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So close, but no cigar! The key point is that major decisions that he will make with the new health care law need a thumbs up by the public, and its hard to say the health reform bill was given a thumbs up. The reason his praise of NHS is objectionable is because it feeds into this idea that the President and the progressive caucus is pushing forward major changes without popular support. The first two years of the administration has been such an interesting case study in how far a party can go without popular support, by any means, including in the case of the President his signature move of being vague. There are many other tools employed to hide the ball.
"That is true, but it obscures the larger point. Every health system rations in some way or other; the demand for health care is always greater than the resources available. The question is whether rationing is done openly and as sensibly as possible—or done implicitly, through murky pricing, bureaucratic fiat or denial of care."
You got the question wrong; I hope the Economist can be honest enough to admit the question it asks implies the answer the Economist wants the reader to come to. That's a red flag that the question is wrong. The question implies the government rationing is the "open and sensible" thing, whereas free market rationing involves "murky pricing, bureaucratic fiat or denial of care." Its odd other markets aren't described in this way; with those other markets the Economist seems pretty astute at identifying the problems with government control, but not here... The right question is this: US values may be different from UK values. If in the UK the belief is that everyone should get the same thing when it comes to health care, no matter what, then the NHS makes sense. But the US may have different values. So what are US's values? That's the question that needs to be answered; the law puts those values into effect. My opinion on the answer, wholly separate from the question, is that the majority of people in the US would think people should not get the exact same health care, because by doing it that way, everyone has a chance to get that procedure that wouldn't otherwise be available under single payer, and plus, if you work really hard, you deserve to get ahead. Something along those lines. But anyway, the Economist is the one doing the obscuring with the last few paragraphs in this article.
Dr. Berwicked has been appointed chair of the Obama Death Panels. Get used to it, YOU will be next.
IMO, the current problem with rates, is that they are trying to cut costs just by lowering reimubusrment rates. For example, Medicare/Medicaid often reiumburses below cost (which just jacks up other insurance rates). However, we know that costs can be cut without reducing quality of care.
I think if you used a cost+ basis for determing rates (based on the average costs for that treatment) you could drive down rates, but not have doctors not accepting patients like you do with Medicare. Especially since by cutting costs the hospitals could keep the extra. Of course you would also publish best practices etc to help get the others hospitals to mirror the leaders.
Also agreed, malpractice reform is important, and yes people need to take charge of their own health.
kxbxo wrote: 'Jul 16th 2010 2:41 GMT Would somebody please explain how ObamaCare is "socialism", but medicare isn't?'
How weak. Medicare is indeed marginally socialist, but while the government taxes me to fund it, at least they do not obligate me to participate in it. Obamacare deprives citizens of freedom out of the gate; it denies them the option of not buying insurance, and paying as they go. Rationally, this doesn't make much sense for a lot of people, like young, healthy people with little income, or people who believe in paying out of pocket, but the heavy hand of government now leaves them no choice. Berwick apparently would prefer more government control, and even less consumer choice, which is why there should be a discussion on his beliefs. It would seem the only issue where Progressives favor a "choice" (or even a discussion about it) is abortion, because with anything else, we are told we can't afford to allow people to make their own. And when government decides for itself what is good and what is bad for us, that is where we venture into Socialist territory, and that way madness lay.
While it is true that recess appointments are not uncommon, it is also unprecedented for a nominee to be so appointed during a Congressional term without having even had a committee hearing, much less any attempt at debate in the full Senate. Technically he does not even meet the requirement, as the vacancy did not "happen" during the recess, as the Constitution states, but the real problem, as you say, is that the President avoided a discussion altogether which will almost certainly occur when Berwick's term expires - and will be far more rancorous, as a result.
I would have a lot more confidence in the upcoming "rationing debate" if I knew that those who were doing the debates in Washington... were also going to be subject to the results of the debate.
As long as the political elites exempt themselves from what we plebeians must live with, I will reject any outcome.
The conversation about rationing health care is silly. If we treated health care like any other good or service (for example shirts, or a box of noodles), we would see that consumers make tradeoff decisions about how much of each good or service they want to consume at the various prices of these goods or services.
