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Cliff deal reality moment
Cliff deal hollow victory for American people
By David Rothkopf, Special to CNN
updated 10:16 AM EST, Wed January 2, 2013
Editor's note: David Rothkopf is CEO and editor-at-large of the FP Group, publishers of Foreign Policy magazine and a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
(CNN) -- The last political drama of 2012 and the first one of 2013 suggest that if you love America, you might want to consider making your New Year's resolution quitting whatever political party you belong to.
The "fiscal cliff" debate and the last-minute deal it produced have so far resolved nothing except to show that our system is profoundly broken and that radical changes are needed to fix it.
While many in Washington are breathing a sigh of relief and some are trying to spin the outcome as a win for the president, those who characterize this bill as a genuine victory for anyone at all have clearly lost perspective. The deal brokered by Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell does make good on President Obama's promise to bring a little more equity to the tax code by raising rates on wealthier Americans, and it temporarily averts the most draconian "sequestration" cuts. But the list of what it does not do, and what it does wrong, is long.
By midday Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office had concluded that the Biden-McConnell package would add nearly $4 trillion to federal deficits over the next 10 years. This was largely because it actually extends and makes permanent more than 80% of the Bush tax cuts. So much for the idea that this whole struggle was supposed to help America get its financial house in order.
Just as bad, or perhaps worse in terms of the day-to-day lives of average people, the bill only postpones the forced cuts of sequestration by two months, to precisely the moment the country will be engaged in another ruinous debate about lifting our national debt ceiling to ensure the country can pay its bills. It thus creates a new, even more dangerous fiscal cliff. Next time around, the markets will not be so blasé about congressional brinkmanship if the national credit rating and the stability of a bedrock of the international financial system are at stake. It is an ominous sign for America that the only direction our top officials seem to be able to steer us is into yet another game of chicken.
It is utter lunacy for the United States to face invented hazards that virtually no other major country does. We face plenty of profound challenges without having to invent new ones that only bring out the worst in our political gangs. I would use the term "leaders" as was common in the past, but precious few in this crowd actually deserve that label.
The Senate package does not include any material spending cuts, infuriating those on the right. It angered many on the left because it worsened unionized government workers' job insecurity, is overly generous to the rich on inheritance taxes, and it doesn't protect entitlement programs. The head of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, said the deal "sets the stage for more hostage taking."
Further, the deal addresses only a tiny slice of the economic problems confronting America. Not only does it not address the $16 trillion national debt, it ignores the far bigger and more challenging deficit associated with looming retirement health care obligations. It also does not in any way address the still great need to help stimulate growth and create jobs in the U.S. economy. And it leaves in place most of the loopholes and provisions that allow America's richest to steadily accumulate more and more while inequality in this country gets worse and worse.
So, this was both a manufactured crisis and an unnecessary distraction from bigger issues. The deal that was hastily cobbled together actually increases our deficit, and it creates an even bigger potential crisis just weeks from now. That said, other than its lack of vision, creativity, accountability, sense of responsibility, courage, basic math skills, wisdom or competence, this cliff deal is not bad.
Which raises two questions. One -- the one Washington will focus on -- is "who is to blame?" This question is based entirely on the illusion that there are two sides in our political battles. There are not, of course. All of us are in this together. One party speaks on behalf of one set of interests. The other party speaks on behalf of another. They dress it up in the language of principle and ideology, but at the end of the day, they act on behalf of the perceived economic interests of their bases -- not those who vote for them, but those who fund them.
You may feel one party has done more than the other to cause this problem. That may be fair, but it is also a distraction from the bigger point. The only effective collaboration between both sides in this process has been inadvertent: A problem-creating partnership.
In his late night remarks following the House passage of the bill, Obama lamented that this bill was not the "grand bargain" the country needed to meaningfully raise revenue, cut spending and focus sensibly on growth. He said there was not enough time for that. But of course, we knew this deadline was looming from the moment it was manufactured in our political sausage factory. Both sides decided not to address it during the political campaign.
Oh, and then there is the additional reality that neither side even raised a grand bargain of the type proposed by the president's own Simpson-Bowles commission in a serious way. The fact that we even call the type of agreement that adequately starts to address our multiple needs a "grand bargain" as if it were some impossible dream reveals much about the current state of play in our nation's capital.
Which brings us to the other question: How do we get out of this mess? The only solution is to recognize that everything in our system that institutionalizes and deepens our partisan divides and makes the compromises and collaboration that are the essence of democracy impossible must be seen as an obstacle to the greater good.
It is time to realize that gerrymandering, campaign finance practices and the embrace of extra-constitutional traditions like filibuster rules deepen the divides that have made Washington dysfunctional. The two-party system is a boon for America when it is seen as providing a voice for two parts of a unified whole. But today's Washington is a zero-sum world of ideologues, men and women who have lost sight of who and what they are working for.
It may be that only a real massive movement away from the existing parties and the corrupt system they have created can break the destructive cycle in which Washington -- and the American people -- are trapped.
I've always felt such a move away from the current system was impossible, unrealistic. But then again, I never imagined a situation in Washington so dangerous to the well-being of so many Americans.
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Have we created a niche market no other country can compete with? No.
Is our brilliant president leading the world fight for 'clean' energy? Sure, but at a cost towards growth in killing the cheapest energy, coal. Which artificially raises the cost for doing business here.
Maybe you'll say health care is better because of Obamacare. To that I'll say it is good for kids being able to stay under their parent's plans but other than that the cost will eventually reduce availability.
Obama's grand stand for his fiscal cliff fiasco will result in another $4T in debt and does nothing to fix anything.
The increase in payroll taxes is projected to cut our GDP by 1.5-2%.
Am I missing anything? Seriously, tell me how things are improved.
The chickens will eventually come home to roost and Obama better hope the media protects him from replacing Herbert Hoover as the guy that led us into our biggest depression.
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it affects the middle class enormously and makes no sense economically...
the ****ing sob's could have included an extension of the payroll tax holiday...
but no, they increased the number of "rich" people getting tax breaks...
i hope they all die in a flaming antifreeze fine in an aids tree while being deflowered by a 400 lb. man...
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Bend over, here it comes again.... Right out the gate deduct (at least)another $1,000 bucks (I think it's safe to assume we are all making more than 50 grand a year) confiscated from your paycheck to be pissed away by the federales
WASHINGTON (AP) While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013.
That's because the legislation did nothing to prevent a temporary reduction in the Social Security payroll tax from expiring. In 2012, that 2-percentage-point cut in the payroll tax was worth about $1,000 to a worker making $50,000 a year.
