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The Dangers of Health Care for All
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A conservative group plans on spending 20 million to scare the American people into believing that universal health care coverage is bad.
A former health care executive from the Health Care of America, Richard Scott, is launching the multi million dollar ad campaign this coming Tuesday. The group he is heading, "Conservatives for Patients Rights," will be extolling the benefits of free market capitalism in health care on radio, TV, and in print.
There is real danger in everybody having health coverage and Mr. Scott wants to make sure people are aware of that.
Suppose everyone were to have health coverage then there would be more healthy Americans living longer. Of course that is a real danger to conservatives who would just as soon shoot people as to have them healthy.
In America it is not wrong for people to have guns to shoot people but it is wrong for people to have adequate health care coverage unless they are wealthy.
Of course, the group Conservatives for Patients Rights think it is OK that millions of Americans have filed for bankruptcy because they didn't have health insurance or adequate health care coverage. Conservatives are just upset that there might be a central authority that can tell people that they have to have health care coverage. Conservatives only like central authority when it is coming from a monopolistic business entity and they only like welfare when the money goes to corporations.
As the number of underinsured Americans has nearly doubled in the last few years to 25 million and the number of Americans with no health care coverage has risen to nearly 45 million, I am sure this free market conservative message will gain a lot of support among the American people.
Americans should be shaking and trembling over the possibility that a socialistic program like Universal health care might come to America. After all, conservatives hate social security, medicare, and disability benefits for others. They just put up with these solialistic programs when they themselves are collecting from it.
The message that health coverage for all is a real danger and we need more of the same "free market" principles that have contributed to the average American's life expectancy to be ranked 42nd in the world, even though the United States presently spends more than any country in the world on health care. Also, the American free market health care system is presently ranked right behind the Cuban communist system.
But thankfully there is a conservative group out there willing to spend millions to warn people that insuring all people adequately is bad.
Conservative Americans will hopefully continue to unite behind the message that we need more of the same in American health care. The idea that we need the same free market principles in health care that has killed and bankrupted millions of Americans will likely continue to contribute to the growing distaste to these principles among the American people. After all, these same "wonderful" free market principles have not only destroyed American health care but it has done a pretty bang up job on the economy too.
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JojoWazoo, my host here on this thread, thanks for being such a gracious host. I honestly think that the liberal Americans who vote "democrat" have a very difficult task trying to counter the very emotional arguments being put forward by Republicans.

Healthcare is one of those areas where it is only too easy to raise the "socialism" thing. Because, essentially, the costs of universal healthcare are so great that I can't think of a single country that can pull it off without some form of government intervention.

But in some countries, basic healthcare is thought to be a right. Is it "socialist" to expect your government to build roads, provide school buildings, and maintain levees so that they don't fail when there is a hurricane. With respect, I didn't understand Bobby Jindal's comments on "Big Government" failing Lousiana in some way by not allowing unlicensed boats to do rescue work. If only Government had been big enough for the job of maintaining the levees. Hope this last remark doesn't offend anyone.

The appeal to the emotions, to the instincts, is very powerful, I wish you all the best of luck and my best intentions. If the Obama Administration puts more money into the most basic public health care, people will start howling that he is promoting "handouts".

To those people, I would say that every dollar spent intelligently on the most basic kind of primary health care may take more than a dollar from the "pie" which the insurers and HMOs can eat. My government puts economic pressure on health insurance companies by providing good cheap polyclinics and screening and follow-up programmes. We cover 80% of the most basic healthcare costs and the cost to the taxpayer is maybe 3 - 5% of the annual budget. If we didn't spend on basic care, we'd be in a camel clutch perpetually with the insurers trying to beg them for money to cover expensive things like diabetes complications, dialysis, transplants, and long-term care.

Phew, that was a vent! Thanks again for being a gracious hostess.
Hey, dedre, thanks for bothering to read that incredibly long post! I just couldn't resist trying to give Democrats on EP a few ways to rebut some of the wilder emotional arguments being put forward by Republicans.

The Obama administration is not being "socialist" on health care. In my humble (foreign) opinion they are seeking to address some important market distortions which emerged during GWB's two terms.

I don't see the US departing in a major way from using market forces to allocate health care coverage. But anything Washington can do to restore the function of "the market" ought to make it more feasible to cover more people, better.

There is a degree of "no-bid" allocation which could never be imagined in, say, my little country. A bit like what is emerging now on the issue of defence costs for the war in Iraq.

Take the example of kidney dialysis costs. An individual or an employer dealing with a private HMO as just one unit -- one person or one employer -- doesn't have the bargaining power or the statistical ammo to challenge the HMO on issues such as how the costs are arrived at.

On the other hand, a Government might have reliable stats, such as nationwide stats for kidney dialysis and transplants, and independent actuarial figures, that it could use to construct solid arguments for telling the HMO, "There is no way you can be charging this much and covering so few people!" or "We'll take these figures, but you'll have to cover *this* much more of the costs of kidney transplants and the cost to the economy caused by those extra deaths."

Or else call their bluff with something like, "Fine. Then don't provide this aspect of public health insurance. We trust our figures and we'll do it ourselves." Last resort, of course!

Well, I think that is still a market system at work. The market system begins to fail when the HMOs become like a cartel, and there isn't enough accountability.
Thanks Andrewpenney, I did not realize the fallacy when I started to reflect on Universal Health Care and Government Health Care.

In actual honesty, yea I treated both terms as the same (guess I just didn't give enough thought on it), as Universal Health Care without direct government influence , to me, sounds like way too much work I'd be surprised to see it here in the (generally) lazy US.
Hello. I've been following this thread, all your posts are fascinating to me, it's been a real education. I hope you don't mind if this foreigner joins the discussion.

IMHO think that the best thing liberal Democrat-leaning Americans can do to get decent healthcare to more people is to STOP mixing up the words "Government Health Care" and "Universal Health Care".

What you want is Universal Health Care. By using the word "Government" you are feeding Republican fears that all the healthcare budget will simply be handed over to the Government, which will be able to decide how you are treated.

Universal Health Care seems to be closer to what I understand the Obama Administration to be trying to implement. It is not free healthcare. Nor is it socialist. Universal Health Care is a complex system based on: Co-payments, enforced savings for medical care (direct from payroll), private and public health insurance, means-tested safety nets for those who genuinely are in need, and a LOT of free market competition.

