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She has a son who did not sign her admission papers to the Nursing Home she was initially discharged to from her first hospital visit. The nursing home accepted co-payment of $750 and after about 10 days stated she had a GI bleed and sent her to the hospital. They would not accept her back because her son never signed admission papers. He basically wants no involvement with her care. I am not next of kin, and was told that even with Medicaid approval I could not place her in the Nursing Home because I do not have power of attorney. I don't know if a legal document exists giving her son this designation. How can I find out.? Does the fact that he is next of kin limit my ability to place her in Nursing Home pending Medicaid approval?
Unfortunately some nursing homes will make up bogus reasons to not accept Medicaid patients. I've never heard of this reason before.
As someone else suggested, look into a different nursing home.
The son may be concerned he will be personally liable -- he should not be so it may be best to sit down with an elder law attorney in Birmingham and with the son to have a frank discussion of what needs to happen.
Sounds like you are doing the right thing -- the honorable thing -- and I hope you will be successful getting your aunt the care she needs.
John Watts
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People are admitted to nursing homes every day who have no family at all, so the next of kin issue shouldn't be a concern. There may be some other problem that they are not discussing. You could petition to become her guardian/conseervator, but that would take some time and money. You might want to either look at a different nursing home, or contact the Senior Ombudsman.
You certainly should look into petitioning to become her Legal Guardian. Your being next-of-kin would usually be fine as to nursing home admission. But to be safe, apply to the Court to become her Legal Guardian. Look on Avvo.Com under Find-A-Lawyer entering Elder Law as the area of practice and Birmingham AL as the jurisdiction. Good Luck!
You had no obligation to take an aunt but once you did you assumed the obligation to make sure she is safe and cared for. If you want authority you can apply for guardianship. If you want to be relieved of responsibility, you can get the aunt into a hospital or nursing home and be done with it but you positively need elder law counsel to sort out your options and make sure you don't take on unintended liability.
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GD. You honestly think people who aren't currently insured are going to go out and sign up for (really expensive) benefits because the federal government says pretty please?
They can't really enforce the mandate. Obama already set one part of it aside. If anything they've added incentive for people to remain uninsured (because now they can hop off and on at any time) And you think this thing is going to fly.
Rates spiking. Deathly Spiraling. That's where this is headed. If the Feds can even get their act together well enough to even get a "marketplace" running in 60 days.
What exactly do you think the Fine the Freeloaders Health Care Act of 2010 really accomplished?
This post is so utter uniformed its exhausting, but its a light day at work, so:
1. Yes, people who have pre-exsiting condition will go sign up for the one of the 17 compaines plans' who will particpate in Colorado. Someplans will be lavish, others will be less expensive and consumer driven, so they will have deductibles with low monthly premiums. Other people will be obstinant, like there were prior to reform, and they will pay a penalty. When they get sick, the rest of us payers will have to make up for their portion of the risk pool, yet again.
2. They can inforce the mandate, the individual one goes into effect Jan 1. Like I said, you will get a tax penalty if you don't sign up, essentially forcing you to pay something so when you get sick there is at least something in the pot for deadbeats. Remeber, this law was designed to let good, earnest people who couldn't buy insurance do so... we just get the fund the morons on the way as well.
3. Rates have burst upward for 10 years, and compaines are spiking them NOW because they can't after January 1 without some really good reason. If anything, you will see rates grow at a much, much slower rate when the ACA goes into effect.
4. It was a States reposnsibility to set up exhanges to help their citizens. LA and TX did nothing, did not expand Medicaid even wiht funding gaurantees, and now the Federal Government they hate so much now has more power over their States and their citizens. Colorado' sunveils plans form 17 compaines in 2 weeks, the Exchange is set to go October 1, and we have expanded Medicaid for the poor with full dollar support this year from the Fed, and 90 on the dollar the next year... so aks youself, if you need insurance and can't get it, how happy are you with Texas and LA?
What did it accomplish, the goals it set out to. Let 30 Million uninsured by competitive health plans in the State, put regs on insurance compaiones so they can't continue to **** our citizens, among numerous other essential reforms.
Heres a question, what have conservative done for the last 30 years of this problem
I'll wait, it will take a while. Oh, and I will give you Medicare Part D, but please, go on....


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appreciate your help in expanding my view on Japan.
