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Moby Slick
James Howard Kunstler certainly paints a vivid portrait of a nation on the nutsy fritz:
...a giant oil blob lies quivering in deep waters off the Gulf coast, like some awful amorphous Moby Dick full of malice waiting to sink Pequod America -- or at least the economies of five states. A few months from now, the BP corporation will wonder why it didn't go into something safe and predictable like the pants business instead of oil exploration. They will surely question the viability of conducting future business anywhere near the USA, and the USA will enter a wilderness of soul-searching about the drill-baby-drill strategy that only a few scant weeks ago seemed to be a settled matter. Tough to have your future hoped-for energy supplies evaporate at the same time that your hopes for future prosperity get sucked into a black hole.
I've maintained for a long time that the folks down Dixie way are the the most dangerously crazy people in America and the Deepwater Horizon oil blob is not going to improve their outlook when it slops over their beaches and bayous. They'll blame Obama for it by syllogism. Anyway, they are only marginally more crazy than the rest of the folks in the USA. Those folks are warming up for an election season that is going to send a horde of exterminating angels into the halls of congress and the governor's mansions, and before too long those merchants of retribution are going to appoint their inquisitors. It's going to be a heckuva spectacle. In retrospect, Mary Shapiro's SEC will look like the Council of Trent. You can be sure that if ten gallons of gasoline remain to be found in America a few years from now, they will power the last GMC Sierra to drag the captains of Wall Street through the sawgrass prairies of Collier County, Florida.
I suspect the Congressional freshman class of '10 is going to resemble a Snopes family reunion.

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Obamacare - Side Bets
Oct 18, 2013
General Nonsense
I don't know anything about Obamacare except that it's so complicated there's no point in an ordinary person trying to understand how it will all turn out. And evidently the people who try to understand Obamacare come to different conclusions about whether it will destroy civilization or simply help some people who need it.
But interestingly, I'll bet there will someday be an objective way to look back and say, "That worked," or "What the $#%@ were we thinking?"
For example, economists will someday calculate that Obamacare cost X number of jobs, or perhaps even created jobs, or it was a drag on GDP of X dollars, or perhaps helped GDP. And we'll know how many people got health care, especially preventive healthcare, that otherwise might not have. I think economists can calculate the economic value of preventive healthcare. In other words, I'm fairly sure that in ten years we can say Obamacare worked, overall, or it was a huge mistake.
So who is up for some side bets on Obamacare?
I'm sympathetic to the opinion that introducing a huge, complicated, government-run program is just asking for trouble. On the other hand, the Adams Rule of Slow-Moving Disasters says everything will work out.
As a reminder, The Adams Rule of Slow-Moving Disasters says that any disaster we see coming with plenty of advance notice gets fixed. We humans have a consistent tendency to underestimate our own resourcefulness. For example, the Year 2000 bug was a dud because we saw it coming and clever people rose to the challenge. In the seventies, we thought the world would run out of oil but instead the United States is heading toward energy independence thanks to new technology.
Obamacare is a classic slow-moving disaster. Absent any future human resourcefulness, it just might be a nightmare. But my money says that clever humans will figure out how to tame the beast before it triggers the collapse of civilization.
If betting were legal, I'd bet $10,000 that in ten years the consensus of economists will be that Obamacare had a lot of problems but that overall it was neutral or helpful to the economy. I base that hypothetical bet on The Adams Rule of Slow-Moving Disasters, not on the scary first-year state of the law. And I reiterate that I know next-to-nothing about the details of Obamacare. I'm just working off of pattern recognition.
The armchair economist in me thinks there is a solution to the problem of some folks thinking Obamacare will be a disaster and other people thinking it will not. Simply create an online market in which the opposers can buy "insurance" from the supporters. In other words, a hardcore Tea Partier could pay $1,000 now to insure against future Obamacare calamity to his own net worth. An Obamacare supporter would accept the $1,000 and put in escrow $10,000 as a payout in the event that Obamacare heads to the worst case scenario. This idea needs work, but the idea is that opposers and supporters could place insurance-like side bets.
Which way would you bet? And keep in mind that you know as little about Obamacare as I do.
Votes: +36
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Nov 7, 2013
Except in this case even though we see it coming, we disagree on whether it's a disaster, much less the best course of action.
Then we need legislation and regulation.
All of which moves more slowly than actuarial statistics.
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Oct 29, 2013
I am a partisan in this fight and I withheld judgment because I am not an outsider looking in and judging the thing. I'm directly involved in the mess.
As I write this - it looks like a disaster.
But I also agree that slow moving disasters will find solutions when there is enough warning time that doom is impending. I really don't expect much of the ACA to survive. But something will evolve from that which will create new deadlines of crises. And something else will evolve for that.
