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Alison Sweeney is an American actress, and reality show host she has a net worth of $7 million. Alison Sweeney has earned her net worth from her long time role as Samantha "Sami" Gene Brady on the long running NBC soap opera, Days of our Lives. In the role of Sami she has won four Soap Opera digest Awards, as well as a Fan Voted Daytime Emmy Award. She started on the Days of our Lives show, on January 6; 1993. Alison became the host of NBC's reality show The Biggest Loser in 2007 replacing Caroline Rhea. She was surprised at how good she felt to help cheer on contestants and share their victories. Her very first acting role was in a television advertisement for Kodak, when she was only five. Alison was born in Los Angeles, California on September 19, 1976; she has been married to California highway patrolman David Sanov since 2000. They have two children, a son born in February 2005 and a daughter born in January 2009, and currently reside in Los Angles.
David Sanov once played the role of a police officer on Days of our lives. On October 5, 1986, Alison played the role of Karen, a young girl who could sense when others were going to die, on an episode of Tales from the Darkside. Then in 1988 she appeared on the ABC sitcom Family Man; however this show had a short run on TV before getting canceled. In 2004 Alison wrote a memoir titled all The Days of May Life (So Far), in which she described her struggle with her weight, including her personal anguish at being bigger than her television peers, as well as all the tabloid tales about what she was going through. She appeared on a celebrity episode of Fear Factor a NBC reality game show in 2002, she also appeared on other NBC shows like Friends and Las Vegas. She was a co-host of the 2007 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, she returned to co-host in the 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 telethons. This year she helped raise more than $61 million dollars for the MDA cause during the telethon. Not bad for a 6 hour show. In November 2011 she will be the star and executive producer of the upcoming TV Guide Network's Hollywood Mom's Club. In addition to struggles with her weight Sweeney has also been a long-time allergy sufferer.
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This perfume is wildly overlooked because people tend to associate this fragrance with an older generations. I had a sample of this and decided to give it a try. I am 27, so not old, and after first spraying this on I did not like it at first, but after 10 mins or so I could smell the warm base notes. I let my husband smell it to see what he thought. He is 26 years old and he said it smelled good and I didn't tell him what it was. My husband usually doesn't comment on what i wear. He also like J`dore and other flowery or musky scents. When I ask him to smell the sweet stuff like pink sugar, lolita limpika, light blue by DG and other popular stuff he doesn't really care for them as much. I guess everyone is different. Still I think this is a classic mature scent and you either love it or hate it. I would not use it everyday but maybe to go out in the evening. I'd say try a sample first.
I am reviewing the edp. This is extremely different than the edt which doesn't smell as deep as compared to the edp. The edp just melts into your skin and smells like powder and iris to me...very clean and soothing..i love to spray it on after my shower before going to sleep i feel very clean and comforting. Lovely scent, nice break from my other scents which i have plenty of....i think i will always have this in my fragrance wardrobe. Would love to try the bath powder..hard to find though!
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STINKS and is HEAVILY OVERRATED!! This is very powdery and old fashioned smelling. This is another scent that is getting sales on it's name alone. If this wasn't "CHANEL" this would have been gone years ago, but people will buy it just to say they have Chanel Number 5. I would be embarrased to wear this in public for fear it would arrive in the room before I did. This is the perfume equivalent to Japanese Cherry Blossom by BBW and Lord knows that mess is stankin.
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I don't understand the hype. I wonder if people would still celebrate this perfume as much if they didn't know it was Chanel. It smells like talcum powder, and it's a scent I would rather buy for my grandmother than myself. And the price is absolutely ridiculous. In Australia it's about $160 for a 50mL bottle and $200 and something for the 100mL.
I got one as a new years gift and after one spray I was coughing and whizzing my lungs out O_o
is this really the famous perfume that coco channel favored? totally synthetic and way too old fashioned. it smells better after it cools down but do you really want to smell like a woman from 1935???
Ohhhh god. This smells exactly like my grandmother. It's like a mix of baby powder and dying roses. Horrible.
This fragrance, when first sprayed, may leave a few disenchanted, but the dry down is magnificent. I think this is one of the most feminine scents available. While it's made in the USA, it was created for Coco Chanel by her then-lover, and paved the way for all parfums "Francais". I was so delighted to receive a bottle for Christmas.....after all, who can resist the scent that Marilyn Monroe swore by?
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I will never never use this perfume again.
I can't support this synthetic smell, rose is so old fashion too me, not modern at all.. so sorry for the lovers of N°5, I can't understand... it was my first perfume, what a mistake ! I like their make up :) but not their perfume.......
Oh dear, no. Avoid at all costs. Unless, of course, you find the prospect of smelling like your grandmother's old talcum powder alluring.
Incredible that this should have cult status!
I'm surprised by the negative reviews. I love this perfume, it was my Mom's only perfume as I was growing up, a couple months ago she gave me a small amount left in a very old bottle. She stopped using it because she's basically tried to stop being feminine at all (yes it's weird, but she feels very "liberated" not caring about what she looks like anymore). I had always loved the scent, but had been into body splashes in my 20's. Now that I'm 30 and I have a highly professional job and wear suits a lot of the time, a sophisticated scent like this goes very well. I ran out of what my mom gave me after a couple months of regular use and just purchased a 3.4oz bottle of the edp off ebay for 49$ including shipping (yes it's original). I don't think I would have paid the 175$ this retails at, just can't afford that right now.
I am not a big floral scent person, I do like florals when they're muted with muskiness, which is exactly how I would describe no. 5. I am in love with this scent and have been switching between this and shalimar for daily use. It does go on with a bit of a soapy smell, but w/in half an hour that has disappeared and I'm left with a subtle musky lovely scent that lasts most of my work day.
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Myths & Facts of mixing Antibiotics and Alcohol
Many fear that consuming antibiotics and alcohol together can impair the functioning of antibiotics. However, it's not true! We are not aiming to promote alcohol consumption, but rather clear the myth and answer why antibiotics and alcohol should not be consumed together. There are many antibiotics that carry the warning "Do not consume alcohol while using this drug", while many don't.
Basically, alcohol does not interfere with the antibiotics. The problem is, antibiotics are typically for killing microbes that cause an infection. During this process, they also kill the friendly bacteria in the digestive system and thus cause stomach irritation, stomach upset or acidity. Alcohol also disrupts the digestive system, so with antibiotics and alcohol combined, the outcome is unbearable!