Rationing only comes into play after we mistakenly declare that health care is a right that people can consume without personal financial consequences. Once people do not bear the economic costs of their health care decisions themselves, then the market for health care becomes horribly distorted. That is where we are right now. Our market for health care is really not a market at all. There is no price list, no shopping for services, and little in the way of financial consequence for people who waste health care services by consuming them unnecessarily.
The question is what to about our current distorted market? We can layer more rationing on top of it by the government, which is what ObamaCare is all about. Or we can reverse course and put the decisions in the hands of the consumers and create a true health care market.
The bottom line is the the consumption of every good or service in a free market is rationed by consumers' willingness to allocate their budget to that good or service instead of something else. We can apply this form of self-rationing to health care, or we can insurance companies ration our care, or we can let the government do it to us.
I personally prefer to ration my care myself.
Someone please explain to me under what definition the NHS does not characterize socialism.
I want to address your last point. America deserves a grown up debate. But only the Dems are grown ups. The GOP will not allow a grown up debate on healthcare because they will look silly. Remember the town halls? Do you follow any of the GOP on Twitter? It's amazing that these 'grownups' in positions of power fail to realize what they tweet is 1] public and 2] archived. They come across as cry baby whiny turdballs. They never offer solutions or ideas but the constantly uses sources like Moonie Owned Right Wing Washington Times as proof they are right. And they cry and attack anything the Dems do. and they lie.
So grown up debate? Not with anyone in power on the right today. They aren't mature enough for such activity. And it is sad because we need this debate. But you can't debate with only one side participating.
"Even Paul Ryan, a leading Republican congressman, has acknowledged this. "Rationing happens today! The question is who will do it? The government? Or you, your doctor and your family?" he asks."
Being a typical wealthy golf club conservative, Paul Ryan is blind to the fact that in America before the recent health reform legislation millions of Americans did not qualify for Medicaid or Medicare and had 'rationing' either because they had no health insurance or because they had poor insurance full of loopholes such that their insurers refused cover when it was needed on spurious grounds.
GOP healthcare experts such as Sarah Palin like to talk about the world class American health system and the fact that statistics show there are no wait lists or rationing, the problem though is that there are no wait lists or rationing because those with no healthcare coverage have no healthcare and are not on any waitlist.
The real reason for the visceral opposition to Dr Berwick is that the Healthcare industry knows that his record shows that he will be interested in shining a light in two dark places:
1.) the massive profit margins in US private medicine - for example; a question like why exactly is the markup on the that hip prosthesis 2000% when all the hospital does is order it in from the manufacturer and keep it in a storeroom until the surgeon calls for it in the OR?
2.) Evidence based medicine - for example: is there any evidence that the newest treatment A for this condition is meaningfully better than the older treatment B and especially when treatment A costs a multiple of 20 of treatment B (and is far more profitable to the provider)?
"-The most objectionable aspect of Dr Berwick's recess appointment is that Americans deserve a grown-up debate about this subject. It appears they will have to wait a bit longer for it."
The most unfortunate aspect of debate in this country is that it is rarely grown-up. One reason that I prefer this newspaper over American ones is the impartiality that is missing in our own media. As an independent/centrist I long for real debate here. I fear that we will have to wait a bit longer for "grown-up debate" than any of us realize.
After reading the article, it seems the Economist is willing to grant no reservations from conservatives as valid. Somehow I cannot believe that is an unbiased take on this issue...
@Kroneborge: Search for "Safeway" at this website to find that they already insure their non-union employees as you describe below (annual check ups with good results = premium rebates to employees). Do you envision all MDs signing up for the single-payer insurance system? I've read recently that Blue Cross cannot cut MD rates lower and are instead buying up clinics that they will own/manage a la Kaiser Permanente. What do you propose for people who want to keep their current level of care (MDs) who already refuse to accept Medicare and PPO contracts? What kind of supplemental insurance policy do you envision for people who want to keep their current level of care instead of seeing nurses/PAs at local clinics? Good idea on pharmacists being able to write/fill prescriptions, as they do in Europe now, but they will not do this unless/until they are 100% protected against any form of lawsuit. Pharmacists will be better educated than nurses/PAs in your scenario but this all comes down to the patient taking greater control of their health care for it to work.