So in the long term, your thoughts about slow moving disasters is right.
But I would also point out that many people suffer in the interim of change. And right now that reality is staring me starkly in the face. I oppose the ACA. I also think reform is necessary.
I think the failure of the ACA (and right now all of the news - including from left-leaning news organs - is pointing that way) will make it even harder in the future to make the kinds of reforms that are needed. Healthcare needs a solution - but the failure of this program is only going to make voters more cynical - and make that solution harder to achieve. I predict problems for a long time. The solutions will be non-optimal. The two parties in power will trade blame for healthcare not working.
And the only thing I can predict - as an M.D. - is this: I have twenty years left to practice.
And my guess is the government will be trading blame about healthcare for all of those twenty years - and I will suffer for it.
I am not a fan of me suffering. But I suspect that when enough physicians suffer - there will be labor unions. We are not the type of people to form labor unions. But as I see it - labor unions may be necessary to deal with the stupidity that is happening - and the reaction to the stupidity that is coming.
My advice to avoid all this is not to trust politicians - who are all lawyers - to play doctor. Doctors can fix this. But how many doctors are politicians? We're 1 person in 1,000 and there are very few doctors who have political power. We're too busy.
So when the politicians, who are not doctors, fix the problem - what we get is lawyers telling doctors how to behave. This is not why I worked my ass off in medical school. I did not work my ass off to serve lawyers.
And I suspect that most people who read your strip - who are people who know how to do things - can relate. They didn't become engineers to take orders from an MBA.
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Oct 23, 2013
"If betting were legal, I'd bet $10,000 that in ten years the consensus of economists will be that Obamacare had a lot of problems but that overall it was neutral or helpful to the economy."
Coming from the totally socialist Netherlands, I'd say it's the wrong question to ask. The question is not if the economy is helped. The question is if healthcare has become more accessible. If yes, the secondary question is whether this is realized at acceptable costs. Healthcare never helps the economy. All capital and jobs created from it are the result of costs. The only value-adding type of healthcare is if you export healthcare goods to another country and profit from it.
All of this is assuming that healthcare up to a point is a right, and not a product on the free market. And that's my belief, feel free to disagree.
Or instead, whether you agree or don't, take a practical look at how almost every other developed nation in the world manages it far better.
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Oct 23, 2013
I'd bet that in ten years, people will view it as a success, if only because it still exists, people are using it, and it'll be hard for most to envision what the alternative would be. I think most would rate Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid the same way, right now.
Realistically, I think we'll be trading down the effectiveness and timeliness of our health care (against the trajectory it was on), in order to give a very small percentage of people access to it. We could have solved that issue in a much simpler fashion.
Inevitably, Obamacare will grow to become THE health care system. As we're already seeing, there will be problems. The solution will always be... the govt needs to take control of this other facet of health care in order to resolve that. Inexorably, the exchange will turn into govt-owned and managed health care.
When the debt crunch meets up against govt run retirement and health care systems, services will have to be cut. We'll all allow that. Again, we won't see the possible alternatives. It'll just have to be done. Austerity will be the hangover after the party, not a strategy to grow the economy. The sooner the party ends, the smaller the hangover.
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Oct 23, 2013
[ It works in that it objectively delivers better outcomes for less than half the cost of the US system. What other possible way can you define 'works'? ]
Oh, well, certainly it works better than the US system. I would totally agree with that. But you aren't setting a very high bar for success there, are you?
I'm curious to hear how you define "better outcomes" so that you can measure them objectively. I've talked to many transplanted English folks here who, to a man, defended NHS' virtues. What was interesting, though, was that even while doing so, how they actually described it operating sounded terrible, comments like, "If the problem you have isn't life-threatening you can have to wait up to six months sometimes to have it addressed."
That is what caught my eye about the sentences I quoted: the cognitive dissonance of, Hey it's great, everybody loves it, but it has these massive problems that pretty much doom it to failure if they aren't fixed. Again, that's a classic description of a government-run program.
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Oct 23, 2013
An interesting article if obviously from a very conservative perspective - for instance:
"But British reformers who want to see more market mechanisms within the NHS would see it as a huge step forward — relative to what they have now — if the U.K. were to move toward a system of subsidized compulsory health insurance along the lines of Obamacare."
This is clearly tautological. I don't think the number of such reformers is particularly high. The article focuses on cancer outcomes to avoid a negative comparison.
I would however accept there is truth in:
"The drawback of such an approach is that because the system prides itself on creating equity by putting the needs of society as whole ahead of any given patient, it means that the needs of individuals often get lost in a sea of managers, administrative targets and rationing decisions."