Needless to say, any input from you are extremely welcome, as always!
On 25/08/2011 04:15, William Hobart wrote:
Hey, no worries.
I really think its too soon to answer that question. But i can suggest
what would need to happen for it to be true. First, ozawa would have to
be either integrated into maehara's group - that would give a 200
member group and constitute the vast majority of the party. This is a
long shot, hardly anyone breaks their loyalty. But i don't want to rule
it out entirely, even if Mehara has very publically said he doesnt want
to reinstate ozawa. If this were the case, Maehara emerge as the new
ozawa and things wouldnt really change.
If ozawa's group split then we could see enough of a division of power
to break the psychological hold Oz has on the party. The problem i think
isn't that there is too much factional politics, just that there is a
unipolarity in favour of ozawa and the smaller groups lashing out
against that is what casues the disunity. A more multipolar party would
be force the party reach a consensus or be unable to articulate a solid
policy when it comes to a general election.
Second. if Meahara gets the DPJ chair, there will be a tremendious
amount of presure for him to save the party (and the country). He will
only have a year or less before he has to face a general elction and the
possibility of facing ozawa again. I think you're asking iof he has the
power and charisma to stop the revolving door of PM's. I will have to be
unsatisfying and say, as a personality, he does. Given the political
climate and the economic/national situation perhaps not.
This will be alot easier to answer next week. Everyone is saying he's
the favorite. I won't be surprised if he wins. But i'd still keep an eye
out for Kaieda and the possibility of Ozawa group members being included
in the cabinet.
Sorry if this is rushed or makes no sense!
William Hobart
Australia Mobile +61 402 506 853
On 25/08/2011 7:00 PM, Zhixing Zhang wrote:
Hey Wil, thanks for your input, as always.
A general question, if you have time. Do you think Maehara is a strong
enough politician to end Japanese political cycle? Or does his
emerging only follow a new round of cycle?
Please ignore if you don't have time. Thank you!
On 24/08/2011 23:01, William Hobart wrote:
Maehara's tax policy is a compromise between Noda's and Kaieda's,
essentially saying taxes will go up, but not yet. Maehara has been
a lonmg time neocon and if he assumes party leadership, and then
goes on to win the premiership there could be movement on the JSDF
front. Thats a long bow to pull at this stage and there's nothing to
say the LDP can't win the lection back, or even that Meahara will
last long enough to put his stamp on anything. Nonetheless,
Meahara's position is becming increasingly popular in Jap politics,
aided by a generation who are far more detached from the imperlist
taboo Maehara is also deploying some dolcet tones on party unity,
if he is able to scuttle the Ozawa clan then he would emerge as the
most powerful powerbraoker in the party. - W
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photoSeiji Maehara announces his candidacy for the Democratic Party
of Japan presidential election at a meeting on Aug. 23. (Satoru
Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, who ranks high as a future
prime minister in public opinion polls, outlined his platform for
the ruling party's Aug. 29 presidential election, emphasizing an
economic growth strategy based on trade liberalization and a
security policy centered on the Japan-U.S. alliance.
Maehara, 49, has emerged as a leading contender, and his policies
are expected to be at the center of debate with other candidates
toward the election.
"I believe our country needs to achieve economic growth and then
channel its fruits to rebuilding from the disaster, social security,
education and various administrative services," Maehara, 49, told a
meeting of his intraparty group on Aug. 23.
Maehara remains a staunch proponent of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
agreement despite strong resistance from elements within the
Democratic Party of Japan to the nation's participation in the
free-trade arrangement.
When he was industry minister, Maehara led Japan's delegation in the
United States to sell Shinkanen bullet train technology.
He has also pushed exports of Japan's nuclear technology around the
Unlike Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, another candidate in the
DPJ's leadership race, Maehara is cautious toward raising taxes in
the immediate future to finance rebuilding efforts.
"If we raise taxes before we overcome deflation, we will not be able
to increase tax revenues because the economy may take a beating," he
said. "Overcoming deflation is the priority. We should be careful
about tax hikes in the coming few years."
However, he showed some understanding to the policy of the DPJ and
the government to increase the consumption tax rate to 10 percent
from the current 5 percent in stages by the mid-2010s to deal with
the country's ballooning debt problem.