Not only that, alcohol consumption makes a person tired and weak. When antibiotics and alcohol are consumed together, the illness takes longer time to heal as the energy level is considerably low. Elderly people suffer more if both are combined, however with younger people the outcome is often not obvious. Scientifically, antibiotics and alcohol together were not a problem except in the case of metronidazole, where it's fatal. However, with both combined, the other associated problems with antibiotic usage like stomach upset or vomiting only increased.
There are various antibiotics that react when combined with alcohol. Using these antibiotics and alcohol can result in illness, fatigue, nausea, headache,cramps and can lead to death in few cases. So it's better to avoid consuming both together, to avoid complications and also to speedup the healing process.
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I'm taking a z pack for a throat infection but like to drink after work on the weekends, is this going to be a problem?ReplyDelete
- IG Pa tierceNovember 27, 2011 at 8:24 PM
Alcohol affecting the effectiveness of antibiotics if consumed together, is purely a myth. The advise on patients not to consume alcohol when on antibiotics, was first used in the 1940s when penicillin was intoduced as the top line treatment for syphillis. The logic behind this, was to stop patients having unprotected sex under the influence of alcohol. This was a genius attempt by the medical professionals back then, to reduce the number of people infected by the disease.ReplyDelete
There is no scientific evidence to support the fact that, alcohol affects the effectiveness of antibiotics. Many medical officers today, do not even know this. They will be quick to dish out advise to patients on this. Dr IG
- RoBoDiSeaSeFebruary 25, 2012 at 5:04 AM
THANKS! good to know!... I've read all over the internet that alcohol stops the effects of antibiotics (renders them useless) so this is great to know!ReplyDelete
- loicerJune 8, 2012 at 8:06 AM
hi , kindly advice me on this.i was given an antibiotic that im taking once a day. i took one in the morning n took four glasses of white wine in the same evening...of which i knew i would take the next tablet next morning. do you think this will slow down the rate healing process?ReplyDelete
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Welcome to Summer 2014
Girl Scouts of Nassau County offers a variety of sleepaway summer camp program choices. At Camp Blue Bay, girls can enjoy a diverse camping experience in which they can choose between Troop House Camping and Outdoor Tent Camping. Camp programs are available for one or two week sessions. Girls will have the opportunity to participate in camp activities including swimming, boating, crafts, nature, campfires and more.
Both Girls Scouts and Non-Girl Scouts alike can sign up as individual campers or go with a friend.
Lottery - All registrations received on or before February 10, 2014 are eligible for placement by lottery. After February 10, 2014 applications will be processed in the order received. Plan to register early as some sessions fill very quickly..
Beautiful Camp Blue Bay is situated on 179 scenic acres located in East Hampton, New York. The camp site includes beach front property on Gardiner's Bay, and many hiking trails through our wooded property.
GSNC's Camp Blue Bay Sleepaway Camp is an American Camp Association accredited camp.
Camp Blue Bay has an on-site director, who supervises a staff that is carefully screened and chosen for their ability to work with children. Minimum of 8 girls to one adult, exceeding NY State standards.
We have programs for girls entering grades 1-4, grades 5-7 and grades 8-11 in September of 2014.
Everyone will receive a traditional camping experience:
We also offer indoor, dormitory-style accommodations. See our Blue Bay availability chart to choose this option.
Adventure Fun Mini Session
August 4-7, 2014
Adventure Fun Registration Form
Arrange for a visit to Camp Blue Bay that works for you!
Laura Bissett-Carr, Manager, Program at Outdoor Services at Camp Blue Bay
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to arrange a date and time that will work for you.
Check the Blue Bay availability chart for available dates
Multi-Week Discount *
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|$655 per wk
|2 Weeks
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|$605 per wk
|3 Weeks
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|$580 per wk
|4 Weeks
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* Must register for all weeks at the same time to utilize the multi-week discount
Girl Scouts of Nassau County reserves the right to change or cancel programs based on the number of registrations received. If the camp or session choice you select is not available, you will be contacted. If alternate camp or session is not acceptable, your payment will be refunded. There will be a $25 fee for any check returned to us by the bank.
Payments - The fee balance is due at the Girl Scout Service Center no later than May 1, 2014. Unpaid balances will result in cancellation of your camp registration. Registrations received after May 1, 2014 must be accompanied by full payment. "Cookie Credits" can be used to pay for all or a portion of the fee by enclosing your signed "Cookie Credit" Redemption Form along with a check for the balance.
How to Register Your Girl Scout for Camp Blue Bay Sleepaway Camp
Complete, sign and send in the "GSNC Camp Blue Bay Registration Form" (one per girl) with a non-refundable deposit of $50 per session to the Camp Registrar at Girl Scouts of Nassau County. Make checks payable to: Girl Scouts of Nassau County, Inc. For credit cards, fill in all credit card information on the application. An $18 registration is included in the Non-Girl Scout fee. To ensure that your daughter and her friends attend camp together, please send applications in the same envelope. You will receive written registration confirmation, a balance due statement and more camp information.


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Metro officials broke ground in Edmondson Park on Friday. The small strip of green space along Charlotte Avenue is being renovated to honor the self-taught sculptor William Edmondson.
The Nashvillian was a janitor who learned to carve by making tombstones. In 1937, he became the first African-American to have a solo show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
When completed, the space will be equal parts neighborhood gathering spot and sculpture park. An existing work made for the nearby Oasis Center will be permanently installed. Artifacts from the state capitol, made of stone once quarried on the site, will be placed in a group. Two new pieces have been commissioned by a pair of black artists who are, like Edmonson, self-taught.
Money for the works by Thornton Dial and Lonnie Holley–who also got his start by making tombstones– is coming from Metro Arts Commission's public art fund and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.


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Unsatisfied with a number of other permissions management plugins publicly available, I sought to create a lighter and more elegant plugin to handle group-based permissions. With a focus to making all of the commands understandable at a glance and providing helpful details when queried. You should be able to get on with permissions management simply through typing /help GroupPermsLite and reading the command descriptions.