If you get the elements right, and the Government knows what it is doing, you can get really good value for your money. The Government will not interfere with the market, but will stick to doing what it does best:

Eg. gather and analyse data in order to make keep the market functioning as well as it possibly can. Yes, strengthen the market.

Instead of forcing individuals and firms to try and negotiate on their own with the private insurers, the Government takes the lead in leaning on the insurers on behalf of the health care needs of the population as a whole, which the Government is in a better position to know than any individual citizen. Sort of like a "group discount", for the public health insurance component.

Through legislation, the Government can also force health care providers and the private insurers (who supplement the public insurance, that's where the choice comes in) to be transparent, which I believe is good for competition.

I would actually say that Universal Healthcare is based on a very high level of individual responsibility for the costs. In Europe, this is reflected in relatively high personal income tax rates; in Singapore, in substantial payroll deductions (although each person's deduction belongs to him or her and doesn't disappear into a common fund).

If you want to see a good example of how "Universal Health Care" might work, here is an article on how it's done in my country, Singapore:

http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2008/01/singapores_heal.html

Everything the Conservatives in your country seem to be against is actually market-friendly, it is meant to keep distortions out of the market. But I must say that we spend a lot of money on preventive care and screening. The system is not perfect (the comments to the article raise good points), but I'm happy with what I have at the moment.

Good luck, American friends!
Actual story aside, the comments remind me of my first girlfriend, who was canadian...initially I just had a one-night stand with her (first time ever, and on shrooms).

A month later, she's living with her mom down here in my state, and convinces me to make a relationship outta it. Turns out also, just as a bonus 'perk' she had breast-reduction surgery.

When I mentioned canada and it's healthcare, she basically stated (and I heard it from many of her friends in a similar explanation) that yea, it's cool and great and you don't have to worry about expenses; but it's government. She said to imagine our DMV, with all of it's "who-give-a-****-about-the-customers-time" attitude, and apply that to a hospital.

Yea it may have it's plusses, but it definitely has it's drawbacks as well.

Besides that notion, if healthcare becomes a government thing, does that mean all doctor's certs and training would be government-controlled? That thought scares the **** out of me as well.
I think its pretty obvious that private corporations do a far, far better job at handling healthcare than government. Government screws everything up! You wouldn't have the waste fraud and abuse in healthcare today if you had AIG or Lehman Brothers or Citi Bank running things!
I only wish that the single payer advocates weren't being squeezed out of the debate by the MSM and yes the Obama administration. It is the most equitable and cost effective solution to the health care crisis in America. It has proven itself to be effective in other countries. No it is not Nirvana but it is certainly much better than what the US has. What the US has isn't socialism or a free market system. It is monopolism run amok. If we truly had market forces at play, there would be a single standard set for entry into medical schools and then there would be as many as trained as met the standard. Clinic and hospitals could be constructed in areas where there was a there was a market need. Since there would be more doctors, clinics, and hospitals there would be serious efforts to bring down cost. Medicine would be imported from countries that sold it more cheaply (just why doesn't so called Globalism apply to medicine anyway?). Doctors wouldn't mind policing their own ranks since they would be looking at competition rather than other members of the country club. The only problem with the free market is that the greed heads really hate it and eventually destroy it. Obama and others are wanting the people who have a vested interest in a broken health care system to try to come up with solutions to fix it. It just won't work like that. I would rather put my trust in the Washington bureaucrats this time. Of course this issue always needs to have this link also.

very informative jojo!
There is no system that is perfect for everyone. Regardless of what is chosen or implemented, there will always be some people who are dissatisfied. That is the way it is when you try to draw up something that a few million people have to abide by!
Ya, "to the highest bidder" sounds much more ethical...
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From each according to their ability. To each according to their need.
Speaking of stamps, no one seems to be stressing out over government management of our mail (USPS). Or are conservative groups pushing for private corporations to take over that as well?
OK, I give up. I'm out of stamps, so you will all have to stop by here to collect my money.
I agree totally with stevester...we need a well-trained, well paid, impartial civil service in this country, under competent management. Then we will have good government services. of course, that is ideologically unacceptable to the right-wing, so....
One thing that gets me about the US type of government is the practice u have of getting rid of a mass of your civil servants each time a new party takes control. U must lose masses of experience and expertise. In the UK the civil service is impartial and delivers to whatever incoming government. This at least gives continuity of delivery and experience.
You get the government you vote for. There are varying degrees of competency.

I'll never understand the rationale behind voting for government representatives that hate government and think government is evil and incompetent and wasteful and corrupt and should be limited.... If you haven't noticed, I just listed some of the core campaign messages of the republican party.

Theirs is a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's as if they're saying to the American people:

"Vote for me! I hate government. Government messes everything up. Elect me and I'll prove it!"

The most disgusting example of this came in Jindal's speech that he gave after Obama addressed the nation. He pointed to Hurricane Katrina as proof that the government is horribly bad at helping people. Well, duh. The last administration placed FEMA under the control of Michael Brown, of "Yer doin a heckuva job, Brownie" fame. Brown had no experience with emergency services management. His previous experience was being the head of the Arabian horse association.

So when Jindal pointed to FEMA's deplorable response to Katrina, he was really saying that FEMA under George Bush was incompetent, not that FEMA is inherently incompetent.
I think it is so fascinating when the right-wingers starve the federal agencies of enough money to do their jobs properly and then stand and say, "See? They can't do anything right!" This is a deliberate policy and if you don't think it is, go read the right-wing articles about "starving the beast" and see that it is!

The government workers would be perfectly capable of running health care well if they are sufficiently funded and trained. Of course, look for the neo-fascists to attempt to starve health-care agencies of needed money and then stand there and point as usual.
I agree, the U.S. medical system is a mess. Even so, I can't wrap my mind around the idea that it will get better when it is run by a bunch of government bureaucrats. In my experience, anything the ferral government touches... it breaks. If you don't believe me, go take a ride on a train.
Who needs to worry about healthcare problems with 5.5 million dollars? Did he amputate the wrong limb or something?
The frivolous lawsuits are easy to solve. Doctors need to open up so that their results and any actions against them or praise for them is available to all. That way someone can make a knowledgeable choice about the doctor they are engaging and insurance can know what to charge or not charge them for malpractice.

