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The most despised program in college basketball was down 13 to its archrival with four minutes remaining. It was also down its best player. Its win probability had dipped to around 2%. This was not the first seemingly unsurmountable deficit Duke faced at North Carolina on Saturday night. Remarkably, it would not be the last.
But over the next hour, exactly eight years after one of the most memorable buzzer-beaters in Duke-Carolina history, a dull college basketball season exploded into life. A previously mundane game became an instant classic. The Blue Devils beat two buzzers and twice resuscitated themselves when live odds told them, Don't even bother trying.
WHAT. Duke wins it at the buzzer in OT. pic.twitter.com/DJTIHK3u8I— Kyle Boone (@Kyle__Boone) February 9, 2020
The probability of overcoming all those odds – the 13 points with four minutes left, the nine points with two minutes, the five with less than 20 seconds remaining in OT, and so on – is some minuscule number that even brainiac Duke students would struggle to comprehend.
Yet there is no number, no amount of decimal places, no graph that can explain how preposterous Season 101, Volume 1 of the sport's greatest rivalry truly was. And certainly no final score – Duke 98, UNC 96 (OT) – that can do it justice.
So let's rewind. Perhaps a reliving of the madness can. Here, in mostly-chronological order, are the most absurd aspects of an absolutely ridiculous Duke win.
Carolina's mismanagement
Saturday's game was one Duke had no business losing and no right to win. Which makes zero sense. Which is as much sense as these 45 minutes of basketball made.
Carolina came in at 10-12. Duke was 19-3 and ranked 7th nationally. The first shocker of the night was that the Tar Heels held a lead that bounced in and out of double digits for much of the second half.
Their management of that lead, however, kept Duke alive. For example, with a 12-point advantage and around eight minutes to play, on three straight possessions: 1. Cole Anthony tossed up a wild, contested runner early in the shot clock. 2. Christian Keeling forced a pass in secondary transition; it got stolen. 3. Justin Pierce took an awkward turnaround jumper from the post.
Later, up nine with under two minutes remaining – and with a win probability nearing 98% – Anthony raced past a double-team, encountered a third Duke defender, and ... tried to bank in a 12-foot floater with the shot clock showing 20. It rimmed out, and seconds later, Alex O'Connell – who'd made one 3-pointer in his previous seven games – drilled his second triple of the night to cut the lead to six.
Yet in a few key spots, awful possessions yielded layups:
So much else had to go wrong for the game, from a UNC perspective, to go awry.
Carolina's missed free throws
North Carolina was 21-38 from the free throw line. Twenty-one for thirty-eight. That's 55.3%. That's 17 misses. And it's dreadful. Here's a compilation of 11 of the 17 – all from the second half and OT:
And yet UNC still had a four-point lead with 22 seconds left in regulation.
Duke let golden opportunities slip
A quick Tre Jones layup halved that lead. Then Anthony, with 13 seconds remaining, tried to split a double and turned the ball over!
Duke essentially had a 3-on-1 to tie the game or take the lead for the first time since the 18:32 mark of the first half ... but Cassius Stanley mishandled a pass, and Garrison Brooks denied him with the game seemingly on the line!
In the moment, that seemed like Duke's one and only chance. And it seemed like it had evaporated.
Tre Jones' epic free throw miss
But Andrew Platek missed one of two free throws. Carolina fouled up three. And by now you know the rest. It was the right decision. It produced an unforgettably wrong outcome:
Tre Jones has ice in his veins and sends Duke/UNC to OT!— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) February 9, 2020
(via @jackfrank_jjf) pic.twitter.com/8uMXzrjqnE
Breaking down buzzer-beater No. 1
There are so many brilliant, crazy, underdiscussed details of Jones' intentional miss. Let's jump around to a few of them:
Before the second free throw, Mike Krzyzewski substituted in three of his best rebounders. This, naturally, drew Carolina's focus to the paint. Even Anthony, the one Tar Heel not lined up on the lane, sprinted toward the rim right when Jones chucked the ball at it.
Jones' miss, however, was far more calculated than you realize. "Me and [assistant coach Jon] Scheyer have talked about that exact moment," Jones explained to ESPN's Holly Rowe after the game. "He told me it's probably best to take a couple steps to the right so it ricochets." Sure enough, look at Jones' positioning on the line:
"And in practicing it," Jones continued, "I feel like it comes off the same spot every time." So while Anthony charged in toward the free throw line, Jones anticipated the bounce and somehow caught the long rebound on the fly!
Jones took 25 shots on Saturday. He took nine from 15 feet away or farther. That was the only one of the nine that he made.
Judging by the way they sprinted onto the court to mob Jones, some Duke players definitely thought they'd won the game right then and there. Which could have accentuated the embarrassment of an overtime loss. Instead, they got to do it all over again a half hour later.
Carolina was running out of bodies
Early in the overtime period, Duke went up 5, and had Carolina +7.5 bettors trembling in fear of an unfathomably bad beat. It didn't help that the Tar Heels were running out of bodies. Roy Williams had been rolling with a seven-man rotation. At the end of regulation, Christian Keeling went to the locker room, and seven became six. Then Brooks got poked in the eye, and six became five. Then Leaky Black fouled out, and ...
The UNC staff started frantically looking and motioning toward the tunnel. As Brooks headed back to the locker room, Keeling came running out of it ... and straight to the scorer's table to check into the game!
Then, with 3:15 left in OT, Armando Bacot fouled out. So Williams went to Walker Miller, brother of former UNC walk-on-turned-starter Wes, a junior whose 2020 stat line to date was 5 minutes and 0 points.
Miller's trip to the free throw line summed up the absurdity of the evening. Here was the eighth man in a rotation that went seven-deep, wearing what looked like a practice jersey, with the biggest regular-season game in college basketball at his fingertips.
Weirdest Duke-UNC game ever. Walker Miller's a legit D-I player, but the fact he averages two minutes per game, finds himself on the foul line and combined with the pinny-level uni makes it look like someone won a raffle with a chance to play in OT in Chapel Hill. pic.twitter.com/HIIjEYFSoK— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) February 9, 2020
Somehow, though, decimated Carolina scored seven consecutive points to take a 96-91 lead.
Joey Baker's in-and-out miss
First, though, they were up 94-91, and Anthony's youth showed once again. Carolina had the ball with 55 seconds left. Duke elected to play the possession out. Anthony drove earlier than he had to. He failed to get a shot up on the rim. Duke came the other way. Joey Baker – along with just about everybody in the building – thought he'd tied the game:
Nope! Duke hands went to heads. This, again, surely, seemed like game over.
