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lash Royale is a massively in style multiplayer on-line battle area (MOBA) that is among the top-grossing video games on the App Retailer. Made by the identical builders as Conflict of Clans — Supercell — the sport pits you towards foes around the globe in high-energy, fast-paced duels.
For those who're new to the world of Conflict Royale, it may be a bit of intimidating to get began. Calm down. There might look like there are quite a lot of guidelines, however I will define every part it's essential get began!
The target
Utilizing a deck of eight completely different playing cards, you spawn completely different models onto the battlefield in hopes of taking down your opponent's three towers all whereas defending your personal.
Every spherical lasts three minutes and whoever takes out essentially the most towers wins the match. If any participant takes out his or her opponent's middle tower, they may robotically win the sport.
Playing cards
Playing cards are what you employ to play models onto the battlefield. There are over simply over 50 completely different playing cards within the recreation, and every card has completely different talents, stats, strengths, and weaknesses.
The sport begins you off with a full battle deck's price of playing cards —which is eight — however you may gather extra playing cards as you play the sport and win matches.
Not all playing cards are created equal; some are considerably rarer to search out and a few you may solely discover upon getting leveled up excessive sufficient to battle in numerous arenas.
For those who're curious in regards to the varied playing cards in Conflict Royale, our resident dueler, Marc Lagace, has compiled a useful information to stipulate the strengths and weaknesses in quite a lot of completely different playing cards.
Card Rarity
There are three completely different rarities of playing cards within the recreation — frequent, uncommon, and epic (see above image for instance).
Frequent playing cards as straightforward to search out in all varieties of chests, whereas epic playing cards are tougher to come back by, and often require silver or gold chests to amass.
Upgrading Playing cards
As you win matches, you may gather chests and be capable to unlock them. Chest maintain gold, gems, and most significantly playing cards.
Whereas chests may give you new playing cards, they may quite a lot of the time offer you duplicates of playing cards you have already got. Gathering duplicate playing cards will allow you to degree up your current models which causes them to turn out to be extra highly effective.
You possibly can't summon models onto the battlefield everytime you need; it's essential have sufficient elixir to play the cardboard.
Every card can have a "value" indicated in by a quantity within the pink water droplet icon; that is the quantity of the elixir it's essential play the cardboard onto the battlefield.
You may know what number of elixir factors you've accessible by wanting on the meter on the backside of your display screen throughout a match. You robotically acquire elixir as time progresses within the match at a charge of about one level of elixir for each two seconds.
Each card prices not less than one level of elixir to play, and you'll solely have a max of ten factors in your elixir meter.
In-Recreation Forex
There are two completely different currencies in Conflict Royale — gold and gems.
Gold is primarily used for upgrading playing cards and buying playing cards from the store. You may obtain gold by opening chests and profitable matches.
Gems are primarily used for opening chests early Clash Royale Gems Generator, the extra time left on the countdown to unlock a chest, the extra gems it'll value you to open. Gems are additionally present in chests.
Each gold and chests could be bought with actual cash through in-app purchases.
You will not be an on the spot rockstar at Conflict Royale; it is a recreation that takes time to be taught all of the ins-and-outs. Over time you'll undoubtedly be taught your personal methods as you adapt to your opponent's fight types.
That being stated, for those who're searching for some suggestions and methods to get you off on the proper foot, our very personal Marc Lagace has put collectively a stellar information that will help you out!


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WASHINGTON — Life is about choices, and so is a presidency. When the history of Barack Obama's is written, the scribes will look at his decision to focus on health care and to let Congress write the bill. The verdict will likely be harsh.
He used up his political capital — and may not even get any legislation, now that Republican Scott Brown, who campaigned against it, swept to victory in the Senate race in Massachusetts.
The health care crusade put the worst traits of a (Democratic) Congress on display; made the Obama Administration look elitist, out of touch and too liberal for independent voters; and allowed the White House to be perceived as imperious and incompetent — a toxic combination.
Voters wanted an in-touch government to offer a helping hand and a guiding light out of the recession — not assistance in the form of a confused, massive piece of social engineering.
But in politics (as in life), as long as you're breathing you have hope — and another chance.
So, on this first anniversary of the Obama inauguration, here's what the president and his team can do to turn things around:
Don't panic
Don't let your fellow Democrats panic. When bunched together in Congress, party members can behave like a herd of buffalo. They stampede at scary sounds. Now is the time for Obama to use his legendary cool to reassure the Dems that all is not lost — they are only one year into his term, and he has accomplished some worthy things. Invite them to the White House, in groups or en masse. Talk about what has gone wrong and how to make it right. Be leaderly. I have seen him do it.
Focus on Independents
Focus on Independents. Despite occasional slip-ups, Obama was relentless about this when he ran in 2008 — and Democrats have since lost that fire. In Massachusetts, people must realize, more than half of voters are registered as unaffiliated with a political party — creating one of the largest chunks of independent voters in the nation. These voters tend to care most about spending (they are wary of it), badly run government (they see too much of it), and a lack of bipartisanship (there is none of it in Washington).
Cut your losses
Cut your losses on health care. There is no good option in this political disaster. Perhaps the best thing to do is to break the massive legislation into pieces and dare the GOP to vote against the best parts of it, like the requirement that insurance companies permanently cover all patients.
Create jobs
Pledge that, for the next year, your sole domestic focus will be job creation. It's already clear that the president will focus on this during his State of the Union address next Wednesday. The fact that this is regarded as news, and a change of strategy, proves the problem. The unemployment problem has deepened since he was sworn in exactly a year ago!
Video: Is Obama mired in a slump?
Reduce the deficit
Create a real, substantive, and powerful deficit-reduction commission. Yes, the days of Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill are long gone, but there is no reason not to try to recreate it. Most Americans do care about the country going bankrupt, even as they demand more benefits from government. Congress can't seem to handle the conflict. An external mechanism, a Deus ex Machina, is required.
Reduce the deficit
Other political news of note
Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
- Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
- Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
- Obama faces Syria standstill
- Fluke files to run in California
- Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
Confess your sins
A confessional speech. Obama doesn't do confessions — the former president of the Harvard Law Review is not good at admitting he is occasionally stupid. This would be a good time to give such a speech: not an abstract thesis of the lawyerly kind, but one about him. What has surprised him about government, or about running the country? Obama can say that he has learned — in fact, he had better say that.
Video: One year later, did Obama keep promises?
Be a populist
Be a populist
Leave the District
Get out of D.C. more. And not on half-day jaunts to a plant in Ohio or Maryland. Actually spend some quality time outside the Beltway. I know it's hard as president, but see and be seen taking the time to really listen to real people.
Shake it up
Consider shaking up the political shop. Everyone was asleep as the tidal wave built in Massachusetts. It's not just Martha Coakley's fault, nor is the Washington party apparatus totally to blame. What about the people in the White House? Looking within would show that Obama isn't just looking for outsiders to blame.