If you are unfamiliar with Bukkit permissions, please see the Wiki Article and the Forum FAQ
- Simple and elegant
- Easy to use and understand
- Allows setting up an unlimited number of groups (names are case-insensitive)
- Has a default group called "all" that all players start in
- Has a unique group for each player called "personal_[player name]" that allows individual permissions settings
- Saved in YAML format, advanced users can read and manage on disk and reload while the server is running using a command
- Simple and easy to use commands to add/remove players from groups and grant/revoke permissions from groups
- Allows use of the wildcard (*) to match any value for a node in a permission string when granting permissions using a command
- Allows adding negative permissions using the (-) operator to prevent a particular group from receiving the given permission from any other source
Ideas for future development
Ideas for future development
- /hasPermission ([player]) [permission node] - For manually checking permissions of a player and for use in command blocks
- Tab auto-completion for registered permission nodes
- Support for Vault for better compatibility with plugins such as the LWC group feature
- A command to rename a player in order to support upcoming Mojang name changing feature
|/GroupCreate [group]
|Creates a group without adding a player or permission
|/GroupAddPlayer [group] [player]
|Adds a player to the given group (creates the group if it doesn't already exist)
|/GroupRemovePlayer [group] [player]
|Removes a player from the given group
|/GroupGrantPerms [group] [(-)permission-string]
|Grants the given permission(s) to the specified group (creates the group if it doesn't already exist)
|/GroupRevokePerms [group] [permission-string]
|Revokes the given permission(s) from the specified group
|/GroupListPerms [group] ([page number])
|Lists all of the permissions for a given group
|/GroupListPlayers [group]
|Lists all players in a given group
|List all groups
|/GroupDelete [group]
|Deletes a given group
|Reloads config from disk
|/RegisterPerm [permission node] [default(op/not-op/true/false)]
|Manually register an unregistered permission node
Most commands have a "silent" feature that is activated by placing a "-s" (without quotes) at the end. This is intended to be used with command blocks and command scripting plugins to allow you to manage your permissions through these without generating lots of console spam. You will still get a response if the command fails however.
- RankDisplayNames - Create ranks with chat prefixes that update automatically with permissions set through GroupPermsLite
It says the permission is not registered, what can I do?
Sometimes plugin developers will forget or simply not bother to register their permissions with Bukkit, but still use them in their code. Fortunately, the bukkit permissions.yml file can come to the rescue here. You should be able to find the permissions.yml file in the server directory. It is used by server owners to manually register additional permissions in bukkit. See
http://wiki.bukkit.org/Permissions.yml for details about editing the Permissions YAML. It is usually used to group permissions together so that they can all be assigned at once (this is compatible with GroupPermsLite!), however there is also nothing stopping you from registering all of the unregistered permissions for a plugin manually.
For example, here is how to register all of the permissions for Essentials (the most notorious for not registering their permissions): http://dev.bukkit.org/paste/7208/. You can cut and paste these into your permissions.yml if you use essentials. Be aware that permissions with square brackets [ ] around a permission node mean that you have to change that to the specific type you want in order for it to work.
Coming in v0.4: Added support for unregistered permissions - You will be able to grant unregistered permissions to a group with a prompt for confirmation
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Mr_Couch Dec 06, 2014 at 23:45 UTC - 0 likes
1.7.10 ever?
adopted3 Nov 29, 2014 at 04:02 UTC - 0 likes
@xhawk87: Thanks for your reply. My problem was that the JustWarp plugin was also installed, and overriding the /setwarp and /warp commands. :-) Fixed it.
Now I'm having trouble with this... I did
/groupgrantperms all -essentials.me
but I find that regular players can still user the /me command.
I'll look into the essentials config file, as you suggested. Maybe it's trying to set up its own simple permissions.
Thanks again.
adopted3 Nov 26, 2014 at 05:45 UTC - 0 likes
Can't get permission for /warp to work.
I have the essentials permissions registered in /permissions.yml.
I have
per-warp-permission: true
in essentials/config.yml
I have used /groupgrantperms to add these permissions to "all":
+essentials.warp.list +essentials.warps.* +essentials.warp
Any ideas?
gimmygummy Oct 29, 2014 at 11:46 UTC - 0 likes
are the commnads in game or in a code
i am new to this... and i have downloaded most of the files... but i am not sure whether it is ingame commands or in a code.. if it is a cod... where do i find it. and also i am on a mac... just in case that makes a difference
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- Jan 15, 2013
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- R: GroupPermsLite v0.3 for 1.6.2 Feb 25, 2013
- R: GroupPermsLite v0.2 for CB 1.4.7-R1.0 Feb 04, 2013
- R: GroupPermsLite v0.1 for CB 1.4.6-R0.3 Jan 15, 2013


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December 19, 2014
A lengthy, heated and confusing debate unfolded in the City Council on Wednesday about spending surplus tax-increment financing dollars on Chicago's cash-strapped schools.
There's much to say about the political theater on display before the ordinance was tabled — specifically about the thinly veiled attempt by advocates to brand each alderman as "for" or "against" Chicago's schools based solely on that vote. But we're not taking that bait.
We'll stick to the basics: Some aldermen are justifiably frustrated that a TIF ordinance they introduced in July has been sent to the Rules Committee to die.
The best outcome from Wednesday's spectacle would be that the Rules chairwoman would finally grant a hearing on the TIF ordinance, as well as one on a resolution to put a non-binding referendum on the March ballot for an elected school board for Chicago. Those issues deserve a public hearing, not a freak show debate in the City Council.
The TIF ordinance would mandate that the city turn over to the city's taxing bodies 100 percent of all surplus money in the TIF districts that hasn't been pledged to a specific project. The schools would get half the money. In TIF districts, taxes from growth in property values in distressed areas are set aside for 23 years to go for public works and private development.
We strongly support declaring an annual TIF surplus, particularly this year when schools suffered deep cuts. Introducing the ordinance likely helped that cause: Mayor Rahm Emanuel earlier this month declared a surplus at a higher rate than in the past. Emanuel has declared a surplus each year since taking office, but this year he's handing over 29 percent of the unallocated cash, up from the standard 20 percent.
We think the city could go a little higher but we refuse to let that be the last word on CPS' finances. The schools are in fiscal crisis. On this, everyone agrees. But focusing narrowly on TIFs is a mistake and a distraction.
As we've said many times, TIFs are no match for the massive money troubles facing the Chicago school system.
A real solution begins with reducing teacher pensions and raising new revenue for a school system in desperate need of it.


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Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park was the private estate of Robert Henry Allerton, who donated it to the University of Illinois in 1946. It features 1,500 acres of woodlands, formal gardens and more than 100 sculptures. The park is open to the public for hiking, picnicking, cross-country skiing and leisurely garden strolls.
CITY: Monticello
Amish Country Tours
A step on guide will accompany your tour of the Amish countryside. The tours will also include meals in Amish homes, and Amish home, buggy shop, dairy farm and woodworking tours. Additional highlights include an Amish museum, local attractions, restaurants, and accommodations.
CITY: Arcola
Anna Bethel Fisher Rock Garden
Created in 1927 from an old sand pit across the road from Lake Decatur, the city's oldest garden was extensively renovated in 1992. Its resurrected look features secluded paths leading through rocky terraces planted with unusual trees, and landscapes brimming with colorful perennials. Towering bald Cypress trees, planted in the 1920s, still reign over these delightful grounds.