I don't know if you've noticed, but Americans can't have a "grown-up debate" about anything right now. The country is in the midst of mass-paranoia and hysteria, and only the crazies are getting through the noise.
For some the extra money would not be worth it. They could continue to live their lives as they see fit, without placing the burden of their unhealthy choices on the rest of us. I do think many families though would take advantage of this program thus lowering overall healthcare costs and freeing up income for savings, investing, or other consumers items. And because we are currently spending so much on healthcare even a 10% reduction in costs due to healthier living would save the nation over $200 billion a year now, and much more in the future when Medicare etc will be trying to bankrupt our country.
In addition a single payer system would provide cost savings by simplified billing and reduced overhead. Doctor's offices and hospitals would only have 1 payer to deal with and would no longer need to maintain large collections and billings departments. Thus allowing providers to focus on care. Costs could be further reduced by calculating a median price for services (cost + a certain percent for profit). Providers that could meet or beat that price would make extra profit. Those that could not would go out of business. Over time as efficiencies increased the median would naturally lower thus continually encouraging cost savings.
Other side benefits to a single payer system would include more entrepreneurialism because people would no longer have to worry about health insurance when starting their own business. And employers could focus on providing goods and services instead of trying to manage their healthcare costs.
Once again we are not talking about socialized medicine, but socialized insurance. Which is basically the case now but it's just run very inefficiently. This new system would preserve people's choices while lowering the overall healthcare costs to the economy. It would put long term solutions in place that would prevent our nation's unfunded healthcare liabilities from bankrupting us, and also result in a higher quality of life for us currently. The economics of the matter are clear. Our current system is massively inefficient. It deals with healthcare issues in the most expensive way, and does not reward good decision making on individuals. It's time for a change.
Since it is doubtful that our country could ever go to a free market system (especially for the elderly), and since our current system is even worse then I propose the following.
I believe, there are two components to managing costs. The first is to reduce the cost of services provided , and the second is to reduce the amount of services demanded (supplied). Long term solution's must control the growing costs of healthcare and keep it to a manageable percentage of GDP
Currently there are several promising avenues for reducing the cost of the services provided. One great example is clinics where a nurse/physicians assistant diagnoses and treats most of the everyday stuff for which people commonly seek treatment. Of course a physician is on staff for consultation, and to handle conditions that actually need a doctor's treatment. Another example is letting pharmacists write prescriptions. In most cases it's simply not necessary to pay for another doctor visit to take care of routine treatment. Steps like these can let doctors concentrate on the types of conditions that require their medical expertise, and let the routine cases be handled by others. In addition, medical mal-practice must be reformed to reduce defensive medicine and out of control insurance costs. This will reduce the overall costs of medical care, and also result in speedier service. Finally we must acknowledge that heroic end of life care is not an option when it's financed by the tax payer (individuals are of course free to spend what they want). There is no right to unlimited healthcare at others expense.
The second challenge to reduce costs is to reduce the amount of healthcare services demanded without reducing the quality of health. The keys to this are healthier lifestyles and better preventative care. The old maxim that an "ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure" is doubly apt for the healthcare system. The healthcare system should provide a direct link between the costs of unhealthy living, and lifestyle choices. While still giving people the freedom to make unhealthful decisions if they so want. The best way to do this would be to return the savings from choosing a healthy lifestyle to those that do it, while letting the people that choose not to pay for their own decisions.
When designing such a system we should acknowledge some facts about how healthcare is provided. The first is that we already have universal healthcare we just provide it in an extremely inefficient manner. We make those without insurance go to the emergency room when younger (which is very expensive), and then after not providing adequate preventive care for years, we put everyone on Medicare and pay for everything. Thus missing many years of opportunities to provide cheaper preventive care, and promote healthier living in return for much higher bills later. Thus the proposition that we can keep healthcare costs down in the short term by having uninsured just leads to higher long term costs and financial ruin.
