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Paradise Crescent, Montego Bay, Jamaica
"Not the best, or the worst."
Posted by: kevin on Oct 15, 2014
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The Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort & Spa complex is set on the Jamaican coast, bathed by the gentle turquoise waters of a small bay on a privileged area of the coastline. The modern design and luxury facilities of a first class Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort & Spa are in perfect harmony with the attractive natural surroundings characterized by the turquoise blue sea and the relief of the landscape
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"Not the best, or the worst."
Posted by: kevin
on Oct 15, 2014 >
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Visited on: Oct, 2014 | Leisure | With Spouse/Partner
502 people found this review helpful
We told our travel agent its our 30 th wedding anniversary a little gift in the room on arival would be great. Nothing on bed. Went to guest services reminded them. Nothing again. Went again. Got back to room they remade the bed and put swans made of towels on it and flower petals, also flower petals in the jacuzzi, it cost them nothing. Place needs tlc overall, unpainted repair on ceiling in room, damage to tiles on floor. Toilet seat coming off almost at washroom by pool.Non functioning shower at pool. many men who are grounds people just standing around. Plastic bags with grass and leaf debris left out all day and over night.
Not a 4 star for sure maybe a 3.
Food was ok, hot food not hot too often. Service not the best at times, even with not many people at the buffet.
Mexican restaurant was not great, they have no idea about Mexican food.
With some tlc this place could be better. The management need to get on the ball. What made it great for me mostly were the nice people and the ocean nearby.
Also they gave the seminar on the Clubs membership to join, who has a grand to throw it away and i dont like talking business on my lunch, which consisted of a small bowl of soup. Like i said, could have been better, and could have been worse.
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We arrived at the resort late on the Sunday, just time to change in our room and get something to eat.
"If you like dirty & nasty then this is the place for you"
Posted by: Freida
on Nov 4, 2013 >
1 contribution(s) United States of America
Visited on: Nov, 2013 | Wedding | With friend
557 people found this review helpful
Checked into this hotel 10/31/13 thru 11/03/2013
1st night i was there the hotel had mildew on my bed called front desk and was moved th a 2nd room(honeymoon suite) which had a jacuzzi next to my bed which i was sharing with a co-worker, called front desk and was moved the next day to a room that had small roaches thru out the room, rooms were not clean,no working elevators, food was horrible.air condtion wasnt working in sports bar infromed staff no one cared to do anything about super environment, no room service,ice maker wasnt working in the building..Do not I repaeat Do not stay at this hotel please pick another spot pay mor money do whatever but dont stay at the Palladium Jamacia... Hope this help you make best decision
Room Number:
1417,then 18 then 1412
oct 31,2013
nasty dirty, mildew and bugs
Restaurants and Bars:
sports bar had no working air conditions
"Awesome place"
Posted by: kirk
on Apr 25, 2012 >
1 contribution(s) Canada
Visited on: Apr, 2012 | Leisure | Family and Kids
765 people found this review helpful
Going back for a second time in 2 yrs.going for 10 days this time.dont see how you cannot like this place.buffetts great,bartenders great,beaches galore,great rooms biggest pool ever...people are chill...dont read negative reviews go see for yourself....
Restaurants and Bars:
excellent except mexican but got great service there
super clean
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
lots to do
"Will NEVER go back again!"
Posted by: Amy
on Sep 16, 2011 >
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Visited on: Sep, 2011 | Leisure | With friend
796 people found this review helpful
This was my first experience with an all inclusive resort as in previous years Ive always took cruises and I was terribly disappointed. The service was only mediocre and that was only 10% of the time. The male staffing there had me appalled right from the beginning. They constantly followed us, pushed us into corners to talk, always asking for cell phone numbers, begging to come into our rooms and even asked my friend I was rooming with to "get rid of me" so they could do whatever. The men knew we had zero interest in any of this yet they were relentless. It made us uncomfortable all week being looked at like were were pieces of meat and a feeling of safety was lacking the duration of our stay. Some of the sexual things that came out of their mouths, I cant even put in this review. We were also always bugged to leave the resort to go "party" with some of the guys. Of course, being treated this way ON resort, we sure as heck werent about to leave with them. The cleaning crew was always very friendly and helpful although our first night there the lady who came into our room to clean rolled a joint and put it in the ashtray in room. Not all the staff but a lot of them were trying to sell us marijuana. Many of the waiters in the restaurants were extremely friendly and helpful although there were only a couple meals that were really good. The food was nothing to brag about and Im not a picky eater. The scenery was beautiful and the hotel itself wasnt bad. The rooms were fairly clean and we had a balcony that overlooked the beach. The only complaint with the room was everytime you open a door, a window or left the room completely the AC turned off as well as all the lights. It was their way of being energy efficient but when you returned to your room it wasnt cool. The coolest it got in there still wasnt very cool even when in there all night sleeping. The refrigerator also barely kept the drinks they stocked in there cool. We had to keep running for ice and only got lucky a couple times because the ice machine was constantly not working.Overall, I was pretty disgusted with my stay there and I will never return to Jamaica for this reason. I would recommend this to NO ONE.
"Beautiful Infrastructure, I don't know why the staff has a chip on their shoulder"
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katie on Mar 28, 2011 >
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Visited on: Mar, 2011 | Leisure | Family and Kids
843 people found this review helpful
There is something for everyone and we had a great time with the group we were with. The overall feeling is 'Cost Control' from tiny drinks, no room service, slooooooooowwwww service at bars and buffets (even when tipping so don't bother), environment friendly rooms (everything turned off when you leave) enviromental seems like a lie because they probably go through 60,000 tiny plastic cups, no clocks, A/C set, Fridges not refilled, crappy pillows you have to pay to upgrade, you can rent an idock/clock for your room, you can rent a robe, you can upgrade your room if you want a view but it sounds like those rooms have lock issues. The buffets were the same food every day and it was just OK. If you are going to relax, lay in the sun and enjoy the view they do this well. If you are into food and service I would shy away.
march 19
2 rooms
Restaurants and Bars:
Mexican, 4/5 Italian 4/5, 3 buffets 2/5 (rude slow service they are there to turn over and clear tables and you are an interuption to their job), sports pub 2/5, Asian 4/5, infinity bar (great place SLOW service they must have a quota they can not go over on amount of drinks), Creole (do not have the fried conch, HORRIBLE, like eating rubber the Filet is a 10/10)
2 small pools one large pool (not cleaned at night, drinks dumped in bushes cause bees). Great on chairs there was never a shortage. You could move from the beach to pool to lunch and back and never save a seat.
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
Quite beach sunset had all the rentals, snorkling, scuba and swimming. The large pool had the activities.
"Avoid this hotel"
Posted by: Victoria
on Feb 22, 2010 >
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Visited on: Feb, 2010 | Leisure | Family and Kids
880 people found this review helpful
We were one the 400 rooms that were NOT overbooked for President's Week. I traveled with my husband and 11 year old daughter. We travel about 3 times a year to Mexico and the Caribbean.
Your Arrival:
The trip from the airport takes about 35 minutes. We arrived around 3 PM and received our room right away. We received welcome drinks in the beautiful lobby.
