfy discipline/profession accreditation requirements?
- In what ways will the capstone experience be beneficial to the students' post-baccalaureate experience?
- In what ways will the capstone experience support the (relevant) general education requirements?
- What components of the capstone experience will address students' personal growth? Academic growth? Professional growth?
- How will students be guided toward and prepared for the capstone experience? What program structures will be in place (e.g., course requirements, pre-requisites, advising)?
Using a Capstone Experience for Program Assessment
When using a capstone experience for program assessment, the standard assessment loop is followed: establish outcomes, create learning opportunities, undertake an assessment process, interpret assessment results, and create and implement an action plan for improvement.
Establish Student Learning Outcomes & Determine Learning Opportunities
- The program creates desired Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) [How to develop outcomes].
- The program deliberately incorporates learning opportunities—activities and assignments—into the curriculum and capstone experience so that students can achieve the desired SLOs. Typically, the program can assess all or nearly all program SLOs using the capstone experience. A well-designed curriculum plotted on a curriculum map illustrates how and where SLOs are introduced, reinforced, and then mastered and demonstrated in the capstone experience. [How to create a curriculum map].
Assessment Process: Collecting and Evaluating/Analyzing Evidence
The assessment process should lead to a discussion of the program as a wholenot only a discussion of the capstone experience.
The program typically builds evidence-generating, -collecting, and -evaluating mechanisms into the capstone experience.
Collection of Evidence: Student Learning
When designing the capstone experience, programs build in assignments/activities that can shed light on the SLOs and relevant general education outcomes. The assignments/activities serve as evidence of student achievement. Students can complete them over time [How to develop portfolios] or in a single, culminating course.
Examples of assignments/activities:
- Written documents: research report, thesis, proposal, case study, project report, reflective essay, review of the literature, resume, progress reports, informal writing (notes, lab notebook, observation log, informal analyses, academic journal, etc.)
- Oral presentation(s)
- Poster presentation(s)
- Documentation of group work: peer review/feedback, group progress reports, evaluation of group members/group effectiveness
- Internship supervisor's evaluation/feedback on student performance
- Interview (e.g., mock job interview, oral defense)
- Meeting facilitation (e.g., students facilitate a community meeting)
- Exam(s) (locally-developed, state, or national)
Most capstone experiences include a senior-level course. The course instructor can assist the students in preparing evidence for evaluation.
- Good practices:
- Take a (random) sample of students and evaluate their work for the purposes of program assessment.
- Use a rubric to evaluate qualitative materials such as written reports, short-answer exam questions, oral presentations, etc. [How to create a rubric]
- Provide the rubric to the students.
- Have professors use the rubric in other courses that introduce or reinforce the SLO.
- Have each professor apply the rubric in the same way. Use examples of student performance at varying levels of mastery to calibrate professors/reviewers.
- Have at least two faculty members evaluate the evidence using criteria agreed upon by the faculty (e.g., use an agreed-upon rubric).
- Have external faculty members and/or business community members evaluate the student work.
Collection of Evidence: Student Perceptions
- Programs can also collect evidence of students' perceptions in capstone experiences. Examples of data-collection methods:
- End-of-course or end-of-program surveys
- Exit interviews
- Focus groups
- Blogs
Evaluation of Evidence of Student Perception
- Quantitative data (e.g., Likert scale data) can be summarized using descriptive statistics.
- Open-ended survey responses, interview data, focus group data, blogs, etc., can be analyzed using qualitative methods to identify themes and areas of consensus.
Assessment ResultsThe goal of assessment is to provide the program with information it can use to be self-reflective and self-improving. Presenting the results does not need to be complicated. A simple, straightforward presentation of who, what, where, when, and how often suffices. [How to report results] Discussion of the results should focus on the SLO(s) and the program, not on individuals.
Action Plan for ImprovementPrograms use assessment results to guide program decision making and improve their effectiveness. By periodically discussing assessment results and procedures, faculty can plan and implement improvements to the capstone experience. The focus should be on the program and the learning opportunities (e.g., activities throughout the program, all required courses, etc.), not on individuals.
Assessment: Rubric & ChecklistThe Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) created a rubric to assess programs that use the capstone experience as the basis for program assessment. Programs can use the WASC rubric to self-assess their progress. Below is a checklist based on the WASC rubric.
Checklist. The program has:
1. Identified the relevant program SLOs that will be assessed using the capstone experience.
2. Identified lines of evidence and routinely collect that evidence
3. Developed explicit evaluation criteria (e.g., rubrics)
4. Identified examples of student performance at varying levels of mastery for each outcome.
5. Pilot tested and refined evaluation criteria (e.g., rubrics). Used feedback from external reviewers to improve the assessment process; used external benchmarking data.
