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Let's face it, when it comes to first date dressing, who knows what the rules are? With so many factors to take into account - location, weather, BANTER LEVELS, it's a fashion minefield out there.
The most important thing though, is self confidence. So having a great outfit which reflects your personal style and that you feel comfortable in is the key to looking and feeling great. Whether you're going to a pub, bar, or for food, take some inspiration from these three trendy ensembles.
If you're more of a tomboy than a dress-up girl, don't feel like you have to over do the feminine vibes just to feel pretty. A ripped boyfriend jean shows a bit of skin and retains serious cool factor. Add a slight heel to elongate the leg and add a smarter touch to a bit of a casual vibe. These peep toe boots are a great trans-seasonal style and are super versatile. As always with a baggier trouser, keep your top more fitted so you don't lose your shape. An embellished shoulder adds a touch of sass to an otherwise relaxed sweatshirt. Keep jewellery to a minimum for a laid back luxe look, an oversized watch is all you need to make sure you're not late for Mr. Right.
If form fitting clothes are more your thing, high five sista! A printed dress will make sure your look is more directional (think Balenciaga rather than Brentwood), but pair with a chic block colour jacket and matching shoes. This is the perfect outfit for a cocktail bar meet, and an incred statement necklace adds all the glamour you need with such a strong look.
If you're unsure on bare arms, a fitted blouse underneath a sleeveless dress is a great way to layer up without losing your silhouette.
A vintage inspired, bohemian babe outfit is perfect for any number of date types. A beaded cami top can be dressed up or down for a daytime meet or a dinner with a high waisted skirt. We recommend a printed midi to add a pop of colour and to stand out from the crowd. Pulling on a pair of Converse channels a chilled festival fashion vibe, but this quirky style would work with ankle boots, courts AND sandals.
This ensemble is all about the accessories. Pile up your midi rings and bangles, and a pair of hoop earrings will have you channeling your inner Coachella chick in no time.
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Eddie Money, 'Two Tickets to Paradise' Singer, Is Dead at 70
Eddie Money, whose string of rock hits in the late 1970s and '80s included "Baby Hold On" and "Two Tickets to Paradise," died on Friday in Los Angeles. He was 70.
His family announced the death in a statement. Mr. Money, whose birth name was Edward Mahoney, had announced last month that he had stage 4 esophageal cancer.
He and his family have been the focus of a reality television show on AXS TV, "Real Money." The episode in which he discussed his cancer was broadcast the night before he died.
Mr. Money, the son of a police officer, was headed for that career himself when he dropped out of the New York Police Academy to move to San Francisco in pursuit of rock stardom. He found it in 1978 when "Baby Hold On," from his self-titled debut album, reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Then came "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Maybe I'm a Fool," among other hits, but in the early 1980s Mr. Money struggled with drugs. He staged several comebacks, however; his hits later in the 1980s included "Take Me Home Tonight" and "Walk on Water."
A full obituary will follow shortly.
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Lee County is expanding the ability of law enforcement to use license plate readers along local roadways.
The Lee County Board of County Commissioners this week OK'd allowing the Cape Coral and Fort Myers police departments to use poles along county roads for the readers.
The move follows a unanimous vote in February to allow the Lee County Sheriff's Office to use Department of Transportation poles for the scanners.
Representatives of all three agencies which won approval to use license plate readers on county poles say they use the devices.
The technology allows the capturing of all license plates on vehicles that pass through areas in which they are set up. The departments store the images on servers, allowing for plates to be searched for location history.
Lee County Sheriff's Office
The Sheriff's Office confirmed that the agency is using license plate readers.
Specific information, though, including how many are in use and what the purpose of the readers are, was not provided.
Requests for more information regarding the Sheriff's Office's license plate readers through the Lee County Government communications office were denied after the Lee County Attorney's Office stated they consulted with the Lee County Sheriff's Office and labeled information regarding the readers a surveillance technique they consider exempt under state law.
The request included whether the Sheriff's Office had made requests to the Department of Transportation to use the readers. Under the county's resolution, the Sheriff's Office must make a request to the DOT before it can access the poles.
Cape Coral Police Department
Cape Coral police have 13 license plate readers. They expect to purchase more to place on county poles within the city, CCPD spokesperson Cpl. Phil Mullen said.
Each ALPR costs approximately $7,500. The department has purchased 12 with grants. Of those, eight are affixed to city poles, two of them are on vehicles and three sit on message board trailers.
Mullen said only authorized users in the department have access to the readers. The department's policy limits queries of the readers to an authorized investigation.
For the department to research a plate's history, it would be focused on major crimes such as kidnapping and missing person cases, Mullen said.
A retail theft case, like a stolen pack of chewing gum, would likely not cause a query of a license plate, he said.
"There is nothing that says we can't use it for that reason," Mullen said.
In a missing persons case, the department could activate the license plate readers to notify the department if a vehicle matching a certain license plate passes through, Mullen said.
"It's a fully audible system," Mullen said. If a license plate query was done, a member of the department would have to enter a reason and there would be a record.
"It's being used for specific investigations," he said.
Addressing privacy concerns, Mullen said "anytime you're out in the public, you're subject to being filmed."
Mullen compared the license plate readers to those used at toll booths.
Fort Myers Police Department
Fort Myers Police Department spokesperson Kristin Capuzzi said the department has three mobile license plate readers which it may move away from in favor of stationary readers on the county poles. The department is working out details on locations. Capuzzi said they would likely be placed in high-crime areas.
Capuzzi said the use of the license plate readers to track movements can be "very helpful" in a murder case or if a child is abducted, where "time is of the essence." She doesn't envision the license plate readers being used for lower-level crimes.
"There is no reason for us to use it for anything but a felony," Capuzzi said.
New Civil Liberties Alliance lawsuit
Automatic license plate readers have been challenged by civil liberties organizations in lawsuits across the nation. Recently, a case filed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance against the City of Coral Gables over its ALPRs advanced in Miami-Dade Circuit Court. The case revolves around Fourth Amendment constitutional protections against unreasonable searches.
Caleb Kruckenberg, litigation counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, is representing Raul Mas Canosa against the City of Coral Gables over its license plate readers.
In Coral Gables, Kruckenberg said ALPRs were set up at every major intersection.
"You can basically track somebody's movements throughout the city."
Under Florida law, those records can be stored for up to three years. Without restrictions, police departments have "unlimited authority to follow people around in their neighborhoods without a warrant or any suspicion of wrongdoing," Kruckenberg said. "You can create a pretty comprehensive view of where somebody has been for three years."
Kruckenberg has cited the 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Jones whereby late Justice Antonin Scalia issued the majority opinion against the U.S. finding federal and metro police violated the Fourth Amendment by placing a GPS device on a vehicle.
In his opinion, Scalia left the door open for challenges on other similar cases by stating that unwarranted tracking of a vehicle "through electronic means, without an accompanying trespass, is an unconstitutional invasion of privacy." Kruckenberg cited Justice Samuel Alito's opinion that monitoring a vehicle's movements over time constitutes a search because it "impinges on expectations of privacy."
In Alito's opinion, he also found that the government's 28 days of tracking was too long.
In his case, Kruckenberg cites Article I, Section 23 of the Florida State Constitution which protects the "right of privacy."
The organization objects to the way departments share the information, creating a broad record of people's movements. According to Kruckenberg, the City of Coral Gables has shared the data with more than 80 different agencies, including federal law enforcement agencies who can store the information indefinitely. Kruckenberg said the government can learn the daily habits and travels of citizens, regardless of any suspicion of a crime.
"We think a lot of the problem in Florida is coming from the state," he said. "They (Department of State, Department of Law Enforcement) are telling municipalities it is acceptable."
The state legislature approved regulations in 2014 for license plate readers, giving authority to the Department of State and Department of Law Enforcement over their use including the timetable for how long the records can be kept.
County commissioners
Lee County Commissioner Ray Sandelli, R-District 3, explained his support for ALPRs.
"We are all concerned about privacy and all these things but when something happens what's the first thing people want to look at? People want to know if there is a camera," Sandelli said. "I'm sure there are some roads where you want it and some where it's not a necessity."
A message left with Lee County Board of County Commissioners Chairman Brian Hamman was not immediately returned.
The resolutions approved by the commissioners cite cost savings.
The cost of acquiring a new pole to fasten a license plate reader has been estimated at $50,000. By accessing the county poles, the agencies only pay $25 per month for electricity to the license plate readers. The agencies have to notify the Traffic Operations Center at least one week before a device is installed.


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Dark clouds continue to hover over the conduct of the elections as protesters on Wednesday for the second time blocked the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), demanding for a shift in the dates of the polls by two months.
The protesters, who alleged marginalisation of the southern part of the country in the distribution of permanent voters' cards (PVCs) said that so far the distribution of PVCs has been skewed against the South in favour of the North.
For instance, the group, the Coalition of Civil Societies and Concerned Nigerians, said the northern states had received 73 per cent of PVCs, while the southern states had received only 46 per cent of PVCs distributed.
According to the Coalition of Civil Societies Group, the North-west zone has a total number of registered voters of 18 million and has received 14 million or 75 per cent of the distributed PVCs, leaving out 2.6m voters that were yet to collect their PVCs.
In the North-east, the group said that the zone has 10.4 million registered voters with 7.4 million PVCs distributed, and 2.9 million eligible voters yet to collect their PVCs; the North-central zone has total registered voters of 10.5 million with 5.5 million recorded to have collected their PVCs and five million said not to have collected theirs.