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Why should we get a payroll tax cut extension? What have we the taxpayers, deserved to merit that continuance? We are 110% behind social security-medicare. So why shouldn't we pay for it? Americans want it both ways: a rock solid entitlement system, but a perpetual tax holiday from paying for it!
We are a very stupid, selfish, disgusting people.
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The politics of the fiscal cliff deal is debatable: On the one hand, Boehner got the Bush tax cuts made permanent for most Americans; Obama was forced to abandon his goal of increasing rates for those earning $250,000. On the other, on taxes Republicans caved to the same class-warfare premises (the rich need to pay their fair share) theyd successfully fought off a mere two years ago; while on spending the Democrats not only refused to make cuts, they refused to make cuts even part of the discussion.
Which of the above is correct? Who cares? As I said, the politics is debatable. But the reality isnt. I hate to keep plugging my book After America in this space, but if you buy multiple copies theyll come in very useful for insulating your cabin after the power grid collapses. At any rate, right up there at the front page six I write as follows:
The prevailing political realities of the United States do not allow for any meaningful course correction. And, without meaningful course correction, America is doomed.
Washington keeps proving the point. The political class has just spent two months on a down-to-the-wire nail-biting white-knuckle thrill-ride negotiation the result of which is more business as usual. At the end, as always, Dr. Obama and Dr. Boehner emerge in white coats, surgical masks around their necks, bloody scalpels in hand, and announce that it was touch and go for a while but the operation was a complete success and all theyve done is applied another temporary band-aid thats peeling off even as they speak. Theyre already prepping the OR for the next life-or-death surgery on the debt ceiling, tentatively scheduled for next Tuesday or a week on Thursday or the third Sunday after Epiphany.
No epiphanies in Washington: The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the latest triumphant deal includes $2 billion of cuts for fiscal year 2013. Wow! Thats what the government of the United States borrows every ten hours and 38 minutes. Spending two months negotiating ten hours of savings is like driving to a supermarket three states away to save a nickel on your grocery bill.
A space alien on Planet Zongo whose cable package includes Meet the Press could watch ten minutes of these pseudo-cliffhangers and figure out how they always end, every time: Spending goes up, and the revenue gap widens. This latest painstakingly negotiated bipartisan deal to restore fiscal responsibility actually includes a third of a trillion dollars in new spending. A third of a trillion! $330,000,000,000! Fancy that! In most countries, a third of a trillion would be a lot of money. But in the U.S. its chump change so footling its barely mentioned in the news reports.
Then theres the usual sweetheart deals for those with Washingtons ear: $59 million for algae producers, a $20 million tax break if a Hollywood producer shoots part of a movie in a depressed area as opposed to a non-depressed area, like Canada. Im pitching a script to Paramount called The Algae That Ate Detroit.
In all the fiscal cliff debate, I dont recall a lot of discussion of algae. But apparently its essential to the deal. And dont worry, its paid for by all the new revenue an estimated $620 billion over a decade, or about $62 billion a year, which is what the government of the United States borrows every 13 days. But dont worry, thats a lot of algae.
Were already broker than anyone has ever been ever. But this is America, where we can always do better or anyway bigger, and broker: Under the deal, the federal debt of the United States in 2022 is officially projected to be $23.9 trillion. Thats in todays dollars, as opposed to whatever well be loading up the wheelbarrow with in 2022. With deals like this, who needs total societal collapse? By 2050, the federal debt will be $58 trillion. But you wont have to worry about a United States of America by then: Itll just be one big abandoned Chevy Algaerado plant.
Around the world, the only interest of friends and enemies alike in this third-rate Beltway hokum is (to return to the theme of my book) the question of whether America is capable of serious course correction and, from debt ceiling to supercommittee to fiscal cliff and now back to debt ceiling, the political class keeps sending back the answer: No, were not. For a good example of how Washington drives even the greatest minds round the bend, consider Charles Krauthammers analysis on Fox News the other night:
I would actually commend Boehner and Paul Ryan, who in the end voted yes for a bad deal. But they had to do it.
If courage is the willingness to take a stand and vote for a bad deal because youve been painted into a corner and want Obama to fly back to Hawaii at the cost of another $3 million in public funds that could have gone to algae subsidies so hell stop tormenting you for a week or two, then truly we are led by giants.
But is that all there is? As the old song says: Whats it all about algae? Is it just for the moment we live? Whats it all about when you sort it out algae? Are we meant to take more than we give?
If you think politics is a make-work project for the otherwise unemployable, then the system worked just fine. And I dont mean only the numbers: On Monday, 300 million Americans did not know what their tax rates would be on Tuesday. Thats ridiculous.
Then the Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell spent the night alone in a room with Joe Biden (which admittedly few of us would have the stomach for). And when they emerged they informed those 300 million Americans what their tax rates now were. Thats unseemly.
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Cliff Deal was unConstitutional
I suspected this was because it originated in the Senate. Why doesn't anyone call these guys on stuff like this? The media, academia or anyone else. I searched all over for back up, in case there was something about it that allowed it to originate in the senate to no avail.
Then tonight while reading the Tenth Amendment Center I see a link in the right-hand corner saying:
Didn't the Fiscal Cliff Deal Originate in the Senate?"Recall that the fiscal cliff bill was first passed by the Senate in the wee hours of New Year's Day, and then seconded by a vote of the House some 20 hours later. And yet, Article I, Section 7, Clause 1—known as the Origination Clause—states:
'All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.'
John Robert's decision on Obamacare is allowing more Constitutional breakdowns.
So write or call your senators, and tell them they're being watched on this stuff. Then tell you Congressman to get a spine. Top it off with a letter to the SC. This has to stop on both sides of the aisle.
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Many people are desperate to see snow on the ground here. Now, we can add a 12-year-old girl in Kentucky to the list.
Her father, the new chief executive officer at Mercy Regional Medical Center, didnt need a hard sell to convince his wife and daughter that moving to Durango (population, say, 17,000) from Louisville, Ky. (population 741,000) was a good move.
Theyll have to do without big shopping malls, Taylor Swift concerts and baseball bat factories, for example, but, hopefully, by Christmas time, 12-year-old Julie will have one wish granted.
What shes really looking forward to, frankly, is real snow, says Tom Gessel, who took over as Mercys chief in October. We dont get real snow (in Louisville). We get the freezing rain, a little dusting every now and then.
Gessel is settling in, getting to know his hospital, his employees, his role and his community. His wife, Kelly, and daughter plan to move to Durango right after Christmas break begins.
I let them know how much more Im enjoying Durango with each day I spend here, Gessel says during an interview in Mercys administration office.
Hes speaking not only of the outdoor opportunities such as hiking, skiing and snowboarding, but of the job he inherited from former CEO Kirk Dignum, who retired last month after 14 years at the helm.