6. Informed students of the evaluation criteria.
7. Calibrated those who apply the evaluation criteria and routinely check inter-rater reliability.
8. Informed students of the purpose and outcomes of the capstone and students embrace the capstone experience.
9. Made information about the capstone readily available.
FOOTNOTE #1. Sources
"Toward a Model for Capstone Experiences: Mountaintops, Magnets, and Mandates" by C.J. Rowles, D.C. Koch, S.P. Hundley, & S.J. Hamilton. Assessment Update, Jan/Feb 2004, 16(1) [Available online via E-Resources, Hamilton Library.]
"Capstone Experiences and Their Uses in Learning and Assessment," workshop by S.P. Hundley, Assessment Institute (sponsored by IUPUI), October 2008.
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RTS & Telex Strengthens Team for Eastern Europe
Straubing, Germany At the IBC in Amsterdam, the foundations were laid for a stronger commitment of the company to the Eastern European and Russian markets. The most important measure taken was the recruiting of Stephen Rodway.
In Stephen Rodway, RTS & Telex has added a specialist with vast experience and expertise in the areas of broadcast, intercom and telecommunications, thereby dramatically strengthening its human resources in the region. A graduate of the Cambridge College of Arts & Technology, Rodway has assumed responsibility with immediate effect for Eastern Europe and the rapidly growing Russian market.
Comments Nico Lewis, Director sales CCSEMEA: "I am absolutely delighted that we have been able to secure the services of yet another seasoned expert to add to our team. Stephen has already accumulated many years of precious experience in the broadcast, intercom and telecommunications market and has been active in a leading role for the last seven years in a variety of regions. Throughout this period, his technical expertise and outstanding contacts invariably brought great success. I am sure that with Stephen on board, we will be able to improve still further our position as market leader in Eastern Europe and Russia."
"For years I have admired the innovations and company philosophy of RTS & Telex," says Rodway. "To be a part of the firm now fills me with pride." Among Stephen Rodway's hobbies are old motor bikes, his record collection and river navigation.
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The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has released its monthly sales report for the U.S. (for the full report, click here)
Total unit sales are slightly above both the five-year average and sales in the past three years.
For the month of February 2013, total two-wheel drive tractor sales were up 13.5% compared with data from 2012. Four-wheel-drive tractor sales were up more than 24% compared with 2012, while combine sales rose by nearly 72%.
A year-to-date comparison shows total farm tractor sales are up 17% and combine sales are up nearly 42%.
For more, visit www.AEM.org.
Midweek Cash Markets (VIP) -- March 26, 2013
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Pennsylvania awards $10 Million to 17 clean energy projects
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Jun 30, 2005
The Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority awarded $10 million to 17 energy projects on June 23rd, including six projects to produce power from wind energy, biomass, and waste heat and three projects involving energy-efficient buildings. The power projects include $3.5 million to capture waste heat from a new coking operation in Cambria County to fuel a 130-megawatt power plant; $1 million for Community Energy, Inc. to build a 24-megawatt wind plant in the Pocono Mountains, 10 miles southeast of Wilkes-Barre; $650,000 to build a 3.2-megawatt landfill gas-to-energy project in Conestoga; $500,000 for Southeast Chester County Refuse Authority to build a landfill gas system that will produce 6.9 million kilowatts of electricity per year; more than $490,000 to convert waste heat from a graphite electrode manufacturer into 400 kilowatts of electricity; and more than $160,000 to run a microturbine on pure biodiesel fuel.
The building efficiency projects include more than $410,000 to build energy efficient "green" homes and buildings, including some zero energy homes, on a 300-acre abandoned industrial site in Allegheny County; nearly $265,000 to establish an Energy Star affordable housing program; and more than $77,000 to expand a loan program for energy efficiency improvements to homes.
In addition, four research projects will investigate biofuels, solid-oxide fuel cells, and solar cells, including new technologies to produce silicon for solar cells, and four grants will go toward other energy projects.


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Unlocking of Huawei VNS-L22 can be done by an NCK code. It is very easy and fast process. There is no firmware/software update is involved. It doesn't interfere with the system or change the phone in any way, means you will not loose the warranty of the Huawei VNS-L22 after unlocking.
All Huawei codes come from the Huawei database, hence we only need 15-digit correct IMEI. You can find the 15-digit IMEI of your phone by dialing *#06# as a phone number. You can also find the IMEI of your phone through the phone settings.
We provide the easy steps to unlock the Huawei VNS-L22. Unlocking is very cheap and once the network blockade removed, the phone will support all GSM sim of all networks worldwide. Even if you don't know the network in which the Huawei VNS-L22 is locked, we can still unlock it.
Note I: All new phones from T-Mobile and MetroPCS USA use "Device Unlock App". It can not be unlocked by unlock code. Don't order an unlock code in such case.
No refund will be provided in such cases.
Once order is placed, Huawei server will provide the following codes:
NCK – Will remove the main network restriction from the Huawei VNS-L22.
SPCK – Service Provider Code or Subset Unlock PIN used to remove the network restriction from the subset network (e.g. Tesco in the U.K.).