As for the South-west, the group said there is a total registered voters of 13.1 million, out of which 6.4 million or 48.7 per cent had received their PVC and 6.7 million yet to collect their PVCs, while in the South-south there is a registered voters of 8.9 million, out of which only 3.9 million or 44.1 percent and 4.9 million yet to collect their PVCs.
In the South-east, the group said there is 7.1 million with 3.1 million said to have collected their PVCS, while 4.1 million of the registered voters are yet to collect their PVCs. The group said it would remain one of the wonders of the world for INEC to distribute 24 million PVCs between Wednesday and Sunday, where the commission has eight months to distribute 38 million.
According to the Coordinator of the group, Amanda Chisom, the civil societies are demanding for a shift, which she said is in line with section 132 subsection 2 of the Electoral Act that said that election could be shifted within 90 days.
She said under the circumstances, that the election should be shifted to either March or April to enable the distribution of the PVCs to all eligible voters.
The leader of the group claimed that they were received by an official of INEC from the legal department who informed them that the commission would look into their petition in the next few days.


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FOX News Radio's Tonya J. Powers spends "A Few Moments With" Author and Former Navy SEAL Brandon Webb.
The former Navy SEAL sniper and New York Times best-selling author sits down with FOX News Radio's Tonya J. Powers to discuss his book "Among Heroes: A U.S. Navy SEAL's True Story of Friendship, Heroism, and the Ultimate Sacrifice" which details his personal accounts of the eight friends and fellow SEALs who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Carbon Digital appointed by Standard Chartered bank for international campaign
Carbon Digital have been appointed by Standard Chartered bank for an international campaign.
The creative agency, based at The Landing in MediaCityUK, celebrates its 18th year with a contract to deliver a 'fintech–first' digital campaign for Standard Chartered. Working with the Singapore headquarters, the campaign covers multiple territories and will deliver a unique combination of integrated digital work.
Co-founder Sue said, 'This is an incredibly exciting project for us, which will deliver a true innovation in consumer mobile banking. We are delighted to have won the work after developing a bespoke digital technology in our pitch. It is fantastic to see a project of this size being delivered out of the North West and once again underlines the innovative nature of the region'.
The company saw its strongest first half-year to date, by focusing on providing bespoke solutions in immersive technologies. The company enjoys its 18th year in business and is committed to differentiating its position by continuing to innovate in this area. The team were appointed earlier this year and the work will launch early 2018.


text: Adam Ant (born Stuart Leslie Goddard; 3 November 1954) is an English singer, musician and actor. He gained popularity as the lead singer of new wave group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring 10 UK top ten hits from 1980 to 1983, including three UK No. 1 singles.


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Poisoning – Acute guidelines for initial management Resuscitation
For 24 hour advice, contact Victorian Poisons Information Centre 131126
Symptom onset is usually within 4 hours for standard release preparations and up to 8 to 13 hours following sustained-release or enteric-coated formulations.
Clinical features include nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, ataxia, seizures, coma and life-threatening arrhythmias. Monitoring of drug concentrations can be helpful, particularly if the case of larger ingestions. Bone marrow suppression may occur after 3 to 5 days after massive ingestion.
All children with deliberate self-poisoning or significant (> 100mg/kg OR 50 mg/kg more than the child's usual single therapeutic dose) accidental ingestion
Any symptomatic child
Acute ingestion of unknown quantity
Any child where the developmental age is inconsistent with accidental poisoning as non-accidental poisoning should be considered.
Intentional overdose or accidental
Co-ingestants e.g. paracetamol
Always check for Medicalert bracelet in any unconscious patient, or any other signs of underlying medical condition (fingerprick marks etc.)
Consider the possibility of co ingestions, either accidental or deliberate
ECG: initially and repeat at 6 hours until normal.
Sodium valproate serum concentration (in children with ingestion of > 200mg/kg, unknown amount or significant symptoms)
Toxic concentration
Blood glucose concentration
Paracetamol concentration in all intentional overdoses
All cases of ingestions > 400mg/kg should be discussed with a toxicologist early in regards to decontamination
(e.g. ataxia, GIT symptoms)
Moderate-to-severe or persistent symptoms after 6 hours of observation OR ingestions > 400mg/kg (e.g. Depressed conscious state or cardiac arrhythmias)
Admission should be considered for all children and young people with an intentional overdose or in children with persisting symptoms after 6 hours observation.
If ingestion of >1g/kg sodium valproate or valproate serum concentrations > 6000 micomol/L, the child should be transferred to an intensive care unit with dialysis facilities.
Consult Contact Victorian Poisons Information Centre 131126 for advice
Children with severe symptoms with the potential to require intensive care review
For emergency advice and paediatric or neonatal ICU transfers, call the Paediatric Infant Perinatal Emergency Retrieval (PIPER) Service: 1300 137 650.
Normal GCS
Normal ECG
Period of observation as above
For deliberate ingestion a risk assessment should indicate that the child is at low risk of further self-harm in the discharge setting
prevention for children Parent
Victorian Poisons Information Centre: 13 11 26 www.austin.org.au/poisons
Intentional self –harm: Referral to local mental health services e.g. Orygen Youth Health: 1800 888 320
Recreational poisoning: Referral to YoDAA, Victoria's Youth Drug and Alcohol Advice service: 1800 458 685
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Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of illegal substances can change your life completely, and it can impact the lives of others as well–especially if the intoxication resulted in a catastrophic car accident. When arrested for DUI, it's important to take stock of your rights by hiring an experienced DUI attorney. Even so, a lawyer can't help you with everything you'll be going through as a result of the charges. Your car insurance is likely to go up after a DUI, but how much?
The rate at which a DUI might affect your car insurance premiums depends on a number of factors, some outside of your control. In Florida, your premiums will balloon an average of up to two times the usual rate. If you live in other regions, the rates will be affected differently. Two times is also represented by 100 percent, which is more than the national average of just over 86 percent. By comparison, you'd spend much more living in North Carolina, where your rates would go up an average of about 309 percent. Likewise, in Colorado they would only go up about 18 percent.
When you start driving, you're legally obligated to find a car insurance policy that covers a certain amount of liability for costs that result from accidents or some other situations. This threshold for liability depends on where you live. If you have been convicted of a DUI, then you'll need to file a form SR-22 with your local DMV to prove that you have met this threshold and fulfilled your legal obligation.
Your insurance rate going up isn't the only thing that'll cost you money. Bail can cost up to $2,000. You may have to pay for the towing of your vehicle, which will set you back another $1,000 on the high end. Court fines and lawyer fees can cost up to $3,500. In addition, a conviction means you'll have to pay for alcohol education and possibly treatment, fees for your license, and an ignition lock for your vehicle. The total for all three will run up to another $1,500.
When you add these prices to the already staggering insurance rate hike, a DUI is something that could break the bank for a lot of people. If you're young and not making that much money, then that's too bad–and by coincidence, that's the exact demographic most likely to get hit with a DUI. At the end of the day, you'll be lucky if your insurance company doesn't drop you from the plan. Be careful, and drive safe–and sober!


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Description Adam's dreams of growing massive pec-tits like the wrestlers he admires come true—in spades.
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The year is 2070, and Adam is a teenage skateboarding ace, but he has a secret ambition. Athletically fit from constant boarding, he enjoys the thrill of the moment when you are suspended in air, the whole world seeming to belong to you. But he secretly admires the new boys of the College wrestling team, who have enormous pec-boobs. Although they had been banned for a spell, and had to find a new league of their own, they competed regularly. They had a secret to their giant pec-tits, and Adam wanted to be big enough to go on that team.
Trying to pose down at the beach, Adam could never compete with the beach bums and muscle men that hung out there. Adam thought that he was not ugly, but the girls (and boys) seemed to be drawn to all the other posers. Walking along, Adam noticed on a low wall a necklace sitting there. He had always thought that the beach boys got the girls with their necklaces of sharks teeth and such, and had considered getting one himself. Now here was one sitting right in front of him. It had a bright green pebble set in the middle, and looked like silver or something. He should not really take it, but strangely no one else around seemed to have noticed it. Adam put it on, and walking among the beach boys he posed and rippled his sixpack, but no one seemed to notice him. Disappointed, Adam went to the local gym for a session. As he was an impoverished teenager, Adam had a deal with the gym where he did odd jobs, and got free gym sessions in return. Thinking about the pec-tit wrestlers hehad seen earlier, Adam concentrated on chest exercise, 3 sets of 15 reps and so on. He also wished he was better looking, like the 'cute' kids the girls (and boys) always talked about.
Adam returned to his small cupboard of a flat, and got ready for bed. He kept the necklace on 'for good luck', more in desperation than hope that it would help him get the girls (and boys). Adam did not sleep well, his whole body was in pain, and he cursed himself for doing gym exercises he was not used to. It was much later than normal when Adam woke, and he felt fatigued after his lack of sleep. He stumbled across to the toilet area (Adam's place was so small that everything was in the one room) and looked in the mirror. At first he could not focus, then he could not see much. He found he had to bend down to see himself. A stranger, more 'cute' face looked back at him. Adam jumped back and hit his head on the ceiling. 'What?' he thought. Adam bent down and looked in the mirror again—even his hair looked good. As he stepped back to get a better view, he saw he had pecs like a 40DDD porn queen. 'WOW' he thought, am I dreaming? As he squeezed one of the giant boobs to see if they were real, a jet of white milky like liquid shot out. 'Wow,' he thought.
