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By Dorian de Wind / 06.05.2016
I built this huge, expensive, beautiful house using the best materials and workmanship money can buy.
The buyer, a Muslim — I love Muslims, I think they are great people — has filed a stupid lawsuit alleging that the house I built is a piece of crap. Can you imagine that?
Now, I could settle this case in a jiffy but I never settle lawsuits. To do so would just invite other nutcases – Muslims, Mexicans, blacks, women — to litigate the sh*t out of me. But, on the other hand, let me tell you why this case should never go to trial.
I happened to see the list of judges who potentially could hear my case — and it is a beaut.
Let me go down the list and tell you why each and every one of these judges must be disqualified from hearing my case.
Take Judge Chandra. I love him and he loves me. Perfectly nice guy, I like Indian food and I'm a big fan of India — some of them are fine people. However, I am planning to build a Chinese restaurant that is going to compete with Chandra's friend's Indian restaurant just down the road. How can this guy be fair to me, it's an inherent conflict of interest — give me a break.
Then here is judge Williams. Also a very, very nice guy, very proud of his heritage — some of my best friends are black and I've always had a great relationship with the blacks — but how can I expect my African-American to treat a lily-white defendant fairly. No way!
Justice Locklear is also out of the question as, many years ago, I supported a businessman who wanted to compete with a casino owned by a Native American tribe and who publicly remarked, "They don't look like Indians to me… They don't look like Indians to Indians." Remember, Native Americans have long memories.
Or how about Judge Gonzales. Now I have nothing against Mexicans, some, I assume, are good people…I even hired one or two of them to do some stonework at the house — they did a beautiful job! But this judge made a huge donation to my Mexican — just look at his name — opponent in the city council race. Talk about a huge conflict of interest.
Talking about foreigners, there is Judge Chen. Born here, but still a Chinese to me. By the way I have nothing against China or the Chinese, I have many, many friends there, but I never use Chinese materials or labor in my construction. We're losing now over $500 trillion in trade with China — it's disgusting — and I am doing my bit to correct that by buying all-American for my houses. The judge knows that. He'll treat me fairly? Are you kidding me?
Then there is Judge Jones, with a similar ethnic and racial background as myself — perhaps not as pure — but he has made rulings that people can't even believe, given his race, including a ruling against me for refusing to rent to a Latino, and I have nothing against Latinos, not a racist bone in my body. How can this guy be fair to me?
Now, everyone knows I just treasure women and women love me. I even once had a female designing one of my kitchens. But, to have a woman hear a case where the builder and all his employees are male? How fair will that be!
Finally, there is Judge Bernstein. What a great guy. I even played golf with him once. But can you imagine him being fair to me when he finds out that I made my workers, including Jews, toil on the Sabbath? Or, worse, when he starts pondering about my German heritage.
You want to know the truth. But I won't say that, because I don't want to get myself in trouble, I don't want to have any controversies. So I refuse to say that there is not a single judge in this country unbiased and qualified enough to hear my case. Even former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales — a man of stellar reputation — agrees with me that I have a right to question the fairness of these judges.
That is why we need to elect someone like Donald Trump to straighten the Judicial Branch out and to install judges — especially on the Supreme Court — who will not discriminate against people with the right heritage, the heritage that will make America great again.
If Trump had been our president already and had enforced his "No Muslims" rule, I would not be in such a pickle.

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School Board Members to Arne Duncan: Back Off
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan didn't cede much ground to school board members, who complained about federal overreach.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan didn't cede much ground to school board members, who complained about federal overreach.
The federal office for civil rights has investigated complaints related to school closings and hasn't found evidence of violations in any of them.
Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat who sits at the top of the Senate panels that deal with both K-12 spending and policy, isn't planning to seek re-election in 2014.
Debate ensues over the significance of the U.S. Department of Education's new guidance on giving students with disabilities access to sports.
President Barack Obama put training more math and science teachers and taking big steps to boost school safety high on his second-term wish list.
Obama's to-do list includes items that would need congressional funding and approval, and items that can be put in place under executive order.
The U.S. Department of Education is giving serious consideration to offering a district-level NCLB waiver to just a few districts in California.
Even though Hawaii has completed 90 percent of its Race to the Top checklist, an approved teachers' contract is the final, crucial missing piece.
The U.S. Department of Education has threatened to withhold $37.9 million from Maryland's Race to the Top grant over teacher-evaluation woes.
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I am a highly experienced corporate finance lawyer who advises a range of clients, including public companies, SMEs and individuals, on a broad range of transactional matters required during the business lifecycle.
My work extends to advising on raising capital (acting for both lenders / investors and companies on both debt and equity fundraising), buying and selling companies and businesses, mergers and joint ventures, shareholders' agreements, corporate governance and financial services matters.
I am very well known in the corporate finance community, being ranked as a leading corporate finance lawyer in Chambers 2018 (the Legal Directory) where I am described as an "excellent lawyer", as well as "a stand-out lawyer" with "extensive knowledge and experience in his area" in the Legal 500.
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At Vanguard, we think people should be given good choices.
And that is what we set out to be, an excellent choice for investors.
Let me give you an example. We don't have shareholders. We're not owned by a family or by any individual. Ultimately, we're owned in the US by our fundholders.
You might see that as a curious arrangement, but it's what makes us who we are. As we see it, it means our ownership is totally aligned with the long-term interests of our clients. We like that.
Another example is our belief in low cost. Many people don't fully understand how important it is to keep investment costs low. But if you think about it, every pound saved in fees is another pound invested, and that compounds year by year.
We don't keep our costs low to undercut competitors or to take market share. We do it because we believe – because the arithmetic tells us – that it matters to investment success.
At Vanguard, success is doing the right thing for investors.
I hope that you will appreciate us for what we believe in and what that means we can do for you.
Thanks for watching.
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Crow Creek Humanitarian Day: Please help Native American children enjoy the fun of reading books
If you have books you would like to donate to low-income Native American children check out the following message and link from Ms Anisah David – a Muslim who is coordinating the annual Crow Creek Humanitarian Day effort on Sept. 30, 2007.
Crow Creek in South Dakota is one of the most poverty stricten reservations of the Lakota Tribe – the Great Sioux Nation:
Ms Anisah David writes:
Check out our Humanitarian Day page & click on the "donate a book."
Its cheap & it helps the kids! We are needing the help of many more people so that we can give one book to each of the 1000 children at Crow Creek.
So far we have 20 books, so please help!
It costs less than a pizza to help a kid in need!
Please pass the word to others so we can meet the minimal goal of one book per child.
Salaam, Anisah


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The United Way of Central WV provides services in the five county region of Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Logan and Putnam.
In 2017, 73% of individuals served were from Kanawha County, 7% from Putnam, 6% from Boone, 3% Logan and 2% Clay. 8% of individals served were from other parts of the state.