Therefore, I propose a single payer system to provide health insurance for all (insurance not actual medical services). The system would collect enough in taxes to provide for healthcare to all, but then provide a monthly rebate system to reimburse those people who were living a healthy lifestyle and thus reducing system costs. For example, if it costs $2400 a year to insure a person living a healthy lifestyle, and $4800 to insure a person who is unhealthy, then if a person "chose" to be "fit" and live a healthy lifestyle they would get a $200 check each month. If they chose not to, then that would be ok too. Individuals would be examined once or twice a year to see if they were healthy, and living up to their part of the bargain. Criteria for being fit could be determined by a panel of medical experts and could include criteria like being a healthy weight, being a non smoker, evidence of regular exercise etc. People would not be required to be a health nut, but would have to be living a healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet and regular exercise. Basically all the things that doctors always tell you to do, but that so few actually do.
The close of the article suggests that Americans deserve a grown up discussion regarding health care and the person appointed to oversee Obama's legislation. That's about as likely as NASA developing a Mars mission on a $20 budget. The tragedy of Obama's wasted effort is that it does nothing to improve health care practices and hence it merely changes the question of who pays for the ever-increasing cost. This is not health care reform by any stretch of the imagination and it is stunning that commentators seem to have ignored this obvious and fundamental fact entirely.
kxbxo wrote: Jul 16th 2010 2:41 GMT "Would somebody please explain how ObamaCare is "socialism", but medicare isn't?"
Medicare IS socialism. So is Medicaid and Social Security. I personally would like to privatize all three, but it will never happen because all three are permanently entrenched as entitlement programs -- the people that are getting (or are close to getting) the "free" benefits don't want to give them up, and will fight tooth-and-nail to stop you from taking it from them.
This is why the government should be wary and reluctant to provide entitlements -- once granted, they are next to impossible to take away.
Lexington: "The question is whether rationing is done openly and as sensibly as possible—or done implicitly, through murky pricing, bureaucratic fiat or denial of care."
More like latter and as much of it as possible through 2011 if the denial of debate through the recess appointment is any indication.
@The_Prof: "If you believe the rationing should be done by private companies and not the government, that is a reasonable position worthy of debate."
Perhaps a more reasonable debate would be rationing done by the individual through their selection of insurance type, deductible and lifetime maximums.
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Name: RAYMOND, ROBERT Initials: R Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers Unit Text: 1st/7th Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: 18/10/1917 Service No: 280692
Additional information: Son of the late Mrs. Raymond of Prestwich; husband of Edith Lavinia Raymond, of 3, Sherbourne St., Prestwich, Manchester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 3.
Cemetery: ZUYDCOOTE MILITARY CEMETERY
I come from a line of tremendous English women. My grandmother, Hilda, will celebrate her 94th birthday this year. On October 18, the 93rd anniversary of her father's death will pass.
He died in the trenches of France in 1917. It has never been clear to me whether Hilda actually met him or not. The one person who would know for sure--her mother Edith--died at the age of 37 after cutting herself on a tin can and developing a fatal sepsis. Hilda was an orphan, raised by her older sister.
A long time ago, I blogged about Robert Raymond, mentioning only that I had this photo and his name. To my astonishment, a military historian read my blog and found Robert's records for me. Suddenly, after all these years, we not only knew when he had died, but where he was buried. Before that, my grandmother had no idea where he lay. By the time I found this out, she was too old to travel, but I have made a pledge that I will visit Robert's grave; I will sit and talk to him and tell him about his granddaughter, great-granddaughter, and the two great-great granddaughters who issued from my body. If fortune is kind, they will be with me, and can connect with the man that none of us ever knew.I have this photo of Robert, and I stare at it, trying to imagine what his life was like. And I try to picture the day that Edith received the news that the man whose child she was carrying in her arms had died in the war. I imagine that it was a telegram delivered the news. Perhaps she had just finished feeding Hilda, and the child slept upon her shoulder while Edith dusted. I see her, as the color drains from her face and her knees go weak and she keeps herself from screaming lest she wake their baby.
She must have missed her man. He was only 25, a couple of years younger than she was, and I imagine they were passionate, devoted lovers before his nation sent him off to fight in its most-wasteful of all wars.
She was not alone, of course. England gave up a generation of young men to World War I. As did France, and German, Austria-Hungary. And for what? A few redrawn borders? The honor of a few noblemen? I can only think of World War I with rage.
Its reminders are everywhere in Europe. The monuments to it list more names than you would think could live in the tiny villages through which you travel. But that's what happens when you lose a generation. A generation. And English widows raised their boys only to watch as their sons went off to fight another war.