Adam realised that he was almost 7 foot tall now, and he had to get to college. He was running late, and soon found he had no clothes to fit him. It would just have to be his trunks. As he jogged to the college his new pec-boobs bounced up and down in front of him, sometimes obscuring his view, but he liked the feeling he got, and his whole body trembled with pleasure as his nipples rose and hardened, and more of the white liquid started to spray from them. He ignored the stares he got from passersby as he ran, and soon he was at college. As he walked to class he heard a voice shout 'Hey you, kid'. He turned and saw one of the Coaches of the big pec-boob wrestling team. 'Have you ever thought about wrestling? The Coach asked.' 'Have I!' thought Adam, better play it cool tho' he thought. 'Well, maybe, I have seen the guys sometimes, I may be interested' hesaid, trying to remain cool, but streams of the white juice started to express themselves from his erect rock hard nipples. 'See me at the gym in an hour' said the Coach, his eyes fixed on Adam's tight nipples and the juices running out of them.
Adam entered the gym, and found it full of young guys, all of different build and heights, but all with one thing in common, they all had giant pec-boobs. Adam had thought when he had seen them out training before that they had the biggest pecs he had ever seen, but as he looked around he began to realise he had the biggest tits of anyone there. All the wrestlers stopped what they were doing when he walked across the room, and he was sure some of them started to pleasure themselves. They all came right up to him, and followed him all the way as he walked over to Coach. 'Glad you could make it' said Coach, as he started to massage Adam's huge boob mass. 'Let's get some muscle in here, there are various machines we will start you on'. Adam was put into machines that sucked and pulled on his boobs, fondled them, and massage them so hard they swelled before his eyes. The last machine was strapped over each boob and began to work them up and down, giving Adam pleasurehe had never known before, but his boob muscle grew so quickly that it smashed the machine, throwing parts all over the gym. Adam now had the biggest muscle filled pec-boobs ever seen in the world. Coach came across and began to massage his boob mass again, and Adam's muscle-juice began to flow freely from his steel like nipples. Soon Coach, and the whole wrestling team, was drinking on it.
Although Adam did not concentrate much on his other muscles, they seemed to grow sympathetically with his pec-boobs. Glutes like striated boulders, overdeveloped to counterbalance his gigantic muscle boobs, and a manhood like 3 beachballs trapped in his oversize posing trunks. Adam was pleased with all this development, and he was as 'cute' looking as he had ever wanted to be. The girls, and boys, followed him around everywhere.
Winning was easy for Adam, all he had to do was fall forward on to his opponents and trap them under his colossal boobs. The contest would be over in less than a second, Adam always being the victor. 'Too easy' thought young Adam. Soon he would run out of opponents and have to leave the team, but Adam was happy as long as he had his giant juice filled muscled up pec-tits and his 'cute' looks.
Adam returned to his favourite gym where he worked out every day, and was worshiped as a God by all who trained there.
One day there was a commotion in the street outside, an Army tank on test had broken down, and was on fire. Luckily the crew had escaped. Adam walked towards the tank, flexing his mighty biceps and pecdancing his huge boobs. His nipples swelled as tons of muscle-juice were created, and veins writhed all over his boobs like snakes under the skin. As Adam went into a chest pose his nipples burst like fire hoses from his muscled tits, and gallons of his muscle-juice sprayed all over the burning tank, covering it completely, smothering the fire and putting it out. However Adam's muscle-juice is the densest material known to man, and the weight of it squashed the 50 ton tank into a flat-pack.
Ignoring the stares of onlookers, Adam returned to the gym, by which time his amazing pec-tits had already made 10 gallons of muscle-juice each. He would have to start working out again to get rid of it all, but there was no shortage of volunteers to lap it all up, and suck on his mighty boobs. The gym had installed a car wash for Adam, so he could get his giant boobs and nipples cleaned, and also inside his deep cleavage, as he could not reach there. However if he used the showers there was no lack of volunteers to help wipe and polish his huge muscle filled tits, and suck on his muscle-juice as it was encouraged to flow with all this fondling. Gym staff were on hand with mops and buckets as a back up, if the drains blocked then the whole gym could be flooded. But mostly the Staff were on their hands and knees lapping up all this muscle-juice.
Adam had come to an arrangement with the gym where they collected as much of his muscle juice as they wanted, and he got free use of all their facilities. They froze it and sold under the name of 'Adam's Muscle Milk' or just 'Adam's Milk'. Adam thought their advertising slogan was lame, but as an 18-year-old what did he know. A Popeye like cartoon character drank from a bucket of muscle-juice and said 'I am what I am cos I drinks my AM'. A skinny 17 year old had stolen 2 buckets of Adam's muscle-juice and drunk them, and within a few days he had grown 3 feet taller, had 90 inch pecs, and 50 inch biceps, so the story went, so there was no shortage of buyers for the muscle juice.
Returning to his home, Adam had had to have a whole wall replaced with a garage like door, so he could get into his flat. At first he could sleep on his back, on the floor, his nipples almost touching the ceiling, or face down, his giant boobs making an excellent mattress, the back of his head just touching the ceiling. But as he grew bigger all over he had to slide in the flat sideways, so he had to decide which side he would sleep on tonight before he entered. If he turned during the night his massive muscle filled boobs would surely burst thru the ceiling into the apartment above, but Adam did not mind. Tomorrow he would start the routine all over again, go to the gym at 7 a.m., workout on all the equipment, eat all their food, shower, jog home at night, and go to bed, and so on and on.
Adam was happy with his routine, as long as he got bigger and bigger muscle filled tits, happy with the pleasure they brought him with their muscle-juice, and happy that everyone sucked on them and fondled them to get at his juice. He thought he might pleasure himself by playing with his giant manhood muscle, and wondered how big and extreme it could become. It had started to eject muscle juice as well when he played with it, but at the moment he kept it all for himself.
Adam was more beautiful and cute than he could ever want, he had the biggest muscle filled pec-tits ever known in history, each the size of a Volkswagen, and Adam slept the sleep of the innocent, knowing that things could only get better and better and better for him.
As Adam constantly worked on his bulging manhood and pleasured himself with it, it quickly developed muscles of its own, instead of being the flaccid member it should be, only becoming erect as blood was pumped in. The more Adam pleasured himself, the more muscles his dick grew along its length, and Adam found, without much effort, he was able to flex them as easily as he could his biceps. The more sections of muscle that grew in his dick, the further it extended. Adam found that with good muscle control he could enlarge it easily to 5 feet long, then another 5 feet, then another and so on at will, extending it like a hydraulic muscle engorged ladder until it was easily 20 feet long, and it was still growing muscles along its length. It was easily 3 feet in diameter, and as hard as rock in the sections that Adam pumped up.
Adam found that as his balls produced more and more of his muscle-juice, he could clench the far end of his dick until the pressure build up was immense. Then he would let go his grip, and a tsunami wave of muscle-juice burst forth. It would sweep away vehicles and people if any were in the way, but Adam was careful to this only on demand. The flow would then subside to a more normal river-like one, and his pulsating balls could easily keep this going for an hour or so.
The gym organised regular displays of Adam's powers, sometimes more than one a day, and Adam became the world's greatest tourist attraction. The street would be cordoned off, and Adam would sit in the middle, supported by his huge boulder like glutes, and begin his show. On demand he would start to erect and extend his dick, slowly engorging it and growing its length one 'section' at a time. This was just the start of the show, onlookers would be warned to stay clear as he unleashed his torrent of muscle-juice from his dick's huge bell like end, but some insisted in jumping in the way to get the 'full' experience. As his juice flow reduced to its normal river like state, the public were allowed in. Adam enjoyed the intense sexual pleasure he got as they hugged his giant dick, walked along it, even jumped on it, and caressed its end and sucked on his muscle juice. The gym arranged events, and trailbikes would run along its length, a spectacle for the onlookers, and increasing many fold the sexual pleasure Adam got from people touching his huge throbbing member.
Adam would then further pump up his rippling muscled manhood until his erection was over his head. With a last effort from his over stretched balls, he shot a mushroom cloud of his muscle juice high into the sky. It rained down over the city, and people swam in it like flies in treacle. There were many claims, and bogus claims, for compensation but with the profits the gym made from Adam they were able to quickly buy up the entire city. Adam would then let his throbbing muscled erection go limp, and return it to street level. With his incredible muscle control Adam was able to pull the entire length of his manhood inside his groin, leaving only his over developed testicles hanging loose like beach balls.
Then Adam retired to the new washbed the gym had constructed for him. The special lances and hoses enabled the Staff to powerwash every part of his body. The gym also sold tickets for this, and there was a constant flow of fans wanting to scrub and dry every part of Adam's amazing oversized bulging muscle-rippling body. Adam loved the sexual stimulation all this hands-on attention gave him, and sometimes the show would continue for many hours after it was supposed to finish.
Any clothes Adam got were quickly destroyed by his bulging body and oversized muscles bursting out of them, and as the city was always sunny, he went naked everywhere, being pointed out as an aspirational goal for everyone.
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Safety Tips for When There's Ice on the Sidewalk
During the winter months, snow and ice are a common occurrence as are icy roads and sidewalks with ice on them. Slipping on icy surfaces can cause an array of injuries and embarrassment. Therefore, it is useful to know how to be safe when there is ice on the sidewalk so you don't get hurt or surprised by an unexpected slip.
Wear Shoes with Adequate Traction
The more traction you have on your shoes, the less likely it will be that you will slip and fall because of ice. Flat-soled tennis or casual shoes create very little friction when you step on an icy patch—they slip and glide over ice like a hockey puck. Thick-soled boots are the best combatant against icy sidewalks; the more traction the better.
