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The contract -- awarded to UnitedHealthcare -- will last a minimum of three years and could stretch as many as nine years. It is worth an estimated $239 million annually, the Postal Service said.
The 2010 Affordable Care Act requires employers with more than 50 employees to extend coverage to all employees who work 30 hours per week for an extended period of time. This Postal Service plan could offer health benefits to 35,000 non-career postal employees who are currently left out of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Career USPS employees currently enrolled in FEHBP will not be affected by changes to the health care system under the new law, according to the Postal Service. Coverage for eligible non-career employees will be effective in January 2014.
"After conducting a highly competitive and rigorous evaluation of technical aspects, pricing and other factors in the proposals, the Postal Service determined that the UnitedHealthcare proposal represented the best value," USPS said in a statement. "The new contract ensures the Postal Service's compliance with [health reform] while providing non-career employees affordable essential health plan coverage at group rates provided through the Postal Service."
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Hey Brandon!
I'm from Israel, the band performed in Israel at 2007 but I didn't know the band at the time...
would you perform in Israel again? a lot of fans are waiting for you guys for a long time!
I love the band so much!! you guys are awesome!! <3
Hi Brandon!!!
How do you feel knowing that you inspire so many people, not just because of your music but also because of your art?
You said once in an interview that you first wanted to call the band "spiral staircase". I've had a recurring dream of such a staircase since I was little. How did you stumble upon this imagery? & Will you please come to Michigan? K thanks. Cheese, Rice, & Love -Rachel
I've noticed your spiritual tattoos. Are any of them related to a particular event in your life? And how often do you find time to meditate, if you do so?
Hello Brandon! :)
Who have you been listening to recently?!
Which kind of freedom do you feel now who you' re indie?
Is there any kind of music do you like to listen while you are painting or drawing? wich?
ps if you want to say something in italian, you can say : ci vediamo presto (see you soon) :-D
dear incubus... YAY! :)
Hey Brandon!
Greetings from Brazil!
I wanna know if your drawings influences in your creative process when composing songs?
Have you ever thought to sing a song in italian? ;-)
Dear guys
I want to say you inspire everyday of my life with your music. You really are the best
each of your albums has a special magic.
thanks for making music, please never stop
Claudia from Ecuador
Brandon hello!!
which of your art would you recommend me so i can get a tatto??
love you all


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Significant Changes in Quality of Life - 12/2/2013
I have lived in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area for almost 38 years. Now I am an aging baby-boomer and have experienced a serious deterioration in the quality of life here over the last several years. Recently this area has experienced another critical mass which has had serious consequences.
Most seriously, this area has had a steady increase in both violent and property crime due to the effects of a two year long prison release program, imposed by the State Legislature on the entire state (AB109), one-third of whom have been released to Los Angeles County alone. This increase may not as yet be reflected in the latest crime statistics.
Los Angeles is suffering, in large part, from the effects of the Law of Diminishing Returns. This is due to the dramatic increase in population of both the city and county of Los Angeles, along with the sheer geographical size and distances one encounters in living in Southern California; torturous commutes along gridlocked freeways and surface streets, along with an increasing population density, resulting in discontinuation of once pleasurable activities.
Other contributing factors are an aging and deteriorating infrastructure, resulting in increasingly frequent power blackouts, poor and deteriorating streets, underground pipes bursting with significant water damage to streets and buildings: all areas which the city and county governments seem unwilling or powerless to adequately address.
Finally, social relationships have deteriorated as the resident population seems increasingly angry and unfriendly, and uninterested in forming and maintaining new relationships. This has resulted in a sense of increasing isolation and alienation among many social groups; especially those who are single (of any age group), the divorced, the widowed, senior citizens (who are effectively rendered invisible), and those who are among the Lesbian and gay population (from adolescents to seniors).
In reviewing your list of the most stressful cities to live in, I believe it would be helpful to add a column of the measure of use of other drugs (e.g. marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, designer drugs) which may be obtained from CDC or SAMSHA, as well as a column measuring overall broad measures of general physical health, community spirit, and a column measuring one's sense of belonging.
I believe the above are all indices that will affect the level of stress an individual will experience in any city.
Thank you for the opportunity to present these comments.[read more...]
Northeast Los Angeles - 10/19/2013
I live in the area of northeast Los Angeles (NELA) which is comprised of many older neighborhoods. Over the past 10 years, NELA has become a popular destination of Los Angeles hipsters, defined roughly as young, urban and into the music and art scene. The socioeconomic statistics of this population vary from upper income to low (minimum wage).
My specific neighborhood is called Glassell Park. It is considered to be one of the next up and coming neighborhoods for this population and is in the beginning stages of gentrification. Glassell Park is bordered by Glendale, Eagle Rock (NELA) and Cypress Park (NELA). [read more...]
Sunland/Tujunga Quality of Life - 10/16/2013
The community of Sunland and Tujunga is a real sleeper community.
Very small town feel but close to just about everything since the 210 freeway runs parallel to the main blvd(foothill). The community is nestled along the mountains thus developers cant build huge apts. and over develop the area. The developers have tried to sneak an apartment into every last space but all the empty land is taken. With the mountains to the North, its impossible to over populate the direct area.
Traffic is much less intense than most cities within Los Angeles. Crime seems very low and the town shuts down at night. If you want nightlife, Hollywood is about 20 minutes away.
The community has really been on the upswing. Streets are finally being paved and home prices are up. You get a lot for your money compared to the crowded nearby cities of Glendale and Burbank, so i like it. The best thing about this town is that most places are within 15-20 min of the community, then you can come home to less of a rate race. People please keep investing in your properties and taking pride. Every little bit helps![read more...]