The NHS could benefit from a lot more focus on the person being treated.
Overall though what we do have is a system that will not let us get forgotten. This is of the utmost importance to most of us. Under no !$%*!$%*!$%*! will any of us be denied access to health care - there is no pre-existing condition nonsense and there are no profit-oriented insurance death panels.
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Oct 22, 2013
In recent years the UK system has been besieged by a succession of major scandals, notably by the one at Stafford Hospital brought to light by Julie Bailey...
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Oct 22, 2013
Just because over time citizens get worn out to the point of apathetic acceptance doesn't mean the system is a success. I love how people say that healthcare was broken, unsustainable, unfair, what have you, before, so at least Obama did something. That's a moron's logic. If you can even use logic when referring to such misguided thinking.
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Oct 22, 2013
"No offense, but from these two sentences, NHS sounds like a classic government clusterf*ck. Sure, everybody loves it -- who doesn't love getting stuff for free? -- but that doesn't mean it *works*."
It works in that it objectively delivers better outcomes for less than half the cost of the US system. What other possible way can you define 'works'? It does have many problems - mainly being shafted because private suppliers are pretty successful at leeching e.g. charging £50 to change a lightbulb under enforced outsourcing.
That said I disagree with workerant that Obamacare is anything like the NHS, it seems more like a sticking plaster on a system that has lots of pre-existing conditions. You have a long long way to go to get near anything as good as our NHS. melissam and Drowlord (can't believe I'm agreeing with him!) have given the answers that I thought nearest the mark.
Of course I know nothing much about Obamacare to be fair.
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Oct 21, 2013
I'm curious about the cost of not covering the uninsured in the US. (It's not $0, as many seem to assume.)
Everyone agrees that the current Health Care system is broken in this country. What are the other options? At least Obamacare has been tested on a small scale in Massachusetts. Are there any other working solutions?
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Phantom II
Oct 21, 2013
As many of you know, I don't read the posts here prior to writing my own. So I just read fawn's post.
My wife's experience differs from hers. She has been trying to get on the California exchange site since it opened. No luck. She sent them an email trying to get some help. It hasn't been answered. She's still trying.
What we don't know is how much the state exchanges cost to set up. As many of you know, California is a liberal state that is hugely in debt. Our answer to our debt? Start a bullet-train project guaranteed to bankrupt us. I can't imagine they will do much better with health care.
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Phantom II
Oct 21, 2013
There you go again.
You have a tendency to throw in little gems of erroneous assumptions when you write these posts. This post's last sentence ("And keep in mind that you know as little about Obamacare as I do.") is one of your most egregious examples.
You have no idea how much I know about Obamacare. Nor do I know how much you know about it. But there is no doubt that one of us knows less than the other. As you well know, but which you would never admit. But here's one question: have you read the bill? I have. Actually, there are two statutes totaling 961 pages. Did you know that?
Moving on: with all due respect, you are politically naive. Focusing on Obamacare's effects on the economy and jobs and quality of medical care are only a part of what should concern you. The larger concern is its effect on our national debt. We're at $17 trillion and rising, with the president and the Democrats pushing to increase the debt limit without any reduction in spending. And that doesn't even start to take into account the roughly $80 trillion in unfunded liabilities, which the end game of Obamacare, single-payer, will certainly increase.
Fortunately, the Sequester did reduce the baseline (if you don't understand the baseline budgeting concept used by the federal government, you had better educate yourself quickly), but not by very much. That's why the Democrats are livid that the one thing the Republicans got out of the recent government shutdown is that the Sequester remained intact. Again, if you don't understand all this, you should come up to speed on it immediately.
You, Scott, are both a techie and an economist. Somehow, though, you overlook the evidence that is right before you. The federal government spent $648 million and three years in producing the Obamacare web site. The people running the program were bureaucrats who understood neither technology nor economics. And it is a disaster. That should tell you something about government efficiency and their ability to run our health care system, but it didn't even get a line in your post. Why not?
Do you think any business that was looking to succeed would have had to spend that much, take that long, and then get the results the government got? Not even a Lilliputian chance of that. So why, then, does the government get to continue to fail expensively on our money and keep bulldozing forward off the cliff? Without so much as a peep from you?
You seem to treat the entire direction of our country and our government as though it is an academic exercise that you can sit back and watch without really being involved. Scott, you are involved, and your involvement is rapidly moving from the chicken to the pig in the proverbial ham-and-egg breakfast.
Obamacare is not about health insurance. It is not about health care. It is about furthering the power of government and its control over our daily lives. To look at it any other way is both naive and frightening, because it means you don't really comprehend what's going on.
