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This topic will review the mechanisms causing an increased total white blood cell count due to an increased number of circulating neutrophils (ie, neutrophilic leukocytosis). The causes of leukocytosis (ie, neutrophilic, lymphocytic, monocytic, eosinophilic, and basophilic) and an approach to the patient with neutrophilia are discussed separately. (See "Causes of neutrophilia" and "Approach to the patient with unexplained eosinophilia" and "Approach to the patient with neutrophilia".)
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Leukocytosis — Leukocytosis is defined as a total white blood cell (WBC) count more than two standard deviations above the mean, or a value greater than 11,000/microL in adults. Leukocytosis to values in excess of 50,000/microL, when due to causes other than leukemia, has been called a leukemoid reaction. However, this term conveys no useful information concerning etiology, and is mainly of historic interest. (See 'Leukemoid reaction' below.)
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The U.S. Supreme Court did not have to commit itself, as it did Monday, to deciding the constitutionality of Arizona's anti-illegal immigration statute, Senate Bill 1070. The justices could have allowed the lower federal courts, which have temporarily enjoined enforcement of portions of the law at the request of the Obama administration, to proceed with a trial on the statute's constitutional merits. Or they could have waited until lower courts ruled on challenges to similar statutes in Alabama, South Carolina, Oklahoma, and Georgia.
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For decades, the seven green acres of Elmwood Park were a staging ground for labor rallies by workers at Westinghouse, General Electric, and the Hog Island Shipyard. On Saturday, at a celebration and demonstration to mark International Workers' Day, labor officials and community leaders honored that history - and demanded better treatment and greater employment for American workers. About 100 people gathered at the Southwest Philadelphia park, sweating under an Arizona-strength sun and fuming about the new Arizona immigration law. That law requires police to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they might be in the country illegally - a measure critics say will lead to abuses.
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Jaime Gutierrez was an Arizona state senator when a woman who lived in his district asked him for help in the only language she knew. "Tengo una problema. (I have a problem.)," she said. "El estado no me quiere dar una acta de nacimiento. (The government doesn't want to give me a birth certificate.) Lo necesito para el seguro social. (I need it for Social Security.) No naci en una hospital. (I wasn't born in a hospital.)" Gutierrez, 47, who is bilingual, said he responded in Spanish and was able to help his constituent.
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December 13, 2011
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court yesterday stepped into the fight over a tough Arizona law that requires local police to help enforce federal immigration laws - pushing the court deeper into hot, partisan issues of the 2012 election campaign. The court's election-year docket now contains three politically charged disputes, including President Obama's health-care overhaul and Texas redistricting. The debate over immigration already is shaping presidential politics, and now the court is undertaking a review of an Arizona law that has spawned a host of copycat state laws targeting illegal immigrants.
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ATLANTA - After the U.S. Supreme Court this week agreed to rule on Arizona's law targeting illegal immigrants, some states with similar statutes asked Thursday for delayed legal action on their laws pending the high court's decision. The court will review a federal appeals ruling that blocked parts of the Arizona law, which the Obama administration challenged. Similar laws in Alabama, South Carolina, and Utah also face suits by both the U.S. government and activist groups. Civil liberties and immigrant rights groups sued over laws adopted in Georgia and Indiana.
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July 2, 2010
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About 50 people gathered outside City Hall in Camden on Thursday to protest Arizona's new immigration law, one of a dozen rallies throughout New Jersey. "It's solidarity with [the people of] Arizona, but it's also against any copycat legislation that might pop up," said Jonathan Marrero, 27, of Cherry Hill. "One of the obvious potential flaws is racial profiling. Americans should be as afraid of S.B. 1070 [the Arizona law] as undocumented immigrants, because it infringes on Fourth Amendment rights.
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's conservative justices signaled during oral arguments Monday that they would vote to strike down another campaign-funding law and make clear that states and cities may not try to "level the playing field" between candidates for public office. The justices objected to part of an Arizona law that provides public funds to candidates for state office if they agree to forgo private fund-raising. The disputed provision gives extra "matching funds" to candidates who face a well-funded and free-spending opponent.
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August 3, 2010
ILLEGAL immigration was one of several complicated issues that the president and Congress weren't dealing with until the noxious Arizona immigration law ignited a passionate national debate. Now we still aren't dealing with the ramifications of illegal immigration - but at high volume, with poisonous rhretoric, demagoguery - and that old stand-by, political opportunism. A federal judge blocked the worst parts of the Arizona law from taking effect last week, at least temporarily.
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June 27, 2012
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WASHINGTON - Pressing his immigration agenda, President Obama said he is pleased the Supreme Court struck down key parts of Arizona's immigration law Monday but voiced concern about what the high court left intact. His likely Republican rival for the presidency, Mitt Romney, said states have a duty and a right to secure their borders even as he initially declined to address the merits of the decision. The court allowed a provision requiring police to check the immigration status of someone they stop for another reason and who they suspect is in the country illegally.
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June 27, 2012
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MONDAY'S U.S. Supreme Court decision on Arizona's controversial immigration law would affect about half of the anti-illegal-immigrant bills pending before the Pennsylvania Legislature, says one close observer. "Half could be a big problem if they were to pass," said Nadia Hewka, an attorney at Community Legal Services of Philadelphia and chairwoman of the board of the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition. The bills would likely be challenged, then struck down, she said.