CITY: Decatur
Arcola Camper Stop
30 campsites; 28 have water, 30 amp electric and cable TV. Restroom with showers. Sites are grass and gravel, flat and level.
CITY: Arcola
Buxton's Garden Farm
Open year-round and offering annual and perennial flowers, mums, fall decor, pumpkins, squash, and fall treats. Known also for the 7 acre corn maze, haunted maze and mind twisted maze. School tours and groups welcome. Christmas trees and wreaths offered in winter months.
CITY: Sullivan
Crist Orchards
This orchard offers strawberries, peaches, apples, cider and other fresh in-season fruits.
CITY: Atwood
Cross Country Skiing at Rock Spring Center
Trails open whenever there is at least three inches of snow on the ground. Equipment rental available from 9am-2pm.
CITY: Decatur
Decatur Civic Center Arena
Ice skating available during fall/winter months. Call ahead for exact dates. Admission to the ice arena is $6 and skate rentals are $2. During the spring/summer months, the arena is used as venue for shows and fairs.
CITY: Decatur
Decatur Gun Club
The origins and growth of the Decatur Gun Club parallel that of the clay target itself, and the games created to hone and test shotgun shooting skill. Shotgun sport shooting with live pigeons and later, glass balls existed in the U.S. from the early 1800's. But the first "clay pigeon" and "trap" to throw it were not developed until about 1880 by George Ligowsky. William Brett From Decatur was the second manufacturer of clay targets in the U.S., which he called the "Decatur Red Bird". Considered the oldest shotgun shooting sports club in Illinois, the Decatur Gun Club was founded soon after clay targets were invented. Chan Powers and Bert Hildebrandt were two of the mentors of the club, first located near East William Street Road and 22nd Street. In the early years, the club occupied sites in the Hess Park area, the Wyckles Corner area, the Macon County Fairgrounds, and an area west of the Fairgrounds before finding it's home of the past 61 years at the north end of Faries Park.
CITY: Decatur
Decatur Park District
In addition to 39 neighborhood and community parks, our green spaces boast bike trails, picnic and camping facilities, gardens, golf courses, playgrounds, tennis courts, baseball diamonds, and swimming pools.
CITY: Decatur
Deer Trail Golf Course
Nine holes of golf located next to Lake Shelbyville at the old "Country Club." Come and enjoy a round of golf and then come and enjoy food and a refreshment while looking over the Lake.
CITY: Shelbyville
Douglas-Hart Nature Center
Explore 70 acres of prairie, wetlands and forest habitat.The Visitor Center features interpretive exhibits, sensory displays and live critters, including a bird observation area.
CITY: Mattoon
Eagle Creek Golf Course
This newly renovated 18-hole golf course is designed as a pro course.
CITY: Findlay
Eagle Creek State Park
A favorite of walkers and hikers, this park offers year-round camping and scenic hiking trails, many of them hugging Lake Shelbyville, Eagle Creek has 163 vehicular campsites, with 148 of those being Class A sites with electricity, picnic tables, and showers. There are 56 sites available by reservations made at least 2 weeks in advance by mail.
CITY: Findlay
Family Aquatic Center
This aquatic center has a frog slide, water slide, wet playground area, a sand playground, concessions, a shaded picnic area and a bath house.
CITY: Shelbyville
Ferrel Clydesdale Farms
In operation since 1850, the farm features a blacksmith shop and Clydesdale horses. Chuck wagon cookouts are available.
CITY: Lovington
Fido Fields
2.5 acre fenced off leash park in Fairview Park. Register at the DISC, 1295 W. Wood St. or call 217-422-5911.
CITY: Decatur
Forrest W. "Bo" Wood Recreation Area
This recreational area has 47 sites available for camping and more are being added. To make reservations, see the information. For general information, you can go to www.lakeshelbyville.com.
CITY: Sullivan
Forsyth Bike and Walking Path
The path begins at Forsyth Village Hall and winds around Forsyth Pkwy.
CITY: Forsyth
Fox Prairie Golf Course
18-hole golf course set in the countryside of Windsor. The Fox offers a golf experience for everyone from the casual golfer to those looking for a real challenge. The course was built on 160 acres of rolling farmland and woods in 1998. GPS ADDRESS: 1300 N 3050 E
CITY: Windsor
Friends Creek Conservation Area
18 miles north of Decatur on Route 48 near Argenta. The park feature three nature trails - the quarter-mile Friends Creek Trail, the 2-mile Woodland Trail, and the 2.5-mile Sun Trail. Each varies in difficulty and meanders through topographies ranging from open meadows and floodplains, to towering oak-hickory forests and undulating hillsides.
CITY: Cisco
Friends Creek Regional Park
36 sites with pads, 20 extended-stay sites, 22 regular sites, electrical hook-ups, modern restrooms and showers. Reservations required.
CITY: Decatur
General Dacey Trail
This trail is a multi-use recreational trail -- accessed mainly by walkers, runners, and bikers. As you move along the pathways of the Dacey Trail, you will find nature at its best with many scenic views of Lake Shelbyville. A fitness area is between the Dam West Recreational area and the Dam. The trail is being added to and improved each year. You can begin the trail at Forest Park or at the Dam West Recreational Area (9th St.).
CITY: Shelbyville
George's Skate Center
Fun skating for kids and adults alike! Great chance to get some healthy exercise with your friends and family, and even plan birthday parties for even greater fun!
CITY: Decatur


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Jelly Bean already works around Apple's pinch-to-zoom patent
The key here is that Apple's patent isn't actually on the idea of pinching your screen to zoom – that would be a classic idea of trying to patent an idea, and would be thrown out (it may be thrown out anyways once the prior art plays a bigger role in subsequent legal action). Instead, the '915 patent is on a specific way to translate the movements to a zoom, and for some else's implementation to infringe they have to copy all parts of the patent.
The key part, as pointed out by The Verge's Nilay Patel, can be found in one of the key elements of the patent:
Notice the part in bold? That sentence restricts Apple's patent to implementations where one finger is an anchor and the movement of the other one is what the device uses to create the zoom animation. Allow both fingers to move apart to perform the zoom maneuver and Apple's patent is not infringed.
Apple is no dummy – their patent was written this way for a reason; first, you can't patent the concept of pinching to zoom. Second, it's a great way to simplify the motion so the CPU does the minimal amount of work possible, since anchoring the calculation at the first touch means that the mobile device only has to calculate the path that the second finger travels. But CPUs are much more powerful in 2012, and it turns out that it's not really hard to have a phone or tablet calculate vectors for both (or multiple) fingers and create a zoom effect from that motion.