Right now it is impossible to know if your doctor is good or just a terrible hack. Education can go a long way to reduce these lawsuits and then payouts can be capped depending on the transgression because everyone will know the level of risk that they face!
That is incredible. As a Canadian, we have had a universal health care system for ages. To my knowledge...Our health care system is just recently becoming more like the USA (private clinics, etc).
You probably pass my Governor taking a bus of senior citizens to Canada to pick up affordable medicine. Wave to Brian Schweitzer next time.

Your horror stories don't match the experiences I've heard from other Canadians, who view our system as bizarre. I'm not saying you're not telling the truth, I'm just saying that I hear many experiences from Canadians because we're pretty close to the border and the Canucks come down to look at and buy RV's from my employer. For the most part they take healthcare for granted, and when they come to the US they purchase temporary insurance in case something goes wrong while they're visiting.


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Misc Sketches and Doodles
The last month I've worked hard and long, at least 100+ hours a week. Now that I have blisters on my fingers from drawing and after the helpful critiques and advise I got in the CRITIQUE CENTER I thougt I'd render the courage to post some things here. I plan to update daily (I draw/paint etc. for 12 to 19 hours a day) though fear and ill planning might get the better of me.
Short introduction: I'm an student of the Fine Arts and I've got some projects running, mostly in the graphic novel/comics direction. Some of them (actually) have a publisher, others I want to do on my own (won't let them steal my percentages). I was a tutor in Flash and Zbrush, though honestly I'm not that great, and my communication skills are even worse. Sometimes I start animating, though I usually can't find the time and quit.
In my studio I mostly work with pastels which Ill post some works of later, as soon as I figure out if it's not against the law or something (they are quite ehm. pornographic in nature).
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#character design for story A, which will probably turn out as some kind of comic or novel.
#concept pages for story A
#WIP page from comic B, page 31
#final character design for story A
#A buste, clay. I only have this sad iphone photo which I edited horribly for my avatar.
#Some star wars related doodles for a roleplay group
#Some personal doodles based on a story I wrote when I was twelve
#A painting I made last year in oils (which didn't turn out that great, but it was a great learning experience)
#Portrait in oils
#Old abstract in oils
#Christopher Lee from a photo in acryl
#Inks, about 150x150 cm
#Something I worked on a few months ago but didnt finish (yet)
And the last one: The piece I've received such helpful critiques on, which is currently in a stand still, or waiting for a reboot/restart.
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Hide this ad by registering as a memberMay 22nd, 2011 #2Today's work
Some of today's work so far. I also continued working on some of the other ones I already posted, but I want to finish those before posting.
May 22nd, 2011 #3is there an oil painting coming ? i cant wait to check it out ..
i love to do everything and learn everything... i hate to be cornered in one place.. i believe u can be anything u want... Your mind is limitless... check out my sketchbook ... u will find a bit of everything
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May 23rd, 2011 #4Not the next couple of weeks, though I've been itching for it. I've made some doodles in oils today but nothing serious.
Today's upload:
4x fun with photo's, photoshop and sometimes textures (House MD., Supernatural, 2x self)
1x macabre edit of previous drawing
1x start of some kind of promotional poster or cover (soon to be updated!)
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May 24th, 2011 #5Some slow progress. Drawing is still bit painful but it's getting better.
May 25th, 2011 #6#A portrait I did in februari for my mom's 50th birthday.
#Todays and yesterdays work: retraced my steps and went back to the drawing board. I figured I somehow had screwed up my initial lighting idea, and the proportions had grown askew. Fixed the lips and light and added some details. Removed the random hairs in front of the face, because they were really distracting me, and when zoomed out, gave some kind of weird distortion.
Somehow the lower lip still doesn't feel like it's part of the flesh, and the chin turned out a bit too dark again (as if the light does not really reach it)
#And added an oldie from last year, probably october. The perspective is right, and the whites on the corners are from the wall, so the piece of paper isn't exactly straightly cut (which was on purpose). I started with oil pastel crayons, oil paints and mineral turpentine, then when it had dried, continued with water based paint. I then carefully started scraping of the last layer (which was easy because the materials don't exactly go along), to create an interesting texture.
May 26th, 2011 #7Today´s update:
a 26 minute speedpaint selfportrait and an update to that bastard piece I was stuck on. I was determined to keep it at 15 but there was just no way I was gonna stop at that point.
May 28th, 2011 #8Because it keeps saying some security token was missing, I've uploaded yesterdays work elsewhere.
Here's a 3 and a half minute video of a 30 minute speedpaint selfportrait:
Beware of sudden loud music after six seconds!
And the drawing itself: http://erliko.deviantart.com/art/25m...rait-210464910
June 3rd, 2011 #9
photoprint on 1200 x 830 mm
Yes. It's a print of a frame containing some macabre situation in which a deteterioration and reassembly of aforementioned takes place. Why do we want to hold on to things, and why do we hate what we have forgotten about lost loved ones?
A work about delusions of transcendental realities, the denial of deterioration and the need to hold to things, photographing moments and putting them in frames on the wall, things that are inherent to change or decay and will not last in any other way. The truths that we have forgotten to be illusions, and the immersion or seduction of believing in the irrational to justify the injustice, the absurdity of it all. If that was all there was to it, we could live with it. But:
"The worst is yet to come. . " - Arthur Schopenhauer
Materials used: Clay, pencils, wacom, 3DS Max, anything and everything.
Some snips from two upcoming pieces. The figure in the middle is from another piece, codename 'my three evil exes', and the two figures on the side are from a piece about my family.
I was asked to fill in on a portraiture stand on some event, which I was hesitant to accept and ended up declining to. I didnt feel confident enough I could make the faces 'match' to the extend that people would pay money for it. Especially if I have to keep doing it for hours in a row, so I decided to do some practice work today.
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June 4th, 2011 #11Update:
I overdid the saturation just now, but nothing I can't fix. I'm satisfied with the likeness of the right figure, I really nailed it, though I have to fix that glitch (strange almost vertical line on her lips) I merged down my accident . The likeness of the left figure however. Yeah, still some major work to do there: slimmer lower lip, less focus on the secondary (blue) light from the right, longer forehead towards the hair, lighting upper lip and that nose has been a hassle from the beginning. Maybe that's what you get when you don't really have a photo from the angle you're working from for reference. Especially if you mix in a different lightsource and I have to figure out the exact shape of the face by imagination, while still focussing somewhat (heavily) on the likeness.