Obamacare is just the latest example of government inefficiency, waste and fraud, being propped up by borrowing from China and the printing of money by the federal reserve. No matter how bad Obamacare is, no matter how wasteful and horrifying the results, the present government will keep propping it up with your children and grandchildren's as yet unearned money. That's not OK with me. Is it with you?
Every citizen of this country needs to get involved. Scott seems to think the train wreck he's watching doesn't really involve him. How about you?
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Oct 21, 2013
The slow moving disaster is the health care system. The U.S spends twice as much per capita compared to other modern countries yet not everyone is covered by insurance and the overall health outcomes are not even close to the top countries.
The ACA is a step in the right direction by getting everyone into the insurance pool but there is a long ways to go for cost control.
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Oct 21, 2013
I'm going totally off topic, but I can't help but follow...
You wrote:
" It is obvious (at least to me) at some point people will quit loaning the government money. I guess it is a forgone conclusion that the government will operate the printing presses full time printing more and more increasingly worthless money. I differ with Reid and Pelosi on matters of policy, but I still find it hard to believe that they are the chief lemmings leading America off the cliff without a second thought. The responsible thing for them to do would be to advocate for sky high taxes if they want lavish government spending, but they don't seem to have the character for that. "
It's a matter of confidence. People point to Zimbabwe and the Weimar Republic as examples of hyperinflation. In those examples, no one had confidence in those countries, so who in their right mind would buy their debt? So, they had no choice but to print. But those were smaller economies. In the case of the U.S. we obviously have a huge debt market. That doesn't happen unless there is confidence. And no where else is there a large enough debt market for large institutions and sovereign nations to park their money. So guess what, we will never get to the point where no one buys our debt. Society will crash and burn long before that happens.
Currently, we are printing money like crazy. But not to meet obligations directly. Why do you think we rasied the debt ceiling? We are printing like crazy for QE. We are printing money so that we can use it to buy more of our own debt and the toxic assets of large commercial banks. At this point, it would be cheaper for us to print money and pay with it directly rather than borrow. At least then, there would be no additional interest payments on the new money. Right now, all money that is created is really debt. It's just insane.
Lastly, you will pray for money printing because that implies the government cares about meeting obligations with as little pain to you as possible. The government does not see its spending as the problem, only a lack of sufficient revenue as the problem. So, government is ramping up it's hunt for money. So, your last statement makes no sense. How much better is your life going to be when the government takes more of your hard-earned money?
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Oct 21, 2013
[ As far as we in the UK can see, Obamacare is similar to our National Health Service where medical care is free (funded by taxes). This was massively opposed by doctors when it was introduced but is now universally loved although beset by recent huge problems due to government interference and management stupidity. ]
No offense, but from these two sentences, NHS sounds like a classic government clusterf*ck. Sure, everybody loves it -- who doesn't love getting stuff for free? -- but that doesn't mean it *works*.
Normal businesses have to balance two variables: the cost of doing business, and the amount they make. They have an incentive to make the first as small as possible, because if their costs expand too much, it doesn't matter how much money they bring in. The largest business in the world can still go bankrupt if it doesn't control its costs.
A government run business, though, CAN'T fail in the normal sense of the word. Its continued existence is predicated solely on the second variable: the larger it is, the more likely it will continue to be funded, because size equals impact equals votes. Whether or not it is actually profitable is irrelevant, which means there is NO incentive for its operators to make it more efficient. Actually, it is worse than that: being efficient means focusing on the biggest opportunities, which in turn means deliberately limiting scope in order to maximize the profit/cost ratio. But a government-run business doesn't care about that ratio, because it doesn't have to care about cost, only size. Thus, its operators actually have a perverse incentive to NOT be efficient.
The result is entirely, utterly predictable: an inefficiently run business that nevertheless continues to grow and grow while losing money. Real business can run this way for a while in order to achieve market share, but at some point they have to rein in the spending. Government-run businesses, though, can operate like this ad infinitum. They almost HAVE to.
Which brings us to Obamacare. While I can see the validity of Scott's theory, I don't think it applies here. The reason that slow moving disasters eventually are usually avoided is that as the problem looms, every individual affected has more and more reason to take action; eventually, a tipping point is reached, action is taken, and the crisis is averted. In this case, though, I don't think that tipping point will ever be reached. BY DESIGN, the benefits are concentrated but the costs are diffuse, meaning that those who benefit will always have a bigger stake in keeping it around than those who don't benefit have in killing it. Toss in most people's remarkable capacity for self-delusion, and it is easy to see nothing ever happening until it is too late.
