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With most of the big free agents off the market, save names such as Alex Semin and Shane Doan, the focus of many hockey prognosticators now shifts towards the regular season.
While plenty can still happen between now and puck drop, it's really never too early to start taking a stab at where off-season jostling should land teams within the standings.
This weekend, [I]Boom City[/I] takes a good long look at the [B]Eastern Conference[/B].
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1043[/ATTACH]Don't expect much to change in the Eastern Conference this season. Apart from some reshuffling within the divisions, the powers that be will remain in the conference's top eight seeds.
Despite a first round upset at the hands of the Washington Capitals, the [B]Boston Bruins [/B]remain among the class of the east. With Tuukka Rask taking over in net and the Tim Thomas distraction long over with, expect the Bruins to once again be the cream of the Eastern Conference crop.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1038[/ATTACH]A healthy Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin means the [B]Pittsburgh Penguins[/B] will be a tough train to slow in 2012-13. If Marc-Andre Fleury falters like we witnessed in the 2012 playoffs, Tomas Vokoun is a great insurance policy and could capably carry the team in a way that Brent Johnson failed. The Penguins are my pick as 2013 Stanley Cup victors and Sidney Crosby will bring home his second Art Ross Trophy as league scoring champ.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1037[/ATTACH]The Adam Oates era in Washington is just beginning and it certainly provides a bright hope for Capitals fans. Expected to allow his superstars, namely Alex Ovechkin, to turn on the offensive guns, Oates and the Capitals have all the tools and fire-power to take the Southeast Division banner. After a breakout performance in the 2012 playoffs, a full year from Braden Holtby will be exciting to watch.[/LEFT]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1048[/ATTACH]The Atlantic Division is possibly the toughest in the league and the Rangers will be hard-pressed to repeats as champions. But with Vezina Trophy winner Henrik Lundqvist in net, they will certainly be in the mix. Losing Brandon Prust and replacing him with Arron Asham will be a much more significant loss than many might think. Not to mention, the goal-starved Rangers will be without offensive dynamo Marian Gaborik to open the season.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1049[/ATTACH]Looking more and more as though Chris Pronger will be forced to retire, the Flyers lost two studs on the blueline with Matt Carle returning to the Tampa Bay Lightning via free agency. Luke Schenn will help ease the pain, but Pronger is irreplaceable. Philadelphia's success will largely rely on the play of enigmatic netminder Ilya Bryzgalov. I wouldn't be holding my breath.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1039[/ATTACH]The [B]Tampa Bay Lightning[/B] suffered through horrendous goaltending courtesy of Dwaye Roloson in 2011-12. With Roloson gone, Anders Lindback in and the defense bolstered with the signings of Matt Carle and Sami Salo, the Bolts should return to the playoff mixer in 2013. Steven Stamkos will continue his offensive explosiveness and help carry the team to the post-season.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1040[/ATTACH]The [B]Florida Panthers[/B] surprised many by winning the Southeast Division in 2012. They won't catch anyone sleeping this season. Jonathan Huberdeau should be a nice addition to the top-six but the Panthers overachieved in 2012 and won't repeat as division champions.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1044[/ATTACH]Many expected the [B]Buffalo Sabres[/B] to be a playoff team in 2012, but a poor start prevented that from coming to fruition. After parting with Derek Roy and Brad Boyes, the Sabres added some much needed size and grit by bringing in Steve Ott. With Ryan Miller between the pipes, a return to the dance shouldn't be out of the question.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1041[/ATTACH]Jim Rutherford and the [B]Carolina Hurricanes[/B] made the biggest splash at the 2012 entry draft, acquiring Jordan Staal from the Pittsburgh Penguins. That addition alone improves the squad but the 'Canes still lack depth up front. Carolina will be better, but there is still work to be done if they want to return to the post-season.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1045[/ATTACH]Most people in hockey projected the[B] Ottawa Senators [/B]to finish in the Eastern Conference cellar in 2011-12 and they proved their doubters wrong. Still, the young Sens did overachieve and the rebuild is not yet complete. Expect a regression in 2012-13.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1050[/ATTACH]The [B]New Jersey Devils[/B] lost their heart and soul when captain Zach Parise bolted for greener pastures in Minnesota. It is unlikely that 40-year-old Martin Brodeur will recapture the magic he displayed during the 2012 playoffs. Two such blows and New Jersey will be on the outside looking in this season.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1042[/ATTACH]Winnipeg fans will be forced to wait for playoff hockey beyond 2013. While everyone in the Southeast Division addressed significant needs, the Jets biggest acquisitions came in the form of well-known underachievers, Olli Jokinen and Alexei Ponikarovsky. The thought of a line featuring those two with Nik Antropov is enough to make any Jets fan shudder.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1046[/ATTACH]While adding James van Riemsdyk will help the offense, the Leafs biggest hole remains in the crease. Until GM Brian Burke finds a more permanent fixture in the blue paint, Toronto fans will continue to wait on playoff hockey. James Reimer and Ben Scrivens are simply not the answer.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1051[/ATTACH]Despite drafting great young prospects, the [B]New York Islanders[/B] have been unable to develop them properly and have also failed at surrounding their young gems with reliable depth. For whatever reason, GM Garth Snow just can't seem to bring it all together. Ryan Strome and Griffin Reinhart will be great additions in 2012-13, but not enough to drag the Isles out of the Eastern Conference basement.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1047[/ATTACH]The rebuild is just beginning in Montreal and boy does it have a long ways to go. The additions of Colby Armstrong and Brandon Prust will give the Habs added size, toughness and character, but they much more than just that if they are once again going to contend for a playoff spot.