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Sep 10th, 2011, 05:28 PM
She is starting with the MM event of Tashkent right after the US Open at first! :)
Sep 10th, 2011, 05:28 PM
WTA Tashkent, Main Draw:
(6)Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) v Vesna Dolonts (RUS)
Olga Govortsova (BLR) v Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS)
Qualifier v (wc)Kamilla Farhad (AZE)
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) v (2)Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)
Great draw! :worship:
Sep 12th, 2011, 09:17 AM
Sarcasm is strong. :lol:
Win a match, that'd be awesome Sorana...
Sep 12th, 2011, 09:41 AM
No sarcasm intended... :shrug:
She was even humble enough to give Bojana 4 games! :happy:
Well done, girl! Keep it up! :spit:
Sep 12th, 2011, 11:23 AM
Shall we see Sori in semifinal here? :)
Sep 12th, 2011, 12:19 PM
Second round against Krunic (who should beat the bye Farhad easily).
Sep 12th, 2011, 03:18 PM
Good win, surprising actually, now please win this next match.
Sep 12th, 2011, 06:04 PM
Really hard to read anything into that result actually, considering Bojana's recent form. But good luck to Sori in the tournament.
Sep 12th, 2011, 07:20 PM
Sep 13th, 2011, 10:12 PM
Great start anyway. Beating the #2 losing just 4 games is always great.
Sep 14th, 2011, 08:51 AM
6-3, 6-4 against Krunic with very good status at the first serve :)
Sep 14th, 2011, 09:11 AM
First WTA quarterfinal since Istanbul 2010 :spit:
keep it up, please! :D
EDIT: 77% first serves?! :eek:
Could have been much easier if she would have taken her BPs and saved more than one from Krunic, but still seems like a much better performance than the US Open flop :)
Sep 14th, 2011, 03:52 PM
She entered the 100k ITF of Saint-Malo next week! :eek:
Sep 15th, 2011, 05:40 AM
First WTA quarterfinal since Istanbul 2010 :spit:
Finally.....:dance: :p
QF against Kudryavtseva :cheer:
Sep 15th, 2011, 07:52 AM
why she doesnt play seoul or guangzou i think that is stupid decision to play itf it has not that easier players as for example guangzou
Sep 15th, 2011, 12:03 PM
Lost 6 and 4 to Alla.
Sep 15th, 2011, 03:47 PM
To answer the question why she is playing Saint-Malo. I guess she hopes for another great run like her won ITF in Cagnes-sur-Mer and she prefers playing on clay over Hard Court tournaments... :shrug:
Sep 16th, 2011, 02:30 AM
Come on Sorana! Where is she next?
Sep 16th, 2011, 07:49 PM
100k ITF in Saint-Malo on clay to mess up my thread title... :spit:
Sep 17th, 2011, 08:26 AM
Sep 17th, 2011, 01:44 PM
She's a clever girl with a very good sense of humor :)
Sep 19th, 2011, 04:55 PM
$100,000 ITF Saint-Malo:
(4)Laura Pous-Tio (ESP) v Nina Bratchikova (RUS)
Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) v (LL)Catalina Castano (COL)
Elitsa Kostova (BUL) v (LL)Eva Fernandez-Brugues (ESP)
(5)Sorana Cirstea (ROU) v Estrella Cabeza-Candela (ESP)
Quarterfinal againsr cadantu, please! :hysteric:
Sep 20th, 2011, 01:31 PM
(5)Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. Estrella Cabeza-Candela (ESP) 67(5) 60 61
Slow start today and mostly because I thought I was still playing on a hard court
I've spent more time on the ground today then on my feet...my knees look like they've been throu World War 2 after today's match...
Sep 20th, 2011, 02:59 PM
Still, great scoreline if we are neglecting the first set clay accomodation! :shrug:
Sep 23rd, 2011, 06:05 AM
Sori is in the QF. She def LL Eva Fernandez Brugues in R2: 6-4 6-3 :D
Today QF against the nr 4 seed Laura Pous-Tio :cheer:
H2H is 0-2, but hopefully Sori can win this time.
Interviews on tournament website:
Sorana Cirstea
«I was playing really well in the first set, I was ahead 5-1 and then I think I started to forget where I was and I stopped playing a little bit (laughter). But then I started getting back into the match and adding variety to my game, with drop shots and things like that, and eventually it went well. I came to the net quite a lot and missed some easy volleys but I also hit some difficult ones so all in all, I'm hapy with my net game, I'm very confident with it. It's the first day here with no rain this year, I really enjoyed that. The sun was actually so bright that I put sun screen on, which is a good sign, I like this kind of weather much better. I'll get to play my third Spanish player in a row tomorrow. It's going to be a very challenging match as I've played Laura Pous-Tio twice and I lost every time.»
Eva Fernandez-Brugues
«It was so difficult, I don't think I hit a single winner before 5-1 for her, she was playing incredibly well. All I could do was run all over the court, there was nothing else to do to stop her. High balls, topspin, she was returning everything. She 's so good, she can beat pretty much anyone when she plays like that.
Sep 23rd, 2011, 05:43 PM
Demolished Pous-Tio 3 and 1 in the quarters! :yeah:
Great decision from her to go back to challengers on clay! Next round against an on fire Soler-Espinosa will be interesting! :)
Sep 23rd, 2011, 06:08 PM
Demolished Pous-Tio 3 and 1 in the quarters! :yeah:
Great decision from her to go back to challengers on clay! Next round against an on fire Soler-Espinosa will be interesting! :)
If Soler-Espinosa beats Johansson in semifinals :)
Sep 23rd, 2011, 06:21 PM
Oops... :oh:
First of all she will beat Voegele of course, then Soler-Espinosa :spit:
Sep 23rd, 2011, 06:24 PM
good win sorana still i think pous-tio couldnt be at her best meh sori has so much potentional be top 20 next year! and get a coach!
Sep 23rd, 2011, 07:40 PM
Actually, that's an impressive scoreline against Pous Tio. It's something positive, even if perhaps Laura was below her best. That pic of her on the ground is pretty cute.
Sep 24th, 2011, 02:17 PM
Sori is in the final :D
She def Voegele 5-7 7-5 6-1 :) She was actually 5-7 3-5 down :p
Let's win this now! :cheer:
Sep 24th, 2011, 02:54 PM
Interview after her SF:
