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The big drawback to the SP-PK52FS is its size, and, to a lesser extent, its style. The speakers are unapologetically large, especially compared with lifestyle speaker systems like the Boston Acoustics SoundWare XS 5.1 ($500). The black wood-grain vinyl finish isn't ugly, but it's far from the "furniture-grade" finish on speakers like the (more expensive) Aperion Intimus 4T Hyrbrid SD ($1,350). If the Pioneer's looks and size aren't your style, we recommend the outstanding, albeit not as powerful-sounding, Energy Take Classic 5.1 ($400), which remains our Editors' Choice for budget home theater speakers. But if you've got the space for the Pioneer SP-PK52FS, they're the best-sounding speakers we've heard at this price.
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The six-piece Pioneer SP-PK52FS comes with a pair of SP-FS52 towers, one SP-C22 center channel speaker, two SP-BS22-LR surround speakers, and a SW-8MK2 subwoofer. The entire system was designed by Andrew Jones, a man best known in the audiophile community for his ultra-high-end TAD speakers that sell for nearly $80,000. (We told you home audio can get expensive.) The SP-PK52FS system is a significantly revised version of the SP-PK21BS, which was one of our favorite budget surround systems last year. The new speakers have new tweeters, woofers, crossover networks, cabinets, and speaker grilles; the subwoofer received only minor changes.
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It's Time to Save for Summer Vacation!
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Putting the "pennies in the piggy bank" is something everyone in this world does (or wants to do) on a daily basis. But NOW is the time to take those "extra" pennies and purchase that great piggy bank that's perhaps wearing some sunglasses, a colorful hat, some swim trunks…anything that makes that new piggy remind you of the one thing you want to do all year long – go on the perfect summer vacation.
Getting away from it all, as any doctor will tell you, is something that should be done for your health, your well-being, and to remove some of that ridiculous stress that comes with the job, family, and the everyday problems life hands to you on a silver platter.
Yes, there are bills to pay, but beginning that "travel budget" for the summertime is something that should begin right now – this early – while the snow still falls outside the window. Being 2017 and living in the world of absolute and 100% technology, it is also far easier to begin than it used to be. By heading to websites out there, such as Priceline, you can begin to find the "best deals" from hotels to travel costs in order to form a good estimate of how much it's going to cost for you to sit in your chosen "paradise," take a deep, calming breath and…relax. But once you have a good estimate in place, what do you then do to save those pennies?
First, setting up a separate savings account is a great way to begin. This savings account would be used only for your summer vacation funds and will help you keep perfect track of the money and give you focus. A separate account will give you extra motivation and keep you on the right path to building your summer vacation fund. Then, concentrate on making weekly contributions – not monthly. Even if your normal, everyday life is based on a monthly budget, this separate account will thrive if you make it a habit to mark on your calendar to deposit money into it on a weekly basis.
Second, start scaling back those "extra" expenses for at least three months. You would be amazed how much money you could put into the summer savings account by cutting out those $3 scratch-off tickets every day, that extra cup of over-priced coffee, that movie night – and more – for only three months. Cook at home and avoid those pricey restaurants, as well. Believe you me, the summer stress-free vacation will make you far happier than a night out at the local restaurant. One delivery pizza night of $35.00 can really add up fast if adding it to the summer vacation account.
Third, work on planning a week's worth of spending ahead of time, then stick to that plan as much as you possibly can. Compare prices of things online to keep costs down and avoid shopping on a whim for the next few months. If you get in the habit of making lists for the upcoming week and anticipating things ahead of time, your summer vacation account will grow and you will find it far easier to stay inside your pre-set budget lines.
Fourth, you can also think about selling something you don't need in order to increase your summer vacation account. Having a tag sale doesn't sound like a "big thing," but you would be amazed by the amount of cash you can bring in and put toward that summer vacation account when you choose to liquidate items that you only glance at when you dust the house. Not only that, but you can also add some items to sell on programs like eBay. There are those out there who will look at your "spring cleaning" and see it as "must-haves" for their very own home.
There you have it. Simple and easy. Stay aware, make lists, stop the deliveries for a bit, remember that you don't need that extra pair of shoes to join all the others sitting in the closet, and open that separate "piggy bank" in order to deposit those funds that will go a long way when it comes to relieving stress.
Then…book the flight, the hotel, and put a smile on your face. Because even though it may be snowing now, summer IS on its way and you are prepared to take full advantage of it!
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The United States is turning 237 on Thursday and area towns will host a bevy of celebrations, July 4. Here�s where you can celebrate Independence Day in the community.
The United States is turning 237 on Thursday and area towns will host a bevy of celebrations, July 4. Here�s where you can celebrate Independence Day in the community.
July 3
There be a concert at 6 p.m. featuring Hampstead based band Mark Roberts and Breeze. There will be a hot dog stand provided by the Surf City Fire Department Auxiliary.
The fireworks display will start at 9 p.m.
Both the concert and the display will take place at Soundside Park, located at 517 Roland Ave. All bags brought to the park will be checked.
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Onslow County Parks and Recreation will hold its annual Fourth of July Freedom Festival at Onslow Pines Park on 1244 Onslow Pines Rd starting at 3 p.m.
The event will include rides, concessions and face painting. The event will also include live music from Raleigh based band The Embers and Jacksonville based band the Fire Rocket Band. Fireworks begin at 9 p.m. For more information, call 910-347-5332.
The Town of Holly Ridge will hold its celebration at Holly Ridge Municipal Park at 3 p.m. The event will include vendors selling food and crafts, music, face painting, corn hole and inflatables for children. Fireworks will begin at dark.
Parking and admission is free, though the inflatables will cost $1 for a five minute session and $5 for the afternoon.
For more information, call 910-329-7081.