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WHEN advocates of same-sex marriage pushed their case in the courts of both public opinion and law, they made sure to read the following language from that little card provided to them by the tolerance police: "No one will be forced to violate their religious beliefs if Adam can marry Steve and Madame can marry Eve. " Much like the Miranda warnings that became famous after the Supremes decided that magic words were all that were needed to protect the...
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May 24, 2013
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PHOENIX - The judge in the Jodi Arias murder trial declared a mistrial in the penalty phase Thursday after the jury reported for a second time that it was deadlocked on whether to sentence her to life in prison or death for killing her boyfriend in 2008. The judge scheduled a retrial for July 18. A new panel likely will be seated to try again to reach a decision on a sentence - unless the prosecutor agrees to a life sentence. The jurors began deliberating Tuesday and first reported they had failed agree the next day. The judge instructed them to keep trying.
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May 23, 2013
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time yesterday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national-security speech by President Obama. In conducting U.S. counterterrorism operations against al Qaeda and its associated forces, the government has targeted and killed one American citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, and is aware of the killing by U.S. drones of three others, Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy.
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March 19, 2013
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court will struggle this week with the validity of an Arizona law that tries to keep illegal immigrants from voting by demanding all state residents show documents proving their U.S. citizenship before registering to vote in national elections. The high court will hear arguments Monday over the legality of Arizona's voter-approved requirement that prospective voters document their U.S. citizenship in order to use a registration form produced under the federal "Motor Voter" voter registration law that doesn't require such documentation.
Arizona abortion law is upheld by court
July 31, 2012
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PHOENIX - Arizona's ban on abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy will take effect this week as scheduled after a federal judge ruled Monday that the new law is constitutional. U.S. District Judge James Teilborg said the statute may prompt a few pregnant women who are considering abortion to make the decision earlier. But he said the law is constitutional because it does not prohibit women from making the decision to end their pregnancies. He also wrote that the state had provided "substantial and well-documented" evidence that a fetus has the capacity to feel pain during an abortion by at least 20 weeks.
Group targets law on immigrant ID
July 19, 2012
By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press
PHOENIX - Opponents of Arizona's hard-line immigration enforcement law launched a new effort Tuesday aimed at thwarting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that will allow police to enforce the so-called "show me your papers" provision. A coalition of civil rights groups, religious leaders, and business organizations filed a new request seeking a court order that would prevent authorities from enforcing a rule that requires police to check the immigration status of people they stop for other reasons.
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July 9, 2012
Though overshadowed by the shocking decision on health care, the Supreme Court's immigration decision issued three days earlier remains far more significant than appreciated. It was generally viewed as mixed because the Justice Department succeeded in striking down three of the law's provisions. However, on the law's central and most controversial element — requiring officers to inquire into the immigration status of anyone picked up for some other violation — the ruling was definitive and unanimous.
Demonstrators fill Independence Mall to protest Arizona's immigration law
June 29, 2012
By Michael Matza, Inquirer Staff Writer
Posting themselves between Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, a couple dozen demonstrators from civil rights and immigrant-aid groups took aim Wednesday at the only part of Arizona's immigration law that the U.S. Supreme Court did not overturn Monday. Their target was the provision known as "show me your papers," requiring police to verify the immigration status of anyone they detain for any offense. The practical result will be racial profiling, warned speakers from the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, the NAACP, the New Sanctuary Movement, and the Latino community support group Juntos.
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Welcome turkeys to New Jersey I really don't see a problem with the wild turkeys in parts of New Jersey ("Hainesport fights a wild-turkey invasion," Monday). I see it as a win-win situation: You can provide good recreational sport bow hunting for qualified residents, while at the same time providing a nutritious way of filling area food banks. Where's the downside? Alan Bronstein, Elkins Park Misleading charter-school report There are some worthy recommendations in the report by Auditor General Jack Wagner on charter schools, but the headline finding — that Pennsylvania charter schools spend more than the national average — is grossly misleading ("Studying the funding of charters," June 15)
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MONDAY'S U.S. Supreme Court decision on Arizona's controversial immigration law would affect about half of the anti-illegal-immigrant bills pending before the Pennsylvania Legislature, says one close observer. "Half could be a big problem if they were to pass," said Nadia Hewka, an attorney at Community Legal Services of Philadelphia and chairwoman of the board of the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition. The bills would likely be challenged, then struck down, she said.
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In the US, the main source of childhood lead poisoning is lead-based paint and lead-contaminated dust found in older homes and buildings. Twenty-four million housing units in the United States have peeling or chipping lead-based paint and high levels of lead-contaminated house dust from remodeling. More than 4 million of these homes are occupied by young children. Despite the ban on lead-based paints in 1978, homes and other buildings built before 1978 (and especially those built before 1950) may contain lead-based paint.
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In Oregon's rural areas, there is a link between living in pre-1950 housing and poverty, but it is not strong. Information from the census does not show the same link for Oregon's more populated areas. So, while although poverty and pre-1950 housing may not make good estimates of the risk of being exposed to lead in Oregon, these are the best tools available nationally to make an estimation at present.
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Mr. Schoonover was executive vice president, Customer Segments at Best Buy Co., Inc. from April 2004 until September 2004. He joined Best Buy in 1995, and previously served as executive vice president of New Business Development from February 2002 until April 2004 and executive vice president of Digital Technology Solutions from February 2001 until February 2002. Before that he served for 5 years as senior vice president of Merchandising.