Be a 'real American'
Don't try to drive a pickup truck. Leave that for the Scott Browns of the world. But you might want to play a little more basketball in, say, Indiana. That's the "real America," too, especially during March Madness. There is a serious point to be made: nobody has an exclusive claim to "the real America."
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Despite my diagnosis of multiple myeloma that had destroyed all but a rim of my 4th cervical vertebrae I was lucky in that I was diagnosed before a devastating collapse and possible death or paralysis. It has been an ordeal since. I have not responded to BMT, 2 of the "best" chemotherapies have destroyed my bone marrow and liver but I am still here working and treating patients with cancer and many other maladies. I feel like I have been given a chance to give back and treat patients the way I would like to myself. Trust me it is an entirely different practice.
My ordeal has also taught me about the inefficiencies of the medical system. Suffice it to say there are many unanswered questions as well as hints and tricks that patients not the authorities are aware. Considering this I have attempted to unite all those with cancer in the hope that they can assist each other with these hints and tricks and also prepare and console those with similar histories. We all belong to the same club, like it or not. We can all help each other when the medical authorities fail.
I have begun a web site where all those with cancer of any variety can speak and question. I call it the OneIAM Club or one in a million. It is a portal to facilitate communication. It is off to a slow start because marketing is not my thing and also very difficult for the average citizen. I encourage you all to communicate with each other. I of course will do what I can to help. Please visit oneiam.com
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If things remain as they are, we will lose civilization to the Islamic barbarians. But I have always thought we were going to win against them, in the end, no matter how long it took. And Trump and his surrogates have spoken more truth about the Islamic enemy in the last month than Bush and Obama did for 16 years. So that gives me hope. We'll see what Trump actually does, but good rhetoric is a good start. And from my dedication page in my book, ProPiganda:
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Milk's Deception
"Got milk?" We see it all the time, on T-shirts, television commercials and advertisements. "Milk...it does a body good," we are told by the media and the dairy industry. If you don't drink milk, where are you going to get your calcium? Will you end up with osteoporosis? What about vitamin D? These are the kinds of questions that immediately pop into most people's minds when it is suggested that they or somebody else stop consuming milk. I remember being angry and confused when I first discovered information that seemed to prove that milk and dairy products were not the healthy foods I believed them to be. As a child and young teenager, I religiously drank my milk, thinking that I was doing my body a favor.
Perhaps you feel angry that I even suggest that milk is not the great health food it is touted to be. Consider the facts: All cow's milk, including "organic" milk, contains more than 50 active hormones, scores of allergens, and loads of fat and cholesterol. The recommended three glasses of milk per day contains the same amount of cholesterol found in 53 slices of bacon! Other ingredients in most cows' milk include measurable quantities of pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics, blood, pus, feces, bacteria, viruses, and up to 200 times the levels of dioxins that are considered "safe." One cubic centimeter of cow's milk is allowed to contain up to 750,000 pus cells and up to 20,000 live bacteria!
Another noteworthy constituent of cow's milk is a growth hormone called Insulin-like Growth Factor One (IGF-1). IGF-1 is the hormone responsible for causing a 60-pound calf to rapidly grow into a 600-pound cow. No wonder that 50 percent of Americans are obese! Contrary to what the dairy industry tells us, milk does not promote weight loss; instead, it promotes weight gain. In one study funded by a grant from the International Dairy Foods Association, 204 healthy men and women were asked to increase their intake of skim or 1 percent milk by three cups per day for 12 weeks. At the end of the 12 weeks, those consuming the extra milk had gained an average of 1.32 pounds.
Not only does IGF-1 cause our waistlines to grow by inches, it also causes the rapid growth and proliferation of breast, prostate, and colon cancers. Dr. Walter Willett, M.D., chief investigator for the ongoing Harvard University Health Professionals Follow-up Study, has found that consumption of two or more glasses of milk per day is associated with nearly twice the risk of advanced and metastatic prostate cancer. Data from Dr. T. Colin Campbell's landmark scientific study, the China-Oxford-Cornell Study, indicates that women who derive their protein from animal products, including milk, are five times more likely to die of breast cancer than women who follow a plant-based diet. Research out of Sweden's Karolinska revealed that women who drink two glasses of milk a day double their risk of ovarian cancer.
Along with IGF-1, another cancer-causing substance in milk is a protein called casein. Casein represents 80 percent of the protein in milk. This protein is a powerful binder and is used as a glue to make sturdy furniture and to hold beer-bottle labels in place. Casein is also a polymer used to make plastics. In his book The China Study, Dr. Campbell tells about one of his studies, funded by a research grant from the National Institutes of Health. In the study, he administered aflatoxin, a known carcinogen, to rats. One group he fed with a diet of 20 percent casein and the other group he fed with a diet of 5 percent casein. After 100 weeks, all of the animals fed 20 percent casein were dead or near death from liver tumors. The group that was fed 5 percent casein was alive, active and healthy. The same results were found when mice were dosed with HBV, another known carcinogen. These implications in rodents apply to humans because of the almost identical protein requirements in rats and humans and because protein operates in humans almost the same way it does in rats.
Another protein present in milk is whey protein. Whey is made up of bovine blood protein. The body's reaction to this foreign protein often causes an auto-immune response, as the antibody used to destroy the invader turns against the body's own cells. The New England Journal of Medicine reported in 1992 that insulin-dependent Type 1 diabetes is linked to the body's production of antibodies to cow's milk.
Multiple sclerosis is also associated with the consumption of dairy products, according to the British medical journal Lancet. Two-thirds of MS victims are women, the group most often targeted by the dairy industry's scare tactics regarding osteoporosis. Populations that consume no cow's milk rarely get MS.
Perhaps the most rampant fallacy regarding dairy products is the idea that milk is needed to prevent osteoporosis. We are told that the calcium present in dairy products will keep our bones strong. It is interesting to note that most of the calcium present in cow's milk is useless to the body. In order for calcium to be absorbed, magnesium must be present in equal quantities. Since one cup of milk contains 291 milligrams of calcium and 33 milligrams of magnesium, only around 11 percent of the calcium can be absorbed.
The more pertinent issue related to osteoporosis is how much calcium one loses. Milk contains a high level of protein, and like meat is extremely acid-forming in the body. The body must have the resources to neutralize these acids. The average diet is so low in alkaline minerals that the bones dissolve in order to release the minerals necessary to neutralize these dietary acids. So milk not only offers no protection against osteoporosis, it causes the very disease that we are told it prevents.
As proof, the highest rates of hip fractures worldwide occur among populations that consume the most dairy products. The lowest rates of fractures are found among people who eat little or no dairy products. The United States consumes more dairy products than almost any other country, and in turn, has one of the highest rates of osteoporosis. One study of postmenopausal women tested the effects of milk on bone health and found that those who received extra milk for a year lost more bone than those who didn't.
