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Wow, this case ended up with a plea bargain for just twelve months in jail?
The case of Nils Linke used to be a BFD.
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But late last month it evaporated into nothingness, into a simple jail term.
So, you can booze it up at world-famous Kokkari restaurant, run over a German tourist despite your gf yelling at you to look out, get out of the car to move the German tourist's bike off of the road (no, not him himself, just the bike, you leave the dude himself to die), get back into the car after switching seats with the gf, and then drive away, and your punishment, years later, will be, what six months, eight months, in county jail because that's what District Attorney George Gascon is willing to sign off on. No trial, no nothing, just a plea deal.
So what would Joshua Calder have gotten without the hitting and the running and the seat switching? Three months? Community service?
Here's how some people cross six lanes of Masonic at Ewing Terrace:
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Now, is this kind of thing legal? Well sure, if you're walking – this could be one of those unmarked crosswalk deals.
But it's not legal to cross here if you're running. Sorry pedestrian.
(Our FUBARed beyond all reason SFMTA has a plan to put a traffic light in here whenever it can get its grand mal Masonic Street Design off the ground.)
Now a little further up the hill, we lost a ped who was similarly jaywalking earlier this year. I guess we could blame accidents like that the 30 MPH speed limit in front of Trader Joe's, but that's not how I'd look at it.
I'd look at it by trying to get inside the peds' heads to try to think of a way to get them to not kill themselves.
Oh well.
"Masonic Avenue Street Design Study
Engineering hearing on proposed changes, May 13, 2011
Masonic Street Redesign Study final report (PDF)
The survey results from the third community meeting, held on September 30, 2010, at San Francisco Day School (PDF), are available.
About the Project
The primary goal of the Masonic Avenue Street Design Study is to identify how Masonic Avenue between Geary Boulevard and Fell Street can safely and efficiently accommodate the needs of all roadway users, including but not limited to pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and Muni. The project is funded by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority through the Prop K half-cent local transportation sales tax program.
1. Engage representatives of all constituencies within the community who would be impacted by changes to Masonic Avenue including, but not limited to, residents on Masonic Avenue, residents on side-streets, merchants, school representatives, bicyclists, Muni customers and pedestrians.
2. Improve transit operation.
3. Improve pedestrian and non-motorized access to transit.
4. Increase the safety of pedestrian crossings.
5. Increase motorist compliance with traffic rules and regulations.
6. Reduce the number of vehicular collisions, especially those involving pedestrians and bicyclists.
7. Support neighborhood vitality by creating a more inviting and accommodating public realm.
Community meeting presentations
The following presentations from the various community meetings are available from the San Francisco Planning Department website:
First community meeting presentation, June 15, 2010, Day School, PDF, 7MB
Second community meeting presentation, Aug. 10, 2010, Day School, PDF, 7MB
Third community meeting presentation, Sept. 30, 2010, Day School, PDF, 6MB
James Shahamiri
It's like this, on the steepest block coming down from Mervyn's Heights.
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Is this illegal? I don't know.
The San Francisco Examiner was on the scene today at a hearing for Joshua Calder. Looks like the People of the City and County of San Francisco are going to trial against him. Oh, and see what the Bay City News Service adds in, via The Bay Citizen.
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So, for equal time, here's another side to the story:
"SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18, 2011 – Petra Linke and Jüergen Schneider-Linke have filed a wrongful death lawsuit (case no.CGC-11-507332 [see SF StreetsBlog]) in San Francisco County Superior Court for the August 13th death of their son, 22-year-old Nils Yannick Linke, a German tourist who was fatally struck by a car while riding his bicycle on Masonic Avenue in San Francisco. The suit, filed by The Veen Firm, names Joshua Calder, the vehicle's driver; Nicole Mairs, Calder's girlfriend who was a passenger in the vehicle; and June Soelberg, the vehicle's registered owner. Calder is facing criminal charges for vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident; he remains free on $500,000.00 bail.
"The defendants willfully got behind the wheel of a car after an evening of drinking and struck down Nils as he rode his bike. They left the scene of the accident without rendering any assistance or calling for help. The result is this young man's tragic death. While Calder is being tried in a criminal court, all of the defendants are also guilty of negligence." said Kevin Lancaster of The Veen Firm.
On Aug. 13, 2010, Calder and Mairs had dinner in San Francisco, consuming two bottles of wine, a champagne cocktail, a beer and two shots of liqueur. After leaving the restaurant, Calder was driving a Mercedes-Benz, registered to Mairs' grandmother, June Soelberg. While driving down Masonic Avenue, Calder struck Linke from behind. Linke's bike had a flashing white light on it.
The complaint alleges that Calder collided into Linke, causing him to hit the windshield before he landed in the street. Calder then pulled the car to the side of the road and checked on Linke, who was convulsing and bleeding from the nose and ears. Instead of rendering aid or calling for help, Calder moved the mangled bicycle to the side of the road, and returned to the car. Mairs took over driving and sped away from the scene of the accident.
A few blocks away, police officers stopped the car. Calder was arrested for driving under the influence; more than two hours after the accident his blood alcohol content was .10 percent. His blood also tested positive for cannibinoids.
Linke was transported by the San Francisco Police Department Medic to San Francisco General Hospital, where he died from his injuries.
"Clearly this tragedy is a direct result of Maris' and Calder's blatant disregard for the safety of others. However, this case also highlights the need for safer streets for bicyclists in the city. For years, safety advocates and residents of Masonic Avenue have been attempting to get the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to implement more traffic calming measures in the area. For instance, the area between Fell and Geary on Masonic has ranked as the tenth highest corridor for bicycle collisions for the past five years. Due to the efforts of groups such as Bike NOPA, SF Bike Coalition, Fix Masonic, and others, many changes have been made and more are in the works. The streets should be safe for all roadway users, including bicyclists," added Lancaster.
The Veen Firm focuses on recovering damages for the catastrophically injured and has since 1975. The firm specializes in catastrophic injury, construction accident, legal malpractice, medical malpractice, negligence, premises liability, product liability, toxic exposure and wrongful death cases. For more information visit: http://www.veenfirm.com"
And here's some background from last year. (I don't know how many continuances this case has had, but it's best for everyone to get it tried quickly, right?)
"Wow, writer Brent Begin is all over the case of Nils Linke, who was killed in a collision with the Mercedes-driving Joshua Calder last Friday. Here are the latest allegations made public.
First the "booze-soaked dinner" at Kokkari:
And then the alleged seat switching:
Was the SFPD able to pull prints off of the bicycle? If so, this is not your typical hit-and-run felony case, that's for sure.
Wonder how up-to-speed the staff at Kokkari is about California law. We may soon find out….
CA Business and Professions Code 25602:
(a) Every person who sells, furnishes, gives, or causes to
be sold, furnished, or given away, any alcoholic beverage to any
habitual or common drunkard or to any obviously intoxicated person is
guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) No person who sells, furnishes, gives, or causes to be sold,
furnished, or given away, any alcoholic beverage pursuant to
subdivision (a) of this section shall be civilly liable to any
injured person or the estate of such person for injuries inflicted on
that person as a result of intoxication by the consumer of such
alcoholic beverage.