Of course Google doesn't employ many dummies either, and their engineers have apparently already figured this out and implemented such a dual-finger-moving zoom in Jelly Bean. This is easiest to see if you have a JB-equipped Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 7 next to an iPhone or an iPad, but if you open up Chrome on Android 4.1 and zoom, it definitely reacts in terms of both positioning and zoom to movement by either finger, or both (or you can vary which one is moving during the pinch process). You can also initiate a pan while zooming.
There isn't much chance this was accidental, especially since a Google spokesperson confirmed to The Verge that "Apple's '915 patent claims a very specific software implementation, and the implementation is different in Jelly Bean."
Samsung's loss to Apple may seem like the end of the world to some Android fans. As we've written, Samsung may gain several wins on appeal if their lawyers put on a better showing. But Apple's patents have restrictions as well (or else they would certainly be thrown out, as may indeed happen to some of them), and once you pay close attention to those limitations, a team of clever engineers can usually achieve the same or similar effect without infringing on a valid patent. So rest assured, you will be able to pinch to zoom in all future versions of Android.
Although this raises an intriguing question: did Google file for a patent on their implementation of pinch to zoom? And if so, do they plan to simply license it out (and would Apple respond by then licensing theirs out, rather than concede this revenue source to Google?). Time will tell we suppose.
source: The Verge
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1. dr_fajardo12 (Posts: 107; Member since: 26 Aug 2012)
mmm i think this will be very funny
35. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5951; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
In the end, after all is said and done, Apple will be found to have gamed the USPTO and most (more than 50%) of their patents will be found to be invalid. You heard it first on PA.
65. jroc74 (Posts: 5192; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
And I advise all to read the full Verge article. For folks that used to be called Apple fanboys.....they actually called out Apple on this one.
2. asdfasdfasdf123 (Posts: 11; Member since: 26 Mar 2012)
You go Google!
56. Non_Sequitur (Posts: 1111; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
And this just shows something about a rule, law, contract, etc...
There's always a loophole. For everything.
Anyway, I'm just glad that Apple can't sue for something ridiculous like this that is in Windows Phones as well as Androids.
66. eyad_996 (Posts: 29; Member since: 10 Jul 2012)
It is a silly thing to sue about!
It's like suing them for the volume rocker buttons on the side of a phone, stuff like that don't go under the name "innovation", it's like common-sense!
In face Windows 7 also uses pinch to zoom for picture zooming, offcourse only if you have a touch screen of some kind.
3. protozeloz (Posts: 5381; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
I saw the post on the verge today, It had interesting stuff
4. ajac09 (Posts: 1367; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
not many android fans think its the end of the world becaue of samsungs loss.. most of us see it it as a time to hit apple back and MUCH harder
15. networkdood (Posts: 6325; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
I agree - I could care less if APPLE won - jury did not seem too bright and like the judge, rushed over everything to jump to a conclusion. It will get overturned or downgraded.
17. remixfa (Posts: 14130; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
the only people that care that apple won are the itrolls that cant see past their nose.
The expectation is overturn/reduction in some way shape or form. No reasonable person thinks that apple should have won such a lopsided victory, not even other patent lawyers that were interviewed pre/post trial.
24. gallitoking (Posts: 4690; Member since: 17 May 2011)
because Apple did win... and until it gets overturned ..apple did win plain and simple..
31. remixfa (Posts: 14130; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
they didnt win until the judgment is FINAL, gallito. It is not FINAL yet. There is a difference. The jury's decision was a hard guideline for the judge to make her FINAL ruling on, but she does not have to abide by it, and most people dont think she will.
So technically all they have won at this point.. was... an end to the court case.. for now.
46. gallitoking (Posts: 4690; Member since: 17 May 2011)
al the headlines around the we says that Apple won if you want o spin it,.. go ahead I am talking in the present not the future and here Apple won unless you can prove me otherwise.. which you wont..
64. jroc74 (Posts: 5192; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Headlines....vs the procedures, rules of the courts...
Yea....the headlines matter more.
They did win the case. But this isnt over yet. Appeals n all. Ya know...procedures of the courts.
67. Non_Sequitur (Posts: 1111; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
go away
41. MeoCao (unregistered)
I think Apple lost big time with their law suits. Apple now becomes a company using their petty patents to bully competitors and not a company of innovation.
36. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5951; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Sammy's legal team f*cked up. Time to play the appeal according to how Google played Oracle v. Google - can we all say invalidity?
Fortunately the appeal process is about the law, not jury nullification.
5. MeoCao (unregistered)
This is great news, I was afraid that Apple would prevent other from using pinch to zoom.
I think Google is different from Apple and will use the possible pinch to zoom patent only to protect themselves and their allies and not make money from it.
37. E.N. (Posts: 2361; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
Apple goal is to prevent copying, not to make money from the patents.
40. MeoCao (unregistered)
Are you serious, Apple offered pinch to zoom license to SS for some 2-3 bucks per phone from their own admission.
42. E.N. (Posts: 2361; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
Well maybe I'm wrong but I thought Apple usually attempts to ban devices until they get the feature removed entirely.
43. Sniggly (Posts: 7182; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
And then when the feature is removed or modified so it doesn't infringe, as verified by government officials, Apple attempts to ban it again, claiming that the device still infringes! :D
44. E.N. (Posts: 2361; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
That's a little off topic from what MeoCao and I are talking about but okay sure.
45. Sniggly (Posts: 7182; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
It's a snarky comment. Read it as if I'm saying it gleefully.
And it's actually a little on topic; you're both right and wrong.
Apple has been wielding its patents in an attempt to drive Android out of the market, all because Steve Jobs didn't think anyone else could possibly come up with the idea for a mobile operating system that uses a touchscreen for its main UI without copying Apple.
It's also a way to abuse government power in order to try to gain an unfair market advantage. For a company so obviously and historically obsessed with control, this is nowhere near to being a surprise.
72. E.N. (Posts: 2361; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
Yeah you're a little on topic and not a little off topic, my bad (you realize that's worse right?). But anyway, you're basically saying the same thing I did with more detail. It seems like you're agreeing with me more than you are with MeoCao because he's suggesting that licensing features is Apple's primary goal.
Snarky? Yes.
Did it answer our dispute? No. Sounded kinda ranty...