"We have to eventually raise the consumption tax rate," he said.
When Maehara became minister of land, infrastructure, transport and
tourism after the DPJ took power in 2009, he halted construction of
the Yanba dam in Gunma Prefecture, saying the party had promised in
its campaign to eliminate money-wasting projects.
He also wasted no time pushing through a government plan to
rehabilitate debt-ridden Japan Airlines Corp.
But after facing fierce opposition from residents living near the
Yanba dam site, Maehara promised to review the pros and cons of the
project, taking a step back from the DPJ's campaign pledge. The
Yanba dam has been criticized as one of the most wasteful public
works projects.
Critics say the Yanba dam issue and his shift to review the DPJ
campaign pledges now show that Maehara likes to announce his
policies to great fanfare, but he does not have tenacity to carry
them through to the end.
In diplomacy and security, Maehara's top priority is strengthening
Japan-U.S. ties.
The U.S. government gave Maehara, known as one of the most pro-U.S.
politicians within the DPJ, a warm reception by setting up a meeting
not only with his U.S. counterpart, Hillary Clinton, but also Vice
President Joe Biden when he visited Washington in January.
Even after he stepped down as foreign minister in March over illegal
donations from a non-Japanese resident, Maehara did not slow down in
pushing his foreign policy. He visited the United States, Okinawa
and the disputed Russian-held Northern Territories off Hokkaido.
When he was DPJ president in 2005, Maehara argued that Japan should
consider reviewing the pacifist Constitution to allow the country to
exercise its right to collective defense.
He also drew up the party's proposal for allowing Japan to
participate in U.N.-led collective security activities.
In contrast to his pro-U.S. stance, he has consistently taken a hard
line toward China, even when the DPJ was an opposition party.
Maehara infuriated Beijing in autumn last year when he described
China's response to an incident near the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyutai
in Chinese) as "hysterical." At that time, relations between the two
countries sharply deteriorated after Japanese authorities arrested
the captain of a Chinese fishing boat that rammed two Japan Coast
Guard vessels near the islands in the East China Sea.
Some Foreign Ministry officials expressed concern that Maehara is
not prudent enough about what he says and does before an
international audience.
As for his approach to Ichiro Ozawa, the former DPJ president who
leads the largest intraparty group of about 120 members, Maehara
stressed the need to end the division between the pro-Ozawa and
anti-Ozawa groups and tighten party unity.
"We must get over the confrontation and stop tripping each other
within the party," Maehara told reporters, referring to ongoing
battles surrounding the political heavyweight.
Maehara expressed eagerness to meet with Ozawa and other former DPJ
presidents to unite the fractured party and better deal with the
myriad challenges facing Japan.
But he would not budge on Ozawa's party privileges, which were
revoked by Prime Minister Naoto Kan and other senior party officials
over a funding scandal.
"DPJ members should work together based on their shared
understanding to respect the decision by the current party
leadership," Maehara said.
William Hobart
Australia Mobile +61 402 506 853


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A sterling career for Maria Sharapova
PARIS -- On the surface, Maria Sharapova has it all:
A pretty face. A handsome and famous fiancé, former NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers, Sasha Vujacic. All the money she'll ever need; at approximately $24 million per year, Sharapova earns more in endorsements than any other female athlete in the world.
She left Russia and began the process of becoming a professional player at a Florida tennis academy at the age of 9. Eight years later she won at Wimbledon and, later, at the U.S. and Australian Opens. In 2008, when her right shoulder -- the fulcrum of all her success -- crumbled, she could have headed for the beach, perhaps contemplated babies and all the fruits of a startlingly young retirement.
But she didn't. Sharapova did what she'd always done. She put her head down and grinded. And now, she truly has it all.
On a blustery Saturday at Roland Garros, Sharapova returned to the top of women's tennis. She defeated Italian Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2 in the women's final to capture a rare career Grand Slam. After a sabbatical of four years, she will be the No. 1-ranked WTA player come Monday.
"Yeah, it's surreal," Sharapova said. "It's the most unique moment I've experienced in my career. I never thought I would have that. I thought that when I won Wimbledon at 17, I thought that would be the most treasured moment of my career.
"But when I fell down on my knees today I realized that this was extremely special, and even more so. Yeah."
