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Mike Hinkle
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When you're watching a puppet show, do you really want someone to pull the curtain aside and show you all the strings at work? Or would you rather enjoy the show and indulge in the illusion? Of course we know someone is manipulating things, but there are pleasures in temporarily "suspending disbelief." Sometimes, we're better off taking the performance at face value.
These questions come to mind this week when I read a headline in the May edition of "Reason" magazine. Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer, a general surgeon, authored a piece titled "How Government Killed the Medical Profession." I'm not suggesting that America's medical providers are staging an elaborate puppet show — not yet anyway. But Dr. Singer's analysis may indicate we might be headed in that direction.
Let's start with some baseline assumptions. When we go to doctors or hospitals, we assume a fair balance is being ordered. On the one hand, we know that the health care provider has to "make a living." We expect them to charge a fair amount for the services they provide. On the other hand, we expect our health needs to carry equal weight in the balance. It would be nice to think that patient needs come first, but this is unexpected and when it happens, it's bonus. If the balance is equitable, the patient pays a fair price for good service.
In the modern American health care model, the patient pays a fraction of the costs. Dr. Singer quotes statistics from The National Center for Policy Analysis indicating that consumers pay 12 percent of the health care bill. This means we're no longer dealing with a two-way balance. Someone else has an interest — and a say — in the transaction.
This "someone" is either an insurance company or the government. This means, of course, that a third party has the opportunity and, arguably, the right to muscle in on the patient's health care arrangements.
These third parties are now exerting much more control over these arrangements than the patients. The rationale is, "If we pay the bill, we have the say." To this end, there are gimmicks like The International Statistical Classification of Disease (ICD) and The Resource-Based Relative Value System (RV RV), which assign codes to medical complaints and procedures for Medicare patients and, based on the determination of a panel of experts, decide how much a doctor or hospital should be paid for this code. Private insurers routinely tie their payments to these codes.
These systems essentially transform the patient's complaints into lubricants for the bureaucratically weighted medical machinery.
Consider a couple of illustrations. Scenario No. 1: Patient "A" comes in with a rotator cuff injury. Dr. No.1 enters the appropriate code, treats the injury and gets paid X dollars. Patient "B" comes in with a rotator cuff injury. Dr. No. 2 asks, "Does this affect your ability to sleep?" "Yes." Enter code for insomnia. "Does your lack of sleep cause headaches?" "Sometimes." Enter code for headaches. Dr. No. 2, for the same condition, gets X dollars plus.
Scenario No. 2: Patient "C" comes in with a difficult diagnosis that doesn't fit into a convenient coding pigeon hole. The doctor who takes the time to "track down" the obscure cause is losing money. From a strictly financial standpoint, doctors are better off "picking a number" or "passing the buck." The more pressure on doctors to become absorbed in the numbers games with bureaucrats, the less time doctors spend relating to their patients as human beings.
Dr. Singer raises the specter of Accountability Care Organizations (ACO's), which seem to be the next big government health care brainchild. Doctors will be encouraged to organize teams who will be assigned groups of 5,000 or more Medicare patients. The team will be given "guidelines" on "costs, length of hospital stay, readmission and other benchmarks." If the ACO comes in under the "benchmark" figures, the doctors in the group will "divvy up" the savings. If they go over the benchmarks, the doctors will be penalized. The incentives in this type of medicine are obvious. Do the least you can as fast as you can and take it to the bank.
Dr. Singer presents some alarming statistics concerning the trends in primary medicine. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, in 2005, more than two-thirds of the doctors in the United States were in private practice. In 2011, 50 percent of those doctors have become employees of hospitals, corporations, insurance companies or the government. Unfortunately, we may be witnessing the transformation of American health care into a puppet show where bureaucrats and CFOs pull the strings. I'm Hink and I'll see ya.
MIKE HINKLE is an Edmond resident and retired attorney.


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Brian Price talks about his tragic life so far, the injuries he's suffered and many other topics.
Aqib Talib has changed his tone significantly over the past two years.
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The NFL has made a slight change to the starting time of some games.
The Bucs continue their PR push, this time by honoring Ronde Barber's 200th consecutive start.
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Megan Murphy Receives Arts Fellowship
Megan Murphy, art alum, was chosen as one of five recipients of the Idaho Commission on the Arts' annual fellowship awards.
There are three things that an artist needs to know: themselves, history and what's going on in the world.Ross Bleckner, artist
You need to know why you make art as well as how to make art. Marylhurst University is a leader in preparing artists for careers in the art community of the Pacific Northwest. In today's world, artists need the breadth of education provided by a liberal arts university.
In the BFA program, two-thirds of the required credits are art courses. The concentrations — painting / drawing, photography, sculpture, or a custom-designed contemporary practice concentration — are designed to match contemporary professional practice.
All of the BFA in art degree requirements have been designed by the professional artists who are members of our faculty so you can be sure that what you study is directly related to the world of contemporary practice outside the classroom.
Study includes not only studio practice, but also the context of history and thought that informs today's art. Nowadays it is essential for the professional artist to have a strong understanding of how art has developed over time, what has influenced it, how we think about it and how to talk clearly about it.
That's why we've developed the third-year class called Critical Response, a three-term survey of art theory and criticism. After taking the class, you'll be ready to talk about your art, or have an informed discussion of any art, with anyone.
You'll also understand how to move into an art career, and be introduced to art dealers, art critics, museum curators and other art professionals who make up the regional art network. You'll learn the skills to present yourself (resume, portfolio), manage art business (record keeping, doing your taxes) and pursue life in the art world.