I wish I knew something more about Robert. I wish I knew what made him laugh. I wonder who his mates were, who he met down at the local for a pint after work. Did he carry a photo of Edith in his jacket? As he was dying, did he think of the children (my grandmother's half-sister, Jessie) that he would never see again? Did he wonder how Edith would carry on without him?
Funny how military cemeteries look so similar. This is the one where Robert is buried.
Three weeks ago, Rob and I took my youngest to Washington, DC, and we made the trek to Arlington. The white tablets of stone, stretching for miles, represented hundreds of thousands of Robert Raymonds.
Section 60 of Arlington is dedicated now to the returning dead of Afghanistan and Iraq.
I'm sure that many children will be brought there on Sunday to see Daddy. How do you explain to your son or daughter that their father died for an abstract ideal? Is it worth it? God, is it worth it?
I think about Hilda. She was a baby when the man who was her father was shot down. I just can't stop thinking about the terrible, terrible waste.
Perhaps President Obama needs to spend Father's Day at Arlington. He promised to end both wars, and he has not kept that promise. I think that you should deal with the consequences of breaking a promise--and comforting a grieving child whose daddy is dead seems a small consequence for what we continue to do half-way around the world.
I am having tea with the second woman. I am there to listen as she talks of her husband who has just died. He served in the war, she tells me. The Great War. I am thinking that surely she must mean World War II. Which war do you think I mean, she asked. I mean the Great War. The first. The one we thought would end all wars.
If only it had. Perhaps we should all spend time on Sunday thinking of Arlington, of those we have lost. Then perhaps we should think of ways to bring all soldiers home. For good.
I will be thinking of you and Hilda.
anna1liese--I can see the scene you set in my head. It sounds like a blog post, if not a story. So many women, permanently affianced by the great war, by men who never returned. One of the great (among many) tragedies of the 20th century. Thank you.
I just finished a biography of the greatest English (born) composer, Edward Elgar, and was again reminded of the particular horror of the first World War. The war not only cost a generation, but loss to our culture. After the war people couldn't bear the kind of beauty Elgar created, and turned to icy modernism. Better to feel nothing at all than open one's heart to that horror.
I'm really honored and haunted by your comment. A long time ago, I loved a Viet Nam vet, and he frequently compared WWI and Viet Nam. We were in school together (he had gone back on the version of the GI bill in effect) and he wrote a lot of papers trying to put into words this connection that he was certain was there. He compared the literature that came out of both wars. There are some tremendous overlaps. Thank you for commenting.
And to everyone else. Your comments have affected me. I haven't thought about the fact that I have given Robert a voice after all these years. I don't want to appropriate his voice, but neither do I want his--nor his millions of brother soldiers'--sacrifice go unacknowledged.
I have long since given up on Bush acknowledging the connection between the coffins and the wars he started. If he couldn't look Cindy Sheehan in the eye, how could he look any other person in the eye over this war?
Here is a url to the "In Flanders Field" Museum, in Belgium where the battle of Ypres (one of several) where Canadian Doctor Col. John McCrae wrote the eternal poem "In Flanders Field" from which both we and the Canadians acquired the symbol of the poppy to commemorate Memorial Day. The audio, especially the song "When Harry took me to Ypres," will move you to tears, but you will never regret it. The song was written not that long ago. I've wondered if the Harry from the song was named for Harry Patch, the last British Tommy.
Thanks for sharing the story of your Great Grandfather, and his family since.
In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Different war, I know, but thanks for helping to put a face on the loss.
Wilfred Owens' Dolce et Decorum Est is the poem that breaks my heart each time I read it. I assume you know it? Thank you so much for sharing with me In Flanders Field. I believe my grandfather died at the Somme, but I could be wrong.
Wilfred Owen
Dulce Et Decorum Est
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of disappointed shells that dropped behind.
GAS! Gas! Quick, boys!-- An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And floundering like a man in fire or lime.--
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,--
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.


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COVINGTON - Courtney Thornton, 25, who stands accused of killing a man during an attempted robbery earlier this year pleaded not guilty to the charges against him Tuesday at a hearing held in Newton County Superior Court.