Duke gets a call, Part I
Anthony drained two free throws. Duke's win probability slid to around 4%. But mathematical models don't account for Duke-Carolina witchcraft. Jones scored through contact, missed the free throw (unintentionally), and got the ball back by a margin roughly equal to the width of a fingertip:
That, however, was not the closest call of overtime's final minute.
Duke gets a call, Part II
Wendell Moore got to the rim with ease to complete a four-point possession and slash the lead to 1. The ensuing inbounds brought the most controversial play of the game. Moore met Platek and the ball near the Duke bench. A majority of neutral observers felt there should have been a foul called. I disagree. So did the refs.
10 seconds left, UNC up 1, no foul called here on the inbound. Duke gets ball and wins at buzzer #DUKEvsUNC pic.twitter.com/tJHt7ABayB— Bad Sports Refs (@BadSportsRefs) February 9, 2020
Moore's outstretched hand clearly dislodged the ball from Platek's grasp. There also appeared to be shoulder to shoulder contact. But nothing flagrant. It's not an egregious officiating mistake.
The double-whammy, though, was that the refs ruled that Platek had touched the ball last. Replays offered nothing close to convincing or conclusive either way. The call stood. Duke had the ball down 1 and, after all that, a chance to win.
Wendell Moore's winner
Jones got fouled. He made the first to tie. Missed the would-be winner. But Moore, the only Duke player in rebounding position, tapped the rebound back toward midcourt. Five seconds later, he won the game. The video is above. This photo of his winning moment is golden:
Awesome photo from Bob Donnan/@usatodaysports of Wendell Moore's Duke-UNC winner.— Henry Bushnell (@HenryBushnell) February 9, 2020
Tre Jones and Alex O'Connell celebrating before the ball even dropped through.
Agonizing/hilarious facial reactions through the Dean Dome crowd. pic.twitter.com/wA4vCvewlH
Moore didn't know what to do. His teammates didn't know which direction to run. Eight years to the day after Austin Rivers sunk Carolina, Moore was tackled on the same side of the same floor.
Austin Rivers.— ACC Network (@accnetwork) February 9, 2020
Wendell Moore.
8 years to the day. 🔵😈 pic.twitter.com/wOo9EYYlBI
The game had taken almost three hours. Unnecessary, lengthy reviews had prolonged it. The final 20.9 seconds took exactly 14 minutes and 30 seconds of actual time. On a normal night, fans would have moaned and groaned.
This was not a normal night. This was Duke-Carolina in all its glory. And it belongs among the rivalry's greatest hits.
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So I got an sms from Andrew Portch – the Equine Dentist – to make payment for the work he did on Amber. Apparently her dental records are with the stable owner/manager.
I made payment as requested so now will see what the dental records have to say about the matter 🙂
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Paper prepared for the IEA Bioenergy Task 29 Workshop in Alberta, Canada, 28-31 May 2001 How to Maintain Competition and Diversity? A socio-ecologicaleconomic assessment of bioenergy options with a focus on CHP Reinhard Madlener CEPE – Centre for Energy Policy and Economics, Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology ETH-Zentrum WEC, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland Tel: +41 1 6320652 Fax: +41 1 6321050 E-mail: [email protected] Modern bioenergy options offer a great potential to provide sustainable energy services and strategies, and to alleviate a multitude of socio-economic and environmental problems, particularly in rural and/or remote areas (IEA Bioenergy 1998). At the same time and depending on the specific project design and implementation, however, they can also have important adverse impacts on society, the economy and the environment. Often, such positive and negative impacts are only treated as "secondary effects" to the planning and implementation of projects on economic grounds, although they can greatly influence a particular project's appropriateness and sustainability in a local context (UNDP 2000). Hence focusing on (short-term) economic efficiency gains alone cannot assure that the market-dominating energy technologies are those with the least adverse ecological impact, highest social benefit, and most benign long-term economic impact. Neither are diversity of supply and distributional and gender aspects adequately addressed. The manyfold impacts of energy projects call for an assessment by means of a comprehensive set of appropriate criteria that properly takes into account the needs and wants of the various stakeholders involved. Assessments of energy projects should generally rely on the (case-specific) local conditions. Moreover, the issues considered crucial in energy planning decision-making are markedly different in less developing countries and developed countries. Whereas the people affected by a particular project in the less developed world often struggle several hours a day with the satisfaction of the very basic needs, and therefore need to care much more about the trade-offs attached to the project in order not to endanger the most vulnerable groups of the population (e.g., local poor, women, children), developed countries these days tend to be more preoccupied with issues linked to market liberalisation, and environmental and climate protection. Based on coevolutionary theory (Gowdy 1994; Norgaard 1994), and a theoretical concept introduced in Madlener and Stagl (2000) and elaborated further in Madlener and Stagl (2001), we suggest to cardinally differentiate energy technologies according to their socio-ecological-economic (SEE) impact, measured by a battery of indicators derived from life-cycle analyses along the entire fuel chain (Table 1). The evaluation itself is based both on expert advice and the social preferences articulated by the stakeholders involved (group decision process). The social preferences can be mapped by the use of a suitable multi-criteria decision aid (MCDA) tool (cf. De Montis, De Toro, et al. 2000, for a comparison of methods). Table 1. Socio-ecological-economic indicators for energy project evaluation in developing countries (example), Source: based on Madlener & Stagl (2000); UNDP (2000). Social dimension Ecological dimension: net employment impact provision of pump water provision of lighting communication land issues revegetation of barren land water pollution protection of watersheds and rainwater harvesting Economic dimension income generation food prices Paper prepared for the IEA Bioenergy Task 29 Workshop in Alberta, Canada, 28-31 May 2001 access to information gender implications (labour, power, resource access) pressure on fuelwood resources provision of local species habitat river banks and/or slopes stabilisation reclamation of waterlogged and salinated soils reduction of residue disposal pollution problems The empirical illustration is focused on small- and medium-sized heat and power, and combined-heatand-power (CHP), supply technologies in Germany with a particular focus on biogas-fuelled systems. By relying on data contained in the database of GEMIS1, the presentation depicts how such assessments can be used in practice for ranking, and choosing among, alternative regional energy planning options based on an multi-dimensional impact assessment and multiple stakeholder decisions. Among the numerous MCDA tools available, we have decided to employ Expert Choice 20002, which is based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method developed mainly by Saaty (Saaty 1980, 1992; Saaty and Alexander 1989). AHP requires pairwise comparisons of alternatives and allows cardinal rankings. Some of the results are shown below. Figure 1 depicts the contribution of the various impact (sub-)categories to the overall impact assessment. Figure 2 shows the results of a sensitivity analysis for the impact category greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Table 2. Impact criteria considered for case study Air pollutants GHG emissions Energy use Material use Solid wastes Liquid waste pollutants Land use Economics 1 ozone precursor (eq.) SO2 (eq.) dust particles CO2 (eq.) non-renewables renewables other non-renewables renewables other ashes SO2 scrubber residuals sewage sludge production waste rubble nuclear waste (highly active) N AOX CSB BSB5 non-organic salts surface requirements total costs Global Emission Model for www.oeko.de/service/gemis/english/. 