60. willard12 (Posts: 879; Member since: 04 Jul 2012)
They're not achieving their goal and they have themselves to blame. They copied the LG prada which won the iF design award in Sep 2006, pull down notification, answer a call with a message. According to the trial....they copied pinch to zoom from Mitsubishi . The jury foreman, who patented tivo though he didnt invent it, doesnt like the whole prior art thing either. In fact once again, I don't think you can name a single thing actually invented by Apple. Entertain us...name just 1....until then, I'll take apple's word as honest when they say they've been shameless about stealing good ideas. Hopefully, they don't steal any 4g technology.
6. tiara6918 (Posts: 1525; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
Apple and their products, they will always sue if someone else made it identical or similar to theirs(even though in reality it isn't but they're fooling everyone with every move they make). Apple is going way overboard...Jb show what you have against ios!
7. jroc74 (Posts: 5192; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
In just like that.....it isnt a big deal. I predict Apple will start patenting all variations of their patents in the near future...
I recommended press 2 corners and zoom for Android. Google, hop on that.
8. emdot82 (Posts: 14; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)
apple always have a problem with android taking ideas from them but just look at the new IOS6 every New feature they added android had it for years
9. Nookie4u (Posts: 131; Member since: 13 Aug 2012)
When you stop an idiot, they won't go further anymore. but if you stop a genius, they'll always find a way to work around it. so it only pushes them to make things even better. Google did a great job.
19. remixfa (Posts: 14130; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
and thats a big difference between google and apple. Apple hires people and calls the Geniuses to look smarter than they are.
Google hires geniuses and lets them run free with ideas and implementation which IS smart.
Looking or being.. hmm... which "smart" would I rather be?
25. gallitoking (Posts: 4690; Member since: 17 May 2011)
well the Samsung lawyers didnt look too bright
32. remixfa (Posts: 14130; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
maybe they should be wearing an apple genius shirt then? then we could expect them to be useless right off the bat.
38. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5951; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Nah. They need to wear a tee shirt that says - Kiss me I am stupid.
54. Non_Sequitur (Posts: 1111; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
That's the only chance they have lol
47. gallitoking (Posts: 4690; Member since: 17 May 2011)
at least they will win cases using napkins...
59. remixfa (Posts: 14130; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
which proves just how broken and idiotic our patent litigation system is.
63. gallitoking (Posts: 4690; Member since: 17 May 2011)
dont hate the player.. hate the game
69. jroc74 (Posts: 5192; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Remember that phrase....when you stumble upon an article where Apple lost a patent case.
11. Sniggly (Posts: 7182; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
And boom goes the dynamite. Now the trick is to actually GET JELLY BEAN TO THE MAJORITY OF NEW DEVICES SELLING TODAY, DAMMIT.
14. networkdood (Posts: 6325; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
xda can help
16. Sniggly (Posts: 7182; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
That's not the point. The point is to get the update out officially so Apple can't get devices banned for their pinch to zoom patent. I'm sure that "Well, customers can just go and get non infringing software from XDA!" is not an argument that would sit well with a judge or jury.
18. remixfa (Posts: 14130; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
its a great "light the fire under their ass" point to manufacturers AND carriers to get 4.1 out and pushed to as many devices as possible... at least to their current sellers.
Maybe one day we can thank Apple for being such a litigious ass, since the accidental byproduct is a massive update push by google, through manufacturers and then pressuring carriers to send them faster, if somehow the P2Z patent isnt thrown out on appeal.
Maybe this will force google to start twisting carrier arms to speed up/kill the approval process that makes so many updates take extra months? that would be nice.
27. gallitoking (Posts: 4690; Member since: 17 May 2011)
U.S carriers would not allow it.
33. Sniggly (Posts: 7182; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Would not allow what? Quick updates?
Sadly, you're right, and they consistently seem to be at the bottom of the slow update cycle. Remember how Motorola got the Wifi only XOOM updated to ICS barely a month after ICS was originally out, and now the XOOM is already on JB?
The Verizon XOOM just got ICS in June, and still no JB.
The carriers are assholes.
48. gallitoking (Posts: 4690; Member since: 17 May 2011)
and i hate it as much as you do,,, as only in the States this happens..
68. willard12 (Posts: 879; Member since: 04 Jul 2012)
Not allowing an update vs. Having millions of dollars in inventory sit in their storage room because it's banned. I think they'll go for the update.
12. Snap123 (Posts: 33; Member since: 04 Nov 2011)
Can someone explain to me how Samsung plans to go about suing Apple for using LTE. Correct me if im wrong but since Apple will most likely be using Qualcomm chip for LTE doesnt that mean they have the licence from Qualcomm to have LTE on their phone.
And from an another article Qualcomm has more LTE patents than Samsung has. Im sure Apple is smart enough to cover themselves by using Qualcomm's LTE patents.
This is all so confusing.
22. Scott_H (Posts: 167; Member since: 28 Oct 2011)
Samsung is estimated to own something crazy like 10% of the patents related to LTE. So they undoubtedly have some that aren't covered by patent exhaustion.
26. CamaroSS (Posts: 72; Member since: 24 Jul 2012)
Scott, Apple will be using Qualcomm LTE chip and nobody will be able to get a single penny from Apple by suing over LTE. Don't forget that Apple, Samsung make commodities that cost couple hundred bucks. Network equipments and protocols are the real technology and those are invented/patented by companies like Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens, Qualcomm, and Huawei. So don't propagate some garbage posted by koreantimes citing some underpaid anonymous Samsung exec. Real world is a bit different from the emotional world our PA fanboys live in. And you as a writer are supposed to act more rationally.
28. gallitoking (Posts: 4690; Member since: 17 May 2011)
"Real world is a bit different from the emotional world our PA fanboys live in."
34. Sniggly (Posts: 7182; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
I think your comment could have been more arrogant.
50. VZWuser76 (Posts: 1876; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
That makes no sense. Anyone can patent a technology, even tech that can become a standard. If he's smart enough, a guy in his basement can come up with a tech innovation that could one day become a standard. The reason you mostly see it from larger corporations is because they have more capital for r&d, but that doesn't mean they're the sole innovators. Another thing you see quit often is an individual or small group comes up with a concept and a large corporation either buys the rights to it or hires them to continue development on it.
BTW, I notice you didn't mention Motorola, they invented the cell phone. Samsung had the UMTS standard that most cell phones use. To say that Nokia has "real tech" but Samsung doesn't, I just don't see how you can come to that conclusion.
39. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5951; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
The real question for Sammy's LTE-related patents is whether they can be construed to be standards essential.
13. networkdood (Posts: 6325; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
Huh, I just double tap to zoom in and out on my NEXUS 7 - lol, what a useless patent, or rather, another useless patent, by Apple.
23. stealthd (Posts: 980; Member since: 12 Jun 2011)
Not useless enough for it to be omitted though.