We had booked a one bedroom suite. The rooms are spacious and beautiful. Just don't go out on the balcony. Our room faced a very busy and noisy road. There were only 2 towels for 3 people. One remote to be shared by 2 televisions (which were fuzzy at best) and the safe was broke. We had an ironing board, but no iron.
Restaurants and Bars:
There was at least a one hour wait for all of the a la carte restaurants. Service was attentive, but very slow. The food was mediocre to ok. My favorites were the Asian and Indian. The buffet seating took about 10-15 minutes. Even when there were many empty tables. The service was very poor. Most mornings it was difficult to get coffee. They were either out of coffee or coffee cups. The bar at the pool was always packed and it was difficult to get a drink.
The grounds are beautiful. The pool is huge, but poorly planned out. All the shade huts are on one side. The bathroom, towels and bar are on the other side and it is quite a walk. The beaches are probably the worst I have seen. If you are looking for a great beach, you won't find it here.
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
We did not go on any trips because we have been to Jamaica before. There is great scuba diving provided at an extra cost by Scuba Caribe.
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My recommendation is to avoid this hotel. The service is very poor and hotel management is rude. Spend your money elsewhere.
"Book in advance? No room on arrival."
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Jamie on Feb 22, 2010 >
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Visited on: Feb, 2010 | Leisure | With Spouse/Partner
872 people found this review helpful
The Grand Palladium overbooked its hotel by at least 300 rooms for the Presidents Week (February 12 - 21). Our trip had been booked, confirmed and PAID FOR months in advance and two days before we were scheduled to leave, Travelocity called to notify us that we could not stay at the Grand Palladium. No one from the hotel ever contacted us and not so much as a form letter of apology was issued on their behalf. We met countless other people in the same situation including a wedding party who was forced to relocate without notice. Despicable.
What was supposed to be a relaxing time away was a maddening week of trying to deal with Travelocity and our new hotel site to secure a comparable package that was purchased month before. The hotel should be ashamed that they assumed no responsibility whatsoever, despite happily accepting our $3400 prepayment. You should only consider booking here if you have thousands of dollars to throw away.
Your Arrival:
We heard countless stories of other people who were turned away.
"overbooked reservation"
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JoEllen on Feb 15, 2010 >
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Visited on: Nov, 2009 | Leisure | With Spouse/Partner
928 people found this review helpful
Although we had been at this hotel in November and loved it, we had problems when we rebooked for Feb. We decided to celebrate our 25th anniversary adn go for the couples bungalow. Package booked thru Expedia. Confirmations on hotel received and final confirmation on entire trip rec'd on Wed (2/10). On Thursday we rec'd a phone call indicating hotel had overbooked and to call them immediately. Expedia's loding department indicated hotel booked (first count) 70 guest, provided ONE choice of which we denied because we wanted what we paid for. Bottom line entire 25th anniversary trip was cancelled to the neglect of this hotel and Expedia
"Not a fan of this resort"
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Susan on Feb 3, 2010 >
1 contribution(s) Canada
Visited on: Feb, 2010 | Leisure | With Group
887 people found this review helpful
First let me say that we've been to quite a few resorts over the years probably two or three trips a years over the last 7or8 years and this was the biggest disappointment of all. There was 12 of travelling together and for 2 couples their first trip like this.
Your Arrival:
Arrival went smoothly even though no one meet us off of the bus.We travel often so we knew what to do.
The rooms where beautiful with everyone getting oceanview.The cleaning crew was very good and friendly.
Restaurants and Bars:
Here's where are problem's began. My husband got food poisoning the first day there and was very sick for two days. The hotel manager said it wasn't the hotel it was from the airplane food but offered to send the nurse up to check on him for $150. I was also sick a few days later vomiting but not as bad as him. We tried to be very carful after that but we found that the food wasn't kept as hot as it should have been. Even food brought out from the kitchen wasn't hot at the buffet. The food at the ala cartes was much better.
The pool was huge and beautiful lots of shade if you wanted it. We were disappointed in the beach as there really isn't one unless you went over the sunset cove.
Other Comments:
Over all we had a pretty good holiday as there was 12 of us. Some of the couples did zip lining and loved it. We did a trip to DunnRiver Falls which was great and a trip over to Negril Beach which was beautiful. The Jamaican's are friendly and helpful. Wouldn't take my teenagers to Jamaica because every where you go people are trying to sell drugs.
"Best time ever, just booked it again."
Posted by: Michele
on Jan 21, 2010 >
1 contribution(s) Canada
Visited on: Mar, 2009 | Business | Family and Kids
908 people found this review helpful
I can't believe these people writing negative reviews stayed at the same resort as us, because we thought it was so great we just booked it again last night. We are going again for March Break. Same price as last year. $4200 family of four, direct flight Northwest Airlines. Through Expedia.
Your Arrival:
We got picked up by private transfer service. Clives travel. $180 return trip. A little pricey, but you have the car all to yourselves, no stopping to drop anyone off, cold beers waiting for you, and a driver that seconds as a tour guide. He took us to get more Red Stripes and coconut drinks and coconut candy. Trip took 40 min. from the airport. Interesting views made it seem like 5 minutes.
Stunning rooms and views. Emailed a week prior requesting oceanview, 3rd floor and need the pool. Got all three.
Restaurants and Bars:
Best food out of any resort. I mean buffet is buffet, but the a la carte restaurants were top notch.Great food, great service. Little bit of a wait, but your on vacation.
Pool beautiful and large. Lots to do around the pool. Played lots of beach volleyball, and of course the swim-up bar.Nice beaches, especially sunset where you can snorkel, paddle boat, and eat from a beach grill.
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
Evening entertainment is really the only thing that is a little average. Although the Infinity bar upstairs always had a local live band, which we enjoyed, and the bartenders were quite entertaining. Also the steel drum show was really good.
Other Comments:
We have been to Rui, Sandals, etc. and this was our favourite. That is why we are pumped to return. I thinking it has only gotten better, as we went very early after opening. If your not a major complainer, you'll love it.


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NEWTOWN -- The New York Yankees' Newtown Day at the Bronx stadium Sunday afternoon will be one of the last entertainment extravaganzas the town will accept as a donation to benefit families and the community affected by the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy.
First Selectman Pat Llodra announced the town will no longer be accepting such major, non-locally sponsored donations, as she believes the time has come for people to return to a more normal routine.
The New York Yankees donated 4,000 free tickets for Sunday's game; the Boston Red Sox recently donated about 1,000 tickets to one of its games and the New York Mets have a similar event planned in August.
She offered appreciation for the outpouring of compassion and goodwill extended to not only the families most affected by the shooting of 26 children and educators, but also the entire community. Yet she believes the time has come to say "thank you, but we need some alone time now.''
"I believe that the time is coming for us to move into a quiet period of rest, recuperation and healing,'' Llodra said in a statement she posted in a blog on the newly established recovery website www.onenewtown.org. "In order to support that quiet time for the community, the town will respectfully decline any further special events not currently scheduled by the town, or currently being planned for July and August.
In the months since the tragedy, local families have been invited to participate and attend national sporting team events, recreational amusement trips and even a major outdoor concert sponsored by Nickleodeon on the grounds of Fairfield Hills campus in mid-July.