(c) The Legislature hereby declares that this section shall be
interpreted so that the holdings in cases such as Vesely v. Sager (5
Cal. 3d 153), Bernhard v. Harrah's Club (16 Cal. 3d 313) and Coulter
v. Superior Court (____ Cal. 3d ____) be abrogated in favor of prior
judicial interpretation finding the consumption of alcoholic
beverages rather than the serving of alcoholic beverages as the
proximate cause of injuries inflicted upon another by an intoxicated
CA Business and Professions Code 25602.1:
Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 25602, a cause
of action may be brought by or on behalf of any person who has
suffered injury or death against any person licensed, or required to
be licensed, pursuant to Section 23300, or any person authorized by
the federal government to sell alcoholic beverages on a military base
or other federal enclave, who sells, furnishes, gives or causes to
be sold, furnished or given away any alcoholic beverage, and any
other person who sells, or causes to be sold, any alcoholic beverage,
to any obviously intoxicated minor where the furnishing, sale or
giving of that beverage to the minor is the proximate cause of the
personal injury or death sustained by that person.
(a) Everyone is responsible, not only for the result of his
or her willful acts, but also for an injury occasioned to another by
his or her want of ordinary care or skill in the management of his or
her property or person, except so far as the latter has, willfully
or by want of ordinary care, brought the injury upon himself or
herself. The design, distribution, or marketing of firearms and
ammunition is not exempt from the duty to use ordinary care and skill
that is required by this section. The extent of liability in these
cases is defined by the Title on Compensatory Relief.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to abrogate the holdings
in cases such as Vesely v. Sager (1971) 5 Cal.3d 153, Bernhard v.
Harrah's Club (1976) 16 Cal.3d 313, and Coulter v. Superior Court
(1978) 21 Cal.3d 144 and to reinstate the prior judicial
interpretation of this section as it relates to proximate cause for
injuries incurred as a result of furnishing alcoholic beverages to an
intoxicated person, namely that the furnishing of alcoholic
beverages is not the proximate cause of injuries resulting from
intoxication, but rather the consumption of alcoholic beverages is
the proximate cause of injuries inflicted upon another by an
intoxicated person.
(c) No social host who furnishes alcoholic beverages to any person
may be held legally accountable for damages suffered by that person,
or for injury to the person or property of, or death of, any third
person, resulting from the consumption of those beverages."
Forget about ice cream this summer.
As seen in the window display of 2G Japanese Brasserie at 601 Van Ness:
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These chatty Euro-types are braver than I.
They're from a cycling culture different from America's, that's for sure.
I was on the sidewalk* by the time they ended up taking up the slow lane of deadly Masonic southbound, languidly cruising side-by-side at about half the speed limit all the way to Fell.
Where Nils Linke died last year and James Hudson died this year:
I'm afraid of Masonic, myself. But that's nothing a little reorganizing couldn't fix.
Of course our corrupt SFMTA, the worst-run agency in town, has a plan for this part of Masonic. But it's afraid to implement safety measures quickly and cheaply because that would lower support for what the SFMTA wants to do, which is to wait years and then spend years and eight figures (million$ per block) planting trees and whatnot.
To fight blight, or something.
To make area property owners happy.
Oh well.
At least by then, we'll have our Target store on Masonic.
Right Charlize and Bullseye?
*As I've stated before these people died, all cyclists should be on the wide sidewalks of Masonic instead of actually being on Masonic betwixt Turk and Fulton, generally.
Your SocketSite had the deets back in the day about Fillmore Park at 1345 Turk Street near Fillmore in the Western Addition.
Don't miss the May 14th, 2011 Informational Workshop:
Contact: Linda Harrison, Fillmore Park Sales & Marketing Team
Saturday May 14, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM PDT
African American Cultural Center
762 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
See you there! Deets below.
Cahill Contractors is still working on it, under the pouring sun yesterday:
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All the deets, as of last year:
How would you like to become landed gentry for less than what you're paying to rent a studio in the Tenderloin? Well, then get on over to 1345 Turk.com, where it'll soon be on like Donkey Kong.
Imagine living right near all the those new nightlife spots on Fillmore – and you'd be less than 400 yards from Alamo Square and the Painted Ladies.
There might be a lottery involved, but you can't win if you don't play…
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Be sure to invite me over for a BBQ after you get settled in!
And just look at the artwork they have! I call this crop "Andre the Giant walks to his red SAAB 900″
Bon courage!
1345 Turk Street offers thirty-two affordable new homes for first-time homebuyers, specifically working families and individuals earning between 70 and 100% of Area Medium Income.
Flats and townhouses with outdoor patios ring a private landscaped courtyard, creating a quiet community just a block from the bustling Fillmore District and walking distance to shopping, entertainment and transportation.
The project is part of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency's Limited Equity Program, which seeks to increase affordable homeownership opportunities for San Franciscans.
Project Awarded to MSPDI April 2007
Community Design Presentation December 2007 – January 2008
Approval of Schematic Design by Redevelopment Agency Commission February 2008
Design Development and Construction Documents Begin Summer 2009
Conditional Use Granted by Planning Department January 2010
Design Completes February 2010
Developer Enters into a Development and Disposition Agreement
with the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency February 2010
Project Bidding and Permitting March 2010
Neighborhood Construction Job Outreach Begins June 2010
Construction Starts July 2010
Project Information Workshops Summer 2010- Spring 2011
Project Outreach to Certificate Holders Spring – Summer 2010
Buyer Preparation and Homeownership Workshops Summer 2010- Spring 2011
Buyer Lottery Summer 2011
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This lovely single-storey cottage is situated between Twice Brewed and Hadrian's Wall. Surrounded by miles of rolling countryside and a stone's throw from Hadrian's Wall, this cottage is the ideal place for two people wanting to get out and explore this rugged countryside.
The cottage's layout
- Ground floor
- entrance into the sitting/dining room with wood-burning stove, utility room, kitchen, hallway leading to double bedroom (with 5' bed) and bathroom with bath and shower.
Visitor notes
Heating: Oil central heating included.
Garden: Enclosed informal garden at the back of the cottage.
Parking: There is parking for two cars with a ramp from the parking area to the front door.
Accessibility: Accommodation is on one floor and includes a level access shower.
Please Note: Hadrian's Wall runs directly behind the cottage and the garden may be overlooked by walkers.
There is a NT volunteer gardener who may well be working in the garden on Tuesday's. He will not require access to the cottage and guests do not need to be present. This will be after 10am and will be finished by 5pm.
Cottage details
- Sleeps
- 2
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Let starts
- Friday
- Min stay
- 3
- Dogs allowed
- Yes, 2
- Cottage ref
- 017009
- Acorn rating What's this?