49. Sniggly (Posts: 7182; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Double tap to zoom is apparently patented by Apple too.
52. MeoCao (unregistered)
Double tab to zoom is not essential as pinch to zoom and can be replaced easily.
55. Non_Sequitur (Posts: 1111; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
I actually use pinch to zoom way more, so I don't really care if double tap gets replaced. I'm sure most people feel the same way.


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The Pocahontas Conference of the Appalachian Region met on Saturday, March 16, 2013, at the Adria Community Church in N. Tazewell, Va. With more than 20 in attendance, and five of the six churches of the conference represented, President Nathan Thomas led the meetings for the day, which included celebration and vision-casting for the ministry of Camp Pocahontas. Regional Superintendent Marshall Tidwell was present to report as well as ACGC representative Pam Buchanan as Coordinator of Women's Ministries. One of the highlights of the meeting was the prayer of blessing by Marshall Tidwell for our conference pastors. Pictured from L to R: Front Row – Nate Thomas, Rob Buchanan, Freida Meade, Marshall Tidwell; Back Row – Danny Cyphers (newly licensed), Jim Smith, Craig Spooner and Paul Bricker (welcomed by transfer). Missing was Orville Harvey, Doyle Wray, Eddie Aliff and David Terry. The ladies of the church provided a delicious lunch for our noontime meal. (Submitted by Pam Buchanan)CROATIAConference President Desire Ahola is back at the rehabilitation center for a 14-day program. On March 3, Desire's blood pressure suddenly dropped, which put him in a coma. Fortunately, he is no longer in a coma and is recovery well.INDIABihar – Outreach of the India ConferenceAnnual Convention 2013 (March 8 - March 11)God's grace helped us to conduct the Annual Convention 2013 in a peaceful way. Our beloved Rev. Magimai Doss (Area Pastor of Sembakkam, Advent Christian Church) and his media ministry team joined with us in the event. Along with him, Pastor Ramesh Jha from VarnasiUtter Pradesh also shared the word of God.
Rev. Magimai Doss and his team members presented skits, dance, testimony and message to the congregation. It was such a blessing for all the believers, pastors and missionaries. On the first day of the Convention 2013, the church choir sang songs (pictured above, left), brother Raja shared his testimony, and Pastor Ramesh Jha and Rev. Magimai Doss shared the Word of God.
Thirty-five people were baptized by Rev Magimai Doss. After the baptisms, the right hand of fellowship was given by Head Missionary Paul Sundar Raj and Rev. Magimai Doss, we shared in the Lord's Supper together (pictured above, left), and five New Testaments were presented to all of the believers to spread the gospel in their villages.
Afterwards, all enjoyed the Love Feast (meal - pictured above, right) that was served in the School. (Submitted by Pastor Denny Moses)Yesuway Jeevan MissionYesuway Jeevan Mission has partnered with a new ministry led by Pastor B. Balu Nayak. It is a ministry to tribal communities based in a village called Baluthanda in the northeast of the State of Andhara Pradesh.MYANMAR(This Conference is made up of four ministries. Below is news from the four leaders.)Pastor DIn answer to a recent prayer need, Pastor D reports the following concerning his young son, Judson, who was diagnosed some months ago with TB:"By the grace of God Judson's health is becoming good and strong now. But not yet finished with checking and drug treatment. The end of this month we will check it again for him. We are praying that he will recover fully from TB. Thanks for praying for our family and ministry. Thanks and God bless you, Pastor D."Pastor KPastor K will hold a Salvation Camp in Yangon from April 12 – 20. The camp will include workers and members from three of his branch mission fields outside of Yangon. Pastor K is hoping that 100 people will gather together for the Salvation Camp and that lost souls will be won for Christ.Pastor TIn January, Pastor T, who together with his wife, cares for 19 orphans as well his own five children, informed Asia Team Leader Ernie Schache that he was seeking permission from the government to build a building to house the orphans. He was praying that he would be able to start the building before the end of February.
Below are recent reports from his progress:
February 12 - "We will start orphan house building next week and will finish the end of May – two floors."March 4 - "I am sending children's house building pictures. Bigger than my first plan – 20 ft. wide, 45 ft. long, 20 ft. high. We plan to finish the house before the end of May, which is the rainy season."March 13 - "We will start the wall today. It is great blessing from God for our AC Church in Myanmar."Pastor JMission Project makes a difference
Pastor J is thankful for a recent mission project of solar panels that has made a difference in many lives as children can now study the Bible and their lessons at night, and his ministry can now share the Jesus' film to unbelievers as people from the village who had never seen the film before in their lives can now watch for the first time. On his recent trip, Pastor J was able to conduct Bible studies at night to the unreached people in the Rakhine State.PHILIPPPINES – Agape HouseDo you remember Pablo? Here in Davao Oriental, Philippines, he's talked about daily. Not because he's a hero; in fact, Pablo was anything but a hero. He was the devastating, destructive and deadly storm that came rushing to land here in December, 2012.
Last week, Christian Academy in Davao Oriental Technological College, Inc. (CANDOR) and Agape House Ministries in Mati sent a group of more than 20 people to Baganga, one of the communities hit hardest by the storm. Baganga residents rely on the harvest of bananas and cocoa nuts for their livelihood. Reports say that at least 90% of the mature trees were destroyed and scattered "like matchsticks."The CANDOR faculty, staff, students and Agape House representatives (three are pictured) who made the trip helped to replant trees, as well as to clear and clean up from the destruction. The newly planted trees will take five years to mature, and few people can wait that long for income. Many have left the area because of this and for other reasons as well. There is no running water and electricity. The many teams who met there last week were sheltered in the empty school.
Pablo made the news in December, but the majority of the world is not thinking about him anymore. However, those who were left without work or homes, those who were injured or who lost a loved one, still live each day with the terrible reality of the storm's power and try to deal with the new reality it left for them. (Submitted by Jan Hendrickson, former missionary to the Philippines)Oro Bible College (OBC)On March 14, the fourth year class took their comprehensive exams. Graduation for college students at OBC will be on March 26. Preschool graduation will be held on the morning of March 25.


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Old Chicago - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
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Pre-existing conditions are basically God's funny joke on people, i.e., ha ha ha, you're screwed.