To be clear, I don't think Obamacare by itself is the problem. What it is adding to government spending on health care is actually relatively small. Health care spending, however, is already by far the largest part of the federal budget, costing us more than $1T each year (defense, that old bugaboo, is a distant second at around $800B), with no slowdown of its growth in sight. THAT'S the real problem. If you want to see the genesis of our $17T debt, look over the last 50 years of government spending; the growth in health care spending has directly caused most of it. Obamacare is just the icing on the cake.
To be fair, government health care has done a lot of good for a lot of people, which I'm all in favor of. But isn't it possible to favor the outcome while decrying the method? People opposed to government health care are usually portrayed as unfeeling monsters who don't care if people get sick and die, which is ridiculous. I want everyone to have a full and happy life. But I also believe that there is a way to achieve that without bankrupting our country in the process, which is what is happening.
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>But interestingly, I'll bet there will someday be an objective way to look back and say, "That worked," or "What the $#%@ were we thinking?"
Based on what? Is there agreement about the causes of the Great Depression or the efficacy of the New Deal? What about whether creating the Federal Reserve was a good idea?
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Oct 20, 2013
The ACA regulations are 30,000 pages. Who understands it well enough to place a bet?
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Obamacare is an attempt to fill the gaps in the existing public and private health insurance system. These gaps are all over the place--people not covered by either public or private number about 45 million at any given time, 80 million in any given year, etc.
That 45 million number is just the people with NO coverage (a simple problem, although a costly one), not those with crappy, incomplete or ridiculously expensive coverage. The US system is the costliest in the world built over one of the worst abyssmal pits of Hell.
Naturally, when you go around trying to patch leaks in a boat that barely floats, you have complexity. What you need is a new boat. And you have to build it around the old boat because people are living in it with no place to go.
Nobody dares to take on the insurance industry.
Nobody dares to take on the medical and pharmaceutical industries.
Nobody dares to take on the medical professionals and their unions (such as the AMA, the APA, etc.)
I just pointed out that the problem is three or four of the richest and most powerful special interests in the world. The richest industry, the richest profession, and the also-rans.
To paraphrase a book title by a certain industrious business cartoonist, POLITICS MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T PICK THE SIDE THAT'S RIGHT.
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Havong been involved in (harmless) bets with co workers, I still have a some questions:
1) What's the success criterion? It should be binary and, hopefully, self evident.
2) What about republicans modifying it to the point of pointlessness next time they get the chance?
3) Who adjudicates the bet? A tea party boy and a democrat may have different opinions about whether it qualifies as "success". There are still holocaust deniers out there, see?
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In response to mildcigar_2001, one might almost call for an amendment to the Adams Rule of Slow-Moving Disasters, stating that people will fix any problem given enough advance notice, unless that disaster is in the hands of the American government.
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Some of their studies have shed light on the exodus of Juarenses to El Paso or to other cities in the interior of Mexico due to the drug trafficking violence. One leading research center, the Centro de Investigaciones Sociales (CIS) in collaboration with the Observatorio de Seguridad y Convivencia Ciudadana have estimated that around 230,000 people left Juárez in 2009, leaving behind more than 32,700 homes abandoned. The researchers have collected data to infer that at least 54 percent of that people –one of the highest estimates of the Juarez-El Paso migration– might have come to El Paso.
CIS' researcher Alberto Ochoa Zezzatti has been working with artificial intelligence models to make projections for the future of the city. In 2009, his model estimated that the number of killings in the city would reach around 3,000 in 2010, a figure which was very close to the more than 3,100 registered at the end of the year.
His projections for 2011 don't offer a better picture for the future. According to his estimates, the number of assassinations will surpass 5,000 by the end of this year and the exodus of people from the city will continue. Ochoa's model estimates that the total population of Ciudad Juárez will go under 1 million people by 2012. Preliminary figures from the 2010 Mexican Census found that 1,328,017 people are living in Ciudad Juárez as of today.
Ochoa builds his models based on patterns of human behavior under different circumstances or variables, such as place of origin, job conditions, education, income and prosperity, among others. It is a heuristic model, which means that it is based in suppositions. Because of that, its accuracy isn't total.
However, Ochoa's model looks at the current situation in Juarez through an interesting lens and its findings are a warning of what could happen to the city if the spiral of violence continues at same pace. "The continuing migration of people from Juárez -mostly from middle class- will have a devastating effect on the society", he warns.
If the trends continue, he says, by 2020 there will be two separated cities in Juarez. One will grow and develop in the north along the border and those areas that are still operating in downtown; the other one will extend through the south, where the most neglected people are living now. Wedged between these two cities there will be a strip of abandoned houses.
While listening to Ochoa I was imagining an apocalyptic city in less than 10 years, but social analysts do their research with the hope that their findings will have an impact in the design of public policies in a way that the worse case scenarios don't become a reality. Hopefully this will be the case.