Its with confidence that he calls himself lucky to have landed at Mercy. After 24 years in the business, the 48-year-old is not coming into this position with an abundance of naiveté.
Gessel grew up in Ohio and received his bachelors degree from the University of Akron. He has a masters in health administration from Virginia Commonwealth Universitys medical college.
Starting in 2002, he spent nine years working for a hospital system in Louisville, the final five as CEO of Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospitals. In 2011, the hospitals were on the verge of a merger, and he decided that instead of focusing on that hed already been through one merger he would rather be in a job with more direct influence on a community.
He spent the last year as a consultant, but he couldnt really see direct involvement there, either.
Im too much the kind of person who wants to stick around long enough to see results, he says.
Ground was broken on his path to Mercy nearly a decade ago when he met Dignum at a national meeting of Catholic Health Initiatives the parent company of Sts. Mary and Elizabeth, and, at the time, of Mercy.
Gessel recalls Dignum talking about a new hospital in Durango. I think it was just a twinkle in his eye, Gessel says.
More recently, Gessel was speaking by telephone with Gary Campbell, the CEO of Centura Health, now Mercys parent company. Campbell mentioned that Dignum was retiring, and the thought of working in Durango really piqued my interest, Gessel says.
He applied, and, in early August, made his first visit to the hospital for an interview. He returned about a month later with his wife and daughter, who gave their approval.
Im the luckiest hospital executive in the country, he says, and now hes talking only about the workings of Mercy, not the outside benefits.
He sees changes coming. Big changes. The quality of U.S. health care is top-notch, he believes, but the system as its being run is financially unsustainable. And he talks about the doughnut hole in health care resources arent flowing as needed into prevention, wellness and primary-care services.
We need to recruit more primary-care physicians in here, Gessel says unequivocally. Theres an economic investment thats required there, and Mercy is going to take a central role in providing that economic investment.
These changes wont be easy. So why is he so lucky?
Hes coming to a hospital, he says, that measures in the top 10 percent in the country in every important category. A good leadership team is in place, with outstanding physicians and workers in a variety of specialties.
We now have a foundation here thats going to be easier to build upon, Gessel says. Its going to be easier for us, I think, to adapt and to transform ourselves to be ready for the next era of health care.
We know whats coming, but were not there yet.
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Judge sentences deceptive financial dealer to 54 years behind bars
Vaughn Reeves sentenced to lengthy prison term after being found guilty of multi-million dollar, faith-based affinity fraud scheme
INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 7, 2010) – A Sullivan County Judge sentenced today former pastor Vaughn Reeves to 54 years behind bars after being found guilty of 9 felony counts involving violations of the Indiana Securities Act at an October jury trial.
The sentencing comes after a jury convicted Reeves of engaging in a multi-million dollar, faith-based affinity fraud scam through the use of a modified Ponzi scheme. Reeves committed the crime in partnership with his sons, Chip, Chris and Josh. The investigation, which followed a federal receivership action initiated in mid 2005, was a collaborative effort by the Sullivan County Prosecutor's office, the Indiana State Police and the Secretary of State's Prosecution Assistance Unit.
"This was truly a collaborative effort by all three parties to protect Hoosiers investors," Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita said. "Hoosier investors should have the peace of mind knowing that their local and state officials are working on their behalf to ensure that fraudulent dealers like Reeves are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and held accountable for their actions. Prosecutor Hunley did tremendous work in achieving justice in this case."
On Oct. 21, Reeves was found guilty of committing securities fraud by duping investors into buying bonds that raised at least $120 million and then using the money for personal use. Reeves, a previously ordained minister, stated the purpose for the vast majority of the bonds was to supposedly finance church construction and expansion. However, according to testimony, Reeves took part in shuffling this money among various accounts deceiving investors into believing money was being used for the churches. In actuality, the money was being diverted toward speculative investments and to make interest payments on other bonds to conceal their defaults and other performance problems.
Alanar, the holding company owned by the Reeves, created training materials to distribute to church members, who were encouraged to sell bonds to their fellow church members. The materials relied heavily on the religious convictions of the victims. For example, the church members were trained to open the sales call with a prayer, quote Bible scripture and to "never sell the facts, sell warm stewardship and the Lord." Many investors actually chose these bonds over other investments because of their faith.
The trials for the other Reeves defendants are scheduled to take place in early 2011.
About the Prosecution Assistance Unit
In 2004, Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita created the Prosecution Assistance Unit within the Securities Division of the Secretary of State's Office. Its sole purpose is to assist police and prosecutors in investigating and prosecuting criminal violations of the Indiana Securities Act and the Indiana Loan Brokers Act. The investigators and attorneys in the unit collectively have over 72 years of experience in investigating and prosecuting criminals. Since its inception, the Unit has helped to convict 42 criminals in state and federal courts across Indiana. In addition, courts have handed down over 350 years in sentences, and have ordered over $438 million in money ordered to be returned to investors. The Unit operates under the direction and supervision of the Securities Commissioner and the Senior Investigator.
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Throughout all the hubbub of HTC's introduction of their "One" series of devices, the Taiwan-based company has been relentlessly praised for two things: finally simplifying their product line and the bold design each One device features. The HTC One X sports a svelte modern plastic design while still maintaining a very high-end feel, and the One S boasts a ceramic housing unlike anything else on the market. Unfortunately, those design choices may come back to haunt HTC.
Recent reports from users all over the web show problems with the design of both the One X and One S.
In a video from CNET, you can clearly see screen discoloration when the the HTC One X is pressed near the edge of the display. There's also some flex to the device that can cause accidental screen selections if held wrong. (Sound familiar)? The reporter from CNET who captured the discoloration issue on video says the problem has been present in four different One Xs that have been tested.
Pressing your finger against an LCD panel and experiencing discoloration isn't a new phenomenon. If you were to do the same thing on your laptop display or LCD television, you'd experience the same results. But the issue being present in a touch screen device is a different story.
When questioned on the design problems with the One X, Daniel Hundt, creative director at One & Co, HTC's design consultancy, said he "was not aware of that." Adding that, "Maybe this is not a shipping build… [HTC] would never let that ship."
The HTC One S is also a victim of design problems, this time concerning the ceramic housing of the device.
You may have seen the video explaining the procedure HTC goes through to obtain the ceramic coating on the black version of the One S. Apparently, the ceramic coating that forms over aluminum when charged with electricity is chipping off. Users from all over XDA and Facebook are reporting that even phones handled with care are chipping around the edges and around the USB port. There's picture proof from multiple One S owners.