«At one point, it really felt like I already had one foot on the plane back home. She was up 5-3 in the second set, she served for the match and that's when I broke her for the first time of the match, which was the perfect time to do it. Then I fought, I stayed there and it paid off. I'm so glad I won this one... She served very well and it added pressure on me because I couldn't break her. Also, that's why I'm really happy my returns were so efficient today. As soon as I got the opportunity to play more aggressively, I knew things were going to go better for me. Sometimes I have the feeling I'm a little bit asleep on court, and that was the case at the beginning today, until I woke up. i had seen her outfit yesterday and I realized we were going to wear the same clothes if I didn't change mine but I didn't want to, that's what Adidas gave us and I love this outfit. It's good for them, too ! The bright orange looks great in a sunny weather like today's. It looks nice and I win with it, so it's even more enjoyable ! I'm not sure I'll watch the other semifinal, I have to cool down and I have a couple of other things to do and if I'm still around, I'll watch it. But I know the two players pretty well anyway so it's not really that important. My father is usually very quiet in the stands, he doesn't say much, but today he was like: "Come on Sorana, you can do it!". I thought: "OK, if my dad says I can do it, I probably can!". I'm glad he enjoyed the match. My schedule until tomorrow's final is simple: I have to cool down, then I have an interview. I think after that I'll want to have lunch and rest a little bit. And we'll probably go to dinner in the old city tonight.»
Sep 24th, 2011, 05:09 PM
Yes, Sorana, you sleep often during matches :lol:
A win is a win! :oh:
Sep 24th, 2011, 05:18 PM
The outfit talk :silly:
The sleep thing :bowdown:
Hardly readable tho :o They left the questions out :o
Sep 25th, 2011, 03:21 PM
Sori wins the title :woohoo:
She def Soler-Espinosa 6-2 6-2 :yeah:
That's a really good win. I expected a closer match, but maybe Silvia was also a bit tired after 2 really good weeks.
Five wins in a row! Great tournament for Sori :hearts:
Sep 25th, 2011, 03:21 PM
Yes, Sorana, you sleep often during matches :lol:
A win is a win! :oh:
To be honest, it's rather impressive that she realizes this herself.
Good luck in the final!
Sep 25th, 2011, 03:37 PM
Awesome :woohoo: Up to #81 in the ranks. Now build from here.. finish 2011 with a good feeling :)
Sep 25th, 2011, 03:54 PM
She played her three best tournaments this year on French clay - Cagnes-sur-Mer, French Open and now Saint-Malo. :lol:
Coincidence? :oh:
I would be happy is she can transform that form onto WTA level! :)
Sep 25th, 2011, 05:36 PM
Congrats Sori :hearts:
Sep 25th, 2011, 06:02 PM
She played her three best tournaments this year on French clay - Cagnes-sur-Mer, French Open and now Saint-Malo. :lol:
Coincidence? :oh:
I would be happy is she can transform that form onto WTA level! :)
She will ;)
Sep 26th, 2011, 01:40 PM
darren_cahill (http://twitter.com/#!/darren_cahill) Darren Cahill
Onwards & Upwards @sorana_cirstea (http://twitter.com/#!/sorana_cirstea). Great job with your ITF win in France. Not bad considering you thought it was on hardcourt (it was clay)
sorana_cirstea (http://twitter.com/#!/sorana_cirstea) Sorana Cirstea
Haha tnx so much Darren @darren_cahill (http://twitter.com/#!/darren_cahill) ...aparantlly i can win tournaments on clay playing like on hard court :) or maybe thats the secret;)
Sep 26th, 2011, 02:21 PM
:lol: at cinfusing clay with hard :hysteric:
Sep 26th, 2011, 03:51 PM
:lol: at cinfusing clay with hard :hysteric:
It's what Na Li did at Roland Garros :p And it paid out!
Tennis Fool
Sep 29th, 2011, 01:10 AM
Sorana is POTW on the G&R Watch for St. Malo :D
Oct 7th, 2011, 10:57 PM
WTA Linz, Qualifying Draw:
(3)Anastasiya Yakimova vs Viktoriya Kutuzova
Nina Brtachikova vs Anastasia Rodionova
Silvia Soler-Espinosa vs (wc)Janina Toljan
Nikola Hofmanova vs (7)Sorana Cirstea
She must qualify here... :cheer:
Hofmanova is a walking bye, Soler-Espinosa was beaten easily by her even on clay and Yakimova is an overranked ITF queen... :shrug:
Oct 8th, 2011, 03:33 PM
Sori won vs Hofmanova, 6-7(5) 6-0 6-0.
Oct 8th, 2011, 04:29 PM
I guess the first set was comparable with the match against Cabeza on clay, an adaption period to the new surface because after that she was cruising. :)
So, I don't mind that one and I'm sure she won't have any problems with Soler-Espinosa in QR2. ;)
Oct 8th, 2011, 04:41 PM
Qualifying placements in the MD couldn't be better: Mayr-Achleitner, Pervak, Makarova and Paszek are all beatable on idoor hard, only Hantuchova would be :scared:
Oct 9th, 2011, 10:16 PM
Won her QR2 match against Soler-Espinosa 2-6 6-1 7-5 :o
3/19 on BPs, nough said :spit:
Petkovic has withdrawn, so Sorana is guaranteed a main draw spot. Good for her, so she can tank the match against A Rod (who would have beaten her, anyway :oh:) and hope for a good MD spot! :)
Oct 10th, 2011, 12:56 PM
Killed Rod 61 62 :)
Oct 10th, 2011, 04:03 PM
Sorana, you are an unpredictable mess :crying2:
But as I said, she will save energy! :lol:
Oct 10th, 2011, 04:08 PM
R1 tomorrow against Paszek, Stream and live coverage on ES! :dance:
Oct 10th, 2011, 05:21 PM
meh I wont see it can someone record it or something?
Oct 10th, 2011, 05:26 PM
Maybe ES will repeat it at sometime in the night or morning like they often do! :lol:
Oct 11th, 2011, 05:37 PM
Sori win against Paszek 7-5 6-3 :cheer:
She play really good tennis in this match, i'm so happy for her.
Good luck against Baby Pavly :)
Oct 11th, 2011, 06:59 PM
Sori :D
Oct 11th, 2011, 08:10 PM
What definitely impressed me most was the strength of her first serve which seem to come back to vintage Sorana day by day. Actually it was the best I saw her serving for ages! :D
Good luck against Nastya! :cheer:
Oct 12th, 2011, 06:32 AM
In all four matches till now, Sorana hasn't lost any game on her service after the first set.
Oct 12th, 2011, 06:44 AM
She has her chances against Pavlyu whose service is still very wonky at the moment... :)
Oct 12th, 2011, 07:29 PM
And she did it! :woohoo:
Sorana def. Pavlyuchenkova 4-6 6-0 6-4 :crying2:
What an amazing feeling to bump the "Sorana's Top 20 wins thread" again! :hysteric:
Her serve is getting better and better. Also today only broken once after the first set (of course when she served for the match :oh:). Great result which proves what playing some ITFs can do for your self-confidence! :D