Famous athletes, singers, writers, dancers and artists have come to meet and greet children and families.
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The New York Yankees donated 4,000 tickets for Newtown Day at the stadium on Sunday. About two dozen or more tickets remain available for town residents. Tickets can be picked up at the Municipal Center from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday on a first-come, first-serve basis. Anyone who has a ticket that cannot be used, can turn it in at that time for redistribution.
Some in town have viewed these offerings as treats, even a distraction, for children dealing with the trauma of Dec. 14. But others suggest they have stalled the community's private healing.
Legislative Council President Jeff Capeci said there are definitely mixed feelings about whether to accept such invitations. But he favors Llodra's sensitivity to those who no longer want Newtown to be the face of public tragedy.
"I think this was a judgment call she made, and I think it's a perfectly reasonable judgement to have made,'' he said.
On Monday, Llodra said her rationale comes from conversations with many people over recent months who are becoming "overwhelmed'' by the volume of activity and events showered on the community.
"We just need a chance to be a little quieter, to be more with ourselves and with less distractions,'' Llodra said.
Families will still have their choice of many community-based activities that are recreational, cultural, artistic or sports-related.
Parent Michelle Ku said she sees this as a wise move.
In a time when people are talking about getting back to some degree of "normal,'' Ku said the volume and scale of these events is so out of the realm of "normal'' that "you can't get back to normal.''
"In August, it will be eight months away from that awful tragedy, and time to prepare for the next year,'' Llodra said.
"It is my personal belief, and personal passion that ... without the hubbub of massive activity all the time, we will have the substance and capacity we need to move forward,'' she said.

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Americash Jewelry & Coin Buyers
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After we have a logo, we will also be redesigning our website. With that in mind, we need a logo that looks great, conveys what we do, and is memorable. Our new website (and possibly logo) should drive people into our store. We want people who have nice jewelry to get in their car and visit our store location.
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Analyses have also shown that ecological farming makes sense economically. First, this modern farming method leads to increased crop yields. Globally, ecological farming can produce an average of approximately 30% more food per hectare than conventional agriculture. In developing countries, ecological farming can produce roughly 80% more food per hectare[1]. Second, cost efficiencies come from using natural, locally-available fertilizers and organic pest control. This saves costs on synthetic chemical inputs that pollute.
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5He will have to get up early to go to school.
He will go to school tomorrow.
Is "will" a modal auxiliary verb or just a helping verb in the sentences above ?
WILL is a modal (auxilary) verb in those sentences.
or is "will" always considered a modal auxiliary verb ?
There are lexical (i.e., non-modal) verbs: will - definition. American English definition of will by Macmillan Dictionary
have + to = should they be analysed together as a semi-modal auxiliary or should they be considered separately, i.e.,
have = primary auxiliary verb
to = preposition or something else ?
Most writers on grammar consider 'have to' to be a semi/quasi- modal (auxiliary).
Do we recognise a modal verb by the fact that it does not take any inflections ?
The core modals do not take inflections, do not use DO in negative and interrogative forms, are followed by a bare infinitive, etc.
In that case "will" would be a modal but not "have to" ??
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2015 Season: Did not compete during the season after suffering injuries to her hand and ankle.
2014 Season: Was the MPSF champion in the all-around after scoring a career high 39.250 and was named the MPSF Newcomer of the Year…also qualified for the NCAA Seattle Regional…the MPSF victory was her first in the all-around for her career…scored 9.850 on vault and 9.800 on the other three events…set career highs on vault and beam in that meet…ranks second in school history with a season average of 9.811 on vault…all nine of her vault scores ranged from 9.775 to 9.850…tied for 14th at the NCAA Seattle Regional with a career-high tying 9.850…best bars score was 9.825 against UC Davis and Alaska Anchorage on March 7…did not compete in the all-around until Feb. 14 and finished the season with six all-around scores.
2013 Season: Appeared in the first three meets of the season on beam before suffering an injury…was granted a medical hardship…was in the lineup against Arizona State and at San Jose State…top score was 9.650.
Prior to Sacramento State: Trained at Waller's GymJam Academy in Santa Clarita, Calif…was coached by Chris Waller, Taylor Jacobs and Bob Matthews…finished sixth on vault at the Level 10 Regionals in 2011…was also second on floor, fourth on bars at the Level 10 state meet that same season…in the 2010, she was second in the all-around, on vault, beam and floor and third on bars at the state meet…finished first on vault at the state meet in 2008 and 2009…was a club teammate of current Hornets Kailey Hansen and Ashley Wooff.
Personal: Majoring in communication studies…graduated from Saugus HS in 2012…parents are Ammon and Julie Williams.
|Career Highs
|9.850 at MPSF Championships (March 22, 2014)
|9.825 (2x), last vs. Alaska Anchorage/UCD (Mar. 7, 2014)
|9.800 at MPSF Championships (March 22, 2014)
|9.850 vs. San Jose State/Cal (Feb. 14, 2014)
|39.250 at MPSF Championships (March 22, 2014)


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This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast (listen to the latest Affiliate Thing), Lisa Picarille and Shawn Collins talked about getting Kindle books published, Affiliate Summit acquiring ReveNews, and Performance Marketing Summit selling out.
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Experimental Gameplay Workshop - Call for Proposals 2020 !!!!!
Hello once again, fellow game design explorers! The time has come to open submissions for the 2019 GDC Experimental Gameplay session! This year's submission deadline will be November 1, 2019.
Just in case you are new to the process (or need a refresher) the CFP below lists what kinds of games and prototypes we're looking for. You can also check out the workshop's inspiration and philosophy, history and organizers.
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What is Experimental Gameplay?
Experimental games take interesting approaches to interactivity that haven't been tried before. Since this definition is unavoidably vague, here are some examples to clarify.
This IS Experimental Gameplay:
Creating unexpected play experiences or promoting unique feelings within players through mechanics (Gravitation, Passage, The Marraige).
Generative games, where the gameplay or world changes based on choices the player makes (Spelunky, flOw).
Emergent gameplay, where the game systems interact to provide suprising situations (ROM CHECK FAIL, Portal).
Interactive storytelling, where the plot or dialog changes in a fine-grained manner, as opposed to discrete "branching points" (Facade).
Innovative user interfaces - natural language processing, image recognition, gestural control, new hardware devices (Guitar Hero, RENGA)
Novel multiplayer interactions (Journey)
This is NOT Experimental Gameplay:
Novel content, narrative, settings, character designs, artwork, audio or plots - unless they affect the core gameplay in a major way.
New hybrids of already-existing genres - unless the resulting gameplay is unexpectedly more than the sum of its parts.
Purely technical innovation, experimental business models or distribution mechanisms, or games for under-served audiences - unless the game itself is experimental as outlined above.
What kinds of prototypes are accepted?
Only playable prototypes are accepted. They can be in any stage of development, so long as the experimental part of the gameplay is playable. The submission doesn't need to be fun, but the experimental idea behind it has to be interesting and clear.
This is because we favor the process of experimentation over the success of results. We look for work that demonstrates a deep exploration, as opposed to the shallow implementation of an interesting idea. Note: More than one prototype can be submitted by the same person - and we encourage this when a body of work reflects a series of related or ongoing experiments.