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Poland, officially the Republic of Poland is a country in Central Europe, bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine and Belarus to the east; and the Baltic Sea, Kaliningrad Oblast (a Russian exclave) and Lithuania to the north. The total area of Poland is 120,726 square miles, making it the 71st largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe.
Poland´s history as a state begins near the middle of the 10th century. Poles belong to the most patriotic and rebellious nations in Europe. Because of the central location between two powers, Russia and Germany, Poles often had to fight against these countries to defend their independence. Poland changed the course of history in 1989 by becoming the first Eastern Europe country to break free from communism. Since then, economic and social changes have been enormous. Despite the vast destruction the country experienced in World War II, Poland, fortunately, managed to preserve much of its cultural wealth.
It has been recognized for hundreds of years, since beginnings of geopolitical strategy, that Poland is the heart of Europe and in that sense, whichever power controls Poland has influence over the whole of Europe. Being located between East and West, and Poland knows from historical experience that they cannot stay in a grey zone - they must be connected with the West. After the collapse of communism, Polish society overwhelmingly supported pro-Western policy and consequently followed such pro-Western policy and linked their security with membership in NATO. Poland is strengthening its army and trying to invest more than other Western countries. Poland is one of the strongest pro-European countries in the Union, while still maintaining its national identity.
The country's capital is one of the top tourist attractions in Europe. Most of the city guests are captivated by its magical atmosphere and the splendid architecture. Its widely varied architecture reflects the city's long, turbulent history, from Gothic churches and neoclassical palaces to Soviet-era blocks and modern skyscrapers. The city's Old Town was restored after heavy damage during WWII. Its heart is Market Square, with pastel buildings and open-air cafes. The Monument of the Warsaw Mermaid at its center is the city's symbol.


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A Brief History of the Motorcycle
Motorcycles are making a comeback, especially, the classic kind - think Triumph or Norton. Riding a motorcycle is a distinct pleasure, something you never feel driving a closed vehicle. When you drive a car, you are an observer of the world in front of you, but when you ride a motorcycle, you are "in" the world - you feel and smell the air and your feet are a few inches above the ground.
You're completely in contact with it all. You're in the scene, not just watching it anymore, and the sense of presence is overwhelming. - Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
There are several types of motorcycles - choppers, bobbers, classics, cafe racers, tracker, scrambler, and a few more. Let's take a quick look at the history of the motorcycle.
Motorcycles evolved from bicycles, obviously, in the 19th century, in Europe. The history of bicycles is a little blurry and there doesn't seem to be a single inventor of bicycles. There were multiple personalities in the same era who contributed to the evolution of the idea of the modern, safety bicycle. Thomas Humber (1841–1910,) a British engineer is widely credited to have created the first modern bicycle in 1868. The first creation was continually improved and in 1876, a newer variation was created by English engineer Harry John Lawson (1852–1925.) In 1885, John Kemp Starley (1854–1901) came out with the first commercially successful safety bicycle named the Rover.
While the bicycle was getting upgraded in the U.K., Pierre Michaux, a French blacksmith, began creating bicycles with "velocipede," or pedals. In 1867, his son Ernest Michaux fitted a small steam engine to one of the velocipedes. The design was brought to the United States and in 1968, Sylvester Howard Roper (1823 – 1896,) an American inventor developed a twin-cylinder steam velocipede, with a coal-fired boiler between the wheels - the creation didn't catch on commercially. In 1881, Lucius Copeland from Arizona created an improved version with a much smaller steam boiler. In 1884, Edward Butler, a British engineer, created the first commercial design for a self-propelled bicycle.
In parallel, Gottlieb Daimler (1834 – 1900) and Wilhelm Maybach, two German engineers, introduced the first true commercial motorcycle which was petroleum-fueled and driven by internal combustion. In the following years, engineers from Europe and the United States continued to innovate upon the motor-driven cycle leading to the today's version. Important milestones that illustrate its evolution:
John Boyd Dunlop (1840 – 1921,) a Scottish inventor invented in 1989 the first air-inflated pneumatic tire.
In 1896, Excelsior Motor Company, an English bicycle manufacturing firm began production of their first motorcycle model which was available for purchase by the public. Two years later in 1898, Charles Metz, created the first production-grade motorcycle in the U.S.
Back in England, in 1901, Royal Enfield, a bicycle maker, came out with its first motorcycle, with a 239 cc engine mounted. In 1902, Triumph and Norton launched their own version of publicly available motorcycles. A few years later, BSA (Birmingham Small Arms) began motorbike production in 1910.
While the manufacturers in England were doing their thing, in America, Indian Motorcycle Company and Harley-Davidson started producing motorcycles in 1901 and 1903, respectively.
The motorcycle came handy in the first world war. Harley-Davidson in America and Triumph in England sold a large number of motorcycles to allied forces. Postwar, commercial motorcycle sales saw a boom in the American and European market. BMW from Germany entered the market in 1923, followed by the entry of Italian Moto-Guzzi.
After World war II, Yamaha and Honda began manufacturing motorcycles in Japan.
Hollywood added glamor to the world of motorcycles, big ones being The Wild One (1953) with Marlon Brando, The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen, and Easy Rider(1969) with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. James Dean was also an avid rider.
Today, Japanese manufacturers, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha dominate the worldwide motorcycle industry, with Harley-Davidson maintaining its raw appeal in the United States. Triumph, Norton, and Royal Enfield, the iconic British brands from the early 1900s are in vogue with their "modern classics" in America.
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Friday, March 25, 2011 is the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Factory Fire, the infamous fire that took the lives of 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women, at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory at Washington Place and Greene Street. The 1911 fire ushered in new building and fire code laws and uplifted the labor movement. The building survived the fire and is an individual New York City Landmark. GVSHP is honored to be a Participating Organization of the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, a grassroots coalition of over 200 organizations organizing Centennial events.
GVSHP has also contributed to the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition's Open Archive. Check our submission, among many others about the history surrounding the fire.
In 2003, the Brown Building (the current name of the building in which the Triangle Fire took place) was designated a New York City Landmark. GVSHP testified in favor of landmarking for the building, which lies just outside the eastern boundary of the Greenwich Village Historic District.
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To finance the building of the Asch building, Joseph J. Asch was forced to borrow money against his large holdings on Washington Square North, including Henry James' birthplace.
The Department of Buildings (DOB) objected to the original building plans because they did not include sufficient fire egresses for such a large building, but eventually backed down after arguing with the contractor.
There had been no fire drills prior to the fire.
The drop ladder at the bottom of the fire escape had never been installed, which led to women piling onto the fire escape, which could not support so much weight. It buckled and collapsed from the weight and heat.
After the fire, people were shocked by how little damage was done to the exterior of the building which, after its original construction, had been dubbed "fire proof."
Ironically, during World War II, the eighth floor was used to train nurses.