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MESA, Ariz. — Jason Hammel already has become a favorite of pitching coach Chris Bosio in just a few weeks as a Cub.
"We're unleashing somebody, to be honest with you," Bosio said as Hammel made his Cubs spring debut, starting a "B" game against the San Francisco Giants on Monday.
Hammel also happens to be this year's annual project for Bosio, a veteran upside guy on a buy-low one-year contract who figures to be worth a couple of valuable young players near the midsummer trade deadline if Bosio is able to coax that upside out of him.
Bosio helped Scott Feldman find it last year before the Cubs shipped him to the Baltimore Orioles for Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop. He did it the year before with Paul Maholm (Atlanta Braves for Arodys Vizcaino). And his influence helped Ryan Dempster and Matt Garza have strong starts the last two years that led to trades with the Texas Rangers.
"It's never easy to see any of our guys traded, especially in the position we've been in the last couple of years," he said, "getting competitive [just before the sell-off starts] as the team's starting to play well. But in our division and in our situation, when teams come calling offering some big prospects, you have to listen.
"Who knows? Maybe things change this year where we extend this thing. I don't know."
Don't bet on it, say oddsmakers, who have projected the Cubs to win fewer than 70 games.
"The last couple of years, we've been able to get our starters hot, all of them," Bosio said before flashing on the bittersweet ending to those stories.
"But we've been able to get a hell of a return, as well, on those guys."
The guys in the clubhouse have nothing else to go on but the "who-knows" part. That's where the low-budget rebuilding process is as the Cubs enter their third season under president Theo Epstein. They are already on their second manager and conspicuously short on big-league star power.
Hammel, 31, knows the "sign-and-flip" drill, if for no other reason than the talks he had with onetime Baltimore teammate Feldman before signing with the Cubs.
"Oh, yeah, I'm sure [the media is] going to talk about that all year," Hammel said after a two-inning debut in which he got peppered by three infield hits but held the Giants scoreless.
"I honestly could care less. That's the answer you'll get from me every time. I'm here to win ballgames, and that's it. That's my bottom line."
Hammel had knee surgery that limited him to 20 starts in 2012 and had a negative impact into 2013, wrecking his mechanics and leading to a 7-8, 4.97 ERA season. He has never pitched more than 1772/3 innings in a season, never won more than 10 games and only once had an ERA below 4.00.
But the right-hander has enough talent and just enough experience with rags-to-riches teams that he seems to believe this Cubs team can compete well enough to avoid the sell-off and surprise the world.
"I did it with the Rays, did it with the Rockies and with the Orioles," he said of teams that went from losing seasons to the playoffs in 2008, 2009 and 2011.
"You need a little bit of veteran leadership, you need some young guys that kind of don't give a you-know-what and then other guys in the middle that are at that level where they're becoming professionals. And we have that mix."
He means it. No matter what Las Vegas or the media or a look at this roster says.
"I like proving people wrong. I like the out-of-nowhere-type stuff," Hammel said. "It's kind of the way my whole career has been. I had a lot of naysayers, a lot of guys saying, 'He's pretty good but not one of the best.'
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A good while back I was obsessed with the old blues player, 'Leadbelly, The King of the 12 String'. And while reading his biography I found a line where he described this woman he was after as a, regular wildcat. She was someone he was attracted to but didn't know why, a free spirit who was always just out of his reach.
That description jumped out at me and at the time,
I could think of no greater compliment; it summed up
in two words everything I could strive to be: wild, free, imperfect, independent. So I took his words
as my creative moniker.
As time went on, 'Regular Wildcat' became a sort of adjective to describe the things I was making. Whether they were crazily knitted scarves, hand-sewn surfboard bags, black and white photographs or loose drawings, chances are if they were born from my hands they were immediate, a little wild and just slightly imperfect.
Nowadays, I admit my style to be a shade more
refined but still totally regular wildcat.
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|S.I. Simdyankin, S.R. Elliott, T.A. Niehaus, and T. Frauenheim, in Computational Modeling and Simulation of Materials III , edited by P. Vincenzini, A. Lami, and F. Zerbetto (Techna Group s.r.l., Faenza, Italy, 2004) vol. A, pp. 149.
|S.I. Simdyankin, S.R. Elliott, Z. Hajnal, T.A. Niehaus, and T. Frauenheim, Phys. Rev. B vol. 69, art.no. 144202, 2004.
|S.I. Simdyankin, T.A. Niehaus, G. Natarajan, Th. Frauenheim, and S.R. Elliott, Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 94, art.no. 086401, 2005.
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The Value Proposition of Luxury Brands
So, Mercedes is a brand name of a company that happens to make, among other things, luxury automobiles. It doesn't follow that they are a luxury brand then, eh?
Can a garbage truck be luxurious?
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And what if someone wonders if an interior shot of the rear seats in an Equus could possibly be taken in a Maybach, as recently happened over in Mystery car pix....?
Or will people just fixate on the brand and ignore the actual vehicle idling in front of them? That's just a garbage truck - oh wait, it's a Mercedes, must be a nice one.
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houdini1 Kansas City areaPosts: 6,067Well practically speaking, currently there are 3 mainline luxury autos in the U.S. The LS, the S, and the 7, with the 7 being a.w.o.l. for the last few years. That just leaves the LS and the S. Two very fine automobiles that take turns winning comparisons, but as far as VALUE goes I would have to give the nod to the LS.