Tune in next weekend when Boom City scopes out the landscape in the Western Conference.
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[LIST=1][*][ATTACH=CONFIG]1053[/ATTACH]Pittsburgh Penguins[*]New York Rangers[*]Philadelphia Flyers[*]New Jersey Devils[*]New York Islanders[/LIST]
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[LIST=1][*][ATTACH=CONFIG]1054[/ATTACH]Boston Bruins[*]Buffalo Sabres[*]Ottawa Senators[*]Toronto Maple Leafs[*]Montreal Canadiens[/LIST]
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Markwayne Mullin visited Pryor Monday evening as a part of his listening tour.
Mullin, who will take office in January, is the third Republican to represent northeastern Oklahoma in the United States House of Representatives.
Mullin told the friendly group in the Graham Community Building he was there so he would not be "paying attention to myself, and not paying attention to the district. And I think that could happen with the last two weeks of orientation."
He said he heard a lot of talk about bipartisanship, but when orientation began, the freshmen Republicans went in one room and the Democrats into another. Mullin said freshmen Democrats and Republicans don't have any contact with each other during orientation. This segregation even extends to receptions. Mullin blamed the congressional leadership for this.
Mullin said he iss grateful to outgoing Rep. Dan Boren who has turned over his office to Mullin when he's needed it during orientation. Mullin said he plans to know everyone he can while in Congress, even the janitors. He believes it is good to get to know everyone and what they do.
Mullin described a sense of pride he has in being a future congressman. "..and they make sure you understand it," he said.
Ed Silcox of Chouteau asked about farm dust that he said is being regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency. Mullin said the EPA is just sitting on a whole new batch of regulations to enact in 2013. He said this will lead to higher food costs as farmers will have to abide by new regulations.
Mullin said his plumbing business is up and running by 7 a.m. and his vans are out to service customers by 8 a.m. Mullin contrasted that with an observation he made about the federal government while in Washington last week. He said traffic in Washington does not even get started until 8 a.m. Mullin said "at four o'clock, five o'clock, things start shutting down."
Mullin was asked if he would break his promise to serve only three terms. Mullin said he misses his kids already and that in six years, his oldest son will be 15. "I'm going to miss six years of their life," he said.
Paul Hollorah about the Republican message. Hollorah said he knows Speaker of the House John Beohner personally, but that he cannot reach Boehner regarding framing the policy debate from a Republican perspective.
Mullin said Boehner is very colorful in private. Mullin said the Republicans lost seats in the house and senate and there are "serious conversations going on," in regard to policy. He did not elaborate about specifics.
Mullin said he thinks the Republicans are in a great position to project a different vision for the country than the Democrats. He said the president and his party want to make the government bigger and that has never worked throughout history. "Are we going to sit back and let him (Obama) have his way and drive that bus off this fiscal cliff? And on the other side, if we don't he is going to say, 'I tried to give them something, they (Republicans in the House) wouldn't compromise.'" Mullin said if he is voted out of office, the worst thing that will happen to him is he "will get his life back." Mullin said others in the house don't have that view, that many have congress as careers.
When asked if he would vote to raise taxes, Mullin was adamantly against sending more money to Washington. He said if congress does nothing, the tax cuts passed during the Bush administration will expire at the end of the year.
Mullin said if a deal is not made, and the government cannot operate due to the debt, then it would be "a wake up call. To all of us."
When it was suggested Mullin would get blamed he said, "I'm okay with that." Mullin said locally he wants people to know the truth and defend what he is trying to do in Washington.
Mullin was asked about sequestration of the budget. This means that cuts in the budget will automatically go into effect should congress and the White House not agree to a compromise. Some of those cuts will be in the military budget. Mullin said if those cuts do go into effect, the Navy will be reduced to the same amount of ships it had in 1917.
Mullin was asked by Tex Gaskins about tax reform. Mullin said between the fair tax (a national sales tax eliminating the income tax) and a flat tax, he favors the fair tax. "Anything is better than what we have now."
Mullin was asked about Veterans affairs. Mullin said he will vote the way Dan Boren has voted on Veterans issues. Mullin said if congress really wants to fix the health care issues at the Veterans hospitals, congress should have to use them. "That problem will be fixed real quick."