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LED lights have come quite popular in the market these days. It is because of the unique characteristics of the LED lights that they are rising in popularity. LED lights are extensively used for industrial and commercial purposes. Outdoor LED wall pack lights are commonly installed in parking garages, sides of the buildings, building entrances and tunnels. These lights are used to illuminate the ground areas that are frequently used by pedestrians and vehicles. Not just that, but these lights also serve as a great security for property owners. Other than that these lights also come with plenty of other benefits as well.
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Unlike traditional lights, LED lights do not come with glass enclosures and filaments. This makes them more resistant to damage. Not just that, they are also immune to vibrations and similar impacts. Well, this is what LED lights a smart choice for both industrial and commercial purposes.
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LED wall pack lights are any day a better choice than traditional lights. They have multiple advantages that the traditional light bulbs cannot provide.


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Total Petroleum Ghana Limited a locally listed oil marketing company has held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Accra.
Reviewing the performance for 2018, Samba Salfal Seye, the Board Chairman, stated that the Company recorded a 32.6% growth in net profit compared to the previous year.
The consolidated profit after tax for 2018 amounted to GH¢ 43.27 million compared to GH¢
32.63 million in 2017, whilst the Company's profit after tax amounted to GH¢ 50.36 million compared to GH¢ 36.20 million in 2017. The basic earnings per share increased from GH¢ 0.3235 in 2017 to GH¢ 0.4502 in 2018.
On dividends, a final dividend of GH¢ 0.0768 per share was approved by shareholders for payment to shareholders registered in the Register of Members of the Company at the close of business on Friday, 14th June 2019, subject to withholding tax where applicable (an interim dividend of GH¢0.0631 per share having been previously paid to shareholders in December,2018 upon recommendation of the Board).
Eric Fanchini, the Managing Director stated that the Company remained steadfast through continued investment, in line with the strategy to develop its core activities and to tap business opportunities for sustained future growth.
Key investments in 2018 included the construction of new stations and the revamping of existing stations country wide. He further noted that some of the Company's stations are now solar powered.
Mr Fanchini further stated that the Outlook for 2019 remained positive despite some challenges in the operating environment, and this was as a result of the action plans put in place by the Management.
The Company, he said, would remain customer-focused and would continue to develop efficient new energies in order to contribute to local development and environmental sustainability. Health, Safety and Quality will continue to remain a priority for the Company to ensure the Company delivers high quality of products and services to customers.
On Board matters, the shareholders approved the re-election of Messrs. Gerard Pruneau, Stanislas Mittelman and Kofi Ampim as Directors whilst Madam Mrs. Laurette Korkor Otchere and Mr. Alain Vedier were elected as new Directors of the Company.
Established in 1951, Total Petroleum Ghana Limited is a locally listed oil marketing company with over 4000 shareholders. The Company has a retail network of more than
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The Company provides expertise on engine performance and reduction in fuel consumption through premium quality fuels, lubricants and car care products. Total Petroleum Ghana Limited is ISO 9001:2015 certified and its respect for quality, standards, achievements and safety has propelled it to the forefront of the Ghanaian Petroleum Industry.


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The primary mission of the 24th Special Operations Wing is to conduct global air, space, and cyber-enabled special operations across the spectrum of conflict to fight and win our nation's wars. The 24 SOW is U.S. Special Operations Command's tactical air-ground integration force and the Air Force's special operations ground force that leads global access, precision strike, personnel recovery and battlefield surgery operations.
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In addition to Bilgin 160 Sister yacht, the prominent Turkish shipyard, Bilgin Yachts, is currently working on other two luxury vessels. These include motor yacht Bilgin 147, as well as the Bilgin 164 luxury yacht Alfulk. The 45-metre Bilgin 147 superyacht is a spectacular semi-displacement vessel, boasting the same reversed bow as the Bilgin 132 yacht M (Project M).
Bilgin 147 superyacht provides luxurious and comfortable accommodation in 6 beautiful cabins, including a master cabin, a VIP cabin, as well as 4 guest cabins. The vessel's crew sleep in 6 crew cabins.
RINA as well as MMA classed, the 45m luxury yacht Bilgin 147 is run by twin CAT C 32 1915 BHP@2300 rpm diesels. She is able to reach a top speed of 22 knots and a cruising speed of 17 knots.
Technical Specifications of the Bilgin 147 superyacht:
Shipyard Bilgin
Model 147
Type Semi- Displacement
Loa 45.00m
Beam 8.90m
Lwl 43.50m
Draft 1.85m
Displacement Full Load 285 t
Fuel Tank 25,000 lt
Fresh Water Capacity 6,000 lt
Sanitary Capacity 8,000 lt
Engines CAT C 32 1915 BHP@2300 rpm
Max. Speed 22 Knots
Cruising Speed 17 Knots
Master Cabin 1
VIP Cabin 1
Guest Cabins 4
Crew Cabins 6
Classification RINA + MMA


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How Video Games are Changing Education
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The Best Mountain Biking Trails in Colorado
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For a state cleaved in two by the Rocky Mountains, there's a wealth of diverse terrain on hand for mountain bikers looking for their next ride. The Rockies definitely aren't just for skiers and hikers. Either option, though, depending on the time of year can be taken advantage of if you're looking for a day off on your bikation.
Colorado, along with California and Moab, Utah, played a seminal role in mountain biking's storied beginnings. It was an avid cycling community in Crested Butte and Marin, California, who, back in the 1970s, took it upon themselves to tinker with clunkers and road bikes to find better alternatives to "forearm suspension" as they rode over mountain and off-road terrain. The rest is history.
Where to begin? In western Colorado, there's desert terrain and singletrack in Fruita. There's even trails for riding in the state's eastern plains. San Luis Valley? Plenty to ride. It's the heart of the state, specifically the territory of the Front Range and the Central Rockies, that boasts the majority of the Centennial State's staggering +8000 miles of tracks (Crested Butte alone is home to +750 of those miles). There's tracks in the alpine, tracks in the valleys, tracks for days and days catering to every skill level.
The community statewide is strong, and getting stronger. The resorts, looking to accommodate off-season recreators, have upped their game as well, creating miles and miles of track for the skiless months. Snowmass, Crested Butte, Breckenridge, Vail, and many others have taken great care and measures to craft thrilling trails for everyone. Perhaps even more enticing for those looking to ride a resort, there's a chance to utilize existing lift infrastructure to get the most out of barreling down thousands of feet in the mountains. There's no shame in getting a vertical boost – want a quick downhill ride before work to get your adrenaline going? Take a lift!
Lifts aside, for lots of trails, gaining vertical the hard way is a rite of passage for any mountain biker in Colorado – native or not. To mix my sporting metaphors, you gotta earn your turns to get to the goods. Either way, at the end of one ride, or a day of riding, the beer and pizza will taste great.