Walk on Fresh Snow Instead of Compacted or Icy Snow
If you're walking on an incredibly icy sidewalk, it is usually safer to walk in the fresh snow surrounding the pavement instead of the actual sidewalk. Fresh snow provides much more traction and will cushion your steps. The fresh snow is compacted under your feet as you step on it, keeping your body in place.


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Moving from Symptoms to Solution
Menopause doesn't need to be frightening. The first thing you need to know is that you are not alone. All women experience menopause, but each in a unique way. Through education and acceptance, transitioning through menopause can become one of the most normal stages in a woman's life.
Menopause usually occurs between the ages of 50-52, but some women begin experiencing it as early as 35 and even as late as 60. There is no clear-cut age when it will start, nor how long it will last.
There are 3 stages of Menopause and this whole process lasts about 15 years.
Stage One
The first stage is known as perimenopause, signified by irregular periods and spotting due to the fluctuation of hormones in the body. During this time, eggs are still being released from the ovaries, though ovulation will be sporadic.
Perimenopause usually lasts 2-5 years, but it can differ with each woman. During this time, the fluctuation of the hormones can cause symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats and increased irritability.
Stage Two
During the second stage, women will no longer experience any menstruation. This usually occurs in women 50 years or older. A woman is considered to be in menopause if menstruation is absent for 12 consecutive months.
During this time, estrogen levels will decline and the body will stop producing progesterone. Common symptoms are hot flashes, headaches and mood swings that can be unbearable for the sufferer and the rest of the family.
Stage Three
The third and final stage is known as postmenopause. During this time the symptoms of menopause disappear, thus no more hot flashes, mood swings and sometimes unbearable headaches, so your family can live with you again.
Probably one of the most important steps you can take in the fight against menopausal symptoms is to be mentally prepared for the onslaught. This just means that you have to know as much as possible about this time in your life, but without becoming obsessed with it.
Fighting Symptoms Naturally
Food containing plant estrogens has been proven to control cholesterol and help relieve some menopausal symptoms. This is the best remedy to relieve the symptoms of menopause and help you have a fulfilling life the natural way.
The following foods are known to contain plant estrogens: flaxseed oil, nuts, celery, parsley, Lima beans and soy products. Consuming a well-balanced diet with all of these estrogen rich foods will certainly ease the menopause period.
Exercise regularly
There is a saying that says a healthy body houses a healthy spirit, and that is so true. A proper diet and a good workout are indispensable to ease the menopause period. The other side of the coin is that a lack of exercise will increase the menopausal symptoms as well as the intensity of the menopausal symptoms. With a lack of exercise also comes the risk of weight gain, osteoporosis, and cardiac problems.
Where are You in Your Cycle?
The Canary ClubAdvancedPlus Hormone Panel provides a comprehensive assessment of your thyroid, reproductive and adrenal hormones plus your Vitamin D levels. Hormonal symptoms often overlap with one another so a full evaluation of your overall hormonal profile is critical in diagnosing the core issues.
The Adrenal gland helps the body regulate its stress response by synthesizing corticosteroids and catecholamines, including cortisol and adrenaline. The reproductive glands (testes and ovaries) produce hormones (testosterone and estrogen) that are critical to regulating mood, energy levels, and metabolism.
Vitamin D is a critical component in maintaining bone density, which diminishes as we age.
We have just discussed a few very important steps to ease your menopausal symptoms, although there are many more ways to assist in this battle. There are things to do which will help with each symptom specifically and there are herbs, medication and natural remedies that may eliminate all the symptoms.
Our Canary Club home test kits will start you on your way to transitioning from menopause symptoms to solutions to this inevitable stage in your life.


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Jeffrey Tambor Stands Up For Bruce Jenner
Ever since the rumors began about Keeping Up With the Kardashians star Bruce Jenner's allegedly being transgender, many peope have offered up their opinions. While some are supportive of Jenner's possible transition, others have been judgmental. One particular celebrity who is standing up for Jenner is Transparent star Jeffery Tambor. While chatting with reporters before the Point Foundation's Point Honors Gala on Monday, Jeffrey Tambor supported Bruce Jenner and his words are both inspiring, powerful, and something everyone needs to hear.
For those unaware, Tambor plays a transgender woman on the Amazon series Transparent. He even took home a Golden Globe for his performance earlier this year. During his acceptance speech, Tambor spoke to the transgender community and said, "Thank you for your courage, thank you for your inspiration, thank you for your patience, and thank you for letting us be a part of the change." So, the fact that Tambor is standing up for Jenner, who may or may not be planning to come out as transgender, is no surprise.
"I think Jenner has a right to do what Jenner wants to do, and the way Jenner wants to do it," Tambor said. "I don't think we should say, 'Oh, you have to come out this way, or you have to come out this way.' It's not fair. I wish Jenner happiness and an authentic life. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness — that's in the Constitution, damnit!"
Tambor didn't stop there and said he thinks Jenner's alleged transition is shining a light on an important topic that too many people ignore. He said,
I think it's great! I think the more light and education there is about all of this is important. But I think people go, "Oh, I hope Jenner does it right." You know, Jenner can do it the way Jenner wants to do it. If he wants to do it making a documentary, then do it.
Thanks to shows like Orange Is the New Black, which features transgender actress Laverne Cox, and Tambor's show Transparent, the entertainment world is opening up a discussion about being transgender that has been ignored for far too long. Like Tambor said, Jenner's rumored transition is a good thing for those who don't know much about the transgender community. Whether he ends up coming out or not, the conversation has been started and it's an important one.
Hopefully, Jenner's interview with Diane Sawyer will also open up the discussion even more. Again, official details surrounding Jenner and Sawyer's 20/20 chat have yet to be released, but if they do discuss Jenner's alleged transition, then it will surely be an inspiring two hours that will no doubt educate individuals about the transgender community — an important topic that everyone should be aware of.
Editors Note: Until/unless Jenner has personally confirmed the transgender rumors and the intention to begin presenting as a woman, Bustle will continue to refer to the track star as a man and father, using male pronouns. Jenner deserves the courtesy of being able to "tell his story his way" when ready, as step-daughter Kim said, and Bustle will only make those changes if/when Jenner confirms.
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Tamworth Photographic Club was founded in 1968.
The club was born in a photographic class at the local college at the suggestion of the lecturer who became its first chairman.
One of the highlights of our club is our main programme, which takes place every Wednesday at 8pm. Top lecturers travel from all parts of the UK, to present the best in club and professional photography. Competition nights include helpful critique from qualified assessors in colour, monochrome prints and projected images at various levels of photographic skill.
As well as receiving visiting lecturers, the club arranges practical evenings, tutorials, internal competitions and competes against other local clubs.
The club meets on Wednesdays at Wilnecote Working Men's Club at 8pm.
The club season runs from September to May / June, and breaks over the summer.
Membership is open to all. One year's subscription costs £40, plus a one off fee of £12 for the first year; non-members can attend three meetings free of charge to decide if the club is for them.
Come along and we'll make you very welcome, alternatively contact us if you have any questions.
Committee Members:
Hon. Treasurer
Internal Competition Secretary
External Competition Secretary
Programme Secretary
Committee Members
Web Design
Pete Atkins
Angie Cotterill
Simon Atkins Bsc (Hons) FCA
Russell Lomas
Roy Chambers
Steve Champion
Les Cotterill
Pete Atkins
Alec Benwell
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Mandy Boss & Gez Boss
The club is run by a committee of nominated members.
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Volume 69 Issue 5 May 2019
Leading historians discuss one of the burning questions of the day.
Who cares whether China stops buying soy from the United States? History suggests we all should.
Travelling the world with the diaspora, jerk is an artefact of Jamaica's troubled colonial history and a powerful testament to the island's centuries-long quest for freedom.
A chaotic, menacing assembly of gods and trolls and restless souls.
Periods are a fact of life, but little talked about. How did women in the concentration camps cope with the private being made public in the most dire and extreme circumstances?
After a disastrous Second World War, Japan abolished its armed forces and embraced pacifism. With renewed tensions in East Asia, can it last?
In the medieval period you could touch the divine – and smell it, see it, hear it and taste it, sometimes all at once.
The medieval world was incredibly learned, but how did its great bank of knowledge spread – from Classical Greece to the libraries of the East and from there to the bookshelves of England?
Teenagers were agents of change in 1960s Britain, but the birth of youth movements such as the Mods was heavily indebted to the multicultural society from which they grew.
Found guilty of fraud, the French chemist was executed on 8 May 1794.
Can Welsh history be separated from British history, or are they too intertwined?
Lal Ded was a pioneer of Kashmiri poetry, who raised the consciousness of the common people and challenged ideas of caste, religion and gender.
Many people have been accused of trying to establish a Fourth Reich, but what was it?
What's the point of petitions?
The work of the historian Norman Cohn has taken on a new resonance. We should heed his warnings.
'We can't see our own blindspots, so, as we anatomise those of our predecessors, we perpetuate our own.'
After 800 years, a playful medieval poem still offers lessons in how not to debate.


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The 2017 Conference Planners' Guide
Your opportunity to be involved
Would you like to be part of our Daylesford Macedon Conference Planners' Guide?
Our 2017 guide has just been published and if you'd like to register your interest for being included in future guides please email Sally email@example.com or call on 03 5309 2775.
Building on the success of the 2016 Conference Planners' Guide, the 2017 Guide will inspire conference planners, wherever they are, to choose this exceptional region for their next event.
This tool will assist and inspire Business Event, Meeting, Incentives and Conference Planners to consider planning their next event in the Daylesford & Macedon Ranges region.