The LS costs about $20 grand less than the S when new, but after 4 or 5 years they are worth about the same, or very close. To me that equates to better value. Just because I drive an LS doesn't mean I'm biased. I forgot the A8 and it is also a viable contender.
I have an open mind about the Equus and I hope it is a roaring success.
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But a Maybach shopper will know, and that's what counts.
I'm rooting for Hyundai, too, to make a splash. Competition improves the breed! Look what Lexus did for Mercedes after all.......
If I were appointed King of Hyundai, what I'd do is:
1. Ditch the Hyundai name. Call the new marque "Genesis" or similar
2. Put in an engine that's worthy of a world class luxury car. This means POWER to crush you back in your seat. Maybe even twin-turbos or a SC on the Genesis V8 would work, if Hyundai doesn't want to develop a new engine (very $$$ to do that).
3. Continue to coddle and seduce new customers as they've been trying to do, with valet services, free iPads, free loaners, even fitted luggage, champagne in the truck, personalized owners manuals, you name it---pour on the glitz.
4. If the car sells in reasonable numbers after 2 years, add 20% to the price and build a LWB version.
5. Do something with the styling.
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lemko Posts: 15,209Hyundai doesn't seem to be recognized as a luxury car by most of the public. I saw an Azera at lunch time and the owner pried off all the swoopy "H" badges and replaced them with aftermarket badges with some fussy filligree in them. It was as if the owner was ashamed to be driving a car badged as a Hyundai.
I think the prestige of a brand can be objectively defined as the weighted average of its car selling prices in a region (say NA, Europe, Japan...)
WAP (weighted average price): say brand BR sells 100 car A at $20K, 100 car B at $30K, then the WAP for brand BR is (20K * 100 + 30K * 100)/(100+100) = 25K
With that, we can easily rate the brand prestige in the NA market:
Tier 1: Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Maybach, Ferrari, Lamborghini...
Tier 2: Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Lexus...
Tier 3: Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai...
The more high priced cars a brand sell, it increases its brand prestige, and vise versa.
Equus and Genesis certainly increases the brand prestige for Hyundai, quantitatively. But selling lots of Accent/Elentra would means the Hyundai brand can never have a high WAP.
And what's a good value? maybe low car price for a high WAP brand?
This (WAP) being an objective measure, where a brand is ranked wouldn't depend on my personal feelings too many brand to list, but not hard to estimate where they are.
This also imitate how our brain perception works. I think in most cases, when a brand is mentioned, the WAP score will be the first to surface. Also, for most people it takes a while and drastic changes for our brain to change the WAP perception...
I assume you would put Acura and Infiniti into tier 2? And probably Volvo and caddilac also?
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Slumdog Millionaire feels like it came out a millionaire years ago, and yet, at long last, Danny Boyle has broken his legendary silence regarding the fact that he exploited impoverished children for his "art." From Express.co.uk (via Vulture):
When asked if he thinks he exploited the kids, Boyle told the Sunday Times, "Yes. But you exploit everyone in a film and I think we've been responsible. We set up a lot for them before any fuss started. We put them into school and set in place a trust that will look after them until they are 17.
"When the film became a huge hit, we got money from the profits to buy houses. Rubina has still not moved into the property, but the process is ongoing. I saw them the last time I was there."
No duh. This is like George Bush admitting he was terrible at being president. WE KNOW! NOW WHAT?! Wait a second, though, Rubina still has not moved into the property? Yikes. Also, is it true that you exploit everyone in a film, Danny Boyle? Everyone? How about this guy? How about this guy? How about this guy? It's almost as if Danny Boyle had to exploit them! Because D) It was written. Get it, Danny Boyle? Danny Boyle gets it. Asshole.
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Rubina hasn't moved in yet because she's being a total bitch about window treatments and refuses to move until they are to her liking. Danny Boyle's real crime was introducing these kids to residual checks.
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??????? Politically Correct much, Lord Douche? Harmony Korine made a good comment about PC accusations that he exploits in the commentator track on Gummo, which I just happened to watch this past weekend. He said something about how he just doesnt give a care if he is or is not exploiting any body (my words, not his). He has the right attitude, not this petulant liberal cry baby whining.
You lost me at "Harmony Korine made a good…"
I got lost at Harmony Ko…
I mean, sure, it could have ended up being just about anything, but the risk of wasting my time is too great.
Gummo is one of the best films ever made. Worrying about appeasing the PC beasts over accusations of exploitation is just a boring pointless minefield of political hypocrisies and whiny cry baby nonsense. Give me John Waters any day
i got lost at candlejack. i'm pretty sure i-
Why do people get confused by this so easily? Asking for basic human decency does not equal being an overly politically correct douche.
you had me* at "Gummo is one of the best films ever made."
* had me laughing and cringing – calling Gummo "one of the best films ever made" is one of the most ridiculous statements ever made.
just for the record, it's possible to think gummo is awesome and still think those kids got effed over.
total box office profits from slumdog millionaire: $377 million
total box office profits from gummo: $116,799
… because gummo made so much less than slumdog, the director of gummo's views on the question of exploitation are meaningless? Or something? I'm honestly confused by your comment, not trying to be a chode.
So, you posted this comment to brag that you wasted your weekend?
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Gummo = Rad. It is a rad film.