Mullin praised the Oklahoma delegation both in the Senate and the House. Mullin said he and Tom Cole are the only American Indians in Congress. Mullin is part Cherokee and Rep. Cole is Chickasaw.
Mullin said his first priority is to hire a knowledgeable staff. He lamented the poverty in the second district, despite an abundance of natural resources.
Mayor Jimmy Tramel asked about the Federal Emergency Management Authority. Tramel said he wants to see FEMA as an assistance agency rather than coming into a community after a disaster and taking over the situation. Mullin rhetorically asked, "How did we survive without FEMA in the first place?"
Tramel said, "We need to define a disaster, instead of an inconvenience." Mullin said the responsibility of congress to take care of disasters. "That wasn't written up in the Bill of Rights or the Constitution."
Tramel said FEMA reform won't happen unless someone like Mullin introduces a bill to make it happen. Tramel said while he will take the FEMA money if it is offered, a snowstorm in Pryor is not a disaster.
Mullin challenged Tramel on that point, saying as long as people are going to ask for FEMA funds, even when unnecessary, no reforms will ever come about.
"Two years ago, if you had told me that I would be standing in front of you I would have laughed; but I got fed up. I said I'm going to do something different." Mullin suggested that FEMA does some things for publicity. Mullin took a poll, asking how many people knew about the Nashville floods two years ago. A few hands came up. Mullin asked about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and all the hands went up.
Mullin concluded by telling the group that under Obama Care, members of Congress like himself are going to have to purchase health insurance.
He said the Speaker of the House, the Majority Leader in the Senate and members of the Executive Branch are exempt from purchasing health insurance under Obama Care.
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It glistens against your face when the light reaches the small spot it occupies. It has no smell or sound in the regular sense, but if you listen closely, you may hear volumes. It tastes of salt, sometimes bitter sometimes not. The touch is so slight it is often missed, but the sight of teardrops is always noticed.
Teardrops and dew drops are very similar in that they are both water formed in small droplets. They both are the result of an action causing the droplets to form. They can form during all seasons and can disappear almost as quickly as they came, on certain occasions. Although they have similarities, their differences are many. Teardrops are the result of an emotion and dewdrops are the result of condensation. Teardrops come from meaningful thoughts, feelings, or memories and dewdrops come from the necessary change within our weather. Both are an integral part of our universe and the people who inhabit it.<>>
Teardrops are drops of saline that form in the eye to either lubricate the eye or fall from the eye as from crying. This dictionary definition does not give the true meaning behind a single teardrop. When I think of a teardrop, I think of times when sorrow has taken over my body and the release of teardrops cleansed me. I personally feel they are God�s way of washing away the hurt and allowing me to hope and dream again.<>>
Teardrops are made of salty water, shaped in a circular form. The fact they are salt is significant to the body, but not significant outside the body. The circular form develops into a drop as it slides down the face. Because of social history, we recognize this to mean either sadness or joy when noticed. The shape has developed a potent meaning for humans and is used for many things involving emotions.<>>
I have stated why I feel teardrops are a benefit to me, and I believe others as well. But, there are so many other reasons that teardrops have a purpose. For the young baby, who has not learned speech, teardrops are their only form of communication. Teardrops not only lubricate the eyes, but the soul as well. They have an enormous effect on watchers. Meaning the people who notice the teardrops, immediately become more compassionate than they were just a second earlier. The teardrop expresses more than a whole dictionary full of words could ever hope to convey.<>>
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So it turns out that the Canadian pop star Justin Bieber says the Shema prayer before he goes on-stage. I am pleased but not surprised. When I was writing my recently-published book about him I found myself wondering whether Bieber – a god-fearing young man and the most blamelessly-living pop star since Cliff Richard – might find Judaism a good fit.
He could so be a nice Jewish boy – but don't tell his mother! A very Christian lady, Pattie used to pray that Justin might grow into a modern-day version of the biblical prophet Samuel, an inspiring voice of holiness for his generation.
But when a young Jewish pop manager called Scott Braun promised to propel Justin to superstardom, Pattie prayed again, saying: "God, you don't want this Jewish kid to be Justin's man, do you?" Perhaps he did. Justin recently wore a kippah at the wedding of one of his Jewish band members and sang Hava Naglia at the reception.
He is far from the only gentile celebrity to flirt with Judaism. I've written biographies of several famous people and I love it when these moments pop up. When I wrote about Dannii Minogue, for instance, she came across as a philosemite. She loves joining Jewish pals for Shabbat dinners and has worn Judaic jewellery.
As I researched my book about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's tumultuous relationship I found myself sidetracked as I found ever-more admirable stories of Jolie's father Jon Voight's love of Jewish people and his support for the state of Israel. He is the Oy Va Goy of Hollywood – or the Oy Va Voight, if you will.