Thinking of moving to Los Angeles??? - 8/22/2013
Don't! Avoid it as if your life depended on it. I have lived here two years, both in Hollywood and now a more upscale suburb. This place is a slum with few inhabitable areas. Beverly Hills, BelAir, Malibu... Don't be deceived about what money will buy here. Unless you have 20 million or more, you will be exposed daily to the slum life. Corruption, unethical business practice and dishonesty are so common here, it is rare to find professionals who even know what ethical, professional behavior is. Real estate agents are the scum of the earth here. I worked with three before finally buying a house. They are here to scam you, from both sides, buyer and seller. If you want to live in a safe neighborhood, plan on a home costing you at least 2.5 million. This does not however guarantee that you will not have to shop in a grocery store with uneducated, unconcerned, unethical management, employees and customers. The really disconcerting part is this city is so far gone, there is nothing that could ever make it a decent place to live. Why do you think stars move to Austin, North Carolina, and other places and commute to work here. I live in what is considered an upscale neighborhood here...houses from $700k to probably $10 million. A truck drives up to my house, starts stealing items from my property. I call the police while the robbery is in progress. Do you think they sent a police car? No, not during the robbery, not after the robbery, not ever. I pay over $12,000 per year in taxes and you cannot sent a police car when I am on the phone watching people rob my property? Los Angeles is a slum. I don't care how big the promotion is, or the salary, don't waste your time. [read more...]
The City of Los Angeles - 5/20/2013
LA is a place to sell.
everyone is selling something, more often than not- themselves.
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Horrbile !! - 2/27/2013
Lived in California all my life and can't take it anymore moving soon and can't wait!
First, cost of living is high, California is one of the highest taxed states in the nation. You are taxed and taxed to death. Good luck getting a good job because the cost of living is so high mist good companies are leaving to Texas.. the good jobs are leaving in droves here. An average apt in a nice area 1 (bd) is about $1,600+ . Most of my college friends who have degrees live at home because they cannot afford to live on their own, or they have 2 or 3 roommates. If you want to buy a house forget it. So expensive that most people drive to Riverside county and have a 2-3 hr commute.
Traffic is horrible and I mean horrible takes about 1hr to get anywhere. You cannot park anywhere in the city without a worried of getting a parking ticket or being towed.
Crime is about the same in all large cities but you here you also have to worry about the cops. The LAPD is one of the worst corrupt police agencies in the country. I'm actually more afraid of the LAPD than the criminals. And in Orange County, Sheriff Mike Corona was arrested and sent to prison for corruption . Just Goggle his name and read the story not even Orange County is crime free.
Most people here live pay-check to pay-check live at home until in their 30's because the cannot survie. The people that seem to have money are only 1 paycheck away from the street and in debt so much.
California only has the weather that is it !
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I have to leave Los Angeles - 2/25/2013
Let me make it very clear from the start: I love L.A.
I am not a native, but have been here since 1983. I'm originally from Oklahoma City, and have lived in (in chronological order): Oklahoma City, Portland (OR), Seattle, San Francisco, Beverly Hills, Albuquerque, San Diego, and now, Los Angeles. Back when I had money, I traveled 2-1/2 months a year, and have been to every state and major city in this country, and to 52 foreign countries. I don't think any city in the world has the unique combination of climate and cultural diversity that Los Angeles has, and that's the main reason I love it here.
But I can't afford it anymore. My income is dramatically less than it used to be, and my rent (for a simple studio apartment in an older building in a decidedly not-fashionable neighborhood) takes over two thirds of that. For that reason, and that reason alone, I've got to return to my hometown, Oklahoma City. If I wanted to, I could rent a larger apartment or even a house for less than what I'm paying here. Since I'm over 70 now, there's no way I can work full time (I'd love to work part time), so the only income I can count on is my social security, and it'll go much, much farther in OKC than it's going here in LA.
I'm back in touch with old highschool classmates back in OKC, but I have to admit that most of the people who are really important to me now are here in LA, and I'm going to miss them terribly. But, surprisingly, OKC has morphed into a surprisingly cosmopolitan place, so I guess I'll be OK.[read more...]
All Does Not Glitter in LA - 2/17/2013
After 6 months of living here I have found several means of discrimination here: Grocery stores in south LA carry the unhealthiest foods one can buy; why? Low price. South LA is mostly populated by minorities. I must shop in the suburbs further south or shop in LA proper. Housing choices seems to be dated from the 1950s. Non-food shopping can also be difficult here, if you want to shop in a mall. Where are the malls in s LA? A dead one in Hawthorne, a decent one in Manhattan Beach/Lawndale, and a better one in Carson. Even the Big Box stores here seem to be lacking. Okay, I moved here from Reno, NV; completely different from LA; and super conservative-no thanks. I'll put up with the shopping and housing issues here for a bit, rather than returning to an uncomfortable city for me. Most of the people I've encountered, here, are friendly.[read more...]
California is so overrated - 1/12/2013
I've lived in Los Angeles since 1980, and that is a very long time. I hate this area for so many reasons. First of all the housing costs are astronomical. For $300,000 you get a tiny crappy house in an area with gangster tagging everywhere. It's INSANE. My sister has a huge mansion in Houston that was 220K. The same house in LA would be at least a million dollars. I've been robbed at gunpoint by gang members and I live in a "good" area. I could go on and on about the joys of multiculturalism. This state has been ruined by the Democrats and their refusal to do anything about illegal immigration. The state is many billions in debt and doesn't seem to be able to correct the sinking ship. An illegal totalled my car on the freeway and had no insurance(of course) so I had to eat it. I have story after story like this. The city and is broke too, so the cops write lots of nonsense tickets and the parking "officers" also rape and pillage, all in the name of revenue enhancement. I believe that almost anywhere in the USA is about HALF as expensive as Los Angeles. I don't know why people stay here. I got stuck. Oh, the weather, that's right. It's supposed to be so great. Well, the last week has been cold as hell with nights in the mid 30's. I feel like I'm in New York. Can I say one good thing about LA? Okay, there are some good restaurants. But the mayor is a fool, and the city council is a crew of dunces. California is extremely overrated and waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too expensive. I'm planning to leave as soon as I can work it out. [read more...]