There's a chance initial shipments may have just been a part of a bad batch of devices, but the theory floating around XDA (that when the aluminum body flexes, the ceramic shell chips off) sounds entirely possible as well. Either way, HTC released a statement about the frequent user complaints concerning the One S, saying that anyone unsatisfied should return their device within the allotted period.
The grey version of the One S isn't experiencing the same problems because it doesn't come with the ceramic coating.
Between the screen flex and display discoloration problems with the One X, and the problems users are experiencing with the One S, things aren't all sunshine for HTC right now.
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Reeds Elementary School has some important dates parents and guardians to remember for April.
Reeds Elementary School has some important dates parents and guardians to remember for April.
Spring pictures will be taken on April 1. More information will come home from the school.
The spring book fair will be April 7 – 12 and will be open till noon for the spring fling. The Spring Fling will be held on April 12 with a rain date of April 19.
Literacy Night and the PTO first- and second-grade musical will be at 6 p.m. April 10.
Report cards will be issued on April 14 and Easter break will be April 18 – 23.
The Parent Portal opens March 31. Please watch for communication from your child's principal announcing how they will be distributing the information from the school. For more information you can go to: www.davidson.k12.nc.us/parentportal.
Students need help with visit by club
The West Davidson Beta Club will be collecting items for its annual Easter visit to Brookstone Nursing Home. They will visit with each resident and take them an Easter basket. If you would like to donate items for the baskets please contact Christy Hedrick at 853-8082.
Buy chicken pie
The veterans of Reeds American Legion Post No. 62 will sell chicken pies from 9:30 a.m. until noon Saturdays. The pies are frozen and ready to cook. Mixed meat pies are $9 each, and all-white meat pies are $10. Gravy and cooking instructions are included. For more information, to place an advance order or to schedule a pick-up appointment outside regular Saturday hours, call 247-2488, 225-6881 or 853-7212. Proceeds from the sale of the pies go to veterans projects in the West Davidson area and to the State Veterans Home in Salisbury.
Celebrate survivors
If you are a cancer survivor in the community please mark your calendar for the The Relay For Life of Davidson County Survivor Celebration Dinner at 5 p.m. April 12 at Center United Methodist Church, 186 Center Church Road, Welcome. All cancer survivors and a guest are invited to attend as the community comes together to celebrate life and hope, and honor all cancer survivors and caregivers. The doors open at 4 p.m. for registration and check in. The meal and entertainment will begin at 5 p.m. Please RSVP to 834-3354 by Saturday.
Seniors to meet
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Church to stage fundraiser Saturday
Shiloh United Methodist Church's annual Spring Auction fundraiser for its family life center will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday in the family life center. Everyone in the community is invited to attend. A dinner hosted by the youth fellowship will be followed by a paddle auction of a wide variety of items, including a beach timeshare, baked goods and car washes.
Shiloh will be serving up another buffet breakfast from 6 to 10 a.m. April 5. Along with great fellowship, they will offer country ham, sausage, bacon, pancakes, homemade biscuits, redeye and milk gravies, grits, stewed apples, fruit and beverages. The cost is $7 for adults and $3 for children.
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Manchester East Cobras take national 10U football title with thrilling win over TexasBy ALEX HALL
New Hampshire Union Leader
December 13. 2017 12:11AM
When the Manchester East Cobras won the American Youth Football 10U Division II state championship earlier this season, coach Matt McDonald emphasized the team had not accomplished anything yet.
He delivered the same message after the Cobras defeated Hartford, Conn., 37-6, to win the regional title and qualify for the AYF's eight-team national tournament.
When McDonald spoke to his players after the Cobras defeated the Garden Villa (Texas) Giants, 27-26, in the AYF Division II 10U All American national championship game Dec. 8 in Kissimmee, Fla., he gave a different speech.
"After that final game, we accomplished what we came out to do," McDonald said. "We came down to Florida not to lose….I'm over ecstatic about what the kids were able to accomplish when they put their minds to it."
The Cobras defeated the CYAA (Fla.) Wolverines, 32-19, in the national quarterfinals before downing the Maryland-based Showcase Sharks, 25-13, in the semifinals, becoming the first New Hampshire team to ever reach an AYF final, according to McDonald.
Manchester East trailed, 26-14, late in the first half of the final before scoring the game's final two touchdowns and shutting out Garden Villa in the second half.
Shawn O'Neil ran in a 25-yard touchdown and caught a 35-yard TD pass from McDonald's son, Aiden, in the championship game. Jayden Pares scored the game-winning point when he ran into the end zone from three yards out on the point-after play following Chase Burris' 15-yard TD run.
In the AYF 10U league, a point-after kick is worth two points and a point-after score on a pass or run is worth one point.
McDonald said his team was outmanned and outgunned in each of its three national-tournament games but it did have the edge in one area.
"They were faster, bigger, stronger but what separated us from them was we were by far the most mentally tough team and we had the most heart of any of the teams," McDonald said. "We wear teams down mentally and as soon as the mind goes, the body follows soon after that."
The Cobras finished with a 14-1 overall record and were never scored on in the second half in any of those 15 contests.
McDonald said he believes Manchester East would not have accomplished what it did this season without suffering its lone loss of the season — a 19-6 setback in Week 4 to the Pelham Razorbacks. After the defeat, the Cobras refocused and practiced harder, McDonald said, which paid off when they defeated Pelham, 19-12, to win the state title.
"If it wasn't for that loss, we wouldn't be here," McDonald said.
McDonald said he was in disbelief after the title game ended and he realized what the Cobras had achieved. The moment he celebrated the victory with Aiden is something McDonald will always remember.
"I really try my best to separate the father-son aspect when it comes to coaching," McDonald said. "To share that with him after the fact and have that father-son moment, it was unbelievable. It's something we'll never forget."
McDonald said Aiden and his teammates — O'Neil, Pares, Burris, Aidan Calden, Treyvon Cannon Bennett, Steven Flatthery Jr., George Whitehead III, Michael Landmesser, Cayden Salvi, Liam Corman, Elijah Ellis, Xavier Whitehead, Ajow Luwal, Jaythean Obando, Matthew Koenig, Jhystoni Riviera, Jonathan Saldi, Nathan Saldi and Grace Chantasiri — had smiles on their faces long after the game ended.
Now that the 27-hour car ride back home from Florida and the celebration with family and friends is over, McDonald said his players are already thinking about next season.
"They have short-term memories," McDonald said. "They're wise beyond their years, that's for sure."


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Phil Mickelson, for all his accomplishments in more than two decades as a professional golfer, has two glaring omissions from his resume.
Firstly a U.S. Open title, and secondly a Ryder Cup victory on European soil
The 48-year-old can check off number two this weekend if the United States retain the Ryder Cup with a win across the Atlantic for the first time since 1993.