- 3
- Dogs welcome
- Open fire / stove
- Pub nearby
- Romantic
- Single storey
- Cot
- Freezer
- Television
- Tumble dryer
- Washing machine
- Double bed
- Microwave
- Radio
- Accessible for wheelchair users
- Access statement
Things to see and do nearby
- Yorkshire & North East England
In England's spectacular North East, Yorkshire and Northumberland are both counties that offer something for everyone. Yorkshire is world renowned for the beauty of its countryside and its scenery, reaching from the Dales in the west to the Moors in the east. There are also historic towns and cities, a spectacular coastline, much of which is in the care of the Trust, and some of the most magnificent historic houses in the country. The cathedral city of York, where the Trust has two holiday apartments, has a huge variety on offer to visitors - from magnificent York Minster to the medieval Shambles, an area steeped in history and now rich in gift and antique shops alongside fashionable boutiques. Northumberland too abounds in magnificent scenery with wide open stretches of moorland and a long and dramatic coastline. Steeped in history, protecting the border with Scotland since the days when Hadrian's army built the famous Wall, the county also has a wonderful collection of historic houses and castles including Cragside, Wallington and Lindisfarne, all of which are in the care of the Trust. The Trust now has cottages close to Hadrian's Wall itself and in many other spectacular locations including Alnwick and Fountains Abbey, a World Heritage Site.
- Northumberland
Long ago, Northumbria was a land at the very edge of a great empire. And even today, the wind sweeping across the hills still seems to carry the distant sounds of Roman legions marching along Hadrian\'s Wall. The scenery is as unspoilt as it was in those far-off times: it will certainly appeal to those wanting to discover high and lonely places and untouched beaches. The National Trust owns a range of historic buildings in the area including Lindisfarne Castle, Wallington, Cragside and the shore- based Souter lighthouse.
Cottage location
- Key
- Current cottage
- Holiday cottage
National Trust
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- North Pennines
- Northumberland National Park
- Kielder Water and Forest Park
- Horse riding
- Walking
- Bushcraft
- Birdwatching
- Running
National Trust places to visit
- Hadrian's Wall and Housesteads Fort
- Roman wall snaking across dramatic countryside
- Allen Banks and Staward Gorge
- Gorge of the River Allen with ornamental and ancient woodland
- Cherryburn
- Cottage and farmhouse, the birthplace of Thomas Bewick
- Wallington
- Magnificent mansion with fine interiors and collections, set in an extensive garden and parkland
- George Stephenson's Birthplace
- Birthplace of the world-famous railway engineer
- Acorn Bank Garden and Watermill
- Delightful garden renowned for its herbs and old English fruit; with superb tea-room and woodland walks
Visitor comments
Comments from past visitors
Peter & Shirley Robinson
- December 2007
A fabulous property
A fabulous property that became part of our 2007 Christmas away from it all. It was a pleasure from which to walk in the footsteps of the Romans on Hadrians Wall and an equal pleasure to return to this historic comfortable cottage with the necessities of today. The Romans would not have left if thir accommadation was as comfotable. Now looking forward to our 4th NT Cottage in May
Garry and Lynn
- Lincoln
Lovely cottage and very peaceful
Our first NT cottage break and definitely won't be our last. Lovely cottage and very peaceful. Loved the log burning stove, when we eventually managed to get it going! As the cottage backed onto Hadrian's Wall, we had some great walks from there. And despite the wind, we even managed to sit outside and enjoy the garden furniture, albeit wrapped up in coats, scarves, gloves and hats (it was March though). We would recommend Peel Bothy for a nice peaceful getaway. You could see the local pub from the cottage and it was only a few minutes walk down the road, so if you wanted company, a drink or to eat our, you could do so easily.
Stayed at Peel Bothy recently?
We welcome your views on Peel Bothy and these can be provided via our online survey.
What it will cost
The detail
Prices include:
- VAT at the current rate
- Linen, heating and electricity (except where shown in the cottage details)
(not included in the price table above)
- A non-refundable £10 charge is not included, and will be added to the total price of your holiday to cover the cost of accidental breakages
- Unfortunately we cannot accept website bookings more than 15 months in advance. Please call 0344 335 1287 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to enquire about future cottage bookings and reservations.
- As part of the annual pricing review of all its cottages the National Trust reserves the right to move individual cottages up or down the price bands and to alter date breaks. We also reserve the right to charge supplements for certain cottages for specific dates covering special events, e.g. Rosetta Cottages on the Isle of Wight during Cowes week. We will notify you of any special event supplements at the time of booking.

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Well, this lack of information is a real downer. But, we know a few things about the game:
(1) Looks like it will be based on Wings of Glory -- Would like to know what more folks think about this (especially things you hope are the same ad things you hope are different)?
(2) The first ships that will be available -- X-Wing, Y-Wing, TIE Fighter, TIE Advanced (all good choices to start us off, I think)
(3) There will be at least 29 pilots in three of the expansions (still not sure what's in the TIE Advance)
(3a) We know at least 3-5 of the pilots -- Wedge, Horton Salm, & Backstabber (and I'm guessing Luke and Vader from what I've read… maybe even different versions of each) -- What other pilots are you hoping to see?
(4) There will be equipment -- concussion missiles and astromech droids for sure based on what I read about the expansions-- what other equipment do you hope to see?
(5) There will be scenarios that are supposed to play a little different each time -- what scenarios are you hopping for?
(6) We've seen the dice -- I have not played Wings of Glory and am not quite sure how these will work, does anyone happen to know or have thoughts about this?
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Congratulations Ryan Braun
Braun won the NL Silver Slugger Award
The award is voted on by MLB managers and coaches and is given to one player at each position in each league.
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Circle of Pietro Novelli Italian, about 1640? Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and black chalk 11 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. 94.GA.96
This drawing illustrates Christ's agony as recounted in the Gospel of Saint Luke: "He himself withdrew from them about a stone's throw, knelt down, and began to pray: `Father, if it be thy will, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but thine be done.' And now there appeared to him an angel from heaven bringing him strength, and in anguish of spirit he prayed the more urgently; and his sweat was like clots of blood falling to the ground."


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population measure? Pleasant responded that it is critically important to use a consensus process to develop an agreed-on theory and framework around which measures are developed. There should be a core module of health literacy and then, depending on the context that one is addressing (e.g., chronic disease, health literacy of physicians, health literacy of patients, etc.), add-on modules would be developed. If measures for these were based on an agreed-on framework, comparisons could be made across modules and contexts. It should be possible, Pleasant continued, to develop a telephone assessment of health literacy.
The issue of measurement for research versus measurement for improvement versus measurement for what might be called accountability was raised by one participant. It is hoped that the comprehensive measure under discussion will have components that can accommodate all needs. It seems important that one identify the various needs for measurement. Pleasant responded that a number of measures, such as the REALM and the TOFHLA, are used. But questions have been raised about their validity and whether they address the scope of health literacy. The way to resolve these issues is to develop a consensus approach to the theory and framework of health literacy and then to develop a new set of measures, based on that consensus, that will fill the needs of a variety of audiences.


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36 That is why whoever accepts and trusts the Son gets in on everything, life complete and forever! And that is also why the person who avoids and distrusts the Son is in the dark and doesn't see life. All he experiences of God is darkness, and an angry darkness at that." | 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him." |
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No. 5 Georgia, No. 6 South Carolina ready to settle their score on the field
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Biographical Sketch of Samuel Ball Platner
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Things all over Woodland have gone missing but never fear, the Green Wonder is on the case! Help Franklin solve the mystery by finding clues that rhyme with the missing items.