Moving to Miami, FL - 1/4/2013
I must say Miami, FL is the place to be. Dont get me wrong but Los Angeles is a nice place to live. You got to have money to live here or Miami. Both places have a high crime rate so it wouldnt matter. I travel alot an if you like hot weather, nice beaches, fast pace and beautiful people then Miami's where you need to be. Los Angeles also has the same things but contains more of an american style in activities. Los Angeles is a very big city that has different area's such as the valleys, mountain ranges, and beaches. Its beautiful but they have Earthquakes which is worse than a hurricane. Los Angeles also has Landslides, Santa Ana Strong Winds and its polluted. There are beautiful people there but most have surgery done so dont think its all what it is on tv. LA is also can be very sad (HOLLYWOOD) there are lots of homeless people there and the people in a LA are just rude. But to me Florida citizens are very nice an Florida has nice clean air and its a relaxing place to live.[read more...]
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Los Angeles - 10/20/2012
Great weather, great restaurants, and lots of things to do, LA is a great place to live and work when you're in your 20s-30s. With that said, in my 40s I feel I need a change of environment to something a little less congested and less stressful. The traffic in LA alone is enough to make anyone want to move, but all in all it is actually a pretty good place to live.[read more...]
Cost of Living - 9/5/2012
I moved to LA 24 years ago, from the Northeast. It was the best thing I have ever done in my life. That being said, Los Angeles has a lot to offer, but it comes at a high price. Los Angeles is a massive suburban area with more developed cities scattered from place to place. There is more diversity here than anywhere else I have seen in the US, Though places like NY are probably pretty comparable. I have found over the years, with downturns in the economy, LA is usually among the last to be impacted, but once it is, it is also among the last to recover. With the high average cost of a home here(around 1/2 million), only about 10-15% of the population can afford to buy here. Most rent and currently, I rent a 1 bedroom, 800 sq.ft., 2 stall garage, on a busy street, in the southbay area for $1400. And that's a deal. A lot of studios are going for $1000 and up. Employment is down, There's always work, but it's gotten a lot tougher to find it over the last few years. Everyone wants to pay very little, but are very demanding and expect your life to revolve around your work. You swim with the sharks here, so either learn to bite back or get eaten. Many come and turn tail and run within 1-5 years. And it's only getting worse, but people keep coming, traffic gets more congested. So if you're thinking of moving here better grow a thick skin and sharp teeth and persistance should be you're middle name.[read more...]
Best place to live - 8/23/2012
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Los Angeles - 7/19/2012
I heard that it was suppose to be a good price to live there but to read about the real price from a person that is living there changes the whole thing around. At first i thought it would be great to live there but after that i dont really think so.[read more...]
Melrose elementary magnet school - 6/4/2012
Best school ever even with budget cuts and limited resources this school thanks to the teachers, coordinators and parents are doing a great job. My son is in third grade ready for four I'm extremely happy, because he is way ahead in math science and art. Yes!!!!
I forgot He just perform at house of blues thanks to the Rock star program amazing.[read more...]
Arete Digital Imaging - 6/4/2012
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Venice - 5/25/2012
I've lived in Venice longer than I've lived anywhere (I'm originally from San Diego). I love it. Venice is a little piece of paradise on earth. Yes, there are problems with homeless, with parking, with very high housing costs, but it is a wonderful, walkable community, with great funky restaurants and wine bars, the boardwalk, the ocean, an eclectic mix of architecture and a creative population. [read more...]
Of course, the traffic sucks. The heat in the valley and downtown area suck. Price of living sucks. Inflation and gas sucks. But! Everything else is beautiful. Besides the rich people, everyone's really friendly. You get more sunshine in LA than you do anywhere else in America (with FL an Hawaii exceptions). If you enjoy a good climate, low humidity, and just sunshine and heat (plus cool evenings), LA or even California is the place for you. Depending where you live, beach could be a half hour to an hour or so away. Mountains and hills are everywhere. The culture is rich. There is some pretty fine Mexican food. LA is hip on the latest trends, however you have to be quite a trend-follower or well-connected to find these places. Good advice. Live by your work or school, wherever you have to drive to 8 in the morning on a daily basis. Second advice, Silver Lake is for the prestigious hipsters, Venice Beach for prestigious hipsters, Pasadena and Beverly Hills for the college minded, Long Beach--Manhattan Beach and Thousand Oaks area for families. Explore first: Urth Caffe (specifically Venice Beach), Intelligentsia Coffee (try that location or Silver Lake), Santa Monica Pier (if your touristy), Zuma Beach Malibu (if you're just a beach person in general), Laguna Beach (if you got the money to park), the Edison (20s style cocktail lounge), and Chicos (great Mexican food), Tender Greens (Santa Monica), the Getty, and blah--you can't fit it all in. Good luck trying. But one thing, you will need a car to survive unless you live close by, a road bike might work. Other hint hints (Echo, Highland, and Griffith). Angora Hills and down the coast to Dana Point are fun to explore too.[read more...]