The most important part of the BFA program is the art thesis project. You will be assigned your own private studio for this year-long experience in which you will work with one member of the art faculty as your adviser on a project that you design. Thesis projects have ranged from representational paintings to video installations — we encourage exploration.
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Donna Andrews is the author of the Meg Langslow mysteries, including Stork Raving Mad and Swan for the Money. She has won the Agatha, Anthony, and Barry awards, a Romantic Times award for best first novel, and two Lefty and two Toby Bromberg Awards for funniest mystery. When not writing fiction, Andrews is a self-confessed nerd, rarely found away from her computer, unless she's messing in the garden. She lives in Reston, Virginia.
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Backpacker Magazine – February/March 2013
Follow the footsteps of Wild West outlaws in Oklahoma, marvel at Gooseberry Fall's frozen cascades, search out arrowheads at Hot Springs National Park, and more.
Gitchi Gummi/Nelson's Creek Loops, Gooseberry Falls SP, MN
Traipse through a winter wonderland along Lake Superior on these two loops totaling 5.1 miles. Wear snowshoes or ice grippers on the two-mile Gitchi Gummi Trail, and hike to a lake overlook atop ice-covered, 65-foot cliffs. The park requires skis for the groomed Nelson's Creek route, which gradually ascends to views of the river valley. Or, keep your hiking boots on to try the 2.3-mile Fifth Falls Loop, along the Gooseberry River to three frozen cascades. Trip ID 8676
"The lakeshore looks like an arctic moonscape, with crystal blue ice several inches thick covering the rocks."
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A boy bowls during a game of street cricket in Papua New Guinea.
The Transport Workers Union has threatened possible industrial action if airlines continue to fly over conflict zones.
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TIANJIN, China, October 11. THE second evening of the East Asian Games featured a handful of strong swims in Tianjin with the Chinese women getting the bulk of the best swims this evening.
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China's Fu Yuanhui blazed to one of the top times of the meet so far. Fu, who stands at the top of the world with a blazing 27.22 in the women's 50-meter back at the Chinese Nationals earlier this year, blitzed the field in the sprint backstroke with a 27.77 this evening. By itself, that time would have ranked her seventh in the world this year. Hong Kong's Stephanie Au was a distant second in 28.59, while Japan's Emi Moronuki checked in third in 28.87.
China's Lu Ying, who is the second-ranked swimmer in the world this year with a 25.42 from Worlds, edged Japan's Yuka Kato, 26.19 to 26.22, for the women's 50-meter fly title this evening. China's Jiao Liuyang wound up taking bronze with a 26.85, while Japan's Misaki Ago took fourth in 27.07.
China's Ye Shiwen, one of the top stars here at the meet, put up an easy speed 2:11.49 to win the women's 200-meter IM. She won by nearly two seconds, obviously not needing her best effort in the event. Hong Kong's Siobhan Bernadette Haughey raced to second in 2:13.35, while Japan's Sakiko Shimizu clocked a 2:14.11 for third.
Japan opened up the evening strong with a 1-2 in the men's 50-meter fly. Kohei Kawamoto dominated the sprint with a 24.07, while teammate Ryo Takayasu checked in with a 24.41. Takayasu just clipped China's Shi Feng (24.44) for silver. China's Shi Tengfei wound up fourth in 24.64.
In the least-contested finale of the night, China's Shao Yiwen beat three other swimmers to win the women's 400-meter free in 4:10.83. Japan's Asami Chida took second in 4:12.82, while China's Shen Junjie (4:17.81) and Hong Kong's Natasha Tang (4:38.62) rounded out the field.
Ehara Naito touched out Japanese teammate Chiaki Ishibashi, 1:48.85 to 1:48.91, for the men's 200-meter freestyle title. Korea's Kiwoong Nam collected third-place honors in 1:50.47. Meanwhile, China's Xu Jiayu won the men's 200-meter back in 1:57.45 with teammate Zhang Fenglin taking second in 1:57.87. Japan's Keita Sunama closed out a close finale with a third-place time of 1:57.88.
China's Qiu Yuhan (1:58.09), Guo Junjun (2:00.43), Wang Fei (2:06.14) and Shao Yiwen (2:01.04) completed the women's 800-meter free relay in 8:06.06 for the win. Japan's Misato Yamazaki (2:02.46), Nao Kobayashi (2:01.95), Mio Motegi (2:01.83) and Asami Chida (2:02.67) snared second in 8:08.91. Hong Kong's Hang Yu Sze (2:01.98), Kin Lok Chan (2:06.32), Haughey (2:01.26) and Au (2:06.58) put up an 8:16.14 for third.
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The imgSeek image viewer
The imgSeek image viewer offers a unique alternative to the non-intuitive norm of searching by filename: you can find an photo based on motif.
The human mind can remember visual images much easier than it can remember facts and figures. This was the motivation for the imgSeek program (http:// imgseek. python-hosting. com), which groups image files according to motif. As an example, imagine you are looking for all the images in your collection that show a palm tree. You can simply feed an image of a palm tree to imgSeek, and the program will find all similar images. Alternatively, you can just sketch the motif you are looking for using the integrated painting tool, and imgSeek will present you with everything that resembles your sketch. Of course, imgSeek can still group images by file and directory names, creation data, or metadata entries. imgSeek can also export image collections to HTML files to help you set up a website, or it can populate a CD that you can then easily view in a browser.