Where do cows get their calcium? Not from milk. They, like every other species on the planet (other than one segment of the human population), consume no milk after weaning. The cows get their calcium from the green plants they consume. Since magnesium is the center atom of the chlorophyll molecule, making greens one of the richest sources of this mineral needed for calcium absorption, the calcium in green plants is available to and easily used by the body. In addition, green plants are alkalizing to the body. When the body has sufficient amounts of alkaline minerals, there is no need for it to break down bone in order to neutralize acids. We should rely on greens to strengthen our bones rather than consuming unsuitable and harmful lactose substances that will leach calcium from our hard tissue. If you eat an abundance of green leafy vegetables and sprouts along with green vegetable and sprout juices and in addition perform weight-bearing exercises, you need not worry about osteoporosis.
What about raw dairy products? Some proponents of a raw food diet will tell you that all the dangers of dairy products only apply when dairy products are cooked and processed. When dairy products are raw, they say that they still contain the enzymes needed to digest the milk. Actually raw dairy products contain dangerous bacteria and are always indigestible. Scientists at South Dakota State University tested raw milk from 131 dairy herds and discovered the presence of salmonella, listeria, campylobacter, yersinia, E. coli, and staphylococcus. A recent deadly outbreak of deadly E. coli on spinach was traced to bovine fecal run-off from an adjoining farm. According to the Los Angeles County report, some of the diseases associated with pathogens in raw dairy products can lead to death, especially among vulnerable persons. In 1985, a listeria outbreak was linked with cheese made from raw milk produced in Los Angeles. One hundred forty-two cases were reported and among them were 48 deaths. Three hundred ninety-four cases of salmonella have been reported in Los Angeles County alone since 1973, in 101 of which raw milk had been consumed. Through molecular fingerprinting, these were linked to the same strain of bacteria found in raw milk samples.
The fact that raw milk contains enzymes does not negate its high fat and cholesterol counts, or the truth that it contains dangerous hormones and proteins that are foreign to our bodies. Nature did not intend for us to drink milk after weaning - and certainly not the milk of another species.
Whether it is raw or pasteurized, if you've got milk or any of its offspring - cheese, butter, yogurt, ice cream, etc. - you've also got illness. Milk is not "nature's perfect food." Milk is a false food and does a body harm.


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Walking In Misty Blue
One of the most amazing gifts of walking early in the morning at this time of year is the gift of what I call the "misty blue time". I leave in the dark, and just before the sun comes over the horizon, there are a few minutes where everything turns a misty blue. Everything looks different during this in-between time. I know the neighborhood when it is dark, and of course I am familiar with it when it is daylight. Both have their own unique looks and I notice different things at both times. During this misty blue time my brain does not know what to jump to. Everything looks surreal and different. It is as though I am in a different world altogether and I get to enjoy my neighborhood in a whole new way.
In the contemplative walk, this misty blue time could be seen as liminal space. That space that says one time is over yet the next season has not quite arrived. Liminal space is a whole new world of noticing, practicing, and waiting for the sun to rise on the new season of life. I often witness the discomfort of this liminal space. It is easy to want to skip this space by taking what was known in the past and overlaying it on to the future and calling it good. The challenge in doing that is it limits the possibilities of the future with old patterns. The truth is the space yet to come has not been lived yet and the signposts are all new. With just our past knowledge, it is difficult to navigate. Yet, if one allows the liminal space to teach them, one can begin to learn how to live into the new place and releasing what no longer works. By remaining in misty blue, and allowing the knowledge of the past and anticipation of the future to guide one's way, one is open to visions of life and God in a whole new way.
This August is a misty blue place for Pathways of Grace. We have more people using the space. New facilitators will be providing opportunities to experience growth. The website is getting a facelift and Mind Body is our new home base for scheduling and signing up for classes. At the same time we will be celebrating the past and your support in it, while providing the same safe place to experience your own liminal spaces. I have no idea how all of this will look, yet I am excited to see what I notice and live into the experience of what the next sunrise for Pathways of Grace will look like. Won't you join me on this great adventure??


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Sending more troops to Iraq isn't the answer
The fall of Ramadi is causing another round of recriminations about what President Barack Obama is or isn't doing to stop the Islamic State's march across Iraq.
But if Memorial Day means anything, it should remind us that war exacts a real human cost. It should tell us that there's no justification for sending thousands of U.S. troops back into combat in Iraq.
Lest we forget, Anbar province is where more Americans were killed than any other province during the last Iraq war. In late 2004, more than 80 died in door-to-door fighting in Fallujah. In 2006, Ramadi was where U.S. officers joined forces with Sunni sheikhs and helped turn the tide of the war.
That should be a lesson: Merely sending in more Marines isn't a real strategy – a point reinforced by Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. He made headlines Sunday by calling out the Iraqi military for lacking the "will to fight" in Ramadi, and by pointing out that until it does, the Islamic State cannot be defeated.
While it wasn't a very diplomatic thing to say, it was the truth. The U.S.-led coalition should continue airstrikes and provide training and weapons, but the assistance will matter little unless the Iraqi government can rally Shiite and Sunni factions and its military can fight as a united army. (Perhaps to prove Carter wrong, pro-government forces have regrouped and launched a major offensive to retake Ramadi, a good start.)
Still, there's no easy way to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq – not to mention in Syria, which is in the middle of a full-fledged civil war.
That, however, doesn't excuse the irresponsible silence from Congress since the president asked in February for formal authorization to wage war against the Islamic State.
Instead, debate in the Washington, D.C., bubble has focused on the last Iraq war – whether knowing what we know now about the absence of weapons of mass destruction, then-President George W. Bush still should have ordered the invasion in March 2003. His brother, potential GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush, completely flubbed that hypothetical question, handing his competitors a club to beat him up.
It's all very interesting for political junkies, but it's not very valuable for the decisions facing lawmakers now.
When Congress returns next week from its Memorial Day recess, it ought to do its constitutional duty and ask tough questions but ultimately approve a war-powers resolution that rules out ground troops except in very limited circumstances such as rescuing pilots.
For the Republican presidential wannabes now in Congress, that's the least they can do to show they're even qualified to be commander in chief.


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The doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital Meredith Grey are faced with life-or-death decisions on a daily basis. They seek comfort from one another, and, at times, more than just friendship. Together they discover that neither medicine nor relationships can be defined in black and white.
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The Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital doctors are faced with the devastation left by the storm. A giant mudslide in Seattle injures a group of first responders and citizens, causing the already shorthanded ER to spring into action.
Callie makes a decision about her relationship; the doctors receive devastating news.