This school is good but the recent Vice Principal has really packed a punch onto the seniors graduating year 2012. I know that student who graduated before 2012 did NOT need 20 hours of community Service hours or anything like that. I am a Current student in Lincoln High School, a school with great teachers and a principal but the new Vice Principal or whoever she is really did knock me out on the year of 2012. I have Senior Classes and now i have to worry about Community Service hours. Now, i can BARELY even keep my feet on the floor anymore, books, quiz, homework, projects, essays and many more coming left and right then i get a knockout punch for Community service hours and other stuff required for Graduation. Too much stress is going on right now for me to even FOCUS what i want to do. College apps, Community Service hours, Homework, Quiz, Test, Senior Portfolio. My god..what else is there?! Even my Dad who attended this school said it wasn't this horrible before, he graduated this school as if it was a piece of cake, but now? Damn...I think I'm going to die young for being unhealthy due to all the all-nighter i need to pull for school than live to be able to even see my future! I just hope that Administrators of this school/district do not just add stuff for students to do before they graduate. They had it easy back in high school, maybe not SAT/ or ACT or even CAHSEE, now? Oh man is it a horrible just to even get all of that done..maybe our Administrators/Principals and teachers should try to understand what students are going through rather than killing the with education that wont really help them in life.[read more...]


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Heredia List Tougher Than Mitchell Report?
This Forum was created to divert traffic from Current Events at the height of the BALCO scandal. It comes and goes as "needed"; it's back to being locked.
I don't think any of us are in any doubt that this is a worldwide problem. That would tend to imply though that they're all at it around the world which is quite worrying really. That would also mean you're implying that the sport is indeed riddled at the elite end and we can't trust any of the results. Not a very attractive prospect. Ok, I may be exaggerating and I'm sure the sport's cleaner than it has been for a while, but that's where this process of discussion is leading to.
Still the US is getting more of the attention because of the very high profile scandals now issuing from the continent and that US authorities spent so much time yakking about steroids in the Eastern Bloc while at the same time it appears that quite as many drugs were flowing through the US. Just a different way of doing it, and that a blind eye was turned to it. Of course, the US does tend to have more sprinting talent than the rest, so you're naturally going to get more attention, welcome or unwelcome.
Anyway, a report has turned up on Eurosport/Yahoo that Jamaican sprinter Raymond Stewart - a silver medallist at the worlds in 87 has denied Heredia's allegations - I wasn't aware of anywhere that had named the other 11 athletes on Heredia's list though.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/15042008/ ... ement.html
The truth... if you care
I'd like to put this doping thing to rest once and for all. I've tried with varying degrees of success for a long time to bring this to the attention of folks with USATF, IRS, USADA, FBI, you name the alphabet soup organization. I've even tried in here and reached out to a number of you in private. The only positive response I got back was from EPelle starting about three years ago.
At any rate everything the Angel has released is true. The only problem is that it is still not the entire story. For the 12 athletes he names, there are many, many more that he doesn't. The reason why I know is that I had worked with him over the three years to come clean. He approached me about the same time the Balco story broke and told me about what his role had been in doping. He also told me how much he hated Conte and that Conte was just showboating to promote himself.
I have been involved in T&F for over 20 years as an official, coach and then I registered as an agent to get closer to get a clearer picture. I was doing my best Upton Sinclair imitation and elite track and field is like being in a slaughterhouse. You don't want to see how the sausage is made. Whether you care to believe me or not, the sport was rife with people looking to cheat. Not so much the athletes but the agents, coaches and some shoe reps were pushing their charges as hard as they could to gain any advantage they could.
I'm praying for the day when people will stop lying and just say what happened. It is sad but true the the USA was right up there with the East Germans in terms of cheating. The only difference is that it wasn't government sponsored. Our government could care less. Our cheating was sponsored by the sponsors.
I would go on but I'll let you wait until the trial to get the testimony. I don't want to get hauled off for leaking grand jury stuff. Speaking of that, the boys at the SF Chronicle and in Congress wasted everyones time with the baseball stuff. Baseball has been a joke for years. Damn near all of those cats in MLB can verify they know someone who is doping.
There is one good thing though. Not everyone is track was or is juiced and there is a whole lot of good young people coming up. We track fans need to push for a better way to support the athletes and the sport so that we can keep the nogoodniks out. Please let's not ever go back to the "Sub-10" days. That just fed the beast.
I remember reading Stewart's name when Greene's first leaked but I forget why now...it was to do with him as a coach rather than an athlete.
Who does he coach, apart from the athlete mentioned in that Eurosport link ?
It was a phone call to Stewart regarding his association with Heredia I believe.
I think he said that he had spoken to Heredia but that "we don't believe in that stuff around here" or something like that.
That raises a good point. I have no idea who said what to whom and when, but let's remember that if Heredia was out there trying to get athletes and coaches interested in drugs that he could supply, some of those athletes and coaches undoubtedly said "I'm not interested in that stuff" (or words to that effect).
In that case, it would still be undeniably true that the athlete or coach had a conversation with Heredia regarding drugs. It would also not demonstrate that anyone other than Heredia was involved with trafficking in drugs or using them.
Of course, it's not unlikely that some potential customers said "yes." That's another matter. But the mere fact that an athlete or coach was solicited by Heredia doesn't mean that he or she committed a doping offense.