Swansboro Parks and Recreation will hold its annual celebration in downtown Swansboro (around Old Town Square). The festivities will begin at 5 p.m. with shops in the downtown area open to patrons as well as vendors selling food.
Between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., local band Coastline will perform live music. The fireworks display will begin at 9 p.m.
For more information, call 910-326-7370.
Emerald Isle
The town of Emerald Isle will host its weekly EmeraldFest as well as a fireworks display.
Local reggae band Selah Dubb will perform at Emeraldfest, located at the Western Oceanic Regional Access at 9003 Louis Ave. The event is free and no alcohol is allowed. Directly after the show, the fireworks display will commence off the BogueInletPier. The fireworks will also be visible from BogueSound as well as the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway.
For more information, call 252-354-6350
Atlantic Beach will have its fireworks display at 9 p.m. at The Circle, located at 115 Atlantic Blvd. in downtown Atlantic beach. There will be vendors selling pizza and hot dogs throughout the evening.
For more information, contact 252-726-2121.
The town of Morehead City will start their Independence Day festivities at 7 p.m. with a concert by the Main Event Band of Greenville at Jaycee Park at 807 Shepard Street. The fireworks show will commence at 9 p.m. from Sugarloaf Island.
For more information, call 252-726-5083 or visit moreheadcity.nc.gov.
Beaufort will host an all day celebration starting with a parade at 11 a.m. in Downtown Beaufort starting at the corner of Gordon and Front Streets. There will be a community picnic at the courthouse after the parade with free ice cream and music.
The fireworks will start at 9 p.m.at Gallant Channel.
CampLejeunewill provide an array of free activities throughout the day for military members, military retires and military families. The activities will include free games and shoe rentals at BonnymanBowlingCenter, free beach equipment rental at Onslow Beach Crab Shack, free greens fees and club rentals at Paradise Point Golf Course, free boating rentals on non-motorized vehicles, free entry into all pools, free skeet and archery shooting and free film viewings at the Base Theater.
For more information, go to mccslejeune.com/july4.
Battleship North Carolinaand the City of Wilmingtonpresents its annual Battleship Blast Fireworks show on Thursday.
For the first time in the history of the Battleship Blast, the show will shoot from a barge. At 9:05 p.m., the fireworks will begin and the 20 minute fanfare will amaze.
Starting at 5 p.m.the 4th of July Riverfront Celebration begins in downtown Wilmingtonas the Street Fair kicks off the festivities. Entertainment provided by Heart & Soul in RiverfrontParkwith food, music and more fun on Water Street.
The entire Battleship complex on EaglesIslandwill be closed at 5 p.m.and all vehicles will be required to leave by 5:30 p.m.


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McCLEERY, James, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Mecca Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, December 2, 1837; attended Oberlin (Ohio) College in 1859 and 1860; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; commissioned second lieutenant of Company A, Forty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, and promoted through the ranks to major in 1865; entered the Regular Army as captain in the Forty-fifth Infantry in 1866 and subsequently received the brevets of major and brigadier general of Volunteers; retired December 15, 1870, and settled in St. Marys Parish, La.; purchased a plantation; practiced law and was connected with the Freedmen's Bureau in North Carolina and Louisiana; moved to Shreveport, La.; appointed superintendent of public education for the fourth division; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1871, until his death while on a visit in New York City November 5, 1871; interment in the Christian Church Cemetery, Cortland, Ohio.
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What if Roe v. Wade were overturned?
Fallon says he's never taken a position on whether Roe should be overturned, and his point here is to examine the various legal problems that would arise if it were overturned. He identifies four fallacies about overruling Roe:
1. There's a belief that overruling Roe would wipe the slate clean. In fact, there are old statutes on the books of the various states outlawing abortion. Would these statutes spring back into effect? Could these statutes be enforced retroactively?
2. There's a belief that overruling Roe would necessarily return the question to the states, but there's "almost no doubt" that Congress has the power under the Commerce Clause to pass laws that trump whatever the states might want to do.
3. There's a belief that overruling Roe would extract courts from the abortion controversy -- "get out of the abortion umpiring business," as Justice Scalia once put it. But really, the courts will just have to deal with a new set of abortion-related questions. What if a state outlawed abortion even where it was needed to save a woman's life? Don't women have some right to defend themselves at the constitutional level, quite aside from whether there's a broader right to abortion? And then there would be all sorts of questions about the scope of that right that would haunt the courts endlessly. And what if some states tried to restrict their citizens as they sought to travel to other states to obtain abortions? Complicated legal questions would arise here too.
4. There's a belief that Roe v Wade could be overruled without having much effect on the rest of constitutional law. What would be the ground for overruling the case? Even if the Court took a "modest" approach to the overruling and merely found no fundamental right to abortion, it would represent a triumph of "popular constitutionalism," and this might inspire new political efforts to exert pressure on the Court to change things to respond to political pressure.
Now, the commenters. Panel 1 is up. I'm on Panel 2, after lunch. Susan Appleton of Washington University Law School is speaking now. Also on this panel: Stephen Gardbaum (UCLA School of Law), Michael Greve (American Enterprise Institute), and Mark Rosen (Chicago-Kent College of Law).
FINALLY FINISHING THIS POST: Panel 2 was Anthony J. Bellia, Jr. (Notre Dame Law School), Alan Howard (Saint Louis University School of Law), and me. I said I thought that to collect all the possible post-Roe legal troubles is, implicitly, to make an argument against overruling Roe. Overruling Roe would create a new set of problems, and it is natural (and conservative) to prefer to the known problems to the unknown, but I think those who like Roe have a motive to underestimate the problems we have now and to exaggerate what the new problems would be. I support preserving Roe myself, but I don't think those who support overruling it should or will be pushed back with hypertechnical legalistic puzzles that essentially say: this is all too complex for you to fathom, so you really aren't competent to have an opinion here.