How do I submit?
To submit your experimental prototype for consideration, please fill out THIS FORM HERE. Of the 100+ submissions we get each year, we typically accept 15-20 prototypes. These are shown at our session on the Friday, March 18th (traditionally at 2pm), and speakers who can attend to demo in person will receive a free Speaker's pass to the entire GDC conference.
What if I cannot attend GDC?
This will not prevent you from sharing the space with all the awesome devs. We can show a video about your prototype during the show.
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If you have questions about your submission or need clarification about the process, please email us here. We look forward to hearing from you - and hope to see you at GDC!


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Opinion: Obama's Slippery Slope of Support
Pollster Scott Rasmussen on President Obama's declining approval rating. Photos: Getty Images
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Democrats will be distancing them from ... this system cells from him for more than they are eager to know when to talk about that twenty fourteen in the Senate and the first I wonder if you could look ... a little bit more into the short-term Peter with the ObamaCare implementation ... of a lot of people Washington are talking about this coming train wreck ... I has Rasmussen polling done ... any now running the numbers on it what how people feel that Obamacare today it weep on this all the time right now both forty three percent of American voters have a favorable opinion of the ... of ... the which isn't great ... sky where it's been for a long time Democrats in younger people like it ... Republicans unaffiliated so older people dislike it ... seniors a course care about a lot more because when you're nineteen you think you're gonna live forever you don't worry about going the doctor all that much ... when you're in your sixties is almost a daily part of life so there's that tiny integral heard the president ... the other thing that we see Mary really simple ... the last few years all on top of the president's health care law ... has been theory politics ... of ... the implementation will make Israel in people's lives I think that's where her to present a way that ... few people talked about ... when something bad happens ... on a doctor's visit people were going to blame the health care law whether it was to play him or not ... and that's going to have a very negative impact on contraception so for the president will just blame Republican obstruction the reason that he's done it that Republicans or are in danger of over playing shows like the present overplayed the sequester ... of most Americans are going to see changes in health care forty percent authority said that their employer shifting thing so there's a there's a reality there ... but most Americans are still to go to the doctor that still gonna have procedures they need they're not can see the bills themselves ... so ... some other disasters are being cited by Republicans may seem is is off the mark as the presence comments before ...


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What do you do if your assignment is to cover the much-anticipated two-month filming of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" in downtown Chicago – from where and what they filmed to what the cast has to say about filming here -- but access and answers prove difficult to come by?
In my case, I covered filming from a mostly outsider point of view. Well, an outsider who needed to find something to write about, whether he had access or not.
I watched the filming on LaSalle Street from behind a barricade a block away, and I watched them shoot on Michigan Avenue and then Wacker Drive from nearby buildings like many others who worked in the area.
But before I spent entire days trying to get a glimpse of actors Shia LaBeouf and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and wrote about their every move — down to their visit to Epic Burger in the South Loop in late August — I found myself alone with the co-stars in the kitchen of a River North nightclub late one night in mid-July.
The two stars were taking a break from the film's cast and crew party to have a smoke by the kitchen door. And because filming had just begun, they were likely using the opportunity to get to know each other as well. Me? The one person in the room who had never been on the cover of GQ? I was waiting in the kitchen for one of the club's employees, who invited me as a guest.
Shia and Rosie didn't say anything to me and I didn't say anything to them. I was there as a guest -- not a reporter. It would be the last time I would be in the same room as them, but my "Transformers" experience was just getting started.
July 10: The first day of filming closed down part of LaSalle in the Financial District. Surprisingly, there weren't many fans on hand when I arrived around 8 a.m. Just a few, as well as some curious tourists. The crowds, and the action, would come later, so my only entertainment for that scorching hot morning was watching annoyed local residents argue with security (according to my scorecard, security won every round of that fight).
My first real glimpse of filming came about an hour or two later when the franchise's famous cars raced up LaSalle several times. To return to their starting point, the cars circled around the block and in my direction. I pulled out my camera and filmed them as they drove by me.
Because there were a few other people filming, I didn't bother to tell readers about the footage that I had uploaded to YouTube. And apparently I didn't need to. Around 13,000 people had discovered my video on their own. More than 100,000 hits later, Paramount Pictures would discover the video as well and have YouTube take it down. I never got an explanation other than the message "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Paramount Pictures Corporation."
July 16: It is one thing to close down part of LaSalle for filming, it's another to shut down part of Michigan Avenue. Crowds were kept far from the action while director Michael Bay and Co. turned the photogenic street into a disaster zone (cars on the set were flipped over and uglied up with fake dirt and rubble, including 10 vehicles piled in front of the north side of the bridge). Security would have kept me away from the junkyard-looking set too if it weren't for the fact that the set was next to my workplace, Tribune Tower.
I took full advantage of my front-row seat and watched filming from various rooms in the building along with other Tribune employees. I even got a brief exclusive from star Josh Duhamel — who was sporting all-black military gear in temperatures in the high 80s — as he signed autographs and posed for pictures with fans: I asked how he was dealing with the heat, he told me "It was good under the tree" and … well, that was it.
What? I said it was brief.
July 17: To get the best view of the action, I would enter and exit the Tribune several times throughout the day. Film security must have been asking itself, "How many lunch breaks is this guy going to take?" It paid off when I was stopped on my way back up the Tribune elevators so the movie could film in our lobby. It appeared to be a scene involving Tyrese Gibson's character and his military unit running into the lobby.
Earlier that day, then-Mayor Richard M. Daley visited the Michigan Avenue set to view the wreckage and meet with Bay. He didn't get to watch the basejumpers leap off the 92-story Trump Tower onto North Wacker Drive but he did witness a loud, fireball-heavy scene next to the bridge from a nearby curb.
I watched it from a fourth-floor conference room facing Michigan and filmed it with the video feature on my camera. Even though I have the sort of shaky hands that will prevent me from ever winning a game of Jenga, WGN-Ch. 9 has shown parts of my video multiple times. Still, the clip couldn't have been that good: Paramount never took it down.
July 18: Because the stars' trailers were in the Tribune parking lot, I would often run back and forth between the conference room facing Michigan and the windows on the East side of Tribune Tower facing the lot. When I wasn't jogging in flip-flops across the office, I was watching the cast and crew as they waited and waited and waited for the next scene.
The wait was even longer when it would rain. It got so boring, I took a photo of LaBeouf doing pushups alone in the middle of Pioneer Court and tweeted it. I know it sounds like I was some creepy stalker during filming, but the truth is … OK, that's exactly what I was. But I had to be. There was a high demand for coverage.
(Trying to keep up the supply for the Transformers demand, I wrote an article for RedEye detailing where the cast and crew had been spotted around the city, with most of the focus on Bay and his three-to-four visits to the city's downtown clubs per week. His club of choice? Cuvee, where he was spotted four times in eight days. Beat that, Patrick Kane.)
After the rain delay, the crew began setting up for what promised to be an impressive stunt. I got my camera ready for something big, and that's exactly what I got — about an hour later. An explosion went off and cars went spiraling out of control north on Michigan, which appears to be a scene in the movie trailer.