I was just thinking that the clean athletes have themselves to blame when they don't rat out the cheaters and drug pushers. I'm guessing that most clean athletes at the elite level get approached by either a drug pusher or a dirty athlete to try PED's at some point in their careers. If that athlete only responds, "No, I'm not interested", and then doesn't inform authorities, isn't that clean athlete also part of the problem? Shouldn't that athlete inform the FBI, the DEA or some other agressive law enforcement agency? I'm sure there a lot of young and eager G-men looking to make names for themselves by taking down a big name athlete.
that's a bit naive... the clean athletes are not culpable. nor are they responsible for keeping the sport clean. in the VAST majority of the time, drugs in this sport are not pushed athlete to athlete. there is a corporate pressure being pushed on these athletes that makes it so prevalent. as usual, it's the guys in the white collars who are controlling this issue. the blue collar athletes should ultimately be held responsible for what goes in their body, but the pressure to use and easy access is facilitated by the white collars of the sport.
you also must look at what is the incentive for a clean athlete to turn in a suspected cheater? why would a clean athlete want to further alienate his beloved sport from the masses? every positive test sullies our sport. why expose (and discredit further) the sport that provides the athlete an identity and in some rare cases a very nice living? clean ath;letes are doing enough for the sport by staying clean and having the integrity to play by the rules. there is no onus on them to name names.
ha ha ha I don t think any country is more patriotic than USA....
If I dare to say something as small as "smaller countries would have been banned from Olympics for same amount of US doping scandals" my comment is immediately erased.
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No matter where the drugs come from there is one person who is ultimately responsible; the person who choses to ingest them. No suit forces drugs down an athletes throats, rubs it on their skin, or injects them. The responsibility begins and ends with the individual (not including state sponsored doping, of course).
Every athlete knows they are competing against dopers; it's their choice whether to go to the dark side or not. There lies the moral dilemma they face. And when national and international associations spend decades covering up, hiding tests, protecting individuals, put them in their Hall of Fame's......it's no wonder many feel they simply have no choice if they want to be competitive.
Don't you you mean jingoistic or nationalistic? I think of patriotism as the flag waving that you see at the Olympics and all countries have a some of that, and I don't think that's a bad thing.
So are you saying that clean athletes should keep their mouths shut even if an agent, trainer, coach or fellow athlete tries to provide them with PED's?
The same incentive a dirty cheater has to turn in one of his/her own, namely better lane draws with the absense of their foe; more available prize money; VIP treatment to/from/during meets. Alienate his/her sport from the masses? The sport isn:t on the map but once every four years in the USA. Every positive test kicks out an unwanted member of an exclusive club. Expose and discredit a sport which provides a means to live/survive? Sponsors (Nike) aren:t shy of laying out the bucks for good talent, period. Neither is adidas.
No onus to name names? I:d call this a bit foolish.
so should the clean athletes go about wearing hidden microphones or cameras? scavenging trash cans in a dirty athlete's home? if a clean athlete reports a dirty athlete without proof, its going to get ugly. the burden of proof is on the accuser, after all, and so unless there is proof, the reputation of the clean athlete is going to be tainted as a "poor loser" or "self serving hypocrite" by fans and people on message boards.
nevermind the fact that if USADA or the IAAF (or the various corporate sponsors) start having to take every accusation seriously, and investigate each accusation, things are going to get very expensive and bogged down. athletes will be accusing each other left and right in order to gain a competitive advantage and disrupt the lives of their rivals. is this what you want?
unless there is tangible proof, yes.
There are toll-free lines one can dial and leave an anonymous tip. Up to IAAF to determine the veracity of the tip. Worked in the case of catching Veneva and Stambolova.
Would an tape recording of a conversation, in which PED's are being peddled, suffice?
Tim Montgomery and Chryste Gaines got busted on less than a taped conversation. They were busted essentially on Kelli Whites testimony (and the fact they did not refute it).
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This post is a series of reflections on recent readings and discussions about leadership, culture, and change. Steve Jobs' untimely passing has created an opportunity for a lot of reflection, and his words and words about him make up a significant portion of this post.
What I'm working toward here is a clearer understanding of society, culture, and "change."
Why do people behave the way they do? Why is society structured the way it is? What is a "leader?" Is it possible to "change" things? And if so, how?
In a recent blog post – a tribute to Steve Jobs – John Carlton makes the claim that we as a species haven't really needed to create much of the technology we've used in the past fifty years or so.
Anyone with a smidgeon of knowledge about the history of civilization can refute that idea. The Web could have easily remained a pet project of the military-industrial-academic world. The sky could easily today be full of zeppelins instead of jets, with no satellites orbiting above, no footprints on the moon, and no mp3′s murmuring in your earbuds.
Perhaps, John!
This comment struck a chord with me, and resonated with a few other things I've been discussing and reading recently.
The first was this article, sent to me by a good friend of mine: Nice Guys and Gals Still Finish Last at the Office.
The article cites some recent research from various people at some of the top business/management schools in the country.
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"Being selfish makes you seem more dominant and being dominant makes you seem more attractive as a leader, especially when there's competition," said Robert Livingston, a co-author of the study and assistant professor of management and organizations at the Kellogg School.
The study concluded that "altruism does increase prestige," but people who are generous or altruistic can appear weak or gullible, Livingston added. "It basically makes you look less dominant and less power seeking. That's the paradox," he said.
But why is that a "paradox?"
Altruism increases prestige, but not power or dominance. No paradox there.
Unless we get into a conflict based on language, and poorly-defined terms. "Altruism," "prestige," "power," and "dominance." Defined clearly, lead to no paradox at all.
Altruism is the doing of something selflessly.
By definition, that is "unselfish" action.
The researchers are measuring "selfishness" as relates with "dominance" and "power." Selfishness being the desire to choose situations that favor oneself over others, giving one more power (more choices).
When you are altruistic, and you give someone something, they may be grateful. It could appear as a sign of over-abundance in you. But if you always act unselfishly, that means that you never hold or gain power. By definition.
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"As humans we are wired to respond to dominance" in terms of who we perceive as leadership worthy, he said.
The research did not look at whether being nice or being selfish made you a better leader. It was about "leader emergence," not whom we perceive would make a better leader, he said.