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Star Bulk Carriers announces acquisition of 16 dry bulk vessels
As part of the transaction, the Company will assume debt of approximately $309 million. Following the closing of the Augustea Vessel Purchase, Mr. Raffaele Zagari will be appointed to the Board of Directors of Star Bulk as a Class C Director. The Company will have approximately 91.7 million common shares issued and outstanding.
Star Bulk is a global shipping company providing worldwide seaborne transportation solutions in the dry bulk sector. Star Bulk's vessels transport major bulks, which include iron ore, coal and grain, and minor bulks, which include bauxite, fertilizers and steel products. Star Bulk was incorporated in the Marshall Islands on December 13, 2006 and maintains executive offices in Athens, Greece.


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when pithy is beautiful June 23, 2008Posted by KG in 2008 Elections, foreign policy, international, iraq war, politics, terrorism.
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I refuse to be lectured on national security by people who are responsible for the most disastrous set of foreign policy decisions in the recent history of the United States. The other side likes to use 9/11 as a political bludgeon. Well, let's talk about 9/11.
The people who were responsible for murdering 3,000 Americans on 9/11 have not been brought to justice."
They are Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda and their sponsors – the Taliban. They were in Afghanistan. And yet George Bush and John McCain decided in 2002 that we should take our eye off of Afghanistan so that we could invade and occupy a country that had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11. The case for war in Iraq was so thin that George Bush and John McCain had to hype the threat of Saddam Hussein, and make false promises that we'd be greeted as liberators. They misled the American people, and took us into a misguided war.
Here are the results of their policy. Osama bin Laden and his top leadership – the people who murdered 3000 Americans – have a safe-haven in northwest Pakistan, where they operate with such freedom of action that they can still put out hate-filled audiotapes to the outside world. That's the result of the Bush-McCain approach to the war on terrorism


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Realizing Hyper-Functional Sensors and Transistors
Imagine non-volatile memories and ferroelectric field-effect transistors with logic states that require no power to maintain. Add to these, low-power transistors that can beat the subthreshold slope limit of conventional transistors. These tantalizing devices that exploit ferroelectric-semiconductor interfaces have been proposed, but their realization has been thwarted. Materials integration has been the problem. Replacing the ferroelectric with a multiferroic in such heterostructures would enable hypersensitive temperature, pressure, or magnetic field sensors relevant to the needs of the United States Air Force. The critical missing link to functional embodiments of these concepts is the ability to directly integrate high-performance ferroelectrics or multiferroics with high-performance semiconductors.
Darrell Schlom, Materials Science and Engineering, is meeting this long-standing challenge and enabling a new generation of hyper-functional oxide electronics. His secret is the employment of a recently discovered high-performance oxide semiconductor that is structurally and chemically compatible with ferroelectric and multiferroic oxides. This interface is crucial to the performance of the devices, since direct growth of ferroelectrics or multiferroics on mainstream semiconductors is accompanied by extensive interdiffusion or chemical reactions that degrade the properties of the oxide, the underlying semiconductor, or both. This degradation leads to incapacitating defects at the semiconductor-oxide interface.
With collaborators at Seoul National University and Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth, Schlom is developing lattice-matched single crystal substrates for the growth of the high quality oxide semiconductor material: BaSnO3-based heterostructures. With these improved substrates, they will then grow and evaluate proof-of-concept BaSnO3-based oxide heterostructures for hyper-functional oxide electronics. These heterostructures exploit the exceptional functionalities of chemically and structurally compatible perovskite oxides to make smart-FETs, field-effect transistors, by integrating high-K, ferroelectric, multiferroic, and other functionalities with the high mobility BaSnO3 channel layer to make high-performance transistors and smart-FET sensors.


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Pure Barre Stapleton, The New Kids in Town
There's a new fitness studio in town!
Pure Barre has opened its newest location in Stapleton on the bottom floor of the new Mint Apartments at 7695 E. 29th Pl. Studio owners Gail Nofsinger and Lacey Spruce officially opened their doors to the new location on December 11, 2017!
At Pure Barre you get a total body workout by performing small, isometric movements using the ballet barre, which burns fat and creates long, sculpted muscles. They offer intense, low-impact, 50-minute classes designed to tone, sculpt, and strengthen muscles, while improving flexibility, endurance, and balance. Additionally, they offer Pure Empower classes, which combine strength training with cardio circuit training, using your own body weight, a 6-inch step platform, and ankle weights. It's a great compliment to the Pure Bare Classic classes!
"We're so excited to share this workout with the community," said Lacey Spruce,
studio owner, "Pure Barre has given me results that I haven't seen with any other
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especially runners. The combination of Pure Barre Classic and Pure Empower
will deliver amazing results in just 8-10 classes."
Pure Barre Stapleton is currently offering a New Client Special: 30 days of unlimited classes for $99! But… they are also sweetening the deal for our readers! If you mention Stapleton Scoop, they will add 5 extra days to your unlimited package. So, 35 days unlimited for just $99! This offer is valid until 12/31/17, and you have six months to activate your membership!
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Clarksons Memorials was established in 1867; with over a century of experience, we have the skills to create the finest memorials and headstones. A long-established firm, we provide sensitive customer service and an outstanding quality of workmanship on grave memorials for clients throughout the Yorkshire region.
Bereavement is such a difficult thing that all of us unfortunately have to experience, when deciding how best to honour the life and passing of your loved one, you can do no better than Clarksons Memorials. We are time-honoured, sensitive and trustworthy memorial masons, working from our Rotherham workshop, we have the facilities to create a wide variety of different memorials, with a large range of bespoke options.
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Chapter 5 – Women's experiences of medical treatments for heavy menstrual bleeding: a longitudinal qualitative study
Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) and other changes in menstrual experience may affect many aspects of women's health, well-being and social functioning. The ECLIPSE trial provided an opportunity to generate qualitative insights in this context by exploring the perspectives of trial participants or women with HMB who declined to be randomised, but who nevertheless commenced medical treatment in primary care. A longitudinal qualitative study was undertaken to enable the ECLIPSE trial outcomes to be further contextualised in ways that may enhance the utility of the quantitative results and their application in clinical practice.
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Antifibrillarin Antibodies in Systemic Sclerosis
Welcome to the June edition of #chatJRheum.
In the past few months, I have highlighted articles on temporal arteritis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. This month's article of interest is on the hot topic of scleroderma associated antibodies.
In this study, 3 large systemic sclerosis cohorts from Canada, the United States and Australia collaborated to examine a total of 1506 patients, of which 52 had antifibrillarin antibodies (U3-RNP). The clinical characteristics found to be associated with antifibrillarin antibody included:
- Antifibrillarin antibody was more likely to be associated with diffuse disease, GI involvement, and pulmonary hypertension.
- Patients with antifibrillarin antibodies had decreased survival, with variable causes of death. The authors hypothesize GI involvement may play a role, given that malabsorption is a poor prognostic factor.