At the end of the first panel, a woman asked: If there really are all these problems without Roe, why didn't we see them before Roe? Afterwards, I said to one of the other law professors, that was a great question, do you know who that woman was? Answer: Phyllis Schafly's daughter.
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- George said...
A thoughtful in-depth piece on this topic is "The Day After Roe" in the June 2006 issue of "The Atlantic."
The gist of the article may be as follows:
"Once Roe is gone, one argument goes, each state would be free to reflect the wishes of local majorities, and the country would quickly reach a democratic equilibrium. But that assumption, as we've seen, may be too optimistic. Since the abortion battle will be fought out in the states and in Congress, rather than settled by a national referendum, it's possible that pro-life and pro-choice extremists could thwart the moderate compromises that national majorities have long supported."
- Alan said...
Since the Shiavo mess I've become a rabid pro-choicer. I just don't see how a conservative can say in one breath that they believe in limited government and in the next claim the need for government to make reproductive and end of life decisions for individuals. It's a gross overreach of government. If the Democrats weren't so naive about national security I'd vote Democrat solely on this issue. I used to tolerate the pro-lifers in the GOP...now I despise the GOP because of them.
- John Thacker said...
claim the need for government to make reproductive and end of life decisions for individuals.
As opposed to the need for individuals to make end of life decisions for other individuals? I believe in personal choice-- but I don't really believe in the ability of a husband to make decisions for a wife (absent a clear document), and there are plenty of decisions that I don't think a parent should be able to make for a child (killing them being one of them).
"it's possible that pro-life and pro-choice extremists could thwart the moderate compromises that national majorities have long supported."
It's possible. Then again, the Court has already been thwarting the moderate compromises that majorities have supported, and that are implemented in most European countries. In practice, US law is quite extremist on the issue compared to Europe.
- MadisonMan said...
In practice, US law is quite extremist on the issue compared to Europe.
And not just with regards to abortion.
- Goesh said...
To continue with my lawyeresqueness kick, I suppose the first inclination would be towards paths of previously established 'order' vis-a-vis the old Laws still on the books. The pill and coat hangers would be the reality of the People's response but in what proportion I haven't a clue. This would be good fodder though for the political fight George alludes to, that much is certain.
- David said...
There is a conflict between capital punishment and abortion that the pro-choicers do not want to address.
Who decides when life begins? We already know who decides when life will be terminated and for what reason. The inherent value of life is the bedrock of our civilization as opposed to Islam, for instance.
A choice made for any termination of life must not be taken lightly. The decisions, or failure in the process thereof, that force the choice to terminate/prolong life define our morality, ethics, and principles.
A murderer in our midst diminishes us as a society in real terms. An inconvenient fetus diminishes principled behavior both morally and ethically.
Roe V Wade is not the "Kobayashi Maru" scenario of Star Trek fame. It's fundamental flaw can be found in it's lack of a definition of when life begins!
- Sydney Carton said...
Prof. Althouse,
You forgot the biggest falacy of all: the one peddled by feminists that overruling Roe would outlaw abortion everywhere and mean a return to back-alley abortions.
- Brent said...
Why is it that the courts(with the Massachusetts exception, so far) are so reticent to enforce gay marriage?
Because they are smart enough to see the damage done to the national fabric by Roe.
- Goesh said...
I have no doubt the lower socioeconomic folks would resort to many more back-alley abortions but I like to think we still have enough going as a nation that our alleys would not be flushing blood onto the streets in torrents.
- yetanotherjohn said...
I would think we would have some ideas on this.
1) State laws on the books would return to force. This is similar to Idaho's speeding law that was restored when the federal mandate overriding it was removed. You wouldn't be able to sue or prosecute retroactively. This would be similar to changes to NLRB rulings which change liability going forward, not retroactively (other than in the case at hand).
2) I am not so sure about the congressional right to interfere on the commerce clause. I seem to remember a very early case talking about it being ridiculous to say the federal government had the right to regulate matrimony as a means fo encouraging more offspring, even though it would be argued more offspring would mean more potential soldiers and thus a matter of national defense. Of course, since FDR threatened to pack the court, there has been a great deal more tolerance to the idea that congress can do whatever they want if they say it involves commerce.
3) I agree that courts would still be required to be involved in interpreting the law for individual cases. The difference of course would be the courts would be interpreting the laws of the legislature rather than a law the judges found in the penumbra (aka shadow) of the constitution despite the writers of the constitution being undoubtedly horrified that anything they could have written could possibly had meant that).
While a right to "self defense" could certainly be put into the constitution, I am not sure what would be cited to find it there now. Certainly I have heard no argument that the requirement to flee before defending one self is in any way a violation of ones constitutional right, though other states don't require it. To find such a right would at least not have been beyond the ken of the writers of the constitution, but I would still question it. At what level is this self defense to be applied against other laws. If I am hungry, can I steal for my self defense? If I am a drug addict, can I kill if there person is between me and the drugs my body "needs"? Further, while Roe claimed to ignore the question of the rights of the unborn (then promptly decided that depending on the month of pregnancy the unborn had drastically different protections), the question of self defense would also have to include the question of the life of the unborn.
4) Certainly the granting of Roe engendered new thoughts on what was and was not possible under the constitution. Would you expect any less of seeing it overturned. Would you have embraced Roe if they had written the exact same opinion, but tacked on to the end "Of course our finding a right to abortion would change how people view the constitution, so we will not find such a right".
- chickenlittle said...
How would Wisconsin fare under such a change? I no longer live there, so I don't really know. In my mother's day, girls travelled to California for abortions.
- me said...