The list of excellent players who failed to complete the career Slam by locking down a French Open title is longer than you might think: Boris Becker, Jimmy Connors, Lindsay Davenport, Stefan Edberg, Martina Hingis, Pete Sampras and Virginia Wade. All of these great champions mastered the hard courts of Melbourne and New York and the living green carpet at Wimbledon. But they couldn't get it done on the red dirt at Roland Garros.
How did Sharapova do it? How did she overcome a surface that exposed her greatest weakness (a lack of movement) and blunted her greatest strength (unabashed, pure power)? By learning to pick her spots, and to put a little loop in those famously flat groundstrokes. Playing with a tad more margin in her shots than she ordinarily would have. The forehand winner that delivered her a first match point Saturday followed a credible sliding defensive backhand that kept her in the point.
Sharapova, who has the icy countenance you would expect of someone from Siberia, thawed briefly after her semifinal victory over Petra Kvitova. After sweeping Errani, she ran toward the net and actually slid again and considered sitting. But she thought better of it, then came to rest on her knees. Later, she jumped for joy, spinning around and blowing kisses like a school girl.
During the playing of the Russian national anthem, Sharapova looked down at the sterling trophy in her arms and studied her reflection. That broad smile -- usually an involuntary reaction -- could not be suppressed.
"I proved that no matter how many punches I took in my career, I've always gotten back up," Sharapova said. "I never made excuses for me, not to myself, not to people. I have a tremendous amount of belief and pride in what I do. I love my work.
"I could have said, 'I don't need this. I have money; I have fame; I have victories; I have Grand Slams.' But when your love for something is bigger than all those things, you continue to keep getting up in the morning when it's freezing outside, when you know that it can be the most difficult day, when nothing is working, when you feel like the belief sometimes isn't there from the outside world, and you seem so small.
"But you can achieve great things when you don't listen to all those things."
Although her ability to adapt to clay was impressive, it was hardly her greatest hurdle, as 18-time Grand Slam singles champion Martina Navratilova noted a day earlier.
"Coming back from shoulder surgery where most people would have called it a day, she stayed with it," Navratilova said. "I was really impressed with not just the physical and mental focus it takes to rehab and believe and keep coming back and keep doing everything you have to physically, but then to overcome the mental aspects of the game. She completely conquered it, and kudos to that."
In women's tennis, the single most important shot is the serve. In rebuilding her shoulder, Sharapova had to reconstruct her serve -- and resurrect her confidence.
"Obviously she had issues with her serve after she came back, with the bad toss and technique and very predictable on the serve, double faults all over the place," Navratilova said. "When your serve goes, it's so easy to lose the rest of your game. That's much more difficult of a beast to get through than the rehab and the physical fitness. I wouldn't have thought she was capable of that two, three years ago. I don't know if very many people did. She did, that's all that matters."
This was a hugely predictable result.
Errani was playing in her first Grand Slam singles final -- one day after playing in (and winning) her first Grand Slam doubles title. She played 13 matches in 14 days and a total of 286 games.
"I start very bad, so with this player, if you give her some games like this in the beginning, of course, they are more relaxed," Errani said. "In the first two or three balls she play very good and the serve received, so for me it was very difficult to start the point [the way] I want to play the point."
Maybe it's the attrition of playing on clay, but the French Open has a knack for delivering one-sided women's finals. Errani was only the most recent example of French toast; the last 11 finals between women have gone the two-set minimum, going back to Jennifer Capriati's 12-10 three-set win over Kim Clijsters in 2001.
So women's tennis has a new No. 1. Sharapova was aided here by the early losses of Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka. The only player she beat who was seeded in the top 20 was Kvitova. They'll all be back for more -- on a surface that suits them better -- in a few week's time when Wimbledon arrives.
"It's not over yet," said Sharapova, who turned 25 in April. "I'm not sitting here and saying I'm done, because I'm far from it. I have a lot more in me to achieve. I believe in my game. I think that's one of the reasons why I'm sitting here with my fourth one and winning Roland Garros, is because I always believed I could be a better player, whether it was on clay, whether it was on grass, whether it was on cement, anything.
"This is what I've always wanted to achieve. No matter how tough it was, no matter how many people didn't believe in me, didn't think that I could get to this point, I didn't care and I didn't listen. I always listened to my own voice, and it always told me that for some reason I'm meant to be better. I'm meant to succeed again.