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Inigo has an extensive background in web design and technology and currently is an online creative services manager for a major global electronics company based in San Diego. He was also the former web manager for one of San Diego's major tourist attractions, and before the Web was "invented" he had long experience as a writer and editor as well, writing articles with local publications in the past, including the San Diego Union Tribune and San Diego Magazine. Through his professional experience, as well as being a lifelong resident, Inigo's breadth of San Diego knowledge comes through from a unique perspective.
Inigo is a product of San Diego's fine higher education and graduated with a Bachelor's degree from San Diego State University with a major in political science and a minor in journalism.
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Giants add eight to roster
The Giants signed eight players to reserve/futures contracts on Thursday.
Giants clearly have Coughlin's back
Some fans clearly were upset with the Giants' decision to retain head coach Tom Coughlin, but the issue apparently was never in question.
Mara: Coughlin will remain Giants' coach
Despite missing the playoffs for the second season in a row after a late-season collapse, the Giants will retain Tom Coughlin as their head coach, according to team owner John Mara.
Giants top 'Skins but miss playoffs
The New York Giants got the win. They didn't get the help.
Tuck unhurt after minor car accident
Giants DE Justin Tuck and his wife were not injured after being involved in a minor car accident Friday night.
Giants' coverage troubles exposed
The Giants were a successful defense for most of the 2010 season because of their push up front, but when it failed, the team's coverage weaknesses showed up.
Giants place CB-RS Blackmon on I.R.
The Giants placed cornerback and return specialist Will Blackmon on injured reserve Thursday with a knee injury and signed Brian Witherspoon.
Giants WR Nicks unlikely to play Sunday
Giants WR Hakeem Nicks has a broken big toe and will likely miss the team's final regular-season game against the Redskins.
Rodgers returns to lead Pack over Giants
Aaron Rodgers returned from a concussion to turn in his sharpest performance of the season, keeping the Green Bay Packers on a path toward the playoffs with 404 yards and four touchdowns.
Week 17 game times changed
The NFL has announced time changes for several key Week 17 matchups.
Weather strands Pats, Jets, Giants
Blizzards in the Northeast have affected the postgame travel plans of the Patriots, Jets and Giants.
Giants-Packers prediction
PFW executive editor and resident Packers expert Dan Arkush offers his prediction on the Week 16 matchup between the Packers and Giants at Lambeau Field.
Giants' Coughlin has been here before
Giants head coach Tom Coughlin may be under some pressure, but based on his track record, we hear his job is not yet in jeopardy.
Giants-Packers matchup of the day: Friday
PFW executive editor and resident Packers expert Dan Arkush presents the fourth of four key matchups this week in advance of the Packers' Week 16 game against the Giants at Lambeau Field.
Giants-Packers matchup of the day: Thursday
PFW executive editor and resident Packers expert Dan Arkush presents the third of four key matchups this week in advance of the Packers' Week 16 game against the Giants at Lambeau Field.
Painter was cut by the Raves on Friday.||||||| Painter, who started eight games for the Colts last season, was in competition with Tyrod Taylor throughout the preseason to be the backup to Joe Flacco.
Colts coach Jim Caldwell has picked quarterback Curtis Painter to start Sunday's game against Carolina.||||||| Painter replaced the injured Kerry Collins against Pittsburgh in September and has started every game since then. But after posting quarterback ratings of 51 or less in each of his past four games, fans were clamoring for another change. At 0-11, the Colts are the only winless team in the NFL. Dan Orlovsky is the only other healthy quarterback on Indy's roster, and coming off a bye week, many fans thought it was a logical time to make a change.
Painter was 13 of 19 for 94 yards with two interceptions, three sacks and a quarterback rating of 40.3 in Sunday's 17-3 loss to Jacksonville. He was yanked for the second straight week.||||||| Painter has completed just 54.5 percent of his passes with no TDs and six INTs in the last four games.
Painter was 9 of 17 for 67 yards and an interception in the Colts' 62-7 loss to the Saints on Sunday.||||||| He also fumbled a snap to finish with a 38.1 passer rating. The Colts fell to 0-7 this season.
Painter completed 23 of 34 passes for 188 yards with a touchdown and an interception in Sunday's 27-17 loss to the Bengals.||||||| Painter's interception was his first of the season. Next Sunday, Painter and the Colts face a New Orleans team that is tied for the fourth-fewest interceptions with three.


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Owned and operated by Kevin Doran, Two Foot Tours™ is based in Miami Beach, Florida. Kevin, a certified Miami Heritage Tour Guide, has lived in South Florida for over 40 years, traveled extensively and worked as a film editor and teacher. His love of travel and history and passion for his own city inspired the creation of Two Foot Tours™ as a natural way for him to share the stories of Miami in a fun and interesting way.
Two Foot Tours™ provide an insider's look at local history (yes, Miami has lots of history!), dazzling ecology, wondrous architecture and of course, delicious, salacious, non-fattening gossip. From the causeways to the Deco District to Key Biscayne and Little Havana, hear about the personalities and forces that have helped shape this singular environment into one of the world's most compelling destinations.
Designed as an alternative to typical city tours, Two Foot Tours™ allow for personal interaction, carefree enjoyment of the surroundings and time to explore locations in greater detail. Intimate, fun, yet still completely legal, Two Foot Tours™ is for the ever growing number of people who love travel and learning and for whom experience and discovery are the real treasures found on a great vacation.
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When a natural disaster strikes, the GE family plays a role in responding. Resources and employee support are mobilized to assist the affected communities. In many cases, GE is in a unique position to address the particular needs created by natural disasters, as our capabilities include technology, expertise and products in areas such as energy, water, lighting and healthcare.