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Reviewed Fettucine Alfredo
Mar 15, 2013 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"Yum!!! I added a pound of grilled sliced chicken and 2 cups of cooked broccoli just before adding the sauce to the noodles. I also made 1.5 times the sauce to allow for the extra ingredients. It worked beautifully. This definitely beats store bought, hands down, and it was so easy, why not make it yourself? This is now my go to Alfredo. :)""
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by immunization, and has been an advocate of improved immunization of adults. He has served on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the National Vaccine Advisory Committee, and was the first chair of FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee. In addition, he has served as president of both the Infectious Disease Society of America and the American Epidemiological Society.
Patricia Ferrieri, M.D., is Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at Fairview-University Medical Center, Minneapolis. She is also a member of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Division. Her research interests include protein antigens of group B streptococci (GBS), pathogenesis of infection, host immunity, and animal models of bacterial infection and protection. In addition, she is involved in molecular characterization/epidemiology of GBS and other bacteria, neonatal infections, and bacterial vaccines. She is a former chairperson of the NIH Bacteriology and Mycology Study Section and the former chair of the FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, and is knowledgeable in regulatory and licensing procedures.
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With all the political discussion today in the excellent blog by Ewe Wish, I tought I might layout a few things to think about for every American. There are so many misnomers and misinformation out in the general public that has just become accepted as fact, when it is about as factual as Bugs Bunny cartoon. I won't go into everyone as this blog would take hours to read and AMD wouldn't have the server space for it. Let's look at some of these so called facts of the Socialist Democrats and the media
First let me define the term Socialist Democrats. I am taking about President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and all the liberals in our government. Elected and appointed. There are many in the general electorate, but I believe most in the public are just uninformed go along with the program because they have always been Democrats. The Socialist Democrat want power at any cost and could care less who or what is harmed or if the destroy the United States as we know it. In fact I do believe that is their specific goal. Anything else would mean they are half witted imbeciles and that I do not believe. Although in any group there will always be that one percent.
Let's take President Obama's oft repeated campaign slogan. "This is the greatest nation ever to be founded on this earth. Please help me to change it." What!!! Think about that people. If it is the greatest, why change it? I am not saying that some thing need changing. But to change this democratic republic into a socialist/Marxist state is not change anyone I know truly wants. That is exactly what is happening at this time. Banks have been taken over, automakers, the news media was long ago put in their pocket. If they can take over corporations this large, why can't they take over every mom and pop store and everything in between? They say they are not nationalizing these companies, but a easy reading of the definition of nationalizing will tell you that is what they are doing.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters when questioning the big 3 automakers actually said we are basically going to nationalize your companies and all others in this country. She then caught herself and tried to back away from the statement and hemed and hawed and finally just said well we will just run your companies. This is in the Congressional Record for the first quarter of this year as well as on tape of every news media company in the country.
You may think tearing apart these car companies are getting back at the rich for their greed. Ha! The jokes on you. Folks. Today Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, ultra leftist Supreme Court Justice. Placed a stay on the sale of Chrysler to Fiat. Why? Because Obama, in his caring for the little man and the teachers of the country, set up a plan for the Bankruptcy Court (he approved it) to give all the assets of the sale to the unions and unsecured lenders (government) and cut out all the secured investors, which happens to be the teachers retirement funds and police and fire retirement funds. The union have nothing invested, yet are second from the government in getting the money from the sale.
Things that make you go Hmmm. Even an ultra leftist judge couldn't swallow this. If the sale does not go through by June 15, Fiat can back out and Chrysler will be liquidated by the Obama administration so say Tax cheat Timothy Geitner. Head of Treasury.
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Jun 8 @ 9:30PM
You are fogetting that the car companies made this mess. if you or i filed bankruptcy. No one would care or bail us out. They shouldnt get anything from the American goverment, the american people or any of our taxes. My children and my grandchildren should not have ot pay for someone elses greed or mistakes. The ceo should have to pay the tax payers back for what they were given. Car companies disbanded and sold at auction. as for jobs lost. My job depends alot on cars. I have heard enough about what will happen to my job if they go under. Problem is. THEY HAVE GONE UNDER. They screwed up, they should pay. Sorry lady. i shouldnt take it out on you. I will go away quietly now.
Jun 8 @ 9:36PM
Good to see you post a blog.
One person may see a democrat as a liberal, socialist, radical extremist.
Another person may see a republican as a conservative, fascist, radical extremist.
Most Americans of either, or no, political party affiliation tend to be moderates. That is why we have the changing of the guard every eight years or so.
Jun 8 @ 9:51PM
I read an article not so very long ago which was titled,
"For His Country He Wept, No One Would Listen"
. I wish I could have found a link to it somewhere on the 'net, but alas, it was not to be. It was in a CNY edition of Table Hopping...essentially a mini-mag in a newspaper with night life, dining out, community activities...etc. If you live around Syracuse, NY then you know what it is.
Anyhow, the title struck me--and still does. Some of the statements made just resonated. It can be summarized by stating the article was about the collective ungoverned impact of self-designed rules that do not embrace the intent of this land, and guide our most able and well to do. It is about what happens when greed and thirst for power have free reign. It's about unpatriotic governance by those so trusted to lead.
You could write a book on corporate law that harms the people, that not a soul on earth knows how it became so. Our government has allowed the mighty to design their own course, thus blessing the rich with the laws and ability to take 90% of our bounty for 1% of the people. Not one of them will suffer as a result of this financial crisis.
I am rather apolitical, so for me to find impact in an article...utterly amazing. I could probably scan it and email it to anyone interested since my google skills are apparently lacking. LOL!
Jun 8 @ 10:18PM
Let's face it, if any one's views are different from yours (mine), it's easy to find a negative slant. The beauty of our country is that we can hold our opinions and vote how we choose. Complain all you want about our ELECTED officials...but remember they are there because the majority of those voting put them there. Instead of whining and boo-hooing about the way things are, we should get out there and work for change.
Jun 8 @ 10:21PM
Let's take President Obama's oft repeated campaign slogan. "This is the greatest nation ever to be founded on this earth. Please help me to change it."
Yep, he wants to turn this great country upside down, inside and out to make this a government where people are totally dependant on big government.
We're seeing where Obama's policies are ruining this once great country we used to know. For the past 5 month he's managed to screw up so many things, and has deepend us in this resession with his spending bill, and yet, he still wants to throw more of our money into spending our way out of this mess.
I'm not sure how long it's going to take for Obama's supporters to wake up and see what this guy is all about.
Giving you a kudo for a great well written blog!