Meredith and Derek adjust to life at home with a newborn but find it difficulty being away from the hospital; Arizona tries to takes steps to fix her broken marriage; Alex and Jo navigate through their new relationship; and Owen clashes with Jackson over financial issues at the hospital. Meanwhile, April anxiously awaits her boards results
The doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial throw a fundraising gala which turns wildly competitive after Jackson makes a rash promise. Back at the hospital, Bailey's patience is tested when she has to deal with several extremely difficult patients. Meanwhile, Shane and Stephanie handle an incredibly busy ER by themselves and Alex reveals an emotional secret to Jo on a very special 200th episode.
Meredith jumps back into work but finds it hard to excel at both motherhood and being a surgeon. Stephanie tries to make a good impression on Jackson's mom, and Jo finds herself overly involved with her new patient. Meanwhile, Callie and Owen deal with an emotional situation regarding a patient.
Derek and Callie work on a brain mapping project, Richard encourages the interns to use his physical condition as a learning tool and after a discussion with Callie, Meredith considers continuing her mother's research. Meanwhile, Shane continues to feel guilty about Heather's death.
It's Halloween and the doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial are hit with a barrage of spooky patients, which affects their own plans and puts one doctor's well-being in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Derek collaborates with Ben on a new surgical technique, and Richard angers Bailey when he asks a second year resident to perform his next surgery.
The issues between Meredith and Cristina hit a boiling point when one of them ultimately betrays the other at the hospital. Derek tells Jackson that he needs to let go and allow the second year doctors to work on his patients, and April and Matthew make a bold decision about their relationship. Meanwhile, Bailey has difficulties with Ben's return.
When an unexpected malpractice suit turns Callie's world upside down, her supportive father (Hector Elizondo) arrives and shares an interesting secret with her. Meanwhile, through flashbacks, we learn some surprising details about Callie and Arizona's marriage.
Ben worries that a casual conversation with Derek could potentially cause issues for Bailey, Cristina turns to Shane as tension grows with Meredith, and April's upcoming wedding makes for an uncomfortable situation between Jackson and Stephanie. Meanwhile, Meredith plans a Thanksgiving dinner at her house
April's sisters arrive to help celebrate April's upcoming nuptials and quickly get on her nerves. Matthew and Jackson are forced to work together when they witness a terrible accident, Callie and Arizona work hard to reestablish their relationship and Cristina is pressured to live stream an upcoming surgery. Meanwhile, a familiar face returns to the hospital.
On the day of April's wedding, the Grey Sloan Memorial doctors are all preoccupied with their own drama. Meredith and Cristina continue to argue about their research and careers, Bailey comes clean to Ben about her feelings regarding him moving back to Seattle, and Shane puts himself in a risky situation. Meanwhile, Derek gets a phone call that will change his life.
The doctors face the consequences of the events that took place at April's wedding. Meredith feels betrayed when Derek goes back on a promise, Alex is furious after returning to the hospital and hearing the news about his father, and Arizona and Callie decide whether or not to move forward together. Meanwhile, Bailey realizes she was wrong about the motive behind Ben's decision to move back to Seattle
After an anonymous complaint is issued by one of their own, the hospital implements a non-fraternizing policy causing the couples to panic. Meanwhile, Emma and Owen talk about the future, Cristina and Meredith enjoy a little girl time and Richard enlists the residents to help research a rare cancer case.
Arizona has a bad day which escalates when she advises one of Callie's patients on a potential double amputation. Derek goes back on a promise to Callie, and Jo and Stephanie come across an abandoned baby outside the hospital.
Bailey asks Richard to join her on the case of a lifetime; Callie shocks Derek.
Cristina thinks about her future; a patient decides whether to live or not.
The doctors are exposed to flu-infected patients; Derek prepares to give a speech.
Cristina won't let herself get excited when she is nominated for a Harper Avery award.
Meredith helps Cristina draft a speech; Derek feels stressed; April and Jackson are at odds.
Jackson must deliver bad news to the doctors; Derek's sister visits; Richard surprises Catherine.
Cristina considers her future at the hospital; a surgery involving conjoined twins.
Meredith learns Amelia's true feelings about Seattle; Bailey deals with consequences.
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Toward an international fare payment standardBy · Published in 2010
Ever so slowly, the MTA is forging ahead with a pilot to bring next-generation fare payment technology to New York City. The MetroCard with its swipe and magnetic strip has been outdated since the day it was introduced to the subway system, and Jay Walder, who helped usher in the age of the contactless Oyster Card in London, is pushing forward with a plan to tie subway entrance fees into credit cards with smart chips in them. By reducing the costs of fare collection by just a few cents, the MTA would save tens of millions of dollars every year, and New Yorkers wouldn't have to carry yet another piece of plastic around with them.
Today, we learn that Transport for London is working on its own plans to bring a credit card-based contactless payment system to the Underground, and they're doing so in conjunction with the MTA, among others. According to The Telegraph, Transport for London officials are in talks with a number of international cities to ensure a common standard for next-gen fare payment plans. These cities include New York, Boston, Chicago, Paris, Sydney and Manchester.
Needless to say, a fare cooperative on an international level would be a boon for travelers. It would encourage even more subway use among tourists as negotiating potentially foreign fare systems would no longer be an obstacle to use. This is forward-thinking policy on a global scale.
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That really is good thinking.
Make it convenient to use transit and people will use it.
Great, so now I could use a MasterCard in London and get charged a $2 premium for an international transaction every time I tap.
Meanwhile, when someone accidentally taps an Octopus in London, the turnstile jams. (Note to self: if I ever go to Seoul, Moscow, or Taipei, I should dig up my old ezLink and see if it's a general feature of FeliCa-MIFARE interaction, or just something London screwed up.)
I don't think you'd necessarily be using the credit card to pay for the ride. They could do it that way, but they could also use your credit card as an identifier to link to an account that you could fill using other means (cash, online, etc.)
This does seem like a good idea, but I kind of like taking along all my various transit smart cards when I travel. 🙂
Meh – they could just have a reciprocity rule saying that any system that's on the ISO frequency accepts cards from any other system at close to the true exchange rate and charges the normal pay-per-ride rate. The amount of tourist traffic between New York, London, and the Eurozone is such that there would be a large number of international transactions in both directions; transit agencies would be able to trade currency in bulk, getting much better rates than are available to the average schlub.
With a little more work, they could add FeliCa to the mix and have Octopus cards stop jamming Oyster readers. Proprietary US-only standards like Cubic could go to hell – their usage figure is a rounding error anyway.
That would be great for transit geeks who like to travel on many transit systems.
It would be far less useful for normal people who may never use transit at home but occasionally find themselves visiting transit-rich cities.
I've never heard of a credit card that has a flat fee per transaction! Most cards charge 3%, regardless of dollar amount.
This would be seriously awesome and convenient! 🙂
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Class Etiquette at The Yoga & Fitness Studio
Yoga strengthens the body and quiets the mind. It is a focused practice that requires concentration and consideration for others. In order to create the most beneficial practice environment for all, please consider the following:
Arrive on time – Life is busy and ordinary delays are to be expected.