Not all gentile celebs are so admirable. When Madonna – who was baptised as a Catholic – publicly embraced a monstrously-diluted form of Kabballah, she didn't only embarrass herself. She also muddied perceptions of those of us who are sincerely fascinated by the real Jewish mysticism. Her visit to the Israeli town of Tz'fat, the home of Jewish mysticism, brought a type of attention to the town which understandably dismayed many of its residents.
Not that everyone who has critcised Madonna is on strong ground. Boy George, who bizarrely once had a Magen David tattooed to his head, has slammed Madonna's interest in Kabbalah. He also called her "a vile, hideous, horrible human being with no redeeming qualities". Ironically, if I was in a bad mood those would be precisely the words I would use to describe him.
It gets weirder. When Paris Hilton – who I have also written a biography of – was jailed for driving offences in 2007, she asked the wardens if she could have kosher steaks delivered to her cell from the Prime Grill restaurant in Hollywood. She is also a fan of Madonna's form of Kabbalah. "It helps you confront your fears," explained Paris. "Like if a girl borrowed my clothes and never gave them back I would confront her."
During one Kabbalah class she attended, as the assembled discussed how they had used it to help them come to terms with bereavement, Paris blurted out a random story about a "hot guy" she knew. "Nobody knew what to say," said an eye-witness. Well, quite. And why was I not surprised when Lindsay Lohan decided not to see-through her much trumpeted conversion plans? It's just a game for some people.
I have admiration for the famous gentiles who actually converted, including Sammy Davis Jr, Ivanka Trump, Marilyn Monroe and Felicity Kendal. Partly because it's fun to be able to put those four people in the same sentence.
If young Justin 'Bubbeleh' ever does decide to convert he could become more like the prophet Samuel than his mother had ever imagined. Be careful what you pray for, Pattie – it might just come true!


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For MacGyver, a Swiss Army knife and duct tape were enough to solve any problem. Extinguishing an inferno in an oil well? Done. Thwarting an angry drug lord? No sweat. Outwitting an escaped — and psychotic — convict? Piece of cake.
For David Neivandt, research isn't exactly the stuff of prime-time TV drama. There's no dynamite to defuse, no kidnapped journalists to free. But the chemical and biological engineer does have a bit of MacGyver in him. Which is why he has become one of the most popular go-to guys whenever someone at the University of Maine needs an innovative solution to an unusual science-related problem.
Neivandt's primary research focuses on the transport of certain proteins linked to cancer and other diseases across cell membranes. If Neivandt and his colleagues can better understand that movement, there is the potential to design therapeutics. You'd think searching for a cure for cancer would be enough to satisfy his curiosity. But you'd be wrong.
Since he arrived at UMaine in 2001, Neivandt has earned a reputation on campus for finding brilliant — often simple — answers to complex questions, many outside his discipline: How can we improve the survival rate for larval lobsters? How can we create a biodegradable golf ball using crushed lobster shells? How can we turn a by-product of the papermaking process into prized — and pricey — carbon nanofibers?
"On the surface, these all look extremely disparate," Neivandt says. "But actually, there are similarities. A lot of things come down to surface chemistry — manipulating materials and processes to get a specific result. Surface chemistry applies to everything from cosmetics to biological applications. Anytime there's an interface, there's chemistry going on."
But there's also something else going on — something that goes beyond chemistry or engineering or biological processes. For Neivandt, research is a way of life. That quest for answers, for discovering something new every day, is what drives his work.
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In 2007, under Gov. Mitch Daniels (R.), Indiana enacted the Healthy Indiana Plan, an expansion of Medicaid that used consumer-driven health plans to encourage low-income beneficiaries to take a more active role in their own care. Today, Healthy Indiana is the most innovative and successful reform of Medicaid in the history of the program. Today, we learn that the Obama Administration has rejected the state's request to extend its federal waiver, which means that over 45,000 Indianans who get their insurance through the program are out of luck.
Medicaid, of course, is the nation's government-run health insurance program for the poor. In theory, it's jointly run by the federal government and the states, but in reality, any time a state wants to make the tiniest changes in its Medicaid program, it has to go hat-in-hand to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with a formal request for a waiver, and these waivers are usually denied.
Indiana succeeded in gaining a waiver in 2007 because it was seeking to expand Medicaid to a group of people who weren't then eligible for the program, and because the state's effort required no additional outlays from the federal government (the Medicaid expansion was paid for with a 44-cent increase in the state's cigarette tax.)
Structure of Indiana's consumer-driven Medicaid plan
Beneficiaries get a high-deductible health plan and a health savings account, called a POWER account, to which individuals must make a mandatory monthly contribution between 2 to 5 percent of income, up to $92 per month. Participants lose their coverage if they don't make their contributions within 60 days of their due date. After making this contribution, beneficiaries have no other cost-sharing requirements (co-pays, deductibles, etc.) except for non-urgent use of emergency rooms. The state chips in $1,100, which corresponds to the size of the would-be deductible.