Jun 8 @ 10:46PM
It is my hope that some of if not all of what I write will make people think a little from themselves. That is my point.
rdsingle, you are correct in several points and yet missing the point. Yes you can say the car companies screwed up and yes they did. First is the allowed the unions to push them around until they were paying more and giving more benefits than they could afford. So not only is it the car companies fault, it is the unions just as much. Yet the unions are benefiting and the car companies are not. There was a time for unions, but their time is long past for the most part. Government should not and is not legally authorized to bail anyone out. Starting with President Bush's TARP deal and President Obama continuing they bailouts are a big part of the problem we find ourselves in today. It is easy to point blame, but there are a lot of people to blame for all of this. So the car companies are paying, why are the unions profiting and the share holders taking the financial beating.Why is the federal government involved at all in anyway? Answer: Socialism. Sorry I did not rewrite the history of the US economy in my starting blog. I can only cover one thing at a time.
Words of Wit you are also partially correct about why we change ever so often. But why do the Socialist Democrats seem to drive costs up, with taxes? Taxing the rich is such a old and lame excuse. You know it and I know it. You can tax the wealthy out of every dime they have and give it to the poor and when there are no more rich (New York is approaching this now) who are they going to take the money from then? That is the fundamental flaw of Socialism and why it has failed every time it has been tried. Why do you think it will work now? The definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.
This plan of Obama's is the same that Carter tried. He has even said that publicly. It was a colossal failure then and will be even moreso this time. As for conservatives being classed as facists. That was going to be one of the misnomers I planned to discuss. The Nazi's are called Facists, Wrong they were Social Democrats. Just look at their own full name. Mussolini was a facist. The Democrat politicians of today are far closer to this than any Conservative or Republican ever has been. Just because the media has promoted this idea does not make it so.
JuJubear I cannot address something I know nothing about in you comment. Sorry.
Looking4ever. I have no problem with you or anyone disagreeing with me. I am not placing a negative slant on something I disagree with I am stating fact and applying a little logic for people to think of. One of the hardest things for me to understand is why people will absolutely refuse to even look at facts without automatically attacking them as slanted or attacking the bearer of facts.
All I ask is for people to think about the facts and cause and effect, not just the "spin" and media talking points. Look up the facts for yourselves.
Jun 8 @ 10:50PM
You are fogetting that the car companies made this mess.
I'll give you that, to a point! If you mean that the auto companies did this on a singular basis, then no- I disagree with you. If you mean that part of the "mess" they got themselves into is partially a result of a systemic failure, then yes- I agree with you, with the emphasis on
. The mess we're in now, began years and several administrations ago, on both sides of the coin! The cause and effect the auto companies are now experiencing, isn't any different than the housing bubble that burst, beginning the degradation of the housing industry, followed by the auto industry, will be followed by the insurance industry and commercial properties- a commercial property loses a business(s), it sits empty, generating no mortgage payments or tax base! Who's going to pay for the mortgage and taxes? No one- it sits there, taking up space and the owner loses as well! Oh and lets not talk about manufacturing complexes, that I have been in personally, that are empty blocks long buildings to de-install a laser system that was sold! This company manufactured auto components!
GM, wants to take their headquarters out of the Ren Center and move it somewhere else! Now there's a potential white elephant, if I ever saw one! Who's going to pay for the Ren Center and support its tax base? Beginning the acceleration of the demise of Detroit! Not to mention its 'grab and run' tactics, by its very own administrations!
I share you're frustration about your dependency on the auto industry to put food on the table, as I do, in what I do but the problem isn't just the CEOs of whatever company you care to mention these days! You're forgetting the government's over all policy of 'looking the other way' while the practice of greed was going on throughout our businesses! Not to mention the government encouraging mortgage lenders to severly reduce their requirements so that "everyone can purchase a house"- not
but purchase- you know, to "stimulate the economy." Where have I heard
I could go on ad nauseam but I'm getting tired! As our state Governor, Jennifer Granholm once said "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"- She's right, we haven't!
Jun 8 @ 11:05PM
i agree the union and the government are part of the problem. As far as Im concerned the unions should not get anything including share sof the car companies and the government should not own any part of them. The stockholders should get their share. they bought in good faith. The retirees should get their retirement and not lose benifits. This has already happened. The general workforce should get all that acn be given. But the people in control that seen this coming and did nothing but get what they could should not get anything but should have to repay what they cost the american people. Not just in the car companies but the banking system, insurance, mortgage and the financial district that rode the wave of greed and corruption. Look back to the depression. Look back to the American worker. Not to the government. Not to corporate. Just plain ol Americans raising families and raising american standards.
Jun 8 @ 11:36PM
Awesome blog. You gave quite a bit to think about. Kudos to you.
Jun 8 @ 11:43PM
Since 1992 all I have heard was bitching about liberals and socialists despite the first six years of seeing republicans controlling both houses of congress and the presidency.
What did that get us? Look around...I am sure there will be some rationalized way of blaming those who weren't in power. God forbid the obvious track record be brought into it.
Respectfully, the only only thing I see in the ideas submitted on this blog and the ideas submitted by Rush Limbaugh is a an extremely attractive woman and a fat guy.
Jun 8 @ 11:45PM
You gave quite a bit to think about.
Old w(h)ine in a new bottle.
Jun 8 @ 11:54PM
Awesome blog. You gave quite a bit to think about. Kudos to you.
I'm with Ewe on this one!
Jun 9 @ 12:26AM
Old w(h)ine in a new bottle.
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. ~Attributed to Harry S. Truman
I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma. ~Eartha Kitt
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon. ~Alexander Pope
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. ~Henry Ford
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily. ~Thomas Szasz
Jun 9 @ 4:14AM
"I did NOT have sexual relations with that woman." William Jefferson Clinton
"If you take out the killings, Washington (DC) actually has a very very low crime rate." -- M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
Also, one of my favorites, after getting arrested.....
"Bitch set me up"
(Equal time)
" I am NOT a crook!" Richard M Nixon.
(Aren't quotes fun?) Now for some serious ones by Thomas Jefferson.
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
(Sorry Tom, not happening today)
If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?
(wow, lawyers were useless even 200 years ago)
Never spend your money before you have earned it.
(I guess they didn't have VISA in the 1700's)
And finally... the epitaph for the USA?
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Jun 9 @ 7:57AM
Does one really expect to change 8 years of Bush follies/fuck-ups in four months???
Jun 9 @ 7:57AM
Though all of your points are sound and very important, to myself at least. There is a far greater cause, a seed if you will, to all this mess.
Complacency. People by and large have grown to a place where they simply accept statements and ideas as facts. Lacking the ability or desire to learn for themselves.
Take health care for example. Socialist argue that we need Nationalised health care. Isn't that what we have today. Isn't that the very reason the health care system is broken?
Don't believe me??
Health Insurance...a semi-private system built on the idea that the cost of coverage can be spread over the whole of the policy holders. Everyone paying roughly the same amount for the same services. One person will need or use more than another. The sum of the cost will be lower because of those who don't use the Insurance. The network can hold costs down thru the power of many.
What went wrong? Its a perfect idea right? People figured out that you can abuse the system by taking from it and spreading the burden to those that don't. That is socialised health care. Add into that, the fact that most ER's are funding thru taxpayer dollars and you have the Un-Holy trinity of corruption.
Nationalised Health care does not work. Will not work and can not work.