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In addition to online, the Guide is being distributed to planners via Business Event Victoria (BEV) conferences and networking events – which kicked off with the BEV Regional Victoria Showcase on the 27th of May, 2017.
The A4 quality publication showcases our region and the appealing selections of CONFERENCE VENUES, ACCOMMODATION & ACTIVITIES that enable organisers to run an unforgettable corporate event.
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What Are The Features Of Crimsafe Mesh And How Can It Protect My Home?
By Mario McKellop
The Los Angeles Times recently reported that property crime went up for the third straight year, with several LA-area neighborhoods suffering a double-digit increase in burglaries. As such, homeowners in the area should consider improving their home security by reinforcing their houses' most vulnerable entry points with Wynstan USA's Crimsafe Tensile-Tuff Mesh Security Screens.
What are security screens?
Security screens are thin but powerful metal screens that are installed in front of windows and doors to make them harder to break into. While security screens are commonly associated with the ugly wrought iron burglar bars and reinforced security doors used in jewelry stores, Crimsafe's screens offer a high degree of protection against intruders without compromising your home's curb appeal.
What makes Crimsafe's security screens unique?
As opposed to lower quality products sold by other companies, Crimesafe's security screens are made of 304 Grade Stainless Steel Mesh. That means they are extremely resistant to repeated dynamic impact and edged weapon attacks. And because of the Crimsafe's patented clamp system, which sandwiches Tensile-Tuff mesh between two pieces of serrated aluminum, the screen can't be torn away, kicked in or pried loose. Crimsafe's screens are treated with corrosion resistant additives, so they are incredibly easy to clean and have an approximate lifespan of 65 years.
Crimsafe's security screens protect against natural hazards
In addition to offering a high degree of perfection against home invaders, Crimsafe's security screens can also protect your family and possessions from certain natural hazards. Crimsafe's mesh consists of strands that are 0.9 mm thick, which is 0.1 mm thicker than industry standard. As a result, it can stand up to hailstorms and windswept debris that would otherwise cause expensive window damage. And as Crimsafe mesh has an aperture (opening) size of 1.5mm x 1.5mm, it can keep wildfire season burning debris out of your home.
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Áine Belton originates from County Meath, Ireland. She has been living in Toronto since late December 2015, having emigrated to live with her wife. Áine completed her M.A. in Fine Art at UCA Canterbury in 2012. She received her B.A. in Fine Art from I.A.D.T., in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin (Institute of Art, Design and Technology) in 2009. She was a member of the CRATE and UCA project Collaborative Research Group (CRG) from 2013-2015. Áine works as a freelance graphic designer and enjoys cycling, travel, book making and collage poetry. She is a co-editor of ESC Zine since 2011, an independent arts and literary zine.
Most recently, she was awarded funding from Art Starts from their Micro-grant programme. Áine utilised this grant to create a photobook from doing a collaborative community project called "Double Exposure – Portrait Series: Cyclists of Toronto". In 2016, she published her first kids' book – an activity book based on the WW1 objects in the Dover Transport Museum in Kent, United Kingdom. Selected artworks are in the collection of UCA Canterbury as well as other private collections in the UK and Ireland. She has been featured in DAD's 10th Anniversary concert and exhibition (2016), Limbo's Associate Member Show (2014), PhotoIreland Festival (2013), The European Media Arts Festival (2013) as well as in the literary publications Viersomes 004, No-wave magazine, Cracked on the Rock Zine, Oh Francis and Splinter magazine.


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Apr 15, 2018
Former co-host and current frequent guest Darren Franich is now a married man! As a present, we asked him to assign us the movies that he would like to hear us discuss on his flight back from sunny Europe. He selected two classics: Carol Reed's THE THIN MAN and Michael Mann's COLLATERAL. We throw in some s2 WESTWORLD and STAR TREK: DISCOVERY just for fun.
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U.S based Nigerian DJ – also Starboy DJ – Dj Mekzy teams up with A-list Nigerian artist CDQ to release this dope single titled "O KPOR".
O Kpor is the trending slang right now in Lagos, Nigeria, and with this latest single, we can say the meaning of this slang will be well explained to you.
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Highlights and updates
- Open enrollment for 2020 health plans has ended, although residents with qualifying events can still enroll or make changes to their coverage for 2020. The next open enrollment period, for plans effective in 2021, will begin November 1, 2020.
- Small average rate decrease for 2020; Medica expanded its coverage area and three new insurers joined the exchange.
- Nearly 203,000 people enrolled in plans for 2020, down from a high of more than 290,000 in 2016.
- Short-term health plans can be sold in Missouri with initial plan terms up to six months.
- Medica joined the exchange in Kansas City for 2019 (and a look at how insurer participation has changed over time in Missouri's exchange).
- Average rate increases for 2019 were modest (and a look at average rate increases in previous years).
- Lawmakers rejected a bill that would have created a reinsurance program for 2019.
- Starting with 2018 plans, Missouri became an effective rate review state, which means state officials (instead of the federal government) review and approve proposed rates and plans.
Missouri exchange overview
Missouri uses the federally facilitated marketplace, which means residents enroll through HealthCare.gov if they want a plan through the exchange.
Open enrollment for 2020 health plans has ended, although Missouri residents with qualifying events can still enroll or make changes to their coverage for 2020 (this includes anyone who loses employer-sponsored health insurance as a result of the coronavirus pandemic; options are available for these people to maintain health coverage). The next open enrollment period, for plans effective in 2021, will begin November 1, 2020.
Average rate decrease for 2020, plus 3 new insurers
Missouri has established a task force aimed at making the state's insurance market more robust and affordable, but even before the task force convened, several insurers had filed plans to join the state's exchange or expand their existing coverage area for 2020. And the insurers that already offered plans in Missouri's exchange implemented a small overall rate decrease for 2020.
Missouri had four insurers offering plans in the exchange in 2019, and that grew to seven for 2020. Anthem (Healthy Alliance Life Insurance), Cigna, Ambetter/Celtic (Centene), and Medica offered coverage in various areas of the state in 2019. For 2020, Oscar Health, SSM Health Insurance, and Cox Health Systems joined the exchange.
Cox Health Systems
Cox Health Systems (SERFF filing number COXH-132005795) is offering EPO plans in seven counties in the Springfield area (Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone, Taney, and Webster, all of which are in Rating Area 8). Cox did not participate in the individual market in Missouri in 2019, but they did offer plans outside the exchange in 2018. For 2020, Cox's filing noted that their plans would only be available through the exchange, with a projected enrollment of about 8,000 people.
Oscar Health
Oscar Health (SERFF filing number OHIN-131965597) offers coverage on- and off-exchange in the Kansas City area for 2020. Their filing was limited to Rating Area 3, where they are offering coverage in Jackson, Clay, and Platte counties (Cass County is also in Rating Area 3, but Oscar confirmed that their coverage area would not include Cass County). Oscar's filing memo noted that while the majority of their provider network is concentrated in Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, they do also have some providers in surrounding counties, and members would also be able to access Oscar's providers on the Kansas side of Kansas City area, in Johnson and Wyandotte counties. Oscar's filing indicated that they anticipated about 2,500 individual market enrollees for 2020. Oscar has not previously offered coverage in Missouri's individual market.
SSM Health Insurance
SSM Health Insurance (SERFF filing number DHPL-132014049) offers coverage on- and off-exchange in St. Charles County, St. Louis County, and St. Louis City, which are all in Rating Area 6. SSM is an integrated delivery system with an established presence in the midwest, but they had not previously offered coverage in Missouri's individual market.
2020 rate changes for existing insurers: A 2% average decrease
Missouri's four insurers that already offered plans in the exchange in 2019 filed proposed rate changes for 2020 in the summer of 2019. Rates were reviewed by Missouri regulators, but the state's ability to adjust rates is limited. The following average rate increases were implemented after the review process was completed:
- Anthem (Healthy Alliance Life Insurance): 4.6 percent increase. Healthy Alliance had about 32,000 members in 2019. (SERFF filing number AWLP-132022039)
- Cigna: 0.9 percent increase. Cigna had 58,033 members in 2019 (SERFF filing number CCGH-132020858)
- Ambetter/Celtic (Centene): 7.4 percent decrease Celtic has 86,622 individual market enrollees in 2019, and plans to offer coverage in 57 counties in 2020 (SERFF filing number CELT-132019666)
- Medica: 2.79 percent increase. Medica had 3,731 individual market enrollees in 2019 (SERFF filing number MEDI-132013748). In 2019, Medica's plans were only available in Rating Area 3, in Cass, Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties. In 2020, they expanded into several neighboring counties (all still in the Kansas City area), with plans available in Caldwell, Daviess, Henry, Grundy, Johnson, Lafayette, Clinton, Dekalb, and Livingston counties.
At ACA Signups, Charles Gaba calculated an overall average rate decrease of 2 percent for Missouri's existing insurers.
Missour exchange enrollment: 2014-2020
202,750 people enrolled in private plans through the Missouri exchange during the open enrollment period for 2020 coverage, which ran from November 1, 2019 through December 15, 2019. This was the fourth year in a row that enrollment declined in Missouri's exchange, down from a high of more than 290,000 people in 2016.
For perspective, here's a look at prior enrollment numbers in Missouri's exchange:
- 2014: 152,335 people enrolled
- 2015: 253,430 people enrolled
- 2016: 290,201 people enrolled
- 2017: 244,382 people enrolled.
- 2018: 243,382 people enrolled.