It is obviously very PC to rag on people about "exploitation" when that is not even an issue at all. Bunch of nonsense
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This has to be some sort of perverse EGOTgum.com campaign on your part because no one, excepting maybe my grandfather, is still mad about the PC Police. Unless of course it is still 1995, in which case I apologize.
I literally just registered so that I could downvote your stupid horseshit, Steve.
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i'm trying to keep him at 0….when he's down i up…when he's up i down…GRAMMAR ( i like to think i'm making it look like no one reads his comments)
That picture of Jeremy Piven made me want to punch him in the fucking balls. But, then again, what doesn't?
wait, so has rubina retired from acting too?
OMG, that picture was such a slow burn for me. Brilliant!
Look at Captain Subtle over here. +1
Haha thats some nice work there, Godsauce
Do those children possess knowledge relevant to this discussion?
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Yo, Godsauce, I respect you because you are very good at computers. -Bobby Bottleservice
I hope they get royalties every time someone posts that picture here.
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i'm not upvoting this….not when he made see that kids nasty drippy butt…you dick
I think some of the kids have come out ahead. Dev Patel seemed to be doing alright when I last saw him, modeling $2500 suits in GQ.
By Dev Patel you mean the British kid, right? Yeah. I wonder why he'd be doing alright and some of the others wouldn't. I really can't figure this one out.
Look, if I don't get my beer in the morning, what am I supposed to put on my cornflakes?
Does this stuff happen everyday? because you seem grumpy often.
(maybe it's the lack of an avatar? I just picture you as an expressionless blank.)
also: one of your buy's should have been a by (by the way) #winwooded
Oy. That was supposed to be something like Naw I'm not grumpy, I'm just…
Sounds like Danny Boyle's angling for a job at McDonald's corporate.
They should have just hired Jake Gyllenhaal to play the kids and been done with it.
I hate these posts… I just don't understand the argument, even when Gabe over simplifies it for me.
A George Bush joke? Really? I thought Sarah Palin was the new George Bush as far as overused targets go.
I guess he shouldn't have put actual slum children in the movie and just used Asian child actors. Then, certainly, these kids would be a lot better off than they are now.
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On March 17, 2006, Ze Frank began an experiment: To create a three-minute episode of his videoblog every day for one year. "The Show" has become an unbridled success, creating an audience of faithful viewers who not only comment in massive forums but also participate in open source projects, including the "Human Baton," where a vacationing college student was successfully passed off between audience members all the way across the U.S. and back. On Saturday, March 17, 2007, "The Show" will end. Ze spoke with Alissa Walker just after hosting the 10th Annual Web Awards at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas.
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A new report on Activision Blizzard's stock prospects from analyst firm Stern Agee reveals that the company's Titan project, first hinted at in late 2010, is a new MMO separate from the company's existing properties. Existing MMO fans are already spoiled for choice: between Blizzard's own World of WarCraft, titles with MMO elements such as the Diablo series, and upcoming releases like Star Wars: The Old Republic, there's enough content to fill several lifetimes. However Titan (working title) is said to target a "casual" audience, who may not yet have sampled the joys of grinding and gold-farming.
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The revelation of Titan's casual focus explains why, back at Blizzcon 2010, Blizzard's Mike Morhaime speculated that "World of Warcraft can continue co-existing with our new MMO and some people might prefer the new one, some people might still prefer to play World of Warcraft." Titles like Farmville show that newer audiences are perfectly comfortable grinding away at a game and strategically managing their network of fellow players – skills once thought to be the exclusive province of the MMO hardcore. Morhaime told Blizzcon audiences the company wanted to experiment, to "go in different directions and still have a great massively multiplayer experience," and the Stern Agee report suggests strong financial confidence in this approach. What do you think of the idea?
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NBA's All-overpaid team
Dimemag.com listed the NBA's 63 richest players in the league, and it got me thinking, Who are the most overpaid players at each position?
PG: Gilbert Arenas- Maybe not a point guard, but I'm putting him in this spot because he has played some PG, and there are no more overpaid guards than Arenas. Arenas has played just 42 games in the past three seasons due to injuries and last season's suspension for bringing guns into the lockerroom. That's a measly 14 games a season, meaning Arenas made more than $1 million per game played over the past three season. Arenas will be paid $18.3 million this season. Now that's a cushy job.
SG: Michael Redd- Another player who is overpaid because of the amount of games he has missed. At least all the games Redd missed were because of injury. But when you're paid $18.3 million this season, and you've played just 44 games in the past two seasons, I have no choice but to list you as the league's most overpaid shooting guard. Sorry, Mr. Redd.
SF: Andrei Kirilenko- At $17.8 million, Kirilenko is the HIGHEST paid small forward in the NBA. Yes, you read that correctly. With career averages of 12. 4 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2.1 blocks, that's an absurd contract.
PF: Rashard Lewis- Behind Kobe Bryant, the highest paid player in the league at $19.5 million. In the Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics, he shot 17% from three's and averaged just 8.2 points. 'Nuff said.
C: Eddy Curry- No list of overpaid players would be complete without Curry. Curry will make $11.3 million next season, yet he has played only 10 games over the past two seasons. In those 10 games, Curry has played less than 75 total minutes. Basically, Curry has played a game and a half over the past two seasons, making more that $20 million. I want to work for James Dolan. Maybe he'll pay me and my brother $10 million per post.