SIMLock Block Unlock Reset Key – Is used to reset the code counter if you have already tried with so many wrong codes on your Huawei VNS-L22.
Note: In a few cases, you may get only NCK or Unlock Code, if in the database only one set of codes will be available. There will be no refund in such case.
How long am I going to wait for an unlock code of Huawei?
The approximate delivery time for an unlock code for Huawei mobile phones starts from 1 to 10 days.
The average calculated waiting time for a Huawei phone is 1 days (based on the last 200 orders).
How to Unlock Huawei VNS-L22?
Unlocking instruction for Huawei VNS-L22
Unlocking of Huawei VNS-L22 can be done in only 3 steps:
1. Switch On the Huawei VNS-L22 with an unauthorized sim card (unauthorized means from a different network sim, means for an Orange Huawei phone, you can use T-Mobile sim card for unlocking purpose).
2. The phone will prompt to enter the network unlock code.
3. Input the unlock code provided by unlocksimlock.net.
Now your Huawei VNS-L22 is unlocked successfully.
Incase, the first code doesn't work, you can try with the second or third code.
Still if you have problem, enter the last code (counter reset code). You should see "confirm unsuccessful" message. Now enter the previous codes again.
Now Huawei VNS-L22 should be successfully unlocked.


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A Runtime Error has occurred. Do you wish to Debug? – Internet Explorer 5 – Windows 2000 SP2
I have been working with some older versions of Windows 2000 lately including Windows 2000 SP2 or Service Pack 2. On this version of Windows 2000 SP2 the version of Internet Explorer or IE is 5.00.3315.1000 which is completely outdated. I doubt that many others will be running into Runtime Errors however it is possible even in more current versions of Internet Explorer though the setting that resolves this issue is enabled by default so unless you have modified the settings you should not run into this issue. Below we describe the error in more detail and how to easily change a single settings to fix the problem.


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Holiday Classic Recap
I didn't sleep much this trip. I arrived on Thursday and left late Monday night. In total, I slept 8 hours in 5 days. Sick.
It's a good thing though. Sleeping means you miss the hijinx. I've witnessed some of the craziest shit between the hours of 2am and 8am during these Las Vegas trips.
This trip was no different.
I shaved a few more years off my life but it was worth it. GCox was a champ and slept even less than me. I was impressed. He was a pretty cool guy and fun to party with.
I had alot of fun this trip even though I lost over $1,000. That's US Dollars folks. Thank goodness it wasn't Euros or British Pounds.
After I lost my one thousandth dollar of the trip, which was in the IP poker room, I walked back to the hooker bar . . . err . . . the Geisha Bar with Change100 and Rachel Spacewoman.
After we passed the Pai Gow table, I turned to the ladies and mentioned that I only had $42 in my pocket at that time.
I needed to reload.
My junk hurt but I was ok. The loss didn't hurt that bad.
I'm just a sore loser.
Who isn't really? No one likes losing money no matter what the amount.
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Rachel: You lost over $1,000? That stinks Derek.
Derek: Yeah. I don't even have enough money to buy a hooker right now.
Rachel: There's nothing you can get for $42?
Derek: Not at the hooker bar. I should just walk up to one of the hoes and tell her that I lost a shitload of money. Maybe she'll feel sorry for me.
Change100: I don't think they give discounts.
Derek: Hey honey, I got $42 . . . what can that buy me? My ass already hurts from losing money . . . how about two fingers up my asshole? One finger??
Change100: Smoke break.
Derek: Agreed. Maybe I'll bring Rachel with me when I approach that blonde hooker.
Fucked by a casino . . . fucked by a hoe. What's the difference, right?
I think I'll take the one that doesn't involve STD's or getting a pierced asshole.
Being stuck sucks.
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Memorable Moments:
-Getting another chance to be in the presence of Sir AlCan'tHang. Truly honored.
-Stained cigarette fingers.
-Drinking greyhounds at the Pai Gow table with THG for 6 hours. Bathroom breaks: Derek 10, THG 0.
-F Train's Gus Hansen shirts.
-The hand to crack all hands . . . The Rooster is cagey.
-Visiting the Red Rocks.
-Hot chicks on a plane! Ass and boobies hanging out.
-Daddy talking to any rodeo cowboy.
-Snailtrax aka Professional bull massager.
-Sweet sweet Gracie!
-Who's the President of the United States?
-"Closing the convention" with Daddy, Pauly and Boy Genuis at the Geisha bar.
-Reality show Grubby.
-Monopoly slots.
-Okie's rule . . . Go Maudie and GCox!
-Daddy likes em stout!
-GMoney, Otis, Bobby, the Heads and Rachel making the trip at the last minute.
-Sore loser.
-Felted at the IP. Doh!
-Pai Gow TILT.
-Viva la Grubbette!
-Blackjack TILT.
-Hear that other table games?
-Wynn buffet.
-Sports book Sunday.
-Miami Don called the Jacksonville upset. His picks helped me get unstuck (almost) for about 5 hours. I hate blackjack and Pai Gow.