- 2019: 220,461 people enrolled
- 2020: 202,750 people enrolled
Nationwide, there was an enrollment drop of about 5 percent in 2017, although Missouri's enrollment dropped more sharply, by about 16 percent. The enrollment declines in 2017 and 2018 were due to a variety of factors, including uncertainty about GOP efforts to repeal the ACA, the Trump Administration's decision to sharply reduce funding for exchange marketing and enrollment assistance, and sharp premium increases for people who aren't eligible for premium subsidies (those rate increases were partially due to the market instability caused by GOP efforts to repeal the ACA). There was another nationwide average enrollment decline in 2018 of about 5 percent.
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Four insurers offered plans as of 2019, with Medica's entry in the Kansas City area
Missouri's exchange had three insurers in 2018: Anthem (Healthy Alliance Life Insurance), Cigna, and Ambetter/Celtic (Centene). But that grew to four for 2019, with Medica's announcement in June 2018 that they planned to join the Missouri exchange in the Kansas City area (Cass, Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties) as of 2019. Medica began offering plans on the Kansas side of the Kansas City area in 2018, and expanded into the Missouri side for 2019.
The Missouri Department of Insurance created a map that shows the coverage areas of the four individual market insurers for 2019 (plans are available both on and off-exchange). In four counties in the Kansas City area, plans are available from three insurers (Cigna, Medica, and Ambetter/Celtic).
Consumers in the St. Louis area can choose from two insurers in 2019, as can consumers in southwestern Missouri. But most rural areas of the state continue to have just one insurer offering plans — in most cases, either Anthem (Healthy Alliance Life) or Celtic/Ambetter.
Missouri exchange dropped from four insurers to three in 2018
The Missouri exchange had four participating insurers for 2017, but two of them — Humana and Blue KC — announced that they would exit the exchange at the end of 2017, and did not offer plans for 2018.
The other two — Anthem (Healthy Alliance Life) and Cigna — continued to offer coverage in the exchange (Cigna's participation was limited to 10 counties in the St. Louis area and five counties in the Kansas City Area).
Humana announced in February 2017 that they would end their ACA-compliant individual products at the end of 2017, in all 11 states (including Missouri) where they offered coverage in 2017. Humana plans were available in five Missouri counties in 2017: Jasper, Green, Newton, Jackson, and Clay. Humana members needed to select new coverage for 2018.
Blue KC offered individual market coverage — on and off-exchange — in 30 western Missouri counties in 2017. But they announced in May 2017 that they would exit the ACA-compliant individual market at the end of 2017, in both Missouri and Kansas, and that 67,000 enrollees would need to secure new 2018 coverage during open enrollment. People who had grandmothered and grandfathered individual market plans (ie, purchased prior to October 2013) were not impacted by the exit.
In 25 counties in western Missouri, Blue KC's impending exit initially meant that there were no insurers slated to offer exchange coverage in 2018 (all but the five Kansas City-area counties where Cigna also offered coverage). Blue KC noted in their announcement that they had lost more than $100 million on their ACA-compliant individual market plans through 2016, calling the losses unsustainable.
Blue KC sought, and obtained, an exemption from the five-year ban on re-entering a market after exiting (the ban on re-entry is a HIPAA regulation that long pre-dates the ACA). Because Blue KC continued to renew their grandmothered and grandfathered plans, their exit from the ACA-compliant individual market is not considered a full market exit, and they may begin selling individual market plans again at any point in the future.
In June 2017, Missouri Insurance Director Chlora Lindley-Myers announced that Ambetter/Celtic Insurance (a Centene company) would be joining the exchange for 2018, and would offer coverage in all 25 of the counties that would otherwise have been left without an insurer in the wake of Blue KC's exit. In total, Ambetter/Celtic offered exchange plans in 40 counties in Missouri in 2018.
Anthem's coverage area shrank in 2018, but expanded in 2019
Until the end of 2017, Anthem offered exchange plans in most of Missouri — everywhere except the 30 western counties that were served by Blue KC. For 2018, however, Anthem's participation was reduced to 68 counties (a full list is in a press release), and the insurer noted that these were all counties that would otherwise have had no insurers offering coverage.
Among the areas Anthem exited were Boone County (Columbia) and the St. Louis area. In both of those areas, Cigna plans were available for 2019 (Cigna's 2018 rate filing included rating area 5, which includes Boone County. Rating area 5 is comprised of 17 counties, but I confirmed with Cigna that their expansion is limited to Boone County, and not the rest of rating area 5).
Anthem exited these 16 counties: Barry, Boone, Christian, Franklin, Greene, Jasper, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Newton, Saint Charles, Saint Francois, Saint Louis, Sainte Genevieve, Warren, and Washington.
For 2019, however, Anthem increased their coverage area to 76 counties, returning to Barry, Boone, Christian, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, and Saint Francois counties.
Coventry and UnitedHealthcare exited the exchange at the end of 2016
Aetna subsidiary Coventry offered plans in the Missouri exchange until the end of 2016, but abruptly exited the exchange market two weeks before the start of open enrollment for 2017 coverage. I talked with the Missouri Department of Insurance about Coventry's market share in 2016, and they said that the size of the individual market had "exploded" in Missouri, and that Coventry had picked up a disproportionate number of the new enrollees, since their rates had been among the lowest in the state.
UnitedHealthcare also exited the exchange in Missouri at the end of 2016, and stopped selling any ACA-compliant individual market plans, on- or off-exchange.
People with on-exchange Coventry or UnitedHealthcare plans in 2016 needed to select another plan — or the exchange selected one for them — during open enrollment that fall, as neither insurer's plans were no longer available through the exchange as of January 2017.
Average rate increases for 2019 were modest
The Missouri Department of Insurance posted a summary of the average rate changes for 2019. In the individual market, all four insurers are offering plans both on- and off-exchange for 2019, with the following average rate changes:
- Healthy Alliance Life (Anthem): 2.15 percent increase (Healthy Alliance Life had proposed a 3.67 percent average increase, but submitted a revised filing in August 2018 with an average rate increase of 2.2 percent)
- Cigna: 7.3 percent increase
- Celtic/Ambetter: 8.6 percent DECREASE
- Medica: New to the state, so no applicable rate change
At ACA Signups, Charles Gaba calculated a weighted average proposed rate increase of just 1.6 percent — but he noted that rates would likely have dropped by about 10 percent if the individual mandate penalty hadn't been eliminated and if short-term and association health plans hadn't been expanded (all of those factors result in fewer healthy people having coverage in the ACA-compliant risk pool, which causes higher premiums).
For perspective, here are the average rate increases for the last few years in Missouri:
Prior to 2018, Missouri deferred to the federal government for rate review of ACA-compliant individual market health insurance. But that changed in 2017 with new state law, and 2018's rates were reviewed and approved by the state insurance department. Missouri's exchange insurers implemented the following average rate increases for 2018, which amounted to an overall average increase of about 40 percent:
- Cigna: 41.97 percent
- Healthy Alliance Life (Anthem): 36.31 percent
- Celtic/Ambetter: New to the exchange, no applicable rate increase
All three insurers indicated in their rate filings that they based their 2018 rates on the assumption that federal funding for cost-sharing reductions (CSR, aka cost-sharing subsidies) funding would be eliminated by 2018 (this proved to be a correct assumption, as the Trump Administration cut off CSR funding in October 2017). Insurers still have to provide cost-sharing reductions to eligible enrollees, but the cost of doing so was incorporated into premiums for 2018, since the federal government is no longer covering this cost for insurers.
But because the cost of cost-sharing reductions (CSR) was added to Silver plan premiums (this continues to be the case in 2019), and because premium subsidy amounts are based on the cost of a Silver plan, premium subsidies were much larger in 2018 than they were in 2017.
Consider a 45-year-old in Kansas City, earning $35,000. In 2017, his premium subsidy amount was $115/month, and the cheapest plan he could get in the exchange would have been $190/month after the subsidy was applied. But for 2018, his premium subsidy was $315/month, and he could get a plan in the exchange for as little as $51/month in after-subsidy premiums.
If his income was $25,000, he could get a bronze plan for free in 2018, whereas his lowest-cost option would have been $54/month in 2017. The larger subsidies continue to be available in 2019, as insurers have continued to add the cost of CSR to silver plan rates.
The four carriers that offered plans through the Missouri exchange had the following average rate increases for 2017, which amounted to an overall average increase of 25.5 percent:
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC): 40.7 percent (increase would have been even higher, but hospitals agreed to lower payments in 2017 as part of their contract negotiations)
- Cigna: 9.1 percent
- Healthy Alliance Life (Anthem BCBS): 20.13 percent
- Humana: 34.9 percent
According to Healthcare.gov's rate review tool, final rate changes for 2016 in Missouri's exchange were as follows, amounting to an overall average increase of 13.9 percent:
- All Savers (UnitedHealthcare): 9.9 percent average increase
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City: average rate increases range from 8 percent to 12 percent
- Cigna: decrease of 2.01 percent.
- Coventry: average rate increases range from 20 percent to 30 percent (modified somewhat during the rate review process)
- Healthy Alliance Life: 9.77 percent (MSP) and 9.98 percent
- Humana: 14.81 percent (PPOx)
Lawmakers considered, but did not pass, legislation to create reinsurance program
Reinsurance refers to a system in which insurance companies can pass off certain high-cost claims to a third party (the reinsurance program). Reinsurance kicks in when a claim reaches a certain level, and then the reinsurance program pays a percentage of the claim until it reaches another certain level. The ACA included a federal reinsurance program, but it was temporary and only lasted through 2016. To counter rising premiums and stabilize local insurance markets, states are increasingly pursuing their own reinsurance program. As of 2020, a dozen states are receiving federal "pass-through" funding for reinsurance, and several other states are considering similar programs.