"And I did."
Greg GarberWriter, Reporter
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Madworld, a violent graphic novel-style action game, seemed an odd fit for Wii when it was released last year but despite positive reviews, the game was a commercial flop.
"Going back 12 to 18 months when we released those titles, it was a risk," Sega West's VP of sales and marketing told Game Informer. "Nintendo was supportive of the strategy. There was an intent to take the Wii console a little older, and make a more core machine. So games like MadWorld, House of the Dead and The Conduit fit that strategy. House of the Dead is a more established and casual franchise, and that did very well. Conduit 2 is getting a good buzz."
Yet it was a different story for MadWorld. "It was a huge risk that we really believed in at the time, but the title did not sell well," Pritchard continued. "Was it on the wrong platform? I don't know. Would it have done better on 360 or PS3? Possibly"
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Provide a Kenyan primary school student with a free school uniform. By encouraging school retention, free uniforms can indirectly reduce exposure to HIV and risk behaviors
What is the issue, problem, or challenge?
In Kenya we provide free school uniforms to students in grades 6 and 8 in order to eliminate a mandatory cost of education and to encourage retention. Students who stay in school longer are more likely to be exposed to information about HIV prevention, spend less time engaging in risk behavior, and have greater incentive to avoid pregnancy and other threats to education. This project undertakes a rigorous evaluation of program impact on student retention, teen pregnancy, and risk behavior.
How will this project solve this problem?
By providing school uniforms, we eliminate a substantial and mandatory cost that otherwise deters some students from completing their education, and thus reduce some of the consequences associated with dropping out, e.g. HIV and teen pregnancy.
Potential Long Term Impact
Removing barriers to education encourages retention, reduces risk behavior and improves later employment opportunities. Preliminary results suggest that even this small investment reduces teen pregnancy rates.
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LATE NIGHT snacking may soon be a thing of the past for wild bears as zookeepers put innovative trash cans to the test at Košice zoo.
A pair of bears, Žabo and Ivan, were tempted to open the test cans by scent of their favourite delicacies: fruits, honey and fish. They tried to pry the receptacles open for about an hour and was successful, but only managed to tear off the rubber gasket.
"It ended with a success, as the intention was fulfilled," zoologist Patrik Pastorek told the TASR newswire. "Our bears had fun, moreover."
The test was made within the cooperation with the non-profit organisation Slovak Wildlife Society (SWS), which then brought the container to the Tatras as part of efforts to prevent bears from coming close to homes and hotels in pursuit of a snack.
Michal Haring of SWS told TASR that the container with a double lock and a lockable bar prevents bears from getting inside.
"We have tested it successfully in the US, in the Yellowstone National Park," Haring said. "This specific container has been tested for the first time here, at Košice zoo, and then it has gone to Tatranská Lesná to be tested in the field."
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The 2011 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show is underway in Mercedes as the event kicked-off last Friday and runs until this weekend.
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Douchebag: Yup, a douchebag was a real actual item before it was an insult. Before it became a synonym for James Franco, douchebags were feminine hygiene products, first employed in the late 1600s. Over time, the term -- likely because of its proximity to much abused female genitalia -- took on a negative connotation. By 1967, the Oxford English Dictionary records, the term had come to mean "an unattractive coed." These days, it's more generally understood to mean a crappy person, and has likely increased in popularity because it's an insult you can say on TV.
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German Culture Museum explores the culture and history of Walnut Creek and the surrounding local communities. Learn about the original Amish and Mennonite settlers who brought traditions and goods from the Old Country, Germany. The museum's displays have artifacts from when the area was settled, including a school room, a replica cabin, and antique clothing.
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The Russell 2000 small-caps ETF, IWM, has taken a beating the past few months trading within a 13-point channel. After significant selling to close the last week it is now at a crucial do-or-die point that could impact the broader markets significantly.
IWM retested multi-year trend support Friday coming within about 0.5% of a direct hit. Nonetheless, I'll consider this a touch and the third (fourth if you count the May $107 low ) which makes this a very strong trendline.
However, that doesn't mean it cannot be broken. In fact, what clearly stands out is the potential for a double top which is a decent, but not great, chart pattern. For the double top to even have a chance this trendline has to be broken.