-Great WPBT tourney table. Sat with Penner, Stb, The Rooster, GCox, Michael Friedman, Gracie. Later on, I got to sit with Miami Don, Otis, CC Sir F, and Veneno. My third table had Daddy, ACH and Soxlover.
-The Geisha bar.
-Great dinner at the Palms.
-The Heads.
-Las Vegas airport. Thank you for smoking.
-Aussie Garth!
-Rule #20.
-Two words: Dick Bro.
-After an all night bender, I went to Denny's with Daddy, Iggy, The Rooster, and GCox. Hijinx ensued and fun was had by all. I slaughtered a chicken fried steak, 2 biscuits, 2 eggs and 3 pancakes. And a coke.
-Meeting Lou Krieger.
-Ass grabbing.
-Drizz and the money wheel.
-Maudie's new tattoo.
-I kept pissing off the blackjack dealers at the IP. Every time they hit a blackjack against me, I asked for a tip. They weren't amused.
-Chaka no like sleep.
-No links please.
-Strippers on a plane.
- I'm 2-1 betting on Iggy's Cincy Bengals during WPBT holiday classics. Ship it!
-Ending my MGM curse by crushing the 1/2 NL game.
-Thanks. I'm quite good at cards.
-Nice catch donkey.
-15 packs in 5 days. Ouch. $120 in the toilet. I guess I never heard of a carton.
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Random Hijinx:
-There was a homeless woman trolling the craps table trying to steal drinks. I saw her harassing Bobby, THG and Joe Speaker. Later on, she approached GCox who was lighting up a smoke and asked if she could buy a cigarette. He responded with, "There's a cigarette lady walking around somewhere."
Seconds later, the cigarette waitress walked by us. I laughed my ass off when the homeless woman got thrown out by security a little later. Shortly after that is when Bobby shouted out his infamous, "Hear that other table games?" line.
The craps table hit a big roll and they errupted with joy. So, Bobby wanted to make sure the entire IP pit heard the action so he whipped around and yelled, "Hear that other table games?"
-Astro-physicist gets 5 minute Pai Gow lesson from me, Joanne and GCox while pounding beers at the Geisha bar. Said astro-physicist walks away from Pai Gow table 30 minutes later. He 4x up. Blackjack anyone?
-The Pai Gow dealer at the IP asked Thg if Maigrey was his "honey." He said, "Of course, we're playing for our rent money. PAI GOW!!!!!!!"
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3pm - checked into hotel room over looking Caesars.
3:30pm - leave room to go down to casino with Pauly and Change100.
3:31pm - while waiting for elevator . . . two male rednecks with a thick drawl comment on the reefer smell. Second redneck mentions that it smells like good shit.
Side note: Shortly after check in, Spaceman mentioned that when he got off the elevator, he knew he was on Pauly's floor. All he had to do was smell the hallway.
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At that exact moment . . . someone, somewhere in the world, had to be asking the real Elvis (he's still alive you know?) about his poker blog and what's its like to cover the WSOP and watch Otis eat keno crayons.
So true.
Really, it could happen.
Me to G Money: Is that pimps AND hoes?
Pimp to hoe: Damnit bitch, I told you to get over to Casino Royale!
G Money to me: Hoes don't work on Sunday?
How much to sniff your panties?
Daddy aka Snailtrax aka Donkeyfucker aka Working Man to hoe: It'll cost you $800 if you want to fuck me. You don't get to see the vanilla gorilla unless you show me eight $100 bills.
Daddy says to group of older woman: 5 in our party, 5 in yours . . . how about an orgy, err party?
Cowboy to Pablo: Get a haircut!Geez, how many pimps does a hoe need?
The Eagles won? Did Marky Mark play?
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I got lucky once again with my plane ride. I got to sit next to several hot chicks. My conversation with F Train last year has resulted in good karma.
Unfortunately, I couldn't close the deal on any of them. Not the 18 year old. Not even the middle aged horny woman. I guess I'm not a coat check room kind of a guy like Vincent Chase.
Then again, I was on an airplane so it didn't matter much. There was no coat check.
Could you hurry up already?
I'd rather go the distance.
Mile high? Yes. But not the kind you think. Just high.
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The Top 15 List: By the numbers . . .
15 - the # of packs of cigarettes I smoked in 5 days.
14- the # of times Bobby said, "Hear that ladies?" to no one in particular.
13 - the # of times I saw Sir F eye the blackjack table.
12 - the # of female asses I grabbed without getting slapped.
11 - the # of times I called Stb a "sore loser" per orbit during the blogger tourney.
10 - the # of bad beats I heard without collecting a $1.
9 - the # of times a tourist passed out at the Geisha barstool before security was called.
8 - the # of times Dan Michalski said I was better looking than Pauly. Don't ask. I just agreed.
7 - the # of times I heard Iggy say the word "please" when talking to a drunk cowboy.