Reinsurance results in lower overall premiums, which means premium subsidies are also lower. Instead of having the federal government keep the savings from the lower premium subsidies, a state can use a 1332 waiver to have the savings pass through to the state. Then the money is used by the state to cover the majority of the cost of operating the reinsurance program.
H.B.2539 / SB1071 was considered by Missouri lawmakers in 2018, but neither bill reached a full vote. The legislation would have reactivated the former Missouri Health Insurance Pool (the state's pre-ACA high-risk pool), but it would have become the Missouri Reinsurance Pool instead. The fees that were previously assessed on insurers under the MHIP would have started to apply again, to be used to fund the reinsurance program. Between 1991 and 2014, carriers in Missouri paid an average of nearly $6.5 million per year in fees for MHIP.
In addition to state funding, the legislation would have directed the state to apply for a 1332 waiver in order to obtain federal pass-through savings to fund the reinsurance program, starting in 2019. In the states that have already received federal pass-through funding for reinsurance, the federal funding covers the majority of the cost of the program.
But since the legislation didn't pass, Missouri is not receiving any federal pass-through funding for reinsurance in 2019.
During the 2018 session, Missouri lawmakers also rejected bills that would have increased the allowable duration of short-term plans, expanded access to association health plans, expanded Medicaid, and added a work requirement to Medicaid.
Transparency and rate review
In May 2016, lawmakers in Missouri unanimously passed SB 865, and Governor Nixon signed it in early July. The new law called for numerous changes in the state's health care systems, including added transparency for health insurance rates.
Prior to March 2017, Missouri was one of four states without an effective rate review process for ACA-compliant plans (there were five until April 2016, when Alabama implemented an effective rate review process). State regulators did not take an active role in reviewing proposed rates, and the Missouri Department of Insurance did not have access to the rate filings at all. The federal government (specifically, CCIIO – the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight) conducted the rate review process for Missouri, and rates were published on Healthcare.gov's rate review page.
SB 865 gives state regulators a bit more leeway but does not actually give them the power to deny rate changes that aren't justified. Under the new law, regulators are now able to review and publish rate proposals, and determine whether the proposed rates are reasonable. If they aren't, the regulators will let the health insurers know, but the insurers will still have the option to implement the rates as-proposed. In that case, the state will be able to publicize the fact that the unjustified rates were implemented, but the state will not have the authority to prevent carriers from implementing rates that aren't justified.
It should be noted that this system is what CCIIO previously provided in Missouri. The federal government can determine whether proposed rates in the state are justified, but they cannot prevent insurers from implementing unjustified rates. Now that SB 865 has taken effect, the state has taken over the process that was previously conducted by CCIIO.
CMS notified Missouri on March 17, 2017, that the state had been deemed to have an effective rate review program. At that point only three states — Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming — were still relying on CCIIO for rate review, and that continues to be the case.
Navigator restrictions permanently blocked by federal judge
Missouri is one of about 15 states that has more restrictive training and certification requirements for navigators than what's required under federal standards. Missouri legislation also prohibits navigators from providing "advice concerning the benefits, terms and features of a particular health plan, or offer advice about which exchange health plan is better or worse for a particular individual or employer."
Several health care advocacy groups challenged the restriction on providing advice, saying that is the core function of navigators. In January 2014, a federal judge agreed and issued an injunction to halt enforcement of the law. And in April 2015, a federal appeals court concurred, ruling that Missouri could not restrict navigators from helping people enroll in plans through Healthcare.gov.
In March 2016, a federal judge permanently blocked three sections of Missouri's restrictions on navigators. Navigators in Missouri cannot be barred from providing advice to enrollees (note that this is limited to explaining the differences between plans; plan selection advice can only be provided by a licensed insurance producer). Nor can they be banned from discussing off-exchange plans with consumers. And finally, navigators cannot be required to refer currently-insured consumers to seek advice from a licensed insurance producer. The judge noted that navigators are supposed to be impartial, and forcing them to refer people to insurance agents — who are permitted to recommend one plan over another — would remove some of the impartiality that applies to navigators.
Missouri exchange history
Many Missouri legislators have steadfastly fought against the Affordable Care Act and implementation of the health insurance marketplace.
Legislation to establish an exchange was introduced but failed to pass in both 2011 and 2012. Despite the lack of legislative authorization, some initial workgroups were established. In 2011, then-Gov. Jay Nixon established the Health Insurance Exchange Coordinating Council, which did some initial scoping and planning. Also in 2011, the Senate created the Interim Committee on Health Insurance Exchanges to explore Missouri's options to establish a state-based exchange.
Members of the Interim Senate committee refused to authorize the use of federal grant money. In April 2012, the Missouri legislature rejected a $50 million grant to upgrade the state's Medicaid information system as some legislators believed the system would be used as a springboard to building a state-run exchange.
In May 2012, the Missouri legislature approved a ballot measure to prevent the executive branch from authorizing a state-based health insurance exchange without legislative or popular approval — even though Gov. Nixon repeatedly stated his administration would not authorize an exchange by executive order. Voters passed the ballot measure in November 2012, and state defaulted to the federally operated exchange.
In January 2015, Republican Sen. Bob Onder filed a bill that he said was aimed at blocking the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate. SB 51 would have revoked a health insurance company's license to sell policies in Missouri if it accepted federal subsidies for policies sold through the federal marketplace. It's questionable what impact the bill would have had if it had passed. One legal expert told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "It's sort of an exercise in futility." Ultimately, the bill didn't advance out of committee.
Missouri health insurance exchange links
State Exchange Profile: Missouri
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation overview of Missouri's progress toward creating a state health insurance exchange.
Missouri Department of Insurance
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(800) 726-7390 / firstname.lastname@example.com
Louise Norris is an individual health insurance broker who has been writing about health insurance and health reform since 2006. She has written dozens of opinions and educational pieces about the Affordable Care Act for healthinsurance.org. Her state health exchange updates are regularly cited by media who cover health reform and by other health insurance experts.


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November 7, 2006
Day 405
It was pouring rain when I got up this morning. Craig and I had to walk to the Brazilian consulate to attempt to get visas, so I threw on my waterproof pants to stay dry. Craig didn't like my sense of fashion and tried to talk me out of it, but I insisted that as long as I had them, I might as well use them. He wore a pair of shorts in stark contrast.
When we got to the consulate, Craig wasn't even allowed inside because he was wearing shorts. It hits 40 C (104 F) nearly every day here, yet you're not allowed to enter the building without pants. If I had worn my shorts, we would've been turned back immediately.
The first thing I noticed when I walked inside was that nobody spoke anything but Portuguese. I would think that since it's an official government building, somebody there would know English, or at least Spanish, considering that the building is located in a Spanish speaking country, but that wasn't the case. Instead, I had to wave my hands all around to communicate.
I learned a lot of bad news from my pantomiming. In my numerous attempts to get the visa from Buenos Aires earlier this year, I learned that it would cost $100, and I could only pay in US dollars. A few days ago, I withdrew $100 from an ATM exactly for that purpose. However, today I learned that I would need 300,000 Colombian pesos, which is worth $136, and no other currency would suffice. So nobody in the consulate speaks the language of the country they're in, yet they don't use any form of currency other than the one from the country they're in. Besides that, the price went up dramatically since last time I checked. I've never heard of anyone having to pay $136 just to enter a country as a tourist and spend their money there. I was also informed that my visa would only be good for one year, whereas previously I was told that it would be good for five. On top of that, I learned that my photos that I got specifically for purchasing visas, which are official passport and visa size, weren't big enough for the Brazilians. The only good news was that if I got everything in order, I'd get a visa today or tomorrow. I left the consulate with a lot of work to do.
I must point out that the only reason the Brazilian government is being such a pain in the ass is that the US government does the same thing to Brazilian citizens. For them it's even worse, though. They have to pay money just to apply for a visa, and they might not even get it. They also get the pleasure of being fingerprinted when they enter the country. I still think the US government should have to pay for my visa, but of course that will never happen.
Back in town, we found an instant photo place and got our pictures taken. Then we went to a money changer, where I tried to change my US dollars into Colombian pesos to pay for the visa. The guy wouldn't even take half my money, though, because the bills had a few marks on them. I got them from a bank's ATM only a few days ago, and now they were worthless! I ended up having to borrow some money from Craig to get enough pesos. After we had our money, we picked up our photos, Craig threw on some pants, and we went back to the consulate.
This time around, they actually accepted our applications. A few hours later, we had our visas!
We wanted to be ready to go tomorrow, so we went over to the airport and got stamped out of Colombia. Next we took a bus into Brazil. The border is completely open in this area, so the city never really ends, and the only way you know you've entered a new country is that you start seeing green and yellow everywhere. We found the immigration station in Tabatinga and got stamped into Brazil. Next, we found the port, went to the boat, and took a look around. It's more expensive than the Peruvian boat, but also a lot nicer. With confirmation that the ship will leave tomorrow afternoon, we were all set to head to Manaus in hammocks.


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domingo, 14 de diciembre de 2014
Via Twitter CC !!! I dont know why I'm so mad about my wallet being stolen when I was given this pug onsie. Its not so bad! #perspective
Que tal un Arbol de Navidad al estilo de Black Veil Brides !! Photo by : @crystalscars14
Via Twitter Hottopic !! Hace unos dias en la cuenta de twitter se estuvo utilizando el hastag hacia andy #HotTopicBiersack Post your favorite #HotTopicBiersack photo. Here's ours
Via twitter andy !! Tomorrow #TheBlackMass continues in Virginia! Coming down to the home stretch on the first US leg! Who will we see??