Those who have money remaining in their POWER accounts at the end of the year can apply the balance to the following year's contribution requirements, if they have obtained a specified amount of preventive care: annual physical exams, pap smears and mammograms for women, cholesterol tests, flu shots, blood glucose screens, and tetanus-diphtheria screens.
"We did a lot of reading on criticism of health savings accounts," says Seema Verma, who was the architect of the Indiana program. "One of the criticisms was that people didn't have enough money to pay for preventive care. So we took preventive care out, made that first-dollar coverage. Also, people said that people didn't have enough for the deductible, so we fully funded it. Then, you have to make your contribution every month, with a 60-day grace period. If you don't make the contribution, you're out of the program for 12 months. It's a strong personal responsibility mechanism."
Indiana's Medicaid successes
The program has been, by many measures, a smashing success. "What we're finding out is that, first of all, low-income people are just as capable as anybody else of making wise decisions when it's their own money that they're spending," Mitch Daniels explains in a Heritage Foundation video. "And they're also acting more like good consumers. They're visiting emergency rooms less, they're using more generic drugs, they're asking for second opinions. And some real money is starting to accumulate in their [health savings] accounts."
The program has been overwhelmingly popular in Indiana. There's a large waiting list—in the tens of thousands—to enroll in Healthy Indiana; enrollment was capped in order to ensure that the program's costs remain predictable. 90 percent of enrollees are making their required monthly contributions. "The program's level of satisfaction is at an unheard-of 98 percent approval rating," Verma told Kenneth Artz. Employers didn't dump their workers onto the program, crowding others out, because you needed to be uninsured for six months in order to be eligible for it.
A 2010 study by Mathematica Policy Research found that the program dramatically increased the percentage of beneficiaries who obtained preventive care, from 39 percent in the first six months of enrollment to 59 percent after one year. Of the members who had money left in the POWER accounts at the end of the year, 71 percent met the preventive care requirement and were able to roll the balances over to the following year. (The remaining 29 percent could roll over their personal contributions, but not the state contributions to their POWER accounts.)
This is an astounding achievement, given that the biggest problem with Medicaid is the way that it ghettoizes its participants, preventing them from gaining access to routine medical and dental care. This lack of physician access is the biggest reason why health outcomes for Medicaid patients lag far behind those of individuals with private insurance, and even behind those with no insurance at all. Healthy Indiana has completely reversed this trend, achieving preventive care participation rates that are higher than the privately-insured population.
The program is not without blemishes. In 2009, the costs of the program exceeded the revenues gained from the cigarette tax, a problem that may continue in the current economic environment. But because enrollment is capped, the program can't cause the kinds of runaway fiscal problems that have roiled most states.
HHS declines to renew Indiana's waiver
Unfortunately for Indianans, the Healthy Indiana Plan's waiver expires at the end of 2012. And Kenneth Artz is reporting that the Obama Administration has denied Mitch Daniels' request for an extension. "We applied for an extension with the Department of Health and Human Services in March," Seema Verma told Artz. "They turned us down because they hadn't written the regulations for Obamacare yet." (H/T Ben Domenech.)
According to Verma, the state will now have to file a much more complex "State Plan Amendment" that may not get approved before the Healthy Indiana program is set to expire. Gov. Daniels has also written to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, asking her for permission to use the Healthy Indiana Plan to handle Obamacare's mandatory expansion of Medicaid. He hasn't heard back.
How can it be that the Obama Administration, which claims to side with the poor, is willing to destroy a popular program that provides the poor with superior health care? Perhaps it's a bureaucratic issue, as HHS told Verma. Perhaps it's an ideological suspicion of consumer-driven reforms. Whatever the reason, tens of thousands of people will be needlessly harmed, and it will be a black mark on those who are responsible.
UPDATE: Claudia and William Anderson write about the conflict between Indiana and Obamacare at The Weekly Standard.
Of course the waiver was denied! Indiana embarrassed the federal government! DUH!
This crew does not believe in innovation but only one size fits all.
After all the talk about how "Obama" has denied this it finally is admitted at the end that the laws are still unfinished, so the denial has nothing to do with Obama or whether the new health care law will be compatible with this system, but rather that the request will need to be reissued when the details of the law, passed by Congress, not Obama alone, are finalized. I really wonder when the editor get's back from vacation, as this article belongs on the floor with other trash. It seems this is just another baseless attack on Obama, for matters that are decided by Congress. It is apparent that messing with the gravy train of those who enjoy the health care extortion racket is a political dead end, thankfully not all of government is afraid of that mob.