6 - the # of pairs of underwear I brought with me. I only wore 4 of them. Mom would be proud.
5- the # of 18 yr old girls that Joaquin and Bobby tried to pick up combined. I tried to be a good boy this trip. No 18 yr olds for me. Plus, using plot lines from the OC as a pick up line isn't cool anymore. A year ago, maybe. That reminds me . . . Save the cheerleader. Save the world.
4 - the # of times that I saw the sun rise in Vegas during this trip.
3 - # of Asian woman in Vegas who still FEAR GRob. They admire his hair though.
2 - the # of times GCox flopped quads in the Caesar's tourney. Nice catch!
1 - the # of times I saw Daddy proposition a hooker while he wearing a Johnny Unitas old school retro jersey.
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I had a great time during this trip. I'm glad I didn't play too much poker. I had more fun drinking at the bar and losing money playing -EV games.
Good times.
Wish I took notes. I'd have more to say and recant.
Oh yeah, there was a poker tournament too. Sickness.
Many thanks to April for her great work in setting this trip up. Thanks April!
Congrats to -EV for winning the Third Annual Holiday Classic. He's the new poker champ.
Easycure won the Gigli award.
I snagged my pics from Pauly and Linda. Thanks guys.
Here's the final table results:
2: Veneno
3: Michael Friedman
4: Daddy
5: Jim Gallagher
6: Sox Lover
7: April (CA)
8: Mattazuma
9: Vinny
10: Biggestron
That's it for now. Don't forget . . . pimps and hoes are people too.
Btw, anyone notice my last post was about pimps? Coincidence, foreshadowing or destiny?
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Love this color just bought it and also picked up coral reef.
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Re: Why is Clemens lying??
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January 04, 2008, 01:36:20 PM »
Quote from: Beach Bum on January 04, 2008, 09:05:09 AM
Clemens just needs to shut up already.
Deny, Deny, Deny... Go get 'em Clemens.
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Quote from: tu_holmes on January 04, 2008, 01:36:20 PM
Deny, Deny, Deny... Go get 'em Clemens.
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Quote from: tu_holmes on January 04, 2008, 01:36:20 PM
Deny, Deny, Deny... Go get 'em Clemens.
Well, he's about to become either Barry Bonds (perjury) or Mark McGuire ("I'm not here to talk about the past").
Congress asks Clemens, Pettitte, their ex-trainer to testify in hearing
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Updated: January 4, 2008, 6:09 PM ET
WASHINGTON, DC -- The House Oversight Committee announced today it will hold a hearing on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, to obtain additional information about the Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League Baseball, known as the "Mitchell Report."
Also invited to appear before the House Oversight Committee were former New York Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski, whose allegations were a central part of last month's Mitchell report on doping in baseball. Former All-Star second baseman Chuck Knoblauch also was asked to speak to the panel.
"It could be a circus with players, true," the committee's minority staff director, David Marin, said in a telephone interview. "But if you tailor it right and invite people who clearly have pertinent information about the substance of the report, then it's anything but a circus. It's substantive. That's what Democrats and Republicans have agreed to here."
A day earlier, the committee is to hear testimony from baseball commissioner Bud Selig, union leader Donald Fehr and former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell.
"The original hearing was called to examine the Mitchell recommendations and findings. The committee has decided to hold a second day of hearings for the very same reason -- to invite people with varying perspectives on the Mitchell report to shed further light on it," Marin said.
McNamee told Mitchell he had injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone during the 1998, 2000 and 2001 seasons. Clemens, in an interview to be broadcast by CBS's "60 Minutes" on Sunday, said McNamee injected him with vitamins and painkillers but not performance-enhancing drugs.
Pettitte admitted McNamee injected him with HGH twice while the pitcher was recovering from an injury.
Radomski pleaded guilty in April to federal felony charges of distributing steroids and laundering money, and he is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 8.
Although none of the people asked to testify under oath Jan. 16 had agreed to appear as of late Friday afternoon, the committee's announcement listed Clemens and others under the heading, "Witnesses will include."
Said Marin: "We always presume that invited witnesses will appear."
Clemens' attorney, Rusty Hardin, said in a statement: "We welcome Chairman Waxman and the Committee's interest in this very serious matter. Roger is willing to answer questions, including those posed to him while under oath. We hope to determine shortly if schedules and other commitments can accommodate the committee on that date."
An e-mail to McNamee's attorney and a phone call to Radomski's lawyer were not immediately returned.
The panel also convened a March 2005 hearing, when Mark McGwire refused to say whether he had used performance-enhancing drugs. Sammy Sosa said he had never knowingly used illegal performance-enhancing drugs. Rafael Palmeiro denied using drugs but tested positive later that year for a steroid.
The leaders of the committee, California Democrat Henry Waxman and Virginia Republican Tom Davis, were among several members of the House and Senate who sponsored legislation in 2005, proposing to mandate stronger steroid testing and penalties for baseball and other U.S. professional sports leagues.