- The study uncovered a possible association between high rates of antifibrillarin antibodies among indigenous North American (4/39), but not Australian (0/8) ethnic patients. It confirmed previously noted higher frequency in patients of African descent. However, these associations should be interpreted with caution due to the small sample size of these ethnic subgroups.
Strengths of this article include antibody measurement among these 3 cohorts analyzed using the same immunoassay kit, ensuring homogeneity and reproducibility. Also, while the patient population may be predominantly Caucasian (83%), it is representative of many patient populations in these countries.
I selected this article because of its direct impact on the care of our patients, and it fills an ongoing need for further robust information on this topic. As these antibody measurements become more widely used in clinical practice, information from such a collaborative effort is of great help in further defining a very rare disease, guiding patient counselling, and directing clinical practice.
A note to the authors (if you are reading this): please keep these studies coming for the remaining antibodies on the panel!
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Please help! - Toot4Tucker Foodbank Appeal
It's almost Toot4Tucker time when Tawa Rotary invites the community to donate some non-perishable food items from their cupboards for the Christmas restock of Tawa's Foodbank. This is particularly when there's increased demand on foodbank supplies leading up to Christmas/New Year.
This year's collection dates are Tuesday 4 December and Thursday 6 December between 6pm and 8pm - with backup day 11 Dec. The Tawa Volunteer Fire Brigade will sound their engine's siren and collectors will blow their horns/whistles to let you know when they are in your street – hence the name 'Toot4Tucker'! We travel the streets, we do not knock on doors.
This community project involves multiple service organisations in collecting for this worthwhile appeal.
So please have a few items sitting ready for the collectors. Cash donations for the Food Bank will also be happily received.
The generosity of our Tawa community towards this annual foodbank appeal has been growing over the years since established in 2011. Find out more from previous years' collections.


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The Libyan revolution: Whose victory was it, really?
November 22, 2011
By Belachew Mekuria Fikre, Addis Ababa University Centre for Human Rights
Much credit seems due to the NATO force in Libya's eight months liberation movement which had lost not even a single life in the eight months fight of ousting the Libyan dictator. No doubt that the strict enforcement of the no-fly zone had significantly augmented the rebels' strength in digging deep into the strong holds of the Libyan army. Countless Libyans have dearly sacrificed their lives and stood shoulder to shoulder until they scored that decisive victory on 12 Oct, 2011 by killing the 69 year old dictator Muammar Gaddafi. History is being written in the minds and hearts of the living, and future generation, of course by the blood of those who had lost their lives selflessly.
Truth must be told that the victory that the Libyan public is yet to cherish has come through the agency and sacrifices of the same Libyans. The acknowledgement of this fact is of paramount importance both for the past, the present and future fate of the country. The past must benefit from the true records of history so that the martyrs to be remembered for posterity; while the present must be permeated with that sense of victory and ownership so as to remain empowered for what is to happen right now; well the future, that is what all the sacrifices are meant for, to ripe the benefits of lasting peace, democratic governance and the rule of law.
This fact is all the more decisive in providing the required morale for those who are yet to write their own history by ousting their dictators single-handed. It must be acknowledged a united public motivated by the thirst for just social order would be stopped by no earthly force. And what the Libyans did was clearly opposing the 'right of might by the might of right.' This belief and achievement, I suspect, would largely be undermined where a higher credit is made to go to the external and aerial force that only operated from above in facilitating the road to Benghazi, Misrata, Sirte, Tripoli, etc. Underscoring the role of MI5 and MI6 agents, or the Canadian or French veterans' role in whose name a celebration is to be held, celebrating the US secretary of state's diplomatic calibre and her president's exceling ability in discharging his role as commander in chief, only reveal the blind-folded rush to regard the victory solely to be that of the coalition force. We listen to the news that primarily discusses how the killing of Gaddafi would boost the polls of the presidential candidates in the upcoming elections in France and the US.
Acknowledging the super powers' role
It is not my desire to usurp the credits that must duly go to the US that played the initial and defining role towards enforcing the no fly-zone resolution and the NATO force that took over full control of the mission a week after the start of the operation and oversaw it through till the end. That had significantly reduced the risks of civilian massacre that Gaddafi was dangerously disposed to carry out, and solidified the rebels' determination to get rid of the regime.
They enabled the rebels to corner Gaddafi and put him within a bullet reach to finally watch the august autocrat plead for mercy from the very people whom he had defiantly called rats and infidels. And to his misfortune, those who had him captive emoted more than they reasoned under the circumstances as we saw his last moments on the global media outlets. That possibility would have hardly materialised in time if it were just the liberation forces that were left to face the mighty hands of Gaddafi's military, mercenaries and those supporters who were highly intoxicated by hate against the liberation forces that Gaddafi managed to saw. Acknowledging that is important in many respects but above all for the symbolism it embodies for others to observe that the international community would not remain as an inactive on-looker in the face of impending genocide. For that no doubt the Libyan people must extend their effusive gratitude and recognition.
A need for recording history
The Egyptians, after the forced resignation of Hosni Mubarak on 11 Feb 2011, instituted a Committee to Document the 25th January Revolution. The task of recording peoples' power for posterity by the people themselves who have done the history is crucially needed for Libya and Libyans. The capture of Saif al-Islam (the sword of Islam) and Abdullah al-Senussi marks a significant leap forward to the end of the Libyan liberation struggle. Saif's statement about his wounds on his hand as being inflicted by the NATO air strike a month ago explicates the card he wishes to play by blaming the West. He consistently defies acknowledging the ICC's jurisdiction and showed now his preference to his home-based justice, or so it appears. The capture of these two prominent figures of the former regime some 19 days after NATO's engagement officially came to an end discloses the salience of the NTC force and new Libya that started the revolution and also reveals its capability to sustain that victory.
It is now an opportune time to start piecing events together for the purpose of recording history that the Libyans have written, and the sacrifices that have been paid by the death of over 30,000 people. Unlike Egypt and Tunisia, in Libya there had been an external involvement of a new sort that only provided an aerial support to cripple Gaddafi's military capabilities. That requires due recognition in writing the history of the Libyan revolution. History provides the groundwork that enables the present and future generation to march forward through a rightful path by avoiding the wrongful turns of the past. Accordingly, those recordings must establish a balanced account about the proper owner of the victory and the invaluable contributions made by the outside forces.
By Belachew M Fikre, Lecturer at Addis Ababa University, Institute of Human Rights
It is now 4 months since the Operation Odyssey Down (as named by the US), Operation Harmattan (as named by the French), Operation Ellamy (as named by the UK), and Operation Mobile (for the Canadians) has started enforcing on Libya the UNSC Resolution 1973 that authorises, among others, a no-fly zone over Libya, freezing of assets, enforcement of an arms embargo, ban on flights, and all other necessary measures to protect innocent civilians. Recent predictions are being heard about Muammar Gaddafi's readiness to cede power (see The Telegraph, 12 July 2011). However, since this was a statement that he said three days after it had been reported about his warning to attack Europe (The Telegraph 09 July 2011), the optimism is far from real. The hard truth that he will have to face is nonetheless his days are numbered as the opposition gets emboldened by every single day as the backing by the international community intensifies. And it is reasonable to make notes, on the basis of 'if it happens', about the issues of transition to a new dawn for Libya.