July 19: Filming moved to Wacker next. That meant I didn't have the luxury of my front-row seat from the Tribune and would now need to get close somehow. So I headed to a Corner Bakery next to where they were filming and set up shop by a window near the bathroom -- after I was done eating my Harvest salad, of course. (The other window spots were taken by people who were purposely eating as slow as humanly possible.)
Once filming began, customers were asked to step away from the windows so as not to appear in the shot. The scene I witnessed featured military men coming out of their hiding spots, including a flipped-over CTA bus, with guns blazing and explosions going off around them. The guns and explosions were so loud Corner Bakery's windows rattled. Once the 30-second scene was over, customers clapped and cheered, because, well, what else are you supposed to do after something like that?
July 25: Thanks to several emails and some persistence from my editors, we landed an interview with Bay and two producers on the set at Wacker and Wabash. When I caught up with Bay, he was he was eating between takes, his plate sitting on a monitor. Still, he was more than willing to talk. He cracked jokes about the giant piece of foam that had hit him during a scene and given him a neck ache, as well as the women who had been flashing the set from nearby buildings.
Meanwhile, I could see my old pal Shia and co-star Patrick Dempsey on top of what appeared to be building remnants from the corner of my eye waiting for Bay's signal to continue their scene. Seconds after I turned off my tape recorder, Bay shouted "OK guys! Let's go!" and the scene with Even Stevens and McDreamy began.
Afterward: Filming ended on a serious note, when an extra on the set, Gabriela Cedillo, 24, was seriously injured during filming in Hammond. But the next significant contact I had with anyone from "Transformers" was when I spoke with Duhamel at a Super Bowl event in February in Dallas. ("We made a lot of noise when we were there," Duhamel told me. "I was so afraid they were going to throw us out.").
Would it have been nice to talk to more cast members while they were here? Of course. But I think the Tribune was a solid source for readers even without that sort of access. Apparently, people from the film were keeping up with the local coverage as well. From what I hear, Bay singled out one story in particular, saying something to the effect of, "The cast and crew now think I'm out clubbing just about every night."
I wonder where they got that idea.


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This pledge closed over 5 years ago
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act – the first major federal law to address homelessness in the United States. But, with more than 3.5 million Americans still homeless each year, we need to finish what we started. Now is the time to take your stand with us – it's time to go All-In to End Homelessness:
I pledge to:
Commit myself to ending homelessness in America;
- Of the more than 3.5 million Americans without a home, 1.6
million are children, 1.1 million are families made homeless
within the last 3 years, 1.4 million are people with
disabilities, and 100,000 are veterans who became homeless
after serving their country. The United States is the
wealthiest nation in the world, yet we do not protect the
basic human right to housing.
Support affordable housing for all Americans;
- Homelessness is a visible manifestation of the severe
shortage of safe, affordable housing. Continued budget cuts,
high unemployment, and the foreclosure crisis are causing
increases in family homelessness right now.
Strive for adequate healthcare for all who need it;
- Existing "safety net" health systems are gravely inadequate
for homeless people and the very poor who are not likely to
receive Medicaid in most states. Comprehensive, affordable
health care is essential to ending homelessness in America.
Ensure an education for every homeless child;
- Although the McKinney-Vento Act requires public schools to
keep homeless students enrolled in their last district of
residence; many districts still refuse to educate homeless
children. Without access to school, America's 1.6 million
homeless children cannot hope to escape the cycles of
And treat with dignity every homeless person I meet.
- Many people who are not homeless avoid interacting with
people who are – because of fear, inability to give money, or
just not knowing what to do. But, simply making a single,
human connection can be the most important action for both
Here, I pledge to remember my commitment to ending homelessness in America and I pledge to treat homeless people as I would treat any other person. I confirm that we are all human, we are all fighting poverty together, and we are: All-In to End Homelessness!
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The smells of Spring arrived. Especially the smell of the ocean. And even the mud here has a salty scent. It is part of me, though this is the first year I truly appreciated it. In fact, I used to think of Denmark as kind of bland in terms of its scenery. But I find it so inexplicably gorgeous this spring.
|Nordstrand 2011 rielyst.dk
|Solnedgang rielyst.dk
Sometimes paintings capture the feeling of a place a lot better than photos.
And there are reasons I feel this way.
I enjoy my job. The kids are happy. We have friends. The weather is perfect. We can bike and take trains everywhere. We are safe.
The trail running community here is exploding. And I got to be part of a podcast recording "Trailcast" about trail running in Denmark. How exciting to talk about running in pregnancy, overtraining and trail running in a place where the subject is really on fire.
|Lars Michael Sørensen and me after recording the podcast in Kongenshave. One of us dressed up.
|Ever wonder what kind of equipment is used to make a podcast?
|"The Lakes" by Nørreport in Copenhagen. They are beautiful in the spring. Even they smell salty.
I got tears in my eyes today as I was sitting discussing Denmark with my PhD advisor, from his office over looking a park in Frederiksberg. Actually it wasn't a park, but everything looks like a park here, even in the middle of Copenhagen. "I love Denmark. I feel so at home here. I'm going to apply for citizenship as soon as I can." Sometimes I get so overwhelmed with emotion. Then he started joking about the fact that you can't discuss politics or healthcare or even evolution with Americans. America sure is divided, isn't it?
Why does Natty have to move back to the US? Why does SR have to go, too?
It is not looking good for me finishing my PhD from the US- so will SR and I be living apart for a few months this fall? The future is so uncertain. I really just hope we can find a stable, happy place for the boys!
The US & The Boston Marathon
I feel terrible (and afraid!) of what is happening in the US these days. The Boston Marathon was such a terrible tragedy. Two days of tears welling up in my eyes when I read descriptions and saw photos and videos of what happened.
A friend of mine posted on Facebook - "How much of the footage from the Boston Marathon bombing do you let your kids watch?" - I'll write my answer here and that is NONE OF IT. The only thing we ever watch on tv is Eurosport anyway. And you have to imagine one of the reasons the criminal/s targeted the Boston Marathon is everyone would SEE it.
It was an unthikable act of crime that has nothing to do with the amazing sport that unifies people from all over the world. Yet, I have had nightmares every night since (about running- which for so many of us is a sacred place in our mind!).
I think a lot of us feel like we want to do something to help make it all better. I wish I had another answer besides being the change you want to see in the world.
I have already seen pictures and adds for T-shirts about the Boston Marathon bombing. My gut feeling is it sickens me that companies would try to advertise and/or make money off of the merchandise of a tragedy.
|In my opinion, buying t-shirts doesn't solve anything. Simply give money to a cause you believe in instead.
I say "just don't do it". Find another way to help America and the world recover from this event. Go on a run with your kid. Appreciate what you have in life. That's what I need to go do right now.


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Where's the urgency on sequester?
It's seems like we've been here before.
It's midweek in Washington, a budget deadline looms on Friday that's sure to cause some measure of havoc around the country and both sides are busy posturing in front of inanimate or human props.
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But this fight is different from other fights: There is no urgency to solve it.
No all-night bargaining sessions that have leaders whipping votes over boxes of freshly delivered pizza. No eleventh-hour breakthrough in closed rooms in the Capitol basement.
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner haven't spoken since Thursday. Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid haven't met since Jan. 21.