Obama is an excellent speaker but a master (swindler) CON-man who always seeks the spotlight so he can continue to defraud America- not only with his FORGED birth certificate but by hiding his criminal past at the cost of millions- an HONEST or decent man would not hide his entire past unless there was a lot to hide- just GOOGLE "LARRY SINCLAIR" to hear what one of his old friends has to say about his criminal (pre-political) past- Obama has tried to smear LARRY as a liar but I believe LARRY because Obama has hidden everything- even his kindergarten records are sealed-
All Indiana is good for is finding ways to NOT help people in need!! When I tried to get HIP I was told, "sorry, we already have our quota of single people"! They just wanted to deny coverage to people in need without the government looking over their shoulder! I finally got Medicaid, but fought for it! Just got a "Notice of class action judgment and right to appeal" because they denied my claim [translation: Lied] in 2010 so I would get benefits in 2011 [less benefits] instead of 2010!


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Cobb EMC is now accepting applications for Washington Youth Tour scholarship contest, which offers $1,500, $1,000 and $500 scholarships to high school juniors.
The contest also offers two winners the chance to attend the 2014 Washington Youth Tour, an all-expenses-paid, week-long leadership trip to Washington D.C. June 12–19, and one paid summer internship. The Youth Tour attendees will meet their elected representatives and learn about U.S. history, government and careers in public service.
To apply, current high school juniors who live or attend schools within Cobb EMC's service district must submit a completed application by Thursday, February 20. Once received, the co-op will send study materials covering the cooperative, energy conservation and electric safety for a first-round quiz, which will be held Tuesday, March 4. The top-scoring finalist from each school will interview on March 11 with the Cobb EMC Women's Task Force, a group of volunteers who raise money for student scholarships. A $100 donation will be made to the school with the most people who enter and to the winner's school.
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The Name's the Thing
Knowing the name of a thing provides power over that thing. Even more power is bestowed upon the person who actually names the thing. Our histories and mythologies are replete with examples — Adam naming the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, deities whose names were not meant to be known by mere mortals, Rumplestiltskin where the knowledge of the troll's name freed the queen's daughter. Even today there are fraternal orders that provide secret names for their members, and naming ceremonies continue to be an important part of many tribal initiations.
I am reminded, almost daily, how careful one has to be when one is naming things. Names stick — whether you want them to or not. Here is the current burr in my office chair.
Almost five years ago we were struggling with scheduling our fieldwork. We have always been a decentralized shop and, at that time, we were having a lot of trouble matching our resources and their location with audits and their location. I came up with a nifty little Excel spreadsheet that solved a couple of the big problems we were having. In a fit of whimsy I named it the Worksheet of Wonders. When it was time to distribute the spreadsheet to the other two people involved I noticed the acronym and, enjoying the joke, started calling it the WOW.
Fast forward to today. The spreadsheet has been through numerous, painful incarnations. Much has changed in the way we do work and the way we schedule. With every change, I have had to make changes to the WOW. At one point two years ago, I had to spend a frenzied evening making it do things it was never meant to do. The programming was ugly, but it got the job done (kind of). Sometime after that someone else attacked it and made it better and worse at the same time. I've since cobbled more pieces to its Frankensteinian body.
It works, but I'm no longer sure why. And it is not an easy program to use.
What makes this all worse is that, not only do we still call it the WOW, but the entire department now uses this spreadsheet. And everyone knows it as the WOW. Never has a name been quite so ironic. (Of course, the nice thing about an acronym is that it can be flexible. Many have begun calling it the Worksheet of Woes — which is much better than those who call it the Worksheet of Blunders)
But it could be worse.
About ten years ago we were doing a major restructure of our audit shop. As a part of the restructure we were building a support team — a team that would help coordinate the administrative and IT issues for the entire audit department. The CAE, the two AVPs, and three of us minions worked for almost six months to complete the project. During our next annual audit conference, we unveiled our pride and joy. In front of approximately 30 members of our internal audit department (Directors, Managers, Supervisors, emerging leaders) the team introduced the new structure including the new department — Audit Support Services.
There was an embarrassed quiet in the room when that slide went up — the kind of quiet where you can actually hear crickets trying not to rub their legs together. Finally, one of the long-time managers spoke up. "Have you noticed the acronym?"
No, we hadn't. We had worked hard to determine how to name the thing, and we were so proud of our final naming, a name that seemed practically perfect in every way, that we missed that one, small issue. Suffice to say: 1) the jokes that evening over drinks were only hilarious to those who had not made the presentation (for example, what do you call the person in charge of the department if they only work part time? I'll let you figure out the answer) and, 2) we immediately changed the name.
Of interest, I can't remember that new name — probably because it didn't make a nice acronym. But that is the power of names. When there is something memorable about them, they will stick.
There are many other instances I could mention — Functional Leads for Auditing (the FLA in the system), the FIAL meeting, the CAFÉ conference, and the Special Projects Audit Manager. But the idea of "Acronyms Gone Wild" is only part of the story. I want to take on another aspect of this whole "naming" thing — in particular, the naming of audits — but we will have to wait until next week for that discussion.
Until then, feel free to share the worst name you've ever seen given to a committee or a worksheet or a job title or any other such thing within auditing — acronym or full name. The only thing I require is that you not cheat — actual names only, not ones you just made up.