If Roe is overturned, abortion will be legal in the northeast and on the west coast, and mostly illegal everywhere else. Thus, the wealthy women will travel and get abortions, and the poor women will buy black market RU-486 or self-abort in other ways -- hopefully a reliable underground network will spring up and coathangers won't have a comeback. One messy question left would be states who have laws saying a fetus has the same rights as you or me from the moment of conception then making it illegal for women to travel outside the state for an abortion. It might be a violation of the right to travel and move freely, but then if you consider the pregnant woman really two people in one body, the state can say they have the power to protect that other person inside the woman's uterus --- If she's a danger to another person's life, and that person happens to be inside her body, well we can lock her up to protect the other person. In that case a pregnant woman's body belongs to her state for the duration of her pregnancy.
Of course that leaves out the question of a federal ban on abortion. That would be a hell of a fight....:)
- Seven Machos said...
Abortion is simply illegal in many European countries. There is certainly no unified set of abortion laws in "Europe."
I love how so many people who simply don't know what they are talking about point to Europe as a paradise when it comes to some niche of law. If only we could be more like "Europe." Then we'd be better off. Yeah!
In fact, being like "Europe" would be just like having 50 states with 50 different abortion laws.
- Seven Machos said...
What is wrong with abortion being legal in New York and illegal in Mississippi? That is the essential de facto situation right now, anyway.
On the article in The Atlantic: I have read it and it is ridiculous for two reasons:
1. It's probably true that the federal government will step in and make law. It will be hard for even the super geniuses on the Supreme Court to explain how federal jurisdiction had extended to the Supreme Court for 30 years or more but somehow fails to extend to the national Congress now.
2. The Atlantic's argument goes to the left's irrational fear of majority rule. (Not saying The Atlantic is a leftist rag; I subscribe. But the article is pretty leftist.) Since the abortion battle will be fought out in the states and in Congress, rather than settled by a national referendum... Think about that. Think about how strange and wrong that is. Congress is a national referendum. Congress tends to produce law that national majorities want or, at the least, the compromise that is possible among competing national pluralities. Courts are the most non-democratic institutions in America. When was the last time you voted for a Supreme Court justice? Only leftist elitists see "moderate compromises" in what courts produce.
- chickenlittle said...
Imagine if feminists put the time and effort (not to mention money)into childcare and childcare reforms that the public perceives they put into defending late-term abortion? Hell, they might even get more men to join them. But that's asking too much right?
- Revenant said...
Reality checks are needed, I see.
If Roe is overturned, abortion will be legal in the northeast and on the west coast, and mostly illegal everywhere else. Thus, the wealthy women will travel and get abortions, and the poor women will buy black market RU-486 or self-abort in other ways
Meanwhile, back in reality, you don't have to be wealthy to travel to another state. Even if you live in the deep South or midwest you can get to a "blue state" for two or three hundred bucks at most, and generally for a lot less than that. Almost the entire population of the United States either lives in a blue state or can drive to one and back again over the weekend. There is no excuse for a woman of childbearing age not being able to get her hands on what amounts to a few days' salary at McDonalds -- but in any case, the problem can be solved by redirecting some of the money the pro-choice lobby to help poor women travel.
One messy question left would be states who have laws saying a fetus has the same rights as you or me from the moment of conception then making it illegal for women to travel outside the state for an abortion.
Even assuming that the states could get away with passing a law like that, they can't prove that a woman broke it. So again the threat is nonexistant.
Abortion is simply illegal in many European countries.
That's not true at all. See here. It IS true, however, that there are many European countries that restrict abortion much more heavily than the United States does.
- Seven Machos said...
Revenant -- I stand by my statement, mostly. "Simply illegal" is a stretch. I should have been more circumspect.
Nevertheless, there are many places in Europe where it is is very difficult to get an abortion. The blue "on demand" countries aren't all "on demand." Croatia and Serbia, for example, don't have abortions on demand, like you can just walk in and get an abortion. Yet they are blue on the map to which you link.
- Simon said...
Well, this is vaguely frustrating. I'd have given serious thought to driving over to St. Louis for that debate, with or without Ann's presence, but certainly with.
I think Jeff Rosen's Atlantic piece, cited by George, raises a host of serious questions (for example, if Rosen really believes half of what he writes, then as a Democrat, he should advocate the immediate overturning of Roe).
Lastly, I strongly dissent from the idea that Congress has the power under the commerce clause to legislate generally on abortion. Certainly there are specific ways that Congress can legislate about abortion: conditioning federal money, for example, or legislating for D.C. or the military. But in my view, abortion is simply too far disconnected from commerce (under conservative legal theory of the commerce clause, at any rate) to count. If the test for whether an action is sufficiently connected to interstate commerce is whether money changes hands, then surely - by even stronger reason than Justice Thomas' Raich dissent - then Congress can regulate practically anything? Abortion is morally wrong, but it is not commerce. Merely paying for it by credit card rather than some kind of speculative purely-intrastate fungible commodity doesn't suffice to extend Congress' grasp to the issue. Or if you want to make the argument - as Andrew Hyman has done - that the mere fact that abortion "create[s] a need for medical supplies that have to be obtained via interstate commerce," then you have to explain why that is any different to Lopez: if abortion's connection to interstate commerce is that it must be paid for using some means of exchange which travels across state lines, and that it "create[s] a need for medical supplies that have to be obtained via interstate commerce," why is it not equally true that guns must be similarly paid for using some means of exchange which travels across state lines, and that guns similarly create a need for bullets that have to be obtained via interstate commerce?
- Simon said...
Alan said...
"Since the Shiavo mess I've become a rabid pro-choicer. I just don't see how a conservative can say in one breath that they believe in limited government and in the next claim the need for government to make reproductive and end of life decisions for individuals."