But, everyone is "on board" with the idea because it sounds good hearted. The truth is Nationalised health care is whats wrong with our health care system.
Socialist have lived by the idea that they can make people do good things. When in truth they are only interested in making themselves feel good about it. Not really caring who they hurt with their "good deeds". Blinded to the fact that someone will be hurt by their ideas. Someone will pay for thier wants.
It is one thing to want to help others. Its another thing to demand that I must help others based on your feelings. That denies me of my right to not help anyone.
Jun 9 @ 8:01AM
Nice set of quotes, SloHand. TJ is one of my faves whenever I sit down to mull things over, along with Churchill and Chesterton.
Jun 9 @ 8:14AM
For the record, ever since I was a kid (read "19 and in the military") I've had to pay attention to politics to some degree. Life working in Military Intelligence just won't allow otherwise, although my focus was Russia.
Thing is NO President, until recently, has had the power to simply step in and shake things up to this degree. It's always been my estimation that nearly the entire first two years of any Presidency can be attributed to actions, bills, etc., set in motion prior by the prior President's administration and any balance or imbalance of Congress and the House at large.
Yet it's inevitable that the moment anyone takes office people begin the blame game. Hell, it's why elections and the campaign process in our country last for about two years.
That second two, well -- they tend to belong to the administration in power at the time.
With the advent of 9/11 all that changed. The Bush administration had a great deal of power thrust into its hands very quickly, very early in that administration's term.
By the end of the Bush years people were so disenchanted with everything political that Obama practically
into power. There was greater contention between the Democratic candidates than there ever was fear the Democrats would lose to the Republicans for the 2008 elections. It was merely a question of WHOM would be the Messiah.
(NOT my view; I wanted Ron Paul.)
Frankly, during Clinton's terms things were nearly balanced politically; the President was Democrat, the Republican's had control of the senate. A lot of bad came out of that time, but so did a lot of good.
No situation involving people will ever be perfect; that's just not in our nature. Human's have three basic emotions:
1. Greed
2. Lust
3. Greed
WoW is correct inasmuch as expressing the semi-futility of finger-pointing and name-calling.
Who started all this? Who caused all this?
Hell, you'd have to go back to the end of WWII, continue through to the days of Hoffa while NOT excluding hippies and 'Nam or the Moral Majority or Gangsta Rap.
Take a look around; we're here because we allowed ourselves to get stupid in our greed and push for a life of unbelievable luxury without effort. "Unbelievable" means it can't be believed; and if it can't, there's probably a good reason for it.
Jun 9 @ 9:04AM
They are all crooks in my opinion. I voted for Obama because I felt he was the better man for the job. I highly doubt McCain would be doing any better if he were in office. Things take time and aren't going to happen overnight.
If what Obama is doing isn't the solution then what is? He came into one hell of a mess. There will
be a president voted into office where people aren't going to be complaining about what he's doing.
Jun 9 @ 9:24AM
i understand your view. Not all ceos are bad. but during this bailout from the government a lot of people walked away with a good size chunk of money and the worker got the shaft. Unfortunatly GM is getting the bad publicity. More so than the rest. This is only my opinion. I am NOT saying anyone else is wrong. thanks again lady for your time and blog.
Jun 9 @ 9:39AM
If what Obama is doing isn't the solution then what is?
I have difficulty imagining anyone who looked at corporate bailout and didn't see misappropriation coming. What I wonder is why none of the rules set for the funds didn't cover precisely that contingency?
It's a tough call, no doubt. On one hand we hope to save jobs by keeping corporations in business; on the other, we have to figure out a way to force them to act responsibly, and worse still, we have to do it in such a way as to NOT turn them over to the government.
But what happened is that essentially the government has purchased what I'll refer to as "a controlling share" in the automotive industry. I won't deny that the auto industries caused this to get out of hand through misappropriation, but what LED to an atmosphere where that could happen? What LED to nonsense even farther back along the line such as Enron? How did such things become possible?
Everything has a pro and a con to it, be it Union or Corporate leadership. Throw government into the mix and you've just released the hounds into what was already a cockfight melee in an effort to "clear matters up".
Without a Union, workers would still be exploited horribly; yet once any Union gains adequate power they seem to lose all reason, want to act like the Corporate money-barrel doesn't have a bottom.
I'm considering a move to Canada. Any hot babes wish to join me?
Jun 9 @ 10:02AM
If what Obama is doing isn't the solution then what is? He came into one hell of a mess[QUOTE]
Obama, came into a mess. What he could have done is what Ronald Reagan did. Get government out of the way and allow the American Capitalists and entrepeneurs do what they do best. We would not have the massive unemployment now, nor would we have a debt no one alive today will ever see paid off. Instead he did what even the Communists and Socialist in other failed countries told him and warned him NOT to do. Like all he says, he does the exact opposite. He is predictable. The media elected him and the media keeps feeding you the Pablum. Some wish to eat it up and some of us grew out of that and moved to real food long ago.
Jun 9 @ 10:13AM
Socialist argue that we need Nationalized health care. Isn't that what we have today. Isn't that the very reason the health care system is broken?
Folks, scroll up and read..... and re-read Nativeamr35 comments on Insurance again. That has to be the best way of explaining insurance that I've ever read. I've contended for years that insurance was the cause of high prices, not the solution, but I was never able to explain it as clear as that.
Too many people do not want to be responsible for their own lives & future. They want someone else to take their money, manage it for them, and dole it out in small amounts as needed.
Insured risk for property & medical care..... retirement (social security and business pensions) Even the stock market. How many people, as a percentage, manage their own account? Probably pretty small. They take their check (or have it payroll deducted) to a "money manager" who invests it for them because it's too complicated and confusing for them.
And THEN they scream and complain because the "managers" did a POOR job of managing it all.
Oh....... I don't follow Rush Limbaugh so I can't attest as to whether your ideas mimic his or not. Surely, people can hold similar, independent views.
I WILL attest that yes, you are certainly MUCH more attractive.
Jun 9 @ 10:28AM
If the price of gas is going up and you make gas guzzling cars that no one wants to buy, then don't cry when you go under. I work in a business where there is supply and demand. And if you do not supply the public what they demand then you are going under.
when I see people complaining about change I think of a quote I have heard all my life :You either change with the times or you die with the times" That much is true. Our country now is not the same as it was when it was founded. What worked then would not work now. There were fewer people, the racial make-up was different, the religious make-up was different. If you fear change and change nothing then the country cannot grow and change the way it needs to to survive changing times.
What would you suggest that the government do when a company falls victim to a greedy few? There needs to be some kind of regulations on these companies because apparently they cannot do it themselves. they had that chance and failed now look at the mess we are in.
This country has always been seeking a balance in its political make-up. First the political position of the majority will swing way to the right, then it will swing way back to the left and then it will head to the right again. You might disagree with where it is right now but it is what the majority of the people in the country wanted. For years the conservatives have been saying if you don't like the way things are then leave, that goes both ways you know. This is not the Conservative States of America or the Liberal States of America that I can remember, it is the United States of America and if people spent half the time they spend complaining, trying to make things better, then we would all be in a better place. Just my 2 cents worth.