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Before Coming To Class – In order to deepen your practice and receive its maximum benefits, refrain from eating 2-3 hours before class. Always be sure to adequately hydrate before and after practice. Please refrain from coming to class if you are ill—close proximity in combination with deep breathing is conducive to transmitting sickness. Also, please avoid applying perfumes, colognes, or scented lotions before class and be mindful of your personal hygiene in order to insure a clean environment for practice.
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There are 67 units located all around the state so there's bound to be one near you!
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As a SES volunteer you will be provided a comprehensive training package to support you in your responsibilities as a volunteer. SES volunteers are required to attend regular unit training sessions and demonstrate commitment to the principles of the Code of Conduct. Depending on your role, you will be requested to respond to emergency incidents which can be during the day or night as the SES provides emergency response to the community 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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In anticipation of the Kinect Star Wars launch, Radio 1 is hosting a week long (April 1st-5th) competition for both its Breakfast Show and Simon B (afternoon) listeners. Kinect Star Wars is the ultimate in family entertainment as it brings together family members of all ages – games and Star Wars fans - to play together in an active, fun and intuitive platform.
For those of you in the UAE – read on on how you can win
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Listeners will be asked to listen out to the "Yodarized" song; a song in which one of the lyrics has been modified to sound like the character Yoda in Star Wars and to then SMS 'Xbox' to the given number as soon as they hear the song/lyric. One winner will be chosen every day from all the correct answers.
What do YOU win?
The competition will run on the Breakfast Show. Every day one winner will receive a copy of the game as well as a takeaway dinner voucher, as well as Star Wars props for a night, so the whole family can spend the evening together as Jedi Knights fighting the Dark Side using the Force of Kinect for Xbox 360.
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The competition will take place on Simon B's show between 4-7pm everyday, where the Breakfast team, dressed as Darth Vader and his Storm Troopers, will make their way to popular spots in Dubai and Abu Dhabi (malls, JBR, Corniche etc.). Simon B will give clues on their whereabouts, live on air, and the first person to spot them on the ground wins! To view some of the pics already on Facebook click here: http://tinyurl.com/cjljd6g
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Winners each day will receive a copy of the game as well as an Xbox 360 Kinect 4GB Bundle
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When my husband and I discovered that there was an entire region in Japan dedicated to the craft of papermaking, we knew we wanted to spend part of our honeymoon visiting. Deep in the northern part of Fukui province the town of Echizen is known as the "land of washi" and has a rich history of producing paper that dates back to at least AD 774.
We travelled by train and bus through the countryside of Fukui to get to Echizen. When we passed manhole cover emblems depicting papermakers in action and small rivers running milky-white with mulberry pulp, we knew we had arrived.
Our first stop was the Museum of Paper & Culture where we wandered through rooms filled with all the types and colors of washi that have ever been made. They also featured works of art from renowned washi artisans.
Our next stop was Udatsu Paper & Craft Museum where you can see a live demonstration from local artisans in a reconstructed papermaker's house from 1748. I loved seeing the entire process from the original kozo plant harvest and tools to how it's made into a pulp and then skillfully sifted into sheets of paper.
We also got to make our own paper at the "Papyrus House" where they have a whole set-up with sinks full of paper pulp and molds and elements for decorating your paper, like dried flowers, dyes and gold and silver leaf. A special note: if you make and send a postcard from Echizen you can get the special postmark that showcases the papermaking town symbol.
The trip wouldn't be complete without a visit to the local temple dedicated to the papermaking goddess "Kawakami Gozen." Legend has it that she came down from the heavens 1500 years ago to teach the people in the region how to make paper. Since there wasn't rich soil to support rice fields the skill of papermaking was truly like a gift from above. We found the temple just before sunset, nestled in a pine forest at the edge of town. It was incredible to experience the beautiful art of washi papermaking up close and I'm very thankful that the people of this town continue to share its traditions with everyone.


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THE site for a planned new state-of-the-art hospital for West Birmingham has been revealed today
Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust bosses said they wanted to build it on industrial land in Grove Lane, Smethwick - bringing #366 million worth of investment for the area and 1,000 jobs.
A public consultation is currently under way into plans to close City Hospital, in Winson Green, and Sandwell Hospital, West Bromwich, and replace them with the new building.
A trust spokeswoman said: "The hospital would be one of Sandwell's most significant development projects, and would bring forward under-used, brownfield land for redevelopment."


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The Centra regional nonprofit healthcare system in Virginia has launched its own food truck that makes weekday stops at the system's various locations to provide onsite meal service, reports the News & Advance. Called Code Fresh, the truck is designed to provide the meal service at a fraction of the cost of putting
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Announcing our highly anticipated first degustation night of the year!
The Herring Room proudly partnering with our much loved Elderton Wines.
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Short and sweet post today, owing to work having claimed me for his/her own evil self these past few days. It's certainly looking like I'll be lucky to make my flight to D.C. on Thursday with a decently packed bag without some pre-Christmas miracle that adds 24 extra hours to every day until then! Today's outfit post is proof of how much work has taken over my life, 'cos how often does Ms.MS wear formal outfits?! Well, everything has a first time, and today is good ol' workwear's lucky day.
Being in an academic setting in the biomedical sciences where the usual MO is to care absolutely zilch about what anybody wears (other than a lab coat, of course), my work uniform has been jeans + tees for as long as my adult life. Formal clothes (or 'normal people clothes' as those of us in the geek set call them ;) ) are a rare sight, so you'll have to forgive my insertion of a white tee into today's somewhat formal outfit. I'm planning on packing some version of this outfit for my presentation at the upcoming conference, and I'm already mentally preparing for the 'Who are you and what have you done with my graduate student?' look from my advisor!
This color combination of aubergine and berry pink is one of my favorites in the fall! I love the more traditional, serious tweed in neutral colors that reminds me of Chanel and preppy yesteryears, but I treasure this thrift find for the refreshing, feminine change that the pink-purple tweed brings. I added a gold brooch as a scarf pin for just a touch of that Chanel-esque charm. :)
What do you think of my informal take on formals? Did I pass the 'normal people' test" ;)
Thank you for reading and have a fabulous weekend! Oh, and wish me luck in D.C.!
XO Sushmitha
Dress: Moddeals (Similar pencil skirt here)
White Tee: Forever 21
Tweed Jacket : Thrifted (Love this more neutral one)
Scarf: From India (Similar here)
Wristlet: Amazon (Similar here)
Brooch: Flea Market (Similar here)
Shoes: Payless (Similar here)


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SUBJECTS: Labor's plan to reduce hospital waiting times and protect Medicare; 2011 National Health Reform agreement Health funding; Liberals' preference arrangements; Commitments to North Queensland infrastructure and jobs; marginal seat polling; private health insurance; health funding; CFA.