That is a straw man at worst and a red herring at best. The former because not every Republican (and certainly not every pro lifer, for that matter) supported what the House did on Schiavo, while half the Democrats who participated in the House vote voted in FAVOR of the bill. The latter because what happened with Terri Schiavo has NOTHING to do with abortion.
- Seven Machos said...
I don't understand the Schiavo thing.
We had a husband who wanted to allow his wife to die. The wife's parents who did not want the wife to be allowed to die. The husband had legal authority over the wife (Attention libertarians: POWER GIVEN BY THE STATE).
If the money was there -- and it seemed to be there -- why should the husband's wish be granted and the parents' wish not be granted? Shouldn't the law be that people should live if there is money for it and no one (not even, say, a pregnant mother) is hurt or encumbered in any way?
- nms said...
The reality is that no court ruling, no anti-choice terrorists, no criminal penalties will ever stop women from obtaining abortions (legal or illegal). Women who become pregnant unintentionally will ALWAYS find a way to terminate that pregnancy--whether she has to risk her job, her relationships, her health or her life. Period. The decision when and where to become a parent will always be at the core of humanity. You can argue the morality of abortion all you want- until you are a pregnant woman who doesn't want to be pregnant, you will never understand the complexity of the decision.
For that simple reason, government, religion and self-annointed do-gooders should keep thier opinions to themselves.
- Seven Machos said...
That was some sweet, unreasonable propaganda, nms. Because, clearly, closing down abortion clinics and illegalizing abortion would have no effec -- none, none effect -- on the number of abortions.
However, you should stop and think about the foolishness of what you have just said. If governments have no role in abortion, that means that Roe would not exist. Abortion would not be a guarantee of any kind. No government force would protect abortion clinic structures or abortion doctors. There would be no government subsidy of abortion. Is that really what your fantasy world looks like?
- OddD said...
Yeah, I've heard that legalizing abortions doesn't change the number of abortions that are actually done, just their safety.
That's false to some degree. I've met people who are here today because their mothers couldn't get an abortion 40 years ago.
If a woman has no intention of getting an abortion, the law won't change that. If a woman is determined to have one, then the law can't stop her. If a woman is on the fence, the law acts as discouragement.
Factor in that women are (majority) anti-abortion*, I think there's a strong case to be made that the law has a definite effect.
This is not to take a side on the issue one way or the other, but to point out that only one woman has to not get an abortion for the law to have reduced the number of abortions, and it's safe to say that the number is greater than one, and probably is a statistically significant percentage.
*A friend of mine did polling work during the '80s and '90s for NARAL. Women tend to be anti-abortion more than men. When the issue is close, men are the ones who push pro-choice through.
- chickenlittle said...
nms said
"...for that simple reason, government, religion and self-annointed do-gooders should keep thier opinions to themselves."
Your logic could just as well be used to defend gay marriage- gay people will always marry-you cannot understand the motivation unless you are a gay-please make it legal.
I could argue that you couldn't possibly understand the motivation behind Terry Shiavo's parents actions- they gave her life in the first place-why should the husband (who had icky motives) be allowed to pull the plug? You seem to be arguing natural rights or something. The problem with your logic is that the sum of each individual act has impact on society. Just look at Russia if you want an example of out-of-control abortion on demand.
Getting back on topic, as I see, there are defensible legal arguments on both sides, both populated by proponents. At present, the proponents for one side dominate, but that is changing. And both sides are doing a lousy job at defending their own extremist's positions.
- Simon said...
Seven Machos said...
"I don't understand the Schiavo thing."
I think it's a debate best kept out of this thread, to avoid any possible muddying of the waters per Alan's comment. The only way in which it relates to abortion is that it was, like abortion, the subject of inappropriate Federal meddling in a subject of pure state jurisdiction.
- Revenant said...
Women who become pregnant unintentionally will ALWAYS find a way to terminate that pregnancy--whether she has to risk her job, her relationships, her health or her life. Period.
Eesh. Speaking as a pro-choice person, I would like to say: Please never talk to anyone about abortion ever again. If you really believe what you wrote I can only assume you don't actually know any women.
Most women who become pregnant unintentionally opt to keep the baby or put it up for adoption. Abortion, while common, is NOT the usual means by which an unintended pregnancy is handled. Even among those women who would prefer to abort their pregnancies, not all will be willing to risk prison time to do so. And almost none would, as you suggest, abandon their friends, relatives, job, and health just to avoid giving birth. Because very few women share your view that a fetus is some horrible, "Alien chest-burster" pod-person-like organism that must be destroyed at all costs.
Oh, and can we please, please, PLEASE not rehash the goddamned Schiavo case again?
- Seven Machos said...
I want to add that I have no interest in bringing up the Schiavo case. Let's avoid it.
The same sort of person brings it up again and again, though, and always to make the same faulty point. So I feel compelled to remind that it wasn't some cut-and-dried case, that these parents had a good moral and legal case.
- submandave said...
"The reality is that no court ruling, no anti-choice terrorists, no criminal penalties will ever stop women from obtaining abortions ... For that simple reason, government, religion and self-annointed do-gooders should keep thier opinions to themselves."
nms, this has always been the least rational argument for abortion. "They're gonna do it anyway, so it shut up about it." One could just as easily argue that punks are going to slap kids and take their candy anyway, so why bother to make it illegal.
The fundamental reason pro-life activists work to restrict abortion-on-demand is for the simple reason that they believe it is is a greater morally wrong to stop the life potential of an innocent human-to-be than to force a woman to cary to term. The law is rife with situations and cases where the rights of two or more individuals come in conflict. Hell, one may say that's the only legitimate reason to have laws. Abortion-on-demand carries the implicit assumption that either the unborn have no rights at any point in their development until (for some reason) the moment they begin respirating air or that the most trivial right of the mother always trumps the greaterst right,the right to life, of the unborn. This is an assumption that, if clearly stated, I doubt most Americans would agree with.