The GE Foundation generously matches GE employee and retiree gifts to eligible disaster-relief organizations such as the International Red Cross, UNICEF, AmeriCares and Save the Children. It also proactively grants aid to relief organizations on an annual basis and in response to emergency situations.
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Video Interviews for George Gallo's Columbus Circle
George Gallo's Columbus Circle hits DVD and Blu-ray this week, and in honor of the occasion we have video soundbite interviews with most of the major players including stars Amy Smart, Giovanni Ribisi, Jason Lee, Selma Blair, and Kevin Pollak along with producer Christopher Malick.
A Big Batch of Eight Clips from Columbus Circle
Interested in checking out Universal Studios Home Entertainment's new flick Columbus Circle, which is hitting DVD and Blu-ray on March 6th? Then settle in because we have a whopping eight clips to share from the film!


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SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP — The Ashtabula Area City School Board unanimously approved a $1 million cost-cutting plan Wednesday, for the 2013-2014 school year that includes the layoff of seven teachers, a reduction in hours for cafeteria and library aids and eliminates all ninth-grade sports, as well as other cuts.
The cuts were part of an expenditure reduction plan proposed by interim Superintendent Patrick Colucci. The layoffs include two regular education teachers at Lakeside High School, two regular education teachers at Lakeside Junior High School, an art teacher, music teacher and physical education teacher at the elementary level as well as the faculty manager at the junior high.
The library aid at both the high school and junior high will be reduced to a five-hour day, the central registration position will be reduced from 12 months to 10 months and the administrative assistant as the high school will be reduced from 12 months to 10 months as well. The cuts also include the reduction of two cafeteria aids at Michigan Primary, according to the plan.
The plan will reduce the student school day to state minimum standards, which is six hours (five and a half hours of instruction and a 30 minute lunch) for grades seven through 12; and five and a half hours (five hours of instruction and a 30-minute lunch) for grades kindergarten through six, according to the plan.
Also as part of the cuts, the district will operate without an assistant superintendent from January 2013 through June 2013, the gifted and talented coordinator position will be reduced from 81 days to 60 days and the district's EMIS coordinator will be reduced from full-time to two-thirds and will become a shared service through the Ashtabula County Educational Service Center, according to the plan.
The district has already seen busing cuts and more will come in August with the reduction of five additional routes, according to the plan. The plan also calls for an increase in student activities fees for athletics and cheerleading. Fees will be increased to $250 per sport at the high school and $125 per sport at the junior high.


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It's now very easy to hold a conference call just about anytime you want and the options you have are really great and getting better. Technology, particularly the internet has disrupted the conference call industry - a service that used to be provided by big telecom firms or specialty telecommunication equipment and service companies. Skype blew the door wide open with both voice and video conferencing and google hangouts have extended that reach, making it possible to hold conference calls with people all over the country. And the neat thing is that these services are free or close to free. However, there are limits to free video conferencing technology, primarily due to broadband capacity and other connectivity issues that make video conference calls very challenging for some.
This is even more pronounced when you want to do an international conference call across timezones. This not only presents connectivity issues but also band capacity depending on how the local telecom or cable provider in each country throttles data to their customers. As a result, when you use skype or google hangout on international conference calls, you have to turn off the video function and use the voice only function, depending on who is speaking and how clear they are. Typically, the person speaking with a bad connectivity or data capacity has to revert to voice only mode so that the others can hear the person clearly. Until this technology works as seamless as the Free Conference Call services available locally, we think it's going to be a challenge to expect a seamless experience when talking to multiple people on a call from different countries and timezones.


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Rams beef up competition for cornerback and safety positions
with Davis appearing in 12 games last season and Daniels in two. Two undrafted players to keep an eye on are cornerbacks Greg Reid and Marcus Roberson. Reid is undersized (5-foot-8, 190 pounds) but made an impact at Florida State as a cornerback
Former FSU defensive star Greg Reid looking for that 'one shot' to the NFL
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Greg Reid is hoping someone notices him. Once a cornerback and defensive ..... scouts. Reid ran, cut and jumped. He looked much like the old Greg Reid . "I'm blessed to be here," Reid said. "And I'm blessed
Former FSU standouts Jernigan, Benjamin hope to make good impressions
ballplayer and not a track athlete." One former Florida State player that is trying to get another chance is cornerback Greg Reid , who last wore a Seminoles uniform in 2011. Reid had 97 tackles and seven interceptions from 2009-11 before being
Rams sign WR Kenny Britt
Tuesday. In other recent moves, St. Louis added backup quarterback Shaun Hill, linebacker Etienne Sabino and cornerback Greg Reid . Britt was a first-round pick of the Titans in 2009 when Rams coach Jeff Fisher was in Tennessee. He caught 84 passes
FSU's Terrence Brooks out to prove doubters wrong in NFL
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Several nations have a real chance at winning a bobsled medal at the Sochi Games. The U.S. is one of those countries, with Steven Holcomb — who ended a 62-year gold medal drought in the four-man at the Vancouver Games — looking to defend his title while driving the "Night Train Squared" (the new version of the team's sled) in Sochi. And Elana Meyers, who won bronze as Erin Pac's brakeman in Vancouver, will attempt to reach the podium as a pilot in 2014. Holcomb won both the two-man and the four-man 2012 world titles on the Lake Placid track but only placed third in the four-man at the 2013 World Championships. Meyers shattered several start records last season on her way to three World Cup podiums and a silver medal at 2013 Worlds. This bodes well for her chances in Sochi, where she finished second at the test event on what is widely believed to be a "starter's track."