CATHY O'TOOLE, LABOR'S CANDIDATE FOR HERBERT: It's really fantastic to have the Leader of the Opposition, Bill Shorten here today and the Shadow Minister for Health, Catherine King. Once again, what we're seeing is Labor saying North Queensland is important. We are here at the Townsville Hospital, which is the largest tertiary hospital outside of the south-east corner. Health is absolutely critical to us here and it gives me great pleasure to welcome Bill Shorten and Catherine King to make an absolutely amazing announcement for our community and the country today.
BILL SHORTEN, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION: Thanks Cathy. Before I turn to our hospital and medical announcements, I just want to recognise today is the 20th anniversary of the worst peacetime loss of Australian Defence Forces since the Voyager disaster in the 1960s. This is a very tough time for families of loved ones who were lost 20 years ago in the Black Hawk disaster. I do also wish to acknowledge the remarkable work done by emergency teams, the bravery shown by defence forces, and by local emergency teams. There were 14 people who received commendations for their bravery in the aftermath of this rescue. What also was really lovely this morning when I had an opportunity to lay a wreath, talking to members of the aviation air regiment was they were at pains to also say the emergency services of Townsville played a crucial role on that tragic time 20 years ago.
Today, Labor is pleased to announce we are making a major boost to Australia's hospitals. An affordable boost to Australia's hospitals. We want to see a genuine attack on waiting lists for elective surgery. We want to see pressure taken off the shoulders of doctors and nurses in our emergency departments right around Australia. For us, the health of Australians is a priority issue. With other matters, just as we've been doing with Medicare, just as we've been doing with medicine, just as we've been doing with primary care, Labor is prioritising the hospital system of Australia as a key issue in this election.
When Labor proposes boosting funding to hospitals, for us, it is not just a spreadsheet of numbers, as important as that is. For us it is all about the thousands of Australians, our fellow Australians, who when they need quality healthcare, deserve to be able to get the best possible support in our amazing hospital system. We ask a lot of our doctors and nurses and allied health professionals, but we also ask a lot of patients when we have waiting lists growing and we don't have proper funding to reduce them.
For me this announcement, what this essentially means, is that for the thousands of Australians right now, many of whom are living in pain, while they're waiting for a phone call from their doctor, their surgeon, their specialist or the hospital to say their operation can go ahead, for us this is all about making sure our health care system works in reducing waiting lists, along with everything else we've said in this election. It is about making sure every piece of the hospital system and our health care system fits together. That's why in this election we've outlined our commitment to save Medicare, we'll disband that task force aimed to privatise parts of our Medicare system. We'll unfreeze the rebates for GPs. We'll make sure we don't go ahead with the threatened price hike under Mr Turnbull for medicine. We'll have more to say about primary care in a moment from my Shadow Minister, and of course w e'll properly fund hospitals.
What Labor doesn't want for this country is for our hospital system to go down the path of a two-tier health system like we see in the United States. That's why we're so pleased to prioritise scarce funds to make sure our hospital systems work in the interests of all Australians. I might now just ask Catherine King to add some more detail about the great announcement we're making today.
CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH: Thanks very much Bill. It's terrific to be here. This is my third visit to Townsville Hospitals. I'm here with Cathy O'Toole and the Leader of the Opposition making what is a very important announcement. What this shows today is it's only Labor Government's that are interested in investing in our health care system. What this announcement shows today, is it's only Labor governments that are capable of reforming our health care system.
This announcement, $2 billion extra under a Labor Government invested in our public hospital system, will mean for those patients who on waiting lists for elective surgeries, we've seen reports today in New South Wales alone the elective surgery waiting list, particularly for cataracts and orthopaedics, people waiting for hip surgery, have blown out in New South Wales alone. We know people want to get their elective surgery. We know people, if they end up in the emergency department, want to be treated efficiently and want to get onto the next part of their journey to get well.
This announcement today locks Labor in to the 2011 commitment we made to fund our hospitals at 50 per cent of growth in the efficient price to 2020. The other part of our announcement, is we will charge already announce the permanent Australian health care reform commission to commence work immediately on establishment to look out what the next reform will look like. In particular, we want to look at the role the Commonwealth might play in subacute, rehabilitation, palliative care, geriatric evaluation and management, that very important part of the system that in fact is transitioning people out of acute-care and into subacute and back into the community or back into residential aged care.
The other part of the announcement we're making today, I am very proud of. We're announcing today over the next two years we spend $100 million on looking at new models of primary care. Patients entered medical homes. Better integration, better coordination for patients with chronic disease. This is a real substantial investment, alongside Labor's investment in unfreezing the Medicare Benefits Schedule rebate to make sure we have the best primary care system we can possibly have and the best hospital system we can possibly have.
SHORTEN: Thanks Catherine. Are there any questions?
JOURNALIST: You spend two years accusing the Government of ripping $57 billion out of hospitals and not having a long-term plan for hospitals. You've just unveiled a plan with just $2 billion extra and only for four years. Is that hypocritical on your part and does that create a credibility issue for you?
SHORTEN: There's no doubt that the Liberals before the last election said there'd be no cuts to health care. In their first budget they made slashing cuts to health care. The Liberal Party at the last election said 'trust us on health care' and they broke their word. Labor did call them out for breaking their word and for making slashing cuts to health care.
What Labor has done, is we've made tough decisions. We can't replace every dollar the Liberals have taken out of the system. But we have made tough decisions to priorities health care as part of this election and Labor's program for improvement to this country. We believe the health care of anyone of us should matter to the Government of Australia. That's why we have taken a long-term approach. We are restoring funding to the levels of the 2011 agreements, before the Liberals ran amuck with their cuts and their lies.
Furthermore, we've also said as part of our health system we will unfreeze the rebates the doctors receive. That's a significant change. We've also said we're going to keep the price of medicine down. That's a significant long-term change. Catherine briefly mentioned there our commitment to primary care. What we also do is fight the privatisation of Medicare or any part of Medicare with all of the energy we have got. You don't set up a task force to look at privatisation unless you have a plan to privatise our system.
When you add up all the pieces of Labor's long-term approach: hospital funding, Medicare, pharmaceuticals, and prescriptions, and you also look at our anti- privatisation push, what we have is we've got all of the pieces working together. We don't want to go down the path of an American health care system. That's what will happen if you vote Liberal after July 2.
JOURNALIST: Mr Shorten, on Medicare Isn't it a bit disingenuous to say the Liberals will privatise Medicare. They're just going to privatise who actually hands the money out over the counter. The money still comes from the Government. Then on that issue I understand you've got Bob Hawke in some ads tonight on Medicare. Would you say for people that don't know much about you, your Prime Ministership, if you are elected, will be more known for things like your beer drinking skills or would it be like Paul Keating's management of the economy?