Jun 9 @ 10:53AM
Republican...... Democrat.........
The balance of power keeps swinging back and forth, not because people become enamored with either party, it's because they are basically disgusted with both and continually leave the current occupants..... hoping for something better to come along.
Jun 9 @ 11:31AM
allow the American Capitalists and entrepeneurs do what they do best
There are many reasons why that approach didn't work out over the last several years:
More than a dozen airlines
Mortgage companies
Insurance companies
Financial services/investment firms
Auto manufacturers
ya dee yada, blah blah blah, stating the obvious, etc.
Jun 10 @ 7:44AM
You either change with the times or you die with the times
This statement works great, when you talk about technology. But, when speaking of morality it has no place. i.e. changing from honest, fair, moral and goodness to theft, corruption, lies and hatred, is not a change we need. What is politics if not a measure of social moral content?
What would you suggest that the government do when a company falls victim to a greedy few?
Well, you do what anyone would do when theft occurs, you take from them what they stole and put them in jail. That doesn't happen today, because Politics has become immoral. (read previous)
This country has always been seeking a balance in its political make-up. First the political position of the majority will swing way to the right, then it will swing way back to the left and then it will head to the right again. You might disagree with where it is right now but it is what the majority of the people in the country wanted. For years the conservatives have been saying if you don't like the way things are then leave, that goes both ways you know. This is not the Conservative States of America or the Liberal States of America that I can remember, it is the United States of America and if people spent half the time they spend complaining, trying to make things better, then we would all be in a better place.
This is not entirely true. Balance as you stated in the beginning has been distorted. What we see and hear today is not the traditional powers that made this country great. There was a time when socialism did not have a place in our Politics, in our social demographics. Today it makes up more than 40% of our social structure. So, what appears today as a radical swinging isn't really a swinging. Its a battle to restore what made this country great.
On a world level, which so many Obama supporters like to speak about, We have many nations that already have socialism. Many more that are no longer here, because of socialism. The United States, was an experiment. The only nation or political body that implemented what we know as a Democratic Republic. Just like our states, you have a choice. You can live in a nation that lives by capitalism or you can move to a nation that lives by socialism. The question I am left with at the end of the day is, "Why is it so important to destroy the only Nation built on freedom?". People like to argue that they were born here. Well, there are many people here in Florida that were born somewhere else. Didn't hear any arguments from them about moving to a place that suited their wants and needs.
So, if you really need socialism to make you feel good about yourself. Try Cuba or Venezuela. They have all the programs that Obama wants. All the things Obama supporters are demanding. What??? You don't want to live in a third world Nation?. What do you think will happen to America?
When you see someone drive off a cliff are you really going to do the same things they did? Just because you think your better then they were?
Common Sense, its not so common anymore.
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Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) | New International Version (NIV) |
1 The righteous person perishes, and nobody gives it a thought. Godly men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous person is taken away from the evil yet to come. | 1 The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. |
2 Yes, those who live uprightly will have peace as they rest on their couches. | 2 Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death. |
3 "But you, you witches' children, come here, you spawn of adulterers and whores! | 3 "But you--come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! |
4 Whom are you making fun of? At whom are you laughing and sticking out your tongue? Aren't you rebellious children, just a brood of liars? | 4 Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not a brood of rebels, the offspring of liars? |
5 You go into heat among the oak trees, under every spreading tree. You kill the children in the valleys under the cracks in the rocks. | 5 You burn with lust among the oaks and under every spreading tree; you sacrifice your children in the ravines and under the overhanging crags. |
6 Your place is among the smooth stones in the vadi; these, these are what you deserve; you pour out drink offerings to them, you offer grain offerings to them. Should I calmly ignore these things? | 6 [The idols] among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion; they, they are your lot. Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings and offered grain offerings. In the light of these things, should I relent? |
7 You set up your bed on a high, lofty mountain; you also went up there to offer sacrifices. | 7 You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill; there you went up to offer your sacrifices. |
8 Behind door and doorpost you set up your [lewd] memorial; then, far from me, you uncovered your bed, climbed up on it and opened it wide, made an agreement with some of them, whose bed you loved when you saw their hand beckoning. | 8 Behind your doors and your doorposts you have put your pagan symbols. Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed, you climbed into it and opened it wide; you made a pact with those whose beds you love, and you looked on their nakedness. |
9 You went to the king with scented oil; you added to your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away, even down to Sh'ol. | 9 You went to Molech with olive oil and increased your perfumes. You sent your ambassadors far away; you descended to the grave itself ! |
10 Though worn out by so much travel, you did not say, 'All hope is gone'; rather, finding your strength renewed, you did not grow weak. | 10 You were wearied by all your ways, but you would not say, 'It is hopeless.' You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint. |
11 Of whom have you been so afraid, so fearful that you lied? But me you don't remember, you don't give me a thought! I have held my peace so long that you no longer fear me. | 11 "Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have been false to me, and have neither remembered me nor pondered this in your hearts? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me? |
12 I will expose your [so-called] 'righteousness'; and what you have done won't help you. | 12 I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you. |
13 When you cry, will those [idols] you gathered rescue you? The wind will carry them all away, a puff of air will take them off. But whoever takes refuge in me will possess the land and inherit my holy mountain." | 13 When you cry out for help, let your collection [of idols] save you! The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But the man who makes me his refuge will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain." |
14 Then he will say, "Keep building! Keep building! Clear the way! Remove everything blocking my people's path!" | 14 And it will be said: "Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people." |
15 For thus says the High, Exalted One who lives forever, whose name is Holy: "I live in the high and holy place but also with the broken and humble, in order to revive the spirit of the humble and revive the hearts of the broken ones. | 15 For this is what the high and lofty One says-- he who lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. |
16 For I will not fight them forever or always nurse my anger; otherwise their spirits would faint before me, the creatures I myself have made. | 16 I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit of man would grow faint before me-- the breath of man that I have created. |
17 It was because of their flagrant greed that I was angry and struck them; I hid myself and was angry, but they continued on their own rebellious way. | 17 I was enraged by his sinful greed; I punished him, and hid my face in anger, yet he kept on in his willful ways. |
18 I have seen their ways, and I will heal them; I will lead them and give comfort to them and to those who mourn for them | 18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him, |
19 I will create the right words: 'Shalom shalom to those far off and to those nearby!' says ADONAI; 'I will heal them!'" | 19 creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel. Peace, peace, to those far and near," says the LORD. "And I will heal them." |
20 But the wicked are like the restless sea - unable to be still, its waters toss up mud and dirt. | 20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud. |
21 There is no shalom, says my God, for the wicked. | 21 "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked." |
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. (The Complete Jewish Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Never Too Late to DeLurk
OK, so it's totally the end of the day now. The kids are in bed, the cat has been ousted. TiVo is running. And I'm scanning for all the cyber-stuff that happened without me in the last 3-4 hours. Pathetic. But valuable, too, because I very nearly missed another official "delurking day" yet again. Geez.