Another committee has scheduled a Jan. 23 hearing on the Mitchell report.
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January 04, 2008, 03:49:26 PM »
Their lawyers should insist that they not be sworn in or they won't speak.
If it's good enough for oil executives then it should be good enough for baseball players.
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Quote from: BayGBM on January 04, 2008, 07:07:18 AM
Clemens to say he was given legal injections
Clemens Says Injections Were Not Steroids
Is there anything worse than a cute liar? I'd like to give him a few injections!
haha seriously you like the ugliest guys
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January 04, 2008, 10:35:36 PM »
Quote from: Straw Man on January 04, 2008, 03:49:26 PM
Their lawyers should insist that they not be sworn in or they won't speak.
If it's good enough for oil executives then it should be good enough for baseball players.
Yes but Clemens only purpose right now is to not look like a cheater and get into the Hall or Fame(first ballot)...He will be sworn in and if he refuses, the public will tear him apart...
Clemens is toast...The senate waited for clemens to tape his 60 minutes episode before they dropped the hammer...Clemens was one of those guys who everyone knew he was doing it and he rubbed it into everyone face by coming in and out of retirement...It became a joke...He truly thought he was better then everyone...Playing half a season and making more then just about everyone...
That alone pissed off a lot of players and management...Right now Clemens is in a no win situation...You can almost see exactly what is going to happen...He will basically deny ever really knowing under oath and then a few months will go by and other people will come forward to bury him...My guess is that is trainer does have some kind of tape/paper work etc...This should get interesting..
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January 04, 2008, 11:12:37 PM »
They could have a video of me taking gear and I would still deny it. Never admit anything,make them prove it.
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Re: Why is Clemens lying??
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January 05, 2008, 10:18:04 AM »
Quote from: Spoony Luv on January 04, 2008, 10:35:36 PM
Yes but Clemens only purpose right now is to not look like a cheater and get into the Hall or Fame(first ballot)...He will be sworn in and if he refuses, the public will tear him apart...
Clemens is toast...The senate waited for clemens to tape his 60 minutes episode before they dropped the hammer...Clemens was one of those guys who everyone knew he was doing it and he rubbed it into everyone face by coming in and out of retirement...It became a joke...He truly thought he was better then everyone...Playing half a season and making more then just about everyone...
That alone pissed off a lot of players and management...Right now Clemens is in a no win situation...You can almost see exactly what is going to happen...He will basically deny ever really knowing under oath and then a few months will go by and other people will come forward to bury him...My guess is that is trainer does have some kind of tape/paper work etc...This should get interesting..
My guess is not: "Regardless of the state, it is almost always illegal to record a conversation to which you are not a party, do not have consent to tape, and could not naturally overhear.
Federal law and most state laws also make it illegal to disclose the contents of an illegally intercepted call or communication.
At least 24 states have laws outlawing certain uses of hidden cameras in private places, although many of the laws are specifically limited to attempts to record nudity. Also, many of the statutes concern unattended hidden cameras, not cameras hidden on a person engaged in a conversation. Journalists should be aware, however, that the audio portion of a videotape will be treated under the regular wiretapping laws in any state. And regardless of whether a state has a criminal law regarding cameras, undercover recording in a private place can prompt civil lawsuits for invasion of privacy."
Coming before Congress is stupid because it does nothing to the already tarnished records of these men. Even if Mac answered questions, he would be screwed. Sosa denied and he still has a reputation as a user. Even if Clemens denies it he is still labeled a liar so what does he gain from this? Like you said, nothing. Any paperwork this guy would have would be of him purchasing drugs, not Clemens.
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Re: Why is Clemens lying??
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January 06, 2008, 07:36:39 PM »
Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!
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January 06, 2008, 07:41:47 PM »
Quote from: BayGBM on January 06, 2008, 07:36:39 PM
Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!
I believe him... 100 Percent!
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January 06, 2008, 07:46:14 PM »
All this talk about Clemens taking injections in his buttocks has my blood pumping! LOL
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January 06, 2008, 07:56:19 PM »
Quote from: BayGBM on January 06, 2008, 07:46:14 PM
All this talk about Clemens taking injections in his buttocks has my blood pumping! LOL
They weren't of the "beef" kind Bay...
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Quote from: tu_holmes on January 06, 2008, 07:56:19 PM
They weren't of the "beef" kind Bay...
You have to admit, in words and images it's all pretty homoerotic.
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You have to admit, in words and images it's all pretty homoerotic.
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I believe him... 100 Percent!
And we all believe you showed up at the firehouse...100%..
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And we all believe you showed up at the firehouse...100%..
Stick to the topic... you can bust me in some other thread for being a fuck up.
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The federal government has been its *** handed to it. Bonds, John Edwards, and now Clemens.
Roger Clemens found not guilty
ESPN.com news services | June 19, 2012
WASHINGTON -- Roger Clemens was acquitted Monday on all charges that he obstructed and lied to Congress in denying he used performance-enhancing drugs to extend his long career as one of the greatest and most-decorated pitchers in baseball history.