10th win in a row! And a bagel against a Top 20 player after losing a set to Hofmanova! Unbelievable! :lol:
Ian Aberdon
Oct 12th, 2011, 07:33 PM
That - a - girl Sori!!!Keep going! :hearts:
Oct 12th, 2011, 07:40 PM
Her serve is getting better and better. Also today only broken once after the first set (of course when she served for the match :oh:). Great result which proves what playing some ITFs can do for your self-confidence! :D
Has broken twice in the third set ( 2-0; 0-2; 3-2; 3-3; 5-3; 5-4; 6-4) :)
It was a normal result. A girl with top 10 potential won against a top 20 player ;)
Oct 12th, 2011, 07:41 PM
:o Right...
But still good because Nastya is a great return player! :)
Oct 12th, 2011, 08:16 PM
So happy for Sori, i'm so proud of her :hearts:
Oct 13th, 2011, 07:29 AM
That's a nice win. Although I'm sure Nastya's poor form had something to do with it.
Hope Sori can keep it up.
Oct 14th, 2011, 12:25 PM
10 wins in a row now ;)
Like both Sori & Lucie :D Just hope it's a good match and may the better player win :p
Oct 14th, 2011, 02:30 PM
She is so, so talented, but her shot selection at key times is so often woeful. It's really holding her back. Will it ever improve? I sure hope so.
Oct 14th, 2011, 02:38 PM
Lost 5 and 2. Lucie served for the first set 3 times and almost was broken every time.
Sori had too many errors but did hit some nice shots, as always. Some terrible misses including a short bounce smash into the net at 2-4 to go down the double break.
Had a nice fightback in the last game saving 3 MPs.
Lucie was serving very poorly and this should have given Sori an edge, but it wasn't enough.
Sori gets too stressed during points and tends to struggle to think as a result. This makes her make a number of silly, unthinking errors at bad times.
Oct 14th, 2011, 02:48 PM
i dint saw her match against paszek but she plays better then in the first half of the year for sure though she really needs a coach i think she just often doesnt know what to do on court. although i think she is getting better it is still not enough i wanted her in sf but after seeing the second set today it was not enough good. now luxemburg
Oct 14th, 2011, 06:00 PM
She is so, so talented, but her shot selection at key times is so often woeful. Its really holding her back. Will it ever improve? I sure hope so.
Sori gets too stressed during points and tends to struggle to think as a result. This makes her make a number of silly, unthinking errors at bad times.
i dint saw her match against paszek but she plays better then in the first half of the year for sure though she really needs a coach i think she just often doesnt know what to do on court.
This, this and this!
It's hard to explain how I felt watching her today! World class shots combined with the dumbest errors ever, but still I had that weird feeling that if she can really find a day when everything goes her way, she is able to beat everyone out there! :lol:
Her potential is not deniable, except of her rather poor footwork, she has some nice strokes and also a decent first serve which is miles better from the mess during the clay and grass season. She actually gained improvement in all departments of her game from when I saw he playing the last time, but as already said, it still seems so messed up, chaotic and definitely too erratic.
She still has to learn when she has to go for what shot, when she has to be more defensive and when going for the attack. That's what both players seperated today. Lucie (who isn't that consistent herself) was simply better in choosing the right shot for the right time, while Sorana had more problems with that and missed more... :o
Next up is Limoges, by the way! She has a nice chance to win there! At least she seems ready now to compete on the ITF level to bring her ranking back! :)
Oct 14th, 2011, 06:17 PM
Sori :sobbing: :hug:
Oct 14th, 2011, 08:41 PM
yeah she is mess so it all together looks like she plays bad i dont know she must think more on court. btw i thought she plays luxembourg but she isnt in q draw so she plays some stupid itf instead idk but i would rather see her in moscow prob or maybe lux
Oct 14th, 2011, 11:13 PM
She will play Limoges 50k and then 100k in Poitiers.
Oct 14th, 2011, 11:45 PM
She loves France, doesn't she? :lol:
Oct 15th, 2011, 11:13 AM
no doubt tho wth she plays 50k? :/
Oct 17th, 2011, 10:24 AM
ITF Limoges, Main Draw:
(6)Michaella Krajicek (NED) v Ani Mijacika (CRO)
Magda Linette (POL) v Nastassja Burnett (ITA)
Stefanie Voegele (SUI) v Kateryna Kozlova (UKR)
(3)Sorana Cirstea (ROU) v Paula Ormaechea (ARG)
Tricky section! :scared:
Oct 17th, 2011, 04:36 PM
ITF? God why not Kremlin...
Oct 18th, 2011, 03:00 PM
ITF? God why not Kremlin...
Maybe because she is still struggling with random claycourters on ITF level... :spit:
(3)Sorana Cîrstea def. Paula Ormaechea 6-7(3) 7-6(3) 6-3 :weirdo: :facepalm:
Paula even had a MP! :oh:
Other than that, awful performance after last week... :spit:
Oct 18th, 2011, 06:58 PM
Sori will go on to win it :oh:
Oct 18th, 2011, 10:02 PM
Sori won 6-7(3) 7-6(3) 6-3 :)
Oct 19th, 2011, 07:14 PM
Sori in the QF. She def Voegele 7-5 6-3 :)
Now against Misa Krajicek :shrug: :sobbing:
Oct 19th, 2011, 07:21 PM
Sori solid after her usual R1 drama... :lol:
Fun aside, she is always troubling in her first round matches as of late, but I guess that has something to do with her sleeping breaks as she says! :lol:
Oct 19th, 2011, 07:22 PM
Or with her spending more time on the internet then playing tennis :D
Ian Aberdon
Oct 19th, 2011, 08:22 PM
Maybe she was still preoccupied with that PIN code she showed us on her FB page. Still trying to type it in! :lol:
Oct 19th, 2011, 08:23 PM
Maybe she was still preoccupied with that PIN code she showed us on her FB page. Still trying to type it in! :lol:
That was what I meant :D
Oct 21st, 2011, 03:35 PM
Sorana Cirstea def. Michaella Krajicek 6-3 7-6(2) :dance:
Semis against Amanmuradova! Definitely winnable for Sorana! :)
Oct 21st, 2011, 05:50 PM
Sori go on and win it :)
Oct 22nd, 2011, 05:53 PM
Semifinal Limoges:
Sorana Cîrstea def. Akgul Amanmuradova 7-5 6-1 :yeah:
Another final for Sorana! :woohoo:
She won 16 out of her last 18 matches! :bowdown:
Going back to the roots on ITF was the best she could have done! :)
Final against the top seed Arvidsson! :scared:
Good luck! :cheer:
Oct 22nd, 2011, 06:34 PM
I wonder when she will return to WTA tornaments :)
Oct 22nd, 2011, 06:41 PM
Next year! :lol:
WTA is finished after this weak, expect for the champs!
Oct 23rd, 2011, 10:05 AM
Semifinal Limoges:
Sorana Cîrstea def. Akgul Amanmuradova 7-5 6-1 :yeah:
Another final for Sorana! :woohoo:
She won 16 out of her last 18 matches! :bowdown:
Good luck today Sori :cheer:
Ian Aberdon
Oct 23rd, 2011, 11:17 AM
Good luck Sori! :yeah:
Oct 23rd, 2011, 03:52 PM
She won 62 62 :)
Ian Aberdon
Oct 23rd, 2011, 03:54 PM
YASSS!!!!!! Love her! :aparty:
Oct 23rd, 2011, 03:59 PM
Awesome, the best match once again when it counted most! Didn't expect it to be that easy considering that Sofia is a great indoor player and she defeated Sorana badly at the US Open last year!
Top 60 just around the corner now and she will be seeded at 100k Poitiers next week as well! :D
Oct 23rd, 2011, 04:55 PM
Yes Sori wins :))
Oct 23rd, 2011, 05:16 PM
100k Poitiers, Main Draw:
(3)Elena Baltacha (GBR) v Valeria Savinykh (RUS)
Virginie Razzano (FRA) v Q/LL
Kristina Barrois (GER) v Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)
(7)Sorana Cirstea (ROU) v Q/LL
First 2 matches should be pretty easy, even with Sorana#s tendency to start slow into a tournament! :)
Oct 24th, 2011, 11:41 AM
Sorana via facebook:
Won my final 62 62 yesterday against Sofia Arvidsson...Played the best match of the week,so i guess was good timing:) Its funny how tennis works when u think about it.From being match point down in my 1st round match here i am winning the tournament!!!!Well a bit similar to life :) Playing my last tournament of the year this week in Poitiers!!!
Oct 25th, 2011, 07:41 AM
Should I hope that better days are coming? Hell yeah! :hearts:
Oct 25th, 2011, 05:12 PM
Lsot first round of Poitiers to (LL)Linette... :happy: :help:
See you next year! :oh:
Oct 25th, 2011, 07:51 PM
awkward but i think i take it easy she was definitely tired and generallly i dont care about itf tourneys much i wanna see her do something in premier tourneys at least next year
hope for big 2012
Oct 26th, 2011, 05:34 AM
Great last few weeks :yeah:
Let's just forget about Poitiers though :lol:
Oct 27th, 2011, 06:01 AM
Let's give her the excuse of being tired. Most people struggle the week after a title. But you'd better show some results next year Sori!
Tennis Fool
Oct 30th, 2011, 03:53 AM
Sorana is POTW on the G&R Watch for winning Limoges :D
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Tony Aquila founded Solera Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SLH) in January 2005 with a vision to transform the automotive insurance claims industry.
Partnering with GTCR Golder Rauner, a leading private equity firm, Solera purchased the Claims Services Group of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NYSE: ADP) for $975 million in April 2006. Under Mr. Aquila's leadership, the Company has greatly increased revenue and expanded its geographic reach. In May 2007, Solera closed its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange. Six months later, the Company completed a secondary stock offering.
Mr. Aquila has more than 20 years of global experience in the manufacturing, distribution, automotive software and collision repair industries. He also has co-invented and patented several products.
Prior to establishing Solera, Mr. Aquila founded MaxMeyer America Inc. (a subsidiary of MaxMeyer Duco, SPA of Italy), an importer and distributor of European refinishing products. He sold this business in 1997 to Fortune 500 company PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG). After that, he founded and served as CEO of Ensera, which developed software that streamlined the automotive collision claims workflow for insurance carriers. Ensera was sold in 2001 to Mitchell International, which appointed Mr. Aquila as its President and COO.
Renato Giger
Chief Financial Officer
For almost two decades Renato Giger has been an employee of Solera and its predecessor companies, including the Claims Services Group (CSG), a division of Automated Data Processing, Inc.
Prior to joining Solera he served CSG as Chief Financial Officer of EMEA, Latin America. After the Company's acquisition of CSG in 2006, he became the EMEA Chief Financial Officer, and was appointed Solera's Global Corporate Controller in 2009.
Mr. Giger graduated with a Master's degree in Science from the University of Berne (Switzerland).
Jason Brady
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Prior to joining the Company in March 2008, Jason Brady provided legal consulting services to technology and entertainment organizations. Before that, he was Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of biotechnology firm Xenogen Corporation. Brady represented Xenogen in its business defamation and patent infringement litigation with AntiCancer as well as its $80 million acquisition by Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.
As the Director of Legal Affairs for Abbott Diabetes Care, the diabetes testing device division of Abbott Laboratories, Mr. Brady oversaw domestic legal operations. He also worked as Director of Legal Affairs for TheraSense, Inc., a manufacturer of blood glucose monitoring systems. At TheraSense, Brady represented the company during its $131 million initial public offering and its $1.25 billion acquisition by Abbott Laboratories.
Prior to TheraSense, Brady was the General Counsel for Ensera, Inc., a provider of auto collision claims processing software, and Deputy General Counsel for AllAdvantage, a data management company.
At Ensera, he gained valuable insight into the software and services segment of the claims processing industry. During his tenure there he worked closely with Tony Aquila (Solera's Founder, Chairman and CEO) to build the business as a member of the organization's senior management team.
Mr. Brady started his career as an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. He received a B.A. in History from the University of California Los Angeles, and his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law.