"On a subconscious level this is the conclusion people are coming to," he said. "Kindness equals weakness."
Is that actually the conclusion? Kindness = weakness?
Or is it more subtle? Could it be – Kindness does not equal dominance/power?
Before we go too far, we should admit the important difference between those two statements.
Kindness being equal to weakness means that anyone who is ever kind is perceived as weak. But that's not the case. Even the powerful and dominant exhibit kindness.
So it's kindness mediated by some other quality (or a lack of some other quality) that is perceived as weakness.
The last bit is important as well…that they did not study whether being "selfish" (self-serving?) makes you a "better" leader.
I would guess that it doesn't matter. Once you're a leader, you lead. "Better" or "worse" depends on whether or not you win.
Why any of this is a surprise is beyond me completely. Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt wrote his awesome compendium "Human Ethology" back in 1989. It details the field he created, which compares non-human primate physiology, sociology, and behavior, to human behavior in those areas. (By the way you can buy a hardcover copy of this book used on Amazon for $18!!!…well worth it in my opinion).
We know (and have known for some time) that human beings act out of the same base-level (and unconscious) patterns as chimps.
Chimps utilize these behaviors:
in group/out group distinction/prejudice
ritualized behavior (which is what I think most of our daily lives consists of…"habit"), including:
mating – marriage/partnership
reassurance – grooming/reconciliation
In humans, most of the "differences" between what those categories look like stem from culture. They show up differently based on how that social group developed within the land/territory it grew in, it's traditions and customs (which are shaped by habitat).
And all of those are a result and reflection of the basic physiological drives to:
sex – reproduction
status – affiliation and leadership (relative within you're niche/social class)
safety – physical, emotional
Which are often (usually?) based on to/from attraction/avoidance pleasure/pain distinctions (which are individually-defined and perceived, and are also often based on cultural learning).
Further still, most humans behave out of:
Fear/Anxiety, and/or
In the hopes that they'll get one of the following:
Taste (especially fatty, sweet, and/or salty)
And that they'll be able to do so:
With no attachments.
What's "motivating" is usually hitting your evolutionary-behavioral necessities (to have sex/reproduce, to be safe, and to have and understand some sort of status in your group); AND your dopamine receptors – fast, easy, cheap, fun, tasty, comfortable, risky/exciting, orgasmic, etc.
I.e., your motivation is primarily "emotional," and your rational mind makes up excuses for why your emotional decisions are "right."
Dominance displays (for social standing or as defensive measures) are standard operating procedure for primates (and many/most other animals).
Another article makes this even more-clear – Cooperation is Child's Play.
Again, the article mingles poorly-defined terms like "fairness," "cooperation," and "altruism." Nevertheless, the article cites research showing that infants at 15 months of age have some developed sense of "fairness."
But there seems to be no clear-cut way to determine when how or why a child will decide to share a favorite toy or not. That is, "fairness" is personally-mediated based on factors yet-to-be-identified.
Is that news? I'm not sure. But I mention it here as another trait we share with primates. Primates display "fairness" and "altruism" as much as we do. Usually in response to social structure or social evaluations, but probably just as often based on personal/individual feeling (or emotion) at any given instant.
Okay, Josh, but what does this have to do with the "shape of society = shape of technology?"
In one of my more recent blog posts on the "Paleo" diet/exercise fad, I mention that many (most?) of the technological advances that have occurred in human history occurred after advent of agriculture…after the domestication of animals and grains…after the "division of labor"…after specialization, etc.
My response to "paleo" was basically this -
knowing that our huge brains are (supposedly) largely responsible for our "ecosystem-dominance,"
and knowing that those huge brains are the largest consumers of blood-glycogen in the body,
and that the most readily-accessible source of high amounts of carbohydrate is in the form of fruits and grains (things eschewed by paleo advocates),
could it make sense that a large contributor to our "success" in dominating our ecosystems would be easy (and relatively constant) access to high-availability carbohydrates?
(having a lot of free time to sit around and play with stuff probably didn't hurt)…
Thinking more about paleo, and the evolution of our nature as "tool-makers," and reflecting on Carlton's post, I wondered -
What drove us to develop the technologies we did? What drives us to grasp onto something like the internet, iPods and earbuds? Or maybe even earlier – animal husbandry and agriculture?
Elias Interlude
After receiving a rejection for a paper I submitted to the Sociology of Sport Journal (but receiving some wonderful feedback in the process) I spent a little time reviewing Norbert Elias' classic work "The Civilizing Process."
Searching for the relevance of that framework to my own research (if any), I began to wonder about the relevance of Elias' work generally. Suddenly, I was struck by what seems to me to be an unnecessary level of complexity in his hypothesis.
Elias hypothesized that "centralization of governmental/control processes" and an increasing "division of labor" along with a self-replicating tendency within any society's manners-systems were what have led to the current state of Western society.
Elias focused on his analysis of etiquette manuals, or works describing etiquette behaviors, from the Middle Ages to the present day. What he found was that certain manners (especially those that de-animalize human beings, or restrict base behaviors – like farting, spitting, burping, etc.) are absorbed into culture, and then assimilated. The next generation doesn't need to enforce those manners, because they've been learned and accepted at face value – as if that is the only way to behave. That generation, in turn, refines those anti-animalistic manners systems.
I think Elias went a couple of steps too far in the level of complexity needed to create such an effect. The process still occurs if we stop at the point where children are taught certain manners.
If a "manner" is picked up and/or accepted by a group, and then is taught to the children or enforced on/in the children, it becomes more-deeply entrenched, and becomes more "concrete" – more reified. Children accept and believe and follow without thinking. Then, as adults, they behave in that manner without thinking. In this model, there is no need for "division of labor" or "centralization of government/control" to create acquiescence.