Via Instagram Andy !!ç Seeya in a bit Virginia! #theblackmass #whodey
Via Instagram CC !!! First selfie in years. Hope you guys are having an amazing weekend!
Via Instagram Ashley !!! Hybrid Moments.. Black Veil Brides & The Misfits 😈💥 #FiendClub #BlackMassTour #JerryOnly #Misfits
Via Instagram Ashley !! It was a pleasure having @TheMisfits #JerryOnly #JerryJr on stage with us tonite in KY. #FiendClub #WeAre138 And thank you Louisville for a rowdy rock n' roll show!! #Misfits #Horror #rocknroll #BlackMassTour #BlackVeilBrides 😈
The Black Mass Tour !!! Pittsburgh - Photo © Coda Photography
Via Instagram CC !!! Another night at the office. Hope you guys are having an amazing weekend and not letting terrible people bring you down. We are all here for one another. No one can take away who you really are and if they try to, tell them to take a hike!
domingo, 2 de noviembre de 2014
Via Instagram Ash!! Pre-LA show with bud Adam Grayer of #ColdCockWhiskey 💥 #takeyourshot #herbal #whiskey
Via Instagram Jeff !! Time to get this guy to the show.. Whose coming down to the Wiltern in LA tonight to watch my brothers in @blackveilbrides film a new dvd?! I know I'll be there.. And maybe even @andybvb will as well 😄 See ya there...👍
Via Instagram Jinxx !!! Los Angeles. Thank you last night for reminding us why we do what we do
Via Instagram Jake!! Such a badass photo from last night at the Wiltern in Los Angeles by the almighty @ogscottuchida thank you to everyone who came out to make this live dvd kick so much ass! Definitely one of my all time favorite shows!
Via Instagram Jake !! Happy Halloween! I tried to do Baraka, did the best I could
Via Instagran CC !! A huge thank you to the man himself @ogscottuchida for the bad ass photos tonight. Wait until you see these...
Via Instagram blackveilbrides !! Have you seen the Goodbye Agony video yet? What do you think it means?
Via Instagram blackveilbrides !! Thanks LA for an awesome show! This DVD is gonna be sick! #blackmass #bvblivepics Photo by @ogscottuchida
Via Instagram Black Veil Brides !! Thanks LA! #blackmass #soldout
Via Instagram Andy !! #TheBlackMass continues tomorrow in San Francisco! This photo was taken by the incredible @ogscottuchida at last nights sold out show in Los Angeles at The Wiltern! #BlackVeilBridesIV
Happy Halloween from me and @williamcontrol ! He's about to go onstage here at the first ever #Halloweekend ! Seeya later tonight Arizona!
A moment captured with my #nikondf, #julietsimms and @AndyBVB right b4 the @blackveilbrides took the @wiltern stage. Photo by :Scott Uchida
Via Instagram Juliete !! #HappyHalloween One more day until I'm in my favorite little misfit's arms again @andybvb Photo cred: @lizzy_cupcake #wontstealyourcoffin #butyouhavetoshare
Via Instagram Alicia !! Well, the cat's outta the bag!! Had such a blast filming the new video for Black Veil - and did you recognize @david_sasik from Knives & Pens?! This was definitely a fun one to work on! Go check out @blackveilbrides new video directed by @fatpogarty & art production by @exhibitagallery on Revolver.com now!!!
David Sasik (el chico de Knives and pens y Perfect Weapon) y Alicia Vigil junto a un miembro de la asociación F.E.A.R
Via Instagram sedition !!! ..
Andy en la grabacion del nuevo video "Goodbye Agony"
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Via Instagram Andy !! As long as I can remember Penn and Teller have meant the world to me. Their influence on me in literally all facets of my life is immeasurable. Tonight I watched them perform and met my greatest hero Penn Jillette. Dreams come true. Thank you @blasko1313 for this experience. I couldn't be more excited right now. Having the chance to tell Penn how much he has inspired me is something I will never forget #onerednail
Nuevo video VLOG de Jake!! Jake Pitts VLOG Edition - Episode 6 - My dogs, 7 months in the life of.
Via Instagram kinatavarozi !! We woke up like dissss @ceesespieces #mandalay #blackveilbrides #bvb #cc #kinatavarozi #adventures
jueves, 30 de octubre de 2014
Via Instagram kinatavarozi !! Best morning ever @ceesespieces @ashleypurdyinc @misslauracroft
Via Instagram kinatavarozi !! We woke up like this.. Breakfast time! @ashleypurdyinc @ceesespieces @misslauracroft #bvb #blackveilbrides #bloodymarys #morning #breakfast #lego
Una chica de Estados Unidos pre ordeno su cd para tenerlo, el dia 27 y así es como luce el cd, Photo by : @inthexnd
El dia de Hoy se Eatreno un NUEVO VÍDEO MUSICAL! de Black Veil Brides la canción es "Good bye agony"
Jinxx en el concierto de St Paul, "Black Mass Tour" Photo by : Drift & Die Press
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This chapter is not based on verified facts just on observations made in the last three weeks. Nomination is closed.The wheels are spinning to get the deals done before the nomination meeting.
The decision by the executive of the local PC is made: the preferred ballot is a go.
According to the rules there are four choices: you pick your first choice then your second choice then your third choice. Unless a candidate has 51 percent of the vote the bottom candidate will be eliminated and the second choice will go to the next one. Easy to understand.
NOW the question remains who is working with whom to get the second choice in order to secure a candidate.
Bill Walker is the undisputed front-runner in this process. He does not live in the riding and works for Bruce Power, which does not even appear on his promo flier. He has been liberal worked on the campaign of the liberal Murray Elston, who then became head of the Bruce Power development. Interestingly enough it seems that Bruce Power needs urgently political support to ship radioactive scrap through Bruce and Grey and then through the great lakes. Bruce Power already has full support from the local Health Unit. The Health Unit hosted an information session for Bruce Power in the new copper palace in Owen Sound (the 40 million dollar white elephant that pays no taxes). Interestingly the OPP is currently identifying those who are against the shipments and visits them in their home. Bill is the cousin of Howard who is the mayor of Chatsworth and a dairy man. (caught in the system)
When I asked Bill Walker how many memberships he had sold, he answered in a true political manner. He did not lie to me but knew exactly that it was not true what he told me. Who is this Bill Walker and who are those who think that he will make any difference with his pro regulation, pro bureaucracy and non farming, non small business background. Why in world would Conservatives embrace somebody like him?????
Maybe those who bought the memberships from him are in fact non conservatives hoping he gets into power.
My suspicion is that Walker is there to protect Bruce Powers interest. Maybe I am wrong. I just talked to an independent consultant who had conducted on behalf of Bruce Power research with focus groups in order to help Bruce Power garner more public acceptance. She answered: Yes that is what they do. Oiling the political process.Bill sold around 600 memberships and not 300 as he made me believe. No need for panic Bill is determined to replace Bill.
Mark Wunderlich became an interesting partner in the run for the nomination. He was always willing to organize debates and as far as I know he did not mislead me in anything he said.He always showed great interest in the conservative cause. From all of us he is the truest conservative of the pack. I even feel like thanking him for showing grace and diplomacy at its best. His views are not all to my liking but he seems to be there willing to serve and learn as he goes. He struggled as much as I did to convince people to sign up for the party. I feel that he was a great running partner and could grow with the task to become a caring MPP. Who knows.
Dan Sullivan is a strange addition to the race. Late , late ,late. Why???? are there any strategies behind that? It is not worth speculating. Maybe he is here to split the vote. May be he is just playing. He comes from my home town Durham and runs also for mayor. I hope he does not get burned alive.
The last one is me. My name is Michael Schmidt. I was never part of the old boys club so to say. I decided to run because people asked me to run. I had a friend from Queens Park coming up to me urging me to run because they wanted to see more passion, more determination and true conviction instead of political hogwash.
I do believe that my determination for justice and radical change towards a return to sanity and the return to basics is a manageable way to reignite the interest in real politics. We already have heard about so many great plans, tax cuts, more bang for the buck from the other wannabees.
In the last 25 years we have only seen a total erosion of rights, no fiscal responsibility, and loss of credibility. I have seen only frustration amongst voters, I have seen frustration about half a million regulations and I have seen the attitude that nothing can be changed. Even Bill Murdoch when he announced his resignation simply stated that the powers have been centered in Toronto and that there is not much he can do anyhow.
If Bill gets in he will run with the current liberal trend but in the conservative party.
If Mark gets in he will follow the conservative spirit and might be great team player in Queens Park
If Dan gets in, I don't know what will happen
If I get in, you will hear it day after day after day, because I will not stay silent until we revive the spirit of our rural culture.


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My #2 son and I got into our backyard swimming pool for the first time this spring last weekend. He carried a big frisbee to play with, while I toted my Olympus Stylus Tough 6000, a sturdy camera that's not afraid of water. Which comes in handy when you're in a pool.
Both of us had a great time using the Olympus. #2 had several self-absorbed moments when he felt compelled to take his self-portrait underwater (and did a great job!). Then the Mister climbed into the pool, and I took over the point and shoot.
As the Mister threw the frisbee high into the air for the leaping #2 , I tried to photographically capture the outcome.
Of course, a point and shoot camera can never stop the action like a digital SLR. But I put the Olympus on its sport setting and worked on my timing, which means snapping the pic well before the action's peak.
#2 had a blast jumping off the spa and trying to corral the frisbee thrown by his dad before dropping into the pool.
And I had just about as much fun capturing all his water hijinks!