Mickelson, preparing to play in his 12th Ryder Cup, could set multiple tournament records if he plays wildly well at Le Golf National, including most matches played and points won.
However, a victory for the USA is really all that matters to the team's elder statesman.
"This is a team event, and this is an event for all of us to cherish and to be a part of, and every person, from the players to the caddies to the spouses to the captains and vice captains, every player plays an integral piece of the puzzle to do well and to succeed," Mickelson said Tuesday after his first practice round.
"But because I've played in these events for so long and have never won over here, it would be one of the moments I would cherish the most if we were able to come out on top.
"We have a quality team. We have great leadership and opportunity to succeed, but we still have to perform and we still have to go out and play some great golf to achieve that. But if we were to do that, it would be something that I would remember and cherish for the rest of my life."
"It's going to be a very close match and it would be special to win on European soil. It would be something I'd cherish for the rest of my life." - Lefty pic.twitter.com/jkt7YwhBIl— KPMG Mickelson (@MickelsonHat) September 25, 2018
Mickelson, who said he's "come to love and cherish being a part of these weeks even more", enjoyed a practice round on a chilly Tuesday with team-mates who represent the past, present and future of this event as he teed it up alongside the side's youngest player, Bryson DeChambeau, as well as Patrick "Captain America" Reed and long-time friend and rival Tiger Woods.
He said he would "welcome" a chance to partner with Woods 14 years after their infamous flop at Oakland Hills in 2004.
Woods, Mickelson, Reed & DeChambeau are all smiles during Tuesday's practice round! #GoUSA pic.twitter.com/KsFmd9pSu9— PGA of America (@PGA) September 25, 2018
But again, this week is not about his records at the Ryder Cup or providing golf fans a sentimental, nostalgic moment with Woods. It's about making the most of a last chance.
Mickelson added: "I am aware this is most likely the last one on European soil and my last opportunity to be part of a team that would be victorious here, and that would mean a lot to me personally.
"I think it would mean a lot to our team and to the United States Ryder Cup to have a victory on foreign soil. It's been 25 years."
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Wayne Beaton
Wayne is the Evangelist for the Eclipse Foundation. He spends his days learning about Eclipse technology and making sure that everybody knows just how cool it all really is.
Wayne is also the editor-in-chief of Eclipse Corner, PMC Lead for the Technology Project, Project Lead for the Examples Project, and an advisor for osbootcamp. In 1982, he received the prestigious Chief Scouts Award from then-Governor General Edward Schreyer. In 1984 his team was selected to represent beautiful [www.hellobc.com/ British Columbia] in the Kinsmen Voyageur Relay. In his spare time, he writes down meaningless accomplishments from his youth in a lame attempt to impress the reader.
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Back in the old days
The term, "old days," has different meanings to each generation. The definition is usually determined by the age of the speaker. For instance, people in their forties and fifties don't remember before rock 'n' roll. Why? Because rock 'n' roll was already at its peak when they were born.
The popular music genre was going down in the history books as the most inventive and major cultural influence of all time. The legends of rock were living icons that defined the way we dressed and styled our hair to the way we thought. Rock 'n' roll was not a by-product of the invention of electronic instruments; it was a worldwide movement that restructured the order of society. It was a cultural happening that took years to develop.
Those of us who were around to see the rock 'n' roll era take shape think it was an incredible period. It was the "old days." Those who were born into the established rock culture and take it for granted, the beginning of rock 'n' roll is just history.
My father talked about the "old days" as being before jet planes and television. Les Paul was in his early teens back then and had yet to make the term "electric guitar" a household word. My parents saw the atomic bomb as a new invention that was intended to be used to save the world. Now, atomic weapons are perceived quite differently.
Their parents saw a world that would be described as unlivable by today's standards. Ask any teenager if they can dispose of their cell phone and function well in a household where everybody shares one telephone that requires dialing and waiting for a party line to clear. They will just look at you as if you are delusional and come from another planet. They don't even know what a party line is.
However, that is not the case in much of the world. We often forget that we are in a highly industrialized society and that many people on this planet have never experienced a conversation on a telephone of any kind. That is difficult to imagine for those of us born in 20th and 21st century America, or any other modern culture.
The last 75-years have been more inventive than any time in history, with more modern conveniences and advances in technology than ever before. It's surprising how technology has continued to develop at such a breathtaking pace. New products on today's market are obsolete the day they become available in stores. The computer industry is a prime example of instant obsolescence.
Advancements in technology will continue for as long as Madison Avenue can create a perceived need and inventors have an imagination. Technology rarely digresses. It moves forward at breakneck speed. That being said, let us take a moment to look at the cultural differences in our society from generation to generation.
Those of us who formed the rock 'n' roll culture of the fifties and sixties were perceived by our parents and grandparents as rebellious and irresponsible, with no respect for authority, decency and wholesome values.
We were rebellious, without a doubt. We questioned authority figures who used their positions of power for manipulative purposes and personal gain. For instance, in today's government, a J. Edgar Hoover of FBI fame could never exist. He had a position of power in the government that could not be questioned. Now, that would not be tolerated.
We questioned everything from politics to ethics and morals. We redefined our freedoms and rights, and created watchdog organizations to make sure that our rights were not violated - ever. We even questioned ambition and the distribution of wealth. The days of the flower children, hippies and communes, though long gone, embraced a simpler life that appreciated nature and minimized consumption and waste.
The hippie culture was more relaxed and advocated fun and the pleasures that the world and nature had to offer as opposed to the rigid work ethic and ambition of our parents. Now, the proverbial pendulum is swinging the other way, and the generations following the hippies are experiencing the perils of competing in a society bent on accumulating personal wealth, while religious fanaticism and intolerance of diversity is being felt around the globe.
The most noted change is that the children and grandchildren of the founders of the rock 'n' roll movement that freed the world from oppressive fanatics criticize us for our questionable work ethics, morals and lack of responsibility. Usually, every generation criticizes the next for not living the way they should. This generation, it's the other way around. It's just another reason for believing that we live in a system we'll never understand.


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January 04. 2014 8:35PM
Michael Moffett: Congress was right to trim veterans' pension increases
Wrapped in the flag: Ayotte, Shaheen talk tough
PRESIDENT OBAMA recently signed off on a federal budget deal that was the product of rare bipartisan cooperation. It included countless line items, but one that's received much attention involved a one percent benefits decrease in the annual cost-of-living adjustment over 10 years for working-age military retirees.
Having qualified for a military pension, I was quite interested in this "cut," which veterans' advocates took to the airwaves to decry. Senators from across the political spectrum, led by Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., vowed to reverse it. New Hampshire's U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, proposed the $6 billion in cuts be paid for by increasing taxes on corporations.