Here's my reminder button of choice, in Choice Purple:
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I'm interested in planting rhododendrons this fall/winter. Just curious if you know the best place that would have healthy plants at a reasonable price.
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- Posted by squirrellypete z7b GA (My Page) on Sun, Nov 4, 07 at 19:40
Well, it might be worth a shot to check out your local Lowes if you haven't already. I went into one looking for Azaleas for a specific project and found they put all their 1 gallon Rhodies on sale half price to make room for Christmas. They were all bushy and healthy looking...found 6 different varieties and pretty much bought everything they had. As far as a good plant nursery we don't have any around here so I can't recommend one. Good luck. Sincerely, Danielle |
- Posted by georgia-rose Z7/8 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 6, 07 at 3:07
For evergreen types, I have seen several varieties at HD, but rather pricey, I thought. If you want Native Azalaes, Lazy K Nursery in Pine Mountain, GA(near Callaway Gardens) is the best source for wide selection and price. |
Thanks for your help! I've read that Rhododendron catawbiense is more adaptable and is more rugged overall. Perhaps that's a good place to start. I'll try Lowe's or Home Depot just to see what they have...I agree they're too pricey for me. I'm not sure Lazy K Nursery would carry the mountain varieties, would they? My house is in the woods with limestone rocks (on the edge of the ridge and valley region) so I want it to look like a mountain home! B |
- Posted by squirrellypete z7b GA (My Page) on Tue, Nov 6, 07 at 17:55
You're right, ordinarily they are too pricey. But with the 50% off they were only $2 to $3 apiece so I couldn't resist. I don't think they normally sell any natives though so those may not be what you're looking for. Sincerely, Danielle |
- Posted by razorback33 z7 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 6, 07 at 22:09
Hi Barbara... You will need acidic soil to successfully grow Rhododendron's. Some sun exposure promotes better flowering. McCorkle Nursery (wholesale, Deering, GA) grows 8 cultivars of Rhododendron catawbiense and they sell to HD & Lowes. Monrovia Nurseries also sells two cultivars, 'Boursault' & 'Album'. Some of their retail dealers in the Birmingham area, are; Pikes, Andy's, Oak St. Garden Shop, Leaf & Petal and Myers (Pelham). |
- Posted by tsmith2579 Z7B/8A-Alabama (My Page) on Wed, Nov 7, 07 at 19:47
Barbara, call the Bham Bot. Gardens. They can give you the name of a contact from the Rhodie Society. He/she can tell you the best varieties for your area and where to get them. |
- Posted by old_man_by_the_sea Z8/9 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 7, 07 at 20:59
The Rhododendron Society - Azalea Chapter has compiled a list of good performing species & cultivars for most areas of the Southeast and some of the sources of plants. Go to their website (below) and click on S.E. Performers for the list. It is divided by state/area. They also list sources, by state. I only have a few evergreen Rhodies, R. chapmanii (Endangered species) and a couple of yaks. Really prefer the Native Azaleas and the Satsuki hybrid Azaleas. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Azalea Chapter
- Posted by littlecars 8a Alabama (My Page) on Mon, Nov 12, 07 at 9:50
As Barbara G suggested, Lazy K has many varieties and all are grown for this zonal area. I have bought many native azaleas varieties from them. They are, literally, next door to Callaway Gardens so the trip is a gardener's delight. I am in Anniston and have 11 of the 15 Eastern US true natives growing in my yard and all are doing very well. For regular Rhodies, I have gone to the NE Alabama nurseries and have done well. There is a R. festival in Mentone each Summer if you care to wait. Good Luck. |
Thanks everyone for the great information! I'll look around at some of the local places and definitely think about looking at Lazy K or perhaps near Mentone. Thanks again. |
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Last year, after nearly two years of development, we brought RFID Specimen Tracking from concept to reality with our partners, Mayo Clinic. Since going live we've engaged with laboratories across the US and Europe to build our roadmap, and the response has been exciting - demand for this solution is stronger than we projected as every lab we speak to understands the flaws and risks inherent in current manual processes.
While developing RFID specimen tracking, we focused on a feature set that closely matched our initial customers' tactical requirements. In the same way Apple release a limited set of extremely high quality features with each new product, we strictly controlled our scope to ensure EasySpecimen was accurate and robust out of the gate.
Our product team couldn't sit still for long though. There's too much 'stuff' that is valuable to our customers and will directly improve patient care - to the point of saving lives. So here's what we can say so far about 2012:
HL7 Support - late in 2011 we added fully-featured HL7 support to deliver better integration at the point of collection with surgical information systems, and when accessioning into the lab with laboratory information systems. Robust, highly configurable data integration is key to eliminating transcription errors.
UHF Label Support - in Q1 2012 we added support for UHF label tags, which are far less expensive than the HF variety initially supported. They are also significantly more flexible so can be applied or embedded into a broader range of container types. In addition, UHF tags can be read in many different ways - pads, mobile readers, tables and even portals. While the physics of UHF are more challenging, we were confident that our RF engineering expertise would enable us to achieve accurate UHF results when coupled with new innovative counting algorithms in our software. The result means the per-sample cost of adoption and sustainment drops dramatically, and enables new efficiencies such as...
Single Step Container Setup - the team are now busy leveraging HL7 and UHF support to make container setup much more efficient for clinical teams. Previously, containers were first tagged with an expensive HF tag, and labeled again during the collection process with required human-readable information. The HF tag must be very close to the read surface at each read point, so typically is installed on the underside of a container and therefore is not suitable for displaying human readable information.
With HL7 and UHF support, EasySpecimen will dynamically take patient/sample/test data via its HL7 interface from a surgical information system, encode a UHF label on demand, and print the required human readable information on the same label - all in one simple step. EasySpecimen then associates the label's electronic product code (EPC) to the sample data held in the EasySpecimen database, and locates the sample to the point of collection.
All this with a single press of a button, ensuring the clinicians' workflow is not impacted negatively when adopting the technology.
Aggregation and Analytics - I mentioned that EasySpecimen is focused on solving the transactional nature of specimen handling and processing. Later this year our team will release a strategic analysis portal based on our existing IAM (Intelligent Asset Management) asset visibility platform, which will aggregate specimen handling data and enable broader analysis and workflow.
Customers will be able to analyze specimen processing metrics across collection points and delivery routes, evaluating where and why delays or errors occur and react accordingly. IAM provides rule-based alerts to warn lab teams when samples are collected but not delivered to the lab within a given time period, or alert users when samples are separated, seen at incorrect locations, or breach time limits for delivery between points. The possibilities are very real, and very important to patient care.
Lastly - well, I could continue...and we will do more. For example, with IAM in place we will be able to deliver tablet support with a new breed of mobile bluetooth reader no bigger than a pen, which we are currently developing for other clinical asset visibility use cases. Using smart RFID-enabled mobile devices such as tablets to securely identify and location clinical assets is an area we are working on as I write this blog.
There is much to do - stay tuned!
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Hi , did do a search and couldn't find discussion of outdoor ovens,wondering if anyone has attempted this project.Seriuosly thinking of trying it out of curiosity.wondering if anyone has advice re materials , best design and size or location? reply appreciated. |
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