2 Cf. www.expertchoice.com . Integrated Systems; see Öko-Institut (1994; 1998) or Paper prepared for the IEA Bioenergy Task 29 Workshop in Alberta, Canada, 28-31 May 2001 Figure 1: Contribution of the various categorized impacts to the overall impact assessment Figure 2: Ranking sensitivity analysis: GHG emissions (criteria weight increased from 12.5% to 50%) The empirical results obtained from the technology assessment are preliminary only and serve mainly illustrative purposes. At least two extensions to our research project are necessary to reach some final conclusions: (i) we need to obtain some additional and consistent data in order to cover all major indicators (currently there is a lack of data particularly regarding the social indicators); and (ii) we need to confront real stakeholders with a description of the technology options and their impacts in order to find out about their particular social preferences (for our illustration we assumed equal weights for all indicators; if available a real energy planning problem could be used, or, alternatively, a laboratory study developed). References De Montis, A.; De Toro, P.; et al. (2000). Multicriteria decision aid and sustainable development – a comparison of methods. World Meeting 'Man and City towards a human and sustainable development', Univ. of Naples, Naples. Gowdy (1994). Coevolutionary economics: the economy, society, and the environment, Kluwer, Boston. IEA Bioenergy (1998). The Role of Bioenergy in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation. Position Paper prepared by IEA Bioenergy Task 25 "Greenhouse Gas Balances of Bioenergy Systems", November. Paper prepared for the IEA Bioenergy Task 29 Workshop in Alberta, Canada, 28-31 May 2001 Madlener, R.; Stagl, S. (2000). Promoting Renewable Electricity Generation through Guaranteed Feedin Tariffs vs Tradable Certificates: An Ecological Economics Perspective, 3rd Biennial Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE), Vienna, 3-6 May 2000. Madlener, R.; Stagl, S. (2001). Quotenregelungen mit Zertifikathandel und garantierte Einspeisevergütungen für Ökostrom: Sozio-ökologisch-ökonomische Bewertung förderungswürdiger Technologien, Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft, 25(1): 53-66. Norgaard (1994). Development betrayed: the end of progress and a coevolutionary revisioning of the future, Routledge, London and New York. Öko-Institut (1994). Umweltanalyse von Energie-, Transport- und Stoffsystemen: Gesamt-EmissionsModell integrierter Systeme (GEMIS) Version 2.1 – erweiterter und aktualisierter Endbericht. Study on behalf of and published by Hessisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie und Bundesangelegenheiten, Wiesbaden, 1995. Öko-Institut (1998). Kurz-Information zu Gesamt-Emissions-Modell integrierter Systeme – eXtended version (GEMIS 3.x). Ein Computer-Instrument zur Umwelt- und Kostenanalyse von Energie-, Transport- und Stoffsystemen, Öko-Institut, Darmstadt/Freiburg/Berlin, December (www.oeko.de/service/ gemis). Saaty, T. L. (1980). The Analytic Hierarchy Process for Decision in a Complex World . RWS Publications, Pittsburgh, PA. Saaty, T. L. (1992). Multicriteria Decision Making – The Analytic Hierarchy Process. RWS Publications, Pittsburgh, PA. Saaty, T. L. and J. M. Alexander (1989). Conflict Resolution – The Analytic Hierarchy Process. Praeger, New York. UNDP (2000). Bioenergy Primer. Modernised Biomass Energy for Sustainable Development. United Nations Development Programme, New York.
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Last week was a blast - nonstop action and fun. There were some moments I felt totally "normal". Maybe it was just an adrenaline rush. I went down the big twisty slide at the pool with my 3-year old on my lap, played at the playground, at birthday parties and at the lake. I enjoyed every moment of it. Unfortunately, all that action caught up with me as I laid in bed Saturday morning in pain with a flare up. Thankfully, my husband was home and took the girls out for breakfast so I could ease into the day. I guess action has it's consequences these days. Still, I would do it all over again.
I'm half way through this vacation and so far, it's been great. Yes, it has taken more planning and preparation, but it has been well worth it. Here are some things we've been eating.
Okay, if you like hummus, you have to try this recipe for Sweet Potato Hummus. It is in the Power Foods recipe book, but it's also available online at the Whole Living website (click on the link above). I've made hummus a few times and this is by far the best recipe ever. I served it with red bell peppers, carrots, cucumbers and gluten-free blue corn tortilla chips. Deeeelish! I highly recommend it! Next time I'm going to try it with purple flesh Okinawan sweet potatoes - it'll be prettier.
Last night I stir fried some broccoli, red peppers, mushrooms and spinach in a little olive oil and garlic (no butter).
Served it over some brown rice pasta with a green salad (baby romaine, cherry tomatoes from the garden and walnuts - lemon and pepper for dressing). This plate was for my husband (perfect fuel for a fantasy football draft :)
Smoothies for lunch: kale, spinach, blueberries, frozen banana, coconut water.
Sunday night BBQ: fresh corn, red bell peppers, portobello mushrooms. Served the veggies with quinoa. So much flavor and you don't have that heavy, uncomfortably full feeling when you're done. Portobello mushrooms are amazing. A little olive oil, salt and pepper and these babies are the juiciest, "meatiest" veggies you'll ever throw on the grill.
Thoughts for the day:
1. I feel like I'm running on clean burning fuel. My mind is clear, my body feels energized and nourished.
2. God has given each of us enough gifts, talents, and passion to last us a lifetime. We don't have time to look at others and wish we had what they have. Embrace what God has given you and run with it!
3. Sometimes you just have to laugh (at yourself) and relax.


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Indian schoolgirl, 15, dies of burns after attack
NEW DELHI - An Indian schoolgirl has died in hospital of severe burns after two men set fire to her οn a busy street, authοrities said οn Friday, in the latest of a series of attacks οn women in the tourist city of Agra.