Thornton has been charged with murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and theft by receiving in connection with the death of 38-year-old Dennis Rogers. Rogers was found shot in the back of the head during the early morning hours of New Year's Day. Deputy Larry Wigington was in his patrol car at a shopping center on Salem Road that morning when he was approached by a man who said he had just been robbed and that a passenger in his car had been shot on Gum Tree Trail. Upon arriving at the scene, deputies discovered a green luxury sedan with a bullet hole in the passenger's side window and saw Rogers sitting in the seat slumped over. The man who summoned deputies said he had been in the car with the two other men when Thornton, who was sitting in the back seat of the vehicle, shot Rogers with a handgun. He said the shooting was unprovoked. Rogers died of complications resulting from the gun shot wound Jan. 4. The following morning, authorities discovered Thornton staying at a home on Hooper Street in Atlanta and took him into custody. In other court news, a man accused in the shooting death of 20-year-old Ashley O'Bryant Vinson earlier this month was denied bond Tuesday. The defendant, Julian Antun Holloway, 18, stands accused of killing Vinson following a botched drug deal in the Magnolia Heights apartment complex during the afternoon hours March 10. Holloway, along with a co-defendant, Cecil Freeman Allen, 18, were taken into custody that same day at Holloway's residence on Woodland Avenue. Inside the garage of the home, police discovered the body of Vinson lying in the back seat of a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head. Both Holloway and Allen have been charged with murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and with violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. Joel Griffin can be reached at email@example.com like this story
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What is Agenda 21? Simply, it is the plan of the UN to control all land use and resources worldwide to supposedly avoid the environmental disasters anticipated by "man-made global warming". But more than 31,000 scientists from many fields have issued a declarative statement in the book, Climate Change Reconsidered, to the effect that there is no global warming that is not a part of the earth's natural cyclical pattern. There has been warming and cooling naturally long before the industrial revolution. There is no man-made global warming.
As was written in Club of Rome, The First Global Revolution, 1991: "In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. But in designating them as the enemy, we fall into the trap of mistaking symptoms for causes. All these dangers are caused by human intervention and it is only through changed attitudes and behavior that they can be overcome. The real enemy, then, is humanity itself."
If the real enemy is man, then man must be controlled in all aspects of his life through these UN agendas. That is their reasoning.
ICLEI (International Council on Local Environmental Initiatives), a (non-government organization) of the UN, is tasked with implementing Agenda 21 in every city, county and nation in the world. Knowing when your city became a member of ICLEI connects it solidly to the UN. ICLEI is not the UN; ICLEI is an NGO of the UN.
Former president Bill Clinton directed all federal agencies to work with state and city governments to re-invent government using the guidelines of Agenda 21 through Executive Order 12858. Two million dollars was given to the American Planning Association (APA) to come up with model legislation for states, counties and cities. Local governments then apply for grants from federal agencies to fulfill on the plans.
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A 19-year-old woman walking in the 1800 block of Artisan Avenue reported being robbed at gunpoint by two unknown males on Monday.
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Say what you want, It's a fun game.
Audio: 8/10 Outstanding voice acting. Solid sound effects that become repetitive quickly. Good soundtrack. Visuals: 7/10 The game looks great at first but once you get further into it, You realize that it lacks vari... Read Full Review
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What starts off epic, ends in tragedy
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Go to hell, with Dante.. its awsome!
I wasnt certain that i would buy this game, but i realized that i hadnt got a new game in a month so i tried the demo, liked it and ordered the game. in Europe the game released today... i have played it (not finnished i... Read Full Review
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Good game that will have you hooked
Well I will start off by saying the scores are about right. I would give this game a 8/10, just simply due to nothing new/innovative and a few camera angle issues here and there. Don't listen to the GoW fan boi's, this g... Read Full Review
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graphics for its genre and longevity unmatched sound ... perfect setting and wonderful designs.
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Should you raise some hell with this action ´´Game´´?
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This game is awesome because it really shows that what the poem was like but making Dante a warrior is pretty sweet.
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comparing this to god of war and saying its bad is like comparing all Fps to the original Doom and saying there all bad.
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Another cowl under my belt...this one Andean Silk - "Merryweather". This was a labor of love and determination. It took me three tries to get the tension and the size correct.