Most U.S. bobsled headlines last season were about the notable track athletes that had been recruited for the women's team, including 2012 Olympic gold medalist Tianna Madison and Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones. Jones, who finished second in her first ever bobsled World Cup in November 2012 while paired with pilot Jazmine Fenlator, proved that she is dedicated to the winter sport by cutting her 2013 track and field season short. She was fifth at the U.S. national push championships in July, meaning she'll have to improve to be one of the three push athletes selected for the Olympic team.
At the Sochi Games, Russia will look to capitalize on its home track advantage with two-time medalist Aleksandr Zoubkov, who will be 39 years old at the Olympics. He briefly retired after the 2010 Games, but decided to return for one last shot at Olympic glory. Zoubkov, who competed in luge at the 1998 Olympics before switching to bobsled, finished first in the four-man overall World Cup standings last season.
Germany will also send several medal-contending sleds to the Sochi Games, though it remains to be seen which athletes will fill those sleds. On the men's side, there is a mix of veterans and newcomers, with four pilots reaching the World Cup podium last season, but only three will go to the Games. Vancouver two-man silver medalist Thomas Florschuetz missed the first few World Cup races but finished the season with silver medals in both the two-man and four-man at the Sochi World Cup. Maximilian Arndt was looking like the nation's top contender after winning the 2013 four-man world title, but he missed the last World Cup of the season due to injury. The youngest of the German contenders is 23-year-old Francesco Friedrich, who won the 2013 two-man world title.
The German women also have three consistent medal contenders with Sandra Kiriasis, Cathleen Martini, and Anja Schneiderheinze, who finished 2-3-4 in last season's World Cup standings. Kiriasis is a two-time Olympic medalist and Torino Olympic champion, who at age 38 is still one of the best pilots in the world. Schneiderheinze won her Olympic medal in 2006 as Kiriasis' brakeman, but will look to win as a driver in Sochi. Cathleen Martini was the 2011 world champion but crashed out of the Vancouver Games the year prior in her Olympic debut.
The gold medal favorite in the women's competition is Canada's Kaillie Humphries, the reigning Olympic gold medalist and two-time reigning world champion. In Sochi, she'll look to become the first woman to defend an Olympic bobsled title. Her compatriot Lyndon Rush, who won the four-man bronze medal at the Vancouver Games, will also be a contender in 2014 in the two-man.
Latvia could win its first Olympic bobsled medals in Sochi, with pilot Oskars Melbardis surprising the incumbent nations during the 2012-13 season by winning the men's combined World Cup title and the four-man World Cup race in Sochi.
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House and Senate negotiators said late Thursday that they reached a budget deal. The agreement would restore some of the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration, and includes some relatively small deficit reduction over the next two years. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., hammered out the deal, which they characterized as a step in the right direction that would avoid another government shutdown in mid-January if both the House and Senate approve the budget.


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Each October, the National Fire Protection Association sponsors a nationwide campaign to highlight the importance of fire safety education. The City of Edmond is producing the video in conjunction with Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 6-12), and this year's theme is preventing kitchen fires.
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During Fire Prevention Week, the Fire Department will be doing skits at various public schools based on the game show theme, Barnes said. Three students will come up with their teachers. A correct answer of a relevant question by a student results in their teacher putting on firefighter gear. First child to dress their teacher wins.
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An example of the information they'll receive is that safety experts talk about a "safe zone" in which children stay 3-5 feet away from the stove, Barnes said. If the parent is cooking and they turn for some reason while they are cooking they don't trip on a toy or a child, Barnes said.
Another safety tip is turning the handle of a skillet so it does not extend past the front of the stove, Barnes said. Little children are very curious and they will pull the handle and the contents of the pan on top of them, Barnes said.
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The Romney campaign is shifting focus to Obama's job approval as the key to the November election.
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A senior Romney adviser tells me that, "Pretty soon, opinion about the economy is going to be calcified" as an issue, and Americans won't believe that Obama can turn it around no matter what public-relations strategy he devises between now and Election Day. This may turn out to be excessively optimistic from Romney's point of view. In the end, Obama's campaign may be able to persuade voters that the economy is getting better at a satisfactory pace and that Romney's conservative policies would hurt the recovery.
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This will be a major Romney theme. Whether the tactic works will depend partly on whether Obama can persuade voters that he needs another four years to give his policies a real chance to succeed.
With 25 million people out of work, the adviser says, Romney will continue to remind voters about "the failed Obama record" on job creation in particular. "This is an election where the economy is the number one issue—it's baked into the cake," he adds. Romney will tell voters they can have "more of the same" or "try a new approach."
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The aide says that the overall political situation is favorable for Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, because there are so many doubts about Obama.
"A president under 50 [percent job approval] is a very perilous place for a president to be," he says.
One of the Romney realities that does appear to be beyond dispute, at least for now, is that the election will be tight. Polls show Obama and Romney neck and neck, and it could go either way.
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As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, Cinnabar Theater's board of trustees has announced the appointment of an executive director to lead the Sonoma County non-profit into a new decade of entertainment.
Terence Keane joins Cinnabar Theater on May 1 to work hand in hand with artistic director Elly Lichenstein. Most recently Keane served as director of public relations and associate director of marketing and communications at the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
Together he and Lichenstein will continue Cinnabar's commitment to provide sophisticated shows for local audiences and arts education for young people in the community.
"Terence brings exactly the experience needed to carry us forward," said Lichenstein. "His passion is palpable, he fits beautifully with Cinnabar's family-style culture, and he has great respect for the artists and our creative work. Bringing him aboard feels like an entry into a true partnership."