Police said they did nοt knοw the mοtive fοr the attack, in which men οn a mοtοrbike stopped the girl and doused her with petrοl earlier this week. She died in a Delhi hospital οn Thursday and her cοusin cοmmitted suicide after seeing her cοnditiοn, they added.
No arrests have yet been made. "We have interrοgated six-seven persοns in this cοnnectiοn. The investigatiοn is still under way," said Akhilesh Narain Singh, superintendent of pοlice in Agra.
Last week, fοur men abducted and gang-raped a cοllege student οn the banks of the river Yamuna in the city, in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
In 2016, the state repοrted 4,954 crimes against women and children, the highest in the cοuntry, official data showed.
Iran hopes to agree with Russia and Turkey on Syrian constitution forum
GENEVA - Iranian Fοreign Minister Javad Zarif said he hoped to reach an agreement οn Tuesday with Russia and Turkey οn the cοmpοsitiοn of a new Cοnstitutiοnal Committee in Syria.
Zarif, arriving at the United Natiοns in Geneva fοr talks with his Russian and Turkish cοunterparts, Sergei Lavrοv and Mevlut Cavusoglu, hosted by U.N. Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura, was asked whether he expected a deal to be reached. "I hope so," Zarif told repοrters.


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Mugello set for September slot on updated F1 calendar
Mugello is set to be the first new Formula 1 event to follow the initial schedule of eight European races.
The Ferrari-owned venue has been handed the September 13 slot to form the last part of a triple-header, following on from Spa and Monza.
It's believed that the name chosen for the race will reflect the support of the local Tuscany region, just as this weekend's second Red Bull Ring event carries the Styria identity.
The Russian GP in Sochi is also set to be confirmed on its original date of September 27, with the organisers having already begun to advertise ticket sales, having earlier put them on hold.
The move indicates that the race could be one of the first in 2020 to allow spectators to attend.
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Hopes to run the Canadian GP immediately after the Russian GP have faded. Weather considerations meant that early October was the only realistic window, and Portimao in Portugal is now expected to land that slot.
China and Vietnam are set to be given slots on the revised calendar in late October.
Vietnam has regained momentum in recent weeks. It had been thought that the Hanoi organisers were prepared to wait until 2021 to hold their inaugural race rather than run two events within five or six months of each other, but the government recently expressed its support for the race.
In contrast, plans for China may yet be compromised by a statement from the country's general administration of sport this week, which indicated that "in principle" there will be no major events in the country except those run as a preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
It's believed that F1's upcoming announcement will cover September/October, leaving most of November free for the time being.
The US, Mexican and Brazilian races have not yet been postponed or cancelled, but all three are in serious doubt, and with Canada gone that would mean there will no F1 event in the Americas in 2020.
As expected, the plan is to end the season with two races in Bahrain on November 29 and December 6, prior to the Abu Dhabi finale on December 13.
Imola and Hockenheim remain on standby and could be slotted into any gaps, local weather considerations permitting.
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Forty percent of Americans believe that Medicare pays for all healthcare needs after age 65. The majority of older adults are unprepared and shocked to learn they have to pay out of pocket for expenses they believed to be reimbursed by Medicare insurance.
Getting older and having healthcare issues can be financially and personally disastrous especially for those who are unprepared. What happens when your expenses for maintaining your home and your healthcare expenses exceed your income? What happens when you require a lengthy stay in a skilled nursing facility and have to pay $128 per day out of pocket? Just when you thought things could not possibly get worse, the costs start adding up quickly. If you have not saved properly you may have to re-mortgage or sell your home to pay healthcare bills. If you are single or widowed and lack a support system, the stress of the situation can wreak havoc with your life and your health.
Medicare pays for hospitalization and inpatient rehabilitation, hospice (Part A). The hospitalization co-pay in 2008 is $1024 for days 1-60; $256 for days 61-90; and there are 90 renewable days assuming there are at least 60 days without a subsequent inpatient hospital admission. Additionally, there are 60 lifetime reserve days when the 90 renewable days are used first. The co-pay for the lifetime days is $512 per day. After 150 days, coverage ends
A skilled nursing facility stay is covered if the patient has been hospitalized three consecutive days or if the patient enters the facility within 30 days of discharge from hospital for the same reason hospitalization occurred. Insurance covers days 1-20 at 100 percent and for days 21-100 the individual is responsible for a daily co-insurance amount of $128 per day; at 100 days coverage ends. This coverage is provided only if there is weekly documented improvement in therapy and health. If documented improvement plateaus, the individual is discharged back home or can continue to live in the skilled facility at the current private pay rate which averages $200 per day in 2008.
Medicare Part B covers physician and some preventative services. There is a monthly payment of $96.40 per month if income is less than $82,000 per year. The Part B deductible is $135.
Most Americans believe that Medicare pays for long term care in traditional skilled nursing facilities, however, Medicare stops paying at day 100. It is at this point individuals are personally and financially responsible for their own care. Even if an individual does not need an extended skilled nursing facility stay, Medicare does not pay for home care that is considered non-skilled and custodial in nature. This is actually the type of care that most individuals need to remain independent at home. Long term care insurance is the best option to pay for this type of care, however it must be purchased in advance of the need.
In addition to traditional Medicare Parts A and B, there are two other options. The first is called Part C which is a Medicare Advantage Plan. Perhaps the most common recognizable plan under this option is Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser offers benefits within a predefined network of doctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers. If you go to an out of network doctor, the plan may pay a lesser benefit or none at all. Some Medicare Advantage providers also offer a private fee for service plan which do not limit you to a specific network of providers. If you are concerned about lowering your total healthcare costs and do not mind being limited to a network of healthcare providers, a Medicare Advantage Plan may be beneficial.
Original Medicare is still the most popular program. As an alternate to Medicare Part C Advantage Plans, Medigap insurance exists. These plans are labeled A through L and offer various benefits depending on the chosen plan. You cannot be denied Medigap insurance if you enroll during the open enrollment period which is the six month period beginning the first month you are covered under Medicare Part B and are age 65 or older. If you miss this window you can be denied coverage based on pre-existing medical conditions. Depending on the plan that you choose your premiums may increase yearly. Some of these plans supplement traditional Medicare by paying for Part A hospital co-pays and daily skilled nursing facility co-pays.
The goal is to plan ahead prior to Medicare eligibility to do investigative work to determine the best plan for you. And remember it is important to sign up for both Part A and Part B when the eligibility period becomes available. Not doing so may subject you to an increase in Part B premiums for every period after the initial enrollment period.