Fierce on the pitching mound in his playing days, Clemens was quietly emotional after the verdict was announced. "I'm very thankful," he said, choking up as he spoke. "It's been a hard five years," said the pitcher, who was retried after an earlier prosecution ended in a mistrial.
This case was lengthy, but the deliberations were relatively brief. Jurors returned their verdict after less than 10 hours over several days. The outcome ended a 10-week trial that capped the government's investigation of the pitcher known as "The Rocket" for the fastball that he retained into his 40s. He won seven Cy Young Awards, emblematic of the league's best pitcher each year in a 24-year career with the Red Sox, Yankees, Blue Jays and Astros.
The verdict was the latest blow to the government's legal pursuit of athletes accused of illicit drug use.
A seven-year investigation into home run king Barry Bonds yielded a guilty verdict on only one count of obstruction of justice in a San Francisco court last year, with the jury deadlocked on whether Bonds lied to a grand jury when he denied knowingly taking performance-enhancing drugs.
A two-year, multi-continent investigation of cyclist Lance Armstrong was recently closed with no charges brought, though the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency filed formal accusations last week that could strip the seven-time Tour de France winner of his victories in that storied race. Armstrong denies any doping.
In a non-drug-related case, the Clemens outcome also comes on the heels of the Department of Justice's failure to gain a conviction in the high-profile corruption trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards
Late Monday, as the jury foreman read the acquittal on the final count, Clemens bit his lower lip and rubbed a tear from his eye.
Clemens, family members and his lawyers took turns exchanging hugs. At one point, Clemens and his four sons gathered in the middle of the courtroom, arms interlocked like football players in a huddle, and sobbing could be heard. Debbie Clemens dabbed her husband's eyes with a tissue.
Accused of cheating to achieve and extend his success -- and then facing felony charges that he lied about it -- Clemens declared outside the courthouse, "I put a lot of hard work into that career."
His chief lawyer, Rusty Hardin, walked up to a bank of microphones and exclaimed: "Wow!"
Hardin said Clemens had to hustle to get to court in time to hear the verdict. "All of us had told Roger there wouldn't be a verdict for two, three or four days, so he was actually working out with his sons almost at the Washington Monument when he got the call that there was a verdict."
Prosecutors declined to comment as they left the courthouse. But the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a written statement, "The jury has spoken in this matter, and we thank them for their service. We respect the judicial process and the jury's verdict."
Clemens, 49, was charged with two counts of perjury, three counts of making false statements and one count of obstructing Congress when he testified at a deposition and at a nationally televised hearing in February 2008. The charges centered on his repeated denials that he used steroids and human growth hormone during a 24-year career that produced 354 victories.
The first attempt to try Clemens last year ended in a mistrial when prosecutors played a snippet of video evidence that had previously been ruled inadmissible.
Still, Monday's verdict is unlikely to settle the matter in sports circles as to whether Clemens cheated in the latter stages of a remarkable career that extended into a period in which performance-enhancing drug use in baseball was thought to be prevalent. Clemens himself told Congress at the 2008 hearing that "no matter what we discuss here today, I'm never going to have my name restored."
A crucial barometer comes this fall, when Clemens' name appears on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time. His statistics would normally make him a shoo-in for baseball's greatest honor, but voters have been reluctant to induct premier players -- such as Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro -- whose careers were tainted by allegations of drug use.
Clemens capped his career with age-defying performances. He went 18-4 and won his seventh Cy Young Award at the age of 41, and the next year posted a career-best 1.87 ERA. His 4,672 strikeouts ranked third in baseball history.
The government's case relied heavily on the testimony of Clemens' longtime strength coach, Brian McNamee, who testified he injected Clemens with steroids in 1998, 2000 and 2001 and with HGH in 2000. McNamee produced a needle and other materials he said were from a steroids injection of Clemens in 2001, items that McNamee said he stored in and around a Miller Lite beer can inside a FedEx box for some six years.
But McNamee was the only person to claim firsthand knowledge of Clemens using steroids and HGH, and even prosecutors conceded their star witness was a "flawed man." Clemens' lawyers relentlessly attacked McNamee's credibility and integrity. They pointed out that his story had changed over the years and implied that he conjured up the allegations against Clemens to placate federal investigators.
Some items associated with the beer can were found to have Clemens' DNA and steroids, but the defense called the evidence "garbage" and claimed it had been contaminated or manipulated by McNamee.
Other evidence offered tenuous links between Clemens and performance-enhancing drugs. Former teammate Andy Pettitte recalled a conversation in which Clemens supposedly admitted using HGH, but Pettitte said under cross-examination that there was a "50-50" chance that he had misheard.
Convicted drug dealer Kirk Radomski testified that he supplied McNamee with HGH for a starting pitcher and even sent a shipment to Clemens' house under McNamee's name, but Radomski had no way of knowing if any of the HGH was specifically used on Clemens. The pitcher's wife, Debbie, admitted receiving an HGH shot from McNamee, but she and McNamee differed over when the injection occurred and whether Clemens was present.