Wrong answer.
New Hampshire's U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, a Republican, introduced legislation - the Keeping Our Promise to Our Military Heroes Act (S. 1869) - to repeal the COLA reduction. Sen. Ayotte's proposal would replace the military retiree benefit cuts by stopping a scheme that currently allows illegal immigrants to claim the additional child tax credit - which currently costs taxpayers billions.
That makes more sense than Shaheen's proposal, but the cut should remain.
We need to change our current structure - i.e. slightly modify benefits. Not for Wounded Warriors, for whom we can't do enough, but for us healthy retirees.
The above statement guarantees me the opprobrium of many fellow veterans. But someone needs to say it.
Every constituency receiving Washington money argues for more federal funds. And folks get elected (and reelected) to Congress by bringing home the bacon. That's our system, a system which requires a chief executive with the courage to counter built-in congressional over-spending tendencies. Unfortunately, the current administration has been the worst in history in terms of spending. The debt numbers and wasteful policies speak for themselves.
The Obama administration has saddled future generations with unconscionable debt, in return for short-term political advantages. Why any informed young person would support this is beyond me.
A different President, John F. Kennedy, famously said "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."
I am grateful for the privilege of wearing our country's uniform, and I appreciate all I've received over 25 years of active and reserve duty. After returning from Afghanistan in 2010, I had several operations at Bethesda Naval Hospital. They didn't cost me a dime, but they would have cost tens of thousands of dollars otherwise. My education benefits, similarly, have been worth tens of thousands of dollars. I could go on and on. An Army private now earns more than $41,000 annually if you include base housing and food allowances.
I'm old enough to remember how Vietnam veterans were treated 40 years ago. The country has done an about-face on its popular attitudes towards the military. Polls now indicate the military is among the most highly respected professions. Let's keep it that way by maintaining our ethos of sacrifice and service.
A 1 percent benefits decrease over 10 years doesn't seem Draconian to me, especially if it sets the stage for other cuts
everywhere else
that can redeem our children's future.
I'm sure John F. Kennedy would agree.
Michael Moffett of Loudon was a Marine Corps infantry officer who saw duty in the Persian Gulf and in Afghanistan. He is a professor at NHTI-Concord and author of "FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor's Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back."


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Last year about this time we asked islander U.S. Air Force Colonel Tom Bailey if he would give us his thoughts about Veterans Day. Many readers told us the item was right on, so with Veterans Day coming up on Tuesday we asked Tom if we could print it again. Here it is:
"Several years ago, on a cold, rainy November morning in France, Veterans Day took on new meaning for me. All across the countryside, antiquated trenches were still visible, like scars marring the muddy earth. Large sections of each village cemetery paid silent tribute to the generation lost in the "War to End all Wars" that had ended 73 years before. As I stood wet and shivering on the broken, twisted, and rusting ruins of the fortress at Verdun at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of that month, I gained a better appreciation for the physical hardships veterans of past wars endured and the extent of the sacrifice a nation must sometimes make in response to aggression.
"On another crisp, clear autumn day, I stood among a field of white monuments, gleaming against the still green grass in Luxembourg. On that sacred ground, General George S. Patton and more than five thousand other veterans of DDay and the Battle of the Bulge were laid to rest. While the initial attack that plunged us into that World War killed fewer than three thousand, millions would eventually leave their homes, families and the tranquility of America to fight for freedom around the globe. Those veterans that returned home victorious have lived to share with us the fruits of the better world they created. Those that never returned continue their service to humanity in places like that one, as constant reminders of the high cost of the freedom and benefits much of the world enjoy.
"In years since, I have commemorated Veterans Day several times in our nation's capitol. On each pilgrimage to the smooth black wall of the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, I saw veterans weep over their fallen comrades, touch the name of a lost friend, and toast the living who returned with them from that war, changed by the experience but still cognizant of the good that has come from their generation's sacrifice. Fewer veterans can be found at the World War II and Korean War Memorials, but members of those great generations are there too, among the many visitors to the memorials of "their" wars-shrines that pay homage to the men and women who answered the call in their times to respond to aggression and serve in the defense of others.
"At Arlington Cemetery, where
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . generations of men and women who have served America through peace and war since the Civil War are interred, I've seen Presidents honor our veterans, living and dead, with speeches and ceremony. There, if only too briefly, the partisanship and politics of Washington are set aside, and all Americans are united in respect and reverence for the men and women who have proudly worn the varied uniforms of our Armed Forces and especially for those who have been buried in them.
"America's veterans are anonymous heroes who represent many generations and backgrounds. They fought on many continents; in jungles and deserts, on beaches and mountains. They patrolled on and under the seas, and secured the skies and space above. Regardless of how or where they served, our veterans answered their nation's call with honor, integrity and determination- in a priceless gift of liberty for millions. However, all of our nation's wars-from the Revolution that gave us our independence to today's war against a new kind of tyranny-have been accompanied by great divisions in our society. In the midst of this turmoil, our veterans have consistently risen above the political fray and remained true to their oaths to support and defend a set of higher ideals that are embodied today in our Constitution. We remember them as selfless patriots who helped shape America's history (and the world's) and set a new standard of idealism and courage for all to see. For their bravery and sacrifice, they deserve the deep respect and admiration of a grateful nation.
"The members of America's Armed Forces today share in this proud tradition. All of us who serve have volunteered to put service before self in order to defend the nation we love and promote the ideals upon which our nation was founded. Through our efforts, we hope to add to the storied legacy of the minutemen and doughboys by advancing the cause of freedom around the world and laying the foundation for a more peaceful tomorrow. The current war may not be a popular one, but today's soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guardsmen are performing their assigned missions admirably and making real progress. We can all be proud of what they have done to free millions from oppression and plant the seeds of liberty and peace in a region of the world where those blessings are rare indeed.
"Today, there are 24 million veterans living among us, in every state and territory and from every walk of life. As this Veterans Day approaches, I urge you to take a moment or two to remember the brave service members of our present and past. America's veterans have helped us grow stronger as a nation and made the world a better place. We should be forever grateful for their courage, devotion to duty and, above all, love of our great country and the freedom it represents.
(Tom is on the faculty of the Naval War College where he teaches Strategy on Policy.)
At last night's committee meeting of Boy Scout Troop 1, Jim Archibald was appointed the troop's new scoutmaster. He replaces Dave Volpe who has resigned due to new developments with his business. Jim has been chairman of the troop's committee and will relinquish that position to Tom Bailey.
Jim is an Eagle Scout, earning that rank while growing up in Bristol. He returned to scouting when his children became scouting age and has been involved ever since. His wife, Diane, is active in Cub Scouting.