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5 Things To Consider When Planning A Garden Redesign
Did you know that in the UK alone, over 27 million take part in gardening? Considering that the country has a population of 64 million, this is quite a significant amount. The same trend is found in various other countries. One in every three households in the US grows food in their home gardens.
According to the National Gardening Survey, the masses spent over $36.1 billion in gardening in 2015. The research found that millennials, just like baby boomers, were interesting in maintaining home gardens as well. Considering that more and more people are becoming environmentally conscious, it is safe to assume that the trend has likely continued since 2015.
There is more to gardening than merely growing a few plants in your backyard. Instead, if you want to get the most out of the experience truly, you might want to plan a redesign of your conventional garden. This helps in altering your garden as per your needs. Here are some things that you must consider when doing so.
Rethink that lawn size
When redesigning your lawn, the first thing you must evaluate is the lawn size. You might want to increase or decrease its size depending on your need and motivation. For instance, if you think you don't mind mowing your lawn after every other week and you have enough plants to justify a vast size, you can work by increasing your lawn size. However, this is only possible if you have enough land.
However, it is advised that you reduce the size of your lawn. This makes sure that you spend more time on gardening and less time maintaining your garden. What is the difference between the two? Well, while planting and watering might be fun, merely mowing the grass is not. The former is gardening, and the latter is maintaining a garden. So, make sure the size of your garden is such that you can effectively manage it.
Ensure it is a visual treat. You can do so by creating more planted beds within your small garden. You don't always need a big yard for it to be impactful.
Choose your plants wisely
When you are planning a garden redesign, you already have enough information and experience about what worked and what didn't in your previous garden. Remember, not all plants are suitable for a given climate and natural conditions.
Your aim should not be to have as many plants as possible. Instead, you should opt for only those that you know will thrive in the natural environment of your garden. You might want to select organic plants as well. You can get them easily via companies like the terramera company.
To best decide which plant to keep in your garden, assess your lawn by the following factors:
- The shade of your site: Does the site have a partial shade or a full sun?
- The quality of soil: Does it have organic matter or is it merely sand and clay?
- The pH of the land: Is your soil acidic or alkaline?
- The climate of your city: What are the growing seasons in your town?
After assessing your lawn on the criteria mentioned above, you can then decide which plants are best likely to survive in your garden. Only plant those that will stay healthy. This won't just make sure that your garden looks visually pleasing, but it will also allow you to contribute towards a greener world.
Think about how to improve your paving
During the redesigning of your garden, you are bound to wash off your old pavement. Once you do so, you will have to think about how to replace the old paving with a new one. Try to move away from conventional pavements. Instead, you might want to opt for porcelain pavements instead. Such pavements have various benefits. Firstly, they look very sophisticated and give your garden a great look. Moreover, since porcelain is known not to absorb moisture, such pavements are quite easy to clean.
Also, to improve the aesthetics of your house, you might want to level your paving with the indoor flooring. This way it would seem that the interior and exterior of your home are truly connected. This truly connects the garden to the rest of the house rather than it being a separate entity.
Look beyond aesthetics
For many people, the choice of plants they have in their garden is dependent on what looks best. However, during your garden redesign, it is essential to look beyond the beauty of it all. Instead, try to make your garden is as functional as possible.
This means planting vegetations and crops that are of use to you. Moreover, try to keep it friendly for the wildlife as well. After all, you are working with nature. Hence, you should include it in your decisions as well. You might not have done so initially, but you should consider it during your garden redesign.
What do we mean by including the wildlife? It means you can create a wildlife amenity using the plants that you have. You might not want to open your garden and have no boundaries. That is okay. All you need to do is make it look more desirable for the wildlife. Remember, little Hedgehogs and squirrels won't hurt your garden. Instead, they will make your lawn look more real and inviting.
How to structure your garden
You will also have to think about how you wish to structure your garden. There are various ways you can do so. Either you can opt for hedges and walls to create boundaries, or you can choose for natural boundaries. The latter is much better and easier to change once you decide that you need another redesign.
Natural boundaries can be created via shrubs and trees. The best thing about shrubs is that they are textured, colorful and lively. They are big enough to act as structures and beautiful enough to make your garden pop.
Redesign your garden properly. If you are redoing something, you must perfect it!


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NYIT Screenings May 25-27
We are pleased to announce a special screening of films this Memorial Day weekend at the New York Institute of Technology's state-of-the-art theater located at 1871 Broadway (between 61st and 62nd Street). We will be showing four films each day, with some exciting post-film Q&A discussions.
Due to limited box office space, we advise that you purchase your tickets online in advance, either through the links in our subscriber email or directly on the website.
The box office will open 20 minutes before the first show and is CASH ONLY. Unfortunately we are not able to accept credit cards at this time.
Assisted Listening Devices may be available for certain films, please check at the box office.
The films will be shown according to the following schedule:
Saturday, 5/25
1:00 pm – Gloria Bell
A free-spirited divorcee (Julianne Moore) spends her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles. She soon finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with the joys of budding love and the complications of dating.
"The Chilean writer-director Sebastián Lelio teams up with a transcendently perfect Julianne Moore for Gloria Bell, a redo of his also wonderful movie Gloria."Manohla Dargis, NY Times
3:15 pm – Piaf: Her Story, Her Songs
French jazz singer Raquel Bitton is internationally praised as one of the greatest interpreters of the Edith Piaf repertoire. This 2003 document of her critically acclaimed hit show celebrates the full arc of Piaf's extraordinary life through stories and songs.
This screening will be followed by a special Q&A with the film's producer and performer Raquel Bitton.
5:30 pm – Hotel Mumbai
The 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai's Taj Hotel is recreated with startling, unflinching detail. Featuring Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Suhail Nayyar.
"A chilling and valuable reminder of acts of madness and of heroism that should never be forgotten."Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun Times
8:00 pm – Amazing Grace
A concert presenting Aretha Franklin with choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972 – long mired in a legal and technical limbo- is finally rescued and brought to new, rousing life.
"This is obviously one of the great music films. What distinguishes amazing Grace, what lifts it to the penthouse, is a mix of energy and moment."Wesley Morris, NY Times (Critic's Pick)
Sunday 5/26
1:00 pm – Farinelli (1994)
Farinelli was the artistic name of Carlo Broschi, a young vocalist in Handel's time who was castrated in his childhood to preserve his extraordinary voice and became a famous, tormented opera singer. Premiere revival screenings of this Oscar-nominated drama.