Just finished my second cowl. This one is of 80% acrylic and 20% wool. I wasn't sure if it would help to soak it and then flat dry it, but it did even out some of the stitches.
I was doing some research to find some charities for projects that I knit. I found the following sight that lists many places that would be happy to have some knitted work.
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Ignat Fialkovskiy
comfortabe, but toe collapsed and crease
Very comfortable boots, reliable and really speed lace system, warm (when not wet, see below) and responsive (when now broken).
Two quite important issues (and their consequences) force me to put 3 stars and think of putting 2....
1. on the first week of ride the structure of the outer boot got creased at the toe area, see the picture. It happened both to mine Imperials, and to ones of a friend of mine. A similar situation was also reported in an other review. So, the boot lost a part of its stiffnes before one weeks of ridding!!!
2. After about three weeks on the mountain the toe of my right boot collapsed exactly as descrided in another review here. The left one is ok, but the rigth one is completely out of order!
As a minor issue (probably connected to the previous ones) I must say that the boots get SO EASILY wet on a warm day, that after just two or three hours on the slopes it is not possibe to ride them anymore - you feel yourself like beiing in a pool rather then a slope =((
I also agree with an earlier remark regarding the boot having ALOT of room in the toe box, both side to side and up and down. It irritates me a lot, but seems to have no practical effect =)
Only hope that theese issues are resolved in 2013 year model.
I owned the 2011 version of these boots and had the same problem. The toe was terribly designed. Not just a cosmetic issue, I felt it forced me to work harder to get into my turns. However I sent them in for warranty and got the 2013 versions. Complete redesign of the toebox and no issues.
Ignat Fialkovskiy
warranty??? why didn't I think about it? =(
I just returned it to BC and had to pay some $40 extra for the 2013 model
I was thinking about getting these boots but do you know if they fixed the issue on the 2013 models? Thanks
Ignat Fialkovskiy
Dear Thomas, I used the 2013 model for about two weeks in the Alpes. The first impression is that they did fix the issue.
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Sodium sulfite
Sodium sulfite | |||
Sodium sulfite |
Other names
Hypo clear (photography) |
Identifiers | |||
CAS number | 7757-83-7 | ||
PubChem | 24437 | ||
ChemSpider | 22845 | ||
RTECS number | WE2150000 | ||
Jmol-3D images | Image 1 | ||
Properties | |||
Molecular formula | Na2SO3 | ||
Molar mass | 126.043 g/mol | ||
Appearance | white solid | ||
Odor | odorless | ||
Density | 2.633 g/cm3 (anhydrous) 1.561 g/cm3 (heptahydrate) |
Melting point | 33.4 °C (92.1 °F; 306.5 K) (dehydration of heptahydrate) 500 °C (anhydrous) |
Boiling point | Decomposes(separate (substances) into constituent elements) | ||
Solubility in water | 27.0 g/100 mL water (20 °C) | ||
Solubility | soluble in glycerol insoluble in ammonia, chlorine |
Acidity (pKa) | ~9 (heptahydrate) | ||
Refractive index (nD)
1.565 | ||
Structure | |||
Crystal structure | hexagonal (anhydrous) monoclinic (heptahydrate) |
Hazards | |||
EU Index | Not listed | ||
Flash point | Non-flammable | ||
Related compounds | |||
Other anions | Sodium selenite | ||
Other cations | Potassium sulfite | ||
Related compounds | Sodium bisulfite Sodium metabisulfite Sodium sulfate |
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C (77 °F), 100 kPa) | |||
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Sodium sulfite (sodium sulphite) is a soluble sodium salt of sulfurous acid (sulfite) with the chemical formula Na2SO3. It is a product of sulfur dioxide scrubbing, a part of the flue-gas desulfurization process. It is also used as a preservative to prevent dried fruit from discoloring, and for preserving meats, and is used in the same way as sodium thiosulfate to convert elemental halogens to their respective hydrohalic acids, in photography and for reducing chlorine levels in pools.