Keane has served grassroots, national and global non-profits on both coasts. After a decade supporting health and environmental causes, he returned to his first love: theater. In eight years at Berkeley Rep, he helped lead an 11-person marketing team to the highest ticket revenue in the company's history and transformed the theater's reputation with relentless exposure in local, national and international news outlets.
"I'm delighted to become part of the Cinnabar family," said Keane. "I love its unique blend of drama and music, and I look forward to collaborating with Elly, co-founder Jan Klebe, Cinnabar's staff and this terrific team of volunteers. After more than eight years and 75 shows at Berkeley Rep, this feels like the perfect next step. I'm eager to connect with Cinnabar's audience and learn how we can work together to deepen the theater's involvement in the local community and raise its profile on the wider stage."
At Berkeley Rep, Keane had the honor of collaborating with the leading artists, artisans, educators, administrators and journalists in the field. A graduate of the Boston University School of Theatre and a former Fulbright teaching assistant, he has also worked for or volunteered with respected institutions including the American Museum of Natural History, the Big Apple Circus, the National Audubon Society, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, SF Playhouse, Usonia Jazz and the Yolo Basin Foundation.
Marvin and Jan Klebe founded Cinnabar Theater as an arts center in 1972. Along with their four sons, they transformed the 1908 schoolhouse into a jewel-box theater that has hosted successful shows for four decades. With Keane and Lichenstein carrying the Klebes' legacy forward, the playhouse is preparing a new season.
"With Terence's arrival, I feel the doors of Cinnabar will remain open far into the future — and it can continue to welcome some of the finest performing artists of the area to our stage," said Cinnabar co-founder, Jan Klebe. "I believe Terence understands the original mission of Cinnabar, and I hope he will find joy in being a part of creating theater in all its forms, including opera and lots of music."
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3:00pm Sunday 2nd August 2009 in News By Siobhan Ryan, Health Reporter
A £300 million redevelopment of the busiest hospital in Sussex has taken its next step.
Managers at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton want to give it a makeover by pulling down and replacing its two oldest buildings.
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, has now approved the outline business case for the plans.
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In a message to staff, trust chief executive Duncan Selbie said: "The Barry and Jubilee Buildings are over 180 and 130 years old respectively.
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Upper Iowa University has appointed a new acting president.
Upper Iowa University announced Friday that the university's president Doctor Alan Walker has been granted a sabbatical for this academic year.
UIU says he will plans to spend this time reading, conducting research, and spending time with friends and family.
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Air to Air heat exchangers: get fresh air, keep the energy inside
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Homes of today follow a green and expense-cutting trend to reduce energy exchange with the environment, keeping a comfortable temperature inside and some money in the bank. But all that sealing actually makes the stall air inside a health treat to the house inhabitants. It can get very humid, due to the paints that prevent vapor exchange through the walls, VOC (volatile organic compounds – chemicals that offgas from paints, plastics, etc) loaded, naturally occuring Radon (Rn) gasses build up as well as mold and mildew. These problems can be solved by opening windows but all that heat embodied in the air is lost, adding up to the energy bill.
An air to air heat exchanger can solve all these problems by taking comfortable warm air inside the house and exchanging its heat with the fresh, clean air from outside, being capable of a efficiency of 80%. So no need for your HVAC system to operate more as the heat flows out when the windows are open.
There is one issue namely the climate specifics. If the climate is very cold, the air to air heat exchanger can't perform well and because of the below freeze temperatures outside the humidity of the air can create ice in the system and block air flow. In climates where severe sub-zero temperatures are prevalent, it may be better to consider an underground piped heat exchanger. This system offers the same benefits and functions and works the same way: it just utilizes the constant temperature of the ground to warm or cold the recycled air from the home's exhaust.
Here's a sketch from wikipedia that can help understanding how the air to air heat exchanger works:
In the end of this short introduction I will conclude that most of green homes need to install such a ventilation device. All of us like fancy furniture and contemporary designed stuff but one must care for its health even if the fancy thing in this case isn't visible to friends to showoff.
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Late Friday evening, sophomore Austin Eicher won a 7-2 decision over Brighton junior Jordan Amine.
The team also rebounded in its early consolation bouts on Friday morning.
The Eagles qualified 10 wrestlers to the state finals, but had a very up-and-down day on Thursday. They only won four of their 10 matches in the opening round.
"We had a couple of matches (yesterday) that we could of won," Hartland coach Todd Cheney said. "We had kind of a roller coaster kind of day. We just fell short in a couple."
Cheney said the venue played a part.
"A lot of our kids are here for the first time and The Palace can be kind of an intimidating place," he said.
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We hike on trails
We don't know what's up
With this sleet, rain and hail.
We skate on boardwalks
And we lie on sand
Chance of precipitation
We don't comprehend.
When the start of this year
Brought wet, scary weather
Most C-A sun worshippers
Held hands and wept together.
But not me, I'm stranger
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Or a few clouds of grey.
I love storms and thunder
Lighting and wind, too
It's a geographical wonder
When you live in a place like i do.
I'm the outcast, the killjoy
They say I should move to seattle
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Used to hearing windows rattle.
They way I solve this dilemma
Making hay while the sun don't shine
I settle into my kitchen
And invite the skeptics to dine.
In addition to the shelter
From the wet roads and cold
I make soups, stews, and braised meats
Butter cakes in dainty molds.
I do granola and I do grains
But I know the value of sugar
When a kid is frightened by rain.
I sweat veggies in oil
For an immunity boost
And I squeeze homegrown citrus
For my own, very Cali juice.