One critical decision that befalls the Libyan public and the transitional government would be issues relating to how to deal with those individuals responsible for so much atrocity and in holding them to account. That task would either make or break the momentum, legitimacy and sustainability of the leaders of the opposition who would temporarily be running the nation. The Libyan military, unlike what we saw in Egypt, is not an organ on whose hands the transitional government power could be placed for the very reason that it is killing the Libyan people that it was supposed to protect in these trying days. If one ventures on possible 'whys' behind the success of the Egyptian popular uprising, the military personnel's wisdom, self-imposed restraint, and progressive thinking on impartiality of the military as a public institution must come as part of the list of those reasons. Obviously this by no means puts the Egyptian military personnel in general in complete innocence as there had been over 900 reported deaths that happened during that revolution as well. On balance, however, what we see in Libya compared to Egypt is a complete opposite.
Forgetting or facing the past
Acknowledging the undesirability of 'let's try to forget it' type of approach as a categorical position must be the starting point. It is never possible to cover up these horrendous violations no matter how clever we are in convincing the public that revenge is of no good for the future. Even if people may be told to forgive, forgetting is not that simple and those wounds will eventually fester with a renewed momentum of anger, desires for retribution and dire need for re-establishing the lost dignity. Thus, there has to be a consensus on the relevance of facing the past rather than trying the impossible, which is to forget it.
By Natasha Harrington, pupil barrister (Essex Court Chambers, London)
On 27th June 2011, the Pre-trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Muammar Gaddafi, Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al-Senussi (see here). The Court found reasonable grounds to believe that the three have committed crimes against humanity by murder contrary to article 7(1)(a) and persecution of opponents to the Gaddafi regime contrary to article 7(1)(h) of the Rome Statute.
Muammar Gaddafi has become the second serving head of state, following President Al-Basheer of the Sudan, to face prosecution by the ICC, where state officials are not immune from prosecution. Libya is not a State Party to the Rome Statute. Therefore, the jurisdiction of the Court is based on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970, referring the situation in Libya to the ICC as of 15th February 2011, in accordance with article 13(b) of the Rome Statute.
In contrast, no investigation or charges have been brought against any members of the National Transitional Council (NTC), despite a report from the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights that cited evidence of serious abuses by NTC forces. Nevertheless, Gaddafi has made clear his intention to use the Libyan State courts for this purpose, and to try the NATO member states for war crimes.
Justice 1: 0 Peace?
If Gaddafi and his close associates do not relinquish power and slip away it may take NATO and the NTC many more weeks and months to remove them, and in the process Libyan civilians and the unity of their country will suffer the most. Many are now questioning whether the ICC arrest warrants are a triumph for justice at the expense of peace because, in the words of the Italian Foreign Minister, once a warrant is issued 'from that moment on an exit from power or from the country will no longer be imaginable'.


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It's asparagus season, and I can't get enough of it. Roasting asparagus brings out its best. If you steamed or sauted it, the tips get a little crispy in the oven, which I love, and the flavor is more concentrated than it would be.
Roasted asparagus is the perfect springtime side dish, whether for brunch or dinner. As a bonus, it's simple to throw together while your main dish cooks on the stove.
For these photos, I decked out my asparagus with lemon, mint, red pepper flakes and the lightest shaving of Parmesan.
You can keep your roasted asparagus as simple as you'd like. I included the basic recipe below, plus ideas for changing up the seasonings!
How to Store Asparagus
Pro tip: Place your asparagus in a heavy-bottomed jar or drinking glass when you get home, and add a couple inches of water. You can place a plastic bag over the top to retain maximum freshness.
Then, store the asparagus like this in your refrigerator. It will stay fresh for several days longer this way!
How to Prep Asparagus
The ends of asparagus can be unpleasantly tough and woody. To remove those parts, sharply bend the asparagus near the base.
The asparagus will snap in the right place. This would be a fun dinnertime project for kids, I think.
How to Roast Asparagus
Roasting asparagus is super quick and easy! Simply toss your prepared asparagus with a light drizzle of olive oil, and a sprinkle of salt and pepper. I like to do this on a large, rimmed baking sheet (affiliate link) lined with parchment paper for easy clean-up.
Bake until the asparagus is easily pierced through by a fork, which will vary depending on the thickness of your asparagus. Pencil-thin asparagus, like the kind shown here, will be done in as little as 10 minutes. Thicker asparagus will need between 15 to 20 minutes. You'll find all of these details in the recipe below.
How to Season Asparagus
Here are some ideas for flavors that will complement your roasted asparagus. Keep it simple and choose just one or two. Or go all-out like I did, and use all four of the first ideas.
Extra asparagus? Here are some recipes that will use it up:
Looking more simple roasted side dishes? Try these:
Please let me know how your roasted asparagus turns out in the comments! I'm really looking forward to hearing how you serve it.
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Learn how to make perfectly roasted asparagus here! This roasted asparagus recipe is a fantastic springtime side dish that everyone will love. You can season it however you'd like. You'll find my seasoning suggestions below. Recipe yields 2 large or 4 modest side servings.
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- Place the asparagus on the sheet and drizzle with 1 to 2 teaspoons olive oil, just enough to lightly coat the asparagus. Sprinkle pepper and salt over the asparagus, and toss until the spears are lightly coated in oil. Arrange the spears in a single layer on the pan.
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Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Half-Day Tour from Seoul provided by Seoul City Tour
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What you can expect during this experience
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Contactless payment for gratuities and add-ons
- Face masks required for travellers in public areas
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Hand sanitizer available to travellers and staff
- Regular temperature checks for staff
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Updated 01/07/20 Safety precautions are provided by the property and are not checked by Tripadvisor for accuracy.
Updated 01/07/20 Safety precautions are provided by the property and are not checked by Tripadvisor for accuracy.
This tour is ideal for travelers who want to learn about the history of North and South Korea and the Demilitarized Zone. Travel with a guide while visiting sites, making the most of your journey by learning about the important strip of land that separates North and South Korea. Plus, you can opt for an afternoon spent visiting the shops and galleries of Insadong Antique Street.