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The AMI Assistants to Infancy course offers a comprehensive study of Montessori theory and practice to work with children aged birth to three in home environments and toddler classroom environments. During 625 hours of teacher preparation, students thoroughly explore Montessori philosophy, human development, Montessori infant and toddler activities/materials, and expectations for Montessori professional communities.
Through their coursework, students learn how to guide healthy growth and development during these vital early years. The child at this age requires a safe, engaging, and nurturing environment to develop trust in themselves and their world. By offering age-appropriate activities and gentle feedback, the Montessori guide helps to build the child's confidence in their emerging abilities, develop coordination and language skills, and gain independence in daily tasks and activities.
The Assistants to Infancy course focuses particularly on sensory-motor and language development. Other topics examined include school and classroom design, creation of toys and activities, parent support and consultation, and affiliated fields, such as obstetrics. For individuals trained in other levels of Montessori education, the information offered in the Assistants to Infancy course will support and augment their previous training. Most significantly, this course is practical; it will enhance any study of early childhood education, and will benefit any future parent.
Academic Requirements
Students produce six comprehensive teaching manuals to support their work with children and families, in the areas of Theory, Medical, Child Neuropsychiatry, Home Environment, Aids to Psycho-Sensory Motor Development, and Community Environments. These teaching manuals form a large component of the students' work throughout the course, and are based on demonstrations and lectures given by the trainer.
Students learn how to create beautiful and useful materials for work with young children. Practical advice, including sewing and construction techniques, is provided for students who need additional assistance.
Observation is at the core of the Montessori guide's work. During 250 hours of observation of children aged birth to three, students take detailed notes about what they see, and interpret these observations through the lens of Montessori theory and practice. 100 hours of supervised observation will be completed at Montessori Northwest during the summer class sessions and will be arranged by the training center. During this time, students undertake supervised practice, working with children in our model environments for infants and toddlers. Students will make their own arrangements for the remaining 150 hours of observation during the intervening academic year.
In addition to the creation of teaching manuals, students also learn important professional skills such as working with and supporting parents; assessing the different stages of movement, language, and personality development; and deciding how and when to present activities and materials.
Comprehensive written and oral examinations at the end of the second summer verify that each student has met the standards of the Association Montessori Internationale.
MNW offers a unique student experience that embodies Montessori principles applied to adult education. One essential principle is taking responsibility for your own learning. By preparing yourself in the following ways, you will be positioned for success in the course.
Time management
An AMI training course can present a demanding schedule. Assistants to Infancy students are in class from 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, and many students arrive early and stay late for additional practice. You can expect to spend an additional 2-4 hours per day on your work outside of class time, as well as extra time on weekends. To prepare yourself for success in the course, structure your commitments to allow you ample time and energy for your coursework. Consider how your commute may affect your schedule.
In order to stay on track, skills in organization and attention to detail are important; lapses in organization can make the course stressful. You will need to manage several assignments at once. Consider the systems you will use to help you track your work and stay organized. This may also include how to structure files and folders on your computer and organizing your home workspace.
Employment during the course
We do not recommend that students work during their summers at MNW. The workload of the course is demanding, and will make it challenging for you to have a job.
Use of technology
Students take notes by hand during the course lectures and demonstrations. Laptops, tablets, and mobile devices are not allowed in the classroom during class time. You should prepare for extensive handwritten note-taking. Laptops and other devices may be used on breaks and outside of class time.
A reliable computer and color printer are essential, as the vast majority of coursework will be typed. Neat and consistent formatting is expected, requiring proficient use of a word processing program such as Word, Pages, or Google Drive. We recommend that you learn how to insert photos and images into documents.
Reliable and regular back-up of your computer is essential. Consider using an online back-up service to make sure your work is safe.
Communication in the Course
MNW staff communicate with students via email, social networking (primarily Facebook), and online data storage systems. You will need access to a reliable email account, internet access, and familiarity with downloading and storing files.
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What books will I have to buy?
Our Book Order form is divided into three categories: required books, recommended books, and related books. Students should purchase all required books before or shortly after starting the course. Books are available for purchase at MNW, in limited supply. Books may also be available through other sources such as Amazon.com and Powells.com. Please take careful note of any required translations.
Supplies and Materials
Students will receive specific guidance about exact requirements, but all students will need these items to start:
- Computer, printer, and internet access
- Ample note-taking supplies (ie: large multi-subject notebooks
- Copy paper
What are the costs?
Costs vary depending on supplier and thriftiness of the student. For students on a budget, Portland has many stores with cheap office supplies, such as Goodwill and Scrap.