3:30 pm – Apollo 11
An intimate look at the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing mission and its crew, commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, galvanized by remarkable and perfectly preserved big screen film footage.
"Although we know how the mission turns out, Apollo 11 generates and maintains suspense. And it rekindles a crazy sense of wonder."Glenn Kenny, NY Times (Critic's Pick)
5:30 pm – The World Before Your Feet
For over six years – for reasons he can't explain – Matt Green has been walking every block of every NYC street: a journey of more than 8000 miles. This film recounts his unexpected journey of discovery, humanity and wonder that ensues.
"New York, New York, it's a wonderful town. This movie proves it like none other."Rex Reed, NY Observer
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film's director Jeremy Workman and its subject Matt Green.
7:45 pm – Boyz N the Hood
Director John Singleton (1968-2019) became the youngest director and the first African-American in Oscar history to be nominated for Best Director, in this ever-timely tragic drama of three young men growing up in the Crenshaw neighborhood of LA. Starring Angela Bassett, Ice Cube, Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr and Regina King.
Monday 5/27
1:00 pm – Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
This chronicle of pioneer French-American filmmaker Alice Guy-Blache is both tribute and detective story, tracing the circumstances by which an extraordinary artist faded from memory and the path toward her eventual reclamation. Narrated by Jodie Foster.
"Lively and informative"A. O. Scott, NY Times
3:15 pm – Farinelli
Farinelli was the artistic name of Carlo Broschi, a young vocalist in Handel's time who was castrated in his childhood to preserve his extraordinary voice and became a famous, tormented opera singer. Premiere revival screenings of this Oscar-nominated drama.
5:45 pm – Hearts and Minds
A searing examination of the conflicting beliefs and attitudes of Americans who fought in, for and against the Vietnam War – still relevant on a post-9/11, 21st century Memorial Day.
"Hearts and Minds is a tough film but no mere rehash of sad events. It is always aware of the primacy of man when man's given half a chance."Vincent Canby, NY Times
8:15 pm – They Shall Not Grow Old
Never-before-seen footage of soldiers in World War I, made unprecedentedly vivid through recent technology, brings the savagely tragic conflict to startling new life and poignancy. From the director of the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy.
"A brisk, absorbing and moving experience."Ben Kenigsberg, NY Times
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Mr. Fashakin also maintains an active pro bono practice. In 2019, he received the Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project's "Champion of Justice Award" for his commitment to pro bono service.
Mr. Fashakin joined Debevoise in 2014. From 2015 to 2016, he clerked for the Hon. Ramon E. Reyes, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Fashakin received his J.D., cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School in 2014, where he was an articles editor for the Brooklyn Law Review, Vice President of the Moot Court Honor Society, President of the Black Law Students Association, and a Dean's Merit Scholarship recipient. He received his B.A. from Hunter College in 2005. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Fashakin was an investigator with the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board, where he investigated allegations of police misconduct.
Mr. Fashakin currently serves on the Government Ethics and State Affairs Committee of the New York City Bar Association.
Mr. Fashakin is a member of the Bar of the State of New York and is admitted to appear before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the Northern District of Illinois, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.


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In the late 1700's Swedish chemist Torbern Bergman and English scientist Joseph Priestley invented equipment for saturating water with carbon dioxide. This was commonly called soda water, although it contained no soda. Benjamin Silliman, a Yale chemistry professor introduced soda water to America in 1806 when he began selling mineral waters in New Haven, Connecticut. Sales were brisk. In 1832 John Matthews of NYC and John Lippincott of Philadelphia began manufacturing soda fountains. By 1891 the four largest soda fountain manufacturers formed the American Soda Fountain Company. These fountains were dependent on ice and a way was sought to have a soda fountain without ice. In 1888 Jacob Baur of Terre Haute, Indiana founded the Liquid Carbonics Manufacturing Company in Chicago becoming the Midwest's first manufacturer of liquefied carbon dioxide. In 1908 William H Wallace obtained a patent for an iceless soda fountain. The newer manufacturers competed with the American Soda Fountain Company and took a large share of the market.
Soda fountains are found in pharmacies, ice cream parlors, candy stores, dime stores, department stores, and train stations. They serve an important function as a public space where neighbors can socialize and exchange community news. The server behind the counter is called a "soda jerk".
Clarence F Underwood was born in Jamestown, New York in 1871. He studied at the Art Students League and the Academy of Julian in Paris in 1896. Underwood was a member of the Society of Illustrators in New York City in 1910 and was on staff of the New York Press. He currently illustrates for SATURDAY EVENING POST, LADIES' WORLD and other magazines as well as many literary works.
Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt has decided to run against incumbent president William Howard Taft in the up-coming elections in November 1912. Roosevelt's move has ripped apart the Republican party, pitting progressives against conservatives. Some see his actions as a vain egotistical move with little chance of success.


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Automox supports the ability to exclude particular patches or the ability to only deploy patches that match a particular query.
The advanced patch policy takes this a step further by allowing you to create custom patching configurations by choosing certain conditions that best match the desired compliance requirement for the device.
Creating an advanced patch policy is much like creating a normal patch all policy in the console. The only thing that you'll need to configure differently is in the Policy Scope section.
For more information about how to create a patch policy in the Automox console, see the following article: Managing Policies > Creating a Patch Policy
Creating an Advanced Patch Policy
1. To create an Advanced Patch Policy, first select Advanced Policy from the Create Policy page on the console.
2. Next, select the policy scope that fits the compliance requirements for the device.
3. In the following example, we select Patch OS as the first condition which targets all patches based on the OS the device is running. This example is targeting any device that is running Microsoft Windows.
4. You can add as many conditions as desired. The policy will continue to refine the list of patches it will remediate it runs on the devices. In the following same example, you can see that Patch Severity was added as an additional condition, for which the severity is Critical.
5. After you configure all of the conditions, to preview the patches that will be remediated by the policy, click Preview Package That Would Be Patched. This will show all of the packages that are targeted by the policy for remediation.
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I wasn't thinking about my posture when I got to know this guy as boyfriend material at 23 who was studying AT. I got to know him because I thought easy posture meant he was creative or maybe could experience
enlightenment! It's true he moved much lighter and easier than me. I can remember how he would reach up to smooth away the crink in my forehead that I didn't realize I was doing to myself.
What convinced me to do AT and made it fun was the attraction of being able to change my consciousness. AT didn't use the coersion of will, but something else mysteriously indirect that made whole my analytic ego attachments. The all-points-awareness experiences were exciting. Sometimes I'd have a creative flash of insight. My perceptual sensitivity woke up, along with the awareness of my body. My motives to keep learning were driven by having a way to address a split I recognized between my intention and how I mostly floundered to bring about learning or change. Later, I realized my whole self was a lot happier too.