Kudos, Jim.
Incidentally, Jim was out with three scouts on Halloween. He was costumed as Stay Puft the Marshmallow Man being pursued by scouts Milo Digasper, Truman Christie and Ian Archibald as Ghost Busters.
*** The troop collected 1,400 pounds of food Saturday in its annual Scouting for Food drive. The items are stored in the St. Mark food bank for distribution to needy island families. Grandson Tom captained the drive and expressed appreciation to all islanders who contributed to the event.
Mary S. Wright is the second island educator who has been honored for excellence in their profession. She was featured in an article about her award in the Press on Oct. 30.
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General Terms and Conditions of Eberhard Göbel GmbH & Co. KG – Online Shop
1) Scope of application
(1) These General Terms and Conditions apply to all orders that are placed via the online shop of Eberhard Göbel GmbH & Co. KG (Seller) at www.euroschirm.de.
(2) These Terms and Conditions apply exclusively. Contrary or deviating terms and conditions of the customer shall not be accepted.
2) Identity of the contracting party and contact information
Eberhard Göbel GmbH & Co. KG
Im Lehrer Feld 44
89081 Ulm / Germany
Telephone: +49/731-140-13-0
Fax: +49/731-140-13-10
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Registered in the commercial register of the Ulm Local Court under Register No.: HRA 2452.
(3) Contract formation
(1) The presentation of the goods in the online shop constitutes a merely nonbinding invitation to the customer to order goods.
(2) In ordering the desired article(s), the costumer submits a binding offer to enter into a purchase agreement. The offer is accepted by the Seller through delivery of the article(s) ordered.
(3) The order is technically executed in the online shop as follows: The customer first places the desired article(s) into the shopping cart (Button: "in my hall-stand"). The customer can remove the article(s) from the shopping cart at any time by clicking on the button "Delete." If the customer desires to purchase the article(s) in his virtual shopping cart, he must click on the button "next" The customer must then enter his personal data for the invoice and delivery address and select his desired payment method. All details of the order are repeated here. Only by clicking on the button "buy" the customer does complete the ordering process and thereby submit a binding offer to purchase the article(s) in the shopping cart. Until he clicks on the "buy" button, the customer may correct his information or cancel the ordering process by clicking on the "Back" button.
(4) As confirmation of receipt of the order, the customer receives an e-mail from the Seller ("order confirmation"), which includes all order data again, and these General Terms and Conditions. This order confirmation still does not represent an acceptance of the offer.
(5) The languages available for contract formation are German, English and French.
(6) The contract text is stored by the Seller. The customer may store and print the order confirmation.
4) Delivery and delivery periods
(1) The Seller delivers the ordered article(s) to the delivery address specified by the customer. Unless otherwise stated in the ordering process and separately agreed with the customer, shipment will be made via GLS.
(2) Unless otherwise expressly stated in the product description, the delivery period is 3–5 business days from the order. If the customer has selected "advance payment by bank transfer" as the payment method, the delivery period starts to run only upon receipt of payment at the Seller's account.
(3) If the delivery period cannot be adhered to or the ordered article(s) are unavailable, the Seller will inform the customer of this by e-mail or telephone.
(4) The Seller is entitled to make partial deliveries to the extent this is reasonable for the customer.
(5) If the delivered article(s) have obvious defects, the customer is requested to promptly report them to the Seller. However, failure to notify of defects does not affect the customer's legal rights arising from the defectiveness of the article(s).
5) Prices, shipping costs, payment terms, delay
(1) All prices are stated in euros (in CHF for orders from Switzerland) and include statutory value-added tax. In addition customs duties occur in the case of deliveries to Switzerland, which the customer must also pay. The customer is informed about the amount of the customs duties in the course of the ordering process.
(2) The customer owes no shipping costs in the case of deliveries by GLS within the Federal Republic of Germany. The customer must pay shipping costs in the case of deliveries outside of Germany. The customer is informed about the amount of the shipping costs in the course of the ordering process.
(3) The customer may pay the purchase price through advance payment by bank transfer, with a credit card or Giropay or with PayPal. With certain products, the Seller also offers invoicing as a payment option.
(4) If the customer selects the "advance payment by bank transfer" or "invoice" payment method, he is given the Seller's banking details at the end of the ordering process. The entire invoice amount must be remitted without deduction to the specified account within 14 days of receipt of the order confirmation.
(5) In the event that a direct debit is returned for insufficient funds in the indicated bank account, due to a stop payment order against the Seller's debiting or due to incorrect entry of the banking details, the customer must bear the costs incurred as a result of the payment transaction.
(6) If the customer is in default with payment, the Seller is entitled to refuse fulfilment of the contract until full payment has been received.
(7) If the claim to payment is substantially in jeopardy, the Seller is entitled to condition further performance of the agreement upon advance payments or the delivery of adequate security. If the customer refuses to provide advance payment and/or security, the Seller may rescind the agreement and claim damages.
6) Offset, right of retention
(1) The customer may only declare an offset with a counterclaim which is undisputed or legally established.
(2) The customer is entitled to exercise a right of retention only upon the additional condition that it is based on the same contractual relationship.
7) Warranty
(1) The statutory warranty conditions shall apply.
(2) Slight colour variations between the purchased item and its depiction on a computer display or in printed materials are due to technical reasons and constitute no defect.
8) Breach of obligations, damages
(1) Customer shall solely be entitled to claims for damages which are based on an intentional or grossly negligent breach of obligation by the Seller or an injury to life, limb or health or arising from the breach of material contractual obligations. Material contractual obligations are those obligations which must be met before the agreement can be properly performed at all and upon whose observance the customer may regularly rely.
(2) Provisions of the Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz — ProdHaftG) remain unaffected.
(3) To the extent the Seller's liability is excluded or limited, this also applies to its employees, representatives and agents.
9) Retention of title
(1) The delivered article(s) remain the property of the Seller until the purchase price has been paid in full.
(2) If the customer is in default in payment, the Seller is entitled to recover possession of the article(s). The customer is obligated to treat the article(s) with care for as long as title of ownership has not yet passed to him. Reclaiming the article(s) does not rescind the agreement unless this was expressly declared by the Seller in writing.
10) Choice of law
The contractual relations between the Seller and customer are governed by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the conflict of law rules of international private law and excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). Excluded from this choice of law are the compulsory consumer protection regulations of the country in which the customer has his habitual residence.
11) Information Obligation according to � 36 VSBG
Eberhard Göbel GmbH & Co. KG is neither willing nor obliged to participate in an alternative dispute resolution (Streitbeilegungsverfahren) in front of a consumer dispute resolution entity (Verbraucherschlichtungsstelle).