One juror said the panel was troubled by the prosecution's reliance on McNamee.
"The defense showed that McNamee was a liar and once that was done, nothing that he said could hold up," juror Joyce Robinson-Paul told the New York Daily News.
"We felt that when McNamee got angry at Roger Clemens, that he was going for his throat. He even said something like he was going to see Roger Clemens in an orange (prison) suit.
"This after Clemens let him live in his house, after he did everything for him. We felt there was something here, it was vengeance probably," she told the newspaper.
Clemens' lawyers contended that the pitcher's success resulted from a second-to-none work ethic and an intense workout regimen dating to his high school days. They said that Clemens was indeed injected by McNamee -- but that the needles contained the vitamin B12 and the anesthetic lidocaine and not performance-enhancing drugs.
Clemens was invited to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in 2008 after he publicly denied accusations made in the Mitchell Report on drugs in baseball that he had used steroids and HGH. He first appeared at a congressional deposition, where he said: "I never used steroids. Never performance-enhancing steroids." He made a similarly categorical denial at a hearing about a week later, appearing alongside McNamee, who stuck to his story.
Soon after, committee chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and ranking member Tom Davis, R-Va., asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Clemens had lied under oath. In 2010, a grand jury indicted him on the six counts. Clemens lawyer Hardin revealed at the time that federal prosecutors made Clemens a plea offer but the former pitcher rejected it.
Both Waxman and Davis accepted the verdict while defending their decision to send the case to the Justice Department.
"The committee referred Mr. Clemens to the Justice Department because we had significant doubts about the truthfulness of his testimony in 2008," Waxman said. "The decision whether Mr. Clemens committed perjury is a decision the jury had to make and I respect its decision."
Davis said, "I think he's gone through enough. We did the appropriate thing in referring it over to Justice. But hopefully this will put it behind him. He's a good citizen."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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Mets outfielder Lucas Duda broke his right wrist last month while moving furniture in his apartment, becoming another bullet point in a list of dumb baseball injuries, even just in 2012.
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Docs, let me know what your plans are regarding O-care. Use the comment section below. Tell me what you do now and tell me what you are planning to do differently (if anything) when Ocare hits.
Look forward to your responses.
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- Anonymous4:24 PM, November 07, 2012
I already work for the government so I am not changing anything. I will continue to give the best care I can in a system that, by design or by incompetence, is a rationed care system.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5:19 PM, November 07, 2012
Only taking cash patients-no billing of insurance/no mediscareReplyDelete
- Anonymous9:20 AM, November 09, 2012
Soon, the license renewal process will be linked to accepting the reimbursement of the new health care law and there will be no way to take cash only....this will be here very soon...ReplyDelete
I am looking at whether I can retire earlier or not.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:44 AM, November 11, 2012
911, this has all got so depressing that you've lost Mr. Sunshine, Frank :(ReplyDelete
I'm sure my little MS1 has already hung himself...
I lurk and read, but don't comment often.ReplyDelete
I don't know how to interpret what SCRN wrote. What happened to Frank? Hoping he is ok!Replies
check my facebook babe,Delete
I had an appointment with one of my docs this week. She has turned into a clerk. She was making entry after entry after entry on her computer, and told me it was going to be required in a few years, so she was getting people into the system now. She was upset that she couldn't talk to me face to face and actually practice medicine. She was disturbed at the entries she was making and murmured something about "Big Brother," which is how she views the system.ReplyDelete
I asked her about retiring, but she told me should couldn't afford to retire (good for me, but sad for her). She said several of her colleagues were getting out.
I was sympathetic. She thanked me at the end of the visit for indulging her. I felt awful for her, for me, for the loss of freedom, and for the changes to medicine that are not good for anyone, except for those that need bureaucratic jobs because they can't do anything productive.
I'm a 2nd year student. Just can't believe no one is talking to us about it. Like it's no big deal. Maybe because they just don't know yet, but still, so many of my classmates have NO clue what's going on. It's just disappointing to me when it seems like our careers are so much up in the air over it right now.ReplyDeleteReplies
hand in there little dude, Medicine is still one of the best professions, umm except for Fighter Pilot, OTR Truck Driver, Plumber, Malpractice Attorney,Adult Film Actor, Rock Star, Rapper,Delete
what am I saying, ABORT ABORT ABORT!!!
no, don't quit, literally, go into the "Women's Health" racket.
People PAY you to kill their fetus, every other area in medicine you gotta bust your balls to SAVE people,
and you'll be doing something that will really change the future for the good...
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Hey 2nd Year, You're probably not hearing from your professors because they bought into govt run health care years ago. I work in student health with govt type docs who couldn't run a private practice if their lives really depended on it. They voted for O-care! Good luck to you...and consider dermatology or plastic surgery.Delete
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