In the pre-market trading we're seeing a healthy bounce this morning as IWM is now back into the $111′s. I'm going to treat this last test as a successful bounce but until a new uptrend takes shape I have to remain strongly cautious of yet another retest and possible failure.
The daily chart shows a steep selloff well under the 2 deviation bollinger band but a strong bounce. With today's follow through at least in pre-market I want to take a long position in the small caps. The $113 area will be first resistance and I'll have to see how IWM handles this area before making my next move. I expect that test to come as early as today but should be by tomorrow.
The trade: long IWM $112 Aug 16 calls which closed at $110 Friday and should be about the same this morning. I'll be picking up four contracts (five if can get under $100). We have to expect some possible volatility today. We don't want to get shaken out but we don't want to stick around for a retest of Friday's lows (which could fail). IWM did set a decent base above $110.25 going into the afternoon. I'll allow for potential overshoot as well down to $110. This will effectively put our risk up to half of the position so I'm accepting the possibility of losing 50% of this position.


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BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) — A very busy Sunday night and Monday morning for Baton Rouge police. That as four people are hurt in three shootings.
The latest one happened just after 2:00 a.m. on Monday, May 14. Police say a man was walking on the 2600 block of Laurel street when someone pulled up in a truck and starting shooting at him. The victim was hit in the chest and forearm and was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries.
About an hour before that, just before 1:00 a.m., police were called to an apartment complex in the 12000 block of La Margie for a home invasion that resulted in a shooting. Police say two men forced their way into an apartment and started demanding money. The suspect then started shooting inside the apartment. The victim and his roommate, who was hit, were able to get out through a window. They were both taken to the hospital.
Meanwhile, just before 11:00 p.m. Sunday night, police were called to a shooting on the 2600 block of Tanner street. We're told the victim got into an argument with the suspect. That suspect shot the victim in the arm and lower back. He's expected to survive.
If you have any information about any of these shootings, call Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-STOP (7867). You can also text your tip to CRIMES (274637). Include CS225 at the beginning of your message.
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The Champions of South Africa's T20 League, Highveld Lions will kick-off their CL campaign when they take on a depleted Perth side at the Sardar Patel stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad. The Lions, who finished runners-up in the previous edition of the tournament, will be eager to lift the coveted trophy this year but senior batsman Neil McKenzie wants to take it one game at a time. Speaking before their opening encounter, McKenzie said all teams had a fair chance of winning the competition and pointed out that the team that gets used to the conditions the quickest will have the advantage. "We would take it one game at a time. I think all the sides can win. Just look at the Qualifiers that have come through and how well they have been played. It's going to be a really hard-fought competition and I think whichever side gets used to the conditions as quickly as possible (can win the tournament)." Before arriving to India, Lions skipper Alviro Petersen had reckoned that his side would be the underdogs during the CL and McKenzie echoed his captain's sentiments and mentioned that there are quite a few players who haven't played in the sub-continent before. "A lot of the guys haven't left the country in terms of playing in the subcontinent. So back home we probably wouldn't be underdogs, but here the conditions are different than what we are used to. We have to adjust to different lengths so that takes a bit of time." "Having said that, we have got some serious players in our squad like Imarn Tahir, Sohail Tanveer that can do the job. But the conditions are foreign to quite a few of the squad, so obviously the guys who have played here are doing a lot of talking to get the preparations right. We have got no doubt that those guys will perform," McKenzie added. Despite having played in India before, McKenzie is not quite sure of what conditions to expect. "I have been to India a few times and it is hard to say (what to expect). You think you are going to come and play on dust bowls, but look at last night's wicket (in Jaipur during the Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians match) and the wickets that matches have been played on (during the Qualifiers) and it looks like there has been some bounce and seam movement and swing. So I think that will help some of our fast bowlers. But it will be hard work for some of our batters, so depends on what sort of pitches we are going to come up against." Mckenzie is happy that the Lions are playing their first game against Perth, which is also a team that will be looking to adjust to the Indian conditions. "The positive thing about playing against the Perth Scorchers first is that they are not a subcontinent side as well so they will also have to adjust to the conditions. So it lets us get used to the conditions. They have got a young side with a few old heads. They are still a quality side but their bowling is a bit unknown so we have got some homework to do on them." When asked about their plans for the tournament, McKenzie replied: "If you have an experienced set of guys, especially the bowling side of things just tend to happen. You get your blueprint in most teams. If you look at teams that have done well over the last couple of years, they have got a blueprint that they sort of stick to. There could be one or two variations but it is the blueprint that they know and everyone knows their role. So that comes with experience and playing together for a while." While terming veteran spinner Brad Hogg as a world-class player, McKenzie said his side is ready to play spin bowling, which will be the key weapon for most teams in this tournament. "He (Hogg) is a world-class player; he has come from retirement and found that the Twenty20 game suits him and he has done well and played for the national side. Look at any side and you won't find any that doesn't have a quality spinner. There are subcontinental sides that can host two or three quality spinners. We sort of know what we are in for." Mekenzie termed the Lions outfit as a well-balanced unit, capable of doing well with both the bat and the ball and mentioned that the toss will not be much of a factor. "You have to have your basics together and a have a great game plan. We have got a good balance. We have got a quality bowling side. So if we under-score, we have a chance to bowl us to a victory; and if we don't bowl well up front or if someone gets in and goes big, we have got a batting side that can chase. We will back ourselves to chase most totals."