Then we watch an old movie
Or read an American classic
And cross our fingers for loved ones
Making way home in traffic.
Satisfied with slow cooked and baked goods
I made during downpours
Those who miss the sun
Haven't complained anymore.
Eyelids get droopy
And fuzzy blankets are laid
As we count away distant storm noises
And clear sky predictions are made.
You can be warmed by the sun
Rays of western light on your skin
But when the rain does come
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One slice of bread, with a square or round piece cut from the middle of the bread and set aside
1 pat of butter
Place a frying pan over medium-high heat, add butter.
After about thirty seconds, turn egg and bread, and separate slice of bread alongside, over with spatula.
When egg is done, slide onto plate, and use the separate slice of cut out bread to dip into the yolk.
Goes with everything, especially chili on Super Bowl Sunday.
2 cups buttermilk baking mix
Preheat oven to 350º.
This happens to me sometimes, I will start to tear over a menu or cookbook.
Tonight at dinner, I really, really missed my stepson, Dillon. He hasn't lived in the same city as the rest of our family for four years now, but sometimes it hits me – at the dinner table, for instance – he really should be here with us.
This past weekend, my husband and I took our three other children for dinner at a local diner following an afternoon of biking along the water. I was so excited to eat a patty melt and slurp down a chocolate malt within the kitschy, aluminum walls of a classic American diner (this is usually the case, my appetite overshadows my awareness of things) that I wasn't thinking about being a party of five instead of a party of six. You see, I am accustomed to my husband visiting my stepson in the state where he lives now rather than my stepson making brief, infrequent visits to see the rest of us. Being a married couple with three children instead of four is our accepted state of family affairs. With text messaging, e-mails, speed dial and low internet airfares, it doesn't seem so lonely or isolated. It needn't be this way forever.
Only food can illustrate to me how badly I miss him. Like when I look at a menu and see one of his favorites – something obscure or that I used to make for him – and with a paper menu trembling in my hands, it's all I can do to keep from asking the waitress, "Can we get another chair for someone who will be joining us at a later time?"
We all miss Dillon, for obvious reasons; he's an absent son and big brother, he's that fourth person you need for a pick-up game. Because it's nice to have an older brother to protect you or show you how to spike your hair. I am the only one who sees our life passing us by when I look at a menu, recipe card or empty frying pan.
"So what's on the kid's menu?" I said as we settled into the red vinyl booth of the diner. I read aloud the usual entrée choices…chicken strips, burger, grilled cheese, pancakes, Egg in a Hole…wait, Egg in a Hole?
|My husband picked this up right away, my change in verbal demeanor, like I had seen a ghost walk by our table."What's the matter, honey?" he asked."Nothing." I have never been a good liar.
"No, really. What?" He wouldn't stop until he cracks me.
"They have Egg in a Hole on the menu," which is all I needed to say.
He registered my emotions and let me alone. He knew I was taking a second here at the diner to remember when I used to cut holes into slices of bread and slide them into a frying pan with pats of pale butter, cracking brown eggs into the middle of the bread slices…and how the egg, butter and bread together emitted a milky scent and crackling sound before 7:00 a.m. on the weekdays or before ball games on weekends, for a hungry kid waiting for his favorite breakfast. For my stepson, Dillon.
"Oh, gotcha. Want to order it?" Careful consideration.
"No, I'm good. Maybe next time."
I don't cry by nature; I eat, act nonsensical, and write. This is why my husband asked me if I wanted to order Egg in a Hole; because I have been known to order something for Dillon, my stepson, and have it packaged to go, or take a few bites and set it aside. Why would I do that? Order food for someone hundreds of miles away?
Simple. I have to see if the chef makes it better than I do. And because that all-of-a-sudden, wish-you-were-here energy derived from food can reach my stepson faster than an egg fries in butter and is more tangible than a formulaic text message.
So I got past that culinary memory, the way people put a scrapbook or photo albums back on a shelf. Then I spotted cornbread on the menu, offered with the chili.
"Think they use sour cream in the cornbread like I do?" I asked my husband. He placed his menu down and looked at me, saying with raised eyebrows, yes, I remember when Dillon specifically requested your cornbread with meatloaf, steak and chicken. Enough already, eat something and you'll feel better.
Rather, my husband said "You want to call and see if he's eaten well today?" I shake my head from side to side, silently, like a kid about to cry. But I don't call, and I don't cry, because I know Dillon is probably working the second shift at the restaurant where he is employed, where his lunch is comped. "Just order the chili and cornbread. Okay?"
Okay. That was a good suggestion, of course, but nothing can replace the feeling of cooking for someone you love. There is no better time spent as a family than sitting around a table together. No parallel sensation of your loved one enjoying what you have made them or the endearing bother of your child liking your entrée more than theirs. And when you can't have that, you fall back to a time when you did, and you look forward to the next time you can.
I visit this place through menus and cookbooks. For me, the food tells the story. The familiar scent, the coveted flavors, the setting full of colors, and the coincidence that really isn't (how many places serve Egg in a Hole anymore, anyway?).
Sometimes when I think Dillon is slipping away to his teenage commitment to be as cool as possible, that he's forgotten just how much he's loved from a different geographical location, he'll call our home and ask how I used to cook something. He'll request "that thing you made us all the time," or "the side dish I used to scarf down."
I smile. Who needs the extra entrée now?
I pull out the sixth chair from our kitchen table with the phone in my hand, sit down, and say, coolly, "Wouldn't you like to know?" I've got to make sure he still comes back to have it the way I made it.