- Simon said...
"Abortion-on-demand carries the implicit assumption that either the unborn have no rights at any point in their development until ... the moment they begin respirating air[,] or that the most trivial right of the mother always trumps ... [and right] of the unborn."
Well, to be fair, I think that the paradigm is that the pro choice crowd doesn't believe that the unborn child is alive, and that it is therefore incapable of having any rights. That position doesn't make much sense to me, but I do recognize the sincerity of their views.
- MadisonMan said...
Whether or not you want to rehash Schiavo, the fact is that the entire Republican Leadership jumped on the Buttinsky Bandwagon. Simon, it may be true that Schiavo muddies the water, but who was carrying the dirt to the dam? The President, the Speaker, the Senate Majority Leader. All of them. This is who you want to make your medical decisions for you?
Politicians have no business deciding my best course of action when I'm talking to a doctor. Why? Because they don't have my best interests at heart...they're concerned first and foremost with their donors and their re-election possibilities.
- chickenlittle said...
"the pro choice crowd doesn't believe that the unborn child is alive,.."
Belief vs. disbelief, is that what it boils down to?
- chickenlittle said...
Madison Man
"Politicians have no business deciding my best course of action when I'm talking to a doctor."
That's also a decent reason for government to stay out of the healthcare business completely
- Revenant said...
Abortion-on-demand carries the implicit assumption that [...] the most trivial right of the mother always trumps the greaterst right,the right to life, of the unborn
I don't think most people consider control over their own bodies and what's allowed to happen to them to be their "most trivial right". Most people, I suspect, would consider it to be among their most important rights. Certainly if I was forced to choose between control of my own body and, for example, the right to criticize the government, I'd keep the former right and abandon the latter.
But in any case there is nothing shocking or unconservative about the idea of people valuing their own rights over rights that other people think are more important. The Founding Fathers, for example, violated quite a few Englishmen's rights to life in order to protect "lesser" rights like speech, liberty, et al. They called it "the Revolutionary War".
Thought experiment: if I'll die unless I receive a medical treatment I cannot afford, do I have the right to make you pay for it? If you answer "no" then you acknowledge that the right to life does not always trump all other considerations. If you answer "yes" then you just signed up for communism. Which is the conservative position?
And seven -- "don't talk about Schiavo" means "don't talk about Schiavo", not "make one last claim and then hope nobody ELSE talks about Schiavo". :)
- Freder Frederson said...
That's false to some degree. I've met people who are here today because their mothers couldn't get an abortion 40 years ago.
Any mother who told their child, "if abortions were legal when I was pregnant with you, you wouldn't be here," probably should have had an abortion or at least given the child up for adoption. Your friends must have some cold-ass bitch mothers.
- Jim said...
I don't know of a more recent poll, but it seems Ann Landers found in hers that 70% of her respondents favored retroactive abortion of their offspring!
Whether or not they'd lie to their unwanted kids is another question.
- no1special said...
i luv u guys,,,mudding the waters with semantics and verbage.... a women's body is her own...do i think abortion is the answer- it's about 5 options down, but still an option. Potential is not actual to quote ayn rand..but whatever, don't really care for her either, but if u want an abortion have it...u don't- then don't... but not having a choice, makes it somebody else's choice...which means the government- that can't b a good thing...not sure what i just said, but i stand by it. *and Revenant, not that u agree with me but thanx for calling 7 on the Shiavo thing.
- me said...
"Meanwhile, back in reality, you don't have to be wealthy to travel to another state. Even if you live in the deep South or midwest you can get to a "blue state" for two or three hundred bucks at most, and generally for a lot less than that. . . There is no excuse for a woman of childbearing age not being able to get her hands on what amounts to a few days' salary at McDonalds."
Umm...I'll grant that most of the time, a woman could get from a red state to a blue state for around $300. However, lets say we have a woman who works at McDonalds. She finds out she's pregnant and decides to get an abortion. She lives in Nashville, TN, post-Roe. The closest place where abortion is legal will likely be Illinois or Florida (maybe), so she likely has at least 5 hour drive (more in the case of FL) to wherever abortion clinics are located in those states. She will also have to stay at a hotel, maybe for two nights, in case of a 24 hour waiting period. So she has to pay let's say $300 for the abortion; around $300 for travel (hotel, gas); and miss a few days work for travel time and recovery -- so lets say the abortion costs $1000, including all that. If you think most McDonald's workers have $1000 laying around, you're crazy.
If abortion were available in Nashville, her expenses would be the cost of the abortion ($300 or so) and probably one missed day of work, i.e., half as much money.
"One messy question left would be states who have laws saying a fetus has the same rights as you or me from the moment of conception then making it illegal for women to travel outside the state for an abortion."
"Even assuming that the states could get away with passing a law like that, they can't prove that a woman broke it. So again the threat is nonexistant."
What do you mean they can't prove the woman broke such a law? There are already laws prohibiting anyone not a parent taking a minor across state lines for purposes of abortion. Isn't this the same type of thing? It seems pretty easy to prove to me. Our hypothetical woman is a resident of TN; she went to Illinois and had an abortion and then came back to TN. Are you saying the state couldn't prove she knew she was pregnant when she left TN (even though she already had an appointment at an abortion clinic)? Not getting your point here.
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- anna said...
Whether or not the fetus's right to life trumps the mother's right to her own body depends on the question of when life begins. Maybe it begins at the point of conception, maybe it begins when a single fertilized egg cell starts multiplying into something more, maybe it begins when the brain develops, or at the point of ensoulment. Even assuming that all of these are 'life,' which of them do we want to protect? Do we want to protect a cell, a brain, a soul, a baby?