You'll start at
Hongik Univ. Station
Or, you can also get picked upSee Important Information for details
- 1SeoulStop: 50 minutes -See details
- 2Imjingak ParkStop: 30 minutes -See details
- 3DMZStop: 60 minutes - Admission includedSee details
- 4Dorasan StationStop: 20 minutes - Admission includedSee details
- 5Dora ObservatoryStop: 20 minutes - Admission includedSee details
- 6Tongilchon-gilStop: 15 minutes -See details
- 7The Third TunnelStop: 60 minutes - Admission includedSee details
You'll end at
City Hall
Sogong-dong, Seoul, South Korea(If you choose the Full Day Tour option, we will drop you off at the hotel back)
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- Guided tour is ideal for travelers interested in Korean history
- Choose between two morning departure times to fit your schedule
- Visit the Freedom Bridge, Imjingak, the 3rd Infiltration Tunnel, and more
- Opt for lunch at a Seoul restaurant with a visit to Insadong Antique Street
What to Expect
Following hotel pickup, your first stop is Imjingak, a park housing statues and monuments dedicated to the Korean War. Continue to the Freedom Bridge and the 3rd Infiltration Tunnel. Then, head to the DMZ Museum, where you check out artifacts and photographs. Next, look out at North Korea with provided binoculars from the Dora Observatory. Afterward, visit Kijongdong, which is also known as Peace Village. It's a model North Korean village. Your next destination is Dorasan Station, which once connected North and South Korea by train. Your guide tells you about the station's symbolic significance. Finally, pass by Unification Village, a model farming community in South Korea. If you choose the half-day tour, make a brief visit to a ginseng center before drop-off at City Hall. Upgrade to include lunch, and you're also taken to a Seoul restaurant. If you choose the full-day tour, return to Seoul for lunch, then spend the afternoon exploring the boutiques, tea houses, and art galleries on Insadong Antique Street before drop-off at your hotel.
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Departure Point
Hongik Univ. Station, Donggyo-dong, Seoul, South Korea
Return Details
City Hall, Sogong-dong, Seoul, South Korea
- Knowledgeable guide
- Transport by comfortable, air-conditioned coach
- Hotel pickup
- Lunch (if option selected)
- Hotel drop-off (if full-day option selected)
- Admission Fee
- Entry/Admission - DMZ
- Entry/Admission - Dorasan Station
- Entry/Admission - Dora Observatory
- Entry/Admission - The Third Tunnel
- Gratuities
- Tram
- Hotel Drop Off
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Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- ★★★Because of African Swine Fever, DMZ is officially closed by the government. Until the DMZ is open again, we will provide alternative DMZ tour: Hotel – Imjingak Park (Freedom Bridge, Mangbaedan, Imjingang River Dokgae Bridge, BEAT 131 bunkerexhibition) – Odu Mountain Unification Observatory – Ginseng Center - The War Memorial of Korea(Seoul) - Drop off City Hall
- A current valid passport is required the day of travel
- You do not need to send a copy of your passport
- Please follow the instructions of your tour guide about when and where you may take photos
- If a part of the tour itinerary is cancelled by unexpected military conditions or local circumstances, there will be no refund
- A moderate amount of walking through a steep and narrow tunnel involved - Comfortable clothes and shoes are recommended
- Please contact the local operator for exact pickup time
- Infants must sit on laps
- A minimum of 2 adults is required to book the afternoon tour
- Most travellers can participate
- One shopping center is included -Ginseng center
- This experience requires good weather. If it's cancelled due to poor weather, you'll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 40 travellers
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
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Our tour guide was incredible. We really enjoyed learning and visiting this part of Korea. It was eye opening and a day I will never forget. Getting to go in the tunnel was exhilarating and definitely an amazing experience. The lunch was delicious and our tour guide even…
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Date of experience: July 2019
Joined the local tour for DMZ was really worth it. Our guide was very knowledgeable and experienced. Enjoy from start to finish.
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Date of experience: September 2019
This was a wonderful tour and the tour guide was very good. She explained very clearly before we reach the destination. Worth the trip to visit.
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Date of experience: February 2020
1 Helpful vote
It was a great tour, it was a open minded about the Koreans war, Korea history. We saw some North Koreans farming on the paddy field under so cold weather and we feel so fortunate..
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Date of experience: January 2020
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we went to the a lot of different destinations for example the freedom bridge, a bunker used during the war, the war museum and also the highlight being able to see north korea and we were also even able to see some people walking around. Our guide Yeoni was very knowledgable…
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Date of experience: December 2019
Response from seoulcitytour01, Manager at Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Half-Day Tour from Seoul
Responded 26 Dec 2019
This is Jennie from Seoul City Tour ! We are very glad to hear you enjoyed the tour well with our company ! We will let Yeoni know how much you enjoyed the tour with her ! We really appreciate your good review :) Hopely, you will visit to Korea again and join our original DMZ tour next time ! Thanks :)
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By: Seoul City Tour
Interesting Trip
A very interesting trip although at the time we went we were unable to reach the actual border due to an outbreak o…
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Erica's tour was fun and interesting. A great day with her. It's a wonderful time and meaningful. Thanks and hope t…
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Fun-filled and Worthwhile Experience with Guide Youn
It was definitely a worthwhile experience on my last trip day in South Korea at that time. In the join-in group, I …
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It was an awesome day7, very informative and a lot of historical facts. Erica Kim, our tour guide was so knowledgea…
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Nami Island and Ski Tour
Yeoni - I very satisfied with the service given by the staff especially yeoni Jin... really recommended their servi…
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Having quite a new story, history and experience even though its raining. We missed civil ceremony due to the rain …
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Its my 4th visit to Elysian Ski place. Eventhough the intention was to visit Jisan this time round unfortunately th…
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Great Tour!
We enjoyed our tour with our guide, Katy, very much! First of all she was very hands-on to us and our needs and con…
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Seoul city Tour
Tour guide Yeoni was extremely informative providing great details and info about the places that we visited. Tour…
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Johnny L00
Free & Easy Seoul city tour
Our Tour guide Yeoni was extremely helpful and accommodate. Very engaging with all visitors and make us very comfor…
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Very interesting!! Went to Nami island and had delicious stir fry chicken. Then we went to petite France and she re…
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Good day!
We did the ski tour to Elysian resort with D package. Everything was well organized. The tour guide : Youn, was re…
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Awesome ski tour with Erica!
My family and I had lots of fun at the Gangchon Elysian Ski Resort and it was all thanks to Erica. She brought us t…
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She is very friendly, helpfullll. In addition, She also patiently waited for us while shopping. The service is sati…
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Yeoni's tours are the best
We visited very nice temples and saw the ceremony of changung guards. We drove by the blue house and visited the fo…
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- Duration: 7h
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Recent passage of the Obama administration's health-care "reform" package prompts reflection on the underlying meaning of health insurance. This leads to a better understanding of the causes of health-care inflation and proposed remedies.
What is Insurance?
Insurance is a process for the transfer and amelioration of risk. Risk is transferred from risk-averse people to risk managers. The managers are qualified professionals who either bear the risk or reduce it to manageable dimensions by pooling large numbers of risks.