SHORTEN: Well there's a range of questions there. Let's got to what's the most important issue for Labor today, that's reducing waiting lists and it's helping our overworked and overstressed hospital system in Australia. We've made it very clear we want to see a partnership between the Commonwealth and the states. That's why we've said we'll fund 50 per cent of the efficient price of running our hospital system, 50 per cent. Mr Turnbull has come in at below that.
Secondly, what we're doing with Medicare, is we are determined to keep it in public hands. The Government's spending $5 million to investigate the privatisation of the payment system. The payment system is at the core of the Medicare story. By having one payment system, by having one organisation paying it out in Government hands what we see is the ability to measure the system. We also see you don't have to serve a profit motive as well as the people of Australia. If you privatise our payment system as Mr Turnbull clearly wants to do, what happens is all of a sudden we've got to start finding money to pay a private company and their shareholders to make profits even before we then find the money to pay our doctors, to pay the costs of our system. Labor is completely against privatisation.
Now, I am really pleased Bob Hawke is a standing up in our fight against Medicare. Labor built Medicare. The Liberals cannot be trusted to build and maintain Medicare. Any student of history will tell you back in the 1970s when Labor first pushed for universal healthcare, Fraser then abolished it. It took Bob Hawke and a Labor Government in 1983 to reintroduce it. And for a series of elections after that, the Liberals were always trying to undermine Medicare. I frankly thought the Medicare wars were over. But now we see Tony Abbott and now Malcolm Turnbull making swinging cuts, that's unarguable, freezing our GP payments for six years; that'll kill bulk billing. Now they've set up a secret task force in their own Department of Health to actually look at how you privatise the system and parts of the system.
No wonder Bob Hawke is up in arms. No wonder Australians are up in arms. We have just decided to fight this election on Medicare. And yes, if you don't worry about our hospital system, if you're not worried about bulk billing, if you're not worried about protecting Medicare, then I suppose Mr Turnbull's a good bet. But if you care about Medicare, if you want to make sure you can afford to see a doctor, if you want to keep the price of medicines down, if you want to make sure these amazing hospitals are working as they should, if you don't want the American-style two two-tier health system, vote Labor on July 2.
Sorry, there was the other questions about...
JOURNALIST: You want to talk about your beer drinking skills.
SHORTEN: I don't think they're as good as Hawkies.
JOURNALIST: No comment on that. In terms of the funding announcement, you said you are restoring it to the 2011 National Health Agreement levels. My understanding is that would be $7 billion, not $4.9 billion. Looking at the health agreement of 2011 across 2017, 18 and 19 . How did you get to $4.9 billion?
SHORTEN: That's just not correct. I'll get Catherine to explain why, but it's simply not correct.
KING: So what we're restoring from the 2011 agreement is the National Health Reform Agreement, I think you're referring to some of the other agreements. On top of the 50 percent, we're also investing significantly in additional funding over four years for elective surgery and emergency departments. That is also in addition to the 2011 agreement.
This is also, I guess, a really great example of how Labor's health reforms have worked. The cost of hospital activity has come down because of Labor's reforms. Now, these are reforms that the Liberal Party said they thought were rubbish and they cut in the 2014 Election. We have seen the cost of hospital activity across the board come down by about $125; when you look at things like hip surgery it's about $5,000. These reforms worked. Malcolm Turnbull, embarrassingly, had to admit that back in April, but he has not put enough money in to actually drive those reforms further.
JOURNALIST: The Prime Minister has confirmed they'll put the Greens last in every seat, handing you a bit of a lifeline in some marginal electorates. How do you describe this decision and secondly, will you do the same?
SHORTEN: I'm chasing every first preference I can for the Labor Party. Australians today, again see the difference between Mr Turnbull and myself. He's talking about political deals, I'm talking about reducing waiting lists for Australians sitting at home in pain. I'm talking about how you protect Medicare, how we will oppose the privatisation of any part of Medicare, how we will make sure GPs are able to afford to be able to keep bulk-billing, how we keep downward pressure on the price of medicine.
Today's announcement by us, gives people sitting at home waiting for elective surgery hope. Today's announcement gives hope to our nurses there will be more support and less cuts in the hospitals of Australia. By contrast, Mr Turnbull wants to talk about his political manoeuvrings and his preferences. I think Labor's agenda are the issues vitally important to Australia's; jobs, Medicare, education. Australians are interested in this agenda, the Labor agenda. We are determined to win government. In order to win government, we intend to win as many seats as we can. I will do what we have do to make sure the Labor Party does as well as it possibly can, because we have an agenda which is what Australians are vitally interested in. Full stop.
JOURNALIST: You talk of hope then, surely Mr Turnbull's announcement gives you hope in some of those seats Labor could lose to the Greens.
SHORTEN: Let me make it really clear: what Mr Turnbull does in his deals is up to Mr Turnbull. What I'm interested in is talking about the issues that are vitally important to Australians. When you talk about these seats, Labor is running to win this Election. He can worry about second and third preference votes, I'm worried about the first preference votes. What I'm going to do, I'm going to chase the votes of Australians because we've got the best agenda to protect Medicare, to make sure we have jobs for Australians. Also, because we don't think now is the time to give a $50 billion give away to large corporations. Our agenda is the Australian agenda. Mr Turnbull's just interested in the political games.
JOURNALIST: There's a $42 million commitment to the Hann Highway, the inland highway in North Queensland, will Labor look to match that commitment?
SHORTEN: Labor's made a series of commitments about improving for instance the Bruce Highway. We'll have more announcements to come in remaining days. The announcement which I expect Mr Turnbull to make, should be backing in the Townsville Stadium. It beggars belief since Labor set the pace on this issue, back in October and November of last year, the Liberals have basically sneered at the aspirations of creating 700 jobs with the Townsville Stadium. It beggars belief they're so out of touch with the needs of North Queensland, with the tourism needs, with the needs of this community, they have to be dragged kicking and screaming to do anything on the Townsville Stadium.
We'll have more to say about infrastructure statements between now and the Election. Labor has been setting the agenda in Townsville and the surrounding region, because we are committed to helping fund the building of the Townsville Stadium. If Mr Turnbull now, after his candidate Ewen Jones has said 'if you want the stadium, vote for Cathy O'Toole'. If at the last minute you've got the Liberals panicking because the word is out there on the street people like Labor's positive policies for jobs in Townsville, well you've got to wonder if Mr Turnbull's being dragged to make an announcement on Townsville Stadium, how much does he really want to do it.
JOURNALIST: Today marginal seat polling suggests whilst Labor is doing pretty well nationally, it's not doing well in the seats likely to decide the Election. That accords with an observation you're making, big-ticket national announcements, like you are today on health, while Mr Turnbull makes highly targeted smaller, but obviously effective announcements at an electorate level. I know you don't comment on polling, technically, but broadly, can you comment is that a right observation? Are we seeing you run a national campaign and Malcolm Turnbull run a highly targeted marginal campaign?