In my opinion, these are moral questions that people have very differing, but reasonable opinions on. The government and the courts should just stay out of trying to answer these questions and spend taxpayers' money on things that are actually debatable.


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The story everyone talked about in F1 was Max Mosley's reported nazi-style sex scandal, so Bernie decided a holiday card highlighting the horror would be the best route. Laughter is the best medicine, right?
Bernie's not one to avoid controversy with his personal holiday cards. Last year, the F1 CEO poked fun at the McLaren-Ferrari spy scandal, depicting a nervous Ron Dennis being handed a gift-wrapped present by former chief designer Mike Coughlan. But this year's cartoon takes things to an entirely different level.
The card cartoon allegedly shows Mosley whipping the member of an F1 team next to a monitor wearing fishnets and high heels. Other F1 members are depicted with "sore bottoms" so, you know, the usual Christmas message. We haven't actually seen the card so this is all "reported" — but if you've got one in your inbox or seen one in a forum please send it this way. Zank you! (Hat tip to Autophiles!)
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GREEN BAY, WI, May 27, 2014 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Aver Informatics -- a data management platform that simplifies the healthcare reimbursement process -- announced today that it has received $8.5 million in Series A funding led by Drive Capital and GE Ventures. Additionally, Aver has secured two additional customers: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Molina Healthcare.
"For the last three-plus years, we've been working hard to create a sustainable change in healthcare. Today is a pivotal moment for us that will help transform the healthcare reimbursement process, providing higher quality care to patients at a substantially lower cost to payers," said Kurt Brenkus, Founder and CEO of Aver Informatics.
Taking a radically different approach to healthcare reimbursement, Aver Informatics analyzes the vast amounts of data already available through current claims systems to compartmentalize patient care services into bundled payments. These bundles -- known as "episodes of care" -- create standard protocols for patient treatment and reduce the delivery of unnecessary, expensive services. Transforming the cumbersome "fee for service" system into an "episodic care" system, Aver cuts costs for insurance companies, improves efficiency for medical providers and simplifies the payment process for patients.
Implementing bundled payments using existing claims systems infrastructure used to take years, but Aver's solution significantly shortens the time to value for customers, reducing it to mere weeks. In recognition of its innovation, Aver was recently recognized by Gartner as a "Cool Vendor for Healthcare Payers" in 2014.
"Aver delivers an innovative approach to Medicaid payment reform. Our health plans in New Mexico and Ohio have sophisticated episodic care definitions that are tailored to improving cost and quality outcomes in our most vulnerable populations," said Irene Krokos, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Molina Healthcare of New Mexico. "Aver has a unique capacity to dynamically adjust the definition of a bundle to accommodate variations between state bundling programs. Additionally, provider engagement in payment reform is critical for success. Aver offers providers the ability to conceptualize bundles in a meaningful way."
"By leveraging technology we can align best with federal and state initiatives toward value-based payments. In Ohio, we are working in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Medicaid and the Ohio Office of Health Transformation to further the state's objective of providing value based health care by implementing a new episode-based payment model," said Martin Portillo, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Molina Healthcare of Ohio. "The goal is to develop a program that would incentivize and pay our providers while improving quality and managing costs."
"As an integrated delivery system, UPMC has very high standards when it comes to technology that must address the needs of both our payer and provider services organization," said Sandra E. McAnallen, Senior Vice President of Clinical Affairs and Quality Performance at UPMC. "The Aver platform is a true end-to-end solution that has the ability to create both retrospective and prospective payment models. They have an extremely user-friendly layer of reporting and analytics to drive performance and quality throughout our organization."
The new funding will be used to accelerate growth, as well as expand Aver Informatics' world-class engineering and sales teams.
"We're thrilled to partner with GE Ventures to support and accelerate Aver's growth," said Mark Kvamme, Co-Founder of Drive Capital. "Kurt and his team are building a game-changing product that we think will revolutionize the healthcare payments landscape, the exact type of real-world solution that we've come to expect from innovative entrepreneurs in the Midwest."
Aver Informatics, a StartUp Health Academy company, was selected by GE and StartUp Health to be part of its exclusive entrepreneur program, which accelerates growth for digital health companies.
"Healthcare innovation isn't just about advances in scientific processes and devices. We are always seeking to partner with companies that provide practical solutions that drive down the costs for all of us to be healthy," said Jason Sibley, Director, GE Ventures Healthcare. "It is important for companies to provide affordable and competitive healthcare benefits to employees. We are impressed with Aver's use of data exploration to navigate the healthcare system from not just a business point of view, but the consumer and patient view as well."
Gartner, Cool Vendors for Healthcare Payers, 2014, Jeff Cribbs, April 5, 2014.
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About Aver Informatics
Aver Informatics' data analytics platform radically simplifies the healthcare reimbursement process. Through analyzing the vast amounts of "fee for service" data already available in current healthcare claims systems, Aver automatically packages patient care services into episodic bundles, making the payment process simple for each the payer, provider and patient. For more information, visit http://www.averinformatics.com.
About Drive Capital
Drive Capital invests in innovative technology, healthcare and consumer companies in the Midwest. We are looking for innovative entrepreneurs addressing big market opportunities. Our goal is to partner with entrepreneurs that have audacious goals and strive to build large sustainable companies. For more information, visit http://www.DriveCapital.com.