( Also on POLITICO: Boehner draws a line in the sequester sand)
But on Tuesday, Obama summoned Boehner, Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to a Friday meeting at the White House. It's the same day that the sequester will take effect, though, so it's not going to stop the cuts from happening.
The across-the-board spending cuts — known as the sequester — that Obama said wouldn't happen and Boehner had promised his members he and Senate leadership would work to sidestep — in fact, will take hold.
Instead of inching closer together in these closing days, the sides are moving farther apart. Obama went to Newport News, Va., Tuesday and called for slashing tax loopholes to offset the cuts. Boehner gave a speech to the Credit Union National Association and said, "Yes, we should close loopholes, but we should do it as part of tax reform that lowers rates and helps create jobs."
( WATCH: Obama blasts Congress on sequestration)
In short, they are nowhere.
The Senate will try to pass a bill to increase taxes on high-income earners this week. If it gets past the Senate and the likely 60-vote threshold, it still won't pass the House. Boehner said his chamber shouldn't have to pass its sequester replacement bill again before the Senate "gets off their ass" and passes a bill.
The real problem: Neither bill would pass the other chamber.
And get this: The House will leave town on Friday — just as the cuts take hold.
Here's the rub: Republicans really have no idea what to think. They're tangled in a mix of messaging about Obama crafting the sequester, the cuts being damaging but also seeking praise for having the courage to finally slash spending by at least 2 percent.
( PHOTOS: What they're saying about sequestration)
Boehner and his team think they're in a good position: Obama is calling for tax increases to blunt damaging cuts to the Pentagon, while Boehner is standing for cutting spending.
The same week in which bipartisanship seems so out of reach, Boehner is voicing support for the heftiest two-party undertaking: tax reform. He even designated the leadership's most prized bill title — H.R. 1 — to rewriting the Tax Code.
"Dave Camp, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, is continuing a thoughtful and thorough review of the Tax Code with an eye on tax reform, and I fully support his work," Boehner said at the CUNA convention, according to prepared remarks. "It's time we shift the balance of power from the tax collector to the taxpayer."


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Western PA's Local Food Guide
Betsy's Ice Cream
We're excited to be publishing our 2nd annual Western PA Local Food Guide on January 1, 2020 in time for the PA Farm Show! This directory of farms, farmers markets, CSAs, etc. will also contain local food tips, hacks & know how from farms, food businesses and food resource organizations. We help consumers connect to tools and resources to know how and where to access local, real, healthy food year-round. Download the submission form HERE


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Luxury sedans would seem a risky bet in a time of global economic strife, but Yulon Motor Co (裕隆汽車) believes it has found the right formula: Its car is cheap and it is destined for China.
Yulon's Luxgen model boasts global positioning, night vision and blind-spot cameras — and at NT$800,000 (US$25,000), the company hopes it will appeal to tech-savvy but only moderately wealthy Chinese consumers.
"Many of the functions can only be found on luxury sedans worth up to five times as much," Hu Kai-chang (胡開昌), president of Yulon Group subsidiary Luxgen Motor Co (納智捷汽車), said in an interview.
Yulon put the finishing touches to the Luxgen — coined from the words "luxury" and "genius" — last year, when the car market worldwide was deep in the doldrums.
"Looking back, we'll find that we couldn't have picked a better time than last year to recruit the talent and buy the equipment we need," Hu said.
"If we had postponed the launch of the brand, it would have cost a whole lot more money," he said.
Yulon was founded in 1953 as the Taiwanese government pursued ambitions to create a home-grown auto industry. That goal was scaled down over the decades and now Yulon is best known for producing Nissan cars in Taiwan on license.
The Luxgen project, started more than four years ago, has cost Yulon about NT$15 billion, but it says the gamble is already paying off.
The first Luxgen — a 2.2-liter minivan for family use — was unveiled in Taiwan last September and since then Yulon has received orders from more than 3,000 local motorists.
In a market where monthly sales of people-carriers are a meager 300 units, the response has been encouraging.
Buyers say they like its high-tech system, developed jointly with Taipei-based HTC Corp (宏達電), one of the country's leading smartphone suppliers.
Last month, Yulon saw its sales grow 59.5 percent year-on-year to NT$2.96 billion, the highest monthly figure in three years. But Taiwan, with its population of 23 million, offers limited opportunities, which is why Yulon is looking to the billion-plus Chinese market.
Cross-strait trade has rocketed since Taiwan relaxed a decades-old ban on civilian contacts with China in 1987.
And with sales topping 13 million units last year, China has replaced the US as the world's biggest auto market.
"It's unlikely the Luxgen would turn a profit if its sales were confined to Taiwan," said Kevin Tsui (崔毓雄), an analyst with SinoPac Securities (永豐金證券). "The local market is too small to support the development of a local brand."
The Luxgen series for the Chinese market may be produced at a plant in Zhejiang Province, a joint venture with Dongfeng Automobile Co (東風汽車) that is awaiting the green light from the Beijing government.
"The odds of success are 50 percent," Tsui said. "However, if [Yulon] did not do it this way, it would have no chance of surviving in today's extremely competitive market."
Yulon has already invested in a joint venture with a Chinese automaker and Daimler to make Mercedes vans in the southeastern province of Fujian.
Meanwhile, Yulon's smaller local rival, Sanyang Industry (三陽工業), controls 25 percent of Xiamen King Long (廈門金龍), a Chinese bus maker.
However, Taiwan's carmakers, unlike their German, US, Japanese and South Korean rivals, have failed to build a major role in the Chinese market because of their lack of proprietary technology.


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Friday, 2 March 2012
Weekend Rewind - Wet weekend edition
I saw a weather forecast for Sydney yesterday that almost brought me to tears. 30 days of rain. They promised the same at the beginning of February too (and weren't too far off!). If there is one thing that sends this Mum of four little people, living in a small house in the 'burbs a little bit mental, it is the thought of 30 days of rain. Egad!
So this week, I want you to pull on your raincoats and gumboots and dance in the rain. Life is too short to sit on the sideline and wait for the clouds to pass. Stomp in some puddles. Feel the raindrops on your face.
And then slip us a post that will help the wet weekend feel a bit less wet. And a little shorter. And a little more enjoyable.
The rules remain the same each week. Link up a relevant post from your archives, befriend me if we aren't already acquainted, and comment on the posts of other linkers. Share posts via Facebook, Twitter et al (yours as well as others you like and a plug for the Weekend Rewind wouldn't go astray either :-)
So I will get us started...Oh George W!
Now show us yours...
Posted by MultipleMum at 22:00
5 comments:
- Melissa Jane said...
Bush always reminded me of a quirky Grandpa. Looking back, I think he was pretty cool.
- 2 March 2012 at 22:06
- Sarah Mac said...
Well, I WAS going to cheer you all up with photos of the lovely weather we are having over here in the UK (in FEBRUARY would you believe??.
But I decided that you might send a posse over to get me if I did :) so I'll find something else.
- 2 March 2012 at 22:25
- joeh said...
I had to re-remember this post.
Cranky Old Man
- 3 March 2012 at 01:56
- Donna said...
30 days of rain AGAIN? Will we ever string together decent weather??? I demand a refund on Summer at the very least...