SHORTEN: I'm running a Medicare campaign. I'm running a hospitals campaign. I'm running a schools campaign.
JOURNALIST: National issues.
SHORTEN: I'm running a school's campaign. I'm running a Medicare campaign. I'm running a hospitals campaign. I'm running an Australian jobs campaign. Mr Turnbull can play whatever games he wishes to do on preferences or any other matters. Everyone knows Labor are the underdog in this Election. We've got a steep climb. But nonetheless, as I travel around Australia, in Townsville, in Cairns, in Rockhampton, in Mackay, right around Australia, what I'm seeing is a positive reaction to our positive plans.
Australians don't want Mr Turnbull's $50 billion tax giveaway to the companies. Australians want real action on multinationals so they pay their fair share. Australians want to see their kids being able to afford their first home. Australians want budget repair that is fair. Mr Turnbull is representing the top end of town. I'm representing the dreams and aspirations of middle class and working class Australians. I couldn't be more pleased to be in Townsville today promising greater funding for hospitals. Because actually, that's not just a National issue, that's an everyday issue.
The issue of waiting lists, is an issue that affects the people of Australia who are currently waiting at home for the phone call from the hospital to say there's room, we can have the operation now. Too many Australians, who've paid a lot of taxes over the years, are waiting too long for the medical care they deserve. Too many doctors and nurses are being asked to do so much with so little. They deserve a government in Canberra who is committed to the health of Australians, not just the political games of Mr Turnbull.
JOURNALIST: The Coalition says it'll simplify private health insurance, is this something Labor will look at?
SHORTEN: I don't know about you, but when I heard the Government's now proposing colour-coding as health insurance reform, I thought they were joking. I mean really, that's the sort of announcement you make when you've got nothing else to say about the health of Australians, isn't it? I actually think if Mr Turnbull says colour coding is health reform, I think he's insulting Australians. Quite frankly, about that announcement, they shouldn't have even bothered. It's just drawn attention to the fact if you vote Liberal in this Election, you're going to see the bulk-billing go, because the GP rebate won't be increased. If you vote Liberal in this Election, your medicine's going to cost more. If you vote Liberal in this Election, you're going to see the privatisation of Medicare and the poor funding of hospitals setting back so much progress which has happened over the la st few years.
JOURNALIST: Given you've been campaigning against the $57 billion tax cut, sorry, health cuts, until today, what are the services you are giving in principle support to cutting, given that you're saying you can't restore the former level of health funding?
SHORTEN: First of all, let's be clear, I am campaigning against the Liberals breaking their promise at the last Election. I am campaigning against ruthless cuts to the health-care system, but what we are doing today, and I'll get Catherine to expand upon it, is we are providing certainty and a lifeline for Australia's hospitals. I tell you, you could walk around this hospital, and the 6,000 staff who work here, there won't be anyone unhappy with Labor's propositions to properly fund our hospital system. I might get Catherine to talk a bit more about what bang we're getting for our buck. We do make tough decisions, but we've just decided to fight this Election on a better quality health care system because we don't want to go down the American road. Catherine.
KING: Thanks very much. The additional $2 billion we're investing on top of what the Liberals have promised, in our public hospitals, means more nurses, more beds, more doctors. For example, here in Queensland, the equivalent of the money we could put in for elective surgery is around 3,000 hip surgeries. This is a real investment in people waiting on elective surgery waiting lists, trying to make sure they get the surgery they need.
JOURNALIST: What is the 10-year cost, can I ask? Because you've set a 10 year economic plan, what's the 10 year cost?
SHORTEN: Well first of all, like the Liberals, our funding envelope extends over the next four years. In that time there will be a new agreement negotiated with the states. We're also optimistic that if elected, our reforms are going to make a genuine improvement to the bottom line of our hospital costs and we'll see better outcomes for patients within the next four years. Perhaps I might take one more question.
JOURNALIST: CFA members are threatening to quit in Victoria over the workplace agreement. What would be your message to volunteers who want to pull the pin?
SHORTEN: I'd ask volunteers not to do that. What matters to the volunteers, what matters to me, what matters to career firefighters, is the safety of Victoria. I have no doubt when I think about all of the volunteer brigades, when I think about all of the professional firefighters, when I think about all the people involved in this dispute, there is a common cause that unites us. It's the best safety outcomes for Victoria and Victorians.
I would say to volunteers, if you feel very strongly, by all means express your views, but the work of resigning would be I think counter-productive. You know, there is a situation where there is a start to this argument, there is a middle to this argument, but there will be an end. What I'm confident about is, having seen our integrated stations and knowing career firefighters and knowing volunteers, there is much more here that unites us and there is much more which can be done to resolve it. I'm confident the people closest to this negotiation will work the issue through. That's what matters, the safety of Victorians.
I actually did say last question, but I missed you yesterday, so....
JOURNALIST: Are you concerned about the impact that dispute is having on Labor's brand in Victoria? If you say you're not, why are Stephen Conroy and Kim Carr working behind the scenes to try to resolve it?
SHORTEN: Well first of all, the people who are working hardest to resolve this dispute are the volunteers, the professional firefighters and the State Government. In terms of concerns, my priority isn't a particular federal issue here, my concern is making sure Victoria has the best possible fire prevention and firefighting system. I have got no doubt, having seen after the aftermath of the Black Saturday fires, when I worked on bushfire reconstruction for the government of the day, I saw what these volunteers did. I also saw what the career firefighters have done.
I know this is a big issue and we want to see it resolved, but I know a lot of these brigades, and I know a lot of people who do this work. We are very fortunate to have our volunteers, we're very fortunate to have highly trained career firefighters. I have no doubt this issue is capable of resolution.
In terms of the Federal Election, I don't agree with Mr Turnbull trying to politically grandstand. What matters here is the safety of Victoria and the safety of Victorians. I don't believe that Mr Turnbull's conflict-based solutions are where this dispute needs to go. He knows he can't fix this issue. Fundamentally at its heart, it's a State issue. I'm more than confident this will be resolved. Thank you everybody.


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This quilt started with the center panel, which I just loved.
My whole house is done in toile, so naturally I had to use it for the border.
I decided to duplicate the flowers from the panel to create the floral border vine. I photocopied them, set them in grayscale, and traced to create the pattern.
I machine applique differently than most quilters. I do not like using fusible, it gums up the needle, and I don't like how it feels in a quilt. So instead, I use monofiliment thread and edge stitch each element down, then use the blanket or satin stitch to secure it permanently. It's the long way around, but I prefer it.
The yo-yo flowers were stitched with a metallic thread and I plan on adding beads to the centers.
Eventually I will use a white pearlized thread to add the accents to the flowers, as in the center, with a white bead.
The quilt will have a scallopped edge, and I think I am going to do feathers for quilting in the borders, and in the center I will trapunto some of the flowers, and cross hatch the burgundy background.
Thanks for looking, I'll post as work continues.
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