Posted on May 9, 2011 by Mike Jacka
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These tips are part of the Healthy Bites challenge, developed to help you eat the right foods and lower your cancer risks!
Follow these easy tips to successfully complete the "limit red meat" challenge.
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Nutrition Tip 2: Experiment with chicken and fish recipes. Chicken, turkey and fish tend to be lower in saturated fat and cholesterol than their red meat counterparts. And, they're often lower in calories, which can help you maintain a healthy weight and reduce your risks for many types of cancer.
Nutrition Tip 3: Focus on fruits and vegetables. Make meat the side dish instead of the main focus of your meal. A good rule of thumb is to fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables, a quarter with whole grains and the rest with lean protein, following MyPlate guidelines.
Nutrition Tip 4: No need to completely eliminate red meat. Eating red meat, like beef, pork and lamb, in modest amounts nourishes your body with valuable nutrients, including protein, iron, zinc and vitamin B12. Just keep it under 18 oz. per week.
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HAMPTON (AP) -- Police cars will guard students on school buses after a man was seen aiming a rifle in the direction of a bus.
Police say they found the rifle and a notebook full of school bus numbers after a witness reported seeing the man aim the weapon toward a bus Monday morning.
Clayton County schools spokesman David Waller says that police will accompany school buses in the area through the end of the week or until the suspect is apprehended. He said recess will be moved inside.
Police reports say the man dropped the gun and ran when a witness yelled at him. Clayton County school officials say another witness chased the man but stopped when the suspect fired a second gun at him.
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A loss prevention officer detained the suspect last Friday afternoon as he tried to get away with two headphones: a black Beats Pro that retails for $399.95 and a silver Beats Executive that retails for $699.90. The loss prevention officer told police the suspect has been taking headphones from the store – a pair or two at a time - since July. The suspect admitted as much, estimating he has taken 9 or 10 headphones. He said he was reselling them for cash, charging about $80 for each.


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A 49-year-old Bland man pleaded guilty Thursday in Halifax County Circuit Court to a felony charge for assaulting a correctional officer. Jeffrey Curtis Earley pleaded guilty to the charge prior to a scheduled jury trial.
The guilty plea form calls for a sentence including a mandatory minimum term of six months for Earley when the defendant is sentenced in the March court term.
Earley was remanded to custody to await sentencing after his plea.
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• Steven Bruce Buchanan, 39, of Halifax had four years of his previously suspended prison sentence revoked Monday for a probation violation.
The court ordered the defendant's new time to run concurrently with time received in another jurisdiction.
• Elmer Lee Ferrell, 57, of Halifax had a show cause charge against him for a probation violation dismissed Monday.
• Berneal Edward Miller, 58, of South Boston had the court withdraw its finding of guilt against him Monday for driving as an habitual offender.
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• Byron Scott Moore, 22, of Roxboro, N.C., had a capias charge against him for a probation violation nol prossed Monday upon a motion by the commonwealth.
• James F. Sibley, 25, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., withdrew his appeal in absentia Monday of a lower court ruling that found him guilty of refusing a blood test.
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BROWNSBURG — It's an inaugural year for the Brownsburg History Club.
The club, which formed less than a year ago, is already off to a great start. Members will be heading to Washington, D.C., next week to watch President Barack Obama be sworn into office for his second term.
Forty-nine BHS students will leave Jan. 18 and return Jan. 21, after a weekend of sightseeing. In addition to watching the president's inauguration, the students plan to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier that afternoon.
Ben Fouch, club president, said they have more than 100 members in the club. They make up 4.4 percent of the school's population, he said, which makes them one of the top two or three biggest clubs in the school.
"We have a lot of history classes at Brownsburg, so we wanted to get people really excited about it because a lot of people in our school really had a talent for it and should pursue it in college or wherever their passion leads them," he said. "We wrote up a constitution, asked some of our officers if they wanted to tag along, and dove in."
Fouch said the club is popular amongst students because "we actually go out and do stuff."
Club member Kellie Dippel said she's most looking forward to visiting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Dippel last year raised money for the Wounded Warriors project.
"I have no words to describe how excited I am," she said. "I don't think any other high school in Indiana has been able to lay a wreath."
Club sponsor Dawn Crone said the group will also tour the national archives and take a night bus tour of the Washington, D.C., area.
"I'm excited for them," she said. "I called and there's a process you have to go through to even apply to leave a wreath and originally when I called I was told it was the inauguration weekend, and it's a school group, 'so you have no chance.' I had to call back about visiting Arlington National Cemetery, and the lady I was speaking to asked if the group was applying and if we had military connections."


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ASHTABULA — Margaret Matilda Pocza, age 83, of Country Club Retirement Campus, passed away Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, in the Hospice Unit of Ashtabula County Medical Center from respiratory failure.