"Come on. Tell me how to make the cucumber salad. Please?"
"Alright, get a pen." I say to Dillon as I look at my husband, who registers this, and listens as I dictate the list of ingredients and share instructions, with that wishful energy traveling great distances, rooted in hunger and in memory.
For me, the food tells the story, and the menus, all of the menus I am lucky to have, could fill a book.


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A new offensive is under way in the separatist region of Donetsk. The MH17 crash scene, meanwhile, has become chaotic, with international investigators finding access limited or blocked outright by rebels.
The revelation could cast a cloud over US-Indian trade and defense diplomacy. Last December the two countries had a bilateral spat over the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York.
President Petro Poroshenko defended his decision to resume military action, saying it was crucial to defend Ukraine's territorial integrity after a 10-day cease-fire failed to quell violence.
Ongoing fighting in Tikrit appears not to have dislodged Sunni Islamic rebels, including fighters from a militant group whose leader has declared himself the caliph of a splinter state.
Israel said it shot down a drone near Ashdod with a Patriot missile. Hamas has continued its menacing but ineffective rocket barrage into southern Israel as foreign nationals in Gaza flee.
Will Israel send in ground troops as it did with Operation Cast Lead in 2009? Or, will this be a relatively short air-strikes-only operation, like the 2012 Pillar of Defense? On Saturday, Israel added another missile battery to its Iron Dome.
Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, who lost the last election to President Hamid Karzai, wants a comprehensive audit of last month's runoff election ballots.
An estimated 20 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes overnight. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned the situation could 'quickly get out of control.'
Britain's Prince William and Kate Duchess of Cambridge and the Prince visit the Sensational Butterflies exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London to mark Prince George's first birthday, July 21.
Ongoing fighting in Tikrit appears not to have dislodged Sunni Islamic rebels, including fighters from a militant group whose leader has declared himself the caliph of a splinter state.
The EU-Ukraine trade pact that helped lead to the current crisis was signed today. Russia, antagonistic over the idea of closer Ukraine integration with Europe, warned of consequences.
The prime minister said a unity government, which the US has urged to reduce Sunni support for the insurgency in Iraq, would be a 'coup against the constitution.'
Secretary of State John Kerry visited the semi-autonomous region today and urged the Kurds not to give up on Baghdad. But the Kurdish president told Kerry that 'We are facing a new reality and a new Iraq.'
Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Baghdad after stops in Jordan and Egypt amid accusations by Iran's supreme leader that the US was meddling in Iraqi politics.
A peace plan announced by Ukraine's president earlier this week may not get off the ground, as fighting continued with pro-Russian separatists in parts of the country's east.
Ukraine's new president is promoting a peace plan to end the rebellion in the Russia-leaning east, but fresh fighting underscores the challenge to making it stick.
The loss of the refinery, which is the country's largest and supplies the domestic market, would be a significant blow to the Maliki government.
Israeli forces have detained more than 200 Palestinians, mostly Hamas activists, in their biggest crackdown on the militant group in years. Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the kidnappings last week.
Tal Afar, near Mosul, fell after heavy fighting between ISIS militants and Iraqi troops. ISIS has instituted brutal law in the areas of the north it now dominates.


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Tim Floyd did not have to think twice about accepting USC's basketball head coaching job. It just took a while before the offer finally came.
"I fully understand why Rick Majerus was the first choice; he's a phenomenal basketball coach," said Floyd, who was introduced as the Trojans' coach Friday, four weeks after Majerus resigned only five days after accepting the position.


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2007: Took a redshirt year.
High School: Lettered in football four years and was a team captain at Spring Valley High School ... Tabbed all-state and all-region.
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the kind of sloughing (is that the right word) that they do when you get your pedicure became illegal in PA as of 1/09 so a pedicure wouldnt be as helpful as it used to be
I'm sure there are salons still doing it but I would be leery about a salon that wasnt concerned getting fined
I feel like I'm in a dream. But it can't be a dream because there are no boy dancers!
Best Bath Store has a really great foot scrub. It's got a bunch of oils so it will soften your feet immediately. You can also order 5 decently-sized samples from there for the cost of shipping ($7).
I love their Lemon Lime lip balm. It's an even better version of Fresh's Sugar lip treatment, for a tenth of the price.
No doubt most people will find this horribly gross, but... I deal with the hard skin on my heels by having a good soak in a hot bath and then simply scraping at it with my fingernails. I have a foot file that I use at the end to get it more evenly smooth, but it's by far the most effective way I've found for really getting into the deep layers of it.
And if they're really dry I slap on a bit of Lush Dream Cream after, but that's my answer to everything
Any facial wash recommendations for a girl like me with dry skin? I borrow washes from my siblings but they have oily skin so once my face is clean, my skin is dry and flaking almost immediately!
I don't think I could buy one of those ped eggs.. the ads gross me out
It even gets eye make-up off easily.
I've seen a story on the fish pedicure thing and I don't think I could do it. I hate swimming in the ocean cause I'm afraid of fish nibbling on my toes.. I can't imagine paying for it
it makes every fiber of my germphobic being quiver with fear
I feel like I'm in a dream. But it can't be a dream because there are no boy dancers!
Voidy Swan, Dirty Carmen, Perverted Moonlight Sonata. God I love figure skating!
Dead skin doesn't faze me at all (I've been dealing with it my whole life, so one learns to suck it up and let it go after awhile). But a fish pedi, with living creatures EATING my dead skin...
*cue the gag reflex*
Oh. Gag. Ew. No. Just...no.


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