Sodium sulfite can be prepared in lab by reacting sodium hydroxide solution with sulfur dioxide gas:
Evolution of SO2 by adding few drops of concentrated hydrochloric acid will indicate if sodium hydroxide is nearly gone, turned to aqueous sodium sulfite:
- Na2SO3 + 2 HCl → 2 NaCl + SO2 + H2O
Sodium sulfite is made industrially by reacting sulfur dioxide with a solution of sodium carbonate. The initial combination generates sodium bisulfite (NaHSO3), which is converted to the sulfite by reaction with sodium hydroxide or sodium carbonate.[1]
The overall reaction is:
- SO2 + Na2CO3 → Na2SO3 + CO2
Sodium sulfite is primarily used in the pulp and paper industry. It is used in water treatment as an oxygen scavenger agent, in the photographic industry to protect developer solutions from oxidation and (as hypo clear solution) to wash fixer (sodium thiosulfate) from film and photo-paper emulsions, in the textile industry as a bleaching, desulfurizing and dechlorinating agent and in the leather trade for the sulfitization of tanning extracts. It is used in the purification of TNT for military use. It is used in chemical manufacturing as a sulfonation and sulfomethylation agent. It is used in the production of sodium thiosulfate. It is used in other applications, including froth flotation of ores, oil recovery, food preservatives, and making dyes.
Sodium sulfite forms a bisulfite adduct with aldehydes, and with ketones forms a sulfonic acid. It is used to purify or isolate aldehydes and ketones.
Descriptive chemistry[edit]
Sodium sulfite is decomposed by even weak acids, giving up sulfur dioxide gas.
- Na2SO3 + 2 H+ → 2 Na+ + H2O + SO2
A saturated aqueous solution has pH of ~9. Solutions exposed to air are eventually oxidized to sodium sulfate. If sodium sulfite is allowed to crystallize from aqueous solution at room temperature or below, it does so as a heptahydrate. The heptahydrate crystals effloresce in warm dry air. Heptahydrate crystals also oxidize in air to form the sulfate. The anhydrous form is much more stable against oxidation by air.[2]
- ^ Weil, Edward D.; Sandler, Stanley R. (1999). "Sulfur Compounds". In Kroschwitz, Jacqueline I. Kirk-Othmer Concise Encylclopedia of Chemical Technology (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 1937. ISBN 978-0471419617.
- ^ Merck Index of Chemicals and Drugs, 9th ed. monograph 8451


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In California, housing death row inmates is almost twice as expensive as housing someone in the general prison population, and trial costs can run up to $1 million per case, up to 20 times the cost of a murder trial where prosecutors are not asking for the death penalty, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
A declining murder rate and growing numbers of life-without-parole sentences for the most violent criminals may be playing more of a role in the death penalty decreases than changes in public sentiment, prosecutors and victims' advocates say.
"I think that the numbers show that the majority of the public still believe that in those rare and outrageous cases that the death penalty is an appropriate sanction," Scott Burns, the executive director of the National District Attorneys Association, tells MSNBC. "One of the reasons for that, I believe, is because … the criminal justice system has done a good job at targeting those violent offenders nationwide" and handing out "long and stiff sentences."


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Pro Video Editing with Pitivi
Several decent video editors are available on the Linux platform. Kdenlive, OpenShot, Cinelerra and Pitivi are those that come to mind as "big players" in an admittedly small market. I've used them all through the years, with varying levels of success. A frustration of mine is that invariably, I end up using a proprietary video editing suite like iMovie or Final Cut Pro when I have to do a larger project. As an open-source enthusiast, that doesn't settle well with me.
Although I'm honestly not sure Pitivi is the best choice for Linux-based video editing, I truly can say that its current fundraising push is impressive. The "kickstarter" concept is old hat by now, but that doesn't mean a well-planned campaign isn't still a great idea. The Pitivi team is trying to raise enough money to put serious coding time into the program and get to the 1.0 release. That's only the first step of the journey, however, because after the solid 1.0 foundation is complete, future features will be added according to contribution and user-base voting.
I'm confident to say that Pitivi is currently a great choice for video editing on Linux. If the fundraising campaign works out well, it soon may be the clear leader in stability and functionality. Thanks to the combination of an incredible product plus a game plan to get even better, Pitivi is this month's Editors' Choice. If you want to be a part of Pitivi's future, check out the fundraiser page at http://fundraiser.pitivi.org. If you want to test the program itself, you can download it today for your favorite distribution at http://www.pitivi.org.
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