She was born Nov. 4, 1929 and raised in Fairport Harbor, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Gabor) Kanocz. Shortly after graduation from Painesville Harvey High School, she married Michael F. Pocza on July 30, 1948 and they have celebrated 65 wonderful years together.
Margaret was a kind, loving, and nurturing wife, mother, and grandmother. She loved to watch the Cleveland Browns' games during Sunday afternoon family get-togethers.
She enjoyed playing in the bocce league and attending Friday night dinners at the Painesville Elks, #549. She also enjoyed traveling and taking cruises. She and her husband took several Caribbean cruises, including an especially memorable one for their 50th wedding anniversary. They also traveled to Europe.
Margaret is survived by her husband, Michael of Ashtabula; son, Thomas (Bonnie) Pocza of Ashtabula; daughter, Brandy (Dennis) Boncha of Perry; grandchildren, Michael (Jen) Pocza, Amanda (Judd) Fell, Lisa (Conrad) Snover, Julie (Carl) Boncha and Karen Toutant; great-grandchildren, Kya, Kane, Austin, Caylee, Cruz and Ashlynn; and her sister, Helen Bodnar of Painesville.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, William Kanocz; and a sister, Elizabeth Toth.
She will be sadly missed by her family and friends.
At her request, private services will be held by the family at a later date.
If desired, contributions in her memory may be made to the Lupus Foundation of America, Greater Ohio Chapter, 12930 Chippewa Road, Brecksville, OH 44141 or Hospice of the Western Reserve, 1166 Lake Ave., Ashtabula, OH 44004. DUCRO FUNERAL SERVICES AND CREMATORY, 4524 Elm Ave., Ashtabula is in charge of arrangements.
Obituary at www.ducro.com and starbeacon.com.


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---- — Ray Novack has never actually seen the Beverly Holiday Parade. As the former director of the Beverly High School marching band (he retired last year), Novack has marched in 35 consecutive parades. At yesterday's 65th annual parade, he sat atop a silver Mustang convertible as the grand marshal, waving to the thousands of residents who lined Cabot, Elliott and Rantoul Streets, braving the chilly winds to welcome Beverly's official start of the giving season.
"Usually we (the BHS marching band) are at the end of the parade," Novack said. "This year, I'm at the beginning, the first time (in 35 years) I haven't marched, so it's nice to ride in such an esteemed place of honor. Maybe next year, I'll actually watch it from the street."
Novack was one of several hundred participants in this year's parade, the biggest ever with 50 entries and floats, according to Wendy Kelley, vice president of the parade committee and assistant vice president of Salem Five Bank.
The Kora Shrine Log Rollers from Maine came again to drive their miniature log trucks and raise money for burn victims. The Girl and Boy Scouts were also on hand, along with librarians, firefighters, dance groups, Little Leaguers, Red Cross representatives, Momball team members, mayors and marching bands. Oh, and that guy with the white beard and red suit.
Volunteers from Beverly Bootstraps — this year's designated charity for the parade — collected canned foods in shopping carts, and other service and school groups collected donations in Christmas bags while tossing candy to children. The parade, which originally began as a way to start the holiday shopping season in downtown Beverly, is now one of the longest-running holiday parades in Massachusetts, Kelley said, and a tradition for many area families.
Tom and Tracey Vaccaro of Beverly have been bringing their sons to the parade for the past four years. Tom, 53, who grew up in Beverly, remembers coming to the parade every year as a child, and sees it as a great way to mark the holiday season.
"It's the spirit of Christmas, the start of the shopping season, which starts here in earnest," he said. "Even if there's a snowstorm, we'd be here."
The Vaccaros' son Colby, 7, said he likes the parade for the balloons. Evan, 13, said he likes seeing the floats, "especially the last one (with Santa) because it's the best decorated." This year, they even brought Maggie, their golden retriever, for her first parade.
"It's not Macy's, but for the North Shore, this parade is good for everyone," Vacarro said. "But it's really for the kids. I mean, we gotta see Santa Claus."
Betty Peabody, 56, of Danvers claimed her spot on the northeast corner of Rantoul and Elliott a full hour before the parade began, wrapping herself in a thick, brown blanket and sitting in her lawn chair. This was her fourth year coming to the same corner for a chance to wave at her grandson, who was marching with Pack 49 of Beverly's Cub Scouts.
"I get to see the parade twice from this spot, at the beginning close to where it starts (at the Cummings Center) and at the end as it comes up Rantoul," Peabody said. "It's really community-related because it brings people outside to cheer others on. Oh, and to see Santa, of course."
Some of the bands and entertainment in the parade are underwritten in part by Beverly businesses. While some performers are free, others charge and are paid through the fundraising efforts of the parade committee, a volunteer group composed of seven to eight people who live or work in Beverly but that could always use more help, Kelley said. BevCam also filmed the parade and will broadcast it in the coming weeks.
"The parade brings the town together," Novack said. "It gives everyone a chance to take pride in their community and to prepare for the holidays."


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