When I applied the Alexander Technique to learning to sing, it gave me a significant insight about why I kept half my throat was closed. I knew that when I was a baby, I had an ear gristle cropped off by rubber banding, (in the 1950's doctors were so thoughtless.) This punishment trained me as a baby to tense up the side of my neck - which affected how I learned to walk as a toddler because I unknowingly kept it tense. Of course, all hell broke loose when my hips became one piece in my late teens...nobody could tell me why. I developed a mystery limp at 17 with no injury to start it, but now that I knew the Alexander Technique principles, it suddenly made sense. All this came clear when I talked to someone else who had the same banding-to-crop done to their ear when they were a baby, with different disasterous results of back problems. My tourqued posture actually stopped bloodflow to my femur at my knee and caused the bone to crumble - surgery didn't help. I still had the limp at 23 until I began to study Alexander Technique. If I hadn't, I have no doubt that by now I would not have knees.
I've assummed that what motivated me to continue learning AT, probably wouldn't motivate others, because my experience was so unique...but maybe that's an erroneous assumption.


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Fireplace Room To Library – Part Four – Pictureless Post
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I got ONE wall painted so far today and I'm disappointed. I found out yesterday that we'll actually be able to get the new floor in on Saturday. We leave for a week away on Monday morning. Crap! It's not like I can reschedule because we are relying on the kindness of our handy friends to help out so when they can come by, we take it. It does mean however that we have that much more on our plates and frankly, I was stressed out plenty already.
Add to that the ridiculous heat, with added humidity, that already exacerbates my sloth like tendencies. It's 32 C with a humidex of 39 C (that's 89.6 F that feels like 102.2 F) and it's only going to get hotter over the next couple of days.
Did I mention we have a family dinner for Daughter's birthday the same day the floor is going in? I don't even have time to think about my baby turning 17 in a week. What a crazy couple of weeks it's going to be.
Oh well, once all is said and done, I'll have a library where once existed a mostly wasted space in my house, my oldest will be on the verge of his 24th birthday, my youngest will have just turned 17 and I'll be sitting around wondering where the time went.
Honestly, I think I'm looking forward to that bit. Well, I say that now. 😀
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Eek!! I hate when things don't go as planned. I'm sure it will all work out. Hang in there, my friend!


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Although only a short drive south of Tucson, Santa Rita Golf Club feels worlds away from the big city bustle. Stately eucalyptus trees seem to shade every tee, and the course's proximity to so much open desert that lends an air of tranquility. Designed by Red Lawrence in the late 1960s, Santa Rita traces its path through the desert, adding up to 6,523 yards from the championship tees.


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71. Living with the Dead – Kelley Armstrong
You know, I'm not sure that Hope and Karl can really carry a story. Hope's a demon who has a hard time controlling her massive powers and Karl is a werewolf slash jewel thief (sometimes) that loves that demon. Karl didn't really pop out much to me in the other werewolf stories, so his whole near-redemption situation wasn't all that intriguing. I think maybe Armstrong knows that not all the characters really deserve their own book length work, but still wanted to use these two, and so she stuck them in with some other narrators in Living with the Dead. The result is a bit of a mess. The plot's fine, a little involved considering that this is book nine in the Otherworld series and the reader is only familiar with a couple of the characters already – and vaguely familiar at that. Robyn, Hope's friend that doesn't know she's a demon, who also has a dead husband who was – surprise! – a necromancer, starts finding lots of dead people around her. And not in a Sixth Sense way, in a "you must be the killer, you're around" way. Oh, those supernatural crimes inspire the best police work. Well, this one kind of does once Robyn's dead husband starts helping Finn, another new narrator.
Sometimes you read books in a series to have read the whole series…and if Armstrong's writing wasn't so easy to glide through, I might've skipped this one.


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Wordpress is the best blogging platform going and probably the best for websites as well. Read these articles to get up to speed on blogging properly. Your blog houses the heart of your content marketing. Consequently, it is your most important online asset. We can help you implement a Wordpress blog that will drive leads for your organization.
The Daily Post is on hiatus this week, so we'll be highlighting great posts from the archives that you might have missed the first time around (never fear -- there'll still be a new Photo Challenge on Friday!). Our recent Blogger or Brand? post generated a lot of interest.
As a human partaking in civilized society, there are certain pieces of information that you simply have to know, and critical documents you need to have at-the-ready at a moment's notice. For example, I bet that right now you know what your social security number is and where your social security card is located.
Now powering over 17% of the Web, WordPress is increasingly becoming the content management system (CMS) of choice for the average user. But what about websites built with an outdated CMS or without a CMS at all? Does moving to WordPress mean starting over and losing all the time, energy and money put into the current website?
Security has become a foremost concern on the Web in the past few years. Hackers have always been around, but with the increase in computer literacy and the ease of access to virtually any data, the problem has increased exponentially.
You want to know the secret to a faster WordPress website? You and everyone else. But it's not a secret. The problem is that there is a whole lot of misguidance out there that makes it hard for site owners like you and me to identify the solutions that really work.
I love how my funnel optimized website helps invisible buyers become visible sales leads. My site, which was created by Copyblogger Media is built on the Genesis WordPress platform using a customized Streamline child theme.
As a business blogger , most of the tools you need to do your job live right up there in your noggin. Do you understand the subject matter you're writing about? Can you string together a sentence? Got a computer? You're pretty much good to go. But (isn't there always a but?)
Jess Ostroff is Managing Editor at Convince & Convert, and also runs the virtual social media assistant agency Don't Panic Management. You can find her tweeting about social media, martinis, and music as @jessostroff. If you have a conversation with any WordPress developer, they'll likely tell you that less is more when it comes to plugins.
You probably know all too well by now that content creation is a very necessary function of successful inbound marketing. And for the inbound marketers who embrace that, a business blog is one of the most reliable and effective platforms for publishing much of the content they create.But if you've been consistently blogging for a while, you probably have all the business blogging basics down pat.


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Kee Klamp railings around the Pier in Aberdovey
Kee Klamp railing systems have been installed around the Pier and Promenade in Aberdovey, Wales. Kee Klamp railing systems provide safety barriers for tourists visiting this area.
Aberdovey is a small seaside village nestling on the north side of the Dyfi estuary. It has been a popular resort for many years it has a thriving little harbour and sits within Snowdonia National Park, where the river Dyfi meets the blue waters of Cardigan Bay.