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I want to thank Aysha Tanya Hashim, or whatever combination of those words she's using to refer to herself these days, for pointing something out about my Book Bucket list in the previous post: there isn't a single woman author on my list. The thought hadn't even occurred to me. That's how well I have been trained by society to follow my gender role and ignore women doing "a man's job". I could, of course, say that it's just a coincidence but I'm not going to. The lack of women writers in my list reveals a bias in me, one that is unhealthy, subliminal, and embarrassing. 99% of all the books I read are by men. With the exception of famous authors like JK Rowling, Enid Blyton, and Agatha Christie, I believe Maggie Koerth-Baker's Before The Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us, is the only work of nonfiction that I own or have read that was written by a woman. For this clear disparity, I apologise. This was not on purpose and I will try to bring balance back to my reading habits.
I thought that I could begin by listing the top 2 books in my "I Want to Read" Book Bucket, both of which were authored by women whom I deeply respect and admire. They are:
- This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein is the spiritual successor to Noam Chomsky as the world's leading left-wing intellectual and liberal conscience. Her book No Logo was an inspiration, showcasing the way in which corporate hegemonies are sowing the seeds for a new aristocracy. Another group of people inspired by the book were Radiohead, who originally considered calling the album that eventually became Kid A, No Logo. (I just connected my last two posts to this one. Yay?)
I'm currently reading her second original work of nonfiction, The Shock Doctrine. It is a brilliant and terrifying account of how shock and awe tactics are being used to create and perpetuate injustices – economic, social, and political – across the world. While reading the effectiveness of these techniques I couldn't help but think to myself, as Boromir did at the Council of Elrond, what if we can use this weapon against the enemy? We need a fundamental change in the way the world operates if we are to achieve global energy security, stop climate change and achieve some sense of resource equality. Well, Ms Klein is clearly ahead me on that thought.
Her latest book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate, released but a few days ago, touches on a topic very close to me, climate change and resource security. She advocates using these same techniques to no longer persuade people in power to change to a more equitable and sustainable model of business and administration, but to leave them no alternative. The video below, taken from the book's official website can be seen as a trailer of sorts for it. I'm not a fan of change by activism; I believe it rarely makes a positive impact and whatever impact it makes tends to be chaotic and violent first. But this is something I might actually give a shit about. Sorry, Explosm.
- The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being: Evolution and the Making of Us by Dr Alice Roberts
I have been a fan of Dr Roberts for a while now, ever since I saw her incredible documentary on human evolution, The Origins of Us. She is one of the world's leading medical anthropologists and the way she describes the evolution of Homo sapiens sapiens is nothing short of exhilarating. The desire to read this book was born in me the moment I heard of its existence, but what inculcated a further curiosity was when I watched another one of her brilliant documentaries on YouTube. The Incredible Human Journey vividly describes the way that human beings evolved and spread from a relatively small number based out of the rift valley in Africa to becoming the most dominant species on Earth. The diversity and adaptability of human beings is also intensely elaborated upon by Dr Roberts, with each episode focusing on a different continent.