- 3 March 2012 at 16:01
- supermac said...
Posting something about the rain as well, but of the gentle, tender kind. Hope the wet days ahead will not be troublesome.
- 3 March 2012 at 16:45
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Our Human Nature
This is the fifteenth of a series of blogs based on excerpts adapted from the 2nd edition of Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth. I wrote Agenda to spur a national conversation on economic policy issues and options that are otherwise largely ignored. This blog series is intended to contribute to that conversation. —DK
The successful function of mature democracies, caring communities, and living economies requires caring, mature, and responsible citizens who care not only for their own well-being, but as well for that of their neighbor. Given the experience of human history, many will ask with good reason whether this might be contrary to human nature.
We humans are complex beings with many possibilities. Empire has demonstrated our capacity for extremes of individualistic greed, hubris, deceit, ruthless competition, and material excess. Yet most people daily demonstrate our human capacity for caring, sharing, peacemaking, and service.
The former are the possibilities of our lower nature; the latter, the possibilities of our higher nature. Contrary to what morally challenged market fundamentalists would have us believe, both are within our means. What in fact makes us distinctively human is our capacity to choose which of our many possibilities will define us as individuals and societies.
We humans have a complex three-part brain. At the base is our "reptilian" brain.
It coordinates basic functions, such as breathing, hunting and eating, reproducing, protecting territory, and engaging the fight-or-flight response. These functions are essential to survival and they are part of our nature. The are not, however, characteristic of our human nature, but rather of our reptilian nature—defined by the most primitive and least-evolved part of our brain.
Layered on top of the reptilian brain is the limbic or "mammalian" brain, the center of the emotional intelligence that gives mammals their distinctive capacity to experience emotion, read the emotional state of other mammals, bond socially, care for their children, and form cooperative communities.
The third and, in adult humans, largest layer is the neocortical brain, the center of our capacity for cognitive reasoning, symbolic thought, awareness, and highly developed self-aware volition. The neocortical brain is the source of our capacity for choice, including our capacity for moral choice, and our capacity to decide whether to create an economy that celebrates and rewards our reptilian nature or our distinctively human nature.
Most of the development of the limbic and neocortical brains essential to actualizing the capacities that make us most distinctively human occurs after birth and depends on lifelong learning acquired through our interactions with family, community, and nature. Developmental psychologists describe the healthy pathway to a fully formed human consciousness as a progression from the self-centered, undifferentiated magical consciousness of the newborn to the fully mature, inclusive, and multidimensional spiritual consciousness of the wise elder.
Scientists who use advanced imaging technology to study brain function confirm that the mature human brain is wired for caring, cooperation, and service. Their studies reveal that merely thinking about another person experiencing harm triggers the same reaction in a mentally healthy adult brain as that of a mother who sees distress on her baby's face.
Conversely, engaging in an act of cooperation and generosity triggers the brain's pleasure center to release the same hormone that's released when we eat chocolate or engage in good sex. In addition to producing a sense of bliss, this hormone benefits our health by boosting our immune system, reducing our heart rate, and preparing us to approach and soothe.
Want the Good Life? Your Neighbors Need It, Too: An interview with epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson, whose research shows that what the healthiest and happiest societies have in common is not that they have more, but that what they have is more equitably shared.
Positive emotions like compassion produce similar benefits. Negative emotions, by contrast, suppress our immune system, increase our heart rate, and shift us into reptilian mode prepared to fight or flee.
It is entirely logical that we humans have an instinctual desire to cooperate and protect the group. We are helpless as infants and even as adults are individually weak. As a group, however, we are the strongest of Earth's living creatures. This in turn creates a moral obligation to use this power responsibly for the good of the whole. These findings are further confirmed by the pleasure that most of us experience being a member of an effective team or extending an uncompensated helping hand to another being.
Behaviors driven by our lower, more narcissistic, orders of consciousness are perfectly normal for young children, but they become sociopathic in adults and are easily manipulated by advertisers, propagandists, and political demagogues. Tragically, persons who have been thwarted on the path to maturity are those most likely to engage in the ruthless competition for positions of unaccountable power—and to abuse that power when they succeed.
Just as we have chosen to create economies that reward and celebrate the sociopathic greed and ruthless competition of our reptilian nature, we can and must now create economies that nurture and reward the caring, sharing, peacemaking, and service of our distinctively human nature.
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David Korten () is the author of Agenda for a New Economy, TheGreat Turning: From Empire to Earth Community, and the international best seller When Corporations Rule the World. He is board chair of YES! Magazine and co-chair of the . This Agenda for a New Economy blog series is co-sponsored by and based on excerpts from Agenda for a New Economy, 2nd edition.
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More by David Korten:
- : Recent research has shown that our brains are made to support caring, cooperation, and service. David Korten says there is evidence that we can learn to get along across the red-blue divide—after all, we want most of the same things. As a bonus, we'll be healthier and happier if we do.
- : Rather than turning again to increased global competition to mend our failing economy, we must instead steer our focus toward cooperation and equality.
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- 3 Attorney General, Office of
- 4 Commerce, Department of
- 5 Corrections, Department of
- 6 Economic Security, Department of
- 7 Environmental Quality, Department of
- 8 Health, Department of
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Arizona State Agency Databases
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Administration, Department of
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Attorney General, Office of
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Commerce, Department of
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Corrections, Department of
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Economic Security, Department of
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Environmental Quality, Department of
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Insurance, Department of
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Liqueur Licenses and Control, Department of
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Public Safety, Department of
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Registrar of Contractors
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Real Estate, Department of
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Secretary of State
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State Procurement Office
- Spirit Contracts Database - Searchable database of contracts awarded by the Cooperative Purchasing Partnership which includes over 400 colleges and universities, counties, cities, school districts and qualified not-for-profit organizations.
Multiagency Partnerships
- Arizona Steps-Up: A Statewide Partnership For Equity in Procurement. - From the web site: "The State of Arizona provides this database as a reference source for state procurement and purchasing personnel, and the general public, to locate small, minority and/or women owned enterprises that seek to do business with the State. Each enterprise included in the Arizona Steps-Up database has been certified as small, minority and/or women owned with the Arizona Department of Transportation, the City of Phoenix or the City of Tucson." Records include company contact information, list of specialities, and jurisdictions that have certified the company.
- State Employee Directory - Search for employees by name only. Search results include full name, agency and phone number.
- Who's Who in Arizona GIS - From the web site: "a voluntary listing of Arizonans who work with GIS. Arizona GIS professionals are invited to submit their information." Records include contact information, software specialty and comments. Compiled by the Arizona Geographic Information Council.


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Last week the child-development community got a jolt from news of a jump in numbers of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder: an increase of 30 percent in just two years. One in 68 children had ASD in 2010, up from one in 88 children in 2008, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
And that's raised many questions among speech-language pathologists and other developmental experts. For one thing, what's driving the increase? And what does it mean for ASD diagnosis and treatment? There are no clear answers or absolutes. But developmental expert Stephen Camarata is willing to speculate. We talked with the Vanderbilt University hearing and speech sciences professor about his take.
What is behind this increase? Is it really just an increase in identification?