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Park Inn by Radisson Uppsala
Hotel, cabin, B&B... | Park Inn by Radisson Uppsala welcomes locals and guests from all over the world, to meet and enjoy our fine hotel rooms, unique meeting rooms and our charming bistro Aperitivo! With us you feel at home when you're away, with an extra touch of enjoyment.
Park Inn Uppsala offers free wifi and 95 well-equipped and comfortable hotel rooms. Take care of yourself in our wellness area with gym and sauna, or enjoy some good food and drink in our restaurant Aperitivo. The hearty breakfast buffet is served in the Aperitivo restaurant and is included in all room rates.
Next to the hotel is Uppsala Concert & Congress, sights, shopping, entertainment and culture, all within walking distance. The perfect base for discovering Uppsala.
Welcome to the Park Inn by Radisson, Uppsala - a modern hotel with a homely atmosphere in the heart of Sweden's fourth largest city. From nearby Uppsala Central Station it takes only 17 minutes to get to Arlanda and 30 minutes to Stockholm. Also close by are Uppsala Concert and Congress and other attractions such as Uppsala Cathedral and Uppsala University.
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Who is Michèle?
Michèle De Ceuninck has been an image-coach since 2004. Her passion is to help people move forward in their lives and careers. She became a certified life-coach in 2008 and received her degree in Appreciative Inquiry (a method of change management) in 2011.
Michèle's toolbox contains different methodologies for coaching. Each calls for a unique approach to the strengths of entrepreneurs, team-leaders and companies. Her projects are custom-made, fitting the real needs of the client.
Michèle's coaching sets concrete targets, working to achieve immediate results in daily life. She brings her clients to crucial learning moments, and these can be game changers.
Michèle coaches in Dutch, French, English and Spanish.
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The announcement that General Motors' proposed sale of Saab to Koenigsegg has fallen through may mean the death of the Swedish automaker. Talking to the Saab faithful following the news was like discussing the death of a favorite relative who had experienced a long decline before the inevitable end.
There was little surprise, because G.M.'s proposed sale of Opel had also fallen though, a bit of sadness, but mainly an overwhelming feeling that their favorite brand hadn't been itself for a long time.
Chip Lamb owns West of Sweden in Williamsburg, Va., which supplies parts for classic Saabs. "Saabs were appealing because of their brand heritage of safety and performance and their aircraft background," Mr. Lamb said.
According to Mr. Lamb, some of the more significant models were the 1978 99 Turbo, a turbocharged sedan; the 1985 900 SPG, which amplified the importance of turbocharging mated to 16-valve engine technology; and the 1986 9000 Turbo, which had a top speed of 141 miles per hour, making it the fastest four-door sedan available that year.
"One man, Bob Sinclair, had a tremendous amount of influence on Saabs of this era" Mr. Lamb said.
"Bob Sinclair was the chairman and C.E.O. of Saab-Scania of America from 1979 to 1991," said Mr. Lamb. "He was responsible for the sense of family that Saab had among owners. It was a customer-service-oriented era, and things had a real personal touch with him. There was real communication with owners; people got mugs with his name on it, books and a newsletter. You felt that as a Saab owner you were part of a family. G.M. stopped all of this and the loss of brand identity that resulted started the long decline for Saab."
Paul Perry is the owner of an independent Saab repair shop, Swedish Auto Factory in Santa Clara, Calif. Mr. Perry has been repairing Saabs since 1961. "Back in those days, we'd see three or four in one family," he said. "It was an educated and loyal group of customers who appreciated the safety, and Saabs were among the few front wheel-drive cars around, which made them popular in snowy parts of the country."
Mr. Perry is particularly fond of the old two-stroke Saab 93 and 96 models from the 1960s in which the owner had to mix oil with the gasoline. "I think that the last real Saab was the 9000 from the 1980s," he said. "They were quite compact on the outside, but huge on the inside."
Mr. Perry said he believed that Saab's place in the market had been taken over on the low end by Subaru and on the high end by Audi.


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U.S. Army South Fostering Peace and Security in South America, Central America and the Caribbean
Between the end of the Vietnam War and the 11 September 2001 (9/11) terrorist attacks on the United States, the U.S. military was involved in three armed conflicts. Two of the three—Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada and Operation Just Cause in Panama—occurred in the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) area of responsibility (AOR). This area encompasses 31 countries and 15 special sovereignty areas across more than 15 million square miles, including all Central and South American landmass and adjacent waters south of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea and island nations. This environment presents challenging conditions such as unequal wealth distribution, social exclusion and corruption. It also poses a unique combination of security issues: transnational organized crime, illicit networks, mass migration, narco-terrorism and natural disasters.
Joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational commitment has quietly but effectively prevented additional armed conflict, but this environment remains influenced by persistent tensions, challenging conditions and security issues that make it imperative to maintain an engaged, committed presence in the region. Conditions in the AOR, just a short distance from the U.S. southern coast, present a real and present danger to the homeland.
As the United States, after more than a decade of war, reprioritizes to operate within a complex, uncertain and resource-constrained environment, its security depends on leveraging capabilities and forward presence. The 2013 National Security Strategy outlines new priorities and emphasizes the nation's ties to its allies:
We must begin to reposition our worldwide force projection capabilities, defend critical strategic resources, and promote stability in the international system through unilateral strength and multilateral alliances.
The U.S. Army, with a long history in the Caribbean and Central and South America, continues to share responsibility for fostering peace and security in the Western Hemisphere. From Hurricane Mitch humanitarian assistance in Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua (1998), to Operation Just Cause (1989), to the 2010 Haiti earthquake response, U.S. Army South (ARSOUTH), the Army's land force in the Caribbean and Central and South America, has supported U.S. national security objectives in the region through proactive engagement and enduring partnership.


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Talking recently to a friend of mine about the mental models of leadership, about adaptability, about navigating today's "waters" and the mindset required for it, I realized the "work – life balance" concept is totally… stupid. Especially in times when most of us look more and more for meaningfulness in our lives (both at work and outside work).
Why would we separate work from …life? Why would work be out of life? What stops us from creating a work environment and behaving in such a way that stakeholders find valuable investing their time into it? Why do so many people use this expression without challenging it, without reflecting on its impact on their mind/set?
What do you think? Is it just a way to shorten "Work and personal life balance" or is it just me who believes there is a connection with the mindset within many companies and with the leadership models, many of them outdated?


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