The creation of Montessori materials and activities is a large component of the course. Supplies can include fabric, thread, and craft paper. We also suggest a set of color pencils. Water-color pencils are often preferred. These can be purchased from various locations and again can be found cheaply.
Students can expect to spend between $800 and $1500 on office and material supplies throughout the course.
Tuition and Fees
Tuition to be announced
Course-Related Expenses: Students should budget between $800 to $1500 to cover books, stationery supplies, and material making costs.
Cooperative Degree Program Financial Aid
Montessori Northwest has cooperative programs with Marylhurst University of Portland, Oregon and Loyola University Maryland. Students who participate in one of these cooperative programs can apply directly to the cooperating institution for financial aid after admission to that program. This financial aid can cover the cost of the AMI course and the additional cost of the Master's Degree or Bachelor Degree completion program.
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MES Fund
The Margaret Elizabeth Stephenson (MES) Fund is administered by AMI-USA. To apply for this financial aid candidates must first be accepted into an AMI Course. The AMI-USA office must receive applications by May 1st. Visit the AMI-USA website for more information.
School Sponsorships
Sponsorships for AMI teacher education are available. Students can find more information and a school listing on the AMI-USA website.
B.A. and M.ED. COOPERATIVE DEGREE PROGRAMS
Students in the Assistants to Infancy course have the option of simultaneously participating in a cooperative degree program. These programs are available at both the undergraduate and graduate levels: a Bachelor of Arts completion program through Marylhurst University, or a Master's Degree in Montessori Education program through Loyola University Maryland. These cooperative programs allow the student to receive credits towards the cooperative program for academic work completed at Montessori Northwest. In a typical year, at least half of our students are enrolled in one of these programs. Participation in these programs also allows qualifying students to apply for federal financial aid (see section Tuition, Fees, and Financial Aid).
Bachelor of Arts Degree Completion program through Marylhurst University
32 undergraduate credits earned at MNW can be applied towards the Bachelor of Arts in Human Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, or Psychology at Marylhurst University in Marylhurst, Oregon (Located 10 minutes south of Portland, OR).
Students who wish to earn undergraduate credit for their AMI Diploma need to apply, register, and pay tuition to both MNW and Marylhurst University.
Students will experience enhanced expectations for coursework during the AMI course. Grades will be issued and applied to the undergraduate credits.
Financial aid is available for students registered at Marylhurst through the Marylhurst Financial Aid Department. Grants and Loans awarded from Marylhurst can be used for tuition at both MNW and Marylhurst. Marylhurst charges a reduced credit fee for MNW students with the understanding that tuition is being paid at both MNW and Marylhurst.
Additional coursework will be required to complete the Bachelor degree programs. Marylhurst Admissions works with each student to assess transfer credits from previous coursework and life experience to determine the additional courses needed to complete the degree.
To apply to Marylhurst, applicants must schedule a meeting with an admissions counselor. Please contact the Marylhurst Admissions department directly for more information. If you have questions regarding how these programs work together please contact MNW directly.
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Loyola University Maryland offers the M.Ed. degree in Montessori Education and the Certificate of Advanced Study in Education (C.A.S.), in affiliation with Montessori Northwest. Students must apply to both MNW and Loyola University Maryland. If admitted into Loyola's graduate program, enrolled students earn credit for courses they are taking at MNW and complete the degree requirements with course work taken in residence at Loyola.
Application Deadlines for Loyola University Maryland:
For MNW courses that begin in summer, priority application deadline for Loyola is May 15.
For MNW courses that follow the academic year format and begin in September, priority deadline for Loyola is August 15.
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The dog is being quarantined until after the rabies check and then it will be put to sleep. The family says the dog never ever showed any signs of aggression before this fatal attack.
This is one of my biggest issues with dog owners. The lack of knowledge to be a good pack leader to your dog is generally unknown to most dog owner's and as shown can be a fatal mistake.
The animal kingdom doesn't necessarily look at things the way we do, you figure your dog loves you it HAS to love your baby but that isn't true in the animal world or in reality.
If your dog looks at himself as being higher in the pecking order than your baby it opens that baby up to attack, it is just that simple.
Anyone who has a dog and is expecting a new child needs to take the time to take classes and learn how to introduce that child to the family pet in such a way that the odds or attack are lessened or get rid of the dog and don't get another one until the child is much older.
The family dog is not worth your babies' life and you need to be sure if you bring a new life into this world that you do everything possible to ensure its safety in or out of the house.
Not even a Dog Pepper Spray would have helped here because once this string jawed beast locked in on the infants head it was all over.
Sad beyond belief and I didn't mean to sound so judgmental or insensitive to the family at this time of immense despair but this is too important a subject to simply beat around the bush when addressing the subject.