12) Data protection
(1) It is normally possible to use the website without supplying personal data. Each access to the website is stored and processed by the Seller in a log file. The same applies to the downloading of data. The storage serves internal system-related and statistical purposes. The IP address, date, time and length of access, websites visited, the detection data of the browser and type of operating system used, as well as the domain, are logged. These data do not permit any inferences to be drawn about the person.
(2) Personal data, such as name, address, telephone number or e-mail address, are collected by the Seller only if the customer supplies this information voluntarily, such as in the course of an order or inquiry.
(3) The personal data supplied by the customer in connection with an order are stored and used for the purpose of processing the purchase agreement. Data are shared with third parties only to the extent this is necessary for contract processing, e.g. with transportation and credit companies.
(4) The Seller also uses the address disclosed by the customer to send information about its products and offers by mail. The customer may object to such use at any time. The Seller uses the e-mail address that is supplied by the customer in the course of the ordering process for the direct advertising of its own similar goods. The customer may object to this use at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the base rates. The objection may be declared either by mail, e-mail, fax or telephone.
(5) This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. Google Analytics uses so-called cookies. These are text files which are stored on the visitor's computer and which make it possible to analyse the use of the website. The information which this cookie generates about the use of this website is transmitted to a server of Google in the USA and stored there. Google may use this information to analyse the use of the website in order to compile reports on the website activities and render further services associated with usage of the website and the Internet. The IP address transmitted by the browser is not amalgamated with other data from Google. If IP anonymization is activated on this website, the IP address is, however, first truncated by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other countries that are parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The installation of cookies can be prevented through a corresponding setting in the browser software. In such case, not all functions of this website may be usable. It is also possible to prevent the logging, transmission and processing of data (including IP address) by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
(6) This website also uses social plug-ins from Facebook (Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA). When the visitor accesses the website, a direct link is established with the servers of Facebook, and the plug-in is depicted on the website through communication to the visitor's browser. Which website was visited is transmitted in this way to the Facebook server. If the visitor is logged in at Facebook at this time, Facebook associates this information with the visitor's Facebook account. This information is also associated with the user's Facebook account in using the plug-in functions—by clicking on the "Like" button, for example. This can only be prevented by logging out before using the plug-in. For further information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, as well as rights and settings options, refer to http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
(7) Every person may request information on the data stored about him and to have such data corrected, blocked or deleted unless legal storage obligations require otherwise. For this, please contact email@example.com.
Notice pursuant to the German Battery Act (Batteriegesetz — BattG)
Because we sell various umbrellas with batteries (button cells), we are obligated under the German Battery Act (BattG) to point out the following to you: Batteries may not be disposed of in household waste; you are obligated instead to return used batteries. Used batteries may contain pollutants that can damage the environment or your health if improperly stored or disposed of. But batteries also contain important raw materials, such as iron, zinc, manganese or nickel, and are recycled. You may either send the batteries back to us after use or return them in the immediate vicinity (e.g. at retail or local collection points) without charge. This crossed-out waste container signifies that you may not dispose of batteries in household waste.
If the customer is a natural person who enters into a legal transaction for a purpose that is predominantly neither commercial nor can it be attributed to the person's independent professional occupation (consumer), the customer has a cancellation right:
Cancellation right
You have the right to rescind the agreement within fourteen days without stating reasons. The cancellation period is fourteen days from the day on which you or a third party named by you who is not the carrier has taken possession of the goods.
To exercise your cancellation right, you must inform us (Eberhard Göbel GmbH & Co. KG, Im Lehrer Feld 44, 89081 Ulm, email: firstname.lastname@example.com, telephone number: 0049(0)731 14013-0, Fax: 0049 (0)731 14013-10) of your decision to rescind this agreement by means of an unambiguous declaration (e.g. by a letter sent by mail, fax or e-mail). You may use the attached sample cancellation form for this, but it is not required. You may also fill out and transmit the sample cancellation form or another unambiguous declaration electronically on our website (www.euroschirm.com). If you make use of this option, we will immediately send you (e.g. via e-mail) a confirmation of the receipt of such cancellation.
To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send the communication on exercising the cancellation right before expiration of the cancellation period.
You can find our sample cancellation form pdf HERE.
Or use our online form.
Consequences of cancellation
If you cancel this agreement, we must promptly refund all payments we have received from you, including the delivery cost (with the exception of additional costs which result from your having selected a different type of delivery than the most inexpensive standard delivery we offered), no later than fourteen days from the day we receive the communication about your cancellation of this agreement. For this refund, we will employ the same payment method which you used with the original transaction unless it was otherwise agreed with you in writing; in no event will you be assessed fees because of this refund.
We may refuse to issue the refund until we have received the goods or you have produced proof that you have sent back the goods, whichever comes first.
You must send or deliver the goods to us (EBERHARD GÖBEL GmbH & Co. KG, Im Lehrer Feld 44, 89081 Ulm) immediately and in any event within fourteen days, starting with the day on which you inform us of the cancellation of the agreement. The deadline is met if you send the goods before expiration of the fourteen day period.
You bear the immediate costs of returning the goods. The costs are estimated to be no more than EUR 20.00.
You must pay for any loss of value of the goods only if such loss of value is attributable to your unnecessary handling of the goods to examine the quality, features and functioning of the goods.
Exclusion of the cancellation right
No cancellation right exists in the case of contracts for the delivery of goods that are not prefabricated and for the manufacture of which an individual selection or requirement by the consumer is essential or that are clearly tailored to the personal requirements of the consumer.
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Minimally Invasive treatment options are used when the problem is not treated by any of the previous means. They include the use of small wires and needles inserted into the vertebral column via catheters. The patient is usually under local anesthesia with intermittent pain relievers being administered.
This therapy uses thermal energy to treat pain resulting from a cracked or bulging spinal disc. A special needle is inserted via a catheter into the disc and heated to a high temperature for up to 20 minutes. The heat thickens and seals the disc wall and reduces inner disc bulge and irritation of the spinal nerve.
This procedure uses radiofrequency energy to treat patients with low back pain from contained, or mildly herniated, discs. Guided by x-ray imaging, a wand-like instrument is inserted through a needle into the disc to create a channel that allows inner disc material to be removed. The wand then heats and shrinks the tissue, sealing the disc wall. Several channels are made depending on how much disc material needs to be removed.
This is a procedure using electrical impulses to interrupt nerve conduction (including the conduction of pain signals) for 6 to 12 months. Using x-ray guidance, a special needle is inserted into nerve tissue in the affected area. Tissue surrounding the needle tip is heated for 90-120 seconds, resulting in localized destruction of the nerves.
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