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A middle-aged woman tiptoes out of your elderly patients room as you stand at the computer making your latest entry, then sneaks a look back to make sure her mother is still sleeping. Shyly, she approaches you and whispers, Do... Read More
- 0Aug 22, '12 by VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN GuideMy facility is about 40% Medicaid as of this writing. In fact, of the five companies I've worked for that manage ALFs, there have been none that took only private-pay residents.
- 0Aug 22, '12 by needshaldolI guess there are some medicaid out there.......but where my parents were it was strictly private pay. We even have skilled nursing here in CA that does not take medicaid/medicare. As for the ones who do, well one must get down to 2K left to qualify.
- 0Aug 22, '12 by Jammin' RNThanks for the great information! I wonder how outcomes differ in ALF compared to LTC? This is by no means to dog nurses in LTC as I know we all work hard to take care of our patients!!.. Just curious if the patient is more willing to be compliant and feels better feeling that they are in their "home" rather than a "facility."
- 1Aug 22, '12 by Ruby VeeI think it has a lot to do with the patient. Both my mother and mother-in-law are suffering from dementia, so complaince is a day-to-day issue.
- 0Aug 22, '12 by needshaldolAnd why is this article called "the best kept secret"? The best kept secret is that a person may go into assisted living and be fine for a year but then they need more care and that increases the cost by a huge amount. Paying $400/mo for my dad to be given his 4-5 pills/day (and he paid for the meds) is outrageous. Some assisted living places charge by the pill. One told me it was $5/pill and that included tylenol, etc. And that was a few years ago so maybe it is now $6/pill. The fact of the matter is is that the U.S. is not a good place to be when one becomes old or ill.
- 0Aug 22, '12 by Whispera, BSN, MSN, APRN, CNSMy mom lived in assisted living for the last 15 years of her life. She lived in two different facilities and each had it's good points. Both were lovely and the people who worked there did all they could to help mom be healthy and happy.
The first provided all the care she needed as someone who wanted to maintain as much independence as possible. She got her meals, help with bathing if needed, and her medications dispensed by a nurse. There was a doctor who could be called if needed, and she checked in on people of the nursing staff thought it was needed. Mom's room was a big one where she had her bed on one side and living room furniture on the other. She had her own bath but the shower and tub were down the hallway, so not as private as she would have liked. She didn't have a fridge or a microwave, and couldn't have gotten one or been given one by family. Meals were provided in a big dining room. This facility seemed more like a nursing home outside mom's room than the second place.
The second facility had a lovely large room with a divider between living and sleeping spaces, and a private bath with a shower that could have been used by someone with a wheelchair. It had a kitchenette. The group dining room was beautiful. There was a library and a computer room. There was a big kitchen people could use to cook for their families on special occasions. There were "family" rooms here and there for when the number of visitors was too big for her own room to accomodate. The drawback of this place was there was no nursing staff on duty, ever. There were aides present, but they weren't allowed to do anything remotely medical. They did laundry and cleaned rooms. They were around alot and very very nice to my mom. They could remind people about medications but couldn't open bottles or hand the bottles or medications to people. If someone fell, they couldn't help him or her up. An ambulance had to be called if the person couldn't get up on his/her own.
My mom said she enjoyed both places.
- 0Aug 22, '12 by BrandonLPNI think it's obvious that anyone would rather live in a ALF over a SNF. It's more like having your own apartment with frequent caregiver, while a SNF is more "institutional". But they are just so expensive. Only the super rich can afford to live in one for any great length of time. It just seems like a why to drain all the money out of the elderly for a couple years (at most) before they go to a LTC to live out the remainder of their lives. I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, but it just seems like an ultra expensive long vacation or something before they finally go to the LTC they were destined for all along....
- 1Aug 22, '12 by VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN GuideWe do everything possible to allow our residents to "age in place", that is to say, we don't kick them out if they go on Medicaid or become a two-person transfer. We also try to keep them even if they go on hospice and would otherwise need more care than we can provide. And as far as costs go, the $4000+/month our highest acuity resident pays is only about two-thirds of what it would cost him to live in a nursing home, which is where he actually belongs (but that's a story for another day).
Most of our residents die in our facility after an average stay of 4 1/2 years. That's pretty good statistically, considering the national average is somewhere around 2 years. Yes, some companies are all about profits, and yes, some facilities are very poor in quality; however, the same can be said for every level of care.
- 1Aug 22, '12 by Ruby VeeQuote from BrandonLPNI'm not sure where you live, but the lovely ALF where my mother stayed was about $1200/month, and most of it was covered by Medicare. My mother had minimal savings, but my sister (the POA) figured she'd have enough to stay there for 7 years before the money ran out. Unfortunately, my mother's dementia progressed beyond their level of care after about 2 and a half years. I'm very grateful for the 2 and a half years Mom was able to stay there. It was a lovely place, and the staff were all very good to my mother and to our family.I think it's obvious that anyone would rather live in a ALF over a SNF. It's more like having your own apartment with frequent caregiver, while a SNF is more "institutional". But they are just so expensive. Only the super rich can afford to live in one for any great length of time. It just seems like a why to drain all the money out of the elderly for a couple years (at most) before they go to a LTC to live out the remainder of their lives. I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, but it just seems like an ultra expensive long vacation or something before they finally go to the LTC they were destined for all along....
- 1Aug 22, '12 by BrandonLPNI admit, I've never worked in assisted living and I've never had a family member in one, so my knowledge is based on anecdotal evidence. I was under the impression a fairly independent resident paid about $3200 a month. But again, that's just anecdotal. I've only worked in nursing homes, so maybe Im biased.