I went to the doctor
Guess what he told me
Guess what he told me…
- Sinead O'Connor
Five years ago, my wife and I took what turned out to be the longest walk in the world to Brigham & Women's hospital in Boston to get a diagnosis for her that had been six months in the making. She was 25 years old, and her right arm had gone sideways on her over the last nine months with a collection of symptoms – numbness, tingling, and tremors of such severity that her good hand was all but useless for anything besides waving at friends – that we had run out of explanations for. Nerve damage? Carpal tunnel? We didn't know. She had gotten an MRI two days earlier, and the doctor had called that day asking us to come down and talk about it. The conversation began with, "You have multiple sclerosis," and that has been our undeniable reality ever since.
Multiple sclerosis, for those not in the know, is a disease in which the body's own immune system goes to war against its own brain. My wife suffered her symptoms because the disease gnawed through the myelin sheaths of her own higher nervous system and annihilated the nerves that control her right arm. Over the intervening years, her brain has taken it upon itself to figure out some good work-arounds – to wit, when the road collapses, you build an overpass – but her hand will never again have the same functionality (until stem cell research bears fruit, fingers crossed).
I give her an injection every day to control the disease, and she takes a variety of other drugs to manage the symptoms. All told, multiple sclerosis – between the doctor visits, the MRIs, and the drugs required to keep a lid on things – costs upwards of $50,000 a year. Thankfully, she is gainfully employed with a major retail company with a stellar insurance program, so a large portion of that cost is defrayed by the insurance she pays for with every paycheck.
Without that insurance, she would be at the mercy of those who think pre-existing conditions are basically God's funny joke on people, i.e., ha ha ha, you're screwed.
She is not alone. I went to the doctor last month, and found out that I have pretty damned high blood pressure. The doctor had me come back four weeks later to do another check, and, yup, really really high blood pressure. I am now on two different drugs to bring it down to a manageable level, drugs that I am going to be on until they wind me in my shroud. I am on my wife's insurance, so again, the cost of those drugs is manageable, but mine is now a house filled with pre-existing conditions.
What if she gets fired, or the company goes belly-up? She is incredibly good at what she does, which means some other company may try someday to tempt her away…until they hear about her pre-existing condition, and mine, and how much insurance coverage for those conditions will cost thanks to our truly insane for-profit health industry. If my wife leaves her company for any reason – especially if/when Scalia and his merry band of ridiculous fascists decide to curb-stomp Obama's health care law – we are both well and truly screwed. It's like Ayn Rand herself was allowed to draft the rules for getting sick in America.
But that's me and my wife.
Here's you.
According to the American Heart Association, more than 81,000,000 people in America suffer from one or more forms of cardiovascular disease.
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 11,000,000 people in America currently suffer from some form of cancer.
According to the American Diabetes Association, 23.6 million people in America currently suffer from diabetes, and the Center for Disease Control has estimated as many as half of all Americans will suffer from the disease by the year 2050, thanks to our deplorable dietary habits.
According to the National Parkinson's Foundation, between 50,000 and 60,000 new cases of Parkinson's are diagnosed in America each year.
According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, some 400,000 Americans currently suffer from MS.
That's a pretty substantial portion of the population, with more being diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, Parkinson's and MS every day.
Do the math.
It's you, too.
Hundreds of millions of people in this country are sick at this moment, or will be sick tomorrow, the next day, or somewhere down the line. The numbers are spinning like the fare meter on a New York City taxi cab, ever higher every day. If you're not sick, you will be one of these days: bank on it…and in the meantime, at least one person you know is in that tribe.
That's fact.
We're enveloped in a national debate about insurance mandates and the political leanings of nine Supreme Court Justices. That's all well and good, but entirely beside the point.
A nation that does not care for its sick and infirm is a nation that does not deserve to exist. A nation that actively profits from the pain and suffering of those sick and infirm deserves to burn in Hell. A nation that throws those sick and infirm to the wolves is so far beneath contempt as to beggar description.
Two years ago, Republican Mike Huckabee compared people with pre-existing conditions to houses that have already burned down. Just the other day on the Leno show, likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney voiced a very similar opinion.
They both have awesome health insurance.
Do you? Forever?
One of these days, you are going to have a pre-existing condition.
Hope for the best, but expect the worst. "The worst" is exactly where we are headed, if matters continue as they have.
Straightforward stuff, folks.
Think it over, while you can.
We're on borrowed time, after all.
How are you feeling today?
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3 Responses to The Savage Arithmetic of the Pre-Existing Condition
Becky Miller says:
Your wife can get on the road to recovery by eliminating exposure to methanol. It is found in canned fruits and vegetables, commercially packaged juices, tomatoes, cigarette smoke, and aspartame. By eliminating these sources of methanol from her diet, she can begin to recover. See the proof in a free downloadable chapter here: http://www.whilesciencesleeps.com/multiple-sclerosis-the-solution/
Cindy Burkett says:
Thank you for posting this. Well said.
I just can't understand why people aren't up in arms about this. We are in a similar situation regarding a preexisting condition. It has changed our life forever. Those who oppose Obama's plan. Just wait. It will happen to you or a loved one.
Paul T Piehler says:
dear William,
We immigrated down from Canada some 12 years ago and had to adjust to the road shock that you don't deal with all medical expenses by handing the receptionist your healthcare card and waiting for the click. And that settles the matter.
So we had to learn to live with a very private enterprise system. And right now we're doing quite well so far as insurance is concerned, having found Samaritan Ministries, a medical expenses co-op, which has proved extraordinarily effective. You might try looking for such a co-op.
We've also got into the habit of looking beyond the regular medical procedures for helpful alternatives. In respect of blood pressure we strongly recommend Resperate, a remarkably inexpensive biofeedback device which has over the last six or seven years enabled me to have far more control over my at one time high blood pressure than is claimed for any of the chemical medications.
The plutocratic stranglehold on our healthcare is not yet complete, and in our experience it's well worth looking for ways around their seeming monopolies.
Best of luck!
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Joe has the bright idea to visit Steven Kirk (no relation to the captain) at Abacus to search through their collection of props, costumes and set decorations. Though it looks at first like the hunt will be a wash, they dig deep enough and eventually find some key pieces. Steven has been refurbishing a shuttle from the series Star Trek: Enterprise starring Scott Bakula, and Joe thinks it could go for $40,000. They also find a photon torpedo from the original Star Trek, the Gozer costume from Ghostbusters, and a full costume of a Vogon character from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Joe has a personal mission - he found out about the character Enik from Land of the Lost that came up for sale, and he wants it for his personal collection. The owner considers passing it on, but can't part with it.
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Coconut Milk Mango Essential Color Block Tin
Make a fashionable statement in any home. Our oversized tins are crafted with our all-natural blend of coconut wax, beeswax and essential oils with two wicks for optimal burning. Tin features an embossed geo-glam medallion and brushed metal knob, accented with hang tag.