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Like Ivy Bridge-E and Sandy Bridge-E, Haswell-E is an "extreme" variant of Haswell. Haswell-E Core i7-based processors will be pimped up with up to eight processor cores. Haswell-E, however, will connect up to high-speed DDR4 memory and be paired to the upcoming Intel X99 chipset.
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Also there was a little bit of news on the the 14nm shrink of Haswell, Broadwell. Word on the street is that Broadwell will be the first desktop processor to feature Iris Pro graphics. Intel VP Lisa Graff confirmed the chips will be called 5th Gen Core processors and that they will be supported by the company's 9-series chipsets. No surprise there, then.
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The message to me was that Science, however well-intentioned, is evil and will ultimately lead to our destruction. The only way to save ourselves is by turning to the Christian God, who undeniably exists and trusting completely in a higher power to make everything okay.
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Personally, I find that message as offensive as a Christian would find the message: "God doesn't exist and the church lies to you."
And yet, the church has done everything in their power to ensure that films like that are maligned and churchgoers are warned while those of us who are athiests or non-Christians walk into crap this this and get whacked upside the head with bibles.
No thanks.
I'm not annoyed by the content as much as I am the gross double-standard in our society toward differing faiths and belief systems that it illustrates.
And I find the ending's COMPLETE reversal of the the entire point of the original novel disturbing.
I thought that the movie was great. Good action good story, decent ending. Creepy zompie like things. Overall i think that it was a great movie. Though i personal dont get where you get the whole christian aspect out of it. I mean i know they mention a god but they didnt say anything bout christ. I mean Just because they mention god and nothing else about the religion gives it a universal thing it could fit into many religions.
Made by me.
I myself loved the movie. I loved its story and action. I will say that it was sad and a couple of parts scared me a little. Im fine with the religious ending. I know many of you didn't like it, but then maybe you shouldn't have watched it or read the book first so you would have known.
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uh... maybe you should take your own advice. If you'd actually read the novel, you'd know the film was nothing remotely like it for the last 40 minutes or so.
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As for where I get the Christian aspects:
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Christianity isn't universal I'm afraid... nor is monotheism or religion in general...
How would you feel being a black person going to a film that pops out in its final third with a not-so-subtle white supremacist message? Or a homosexual going to see a film that features an effeminate gay villain and a handful of insensitive gay jokes? Or Jerry Fallwell in RENT? Because I'm pretty sure that's how quite a few atheists felt in "I Am Legend"... a wee bit uncomfortable.
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I'm not the one complaining about it now am I. I didn't read the book, didn't want to because I'd already heard of the movie and I hate it when people just read a book because a movie of it is coming out.
I can see where you get the Christain aspect if you look at it that way, but the only people who look for that kinda stuff are those who have something against it. Everyone else can just enjoy the movie for what it is.
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i can really see where tsurara is comming from. i remember the jesmus things, and the suicidal imecilism. the first part of the movie was really good, right up toafter that, the movie was off for me, as well as the rest of the evening. well, berserking them in his car was ok, but after that i think they could have done better.click to show spoiler
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i belive its b/c directors think that most americans want that kind of ending, so they feel that they can live their entire lives doing bad things, but at the last moment be saved. and the shrek placement sickened me.
as for my personal religion, i dont think you could call me any particular one.
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i really thought it was pretty awesome. most of the story line was indifferent to most movies. but i agree the ending could have been better. the ending didnt RUIN the movie but i dont think id watch it again. i love the thought of isolation and the acting was great.. i guess it was really just the ending that was a bit off
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Eagles excuse Keelan Johnson from camp
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - The Philadelphia Eagles have excused Keelan Johnson from training camp in order for the defensive back to deal with his pending legal matters.
The club said in a statement that Johnson, 24, will be excused "for an undetermined amount of time as he tends to matters related to his arrest in Arizona last weekend."
Johnson met with head coach Chip Kelly on Thursday, and is still on the 90-man roster.
He was arrested Saturday in Arizona following an altercation with a police officer. He was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
The Arizona State product appeared in two games for the Eagles last season.
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Hell no! From bad to shitty. As if Soul Society is really bounded by time! Not to mention that's another DBZ style. I don't feel that this is homage to DBZ; just the lack of imagination. "Convenience" is a cheap excuse. Take some drug Kubo! maybe you will have some orginal ideas. other than what started this series.
Killing time while waiting for the next chapter. OnePiece, that is.
Thank you for another plot hole Kubo. Isshin really didn't fight Aizen seriously. Not just he didn't use bankai but also forgot to use "Final Getstuga Tensho".
Considering possible civilian casualties it will be very difficult to use Final Getstuga Tensho in the town. So expect another Kubo-style plot twist soon. Or else it will be Ichigo and Isshin wiping out the population and helping Aizen forge the key.
^ Exactly. Unlike the previous tango with Aizen this battle is going to be in the real Kanka, town so they have to keep their *RAAWWWRR SLASHES* to an absolute minimum.
LOL@ Chuck: Kube really should take some drugs to be more unpredictable with his plot.
"He is now declaring his words to the WORLD!"
BUt we have no idea if they share an ability or have a similar ability... so the jury is still out about how this works. Another curious thing related to this that was never answered was how Tousen used his friends sword and mastered it to the point of achieving bankai...
Why didn't Isshin used that FINAL Getsuga on Aizen is a bit off, it's like Kubo thinking
"Oh no Ichigo doesn't have any more ace in the sleeve against Aizen, guess I'll pull out another plot hole" thing
I always thought that when a shinigami dies so does there Zanpakuto spirit, so all you would have left is a sword, also a captain class shinigami can change the size/form of there zanpakuto as well. Tousen took the sword before he joined the Shinigami Academy so when he learned to control his shinigami powers he could have just put his on spirit within that sword.
It may be from the Diamond Dust Rebellion but I believe Kubo was the backing for that story because he wanted to tell Hitsugaya's background. That's why I feel that it canon materia,l just not canon timeline wise.
If it aint in the manga it aint canon if you think it is then you might aswel say everything in that movie was even the timeline, because it cant be canon but have a none canon timeline.