When I was a little kid, old people went straight to a nursing home where they lived out the rest of their lives. Assisted living just seems like an artificial level of care tacked on before skilled nursing.
But then again, I also thought all ALF were 100% private pay, so I guess I should do some research. I'm sincerely glad for anyone whose family found a happinessin assisted living. And I totally understand the appeal of aging in place and with dignity. No disrespect intended.


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Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont has come under fire after new revelations emerged over the behaviour of the Labour group in Glasgow Council.
Ms Lamont, who is due to give a keynote speech to party delegates today, is facing charges that she has lost control of Scotland's largest local authority after it emerged that a female councillor at the centre of bullying claims was forced to appear before a board of a council controlled firm that employs her disabled son.
The Scottish Labour leader has faced criticism over her failure to act after several claims of intmidation and bullying were levelled against the Labour group at Glasgow council.
It has now emerged that Anne Marie Millar, who recently claimed her disabled son's apprenticeship was threatened by Labour councillor Gilbert Davidson, was summoned to explain herself in front of the board of City Building - the firm that employs her son.
Despite the alleged victim – Ms Millar – being summoned to appear, Newsnet Scotland understands that Labour councillor Mr Davidson, a board member, was not.
Ms Millar had alleged Mr Davidson brought up her son's employment with the firm moments prior to a crucial vote, in an attempt at persuading her to support the Labour group.
The alleged incident resulted in Ms Millar breaking down in a TV interview and brought a pledge from Glasgow Labour of a full investigation, however thus far no investigation has been apparent.
The situation has now been compounded after it emerged that another Labour candidate in the city is also the subject of allegations of bullying.
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In a written complaint to Margaret Curran MP, Scottish Labour Secretary Colin Smyth and Cllr Jim Coleman, 61 year old Rosina Muir claimed Mr Kelly left her shaken after loudly haranguing her in an incident in Morrison's store in Baillieston. Despite a written complaint from Ms Muir, Mr Kelly was announced as a late candidate for the Garscadden/Scotsounhill ward on 28th February.
In the letter Ms Muir wrote:
I wish to lodge a complaint against Labour Party member Mr John Kelly. On the 14th of December at approximately 17:30hrs, Mr John Kelly approached me at the checkout counter in the Morrison's at Baillieston. He said to me from across the aisle, 'I hope you are happy, you should be ashamed of yourself'.
He expressed himself loudly for everyone to hear and repeated the accusation against me several times. Noticing my obvious distress, my son Mark intervened and requested Mr Kelly to cease addressing me in such a fashion. Mr Kelly then said loudly to Mark that he also should feel ashamed of himself. After he left, the store supervisor came up to me asking why he had approached me in such a manner. Ms McCormack stated that only due to my son's presence beside me, she didn't call security. I felt highly embarrassed and extremely shaken by the entire incident.
I believe that I have only met Mr Kelly once before, at the Baillieston selection meeting two weeks ago. So in my opinion, it can only be this particular meeting to which he is referring. Mr Kelly was seeking nomination to become a candidate for the local government elections and unfortunately, he did not get selected. Perhaps it was through anger and frustration that he felt that he had the right to approach a woman of 61 years who had just finished a long day at work, and make these comments in a very public place...
The Labour party has been dogged by controversy in recent months after several councillors left the party amid acrimonious claims of intimidation and interference from London.
The Glasgow Labour group courted further controversy after former MSP Frank McAveety was promoted by Labour as one of its leading candidates for the local elections in Glasgow, despite being the subject of an ongoing police investigation.
The police investigation follows complaints last September by former Glasgow Labour councillor Andy Muir over Mr MacAveety's expense claims when he was a Labour MSP.
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MacAveety subsequently lost his Shettleston seat to the SNP.
James Dornan, SNP MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, said today:
"Johann Lamont will address her first Labour conference as a leader without control or credibility, presiding over a party whose internal practices increasingly reveal it to be unfit for office.
"I have now written twice to Johann Lamont, asking her to take action following the alleged acts of bullying and intimidation against Cllr Anne Marie Millar, which were witnessed by myself and many others in Glasgow City Chambers a few weeks ago. She has not had the courtesy to reply and has said not a word publicly to condemn this behaviour by one of her party's elected members.
"Not only that, the party has gone on to select yet another candidate against whom a complaint of bullying and intimidation has been made. And while over a third of their council group was prevented from standing again for Labour because they were deemed not good enough, a former MSP who is subject to an ongoing police investigation is apparently entirely suitable as a Labour candidate, as is Alistair "Taj Mahal" Watson"
"It's quite clear that in Glasgow Labour there's one rule for some people and one rule for others, and if you're one of the favoured clique you can rely on Johann Lamont to stay silent, no matter how you behave.
"As Labour's roll of dishonour grows ever longer, voters in Glasgow and across Scotland can clearly see that there is something rotten at the heart of the Labour party - and that its leader Johann Lamont apparently has neither the will nor the inclination to do anything about it.
"Glasgow and Scotland deserve better – if Ms Lamont is unwilling or unable to get her own house in order, how can she ever seriously be considered as a potential leader of the country?"
She comes across as one very bitter lady - I am cringing at her amateur dramatics. Time for the tennis.
She really is visceral in her hatred of the First Minister.