But as always, books allow authors, especially ones as engaging and knowledgeable as Dr Roberts, to elucidate their ideas and give a broader and more beautiful understanding of the issue. I also look forward to reading this book because Alice Roberts herself has described it as something of a concerted effort. She wrote 4 books in 5 years between 2006 and 2011, but has taken 3 years just to write this one. That implies a lot of research, editing, and care has gone into this one.
Amazon's summary of the book is better than anything I can say about it. Here's a summary of the summary:
Bringing together the latest scientific discoveries, Professor Alice Roberts illustrates that evolution has made something which is far from perfect. Our bodies are a quirky mix of new and old, with strokes of genius alongside glitches and imperfections which are all inherited from distant ancestors. This is a tale of discovery, not only exploring why and how we have developed as we have, but also looking at the history of our anatomical understanding.
I do have another reason for wanting to read The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being, apart from the name, that is. And the reason is a girl. She's barely 4 months old and is already changing the way I view the world. My niece, a beautiful baby girl named Nitya, is growing up so fast it astounds me. In the blink of an eye to a fog-headed old fart like me, she's gone from being barely able to open her eyes to babbling in proto-language gobbledegook. As I don't plan to have kids (again, you're welcome, universe) whatever little affection I do possess towards children shall be directed entirely at my niece. And I would be fascinated to know how she can go from being the 3 kg mass of organic, freshly-made human I saw on May 9, 2014 to someone who will make one day be better than me at operating technology and a whole host of other complex tasks.
So that should hopefully be a good start to rectifying the situation vis a vis my subconscious bias against women writers. If anyone has any suggestions, nonfiction would be preferable, please list them in the comments below.


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Solid Job Gains In April Ease Fears About Economy
Some economists worry that restaurants, retailers and other companies are hiring more part-timers in preparation for the start of health care reform. Companies with more than 50 full-time employees in 2013 will be required to provide health insurance to their full-time staff next year.
Retailers, restaurants and hotels added 48,000 more jobs in February than previously reported. They accounted for three-quarters of that month's revision.
The government revises each month's jobs total twice in the following two months. The revisions occur because many companies in the survey submit their responses late.
Friday's report said the number of people who have been unemployed for more than six months dropped 258,000 to 4.4 million.Over the past year, the number of long-term unemployed has declined by 687,000. That's down from a peak of 6.7 million in 2010. But it's far above pre-recession levels of about 1.3 million. ___ Follow Chris Rugaber on Twitter at http://Twitter.com/ChrisRugaber
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Amazon Donates 2,000 Kindle Devices To Wounded Service Members Ahead Of Veterans Day And Commits To Hiring At Least 1,200 Veterans In Upcoming Year
Continuing its commitment to support transitioning military service women and men, Amazon, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced a donation of 2,000 Kindle devices to non-profit Operation Homefront to support wounded service members and their families. The company also pledged to hire at least 1,200 veterans in the next 12 months.
"Amazon is committed to supporting veterans as they transition from military life to civilian life and is excited to donate 2,000 Kindle devices to the wounded warriors at Operation Homefront, an organization dedicated to supporting our nation's military," said Dave Clark, Amazon's vice president of global customer fulfillment. "As we continue to create jobs in the U.S., we want to ensure that our nation's veterans know that Amazon is a destination where they can turn their unique skillsets into a robust career."
"Many of our service members, who faced challenges abroad, return home to find a whole different set of trials as they work to figure out how their specific military skill set translates into a civilian job," U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chairman of Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee said. "I applaud companies like Amazon for committing to help our military heroes adjust to being home by ensuring they have access to quality employment."
Amazon currently employs hundreds of self-identified veterans in its 40 U.S. fulfillment centers and pays its full-time, permanent employees 30 percent more than what traditional retail store employees earn. Amazon has a team made up of veterans that is devoted to military recruitment and offers its veteran employees access to mentoring and career support to help them develop their skills into long-term careers at Amazon. In 2011, Amazon launched a Virtual Contact Center enabling employees to work from home while providing customer service support, and has actively recruited military spouses and wounded warriors into those roles."It's very fitting that we recognize Amazon's support of our wounded service members and their families as we near Veterans Day," said Jim Knotts, president and CEO of Operation Homefront. "These Kindle devices will greatly enhance their quality of life as they progress through their challenging recovery process."
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