Risk is defined by the variability of possible outcomes. An insurable risk is unpredictable at the individual level but predictable in the aggregate. That distinction is what makes insurance companies both necessary and useful. You can't accurately predict your particular outcome, but by pooling large numbers of outcomes, insurance companies can accurately predict aggregate outcomes. This enables the companies to manage risk by holding economic reserves sufficient to pay for the resulting claims.
Insurance companies charge premiums for the insurance they provide. The basic function of the premium is to compensate the insurance company for the risk it assumes. Logically, this requires the insurance company to charge higher premiums to people who impose larger risks on the company. In some cases, they may deny coverage altogether. By making the cost of risky behavior higher, insurance premiums reduce the total amount of risk. This is a broadly beneficial function.
How Did Today's Health Insurance Develop?
So far, we have said nothing about health insurance per se. Instead, we have identified the broad general principles that define insurance as an economic category. What relationship does health insurance bear to archetypal insurance?
In the U. S., most health insurance is provided by employers as an employment benefit, rather than purchased by individuals. This practice became widespread during World War II. The federal government slapped controls on prices, wages, and salaries during the war. (Wartime is the classic occasion for inflation, since governments often resort to money creation to finance the war.) Since employers were unable to offer wage increases to reward and lure labor, they chose instead to offer employee benefits such as health insurance. Employees had an incentive to accept the benefits because health insurance is very broadly useful. Both employers and employees had an incentive to adopt this system because health insurance benefits were a deductible business expense to the employer and were not counted as taxable income to the employee.
Great oaks from little acorns grow. (Perhaps that should be "oafs.") What started out as a way of circumventing wartime price controls persisted because of the special tax status accorded to employee benefits. At first, the insurance policies were fairly conventional – high-deductible, catastrophic-type policies designed to protect the insured against the financial calamity of a huge medical bill. But that gradually changed.
The employee wasn't paying the premiums (or their artificially-low premium contribution was heavily subsidized by the company). A low-deductible policy (perhaps including a small co-pay) allowed the employee to maximize the benefit of the policy while paying little or no additional money for the extra benefits. To employers, paying the bill for these first-dollar type policies was better than forking over annual raises, since part of the tab was covered by the tax deduction.
Thus, health-insurance policies gradually mutated into a form of pre-paying for annual checkups and minor medical procedures. When all or most of the bill for medical services is paid by a third party, the insured has the maximum incentive for using medical services. After all, the marginal price of those services is effectively zero, since the co-pay is the same no matter which services are bought and how much they cost.
And that, in a nutshell, is why the price of health-care goods and services has gone through the roof. Health-care is produced using resources, both human and non-human. These resources have a value that ordinarily be expressed in the market price of the goods and/or services. But health insurance lies to the insured by pretending that the price is zero. The insured buys services that wouldn't otherwise be bought, and the prices of medical services are higher than the insured would voluntarily pay for the amount bought.
Is This Insurance?
Health insurance as it is presently constituted is a misnomer. Annual checkups, for example, are not an individually unpredictable event. They are not a risk that needs to be protected against. Neither are minor medical treatments, which would not justify the costs of setting up an insurance company to pay for them. Insurance is supposed to deter and penalize risk-taking. Since there is little or no premium felt by the employee, there is no risk-deterrent. Thus, there is no broadly beneficial reduction of risk from health insurance.
Health insurance is not insurance. It is something else.
If Not Insurance, What is it?
Health insurance is currently playing a completely unsuitable role. It allows us to pretend we have reduced the price of medical goods and services to zero. We can thus indulge the fantasy that we are getting those goods for free as a matter of "right." In fact, medical goods and services are not free because they utilize scarce resources that have alternative uses.
The currently-popular justification for this pretense is that health care is a "fundamental human right." This is wrong by definition. A valid right or entitlement can exist only if the consumption of the good by some people does not reduce the amount available for others to consume.
Setting an effective price of zero on consumption of medical goods and services encourages tremendous overconsumption of those goods and services. If a market price were placed on them, people would consume them only if the value they received exceeded the alternative consumption they had to give up by paying that price. We would still receive the catastrophic care that was paid for by insurance. We would buy the diagnostic procedures that we value the most, but we would be forced to limit our consumption of the medical items that we value the least. That would lower the prices of lower-valued medical goods and services. Reducing insurance companies' expenses would eventually lower the market price of health insurance. This would allow more people to buy it, reducing the uncollected debts for emergency and catastrophic care currently being run up by hospitals.
The only way to preserve the fantasy of a zero price is to ration medical goods and services by queue and fiat, instead of by price. HMOs have already played this role by denying permission for treatments that consumers want.
When a tree is denied sunlight, its growth is misshapen and distorted by its attempts to reach the light. When health insurance is unable to function normally, insurance operations are similarly distorted by the need to maintain profitability. Instead of paying for occasional catastrophic claims, insurance companies are forced to pay for most medical expenses. Their only way to reduce these expenses is to take measures that are economically perverse; i.e., that achieve results opposite to the desirable effects of true insurance.
The companies institute lifetime limits. They dispute large claims, not small ones. (It takes just as much paperwork and legal work to dispute a small claim, but the gains are much less and the average cost much greater.) This means that consumers eventually use up their coverage and end up paying large claims. This is exactly opposite to what real insurance does.
Let Health Insurance Be Insurance
The roles played by health insurance should be its traditional ones – manage and reduce risk by correct pricing. We are living in a fool's paradise if we believe that everybody can consume all the medical goods and services they could possibly want without foregoing a large quantity of other goods and services. The only way to determine if the medical consumption is worth that alternative consumption foregone is to attach a price tag to each unit of consumption. That allows us to weigh the relative value of goods and services each time we consume them.
Reducing "Costs"
Both sides in the current health-care debate claim to be reducing health-care costs. They are wrong. The costs of health-care derive from the inputs used to provide it – human labor, machines, drugs, etc. The true costs of health care are the value of those resources in their highest-valued alternative uses. Current policy proposals aim at reducing expenditures, not costs. Preventing people from spending money does not reduce the costs of what they want to buy. Costs influence the supply decisions of producers, not the demand decisions of buyers.
A Big Step in the Wrong Direction
Instead of restoring the proper functions of health insurance, current policy takes big steps in exactly the wrong direction. Vastly enlarging the market with universal health "insurance" that recognizes no pre-existing conditions will require much more comprehensive rationing. That is the role played by governments or quasi-governmental agencies in other countries. By propping up a system that suppresses consumer valuation, rationing will prevent many consumers from getting medical goods and services they want at a price they are willing to pay.
The only legitimate role health insurance can play is the role of genuine insurance – to substitute cost for risk, transferring and reducing risk in the process. The direction of current policy is diametrically opposed to that genuine role.Category: Economic Analysis, Insurance, Risk | Tags: Annuity Blog, Economic Analysis, Insurance, Personal Well-Being


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