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If you are facing a cancer diagnosis, you may be considering holistic therapies that work with your conventional cancer treatments to provide a more complete healing experience. Complementary therapies of this nature can help you feel healthier and stronger throughout your treatment by strengthening your immune system and encouraging a more positive attitude. While you will want to remember that these therapies should be used in addition to (not instead of) therapies such as radiation, surgery and chemotherapy, there are unique benefits to consider for each of the holistic therapies discussed below.
As an ancient healing art, acupuncture has a long list of uses in western medicine. It works with the precise placement of tiny needles that target energy pathways, which line up with critical points in the nervous system. For cancer patients, acupuncture may provide relief of symptoms such as vomiting, anxiety and general discomfort related to other cancer treatments. You may also sleep better at night following acupuncture treatments.
Reiki is a unique therapy that reveals the power of the human touch with gentle placement of the hands to release energy that promotes natural healing mechanisms in the human body. Reiki sessions are completely non-invasive and last about 15 to 20 minutes. Caregivers have also noted benefits of Reiki, which can help promote relaxation and self-awareness—two important avenues of stress-relief for those who dedicate themselves to the care of others.
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The Increasing Risks of Bond Index Funds
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Most bond ETFs have sunk lately. This year Vanguard Total Bond Market (BND) has dropped 4.6%, while iShares Barclays 20+ year Treasury Bond (TLT) fell 12.5%, according to Morningstar. Rising interest rates have caused the damage. When rates rise, bond prices tend to fall as investors dump existing issues with low yields.
There have been other episodes when bond ETFs recorded red ink in the last three years, but the latest downturn was especially sharp, says Morningstar analyst Kevin McDevitt. He says that damage was severe because the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate and other benchmarks have changed. "The bond benchmarks are more sensitive to rate movements now than they were in 2010," he says.
What has made the ETFs prone to losses is that the benchmarks have come to include more bonds with longer maturities. The longer securities tend to suffer big declines when rates rise. To appreciate how the benchmarks have shifted, consider the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate, which covers the universe of investment-grade corporate and government issues. When the market includes more long bonds, then the benchmark must hold them.
In recent years, the Treasury decided to issue more long bonds because interest rates were low. By selling a 30-year bond, Washington could lock in puny rates for decades. As a result, the average maturity of federal debt increased from four years in 2008 to 5.3 years in 2012. Corporate issuers have also brought out more long bonds.Because it includes more long bonds, the Barclays benchmark is more sensitive to changes in interest rates as indicated by a measure known as duration. In 2009, the benchmark had a duration of 3.7 years. So if interest rates rose by 1 percentage point, the benchmark would lose about 3.7%. Now the duration is 5.4 years. The impact of the increased duration became clear in May this year. For the month, the yield on 10-year Treasuries climbed from 1.66% to 2.16%, an increase of 50 basis points (0.50 percent). As a result, iShares Core Total U.S. Bond Market (AGG), which tracks the Barclays Aggregate, lost 2.0%. In comparison the yield on 10-year Treasuries climbed 100 basis points during the six months ending in March 2011. But because the duration was shorter then, the ETF only lost 1.4%. (BSV), which has a duration of 2.72 years and lost only 0.5% in May. Another approach is to buy actively managed mutual funds that can shorten their durations when rates rise. Mutual funds that outdid the benchmarks during the recent downturn include Ave Maria Bond (AVEFX), Frost Total Return Bond (FATRX), Scout Core Plus Bond (SCPYX) and Western Asset Mortgage Backed Securities (SGVAX).
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Beef Sliders With Horseradish Cream
Recipe adapted from Splitsville for Food Network Magazine
- Total Time:
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- Prep:
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- Cook:
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- Yield:
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- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
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- 1 1/2 teaspoons dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
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- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 12 slider buns, split
- 1 1/2 pounds beef tenderloin, cut into twelve 1/4-to- 1/2-inch-thick pieces
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- Onion rings, for topping
Make the horseradish cream: Mix the horseradish, mayonnaise, sour cream, mustard, sugar, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a bowl. Cover and chill at least 2 hours.
Make the sliders: Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the bun bottoms, cut-side down, and cook until golden; set aside. Melt 1 more tablespoon butter in the skillet and toast the bun tops until golden; set aside.
Season the beef generously with salt and pepper. Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Working in batches, add the beef and cook until browned but still pink in the center, about 2 minutes per side. (You can also cook the tenderloin in one piece: Brown on all sides, then roast in a 425 degrees F oven, 10 to 15 minutes. Let rest, then slice into 12 pieces.)
Assemble the sliders: Put a slice of beef on each bun bottom. Top each with a generous spoonful of the horseradish cream, some onion rings and a bun top.
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