About GE Ventures
GE Ventures is committed to identifying, scaling and accelerating ideas that will make the world work better. Focused on the areas of software, advanced manufacturing, energy and healthcare, GE Ventures helps entrepreneurs and start-ups succeed by providing access to GE's technical expertise, capital and opportunities for commercialization through GE's global network of business, customers and partners. GE Ventures offers an unparalleled level of resources through its Global Research Center, including: 35,000 engineers; 5,000 research scientists; 8,000 software professionals; as well as 40,000 sales, marketing and development resources in over 100 countries. GE healthymagination fund is the healthcare investing arm of GE Ventures. For more information, please visit http://www.ge.com/company/ge-ventures.
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MELBOURNE, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Three Top 5 players are potentially ahead for Victoria Azarenka in her quest for a third consecutive Australian Open title.
The year's first major tennis tournament begins Monday. The women's single final is scheduled for Jan. 25.
Azarenka is looking to be the tournament's first winner of three consecutive women's singles titles since Martina Hingis took championships from 1997-99. Since then, eight women have won the tournament, with top-ranked Serena Williams winning five times.
Jennifer Capriati (2001-02) and Azarenka are the only other multiple winners in that span.
If the tournament plays out according to the seedings, Azarenka would go against fifth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska in the quarters, No. 3-ranked Maria Sharapova (the 2008 champion) in the semifinals and Williams in the title match.
Williams could face fourth-seeded Li Na, who Azarenka defeated in last year's Australian Open final, in the semifinals.
Radwanska would possibly have to beat 10th-seeded Caroline Wozniacki to get to Azarenka in the quarters while Sharapova's route to the quarterfinals has a potential match-up against eighth-seeded Jelena Jankovic.
Williams, of course, leads the field. She is looking to join Nancye Wynne Bolton as a six-time winner in Melbourne. Only Margaret Smith Court, who won 11 times from 1960-73, has more women's singles Australian Open titles.
Williams has seventh-seeded Sara Errani in her quarter of the draw, with Li topping the other section in that half of the draw. No. 8-ranked Petra Kvitova and ninth-seeded Angelique Kerber could meet for the right to play Li in the quarterfinals.
Also in that quarter is Venus Williams, which sets up a potential semifinal match between the Williams sisters.


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text: LINGUIST List: Vol-18-279. Fri Jan 26 2007. ISSN: 1068 - 4875. Subject: 18.279, Confs: Computational Ling,Italian Lang/Italy Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Eastern Michigan U <aristar at linguistlist.org> Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U <hdry at linguistlist.org> Reviews: Laura Welcher, Rosetta Project / Long Now Foundation <reviews at linguistlist.org> Homepage: http://linguistlist.org/ The LINGUIST List is funded by Eastern Michigan University, Wayne State University, and donations from subscribers and publishers. Editor for this issue: Jeremy Taylor <jeremy at linguistlist.org> ================================================================ To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.html. ===========================Directory============================== 1) Date: 17-Jan-2007 From: Manuela Speranza < manspera at itc.it > Subject: Evaluation of NLP Tools for Italian -------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:05:29 From: Manuela Speranza < manspera at itc.it > Subject: Evaluation of NLP Tools for Italian Evaluation of NLP Tools for Italian Short Title: EVALITA 2007 Date: 10-Sep-2007 - 10-Sep-2007 Location: Rome, Italy Contact: Manuela Speranza Contact Email: manspera at itc.it Meeting URL: http://evalita.itc.it Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics Subject Language(s): Italian (ita) Meeting Description: EVALITA 2007 - Evaluation of NLP Tools for Italian We are pleased to announce EVALITA 2007, a new initiative devoted to the evaluation of Natural Language Processing tools for Italian. The general objective of EVALITA is to promote the development of language technologies for the Italian language, providing a shared framework where different systems and approaches can be evaluated in a consistent manner. We invite participation, both from academic institutions and industrial organizations, in five tasks, all for Italian: - Part of Speech Tagging - Parsing - Word Sense Disambiguation - Temporal Expression Recognition and Normalization - Named Entity Recognition As with other international evaluation campaigns, guidelines describing the different tasks will be distributed to participants. Participants will also be provided with training data and will have the chance to test their systems with the evaluation metrics and procedures to be used in the formal evaluation. The results of the evaluation will be disseminated at the final workshop, which will be organized in conjunction with AI*IA 2007 and will take place on September 10th at Villa Mondragone, a XVI century ''Villa Tuscolana'' located between Frascati and Monte Porzio Catone, only 20 km from Rome. To indicate your intention to participate in one or more of the EVALITA 2007 tasks, please contact Manuela Speranza (manspera at itc.it). More detailed information will be provided soon on the EVALITA 2007 website at http:\\evalita.itc.it Timeline (preliminary, check for updates at http://evalita.itc.it) 15th Feb 2007: on-line registration 1st March 2007: development data and detailed guidelines available to participants 20th May 2007: test data available 1st June 2007: system results due to organizers 15th June 2007: assessment returned to participants 10th Sept 2007: final workshop, Rome Coordination: Bernardo Magnini (ITC-irst) and Amedeo Cappelli (ISTI-CNR and CELCT) Task Organization: - PoS Tagging: Fabio Tamburini (Uni. Bologna) - Parsing: Cristina Bosco, Alessandro Mazzei, Vincenzo Lombardo (Uni. Torino) and Fabio Massimo Zanzotto (Uni. Roma ''Tor Vergata'') - Word Sense Disambiguation: Nicoletta Calzolari and Francesca Bertagna (CNR-ILC, Pisa) - Temporal Expressions: Valentina Bartalesi Lenzi and Rachele Sprugnoli (CELCT, Trento) - Named Entity Recognition: Manuela Speranza (ITC-irst, Trento) Local Organization: Maria Teresa Pazienza and Fabio Massimo Zanzotto (Uni. Roma ''Tor Vergata'') Contact: Manuela Speranza - manspera at itc.it ----------------------------------------------------------- LINGUIST List: Vol-18-279