It's a simple feedback mechanism based on – what children are taught (or, how they are taught to behave) – that snowballs…
Elias gets off track as well, in his hypothesis about the anti-animal (rationalization) nature of this process. It's culture-creation, not anti-animalizing. People are still highly animal. The most-obvious or outward signs of being "animal" might be hidden under manners, but are they really? Ever go to a bar in Philadelphia during an Eagles football game wearing another team's jersey?
Elias also points out that higher classes adopted sophisticated manners-systems first, and lower classes imitated these behaviors. Simple class-behavior, also evident in primate groups. It's important to keep in mind that all of the things Elias noticed are the result of the basic drives/impulses that I listed at the beginning of this post.
That said, I also suddenly wondered whether, and began searching for evidence that, Elias had considered that all of the peoples (and their manners) that he studied had one thing in common – the printing press.
All of his analysis is based on the "invisible" technology of the printed word.
That is, the technology itself must have been partly responsible for the spread of this type of behavior – especially the widespread adoption of manners.
To the Point
What drives the formation of culture? On some level, it is the movement of culture itself. That kinetic energy, spinning down the road of time, keeping things moving. (Bekhterev's explanation is my favorite. I'll be posting a review of his work soon.)
As Carlton remarks, it seems rarely to have been "necessity" that has driven technological advances. Especially in recent history.
More clearly, it hasn't been any "necessity" related to survival. Especially after the advent of agriculture. At that point, it's usually a perceived-necessity in the mind of the creator (or adopters) of the technology, and their ability to convince others to adopt.
But why did we specialize? What created a need for specialization – for the "division of labor?"
My hypothesis after all of this is that we are "inherently" and maybe "primarily" "tool-makers" – Homo Habilis.
That's a trait we've never lost – the ability to make tools.
As I've mentioned in previous posts about the advent of civilization, there are some important things that happen before, during, and after you make a tool.
First, you have to perceive "things." Then perceive them as being separate from yourself. You have to understand that you can "operate" on one "thing" with another. You have to realize that you can achieve consistent/repeatable results.
In doing this, you've created a "you" and an "it." The other is "it." All others become "its." And they are "things" capable of being manipulated to achieve the outcome you desire.
It's a big leap, but not huge. Many animals have this type of knowledge. Otters use stones to crack the shells of mollusks. Apes use blades of grass to capture termites.
What comes next though is the idea that you can use other animals in this way. Other animals become "its."
And, finally, the tool disappears.
That is, the tool itself – having to know how to construct the tool, and having to go through that process each time you need to use it – becomes taken for granted.
Creating things that are more efficient that "just work," that disappear into the background, where you don't notice the thing itself, only what it allows you to do. That's what Steve Jobs is referring to when he says "design is a loaded word." And it's part of the genius of Apple products. They disappear well.
The Shape of Society
As we gathered in larger groups and discovered ways to grow grains and manage herds of animals, it became apparent that we could live more "leisurely" than we had.
Population increased and demanded the creation of some rules to help to regulate human relationships with one another and with nature.
Crossing another size-threshold we become forced to manage basic drives (like those listed above) in ways that allow them to continue in the light of large population numbers.
Many civilizations have existed that had elaborate rules and technologies – Egyptian, Aztec, etc. – that maintained primate behavioral dynamics within larger spheres.
Combine the tool-maker's mind, the one that creates the "self" and "other, with a large population and the demands for regulating behavior that come with that, and you have specialization of labor.
The Next Order
What's the next order of thinking?
Combining tools into "larger" tools, or making existing tools "more efficient" is one approach. But there's something behind that. It's related to the drive for dominance.
I think it's this:
Passion, and learning how to gather a team through split-second judgments, and to hone your ability to judge people quickly over time.
Those are world-changing qualities…when attached to a dominant individual like a Steve Jobs.
Perhaps these are things to practice in our lives?
The Now Order
But what is the technology of Now? Of our present day?
I think a clue lies in the structure of our society.
Compared to hunter-gatherer societies, which practiced shamanism and remained deeply connected to their environment, agriculturally-based cultures were more distant from nature, tools, and one-another.
This wasn't any "intentional" move, but a natural outgrowth of large numbers of people trying to (unconsciously) act out primal (primate) behavior norms.
As that model progresses, we become better and better at using the tool of separation, and less and less adept at seeing it, or knowing how to construct it.
We get to the "Industrial Revolution," where we create a new world based on tools. Nature becomes a relatively meaningless term. We know this because of the debates in literature from the mid-1800′s that sprung up about what "nature" actually means.
We've had a "technological revolution" in the internet, in which yet another world has been created – the "virtual" world. But we should call it a "virtual" world within another virtual world.
More distance from self, other, and nature. More separation. More specialization.
In many places in our current culture, children don't know where the foods they eat come from. They don't know where meat comes from, or what vegetables look like, or that they grow in the earth.
(This show – Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution – was dropped, by the way, for low ratings, and replaced by repeats of Dancing with the Stars.)
When those children grow up, what is their "manner" toward nature, food, others, or themselves?
Again – this is not a critique of "Dancing with the Stars." I'm not saying that the powers that be should have left Jamie Oliver's show on, or that it's a travesty that they did not.
It is not a travesty. It is the reality of our current culture. It is the value system (which is the same as the shape or the structure) of the culture that we are co-creating.
A recent Scientific American piece on Steve Jobs highlights some of the points in this post well.