There are three main factors. One is a real increase in incidence. Our technological ability to take preemies weighing less than a pound and have them survive has changed, and it's not surprising that more of these kids might have challenges.
Second, there's increased awareness, so more people are looking for ASD in kids. And third there's the expansion of the definition of spectrum. The numbers of kids identified as high functioning and as having Asperger syndrome has skyrocketed.
What do the higher numbers mean for SLPs?
We're the speaking profession, so we have a central role in assessing and treating these kids. Based on this, we're obviously seeing a big increase in caseload, which as a field we need to develop ways to handle. But more basically than that, we need to figure out how to differentially diagnose these young kids, these 2-year-olds, distinguishing between ASD and the new DSM-5 [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders] category of social communication disorder.
We are the main profession driving identification and treatment of SCD, and we need to develop assessments and interventions in this area. It's a huge opportunity and a huge challenge—and we need to be prepared to handle this demand.
The study suggests that there is a lag in identification, with most kids diagnosed at 4 and older when they could be diagnosed as early as age 2. What can SLPs do to help get these kids diagnosed earlier?
First I should point out that when the kids in this study were toddlers, in 2004 and 2005, we weren't yet able to accurately diagnose autism at those young ages. Now, with the toddler module of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, we can. And given that with ASD comes late onset of speaking, SLPs are often doing the earliest assessments. Right now, we may be less inclined to put a late-speaker in the SCD category because we want to get these kids services but don't yet have appropriate assessments, treatments or reimbursement for SCD. Our charge is to develop these. And it's also to it's also to continue to develop continuing education for our practitioners to diagnose autism, which we can do, typically as part of a team.
The study suggests that kids who are African American and Hispanic are being underdiagnosed relative to white kids—again, what can SLPs be doing to help close this gap?
It should be noted that, if you look at the report, there actually has been a dramatic increase in diagnosis in both those communities. But yes, the rates still lag behind those in white children a great deal, so there's a need to close this gap. Part of this is an issue of cultural difference, but it's also the well-known health-disparities story of lack of access to services. So we need to do more outreach and education in the African American and Hispanic communities about early intervention and their entitlement to public services.
What are the implications of these findings for the services SLPs provide to children on the spectrum?
This is my sense: Some SLPs feel like they're not necessarily the primary interventionists in cases of autism but if a kid's primary weakness is in the speech and language domain—which is the case in ASD, along with behavior—then they really have the role. Improved speech improves behavior. And parents want their kids to talk, so we are and should be primary clinicians involved in diagnosing and treating ASD.
As we go forward, we need to work on distinguishing SCD from autism. We need to own this, but to do that we need to provide data that make a difference and train others on what we know.
Learn more about social communication disorders and autism spectrum disorder on ASHA's website. More information on both categories is available from ASHA—e-mail Diane Paul, ASHA director of clinical issues in speech-language pathology, at email@example.com.
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A young life silenced by senseless rage
Friends speak out to end violence in memory of Tonette Thomas, 20
ALBANY — At her funeral, 20-year-old Tonette Thomas was remembered as an angel in flashy Jordan sneakers, a hard worker who loved to dance and a friend of 17-year-old murder victim Tyler Rhodes.
A cruel irony hung heavily in the air of Wilborn Temple First Church of God, filled with more than 500 people and dozens of Thomas' classmates from the Albany High School class of 2011. Rhodes' death in a knife attack in a city park in 2011 spurred Thomas to become a member of Stop the Violence youth group, and she ended up being killed in a stabbing rampage.
"We're dying. We have to stop the violence against Albany's teenagers," said friend Amy Quick, 18, a 2012 Albany High graduate who wore a Stop the Violence button and spoke in emotional, occasionally profane language that stirred the funeral goers to tears and a rousing standing ovation.
"I don't want to see people holding grudges against other people anymore," Quick said. "The young men need to stop. Everyone is buggin'. I don't know what's going on. It's like we're dying one a week and this (expletive) hurts."
Thomas was killed in a domestic violence attack at her home on Myrtle Avenue near Lincoln Park on Nov. 26. Her sister, Shaquasia Thomas, 26, and aunt, Gwynn Carter, 43, were seriously injured and remain hospitalized. Michael D. Anderson, 29, of Albany, the ex-boyfriend of Shaqasia Thomas, was charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder.
Family members described Anderson as mentally unstable and said he made repeated menacing phone calls and threatened to kill all three women in the days leading up to the fatal attack, which they said they reported to police.
Thomas was killed trying to protect her sister against Anderson's rampage, according to relatives.
"I walk through the neighborhood, and it's like walking through a graveyard of our young," said a woman who represented Mothers Against Murders and Shootings (MAMAS), a group that hung a banner at a makeshift memorial next to the two-family house where Thomas was found dead in an outdoor passageway.
"We are feeding a garden of evil with the blood of our young and we are responsible," she said in a thunderous voice. "Stop turning your backs. Do something. They are burying each other far too young."
A dozen ministers joined Wilborn's pastor, the Rev. Solomon Dees, on the altar at the "homegoing service" for Thomas. It ran more than two hours and included Scripture readings, sermons, impromptu gospel songs, spontaneous applause and a wide array of T-shirts and sweatshirts that bore pictures of Thomas and her nicknames: "Tweety," "To" and "Toni" (pronounced Toe-NAY).
Her elementary school-age brother, N'A-Je Sprattley, whom she helped raise, was overcome with grief and was taken out of the church and comforted by family members. He came back composed enough to say a few words in remembrance.
"She was very nice and helpful and came to my school," he said.
A group of her high school friends wore blue Yankees baseball caps turned backwards in her honor. They spoke of Thomas through sobs and tears. "She was loving, caring and gentle," said Esther Degannes. "She was the left hand to my right hand. I miss her. Rest in peace, my best cuz."
Thomas studied culinary arts at Schenectady County Community College and was planning to transfer to Hudson Valley Community College to study business finance in the spring. She had worked as a child care provider for the YMCA's after-school program at Arbor Hill Elementary School. She also sold shoes at City Foot Wear on Central Avenue, where she eyed the latest styles and colors of Jordan sneakers.
"She would not want us to be so quiet," said Ernestine Terrell, minister at Call to Pray Ministry in Albany, which Thomas attended. "She loved to dance and celebrate. Let's make some noise for Toni."
"I want to encourage the young people here, if you really want to remember her, take on something that will help someone else," said the Rev. McKinley Johnson, pastor of St. John's Church of God in Christ in Albany. "Extend her life by trying to stop any kind of violence."
Near the end of the service, a family member passed out memorial cards with a glossy color photo of Thomas in a shimmering evening gown, framed by the wings of angels and the words: "She is in a better place. Her heart was right with God."
Thomas was buried at Memory Gardens in Colonie.
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New Health-Care Law's Success Rests on the Young
Will Young and Healthy Give Up Disposable Income to Pay for Insurance?
PORTLAND, Ore.—The success of the new health-care law rides in large measure on whether young, healthy people like Gabe Meiffren, a cook at a Korean-Hawaiian food cart, decide to give up a chunk of disposable income to pay for insurance.
After getting a peek at rates being offered for fall, the 25-year-old man said he would have to peel back "expenses that aren't life or death, like records and concert tickets," or whiskey sours at the Horse Brass Pub down the street....