Instead of 'Things can only get better', maybe this tune should be the Unionists farewell.
You wait ages for an idiot to come along, and then you get two at once. Lamont and Moore. What a double act. Thank goodness the Jags won today, otherwise I would be into our national drink again.
First this : newsnetscotland.com/.../...
Then this: news.stv.tv/.../...
When will Jackie Bailey be held to account for her vile lies on the Scottish NHS.
Jackie Bailey later claimed it was bed pans she meant.
Johann Lamont saves the Union
Jester - that is because, to some extent, what Scotland will get in ships, aeroplanes and other stuff in the deal. The structure of the future defence force will most like follow a position half way between Norway and Eire.
I wrote a detailed piece on what a Scottish Defence Force could look like based on local resources and SNP policy for Newsnet and on my own blog:
Jester while not being able to answer you and interested to know myself. Remember the british think they are an important world power who everyone would like to attack such is their self importance. Scotland has no need of such nonsense. Look at our closest comparable country - Norway. Norway doesn't have an overblown, pompous defence force and it has to defend oil rigs. It looks like our only real threat we have to defend ourselves from is south of the border and their 5th column lackeys.
Defence, or should I say attack, has been the downfall of Britain.
We have squandered billions of pounds and cost the lives of thousands in pursuit of the belief that we can be someone on the world stage.
I don't think that it is a weak spot at all and our stance is perfectly normal.
Norway manages just fine with a similar arrangement.
Tell your Labour mate to take a hike.
Quoting Louperdowg:Defence, or should I say attack, has been the downfall of Britain.
We have squandered billions of pounds and cost the lives of thousands in pursuit of the belief that we can be someone on the world stage.
I don't think that it is a weak spot at all and our stance is perfectly normal.
Norway manages just fine with a similar arrangement.
Tell your Labour mate to take a hike.
Similar to what? As far as I can see there is nothing to compare Norways defence to. We have aspirations listed, but nothing even halfway concrete.
Quoting Jester:Quoting Louperdowg:Defence, or should I say attack, has been the downfall of Britain.
We have squandered billions of pounds and cost the lives of thousands in pursuit of the belief that we can be someone on the world stage.
I don't think that it is a weak spot at all and our stance is perfectly normal.
Norway manages just fine with a similar arrangement.
Tell your Labour mate to take a hike.
Similar to what? As far as I can see there is nothing to compare Norways defence to. We have aspirations listed, but nothing even halfway concrete.
I saw that interview, committed unionists would take away a victory. Anyone listening objectively would not. The point is you either believe Scotland needs the offensive forces of the UK or you believe a defence force similar to most European countries is enough.
Ask your chum why the UK is building navy ships overseas right now. Ask him how many planes the new aircraft carriers can handle and how often the will be under French control.
I think his point though is there must be a plan - what is it. I remember reading the SNP plans to keep the Scottish army at current levels. Can anyone provide more info?
Jester - just ask one question, who are we [Scotland] going to attack?
If you are inclined, ask why not build hospital ships, water tankers and food ships and equip them with caring dedicated people to reach out and build bridges instead of destroying them?
Ok we'll need a defence force but our neighbours around Scotland seem to have it cracked, so why not us? Are we too daft?
Jackson is a product of a military system - of course he'll win against a civi - he's had a lifetime of playing at it.
However return to q1 and keep pressing your chums - ask them why war is better than peace and have they not had their fill of memorial statues and stones?
!OT!: SNP Defence Policy
Can anyone help direct me to the SNPs plans for the composition and roles for the Scottish Defence Force, particularly in regard to the protection of oil and nuclear assets? It seems to be a bit thin on the ground, I can find lots of comment, but no actual policy.
Quoting Jester:!OT!: SNP Defence Policy
Can anyone help direct me to the SNPs plans for the composition and roles for the Scottish Defence Force, particularly in regard to the protection of oil and nuclear assets? It seems to be a bit thin on the ground, I can find lots of comment, but no actual policy.
Do you have information about the current UK Policy and how it relates to Scotland?
Perhaps if you ask your Labour supporting friend what he understands to be the position within the Union, you will not be surprised that he hasn't got a clue. I think it is fair to say that Nationalists are expected to answer every question, but Unionists feel they don't have to.
[quote name="that's the equivelant of sticking my fingers in my ears and saying "la-la-la- I can't hear you!" Whether he supports the Union is irrelevant.[/quote]
Indeed it is not! If you ask your friend what the currentUK defences consist of, in relation to Scotland, I think it would be very telling if he does not know?
Don't you? After all, if he expects you to have answers about future defences; he should surely have a benchmark to make comparisons? eg: at the moment we have "X" number of naval vessels, so your friend would want to know if an Independent Scotland would have at least "X" or perhaps more or less, depending on how Scotland decides to spend on a proposed Defence budget.
I really don't see why you feel that it is incumbent on you to have all the answers, and your friend be able to shrug and say "I know nothing"
Pardon? did I miss something? I was refering to govanites remark. It would be one sided if we didn't. After all I recall a european final that Celtic were in and not a St Andrew's cross to be seen (St Patrick's ones - green and white but when was he the patron saint of Scotland) so what does that say? You tell me. I'll advance a theory that a proportion of people in Scotalnd cannot thole a blue and white flag. As for the union flag...not for me. Maybe time to think about a new all inclusive, non religious, colour scheme for a future flag, and a new national anthem while we're at it.


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