The author points out that:
…you could listen to Daft Punk or Nickelback or John Denver or Run DMC, and your tastes wouldn't define you. Those remained yours. Instead, what others would see in your purchase of an iPod was the indication that you were a savvy digital music owner. And this was the message inherent in other Apple devices as well. There is a certain status that MacBooks and iPhones and iPads convey. Yes, it's partly monetary, but it's also suggestive of a comfort with technology—a willingness to adapt to and to adopt the trappings of digital life and make them your own. And yet, the standard was still a standard. What Jobs did with Apple was package consumerism under the banner of "personal."
Anthropologists might call this commodity fetishism—when our relationships come to be defined (expressed, mediated, and transformed) in terms of the objectified relationships between things (i.e., commodities and money). In many ways, the world has come to be run by these sorts of objects. Even as we express ourselves with these devices, we are increasingly bound to them. They take on the properties of ourselves and we in turn are governed by them. Have you ever left your phone at home? How did it make you feel? Alone? Adrift? Disconnected? And yet, there was a time when those feelings never would have occurred to us. These feelings aren't conscious. They're not a attitude. They just are. They're intimately tied to our relationship with our devices, which we hold in great regard.
But has the world "come to be defined" this way, or is it constantly-being-defined this way?
I think it's the latter, and that it's the result of the shape of our society as it attempts to manage primal drives within huge populations of people.
We love to think in terms of "things." In fact, we are so far-removed from this type of tool-making – the type where we name things – that we've forgotten that it is a tool at all.
A value system is not something that "exists." It is an action that a person or group of people do.
We place meaning retroactively on the term, and forget that we were always talking about an action.
In the same sense, the "standardized personalization" that the author of the Scientific American piece above mentions, is an inseparable part of how we do society.
Standardized personalization – the ubiquity of "things" that are "ours" but that are invisible and are (just) used as tools to express our "uniqueness" – is a result of how we have done society so far.
Shaping "Popular"
What is "popular" now resembles the structure of our society.
Do "leaders" change that structure, or do they stand at the front of that structure?
Are they "game-changers" or are they actually "most representative" of the "zeitgeist" or "spirit-of-the-times?" (- as Hegel defined a "genius").
Are those the same thing?
I'm not encouraged by "revolutionists." What you resist, persists. As soon as you resist it, you put energy into it. Whatever it is, you give it energy (I mean energy in a literal sense – the power to do work – energy of position or motion, not some vague "thing" that's "out there").
Being outside of the norm means that you are in the "out-group." Unless you are a dominant-enough leader to draw people to your group (versus their own current group), you will be rejected and pushed away…even threatened, if you are perceived as offering too much of a disruption to what is "normal" for the "other" group.
Where does all of this lead? You tell me. What are your thoughts on leadership, change, and human behavior, in light of the above? Leave a comment and let me know.


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That may be the most obvious takeaway from the conviction of John Haggerty, his former political aide, on Friday.
Beneath the surface are other observations, however.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. will surely have a more relaxing weekend than if the jury had gone the other way.
The first-term democrat was under pressure to deliver after dropping a rape case against French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn when problems arose with the professed victim.
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Bondholders who financed the sports center in Vadnais Heights are likely to take a hit on their investment when a new owner is found for the debt-ridden arena.
The 200,000-square-foot domed complex went on the market last month for $13 million, about half of what it cost to finance it, said Dan Nelson, general counsel for Community Facility Partners, which owns the facility.
Proceeds from the sale will first go toward covering fees owed to the bondholders' trustee and the broker marketing the center before reaching those who actually put dollars into building it.
"(The bondholders) will be taking a loss," Nelson said.
It appears bondholders decided selling the complex was the best strategy for recouping at least a portion of their investment, Nelson said.
The trustee representing bondholders, U.S. Bank, declined to comment on the sale.
The Vadnais Sports Center has had a checkered financial history since opening in November 2010.
It was originally promoted as a project that would pay for itself through rental fees and would clean up a blighted corner of the northern suburb. The city council opted to financially back the bonds sold to pay for the arena, putting taxpayers on the hook for any financial shortfalls.
The facility did not meet expectations and quickly became a drain on city finances, leading the city council to pull out of the agreement last August.
The move effectively ended the city's financial obligation to the complex and placed its fate in the hands of bondholders.
Though allowed within the city's contract with Community Facility Partners, the decision led national bond-rating agency Standard and Poor's to drop the city's long-term rating on lease revenue bonds from an A- to a CC.
Its general obligation-backed bond rating -- the key measure typically used to measure a city's credit -- also fell.
With the city out of the picture, the sale of the building and its roughly 10-acre site is being brokered by Marcus and Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Co., according to U.S. Bank's notice to bondholders announcing the sale.
The trustee and Community Facility Partners hired the company, which did not respond to a request for comment.
Interest in the site has been high, Nelson said, who said at least two offers are under review.
The complex houses two hockey rinks, a domed field and a running track. There are also locker rooms, a concession area and office space. Sak's sports bar is attached to the building.
There are also three outlying lots on the site that have not been developed.
"The majority of the potential folks are looking to preserve it as a community sports facility," Nelson said of the potential buyers.
Board members reported an uptick in activity at the arena this spring after signing a deal with new anchor tenant Northern Educate, an intensive sports training program for students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
A broader marketing approach also helped land a craft show as well as dog racing events in the space this year.
Community Facility Partners board member Steve Collins said a new owner probably would continue to seek alternative uses for the center.
"I'd imagine the goal would be to try and rent it out as much as possible for anything that needs a roof," Collins said.
Despite the increase in activity, revenues were not enough to cover the principal payment owed to bondholders Aug. 1, Nelson said.
Revenue failed to cover both the principal and interest payments owed back in February, according to U.S. Bank's note to bondholders.
The trustee will hold a conference call to update bondholders on the status of the sale Aug. 13.
Sarah Horner can be reached at 651-228-5539. Follow her at twitter.com/hornsarah.